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Opposed. This is, by royal standards, relatively understated. But were going to be getting a few of these over the course of the day. He says he wants it to be understated because it reminds him and the country. On the passing of his mother, which unfortunately had to happen in order for him to ascend to the throne. Joining us now is royal broadcaster Helena Charles and, helena, as we have that gun salute taking place in the background there. It has been quite a year for the king and the royal family, hasnt it. 7 and the royal family, hasnt it. 7 it has been a huge year. Hi, patrick. Hi, emily. Goodness me, what highs and lows. And i cannot believe one whole year since we celebrated the king and our guest queens historic coronation. So this is such a special , special day, and its special, special day, and its raining, as i think it was last yean raining, as i think it was last year, but, do you remember the street parties, the fanfare . I mean, there was so much going on the coronation procession. So theres lots and lots to celebrate, i think king charles has really proved himself as well, absolutely have to praise his sense of duty, hes now back to public facing events, and as he stated so many times, hes serving the monarchy to the best of his ability. So this is so wonderful to see the army celebrating, with the this gun salute. So 41 volleys fired at salute. So 41 volleys fired at the moment, were watching by the moment, were watching by the kings troop, royal horse artillery park, and obviously were excited, to hear a 1 00 the Honourable Artillery Company again firing 62 gun salute so that extra 21, yes. Well be well be bringing that at, a 1 00. Always punctual with these things, yes. The royal family have put out on their twitter. Theyve gone over some of the highlights, the coronation weekend with the carriage procession through central london, the fly past, the royal salute by 4000 troops in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, a coronation concert. Remember that at Windsor Castle . Remember that at Windsor Castle . Yes. And a uk wide volunteering initiative. And theyve asked the public to tell them what their favourite memory of the weekend was. What was your favourite memory . Helena oh gosh. Well, i was reporting and i remember running up and down the mall and just being involved in lots of chatting with people. I remember getting very wet as well , but it getting very wet as well, but it was all fun and games. I think everyone was in high spirits and i just, you know, i everyone was in high spirits and ijust, you know, i loved it i just, you know, i loved it and, just seeing everything and everyones excitement, people as well, that had been there for days, just waiting for everything to happen. And i just applaud all the people that were excited as well, so really, really good fun. But you know, obviously i think, well , the obviously i think, well, the year has been a tumultuous one, but, i just think exciting as well. The fact that everyones been rocked by the king and the king and the princess of wales cancer diagnosis says is i think everyone is loving the royal family even more, loving the monarchy more well, the stats, the stats back it up. Actually, helena, as well. Not that i usually unlike the chap who normally sits in this chair. Lets get bogged down in stats. But, most of the public, 56 believe the king is doing a good job. Thats compared to 49 a year ago. And now 60 of britons believe we should keep the monarchy. Well, apparently the monarchy. Well, apparently compared to just 28 who would prefer a republic. So the monarchy is on on the charge, helena. Absolutely , absolutely. And absolutely, absolutely. And yes, rightly so. And i, i can see why king charles is up and also Queen Camilla. I mean, goodness me, Queen Camilla has been leading, hasnt she . Completely and charles as well. I mean, hes, hes doing such a good job and i think, i think the honesty in talking about his diagnosis as well has really, the public has it has warmed the pubuc the public has it has warmed the public considerably. So i can see that those stats are great. So roughly 60 of pro monarchy fabulous. And only 28 republic. So all good. We love to hear these, these polls and obviously prince and princess of wales are still still pipping pip in the top. I think theyre , so, so top. I think theyre, so, so fabulous. And long may it continue. I know that, hes been frustrated. Hes having a low key king charles, a low key dinner at Windsor Castle, i believe, this evening. Queen camilla, i think, is with family. We did hear from Peter Phillips that hes been a little bit agitated because hes raring to get out and do all the hard work, hes hes back now working, but hes hes still fairly frustrated and, and wants to do everything he can. So were looking forward to seeing him at all the events which are coming. But me personally looking forward to trooping of the colour. Will he be on his horse . Will he not, well wait. Well wait and see. But there are so many wonderful events, so many wonderful events upcoming, andifs many wonderful events upcoming, and its great to see the king back to his public duties. He spent nearly three months, away from the public eye, which is quite a long time for a king charles whos so active in everything he does. And i understand that he asked his aides to pack out his diary as much as possible now, which, of course, is a very good sign indeed. Helena, were going to leave you there, i believe. Well, yes, but we will return to you, though, so please dont. Dont close your laptop for us just yet. Please dont turn your camera off. Were going to come back to you in a second. And i just wanted to remind ourselves that now i havent seen this clip. Can i just preface what im about to say . I have not seen this clip for a year, but regular gb news viewers and listeners will remember our fantastic build up to the coronation. And around this time last year , i was going up and last year, i was going up and down the mall, meeting so many excited, royalists and excited members of the British Public who were absolutely gripped in the build up to the coronation. And i think weve got a little clip here to remind us of some of that excitement. Patrick, its time for your show. Get up. What im tommy time. Is it . Hey is it . Hey is it . Hey oh. Flipping heck, ive gotta get going. All right. Okay, ill see you at the studio. Im going to pan around now to an absolute gb news fan favourite. Here she is. Lisa how are you . Im smashing. Patrick. Hey, its great to meet you in the flesh. Absolutely. Now, people, eagle eyed viewers and listeners will know you because weve interviewed you several times and normally , normally its at and normally, normally its at your home. Yeah, it is with how many thousands of pieces of memorabilia . 13,500 now. 13,500 now. 13,500. And why are you so passionate about being here today, camping out and everything . Its because im a monarchist and for the whole of my life , i and for the whole of my life, i pledge my allegiance to the queen. Queen elizabeth the second. And now this is a physical visual display of my allegiance passing to the new king. Is there any chance i might be able to pinch your crown . Of course. Thank you very much. Here we go. Okay, well, look, ladies and gentlemen, i hope youre having as much fun as i am out here on the mound. Now. Now, arthur, theres a reason why you and i dont get on about one thing. Isnt that right . And i believe that we disagree massively on football. Who do you support . Liverpool fc, liverpool fc . Well, im a Manchester United fan. So do you. Do you hate me now . I dont know, not as much but a bit. But i see though that youve got a near enough life size cardboard cut out here i think. Where do you get this from . Well , i where do you get this from . Well, i purchased it. Well, i purchased it. Yes, i hope so. Obe didnt yes, i hope so. Obe didnt nick it. Go on. Where abouts from . Well, youd be surprised. Well, youd be surprised. Well, youd be surprised. I have a chair. I do not have a tent, so ill be sleeping in my chair. No, yes. I have lots of layers of clothing. I have a sleeping bag. Ill be nice and warm and hopefully dry it. Look for tomorrow. For tomorrow. Its not mine. Its one of the soldiers over there. Used to it. Well they are roughing it a little bit, so dont get too wet. I hope its not too wet. Are you nervous for tomorrow . Are you nervous for tomorrow . Are you nervous for tomorrow . Generally. I used to sit still. No sir, i am not. I am helping the soldiers. And. Yes, so. Well tomorrow i. Are you nervous for tomorrow . Are you nervous for tomorrow . Are you nervous for tomorrow . Its a bit late for me. Its a bit late for me. You were so excited. You were so excited. You were so excited. This is the hand that shook hands with the king this is it. This is it. I have washed it. Lucky king charles, a lucky king. I mean, did he know he was in the presence of. No okay, maybe not, but, there we go. Right. It was a fantastic day. I mean, the excitement was palpable. I went down there. I wasnt reporting like you were, but just to soak up the atmosphere and see all the people whove been waiting, waiting patiently. And they camp out for days. For days. Its brilliant. Yeah. Brilliant. You brilliant. Yeah. Brilliant. You love to see it. It was one of the best things about britain that, i must say, genuinely. But, look, we are going to be talking about a few other bits and bobs today as well. Were also going to be talking about the local Election Results and a uk ireland migrant row is the hard border in sight. It certainly looks as though it could be. But before all of that, were going to whizz you over so you can get all of your latest bulletins now. So lets do it with Aaron Armstrong. A very good afternoon to you. Its 12 10 im Aaron Armstrong its12 10 im Aaron Armstrong rishi sunak conceded for the first time. The tories may not win the general election. The win the general election. The Prime Minister believes britain is heading for a Hung Parliament with labour falling short of winning enough seats to form a majority government. And he says the public wouldnt want a coalition with the snp. Rishi coalition with the snp. Rishi sunak has described local Election Results as bitterly disappointing. The conservatives lost nearly 500 Council Seats, and the mayors position in the West Midlands , but womens West Midlands, but womens minister Maria Caulfield told gb news things arent as bad as the polls suggest. For months now theyve been saying that were 20 points behind labour and actually when you look at the results from the local elections and experts have done, the drilling down on those numbers , its between 7 to numbers, its between 7 to 9 points. And what were actually looking at is a potential Hung Parliament. And if labour then want to go into government, they would have to do deals with parties like the snp, the lib dems and, you know, parties like the green party as well. The green party as well. However, labour chair Anneliese Dodds says rishi sunaks interpretation of the results is incorrect. Local elections are not a good predictor of general elections. If you just look at the overall vote share, which is what he seems to have done, for example, very small parties tend to do far better in local elections. Independents tend to do better. And if you look at do better. And if you look at the places where labour won, where labour picked up support , where labour picked up support, it was in those constituencies that labour will need in order to deliver a majority Labour Government. So im afraid rishi sunak has got this wrong. Hes tin eared. He should be listening to that message to actually give people the chance for change. John swinney is set to become the next leader of the snp later, after a potential challenger pulled out late last night, veteran Party Activist graham mccormacks now endorsed mr swinney to become scotlands next first minister. Hes the only official candidate now to replace humza yousaf, who announced he was stepping down last week and nominations have now closed and heineken plans to reopen 62 pubs that closed earlier this year. The Dutch Company says it will invest almost £40 million worth in its star pubs operation , creating star pubs operation, creating 1000 new jobs. It also says the plans to refurbish more than 600 establishments will turn them from tired pubs into premium locals. More on all of our locals. More on all of our stories on our alerts, scan the qr code on your screen or go to our website gb news. Com alerts. Now its back to patrick and. Emily. And. Emily. Thank you very much, aaron. Welcome back to good afternoon britain on gb news with me, emily carver and Patrick Christys today. Now we just brought you live, didnt we . The 41 gun royal salute from in green park to mark the first Year Anniversary of the kings coronation. Shall we speak again to royal broadcaster helena chard and helena, thanks so much for staying on on the line for us. I mean, really it is quite extraordinary. Vie the king has extraordinary. Vie the king has been away from the public eye for nearly three months and he is just so keen to get back to all of the action. He wants his diary packed out to the max. He was at a sunday service yesterday day. He went to a hospital to greet patients and doctors and nurses at a Cancer Treatment centre. What else has he got on his agenda now . He got on his agenda now . Oh, theres so many things that are coming up. I mean, oh, theres so many things that are coming up. I mean, the that are coming up. I mean, the royal diary, in fact, is , is royal diary, in fact, is, is sort of, has started really, really for the summer, i know weve got trooping of the colour. Hes hopefully going to be going to do some, is it going to new zealand, and i mean, theres lots of little, little ones. Hes doing as well. Hes welcoming, different people , to welcoming, different people, to the palace, but the main thing is he wants to get out and meet the people. Thats his biggest thing. He loves people. And thats thats where he wants to be. And, obviously, when we saw him at the cancer ucl, the cancer unit , him at the cancer ucl, the cancer unit, and he was talking with people and shaking hands and there was a real sort of honesty. And i think hes obviously feeling i think hes quite grounding, as well. So quite grounding, as well. So theres a slight change in, in him and that he cant wait to get out and meet people and obviously do what hes best as, best at. I mean, he really does act as a focus for national identity. I act as a focus for national identity. I mean, just seeing that, the video just now, from last year where everyone was so happy that the unity and pride and giving people a sense of stability, and that sort of feeling of belonging, thats what king charles is all about, interfaith and everything that he does. And not to forget the soft power of diplomacy. And thatis soft power of diplomacy. And that is something very important that, there is a there is a long list of things that hes going to be doing and he really, really wants to do every one. But obviously he has to be at every event. Obviously, it would be taken step by step, he obviously is doing every public facing event he can do now and things are going really well for him. Hes his treatment has worked the best it possibly can, so were were thrilled, and i think everyones in fine fettle. I imagine that, i think the icing on the cake, for him, as if he could , have his grand if he could, have his grand children around him, all of his grandchildren. Ian. Yeah. But, grandchildren. Ian. Yeah. But, hes keeping hes keeping going, and were really very excited. Hes keeping on keeping on, isnt he . And just to remind everybody that at 1 pm, were going to be taking the 62 gun salute from tower wharf, an extra 21 for the city of london. So we really will be marking that one year on. And it does just when you look back, we were playing some clips there that the royal family have just released actually, which were kind of behind the scenes clips of more memorable moments from the coronation to think, gosh, that was just just over a year ago now. The build up to it ago now. The build up to it certainly was. Anyway, the sun was shining and wed all overcome or were overcoming as a nation. The passing of our late queen. And there was a bit of a renewed optimism that was initially sucked out when there was quite a bad year. The double whammy of the cancer diagnoses from the king. But it feels as though were turning a corner there. And we were saying just before the break as well, helena, that the popularity of the royal family is as strong as even the royal family is as strong as ever. 56 believe the king is doing a good job, which, considering hes been out of action for so long and having to lean on Queen Camilla for quite a while, much more popular than any politician, much more politicians would kill for those numbers. In fact, the only person whose popularity hasnt risen is, of course, the duchess of sussex, although can we even call her a proper member of the royal family . Im not too sure, but the king is ready and raring to go. Look, helena, can i just to go. Look, helena, can ijust thank you very, very much for your time with us today and for talking over those wonderful clips for us as well. And we do hope to chat to you very, very soon. Thats helena chard, whos a royal commentator and royal expert. But tonight on my show, this evening, i have an exclusive chat with penny morden, whos the leader of the house of commons. Shes also played a pivotal role in that ceremony, hasnt she . On the coronation, famously holding the sword of state. And i had a little catch up with her last week. Were going to be playing you a full interview with her later on, but heres a little flavour of it. The sword was very heavy, the question i had always asked myself when i was doing drill practice on whale island with my reserve unit in the pouring rain every tuesday night, was, why am i doing this now . I know why it was so i could hold that sword at the coronation and that became one of the biggest talking points, didnt it . Following the coronation, its great to hear how she felt from, from her, in her own words, really there it was quite a moment for the country. Interesting that popularity , interesting that popularity, survey that you were talking about how were everyones more popular than they were a year ago, apart from the duchess of sussex, princess catherine, princess of wales, she is still topping that leaderboard, isnt she . She is still at the top 70, near 70 of us, have a positive. Its hard not to like her, though, isnt it . Really . I mean, what is there not to like about princess catherine . I think shes done an amazing job for this country. And, just a couple of little snippets as well from that Penny Mordaunt interview later on. Obviously, we spoke a bit about the dress and the sword and all of that side of things, but what you might have noticed there was we were in the privy council room, and she shows me some really fascinating artefacts and gives a really interesting insight into actually what it was like behind the scenes for her, because within her first week or so of having that role, the queen passed away. Then there was announcement of the coronation. There was all sorts going on. So she talks a bit about that. So yeah, make sure you tune in later. But theres some other stuff on the news that she was quite nervous. No before. Her stride. No before. Her stride. Yeah. Shes a made for the job not a political interview. I know theres a huge amount of noise around penny morton politically, and we will be talking about that later. Is she going to take on rishi sunak . I know theres a lot of strong views about penny morton. This is about the coronation, and i think id probably describe her as quite a formidable woman, actually. Yes. People were asking what her workout routine is. Yeah because she managed to hold that rather heavy sword for so long in a in a straight line, asking her if she did some press ups, some press ups in advance. But shall we move on to politics . Lets move on to politics and politics, because theres quite a bit of anger over labours position on the war in gaza, and its seen the party lose a number of councillors, dozens even at the local elections , in even at the local elections, in an otherwise fairly strong set of results for the labour party. Of results for the labour party. Well, look, could this pose a much bigger problem . I would argue not just for the party, but for the country as well. At the general election , you have the general election, you have now got a Muslim Pressure Group called the muslim vote issuing sir keir starmer with a list of 18 demands. Yes, its quite interesting having a little look at what those 18 demands are. They include things like ceasing all military ties with israel. They include things like recognising a palestinian state, but also things like ensuring sharia compliant pensions are available at every workplace, removing the extremism definition that michael gove introduced, and also issuing guidance that muslims are allowed to pray at school. Will keir starmer be listening to any of this . Im sorry. Really . Does he have to listen . Does anyone will he to listen . You know, i think they may be getting slightly above their station here. They have won a few council wards, but, i just want to show you this clip, see what we make of it. All in great. Horton. Manningham heated city ward and collar. Im going to tell you something here. This is a clear message to starmer. Bradford has rejected labour. Its rejected zionism. And this is a message to you natasha and imran hussain. We are coming for you in the general election anyway. These guys deserve anyone that stands with zionism. Were coming after with zionism. Were coming after you. Free palestine lie in free palestine. Palestine. Okay, can i just pose the question . How do you think the country and the media would be responding today if that was a clip of someone from, say, britain first who was shouting about illegal immigration, or were coming for you for a variety of different things. Do you not think that there might be more mass concern in the nafion be more mass concern in the nation today . But im sorry, i found that quite astonishing. I mean, that clip did appear threatening. Im not sure anyone could argue with that. I mean, obviously someone might say he was overcome with emotion from the success of these candidates in the elections, but coming for you. Well, joining us now to discuss this is the former ukip leader and president of the conservative primrose league, henry bolton, henry, we just showed that clip there, but lets look at the broader picture here. I mean, how much influence is this gaza situation having on our politics, not just on the labour party . Clearly, on the labour party . Clearly, theres a huge amount of pressure on keir starmer in some areas of the country. But more broadly, whats your assessment . Broadly, whats your assessment . I think its under underestimated emily. Good afternoon , and its very sad to afternoon, and its very sad to be discussing something thats effectively so divisive and sectarian as this. After the piece that youve been running on on the anniversary of the coronation, a massive unifying event, but there we are, look, if you look at ummid yaqoob, who was who ran in the West Midlands mayoral election, he got 69,000 votes and campaigning almost exclusively on gaza, palestine, very much in the vein that we just heard that gentleman just now sort of talking about, he got 69,000 votes. That is just about twice what reform got in that election. Everybodys been talking about reform uk and you know how theyre sort of influencing british politics. But were not talking about the muslim vote. And ive got a number of concerns about this. First of all local government elections are absolutely not anything to do with Foreign Policy. Theyre about rubbish collection. Theyre about council tax. Theyre about, about potholes in your roads. Theres all sorts of things, but not Foreign Policy , not defence, not Foreign Policy, not defence, not Foreign Policy, not defence, not that sort of thing, now , not that sort of thing, now, ive long said that weve got an educational problem. Were not teaching our people, our children at school what the difference is between the different elections. But but that thats one thing. The other thing is that weve got clear sectarianism here. The muslim vote is very openly sectarian. Its about the muslim cause, the palestinian cause , the Gaza Palestinian cause, the gaza cause. Its not about local events. And thats very sectarian. Now we know where sectarian. Now we know where sectarian ism just leads. We saw it in Northern Ireland, in the troubles , in Northern Ireland. Troubles, in Northern Ireland. Weve seen it around the world. It it almost inevitably leads, leads to some sort of henry henry, you know, people have been talking about this for a very long time and people who are talking about it were told a its nothing to worry about. B you might be a racist for mentioning this. See, you know, hey , look, nothing will ever hey, look, nothing will ever seriously happen. People are here to integrate. And then here we go. Weve got a few local Election Council seat victories. Weve got some strong performances in certain parts of the country. We have recently as the country. We have recently as well had an mp, George Galloway, in that rochdale by election and immediately, immediately vie the muslim vote sends a list of 18 demands to a labour leader who could well be about to be our next Prime Minister. By the way, that includes things like sharia compliant pensions. Its happening, henry, isnt it . Its happening, henry, isnt it . Its happening. Happening. It is, it is. And ive been saying for a while that that political islam, which is what were talking about here, is incomplete with democracy, because what happens and this is this is not something that ive made up. This is anybody can go out and research this political islam is based upon governance according to guidance contained in the sharia. Sorry, in the, in the, in the quran it is it is the, in the quran it is it is the sovereignty of god as interpreted in government governmental form on earth. If you like. Now that if you are you like. Now that if you are interpreting your or you are making decisions about how to govern everything from the economy to policing to education, according to the interpretation of the of the quran, you are not. And i say it again, you are not governing for the people by the people. You are not governing in what we would consider a democratic sense. Henry. Just, just very quickly, just your thoughts. Were running out of time. Just your response to those who would say, well, this is democracy in action. These candidates , you may not like it, candidates, you may not like it, but these candidates got more votes than the others. Candidates so this is the dilemma, emily, because in a democracy, obviously the majority win, you know, or the biggest vote wins. Know, or the biggest vote wins. And if they can achieve the biggest vote, then democratically they get into a position where they where they can enact political islam, the law according to the quran or interpreted from the quran. And that that that is in itself incompatible with democracy. So democracy brings about its own downfall. So weve got to think very weve got to have a conversation about this with with the Muslim Community amongst ourselves. Its a serious, serious problem because otherwise we will have politics guided by religious doctrine and not by popular will. All right. Henry look, can i just thank you very, very much. Thats henry bolton, the former leader of ukip. Theres been a heck of a lot of complacency in britain. I think we can all agree for a very long period of time, people maybe have allowed a problem in and allowed that problem to brew , and people feel problem to brew, and people feel maybe unwilling to go and run to be a local councillor, but are perfectly happy to complain about people that they might not like being elected when you wouldnt expect a green councillor, a councillor running on a green ticket to, shout allahuakbar and we will raise the voice of palestine as they win. But but just. But but just. But but just. But also, i think maybe it just show a thing or two about how desperate the green party, who the green party is willing to allow in in order to get some votes. But look, were going to be talking about this a heck of a lot. Get your views coming in as well as gbnews. Com forward slash your say. But elsewhere it is coming up. Were going to be coming back to this. So dont worry. Were also going to be coming back to another gun salute at the top of the 1 00. But also e bikes detonating across london is the electric revolution. All is the electric revolution. All its cracked up to me. Goodness me, that footage is quite shocking. This is good afternoon shocking. This is good afternoon britain. Were on gb news, britains news channel. Well. Good afternoon. Britain. Its 1231 now. The Prime Minister has suggested the uk is on course for a Hung Parliament. And that voters do not want to see sir keir starmer in number 10, propped up by the snp or the liberal democrats. Well, joining us now is political commentator peter spencen political commentator peter spencer. Peter, thank you very much. This followed off the back of a prediction as well, which did suggest that using some algorithm that theres no way on earth i will ever understand that off the back of the local Election Results, the most likely outcome at a general election, as things stand, is indeed a Hung Parliament. Do you see it that way and what would that look like . I mean, i dont actually see it that way. Ive known, the two local election gurus, starmer , local election gurus, starmer, thrasher and collins for years, and liked them and respect their work. But they have extrapolated this result on the basis of local Council Elections rather than most of the other, polls that have been done, which have been based on sort of extrapolating in the direction of National Elections. Now in local elections, of course, independents are in more chance of getting in. And that skews the result. Thats one point. The second point is that, of course, there was no voting taking place in scotland. Now, it is worth remembering that until nine years ago, scotland was labour bedrock. Then the snp came along and took away 40 of 41 seat. But of course since then the snp have cut them so their star has waned. Lets face their star has waned. Lets face it, they they lost, they lost their star player , nicola their star player, Nicola Sturgeon and also then they had the financial crisis, which is still engulfing them. And then they had yet another leader and others. Now it looks like things are likely to settle down now because the you guys got a lot to get crowned , but doesnt to get crowned, but doesnt change the fact that opinion that labour were leading the snp in opinion polls even before the latest eruption. Yes. And, peter , is this a yes. And, peter, is this a bit of a negative campaigning strategy from rishi sunak . Now hes seen the polls showing him at, what, 18, the conservative party, 18. Last time i looked , party, 18. Last time i looked, saying, oh, if you vote for keir starmer , youre going to have starmer, youre going to have some horrible coalition of all youn some horrible coalition of all your, your worst enemies and all of that trying to scare people to vote conservative. Well, i mean, absolutely. Of course i mean, when i hear him talking, im sort of feel like im on the deck of the titanic watching him adjust the seating around here and there doesnt change the fact that the ship is thinking. And i mean, of course hes got to Say Something. And hes got to Say Something. And it was obvious from its been obvious for a long time that we conservatives were going to get a kick in the ballots. If youll pardon the, little wordplay there. And, so they had to Say Something to sort of in some way limit the perception of damage. I mean, at least it would appear that the likelihood of a of a sunak dumping putsch appears to be diminishing. But already people are on manoeuvres. Weve people are on manoeuvres. Weve got Suella Braverman basically making a pitch for being the leader after they have lost the next general election. I mean, next general election. I mean, some might say shes got more fun than others, but there it is i yeah. Well, look, peter, thank you very, very much. Great thank you very, very much. Great to have you on the show. Peter spence, our political commentator. We mentioned Suella Braverman. Were going to be heanng braverman. Were going to be hearing from Suella Braverman a little bit later on in this show. Shes come out and said the tories will be lucky to have any seats after the next general election. Shes also been dishing some dirt on why she regrets having ever voted herself for rishi sunak to become leader, or backed him to become leader, or backed him to become leader, or backed him to become leader, which i think is quite astonishing really, when you think about where we are now. So were going to be heanng now. So were going to be hearing from suella a bit later on. Yes, not awfully helpful for the Prime Minister, but there you go. There you go, coming up, electric vehicles, are they safe . Recent events might make you reconsider. Theres some quite shocking footage that were about to show you. This is. Good afternoon, britain. Were on gb news, britains news channel. And its 25 to 1. Im Aaron Armstrong in the gb newsroom. Guns salutes have rung out across the capital, marking the First Anniversary of king charles coronation. 41 volleys charles coronation. 41 volleys were fired by the kings troop, royal horse artillery , in green royal horse artillery, in green park in central london. The archbishop of canterbury has paid tribute to the kings sense of duty after his return to pubuc of duty after his return to public life, and says crowning him was the privilege of a lifetime. Rishi sunak conceded lifetime. Rishi sunak conceded for the first time the tories may not win the general election. The Prime Minister believes britain is heading for a Hung Parliament, with labour falling short of being able to form a majority government. He says the pubuc majority government. He says the public wouldnt want a coalition with the snp. Rishi sunak has with the snp. Rishi sunak has described local Election Results, though, as bitterly disappointing. The conservatives lost nearly 500 Council Seats and the mayors position in the West Midlands. The Prime Minister is urging his mps to end divisions and come together to take on labour. John swinney has been confirmed as the new leader of the snp. Nominations leader of the snp. Nominations for the job closed at midday and he was unopposed in the race to replace humza yousaf after veteran Party Activist Graham Mccormick pulled out of the race late last night. Mr swinney is late last night. Mr swinney is due to be sworn in later this week. And could your local be on week. And could your local be on the verge of reopening . Heineken the verge of reopening . Heineken says its going to invest almost £40 million to create 1000 new jobs and, crucially, bring back 62 pubs that have closed this yeah 62 pubs that have closed this year. The Dutch Company says it intends to transform hundreds of tired establishments into premium locals. For tired establishments into premium locals. For the latest premium locals. For the latest on our stories, you can sign up for gb news alerts, scan the qr code or go to gbnews. Com slash alerts i well, theres lots of news about illegal immigration. To bnng about illegal immigration. To bring you. Is the rwanda bill starting to work . So irish ministers are now pointing fingers at rishi sunak government over the Prime Ministers removal policy. The spat is putting relations between the two nations under serious strain. And theres quite a lot going on. So surely were going to be going to dublin, where there are tent cities of these Illegal Migrants now. And also its going off a bit at the border , isnt it, bit at the border, isnt it, between the two countries, the Northern Ireland. Yes. Reportedly , migrants have reportedly, migrants have pitched dozens of tents along the banks of dublins grand canal. So right in the city centre and thats days after hundreds were evicted from the tent cities. What people were calling them in the city. So essentially, migrants have been moved from one area to another. So what exactly is going on . Joining us now to discuss this is former ambassador for ireland, dan mulhall. Dan thank you very much indeed for joining us. Great welcome , very us. Great welcome, very difficult situation in ireland at the moment when it comes to migration. We were hearing a reports that tent cities were being evicted, being moved on. Now it appears as though migrants are setting up tents on dublins grand canal and also at the border. Whats going on . Well, of course, this has become a Major Political issue for, fairly quickly in ireland, i would say if you go back to the last election in 2019 probably, or 2020 probably, it wasnt was not in the top ten items on the electorates agenda. Now i think its probably number two or thereabouts as an issue. So thereabouts as an issue. So obviously our parties like yours are under pressure to find some kind of solution to this problem. The problem really goes back, i think, to the start of the war in ukraine, because since that time, ireland has taken in more than 100,000 ukrainians, which would be the equivalent of 1. 2 million in britain. That is put a huge strain on the available accommodation. And what its meant is that now we have a surge of Asylum Seekers. Theres simply no available space, no, rooms that can be allocated to these people coming in seeking asylum and therefore it has become a problem because its now become very visible with these, tent cities on the streets. And, the government is under pressure to do something about it. Yeah. And i think that visibility also ties in with, lets be honest, you know, rapid demographic change as well, given the certain nations that quite a lot of the people who are actually on the streets in ireland are coming from, which probably adds to the, i suppose, visual elements of tension , does visual elements of tension, does it not . Well, of course, most of the migrants , in ireland come from migrants, in ireland come from the European Union. So theyre not really identify possibly, not really identify possibly, not irish. And in fact, weve had very good experience of, integrating people from poland , integrating people from poland, lithuania, latvia and so forth. Obviously, Asylum Seekers pose a different kind of challenge, but this is a global problem. And there are no simple solutions. People say close the border. People say close the border. Well, britain has closed its borders to illegal immigrants. Borders to illegal immigrants. Every country in the world does that. But it doesnt stop people from coming. You know yourself. People will, you know, will risk their lives in leaky boats travelling across the channel or travelling across the channel or travelling across the channel or travelling across the mediterranean to get to europe from north africa. So, you know, there is no simple solution to this problem. But i think whats happenedin this problem. But i think whats happened in ireland now is that its gone off the political agenda, which means that the governments now having to give it priority attention. And i there are no easy solutions, but i think we will see a stepping up of our efforts to deal with this issue to provide more accommodation, but also to make it tougher for people to come into ireland and to try and process people more quickly and remove them when they are, not entitled to asylum status. Yeah. And the controversial thing from the british standpoint is, of course, what the Irish Government has been saying about how they would like migrants to be sent back to the United Kingdom. Have the Irish Government updated their stance on that, following rishi sunak saying absolutely not. We cant send migrants back to france, so therefore you cant say, well, you know, i was i, i met the foreign minister, micheal martin, there at a function in dubun martin, there at a function in dublin last week and he said we need to park the noise on this one. In other words, we need to stop, you know, megaphone diplomacy at each other. We need to sort of sit down and sort things out. I dont think anybody believes that were going to be able to send thousands of people back to britain, but there has been an agreement in place in 2020, by the way, only about a handful of people have ever been transferred in either direction , transferred in either direction, the irish courts recently decided that britain was no longer a safe country. The irish longer a safe country. The Irish Government is now correcting that. Which means that if there are people that fall into a category that are covered by this agreement, then you know both sides will take them back. In fact, over the last number of years, apparently ireland is taking more from britain than britain is taking from ireland. But nonetheless, this needs to be calmed down. We need to sit down together like , you know, down together like, you know, Good Neighbours and try and find a way of dealing with this problem. If there are, i mean, if there are illegal traffickers using Northern Ireland as a route for their trafficking, then i think , you know, both then i think, you know, both governments have an interest in kerbing that i do just wonder, though, you know, from from our perspective over here, and, you know, some people might think, well , its know, some people might think, well, its all very well and good saying this now. And ive got the irish independent, the irish sun and the irish mirror in front of me here, all of whom are talking about whether or not they support migrant checkpoints at the border. Tell us if you support checkpoints at the Northern Irish border. All of this stuff. This is whats doing the rounds at the moment in the irish press. You mentioned there that the republic of ireland, when it suited them, declared that the United Kingdom, an unsafe country, sorry , sorry, sorry. Our courts, one of our courts. You thought you caused it. You thought you caused it. Yeah, but but but but it doesnt mean. I mean i mean the government doesnt think that. Dan. Dan, it was also a political decision to take the United Kingdom to the echr over the veteran prosecutions as well. And thats a negative. I mean, thats a separate matter. M atter. Matter. Yeah. But it all plays into this realpolitik of the situation, doesnt it . And there was also a i would argue, gleeful disdain towards the United Kingdom when joe bidens visit was there. So now its going against you a bit. On the migrant front. Why should we throw our arms open back and say, oh, you just declared a safe again . Now thats fine. Well do some deals with you. Well do some deals with you. Well, because, i mean, there is an agreement in place. We have a common travel area for the last 100 years, which, by the last 100 years, which, by the way , was maintained during the way, was maintained during the way, was maintained during the troubles in Northern Ireland. So there is no way in which, that common traveller which, that common traveller which benefits both countries, by the way, and both people should be put in jeopardy. By the way, and both people should be put in jeopardy. I dont see any way in which the Irish Government is ever going to check people at the border between north and south and ireland, but i mean, you know, obviously there is a problem with migration. Its a problem all over europe. Its a problem all over europe. Its a problem all over europe. Its a problem all over the world, all over the western world. Its a problem in britain and ireland. And all i would be looking for is for the two governments, which im sure they will do to sit down together and see. Are there things that we can cooperate on . Are there ways in which we can tighten the situation . Are there ways in which we can kerb people who are engaging in people trafficking, using our territory . So, i mean, i fully sympathetic to the to the british, you. British, you. Know, problems with the people coming across, you know, across the channel in boats. This is clearly an illegal activity. It shouldnt illegal activity. It shouldnt be happening and it shouldnt be happening in britain. It shouldnt be happening in ireland. But weve got to find solutions to the problem. Theres no point in bleating about how dreadful this is. We have to sit down. As mature governments and try and find ways of dealing with the problem of migration, which is a major problem. Now for ireland as well as for britain. Its a more recent problem for us, but we have to get used to this. We always thought that we were at the end of the, you know, the migrant chain, and therefore we probably wouldnt be affected very much. Until recently, migrants havent been that visible in ireland. The numbers were growing, but they havent been that visible. Overall, weve got about 17 of our population now born outside the state, but for the most part, most of those people are living legally in ireland and are contributing to our economy. And for me at least, theyre welcome to be in ireland. Okay. Well, thank you very much indeed for your time. Really appreciate it. Dan mulhall, ambassador, any time. Great to speak to you. Great to speak to you. I mean, all of the reports of you know, police being near the border and these surveys where people are willing to have checkpoints at the border, i mean, people have been talking about this for years, and now its a problem for them. All of a sudden its diplomacy. Diplomacy. We need diplomacy. Diplomacy. We need diplomacy. Were old friends. They were not friends with us or wanted to be anyway, until very recently. Recently. Well, coming up, are we in danger of giving our treasures away if labour get into power . Theyre going to be debating this because one leader of one country is hopeful that under a Labour Government, their treasures would be returned. Well be discussing this very soon. Stay with. Us. Now, do you have an e bike at home . Do you use one . Do you know someone who has one, because theyre being blamed for surging numbers of battery fires, particularly in london. Fire chiefs are warning against plans to legalise the more powerful models. Well, thats a no. Powerful e bikes for me for my birthday, but 149 fires are being caused in london alone by e bikes in 2023. So its an astonishing number. I shudder to think what the reality is outside of london as well. Joining us now to discuss this growing problem is tony campbell, chief executive of the motorcycle industry association. Tony, thank you very much. I mean, hey, look, you do not get 143 or of many. It was fires every single day with with motorbikes or indeed normal bicycles. Do you whats going on with the e bikes . Going on with the e bikes . No, you certainly dont. And good afternoon to patrick and emily, so yeah, i mean, the big problem were seeing develop here is twofold. One is, you know, cheap online bikes, which are being bought, that arent of the right quality, etc. And then the right quality, etc. And then the other problem which were seeing is that you can get these kits from off of, online marketplace acs, which you can then retrospectively fit to bicycles. And its clear that these kits have not of the right quality, and standard. You know, there are lots of high quality products, out there , which, you products, out there, which, you know, which, you know, sold by a reputable retailers, and im pretty certain there wont be any issues there. So, tony, are people are people. Essentially, if i get this right, are people essentially sort of making their own e bikes . And these are the problems. People are attaching things on to them that shouldnt be there. Yeah, well, i would say that probably is a large percentage of where the problems are being caused, you know, basically what causes these fires is whats called thermal runaway. So as called thermal runaway. So as theyre being recharged, which is why they typically will catch fire, as we can see on screen now in the home or in the office. And of course, in those circumstances is when its going to cause the most amount of damage. Now, obviously, if its a very cheap, low quality product bought on, you know, purchased either online, and not tested to the right standards or its retrospectively built from a standard bicycle, which is actually a lot more common than people realise. You know, these people realise. You know, these items are, you know, low cost people think its a cheap way to, to give themselves, some mobility , which is mobility, which is understandable. But at the same time, obviously youre causing a high risk of fire, which is what were now seeing. Were now seeing. I mean, yeah, the whole point of the e bikes, in a sense , i of the e bikes, in a sense, i suppose, was partly environmental, wasnt it . And i environmental, wasnt it . And i do wonder whether or not some of those batteries and the components that theyre made out of and where you have to go to get them. And then the get them. And then the subsequent massive explosion and fire attached to it does slightly shatter the notion that maybe these things are better for the environment. Yeah, i think i think what we have to do is, i mean, you know, if you look at the whole life cycle. So hows the battery produced . Wheres the Raw Materials coming from . So on and so forth . I think there is some questionable arguments , around questionable arguments, around the green credentials, of e mobility , more generally e mobility, more generally speaking. But i think the Biggest Issue were seeing here is that there is regulation thats in place. There is the thats in place. There is the machinery directive, which covers bicycle production and that also covers the legal e bikes. So up to 250 watt pedal assisted. And generally you know, those products are very, very safe. What were now seeing is a myriad of products which are turning up on, you know, being used in the market, and these products are generally illegal, and there has been zero enforcement. So were now you know, sort of the bike thats on screen at the moment, not not the green one, the one previously, you know, those bikes can and are capable of 40 or 50 mile an hour, you know, in unregulated and no licence, no insurance, no tax, you know, so , insurance, no tax, you know, so, you know its about time authorities clamp down. Were actually calling for a regulatory review. And its that regulatory review. And its that regulatory review. And its that regulatory review which will, you know, eventually take a look at this and hopefully address this issue. Well yeah definitely. If there are such a safety hazard they could just explode. There likely doesnt. Thats what the e stands for. Thats what the e e stands for. Thats what the e stands for. So these stands thank you very much. Tony campbell, chief executive of the motorcycle industry association. Great to have your time on this one. Thats what the e stand. Its a massive problem. Seriously. Youve got them in your garage. Youve got them in wherever, you know, and all of a sudden they just go bang. Especially if you get one for your kid or something. So make sure you buy you dont buy a dodgy e bike. Yes. And dont diy your e bike either. Not a good idea, but up next we have another royal gun salute for you. Today, of course, marks one year since the anniversary of the coronation of king charles the third. This is good afternoon, britain. Were on gb news. A brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on. Solar, sponsors of weather on. Gb views. Hello there. Welcome to your latest gb news weather. 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Welcome to a very special good afternoon britain with me emily carver and me Patrick Christys and it is the anniversary of one of the most momentous days in british history. It was the coronation of king charles the third, and we are any second now going to be bringing you the latest gun salute. Here we are. Its a 62 gun salute. This one. We brought you a 41 gun salute in the last hour of 62 gun salute. This time round, we will be able to see the famous tower of london in the famous tower of london in the background. So they are going to be firing any moment. And there we go. Weve got Richard Fitzwilliams with us as well. Hes going to be doing a little bit of wonderful telling us what all of this really means is. Richard there is richard there very quickly. Weve got 30s until the gun salute is off. So, richard, just tell us what were expecting to see. What are were expecting to see. What are we looking at . Were looking at the Honourable Artillery Company, and they will be giving us 62 gun salute. Theyre part of six gun salute. Theyre part of six gun salutes. The one horse artillery inclusive. And Edinburgh Castle that commemorate the anniversary of the coronation today. Well, i think its about to start firing by my clock. Anyway, we have now seven seconds until the first one goes off. So should we just take this first one live and then well talk over the rest of them . Hang. On. Yeah, theyre well underway, richard. So what is the significance of this . Why . Why do we have gun salutes for the king . Problems. Commemoration without doubt. For example, including vast crowds and the like. I mean, it marks important royal events, and its one of the traditions. Simon king the traditions. Simon King Charless in windsor at the moment. There are no official commemorations of this. This anniversary. But nonetheless, anniversary. But nonetheless, considering that we are the only country in europe that still has a coronation and the fact that it was as impressive as it was last year, i mean, this will be a source of, i think, pride to the king, especially since and i touch wood when i say this, that all seems to be going in the right direction, regarding his illness , and this is the illness, and this is the Honourable Artillery Company regiment. Presumably this is quite the honour. Honoun oh, yes, indeed. And also they are an extremely significant body in the city of london, and the kings troop, royal horse artillery, also , who royal horse artillery, also, who are involved in gun salutes and their Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland and in york and also in Edinburgh Castle. So its being commemorated, but there are no specific, celebrations ins other than, of course, memories. And theres been some extra footage released onune been some extra footage released online and people also will think back and think of what an impressive ceremony it was. I mean, its an interesting look at britains soft power that about 160 countries were represented at the coronation and of course, it was done in such a different way to the 1953, as you would expect , yes. 1953, as you would expect, yes. No, indeed. No. Look, richard, stay where you are, please , my stay where you are, please, my good man, if thats okay, because we will come back to you. Theres a lot to talk about in the royal news today. The latest royal opinion polls are out. King charles doing rather well. The royal family as a whole doing rather well. The only person whos not doing that well is Meghan Markle though why on earth shes still included in the polls of the actual royal family i dont know, were going to be talking about the kings health as well , to be talking about the kings health as well, and ive got a little interview to bring people this evening on my latest show, 9 to 11 pm, with Penny Mordaunt , who was actually the, well, apart from the king and the queen, the unexpected star of the coronation show, i was talking to her a year on, and we are going to be reminding ourselves of me walking up and down the mall in the run up to it. So it was all going off. Look, weve got a big segment coming your way after your bulletins with alex armstrong, baron armstrong. Baron armstrong. Very good afternoon to you. Its 1 03. Im Aaron Armstrong, its1 03. Im Aaron Armstrong, john swinney has been elected as the new leader of the snp. Nominations for the job closed at midday and he was unopposed in the race to replace humza yousaf after the veteran Party Activist Graham Mccormick pulled out of the race late last night. Mr swinney is likely to be voted in as scotlands new first minister later this week. Rishi minister later this week. Rishi sunak called for unity amongst his mps after conceding for the first time the tories may not win the general election. The win the general election. The Prime Minister believes britain is heading for a Hung Parliament, with labour falling short of enough seats to form a majority government. He says the pubuc majority government. He says the public wont want a coalition with the snp. While the with the snp. While the conservatives lost nearly 50 Council Seats and the West Midlands mayoralty results, rishi sunak has described as bitterly disappointing. Womens minister Maria Caulfield told gb news though things arent as bad as the polls suggest , for months as the polls suggest, for months now theyve been saying that were 20 points behind labour and actually when you look at the results from the local elections and experts have done the drilling down on those numbers, its between 7 to points. And what were actually looking for is a potential Hung Parliament. And if labour then want to go into government, they would have to do deals with parties like the snp, the lib dems and, you know, parties like the green party as well. The green party as well. However, the labour chair, Anneliese Dodds, says rishi sunaks interpretation of the results is incorrect. Results is incorrect. Local elections are not a good predictor of general elections. If you just look at the overall vote share, which is what he seems to have done. For example, very small parties tend to do far better in local elections. Independents tend to do better. And if you look at the places where labour won, where labour picked up support, it was in those constituencies that labour will need in order to deliver a majority Labour Government. So im afraid rishi sunak has got this wrong. Hes sunak has got this wrong. Hes tin eared. He should be listening to that message to actually give people the chance for change. Metropolitan Police Detectives have launched a Murder Investigation after a man was stabbed in a street fight in east london on sunday night. A 38 year old man was found suffering a single stab injury. It was just off a busy high road in bethnal green. Scotland yard in bethnal green. Scotland yard says officers are still working to inform the victims family with formal identification. Yet to take place. Russia says it will hold exercises with Tactical Nuclear weapons after what the kremlin has described as threats from france, britain and the United States. The president , Vladimir Putin, has ordered the exercises amid russian warnings of Rising Nuclear risks. Russian defence sources say the drill is aimed at ensuring the countrys territorial integrity and sovereignty in response to what it says are provocative statements and threats by certain western officials against the russian federation. Against the russian federation. And gun salutes have rung out across the capital, marking the First Anniversary of king charles coronation 41 volleys were fired by the kings troop, royal horse artillery, in green park in central london. The archbishop of canterbury has paid tribute to the kings sense of duty after his return to pubuc of duty after his return to public life, and says crowning him was the privilege of a lifetime. For the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts. Scan the qr code on your screen or go to the website for more details. Now its back to patrick and. Emily. To patrick and. Emily. Well, thank you very much indeed , Aaron Armstrong, for indeed, Aaron Armstrong, for bringing us those headlines. Now, as weve seen, weve just seen the two gun salutes, the two royal gun salutes to mark the first Year Anniversary of the first Year Anniversary of the kings coronation. Now cast your mind back to a year ago, when this one Patrick Christys was out on the mall. Werent you . was out on the mall. Werent you . I was you look a bit sheepish there i was out and about. They unleashed me. They unleashed me. Unleashed him, to celebrate all this and to meet lots of lovely people who are very excited indeed to catch a glimpse of king charles. Shall we have a little look back . King charles, very excited about me. Patrick. Patrick, its time for your show. Get up. What. For your show. Get up. What. Im tommy time. Is it . Hey im tommy time. Is it . Hey im tommy time. Is it . Hey oh flipping heck, ive got to get going. All right. Oh flipping heck, ive got to get going. All right. Okay, to get going. All right. Okay, ill see you at the studio. Im going to pan around now to an absolute gb news fan favourite. Absolute gb news fan favourite. Here she is. Lisa, how are you . Im smashing patrick. Hey, its great to meet you in the flesh. Absolutely. Absolutely. Now, people, eagle eyed viewers and listeners will know you because weve interviewed you because weve interviewed you several times. And normally. You several times. And normally. Normally its at your home. Yeah, it is with how many thousands of pieces of memorabilia . 13,500 now. 13,500 now. 13,500. And why are you so passionate about being here today, camping out and everything . Its because im a monarchist and for the whole of my life , i and for the whole of my life, i pledge my allegiance to the queen. Queen elizabeth ii. And now this is a physical visual display of my allegiance passing to the new king. Is there any chance i might be able to pinch your crown . Thank you very much. Here we go. Okay, well, look, ladies and gentlemen, i hope youre having as much fun as i am out here on the mound. Now. Now, arthur, theres a reason why you and i dont get on about one thing. Isnt that right . And i believe that we disagree massively on football. Who do you support . Liverpool. Liverpool v liverpool fc. Well, im a Manchester United fan. So do you. Do you hate me now . Now . Dont know. Not as much, but a bit. A bit. But i see though that youve got a near enough life size cardboard cut out here i think. Where on earth do you get this from . From . Well, i purchased it. Yes i hope so. Didnt nick it . Go on. Whereabouts wrong. Well, youd be surprised. Well, youd be surprised. I have a chair. I do not have a tent, so ill be sleeping in my chair. No, yes, i have lots of layers of clothing. I have a sleeping bag. Ill be nice and sleeping bag. Ill be nice and warm and hopefully dry it. Look for tomorrow. Look for tomorrow. Its not mine. Its one of the soldiers over there. Used to it. Well, they are roughing it a little bit, so dont get too wet. I hope its not too wet. Are you nervous for tomorrow . You nervous for tomorrow . I used to sinner. No, sir, im not. I am soldiers and yes , so. I am soldiers and yes, so. Well, good luck for tomorrow. Well, good luck for tomorrow. Ihave well, good luck for tomorrow. I have to know. Are you nervous for tomorrow . Are you nervous for tomorrow . Are you nervous for tomorrow . Its a bit later years. Are its a bit later years. Are or take me back. What a time that was. What a time that was. It was a lovely time. And the weather was nice. No, the weather was great. No, the weather was great. It was lovely. It was lovely. Gb news. We were the only broadcaster actually to go all week there. So the other broadcasters turned up. And i think the day before the coronation or two days before we did it all week. And the best bit about it, genuinely, im not just saying this was getting to wander up and down the mall and seeing so many gb news viewers and staunch royalist etc. I think you spoke to literally every single person. I loved it , every single person. I loved it, i absolutely loved it. It was it was a fantastic time. Everyone wanted to speak, didnt they . Everyone wanted to. Everyone wanted to. Everyone wanted to. Everyone wanted to speak and say what they were looking forward to. Yeah. Yeah. And it was a time of optimism. After the queens passing, you know, it felt like there was a bit of a corner being, being turned there. And one of the standout performers , one of the standout performers, if you can say that after a performance, after the, during the coronation was Penny Mordaunt, whos leader of the house of commons. But shes also the leader of the privy council. Now last week i went to have a little chat with Penny Mordaunt, and were going to be playing the full interview. Its all about the coronation, about her role in it and some interesting behind the scenes information as well. Heres a little snippet of what youre going to be getting later. Nine till 11 pm. Well one of my favourite quotes is from the composer mahler, and he said that tradition is not the worship of ashes, its the preservation of fire. And i think thats what the royal family vie what they stand for, what they do, that service and duty to us. Well , theres Penny Mordaunt well, theres Penny Mordaunt speaking exclusively to patrick here. So youll get more of that later on tonight from 9 00. Yes, indeed. We cover a lot of ground , actually. Really of ground, actually. Really interesting. I felt like, ive not seen her in that light before, so maybe some of our viewers will be intrigued by it. I certainly hope so. Yes, indeed. But, every Senior Member of the royal family has seen a bit of a boost in popularity since the coronation. I must say, apart from the duchess of sussex. Thats according to a new poll. Patrick isnt so surprised about that one, 56 believe the king is doing a good job, compared to 49 a year ago. Well, thats quite the boost. Thats quite the boost. And of course, that, is, very different from, the average politician, a no politician, politicians are always in the negative. Could you imagine . Could you imagine . Always in the negative. Always in the negative. Always in the negative. A politician on 56 approval rating. I mean, good grief, rating. I mean, good grief , theyd be i mean, good grief, theyd be in power for decades, wouldnt they . That kind of stuff. But they . That kind of stuff. But they would be. Should we bring back in, Richard Fitzwilliams, to talk us through this, popularity contest were seeing here. Do you think the royal family is on the up . I mean, theres lots of people who are out and about. The activists, the republicans out saying how we should be a republic and we should have no monarchy. But do you think the vast majority of people still want us to have a monarch . Want us to have a monarch . Oh, absolutely, this poll is, i think, encouraging. I mean, it i think, encouraging. I mean, it cant be denied that after the death of queen elizabeth. I think quite a lot of people were wondering, you know, how popular the monarchy would continue to be. Its also true that, say ten years ago, these figures say in favour of the monarchy were quite a lot higher. But theres no question also that if youve got the support of around 60, i mean, political parties, you were mentioning politicians and their negative ratings. I mean, any Political Party would give its eye teeth for ratings even remotely like that. Republic is under 30. And yes, they have a rally of sorts of about 100 people attending, according to the daily mail. I mean, people attending, according to the daily mail. I mean, theres the daily mail. I mean, theres no question at all. Theres always been a certain relatively small, republic , an, base of small, republic, an, base of support. But what is curious, and i think you can link this directly to the behaviour of the sussexes, the 18 to 24 Year Old Group are they do tend to have republican leanings and the reason for that, i think, is unked reason for that, i think, is linked to the fact that the last few years have been very difficult for the royal family, and with several attacks, particularly okra, that dreadful and infamous interview that the sussexes gave and also their six hour Netflix Series harry and meghan, and also harry and spare a whole series of attacks over four years. I mean, it has, together with andrews disgrace, it has affected royal ratings. But i do think this is very encouraging because not only is the king, doing well, as you mentioned, in 5 to 6, but also , mentioned, in 5 to 6, but also, the prince and princess of wales have superb ratings. And again, very, very encouraging, i think last week to see king charles, on three occasions. So, yes, the future is looking good at a very, very troubled and tricky time. Now, richard, one of the reasons why i think one of the reasons why i think one of the reasons why i think one of the reasons why i think we are seeing the Republican Movement so staunch amongst the younger people is because, in my view, all too often now , they are all too often now, they are being taught to hate this country. Theyre being taught about the negatives of britains past, or theyre being lied to about from the negatives of britains past. And one of the movements as well is stuff like, were going to talk about now, sir richard, i hope that youve got your debating hat on, because we are going to have a bit of a head to head on this because the government has refused to amend legal constraints on repatriating museum artefacts, but but the labour party has not set out a policy position as yet. Yes. Yes. So the question on that some are asking is if keir starmer becomes Prime Minister, will he becomes Prime Minister, will he be more likely or less likely to give away our National Treasures , and will he do so . Apparently the ghanaian king, believes that he has more of a chance of getting some treasures back if keir starmer is in power. Well, thats it. Well, thats it. All this talk now about vote reform. Get labour. You know , reform. Get labour. You know, vote, vote labour, please. The ghanaian king, everybody. But joining us now to discuss this is former labour minister Denis Macshane. And weve still got macshane. And weve still got royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams. Dennis ill start with you. You know under a Labour Government, youd just give everything back to everybody else, wouldnt you, and let it fall into their hands. Patrick, i love your previous , item on the popularity of the king, and he deserves it. But ive just checked british journalists. Only 18 of the british people trust journalists. We have one of the lowest ratings in journalists trust. So ratings in journalists trust. So lets just ignore perhaps what journalists have been writing about this. Ill tell you a true story. 1997 new labour story. 1997 new Labour Government guy called chris smith. First game minister is the culture secretary. And i talked to him and i say to, chris, chris, now what about the elgin marbles, the parthenon marbles . Any chance of those going back to greece . He froze in terror, in horror. I said, for gods sake, dennis, please dont mention it. Dont raise it in the house. Dont write an article about it. Because he knew perfectly well tony blair wasnt remotely interested. And ive talked to a number of cabinet ministers, shadow cabinet ministers, shadow cabinet ministers, shadow cabinet ministers, i mean , about cabinet ministers, i mean, about the next Labour Government. And let me tell you, i dont think keir starmer has got the slightest intention of giving anything back. Well, why havent they set out their , their policy on this out their, their policy on this all . Well, frankly , i think if we well, frankly, i think if we looking at the state of the nhs, the armed services, the potholes in our roads, education, the absence of trading , i think absence of trading, i think heavenly even you might agree that theres slightly more important priorities than passing complicated acts of parliament. The ashanti people of ghana were conquered, taken over by britain after 1824. We said their children , men, women said their children, men, women as slaves for to the west indies to the british colonies in the west indies. They had four actual wars against us. I dont think any of this is ever taught in schools, but i certainly wasnt taught it at school or in oxford. And finally, it took oxford. And finally, it took until 1957 before they come free. We said, i am, i am, however, dennis reading, reading numerous different articles keir starmer open to return of parthenon marbles. Reports say thats in the Guardian Keir Starmer open to deal on the elgin marbles the financial times. These are not right leaning newspaper outlets. Dennis elgin marbles could be loaned back to greece under labour richard r r marbles and our artefacts safe under a Labour Government, do you think . Well, i think firstly i think do think its a complicated question. The 1963 act, as it stands , forbids the various stands, forbids the various National Museums to give articles back. Hence the fact that this loan has been specially arranged with the asantehene, the king of the ashanti, with the background and some of the background that dennis has just illustrated. Dennis has just illustrated. Now, whether or not the act will be changed again , there are two be changed again, there are two exceptions human remains and also , plunder by the nazis. If also, plunder by the nazis. If there are two exceptions, there can be three exceptions. And the government , they may very well government, they may very well consider changes to this because there are a variety of artefacts. For example , sacred artefacts. For example, sacred relics from ethiopia, which no one is permitted to see other than ethiopian clergy. So the museums trustees cant see them. I mean, that is ridiculous to have, in the British Museum when they have real relevance in ethiopia. And also theres the issue of the benin bronzes. The point is to come to some sort of balance on this, whereby our museums dont get suddenly denuded of treasures, but on the other hand , in certain specific other hand, in certain specific cases, it does seem to me they are very good reasons for either loans long term or exchange, or some form of gift. Its it some form of gift. Its it depends on the individual case and i think that the very theyre very, very strong feelings on this in different countries. And the history goes back and of course varies tremendously. So you have to take things on a case by case basis, dennis, do you think we should give up the elgin marbles , the parthenon marbles . Theyre controversial. They theyre controversial. They were hacked off literally with pickaxes and a saw by lord elgin , protected by the royal navy in the beginning of the 19 century. And he brought them back of the founding building of european democracy , the acropolis, the democracy, the acropolis, the parthenon. And he hacked off. Its like king william dismantling stonehenge and re erecting it in paris. I mean, king william the conqueror, not not the future king william , of not the future king william, of course. And the elgin needed. He was a syphilitic tory lord. His wife, quite sensibly , divorced wife, quite sensibly, divorced him, and he needed the money for a divorce settlement. So he a divorce settlement. So he flogged them to the british government. And theres a big debate in the house of commons. A lot of people were very angry at the sheer vandalism of it because greece, britain, sorry, is a home, probably the worlds greatest hellenist specialist in antique greek history and the current greek Prime Minister. Hes talked to different people. To david, sorry to i dont know which Prime Minister hes talked to about it, but lord ed vaizey, who was the tory culture minister, hes in favour of it. Theyre talking about it as a loan, thats tricky, but i just think, god, we need friends just to just to finish. I mean, richard, do you think that the, the mood music is changing a bit on this and that it may not be next year, but in a few years, perhaps a decade or so, we will just empty our museums because its the politically correct thing to do. We wont empty museums because i think that would be ridiculous. But there are specific cases which, you know, as dennis has just been discussing. I mean, the, the taking from ottoman ruled greece. So these , treasures if greece. So these, treasures if in 2009, near the acropolis, i was there last december, the greeks have a magnificent museum andifs greeks have a magnificent museum and its really , really, and its really, really, something the human spirit soars when you go in there and you see the background to it all. And when you actually consider that, its very, very likely that there will be some form of long term permanent loan with something given back by the greeks to the British Museum. The whole point is to handle it in a civilised way. There was a contretemps between the greek Prime Minister and, our Prime Minister rishi sunak on this very issue quite recently. So it wont happen under the current government, but its very likely to happen. To happen. So thats the great point, because when all that was erupting, they were much more inclined to go and meet the labour leaders. And it was because they felt they were more inclined that under a Labour Government, they would give their treasures back. I government, they would give theirtreasures back. I mean, their treasures back. I mean, im reading an article here. Tristram hunt mp bowed before a ghanaian king before handing back looted gold. I mean, what on earth is happening to Great Britain who had diminished on the world stage or even removed . Seriously, the idea that Tristram Hunt would bow before a ghanaian king and hand back some quotes looted gold. I mean, what the flipping heck is . Whats the flipping heck is . Whats becoming of us now . That is an outrageous description, patrick. You know perfectly well firstly, in front of a king, it is respectful to bow. Yes. In his description, Tristram Hunt talked about the fact theyd been looted and, the ghanaians , in fact, were ghanaians, in fact, were scrupulously polite about it, the point is, however, that there is a museum attached to there is a museum attached to the manhyia palace, where its an exhibition. Homecoming will display them. There are a three year loan, since theyre so valuable to the ashantis. Then it only makes sense to make that loan permanent. It only makes sense to make that loan permanent. I would it only makes sense to make that loan permanent. I would have loan permanent. I would have thought, after all. I mean, they are one small item in the british. I wonder if all loans loans might become permanent, though i do wonder how, you know how much of a loan a loan is not giving it back, whether it is just, giving back permanently. Thank you so much for that well mannered debate. Very lively, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams, thank you very much. And the former labour minister, Denis Macshane of course. Great to speak to you both. Good stuff. You just want to keep Everything Else to do. Weve gone back, weve gone out and got them. Were not going to get them back. They are. We can look after them here. You know, im sorry, but thems the rules. Finders keepers or stealers keepers. Lets know what your thoughts. Are. You a team, dennis . Team. Richard team. Patrick bowing before a ghanaian king and handing him back a bit of gold. Of gold. They can jog on. They can jog on. Youd bow before the ghanian king. Not if i was giving him back some gold. I wouldnt anyway. Coming up. Go on. What we got . You can rip it out of my hands. Cold dead hands. Suella braverman be back, many right wing mps think her return to cabinet could be sunak saving grace. I mean, could that be grace. I mean, could that be true . Or is that all a bit bonkers at this stage . Stay with us. Welcome back to good afternoon, britain with emily carver and me. Patrick christys. Now, Suella Braverman has called on Prime Minister rishi sunak to own the poor Election Results for the conservatives in englands local elections. Yes, the former home secretary has called on the Prime Minister to fix this. Well, perhaps easier said than done, but were going to be getting a labour perspective on this if hes ready , on these this if hes ready, on these remarks from the home secretary, i mean, probably not awfully helpful from rishi sunaks perspective, but does she reflect the view of many conservative voters, many potential conservative voters, anyway, or shes most astonishing members, minus some astonishing members, minus some astonishing claims, doesnt she, saying, oh, the tories. I mean, shes presumably not being literal about this, but say, oh, the tories will be lucky to get what any mps at the next election. Shes also saying next election. Shes also saying that she regrets backing rishi sunak to become Prime Minister because he has reneged on a load of promises. The echr getting down, legal migration, a lot of people on your say so gbnews. Com yoursay. Are saying, gbnews. Com yoursay. Are saying, oh, if Suella Braverman was in charge, wed be more inclined to vote conservative. Its this really squishy moment at the moment, isnt it, with do they have time to replace rishi sunak 7 have time to replace rishi sunak . And if you are more inclined, towards the right of the conservative party, install somebody like Suella Braverman, or does Suella Braverman keep her powder dry . Let rishi sunak get the kind of kicking that many people assume he is going to get and then try and mop up afterwards. But we do have this, she says. She says, tory voters are on strike and there might be quite a lot of truth to that, people just staying at home, not voting for labour, necessarily, but staying at home because they dont want to vote conservative, should we speak to the former editor of labourlist, peter edwards, to get his hot take on all of this, peter Suella Braverman coming out very clearly to say rishi sunak is not doing a good job and that he needs to desperately change tack. Do you think that if rishi sunak went more in Suella Braverman direction, hed garner more votes , no. And theres no more votes, no. And theres no appetite for that at all among the public . There might be some appetite for that among parts of the tory party only, but the conservatives have only really won from the middle ground, and its probably a cliche youre fed up with me saying it, but but urging the tories to become ukip or reform is not the answer. And i think Suella Braverman, you know, i disagree with her on most things, but 2 or 3 years ago she was a credible figure and i think shes just burnt through that credibility to damage her own party. And the Prime Minister and her prospects in the leadership contest, which she thinks is going to follow. Thinks is going to follow. Can i just ask you, though, i mean, isnt being more like reform literally the answer . Because we are seeing people voting for reform who used to vote conservatives. There were numerous different Council Seats around the country on on thursday or friday, whenever those elections were. Its a blur now, where you could see that. So like 18 down in the tory vote and then reform from a standing start getting 18. Theres quite a few examples very similar to that which does imply if the conservatives were more like reform, then more people would vote for them. Well, they would gain some votes from their right flank and lose some in the centre ground. And you have to remember the number of elected mps for reform for the house of commons is zero. There was one defection, the number of ukip was its predecessor. The number of ukip mps directly elected to the commons, reached a high point of two and then went down to zero. You know this i completely understand. Theres a debate in the tory party, especially when theyre 10 to 20 points behind in the polls. But National Elections and this wasnt a National Election because we werent voting in scotland. But National Elections reform, its predecessor, ukip , dont cut predecessor, ukip, dont cut through the exceptions of the referendum. Her focus point is immigration. I mean, former home secretary , that is what she secretary, that is what she seems to be most passionate about, getting those numbers down, stopping illegal immigration. The labour party are going to have to deal with exactly the same problem if they get into power , they say theyre get into power, they say theyre going to be tough, but then we dont see much in the way of policy. They say they will scrap the rwanda scheme even if it does start to work as a deterrent. They say they want to smash the gangs. Well, thats something the current government are trying to do as well, with help from the french and other european countries. So people dont really know what theyre voting for when it comes to home affairs. If they vote labour and labour are going to be faced with exactly the same problems that Suella Braverman anneliese was trying to get to grips with. Well, Suella Braverman made a brief attempt at getting to gnps brief attempt at getting to grips with them, and remember the first time she was home secretary, she had to leave office because of misconduct over government emails and second time under rishi sunak. She just wrote article after article, more and more crude and aggressive in its rhetoric. And eventually he got rid of her. Youre completely right. Whoever wins the election is going to have to deal with, the state of the immigration system and legitimate public concern over it. Labours got a five point plan, and its interesting. The plan, and its interesting. The government is starting to pick up 1 or 2 of bits of that plan. What . Like what . What . Like what . Well , closer cooperation with well, closer cooperation with france. I think Labour Demand is about 3 or 4 years ago now it seems to be happening. Well, hang on tens of millions to £500 million to france, some of which i revealed on my evening show they actually spent on putting a fence around a football stadium, which are Illegal Migrants company which had nothing to do with britain. And theyre going to remove their Police Officers from the beach. They can go and safeguard the paris olympics. I mean, its the paris olympics. I mean, its all very well and good saying closer cooperation with france. But the french are saying no, arent they . Well, i think theyre saying we and then showing incompetence and i dont know the french for that, but youre making a very articulate case for government incompetence. But i dont think theres anyone who thinks we can solve the migrant crisis , while solve the migrant crisis, while ignonng solve the migrant crisis, while ignoring france. You just said we need french cooperation, but theyre useless and incompetent. I mean, then, you know, theres no use of cooperation then, is there . We certainly need french cooperation. Patrick made the case for their incompetence. And it points to value for money, doesnt it . I think both main parties now agree we need cooperation with france. But as patrick set out, its not really borne fruit so far, has it . Well, yeah. All right. Yeah. Were not getting around the thing. The labour are going to be exactly the same situation. Can i just can we just hear quickly from Suella Braverman and then well just well just react off the back of it. So here is suella 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 course. So make sure that there are meaningful tax cuts that people can feel and benefit from. Put a cap on legal migration. Take us out of the european. Yeah, okay. We should obviously say take us out the echr as well. Obviously say take us out the echr as well. I obviously say take us out the echr as well. I mean, peter, if echr as well. I mean, peter, if he did do that, i think he would go he did do that, i think he would 9 up he did do that, i think he would go up in the polls. No he might get a short term bounce. You know, ive done a lot of campaigning for labour in london in these local elections. I can in these local elections. I can tell you that the European Convention on human rights never came up on the doorstep. I havent i havent seen any polls, but does deporting foreign criminals or stopping illegal migration come up . Because, yes, people might not talk about the echr as an institution. You dont need to leave the echr to do those things that have maybe been, you know, hindered perhaps by our membership of the echr well, i dont think deporting foreign criminals is held back by the echr. And by the way, Suella Braverman keeps referring to it as a Foreign Court is a court that the United Kingdom was involved in setting up. You know, the last two governments, whether you like them or not, tories and labour, have deported foreign criminals to varying degrees. So we can do it. Pulling out of the echr, im sorry, its just a sop to reform voters. Okay, we shall see. Thank you very much indeed. Peter edwards, always great to speak to you. Former editor of labourlist. Good stuff. Just just quickly on that Suella Braverman, while she was still home secretary stood up and gave a speech. Okay. Where she was in washington, and she said that we are going to see a hurricane of Illegal Migrants coming through. And unless we change the international community, the definition of what it means to be a refugee or an asylum seeker, then essentially western civilisation is doomed. And im convinced that shes on the right side of history when it comes to that, because thats whats happening. I remember all the Media Coverage focused on her, you know, specific words she may have used rather than, you know, the problem, the general rather than the problem itself. Yes and id say most labour and conservative voters are concerned about our borders and how porous theyve become. Its not a left right issue or it shouldnt be. Look how much and look how concerned the irish are now. Yeah. Its taken. Yeah. Why do things have to get awful before people respond anyway . Right. Were waffling on politics, isnt it . Thats politics, coming up, were going to be talking a little bit more about those local Election Results. Lots of, councillors , one on a on a pro councillors, one on a on a pro gaza ticket. What does that say about our, the state of our democracy . What exactly is going on there . And e bikes. Weve got another man on to talk about how e bikes are exploding across the country. Yeah, not very green, is it . But well see. After the headunes. Headlines. Its 136. Headlines. Its136. Im Aaron Armstrong, rishi sunak conceded for the first time. The tories may not win the next general election. The Prime Minister believes britain is heading for a Hung Parliament, with labour falling short of being able to form a majority government. And he says the public wouldnt want a coalition with the snp, while sunak has described the local Election Results as bitterly disappointing, the conservatives lost nearly 500 Council Seats and also the mayors position in the West Midlands. The pm is urging his mps to end divisions and come together to take on laboun and come together to take on labour. John swinney has been confirmed as the new leader of the snp. Nominations for the job the snp. Nominations for the job closed at midday and he was unopposed in the race to replace humza yousaf after a veteran Party Activist, Graham Mccormick, pulled out late last night. Mr swinney mccormick, pulled out late last night. Mr swinney is due to be sworn in as scotlands new first minister later this week. Could minister later this week. Could your local be on the verge of reopening heineken says its going to invest almost £40 million to create 1000 new jobs and, crucially, bring back 62 pubs that have closed this year. 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Theyve been blamed for surging numbers of battery fires in london and other parts of the country. Fire chiefs are warning against plans to legalise the more powerful models because of this, this risk. Yeah. Well, so 149 fires were caused in london alone by e bikes in 2023. Now, just bear in mind these things are supposed to be the new, greener alternative to driving , arent alternative to driving, arent they . alternative to driving, arent they . I mean, that doesnt look particularly green. In fact, it is a towering inferno. Joining us now to discuss this growing problem is motoring journalist danny kelly. Danny, look , you danny kelly. Danny, look, you know, we can all see this footage, cant we, of exploding e bikes and in some ways im a bit of a laugh about the dramatic footage, but someone could have been on that e bike, or a child in a pram could be to next it. I dont know if theyre that safe. Are they 149 fires, as you mentioned in 2023, three people unfortunately dying in 2023 over 40 odd fires this yean 2023 over 40 odd fires this year, London Fire Service saying that its the most common cause of callouts now in the whole of the capital. And the problem is , guys, is and the problem is, guys, is youre probably using incorrect equipment, charging equipment, moody gear coming over from the far east, from china, being sold by unreputable dealers online. The current legislation is that it can go no more than 15. 5 miles an hour, and the Battery Capacity is 250w. But its easy to restrict it. The 250 watt and 15. 5 mile an hour speed limit. Whenever i come down to london, i regularly am overtaken on 20 mile an hour stretches by e bikes. Now there is a law against it. But the metropolitan police, you know, theyre going to struggle to keep up with knife crime, never mind pulling people over if theyre going over 15. 5 miles an hour. And what were seeing on our screens now is rather dramatic footage , now is rather dramatic footage, cctv footage of these e bikes literally exploding. And its literally exploding. And its a chemical reaction. Its like a little mini power plant. Lithium little mini power plant. Lithium is a chemical, and its very difficult to put these things out. And you mentioned patrick. I think its a bit of a fallacy that people are using these e bikes instead of, internal Combustion Engine vehicles. I think thats a load of garbage. The title characters i see streaming around the capital at 30 miles an hour on an e bike, certainly arent the type of people who are thinking of the environment. You think its Rhiannon Jones using these bikes. So its basically the dodgy bikes that are doing this or people have started to try and play around with how fast they can go play around with the, the battery and all of that. So its actually people making these products more dangerous, either because the supplier is a bit dodgy or theyre actually doing some diy themselves. Yeah, emily, youll be amazed. Just a simple search for onune. Just a simple search for online about 3 or £4000, which i know is a significant amount of money. You can actually buy an e bike with 40 times four zero times the legal capacity. Theres a disclaimer on the internet website saying that its for off road use, but that , its for off road use, but that, you know, thats just a legal disclaimer and guess how fast it can go . It can go over 80 miles can go . It can go over 80 miles an hour and for pedestrians, yeah, it can go over 80 miles an houn yeah, it can go over 80 miles an hour. And for pedestrian , hour. And for pedestrian, theyre lethal because youre walking along the pavement and you just get a whoosh of air as some scallywag goes past you. At 30, there was a woman who was killed by a pedal cycle. He was killed by a pedal cycle. He was doing 29 miles an hour. The police couldnt prosecute him because the speeding law doesnt apply to bikes and, you know, cyclists, normal cyclists, dont like and pedestrians dont like him. Car drivers dont like him. And generally they are a ticking time bomb. And like our mobile phones , we go to sleep and we phones, we go to sleep and we charge our phone overnight. And thats what the London Fire Service dont want people to do. People are leaving the bikes and their e scooters on charge overnight. Moody charging gear, damaged batteries and then, as we can see on our screen now, two towering inferno. And this is this is if people are watching this now this is absolutely not a london problem. Absolutely not a london problem. It just happens to be that weve got this data from london and if you do have an e bike or if you do know someone with it , you are do know someone with it, you are right to be concerned if theyve got that lying around in a shared hallway or in the shed, or charging overnight, you are right to be concerned about it. I also just think there is a fundamental fallacy, danny, when it comes to some of these e bikes, the minerals that they use, you know, lithium batteries you mentioned there. You see, the way that some of these things are mined out of the ground by a one Armed Congolese orphan somewhere, and you think there is nothing particularly green about this, is there . No, theres not. And i dont think that we should focus too much and you and i are right to distance this from the green agenda, patrick, because its not that green agenda. Activists often use this as a reason to push e scooters in city centres. Paris recently, i think, banned e scooters because theyre just so dangerous. But of course, paris was convinced that it was the right thing to do because they were, if you like, they were strong armed by the green activists. So i think predominantly speaking, i think most e bikes are used for genuine reasons, for genuine people who maybe struggle to get up hills because theyre out of out of shape, like me, for example. But out of shape, like me, for example. But a out of shape, like me, for example. But a lot of the example. But a lot of the e bikes, lets not kid ourselves. Theyre used to go over 15. 5 miles an hour. They scream around city centres in the midlands , coventry, the midlands, coventry, birmingham, wolverhampton. Youre right, its not a london thing, but the story today is a london thing because the London Fire Service is so scared of it. Its the most common cause of house fire. Its crazy. Three people died last year, of course, that, you know, if you get your e bike from a reputable supplier and you dont start fiddling with, you know, the battery and Everything Else, its safe. Its just these, its safe. Its just these, these, these dodgy ones that we need to keep an eye on. So theres the warning. Thank you very much. Danny. Danny kelly, motoring. Have a great bank holiday. Always great. Thank you very much. You too. Yes. Well, very much. You too. Yes. Well, i should stress that. Dont get me started on the, the lime bikes. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Basically, people cycling. A friend of mine, one of these. Someone on a bike. Just grabs her phone out of her hand at 830 in the morning. Not what you expect, is it . When youre on your way to work . Mobile mugging machine. Perhaps it is what you expect these days. Yeah, indeed. Oh, just do i do want to stress. Look, the vast majority of these e bikes are perfectly legal and above board. Youve got nothing to worry about. But it is. It is the knock off ones. And they are everywhere. So, you know, there is a bit of concern. Dont make dont fool around with it so that it goes 80mph. That might be a good idea anyway, coming up, take a listen to this. We received some information regarding a bomb threat of terrifying, a terrifying extract from a British Airways flight from a British Airways flight from bermuda to london. You might have missed it there. It happened very quickly. Theres a bomb threat. Theres a bomb threat. Well be bringing to you that full story and the full audio clip of the pilot. I dont know how id react, but i dont know how id react, but i dont think id be as calm as that chap. Right. Good afternoon. Britain. Now a passengers on a British Airways flight were forced to disembark before takeoff at bermudas Main International airport. After a bomb threat. It has now been confirmed. So the flight, which was supposed to leave for london last night, had to be immediately evacuated after the threat was received. I believe we can have a little listen now as to what happened. Metre tower. Cancel. Take off clearance. Cancel. Take off clearance. Cancel. Take off clearance , we received some clearance, we received some information regarding a bomb threat. Threat. Okay. Cancel takeoff clearance. Speedbird one eight. Bravo. And, would you like us to leave the runway at one eight bravo . Negative for position. Standby 218. Bravo. Youve got any further information for us . One eight bravo, i was just on the phone with the airport duty officer, and they reported that they received an email saying that there is a bomb on board. And we are currently working on getting the authorities out and getting you to an isolated area to disembark, possibly. To an isolated area to disembark, possibly. Wow. Disembark, possibly. Wow. Very matter of fact, wasnt it cool as a cucumber . Fair play i someone, someone was a bomb threat in this studio. Obviously id. You know, i have to take coven id. You know, i have to take cover. Yeah. Carry you out of here. But then after that, id go. I was my gentlemanly duties are out of the way. Id be absolutely bricking it. Screaming and shouting, screaming and shouting. Yeah. Getting away. Crying a little, crying. Weeping in a puddle of myself in the corner as bomb threat here. But yeah, fair play to the guy. I mean, can you imagine that sitting on an aeroplane thinking any moment now this thing might blow up . Bermuda also doesnt need any help, does it . When it comes to the old flying concerns with the Bermuda Triangle and all of that. No, no. But we should say that everyone is safe now. They were all successfully evacuated and no ones come to any any harm. No, as we know, but just just its very interesting just heanng just its very interesting just hearing how they how they deal with that at that moment of being told that theres a bomb threat. I like that. Threat. I like that. Probably dont get that on ryanair, dear. Probably not. You just see the pilot. Its not the just see the pilot. Its not the pilot. Theyre walking off the assignment. Whats going on . He just left anyway. Look, were not going to get into trouble. Probably because the ryanair boss would say the same. Yeah. And also we flew ryanair. Doesnt matter now. Okay. Look just going to go to a couple of your views here. Lots of reaction to the e bikes and also lots of reaction to Suella Braverman, saying that basically rishi sunak needs to buck his ideas up and quake. Politicians were afraid to speak on the subject of migration, and some will still call others, for bringing the migration crisis up. Is disgraced and devious. Mps, says cagey in cumbria, theres quite a lot of that doing the rounds at the moment, mark says. Brutal. He says were never going to get a decent government running this country because the majority of the British Public are clueless. Well, there we go. They have no insurance. We deserve what we get. Well, this ties in to what were going to be talking about when we come back, as im sure youve seen some incredibly fruity characters have just been elected at the local elections , elected at the local elections, the muslim vote has issued 18 demands to Keir Starmers labour party. Should he listen . How party. Should he listen . How concerned should we be about some very, very concerning individuals being elected now in the local council . Stay tuned the local council . Stay tuned. For a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Hello there. Welcome to your latest gb news weather. It starts to settle down over the next 24 hours after todays heavy rain, but there will be some fog patches, particularly at night and thats thanks to an area of High Pressure. Low pressure moves out the way High Pressure moves out the way High Pressure moves out the way High Pressure moves in for the week ahead, largely settling it down some weather fronts across the north west, at times bringing some rain this evening. Time still some rumbles of thunder, some heavy rain in places, but it does slowly ease as we head towards midnight and into the early hours , the rain just early hours, the rain just taking its time to clear the far southeast, but generally dry overnight. Some splashes of light rain in places , but a lot light rain in places, but a lot of cloud. Some low cloud too, making it murky over the hills and around the coasts. Temperatures largely remaining in double figures. So it means a grey start to tuesday morning. Some hill fog in places. But as we go through the morning into the afternoon, should lift and break to allow some brighter skies to develop. Some sunny spells, particularly across the south and the west. But where we get some sunny spells, it will help trigger a few showers. Not as heavy compared to today , but as heavy compared to today, but some of them could be on the sharp side. Fewer in between as well. So many places dry with sunny spells. Temperatures again reaching 19 or 20 celsius in the best of the sunshine for wednesday. A murky start again, some fog patches in places, but slowly lifting and breaking, allowing some dry weather and bright weather to develop. Similar for thursday and friday as that High Pressure builds in, temperatures begin to rise as well. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather gb news. Well. Good afternoon. Britain. Its 2 00 on monday, the 6th of may. Wow local election fallout as pro gaza candidates sweep to power in former labour strongholds. Can these results provide a clue of the future of british politics . And how concerning is it . And irish tent cities . And irish tent cities . Migrants take over dublin and the row grows at the border. Can britain and ireland find a settlement to this ongoing crisis . Crisis . And its the coronation anniversary as gun salutes sound around the capital and edinburgh and cardiff and Northern Ireland as well, to mark one year since the kings coronation, we will have the very latest on how well charles, his first year, has gone. Well, i think by now we know that it was a good set of elections for the labour party overall, but there were some standout results that prove that keir starmer has a little bit of a problem. Yeah. Take oldham a problem. Yeah. Take oldham council, for example. Labour lost many votes to independent to independent candidates and lots of candidates. Dozens of councillors were running on what seemed to be, or at least dominated by a ticket based on the gaza conflict. Yeah, but it goes further in gaza. And as we saw a green councillor in leeds city council, he won. He won and he shouted allahu akbar. Yeah this is for palestine as you do. This is for palestine as you do. This is for palestine as you do. This is for palestine. He had a green rosette and a, palestine flag. Yeah. Some footage as well of burnley where they got the, got the horses out and were playing, tribal traditional music there again, very normal behaviour that in burnley at a local council election. This was immediately followed up by a list of 18 demands from the muslim vote, which includes things apparently, like sharia pensions for people. Again, this pensions for people. Again, this actually isnt just about gaza, is it . When you dig into it, shana is it . When you dig into it, sharia pensions havent really got anything to do with gaza , got anything to do with gaza, have they . Doing away with Michael Goves definition of extremism . Dont think thats extremism . Dont think thats got much to do with gaza, has it . A lot of people for a very long time have been very concerned about the slow , concerned about the slow, creeping hand of religion, of the islamic faith being involved in our politics in this country. Now, some people will say theres no need to be concerned about this. Its wrong to be concerned about this. Fair enough. A lot of people are worried about it and like it or not, it is now happening, isnt it . It . Yes. Well, get your views in gbnews. Com yoursay. Your say, gbnews. Com yoursay. Your say, were going to get a little bit more analysis on this and what these results mean. What do these results mean. What do these results mean. What do these results mean. What will keir starmer do. There are these demands telling him what he needs to change when it comes to his manifesto . Will he implement any of them or will he just ignore it . Well, were playing you some of the best clips as well, by the way of some. Yeah, very fruity characters treating winning a local election ward as though they have won, just parliament and that they are, you know, now going to change the world, which is amazing, isnt it . Because i imagine there are a few polls and bins that need taking out in their local constituency. But no, of course it is all for gaza. Gbnews. Com yoursay its your headlines. Very good afternoon to you. Its 2 03. Im Aaron Armstrong. John swinney says hes deeply honoured to have become the new leader of the snp. Nominations for the job closed at midday and he was unopposed in the race to replace humza yousaf after veteran Party Activist Graeme Mccormick pulled out of the race late last night. Mr swinney is expected to be voted in as scotlands first minister at holyrood later this week. Rishi holyrood later this week. Rishi sunak has called for unity amongst his mps after conceding for the first time the tories may not win the general election. The Prime Minister believes britain is heading for a Hung Parliament with labour falling short of enough seats to form a majority government. He says the majority government. He says the pubuc majority government. He says the public wouldnt want a coalition with the snp. Well, the with the snp. Well, the conservatives lost nearly 500 Council Seats and the West Midlands mayoralty results rishi sunak has described as bitterly disappointing womens minister Maria Caulfield told gb news things arent as bad as the polls suggest. For months now theyve been saying that were 20 points behind labour and actually when you look at the results from the local elections and experts have done, the drilling down on those numbers , its between 7 to 9 numbers, its between 7 to 9 points. And what were actually looking at is a potential Hung Parliament. And if labour then want to go into government, they would have to do deals with parties like the snp, the lib dems and, you know, parties like the green party as well. The green party as well. Labour chair Anneliese Dodds says rishi sunak interpretation of the results is incorrect. Local elections are not a predictor of general elections. If you just look at the overall vote share, which is what he seems to have done, for example, very small parties tend to do far better in local elections. Independents tend to do better. And if you look at the places where labour won, where labour picked up support, it was in those constituencies that labour will need in order to deliver a majority Labour Government. So im afraid rishi sunak has got this wrong. Im afraid rishi sunak has got this wrong. Hes tin im afraid rishi sunak has got this wrong. Hes tin eared. Im afraid rishi sunak has got this wrong. Hes tin eared. He should be listening to that message to actually give people the chance for change. The police have launched a Murder Investigation after a man was stabbed in a street fight in east london on sunday. A 38 year old man was found to have suffered a single stab injury just off a busy high road in bethnal green. A Scotland Yard bethnal green. A Scotland Yard says officers are still working to inform the victims family, with formal identification yet to take place. Ukraine has accused russia of nuclear blackmail after Vladimir Putin ordered the testing of its tactical tactical weapons during military drills. The kremlin says the Nuclear Tests are in response to statements from the west about sending troops to ukraine. Emmanuel macron suggested france could deploy its soldiers to the battlefield , its soldiers to the battlefield, and last week, foreign secretary David Cameron said ukraine had the right to strike inside russia with weapons supplied by britain. Moscow says those britain. 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And you can sign up for news alerts, scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now back to patrick and. To patrick and. Emily. Thank you very much, aaron, and welcome back to good afternoon britain. We meet Patrick Christys and emily carver. Now anger over labours position on the war in gaza has seen the party lose a number of councillors at the local elections in an otherwise fairly strong set of results for the party. But this is actually a much bigger problem for society, isnt it . Yes , not just for the labour yes, not just for the labour party. Youve got a Muslim Pressure Group now called the muslim vote, and theyre assuring sir keir starmer with a list of 18 demands. Now these include ceasing all military ties with israel. They include recognising a palestinian state. They also include things like ensuring that sharia compliant pensions are available at every workplace , and removing the workplace, and removing the extremism definition that michael gove introduced , also michael gove introduced, also issuing guidance that muslims are allowed to pray at school. So theyve got 18 demands. Yes indeed. And we can just play you a little clip now of an individual who was elected in bradford and some of the things that he has to say. Tell us what you make of this war in great horton. Manningham heating city, ward and toller are trying to tell you something here. This is a clear message to starmer. Clear message to starmer. Bradford has rejected labour. Its rejected zionism and this is a message to you. Naz shah is a message to you. Naz shah and imran hussain. We are coming for you in the general election. Anyone deserve anyone that stands with zionism. Were stands with zionism. Were coming after you. Free palestine , free palestine. Okay, now thats not normal, is it . Thats not normal, is it . Is it . Thats not normal, is it . Thats. Can you imagine if that was the other way around, though . Seriously . So lets just imagine a world where thats britain first or someone like that standing up and saying that kind of stuff about, i dont know, channel migrants or whatever, whatever, whatever. And there would be massive outrage , a massive concern in outrage, a massive concern in society. Where is the concern for this . He was one of many individuals. We had shouts of allahu akbar , didnt we . Went. Allahu akbar, didnt we . Went. Bizarrely, the green Party Managed to find itself infiltrated by a channel. And these are local elections. So these people have absolutely the square root of zero, influence on foreign politics. Theyre not running to be members of parliament, nor are they, yeah. They have no influence. But yet theyve made influence. But yet theyve made these local elections about the issue of gaza. What does keir starmer do now . What does he do . Theres a clear message there, isnt there, that starmer needs to change his position on all of this if he wants to keep some of the votes in some of these areas of the country. Should we discuss this a bit with professor Paul Whiteley from the department of government, from the university of essex . Thank the university of essex . Thank you very much for joining us, professor, paul, weve seen dozens of councils was elected on a pro gaza ticket, an anti israel ticket, a pro ceasefire ticket, a pro palestinian state ticket. Pro palestinian state ticket. But how does keir starmer react to this . What does he do . Well, to put it in context , well, to put it in context, the last census in 2021 showed that the population in the uk , that the population in the uk, about 6. 5 of the population in the uk is muslim and theyre concentrated in theyre in pretty urban centres and the top 20 constituencies, with muslim voters in them , are all labour, voters in them, are all labour, now. Now. In fact, they, most of them are very strong labour, High Percentage of marginals are , percentage of marginals are, lack of those kinds of muslim , lack of those kinds of muslim, voters, so from labours point of view, its a mixed message. On the one hand, if muslim voters are very strongly , voters are very strongly, concentrating on the gaza issue, theyre doing it in constituencies which labour can probably win without their help. But on the other hand , if this but on the other hand, if this issue spreads and my goodness, its spread in the United States on the campuses , we havent seen on the campuses, we havent seen it on campuses in britain yet, but it could do well. We have just sorry to interrupt, paul, and its fair. Absolutely fair enough if youve missed this, because i think its just starting slashes just happening. But apparently apparently it is started now in oxford and cambridge where there are tent cities. The winter of or the summer of discontent is upon us, quite literally at those universities newcastle, leeds, all these campuses. But those universities newcastle, leeds, all these campuses. But i take your point. Yes, but sorry. Carry on as you were. Yeah. Well, thanks for upgrading me on that. But by being, you on that. But by being , you know, but by being, you know, theres a copycat thing going on, with the United States now, the United States, as we know, its got quite violent. There was a big, riot in effect at ucla university, in los angeles. And if it develops here, that means the issue is spreading well beyond the Muslim Community. Vie and labour requires and depends on a high level of support from young voters. Yeah. In the past now , voters. Yeah. In the past now, we know from the polling that young voters are more sympathetic to the palestinian side and whats happening in gaza than older voters , so if gaza than older voters, so if the educated young people who are aware of this, i mean, a lot of young people arent, and, you know, its not on their radar, but if the educated young people start mobilising, they wont. I, i think they wont vote conservative at the next election, but they might well stay at home and not vote at all. I mean , you say educated i mean, you say educated young people, but i guess it depends , in what way . Youre depends, in what way . Youre youre educated and whether you. Because when speaking to some of these students who are out on these students who are out on these protests, they, they know very little , about the conflict very little, about the conflict and they dont really know the meaning of some of the slogans they might be standing behind, orindeed they might be standing behind, or indeed shouting. I mean, if you ask some students, what does from the river to the sea mean, for example, they, they dont know which river and they dont know which river and they dont know which river and they dont know which sea. Yeah. I just wonder what can i ask you a bit . Sorry about about the independence. Right. About the independence. Right. Because this is the other aspect of this, right, which is that, you know, people might stand as independence. This very same group, the muslim vote. Co. Uk , group, the muslim vote. Co. Uk, which is issuing starmer with a list of 18 demands, theyve got candidates, although independent candidates, although independent candidates, for example, in bethnal green, theyve got the former lawyer to shamima begum. And that is quite a winnable seat for them because its off the top of my head. Its Something Like 41 muslim and the labour mp there did not back a ceasefire, so theyre going for that so they could win that seat. Could we see a rise of the independent candidate. Do you think George Galloway esque in a way. Well, its easier for independents , as your earlier independents, as your earlier speaker was saying in local elections than it is in general elections. The first past the post system punishes independent candidates , and it also candidates, and it also punishes, of course, candidates from small parties. Its from small parties. Its unlikely, not impossible. Its unlikely, not impossible. Its unlikely, for instance, that reform wont get any seats in the next election, although it probably will have thousands of voters. Well, so thats an example of how the westminster system makes it hard for a newly formed party or independent, to, get a whole , most independents get a whole, most independents in parliament in the past are independents because theyve been chucked out of their party, so , so, not that they were so, so, not that they were elected as independents, if you know what i mean. So that is know what i mean. So that is a big barrier to , an operation big barrier to, an operation like this. I mean, have we seen a local elections dominated by foreign conflicts in this way before . Conflicts in this way before . Its unusual, and, well, think about local elections as being a combination from the point of view of voters, of concerns about local issues, potholes, housing and all these things which are very important to locals. But also theyve got a national dimension. The two are mixed in together, where as are mixed in together, where as a by election for the house of commons or of general election, its focused on National Issues , its focused on National Issues, the focus on National Issues is much greater than any local issues. Although 1 or 2 people might vote, nationally on a local, you know, a local protest or something. Or something. I mean, paul. Sorry to interrupt you, paul. I just want to show a clip thats been doing the rounds of a green councillor who won up in leeds, and this was his response to winning will not be silent. We will raise the voice of gaza. We will raise the voice of gaza. We will raise the voice of gaza. We will raise the voice of palestine. Hello hello. Palestine. Hello hello. Okay, so we are seeing that. We are seeing the rise of quite strong pro palestine views in politics. We are also seeing now for the first time, officially a group of politicised members of the Muslim Community making a series of demands for the labour leader. How series of demands for the labour leader. How concerned . If you look at the demographics in the way that britain is Going Forward . Okay, how concerned should the people of britain be about the islamic faith becoming more prominent in british politics . Well, the answer to that is, as i said at the beginning, 6. 5 of the population in the census, thats everybody, you know, covers everybody , said they were covers everybody, said they were muslims, so theres more muslims than jewish vote. Voters, but in terms of the wider population, they are a significant minority growing, i agree, but a significant minority. What about their presence in politics there, paul . Thats the thing. Because for a significant minority, i think it can at times maybe seem like there is an overrepresentation of them in positions of political power, maybe at certain times. Look at the mayor of london. You look at, you know, humza yousaf obviously until recently. Anyway in scotland and we are seeing, you know, some, some of these councillors as well, there may be is a sense that for a minority of the population, there are theres quite a strong level of representation politically. Politically. Well to be a big Significant Group will take a long time because because population changes occur. But theyre slow, so if you were talking about a significant muslim vote and assuming that , of course is assuming that, of course is coherent and so on, and there are divisions among muslims, as we know. Yeah then, but assuming its coherent, its going to be a long time before you get, a Muslim Identity party really making ground and in local in, in National Elections and to a lesser extent in local elections as well. So i think, you know, you can overdo this, but the wider issue, which is anger throughout the world, with whats happening in gaza, does affect other people as well as , affect other people as well as, muslims. And many of these are young and on the left. Yeah. Labour needs. Absolutely. Thats a key point. Its a key point. Its a key point. Yeah, absolutely. Thank you so much for your time, professor Paul Whiteley, youre from the department of government at the university of essex. Great to speak to you. Its a key point that i think there are there are two two reasons here. Arent there really why this this could have a really serious effect on british politics. The landscape, if a lot of people feel incredibly energised and the british Muslim Community tries to get into politics, you can see who how many among you are desperate to become the local town councillor . The issue the issue is not that a muslim is, has, has been elected to a position. I think what people are worried is about political islam. Yeah, thats what i mean. Becoming, you know, something that people might vote for because weve seen it reinforced. Want to see people lots of people dont want to see that, you know, religious element in our politics. Weve seen it reinforce these these these Council Things and immediately reinforced by a list of demands. Yeah. Okay. Some of of demands. Yeah. Okay. Some of them are related to gaza. Some of them are related to Foreign Policy. I can understand that. But some of them are related to things like sharia pensions or Muslim Children having a right to pray in schools, for example. And quite quickly it does become, i mean, how far away are we from , say, blasphemy laws, we from, say, blasphemy laws, for example . And i think thats the kind of political politicisation that people are talking about, isnt it . Yeah, exactly. Let us know yeah, exactly. Let us know what you think. Gbnews. Com yoursay now were going to be heading over to, dublin, to see whats happening with this diplomatic row over migration. Of course, police migration. Of course, police near the border. Will the near the border. Will the migrant row lead to a hard border . I mean, theyve been surveys out saying, lots of irish people would like to see a bit more of a border. Well, im not surprised, really, given whats going on, but were going to be picking the bones out of that one very, very shortly from the scene with our, reporter over there. So make sure you stay tuned i right. Emma right. Its coming up to 225 in the afternoon. Its your bank houday in the afternoon. Its your bank holiday monday, and, big question. Is the rwanda act starting to work . Well irish ministers at least, are pointing fingers at rishi sunaks government over the Prime Ministers removal policies. They say its causing an influx of migrants into their country because theyre scared of being flown to rwanda. Is there truth to that . Well, the spat is putting relations between the two nafions relations between the two nations under serious strain. This has been rumbling on now for a number of weeks. Joining us to discuss this is gb news, Northern Ireland reporter at dougie beattie. And dougie , i dougie beattie. And dougie, i well tell us what you are, whats going on and who you got with you. Well, im in dublin. With you. Well, im in dublin. There is well, im in dublin. There is a huge protest. Thousands of people have turned out here today to protest about immigration and the lack of infrastructure in the republic of ireland. Now this road that is going on between Great Britain and the republic of ireland, as to whether theyre coming here to flee from rwanda or not, has been ongoing for just a few weeks. But of course, weve been covering this for the last two years in the republic of ireland. In fact, it is gathering serious political ground at this minute in time and you can see behind me the parade itself is just about to get underway. And with me is head of the Irish Freedom party, herman kelly. Herman, tell us a little bit about whats happening today. There should be was well over 3000 people here. By the time it gets down to the destination of Customs House. The last time there was between five and 7000. A very clear message, one that ireland is full, two, that you should host the irish. Irish first. And actually an unusual chant for a crowd of thousands of people flying irish tricolours was that sinn fein or traitors . Thats a new thing for irish politics. Its very new. If that would never have happened. Two years ago. So people now have the confidence. I think sinn fein have been exposed as an open borders Mass Immigration party, and now that leaves room for a nationalist party like the Irish Freedom party, which believes in democratic Self Determination for the irish people, which they havent pressed. They believe in havent pressed. They believe in the eu membership, subservience to the European Union. And were opposed to all that. Well, of course they object that theyre not here at this point in time to object to it. But i mean, this road that is going on across the border. And rishi sunak offered them to join the rwanda plan, the scheme. Do you think they should have . Of course they should have, but they cant. They said so. They cannot because theyre members of the eu. And like for example, trade policy is set completely by the European Union and they want to be now they do have an opt out because the treaty of amsterdam, ireland has an opt out on justice and home affairs, so they can say no to the eu migration pact, for example. But because they want to be the best boys in the class and get a patent ahead from the real masters in brussels, they would never say no to brussels, so they are happy to accept this open borders. And you know what irish people have . They understand that in matters of eu competence, eu law is superior to irish law. The Irish Supreme Court and the irish constitution. And that is not what that is, not an irish republic. That is not a democratic irish republic at all. Well, there you go, padraic. And it sounds very like some of the political arguments that we are having back in the uk, because theyre all saying, well, european law is overruling, exactly, the irish law and it is relevant to eu and not to the rest of ireland , so not to the rest of ireland, so that rye will rumble on. This is really gathering some steam here in ireland over these past couple of years. And thats because, i mean, i even spoke to one man earlier on that was looking his shoulder, sorted out on the health service, and he cant have it sorted out because hes three months short of his credits of retirement. Hes saying its awful. Every saying its awful. Every hospital they go into is absolutely bunged. And of course, this is what happens when you have a non contributory welfare system. Thats why migrants are heading to Great Britain and indeed ireland, nonh britain and indeed ireland, north and south. Dougie, just just while weve got you, if thats all right, because, i mean, its such powerful shots behind you, actually, to see all the irish flags there and people coming out. How bad is the problem really . I mean, look, were sitting here in london, in paddington. I mean, how bad is the problem in ireland . Ive heard a lot about rapid population growth. You know, demographic change. You mentioned about Public Services there. What is going on. Yeah. Well they havent got the infrastructure for it. And most importantly, patrick, when you have 5 Million People or 5. 7 million and over a million of them are saying that they are not National Irish people, theyre not from ireland. That means the culture of ireland is being changed. I mean, we were down last week at newtownmountkennedy and there was a gaa pitch which is straight across the road from a ex convent where they are now putting in migrants into that. And i can tell you the gaa is a very Good Organisation in the, in the republic of ireland. It in the republic of ireland. It is the hub of the community and all of a sudden there was a court order to stop locals using that pitch because there was migrants going in the other side and more importantly, as ive said before, earlier on in the week, the average price of a house in newtownmountkennedy is 300,000. Some are 5. 2 million. I mean, i would love to live in wicklow. It is a beautiful spot and all of a sudden the migrants are no longer going into ballymun, finglas, east wall where people said, oh, its working classes, dont worry about them. Theyre now being pushed into these really high class areas and it is affecting the tourist industry massively. I mean, i had to pay quite a quite a sizeable coin last week to stay there because there is no hotels, because theyre full of migrants and the price of hotels is going up. And if you want to see how that really plays out, our finance minister in Northern Ireland, conor murphy of sinn fein, said last week that the hotel sector was thriving in Northern Ireland and well, you can imagine people are coming north of the border to stay because we still have a substantial amount of hotels. So the rh is going on here and its mostly going on over infrastructure. Infrastructure. I mean, dougie, its very interesting though, isnt it, because of course england has had extremely high levels of immigration. Wales to scotland to a lesser extent for years , to a lesser extent for years, decades now. And you havent seen this type of response, really not thousands of protesters like this protesting immigration policy. The irish are taking a rather different attitude. Are they not . Well, if you if you take it that, you know, england, the england, scotland and wales, if you get a million migrants in there, it will not have the same effect on their culture because up to ten years ago, just over ten years ago, there was only 3. 7 Million People in the repubuc 3. 7 Million People in the republic of ireland. Theres now 5. 7 Million People in the repubuc 5. 7 Million People in the republic of ireland. And what they are seeing is that their culture is being eroded for the sake of everyone else that is entering the country. So there is a problem with their sandwell migration isnt on the same numbers. Migration isnt on the same numbers. Immigration is not in the same numbers, but it is most definitely affecting them per head a lot quicker. And thats why the irish and the irish do push back. They always push back and they have said this isnt going to happen in ireland. Its happened all through the uk. Its definitely not happening here. And you can see from this, i mean this, this protest is about to get underway down through oconnell street. And through oconnell street. And the guards have i mean, when i was on my way up here, the security presence here was huge, right through oconnell street , right through oconnell street, right through oconnell street, right through oconnell street, right through past the post office. And then theyre only going to get down to Customs House quay, which is a very short walk for a protest of this size. And they will pick up numbers on the way down through. I mean, dougie, any sniff of a counter protest . Are there any sort of refugees welcome migrants welcome, protesters there as well . Well . Well, thats why the parade has been rerouted slightly, because just down the road there is going to be a counter protest. And we expect that the pubuc protest. And we expect that the public order unit of the Garda Siochana will be trying to keep those two separated. So in a few moments, as soon as i get off the air here, well be trying to get in front of that protest, to go down to that area to see exactly whats happening. Well, we better let you get going, dougie. Thank you very much. You take care out there and well be going to you again throughout the day here on gb news. Thats dougie beattie. There is our Northern Ireland reporter whos headed south, and hes in dublin at the moment. As the irish continue their protest over what they see, as, you know, vast, uncontrolled and, you know, shameful illegal migration. Very interesting indeed. Now, as the country celebrates one year since the coronation of king charles the third, were going to bring you the very latest on his first year, his first year as our monarch, shall we get your News Headlines first . Its 234. Im Karen Armstrong in the newsroom. Former first minister of scotland humza yousaf has congratulated john swinney on becoming the new leader of the snp. John swinney leader of the snp. John swinney says hes deeply honoured to take the role. He was unopposed in the race after the veteran Party Activist Graham Mccormick pulled out late last night. The new leader is expected to be voted in as scotlands new first minister at holyrood later this week. Rishi minister at holyrood later this week. Rishi sunak minister at holyrood later this week. Rishi sunak conceded for week. Rishi sunak conceded for the first time the tories may not win the general election. Not win the general election. The Prime Minister believes britain is heading for a Hung Parliament, but says the public wouldnt want a Labour Coalition with the snp. Rishi sunak has with the snp. Rishi sunak has described the local election losses as bitterly disappointing. The conservatives lost nearly 500 Council Seats and the mayors position in the West Midlands. And the mayors position in the West Midlands. The prime West Midlands. The Prime Minister is urging his mps to end their divisions and come together to take on labour. Gun salutes have rung out across the caphal salutes have rung out across the capital, marking the First Anniversary of king charles coronation the Honourable Artillery Company fired 62 volleys from tower wharf thats next to tower bridge , and hour next to tower bridge, and hour earlier, a 41 gun salute from the kings troop, royal horse artillery, was heard in green park in central london. Both regiments were involved in last years coronation ceremony at westminster abbey, and fired the guns to signal the moment the crown touched the kings head. Crown touched the kings head. And could your local be on the verge of reopening . Heineken says its going to invest almost £40 million to create 1000 new jobs and bring back 62 pubs that have closed this year. The Dutch Company says it intends to transform hundreds of tired establishments into premium locals. Now for the latest locals. Now for the latest stories you can get gb news alerts. Scan the qr code on your screen or go to our website for more details. On. Welcome along to. Good afternoon, britain now. Today marks the one Year Anniversary of the kings coronation, which has been marked by a 41 gun salute and a couple of other salutes as well. 62. 62 gun salute, 62 as well, at tower bridge, now a yearin well, at tower bridge, now a year in which the king has stoically battled cancer and weve now seen him return to frontline royal duties, havent we . Joining us now is the former royal correspondent for the sun, charles rea. Charles, we watched the two gun salutes live on this channel. Fantastic as ever. Always great to see, always great to see you. A nice tradition like that upheld a difficult year for the king. He hadnt difficult year for the king. He hadnt been seen for a couple of months at least nearly three months, i believe. It was immediately back to his , his immediately back to his, his pubuc immediately back to his, his public duties. Now, whats your takeaway from the past year . Well, hello, emily and patrick. I mean, its been a difficult year for the for the king. Lets not pretend it hasnt been. I mean, hes had to step into the shoes of his mother. Very, very huge shoes to fill. She had very huge shoes to fill. She had 70 years at the job. Hes had 12 months, and hes still got the twin problems of his son, harry and andrew that hes still got to deal with. And i suspect that those are going to be ongoing problems as he carries on with his tenure as, as king. And of course, as you mentioned , he had course, as you mentioned, he had to reveal that, he had was fighting cancer. His daughter in law, catherine, was also fighting cancer. So its not been an easy time. But throughout all that, he has done his best. He authorised certain details of his condition , to be details of his condition, to be revealed, as did catherine. And hes battled through. Hes continued to carry on working, much to camillas annoyance, because i think she wanted him to rest a lot more. But behind the scenes, he was still doing his red boxes, dealing and talking with people on zoom. And hes now back to face to face meetings. Well, indeed. And actually, a well, indeed. And actually, a little bit later on, im talking to Penny Mordaunt, who, is, played a starring role in that coronation, and she is in her role as the, as leader of the privy council, as well. She talks about what its like to actually still talk to king charles every single week. So shes got some insight for that. But in the popularity stakes, charlie, hes doing very well. 56 of people believe the king is doing a good job. Thats compared to 49 a year ago, and 60 of brits believe we should keep the monarchy , compared to keep the monarchy, compared to just 28 of people who would prefer a republic. So whatever hes doing, hes doing it right. Yes he is, and i didnt expect those figures to change all that much. But they have increased in the popularity , for the royal the popularity, for the royal family, all of the royal family, well, apart from three of them, but the, the has improved, for, the king william. Catherine, the king william. Catherine, obviously, Princess Anne as well. And Queen Camilla. So shes done a sterling job as well. You know, hers was 14. Its now i think its now Something Like 30 or almost 30. So thats not too bad. So yeah, were going to have this monarchy for a very long time. And the Republican Movement, they may want to have a republic, but its not going to happen. Well, its not going to happen. Well, its not going to certainly happen in my lifetime. And i suspect not going to happen for many, many moons , away. Moons, away. And, charles, prince harry is back in town this week, isnt he . For another anniversary, this time of the invictus games, lots of people talking about. Oh, you know, will there be a reunion in, between prince harry and his brother, or at least prince harry and the king . Lots of people saying thats not very likely. What do you. What do you think . I, i, i doubt very much if harry will be seeing william. That would be amazing if he did see william. I think williams actually got various dufies williams actually got various duties that hes doing. In any case, around about the same time, the possibility of harry seeing the king. Yeah, its possible, when harry is at his Church Service at 4 00 on wednesday, the king is hosting a garden party, just two miles away. So everybodys speculating that wednesday or wednesday evening will be the time where the two will meet. How long harry will stay with the king . Will camilla be in the room . All these sort of questions, you know , are left unanswered. But know, are left unanswered. But harry then departs again. Hes off, you know, back to the states or hes going straight to nigeria to link up with meghan on their so called, you know, royal tour. That is , if you royal tour. That is, if you remember, he doesnt he doesnt bnng remember, he doesnt he doesnt bring the family here because this is a very dangerous country. Nigeria is the third most dangerous country in the world. Yeah, but shell be all right, charlie, because shes just discovered shes 43 nigerian. So shes all right. Shes one of the natives. Shes one of the natives. Thats how. And i mean that respectfully. I dont mean that to be, taken out of context. No, she said, well, shes saying, yeah, 43 nigerian. Shes going to go over there and help to embrace with the local culture as well. Do you think king charles gets enough credit , king charles gets enough credit, charlie, for, you know, tough act to follow. Unbelievable act act to follow. Unbelievable act to follow the queen. Impossible act to follow. Really and you know, he has had a life, hasnt he . Not all of that has been immensely popular with the British Public. And yet here we are now, after a year which has seen him battling cancer as well , and all of that stuff, here we are now with incredible popularity stakes for the royal family. You know, hes done that. Hes a good job. Yes, yes it is. And at one time he was one of the most unpopular people in this country. You know, given this country. You know, given his marriage break up and Everything Else that was going on at that time. But he has continually worked hard during his time as prince of wales, and it its increased more so that hes now king. And this poll i mean if you believe polls i mean you can look at polls and you can see certain things and Everything Else. But this is a good poll for the for the, for the monarchy. It shows that they are getting popular. And i suspect that his cancer , suspect that his cancer, diagnosis has proved has, has helped, him in his popularity in the battle because hes helped an awful lot of people. Hes also taking on a lot more of the patronages that his mother used to do as well. So hes got a pretty full workload and, you know, hes he works very, very hard. And i think he is getting to be much more popular in this country than people have given him credit for. Yes, i think so too. Charles. Thank you so much for joining yes, i think so too. Charles. Thank you so much forjoining us today on your bank holiday. Charles rae. Of course. Royal charles rae. Of course. Royal correspondent, yes. Do you know what i think the cancer diagnosis and the way he was quite honest about how he was going into treatment, firstly for the enlarged prostate and then with the cancer diagnosis, and then almost immediately going back to public duties, making it very clear with a statement that he wanted to be doing as much as possible , with doing as much as possible, with his condition and everything, i think people just like that, the sense of duty they do, a sense of duty just calmly getting on with it and all of the noises coming out when you speak to people who have sources behind the scenes at Buckingham Palace , the scenes at Buckingham Palace, is that actually its the aides that have been holding king charles back because they didnt want, understandably, any hiccups. So as he kind of announces himself on the public sphere, it would be quite devastating if he then, for whatever reason, had to, you know, come back on that. But but apparently hes been the one driving this forward and saying, look, i really want to keep doing this. So a year ago, gosh, what a what a year. Its been really just all round, hasnt it . Things did seem a lot eafien hasnt it . Things did seem a lot easier. Yeah what a year. I loved being being up and down the, the mall there. But later on this evening, i am going to be showing you an interview. I did with Penny Mordaunt, who is the leader of the house of commons. She is, of course, as well, the head of the privy council. And she was a starring role, apart from the king and the queen on the actual day of the queen on the actual day of the coronation. So i did a sit down interview with her where we spoke about a whole range of things, what it was like for her on the day, and also educating me and some of our viewers on what her role is and giving some insights into what its like to actually spend so much time with the king as well. I dont know if youve got a little clip of that that we might be able to play that that we might be able to play for you now. I think it was my it was my first week in the job. So on the monday i was a junior trade minister, tuesday i was promoted. Wednesday we tried to have a meeting with the queen and then on the thursday she passed away. And on the saturday we were doing the accession council. Council. Well, there you go. The words of Penny Mordaunt interviewed experts by patrick christies. Now were going to take a quick break. But coming up, the government has announced new legislation that all New Buildings, all New Buildings will have to have separate lows for, biological sex. So say goodbye to gender neutral toilets, what do you make of all this . Is it loo little loo right. Well, what do you make of this . Its been announced that, new restaurants, public toilets, Shopping Centres and offices in england will now be required to have separate male and female toilets. This is on and female toilets. This is on a new legislation being proposed by the government. So the law will affect new non residential buildings as part of a push ending the rise of gender neutral toilets. Well, joining us now to discuss the proposed new law is fiona mckenna, whos director of campaigns at sex matters. Fiona, thank you very much. Great to have you on the show, as far as i can see, gender neutral toilets, please. Absolutely nobody is this is this now is this now good . Will we all be attending the funeral for gender neutral toilets . Neutral toilets . Well, i think youre right. There might be a few people who dont mind , but surveys have dont mind, but surveys have consistently shown that 80 to 90 of people of both sexes prefer the privacy of a single sex facility. Vie, so you have sex facility. Vie, so you have to wonder why on earth these have been eroded and replaced with, you know, anyone can come in kind of toilets because thats what most people really dont want. I dont think were saying get rid of gender neutral toilets completely. And by the way, when we say gender neutral, we really mean mixed sex, dont we . Yes, yes, i think its fine to have them as a third option, but its what has tended to happenis but its what has tended to happen is that people have replaced either the womens toilets or both the mens and womens toilets with so called gender womens toilets. Fiona. Isnt it . Its usually the womens toilets. But i guess the womens toilets. But i guess the controversial element of this is the question of where do transgender men and transgender women go . And this is the controversy. Controversy. How does this square that yeah, i think that has been a driver of this, and i think a solution for those people has to be found. But whats clear is that discomforting 99 of the population, in order to do so, maybe wasnt carefully thought through, and hopefully now well get some, some, some better solutions. And bear in mind, this is about new builds and major refurbishments. So any anyone planning, or a new building can plan for those three options. Mens, womens and some single provision, you know, single sex. Sorry, anyone individual cubicles. And thats the answer for the trans people. The answer for the trans people. I think its quite revealing when you hear some people talk about, oh, well, its only 0. 01 of the population who happens to be trans. What they think be trans. What they think theyre doing there, without realising it is admitting on National Television that they actually dont really care about women. Women. Yes. And i think its useful to turn that on its head and say, why are we creating so much change and so much discomfort for so many people just to benefit a tiny minority . And im afraid i have to conclude its because the people driving that that tiny minority are male people. I dont think a tiny people. I dont think a tiny minority of women has that kind of influence. Of influence. Fiona, is there any argument to say that perhaps this is state overreach, that people should be able to decide what the toilet arrangements in their business or office are . Business or office are . Yeah, i think its a fair challenge. But on the other hand, you know, when theres been a such a push from one particular lobby group and we know that its not what most people want, i think its quite helpful to just be reminded of something that we all took for granted for a long time. You know , in other countries in the know, in other countries in the world, there are International Agencies like the World Health Organisation lobbying for single sex toilets , and yet we are sex toilets, and yet we are losing them. Yes, its very bizarre. Its very bizarre. Fiona mckenna. Mckenna. Sorry i butchered your time. You thank you very much for your time. Really appreciate it. Thats it from us today . Yes. Thats flown by, hasnt it. Its yes. Thats flown by, hasnt it. Its martin yes. Thats flown by, hasnt it. Its Martin Daubney up next. It. Its Martin Daubney up next. Ill be on 911 with a big interview with Penny Mordaunt. Thank you for today. I enjoyed it. Thank thank you for today. I enjoyed it. Thank you for today too. I like my single sex toilets. I like my single sex toilets. A brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on. Solar, sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Welcome to your latest gb news weather. It starts to settle down over the next 24 hours after todays heavy rain. But there will be heavy rain. But there will be some fog patches, particularly at night and thats thanks to an area of High Pressure. Low pressure moves out the way High Pressure moves out the way High Pressure moves out the way High Pressure moves in for the week ahead, largely settling it down some weather fronts across the north west, at times bringing some rain. This evening time. Still some rumbles of thunder, some heavy rain in places , but some heavy rain in places, but it does slowly ease as we head towards midnight and into the early hours, the rain just taking its time to clear the far southeast but generally dry overnight. Some splashes of light rain in places, but a lot of cloud. Some low cloud too , of cloud. Some low cloud too, making it murky over the hills and around the coasts. Temperatures largely remaining in double figures. So it means a grey start to tuesday morning. Some hill fog in places, but as we go through the morning into the afternoon, it should lift and break to allow some brighter skies to develop. Some sunny spells , particularly across the spells, particularly across the south and the west. But where we get some sunny spells it will help trigger a few showers. Not as heavy compared to today, but some of them could be on the sharp side. Fewer in between as sharp side. Fewer in between as well. So many places dry with sunny spells , temperatures again sunny spells, temperatures again reaching 19 or 20 celsius in the best of the sunshine for wednesday. A murky start again. Wednesday. A murky start again. Some fog patches in places, but slowly lifting and breaking, allowing some dry weather and bright weather to develop. Similar for thursday and friday as that High Pressure builds in, temperatures begin to rise as well. Well. That warm feeling inside gb news. A very good afternoon to you. And a very happy bank holiday monday. Its 3 pm. Or welcome to the Martin Daubney show on gb news. Broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. All across the uk. On todays show, where staring into the abyss, well be lucky to get any mps , we must lucky to get any mps, we must shift to the right. Thats what senior tory mps fear after their local election battering. But local election battering. But today, number 10 insisted were heading for a Hung Parliament and rishi sunak has ruled out a summer election , insisting the summer election, insisting the plan is working. What next for a tory party in turmoil and after record numbers of Asylum Seekers have flooded into ireland today, thousands of ordinary working class protesters will take to the streets of dublin crying. Ireland is full well be live from the scene throughout the show. And 62 guns blasted out show. And 62 guns blasted out a right royal salute on the First Anniversary of the kings coronation elsewhere, a new survey shows the popularity of all of the royals has rocketed, with one notable