Thrilling night of Europa League action and in golf well have updates from the masters. Updates from the masters. Some warm sunshine across southern parts as we head into the weekend, but a wetter story further north. Ill have more in the full forecast shortly. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. Ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. Well, im breakfast on gb news. Well, im very pleased youre here this morning. Morning. Oh, thank you very much. Oh, thank you very much. Because at one point, i did think it could just be me. Yeah, its one of those. Do you know when you. If you work shift work, which you may well do if youre watching at this hour . I always set my i mean, i get bed, i the alarm, get into bed, i set the alarm, i think i must have not. I dont think i must have not. I dont think i must have not. I dont think i slept through it. I think i slept through it. I think ive just. I must have just not the alarm. Yeah. Just not set the alarm. Yeah. Last night and up an hour last night and woke up an hour and half after. I should have and a half after. I should have got up, but still got in the most incredible scenes, you know, scenes. Know, terrible scenes. It was incredible scenes. You left your house in 4. 5 minutes. Yes. Yes. You made your way down here and you. He looks amazing. And you were here with like, 15 minutes to spare, like it was no big deal. And i could just hear him go, hello . I was like, oh, hes here. Hes made it, yeah. And i can tell you i didnt speed, did you not . I was thinking youll be flying down the m1. It didnt speed because no, it didnt speed because recently between two of us, recently between the two of us, weve had a couple of tickets. Have you naughty. Oh, have you naughty. Oh, have you naughty. Thats a couple a so thats a couple of, a couple of those nice courses to go one each. Go on. One each. Oh, i quite enjoy those, you know. Is impersonal or zoom . Know. Is it impersonal or zoom . Were it on. No, were doing it on. No, were doing it on. Well well i havent well yeah. Well i havent organised mine yet, but one organised mine yet, but its one of those i didnt even of those things i didnt even know been done. Was. Know id been done. It was. Its so annoying. Oh, its so annoying. Oh, its so annoying. Of course now its like, so of course now its like, right, okay. Go to behave yourself. Go to behave yourself. Stick speed. Stick to the speed. Stick to the speed. Well, think its very good. Well, i think its very good. I would have in a right i would have been in a right flap, but he was very relaxed, very calm. And you look great. Do. What can you do . You do. What can you do . You do. What can you do . Its a horrible feeling, but its a horrible feeling, you know, its a horrible feeling. But i was here by myself right. Was in charge of right. And i was in charge of the autocue was going the autocue thinking i was going to have to ride solo. I felt like the teenager in charge of the car. I really the family car. I felt really under pressure. I was a bit scared. Im glad here. Scared. So im glad youre here. Off that and youre in get off that and youre in charge. F n e i can. Ive very important i can. Ive come bearing good news, though. Tell me the april is set to be a record high for temperatures. A scorcher, according to the daily star this morning. Well we could do with that. Could hit degrees tomorrow. Stunning. Stunning. Is bad. So that stunning. Make bad. So that stunning. Make it bad. So that stunning. Make it thead. So that stunning. Make it the hottest1at stunning. Make it the hottest ever. Would make it the hottest ever. April in the uk. And its lovely that has has that the daily star has has marked by picturing a young marked that by picturing a young lady bikini eating an ice lady in a bikini eating an ice cream well, taking up most of the paycheque. Nothing less. Like nothing less. Its like a tiny little bit the corner tiny little bit in the corner saying be hot this month. Yeah, yes, but there you go. So its going to be lovely. Im desperate for a bit of nice weather. I know, me too. I feel like it lifts all of our moods. Yeah. Oh it does, doesnt it . Yeah. Oh it does, doesnt it . Needs to happen so what needs to happen tomorrow we show . Tomorrow after we do the show . Oh, cant because you cant oh, cant nap because you cant waste the opportunity. You have to head to your garden. Waste the opportunity. You have to head got your garden. Waste the opportunity. You have to head got a our garden. Waste the opportunity. You have to head got a garden den. Waste the opportunity. You have to head got a garden and just stephens got a garden and just lounge. Stephens got a garden and just lou lounge the garden. Lounge in the garden. Lounge in the garden. You can maybe snooze in the garden if you like. Okay, but no nap tomorrow. Okay, but no nap tomorrow. Dont waste the day, okay . Dont waste the day, okay . Fair enough. Dont waste the day, okay . Becauseiir enough. Dont waste the day, okay . Because apparently heard dont waste the day, okay . Bclairee apparently heard dont waste the day, okay . BClaire Pearsall|tly heard dont waste the day, okay . BClaire Pearsall and heard dont waste the day, okay . BClaire Pearsall and nigel from Claire Pearsall and nigel nelson it was hot nelson outside. It was very hot yesterday, but i missed the whole so i was asleep. Yesterday, but i missed the whowas so i was asleep. Yesterday, but i missed the whowas it . So i was asleep. Oh. Was it . No, i missed it yesterday. No, i missed it yesterday. This what mean. If this is what i mean. If youre on shift work, you miss the day. Im to the day. Rm im going to be tired today. Im going to be tired today. Go for a haircut. Ive got to go for a haircut. Ive got to go for a haircut. Its a tough because oh, its a tough life because im looking. Its a bit bedraggled. Im looking. You a bit bedraggled. Im looking. You dont edraggled. Im looking. You dont lookggled. Im looking. You dont look bedraggled. You bedraggled. You could never look bedraggled. Hes looking man eve r. Even yes. Ever. Yes. I even yes. I dont like ive had enough. I dont like confidence anyway. Look. Unless anyway. Look. Well, unless theyre you, couise. Course. Oh. Oh. And love oh. And oh. and oh. And love to know what and wed love to know what you think about the show, what were what you want to you think about the show, what wer yes. Instead its gb news. Com your say, heres how you can get in touch. We are proud to be gb news the peoples channel. And as you know, we always love to hear your views. Now theres a new way of getting in touch with us at gbnews. Com your say. By commenting, you can be say. By commenting, you can be part of a live conversation and join our gb news community. You can even talk to me bev turner, or any of the members of the gb news family. Simply go to gbnews. Com your say. Gbnews. Com your say. So thats how you get in touch. Love to hear from you this morning. As soon as i get organised i will log to in see what youre saying. But our main news this morning and the labour leader, keir starmer, says news this morning and the labour learuks keir starmer, says news this morning and the labour learuks nucleartarmer, says news this morning and the labour learuks Nuclear Deterrentiys news this morning and the labour learuks Nuclear Deterrent is the uks Nuclear Deterrent is the uks Nuclear Deterrent is the bedrock of his plan to keep britain safe. Well, this is in stark contrast. The Jeremy Corbyn era, who was a champion of nuclear disarmament. Well, meanwhile , sir keir well, meanwhile, sir keir said he would like to boost the defence budget to 2. 5 of gdp. Well, were now joined by our Political Correspondent olivia utley, who joins us live now from westminster. Good to utley, who joins us live now from westminster. Good to see from westminster. Good to see you this morning, olivia. And this is in stark contrast, isnt you this morning, olivia. And thito; in stark contrast, isnt you this morning, olivia. And thito the stark contrast, isnt you this morning, olivia. And thito the corbyn ntrast, isnt you this morning, olivia. And thito the corbyn eraast, isnt you this morning, olivia. And thito the corbyn era . T, isnt it, to the corbyn era . Well, absolutely. I mean, keir starmer is always on a mission to distance himself from Jeremy Corbyn. And in pledging this this sort of impassioned defence of defence, he is doing just that. Hes promised a triple lock for defence. He says that the labour party will build four new Nuclear Submarines at barrow and furness , he says it barrow and furness, he says it will upgrade the Trident Nuclear defence system in any way that it needs upgrading, and that the labour party will keep that continuous submarine protection at sea. I mean, this was this was very, very strong stuff and it will be the first time in 30 years that a labour party will visit that barrow and furness site. So this is a really, site. So this is a really, really strong commitment. He says also that labour will put 2. 5 of gdp towards defence. Now the conservative party at the moment is only pledging 2. 3. Lots of defence secretaries subsequently have have asked the chancellor to raise that to 3. But jeremy hunt has ignored those calls in recent budgets, while now labour is essentially just stealing the conservatives clothes. Keir starmer has said that eventually, by 2030, he would like to see defence spending raised to 3 of gdp and he like it at 2. 5 in the he would like it at 2. 5 in the near future. Although there is a little bit of a caveat to that, he says he can only raise it to 2. 5 if it is within labours own borrowing rules. This is very strong stuff from the labour leader and already the general public sounds as though it is trusting labour more than the conservatives on defence. And a poll for the mail last month only 24 of the Country Trust conservatives on defence, whereas 34 of the Country Trust labour on defence. That is a huge shift and another sign that keir starmer is edging towards that Centre Ground territory, sweeping up some of those tory heartland votes. Its going to be interesting to see what, backbenchers and grassroots labour members think of all of this , though, isnt it of all of this, though, isnt it just because of the whole momentum movement, which we havent heard a lot about recently, but obviously very behind the sort of corbyn ethos, if you like , sort of, up against if you like, sort of, up against people like John Woodcock now, lord walney, who of course was mp for barrow and furness, labour and co op mp for barrow in furness, who effectively had this massive falling out with Jeremy Corbyn over the whole nuclear issue. Nuclear issue. Well, exactly. And i think thatll be a really Interesting Development to watch over the next few months since keir starmer took office, has starmer took office, he has completely changed the face of the the parliamentary labour the of the parliamentary labour party. His shadow cabinet is stuffed with blairites and their successors and some of the most vociferous corbyn supporters, including, of course, Jeremy Corbyn himself, have actually been stripped of the whip. But, as you say, stephen, in the party at large, the labour Party Outside of parliament, members of the party, there are still a lot of Jeremy Corbyn supporters. The Labour Party Membership tends to be quite a lot more left wing than the labour party in parliament. So how is that going to play out . Will we see a whole slew of members desert the party . Even keir starmer cant afford that. In an election afford that. In an election yean afford that. In an Election Year, you need as many members as you can possibly get. Those are the people who are pounding the streets at the weekend , the streets at the weekend, giving out leaflets, campaigning for candidates. If for their local candidates. If a bunch of them decide to leave the party because they think that keir starmer is too robust, if you like, in his defence of trident, something which Jeremy Corbyn wanted to scrap altogether, then that could be trouble for the labour party. That said, there are lots of disgruntle old conservative voters who care very, very deeply about defence ben wallace, the defence, the former defence secretary who pledged to who wanted to raise that defence spending to 3, was incredibly popular in the conservative party. If the labour party could sweep up some of those conservative members, perhaps then that would be a very nice situation for keir starmer. Yeah, wouldnt it just. Okay, olivia, thanks very much indeed. Olivia, thanks very much indeed. Im particularly fascinated by this. Just because im barrow is this. Just because im barrow is my hometown. My hometown. Yeah. Yeah. I thought of you the first thing i read this morning. Yes. I mean, i remember watching when was school or watching when i was at school or sixth or something, sixth form or something, watching the first trident watching the very first trident come all my, know, come out and all my, you know, family, grandparents, uncles all worked in the shipyard in vickers then, it became what vickers and then, it became what did what did it become . Did what did it become . I cant remember, we all just call it vickers up north, but its, i. Just call it vickers up north, but its, i. Just think call it vickers up north, but its, i. Just think its its, i. Just think its absolutely fascinating. Its going to be fascinating to see what happens in barrow, actually, which an which actually, which is an area which is becoming deprived. Is now becoming very deprived. Well its good for investment in the local community, isnt it. It, it could have a huge impact for which course for barrow, which of course obviously traditionally obviously had a traditionally tory with tory then became labour with john hutton back in 92 i think, and then switched back to tories at the last election. Now whats that going to mean for, for their, parliamentary seat there. Its just, its just makes, it makes this whole election so interesting, doesnt it . Because everything just seems to be getting spun on its head a little bit. Probably because in the Centre Ground theyre all quite similar. Yeah. And its such a stark contrast to what were hearing from Jeremy Corbyn, isnt it . I mean, i just find it absolutely fascinating. So do let us know what of that. Also what what you make of that. Also what do it will mean for do you think it will mean for core labour so cnd do you think it will mean for core lwillrr so cnd do you think it will mean for core lwillrr the so cnd do you think it will mean for core lwillrr the war cnd types will stop the War Coalition i mean, what types will stop the war coaliti they i mean, what types will stop the war coaliti they make mean, what types will stop the war coaliti they make ofaan, what types will stop the war coaliti they make of all. What types will stop the war coaliti they make of all. Wthis . Would they make of all of this . I think really interesting. I think its really interesting. Do us know what you do you let us know what you think . I dont know if they if they. Well, is that just what momentum became or what became you yeah. I dont know. You know. Yeah. I dont know. But you dont hear much about momentum anymore do you. No at the moment at no you dont at the moment at least. E e say, it will still but as you say, it will still be there on the backbenches. Its going be there to an its going to be there to an extent. Be extent. Yeah its going to be interesting and were interesting to hear. And were talking i were talking interesting to hear. And were ta|luke i were talking interesting to hear. And were ta|luke pollard were talking interesting to hear. And were ta|luke pollard laterre talking interesting to hear. And were ta|luke pollard later on. Alking to luke pollard later on. We are. Yes. Whos a labour mp so well all of the so well get all of the details that. Do keep your details on that. Do keep your views now. Least views coming in now. At least ten conservative will defect ten conservative mps will defect to reform uk if farage to reform uk if nigel farage comes of retirement to lead comes out of retirement to lead the party. Thats what one of his biggest , well, farages thats what one of his biggest, well, farages biggest former arron former financial backers, arron banks , has said on a podcast banks, has said on a podcast with our Political Editor christopher hope. Lets hear what he had seen one tory mp defect. I expect to see others. How many more . I see others. How many more . I think it could be a landslide because youre not going to be able to win as a rebel tory, up north, how many mps might defect . So this is where i think you get to an interesting point of view, dont you . Because as reformer the reformer approaching the conservatives in the poll for the first past the poll dictates that whoevers in second place, you know, could then potentially get a wave of support from the other party, but how the heck are you going to win as a rebel . Tory . You cant. Theyve abandoned it. Their strategy now is to try and retain 150 seats in the Home Counties , which is in the Home Counties, which is why theyre trying to be a little bit liberal. You know , little bit liberal. You know, liberal democrats have seemed to have into a. Have vanished into a. So how many do you think tory mps might come across to reform uk collection . Well, is the point. You well, this is the point. You cant a conservative mp cant win as a conservative mp up north, your brand is completely destroyed. I mean some some will wear i dont know. I mean, when i say up north im talking about, you know. Yeah, midlands maybe Northern England, but but but but frankly the poll