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Palestinian refugees . And can we trust the labour party to run the country . Thats all coming up between now and 6 pm. Watch the show. Always a delight to have your company. So the big question im asking today is this. Earlier this week, 50 mps and peers said that the uk should accept Palestinian Refugees to the country. Its called the gaza family scheme. They clearly didnt see the memo from denmark, which showed in 1992 a similar scheme ended up with 64 of those admitted to the country with criminal records and 65 taking benefits. Should we really be doing the same thing . And in the last houn same thing . And in the last hour, an incredible story has broken in my opinion. And that is this. Thanks to the palestinian football association. Yes, theyve actually got one putting pressure on fifa, just like the eurovision song contest. Now theres an emergency meeting to think about kicking israel out of World Football. What on earth of World Football. What on earth is going on low to discuss in the next hour . Get in touch with your views on both of those comments and its gbnews. Com yoursay. But lets kick off the show with your headunes. Headlines. Good afternoon. Its 3 02. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. First, a recap of the newsroom. First, a recap of the breaking news from manchester in the last hour where a teacher has been found guilty of six counts of Sexual Activity with a child. 30 year old Rebecca Jones child. 30 year old Rebecca Jones was already suspended from her job and on bail for having sex with a 15 year old when she began a sexual relationship with a second teenager aged 16, and became pregnant during her two week trial, the high court. The High School Teacher told the court she craved attention and struggled following the breakdown of a nine year relationship, but denied the allegations against her. A moroccan Asylum Seeker has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 45 years for murdering a pensioner in an attack motivated by the conflict in gaza. Ahmed al fayed stabbed 70 year old Terence Carney six times in hartlepool , in what was intended hartlepool, in what was intended as revenge for the israel hamas conflict. But he told police the conflict. But he told police the attack, a week after the hamas attacks on israel, was for the people of gaza and he had wanted to kill more victims. A lead was also found guilty of the attempted murder of his housemate, who he had attacked before the fatal stabbing of mr carney. The chancellor, jeremy carney. The chancellor, jeremy hunt, has declined to give a cast iron guarantee of tax cuts, while insisting the tax burden would go down under a future conservative government he warns that labour will be forced to raise taxes to pay for their spending pledges, as he reiterated his own commitment to eliminating National Insurance. Speaking in london, this morning, the chancellor accused his shadow Rachel Reeves, a resorting to playground politics with her criticism of the high levels of taxation on uk households. It comes to labour policies on jobs, welfare reform and tax. The difference if they are elected , will be profound and elected, will be profound and damaging for every family in the country. Labour like to criticise recent tax rises, thinking people dont know what caused them, the furlough scheme, the Energy Price Guarantee and billions of pounds in cost of living support. But labour supported those policies, which is why it is playground politics to use those tax rises to distract debate from the biggest divide in british politics today. What happens to politics today. What happens to the tax burden next . Meanwhile, shadow financial secretary james murray says its time for change. Theres a desperate attempt to distract by jeremy hunt from the conservatives record in office. We know the tax burden is set to be the highest in 70 years. The average household is going to be £870 worse off and frankly, theyre probably trying to distract from their own £46 billion unfunded commitment to aboush billion unfunded commitment to abolish National Insurance. I abolish National Insurance. I think all this underscores is its think all this underscores is wsfime think all this underscores is its time for change and its time for general election. Now, the Uk Health Security Agency has confirmed 46 cases of cryptosporidium and over 100 others reporting symptoms in brixham and devon. It is thought a damaged air valve on a pipe in a damaged air valve on a pipe in a field containing cattle has been identified as the potential site of the outbreak. Bottled water has been handed out to residents, as people have been told to stop using tap water for drinking without boiling it first, and schools have been forced to shut. Exchequer secretary to the treasury Gareth Davies says its important to hold Water Companies to account. Its a very Troubling Development that were hearing in devon. Of course it is. Weve taken very tough action to strengthen the powers of the regulator, to allow them to hold companies to account, as the chancellor has just said. Weve seen significant investment as a result of privatisation. The result of privatisation. The only Water Company in addition to the one that the chancellor referenced, that is worse is in scotland, which is not privatised. And so this is a matter of Holding Companies to account, making sure that theyre investing in this government is focused on making sure that happens. Sure that happens. And the world number one golfer Scottie Scheffler has been detained in handcuffed outside Valhalla Golf Club , outside Valhalla Golf Club, where hes playing in the us pga championships. The incident championships. The incident occurred after a misunderstanding with police who were managing traffic flow. He was later booked into jail and louisville, Louisville Department of corrections issued a mugshot. Hes due to tee off in the second round just after 3 pm. And for the latest stories , pm. And for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Common alerts. Now screen or go to gb news. Common alerts. Now its screen or go to gb news. Common alerts. Now its back to screen or go to gb news. Common alerts. Now its back to. Martin. Thank you sofia. Now weve got so much to get through, so lets get cracking. And the chancellor, jeremy hunt , has chancellor, jeremy hunt, has drawn the battle lines ahead of the next general election. Hes the next general election. Hes told voters that if the conservatives stay in power, they will cut taxes, while labour will not. And were going to start with the great chris hope. The great chris hope. Chancellor, thank you for taking gb news question. You say you want to cut taxes. Youve been saying that for months, but you have cut National Insurance twice, £900 off the average average person tax bill. But youve frozen tax thresholds and the polls arent shifting. Why not . Is it you , your party . The not . Is it you, your party . The country wants change, possibly. And secondly, do you want a second budget pre election to cut taxes . Cut taxes . It is, you know, not a great insight with Great Respect to you, chris, to say that putting up taxes, as i had to do in the autumn statement in 2022, is not popular. But it was the right thing to do for the economy. And we can see today when the imf are saying that our economy will grow faster than any major european country over the next six years, that those decisions have been the right ones. Theyve paid off, and thats why we took them. But now we are in an Election Year, and if people are worried about tax , then are worried about tax, then i would just say one very simple thing. There is a choice. The thing. There is a choice. The Labour Government, the labour party does not want and a future Labour Government does not want to cut the tax burden. A future conservative government will. Thatis conservative government will. That is the big choice in british politics. And our argument is this isnt just about, family budgets. We understand how important those are when it comes to cost of living pressures. Our argument is this is about the future growth of the economy , because growth of the economy, because we can see looking around the world that more lightly taxed economies have more dynamic private sectors. They grow faster. And in the end, that is faster. And in the end, that is more money for precious Public Services like the nhs. Services like the nhs. Well, as youd expect, labour werent impressed at all with what jeremy hunt had to say. And check out will the shadow financial secretary to the treasury, james murray, had to say. Say. I think, frankly, this is a desperate attempt to distract by jeremy hunt from the conservatives record in office. You know, we know the tax burden is set to be the highest in 70 years. The average household is going to be £870 worse off. And frankly, theyre probably trying to distract from their own £46 billion unfunded commitment to aboush billion unfunded commitment to abolish National Insurance. I think all this underscores is its think all this underscores is wsfime think all this underscores is its time for change and its time for general election. Well, for a full analysis of that, now joined by the great Christopher Hogg , as endorsed by Christopher Hogg, as endorsed by the chancellor there and the former labour adviser, the great, are you going to miss out for him . The great Martin Daubney . The great Martin Daubney . Of course i had to say it. Otherwise i have got to slap the marvellous martin now. Thanks very much, guys. Now load to get stuck into. Yesterday we were saying, what are the tories going to say . How are they going to respond . Its fair to say that jeremy hunt came out guns blazing, accusing the labour party of fake news. Storm will help himself to your familys wallets, accusing him of being a pickpocket and unmitigated tragedy. Angela rayners workers rights reform and then saying it will cost every household £2,100. But the big question is, as you said, is it you . More to the point has he got a plan . The problem . Hes got jeremy, jeremy hunt and he produced this document here. Labours tax rises 19 page dossier from cchq passed around to journalists. You saw there labours tax rises behind and in front of Jeremy Jeremy hunt when he spoke. And thats quite interesting isnt it. Because normally you dont have such an obvious adopting of the opponents name. Its normally my opponent. I dont say who they are, but theyre being very clear. This is on laboun being very clear. This is on labour, labour, labour and hes saying that we will cut taxes. Labour wont. Well we do know from yesterday this my first steps. It says here, as we said yesterday on the programme, martin, that labour will keep taxes as low as possible but not cut them. The tories see cut them. The tories see a window there to say we will cut taxes and look at what weve done with National Insurance. My questionnaire was to say, well, youve done all that. Youve saved £900 off the average tax bill. Nothings happened. Nothing has changed in the polls. Will it work . And in fact, maybe people are saying, well, we know that were being dragged further into this fiscal drag. These, these thresholds because of higher inflation. We dont believe you, jeremy hunt. And thats the problem theyve got as a credibility issue here with the tory party. How do they cut through. Weve got polling out today from people polling for gb news showing the tories on 20 and labour on 47. But what was finally on on the polling, what the tories might like from this, is the fact that only 5 have a great deal of confidence that labour will deliver on these first steps. So i think theres a kind of plague on all their houses at the moment in politics. Can i just say that i feel a bit put out that yours is bigger than mine . Mine is bigger. Look, well, yours, yours is longer. Martin. Whoa wheres this conversation going . It is friday, matthew. Lets get this conversation back on. Absolutely i was going to say kyrees is bigger than tony blair. Hes got a bigger pledge card than tonys. On a serious point. Absolutely, yesterday it was very much, very much echoes of the blair regime. In fact, i remember i remember the pledge card the first time around. Nigel farage said, its blair without the flag, which is probably a bit harsh, but nevertheless, the conservative party are having to respond to what sir keir starmer is saying. And i guess my question to you, my question to the tories, my question to everybody is its okay to have a pop at the labour party, but weve had consecutive tax rises. How many times, 18 times. Theyve got the highest tax regime since world war two. Well remember on monday the Prime Minister, you dont normally get two major interventions in a week. Thats quite unusual. Theres normally one. So the Prime Minister on monday had his major relaunch speech, told us that we shouldnt look at the 14 years of record of the tory government. We should just look at his record as though he was nothing to do with the tory party. Hes like all those candidates in the local elections who refuse to put tories on the posters. All i can say about today is i had to look up the catchphrase from one of the drag race contestants the cheek, the nerve, the gall, the gumption, the audacity of saying that you are attacking anybody else on tax when youve risen, when youve, when youve, when taxes under you have hit a 70 year high. Yes, weve had covid, but other governments around the world have dealt with covid as well and not had a higher tax burden. Ordinary families on that very point, yes, covid was a big £400 billion shock to the economy, then an eight hour gap in the middle of the night. Then the war broke out in in ukraine with invasion by russia. That prompted the energy shock. So the government feels that theyre getting no credit for doing doing the, the energy price bill, the Energy Energy bill cap. Why why not give them any credit . They think its dishonest of labour to ignore that. Thats the elephant in the room. Yeah. Its not dishonest to to labour ignore it because governments around the world had both things to cope with. And taxes are not at record highs in countries around the world, including countries with Centre Left Governments from similar parties, to labour. I have to say that, you know, an election is in the offing. I have a slight feeling that these both of these events were planned when we thought we might have an early election because theyve got the whiff of what you do in an Election Campaign where you have, you know, the roar of pens we had we had the tory secret plan. When i was in labour hq in the 2015 election, all the documents like that. So i think thats why theyve come out fighting so quickly, because i think, you know, you dont do a document like that overnight or document like that overnight or do a scale, a launch on the scale we saw yesterday overnight. Can i ask you i mean, weve got six more months of it, martin. Yeah. Well, its great for us, but the nation will be burying their heads under a pillow. On a serious point, the peoples poll that we conducted has thrown some interesting points, which i think labour might need to have a good think about. Politics is about competence and trust. Isnt it all the all the party competent and can we trust them . Its quite concerned for the labour party. I would say, where only 5 of people polled. Now bearin only 5 of people polled. Now bear in mind gb news viewers arent against the labour party. The last poll, in fact, showed that over 30 of them are prepared. Absolutely. For the labour party. This is not a skew poll. Only 5 of the public have a great deal of trust in labour delivering on these pledges that came out yesterday. Is that a problem . You can talk all you like. Problem . You can talk all you uke. Can problem . You can talk all you like. Can you do the walk . I think what it is a problem for all politicians. I think chris hit the nail on the head a few moments ago, because there is such cynicism at the moment. And joking aside about the, the competing sizes of tony blair and Keir Starmers pledge card, the language actually on the front is very different because it clearly says my first steps, because its acknowledging that you cant come in and change everything overnight. You can only deliver on certain specific things. And thats what i think thats why the language, which was that phrase, would have been a focus group to death. It would have been, you know, run past the Polling Company and it will have chimed with the public, because when that i think the pubuc because when that i think the public are going to see that keir isnt promising the earth. This isnt cakeism and the boris days when you thought you could have everything and not pay for it. This is being realistic and thats why it was realistic yesterday. When hes talking to chris about the fact that he cant offer tax cuts in the early days because, you know, there simply isnt the money there simply isnt the money there to do it. So its about realism, which i think plays into his image of quiet competence. Matthew, are you content with my first steps . Not our first step. Yeah. I mean, i think all the pledge cards going back to 97 through 2010, 15, theyve all done them. Are are are they in your party is one of collective working together. Thats very president ial. And he hasnt really got the same authority that tony blair had. Well i think thats why hes done it. I think if youre if youre clearly, if youre seen as the great leader, then you can then you can take, you know, you can take you can give one to the team. I think if youre theyd be trying to do with the rolled up sleeves, hes trying to show, hes trying to show, hes trying to up his strength because that is obviously a weakness. People dont find hes got as much personality as blair, etc. Very quick final question to you. Very quick. Of course, they traded blows on tax. Theyve both come out swinging surely now for the conservatives its tax cuts or tatty. Bye. Yes yes almost certainly. And we did ask. We did ask them twice jeremy hunt will there be a budget a fiscal moment before the election. He said therell be one in the autumn, the autumn statement. But hes not sure when that will be because of course, you can have an autumn statement. Its got to be pre election. It cant be in november, around the time of the general election. So almost certainly they will. They will say vote for us and well do this, this and this to National Assurance and maybe even income tax. I think. Even income tax. I think. Okay. Thank you very much, Chris Matthew laza. Theyre going to need to be a massive rabbit pulled out of that hat. I think well have loads more analysis of what jeremy hunt had to say. 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But i must stress, this is a rare occurrence we are inheriting an an economy which is broken. We have had no growth for 14 years. Somebody else also starred someone else. Amazon series. This is very true. I actually discovered this by chance last night and it looked like you. I was watching it. I was watching it. Well, who is that leaning up against the cabinet office, britains sexiest, second most sexy man. Sexy man. Sexy man. Join for us breakfast every day at 6 am. Welcome back. Its approaching 3 23. Im Martin Daubney, and this is gb news. Now, later in the show, ill look ahead to one of the biggest fights of all time as Britains Tyson fury gets ready to take on alexander isak, the ukrainian massive fight ahead. Fury is reportedly being paid up to £78 million before that. Earlier this week , 50 mps and peers this week, 50 mps and peers called for the creation of a so called gaza family scheme that would see Palestinian Refugees move to the uk. But according to the latest gb news peoples poll, the british pubuc peoples poll, the British Public arent so keen on the idea. People were asked this question to what extent would you support a scheme to take in refugees from palestine . Heres how they responded. 29 of people said that they strongly support all tend to support the idea, while 42 of people strongly oppose or tend to oppose it. So the Public Opinion is clearly very much against this. Now im joined in the studio by our political correspondent, olivia utley levy. Welcome to the show. So on monday, this letter emerged 50 mps, mps had said , mainly from mps, mps had said, mainly from the labour side of the camp , the labour side of the camp, wrote to the home secretary demanding that we took Palestinian Refugees in. The people have spoken and once again it appears to indicate that the politicians are completely out of touch with the pubuc completely out of touch with the public on this. Absolutely. I think this indicates quite a big fight coming for labour. The conservative government have said time and again that they have no plans to admit Palestinian Refugees to the uk. But obviously if keir starmer becomes Prime Minister later this year, there will be huge pressure on him from his own backbenchers to open up some sort of Palestinian Refugee scheme. And as this poll shows, that idea just is not popular with the public. A very large proportion actually dont know , proportion actually dont know, which is quite interesting in itself because im expecting the next few months we can see those numbers solidify on one side or the other, but just 12 strongly support the idea of such a scheme. Now, if you compare that to the response to the, russian invasion of ukraine right at the beginning, weeks after the first invasion, the question wasnt quite the same. But yougov put a question to the British Public, which was, do you believe we have a moral obligation to help to admit refugees from ukraine . And 65 of the population said, yes, there is clearly a huge difference here. And presumably that difference is cultural. Its about values. Its about its about values. Its about the difference between letting, people in whove come from europe and letting in people with a whole different set of values from the middle east, and thatis values from the middle east, and that is probably whats causing that is probably whats causing that tension. Itll be really interesting to see what, if anything, keir starmer says about this at the moment hes keeping his powder dry and i suspect hell continue to do so until well after a general election. And it makes you wonder why theyre doing this, because they know it wont be an actor. These mps are writing the letter. No way on earth particularly would a conservative government do this. I dont think theres any way on earth that a Labour Party Government would do this. Is it just virtue signalling to their constituents once again to pander to vote . The pro palestine mob . I think possibly theres an element of, well , i think possibly theres an element of, well, appealing to their constituents. I think its also worth remembering that Labour Party Members are very important to labour mps at the moment. Its not just the wider voters, its not just for them about winning over swing voters, who probably from this poll anyway, arent particularly keen on a Palestinian Refugee scheme. Its about keeping on side those labour members. Labour members labour members. Labour members tend to be much further to the left than the average labour voter, and those are the people who go out and knock on doors at general elections, wholl do all the leafleting, do all the hard work , put in the steps to get work, put in the steps to get mps re elected. So i suspect mps re elected. So i suspect that these mps are very keen to keep labour members on side and the dont knows might have their opinion swayed. If we look at a study from 1992, denmark accepted 321 Palestinian Refugees. The data, Palestinian Refugees. The data, the ons data of denmark, went to on show 63 of those originally admitted went on to have criminal records, 49 of them were fined or otherwise, 26 jailed, plus 65 of all palestinians who went to denmark ended up on some type of benefits. If those kind of benefits. If those kind of figures were relayed to the British Public, they might not be so unsure. Be so unsure. I think youre probably right about that. Its also quite interesting to look at. Yougov did a poll a couple of months ago looking into the people who said that they did want to accept Palestinian Refugees into this country. How many Palestinian Refugees did they think britain should be accepting . And the vast majority were looking at a few thousand. So its not kind of huge numbers. So its interesting. I wonder if the politicians are actually much, much further, more extreme about this, more keen on a much bigger scheme than even some of those who are in the 12 of strongly support on our poll. On our poll. Superb. Olivia utley, thanks for joining me in the studio. Forjoining me in the studio. Now to a story that broke in the last hour and a female teacher has been found guilty of having sex with two schoolboys, Rebecca Jones has been convicted of four counts of Sexual Activity with a child and two counts of Sexual Activity with a child by a person in a position of trust well northwest of england. Reporter sophie reaper is outside Manchester Crown court. Sophie a case has generated a huge amount of controversy. Whats the latest . Whats the latest . Well, martin, theres been some incredibly disturbing details thats come out of this trial in the past couple of weeks here at Manchester Crown court, which has ultimately led, as you say, to Rebecca Jones, being found guilty on all six counts. Now, just to give our viewers a bit of background information, Rebecca Jones was a maths teacher at a school in Greater Manchester when she became embroiled in all of this. These relations with boy a and boy b, whom cannot be named because of legal restrictions around their age, now some of these details are really quite incredible. All we heard, for incredible. All we heard, for example, that with boy a, she took him to the Trafford Centre and purchased him an expensive designer belt. She then took him back to her flat in salford. Now she denies any kind of sexual relationship with boy a. He disagrees. And in fact, upon disagrees. And in fact, upon investigation, Greater Manchester police found his semen on her bedsheets. Now all of this happened, she became she was suspended from her job as was suspended from herjob as a teacher and she was on bail whilst under investigation. And whilst under investigation. And whilst all of that was going on, she then struck up a sexual relationship with another boy. Relationship with another boy. Boy b now we heard in the court that she had exchanged flirtatious messages via snapchat with him, including one on his 16th birthday, when he informed her that he was then of the legal age of consent. Now Rebecca Jones says that it only became sexual once he had reached the age of 16, and once she had been dismissed from her job, so she was no longer in that position of power. However, boy b told the court that the sexual relationship started pnor sexual relationship started prior to this , and in fact she prior to this, and in fact she eventually became pregnant with boy bs child. She told he told the court now i think about it was emotional abuse. She basically mentally abused me. Then basically mentally abused me. Then i sacrificed 18 months for a paedophile. The court also heard about disputes between boy b and jones on whether to keep the baby. She did ultimately keep it and of course, many more details that came out over the course of the two weeks. But just to reiterate, she has now been found guilty on all six counts, including four counts of Sexual Activity with a child. Sexual activity with a child. Thank you. Sophie reaper from outside of Manchester Crown court. And i just hasten to add, the media treatment of this i think, would have been very, very different if the genders had been reversed. Sophie reaper , thanks for joining had been reversed. Sophie reaper , thanks forjoining us now. , thanks for joining us now. Still lots more. Still to come between now and 4 00 and well cross live to devon , where cross live to devon, where people have been warned that cases of a waterborne disease caused by a parasite could continue for two more weeks. The first issue of headlines with sophia wenzler. Martin. Thank you. Its 331. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom as youve been hearing a teacher has been found guilty of having sex with two schoolboys. 30 year old Rebecca Jones was convicted of six counts of engaging in Sexual Activity with a child , including activity with a child, including two while being a person in a position of trust. She denied position of trust. She denied having sex with one schoolboy and claimed a relationship with and claimed a relationship with a second teenager, only begun once he had left school and once she had been sacked. The uk she had been sacked. The Uk Health Security Agency says there are now 46 confirmed cases of cryptosporidium , after water of cryptosporidium, after water suppuesin of cryptosporidium, after Water Supplies in brixham in devon, were contaminated. It means were contaminated. It means cases of the diarrhoeal illness have been more than doubled in the last year. Yes, since yesterday , 16,000 homes and yesterday, 16,000 homes and businesses have been told a parasite got into supplies after potential contamination from cattle manure. Hundreds of cattle manure. Hundreds of Border Force Officers at Heathrow Airport are set to strike at the end of half term in a row , over rotors. 500 in a row, over rotors. 500 members of the psc union will walk out for three days, starting on the 31st of may. Its expected the strike action will disrupt passport checks for travellers coming into the uk. Travellers coming into the uk. Two Police Officers who took a two hour meal break for a kebab on the night of the Manchester Arena attack, have been handed final written warnings. Their final written warnings. Their absence meant there were no officers patrolling the area. Officers patrolling the area. When salman abedi made his final approach to the city room, where he detonated his explosive, the Police Watchdogs also recommended that British Transport Police apologise to the families of the victims and the families of the victims and the world number one golfer, Scottie Scheffler , has described Scottie Scheffler, has described his arrest on the way to the us pga championship in valhalla this morning as a big misunderstanding following a very chaotic situation. The incident occurred with police who were managing traffic flow. He was later booked into jail and Louisville Department of corrections issued a mugshot. He was able to arrive on course on time to tee off in the second round of the event. And for the round of the event. And for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Com alerts. Thank you sophia. Now weve got lots more. Still to come, but in a few minutes theres the latest on the waterborne disease thats causing sickness and diarrhoea in one devon town. But first, theres a brand new way to get in touch with us here gbnews. And heres bev turner with all the details. With all the details. We are proud to be gb news the peoples channel. And as you know, we always love to hear your views. Now theres a new way of getting in touch with us at gbnews. Com yoursay your say by commenting you can be part of a live conversation and join our gb news community. You can even talk to me, bev turner or any of the members of the gb news family. Simply go to gbnews. Com yoursay 2020. For a battleground yeah the year the nation decides. The year the nation decides. As the parties gear up their campaign for the next general election. Who will be left standing when the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives . Their lives . Who will rise and who will fall . Lets find out together for every moment. The highs, the lows, the twists and turns, well be with you for every step of this journey in 2024. Gb news is britains election. Channel. Britains election. Channel. Welcome back. Your time is 338. Im Martin Daubney on gb news now. Later in the show, ill ask whether nigel farage is right to say sir keir starmer is tony blair without the flair . Tony blair without the flair . But first to the latest on the waterborne disease thats hit the town of brixham in devon. And residents have been warned the cases of the illness caused by a parasite could continue for a further two weeks. Around 16,000 households and businesses have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and calling it first. Lets cross now to brixham to speak to our south west of england reporter, jeff moody. Geoff, welcome to the show. Geoff, welcome to the show. Yesterday you were telling us the pain being and witnessed by some people was akin to childbirth and now the saga rolls on. Whats the latest . Rolls on. Whats the latest . I was indeed well, the latest is that the number of people that have officially been affected has doubled. Its now affected has doubled. Its now gone up to three. Thats the ones that are officially diagnosed. There are thought to be hundreds more that have fallen ill, but havent actually been officially diagnosed as yet. So that number is rising considerably. Meanwhile, here at the bottling centre , people are the bottling centre, people are still arriving. Theyre still arriving over here, pretty much bumper to bumper throughout the day. And theyre all coming through here and filling up with water. I must admit, there is a slightly different atmosphere here today. Yesterday there was a real sense of panic, a real sense of frustration, a sense of angeh sense of frustration, a sense of anger. Today, were being a little bit more british about it. More people are sort of saying, well, you know, wartime spirit, lets just get through this. Its only going to be a week or a couple of weeks. Lets just try and put a brave face on it. Thats more the message today. But earlier on, i caught up with the mp for this region, anthony mangnall. He said that hes very, very angry with whats happened. Lets have a listen. Listen. Unacceptable. There is no way to dress it up. You know, we should not in the 21st century have a community, 40,000 people being unable to drink the water within their system. And thats what ive, you know, ive been saying from the get go, southwest water initially said that it was nothing to do with them. Keep drinking the water and then two days ago, at 1 00, suddenly they said, no, no, no, weve got it all wrong. Make sure you boil everything people are very frustrated with their attitude, arent they . Well, to be honest, i dont think its just about being frustrated. I think its about being bloody angry. If i might put it that way, to be told that you can drink water and carry on, and its nothing to do with southwest water, has possibly led to a lot more people becoming ill as a result of that. We know that there are 20 odd confirmed cases of cryptosporidium, but we also know that there are hundreds of people who are suffering with symptoms of cryptosporidium. So symptoms of cryptosporidium. So this is much bigger than is actually being recognised. And i actually being recognised. And i think this is the problem. Southwest water initially by denying it essentially are to blame for so many more people getting ill. And thats my frustration. And i think residents are rightly angry about it. Its not just a frustration, its real anger about this. And its going to take a great deal of time to make sure that people have confidence in the Water Network again, and that we have good drinkable wateh well, southwest water says they are truly sorry for the situation and are working as hard as they can to try and rectify it. Its thought that the problem is an air valve that seems to have come loose and broken, and into that valve has seeped some raw sewage, some animal faeces , and also some animal faeces, and also some ground water, which if is as dirty as groundwater ever is. So that seems to be the problem. People here have actually been drinking traces of cow dung, which of course is alarming a lot of people and disgusting a lot of people and disgusting a lot of people too. And a lot of people asking, how on earth can this happen in britain in 2024 . Indeed, jeff moody , the indeed, jeff moody, the wartime spirit alive and kicking in brixham , i think ill have in brixham, i think ill have a very different type of wartime spirit if ive been welded to the toilet for three days. Jeff moody, thank you very much for that update. Now moving on. Just 5 of people have a great deal of trust in labour delivering on their six pledges. Well, why is their six pledges. Well, why is the public so disillusioned with politicians . Ill be discussing that next. Im Martin Daubney on were gb news, and we come from a proud tradition of british journalism. Thats why im so excited to be here. Its something so new. Its something so new. The first news channel to be launched in britain in over 30 years. Launched to represent the views of the british people. To go where other broadcasters refuse to go. How do you find out about the story in the first place . Launched with one aim to be the fearless champion of britain, its an absolutely fantastic atmosphere here. This is gb news the peoples channel this is gb news the peoples channel, gb news britains news channel, gb news britains news channel. Welcome back. Your time is 346. Im Martin Daubney and this is gb news. Now at 4 00, well hear from jeremy hunt again. The chancellor has come out fighting today, accusing labour of attempting to scare pensioners with what he said were lies about National Insurance. Now, about National Insurance. Now, before that, lets get more on a story i spoke about earlier in the show. And its this 50 mps and peers have called for the creation of a so called gaza family scheme that will see Palestinian Refugees move to the uk. But according to the latest gb news peoples poll, the British Public isnt quite so keen on the idea. When people were asked to what extent would you support a scheme to take in refugees from palestine . Only refugees from palestine . Only 29 of people said they strongly support or tended to support the idea. You can see there only 12 strongly supported it, like those mps , while 42 of people those mps, while 42 of people strongly opposed all tended to oppose it. Well, to discuss this now im joined in the studio by the former labour adviser matthew laza and the author and broadcaster emma woolf. Welcome back. Broadcaster emma woolf. Welcome back. Welcome to the show. Lets back. Welcome to the show. Lets start with you. So i think this is an astonishing thing for mps to have done. It has to be said, mostly labour mps and peers and once again clearly proving a totally out of touch with the public. I think they are, and i dont think this is im not surprised by the findings. 42 feeling some resistance or strongly opposing the idea of this scheme. I dont think it is that the British Public are not kind when we have humanitarian crises. In terms of you know, individual charitable donations, the British Public are demonstrably, demonstrably, very generous. We have in the past two years, taken in many, many ukrainian refugees foreign aid budget again, although badly mismanaged. We are very, very mismanaged. We are very, very generous. But i think we are now the public are acknowledging we cannot take in all the worlds problems, we cannot take in the worlds huddled masses. Were not the statue of liberty. Im afraid the British Public are really sick about what we can actually cope with in this country. And sadly, weve also seen a lot of criminality and violence and problems associated with Asylum Seekers in this country. Country. Thats just a fact, matthew, before we get into the nitty gritty of the data and what this could mean in britain , looking could mean in britain, looking back to denmark, i want to start with the fact this is ostensibly only the broad rump of this. Are Labour Party Mps or peers. If the opinion polls are right, if the opinion polls are right, if the direction of travel is right, the labour party are about to run the country. How do you have so many mps who are just totally out of touch with what the electorate think on palestine, welcoming refugees into the country from a war zone . History proves can go terribly wrong. So i think their their mps and peers, from what you might call the sort of left of the party or in the piers, sort of have a sort of liberal world view. And i think their heart is in the right place, but i dont think their head is in the right place on this scheme, because the ideal solution for palestine is to have peace in palestine is to have a just and equitable settlement in the long term and in the short term, to have much more sustainable situation there. So i think all our efforts should be not on, you know, bringing a few thousand refugees to the uk. I dont think in this case is going to make a difference, though a geographic differences from ukraine. People could get on a train from ukraine and basically get a train from ukraine and few changes and end up in this country. It was much easier. Whereas clearly people cant actually get out of palestine at the moment because the border crossings are closed. So i just, i dont quite i can understand where theyre heart is, but i dont think its been thought through and i think that they should put their efforts into campaigning for peace rather than campaigning to bring refugees here. I want to share some data with both of you that, ive found this is official danish data because in 1992, denmark did accept 321 Palestinian Refugees and they went on to chart what became of them. Heres the broad brushstrokes 63 of those originally admitted went on to have criminal records, 49 of them were fined or otherwise, 26 ended up in jail , either or otherwise, 26 ended up in jail, either conditionally or unconditionally. And the figures prove that of the 270 that remained in the country, some died or moved away. 65 of them were on some form of benefit. Now thats just data. Facts arent racist. If thats what happenedin arent racist. If thats what happened in data and emma, i put it to you that the situation now could be even graver because theyre coming from a war zone into a country which many even who are in britain now think britain is part of the problem. I think were part of this genocide against palestinians. Surely this is an accident waiting to happen. Exactly. I think look, weve seen weve seen the criminality that can can result from kind of uncontrolled immigration into this country. And i think that we need to, as matthew says, focus on dealing with the situation or helping with the situation or helping with the situation. It out there, people situation. It out there, people dont want to leave their own countries in general. People countries in general. People dont want to leave their own homes. And thats what needs to be the focus, not this kind of misguided approach to i know, lets just set up another settlement scheme in this country because frankly, this country because frankly, this country cant cope with a lot more of its own people, let alone many, many people in need coming from from difficult situations abroad. And matthew, the 10 downing street as has said repeatedly, this wont ever happen. Well, so long as the conservatives are in power. But i put it to you, if the labour party were getting to power with so many people very vocal rump, a very vocal wing of the labour party asking for things like this, is this a taste . No, absolutely not, because i think that keir starmer and Yvette Cooper as home secretary would take exactly the same approach as the government, which is to say no to this notion. And the only people whove actually floated it seriously in terms of doing it was humza yousaf, when he was first minister of scotland, said he wanted scotland to take. Of course, it wasnt in his power. Immigration isnt devolved. So no, it would be the same situation. A Labour Government. Lets, lets, lets hope and work for peace. But lets say no to a mass resettlement scheme. Maybe you send them all to Humza Yousafs territory. Anyway, this leads me neatly on to the next thing that we asked the great British Public what they thought of the labour party, and the results wont make for happy reading for sir keir starmer. Remember, their six pledges cover issues like the economy, the small boats crisis and nhs waiting lists. We asked people how much, if at all, do you trust labour to deliver on those pledges . And deliver on those pledges . And matthew, just 5 had a great deal of trust, while 49 of people have not much or no trust at all in labour delivering on the pledges, how does that make you feel . So i think its disappointing , but its not just disappointing for labour. I think its disappointing for politics overall because i think at the moment cynicism and distrust basically about. Absolutely. And id be interested to see what they what the same answers were for the other parties, because i dont imagine they were any higher for the other parties. I think that labour has, you know, this is so different. We talked about a little earlier and we saw yesterday with the pictures sort of echoes of 1997. When i was around there. I had hair and hopein around there. I had hair and hope in 1997. Ive still got some hope. I havent got any hair, but i dont think the british people are full of hope like they were in 1997, because i think theyve just been worn down by the events, frankly, of the last 20 years, because we had the Global Financial crisis at the end of the last Labour Government as well. So i think, i think its disappointing. Its a big job of keir to kind of seal the deal. And labour doesnt think its a done deal, which is why you saw what they did yesterday. Theyve got about 45 seconds. The public dont seem to have a great deal of trust in sir keir starmer. Is it just a keystone or is it politics period . I think its both. I think its starmer. Well as farage said yesterday, starmer is blair without the flair there wasnt. Theres none of the excitement, the sense of hope that we had in 1997 at all, but also a general exhaustion, i think, and disillusionment and, you know, disaffection with politics, not apathy. I dont think people have turned off. I think that they are just theyve lost trust and theyve seen politicians over the years failing to dereh over the years failing to deliver, just literally making pledges and not even bothering. And the country has gone rapidly downhill in the past few years and something needs to change. Okay, superb. A great end to the hour. Matthew and emma welcome you back in the next houh welcome you back in the next hour. Love having a panel on a friday but a spice at the end of the show. Now, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has promised that a future conservative government would cut taxes , and hes would cut taxes, and hes criticised labours economic plans. What he would do, wouldnt he . I Martin Daubney on gb news, britains news channel now its time for your weather andifs now its time for your weather and its aidan mcgivern. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello and welcome to the latest gb news forecast from the met office. Its a tail of sunny spells and sharp showers for the rest of today and the next few days. In rest of today and the next few days. In fact, low pressure slipping away. So its going to be less dominant across the uk but still some instability in the air and with warm sunshine in places , we are seeing the in places, we are seeing the Cloud Development and the showers for many places during the rest of this afternoon and into the start of the evening. But overnight, as the temperatures tail away, were going to see plenty of dry weather and some clear spells in the west, but cloudier skies elsewhere. And where weve got elsewhere. And where weve got the cloud 12 or 13 celsius by dawn, where weve got the clear spells into the single figures, many places will be dry as we start off the weekend. Therell be some sunshine around as well, but into the east of england, especially east anglia and the far south east, so into kent, for example, some showery rain starting to appear, 1 or 2 showers elsewhere across the south coast. Wales, northwest south coast. Wales, northwest england. Plenty of sunshine first thing, but for northeast england, as well as eastern scotland, a lot of low cloud and mist in Northern Ireland, seeing patchy clouds and mist as well. Patchy clouds and mist as well. Largely dry for scotland. Some decent sunny spells in places and as we go through the morning actually, where weve got the layers of cloud that will tend to break up, were going to see some sunny spells developing, but theyll also be once again some shower development. Western and Central Scotland seeing some sharp showers. But the majority of the showers will affect wales and the south west of england and the south west of england and here there could be very lively with some heavy rain in places, temperatures away from the showers and into the warm sunny spells reaching 20 to 23 celsius. But those showers will continue to affect parts of wales and the southwest into the evening before eventually fading away and then into sunday again. Away and then into sunday again. Warm sunny spells for many, but there will be some showers around, particularly across parts of southern england, by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Sponsors of weather on gb news as i well. Well. Well. Hey. Very good afternoon to you and a happy friday. Its 4 pm. And welcome to the Martin Daubney show on gb news. Broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. All across the uk. On todays show, responding to sir Keir Starmers six step plan from yesterday. Today the chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, roared starmer will help himself to your families wallets. He also accused labour of fake news by scaring pensioners over National Insurance reform. And he also called Angela Rayners workers rights reforms an unmitigated tragedy. Can the tories really offer voters a desperately needed tax cut . Whoops. Now needed tax cut . Whoops. Now lets go live now to manchester, where police are giving a statement after teacher Rebecca Joynes was found guilty of six counts of Sexual Activity with two teens groom two teenagers, we now wait for joynes to face the consequences of her actions. The consequences of her actions. I would like to thank the officers who have worked closely with the victims and their families in establishing the full circumstances of this case and the Investigation Team for their hard work and dedication. Dufing their hard work and dedication. During this investigation, the two victims and their families have asked for their privacy to be respected now and moving forward. They all wish to carry on with their lives and put this ordeal behind them. Thank you. Ordeal behind them. Thank you. Thank you everyone. Thank you everyone. And as a short statement there from detective constable Beth Alexander outside Manchester Crown court, that, of course, was referring to the case earlier. Of the two teens the teacher found sexually abusing two teens. Now moving on with the rest of the headlines, fifa is holding an urgent meeting to discuss kicking israel out of World Football. Now for the uks first secure school saw an 82 drop in youth crime. Is it time to roll out boot camps for yobbos nationwide . I discuss this and more with my all star panel, and of course i want to hear from you. And right now theres a new way to get in touch with us. Send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com yoursay but first, its gbnews. Com yoursay but first, wsfime gbnews. Com yoursay but first, its time for your headlines and its time for your headlines and its sam francis. Mr martin, thank you very much and good afternoon to you. Itsjust much and good afternoon to you. Its just after 4 00 and well start with that news coming to us out of Manchester Crown court, where a teacher has been found guilty of having sex with two schoolboys just in the last few minutes. There we were, heanng last few minutes. There we were, hearing from the detective outside court. Thats after 30 year old Rebecca Jones was convicted of six counts of engaging in Sexual Activity with a child. She was already suspended from her job and on suspended from herjob and on bail for having sex with a 15 year old. When she began a separate sexual relationship with a second teenager, aged 16. And she then became pregnant. Dufing and she then became pregnant. During her two week trial, the High School Teacher told the court that she craved attention and had struggled following the breakdown of a nine year relationship, but had denied the allegations against her. In other news, there are now 646 confirmed cases of cryptosporidium, according to Health Officials. Thats after Water Supplies in brixham in devon were contaminated. It devon were contaminated. It means cases of the diarrhoea inducing illness have more than doubled in less than 24 hours, 16,000 homes and businesses have been told a parasite got into the water supply after possible contamination from cow manure. Contamination from cow manure. An Asylum Seeker who murdered a 70 year old man in what a judge described as a terrorist act, has been jailed today for at least 44 years. 45 year old ahmed ali al fayed repeatedly stabbed Terrence Carney in Hartlepool Town Centre last october, just eight days after the hamas attacks in israel. Dufing the hamas attacks in israel. During sentencing, the judge said his actions were in apparent revenge for the conflict in gaza. The chancellor , jeremy hunt, has declined to give a cast iron guarantee of tax cuts but insists the tax burden will go down under a future conservative government. He warns that labour will be forced to raise taxes to pay for their spending pledges, as he reiterated his own commitment to eliminating National Insurance. Well, speaking in london this morning , the chancellor accused morning, the chancellor accused his shadow Rachel Reeves of resorting to playground politics with her criticism of the high levels of taxation on uk households. It comes to labour policies on jobs, welfare reform and tax. On jobs, welfare reform and tax. The difference, if they are elected, will be profound and damaging for every family in the country. Labour like to criticise recent tax rises, thinking people dont know what caused them, the furlough scheme, the Energy Price Guarantee and billions of pounds in cost of living support. But labour supported those policies, which is why it is playground politics to use those tax rises to distract debate from the biggest divide in british politics today. What happens to the tax burden next . Jeremy hunt speaking earlier this morning. Well , this morning. Well, hundreds of Border Force Officers at Heathrow Airport are set to strike at the end of half term in a row over rotas. 500 members of the union will walk out for three days, starting on the 31st of this month. Its expected the strike month. Its expected the strike action will disrupt passport checks for travellers coming into the uk. Two Police Officers into the uk. Two Police Officers who took a two hour meal break for a kebab on the night of the Manchester Arena attack, have been handed final written warnings. Their absence meant that there were no officers patrolling the area. When salman abedi made his final approach to the city room, where he then detonated his explosive. The detonated his explosive. The Police Watchdogs also recommended that British Transport Police apologise to the families of the victims. And the families of the victims. And finally, some news from the sporting world. The world number one golfer, Scottie Scheffler, has described his arrest on the way to the us pga championship today this morning as a big misunderstanding following what he called a very chaotic situation. That incident occurred with police who were managing traffic flow. He was managing traffic flow. He was later booked into jail in louisville. Department of corrections , who issued corrections, who issued a mugshot. He was able to arrive, though on course, in time to tee off in the second round of the event. Thats the latest from the newsroom. Another update in the newsroom. Another update in the newsroom. Another update in the next half hour. Until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gbnews. Com alerts. Gbnews. Com alerts. Thank you sam. Now we start this hour with some tough fighting talk from the chancellor, jeremy hunt, because hes told voters that if the conservatives stay in power, then they will cut taxes while then they will cut taxes while the labour party will not. And were going to start with the great chris hope. The great chris hope. Chancellor, thank you for taking gb news question. You say you want to cut taxes. Youve been saying that for months, but you have cut National Insurance twice, £900 off the average average person tax bill. But youve frozen tax thresholds and the polls arent shifting. Why not . Is it you, your party . The country wants change . Possibly. And secondly, do you want a second budget pre election to cut taxes . Cut taxes . It is, you know, not a great insight. With Great Respect to you, chris, to say that putting up taxes, as i had to do in the autumn statement in 2022, is not popular, but it was the right thing to do for the economy. And we can see today when the imf are saying that our economy will grow faster than any major european country over the next six years, that those decisions have been the right ones, theyve paid off and thats why we took them. But now were in an Election Year, and if people are worried about tax, then i would just say one very simple thing. There is a choice. The thing. There is a choice. The Labour Government, the labour party does not want and a future Labour Government does not want to cut the tax burden. A future to cut the tax burden. A future conservative government will. Thatis conservative government will. That is the big choice in british politics. And our argument is this isnt just about family budgets. We understand how important those are when it comes to cost of living pressures. Our argument living pressures. Our argument is this is about the future growth of the economy, because we can see looking around the world that more lightly taxed economies have more dynamic private sectors, they grow faster. And in the end, that is fasteh and in the end, that is more money for precious Public Services like the nhs. Services like the nhs. That was jeremy hunt, and as youd expect , the labour party youd expect, the labour party werent at all impressed with his comments. Werent at all impressed with his comments. And check out what his comments. And check out what the shadow financial secretary to the treasury, james murray, had to say. I think, frankly, this is a desperate attempt to distract by jeremy hunt from the conservatives record in office. You know, we know the tax burden is set to be the highest in 70 years. The average household is going to be £870 worse off. And frankly, theyre probably trying to distract from their own £46 billion unfunded commitment to aboush billion unfunded commitment to abolish National Insurance. I think all this underscores is its think all this underscores is wsfime think all this underscores is its time for change and its time for general election. Time for general election. Well, im now joined in our studio by our political editor, the great christopher hope. He tried to flatter you there, but you didnt take any of it. In fact, you put the boot in. Is it you . Is fact, you put the boot in. Is it you . Is it your party . You said to him, heres my point. You . Is it your party . You said to him, heres my point. His to him, heres my point. His bedside manner during Turbulent Times quite calming, quite soothing. A steady hand on the rudder, isnt it . Now time, though, to go into attack mode. Though, to go into attack mode. Get on a front foot. Labour. Put their pledges out yesterday, shoot them down in flames and offer us a juicy tax cut. In many ways, jeremy hunt was the accidental dental chancellor he was with his children. I think on the way back from brussels on a half term holiday, when he got the phone call from liz truss saying youre going to replace Kwasi Kwarteng as the chancellor. When rishi sunak came in, there was speculation he might try and give a job to Claire Coutinho or to mel stride to key allies. He said he carried on with jeremy hunt, jeremy hunt had he has this really good, calming manner, i think, for the markets in that chaos after the truss implosion, its very hard to replace a chancellor because those two people, the pm and the chancellor, must be in lockstep and you replace a chancellor. It draws questions about the Economic Strategy and they couldnt afford to do it. Having said that , i think jeremy hunt said that, i think jeremy hunt is definitely a tory who wants to cut taxes. The concern ive to cut taxes. The concern ive got, i think, for their party is that no ones listening. Theyve got £900 off the average tax bill. National insurance cut , bill. National insurance cut, hasnt affected the polls at all. I think a lot of people are looking at those issues of the frozen tax thresholds. Martin. Yeah, recognise that nurses and doctors are paying 40 tax when really they shouldnt be normally. And why cant those go normally. And why cant those go up . Theyve frozen. Theyre frozen. Those those, tax those thresholds. Its called stealth rises. That annoyed the chancellor. But im afraid the people looking at whats happening to their, to their, their pay packets. And isnt that the point . You know, weve had this dreaded fiscal drag. Weve been talking about, as you said, people getting dragged into higher tax brackets because their salary is going up. Inflation is going up. So actually theyre not getting any better for off 18, i think consecutive tax rises now of course he will say well we had the pandemic. We had the war in ukraine. And you said he doesnt feel like weve thanked him or or acknowledge that enough. Nevertheless, the pounds and the pence in your pocket are what matters. And im afraid all of this having a pop at sir keir starmer wont cut it. Surely. Starmer wont cut it. Surely. Now, chris, hope its time for a tax cut or tatar, dont you think . Well, yeah, i think, i think he went towards that. The other part of that question we asked in effigy gb news is will you have a tax cutting budget in the autumn . He said there will be an autumn . He said there will be an autumn statement. He wouldnt say where its going to be. He wants to bring down this National Insurance. Pledge to get rid of that tax on jobs, as they call it. There is differential, here between the two parties. Youve got this is a sir Keir Starmers plans from yesterday that my first steps in there. He makes very clear they want to keep taxes as low as possible. Jeremy hunt says were going to cut taxes. So they are offering something different, something more direct to voters. The problem is they have people dont feel richer. You can do one thing with with National Insurance , but more people with insurance, but more people with millions more are paying the higher rate of tax because theyre frozen. The thresholds deal with that and they might start listening to you. Jeremy hunt, lee anderson, in his own subtle way. He said the other day, rishi sunak could drop £1 million down every chimney in britain and his destiny would still be secured. Hes not with the party anymore, he might say that. But do you think. As you said, is it just think. As you said, is it just you . Is think. As you said, is it just you . Is it just your party . A few quid here and there might not be enough now people want radical change, and nipping and tucking wont do it. Well, if they want radical change, why is labour not offering that . I mean, again, its a very pedestrian offering. Yesterday, even on, you know, launching a new Border Security command, a new Border Security command, a new government body , rather than new government body, rather than stopping the boat. He does seem to me that theyre doing all they need to do and not not going further than he needs to do to try and generate excitement. And thats why weve got this gb news polling overnight , showing that just 5 overnight, showing that just 5 have a great deal of confidence. Labour will deliver on these five steps, but the tories, as i say, are miles behind the polls. According to our poll, overnight, 27 points behind labouh overnight, 27 points behind labour. No one. People are not listening to the tory offer here and thats the chance theyve got. Theyve got to get out and convince people that its not worth taking a risk on labour. Is there still time . Can they , can they just pull that ultimate, you know, channel you pull daniels, channel your david copperfield, do us a magic trick , pull the ultimate rabbit out of the hat, bang a tax cut thats going to convince people to stick with the tories. Stick with the plan. Or do you feel its just a full on fall on it could be fall on the tax cuts so far havent worked so theres some kind of big moment. But also they cant spook the markets. Theyre getting there. I do think they finally martin on all the five fundamentals on falling inflation and interest rates. Two cuts this year probably youve got falling net migration almost certainly. Maybe the boats start taking off and growing economy. Its coming back for the tory party. Time is on their side. But im not sure that people are ready to listen to them is an extra factor. Another fun. So lets quickly cover off the rich list came out and it now turns out i mean, my eyes popped out at this that now rishi sunak and his wife are worth more than the king. Is that part of the issue here . People dont feel that rishi sunakis people dont feel that rishi sunak is on their team. Hes so super rich, how could he possibly understand the average working brit when theyre feeling the pinch . We put that very question to the Prime Ministers spokesman at 11 00 today on behalf of gb news viewers, the numbers are this that the king is worth £610 million. Rishi sunak and his wife , akshata murty, 651 wife, akshata murty, 651 million. Because not because hes earning money more as an mp or a pm. Because of the stake in this Indian Company called infosys. They say to us, judging by his actions, hes taken actions to support people, judging by his public works, not whats in his bank account. Martin. And thats fair enough. Nobody should be jealous of his wealth. Im not jealous of your of your your wealth. Well, its good because havent got any. Chris hope. Always a pleasure. Lets swiftly move on. Ill see you again in the next hour. Cheers, mate. Now, a palestinian student has had her visa revoked on the grounds of national security. After she said that she was full of pride over hamas attacks on israel on october 7. Now, dana abu quamar, a 19 year old law student at the university of manchester, made the comments at a pro palestine protest just a day after those attacks, on october the 7th. Well, to discuss this, im now joined by the founder of the Oxford Institute for british islam, doctor taj harvey. Welcome to the show. Todd. Do you think this punishment was fitting . Do you think she should rightly have had her visa revoked . Have had her visa revoked . No, i think its disproportionate. I mean, listen , she made i mean, listen, she made these statements apparently a day after 15 members of her family were killed. And, maybe there was a an emotional response. But i think whats response. But i think whats important here is that either we have free speech in this country or we dont. You know, now shes a legal resident. Or we dont. You know, now shes a legal resident. Shes a a legal resident. Shes a student. And like you and i of british citizens , shes entitled british citizens, shes entitled to a free speech. Maybe she was being a bit exuberant. Thats the word to use. But i dont think the revocation of her visa is a fit and proper punishment for that. Okay, lets analyse that, shall we . Hamas is a proscribed and terrorist organisation. Supporting it is prohibited. I repeat her comments. Were really full of joy, full of pride at what has happened. We are proud that palestine hang on. We are proud that Palestinian Resistance has come to this point. That was the day after the rapes, tortures, murders to side with those people, to have a visa to remain in the uk is a privilege. Its not a right. In the uk is a privilege. Its not a right. Shes a palestinian and we have the right as a nation, surely, to expel people who line up with terrorists right . Right . I mean, firstly you say how much a proscribed yes, it is proscribed in britain and in some european countries. It is not this is britain. You know, we need to understand this. Okay. Firstly, what israel has done successfully over the years is to label anyone against the state of israel as a terrorist, anyone. Okay, not just hamas, anyone. Okay, not just hamas, anyone. Because for example, you should know and i do that the resistance in france against the nazis, no one called them terrorists , not one of them. Terrorists, not one of them. Because. Because. Because. Because youre comparing apples and pears, doctor taj, youre really comparing apples and pears. Lets stick on point with where we are now , today. With where we are now, today. This instance, what do you respect . Okay. We really need to look at this historically. Okay . Im at this historically. Okay . Im not im okay. I think the comments were distasteful of hers. It shouldnt been made okay. Clearly. But shes a 19 year old. Okay. Im not excusing that. Okay. But she had lost so many members of her family. Okay now apparently shes finishing her studies. I think revoking the visa, interrupting her studies , i think is a over the studies, i think is a over the top penalty. Thats all im saying. You know, its over the top. Top. Would you have the same. Would you have a similar sympathy, for example, if i dont know, there had been a terror attack against a muslim nafion terror attack against a muslim nation and somebody had said, were really full of pride and full of joy at what those people did, would you would you be would that be okay with you then . No, itd be going to the extreme, no doubt about it. But i think we, before you and i sort of rush to judgement this particular young person, they are, i think, some extenuating circumstances now. For example, if she had a track record, shes in the 30s or whatever, and she comes up all the time with this pro hamas statements and, and loading in the killing of innocent jews and people were raped and massacred and so forth , then thats quite a different matter. But she doesnt have that track record. She made one that track record. She made one statement. So, so, so, so the new rules there, doctor hodge, the new rules, all you have to repeatedly side with terrorists. You have to repeatedly be anti semitic before you know what, im not what im saying, but i think you and i both know that in many cases , there are that in many cases, there are extenuating circumstances. I would like to suggest that in this particular case, she should definitely have a, some, action taken against her. But i dont think like revocation. Well, for example , maybe, hang well, for example, maybe, hang on, let me finish. Maybe interrupting her studies for six months or Something Like that. Okay. Or for a year. Okay but but but then shed be in the country for even longer. She. You postpone us for six months. Shed have to. Shed have to stay. There can be other sanctions, okay . Other than a revocation of visa. Okay. I think i, i simply can i just put this i, i simply that was a knee jerk reaction. That was a knee jerk reaction by the home office. By the home office. And i think a knee jerk reaction. Okay. So i put it to you, doctor hirji the home office is allowed to make a decision on a case by case basis of who has the right to remain in this country. Thats their job. Thats what they do. In this instance, the day after the worst terrorist incident in living memory, the worst attack on jewish people since the holocaust, she said. Were really full of joy, full of pride at what has happened. We are proud that Palestinian Resistance has come to this point, and you think thats a rush of blood to the head . An exuberant comment , and she exuberant comment, and she should be just let off . Well, yeah. I mean, if she has a you know, thats what youre saying, proven track record, okay, of being viciously anti semitic, being viciously anti semitic, being viciously anti semitic, being viciously , violently pro, being viciously, violently pro, terrorism and so forth, then clearly penalty should be appued. Clearly penalty should be applied. But i think in this applied. But i think in this particular case, isnt there a, a, some leeway to be given, say, listen, in this particular case, you overstepped the mark here. But we are a generous country. We are for freedom of people and expression. And, you know , you expression. And, you know, you shouldnt have said this. And apparently she has now withdrawn and said, listen, she, she says that her statements were taken out of context. Okay she would say that because she was caught and shes been banged to right. And theres been a huge backlash and shes fearful of being kicked out of the country. So of course shes going to say that she made a mistake. Same thing martin. Martin, most politicians are exactly the same thing when they caught red handed or their hands in the cookie jar. Okay, i dont think i dont think any politicians, doctor hajji, have said they were full of really of joy, of pride at whats happened on october the 7th. If they had, they should immediately lose their job and immediately lose theirjob and kicked out of office. If 15 members of your wider family were slaughtered, okay, by the attack on the Apartment Building in gaza, im not sure that you would be so sanguine. That you would be so sanguine. Neither would i. Okay, because we are humans after all. But the point is, how do we now we punish this young lady, 19 year old finishing her law degree or whatever, and think weve done well. In fact, we come up with 999 well. In fact, we come up with egg on our face because were supposed to be the bastion of free speech. And, you know, and however, this is distasteful , however, this is distasteful, theres no doubt about it. Its very distasteful. I would never sanction it. I actually condemn it. But we. Well, thats good, at least, at least, at least at the end of this interview, we got to the point where he did condemn her comments. Thats good. Thanks for joining us, doctor. Taj forjoining us, doctor. Taj hargey, whos the founder of the Oxford Institute for british islam, a very lively conversation. Laszlo, what you think out there, please let us know. Get in touch. Gbnews. Com yoursay on that topic now. Got some breaking news. The king, queen and prince of wales will attend commemorative events in normandy on june the 6th to mark the 81st anniversary of d day. Now moving on, the sunday d day. Now moving on, the sunday times rich list has been released, and im about to speak to a man whos worth a cool £947 million, and i might ask him if he can lend me a tenor for a pint later on. Im welcome back. Its 426. Im Martin Daubney on gb news. Now. Lets bring you some breaking news now. And its big news for liverpool football club. Because arne slot has said that he will take over as liverpool head coach next season. Slot is currently in charge of the dutch club feyenoord, and he will replace of course, jurgen klopp, who will be leaving liverpool after the final game of the season against wolves this sunday. Now moving on, the sunday times rich list is out and theres finally some good news for rishi sunak , some good news for rishi sunak, because the personal fortune of the Prime Minister and his wife surged by more than £120 million over the past year. And that means that they are now worth a cool £651 million. Apparently, the kings only worth a mere 650. Well, top of the list is the hinduja family, with £37. 2 billion, and sir Paul Mccartney has become the first billionaire musician from the uk. Well, im delighted now to say that im joined by a man whos on that rich list and its alfie best whos worth an estimated £947 million. And thats up by a little bit of change. £202 million on last year. And he joins me now, of course, from monaco. The millionaires playground. Alfie, a delight to have you on the show. First of all, well done my old son. I always love it when somebody makes it. First question has got to be an obvious question. You probably get asked it all the time. Alfie, whats it feel like to be worth almost £1 billion . No different than it did yesterday , to be really honest yesterday, to be really honest with you. But, im pretty happy about it, obviously. You know, when you get to, like your stage of wealth, an extra £210 million. An extra £202 million. Does it make any difference . I mean, how much money does one man need . Would be what i would ask as having not a lot myself, to be really honest with you, its no after a certain amount of money, its not about how its going to change your life because its not. Its actually about how you change the industry that youre in for the better and how you change other peoples lives and how you create wealth that trickles down. You know, forgive me for saying we all grew up playing the board game monopoly , playing the board game monopoly, andifs playing the board game monopoly, and its about winning at the game. But also enjoying it. And i see business as no different, you know, it starts off extremely difficult, you know, and you give, give blood blisters and tears. And i like to think that im still doing that, even though, you know, i am where i am now , but i want am where i am now, but i want everybody to be successful. Success shouldnt be just for the few. It should for be everybody. And do you think in britain we often hear that we have a slight envy . We go green with envy about other peoples green, whereas in america, much more celebratory of success. And in fact, today there seems to be a bit of a problem that rishi sunak and his wife are worth more than the king. Do you think weve got a problem with other peoples success in britain . Is that a shame . I think thats how it is now, but i dont think thats how it used to be. I think , britain is used to be. I think, britain is a great country and thats why you know it. Its remember, remember , ill say as great remember, ill say as Great Britain , but we now seem to have britain, but we now seem to have fallen behind in that aspiration for people to do well. You know, you look at america none of their entrepreneurs ever leave , their entrepreneurs ever leave, or decide to set up elsewhere. Or decide to set up elsewhere. You know, they decide to grow their, companies no matter what. Constantly whereas in the uk, it seems to be a target, and the reason its targeted is, a small number of people that they see that their votes dont count, but it really will and really does affect, you know, the economy. You look at two of our economy. You look at two of our greatest entrepreneurs that our country has ever produced. You know, james dyson, and, Jim Ratcliffe , who, you know, are ratcliffe, who, you know, are staunch british through and through, who swore they would never leave. But it seems to me never leave. But it seems to me that, you know, you become targeted enough in the end. You go hold on a minute. Theres plenty of other places in the world that welcome wealth. And unfortunately, britain isnt doing that this minute in time unless it changes its thinking , unless it changes its thinking, unless it changes its thinking, unless we start re embracing Great Britain that supports people for success from every creed, colour and race. Not just the Glass Ceiling thats put there to keep people down, so , there to keep people down, so, you know, words of wisdom and alfie bass, thank you so much for sharing your time and your energy and your wisdom with us. Thank you very much, alfie best, and have a good one. Pleasure to talk to you. Live pleasure to talk to you. Live there direct from monaco now. Lots more still to come between now and 5 00. And ill cross live to middlesbrough where a moroccan Asylum Seeker has been jailed for a minimum of 45 years after killing a pensioner. But first its your headlines and its with sam francis. Its with sam francis. Martin, thank you very much. Martin, thank you very much. Good afternoon to you. Its 432. Exactly. The top stories from the newsroom. A teacher has from the newsroom. A teacher has been found guilty of having sex with two schoolboys. Rebecca jones was convicted of six counts of engaging in Sexual Activity with a child. She was already suspended from her job and on bail for having sex with and on bail for having sex with a 15 year old. When she began a sexual relationship with a second teenager, aged 16, and then became pregnant during her two week trial, the High School Teacher told the court that she craved attention and struggled. Following the breakdown of a nine year relationship, but denied the allegations against her. There are now 46 confirmed cases of cryptosporidium, according to Health Officials, after Water Supplies in brixham in devon were contaminated. It means cases of the diarrhoea inducing illness have more than doubled in less than 24 hours. 16,000 homes and businesses have been told that a parasite got into Water Supplies after possible contamination from cow manure. An Asylum Seeker who manure. An Asylum Seeker who murdered a 70 year old man in what a judge described as a terrorist act, has been jailed for at least 44 years. 45 year old ahmed ali ali repeatedly stabbed Terrence Carney in Hartlepool Town Centre eight days after the hamas attacks in israel. During sentencing, the judge said that his actions were in apparent revenge for the conflict in gaza. Some sports conflict in gaza. Some sports news now and the world number one golfer, Scottie Scheffler, has described his arrest on the way to the us pga championships in valhalla this morning as a big misunderstanding. The incident occurred with police who were managing traffic flow. He was later booked into jail and issued a mugshot. 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Our families , and of course, the families, and of course, the british people having challenging conversations to enlighten each other. Which is why we hear all sides of the argument. We are the peoples channel. We are the peoples channel. We are the peoples channel. We will always stand by the freedom to express yourself on tv , radio and online. Tv, radio and online. This is gb news, britains news channel. News channel. Welcome back. Your time is 441. Im Martin Daubney and this is gb news now. Welcome back to the show. Later on the show ill look ahead to a huge weekend of sport. Well Pep Guardiola and Manchester City win a record breaking Fourth Premier League title in a row. More importantly, will Nottingham Forest survive . And now a forest survive . And now a moroccan Asylum Seeker who murdered a pensioner in the street and what he said was revenge for the israel hamas conflict, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 45 years. Terrorists ahmed ali stabbed 70 year old Terence Carney six times in Hartlepool Town Centre early on october the 15th. Thats eight days after hamas attacked israel. Well, anna riley joins us now from Teesside Crown court. Anna, welcome to the show. A case at the time that horrified the nation. And now justice has been served. Served. It certainly has. Martin yes, the judge in this case, mrs. Justice cheema grubb, said that ali had committed terrorist acts in the murder of 70 year old Terence Carney and the attempted murder of his housemate javid noun murder of his housemate javid nouri on the 15th of october last year, just eight days on from when hamas first attacked israel , she told al fayed that israel, she told al fayed that he had hoped to frighten the people of britain and undermine the freedoms that they enjoy. When he murdered mr carney in a terrorist attack and said that ali had attacked an unarmed and elderly man who was unable to defend himself, heres what she said in court earlier. Tried to persuade the jury that when he stabbed mr nouri and mr carney , he hadnt and mr carney, he hadnt intended to kill them or even cause them serious harm. He cause them serious harm. He pretended that the admissions and explanations he gave to the police had been mistranslated by an interpreter , and the an interpreter, and the political and religious causes he had cited were not his actual motivation. The men and women on motivation. The men and women on the jury saw through these lies the jury saw through these lies the evidence against him was overwhelming. He was convicted overwhelming. He was convicted on the 25th of april, 2024, after a two week trial sentence was adjourned so that the court had the fullest information and argument before proceeding. The argument before proceeding. The only sentence a court can pass for murder is life imprisonment. For murder is life imprisonment. Victim impact statements were also read out in court on behalf of the widow of mr carney, patricia, and also javid nouri, the housemate of ali. They shared a Home Office Home in hartlepool and thats when he was attacked in the early hours of the 15th of october. The judge said that that was motivated by religion. She said that ali had had disagreements with his housemate, who was iranian and who had converted from christianity, from islam to christianity , and that he christianity, and that he regarded his housemate as an apostate and thats why he tried to kill him. In a statement from mrs. Carney, she said that shed been with her husband terence, who the family called tess for more than 50 years, and that theyd met when they were both young and that they shared children and grandchildren. She children and grandchildren. She said that she could no longer go into town because it was too painful to be near the spot where mr carney was murdered by allard. She said from that day on, my life would be forever changed. I dont feel anything anymore and in terms of a statement from javid nouri, the housemate of allard, he said that since the attack, he didnt trust anyone or anything and that all thoughts and feelings he had of being safe in this country have gone. He said in country have gone. He said in a statement i would expect to be arrested and killed in my home country. Thats of iran for converts to christianity. But i did not expect to be attacked in my sleep here. How is it possible for someone to destroy someones life because of his religion . He said that he now religion . He said that he now struggles with Mental Health and that he had to move cities and move away from his friends. That he had to move cities and move away from his friends. He added move away from his friends. He added i want to tell ahmed you are a weak person because of your religion. You attack somebody in deep sleep and an old man who struggled to walk. Now Counter Terrorism police north england north east have also been involved in this investigation, along with cleveland police. They also issued a Statement Today and they said in this case, it was appropriate that the decision to declare this horrific incident is an attack is an act of terrorism. And that that was terrorism. And that that was made once all the evidence had been heard in court. Thank you for that update, anna riley there live from Teesside Crown court. Teesside crown court. Thank you very much. Very harrowing case. Now israels Football Team could be banned from World Football because of the war in gaza. Im Martin Daubney on gb news, britains news channel welcome back. Your time is 450. Im Martin Daubney , time is 450. Im Martin Daubney, and this is gb news. Now lets get to a story thats really caught my eye today. And thats this. The countrys first secure school is opening in kent. Its aim is to help rehabilitate serious Young Offenders. What the government says will be rigorous education and training. And lets see what emma and matthew make of this. Im rejoined by my panel, of course, matthew and emma wolf. Emma, ill start with you this time. I ill start with you this time. I think this sounds like a brilliant idea. Its basically taking Young Offenders who whove strayed into gangs and theyve been involved in knife crime. And by giving some tough love, theyre going to try and turn their lives around. Tell me more. Absolutely. Give them education. Give them training. Give them a sense them training. Give them a sense of purpose and give them activity. Most gang and knife crime comes from boredom, from apathy, from a lack of activity, from a lack of anything better to do. Frankly this is expensive. Rehabilitation is expensive. Rehabilitation is expensive. I think its going to be around 250,000 per young person. But i say give them a chance. Not ten chances, not 20 chances. Give young people a chance. Prisons arent working. Our prisons are overflowing in this country. Why are our prisons overflowing . Because people go in, they become more criminal. They become more criminalised. They come out, they reoffend, they reoffend. Were in this kind of spiralling situation of crime. Build more prisons, crime, more crime. Absolutely. Give Young Offenders who usually come from disadvantaged backgrounds have nothing else to do. Give them chance. And the claiming matthew , and the claiming matthew, that they can use in this type of approach, they can see an 82 drop in the number of Young Offenders in youth custody. So rather than banging them up, rather than banging them up, rather than banging them up, rather than sort of throwing away the key , theyre away the key, theyre intervening. Is it a bit too soft and fluffy, though . Some people might not quite like this . No. Well, i knew some people were kind of moan that it sounds soft and fluffy, but i dont think by the look of it, it doesnt look soft and fluffy at all. It looks pretty. It looks pretty rigorous, and its hugely expensive. Of course, to put somebody into the youth offending system, which is also Young Offenders institutions are pretty grim, over the years, the reports on all of them and the issues, there are even more and even greater than in our adult prisons. So i think it sounds a great idea. Its being run by oasis, which is this, charity started by steve chalke, used to be the gmtv vicar for many years, and he runs the schools next to my house. And i can tell you theyre pretty rigorous with the kids outside those schools who are just normal kids. So i think, i think and the other thing, of course, is its an experiment and we will be able to see the results. So it can be very carefully monitored , in very carefully monitored, in terms of where people come out and what they go on to, because the key thing is stopping people reoffending. As you say, its expensive, small numbers, about 50 kids at any one time, one on one learning. My mum used to be a family liaison officer. You know, she worked in some of the most depraved homes in nottinghamshire, keeping young boys out of jail, trying to just engage them in some way. It does work, it does work, but its expensive. Yeah, its expensive, but its so much less expensive than a life of crime. It saves money in the long run in terms of money, but also in terms of social, you know, the misery and the, you know, the misery and the, you know, the crime that is perpetuated by people start early and you can turn peoples lives around and ultimately , of course, what the ultimately, of course, what the Justice System is meant to be about because it protects the public. If re offending is down. And obviously it gives the individuals concerned a second chance. You know, i spent a bit of time in jails, not in as an inmate. I was getting excited, dripping in mud, and there was a revelation about to come. But speaking to offenders and you know what the longer that you know what the longer that you work in a prison, the wardens tell me, the more liberal they get because they say this thing that these kids, theyve only ever understood chaos. And if you give them some, some, some love, some attention, they can be turned around. Yeah but also discipline, boundaries, education and training that literally its all that children and young people need. And these are children. They are. And thats why theyre, you know, theyre not theyre not being criminals for fun. Theyre doing it because they have Nothing Better to do, and they fall into a life of crime. And thatis fall into a life of crime. And that is expensive. Second, chances are absolutely vital because otherwise, for the sake of, you know, making people feel better, that its a tough, a tough approach or chucking them in Young Offenders institutions, youre actually producing crowded, hardened criminals for the rest of their lives, and which none of us want to see because were the people who pay the victims price as victims. Day, matthew and emma, thank you very much. Youve been a delight to have a panel. No doubt youre out there, mike. Complain. Weve all gone a bit. Hug a hoodie. Anyway, thank you very much for your time. Always a delight. Now the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has promised that a future conservative government would cut taxes. Well, when its criticised labours economic plans will have the full analysis of that. Im Martin Daubney on gb news, britains news channel. Now your weather andifs news channel. Now your weather and its aidan mcgivern. And its aidan mcgivern. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello and welcome to the latest gb news forecast from the met office. Its a tale of sunny spells and sharp showers for the rest of the day. And the next few days. In fact , low pressure few days. In fact, low pressure slipping away. So its going to be less dominant across the uk. But still some instability in the air and with warm sunshine in places, we are seeing the Cloud Development and the showers for many places during the rest of this afternoon and into the start of the evening. But overnight, as the temperatures will tail away, were going to see plenty of dry weather and some clear spells in the west, but cloudier skies elsewhere. And where weve got the cloud 12 or 13 celsius by dawn, where weve got the clear spells into the single figures, many places will be dry as we start off the weekend. There will be some sunshine around as well , but will be some sunshine around as well, but into will be some sunshine around as well , but into the will be some sunshine around as well, but into the east of england, especially east anglia and the far south east, so into kent, for example, some showery rain starting to appear, 1 or 2 showers elsewhere across the south coast. Wales, northwest south coast. Wales, northwest england. Plenty of sunshine first thing, but for north east england, as well as eastern scotland, a lot of low cloud and mist , scotland, a lot of low cloud and mist, Northern Ireland seeing patchy clouds and mist as well. Patchy clouds and mist as well. Largely dry for scotland. Some decent sunny spells in places and as we go through the morning actually where weve got the layers of cloud that will tend to break up, were going to see some sunny spells developing, but theyll also be once again some shower development. Western and Central Scotland seeing some sharp showers, but the majority of the showers will affect wales and the south west of england. And the south west of england. And here there could be very lively with some heavy rain in places. Temperatures away from the showers and into the warm sunny spells reaching 20 to 23 celsius. But those showers will continue to affect parts of wales and the south west into the evening, before eventually fading away and then into sunday again. Warm, sunny spells for many, but there will be some showers around, particularly across parts of southern england, by. Looks like things are heating up boxt boilers as sponsors of weather on gb news. A very good afternoon to you. And a happy friday. Its 5 pm. Welcome to the Martin Daubney show on gb news. And were broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. All across the uk this afternoon, responding to sir keir starmer six step plan. The chancellor of the exchequer , the chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, today ruled starmer will help himself to your familys wallet. He also accused labour of fake news by scaring pensioners over National Insurance reform. And for good measure, he called Angela Rayners workers rights reforms an unmitigated tragedy. But can an unmitigated tragedy. But can the tories offer voters a desperately needed tax cut and soon ill be joined by an Irish Political Party leader to hear an extra ordinary story, where locals in clonmel convinced Builders Building a huge refugee camp for Asylum Seekers to abandon the project and downed tools. After listening to their community concerns. This is coming up. Reports suggest that multiple fires were started near a 200 year old oak tree near the protest camp and all the netherlands on the verge of a row with the European Union, while right wing dutch politician Geert Wilders outlines a Coalition Agreement which will bring in the countrys strictest ever asylum policy. And guess what . Brussels dont like it . Open. Dont like it . Open. What was the show . Always a delight to have your company a huge amount to get through in the next hour. Lets start with this extraordinary scene from ireland. The situation over there has been on a knife edge for many, many months now. Were seeing riots breaking out in dubun seeing riots breaking out in dublin , Police Pepper spraying dublin, Police Pepper spraying locals objecting to refugee camps coming up all over their communities. And today weve got an extraordinary story of a Refugee Centre being built in the countryside. Locals persuaded builders to down tools and stop building an extraordinary story. Well have the full inside detail on that, plus a huge debate. The palestinian depher have kicked off and they want israel kicked out of World Football. Can you believe that . Were discussing believe that . Were discussing all of that in the next hour. Send your views gbnews. Com forward slash your say. But now its your headlines with sam francis. Francis. Martin thank you very much. Good afternoon to you. Its just after 5 00. A look at the top stories from the newsroom this houh stories from the newsroom this hour. A teacher found guilty of having sex with two schoolboys has been described as a predator. 30 year old Rebecca Jones was convicted of six counts of engaging in Sexual Activity with a child. She denied having sex a child. She denied having sex with one school boy and claimed a relationship with a second teenager began only once he had left school and after she had been sacked during her two week trial, the High School Teacher told the court that she craved attention and struggled. Following the breakdown of a nine year relationship , there nine year relationship, there are now 46 confirmed cases of cryptosporidium, according to Health Officials. Thats after Health Officials. Thats after Water Supplies in brixham in devon were contaminated , and it devon were contaminated, and it means cases of the diarrhoea inducing illness have more than doubled in less than 24 hours. 16,000 homes and businesses have been told that a parasite got into their Water Supplies after possible contamination from cow manure. An Asylum Seeker who manure. An Asylum Seeker who murdered a 70 year old man in what a judge described as a terrorist act , what a judge described as a terrorist act, has been jailed today for at least 44 years, 45 year old ahmed ali ali repeatedly stabbed Terrence Carney in Hartlepool Town Centre last year , eight days after the last year, eight days after the hamas attacks in israel during sentencing, the judge said his actions were in apparent revenge for the conflict in gaza. The chancellor , jeremy hunt, has chancellor, jeremy hunt, has declined to give a cast iron guarantee of tax cuts but insists the tax burden will go down under a future conservative government. He warns, though, that labour will be forced to raise taxes to pay for their spending pledges, as he reiterated his own commitment to eliminating National Insurance. Speaking in london this morning, the chancellor accused his shadow Rachel Reeves of resorting to playground politics with her criticism of the high levels of tax on uk households. It comes to labour policies on jobs, welfare reform and tax. The difference is if they are elected will be profound and damaging for every family in the country. Labour like to criticise recent tax rises, thinking people dont know what caused them. The furlough scheme, the Energy Price Guarantee and billions of pounds in cost of living support. But labour supported those policies , labour supported those policies, which is why it is playground politics to use those tax rises to distract, debate from the biggest divide in british politics today. What happens to politics today. What happens to the tax burden next . Jeremy hunt, speaking earlier this morning. Jeremy hunt, speaking earlier this morning. Well, lets just this morning. Well, lets just quickly turn to the latest developments coming to us from that breaking news in israel, where we understand that military forces there have now recovered the bodies of three hostages recovered by the israeli forces. They were held by hamas, the three hostages, we understand, include the body of shani luke, a 22 year old german israeli woman, a photograph of her twisted body on the back of a pickup truck circulated across the world following the 7th of october attacks, and the two other hostages have been identified as amit buskila and itshak gelernter. Its understood those three hostages were killed by hamas at the nova Music Festival, and their bodies were then taken to gaza. Back were then taken to gaza. Back here in the uk, hundreds of Border Force Officers at Heathrow Airport are set to strike at the end of half term in a row, over their rotors. 500 members of the pcs union will walk out for three days, starting on the 31st of may. Its expected their strike action will disrupt passport checks for travellers coming into the uk. Two Police Officers into the uk. Two Police Officers who took a two hour meal break for a kebab on the night of the Manchester Arena attack, have been handed final written warnings today. Their absence meant there were no officers patrolling the area when salman abedi made his final approach , abedi made his final approach, where he then detonated his explosive, the Police Watchdog is also recommending that British Transport Police apologise to the families of the victims. The world number one victims. The world number one golfer, Scottie Scheffler, has described his arrest on the way to the us pga championships in valhalla this morning as a big misunderstanding following what he described as a chaotic situation. The incident occurred with police who were managing traffic flow. He was later booked into jail and his mugshot was taken. He was, though, able was taken. He was, though, able to arrive on course in time to tee off in the second round of the event. And finally some royal news. Weve heard that the king, the queen and Prince William will attend ceremonies in france next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the d day landings. His majesty and Queen Camilla will join a commemorative event at the British Normandy memorial, while prince of wales will attend a separate canadian ceremony. Buckingham palace says the princess of wales, though, is not expected to travel to france. That visit comes after the king returned to public duties, as doctors say theyre pleased by his response to cancer treatment. For the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts. Just scan the qr code on your screen or go to our website gb news. Common alerts. Gb news. Common alerts. Thank you sam. Now weve got absolutely loads to get through this hour, so lets get cracking. And the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has drawn the battlelines ahead of the general election. Hes told voters that election. Hes told voters that if the conservatives stay in power, they will cut taxes, while the labour party will not. And were going to start with the great chris hope. The great chris hope. Chancellor, thank you for taking gb news question. You say you want to cut taxes. Youve been saying that for months, but you have cut National Insurance twice, £900 off the average average person tax bill. But youve frozen tax thresholds and the polls arent shifting. Why not . Is it you . Your party . The country wants change . Possibly. And secondly , do you want a and secondly, do you want a second budget pre election to cut taxes . Cut taxes . It is, you know, not a great insight with Great Respect to you, chris, to say that putting up taxes, as i had to do in the autumn statement in 22 is not popular, but it was the right thing to do for the economy. And we can see today when the imf are saying that our economy will grow faster than any major european country over the next six years, that those decisions have been the right ones. Theyve paid off. And thats why we took them. But now we are in an Election Year and if people are worried about tax, then i would just say one very simple thing. There is a choice. The thing. There is a choice. The Labour Government, the labour party does not want and a future Labour Government does not want to cut the tax burden. A future to cut the tax burden. A future conservative government will. Thatis conservative government will. That is the big choice in british politics. And our argument is this isnt just about, family budgets. Argument is this isnt just about, family budgets. We about, family budgets. We understand how important those are when it comes to cost of living pressures. Our argument is this is about the future growth of the economy, because we can see looking around the world that more lightly taxed economies have more dynamic private sectors. They grow faster. And in the end, that is fasteh and in the end, that is more money for precious Public Services like the nhs. Services like the nhs. Now, as youd expect, the labour party werent impressed at all with jeremy hunts comments. And check out what the comments. And check out what the shadow financial secretary to the treasury, james murray, had to say. I think, frankly, this is a desperate attempt to distract by jeremy hunt from the conservatives record in office. You know, we know the tax burden is set to be the highest in 70 years. The average household is going to be £870 worse off. And frankly, theyre probably trying to distract from their own £46 billion unfunded commitment to aboush billion unfunded commitment to abolish National Insurance. I abolish National Insurance. I think all this underscores is its think all this underscores is wsfime think all this underscores is its time for change and its time for general election. Well, im joined in the studio now by our political edhoh studio now by our political editor, christopher hope, and im also joined down the line by the deputy leader of reform uk, ben habib. And in studio, the former labour adviser matthew laza. Now then, lets start though, in the studio with you chris. Hope so. Chris weve heard a lot of talk from both sides yesterday. Sir keir starmer, laid out his six steps and then , today jeremy hunt has and then, today jeremy hunt has blasted back. The big question is anybody listening. Yeah. Very briefly yesterday Keir Starmers six steps here, step one talked about, ensuring that , taxes are about, ensuring that, taxes are kept as kept as low as possible. The tories see a chance here and they pulled out all sorts of research here. Shanghai labour will have to put taxes up to pay for it. Put put a policy portfolio. The problem the tories have got is people arent listening to them. Theyve cut taxes twice, big time on National Insurance , £900 off the National Insurance, £900 off the average bill, so in this after the most recent one in april. But the polls arent moving. Thats the problem, i think, which jeremy hunt has got equally the cynicism amongst voters. We have polling out overnight from people polling found that just 5 think that that, keir starmer cant liver his first step. So theres a general mistrust of what politicians say. The problem that the tories have got is they are miles behind in the polls and the public aint listening. Okay , now lets have okay, now lets have a taxation tear up and im as i said, im joined by the deputy leader of the reform party , ben leader of the reform party, ben habib, and in the studio also by the former labour adviser , the former labour adviser, matthew laza bannau habib. Lets start with you, youre no fan of the Conservatives Party taxation policy. Youve been saying for too long that the highest taxation policy since world war ii, a lot of people think we voted for the conservatives and we got corbynism. Were we impressed by anything that jeremy hunt said today . Jeremy hunt said today . Well, i have to just endorse what chris said , frankly, ive what chris said, frankly, ive lost interest in listening to what jeremy hunt has to say, because whatever he says, if its optimistic, it never transpires to, bear any form in reality. Reality. And if its pessimistic, its not worth listening to anyway. Not worth listening to anyway. But lets just deal in some facts over here. When the conservatives came to office in 2010, National Debt was about 850 billion. Its gone up by 1. 3 trillion since then. Its now over 2 trillion, nearly 100 of gdp. Vie they make a virtue of fiscal probity, but that is a complete , probity, but that is a complete, lax approach to managing the governments finances. And governments finances. And theyve done that at the same time as raising taxes as you as you yourself, said martin, to levels that they havent seen since world war ii. And last time i saw we havent had a world war, and this notion, chris, forgive me for contradicting you, but this nofion contradicting you, but this notion that the 2 reduction in National Insurance is a massive tax cut is, frankly, not accurate. More people are being accurate. More people are being sucked into the higher level of the higher levels of tax as a result of the freezing of the thresholds. Then they are and more taxes being paid as a result. Then they are saving in National Insurance. What weve got with the conservative government is a government that has forgotten about energy security. About energy security. So its got very high costs of energy. Now in the United Kingdom , a government that is kingdom, a government that is intent on delivering net zero, which by its own treasurys estimates is going to cost the treasury £50 billion a year. That dwarfs all the kind of attacks that jeremy hunt was making on labours Spending Plans , a government that, having plans, a government that, having bailed out the banks, is paying the banks 30 to £40 billion a year of interest on the cash that they themselves created for the banks. This is an unknown fact. Generally in the media and in the public, but 30 to £40 billion of taxpayers money is going into the banks every year. Sorry you lost me, ben. No, ben, sorry you lost me, ben. No, ben, were were listening to you. Listen to your other parties. But what would you do . What would reform uk do . Youre polling at 14 points in the polls. Lib dems on nine. Youve got a chance to win mps. If you have a chance to set the fiscal policy, what on earth would you do . Well, first of all, we wouldnt be paying banks 30 to £40 billion a year on cash that was created to bail them out of the problems into which they got themselves. Thats a big saving. Thats a big saving. We would ditch net zero. That would save 50 billion a year. We would we would stop the boats. And at the moment were spending 5 to £6 billion per annum on the boats and rising on, you know, housing, caring for and, and all of that with illegal migrants. You, you cant just say slogans. You cant just say slogans. You cant just say slogans. Stop the boats. Well, yes you are. How do you do these things, chris . Ive just given you stop paying ive just given you stop paying money on banks. Cash. Thats 30 to 40 billion a year. Ditch net zero. Thats 50 billion a year. Thats 90 billion a year saving before ive even started in government. These people couldnt manage a booze up in brewery. Thats the problem. Theyre in tent. Theyre intent on taxing and spending. The taxing and spending. The conservative government is not about the promotion of the private sector, or the individual or the working or middle classes. They taxed all of that to the hilt. And Boris Johnson himself is famously famously said, f business. I cant say we havent passed the watershed yet, but he said, f business. Thats the attitude of the conservative government. Thankfully, the attitude of labour now and weve seen the ive just got one more thing to say. Let matthew have a go. Youve been going for quite a while. Let matthew go wording. So what weve seen is keir starmer resetting labours relationship with business. I mean, ben, i agree with your analysis about the fact that the tories have got more front than blackpool in claiming that theyre the partys. My nan used to say has claimed that theyre the party who, you know, claiming other parties are going to put taxes up. Weve had taxes at a record high now for several years of this government, but i think the problem is all the parties need to be realistic with the british people about whats coming up. I mean, the office of budget responsibility has called it fiscal fiction , as has called it fiscal fiction, as people are trying to pretend that the £20 billion bill for the blood contamination scandal, the blood contamination scandal, the multi billion pound bill for the multi billion pound bill for the post Office Compensation , the post Office Compensation, these big bills are going to be coming in. And if any party claims its going to be able to cut taxes in the short term, thats simply not true. Which is why keir starmer yesterday was absolutely clear that he wants to cut taxes for working families. But its simply not going to happen in the short term because government has got two too many bills to pay. But both the conservative party and the labour party are intent on the economic emasculation of the united. Kingdom through net zero. Kingdom through net zero. Its got to be ditched. Its got to be ditched. We signed the conservative government, signed the north sea transition deal in march 2021, issuing north sea gas in favour of importing it. Import gas, which was fracked in the us. Weve got to get real. We cant go on burdening the working and middle classes through the imposition of ever larger. So why do we need to get those green jobs and win the and labours new Green New Deal will make sure those green jobs are in britain. We cant turn the tide on on where energy is going ehheh benhabibs really good at holding. Holding a position for a minute or someones pulled the plug. Well just drop back into the studio. Gentlemen, we seem to have lost benhabib there. So you were. You were saying about you were. You were saying about ben had some great ideas , but ben had some great ideas, but can we afford any of them . I mean, the problem is the biscuit tin is complete , empty. Tin is complete, empty. Stop the boats and things. Whats the fascinating thing is how. And i mean, i think the labours idea here for new Border Security command is another government body. Weve had the tory party they are looking at the outcome stop the boats. But whether rwanda plan works we dont know. Im not sure what the plan is from the reform uk party. They cant send them back to the eu because theres no returns deal. So the problems which is facing all the main parties will affect reform uk if theyre in power. Absolutely. I mean i think and thats one of the things weve said is that that document that was launched yesterday, keir starmer is calling it my first steps because hes not promising the earth. Hes not saying he can wave a magic wand and fix the country overnight, but he is saying is there are concrete steps you can take in a range of policy areas that will make a real difference in the direction of travel. Hes not promising the earth. Hes not promising any kind of sunny uplands here. Hes promising, frankly, quite boring things a tory government might try and do. I think we do have ben back. Ben, can you rejoin us live and direct from belfast . Are you there, captain . There, captain . Im sorry to say that both the labour party and the conservative party have got the wrong policies. If youre obsessed with net zero, you cant cut taxes because by, as i said, by their own estimates, its going to cost £50 billion a year. And by the way, chris, yes, you can stop the boats. You get a border force that will actually do its job. The belgians do it. Theyve developed a dedicated border force which uses drones, sensors, barriers as its they use drones, sensors and barriers , and they use high speed boats to intercept dinghies coming off their shore. And 92 reduction in launches of dinghies from belgian shores. You can do it. What we need is a government with some common sense and some political will to actually deliver what he did, but the british people. Thats why labours plan is to use anti terror laws against against the gangs, which is exactly what the belgians have have been doing. Labours got absolutely no idea what its seeking to do, what its all smoke and mirrors. Labour is saying its going to bring together the m15 crown prosecution service, the Immigration Service and National Crime agency. All of them are domestic bodies. None of them have a right to go into a new Cross Border Police unit, as well, and greater cooperation across europe. And thats what we need. And the tories could use the anti terror legislation straight away and they wont notice. Youre talking nonsense. Youre talking nonsense. The idea that the people smuggling gangs could be broken is garbage , because if they is garbage, because if they could be broken, the europeans would have broken them. Thats not where the problem is. The problem is the countries across europe, including the United Kingdom, have lost the political will and the understanding that borders must be enforced. Its taken thousands of years for these borders to be established. They exist to protect Civil Society in the United Kingdom, france , germany, italy and france, germany, italy and elsewhere. And our political leaders are so hijacked by the global agenda that they havent got the guts, courage and whats required to protect the people of their own countries. Thats whats gone on here. Thats whats gone on here. Weve got to face up to reality at some point. Okay, ben, one of the final word back in this area here with our political editor, chris hope. Well, yeah. Ben, i wonder, i was reflecting there on on the comments. Youre almost kind of youre offering a kind of more extreme version of what the government is trying to do at the moment. You heard the offer from Jacob Rees Mogg earlier this week. Would you come back inside the tory party and try and stop what you will . We will do. Its probably bequeathed some form of, of power to the labour party. Labour party. Well, the labour party is going to win this election. Whatever reform uk does. But the problem with the conservative party is you vote conservative, you get labour policies, you vote labour, you get even worse labour policies. What we need is labour policies. What we need is a 180 degree change in direction. And i of course , i dont want and i of course, i dont want to be in politics, chris. I do not want to be in politics. Im in politics. You do . No, i do not. I do not. Im in politics because the conservative party has driven this country to the precipice of disaster, and weve got to reverse away from it. And the problem with the conservative party, i love Jacob Rees Mogg. Love suella love pretty love a whole load of them. But the problem with the conservative party is the one nafion conservative party is the one nation load of parliamentarians and the executive and cchq who are basically globalists and in my view, anti british, anti british interests anti the british people. Well leave it there. Well leave it there. Benhabib , live and direct benhabib, live and direct from Northern Ireland. Wow, youve been in belfast five minutes. Youve certainly channelled the belfast spirit. Ben habib, thank you very much. And also , of course, matthew and also, of course, matthew laza in studio with chris oakes superb debate. I hope you enjoyed that at home as much as i did here. Now moving on. Locals in the irish town of clonmel are fighting back against the construction of a migrant centre. Fantastic story on Martin Daubney on gb news brittins news channel. Join me. Camilla tominey every sunday at 9. 30. When ill be interviewing the key players in british politics and taking them to task. This report basically says that hes not fit to stand trial. With an upcoming election looming over westminster, now is the time for clear, honest answers. I agree, clear, honest answers. I agree, and thats precisely what ill get is he indecisive . Incompetent . Thats the Camilla Tominey show at 930 every sunday on gb news, the peoples channel on gb news, the peoples channel, britains election. Channel. Welcome back. Your time is 526. Im Martin Daubney and this is gb news. Now is the netherlands on the verge of a huge row with the European Union . Well, after six months of political wrangling right wing dutch politician Geert Wilders has outlined a Coalition Agreement. And as the uk government attempts to deter Asylum Seekers, parts of ireland are being turned into refugee camps and migrant centres and in one area in clonmel, reports suggest that multiple fires were started near a 200 year old tree , including the protesters camp. Now locals in clonmel say theyve convinced builders who are building a huge refugee camp for Asylum Seekers to down tools and abandon the project. After listening to local concerns as well. Joining me now to discuss this is the president of the Irish Freedom party, herman kelly. Herman, welcome to the show. Always a pleasure. Talk us through this story in clonmel. Weve seen a huge amount of resistance in ireland in all sorts of ways at these camps. But this is an extraordinary story. Fill us in. Yeah, well , local people, yeah, well, local people, when they heard the story , when they heard the story, about, basically a migrant camp or a new migrant city being placed there by the central government, they went and were talking about ordinary mothers and parents. One of our, candid dates, martin murphy, whos from the area, was there , and it area, was there, and it basically went and pleaded with the workers. They explained , look, guys, a they explained, look, guys, a large number of these unvetted males who are coming into the country, like everywhere across europe , you get large numbers of europe, you get large numbers of unvetted males. Youre going to have crime. So they were they expressed their worries about the increase in crime, sexual assault, etc. That could be possible , with the that could be possible, with the influx of so many unknown people and, and certainly the, the local irish guys , theyd, they local irish guys, theyd, they decided of their own free will that they would down tools. And, i think they listened to the concerns. Now at the same time, farm workers there are still working and theyre still with the help of the gardai, theyre still present on the site. So its not a done deal yet, but its very good and it has happened recently that, irish men went hearing the concerns of local people have stopped , local people have stopped, building these migrant centres and theyre down tools and notpla have gone. So thats a good sign as well. And isnt it funny, they were chopping down a 200 year tree. The green party are part of the government here to talk about ecology, but i dont see whats ecological and green about import importing, huge number of migrants from poor countries to countries like ireland. And where they have higher emissions and all this kind of stuff. Now herman, what do you say a great believer in, the Carbon Dioxide is a poison. Yeah, but, herman, what would you say to people who say, you know, ireland is a nation of immigrants, these kind of tactics, they look a bit hectoring. They look a bit bullying. Are you scaring these bullying. Are you scaring these workers away or are they actually going of their own volition . Well, youve heard the story about the three children who were stabbed, stabbed in the neck in central dublin in november. Theres been a rash of attempted child abductions in ireland in the last six weeks. I think theres been five in total, so far. Child abductions. This is something which is virtually unheard of in ireland. And people are and parents are shocked and theyre very concerned and, and, i see theres a poll in the irish times today that the biggest concern that people have at the moment is actually that of immigration, because not only the financial cost, but also the huge security cost that people have to pay. So and tds and mep candidates are getting it in the neck from people going in the doors because the european and local election is on june the 7th. Im a candidate myself and people are getting it in the neck from local people who are heanng neck from local people who are hearing peoples worries about whats going on. And the thing is , so many of our young people, is, so many of our young people, because these people have come in, they are a draw, a demand on accommodation. Our own irish accommodation. Our own irish young people cant get a house or find an apartment, so theyre emigrating to australia and canada is not good for us. Yeah, okay. Thank you for that. Update on on the situation in clonmel. As on the situation in clonmel. As president of the Irish Freedom party, herman kelly is always a delight to have you on gb news. Thank you very much. Now moving thank you very much. Now moving on. Theres lots more still to come between now and 6 00. And its a huge weekend of sport ahead. Of course, tyson fury is taking on usyk , each one with a taking on usyk, each one with a chance to make heavyweight boxing history. Chance to make heavyweight boxing history. And of course boxing history. And of course theres a ton of football. But first, its your headlines with sam francis. Sam francis. Very good evening to you. Its just after 5 30. The top story from the newsroom tonight. The Israeli Military says the body of a young woman whose twisted remains were photographed on the back of a pickup truck is among three hostages found dead in gaza. Shani, look was taken by hamas from the nova Music Festival after the 7th of october attacks. The two other hostages recovered have been named as amit buskila and yitzhak ghielmetti, who were at the same festival here. A terrorist who murdered a 70 year old man in hartlepool and said he did it for the people of gaza, has been sentenced to at least 44 years in jail. 45 year old ahmed ali halid is an Asylum Seeker who claimed to be from morocco, the court heard today. He also tried to kill his housemate before murdering Terrence Carney during sentencing, the judge said his actions were in revenge for the israel hamas conflict. A teacher israel hamas conflict. A teacher found guilty of having sex with two schoolboys has been described as a predator. The 30 year old Rebecca Jones was convicted of six counts of engaging in Sexual Activity with a child. She denied having sex a child. She denied having sex with one school boy and claimed a relationship with a second teenager began only once. He had left school and after she had been sacked. There are now 46 been sacked. There are now 46 confirmed cases of cryptosporidium, according to Health Officials , after water Health Officials, after water suppuesin Health Officials, after Water Supplies in brixham in devon were contaminated. It means were contaminated. It means cases of the diarrhoea inducing illness have more than doubled in less than 24 hours. 16,000 homes and businesses have been told that a parasite got into Water Supplies after possible contamination from cow manure, and the king and queen and the prince of wales will attend ceremonies in france next month to mark the 80th anniversary of the d day landings , his majesty the d day landings, his majesty and Queen Camilla will join a commemorative event at the British Normandy memorial, while Prince William will attend a separate canadian ceremony. It comes after the king returned to pubuc comes after the king returned to public duties, as doctors were pleased by his response to cancer treatment. For the latest cancer treatment. 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Com forward slash your say i im lam im Patrick Christys every weeknight from nine, i bring you two hours of unmissable, explosive debate and headline grabbing interviews. What impact has that had . We got Death Threats and the bomb threat and so on. Our job is to do whats in ourjob is to do whats in the best interest of our country. You made my argument for me one at a time. My guests and i tackle the issues that really matter with a sharp take on every story im heanng sharp take on every story im hearing up and down the country. That was a beginning, not an end. Patrick christys tonight from 9 pm. Only on gb news. Britains news channel. Britains news channel. Welcome back. Its 539. Im Martin Daubney on gb news. Now to our next story. Could the netherlands be on the verge of a massive row with the European Union . Well, after six months of union . Well, after six months of political wrangling, right wing dutch politician Geert Wilders has outlined a Coalition Agreement which will bring in the countrys strictest ever asylum policy. But the European Union has said it wont let the netherlands opt out of the eu rules on the issue , raising the rules on the issue, raising the prospect of an incoming huge confrontation between brussels and amsterdam. Well, to discuss this, im now joined by peter klepp, whos the editor in chief of the brussels report. Welcome to the show. Peter so we like a bit of action in brussels here gbnews. First of all, can we set out whats in this plan 26 page plan called hope , courage page plan called hope, courage and pride . Whats in it that the European Union dont like . Well, theres a whole range of, centre right, measures, when it comes to agriculture, for example , the netherlands, is not example, the netherlands, is not going to implement, very strict, nitrogen measures that would have seen, farms being shut down at, taxpayers expense when it comes to immigration, i think there we can see some kind of a clash with, with the eu because the new dutch government will, will ask for an opt out from eu migration policies. Will ask for an opt out from eu migration policies. At the migration policies. At the moment, theres only one, one country that has such an opt out, and that is denmark. And it has been quite successful in using that to be more tough on, on, on immigration and also important, the netherlands will ask, to pay a lot less into the eu budget. Eu budget. This sounds like the spirit of brexit. Peter klepp this is exactly what british voters woke up to. The fact we didnt have control of our borders. We didnt have control of our money. Some of the detail in this, in this plan , is that this, in this plan, is that people without a valid residence permit will be deported by force if necessary, and also people granted the rights to remain in the netherlands will not be granted primary authority on social housing lists. More border checks and opting out of the allocation of Asylum Seekers across the 27 Member States. That sounds like a government that was elected on those pledges. It sounds like thats their policy platform of brussels seriously going to dig in and say you cant do it. That would be a massive row. Well, of course, to give an opt out, you need to change the eu treaties. And that is that is very difficult , eu treaties. And that is that is very difficult, you eu treaties. And that is that is very difficult , you know, i do very difficult, you know, i do think it will put more pressure on, you know, a development that we see all across the eu this week. The, the czech Prime Minister revealed that already 19 eu Member States are in favour of, what can be described as a rwanda style, policy of basically outsourcing asylum processing. And weve seen that , processing. And weve seen that, australia has done something along those lines and its the only way to stop, you know, the chaos at, at the border that is also, deeply worrying many , many europeans. And peter klett, when you say things like 19 out of 27 European Union Member States would like Something Like rwanda, of course , on in early rwanda, of course, on in early june, peter klepp we have the forthcoming mep elections. Do you think were going to see a swing towards the Political Parties that are in favour of stronger Border Control in favour of precisely the kind of thing that the netherlands would like to do here and the eu dont like, i do think so. If you look at the opinion polls, indeed, you know, the right wing partys right wing populist parties seem to be, you know, on the winning hand, but lets not be too, optimist stick, you know, at the end of the day , it will still be end of the day, it will still be possible in the European Parliament to get a majority for many of the, regulations and business as usual policies. Basically that, you know, that we have seen over the last five years, if you look at the epp, which is the party of the german christian democrats, they have been supporting almost all of the green, you know, policies. They have even, supported the ban on the combustion engine. You know, the from 2035, the, the combustion engine, which was , which was invented in germany. So the political mainstream is changing, but its going very, very slow. Okay peter, very quickly, if we could. Brexit was the first. We were the first up the ladder quickly. The first up the ladder quickly. Italy are the favourites to be the next. Do you think there could be a nexit. Could the netherlands be looking at getting out of the eu , i dont getting out of the eu, i dont think so, you know, the case of britain was quite specific, you know, the netherlands is, you know, the netherlands is, you know, hosting the biggest port of europe, rotterdam. Its strongly dependent on, frictionless trade with, you know, the rest of mainland europe. I do think that if youre looking for the next exit, then you have to look north, denmark. Sweden. I think were still a long way off, but, unfortunately, because the European Union refuses to listen to all these signals , you can to all these signals, you can see, i think a development where, you know, similar, things like, what we saw in the uk or also taking place similar sentiment is, is coming up. People are talking about, you know, some kind of, referendum lock. Remember that, so, so, lock. Remember that, so, so, its very interesting. But its very interesting. But again, i dont think thats for tomorrow thats going to take, you know, quite a quite a few years till we have to leave it there. Peter. Clare, an excellent summary. Please join us again on the show. Thats the editor in chief of the brussels report, peter cleppe. Excellent. The spirit of brexit is alive and kicking. Now looking ahead, its going to be an absolutely massive weekend of sports. Manchester city could win the premier league for a record breaking fourth time in a row, while Britains Tyson fury of course , will try to become the course, will try to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world when he takes on usk later on. Im Martin Daubney on gb news, britains news channel welcome back 548. The final. Final furlong of the Martin Daubney show on gb news. Now. Its a massive weekend of sport ahead. Of course, tyson fury is taking on Oleksandr Usyk each in with the chance to make heavyweight boxing history and its also the last weekend of the premier league, of course, and Manchester City will win the title for a record fourth time if they win at home to west ham. Nothing else can touch them then. Well, its a lot to get stuck into and lets do that because im now joined by the sports journalist Chris Skudder chris, always an absolute delight. Lets start with the premier league. Basically, its man citys to lose. What do you thinks going to happen. Thinks going to happen. Theyre going to win it again. Of course they are. For you know theyre winning constantly at the moment. And they proved the other night against spurs that theyre not going to let this slip. West ham very unpredictable and you know the man city thing. You know we know theyre the best team. Theyve been the best team for a long time. Theyve got themselves onto this pedestal. There are those 115 charges. The premier league charges which we wait to see what will happen. Weve seen clubs have their points deducted this season everton, nottingham, forest city. We wait to see what happens, but thats not going to happens, but thats not going to happen until much later this yeah happen until much later this year, we dont think. But right now city untouchable and theyve just got to win that game against west ham tomorrow. And theres nothing that arsenal can do feel for arsenal. Theyve been probably the well as good as city all year. But you know theyre up against the machine and itll be a massive surprise if city dont win it tomorrow. On sunday there is still the outside hope. Of course, its a moyess final game at west ham. If theres an upset, if theres a draw, theyre then arsenal dreams could still be alive. Dreams could still be alive. They could ask. Theyve got to win their game against everton as well. I dont know. Everton as well. I dont know. I mean city are just especially at home. They just theyre patient. They know how to get the job done. They know how to get the job done. It would be an incredible done. It would be an incredible story if they were to fall at this at this hurdle, you know, and history is waiting to be made. I know theyve got those financial advantages, but now nobodys done it before for titles in a row. Man united have doneit titles in a row. Man united have done it before. But city you know this is a different team. 6 in 7 years itll be and you know theres no signs that until pep leaves the club, i dont think that its going to stop. All right. Squads lets move now to the boxing. Genuinely a clash of two. Titans fury. Usyk the bookies cant put a cigarette paper between the pair of them. Its too close to call. How do you think that ones going to go with the gypsy king . Bnng going to go with the gypsy king . Bring it home. I think youre right. I mean, its really, really hard to call. I mean, theres an old adagein call. I mean, theres an old adage in boxing that a good big and always beats a good littleun, you know, and thats what we got here. I mean, fury is a big guy. He was 20 stone in his last fight, just about. I think hes going to be a bit lighter this time, but hes still going to be much heavier than usyk, who naturally is a cruiserweight. But, you know, technically theyre both fantastic boxers. I think its just a question of whats going to be in furys head. I was a bit the other day, he said that this is all about not how many titles are on the on the line , titles are on the on the line, but how much money im going to make, which is like 100 million. And i think if hes going in with that attitude , going in with that attitude, then, you know, usyk has got his whole, you know, war torn ukraine right behind him. Hes a fantastic boxer , and, you know, fantastic boxer, and, you know, if hes off it slightly fury, i think hell lose. But you know, hes got a massive size advantage. Seven inch reach advantage, six inches in height. And if hes on his game, which he wasnt in his last fight against the mma guy, if hes off his game , i think hell lose. If his game, i think hell lose. If hes on it, i think he probably just edge it. But honestly, usyks a great fighter and i dont think anybody would begrudge him becoming the first undisputed champion since lennox lewis 25 years ago. Just about and scuds it all comes down as well to how much blubber tyson fury is carrying when hes in shape. Hes so much sharper. Hows he looking . Yeah, hes lost a bit. I mean, hes still he always carries a bit in his lower belly. I mean, hes got the weigh in. The weigh ins going to be in about ten minutes. I think, in saudi, hes lost weight since his last fight. You know, the mma guy. I dont know what he was thinking. I mean , what he was thinking. I mean, hes dont forget, hes retired once. Hes had, you know, Mental Health problems, all kinds of things. And you never quite know with with fury. But when hes on it, you know, he and hes a huge guy. Hes a huge guy, hes very difficult to beat. But, you know, as i say, hes up against the great technician who has beaten Anthony Joshua twice. And beaten Anthony Joshua twice. And i wouldnt be surprised if yuzik wins, really, wouldnt i want a very, very quickly get your opinion on a story that really caught my eye. Astonishing thing. The palestinian fa have complained to fifa and theyve joined forces with a bunch of other fas. Theyre trying to kick israel out of World Football. Israel out of World Football. Can that possibly be allowed to happen . Well , happen . Well, gianni infantino, the president , always says football should never become a hostage for politics. But if this does come off, then thats exactly whats going to happen. Theyve doneit whats going to happen. Theyve done it with russia of course, and then it was zimbabwe as well, but theyve been allowed back now. But its a proposal that has come from the palestinian fa. Obviously after whats been going on in the middle east, and its got the backing of a number of countries algeria, iraq, jordan, syria, yemen. So whats going to yemen. So whats going to happen . Its going to be a legal assessment now by fifa. And then theyre going to put it to the council. Theyre going to listen to both sides of the argument, palestines saying, ill quote here, when are you going to act with the same severity and urgency as it did in other cases and other, other wars . In other words, and israel saying and reply, were facing a cynical and hostile attempt by the Palestinian Association to harm israeli football. So itll go to a vote in july. Okay. That cant be allowed to happen. Chris skudder we have to leave it there. Thanks for joining us. Superb stuff, thanks for joining me. Ill be back on forjoining me. Ill be back on monday. Next is dewbs co. First, its your weather with aidan mcgivern. Have a great fri day. Friday. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. News. News. News. Hello and welcome to the latest gb news forecast from the met office. Its a tail of sunny spells and sharp showers for the rest of today and the next few days. In rest of today and the next few days. In fact , low pressure days. In fact, low pressure slipping away. So its going to be less dominant across the uk, but still some instability in the air and with warm sunshine in places, we are seeing the Cloud Development and the showers for many places during the rest of this afternoon and into the start of the evening. But overnight, as the temperatures will tail away, were going to see plenty of dry weather and some clear spells in the west, but cloudier skies elsewhere. And where weve got the cloud 12 or 13 celsius by dawn, where weve got the clear spells into the single figures, many places will be dry as we start off the weekend. Therell be some sunshine around as well, but into the east of england, especially east anglia and the far south east, so into kent, for example, some showery rain starting to appear, 1 or 2 showers elsewhere across the starting to appear, 1 or 2 south coast, wales, northwest england. Plenty of sunshine first thing. But for northeast england, as well as eastern scotland, a lot of low cloud and mist. Northern ireland seeing patchy cloud and mist as well, largely dry for scotland. Some decent sunny spells in places and as we go through the morning actually where weve got the layers of cloud that will tend to break up, were going to see some sunny spells developing, but theyll also be once again some shower development. Western and Central Scotland seeing some sharp showers, but the majority of the showers will affect wales and the south west of england. And here there could be very lively with some heavy rain in places. Temperatures away from the showers and into the warm sunny spells reaching 20 to 23 celsius. But those showers will continue to affect parts of wales and the southwest into the evening, before eventually fading away and then into sunday again. Warm sunny spells for many, but there will be some showers around, particularly across parts of southern england, by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Inside from boxt boilers. Sponsors of weather on water, an ocean of deep blue wateh why are so many people seemingly getting weirder by the day . And also, do you think there is really a clear blue ocean between the two main parties . Because if you ask me, its more like some kind of deflated paddling pool between them. Also, the rich list is out. The top spot has a net worth of almost £14 billion. Many people are saying its immoral for people to have that much money. Is it also , do you reckon money. Is it also, do you reckon the uk should be accepting refugees from gaza . I can tell you my panel tonight, including professor matt goodwin, have very different opinions on that. Also, the double child killer Colin Pitchfork er, he has lost his appeal for his parole heanng his appeal for his parole hearing to be held behind closed doors. Good. Shouldnt all doors. Good. Shouldnt all parole hearings be done in