Election , dont they . Well, election, dont they . Well, obviously its disappointing to lose good, hard working conservative councillors and im grateful to them for all their service in local government. Keeping council tax low and delivering services for local people. But weve still got lots of results to come as well. Just and there are also things that i would point to harlow, for example, where keir starmer held a rally just on wednesday saying that was a place that he had to win to be on track to win a general election. That hasnt happened, and indeed were still waiting for the result. In the tees valley mayoralty , just near tees valley mayoralty, just near to here, which is obviously a very important test as well. Very important test as well. Do you need to convince your party you can do better in a general election . Well, as i said, if keir starmer was in harlow on wednesday saying that was a place that he needed to win in order to win the next general election, that hasnt hap
The studio to tell us why. And gb news Political Editor chris hope. Earlier on today asks shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves how involved tony blair is in the labour party, and her frank answer might give you sleepless nights. Youre not want to miss out on this one. And thats all coming up in your next hour. Well, the show weve got an absolute corker coming up today packed with action is blair the back seat. Prime minister in waiting is humza yousaf a dead man walking. Is ireland on the man walking. Is ireland on the brink. And weve got the legendary political pollster john curtice predicting there will be a second referendum to rejoin the European Union. How soon and why will those answers are coming up . But look, this show is nothing without you and your views and let me know your thoughts on all the stories well be discussing today by visiting gbnews. Com yoursay and joining the conversation. Or message me on our socials. And message me on our socials. And were of course gbnews. But b
Think shes had a good impact on politics or not . Thats all to come. Yes, indeed. I want to get come. Yes, indeed. I want to get stuck into all of that and more. But before i do, lets cross live to Polly Middlehurst for tonights latest news headlines. As. As. Michelle, thank you and good evening to you. Well, the top story tonight is that the Prime Minister says he will be urgently talking to his israeli counterpart to show restraint on the part of israel following irans drone and missile attack. Rishi sunak told the house of commons that hes going to be speaking to Benjamin Netanyahu later on to reiterate the later on today. To reiterate the uks solidarity with the country, and also to discuss how to prevent an escalation of violence in the middle east. The Prime Minister saying iran is committed to chaos. Mr speaker, with this attack , mr speaker, with this attack, iran has once again shown its true colours. They are intent on true colours. They are intent on sowing chaos in their ow
The fx trade is if they come to 20 basis points to you by resell the end the yen . Alix a great show, with richard clarida, coming up later in the program. Jonathan a positive turn to the market after negative and last week. Futures are positive up about nine points,. 4 . In europe a rally on a stronger footing, the ftse up by 1. 4 in the dax up by a. 8 . Events onsk wednesday, if the decision in the boj decision, just hours apart. In todays session, a softer bloomberg dollar index, the dollaryen just coming down a little bit. Wti withonger footing, a 43 handle. And merrillica lynch thing theres Downside Risk that the targets get back in the 60s by the end of the year and a supply pop could be around the corner. Theres been a steeper yield curve, we debate that throughout the program. Today, the long and rally and 30 year treasury around about basis bigt to 2. 4 percent at of a week. Alix lets check in for indepth coverage on all those top stories. And a current is looking ahead to tha