Implosion of the tories. State of the nation starts now. Ill also be joined by my most intellectual panel, former conservative mp and commentator paul goodman, and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. As always, i want to hear from you. Its a crucial hear from you. Its a crucial part of the programme. Email me at gb news. Com but now its what youve all been waiting for. The news of the day with sophia wenzler. Jacob. Thank you. Good evening. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your top story this hour. The gb newsroom. Your top story this hour. The Prime Minister has ruled out holding a general election on the 2nd of may, amid speculation he could choose to go to the polls early. In an interview with itv, rishi sunak was asked if there would be an election on the same day as the local elections, which takes place on the 2nd of may. He replied there wont be an election on that day. Previously, hes been reluctant to make a definitive statements about the general election,
Saying only that its his working assumption. It will take place in the second half of the year. Michael place in the second half of the year. Michael gove place in the second half of the year. Michael gove has named some of the groups to be investigated under a new definition of extremism, which he says will mean the government can express more clearly than ever who poses a risk to britain. Some of the groups included are alleged to have islamist views, with others described as neo nazi. See described as neo nazi. See todays new extremism definition will be used to assess whether some groups should be marginalised or blocked from pubuc marginalised or blocked from public funding. But michael gove insists its not about silencing those with private and peaceful beliefs. Beliefs. We have to be clear eyed about the threat we face, precise about where that threat comes from and rigorous in defending our democracy. That means upholding freedom of expression, religion and belief when they are
County through sir Benjamin Slade, the seventh baronet who we will be hearing from shortly. Plus the state of the nation from somersets denouement will sitwell will be teaching me to how perform the seemingly Impossible Task of cooking the Great British culinary phenomenon of kippers smoked scottish herring, but only after we exclusively reveal the story behind it, involving a certain form of Prime Minister. Coming to my london home after he kippered the eu in a speech of the nation starts now. The nation starts now. As always , i want to hear from as always, i want to hear from you. Its the most important part of the programme. So email me mail mog at gbnews. Com. And weve got a special reader of the mail mog later. Now its time news the day time for the news of the day with middlehurst. With polly middlehurst. Jacob thank you. Well, we start with some breaking news this hour here on gb news from surrey police. They have begun a Murder Investigation after we understand a ten Year Old
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Top story, the Police Federation for Northern Ireland says urgent answers are required after details emerged of two data breaches as police in Northern Ireland saying that the names of more than 200 serving officers and staff were stolen from a private vehicle on july 6th, along with a police laptop and radio. Earlier, the psni announced a Critical Incident after admitting that the details of thousands of Police Officers had been published online. A british man is among five people whove been shot dead in violent protests in south africa. The 40 year old reportedly a doctor who was visiting the country was killed in cape town last thursday. Its believed that he was shot after taking a wrong turn and a group approached his vehicle. Unrest began after minibus taxi drivers announced a week long strike, a fire that destroyed the 18th century crooked house pub in dudley last saturday is now being treated as arson. The announcement from Staffordshire Police comes after a specialist Detection