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Entry Olly Alexander says that the Union Jack Flag can be divisive and nationalistic. I thought flags were meant to be nationalistic, israel has rejected that ceasefire offer from hamas and its continuing its invasion of the Southern Gaza city of rafah. Well have the latest and the green party are now investigating that council who declared his election victory, a win for the people of gaza. Should moeen ali be booted out of politics for saying this is the voice of palestine . Hello, hello. Hello, hello. His his comments that are especially provocative and under investigation were about a rabbi whos now had to go into hiding with his family and the green party, im afraid, knew about these comments before the local elections. So they should be elections. So they should be investigating their own failure to respond. To respond. Yeah. Let us know your thoughts this morning. Gbnews. Com forward slash your say first though the very latest news with sophia wenzler. Thanks bev. Good morning. Its 932. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom talks will resume in cairo today after israel rejected a ceasefire proposal that was accepted by the hamas terror group. Israels Prime Minister says the terms of agreement are far from meeting its core demands. But Benjamin Netanyahu said he would send a delegation to egypt today to continue the ceasefire talks. It continue the ceasefire talks. It comes after a night of airstrikes with the Israeli Military now in control of the rafah Border Crossing between gaza and egypt. Former chairman of the Defence Select Committee Tobias Ellwood, told gb news that blocking the flow of aid would have a devastating consequence. The idea that Prime Minister netanyahu and i specifically named him because i dont believe many people, as many people in israel, are supportive of this now wants to close down the rafah crossing, along with the rafah crossing, along with the Erez Crossing in the north and then, kareem, Kareem Shalom as well. It means that more and as well. It means that more and more people will face famine. More people will face famine. The humanitarian aid is not getting in. So this is compounding the matters. Charging into rafah with those tanksis charging into rafah with those tanks is as bad as charging into gaza in the first place. Theres an absence of strategy as to where Prime Minister netanyahu wants to go with this. And we saw things escalate very quickly with iran, and that could easily happen again. Happen again. China is suspected of carrying out a massive hacking attack on britains ministry. Defence defence secretary grant shappsis Defence Defence secretary grant shapps is due to update mps on the cyber attack in which a database containing details of Armed Force Personnel was targeted. It means bank details and some addresses of serving personnel and veterans may have been compromised. The russian president is to be inaugurated today, though the us and almost all eu nations will avoid the ceremony. Vladimir putin will be sworn in for another six year term at the kremlin later after elections that were widely seen as neither free nor fair. It comes a day after russia said it would hold Nuclear Weapons drills, which the us described as irresponsible rhetoric. And as irresponsible rhetoric. And for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews. Com alerts. Now its back to andrew and. Bev. Back to andrew and. Bev. All right, good morning. Its 934. It feels like a monday. Its actually a tuesday. Well some of us did come to work yesterday. Some of us had a nice weekend off. I did very nice too. I enjoyed the rain in particular. Torrential on gb news. We hope you had a lovely bank holiday. Weve got a lot to get through this morning. First time weve been on air since all those elections. What did you make of sadiq khan winning the Mayoral Election . Well, there was this rumour flood swept around as you knew that the tories had done a lot better and it was based actually on shed done very well in the postal votes, which get opened up a little bit earlier, but that was tory voters obviously getting the votes in. But the huge defeat for the tories, a swing to sadiq khan, the swing against andy street in the greater, the West Midlands, what was i thought was really significant in the West Midlands, which you didnt really get picked up there. George galloways candidate , the George Galloways candidate, the independent muslim candidate, got 12 of the vote. That is major and therefore if George Galloway fields mps, absolutely. The election which he said hes going to do in hundreds of seats, then he could make a dent, a big dent in the labour vote and hes targeting labour in the same way reform are targeting the tories. And i wrote about this in the mail. They particularly got their eyes on Angela Rayner. So labour lost control in oldham, four miles from Angela Rayners constituency. They lost because of independent muslims. Galloway won that by election in rochdale in february , ten miles from in february, ten miles from angela in his constituency. So shes got pressure over her living arrangements and the tax stuff. Shes got pressure from these independent muslims. Of course, one of them, the greens , course, one of them, the greens, had a muslim candidate and thats gone very badly in that in i forgot where the green one actually. And also, im interested to know as we go through the show this morning, id love to hear from you at home, whether you think we can read too much into these local elections. Not many people ever vote for their local councils, do they . I think its about. And they should 30 turnout. They should because it should refuse collection. Its your schools. Its all the stuff that we really care about in your local area. But whether we can extrapolate the results from last week, looking forward to the general election, possibly , the general election, possibly, possibly not. Now, moving on this morning. China is suspected of carrying out a massive hacking attack on britains ministry of defence. So the defence secretary, grant shapps, will update mps with a statement. We think later on on the cyber attack in which a database containing details of Armed Force Personnel was targeted, they got details of their Bank Accounts amazingly so. 50. So. Bank details, some addresses of serving personnel and veterans may have been compromised. So olivia utley is our Political Correspondent and she joins us now from westminster. Good morning olivia , good to see you. Just give us a little bit more information on this story. A little bit more information on this story. How has it come to light and how embarrassing is it for the British Government well, essentially whats happenedis well, essentially whats happened is a database containing information about military personnel, including, in some cases , their addresses, in some cases, their addresses, their bank details has been breached by what we think is china with all the fingers are pointing at china at the moment. The defence secretary isnt willing to say the country, but it is very clearly china. We know that Computers Containing military of ministry of defence information, actual sensitive state secrets, etc. Have not been hacked. It is simply this third party Computer System with details about military personnel. But even so, its a pretty whopping breach and very, very embarrassing for the uk. It raises all sorts of questions. One of those questions is what about countries . Other countries who have difficult relationships with china . Countries in europe that america, for instance, will they be prepared to share information with the uk from now on . If our Security System seems to be so lax to allow breaches such as this . Another question, of course , for the government is of course, for the government is what line does it take on china . What line does it take on china . So far, rishi sunak has been relatively dovish on china in the 2022 leadership election between him and liz truss, truss said that she would designate china as a threat to the uk, an official threat to the uk. Rishi sunak fell short of saying that hes just said that china is a huge challenge, something that work and pensions secretary mel stride has repeated this morning. Does this cyber attack change that . Will rishi sunak change that . Will rishi sunak now go a step further and say that china is an official threat . Well, from what were hearing, it doesnt really sound like it. It sounds as though, again, the government is going to turn this into into some sort of fudge. There will be a statement from grant shapps later. He will say, we expect that china is a challenge, but wont go as far as to say its the threat that is likely to incense conservative backbench mps. And obviously at the moment, rishi sunak. Position is pretty precarious. He cant really afford to lose the support of his backbenchers. All right, olivia , thank you all right, olivia, thank you for that. Olivia utley. Well, lets talk to a very senior conservative backbencher , philip conservative backbencher, philip davies, the conservative mp for shipley, well known to this , shipley, well known to this, station on this program, sir philip is he now is. Congratulations sir philip, on your knighthood. Thank you very much. It was it was a very unexpected. Well, richly deserved. If mps deserve night, as you certainly deserve night, as you certainly deserve one, how anxious are backbench tory mps, ministers to philip about the relative ease with which china appeared to have hacked into the ministry of defence, no less, which is the first line of our defences . First line of our defences . No, its i mean, this is a this is hugely concerning. If anywhere is secure, it should be the ministry of defence, and so if another country has, broken into that system with ease, then thatis into that system with ease, then that is a massive area of concern. And of course the relationship with china is complicated, isnt it, because we do so much of our trade with china, but quite clearly they are, are geopolitical opponents in many respects. And side with our opponents around the world. So it is a complicated relationship. But, we cant shy away from the fact that that china is, is not necessarily a force for good across the world. Do we have enough good people in this country, philip, working with the government on these sorts of issues . Sorts of issues . Its a good question. I, i genuinely dont know the answer to that question. I mean, you know, there are there are certainly lots of people who are a lot more expert than me in these matters. Who who , probably these matters. Who who, probably are working on these things should be working on these things. And need to be working on these things, yeah. Look i mean, china are an incredibly powerful country. There are immensely sophisticated country. And you know, we weve got to be on our guard. And if our systems arent good enough, they need to be improved and improved pretty quickly. And this, i dont know how serious the consequences of this breach are, but it certainly needs to be a wake up call to make sure that the ministry of defence is much more secure in the future. And i guess the worry for individuals vie china could target some of these military, these military personnel and potentially for blackmail. All sorts of other issues. Philip. But equally, the worry is that they can get into even more sophisticated parts of the ministry of defence involved , ministry of defence involved, actually in the defence of the realm. Yeah, exactly. Its massively yeah, exactly. Its massively concerning who, who knows what they have access to and what they have access to and what they havent access, what they can access and what they cant. Its certainly a massive worry for anybody whos in the mod , for anybody whos in the mod, anybody who works in the armed forces, theyll obviously be feeling very vulnerable right now, and the government needs to do whatever they can to reassure those people and make sure that they are protected and their identities are protected from from foreign countries. I mean, i mean, this is massively, concerning, i think, for , for concerning, i think, for, for everybody. But, you know, and it clearly isnt good enough if, if the mod can be breached in this way by a foreign power to, as we speak, philip, the president of china, no great friend of this country, albeit i remember David Cameron had a beer with him at chequers back in 2011. There he is. Grandstanding with macron in france on a state visit. Interesting isnt it, because, france are meant to be a great global ally and of ours and yet here he is, president macron consorting with what i would regard the head of effectively, a rogue state. Yeah. Look, andrew, i mean, l, yeah. Look, andrew, i mean, i, i appreciate that sentiment. I, i appreciate that sentiment. I think its difficult i think its difficult for all countries because, look, we are we are hugely reliant on trade with china , and theres no theres no china, and theres no theres no getting away from that. And if we, if we didnt trade with china, you know, our economy would be in a much worse place and people would be paying a lot more for their goods and inflation would go up and all the consequences of that. So we have a very, very complicated relationship with china , as do relationship with china, as do france, as does really every other country in the world, including, for example, the united states, who are very sensitive about that relationship and are very worried. I think what we need to do as a country, and we need to work with all of our allies on this, is to be less dependent on china for trade in particularly in in areas that are strategically important. And i think weve got to work with the us and france and all of our western allies to make sure that were were not so dependent on china for the trade in important goods. Because, you know, this is a this is a big Security Risk for us. Well, talking of powerful global leaders, lib dem leader sir ed davey , is hes saying sir ed davey, is hes saying today that the conservatives need to wake up and smell the coffee back, giving the country the election that it desperately needs and wants. And hes hes going to try and overthrow the government this morning. Is he going to get anywhere with this no confidence bill today . No confidence bill today . No. Absolutely not. I mean, the thing is, i mean, hes got a brass neck, hasnt he . Ed davey theres one person that the country hasnt got any confidence in after the debacle of the post office and his shambolic, shambolic role in it, sir ed davey , which is why he sir ed davey, which is why he kept quiet for and out of sight for weeks and weeks on end. So, i mean, he has got a brass neck. Ill give him that. I dont know whether to admire it or be appalled by it, but look, no, i mean, look, theres going to be a general election. Theres going to be a general election the same way there always is in our constitution, and the Prime Minister will decide when that is within the same timescale. You know, it was ed davey having a vote of confidence when gordon brown wasnt calling a general election and went to the wire in 2010. I cant recall that. I mean , i mean, if anybody listens mean, i mean, if anybody listens to ed davey, they want looking at, to be honest , but but if we at, to be honest, but but if we listen to rishi sunak, those local Election Results and Mayoral Election results, philip, werent as bad as all that. And hes clung to one study which shows that perhaps we could be in a Hung Parliament. That study, of course, omitted scotland from its calculations, which is pretty much going to be a labour stronghold at the next election. I mean, overall, if you were honest , philip, election. I mean, overall, if you were honest, philip, and i know you are an honest man. The results were pretty awful for the tories. Yeah, we got a kick in in the elections. We got a kick in in the local elections, in the by election, in the Mayoral Elections we got a kick in. The pubuc elections we got a kick in. The public wanted to give us a kick in. Theyre frustrated, theyre not happy. Theyre frustrated about lots of things. Im frustrated about lots of things. Theyre frustrated about , you theyre frustrated about, you know, particularly immigration, legal and illegal immigration. And basically what the voters are saying is that, you know, we wanted to give you a kick in. And you have to as a politician, you have to listen to what the pubuc you have to listen to what the public say and accept it, take it on the chin and then come out and try and address those issues and, and come out fighting. So yeah, they were they were very bad results. The only glimmer of bad results. The only glimmer of hope really, is that if you look underneath the bonnet, they werent actually Great Results for labour either. Thats the thats the thats the bit that i think that we can see. You know that. Yeah. They won the West Midlands Mayoral Election but they won it with fewer votes than they actually got when they lost in 2021. They they won the blackpool south by election but they won it with fewer votes than they got in their terrible result in 2019. So look theres lots of people out there who are clearly frustrated with us and we get that. We understand that. But, you know, were frustrated about some of these things too. But theyre clearly not persuaded by labour either. And weve got six months or so or whatever the Prime Minister calls the election to show the pubuc calls the election to show the public that actually we are on the right track. We are doing the right track. We are doing the right track. We are doing the right things. We do understand their concerns and that were much better placed than keir starmer and Angela Rayner to solve them. And i think there are clearly lots of votes still up for grabs for the general election. All right, philip, general election. All right, philip , thank you, all right, philip, thank you, sir philip davis, sir philip. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Going to bow to him next time i see him. We wont, up next, the green party is investigating a councillor who shouted allahu akbar after his election and said that palestinians had the right to fight back after the october 7th attacks should he be booted out of politics. A completely with britains newsroom on. Gb news. Braverman. Its 950. Alistair has got in touch and said if any. Political parties. Gaslighting on the uk economy, it is labour. They constantly talk down the uk for political purposes, which inevitably harms consumer confidence. And therefore the economy. Were going to be hearing from Rachel Reeves this morning, but that is the line from labour this morning that the conservatives are apparently gaslighting the British Public on the economy. Now you busy . I am, im writing about the green party. Green party. Hes doing his to do list. Hes doing his to do list. No, its the green party. Just looking at what this terrible person has said. Now then the green party is investigating a councillor who shouted allahu akbar, which translates to god is the greatest in arabic. After being elected and said that palestine had the right to fight back, he actually went much further. His name is mohsin ali. He won the gipton and harehills ward in leeds with more than 3000 votes at thursdays local election. Take a listen to what election. Take a listen to what you said. It will not be silent. It will not be silent. It will not be silent. We will raise the voice of gaza. We will raise the voice of palestine. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Well, what a wally. Well, what a wally. What . And bear in mind what a lead counter can do about a war in gaza is not the point. But he also said this particular man, he was involved in some appalling remarks about a Leeds University chaplain, a rabbi whos now had to go into hiding. This is all prior to him. This is all prior to him. Prior to him winning. Prior to him winning. And my own newspaper, the daily mail, alerted the green party about this in february and they said, we support free speech. Now, this full scale of what he said about this chaplain has come to light. Its changing slightly. He also said, hamas was justified in the murder of people in that october the 7th attack. Very worrying, particularly for jewish people , of course. For jewish people, of course. Well, the Green Party Spokesman has said the green partys investigating issues drawn to our attention in relation to councillor moeen ali. So cannot comment further. However, were clear that we never support anything that extols violence. Were joined now by chris blackhurst, former editor of the independent. Morning, chris. Independent. Morning, chris. Morning. I have the greens got themselves into a knot , but not themselves into a knot, but not at least controversial, if not a slightly dangerous situation with this character , theyre in with this character, theyre in a dilemma. I mean, they clearly they clearly want free speech, freedom of expression and all that. And thats what they for , that. And thats what they for, stand look, its what i believe in, its what my newspaper campaigned for, for many years , campaigned for, for many years, on the other hand, this guys language is so extreme , so hate language is so extreme, so hate filled, theres no justification for it. I cannot see how he can possibly be a councillor. I mean, you know, if you assume a councillor is there to serve all the community, this man with his views cannot be serving all the community. And i just dont see, how they can really waste any more time on him. I mean , what more time on him. I mean, what hes saying is, is really, actually extremely shocking. Actually extremely shocking. And, chris, its all very well. The lib dems saying sorry, the greens saying, were investigating luke littler. Yes. Yes. Freudian slip. The greens saying were investigating. But saying were investigating. But they were made aware of what hed said before the local election in may. But they said free speech is free speech. But anyone who thinks the just can justify what happened, with the hamas massacre of all those israelis on october 7th, thats not free speech. Thats hate. Thatis not free speech. Thats hate. That is hate. Yeah, its just hate, im puzzled why it took them so long. I can attribute a certain woolliness to the greens. They, i dont think as a party they do anything that quickly, theyve probably not been. I cant remember if theyve been in this situation before. I mean, this is a situation that would be fairly familiar to, labour and the tories and indeed the lib dems. I mean, theyre forever disciplining candidates and mps and people like that. Its and people like that. Its probably new to the greens, whether theyve got procedures i dont know. Yeah, look, theyre dont know. Yeah, look, theyre probably scared. I mean, you probably scared. I mean, you know, this guy has weve weve run out of time. Chris, nice to see you. Im so chris, nice to see you. Im so sorry. It was short, but sweet. Heres the weather with craig. A brighter outlook with boxt solar. Sponsors of weather on. Solar. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Welcome to your latest ub news Weather Forecast from the met office. Over the next couple of days, High Pressure is starting to build in across the uk and thats introducing a bit more dry and settled than what weve been used to. So out there first thing this morning, a bit of a dull start for a lot of us, but there is some sunshine along the south coast of england, parts of Northern Ireland and the far north of scotland. The cloud will be thick enough in place, debut some spots of rain and a few showers may well just develop further south, but for most it is a drier picture compared to monday and come the afternoon, hopefully a lot of the uk will see some bright spells. The cloud will be stubborn across parts of scotland and north east england, so feeling quite chilly here right throughout the day into the evening. Clearing skies initially, but that will allow some mist and low cloud to form and in towards the very end of the night, just watching this next band of cloud and rain, it may well just start to approach the far north west of scotland under the cloud cover, temperatures not falling much lower than around 8 to 10 degrees. But where we do see some clear skies. Degrees. But where we do see some clear skies. A bit of some clear skies. A bit of a chilly start on wednesday, but here we will see some sunshine elsewhere. A bit of a dull start, but the mist and low cloud will begin to burn away. So come the afternoon. Im so come the afternoon. Im fairly optimistic, a lot of us seeing some sunny spells. The exceptions really across the very far north west of scotland. Maybe the far north west of Northern Ireland. Two here we see some cloud and some rain, but in the Sunshine Feeling pleasantly warm. Highs potentially reaching 20 or 21 degrees. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning. Its 10 00 gb news. Good morning. Its10 00 on tuesday. The 7th of may. This is britains newsroom on gb news with me. Bev turner and Andrew Pierce. Defence under attack. China is suspected to be it suspected being behind the hacking of the ministry of defence targeting military personnel. Were just not being tough enough on them, are we . The secretary of state for work and pensions, mel stride told us this earlier. This is a third party, data set that appears to have been compromised, that has been shut down immediately by the ministry of defence and a cyber crime warning to all of us. Facebook and instagram are the source of 1 in 50 crimes. Well tell you what they are and how you might be able to avoid being a victim. Being a victim. And the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, waiting for this. Shes about to speak live about how the tories, she say, are gaslighting the public about the state of the economy and the uk. State of the economy and the uk. Eurovision entrant Olly Alexander says that the Union Jack Flag can be divisive and nationalistic. Thats sort of nationalistic. Thats sort of the point. Its a flag, an idiot i ive got a confession id rather like eurovision. Last years. Why does that not surprise me . Yeah, last years entry, whose name i cant remember, she. It turned out in 2020 said, quote unquote. I hate britain. Quote unquote. I hate britain. Well, the jury hated her because she came 26th out of 27. This is just not the way to get people on your side. No. Will you be watching the eurovision song or listening this weekend or listening to it . It doesnt float my boat. I cant lie. Gbnews. Com yoursay is the comments portal where you can talk directly to me and andrew this morning. Get in touch with us first though. The very latest News Headlines with sophia wenzler. Thanks, bev. Good morning. Thanks, bev. Good morning. Its 10 01. Im thanks, bev. Good morning. Its10 01. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Talks will in the gb newsroom. Talks will resume in cairo today after israel rejected a ceasefire proposal that was accepted by the hamas terror group. Israels Prime Minister says the terms of the agreement are far from meeting its core demands. But Benjamin Netanyahu said he would send a delegation to egypt today to continue the ceasefire talks. It comes after a night of air strikes with the Israeli Military now in control of the rafah Border Crossing between gaza and egypt. Former chairman of the Defence Select Committee Tobias Ellwood told gb news that blocking the flow of aid would have devastating consequences. Have devastating consequences. His the idea that Prime Minister netanyahu and i specifically named him because i dont believe many people as many people in israel, are supportive of this now wants to close down the rafah crossing, along with the Erez Crossing in the north and then, karim, karim shalom as well. It means that more and more people will face famine. The humanitarian aid is not getting in. So this is compounding the matters. Charging into rafah with those tanksis charging into rafah with those tanks is as bad as charging into gaza in the first place. Theres an absence of strategy as to where Prime Minister netanyahu wants to go with this. And we saw things escalate very quickly with iran , and that could easily with iran, and that could easily happen again. Happen again. China is suspected of carrying out a massive hacking attack on britains ministry of defence. Defence secretary grant shappsis defence. Defence secretary grant shapps is due to update mps on the cyber attack , in which the cyber attack, in which a database containing details of Armed Forces Personnel was targeted. It means bank details and some addresses of serving personnel and veterans may have been compromised. Cabinet minister mel stride says the government took immediate action after discovering the breach. This is a third party, data set that appears to have been compromised, that has been shut down, immediately by the ministry of defence in terms of external access to it, it may be that grant shapps has more to say later on this. Whether this is china , or another state actor is china, or another state actor as well. So we do take this very as well. So we do take this very seriously. But at the end of the day, also, they are a very important economic partner, and we have global challenges like Climate Change that we need to engage with china in order to address. And lets cross now to central london, where shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves is giving a speech on the state of the economy. The economy. But its about who you are because if youre a young person starting out in life, if youre at work and starting a family or if youre planning for or in retirement, this labour party will fight for you. This labour will fight for you. This labour party will serve your interests and we will continue to work to earn your trust. This week, while the tories squabble about which way to turn, talking only to themselves, i want to talk instead about whats going on in the country , about the state of the country, about the state of Family Budgets and the future of our economy, because keir and i know that if we are to change our country, to invest sustainably in our public services, and to make working People Better off, then building a stronger, more dynamic economy must come first. So today, i want to take head on the claims that we can expect to hear from rishi sunak and jeremy hunt in the weeks ahead to tackle the economic fiction being peddled by government ministers, to show that the path towards decline is not inevitable. All that labour not inevitable. All that labour is ready to serve the interests of the british people and to make the case for change. By the time of the next election, we can expect , and we should can expect, and we should expect, Interest Rates to be lower , britain to be out of lower, britain to be out of recession and inflation to have returned to the bank of englands target. But indeed, englands target. But indeed, these things could happen this month. I already know what the Prime Minister and the chancellor will say in response to one or all of these events happening. Theyve been saying happening. Theyve been saying it for months now. Our plan is it for months now. Our plan is working. The economy is turning a corner. Stick with us. In fact, thats almost exactly what the Prime Minister said in his statement following the disaster. That was the conservatives local election performance last week. But i want to take those arguments head on because they do not speak to the economic reality during the local elections , i travelled right elections, i travelled right across the country. I spoke to hundreds of people. I listened to their concerns. The family from redcar , the dad doing an from redcar, the dad doing an apprenticeship, the mum working in a supermarket who spends every evening talking about money because theres not enough to pay the bills. The Small Business owner in milton keynes, desperate to expand but faced with a system of Business Rates that are stacked against them, the worker at the train manufacturer hitachi, based in Newton Aycliffe , who trained up Newton Aycliffe, who trained up for what he thought was going to be a job for life , but now finds be a job for life, but now finds that that is all at risk thanks to this governments actions. To this governments actions. When they hear government ministers telling them that they have never had it so good that they should look out for the feel good factor, all they hear is a government that is deluded and totally out of touch with the realities on the ground. The the realities on the ground. The conservatives are gaslight ing the British Public. They say weve turned a corner, but try telling that to the 6. 4 million households across england and wales last year who saw their rent increase or who had to remortgage, or the 950,000 families whose mortgage deal is due to expire between now and january next year. They say the plan is working. Is this the same plan that has meant that this is forecast to be the First Parliament on record, with Living Standards at the end lower than they were at the start. Real Household Income on start. Real Household Income on course to have fallen by £240 per person in that time. Our per person in that time. Our economy, smaller per person than it was than when rishi sunak became Prime Minister and forecast by the oecd to grow by just 1 next year, weaker than every other g20 country except for russia. And they asked people to stick with the conservative party but it is those very conservatives who are set to leave the average household £870 worse off through stealth taxes and increases in council tax. The Prime Minister council tax. The Prime Minister claims that he is delivering for the country , but the british the country, but the british people did not order what this Prime Minister is delivering. Prime minister is delivering. You have thats Rachel Reeves, who is the shadow chancellor, who will be an historic position after the general election because the polls look, its pretty clear theyre going to win the general election. She will be our first one of the chancellors, jacob. But im not sure shes using the right word. Accusing the tories of gaslight us. I dont can you tell me what that what she means biting is a term of sort of psychological manipulation and Domestic Abuse. If, for instance, your partner said to you, were going to go and see some friends this weekend, and you said you didnt tell me about that, and he said, i did tell you about that. I just your memorys going a bit, dean just your memorys going a bit, dear. Its trying to make people think that theyre losing their minds. Its a very tried and tested abuse technique. Actually. Its not the kind of phrase you should really use just casually. No. And also, i mean, i get its not what the government are doing to people. They might be trying to mislead us into saying the economy is much better than we think, and theyre not responsible for the bad bits. Their only response to the good bits. But i wouldnt have used the word gaslighting. And i also think theyre losing the room with it. I do, because i think its too opaque. That word to use in too opaque. That word to use in a, its not going to land with people because people dont really know what gaslighting is often. And ed, by all means say the government are lying to you or theyre misleading you, or they are trying to make things look shinier and better than they are, which is what governments always do. Gaslighting. So i think theyve chosen the wrong century. Well, lets talk to the former labour special adviser, paul richards, whos advised ministers and politicians for many years. Paul morning to you. Look, labour are on a roll here and theyve had very good local Election Results, very good mayoral results. Nobody apart mayoral results. Nobody apart from rishi sunak seems to understand cut believe anything else to be true. Big speech here by Rachel Reeves. Is she using the right expression here . Talking about gaslighting because it baffles both bev and i and we dont often agree. I and we dont often agree. Well, thats a fair point actually, because its one of those sort of its sort of social media word really isnt it, that people talk about on twitter. But i dont think it really cuts through to substantially. But, i mean, the main point of the speech isnt the word. The main point of the speech is that the economy is in the toilet , and that the tories the toilet, and that the tories are going to try and persuade us otherwise over the next few weeks, theres some glimmers of hopein weeks, theres some glimmers of hope in the economy appear, with figures coming out later on, but people dont feel it. So i suppose what shes trying to say is that the just theres a gap between the tory rhetoric and how people are feeling in their pay how people are feeling in their pay packets. Dont you think . People and i think i agree with you, john paul think i agree with you, john paul. And i think the whole point of the next general election will be the tories can talk about immigration and rwanda as much as theyd like. Ultimately, people will decide, do they feel better or worse off than they did . Perhaps when they last voted in the general election . And even though inflation is falling, it prices are still going up and mortgages are still going up and mortgages are going up. And i think thats where the election will be fought and lost. And isnt that always true though, andrew . I mean, all elections are fought ultimately on. Do you feel better off than you did four years ago . Hows your pay packet . Hows your mortgage . Hows your rent and thats the thing. Theres other things that rachel is talking about as we speak. Things that rachel is talking about as we speak. And shes about as we speak. And shes making the point that so many peoples mortgage deals are about to go off a cliff. The fact that so many more people are paying bigger rents than they were. And its the First Parliament on record, we think, where the standard of living is less good now than it was when the parliament was elected. So thats what shes talking about. I wouldnt fixate on the spin around this word sort of gaslighting. I mean, its taken gaslighting. I mean, its taken from a movie that nobodys seen, isnt it . And i think most people dont even know what it really means. I mean, as you say, it does allude to Domestic Abuse and so on. So perhaps a not a great choice of word, but the substantive economic message is really, really strong. And having just come off those local elections you were talking about, i mean, this is whats coming up on doorsteps. You coming up on doorsteps. You know, i knocked on thousands of doors. One person mentioned gaza, but hundreds of people mentioned their pay, their rent, their mortgage, the holes in the road, the fact they couldnt get a dentist or a doctor, you know, this is what people are talking about. Its also its also quite offensive, i think, in some ways to the voters, because if youre telling someone theyre being gaslit, what youre basically saying to them is you are too stupid to see that youre being manipulated. In a way, it was apparently this was this was the word of 2022 because, as you say , paul, it is a big its kind of all over social media in a way. But its it just completely fails to land. Theres enough dissatisfaction in the country without telling people you cant trust the government, and you might be too stupid to know when theyre lying to you. The British Public already know that things are bad. They dont need Rachel Reeves to tell us that we need to pay attention. Were already paying attention. Already paying attention. The idea is that its just sort of the idea of being misled rather than necessarily, you know , being sort of manipulated. Know, being sort of manipulated. Its just the idea that theyre trying to tell us one thing, but we all know something different. We all know something different. I think thats the idea of todays speech. And then she is a world class economist. So its all going to be backed up by figures , and, you know, gb news figures, and, you know, gb news viewers will know full well how they feel in terms of their personal economics. Do they feel personal economics. Do they feel better off or worse off . I mean, the vast majority are going to feel the pinch, and i know i do, and im sure you do too. You know, it is a reality. So like i say, lets not fixate on this word. Itll grab a few headlines. Im sure, tomorrow. But the bigger point is that we need change in the economy. And thats what shes articulating in this speech, as i say, as we are speaking, she is speaking and setting it out. So well find out what she says later on, no doubt. But, you know, the big point is the economy is doing really badly, no matter what the government tries to tell us on the local elections. Paul, weve agreed that labour did very , very well in labour did very, very well in the choice, did very badly. The greens also did very well. But are they now discovering that the price that sometimes has to be faced when you are successful, because theres a big fuss now, and quite rightly in my view, about the leeds councillor who was elected last thursday, hes called moeen ali, who , who, social media feeds who, who, social media feeds have shown that he called the hamas attack on israel justified. And he was part of a campaign which has led to a former a lead University Chaplain going into hiding the green party are now saying were investigating. We cant say anything until weve done our investigation. But theres overwhelming evidence they were made aware before the election of this man. Offensive views. But they decided free views. But they decided free speech triumphs all. But of course it doesnt , does it . Course it doesnt, does it . No, it really doesnt. And hes not, isolated incident enhen hes not, isolated incident either. This guy is, hes a symbol of a move into the green party and away from the fringes of the labour party, but also the sort of the broader corbynite kind of left into the greens is, en masse taking with them some of the odious views, particularly around anti semitism that labour has kicked out. And its the green party is now the new host for some of these really repellent views , and he just happens to be views, and he just happens to be a bloke whos in the news for saying it out loud. But its theres a real phenomenon now, which is , you know, political which is, you know, political scientists are starting to identify which is now the green party is not no longerjust about the climate and Wind Turbines and everything else. Its now a receptacle for a kind of anti west, anti semitic strain of politics, which labour has substantially dealt with. But the green party is only just starting to have to deal with. And its a really, you know, really a big issue that were going to have to unearth. Theres one muslim Pressure Group, of course, whove made 18 demands on keir starmer and said, you only get the muslim vote if you will exceed accede to these particular requests, one of which is the right to pray. Moslem children to be able to pray in schools. I mean, its really quite i thought it was quite a sinister list of demands for one specific group of people. How does keir starmer handle that . Because the muslim vote is important to labour. Well, ive said to you before that i dont think there is such a thing as the muslim vote. 70 of muslims in this country, 70 of muslims, this country, 70 of muslims, this country traditionally have voted for labour. But the idea that theres a huge group of people over 2 million people, all going to think and vote identically. And think and vote identically. And what we do see, though, is, is very concentrated voting patterns in certain wards, in certain seats , but its not certain seats, but its not a sort of mass thing. And this is a Pressure Group putting pressure on the labour party. There are lots of people trying to do that. So im sure sir keir starmer will look at it in the round and decide whats for best the nation and whats best for the nation and whats best for the country and for the party. But its not going to just go through the list of 18. Some of which are absolutely barmy, ideas, you know, dismantling israel, for example, and say, yeah, yeah, yeah, its great. You know, hes going to do the right thing rather than the thing to try and hoover up a few votes. And. Quite right, too. Okay. All right. Its paul richards, former labour special adviser. We must read a statement from the green party. They say this the green party. They say this the green party. They say this the green party is investigating issues drawn to our attention. Issues drawn to our attention. Relation to councillor moeen ali. This is the person in leeds so cannot comment further. However, were clear that we never support anything that extols violence. Can i be quite clear . This green party was made . Absolutely was told clearly in february by my newspaper. We have the emails to show this mans offensive anti semitic comments, including justifying hamass invasion of israel, the worst attack on israeli soil effectively since the holocaust. So the green party knew all about it. We just need to put that on the record , right . Still to come this morning, our Eurovision Song Contest entry Olly Alexander says that the Union Jack Flag is divisive and nationalistic. Does he really deserve to represent us . Does he not know what a flag is . This weekend . Theres one this weekend . Theres one type of flag. Im sure he knows what it is. This is britains newsroom on. Gb news. 1022 youre with britains newsroom on gb news. With Andrew Pierce and bev turner forget where we were, i did, i did. Its so hot in here. It could be on with your memory. Im gaslighting. Im gaslighting. Yeah, we could be on the costa del bravo because its so hot in here. Because its packed up again. Right. We are joined by former adviser to boris johnson, lord colville ranger and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. Thank you both. Lets talk to the boys first about local elections, actually, because nigel, you and i, weve cut through. Weve had all the spin thrown us for years and years. You cannotin us for years and years. You cannot in any way say this was anything other than pretty disastrous for the tories. No, it was, it was. Well, i would put it as very, very bad, but just short of a catastrophe. But just short of a catastrophe. Yeah. A catastrophe would have been ben houchen losing in tees valley, and also so 600 councillors lost. So he lost just under 500. So it is really dismal. What is crazy is for rishi sunak to use the so called national, national projected vote figures to say that therell be a Hung Parliament at therell be a Hung Parliament at the end of it. Those figures are all about what might have happened if local elections had been held everywhere in the country. Yeah 1 in 5 people will vote differently at a at a general election. Didnt take into into account wales where there were no elections or scotland or really the effect of reform. So the figures become meaningless and you feel like rishi stone is clutching at straws just to say, hey , look, straws just to say, hey, look, you know, just one thing. I think i thought labour would have done better in share in terms of share of the vote, because they werent up on last yeah because they werent up on last year. That doesnt show that hes rampaging. No, thats right. When he sort of limped limping. Yeah. Yeah. Starmer were talking yeah. Starmer were talking about starmer going at a fast walk perhaps. Yeah. Yeah. But walk perhaps. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah thats absolutely right that there are there are areas about the vote that should worry them. The muslim vote should worry them, i mean certainly in areas where there were whether or not or its not as if all muslims vote the same way , but muslims vote the same way, but in areas where it is a bloc. Though 70 of british muslims vote for labour. We know that. Yeah. We know that. Yeah. So but i mean, you know, in areas where there were 20 muslim voters, labour lost 18 points. So thats a sign that something is going on going on there. And in fact, if that pat mcfadden, the election coordinator, is saying , yeah, we coordinator, is saying, yeah, we must look at that. Thats something they must deal with. Covid, i was very sorry to see andy street go. Ive known andy for a long time, former chief executive of john lewis. When i first knew him, whether you were labour, tory or lib dem, he had a very good reputation as mayor of greater of West Midlands. West midlands. Yes. And, you know, full disclosure, ive, i sit on an Advisory Board for andy on the digital side of things in the West Midlands. Hes been a powerhouse for the area. Hes been that flag waver. Hes brought investment, jobs , growth brought investment, jobs, growth from any measure. Hes been a fantastic mayor. And so we have to look well, thats the exact question we have to look at the politics. Its always hard local mayors trying to fight a battle when the incumbent government is not popular. We face that in 2012, when boris was fighting him , we it was said boris defied him, we it was said boris defied the laws of political gravity to win that election because we were in national government. London mayor as london mayor. So its very hard for incumbent tory mayors to win when theres a tory government, especially after a long time. And if reform hadnt stood 30,000 votes and he lost by 1500, youre youre right. And i think thats something weve got to look at. But also just stepping back on those elections, theres an issue here of where is the conservative vote. That turnout in blackpool south was very low, 60 at the 2019 general election, just over 30 in this by election. It tells you the conservative vote didnt materialise. Its still there. And i think talking heads like nigel and myself have to be very careful of telling the British Public that this is a done deal in terms of this election. No vote has been cast. Theres at least six months. That might not be a very long time, but its still long enough in politics for things to change. Do you think about local Council Elections . Of course. Is they traditionally appeal to an older voter. So we probably dont have many young people coming out and voting in the local elections and in the general election , the younger general election, the younger people are more likely to vote for labour as well, traditionally. Now. Yes. I mean, it does break down, break down in an age range that the older you are, the more likely you are to be tory. So over 65 tend to be tory with you then. Pardon . What went wrong with you. Yeah, i stayed with them all the way through. And then the younger. Youre absolutely right, bev. The Younger Voters tend to move towards, towards laboun tend to move towards, towards labour, and i think calvi is right that you havent had a single vote cast in a, in a general election yet, so we cant know opinion polls as well. They give you the general direction of travel, which i believe more than these projected figures that have come out , but only projected figures that have come out, but only the general direction. Most polls dont take an undecided voters, theyre theyre registered as non voters, which, of course, they wont be come election time. And even when you do a deep delve into polls, the mrp polls so called that do it, what they go into census data to try and get a more accurate picture , but get a more accurate picture, but then they make assumptions like if you are a universal, educated 30 year old man and youre single, they predict how you will vote in every part of the country. That doesnt work enhen country. That doesnt work either. No, exactly. Either. No, exactly. What do you make of Rachel Reeves this morning . Kolvir saying that the conservatives are gaslighting the british pubuc are gaslighting the British Public over the economy. Do you public over the economy. Do you think it even makes sense as a concept . No, i think its a strange use of language. Im its sort of were bringing in Mental Health concepts into a political debate. And i think actually labour have to be very careful. Labour have to be very careful. They might think its trendy to use this type of language. So i think its opportunist. Its not really political. I think people shouldnt be getting mixed messages from politicians about Mental Health and where politics is, and im actually quite concerned about that use of language. Yeah, i am nigel. What do you make of it . Well, i mean, calvi is right that what it means is psychological manipulation. So it does have a psychological aspect. What it also means is, is pretending things are things are one way when theyre not. So the idea that rishi sunak is talking about how well the economy is going to do, its going to do better, but its not going to do better, but its not going to do great. And were still in the same situation come election time in six months, where will people feel better off . Are they still most worried about cost of living as all the polls show, in which case that things are not better for them . But why are you still talking . I think we, you know, you can talk the economy down, but were still doing better than a lot of our european competitors. The our european competitors. The economy, nigel says, might not do better. Theres hypothesis there. Theres projections, and we know what we find with all these projections. They tend to these projections. They tend to be wrong. So the economy, the oecd ones , weve had a very short recession. We know Interest Rates are going to come down. Rachel reeves herself has said that inflation will come down. So what the government has been doing and what the Prime Minister has been doing is working well. Hang on, hang on, hang on. Hang on, hang on, hang on. Thats fact. Thats fact. Its nothing to do with him that inflation has come down. Thats the first thing. Well, the government sets the Prime Minister could have done is made inflation worse. I do, i do take that an issue with that point because the government sets the objectives for the bank of england to what they are to do. And thats why when they say the inflation has come down, thats down to the government telling the bank of england, thats what they want to see the bank of. Yes, but its the bank of england which actually does it, and it does it on the basis of Interest Rates. Its the only real weapon theyve got to deal with inflation. Bank of england is independent of government. So they will decide how much Interest Rates must go up or down by. Thats right. They decide how they do it. But the government decides what they do. But everyones going to say they want inflation down, arent they. But but nigels always blame the tories when Interest Rates go up. But when they come down its nothing to do with no. Its all the bank of england success. And i think this is why we cant have it both ways. I think i do. I think i do. I think i do. I dont think they always blame the tories when Interest Rates go up for everything you do. No, you do. No, you do. Well, i think thats totally fair, actually, but i mean , on fair, actually, but i mean, on the bank of england, it is their independence that decides that. Independence that decides that. So they deal with that. On the overall economy. What rishi overall economy. What rishi sunakis overall economy. What rishi sunak is talking about is how much Better Things are going to be. And it doesnt matter how we compare with europe or the rest of the world, what what matters come election time is how british people feel about their finances, which is not good at the moment. Right , youtube will be back right, youtube will be back in the next hour. Nigel and kulveer first though, the very latest news with sophia wenzler. Bev. Thank you. Its 1031. Bev. Thank you. Its1031. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. The shadow chancellor says britains economy is in a worse state than many people think. In a worse state than many people think. In a speech in london a short time ago, Rachel Reeves said the conservative government were gaslighting the british people. The conservatives are gaslighting the British Public, they say. Weve turned a corner and they ask people to stick with the conservative party but it is those very conservatives who are set to leave the average household £870 worse off through stealth taxes and increases in council tax. The Prime Minister council tax. The Prime Minister claims that he is delivering for the country , but the british the country, but the british people did not order what this Prime Minister is delivering. Prime minister is delivering. Talks will resume in cairo today after israel rejected a ceasefire proposal that was accepted by the hamas terror group. 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Well, Manchester Arena bombing. Well, she is walking 200 miles to campaign for stronger protections against terrorism in pubuc protections against terrorism in Public Places. And our reporter will be talking to her live later this morning. This is britains newsroom on gb news. You can go good. Getting up this morning. Werent you gb news com forward slash your say . Well, its almost seven years on from the horrific Manchester Arena attack. The mother of one arena attack. The mother of one of the 22 victims is campaigning for more robust security at uk venues. So for the past five years, figen murray, mum to martyn hett, has worked alongside the home office to try and get martyns law passed. Now she begins her biggest push yet to get this over the line. Shes going to walk 200 miles from the stadium in to manchester number 10. Heres sophie reaper. She sat down with her before the challenge began. Here she is. Challenge began. Here she is. On the 22nd of may, 2017, 22 people went to a concert at Manchester Arena but never returned home. One of those people was martyn hett, murdered by suicide bomber salman abedi. By suicide bomber salman abedi. Its seven years nearly and i still cant go to bed before about 11 ish because i feel so ashamed and guilty as a mum because i was fast asleep in bed when he died and i cant reconcile that. Ive got a martin shaped hole in my soul somewhere and that will always be there. After the attack, the Manchester Arena inquiry found serious failings in security on the night, which could have prevented it from happening. As prevented it from happening. As a result, for the past five years, fegan has worked tirelessly to try and improve security at uk venues. About 18 months after martyn died, we went to a theatre in manchester and there was absolutely no security and that completely floored me. Then i looked into it and realised theres no legislation for security at all and i wanted to change that. I just want venues and places, Public Places to have a legal obligation to put security on and keep people safe. This morning, fegan will begin a walk from the spot where her son died all the way to downing street. Theyll arrive on the seventh anniversary of the attack and until then, she wants as many people to get involved as possible. People can join us on the walk , at different stages and walk, at different stages and help us make the point. And i believe in people power because really we, the government may stall the decision to get the legislation over the line. But the general public deserve to be safe and want to be kept safe. Safe and want to be kept safe. Sophie reaper gb news. Sophie reaper gb news. I think parents like that who take such a tragic situation and try and pull something positive out out of it, i just remarkable because you couldnt blame her. She never she was unable to get out of bed again. Absolutely. Absolutely. I mean, shes got four other she had five children, four other children and a husband. Other children and a husband. And she was a councillor, life life coach. But it is an extraordinarily positive attitude. So were going to be with her when she leaves the arena today en route to number 10. And good luck with her campaign. I think i remember where i was that weekend. I think we were both working for a rival media outlet. We were weekend. Yeah, it was happening while i was on air, and i couldnt quite believe it would be a terror attack because i thought, arabella grand, doesnt she appeal to a particularly young people . Ariana grande, dont you particularly young people . Because some of the victims were 12. It did. It was. I mean, luckily we havent had touchwood , but we havent had something similar to that. Subsequently have we . I think, and it was so shocking at the time. My hometown as well in manchester, and i remember i couldnt believe that two young men had been into a concert where there were all those children. Yeah, to commit that horrendous and just irrational, horrific 22 dead. And then theres all the people, the trauma , the life people, the trauma, the life changing injuries that other people suffered that night, a complete nightmare. Im going to be, as we said, were going to be talking to the mother who is walking from manchester down to number 10. Well see how shes getting on this morning. Keep your messages coming in, gbnews. Com yoursay. But lets go back to central london, where moments ago our economics and business editor, Liam Halligan asked the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, a quick question at her conference. Fryston is Liam Halligan from gb news. Thank you, shadow chancellor. You talked about the need for strong institutions underpinning your secure genomics vision, not least the treasury, the bank of england and the obr. As a former bank of england employee, you will surely have noticed last week when former governor mervyn king said in the lords that the mpc king said in the lords that the mpc was riven with groupthink and a lack of cognitive diversity, he was indeed reflecting the conclusions of a cross party report from the house of Lords Economic Affairs select committee. Do you think select committee. Do you think thats a fair characterisation of the mpc , the former governor of the mpc, the former governor saying that that lack of cognitive diversity had added to instability led to higher inflation than would otherwise be the case, and also do you think the obr should be stronger or weaker than it currently is . Specifically, should elected politicians take more notice or less notice of obr forecasts , less notice of obr forecasts, which have often been rather, to be fair, inaccurate . Be fair, inaccurate . Well, i think that we should respect independent economic institutions , and one of the institutions, and one of the reasons why we are in the mess that we are in today is because of the decisions of the conservatives. When liz truss was Prime Minister and Kwasi Kwarteng was chancellor, it wasnt just the unfunded tax cuts that they promised, but it was also the undermining of the economic institutions that had previously made britain a safe and secure place to invest. So and secure place to invest. So sacking the respected permanent secretary of the treasury , tom secretary of the treasury, tom scholar, refusing to let the obr do a forecast even though they said they were able to, or spending the Leadership Campaign undermining the bank of england. All of those contributed to the financial and economic crisis that we faced just 18 months ago. And i think the lessons from that is that we should respect more and listen more to those independent economic institutions rather than seek to further undermine them. And that further undermine them. And that would certainly be my approach as chancellor of the exchequer. As chancellor of the exchequer. Brian, what are we doing about oh, weve got the shadow chancellor. Do you know what you saw then from Rachel Reeves . Just a little bit of metal, a bit more than you normally see. She didnt i dont know whether it was the phrase gb news that stuck in her throat when she said it. We had some surprise polling here on gb news just recently. We will find you. The figures that well bring you in in a moment may surprise you. Who gb news viewers listeners are likely to vote for. Ive just found the figures because thats how efficient i am. Labour are 11 points ahead of the conservatives when it comes to gb news viewers voting intention. Labour have seen their vote share amongst gb news viewers increased. Viewers increased by 13 points, while the tories support have fractured gb news viewers trust labour more with the cost of living, nhs and housing. There you go Rachel Reeves. And of course a lot of tory voters who watch gb news listen to gb news will have switched to reform too. Thats right. Yeah, they did a little bit. 1 in 4 of gb news viewers who voted conservative in 2019 have switched to reform, so about 25, well, 26 of you. So Rachel Reeves if youre watching, youre always very welcome to come here and have a conversation with us. Come and have a coffee. We might have a long wait, but were happy to wait. Now up next, will the snp. Thats the Scottish National party finally abandon its gender reforms after doctor hilary cass, who delivered that landmark report last month, gives evidence that the Scottish Parliament later today youre with britains newsroom on gb news. Very good morning. Feels like a monday. Very good morning. Feels like a monday. Its very good morning. Feels like a monday. Its actually a a monday. Its actually a tuesday. 1048 britains newsroom with me and andrew. So doctor hilary cass, the leading paediatrician whose investigation into child gender health care led to a ban on puberty blockers is to appear at the Scottish Parliament today. So how will the Scottish National party react, bearing in mind theyve already been accused of placating the greens by not adopting many of her recommendations, so joining us now is co director for four women of four women scotland, susan smith. Good morning susan i can see you smiling there. Did we sum up you smiling there. Did we sum up how the snp might be feeling about, hilary cass . About, hilary cass . Well, actually, hilary cass has already appeared at the committee this morning, so, it was actually quite a good session. There were some, useful questions, and she was able to set the record straight on quite a lot of the myths that especially the green party, have been trying to spread throughout scotland. And, obviously the scotland. And, obviously the greens are no longer part of the bute house agreement. So, maybe with a change of leader, itll give john swinney an opportunity to row back. Thats, thats the sort of optimistic , optimistic sort of optimistic, optimistic assessment. There are certainly people within the snp who are not very happy about the direction of travel, that was going on beforehand. But, yeah, going on beforehand. But, yeah, i think i think there will still be people who are going to be, throwing their toys out of the pram , at the prospect. Pram, at the prospect. So lets just, lets just remind people watching and listening, downing street stepped stepped in for the First Time Since devolution to veto hollywoods gender recognition reform bill. That veto was upheld by scotlands court. Just remind people exactly what the snp government was trying to enable young people to do, often without the parental consent. Without the parental consent. So theres been a bit of a suite of, of bills that have been hugely problematic. But the gra bill, which, as you say, was blocked by the section 35 of the uk government, was to enable self id so people to change their legal sex or gender simply by making a declaration and signing a form. And they wanted that to be for children as young as 16. And obviously, that , as 16. And obviously, that, that, has been pointed out as, as affirmative of, this sort of affirmative action has been pointed out by hilary cass as being detrimental to young people because it often cements this idea that they have a gender identity. So, what the Scottish Government are proposing and what theyve been doing for a very long time in schools and so on, is to embed this notion that gender identity is real, that its unchangeable, that, children as young as 4 or 5 can have it and that this needs to be affirmed by schools and parents and medical professionals. And what was happening in the sandyford clinic , which was is scotlands clinic, which was is scotlands answer to the tavistock , was answer to the tavistock, was that children were being prescribed puberty blockers and cross sex hormones. And initially, after the cass report came out, the Scottish Government did not, move to end this practice as, as the uk government did. And it wasnt until more recently that theyve stopped, theyve stopped prescribing puberty blockers. They claim they are leaving this up to clinicians, but its a bit of a cop out because obviously hilary cass is a clinician and she was very clear that this is not Good Practice , so the fear not Good Practice, so the fear has been that they are scraping around trying to find clinicians who will agree with what they say. Say. Yeah. And maybe, susan, for you, the cass report didnt go far enough because of course you can still get privately prescribed puberty blockers if you are a teen and youre desperate to change your gender. Yes, she was asked actually this morning, by one of the Committee Members about private prescriptions, and she said, this is a concern for her. I think, obviously her report was really into the, nhs england and how they were doing it, but i think its not unreasonable to say that private clinics should be following best practice as well, and that if there are , well, and that if there are, considerable concerns about these drugs being offered on the nhs , they shouldnt be offered anywhere. Yeah. Yeah. She also said , didnt she, she also said, didnt she, that she, she, she didnt agree with the people who, who prescribe these terrible drugs. Prescribe these terrible drugs. So actually sometimes the effects are not reversible. Effects are not reversible. Yes, and that was explored in quite a lot of detail that we dont really know what the long term effects of these drugs are, especially on brain development, on long term effects on, bones , on long term effects on, bones, on long term effects on, bones, on iq development, on, sexual function, on fertility. All of these things are have been raised as concerns in the past, and there are no long term studies. And she was very clear about the paucity of evidence, people considering this cohort in the long term and the fact that we now have a very different cohort, of course , different cohort, of course, because what weve seen in recent years is this exponential rise in young women being referred to these clinics, whereas the initial, when, when puberty blockers , etc. Were puberty blockers, etc. Were introduced, in the netherlands, it was mainly young, young men. So theres been no studies to ascertain why this is happening and the effect of these drugs on these young people for the long term. Term. And they remain guinea pigs at the hands of the pharmaceutical companies to some degree. Thank you so much for joining us. Co director of for women scotland, susan smith there. This would be a big challenge for the new first minister, john swinney. Swinney. Right of reply, it really is. A Scottish Government spokesperson has said the cass review is a comprehensive and valid scientific document in line with nhs england, for whom the report was commissioned. We are considering all of the recommendations just just embrace them and coming up, facebook and instagram. The source for1 in 50 crimes. Its a major point for scams. Were going to be scams. Were going to be speaking to someone to show you how to try to avoid getting scammed. Heres greg with the weather. Heres greg with the weather. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello there welcome to your latest ub news Weather Forecast from the met office. Over the next couple of days, High Pressure is starting to build in across the uk and thats introducing a bit more drier and settled than what weve been used to. So out there first thing this morning, a bit of a dull start for a lot of us, but there is some sunshine along the south coast of england, parts of Northern Ireland and the far north of scotland. The cloud north of scotland. The cloud will be thick enough in places to view some spots of rain, and a few showers may well just develop further south, but for most it is a drier picture compared to monday. Most it is a drier picture compared to monday. And come the compared to monday. And come the afternoon, hopefully a lot of the uk will see some bright spells. The cloud will be stubborn across parts of scotland and north east england, so feeling quite chilly here right throughout the day into the evening. Clearing skies initially, but that will allow some mist and low cloud to form and in towards the very end of the night, just watching this next band of cloud and rain, it may well just start to approach the far north west of scotland under the cloud cover, temperatures not falling much lower than around 8 to 10 degrees. But where we do see some clear skies. Degrees. But where we do see some clear skies. A bit of some clear skies. A bit of a chilly start on wednesday, but here we will see some sunshine elsewhere. A bit of a dull start, but the mist and low cloud will begin to burn away. So come the afternoon. Im so come the afternoon. Im fairly optimistic, a lot of us seeing some sunny spells. The seeing some sunny spells. The exceptions really across the very far north west of scotland. Maybe the far north west of Northern Ireland. Two here we see some cloud and some rain, but in the Sunshine Feeling pleasantly warm. Highs potentially reaching 20 or 21 degrees. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Way. 11 am. On tuesday, the 7th may. Britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. So a cyber crime warning. Facebook and instagram are the source of 1 in 50 crimes. Well tell you what signs to look out for next. And defence under attack. China. Of course its china suspected of hacking the ministry of defence targeting military personnel. Dont we military personnel. Dont we need to get tougher with them . This is what the secretary of state for work and pensions, mel stride, told gb news earlier. This is a third party, data set that appears to have been compromised, that has been shut down immediately by the ministry of defence. Of defence. Third party data set. Well explain what that means. So the uk eurovision entrant, Olly Alexander has said that the Union Jack Flag can be divisive and nationalistic. Do you think and nationalistic. Do you think and nationalistic. Do you think a manchester to number 10. Thats how far the mother of martyn hettys walking her campaign for tighter security at pubuc campaign for tighter security at public venues after her son was murdered during the Manchester Arena terrorist attack. Were arena terrorist attack. Were going to be talking to her as she starts that walk. Get in touch with us this morning, gbnews. Com forward slash usa is the portal well be reading your messages while sophia wenzler reads you the. News. Bev. Thank you. Good morning. Its 1101. Im bev. Thank you. Good morning. Its1101. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. The shadow the gb newsroom. The shadow chancellor says britains economy is in a worse state than people may think. In a speech in london, a short time ago, Rachel Reeves said the conservative government isnt being honest with voters. With voters. The conservatives are gaslighting the British Public, they say. Weve turned a corner and they ask people to stick with the conservative party. But it is those very conservative who are set to leave the average household. £870 worse off through stealth taxes and increases in council tax. The increases in council tax. The Prime Minister claims that he is delivering for the country , but delivering for the country, but the british people did not order what this Prime Minister is delivering. Delivering. Talks will resume in cairo today after israel rejected a ceasefire proposal that was accepted by the hamas terror group. Israels Prime Minister says the terms of the agreement are far from meeting its core demands. But are far from meeting its core demands. But benjamin are far from meeting its core demands. But Benjamin Netanyahu demands. But Benjamin Netanyahu said he would send a delegation to egypt today to continue the ceasefire talks. It comes after ceasefire talks. It comes after a night of airstrikes with the Israeli Military now in control of the rafah Border Crossing between gaza and egypt. Former chairman of the Defence Select Committee Tobias Ellwood, told gb news that blocking the flow of aid would have devastating consequences. The idea that Prime Minister netanyahu and i specifically named him because i dont believe many people, as many people in israel, are supportive of this now wants to close down the rafah crossing, along with the rafah crossing, along with the Erez Crossing in the north and then kareem Kareem Shalom as well. It means that more and more people will face famine. Humanitarian aid is not getting in. So this is compounding the matters. Charging into rafah with those tanks is as bad as charging into gaza in the first place. Theres an absence of strategy as to where present Prime Minister netanyahu wants to go with this. And we saw to go with this. And we saw things escalate very quickly with iran and that could easily happen again. Now, china is suspected of carrying out a massive hacking attack on britains ministry of defence. Defence secretary grant shappsis defence. Defence secretary grant shapps is updating mps on the cyber attack today in which an armed force database was targeted. It means bank details and some addresses of serving personnel and veterans may have been compromised. Cabinet minister mel stride says the government took immediate action after discovering the breach. This is a Third Party Data set , that appears to have been set, that appears to have been compromised, that has been shut down immediately by the ministry of defence in terms of external access to it. It may be that grant shapps has more to say later on this, whether this is china, or another state actor as well. So we do take this very seriously. But at the well. So we do take this very seriously. But at the end of well. So we do take this very seriously. But at the end of the seriously. But at the end of the day, also, they are a very important economic partner. And we have global challenges like Climate Change that we need to engage with china in order to address. Address. In other news, the russian president has claimed he could work with the west during a speech at his inauguration in moscow. Vladimir putin has seen officially sworn in for another six year term at the kremlin, after elections that were widely seen as neither free nor fair. He made the comments despite the us and almost all eu nations avoiding the ceremony. It comes avoiding the ceremony. It comes a day after russia said it would hold Nuclear Weapons drills, which the us described as irresponsible rhetoric. A man irresponsible rhetoric. A man who was arrested in preston on sunday has been charged with organising small boat crossings in the channel. Iranian national aman hassan zada, whos 34, is expected to appear before preston magistrates later today. Preston magistrates later today. He was questioned by the National Crime agency and charged with two counts of facilitating illegal immigration. Its in relation to two crossings made from france to the uk in november and december of last year , and december of last year, and things are getting musical in malmo today. As the 68th edition of the eurovision gets underway. Britains Olly Alexander will be among those vying for the top prize, but he admits victory could be a long shot, with odds favouring croatia, switzerland and ukraine. As many as 100,000 visitors are set to descend on the city in swedens southwest for the Worlds Largest live music contest. And for the music contest. And for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Com slash alerts now its back to andrew and. Bev. To andrew and. Bev. Yeah, sorry. Yeah, sorry. Time check is 1106 with britains news on gb news Andrew Pierce and bev turner. So have you ever fallen for a scam on social media . Well, the latest Research Shows that facebook and instagram are the source of 1 in 50 crimes. Its not just fraud, its also the breeding ground for the most serious of crimes. Joining us now to talk about this is the campaigner and mother of breck bednar. You may remember the 14 year old boy who was murdered after being groomed online in 2014 and is the founder of the Breck Foundation, just so you can tell us, lauren, good morning to you. What does the Breck Foundation do . Well, we i set up the Breck Foundation on the back of my sons story because he was groomed online through friends while he was gaming with friends from school, and unfortunately it was a predator there running the gaming group. And he was lured to his death. So i set up the charity because i wanted people to learn more about grooming, about abuse, about the sorts of dangers that children and adults can face online. And it doesnt seem to end. Theres constantly new ways that people can harm other people. I remember your story so clearly as a as a mum, and particularly as a mum of a teenage boy at the time, because i think there. But for the grace of god go any of us because we have to trust our kids, dont we . To some degree when were online. But just just tell people a little bit about what we can do. Lauren, what should we can do. Lauren, what should we be looking out for with our teenagers . Well, i think first and foremost is having that open conversation and knowing that what theyre engaging on with which platforms theyre using. Which platforms theyre using. I was actually aware that breck was speaking with a stranger , and no matter how hard stranger, and no matter how hard i tried to alert him, the police , school friends, other parents, people didnt believe it. So, you know, grooming, fraud, abuse this can happen to anyone. You know, we all have vulnerabilities and unfortunately, through these platforms that we all use so often, they find ways to get to us either through algorithms or through enticing opportunities, enticing sort of, you through enticing opportunities, enticing sort of , you know, enticing sort of, you know, bargains. And i think, you know, looking at the story today, you know, with, with facebook and meta we have to remember, if it seems too good to be true , it seems too good to be true, it probably is. And that was one of our early mottos with the foundation are these wretched companies. Facebook. What are they doing . Enough absolutely not. I mean, weve been campaigning for ages to try to get these platforms to take more responsibility. You know, they take the profits. They you know, take all that money home, but they are not giving us that protection that we need, whether were children, whether were older people or people our age. Because i know a lot of people our age that have fallen for scams on deals and specials , on scams on deals and specials, on facebook, tiktok, and they think theyre getting a really great bargain. But theyre getting a really great bargain. But its theyre getting a really great bargain. But its fraud. Bargain. But its fraud. Why dont they do more , lauren . Because they dont want to. Because they dont want to. We saw. But you think as we saw during the pandemic, this is why i dont buy this idea. They cant be nimble. Certain key words during the pandemic. As soon as a word came up, a post would be taken down. Yeah. Why arent they doing that . To protect . I think thats what we really need to push. And, you know, with with the Online Safety act coming into play Online Safety act coming into play and with ofcom needing to really we need to support them but also push them to , to force but also push them to, to force these platforms to take responsibility. They can use, you know, a to find keywords that will be will, you know, ring that theres something wrong with the post, something wrong with the post, something wrong with the post, something wrong with what theyre you know, what theyre posting. Know, what theyre posting. You were you were aware your to son back to breck was was talking to a stranger. Yeah did you feel powerless that you couldnt stop it . I did feel powerless because with teenagers back to what we said at the beginning , you know, said at the beginning, you know, they they are just starting to get their independence and they, you know, they deserve to have some privacy. Its very hard to know how much, you know, to monitor them. I do fully believe when children are in primary school, they should not have smartphones. They should have no privacy whatsoever. But as they get older , you do need to. Older, you do need to. You know what age though, lauren . Its a debate we have here a lot. But bev takes a, you know, smartphone before youre 16. I think its really difficult and depends on the maturity of the child. But in saying that my son breck was very mature in sort of his knowledge and, you know , ways that seem to his big know, ways that seem to his big brother of triplets, after all. So he was helping me in around the home with so many things. But he hadnt learned about the dangers of because he just didnt recognise that sort of evil in the world that people would do Something Like that. And do you think the schools play and do you think the schools play a role as well . Because of course, we all grew up with the idea of stranger danger. Yeah we did. We were all warned, dont go in a car with someone you dont know. And it was a very simple message. It was very easy to understand. And i wonder whether this generation havent been given enough school education. About the lines are the lines are so blurred because, you know, everyone online is a stranger. Yet we make friends, stranger. Yet we make friends, we find relationships online. So i think we do need to keep pushing those messages that everyone online is a stranger. That doesnt mean theyre all bad. It means we dont know who bad. It means we dont know who they are. And its young people at your sons age. And looking at this facebook story, instagram source of 1 in 50 crimes. I imagine often thats going to be older people, but perhaps not perhaps other people, as you say. Well, this is a bargain. Love a bit of this is a bargain. Love a bit of that. Its going to be across the board and unfortunately it can cause a lot of distress and it can cause financial hardship. Can cause financial hardship. But i think all of this needs to be addressed with the platforms taking more responsibility. You know, thats the bottom line. Hows your Campaign Going . Do you do you sense youre getting anywhere with government because you need government on side . Dont you . We are getting somewhere. We have theres a group actually of bereaved families that are working together, and we work hard to try to make sure that the Online Safety act is actually as powerful as it needs to be. And thats why we implore ofcom. You know, we meet with them regularly to try to ensure that the platforms take take the responsibility and not just the profits. Were going to be talking in just a moment. Actually, were going to go to sophie reaper in manchester. Shes walking the length of the country with a mother who lost her son in the terrorist attacks at Ariana Grande concert. And i said, how was a mum . When youve been through this, how do you get out of bed in the morning and channel that energy into something positive . Yeah, its really hard and sometimes people dont understand how hard it is and other times people know that they couldnt do it themselves. They couldnt do it themselves. So i think the most important thing for me is that people learn from brecks story that they learned, you know, through they learned, you know, through the Breck Foundation and other charities, how to keep safer online, whether its abuse, grooming, harmful content that our children are being pushed, fraud, all of it. And its a constant battle as parents to talk to our children about it. But also schools need to have the best Online Safety programs. It cant just be a boring lesson. It has to be with used with real life stories like brecks and all the other children who have made had mistakes or issues. And it needs to be engaging and interesting and otherwise. Theyre just and otherwise. Theyre just rules that they wont listen to. Okay. Okay. Thank you. So much. Thank you. So much. Just very quickly. How are the other children doing . The triplets are doing well. We all miss the brother. Its been ten years, but were bonding together. Bonding together. Well, from one amazing woman to another amazing woman. Thank you so much, lauren, for coming in. Were going to go to manchester now. Where our north west of england reporter sophie reaper , there you go. Sophie reaper, there you go. Sophie, just remind people where are you . Whats happening . Are you . Whats happening . Well, right now were walking through manchester. Joining me is figen murray, the mum of martyn hett, who was one of the 22 who lost their lives in the Manchester Arena attack. Now fegan was started quite a big challenge with you here today. Do you want to tell our viewers what it is youll be doing . Yeah ill be walking 186 miles to downing street from the Manchester Arena, and weve just set off about ten minutes ago, so still quite a way to go 186 miles. This journey is that youll be taking. Obviously its youll be taking. Obviously its all to raise awareness of martyns law. Do you want to tell our viewers what it is and why its so important . Well at the moment there is absolutely no legislation anywhere in the world, not just the uk, about keeping people secure and safe at venues from terrorism. At venues from terrorism. And of course, terrorism is something that will not go away. And modern terrorism means that it can happen and attack and happen at any time, anywhere, any place , which makes it so any place, which makes it so dangerous, the walk is there to obviously go to number 10 to ask rishi sunak why the legislation hasnt happened yet, that weve been campaigning for five years, but its also a campaign, a walk to raise Public Awareness about security, because its really important that we have this law in place so that when people go out and about to concerts or to a meal or to the theatre, etc, that they are actually kept safe , and at the moment, as i said, there is no law and that needs to change. Obviously, it might be a little bit loud for our viewers right now. We are, of course, walking through Manchester City centre. So as you would expect , centre. So as you would expect, obviously this is something that is incredibly important to you. And when we sat down, i know we had a chat yesterday ahead of this , i asked you what what it this, i asked you what what it was, why are you doing a walk . Why are you not doing Something Else to raise awareness around martyns law . Well weve been campaigning for five long years now, and i just feel that this was always my plan b, and i never thought for one minute i have to activate it, but here we are, five years on, and ive decided to do the walk to make sure that the Prime Minister gets the message and that this message is underlined, highlighted and put in bold. Fegan, youre an absolutely incredible woman. We gbnews wish you all the best of luck on this incredible challenge, and im sure well be Touching Base with you again. Good luck and well see you soon. Thank you so much. There you go. Figen murray on walk to downing street , 186 on walk to downing street, 186 long miles to try and get this law over the line to try and make people more safe at venues in the uk. In the uk. Thank you sophie, thank you so much. Good luck to what a great mum she is fighting for the memory of her son, just two of them remarkable women as you say. How would you get out of bed if youd gone through either of those women have been through mums and those triplets lost their big brother. Awful, right . Awful, right . Let us know your thoughts this morning, wont you, gbnews. Com yoursay. But still to come. This morning, russian come. This morning, russian president Vladimir Putin has renewed his oath for a fifth term with russia under firm control. This is britains newsroom on. Gb news. 1120. That was nigel nelson. This is britains newsroom being disruptive. Right . Cant wait to disruptive. Right . Cant wait to talk. You know where we are. And you know these two are. So lets just move on, shall we . Can we just move on, shall we . Can we just give a moment to an amazing woman . Its been a show of amazing women today, hasnt it . Kris hallenga. She was the figurehead of a Breast Cancer charity called coppafeel, and she passed away yesterday. She had actual stage four cancer for 15 years called it. And, theyre shes very i love her. Shes an identical twin, actually. She, she i met her. I was looking to meet her a few times at various events, and she was always such a sunny disposition, so inspiring. And people use that word way too frequently. But she always wore something sparkly, nigel and had great earrings and dress sense, and she just lived this vivacious, dynamic life and did a really good job with coppafeel as a charity. Yeah, well , would it worked . Yeah, well, would it worked . I mean, the whole the whole thing was that she that she took the whole she took the issue head on. Hence the title and the other bit. I think that, i mean, shes only 23 when she was first diagnosed and given that was back in 2009, and shes only just died, it gave her a long time to campaign. But obviously she is a great loss to that kind of campaign. And of course, she was. Was. Her doctor turned her away for a year. Covid. Yes. And she knew there was a problem. Doctor turned her away and her point was you might have to find sort it out yourself. Women . Yes, i think she she she wanted to change the dynamic around not saying that youre going to die because you have this, which was the point. But she wanted to live with the cancer, i think, in her words, because she was only given two years when she was diagnosed. So 15 years she battled not to say she was battling the disease. She was battling the disease. She was battling to change the way people perceive and help others. Obviously, shes done an amazing job with coppafeel in terms of raising the awareness level for younger women to be aware of it because, as we say, 23, when she was diagnosed and that issue that it can be sometimes the language used around it, the target audience, you know, maybe its for older women and im sure thousands of women have probably engaged and checked themselves because of what she did and probably survive. Now because of the efforts. And hopefully coppafeel will continue with the great work that shes not she she didnt realise that you could check yourself, and she didnt think at the age of 23 you could possibly get Breast Cancer. Thats the point. I mean, because it is rare. Yeah. And the idea that that she discovered that she had it and then told other women to basically take control of themselves that dont always trust the trust the medical profession. If you feel theres something wrong, make sure you go and do something about it. Fill a lump. Yeah, thats what shes saying. Effectively yeah. Yeah. Really important message, bev, isnt it. It is. It is. And she was part of a documentary actually in 2014 called chris a dying to live. And she did a bbc documentary. Sorry, that was the bbc documentary. She wrote a book as documentary. She wrote a book as well, a best selling memoir. In 2021, she won a pride of britain award. She was just brilliant. But as you were saying, bev, i think she was creative and fun with a very serious, very tragic issue that, you know , it can issue that, you know, it can easily take people down. Yes. Teenagers would listen to exactly. Exactly. She wanted it to be engaging andifs she wanted it to be engaging and its a different way. You know, we can all say this, but when youre living with this, with the issue of cancer, we probably all know people nowadays, unfortunately, who go through it. And its hard to be positive. Its hard to bring fun. Its hard to be creative. She took that on in a wonderful way, really remarkable. Her twin sister is going to carry on running the charity, which is really important. Well, lets hope it does continue. Yeah, yeah, she was an absolute joy every time i met her. So yeah, very sad news right , her. So yeah, very sad news right, change of gear her. So yeah, very sad news right , change of gear now. Right, change of gear now. Ill be ill be watching. Ill be ill be watching. Well , actually, ill ill be ill be watching. Well, actually, ill only i put it on just for the results, actually. Oh, no. Cant bear. I cant bear to watch the show. I want to watch the uk, see how bad we are. Yeah. Yeah. And to see how bad the greek song is, because its always terrible. Lets be honest. Lets be honest. Lets be honest. But anyway. Go on. But anyway. Go on. Yeah, but. Yeah, but. So the stupid contestant weve got, whats his name . Olly. Olly. Olly. Olly. Olly. Olly. Olly. Olly. Olly alexander Olly Alexander decided that the union flag is nationalistic and divisive. Yeah, i was saying to nigel earlier, i think he should have read the fine print on terms of what eurovision is about. Because if theres not something thats more nationalistic than the Eurovision Song Contest, thatis the Eurovision Song Contest, that is all about flag waving for your country of choice. For your country of choice. Yeah, and we all watch it because its entertaining and we get because were so bad at it. My get because were so bad at it. My wife and i tend to block out this static. Unfortunately, this static. Unfortunately, weve got a birthday this weekend, so we probably have to record it and watch right . Yeah, but it is about i struggle with what Olly Alexander is saying, that hes representing the United Kingdom, but he doesnt quite. Hes a bit ambivalent around the flag , a bit ambivalent. Thats what he said, a lot ambivalent. Ambivalent about union jack. Ambivalent about union jack. Yes. Yes. Its divisive. How is it divisive . Divisive . Well, if this is an event that brings us okay in there. Yes thats the whole point of the flag isnt actually that he is ambivalent. What . Hes ambivalent about his own feelings anyway , about his own feelings anyway, about what it means. But he also says, look, ill be carrying the flag proudly at the opening ceremony. Ill be thinking about it. All the great things about britain and the benefits that hes got from it. So hes not saying that hes actually against the flag, it almost feels like hes being caught out somewhere with the interviewer. But what do you think . Hes got ambivalent. Think . Hes got ambivalent. Were getting formed for this because last years entrant, whose name ive long forgotten, a woman, said in 2020, i hate britain. Brilliant so thats a terrific ambassador for britain in the european disqualify you . Yeah. Yeah. And she came 26th out of 27. I was just sorry she wasnt last. Do you think she got what she deserved . I do, i do absolutely. Whats about the quality of the music of the song . The music of the song . Who cares . Actually, it was a hopeless song. Not what little i can remember of it. Par for the course for our normal entries. Although the year before that, where sam, ive forgotten his surname. He did a sam ryder, sam ryder did a fantastic song. Yeah, great ambassador for the country won in the arena. But the vote in the around the world or around europe . Yes. Ukraine was always including australia. Yeah. Yeah. How are they in europe . How are they in europe . And ukraine was bound to win that one. They were it not been for ukraine that year we would have won. Yes we were. That would definitely be. And he did have he did have an amazing voice. He was fantastic. But it was he was fantastic. But it was also a great song. Yeah. And the whole thing about i mean , it was whole thing about i mean, it was the first time ive actually sat through an entire eurovision because i wanted to see him knowing that ukraine would win. I wanted to see him. I shall be watching again on saturday. I watched so youll be watching too. Im hooked now. Yeah, that one. I think its a as ever she and i arent agree on anything. She wont be watching it under any circumstances. Anything worse than i love it saturday night. Totally. You have it on terrorism of watching these acts, that conversation, which is going to be the crazy rock act, which is going to be the crazy one with something. The choreography is going to be bonkers. Yeah. What is our entry going to do . Its the all these other subplots that there are in eurovision that we all really. And of course, its the 50th anniversary. Lets not forget most important thing in eurovision history of abba winning waterloo in Brighton Dome in 1974. Sweden won last yeah dome in 1974. Sweden won last year. Funny that. So eurovision can be held in sweden this year . Can be held in sweden this year . Yes, funny. That is a great question. Do you know what . How many marks we gave waterloo abba in 1974 . As a country, the United Kingdom bear in mind they won. I just about wasnt around then. No, but i guess id say nil point , i then. No, but i guess id say nil point, i dont know, i cant remember because i remember, i remember because i remember, i remember it happening and thinking, this band is really special. Yeah , i was blown away. Yeah, i was blown away. Yeah, i was blown away. I was 13 watching it. Yeah we did. We gave them nil points. Isnt that amazing . Isnt that amazing . We can spot a winner in here. We can spot a winner in here. And our entry that year was Olivia Newton john australian. How does that work . Yeah, well because australia is now in the eurovision. Ive always been curious about how the song was called get in long live love. How boring is that . Should we just do so unmoved by all i really am . I am convert you. We lost the room here. I have lost the room here. Can we do another gear change and talk about the fact that putin has been signed in again in russia . Covid good or bad news . Well , look, we can news . Well, look, we can all news . Well , look, we can all see well, look, we can all see the direction that russias been heading in under his leadership. Its a totalitarian state. Hes got full control of the politics and the country. So any and the country. So any opposition tends to get silenced in various ways. It cant be good for global politics. We have to see how it how it plays out. But its one for the russian people. Thats the thing that we do have to be respectful of that. Its up to the russian people how they respond and react to whats happening in russian politics. Yeah, up to a point, yeah. Yeah, up to a point, yeah. Because how do how do they overthrow him . Theyll get shot. Theyll get shot. Thats the problem. I think its up to a point. But bear in mind, putins been around now. Hes been president for 20 years, Prime Minister for another four years. Hes 24 years, actually. He got in in 2000. Yeah. But and then was pm. Yeah. But and then was pm. Yeah. But and then was pm. Yeah. Thats true four years as pm. But hes hes been there longer than Joseph Stalin was. And the point is what he believes it and is not the gorbachev kind of perestroika. What he believes in is a greater russia. He wants the russian empire back again. And thats where it affects us. And thats whats going on in ukraine. The danger about all that is if he chooses to move further into nato countries , then we are at nato countries, then we are at risk of a world war. Yeah. Yeah. And of course, a lot of this. What if trump wins the election . What if trump wins the election . Covid hes indicated he will be very lukewarm about giving any money whatsoever to ukraine. And we know a big 60 billion package is going through. Yes yes, that wont last very long. I think the challenge when if donald trump wins is his views can change quite quickly. Yes. So i wouldnt take for granted anything that donald trump currently is saying to if hes Prime Minister and he gets advised about what russias agendais advised about what russias agenda is and what putin is doing, and therell be, you know, wed have two strong men, inverted commas, sort of face off. Thats a difficult thing for the rest of the world as well, because theres high risk, as nigel says, we dont want to have more confrontation with russia. But if putins agenda is more aggressive, if the war in ukraine continues, if it encourages him to do further things, then we need us support for nato to ensure that we could respond and react. But we dont want to get there. I think the real focus here has to be on winning the war in ukraine. People keep saying, why doesnt the sas take him out . There would be a disastrous thing to do. No, it would be it really would wear calvary is right is that he is a matter for the russian people. What he does is a matter for all of us. Yes, but thats to take him out would be a no. We shouldnt be doing that. No. Right. Covid. Nigel, thank you so much for this morning. Sophia wenzler is waiting very patiently for us with you. News. Patiently for us with you. News. Bev. Thank you. Its 1131. Bev. Thank you. Its1131. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. The shadow chancellor says britains economy is in a worse state than many people think. In a speech in london a short time ago , Rachel Reeves short time ago, Rachel Reeves said the conservative government isnt being honest with voters. The conservatives are gaslighting the British Public. They say weve turned a corner and they ask people to stick with the conservative party but it is those very conservatives who are set to leave the average household £870 worse off through stealth, taxes and increases in council tax. 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All to play for tom. How dare you . How dare you . Oh, thats what hes saying. Oh, thats what hes saying. Yes, all to play for. Yes, all to play for. Well be hearing from the Prime Minister around 1 00 with his latest sort of, Prime Minister around 1 00 with his latest sort of , words Prime Minister around 1 00 with his latest sort of, words on on what has gone on. And itll be interesting to see if his line has shifted at all. Im so sorry about andy street losing particularly. I thought it was a great mayor for westminster. Hes gone hiking, has he . Yeah. Im going off into i think the, the welsh mountains just i wish the carnage. Just i wish the carnage. Go take him with him. Go take him with him. Yes. Yes. He actually noticed some of these, these new labour mayors whove been elected, immediately tweeting about whats going on in gaza, of course, but not so much about the local issues. Yeah, there you go. And all these stupid councils youre banging on about gaza. What can they do about it then . Can they just sort out the potholes, the potholes and the, the, the way potholes are dealt with and bin collections. Surely netanyahu will see. Surely netanyahu will see. Exactly. Well, it might help actually , i know, yes. Actually, i know, yes. A little bit of, and that revolting green councillor who the green party investigating when they were told way before the local elections what he was like. Isnt it interesting how all of these campaign groups, for example, hope not hate. They look into lots of the alleged extremists of parties that are on the centre right. Yeah. The tories, they never , yeah. The tories, they never, ever look into any candidates from left wing parties, not one. Yeah, i was i did actually have a little look about hope not hate. Did they ever shine a light on some of the extremists on the other side of politics, or islamists or whatever . Absolutely not. They do not. Give us one more on this. Give us one more thing from your show, guys. What else . Well, its interesting, european union, you know, Eurovision Song Contest, you know, these evil, nasty tories have signed a third country migration and Economic Development deal with rwanda. Well, it turns out someone else is looking to do the same. None other than ursula von der leyen, the European Commission president , is looking to sign deals with tunisia and egypt for Economic Development and migration partnerships. A third country migration deal in the vein of rwanda. What will the french president say . He said that was against our european values. So theres european values. So theres a bit of fisticuffs, perhaps at the heart of the european union. The heart of the european union. Tom, emily, thank you so much. They will be with you in about 25 minutes. We have got a lot more to come though. Dont go anywhere. This is britains newsroom on. Gb news. Time is 1139. This is britains newsroom in tv news. Andrew pierce and bev turner. So this morning, labour has accused the government of gaslighting the public over the state of the economy. Our state of the economy. Our business and economics editor, Liam Halligan, was at the shadow chancellors speech and joins us now. Good morning. Liam good morning. Great to see you. I thought she was she was quite feisty this morning. Rachel reeves she came out swinging a little bit, i thought, but did she say anything that you think will convince people that labour are the solution to all of our economic problems . Economic problems . Well, indeed, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves came to the city of london. Im deep within the square mile still to give a speech. This morning. There was very little economics in it, actually. Certainly no policy announcements. It was basically pure politics. Bev, we know that this coming friday, the gdp numbers, the Growth Numbers for the uk are going to come out and theyre probably going to show that britain has escaped recession. So after the escaped recession. So after the economy shrank during the back end of last year, the economy is actually now growing again. Labour now also that the next inflation number, when it comes out later this month, is likely to be much, much nearer the bank of englands 2 target than the current 3. 2 rate of inflation. So what the shadow chancellor is trying to do with this phrase gaslighting, which many gb news viewers and listeners wont even know what it means . I know my mum doesnt know what it means. For instance, what it means basically is trying to convince somebody that something is true when its not true. And labours line is that even though the economy is getting better, there is no feel good factor whatever the tories say. And anyone who says the economy is actually improving for ordinary working men and women , the chancellors, men and women, the chancellors, the shadow chancellors phrase is out of touch, is patronising, doesnt really understand how the rest of us live. So this is about political positioning rather than economic policy. This morning, okay. Thank you. Liam, thank you very much for joining thank you. Liam, thank you very much forjoining us, still to come this morning, were going to be speaking at the campaigner whos taking rishi sunak to task over these beautiful birds. Swifts, of course , and we had this lady on course, and we had this lady on Hannah Bourne taylor. We had her on a couple of weeks ago. I think it was. Was it last week . Im losing track of time. And shes trying to persuade the government to put swift bricks in all new build houses so that when the swifts return, which they do this week , theyve got they do this week, theyve got somewhere to live because their population is halved in the uk. Population is halved in the uk. Were going to be talking to her in just a moment. Lets have a look. What youve been saying at home, alice. Well, alice says if any Political Party is gaslighting uk economy, its labour. They talk down the uk for political purposes, but all oppositions do that. Alastair im afraid. Yeah no matter how long Rachel Reeves talked, says john. Do they have a real plan when they have not seen the books . How can they seen the books . How can they know what they can promise us . Its relatively , good point, its relatively, good point, david was saying, why didnt we show the full Rachel Reeves speech . Because we didnt want people to fall asleep. Because it went to fall asleep. Because it went on for about half an hour. And i think thats a long time. Its on the internet if you want to catch up with it, and therell be a big report in the papers. But i think half an hour of a Rachel Reeves speech. Rachel reeves speech. Sorry, david, im not sure that was the answer you were looking for. But you know, well always be completely honest with you, right . More of your comments. Keep them coming in, gbnews. Com yoursay. And as i say, were going to be talking to Hannah Bourne taylor about this campaign to give swift a home. This is britains newsroom on. Gb news. Now you know what a swiftae is do. Its a its somebody who likes taylor swifts music. Which, of course, you know. I know nothing about, because i dont know any of her songs, but, of course, rishi sunak went to one of her concerts last summer. Well, i now have a new definition of a swiftae because it is somebody that wants to look after these beautiful people. Birds. Were looking at the pictures here. Oh , Hannah Bourne taylor very oh, Hannah Bourne taylor very pretty is here. And she is taking on the Prime Minister. Heres a picture of her covered in body paint, to make her point, she was campaigning for swift bricks to be compulsory in new housing developments. And im delighted developments. And im delighted to say that hannah is in the studio with us now with a swift brick. With a swift brick. With a swift brick. Explain this to us, hannah. Explain this to us, hannah. Tiny little hole for a bird. Tiny little hole for a bird. I know they just need that little, little hole. And this will be the only ground they will be the only ground they will ever intentionally touch in their whole lifetimes, which can be 20 years. How extraordinary. What . Yeah, and theyre quite loyal, so they never touch the ground. They never touch the ground. They never touch the ground unless theyre in their nesting site, which normally is a nook or cranny, but with swift bricks, it would be one of these. And even better than that, lets say mr and mrs. Swift do move into this one. And its in, you know, mr Michael Goves house, for example, mr and mrs. Swift will stay in this house, their home for life. So for 20 years ill cross the Sahara Desert twice every year and come back to the exact site, which also means that if you block them inadvertently , they block them inadvertently, they then fatally break their wings trying to get back home. No. Yeah. No. Yeah. No. Yeah. So they dont build a nest like other birds . No. Like other birds . No. Theyve adapted. They used to live in the holes of our tour primal forest trees. But from the 17th century onwards, of course, we felled those trees. And so. So they adapted into the equivalents, which are nooks and crannies in our buildings where do they originate from . What country would they have started their lives . Started their lives . Well, these are british citizens because because they breed here. Thats how its defined. So they are born in the walls of our houses, and then they fly for nine months of the yean they fly for nine months of the year, going to the congo basins, the rainforest in africa. And then they fly all the way back, come home, they come home to us. And how many are there . And how many are there . Well, unfortunately, the rapid plummeting population has lost 62 of their breeding population, so theres probably an estimated about 45,000 pairs right now scheduled to drop again to fewer than 40,000 pairs by next year. By next year. Oh, when do they land back in this country today . This country today . What the average return date is today will be today. So its today and this week. And they are that organised that they all will return on roughly they all will return on roughly the same day. Its quite astonishing. The records of people who have been studying them. They are often to the day because of course we know that they are the individual birds that are coming back to the exact sites. We know that those individual birds can come back so we know their dates. We can lock. Do they . And do they fly as a flock . No they dont. They are colony nesting. But they and they do meet up, i think, in the air. But they instinctively go on their own and they reunite as pairs. So there will be people watching this, hannah, who will say, i want these birds to return to my house. I want to give them a home because our viewers are compassionate and kind people. Can you retrospectively fit a brick like this . Yes, you can, and you can also put external wooden nest boxes onto a house, which might be easier. Boxes onto a house, which might be easier. And if you want to know, you can online search, you can contact me. The rspb has advice too. There are so many different manufacturers that it is good to do, but the government could do it better. Do you need to . To attract them to has to does have to be grass or something in there to draw them . No, nothing needs to be in there that you can play swift calls because of course theyre not going to necessarily know that theres a hole there. So the original finding of the hole is quite hard. Its a challenge. So yeah, there are lots of things that you can do to promote the fact that, hey guys, weve got a home for you. Do you want to come and live with us . And that information is all available online. Online. And if in doubt, contact me. I have hundreds and hundreds of people. In fact, last time i was on your show , last time i was on your show, probably about 60 people contacted me. Great. Bring it on. I live and sleep and work this. And youre on twitter or x , and youre on twitter or x, as we call it now, and my website has all my details. You can contact me through that. And i will reply. And im intrigued when theyre in the congo, when they fly, do they land on the ground there . No, they stay airborne. They sleep , they eat, they mate on sleep, they eat, they mate on the wing and they find hole. They find what are they living in . When theyre in the congo, they live in the sky. Just spend the whole time flying. Yes. So, so. But theyre going to the congo basin because of the rainforests. But insect eating birds. So thats where they go for their lifespan. They go for their lifespan. Thats whats so amazing. So average garden birds , robin average garden birds, robin blackbirds about three years. These guys crossing the sahara twice every year. 20 years. No. So they can live up to 20 years. In fact, the oldest is 22. And hannah, youre furious with michael gove, arent you . Because am i right in saying that when he was housing minister, he sort of promised to get involved and then went quiet . 7 so he is 7 so he is the 7 so he is the secretary of state for the department of levelling up. So the buck stops with him and he is in charge of our shelter. But these guys nest in our shelter. So by default, hes also in charge of swift shelter. And he could greenlight a proposal that has been approved by coalition of experts, recommended by natural england. It is right there. He could just say yes. Apparently our Prime Minister is blocking this proposal. That is not official. We dont know for sure, but i think my source is pretty accurate. So its either michael gove or rishi sunak. But those two people could just greenlight so is this because housebuilders dont want the additional cost . No, i dont think cost is anything to do with it, especially when this is very little cost. Sure. But the very little cost. Sure. But the government meeting i last had in february with Zac Goldsmith , february with Zac Goldsmith, former housing minister Kit Malthouse and the minister of housing at the time was also with the housebuilders, and they raised no objections. So there raised no objections. So there is no barrier. So i dont know what these two men are doing, but theyre playing with the existence of a 60 million year old bird. What are they doing . Old bird. What are they doing . And it would be such an easy win. This. This. Yes. My god, what a vote winner. Esg. You know, your environmental social governance box. They should they should tick the box a brick in downing street. Street. They should and they could and i would do it. This has got Michael Goves name all over it. Its been its been earmarked for him or hey rishi sunak, ill get you on to the point is that this campaign , unlike a lot of this campaign, unlike a lot of campaigns, unites everyone. No one doesnt want this. Its a lovely campaign and its such a simple thing. Theres no chain of complication, cost or anything like that. This is a win win. This has been described by politicians across parties as an absolute no brainer. Its also absolutely and urgently essential because without swift bricks, theres no nesting habitat for these birds and there never will be. Do you have one . Do you have any nesting with you, hannah, i have some that ive managed to safeguard because the not in my house, but in my village, i go around and make sure that when people are pointing and repairing their walls and their roofs, i say, excuse me, please , roofs, i say, excuse me, please, can you keep that hole or please, can i give you a swift brick, so thats okay, but i cant do that for every single pair. Are they using Environmental Issues as in Climate Change issues as in Climate Change issues as in Climate Change issues as an excuse for this . Because obviously, what insulation of new houses is important to make them airtight so that you dont lose heat . Are they concerned that this is losing heat from Perfect Point . Firstly, it doesnt conflict. Firstly, it doesnt conflict. Secondly, it does in terms of this is why swift bricks are so absolutely essential because Climate Mitigation measures in new builds mean that there will never be opportunities for nesting habitat. Plus the insulation run and pushed by the government that has a budget from going from 1 billion to over 6 billion by 2030 is external wall insulation soffits aka swifts enemy number one. So because of Climate Change and Climate Mitigation measures, both for existing houses and new builds , this is why this measure builds, this is why this measure is so essential. Yeah. Do you think do you think people realise sometimes if theyve got a swift brick in their house, whats going on. Do you think they understand . I think thats part of the problem. People arent deliberately blocking their nesting sites out. And actually this campaign has one campaign of the year. It had the growers the Fastest Growing petition. Because people genuinely love these birds. Theyre dubbed our icons of summer. People all around the country have welcome home flags at this time of year. I hate to interrupt you, hannah, but that was so fascinating. Weve got to read the department for levelling up statement. They said we are working hard with the sector to promote the provision of nesting bncks promote the provision of nesting bricks for our swift population and we welcome any action by developers to provide nesting facilities for birds. Thank you. Hannah thank you to you at home for watching. Here are emily and tom with good afternoon britain. See you tomorrow. Is the eu copying britains rwanda scheme . Ursula von der leyen , the Commission President , leyen, the Commission President , seems to suggest they might and should Olly Alexander represent britain at eurovision. He said some controversial things about our own nations flag. So there you go. Should he be representing us on the International Stage at such an illustrious event . Tom at such an illustrious event . Stay with us. 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A few more showery outbreaks perhaps as we go through this evening, but most of these easing overnight. So it does look like its going to be a largely dry night. And we will see some skies clearing, but its not going to turn particularly chilly. However, we particularly chilly. However, we do need to allow for some mist and fog patches to develop both around coastal areas and perhaps inland spots where we see the clear skies developing to temperatures not dropping a huge amount. So a relatively mild amount. So a relatively mild start for most of us. On wednesday morning. Otherwise, as we go through the day itself and towards the north west of the uk, a bit more cloud here and some outbreaks of rain pushing into far northwestern parts of scotland and Northern Ireland. Elsewhere, a largely dry day and a good deal of sunshine developing through the cloud, in which it should feel a little bit warmer than today. Temperatures similar, perhaps a touch higher for some of us. See you again soon. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. Away. Good afternoon. Britain. Its 12 00 on tuesday, the 7th of may. More than 21,000 Asylum Seekers have gone missing in britain over the past five years. Thats according to figures obtained from the home office. Question is, where are office. Question is, where are they . Meanwhile , the eu is now meanwhile, the eu is now looking to copy britain by signing rwanda style deals with other african countries. Other african countries. The agreements with third countries, for example tunisia or egypt, is investing in their economy. Economy. And as the bombs rained down on rafah , theres growing on rafah, theres growing tensions here in britain as protesters stage campus , sit ins protesters stage campus, sit ins and tent cities spring up across universities. Universities. And the mother of martyn hett , who was killed in the Manchester Arena terror attack, is marching to downing street from manchester for a new law in his name. Well be hearing from. Her. Now, this weekend, its the Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision song contest. Oh, i think i missed that on my calendar. Did you actually