July. 78 tory mps are now leaving parliament, a post war record breaking exodus, with michael gove and Andrea Leadsom becoming the latest mps to announce that they will not stand so the Great British debate this hour ill be asking was rishi right to call an election now. 7 the was rishi right to call an election now . The conservative mp for south thanet, Craig Mckinley . I dont know whether you watched that incredible documentary on gb news. He returned to parliament for the first time this week since his battle with sepsis , which left battle with sepsis, which left him without any hands or feet. Well be discussing the impact and Science Behind this life threatening condition in this weeks hot topic. Then my difficult conversation is with son of the famous photographer david bailey, sasha bailey, a former model who has the nhs waiting list to thank for giving him time to think, stopping him from going down a path of gender reassignment surgery. He says hes happy to be alive. You will
After years of keeping a low profile Paula Venables was thrust into the spotlight this week and making her way through a scrum of cameras may have been the easy part. She started with an apology. I would just like to say, and im gratefulfor the opportunity to do this in person, how sorry i am for all that subpostmasters and theirfamilies and others have suffered as a result of all of the matters that the inquiry has been looking into for so long. There were tears as she was asked about the death of a subpostmaster who took his own life after being financially ruined by the post office. And i mentioned that. Im sorry. I imagine that i was probably. Just pause. Try and compose yourself if you can, and then continue your evidence, please. She defended her role. She may have been the boss, she said, but she wasnt responsible for everything. And she wasnt told everything either. You are not responsible for everything that happens underneath you. You have to rely on the advice of internal an
But he says hes now concluded, there comes a moment when you know its time to leave, that a new generation should lead. Rishi has the plan our country needs, he added, i will do everything i can to support him. But as rishi sunak toured the Titanic Quarter in belfast, the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. Among more than 100 other mps Standing Down, the former Prime Minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons, Andrea Leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. While the conservatives are now seeing more mps walk away than in 1997, labours losses are less substantial. Keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. After mps lined up to mark the close of Parliament Last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential Prime Ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. Hannah miller, bbc news. Lets cross to the newsroom and speak to our Politica
The list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. Among more than 100 other mps Standing Down, the former Prime Minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of Commons Andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. While the conservatives are now seeing more mps walk away than in 1997, labours losses are less substantial. Keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. After mps lined up to mark the close of Parliament Last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential Prime Ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. Hannah miller, bbc news. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent harry farley who is in the West Midlands now. With keir starmer, i imagine. What is he up to and what will be the focus . ,. ,. , focus . Im in the Bellwether Seat of stafford, a seat focus . Im in the Bellwether Seat of stafford, a seat at focus . Im in the Bellwether Seat of s
Around him whilst inside, activists with banners and flags chanted free palestine in labour has ruled out any deals with the snp after the election, even in the event of a hung parliament. Sir keir starmer has been campaigning in the east of glasgow today, which is one of the seats that hes hoping to take from John Swinneys party. Sir keir said the snps only ambition is to break up the uk and there would be absolutely no deal with the scottish nationalists. Well, gb news can nationalists. Well, gb news can reveal that more than 10,000 channel migrants have crossed illegally to the uk so far this yeah illegally to the uk so far this year. The milestone figure was reached today after another 154 people arrived in dover, having crossed in three small boats this morning. Its a blow to rishi sunak on his second full day of campaigning after he promised that his government would stop the boats. The former would stop the boats. The former boss of the post office has been accused of living in