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The attack. Marcus monzo, a spanish brazilian dual national, has been charged with murder and attempted murder. A manhunt is attempted murder. A manhunt is ongoing tonight for a prisoner who escaped from jail in suffolk. Ricky wall was reported missing in woodbridge on saturday morning when he failed to appear for roll call. The 23 year old, serving a seven year sentence for aggravated burglary. Police are now appealing for help in tracing him. A woman from essex has been him. A woman from essex has been arrested on suspicion of neglect after a five month old boy suffered cardiac arrest at Legoland Windsor resort, the baby, we understand, remains in Critical Condition in hospital following that incident. Police have now released the 27 year old woman on bail and say theyre not seeking any other suspects. Detectives, though, are asking anyone with information, particularly those at legolands coastguard hq boat ride on thursday afternoon to come forward. A man has been come forward. A man has been arrested on suspicion of organising people trafficking across the english channel. The 38 year old, who claims to be an iraqi, was detained in preston in the early hours of this morning. It relates to crossings made from france to the uk in november and december of last yeah he november and december of last year. He was detained as part of an investigation into an organised crime network. Israel has rejected a ceasefire deal with hamas over possible security concerns. The Israeli Security concerns. The israeli Prime Minister says the proposal to release hostages in exchange for a ceasefire would leave hamas intact and therefore israel unsafe. Benjamin netanyahu says the terror groups demands are unrealistic. Meanwhile Israeli Police have raided the offices of news broadcaster al jazeera in jerusalem over claims the network is a mouthpiece for hamas. And finally, before we hamas. And finally, before we hand back to mark southern water has said its supplies are now gradually being restored to more than 32,000 properties in east sussex. Homes in Saint Leonards on sea and in hastings have been without water since a pipe burst there three days ago. The damage was repaired yesterday, but the company says Services Still need to be restarted. Those are the to be restarted. Those are the headlines. Ill have another update for you at 10 00. Until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. Common alerts. News. Common alerts. Thank you sam. A happy bank houday thank you sam. A happy Bank Holiday Weekend one and all. Welcome to a very special and very busy mark dolan tonight in the big story as Suella Braverman says, she regrets supporting rishi sunak as leader and with Dame Andrea Jenkyns saying bring back boris. Should the tories have one more roll of the tories have one more roll of the dice and put someone new in charge . As its revealed, students are using ai software to write their essays and with anti semitism rife on campus and with free speech, non exist is there any point in young people amassing debt to go to university . Is Higher Education worth such a high price . Ill be asking. Tonights top pundits. Also, is britain an institutionally racist country . No, says my mark meets guest tony sewell , a prominent man of tony sewell, a prominent man of colour in the house of lords, whose report on the issue saw him attacked, demonised and stripped of an Honorary Degree, cancelled for having the wrong opinions. Lord tony sewell joins me shortly and it might take a ten in an hours time. You wont want to miss this. Ten in an hours time. You wont want to miss this. Prince andrew want to miss this. Prince andrew needs to get his house in order as the £30 million royal lodge that he inhabits is falling apart. Should king charles evict his own brother . My verdict on the playboy prince at ten and with me tonight, reacting to the big stories of the day, journalist and Communications Adviser linda jubilee, former adviser linda jubilee, former adviser to Boris Johnson, member of the house of lords, lord kulveer, ranger and campaigner and best selling author chris wylde. Plus the most important part of the show your messages, your messages, your views. They your messages, your views. They come straight to my laptop. Gbnews. Com forward slash your essay and this show has a golden rule we dont do boring. Not on my watch. I just wont have it a big two hours to come. We start with my big opinion. Calm down, dear. With my big opinion. Calm down, dear. Whether its brexit, dear. Whether its brexit, Donald Trumps victory in 2016 or Boris Johnson in 2019, political polling of late has been about as accurate as a gary barlow tax return. There was barlow tax return. There was huge excitement in labour ranks about their performance on thursday, winning the blackpool south by election with an impressive swing away from the tories, taking the West Midlands mayor royalty from the popular conservative incumbent andy street and scoring hundreds of council seats, plus londoners must reconcile themselves to four more years of divisive identity politics. Congestion spiralling knife crime, antisocial behaviour and having to pay £12. 50 for the privilege of driving their car under the re elected sadiq khan. So labour re elected sadiq khan. So labour think that their home and hosed. But i dont think its too late for that support to dry up. And for that support to dry up. And im not the only one. A shock new projection from sky news using the latest figures from thursdays local elections, suggests in spite of the tories collective nervous breakdown, britain is heading for a Hung Parliament based upon results from 2 million Council Wards and projecting those voting figures into a nationwide estimate. Labouris into a nationwide estimate. Labour is on course to be the Largest Party in parliament, but will fall short of a commons majority by 32 seats. Meanwhile, polling guru Michael Thrasher has thrashed out the numbers and told sky newss sunday morning show that labour needs to be at double its current 7 National Equivalent Vote to win a majority in the house of commons. So they need to double their current support , which their current support, which means that labours performance on thursday is far from the triumph that they would have you believe at the fag end of a tory government with four Prime Ministers in the last six years, a cost of living crisis, Sky High Energy bills spiralling Interest Rates and a country still reeling from what i consider to have been a disastrous covid overreaction , disastrous covid overreaction, leading to an nhs waiting list of 8 million people, a broken economy and a generation of damaged kids. How is it possible that labour still dont have enough support to win a landslide . Well, as i have landslide . Well, as i have suspected for a long time , suspected for a long time, theres no great excitement at theres no great excitement at the idea of Prime Minister starmer, someone who, in my view, is nothing more than a walking political algorithm , a walking political algorithm, a human manifestation of Chatgpt Software gone wrong. Tony blair, he aint. And 1997, this is not. Moreover, reform uk did not have the impact that they might have hoped for. Last thursday. And hoped for. Last thursday. And whilst the greens and lib dems performed well in relative terms, plus smaller parties and independents , the door remains independents, the door remains ajar for an unlikely conservative victory in november, with rishi sunak potentially doing a john major and grabbing victory from the jaws of defeat, as major did in 1992. Rishi sunak is in a good position as the country turns the corner after a torrid four years in inflation is coming down. And yes, sunak can take some credit for that as he faced down the militant unions with their inflation busting pay demands. Plus hes kept a lid their inflation busting pay demands. Plus hes kept a lid on pubuc demands. Plus hes kept a lid on public spending, which raises prices. The rwanda legislation is through. The first voluntary migrant has already arrived in the african nation. The authorities are currently catching up with others who are illegally here and those flights will take off in the summer. Rishi sunak can point to the deputy Prime Minister of ireland, micheal martin, who has effectively said the rwanda plan is already working with migrants bypassing the uk and heading straight for the republic. Straight for the republic. Meanwhile, todays papers report that the belfast to dublin coach route has now been nicknamed the Brexit Express due to the increased number of Asylum Seekers in Northern Ireland. Using this bus service to travel down south to seek refuge in ireland. Oh look, it hasnt been ireland. Oh look, it hasnt been a glorious reign. But since he came to power less than two years ago, rishi sunak has steadied the ship, presiding over modest Economic Growth and largely avoiding recession. Unlike the eurozone, he has ended the brexit deadlock in Northern Ireland with the windsor framework, which has seen the restoration of power sharing in Northern Ireland. He has recalibrated our approach to net zero, making it more sensible, more affordable and more realistic. And he has begun more realistic. And he has begun the woke fightback against bonkers trans ideology and word on the street is that legal net migration, which was approaching 700,000 last year, is also seeing a sharp decline when the pubuc seeing a sharp decline when the public go to the polls, most likely in november, it is clear that the toxic conservatives will struggle and deservedly so, after the shambles of recent years. Party gates, the liz truss mini budget and Boris Johnsons disastrous acquiescence to the doom mongers at sage, whose lockdown bans mask mandates and vaccine tyranny caused so much damage. Tyranny caused so much damage. But when its a choice between sunak and starmer, it is not so cut and dried. Starmer response for more screeching u turns than Lewis Hamilton is not trusted. No one knows what he stands for. Following his about turn on his £28 billion green revolution, his previous support for Jeremy Corbyn to be Prime Minister, his efforts to reverse brexit and, most pathetically, his sudden decision last weekend that biological sex does matter now, having previously thrown the heroic labour mp Rosie Duffield under the bus with his insistence that she was wrong to say only women have a cervix now, he says only women do have a cervix. Make it make sense. So he has now got six months to prove that he is the one that deserves five more years in power. Its unlikely, but its power. Its unlikely, but its possible labours champagne socialists shouldnt pop their corks too soon. They might find that by november some of that sparkle has gone flat. I dont sparkle has gone flat. I dont like champagne myself. I find it bitter. Anyway, your reaction gb bitter. Anyway, your reaction gb news. Com forward slash your say it is the Bank Holiday Weekend, so i hope youve got something bubbly in front of you. Weve certainly got a bubbly couple of hours, aided and abetted by my top pundits this evening. Im delighted to have journalist and communication expert linda jubilee. We also have former adviser to Boris Johnson, political broadcast writer lord kulveer, ranger and campaigner and best selling author big chris wilde. Yeah, great to see chris wilde. Yeah, great to see all three of you, chris. Lets get down to business. The bottom line is that the conservatives are terrible , but five years of are terrible, but five years of labour would be far worse. Yeah. Do you know what this this last couple of weeks has taught me a few lessons. Is that, you know, everybodys putting out their mandates, but nobodys talking about the real problems. Is like, i work in a community. I see people, theyre losing their properties, theyre becoming homeless. Weve got young people who are being forced into criminal organisations just just to survive. And no councillor, rather, you know, from any party, has mentioned real problems in the last two weeks because theyre not easy policy wins. That bothers me. And, and ive always been open and honest on this show. I do support laboun on this show. I do support labour. It comes back from being from yorkshire, being from halifax. Its my working roots. But we spoke about this before on the same panel is that i dont trust keir starmer as my leader. I dont trust keir starmer as my leader. I would trust danny burman, but i dont trust keir starmer because i think hes more right wing than he is left and he doesnt represent what real labour is. And most of the Party Members in labour are still corbynites, and i think that will be a big problem for him. Does it mean that when he achieves power, which will likely happen in november, that hes going to find his job very difficult, governing his own party . Absolutely, absolutely. And i think we might see Angela Rayner just steal the reins from him. Really . Do you do you think, i mean, from your perspective, do you see labour, starmers labour as the lesser of two evils compared to the tories . Well, absolutely. But the thing do you know what it is . Im not a bias. Im quite new to politics, so im not biased about old or new politics. But coming into this, i dont see the dichotomy is not much different. The mandates are exactly the same, but no ones coming up with solutions. Its just for me. Its not what i expected the new generation of labour to be at all. Well a majority of gb news viewers in a recent poll said they would now rather have a Labour Government than a conservative government. Keir starmer performed strongly on thursday. Hes ahead in the polls, but from data that youve been looking at, linda jubilee, they are not home and hosed, not by any means. And i think what will happen. I believe that the labour party will win, but by a very tiny number, and i think that smaller parties will become very significant to shoring him up and becoming a much more important part of the political mix. Ive got to say, i really agree with what chris is saying. Youve got to hear stuff that matters to the voter. See, the voter is not just voter apathy. Voters are starting to have some contempt for the for our Political Class , and that is Political Class, and that is really affecting things. And the reason that is because they listen to all the tittle tattle, the scandals that go on, the fake apologies. And like me, they visit close family members in hospital over the last ten days and they see what, for example , we have to deal with in example, we have to deal with in the nhs. Absolutely. And it is very, very distressing for people when they see politics who wont nail their feet to the floor in order of in order to describe policies that will make a difference. A difference. Well, covid the tories have beenin well, covid the tories have been in power more or less for 14 years. If you include the coalition years, britain needs change. Its really interesting to hear chris and lindas views here, because these are from the from the ground. Youre not in from the ground. Youre not in politics, youre outside. You know, the westminster bubble. Know, the westminster bubble. And we should really listen carefully to what both of you have said. Carefully to what both of you have said. But on carefully to what both of you have said. But on what youre have said. But on what youre saying, mark, firstly, i like the change of your tone. Youve been putting a nailed on labour win and now youre sort of saying, you know, rishi has a chance to get back. So i like, i think the, i think the door is ajar. Yeah. I think youre right. Because actually what, what the public are going to hear from, from rishi sunak, the Prime Minister, but from the conservative party is going to be a delivery of policies and a future vision for britain that is conservative, which has got lost in the noise of everything that the country has faced from the pandemic. Yes, brexit, but the pandemic. Yes, brexit, but the war and this mish mash, middle ground that is developed and where keir starmer obviously sits and wants to sit. But i think youll hear a Prime Minister, as you say, linda, who will put his feet to the fire on what hes going to do, workforce reforms for the nhs, pharmacy first for the nhs, looking at deaung first for the nhs, looking at dealing with illegal immigration, getting the houses built and first and foremost grow. Growing the economy. Yes, grow. Growing the economy. Yes, the conservatives, conservatives have always been known about taking care because if your economy isnt going anywhere, youre not going anywhere. Pubuc youre not going anywhere. Public services and pay for them and rishi sunak will focus on that going forward. And hes made sense of net zero. Hes doing the right things. So i dont think itll really matter that we talk about rishi sunak as though he doesnt have much charisma. You know, hes a really bad public speaker. Not bad public speaker, but hes but average. I think what most people want now is competence. They really want to competence. But more than that, they want to believe in what theyre voting for. And at the moment they dont. Dont. Do you do you think that keir starmer would be more competent as Prime Minister than rishi sunak . Chris. Absolutely, i think so, yeah , absolutely, i think so, yeah, i think i think the general public, people from from communities, working class people trust him more than they do. Rishi sunak. And i think thats a Socio Economic thing. I think they can, although hes not from a working class background , they kind of relate background, they kind of relate to rishi as being some kind of blue blood aristocrat who is not in, you know, who doesnt have any real life experience. Youre not worried about Keir Starmers u turns. Hes done starmers u turns. Hes done more than maureen from driving school. I am, i am, i am concerned about that. But i have to focus on what i believe. And like i said, i want to ask chris, you know, you ask about whether hes competent. We get a feeling hes competent because hes a prosecutor, but whether he is consistent , whether he is consistent, whether he is consistent, whether you can trust what he says and hes going to stick to it, i think thats the problem with keir starmer. Hes going to say whatever it takes to get the vote to win. Theres too much dissent inside the labour party. And i think the real problem is actually what you said earlier that you vote for starmer and you get rayner. And i think the Great British public will be really worried about that. Okay. Well listen, ive got the gallery yelling at me. It is time for a quick break. But i had to let that debate roll on. Next up in the big story, Suella Braverman says she regrets supporting rishi sunak as leader and with Dame Andrea Jenkyns saying that boris should be brought back. Should the tories have one more roll of the dice and put a new person in charge . Do we need a new Prime Minister before the election . Ill debate that with a next. A big response to my big opinion at gbnews. Com yoursay this from mark, who says working class women supporting starmer. I know plenty who say absolutely not. Adrian, who is a gb news member, says mark. Yes, we need to replace rishi. And they still have time to impress the people and stop starmer. Have time to impress the people and stop starmer. Paula has and stop starmer. Paula has messaged the show and she says as a lifelong conservative, the tories lost my vote due to the way that they put rishi in as Prime Minister. And maggie may says i just wish someone would stop the boats that would save a fortune and keep those messages coming. Its time now for the big story, and lets get more reaction to the fallout from the huge losses suffered by the conservatives on thursdays local and Mayoral Elections. Tonight in the company of conservative mp for shipley, sir Philip Davies. Sir phil, great to have you on the show. How do you interpret those results, particularly the blackpool south by election and the loss of andy street in the West Midlands . Yeah, look , mark, the fact of yeah, look, mark, the fact of the matter is lets not beat about the bush. We got a good kicking in the in the local elections and in the by election and the public basically wanted to give us a kick in. They basically wanted us, wanted us to know that theyre not happy, theyre frustrated, theyre frustrated about whats happening with particularly with, immigration, legal immigration, illegal immigration. And they wanted to us know that in no uncertain terms. And, you know, any any politician who fails to heed what the public are saying to them, is stupid. And so i think we should all acknowledge that the public gave us a kick in. We understand that theyre frustrated, and weve got to redouble our efforts to come out fighting and make sure that we win back peoples trust. But were not going to do that unless we, first of all, accept that people did give us a kick in if this was a Football Team. Philip, the fans would be calling for a new manager with nothing to lose. Why dont the tories roll the dice one more time and select a more popular leader . Leader . Well, i thought your big opinion was fantastic as it always is, mark, but i thought particularly so, today and i think in many respects you answered your own question there , people. Im a im a Bradford City football supporter. Mark which has not always been a happy, thing, but but, and often the fans are calling for a new manager. The things that are the thing that i can always say is that usually changing the manager doesnt usually lead to an improvement in the results. An improvement in the results. In fact, far from it. Any any Football Team that keeps changing the manager every five minutes will tell you that actually it never works , and i actually it never works, and i mean, to be perfectly honest, wed be a laughing stock if we changed our leader once again. And we dont we dont need to rishi sunak actually, as you said, in your big opinion, actually, quietly, perhaps too quietly, i think he needs to explain a bit better the things that hes doing in terms of how hes reduced immigration and all the rest of it, but hes quietly getting on and making changes and solving some of the problems that he was left with. The messy , inherited, back in 2022, and i think we just need to sell a bit better what were, what were doing and highlight, of course, the danger of a of a Labour Government because when we get to a general election, it really its a binary choice. Do you want a conservative government or a Labour Government . And weve got to come out fighting. Weve got to accept the things that people are not happy about and do something about it largely relating to immigration, and come out fighting against the labour party, all united as a team. And, you know, to be fair, i was pleased to see, all of my colleagues in, in parliament, recently say, actually, we shouldnt be changing leader now, its not the time to change leader. And so lets all focus our efforts on highlighting what a completely ocean going disaster a Labour Government led by keir starmer and Angela Rayner would be for the country. Thats what we need to focus peoples minds on now. On how. On now. Sir phil, writing in the telegraph today, Suella Braverman former home secretary, has said that the tories must change course or be wiped out. Heres what she had to say. Take a listen to this writing in todays telegraph on tax migration, the small boats and law and order we need to demonstrate strong leadership, not managerialism , which sounds not managerialism, which sounds like a dig against rishi sunak. She goes on, make a big and bold offer on tax cuts rather than tweaking, as we saw in the budget , she tweaking, as we saw in the budget, she goes on, we should place a cap on legal migration once and for all. Leave the echr to stop the boats , tangible to stop the boats, tangible improvements to our nhs and tougher sentences for criminals. Start holding Failing Police chiefs to account. So the anti social behaviour, shoplifting and knife crime are actually sorted out. Take control of the streets again from extremists and instead of paying from extremists and instead of paying lip service, regard transgender ideology. Lets change the law to ban the abuse of children. Now that sounds like a solid plan. It sounds like a solid plan. It sounds like true conservative racism and would certainly be backed by many people watching and listening to this show. So why wont rishi sunak do it . Well i think actually if you look what hes doing, hes actually moving in that direction on all of those agenda points. To be perfectly honest , i to be perfectly honest, i mean, which of those things is he is he not . Do you think he should pledge to leave the echr in order to unilaterally stop the boats . Mark if anyone bothers and i would urge suella i mean , she would urge suella i mean, she was in favour of the rwanda policy, so it seems bizarre that she hasnt read it. But if anybody reads the front page, the front cover, i mean, you dont have to get very far. Its on the front cover of the rwanda act of parliament thats now gone through parliament. It actually states on the front cover that the government accept that this this act of parliament does not comply with the European Convention of human rights, but the government wishes to proceed with it anyway. So the with it anyway. So the government, by passing the rwanda act, has already said , rwanda act, has already said, were not interested in the European Convention of human rights. Were quite happy to breach the European Convention of human rights, and were cracking on with it anyway. So, you know, i would generally say to suella that instead of trying to suella that instead of trying to sort of, in effect , argue on, to sort of, in effect, argue on, you know, against her own party, ahead of an election, if she actually looks at what the governments actually doing, rather than just blindly criticising everything its doing , if she actually looks at doing, if she actually looks at what its doing, its actually already breaching the European Convention of human rights in order to deal with illegal migration. So im not entirely sure on that particular point , sure on that particular point, what shes actually arguing for that the government isnt already doing. Can rishi sunak do a john major and win a narrow victory in november . Sky news are in november . Sky news are projecting that at the moment on current numbers, labour would not form a majority in the house of commons. Look, all results are possible , mark. We got a kick in possible, mark. We got a kick in at these elections and if we dont, if we dont all, you know, start pulling together in the same direction and start deaung the same direction and start dealing with some of the things that people are concerned about. And one of the things they are concerned about is that that were not all pulling in the same direction, but, you know, then we could we could lose heavily and keir starmer could have a majority of, you know, 200. And do people really, really want keir starmer and Angela Rayner to have a majority of 200 . Its entirely possible. Equally, if people actually look beyond the, the our Election Results, labours results werent great. I mean , they won werent great. I mean, they won the West Midlands Mayoral Election with two, with 20,000 fewer votes than they got when they lost in 2021. They won the blackpool south by election with 2000 votes fewer than they lost. That seat when corbyn was leader in 2019. But theres no great enthusiasm for keir starmer and the labour party. Theres a lot the labour party. Theres a lot of people who are sitting at home when Elections Come around. Home when Elections Come around. Theyre not voting because really theyre hacked off with all of us and the election, it will be decided by whether those people want to still stay at home, whether they reluctantly want to vote conservative, whether they reluctantly want to vote labour, or, in effect, vote labour by voting reform , that labour by voting reform, that will be their their choice. But theres all to play for. Theres lots of people who clearly are not happy with any of the parties at the moment, and weve got six months or so to win those people back. So Philip Davies, lovely to have you on the show. Have a cracking Bank Holiday Weekend. I hope you get a chance to enjoy and relax during some of it, sir Philip Davies there, conservative mp for shipley coming up with tonights top punst coming up with tonights top pundits as its revealed students are using ai software to write their essays. And with anti semitism rife on campus with free speech non existent, is there any point in young people getting themselves into debt to go to university . Is Higher Education worth such a Higher Education worth such a high price . Whats the point of university . Well debate next. Welcome back, weve got lord tony sewell joining us in just a moment to discuss Structural Racism in the uk , but first up, racism in the uk, but first up, as pro palestine protests continue to disrupt University Life with anti semitism rife on campus with freedom of speech at an all time low, and with a report in the papers this weekend that students are using Artificial Intelligence to write their essays, is University Still worth it . With students getting themselves into debt, often to be brainwashed by woke activists posing as lecturers is university all its cracked up to be . Check out these extraordinary scenes at the university of Southern California , where hundreds of california, where hundreds of students have converted to islam , with female students now wearing the hijab. Well, things havent gone that far here in the uk just yet. But with the likes of professor kathleen stock hounded out of her position at the university of sussex for pointing out the reality of biological sex, this is Higher Education really worth such a high price . Lets get the views of my well educated punst views of my well educated pundits tonight, lord ranger chris wild and linda jubilee. Linda, what do you think about this . Well, what i would say and i pay well, what i would say and i pay close attention to what President Joe Biden said this week when theres a balance between dissent and discord , between dissent and discord, theres a line between the two. And you have to find that line because you have to preserve free speech. But once it gets into the area of sowing racial disharmony, inciting racial hatred , etc, etc, you have to hatred, etc, etc, you have to step in and do something about it. And i think those protests it. And i think those protests really, really worry me. They there are many, many students there. Theyre well meaning. They want to go and have a protest , but half the time they protest, but half the time they dont know what theyre talking about. And thats the problem, including including covid, the queers for palestine, who dont realise that under hamas they wouldnt last five minutes. Look, theres the theres the joy look, theres the theres the joy of being a student and weve. Yeah. Well, some i dont know if everyone went to university, but i went to university. Definitely a period of learning in every sense of the word. I dont just mean theres the gory details. Ill share them with you later, mark, dont you worry. But the point is that youre there to understand. Youre there to soak up knowledge, not to spout out your half baked opinions. Yes, seek out the truth. Yes. Debate seek out the truth. Yes. Debate it. Yes. Understand the arguments. But this line that says that theyre protesting about universities being complicit in war actions of war. Well, let me tell you, students, your taxes go to pay for weapons. What are you going to do about that . Are you in favour . Are you going to stop paying favour . Are you going to stop paying your taxes to defend the rights of britain and the values that we hold so theres an understanding of what exactly are you arguing for . Which are you arguing for . Which position do you want to take . Freedom of speech is absolutely sacrosanct, and i would respect that. But when you start saying that. But when you start saying that and pressurising universities to stop associating with certain companies, stop it because their research is feeding into certain parts of what they think is wrong, or banning speakers, banning speakers cancel culture. That is not freedom of speech. Thats the complete opposite. Well, do some of these extreme protests and the anti semitism weve seen on campus and the cancel culture demonstrate that there is a sickness . Chris wylde at the heart of academia . Absolutely. I went to drama school, so obviously we would have campaigned in a different way with a contempt for dance. Of course you would know. Absolutely. Youd have dressed up and all the rest of it. Listen, its really worrying. Listen, its really worrying. I mean, you know, ive got an 18 year old boy whos whos looking at going to university. And its just that rhetoric. Its just like really bitter at the moment. But i think this is what weve created. Weve allowed this to happen for so long. And its just where do you draw the line . A good point there as well. About university of being about free speech, but its about soaking up that education, not going there to be kind of, you know, forced into these things. And ive seen people leaving university because they dont want to get involved. Their education is going to, you know, suffer because of this. And theyre not even briefly, linda, theyre not even writing their own essays. Some of them, theyve got this software called chatgpt. And that really does bug me because great writing comes from great thinking. Its an important discipline to learn. Just like you cant paint by numbers, you cant write by numbers. Its so infuriates me that people underestimate the skill and the talent needed for writing, just that you can go. Writing, just that you can go. And do we need to rethink the idea that all young people have got to go to university, get themselves in debt, often just to be brainwashed by woke activists posing as lecturers . Well, look new labours fallacy of education, education, education and everybody should go to university is being found out over the last 1020 years. And expensive mistake. And expensive mistake. Yes, absolutely. Yes, absolutely. It should be a choice. It should be up to certain people. We should give the offer to them, but they shouldnt feel they have to go. And obviously, especially when theyre doing courses at the end of the day arent worth getting them into future jobs. But the issue about, i, i believe university is about learning how to think. I was very, very fortunate. I was taught by tutors who actually wouldnt say to me every week, come in with an essay or a book or whatever it is , come in and tell us what is, come in and tell us what youve thought about. So even if they have an opinion chatgpt to produce something, the challenge is for universities to challenge the students to explain their thinking, to be able to verbalise that, how do you underpin critically , critically underpin critically, critically understand . Yes. What underpins what youve got on that piece of papen what youve got on that piece of paper. So they could still produce something from i if they choose. But they should be able to stand up against it and be able to explain it and be able to be tested on it. They should have verbal tests. Okay. Well listen, the views are coming in thick and fast. Gbnews. Com forward slash your essay. Sam has said these students have had a brain. No, students have had a brain. No, sams not pulling his punches , sams not pulling his punches, listen, University Qualifications says sean, i never went. Im 63 and i can fix or make anything wood, metal, plumbing. But the University Students with certificates would not know how to fix a leak. A wardrobe fitting. Never could they do any practical job. And. Libby. Good evening. Livvy. Livvy says its blaires fault for saying university for all. Now his son is pushing apprenticeships. You couldnt make it up, says libby. Keep those emails and messages coming in. My take at ten. Prince andrew needs to get his house in order, as the £30 million royal lodge that he inhabits is falling apart. Should king charles evict his own brother . My charles evict his own brother . My verdict in my take at ten. But first is britain, an institutionally racist country . My institutionally racist country . My mark meets guest is lord tony sewell, a prominent man of colour in the house of lords , colour in the house of lords, whose report on the issue saw him attacked, demonised and stripped of an Honorary Degree, cancelled for having the wrong opinions. Lord tony sewell joins me next. Is University Still worth the money . Mike has messaged gb news. Com forward slash your say half the universities should close. Probably more. They are close. Probably more. They are not educational establishments. They are for profit indoctrination camps where people come out thicker than when they went in. And last but not least, michael , who when they went in. And last but not least, michael, who is a member of gb news member who says, i left my secondary modern school in 1962, started my apprenticeship in the printing industry, worked for some of the best companies in the world, progressed into sales, senior manager at two german companies, ended my 52 year career as a divisional director of one of largest Foreign Corporations in the world. Michael, congratulations. What a career. Congratulations. What a career. All without going to university. Its time now for this. Yes, its time now for this. Yes, its its time now for this. Yes, wsfime its time now for this. Yes, its time for mark meets and this evening the right honourable. The lord sewell of sanderstead cbe, tony sewell, as well as a high profile and high flying career devoted to education and charity. In 2020, lord sewell was appointed chair of the commission on race and ethnic disparities. There was uproar in some quarters following the publishing of this report, with the runnymede trust, a race equality think tank, saying it felt let down whilst other commentators suggested that it underplayed institutional racism in this country. Extraordinarily an Honorary Degree which lord sewell received from the university of nottingham in 2019, was withdrawn following the backlash. Well, im delighted and privileged to say that lord sewell joins me now. Lord sewell , lovely to have you lord sewell, lovely to have you on the program. You were born in brixton in london and grew up in the outskirts in penge. Your the outskirts in penge. Your parents arrived in the uk from jamaica in the 1950s. My folks came over from ireland at a similar time. How did your early years growing up in this country shape you as a person , i think shape you as a person, i think it shaped me very well, actually. I mean, im not going to here deny that there was harsh realities in terms of race. But, you know, the thing that really did shape me was, was going to, funny enough, going to sunday school, going to a space where i think i learnt how to be resilient, how to actually, think about the positive things in my own agency. And i think those are the things that really drove me to, develop where i am today. By the way, that was one of the phd by my old alma mater. Really ive got a real phd, you know, not an honorary one from the same place. So, hey, you know, they can do what they want with their honours. Can i just say one thing, mark, this whole issue. Institutional racism. Ive never really believed in conspiracy theories, but i think we were thrown one because nowhere in that report did we deny the existence of institutional racism. Yet somehow bbc, everybody was sneaking out that we did deny even before we wrote the report. It was bizarre. The report. It was bizarre. Well, thats extraordinary. And let me tell you, tony, that ispent and let me tell you, tony, that i spent all afternoon researching this commission report, and it says it in black and white on wikipedia , which and white on wikipedia, which shows that what you read on wikipedia has got to be taken with a pinch of salt. What did what did the review say . Lets clarify it. Okay. You were the chair of that commission. What did it say . Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Gb views gb news viewers will enjoy this because what we did, we said that there was a difference between disparities and discrimination. So what we and discrimination. So what we did was we said that for the first time, were going to look at white people. Were going to look at everybody in this. Because for the last time i looked, everybody was a race, you know . So what we what were going to do is were going to look at this from the lens of saying that. Look, other things other than race was going to be a factor in whether you did well or not in work, in your engagement with police, etc. So that meant that we came out with a more complex report where and in the end, the conclusions were where you lived in britain was going to be the key determinant more than race, where, your family structure, whether they were Single Parents or not, was going to determine your outcomes more than race, not the race wasnt a factor, but it wasnt the most important. And of course, for those race hustlers, it wasnt for them. It was just bad news. Well, yes. I mean, thats what i was thinking. Tony it strikes me that you were being punished for a message that many vested interests and politicised individuals did not want to heat individuals did not want to hear. They were shooting a messenger. Yeah, well, i dont know. I dont know if i was punished. I mean, im doing very well, thank you. You know, im okay, you know, and ive got my new book out, which i know youre going to be publicising. Can we can we talk about that now . Tell me, tell me about that. The black success, the surprising truth by tony sewell. Tell me about the book and why you wrote it. Well, look, if you think about it, the book is so ironic. About it, the book is so ironic. What it does is it goes through my own life and it goes through different aspects of where ive what ive been through helping hackney education do well, the world of mary seacole. And what we find is all these success elements. It had nothing to do with race. In fact, being black actually had very little to do with the element of how they success came about. So in the end , what the book is saying is end, what the book is saying is that its almost disrupting the whole notion of blackness. And, you know, and i think your , you know, and i think your, youn you know, and i think your, your, your viewers would be upset if, for example, i wrote , upset if, for example, i wrote, im saying white success. It would be a very strange thing to do. So the notion of black success really is its actually almost saying that forget, you actually got to this place because of your own effort. You because of your own effort. You got to this place because we wrote agency wanted to do with anything to do with your race, you know, and i think thats the key driver, and thats why i think people are enjoying it. Have we forgotten the message of Martin Luther king . The idea of Martin Luther king . The idea of a colour Blind Society . Thats right. We got we the content of your character was what was what is the thing that drives these these elements of what makes people successful. You know, i get very frustrated when im not saying to confect it, but i think its true where you do get some people getting up and saying, im giving you a story about how i had to overcome all these white people, like mark putting his foot in the way, when in fact nothing like that happened. You know, it didnt happen in my life. And didnt happen in my life. And why not stick to so and this other idea that ive got to work twice as hard as somebody else in order to be successful, these these notions are challenged in these notions are challenged in the book, and you find another story , another narrative which story, another narrative which hasnt been told yet. Thats why its a surprising truth, well, listen, im so excited about it. Listen, im so excited about it. Ive just ordered a copy on amazon. Its its out now. Yeah, well, i always pay for my own books because then i can give an honest review. Tony, it is out now. It is black success. The surprising truth. It says tony surprising truth. It says tony sewell. But really it is lord tony sewell. It is in fact baron sewell of sanderstead. What a proud title. Look, ive only got a couple of seconds. You must have been so honoured to get that title. Your family very proud. What an achievement. Everyones very proud. My mum and dad are not alive, but they would have been proud of that honoun would have been proud of that honour. And the people of penge , honour. And the people of penge, brixton and sanderstead where i used to live , are really proud. Used to live, are really proud. When i see them around. They they can a poor boy, a poor boy from brixton is up there in the house of lords. He couldnt , house of lords. He couldnt, couldnt baroness hallett. You are a star. Listen, ill be dealing with Prince Andrew next. And hes no baron. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello. 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This is mark dolan tonight. In my world. This is mark dolan tonight. In my take at ten, tonight. In my take at ten, Prince Andrew needs to get his house in order. As the £30 million royal lodge that he inhabhsis million royal lodge that he inhabits is falling apart. Should king charles evict his own brother . My verdict in two minutes also should reform uk make an election pact with the conservatives to keep sir keir starmer out of number 10. Ill be asking tonights newsmaker, former government minister Ann Widdecombe , plus tomorrows widdecombe, plus tomorrows newspaper front pages and live reaction in the studio from tonights top pundits. And before the end of the hour, Jeremy Clarkson has tonight launched a blistering attack on political correctness. Find out political correctness. Find out why tvs most bankable star and celebrity farmer has had enough of woke. And hes not pulling of woke. And hes not pulling his punches. So a packed show. Lots to get through. Prince andrew in two minutes time. Im not pulling my punches with him ehhen not pulling my punches with him either. But first the news headunes either. But first the News Headlines and sam francis is. Headlines and sam francis is. Mark, thank you very much and good evening to you from the newsroom. Itsjust good evening to you from the newsroom. Its just after 10 00, rishi sunak is under pressure from some of his own mps and opposition parties after a set of disappointing local Election Results this week. The conservative mayor for the West Midlands, andy street, was defeated by labours Richard Parker , while steve khan is parker, while steve khan is beginning his third term as london mayor after securing a majority of 275,000 votes. Well, opposition leaders claim that those Election Results show we need a general election now, they say. However, the government minister, mark harper, insists the conservatives are focusing on the priorities of the british people. I think all conservatives now need to get behind the Prime Minister. As the chairman said in his article this morning and take that message to the country. We see from the analysis the experts have done that. The experts have done that. The results show that the position is closer than the polls are suggesting. So its everything is delightful for the next election and were absolutely up for that fight. In other news, four men have been arrested today after £40 million worth of cocaine was found in east yorkshire. Around 500 kilos of the drug was discovered in the back of a van in a pub car park. Officers believe the haul had been brought ashore in a boat transporting it from a larger vessel off the coast of hull. Senior investigators say its a major blow to the organised crime group, which attempted to smuggle it into the uk. A ten smuggle it into the uk. A ten Year Old Girl has died and four other people have been hospitalised after a house fire in bradford. Emergency services were called to kingsdale drive in the early hours of this morning. A woman and her three children did manage to escape the property with non life threatening injuries. Sadly, though, the young girl was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have confirmed the fire is not being treated as suspicious. Is not being treated as suspicious. In Northern Ireland, a man has been left with potentially life changing injuries after he was found nailed to a fence. Police have nailed to a fence. Police have described the attack in the residential area of bushmills as sinister and brutal. Officers who attended the incident also said two vans had been set on fire in the public car park, near to where the man was found. Police are now appealing for anyone with information, or those who may have dash cam footage, to urgently call 101. Another small boat crossed into uk waters this morning with at least 50 people on board. It bnngs least 50 people on board. It brings the total number of migrants crossing so far this year to more than 8500. Thats 35 higher than the same period last year. Ministers have blamed the increase in numbers on, they say, a surge in migrants from vietnam. And we heard today that vietnam. And we heard today that the actor bernard hill, best known for his roles in titanic and the lord of the rings trilogy, has died at the age of 79. It comes just hours before his release of the latest project hes in, season two of drama the responder with martin freeman. Fans of the cinema icon have been sharing tributes on social media, while also honounng social media, while also honouring their favourite performances from his career. Performances from his career. For the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts. Just scan the qr code there on your screen or, if youre listening on radio, go to our website gbnews. Com alerts. Gbnews. Com alerts. My thanks to sam francis, who returns in an hours time. Welcome to a busy mark dolan tonight should reform uk make an election pact with the conservative gives to keep sir keir starmer out of number 10. Ill be asking tonights newsmaker, former government minister and reform uk supporter Ann Widdecombe. Plus tomorrows newspaper front pages and live reaction in the studio from tonights top pundits this evening. Journalist and Communications Expert linda jubilee, former adviser to Boris Johnson, lord kulveer, ranger and campaigner and best selling author chris wylde. Also author chris wylde. Also tonight, before the end of the hour, tonight, before the end of the hour , Jeremy Clarkson has this hour, Jeremy Clarkson has this evening launched a blistering attack on political correctness. Find out why tvs most bankable star and celebrity farmer has had enough of woke. And hes not pulling his punches. It is a packed hour. Those papers are coming and Ann Widdecombe is waiting in the wings. Plus we have got a bank holiday vibe. So listen, i hope that lots of you have got time off tomorrow because youve worked hard and you deserve a break. And if you are working tomorrow , can i are working tomorrow, can i salute you for your contribution to the unstoppable powerhouse thatis to the unstoppable powerhouse that is the british economy, right . Lots to get through. Ann widdecombe, the papers , the widdecombe, the papers, the pundits. But first my take at ten. Not for the first time in his life , Prince Andrew needs to his life, Prince Andrew needs to get his house in order. The mirror newspaper report that andrews crumbling mansion threatens to reignite a fresh row with king charles after the two royal brothers struck a deal in which andrew stayed in this luxurious abode in return for keeping it in good shape. But like his personal reputation, Prince Andrews 30 bedroom royal lodge is crumbling. The property, part of the Windsor Estate and worth £30 million. If you dont mind , is reportedly you dont mind, is reportedly beset with problems including rising damp, cracks in the brickwork and unsightly peeling paintwork. This is hardly befitting the most revered family in the country. If not the world. The mirror report that andrew has been struggling to meet the £400,000 a year upkeep of royal lodge , and upkeep of royal lodge, and whilst the building falls into rack and ruin, the queens former favourite son, who is no favourite with charles these days, refuses to budge. Andrew, days, refuses to budge. Andrew, who is seventh in line to the throne may god help us, is the worlds poshest squatter and this stalemate over his accommodation is a headache for the king and an embarrassment for the country. But old raggedy for the country. But old raggedy andy himself, Prince Andrew, seems impervious to embarrassment, as demonstrated by that toe curling newsnight interview. Astonishingly, andrew interview. Astonishingly, andrew has been living, living it up at this home, this lovely royal lodge, for 20 years, and signed a 75 year lease on it after agreeing to maintain it and paying agreeing to maintain it and paying a rent of wait for it £250 a week. That wouldnt even get you a broom cupboard in london. Now for his sins. Prince andrew has to live somewhere, but this vast palace in which he currently resides strike me as highly inappropriate for a man who has brought such embarrassment and shame on the family. Following his profoundly ill advised friendship with known paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and the humiliation of writing a cheque for £12 million to draw a line under the Virginia Giuffre scandal , in line under the Virginia Giuffre scandal, in which he stood accused of relations with a minor. Allegations, i should argue and add, that he denies. Argue and add, that he denies. What cant be denied is that Prince Andrew is a stubborn stain on the royal family that no amount of aerial automattic will remove. Stripped of his will remove. Stripped of his royal duties and his hrh title, his accommodation should reflect his accommodation should reflect his scaled back role, which is why charles is rumoured idea of evicting andrew from this plush Windsor Estate and moving him to Frogmore Cottage strikes me as the right move. Of course, if he the right move. Of course, if he gets sent to frogmore, hell be hopping mad seeing this smaller pad as a demotion too far. Tough luck mate. Frogmore cottage was luck mate. Frogmore cottage was previously the home of harry and meghan, so should be plenty of space for Prince Andrew, even though he might want to get the venue fumigated and given a deep clean after the toxic sussexes stint there. There is another alternative though. Andrew can stay in the royal lodge and rather than use his free time riding horses and driving around the estate in his range rover , the estate in his range rover, perhaps he could put a shift in and do a bit of diy. Hes got plenty of time to give royal lodge a bit of a makeover himself. We know this guy has himself. We know this guy has barely done a days work in his life, but its not too late to start. The man previously known as randy andy, could become handy andy in the end. The palatial royal lodge can be renovated, but Prince Andrew himself is beyond repair. Should king charles evict Prince Andrew from the £30 million royal lodge . Let me know your thoughts. Gbnews. Com yoursay your views in just a moment. But first, tonights top pundits for ringside action. We have journalist and Communications Expert linda jubilee, former adviser to Boris Johnson, lord kulveer , ranger and campaigner kulveer, ranger and campaigner and best selling author chris white. And well Kulveer Ranger. What do you think about this . Do what do you think about this . Do you think that the king has a decision to make here . Should he turf his brother out of the royal lodge . Well, it all is beginning to sound a bit too shakespearean, really. Here, mark. And what i would say is blood is thicker than water and i think the king probably has a duty to look after his younger brother. He feels that duty. We know hes feels that duty. We know hes passionate about his family. Im sure he cares for him despite the challenges, the issues, the ills , the wrongs, the things ills, the wrongs, the things that we have all heard about that we have all heard about that have dogged Prince Andrew. And i dont think hes already been sent to coventry. I dont think he wants to send him to frogmore. I think he probably will find a way of looking after , Prince Andrew that is suitable for him and ensuring that maybe he gives him a platform. I know that there seems to be no way back, but he has plenty of fuel in the tank. Im sure theres things that Prince Andrew could do to help people quietly in his private life. Hes still a man who has probably, you know, energy and time. So lets hope that the king helps him to use that the king helps him to use that in the right way. Chris wild, how do you solve a problem like Prince Andrew, you know, i was going to be respectful, but im not. I find him repugnant. And i have a solution id like to see him do an episode of house swap, where he goes to live in edmonton in a one bedroom flat which is covered in damp with water coming through. And then hed stop moaning so much. Listen, on stop moaning so much. Listen, on a positive note, it can make amends. He can go out there and do some quality work and he should do that. You know, lets not, you know, kind of sugarcoat this. He is he is a repugnant person. He is very privileged. Person. He is very privileged. And i would look i would love to see him on celebrity house swap. So if anyones out there, if anybody wants to do that, i mean, i want to see that i would like linda jubilee to see Prince Andrew redeem himself, as chris wylde has suggested. I dont think you should ever give up on someone. As i said last night in my take at ten about prince harry, blood is thicker than water. Andrew remains the late queens favourite son. He remains the kings brother. But i dont think that this 30 bedroom accommodation is appropriate for accommodation is appropriate for a man with his now current low status in the public esteem. No, he should be going straight to Frogmore Cottage. I mean, i think thats actually quite a luxurious abode for him. At the end of the day, what youve got to remember is that and i have three children, two gen zs, one millennial and their top concern as we move forward through the year towards the election , the top two concerns election, the top two concerns are the climate and the housing crisis. Now are the climate and the housing crisis. Now ive are the climate and the housing crisis. Now ive got two crisis. Now ive got two children, three children, all of whom have masters degrees, all of whom are highly qualified, two of whom do not anticipate getting close to owning their own property until theyre in their late 30s because theyre living in london and they have to afford london prices. So you cant live on planet unreal and live in this way and expect to be treated by respect, with respect by the rest of the country. You just cant. Youve country. You just cant. Youve got to get real. Why doesnt he start helping with the Housing Project . That would be a good idea, not a bad idea. Give him a roller and some paint and some overalls. Rather than those savile row suits. What do you think . Gbnews. Com forward slash your say . Should king charles evict his brother andrew and send him into smaller accommodation, look, lots more to get through, let me tell you. And im excited to say that, lovely. And widdicombe is waiting in the wings. A senior conservative mp has called for an electoral pact with reform uk, saying mps could stand for both the conservatives and reform in order to win the next election. So what do you think should reform and the tories do a deal to keep keir starmer out of number 10 . Former government minister Ann Widdecombe, who is a reform uk supporter, is next. Should. King charles evict Prince Andrew from the royal lodge , which the mirror lodge, which the mirror newspaper are reporting has fallen into rack and ruin . Well, that was the topic of my take at ten. And wendy says, good evening , mark. Ten. And wendy says, good evening, mark. Im ten. And wendy says, good evening , mark. Im afraid as our evening, mark. Im afraid as our late queens favourite, andrew became spoilt over entitled and overindulged, he turned into a rather unpleasant individual. Send him on a diy course, then send him to do up properties for our homeless veterans. Wendy. If he did that, i think he would become a very popular, celebrated figure , any other, celebrated figure, any other, opfions celebrated figure, any other, options here . Stuart says mark may be Prince Andrew could try out one of the nice rooms in rwanda. There you go. Put Prince Andrew on a plane. See how that one plays out. Ill get some more of your feedback very shortly. But a senior conservative mp has called for an electoral pact with reform uk, saying that mps could stand for both conservative and reform in order to win the next election and keep sir keir starmer out of number 10. Heres what Dame Andrea Jenkins mp had to say when speaking to Darren Grimes on the saturday five on gb news last night. Great. That, its highly unlikely that theyre going to elect mps, especially given our first past the post electoral system , but its certainly going system, but its certainly going to hand things to labour. So i mean, i think even, we could be radical. Lets have, you know, lets have mps standing as conservative and reform candidates, wow. So what a thought. Well, should reform go to bed with the conservatives. Lets get the views of former conservative government minister and now reform uk supporter for tonights newsmaker, Ann Widdecombe and nigel farage. His deal with Boris Johnson in 2019 kept Jeremy Corbyn out of number 10 and helped secure brexit. A similar deal this november would keep sir keir starmer out of office. Whats not to like . Everything about it is not alike. First of all, that deal that you mentioned, in 2019 when the brexit party, as we then were, stood down in every single conservative held seat, every single one, they would give us nothing in return. They wouldnt give us their ten worst seats that theyd never, ever held. They wouldnt give us anything in return. But they did promise us a lot with regard to brexit. And then what happened . They get elected with a massive majority and they get all arrogant and dismissive about it. Give us no credit at all for what happened. And worse than that, far worse than that, betray brexit by putting a border down the irish sea. For heavens sake. Breaking up the uk so you know were not going to fall for that again. I going to fall for that again. I mean, our line will be, are we trusted you last time . And look what happened. Its not going to happen again. Sorry, andrea. Happen again. Sorry, andrea. Its not going to happen. Its not going to happen. And were you disappointed by reform uks performance at the local elections on thursday . Was it a damp , turquoise coloured squid . Good heavens no. I mean, first of all, we were only contesting 260 seats because our focus has been and will continue to be until after the election, on westminster , and on on westminster, and on government, not on the local elections yet. That is something that will come. But when you look at how we performed in the blackpool south by election i mean, it was a wonderful night. We came within 117 votes of pushing the tories into third place with 17, almost , but were place with 17, almost, but were just behind them now. I do believe what richard tice says, which is that we can over the next few months, overtake them. And at that point we become the opposition. No, i didnt think it was a damp squib. And before you say, you know, that they were bad results. I mean, the fact is that in the midlands and in the north, weve now become the natural opposition to laboun the natural opposition to labour. Look at the results, analyse them for yourselves. We analyse them for yourselves. We were getting over 30 in some ward, but whats the point in leapfrogging the conservatives into second place if labour win . Into second place if labour win . The point is that we will then have some proper common sense policies. The point is we will policies. The point is we will then have a party. Party which really will dismiss woke instead of talking about it really will stop the boat. Really will have a blitz on knife crime, really will reduce taxes, really will do all the things that the conservatives have been promising for so long and at that stage, when we overtake them and become the opposition , them and become the opposition, i mean, then if people like dame andrea want to join us, well, im sure we would entertain their application. But an when is that going to happen . Nigel farage told me on this programme that labour could be in power for a decade, so destroying the tories sounds like a pretty hollow victory to me. If its keir starmer in ten me. If its keir starmer in ten number for ten years, youre talking as if there were any possibility of keir starmer not winning the next election and beating the conservatives. If you believe that, then all i can say is, you know, i dont know where you feel up for the last year or two. I honestly hes starting to win anyway. When people say to me, oh, but youre not keir starmer. And i say, oh, but hes going to be in anyway. However, there is not the slightest need for him to be in for a decade, but that means having the right policies that actually resonate with people of all economic groups, of all economic groups, not just with the metropolitan elite, and lets have a listen now to these Green Party Candidates celebrating victory in thursdays local elections. Thursdays local elections. We will not be silent. We will not be silent. We will not be silent. We will raise the voice of gaza. We will raise the voice of palestine. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Now, an worth reminding yourself. That is a Victorious Green Party candidate. I thought theyd be talking about compost and recycling is extremist. Sectarian politics here to stay . Well, its certainly here at the moment. I do sincerely hope it is not to stay, but that demands Firm Government and at the moment that is not on offer from either of the major parties. And that is a serious point, not just a political statement, but it will need Firm Government to get on top of it. But yes, youre quite right in the question is sector sectarian politics here to stay . No, i hope not. But is it here and is it going to be around for a while . Yes. It jolly well is. Are you concerned about sir Keir Starmers position youve just suggested in your previous answer, you think its highly likely he will be our next Prime Minister . His support for israels right to self defence is already costing him at the ballot box. Is it possible that a future Labour Government, a future labour Prime Minister, will yield to these extremist voices . Oh, i think its entirely possible, depending on what the parliamentary arithmetic is. I mean, if hes got, a small majority and a lot of corbynistas and a lot of pro palestinian supporters, then he may be be very, very pressed, if hes got a larger majority , hes got a larger majority, thats less likely. But it really depends on the composition of the labour parliamentary party. Thats what it really depends on. And we dont know what thats going to be, and before i let you go, are you certain that labour are going to win the next election . Because a week is a long time in politics. Rishi sunak has six months. So those flights to rwanda might happen. Inflation is coming down, the economy is growing. And of course, there is growing. And of course, there is that. Sky news projection suggesting that based on thursdays results, labour may not win an overall majority in the commons is pie in the sky. I think, unless youre prepared to say that every single opinion poll is vastly wrong. I mean , not just wrong, wrong. I mean, not just wrong, but vastly wrong, then i think were going to see a starmer government and therefore it is very, very important that there is a strong alternative. And we are that alternative. And you are that alternative. And you you know, you say that its a week is a long time in politics. But shes got six months there. Havent you know, whats he been doing for the last couple of years. And were supposed to get all excited because hes got another few months. I mean, its another few months. I mean, its a joke. The conservatives have failed. It isnt keir starmer failed. It isnt keir starmer whos transformed the labour partys fortunes. It isnt keir starmer. Partys fortunes. It isnt keir starmer. Its partys fortunes. It isnt keir starmer. Its the conservative starmer. Its the conservative party and always a privilege to have you on the show. Have a fabulous Bank Holiday Weekend. I hope you have a great day tomorrow and well see an in a weeks time. Tonights newsmaker is Ann Widdecombe, former government minister and author and broadcaster. Well, its author and broadcaster. Well, wsfime author and broadcaster. Well, its time for the papers and they are next should reform uk and the conservatives do a pre election dealin conservatives do a pre election deal in order to keep keir starmer out of number 10. Well, helen bell has messaged gb news. Com forward slash your say helens a gb news member and says nigel farage would never do a deal with the conservatives again. Look what happened last time with brexit. That was a point helen made also by Ann Widdecombe. Alan has messaged widdecombe. Alan has messaged the show reform and the conservatives should Work Together to keep labour out. We do not want a Labour Government. We will lose the country. Two parties working together for the better of the country would be fantastic, and anyone with common sense knows that that would work. I do love getting your messages, by the way. Were trying to make mark dolan tonight the most viewer and listener reactive show on the channel. So let me do a couple more messages before we get to tomorrows front pages, how about this, mel potter regarding extremism in politics, mel says its only a matter of time before we take in thousands of Palestinian Refugees from gaza. Regardless of who is in power , regardless of who is in power, okay, folks, well look, lets have a look at a few more of your messages as we look at tomorrows papers. So tomorrows papers first. Here we go. And we papers first. Here we go. And we start with the Times Newspaper uk heading for a Hung Parliament, says rishi sunak. The Prime Minister has warned that sir keir starmer would be propped up in number 10. Phonophobia. 1 in 4 young adults never answer a call. Financial never answer a call. Financial times tories warn sunak he needs vision to repair party after poll drubbing. Also, heineken bets on british pub revival with a plan to reopen. Closed a plan to reopen. Closed hostelries. Heineken is reopening 62 british pubs that it had closed in recent years, and will put about £40 million annually into refurbishing its estates in the latest sign that pub groups are regaining confidence as cost of living pressures ease. Well, ill drink to that. The daily express now bernard hill, lord of the rings and titanic star dies aged 79. Brilliant actor, families wrongly paying tens of thousands in care home fees and only big tax cuts and growth can save the tories now this is from sam lister, their Political Editor at the express. Tory grandees are urging rishi sunak to prepare a big tax cutting offer in a bid to turn around the partys fortunes. Senior mps argue that tory voters did not turn up at local elections because they are deeply angry with the governments inability to deliver, former leader sir Iain Duncan Smith says the election is still up for grabs and if the pm and the party fight for it, they can win. Despite the bad results, it is not over yet, says ids daily mail. Now fears grow middle east conflict will dominate Many Councils as muslim vote group issues starmer with a list of 18 demands. Dozens of pro gaza activists elected more than 40 councillors were elected in england after making the conflict part of their campaign, according to analysis of the thursday votes. Some wore rosettes in the colours of the palestinian flag, whilst others dedicated their victories to the people of gaza. The daily people of gaza. The Daily Telegraph sunak shelves a summer election pm pins hopes for a second term on the economy and rwanda flights after local election defeats. So i think a july election is not going to happen. You can go off in your summer holidays, folks. Rishi sunak the Prime Minister is said by allies to hope that an improving economic picture and the rwanda deportation flights expected this summer will improve his re election chances in the autumn. Improve his re election chances in the autumn. A compulsory in the autumn. A compulsory single sex lavatories for all restaurants and offices. This is an interesting story. The single an interesting story. The single sex lavatories will become a legal requirement for all new restaurants, bars, offices and shopping centres, the government have announced. Building regulations will be changed later this year to make it compulsory to provide separate facilities for men and women, after an increase in the use of gender neutral lavatories. Gender neutral lavatories. Israel threatens imminent rafah invasion is the other story in the telegraph. The eye the telegraph. The eye newspaper. Interest rate cuts unlikely before august, experts warn. The daily mirror tribute warn. The daily mirror tribute to amazing daniel. Our hearts are heavy, the pain is deep, our faith is strong. Love poured out faith is strong. Love poured out for daniel and jordan as his community, church and Football Club paid heartfelt tributes at the church where the 14 year old was baptised. The pastor there said daniels death in a sword attack was unimaginable , adding attack was unimaginable, adding we are family. Well, i know i speak for our viewers and listeners to say our heart goes out to the family of that beautiful little boy taken from them. At the age of 14. There were no words. The guardian last but not least for now, into the groove, free madonna concert in brazil draws 1. 6 million fans. An incredible talent. The actor bernard hill, who sadly passed away and labour sets sights on blue wall seats at the next election. Labour is planning to target the south of england heavily at the general election, as the local Election Results show, some blue wall seats are turning red and israel shuts down local offices of al jazeera. Those are your front pages. Lets get reaction from journalist and Communications Expert linda jubilee, former adviser to Boris Johnson, political commentator lord kulveer, ranger and campaigner and best selling author chris wylde. Lots of stories to get through and this one is definitely caught my eye. Chris wylde phonophobia 1 in 4 young adults never answer the phone. Adults never answer the phone. Are you one of those people . I cant yeah, i am actually. Yeah my phone always dies. So thats the reason i never answer my good excuse. And mrs. Wylde goes crazy. But you know, its my wife never has a phone on loud because she works within. Shes a consultant within fashion. So she said she cant have it on loud. So she never answers. Yeah, but i think now people dont. Its just whatsapp, isnt it . Thats all people do now, but they are fearful. I can tell you now that i often work with very young people, interns at one of the charities i support and they are actually scared, lacking in confidence to have a proper conversation because its just all, yeah, you just cant skill set. That whole skill of holding a conversation with someone like you. Mark, you know you cant do that. Theyd be horribly out of their depth. But i think chriss point is interesting as well that, you know, they dont answer because i dont think they make calls, right. They its point to point messaging, its point to point messaging, its whatsapp. Its all these other things. Its all text. Its all text. So that ability to converse males. Yes. Voice notes. Voice notes, they like voice notes. General. Can you just Say Something quickly . Mark. Sorry, i think you lack you lose confidence not talking. I think ive lost confidence about not having. You know, i can send an email or i can send a whatsapp and say things i wouldnt normally say face to face. So i think weve lost a lot of well, thats the problem. Yeah. Yeah. I think thats also reflected in a Work Environment where you have to have that conversation with people and a generation of people who arent having that time in a Work Environment where having those water cooler moments or talking to colleagues, as we all do. Yeah. You know, thats really important for socialising, for building those social skills of having around our dinner table. Theres no phones whenever i do manage to have dinner with my children, when you could get them under one roof. Yeah, when i can. And we talk all the time. Its good to talk. Its so important. It is good to talk. Well, indeed. Well, indeed. And a chat on the phone is very valuable. But we got out of the habit during the pandemic, and we went into our little bubbles and we stopped communicating with people, and many havent come out of their shell again. Thats true. It did an enormous amount of damage, socially speaking. The lockdown i think, with with our kids. Well, there you go. How about this in the times covid uk heading for a Hung Parliament, says rishi sunak. This has always been the tories secret weapon, the threat that labour would need the support of for example, the snp to govern of course, that was a threat successfully leveraged in 2010 by david cameron. Its an old trick, isnt it . Well, its not an old trick. I think its about saying, what are the options that could occur . And this is one of those options. And also it looks more it looks like its a possibility. Its absolutely a possibility. Its absolutely a possibility. And were also thinking what about the liberal democrats. You know, quietly beavering away in the background of the local elections. Theyve had a reasonable local election result. Theyve got quite a few additional seats that theyve and theyve theyve actually pulled higher than theyve been generally polling. I think theyve got about 15 where theyve got about 15 where theyve been generally around theyve been generally around the 10 mark. So this is important. But i think the key here is those conservative voters that stayed at home in these local elections, but not just the locals shy tories, but not just the local elections that blackpool south by election that blackpool south by election that everyones been pointing at. People dont mention the turnout as much. In the last general election, it was nearing 60. The turnout in that seat at this election, yes, there was a huge swing to labour. It was , i huge swing to labour. It was, i think, about 32. 5, 33. So where were all those other voters . And were all those other voters . And i think thats telling. And thats why the Prime Minister rishi sunak, has a chance to set out his agenda and get those people who are still undecided, or those tories who are not convinced do it, though, to get them out. And what about this speculation in one of the other papers , which is that the summer papers, which is that the summer election will not happen . This election will not happen . This is the Daily Telegraph. Sunak Kulveer Ranger shelves plans for a summer election. Smart money a summer election. Smart money is on october or november. Yes around that time before it gets too cold. And what do we do . And what do we do . And what do we do . Is there an argument for october versus november . Is it Party Conference . It is Party Conference season and American American elections. American elections. And they they need Party Conference in order to raise money, dont they . Yes. Yes. Thats right. That is right. Thats right. That is right. Do. But you know, if its just before an election and timing will be important. How is four weeks, five weeks, election penod four weeks, five weeks, election period and purdah . Those conferences could become set pieces for the parties to set their their policies out. Now, would the would rishi sunak want to give the other parties an opportunity to do that, or would he want to go . I think hes going to keep his powder dry on the exact date, because thats in his gift to work out what tactically works best for the conservatives. But i would say the smart money is on it. Being around November November time, any , any, any chance of any, any, any chance of a january election, could he go the whole hog . Not really. And id say the real reason , whether id say the real reason, whether its the weather, whether its too cold. So activists being out around the new year time everyones broke in january. And also if you, you know, the dark winter and thats just thats just me. Yeah. Well look people, all of those reasons and more, mark, are not a reason to call it in january. And historically its not been the time, though. Its not. Of course, theres another factor. Youre a bit of a historian as well as a journalist, linda. Events, dear boy events, anything could happen in the next six months. There could be a war, there could be some sort of global event which could make rishi sunak a sort of man of the moment. Yeah. I mean, ive got to yeah. I mean, ive got to say, i think thats unlikely. I its almost more likely to go. Its happened, dont they. Its happened, dont they. What it is , its the economy. What it is, its the economy. It is down to the economy. I think one of the papers, its the independents, is flagging that the bank of england is not going to look to reduce Interest Rates until august. Now thats a problem for the Prime Minister, because those Interest Rates need to come down to help get the economy going. Would that be a vote winner . Would that be a vote winner . But its the knock on effect. But its the knock on effect. It changes the narrative, doesnt it . Happens in the summer. There is still a time lag before the effects. Absolutely. And i was speaking, even if you did it in august, you still wouldnt see it. It needs to happen sooner rather than later. But what it does, i wonder, linda, is it changes the script that if Interest Rates come down that if Interest Rates come down thatis that if Interest Rates come down that is the headline for the Prime Minister. Its not enough. People have got to feel it. People have got to feel it. By the way, the campaign he runs, do you think he should do a john major and bring the soap box out of retirement . Because that worked very well in 1992. It wont work for him. No it wont work for him. No well, hes too posh for a soap box. He needed to stand on it. So he looks a bit taller. Thats about right. We always do with a soap box. We always do with a soap box. Were in a different world, mark, because i know this. This Prime Minister is so tech savvy. Were seeing all these videos and yeah, you know, instagrams and yeah, you know, instagrams and tiktoks and things which some of us might think, well, it looks a bit sort of, you know, for the youth, but actually its cutting through. It is cutting through. Well see a very Technology Driven Digital Campaign here and in america, the volume of information thats going to be out there. But i dont stop from the fact that he will be on the streets. He must be out there meeting people, talking to people, being on the high streets, listening to people. Thats what also voters. Its not his strength. Its not his strength. No, its not its not his strength, is it . So hell be tested in a few months time. Will he travel by train . Because this is a great story in the mail. This train squatting is the headlines, a cracking headline. Meet the 17 year old who lives on trains. Year old who lives on trains. Thats right. Lives on trains using a yearly season ticket to hop from one service to another. Hes called last plea. He lives in germany and he showers in leisure centres, sleeps on night trains and carries just a backpack. Cheaper than renting. What a clever guy. What legend. Legend. What a legend. And i think just saying, what a great story. Just in all this melancholy and depression. Melancholy and depression. Thats a great story. Its like the film the terminal. Yeah yeah. Steven spielberg. Steven spielberg. Yeah. Tom hanks exactly like its tom hanks. But this is like normally students take a gap year, dont they . Or they used to. Now hes taking a train year i think its a wonderful way for him to sort of see the country learn about different people. The best thing you could do, i was always told, is travel by train and talk to people on the train. I did it across america once. I travelled from one end of the state to the other on amtrak, it took three and a half days and boy do you meet some interesting people. Yeah, i know, so its a wonderful experience at this age for him to do. You know, it takes three and a half days to get from halifax to huddersfield, where the problems are. Now. This is a its a good boy. This is a german story. But actually it reflects an issue in the west which is that for many its cheaper to live on a train than live in a flat. Yeah, i know thats the obvious takeaway. That is the takeaway, but its 8500 pounds. Hes spending on this. And lets be honest, hes carrying his clothes in a bag and hes washing them in the basins in the train. So its not a luxurious lifestyle. Hes leading by all means, and i think he can do it as a 17 year old. I think further on in life hell itll be a little bit uncomfortable. What a great what a great thing to do at 17. What a great thing to do at 17. What a great thing to do at 17. What a great thing to do. I think. So as long as he likes egg and cress sandwiches, thats thats got to be the hope. Coming up, more newspaper front pages and live reaction from my top pundits. Plus next up, Jeremy Clarkson has tonight launched a blistering attack on political correctness. Find out why tvs most bankable star and celebrity farmer has had enough of woke. Hes not pulling his punches. Well discuss clarkson next. On the message board. John says. Mark, local elections and Mayoral Elections are voted on by people who rightly care about local issues. The general election, says john, will be a very different affair, how about this . How long does a Prime Minister have to be in office in order to get the full pension . Is he hanging on for that . Asks sean. Well, stephen has replied, five minutes or until the lettuce is dead, and reeb says he doesnt need the money, but obviously he is entitled to it. Look, ill get some more of your messages if there is time, reacting to the big stories of the day, linda jubilee, Boris Johnsons former adviser, Kulveer Ranger and campaigner, and author chris wild. And weve and author chris wild. And weve got one more front page. And this is the daily star. Dust off your budgie smugglers, folks. Cor, phew. Itll be hotter than corfu this week, but after one last soaking. Thats right, britain will finally bask in 24 c heat. This week after months of rain. It will be warmer than corfu, but weve got one last downpour to deal with. And what will that downpour be . It . Maybe itll be a cold beer on bank holiday monday, listen , on bank holiday monday, listen, Jeremy Clarkson has hit out at content warnings on tv and in films. The ex top gear host says its worlds away from the britain that he grew up in. He told the Times Newspaper the constant warnings for nudity and violence often leave him disappointed with what he eventually sees. Its been a comprehensive rant about woke political correctness. Clarksons had enough, do you think that thats understandable . Covid can you blame him . I cant blame him. But you know, i understand. Look, hes been portraying the curmudgeonly old man for a very long time now, but this is a point. And in fact, i noticed it because i watch a lot of disney programs with my young children. Yeah. And generally before the older disney content, therell be a card up which youll talk about cultural issues and misappropriation and values that we dont agree with. And i read it intently. And then i look at my five year old and three year old. Theyre not reading it. They not reading it. Theyre waiting for the music to start, the dwarfs to come in, you know, snow white to make magic. And the prince charming and everything else. These traditional legendary old stories will always be these traditional, legendary old stories. We can make new stories in the current times to reflect maybe some of the values that we now see as appropriate. But rehashing or trying to edit history, or trying to put all these warnings in wrong, i think it was of a time and we, we will learn about it. But do you do you think you need people like Jeremy Clarkson . Weve got that kind of figure, that profile, to call it out as well because yeah, absolutely. There is there is a lion, isnt there, where you know, when is enough enough and how protected do we have to protect people. Yeah. But its about the arts. The arts are supposed to shock. Yeah, thats whats supposed to happen. Yeah, thats whats supposed to happen. Yeah, its supposed to happen. Yeah, its supposed to instigate debate. Theyre supposed to be things that take your breath away. You know, its supposed to surprise you. Thats supposed to surprise you. Thats what is supposed to happen. Shakespeare. Shakespeare. Shakespeare. All the great dickens. All the great dickens. There is stuff in there that wed all take issue with. If we want to microcosm them and say, well, we cant see this and this is inappropriate and so on, so forth. So, yes, you know, universities putting warnings on books , things before programmes books, things before programmes go. Where do we stop . Were trying to have this kind of blanket, vanilla approach to everything. Everything. Thats not very funny. Thats not very funny. Well, no, i mean, clarkson writing in the times, has said today we have warnings before every show about all of the horrors that lie ahead. Were told that were going to see nudhy told that were going to see nudity and smoking, and they may be there may be drug misuse , he be there may be drug misuse, he said. Today, were told on an hourly basis that our children are subjected to far too much onune are subjected to far too much online titilation. But he doubts that the type of content children are exposed to now. Chris wild is worse than what he grew up with back in the day. Yeah, well, i think, you know, as as a father to a ten Year Old Girl whos got access to a computer and her phone is like some of the material on there, you cant protect him, you know, they can get access. And that is very serious. And that is very serious. And that is very serious. And thats scary. Thats really scary because i think youve got ai now who can kind of facade these stories as well, make these videos so they look real. Its more dangerous now than its ever been. We go back onto those good old days when we were just get warned about flashing lights. Yeah, yeah, pg signs. That was the thing that would really worried there will be strobe lighting, please. You know, that could be serious for some people. But that was the trigger. Thats exactly right. Thats exactly right. So listen, dust off your budgie smugglers. Chris wyles. Yeah, absolutely. Which i would imagine you are absolutely packed into. Absolutely. Do i look like absolutely. Do i look like the kind of guy to. Absolutely. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. And youre going to show us your abs. Yeah. Are you looking forward to the heatwave . Its coming this week. I am, i am im looking forward to it. Yeah, yeah. As a as a northerner everythings hot for me. So youve never seen the sun before, have you . No, no. No, no. Listen, can i thank you . Chris wild Kulveer Ranger linda jubilee. Always a thrill to have you good friends of mine. As are you good friends of mine. As are you at home on the radio and wherever youre consuming mark dolan tonight, its the greatest privilege to broadcast to you. I shall return on friday at eight. Have a Great Bank Holiday tomorrow. Whatever youre doing. Headliners is next. 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Still, some outbreaks of showers, heaviest in the north and east, but a lot of cloud around, so temperatures arent really dipping tonight , arent really dipping tonight, but we could see some mist and fog patches develop where we see the clearest skies as we go through bank holiday monday. Then weve got a few watch points, especially across the southeast england. As we start the day, weve got outbreaks of rain that could turn quite heavy at times elsewhere sunny spells, but also some showers breaking out again. Some of these could be on the heavy side, turning dry across Northern Ireland, but rather cloudy. Temperatures around average but in the sunshine. Feeling warm with highs of 17 or 18 as we go through. Tuesday a drier theme, many places starting off with some sunny spells, but also quite a lot of low cloud, especially across the northeast coast of england. And then through the day , some showers through the day, some showers are going to be bubbling up, but High Pressure is going to be dominating into next week. That will keep things a bit more settled with temperatures also on the rise. Looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good evening. Youre watching and listening to gb news. Im sam francis. A look at the headunes sam francis. A look at the headlines at 11 00. The liberal democrats claim that rishi sunak is living on cloud cuckoo land. After a disappointing set of local Election Results for the conservatives this week. The biggest upset saw labours Richard Parker win in the West Midlands, defeating andy street by just 1500 votes. The conservatives also lost all Mayoral Elections except one. Ben houchen remains in his post in teesside, but labours National Campaign coordinator , National Campaign coordinator, pat mcfadden, says his party shouldnt be too complacent. Shouldnt be too complacent. But two things have guided our position all along. One is the one that you just mentioned, which is israels right to defend itself after the appalling attacks on october the 7th. That will remain. We will stick up for that. But we also want to see a Better Future for the palestinian people. And if we were to be elected at the coming election, that would be a big Foreign Policy priority for us. Us. Weve heard tonight that veteran Party Activist Graham Mccormick has pulled out of the race to become leader of the snp and scotlands next first minister. It leaves just john swinney as the official candidate to succeed humza yousaf, after the former leader announced hes stepping down. Mr mccormick says that hell be backing mr swinneys nomination for the role instead, after the pair had, he said, a fruitful conversation. A candlelit vigil conversation. A candlelit vigil has been held for a teenager who was stabbed in North East London earlier this week. 14 year old Daniel Anjorin was attacked on his way to school by a man with a sword for other people were also injured in the attack. Four men have been arrested. Believe men have been arrested. Believe this is a different story. Men have been arrested. Believe this is a different story. Well this is a different story. Well move on. Four men have been arrested after £40 million worth of cocaine was found in east yorkshire. Around 500 kilos of the drug were discovered in the back of a van in a pub car park. Officers believe the haul had been brought ashore in a boat, transporting it from a larger vessel off the coast of hull. Vessel off the coast of hull. Senior investigators say that its a major blow to the organised crime group attempting to smuggle it into the uk. A to smuggle it into the uk. A manhunt is ongoing tonight for a prisoner whos escaped from jail in suffolk. Ricky wall was reported missing in woodbridge on saturday morning when he failed to appear for roll call. The 23 year old