Johnson could be deployed to the red wall to campaign for the tories in the next general election. Well be hearing from voters in a tory stronghold and what they think about his potential return. And later in the show, andrea jenkyns, who says this is all absolute codswallop. Thats all coming up in your next hour. Welcome to the show. So yesterday, lee anderson defects to reform, sensationally sending seismic ripples through the tory party today. Oh, call me a cynic. Bofis today. Oh, call me a cynic. Boris johnson is being deployed to the red wall to try and save the conservatives faith. This feels to me like the classic dead cat story. Nothing to see here. Say cc hq , all is fine. Here. Say cc hq, all is fine. Bofis here. Say cc hq, all is fine. Boris will ride in on his white horse with his scruffy hair and save the day, but does the idea have any merit . Would it convince you to stick with the tories after that brexit revolt in 2019, or is it simply curtains for the conservatives
Suggesting she supported hamas, but the cost of that payment is covered by taxpayers. The science secretary, michelle donelan, has now retracted her comments about professor kate sang after a government investigation found the allegations were baseless. And allegations were baseless. And finally thousands of staff at greggs are to get, shall we say, a slice of the profits. More than £17 million in bonuses. Evidently, its after the high street bakery saw profits rise by 27 in the last year, so staff can expect to see their extra dough in their pay packets at the end of this month to recognise their hard work, and its all the icing on the cake for the workers, who already get a share of the profits each year for the very latest news stories, do sign up for gp news alerts. Scan the qr code on your screen to gb news. Common screen or go to gb news. Common alerts. Welcome along a message alerts. Welcome along a message to the Prime Ministerjust boots out the jihadis. Its not hard. France a
Are you an extremist . Next. Are you an extremist . Next. Im Polly Middlehurst and the top story in the gb newsroom tonight i at 9 01, Birmingham City council has approved a wave of budget cuts that have been described as a devastating double whammy of tax cuts and fewer public services. The fewer public services. The labour Led Authority is planning a 21 increase in council tax over two years, and £300 million worth of cuts to public services. Council leader john cotton, unrwa , vividly apologised to the unrwa, vividly apologised to the citys residents , blaming tory citys residents, blaming tory austero , 80, birminghams austero, 80, birminghams conservative leader, said though the cuts will mean streets arent clean and broken, street lights arent repaired and jeremy hunt is expected to ask councils to cut wasteful spending on equality and diversity programmes as he announces britains budget tomorrow. Its being suggested tomorrow. Its being suggested he could announce a £0. 02 in t
Election . Now, bit of election . Now, bit of controversy he is. James cleverly , a moron. Harsh words , cleverly, a moron. Harsh words, some might say, but not according to nigel farage. Because as ive been saying on this show all week , the this show all week, the government tried to take credit for the fact zero people crossed the channel in small dinghies over the Christmas Period because of 50 mile an hour winds. This fella tried to take the credit. Nigel farage roared back fair comment or below the belt. And finally a new report belt. And finally a new report by politicians is asking for a clampdown on fans who turn up to big football matches without tickets. This, of course, tickets. This, of course, follows the euro 2020 final at wembley, when 2000 fans steamed into the ground through escape exits and disabled doors. But do we really need new laws, or is it simply a matter of tighter security . What are this lot . No about going to a football match. All of that coming up in the
Five. Weve waited for years. Prime ministers have come and gone. Careers have risen and fallen. But as the rain poured down on downing street and the nafion down on downing street and the nation looked on expectantly, it finally happened. Someone emailed gb news saying they agreed with benjamin butterworth. The wokeist non gender aligned person in britain is back for more, and his old sparring partner Albie Amankona has jetted back from holiday to join the fun too. But im afraid theres no ben leo this week. Theres no ben leo this week. But lovers of annoyingly overconfident young right wingers need not despair. The one and only Alex Armstrong is present and correct now, keeping a measure of order and making her debut on the show. The brilliant freelance journalist georgia gillooly. Now folks, you all know the drill. We outline our argument about a chosen topic, then we all pile in and the first starts to fly. And of course, we want your views as well. Much more important than ours. Se