We will get a view from the defence industry. Also Tonight Pressure mounting on the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the ceasefire proposal. Still no word from hamas. We have got an Expert Panel this hour to discuss it from all sides. Good evening. There has been no end of speculation on what Part Nigel Farage would play in this election. Whether he would stand for reform or even for the conservatives. Well now we now he has taken full charge of the reform party, assuming power from former leader richard tice, and tomorrow will formally announce he is running to be mp for clacton on sea. A seat the conservatives won in 2019 with 72 of the vote. Here he is making the announcement this afternoon. What i intend to lead is a political revolt. Yes, a revolt. A turning of our backs against the political status quo. It does not work. Nothing in this country works any more. The Health Service doesnt work. The roads dont work. None of our public services are up to scratch. Im join
he has the conservative the potential to upend this election and contend what looks like a bad conservative beat into a real catastrophe for rishi sunak party. you sound almost excited about it. i am excited, the election was still up am excited, the election was still “p “p am excited, the election was still up up until this moment, and i think this will energise it. not in a way that would help rishi sunak or my party, but people do, at least now, have someone who they can rally around, and they ll be lots of conservative voters who would have seen what nigel farage said today, who would have nodded throughout his message, and i don t know how rishi sunak will counter that. i was someone who argued that rishi sunak should have been replaced as tory leader, well, it s too late for that now, and there will be a awful lot of shaking of heads in tory hq, where they were not enough heads among conservative voters. you heard
UK Conservatives have faced their worst defeat in the local council elections whose results are still being declared. Analysts suggest an early general election could be the way forward, according to reports.
A major survey of over 18,000 people on Wednesday predicted a wipeout for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak-led governing Conservative Party, with the Opposition Labour Party forecast to win 403 seats - comfortably clear of the 326
Britain's ruling Conservative Party on Friday lost two more parliamentary seats to Labour in by-elections, dealing an ominous new blow to embattled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a full national vote.