Has stormed out of an interview today after he was challenged on comments he made last week about gay marriage and actually same sex relationships in general. Well be taking a closer look. Well be taking a closer look. But as you well know by now, this show is nothing without you and your views. Let me know your thoughts on all of the stories me and my panel will be discussing today by visiting gb news. Com forward slash your say. Join the conversation there or message us on our socials. Were gbnews. First of all though, heres your news headunes though, heres your News Headlines with ray addison. Headlines with ray addison. Thanks, darren. Good afternoon. 1 01. Our top stories afternoon. 1 01. Our top stories this hour. Former home secretary Suella Braverman has told gb news that mr sunak needs to urgently change course following dire local and Mayoral Election results. The Prime Minister dire local and Mayoral Election results. The Prime Minister has promised to take the fight to labour despite losing 397 Council Seats and losing control of ten councils. Miss braverman says mr sunak must make bold decisions. Theres no time to change leader, so the Prime Minister is going to be leading us into the next general election, whether we like it or not. What he needs to do to salvage this dire situation is to accept the enormity of the problem, these terrible results, and quickly and urgently change course. So make sure that there are meaningful tax cuts that people can feel and benefit from. Put a can feel and benefit from. Put a cap on legal migration. Take us out of the European Convention on human rights so that we actually stop the boats and make sure that we reclaim our streets back from the extremists. Back from the extremists. Well, we also spoke to transport secretary mark harper. He told us its time to rally around the leader. I think all conservatives now need to get behind the Prime Minister as the chairman said in his article this morning, and take that message to the country. We see from the analysis that experts have done that the results show that the position is closer than the polls are suggesting. So its everything is delightful for the next election and were absolutely up for that fight. Sadiq khan is beginning his third term as london mayor after securing a majority of 275,000 over conservative rival susan hall. Mr khan has accused the tories of running a campaign of fear mongering and non stop negativity. He also said that london had rejected hard right wing populism. Miss hall is wing populism. Miss hall is urging him to reform the met police and make london safe again. Mccann says hes excited for the future. Londoners want to see a change in government and what theyre excited about is the chance of a labour mayor working with a Labour Government led by keir starmer. Im excited. The last time that happened was 20 years ago and us working together. Keir, the cabinet and labour mayor londoners will see a transformed city. I cant wait i sir keir starmer says hes determined to win back the trust of voters who turned away from the labour party over its stance on gaza. They lost some Council Seats to independents and to George GallowaysWorkers Party of britain. Pat mcfadden is vice of britain. Pat mcfadden is vice chair of labour friends of israel. He chair of labour friends of israel. He told us the party will support palestinians whilst in government, but two things have guided our position all along. One is the one that you just mentioned, which is israels right to defend itself. After the appalling attacks on october 7 that will remain. We will stick up for that. But we also stick up for that. But we also want to see a Better Future for the palestinian people. And if we were to be elected at the coming election, that would be a big Foreign Policy priority for us. Us. Some news just in, one child has died and four other people have been hospitalised after a house fire in bradford. Emergency services were called to kingsdale drive in the early hours of this morning. A woman and three children managed to escape the property with non life threatening injuries. West Yorkshire Police say a fourth child was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the at the scene. The cause of the blaze is not yet known. On to blaze is not yet known. On to more news now and more than 8500 small boat migrants have crossed the English Channel so far this year after more than 250 made the illegal journey on saturday, gb news can reveal that another small boat crossed into uk waters this morning, with at least 50 people on board this yean least 50 people on board this year, crossings are now 35 higher than the same period of 2023. Ministers have blamed the increase in numbers on a surge increase in numbers on a surge in migrants from vietnam. Around in migrants from vietnam. Around 32,000 properties are still without Running Water in east sussex due to a burst pipe there. Southern water has issued an apology to customers in Saint Leonards on sea, hastings and westfield as they enter their fourth day of disruption. In a statement, the firm said that they hope the supply will start to gradually return throughout today and finally , australian today and finally, Australian Police say a 16 year old boy killed after stabbing a man in perth had been radicalised online. The teenager was shot dead on saturday night after stabbing a victim in the back with a kitchen knife. He then with a kitchen knife. He then rushed at Police Officers. Authorities say the attack indicated terrorism and there were signs of Mental Health issues to write. For the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. Com alerts. Now its back to. Darren. To. Darren. Thanks as ever, ray. Lets get stuck into todays topic, shall we . Its been a dire weekend for the tories. I think thats safe to say, with the party losing close to 500 councillors in the local elections, including high profile casualties like the conservative mayor of the West Midlands, andy street , who lost midlands, andy street, who lost to labours Richard Parker in a knife edge vote, rishi sunak said he was disappointed but determined to press ahead with his plans to deliver a Brighter Future for the country. Well joining me now is gb news Political Correspondent olivia utley , whos in westminster, and utley, whos in westminster, and gb News Reporterjack utley, whos in westminster, and gb News Reporter jack carson utley, whos in westminster, and gb News Reporterjack carson. Gb News Reporter jack carson. Whos in the West Midlands, olivia , ill start with you in olivia, ill start with you in westminster. The reaction to these losses, do you think the conservatives are accepting that actually, things aint looking too rosy for them . Too rosy for them . Well, i think the conservatives are being very realistic about this. They know that the results over this weekend have been truly, truly disastrous. The question is, disastrous. The question is, what do they do about it . Of course , there is a little band course, there is a little band of plotters at the centre of westminster , conservative westminster, conservative plotters who would like to see rishi sunak overthrown before the next election. Guys who would like to try their luck with a different leader. But that doesnt seem to be the consensus opinion. Most conservative mps think that , conservative mps think that, however bad its looking at the moment, changing leader having a fifth leader, i think it is in as many years would be an even worse look for the party. So theyre sort of reluctantly sticking by rishi sunak. Theyre sort of reluctantly sticking by rishi sunak. There sticking by rishi sunak. There is a question over what policy direction the party should take to andy street. The very well respected mayor of the West Midlands who lost his position yesterday, and that knife edge vote, said in no Uncertain Terms in his very gracious resignation speech that the conservatives must not tack to the right. Meanwhile, youve got politicians like Suella Braverman , whos appeared on the braverman, whos appeared on the media rounds this morning on gb news this morning, saying that the conservative party needs to do exactly that, needs to move to the right. So i think thats going to be a question which is going to be a question which is going to be on the lips of many conservative mps over the next few days and weeks. And i think what we could start to see is, rather than a, fight for the leadership of the party, we could see a fight for the sort of soul of the party. What message is the conservative party going to give voters at the next election . In the short term, though, it very much feels as though conservatives have accepted already defeat at this general election in 2024. What theyre looking at now is damage limitation. They want to make limitation. They want to make sure that they dont lose the next election two, and that they dont have an opposition so weak in the next parliament that a Labour Government can get through anything it likes. So thats what theyre thinking about now. Theyre not even talking about winning anymore. Yes, olivia, i just have to reassure our viewers that youre not actually wearing a crown. And it is indeed the london eye thats behind your head there, but jack carson , im going to but jack carson, im going to bnngin but jack carson, im going to bring in you. It was a very dramatic scene, actually, in the West Midlands with a recount and then going through it, and it was a very close in the end. Just how disappointed must andy street be . Well, in a very simple word, after the result , andy street, after the result, andy street, you know, put it quite bluntly that he was devastated to have lost this election. He thought hed been quite a successful mayor over the two terms that he held this position. I mean, he was the first mayor here in the combined authority for the West Midlands. Much of what it is today has been shaped by him. He thought, and stood in the election, that he could stand on his personal record, bringing in billions of pounds worth of funding to the West Midlands, extending things like the metro tramway here, investment into housing and brownfield first. But unfortunately it just wasnt enough , you know, there was enough, you know, there was criticism of andy street in the campaign that it was all about brand andy. But he knew, of course, that the National Picture with the conservatives could well be damaging to him. Could well be damaging to him. And in that very much has seemed to be the case here, losing more than 10 of the share of the of the vote on on on the change from on the last election of 2021 and labour not really improving just in terms of actually that lack of support from conservatives showing out for andy street, it was a lower turnout and also as well reform getting a few percent, really making the difference because labours Richard Parker won only by 0. 3 of the vote, just 1508 votes in it working out, really, if one more person each ballot box in this , authority had voted box in this, authority had voted for andy street, he he would have actually clinched it. But yes, it was on a knife edge. It was too close to call all night. Speaking after the results, keir starmer also hotfooted it to the West Midlands. Heres Richard Parker and keir starmer talking yesterday. Yesterday. But we havent only won for our people and the labour members and labour councillors and labour mps in this region. Weve won for all those people that have had their hopes and their livelihoods taken away and so badly damaged by this tory government and this tory mayor, and we will change it. Its time for a fresh start working with the labour party. Well deliver that and we start on monday. What a way to end the local elections in 2024, general elections in 2024, general election year. We we started in blackpool with a 26 swing. And weve ended in the West Midlands with our new mayor Richard Parker. As the West Midlands mayor of course, a devastating night for andy street, but some elation, of course, on the face of keir starmer to have taken this mayoralty. I mean, working with the likes of andy burnham as andy street did, theyll be hoping that that connection between the West Midlands and greater manchester, now that theyre both controlled by labour mayors, might well be stronger. And Richard Parker, stronger. And Richard Parker, im sure, has a tough job in the next few years ahead. Next few years ahead. All right. Thank you very much. Jack and olivia there. Well be coming back to you later on. Thank you. Ever so now, earlier today, folks, the former home secretary, Suella Braverman , she was highly braverman, she was highly critical of the Prime Minister. Theres no time to change leaders. So the Prime Minister is going to be leading us into the next general election, whether we like it or not. What he needs to do to salvage this dire situation is to accept the enormity of the problem, these terrible results, and quickly and urgently change course. So make sure that there are meaningful tax cuts that people can feel and benefit from. Put a can feel and benefit from. Put a cap on legal migration. Take us out of the European Convention on human rights so that we actually stop the boats. I actually stop the boats. I wonder what my panel think of that. The political commentator joe phillips and the leader of the heritage party, david kurten, joining me now. Joe, ill start with you. Where do you stand . Because alison says, absolutely. The conservatives must tack to the right the silent majority that either didnt vote or voted for brexit. Thats exactly what they want. And if the conservatives stand any chance, youre going to have to move to the right and swiftly and quickly, well, i dont agree with alison. I think, you know, compare and contrast Suella Braverman with andy street. Andy street, who has been a very good mayor in the West Midlands, has forged relations ships across Political Parties, including, as jack said , just there with andy burnham, his counterpart in manchester. Hes worked very hard for the people of the West Midlands and in his defeat last night he was dignified, magnanimous and he put out a very strong warning that if the tory party drifts to the right following the reform votes, as it has done, you know, following ukip and brexit and everything else, it will lose that core ground, that centre ground. And i think, you know what youre seeing is, Suella Braverman, frankly, might as well join reform and just go there and be done with it. There and be done with it. Shes not helpful. The things that shes just talked about, darren. You know, tax cuts. Yes. Well wed all like tax cuts. But you know , wed probably like to you know, wed probably like to see some money clawed back from the people whove broken this country, like the water industry , for instance, the people whove ripped us off during covid on dodgy contracts. She talks about, you know, leaving the European Convention on human rights. And she talked about the cap on migrants. I mean , yeah, cap on migrants. I mean, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What is really clear from these elections is that people have metaphorically stuck their fingers in the ear and gone, la la la la la. Were not listening to the tories. The tories, to the tories. The tories, really. As olivia just said, this isnt about how they win. Theyve got to work out what they stand for and who theyre talking to. I mean, david, the problem is joe is right that i think that and im sure you would agree that voters have put their fingers in their ears and are simply blocking out anything the conservatives say. Rishi sunak has lost these audience, but its joe right to say that actually the policy direction that Suella Braverman sets out would be the wrong one for the conservatives to go for. Not at all. I mean, i would say shes half right. I would say shes half right. I would say shes half right. I would say she doesnt go far enough, you know, shes not particularly socially conservative in some areas, but she is talking about areas, but she is talking about a cap on migrants, which is very good. Shes talking about pushing the boats back to france, coming out of the echr, which we need to do, getting rid of this net zero nonsense, this climate alarmist nonsense which the conser