Accused of hacking personal details of 270,000 personnel, reservists and veterans. Shortly well cross the defence secretary , grant shapps, who secretary, grant shapps, who used to give a full statement in the house of commons. And thats all coming up between now and 6 00. Welcome to the show and always delight to have your company. Later in the show ill company. Later in the show ill be asking this question. Politicians, counsellors crying allah akbar. Others kicked out of their parties for anti semitism. Sexthe honey traps, lobbying scandals, british politics to me seems to be absolutely in the gutter. Is be absolutely in the gutter. Is it time for an independent political ombudsman to kick all of these into shape and kick the bad apples into touch . Let me know. Do you think they mark their own homework too often . How on earth can these counsellors who seem more obsessed with gaza than britain, be allowed to carry on . They seem to get away with all sorts of stuff. Let me know your
Consultant and former labour aide stella santykiu, and the former conservative mp michael brown. As always, i want to hear from you. Its a crucial part of the programme. Email me. Mail. Margaret gbnews. Com. But now its what weve all been waiting for. The news bulletin with sam francis. Francis. Jacob, thank you very much. And good evening to you. Its just after 8 00 leading the news this evening, just after 8 00 leading the news this evening , the defence this evening, the defence secretary says state involvement in a cyber attack on the ministry of defence cant be ruled out. But he refused to confirm if china was the culprit. Beijing strongly denied it was behind the hack, calling the accusations completely fabricated. Up to 272,000 british personnel may have had their details compromised. And their details compromised. And speaking in the house of commons, grant shapps said it shows that the world is, he says, becoming a more dangerous place for reasons of National Security. We cant
My calendar. Did you actually. Oh, i suppose all the semi finals are all this week, but its come into the attention of many people that are, candidate, i suppose , are act candidate, i suppose, are act this year has perhaps not been the most positive about britain in the past. No. No. No. And you would have thought if you were representing your country at such an event that are lots of people enjoy, lots of people enjoy that you would be, patriotic, but perhaps not Olly Alexander. He says he has Olly Alexander. He says he has an ambivalent relationship with the union flag, as it can be divisive and nationalistic now, he says. Now, he says, i think this sounds a tad arrogant, he says. Now, he says, i think this sounds a tad arrogant , that this sounds a tad arrogant, that he is going to reclaim the flag when , of course, he will be when, of course, he will be draped in it, because thats the done thing at eurovision. So he done thing at eurovision. So he thinks that he can reclaim it. An
Entry Olly Alexander says that the Union Jack Flag can be divisive and nationalistic. I thought flags were meant to be nationalistic, israel has rejected that ceasefire offer from hamas and its continuing its invasion of the Southern Gaza city of rafah. Well have the latest and the green party are now investigating that council who declared his election victory, a win for the people of gaza. Should moeen ali be booted out of politics for saying this is the voice of palestine . Hello, hello. Hello, hello. His his comments that are especially provocative and under investigation were about a rabbi whos now had to go into hiding with his family and the green party, im afraid, knew about these comments before the local elections. So they should be elections. So they should be investigating their own failure to respond. To respond. Yeah. Let us know your thoughts this morning. Gbnews. Com forward slash your say first though the very latest news with sophia wenzler. Thanks bev. Good morning.
The cass review, as its called, came out last week, and it recommends a new approach for clinicians. This is a Polarising Subject for some people. So, what mightjournalism do differently in how it covers it . Hannah barnes is a former bbc producer who investigated some of the uks gender Identity Services for the corporations newsnight programme. She went on to write a book about it. I asked her when she first started her investigation. First came across it at all in 2017. I was off on my first Maternity Leave and there was a piece in the times Byjanice Turner Which was talking about this really rapid increase in the referrals of Teenage Girls to gids the gender Identity Development service and she had spoken to two clinicians who worked at the service. It wasnt really a Big Sort Of Whistle blowy piece but they had talked to her and said what theyd seen and itjust i thought it was very interesting, but i was off and, you know, spending time with my baby. And there was also a documentary