Strike out. Good for news parents, news students parents, good for news students after massive disruption that after a massive disruption that started covid and started during covid and has continued apparently continued ever since. Apparently were minimum were going to have minimum service , not Service Levels at schools, not before time Patrick Christys. Gb before time Patrick Christys. Gb news. Yes, i will also be telling you as well about how miserable itll councils have decided to cancel bonfire night. Ihope decided to cancel bonfire night. I hope that isnt happening in a town near you. Vaiews gbnews. Com. Get those views coming in thick and fast. Its got to be about sunak. I think hasnt it . Those two stonking by election defeats. Should he go do you reckon . Is it it late to change it is it too late to change a leader before an election . Would that just be ridiculous . Leader before an election . Would thatjust be ridiculous . Gb that just be ridiculous . Gb views gbnews. Com but right now is headlines. Is your headlines. Patrick. Thanks very much and good afternoon from the gb newsroom. Its 3 01 each. Egypt says its not to blame for the closure of the rafah crossing, which is delaying the delivery of humanitarian aid to palestine orleans, the countrys Foreign Ministry says as far as its concerned , the crossing is open concerned, the crossing is open and egypt is not blocking the departure of Third Country Nationals. The United Nations says its actively engaging with all parties involved. So that a meaningful number of trucks carrying aid can enter gaza every day. Meanwhile, rishi every day. Meanwhile, rishi sunakisin every day. Meanwhile, rishi sunak is in egypt meeting with the countrys president at the Prime Minister tweeted , saying Prime Minister tweeted, saying it was part of wider efforts to prevent the spread of violence. Prevent the spread of violence. Downing street says the top priority is to support british nationals safely out of the territory. Hes already met with his israeli counterpart and saudi arabias crown prince. At least nine british nationals have been killed and seven are missing since the attack by hamas on october the seventh. Here, labour leader sir keir starmer says prevents the escalation should be the top priority. Priority. I think any effort to ensure there isnt any escalation is obviously welcome. I think there are two priorities now , urgent are two priorities now, urgent priorities. The first is that hamas must release the hostages who are being held in gaza. And secondly , we urgently we need secondly, we urgently we need that humanity , korean aid to get that humanity, korean aid to get in the food, the water, the fuel , the medicines. Obviously, there have been some progress, but much more is needed. Its urgent. There are many innocent urgent. There are many innocent civilians in gaza. Civilians in gaza. Israeli military sources have given more information about the estimated 200 hostages taken by hamas. They say 30 of those taken a teenagers and Young Children and 20 are people over the age of 60. They say the majority are still alive. Meanwhile israeli troops are mobilising along the border of the gaza strip ahead of a possible Ground Invasion. Tanks, troops and helicopters were seen near the border this morning. Israeli defence minister yoav galant has told troops they would soon see the palestinian enclave from inside. In other enclave from inside. In other news now, sir keir starmer says former tory voters have put their trust and their confidence in the labour party as they overturned a conservative majority to win two by elections. Just a warning of flashing images coming up in tamworth. Sarah edwards overturned a conservative majority of more than 19,000. Meanwhile Alastair Strathern claimed mid beds beardshear with a 20. 5 swing, marking the largest labour by election win since 1945. He says hes delighted people voted for change. And we have been really humbled by how seriously people have taken this election, this opportunity to do Something Different , this to make different, this chance to make sure finally have an mp in sure we finally have an mp in parliament whos going to be on our side. And i think its fair to after today, to say that after today, no one is going to be taking us for granted here in bedfordshire ever granted here in bedfordshire evewell, conservative party well, conservative Party Chairman says chairman greg hands says labours wins not so labours wins are not so significant. Labours wins are not so sig|labour. Labours wins are not so sig|labour hardly improved their labour hardly improved their vote at and in fact went vote at all and in fact went down in mid bedfordshire slightly. But i dont think that slightly. But i dont think that will have an impact on the general election. Clearly we need to recognise that a large number of our conservative voters did not come out yesterday mid bedfordshire and tamworth despite having excellent candidates in Festus Akinbusoye and in andy cooper. So we need to work harder. We need to make sure that people get the government message that we are delivering against the five priorities, making progress i more than 1600 suspected members of county lines drug gangs have been arrested across england and wales. The operation sees class a drugs worth more than £1 million and cash of the same value. Around 58 children have been referred to safeguard services for possible exploit by the gangs. The action also closed 250 phone lines and seized more than 400 weapons, including firearms and knives. Including firearms and knives. Two people have died in storm babbette in scotland as Severe Weather conditions continue, the met office has issued a new 24 hour red weather warning in central and north east scotland as further heavy rainfall is expected. 400 people have been expected. 400 people have been evacuated from their homes in brecon after flood defences were breached. Amber warnings for wind and rain have also been issued for parts of northern england, the midlands and northern wales. Well thats all northern wales. Well thats all from me for now. This is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker. All you have to say is play gb news. Now its over to. Patrick well , we start over to. Patrick well, we start with a truly terrible night for the conservatives. Theres piled even more pressure on rishi sunak. Labour won both of yesterdays by elections after overturning a huge tory majorities in tamworth and mid bedfordshire. And its and mid bedfordshire. And its got some people asking is rishi sunak the right man to lead the conservatives into the next general election . I actually spoke to conservative mp ranjana warner last night crucially , she warner last night crucially, she this was just before the by Election Results were announced. I asked him whether announced. I asked him whether or not rishi sunak was still the right man to lead the tories. I think everyone in the conservative party is united that there is no more leadership change. Rishi sunak is prime change. Rishi sunak is the Prime Minister. He change. Rishi sunak is the Prime Minister. He the change. Rishi sunak is the Prime Minister. He the leader. Change. Rishi sunak is the Prime Minister. He the leader. Hes minister. He is the leader. Hes got us into got to lead us into the election. But the important election. But the big important thing is weve got to have proper policy. Proper conservative policy. Weve got get on and weve actually got to get on and do that separate us from weve actually got to get on and do socialistst separate us from weve actually got to get on and do socialists and|arate us from weve actually got to get on and do socialists and thee us from weve actually got to get on and do socialists and the other rom the socialists and the other left wing , which hes not really left wing, which hes not really doing, is he . Doing, is he . So that does still beg the question whether or not hes the right man to lead the conservative party into the next general election. To know general election. I want to know your on this. Your views on this. Vaiews gbnews. Com know that vaiews gbnews. Com i know that it complete it sounds absolutely complete and the and utterly bonkers that the conservative party would change and utterly bonkers that the ctleadertive party would change and utterly bonkers that the c leader this party would change and utterly bonkers that the c leader this party � to uld change and utterly bonkers that the c leader this party � to ad change and utterly bonkers that the c leader this party � to a generale a leader this close to a general election. But if youve got a choice between guaranteed electoral oblivion or the chance of maybe not getting battered, what do you do . Speak now. Gb news Political EditorChristopher Hope. Christopher, thank you very much. Great to thank you very much. Great to have you on the show. How far have you on the show. How far behind in the polls is Boris Johnson . When they decided that they had to get rid of him , is they had to get rid of him, is that a question you near the answer to . Patrick . I think it was about a 2 or 3 points, no more than that. A 2 or 3 points, no more than that. Last july when they moved. That. Last july when they moved. When . When, of course, i think saturday javid resigned from the government, it did rishi government, as it did rishi sunak. Hes been lucky in a sense. I sunak. Hes been lucky in a sense. I think. Mr sunak because sense. I think. Mr sunak because theres no one to challenge him at all in the backbenches as a penod at all in the backbenches as a period hes been in power as Prime Minister one year on tuesday, next week. That means that after that period , mps on that after that period, mps on the backbenches can start putting in letters of no confidence in the leadership of mr sunak in to graham brady, now 15 of backbenchers decide they have no confidence in him. There have no confidence in him. There will be a no confidence vote in him now. No one thinks that. No one thinks that anyone would anyone would challenge mr sunak if he lost that vote of no confidence. But what i think mps on the right might think is that heres a chance to try and force mr sunak to do more conservative policies. The concern the right policies. The concern the right have is why did the reform uk party win enough votes . Last night in both tamworth and mid bedfordshire to mean that the tories didnt win . If the reform party hadnt stood patrick in those seats . And of course richard tice is a colleague of ours on gb news. If that hadnt happened , had the that hadnt happened, had the tory mps would both tory mps would have won both seats it wouldnt having seats and it wouldnt be having this right this chat right now. Okay. I think it yeah, okay. I think it probably is important to give a little more context you little bit more context like you were doing there about the were just doing there about the actual that those two by actual results that those two by elections which has actual results that those two by elec raised which has actual results that those two by elec raised massive which has actual results that those two by elec raised massive scrutinyias actual results that those two by elec raised massive scrutiny over now raised massive scrutiny over rishi go on, talk us rishi sunak. So go on, talk us through what actually happened then. Okay. So here in mid bedfordshire where i am labours alyssa strathearn won with a majority of 1192 in tamworth. Majority of 1192 in tamworth. Laboun majority of 1192 in tamworth. Labour, labour mp, a woman called sarah edwards, is a new labour mp again. She won with a majority of 1016. Now both those numbers were overtaken if possible by the reform uk party. So the tories, had they been more right wing in policies, the argument is that they could have won those those support that support from reform uk and then won the seats and thats why its so difficult. These these defeats last night with the tamworth was the second biggest vote swing to the conservatives, to labour since 1945. Is the biggest being in dudley west in 1994. It goes on record set all over the place and there were the two top six biggest reversals were last night. Thats how big it is and thats what rishi sunak is coming back to and how he responds to that over the next few days is vital on tuesday, next week, theres a meeting of the European Research group they will group of tory mps. They will look at these results these look at these results on these byelections to byelections and wonder how to take fonnard towards the take that fonnard towards the pm. Although hes not hes pm. So although hes not hes not not at risk because theres not not at risk because theres no real candidate to take him on. Patrick, there are concerns about his leadership and how he can it around because mps can turn it around because mps are now wondering, have i got a livelihood after end of next year . Okay. All right, christopher, look, thank very, very much. Look, thank you very, very much. Its hope that gb its Christopher Hope that gb news from mid news Political Editor from mid bedfordshire. Now im joined by conservative mp jonathan gullis, who joins me now. Yes, there we who joins me now. Yes, there we go. All right. Well, great to have you on the show. Thank you very, very much. Look, does rishi have to go if youve got any chance of winning the next election . The Prime Minister has my absolute full support. Should absolute full support. He should lead next general lead us into the next general election. Still believe he can election. I still believe he can firmly because you look firmly win because when you look at flip flop that stands at the flip flop that stands opposite the despatch opposite him across the despatch box, keir starmer, who cant keep a single promise to his keep to a single promise to his own let alone, god own members, let alone, god forbid, the country. I forbid, to the country. I think we minister that we have a Prime Minister that has clear five priorities has a very clear five priorities that hard to that hes working hard to deliver on use conference to deliver on and use conference to outline that the outline further that he is the candidate willing to take the brave and bold decisions that need made order to need to be made in order to bnng need to be made in order to bring the country fonnard. So patrick back. I patrick ritchies got my back. I got ritchies 100. Got ritchies back 100. Okay. You know, i think okay. Do you know, i think that there chance that that there is a chance that maybe he needs to do more conservative things. Mean, conservative things. I mean, i was at some of the was looking at some of the swings last night. It is absolutely and absolutely staggering. And people are people are voting instead for reform, which wants to things like turn the boats back. Well, look , i think youre well, look, i think youre absolutely right to look at what the show. First of all, the results show. First of all, the results show. First of all, the turnout tamworth, where the turnout in tamworth, where i spent lot of time, was just spent a lot of time, was just was around 35. That means nearly two thirds of voters who two thirds of all voters who could to sit at home. Could vote chose to sit at home. So thats telling tale in so thats a telling tale in itself. A lot apathy, itself. Theres a lot of apathy, a people feeling that at a lot of people feeling that at the moment in time. Theyre sitting out maybe waiting for a general election. You are correct saying reform correct in saying that reform picking and you picking up votes. And if you actually for britain actually add reform for britain and , thats around and ukip together, thats around 9 vote. Clearly the 9 of the vote. So clearly the Prime Ministers pledge to stop 9 of the vote. So clearly the prinboats1isters pledge to stop 9 of the vote. So clearly the prin boats isters pledge to stop 9 of the vote. So clearly the prinboats is ans pledge to stop 9 of the vote. So clearly the prinboats is an important stop 9 of the vote. So clearly the prinboats is an important one, the boats is an important one, particularly places in the particularly in places in the midlands north, it midlands and the north, and it needs delivered upon, needs to be delivered upon, which as we go through which is why as we go through the court case of rwanda, i hope well see flights by the well see flights soon by the end the year. But also end of the year. But it also means we need to be frank and tackle legal migration as well. Patrick, as and i have patrick, as you and i have discussed, migration discussed, legal migration cannot thats cannot be in a 600,000. Thats absolutely cannot be in a 600,000. Thats absoleven be in the 200,000 or cant even be in the 200,000 or the of thousands or even the tens of thousands or even the tens of thousands or even the net zero migration potentially that we potentially is something that we should for as a should be aiming for as a political taking hes Political Party taking on. Hes not going to do it, though, is he . This is this is. I got you. I get you. Im getting these emails in right now in front of me. Keith says. Ive just filled in a survey. Conservative in a survey. The conservative party basically, party have said to me basically, ive said that theyre pushing away they away loyal supporters as they need away from con need to move away from con socialist theres socialist policies. Theres another a lifelong another one here. Im a lifelong conservative but after conservative voter, but after rishis terrible prime rishis terrible time as Prime Minister reform minister i will be voting reform at general election. At the next general election. And somebody else here, literally below. If h