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The current battlefield lines. The current battlefield lines. Elsewhere, sarah ferguson, the duchess of york , furiously the duchess of york, furiously silences an audience at the Cannes Film Festival before launching into a speech about Climate Change, leaving the crowd utterly confused. Crowd utterly confused. Everyone in this room stop. Stop stop. Stop. Stop. Did you see i removed the microphone . Because all of you are saying , microphone . Because all of you are saying, oh, i want to go because where is the next party . I should under sixteens go smartphone free. A report from mps suggesting teens should be banned from owning smartphones to combat antisocial behaviour. Well debate that later. Well debate that later. Fans of both Manchester City and Manchester United prepare to make their way to wembley ahead of the fa cup final this afternoon. Afternoon. It could well be an early start as thousands of city and united fans prepare to make the journey down to wembley ahead of kick off at three. Its indeed, and its not the only derby on cup final day ehhen only derby on cup final day either. North of the border, its the First Old Firm scottish cup final in 22 years as celtic face rangers at hampden park and wayne rooney closes in on a return to management. Return to management. You may want to make the most of any dry and bright weather around today because for many of us it is going to be the driest day of the long weekend. Ill have more details coming up. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im anne diamond, and youre watching breakfast here on. Watching breakfast here on. Gb news. To the most important matter of the day. And i dont want to get too personal, but have you had issues with people snoring in the past . Oh, i see, actually, ill tell you what. Your your boys. Your your boys. Yeah, one of them, particularly snores loudly, wakes up the entire house, and it worries him. Yeah, and it worries his worried his girlfriend in the past as well, yeah. Girlfriend in the past as well, yeah. I mean, young people yeah. I mean, young people nowadays want to be together, but she just said no. Is there a bedroom furthest away from Connor Ansell . Oh oh , sorry. In Connor Ansell . Oh oh, sorry. In his name. Sorry, sorry, connor, but. Sorry, sorry, connor, but. Sorry, sorry, connor, but. But, yeah, he. Well, hed admit he he snores loudly, and its a problem , and he hates it. Its a problem, and he hates it. And so is the rest of the family. What are you meant to do about it . Well, youre meant to play the didgeridoo. This is in the style. This one. It sounds stupid, doesnt it . Its actually a proper thing. From Sophie Bostock , whos a top Sophie Bostock, whos a top medic. Well, it is all about breathing. Yes. And i think when breathing. Yes. And i think when you play the didgeridoo, you dont just play the notes. When youre breathing out, you actually suck it back in as well. You suck it in. You do. Well, shes the founder of the sleep scientists, which is an app apparently. But if you can, if you can learn to play the didgeridoo within three months, then your snoring could at least reduce. Yeah, but its noisy instrument in itself. And im not sure you want a didgeridoo being played in the house ehhen but you wouldnt play it at night time, would you . Thats the thing. Well, no, i suppose not. Well, no, i suppose not. You have to go and play in the shed if youve got one. But anyway. So there you go. So you can reduce your snoring by learning to breathe better than the didgeridoo. So i wake myself up snoring sometimes. Oh, oh, are you a snorer . I think so, well, you are if you wake yourself up. I have, i have woken myself up, i think. Whats that noise . And then realise its me. Oh, so there you go. So i need charlie. Actually, it really is quite a big problem, isnt it . You can get those funny nose sticky things. I dont know if they work or not. I think that they do. I think that they do. I think that they do. I think that they do. I couldnt be bothered to put one of those on. But some people, when they snore, it is an unbelievable loud noise. Yeah. And when i was a student, i was sharing a room once with a girl who, ground gnnder once with a girl who, ground grinder her teeth. Oh, and thats not the noise that you would just imagine is. No, its not. Its a really weird noise. Oh, it almost sounds like muscle and gristle being pulled together , and she said. She together, and she said. She said, if i do that, just just come in and just, you know, really push me hard into another sleeping position. But youd have to do that twice. Three times a night. Shove a little tangerine in her mouth. Thats one way to do it. Yeah, but it is one of those sleep problems that actually we make fun of. But can be a very, very big problem indeed. So there you go. So there you go. Didgeridoo. You or other such strong wind instrument. Yeah. Could just could just do the trick. Well, its a Welcome Break from talking politics all the time, isnt it . Yes. It is. Were going to get a bit fed up with it. But what can you do . At least its only six weeks. It could have been a lot longer. Yeah. Anyway, amidst all of this, Andrea Leadsom has been. Dame Andrea Leadsom has become the latest mp to announce shes not going to stand at the election. And of course, that comes very shortly after michael gove posted his Resignation Letter saying its time for a new generation to lead. Well, we now think that 78 tory mps are stepping down. Thats a post war, record breaking exodus. Breaking exodus. It really does feel weird, doesnt it . Joining us now is the former labour adviser lauren belcross. A very good morning to belcross. A very good morning to you. What are your first thoughts on on this mass exodus . Thoughts on on this mass exodus . Its extraordinary really. I mean, youve got mps that have been key to the last few conservative governments. People like michael gove, dominic raab, sajid javid. This is a huge exodus of very important and very big people, people that will no longer be able to be ministers. If the conservatives do make it to the next government, theyre going to have to fill a Record Number of vacancies for these seats as well. So its going to be i think hes caught everybody by surprise, including a lot of his own partys infrastructure of just having to go through a very quick process of selection. So do you vet these candidates . How far have you vetted them . Are you then going to, in the event of an unexpected success, now have a new load of mps who you dont know very much about, or you dont have huge amounts of details on, that can then potentially be open to further scandals. Yes, Big Questions and both parties are going to have to deal with it. But i think the conservatives in particular, with these Record Numbers of you said 78 mps stepping down, thats huge, a record. Yeah i mean, we already know theyve got about 100 constituencies where they havent got a ppc in yet, and look, churn happens and its not necessarily a bad thing because it does bring new people to the fore. But youve got to question this, havent you . Because obviously, i mean, these are very late announcements. Very late announcements. Well, indeed. And i think there was, i was reading in the papers this morning of michael gove saying at the Cabinet Meeting of the election, when this was announced, saying , meeting of the election, when this was announced, saying, oh, quoting the sas motto of who dares wins . And hes now not not going to respond and going to go away from his seat. So yes, churn can be good, but when its this scale of churn and this unexpected scale of churn, i think its not. I think a lot of conservative activists will be worried. And so literally going around the country trying to convince voters to vote for them when a lot of their grandees saying, do you know what . Weve had enough. Now, on the other hand, i guess labours got to be very careful not to become complacent over this. I think youre absolutely right. And i think the, the right. And i think the, the c word is being banned from labour hq. What i thought whats been hq. What i thought whats been interesting so far of the campaign launches, in the sort of two active days that weve had , the first stop on keir had, the first stop on Keir Starmers campaign was to gillingham in kent. Now, this is a seat that has not been won by labour since 2005. So nearly 20 years. But its the kind of scene, the thames estuary, which there are a few others where the path to downing street has to go via these places. They cannot win otherwise. But whats interesting is theyre not just focusing on winning back the red wall seats that were lost in 2019. Its these seats in kent as well that they just have to win. Similarly, the second spot on the campaign trail was scotland. They have to win there. And youre seeing now youve got a very good, capable leader in anas sarwar there currently. I think the last poll currently. I think the last poll i saw was ten points ahead of the snp. Its not going to be previously there have been these calls for labour to have a Progressive Alliance and go easy on the snp and say, well, were all rmt the conservatives, so lets all get along. No they have to have a majority, a labour majority and not be dependent on the snp because in 2015 we all were traumatised by those campaign posters, by the conservatives of , ed those campaign posters, by the conservatives of, ed miliband in the pocket of, alex salmond. And the pocket of, alex salmond. And the pocket of, alex salmond. And the effect that those had was, lasting. And they want to remedy any chance of that happening again. Yeah. Well, look, theyve still got a lot of work to do then its interesting that the chancellor has said inheritance tax is not conservative live, i mean, its issues like that, isnt it, where labour is going to have to do some shifting. I would have thought, because its about winning over middle britain, it might not be a tax which affects that many people on the great scheme of things. But middle britain feels very squeezed and, and thats where a lot of your floating voters actually are. Actually are. Yeah, thats a very good point. And i think its going to be i was surprised that by how cautious jeremy hunt, the conservatives have been on this, because i would have thought with this announcement now theyve got to go Something Big and sort of throw a bit of red meat to their activists and say, right, this is a big tax thing that labour wouldnt dare do. And were now doing, but then the fact that theyre not and trying to say, oh, well, were steadying the ship, were being responsible. But if youve been in charge for 14 years and lets put it, lets be honest about this, things arent going great for them. When youre 20 points behind in the polls, its not really a great sell for people, is it . I think what labour is going to be labours going to have to put out a fully costed manifesto, and i think theyll do that very, very shortly with all the details of all the funding particularly, i think, on issues like Great British energy, theyre going to have to have an answer for because up till now its been a bit vague on detail. Some ministers have been shadow ministers, sorry, have been caught short, not knowing the exact sums and figures once thats in a manifesto, they can then go out on the stump to both voters and tv studios and say, right, this is how much it costs. This is how much we want to save the public. And i think people are going to be receptive to it because in particular, with when it comes to energy companies. A few days ago, you had the Energy Company sse announce £2 billion of profits. You know, one of the other energy companies, edf, it stands for energy de france. Its a state owned company. Its just owned by the french state, making money off british consumers. So i think there is an audience for that. And i think theres a potentially receptive message for that. For labour across the doorstep in the country. Okay. Lauren belcross, good to talk to you. Thank you. Also joining us now is the senior political analyst for orthodox conservatives, david moore, a very good morning to you. As we start the weekend, well see rishi sunak and others out and about. But it wasnt a great start to his campaign , was great start to his campaign, was it . With the rain on him and getting football wrong. And what getting football wrong. And what was the other. Oh yeah. And talking from the titanic, do you think over the weekend, i think it said that hes going to have a family day to day, isnt it . I dont know, sort of day off, but certainly over the weekend. Arent they going to have to rethink the their look their, their, you know, the way were all perceiving the campaign. All perceiving the campaign. Well firstly, as the Prime Minister, they should be able to speak clearly without interference. And personally i think it was utterly disrespectful. The some of the speakers going out from behind the gates at number 10. I think what we need is a really strong start to a campaign. When you have a snap election, you need a really strong start. And i think a lot of conservatives, to be fair, you know, they were a bit surprised at first by this announcement. However, ive been on on the show before calling for an election because this needs to be solved and we need to have an election and we have a National Conversation about where this country wants to go and this country needs to scrap inheritance tax. We need lower inheritance tax. We need lower taxation. We need to leave the European Court of human rights to stop the boats and actually get some conservative policies in. And i really, really hope that rishi can actually get together a strong manifesto where we can deliver that, because at the end of the day, this country at the moment, because at the end of the day, this country at the moment , the this country at the moment, the only way the conservatives can lose this is conservative voters, not going out to vote. Its getting that vote out there, aka going to the conservative voters. Will it be the red wall in the south across the red wall in the south across the country having some strong leadership . Because the only way keir is going to get in is when conservative voters dont go out and vote. Hes not going to get any more labour votes. Its the case of the conservative voters going to stay at home or not. Its about getting them out to vote. Well, yeah, and look, its great to say lower taxes. And thats a very conservative thing to do. And i mean, who wouldnt want lower taxes . Lets be perfectly honest. However, its just not doable. They cant promise things that they cant do , nor can they. I mean, the do, nor can they. I mean, the institute for fiscal studies saying today that the state of pubuc saying today that the state of public finances will hang over the new government, whoever it is, like a dark cloud. Well, we just have to in some areas, just have to cut on pubuc areas, just have to cut on public spending. This is the issue. This is the issue at hand. The issue. This is the issue at hand. The british taxpayer is sick and tired of being regulated to death. Theyre sick and tired of, you know, all the, all these agencies that mr blair sets up that we didnt repeal. We need to we need to do that. And quite frankly, all these quangos that were just sitting on a pile or we havent, you know, we havent repealed enough of them. And thats why we need to actually have some proper Regulatory Reform and proper state level reform that the likes of thatcher would like to see. We need to be brave. We need more conviction led leaders in this country, quite frankly, to say that, look, this country is not creating enough wealth. Were not manufacturing enough. Were not manufacturing enough. Were not manufacturing enough. Were not actually creating wealth, but we just have this, you know, the quagmire of the state is coming back. And if keir wins, you know how much worse thats going to get. If you think its bad now for the next five years, people are going to see these tax rises. You know, businesses are going to get face issues. We obviously have the Public Schools vat issue where were going to have that thousands of young people being shut out of education, those who can barely afford, you know, a private education, well see the armed forces seeing a risk. You know, this man happily risk. You know, this man happily served under corbyn as well. Hes just changed his tune because he has this new pr look. Hes got the union jack on his leaflets, you know. Oh, wow. Hes so patriotic now. Hes got british flags flying at the conference. Lets be honest, this man is another blair. Hes a pound shop, blair. And hes about as charismatic as my coffee table. And he likes to think hes like blair. But more than that. But history repeats than that. But history repeats itself, and im very concerned. Itself, and im very concerned. Okay. David muir, good to talk to you this morning. Thank you. You. I mean, you could argue that at least having a couple of union flags behind you when youre making a speech is better than being poured upon by the rain and not being able to be heard because, well, i, i have to say, i think playing, things could only get better in the background is just its just rude. Yeah, but somebody should rude. Yeah, but somebody should have anticipated that. They should have done. But the police should have stopped it. And that is im not and im not being Party Political on that. Itsjust not being Party Political on that. Its just rude. Yeah it is. Wouldnt do it to whoever. Not just rude to the Prime Minister or the leader of the tory party. Its rude to us voters because we couldnt hear what he was saying saying. And i think, you know, during an Election Campaign, you have to be at least be able to hear what all the candidates are saying. Surely youd think so. Anyway, we can hear now at what ed davey leader of the lib dems, was saying last night, his view on the chancellor of the lib dems taking seats from the tories are so many seats that have been traditionally conservative that the liberal democrats are the ones who can take off them. And increasingly in the south west, the west country, which used to be a stronghold for the liberal democrats, were back there again. Weve seen that in there again. Weve seen that in the by election victories in somerset and devon. Weve seen that in council victories this yearin that in council victories this year in dorset last year in devon, the Previous Year in somerset. So across the south of england, i think people realise now if they want to get rid of the conservatives, they vote liberal democrat. Liberal democrat. Okay. Well weve heard from all three of them at the moment. Well be talking a lot more throughout the programme, of course, about the upcoming election. Right now, though, election. Right now, though, should we look elsewhere in the world where trouble is always brewing . Russian sources have claimed that Vladimir Putin is ready to pause the war in ukraine. Well, a ceasefire could be negotiated , apparently, if the negotiated, apparently, if the west agreed to recognise the current battlefield lines. Previously, the ukrainian president , previously, the ukrainian president , vladimir previously, the ukrainian president , vladimir zelenskyy, president , vladimir zelenskyy, has ruled out, of course, the possibility of a ceasefire. Dubbing talks with moscow impossible. Impossible. Lets talk to the defence editor at the evening standard, robert fox. Morning to you, robert fox. Morning to you, robert. Is this game playing or is this a genuine offer . There is something going on. There is absolutely clear that this is not just, a game from putin to upset everybody as theyre getting together next month where there is a peace terms conference in switzerland and over 70 countries. But no russia, no china there and no joe biden , who has decided, joe biden, who has decided, although hes in europe, to skip back to la to go on an election fundraiser with julia roberts. Its a bit of that, but theres a very strong report from reuters naming five Anonymous Sources. But five Anonymous Sources. But five Anonymous Sources in the kremlin circle saying, yes, putin is serious about this. He wants to open negotiations. There is a threat. Its real blackmail. Id like to talk about this, by the way. He has a lot on his plate at the moment. But if you dont talk, im going to trash kharkiv, for example. That hasnt come out. But sources are revealed to me last night that thats one of the game is. Im serious about this. I want peace, but im going to smash up kharkiv. If you dont open it. And can i just add, as you had rightly in your headline, there is a problem with zelenskyy here. One of the big criticisms of zelenskyy is that he didnt keep a back channel going throughout to moscow, which he was advised to moscow, which he was advised to from the beginning, and actually , its what you always actually, its what you always have to do. Well, even, even when russia is invading your country and youre having to lose lives in order to defend battlefield lines, you have to, as a leader, keep a back door open for talks with things like humanitarian issues, repatriation of bodies , issues, repatriation of bodies, and that hasnt been a great success. I and that hasnt been a great success. I mean, neither side has been playing to the rules, as we know , in these kinds of as we know, in these kinds of wars. Not that it ever fully, fully happens, but zelenskyy himself, curiously being what he is from his background, is acutely aware of opinion polls hes put off the president of the election, so that hes there for a bit, but he is very worried about the his own position , the decline in position, the decline in personal, his personal position. Personal, his personal position. And hes, hes, hes following and the opinion polls are are very are very assiduous in in ukraine is it is a very fluid position that can i ask though with, with an election happening here now and with obviously the president ial election later in the year in the United States, how does this play into what the kremlin is doing . Theres Something Else thats playing that does very much. Is the election here, the election in for the european parliament, which may not seem a terrific deliverer of power, but its a bellwether test. Its a really, really supreme opinion test of who is for war and against, because that will come up as it wont come up in the general election here. If it can possibly be avoided. And both labour hq and tory hq do not want the war to come into it. And of course, anticipating whats going to come up in america. Sorry i always have to add in the other perverse element, the recent summit between xi jinping and russia. And this is the news, the greatest danger to all of us. Well, oh, its a chain now is its a part of things. I was going to say that thats what came out of that summit is were in this together. It is now absolutely clear. Russia is china is delivering a lot of lethal aid, sophisticated weapons to russia. So that has undermined its position as an honest broker. But theyre saying to russia , were in it saying to russia, were in it for you. Youve got to be in it for you. Youve got to be in it for us. As things are building up in the far east, including in asia itself, central asia itself, that is not making the news at all, let alone a headune. Headline. Okay, robert, for now, thank you very much indeed. Yes , were all distracted yes, were all distracted elsewhere, arent we . Yeah. Okay lets move on. Oh, i cant tell you the time because i cant see the clock. Its 621. In fact, its just coming up to 622. Lets have a look at some of the others stories coming into the newsroom this morning. Well, the former boss of the post office has been accused of living in la la land over her role in the horizon scandal. Paula vennells became emotional on the third day of giving evidence. She admitted making mistakes and accepted there was no one else to blame but claims she didnt know why Important Information didnt reach her. The italian teenager carlo exitos, who died of leukaemia, is set to become the Catholic Churchs first millennial saint. Pope francis has attributed two miracles to the youngster , who miracles to the youngster, who was actually born in london, one of which involved him healing a University Student in florence. He actually used his computer skills to spread the catholic faith during his sadly short life. Life. The documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock has died at the age of 53. He came to prominence with his oscar nominated film super size me. That was back in 2004, which tracked his health while he ate nothing but mcdonalds for a month, the film was credited with prompting a broad conversation about how fast food and obesity was impacting society. He passed away in new york, suffering from cancer. Cancen im fascinated by that young saint, an incredible story. It really is. Yes. I dont know what to think of it. Im slightly torn. Yeah, because he was revered , yeah, because he was revered, because his body was put on display and didnt appear to decay. But actually it was doing. Yes. And but was it all just seems a bit grim for a 15 year old and his body to be displayed out like that . It does. So i dont know. I dont know what i dont know, but its a its fascinating that, you know, here we are in, in in this century now and we still are making people saints, and that is extraordinary too, because all of them have the most amazing story. But he was such a young and unusual case, and of course, the Catholic Church is hoping that he reaches out to young, young people. Yeah, right. Should we talk about the duchess of york, shes had a bit of an outburst at the Cannes Film Festival. Have a listen to this. Everyone in this room. Stop, everyone in this room. Stop, stop , stop, stop. Stop, stop, stop. Did you see . Did you see . I removed the microphone because all of you are saying, oh, i want to go because where is the next party . What on earth is all you can say to that . Lets ask royal broadcaster and photographer helena chard. Good morning, helena. What on what on earth was that about . Was that about . I have to say, i think shes such good fun. And she looked such good fun. And she looked wonderful, she certainly can hold an audience, i think shes really gung ho. And obviously people were in high spirits and having drinks and just enjoying themselves at the Cannes Film Festival, and she wanted people to listen to her. So but she managed to do it, i dont think i think she was a little bit frustrated. I think people were saying she was furious, but she wasnt furious. She was just, i wasnt furious. She was just, i suppose, felt slightly silenced , suppose, felt slightly silenced, but the audience, in the end, they did listen , i mean, she was they did listen, i mean, she was actually there. It was a great event , and she was there. Event, and she was there. Well, she was a she was a little bit something, helena, wasnt she . I dont know about wasnt she . I dont know about furious, but a little bit something a little bit something is a little bit tiddly or a little bit. She was very she seemed quite highly wired, i have to say. But she was there for good reason. She was there for good reason. Reasons, and it was for the foundation for aids research. So improving the treatment of aids and hiv prevention around the world. And she talked about gen z and, you know, supporting them. There were lots of things that she was talking about. But she i mean, she talked i mean, she i mean, she talked i mean, she did talk about a variety of things. I have to say, she did talk about, climate in that, and i wasnt quite sure how that really went hand in hand with what she was doing, but i think she was just trying to get everyones attention and saying, you know, come on, guys, lets all pull together here, lets, you know, its all about unity and, i dont know, supporting each other and trying to make life better. I think thats where she was coming from. Yeah, but she wasnt reading the room, was she . Because, i mean, there she is, talking to an enormous audience full of luvvies. Because thats what the Film Festival is all about. And Film Festival is all about. And she was trying to lecture them on Climate Change. And then she went a bit patronising, didnt she, by saying, look, look, im removing the microphone when i want to. I wont talk to you until youre good. It came across a bit that way, didnt it . It did a little bit, but i do think there were other people. Demi moore there were other. You know, luvvies in the room who were also trying to communicate with the audience, and i just you know, i do love fergie. I think shes a good egg. And i mean, goodness me, shes under a lot of pressure. I mean, battling two types of cancer within eight months and obviously her ex husband and the whole thing about royal lodge and, you know, are they going to be moved out or not . Theres a lot of stress there. But i think , all in all, she does a lot of good. And the fact that shes ambassador now for the gen z generation, the age 13 to 26 year olds, i mean, she talks about, you know, how bright and strong they are. And she relates strong they are. And she relates to them, you know, because she i think shes felt quite picked on over the years as fergie , as over the years as fergie, as such. But i dont know, i, i think it was quite good fun and well, the day this portrait was auctioned off and, that was really what it was all about as well. Theres nothing like flying down to the south of france to talk about Climate Change. Thats what i say. Helena, good to see you. Thank you very much indeed. Shes made a headline or two today and she did look good. Theres no doubt about that. And i wish her well. Very odd though. Just odd. Yeah, i know, but they are, arent they. It can be a little. Have you, have you done the Cannes Film Festival . No. Ive met fergie. Oh, yeah. Me too a little bit. Me too a little bit. Yeah. Shes a shes a character anyway. Right. Shall we see what the weathers got in store for you today . Its going to be hot. Its going to be hot. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news Weather Forecast, brought to you by the met office. Its fair to say the weather this weekend is going to be pretty messy. However, today actually looks largely dry for many of us because theres a relatively slack flow across the country at the moment, though, there are some systems waiting out towards the west and the east, which are going to bring some rain later, but for the time being, a bit of a chilly start because we had some clear skies overnight. That does mean quite a bit of sunshine. This morning, however, we are going to see a bit more cloud bubbling up as we go into the afternoon and there will be some showers around. Most of us avoiding these, but towards eastern areas east anglia, lincolnshire we are going to see a bit of rain pushing its way in as we go through the afternoon. In any sunshine its going to feel pleasantly warm. Temperatures are much higher than yesterday. Highs of around 22 or 23 celsius. It is going to turn pretty wet as we go through this evening and overnight. We have some rain across northern and eastern parts, and then a swathe of wet weather feeding its way up from the southwest could see some heavy bursts as that pushes its way north eastwards across many parts. Its way north eastwards across many parts. Because of the its way north eastwards across many parts. Because of the cloud many parts. Because of the cloud and the rain, temperatures arent going to drop a huge amount, so its going to be a milder start to the day tomorrow than it was this morning. It is also going to be quite a cloudy and at times wet picture. Most of us will see some rain at times showery outbreaks to start off with, and then plenty of showers developing as we go towards lunchtime and the afternoon. Some of these could pack quite a punch. Some torrential downpours are possible , as well as some hail possible, as well as some hail and some thunder. 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Good luck yeah, best of luck to you. Yeah, best of luck to you. Now do stick with us because still to come its a big day today. Fa cup final day is upon us. A clash apparently between Manchester United and city, who will claim the top prize . Well, aidan will tell next. Year 634. Time for the sport this morning. Aidans here. Good morning. Aidans here. Good morning. Indeed. And its the big day today. Its a huge day. Its a huge day. Yeah, exactly. I mean, were building up in earnest for the fa cup final. I mean, we know back in the day. Used to start at 9 am. This just on tv . Just a live coverage. But goodness me, your mics not on. I mean, its deliberate ploy from us. Oh, it is on. Yeah, it is on. Its a big day to be. We need to be able to hear you today. We doindeed to be able to hear you today. We do indeed we do. Well, well sort that out in a moment. But for now, though, it is murky. For now. Were going to cross live to manchester and sophie reaper because i believe shes got some fans who are joining her now as they set out to wembley. Its a pretty early start. Sophie isnt it . It is a very early start and theyll be the coaches will be picking these fans here up at around 7 00 as they make the journey down to wembley. And as you say, im joined now by two Manchester United fans, colin and sue. A very good morning to you both. Thank you forjoining you both. Thank you for joining us. Now its a very big day. This for united fans. Its not been the easiest of seasons for you. And obviously last year not a great result either in the fa cup final. How are you both feeling optimistic. No. Nervous nervous nervous. No. Nervous nervous nervous. No. Nervous nervous nervous. Lets have some score predictions. So two one to united, two one. So the opposite of last year. And do you think youll get a goal quicker than Ilkay Gundogan last year in the first 12 seconds. Got to that would be good if you could do that colin. Score predictions im going to say three two to united. Wow. So few goals youre hoping for that. That would be impressive. Well we need the goals always just to give it a kick to get into it. Now interestingly we were speaking before i know youre a united season Ticket Holder colin. This is your second ever Football Game isnt it . Quite the scale to be going to wembley for your second ever match . It is. And, im not going to say how many years, but, i was 16 when i first seen the first one. That was, when Stanley Matthews was playing for stoke against bury. It rained so hard, and ive been to one since, but hopefully that might be a good thing. Itll be a good result for you today because actually absolutely incredible results. Yeah. And it might go again. Yeah. And it might go again. Absolutely. Now were speaking earlier. Erik ten hag i know youre not his biggest fan after this season. Could today save him in your mind with with you know if its a good result, would you want him to stay then. No to fall out with ronaldo, to fall out with sancho. Rashfords performance the summer were other i dont think. I dont think he gelled with players very well. I think hes authoritarian. I think a lot of our injuries are probably. Its sort of rumoured he trains people too hard, never had so many injuries as and i. I dont rate him at all. Well, absolutely. Fair enough. Thank well, absolutely. Fair enough. Thank you both so much for your time this morning. Lovely chatting to you and best of luck. Thank you. Thanks very much. Thank you. Thanks very much. Well, there we go. Well be joining some city fans a little bit later on to get their reaction ahead of this fa cup final down in wembley today. Thanks very much indeed sophie. Thats the fans view on the streets of manchester starting out early, heading off to wembley. Getting on those trains now strikes. I think there were last year as i recall, but ill be heading to the game later on as well. Traditionally it has to be at wembley, does it . But it just seems a shame when its, when its two manchester teams, why they dont do it up there. Yeah, well, the problem there is that the fa spent a hell of a lot of money on that stadium. They have to have the showpiece events at wembley. Its traditional as well, but i remember being an aston villa. I know it was chelsea versus arsenal match, i think it was. And the following it was a semi final at wembley. But the following day everton played Manchester United and there were all sorts of chaos because there was a train strike and the fans were in the wrong place. Nobody could get back. Its fine. It was fine the previous day because it was all london. Yeah, but it was, it was, it was a real challenge for, for the nonh real challenge for, for the north west fans. And it has it does rear its head every now and again. There was talk that the National Stadium would be built in birmingham wasnt there. But as somebody said to me, said to me at the time, it seems to be a straight battle between the north and south of london. Yeah. Well, yeah. Well, yeah. Yeah. Well, yeah. Well, yeah. Hey, mind you, theres plenty going on in scotland as well. Yes, indeed. Weve got the old firm facing off against each other at hampden park. Incredibly given the dominance of these two sides, especially celtic, its the first time theyve faced each other in a scottish cup final since way back in 2002. Now rangers have taken one point throughout the season against celtic and that might prove their undoing today because celtic are going for a double of league and cup, rangers are going for a double of both cup competitions so plenty at stake. Full house, theyll be there as well and i fancy celtic to win that one. I really do all right okay, okay. Big news. Well move on then. Well talk a bit later about wayne rooney and what hes doing next. But do stay with us still to come. Were going to go through the papers obviously. Look at whats making the news, with cindy yu and fraser myers. So thats all coming up next. At 642. Time to see whats in the papers. This morning. With assistant editor of the spectator. Cindy yu and Deputy Editor of spiked, fraser myers. Good to see you both this morning. Good morning. All morning. Good morning. All right. Lets kick off with. Well, its unlike most of the most of the front pages this morning. Fraser michael gove announcing his ill tell you whats interesting because hes saying hes going. And on the saying hes going. And on the front of the guardian theyve got a theyve got a piece about how people are wanting to spend money on michael gove seat because hes in danger of losing it. Oh he certainly is. Oh he certainly is. Well he is now. Well he is now. He is personally i think like many tory mps, probably jumped before he was pushed by the electorate. But this is very significant. Michael gove , you know, michael gove, you know, extremely important minister. Hes held a number of ministerial roles under four different Prime Ministers perhaps most significantly, education secretary. I think, education secretary. I think, you know, even his critics would have to acknowledge that, he played an extremely Important Role in reforming british education or english education, i should say, you know , probably i should say, you know, probably one of the few achievements of this conservative government has been to raise educational standards and britain has, england has gone up the rankings, globally in terms of education. So he should be he deserves credit for that. I think everyone would say that he is a minister who gets things done. He is effective even if you disagree with him. So this is a big blow to sunak. Its a big blow to the tories in general because you know, even if they lose the election we have to think about what comes next. Whos going to be a part of the, you know, shadow cabinet team, whos going to be rebuilding the party, reconstituting it for the next election to come . So yeah, big blow to sunak. Election to come . So yeah, big blow to sunak. Another big beast blow to sunak. Another big beast leaving another familiar face exiting the stage who wont be here in the next parliament. And that makes 78 with Andrea Leadsom. Also, i mean, both of them have said its time for a new generation to sort of , new generation to sort of, invigorate the party. And you just wonder , is there another just wonder, is there another generation to invigorate the party . Are they going to be Leading Light figures . Are they going to be interesting figures that in a few years time you might want to vote for . I think there will be a few, but really who they are and how many they are is the biggest question. But i think people like Kemi Badenoch is relatively secure in her, in her majority, at the moment, i think the risks threshold is about 15,000, which is crazy when you think that labour could overturn that, but anyone over that which can be does have in terms of her seat, other rising stars, you know, middling level, maybe people like tom tugendhat, for example, might could be an interesting one to watch, but yes, steven, as you said in the guardian, theyve got this kind of donations, record amount of money going to key election target seats to shore up people like penny mordaunt, as well, who otherwise are at risk and probably still is at risk. But i think the fact that theyre still pouring money into Michael Goves seat shows how much of a shock this election was, even for cchq itself. I was speaking to someone close to cchq recently. Recently who was just saying, well, all of my plans, all of our work is just kind of out of the window now because we didnt even know it was coming to happen. So even the conservative party is not for prepared this election because rishi sunak has kept it so close to his chest. Its interesting that gove is seen to be one of the people who was encouraging rishi sunak to go for an early election. He made this, you know, great speech saying, who dares wins . Im not sure that applies in rishi sunaks case, as well find out in a few weeks. But, you know, he was encouraging this election and then has quit, quite spectacularly. It doesnt sound like michael gove to encourage someone to do something and then to, like, not follow through , so thats the follow through, so thats the other side of gove. He is seen as a sort of very machiavellian figure. Hes very, hes like the tories, peter mandelson. Yeah , yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Kingmaker in many ways. Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. And i think, i think in some ways hes, as fraser was saying, he is a reformist mp and he when he goes into a department, he does get to the bottom of things. He works with the Civil Servants as well. He doesnt just battle with them. So it is a it is a, you know, but hes also somebody with another life as well. I mean, he he didnt just do politics. Hes a journalist. Hes a writer. There are even rumours that hes going to go and edit the times or something. I dont know what, but maybe i mean, you never. You can imagine that when once the election was announced, he went home and thought seriously and his phone probably rang a lot. Yeah. And he spoke to mates who maybe have nice jobs for him lined up. Who knows . I dont think theres a last will ive seen of him. No, no, thats for sure. Im intrigued. The telegraph, cindy is one of the papers going on, the chancellor saying inheritance tax is unfair and profoundly anti conservative , profoundly anti conservative, and a lot of people sort of cheer at hearing that in a way the British Public dont like the British Public dont like the tax , even if it doesnt the tax, even if it doesnt apply to them. What strikes me with this is that if its so profoundly anti conservative , profoundly anti conservative, why leave it till six weeks before an election, before you say that, its a very good point, stephen. And in that interview with the telegraph, he also talks about how income tax should be cut and how houses the Housing Market should be stimulated to help first time buyers, these are all things that you, as chancellor could have done in the last two years. But people, people say things in an Election Campaign that they have obviously not been able to say, of course, while they held office, but its not credible to say that when youre the incumbent chancellor and so, you know, my initial reaction reading this is thinking , well, reading this is thinking, well, youve had a lot of time to do this, and if you havent, now there are real reasons not to do them. So what makes post election different . Yes. Why will suddenly be. Why will suddenly be. Yes, absolutely. Yes, absolutely. And i think one of the reasons why or one theory as to why, you know, this election was called early was precisely because there might not have been the fiscal headroom to give away, you know, for more tax giveaways. People would have expected. I mean, many of us were thinking that the election will come in the autumn because then therell be another another sort of mini budget. Therell be a chance for, you know, another reduction in National Insurance, maybe a change to inheritance tax, a nice big giveaway to remind you, you know, that the government is on your side or whatever. But people think that perhaps that wasnt going to be possible in this current stage. Well, now and now he may well feel miffed that hes been robbed of that chance to do that. Perhaps. Yes. Perhaps. Yes. Meanwhile, the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is imploring daily mail readers of all people to vote for them, saying that, that she says , i saying that, that she says, i feel i can sale say, say to male readers that your natural home is now the labour party. Is now the labour party. I mean, thats thats quite interesting. Interesting. I mean, so the thing that Rachel Reeves is trying to emphasise is, is sound money. Shes saying were not going to, you know , depending on what you know, depending on what audience this is for, its were not going to be reckless and splash the cash with your finances. But its also, lowering expectations a little bit for anyone who thinks theres going to be, any kind of radical economic. Well, she even writes the words in this margaret thatcher. She says, lets look back at the 19805. She says, lets look back at the 1980s. Margaret thatcher proclaimed that the conservatives were the party of sound money, and she keeps using that phrase throughout her piece. And the daily mail has given her this enormous exclusive front page. And inside which means what . Well, i think this has been one of the key themes of Rachel Reeves for the past few years. I reeves for the past few years. I think shes basically emphasised that they are going to stick to the tories spending plans, pretty much give or take a few billion here and there, theres not going to be, you know, lots of money to spend on shiny new pubuc of money to spend on shiny new Public Services this is going to be very different from the new labour period. I mean, to labour period. I mean, to a certain extent, even Rachel Reeves has said that the sort of fiscal rules that jeremy hunt is, abiding by should be enshrined in law. Not just something, not just a piece of advice that the chancellor can follow. So theyre very determined to say that, you know, they are going to be even more disciplined when it comes to the public finances than the tories. Its part of i suppose the broader approach is just caution. You know, labour wants to do anything mean in the daily mail is now saying to its readers, were backing the labour party. Labour party. Im not sure theyre going that far, but they are certainly very open minded. Arent they going in that direction . Yes, absolutely. Direction . Yes, absolutely. And an early in the week as well with the election coverage. It also didnt seem super supportive of the conservative party. And i think thats a really big moment. You know, before blair won in 1997, a lot of the right leaning papers were starting to come out, at least being open minded towards him. You know, we know that blair had a great relationship with Rupert Murdoch at the time. So really winning, winning these papers around is an important sign of what what the papers think their readers will want to read and what the papers think the party will bring. And Rachel Reeves is fascinating, this iron lady kind of reputation. Shes trying to build for herself, you know, and you mentioned there she mentioned thatcher. Look at the labour party launch video for the election , and youve got the election, and youve got Rachel Reeves in this kind of dark power suit, walking up to the bank of england, really reminding people that shes a safe pair of hands, very, very different to corbyns labour. Yeah. Very, very. But its fascinating because like, where are the people asking the questions of Rachel Reeves you sound, you know, sound Economic Strategy . Sound Economic Strategy . Well, a lot, a lot of it seems to be based on how theyre going to fund everything, absolutely. Based on taxes that people dont have to pay. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, i think whatever happens next election taxes are probably going to go up even more because frankly, the country has no money for a lot of the things that we need to start paying for, but thats jeremy hunts point as well. From from last week when he got the treasury to analyse this, i think it was a £38 billion black hole in labours accounts, but to be honest, you know, weve just been talking about jeremy hunt, the conservatives doing that much better. So i think i think voters are in a state of, well, lets see how much, you know, how much better labour can do it. And it surely cant be worse than it currently is. And i think just to pick up on what you were saying earlier, cindy, about the readers, you know, where are the male readers at . Im not sure they are all going into the labour column, but i think, you know, if they were going to be reading a paper thats going to be tubthumping for rishi sunak, i think they would stop buying it because, you know, thats not where people are and thats not where even many loyal tory voters are. Its not. No, but its interesting, isnt it, as to how you make the decision, are people going, you know, towards labour or towards reform. Yeah. Thats thats very true. It seems as if perhaps because of Nigel Farages announcement that hes not going to be standing that that i think has weakened reform quite significantly. What do you make it can i ask you about that . Because we had, ben habib on yesterday, the deputy leader of reform, and said about nigels decision and because, of course, nigel said on gb news the night before, you know, i was thinking, ive got everything in place to launch my Campaign Next week. So ben habib said, well, i knew nothing about that and im the deputy leader of the party. I didnt know who was planning to launch a Campaign Next week and was really very dismissive of what nigel was saying. And i wonder if thats. Yeah, trouble at mill. Yeah, that is really interesting, isnt it, i mean, i think if theres one thing that the conservatives have done right with, launching the election early is wrong footing reform, you know, otherwise reform, you know, otherwise reform would have been a massive threat. I mean, it probably still is a big threat to be considered considering theyre still climbing in the polls. But the fact that you can basically wrong foot nigel farage and say, make him say that hes not going to run. I mean, if the plans were that planned out, he probably wouldnt have said hes not running, so he probably would be just be running now anyway, but i think its not just nigel farage, but reform candidates in other parts of the country which who dont who arent prepared enough or selected. And i think the conservatives have managed to see off that threat relatively effectively. Effectively. Vie although it seems like there are many tory candidates who arent in place, i think theres 100 candidates. Theres theres100 candidates. Theres 100 seats where they dont have candidates in place, which isnt a lot of time to do campaigning. Yeah. Yeah. Away from the election, have you been watching the post Office Inquiry . Because i have. Ive been glued to it almost. And you need to tell me about this and not not as closely as youve been watching it, but i think if i were a subpostmaster or sub postmistress whod been treated particularly badly and had lost everything and was heart, heart was broken , let heart, heart was broken, let alone lives and all the rest of it, i would have been pretty angry at watching Paula Vennells burst into tears at least 3 or 4 times every day of her testimony i and you couldnt. At the beginning, i felt sympathetic towards her because nobody likes towards her because nobody likes to see anyone pilloried. But but for her to say i loved my job at the post office, i loved it very tearfully. And i thought, yeah, what about the subpostmasters and mistresses who loved their post offices and who loved the people that they were dealing with and were robbed of that . I dont know. Ive been watching it feeling quite angry. What about you . Yeah, absolutely. I mean, shes been under incredible grilling as well, hasnt she . I think its jason beers. The case has been really kind of forensically looking, very forensic email, very calmly. So, yeah , absolutely. So, yeah, absolutely. So, yeah, absolutely. I dont know if any of us would like our. You must gone through like that. But as you say. And you know, she made she made a massive mistake. And if the emails, are right, and if the emails, are right, and if the interpretation that jason beers is giving is right, it suggests that she has known about this for over a decade and did very little about it, considering she was in such a position of power. But whats her line, then . Is it still . Well i actually nobody told me. Yes, yes, absolutely. Yes, yes, absolutely. Consistently so. Consistently so. I dont remember that email saying that. I dont remember this being i dont recall, think. Yes. Yes. And thats when you could hear the whole room snigger. But the kc has made the point is how come your memory is so poor when its anything to do with you and possibly your fault . But its very clear when youre pointing the finger at somebody else. Yeah, and that was deathly deathly. And also trying to paint this image of her as caring about the post offices reputation more than peoples lives, which emails are seeming to suggest as well. Yeah. Interesting okay. Fraser. Cindy, thank you both very much indeed. Well see you in about 45 minutes. So get your pens out ready, make a few more notes. Yeah. Yeah. Go and have some coffee. Read the papers, and meanwhile, well find out. Apparently, its going to be a really nice weekend weather wise. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news Weather Forecast brought to you by the met office. Its fair to say the weather this weekend is going to be pretty messy. However, today actually looks largely dry for many of us because theres a relatively slack flow across the country at the moment, though, there are some systems waiting out towards the west and the east which are going to bring some rain later, but for the time being, a bit of a chilly start because we had some clear skies overnight. That does mean quite a bit of sunshine this morning, however, we are going to see a bit more cloud bubbling up as we go into the afternoon and there will be some showers around. Most of us avoiding these, but towards eastern areas. East anglia, lincolnshire we are going to see a bit of rain pushing its way in as we go through the afternoon. In any sunshine its going to feel pleasantly warm. Temperatures a touch higher than yesterday. Highs of around 22 or 23 celsius. It is going to turn pretty wet as we go through this evening and overnight. We have some rain across northern and eastern parts, and then a swathe of wet weather feeding its way up from the southwest could see some heavy bursts as that pushes its way north eastwards across many parts. Its way north eastwards across many parts. Because of the its way north eastwards across many parts. Because of the cloud many parts. Because of the cloud and the rain, temperatures arent going to drop a huge amount, so its going to be a milder start to the day tomorrow than it was this morning. It is also going to be quite a cloudy and at times wet picture. Most of us will see some rain at times showery outbreaks to start off with, and then plenty of showers developing as we go towards lunchtime and the afternoon. Some of these could afternoon. Some of these could pack quite a punch. Some torrential downpours are possible , as well as some hail possible, as well as some hail and some thunder. There will be some sunny spells in between the showers though in in any of these it should still feel warm enough even though temperatures are down a couple of degrees compared to today. A quick gb news. Good morning to you. Its 7 00 on saturday, the 25th of may. Today, tory grandees michael gove and Andrea Leadsom stand down as mps at the next election. As the Prime Minister is set to spend the weekend locked in meetings. The chancellor, meanwhile , the chancellor, meanwhile, jeremy hunt, claims that inheritance tax goes against tory values, with promises to put tax breaks for the middle classes at the heart of the tory manifesto , russia says its manifesto, russia says its ready to ceasefire in ukraine if the west recognises the current battlefield lie ins and elsewhere. Sarah ferguson, elsewhere. Sarah ferguson, duchess of york, furiously silences an audience at the Cannes Film Festival before launching into a speech about Climate Change, leaving the crowd , well, a little confused. Crowd, well, a little confused. Everyone in this room is stop, stop, stop , stop. Stop, stop, stop. Did you see . I removed the microphone because all of you are saying, oh, i want to go because where is the next party . Oh, look at me finally , should under 16 be finally, should under 16 be smartphone free . A report from mps suggesting teens should be banned from owning smartphones. Well debate that later. Well debate that later. Its a Manchester Derby fa cup final for the second successive year. Well have all the build up ahead of city v united at wembley, north of the border. Meanwhile theres a First Old Firm scottish cup final clash in 22 years, with celtic facing deadly rivals rangers at hampden park. You may want to make the most of any dry and bright weather around today because for many of us it is going to be the driest day of the long weekend. Ill have more details coming up. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im anne diamond and youre watching breakfast and listening to breakfast on gb news. News. How are they going to ban smartphones for teenagers . How would you do it given that theyve got them already . I dont think it would be that difficult. Youd have to take them things youd have to take them off, i mean, itd take a while to kick in. It wouldnt. But i think its quite a sensible idea, actually. Yeah, but thats maybe not the point. It may be a sensible idea, but how are you going to get teenagers to do it, to give them up, to not have them secretly . How some parents are going to some parents are going to say no, i want i want my kid to say no, i want i want my kid to have a smartphone. Yeah. But interestingly, the, its the Education Select Committee is saying and they want manufacturers to make smartphones or make phones for children that dont have internet capability. Well, theyre out there already , theyre out there already, arent they . I mean, lets be honest, its just the old ones. Honest, its just the old ones. You get an old nokia or something. I cant see it working, but i think its a very good idea actually. I think theres a i think theres a problem, but the thing is, and 16 is quite an old age to bring it in. I mean, theyre not theyre not cheap. So if the parents dont fund them, how many kids under 16 could fund that themselves . Probably not that themselves . Probably not that many. No , i know, but theyre an no, i know, but theyre an awful lot. There are a lot of people who think that having access to the internet, having a smartphone that enables you to stay in touch with everybody, is a sort of almost a fundamental human right. And i think it probably is from a certain age. The concern there is, theres, some neurologists have said that actually its changing neural pathways in the brain of people who are getting on, getting on. Smartphones at too young, and its changing how their brain works. Works. Yes. Yes. So thats and thats a problem. Thats a, that is problem. Thats a, that is a problem. Thats a, that is a problem. So maybe an outright ban is the way forward. But i mean, if youre if youre watching at home and youve got youngsters in the family who have smartphones , as family who have smartphones, as would would they give them up, would would they give them up, would you be Strong Enough yourself as a parent or grandparent to make them give them up, or to deny them a smartphone, or to say, from now on, im not paying the rent on that or whatever. I dont know. Well, well, thats no gbnews. Com yoursay say, i think its a good topic. Well debate that later on. And meanwhile, dame Andrea Leadsom has become the latest mp to announce shes not going to stand at the general election. And of course, her announcement came shortly after michael gove posted his Resignation Letter. He said it was time for a new generation to lead. Well, its been reported that 78 tory mps are now leaving the commons. Thats a post war, record breaking exodus , well, were breaking exodus, well, were going to talk now to the economic secretary, to the treasury, bim afolami, who joins us now, a very good morning to you, my goodness, its what, 78 now, mps have said theyre not going to stand at the next election and some very big names amongst them. That is, as they say , rats leaving a sinking say, rats leaving a sinking ship, isnt it . You cant see it any other way, can you . I think you can. Well, look, its a pleasure to be here. Lets talk about some of the people you mentioned. Youve still got someone like michael gove. Fantastic colleague. I work with him closely , but work with him closely, but michaels been in for parliament almost 20 years. You know, hes in his, you know, late 50s. That is a natural thing for people to want to leave parliament, having served for that period of time , served for that period of time, theres a large majority of my mps , of our colleagues and mps, of our colleagues and conservative benches are standing again , and if you think standing again, and if you think about somebody like michael gove, its a good time to focus on what hes been able to achieve. We are now a country with a fourth best readers in the world. School children, because of his reforms in education, for example. So, you education, for example. So, you know, he has been a fantastic colleague. Hes achieved a lot. Colleague. Hes achieved a lot. But make no mistake, the vast majority of conservative mps are standing again. Yeah, but the problem is the Prime Ministers saying, you know, the big argument for voting for him is we stick to the plan. Its time to stick to the plan. Its time to stick to the plan. Its time to stick to the plan , keep everything going. The plan, keep everything going. But if theres a lot of big names at the top or certainly, you know, grandees within the party who arent going to be around, well, you can stick to the plan, but its going to be run by a whole load of new people. Again, i think whats important is you have a right blend of experience and freshness, right . I think that thats important in any organisation, and weve got that blend. You know, if you take somebody like jeremy hunt, whos beenin somebody like jeremy hunt, whos been in parliament for almost 20 years, hes standing again, the chancellor. Youve got years, hes standing again, the chancellor. Youve got somebody like me whos only been in for Parliament Coming up to seven years. Im standing again, that blend is, is what weve got. Weve got a good team. The Prime Minister himself, as you know, is young and fresh and dynamic and in terms of the choice, whats exciting about this election is, is its an end to all the speculation for weeks and months before its framing the choice for the british people, which is clear. You either have a low tax , high either have a low tax, high growth, Dynamic Future, having got through some tough times with covid and, and, and, warren Ukraine Energy prices, weve had some tough times but thats the future that we offer low growth, low tax, high growth, Dynamic Future with a dynamic young leader or same old labour with french style union laws putting wages, putting wages down for people, low growth , high and people, low growth, high and ineffective interference with government by the government on the british people , more power the british people, more power for unions. Ineffective economic policy. And thats with a leader who doesnt believe anything. Keir starmer. I think that that choice im excited about taking to the country and in my own constituency of hitchin, of course, what do you think of jeremy hunt . And suddenly out of nowhere, sort of talking about inheritance tax and saying its not very tory . Well, i think what the chancellor was saying is that , chancellor was saying is that, of course, wed like , for nobody of course, wed like, for nobody to pay inheritance tax ever. But that obviously isnt you know, reality taxes are there, and things have to be paid for, so i wouldnt sort of take it beyond that , but, wouldnt sort of take it beyond that, but, you wouldnt sort of take it beyond that , but, you know, wouldnt sort of take it beyond that, but, you know, well come out with our tax plans, you know, in the coming weeks during the campaign. And its interesting that you talk about the tories wanting to provide high growth and low tax. What then do you make of the institute for fiscal studies, which has said today that the state of public finances hang over any new government, like a dark cloud and an open and robust discussion about how to tackle it is needed. I mean , tackle it is needed. I mean, theyre saying, in effect, either youre going to whoever takes power on the 5th of july is either going to have to bring in really austere Public Sector cuts or significant tax rises , cuts or significant tax rises, because were in such a state with debt , that i dont think is with debt, that i dont think is completely fair. And let me explain why the imf, for example, came to london only a couple of weeks. Was it even last week or the week before and explained, as they said, the uks economy was in a good place. So, you know, i dispute the sort of overall message from the ifs in relation to public spending in particular. Weve been very, very clear about the next parliament, which is a growth in pubuc parliament, which is a growth in public spending in real terms above inflation every year of the next parliament. And we set out our plans on how were going to cut the double taxation on work by Cutting National Insurance and cut tax for people and have a better environment for small business. But this is this is but forgive me, but this is this is what people are going to struggle with because it sounds great. But you know, we know things are tight and youre saying youre going to increase public spending and reduce taxes. I mean , it just doesnt add up, mean, it just doesnt add up, does it . Im afraid it does , because im afraid it does, because the growth that we are going to put in place because of our Economic Strategy, because of our economic plan, means that as the economy grows, that provides more money for all our Public Services. Because fundamentally, you know, if a labour politician was on, theyd say, oh, the governments not spending enough on x or not spending enough on y. But the question is, how are you going to pay for it the only way you pay for it sustainably, without loading too many taxes on the british people . Labours plan is to increase spending by £2,000 extra for every family. Our plan is to cut the right taxes to incentivise growing the economy, the right ones, to make sure we grow the economy that puts more money into the pockets of every Single Person and the pubuc of every Single Person and the Public Services through higher taxation. Because people are doing more economic activity. Thatis doing more economic activity. That is the choice. Thats the that is the choice. Thats the choice. Before us, labour cant do what were suggesting to do because they believe in weighing down small business. With Angela Rayners plan of 70 new regulations, they believe in weighing down the economy by giving unions huge power in every single workforce, which will mean that we have higher unemployment, french style. You unemployment, french style. You know, that is not our plan. But look, thats what elections are about. Were going to set out our vision and theyll set out theirs. And im confident the british people will see that the conservative option is the right way forward. And what do you make of Rachel Reeves . Of course , the Rachel Reeves . Of course, the shadow chancellor, actually being not only having her say as she is today in a very big article in the mail and part of her say is saying that i feel i can say to male readers that your natural home is now the labour party. You can trust me with your money. Its not just that shes saying it, its that the mail has actually given her all of that coverage. Why do you all of that coverage. Why do you think theyre changing their loyalties . Maybe towards labour . And are you worried that that thats the very audience you need to stick with you, isnt it . Well, 7 well, we 7 well, we want every but its a stick with us on every newspaper across the political spectrum. So but at the same time, i think in an Election Campaign, its fair enough that the shadow chancellor gets to make her case. I dont im pretty relaxed about that. All i would say to mail readers, my mother is definitely one, and i hope my mother is up and watching, is, you know, if you if you believe that, youll believe anything in relation to Rachel Reeves. This is somebody Rachel Reeves. This is somebody who went to the last election saying, Jeremy Corbyn should be Prime Minister, i dont think thats what mail readers are going to buy. Yeah, but when you say and this is this is where we need politicians like you to be absolutely up front and honest, because i think people see through spin now in 2024, when you say youre confident, people will look at the economic plans or the rest of it and decide to vote tory, can you i mean, can you genuinely say that when youre 20 plus points behind in the polls, i know theres only one poll that counts. Thats what politicians like to say. But nevertheless, with six weeks to go, you are so badly trailing i look, of course i look at polls. Any politician that says to you, they dont look at polls is lying to you. But i looked at polls in my first election in hitchin in 2017, and it showed theresa may almost 20 points ahead of Jeremy Corbyn. I thought id barely have to campaign. That is not how it turned out. And this is all within our living memory. Im not spinning you right. Im not making that up. We remember it all. Im saying is, i think the british people, when it comes to elections, theyre tough and they will examine what people actually say. Theyll examine their record , examine the their record, examine the future. All im saying, i think that our record is going to stack up well, and our vision of the future is going to stack up very well against the labour party. That very well against the labour party. That has very well against the labour party. That has not changed, party. That has not changed, does not really believe in anything, saying whatever they can to get elected, but under scrutiny , theyre going to scrutiny, theyre going to crumble. Okay. Really good to see you this morning. Bim afolami. I hope mrs. Afolami your mum is watching as well. So warning to her if shes shes not shes shes not, shes asleep. She made that very clear. She made that very clear. Oh. Oh well you go tell her. Oh. Oh well you go tell her. Get up. Good to see you this morning. Thanks very much indeed. She should have got up to watch you. Im sure. Anyway, thats thats. Well, i mean, its interesting were going to be talking to his counterpart, a little bit later on this morning, is six weeks long enough to set out your stall and convince the electorate that youre the one speaking sense . Yeah, i think well have had enough of it by then. Well, we certainly will. Well, we certainly will. Yeah, yeah, now, earlier on, we spoke to the former labour adviser, lawrence belcross , who adviser, lawrence belcross, who had this to say on what jeremy hunfs had this to say on what jeremy hunts been saying about inheritance tax. I was surprised that by how cautious jeremy hunt the conservatives have been on this because i would have thought with this announcement, now theyve got to go Something Big and sort of throw a bit of red meat to their activists and say, right, this is a big tax thing that labour wouldnt dare do. That labour wouldnt dare do. And were now doing, but then the fact that theyre not and trying to say, oh, well, were steadying the ship, were being responsible. But if youve been in charge for 14 years and lets put it, lets be honest about this, things arent going great for them. When youre 20 points behind in the polls. Its not really a great sell for people, is it . I think what labour is going to be, labours going to have to put out a fully costed manifesto, and i think theyll do that very, very shortly with all the details of all the funding, particularly, i think, on issues like Great British energy, theyre going to have to have an answer for. Meanwhile, what are the lib dems saying . Well, lets take a look at sir ed davey view on the chances of the lib dems taking some seats from the tory party in the upcoming election , so in the upcoming election, so many seats that have been traditionally conservative that the liberal democrats are the ones who can take off them. And increasingly in the south west, the west country, which used to be a stronghold for the liberal democrats, were back there again. Weve seen that in the by election victories in somerset and devon. Weve seen that in council victories this yearin that in council victories this year in dorset last year in devon, the Previous Year in somerset. So across the south of england, i think people realise now if they want to get rid of the conservatives, they vote liberal democrat. Well joining us now is political commentator and i think we do have to mention suzanne evans, former ukip deputy chair, as were in this election period now. Good to see you this morning. And i when it comes to the economy, were in an interesting situation, arent we, when we have the shadow chancellor saying, actually, youre safe with me now that takes a degree of faith, also takes a degree of faith, also takes a degree of faith to believe the chancellor as well, doesnt it . When he promises great things that he hasnt yet delivered . Well, i think it was very interesting to hear bim afolami just saying. Now that , you know, just saying. Now that, you know, voters have a choice in this election, youre either in a low tax, high growth, Dynamic Future or the exact opposite with laboun but i think the problem is, is that we dont see a low tax, high growth, present under the conservatives for the last, well, since 2010, that just hasnt happened. So its all a little bit unbelievable. You know, were facing a tax burden thats the highest its been since the second world war. Heading for an 80 year high, growth is very, very low. I also growth is very, very low. I also thought it was interesting you asked the question, stephen, about the institute for fiscal studies report, and bim afolami responded to that by quoting the imf, who this week very interestingly said britain isnt taxing people enough. And it particularly said we need higher taxes on inheritance, as well as also saying we should tax drivers more. So there you go. I mean, whats that all about . Drivers more. So there you go. I mean, whats that all about . You cant quote, you know, half a story if you like. So and here we have jeremy hunt coming out with inheritance attacks idea. Now that policy lets make no mistake , would be very popular. Mistake, would be very popular. You mentioned ukip when i was writing the 2015 ukip manifesto, we did some polling on inheritance tax and scrapping. It was one of the most. It was. It was one of the most. It was. It was one of the most. It was. It was ukip policy to scrap it completely. And that was one of the most popular policies we had out there, including, interestingly, among young people who i think saw it as perhaps given the extent to which house prices have risen, they saw it as the only way of getting on the housing ladder. So yes, it would be a popular policy, but my question to jeremy hunt would be why didnt you do it in your Spring Budget . There were lots of rumours that you were going to be doing it in your Spring Budget. I think had your Spring Budget. I think had you done it then you would have brought a lot of discipline because im an ex tory as well. Because im an ex tory as well. I think youd have brought a lot of disaffected ex tories such as myself back on board. That for me would be a very important policy. Im a single mum, you know, i have have a daughter. I have a home that probably is past that, inheritance Tax Threshold and she wouldnt be able to live in the house, and i think many people, disaffected tories, middle class people are in that situation. So had he doneit in that situation. So had he done it back then , id have done it back then, id have thought, yep, thats it. Im voting tory, but its now just another promise, and as i say, if youve got bim afolami quoting the imf, whos saying we need to tax inheritance more, im sorry, it doesnt ring true. Im sorry, it doesnt ring true. He was also quoting, wasnt he . The fact that at one point, theresa may was so many points aheadin theresa may was so many points ahead in the polls, it looked as though that she would win very well. And then look what happened. You could also tell him, yes. The last time we had this many tory mps just abandoning their seats and saying never , im not standing saying never, im not standing at the next election. Look what happened. Then at the next election. Look what happened. Then the tony blair landslide. I mean, politics can clearly go either way. Even in only six weeks of an election run up, they say a week is a long time in politics. I think in an Election Campaign, 24 hours is a long time in politics. So yes, we have a situation. Weve got 78 conservative mps saying theyre not going to stand again. That is more now than stood down. When the writing was on the wall and tony blair swept to power with a massive majority in 1997. So, so yes, but anything can happen. He mentioned theresa may indeed. Happen. He mentioned theresa may indeed. What happened then . Indeed. What happened then . Theresa may really lost the campaign, didnt she . And that terrible interview. Nothing has changed. And from that on, she became portrayed as a sort of autonomous automaton that didnt really, have any emotional grip of what people wanted. So the same thing could indeed happen again, and of course, it could happen to keir starmer as well. One major mistake. Anything one major mistake. Anything could happen. I we was the gb news poll, wasnt it . Yesterday, 51 of voters still undecided. 51 of voters still undecided. Really. Nobodys quite sure who theyre going to vote for. Theres everything to play. Yeah. Which is interesting when you look at whats happening to reform at the moment, nigel farage saying he thinks the elections being called because he was planning to stand reform itself, saying we had no idea he was planning to launch an Election Campaign. I mean, to be frank, from , from i mean, to be frank, from, from a party which has seemed to have quite a lot of cohesion in it seems to be coming away at the edges a little bit at the moment. Its always very difficult, i think, for insurgent parties to be able to get, the kind of coordination together that the, the big parties, tory, labour, the big parties, tory, labour, the lib dems have been working on for decades, running a Political Party is a really, really, really big job. Its really, really big job. Its really like running a Big Corporation with the added difficulty that most of the people that youre working with are volunteers. So, you know, are volunteers. So, you know, theyre not kind of paid staff , theyre not kind of paid staff, and of course, weve also its the other interesting thing i think about this general Election Campaign is because weve got so many conservative mps standing down, theres a kind of scramble even to find candidates for the conservative party. And im hearing a lot of rumours about discontent in local parties that candidates are being parachuted in. And its kind of seen as the tory candidates are being foisted on constituents , and its the constituents, and its the cronies who are being appointed rather than people that the locals have chosen. And local associations have chosen. So if thats a problem for the conservatives imagine how much more of a problem thats going to be for parties like reform, who are much smaller to start with, havent got that overall organisation and strategy thats been been there for decades, had much more difficult. Its going much more difficult. Its going to be for them to find a cohesive way to campaign and to get those candidates in place. Okay, suzanne, really good to see you. Thank you. Yeah, its interesting, wasnt it . Neil kinnock who said that, the electorate may know that, the electorate may know that theyre fed up with the tories, but they havent fallen in love with keir starmer yet, do you have to fall in love with a leader to vote for them . I dont know, i dont know, i mean , its that old thing, isnt mean, its that old thing, isnt it, of effectively saying if labour keeps their head down, theyll be its, its starmers to lose. If you believe the polls, so will he make a big mistake like, oddly like neil kinnock did. Yes in that ooh yay speech that he did that actually just put the voters off. Yeah, anyway , we voters off. Yeah, anyway, we shall see in another week. Absolutely. Thats for sure. Absolutely. Thats for sure. And i mean, and weve all been bellyaching for months and months and months, havent we. About when are they going to call an election. Let them get on with it. Well, now they have. So we cant moan about that, can we . Oh 723 lets have a look at some of the other stories heading into our newsroom this morning. Well, the former boss of the post office has been accused of living in la la land over her role in the horizon scandal. Thats Paula Vennells. And she again became emotional on the third day of giving evidence. She admitted making mistakes and accepted there was no one else to blame, but claimed she didnt know why Important Information didnt reach her. The italian teenager carlo akitas, who died of leukaemia, is set to become the Catholic Churchs first millennial saint. Pope francis has attributed two miracles to the youngster, one of which involved him healing a University Student in florence, carlo, when he was alive, used his computer skills to spread the catholic faith. He died when he was 15. The documentary film maker Morgan Spurlock has died at the age of 53. He came to prominence with his oscar nominated film super size me. That was in 2004, and it tracked his health. If you remember , whilst he ate you remember, whilst he ate nothing but mcdonalds for a month , the film was credited month, the film was credited with prompting a broad conversation about how fast food and rising obesity was impacting us all. Mr spurlock passed away in new york due to complications from cancer. From cancer. I think its real shock that about Morgan Spurlock. Its very young , but very its very young, but very young, and he was one of those Everybody Knows the name. Hes one of one of those sounds, really. And it certainly his film did spur an absolute you know, it changed the narrative, i think on the way a lot of us think about fast food. Yeah. It was fascinating way to do it as well. Wasnt it really unusual . Yeah. Not a bad way to do it. Yeah. Not a bad way to do it. But he turned out not to be very good. Did it because he he became very unhealthy over a month of it, but he ate nothing but i mean, nobody does that, do they . Well, i hope not, i hope not, right. Lets see what the weathers going to do and lets hope its a nice one. Heres alex. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news Weather Forecast , gb news Weather Forecast, brought to you by the met office. Its fair to say the weather this weekend is going to be pretty messy. However, today actually looks largely dry for many of us because theres a relatively slack flow across the country at the moment, though, there are some systems waiting out towards the west and the east which are going to bring some rain later, but for the time being, a bit of a chilly start because we had some clear skies overnight. That does mean quite a bit of sunshine this morning, however, we are going to see a bit more cloud bubbling up as we go into the afternoon and there will be some showers around. Most of us avoiding these, but towards eastern areas east anglia, lincolnshire we are going to see a bit of rain pushing its way in as we go through the afternoon. In any sunshine its going to feel pleasantly warm. Temperatures a touch higher than yesterday, highs of around 22 or 23 celsius. It is going to turn pretty wet as we go through this evening and overnight. We have some rain across northern and eastern parts, and then a swathe of wet weather feeding its way up from the southwest could see some heavy bursts as that pushes its way north eastwards across many parts. Because of the cloud and the rain, temperatures arent going to drop a huge amount, so its going to be a milder start to the day tomorrow than it was this morning. It is also going to be quite a cloudy and at times wet picture. 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Good morning to you. Now, a select committee has recommended that the next government, whoever it should be, should enforce a ban on smartphones for anyone whos under 16. Its also suggested that tough guidance is needed because of the harm that these smartphones particularly can have on childrens mental health. Well, lets talk to parenting specialist kirsty kettle and psychologist catherine hallisey. Psychologist catherine hallisey. Good to see you both this morning, kirsty, what would you reckon to this as a parenting expert . Isnt it the right thing to do to safeguard children, absolutely. And i dont necessarily disagree with a ban. I just worry now, im necessarily disagree with a ban. Ijust worry now, im a bit i just worry now, im a bit sceptical of how that would actually work, how it would be enforced. I think there would be many parents and children breaking the rules on that, and for me, particularly in my work, its really important that parents understand how smartphones work, how Smart Technology technology works. Were living in 2024. The world is full of Smart Technology. Is full of Smart Technology. Kids are going are surrounded by it, and often when im dealing with parents and theyre having issues with their child and smartphones, its a lot to do with, you know, a lack of rules and boundaries, a lack of education on, you know, parents arent so savvy as as to how smartphones work. A lot of parents dont even know how to use their own smartphone in a safe way, and i think its more about educating parents and children , about being safe children, about being safe online, about being safe with a smartphone, rather than just taking it away because youre still going to have those issues when they get to 14 or when they get to 16. So its about teaching them how to use them in a responsible way and being really strict with the rules and boundaries. I think, you know, parents and grown ups are just as addicted to phones as children , if not more so, and children, if not more so, and a lot of time with phones in their hands. You know, as role models, we should be role modelling how to use our phones in a responsible way, you know , you responsible way, you know, you see whole families out for meals and theyre all sat, you know, texting or watching stuff on phones. We need to take more of a responsibility , i think, as a responsibility, i think, as parents, in how in how we dish out as a smartphone to a child, you know, youve got to really think about it before you give your child a phone. Youve got to be savvy and you know, youve got to be really strict with your rules and boundaries about how that phone is used. And if your child breaks those rules and boundaries, that has to be consequences , i. E. Its taken consequences, i. E. Its taken away for a period of time, and they have to show you that, you know, they can be trusted to have one. Catherine, do you think its at all practical, the idea of, stopping youngsters using smartphones . And for those who are already using them , and are already using them, and apparently they really are, its going to be a question of taking them off them. Can it be done . Them off them. Can it be done . Well, i think it can be done because there are some communities that have done this already and have done this successfully. And ive been successfully. And ive been involved with a number of communities where parents have gotten together and set up a voluntary smartphone code that parents can voluntarily sign up to, where they agree not to buy their child a smartphone before a certain age, and what were doing with that is taking whats a collective problem and coming up with a collective solution. So rather than, if you were currently taking the decision that your child doesnt get a smartphone until 14, they may actually be the only one, and that will have massive of social consequences for them. Whereas if they are, you know, just one of many that doesnt have a smartphone, it really levels that Playing Field and it makes it much easier to stick to your own parenting values rather than doing it because youre afraid of your child missing out. That its a key point, kirsty, isnt it . I mean, if you ban them for everybody and it takes away all it takes away, having to educate the parents and educating the children in the same way. Because because this isnt just about being safe online, is it . Its about the way being glued to a phone changes your brain dunng to a phone changes your brain during key developmental stages. Absolutely. And i, you know, definitely dont disagree at all with catherine. And ive seen those things happen at all, as well. So where parents all collectively come together, you know, im in a situation at the moment where my 11 year old is off to Senior School in september. She is one of a few now in her class and her year group in year six, who does not have a phone at all, and of course, you know, theres been severe fomo, that shes missing out on something. But, you know, we just dont feel she needs a phone at the moment. And, you know, you do as a parent, you feel bad, you feel guilty, and itd be great if all the parents had said, yep, thats it. Theyre not going to have a phone because it would make it easier for me as a parent. But i still think that she probably will end up with a phone by the time she goes off to Senior School, and it probably will be a smartphone, but theres going to be very strict rules and boundanesin to be very strict rules and boundaries in place, and thats where parents could all come together and have the same rules and boundaries around phone usage. So again, collectively coming together, which i do think is a really great idea. But having exactly the same rules and boundaries that phones are taken away in the evening, theyre put, you know, locked away, theyre out in the mornings, theyre not all on social media before they should be, but i also think, you know, touching on social media, the Tech Companies need to be much more, involved in all this as well. So social media shouldnt be so accessible for children, you know, age 13 is still very young to be going on to social media. You know, why isnt it 16 or older . You know , what are the or older . You know, what are the Tech Companies going to be doing about that as well . Why is it all the parents responsibility . You know, it should be a collective thing. I think, look, wed love to talk to you longer, but because this is a fascinating one and its not going to go away. So im sure well be talking about it again in the future. For the moment, kirsty and catherine, thank you very much indeed. | catherine, thank you very much indeed. I suppose you could say if your child is the one without the phone. At least they cant be cyber bullied about not having a phone. True. I tell you what struck me and im sure you know kirsty talks a lot of sense. Im sure. But if you have to say, well, we need, you know, parents need to be educated and Tech Companies need to take responsible vie. If you remove the phone, it gets away. You remove all those problems. Well, and just you saying earlier that its not as if its cheap to have one of those phones. No. Theyre expensive. So if you, if, if you refuse to pay so if you, if, if you refuse to pay for it, then theres no way a child is going to be able to no afford one themselves. Its a way forward. But anyway, let us know what you think. Gbnews. Com yoursay still to come. Aidan magee will be here because its a very big day sports wise. Manchester united, Manchester City thats next. Agents here with all the sport. Because its fa cup. Sport. Because its fa cup. Final day. Manchester derby yet again. Yeah , another one for the yeah, another one for the second year running. And i dont recall a time when i mean, you know, for context, the daily mirror are saying that Manchester United could, could pull off a shock for the ages. I dont ever remember Manchester United being involved in any game in the history of time, where a win for them could be called a shock for the ages. They were the dominant team for me growing up there. Even last yean me growing up there. Even last year, they were in a decent shape going into the into the final, which which doesnt that mean ten hag is going to get fired whether they win or lose . I look, i cant see any other outcome right now, steven. And to be honest with you, to be honest with you, you said that a few weeks ago, didnt you . And i wasnt sure. But listen, were going to cross to manchester live now to sophie reaper, who is, charting all the build up to us as fans make their way to wembley early doors, sophie. Good morning to you all. Well, were here now with the city coaches, which are just about to depart off down to wembley. Weve seen hundreds of wembley. Weve seen hundreds of fans boarding these coaches. This morning, they are just about to leave of course. Kick off at 3 00 so theyll be theyll be getting down nice and early to make sure they take in the atmosphere. Were with united fans this morning wholl be doing similar thousands of reds and blues travelling down for the fa cup final today. Of course, it is a huge day in the calendar for Manchester United and Manchester City fans. Now i look this up this morning. This is the 193rd time united and city will play each other in a competitive fixture, but interestingly, although in recent years its been city who have had more success. Obviously city last weekend taking the league title, its actually Manchester United who have won the derby more times. 78 times united have won the derby against city, but im sure this time we just dont know. Of course you were saying there last year it was. It was city who took the fa cup title, snatched it out of the uniteds jaws two one with those Ilkay Gundogan goals and im sure this year we could see similar drama. Its always tense in wembley as they go for that silverware. Well be bringing you all the latest from manchester throughout the day. Throughout the day. Thanks very much indeed to you sophie. Hopefully no travel disruption for those fans making their way from manchester to london and for those who dont know what an fa cup final ticket looks like, because they are like gold dust near enough. Every year i have a picture of one because im going myself to the game. Ive got an offer yesterday that i couldnt refuse and i managed to work in with my schedule. Oh, you couldnt refuse it . I couldnt refuse it. No, no. Well, someone a friend of mine wanted some Decent Company at the finals. Of course, how could i . How can i tell . Its your duty to be there. Its your duty to be there. Its your duty to be there. I only cost £145. I only cost £145. Whoa mark tufnell. Whoa mark tufnell. Youd pay. Youd pay double that to go, wouldnt you know . Actually, i wouldnt mind going to a cup final. Yeah. Really yeah. Yeah. Really yeah. I said its a quintessentially british event, isnt it . Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly. I love it when you see the coaches coming down the motorway and everybodys got their scarves hanging out the window. Yeah, i know its lovely. And their bottoms pressed against the back. Yes. Yes. Well thats a slightly unfortunate view. My coach. My coach. Always the way. Yeah. Adrian thanks very much indeed. See you a little bit later on. Weve got the papers 749. Lets have a look through the papers with cindy yu from the papers with cindy yu from the spectator and fraser myers from spike. Good to see you both this morning, fraser, lets start with the eye. Should we . No surprise, Jeremy Corbyns been officially thrown out of the labour party. Yeah. So Jeremy Corbyn, the former labour leader, had been suspended a while ago because he said that, you know, the accusations of anti semitism dunng accusations of anti semitism during his tenure at the labour party were wildly exaggerated. Now hes officially been expelled because he is going to stand as an independent. So hes effectively running against, laboun effectively running against, labour. I mean, its interesting hes saying hes standing on a platform of peace and social justice. Now, we might want to think about who else hes described as a movement for peace. And social justice. Famously, these are words that he used about hamas , the he used about hamas, the anti semitic, genocidal terror group. And, you know, his record on this particular issue is absolutely disgraceful, even after the 7th of october, he went and appeared on piers morgans show, and he refused. Morgans show, and he refused. After 15 times. He was asked, do you consider hamas to be a terrorist group . And he refused to answer the question. So i think, you know. Yeah, but yeah, but hes got a huge majority in very popular. Hes hes very popular locally. I think he is hes he is a good he is a good local mp. Theres no question about that. He cares very deeply about his constituents. But i think that the sort of i dont know, this, this idea that he is a principled, kindly on the right side of history. I think that idea has now been totally exploded , yeah. Exploded, yeah. But i dont know whether that would change. Has it, if you were if you were living in islington in his constituent vie and youve always voted for him, how much is it because of him . How much is it because of the labour ticket . Yeah, theres going to be a tremendous loyalty towards him. Independence. Normally dont find it easy when they run by themselves after leaving an established party, even when theyre the incumbent mp, i think it depends on where he gets his votes from. Like if he gets his votes from. Like if he gets them from labour party and labour voters, then that will also diminish the labour vote. And he could get in. But if hes getting them from other parties like the green party or other others in the constituency , then others in the constituency, then the labour force will still be reckoned with. Hes still going to be a thorn in the side of keir starmer every time either one of them stand up to make a speech, isnt he . Yeah, absolutely. But maybe if he doesnt win this election, you know, that could be the end of Jeremy Corbyn on frontline politics. Yeah well i cant see him losing it. I just know that hes very well thought of in that constituency. Yeah. He, he has got such name recognition as well. And, and he is a good local mp. Theres no question about that. Its just a you know i think that he is not the, saviour of the british left, as some people make him out to be. Yeah, cindy on the front of the guardian this morning, tory donors forking out millions of pounds to try to keep the party afloat. Yet more than £25 million, and this comes after the conservatives last year basically rammed through a higher limit on how much people can spend, parties can spend, and mostly this is going to benefit the conservative party, one, because their donors are more rich and secondly, because they are on the back foot. So labour doesnt have to campaign as much, and often these have been kind of funnelled into the key marginals where, well, most seats are marginal these days. Yeah, but the ones with higher profile , candidates like penny profile, candidates like penny mordaunt, bim afolami, who you spoke to earlier this morning, and some of these candidates are raising money themselves. So bim raising money themselves. So bim afolami has raised more than £115,000 for his own constituency. And so basically , constituency. And so basically, the conservatives are coming at this with all guns blazing, spending as much money as they can, about it Campaign Rules on spending only start five weeks into the election in, sorry, five weeks before the election date, so to start next week. So which means that in the next few days theyre going to be trying to splash out as much money as possible on digital campaigning or physical leaflets, does it make much of a difference . I dont i dont know , its i dont i dont know, its very difficult to tell. I think, you know, certainly at a marginal level, you know, kind of get out the vote operation, having people knock on doors, reminding people that theres an election on because people do forget that kind of thing can have a small impact. But but really, you know, the tories are so far behind in the polls. I mean, we still talk polls. I mean, we still talk today about the portillo moment, at the 1997 election, how many similar moments are they going to be at this election with so many big beasts, so many tory mps with large, you know, seemingly and seemingly safe seats who are at real risk of losing theirs and big names too. There are still some big names left, still some a few left, just a few. I mean, the portillo moment was i mean, that man was being seen as a potential Prime Minister, wasnt he . And my goodness, what a moment it was. And, you know, penny mordaunts named here. How many times does she come up in talks about the potential next . Shes got a decent majority, though, hasnt she, penny . Not enough. Shes under risk. Not enough to feel safe. Yeah. Yougov poll. But i think its also depending on how what kind of campaign they run, how local is it for your mp . Because what we saw in the mayoral elections, in local elections was that actually, you know, sometimes the leaflets werent even blue for the tory candidates. They just wanted to be your local representative. So if they dis themselves from the National Disaster and say, i have been a good local mp, then thats that might be a more effective message. Just in 30s. Just in 30s. Why would starmer be the most dangerous left wing Prime Minister since the 1970s . According to the mail . According according to this, bofis according according to this, Boris Johnson has said this hes come out with an excoriating attack on keir starmer. I mean, theres some brilliant lines in here, he talks about starmer wrapping himself so tightly in the union jack that he looks like a ginger spices leotard in a leotard , i mean, its full of a leotard, i mean, its full of hyperbole. Everyone knows keir starmer is not very left wing. Were not going to get a socialist government. Theres lots of talk of, you know, venezuela and vietnam. And here its, you know, classic, classic bofis its, you know, classic, classic Boris Johnson johnson bluster, sadly, were out of time. Fraser. Cindy, thanks very much indeed. Lets find out. Lets find out. Lets find out. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news Weather Forecast brought to you by the met office. Its fair to say the weather this weekend is going to be pretty messy. However, today actually looks largely dry for many of us because theres a relatively slack flow across the country at the moment, though, there are some systems waiting out towards the west and the east which are going to bring some rain later, but for the time being, a bit of a chilly start because we had some clear skies overnight. That does mean quite a bit of sunshine this morning, however, we are going to see a bit more cloud bubbling up as we go into the afternoon, and there will be some showers around, most of us avoiding these, but towards eastern areas, east anglia, lincolnshire we are going to see a bit of rain pushing its way in as we go through the afternoon. In any sunshine its going to feel pleasantly warm. Temperatures a touch higher than yesterday. Highs of around 22 or 23 celsius. It is going to turn pretty wet as we go through this evening and overnight. We have some rain across northern and eastern parts, and then a swathe of wet weather feeding its way up from the southwest could see some heavy bursts as that pushes its way north eastwards across many parts. Because of the cloud and the rain, temperatures arent going to drop a huge amount, so its going to be a milder start to the day tomorrow than it was this morning. It is also going to be quite a cloudy and at times wet picture. Most of us will see some rain at times showery outbreaks to start off with, and then plenty of showers developing as we go towards lunchtime and the afternoon. Some of these could afternoon. Some of these could pack quite a punch. Some torrential downpours are possible , as well as some hail possible, as well as some hail and some thunder. There will be some sunny spells in between the showers though in in any of these it should still feel warm enough even though temperatures are down a couple of michael gove and Andrea Leadsom stand down as mps at the next election. Rishi sunak set to spend the weekend locked away in meetings, apparently. Meetings, apparently. As 78 conservatives now say their standing down before the general election, the number has surpassed the number of tories who were standing down before 1997. Will the election show similar prospects for the party . Meanwhile, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, claims inheritance tax goes against tory values with promises to put tax breaks for the middle classes at the heart of the tory manifesto. Heart of the tory manifesto. Russia says its ready to ceasefire in ukraine if the west recognises the current battlefield lines. And elsewhere. Sarah ferguson and elsewhere. Sarah ferguson yes, the duchess of york furiously silences an audience at the Cannes Film Festival before launching into a speech about Climate Change. And that left the crowd completely confused. Everyone in this room stop, stop stop stop stop. Did you see i removed the microphone because all of you are saying, oh, i want to go because where is the next party . I know, stop. Should under i know, stop. Should under sixteens be smartphone free . A report from mps says teens should be banned from owning smartphones because of the impact on their mental health. Its a Manchester Derby , the its a Manchester Derby, the fa cup final. For the second successive year, well have all the build up ahead of city v united at wembley will be crossing live to sophie reaper in manchester as both fans or fans, both clubs making their way to london. You may want to make the most of any dry and bright weather around today because for many of us, it is going to be the driest day of the long weekend. Ill have more details coming up. Morning to you. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im anne diamond , and this is anne diamond, and this is breakfast on gb news. On the smartphone issue, loads of you are getting in touch. But this is an interesting one from lesley young, who says my eight year old granddaughter has been diagnosed with type one diabetes and she has to have a smartphone to track her condition. But she does get gyp from kids at school and from teachers. Keeps getting questioned and reported, yeah, i get that , but it has to be a get that, but it has to be a smartphone. Does it depends quite on what shes on. But the more the technology is developing, it would have to be a smartphone, if shes on a freestyle libre, then she could scan it with a separate reader device. But then if shes on hybrid, it all gets very complicated. She has to be on the internet. On it . No. On it . No. Well, that thats the danger, isnt it . Most of the danger. So you could turn off everything. So its a case of if youre using a smartphone as a medical device. I mean, because thats exactly what i do , you thats exactly what i do, you dont have to use it as smartphone. No, you could. Ooh, its my microphone. Phones just, so you could turn Everything Else off onto flight mode apart from the bluetooth, and then youve still got your stuff there that works. Yeah, but thats a voluntary thing then, isnt it . Yeah. Turning it on to flight mode. Yes. Whether you could lock it out on a perennial, i just dont i just dont see it happening. I think the demand for them is, is there. The children will want them so much. I cant see how youre going to deny them a smartphone. Im not saying im for them, but you try being a parent who is trying to say no to a smartphone. The only way to do it is say no, we cant afford one and thats that. Yeah, but how many parents are going to do that now . A lot of parents like to be in touch with their kids, you see. Yes, but you dont need a smartphone to do that. You know, you just have like an old track that you use. Oh, you couldnt track them . No, you couldnt track them . No, you couldnt track them. I dont know, difficult one says anyway, to track you, i should have you on the tracker. Yes. Yes. No, ive got all the family on track. I know, and i dont everybody. I dont quite get that. Yeah. I dont quite get that. Yeah. Its great. You can see exactly where everybody is. Id feel i was being spied on somehow. Its quite nice. I mean, not that i go off and do anything nefarious, you know, im not that interesting, but, hands down the pub again. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly. No, i yeah, shes off to the off licence sort of thing. No, i dont think i want that. Or when i say im working and im actually down at the spa. Well like that. Yeah. No i think its sort of spying but, but you clearly trust im an open book. Yeah, clearly. And thats rather nice too, isnt it . Very endearing. Let us know what you think. Gb news. Com slash your. So however we have an election to be getting on with. Dont we. And dame Andrea Leadsom has become the latest mp to announce that shes not going to announce that shes not going to stand this time at the general election. Well, that announcement came just after michael gove posted his Resignation Letter saying it was time for a new generation to leave. Now, as we now know its about that makes it 78 tory mps who are leaving the commons and thatis who are leaving the commons and that is a post war, record breaking exodus. Breaking exodus. Lets talk to our deputy political editor, tom harwood. Political editor, tom harwood. Look, tom, theres always churn as they call it. But this is getting out of hand, isnt it, for the tories. Yeah, this isnt churn. This yeah, this isnt churn. This is a changing of the guard. No matter if the tories actually managed to close the gap a little bit in the polls, theyll still be a completely different make up of the conservative party on the green benches. After the election. Whichever way the votes go, simply so many , big names standing down. Its not just sajid javid and nadhim zahawi, but now, as you say, Andrea Leadsom, michael gove adding to graham brady and even some of the newer mps, people like diana davison, who only got in at the last election, she announced she was standing down, quite some time ago. There is a huge changeover taking place now. Some people suggest thats because lots of people think they were going to lose their seats, and theyd rather bow out with dignity than be turfed out by their electorates. But there are other people standing down in very safe seats. Who seats that the tories even held at their nadir in 1997, who perhaps just dont fancy a spell in opposition, who perhaps think that their time in politics is over. That their time in politics is over. There was a considerable over. There was a considerable changing of the guard back in 2010, but that was because of the expenses scandal. Lots of the expenses scandal. Lots of members of parliament for from all parties stood down after a bit of a push from their Central Party organisations because of the, different , issues that the, different, issues that theyve had with expenses. This time its slightly different. Its not a push from the centre, its those, mps making the decisions themselves. And thats decisions themselves. And thats quite difficult. I dont think that, particular the Prime Minister thought that some of his close , cabinet ministers his close, cabinet ministers would be jumping ship. It makes for quite a rocky start to the general Election Campaign. And perhaps that is one of the reasons why the Prime Minister isnt out and about today, over the weekend, hes taking some time to take stock to meet with his closest aides. And there are his closest aides. And there are all sorts of rumours about a change in strategy , in terms of change in strategy, in terms of seeing how they can up the ante because the general election now has been going well. This is the fourth day since the announcement, and the polls havent really shifted. So the conservative party and indeed the Prime Minister needs to think of Something Big to pull out of the bag to try and shift how this general election is going, because as things stand, it seems that people simply arent changing their minds. Although tom, he is speaking well, isnt he . Apart from the fact that he keeps saying everythings Bold Decision and hes being very bold about it, i mean, clearly has been the word they decided on. But but, you know, he seems very energised. Its just that nobody in conservative Central Office seems to have thought about some of the optics, like the rain, like , speaking from the titanic, like, speaking from the titanic, for heavens sake. For heavens sake. Yes. Yes. The Titanic Quarter in, northern ireland, in belfast. I mean quite, quite, remarkable, opfics mean quite, quite, remarkable, optics and place setting and some people around the Prime Minister are quite new to the game, james forsyth, for example , was a journalist for a long, long time before joining number 10 in just the most recent months. But but this is, i think, something that is almost a self fulfilling prophecy. When youre 20 points behind in the polls, many observers almost look for the sort of, analogies , look for the sort of, analogies, in terms of what youre doing, perhaps in previous elections, there have been many situations like this. For example , a party like this. For example, a party leader being pictured next to an exit sign or, or standing in a particular location and all the rest of it, it almost, feeds into a narrative simply because the Prime Minister is 20 points behind in the polls. It almost makes people look for more of these, optic issues. I dont think theyre the reason hes behind in the polls, but they certainly dont help. And heres the other point. And i think its very, very wise of you to pick up on this that the Prime Minister is a slick operator. He speaks well. The problem for him is that people arent listening. People are sort of switching off when he starts to speak. Theyre not giving him a hearing and perhaps thats one of the reasons he decided to go early in this general election in thinking that, even if the economy picks up, as its expected to do over the next few months , will people actually months, will people actually reward the Prime Minister or are they so sick of this constant churn and change at the top of politics that actually theyre not going to give a hearing to the person who perhaps in other times would be given that credit . Maybe so. Tom, thanks very maybe so. Tom, thanks very much indeed. Well, tom was talking about the polls. Not moving much. Lets talk to head of policy and Public Affairs at opinium research, james crouch whos here. Morning to you. Would we have expected to see a tightening of the polls at this stage normally . Well , this campaign has well, this campaign has started off pretty much the way we all expected it to, which is double digit labour leads double digit lead for keir starmer as the best Prime Minister. None of that looks like its fundamentally changed. And no one really thinks its been a good first couple of days for the Prime Minister. And the question mark is, is that going to narrow, as you say . And there are big number of tories who just dont know how theyre going to vote yet. I think about i going to vote yet. I think about 1 in 5 of conservatives last time say, dont know, im sitting on the fence. The big sitting on the fence. The big problem is we just wont know until the very last minute. We love to eek things out in politics anyway , but all the politics anyway, but all the evidence is well find out. Last two weeks, last one week. Maybe theyll sit on the fence. Right up until then, i was talking to a load of loyal tories the other day who said they cant bring themselves to vote tory, and theres definitely cant bring themselves to vote labour. So theyre simply going to not vote. And ive never heard them speak like that before. You wonder how many people simply arent motivated to take part in this election at all . Yes. Well, thats one of the big things everyone says is really different to 1997, when the last Labour Government came in, is that there was quite a lot of enthusiasm, there was excitement here. Theres pessimism and disenchantment, and that goes from the economy, that goes into politics. I think even some people in the labour party are a little bit worried about what theyre actually going to face when they get into government. So theyre very definitely is a big element of that, and turnout was relatively high last time, so theres no reason to expect it wont go down. But what impact thats actually going to have and whether or not people think just the last minute, no, ive got to go out and vote. Dont know what way yet, but ive got to do it, there probably will still be that number. So the tories will be hoping they just come back to the conservatives and narrow that gap just a little bit. Its interesting though, because actually, if youve got a load of tories who you know, i know thats anecdotal, but if that was the case who say i cant, im just not going to vote this time, thats actually really bad news for the labour party, isnt it . In terms of, well, theyd walk to victory this time around, but actually in another five years it could put them in a very perilous position. Position. Well, this is the question of how deep is that labour support. And i think one of the challenges the conservatives have had is that people have basically said weve not really governed very well, and the reason why that is, is theyve put themselves in a politically difficult position. So theyve not actually felt confident to fight a lot of these big policy battles. Now labour are going to come in and theyre going to find that theyre going to have to unopen the too difficult box, and that will result in people saying, well , actually, this saying, well, actually, this isnt quite what i voted for. This isnt what i asked for. Thats the big challenge. And thats the concern that theyll theyll have. But then obviously politics will move on in five years and maybe well be in a totally, completely different landscape, over the next six weeks. Then how often do pollsters do their polls , for instance, at do their polls, for instance, at opinium . How often do you go out there and see if things are . The mood is changing, so were going to be doing it at least weekly, possibly twice a week. I think least weekly, possibly twice a week. I think one of the most striking things is that weve been doing that for quite a long time and very, very little has moved. Some time. A little bit frustrating when you when you have to say the same thing, but also there are the two leadership debates that i think were, were going to have. And they do tend to still basically suck all the attention up for while theyre there. So theres a chance that they could move something. And as i say, theres no reason to expect that were not going to get to the last two weeks of the campaign. And suddenly things start to move a little bit. Suddenly things start to shaping. Start to shaping. Yes. Just very, very briefly, only because we get loads of messages about this whenever we do anything about polls, people say, well, ive never been asked a question, who gets who takes part in these polls . How do you get people . Get people . So the almost want to say, the little bit of the science and a little bit of the art, is that what youre aiming to do is to get 2000 people together that look like the country, and you can demonstrably say that because of who they are, how they said they voted last time, all these kind of things that you can control for, and we put an awful lot of effort as well to making sure that theyre people who dont read the news all the time and arent really excited that theyve been asked about how they voted for the eighth time this month. So we put an awful lot of work to make sure that they do actually look like you. If we were to come and knock on your door. Right. Lovely. Good to see you, james. Have you ever been rung up and asked your opinion . No, no. Me . No. Well, yeah, but were not your sort of usual candidates. We probably know too much, dont we, james . We know too much or think we do. Yeah , yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Jack of all trades. Master of none. Thats me, look, earlier we spoke to economic secretary to the treasury bim afolami. He had this to say on the chancellor , saying he really chancellor, saying he really wanted to just ditch inheritance tax. Well, i think what the chancellor was saying is that , chancellor was saying is that, of course, wed like , for nobody of course, wed like, for nobody to pay inheritance tax ever. But that obviously isnt , you know, that obviously isnt, you know, reality taxes are there, and things have to be paid for, so i wouldnt sort of take it beyond that, but, you know, well come out with our tax plans, you know, in the coming weeks during the campaign. The campaign. Yeah. You are. Yes. Its interesting that the chancellor decided to suddenly say that its like its out of the blue. Its like he hasnt thought about it before, but he said inheritance tax isnt very tory, which suggests change, earlier we also spoke to the former labour adviser, lawrence cross, and he had this to say on the same subject. Same subject. I was surprised that by how cautious jeremy hunt, the conservatives have been on this, because i would have thought with this announcement now theyve got to go Something Big and sort of throw a bit of red meat to their activists and say, right, this is a big tax thing that labour wouldnt dare do. And were now doing, but then the fact that theyre not and trying to say, oh, well, were steadying the ship, were being responsible. But if youve been in charge for 14 years and lets put it lets be honest about this, things arent going great for them. When youre 20 points behind in the polls, its not really a great sell for people, is it . I think what labour is going to be labours going to have to put out a fully costed manifesto, and i think theyll do that very, very shortly with all the details of all the funding particularly, i think, on issues like Great British energy, theyre going to have to have an answer for. Well, weve also heard today from sir ed davey, leader of the liberal democrats are so many seats that have been traditionally conservative that the liberal democrats are the ones who can take off them. Ones who can take off them. And increasingly in the south west, the west country, which used to be a stronghold for the liberal democrats, were back there again. Weve seen that in there again. Weve seen that in the by election victories in somerset and devon. Weve seen that in council victories this yearin that in council victories this year in dorset last year in devon, the Previous Year in somerset. So across the south of england, i think people realise now if they want to get rid of the conservatives, they vote liberal democrat. Liberal democrat. Well over the last few days weve seen parties across the four nations beginning their campaigns to win your vote. Playthe country launched their campaign in cardigan and its leader, rhun ap iorwerth. I leader, rhun ap iorwerth. I think i hope ive said it right, said that theyre fighting for wales to be heard at westminster. One of the key words i guess for us going into this election is fairness. And that takes many forms. Fairness in funding to make sure that we get rid of the old barnett formula, that that doesnt work for wales. It hasnt worked for decades. Hasnt worked for decades. Fairness in terms of making sure that we have consequentials of hs2 rail funding so that we can build our infrastructure here in wales rather than be robbed of billions of pounds as we are now by the tories. And as labour say they will, will continue fairness so we can invest in our future economy, for example, through making the most of our Renewable Energy by having the Crown Estates devolved on so many levels. We have a desperate need to make sure that the uk government , whoever that is, is government, whoever that is, is aware of wales needs the way to make sure that were not ignored at westminster is to make sure that plaid cymru is there shouting for us. Well, its 819, lets have a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom for you this morning. Well, the former boss of the post office has been accused of living in la la land over her role in the horizon scandal. Role in the horizon scandal. Thats Paula Vennells. And she again became very emotional. On the third day of giving evidence, shes cried every day. She admitted making mistakes and accepted there was no one else to blame, but claimed that she didnt know why Important Information had not reached her. An italian teenager who died of leukaemia is set to become the Catholic Churchs first millennial saint. The Catholic Churchs first millennial saint. Pope francis millennial saint. Pope francis has attributed two miracles to the youngster, he apparently , the youngster, he apparently, when he was alive, used his computer skills to spread the catholic faith. He died when he was just 15, and the documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock has died at the mere age of 53. He came to prominence with his oscar nominated film super size me in 2004, which tracked his health whilst he ate nothing but mcdonalds for a month. The film was credited with prompting a very broad conversation right across the world, actually, about how fast food and rising obesity was impacting society. He died in new york due to complications from cancer. Oh, any dentist watching this morning . Oh. Im struggling. Whats happening . Im struggling. But i think its a normal thing. I had to have a crack. I had a crown last friday, and now i honestly , my teeth are killing i honestly, my teeth are killing me. And it keeps just the pressure from. Well, its not because it doesnt cant feel any pressure in it, but its out there. Its now hurting at the bottom where the crown was at the top and all, but i think it just it just upsets all the nerves in your mouth, doesnt it . Its funny you should say that because i had a crown fall out in the last week. Right. And so theres just a jagged edge there and my tongue keeps catching on it, and it really hurts. And once youve bitten it against it and your tongue hurts, it goes on doing it. You keep doing it, dont you . So were both going to go and have to visit the dentist. Well, im hoping this should just fade off because its not even hurting on the tooth. Itsjust even hurting on the tooth. Its just like even hurting on the tooth. Itsjust like a even hurting on the tooth. Its just like a general pressure. It is. Its pushing against the rest of you and popping against the rest of you and popping pills like you wouldnt believe. I was just going to say, you need to take a painkiller, and i need to go and see the dentist. Yeah. Oh, so you havent been to get that look to get it looked at . No, no. So ive just got jagged. Have you, have you jagged jagged. Have you, have you jagged edge. Well youve got to remortgage first. Yes, absolutely. And why do these things always happen just before a bank houday always happen just before a Bank Holiday Weekend when theres no dentist available . So there you are. So im going to have to bite my tongue all weekend. Oh well, hopefully this is going to start about that. Itsjust going to start about that. Its just its just kicked in in the last couple of minutes. Weve got ive just popped one now right okay. So thanks for watching okay. So thanks for watching okay. Sorry. Sorry. All right. Lets have a check on the weather for you. Heres alex. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. News. News. News. Morning. Heres your latest gb news. Weather forecast brought to you by the met office. Its fair to say the weather this weekend is going to be pretty messy. However, today actually looks largely dry for many of us because theres a relatively slack flow across the country at the moment, though, there are some systems waiting out towards the west and the east which are going to bring some rain later, but for the time being, a bit of a chilly start because we had some clear skies overnight. That does mean quite a bit of sunshine this morning, however, we are going to see a bit more cloud bubbling up as we go into the afternoon and there will be some showers around. Most of us avoiding these, but towards eastern areas east anglia, lincolnshire we are going to see a bit of rain pushing its way in as we go through the afternoon. In any sunshine its going to feel pleasantly warm. Temperatures a touch higher than yesterday. Highs of around 22 or 23 celsius. It is going to turn pretty wet as we go through this evening and overnight. We have some rain across northern and eastern parts and then a swathe of wet weather feeding its way up from the southwest could see some heavy bursts as that pushes its way north eastwards across many parts. Because of the cloud and the rain, temperatures arent going to drop a huge amount, so its going to be a milder start to the day tomorrow than it was this morning. It milder start to the day tomorrow than it was this morning. It is also going to be quite a cloudy and at times wet picture. Most of us will see some rain, at times showery outbreaks to start off with, and then plenty of showers developing as we go towards lunchtime and the afternoon. Some of these could pack quite a punch. Some pack quite a punch. Some torrential downpours are possible, as well as some hail and some thunder. There will be some sunny spells in between the showers, though in in any of these it should still feel warm enough even though temperatures are down a couple of degrees compared to today. A quick look to Bank Holiday Monday, and after an initially dry start in the east, its going to be another largely cloudy picture for many further outbreaks of showery rain. Again, these could be a little bit heavy at times, but there are some signs that we could see something a little bit dner could see something a little bit drier developing towards western and southwestern parts as we go through the afternoon temperatures, though down a little bit compared to tomorrow. Bye bye. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Now £20,000 has to be won in the Great British giveaway, so make sure you dont miss out because lie ins are going to close on friday. These are the details you need. Its the final week to see how you can win a whopping £20,000 cash. 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But somewhere along the line, she appears to have lost her. Cool. Well be looking at why in a couple of moments. The most extraordinary thing happened at the Cannes Film Festival. It was to all do with the duchess of york. Sarah ferguson, of course. Who i have to say looked fabulous. But she was giving some speech, and i think it was. It was in aid of a charity particular vie, but she stood in front of this great crowd of people, and as i was saying earlier, they were all the sort of, people from the Entertainment Industry who want to be seen and obviously there to be seen and obviously there to have a good time. Well this is how it went down. Basically, she couldnt shush them. She couldnt shush them. Everyone in this room. Stop, everyone in this room. Stop, stop stop, stop. Did you see i removed the microphone because all of you are saying, oh, i want to go because where is the next party . Well, thats what youre there for. You go from party to party. I removed the microphone. It was this. Its very odd. Slightly hectoring tone, a bit headmistress. She really wasnt, it. Well, anyway, lets see what Stephanie Takyi makes of it all because shes there. Stephanie, you know, nice to see you, darling. I mean, this is all very strange. Very strange. It is strange. And. Well, fergies been on a warpath this week here in cannes. I caught up with her earlier this week, and shes taking her role of being a Global Citizen. Gen z ambassador really seriously. So she got appointed this role earlier this yeah appointed this role earlier this year. And i think what shes been doing, shes been using all of her appearances to kind of talk about the generation guilt she feels about how her generation have destroyed the planet. Amfar now is one of the biggest events that takes place in cannes. Biggest events that takes place in cannes. Its all a fundraiser for hiv and aids, and the duchess got on stage after a portrait of the late queen had been sold for over £400,000. She was trying to deliver a speech , was trying to deliver a speech, but as you can imagine, steven, andifs but as you can imagine, steven, and its a room full of almost 400 people a listers. Youre not going to get everyone being quiet at the same time. And unfortunately for fergie, i dont think she read the room. Well, because most people, if im honest, were just there to see cher. But during the night they raised £16 billion. So the money was raised, but its just that i felt like it was the wrong time for fergie to deliver such a feat. Such a feat. Yeah, ill tell you what, though. I mean, when you look at her and she did look fabulous, you have to remember that here is a woman who had Breast Cancer less than a year ago, and now is fighting also skin cancer. So shes really had a rotten year health wise and still looks that fabulous and has got that much oomph and energy in her. You have to admire, dont you . I totally admire fergie. You know, when i did my interview with her this week, shes clearly still have a zeal for life. And i think, you know, having battled both these diagnoses of cancer , shes seen diagnoses of cancer, shes seen that actually, you know what . Im actually going to do some good with my time on this planet. And i think the problem is, is when you deliver these kind of speeches on climate and you know, gen z people just find it that youre kind of preachy. You know, especially in front of a celebrity audience in cannes. You know, all people do. As she rightly said, all people were concerned is about partying once theyve, you know, done the red carpet and theyve taken their pictures and theyve given me quotes about trying to do doing good there inside the party. And it kind of falls on deaf ears afterwards. Does it make any difference when they i mean, the one thing that gets me about this, i know shes not the only one doing it, of course, but, you know, shes flown into cannes to talk about, you know, and shes preaching about Climate Change. Its a bit hypocritical. Well, steven, thats the thing. I think most of these celebrities and royals know that anything they do will be open as up for criticism. But the problem is, well, the good thing for them is it gets people talking because what are we doing now . Were talking about fergie talking about Climate Change and how she feels. So these people know that they will get the headlines when theyre out in cannes. And you know what . You are in a room full of a listers. So if you do want to kind of make something thats going to go worldwide, why not do it in cannes . But again, you are going to be receiving that criticism for flying into one of the most luxurious places in the world. Thats right. And its not just parties. There are also obviously premieres of movies and Dame Helen Mirren , was, on the red helen mirren, was, on the red carpet last night in cannes. Did you see her, shes made her pictures all over the papers that were have been able to print it fast enough, and she looks unbelievable. Looks unbelievable. Well, Dame Helen Mirren, shes quite a regular at cannes, and she comes here every single yeah and she comes here every single year. She does a lot of work with loreal, so when she comes here she tends to do a lot of workshops with them, talking about, you know, beauty, ageing, but of course she is a legend of the cinema. And thats the good thing about cannes. I think people like coming here to celebrate film , watch new films, celebrate film, watch new films, like theres over like 22 films now, which is in the competition. So for each film, theyve literally brought the stars out to watch it at the rosette. And so cannes is definitely the place where we can celebrate some of our greats, including helen mirren, and afterwards theres always party on somebodys yacht, isnt there . Okay, there have been there . Okay, there have been a lot of yacht parties and a lot of champagne. I think thats what cannes is for. I think it just becomes this dream world of parties and excess and lots of excess of parties and stuff like that. And you know, for me, im ready to come home now. Ive been out a bit too much partying. You partied out, steph. Thats a first i really am. I really am lovely. I really am lovely. Well, look, as soon as youre back. Cant wait to see you in the flesh. Thanks very much indeed. I look forward to catching up with you guys. Take care. Yeah. You too. Ive been following her on it. Well, i follow her on instagram. And honestly, you wouldnt believe what shes been up to. She. She had, like, a fortnight in india doing all incredibly glamorous stuff. And then shes gone straight from there to cannes, where shes been living the high life. Been living the high life. Honestly, shes just all right as our steph. Yes she does. Yes shes well its her job to be there where everybody likes to be seen to be where in the wrong job. Yeah. Especially the air conditioning in this studio at the moment. Its freezing. It looked really much nicer in cannes. And i was saying to ann before, dont moan, because the last few weeks its been like a desert in here. Its been so, so hot. Somebody overcompensating today, sitting here freezing either on or off. Ive got a glass of water and i think its turned to ice right this afternoon. Big stuff on football afternoon. Big stuff on football because its the fa cup final. So well be talking that next. All right. Lets have a look at the sport. This morning. Aidans here. I was going to say theres only one thing to talk about. Thats not strictly true. No, its not strictly, actually. But its certainly the biggest thing today. And thats the Manchester Derby. Yeah. Thats right. I mean, look, theres a big game in scotland as well with the old firm match. The first time weve seen an Old Firm Scottish cup final in 22 years. But i want to focus on events at wembley. Im going to the game later on today, but for now were going today, but for now were going to cross live to manchester and sophie reaper, who i believe has some fans with her or has been talking to the fans throughout the morning as they make their way to london. Sophie well, were on countdown officially now, just under 6. 5 hours to go until the kick off of that Manchester Derby down in wembley. Now its always a tense day in manchester when these two sides come together , but the sides come together, but the fact that theres silverware involved always just makes things a little bit more tense, always make things a little bit more competitive. Weve been here in manchester this morning, weve been chatting to united fans, weve been chatting to city fans as theyve been coming into the city centre to catch transportation down to wembley , transportation down to wembley, and this is what they had to tell me ahead of the Manchester Derby. Auto city two haaland one. Foden and one bernardo silva. Oh, i think weve got to get it. Man united. Weve not had a good season. We want to, we want the excitement, the way theyve been playing. Id say 50, 50 bit nervous and what have you not had a great season but we werent doing great and we still beat liverpool a few weeks ago. So anything can happen in 90 minutes. Cant it . Its derby day. Im always nervous on derby day. Obviously the added pressure of it being an fa cup final. Well, we can hear there on some nerves on both sides as there always is on a derby day. Im sure many of our viewers will remember that these two sides came together at this time. Again last year in the fa cup final, and it was was city who managed to take the trophy. Interesting fact the last time that happened where two sides took each other on two years in a row in an fa cup final, that was in 1885. So a historic day today. City versus united, who will take the trophy . Well soon see. Thanks very much indeed, sophie. Good to hear from you in manchester. We hope we have. Everyone has a safe trip to wembley as well. There have been travel disruption in years gone by at various finals. We hope therell be none today and ill be among the crowd as well. Oh, youll love it. Oh, youll love it. Youll be there. Youll be there. What about the Old Firm Derby then . So, as i say, the first time theyve met me, its incredible to think theyve never met in this particular final for 22 years. But theyre two. The two dominant teams in scotland have been for absolutely decades. And so having said that, if we look at the matches between the two this season, celtics certainly have had the upper hand. Theyve had three wins and a draw. It was enough for them to win their third Successive League title, their 12th in 13. So theyre going into this match as the favourites, quite rightly, with the upper hand. Scott, rangers did win the league cup earlier in the season so they can actually get a double sell to get chasing a double as well. Brendan rodgers extremely confident leading up to that game. And as i say, its quite rare that wed have a derby of this magnitude in london with the English Fa Cup final and a derby of this magnitude in scotland as well. But as i say, the fa cup final and the scottish cup final. Big days in both countries interm in both sides of the border in terms of what it means, because we used to when i was a kid, you used to start on terrestrial tv. The build up at 9 am. And, well, you football people can talk, theres no doubt about that. I always used to look at the coverage like that and think, what a great job you have. You you love talking about football and then you get the, the best seat in the house. And then you talk about it afterwards as well. Yeah. I mean, i mean im paying £145 for wembley today. But when iused £145 for wembley today. But when i used to go for free and i was working there, you used to get a hell of a lot of food. I mean, i almost came out with a food baby. You were always. Well, you always like the hospitality. Yeah. | always like the hospitality. Yeah. I know you like hospitality. Yeah. We didnt get boozer there. Not not not in the not in the 2000 anyway. You have to buy your own pies today. Yeah. My sister, my sisters just texted me and said, would you really go to an fa cup final and she thinks i would, but id want to do it in a Proper Hospitality box. Yeah, well, stick with me and i might get you in there. Yeah, just go in the cheap seats, would you . Oh, gosh. No no no no no no, thats what i mean. I know you know, if youre keen really keen football person, football fan, then you dont mind, do you . But im not. I want to go for the event. Im honestly covering. Covering. It was something special. It really was. It was absolutely. Albert. Well, youll enjoy yourself this afternoon, aidan. Let us know. How posh is your seat today . Well, as i say, 100, its. Im understand. Were being hurried on. I understand we have access to a lounge, but ill tell you what. Ill let you know tomorrow, all right . Yeah. Pictures, please. Yeah. Pictures, please. Absolutely. Absolutely. Right. There you go. Now shut up, you two. Otherwise, were never going to get to the papers all right. Time for the papers this morning with cindy yu from the spectator and fraser myers from spiked. Good to see you both this morning, fraser. Everybody is talking about these weight loss injections. Yeah, that are becoming very popular, but they have, they have an unusual use as well, do they not . Theres a good side to all of this. Well its theyre turning out to be sort of miracle drugs as mpcore wegovy as its prescribed in the uk. I mean, they actually started as diabetes medication type 2 diabetes drugs for type 2 diabetes. Then it was noticed that they had this amazing effect on weight loss. And now were seeing that they can dramatically reduce, deaths from kidney disease. This also so around 24 lower, with people taking semaglutide, which is the official name of the drug and a few weeks ago we had another huge study saying that they can cut, you know, Heart Disease as well. Is this because of the weight loss that they cause, or is it a direct effect . Well, what was interesting, it doesnt say in this in this article in relation to kidney disease, but certainly in relation to Heart Disease. It was independent of the weight loss. So some people who who found the drug wasnt so effective for their weight loss were still finding these benefits from the Heart Disease. Its probably to do with, you know, the way it regulates your hormones and metabolism and things like that. So you know, these drugs are incredibly exciting. You almost wonder, you wonder if they can be put in the water or something. A lot of people have get very sick off, feel sick certainly, dont they. But but of course, the other thing is theres lots of other things that do. I mean, the kidney issue has been very serious in the past, but now things like ace inhibitors. Yes that people can take as tablets often for Blood Pressure and have exactly the same effect. They can reverse kidney damage. So i mean, its out there already. Yeah, certainly. But i think , yeah, certainly. But i think, you know, its always good to have, you know, knock on effects , Positive Side, Positive Side effects to drugs. And, you know , effects to drugs. And, you know, isuppose effects to drugs. And, you know, i suppose maybe we dont know if. Is this the cheapest way of deaung if. Is this the cheapest way of dealing with kidney problems, as you suggest, if there are other drugs available out there because, well, theyre quite expensive. Theyre certainly expensive at the moment arent they. Yeah. And ive heard of people without prescriptions getting them kind of on what dark market makes it sounds dramatic. No. You can be getting it from other people. Yeah exactly. Just to lose a couple of kilograms for your summer body and that kind of thing, which im a little bit worried about, that kind of fighting weight loss or fighting weight gain and, and any, any benefits it might have for your kidneys or your heart seems like a brilliant move. A brilliant move. Do we really want to become a society where were injecting ourselves all the time with various . Yeah, of course. I mean, the thing with my life, i know its not a laugh, but you do for a very good reason. I just wonder what else we can do for that. But. But if youve got Heart Disease, for example, you know, exercise, Healthy Eating , all of exercise, Healthy Eating, all of that stuff does also matter as well. But you know , and i was well. But you know, and i was just saying in the in the green room, this is nicer than the kind of government nudges that theyve talked about with like buy one, get one free pizzas and like, you know, the war on sugan like, you know, the war on sugar, all of that kind of stuff , you know, i think i think obviously you have to live a healthy, healthy lifestyle. But healthy, healthy lifestyle. But if there are certain things that your body cant control, and thats what they say about weight gain as well. Sometimes its inherited. Its not always what you eat it. Sometimes people have a gene for it. She hadnt mentioned pizza. Im on a diet. Im on a diet. It would be it would be nice if people dont have to die. You know, people. Its hard work, know, people. Its hard work, right . I mean, it would be great if people could eat whatever they liked. Yeah, but then the weight. But what you see. Yeah, therell be a side effect. Much more complicated than that. Its all right. Its all right. Youre justified in being on a diet. Youre doing it the good way. I know, cindy, can we have a look at this in the telegraph about putin, saying he, you know, he really wants this ceasefire. It could because all this is not just about putin. Its not just about russia and ukraine. It ties in with the china issue and x jinping as well, doesnt it . I mean, its this huge, complicated issue. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, so, so, so the story itself is that aides close to moscow, close to putin, have told western reporters that the russians are ready for a ceasefire based on current, front lines. And lets be clear, the current frontline is around 18 of ukraine. So this is not a good deal for ukraine. But what the russians supposedly think is that actually theyre reaching a stalemate that without another mass mobilisation of russians , mass mobilisation of russians, they wouldnt be able to push any further. So it of course, it makes sense for them to end the war. But i think, you know, this offer being out there could also be a mind game. You know, it could be a way to kind of so this kind of dissent amongst western allies to be to kind of turn it back onto ukraine, you know, ukraine. Why wont you accept the ceasefire . Because there is a good argument to say, you know, if you accept it now, youll be saving many, many more ukrainian lives as well. But obviously the question is will russia not try again because this is what they did to crimea in 2014. Putin the peacemaker. Putin the peacemaker. Absolutely. And steven, to your question about the chinese aspect, you know, china and europe are engaging in a trade war at the moment. Theres no other way to put it. And the only way that europe can be ever so slightly nicer , i dont i so slightly nicer, i dont i think its too far gone, to be honest, but ever so slightly nicer is if china can get russia to the negotiating table, because china is. Position on russia is one of the biggest things for brussels. When it comes to why they are angry with china. But you know, if this is the way a ceasefire comes rather than any retreat or anything like that, i think it would be hard to swallow for a lot of western allies. The timing, the timing is interesting as well, because it was its not been that long since the us Congress Approved this huge, absolutely spending package for ukraine. And clearly that has not had time to filter through to the front line to be able to make it. Also, i mean, putins quite clever here. It also makes it an election issue in the states here and probably elsewhere too. People are very weary, you know, growing weary of the war. Everybodys going to be asked about that, arent they . Fraser, can you tell us about this london born teenager who is going to be a saint . Yes. So he is he. His name is carlo acutis , very tragically carlo acutis, very tragically died at just 15 years old, but lived an incredibly, you know, pious life. He it seems that he pious life. He it seems that he was all his life he cared about poor people, impoverished people. He moved to milan, but he saw the sort of poverty and desperation in his in his hometown, born in london, actually , and he only 20, 20 odd actually, and he only 20, 20 odd years ago. Yeah not very long ago. Yeah. And, he tragically died and hes been hes had several miracles attributed to him, which is obviously the condition you need. To be considered as he died. Normally its miracles that you perform when youre alive, isnt it . Normally. And this is , isnt it . Normally. And this is, i think, the rationale. I think it can be both the rationale is that people have prayed to him, since he passed away and then have had sort of miraculous recoveries. I mean, one thing thats interesting, so hes this nickname is gods influencer because he was also a kind of programming whiz. He set up this website, which included a database of various, you know , database of various, you know, miracles around the world, but there is or as people have said, he should be called the patron saint of the internet, but there is already a patron saint of the internet, as people might not know who is Saint Isidore of seville, who was a scholar who compiled an encyclopaedia, some 1300 years ago, but perhaps it should. Duh, i know, i know, but someone had obviously already said that thats similar enough to the internet, an encyclopaedia. So lets give it to Saint Isidore. But it would make sense, i think, to make carlo acutis. Well, this young man, he just he he clearly was a remarkable young boy, who had an effect. And he touched a lot of people, yeah. |n and he touched a lot of people, yeah. In his, in his very short life, which is absolutely extraordinary. And, you know, and the pope has now said we will make him a saint. Hes already been beatified or whatever, i think. Yes, in the next step is now to be canonised and the pope has said, yes, he he should be a saint, and he will then become the first millennial saint. Yeah. Yes yeah. Yes oh, there you go. Look good to see you both this morning. Thank you very much indeed. Weve got lots more still to come for you, but lets get a check first on that Bank Holiday Weekend weather with alex. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news Weather Forecast, brought to you by the met office. Its fair to say the weather this weekend is going to be pretty messy. However, today actually looks largely dry for many of us because theres a relatively slack flow across the country at the moment, though, there are some systems waiting out towards the west and the east which are going to bring some rain later, but for the time being, a bit of a chilly start because we had some clear skies overnight. That does mean quite a bit of sunshine this morning, however, we are going to see a bit more cloud bubbling up as we go into the afternoon and there will be some showers around. Most of us avoiding these, but towards eastern areas. East anglia , lincolnshire areas. East anglia, lincolnshire we are going to see a bit of rain pushing its way in as we go through the afternoon. In any sunshine its going to feel pleasantly warm. Temperatures a touch higher than yesterday. Highs of around 22 or 23 celsius. It is going to turn pretty wet as we go through this evening and overnight. We have some rain across northern and eastern parts, and then a swathe of wet weather feeding its way up from the southwest could see some heavy bursts as that pushes its way north eastwards across many parts. Because of the cloud and the rain, temperatures arent going to drop a huge amount , so arent going to drop a huge amount, so its going to be a milder start to the day tomorrow than it was this morning. It is also going to be quite a cloudy and at times wet picture. Most of us will see some rain, at times showery outbreaks to start off with, and then plenty of showers developing as we go towards lunchtime and the afternoon. Some of these could pack quite a punch. Some torrential downpours are possible , as well as some hail possible, as well as some hail and some thunder. There will be some sunny spells in between the showers though in in any of these it should still feel warm enough even though temperatures are down a couple of degrees compared to today. A quick look to Bank Holiday Monday and after gb news. Way. Way. Way. Good morning to you. Its 9 00 on saturday, the 25th of may. Today, tory grandees michael gove and Andrea Leadsom stand down as mps at the next election as rishi sunak spends the weekend locked in meetings. The weekend locked in meetings. Meanwhile, yes, Andrea Leadsom and michael gove join theresa may graham rac ben wallace many, many big names, 78, now conservative mps choosing to stand down at the next election are they jumping before theyre pushed . Before theyre pushed . And then, meanwhile, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, is claiming that inheritance tax is goes against tory values and hes promised to put tax breaks for the middle classes at the heart of the tory manifesto. Rush says its ready to ceasefire in ukraine, even if the west recognises the current battle field lines. Elsewhere, the duchess of york, thats sarah ferguson, has furiously silenced an audience at the Cannes Film Festival and then she launched into a speech about Climate Change, leaving the crowd utterly confused. Crowd utterly confused. Everyone in this room stop, stop stop, stop did you see i removed the microphone because all of you are saying, oh, i want to go because where is the next party . Well keep them. There should under 16 be smartphone free. A report from mps says teens should be banned from owning smartphones to combat some of the damage they think it can do dunng the damage they think it can do during mental development. Fans of both Manchester City and Manchester United prepare to make their way to wembley ahead of the fa cup final this afternoon. Afternoon. A massive day for the city as fans head to london ahead of the 193rd Manchester Derby. Could this be erik ten hags last game in charge . And will city be able to clinch the double . Well, its not the only cup final on derby day north of the border, its the First Old Firm scottish cup final in 22 years as celtic face rangers at hampden park and wayne rooney closes in on a return to management. Management. You may want to make the most of any dry and bright weather around today because for many of us it is going to be the driest day of the long weekend. Ill have more details coming up. Have more details coming up. Morning to you. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im anne diamond, and this is breakfast on gb news. I like, fergie. Fergie. Sarah, sarah ferguson. Sarah, sarah ferguson. Yes, i liked it. Ive always thought shes a bit crackers, but sort of quite like that in there. But the whole stop, stop, there. But the whole stop, stop, stop. Yeah did you see i took away the microphone that that to me is just. Its not. Its not. Its not reading the room properly, is it. Its very, very odd the sort of audience she was speaking to, which was sort of celebrities as a listers, media people, they werent like being spoken to like that. No, they werent. No, they werent. No, they werent. Well, i dont think anybody would. But if youre royal, maybe youre allowed to be a bit eccentric. Well, is she royal . Shes probably not. Now is she duchess of york . Is she duchess of york . Yeah. Not hrh though. Yeah. Not hrh though. No, no , no not hrh, you no, no, no not hrh, you wouldnt curtsy for her though. I dont know. No, ive flown down here, especially to talk to you about Climate Change. Yes, i know its dodgy. Like yes, i know its dodgy. Like i say, read the room. Read the room. Yeah. And the other thing is, i like her, but nevertheless. Yeah. No, i agree, we weve got to get some, honey and lemon down to tom harwood at westminster because his voice is going, and im not surprising. Hes doing a lot of work at the minute. He must have been talking since they announced the election. He must have been talking almost 24 hours a day. Yes. He he talking almost 24 hours a day. Yes. He he never talking almost 24 hours a day. Yes. He he never stops, does yes. He he never stops, does he, but the election rules means that obviously people who are mps cant really present anything at the moment and all the rest of it. So hes doing a lot of filling in. Yeah but there you go. He loves it. He loves it. He lives in say yeah, theyve been wanting an election. Theyve got one there. Theyve got one there. Well they have anyway. Andrea leadsom has become the latest mp to say shes not going to stand at the next election. And of course, that came very shortly after michael gove had posted his Resignation Letter saying its time for a new generation to lead. Well, that means 78 tory mps leaving the commons. Thats a post war, record breaking exodus, yes. So what do they think in labour about that . Well, lets talk to shadow to chief secretary the treasury darren jones, who joins us now. Oh how lovely. The suns out jones, who joins us now. Oh how lovely. The suns out and jones, who joins us now. Oh how lovely. The suns out and the lovely. The suns out and the birds are tweeting behind you. That has to be a good optimistic sign, doesnt it . Theres lots to talk to you about clearly. But these mass resignations, whats the mood like . Like at labour hq. Labour hq. Oh, well, look, were fired up and ready to go in the labour party. Weve been preparing for a long time for this election , a long time for this election, and we were pleased that rishi sunak decided to get on with it soonen sunak decided to get on with it sooner. Rather than later. And were out across the country. Keir has been touring the nafions keir has been touring the nations and regions. All of our candidates are out launching their campaigns and knocking on doors, and were excited for the six weeks ahead. Yeah, but whats interesting is through all of this, youve got to win over people. What your weakest on in terms of pubuc your weakest on in terms of public opinion. Traditionally at least, is, is do you trust labour with the economy now that tide may be turning and what youve kept telling us is that everything is fully costed and its fully a lot of its costed on, non dom. The non dom tax loophole being closed and on putting vat on private schools. And yet you dont even agree with that, do you . Youve youve said you dont think its the right policy. And you said a few years ago it wouldnt even bring in the money that the Labour Party Said it would. So how can you campaign on that issue if you campaign on that issue if you dont believe in it . You dont believe in it . Yeah. Excuse me for laughing, but i know that the conservative head office has sent out a list this morning. Questions to ask darren jones, and this has come up a few times. Look, that that article, which i think was in the daily mail, was an inaccurate representation of me talking through the policy trade offs with students in my constituency. But we can be crystal clear, because the institute for fiscal studies, independent, cross party, respected economic institution, has looked at our policy on the vat loophole on private school fees, as adjusted for things like behavioural change, the way that schools have operated in the past. And theyve concluded what weve concluded that we can raise billions of pounds a year, which we will prioritise to pay for 6500 additional specialist teachers in state schools across the country. Just to reassure you, we dont ask questions that anyone tells us to ask. But but this is an interesting im sure, im sure. Ive just seen the list. Ive just seen the list. I didnt know there was a list. No, its more than weve seen. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. But but, but but its still an interesting point that you dont sound fully or you didnt once upon a time, sound fully convinced that charging vat on private school fees would be the way forward. Are you now actively saying, yes, it really is, and its going to make a financial difference, and this is how were going to cost other things as. Things as. Yes, because as i say, you can refer out to the institute for fiscal studies report on this policy. They are expert economic economics professionals. They are independent of any party. Theyre a charity. They will be theyre a charity. They will be looking at labour, conservative, other Party Policies and setting out what their view is on it. And theyve been very clear that closing the vat loophole on private school fees will not result in a huge number of pupils moving into the state sector. Well raise billions of pounds a year and that that will be money available to us in a labour treasury to invest in 6500 state specialist teachers in state schools. But how can you base your economics on taxes that people dont have to pay . Because whatever the prediction is, people can take their children out of those schools and therefore the tax doesnt get paid. People, especially people with non dom status whove generally got pots of money, could quite simply move out of the country. Then you lose that income as well. It seems pretty sort of sandy ground to be building the economy on. This is what the economists refer to as behavioural change. And you factor that into your assumptions on the, on the math. So on private schools, for example , private school fees example, private school fees have been increasing quite a lot year on year for the past number of years. And parents have paid that additional fee in order to keep those their children in those private schools. And so therefore, you can assume that if schools continue to follow what theyve done in the past, in the future, that parents will continue to do that. And, look, its for schools to decide whether they pass on the 20 in one go or whether they phase it in over a number of years. And kind of balance their books, to help parents. But these are private organisations that pay commercial private fees for private education. And thats why we think the vat loophole needs to be closed. Rachel reeves has done a very big interview in the daily mail this morning saying that shes basically pleading with daily mail type voters that she can be trusted and that with their money. Its interesting. Money. Its interesting. Clearly, youre going for that middle ground, which everybody says is so important to both parties. If they want to win. Parties. If they want to win. Well, look, as the labour party, we aspire to be a party that governs the country and the interests of all of the british people. And so we will speak in this campaign as we have done previously, to lots of different types of people in different newspapers, in different parts of the country. But our message is the same to everybody, irrespective of what paper they read , which is we need to bring read, which is we need to bring stability back to our economy. That Rachel Reeves and i will not play fast and loose with taxpayers money. We will get the economy growing again and that this approach, this stability back into the economy is change. After years of chaos from the conservatives which has resulted in lots of prices going up and costing families dearly over the last few years. Yes, but you and Rachel Reeves , i mean, to be fair, reeves, i mean, to be fair, exactly like the conservative party as well. The sort of promising sunshine, arent you . Promising sunshine, arent you . As you know, a stable economy. Youre promising us growth and yet the ifs, which is an independent, independent body, has said the state of public finances are so bad theyre going to hang over whoever the new government is, like a dark cloud and an open and robust discussion is really needed now to work out how to tackle it. Are you really taking those sort of warnings seriously . Of warnings seriously . Absolutely. And weve been saying for some time that if we win this election, we will have the worst financial inheritance of any party coming into government since the second world war. I mean, the state of the country is beyond bad because of the chaos from the conservatives that weve seen in their incompetence in running their incompetence in running the country. Weve been very upfront and honest with people about that. That means it will be hard, especially to begin with. But we have plans to turn the country around to reform our pubuc the country around to reform our Public Services and to change the country. And we know that thats the only way you can get the economy back on to sustainable footing and make it secure for the future. Jeremy hunt has been speaking about inheritance tax, saying that he doesnt feel that its very tory. Hes put it on the agenda, which means that youre going to get asked about your view on inheritance tax in the next over the next six weeks. So what is your view on inheritance tax . Is he right saying its tax . Is he right saying its just not morally right. Just not morally right. Well, the first thing i would politely say to jeremy hunt is hes getting into a bit of a habit of announcing unfunded tax cuts. Theyve already promised to abolish National Insurance altogether, costing £46 billion altogether, costing £46 billion a year, without saying how theyre going to pay for that. Are they going to cut pensions, the Health Service . Are they going to increase income tax . We need to know the answers to that. And now jeremy hunt is saying that he thinks he wants to abolish inheritance tax as well. Thats going to cost billions of pounds more on top each year. So i think the conservatives really need to set out in detail how they plan to fund and cost their policies when they announce them during this Election Campaign. But what about your view on inheritance tax . Inheritance tax . Well, weve been very clear in the labour party that the tax burden on working people is too high. Its the highest it has beenin high. Its the highest it has been in 70 years. Thats why we will not. We have no plans to increase taxes on working people and why weve supported at the last two cuts to National Insurance in parliament before the election was called. And the election was called. And look, in order to keep taxes as low as possible in the future, you do have to get the economy back on track and get it growing, because that means youve got the revenue coming into the treasury to be able to pay into the treasury to be able to pay for our Public Services, and peoples pay will increase in line with a growing economy. You managed to dodge the question , though. Would you like question, though. Would you like to see inheritance tax go at some point . Some point . Let me try again. We have no plans to change inheritance tax. Okay, well there you go. Direct answer to your question. Answer to your question. There you go. There you go. Nice and clear. The broader tax conversation is important. Yeah it is. Can i just ask you though. And again we havent got the facts and figures and were not Economic Experts as you as you well know. Were not Economic Experts as you as you well know. But we talk to your your counterpart earlier on beam afolami who said that in labours account thats running into this election, youve got despite the fact you say everything is costed, he says youve got a £38 billion black hole. Black hole. Berm. I mean, look, bim knows full well that if he looks at these dodgy dossiers that his colleagues have produced in the conservative party, which are based on assumptions from conservative political advisers, that they are not reflective of Labour Party Policy , you can Labour Party Policy, you can google these dossiers, by the way. Theyre on the internet, and if you scroll to the bottom of the pdfs, youll see assumptions provided by the conservative Party Political advisers. If you look at those assumptions , compare them with assumptions, compare them with our six steps. Youll see that theyre just not costing Labour Party Policy. All of our policy is fully funded and fully costed, and were very happy to answer any questions on that dunng answer any questions on that during this election period. Oh jolly good, because well be well be coming up with plenty more. Darren jones, good to see you. Thanks very much indeed. Thank you. I wonder what you think of that at home because , a think of that at home because, a lot of a lot of people generally, even though they may not be rich enough for inheritance tax to matter to them, it does seem to be something that people dont like. It seems pernicious. Yeah. It seems pernicious. Yeah. And then if youre also going to slam vat on to private school fees, and we all know that there are an awful lot of parents who struggle to pay the school fees anyway, then thats another tax on that middle ground that we are told all parties need to, win over. Its interesting, though, isnt it . Because, i mean, i dont like inheritance tax. However, when it comes to private schools , because im private schools, because im from a very working class background, a private schools, it was never an option. You could never save enough to send someone to private school that i dont care about. That one. You see, i know a lot of parents who struggle , but do it parents who struggle, but do it because they believe its their choice. You know, i just think, why not send them to a state school . Why not make state schools better . Well, thats what you want to do, ideally, but its never really happened. So. Really happened. So. So that one doesnt resonate. So it depends what resonates with you in your Life Experience i guess. Anyway, interesting isnt it . Lets talk to reform Party Spokesperson howard cox whos in the studio. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Good to see you this morning. Good to see you this morning. What do you make of all of this . Because obviously with with reform and i know we hear it time and time again that theres a, a, a document that you published online, which is your sort of contract with the people and all this sort of thing which covers all these big issues. But we only ever hear about from reform, about the one key issue of migration, how do we get to gnps of migration, how do we get to grips with what else reforms claims to be offering . Well, i suggest you read the documents, stephen, for a start. But on a serious note, interesting listening to you talking to these, both tory and the labour spokesman. I didnt hear a word that called growth. Well, theres no growth in the economy. Everything is about taking money and spending. And thats the sort of thing that reform is different. Its because we want to put more money into peoples pockets. Like starting when you go to work, you dont pay tax until £20,000. Its about 7500 pounds more than now. That would give people Something Like £30 a week more money in their pockets to spendin more money in their pockets to spend in the economy , which is spend in the economy, which is stimulate the economy and youll get more growth taxes. Thats a hell of a gamble. Thats a hell of a gamble. Thats a hell of a gamble. Its not a gamble. Its not a gamble. Well, well, it is because youve got youve got to fund that. That additional tax Free Allowance in the hope that people are going to go out and spend it rather than, say, put it away for their retirement or whatever it may be. Well, were talking its going to impact mainly on younger people, and thats the people. Theyre going to actually get the economy growing. I think you know me pretty well. For the last 15 years, ive been campaigning for the motorist, and one of the things that the big arguments and the centre of economic and business research, which i commissioned, research, you put more money, you dont put taxes up more money, you dont put taxes up into the economy. You bring taxes down. And certainly in terms of things like logistics and things like that, if you actually reduce the cost of motoring, driving, etc, that goes back into the economy. And how do you do that . And how do you do that . How do you reduce the cost of motoring and driving . Well, you cut tax. I mean, one of the things im really keen, one reason why i joined reform is were going to cut fuel duty by £0. 20 per litre. Thats £10 per average family cars tank. That sort of thing. But going back to the immigration thing, which is a very central point, that is costing a huge amount of money to the economy. And so weve got to the economy. And so weve got to bring that down. And were the only only party saying were going to freeze immigration, its i mean, you say you havent heard much mention of growth. Heard much mention of growth. Dont you feel this sort of i mean, i know i do. You feel this sort of sense of its almost stagnation or maybe its, its, you know, gosh, the economy is a mess and were all going to have to put up with that no matter what government gets in at the moment. Its pessimism almost, moment. Its pessimism almost, isnt it . It is. And its terrible. Its fiscal pessimism. Youre actually right. But we need to incentivise people and bring some some optimism back. And that would happen if we reform uk was running the country. Theres no doubt about it, because wed be putting money back into peoples pockets. Its as simple as that. Its a long term aim as well, of course. Yes. Yes. For individuals we two, we wont be the government. On july the 5th. We know that. But this is a long journey that. But this is a long journey that were going to get there. And by 2029, hopefully were going to have a massive influence. Look, see, what makes me slightly sceptical, howard, is the fact when you and smaller opposition parties tend to do this , they come up with these this, they come up with these grand solutions. Well, we can do this is what we do. Heres a list of things we do. And its all about getting money back to people. If it was that simple and it would generate the growth that this country desperately needs, why arent they doing it . Its a good question. Im very close to Something Like 70. A lot of them are going. Theyre 70 backbench tory mps , very 70 backbench tory mps, very close indeed. People like craig mckinley, Robert Halfon , john mckinley, Robert Halfon, john redwood, all these sort of people. You talk to them. What i just said and they would talk about growth. They would put more money into peoples pockets and have low taxation. Its not and have low taxation. Its not a grand plan, stephen. I accept what youre saying about small parties, but lets listen to this and i mean, if forgive me, isnt isnt it at least on similar lines to trussonomics, where she was reducing taxes, but it was coming at such a cost that whether it was politically a good idea or not, the markets revolted against it. And therefore stopped it in its tracks. Its a shame the markets dictate what we actually do. And itake dictate what we actually do. And i take i actually i resonate with what youre saying, stephen, i really do. But the important thing at the moment in time is put money back into peoples pockets, because at the moment, all were talking about at the moment im hearing here is taking money. You talked about inheritance tax. That is about inheritance tax. That is such a pernicious tax. Its ridiculous. And i also on the vat on on schools as well. Thats completely wrong. I, my, thats completely wrong. I, my, my daughter went to private school. We struggled. And you know , we gave up things to send know, we gave up things to send to Public School because the, the state schools were useless. And also its your choice. And also its your choice. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. And isnt that what we all believe in the other word i havent i havent heard still yet is housing. Yes and that worries me because im the mother of sons who all would like to be able to afford to get on the housing ladder and cant see a way forward at all. And there are no houses in their price range being built. Youre absolutely right. Ive got a daughter whos 31. She drives a 40 ton articulated truck. Yeah, shes shes incredible. She really im really proud of her. We adopted her and shes a special needs. She earns a very, very good salary. Over £50,000 a year, but cant get on the housing ladder even with that amount of money. Thats the worry. Yeah, well built houses. Sorry. Would reform build . Oh, absolutely. Absolutely i mean, the only problem is with the current immigration situation, we have to build, i think, a house for in every two minutes. Oh, yeah. Minutes. Oh, yeah. Yeah. What about is, is reform starting to unravel at this election though . Youve been a great voice for disaffected tory voters. We hear from people getting in touch all the time. However, this business with nigel farage. But do you know what its worth . I mean, i was absolutely dumbfounded when ispoke was absolutely dumbfounded when i spoke to ben habib yesterday, your deputy leader, saying to me, nigel was launching a Campaign Next week. I knew nothing about it. Nigel saying, this, this vote, the elections being called forward because he was going to launch a campaign on ben habib says, no, thats not true. Thats nonsense. So not true. Thats nonsense. So whats going on . Well, ben was right in the sense that he wasnt launching a campaign. Nigel isnt standing in any seat at the moment. In time, he hes decided this is not the right time. Youve heard him said it many, many times before. And what happened yesterday, he announced, and im very pleased to hear for the next six weeks hes going to be out every day campaigning for reform uk. Theres no way hes going to be with the tories. No way. He believes in labour. We know that the tories have actually broken britain and labour are going to bankrupt it. But then we also had and it was on the on the channel last night, someone steve miller who, who says he was going to he feels furious, he said because he thought nigel had been flirting with him if you like over the last few months. And he was going to he said he was going to vote reform and now he says, im not, im not doing it. Hes pulled out. Hes more interested in america than he is interested in america than he is in the uk. Thats reforms. Lost my vote now. Well, im sad to hear him say that, but nigel isnt the party. The party is bigger than nigel. Weve got to look good people. And richard tice is going to be a great is a great leader. And id love him to become Prime Minister. That man is absolutely the right person for this country. Weve got a clip of nigel saying that, havent we . I think so, lets have a look, shall we . See if we can play it for you. Well it was a it was a nasty rumour. I was told that weve got a clip i had be honest with you. Put in place some preparations to launch next week. I wonder whether the conservative party found out about it. I think the sense of panic that we saw yesterday, the badly prepared speech, might perhaps have prompted it a little bit. To be clear, you were about to launch a campaign to stand as an mp. Yes. Next week . Absolutely. Absolutely. So im not sure how much nigel farage played in the Prime Ministers mind. I think there were a whole host of other reasons which moved him to call an election now, and i think from rishis perspective, it was probably a good move , are you probably a good move, are you saying then you dont believe nigel . I mean, because, i mean, the idea, the idea that hes got. Hold on a minute, hold on a minute. The idea that hes got a general Election Campaign ready to roll next week , and he was to roll next week, and he was planning to do it, and because of this announcement, is shelved. The whole thing is a bit unusual. Bit unusual. Im deputy leader of reform uk as you mentioned, and i was entirely unaware of his plans to launch a Campaign Next week. Launch a Campaign Next week. Dear, that is an embarrassing skirmish. No good, is it . No good, is it . Yeah. It is an embarrassment in that situation. But i can assure you, you now know whats happening. Hes not staying in, nigel, but he is actually campaigning every single day for us for the next six weeks. Oh, is right. Oh, is right. Good to see you. Thank you very much indeed. Well, im sure youve got your views on all of that. Gb news comms. Youve got your views on all of that. Gb news comms. Your say, that. Gb news comms. Your say, earlier we spoke to the economic secretary to the treasury bim afolami, and he had this to say. Well, i think what the chancellor was saying is that , chancellor was saying is that, of course, wed like, for nobody to pay inheritance tax ever. But that obviously isnt, you know, reality taxes are there, and, and things have to be paid for , and things have to be paid for, so i wouldnt sort of take it beyond that, but, you know , beyond that, but, you know, well come out with our tax plans, you know, in the coming weeks during the campaign. Yeah. Well, lets take a look at sir davids view, of course, head of the lib dems , because head of the lib dems, because obviously, what are their chances of taking seats from the tories in this upcoming election are so many seats that have been traditionally conservative that the liberal democrats are the ones who can take off them, and increasingly in the south west, the west country, which used to be a stronghold for the liberal democrats, were back there again. Weve seen that in the by election victories in somerset and devon. Weve seen that in council victories this yearin that in council victories this year in dorset, last year in devon, the Previous Year in somerset. So across the south of england, i think people realise now if they want to get rid of the conservatives, they vote liberal democrat. Liberal democrat. Just feel a little bit like this is heating up though. Now do you know what i mean . Were sort of getting into the swing of it now. And if we can never a sort of, skirmish. Well, a skirmish, a robust sort of election period. Thats quite entertaining. Yes and it means we get to know what people are really thinking and then hopefully that leaves you more informed as to who you want to vote for. Meanwhile, it is a bank houday meanwhile, it is a Bank Holiday Weekend. Youre most scared of saying the words, arent you . Because what does that mean weather wise . Lets find out from alex burkill. Find out from alex burkill. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. News. News. News. Morning. Heres your latest gb news. Weather forecast brought to you by the met office. Its fair to say the weather this weekend is going to be pretty messy. However, today actually looks largely dry for many of us because theres a relatively slack flow across the country at the moment, though, there are some systems waiting out towards the west and the east which are going to bring some rain later, but for the time being, a bit of a chilly start because we had some clear skies overnight. That does mean quite a bit of sunshine this morning , however, we are going morning, however, we are going to see a bit more cloud bubbling up as we go into the afternoon and there will be some showers around. Most of us avoiding these, but towards eastern areas east anglia, lincolnshire we are going to see a bit of rain pushing its way in as we go through the afternoon. In any sunshine its going to feel pleasantly warm. Temperatures a touch higher than yesterday. Highs of around 22 or 23 celsius. It is going to turn pretty wet as we go through this evening and overnight. We have some rain across northern and eastern parts, and then a swathe of wet weather feeding its way up from the southwest could see some heavy bursts as that pushes its way north eastwards across many parts. Because of the cloud and the rain, temperatures arent going to drop a huge amount , so arent going to drop a huge amount, so its going to be a milder start to the day tomorrow than it was this morning. It is also going to be quite a cloudy and at times wet picture. Most of us will see some rain, at times showery outbreaks to start off with, and then plenty of showers developing as we go towards lunchtime and the afternoon. Some of these could pack quite a punch. Some torrential downpours are possible , as well as some hail possible, as well as some hail and some thunder. There will be some sunny spells in between the showers though in in any of these it should still feel warm enough even though temperatures are down a couple of degrees compared to today. 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Still to come for you. Could we see a ceasefire in ukraine . One is on the table , ukraine . One is on the table, but its not without its problems. Well tell you more in a moment hello again 933. It is already now. All right. Well, yes. It is already. Time flies, doesnt it. Russian sources have claimed that Vladimir Putin is ready to pause the war in ukraine. Yes. Yes. Ceasefire could be negotiated if the west agreed to recognise the current battlefield lines. Well, what does that mean . Because previously the ukrainian president , Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ruled out the possibility of a ceasefire because , he says the a ceasefire because, he says the talks with moscow are impossible. Well, earlier we spoke to the defence editor for the evening standard, robert fox. Standard, robert fox. I think going on there is absolutely clear that this is not just a game from putin to upset everybody as theyre getting together next month, where there is a peace terms conference in switzerland , over conference in switzerland, over 70 countries, but no russia , no 70 countries, but no russia, no china there and no joe biden, who has decided , although hes who has decided, although hes in europe, to skip back to la to go on an election fundraiser with julia roberts. Its a bit with julia roberts. Its a bit of that, but theres a very strong report from reuters naming five of Anonymous Sources. But five Anonymous Sources. But five Anonymous Sources in the kremlin circle saying yes, putin is serious about this. He wants to open negotiations. There is a threat. Negotiations. There is a threat. Its real blackmail. Id like to talk about this, by the way. He has a lot on his plate at the moment. But if you dont talk, im going to trash kharkiv, for example. That hasnt come out. But sources are revealed to me last night that thats where the game is. Im serious about this. Game is. Im serious about this. I want peace, but im going to smash up kharkiv if you dont open it. And can i just add you had rightly in your headline, there is a problem with zelenskyy here. One of the big criticisms of zelenskyy is that he didnt keep a back channel going throughout to moscow, which he was advised to from the beginning. And actually, its what you always have to do. What you always have to do. Well, even even when russia is invading your country and youre having to lose lives in order to defend battlefield lines, you have to, as a leader, keep a back door open for talks with things like humanitarian issues, repatriation of bodies, and that hasnt been a great success. I and that hasnt been a great success. I mean, neither side has been playing to the rules, as we know, in these kinds of wars. Not that it ever fully, fully happens, but zelenskyy himself curiously being what he is from his background, is acutely aware of opinion polls. Hes put off. The president of the election , so that hes there the election, so that hes there for a bit. But he is very worried about the, the, his own position, the decline in personal, his personal position. And hes, hes, hes following and the opinion polls are, are very are very assiduous in ukraine. Is it is a very fluid position. Can i ask though with with an election happening here now and with obviously the president ial election later in the year in the United States , how does this the United States, how does this play the United States, how does this play into what the kremlin is doing . Theres Something Else thats playing that does very much. Is playing that does very much. Is the election here, the election in for the european parliament, which may not seem a terrific deliverer of power. Deliverer of power. Its fascinating, actually , its fascinating, actually, the game playing thats going on. On. Unfortunately, its game playing with peoples lives and homes and territory and everything. But there clearly is something going on. 18 of ukraine, putin would end up with if that was the case. And would you believe him if he said , thats enough, thatll he said, thats enough, thatll cause a ceasefire wouldnt stop him, would it . Its never stopped him before. You wouldnt think so. But then its all, as robert went on to say, all the stuff about how china plays into all of this as well, which is just it makes your head explode. Frankly, yes, it does kind of work it all out. Its why you need people like robert who understand it all. Frankly anyway, look, dont go anywhere because weve got a bit of, well , sort of light relief of, well, sort of light relief with the sport. Its the fa cup final today and its a Manchester Derby. Well bring you all the latest well, as we were saying just before the break, its a very big day in football today. Aidan magee is here to explain. Magee is here to explain. It is his fa cup final day. And you can question whether the tournament itself is as important to the football clubs as it once was. But as a day, its absolutely enormous. It its absolutely enormous. It really is. In fact, were going to cross live to sophie reaper because shes been with some fans this morning in manchester. Sophie, tell us more. Sophie, tell us more. Well very good morning to you. Its always an incredibly tense day here in manchester whenever theres a derby taking place today. Of course, marking the 193rd time these two teams have played one another competitively. Now if we take a look at this season, the premier League Season , man city have League Season, man city have fared far better than united. Of course , theyve taken the course, theyve taken the trophy, whereas united have had their worst ever premier league finish. However, this could be their chance to redeem themselves if they are able to win the fa cup trophy today because, as we know , anything because, as we know, anything can happen on a derby day. Weve beenin can happen on a derby day. Weve been in manchester this morning chatting to both sets of fans as they prepare to make the journey down to wembley. This is what they had to tell me all to share. Two haaland, one foden and one bernardo silva. Oh, i think weve got to get it man united. Weve not had a good season. We want to, we want good season. We want to, we want the excitement, the way theyve been playing. Id say 5050, a bit nervous and what have you not had a great season but we werent doing great and we still beat liverpool a few weeks ago. So anything can happen in 90 minutes cant it . Its derby day. Im always nervous on derby day. Obviously the added pressure of it being an fa cup final. Well you could hear there that the nerves were jangling. I think everyone we spoke to, the only one who really seemed to be confident was the young lad we heard first who thinks its going to be four two to city. Everyone else seemed to be saying one nil, two, one very, very close ties. And that is because i think no one wants to because i think no one wants to be two confident on a derby day. You just never know which way its going to go. But kick off is at three and well be bringing you all the latest throughout the day. Throughout the day. Thanks very much indeed, sophie, and thanks also for your updates throughout the morning. Its, you know, its fascinating that young lad thought a very confident sort of didnt sound like a manchester accent. Hes what, maybe bolton over give over. Give over. Ill tell you what, though. Whoever wins. Is it curtains for ten hag . He wishes he did have some curtains. If youre talking about the hair. But no, i think actually, yeah. No, i do think its curtains. I think hes out. I think you were right. A few weeks ago. I wasnt 100 sure then, but you said, you know, it must be your judgement from looking at covering all these stories from down the years. You can tell a man whos had enough and a man whos on his way out. But i think this could be very eerily similar to 2016. Erik ten hag eric. Sorry louis van gaal, dutch manager, went into that final. They won it against Crystal Palace on the day. It was the only major trophy won as man united manager. Youve done two years as well, just like ten hag has and he faced the axe, he was told. I think it was a 24 hours after the game that he was out to make way for mourinho. Id think that irrespective of the result today, i think youll probably see in the last game very ten hag as manchester. Youre going along, arent you . Im wembley, for those up in manchester who or anywhere actually, because both clubs attract an International Audience without doubt. But in manchester do they put it on a big screen somewhere . Therell be big screens. I would have thought thered be big screens, but i think when theyve tried that before. Quite nice. Yes, there is, but theres also the problem with segregation , so be that. Segregation, so be that. Theyd be all right. Theyd be all right. Well im not no, im not so sure. But there might be areas of the city where youre going to have big screens. Maybe someone can enlighten us on that. But its a big enough city to have, like a city area. Id have thought theyre probably showing it, i mean, the other thing is its accessible on terrestrial tv. Yeah so itd also be, itd be on in every pub. Yes. In every pub. Yes. Without doubt. Yeah, yeah. Without doubt. Yeah, yeah. Without doubt. Its not like its on a, on a, you know, quite a rare because its something, i mean its such a big special thing. Its something that you want to watch with others isnt it. Yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah. Well i think the fa cup final was always like that, even if your team wasnt, wasnt involved. I mean, i remember the coverage used to start on terrestrial tv, itv and bbc from 9 00. Most people would stick with the bbc because there were no ad breaks. However, it was it was compulsive viewing for all that time and the tv companies had to be really creative in terms of their content as well, because the whole of the schedule was given over to them. But it used to be go out and buy the papers. Latley well, my the papers. Latley well, my brother used to have a barbecue. In fact, he used to charge us a fiver to get into it. Oh. Oh yes. Oh yes. No, not that about this one. No, not that about this one. Not that, not that. Not that, not that. I go on about it very often, but not really rankles. Well it does, its either that or bring your own meat over. So yeah, i brought my own meat so i wasnt pressed by. Yeah, yeah, i tell you what though, north of the border weve got weve got another cup final, another derby Old Firm Derby. Old firm derby. First time in what, 22 years . Yeah, since 2002. Yeah, exactly. Rangers prevailed that day three two. I remember it quite well. Barry ferguson starred that day. However, 22 years on, steven, its , its a much bigger thing. Its, its a much bigger thing. Its a lot bigger thing to say, but its a different game because celtic are the overwhelming favourites, a bit like man city are down here today, theyve won three of the four Old Firm Derbies this season. Rangers, old firm is it. Its. Both clubs are so old. No. Well, partly yeah, partly. Its always been called that. But they are the two dominant forces in, in scottish football going back well over 100 years now. Celtics centenary , i think, was in, centenary, i think, was in, 1988. In fact, they won the double that year. So it goes back to them being the first. The first two teams to dominate scottish football. Latterly in the 80s you had the new firm because there was a challenge actually between Dundee United and aberdeen not got together, but they just when fergie, Alex Ferguson was manager of aberdeen and he challenged the old firm and he challenged the old firm and he challenged the old firm and he won the league title a few times, Dundee United perform very well in europe, of course, and got to the final of the uefa cup in 1987, losing over two legs to gothenburg. So the new firm. But they soon kind of dissipated over time. Its very, very difficult to usurp those those two sides and thats which is why its so unique or no, not not unique, but its rare. Its very surprising that they havent met in a scottish cup final for 22 years. Yeah. Yes it is. Itll be a biggie. Aiden. Thank you very much indeed dundee. Thats where they met the beano, isnt it . Yeah beanos done in dundee. I used to love the beano. It was a good one. It was a good one. A classic Dundee United and dundee. A classic Dundee United and dundee. Theyre on the same dundee. Theyre on the same street, effectively. All right. Back okay. Okay. Well just stick with this course because were going to be talking about duchess of york. Sarah fergusons controversial appearance at the Cannes Film Festival. Thats next. This will make you cringe. This will make you cringe. The duchess of york has berated the crowd at the Cannes Film Festival. As she told them to care less about parties and more about the climate. Hmmhmm. Hmmhmm. Hmmhmm. The duchess attended the elite party held on the riviera , elite party held on the riviera, appearing on stage to auction off a portrait of the late queen. Does everyone in this room stop, stop stop stop did you see i removed the microphone . Because all of you are saying , microphone . Because all of you are saying, oh, i want to go because where is the next party . Oh, lets talk to Stephanie Takyi, oh, lets talk to Stephanie Takyi , whos in cannes. Where takyi, whos in cannes. Where else would she be . Morning, stefan. She had a tipple. Oh, i dont think i dont think she did. But she definitely wanted to get something off her chest. You know, i interviewed the duchess this week, and shes very much on this mission to save generation z, as she likes to call it. Shes been amazing ambassador, a Global Citizen ambassador. So shes very much speaking out about Climate Change. And as she said herself to me this week, she said shes been suffering from generation guilt. But the problem is she chose the wrong crowd to talk to. This was the amfar gala. It was very star studded, a lot of the crowd were waiting for shares to perform. So i think the last thing you want to hear before cher comes on stage is being lectured about the planet. Being lectured about the planet. I know these celebrities like to do it, but there is a time and a place. And for fergie, this was her time to talk about it. Yes, she i dont know where she was part of the auction process, but that, portrait of the queen, rather a strange portrait because the queens got her eyes closed. Yeah, which looks very odd, but it raised a lot of money, didnt it, stephanie . Yes , it raised over £400,000. Yes, it raised over £400,000. You see, the good thing about that gala, youve got all these celebrities, all these High Net Worth individuals who come the night alone raised £16 billion. So we think it was a room full of money basically. And obviously for fergie, she did want to pay tribute to the queen with that speech as well. But again, if youre talking in a room full of 400 people, its going to be hard to get their attention. Yeah, its getting the tone right, isnt it . I mean, look, i mean, to be fair to her, if she had points to make, but as you say, its the way she did. It is just its just extraordinary. Ive been watching it all morning, and every time it just seems really odd. It grates on you, doesnt it . She didnt get it right. Think. I think its just fergie being fergie. One thing like from interviewing her, she doesnt try to lower who she is or try to, you know , be fake. Or try to, you know, be fake. You know, when i spoke to her this week, she was saying that the reason why she is kind of relating with generation z so much is because she knows the pressure they feel, having been judged , she says she feels shes judged, she says she feels shes always felt like shes been judged in the limelight. So she has a little soft spot for generation z and certainly she looked brilliant. She was full of energy. And you have to remember that this is a lady whos been very ill in the past year. Yeah, she was wearing and she was wearing a dress that cost £13,000. So definitely shes brought all the stops for her fashion game for this trip. But fashion game for this trip. But also, you know, she has battled through two diagnoses of cancer. And when i spoke to her she just has this sense new zeal for life optimism. She says actually shes got a wonderful new body. Shes got a wonderful new body. Yeah, she looked it all right. Steph, ive had the ordeal of looking at your your social media feeds over the last week or so where youve been having a whale of a time in 10s. Or so where youve been having a whale of a time in 10s. Whats whale of a time in 10s. Whats been your favourite bit so far . Been your favourite bit so far . Oh, thats a hard one. I think my favourite bit was hosting my own yacht launch. That was very nice. Having a lunch on a yacht. Oh, very nice too. Stephanie always good to see you. See you soon and well see you tomorrow. Bye bye. A brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on. Solar, sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news Weather Forecast brought to you by the met office. Its fair to say the weather this weekend is going to be pretty messy. However, today actually looks largely dry for many of us because theres a relatively slack flow across the country at the moment, though, there are some systems waiting out towards the west and the east which are going to bring some rain later, but for the time being, a bit of a chilly start because we had some clear skies overnight. That does mean quite a bit of sunshine this morning, however, we are going to see a bit more cloud bubbling up as we go into the afternoon and there will be some showers around. Most of us avoiding these, but towards eastern areas east anglia, lincolnshire we are going to see a bit of rain pushing its way in as we go through the afternoon. In any sunshine its going to feel pleasantly warm. Temperatures a touch higher than yesterday. Highs of around 22 or 23 celsius. It is going to turn pretty wet as we go through this evening and overnight. We have some rain across northern and eastern parts and then a swathe of wet weather feeding its way up from the southwest could see some heavy bursts as that pushes its way north eastwards across many parts. Because of the cloud and the rain, temperatures arent going to drop a huge amount, so its going to be a milder start to the day tomorrow than it was this morning. It milder start to the day tomorrow than it was this morning. It is also going to be quite a cloudy and at times wet picture. Most of us will see some rain, at times showery outbreaks to start off with, and then plenty of showers developing as we go towards lunchtime and the afternoon. Some of these could pack quite a punch. Some pack quite a punch. Some torrential downpours are possible, as well as some hail. Possible, as well as some hail. And some thunder. There will be some sunny spells in between the showers, though in in any of these it should still feel warm enough even though temperatures are down a couple of degrees compared to today. A quick look to Bank Holiday Monday, and after an initially dry start in the east, its going to be another largely cloudy picture for many further outbreaks of showery rain. Again, these could be a little bit heavy at times, but there are some signs that we could see something a little bit dner could see something a little bit drier developing towards western and southwestern parts as we go through the afternoon temperatures, though down a little bit compared to tomorrow. Bye bye. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsor of weather on gb news. A very good morning. Im Darren Grimes with ellie costello, and this is saturday morning live. Yes. Great morning live. Yes. Great to morning live. Yes. Great to have morning live. Yes. Great to have your company this morning. We have got an action packed show for you, as always, with all the days top stories , all the days top stories, all the latest fallout from the general election announcement. Election announcement. Well be joined by political commentator joana jarjue former special adviser to michael gove. Charlie rowley and ceo and founder of the youth vote uk, alex cairns. Alex cairns. This afternoon well see the fa cup final. Manchester city will battle it out against Manchester United. Well be Manchester United. Well be going live to both manchester and wembley to get the reactions ahead of the game , and well be ahead of the game, and well be meeting this weeks greatest britain. This inspirational young girl