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Weather get the message . Find out in a little bit. Very good to see you. Our top story on this monday morning is that the Prime Minister has urged the conservatives to stick by him, amid speculation of a plot to oust him as Prime Minister, and this follows speculation over the weekend that some tories are attempting to use leader of the house Penny Mordaunt as a so called stalking horse candidate to trigger a leadership race. The rumour has forced number tens hand. Theyve issued a statement to mps last night, with the pm told backbenchers and i quote the economy is turning a corner and urged them to hold their nerve. Despite the conservative partys dire poll ratings. Well, joining us now for some analysis is the political commentator peter spence. Good morning to you. Were going to be hearing from the Prime Minister today. Hes going to want talk want to talk about apprenticeships whatever apprenticeships and whatever else plan. But quite else is todays plan. But quite frankly, all anyone will be thinking is that thinking about is that absolutely that thinking about is that abso managed that thinking about is that abso managed to that thinking about is that abso managed to survive that thinking about is that abso managed to survive through. Hes managed to survive through. And weekend where there seem and a weekend where there seem to be, yet again, leadership rumours. Rumours. Oh yes. I mean, can i preserje my remarks by saying how much im enjoying the green that youre both wearing on this day of all day . Yeah, i mean, the point about this is that news is not what happened. Its what is reported. So it doesnt really make much difference what sunak has to say. And indeed its unfortunate from his point of view, that it does look like inflation is about to go down to around 2, which is a key objective and which will make a difference, because thats going to be drowned out as it already is by this positively machiavellian slew of speculation. About what about speculation. About what about sunaks future and who might potentially replace him. I mean, i mean, to my mind, its cuckooland, you know, that that if they were to replace him at this stage, it wouldnt be so much a case of them ultimately getting voted as laughed out of office. Well, i mean, peter, the at the end of the day , all of this the end of the day, all of this is about, he thinks its about policy and hes a great number cruncher and all that. And hell stick to whats there. Theres no charisma. Theres no get up and go. Theres nothing thats going to make them stand in the aisles and cheer him on. And he just doesnt get it. Just doesnt get it. That indeed is the problem. That indeed is the problem. His, his remember, hes been an been an mp for less than a decade. His background is finance, which is a fabulous skill set for the job of the chancellor of the exchequer. And its worth remembering dishy rishi and the furlough scheme. How much . How the nation how much . How the nation applauded that extremely brave move on his part, saving millions of us from destitution. Millions of us from destitution. But you need a different skill set for when you are the Prime Minister. You need politico savvy, and that is something that he so lamentable sorely lacks. And it sort of it comes to the fore again and again. It, it came to i mean, lets, lets take, for example, the controversy over frank hester, the tory megadonor whos given 10 or £15 million, whatever it is to the tory party. And then it emerges that hes come out with something egregiously misogynistic and racist. Now first of all, sunak said, oh, well, you know, well, you know, well, you know, well, you know, well, hes hes been a bit naughty, but but he has said hes sorry, but then you get an old stager like chris patten, one time tory chairman, who just said, look, you cant take 10 million smackers off someone whos come out with a racist comment. Its an open and shut case, as indeed it probably is. And it should have been for sunak, too. When you look at the polls, i mean, we know how far the tories are just in terms of electoral polls, but over the weekend, two papers running the mail on sunday electoral oblivion sunday said electoral oblivion predicted that could have predicted that labour could have a 250 seat majority. And then there was this new, more in common poll, which showed that all the red meat policies to appease the red wall are actually alienating the blue wall. And this is becoming a huge problem, and that the lib dems stand to sweep up and clean up there. So what is holding him back now having this back from now having this election in may surely just get it theyre not governable it done . Theyre not governable anymore, they . Anymore, are they . Thats actually, thats an interesting point, isabel. No, i mean, i dont think they are governable and because ive sort of been around since, since, since since noah was in his ark, it seems only yesterday that the labour party lurched to the left and the stp was formed. Now. Okay the gang of four, it didnt do them any favours in the end, but at least there was an honesty there that rishi sunak is trying to run a party which actually isnt a party in terms of policy. It is so polarised that it would be far more honest and frank with the electorate to say, look , theres two theres say, look, theres two theres two parties here. Which one do you want to choose . One lot or you want to choose . One lot or the other lot. And as it is what the other lot. And as it is what the voters are left with a sense, well, i dont know who im voting for. Search me gov. Noidea im voting for. Search me gov. No idea at all. Okay, well there we go peter. Well talk again, in the next hour of the programme. Were just to people just going to get people reacting saying reacting to what youre saying this. And well put that this morning. And well put that to you when we, when we next speak. Just after 7 00. For the moment. Thank you very much indeed. Appreciate it. My pleasure. Thank you. Views. Pleasure. Thank you. Gb views. Gb news. Com to russia. Now, can you imagine us talking about Vladimir Putin and his, his victory . Some would say an victory . Some would say an inevitable victory in the election. And i have to say, a election. And i have to say, a lot of people are saying this is a sham election. But what it means for mr putin is another six years in power. Yes. Early results after polls closed had showed putin had received more than 87 of that vote. However, the Global Community has been quick to condemn the vote as neither free nor fair, with no independent monitoring from the osce. Monitoring from the osce. There have been some protests in russia and around the world, these gatherings to protest against the president , with at least 80 people arrested in russia and our own foreign secretary, lord cameron on twitter said , this is not what twitter said, this is not what free and Fair Elections look like. Joining us now, political analyst and russian exile valery, morozov, right. Mr valery, morozov, right. Mr morozov, im sorry. This is what everybody is saying. I mean, you everybody is saying. I mean, you might say, you know, fantastic victory, massive victory. But the thing is, people arent believing it, you know, the thing is that we should take into consideration that in any case. In into consideration that in any case. In any case, putin, is the most, not only popular, but, has biggest support in any case in russia. And these are correct figures that about 90, maybe 85 or 87 people are supporting supporting putin. Im sorry, but how do you say that these are correct figures. I mean, anybody who speaks out against president putin gets put into jail. We saw what happened to navalny. We have deep to navalny. We have deep concerns about our own. Kara murza, who remains behind bars , a big critic of putin. Bars, a big critic of putin. People may well have voted for him because theyre afraid to do anything else, and theres no independent monitoring. Nobody credible was credible can claim that this was a free or independent election in any case. You know, the thing is that, it you are in the west it is, you are in the west people, you know, they expect that that, people should be against putin, but the thing is that, i can confirm that i know a lot of people and im in contact with people in in russia, and many people grip, doesnt he, on the media. So people arent perhaps necessarily aware of exactly what been doing, is illegal. Take into consideration that there a problem. Problem there is a problem. The problem is in position, not in is in the position, not in putin. If you take, say, for example, even official figures in russia , that out of if you in russia, that out of if you take all the people that who support putin, 90 of these people, they are not satisfied with the with the system. But the problem is that putin is still keeping russia moving, developing or in any case, well, but if the thing is that the west, which have crippled the economy , well come to economy, well come to sanctions. But the thing is that opposition russia is a big country. A lot of nationalities, a lot of communities, people live in communities. And to unite a position to create a position, you need idea. You need ideology. Communists came need ideology. Communists came from the west. It became popular , it became ideology. And there was a position , real opposition was a position, real opposition to tsar to. And there was a revolution. But nowadays there is no ideology. And everybody in is no ideology. And everybody in russia is looking for ideology. Russia is looking for ideology. All these, people in the say for example, in opposition, they are look funny , most of them funny, look funny, most of them funny, you know, say, for example, the second position is the communist he got for 4. 5. Hes the old guy older than putin. You know, he is nobody. He older than putin. You know, he is nobody. He the older than putin. You know, he is nobody. He the second guy. Is nobody. He the second guy. Hes from norway. New People Party Just created. Hes a producer of creams. And isabel sarah dyke a lot of people are frightened to stand against him and have a proof file in case they end up gone well, chucked out a window. The thing is that the problem is that i was in a not in a position i was not in politics, but i was fighting against corruption and the whole corruption Anti Corruption campaign case. Campaign started with my case. I was only one in and still was the only one in and still the only one who started criminal investigation, official criminal investigation, official criminal investigation, official criminal investigation against criminal investigation, official cri|devastatedtigation against criminal investigation, official cri|devastated aboutn against criminal investigation, official cri|devastated about whatinst be devastated about what happened to navalny in your country. Oh , the navalny oh, the navalny Anti Corruption campaign. You know, the thing is that navalny i knew navalny actually, you know, was even proposed to you know, i was even proposed to become to start a, you know, become to start as a, you know, politician on this Anti Corruption campaign. But i had a real problems with corruption, and i had real problems, conflicts, real and there was a real threats to my life. And i told that at that time how navalny appeared, it will take the young guy a point him who has no conflict but you should take into consideration that it should take into consideration thatitis should take into consideration that it is not possible in russia in the 90s, it was not possible to have a beginning of to 2000 to work without facing corruption if you are not. That was obviously under putin, under yeltsin, it was more i could force my conflict was 1993 grand kremlin construction and my customer and i was the general manager of American Corporation , and my American Corporation, and my customer was the federal service of service of gods the kremlin guards. And there was a Corruption Case coming back to putin. I mean, sixth time you dont see that in any other democratic nation. And you see it most often in the west, where after at least two terms, thats what i am telling. There is no alternative suella there is no alternative, if ask me. No, there is no if you ask me. No, there is no alternative. There is no people who who can, who can, who have ideas, other ideas you have putin, putin, russia is now, if you compare the development of russia, for example, from january 20, 2023 to this january, it is 4. 6 development in in spite of the sanctions, why do people think what is the reason for being in ukraine . Are they told or how do they accept why the country has invaded ukraine, invasion of ukraine was a grave mistake by putin. But the problem is not the problem. But he managed and he was forced afraid , you know, was forced afraid, you know, because even from people inside, inside in russia who wanted him to get into ukraine and as a as a trap. Yeah. You know, but here because he was suppressing, for example, army , the russian army example, army, the russian army he was suppressing he came with this. He was suppressing politically and suppressing the army, a military industrial complex. And there were a lot of complex. And there were a lot of people who were interested in the development. So they also pushed in this direction. But the thing is that he managed to survive. He managed to adjust to the situation. Hes changing now. Elites. He is changing policy. He is developing military industrial complex, which people wanted to develop. You should understand that in, in, in soviet union, 80 of the industry was military industrial complex. And suddenly it was suppressed. I heard i heard donald trump last week saying if he was in charge, if he becomes president again, he said he will have this war over in a day. No. Yes. Because you know, the there are two, two problems. First, that russia and putin cannot stop this war just like this because of differences in ukraine and russia as civilisations. The thing is that putin is wrong. He is telling all the time that ukraine is the part of russia. Ukrainians, they are like russians. Nothing like this. Ukraine has been developing as different civilisation and the basis of ukrainian civilisation is nationalism. In russia, it is not possible to , to, to, to, to not possible to, to, to, to, to keep the country with nationalism because 100 nationalities. And if you take say, for example, who are fighting on the fronts in, in ukraine, in the russian army, a lot of small nationalities, not even russians, including ukrainians itself. So, i mean, citizens of ukrainian , but russians. Well, we saw what happened with the wagner group and prigozhin being, this was the group of the retired officers kicked out during yeltsins time and putin time. And they were really angry with putin and they were paying him back. You know, they were just pointing. They were the people who also were behind us. You know, they wanted russia to get into the war and to understand that the war is required to develop industries, to develop the army. Valery, answer me this. I was in russia quite a lot in moscow , in russia quite a lot in moscow, four years ago. Right. And i was in ukraine as well. And my impression from moscow was that the people that i met over that penod the people that i met over that period of time just wanted to be westernised. They wanted to westernised. They wanted to drive western cars, they wanted western shops, they wanted the sort of life that that im having that that you have here and whatever. But then thats moscow and thats Saint Petersburg. Russia is a vast country. Why would i be right in country. Why would i be right in saying that . People may think differently in those big cities than they do elsewhere in the country, i think yes. Than they do elsewhere in the country, i think yes. And thats country, i think yes. And thats why, you know, but the difference also is between Saint Petersburg and moscow, moscow recently for maybe since the khrushchev time, you know, 1960s, khrushchev time, you know, 19605, it khrushchev time, you know, 1960s, it became more western, you know, but before moscow was, even it was called the big village. You know, people were. And this is old moscow. Village. You know, people were. And this is old moscow. Yes. And and this is old moscow. Yes. And they and that, you know, romanovs family, they were not happyin romanovs family, they were not happy in moscow. Thats why they they were more pro western. And they were more pro western. And they created Saint Petersburg as they created Saint Petersburg as the western city, you know, and if you go, of course, to russia , if you go, of course, to russia, russians, you know, they are more live in communities. They say, for example, ukrainians, they for them first is family. But and state is the last. For russians, community is very important and state is providing security for all these communities. Thats why Central Power is important. And they need tsar. You forget about all russian speaking about democracy because when they all believe and they will say yes, west. Yes, the west, this and that. We like culture. Everybody is fond because we are brought up with the writers, you know, this and that. But when it when it becomes a problem , any russian will start problem, any russian will start looking where is, where is power because the centre of power will putin last six years . Will he last . Will he . Will he last . Will he . I am not very sure because he is. Hes over 70. You know, he needs to transfer the power. He has a problem. He cant transfer the power. And that has a problem. He cant transfer the power. And that is also you should take into consideration with this election. He needs with this election. He needs a second guy in politics, the guy who can be trusted, who can control russia, who can be start developing it. Maybe with the west in collaboration with the west. Putin is very pro western. Theres so much id love to talk to you about. Fascinating. Very interesting to hear from you, valery morozov, thank you very much indeed for your insight, for your interpretation and for your analysis of all of that. Well see what our viewers and listeners think. Gb views the gb news. Com the russian president ial election, putin wins with 87 of the vote. Thats some victory. Thank you thats some victory. Thank you very much indeed. Lets take a look at some of the other stories coming into the other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. And its good news for once for motorists. The m25 in surrey reopened last night, eight hours ahead schedule ahead of schedule after a weekend of driver disruption. Weekend of driver disruption. Work began friday to demolish work began on friday to demolish a and install a new a bridge and install a new gantry, leading to miles long of tailbacks in surrey. It was the motorways first daytime closure since it opened in 1986, but they opened it ahead of schedule so this morning, so it was openedin so this morning, so it was opened in the early hours. Today marks the first day of the default 20 mile per hour speed limit on welsh roads. The default 20 mile per hour speed limit on welsh roads. The speed limit on welsh roads. The speed limit on welsh roads. The speed limit on welsh roads. The speed limit was introduced in september , but has only operated september, but has only operated so far under a grace period from today. Anyone breaking the limit could face points and fines, and a state of emergency has been declared in southern iceland due to the volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula , the fourth Reykjanes Peninsula, the fourth since december and the eruptions following weeks of warnings from the met office that magma was accumulating under the ground, making an eruption likely, the eruption site is near grindavik, a coastal town of 3800 people, and thats about 30 miles southwest of the capital, reykjavik. Another day, more reykjavik. Another day, more ideas. As if weve never heard them before. From the government. An attempt to woo over small businesses. What are they going to do today . Theyre going to pledge to cut red tape and boost apprenticeships. Well, i just think ive heard this. Ive heard 100 times and still nothing done about it. So as part of these plans, the pm is set to create what . Well, 20,000 new apprenticeships for people aged 21 or under. And this is in small firms and it will begin on the 1st of april. But do those plans go far enough to support business . Joining me now, builder and founder of pbc development, thats kazim ali balogun, who joins us now. Kazim, what does joins us now. Kazim, what does this mean . Were just saying weve heard it all before. Its not rocket science. Why does it not rocket science. Why does it seem to take a, you know, just such a long period to do anything about this . I think thats exactly right, that we have heard it all before. Its been spoken about for the longest amount of time. If we look at our payslips, well see that, you know, in terms of theres already been a tax for theres already been a tax for the longest amount of time at 0. 5, and its just a case of we need implementation rather than just statements. Exactly that. Yeah. Yeah. And what areas i mean , yeah. And what areas i mean, you know, you look at your business and, and i would have just thought all these things exist. What are they proposing thatis exist. What are they proposing that is going to make this more, more simple and has this got to do with fallout from brexit and the availability or lack of availability of staff and workers . I think that the brexit angle is a lot of a sort of a red herring a lot of the time to say that, oh, because of brexit, were now able to have more control over having, you know, what it means is we dont have any workers. Thats what it means. People who are prepared do this sort who are prepared to do this sort of thing, try and get a brickie try get a painter and try and get a painter and decorator. I tell you what, i get on, i get flight, get on, i get on the flight, going back belfast and going back to belfast and whatever. In donegal in the whatever. And in donegal in the repubuc whatever. And in donegal in the republic of ireland, people just board flights and they are board the flights and they are there working in your trade. Theyre building theyre working in the building trade get paid higher trade and they get paid higher wages whatever they come and wages and whatever they come and they to friday in they work monday to friday in london and they go home london and then they go home again that. Theres staff i no, theres its very true. No, theres its very true. What are the pressures on on a business. If you were to take on an apprentice at the moment . And much will this and how much will this incentivise to your incentivise you to open your doors to youngsters give incentivise you to open your doors a youngsters give incentivise you to open your doors a flavour;ters give incentivise you to open your doors a flavour of rs give incentivise you to open your doors a flavour of the give incentivise you to open your doors a flavour of the industry . Them a flavour of the industry . Do you think it will actually help industry . Help boost the industry . Because, saying, because, as were saying, not a lot of people want to do it. Its a hard days graft. I think apprenticeships need to introduced across the to be introduced across the board, just in construction, board, not just in construction, but in that but all the way in that developing in tech developing industry in tech to create opportunities for create wider opportunities for younger people. I think the sort of the tony blair ethos of Everybody Needs go to Everybody Needs to go to university, whereas, you know, really of people, there really a lot of people, there are great salaries can be are great salaries that can be earned industries, whether earned in industries, whether its, know, becoming its, you know, becoming a brickie, plumber, an brickie, a plumber, an electrician , amazing electrician, amazing opportunities across the board. And think it should and i think it should be incentivised not just for young people, but people that are changing paths at a later changing career paths at a later age. Capping it at 21 is age. I think capping it at 21 is also , you know, it. I dont also, you know, it. I dont think that goes far enough as well. I mean, what does that mean, capping it at 20 . So the, what theyve proposed bringing is for people up to bringing out is for people up to 21 being able get into 21 being able to get into apprenticeships , but then after apprenticeships, but then after that its, you know, for those people maybe havent found people that maybe havent found their path at age, their career path at your age, where do go from there . Where do you go from there . Do you go . Its where do you go . Its interesting. I mean, i think youve on head. Youve hit the nail on the head. I mean, the blair i mean, under the blair government, was all about government, it was all about education, education, education. And education to and now that education seems to be the sort of be devalued and the sort of degrees are available from degrees that are available from universities , his the cost of universities, his the cost of doing them, the cost of doing them, and the value of them at them, and the value of them at the of the day, what theyre the end of the day, what theyre actually for. Kazim, actually for. So kazim, what i have been annoyed is have always been annoyed at is hi, if youre a dental nurse, hi. If youre a hairdresser, a hairdresser that youre not, youre not seen as being of value. Its seen. Oh, but therell be a betterjob for you. Doing what . Working an insurance company, you know, having a degree to pen, push and whatever. Things may change whatever. So things may change after all of this, what do you think . Think . I would hope so. Id hope that, you know, people see more value in a multitude of career paths across the board, as opposed to just as you mentioned, theres always something better. You can earn really good money. You know, a lot of people that are working on sites and an amazing amount of money. What are you by trade . What are you, so im property developer. Yeah. And so therefore you come. As if you have come. Its not as if you have a trade to then apply to this area. But you know is area. But you know what is neededin area. But you know what is needed in this area and what is needed in this area and what is neededin needed in this area and what is needed in the building and Property Development area. Know, lot of i think, you know, a lot of people about , i think, you know, a lot of people about, you i think, you know, a lot of people about , you know, people speak about, you know, building and creating building britain and creating those field. So those jobs within the field. So being able if were talking about wanting to build homes about wanting to build new homes and build quality homes, we need quality workmanship from ground and build quality homes, we need quaso workmanship from ground and build quality homes, we need quaso having,1nship from ground and build quality homes, we need quaso having, youip from ground and build quality homes, we need quaso having, you know,| ground and build quality homes, we need quaso having, you know, peoplei up. So having, you know, people that really have an amazing skill set, they learn from a young age. I mean, i myself sort of grew up in working in my dads solicitors , learnt a lot dads solicitors, learnt a lot from there in terms of the business ethos and i think being able to get into business at a young age and learn from people that are really doing it gives you great opportunities to become successful build your you great opportunities to becobusinessesful build your you great opportunities to becobusinessesful forward. Our own businesses going forward. Thank you. Okay. Good man. Thank you. Okay. Good man. Thank you. You very much indeed. Thank you very much indeed. Well await interest to well await with interest to hear announcements will be hear what, announcements will be made thank you very much made today. Thank you very much indeed. N indeed. I was i was do you know, i was i was sitting last week , and i was sitting last week, and i was transfixed. Transfixed, watching a programme i didnt really want to watch, but i couldnt get away from it. Yeah, and i forget what its called, but its basically called, but its basically called Something Like you have a filthy well clean it filthy house and well clean it up you. Up for you. I love those shows. Oh, i love those shows. Oh, i love those shows. Its disgraceful. Absolutely. The live , the the way some people live, the way some people live. Oh, weve got six dogs the house and got six dogs in the house and the house is full of mites and things, we havent hoovered things, and we havent hoovered the in 27 or the couch in 27 years or whatever the couch in 27 years or thever the couch in 27 years or whtl dont think many people i dont think many people live that. I think these live like that. I think these producers , what theyve got a tv producers, what theyve got a tv series of it, believe me, series out of it, believe me, honestly, they around and honestly, they go around and they these they dig up these people. I reckon one in town reckon theres one in every town maybe. I believe that many maybe. I cant believe that many people like that. People live like that. I believe that lot of i believe that a lot of people filthy there people are filthy there ups. Just filthy well, im not just filthy that are filthy and their that they are filthy and their homes are filthy and they make tv programmes from cleaning and from a clean home. Well, youre thats not universal, i can tell you that. But this disgraced programme, where him and her sit there and go where him and her sit there and 9 where him and her sit there and go , oh, im on my computer all go, oh, im on my computer all day, i havent got time to clean , so i dont. Ive got 17 children and they spilled ribena all over the floor and whatever, whatever , its absolutely whatever, its absolutely disgraceful. But. And then they send in, i forget his name. What they send in these people to clean up the house and do whatever. Oh, unbelievable. Whatever. Oh, unbelievable. Well, if youre a cleaner this morning, get in touch. How many people that you work for are filthy . Or are you like me that if the cleaner is coming round and youre having a little treat and youre getting a cleaner, the cleaner, you clean up for, the cleaner, you clean up for, the cleaner because you cant cleaner comes because you cant bear thought that anyone cleaner comes because you cant bear think ught that anyone cleaner comes because you cant bear think you that anyone cleaner comes because you cant bear think you were anyone cleaner comes because you cant bear think you were filthy|e cleaner comes because you cant bear think you were filthy and would think you were filthy and let us know. Gb views gb news. Com and weather wise i heard a little that weve got little rumour that weve got a horrible storm on its way for a couple of weeks. Ten degrees this morning. It was nice and balmy, mild, nice and balmy. Maybe wouldnt go as maybe, maybe wouldnt go as far balmy, its all far as balmy, but its all right. Heres craig. With a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your latest gb news Weather Forecast from the met office. Were looking ahead to today. I think most of us should see some sunshine, but unfortunately there is some further rain on sunshine, but unfortunately the|horizon. E further rain on sunshine, but unfortunately the|horizon. Butrther rain on sunshine, but unfortunately the|horizon. But back rain on sunshine, but unfortunately the|horizon. But back ton on sunshine, but unfortunately the|horizon. But back to this the horizon. But back to this morning. We do have this band of cloud across more central parts of the country. Some spots of rain too, but either rain in places too, but either side is some good amounts side there is some good amounts of sunshine and as we approach lunchtime, especially across more central parts of the country, quite a decent lunchtime to come. Plenty of sunshine into the afternoon that spreads way a little bit spreads its way a little bit further eastwards, where further west, and west, thickening cloud and outbreaks approaching outbreaks of rain approaching but one. Temperatures but a mild one. Temperatures reaching 17 degrees in the south east so into the evening this area of rain spreads its way northeastward. Some heavy way northeastward. Some heavy rain for a time across parts of scotland and Northern England. The rain takes its time to get towards the southeast , so towards the southeast, so actually of kent, east actually parts of kent, east anglia probably remaining dry till after dawn. And for all of us, its another mild night. Temperatures across the south not much lower than 10 not falling much lower than 10 or 11 degrees, so we do start tuesday off on a rather grey and damp note for most of us. Still some rain working its way eastwards across the country. It does improve a little bit across parts of Northern Ireland and scotland, and as the day goes on, a mixture of some bright spells and showers that may spells and showers here that may well transfer its way towards northern as the Northern England as the afternoon on. For all afternoon goes on. And for all of another fairly mild day of us, another fairly mild day temperature little bit down temperature a little bit down compared still compared to today, but still highs in east highs of 15 degrees in east anglia. Anglia. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Sponsors of boxt boilers. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. 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Anyway, i was stuck with green because isabel told me to wear green today because, i was trying to appease my favourite irishman, but thats thanks get. So thats the thanks you get. So anyway , mr didnt get the memo. Nobody told me about the green. Sorry. Oh, dont worry about. Oh, dont worry about. I would have made more of an effort had i known. Dont worry about it, its a mad world. Theyre saying in the back of the papers. This lad was called ahmad, who scored the winner . Yellow. Yeah, i it was. Winner . Tsoow. Yeah, i it was. Winner . Tso liverpool i it was. Winner . Tso liverpool fans it was. Winner . Tso liverpool fans pretty. And so liverpool fans are pretty unhappy. United fans unhappy. Manchester united fans are happy and a happy are extremely happy and a happy eamonn us very happy. But eamonn makes us very happy. But it it was a brilliant tie. It was it was a brilliant tie. It was i mean this is the this is what footballs all about for those i keep trying those people that i keep trying to you know, this is, you to say, you know, this is, you know, youve got to watch football. Got to that was football. Youve got to that was what was all about. What what it was all about. What a great day. On saturday. Coventry on saturday. Coventry on saturday. Coventry on saturday. Coventry beaten absolutely coventry beaten wolves. Chelsea. That absolutely coventry beaten wolves. Game. Chelsea. That absolutely coventry beaten wolves. Game. And helsea. That absolutely coventry beaten wolves. Game. And nowea. That absolutely coventry beaten wolves. Game. And now manchester amazing game. And now Manchester United in a united will do it all in a second okay. Lets see if we can squeeze it all in. There now follows a Public Information announcement. The fa cup is just set. Just. Just gorgeous. Look. Gorgeous honestly, i dont want to sound patronising in any way, but just look at your little face. Honestly, you look so happy and cheerful. Expecting to win, i thought. And when we went one up against liverpool, i thought, well, just annoyed and theyre annoyed them now and theyre going hurt us that. And going to hurt us for that. And they did. They go to one and they did. And they go to one and then they three two at some then they go three two at some stage well. And then to lose stage as well. And then to lose for united to come back four three. This is you know, three. And this is you know, this is not full strength this is not a full strength united team. But this is this was a it a mad world. Was a it is a mad world. It is it is a mad mad world. Amad diallo so hes 21 years old from the ivory coast. Scored the winner right at the very end. See the thing is this is what made it so great. Well he got sent no not that bit. But sent off. No not that bit. But before even in 90 minutes to score the equaliser which was like the minute. Then we go like the 89th minute. Then we go into time. Then liverpool into extra time. Then Liverpool Score and you think oh well thats it. Liverpool going to win and then manchester win now and then Manchester United back and you know united come back and you know what shows. Know what it shows. I dont know whether it the fact that whether it shows the fact that united got this within them united have got this within them to do something or to be able to do something or the that as manchester the fact that as a Manchester United you should be united fan, you should be thinking, why dont they thinking, well, why dont they do every because they do this every week . Because they showed they played showed passion, they played well, terrific well, everything was terrific about such about it and it was just such a great fa tie, wasnt it . It great fa cup tie, wasnt it . It was a throwback. Did jurgen klopp take it, how did jurgen klopp take it, well he was interviewed afterwards he okay. Afterwards and he was okay. And then by and then he was interviewed by and he obviously very unhappy he was obviously very unhappy because know its his last because you know its his last season. Then he was season. So then he was interviewed norwegian tv and interviewed by norwegian tv and this is the clip of klopp. Lovely. Normally the intensity is the name of your game. So how come it became so difficult in extra time . Difficult in extra time . A bit of a dumb question, i have to say, because when you see us that often you kind of you never saw us and you can ask, how can they have more resources, we played, i dont know how many games recently. I dont know how many games united exactly that sport. Yeah, exactly played that sport. Yeah, im really disappointed about that question. But you thought obviously its good. So too many games. So i dont think that oh come on you are obviously not in a great shape and i have no nerves for you and the questions all you really. All good. But are you really. What is wrong with you. What do you what what what did you want now say this is why now can i just say this is why i could never, ever be a sports reporter. I speak to so many Sports Reporters who have play this reporters who have to play this game of buttering up whoever theyre to. Was not theyre talking to. That was not a question. And, you know, a dumb question. And, you know, perfectly annoys me. Honest with you, ill be honest with you, isabel. You what i would isabel. Do you know what i would have and this is have said . And this is absolutely true he said that absolutely true had he said that to after that interview . To me after that interview . Would have done. Whats the matter with you . Whats the matter with you . Just makes him look silly . It does, because it was not a bad question. He just reacts badly and this is what he often does. But the thing is, yes. And he wont do to big that wont do it to the big boys that they feel theyre paying the big wont do it to the big boys that they fe to. Heyre paying the big wont do it to the big boys that they fe to. Theyre� aying the big wont do it to the big boys that they fe to. Theyre underthe big wont do it to the big boys that they fe to. Theyre underthe onus money to. Theyre under an onus to support in terms of sponsorship. So the thing is, the who was asking the the lad who was asking the question, he not be question, he will not be supported his bosses, by his supported by his bosses, by his station whatever, station controllers, whatever, because money because its all down to money andifs because its all down to money and its how much they pay for the interview. Whatever. The interview. And whatever. And the interview. And whatever. And the boring the interviews are boring anyway. All just say the anyway. They all just say the same thing all the time. Thats the thing. Yeah. Thats the thing. Yeah. Anyway, he was walloped. Anyway, he was walloped. He was. There a friend of he was. There was a friend of mine who was friend of mine mine who was a friend of mine that on on tv recently, and that was on on tv recently, and this british tv, on sports this is on british tv, on sports tv. And interviewed, jurgen tv. And he interviewed, jurgen klopp. He got klopp. And then he got both barrels i him a message barrels and i sent him a message and said, look. And was and i said, look. And he was even questioning himself, thinking maybe my question. I said nothing said there was nothing wrong with your question. Thats whats about is whats so insipid about it, is that that person its that it makes that person its gaslighting, the definition of gaslighting. Absolutely. Gaslighting. Anyway, ely. Other gaslighting. Anyway,ely. Other game, my, anyway, the other game, my, my big worry about jurgen klopp is, mean , he earns £10 is, yeah, i mean, he earns £10 million year. Is, yeah, i mean, he earns £10 milwhatever. . Is, yeah, i mean, he earns £10 milwhatever. Why would he get whatever. Why would he get teeth that so badly . That is teeth that fit so badly . That is honestly it really gets me that. Why not just get it . Why could you not just get it . Was that look fair . Hes a fan of mr red, i think is what it is. Yeah, yeah. Horse is a horse. Of course. Of course. Oh, a horse, course is. Of horse, of course it is. Of course, unless the horse is a famous mr red. There we go. There we go. Chelsea beat leicester. God, that was an unbelievable game as well. Yeah. Four two. Well. Yeah, yeah. Four two. You know didnt like do you know i didnt like about game. I find it very about that game. I find it very hard to differentiate between the on the pitch. The kits right on the pitch. There was just something that wasnt making the leicester kit stand out. Okay. Yeah, just its right okay. Yeah, just its a very good point because theres been theres been talk recently with colour blind fans that cant tell. You can see the difference there. Theres a stripe. So there. Theres just a stripe. So those watching in and those watching in black and white. Dont think there those watching in black and white many dont think there those watching in black and white many though think there those watching in black and white many though thek there those watching in black and white many though the chelsea those watching in black and whitemany though the chelsea are were many though the chelsea are in shot. In the wide shot. It hard. It was hard to it was hard. It was hard to see axel disasi crazy own goal from 35 yards. It was it was two nil to chelsea. Then two two chelsea fans started turning on Mauricio Pochettino. You know, they pochettino. You know, they started singing, dont know started singing, you dont know what so they were what youre doing. So they were thinking need some thinking they need some substitutions. Couple substitutions. He made a couple of substitutions. They up of substitutions. They end up scoring goals and they scoring two more goals and they end singing you do know what. End up singing you do know what. And gets you some and that gets you some semi final draw. Coventry Manchester Coventry against Manchester United. City united. Yes Manchester City against correct. And against chelsea. Correct. And i think its the 21st of may or so loser played and the finals on the 25th. Very much looking forward so very much looking forward to again shortly paul. To see you again shortly paul. You very much indeed. Thank you very much indeed. Pleasure her eyes, shone pleasure her eyes, they shone like diamonds as she thought she was queen of the land. I dont know this one. I dont know this one. And her hair hung over her shoulders, tied up with a black velvet band. She said this was why were in green. Yes, an irish nice irish lilt, plus one, by the way, whilst were on the sport, i cant believe you didnt mention that ireland won the six nations yesterday. Old news. Thats old news. Thats old news. Wales getting the wales losing. Getting the wooden yesterday. Wooden spoon yesterday. News. Thats old news. Six nations was yesterday. Finished yesterday. Anyway i think nations. Think the six nations. How Warren Gatland hold how does Warren Gatland hold on job. On to his job. Well did say hold on say well he did say hold on say no. 110. No. Yeah but but why. Why would you keep him i mean in fairness nobody nobody loses to italy. Yes thats true france nearly did. But they didnt. Did. But they didnt. But they would. But they would. And scotland did as well. And scotland did as well. And scotland did as well. Thats anyway. Thats anyway. Well anyway, i didnt know if youre welsh. What do you think about that . Gb views. Gb news. Com still to come, well be looking at the front pages. The biggest stories of the day in making the news today we have neesom and oscar have dawn neesom and oscar redrup. Dont move redrup. You dont want to move a muscle. Gb news is the home of free speech. We were created to champion it, and we deliver it day in, day out. Free speech allows us all to explore and debate openly the issues most important to us, our families, and of course, the british people having challenging conversations to enlighten each other. Why we hear all other. Which is why we hear all sides of the argument. We are the peoples channel. We are the peoples channel. We are the peoples channel. We will always stand by the freedom to express yourself on tv, radio and online. This is gb news, britains news channel. News channel. Lets look at the newspapers that weve got for you today. Dawn neesom and oscar red drop here and a lot of politics over the front pages. Don a plot to oust the Prime Minister. Yes, indeed. I mean , if yes, indeed. I mean, if youre rishi sunak, you wouldnt want to be waking up pretty much any day. And thinking, oh my god, a good day. God, this could be a good day. The sunday papers were of the sunday papers were full of plots todays papers are not plots and todays papers are not much better, evidently, we have, lots of people who think he should be out the right wing of the party, the centre of the party, and the left wing of the party, and the left wing of the party theyve all had access to. Oh, were not referring to the latest poll, which is absolutely catastrophic. Catastrophic . Absolutely. And penny the most Penny Mordaunt is a top the most recent poll cabinet ministers with tory grassroots to, take over from rishi sunak. And last night they were so worried about the situation and the division in the party that they actually issued a statement saying the economy is turning a corner. Hold your nerve. Basically, despite the polls, despite the dire ratings, the only thing rishi sunak has got going for him is the economy does seem to be improving slightly. It did seem to grow in january, didnt it . And weve got inflation figures out this week. If you can ride through possible on the rwanda possible rebellion on the rwanda bill, which is back in the commons week. Yeah. Might commons this week. Yeah. Might he to get things back on he be able to get things back on track, the writing on the track, or is the writing on the wall for sunak . Its a real and a hard its a real rock and a hard place, i the talk of a summer may election. In fairness to rishi, in number 10. And i think actually, in fairness, the majority of tory mps makes absolutely no sense at all. I think the only strategy that you could plausibly come together on is as weve just as weve just gone through, there is hold your nerve. Absolutely. Batten down the hatches. Pray for some bizarre miracle, and actually hope that economy turns very interesting, very interesting, interesting, very interesting, interesting though a lot of the a lot of people have said it was his worst week as pm last week, and i do think that probably does slightly coincide with the budget , does slightly coincide with the budget, because does slightly coincide with the budget , because the does slightly coincide with the budget, because the budget came in when and zero cut through. Theres some really interesting polling in terms of what voters pick up on in the media and what they talk about and what they find engaging. And the budget was nowhere to seen. I was nowhere to be seen. And i think left mps looking at think that left mps looking at each other going. There was no rabbit. There was no little bit of Momentum Shift that were all just praying for. It just didnt come. Could have magicked up a rabbit. Thats my question. Is it . Is it . Thats why i say rock and a hard rabbit. Anybody could do. Can anybody could do. He can spend he wants. Spend what he wants. Can the country go he can make the country go even more broke than it is. Well, exactly. Because hes got else to lose were he got nothing else to lose were he does it were does does not grab it were he does not it. Not get it. I watched countryfile last night on a sunday. What night as i do on a sunday. What was their item on last night . I terrible weather and the dentistry. Oh right. Oh right. Hilarious. Right now basically you look at Something Like dentistry and i just cannot go into how bad the situation is. One of the papers, its in the front of the mirror. Dark ages dentistry. They say. Scale of horror revealed as 200,000 protest. 200,000 backer protest. You cannot dentist if youre cannot get a dentist if youre outside a major city. Its all private dentistry. Whatever, right . So dentistry is right . So either dentistry is part nhs or its not. Part of the nhs or its not. Sunak doesnt get what affects peoples lives. He does all this nonsense that, you know, figures inflation and all this nonsense which does not impact on peoples real day to day lives. I think youve absolutely nailed it there, eamonn, because its like, you know, he can say, right, okay, the economy is improving. Stick with it. Da da da da da. And i think the last thing any of us need is another Prime Minister before an election. Were not election. But his were not feeling different. Hes feeling any different. Hes saying improving the saying oh, its improving the economy Getting Better. Economy is Getting Better. Stick with the right with me. Im doing the right thing. As say, cant thing. But as you say, you cant get appointment. You get a doctors appointment. You cant dental appointment. Cant get a dental appointment. Real arent feeling real people arent feeling it. Were this. All the were not feeling this. All the economy Getting Better. Well, economy is Getting Better. Well, im feeling pretty im still feeling pretty poor. Its reminding well, its worth reminding everybody mordaunt. Everybody about Penny Mordaunt. Just do have everybody about Penny Mordaunt. Jlclip do have everybody about Penny Mordaunt. Jlclip of do have everybody about Penny Mordaunt. Jlclip of her do have everybody about Penny Mordaunt. Jlclip of her from do have everybody about Penny Mordaunt. Jlclip of her from torydo have everybody about Penny Mordaunt. Jlclip of her from tory partyve a clip of her from Tory Party Conference. And you wonder whether being told we whether were being told we dont it. I did ask cooper dont have it. I did ask cooper to have it ready for us this morning, and when she said, stand and fight and the stand up and fight and the person up and person next to you stand up and fight. Up fight. And fight. Stand up and fight. And it this really bizarre. It was just this really bizarre. Do we want somebody that comes out and rhetoric, or out with words and rhetoric, or do you want somebody penny morton shes not morton seat is shes not guaranteed to in her seat. Guaranteed to win in her seat. Yeah. So why why would yeah. So why would why would you appoint Penny Mordaunt if she suddenly becomes leader. You appoint Penny Mordaunt if sheshesddenly becomes leader. You appoint Penny Mordaunt if sheshes got1ly becomes leader. You appoint Penny Mordaunt if sheshes got more comes leader. You appoint Penny Mordaunt if sheshes got more ofnes leader. You appoint Penny Mordaunt if sheshes got more of an leader. Shes got more of an incentive to against sunak incentive to go against sunak because be protected. Because shed be protected. Well, its to be the well, its meant to be the stalking horse theory, it . Stalking horse theory, isnt it . So theyre using Penny Mordaunt, of the mordaunt, the right wing of the party, Penny Mordaunt to party, using Penny Mordaunt to get her in. But then really shes going to be the real leader. Obe its interesting though, i think, you know, we can kind obe its interesting though, i tand. You know, we can kind obe its interesting though, i tand yom know, we can kind obe its interesting though, i tand you see w, we can kind obe its interesting though, i tand you see wlot3 can kind obe its interesting though, i tand you see wlot of,|n kind obe its interesting though, i tand you see w lot of, you nd of and you see a lot of, you know, reporting and know, political reporting and even now we can kind of come even us now we can kind of come up theories. I even us now we can kind of come up theories. I think the up with theories. I think the harsh reality is no one harsh reality is that no one actually really knows what the hells on and the hells going on and what the plan is. Was with a few mps plan is. I was with a few mps last they are. When it last week, and they are. When it comes it, they are comes down to it, they are absolutely. Taps into what absolutely. And taps into what amy just saying. Theyre amy was just saying. Theyre desperate for just or 4 amy was just saying. Theyre desperate forjust or 4 really desperate for just 3 or 4 really simple things that they can plausibly knock on someones door to election. Door when it comes to election. Say, did this for you, and say, we did this for you, and maybe thats cheaper shopping. Thats can come down to thats or it can come down to the simple stuff, but they the most simple stuff, but they just longer they live there, just the longer they live there, the away that goes in the further away that goes in the further away that goes in the sense that theyre going to be in the local be decimated in the local elections. According the polls, according to the polls, youre more youre going to have more illegal crossings over the summer, going summer, possibly not going to get to rwanda. Get a flight off to rwanda. I personally, if i was in a special adviser role, would be saying, go now, lets get this done, because, you cut done, because, you know, cut your losses. You would go and id still be hammered. It stretches the hammered. You it stretches the ungovernable many ungovernable i mean, how many more sorry was more byelections . Sorry if i was if minister, i would if i was Prime Minister, i would say this job for as say ill have this job for as long as i can possibly have it. But he cant be enjoying it. But he cant be enjoying it. I imagine there are mps, but its better being a its better than being out of a job, it . Job, isnt it . Which what hes going to be. He wasnt having a good week last week, was he, though . I mean, he just proved himself to be incredibly indecisive. I mean, had the lee mean, you had the whole lee anderson thing. You had the racism there was so racism row, and there was so much and nothing really. Theres no theres are no movement. Theres no what are we football no movement. Theres no what are we i football no movement. Theres no what are we i was football no movement. Theres no what are we i was just ootball no movement. Theres no what are we i was just goingl no movement. Theres no what are we i was just going to say manager i was just going to say were west ham. Were both west ham. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And there was no drive. And there was no drive. Come on, do this. Come on, lets do this. It was just like, well, the economy oh. Economy is okay. Oh. Dear. Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Okay. What you make of okay. What do you make of what on russia . Tens of what went on in russia . Tens of thousands russiansturned what went on in russia . Tens of thousands russians turned out thousands of russians turned out putin is the poll total putin wins 87 is the poll total for was it ever going to be for him. Was it ever going to be anything else. Well hes full on stalin well hes gone full on stalin hasnt basically i mean hasnt he. Basically i mean theres know, were theres you know, there were three other candidates three other nominal candidates on the, on the, on the voting papen on the, on the, on the voting paper. But, i mean, there was no, i mean, you know, what was it, 87. 8 of the vote went to putin. Well, and the others better careful when they better be very careful when they stand windows or have cup stand near windows or have a cup of tea. Just like it was. Of tea. Its just like it was. It was not. It was a show election, wasnt it . I mean, it was a foregone conclusion demonstrating west that demonstrating to the west that he fair leader. Mean, he is a fair leader. I mean, its absolute rubbish. And our defence secretary used exactly the same language as there. Dawn, you as you did there. Dawn, you know, the modern day for me, more who are, it more than who they are, it should more concerned by should be more concerned by that. Modern day stalin. That. But a modern day stalin. Exactly, and exactly, exactly that. And i think it do for voters , think it should do for voters, for the government in this country, watching him on that stage, winning that election should be a reminder that we can can absolutely continue to support ukraine. You know what the interesting thing about this story as well . Its actually the 10th anniversary of annexing crimea today. Is it . Yeah, absolutely. And we did nothing then. Isabel, i know that was half of the problem that were facing today. Watched. And were also getting tired of whats happening in ukraine. And that is why, you know, good point. You know, were in war. Its very easy for the defence secretary to come out and say all of that. But actually he failed to more actually he failed to get more defence spending the defence spending out of the chancellor budget, didnt chancellor in the budget, didnt he . Just had his jet he . And he just had his jet blocked, a Russian Missile threat whilst was ukraine. Blocked, a Russian Missile thr yeah. And i think to be really uber cynical with the way things going within tory things are going within the tory party and the horses kind of party and all the horses kind of stalking and people stalking horses and people having he having ambitions, i think he actually a good week actually had quite a good week last grant shapps yeah, he last week. Grant shapps yeah, he did all of the did made from all of the personal threats. Personally bad. Well, yeah, personally bad. Well, yeah, personally bad. I think cynically getting but i think cynically getting blown i yeah, blown up. But i mean yeah, cynically, something blown up. But i mean yeah, cynically, that something blown up. But i mean yeah, cynically, that foromething blown up. But i mean yeah, cynically, that for him. Hing helpful in that for him. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Because he well hes in the running as well isnt he. Running as well though isnt he. Indeed. Exactly, how well indeed. Exactly, how consoled you both by knowing consoled are you both by knowing that the princess of wales has been spotted out and about at a local farm shop. Local farm shop. Woman. Go shopping. Thats a splash. Basically yeah. I mean, obviously its catherine, has been spotted at the local farm shopin been spotted at the local farm shop in windsor. Theres no pictures of her, but, shop in windsor. Theres no pictures of her, but , the pictures of her, but, the eyewitness says she looked healthy and happy. She was there with william. Its her favourite shop, evidently near to where they live, and its a sign that shes on the mend. And she is scheduled to go back to work on the 17th of april as the kids go back from their easter holiday, and basically leave her alone. Its a typical i think the story on the front page of the sun is a typical puff from the palace saying, you know, shes doing fine. Can we just get rid of some of the rumours, the mad rumours that are going about catherines . Obviously we had the mothers day picture last week. The one thing i would say though , if i was working in the, though, if i was working in the, you know, comms for the royal family, i would find the use of the picture of kate that isnt from the event in question. I think that was autumn 2023. Id be like, guys, that is doing us no favours at all. Just help us out here. Because the conspiracy rumours are 99. 9 of them. Completely ridiculous. But thats just what is unhelpful because no ones seen her. Well then dont have your big splash or, you know, just have some lovely words and what would you do if you were running comms . Would you advise, would you advise him to Say Something or to explain whats going on . Really would really it would, would it, would it or never complain. It shut down or never complain. Never explain. Think its never explain. I think its a really difficult balancing act. Think the Great British i think the Great British people , despite loud minority, people, despite a loud minority, are hugely supportive and loving of the royal family. And i think actually , if you do, if you do actually, if you do, if you do wish to communicate, you communicate really openly and good well and good spirit and well and efficiently and i think most of us would go, great, thanks a lot. Well get on with our lives now well respect you. Now and well respect you. Theres been bit of toing theres just been a bit of toing and froing that hasnt helped you, and i suspect that, you know, is all to do with know, this is all to do with kates health. Its personal matter and theyve it theyve wanted to keep it personal. They personal. And unfortunately they havent appetite personal. And unfortunately they havinformation appetite personal. And unfortunately they havinformation appthea for information because the country loves ultimately it country loves her. Ultimately it comes a good place. Comes from a good place. Its gone horribly wrong. Migrants push londons population high. Population to a new high. And were that, of and were talking that, of 10. 1 Million People living in london alone. Bear in mind there are a million and a half people live in Northern Ireland, and another 3. 3 million in the repubuc another 3. 3 million in the republic of ireland. So that leaves about 5 million. Thats double the population of the whole of ireland. Wow, thats mad, isnt it . Its just i cant believe theres that many people. And its like it surged after the rise in migration reversal of the covid era. Remember we had the covid era. Remember we had the race for space during lockdown where everybody wanted to to the country because to move to the country because they fresh air they wanted fields and fresh air and other people. And and away from other people. And now reversed. Now thats being reversed. People moving into the people are moving back into the city and of course, weve got the migration issue, weve got record legal migration. So and people are choosing london to live, not to move on from live, not not to move on from the story. My massive bugbear about but my massive bugbear about london moment like london at the moment is like nightlife. Few nightlife. Theres been a few articles lame london. Im articles london lame london. Im so glad you knew what that. Yeah. Lame london. Yeah, i know, its so depressing. I mean, i dont know, you cant get a dnnk dont know, you cant get a drink after 10 pm, you know, half ten, 11 in london we can come round for a cup of cocoa with me and aiden. No, quite the same dressing gowns on. And has slippers. Has not recovered since the pandemic. Really big pandemic. And its a really big problem. Got, you know, and ive got, you know, i grew up part of my time in liverpool and its not really an issue are other issue there. There are other major ive got someone major cities. Ive got someone from that im close from birmingham that im close with and say exactly the with and they say exactly the same. Actually all right. Same. Its actually all right. You get a drink later on. So you can get a drink later on. So what to be a bit of a what seems to be a bit of a london issue . Weve got a night time tsar as well, we . Paid at as well, havent we . Paid at vast by the taxpayers, i vast expense by the taxpayers, i mean. Whats doing then . Mean. Whats she doing then . Have to ask her. Dont know. Have to ask her. Dont know. Have to ask her. Yeah. Get on the show, ants are a tasty source of food. Dawn come youve just come to my house. Youve just found out of time . Found some. Are we out of time . Yeah. All right, were of yeah. All right, were out of time. Sorry. More ants later. Ive 25 seconds. Save that ive got 25 seconds. Save that for next hour. Guys, thank both okay, guys, thank you both very indeed. Thats dawn very much indeed. Thats dawn neesom and oscar red. Their neesom and oscar red. Drop their your gbviews gbnews. Com. Glasses gone. Glasses gone. Craig snell with and heres craig snell with your forecast. Your Weather Forecast. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning and welcome to your latest gb news Weather Forecast from the met office. Were looking ahead to today. I think most of us should see some sunshine, but unfortunately there is some further on there is some further rain on there is some further rain on the horizon. Back to this the horizon. But back to this morning. We do have this band of cloud across more central parts of the some spots of of the country. Some spots of rain places too, but either rain in places too, but either side there is some good amounts of sunshine and as we approach lunchtime, especially across more parts the more central parts of the country , quite a decent country, quite a decent lunchtime plenty of lunchtime to come. Plenty of sunshine into the afternoon that spreads its way a little bit further eastwards, where further west, thickening cloud and outbreaks approaching, outbreaks of rain approaching, but temperatures but a mild one, temperatures reaching in the reaching 17 degrees in the south east so into the evening this area of rain spreads its way northeastward. Some heavy rain for a time across parts of scotland and Northern England. The rain takes its time to get towards the southeast. So actually parts of kent, east anglia probably remaining dry till after dawn. And for all of us, its another mild night. Temperatures across the south not falling much lower than 10 or 11 degrees, so we do start tuesday off on a rather grey and damp note for most of us. Still some rain working its way eastwards across the country. It does improve a little bit across parts of Northern Ireland and scotland and as the day goes on, mixture of some bright spells and showers here well and showers here that may well transfer towards transfer its way towards northern the Northern England as the afternoon goes on. And for all of us, another mild day. Of us, another fairly mild day. Temperatures a little bit down compared but still compared to today, but still highs east highs of 15 degrees in east anglia. Anglia. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Sponsors of boxt boilers. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Wake up to the headlines with headliners. Every morning at 5 am. We treat you to the days biggest stories before anyone else. Seven days a week, you can catch up on everything you need to know before youve even had your kippers. Hmmhmm headliners every morning at 5 am. Only on gb news, the peoples channel, britains news channel. Britains news channel. Good morning. Its just gone. 7 00. It is monday the 18th of march, and youre tuned into breakfast with Eamonn Holmes and isabel webster. However youre watching, however youre listening , youre however youre listening, youre very, remember, very, very welcome. Remember, just device, play gb just ask your device, play gb news. And thats us. So today, an embattled Prime Minister is urging colleagues to stick with him as leadership rumours fail to disappear. Putin claims victory in an election slammed by the International Community as neither free nor fair , as he neither free nor fair, as he warns protesters during elections will be punished. Elections will be punished. Putin breaks his silence on navalnys death, saying hed been about to release him in a prisoner swap that follows thousands of people protesting around the world. And were celebrating Saint Patricks day this morning following a huge weekend of celebrations for the. Irish. Celebrations for the. Irish. Yes, what a weekend. Weve had success in horse racing, rugby, Saint Patricks day and todays a national holiday. Its a great time to be irish. And shortly its 80 days until the 80th anniversary of the d day landings. Well be talking to a father and son duo about their unique way of commemorating the event. Way of commemorating the event. Music is involved and as dougie said, it has been a great weekend for sport to fantastic adverts for the greatest sport in the world. As Manchester United and chelsea go through to the fa cup semi finals. Britains most semi finals. Britains most successful olympian of successful female olympian of all time has decided to retire today and from the players championship in florida, what happens if you stand just a little bit too close to a golfer attempting a very difficult shot . 7 good . Good morning. 7 good morning. Its the spring equinox. This week, but will the weather get the message . Find out in a little bit. Out in a little bit. So our top story this morning. Rishi sunak has urged the conservatives to stick with him amid speculation of a plot to oust him as Prime Minister okay, all of this follows speculation over the weekend that some conservative are attempting to use leader of the house Penny Mordaunt as a stalking horse to trigger a leadership race. Well, the rumours forced number ten hand, who issued a statement to mps last night where the Prime Minister told backbenchers the economy is turning a corner and urged them to hold their nerve. Despite the conservative partys dire poll ratings. And we mean dire. Joining us now, our political commentator peter spencer, and former labour adviser kevin mayer, peter , i adviser kevin mayer, peter, i mean, when we say dire, could you just spell out to people how dire dire is . Dire dire is . Well, i mean, you guys look lovely and in your Saint Patricks day gear and most certainly you have the wind at your back, but most certainly rishi sunak does not. And napoleon , things didnt end well napoleon, things didnt end well for him, but he did make the point that morale is three times as important as firepower. Well, frankly, morale in the conservative party, its hit rock bottom and its actually below rock bottom. And that is the real problem for rishi sunak as he looks down the barrel of catastrophe now. Okay there is the talk of Penny Mordaunt becoming the new leader of the conservative party. I mean, yet another conservative Prime Minister who hasnt actually been elected. Let us, let us, let us, let us go along there and consider what that would mean. Would that mean, for example , that all of a sudden example, that all of a sudden hospital waiting lists, if evaporate, would it mean, for example, that the potholes in the roads magically fill themselves up and theres a free dentist at the end of every street . Answer to all those questions is the same as the answer to the question is ken cleverer than barbie . It is absolutely no. And so as a absolutely no. And so as a consequence of that, it would make what no difference whatever. And i come to actually a wonderful quote from Jim Callaghan from all those years ago, former labour Prime Minister, when he said there comes a point in politics when there is a sea change. The pubuc there is a sea change. The public knows what it wants and what it approves of. And at that what it approves of. And at that point, nothing you say or do make any difference. I want to bring in kevin now because youve got a feel a little bit for rishi sunak, because weve seen a bit of growth in the economy. Hes delivered a budget that does involve cuts to our taxes and weve also got inflation figures out this week, which were led to believe will be positive. And yet all anyones talking about is defections , racist donors is defections, racist donors and, you know, even one of your policies, the labour policy, has been stolen by the conservatives shooting. Yes. Your funds in a in a bad way, leaving you in a difficult position. And yet nobodys talking about that. You must be delighted, but feeling rather sorry for rishi sunak. I think rishi sunak must have at some stage broken every mirror street because mirror in downing street because wherever policy wherever he looks on any policy front , disaster looms wherever he looks on any policy front, disaster looms and i think rishi sunak sold himself very much after the kind of liz truss debark for the conservatives as look, somebody that can sort things out a sensible person, the adult in the room rishi with his mba from stanford university. Look, ill be able to fix problems and well well get a second hearing from the public and thats not happened. I mean, you look at pretty much any policy front and its not not to sort of rub its not just not to sort of rub his nose in it, but i mean, look, hes got a difficult hand everywhere. Immigration. The asylum to asylum bill comes back to the to the commons, the the commons, this week, the rwanda you know, its just rwanda bill, you know, its just a process to get, the a torture process to get, the migrants that have come via the engush migrants that have come via the English Channel out to rwanda. It was it an easy kind of it was it was an easy kind of claim to make. Its proved torturous to actually deliver in practice. Hes fast running practice. And hes fast running out time. The economy may be out of time. The economy may be turning a corner, but then again, whose is that . This again, whose fault is that . This governments been in power for 14 you know, so 14 years, you know, so. So wherever, wherever looks wherever, wherever he looks crumbling services, crumbling public services, school that are School Buildings that are literally crumbling, the nhs absolutely on its knees. The cost of living crisis being felt by pretty much every family in the not going to the country. Its not going to get lot of its not going to get a lot of its not going to get a lot of its not going to get lot of credit. Even if get a lot of credit. Even if things do start to appear to improve as we go into the spring. Yes, but forgive me for interrupting, was just interrupting, but i was just going you know, its not going to say you know, its not like labour is offering an alternative a lot those alternative to a lot of those issues. Not people issues. Its not like people will be voting labour because they think were going see they think were going to see our were going they think were going to see our the were going they think were going to see our the nhs were going they think were going to see our the nhs fixed. Are going they think were going to see our the nhs fixed. Ite going they think were going to see our the nhs fixed. It isntng to see the nhs fixed. It isnt about that. Its just theyre fed with the tories. Isnt fed up with the tories. Isnt that right, peter . I think is absolutely yes, i think it is absolutely right. And i do entirely take your point, that, i your point, isabel, that, i suspect that that that suspect that assuming that that keir prime keir starmer becomes a Prime Minister few time, minister in a few months time, its safe to assume that his honeymoon with the electorate will be nasty, brutish and short. To coin the phrase , short. To coin the phrase, because of the fact stuff is not going to change overnight. Right . And i also take the point thats just been made about rishi sunak. It does appear to be a rishi bashing week , and im be a rishi bashing week, and im starting to feel sorry for the bloke because im, i think his heart genuinely is in the right place , but unfortunately hes place, but unfortunately hes the leader of the party at the wrong time. When that, when the party is, you know, the splits. I mean, it trades as a broad church, but theres only so broad it can be before, before the roof caves in. And thats practically where theyre at now, which means that hes got an ungovernable party as well as something approaching an ungovernable , ungovernable ungovernable, ungovernable country with that business about an ungovernable country. Kevin, the point were making, not just the economic policies, hes a great man for quoting whats going to happen with currency or whats going to happen with Interest Rates or whatever, but if the place looks rubbish, it is rubbish. Peter mentioned the potholes in the roads, graffiti, litter , our roads, graffiti, litter, our schools crumbling, which you mentioned there. We could go on mentioned there. We could go on and on and on and unless he touches things that people can actually walk out their doors and say yes, that used to be falling down. But look at it now, it looks really well. Of course hes going to be beaten. Its really difficult because hes got hes got two additional difficulties. Hes not only has he got a country thats not in a good place, theres a general sense of malaise on any as i say, any policy issue you want to look at really. And thats not to be partisan not thats not to be partisan about its just objectively about it. Its just objectively the case. Weve got 100 local authorities the on the verge authorities on the on the verge of bankruptcy, for example. But but hes got, of bankruptcy, for example. But but got hes got, of bankruptcy, for example. But but got a hes got, of bankruptcy, for example. But but got a party hes got, of bankruptcy, for example. But but got a party that; got, of bankruptcy, for example. But but got a party that is ot, of bankruptcy, for example. But but got a party that is now hes got a party that is now fractious. That doesnt, as peter a minute ago, peter pointed out a minute ago, doesnt in marrow doesnt believe in its marrow that actually turn this that it can actually turn this around the general around and win the next general election. To have a election. So you start to have a big morale problem, and the difficulty for him is that is that, you know, hes try that, you know, hes got to try and troops up and sort and pep his troops up and sort of look, with me. Of say, look, stick with me. Weve got a few more months in government because running government because hes running out time. Thats his other out of time. Thats his other big problem. Only a few big problem. Hes only got a few months now left. Look, i can turn this around. Probably turn this around. Ill probably get some better immigration figures because of figures at some stage because of reforms made reforms that were made last yeah reforms that were made last year. If the economy starts to bounce back a little bit, people perhaps some credit perhaps will give us some credit for its not going to. For that. But its not going to. Its convincing argument. Its not a convincing argument. Its not a convincing argument. Its an argument thats its not an argument thats going win general election. Going to win a general election. The difficulty hes got fundamentally, is the fundamentally, is that the pubuc fundamentally, is that the public judgement public has made a judgement that says, time says, you know what . Its time for ive looked at the for a change. Ive looked at the other guy across side. He other guy across the side. He seems a nice chap. Lets seems like a nice chap. Lets give him a go instead. And i think you cant really come back when public have that when the public have made that judgement. Gentlemen thank you both indeed. Both very much indeed. To leave it there. Got to leave it there. Cheers. Thank you both very much indeed. Tell me, ma, when indeed. Ill tell me, ma, when i get home. The boys wont leave the alone. Pull my the girls alone. They pull my hair. My comb. Hair. They stole my comb. But thats right. I go thats all right. Till i go home. She is handsome. She is pretty. She is belle of something. City. City. What do you mean, belfast . What do you mean, belfast . Belfast city. Shes a courting. Two. Pray, courting. One. Two. Three. Pray, wont tell me who is she . Wont you tell me who is she . Well, shes not dougie beattie, but dancing all but hes been dancing all weekend. Lets go live to belfast on this big green weekend. Oh, yes. Weekend. Oh, yes. Well done. Well done. If youre listening on the radio, dougie looks very much like a leprechaun this morning. Like a leprechaun this morning. So sorry. Was that. Was that not it . Eamonn sent out the man with it said we all had to dress as a leprechaun. Youd better be dressed as a leprechaun because i am sort of. Were doing our own tribute in our own way. Are what a weekend. It was weekend. Its been its been brilliant. Oh, its been fantastic. It started off with a cheltenham gold cup. The irish always doing very well and that then we moved to the Six Nations Rugby. Absolutely fantastic. What a match as well. I did predict that it would be a walkover and the scottish would do quite well. And then of course the star of it all, Saint Patricks day on sunday and i was there through most of it here in belfast and i managed to get a word with the lord mayor of belfast of what it actually meant to have Saint Patricks day parades. City Council Works in partnership with a lot of our arts and Community Organisations that already exist within the city. So whether thats felinfoel or whether its like the and all of the belfast troutfest and all of that takes place that collaboration takes place and bring in an event like this together. And thats why we see even the different dance even within the different dance troupes that that have troupes that have that have arrived they come troupes that have that have arriveall they come troupes that have that have arriveall over they come troupes that have that have arriveall over the they come troupes that have that have arriveall over the city1ey come troupes that have that have arriveall over the city of come from all over the city of belfast. Theres fair belfast. So theres a fair amount of that goes into amount of work that goes into it. But to be honest, belfast 2024 is the year of cultural celebration in the city and were looking to scale everything to everything up. Were looking to be share more of focus be able to share more of a focus on events this that takes on events like this that takes place. Its fantastic to see place. So its fantastic to see the coming out the people actually coming out and it as well. And getting behind it as well. Lets politics. Dougie, lets talk politics. Well at this stage, what does it mean belfast . Well. Dougie, mean to belfast . Well. Dougie, dougie. Dougie. Mean to belfast . Well. Dougie, dotdougie. Jgie. Mean to belfast . Well. Dougie, dotdougie. Thats it, it is. Dougie. Thats it, it is. Dougie. Thats it, it is. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry, im just talking there. You had a sinn fein lord mayor there, and i just want to point something out. Because everything northern everything in Northern Ireland comes politics. I can comes down to politics. I can remember when i was growing up and you tell me if its somewhat different, but Saint Patricks day belonged to catholics , and day belonged to catholics, and none of my protestant friends celebrated Saint Patricks day. And now it belongs to everyone around the world. Now it belongs to everyone. That has been a major shift, hasnt it . Major shift, hasnt it . Well, it has. It has been. Most protestants now realise their history, where it was and how it came on. Its even the same with things like the 12th of july. You know, youre having a look, see at what actually made that happen, how the uk was formed, how britain was formed. But Saint Patrick has been about and it was brought across the world because of economic migrants. The irish built most of the cities in the world and they brought it with them in order to cling to. So yes, it has been a very inclusive over the last, i dont know, 20 or 15 years. Saint patricks day has very much come into the other communities. I mean, theres even theres even orange parades on the 12th of july and i, which you would never have seen when we were growing up. Yeah, yeah. Listen, were yeah, yeah. So listen, were looking the parade yesterday, looking at the parade yesterday, belfast now its own big belfast has now got its own big Saint Patricks day parade. Tell us about that. And turns up us about that. And who turns up and do they come from . And where do they come from . Well, they come from all parts. And parts of belfast and the bigger areas. Lots of dance troupes , irish dancers, scottish troupes, irish dancers, scottish dancers. There is some amazing floats in this. I mean, yesterday there was , there was yesterday there was, there was people doing acrobatics from the floats as they went down the street. And some of the engineering that goes into that is incredible as well, because i was just sitting watching some of these bikes and so forth that were paddling these. There was one man on a horse, a mechanical horse going down the street, and they there to celebrate they are all there to celebrate their cultures and that is their own cultures and that is brought in to the Saint Patricks day festival. So thats the same. Sometimes we have a festival here called the mela, and that is very much with the indian community, and that bnngsin the indian community, and that brings in a lot of our own Community Inside that to celebrate each others culture. And theres a lot to learn from that across the whole of europe, actually. So my friend, when you next come back, tell us more, show us around more. Well be well be looking forward that. Forward to that. Got very quiet got to say very quiet there. I why Public Holiday. No, i know therell be some sore heads this morning. Very different to yesterday, different scenes to yesterday, dougie different scenes to yesterday, dotyeah, but you see, you see yeah, but you see, you see dougie, this is the thing. Hangover monday. Yeah. Yeah. Always at, you know, i always look at, you know, whether its Saint Andrews day or day or worst of or saint davids day or worst of all, Saint Georges day, where nothing seems to be. Yeah. Some people well, yeah. Some people emailing wear a emailing saying, i hope i wear a union flag on on saint Union Jack Flag on on Saint Georges day. Yeah, well, it wouldnt be. It would be the george flag anyway. The cross. The cross. Yeah, the point being, of course, dougie, that we enter into this and other people are so keen were all irish, everybodys irish, on the 17th of march. But does it ever mystify you . Because it does me. Why the other nations dont seem to revel as much as we do. To revel as much as we do. Well, absolutely. But ive come to the conclusion that Saint Patricks day is right in the middle of lent, and therefore it gives people an excuse to break lent and have a drink. But i was i was in here yesterday and the amount of vox p0ps yesterday and the amount of vox pops that i did with people that were americans , germans, were dutch americans, germans, and theyre all here just see and theyre all here just to see the Saint Patricks day parade. And i just thought to myself, this is amazing. Theyve came from all over the world to see a parade and enjoy Saint Patricks day. And in fact, most of them have gone on up to the maiden city today. Derry londonderry, to do tours of the walls and so forth. And what great way of forth. And what a great way of bringing tourism into your country, your country, celebrating, your National Heritage and bringing that sort of joy to everybody and including including all the other communities into that parade to make sure that you celebrate everyones culture. Its a great way to do. And yes, its a great way to do. And yes, the english are missing out on it might be a better idea next time to turn your camera the other way. And we see the beautiful city hall, thats right in front of you there. Maybe thatll be something. Just give people a bit of variety. Thanks very much, you, bit of variety. Thanks very much, you, thank much, mate. Thank you, thank you. Interesting , much, mate. Thank you, thank you. Interesting, dougie you. Its interesting, dougie was mentioning derry yesterday, and, were pictures of and, those were pictures of streets that are famous around the world for riots on them. And i was noticing yesterday the parades and the happiness and everything, which is so good to see no one. Now for something completely different. So i never did. I think i would see peace like in my lifetime. Like this in my lifetime. So its incredible , speaking so its incredible, speaking of people out on the streets, record numbers people are record numbers of people are opposing president but he opposing president putin, but he has victory inevitable. Has declared victory inevitable. Perhaps sham elections. They are being described , which has being described, which has secured him another six years in power. Early results after the polls closed showed that he had received more than 87 of the vote. However, internationally , vote. However, internationally, the community has been quick to condemn these results as neither free nor fair. Well , in free nor fair. Well, in russia and around the world, thousands gathered to protest against putin with at least 80 people being arrested across russia and lord cameron, the foreign secretary, took to x or twitter saying this is not what free and Fair Elections should look like. Well, joining us now is gb News Reporter ray addison, who is at the Russian Embassy in london. Good morning to you. Paint a picture for us, if you will, of the scenes outside the embassy over the weekend. And what all of this means, i suppose, for all of us, because this has an impact, doesnt it . As we see russia and putin more powerful than ever. Well, yesterday, good morning to you both. Yesterday we saw hundreds of russian expats here outside the Russian Embassy in london queuing to vote at noon. Now, this was part of a worldwide protest to a show of a symbolic show of force, if you will, at noon , to show that they will, at noon, to show that they were dissenting against president putin standing for re election and the queues here stretched for about half a mile, just panned down there. Obviously, weve got no queues here this morning, but thats the lens that they were going to show their dissent as part of this noon against putin Demonstration Organised the Demonstration Organised by the Russian Democratic society. Of course, these course, they consider these elections to be illegitimate, not free or fair, because mr putin has been facing three candidates from parties who have not criticised his rule nor his invasion of ukraine. And protesters were also asked to spoil their ballot by checking two candidates when they voted. This, of course, all triggered by the death of Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny in a penal colony in the arctic last month. Colony in the arctic last month. We can see these tributes here directly opposite the embassy signs saying spoil your vote, putin, the hague is waiting for you. Russian enemies are in the you. Russian enemies are in the kremlin, and other similar signs as well. Do not let misery win as well. Do not let misery win as well. Do not let misery win as well. And the crowd that was queuing up outside the embassy here to vote chanted putin is a killer. Now, of course , vladimir killer. Now, of course, Vladimir Putin has picked up on all of this opposition. He hasnt just been happening here in london, its been happening at locations around the world. And saw around the world. And we saw those well, taking those noon votes as well, taking place russia , very much place in russia, very much encouraged the widow of encouraged by the widow of Alexei Navalny. And mr putin has sort of broken his silence on this issue. In a News Conference in the last few hours following that vote, he called the death of Alexei Navalny an unfortunate incident , of Alexei Navalny an unfortunate incident, and he of Alexei Navalny an unfortunate incident , and he actually incident, and he actually claimed that hed been ready to release navalny in a prisoner swap. And i think thats a real good indication that hes seen the size of these protests. And, the size of these protests. And, of course, presumably he wont be undeterred. However he feels that he has to address them in some way and try to mitigate against them. Of course, though, by winning this election, he does stand to be in power in russia for another six years, and that will be very concerning to the people of ukraine and the people of the west. The allies of nato as well. Mr putin, very much still in control. Hes got his grip on the kremlin. Thanks very much indeed. Well leave it there. Thank you , well leave it there. Thank you, right. The weather situation just looking today , as you can just looking today, as you can see, is a bit grey outside, but its not cold. Its ten degrees out there. And what can craig snell add to all of that . Lets have a look. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb views. Good morning and welcome to your latest gb news Weather Forecast from the met office. Were looking ahead to today. I think most of us should see some sunshine, but unfortunately there is some further rain on there is some further rain on the horizon. But back to this morning. We do have this band of the horizon. But back to this morni across do have this band of the horizon. But back to this morni across more ave this band of the horizon. But back to this morni across more central band of the horizon. But back to this morni across more central parts of cloud across more central parts of the some spots of of the country. Some spots of rain places too, but either rain in places too, but either side there is some good amounts of sunshine and as we approach lunchtime, especially across more parts of the more central parts of the country, a decent country, quite a decent lunchtime to come. Plenty of sunshine into the afternoon that spreads its way a little bit further eastwards where further west, thickening and west, thickening cloud and outbreaks rain approaching outbreaks of rain approaching but temperatures but a mild one. Temperatures reaching in the reaching 17 degrees in the south east so into the evening this area of rain spreads its way northeastward. Some heavy way northeastward. Some heavy rain for a time across parts of scotland and Northern England. The rain takes its time to get towards the southeast, so actually parts of kent, east anglia probably remaining dry till after dawn. And for all of us its another mild night. Temperatures across the south not falling much lower than 10 or 11 degrees. So we do start tuesday off on a rather grey and damp note for most of us. Still some rain working its way eastwards across the country. It does improve a little bit across parts of Northern Ireland and scotland as the day goes on. Mixture of some bright spells and showers here that may well transfer its way towards Northern England the Northern England as the afternoon goes on. And for all of another fairly mild day of us, another fairly mild day temperature a little bit down compared still temperature a little bit down comp. Ofd still temperature a little bit down comp. Of 15 still temperature a little bit down comp. Of 15 degrees still temperature a little bit down comp. Of 15 degrees in still temperature a little bit down comp. Of 15 degrees in eastl highs of 15 degrees in east anglia. Anglia. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Sponsors of boxt boilers. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. 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It is without doubt a sham election, bell says. Like you , eamonn, i bell says. Like you, eamonn, i visited russia. Unlike you, i visited russia. Unlike you, i visited several cities from moscow to the far east of the country, including , russian country, including, russian workplaces. From these visits, it is clear president putin is extremely popular. Keep your thoughts coming in. Coming up, were going to be talking about a d day celebration. Stay with us for that. Youre watching i today marks the beginning of an 80 day countdown to the 80th anniversary of d day. Yes. These were the landings in june 1944, which led to the liberation of northern france and belgium from the germans, and belgium from the germans, and ultimately helped to us win the war. Such an important day for so many families with many, many, including ourselves. I mean, we talk about stories we both swapping stories with each me about my, each other. Me about my, grandfather and you about my grandfather. Your grandfather, as there. And one family as well there. And one family who will be leading the upcoming commemorations. Who will be leading the upcoming commemorations. Lets meet them, commemorations. Lets meet them, john millen. John millen, commemorations. Lets meet them, john millen. John millen, whose john millen. John millen, whose father defied army rules to play the bagpipes as he led the first commando brigade ashore on the beaches of normandy and starting from today, john will play the bagpipe in his garden home in nottinghamshire. Yes , for the next ten days, yes, for the next ten days, as a wonderful, wonderful tribute. Tribute. And welcome, both of you. Thank you very much for joining us, bright and early this morning, may we start with you, bruno , and just us your bruno, and just tell us your story . Story . Well, basically, when the anniversary came to light, i was determined that part of the anniversary be the, all for the d day landings on the 6th of june this year, should incorporate pipes because this wonderful piper, bill millin , wonderful piper, bill millin, who defied all the odds and came out of the out of the water onto the beach and playing his pipes, being followed by men around him, sadly, many of them dying, walked all the way up the beach to pegasus bridge. So thought, to pegasus bridge. So thought, right, lets do an 80 day countdown to d day 80 involving pipers all over the uk and the Channel Islands. And where better to start than with his son and his grandson . Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant. And john, from your point of view. So youre the piper and the son of first commander brigades only piper. Big responsibility to get this one right. Yes, feeling just a wee bit nervous about it, but my father would have been really pleased because the whole. The whole thing about the pipes for him was remembrance. And during the veterans. And during the veterans. And, you know, why did they use the pipes . What was that about . Was that i mean, thats obviously goes back in ancient historian times as to why music was used in in battle. Do you know what he played , well, the know what he played, well, the pipes actually were banned after the first world war. It was lord lovat that asked my father, who played the pipes on the beach, and my father first protested, saying it was against the war office rules for pipers to play in battle. Lovats response was, thats the english war office. We are scottish, so well ignore it. It. Yeah, i think, john, i, bruno, ive seen these in many films and things of reenactments of this. Of this. Whats whats your view as the pageant master . Why did you include the pipes . Well, you know, because they are such part of our nation, all our world history. Really. And what a way to unite people around the world. But through the pipes and through, you know, through the uk. I mean, following, bill and jacob, weve got pipers playing, the same tune for ten more, for ten days each in scotland, Northern Ireland, wales, the Channel Islands and the isle of man, finishing up on the 6th of june on the beach in normandy, where were actually going to recreate the coming out of the water with a piper onto the beach and walking through to pegasus bridge. So powerful , john, were so powerful, john, were going to ask you to play in just one second, but i just want , one second, but i just want, first of all, for you to talk about how important it is that youre doing this with your son, that youre passing on the memory, of the memory, the importance of the bravery reflections for bravery and the reflections for all of those that lost to the younger generations. Well, remembrance and the memory of normandy and those who died were very important to my. Because i grew up with that, and i will play in his honour, and i will play in his honour, and my son will play in his grandfathers honour. Thats what were here to do , to keep what were here to do, to keep the memory of the normandy veterans and all those who gave their lives on d day and alive, my friend, ten days from today , my friend, ten days from today, youre going to start playing. What are you going to begin with . Well, its highland laddie. Well, its highland laddie. Okay, well, well sit back and enjoy. Thank you very much indeed. To both of you. Thank you. Thank you. Eric you good man yourself. Thank you very much indeed. Very much. Very much. Lovely john. Thank you. And thank you to bruno as well. Thank you. Luck with it all. Good luck. Absolutely. Good luck with it all. But can you imagine marching behind that if that was stir you and that if that was to stir you and inspire you . Its haunting, isnt it . The sound of bagpipes. The sound of bagpipes. I think the bullets would be more to me, but more haunting to me, but absolutely lest we absolutely incredible at lest we forget. With forget. Paul coyte. With the sport after the break. Yes, i do, im im still, i still ive always wanted to have a go with that. I wouldnt do a very good job, huge games and fantastic games in the fa cup. Two of the greatest quarter finals i think weve ever seen. And well about the and also, well talk about the great our greatest great olympian, our greatest ever female olympian the magic of the fa cup. People talk about, you know, the fa cups dead and gone. The organisations will kill it. I really i just think, you know, they should say with regards to they should say with regards to the fa cup, who is entering. And then if youre not entering, just, you know, kick you out of it. Just dont, dont even if you dont play in a decent team. Is that what youre saying i mean everybody no im saying, im saying im look, saying no im saying look, theyre away replays. Theyre doing away with replays. Instance, now from the for instance, now from the third round onwards, it seems. It seems be. Thats what it seems to be. But thats what its it replays. Its about. It is, it replays. You what i agree with you know what i agree with that. You know what i agree with that. But yesterday when we that. But but yesterday when we see happened with see what happened with manchester and liverpool, Manchester United and liverpool, its to extra time, its gone to extra time, right on verge penalties and on the verge of penalties and manchester win it. And it Manchester United win it. And it was great it went extra was great that it went to extra time know. Then that it time you know. And then that it would been i think that was would have been i think that was all part that all went along with it. No. But if youre a peterborough chest or something at carlisle and that income, and you need that income, i think its important for early rounds, without without think its important for early ro doubt. Vithout without a doubt. But to Amazing Games in the quarter semi finals line quarter finals, semi finals line up coventry against up as coventry against Manchester City Manchester United on man city against chelsea. Us about correct. So tell us about laura formerly laura laura kenny, formerly laura trott. Trott. Yeah. Laura trott, who made her name in 2012, in the olympic games, our greatest cyclist and our greatest ever olympian. Five our greatest ever olympian. Five gold medals shes won over the yeah gold medals shes won over the year. She won two in london 2012, which was a finest hour. Theres laura there with the two. This is from see, i can even tell that they are from rio. Thats from when she won two medals in rio. She won two gold medals in rio. She won another medal in tokyo. And another gold medal in tokyo. And shes decided before paris shes decided right before paris it was a wonder where theyre thinking, is she actually gonna compete in paris . But shes decided, no, thats her husband, jason kenny, who also happens to be the greatest male athlete the olympics has ever seen as far as Great Britain is concerned. Can you imagine the amount of medals that they have in their house . All the olympic medals, everything and buddies in two, two big and buddies in their they did. Most their hands. So they did. Most of time theyre but a true of the time theyre but a true great luck to her. Great good luck to her. Decided to step down. Shes decided to step down. Shes decided to step down. Good luck to her. Absolutely, tell about scottish scheffler. Scheffler Scottie Scheffler whos scheffler scheffler. The number one golfer in hes the number one golfer in the world. Hes the number one golfer in the never. Hes the number one golfer in the never heard of him. Never heard of him. Never heard of him. Never heard of scottie you never heard of Scottie Scheffler. No the player. Scheffler. No hes the player. Hes there at hes the greatest there is at the the players the moment. One of the players championship yesterday. Look for i just sort of look for rorys results. And rory was 19th. Rory and then rory was 19th. Rory didnt do so well at all. No no rory it was joined tonight. But Scottie Scheffler won the players tpc players championship tpc sawgrass in florida yesterday. But the thing is, what they do with American Golf and youve probably seen this. I drives me crazy when they have to be the first one to shout as someone tees off, you know . And as soon as the shot its like its in the hole, its in it. Its like, well, you should shut up. So there were problems on there were problems earlier on in week. And also the other in the week. And also the other problem that is player problem that they had is player is, people that are crowding is, is people that are crowding around the players trying to get too and theyre trying to too close and theyre trying to get good have get on tv, get a good view, have a this. This happened a look at this. This happened yesterday. Homa. One of the yesterday. Max homa. One of the finest golfers. Finest American Golfers. Look, there got a shot to there we are. Hes got a shot to play. This is someone filming it. Look at them all crowded around. Watch carefully. Whoa there straight, there you go. Straight, straight shot. Ball went into camera the ball went into the camera of who was filming. Of the guy who was filming. Into the guy who was straight into the guy who was filming it. This is it. Filming it. And this is it. People are all crowding round. You need a little space. If i was you, wouldnt. Id keep was near you, wouldnt. Id keep people all the people away from all the surrounding because you surrounding holes because you never the balls never know where the balls going go. Itold never know where the balls going go. I told you about me going to go. I told you about me slicing drive tournament slicing my drive at a tournament and had to get an ambulance and have had to get an ambulance on course take for you, on the course to take for you, or for somebody else . For someone else. Oh, eamonn. Or for somebody else . Yeah. Meone else. Oh, eamonn. Or for somebody else . Yeah. Meonwhate. Oh, eamonn. Or for somebody else . Yeah. Meonwhat was, eamonn. Or for somebody else . Yeah. Meonwhat was, earsoin. Yeah. Well, what was the. So the pressure, pressure of the pressure, the pressure of walking the same and on walking up on the same and on the t9. Eamonn holmes from the t9. Mr Eamonn Holmes from gmtv. Oh horrid and gmtv. Oh horrid horrid and everybody quiet and you everybody goes quiet and you think just please let me get this away, just please. And then, oh no, you assaulted someone. So youre facing. So the so if youre facing. So the first hole, youre looking straight the way yeah. Straight the way down. Yeah. Where did go. Left. Right. Oh. Sliced up. Yeah. Sliced up. Yeah. You sliced it. What and how close woman was standing . Oh, i would say were camera nine. Is there. Yeah. So youre not even talking 200 yards. No, youre talking about five feet straight. I mean, maybe maybe by 20ft. I mean, maybe maybe by 20ft. Did you did you get a free drop afterwards or. Well, honestly, you arent believing me, but they literally the collapsed. I had to the person collapsed. I had to get ambulance. All over the fairways. Play was delayed. I was to get in touch. So people still speak to her and go, what are those pimples . Thats circular pimples. Goes, and go, what are those pimples . Thats eamonnpimples. Goes, and go, what are those pimples . Thats eamonnpimples. That s, and go, what are those pimples . Thats eamonnpimples. That is thats Eamonn Holmes that is inside thats Eamonn Holmes that is insishes a gb news viewer. Shes a gb news viewer. Shes a gb news viewer. That would be fabulous. That would be fabulous. Thank you very much indeed. And i never told you about the girl who, in the crush to reach me at a disco in dundalk. That she she was pushed over in the crush and broke her arm. Did you see her in hospital . Oh, my goodness me. What . You were there . Crowds running towards you. Wow. Wow. And they all fell on top of her. Oh my goodness me. Yeah, yeah. Anything interesting . Never anything interesting . Never happened to yourself . Anything. Anything. Not really. In the same way, ive hit plenty of bad golf balls. Ive fallen over. Ive balls. Ive fallen over. Ive lost golf clubs. Theyve flown out of my hand. Ive done a lot. But nobodys ever rushed towards me playing. What are me while i was playing. What are we towards, isabel . We rushing towards, isabel . Whats next . Whats next . We have making the well, we have making the news. Redrup news. Dawn neesom oscar redrup taking all the papers taking us through all the papers and thats making the and everything thats making the news well. Okay. And going through whats making the news in the papers today. Dawn neesom and oscar redrup and oscar, rwanda flights. Were at this again , and. At this again, and. Yeah. Yeah. The vote, is back in parliament. Its one of the most kind of heated and divisive issues amongst tory mps. With all the headlines over the weekend in terms of where rishi and number 10 are at, this is, you know, beyond crucial all, i was with a couple of mps last week and they said that and admittedly these mps were a certain section of the tory party, but they said if we could just break our backs and do every thing we can to get one, just one plane out of here to rwanda, that would go a long way for me and my constituents and something that i can sell on the doorstep. However, i think there was a time story. Well, this was reported by the Times Newspaper last night that rwanda is actually already asking for a two month pause, assuming this does become law. On after those first on thursday after those first flights, want just flights, because they want just a limited first wave to make sure they can handle it sure that they can handle it before they any more. Before they let any more. Dont you think all this would have slightly would have been slightly ironed out beforehand . How many millions given millions of pounds have we given to . I dont actually know to rwanda . I dont actually know the answer. Ive lost the plot with how many millions were dishing countries with how many millions were distheg countries with how many millions were disthe moment, countries with how many millions were disthe moment, but countries with how many millions were disthe moment, but and untries with how many millions were disthe moment, but and untrthing at the moment, but and the thing is, with whole rwanda thing, is, with the whole rwanda thing, we that when rishi sunak we know that when rishi sunak was chancellor thought the was chancellor he thought the plan was a bit rubbish in any case. So hearts it. Case. So his hearts not in it. He a vote he just thinks its a vote winner. I guess. Winner. I guess. Yeah, but they need to make it happen in the eyes of many mps. And if it is just and this doesnt rub against what that mp was me time story was telling me that time story because you know, just get because its, you know, just get one out. Course therell be one out. Of course therell be problems, well deal with problems, but well deal with that i just my that later. I just need my constituents need to see it. They to visually see this they need to visually see this policy in action. I think theres going to be a rebellion or a rebellion is expected in this bill this week on exempting allies clause, is anyone allies clause, which is anyone thats helped British Services overseas. Yes. Usually interpreters in iraq or afghanistan being permitted the permitted to come into the country illegally because they dont have the correct documentation. But apparently lots people will be very lots of people will be very unhappy about that, even though theyve British Services. Theyve helped British Services. Well, number 10 insists but number 10 insists they already and legal already have safe and legal routes to the uk for, say, the interpreters who helped in afghanistan. And theyre already afghanistan. And theyre already meant to access that meant to be able to access that legally. They dont know what legally. They dont know what theyre doing. Do they basically, oscar , there is basically, oscar, there is a village called east winch, which is in norfolk, and east winch is famous for peacocks. Famous for peacocks. Here we go. Eamonn. So forget, you know, tory mps. This forget, you know, tory mps. This for me, is genuinely the fascinating story of the day. 15 peacocks have just disappeared from this village. Well, i got stolen. The headline says 14 and then the article says 15. It appears theres one left, but its just theres one left, but its just the sole survivor. Yeah, theres one. Yeah, theres one. So theres 14 gone off the 15. And one. One sole survivor. Oh 15. And one. One sole survivor. On poor lonely. On poor lonely. Well indeed. And foul play is well indeed. And foul play is being called as in maybe theyve been. Being called as in maybe theyve been. Oh yeah. Very good, very been. Oh yeah. Very good, very good. But but its a genuine fascinating mystery. And i hope that the express or the mail. Sorry. Wonderful newspaper. Keep her keep investigating because i dont know, im open to ideas here. I mean, i do not know how you smuggle 14 peacocks, especially if they open their fan. Fan. Yeah, thats a lot of area to coven yeah, thats a lot of area to cover. There and there. Any time ive ever been in their vicinity, they havent been the most compliant. Well, no. Exactly, exactly. Exactly, exactly. And i valuable. And i valuable. I mean, im not expecting anyone to know, but i mean, i imagine they are because theyre kind a token of a kind of like a token of a stately home, arent they . If you if youre really fancy. They might look out of yeah, they might look out of place in flat in tower place in my flat in tower hamlets. I mean, possibly, you know, this is new form know, maybe this is the new form of theft. Know, maybe this is the new form of twet. Know, maybe this is the new form of twe used to design a pooches we used to design a pooches going missing. Yeah. Times are tough up peacocks. Are tough. Peacocks. Times are tough. Do you nick them, though . I mean, shove mean, just just shove it in youn i mean, just just shove it in your, i mean, your, as eamonn says. I mean, theyre the most friendliest theyre not the most friendliest of creatures. Well, theyd have to be some sort expertise, i reckon. Sort of expertise, i reckon. Yeah. Yeah. Theres a search party if theres a search Party Heading down east heading down to east winch, i am, in, i in, im in am, i am in, i am in, im in peacock rustling. Okay. Peacock rustling. What about Prime Minister rustling . Dawn, whats going on, whos their the hat . Whos put their name in the hat . If anyone. Whos put their name in the hat . If aoh ne. Whos put their name in the hat . If aoh ,e. Whos put their name in the hat . If aoh , well, everybody possibly. Oh, well, everybody possibly. I mean, its Penny Mordaunt this weekend , and basically not good weekend, and basically not good news for rishi sunak again , news for rishi sunak again, implying last week that he was indecisive , weak and couldnt indecisive, weak and couldnt lead well, couldnt lead anything , let alone the party. Anything, let alone the party. So Penny Mordaunt is the latest name. She is a stalking horse, supposedly a plot organised by the far right of the conservative party who very much arent happy with rishi sunak. You wouldnt naturally have chosen her because shes considered to be. Shes. Absolutely i but despite being a good orator, its the stalking horse theory. Get her in. But really, youve got the real candidate right behind her whos going to just get rid of her as soon as they get in. Thats theory. They get in. Thats the theory. Whoever going to lose whoever is going to lose the election cant survive. Whoever is going to lose the ele exactly nt survive. Whoever is going to lose the eleyexactly that. Rvive. Whoever is going to lose the eleyexactly that. Yeah. So that exactly that. Yeah. So that thatis exactly that. Yeah. So that that is a point that Penny Mordaunt. Yeah. But i mean, mordaunt. Well yeah. But i mean, i wouldnt row with her the way she terum that she held that, that terum that she held that, that terum that she stand up fight. She would stand up and fight. You better watch out. So you better watch out. So you better watch out. I mean, i mean, rishi but i mean, i mean, rishi sunakis but i mean, i mean, rishi sunak is pinning all his hopes on the, the cost of living crisis the fact that crisis and the fact that inflation is Getting Better for us. Thats all hes got to inflation is Getting Better for us. At thats all hes got to inflation is Getting Better for us. At the s all hes got to inflation is Getting Better for us. At the moment. Got to inflation is Getting Better for us. At the moment. |]0t to inflation is Getting Better for us. At the moment. I seeo inflation is Getting Better for us. At the moment. I see also offer at the moment. I see also sad, sad there man. Sad, sad news there man. Knew quite steve i knew quite well steve harley cockney died harley from cockney rebel, died over the weekend. He was at the age of 73, and i knew him because i used to have a show on saturday on radio five, and he was tipster. Oh, wow. Was our horse tipster. Oh, wow. I didnt know that. I didnt know that. Really, horse expert news. Horse flesh. So. So we did as well. But come up and see me. Make me smile. Nice, man. No age either. No age either. 73 i know, its really. I mean , you know, sort of like, mean, you know, sort of like, you know, my husbands sort of like, you know, not that much younger. And its like when you get your its really no age get your 73, its really no age and no age. And he was on tour up until last month , so its up until last month, so its really sad news. And obviously with family sounds oscar, with his family sounds oscar, should we talk about cultures of cover ups this time . The guardian alleges its happening in the nhs. Yeah, so along with the dentistry story, in terms of people not being able to access dentists pulling their own teeth out, this is quite another, visceral example of an nhs that is in a really, really sorry state of affairs, cover up culture, declared by the nhs ombudsman that leads to avoidable deaths and families. And i think this is quite an interesting line here. The familys being denied the truth about their loved ones. I, you know, and im sure we all have stories like this. I remember when my grandma was dying and was very ill, and i was very, very close to her. You you have that panic and that even in your own you know, you cant do own mind, you know, you cant do anything, you still have anything, but you still have that, desperation to find an answer. Or maybe we could do this. Maybe we could. And i think if people feel like theyre not being treated humanely in that way and theyre not being armed with the full facts, or there is some form of obfuscation, obfuscation going on there. That is deeply, deeply sad. And im sure we all have our own stories of that desperate plea to a doctor. Yeah, but this is what sunak does not understand. Does not understand. And he keeps saying, waiting for the Interest Rates to turn and whatever he has to spend money, whether he has it or not. And the dental situation around the country is absolutely disgraceful. We just simply do disgraceful. We just simply do not have a National Health service dental system, nor do i see whats so difficult about it. Do you mean you put a you know, you put a youngster through university and you say, right, you come out, you work with us for five years and well pay with us for five years and well pay your fees at university. I dont see why this is an unfixable, situation, and i just dont see why it was. It was one of the big stories on countryfile last night. Yeah. Rural, parts of the of the country just do not have this system. And dentists cant system. And dentists cant survive on what theyre paid for the nhs. So why isnt sunak done just doing practical things for peoples lives . Well, this is the thing. I mean, its like, you know, the headune mean, its like, you know, the headline on the times today, this is our bounce back year, sunak tells sells, tells critics, i mean, but were not feeling that, are we . The people out here arent feeling that. Its like, okay, you might have got, you know, the inflation figures we figures down slightly, but we cant see dentists. Cant get to see dentists. I cant get to see jordan do a betterjob at this. Or is it about the sell to the public . Because to be fair, as say, because to be fair, as you say, we saw a budget that have we saw a budget that did have tax seeing the tax cuts. Yes. Seeing the economy. I mean, expecting economy. Well i mean, expecting inflation better, there inflation to be better, there are positive messages. I think that gets to a yeah. I think that gets to a point election cycle as well point in election cycle as well where people slightly stop listening. When it listening. Yeah. And when it gets to that point this taps into im you cant into what im saying. You cant tell you have to show them tell them. You have to show them. And thats hour of need. And thats the hour of need. Theyre running a service theyre either running a service or theyre not. Theyre either running a service or tyeah. Not. Theyre either running a service or tyeah. And. Theyre either running a service or tyeah. And they dont seem to yeah. And they dont seem to be. Weve say be. Guys, weve got to say goodbye you again in goodbye to you. See you again in 40 minutes time. Craig. Good morning. The weather, that morning. With the weather, that warm feeling inside. Warm feeling inside. And from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning and welcome to your latest gb news Weather Forecast from the met office. Were looking ahead to today. I think most of us should see some sunshine, but unfortunately there is some further rain on there is some further rain on the horizon. Back to this the horizon. But back to this morning. We do have this band of morning. We do have this band of cloud across more central parts of the country. Spots of the country. Some spots of rain but either rain in places too, but either side there is some good amounts of sunshine and as we approach lunchtime, especially across more central of the more central parts of the country, quite a decent lunchtime to come. Plenty of sunshine into the afternoon that spreads its way a little bit further eastwards, where further west cloud and west, thickening cloud and outbreaks of rain approaching but one. Temperatures but a mild one. Temperatures reaching 17 degrees in the south east, so into the evening this area of rain spreads its way northeastward. Some heavy way northeastward. Some heavy rain for a time across parts of scotland and Northern England. The rain takes its time to get towards the southeast. So towards the southeast. So actually parts of kent, east anglia probably remaining dry till after dawn. And for all of us its another mild night. Temperatures across the south not falling much lower than 10 or 11 degrees. So we do start tuesday off on a rather grey and damp note for most of us. Still some rain working its way eastwards across the country. It does improve a little bit across parts of Northern Ireland and scotland as the day goes on. Mixture of some bright spells and showers here that may well transfer its way towards Northern England the Northern England as the afternoon on. For all afternoon goes on. And for all of another fairly mild day. Of us, another fairly mild day. Temperatures a little down temperatures a little bit down compared still compared to today, but still highs degrees in east highs of 15 degrees in east anglia. Anglia. Looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on leading for us this morning. An embattled Prime Minister is urging colleagues to stick with him as leadership rumours fail to disappear. Putin claims victory in an election slammed by the International Community as neither free nor fair, as he warns, protests during elections will be punished. Will be punished. And were celebrating Saint Patricks day, a day late , patricks day, a day late, because it is a big public houday because it is a big Public Holiday there today and its been a huge weekend of celebrations. Celebrations. Yes, what a great weekend to be. Irish horse racing, six nafions be. Irish horse racing, Six Nations Rugby and Saint Patricks day. Ill have more later. Later. And at 820 its shakespeare where we celebrate the works of the bard. But is he still relevant . We will be debating that shortly. That shortly. To be or not to be . Well, i dont think he is relevant. Oh god, i dont think. Do you think hes relevant . Paul, id love to quote something, but the answer is not really. No. Much ado about nothing. Much ado about nothing. Thats exactly what it is. I have no idea what shes talking about. And in sport, britains most successful olympian, most successful female olympian, dame laura kenny, has announced her retirement in yesterdays west ham villa game. A new west ham aston villa game. A new record set for longest record was set for the longest var decision five minutes 37 var decision five minutes and 37 seconds fa cups demise seconds and the fa cups demise is greatly exaggerated after two of the most barnstorming, heart stopping , late winning, stopping, late winning, tubthumping waving tubthumping shirt waving red card goal scoring card in goal scoring quarterfinals. Ever see quarterfinals. You will ever see more than its the spring equinox this week, but will the weather get the message . Find out in a little bit. Find out in a little bit. Well, the top story this morning is. Morning is. Well, rishi sunak has urged the conservatives to stick by him amid speculation of a plot to oust him as Prime Minister. I thought we hadnt got olivia. Were going to just read the story and then go on to the next bit. Well, follow speculation over the weekend that some conservatives are attempting to use leader of the house, use the leader of the house, thatis use the leader of the house, that is Penny Mordaunt, as a stalking horse candidate to trigger leadership race. Yes. Trigger a leadership race. Yes. So hope youre still with us, following us. The logic with all of this one . Well, the rumour has forced number tens hand. Theyve number tens hand. Theyve issued statement to last issued a statement to mps last night where Prime Minister, night where the Prime Minister, i say told, but i think he sort of begged backbenchers to stick with the economy is with him, saying the economy is turning corner urged them turning a corner and urged them to hold their nerve. Despite the conservative partys dire poll ratings. And we can talk about some of those poll ratings. The mail on sunday. They are dire, predicting electoral oblivion with labour having 250 seat with labour having a 250 seat majority. Was another majority. There was another poll, more in common poll, which showed that red wall policies are alienating the blue wall, so therell oblivion there. Therell be oblivion there. So talk rock and a hard talk about a rock and a hard place. And all of this follows on from, of course, Lee Andersons defection, the racist row badenoch forced row where Kemi Badenoch forced the Prime Ministers hand to call out racism. Who will be call out racism. Who will be speaking to you. And after after 9 00 or just before 9 00, maybe were sort of upsetting things this morning that she will be before and after 9 00 this morning. And Penny Mordaunts name in all the papers over the weekend. We have a clip of her from Tory Party Conference last year, which raised a few eyebrows because been incredibly because shed been incredibly prominent. Might remember because shed been incredibly promthe|t. Might remember because shed been incredibly promthe coronation,|t remember because shed been incredibly promthe coronation, wherember because shed been incredibly promthe coronation, where sheer from the coronation, where she was wielding a and looking was wielding a sword and looking extremely glamorous , but a lot extremely glamorous, but a lot of people sort of questioned what on earth she was on about at conference. Lets take a look, stand up and fight. Because when you stand up and fight, the person beside you stand stands up and fights. And when our party stands up and fights the nation stands up and fights. And when our nation stands up and fights, other nafions stands up and fights, other nations stand up and fight. Have courage. Bring hope. Stand up courage. Bring hope. Stand up and fight. Stand up and fight. Thank you. Conference. Thank you. Conference. All that needed was music. Stand up and fight done. Till stand up and fight done. Till you hear the bell. Stand up and fight. Fight. Fight like hell and we have olivia utley. She joins us this olivia utley. She joins us this morning from westminster. And really interesting all of this because theres a theory that a Penny Mordaunt didnt come up with this plan to put herself forward as a leadership contender , or b that she did, contender, or b that she did, because she has the least to lose, because actually, as theyre moving all the boundanes theyre moving all the boundaries coming in the boundaries coming up in the election, probably going election, shes probably going to seat. So if she was to lose her seat. So if she was leader the party, somehow she leader of the party, somehow she would be safe. Whats the truth . We the we always want to get to the truth of this. Olivia. Truth in all of this. Olivia. I suppose the truth is the Prime Minister is in a very weak and vulnerable right now. Vulnerable position right now. Minister couldnt the Prime Minister couldnt really a vulnerable really be in a more vulnerable position. Tories are 20 position. The tories are 20 points behind in the polls, and that big budget a couple of weeks ago, which was hoped by the conservatives, would give them boost, hasnt really them a huge boost, hasnt really seemed effect. What seemed to have any effect. What so ever. Plenty of conservatives ive speaking to now ive been speaking to are now saying, having said over recent months, worst thing we could months, the worst thing we could possibly do is replace a leader. A fourth conservative Prime Minister in as many years would just look ridiculous to the voting public. Some of them have now changed tune and now changed their tune and theyre saying, well, theyre actually saying, well, maybe thing we could maybe the worst thing we could possibly stick with our possibly do is stick with our current leader. Rishi sunak promised was to promised that he was going to steady the ship. Feels a bit as though hes steadied the ship , though hes steadied the ship, but the is at the bottom of but the ship is at the bottom of the ocean. The polls are just bumbling with the bumbling along with the conservatives, 20 points conservatives, about 20 points behind. Could see penny behind. So could we see Penny Mordaunt step into rishi sunaks shoes . The expectation is that if rebels were to make any move, it would be after the may local elections, which are predicted to be absolutely disastrous for the tories. Would Penny Mordaunt be interested in taking that role . Well, its no secret that Penny Mordaunt has leadership ambitions, but there are those who say that it would be more sensible for her to try and realise those ambitions after a general election, not before it. Then what about the people around her who are bigging her up for this position . Well, there are rumours that some of them actually dont really want Penny Mordaunt to be Prime Minister at all, that there are some on the right of the party who are talking up Penny Mordaunt, because they know that she has sway with moderates and centrists in the party and if they talk her up, then they might be able to spur on a leadership election. And if they had a leadership election, then they could put in their own candidate, perhaps Kemi Badenoch or Suella Braverman even or Suella Braverman or even priti patel. As for mordaunt herself, if she gets asked about these claims this week, then shes likely to actually issue a pubuc shes likely to actually issue a public rebuttal. But thats public rebuttal. But thats pretty awkward in itself. This week weve got the Prime Minister speaking to backbenchers, begging them to remember his plan is on remember that his plan is on track, that Interest Rates are set to go down, that inflation is set to hit its 2 target in the next few months. Meanwhile, youve got the leader of the commons in rishi sunaks cabinet having up in the commons having to get up in the commons and deny that shes on and publicly deny that shes on manoeuvres. Its the of manoeuvres. Its the sign of a very , very weak party and very, very weak party and possibly a party thats going to get even weaker after those may elections. If a crisis point does come, i think we can expect it to be in early may. Thank you, olivia, thank you very much indeed. If youve got a view on that, please do share it with us. Ive got one thats just come in from eunice woods. Is the plot to oust rishi sunak politics for the good of the Country Party or politics for spite and nastiness . I cant see what good it will do so near an election. And i have to say, i think most people outside of the westminster bubble would think what another leader hasnt what another leader that hasnt been elected by the by the nation, i mean one change of leader when youre in government is so damaging, to have is so damaging, but to have successive is embarrassing successive ones is embarrassing frankly, those thoughts frankly, keep those thoughts coming views gb news. Com coming in. Gb views gb news. Com would you be in favour of seeing rishi sunak ousted at this late stage . Let us know. Meanwhile you irish over the weekend i was it was a weekend of celebrations across the country and across the world as the rugby six nations victory and Saint Patricks day fell on the same weekend. So were going to cross to our Northern Ireland reporter. My good friend and colleague dougie beattie, who is in belfast today. Colleague dougie beattie, who is in belfast today. Lookie look in belfast today. Lookie look even even took my suggestion. He did. Hes looking at the city hall. Its like its like the equivalent of the white house to us, isnt it . Can i just ask before you start, dougie, have you literally just turned the camera around and you had natwest bank behind and that empty street behind you and that empty street because everyones got a hangout, day hangover. Hangout, three day hangover. Show i might mess up show them. Well, i might mess up his but fabulous. And his shot, but how fabulous. And that is it . No city that stormont is it . No city hall. Belfast city hall. Forgive me. Belfast city hall. Forgive me. Belfast city hall. Geography hall. Sorry little geography lesson. Lesson for me. Yeah. This is this is city hall and you can see beautiful Queen Victoria standing there behind and theres a thing behind us. And theres a thing too, the titanic over here on the right of me. Its a beautiful spot, the city hall. In fact, this area of belfast is absolutely beautiful. Some of the buildings around here, the ulster bank, the scottish provincial, all absolutely beautiful buildings built right back, of the last back, at the end of the last start of the last century. And start of the last century. And they are they, they, they, if these buildings could tell a tale, i can tell you thered be some tale of belfast. But yes, it was a great weekend to be irish. As youve mentioned, the rugby, the Six Nations Rugby, that last match. It is the match that last match. It is the match that i always try to get to in the six nations, the scotland irish match. Its the celtic temperament. It always ends up a real squabbling match in there and very , very heavily defended and very, very heavily defended in both sides. And it proved to be exactly that. It was a great match. It was a great match for what essentially was a final. And of course ireland were victorious in that. That set us up then for sunday Saint Patricks day. Theres lots of green beer, lots of carnivals and festivals around the island of ireland , to celebrate the of ireland, to celebrate the patron saint of ireland. And of course, we did it in style right across the island and indeed across the island and indeed across the island and indeed across the world, because the irish emigrated, they were economic migrants and they took their culture with them. And in places like new york, london, right across the world, they celebrate Saint Patricks day. And it is it is great to see a Culture Holding tight, but most of all, including other cultures with their culture to celebrate their day. And thats why we had quite a lot of dancers and so forth from different parts of the Community Involved in belfast and dublin yesterday and eamonn, it was a great day to see and you and i are going to have to do this maybe next year where we do a Saint Patricks day special from Northern Ireland or dublin. Theyll probably ask me to lead the float. I dont know whether that leads you, but i mean, ill be leading the float probably as well. Yeah, it is. You know, its pushing it behind me, pushing it behind. Its amazing. Dougie, but you were talking about, how, poverty and food starvation. Like the potato famine, made people move away from ireland itself. But you look at somewhere like the uk, 66 million is the population in the uk , and Something Like in the uk, and Something Like two thirds of that are from irish descent. The irish diaspora. Diaspora. Thats thats totally correct , because you go back in history, no matter, no matter how you go back in history, and you look at the united kingdom, ireland , scotland, england and ireland, scotland, england and wales, i mean, theres a lot of spanish influence into the south of ireland in round cork. Theres a lot of scottish influence comes from into the northern of , of northern northern part of, of Northern Ireland. And then, of course, you have the great linkage between, liverpool, glasgow and belfast over shipbuilding. I mean, even if you look at nova scotia, most of the irish right there went out there because they were building ships and they were building ships and they needed , masts that were they needed, masts that were sappy. And of course, nova scotia had most of the biggest pine trees. And most of those shipbuilders were from ulster scots descent. They went out there and, made these beautiful big masts that were put on ships all around the world. So if you go back into your history, youll find out exactly where the irish ended up and why they ended up there. Somewhat starvation, some looking a different way of looking for, a different way of life. No taxation without political representation. But political representation. But wherever they went, eamonn, this is the problem. Wherever they went, there was always a political argument. Afterwards absolutely. I on Saint Patricks day, i would usually go to mass at Saint Patricks pro cathedral in donegall street, and they do an irish mass, and they have a relic. I think they have Saint Patricks finger or something, a bone and they do the blessing, with, with that. But ill tell you Something Else you probably dont know. You look at liverpool and glasgow and belfast and and theyre belfast and dublin and theyre full of italian chip shops and ice cream parlours. And the ice cream parlours. And the thing is, people will say , well, thing is, people will say, well, why is that . The italians came to decorate and carve the, the marble and the wood in all churches, protestant and catholic and throughout ireland. So the italians came over with their way of doing things. And then they went to glasgow and they went to newcastle, and they went to liverpool and various other places like that as well. So that influence, if theres an italian fish and chip shop or ice cream parlour in your city, theyre your, descendants probably came to carve and sort out the churches. Out the churches. Well, youre quite correct. And all parts of, of britain there is different people arrived there for different reasons. If you go to the north east of england, if you go to newcastle , durham, in around to newcastle, durham, in around there, they have a massive dutch influence in there, huge dutch influence. And in fact it goes back to the 1600s. In fact, when we talk about king william, it was the fighting fist of northumberland that went across to get king william and bring him back to britain to take the throne from his father in law. Throne from his father in law. Yeah, britain is a mixture of all different types of cultures. But heres the thing it is rare that one culture shares with the other one in its festivals and its, celebrate of its own culture. And thats been the key to Saint Patricks day. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I hope you get the rest of the day off, man. It is a Public Holiday and thats why its so quiet. Where you are. But thanks for the thanks for the insight and thanks for the insight and thanks for the history lesson. Really appreciate it, douglas. And the geography lesson for me. Yeah. Appreciate very much appreciate you very much indeed. Is indeed. Thank you. And what is missing from missing there, though from a shot big green dome. Shot is the big green dome. Maybe the city over the city hall. So it looks as if its a flat roof, but its not. Its got massive big copper dome flat roof, but its not. Its got m is;ive big copper dome flat roof, but its not. Its got m is not big copper dome flat roof, but its not. Its got m is not which pper dome flat roof, but its not. Its got m is not which iser dome flat roof, but its not. Its got m is not which is green|e flat roof, but its not. Its got m is not which is green now. Which is not which is green now. Yeah, lets have a look at yeah, yeah. Lets have a look at some other stories coming into the this monday morning. Good news commuters this good news for commuters this morning. M25 in surrey has morning. The m25 in surrey has reopened, eight hours reopened, this time eight hours ahead believe it or ahead of schedule. Believe it or not, a lot of disruption over the weekend. Work began on the weekend. Work began on friday to demolish this bridge and install a new gantry , and it and install a new gantry, and it did lead to miles tailbacks did lead to miles of tailbacks across the county. It was the motorways first daytime closure since it opened in 1986. Today marks the first day of the default 20 mile per hour speed limit on welsh roads, and its going to be enforced by law, the speed limit was introduced in september, but has only operated so far under a grace period from today. Anyone breaking the 20 mile per hour limit could face points and fines , and a state of emergency fines, and a state of emergency has been declared in southern iceland due to the volcanic eruption on the rig baynes peninsula. Thats the fourth since december. The eruptions followed weeks of warnings that magma is accumulating under the ground, making an eruption extremely likely. Well, the site is in a coastal town. 3800 people live there, and its 30 miles southwest of the. Capital. Southwest of the. Capital. Maybe we should go to iceland and view that. I mean, theresjust and view that. I mean, theres just such a historic and world event. Theres something about magma that i am really drawn to. I dont know if its just. No, no , dont know if its just. No, no, its sort of the way it just Eats Everything and sort of turns it hot and just creates this sort of sluggish lake. This sort of sluggish lake. Well, again, you should go in Northern Ireland where we have the giants causeway, the hexagonal columns that when the magma hit the sea are they froze it chilled. Thats what it did, not craig snell. What is craig doing weather wise, lets find out. Out. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. News. News. News. Good morning and welcome to your latest gb news Weather Forecast from the met office. Were looking ahead to today. I think most of us should see some sunshine, but unfortunately there rain on there is some further rain on there is some further rain on the horizon. But back to this morning. Have this band of morning. We do have this band of cloud across more central parts of some spots of of the country. Some spots of rain places too, but either rain in places too, but either side is some good amounts side there is some good amounts of sunshine and as we approach lunchtime, especially across more central parts of the country, a decent country, quite a decent lunchtime to come. Plenty of sunshine into the afternoon that spreads its way a little bit further eastwards where further west, thickening cloud and outbreaks approaching outbreaks of rain approaching but temperatures but a mild one. Temperatures reaching degrees in the reaching 17 degrees in the south east so into the evening this area of rain spreads its way northeastward. Some heavy way northeastward. Some heavy rain for a time across parts of scotland and Northern England. The rain takes its time to get towards southeast. So towards the southeast. So actually parts of kent, east anglia probably remaining dry till after dawn. And for all of us, its another mild night. Temperatures across the south not falling much lower than 10 or 11 degrees. So we do start tuesday off on a rather grey and damp note for most of us. Still some rain working its way eastwards across the country. It does improve a little bit across parts of Northern Ireland and scotland as the day goes on. Mixture some bright spells mixture of some bright spells and showers here that well and showers here that may well transfer way towards transfer its way towards Northern England the Northern England as the afternoon on. And for all afternoon goes on. And for all of us, another fairly mild day temperature little bit down temperature a little bit down compared today, still temperature a little bit down comp. 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Doesnt make them relevant. Doesnt make them relevant. Of course it does. So relevant. Its still, in modern relevant. Its still, in modern parlance, else . Id rather parlance, who else . Id rather learn how use on our make out learn to how use on our make out compound interest or how to. Its not or aim the bank. Not either or. You dont have to learn shakespeare and not learn compound interest. Learn about compound interest. You can do both. Well, you cant really do both because it takes up so much time the school curriculum. Time in the school curriculum. Flesh and blood. The own flesh and blood. The truth out. Could i 2024 a battleground year. 2024 a battleground year. The year the nation decides. The year the nation decides. As the parties gear up their campaigns for the next general election. Who will be left standing when the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives . Who will rise and who will fall . Lets find out together for every moment. The highs, the lows, the twists and turns. Well be with you for every step of this journey in 2024. Gb is britains election gb news is britains election. Channel. Now hes withstood the test of time. 500 years old as old shakespeare and the most famous playwright in the world. And hes ours. Hes british and despite having died all those years ago, we still talk about him in 2024. It is, of course, William Shakespeare. And across schools and stages in the country he is regularly performed. And because you have performed. And because you have to, its part of your syllabus, isnt it . And today marks shakespeare week, where primary schools across britain will celebrate the bard. Is shakespeare still but is shakespeare still relevant in the modern day . Two people with very differing views on this apprentice star and actor ryan mark parsons, whos just been telling me he did study English Literature at a level but thinks shakespeare is relevant. And then is no longer relevant. And then we have chris mcgovern, a regular on show, former head regular on the show, former head teacher, he thinks teacher, and he thinks shakespeare still much shakespeare is still very much relevant to our modern lives. Put the case then, will you, mr mcgovern, for shakespeare. Im with you , i have to say. And now with you, i have to say. And now my colours to the mast. There. My colours to the mast. There. Ill tell you what. Well let ben johnson put the case. Ben johnson was a famous contemporary of shakespeare, and he said of shakespeare that he was of an but for all was not of an age, but for all time. Shakespeare. Not only was time. Shakespeare. Not only was he a wonderful poet and a genius , he tells us about human nature and he can be delivered to children, presented to children in a variety of ways. When i taught seven year olds, we used to do an animated version of shakespeares tales, not so much about the poetry, but about the stories. Later on, when i taught at a level, of course, youre doing shakespeare in depth. Shakespeare into shakespeare is translated into 80 languages around the world. When chinese premier came when the chinese premier came to britain a decade ago, he insisted on going to stratford on. Hes a genius, you on avon. Hes a genius, you know, hes one of the few geniuses in the world. We have mozart, we have leonardo da vinci. Hes genius. Course, vinci. Hes a genius. Of course, hes worth studying. Hes worth worth studying. But, chris, did they not think that ben jonson wrote some of his works . Well, thats interesting, isnt it . Some people say that theres lots of theres lots of people out there who will question wrote the plays. Question who wrote the plays. Whats important, whats really important, of course, the of course, is the quality of the writing. I just writing. And can i just add, i have some sympathy for my opponent this debate, because opponent in this debate, because im hes going have to im afraid hes going to have to justify which many justify something which many people disagree with. But justify something which many peoplluck disagree with. But justify something which many peoplluck toiisagree with. But justify something which many peoplluck to him. Ae with. But justify something which many peoplluck to him. Butith. But justify something which many peoplluck to him. But i h. But justify something which many peoplluck to him. But i think justify something which many peoplluck to him. But i think we good luck to him. But i think we all shakespeare was genius. Im sure my friend here from ryan, this is ryan mark parsons, whos a former star of the apprentice. Ryan. Apprentice. Tell us more, ryan. Agree with the other well, i agree with the other guests. Im not denying shakespeares cultural relevance and significance in history. I mean , i admire shakespeare, but mean, i admire shakespeare, but i guess in terms of his relevance, if you were to define relevance, if you were to define relevance, that would. The oxford dictionary says its appropriate to the time , context appropriate to the time, context and circumstances. And i think theres an argument to be had about whether shakespeare is relevant in 2024. Lets just look at the language that he uses. Look at the language that he uses. Its extremely archaic. Uses. Its extremely archaic. Its almost elitist because you have to have studied his works in order to understand the plays in order to understand the plays in which he wrote. So i think theres an argument to be had in terms of that, and i approach it as well from a gen z point of view. Im 23. I cant remember the last time my friends actually mentioned shakespeare or referenced shakespeare. I just tear my hair out. Just want to tear my hair out. When you say that, i mean, well, survives for well, its true. Survives for 500 then the gen zers 500 years, and then the gen zers chuckit the 500 years, and then the gen zers chuck it the wall and you say chuck it up the wall and you say its not relevant. Yeah, but thats great sensationalism. That actually mean . You say no one mentions William Shakespeare amongst your friends. Use the friends. You never use the phrase breaking phrase a heart of gold breaking the i wear my the ice, lying low. I wear my heart upon my sleeve where that is. All of this is relevant in our modern language. Relevant you know its relevant if you know that youre quoting shakespeare and youre referring to him. Hes language is we hes enriched our language is we dont know were quoting him. Therefore hes got no relevance. Therefore hes got no relevance. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, anything that were we wont if the gen we certainly wont if the gen zers rid him. Zers get rid of him. But what about i mean, on that argument . What about of that argument . What about all of the words . Going to look the words . Were going to look into etymology of every into the etymology of every single use, and single word that we use, and therefore say, whoever came up with that word is relevant today. F someone whos find me someone whos produced chris produced as many. Chris mcgovern, would say . Mcgovern, what would you say . Hes enriched our hes culturally enriched our modern language, but that doesnt relevant. Doesnt make him relevant. Than oh, hes more relevant than even oh, hes more relevant than ever, shakespeare ever, because what shakespeare does human does tells us about human nature. The human nature in the 16th century 17th 16th century was or the 17th century. No different century. It was no different from know, at from today. You know, looking at Vladimir Putins headlines today, read caesar today, well, read Julius Caesar and some of those. Read and read some of those. Read macbeth. Know, it. Macbeth. You know, it. Shakespeare tells us about human nature other nature more than any other writer think the fact writer does. I think the fact that and singapore, that china and singapore, these leading economies around the World Education world and great education systems, insist systems, they still insist on teaching shakespeare. Its teaching shakespeare. So its really important children really important that children are just the are also stretched just the language can be difficult. But thats because we need to thats good because we need to stretch need stretch children. We need to present children with things which dont which challenges them. Dont always for always make life easier for children. No, make them stretch them bit. Them a little bit. Chris, always love but chris, i always love listening and the listening to you and the practicalities involved in teaching. Teaching. Why . What is it from a teachers point of view that you think pupils get out of shakespeare, for instance . And im thinking about today we were talking about apprenticeships on the programme and i was just wondering what way shakespeare helps anybody find a job in life , and shouldnt there be things that are more relevant in this day and age, computer studies, etcetera, etcetera . Etcetera, etcetera . Absolutely. And look, our organisation , the campaign for organisation, the campaign for real education, has always promoted the importance of technical education, but were also human beings. Shakespeare tells how to be human. He tells us how to be human. He tells us how to be human. He tells us how to be human. He tells us about ourselves. You want to look at anti semitism. You can to some extent look at look at the merchant of venice. But its done in a particular way. Tells about way. He tells us about ourselves. Hes an incredible writer, say he is writer, and i say he is a genius. We mustnt sideline our geniuses, but must promote. Geniuses, but we must promote. Im not denying hes although im not denying hes a genius, im just talking about his relevance today. And i think in a time of inclusivity and making language and culture accessible , we dont want to cut accessible, we dont want to cut off a demographic that dont understand his work, so cant afford to watch his plays. And i think that reduces his relevance nowadays, i think was chris. Talks about, you know, chris talks about, you know, genius in the writing and things i as a student , genius in the writing and things i as a student, by the time i find as a student, by the time that pointed to you or that was pointed out to you or that was pointed out to you or that you interpreted what he was actually saying, nothing of it, nothing he ever writes as obvious. So therefore you think , obvious. So therefore you think, what does that actually mean . Is this pathos . Is this happiness . This pathos . Is this happiness . Is this sadness . What is this . Well, exactly. I think a lot of these claims and this admiration is hyperbolised. And admiration is hyperbolised. And i think as well, that were i also think as well, that were living this time of great, living in this time of great, everything globalised. We everything is globalised. We should celebrating new should be celebrating new authors that are capturing the zeitgeist of modern audiences. Zeitgeist of modern audiences. We dont need to keep looking back to shakespeare and his bonng back to shakespeare and his boring were boring plays that were suffering reinterpretation, suffering from reinterpretation, fatigue , where every single play fatigue, where every single play seems to be reinterpreted. And seems to be reinterpreted. And ive personally had enough of it. How many romeo, how many versions of romeo and juliet do ihave versions of romeo and juliet do i have to suffer from . Where we actually say enough is enough . And i think actually allow other authors and artists and writers to come to the forefront. Ryan. To come to the forefront. Ryan. Really, really interesting. Ryan. Parson and ryan. Mark, parson and christopher mcgovern. Thank you. Mcgovern sorry. Thank you both very, very much indeed. Very interesting. I can tell you which side of the fence our audience sit on this morning. And im afraid its not on your side, ryan, when you dont pronounce generation z correctly, what do you expect . Well its such an american phrase, so im riding my wheel. American all found american and forget all about shakespeare. Found american and forget all aboif shakespeare. Found american and forget all abo if theikespeare. Found american and forget all abo if the generation z have if the generation z have their way. There we go, well leave it there. Fascinating debate. Always fun to get hot under the collar. Let us know what think about it this what you think about it this morning. You already morning. Lots of you already have, coming up, well be have, and coming up, well be talking be much talking to paul. Hell be much less controversial. All right. As promised, paul coyte joins us for a roundup of all the sport. And frankly, it is all about the fa cup. It is. And the game yesterday, which eamonn i know, loved and everybody else did. Even the neutrals. That is probably greatest cup probably the greatest fa cup match living people match in living memory. People are saying and it really are saying him. And it really was. Was. This is the united was. It was. This is the united the united liverpool game. Yeah only reason interrupted the only reason i interrupted there because, coventry there was because, coventry wolves was was a tremendous ending as well on saturday. Yeah also another great game. So honestly its the magic of the fa cup. And even though there werent smaller teams or there werent smaller teams or the lower minnows that we call them that werent involved, it was still terrific. So they were both fantastic games, Manchester United though interesting though , with the sending off as well, the taking off of the shirt. What did you make of that. So diallo there scores the winner right very overly right at the very end. Overly excited. Shirt excited. Takes the shirt off swings around. Throws it. And swings it around. Throws it. And then because he was already on a yellow he gets another yellow. And gets off i know foul yellow he gets another yellow. Anthe gets off i know foul yellow he gets another yellow. Anthe game off i know foul yellow he gets another yellow. Anthe game like ff i know foul yellow he gets another yellow. Anthe game like only but the thing about the winning, winning goal and i winning, the winning goal and i mean i never we would mean i never thought we would win never did, but i mean win it, never did, but i mean really lifted my heart and my soul my spirits and my soul or my spirits and my admiration and my love and adoration manchester adoration for Manchester United as team yesterday , he as a as a team yesterday, he didnt hit it straight, did he . I mean, he it wasnt a lot of power accuracy was there. Kind of it looked like he kind of scuffed it. But there was a space that was probably an inch left. Keeper would inch to the left. Keeper would have had it inch to the right, would have hit the it was would have hit the post. It was perfect. Yeah. And it was just a fantastic you know fantastic game. And you know what . Mentioned that, what . When you mentioned that, it up because theres it sums it up because theres people when support teams or people when you support teams or even youre really into even if youre not really into football and you think its not really and then see really there and then you see a game like that and the fires ignhed game like that and the fires ignited again and i thought it was same thing was fantastic. Same thing about the game well, the chelsea game as well, mauricio then was Mauricio Pochettino then he was you know threw a two nil you know they threw a two nil lead he was getting lead away. I know he was getting in with the crowd is in trouble with the crowd is shouting two two make shouting at him two two make some changes there. Shout and they dont what youre they dont know what youre doing. The end they might doing. And in the end they might as been singing. Well you as well been singing. Well you kind know what youre kind of do know what youre doing they up doing because they ended up winning so now the winning four two. So now the semi finals. Its going semi finals. So then its going to be coventry and Manchester United chelsea against united and chelsea against manchester year united and chelsea against man e would have been the west ham would have been the winner. Minutes. Took winner. Five minutes. It took five and 37. Five minutes and 37. And thats the longest ever var deliberation. I didnt see it. Did you see it . Yeah i did, yeah, well, i cant make my mind up. You couldnt. Its really difficult to see. And it looked like a hand. The like there was a hand. But the thing should it have been thing is, should it have been given. And really it shouldnt have shouldnt have taken that long. Shouldnt have taken that long. Shouldnt have taken that long. I would have imagined in this day is day and age, surely there is some system that would, some sort of system that would, through intelligence some sort of system that would, th|whatever, intelligence some sort of system that would, th|whatever, be intelligence some sort of system that would, th|whatever, be ableelligence some sort of system that would, th|whatever, be able to gence some sort of system that would, th|whatever, be able to bleep or or whatever, be able to bleep or whatever, know, send a whatever, you know, send a buzzer got to buzzer and say no, thats got to be you would have thought. So people have a go at var, but then if there was no var and there decisions, it was there was no decisions, it was clearly agreed your clearly offside, agreed your dad, do and youre damned dad, if you do and youre damned if you dont, laura, laura, she mentioned laura kenny though. If you dont, laura, laura, she menti trott, aura kenny though. If you dont, laura, laura, she menti trott, laura. Ienny though. If you dont, laura, laura, she mentitrott, laura. Kennyhough. If you dont, laura, laura, she menti trott, laura. Kenny five h. Laura trott, laura. Kenny five gold our greatest gold medallists, our greatest gold medallist and greatest female time has female olympian of all time has announced a retirement today. Cyclist shes only 31. Yeah, yeah, 31. And she was only 2012. And she was only 2012. Just looked like two burgers. Look at that. Shes holding there. I know, if you want a i know, but if you want a gold medal, it to be gold medal, you want it to be a big one. Dont you remember speaking to alan wells years ago . Yeah. And hes hes gold medal some medal from, moscow, 1980. Some small. Were going to win small. If you were going to win the. Want great you want a the. You want a great you want a big one. You want a big one. You want a big one. Should some birthdays . Should we do some birthdays . Should we do some birthdays . Birthday. Yeah. Should we do some birthdays . Go birthday. Yeah. Should we do some birthdays . Go ahead. Hday. Yeah. Should we do some birthdays . Go ahead. Birthdays]. Should we do some birthdays . Go ahead. Birthdays today. Right sporting legends. Go ahead. Birthdays today. Righthave sporting legends. Go ahead. Birthdays today. Righthave ayorting legends. Go ahead. Birthdays today. Righthave a lookg legends. Go ahead. Birthdays today. Righthave a lookg lythem. ;. Go ahead. Birthdays today. Righthave a lookg lythem. See lets have a look at them. See if you can tell me who they are, please. How old they are. Please. And how old they are. Atkinson the right. Ron atkinson on the right. Ron really tell who the ron cant really tell who the other one is. Thats david lloyd. Bumble. Thats david lloyd. Bumble. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. The great cricket. Cricket. Ron atkinson, West Bromwich albion, is albion, Manchester United he is the person actually the only person who has actually commented a commented on my football in a professional capacity. Was professional capacity. I was playing, one game playing, i was given one game for for, peterborough united against and he against his aston villa, and he said is the stupid said about me, who is the stupid wearing oh, that was wearing number 11 . Oh, that was big. Said that. Big. Ron said that. Was it . Who was it . Who was it . I cant believe it. Youd never believe it. You would never believe it. You would never believe it was me, would you . Olds big ron today . You . How olds big ron today . What do reckon, big ron . What do you reckon, big ron . I reckon big about 85, 85. Isabel , 85. Isabel, ill go with 81. Isabel, ill go with 81. 85 is right. Right on the button. Five is on the money. And what about finally, david lloyd . Bumble who got his name, by the way . Bumble. Do remember the bumble bees michael the bumble bees with Michael Bentine . Michael bentine . I remember Michael Bentines time. I dont bentines potty time. I dont remember the bumble bees, but they were. Where he got they were. Thats where he got his he said he looked his bumble. He said he looked like the rumbles. Looked like like the rumbles. He looked like one of the bumblebees. 96, id say about 99 years. 77 is the answer. 77 is the answer. Yeah, he looks my dads age. I could tell. I could tell. Very good, very good, very good. You much. And good. Thank you very much. And happy the lads. Happy birthday to the lads. I always remember the reason probably is my mind. Probably why ron is in my mind. When was 19 and i was working when i was 19 and i was working on the sports ulster on the sports desk at ulster television, big television, and he was big friends with my mentor Jackie Fullerton there, and they used to phone up all the time. I just think this was amazing. The manager of Manchester United would fool my mate across the desk from me, you know . Wow credible friend of mine was about signed by ron about to be signed by ron atkinson bromwich atkinson for West Bromwich albion, sat over the albion, and he sat over the table and he was about to be signed. And then he pulled out a gold toothpick on the end of his necklace. Thats now thats class for you. Thats class. You. Thats class, thats class. Mr paul. Thank you thanks. Mr paul. Thank you very much indeed. Whats making the neesom at. And the news . Dawn neesom at. And weve got oscar red drop we are taking a look at whats making the news with the former editor for the daily star. Dawn neesom. And former adviser to boris johnson. Oscar reddrop and dawn. Were going to start this plot weve start with this plot news. Weve got badenoch coming on the got Kemi Badenoch coming on the program a matter minutes. Program in a matter of minutes. This Party Favourite to this is a Party Favourite to take over. At this is a Party Favourite to take over. At some point she wont want to talk about these plots and twists and turns, but unfortunately they dont always get to choose the narrative dawn because theres a lot of talk about trying to oust the Prime Minister. Evidently the right of the party, the centre of the party and left of the party are and the left of the party are not happy rishi sunak. Hes not happy with rishi sunak. Hes been portrayed weekend been portrayed over the weekend and papers, as and in todays papers, as indecisive. Lots things went indecisive. Lots of things went against last week the racism against him last week the racism row, lee anderson leaving in his defence. He keeps going stick with me. The cost of living crisis improving inflation is coming down, but that is seemingly all he has to offer. So the latest plot is to install penny morden as the new leader of the conservative party. The question is , do we need another question is, do we need another leader . I mean, what are the general public going to make of that . Its i dont think any of us can cope with them. Got the stomach for it. And will it make a blind bit of difference to how the conservatives fare in the general election . So, oscar, you were at number 10 in the dying days of Boris Johnsons premiership. Does this 10 in the dying days of boris johnsoryou . 3miership. Does this 10 in the dying days of boris johnsoryou . Thanksp. Does this 10 in the dying days of boris johnsoryou . Thanks for does this 10 in the dying days of boris johnsoryou . Thanks for reminding remind you . Thanks for reminding me. It was a Pivotal Moment in the partys history. It was fairly brutal. It was brutal and everybodys turning their back on. On rishi sunak, it seems. Is it fair or is the party ungovernable . Has he let them down . Well, i remember at that point in time boris i think, felt that hed won such a huge majority amongst people who never voted for the tories, evenin never voted for the tories, ever, in their lifetime generations. And that if he is, you know , deemed not fit enough you know, deemed not fit enough or not, Prime Minister of the uk, it should be the people that make that decision. Not quite make that decision. Not quite sure rishi has the same stake in the game on that front, but it is completely brutal , i have is completely brutal, i have a great deal of empathy and sympathy for people at number 10 at this moment in time, because that building at this moment in time will feel like a bit of a submarine, really. And i guess you that there is a you just hope that there is a periscope , if you like, where periscope, if you like, where they can kind of see the concerns normal people really concerns of normal people really cut through, to their cut through, get down to their issues and create time and space. But that building i when you just dont know theres a tax coming from all sorts of in your own party. Of course the public, the labour party, it can be totally overwhelming and you forget that those issues of the day and theres lots of talk about Penny Mordaunt being whats described dawn as a as a stalking horse , which is to say stalking horse, which is to say she didnt necessarily put herself forward. Shes put forward by shes being put forward by a particular wing of the party. Yes, actually, the hope yes, actually, with the hope to replace with else replace her with Something Else later on. Yeah. Those who are supporting and those who are supporting Penny Mordaunt that this is Penny Mordaunt say that this is coming her enemies, not her coming from her enemies, not her friends. Not interested. Friends. Shes not interested. Shes enough doing the job shes happy enough doing the job shes doing, which everyone seems she does seems to agree. She does a fairly good job on. But if its not Penny Mordaunt, who is it going to be . I mean, you have Kemi Badenoch coming on. I mean, Kemi Badenoch coming on. I mean, kemi also a hot favourite kemi is also a red hot favourite to take over , youve got grant to take over, youve got grant shapps. Mean, there does seem shapps. I mean, there does seem to be a queue of them who are willing to take on what i would actually view as one of the worst jobs in the country at the moment. To be honest with you, its interesting because i mean, obviously, as a former special adviser, what would you adviser, oscar, what would you be kemi before she be saying to kemi before she does round morning . Be saying to kemi before she doebecauseind morning . Be saying to kemi before she doebecauseind wont rning . Be saying to kemi before she doebecauseind wont want| . Because she wont want to talk this, but was the talk about this, but she was the one made number 10 look flat one who made number 10 look flat footed last week when she came out called, hesters out and called, hesters comments racist. Rishi comments racist. When rishi sunak couldnt. Comments racist. When rishi surand couldnt. Comments racist. When rishi surand shellcouldnt. Comments racist. When rishi surand shell know1t. And and shell know that, and that well, i think it that was, well, one, i think it was the right thing to do. She said right thing, i think it said the right thing, i think it was slightly unexplainable why it long for people to be it took so long for people to be able to look in the face of a tv camera and call it out. £10 million. £10 million. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, maybe that whats happened to that that was whats happened to that £10 million. Talk about thats all the talk about thats gone away , i imagine boring gone away, i imagine the boring reality is that theyve probably already spent it Political Parties run very heavy in a minute, very tight margins. Parties run very heavy in a minute, very tight margins. Kemi minute, very tight margins. Kemi is a very skilled communicator, i think shell want to look like she is completely, along with, along for the ride of rishi sunak , shes got a good record. Sunak, shes got a good record. She has supporters and you know, in terms of future leadership, you will not get anything out of her on that , talking of, you her on that, talking of, you know, echoes of boris johnson, the michael gove factor in all this, isnt he behind this, is he or isnt he behind Kemi Badenoch . Because that Kemi Badenoch . Because that seems to be hes a bit of a kingmaker, isnt he . A fan. Hes a big fan. Hes a big fan. Think a big fan. You i think hes a big fan. You think or you know. Well i mean im like most, oh well i mean im like most, most people, im like anyone else. 5 days, you know, no one these days, you know, no one has whats true or has any idea whats true or whats but that theres whats not. But that theres definitely there for definitely a bond there for sure. Okay okay. Lets talk about things lets talk about other things. And, pensioners come in, oscar , the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, their conference was at the weekend. He called on activists to knock on 5 million doors to bring the blue wall tumbling. What chance has he got with that . Or is that a tie up with that . Or is that a tie up with the labour party, i think this is symptomatic of where the government are and where the tories are at. Theyre getting reined in on from all sides. And i think this is another example. I think this is another example. I think this is another example. I think the lib dems will look to peel off, you know, the blue wall, voters who felt wall, elderly voters who felt left by the recent budget. Left out by the recent budget. And then youve probably got reform looking at the elderly, voters who prioritise things like immigration. And you can just see, even with within one demographic, theyre just how the tories are , are really the tories are, are really trying to scrape through and losing and losing more and more people and having to deal with pressure from all different angles , i think the lib dems angles, i think the lib dems have had a very quiet few months , i think partly because reform have taken over a lot of the space in terms of threats to the conservative party. But i really dont think the tories can take their eye off them at all, particularly on issues. I think what was very interesting about the lib dem conference at the weekend was ed davey was on stage, you know, being quite a stand up comedy act, almost taking the mickey out of rishi sunak, but actually didnt say anything about keir starmer, which makes you wonder whether there is going to be some sort of pact between theyve both denied it, obviously , but some sort of pact obviously, but some sort of pact between those two parties. Yeah, well worth reiterating our lib dems our invitation to the lib dems to come any time to talk to to come on any time to talk to us. Theyre not always that keen, we open that keen, but we open that invitation whilst invitation always to you, whilst weve you, dawn, lets talk weve got you, dawn, lets talk about whats going on, in synagogues ramadan. And synagogues during ramadan. And this is all in a bid to try and calm down, escalating tensions. I love this story, isabel. I love this story, isabel. Its in the times, and its this. It goes in on the alyth synagogue, i think. I hope im pronouncing that right in North West London, where rabbi hannah kingston and the local imam, sabah ahmadi, get together. And they do they do a sort of like at the end of the day of fasting for muslims, they they have a meal and the synagogue are hosting that. So its getting the local jewish and the local muslim communities together to share this meal and to discuss their differences, but also to discuss brings them discuss what brings them together. Its just a really together. And its just a really nice story about how, you know, were all human beings at the end the day, and its just end of the day, and its just its just a positive thing in so much hatred. And weve seen, well, okay, if play devils advocate, if i just play devils advocate, the ones theyre going to sit down break with are down and break bread with are not who are firing not the ones who are firing petrol bombs through the windows of synagogue eamonn, start. Thats all can do, isnt thats all we can do, isnt it . A start. And its not it . Its a start. And its not just this synagogue. Theres a synagogue birmingham as well. Synagogue in birmingham as well. I the one in north west i mean, the one in North West London been doing ten london has been doing it for ten years, fair, but it just years, to be fair, but it just takes on more poignancy at the moment, but its like its sharing that meal together and food know, it might inspire you know, it might inspire others down others and not sit down together, but it might make them think about things. Were going to little pause in the to take a little pause in the paper do have paper review, because we do have got dawn neesom got oscar red drop. And weve got Kemi Badenoch standing to by speak to at any moment, oscar, i want to talk about london nightlife, so basically london sort of closes up basically london sort of closes p by basically london sort of closes up by 11 00 of an evening, im told. Yeah absolutely. The times is a brilliant story today where they interviewed, just people on the street, actually. Just tourists, people coming , you know, working people coming, you know, working here for a few months, and they , here for a few months, and they, they were completely shocked by because in your head you kind of go new york, london, paris. So much to do culture, drinking nights out, exploring all these amazing stuff. And the people they interviewed said, yeah, i cant get a drink past ten. Were probably going to go back to the hotel, complete damp squib. And i know with all the stories we talk about on shows like this, its probably quite low terms of priorities. Low down in terms of priorities. But you know, its but ultimately you know, its terribly sad. You know, i dont know, the only thing im going to say oscar, about that is i remember 15 or so years ago being in new york, and i was there for a week and we were filming. So the hours were a bit funny and things new york closes up. The city that never sleeps is a lot of nonsense. Its is it a myth . Yeah. Oh, so ive just been bought hook like hook line. Honestly, honestly, to try and get a drink, to try and get something to eat, somewhere to try get shade. And from the try and get shade. And from the street and from the wind. Wind and was was very and cold was was very, very difficult. So i just wonder. But i do accept even outside 11 00 before it is before 11 00 or whatever it is difficult to get staff. And the amount of people that say to me, whether its belfast or whether its london, its really, really hard to hire people. It is getting the staff, isnt it . Ive got a mate who runs a pub in london and he finds it incredibly difficult to get staff. And the other, the other he has is he hires other issue he has is he hires someone. They just dont bother turning work. Turning up for work. Dont get it. I just dont get it. I just dont get it. They have no respect for the job. When i when i was that age, i used to sit and look and think, right, okay, i was student and right, okay, i was a student and whatever, i think im going whatever, but i think im going to get, you whatever is to get, you know, whatever is £10 doing that. Im going to £10 for doing that. Im going to get £6 for that, im going to do this. That would this. And that would drive me on. You and i would on. Yeah. You know, and i would work over the place. And you work all over the place. And you know, what do people do for money nowadays . Do not need money nowadays . Do they not need it it the bank of mum and it or is it the bank of mum and dad, of mum and dad, dad, bank of mum and dad, i dont know, i didnt want us. Didnt want to say. You didnt want to say. You didnt want to say. I say people dont want i say what people dont want to say. I didnt want to say it. But yeah, think there quite yeah, i think there was quite a lot talk lot of that, lets talk about body cams. That sense, lets talk not in that sense, lets talk about heritage, about english heritage, theyre giving staff giving these to their staff to protect abusive protect from abusive visitors are to. Are welcome to. Know exactly that, you know exactly that, isabella, picked story isabella, i picked this story because you you because its like, you know, you say, you know, if it is, were both west fans, west ham both west ham fans, a west ham spurs you expect people spurs match. You expect people to body cams to be wearing body cams and expecting trouble, but stonehenge, house, stonehenge, a stately house, engush stonehenge, a stately house, english testing stonehenge, a stately house, english cameras testing stonehenge, a stately house, english cameras teprotect body worn cameras to protect staff visitors. Staff from abusive visitors. I mean, the goes to mean, who the hell goes to stonehenge . Thinks beating stonehenge . Thinks about beating up and then spray up a staff member and then spray painting name the stones . Painting the name on the stones . Its of where are its just a sign of where we are in world or certainly in the world now, or certainly in the world now, or certainly in country. We have no in this country. We have no respect anything. Well, respect for anything. Well, punishments arent hard enough. Isnt it . Thats the thing, isnt it . Thats the thing, isnt it . Yeah, yeah, i mean, yeah, yeah, yeah, i mean, people get away with that. People just get away with that. You imagine in could you ever imagine in pubuc could you ever imagine in public with witnesses being able to paint on something or to spray paint on something or smash a window or whatever . No i just it just wouldnt a it wouldnt enter my head and b when i was a kid, id go, i havent got a blooming good idea for my mum and dad, but theres no respect for anything or anyone anymore, is there . Thats the the the thing i remember during the riots in belfast, our local petrol station was was blown up and there was debris everywhere and there was debris everywhere and whatever. And me and my brother brian, everybody was looting the place and we thought , were going to do this. We were about ten. Yeah, you look quite excited. Yeah, you look quite excited. Went in i thought, yeah, we went in and like those days and got wasnt like those days where , petrol station where shops were, petrol station shops would sell everything, you know, anything and everything. But so we picking spark plugs but so we picking up spark plugs and fan useless things. And fan belts, useless things. Anyway, we bring them home and whatever , whatever. Next minute, whatever, whatever. Next minute, two whacks back of two whacks across the back of the from my dad, who then the head from my dad, who then told us told us to take it told us to told us to take it back and were going, but well be caught bringing it back. Well be caught. Well be caught. And we had to bring it back and that was it. So there was no profit in crime for us there. We just letting i mean, we just letting people get with now. People get away with stuff now. I shoplifting these days i mean, shoplifting these days through roof, you walk through the roof, you just walk in out what you in and walk out with what you want. Anything. Want. No one does anything. To something to okay. Got to do something to you dawn and oscar. You guys. Night, dawn and oscar. Thank very much indeed. Thank you very much indeed. Very much. Bit up in much. Were a little bit up in the air as regards whats happening political wise. Happening now. Political wise. But, well be back with who knows after knows what after this. Fact, were going to crack in fact, were going to crack straight the headlines straight on with the headlines for 9 00 because you are for the 9 00 because you are watching eamonn watching breakfast with eamonn and isabel. Top story and isabel. And our top story this prime this morning, an embattled Prime Minister to minister is urging colleagues to stick with him as leadership rumours are failing to disappear. We are just holding on at the moment for the business and trade secretary that badenoch, that is Kemi Badenoch, a favourite be leader of the party. Putin claims victory in an election slammed by the International Community as neither free nor fair. As he neither free nor fair. As he warns, protests during elections will be punished. Will be punished. The princess of wales has been spotted out and about in pubuc been spotted out and about in public for the First Time Since surgery. Well be speaking to royal biographer angela levin shortly. Shortly. Good morning. Its the spring equinox this week, but will the weather get the message . Find out in a little bit. So the Prime Minister has urged the conservatives to stick by him amid speculation of a plot to oust him from number 10. Now, all of this following speculation over the weekend that some conservatives are attempting to use Penny Mordaunt, the leader of the house, as a so called stalking horse to trigger a leadership race. Well, the rumour mill forced number tens hand late last night, a statement was issued to mps where the Prime Minister told backbenchers the economy is turning a corner. This could be our year and urged them to hold their nerve. Despite dire poll ratings. Lets go to our political ednon lets go to our Political Editor, christopher hope, on this one. Anybody breaking ranks . Christopher, were getting any further news on this . Who . The runners, who the riders are or as Penny Mordaunt been saying anything. Been saying anything. Morning, eamonn. Morning, isabel. No not yet, but it looks like another difficult week for the Prime Minister in terms of the Prime Minister in terms of the rebels there being quite quiet. What ive been able to glean to today , just calling glean to today, just calling around people who i know know whats going on. As many there could be six letters may have gone into the pm about the pm and no confidence letters to graham brady over the weekend. One rebel tell told me as many as 40 could now be lodged in the safe graham brady , the safe of graham brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee. What that means is if it goes more than 53, we could have a letter of no, a vote of no confidence in rishi sunak. If that happens , goodness me. That happens, goodness me. So were very close to that threshold. If that mp is correct, of course, its all shrouded in secrecy , so we never shrouded in secrecy, so we never truly know that number. But i think the rumour mill whirring after that very brief meeting with the 1922 Committee Last week and the one with graham week and the one with Sir Graham Brady what about all of brady as well, what about all of this surrounding Penny Mordaunt . I heard from her i mean, have we heard from her because shes been used . Is she by a wing of the party to try and sort of bring the force, a leadership election . But actually she hasnt been consulted on this and actually could it pave the way for Suella Braverman . Weve seen grant shapps on manoeuvres as well. Lots of people saying this might be moment. Its a brutal be his moment. Its a brutal game, isnt it . Politics well, it really is. I mean, Penny Mordaunt to her problem is that the base dont really like her in the same way as they like maybe a liz truss, but amongst mps, while her views on sort of culture wars areas such as trans rights may be fall foul of the base of the party, she is feared by labour. Labour thinks shes the problem for them. If she wins. Theres one idea out there wins. Theres one idea out there is will eamonn a kind of contract with britain idea, Newt Gingrich did something similar in the early 90s, the idea being that you replace sunak with mordaunt, and then 100 days later, you have a general election. All this is just chat, though. This is not what Kemi Badenoch will talk about with you shortly on the channel and its not what the pm will talk aboutin its not what the pm will talk about in his speech in coventry, shortly before on this shortly before 10 30 on this channel. Want to get on channel. They want to get on with the business of governing. Today well have the rwanda bill is back in the commons. Ten amendments should be voted down from the house of lords. It goes back there wednesday that back there on wednesday that could assent this could get royal assent this week. Might have some better week. We might have some better economic news. What the government wants to is stick. Government wants to do is stick. Stick to delivering for the for the people forget all this the people and forget all this noises off. The problem is that the noises off is getting more and more noisy, everything the pm has tried to do so far, according to one mp i spoke to today, hasnt worked. The autumn today, hasnt worked. The autumn statement, the conference speech, the kings speech the budget all have been a flop. This person said. And this person doesnt know whats going on. Normally thinks that the on. Normally he thinks that the sooner mr sunak has got a 5050 chance of getting getting out to a november election. So its, a november election. So its, its tight, its difficult, but i am sure Kemi Badenoch will want to change the subject onto the economy. Want to change the subject onto the well omy. Want to change the subject onto the well , my. Want to change the subject onto the well , lets find out. Well, lets find out. Well, lets find out. Yeah. Thanks much yeah. Thanks very much indeed, now joined indeed, chris. Were now joined by the sad person, the secretary of state business trade, of state for business and trade, cammy badenoch. Miss badenoch, of state for business and trade, camrveryadenoch. Miss badenoch, of state for business and trade, camrvery goodch. Miss badenoch, of state for business and trade, camrvery good ch. Talk; badenoch, of state for business and trade, camrvery good ch. Talk to adenoch, of state for business and trade, camrvery good ch. Talk to you. Och, very, very good to talk to you. Nice to see you. So would you vote Penny Mordaunt . Im not vote for Penny Mordaunt . Im not even entertaining these silly speculation questions. Its all a distraction. Just indulge me a distraction. We like a bit of distraction. We like a bit of distraction. Im here in distraction. Im here in coventry with no, no , no, i coventry with no, no, no, i dont, because its not what the voters want and is not doing our work because they dont hear about the fantastic. They want to know. They want to know why youre all knifing other the all knifing each other in the back, stabbing back, why youre all stabbing each other. Each other. Well, i think that that is completely untrue. There are 350, you know , tory mps or 350, you know, tory mps or thereabouts, and 1 or 2 people will Say Something and that suddenly dominates the narrative. Why do we focus on the tiny percentage rather than the tiny percentage rather than the majority . Well, because the percentage majority of the conservative party is very united. And one of the things that one of the things that i think is really important is that we dont let disagreements, which happens across politics, all the time, its what we do. We have disagreements. Thats why you put us in a in a different place to hash it out. We should not let disagreements turn into speculation about existential existential issues of the party. And i think that its really important that people like me continue to tell the public about the jobs that we are doing and how we are making their lives better, and thats what im here to do today. You talk about disagreements, yet you are united, united yet you are united, so united that seen first that youve seen the first defection away from the party, a huge row about last week huge row about racism. Last week it to you to make number 10 it fell to you to make number 10 look incredibly flat footed on that issue. And you want to get on with the business of governing. But unfortunately, it feels laypersons feels from a laypersons perspective , people looking in. Perspective, people looking in. And let me tell you the gb news inbox that thats not possible at moment, that everything at the moment, that everything is the is being derailed by the unforeseeable all. I think, you know, i think that it i think, you know, i think thatitis i think, you know, i think that it is fair that lots of people will be writing in about what happened with lee anderson. He didnt defect from the conservative party. He was an independent, but he had lost the whip, and people may have different views about that. But one of the things that we need to point out is that this is still a minority. We need to focus on what the large proportion of the party are doing. Were not losing votes. We are voting. Were voting together. Getting together. Were getting our legislation through where we have different views on legislation. We have those , legislation. We have those, discussions in parliament, and we are working for the people of the uk. But we know that things have been challenging. Im not have been challenging. Im not going to pretend that they havent. Inflation has very havent. Inflation has been very high. Theres been difficulties with living and what im with cost of living and what im here to do is talk about how we as a government are working to make that better. A lot of people this country are people in this country are actually majority of people actually the majority of people work to sized work for small to medium sized businesses. And weve businesses. And thats why weve set Northern Powerhouse set up this Northern Powerhouse fund for businesses in the northeast on this occasion, to provide access to finance. Were doing that in lots of ways. Self employed people have had National Insurance contribution changes, should help them. Changes, which should help them. Were creating more apprentices , were creating more apprentices, making sure that theyre fully funded for small business. Thats what really matters to people. How do we make your lives better . Thats what im here to do and talk here to do and here to talk about. Yes, of course there will always drama back always be drama back in westminster, theres nothing westminster, but theres nothing , that, that we should allow distract us from the business of being in government and secretary of state. Thats a good thing. And i think people would recognise talking about real subjects, real issues that affect real lives. And last week , for lives. And last week, for instance, it took you to call out the hester situation as regards racism. And i think if regards racism. And i think if there is a criticism to be levelled at the Prime Minister it is often that hes obsessed with Interest Rates, for instance, inflation, but not talking about the potholes, the schools that are crumbling, the lack of dentists around the country. You know, i could go on and on here and but he seems to be dissed from what really is affecting people in their day to day lives. Affecting people in their day to day lives. No. He is very, very concerned about what is happening. You know, you talked about dentists, for instance, last week we had a dental plan, which weve funded with about 200 million, to make sure that people are able to get those, those dental places. But, you know, talking about interest , know, talking about interest, Interest Rates and inflation is important because thats whats going to have an impact on mortgage rates. Thats whats going make sure that weve going to make sure that weve got money give to got enough money to give to councils they can fix councils so that they can fix the the potholes. Hes the fix the potholes. Hes talking fundamentals. Talking about the fundamentals. And all of us as cabinet ministers we are ministers remember, we are a team. Are a big team. Hes team. We are a big team. Hes not the person who has to not the only person who has to go out do everything. Thats go out and do everything. Thats why me are out here why people like me are out here this talking the this morning talking about the work doing. And its work that were doing. And its also important when you also really important when you think about the local elections that in a few that are coming up in a few weeks time, that all of those councillors out there whove been hard their been working hard for their communities getting communities dont end up getting votes because of or not getting votes, whatever the case may be, because of whats happening nationally rather than whats happening locally. Look at happening locally. Look at someone like andy street, for instance. Hearing coventry, someone like andy street, for insta done hearing coventry, someone like andy street, for instadone an hearing coventry, someone like andy street, for instadone an amazingzoventry, someone like andy street, for instadone an amazing job ntry, someone like andy street, for instadone an amazing job here. Hes done an amazing job here. Its much is coming its so much money is coming into west midlands. Into the west midlands. Investment up by 40. Investment has gone up by 40. Im here, i can see car im out here, i can see car factories, whats going on with electric vehicles . The Auto Electric vehicles . The auto sector, Jaguar Land Rover is here. Done a great job and here. Hes done a great job and i really want people to know that there are conservatives up and country doing that and down the country doing that every for them. Every day for them. Message just isnt but the message just isnt getting through. And for getting through. And i feel for you. The government you. I feel for the government who are trying to do this job. And good news out and there is good news out there. These positive gdp there. We saw these positive gdp figures were figures last month. Were expecting inflation expecting positive inflation figures. All fair figures. That is all fair and that all true. That that is all true. But that message is not getting through. You only have to look at the poll was published the poll that was published in the mail yesterday, mail on sunday yesterday, predicting a huge labour majority 250 seats. I go majority, 250 seats. And i go back gb news viewers back to the gb news viewers because they are going to be so key in this election. Coming up, rob, normally id say no to another contest this another leadership contest this close to the election. Close to the next election. However, it is possibly only penny that could Penny Mordaunt that could hopefully and keep hopefully try and keep out laboun hopefully try and keep out labour. Martin rishi has gone very weak in the last 12 months and as long as a long time tory, i find my loyalty disappearing very quickly. I believe that a new leader is a priority and i feel that kemi would halt the massive decline in the tory vote. That is the conversation thats going on. Were hearing a speech from the Prime Minister today, but i put it to you this evening , they wont be talking evening, they wont be talking about says. Theyll be about what he says. Theyll be talking whether or he talking about, whether or not he can survive and is in trouble. Well, i then counter well, i will then counter that with many of the messages that with many of the messages that come into my inbox, which tell me that people are not interested in yet another change of leader. They want to hear about how we are making their lives better. And know, lives better. And you know, i know the polls are showing know that the polls are showing us being quite far behind, but what i would say is that the election that i came in to parliament on in 2017, the polls were showing conservatives 20 points behind ahead for me, theresa was going to win theresa may was going to win this magnificent landslide election and it all changed in a few weeks. During that election, a poll is just a snapshot of what is happening today. It is not what is happening, its whats to happen on whats going to happen on election i think election day. I think it is important that everybody gets behind minister, behind the Prime Minister, just like supporting him and like i am supporting him and helping to deliver for the country. Secretary of state. There is just one big problem. Youre in coventry today. That would be the most depressing place in england today. Im just between you and me. Im telling you in a wonder. Do you and me. Im telling you in a wonder. Do you you and me. Im telling you in a wonder. Do you know why . Because wonder. Do you know why . Because theyve drawn manchester theyve just drawn Manchester United in the fa cup semi finals, so theres just going to be a lot of people crying into their soup and tea and everything today. I just leave that thought with you. Just careful today. Just be careful with them today. Be them. Be sensitive with them. Im sure theyll be very excited and looking to defeat, Manchester United at the fa cup. When . When the time comes. But right now, everyone in coventry is quite happy, i can assure you. Thank you very much indeed. Lovely talking to you. Thank you. Well, lets get reaction from our gb news Political Editor christopher as predicted , christopher hope. As predicted, wanting to focus on governing there, christopher not having a bar of it. Bar of it. No, indeed. And she said how things have been challenging. Things have been challenging. She noted how far behind the tories are in the polls and compared that with labour being far in and how far behind in 2017, and how labour clawed that back to, as you remember, a hung parliament. So theres always hope, but you need to have time for hope and the problem is that the clock is ticking, it seems, on mr sunak. Where can you find the time to turn the polls around . Whats the thing . Maybe the next big thing . Maybe one budget september budget in september before the november . Maybe. But november election . Maybe. But thats about it. Played all thats about it. Hes played all his cards and nothing is shifting the dial. That is shifting the dial. And that is what frustrating. Kemi what is frustrating. Kemi badenoch colleagues back here in westminster. You were a betting man, if you were a betting man, how do you think this is going to play out . To play out . Until weekend, well, until this weekend, i thought mr sunak would survive until the election. Im not now. Not so sure. One tory mp told me not so sure. One tory mp told me 50 over 50 today. It feels a bit like that. I mean, ijust 50 over 50 today. It feels a bit like that. I mean, i just think that with with time they can get past this , but theyve to past this, but theyve got to find move the dial. Find something to move the dial. Im sure what it now. Im not sure what it is now. Okay. Im not sure what it is now. Thanks, christopher. 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Please check the closing time if watching or listening on demand. Good luck , good luck, no luck good luck, good luck, no luck about our next guest. Top royal biographer angela levin talking about kate, the princess of wales. Apparently shes been out and about, but where . What right. Some royal news tonight. And theres plenty offered, is there not . Right. Right. Kate has been spotted. This isnt a picture of her. Its an old picture. There were no photographs taken, but she was seen. To the sun in seen. According to the sun in windsor lots of windsor farm shop, lots of witnesses, we say. To the sun. Doubt according to the sun. I doubt theres anything with the theres anything to do with the sun. Kensington sun. I reckon kensington palaces picked up the and palaces picked up the phone and said, out here. Said, hey, help us out here. Shes out in the boat. Angela levin us now, royal levin joining us now, royal biographer this one. Where biographer on this one. So where does come from . Does this come from . I think theyre listening to the call, absolutely the terrible call, absolutely massive amount of rudeness and saying the whole royal family cant operate. And, you know, its disgraceful. And shes its disgraceful. And shes changed her face and she doesnt want to do it. And lets have a go divorce all that nonsense and so shes made herself come and be like she did on mothers day with a picture which actually went a bit haywire. But shes come and she wants to be able to see her now. Shes not going to do much. She wasnt her photograph wasnt taken, but she looked well, apparently. And she was there with william. And they walked this shop and had walked into this shop and had a little chat. Shed been out in the morning watching her children i think children do sport, and i think that actually listening to that its actually listening to what the public say. Unfortunately, the public are so rude and so unkind and so demanding, as if they own her, as if theyve bought her. And i think its absolutely appalling way to behave with someone whos been so dignified and done. You couldnt expect more of her as a mother. You can see her children adore her and as as an heir to the throne, to. And she adores the throne, to. And she adores william, so leave her alone. I think its just appalling. How did she not just do a casual chat with isabel and myself and just say , look, im myself and just say, look, im all right, im fine. Thanks for your concern. Or even you. Im your concern. Or even you. Im fine. Look at me. Thanks for worrying about me, everybody. But honestly, ill be okay. And just 3 or 4 weeks and just give me 3 or 4 weeks and ill be business again. Ill be back in business again. Unless isnt fine. Unless she isnt fine. Tell you what, one of the i tell you what, one of the reasons is she doesnt want the children know what shes had , children to know what shes had, right . Mother, if right . I think any mother, if shed too early, the shed set it too early, the children are old enough to know and worried. And i think and get worried. And i think thats a problem. Ive also thats a big problem. Ive also had quite close had someone whos quite close who says to me, she gave someone a kidney , nothing to do with her a kidney, nothing to do with her own illness. I have no idea this is true whatsoever. But in a funny sort of way, it does leave you very, very languid and not well. I dont know if its that because she did seem to be great until she went to in the hospital, if you see what i mean. Yes. Well, so ill just leave it. But im not saying i havent had it proven in any way , but it makes more sense to me than than other things. Than than other things. We were also reading reading a lot about Charles Spencer and princess dianas brother in the newspapers the weekend , and newspapers over the weekend, and about his childhood at school and things. What would you like to say about that . What i want to say is that nobodys picked it up yet. Im pleased to say. But he talked about his life home. Their about his life at home. Their mother , his and dianas mother mother, his and dianas mother went off to australia with another man because her husband was being so awful to her. Once he had a boy, she didnt want to know her, so she disappeared. Know her, so she disappeared. And he thought shed been and he thought hed shed been abandoned just the same as diana felt that shed been abandoned. He was too. Poor little boy. And he said that he taught himself how to be sick every night. Diana taught herself how to be sick. He also cut himself with a penknife. Diana cut herself before she knew prince charles, the then prince charles. And so theres this amazing combination , he just talked about himself, and he said hed been absolutely ignored and nobody cared for him at home. And he got lots and lots. Yes, he had lots of people to look after him, and none of them really cared. Them really cared. Okay. Well, thank you very much indeed. Angela levin there, the royal biographer. I wish we had more time, but we dont thank you. Say goodbye you thank you. Say goodbye to you and a good day. And have yourself a good day. Happy patricks day to you. Thank you. N you. Thank you. I thought thank you. Yes, i thought that please you. That would please you. Up next. Up next. Andrew have a great andrew and bev. Have a great day. Day. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. News. News. News. Good morning and welcome to your latest gb news. Weather forecast from the met office. Were looking ahead to today. I think us should see some think most of us should see some sunshine, but unfortunately think most of us should see some sunshisa, but unfortunately think most of us should see some sunshis some unfortunately think most of us should see some sunshis some furthernately think most of us should see some sunshis some further rain. Y think most of us should see some sunshis some further rain on there is some further rain on there is some further rain on the horizon. But back to this morning. We do have this band of cloud across more central parts of country. Of of the country. Some spots of rain in places but either rain in places too, but either side is some good amounts side there is some good amounts of sunshine and as we approach lunchtime, especially across more central parts of the country, a decent country, quite a decent lunchtime to come. Plenty of sunshine into the afternoon that spreads its way a little bit further eastwards where further west, thickening cloud and outbreaks rain approaching outbreaks of rain approaching but temperatures but a mild one. Temperatures reaching 17 in the reaching 17 degrees in the south east so into the evening this area of rain spreads its way northeastward. Some heavy way northeastward. Some heavy rain for a time across parts of scotland and Northern England. The rain takes its time to get towards southeast , so towards the southeast, so actually parts of kent, east anglia probably remain in dry till after dawn. And for all of us its another mild night. Temperatures across the south not falling much lower than 10 or 11 degrees. So we do start tuesday off on a rather grey and damp note for most of us. Still some rain working its way eastwards across the country. It does improve a little bit across parts of Northern Ireland and scotland as the day goes on. Mixture of some bright spells and here that may well and showers here that may well transfer towards transfer its way towards northern as the Northern England as the afternoon goes on. And for all of us, fairly mild day. Of us, another fairly mild day. Temperatures a little bit down compared but still temperatures a little bit down comp. Ofd but still temperatures a little bit down comp. Ofd degrees but still temperatures a little bit down comp. Ofd degrees init still temperatures a little bit down comp. Ofd degrees in eastl highs of 15 degrees in east anglia. Anglia. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Sponsors of boxt boilers. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Very good morning. Its almost time for our show penny morden. Is she the saviour of the conservative party . Shed be the fourth tory leader since the last general election. Are they completely mad . The woman calls pregnant people woman who calls pregnant people not women. And also, did you have the hassle over weekend of not hassle over the weekend of not being do any shopping in being able to do any shopping in sainsburys and tescos . I nine. Search on monday, the 18th of march. This is britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. Very good morning to you. So stick with me. Thats the fightback message the prime fightback message from the Prime Minister penny minister as rumours of a Penny Mordaunt takeover louder and mordaunt takeover get louder and some good news. Of wales was the princess of wales was spotted on a visit to her favourite windsor farm shop, looking happy, relaxed and healthy weekend she was healthy at the weekend she was with william and with Prince William and contemporary villain. Thats how the former Prime Minister is being described in a display at the victoria and Albert Museum in london. Shes been put alongside