Reveal all. Next patrick, thank you and good evening to you. Well, the top story from the gb newsroom tonight is that the suspended tory mp lee anderson held tory mp lee anderson has held private talks with the leader of the party leader, the reform uk party leader, richard tice. Its fuelled speculation that the former deputy chair of the tory party is about to defect to the rival party. Gb news understand that they met for in person talks in derbyshire on sunday. The meeting happened a day after lee anderson lost the whip for refusing to apologise after saying islamists had control of the london mayor, sadiq khan , the london mayor, sadiq khan, and also today , mp paul scully and also today, mp paul scully has apologised for saying there are no go zones in birmingham and in east london. The former minister made reference to areas with large muslim communities , with large muslim communities, comments which he says he now regrets. Mr scully admits he regrets. Mr scully admits he could
So the system is fair. Well, in the next two hours well speak to labour shadow ministers and get exclusive polling on who the public want to be the next Prime Minister. Well also hear from a spokesperson from george galloways. Galloways. Party. And of course, well hear from the man of the moment, the man himself, nigel farage. Hell be in the studio giving his first reaction since revealing he wont be contesting a seat at the general election. He may be relieved to know that im not going to stand as a candidate myself. Why. 7 six myself. Why . Six weeks isnt long enough to fight a constituency seat. But theres some more news behind that, and well get to the story. Behind the story . Thats all coming up after your News Headlines with sophia wenzler. Wenzler. Good evening. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. The wenzler in the gb newsroom. The Prime Minister says voters should back him if they want the rwanda deportation scheme to succeed , but concedes flights succeed, but concedes fli
Succeed , but concedes flights succeed, but concedes flights wont get off the ground before the general election. Rishi sunak also says hes putting the economy and Global Security at the heart of his campaign. It comes as Political Party leaders begin six weeks of trying to win votes after it was announced. Polls will open on the 4th of july, kicking off the Conservatives Campaign this morning, rishi sunak claimed labour would do absolutely nothing to stop the boats. Nothing to stop the boats. Everyone else is starting to agree with my approach, which is bold. The one person that doesnt is keir starmer. Thats a choice that this election, he thinks that we should just offer an amnesty to Illegal Migrants to make us a soft touch of europe. It would make us a magnet for thousands of migrants coming from everywhere. So thats the choice at this election. Do you think my plan election. Do you think my plan is the right one . Do you think im the one thats taking bold action to secure our bord
How, why, can someone wielding a sword run amok in a North East London suburb, killing a 14 year old reportedly on his way to school . Well talk to this mum, whose16 year old son was killed by teenagers who bought swords and a machete on the internet. Shes campaigning for a ban on the online sale of them. Also tonight who will win the battle for the West Midlands mayoralty . Polls suggest its soooo close between the conservatives and labour. How will the outcome affect the fortunes of the Prime Minister and labour leader over the coming months . On newsnight tonight, we have polling guru professor sirjohn curtice, claire ainslie, who was keir starmer s policy director, and Ben Riley Smith from the telegraph, who knows about the plotting going on in the tory party. Plus, rememberthis from two years ago . The brexit Opportuities Minister explaining why he had delayed bringing in post brexit checks here in the uk. This would have been an Act Of Self Harm if we had gone ahead with it. It w
Borisjohnson is due to hold a Conference Call in the next hour with conservative mps amid growing anger about his plans to override part of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement. In the last few minutes weve learned that a total of 3,539 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the uk thats the highest daily figure since may the 17th. This comes as data released by the governments Scientific Advisory group has confirmed that the reproduction number, or r value, of coronavirus transmission across the uk has risen above one, meaning the epidemic is growing. Meanwhile the uks largest study of Coronavirus Infections has found the number of cases is now doubling every week. New lockdown restrictions have been announced in parts of the West Midlands which have seen a sharp rise in covid 19 cases. From tuesday, households in birmingham, sandwell and solihull will be banned from mixing together. Meanwhile, wales will follow england and scotland and ban indoor gatherings of more than six people fr