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This morning David Cameron, the foreign secretary, versus the bbc. He says the broadcaster should be describing hamas as terrorists. And hes quite right rather than what they say. A proscribed terrorist organisation, and then feeding sicknote breton a new study shows that obese people are twice as likely to take time off work, stifling Economic Growth. And we are going to talk a little bit about eurovision. Oh, little bit about eurovision. Oh, we were both mortified by that hideous british entry. Well, he couldnt sing. Lets lets be honest. His voice. Lets be honest. His voice. There were two songs either side of him which were amazing. And then you heard his voice. It was like it was shameful. The performance. Well and why was it in a public lavatory . I dont get it. I just didnt get it. Its disgusting. Yeah, i didnt get it. I voted for israel. I voted for israel. I voted for israel. I did too. Well, listen, make sure you get in touch with us. Gbnews. Com forward slash your say. But first lets get your latest news with sam francis. Latest news with sam francis. Good morning from the newsroom. Itsjust good morning from the newsroom. Its just gone 930. And we start with some breaking news from the newsroom this morning. Were hearing that three men have been charged in yorkshire with foreign interference after they allegedly assisted hong kongs intelligence services. A total intelligence services. A total of 11 people were detained earlier this month. Almost all earlier this month. Almost all of those were arrested in Northern England. The metropolitan police this morning saying the three men from that group were charged under the National Security act, and they will appear in court later this afternoon. Scotland yard also saying its not related to a separate case involving russia. And they say theres no threat to the public. In other news, this morning, to the public. In other news, this morning , the Prime Minister this morning, the Prime Minister will set out what hes called bold ideas to create a more secure future as part of a pre election pledge. Later rishi sunakis pre election pledge. Later rishi sunak is rishi sunak rather is expected to warn that britain is facing one of its most dangerous penodsin facing one of its most dangerous periods in history and will single out china, iran, russia and north korea as posing a threat to britains security. Delivering a speech in london, hell tell voters theres a clear choice at the general election and pledge that he is the best person to lead the uk at a time of global turmoil. Well, Health Minister Maria Caulfield told us this morning, the conservatives are delivering for the country. For the country. Were releasing more medical places to train, more doctors. Places to train, more doctors. Were increasing the number of midwives. Weve got 21,000 extra nurses this year. The pms going to be setting out what were doing in defence, in support of the defence of the nation and the defence of the nation and the threats were facing. The economy is turning a corner. Weve got bigger growth than countries like germany, france and spain. You know, the country is turning a corner now. If labour just wants to play games around defections of tory mps, thats up to them. Were getting on and delivering for the british people. British people. And sir keir starmer is facing more questions today following natalie elphicks defection last week amid claims the former conservative mp attempted to interfere in her ex husbands trial for sex offences. Former shadow minister Jess Phillips says questions have to be answered after it was alleged that the mp for dover asked former justice secretary sir Robert Buckland to intervene in her former husbands case. Labour chairwoman Anneliese Dodds questioned why the conservative party didnt call for the investigation. Four years ago, when mrs. Elphicke was still a tory mp. Thats the was still a tory mp. Thats the latest from the newsroom. Another update at 10 00. Until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts. Just scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now though, its back to andrew and. Nana. Its back to andrew and. Nana. Well, morning. Hello and welcome to britains newsroom here on gp news with me Andrew Pierce. And its nana akua. Yes. In for bev turner. Right. Well first the Prime Minister will kick off his Election Campaign this morning where hell tell voters that we are at a crossroads and he is the best person to lead the country through some of the most dangerous years ahead. While labours leader, god, you can tell were getting ready for an election. Hes going to bnng for an election. Hes going to bring together all those newly elected metro mayors so he can focus on what he talks about regional aid. Ill tell you what those metro mayors will become the bane of his life, because they will all be jumping up and down when hes Prime Minister demanding more money. Weve seen it under andy burnham up in manchester when boris was mayor. Yeah, itll be much the it will be a much louder call when, when labourin be a much louder call when, when labour in power. Well its a worrying time. But joining us now is daily mail columnist sarah vine. Morning. Good morning. Good morning, good morning. Morning. Well, Prime Minister is going to tell us the countrys only safe in his hands. Well, i think what hes trying to say is, and i think hes right, there are a lot of big things coming up that are going to change the world. I hes right about that. I mean, quite worrying in many ways, migration also a big thing climate change. I dont know if thats in his thing. And what hes trying to say is, you know, better the devil you know. You know, im sort of, you know, im already here. Im quite competent. I might not be very exciting or thrilling , and i may exciting or thrilling, and i may not have lots of bright, sparkly things to offer you as , as an things to offer you as, as an electorate. But, you know, im slow and steady. Slow and steady. Trouble is, he talks about were in an unsafe world. Whats happening in russia . Yeah. Israel, gaza, ukraine, china. But defence spending has gone down, hasnt gone up enough. No, i mean exactly he does need to address those issues and illegal might legal migration to this country is sky high. Shocking three quarters of a million. And they still havent stopped the boats. No i know that doesnt detract from the fact that all of those mistakes have been made. But i mean, im just trying to say this is his political strategy. Yeah. And i think for him, its probably quite a good political strategy because i think people are feeling, you know, people are very to sort of play on peoples uncertainty is quite clever, really, isnt it, because everyone is feeling quite uncertain. And so maybe if uncertain. And so maybe if youre feeling uncertain, then what you dont do is vote for massive change, i dont know. Yeah, well, also people are uncertain with keir starmer with this whole Natalie Elphicke. Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. So people are thinking, well, thats so weird. What does this man for . Stand if hes going to allow that in his party is unions are sort of turning against him as well. Yeah. And people are asking questions. Yeah and i think theres a general public are looking out. Youre sort of thinking, well hang on, i would have voted for this guy. But what what will i get if i do that. Yeah, exactly. And of course now were going to enter into a phase where we see more and more of keir starmer and more and more of the people around him, crucially. And well start to see what his you know, what, what what hes made of, whether hes able to sort of push back against some of the sort of stranger elements in the party. I dont understand why hes got why would you get Natalie Elphicke on board . I mean, shes such a strange woman. When i was told that Natalie Elphicke was defecting to laboun elphicke was defecting to labour, i said, no, no, no, no, thats a mistake. Thats cost me. She must be defecting to reform. Shes very right wing. Reform. Shes very right wing. Shes on the right of the party. Shes on the right of the party. She makes me look like. Who was responsible for that . Who was responsible for that . Well, it was 5 or 6 people maximum, in the labour leaders office. Sue gray, whos the chief of staff, comes up. That name keeps coming up who apparently thought it was a good idea. She is very, very, very key to everything. Shes very powerful. Yeah, but so Rachel Reeves the shadow chancellor, the Angela Rayner, the deputy leader. Well, shes not consulted on anything, frankly, by starmer. He doesnt like her. No , hes not part shes not no, hes not part shes not part of the squad. And hes lumbered with her because shes an electron. Rachel reeves i think, is calling the shots. She was not in the loop, which is why you could see the look on some of those womens faces when she crossed the floor and took her seat. Its like she trodden in something. But also she had that really weird thing with her husband, who was who was accused of all sorts of. Well, he went to prison for it. He went to prison. And then she tried to sexual assault. Yeah. And then she tried to sort of. She badmouthed the victim . Yeah. His victim. Oh, well, they just were not with him because hes so attractive. Really bad. Look for a woman, for women. Yeah. So thats all backfired. And then, of course, we had neil kinnock , who was labour leader, kinnock, who was labour leader, telling writing that he wasnt sure that. Yeah countries, falling in love with him. I dont, i dont think the country has fallen in love with keir starmer. I mean, i think a lot of people think that hes a sort of nice chap and they kind of like the cut of his jib, but i think that thats just because theyre so disillusioned with the, with the tories. But but unfortunately , also but but unfortunately, also some of the labour policies that have come out. I mean, he said that wales was a blueprint and in wales theyre currently sending drones to see the size of peoples gardens to increase council tax or rebate. Council tax or rebate. And theyve had that terrible sort of back. Theyve had that terrible 20, 20, 20 mile an hour speed limit, which theyve had to sort of row back on. Yeah, yeah. I to sort of row back on. Yeah, yeah. I mean wales is a wales is a mess. I mean and you know its, its, its been a mess for about 5 or 6 years. I mean i go to there, i go im welsh, i go there quite a lot do you think. But rishi will make that big speech today. Are people listening anymore. Have they, have they zoned out because theyve decided its time for a change . Were fed up. We dont care what he says today. I dont, you said famously, didnt you, if they cured cancer , it you, if they cured cancer, it wouldnt make a lot of difference. I mean, i think people are just people are just, fed up. They just want. Do you think politics to go away and stop being so useless . What . What people want from politicians and politicians is they just want the country to work. So the country to work. So politicians shouldnt really be visible. They shouldnt really. They should just be kind of getting on with their jobs and everything should be working and then and then if that happens, then and then if that happens, then we can all just ignore them. Do you know what i mean . People wanted a change because, you know, theyve been in power for like what, 14 years . And rishi is largely responsible for a lot of the economic chaos because he was the chancellor for a certain portion of it. But i think people are saying we want change, but we dont want this a weird sort of feeling that we dont know what the change will be. They want certainty within that change. I think thats the problem that keir starmer is being so vague about his policies. Then he does this curveball action with Natalie Elphicke and suddenly everyones going, well, hes flip flopping all the time. What does he stand for . Yeah, i agree , i think people yeah, i agree, i think people people are starting to think, well, maybe though maybe the better better the devil i know. I think thats what hes i mean, i think thats what hes i mean, i think thats what hes i mean, i think i think in terms of rishi, we say about him being chancellor and being responsible. I mean, he, he, i was sort of in the room during covid and i have to say, he was one of the one of the people that i, you know, that were most worried about lockdown and were most resistant to it. I mean, he was sort of slightly bamboozled in the end , but i think he i think the end, but i think he i think he has some very good instincts actually, to be honest, i really do think he does. I think hes, you know, politics is all about timing. Its like comedy. Its all about timing. You know, you need to be in the right place at the right time for it to work. And hes hes in the right place at the wrong time, i think probably. Yeah. Well hes hes hanging fast to his ideas. His five pledges, and hes very focused. And the good thing is i think slightly because he is i think slightly because he is rich, hes not likely to be swayed by money or i mean, i mean, the thing is, i always thought, why is he doing this . I mean, he could be sitting on a yacht somewhere eating lime creams and not worrying about any of it. Yeah. So i think, you know, you have to understand, the man does have a sort of he has passion, sense of. Yes. Has passion, sense of. Yes. Passion, duty. Yeah. Now stay with us because weve got estimate very making really important speech today about how shes going to stop these ridiculous diversity schemes of government. We have people talk about that before and also were all going to talk about europe. Yes, because i want to talk about ridiculous. Well, apparently viewing figures as well plummeted by over 2 million. I stucked with it to the end. God knows why it was so bad. I drifted in and out of sleep as i was listening to it at breakfast the next day. But youre with britains newsroom on gb news. Do not go anywhere. Well, im trying not to be too, whats the word. Told you so. If you like the eurovision, according to figures out this morning, had its most disastrous night today because viewing figures was down by 2. 5 million, still, since julias my fellow daily mail columnist survey. Yes, because it was awful. Well, it was awful. But i wonder also whether the boycott. Because because people were boycotting it, werent they. Because because because. So the bbc had had a drag queen on telling everyone that she was boycotting it, because she was boycotting it, because she was boycotting it. Someone called crystal , who was who came boycotting it. Someone called crystal, who was who came on boycotting it. Someone called crystal , who was who came on the crystal, who was who came on the newsnight to say that she was boycotting her her north london party because of israel. So maybe thats the thats why the figures are down. They cancelled some eurovision parties in gay bars in soho, so i wonder whether thats what did it all north london party, i think. I think the whole of dalston basically not tuning in is whats caused this massive drop in ratings. Whats caused this massive drop in ratings. But no, whats caused this massive drop in ratings. But no, seriously, in ratings. But no, seriously, i was awful. I watched every spit of it, just because i was. I was fascinated by it all because of the whole controversial controversy around israel. I have to say, a lot of those performers needed to go and see a hygienist. I mean, that man who was the irish entry, who was sort of who was supposed to be a satanic witch. Shes a, shes a she does pop witchery or something. She screeched and she screeched on and then took her clothes off. And then there was a sort of devil man who was gyrating around her, who, you know, obviously hadnt cleaned his teeth in years. The vodka break. Okay, fine. That was the break was when i went and got the item. And then and then we had the uk entry. Terrible Olly Alexander. No Olly Alexander, i should say in his defence, he was brilliant in its a sin, which was was it channel 4 . Channel 4 . Brilliant. He was really good in that he cannot sing. Hes not a singer. I know he was in something called years and years, but. But i dont know whether thats because they have a studio and then thats easier. But hes performing in a codpiece, gay sex in a public lavatory . No, i mean, i dont know. This is your department. Well, its. I tweeted saying, is this song doing so badly because he appears to be glorifying what used to be known as cottaging, when men used to go and seek sexual. It. Didnt George Michael sort of do that and got a conviction for it . Yes, exactly. And it used to happen before homosexuality was legalised. So you had to go seven to awful places like toilets, but presumably now you dont need to have sex in toilets. Well, i never have anyway, by the way. Just, just, just that on the record, but i think i think that but also the, the choreography. At one point they were simulating they were sex. And why did they have black tongues as well . They need to go tongues as well . They need to go to a dentist. Why were they all dressed as rent boys anyway . Thats a mystery to me. I was embarrassed by it. I was embarrassed by it. Well, i, i was ashamed of it. Well, i, i was ashamed of it. I just looked at it and thought, why . Of all the great things that weve produced in this country, you know, david bowie, weve had the rolling stones, you know, even sam ryder a couple of years ago , he was fantastic. He was great. He was brilliant. But why do we pick such awful entries . I mean, remember my mother , she was well, she hated mother, she was well, she hated britain. She hated britain as well. Yeah. And this twit who was our entry said the union flag is nationalistic. Nationalistic. But then he was posing in union flag trousers with a bra top. Yes, exactly. And i thought , i thought the i thought the israeli entry, i mean, i didnt really like the song. I liked her dress, but i just voted for it because i thought the choreography was awful, the way she was, you know, besieged in her hotel room. But i did also think that the ukraine entry was quite interesting, because i know that the israeli entry got into trouble for referencing the october seventh attacks, and she had to sort of rewrite her stuff because youre not allowed to mention the war or anything like that, which is fine. But then the ukraine entry was very war. I mean, they had sort of they had kind of gunfire coming in over her as she was, im not sure standards, though. There was quite a lot of that. Yeah. I mean the people outside the queers of palestine carry on paying queers of palestine carry on paying for it though, because, i mean, the bbc pays the lions share of it. Thats us. And we do spectacularly. I do think we every year we do spectacular. I do think we need we do need a special mention for Graham Norton, who was unbelievably good. I norton, who was unbelievably good. I cant tell you his his diplomacy is just i mean, after the after the Olly Alexander performance, he said Something Like , well, well have to see like, well, well have to see how that goes down. Euphemism. But that was disaster. He is really brilliant. He is really brilliant. I mean, and then when we got nil points from the public, all around europe and he said, oh, thats harsh , hes saying it. Thats harsh, hes saying it. No, no, it was justified. It was justified , but are you always justified, but are you always a eurovision fan . I, i always say i hate it and then i always end up watching it. Its like its just sort of irresistible. I mean, i, for example, i really liked the finnish entry because they did a song about vikings and stuff like , i like the sort of mad like, i like the sort of mad kind of, you know, xenophobia of it. And i like all the national costumes, and theres always someone playing a flute. I love the it was the finnish entry that was that was the man with no who took his pants off. And then they had to get him. That then they had to get him. That was just insane. Hinckley positioned so we couldnt see his only on eurovision would you see Something Like that was it norway . Yes. Because there were no. And they just kept singing it. It was like an anthem and all the. It was fantastic. Now what about your old mate David Cameron . He put the boot in yesterday on the interview round on the bbc about how they still will not call the terrorists who murdered, raped and pillaged in, in, in israel wont call them terrorists. I know hes completely right. I know hes completely right. Thats it. Thats all i have to say on the subject. Well, i dont know why. Well, i dont know why. Why wont they call them that . Well, they call it. Well, they call it. What they will say is hamas is a proscribed terrorist organisation. Theyre just so stubborn. What does it need . What does it need for the to bbc follow the rest of the world . They are terrorist terrorists. They dont want to be told what to do, i suppose. And then they come up with this sort of po faced but i nonsense ofcom like crushed come down on this organisation. Well they the slightest why cant somebody was he because the bbc obviously they are regulated by ofcom. But it is down to them to refer themselves to ofcom. Right. Which they are unlikely to do so even when they had that newsnight interview where there was absolutely no balance whatsoever when they were slagging off gb news. Yeah, when there was a complaint, eventually they said, oh yeah, were really sorry about that. Thats the end of it. Had that been here on gb news, we saw what happened to esther mcvey and filled on her show with phil when they interviewed jeremy hunt. And you see what happens in this on this channel, if we do anything that they feel is not balanced yet the bbc, which i think is totally wrong, not balanced yet the bbc, which i think is totally wrong , decide i think is totally wrong, decide they mark their own homework basically. So i think its appalling that this is still going on. Yeah. And cameron was pointing to the Images Released of the british guy who was a hamas sausage whos now died. Hamas. He was killed. Hamas sausage whos now died. Hamas. He was killed. Result of hamas. He was killed. Result of an israeli bomb. They would say that, wouldnt they . But i mean, theres still hostages being kept. There are still hostages there. They dont know what state theyre in. Some of them there are rumours that some of them are pregnant. Them are pregnant. Yeah. Theyre using theyre using them as human shields. They use they go into the hospital to because they dont care. Care. But this is what i found so extraordinary about watching. Extraordinary about watching. Sorry. Just going tracking back for a second to eurovision. Yeah. Seeing Greta Thunberg saying oh, and im just like, hang on a second. Youre a young person. What point are you not siding with all the young people at a Music Festival who were abducted, raped, kidnapped , abducted, raped, kidnapped, tortured . Satellite . Yeah. Abused why . So youre the one of the reasons i voted for the israeli entrance is because i dont really like a song, but i would vote for the right of a young woman to sing and dance. Yeah. For freely. And thats yeah. For freely. And thats what. Thats what . Thats what thats what were up against is, you know, how can you how can you know, how can you how can you defend . She was probably part of the demo outside her hotel. She was she was she was she was dragged away by police. The singer. Yes a roof. Yes. How disgraceful. Yes. How disgraceful. Why are you standing up for the people that did that to women, girls and women your age . I dont understand. Shes become the bully. Shes become the bully. Shes become the bully. Shes so toxic. Shes so toxic. And its. Its. She obviously had nothing else to do. Or there was no attention. Well, i mean, she has no job, does she . Because she didnt ever go to school because she was too busy protesting. Yeah, but the point is, is that what what is wrong with all these young women and universities across america and across europe, that they would rather be on the side of a terrorist organisation that murders, rapes , sets on fire, murders, rapes, sets on fire, young women like them, what do they . And also queers for they . And also queers for palestine, i know, what do they know . What happens to gay people know . What happens to gay people in countries like iran . Who who fund hamas . Do they have any idea hanged or pushed up a roof . Exactly. I think you have a choice. I think you have a choice. I think you have a choice. Is it ignorance . What is it . Is it ignorance . What is it . You know, i its anti semitism. Theyre just driven by a hatred of israel. I dont understand why people cant actually equate the fact that israel have been bombarded from bombs from gaza well before october the 7th. The only reason israel does not like gaza is because of its iron dome. Thats it. So had israel not had that, then therell be multiple deaths in israel. And after what iran did as well, that massive bombardment. But yet just bombardment. But yet just because no ones died. But also, lets not forget that in israel, israel was the first country to have a trans jack carson we have. We have to read a statement from the bbc after camerons intervention. Right. So a spokesperson from the bbc said no one consuming bbc news can be left unaware of the horrific nature of the hamas attacks. Weve made our long standing position on this matter very clear. We use the word terrorist when it is attributed to others, such as the uk government. Meaningless. Meaningless. Meaningless. Sarah. Sarah. Thank you. I know what that means. No, i dont know what it means. It just means hogwash. Yeah, its just an excuse. Lets take a look at some weather. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. News. Good morning. News. News. Good morning. Welcome to your gb news weather updates by the met office. A change is in store with heavy rain in the west, dry in the east, but really feeling cooler than what weve had lately. So through this morning weve got a band of heavy rain pushing its way across south southern parts of england , wales southern parts of england, wales and Northern Ireland. The met office have got a yellow rain warning in force here. We could see some difficult driving conditions further towards the north and east. Brighter conditions here may be some showers developing across parts of scotland. It will still feel warm in that sunshine, but much cooler, especially underneath all this cloud and rain across western parts. Through monday, western parts. Through monday, that rain continues to push its way north and eastwards through this evening, maybe giving some difficult driving conditions at rush hour and continuing to push its way northwards to affect parts of Northern England and even into the southeast as well, followed by some blustery showers and some clear spells into tuesday. But it showers and some clear spells into tuesday. But it is going to be another rather mild night, especially underneath all that cloud and rain, with temperatures generally around 14 degrees through tuesday. Its a bit of a contrast. Well see a damp start across northern parts Northern Ireland and east anglia as this rain gradually pushes away northwards into scotland. Behind that, some brighter weather, but also some blustery, scattered showers feeding in some of these could be heavy at times, but temperatures are generally around 18 degrees. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning. Its 10 00 gb news. Good morning. Its10 oo on monday the 13th of may. This is britains newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson. Vie nana akua. Sue knox. Sue knox. Bold vision. The Prime Minister will say a little later dunng minister will say a little later during our programme that britain is safer in tory hands. Its all part of the pre election pitch and labour leader sir keir starmer will meet local mayors in the West Midlands, where hell say that boosting regional growth will be top of the agenda in his partys devolution plans. Estimate devolution plans. Estimate there. You know her well from this parish. Shes declaring war on woke. The common sense minister is going to talk about why she wants to stop all these ludicrous diversity schemes that cost the taxpayer millions of poundsin cost the taxpayer millions of pounds in whitehall. Thats just in a few moments time. And then the duke of duchess of sussex have finished their tour of nigeria in an attempt to steal the headlines , attempt to steal the headlines, making claims the west african country is her country. Felt like a president ial visit. Yeah. Did didnt it . Did didnt it . I mean , the motorcade was i mean, the motorcade was enormous. I know now that would have been down to the nigerian authorities, but men on walkie talkies, i mean, it was extraordinary to see. And it was all about her. Thats what you wouldnt believe, harry was the grandson of the queen. Well, i think they gave the charity as one of their charities from there thing, about £20,000, which is partly the reason why they went right. Its not that much, to be honest with you, but its something if something. So weve got to be thankful that she did that. But yeah, it was all about her. Of course. Nothing to do with anything. Well, stay with us, though, because we always want to hear your thoughts. Send us your views on gbnews. Com forward slash your essay. But first lets get your latest news with sam francis. Sam francis. Nana and andrew, thank you very much. Good morning. From the newsroom. 1001 and leading the newsroom. 1001 and leading the newsroom. 1001 and leading the news this morning, the newsroom. 1001 and leading the news this morning , the prime the news this morning, the Prime Minister will set out what hes called bold ideas to create a more secure future as part of a pre election pledge later this afternoon. Rishi sunak is expected to warn that britain is facing one of its most dangerous penodsin facing one of its most dangerous periods in history. And hell single out china, iran, russia and north korea as possible threats to the uk. Delivering threats to the uk. Delivering that speech in london. Later, hell tell voters theres a clear choice at the general election and pledged that he is the best person to lead the uk. What hes describing as a time of global turmoil. Health minister Maria Caulfield told us this morning that the conservatives are getting on and delivering for the country. Were releasing more medical places to train more doctors. Were increasing the number of midwives weve got 21,000 extra nurses this year. The pms going to be setting out what were doing in defence, in support of the defence of the nation and the defence of the nation and the threats were facing. The economy is turning a corner. Weve got bigger growth than countries like germany, france and spain. You know, the country is turning a corner now. If labour just wants to play games around defections of tory mps, thats up to them. Were getting thats up to them. Were getting on and delivering for the british people. British people. Sir keir starmer is facing more questions following natalie elphicks defection last week , elphicks defection last week, amid claims the conservative mp attempted to interfere in her ex husbands trial for sex offences. Former shadow minister Jess Phillips says questions have to be answered. But have to be answered. But labours chairwoman Anneliese Dodds questioned why the conservative party didnt themselves call for an investigation four years ago when miss elphicke was still one of their mps. Weve heard this of their mps. Weve heard this morning that three men have been charged in yorkshire with foreign interference after they allegedly assisted hong kongs intelligence services. A total of 11 people were detained earlier this month, almost all of whom were arrested in Northern England. The Northern England. The metropolitan police says the three men from that group were charged under the National Security act and will appear in court later today. Scotland yard have added that its not related to a separate case involving russia, and that the public dont need to be concerned. Dont need to be concerned. Dementia is now costing the uk £42 billion a year, with experts saying that bill will more than double in the next 20 years. The Alzheimers Society say only that one, only 1. 4 of funds are being spent on diagnosis and treatment, with families left to cover around 63 of the cost. The charity says relatives of those suffering with the condition are typically spending anywhere from £29,000 up to £81,000 every year. Universal £81,000 every year. Universal credit claimants who work less than 18 hours a week, have been told to look for more work from today. The earnings threshold rises from the equivalent of 15 hours to 18 hours at the National Living wage. The new National Living wage. The new rules will affect at least 180,000 people, according to the department for work and pensions. Its part of the governments sweeping changes to the welfare system , which the Prime Minister system, which the Prime Minister says will help people move into well paid jobs. Says will help people move into well paid jobs. As we heard from well paid jobs. As we heard from nana and andrew at the top of the programme, sir keir starmer is due to meet labours expanded team of mayors later to establish what hes calling a Gold Standard for local Economic Growth across the country. The labour leader will unveil plans for the partys manifesto focused on driving prosperity across all regions. It follows labours recent successes in the local elections, where they secured key key areas, including West Midlands and in north yorkshire. Former labour adviser kevin meagre told us the party wants to get regional economies moving. Weve got these mayors in position , you know, theyre position, you know, theyre pretty much all a clean sweep of labour mayors now. At the moment they can work effectively with a strong Labour Government to drive and embed Economic Growth in the regions for the first time, really in the last 40 years. So its pretty significant. Its pretty deep. 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Its fast approaching seven minutes after 10 00. Welcome to britains newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson. Nana akua. Right. Well, lets cross live now to the common sense. Minister esther mcvey , whos making a speech at mcvey, whos making a speech at the centre for policy studies. The centre for policy studies. Its a sight hearing, the centre for policy studies. Its a sight hearing , touch, its a sight hearing, touch, taste, smell. In fact, common sense is our sixth sense. And thomas reid argued , common sense thomas reid argued, common sense allows us to perceive and understand the world in a meaningful way. And yet, as voltaire reportedly noticed, there is nothing common about common sense. And from the tsunami of correspondence i have received, the public are relieved and common sense is back on the political agenda so that policies can be rooted back in the practical , everyday in the practical, everyday concerns of ordinary people because it is who politicians are elected to represent. Regular folk, the backbone of this country, who day in and day out work hard to keep the show on the road and who are proud of who we are as a country and of our history. The long standing appeal of common sense is that it involves logic, reasoning , it involves logic, reasoning, data, empiricism and objectivity. However, for some time now, left wing academics have been trying to usurp and dismantle or developed ability to perceive and judge things in a practical way from past experiences and accumulated knowledge by promoting new theories where they purport knowledge is based on power structures and social constructs, not evidence and reason. Where my truth replaces the truth, where subjective has replaced objective, and where emotion has overtaken logic, and where ones personal journey matters more than fact and data. And it is these theories , some and it is these theories, some on race, some on gender, that have been chipping away at our values, our structures, our history, and our culture. As aristotle would say , forcing us aristotle would say, forcing us to disbelieve what we see with our eyes and what we hear with our eyes and what we hear with our ears in an attempt to destroy our common sense. These destroy our common sense. These left wing theories have infiltrated our universities and schools, and our Public Services. Take the nhs, parts of which have been espousing these left wing contested theories like gender identity theories, repeat facing the most basic of scientific facts, the biological and physical differences between men and women. Thank heavens for the brave women like j. K. Rowling, sharon davis, professor kathleen stock, julie bindel, and doctor hilary klass acas all prepared to stand up and fight to defend what a woman is and state the obvious biological and physical differences between men and women exist. How on earth and women exist. How on earth did we get to a place where the Prime Minister had to set out and explain to the leader of the opposition, keir starmer, what a woman is on the floor of the house of commons . It is beyond absurd and it is sad yet necessary that we had to Commission Doctor hilary cass to do a report into gender in order to protect children from irreversible medical and surgical changes as children were fast tracked onto puberty blockers and sex changes , blockers and sex changes, surgery and to protect safe spaces. Weve recently introduced a requirement on all new non domestic buildings to use single sex toilets with single, fully enclosed universal toilets. We had to intervene, intervene to. When the snp tried intervene to. When the snp tried to bring into force their gender self identifying bill while allowing biological male rapists into female prisons. And this is into female prisons. And this is not just happening in scotland. In ireland, two where the government, led by unrepresentative of citizens assemblies, tried to remove women and families from the constitution. Unbelievable fortunately, when the public got their say , they were booted from their say, they were booted from office. Thankfully, common sense won the day, but it has been a battle for these left wing, politically correct woke warriors have made a concerted effort to get themselves into positions of influence within the public sector. Positions of influence within the public sector. They positions of influence within the public sector. They did not stand for election on these views because if they had, they would not have won. So instead, some have got themselves in academe or in the Civil Service, local government, charities and arms length bodies. And we need to make a similarly concerted effort to ensure they cannot use their positions in these public bodies to hijack them to impose their own political ideology. Their own political ideology. Take the nhs, which should be focused on patient care and getting waiting lists down, not be preoccupied with changing language and using terminology such as chest feeding or pushing puberty blockers on children or having ludicrous software opfions having ludicrous Software Options that would register a babys gender rather than biological sex at birth. That, by the way, took me and other outraged members of the public to write to nhs england and for a newspaper to cover the story to get that changed. And thankfully, now the proposed Us Constitution recognises biological sex. As the secretary of state recently announced. And of state recently announced. And as for schools, too many are straying away from the role of impartial teaching institutions and have become political, pushing ideologies like that gender ideology or pushing ideologies like that dubious external companies to deliver not age appropriate relationship and Sex Education, often excluding the views of parents when doing so. There is a lot on a teachers plate, and life would be easier if they were able to stick to the academic curriculum , help pupils academic curriculum, help pupils pass their exams, and were freed from contention. When i was at school, i had no idea of the political opinions of my teachers. Nowadays, too many seem to have to force their opinions on all their students in a wholly inappropriate and unprofessional way. And thats why this common sense fightback is so important. Why this common sense fightback is so important. Under rishi is so important. Under rishi sunak. Weve made a strong start with new School Guidance being published for consultation to support and help teachers withstand the trans extremists and the hilary cass review has done a great job protecting children and their families, and has turned the tide of debate. She deserves our thanks for making such a difference. And making such a difference. And its not just our national pubuc its not just our National Public institutions that are being captured, but Many Local Councils too, have long since ditched their common sense, spending money they dont have on edi courses, pointless away days and funding trade union workers. So thats estimate value a welcome speech. Now i agree weve got piers pottinger , who weve got piers pottinger, who ran one of europes biggest ever pubuc ran one of europes biggest ever Public Affairs companies this scourge of hr diversity that shes trying to get to grips with 27, 30 million, whatever they spend. And i think the nhs last year spent 40 odd Million Pounds on all these mad, diversity schemes. And how did diversity schemes. And how did it get to this point . Well, i mean, it. It get to this point . Well, i mean, it. First of well, i mean, it. First of all, tony blair politicised the Civil Service and introduced a lot of these , aspects which grew lot of these, aspects which grew and grew , for example, the and grew, for example, the enormous power of stonewall as an external adviser. And one of the things esther, quite rightly, is doing is stopping anyone paying external consultants the huge sums of money that Companies Like stonewall have been making out of diversity. The point is that, diversity has become a business rather than something that we should all accept and tolerate and actually use as a way of improving our businesses in whatever sphere were in. But it seems to me, from what esther is announcing today, is the government has finally woken up. Government has finally woken up. It was, excuse the pun, woken up, but they are now trying to do popular things. Were getting a series of announcements. Weve got rishi tomorrow who is due to make a big speech about the dangers of labour in the future, which is again about time they did make that. Hes doing it today. Yes. And, so were getting all these announcements, but again, you see, i think a lot of this will be lost on the electorate because theres too many announcements too soon that youve then got the summer recess coming up where everyone goes away. Then by the time they come back from the recess in the middle of september , theyll middle of september, theyll call the election, which will probably be, as we all know , probably be, as we all know, november the 14th. So theres really very little time , for any really very little time, for any of these things to be achieved. And dont forget the left wing cabals of Civil Servants in the highest areas of west of whitehall will do their best to kibosh this. Delay it . Yeah coupled with the lords and any ngos and anyone they can get to stop this happening, i think its very worthy. Everything esther is saying. But unfortunately, i see i dont see it working in time. Well, the problem is, though, this happened on their watch. Yes, thats the thing. They let it grow and grow. They let it grow and grow. They let it grow and grow. They allowed this absolutely. They allowed this absolutely. So yeah, even though i really am pleased that finally someones doing something, i think its the pressure of the public thats, you know, forced them , thats, you know, forced them, forced their hand. Well, i think its the electorate who i mean, they finally realised that one of the reasons people are not going to vote for them is that the conservatives are just as woke, if not more woke in some areas than the labour party was. One job assistant director, Community Services and equality. Diversity and inclusion. Average salary of £104,000. That was taken on by Birmingham City council last year Birmingham City council had gone bust, yes, wasting £100,000. Thats a lot of money. Stupid job like that. Of money. Stupid job like that. And therell be more like that. Oh yes. Well, there are plenty of ludicrous jobs. And if plenty of ludicrous jobs. And if you look at the number of jobs sadiq khan has got in, in, in the london council, its absolutely terrifying. When you look at it, you thought, what on earth are these people doing all day, its crazy, but but, you know, the problem is as as nana is quite rightly said, its the governments own fault , and governments own fault, and theyve only just woken up and realised if they want to get any chance of getting any kind of number of seats that they can cling on to, they need to start focusing on the issues that the electorate care about , and start electorate care about, and start stopping all this hokey pokey wokery. As you said, therell be lots of left wing advocates of this who are embedded in the Civil Service. Yes, who will make it extremely difficult for anything to happen. And then theres a recess. I mean, why why does this recess continue to happen . I think the politicians should carry on working. Well, they i think the only people who get longer holidays are the teachers, and thats always over forgotten as well. Always over forgotten as well. But, yeah, i mean, they do get very long holidays, and, and of course, a lot of these Civil Servants are working from home. Yes, they, they work from home after. Home after. But its the politicians and the minister. Once the ministers are away and the Civil Servants are away and the Civil Servants are at play, i mean, its i hate to think whats going to come over the summer , the summer is over the summer, the summer is normally known as the silly season for stories , and i bet season for stories, and i bet therell be an awful lot of silly stuff coming out. Yeah. Silly stuff coming out. Yeah. So look at this. South wales police spent £24,000 on rainbow items, flags, face paints , t items, flags, face paints, t shirt, badges, pens, whistles and wristbands. Why exactly . I mean, its £24,000. What about the real issues people . You know , i know you cant get you know, i know you cant get anyone to fix a pothole in wales. You cant. I know a Police Officer to turn up with your burger, but dont worry, theyve spent £24,000 on rainbow rubbish. Well, i cant think of anyone better than esther mcvey to stop this nonsense. Lets hope she does. Although i personally , as ive said, i personally, as ive said, doubt shes got time. But its all very worthy stuff. But its all very worthy stuff. But its a little bit too late to have the impact that it should have. And thats the trouble at the moment. The government has suddenly woken up to reality and its too late for them. Its too late. Pierce, thank you very much. Lovely to talk to you. Nice to see you. Nice to see you. Right. Well, were going to stick with common sense. As a former labour adviser, matthew laza and political commentator emma wolf will join us next. This is britains newsroom on. Gb news. Whats the time . 1022. Oh, lovely. Britains newsroom with Andrew Pierce. You know, this Andrew Pierce. You know, this is. Its nana akua. Well, were also joined by former labour adviser, matthew laza and writer and broadcaster emma wolf in the studio. Good morning, man. So i have written in my many years in journalism many stories. When an mp defects from one side to the other, whether it was Shaun Woodward who defected from labour to from tories to labour for the over the years , i predicted this one the years, i predicted this one would unravel, but i didnt think it would unravel quite as fast. Im talking about Natalie Elphicke. Indeed, dover , who elphicke. Indeed, dover, who makes me look like a bleeding heart liberal. Are you going to be joining us soon, andrew . When she when she defected, i heard she said i thought there was a mistake and that theyd got it wrong, that shed actually defected to nigel farage and Richard Tice Reform Party because thats where her heart lies. Well, thats what i think people, as you say, if she was, if she was on defection watch, she would have been on the defection watch to reform list. Im not sure. I dont quite agree that its completely unravelled. I mean, we have seen some criticism this morning, from matt wrack, who is the leader of the fire brigades union, president of the tuc. And hes president of the tuc. Theyre not actually a labour, affiliate at the moment, if im correct. But el sisi is very close. Hes hes on hes on the far left of the of the political spectrum. So hes having spectrum. So hes having a little pot for his own reasons on the far right. Well, she , she on the far right. Well, she, she now shes joined the labour party. Shes going to have to agree by the labour partys aims and values. And i think in particular its housing which is the thing that has seen her come oven the thing that has seen her come over. And obviously, as the dover mp , she thinks the dover mp, she thinks the governments failed on the small boats. Shes voted for rwanda at every opportunity. And yet your mate starmer says hell abolish it even if its proved to work. And she knows that. So shes come over on that basis okay, matthew. So why would he take her . So why would he take her . I mean, come on, matthew, what does this say about the labour party . It is unravelling. Its unravelling fast. And i think a lot of people within laboun think a lot of people within labour, labour members and core labour, labour members and core labour voters feel really uncomfortable about this woman being welcomed with open arms. Its one thing to be a broad church, its another thing to welcome deeply, actually quite unsavoury characters into your party. Well, its not just that, is it . Its also the stuff with her husband. Yeah. Yes. I mean, that was a bit weird, all of that. And then she two years and the stuff about her coming out, talking to Robert Buckland at the time, allegedly, we dont know whether i mean, you know, okay. I dont think Robert Buckland is lying, so. Well, i mean, its interesting he sat on it for four years, though, without saying anything when she was in his own party. So it doesnt reflect that well and disrupt the party. Well he should have done the right thing and not the people. Her husband is convicted and jailed for two years. The judge says in her, when she sums up what he said, hes a predator and a serial liar. She then issues a statement attacking his victims. Yeah, it was completely wrong. It was completely wrong. And she has apologised for that and said that she that she she got it wrong. Look, i think emmas right to the extent that the, the controversy around this defection has given the left of the labour party a bit of a fillip, Jess Phillips left wing, what a smooth segue from philip to phillips. Phillips. Well, youve reminded him stream and shes used to speak on Domestic Abuse and Domestic Violence for your party. She said she felt like shed been punched in the solar plexus. Well, i think i mean, jess is also knows how to capture a headline. And i think that that that, that thats part of it. Look, thats a bit i think thats a bit unfair towards jess ashlee good, because she has specifically been somebody who has represented womens issues and does not enjoy the victim blame that women often get when theyre cases of things like sexual assault. So thats and no, and i agree thatis so thats and no, and i agree that is victim blaming is wrong. And Natalie Elphicke shouldnt have done it. And shes apologised for doing it. And shes come to the labour party for, you know, not not because of this. Its controversies in the past. Shes rightly apologised for that. But i think youre right that the leadership has to be careful, that it needs that. Has to be careful, that it needs that. She signed has to be careful, that it needs that. She signed up and she signed up because she believes now in Keir Starmers approach, by the way, shes swapping the small boats. Its not only Jess Phillips, Rosie Duffield wrote over the weekend about feeling deeply uncomfortable. She said i you know, fellow kent mp. Yes. And she is saying that other many others feel that that discomfort, but also it wasnt necessary. Starmer doesnt need this. Shes not standing beyond the next election. Why on earth . Why . It just raises questions about his judgement. Hes going to be the Prime Minister. There is an argument he needs good advisers, which i dont think he has in sue gray and he needs sound judgement. But it also adds to his flip flop behaviour as well. Hes literally flip flopped on nearly every single policy that hes announced that they may go forward with. I think a lot of people who are defecting from the tory party in terms of the voters are looking at this and saying, well, if we get keir starmer, what the hell are we actually getting . Well, i think that the argument, as you say, against against accepting Natalie Elphicke was this is one too clever by half. I mean dan porter the doctor tory mp. Now i know he wasnt the most popular man in the tory party etc, but the real reason they wanted him is they will send out 10 million direct mails at the general election time from doctor dan saying i was a tory mp, but theyre destroying the nhs. So, theyre destroying the nhs. So, so, you know, come over to us. Im not sure that a direct mail from Natalie Elphicke is going to have quite that impact. So it was certainly a, you know, a much more controversial decision. And hes also more of a centrist than far right or just stinks of cheap opportunism. I certainly think it leaves them open to that charge. And he said he would do politics differently. I think hes the old tories. Theyve beenin hes the old tories. Theyve been in power for too long, cheap opportunism. Well, if she was being offered a peerage or something i would agree with that. But shes shes absolutely adamant that shes absolutely adamant that shes been offered nothing beyond an unpaid role advising on housing is not that silly, although the fact that hes taken her on in this way does suggest its questionable. But hes not going to give us something thats direct and obvious. But there may be some sort of benefit. Sort of benefit. Its really worrying, really, to watch that. I think it signals a man who hasnt thought this through who went, yeah, lets give them a bloody nose. Yeah thats fine. Well, he couldnt also he thought of one days headline unravelled very, very quickly. Very quickly. Well he took him ages to say what a woman is. And with this whole thing im sorry, but its not looking good. Right. What are your views on this, weve just heard esther mcvey. She talked a lot about woke diversity, inequality, jobs in the Civil Service which are being axed. Emma. Yeah, well , look, its yeah, well, look, its absolutely resonates with the public. I dont know whether this is going to be, like the killer blow. I dont think this is going to shift the dial at all. But, look, we all want diverse, inclusive Civil Service of course we want we want diverse and inclusive workplaces. But do we want taxpayers money being spent on these nonsense politically correct roles . No we dont. I dont care whether my Public Services and the administration of those services, which whitehall does. I dont care whether they are delivered by a man or a woman , a black person man or a woman, a black person or a white person, a gay or a straight person. I just want them delivered properly. And at a time when the nhs is in crisis, schools, universities, everything is failing in this country. You know, we have potholes all over our roads. Country. You know, we have potholes all over our roads. I dont think we want to be spending okay. No one is pretending that these salaries that are saved are going to fill the governments coffers. But we do need, if the if the war on woke, if that means anything, it means stopping this kind of nonsense. £40 million a year on the nhs, on diversity projects. So i agree thats a small percentage. Matthew in terms of the nhs budget, yes, but people listening who cant get their hip replaced, of course they cant get to see a gp or go to the optician. Well be thinking how much did he say . Absolutely and of course all this is this, this ballooning of the costs has happened under the tories watch. So i mean, you know, i like esther a lot, but i mean it is a little bit rich of esther to say, oh, you know, were going to stop it. Well, its kind of, you know, youre, youre shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted and youve been in charge of the stable , so, look, taking account stable, so, look, taking account of equality and diversity is one thing. Having whole armies of people whose sole job is to do that because it is, is daft. Because i hope that equality and diversity is kind of baked in to what we all do, that we all think about. We all. Yeah, absolutely. So i mean, i dont see that this is a sort of easter attack in the labour party. This is esther attacking the tories own record over 14 years. Well, maybe, but i think its run away with itself. And i think also esther highlighting that under a labour party, it probably get worse on diversity. Has the Eurovision Song Contest gone completely mad over diversity . I think the european communitys gone completely mad. I hung my head in shame watching it. Well, i thought the i thought that the original should be fun, but i thought that the i tell you whos my bete noire is the irish entry, whos now macbeth, whos sort of, you know, whos now claiming that the, the, the israeli broadcaster commentary said was sort of, you know, really attacking them about them. Itsjust really attacking them about them. Its just saying theyre a little bit scary, which is exactly what, you know, our jointly british and Irish National treasure, Graham Norton said on the bbc its a bit scary for Young Children , so it needs for Young Children, so it needs to chill out. No, i think its more than scary, actually. Ive ive talked to a lot of people who felt very, very uncomfortable. Yes, weve had all the political protests. Unfortunately, all the coverage around that and the demos and the violence outside the arena. But we also had this weird fetishisation. We had people dressed up in s m gear. This was not family viewing. If eurovision is one thing, its terrible music. Lets be honest. Its terrible music. But if its its terrible music. But if its one thing, its meant to be family viewing, i would not have watched that stuff with my toddler. I would not watch it with grandparents, frankly. Why do we have people prancing around . Youve already referred to the cottaging, the weird , or to the cottaging, the weird, or the homosexual stuff. Even activists , even lgbtqia activists, even lgbtqia activists, even lgbtqia activists are saying that doesnt represent us. What is all this . What is this . Pornification of culture . Even the eurovision has to be about sex. Why . Well stop it. If only they would just actually try and sing. Which he couldnt. Which couldnt. Yes, they couldnt couldnt, couldnt even sing. Well, listen, thanks to emma and matthew, they will be back. But time for your headlines with sam francis. 1032 im sam francis in the newsroom. A recap of the stories making the news this morning. The Prime Minister will promise that the conservatives are best placed to lead britain through what he says are dangerous times ahead. In what he says are dangerous times ahead. In a pre election speech soon, rishi sunak is expected to set out what hes called bold ideas to create a more secure future. Hell also tell voters future. Hell also tell voters theres a clear choice at the general election , and pledge general election, and pledge that the leader of the uk needs time at a time of global turmoil. A parliamentary inquiry has found that good Maternity Care for pregnant women is the exception rather than the rule. The conservative mp, who led the birth trauma report, described the quality of Maternity Services as being a postcode lottery. The report calls for National Improvement strategy led by a new maternity commissioner, who would report directly to the Prime Minister three men have been charged in yorkshire with foreign interference after they allegedly assisted hong kongs intelligence services. A total of 11 people were detained earlier this month, almost all of whom were arrested in Northern England. The Northern England. The metropolitan police says three men were charged under the National Security act and will appearin National Security act and will appear in court later. And sir keir starmer is facing more questions following natalie elphicks defection last week amid claims the former conservative mp attempted to interfere in her ex husbands trial for sex offences. Former shadow minister Jess Phillips says questions have to be answered. But labours answered. But labours chairwoman Anneliese Dodds is asking why the conservative party didnt call for an investigation four years ago when mrs. Elphicke was still one of their mps. Thats the latest from the newsroom. Another update at 11 00. Until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code on your screen or go to gb news. Common. Its. Cheers. Britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news Financial Report , and heres Financial Report, and heres a look at the markets this morning i the pound will buy you 1. 2534 and ,1. 162. The price of gold is £1,869. 50 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 8430 points. Cheers, britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news i good morning. Its fast approaching 38 minutes after 10 00. This is britains newsroom with me, nana akua and Andrew Pierce. Well, lots of you have been getting in touch with your views on gbnews. Com forward slash. Your say. We were talking about woke because esther mcvey was is probably still speaking and jenny says all the Political Parties are to blame for woke nonsense. Weve had a culture of shaming everyone or anyone who spoke out about woke ideology , spoke out about woke ideology, calling them racist, homophobic and loathsome names. With cancel culture. And david says at least esther is trying. She should be leader of the conservative cause. Then i might vote for them again. God, lets not. Dont talk to them about that. They cant be changing leader again, not before the election, paul says at last, a Political Party who has the guts to say what life on earth actually is . The next job is to get every aspect of woke out of every sphere of our lives. I agree with mrs. You made the point, it all happened on their watch. Yeah. How did they let it happen . I know, i think this is quite funny from andrew says poor old starmer. It never rains, but it pours, says Angela Rayner. Of course, the deputy leader of the labour party. There is talk that she will be interviewed by the police over the continuing questions swirling around her, over her arrangements, where she lived back in 2015. Yeah, its all getting a bit murky as well because if one thing is true, then the next one might not be and or might be, and it goes on and on. Its not just that. Its council Tax Implications of all the things, but we will that will unravel. Well find out more. But now a study looking at millions of workers across europe has found that obese people are up to twice as likely to take time off work. And this is at a time when the Prime Minister is trying to tackle that sickness culture. Some obese people, according to the study, are stifling britains Economic Growth, according to this report. Well, joining us now is former presenter fat family, steve miller and George Keywood, the actor and body positive influencer. Really good to have influencer. Really good to have you both on. Im going to start with you steve miller. Okay. So this i thought that we already knew this. So this doesnt isnt a surprise to me do we do we need to keep hearing this. And what do you think if that is the case as we know it is, the government should be doing about it. If anything. Well, i think this study is one of common sense. I mean, its quite obvious if youre fat, youre going to become more ill. I mean, weve been we know that. Ill. I mean, weve been we know that. I ill. I mean, weve been we know that. I mean, you ill. I mean, weve been we know that. I mean, you know, its not that. I mean, you know, its not rocket science. Whats interesting , though, looking at interesting, though, looking at the stats of this particular study, which i have in front of me, is the fatter you become, the more likely you are to be off work. Now the question, of course, is whats caused this . Well, i think youve been youve been talking about woke culture. I think woke culture is partly responsible for that because we all love to moan and be the victim these days. Solution victim these days. Solution wise, we need to look at japan, what they do in japan is that employers measure the waists of their employees each year. They do. They do. They do. And if and if you might laugh, george , but im going to laugh, george, but im going to give you the stats. And if their employees are overweight, they go for weight loss coaching. Guess what the obesity rate is in japan its around 5. What is it here . Its in the 20s. Yeah. Weve gone soft on fat. Thats the problem. Well, lets bring George Keywood in here. George, would you object if somebody put a tape measure around your waist . And would it require quite a lot of tape measure . Yeah, i would most definitely reject anyone doing such thing. I think thats completely just crossing a line , completely just crossing a line, you know. Are we going to start, you know. Are we going to start, you know, weighing people as they come in for work . I mean, no one no ones going to go to work then , are they . Theyre all work then, are they . Theyre all going to be giving sick notes in, arent they . Really . I mean, i you know, its one of these things, isnt it . In the uk, a lot of people tend to take time off for being sick because, oh, ive been out clubbing the night before, you know, ive had too many drinks. I think fat people always get the bad end of the stick, you know, they always get the blame for whenever its the statistics come in, its always the fat people that have done something wrong. You know, its like an easy, easy target to go for. I think, you know, i think people just, you know, i think its more than that, though. Its more than that, though, george, the problem is its the health contraindications, the consequences of being overweight. So it is things like diabetes. Its things like high diabetes. Its things like high blood pressure. Its all the other illnesses that come with it. And cancer, if youre overweight youre 50 more likely or a lot. I think its 50 to some of the cancers are being overweight is implicated in why that cancer has developed so and it is true. I mean, this study was done over with millions of people. So the data was over millions across different countries. And it came up with this. And in this country, if its true, then the problem is its about 60 in this country who are causing a problem because theyre overweight. George. That thats thats a reality. Its not blaming fat people. Blaming fat people. Yeah. No of course. Look, i get it. You know, its not the its not an issue. But i think that its just disappointing that its just disappointing that its just disappointing that it tends to be the fat people that always get the stick of that issue. Its always, you know, coronavirus. Oh, you know, plus size people. The main concern we must do that. But you were always seems to be. Yeah. Well i mean i my whole family had coronavirus. My son had coronavirus and i slept next to him every single night. And i never even caught it. So i mean, i dont necessarily i think that fat people tend to like ive never been ive never been ill. And god knows how long. You know, i think were just always targeted. But i think youve got targeted. But i think youve got to remember, theres still a lot of plus size people that are very healthy still. And i know that may seem bizarre to you. No, no, no, no, because you know, if youre fat, youre unhealthy. But that doesnt. Steve. Steve, lets bring steve back in. Look, i think theres a lot of plus sized people out there which have Better Health than smaller people. You know, george i thanks, steve. Respond to that because hes in denial, isnt he, George Keywood. Oh, completely in denial. The reality is, actually, you can be fat and fit , reality is, actually, you can be fat and fit, but you cannot generally be fat and healthy. Thats the difference. George thats the difference. George doesnt have the monopoly on fat people here. I was a right hawker, and i still struggle with my weight. I had to tell myself, stop being lazy and making excuses. Start whingeing, stop whingeing, stop. Start whingeing, stop whingeing and stop being victim victorious. So i started to walk the canals of birmingham. I started to be more mindful and i did something about it. And what we need to do in the uk is stop, stop worrying about all this. Oh, you fat shaming. If youre talking about fat, fat is dangerous. That doesnt only affect physical health, it affects mental health. The best way to overcome it is to take responsibility and start doing something about it. Stop staining the sofa with your backside and get out and eat fresh air. George, how do you take that . Those words from steve miller. Oh, you know, steves lifes always got something strange to say. I mean, look, at the end of the day , like, theres a lot of the day, like, theres a lot of plus sized people out there that have Severe Mental Health issues, you know . And i think youve got to change peoples mind before you change whats going in their mouths. You know , going in their mouths. You know, im on a weight loss journey myself. Im a very strong minded human being. And, you know, im human being. And, you know, im on point now. Ive lost a fair bit of weight over the past few months , and im trying to months, and im trying to rectify the damage that ive done, and im trying to better my health for myself and my family, you know . And i think thats what youve got to do. Youve got to youve got to improve your health at some point. But i think theres still a lot of people out there what are drinking, smoking, doing drugs. And they never get any of this back. You know, it always comes back to fat people plus size people. Its always their problem. Its never anyone elses problem other than the fat people. But again, its not always fat people who are blamed. This is just a reality. Its a study is just a reality. Its a study that has said that fat people are 22 more likely to take time off, and its costing the employer a lot of money. And lets talk about how much it costs the nhs. It costs costs the nhs. It costs a fortune, which is why theyre ready to prescribe things like a zenpix for people, because they realise the contraindications of being fat are actually less than the problems that you could have from taking his epic. Well, they no longer prescribe ozempic on the nhs or any jabs in fact, theyve now stopped that. And i know that from recent research myself, so they now go down alternative methods which are the gastric sleeve, and i get that is how you deal with an issue. But i you deal with an issue. But i think, you know, weve looked at statistics before of the nhs and theyre always wrong. You know, like many, many times ive been on talk shows many times theyre, theyre they cant believe the denial. You know, believe the denial. You know, its nonsense. Some of these statistics quickly final word for steve miller. Very briefly. Were running out of time. My final word is this. George, you are too gorgeous to be fat. Start sorting it out. Be fat. Start sorting it out. Youve lost them already. Yeah. Youve lost them already. Yeah. You can do it. Believe in yourself. Love yourself more than the victoria sponge and get off your backside and do it. I know you can do it. Well done for doing what youve done so far. And thats the message to britain. To britain i say stop moaning every time we talk about fat and shouting oh, you fat shaming , get fat and shouting oh, you fat shaming, get a grip, look to japan and sort yourselves out. Japan and sort yourselves out. All right. Good advice there. Thats steve miller and George Keywood. Very good advice. And keywood. Very good advice. And the fact is, nana, obesity is now the biggest pressure financially on the nhs. Exactly why . Much more so than smoking now. Yeah, the biggest killer. Well up next, whilst harry and meghan visit nigeria, meghan claims that nigeria is her country. Well, what are your thoughts on that one . Youre with britains newsroom on gb news. Good morning. Just coming up to 51 minutes after 10 00. Now, the duke and duchess of sussex have concluded their tour of nigeria. Meghan declared nigeria is her country. As shes told the world. Shes 43 nigerian. According to a dna test. So joining us now is royal biographer ingrid seward. Biographer ingrid seward. Ingrid, good morning. So meghan , ingrid, good morning. So meghan, shes 43 nigerian i thought. And i dont know whether this is a rumour. You may not know the answer, but i thought that before she met harry, there were rumours that she used to put that she was caucasian on her cv and you might not know about that. I just heard it and thought , that i yeah, i do have thought, that i yeah, i do have a memory of that actually i do, yes, and also theres a, theres a quote i think obviously probably in the mail, saying that, meghans father had no idea that she had this nigerian blood and thought she was just pure californian, but, so i think it may be some. Well, its obviously something shes discovered. She said she discovered. She said she discovered it recently , and, discovered it recently, and, when she had a sort of genealogy test. So, thats really where its all come from. But as always, meghan manages to make everything about her. Yeah thats. And this really was harrys show. This was for the Invictus Games. Nigeria is the first african country to join the Invictus Games. And its it was really harrys show. And yet, you know, meghan seems to take over. Well yet, you know, meghan seems to take over. Well you yet, you know, meghan seems to take over. Well you know she yet, you know, meghan seems to take over. Well you know she has some some a big fan base there, but, i just thought it was a shame that harry always seems to be slightly pushed in the background unless hes doing something sporty, like playing basketball or playing polo. Basketball or playing polo. The i agree with you. And at times ingrid , it felt to me more times ingrid, it felt to me more like a president ial tour than a semi royal tour because of the size of the motorcades , all the size of the motorcades, all the Protection Officers that were surrounding them, and there has been stories before, as we know, that in the United States , that that in the United States, that she has been eyeing potentially a career in Democratic Party politics. Well, yes, there has been quite a lot of rumours about that. And maybe she is. But, as she actually, to my mind, never actually , i never can remember actually, i never can remember anything that shes said because its sort of its not very clear how way. I wouldnt think that she would be a great political speaker because she says a lot, but doesnt say anything. At least , you know, with with a least, you know, with with a president or some someone in politics you want. Well, i know a lot of them do that too. But i mean, you would like someone that had a strong, clear message that had a strong, clear message that preferably wasnt about them, and also heard that she went into the she didnt step foot actual she did come to the uk, but she stayed in the, the royal sort of suite thats reserved for royals. When they come here at the airport. At the airport . Yes. And then obviously got on her flights, and i do, but shes not i mean, is she royal . I mean, well, she is because shes married to him and shes the duchess. But but its also harry has suggested that his family wouldnt be safe in britain. Nigeria is a much more lawless country than great britain. And yet there he was with his wife in a country that people would say is lawless. People would say is lawless. Yeah, parts of it. Well, i think nigeria is known to be to be one of the most lawless countries in the world. And its got this vast population of 200 Million People and 90 of those are below the serious poverty line. So its serious poverty line. So its not going to be a happy ship. Although its a, you know, a wonderful country with very intelligent and creative people, i think that , yeah. And harry i think that, yeah. And harry had his own team of american style security, and they had the, military vie Nigerian Security , i think its rubbish, security, i think its rubbish, this business about england not being safe. I think thats just really to promote his case for, letting him have permanent royal security. Security. Ingrid, thank you so much. Really good to talk to you. This is britains newsroom stay tuned. Loads more. But lets get an update with your weather from katherine. Katherine. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb solar sponsors of weather on. Gb views. Good morning. Welcome to your gb news weather updates by the met office. A change is in store with heavy rain in the west , office. A change is in store with heavy rain in the west, dry in the east, but really feeling cooler than what weve had lately. So through this cooler than what weve had lately. So through this morning weve got a band of heavy rain pushing its way across south southern parts of england, wales and Northern Ireland. The met office have got a yellow rain warning in force here. We could see some difficult driving conditions further towards the north and east. Brighter conditions here may be some showers developing across parts of scotland. It will still feel warm in that sunshine, but much cooler, especially underneath all this cloud and rain across western parts. Through monday, western parts. Through monday, that rain continues to push its way north and eastwards through this evening, maybe giving some difficult driving conditions at rush hour and continuing to push its way northwards to affect parts of Northern England and even into the southeast as well, followed by some blustery showers and some clear spells into tuesday. But it showers and some clear spells into tuesday. But it is going to be another rather mild night, especially underneath all that cloud and rain, with temperatures generally around 14 degrees through tuesday, its a bit of a contrast. Well see a bit of a contrast. Well see a damp start across northern parts Northern Ireland and east anglia as this rain gradually pushes away northwards into scotland. Behind that, some brighter weather, but also some blustery, scattered showers feeding in some of these could be heavy at times, but temperatures are generally around 18 degrees. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Way. Good morning. 11 am. On monday, the 13th of may. This is. This is britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and nana akua. Well, rishi sunak is about to outlay his bold vision. Hes going to set out his pre election pitch any moment now. And well tell you what we think. As it happens. Think. As it happens. David camerons taking on the bbc. Vie the foreign secretary says the broadcaster must describe hamas as terrorists rather than a proscribed terrorist organisation. And esther mcvey, her war on woke. The common sense minister has called on the government to put common sense at the heart of everything it does. I think it was a good speech for what we heard. It was. It was. Yeah, it was all right. I mean, im glad she said it. Somebody needed to say it. Im just surprised that its happened during their watch. Yeah. Thing, isnt it . Yeah. 40 million in the nhs every year on diversity schemes. 27 million in the rest of that money could be spent on hip operations. But also its the changing of the narrative by doing that consistently. But anyway, obviously rishi sunak speech is coming very shortly. As ever, send us your views , post your send us your views, post your comments gbnews. Com yoursay but first, lets get your latest news with sam francis. Very good morning to you. Its just after 11 00 and as we heard there at the top of the programme, the Prime Minister is preparing to set out what hes called bold ideas to create a more secure future as part of a pre election pledge, rishi sunak is expected to warn that britain is expected to warn that britain is facing one of its most dangerous periods in history and single out china, iran, russia and north korea as possible threats to the uk. Well, delivering that speech that we expect to hear in the next few moments in london, rishi sunak will tell voters that there is a clear choice at the general election and pledged that he is the best person to lead the uk and what hes called a time of global turmoil. Health minister Maria Caulfield says the conservatives are getting on and delivering for the country. Were releasing more medical places to train more doctors. Were increasing the number of midwives. Weve got 21,000 extra nurses. This year. The pm is going to be setting out what were doing in defence in support of the defence of the nafion support of the defence of the nation and the threats were facing. The economy is turning a corner. Weve got bigger growth than countries like germany, france and spain. You know, the country is turning a corner now. If labour just wants to play games around. Defections of tory mps , thats up to them. Were mps, thats up to them. Were getting on and delivering for the british people. And i believe we can now take you live to london, where rishi sunakis you live to london, where rishi sunak is speaking, as we were just mentioning, theyre setting out his pre election pledge. Hes being introduced just at the moment. We will bring that to you as soon as we get it. And were also expecting to hear later this afternoon from sir keir starmer , as well as he keir starmer, as well as he faces more questions following natalie elphicks defection last week amid claims that the former conservative mp attempted to interfere in the. Im just going to pass you to a different story here that sir keir starmer is facing more questions. As i said, following natalie elphicks defection last week amid allegations that she interfered in her ex husbands trial for sex offences, former shadow minister Jess Phillips says questions have been answered, but labour chairwoman Anneliese Dodds has questioned why the conservative party themselves didnt call for an investigation four years ago when miss elphicke was still one of their mps. A major of their mps. A major parliamentary report on Maternity Care has found that some pregnant women have been mocked or shouted at and denied bafic mocked or shouted at and denied basic needs, such as pain relief. It also shows that mums to be are often treated as an inconvenience and risk suffering lifelong injuries. As hospitals cover up endemic failures. Cover up endemic failures. Conservative mp, who led that report, described the quality of care as a lottery. And well take you live now to that statement from rishi sunak in london. Labour or sunak versus starmer . It will be a choice starmer . It will be a choice between the future and the past , between the future and the past, and i remain confident that my party can prevail, not because of our record alone, but because we will be the only party really talking about the future , and talking about the future, and not with vague, lofty platitudes, but with bold ideas and a clear plan that can change our society for the better and restore peoples confidence and pride in our country. Now i feel a profound sense of urgency because more will change in the next five years than in the last 30. Im convinced that the next few years will be some of the most dangerous yet the most transformational panel that our country has ever known. So the question we face today is this who has the clear plan and bold ideas to deliver a secure future for you and your family . The dangers that threaten our country are real. Theyre increasing in number and axis of authoritarian states like russia , iran, north korea and china is working together to undermine us and our values. War has returned to europe, with our nato allies warning that if putin succeeds in ukraine, they might be next. War rages too , in the middle war rages too, in the middle east, as israel defends itself not only against the terrorists of hamas, but a barrage of missiles fired for the first time directly from iran. Right time directly from iran. Right now in africa, conflicts are being fought in 18 different countries, and putins recklessness has taken us closer to a Dangerous Nuclear escalation than at any point since the cuban missile crisis. Since the cuban missile crisis. These are not far away problems. Iranian proxies are firing on british ships in the red sea, disrupting goods destined for our high street here at home, china has conducted cyber targeting of our democratically elected mps. Russia has poisoned people with chemical weapons. And when putin cut off the gas suppues and when putin cut off the gas supplies , it had a devastating supplies, it had a devastating impact on peoples lives and threatened our energy security. And in this world of greater conflict and danger, 100 Million People are now displaced globally. Countries like russia globally. Countries like russia are weaponizing immigration for their own ends, and criminal gangs keep finding new routes to across european borders. Illegal across european borders. Illegal migration is placing an intolerable strain on our security and our sense of fairness. And unless we act now fairness. And unless we act now and act boldly, this problem is only going to grow. Extremists are also exploiting these global conflicts to divide us. People are abusing our liberal democratic values. The freedom democratic values. The freedom of speech, right to protest, to intimidate, threaten and assault others, to sing anti semitic chants on our streets, in our University Campuses , and to University Campuses, and to weaponize the evils of anti semitism or anti Muslim Hatred in a divisive ideological attempt to set britain against britain and from gender activists hijacking childrens Sex Education to cancel culture, vocal and aggressive Fringe Groups are trying to impose their views on the rest of us. Theyre trying to make it morally unacceptable to believe Something Different and undermine peoples confidence and pride in our own history and identity. Scottish nationalists identity. Scottish nationalists are even trying to tear our United Kingdom apart. But for all the dangers ahead , few are all the dangers ahead, few are felt more acutely than peoples sense of financial insecurity. Weve been pounded by a series of once in a generation shocks the Worst International financial crisis since the Great Depression in the 1930s, the first Global Pandemic since the spanish flu in 1918. The Biggest Energy shock since the 1970s. Global forces. Energy shock since the 1970s. Global forces. Yet they are global forces. Yet they are hitting our Living Standards here at home. We must be prepared strategically, economically , with robust plans economically, with robust plans and Greater National resilience to meet this time of instability with strength and peoples sense of insecurity is only heightened by the fears about new technologies like ai. When the technologies like ai. When the imf says 40 of jobs could be affected, or hundreds of leading experts say the risk could be on a par with pandemics or nuclear war. And when children are exposed to bullying, sexualised content or even self harm online, when people want to know that theyve got someone in charge who understands these dangers. Because only if you understand what is happening can you be trusted to keep us safe. You be trusted to keep us safe. But the paradox of our age is that for all the profound dangers that we face right now , dangers that we face right now, we also hold in our hands an opportunity for Human Progress that could surpass the Industrial Revolution in speed and breadth. Technologies like ai will do for the 21st century what the steam engine and electricity did for the 19th. Theyll accelerate Human Progress by complementing what we do speeding up the discovery of new ideas and by assisting almost every aspect of human life. Think of the investment they will bring, the jobs theyll create, and the increase in all our Living Standards that theyll deliver. Credible theyll deliver. Credible estimates suggest i alone could double our productivity in the next decade, and in doing so, help us create a world of less suffering, more freedom , choice suffering, more freedom, choice and opportunity. Just imagine every child in school with their own personalised tutor and every teacher free to spend more time personally developing each student. New frontiers in medical diagnostics, where a single picture of your eyes can not only detect blindness but predict other diseases like heart attacks or parkinsons and counterintuitive as it may seem throughout human history, the greatest breakthroughs of science and learning have so often come at the moments of greatest danger. The first Electronic Digital Computers were developed by british codebreakers in the second world war. Solar technology went from powering pocket calculators to a viable commercial Technology Following the Energy Crisis of the 1970s, the fastest development and deployment of a vaccine in history came during the covid pandemic, so it is incumbent upon us to make this a penod incumbent upon us to make this a period not just of great danger , period not just of great danger, but great progress too. Thats why we launched a bold plan to make science and technology our new national purpose. Were rightly proud of britains spirit of discovery and entrepreneurship that made us the leading country in the Industrial Revolution. But we Industrial Revolution. But we can be just as proud, just as confident, just as optimistic about our future and our prospects to lead again in this new industrial age. And doing so new industrial age. And doing so will enrich our lives and create good, well paid jobs in the Growth Industries of the future. Here at home. At the same time, new and fast growing economic superpowers like india, indonesia and nigeria are significantly reshaping the global economy. And just as this global economy. And just as this ever more interconnected world creates new dangers, it also creates new dangers, it also creates new dangers, it also creates new possibilities. The creates new possibilities. The United Kingdom is uniquely placed to benefit. Weve always placed to benefit. Weve always been an open trading maritime nation, and brexit has given the opportunity for to us trade even more. And we invent, discover and produce new products and services that the world wants to buy. From aircraft wings in filton to Financial Services in glasgow to incredible cultural exports like film, music and tv or sports like the premier league everywhere from rural kenya to the cityscapes of south korea, people stay up at all times of the day and night to watch their favourite british team. Its no wonder that Brexit Britain has leapt above france, japan and the netherlands to become the worlds fourth biggest exporter and the more we export, the better our businesses will do. The more businesses will do. The more jobs will create, the more wealth will generate right across our country. So this is the opportunity before us, a world transformed by technological progress, huge Global Markets hungry for new talent , goods Global Markets hungry for new talent, goods and Global Markets hungry for new talent , goods and services. And talent, goods and services. And you can see it all around us. Two brothers from merseyside sat around their Kitchen Table and built castore, a billion pounds sportswear business taking on global giants like nike and adidas. Speaking of policy change, now worn by David Cameron. And think if this is the British Companies now to electrify the tory Election Campaign , it aint doing. Its campaign, it aint doing. Its not electrifying me. You know, im weve got a plan a labour havent, which youve heard a million times before was this to me its a lot of waffle isnt there . I mean, hes telling us things that we already know. We know about the walls. We know about cyber, cyber targeting. We know about cyber targeting. We know about the russian poisoning. We know about putin cutting off gas , 100 about putin cutting off gas, 100 Million People being displaced. Whats he actually telling us . A vision is where you talk about the future, not the past. And hes constantly talking about steam trains and people stay up all night. Yes, people stay up all night. Yes, people stay up all day and night, he said. To watch their favourite teams. What is he talking about . I think what hes i think what hes going to do is hes going to talk about defence spending at the end because the tories are committed to raising defence spending. A lot and labour havent committed to that extra spending. But i noticed in the local elections a couple of weeks ago they lost the council, which is the home of the british army. Well, it looks like so. Well, it looks like so. Are people listening . Are people listening . Well, i think hes got if hes going to do that he needs to get on with it. So lets see if hes getting to the point. Lets have a listen. Listen. So my point is this our country stands at a crossroads over the next few years from our democracy to our society to our economy to the hardest questions of war and peace, almost every aspect of our lives is going to change. And how we act in the face of those changes, not only to keep people safe and secure, but to realise the opportunities too, will determine whether or not britain will succeed in the years to come. And there is an important choice facing the country because despite having 14 years with nothing to do but think about the future , labour think about the future, labour have almost nothing to say about it. No plans for our border, no it. No plans for our border, no plans for our energy security, no plans for our economy either. And no principles either. Keir starmer has gone from embracing Jeremy Corbyn to Natalie Elphicke , all in the cynical elphicke, all in the cynical pursuit of power at any price. So labour have no ideas what they did have. Theyve u turned on, they have just one thing a calculation that they can make you feel so bad about your country that you wont have the energy to ask what they might do with the incredible power that they seek to yield. Now im not saying that the past doesnt matter. I know people are feeling anxious and uncertain that their sense of confidence and pride in this country has been knocked. I understand that, been knocked. I understand that, i accept it and i want to change it, but what i cannot accept is labours idea that all the worries you have are because of 14 years of conservative government, that all you need to do is change the people in office, and these problems will magically disappear. Its just not true. In the last 14 years, not true. In the last 14 years, weve made progress in the most difficult conditions any governments have faced since the second world war. A world leading economy. Weve seen the leading economy. Weve seen the third highest growth rate in the g7 and created 4 million jobs, 800 a day. We took difficult decisions to restore , restore decisions to restore, restore our countrys Financial Security and control national debt, and that allowed us to support the country through covid and deliver the fastest vaccine rollout in the world, provide record funding to the nhs and protect pensions with the triple lock. Weve reformed welfare by capping benefits and introducing universal credit to help people into work. Weve reduced absolute poverty, pensioner poverty, child poverty. Weve cut Carbon Emissions by a third, maintained our position as natos second biggest defence power, halved, violent and Neighbourhood Crime and improved standards in our schools, with engush standards in our schools, with English School children not just the best readers in the uk , but the best readers in the uk, but in the western world. Weve legislated for equal marriage and it is now not even surprising for people from ethnically diverse backgrounds to lead scotland, wales and the United Kingdom. And the economy United Kingdom. And the economy now decisively has momentum inflation down from over 11 to 3, wages rising faster than prices. And in the First Quarter of this year , we grew faster of this year, we grew faster than france, germany, japan, italy and even america. The plan is working , italy and even america. The plan is working, so we must stick to it and not go back to square one. And when labour ignores the achievements of the last 14 years, or try to reduce the last 14 years to 49 days, remember what theyre actually doing is trying to distract you from the thing that matters most. The future now im clear eyed enough to admit that yes, maybe they can depress their way to victory with all their talk of doom loops and gaslighting and scaremongering about pensions. Scaremongering about pensions. But i dont think it will work because at heart, were a nation of optimists, but not blind to the challenges or threats that we face. We just have an innate belief that whatever they are, we can overcome them, as we have done so many times in our history, and create a secure future for you and your family. So let me tell you more about my vision for how i would lead this country through this time of danger and transformation. The danger and transformation. The highest priority of a conservative government is to keep our country safe. Weve proudly taken the generational decision to increase defence spending to a new baseline of 2. 5 of gdp by 2030, yet labour have refused to match our pledge. Keir starmer supported a former labour leader who wanted to abolish the army and withdraw from nato , and labours current from nato, and labours Current Deputy leader, shadow foreign secretary and many others voted against our nuclear deterrent. The ultimate guarantee of our security. Vie. Now labour wants security. Vie. Now labour wants to pretend that this is all history, ancient history, but its not, and it should worry us because the defence of our country and our values requires seriousness of purpose , moral seriousness of purpose, moral clarity and the willingness to make big choices and sacrifices elsewhere to fund it. Either you elsewhere to fund it. Either you believe the world is more dangerous or you dont. Either you have the strength to lead or you have the strength to lead or you dont. And yes, the global displacement of 100 Million People is a new and defining challenge of our age. But we can and will protect ourselves against illegal migration because only we conservatives have the strength to challenge conventions and do Something Different about it. Tinkering just wont work. Thats why just wont work. Thats why were pioneering the rwanda scheme and so when people see that if they come here illegally, they will be swiftly detained and removed, they will be deterred from making that perilous journey, stopping the boats and saving thousands of lives. Now, i know that our International Frameworks are outdated, so there may be flashpoints ahead with the echr. And if the Strasbourg Court make me choose between the echr and this countrys security, i will choose our countrys security every single time. And nor will every single time. And nor will iever every single time. And nor will i ever compromise on defending our values, our history , our way our values, our history, our way of life against those who seek to undermine them. To undermine them. Well, that was the first applause for this speech, which is saying something because hes speaking to an audience which is sympathetic. Thats why theyre in the room , hes. I like rishi in the room, hes. I like rishi sunak , but hes not a great, sunak, but hes not a great, charismatic orator, is he . Charismatic orator, is he . Not really. To be honest with you, i didnt feel tired until he started speaking and ive been yawning throughout. Im trying to take notes. I mean, borisjohnson, for i mean, boris johnson, for all his faults. And he had a lot, and he was a bit he was very shambolic. He held the room. This is what so common, i think, about him and sunak and starmer. There are two. There are two peas from the same pod. Theyre not very political. Theyre not very political. Theyre both dull. Theyre not very good speakers. Theyre not very good speakers. Theyre not very charismatic, lord kinnock, neil kinnock, who was labours leader, lost two elections, one against thatcher and against major, said only last week, didnt he, that starmer hasnt made the case for the country. The country doesnt love him yet. Its the same. Im afraid this is a bit of a problem with rishi. Yeah it is, it is bad. Look, lets go back and see if hes actually got something to say that we dont know already. Respect the older generation. Theyve contributed all their lives. So whatever the triple lives. So whatever the triple lock costs, its morally right to give older people dignity and comfort in retirement. But to give older people dignity and comfort in retirement. But as well as strengthening our National Security and restoring pride in our National Culture will also protect you from the dangers of a more unstable world by giving you Greater Peace of mind over your Financial Security. And people have been struggling to make ends meet. I know that in the last few years youve seen Rising Energy bills, mortgage rates, the cost of the weekly shop, and i hope have shown that through my time in office that from furlough to support with your energy bills , support with your energy bills, the government i lead will always be there for you. But always be there for you. But thats only possible if we take the tough decisions to strengthen the countrys finances and control debt. And finances and control debt. And you can trust me to do that when i stood for the leadership of my party and my opponents policies imperilled our financial strength, i was sooner prepared to lose than abandon what i believe. So deeply is right for our country. I feel the same conviction about net zero in a more unstable world where dictators like putin have held us to ransom over energy prices. I reject the ideological zeal of those who want us to adopt policies that go further, faster than any other country , no than any other country, no matter what the cost or disruption to peoples lives. Disruption to peoples lives. Thats exactly labours approach. They act like a pressure group, not a would be government, and the conservatives will govern in the national interest, leading us to net zero in a serious, hard headed way that prioritises our Nations Energy security and the Financial Security of hard working families. But even as we working families. But even as we strengthen our security and our sense of pride and confidence in ourselves, i also feel a sense of urgency about readying our country to succeed in a world transformed. And that starts by transformed. And that starts by giving all our young people wherever they live, whatever their background, the skills and their background, the skills and the knowledge to succeed. Building on the success of the last 14 years, we will create a truly world class education system. The advanced British Standard is the most far reaching reform to education for 16 to 18 year olds in a generation, which tearing down the artificial barriers between technical and academic education, increasing childrens time in the classroom , studying time in the classroom, studying a greater breadth of subjects to match our competitors , and match our competitors, and unapologetically saying that every single child must leave school not just literate, but numerate as well. Now, i know that this will not win universal acclaim , but maths will be acclaim, but maths will be fundamental to our childrens life chances in this new technological age and it is our duty to give them those skills and more will end. Rip off degrees and massively expand the number of apprenticeships. Number of apprenticeships. Because a degree is not the only path to success in the modern economy. And well make sure that everyone has the funding they need to retrain or learn new skills at any point in their lives, because in the future , lives, because in the future, education wont stop when you walk out of the school gates. Walk out of the school gates. But for britain to finish first in todays world, we dont just need the skills to succeed. We need the skills to succeed. We need to create a dynamic, innovative economy fuelled by technological progress. So we lead in the industries of the future and help you and your family become wealthier and more economically secure. And the government i lead is creating the conditions for a new british dynamism by investing in the new infrastructure of the future, not just roads, railways and buses , but gigabit broadband buses, but gigabit Broadband Research and development, Computing Power by helping to create hundreds of thousands of good, secure, well paid, highly skilled jobs that will level up opportunity right across the country. And yes, by taking the country. And yes, by taking the necessary decisions to build the right homes and the right places to support those jobs. But true british dynamism wont come from the state alone. It will come the state alone. It will come from you. It will come from the ingenuny from you. It will come from the ingenuity and creativity of the british people. Given the support , the opportunities and support, the opportunities and the rewards to have, pursue and realise big ambitions. If you have a brilliant idea, i want you to build it. If youre passionate about solving a problem, i want you to pursue it. And if you simply want to set up on your own, i want you to get out there and do it because you. So were going to go to our panel so were going to go to our panel. Ive got matthew laza and emma woolf. Theres matthew, you advise politicians, why do these wretched politicians choose starmer and sunak both make, it seems, a speech a week. Dont you want to hear from a Prime Minister in particular . Occasionally so its a big moment. Its a set piece. You think . On whats he got to say . Something that you may, as opposed to yet another hackneyed speech . Yeah, its actually extraordinary. Ed miliband, you know , people are critical of him know, people are critical of him for various things, but he actually did give a lot fewer speeches. Yeah, than the two are doing at the moment. Fewer, bigger, better , should be the bigger, better, should be the watchword because you need the speech to make real impact, particularly if, i mean, keir would say this himself. I mean, rishi, neither of them exactly. Obama style orators , are they . Obama style orators, are they . So if speeches are not particularly your thing, then do it sparingly and then it has impact. Well, also, he shouldnt do this because hes now drawing attention away from Keir Starmers shoddy choice and Natalie Elphicke. Emma i think so. Natalie elphicke. Emma i think so. And he was emma i think so. And he was saying lots of different things. He was saying labour will leave the country exposed. He suddenly found this sudden, you know, this sense of urgency. I feel a profound sense of urgency that he doesnt seem to have felt particularly about any of the other looming problems. Hes saying labour cant blame him. Saying labour cant blame him. Well, weve been in power for 14 years. You cant blame us. Well, yes, we can blame you. Youre the government. Are you in power . Are you not . And the other thing that andrew, i think was highlighting there was if we dont want an hour or two hours speech, its not the way to give a speech. The way to give a speech is work out what you want to say and say it. Do you remember king charles at cop . He gave a really good speech. It wasnt two hours long. It doesnt need to be two hours long, you know. What are you trying to say . There i still dont know. No, i mean, youve got to get the story out, and thats thats what a speech is only there to get a story out, to get headunes get a story out, to get headlines out. And he gets lost in an hour long, you know , trot in an hour long, you know, trot round the houses, which is what were getting from the pm this morning. He needs to really sort this out. They must now be biting their hair. Now theyve realised that bons hair. Now theyve realised that boris had a gift as an orator. He captured your, your your ears and he transfixed. Every week he said no, he didnt. He really didnt. I think. I dont know, i think its because the strategists sit there thinking, oh, its the election. If the other lot are election. If the other lot are going to do it, its kind of cancelling the other, cancelling each other out, but actually they just this hasnt worked. So lets try this. This hasnt worked. So lets try this. Lets do a try this out there. Hes got to be seen. Hes got to be out there. So people see more. They see more like him. But actually i dont think its working. But also if you remember i mean talking about the more they seem the more they like him, which is you and i are old enough to remember john major. Andrew. Rememberjohn major. Andrew. I mean, when john major got on his soapbox, that was the strategy. They really wanted to get him out there amongst people. This is a this is a classic westminster. Its a speech. Its with a think tank with their logo behind. Theres no people in the shot. One of my jobs is to make sure that you have people behind your leader at all times. So it looked like they were engaging. So, you know, one of your jobs. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. I love it when they have a great big aircraft hangar and theyve got about three supporters. So you see the sort of wide shot and theres three of wide shot and theres three of them. Well yeah. Well yeah. My job is to make sure you dont see the wide shot. So you pen people in behind the barriers. Hundreds of people whove turned up was to completely mislead the viewer. No, it was it was to make it look nice, i think, to mislead. Oh look nice, i think, to mislead. On we pressured for time. Yeah. Lets talk another story. What were you going to talk about . Well, weve got angela raynen well, weve got Angela Rayner. Yeah. Oh lineker. Oh well, weve got Angela Rayner. Yeah. Oh lineker. On go on i mean i mean once again hes been dismissive of the, of what happened on october the 7th. You know what he actually said. He says we all know october 7th happened and the hamas thing. Hamas thing. Yeah. Its so insulting. He says hes going to speak out about this. He says this is look which part of impartiality does gary lineker not understand . Has he lineker not understand . Has he looked at his payslip recently . Hes paid by the bbc. He needs. Thats actually yeah by us which is by the bbc. Although someone will say hes not paid by the part of the taxpayer. I dont care, hes paid by the bbc, which is our money, and he doesnt understand clear breach of impartiality. Again gary lineker getting bit and they must be scared of him. Yeah i dont know why. I mean , i think its just if i was running to be. Absolutely. If i was running the bbc, no person is bigger than the organisation. And the problem is theyve made him theyve allowed him free rein using the excuse that hes a freelancer, that hes not on the staff, and therefore that, you know, theyre always a sort of arms length from him. But of arms length from him. But never mind whether his bbc breaks bbc impartiality, it just breaks bbc impartiality, it just breaks a decency because, you know, describing the october the 7th attacks as the hamas thing is just really , really is just really, really unpleasant. I mean, just think of all the families of the people who are still being held hostage. This was worse. He did it on the British American broadcaster program. So hes conveying these remarks to the United States as well, where they will go down, particularly badly and actually be particularly offensive. So may think thats a mainstream view because he works for the bbc. Exactly. So he has that kind of, you know, the imprint on him doesnt he. So it gives it gives what he says outside the bbc, that extra, sort of, you know, status doesnt it. Weve talked about this before. How much longer does he, does he do the bbc put up with it . I know, thats what i mean. I know, thats what i mean. He does he want to be fired conveniently. Hes freelance. I mean, we all know who he works for. As far as i know, he doesnt m atter. Matter. It doesnt matter. It doesnt matter. Like thats irrelevant. Like thats irrelevant. We know i was freelance at the bbc, and even if youre freelance, youre still bound by the rules. So if you work and if you are consistently doing a job within that organisation. So for example, i present for 4 or 5 radio shows a week, then you are part of the whole, youre part of absolutely. The old producers guidelines. Just sit on our desk nana didnt they . And my show, whilst it was political, you know, it wasnt necessarily news news. So i was in a similar category to him. And so you had been and i was reaching it again and again like this. I had to leave so i could have my voice. And actually i said some things that they didnt like on a couple of different shows outside the bbc, and in the end they took away two of my shows. Yeah, they got you. So two of my shows. Yeah, they got you. So they got me and i, they didnt freelance putting up with it. They didnt keep putting up with it. Why do they keep putting up . They didnt. And whats going to be interesting bigger than them. Whats going to be interesting is i dont think his criticism is i dont think his criticism is going to stop. If we have a change of government, hes going to be criticising the labour. The Labour Government are probably going to get worse because hes going to, you know, there will be left criticism of a starmer government. And how does labour handle it . I mean, i dont think anybody here watches match of the day, but is he that brilliant at presenting matches . I think youre right that were not the target dodi else can do it. Thats what i always wonder. And i dont watch him on match of the day. And i dont think that any football presenter is bigger than. I dont think any presenter is bigger than, you know, the issues or the show. But you know, is he so great . Well, well, no one else. There were more viewers werent they, when he walked out or wasnt allowed or suspended . Yeah. The week he was suspended, the view went up. They got some fresh young voices in exactly or friends of his or maybe a woman. I think they should just have a clear out, have alex scott, some of the others and maybe start again. But thank you both. Thank you. Thank you, matthew and also emma. Its time for your News Headlines with sam francis. Francis. Very good morning to you. 1132 im sam francis. A look at the headlines this morning. And the headlines this morning. And as weve been hearing, the Prime Minister has now set out what hes called bold ideas to create a more secure future as part of a more secure future as part of a pre election pledge. Rishi sunak has been speaking in the last few minutes, saying that britain is facing one of its most dangerous periods in history , singling out china, history, singling out china, iran, russia as threats to the uk. And he also said in the last few minutes that there is a clear choice. He said , between clear choice. He said, between the conservatives and labour, a choice between the future and the past. Lets take a listen. Despite having 14 years with nothing to do but think about the future, labour have almost nothing to say about it. No plans for our border, no plans for our energy security, no plans for our economy either. And no principles either. Keir starmer has gone from embracing Jeremy Corbyn to Natalie Elphicke, all in the cynical pursuit of power at any price. Pursuit of power at any price. So labour have no ideas what they did have. Theyve u turned on. On. A parliamentary inquiry has found that good Maternity Care for pregnant women is the exception, rather than the rule. It also shows mums to be are often treated as an inconvenience and risk suffering lifelong injuries as hospitals cover up endemic failures. The conservative mp, who led the birth trauma report, described the quality of Maternity Care as a postcode lottery. The report is calling for a National Improvement strategy led by a new maternity commissioner, who would report directly to the Prime Minister and three men have been charged in yorkshire with foreign interference after they allegedly assisted hong kongs intelligence services. A total of 11 people were detained earlier this month. Almost all of whom were arrested in Northern England. The metropolitan police says those three men were charged under the National Security act and will appearin National Security act and will appear in court later. Thats the latest from the newsroom. Another update at midday. Until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gbnews. Com slash alerts. Gbnews. Com slash alerts. Cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news Financial Report , and lets take Financial Report, and lets take a look at the markets this morning. The pound will buy you 1. 2528 on ,1. 1618. The price of gold this morning is £1,869. 27 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 8437 points. Cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news Financial Report. Financial report. Well good morning. If youve just tuned in, where have you been . Theyve been with us all day. Theyve been with us all day. Theyve been with us all day. They have . They have . Oh, of course they have. Oh, of course they have. Well, listen, stay with us. Because up at noon. Good afternoon, britain, with tom and emily. Right. Whats coming up on your show . Goodness me so much today. Not least a royal live event. Yes, indeed. Yes, indeed. We do have a royal live event. The king is going to be formally handing over the role of colonel in chief of the Army Air Corps to the prince of wales. Now, this was prince harrys old regiment. So a little bit of controversy there. Timing is everything. Timing is everything. So Cameron Walker will be on the scene for us. Well have some fabulous live shots. Im sure well get a little bit of analysis of whats going on, but i do find this trip to nigeria, its had me in hysterics. Its we were talking about this. Its not so much a royal trip. Its almost a president ial trip. I was saying, its so fabulous in its, in its, ridiculousness. No, but i mean , all power to no, but i mean, all power to them. Theyve been invited. Theyre walking around. I mean , you just makes me laugh. Mean, you just makes me laugh. You would. Makes me laugh. Harry was there. Yeah. Bearing harry was there. Yeah. Bearing in mind this is about the Invictus Games nigeria signing up to him for the first time. All about meghan. Well, they all about her. Well, they all about her. They also visited one of the charities that theyve given money to from their archewell foundation. I think they give a 20 grand or something to one of the charities, although i think, you know, the british, the kings given them these charities around there more, but still , you know, so that was still, you know, so that was part of it. Yes. Theyve theyre sort of it almost feels like theres sort of a bit of weaponising of race here. The 43 nigerian that shes now talking about, which is, which seems shes in the motherland. Seems shes in the motherland. She never mentioned apparently. Yeah. In the motherland. So thats thats very interesting. So well have that. What else. Also closer to home, of course, it feels like the general election has kicked off. Were sort of seeing these regular sets of speeches, both keir starmer out in the country to talking his mayors and rishi sunak saying the world is ever so dangerous that any change at the top of government would be risking britain. So you can sort of see the narrative here. Its sort of stability versus change. It seems very, very different from, i dont know what was it about eight months ago when rishi sunak was saying he was the change candidate . Well, now the change candidate . Well, now hes the stability candidate. So we see a rebrand. Had a bit of we see a rebrand. Had a bit of a refresh there. Back to basics. But also this this Natalie Elphicke stuff. Natalie elphicke gate im quite interested to find out whos winning. Are the conservatives or the Labour Party Winning on this one because theres accusations from both sides towards one another. It was a ridiculous , shallow, it was a ridiculous, shallow, cheap opportunist. Although although andrew, i think the calculation is you think the calculation is you think labour are winning on this one office has taken is that no one office has taken is that no one out there in the country is following the twists and turns of this. Anyone whos watching, anyone whos obsessively following this already knows how theyre voting. And the general impression that people will hean impression that people will hear, theyll hear one sentence out of this, which is tory, goes laboun you disagree, i dont think i dont think youre right. I think a lot of people looking at that who had their eggs in the labour basket are looking and saying what the hell is the basket about . Who is all that and more at midday. Stay with us. This is britains newsroom on gb news. Its, 1141. Youre with britains news. When . Gb news with andrew pearson. Nana akua. Right. Well, wed love to hear all your thoughts. As ever. Send us your views, your comments. You can post them gbnews. Com. Forward slash yourself. Theres been quite a few now , if youve read any of few now, if youve read any of the daily mail this morning, you couldnt have missed andrews piece, that piece that you had in yesterday. And then theres more about the story. Its amazing. Well, jack says its all about andrew. Do you know he was adopted . Oh, its a lovely story. But anyway, jack says, morning, andrew. Ive pre ordered your book and cant wait to read it. Nana you look like a ray of sunshine. Thank you. I have written a book about finding my birth mother, which i did just before i was 50, and it was a long, complicated and tumultuous journey , and i hope tumultuous journey, and i hope it encourages lots of people whove been in touch with me to say, i didnt know my mum, i didnt know my dad. I called the book finding margaret because that was her name. Some people thought it was about finding margaret thatcher. I found her when i was 16 or 17 growing up in swindon, and i thought this womans got hope. So lots of people talking about the Prime Ministers speech was very exciting. Oh ministers speech was very exciting. On was it . Charlie exciting. On was it . Charlie says sunak and his platitudes have ive got a plan, a bold new vision. It should stop the chatter and get on with it. Im afraid, he says sunak is useless. Yeah. I love what paul said here, because thats where i was with it. As well. He said, why do i feel like hes going to finish with . And they all lived happily ever after . Do you remember that . Oh i know, i know, i know, they must curse the day. Well, they probably dont. But boris had that. He could speak. Wed all listen. It was funny. It was invited ing. But this. Well, i mean, are they. Well, i mean, are they. Youve got to think. Were they better off politically when they have boris . They were about 5 or 6 points behind in the polls, which is. Where do you expect them to be, mid term. And theyre now 20 points behind in theyre now 20 points behind in the polls. They were better off with boris. I mean, you know, so keep telling us what you think. Gbnews. Com yoursay lots more text and email. Well, john says, why dont politicians tell the truth . Good question. The next general election is simple. You either want a socialist government or not, because theyre all liars, arent they . Thats what people arent they . Thats what people are saying. Well, i dont think thats fair, but i think they i think they spin it and they put a gloss on things, and i think its a decent, honourable man. I think so. Is keir starmer. But i think so. Is keir starmer. But i think the way starmer behaved over Natalie Elphicke was, was really a surprise to me because he has made it clear that im going to do things differently. Torys been around 14 years all about mates and sleaze. He takes in a woman like natalie, elphicke and yet diane abbott is still suspended from the labour party. Yeah, i mean, i think diane should be suspended, as should Jeremy Corbyn. And i wouldnt have taken on Natalie Elphicke. I think the phrase youre looking for is economical with the truth. Yes, thats a better word. Yes, thats a better word. But anthony , what a boring speech. Yeah, yeah. So hes suggesting that was written by i. Why doesnt he resign and put in someone who believes in conservatism . Conservatism . Well, i got to tell you, estimate being made of good speech. And i think hell get the most coverage. Why would it be the Prime Minister or would it be estimate of a or would it be keir starmer meeting his mayors in the West Midlands . I mayors in the West Midlands . I reckon esther will get the most coverage. Do you think so. Do you think so. Yeah. Well she had something. She said im going to stop spending on these woke diversity schemes in, in, in government. And thats great news. Although why has it taken so long i dont know. And also why did all of this happen on their watch as theyre supposed to be conservative . Arent they. Well listen, loads more still to come. Do not go anywhere. This is britains newsroom by popular demand. Theyre back matthew laza former labour adviser and the writer broadcaster. I cant get rid of us. And we are not wearing eurovision outfit. Were not going to dance or sing. Oh, about that again. And. So. But we want to talk to you about your great friend angela raynen about your great friend Angela Rayner. Yes, matthew. Well, shes quite well. Well, i wouldnt go that far, but she we used to go knock on doors together because we both campaigned in the stockport constituency, which is where the controversial house is, whether or not she pay tax on are the centre of the controversy and the latest is theres two she also filled in the electoral registration forms correctly where was a breach of the law. Well we dont know exactly what happened because the police are looking into it. So well find out. So theres two developments. One of which is that she is talking to the police. She is going to be interviewed under caution , but interviewed under caution, but shes doing this voluntarily, so shes doing this voluntarily, so shes not going to be arrested. Shes going to go to her local Police Station and answer their questions. And then obviously they will reach their conclusions and then we will be put out of our misery. But the second prong of this morning is, is that in conjunction with the mirror, theres a fight back, and theres a sort of claim of hypocrisy about tory mps who have sold their houses. If you remember, people used to before the expenses scandal, say, before the sort of 2010 election. Up until then, mps got their mortgage paid for as part of their second home because obviously they have to live in two places. And then after the expenses scandal, its moved to a rent system where their rent is paid. So what happened is, is when you come to sell the house, the taxpayer has funded, you keep the profit. And theres the big question about the big profits that some tory mps have made and whether or not they pay tax on labour mps too. Yes. Yes. So that is that is the flaw of this argument, because i can name some labour mps to whom this applied to this. This is so i think it was. Yes, they were all doing it and it was it was seen as within the rules. It was it was within the rules. The other thing is it was also cheaper for the taxpayer. But what Angela Rayner may or may not have done, it may not have been within the law. So thats why the police are questioning. Absolutely. Absolutely. And its also i mean, i suppose what theyre trying to do is come off, off the back of Nadhim Zahawi who, the former briefly, the chancellor , who briefly, the chancellor, who yesterday admitted he had to pay an extra 5 million in tax. Theres obviously no claims of any criminality there, but he did say he had to sort out his tax an extra £5 million check when he sold about the sale of his business a few years back. So i think what theyre trying to do is effectively put a bit of a smokescreen up to conflate it. But as you say, its unwise because theyre the same. The same question could be asked of mps of labour and other parties on the Daily Telegraph during the great expenses scandal back in 2009, and i can remember hazel blears, who was a minister at the time, standing in the street waving a cheque for 13,500 pounds, saying im going to and shes not taller. Hazel. Hey, my Capital Gains tax. Whoops. She hadnt paid, so there was a lot of that going on. Matthew and absolutely. And i think glasshouses stone. So i think the mirror if angelas people are behind this mirror story we dont know. But it may backfire and it doesnt make it better frankly, for someone who isnt a mate of Angela Rayner, this whataboutery you know this. Well, theyre all at it. Exactly. And it just makes one feel that politicians are all at it and they are all profiting. It and they are all profiting. And yeah, that was within the law. But with Angela Rayner, just tell the truth. If you made a mistake, fess up, pay up. Cant we just. Cant she just tell the truth . And you know, if she did that at the very beginning, shed have id have would have saved herself a world of pain. This was a few years ago, i was running for parliament. I had a lot on my plate, ill child. Yeah. An ill child. Im going to look into it. And if i owe the hmrc any money, if i filled any form, ill write a check, sort it out. Well, she would say thats what she does because she said that the advice shes received is that she didnt do. She did take the advice and she doesnt need to do that. What about the stuff . Well, what about the stuff then with the council tax with with that house . Because one mistake is fine, but two, that kind of corroborates claiming discounts. If she was claiming the discount. Discount. Yeah. Yeah. Which was, which was in her husbands house, then thats another one. So there are those two are clear breaches of the law. You register where you live. Yeah, one and you pay council tax where you live in your primary residence. You dont then claim empty house or Single Person that wont wash. For people like david lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, to say shes a girl from up north, shes from working class, shes done very well. So what doesnt matter which part of the country youre from or if youre working class, if youre from a difficult background, the laws, the rules. Yeah, everybody should everybody should stick by the rules. I think a dustman or a duke i think a dustman or a duke i think everybody should stick by stick by the rules and just made clear that if she is convicted of a criminal offence, that she will resign, but shes confident that she wont be. And hopefully the Police Investigation hopefully her going and answering all the polices questions. Well see an end to it. Well, i noticed keir starmer said he didnt need to look at anything and he trusts her completely. Yeah, i think perhaps he just wants to back off this one and say i knew nothing. Yeah, interesting because hes a lawyer by training. So you think, well, thats exactly why he said he hasnt seen the detail, but he trusts her judgement. Seen the detail, but he trusts herjudgement. Of course he is. Can we squeeze in one more . Can we squeeze in one more . Well, weve got the lib dems. A little bit of politics. So the lib dems are in a bit of a bit of bother because one of the candidates that they selected for not being liberal in terms of. So this is the guy who was selected, david campanale, who was the candidate they selected in sutton and cheam, which is a key constituency for the lib dems, used to be a lib dem seat. The current mp, tory mp paul scully, he took it off them. Hes standing down. Really big opportunity in the lib dems core heartland of southwest london. In next to vince cables old seat and hed been hes a man of faith. Hed been part of the christian peoples alliance, which is a small party that basically was big in the london elections. What its good for. And then but everybody knew this. Anybody stuck him in google, he was selected as the lib dem candidate. And then he was, hes been hes been biffed out for being religious. Terrible. Yeah terrible. Yeah this is being seen as a kind of an attempt to secularise the lib dems. A lot of lib dems are not very happy about this at all. And actually the organisation, the cpa, he left it. He left that organisation in 2012. He doesnt agree with their stance on abortion and things like that. So yeah, im a silly lib dems, not necessarily a leader. Tim farron, who had very similar views. Well, its a group, that internal group that he backs thatis internal group that he backs that is back in the charts. Well, theres loads more to talk about. Double standard. Whats wrong with being a man. Weve got to go now. Thats it from britains newsroom up next good afternoon britain with tom and emily. Yes. On the show today were going to have a royal live event at the top. The king is formally handing over the role of colonel in chief of the Army Air Corp to prince william. Theres a little bit of controversy, as it was prince harrys old regiment and the general election seems to be already underway. Starmers saying mares and rishis saying safety. Whos right . Right . Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning. Welcome to your gb news weather updates by the met office. A change is in store with heavy rain in the west, dry in the east, but really feeling cooler than what weve had lately. So through this morning weve got a band of heavy rain pushing its way across south southern parts of england, wales and Northern Ireland. The met office have got a yellow rain warning in force here. We could see some difficult driving conditions further towards the north and east. Brighter conditions here may be some showers developing across parts of scotland. It will still feel warm in that sunshine, but much cooler, especially underneath all this cloud and rain across western parts through monday, that rain continues to push its way north and eastwards through this evening, maybe giving some difficult driving conditions at rush hour and continuing to push its way northwards to affect parts of Northern England and even into the southeast as well, followed by some blustery showers and some clear spells into tuesday. But it is going to be another rather mild night, especially underneath all that cloud and rain with temperatures generally around 14 degrees through tuesday, its a bit of a contrast. Well see a damp start across northern parts Northern Ireland and east anglia as this rain gradually pushes away northwards into scotland. Behind that , some northwards into scotland. Behind that, some brighter weather, but also some blustery, scattered showers feeding in some of these could be heavy at times, but temperatures are generally around 18 degrees. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Way. Good afternoon. Britain its 12 00 on monday, the 13th of may. Britain faces an increasingly dangerous world and would be safer under tory rule. Thats a message from the Prime Minister as he warns the country changing governments at this time would put us all at risk. Meanwhile , sir keir starmer meanwhile, sir keir starmer is set to meet with labours newly expanded team of mayors. Today hell talk up how his party is best placed to deliver levelling up for the regions. Does this all feel a bit like an election yet . A little bit and a Health Minister has apologised after a report finds shockingly poor quality Maternity Care in our nhs. Well speak to the mp who headed up the parliamentary birth trauma inquiry