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Galloway has to say. It will be very interesting, though, to see what the reaction is in the room, in the building, in the commons , to see if people arent commons, to see if people arent too happy to see him there. Well, precisely. Well, precisely. Its been quite a while, almost nine years since he was last a member of parliament, but he will be being introduced dunng he will be being introduced during our airtime. We will show you him walking in to the house of commons, flanked on one side by sir Peter Bottomley, the father of the house, and on the other side, Jeremy Corbyn. Now not everyone there were other people asked, werent there other politician was asked to accompany him. To accompany him. Initially, david davis was going to be the man walking to his left, taking him in. But hes backed out of that commitment and left it to the father of the house. Yes. So let us know. Do you think hell be shunned entirely, or do you think actually he might find a few allies in the house that agree with house of commons that agree with him a few things. Let him on quite a few things. Let us you think. Gb views us know what you think. Gb views at com. Are also at gb news. Com. There are also at gb news. Com. There are also a things need a few things that we need to look out arent there a few look out for. Arent there a few tncks look out for. Arent there a few tricks well . Tricks as well . Number one, uh, if you are going to swear or affirm now if you if you swear by almighty god, thats the sort of religious way of swearing in to be an mp. But you can affirm and thats the sort of irreligious way the other thing, of course, is you have to swear an oath, an oath of loyalty to the king. Now some some members of parliament who are republicans, well, they still have to say the oath, but they cross their fingers. They do this behind their back they say it behind their back as they say it behind their back. Well, maybe snp mps who do that. Socialist mps do that. Some socialist mps do that. Some socialist mps do that. Galloway that. Some socialist mps do that. Maybe galloway that. Some socialist mps do that. Maybe he galloway that. Some socialist mps do that. Maybe he wont. Illoway that. Some socialist mps do tha well,be he wont. Illoway that. Some socialist mps do tha well, there wont. Illoway that. Some socialist mps do tha well, there yourt. Illoway that. Some socialist mps do tha well, there you go. Lloway that. Some socialist mps do tha well, there you go. Llow us well, there you go. Let us know views. Know your views. Vaiews gbnews. Com. But lets get headlines. Emily. Get your headlines. Emily. Thank you. Your top stories this afternoon. The chancellor says he wants to move the uk to a lower taxed economy. But in a responsible way. Income tax has reached an historic high and while promising some cuts , while promising some cuts, jeremy hunt has been trying to temper expectations ahead of wednesdays budget. Jeremy hunt insists the government isnt looking to borrow more money and is focusing on boosting the economy. Economy. We do want to move to a lower taxed economy, but were only going to do so in a way that is responsive, possible and recognises rises that there are things that taxes pay for , that things that taxes pay for, that we couldnt cut taxes by borrowing. Well do so in a responsible way. But if we can spend money on Public Services more efficiently , then that will more efficiently, then that will mean less pressure on taxpayers. Mean less pressure on taxpayers. Speaking to gb news, former home secretary Dame Priti Patel says the government needs to do more , needs to be more cautious more, needs to be more cautious when it comes to spending. Have over 500,000 civil we have over 500,000 Civil Servants now even to shave a degree off that would cut Public Expenditure by at least £1 billion and that would be great. Back again in 2010, 2016, we had under,i back again in 2010, 2016, we had under , i think, around 400,000 under, i think, around 400,000 Civil Servants, and that saved a significant amount, amount of money, the spending, the costs alone. I think, came down to Something Like £11 billion. This is where we have to be again, to be an agile government thats fit in the sense of financially sound, sound money, conservative principles, but actually making sure the public keep more of their their money. George galloway is due to be sworn in as the new rochdale mp later today, arriving at the commons this morning, he was asked how he feels about his comeback. Well, ill tell you whats happening inside the bill. I always loved the building, the people quite much. People in it not quite so much. The Workers Party of britain leader won last weeks by election by more than 5500 votes. The focus of his campaign was the ongoing war in gaza, warning sir keir starmer that labour would pay a high price for enabling what he says is a qatar atrophy. Mr galloway was a labour mp for 16 years. He was suspended from the party in 2003 over remarks made at the start of the iraq war. The governments rwanda bill returns to the house of lords this afternoon as the legislation enters its final stages in parliament. Nearly 50 amendments have been tabled , with a number have been tabled, with a number of votes expected today and on wednesday. Among them , the wednesday. Among them, the governments assessment that rwanda is a safe country for asylum seekers. It comes almost asylum seekers. It comes almost two years after ministers first announced the plan to send some migrants east african migrants to the east african country. The government has country. The government has promised the flights promised that the first flights will happen in the spring. Meanwhile, gb news understands around 270 migrants have been intercepted crossing the channel intercepted crossing the channel in five small boats today. In five small boats today. Thats after 327 made the crossing yesterday , the same day crossing yesterday, the same day a seven Year Old Girl died after a seven Year Old Girl died after a boat capsized. Shed been travelling with her pregnant mother , her father and three mother, her father and three siblings when the boat got into difficulty in the early hours of yesterday morning. Education yesterday morning. Education leaders are calling for a double digit pay rise for all teachers across england. Its after the across england. Its after the government said School Salaries should return to a more reasonable level. The National Association of Head Teachers Union says england currently has the highest number of unfilled teaching posts in over a decade. Teaching posts in over a decade. It says a raise of at least 10 will counter the recruitment crisis. Will counter the recruitment crisis. Nikki haley has will counter the recruitment crisis. Nikki haley has defeated crisis. Nikki haley has defeated donald trump in the republican primary in washington , d. C. Donald trump in the republican primary in washington , dc. This primary in washington, dc. This is her first victory over the former president in this Years Campaign to become the republican president ial candidate , but she lost in her candidate, but she lost in her home state of South Carolina. But shes now the first woman to win a republican primary in us history. The only remaining challenger to donald trump in the race, she won almost 63 of the race, she won almost 63 of the vote. However mr trump has a significant lead over miss haley and is likely to face joe biden in the election later this year. And a ferrari stolen from a former formula one driver, 28 years ago has been recovered by police. The sports car , stolen police. The sports car, stolen from austrian driver gerard berger, is worth around £350,000. The ferrari f512m was one of two vehicles taken while their drivers were at the san marino grand prix in 1995. The met police says officers received a report from the carmaker in january after the company carried out checks on a vehicle being brought by a us buyer through a uk broker last year. Buyer through a uk broker last year. For the latest stories, year. For the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. Or you can go to gb news. Common alerts now its back to tom and. Emily. Back to tom and. Emily. How safe are we in britain . The government is reportedly seeking to expand the definition of extremism for the first time in a decade , to include those in a decade, to include those who seek to undermine British Values and institutions , as that values and institutions, as that would mean groups who use intimidation or violence could be excluded from taxpayer funding. Well , since funding. Well, since hamas funding. Well , since hamas attacked well, since hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october, mps have experienced an increased level of intimidation and hate. And speaking on gb news earlier, the former home secretary priti patel warned this is curtailing curtailing the work of mps. Im very conscientious. There are things that i do, you know, around my own personal safety and security. I had three and security. I had three attempted assaults on me last year after i left. Being attempted assaults on me last year afteri left. Being home year after i left. Being home secretary , and all of it was , secretary, and all of it was, you know, totally unprovoked by me, just people feeling that they had the license to come up and physically and verbally and be physically and verbally intimidating and threatening. Intimidating and threatening. Thatis intimidating and threatening. That is just not acceptable. Im afraid this is the reality of the country that we live in. I want our democracy to be free flowing and know , i want us flowing and you know, i want us to be able around doing to be able to go around doing what do. But i can say now, what we do. But i can say now, people do not speak as freely in parliament as they do and would have previously on issues because they are worried and theyre not just worried for themselves, theyre worried about their families. Well that was pretty patel this morning. Was pretty patel this morning. But joining us now is the conservative mp for peterborough, paul bristow. Peterborough, paul bristow. Paul peterborough, paul bristow. Paul, interesting to hear from priti patel particularly stuck out to me as what she said about how how some of our mps dont speak as freely as they would like in the houses of parliament because of the threat of intimidation and or violence. Intimidation and or violence. Well , hello intimidation and or violence. Well, hello emily, i can only really speak for myself. I will always say what i believe in, free from intimidation and free from threats , etc. I always from threats, etc. I always speak passionately about what i believe in. I dont feel necessarily less , uh, safe than necessarily less, uh, safe than i did a week, a month, six months ago. I have had threats against my personal safety and that of my family, but its the usual loudmouth fools on social media who probably wouldnt say boo to a goose if i kind of looked at them in the face. But look, im speaking on behalf of myself here. I think women get it lot worse than men. And it a lot worse than men. And i guess difference between me guess the difference between me and other mps and and perhaps, um, other mps and im speaking on behalf im not speaking on their behalf is, is my city. This is, uh, i this is my city. This is, uh, i this is my city. This is where i live. And i certainly dont expect security when i, uh, when i go to the supermarket or i go to a restaurant or i take my kids to the park and, uh, and thats the ive uh, and thats the way ive always engaged myself and always. Have you always. Paul, you have you have previously spoken about online abuse, havent you . Particularly after the vote on on gaza, you said youve received quite a lot of abuse after calling for a ceasefire well, i did, i mean, the abuse actually came not necessarily after anything i did. Its the way i suppose my political opponents , um, political opponents, um, opposition councillors, etc. Have, uh, misinterpreted what i did. But as i say, it was the only the loud mouth sort of people on, on social media. Ive never been intimidated , uh, face never been intimidated, uh, face to face or physically. But look, to face or physically. But look, its not right. And what does its not right. And what does worry me actually , is the way worry me actually, is the way other accounts, other , uh, other accounts, other, uh, potential people may be put off going into politics as a result of it. But, um, speaking personally , uh, its not personally, uh, its not everyones you know, we dont want everyone to be exactly the same. And everyone, um, you know, like me, etc, etc. But to speak ing personally, its water off a ducks back. Really. Off a ducks back. Really. Paul looking at policy and the policy that is flowing from the policy that is flowing from the Prime Ministers wide ranging speech on friday, we now learn that the definition of extremism is being sought to be changed by the government to include what some might view as the quite nebulous concept of those who seek to undermine line democracy. What does that mean to you . To you . Well, i think we have to Pay Attention to the Security Services and their saying that we are now less safe or, um , we are now less safe or, um, than weve been for a significant period of time in terms of, um, some sort of attack or some sort of incident. Attack or some sort of incident. And i think we have to take that very seriously. But these things always have to be reviewed and examined time and always have to be reviewed and ethink ed time and always have to be reviewed and ethink thats time and always have to be reviewed and ethink thats thatsz and always have to be reviewed and ethink thats thats right. And always have to be reviewed and ethink thats thats right. You and i think thats thats right. You know, theres no point keeping doing the same thing that weve been doing on. On. If been doing on. And on. And if theres good reasons to change been doing on. And on. And if the|way]ood reasons to change been doing on. And on. And if the|way wei reasons to change been doing on. And on. And if the|way we describe to change been doing on. And on. And if the|way we describe extremism, i the way we describe extremism, i think thats got to be welcomed. I imagine there will be and im sure there already has been quite a lot of pushback about any notion of expanding that definition because it could encompass , uh, people who just encompass, uh, people who just oppose government policy. That would be the worry that it might actually diminish debate and free expression. Debate and free expression. I think theres a world of difference between people who , difference between people who, uh, disagree with government policy or disagree with the Labour Party Policy or an opposition policy. And those who opposition policy. And those who wish to disrupt our democratic values. I mean, people who sit in the middle of a middle of the street, Like Just Stop Oil trying to stop us going around our, uh, daily business, blocking ambulances, blocking people, trying to get their kids to school, blocking people, trying hospital. I trying to get to hospital. I think extreme, think thats pretty extreme, dont . Think thats pretty extreme, dorcertainly it does seem , certainly it does seem, though, that this goes much beyond that and potentially could wielded in other could be wielded in other settings. And i do wonder if , settings. And i do wonder if, uh, laying the groundwork for defining extremism as anything that seeks to undermine democracy. Could any future government say that , uh, government say that, uh, campaigning against Government Policies in some areas could fit in that definition . In that definition . Well, this is britain, tom. This is not, um, a country where a strong track record of that sort of repressive government , sort of repressive government, uh, way. So i would be less worried about that. I think this is probably trying to capture those sorts of people who do the sorts of things that i just described , who would sit in the described, who would sit in the middle of the road, throw, um, disrupt sporting events, prevent people going to hospital throwing paint over priceless pieces of artwork, the nature of political protest, the nature of how we people are opposing, uh, various Different Things have changed. And i think its quite right that the law changes and the we define things changes the way we define things changes to keep up with these modern threats. But these modern ways threats. But these modern ways of disrupting everyday life. Now therell be another change in parliament today, of course, of yours course, a new colleague of yours joining green benches , joining the green benches, albeit the benches opposite where you sit. What do you expect waiting to see when you get to parliament a bit later today and, uh, see George Galloway introduce boost . Galloway introduce boost . Well, lets remember George Galloway won that election and i think it is a demonstration actually, of parts of the midlands and parts of the north rejecting perhaps the two major parts is what they see as change in the way brexit did. And if they do kind of vote for parties which want to upset the apple cart, its not surprising thing sometimes, no matter how ugly that may seem. Occasionally, George Galloway did win that election and he deserves to be in parliament as much as anyone else. I think its hugely regrettable. I wish a conservative conservative, um, had won, but i my challenge to the two main parties, especially my party, is weve got to learn again how to talk to those people who in 20 wasnt just about it wasnt it wasnt just a rejection of the labour party and the conservatives and the liberal democrats. It because he fought his it was because he fought his campaign on the issue of gaza. Campaign on the issue of gaza. Well, i think obviously that was a huge part of it. But i think well be wrong to think two first off, theres a two things. First off, theres a lot talked about lot of nonsense talked about that labour had it hadnt had that if labour had it hadnt had th

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