Had been sensationally barred from standing in any of the 93 vacant seats that currently dont have a tory candidate. But rishi sunak has since denied that exclusively to us. Stand by for some fighting talk from the Prime Minister and next, the former labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn has dramatically announced that he will stand as announced that he will stand as an independent in islington north, leaving keir starmer no opfion north, leaving keir starmer no option but to boot him out. Finally, of the labour party. Finally, of the labour party. And theres the rest of the days news away from the general election as well, because in the past few hours, the 10,000th small boat migrant to arrive this year landed in britain. Mark white will join us live from dover to discuss this stark landmark. And thats all coming up between now and 4 00. Well, the show always a delight to have your company. Its bedlam on the election trail already. Chaos in the conservatives theres 75 people standing down now, and lord frost, this dramatic news, hed been frozen out. Mr brexit no longer welcomed. The Prime Minister has since denied that well have that exclusive coming up soon. Plus, corbyn got finally kicked out of labour and at 4 00, 5 00 ill be joined by richard tice, the leader of the reform party. After a dramatic week that saw nigel farage pull out and then get back in on the election trail and then say he was going to america, whats the truth . To america, whats the truth . Whats going on in reform . And is the party over for reform uk . Ill ask their leader here in the studio to put that to him directly. But first get in touch with your views and its gbnews. Com forward slash your say thats the way to do it. But first its your headlines. Good afternoon. Its 3 02 im aaron armstrong. The Prime Minister says a fall in the price cap is further evidence his plan is working, as both parties put energy at the centre of their electoral campaigns. As of their electoral campaigns. As rishi sunak completed his tour of the nation in Northern Ireland earlier and claimed the economy has turned a corner, he criticised the cost of labours net zero pledges and says hell be telling voters over the next few weeks how the conservatives plan to secure britains future. Inflation has fallen back to normal levels. The economy grew faster than all our competitors at the beginning of this year. Today weve had the news that energy bills are falling again and wages have been rising faster than prices for almost a year now, and thats why its the right time to turn to the future. And the world is sadly, future. And the world is sadly, a more uncertain place than its beenin a more uncertain place than its been in decades. And thats why what the country needs is leadership that can provide bold action. And that has a clear plan, because thats how we will deliver a secure future for everyone in our country. Well, labour has ruled out any deals with the snp after the election, even in the event of a hung parliament. Sir keir starmer is campaigning in glasgows east today , one of the glasgows east today, one of the seats hes hoping to take from John Swinneys party in julys election. Sir keir says the snps only ambition is to break up the uk, and there would be absolutely no deal with the scottish nationalists. Jeremy corbyn has confirmed hell stand as an independent candidate in the general election against the party he once led. As a result, hes automatically been expelled as a member of labour, which suspended him in 2020 over claims complaints of anti semitism in the party had been, in his words, dramatically overstated for political reasons. The former labour leader says hell run as a voice for equality, democracy and peace. The labour leader, sir keir starmer, says hes not worried about corbyns popularity in islington north, which hes represented since 1983. But Jeremy Corbyn will make his own decisions. I think hes standing as an independent. Thats his choice. We will have an excellent labour candidate in islington north, as weve got excellent labour candidates across the country and the choice at this election is absolutely clear. Weve had 14 years of chaos and decline under this tory government. We cannot this tory government. We cannot have more of that. Gb news can exclusively reveal more than 10,000 channel migrants have crossed illegally to the uk so far this year. The milestone figure was reached today after another 154 people arrived in dover, having crossed in three small boats this morning. The latest arrivals will be a blow to rishi sunak on his second full day of campaigning. Hes promised his campaigning. Hes promised his government will stop the boats. Government will stop the boats. The former boss of the post office has been accused of living in la la land over her role in the horizon scandal. Role in the horizon scandal. Paula vennells again became emotional on her third day of giving evidence. Shes admitted making mistakes and accepted theres no one else to blame but claimed her only motivation was for the best of the post office and its hundreds of subpostmasters, adding she didnt know why Important Information didnt reach her. Sam stein kc described that as absolute rubbish and suggested ms vennells had failed to ask the right questions because the risk was too great. I worked. As hard as i worked. As hard as i possibly could to deliver. The possibly could to deliver. The best post office for the uk. It best post office for the uk. It would have been wonderful to have 30,000 post Office Branches. That would have been the best outcome ever to have had more post offices in more communities. What i failed to communities. What i failed to do, and i have made this clear previously, is i did not recognise this. The and its been discussed within across the inquiry. The imbalance of power between the institution and the individual. And i let these people down. The number of people sleeping rough has doubled since 2010, despite the conservative partys promise to solve the crisis, the government published a strategy to tackle the growing problem two years ago, reiterating its manifesto commitment from the last election. But since then, the problems got worse. Housing organisation shelter says homelessness is a Political Choice and has called on mps to do more to tackle it. And if you do more to tackle it. And if you found the rising price of drinks difficult to swallow recently, this may make matters worse. An investigation by trading standards has found almost 90 of beer in pubs they surveyed is being short measured, and 43 of wine officers visited 77 pubs across the country and were served 96 short measures out of 137 orders. Thats more than two thirds. It equates to £88 a year for the average beer drinker, and £114 a year for those who dnnk and £114 a year for those who drink wine. Well, for the latest drink wine. Well, for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts. The qr codes on your screen. The details are on the website and now its back to. Martin. Thank you aaron. Now lets start with the latest on another hectic day of general Election Campaigning. And the great tory exodus has now equalled the record set in 1997, a massive 75 conservative mps will not fight the election on the 4th of july, and Craig Mckinley , who only and Craig Mckinley, who only returned to parliament. If you recall bravely, two days ago after having his arms and legs amputated , will bow out as the amputated, will bow out as the mp for south thanet , the high mp for south thanet, the high profile tories sir john redwood and greg clark are also quitting the party. Well, gb news Political EditorChristopher Hope has spent the day with rishi sunak and he joins me now. Chris, welcome to the show. Before we turn to the great tory exodus, chris, you broke a story earlier on today about lord frost being frozen out of the tory party. Youve got an update for me. What is it . For me. What is it . Thats right. Friends of lord frost who insist he has been told he is off the candidates list. Hes approved, but his past to go forward to try and get selected by all these 93 or so associations that have yet to find a candidate in the tory party for the june for the july 4th election thats been deferred for a future date. Theres a meeting next tuesday or wednesday when that might be brought back. But as things stand, he is not allowed to stand, he is not allowed to stand as a candidate in the coming up election. This has been denied, though , by the been denied, though, by the Prime Minister, the guy in charge of the party. He has told gb news and other broadcasters on a flight from Northern Ireland to the West Midlands just a moment ago , said said in just a moment ago, said said in terms david frost has not been blocked from standing as a candidate at the election in july. Thats just not right. The july. Thats just not right. The protest started on wednesday night. He hasnt been blocked and he says, you know, im a low tax brexiteer like david frost. So theres some dispute here. Theres no question friends of david frost insist he is blocked. The pm says otherwise. Thats what he said was on the plane over, overjust now. Plane over, over just now. Again, chris, of course the significance of this, of course, is that lord frost is a proper as you would call them, red meat. Brexiteer, a low tax conservative. Theres a feeling his ilk were not so welcome in the party now is it . Drifting towards the one nation conservatives who are going to be standing . So can we expect then with this revelation, do you think lord frost to be allocated a seat soon and to be welcomed back into the flock . Welcomed back into the flock . He might do. Its complicated. Hes a peer. Hes lord frost. No peer has ever resigned from the house of lords to become an mp in 2014. The rules change on that so he can do so. He could quit the lords and become a candidate for election to parliament. He was called, of course, the great frost by Boris Johnson. So yet again, this idea of Boris Johnson in the background, lord frost is someone whos seen, who divides and came up with Boris Johnsons brexit deal, and that i think that that is the undercurrent behind this whole thing is, is it being driven by people who dont like Boris Johnson . That would be denied, of course, by by Boris Johnson himself. But of course, by by Boris Johnson himself. But the mr sunak, we spoke to him on the flight over, on the flight back here off camera. But there are some images of the conversation we had. He made very clear. He feels he is pumped up. Hes ready to go. He fundamentally believes in a country where taxes should be cut, he said. He said how he is enthusiastically getting getting stuck into this campaign. Another 40 days to go. Campaign. Another 40 days to go. Well, chris, the Prime Minister might be saying hes feeling pumped up, but theres no getting away from the fact that his candidates are deflating. 75 and counting now wont be standing at the next election. And that allows us, chris, to meet that grim tally. That tally of 1997, that record has now been set. Could that be a grim omen of a tony blair style wipe out to come, perhaps . Style wipe out to come, perhaps . Its certainly an omen for something. 75 was the record set something. 75 was the record set in 1997. Were now going above that. Of course, all tory mps stand down for different reasons. We heard, of course, from Chris Heaton Harris on shoppers political podcast out today. Shoppers political podcast out today. He just thinks its time today. He just thinks its time today. He just thinks its time to move on. Hes in his late 50s and he wants to try and get on, get on with his life, with a new idea, new things to do. Greg clarke, of course hes standing down. Sirjohn clarke, of course hes standing down. Sir john redwood, definitely a low tax brexiteer. Definitely a low tax brexiteer. And also, i think rather sadly, Craig Mckinley also a low tax brexiteer and someone who lost his arms and his legs to sepsis and gb news was proud to present that documentary telling Craig Mckinney story only on tuesday. He then was given a round of applause by everybody in the house of commons. Journalists were in tears watching it. It was an extraordinary moment, and indeed , the pm has said that sir indeed, the pm has said that sir craig Craig Mckinney has told gb news he has stood down because the sudden calling of the election right now, i mean, hes not really in a place to fight an election. Hes planning like like we all were for a november election and that would have allowed time to get all his health better, stronger and ready to work. The 60 or 80 hours a week timetable. He normally does. He cant do that. But the pm has paid again tribute to him, to journalists on the flight over from belfast, saying that in his dark days the pm thinks of Craig Mckinley and thinks well, my problems arent as bad as his, so absolutely a credit to him. But overall, 75 mps, tory mps now standing down. Part of the reason why is the last elections in 2017 2019 were not expected. They were surprised. Elections this one surprised. Elections this one was expected in 2024. So its almost a comparison to 2015. Its been a long run, i think, for a lot of tory mps , and for a lot of tory mps, and thats why youre seeing more stand down than in previous elections. But its now much in the record that goes back to 1997. And that tory wipe out okay, chris, thank you for that update live on the campaign trail with the Prime Minister, rishi sunak will cross back to you for loads more throughout the rest of the show. Excellent stuff. Now im joined now by the former sky Political Correspondent peter spencen Political CorrespondentPeter Spencer. Peter, welcome to the show. Always a delight to especially on a friday. Can i ask you about Jeremy Corbyn . Lets get stuck into Jeremy Corbyn. Jeremy corbyn has announced dramatically hes going to stand as an independent. And finally, sir keir starmer has booted him out. The labour party. Yeah, i mean i have to say that in my judgement, martin, in the scheme of things , whether the scheme of things, whether Jeremy Corbyn stands or not, whether he wins or not is a bit of a detail when you place it against the overwhelming evidence from all the opinion polls, which is the fact that its going to be an absolute shoo in for the labour party. So if he loses one here or there, whatevs. I mean , there, whatevs. I mean, interesting point of this is with scotland has come into the fore. Its interesting to note that that that in 2015, scotland ceased to be a labour heartland and the, the snp swept the board. Now the latest opinion polls suggest thats now on its head. And the Labour Party Stands to gain perhaps as many as 40 more seats in scotland. Also theres quite interesting about the red wall, the 45 seats there and, we, we note that this controversy about whether lord frost, who negotiated brexit is to is to stand or not. But the opinion polls again tell us that theres quite widespread voter dissatisfaction, if not necessarily with brexit, at least with the terms negotiated, i. E. By lord frost. And, remember that that Boris Johnson seduced these former labour voters into the tory fold. On the basis of getting brexit done, could be that theyll go back. So were looking at up to nearly 100 new seats slipping into starmers lap. Lucky old starmer. Yeah, but before you cant just brush off the corbyn thing because you have to remember, okay, you can say, oh, its only okay, you can say, oh, its only one okay, you can say, oh, its only one seat here or there. But he was the Labour Party Leader that sir keir starmer endorsed twice to be Prime Minister. And suddenly hes been swept out into the cold. Is this indication of yet more dramatic u turns and flip flopping, or is it a case of heres a leader whos actually getting the party . Finally, in order, here is a leader who has moved on, and very significantly, and suddenly i find myself thinking about michael foot and the sdp. Remember, he was that great left wing socialist and the sdp said, well up. This will not put all the sdp, the gang of four, you may remember. And so they flipped over and started a new party, didnt fat lot of good it did them in the end. But nonetheless that point is worth making. And indeed i have to say that if any of the opinion polls are anything like right, we are looking at an utterly decimated tory party. Come july the fifth, and one wonders to what extent they might start thinking, look, were were so we have such an ideological schism. Maybe now is the moment to fess up that that we dont really function as a single party. And there could indeed even be a split. I mean, look, the traders are broad church, but frankly, these days it is looking about as comfortable as that temple in cited in the bible. After samson had done his stuff and ripped it apart. Excellent stuff as ever. Excellent stuff as ever. Their biblical end to your interview there, Peter Spencer as ever, pretty in pink in your kitchen there. Thanks for joining us. Always an absolute delight. Now we will of course have lots more on the Election Campaign throughout the show, and ill be joined live by a cabinet minister a member of the shadow cabinet and the leader of reform uk, richard tice. So stick around for all of that. Weve got tons coming up and theres plenty of c