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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, i only had one. Yeah, i only had one. Yeah. I think you could mix it with something else. Yeah, yeah. That snakebite and black or is that something else. Something like something else. Yeah. Well wed love to hear what you think. As ever, send your views and post your comments using gbnews. Com yoursay say, but first, heres your latest news with tatiana sanchez. Nana, thank you very much. Good to see you. And good morning. These are the top stories from the gb newsroom. The bank of england is expected to leave its base Interest Rate unchanged at 5. 25 for a sixth time, as economists wait for inflation to come under control. The decision to be announced today comes as inflation remains at 3. 2 above the banks 2 target. It would mean a longer penod target. It would mean a longer period of higher borrowing costs, which have squeezed households since Interest Rates started rising at the end of 2021. Both Major Political parties have made Economic Growth a key part of their campaign. Pledges with rishi sunak promising this year would see the economy bouncing back. See the economy bouncing back. Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has announced hell step down as an mp at the next election. In an mp at the next election. In a statement posted to social media, mr zahawi said his mistakes were his own but it had been his greatest honour to serve his constituents. Hes been mp for stratford on avon for 14 years, but he was sacked as Tory Party Chairman in january last year after an inquiry found hed failed to disclose that hmrc was investigating his tax affairs. Investigating his tax affairs. And commuters are facing a third consecutive day of disruption as the rail industrys longest ever strike action continues. Members of aslef at lner transport , of aslef at lner transport, lie in express and Northern Trains are walking out today , trains are walking out today, with none of the Train Companies using new laws aimed at ensuring minimum Service Levels during strikes. Aslef the dispute has been running for two years and it hasnt met the Rail Delivery Group for fresh talks in over a yeah group for fresh talks in over a year. The union claims its members havent had a pay rise in five years, and is accusing the government of giving up trying to resolve the issue. But the government says drivers have been offered salaries of up to £65,000, almost twice the uk average. For the latest stories , average. For the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. Common alerts now back to andrew and. Nana. Well, hello and welcome to britains newsroom on gb news with andrew price. And what a joy with andrew price. And what a joy nana akua. How nice. Joy nana akua. How nice. Its a pleasure a pleasure to be here. Thank you very much for having me, andrew. Very good. So now were going to talk about what we both regard is a huge own goal by the labour leader, sir keir starmer. He thought he was being so clever by welcoming the dover mp Natalie Elphicke as a defector. Oh, and of course , after he oh, and of course, after he announced that Natalie Elphicke and this decision to defect to the opposition two minutes before Prime Ministers questions yesterday, you may have seen it. Lots of labour mps have seen it. Lots of labour mps have said that starmers wrongly welcomed an mp that has called for a crackdown on immigration and openly supported the rwanda scheme. Scheme. She certainly does. Well, joining us in studio is Political Editor of the daily express, sam lister and the barrister sam first. Sam, youve written about her in the in the express. Ive written about her in the mail. I mean, ive reminded people that when she criticised marcus rashford, the footballer who missed the penalty, she said perhaps if you spent more time on football, not time campaigning on school meals for poor kids, he wouldnt be such a bad footballer. There was a huge backlash against her and Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, who will be our first woman chancellor of labour in the election, actually said, quote unquote, natalie f off. Yeah, i mean, weve got a whole page of all the many things she said that have been controversial over the recent years. And also, its not even just about being controversial, is it . Nobody believes that this woman has shifted her positions from the very right of the party to become left wing. I mean, you know, its political cross dressing, isnt it . And it just doesnt wash. And i think , just doesnt wash. And i think, absolutely, people can defect to other parties. I dont other parties. I dont particularly think that is a good thing to do. But, you know, i can see that if you suddenly you and your party are in very different places. Fine. But everybody expected this woman to defect to reform. Nobody is defect to reform. Nobody is buying the fact that shes defected to labour. It just does not wash. And its absolutely grubby. Its a grubby little deal grubby. Its a grubby little deal. Yeah. And it reflects badly on her. It reflects badly on keir starmer and nobody in westminster thinks that this is a genuine meeting of minds. Shes si king nana. Shes si king nana. Oh, i just think that shes i mean, after some of the things she said and brilliant piece, by the way, andrew, i must say, in the way, andrew, i must say, in the daily mail that after a lot of the things that shes done, i mean, she said so many things, she stood by her husband, didnt she . Yeah. And then after, after a little while, then she decided that she wasnt going to stand by him after hed been convicted of Sexual Assault against young women. Yeah. Yeah. She said, because hes attractive and attracted to other women. So she seems to be circumnavigating a lot of , you circumnavigating a lot of, you know, anything that is reasonable. So to be part of the labour party, i dont know why keir starmer would take that on board. She should, if anything. And thats not an insult to reform. Her views are nearer those of reform than. Yeah, they certainly are. Well for me i dont think she should be an mp at all actually, because not only did she defend her husband after a jury had convicted him, she and the judge , sam, just to interrupt, said he told a pack of lies and he was a predator. Absolutely. But she then then with a number of other mps, went ahead and wrote to a senior judge in an attempt to a seniorjudge in an attempt to a seniorjudge in an attempt to influence the judge in their sentencing hearing. And that for sentencing hearing. And that for me, trying to influence a judge for your either your own personal gain or someone elses personal gain or someone elses personal gain, that should disqualify you from being an mp at all, as far as im concerned, laboun at all, as far as im concerned, labour, conservative, whatever. Labour, conservative, whatever. But i think the bigger problem for keir starmer, it goes beyond just this, this one particular defection, its that keir starmer in this election, hes not just running against rishi sunak , hes running against the sunak, hes running against the sofa, hes running against people staying at home. And i think a lot of labour voters will be looking and saying, well, if, if this is the sort of person that is in the labour party , do i, i mean, im not party, do i, i mean, im not might not vote for the conservative party but am i really going to be bothered to get up off the sofa and go and vote for the labour party in this election . If theyre if they dont seem to represent my, my values anymore . Yeah. And her position on rwanda in particular, shes probably the most ardent advocate of rishi sunak. Lets ship, Illegal Migrants to rwanda in the commons. And yet labour will repeal that bill even if its seen to be working. My when this was announced yesterday, my phone started pinging with mps from the very right of the party who were saying shes more right wing than me and they could not believe this. And one told me paul bristow, he said shes shes got views that would make nigel farage blush. I mean, this is not a woman who is moderate on immigration. She is the most hardline. She wrote a piece for me last year where she called, keir starmer a softy and said that he cannot be trusted on immigration. So how can anyone believe she is gone from somebody who absolutely is . Somebody who absolutely is . Foursquare behind the rwanda policy is absolutely hardline on turning, you know, turning around the small boats crisis on deaung around the small boats crisis on dealing with both legal and illegal immigration and being incredibly hard line on that. How can she then join Keir Starmers labour party when he said he will ditch the rwanda policy even if it works, she said. She said she put out a thing last year, an image of keir starmer next to an open door with the welcome sign on the door on in the beach at dover, her constituency, saying this is his policy. Let them all in. Hes in bed with the people smugglers. Thats what she said and thats her leader. But its also her constituents that arent happy with this either, because they voted thinking that they had an mp who was 100 behind the situation that is happening on their doorstep , or what was their doorstep, or what was called an invasion, which i would agree with on their doorstep. Theyre not happy ehhen no. And ehhen no andi ehhen no. And i think it should be a rule anyone that if you change parties, i think you should for stand re election in a in a by election. Dont mean not necessarily something wrong with changing parties. Churchill did it twice, but i think its only fair on constituents to give them a give them a shout. However what im really struggling to understand , right . Struggling to understand, right . Natalie elphicke doesnt herself seem to understand what the labour party is actually proposing. She put out a leaflet in the last week. Its in the times today , an election leaflet times today, an election leaflet in the last week with a bunch of claims about the, the labour party, one saying, oh , the party, one saying, oh, the labour party will promising unfunded spending. Well say what unfunded spending. Well say what you want about the labour party, but they havent actually promised any unfunded spending. They she says theyre promising higher taxes again. They havent higher taxes again. They havent actually promised higher taxes. So has she just walked into the labour party thinking, oh, unfunded spending and higher taxes . That sounds fantastic. Im on board with that now. Or was she being dishonest in that leaflet . Is she being dishonest now, just trying to keep her position because she knows that the tory party are toast at the next election, and i think she wants some sort of period or something. Something. She wants to remain relevant, but lots of them are disappearing. Nadine zahawi he has now announced that he wont be continuing. He will stand be continuing. He will stand down after the next general election. Yeah, youve got a huge numbers of people retiring and to an extent thats uncertainty for now. 64 and its going up. Rats sinking ship springs to mind. Not not quite as many as in 1997 yet, but certainly a lot. Well, theres still time to go south. But you but you can you can understand that. You can understand that. You can understand why people are saying, look, im not going to im clearly not going to be in government after the next election. So lets lets try and do something else. So youre saying youre stepping down i think is so different from saying, oh, ive completely changed my views and im switching to the other party again. Like if she wants to do that, fine. I dont have a principled objection for doing that. Principled objection for doing that. But what principled objection for doing that. But what i want to principled objection for doing that. But what i want to see principled objection for doing that. But what i want to see is some sort of reasoned explanation, how she seems to have done a complete 180 in the past, what, 24 hours . It was so extraordinary when she crossed the floor, literally all very melodramatic, for just questions. You could see labour mps thinking, what is she doing . Thinking, what is she doing . Wheres she going . And none of them wanted her. I dont want to sit next to them. They dont want her there. Sort of like this. Its like she was so toxic. Theyre facing this. They dont want to be next to her. And its interesting because obviously all the comments shes made about her ex husband, goes down incredibly badly sexually assaulting three women. Women. Women. Yeah. Yeah. Into prison. Into prison. If you look around those labour benches and the women on those labour benches, they do not want Natalie Elphicke to be part of their gang. Now, i spoke to somebody yesterday, a labour aide, and i said shes going to be incredibly lonely over there. And they said, what theyll do is theyll assign her a whip who will become her friend, you know, like almost a hold a hand round parliament. So she wont be completely isolated. Theyll make an effort to try and not make an effort to try and not make her isolated. But ultimately, push comes to shove. Nobodyin ultimately, push comes to shove. Nobody in that party wants her there. She will be without friends politically. She will be cut adrift, and then she will kind of disappear without trace. She also voted, which i think will really upset the labour women in particular. She voted to make abortion illegal in northern ireland. Thats not labour party policy. Labour party wants many labour mps who actually want to lower the age at which you can have an abortion, so shes so out of odds, so at odds with this does not wash. It does not wash. It is it is as weve said today, its a shameless betrayal. Because it is. Its a shameless on both sides that theres a period in life being lined up for her. Well they denied they denied it yesterday. But you know, they would deny it. And you can see they denied any kind of deal. Theyve denied offering them anything apart from suggesting that she will become some kind of housing adviser to the party, unpaid and that actually, i think sets her up nicely for a lucrative career in the Public Affairs world later on, where she can show shes connected to the top of the party and she could, probably get a job in that respect. Or, you know, in a years time when the fuss has died down, then do we see her in the house of lords . Is this just increases cynicism about politics, sam, i think definitely. Yeah , definitely. Yeah, definitely. Yeah, definitely. And this goes back, to be fair to natalie, shes not here to defend herself. Not that shes given herself much. Shes not helped herself out. I mean, were literally saying what shes said, the things she said. Yeah, indefensible. She she toured the tv studios there. She had her say yesterday. And this and im actually not going to criticise natalie particularly here. Im going to sort of raise a wider problem with, with labour because again, im, im thinking about political problems for labour, perhaps not in this election, but what about the next general election . Its all very well now to make your pitch look , we to make your pitch look, we cant be any worse than the current lot, which is essentially what labours pitched the electorate is. But when youve been the current lot for 4 or 5 years, youve got to come up with something other than that. And you every party loses part of their coalition in the in their second election in power , they need to secure their power, they need to secure their base. And what labour havent offered us, theyve theyve come up with some very good technical policies that we can talk about and criticise or defend, but they havent come up with this is the values that labour stand for. This is what we want you to get sort of emotively on board with and when you bring someone like Natalie Elphicke in, who , like Natalie Elphicke in, who, who certainly has very, very different values to, i would suggest the vast majority of labour voters , you really make labour voters, you really make it very difficult to understand that and very , very difficult that and very, very difficult for voters to believe, for your base to believe that at some point during the next four years, youre going to articulate that that set of values to get excited about. But the other side is what does keir, sir keir starmer stand for anyway . I mean, he has flip flopped on so many Different Things and i presume when it comes to rwanda, as it appears to have be having some sort of effect and seems to be working, hell probably flip flop on that. Well, i certainly hope he doesnt flip flop on on rwanda, because thats the thing that that the one thing ive sort of most on board with him on at the at the moment, but i think its legitimate at this at this at this point for an opposition to be developing policies, to be saying, right, this is this is the proposal. It hasnt worked. When the facts change, i change my mind. As John Maynard Keynes famously said , but i think more famously said, but i think more what im worried about is more fundamental than that. Its not just a policy. Its the values. Its what we stand for, what we believe in. Our hearts want him to flip flop on rwanda . I really hope he doesnt. I really hope he doesnt. So you want him to. So you want him to. He hates him. Get rid of rwanda policy. I think he hates it. Why . Why should he get rid of the rwanda policy . Whats wrong with rwanda, well, whats wrong with with rwanda is a court that is has looked into the facts in great detail, which are what . Which are that rwanda has failed to protect refugees in the past. It had a similar , a similar deal it had a similar, a similar deal with israel, and it didnt keep to it. So its concluded that to it. So its concluded that rwanda is not a safe country. And i think when a Court Reviewing the facts has concluded that politics shouldnt depart from it, and we are with our refugees on in tents all over the place, some of them are held for two years and all sorts of things. People object to the bibby stockholm. There literally is nothing that we can do with these people, is there . That will be accepting of a sort of left wing audience . Well, theres loads of things that we can can do with these. Send them back, send them back. Thats what we should. The first thing we should do is end the policy that prevents refugees from getting jobs, and so they can contribute to the economy as it clusters, as an unsafe country. So, you know, do you think were an unsafe country, sam . Were an unsafe country, sam . Sorry i missed that. Sorry i missed that. Class doors is an unsafe country. Do you think were an unsafe country . I think some of the things we are, the way were treating refugees is extremely problematic. So where are we . Unsafe . So where are we . Unsafe . I think were still a safe country for refugees. If a caught up in courts, i think the dubun caught up in courts, i think the dublin court is i differ from the dublin court on that. Using the courts as your backup. Dublin courts have said that were not safe, but the British Supreme Court is the one thats binding us. The lesson of that, i think youre just picking cookstown. I think we in britain, we have to follow the law in britain, which is the courts in britain. Were going to keep the two coming up next. People living in a market town have been told, listen to this nonsense, theyve got to pay £165 to complete a safety course so they can hang their Award Winning floral lights on street lamps. Bureaucracy gone mad. Youre not kidding. Youre with britains newsroom with gb news. Good morning, and welcome to britains newsroom with me, nana akua. And the brilliant Andrew Pierce. The brilliant andrew keir. Now were talking about this extraordinary story. A floral display group has been told by their local council. Theyve got to take part in £165 safety course to hang their baskets on streetlights. Streetlights. Now our chatteris in bloom, which was founded in 2005. One anglia in blooms highest gold award four times between 2017 and 2022. Well, susan eamonn is the president of chatteris in bloom and ann wells is the deputy chairman of it. And they join us now. Ladies, morning to you. What is this woke madness about . Can i just check, correct you, ann is the chair. Im just the president. Okay oh. Its basically, obviously we have a pubuc basically, obviously we have a public liability, and normally we just get a license from, county. Its county council , not county. Its county council, not our local council, county council to, it put them use their lamp lampposts, but now this year , theres different this year, theres different theres some jobsworth in cambridge thats decided that weve now got to go on a health and safety course, and i dont know where youre got the 165 figure from. Its actually £300 figure from. Its actually £300 andifs figure from. Its actually £300 and its a two day course. Its and its a two day course. Its and its a two day course. Its a two day course thats not very local to us, at the end of the day, we are volunteers and all we want to do is plant. We want to do is plant. And what what what what health and safety are they going to teach you . What are you going to teach you . What are you going to learn on this ridiculous course . Two day course for £300 . Well, we have no idea because we havent gone down that road to, to be honest, what what has normally happened , what has normally happened, what has normally happened, what has normally happened, what has normally happened is we work very closely with the Chatteris Christmas lights and an office and one of their volunteers used to fill in their license at the same time as, ours and put them in together, and then so obviously this has been going on since just before christmas. So since just before christmas. So when, when, i heard it because im a town councillor, when i first heard it at the town council , i first heard it at the town council, i thought, oh, well, if theyre having that problem, were going to , were going to were going to, were going to have that problem as well. And of course , it was, it was of course, it was, it was becoming so difficult for and weve seen some of the correspondence thats gone on between then, the Christmas Lights and the county council that weve, we just havent got enough people to, to go on this course. All we want to do, were course. All we want to do, were all full timers. Weve all got family commitments, work commitments. So we just we just we just want to do planting and everything in our own, you know, without getting bogged down with all this red tape. I mean, the town council have been so supportive of us. Its the county council. Its the county council. Were coming up against the brick wall again with. Well, it just seems absurd that that should be. Theres nothing particularly dangerous about you hanging these plants and things. Whats the whats and things. Whats the whats the danger . Well, well, well, the point is, for 20 years, weve been doing this. 20 years weve been putting them up and, weve had weve now had no accidents , its weve now had no accidents, its not been at the detriment of our community. I mean, if we have to involve contracters, which is sort of how its heading, because, that is how what Christmas Lights are going to have to do, youre youre talking thousands and theyre going to like susan and ann. Its been a pleasure. Were running out of time. But thank running out of time. But thank you to you both. Well, a Cambridgeshire County Council spokesperson said its a great its great seeing the creative ways these communities across the country make use of street lamps with festive displays , as lamps with festive displays, as street lights are directly connected to local power grid to ensure everyones safety, any group wishing to display items from a streetlight need to get in touch with accounts. We can make sure essential independent safety is completed. Ridiculous that council, a lib dem councillor and its ridiculous because those ladies have been doing it for 20 years. £300 is ridiculous. I cant stand it. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. There is a bit of mist and fog around first thing this morning, but otherwise its going to be a fine day for many of us away from the far north northwest thatis from the far north northwest that is here. There is quite a bit of cloud and there will be some outbreaks of drizzly rain through much of the day, but elsewhere across the bulk of the country, plenty of fine, sunny weather around, lots of blue skies. And in that sunshine it is going to feel pretty warm. Temperatures up a little bit compared to yesterday. Theres a good chance that were going to see highs of around 23, possibly 24 celsius, towards the south east and even further north. Despite the slightly cloudier skies, temperatures getting into the high teens quite easily. Little change as we go through this evening and overnight , sticking with the overnight, sticking with the thicker cloud and some drizzly rain across far northern parts and a few spots elsewhere across parts of scotland. Otherwise, parts of scotland. Otherwise, lots of areas having a dry and at times clear night. So once more we will see a few pockets of mist and fog developing. It wont be a particularly chilly start to the day tomorrow. Lots of places, particularly in the towns and cities, holding up in double figures. Again, any mist and fog patches will relatively quickly burn back as we go through tomorrow morning, and then once more, another fine picture across the bulk of the country. Still a little bit of country. Still a little bit of drizzly rain, perhaps for orkney and shetland, but really for many northern central parts of scotland its going to be dry and brighter than today. Again, temperatures climbing a little bit further. So for many it may even feel a bit warmer than today. Once more, ill see you again soon. 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 thursday, the 9th of may. This is britains newsroom on gb news with me. Nana akua and Andrew Pierce. Pierce. Well, an own goal for labour. Certainly seems like its the keir starmer had a huge backlash from some of his own mps after accepting the defecting tory mp Natalie Elphicke. Olivia utley has the latest. Has the latest. Yes, the defection of Natalie Elphicke was certainly embarrassing for the conservative party, but it hasnt been plain sailing for labour either. Find out more with me very soon. And the former chancellor and education secretary Nadhim Zahawi, says that he wont stand at the next election. Another defection, another headache. Really for rishi sunak and protect jewish students. Thats the message from the Prime Minister. Hes urging universities to take a zero tolerance approach to those anti semitic demonstrations and critical medicine shortages. Critical medicine shortages. Pharmacists in england warn that drug stocks are so low in england that patients are at an immediate risk of harm. So have immediate risk of harm. So have you. If you had any trouble getting hold of your medication. In. I have to take a statin and cholesterol, isnt it . Yeah. And about a month ago they hadnt got any. My pharmacy , they just got any. My pharmacy, they just run out. And so. So i guess this would be part of the problem. But a lot of it, like it was focused on england, though. So what are the others doing . Thats the question. Theyre not struggling with this as well i know. But were going to talk to a pharmacist about it. So and we want to know if youre affected. Do let us know. You can send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com yoursay but first, the headlines with tatiana. Andrew, thank you very much. The top stories this morning. The top stories this morning. The top stories this morning. The bank of england is expected to leave its base Interest Rate unchanged at 5. 25 for a sixth time as economists wait for inflation to come under control. The decision to be announced today comes as inflation remains at 3. 2 above the banks 2 target. It would mean a longer penod target. It would mean a longer period of higher borrowing costs, which have squeezed households since Interest Rates started rising at the end of 2021. Both Major Political parties have made Economic Growth a key part of their campaign. Pledges with rishi sunak promising this year would see the economy bouncing back. See the economy bouncing back. Now to some breaking news. A large fire has broken out in staffordshire, with thick black smoke seen billowing into the sky. If youre watching this on television , you can see these television, you can see these live pictures with that thick plume of black smoke rising into the sky. Emergency services are on the scene following reports of that fire at a factory in cannock. Firefighters are asking all residents to close their windows and doors due to the fumes, local businesses are being told to evacuate. Former being told to evacuate. Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has announced hell step down as an mp at the next election. Hes mp at the next election. Hes been mp for stratford on avon for 14 years, but he was sacked as Tory Party Chairman in january last year after an inquiry found hed failed to disclose that hmrc was investigating his tax affairs. Investigating his tax affairs. In a statement posted to social media, mr zahawi said that his mistakes were his own but it had been his greatest honour to serve his constituents. Serve his constituents. Commuters are facing a third consecutive day of disruption as the rail industrys longest ever strike action continues. Members of aslef at lner, Transpennine Express and Northern Trains are walking out today, with none of the Train Companies using new laws aimed at ensuring minimum Service Levels during strikes. Aslefs dispute has been running for two years, and it hasnt met the Rail Delivery Group for fresh talks in over a year. The union claims its members havent had a pay rise in five years, and is accusing the government of giving up trying to resolve the issue. But the government says drivers have been offered salaries of up to £65,000, almost twice the uk average. Almost twice the uk average. Labour leader sir keir starmer is facing backlash from some members of his own party after former tory mp natalie elphicks defection. The mp for dover announced her Decision Just moments before Prime Ministers questions yesterday. Former shadow minister for Domestic Violence Jess Phillips says miss elphick should be held to account for her actions after she defended her former partner dunng she defended her former partner during his conviction for Sexual Assault. What labour labour assault. What Labour Labour Party chair Anneliese Dodds told gb news leaving the tories was miss elphicks decision. There was no transaction here. There was no promise of a peerage and so forth. Absolutely not. This is a decision as set out in her statement, that is very much rooted in her constituents concerns. And obviously, Natalie Elphicke, as i mentioned before, shes not the first conservative mp to have taken this decision. Shes the third conservative mp to have put her constituents first, their interests, their needs first, and recognise that they need and deserve change, that theyre not going to be given that change from the conservatives and that its only labour that has got a plan to get britain building again and actually give our country its future back. Future back. Rishi sunak has condemned what hes called extremists at the National Union of students, who he says opposed a group of jewish students support for israel ahead of a meeting today with Jewish Charity the Community Security trust. The Community Security trust. The Prime Minister has warned that students and academic staff are being targeted, threatened and assaulted simply for being jewish. Mr sunak is hosting a meeting at downing street with vice chancellors from leading british universities for talks aimed at keeping jewish students safe on campuses. Aimed at keeping jewish students safe on campuses. And finally, safe on campuses. And finally, experts are warning of a rise in the shortage of medicines with more people forced into whats been called pharmacy bingo in a search for vital medicine medications. A new poll has revealed that severe shortages have become a daily occurrence in many pharmacies across england. Health leaders say supply chain issues have worsened since 2021, and are calling on the government to launch an urgent review. A spokesperson for the department for health says supply issues arent unique to britain, and most issues are managed with minimal impact on patients. For the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or you can go to gb news comment alerts. Now back to andrew and. Nana. Thank you tatiana. Its fast approaching seven minutes after 10 00. This is the britains newsroom. Im nana akua and the fabulous Andrew Pierce now, wed also want to hear what you think. So send us your thoughts. You can get in touch. Gbnews. Com yoursay say. But lots of you have been getting in touch, james says this now. We earlier spoke about inflation in the previous hour. Inflation has been driven by external factors. High oil , electricity, been driven by external factors. High oil, electricity, gas prices, etc. And that we all the uk in general have no control over the bank of england increasing Interest Rates in the uk will make absolutely no zero difference. All it does is punish already suffering people. Yeah, and andrew says voting labour was a way for us to get rid of natalie from our area. But now we wont be voting laboun but now we wont be voting labour. Thats interesting because of course she had a 12,000 majority in davis. She obviously thinks she was going to lose her seat, clearly because looking at the polls, she would lose on a majority of that. But my god, ive covered some defections in my time. Nana some defections in my time. Nana i dont recall one which has backfired quite so spectacularly, quite so quickly. Well, theres still time for keir starmer not to make a complete hash of it, but obviously this isnt a good move. Wendy says. When are we going to get clarity on labours policies . Good question, i agree. Please what does change mean . Labour are gaslighting the British Public thinking. Just repeating the same words of unclarified hope then we will vote for them. Its insulting. Yeah, and steve says labour party is the home for strays and homeless mps. This is not a political party. Well, you may think that, steve, but they look to me like theyre going to be forming the next government. Cant see any other outcome. Can you think so . Unfortunately or fortunately, whichever way you look at it. Well labour leader sir keir starmer is facing a backlash from his party after dover mp Natalie Elphicke announced that her decision to defect to the opposition two minutes before Prime Ministers questions yesterday. Many labour mps have said openly that starmer wrongly welcomed this mp. Shes called for crackdowns on immigration and shes a huge supporter of the scheme to deport legal migrants to rwanda. So is this migrants to rwanda. So is this an own goal for labour . Well, our Political Correspondent olivia utley joins us from westminster. Olivia, morning to you. I thought what was really significant as she walked onto the cross, the floor literally very melodramatically yesterday to walk onto the labour benches, you could see labour mps thinking, wheres she going . And i dont want to sit next to me. I dont want to sit next to me. I mean, because she is, shes not even a marmite. Shes yeah. Shes seen as toxic by a lot of labour mps. Labour mps. Well absolutely. And theres a great shot of the labour mps on either side of her sort of studiously turning their heads away from her when she comes and sits on the labour benches , as sits on the labour benches, as you say, andrew, i mean, normally when there is a defection, you get crowing from the benches to which the mp defected and wails of misery from the benches from which the mp left, this time it almost seems to be the other way round. Youve got conservative mps making jokes about just how right wing Natalie Elphicke is. Are the labour party accepting members of the erg now . How broad church is this labour party when youve got Zarah Sultana and Natalie Elphicke sitting next to each other . Meanwhile, labour mps dont seem happy about this at all. Now, of course, one reason for that is natalie elphicks politics. She is seen to be to the right of the conservative party shes been a huge proponent of the rwanda bill. If anything , it rwanda bill. If anything, it sounded as though she didnt think it went far enough. But think it went far enough. But also, of course, there was this huge, huge controversy over her backing. Her husband, the former mp charlie elphicke, when he was convicted for sexual offences. After that conviction, she said that the reason he was being punished for being attracted and attractive to women. Now, thats not the sort of comment you expect to hear from any politician, let alone a female labour politician. So i think its not really surprising that quite a lot of labour mps. It sounds as though Jess Phillips is leading the charge, arent happy about the newest member of their benches at all. It seems to me, olivia, that keir starmer took this decision with a small cabal of advisers he didnt consult widely at all, which doesnt augur well for the future, does it . And even the chief whip, who, as you know, is in charge of Party Discipline , in charge of Party Discipline, has the pulse of the parliamentary labour party. Alan campbell, the chief apparently he wasnt even told in advance. He wasnt even told in advance. No, apparently there are only six people who were told about this defection beforehand , which this defection beforehand, which doesnt particularly bode well for a future labour government. It doesnt sound as though its going to be particularly sort of collegiate. That said, i mean, you could argue that were all looking at this from a very kind of westminster bubble perspective. We were interested and concerned with the exact politics of Natalie Elphicke. If you are someone like the vast majority of the country who will just watch the, the, the headunes just watch the, the, the headlines on the news once in an evening, then you know , the evening, then you know, the conservative party losing an mp to labour is a bad look for the conservatives and a good look for labour. So it could be that keir starmer just wanted to seize on that , political seize on that, political opportunity. And if it really is the case, as labour mps keep claiming that, you know, Natalie Elphicke wont be standing in the next general election, but also hasnt been offered anything in exchange for this, then it could be that although its slightly awkward for keir starmer in the in the short term , in the long term, this might turn out not to be very much of a problem at all. In six months time, Natalie Elphicke might have left politics altogether. What was the point though . It sort of seems like. Whats the point . In my view . I look and i think, well, she doesnt want to stand after this. What is the point . What possible benefits really . Could there be for her to do that . Because im still trying to work out. People have talked about a peerage or something. What is what is the goal for this . Because i cant see any benefit for her. Well, i mean, that does seem to be the head scratcher, really. It was the same with dan poulter. Why is dan why did dan poulter. Why is dan why did dan poulter defect, you know, five months out from a general election . Having said that, hes election . Having said that, hes not going to stand normally. The reason why mps defect is either because they have completely ideologically drifted from their party, or more often, because they know which side their breads buttered. They know whos going to win the next general election, and theyre scared of losing their seats. Scared of losing their seats. That isnt the case here. So i mean, either we can conclude that Natalie Elphicke is genuinely being very principled. And i mean, there is an argument for that. In her resignation letter, she talks a lot about housing, about the conservatives failure to reform planning, and actually looking back at her political history. She has been a big proponent of more house building. So you could argue that it building. So you could argue thatitis building. So you could argue that it is a simply ideological move or it could be that after the next election, perhaps she wont be offered a peerage. Anneliese dodds. There was firmly denying that a peerage has been offered, but might she be being given some sort of role in a future labour government, perhaps a housing tsar, or something along those lines . It it feels as though there might be a little bit of opportunism to it, even if there is also some kind of ideological reasoning there. If you look at her, her speeches and her contributions on social media. Olivia, she talks constantly about immigration, the small boats crossing the channel, which are the scourge of her constituents because she is the mp for dover. And to every opportunity, she has savaged the labour partys position on. But for opposing the rwanda bill to get to deport migrants to rwanda, labour will repeal that legislation even if its seen to be working. So it which is why so many of us are thinking, how could she possibly have gone to a party which is so implacably opposed to what she wants to do about illegal migration . Well, absolutely. And as you say, andrew, she has very much been at the front line of the illegal immigration debate as the mp for dover. This is something which really obviously impacts her constituents and most of what shes talked about in parliament, most of her work as an mp has been about illegal immigration. So even if she does care deeply about planning reform, its not a kind of her main issue. So why has she turned her back on the conservative party, the party who have brought us the rwanda scheme, which she seemed to be completely on board with and gone over to the labour party. Labours plan for reducing illegal migration is to employ a thousand new immigration caseworkers in the house of commons, which theyre hoping not in the home office, which theyre hoping will, speed up theyre hoping will, speed up the process and stop that bottleneck. But it isnt exactly muscular. Its not the sort of policy that you would expect the mp for dover to be supportive of. So we are all left a little bit scratching our heads about why she has chosen to move over to the labour party when her one big issue is illegal immigration. Fascinating. Fascinating. Fascinating. I dont think her constituents will be happy about that at all. So theyre not absolutely not. Olivia, thanks for talking to us. Olivia utley. Our Political Correspondent. We sent somebody on the mail down to dover to talk to people. They were absolutely outraged, i could imagine, and gobsmacked too, they said. But she wants the rwanda bill and she wants to stop it. And what a labour policy. But they also said the same thing. Well, she should same thing. Well, she should force a by election. There should be a by election. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Another one. Yeah. Another by election. Another one crossing the floor i dont know. Well listen, still to come as prince harry. Yes. Prince harry. Oh prince harry. Yes. Prince harry. On is he leaving. On shame. On is he leaving. On shame. It is a shame, isnt it . Prince harry flies home today. Should his dad have spared him just five minutes for a cup of tea . If it was that way round. Youre with britains newsroom on. Gb news. Satire. Hed have been 16 foot in the air. Thats Carole Malone watching. Oh, sorry. Are you on . Doesnt wait to be introduced. Its 1019 with britains newsroom. Gb news andrews. Nana akua is here, which is lovely. And we have our panel which is lovely. And we have our panel, the broadcaster, journalist malone, who is obviously wittering on before she. Because i dont know that because youre wittering on to me and Jonathan Lewis is with us too. Good morning. Lets talk to you. Jonathan. Weve been talking about this defection. Ive written many stories about defections over the years, whether its labour tutorial , whether its labour tutorial, vice versa. This one i did predict would backfire. Yeah, predict would backfire. Yeah, but its backfired very quickly. But its backfired very quickly. I suppose one of those things where if youre affiliated with the labour party, if youre an mp, if youre a voter, a member, youre going to feel like this is a gut punch on some visceral level, because Natalie Elphicke doesnt represent anything that you stand for. This is an extremely right wing mp. Yeah, there are very few conservatives who would identify as being on the right of her. And so if youre in the labour party, you kind of think, well, if were if were a broad enough church to welcome this person , then what welcome this person, then what do we actually stand for . This is a party that currently doesnt have room for diane abbott, but does have room for Natalie Elphicke, and that i find quite offensive in many ways, is keir starmer now going to try and wound nigel farage . Well, i mean , but then that well, i mean, but then that takes us to the second point, i suppose, which is that we are, i suppose, which is that we are, i suppose, in a political bubble in that were interested in politics. And so we will understand this. Well, well be scratching our heads thinking what earth is going on. But for someone you know, who doesnt pay someone you know, who doesnt pay much attention to politics, theyll see another tory has fled the sinking ship. They wont necessarily know much about her. They might clock that shes the mp for dover, which is on the, you know, the sharp end of boat crossings. And if this person has decided to cross over to labour, then what on earth does that say about the tory approach to small boats . Approach to small boats . Renee patronising to the public, who are quite savvy on politics, especially having, you know, with brexit, suddenly it became, you know, compulsive viewing. And so i think what youve got here is actually some very savvy individuals who are now voting and looking at this and thinking, what the hell does sir keir starmer stand for . Or you might have on the other side, people thinking, well, maybe sir Keir Starmers party is moving slightly more to the right, and maybe its more palatable. I think also what it does if i was living in her constituency, were forever heanng constituency, were forever hearing mps saying that, you know, were in this job because we want to change things. We want to, you know, change the landscape. Actually, this proves that they dont. And if i was in doven that they dont. And if i was in dover, id be disgusted with this woman because she doesnt care about them. She doesnt care about them. She doesnt care about them. She doesnt care about changing things. She cares about a job for herself after the election. And thats what she shifted for. And youre right re starmer. You know, she has called starmer the most vile names. You know, shes you know, the flip flop is nothing compared to what shes called him. And yet hes taken her on and i think we have to question his judgement now. I and i think we have to question hisjudgement now. I mean and i think we have to question his judgement now. I mean weve been questioning his judgement as a leader for a very long time, but as a Prime Minister, its going to be different. Hes taking people on who have been openly hostile to his party to score some political points against the tories. She labour people will not work with her. This is the woman Rachel Reeves told her she did off. She did four letter word. She did four letter word. Yes. And you wrote that in your column today, and so i just think, you know, labour will not do. There has to be a deal for her in this. There can be no other reason for her defecting because she is theres not much more far right than Natalie Elphicke in the party, she makes me look liberal. She. Well, exactly. It makes both of us look liberal. You know, shes not a woolly centrist. She was on the right. Not a woolly centrist. She was on the right. So not a woolly centrist. She was on the right. So the not a woolly centrist. She was on the right. So the a deal has been done. Now, i know labour are denying that shes been offered a peerage. Well, even if she was, shes not going to get it now because they cant give it now because they cant give it to her, but there is somebody who shes going to get some cushy job. Theyre saying shes housing, going to be advising on housing. Well, thatll open up the doors for her for a really lucrative lobbying job or something. So theres a deal in it for her. Its going to call i think this is going to cause real cynicism about politics completely, because starmer is says hes going to do things differently. Its the tories are rotten and corrupt. Theyve been in power for too long. Im going to do things differently. And then he takes on board with only six people, apparently were in the loop for this decision. Yeah, he hadnt even consulted. Yeah, he hadnt even consulted. You could see the look of horror on labour mps faces as she took her seat. I was i was horrified as a laboun i was i was horrified as a labour, as a labour voter, i was horrified because this is not the kind of labour party that i would like to project to the electorate. Its not the kind of the kind of labour party that i want to support. It would not have anything in common with Natalie Elphicke, and she wouldnt have anything in common with that party. So obviously , with that party. So obviously, as a person, you know, as an individual, i loathe this move. I can im just saying, you know, to take in the broader context, i can understand why it might actually be a net positive for labour and that, you know, obviously people are savvy, but a lot of people dont pay much attention to politics. Theyll see tory right wing tory has defected to labour. That means the labour party must have changed in dover, voted for a tory and theyve now got a labour person. So dont you dont have to be politically savvy to understand what that means for them. Obviously, i completely have always believed that when someone defects to a party, they should submit themselves to approval for from their electorate because its not fair that people should have an mp of a different party, but i think youinqu a different party, but i think you insult the public slightly to say that they dont understand whats happening here. Im not saying they dont understand whats happening here. Im saying that it doesnt necessarily look bad for them. Thats kind of what youre saying, that theyre not that savvy. People are savvy. And if you vote for a tory, thats what you vote for a tory, thats what you want in your constituency. And if you vote for someone who said they believed in what you believe in, you now realise that they actually believe in nothing apart from their own self. Carol, the point is that what we have in politics at the moment is momentum. And so you have the momentum and you have the optics. These are obviously political words, but there are important. But you know, in in the way that we talk about vibes these days, vibes are important because you have the whiff of death around the conservative party. And when you have a hard right conservative saying, i dont want to be involved in this party anymore, when you have centrist conservative impulses because of the parties principles. But thats. But thats what. But thats that. But she but she is saying that she wants to, that she doesnt support the conservative party agenda anymore. She thinks they failed and she believes in labours agenda. This is a woman who on immigration. Yeah. I mean, its not that she doesnt support that. She shes saying that rishi should have stopped the boat. She joined a party that has no intention of stopping. I think its a bizarre move. I think its a bizarre move. I think its a bizarre move. I agree with you. Its a bizarre move for different reasons. For me. Well, actually. Reasons. For me. Well, actually. Well, i think thats where we probably part company on this particular issue. They dont want we agree on the fact, we agree on the fact that elphickes move is completely bizarre. I think where we might disagree, although i dont know what you think about this point, whether its a negative for laboun whether its a negative for labour, i think on balance i dont support the move, but i dont support the move, but i dont think its a negative for labour politically. I dont think its negative to have somebody who stood behind a husband who is pure , behind a husband who is pure, cynical, impure, impure. Lets just look at the things that she absolutely shes been she was she was suspended from for parliament trying to for trying to interfere or interfere with the. Youre saying thats a net benefit . Im saying it in raw political terms. I reiterate, i loathe the fact that she, the labour party, has accepted her. I think that she would have been a much better fit for reform. You still see it as a benefit, i think if you look at it, if you take it a step back and you think in pure political terms, which i know sounds quite cynical, but if you are doing pure electoral mathematics, for example, it is cynical and im not a cynical person. Im saying to you over and over again, i dont like it. I wouldnt have done it if im not going to involve women. Mps have got in their ranks now a woman who, after her husband was convicted of sexual offences, sent to prison for two years and the judge called him a predator and a serial liar. And she also then tormented and she was arrested. She tormented her. She tormented her. I have no truck with be of no use whatsoever. She shes going to be a car crash for labour. The fact you think i cant understand how you think i cant understand how you think shes going to. Shes going to be a benefit. She she she doesnt say anything. Shell be a benefit, lets put it that way. If she starts speaking to this woman, if shes stopped speaking, start speaking. Shes going to speak. Shes lets move on. Now, look, prince harry is returning to United States today. I know you must be devastated. Malone. Yes. Devastated. Well no. Yes. Devastated. Well no. Im devastated at how i feel. Im devastated at how i feel. The public is turning. I feel theyre now on harrys side. And theyre now on harrys side. And theyre now on harrys side. And theyre having a go at the king for not seeing him. Ive done a couple of shows this week where the public have had a real go at me saying, you know, its family. Im sorry. Me saying, you know, its family. Im sorry. Just because family. Im sorry. Just because youre a blood relative of someone, it doesnt entitle you to try and destroy them and to say the most vile things about them to call them racist, to call them whatever. And i just think this idea that prince, hes only just come back to work after three months off, if harry was so keen treated , still being was so keen treated, still being treated, if harry was so keen to build bridges, hes had three months to come and see him. When his dad wasnt doing anything, he even could have come last week before his engagements for the Invictus Games started. He could have come then and spent some time. But no, he comes for two days and he expects the king to drop his incredibly busy schedule to fit him for in an houn schedule to fit him for in an hour. Why would you do that . Yesterday he met rishi sunak. He met the pm of fiji. He did a garden party. He did a garden party. Dave, if we had the garden. Yeah. You had the garden. That was yesterday. Yeah so its not like hes just making these engagements up. He had them. And the idea that he should drop everything to fit in this selfish , wayward son is beyond. Selfish, wayward son is beyond. But you know what i think, jonathan . I think it shows the king cannot trust his son. Exactly thats why he wont see him. Well, he did it. I think we have to put it into a little bit of perspective, andrew. He did see him at the start of his diagnosis. How he came specially over from los angeles to see him half an hour. Okay, fine. But, harry, you know, i think we cant have it both ways. Either harry doesnt care or hes doing it for attention or whatever. I mean, well, thats kind of what a lot of people might think, he. He flew over direct from los angeles to. But what about this time the king didnt see him. Okay, fine. So im not i am i dont know whats behind harrys diary. Okay. Obviously, if you live far away and you come to, britain and you want to see your parent whos being treated for cancen parent whos being treated for cancer, the king could have found time in his diary. I believe the king probably could have found two. Yes. Yes. And i think its because he doesnt trust him. And because i just. I dont know, i dont know why. The last the last half hour visited, harry went straight back to america and he did an interview with Good Morning America where he talked about the meeting with his father and yes, he didnt tell any cancer details because he didnt know any. He probably wasnt told any details because he didnt trust it. But how can if i was camilla and wills, i would say to him, do not say this man, because hes insulted both kate and hes insulted charles, and both are being treated well. He hasnt done either of those things since the diagnosis. And both have been, oh, thats thats really big. Thats really typical of the king camilla that we wish the king camilla that we wish the king did agree to see him before i sorry. The king did agree to see him before, but he hasnt get it right. Harry has not come to see charles right now. Hes come to be feted for his role with the Invictus Games for the 10th anniversary of the games, which is a brilliant. And what about bringing his kids as well to introduce them to the king and the family . I mean, you know, lilibet and he has that seems a bit unfair to the children to involve them in their altercation if they dont want to get on, thats fine. But surely the children well, i mean , look, a lot of people watching this will have difficult families and difficult relationships and you will know if you have a difficult family, that people talking about it from the outside are always going to be talking about it with blindfolds on, because you dont know we dont have blindfolds on. Weve got a 400 page temper tantrum book called spare. So we so its not were not talking about it from the inside. Harry has made public every grievance from information. We dont know what the conversations are that happen in private. Obviously, harry has put his side of the story on, but we dont know everything thats happening. Carol. And you know , obviously, i think that we know, obviously, i think that we can all agree that it would be really great if the king could have a Good Relationship with his son because they are father and easy. Is that going to be there . Because, as andrew says, the trust is shot now. They cant ever say anything in front of him now. He can never be readmitted to the inner circle because he will blab it on television. Hell go back to television. Hell go back to america and do it again. Is all about discretion. Yes but i think that we also have to bearin but i think that we also have to bear in mind, carol, weve spoken about this before, that the royal family is in a very, very different place from where it was a year ago. You have the king, who has a serious illness. He got the princess of wales , whos being princess of wales, whos being treated for cancer as well. You know, the royal family looks a lot more fragile than. And harry has insulted both of those scenes. Harry has hurt deeply. Harry has hurt deeply. Hurt. Come back. Hurt. Come back. I think both of those people ive heard that, you know, we dont know reports. There are reports that harry offered to sort of step into the breach. We dont know how truth truthful those reports are to do. This is the man five years ago. We cant win. We cant win. He cant win. If he offers to. We cant win if he doesnt. She made it quite clear. You cant have one foot in and one foot out. Yes. Well, right now, well, thanks to you both. Lets get your latest news headunes lets get your latest News Headlines with tatiana sanchez. Gnaana. Thank you. Its 1032. Gnaana. Thank you. Its1032. The top stories from the newsroom. The bank of england is expected to leave its base Interest Rate unchanged at 5. 25 for a sixth time, as economists wait for inflation to come under control. The decision to be announced today comes as inflation remains at 3. 2 above the banks 2 target. 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Cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report. Well, up next, have you struggled to get hold of your medicine at your local pharmacy . Medicine at your local pharmacy . Find out why drug shortages in england are now at such critical levels. The patients are at risk of harm and even death. This is britains newsroom on gb news. Now you may already know this. Because it may be affecting you. But being warned that drug shortages in england are now at such a critical level, some patients are at the risk of immediate harm or even death. Well, joining us now is the pharmacist thooran govind. Good morning to you. This is a problem that seems to be affecting england only. Have i got that right . And if so, what is causing these shortages . Is causing these shortages . Well, we know that it is affecting england. Definitely. There are actual global shortages that people are having to deal with. But the latest data weve got is on england and its for a multitude of reasons. The inflation, an increased price of Raw Materials and issues with getting drugs into the country and the lack of home grown manufacturing as well. So theres lots of Different Things which are coming together here, causing immense problems for patients. This is a critical problem and it is causing big problems for our patients. And problems for our patients. And not just that. Unfortunately, as healthcare professionals, were also at the brunt of it facing abuse because we are the ones who are having to deliver that sad information to patients that we cant get hold of their medication. So as far as i can, as long as so as far as i can, as long as i can remember, theres always been issues with this, even many years ago when i was getting formula milk, there was an issue there, what what is what are the main products that are being affected by this and which sort of patients are being mainly affected . Mainly affected . So theres insulins, theres adhd medication. There is, some adhd medication. There is, some weight loss medications. Theres its a real mix, those are some of the core ones that were encountering epilepsy medication and, and really what weve been asking the government for so long now as pharmacists, is the ability to make substitutions. So at the moment, if youve got prescribed tablets, i cant give you capsules , for example, in a you capsules, for example, in a Community Pharmacy setting in england, and that is really frustrating because theres things that we could do which could help ease the burden for our patients. But ultimately we have to send patients back to the prescriber and to the doctor, and thats wasting an immense amount of gp prescriber time as well. Its wholly frustrating. Were spending frustrating. Were spending hours each day and patients are suffering because of it. Well, weve been told that this its not just suffering some patients. It could even this could be a life threatening issue. Thorin. For some people , absolutely. If you cant get hold of your insulin and you need that on a day to day basis, you know, as a baseline hormone that is critical. Its absolutely its ridiculous. The stage that were ridiculous. The stage that were in now of this has been its been particularly bad, over the last i would say year or so, even even before then. But its been, its just getting to a head now where we are struggling as Health Care Professionals to be able to do our role. And we are also having to deal with the consequences. Its not rishi sunak whos in the pharmacy explaining to patients what you know, why they cant get hold of their medication. Its People Like Us who are spending hours on the phone to wholesalers trying to track down medications, and our staff who are having to deal with it alongside our other work. So this is an additional burden on us, and were already trying to do so much more. What would you like to see being done about this . Because as you said, there are multiple reasons as to why its happening. What would be one of the big things that could make a change, that might make things easier . The biggest thing that could be done in the most urgent thing could be allowing pharmacists to make substitutions, because at the moment we are unable to do so. We have to wait for whats called a serious shortage protocol to be to be set down by parliament. And that takes time, andifs parliament. And that takes time, and its to slow that process. And its to slow that process. So anything that can assist pharmacists on the ground is going to assist us, and this, this is a worldwide problem. Is it especially why is it especially bad in in britain . In england, why is england worse than other other parts of the United Kingdom . United kingdom . Its unfortunately , britain. Its unfortunately, britain. England is an unattractive place for people to be setting up manufacturing at the moment, and we dont have a lot of home grown manufacturing, so that would make a big difference. And also companies are preferring to trade into the eu rather than bring in their products into the uk because of some of the costs associated with that. But globally we conflicts across the world, raw material costs. Theres material costs. Theres challenges to everyone, even, you know, in our day to day basis, you and i will have seen it when you go into the supermarket, everything is costing so much more, isnt it . Costing so much more, isnt it . Oh, that is true. The price of everything has gone up. Yeah, and is this the worst its ever been . I would say yes. I would say yes. This is absolutely the worst its been because we, we are spending so many hours and also its just so distressing. I have had patients coming in crying to me because they cant get hold of their medication. Theyve been to multiple pharmacies to try and get hold of it. And this supply chain is not working. The Healthcare Supply Chain is not working. And something needs to be urgently done about it because patients are are under threat because of this. And, you know, i dare say therell be information coming out in in the not too, you know, distant future where we see the real impact of this. Yeah. Foreign. Thank you very much for talking to us foreign covid. Its very worrying isnt it . Its very worrying isnt it . Its very worrying isnt it . It is. I mean, especially part of it has got to be some of the one of the drugs she obviously mentioned. We know the snp thing. Yeah. Which a lot of celebrities are using. And its become the must have drug. Yeah. So weve got things like that being pushed at people where the people who really need it cant get hold of it. But but not having your insulin i mean thats i mean i think about people like theresa may, she injects herself three times a day. Wow. And, well, and that explains why i struggled to get my, stat in a few weeks ago. They said there are none. Ive said what . None. Anywhere but its interesting. But its interesting. None at all. None at all. Its interesting that she said that theres the process by which the government allowed them to use substitution to substitute products, which is so slow that its partly causing the problem. Why cant we fix the problem. Why cant we fix that . And also manufacturing, theyre not manufacturing anything in this country or much of it. We need to have a Manufacturing Base here, dont we . But also the moment you hear the dead hand of government, nana, you know, theres a problem. Yeah. Its going to take ages. Its going to take ages. Civil servants. We nightmare forms to fill in. I know, paperwork. Just let them get on with it. They know what theyre doing. The pharmacies and of course the pharmacists are being deployed more and more by the government in the battle in the nhs, because you cant get to see your doctor. Well, yes, of course. And theyre getting busier and bufieh theyre getting busier and busier. Yeah. Theyve got so much on their plate already. I just dont get it. Why we cant do things here i mean and there was a slight touch on brexit there that has made things difficult for us as well. But surely we can set up our own people and were not attractive to invest in this country as well. Well very worrying, let us know if youve been affected by that and what drugs and if your pharmacy is helping out here. So whats the address . Im going to the address gbnews. Com forward slash your say but up next prince harry is flying back home today. Thats montecito not here after being snubbed by his dad king charles yesterday. So is king charles yesterday. So is there any hope that the royal rift being fixed . Youre with britains newsroom on. Gb news. 49 minutes after 10 00. Good morning. This is britains newsroom with me, nana akua and Andrew Pierce. Now the duke of Andrew Pierce. Now the duke of sussex, attended the Invictus Games anniversary just miles away from king charles, who held his First Garden Party of the year yesterday. But harry was snubbed by his dad. Thats definitely. Thats definitely. Theres no other way to describe it. Thats not so. Harry hasnt been supported by family members, so some of princess dianas relatives , princess dianas relatives, including her brother the lord spencen including her brother the lord spencer, were all in attendance at the Invictus Service at saint paups at the Invictus Service at saint pauls cathedral. Well, lets talk now to royal commentator michael cole. Michael morning to you. Whatever way we look at this, the king could have found time in his diary to see prince harry. He chose not to. And i wonder if its because trust now has just completely broken down between them. Between them. Good morning andrew. Good morning nana andrew. I think youve got it exactly right. The fact that the king has not found time during the three days that his younger son has been in london. To see him, is a definite right royal flea in the ear for prince harry and a lot of people around the country and around the world will be saying, and about time too , what harry and about time too, what harry and about time too, what harry and his wife have said , either and his wife have said, either directly or through their amanuensis and fan omid scobie, in his book endgame , its been in his book endgame, its been very, very bitter, very hard , very, very bitter, very hard, very, very bitter, very hard, very cruel allegations against not just the king and queen camilla, but Prince William and his wife, who as we know, is, being treated for a as yet undisclosed form of cancer. And that has gone home very, very firmly, nothing could actually be worse in a family to have this division and bitterness and unkindness and, words have power and actions have consequences. And i think thats what were seeing played out here. The division between the california couple in their hilltop, camelot and the British Royal family getting on with the job is now very, very deep. And the divisions are stark. Rac and between indeed, the Spencer Family , and the family, and the mountbatten windsors , well, mountbatten windsors, well, karen malone earlier was suggesting that people are starting to feel a bit more sorry for harry. And theres a bit more support towards him. Are you sensing anything like that . That . Well, i tell you what. Nana. I thought it was great that he got a great cheer yesterday because people suddenly saw the happy prince that we used to know. The man who set up sentebale, charity in africa. The man who served two tours of duty , in afghanistan as the duty, in afghanistan as the commander of an apache attack helicopter. The man who. Its a brilliant innovation in thought of the Invictus Games and brought them into being with the help, ironically, of Prince William and kate, the princess of wales, as she is now. They were instrumental, along with the ministry of defence, in getting that off the ground and no praise is high enough for what prince harry did. But all that was done nana free. Meghan now you see a different man, a very different person. Do you remember the happy prince joking with you , saying bolt on the with you, saying bolt on the running track and he was so popular, so people cheered him when he went in. I think there were also cheering the Invictus Games and the people who participate from 22 different nations. You will remember at the Platinum Jubilee thanksgiving service at the same venue at saint pauls cathedral, when he and meghan arrived there were some ragged jeers and distinct booing in the crowd. Well, i hope that when harry heard those cheers yesterday, he will think of what hes lost the pubuc will think of what hes lost the public affection is a very, very fragile and precious thing, and he had it in his hand. For all he had it in his hand. For all his youthful indiscretions. He was extremely popular and hes given all that up, he says. He given all that up, he says. He says he loves this country. He says he loves this country. He says he loves his family , well, says he loves his family, well, hes in the city of his birth at the moment before going off to nigeria. Do you know what i think . Nana i just think about think . Nana i just think about late and always much miss diana. She loved her boys and she always thought they would be there for each other. Always. She made them make a promise when they were small boys that they would always love and support each other. I hope while hes in the sebbys corner back in london and even flying out to nigeria to meet up meghan, i hope he thinks about, what his mother said. Mother said. Yeah. And michael, just before we let you go , i was before we let you go, i was surprised, actually. I thought the king probably would have even if it was just half an houn even if it was just half an hour. But its clear that the rift now is just so deep. I thought so too. Andrew. I wrote as much, and i really did think because he had said talking about my darling boy as he talked about prince prince harry, that his door would always be open to him. But you know, these things have gone very, very deep. Most men can be put up with being insulted. My goodness, ive been insulted by experts. But what they dont like is the sufficient, the significant person in their life, their wife or their partner being insulted. And Prince Charles does not like the fact. Michael, this is what i was saying to andrew about that. Listen its really good to talk to you. That is michael cole still to come, the head of wetherspoons, tim martin, joins us shortly to explain why guinness has become fashionable. Do you enjoy drink guinness . Do you enjoy drink guinness . I dont have guinness very often. I was in ireland earlier this last year and i did try some in ireland. It was very nice in ireland. I think it tastes different in ireland. I think it might do. I think it might do. Well have to ask him. Well have to ask him. Well have to ask him. Well find out a brighter outlook with boxt solar , outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. 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With me, Andrew Pierce and the fabulous nana akua. Well, an own goal for labour. Yes, sir keir starmer is met with backlash from left wing faction of his party after its accepted the defecting tory mp Natalie Elphicke and the former chancellor andy was education secretary to Nadhim Zahawi. Hes standing down at the next election. Hes the 64th conservative mp to say he or she is off. Oh dear, another one bites the dust, then protected jewish students. Prime minister rishi sunak urges universities to take a zero tolerance approach to anti semitism. Anti semitism. And at midday were going to get the bank of englands decision on whether to raise or lower the current rate of interest. Liam halligan has more all eyes on the bank of england at 12 noon in just an hour, the nine economists on the Monetary Policy committee will let us know if Interest Rates are about to be cut. I bet they dont cut them. I bet they dont cut them. They should cut them. Really i mean, because it doesnt really i mean, its the reason why they, you know, Global Markets are the problem, not Interest Rates just make us all poorer. I know, but they should cut them down. Just cut them down. Well, listen, send us your thoughts. What do you think . I think youre going to say that they should be cut shouldnt they . Gb news. Com forward slash your say. But first lets get your latest news with tatiana sanchez. Nana. Thank you very much. And good morning. Its 11 00. And good morning. Its11 00. Your top stories from the newsroom. The chair of the labour party, Anneliese Dodds, says former tory mp Natalie Elphicke has been held to account for her past comments about Sexual Assault. The mp for dover announced her defection from the tories to labour just moments before Prime Ministers questions yesterday, but its ignhed questions yesterday, but its ignited a backlash among some labour mps after comments miss elphicke made in defence of her former partner during his conviction for Sexual Assault. While Anneliese Dodds told gb news that proper process has been followed. Well, those were very, very serious issues. The Sexual Assault that was rightly prosecuted. And of course there was a parliamentary process that followed that, including a parliamentary process that appued parliamentary process that applied to Natalie Elphicke. So its absolutely right that there was accountability there. Its incredibly important matter. Every workplace, including parliament, has got to be free of sexual harassment. Of sexual harassment. The bank of england is expected to leave its base Interest Rate unchanged at 5. 25 for a sixth time, as economists wait for inflation to come under control. The decision to be announced in around an hours time, comes as inflation remains at 3. 2 above the banks 2 target. It would mean a longer penod target. It would mean a longer period of higher borrowing costs, which have squeezed households since Interest Rates started rising at the end of 2021. Both Major Political parties have made Economic Growth a key part of their campaign pledges, with rishi sunak promising this year would see the economy bouncing back. See the economy bouncing back. Commuters are facing a third consecutive day of disruption as the rail industrys longest ever strike action continues as members of aslef at lner, Transpennine Express and Northern Trains are walking out today, with none of the Train Companies using new laws aimed at ensuring minimum Service Levels during strikes. Aslef dispute has been running for two years and it hasnt met the Rail Delivery Group for fresh talks in over a year. The union claims its members havent had a pay rise in five years, and is accusing the government of giving up trying to resolve the issue. But the government says drivers have been offered salaries of up to £65,000, almost twice the uk average. Almost twice the uk average. Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has announced hell step down as an mp at the next election. Hes been mp for stratford on avon for 14 years, but he was sacked as Tory Party Chairman in january last year after an inquiry found hed failed to disclose that hmrc was investigating his tax affairs. In a statement posted to social media, mr zahawi said that his mistakes were his own but it had been his greatest honour to serve his constituents. Experts are warning of a rise in the shortage of medicines , with more shortage of medicines, with more people forced into whats being called pharmacy bingo in a search for vital medications. A new poll has revealed that severe shortages have become a daily occurrence in many pharmacies across england. Health leaders say supply chain issues have worsened since 2021, and are calling on the government to launch an urgent review. A spokesperson for the review. A spokesperson for the department for health says supply issues arent unique to britain and most issues are managed with minimal impact on patients. 16 new special schools patients. 16 new special schools are being opened as the government aims to expand vital support for pupils with special educational needs. Data published in march showed that around 2 in 3 special schools in england were at or over capacity in the last academic year. Education secretary Gillian Keegan says the government is responding to a rise in demand for School Places, has been a large increase in special educational needs, largely because we know more and we, you know, we know how to put strategies in place to help children overcome them. But what were trying to do is to is to keep up with the demand for places. So were building and expanding by 60,000 more places across the uk, across england. And if you across england. And if you contrast that with the labour party in the last government, they actually reduce the number of people in with specialised School Places by about 4000. So weve been catching up from that and then obviously making sure that we keep up with demand. That we keep up with demand. For the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. Or you can go to gb news screen. Or you can go to gb news complex. Now back to andrew and. Anna. Hello and welcome to britains newsroom on dup news with Andrew Pierce and its the fabulous nana akua. Thank you andrew. Thank you andrew. And youre doing patrick christie. Im hosting Patrick Christys show on the ubiquitous nana akua. Youre everywhere. Youre everywhere. Thank you. Well, you know , thank you. Well, you know, thats me. Now, we want to hear what you think. Send now, we want to hear what you think. Send us your views and points of view. Where do we send them to . We send them to gbnews. Com yoursay. Weve had a few in actually. Few in actually. Oh, well, this is one from joseph because were talking about prince harry earlier. And joseph says, bye bye, harry. And debbie says proper brightened up my morning seeing the fabulous nana this morning. And ross says about harry his dad should always be there for him. I think his dad always is there for him, but unfortunately harry may be carrying some sort of recording material, so you have to be careful around harry. Good point. Good point. And david says, what is he going to put in the next book now . Exactly. My point, david. You are with me. But of course, this is quite an interesting day today because the bank of england is expected to leave its base Interest Rate unchanged at 5. 25 for the sixth time as economists wait for inflation to come under control. Well, our business and economics editor , who has his economics editor, who has his finger on the pulse Liam Halligan is here. Liam. Come on. Its not going to be good, is it . Well, look, for a lot of gb news viewers and listeners, they dont want an Interest Rate cut. They want Interest Rates to go up because theyre living on their savings. Maybe theyre pensioners. And for years people have put their hard earned money away. Saving it, doing the right thing have got a rate of interest. If it hasnt been ultra low, it certainly is ultra low or even negative by the time you include inflation in. For now, Interest Rates are above inflation. The Interest Rate is 5. 25, inflation is 3. 2. So youve got a real Interest Rate thats positive. So savers are getting some returns. But of course for a lot of other viewers and listeners, theyll have mortgages theyll be facing a remortgage. Theyve got other personal loans, maybe their business that they run or work at has got indebtedness. So when Interest Rates come down, you should see Companies Investing more. You should see consumers spending more in general. But its not going to happen today for months and months the tories have been pinning their hopes on Interest Rate cuts. Maybe 2 or 3 Interest Rate cuts. Maybe 2 or 3 Interest Rate cuts before an election in october. November its the reason, nana, isnt it, why they decided to go long. Lets get some tax cuts in. Lets get some tax cuts in. Lets get some Interest Rate cuts in. Fingers crossed the bank of england, which of course is independent, would comply with that wish for Interest Rate cuts. But inflation remains stubbornly high. Inflation in the uk is not transitory, as the bank of england said for months and months. That was completely and months. That was completely wrong. Its the opposite of transitory. Its high and its stubborn and its not going away any time soon. Were at 3. 2 inflation. Its still above the bank of englands target. It may be that next month when the when we get the Interest Rate. Sorry when we get the inflation number for itll actually be later this month. Were going to get the inflation number for april in a couple of weeks time. It may be that it comes down significantly, but theres a lot of concern. Its going to then bounce back up. But it doesnt really control anything at all. Because the reason why Interest Rates have gone up are, well, the reason why were having inflation and all those things is because of Global Factors are not not localised national factors. I localised national factors. I couldnt agree more. Nana why are they tinkering around with it . I mean, were hooked on lower rates. Obviously for some people its good for the majority of people theyre probably rather the rate was down. Surely that would stimulate more things. Look, youre completely right. If the if inflation is stubbornly high because of oil prices, because of gas prices, because of geopolitics, frankly, because of geopolitics, frankly, because of geopolitics, frankly, because of , you know, israel, because of, you know, israel, hamas, russia, ukraine. And that is true. Oil prices have stayed quite high. You know, talk to of any van driver, any anyone who drives for a living , petrol and drives for a living, petrol and diesel prices have been going up of late not coming down. That feeds into, prices overall, of course, but the bank of england, even though it doesnt control oil prices, of course, it cant be seen to be lowering Interest Rates when inflation is moving away from the bank of englands 2 target. And thats the danger nana we may see this summer inflation spiking back up because of energy prices. Thats just like optics then, arent they . They want to look Like Central Bank is all about optics. Its all about credibility. Its all about have they got the guts to raise Interest Rates to head off inflation. And they didnt have the guts to do that in my view, early enough. Thats why Interest Rates went higher and inflation went higher than it. Otherwise would and should have done. But if inflation was to go up again, that is politically catastrophic. Its politically dynamite , its politically dynamite, andrew, which is why ive been warning about it for the last three months. Got five pledges. The only one hes really achieving is inflation. Is falling towards 2 inflation. Is falling towards 2 in the states. Inflation actually has gone up again. Yeah. In the states there are some people in Financial Markets who think the next move in Interest Rates could be up, because america has got a stubborn inflation problem too. There are still lingering supply chain issues. Too. There are still lingering supply chain issues. You know, supply chain issues. You know, sudden supply coming from asia components finished goods. Are they getting through the red sea not often. Theyre not. These days all this is feeding into inflation. Look i dont want to be too downbeat. There will be a uk Interest Rate cut. It will come relatively soon. There might just be one though. Maximum two. Now, before a general election. And the path to that cut may not be smooth because. Because we could yet see, im afraid , another spike see, im afraid, another spike in inflation this summer and when . When do we know . Technically, were still in recession here . Well, were in recession because the last two gdp numbers were negative. In other words, the economy shrank during the last six months of 2023. Weve got a gdp number growth number coming out on friday. Its probably going to show that were out of recession. Thats why Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor was pre emptively saying, if the ministers tell you that the economy is getting better, theyre gaslighting you. Theyre trying to fool you. Theyre trying to fool you. Well, well see what they do when theyre in power. Liam halligan really good. I dont know why they use that word gaslighting. Its the wrong word because none of us know what it means, so we all end up talking about it. Maybe youre right. Maybe youre right. Gaslighters of all, but, rishi sunak. Though hes not a gaslighter, is he . Hes telling University Leaders today to do more to combat anti semitism on college campuses. So the Prime Minister wants a zero tolerance approach to the intimidation of jewish students by a vocal and aggressive minority whose right to free speech he says, does not entitle them to harass people. Well, joining us now is author of lilys promise. Dov forman , dov, thank you very much forman, dov, thank you very much for joining us. Look this this whole thing is frightening. I think whats happening on university campuses, i dont think its equivalent to whats happening in terms of the islamophobia thats just my view. But what ive seen. But what are your thoughts on all of it . So im actually also a University Student myself, and we have an encampment at my university, the University College london. And i think, firstly, the people that are protesting have unrealistic demands of the university. Theyre never going to accept some of the things. And my own some of the things. And my own university, they are demanding that the Student Centre is named after an alumni who was killed in gaza in an airstrike. But what they dont mention about this man is that he supported the hamas terror attacks of october 7th, when they found a baby burned in an oven. He retweeted that and said , with or retweeted that and said, with or without baking powder. And he compared netanyahu to hitler. So this is someone that they are trying to get the university to name a building after, and they wont move until it is named. Thats what they say. But of course, thats an unrealistic demand, and its creating a real climate of fear, pervasive fear for jewish students like myself dunng for jewish students like myself during exam season in university. And whilst we havent been seeing the scenes that are replica of whats been going on in america, we are seeing people intimidating jews on campus. And the terrible irony about this, these protests universities are supposed to be places of openness and debate, and yet theyre trying to shut down young jewish students. And weve seen whats happened in america. Theyre actually trying to stop them going to their lessons. Do you to stop them going to their lessons. Do you fear this is what its going to end in with some of these protests were seeing at universities here . Look, i dont know how its going to play out, but what i do know is that university is a place for people to have political ideas, to be able to develop, to be able to develop their political ideas and have freedom of speech. But that has to be within the law. And that mustnt mean that because they feel that they want to protest a certain idea that jewish students cant feel safe being jewish on campus. And unfortunately, at times it does feel like that. And again , feel like that. And again, whilst there isnt violence like there has been in the United States, i do fear that it could go into that. As these protests continue to go on. Its like a sort of infection. Is it that whats happening here with i dont understand why everyones being captured in this way by this. I, i dont really get it. How do you feel, dov . Because youre a student, as you said. Do you feel unsafe on your campus . But you spoke about an infection. I mean, theyre all wearing masks. It seems like there is an infection going around, and that infection is the infection and virus of anti semitism. It feels like were backing, i dont know, covid 1930 nine inches germany, and at times i do feel unsafe when i walk with my kippah. Visibly jewish sign and i have to walk into university through the main gates where theres a protest there, and they have signs up saying that someone whos a zionist should go off our campus and shouldnt be allowed, or where they say, that israel is committing war crimes and genocides, all things which are lies. Or when they shout from the river to the sea a genocidal chant against jews and the state of israel. That does make me feel unsafe, because i am a zionist. 95 of jewish am a zionist. 95 of jewish people are zionists. So where exactly do they want me, a zionist, to go on campus . If they say that campus is not safe for jews, its not safe for zionists, then its not safe for jews. This is a terrible irony because of course, dov, your your own grandmother is a survivor of the holocaust. And i never forget the interview she gave where people had said to her, hitler, hitler obviously forgot some. And she now talks about how shes never known such anti semitism in britain in, in as weve now got in the last few months since the war in gaza. Months since the war in gaza. Yeah. I mean, look, my great grandmother came to the uk , grandmother came to the uk, along with so many survivors and the hope that the liberal values and democracy and the freedom of speech and freedom of religion would be upheld. Unfortunately, it doesnt feel like the jewish people at the moment. That is always the case. I mean, it even feels at times like the police force arent there to protect us. And thats not acceptable. You know, the great litmus test back to universities of post holocaust emancipation was meant to be whether jewish holocaust emancipation was meant to be whetherjewish students to be whether jewish students like myself could learn freely again in universities like every other student. And unfortunately , it feels like freedom of speech for other students is at its highest when its against jewish people, when its against the state of israel. And it does again, make jewish students like myself feel at risk on university and feel unsafe and feel like campus is unwelcoming. And ucl and all the universities are failing in their responsibility to protect us. Do you do you accept the criticism . Some make that theres a two tier Police Approach to this. They are they they turn a blind eye to anti semitic abuse , as weve anti semitic abuse, as weve seen it at some of the big marches in london on the weekends. And yet, and, and the islamophobic abuse they, they crack down on very quickly. Crack down on very quickly. Well, they should do i mean, any hatred is unacceptable and i would like they call out islamophobia. They should also be calling out anti semitism. And at times, as you say, it doesnt feel like they do. I, doesnt feel like they do. I, i think that the police have done a great job in some instances of protecting jewish people, but theres a lot of work for them to do. And i dont understand why mark really isnt being strict on these protests. And if we would have seen in the first weeks of the protests, a crackdown on the pure, brazen , crackdown on the pure, brazen, open anti semitism on our streets, the placards which people are carrying , if weve people are carrying, if weve seen those being cracked down on on the first week of the protest, we wouldnt see what we have on the united, on our streets at the moment, and what we have on our streets is unacceptable. Again jewish people cant feel safe on the weekends in central london. I dont care what people say. I know that i wouldnt feel safe as a jewish person on the streets of london on a saturday. How shameful is that . How shameful is that . Thats terrible. Thats terrible. Dov, thanks for joining thats terrible. Dov, thanks forjoining us. Dov, thanks for joining us. Thats former the author of isnt that shameful . That was embarrassing, really that we should be allowing that sort of behaviour on the streets. Even people keep calling it sort of freedom of speech. Freedom of speech. Youre not really free to restrict somebody elses freedom. I know that way. I think thats and the pro israel march, of course, was cancelled. Yeah, yeah. Because the police said it wouldnt be couldnt guarantee the safety. Outrageous. Outrageous. But the speed that they jump on say, a far right march or Something Like that is incredible. But yet the pro palestine stuff seems to be, well, acceptable in some way. Listen, you know, its fine to protest for peace, i get it. But if you are in the company of people who are holding anti semitic symbols and things like that, then you are part of the problem. You cant be saying that thats acceptable. But stay tuned because up next well find out why Old Fashioned insults like plonker are on the verge of dying out with the younger generations. Youre with britains newsroom on gb news. Ive been called a plonker many times. Oh many times. On me too. Its 1122. Its1122. Britains its 1122. Britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and nana akua. That was, our and nana akua. That was, our other panellists talking out of turn. Actually, normally makes change. Normally for another talk, but actually its Jonathan Lewis talking out of turn. So the panel is back, but jonathan, you should point out that he asked you a question and you were just answering it. You werent wittering. You were i wasnt answering. I never witter carroll. Its not my style. Well, exactly right. Well, exactly right. What are we talking about, tim . Were talking about this woman. Cyclist. Oh, yes. The cyclist is nora charles rae, the lady who went to prison as a lady who went to prison as a lady called oriel grey, 58 years old. She went to prison. She was found guilty of manslaughter because she shouted at a woman cyclist who was on the pavement. A lady called celia ward , who a lady called celia ward, who was 77, and she shouted to her to get off the pavement. Now when you saw the film, it looked bad, but it turns out that, that oriel grey, who was sent to prison, is, she has cerebral palsy. So i think we should just explain what actually happened. Okay, so she told her to get off the pavement so that the lady, the pensioner went onto the road and sadly was hit and killed by a vehicle, now, this woman, oriel grey, was convicted of manslaughter for this bizarre , which was the most bizarre thing at the time, because anyone who saw a picture of her, you can tell she has difficulties walking. She is difficulties walking. She is also partially blind. So for a cyclist coming charging at you along a pavement, its a fairly scary thing. And i think if ever there was an argument and we cant, we cant it, not feel for the family of the dead lady celia, but if ever there was an argument to ban cyclists from the pavement, this is it. Because this is exactly the kind of people that that can get hurt. People who are suffering disabilities, people who are blind, the elderly mothers with children. Theyre likely to get hit by people on cycles. And i just dont think cycles should be on a pavement and say, if ever there was a case where this this was going to be, you know, this was going to be, you know, this was going to be, you know, this was going to change the law, this should be it. So that never happens again. This lady should never have gone to jail. The case was thrown out by three appeal court judges who said it. So shes been to she. She has been. Yeah. The charge has been dismissed. You charge has been dismissed. You know, the appeal court judges said it should never have been brought to court in the first place. But now they put in front of a jury. They said, look, i actually agree with a lot of what carol said. In fact, i thought that cycling on the pavement was already illegal because i think its a highway. But look, i think, look, this is one of my more right wing opinions. I suppose i do have a well, i suppose i have a couple of them perhaps, and one of them is that one of them is that cyclists should be cycling should be more tightly regulated. Yeah. I sort of feel that if you are using sometimes i see very young kids using the road, and i kind of worry for them because, you know, when i passed my driving test, you know, obviously anyone whos passed the driving test will know that you have to have quite a rigorous knowledge of the highway code. You have to understand things a lot of cyclists simply dont understand in many cases that they are also subject to the same rules that you cant jump a red light, for example, that you have to you have to cycle responsibly, and that you cant cycle on the pavement because i suppose when theres the whole point about theres the whole point about the about the roads, is that theres a hierarchy of power when youre in, when youre in a lorry, youre the king of the food chain, then youre in a car, then youre on a bike, and then lastly youre a pedestrian. Then after that, obviously, you know, you might be a vulnerable pedestrian like carol was saying, you know, ive been walking on the pavement before and some, you know, kid has sort of whizzed past and almost hit me on the, on the pavement. And then i remember one girl and the idea and then one, one cyclist looked back at me as though i was in the wrong because i because i didnt get out of his way. He shouldnt have been there. It isnt just kids, is it . Its. Its people, you know, i see all the guys in the full lycra who know, who think theyre professional cyclists, and they too were on the pavement. Im thinking if youre a cyclist, a cycle lane, why you why would you want to be on the pavement if youre a, if youre a cyclist, why not on the road . Now theres an argument that this lady, celia ward, who died, shes 77 years old, and maybe shes 77 years old, and maybe she didnt feel safe on the road. But if that if that was the case, maybe she shouldnt have been cycling at all. But the highway code has changed as well, isnt it . So the pedestrian is king. So, for example, even if youre in a car or whatever mode of transport you are on, if youre not on your feet, then you are. As you said, theres a food chain and the higher the higher you are in the higher the higher you are in the food chain, the less rights you have. Yeah, i think the pedestrian has the most rights. I think also that i think that cyclists should have to have lights a lot. A lot of cyclists dont have lights at night, for example. And i mean, look, i dont want to i dont want to make helmet helmets. Ive heard arguments for and against helmets, but could only be an argument for a helmet. I, i personally wouldnt cycle without one, but but the point is that i dont want to make life harder for cyclists. I think that cycling is great, and its also very its obviously great for the environment, great for your for your exercise and so on. But i do think that we need to take into account all kinds of road users. And i think there are going to be more and more cases of pedestrians sort of coming into injury because of cyclists. Its not something that we can just ignore. Should feel safe on the pavement. Everyone should feel safe. Of course, theres another argument as well, just with this particular story that the law is so often applied to rigorously and that we have this obsession almost with applying the law regardless of nuance, regardless of context and circumstances. Clearly, this woman should never have been put in jail. And the judge has said that hostile gesticulation is not an assault. No, but but calling someone a plonker. Yeah that might. Yes, yes, this many times this is. Yeah. Theyre saying that all these words that we have been using forever. Yeah. And some of them. Lummox. Do you know what a lummox is, you big lummox. Yes. Yeah. Big yes. Yeah. Big yeah. No, but but i, i have been called it before another big. Its like a is it being called like a. Okay, okay. Yeah but this is going to go barm pot. Do you know what that is. On pot. Do you know what that is. Oh that pot. Do you know what that is. On that one. Thats a scottish oh that one. Thats a scottish word. It just means youre an idiot. But the word is like blighter cad ninny. Theyre all gonna use blighter all the time. Blighter . Blighter . Yeah. Cheeky blighter. Naughty cheeky. Its like a jennings word, isnt it . Yeah. The one thats going to go out of fashion is toerag. I like toerag toerag is a great one. Thats okay. Anyway, im going to use that in the monologue because young people dont use because they dont know what they mean. They have no idea. I mean, there was a young girl out here whos been helping us with some research and stuff. She didnt know what they meant, and she was saying the word plonker. Well, she said the word plonker and it sounded weird because shes never used it before. You know, i used i used the word pillock and prat all the time. I like i love them, i love those words. Theyre so theyre so incredibly british and so incredibly, so expressive that you could trying to trying to explain to an american who did you last call a prat . Probably someone i disagree with on twitter. Erg. Twitter. Erg. Really . Really . Have you ever called have you ever referred to me as a prat . Ive never disagreed with you before. Andrew, i think i agree. Andrew, i think i agree. Andrew, i think i agree. I think i might have called you a pot. I agree with you politically, but ive still called. You called me a lot worse than have. Yeah, shes called me a lot worse than press. Does she need to hear some of these words in action . Because they. I think they sound so good we cant afford to. I dont think we should lose pillock particularly. No ones. No ones cancelling these words. No ones forcing you not to use them. You can use them if you want an episode of blackadder is used in blackadder all the time. And also. Yeah, but still graces. I mean, all these words weve just said are only fools and horses. Yes, i think we might have something we can play, you know. Oh, come, come, come, lets have a listen, you stupid little plonker. Rodney, here i am, on the verge of losing the biggest deal of my life, and this plonker here wants to give me a lecture about poxy butterflies. Have you got a rhinoceros . Right. And one day aint there. You tend to know its missing. Dont be a plonker all your life, rodney. Say, there you go. Say, there you go. Its great. Its great. And the one, the one he used a lot was git, which i also quite like. I think you could use that now. I think you could use that. I think you could use that. Can you not. Why not. Why dont you use it on air. I dont you on air. No really being upgraded to serious work. So. So your favourites are pratt and pillock. Yeah. Pillock. And whats your millom . I like, i like, i like pillock, but i also like bampot, too, because thats a scottish word. But all the words like nitwit. Now i get why thats nitwit. Now i get why thats going out of fashion. If you if you want to insult somebodys nitwit is not the word you use. You can think of much tougher ones than nitwits. A schoolboy, yes it is. A schoolboy, yes it is. Yeah. Drip, i like, drip, i like i think i like. Oh, no, i cant say that. I know you said that. I couldnt say that. Whats it begin with t . Yeah, you cant say that. Yeah, you cant say that. Thats been upgraded as well because that used to be acceptable. David cameron, do you remember, david, that word always been bad. And David Cameron had to apologise. Really. David cameron apologise. Really. David cameron called somebody it the t word. Yeah. He had to apologise over it when he was Prime Minister. Are you thinking of a four letter word . Because im not. Im thinking of a much longer word. On im thinking of a much longer word. Oh yes. Its got its got two ss in it as well. Oh you can say that. No you cant, not on this program. You cant. You. Otherwise you wont be back. Jonathan. Yes thank you very much, john. Dont be a prat. Jonathan dont be a prat. Jonathan lets get your latest headunes lets get your latest headlines with tatiana sanchez. Gnaana. Thank you. The top stories, the bank of england will set out its decision on Interest Rates in the next 30 minutes, and is widely expected to leave its base rate unchanged for a sixth time. Most economists expect the bank of england to wait for firmer evidence that inflation is under control, leaving the rate at 5. 25 would mean a longer period of higher borrowing costs, which have squeezed households amid a cost of living crisis. Both Major Political parties have made Economic Growth a key part of their campaign pledges , with of their campaign pledges, with rishi sunak promising this year would see the economy bouncing back. Would see the economy bouncing back. Commuters are facing back. Commuters are facing a third consecutive day of disruption as the rail industrys longest ever strike action continues. Members of aslef at lner, Transpennine Express and Northern Trains are walking out today. The union claims its members havent had a pay claims its members havent had a pay rise in five years, and is accusing the government of giving up trying to resolve the issue. But the government says drivers have been offered salaries of up to £65,000, almost twice the uk average. Almost twice the uk average. Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has announced hell step down as an mp at the next election. In a statement posted to social media, mr zahawi said that his mistakes were his own but it had been his greatest honour to serve his constituents. Hes been mp for stratford on avon for 14 years, but he was sacked as Tory Party Chairman in january last year after an inquiry found hed failed to disclose that hmrc was investigating his tax affairs. Investigating his tax affairs. And an 18 month old girl has had her hearing restored after she became the first person in the world to take part in a new gene therapy trial. Apples a e was born deaf due to auditory neuropathy , which disrupts nerve neuropathy, which disrupts nerve impulses from the inner ear to the brain. Now, thanks to an the brain. Now, thanks to an Innovative New treatment being trialled here, apples hearing is almost normal and could even improve further. Her parents say theyre delighted for the latest stories. You can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news complex. News complex. Cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report. Financial report. Heres a quick snapshot of todays markets. The pound will buy you 1. 2494 and ,1. 1639. The price of gold. Is £1,848. 11 per price of gold. Is £1,848. 11 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 8353 points. Cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report. Financial report. Well good morning. If you just joined us, where have you been . Its just coming up to 35 minutes. Where have they been . I dont know, they wont. Missed a lot of. They wont have just joined us. Theyve been glued from the beginning. Yeah. Yeah. Theyve been glued since 6 am. Because otherwise theyve been very, very lazy and in bed. And we cant be abiding that. And its 6 am. Is when we play and its 6 am. Is when we play out the national anthem. Absolutely so standing up every morning, why hes stinking in bed at that time. Lets be honest. No, weve lets be honest. No, weve got kicking off the show with a big Interest Rate Bank Decision , 12 00. I think we know whats coming, though, dont we . Yeah. Did we rise full . Yeah. Did we rise full . Stay the same. Stay the same. Its stay the same before the market expects it to stay the same. And again, this is the bank of england delaying a decision that has to come at some point. But decision that has to come at some point. But many decision that has to come at some point. But many people have some point. But many people have been saying that actually inflation in the uk is lower than it is now in the us, which is remarkable, the real risk of high Interest Rates now isnt that well fail to squeeze out inflation, its that were squeezing out Economic Growth. Well, thats the problem isnt it . If you keep the Interest Rates up high like that, a lot of people are struggling in this country. I havent got any money, havent got any money. But Liam Halligan is going to be there right outside the bank of england to deliver the news to us right at the top of the show. Were also going to be talking about the troubles for the conservative party. Nadhim zahawi, hes standing down at the next election for number 64, which is quite incredible, really. Quite incredible. So hes only been an mp while the conservatives have been in power, so he doesnt fancy some time in opposition. Perhaps but this comes as a survey, a new polling shows that labour are 3030 points ahead, though. 3030 points ahead, though. Hes rich isnt he . Hes rich isnt he . Well, hes hes a very like his point. He is perhaps what more mps should be. He had a career in business before he got into politics. He came to this country as a refugee, barely being able to speak english. And he built a Company Worth more than £100 million. You got and then he decided, you know what . Ive done my bit. Ive made my money. Im now going to go into politics, which is, i think, what we should see more of from mps. Sadly, were going to see mps. Sadly, were going to see Nadhim Zahawi fan, fan boy over here. Look, i think i think its a i think its a perfectly valid , observation. Yeah. That sometimes too many mps go straight out of. They dont fancy losing tom. They dont fancy losing this time round. Also, rishi sunak talking to all these University Bosses, telling them they need to do something about anti semitism. Were going to be asking whether these whether we should start clamping down on these student protests. Could they go the way of the United States . Thats my worry. Thats my worry. Yeah, well, we should get the readout from that meeting during our. Im just talking earlier to a jewish student who said he doesnt feel safe when he goes. Yeah, and i can understand the intimidation, the slogans and all of that. A little bit of harassment, too. And also is the countryside boring . Well, listen, all that and more. Stick around for 12 00 midday with tom and emily. Youre with britains newsroom on. Gb news. Good morning. Its fast approaching 41 minutes after 11 00. This is britains newsroom now. The Citizens Air Raid Memorial Service have been held in hull to honour more than 1200 civilians who died in the war during the world war ii. Who suffered 82 air raids, make it the second most bombed city in england during three days between the seventh and 9th of may. In 1941, more than 400 people were killed. Our yorkshire reporter anna reilly has the story. Yorkshire reporter anna reilly has the story. Hull, yorkshire reporter anna reilly has the story. Hull, the yorkshire reporter anna reilly has the story. Hull, the uks second most bombed city during world war ii. It was targeted due to its strategic port. More than 1200 civilians lost their lives. 95 of hulls housing was damaged or destroyed. This week, a Citizens Air Raid Memorial Service paid tribute to those who died. We have separate celebrations and commemorations for those that fell in service during dunng that fell in service during during the military service. So this is more about the residents and the citizens of the whole city that were lost during the war. So its more importantly for them to remember that we were we were bombed heavily. There was many civilians, women, children , men all killed during children, men all killed during the second world war. So it was important for that. Censorship meant the true extent of the devastation was largely unknown to people outside of hull until after the war. Its a massive part and its on the right side of the country ready to go across to europe. So as far as that goes, hull was a massively important port at that time. The government of the time didnt want hull to be known as as the bombed city, so they were saying Northern City to try and detract from the fact that it was actually hull that was bombed. They didnt want the germans to know. I dont think how badly affected hull. German air raids killed 400 people in the hull blitz between the seventh and 9th of may in 1941. This service commemorated the 300 men, women and children buned the 300 men, women and children buried in unmarked graves in the citys northern cemetery. Were showing respect to those that did die and those that dont have, a named grave. So by doing this Small Service , so by doing this Small Service, everybody will know where they are buried. And its with respect that we do it for them. I think a lot of civilians, paid the price because they were doing the dangerous things, because the men were away in the war. So they were really looking after the country. You have to remember. Otherwise we probably remember. Otherwise we probably wouldnt be here today. You know, if the war had gone a different way, it could have been totally different. We remember before you now, those whose lives were lost in the dark days of war from our city and family of kingston upon hull. For the civilians, Emergency Service workers and armed forces that gave their lives for ours , that gave their lives for ours, we will remember them. Anna riley , gb news hull. Riley, gb news hull. So thats very moving. Very moving indeed, isnt it . It is. It is. Now, up next, the chairman of wetherspoons, tim martin, joins us to explain why , guinness has us to explain why, guinness has become very fashionable. Youre become very fashionable. Youre with cheers. Youre with britains newsroom gb news. Oh well, were delighted about this because the boss of Jd Wetherspoon has credited demand for fashionable guinness. As the pub chain reported a jump in sales. Now , guinness has benefited now, guinness has benefited from a boom in demand over recent years , shaking off its recent years, shaking off its association with rugby lads and old men to appeal to a much younger audience and loads more women. Women. Women. And joining us now is the very, said tim martin, tim, morning to you. Weve got our guinness here. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Cheers to you. Cheers to you. Cheers. Cheers. Im not sure about this boozing on air at this time of the morning, but ill let you off on this occasion as its you, tim, as its you. Now , guinness is an acquired now, guinness is an acquired taste for many people, so im surprised its become so popular i yes. Its a 5mm yes. Its a its a it is a real yes. Its a its a it is a real surprise. I think its real surprise. I think its always been a popular drink among the demographic you mentioned. The older guy. And, mentioned. The older guy. And, i think what the story behind it is about 80 or 90 of pub trade over the last 30 or 40 years, and probably longer are a similar range of products, but theres a varying 1,020 according to fashion to fashion is has got a lot to answer for. So youve had a lot of you had, vodka, red bull, 20 years ago, you had, an irish cider poured over ice , which came from no one over ice, which came from no one knows where you had alcopops. So knows where you had alcopops. So theres an unpredictable range of products which have been the fashion at the moment, but the fashion at the moment, but the fashion of the moment, very unpredictably this time is guinness , and no one knows why. Guinness, and no one knows why. As you say, its an acquired taste. Young people tend not to taste. Young people tend not to like it. Most of the fashionable dnnks like it. Most of the fashionable drinks over the decades have been quite sweet and guinness obviously isnt. So yes, i think the, the, at, the guinness brewery, saint jamess gate in dublin, theyll say its brilliant marketing, but, like the rest of us, they rely a bit on luck. Yeah, i think its because it sort of it looks good. But not only that, theres supposedly some health benefits, especially for iron. I think with this sort of health obsessed, sort of youngen of health obsessed, sort of younger, very sensible sort of woke generation, if they can dnnk woke generation, if they can drink and be healthy , which i drink and be healthy, which i suppose it sort of pitches itself as, then thats quite good. They used to do a little shamrock on the top when they, they do so tim, in your pubs is guinness now the most popular . Guinness now the most popular . Do you serve it as a bottle or both . Only on draught, only on the old days we sold it in a bottle as well. Nowadays only on draught and its almost. If its not the top seller, its very close and in many pubs its the top seller. So my old man worked for guinness for 31 years. My late dad so , so he would have late dad so, so he would have been so pleased to have seen this. He worked because guinness sells all around the world and we when he was working there, we lived in new zealand, in jamaica , in malaysia, in ireland. So, its got, a world heritage, do you teach everybody in your pubs to do the little shamrock when they pour the drink . They pour the drink . That is a bridge too far. But guinness are very good actually, as a company for checking on the cellar standards, the pouring standards. And they actually come in and accredit the pubs. Come in and accredit the pubs. And we do. We do pretty well. But guinness themselves do a very good job on checking their own products, which will have contributed to the success. And what is how is things in the pub trade, in the hospitality trade . Tim we know it was torrid for you all during the lockdown, and its not made easier for you with the government whacking tax on alcohol at every budget because they say its on health grounds. Of course. Is it is it tough at the moment . I think that , its very, very i think that, its very, very unpredictable , the circumstances unpredictable, the circumstances that have happened. First of all, the lockdown and then people assumed almost universally, including us probably, that once the lockdown finished , there would be a boom, finished, there would be a boom, but there wasnt. And i think what happened is were all creatures of habit more than we realise , guys. And having been realise, guys. And having been going to the supermarkets for our, for a considerable time, people stayed, stayed at home and went to the supermarket. And went to the supermarket. Its recovered now pretty well for us. Our sales are considerably over where they were pre pandemic, but its been a hell of a few years. Oh, and how important is very tough for a lot of people. Even so, even now, how important is it, tim, now that pubs have to serve food , its pubs have to serve food, its possible to get away without selling food. Its not a legal requirement, but its, if you dont sell food , youve dont sell food, youve obviously got a much narrower market and food. Now for us is nearly 40 of sales. 30 years ago, it was 5. Wow. Thats quite something. Wow. Thats quite something. Listen, tim, lovely to talk to you. Thats tim martin, hes the chairman. And with Jd Wetherspoon. Heres to you tim. Heres to you tim. Yeah cheers, tim. And were going to enjoy it. Lovely to talk to you Tim Witherspoon great man i like his pubs i pubs i just wish he could put music in the pubs if they could just have music then i would love them more. They do great breakfasts, they witherspoon pubs and very reasonable prices, ive got to say, but thats obviously no advert for them. But thats just a fact. Yeah, but listen, thank you so much andrew, for having me today. Its been well i think were going to be together on monday arent we. Im looking forward to that. Im looking forward to that. And youre going to be back on patrick show on friday. Yes. Yes. Patrick, we cant get enough of nana akua, can we . But up next in good afternoon britain, its tom and emily nana. If you want music in a wetherspoons, go to the regal in cambridge. Theres a light up dance floor and music in the evenings. Its marvellous, coming up on the show, we will be talking about how the Prime Minister is meeting with University Heads about anti semitism on campuses, and well be live right outside the bank of england to see whether borrowing costs are going to rise or fall. You wont want to miss it. Stick with us after the weather. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boiler is sponsors of weather on gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news. Weather update brought to you by the met office. There is a bit of mist and fog around first thing this morning, but otherwise its going to be a fine day for many of us. Away from the far north northwest thatis from the far north northwest that is here. There is quite a bit of cloud and there will be some outbreaks of drizzly rain through much of the day, but elsewhere across the bulk of the country, plenty of fine sunny weather around , lots of blue weather around, lots of blue skies. And in that sunshine it is going to feel pretty warm. Temperatures up a little bit compared to yesterday. Theres a good chance that were going to see highs of around 23, possibly 24 celsius, towards the south east and even further north. Despite the slightly cloudier skies, temperatures getting into the high teens quite easily little change as we go through this evening and overnight. Sticking with the thicker cloud and some drizzly rain across far northern parts and a few spots elsewhere across parts of scotland. Otherwise, lots of areas having a dry and at times clear night. So once more we will see a few pockets of mist and fog developing. It wont be a particularly chilly start to the day tomorrow. Lots of places, particularly in the towns and cities, holding up in double figures. Again, any mist and fog patches will relatively quickly burn back as we go through tomorrow morning. And then once more, another fine picture across the bulk of the country. Still a little bit of drizzly rain, perhaps for orkney and shetland, but really for many northern central parts of scotland , its going to be drier scotland, its going to be drier and brighter than today. Again, temperatures climbing a little bit further. So for many it may even feel a bit warmer than today. Once more, ill see you again soon. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sperm. Inside from boxt boilers sperm. Answers of weather on gb news. Good afternoon. Britain. Its 12 00 on thursday the 9th of may. Now, former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi becomes the latest senior conservative mp to announce he will stand down at the general election, taking the tory quit account to 64. This on the day one poll, puts labour 30 points now ahead of the conservatives and rishi sunak meets with University Bosses to demand assurances for the safety of jewish students. Jewish students. Hes warned that protests are in some cases propagating outright harassment and anti semitic abuse. Is it time for a clampdown , and how often for a clampdown, and how often do you use the word plonker . Do you use the word plonker . It may be the favourite inqu it may be the favourite insult of the cast of only fools and horses, but its one of 15 british insults at risk of dying out, according to a new survey. Plonkers. Plonkers. Well, weve got a big question today. Will borrowing costs rise or fall in the next minute or so . Yes, imminently. The bank of england will announce its latest Interest Rate decision. Remember, crucially, the rate currently sits at 5. 25 after being held now for five times in a row. Well, lets cross straight to our economics and business ednon our economics and business editor, Liam Halligan, who is fittingly right outside the bank of england for us, liam, five times in a row, held at 5. 25. What are we expecting . Well, were expecting, emily, is. Im going well, were expecting, emily, is. Im going to have to raise my voice because theres lots of pneumatic drills in the background, as there have been around the bank of england for several months now. We are expecting rates to be kept on hold. That wont please mortgage hold. That wont please mortgage borrowers. It wont please gb news viewers and listeners with personal debts. And it wont please businesses that have also got borrowings on their balance sheet. But it will suit lots of older gb news viewers and listeners. Pensioners who live on fixed incomes and so on. But look, the bank of england has kept Interest Rates at 5. 25 since last august. The reason is since last august. The reason is that inflation remains above target. The latest inflation target. The latest inflation number is 3. 2. Thats the annual inflation during the year to march. And of course, the bank of englands target is 2. We wont have the april inflation number until about a fortnight time, i think in the third week of may. But for now inflation remains above target. Thats the main reason why im expecting the bank of england any second now to announce that theyre keeping Interest Rates on hold. But i still havent got the news. Maybe youll find out before me. We are still waiting on that decision. Liam im being told. Ill be told in my ear as soon as it happens. But what are the implications for it being held, if indeed that is what happens . If indeed that is what happens . Well, the implications are that certainly that if you are trying to remortgage your house, then, liam, im going to interrupt you because they have now they have indeed been held. Yeah they have indeed been held at 5. 25. If we can go to the graphic , you can see there that graphic, you can see there that theyve been they first reached 5. 25 back in august 2023. So this is the sixth hold in a row. The bank of englands