The News Headlines with someone youll never stop. Youll never stop. Mark, thank you very much. And good evening from the newsroom just after 8 00. The top story tonight, a man who led an Armed Robbery during which a Police Officer was shot dead, has been sentenced today to a minimum of 40 years behind bars. 38 year old pc Sharon Beshenivsky was fatally shot when she interrupted the raid in bradford, nearly 20 years ago. 75 year old Piran Ditta Khan fled to pakistan three months after her death and spent 15 years on the run. Three other men are already in prison for beshenivsky murder. Murder beshenivsky murder. Murder retired detective chief superintendent andy brennan described ditta khan as a violent man. The reason why hes here at 75 years of age is on the basis that he decided to flee the country in order to try and make good his escape and avoid being held responsible and accountable for his part in what had taken place. And lets be absolutely place. And lets be absolutely clear, he is clearly the one person that was responsible for organising and planning this and making sure that those that went in there had firearms and loaded firearms in that case. Well, weve heard today that the uk is officially out of recession, with the latest figures showing the economy has grown by more than expected. The office for National Statistics estimates gdp rose by 0. 6 in the first three months of the yeah the first three months of the year. Predictions were suggesting 0. 4. The Prime Minister says the figures show the uk economy, he says, has real momentum. The shadow real momentum. The shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, claims people are worse off since rishi sunak came to power. If you look at this Prime Ministers record since rishi sunak became Prime Minister, the economy is still £300 worse off per person in the country. So per person in the country. So this these numbers today are not deserving of the victory lap that rishi sunak and jeremy hunt seem to want to go on. A psychotic ex prisoner who attacked and killed a grandfather has been handed an indefinite hospital order at the old bailey. Thomas ohalloran was riding his mobility scooter in west london when lee byers stabbed him. The 87 year old suffered multiple stab wounds to his neck, his chest and abdomen. Police say the motiveless attack has left his family shocked and horrified. Sir keir starmer says horrified. Sir keir starmer says that he would scrap to scrap rishi sunaks flagship rwanda scheme on day one of a Labour Government. The labour leader wants to create a new Border Security command instead, and vowed to make british shores hostile territory for people smuggling gangs. Dover mp Natalie Elphicke, who has just switched from the conservatives to labour, welcomes the approach shes accused rishi sunak of failing to keep the borders secure. But the Prime Minister has claimed many of sir Keir Starmers proposals are already in place. In place. The question for keir starmer, then, is if he cares so much about that, why did he vote against the new laws that we pass to give our Law Enforcement officers new powers . Theyve now used those to arrest almost a thousand people connected with illegal migration, sentenced them to hundreds of years in prison. And if it was up to him, prison. And if it was up to him, all those people will be out on our streets. So i just think its a rank hypocrisy of this position. Scotlands new first minister, john swinney, has admitted its legally impossible to implement controversial gender recognition reforms in 2022. Msps voted to pass a bill, making it simpler for people to change their gender without having to obtain a medical diagnosis. The legislation would have also reduced the minimum age and the time required for someone to live in their chosen genden someone to live in their chosen gender, but campaigners argue the move is the wrong one and said it could affect protections for women and girls. And for women and girls. And finally, before we head back to mach two, elderly Just Stop Oil protesters have taken a hammer and chisel to a glass case protecting the historic magna carta at the british library. Today, the vicar and retired biology teacher, both in their 80s, also held up a banner claiming the government is breaking its own climate laws before gluing themselves to the display. Scotland yard says two display. Scotland yard says two people have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. Suspicion of criminal damage. Thats the latest from the newsroom. Another update at newsroom. Another update at 9 00. Until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts. Just scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Carmelites. To gb news. Carmelites. Oh dear. Only sir keir starmer could snatch defeat from the jaws of victory following his excitable photo op with Natalie Elphicke, a former tory mp who has defected to labour, his own party are up in arms about it. Given that elphicke is about it. Given that elphicke is a former member of the brexit loving European Research group, a supporter of the rwanda plan and on a whole range of issues, she makes attila the hun look like a raging leftie. But starmer has never allowed principle to trump political opportunity, which is why he has welcomed her into the party. Many on his backbenches and in the party are unhappy. Well get used to five years of that folks. Disgruntled former labour supporter owen jones has said. It proves that starmer has no integrity whatsoever. Proof if you needed it, that yes, a broken clock is at least right twice a day. Also, that famous election winning machine. Neil kinnock has criticised elphicks arrival, saying we have to be choosy about who we allow to join our party. Sorry, neil should have thought about that. When you made Jeremy Corbyn your leader. When you made Jeremy Corbyn your leader. Kinnock went on to say, and i quote labour is a broad church, but churches have walls and there are limits to those walls. Oh, how ive missed and there are limits to those walls. Oh, how ive missed his elegant metaphors. Deployed so effectively to win no elections ever. Effectively to win no elections ever. To be fair, elphicke effectively to win no elections ever. To be fair, elphicke is a problematic figure with more baggage than heathrow terminal three. Shes been very disloyal to her own party. She has shown political double standards and even defended her ex husband when he was charged with sexual assault. Starmer wont care. He doesnt have scruples. He backed corbyn when he backed the reversal of brexit, masking lockdowns, school closures, trans madness and the highly discredited blm movement all because it suited him at the time. Starmer is a walking time. Starmer is a walking political algorithm , a human political algorithm, a human manifestation of Chatgpt Software gone horribly wrong, and this new union with the ultra conservative elphicke is awkward because shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves used some very unpopular language about her in the past, saying that she can f off. Ouch. And elphicke previously said that labour has no plan to stop the boats. Well, as luck would have it, heading down to dover today, keir starmer announced that he will use Counter Terror police to smash the people smuggling gangs. Good luck with that. Its not like these gangs are clever, ruthless, mobile and have the internet. But yes, labour is internet. But yes, labour is going to stop the boats with lawyers and a couple of extra border cops. Labours exciting new policy is really just a rebadged and souped up version of whats already happening at the moment. Better resourcing the moment. Better resourcing efforts which dont currently work. Its a bit like watering a work. Its a bit like watering a dead plant, except that labours plan might actually help the criminal gangs. Plan might actually help the criminal gangs. At the moment criminal gangs. At the moment you cannot apply for asylum if you cannot apply for asylum if you enter the country illegally, labour will reverse that and theyre going to get rid of the rwanda plan even. Thats right. Even if it works. The fact that even if it works. The fact that the Irish Government have already proved that the plan is working wont make a jot of difference. Labour dont want to set the dangerous precedent of having policies that actually work when in government. Its all a shame , really. The economy all a shame, really. The economy is recovering as todays figures demonstrate, there is a viable plan to stop the boats and the woke fight back under sunak has begun. Woke fight back under sunak has begun. None of this matters. Begun. None of this matters. A Labour Government is coming and more defections from the tory party will likely follow in the months ahead. In fact, perhaps rishi sunak is right that there will be a hung parliament. But before the election , not after, before the election, not after, with his own mps running into the arms of labour. So, given that labour have accepted arch right winger Natalie Elphicke , right winger Natalie Elphicke, how might this change the makeup of their shadow cabinet . Weve been busy all afternoon. Ben, greg and myself are drawing up what might look like Keir Starmers more small c conservative opposition. Heres what it might look like. Shadow employment minister Norman Tebbit on your bike. Shadow chancellor crunching the numbers katie hopkins, shadow foreign secretary Tucker Carlson taking no nonsense. How about that shadow levelling up russell brand, new shadow defence secretary benito mussolini. Hell tell you whos in charge. Hell tell you whos in charge. And shadow deputy Prime Minister replacing angela rayner. Tommy robinson. Oh, god. Oh, god. There you go, folks. Labour there you go, folks. Labour quite literally on the right side of history. Quite literally on the right side of history. Okay. Full side of history. Okay. Full reaction from reem ibrahim alex dyke and roger gewolb, a doctor roger gewolb. By the way, we mustnt demote you your first time on friday night live. Youre very welcome. Thank you. Can labour stop the boats . No do they want to . No. Its cultural, isnt it . No. Its cultural, isnt it . Its ideological. Its ideological. Its ideological. I think labour thinks that open immigration is a wonderful idea. I think that ive been idea. I think that ive been saying in the press and on the media the last few days that i. Ive decided now that keir starmer and rishi sunak are actually in a vicious contest vying to be the most mistrusted and disliked political figure in british history. And i think natalie has just entered the race. So youre suggesting that whats happened with labour and conservatives is that theyve become the uni party and that voters dont really have a choice anymore . Two what is it . Choice anymore . Two what is it . Two cheeks of the same, but there isnt an overtaxed cigarette paper between the two of them at this point. Reem, youre nodding your head furiously. I am, yes. I think whats really interesting about the current state of british politics is that we dont have choice. You know, as a voter, i cannot choose how high my taxes are because both parties are pro higher taxes. Weve got a conservative so called conservative government with an almost 80 year tax hike , which almost 80 year tax hike, which is what weve seen this week in reports this week that effectively, the tax burden is at an 80 year high, higher than any Labour Government since second world war, might i add. And what this means is that they are actively driving out business. Then youve got huge amounts of people that are coming to this country illegally. So weve effectively done away with the rule of law. And at the same time of this overregulating, the housing market. So people my age are unable to buy their homes. Thatchers vision of a property owning democracy has entirely failed. And its this governments fault. Its friday night. Youve not cheered me up, ive its friday night. Youve not cheered me up , ive got to say, cheered me up, ive got to say, but youve dropped some truth bombs, alex dyke. There is a flip side to this. Labour could easily argue that the tories have presided over mass illegal immigration and also legal net migration. This is a crisis of migration. This is a crisis of the tories making, and labour will fix it. No, no they wont. And funnily enough, you mentioned mrs. T, Margaret Thatcher. God bless her. She wouldnt have let this happen. Shed Margaret Thatcher have stopped the boats. She would have stopped the boats. She would have stopped people. In 2001 or whenever it was 2000, 2001, coming through the tunnel like they used to on a daily basis. Yeah, its not going to happen. The i just dont think the politicians in power or any politicians really have the actual power to stop it. If we took the money that we were spending on bed and breakfast and accommodation for these people that were coming across, and i know theres some very real cases of people that need to get across, but not these young men from a safe country like france, like, i mean, genuinely can we have this conversation . Why are people that are claiming that they are fearing for their lives, leaving mainland europe and risking their lives across the sea to get to britain . Its not going to its not going to happen unless they get really, really tough and then they wouldnt be winning votes. I think thats what a lot of them are worried about. However, Homeland Security voices have welcomed Keir Starmers plan today , roger starmers plan today, roger suggesting that actually it is right to tackle the problem at source and to smash those criminal gangs that is what keir starmer is going to do. Well, i mean, theyre quite right to say that, but theyre speaking about principles like Everything Else that labour talks about. They criticise but they never give you the details. So nobodys got any idea how m15 agents who should be deployed need to do much more important things than more cops to police the border, more court cases to actually put these gangsters out of business. And thats what labour wants to do. What are they going to do with them . Where are they going to send them . Rwanda well, this is the other issue, the cost of rwanda. Thats what labour are arguing, is that its disproportionately expensive and that it cant be justified. Yeah, but where are they going to cover it . What what do you think of rwanda . I actually agree with that assessment. But the labour party have absolutely no standing to call for policies that are too expensive. I mean, the majority of the policies they have called for, if any, have been incredibly expensive. But just talking about rwanda specifically, i mean, the only person that has been sent to rwanda so far was on the voluntary scheme. So theyre already being paid £3,000 plus the cost of actually sending them on a commercial flight. I think whats really interesting about this is that we seem to be, you know, so disinterested in the amount of money were actually spending on these people. And again, as you said, there are genuinely many people that are fearing for their lives that are fearing for their lives that are fearing for their lives that are being exploited by those criminal gangs. The labour party have done the right thing in sort of saying, actually, we need to outbid those criminal gangs. But the way to do it is not, as you said in your monologue, spending more money on effectively the same system that clearly at the moment does not work. The interesting thing about you, youre very nuanced in your views and youre quite relaxed about immigration, arent you . But but is it the legal net migration side of it that youre more relaxed about . What is your position on immigration . So my position on immigration at the moment is that i think that immigration is overall and this is statistically proven, a net gain to the economy. Businesses like, you know, lord wolfson that owns next last year was calling out for more to immigration effectively plug in those vacancies that are required. There are so many jobs in this country at the moment, and on average, about 5. 3 Million People are on out of work benefit. So at the moment weve got a system where the government are subsidising people in the uk to stay at home and businesses need to grow, they need more people working there. If we want the uk to be a dynamic, growing economy, we need more people working. Roger, you dont look so sure. No, i mean net migration. I mean, look, i came here tonight looking for a good hell of an argument, but the thing is that all of these people are so bad that we cant help the three of us, but agree. But on this one, i did an interview with nigel farage. Some months ago. Name drop. Yeah. If you if you google farage and my surname, youll see the interview. The interview was why are all leaders in the west so bad . And nigel gives some very good answers. Its because theyre career politicians , not people who want politicians, not people who want to put something back. But i can disagree with something which is at that point, i think that as a moral principle , net migration moral principle, net migration legally is a good thing. But weve had so many Illegal Immigrants , so many problems immigrants, so many problems that we need to stop it for a while. And then go back to. And i dont buy this argument at all. I dont think its right to say that we should just stop immigration at the moment, and then well figure it out later on. Well stop illegal immigration, perhaps. Well, dont you think . Should t