This is breakfast on. Gb news. If you are heading out and about today, do be careful. That weather is terrible and horrid. Its that weird sort of thing where its like, its. Its not like its really chucking it down, but its i dont know, its like lots of rain. Weirdly, the roads, if youre on particularly the mi was horrific. Was it . I had to i particularly the mi was horrific. Was it . I had to i had to crawl down at sort of 50 miles an hour all the way. I was a bit worried about you because usually stephen is here for 5 am. And it got to ten past, and i was a bit worried. Yeah, it was a real slow journey today, but thats good. Take it slow. Be be careful out on those roads today. I dont know, it was very heavy where i was was it. I dont know about you. Its just loads and loads, loads of surface water. Ive never seen so much. Yeah. Motorways it just hasnt stopped raining, has it . So if you put your foot down, youre going. Youre going to aquaplane, which is very dangerous. So do be care
Leadership. Next week comes after the collapse of the snps power sharing deal with the greens last thursday, and finally, a gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the richest man on the titanic, has been sold at auction for a record breaking £1,175,000. Now it had been expected to fetch only around 150 k. Previous amount. The only around 150 k. Previous amount. The highest amount ever paid for a titanic artefact was 1. 1 million for a violin, which was played as the ship sank. Businessman John Jacob Astor was 47 when he went down with the ship in 1912. After seeing his wife madeleine safely onto a lifeboat. Now, rather than attempt to get on one himself, the businessman was last seen smoking a cigarette and chatting with a fellow passenger. They with a fellow passenger. They dont make them like that anymore. Well, for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Common shirts back now to. Mark. Common shirts back now to.
People coming into britain . Its going to be a jam packed 90 minutes of pure politics this morning, so you wont want to go anywhere. Its wet, its windy. Get a cup of tea and settle in for the next 90 minutes, because were going to be cramming in a great deal. Going to be cramming in a great deal. And its going to start, deal. And its going to start, of course, by going through the morning papers. Im delighted to be joined now by nicholas owen, former bbc broadcaster and journalist. Nicholas. Lovely to see you this morning. Loving that tie. Thank you. Bright and that tie. Thank you. Bright and fun for a sunday morning. Right the biggest story of the day, i think youll agree, is the defection of dan poulter, tory to labour. This is all over the observer, to be fair. A good scoop for them. Absolutely. And he writes a big column in it to explain why hes done it. Why is he doing it . Well, he says that as a conservative he cant look his patients in the eye anymore. He seems to spend most of
Hour, ill be dealing with andrew neil, my former colleague. Its bad blood. You wont want to miss it. Thats at ten. So two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. Mark dolan, tonight is your perfect saturday night in. Lets start with mr saturday night himself. The start with mr saturday night himself. The one and only ray addison. Addison. Thanks, mark. Just after nine our top stories conservative mp doctor Daniel Poulter has defected to labour, saying the tories are now a nationalist party of the right. Announcing his decision in the observer newspaper, the former Health Minister said it is abundantly clear that the labour party alone has the will and the trust to restore and reform the nhs. To restore and reform the nhs. He urged rishi sunak to call a general election as soon as possible. A tory party possible. A tory Party Spokesperson has described the news as disappointing , but news as disappointing, but labour leader sir keir starmer called it fantastic. Doctor ca
Really looking forward to our chat. First of all, tomorrows front pages. Starting with the telegraph, i believe. Theresa may writes in the the Sunday Telegraph that shell tell brussels that money paid in the past by the uk must be taken into account in the final divorce bill. The sunday times reports a tory wobble in the opinion polls, as cuts for elderly people slash theresa mays lead. It puts the tories on 44 , with labour on 35 . The observer reports that theresa mays school meals plan to hit 900,000 poor children, and there are concerns it could punish tory party target voters. The Dementia Tax Backlash is the mail on sundays headline, as the paper reports a survation poll suggesting the tories lead has slipped by 5 after its pledge to make elederly people pay for care but theyre still 12 ahead of labour. Shh mummy kate takes charge on pippas big day, the picture headline on the Sunday Express, is about duchess of cambridges sisters wedding. It isa it is a lovely picture. We will c