to labour, saying the tories have become a byword for incompetence and division. >> an honourable defection or a bitter act of revenge against rishi sunak and an act of reputational self—reflection. next, a new report by two former tory ministers is calling for the home office to be split up because it is allegedly incapable of controlling immigration. >> do they have a point or having spectacularly failed to control our borders themselves , control our borders themselves, or they merely looking for a scapegoat and prince harry's in london for a thanksgiving service today, but he has been hit with two massive snubs from the king in the past two days. >> is the ginger prince being frozen out of the royal family? that's all coming up in your next action packed hour. was one of those days. if you're into politics, this is the big gig. dramatic defection. we got

prince harry in london loads to talk about chaos in the asylum system. we'll be joined by jonathan gillis about that dramatic defection. later on. he will give it both barrels , no will give it both barrels, no doubt. what do you make of this defection? should it even be allowed? natalie. elphicke been very, very critical of sir keir starmer, basically saying he favours open borders now. hey presto. suddenly, on the eve of a general election , she defects a general election, she defects to a party. she's done nothing but criticise for years and years. do you buy this? is this an onorable defection or is something fishy going on down there in dover? what's her career about to head off the white cliffs of dover? thelma and louise style. and this is about a dramatic way of making her seem like one of the good guys, not one of those who's spectacularly failed to control our borders for all of these years. get in touch. as you can tell, i'm hyped. i hope you are too. get in touch gbnews.com/yoursay say. but before all of that is your headunes before all of that is your headlines and it's tatiana

sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories from the gb news room. the conservative mp for dover stunned her colleagues this afternoon, crossing the floor and joining the labour party. nats lee elphicke blamed her decision on what she called the broken promises of rishi sunak. tired and chaotic government. it's the latest in a dramatic drop in the government's working majority since the last general election, from more than 80 seats to less than 50. today's defection was announced just moments before sir keir starmer spoke during prime minister's questions. >> if one week a tory mp who's also a doctor , says the prime also a doctor, says the prime minister can't be trusted with the nhs and joins labour. and the nhs and joins labour. and the next week the tory mp for doven the next week the tory mp for dover, on the front line of the small boats crisis, says the prime minister cannot be trusted with our borders and joins laboun with our borders and joins labour. what is the point of this failed government?

staggering on. >> the prime minister steered clear of labour's newest mp and instead paid tribute to the now former mayor of the west midlands. >> let me join with him in congratulate all new and paying tribute to all former councillors. pc and mayors across the country. i hope his i hope his new ones do him as proud as i am of all of mine. mr speaken proud as i am of all of mine. mr speaker, great leaders, great leaders like andy street, great leaders like andy street, great leaders like andy street, great leaders like andy street who leave behind a strong legacy of more homes, more jobs, and more investment. in sharp contrast to the legacy left by the last labour government, which was a letter joking that there was no money left . money left. >> speaking shortly after defecting, miss elphicke says there's a brighter future under a labour government. >> in 2019, the conservatives stood on a manifesto that was very much centre ground. but under rishi sunak they've abandoned the centre ground and broken many election promises.

meanwhile, under keir starmer, labour have changed and i think that change is going to bring a much better future for our country. and that's why i'm so keen to join the labour party and play my part in bringing that important future forward . that important future forward. >> in other news, banking group tsb will close 36 branches and cut 250 jobs across its business as more customers opt for online banking. most of the lost positions will be in the bank's fraud department. central operations and high street branches. tsb says it's closing branches. tsb says it's closing branches because not enough people are choosing to use them . people are choosing to use them. about 96% of transactions take place outside of a branch, while in—store transactions have fallen by 43% over the past four years. scotland's new first minister has appointed kate forbes as his deputy. the former finance secretary says she's deeply honoured to accept the invitation. miss forbes, who ran against humza yousaf for the top job, takes over from shona robison, who remains in cabinet

in another position . social in another position. social media companies are being warned they could be banned for those under the age of 18 if they don't keep children safe. the media regulator ofcom says platforms must take action to stop their algorithms recommending harmful content to children . it's draft children's children. it's draft children's safety codes of practice sets out how to expect some of the world's biggest online platforms to protect children online, and penalties for companies who fail to comply by energy security and net zero. secretary claire coutinho told gb news the uk aims to be the safest in the world. >> when i was children's minister i looked at wellbeing and one of the things that i was really interested in was the link between how much time our children are spending online and their mental health, and for me, there was two things. it's what they could access, and i'm really pleased that we're doing the online safety legislation because that that will tackle that part. but it's also what it's stopping them doing. so that's the things that i care about. i definitely welcome government's efforts to act on this and make sure that we're

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martin. >> thank you. tatiana. right let's get cracking. and we start with yet more miserable for news the prime minister as tory mp natalie elphicke, a spectacular . natalie elphicke, a spectacular. he defected to labour this afternoon, hitting out what she described as the broken promises of rishi sunak's tired and chaotic government. well, the dover mp crossed the floor in the house of commons just moments before pmqs earlier on today. and in her statement, she said from small boats to bio security, rishi sunaks government is failing to keep our borders safe and secure. live or being lost in the engush live or being lost in the english channel, while small boat arrivals are once again at record levels. she went on it's clear they have failed to keep our border secure and cannot be trusted. well, explosive stuff and joining me now to discuss this in the studio is gb news political correspondent , olivia

political correspondent, olivia utley. and i'm also joined by gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. nigel olivier, welcome to the show, olivia. let's start with you. people are saying that even by defection standards, this is spectacular politically. couldn't be further apart. you'd imagine from sir keir starmer being very critical of starmers labour party on slack borders, on open borders and hey presto, a dramatic flip. well pretty much everyone in the house of commons today was hugely, hugely surprised by this shock defection. >> i was in the chamber and quite a lot of people missed keir starmer's statement at the beginning and there were conservative mps who had no idea what was happening when they saw natalie elphicke on the labour backbenches. it looks of just extreme bafflement and actually it goes deeper than bafflement. there is real anger on the conservative benches . there are conservative benches. there are mps who stood beside natalie elphicke when her ex—husband charlie elphicke, was going through that trial for sexual abuse. natalie elphicke, very

much needed friends at the time. she had friends in the conservative party they feel as though she's been enormously disloyal. then there are conservative mps who are really, really cynical about the whole thing. most conservative mps i've spoken to believe themselves to be to the left of natalie elphicke. one said that there was no room on the on the right of natalie elphicke for anyone because she is so right wing. but even by conservative party standards, they are deeply confused and believe that natalie elphicke has only done this because she knows what side her bread is buttered. we all know which way the next general election is heading, and she is perhaps hoping for a peerage in the next labour government . now, the next labour government. now, is that the case? well, why has she done that? what's so strange about the whole thing is like dan poulter, who who defected two weeks ago, natalie elphicke doesn't plan to stand in the next general election . she was next general election. she was planning to stand. she wasn't. she hadn't announced that she was standing down already, but now she just wants to hold the seat of dover up until the

election. and then the current labour candidate , mike tapp, labour candidate, mike tapp, will take over. so why has she decided to dig the knife in at this late stage? according to her statement. a lot of it is about housing. there is a there are few mentions of immigration. she, of course is on the front line of the immigration debate as the mp for dover. but most of what she says is about housing. if you look at this in the sort of kindest way possible, anyone who believes that natalie elphicke is doing this for sort of the right reasons, the reason would be that she believes that the conservative party simply isn't building enough houses and actually to give her her due. if you look back at her track record, she has always been a yimby. yes, in my back yard , yimby. yes, in my back yard, sort of an mp. so those are her sort of an mp. so those are her sort of an mp. so those are her sort of given reasons , as her sort of given reasons, as her friends would say, that that is why she's defecting. but at the moment, both conservative mps are angry, either because they believe she's been very disloyal or because they're very cynical about the whole thing . and about the whole thing. and labour mps are pretty angry, too. they don't think that keir starmer should have accepted someone with views quite so different from the mainstream

labour party. >> okay, nigel nelson, that's an opportune moment to bring you . opportune moment to bring you. and i understand why sir keir starmer would accept this defection, because it would say to the voters, well, if natalie elphicke can change stripes , so elphicke can change stripes, so can i. and isn't that what sir keir starmer wants ? but here's keir starmer wants? but here's a seat. that's only been labour four times in the past century, 1997, when that was the blair effect . but since then, not a effect. but since then, not a sausage, not a sniff of labour getting into power. what's in it for her? am i being cynical when i think her career is going off the cliffs of dover as it was, and she wants to get out of politics, pull the rip cord and dress herself as what? it wasn't my fault that we couldn't stop the boats. i was one of the good guys. i defected . is this a guys. i defected. is this a blatant act of self—preservation, reputation wise? >> well, it depends what she does next. i mean, olivia's mentioned that the rumours certainly are that she doesn't want to stay in politics, that she will leave at this election, she will leave at this election, she hadn't announced that, so she hadn't announced that, so she would carry on being the mp for dover until the election. what labour said today was she's

free to apply for other seats, but gave no indication about whether she would do so. >> the party won't want that, will they? >> well, i mean, she's now a labour party member. >> other mps, i mean, they would naturally think they'd be. they'd be genetically opposed to everything she stands for. >> there are a number of labour mps who are not comfortable with this that, natalie elphicke was associated with the right wing european research group previously. so they're a little un keen on this. and also the things she said about slagged keir starmer off on immigration all the way through repeatedly , so i think that repeatedly, so i think that olivia's got got a point that she is keen on the housing thing, that she feels the tories have broken their promise to build 300,000 houses. that's what they said in the manifesto . what they said in the manifesto. so they'll be lucky to get to half that. so that part makes sense. the bit that doesn't quite make sense is in a statement she talks about the tory party is going away from the centre, that she is a centrist. well as olivia just said, that tory mps don't reckon that she was very centre.

>> the next question is are the dominoes going to continue to fall if elphicke can flip , then fall if elphicke can flip, then anybody can. at least that's what people will be thinking within the labour party and the conservative party. as you said, we saw we saw poulter go. we've seen lee anderson go. of course, this is this now makes it three. three's a crowd. will there be more. >> well already the conservative majority since the last general election has nearly halved. astonishingly, there were 80. the conservative majority of 80. now it's more like 40. will any more defect to labour? well, this one came as such a shock. it sort of impossible to predict what comes next. but keir starmer has said that he's having conversations with all sorts of people. he was asked earlier today whether our very own nigel farage would be welcomed into the labour party, and he didn't actually say no. it'll be really interesting to see. i'm not suggesting for a moment that the looking glass, nigel farage, will be joining the labour party , but it is the labour party, but it is interesting that keir starmer essentially isn't ruling out

anyone joining the labour party at this stage. it'll be fascinating to see how labour mps react to this because starmer, obviously for him it's fantastic. if people defect from the conservatives to labour, it's a show of his strength and a show of rishi sunak weakness. but plenty of conservative mps don't like the idea of someone like natalie elphicke, who as nigel says, was, you know, in the erg in the european research group , very right wing group of group, very right wing group of mps. she was in the group of new conservatives and other really right wing grouping of conservative mps and perhaps most controversially of all, she did defended her ex—husband all the way through his trial for sexual abuse. and even after his conviction, she said that he'd been punished for being attracted to women and attractive to women, which comments which really don't sort of reconcile with what the labour party has to say about relationships between men and women. i expect there'll be quite a lot of conservative female mp , labour female mps who female mp, labour female mps who feel very upset about this, and nigel, such talk of nigel not

being rejected from the labour party. >> i mean, i mean what's in my tea and also carol vorderman was welcoming of natalie elphicke. i thought, hang on a minute, you know, five minutes ago you hated the moral fibre of every single conservative on the planet. now anybody is welcome . anybody is welcome. >> what's going on? well, i think politics has gone pretty topsy turvy over the last few months, which is the answer to that. months, which is the answer to that . i months, which is the answer to that. i really months, which is the answer to that . i really can't see, nigel that. i really can't see, nigel farage joining the labour party. i'm not sure he'd want to anyway, even if he was invited . anyway, even if he was invited. and i don't think labour, i think that really would be, a step too far for labour mps. but one of the reasons that there isn't a leadership challenge against rishi sunak is that conservative mps realise there would be a no more defections, especially from the moderate wing of the party. if you try to unseat the prime minister at this point, and yes, i think that you might find others what, of course they ought to do. any mp who defects ought to call a by—election immediately. >> yeah, that probably won't happen. let's quickly move on, because elsewhere robert jenrick

has called for the home office to be broken up to kerb migration , and the former migration, and the former immigration minister said it is incapable of controlling immigration and securing the uk's borders , whilst outlining uk's borders, whilst outlining a 30 point plan to cut legal migration , including creating migration, including creating a new department whose sole mission is controlling immigration. well, let's return to olivia utley now. olivia, this sounds like a decent idea on paper, the home office doesn't seem to do much of a decent job. but here's the point. is this a case of the conservative party themselves a spectacularly failed to control our borders and to take back control? are they looking for a scapegoat ? scapegoat? >> well, i mean, it is very hard to find anyone in politics in whitehall who thinks that the home office, whatever their politics, are very hard to find someone who thinks that the home office is doing a good job, yes. you could argue that that the conservative party has has failed in its bid to tackle migration . and you probably have migration. and you probably have a pretty good argument for that.

this rwanda policy has now been around for the best part of two years, and we have seen one migrant leave for rwanda, and that was a man who voluntarily chose to go with a sweetener of £3,000 from the taxpayer. so it's pretty clear that rishi sunaks migration plan isn't working. but there are lots of people who think that the home office is failing in its to . job office is failing in its to. job and one of the reasons why those in whitehall specifically think that it's not really functioning as it should is because it's just too large, it's become too unwieldy. and we've seen lots of home secretaries. i mean, if you think back to those days of amber rudd, she just wasn't really sure what was going on in her own department. obviously she was blamed for that. and she stood back. but essentially, the windrush scandal was mostly the fault of the home office just being so large, so unwieldy, the, the left hand didn't really know what the right hand was doing. and so i think probably robert jenrick proposal has some merit. unfortunately it's not much time left to do anything

about it. precisely. >> so this rumour, nigel, a long standing rumour. priti patel suella braverman robert jenrick. they've all insisted many tory mps they've all insisted many tory mp5 i they've all insisted many tory mps i speak to, no doubt yourself. all insist that the home office is rowing in a different direction. they don't support the government on their forcible immigration policy. they hate rwanda. they pretty much open borders. and their mindset. is that true ? so does mindset. is that true? so does this report have a point or are they just kind of passing the buck, the first bit, no, i don't think is true. the second bit about the report about the idea of splitting the home office, is reasonable that that as olivia said, it is huge. it's unwieldy. you mentioned you mentioned windrush, which was quite interesting. they knew about windrush, they knew what was going on. but the home office has to firefight all the time. so anything that wasn't urgent, you put on the back burner. that's how the windrush scandal ended up happening. if you split off immigration, made it a single department under a cabinet minister, as many tory mps want. it would probably be

an awful lot more efficient. can i very quickly ask you question? >> donald trump has promised to go nuclear on federal employees in america if he's re—elected , in america if he's re—elected, and make sure that they're politically aligned to the republican party, particularly on things like border control. do you think there's ever going to be an argument in britain that we can't have , a political that we can't have, a political mindset, a more liberal, open borders, refugees mindset, refugees, welcome mindset in place, like the home office, if they're ever going to hope to instil that border discipline, is it time to make them reapply for their jobs to make sure for theirjobs to make sure they're going to do it? >> no, what we want is an independent and politically neutral civil service but are they politically neutral at the moment? >> a lot of people don't believe they are, but they may not, may not. >> but in reality, that is exactly what they are , that exactly what they are, that they're that, they will serve whichever government comes in, whichever government comes in, whichever elected government comes in, they're officials . comes in, they're officials. they're not politicians. they should be kept out of direct line politics. >> nigel nelson olivia utley a cracking start to the show. thank you very much for joining

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325. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now, prince harry has come to the uk to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his invictus games. a service of his invictus games. a service of thanksgiving will be held this afternoon at saint paul's cathedral to commemorate the decade long support. competitors in the tournament have received . in the tournament have received. now, there was speculation that the duke of sussex would make time to visit his father, the king, but a spokesman for prince harry said that his majesty's full program meant there was no time for the family. get together. well, gb news royal correspondent cameron walker joins us now. cameron, always a delight on the weather, looks magnificent out there. the crowds are amassing behind you at saint paul's cathedral. let's start, shall we? first with the event. what is the event going to be about. and then let's look at the family snub. >> yeah, absolutely martin, the weather here is spectacular . the weather here is spectacular. the crowds, although we're a little

while away from the start of this service, are starting to grow. it's the 10th anniversary of the invictus games. it's a foundation started by prince harry a decade ago, supporting wounded veterans from around the world, a kind of paralympic style competition. the congregation is going to be made up of several countries , up of several countries, including members of the veteran community who've served in afghanistan , iraq and other wars afghanistan, iraq and other wars as well. and prince harry really has championed this foundation ever from its infancy back in 2014, when it started as part of the royal foundation, when prince harry was still a working member of the royal family, working alongside the prince and princess of wales. but since then, in the decades since, he's very much doing this by himself, supported by the foundation, and prince harry is very much going to want want the focus to be on the service of thanksgiving at saint paul's cathedral here this afternoon. but inevitably , afternoon. but inevitably, unfortunately, the headlines this morning has been that king charles has no room in his diary to meet his youngest son. this prince harry's spokesperson

confirmed to me yesterday that thatis confirmed to me yesterday that that is the case. and they also said that prince harry is completely understanding that the king is the sovereign and therefore has a very full diary suggesting to me that they really wanted to get ahead of the narrative here. they really wanted to try and shift this focus back onto the invictus games. those veterans and supporting the veterans. the statement itself very warm, very diplomatic, very friendly, read a little bit like a royal press release, to be honest, which is in a bit of a total contrast to a statement perhaps we would have got from the sussexes a couple of years ago. back in 2021, the late queen stripped prince harry and meghan of their patronages and military honorary military titles. and when that happens, they released a statement with the now infamous line arguably , service is line arguably, service is universal. now, friends of the sussexes said at the time that this was a prince harry. this was in the context of all of their charity work and their royal patronages and work with the military. critics said that it was a little bit bitter,

perhaps a little bit of a disrespect to queen elizabeth the second. at the same time, yesterday's statement, as i said , complete opposite, very friendly, suggesting that prince harry really wants to mend his relationship with his father and by extension , the rest of the by extension, the rest of the royal family. now buckingham palace and kensington palace are not commenting this morning. the timing of a statement from buckingham palace yesterday was slightly suspect. it was timed when prince harry land it could just be landed in the uk. it could just be a coincidence. but the statement was announcing a joint a rare joint engagements between prince william and the king, which shows perhaps the strength of their relationship and perhaps showing that prince harry and the king's relationship needs a little bit of work. meghan. she is staying in the united states, in california, looking after the two children. it's only prince harry were expecting as a senior working member of the royal family here today. of course, he served two tours of afghanistan himself . he served two tours of afghanistan himself. he really has championed the veterans community. later this month, both him and meghan will be in nigeria, a country which hopes to host the invictus games in a

couple of years and also celebrating the country's culture. because meghan said in her archetypes podcast back in 20 last year that her mixed race heritage is 43% nigerian and cameron , well, that was an cameron, well, that was an action packed statement from from there, you've certainly had your weetabix and yet there have been two snubs, not only the diary being too full, but announced hours later. >> a second snub that the king is going to make william take charge of harry's former helicopter regiment next week . helicopter regiment next week. you'd think that with the king's health as it was, a lot of people were saying, could this finally be the moment where the family heals its wounds, puts differences to one side? blood is thicker than water. let's have the next chapter . cameron. have the next chapter. cameron. it looks like the opposite is happening. it looks like the two strands are operating rather apart . at apart. at >> yeah, i mean, the timing is perhaps a little bit suspect,

depending on your point of view. it was announced back in august, actually, that prince william would take over as colonel in chief of the army air corps. that's the that's the call you alluded to there, martin. but yesterday they announced that that official handover is going to be happening on monday with the king and prince william. and of course , yesterday was the day of course, yesterday was the day that prince harry arrived in the uk to take part in some invictus day events ahead of invictus games events, even ahead of this service today, i mean , prince service today, i mean, prince harry. no longer a working member of the royal family, he has focused very much on invictus and the other charity work he does, as well as looking after his young family. it appears that prince william will in fact, any time you speak to anyone close to prince william , anyone close to prince william, barriers go up. they don't want to talk about prince harry. buckingham palace declined to comment about the invictus games or the duke of sussex today as well, so it appears they're going in their separate directions but never say never. i am seeing a bit more warmth, a bit more diplomacy when it comes to statements relating to

relationships between the king, as we saw yesterday with prince harry's spokesperson, statements about the fact they're not going to be meeting okay, prince harry's due there, i believe, around about just before 5:00. >> cameron walker , make sure you >> cameron walker, make sure you keep that ringside seats. but of course, cross back to you live for when that happens later on. cameron walker at saint paul's cathedral , thank you very much cathedral, thank you very much for joining us on the show. and there's loads more still to come between now and 4:00, including the latest from scotland , which the latest from scotland, which has a new first minister. as john swinney was sworn in earlier on today on a ticket of one. will he be an improvement one. will he be an improvement on the last one? well, surely that won't be that difficult. but first, it's time for your latest news headlines. and it's tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories this hour, the conservative mp for dover stunned her colleagues this afternoon , crossing the floor afternoon, crossing the floor and joining the labour party. natalie elphicke blamed her decision on what she called the broken promises of rishi sunak tired and chaotic government . it

tired and chaotic government. it is the latest in a dramatic drop in the government's working majority since the last general election, from more than 80 seats to less than 50. mr elphicke says there's a brighter future under a labour government. >> in 2019, the conservatives stood on a manifesto that was very much centre ground. but under rishi sunak they've abandoned the centre ground and broken many election promises. meanwhile, under keir starmer, labour have changed ed and i think that change is going to bnng think that change is going to bring a much better future for our country and that's why i'm so keen to join the labour party and play my part in bringing that important future forward . that important future forward. >> to other news, scotland's new first minister has appointed kate forbes as his deputy. the former finance secretary says she's deeply honoured to accept the invitation. miss forbes, who ran against humza yousaf for the top job, takes over from shona robison, who remains in cabinet in another position . social in another position. social media companies are being warned they could be banned for those

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>> welcome back. it's 338 on martin daubney. and this is gb news. now, john swinney has been sworn in as the new first minister of scotland at a ceremony in edinburgh, and has unveiled his new cabinet, choosing kate forbes as his deputy. the former finance secretary was appointed by new first minister after she decided not to run against him for the snp leadership. well, it seems as though she's been rewarded. let's cross now to bute house in edinburgh , where gb news edinburgh, where gb news scotland reporter tony mcguire is tony, welcome to the show. so john swinney sworn in on a ticket of one rather like ursula von der leyen. so what's the latest ? latest? >> good afternoon martin. well you know john swinney as you

say, ticket of one. not the first snp leader or indeed first minister to do so. if you remember nicola sturgeon, when she took over for alex salmond, she took over for alex salmond, sheindeed she took over for alex salmond, she indeed was coronated and that's what we saw certainly this last week. it's been kind of crazy to think that it's about two weeks now since humza yousaf torpedoed the bute house agreement, which of course led to the collapse of the majority government. a few days later, we had a resignation . and then it had a resignation. and then it was a lull. and before john swinney was the one and only person to put his name forward for the race, the big will she won't she of the week, though, is of course , kate forbes and is of course, kate forbes and today we got our answer. now she is going to be deputy first minister. interestingly that's a role which we have seen several times. done alongside finance secretary and of course recently the finance and economy secretary roles will they were divided. so it could be that we

see kate forbes in one of them. that's certainly seems to be her happy place. and what better mentor than john swinney? he was , alex salmond's finance secretary way back in the day in two thousand and seven. and indeed, he enjoyed a similar role underneath nicola sturgeon before moving on to progressively other jobs. now he, of course, was nicola sturgeon's deputy first minister for a while and he gave up that role at the same time. he retired at the same time as nicola sturgeon, but today we are seeing a kind of a mix of him trying to merge the old and the new, you know, his campaign slogan last week was unite for independence . now if we just independence. now if we just park the independence for one minute and that's a whole a whole other conversation . but whole other conversation. but the unity part isn't really any better displayed than in the divisions that have been in the snp over the last several years, very much tied to the gender politics and the gender ideology

and campaigning that has gone on.and and campaigning that has gone on. and today, i think we're seeing the first attempt, and i think that's all we can really say right now. it's an attempt at trying to bring those two sides. kate forbes, of course, she was first in the door and following for her a long procession of people who essentially has spoken out against kate forbes at some point. so i think we're going to have to see, you know, have a wee look in the faces of the people who are just very shortly about to appear on the steps behind me. and certainly a lot of them coming from humza yousaf's cabinet as well. we see the likes of jenny gilruth and who, of course she was in various roles ian grey, neil grey , sorry, he was essentially grey, sorry, he was essentially one of the early runners along with jenny gilruth, to potentially replace humza yousaf. that didn't happen and there's some seniority in there as well. angus robertson well, i've never seen an snp government cabinet that doesn't feature angus robertson, he certainly made his way into bute house today after john swinney,

and it will be quite interesting to see tomorrow. of course, a lot of talk about john swinney's first first ministers questions, but of course it's not because, as in when case of the first minister is away on international duties or whatever, it's often the deputy first minister who sits in and deals with the first minister's questions. so he is no fool when deaung questions. so he is no fool when dealing with the likes of anas sarwar and douglas ross. and i think he will very much, you know, he's essentially one of scotland's longest serving parliamentarians , and i think parliamentarians, and i think tomorrow, once the dust has settled from today and he's got anidea settled from today and he's got an idea of what the reaction is to his cabinet picks, i think we'll maybe see him settle into , we'll maybe see him settle into, the old ways tomorrow. but hopefully with enough of the new from this all new cabinet he's put together today . put together today. >> okay. tony mcguire live there from bute house in edinburgh. john swinney, elected on a ticket of one and rewarded his

main opponents, kate forbes, the deputy leader's job. so no conflict now coming up. good news pubs in england and wales can stay open for two more hours this summer, with the small caveat being that it's only if england or scotland reach the semi—finals or the final of the euros. fat chance of that. perhaps well, i martin daubney on gb

welcome back. it's approaching 347. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now, if it comes home, will you be staying out longer ? well, be staying out longer? well, pubs will be allowed to extend their opening hours to 1 am. if england or scotland make it to the semi—finals of the european 2024 championships, the government has announced well, venues will be allowed to stay open for an extra two hours on match days if either or both teams reach the last four or even the final, so fans can

celebrate or drown their sorrows well. i'm joined now by gb news security editor mark white. mark, great news for football fans, so long as we actually get that far. >> well indeed yes, it is all built on that , success really. built on that, success really. in the latter stages of the competition. but this is come from the home secretary, james cleverly, and i think it will be well received . it certainly has well received. it certainly has been by the hospitality industry who've suffered significantly in recent years through covid, through the economic downturn , through the economic downturn, the cost of living crisis. so a summer of sporting spectaculars, which of course has the euro 24 tournament, the olympics , tournament, the olympics, wimbledon, all of the above, i could well be the shot in the arm that the hospitality industry need , and these extra industry need, and these extra days where people can get out and celebrate, until a bit later in the evening will certainly be

welcome. i think the legislation for this was laid down in parliament today to give politicians enough time to debate the pros and cons , but no debate the pros and cons, but no one is expecting it to do anything other than pass. now we could have though, a ridiculous situation where in scotland , situation where in scotland, because apparently the scottish government is saying it is up to local licensing authorities to decide whether pubs are allowed to open late. we could have the situation where pubs in scotland , if scotland ever get as far as, say , the semi—finals or as, say, the semi—finals or even, let's hope, the final , even, let's hope, the final, they would potentially not be able to celebrate beyond, 11:00 in the evening in many pubs and bars in scotland, and we'd have to travel over the border to england instead on those particular days. let's see what happens. i'm sure local planning

authorities would be alive to that. the local licensing authorities, and would have that upper most in their thoughts because it would not be very popular with friends that i know back in scotland, if they were not being allowed to properly celebrate scotland's . well, we celebrate scotland's. well, we expect wonderful performance in this competition. >> oh yeah. mark white i'm sure as a scotsman you won't take it personally when i say there's about as much chance of this license being extended in scotland as there is of me landing on the moon, and no doubt probably very cruel man. they'll be probably closing the boozers north of the border if england qualify. mark white, thank you very much. always a pleasure to have you on the show. and to continue this fun conversation. now is the chair of the football supporters association, malcolm clarke. malcolm, welcome to the show. some good news for football fans. of course, the somewhat large caveat we have to get that far first, but it is good to see football fans being trusted .

football fans being trusted. earlier this week we heard about huge police clampdown on hooliganism. that always happens. of course, malcolm ahead of big tournaments, but this is some welcome cheer for football fans. >> yes, i think it is , we tend >> yes, i think it is, we tend to like to watch football, with other football fans. and if we can't actually get to the game and obviously there'll be a lot of fans who would have liked to have been there, but for various financial or domestic reasons or employment reasons can't get there. >> i'm sure that the second choice of many of them will be to watch it in the company of , to watch it in the company of, other fans and, in that sense , other fans and, in that sense, it's welcome news, and i really look forward to the england scotland final with an england win , which i'm sure will be win, which i'm sure will be enjoyed on both sides of the border . border. >> well, if you think scotland and england are going to get to the final . malcolm, it sounds the final. malcolm, it sounds like you've already been on the drink. but joking aside, and, we often forget, don't we? just how much of a massive boost to the british economy football is

major tournaments give the industry a massive, much needed shot in the arm. after all the dark days and months and years of covid lockdowns, football fans often get a bad press. but they certainly helped to keep they certainly helped to keep the boozers afloat . the boozers afloat. >> yeah, that's absolutely right. >> actually, not just the boozers , but, fans visiting boozers, but, fans visiting cities in both england and scotland and away fans always contribute to the local economy, it's a very important part of the economy. football, as we know. and this is basically good news, i know that sometimes people fear what might happen, but the last vast majority of football fans will behave themselves, i'm sure, and let's all look forward to a very exciting, tournament enjoyed, in many cases, with a bit of hospitality vie with other football fans . football fans. >> malcolm, can i ask you a question? we just saw on on our screens there, football fans

throwing pints of beer in the air willy nilly when their team scores . have you ever done that? scores. have you ever done that? i can't bring myself to do it. that's like £6 going in the air there . there. >> i've certainly never done it, i've occasionally been on the receiving end of it and haven't been particularly amused, as you say, martin, most of us haven't got sufficient to money afford to waste a pint, in that way. but it does indicate, i think, the enthusiasm that, football fans have when they're when their teams scores provided. it's not then, immediately overruled by var, of course. but, it's part of the excitement of football . and i'm quite of football. and i'm quite certain that many fans are going to have, a great tournament. we'll be sending our embassy team out to germany, as we always do. we've produced a an information booklet for all the england fans , who are going england fans, who are going

there. and i'm sure our scottish colleagues will be doing the same, and whether it's you're watching it in this country or whether you're watching it live , whether you're watching it live, over there, i'm sure it's going to be a great tournament. >> yeah. malcolm clarke i went to the world cup in germany and it was the most magnificent tournament i've been to the germans . they lay on such germans. they lay on such a fantastic tournament. the outdoor villages, the beer villages, the football villages are the best in the world. the police were fantastic and i hope we're looking forward to a fantastic tournament both there and here. if the pubs stay open late, that's malcolm clarke, the chair of the football supporters association. cheers. thanks for joining us on the show. now there's a new way of getting in touch with us. of course it's gbnews.com forward slash yours and loads of you have been getting in touch already about that dramatic defection of natalie elphicke, the tory mp for dover, to the labour party. paul says this . well, the way paul says this. well, the way it's going, rishi sunak may as well cross the floor. what would that make him? the prime minister in opposition to the

tories, andrew adds this why, why, why would labour have these defected conservatives? what's in it for them? well, i think the point is it sends out the message, andrew, that if a tory mp who's considered right wing from a key seat like dover can cross to the labour party, then maybe the voters can too. well, don't go anywhere because coming your next hour, there's much more reaction to that dramatic tory defection from the conservative party to labour, slamming rishi sunak's tired and chaotic government . we'll have chaotic government. we'll have huge reaction to that. i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel. but first it's time for your weather. annie shuttleworth. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather update

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gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 4 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk . on today's action packed show, there's that huge bombshell news. rishi sunak as one of his

mps dramatically defects to the labour party. natalie elphicke says the tories have become a byword for incompetence and division . is that a noble division. is that a noble defection or sour grapes and a new report by two former tory ministers is calling for the home office to be split up because it is incapable of controlling immigration. well, do they have a point , controlling immigration. well, do they have a point, or having spectacularly failed to control our borders , or are they merely our borders, or are they merely looking for a scapegoat and prince harry is in london for a thanksgiving service today, but he has been hit with two massive snubs from the king in the past two days. is the ginger prince being frozen out of the royal family? and i've got jonathan gullis just walked in. family? and i've got jonathan gullisjust walked in. he's family? and i've got jonathan gullis just walked in. he's had his weetabix. that's all. coming up in your next hour. we've got a fantastic hour ahead . as a fantastic hour ahead. as i said, jonathan gullis, the deputy chair of the conservative party has just just walked in.

he's in fighting form about that dramatic defection. the cameras were on him. he was trying to stage manage rishi sunak. he didn't even know this was happening. this happened in real time. we'll have full reaction from that man soon. and don't forget, in the next hour , prince forget, in the next hour, prince harry will make an appearance at saint paul's cathedral . cameron saint paul's cathedral. cameron walker, our man, is down there to get footage of that moment. but of course, there's that backdrop of him being snubbed by the king. we all thought the king's health might bring the royal family back together, but it seems something very different is happening now. hundreds of you have been in touch already about this dramatic defection. and keep your views coming. you do that by going to gbnews.com/yoursay guests look in. but first it's your headlines and it's sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much and good evening. >> good afternoon. in fact , from >> good afternoon. in fact, from the newsroom. >> it's just gone 4:00. and our top story this afternoon, a

second conservative mp in two weeks has now switched to the labour party. natalie natalie elphicke, who represents dover, says she made the decision because rishi sunak is leading a tired and chaotic government. it's the latest in a dramatic drop in the government's working majority since the last general election. for more than 80 seats to now less than 50. well, today's defection was announced just moments before sir keir starmer spoke during prime minister's questions. >> if one week a tory mp who's also a doctor , says the prime also a doctor, says the prime minister can't be trusted with the nhs and joins labour. and the nhs and joins labour. and the next week the tory mp for doven the next week the tory mp for dover, on the front line of the small boats crisis, says the prime minister cannot be trusted with our borders and joins laboun with our borders and joins labour. what is the point of this failed government? >> staggering on? >> staggering on? >> well, the prime minister steered clear of labour's newest mp and instead pay tribute to the now former mayor of the west

midlands. >> let me join with him in congratulating all knew and paying congratulating all knew and paying tribute to all former councillors. pc and mayors across the country. i hope his i hope his new ones do him as proud as i am of all of mine. mr speaken proud as i am of all of mine. mr speaker, great leaders, great leaders like andy street, great leaders like andy street, great leaders like andy street, great leaders like andy street who leave behind a strong legacy of more homes, more jobs, and more investment. in sharp contrast to the legacy left by the last labour government, which was a letter joking that there was no money left . money left. >> speaking shortly after defecting, miss elphicke says there's a brighter future under a labour government . a labour government. >> in 2019, the conservatives stood on a manifesto that was very much centre ground. but under rishi sunak they've abandoned the centre ground and broken many election promises. meanwhile, under keir starmer, labour have changed and i think that change is going to bring a much better future for our country. and that's why i'm so keen to join the labour party

and play my part in bringing that important future forward . that important future forward. >> in other news, banking group tsb will close 36 of its branches and cut 250 jobs across the business as more customers are opting for online banking. most of the lost positions will be in the bank's fraud department, central operations and in high street branches. that says about 96% of transactions now take place outside of a branch, while in—store transactions have fallen by 43% over the past four years. scotland's new first minister has appointed kate forbes as his deputy. the former finance secretary says she's deeply honoured to accept the invitation. miss forbes, who ran against humza yousaf for the top job, takes over from shawna robinson, who remains in cabinet in another position and some breaking news just coming to us from heathrow. this afternoon. we understand that hundreds of workers there have now called off their strike after a new offer was made in a bid to

resolve an ongoing dispute over the outsourcing of jobs. members of the unite union were due to walk out from tomorrow until next monday. workers including security guards, passenger assistance staff and others will now be balloted on that offer so we're just hearing that strikes planned at heathrow airport will now be called off. in other news, this afternoon , social news, this afternoon, social media companies are being warned that they could be banned for those under 18 if they don't keep children safe. the media regulator ofcom says platforms must take action to stop their algorithms recommending harmful content to children. in its draft children's safety codes of practice , sets out how it practice, sets out how it expects some of the world's biggest online platforms to protect children online and penalties for companies who fail to comply. social media influencer andrew tate has been served with court papers at his home in romania, according to lawyers, on behalf of four alleged victims. the firm says four british women are bringing

a case against tate at the high court in the uk, after the crown prosecution service decided not to prosecute in 2019. all of the women alleged that tate raped and assaulted them and are seeking damages for the injuries they say they suffered as a result. he was charged along with his brother tristan in june with his brother tristan in june with human trafficking , rape and with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women , sexually exploit women, allegations they have both denied , and visitors to denied, and visitors to brighton's iconic pier will soon be forced to pay for admission amid a steep rise in maintenance costs. the pier's management says the cost of maintaining and repairing the grade two listed landmark has soared by 31. that adds around £2.7 million to the annual budget . visitors will now annual budget. visitors will now be asked to pay an entry fee of £1, though local residents will be exempt . those are the latest be exempt. those are the latest headlines. i'll have another update for you in the next half houn update for you in the next half hour. until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code on your screen, or go

to gbnews.com slash alerts . to gbnews.com slash alerts. >> thank you sam. now an action packed hour ahead and let's get cracking with more bad news for the prime minister as tory mp natalie elphicke, a spectacular , natalie elphicke, a spectacular, defected to the labour party, hitting out at what she described as the broken promises of rishi sunak's tired and chaotic government. well, the dover mp crossed the floor in the house of commons just moments before pmqs earlier today. and in her statement, she said this from small boats. the biosecurity rishi sunak's government is failing to keep our borders safe and secure lives are being lost in the engush lives are being lost in the english channel while small boats arrivals are once again at record levels, she goes on. it's clear they have failed to keep our border secure and cannot be trusted. spectacular thing to say, the kind of thing you'd expect to hear from the labour party. well, that's good because

she's now one of them. and joining me now to discuss this in the studio is gb news political correspondent, olivia utley. and i'm also joined by the deputy chairman of the conservative party, jonathan gullis . welcome to the show, gullis. welcome to the show, john and olivia. olivia, let's start with you. the defection that nobody saw coming, not even jonathan gullace. >> well, absolutely. i mean, i'm sure we'll hear more from behind the scenes from jonathan very soon. but from where i was sitting in the press gallery, absolutely everyone in the chamber seemed totally shocked. there were conservative mps looking in total bafflement at natalie elphicke when she was seen sitting there behind keir starmer. now it's gone further than bafflement. since then, there are plenty of conservative mps who feel really angry with natalie elphicke. there are conservative mps who stood beside her when her ex—husband , beside her when her ex—husband, charlie elphicke, was going through his trial. they feel that she's been disloyal not only to the conservative party, but to them as well. and they also feel that she was being very cynical about all of this. they think that she had no real

political reason to join the labour party. all of her politics are very much in alignment with the conservative party, and actually most conservative mps believe that they are on the left of her when it comes to politics. so lots of conservative mps think that she simply did it because she knows which side her bread is buttered. she quite fancies that a peerage under the next labour government, and this is the only way to get it. of course, there is a much less cynical way of reading this. if you read natalie elphick's resignation statement, she says that it's essentially there's a little bit about immigration, but mostly it's about housing. she says that the conservative government can't be trusted on housing any more. and to be fair, that does tie in with what she said in the past. she is a yimby , as it's past. she is a yimby, as it's called a yes in my back yard. she wants to see proper planning reform and she doesn't think the conservative party has achieved it. so the kindest way, if you want to take her, her defection at face value, it's because of housing. if you were a little bit more of the cynical bent, then it is simply because she

she wants to stick the knife into rishi. she doesn't really want to be in politics anymore, and she'd quite like a peerage . and she'd quite like a peerage. >> okay, well, i'm hoping we won't get such a kind and forgiving take on affairs from you, jonathan gullis says footage of you moments before pmqs. you were looking baffled because literally nobody saw this coming. >> no, i was i was in my chair and i always actually normally exchange a little smile on the way over here because , starmer, way over here because, starmer, because we, you know, i do enjoy heckling him and then suddenly noficed heckling him and then suddenly noticed that natalie had sat behind him. >> and so the footage of me is letting my mate in front of me, gareth bacon, know that she's defected because he's doing a statement after the prime minister, prime minister's question time, and then all an urgent question . sorry, but then urgent question. sorry, but then also the reason i'm looking around is i'm trying to find the eye of the whips to make sure the whips can get the message to craig williams , the pps to rishi craig williams, the pps to rishi and obviously the prime minister's office himself to say, fyi , this is coming because say, fyi, this is coming because you are correct. none of us knew it until that very moment. actually i think it shows she's pretty spineless, really didn't have the guts to announce it before. snuck into the chamber, took a seat in the hope that

somehow it would go under the radar until sir keir was ready to point her out. so yeah, i think, you know, it's going to be a very lonely world for her. she's certainly not going to be trusted or welcomed in by many labour mps. i'm sure you're heanng labour mps. i'm sure you're hearing the same whispers i am about the unhappiness from their side and of course, any friends that she did have on our benches, well, those friendships are over so what's the motive for doing this? >> i mean, i was at an outside broadcast in october 2022, in her constituency with nigel farage and michelle dewberry. she was meant to appear at that venue.the she was meant to appear at that venue. the rumour was she bottled it. she didn't want to face the electorate. when she came up on a screen, she was booed and hissed i wonder, reading between the lines, if she knew that she was on the way out, she knew she wouldn't get re—elected . she wants to get out re—elected. she wants to get out of politics. is this a way of portraying herself as one of the good guys? well, i tried my best. i couldn't do it. rishi sunak wouldn't let me. and now i'm with keir starmer so she can move away from politics and cleanse her own reputation . cleanse her own reputation. >> well, i think the running joke at the moment is that who knew the labour party would accept the erg within their

ranks? i mean, talk about a broad church that's becoming, you need a number of cathedrals to fit everyone in that kind of spectrum. sure. her and zara sultana will be very happy to be side by side when they're talking about stopping the boats. as natalie once said. look, she wrote in the express, let's not forget not long ago, this shows yet again that not only have labour got no plan on their own to tackle illegal migration, they simply do not want to. those are her words in archewell. she chose to wrote in her name. there's countless things about keir starmer being muddled and confused over illegal migration. i just feel sorry for the residents of dover who had an mp who was in a party that says they want to get flights off to rwanda. there's done deals with france to stop boats coming over and has done returns deals with countries like albania instead , they've like albania instead, they've now got a labour politician who said that she now will back sir keir's labour labour migrant amnesty. that means everyone who's over here already, rather than being told they can't claim asylum under labour, they would. that's 90,000 plus people suddenly being granted the ability to stay, and has said that she would now support some dodgy deal with the eu. with sir keir surrendering our borders to his buddies and brussels and 100,000 plus illegal migrants able to come over here per year,

on top of those who have already chosen to illegally enter. she's got to look those voters in the face. of course, she's chosen not to. she's chosen to run off scared rather than stand on a labour banner at the next election. i think she's now hoping to get some unpaid labour advisory role in housing, which i think she's worked in maybe lobbying before, and i'm sure that there's a pretty penny to be made in the corporate lobbying sector afterwards. so yes , you'll excuse my scepticism yes, you'll excuse my scepticism that this woman was not long ago campaigning for a conservative police crime commissioner who won, by the way, in kent , and won, by the way, in kent, and now is suddenly claiming that she's sees the values of keir starmers labour party. that hasn't changed. the same party that as their ally and anti—semite up in rochdale, which they labour had to drop their support for in that campaign, even after it took about 36 48 hours to do so. and now, of course , has also got to now, of course, has also got to say stand shoulder to shoulder with people like angela rayner, who referred to her as scumb when she was a tory. i think rachel reeves has told us that f off as well, famously as well. so, you know, happy honeymoon love. >> okay, well, that's strong words. can i pick you up on this point as well ? she appears to be

point as well? she appears to be aligning herself with the boris johnsonites. she's saying here that boris was ousted in a coup led by the unelected rishi sunak. so she's almost saying, dear voters of dover, i agree with you. it was unfair that bofis with you. it was unfair that boris was stabbed in the back . boris was stabbed in the back. was she a boris johnson loyalist? all the way through this, martin, i think you'll remember correctly that i was one of the most vocal people at the time regarding the ridiculous partygate so—called saga where boris got a fine for what? >> having a tesco sandwich with a can of coke. yet the cabinet secretary and the civil servants in the room escaped the fine . in the room escaped the fine. we're still trying to make the do the maths on that one, if you will, but i all the time i did the media all the time. i was writing articles all the time i was in the chamber supporting bofis was in the chamber supporting boris johnson. i don't recall seeing natalie elphicke anywhere. i don't recall her even seeing in the downing street when boris was saying goodbye. so again, you'll excuse me for believing that this is just some cynical attempt to try and portray herself as a boris johnson fan, and angela rayner has tried to also do in deputy prime minister's questions when she was saying that, boris was a

great electoral asset. you know, they're all desperately trying to, pivot for every vote, even though we all know what they really stand for, which is they have no plan. and what natalie elphicke is shown on top is she has no views, no values and no spine. >> and, john, what kind of sentiments have you been hearing from your colleagues today as well as shocked? bear in mind were pre—watershed what kind of words have been used about? >> i think olivia summed up correctly that there's a lot of anger out there in the conservative party. colleagues stood by her during a very difficult time with her husband or ex—husband. i'm not sure which one is sorry, but going through that particular trial, which was obviously very damning, there's obviously been the, then dover itself and a lot of colleagues like myself stood shoulder to shoulder with her in pushing the government to go further and to go harder. when it came to both tackling legal and illegal migration. you know , and illegal migration. you know, this is a woman who's a member of the new conservatives, which i set up with danny kruger, miriam cates, where we've called for some of the toughest measures going when it comes to immigration. someone who i've been pushing for us, ignoring and potentially wants us to quit the echr she's been empathetic to those viewpoints. now she's

in a labour party that says that the european court of human rights should be respected, and that if they tell us not to take a flight, then we shouldn't do again. a labour party that said that they would cancel the rwanda flights even if the policy works and you've got the migrant amnesty on top and you've got the dodgy deal with the eu, that means that the people of dover won't see less boats. they'll see more boats and more illegal migrants, predominantly young single men than ever before, taking up her hotels. her polices time , her hotels. her polices time, her nhs, her school spaces and she's now got to look her constituents in the face. or, as you've said already, i'm sure she'll just hide in her office and hunker down. i hope that she hasn't got to face the consequences of her actions today. >> okay, fruity stuff and elsewhere today, robert jenrick has called for the home office to be broken up to kerb that kind of migration. jonathan's discussing, and the former immigration minister said it is incapable of controlling immigration and securing the uk's borders , whilst outlining uk's borders, whilst outlining a 30 point plan to cut illegal migration, including creating a new department whose sole mission is controlling immigration. well, olivia, let's cut back to you on this. seems

like a good idea. i mean, clearly what we're what we have at the moment isn't working. legal migration through the roof. we can't stop the boats. but the point is this. is it fair to blame the home office, or is this a couple of ministers looking for a scapegoat? >> well, there are lots of ways of looking at this. i mean, obviously there are plenty of conservative mps who, who might be looking for a scapegoat. the conservatives, rwanda policy hasn't really worked very well yet. it was first talked about over two years ago, and now one migrant has left for rwanda. but he was left of his own accord and was given a £3,000 sweetener by the government. so you could argue that this is just the conservatives looking for some sort of scapegoat. that said, it is very hard to find anyone in politics or in whitehall for that matter, whatever their political colours, who believes that the home office is doing a good job and there is a widespread belief that it is simply too big and too unwieldy. at times it feels as though the left hand just doesn't know what

the right hand is doing. if you look at the windrush scandal that was a result of people not understanding what their deputy was doing, not realising that something else was going on in the room next to them, having to firefight. so sort of putting anything non—urgent on the back burner. these are issues that come up again and again for the home office and robert jenrick who saw all of this really close up when he was in the cabinet responsible for immigration, probably has a pretty good idea about this. the reaction on the ground in parliament seems to be that it ground in parliament seems to be thatitis ground in parliament seems to be that it is a pretty sensible idea.the that it is a pretty sensible idea. the problem is, there's not much time to do anything about it. >> jonathan gillis we've heard from priti patel from suella braverman , from robert jenrick, braverman, from robert jenrick, the constant whiff that the home office is politicised, that it has its own gender. in actual fact, it digs its heels in. it's already said there might be a legal challenge against the rwanda policy . from your rwanda policy. from your experience at the top of office in the conservative party do you think that the home office is rowing in a different direction to your party, to this government? >> well, i think you've made some fair points. there about

some fair points. there about some of the trade unions within the civil service who want to take legal action against the government, when actually their job is to in to impose, enforce the government's will. the democratically elected government of this country. and if it's that we've chosen to deport illegal migrants to rwanda, which is exactly what we should be doing, then their job is to not, get in the way of that. theirjob is to help us deliver on that. and essentially, if they don't want to do that, then go find a job elsewhere. to be perfectly frank, that's just the way our democratic system works with the home office. i think we've seen some appallingly embarrassing performances from the very top , performances from the very top, the permanent secretary and one of his deputies, and when they've gone before the home affairs select committee, when i think very simple questions are actually asked by gb news own lee anderson about, you know, how many people not from albania had been deported and they simply looked around each other in silence and said, well, we don't have that number. i mean , don't have that number. i mean, that that tells you just how shambolic, sadly, some of the leadership is in that department andifs leadership is in that department and it's the political leadership that's covering them to constantly come up against that toe to toe, which is completely out of kilter with what the british people would expect of the civil service,

which is the british public who fund that very civil service at the end of the day as well. so i'm open to the idea of it. i'll certainly go away and read the report. i think these are two very big brains in the conservative party. we will have some very good ideas and i look forward to reading it. and who knows, we might see some of this in the manifesto going forward . in the manifesto going forward. >> jonathan ulez olivia utley superb start to the hour. thank you both for joining superb start to the hour. thank you both forjoining us here in the studio. superb. now i have lots more on that story at 5:00 and there's plenty of coverage on our website , gbnews.com. and on our website, gbnews.com. and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much . now it's our you very much. now it's our biggest cash prize to date, an incredible £20,000 in tax free cash. incredible £20,000 in tax free cash . and it could all be yours. cash. and it could all be yours. and here's all the details that you need to enter our latest great british giveaway . great british giveaway. >> the next great british giveaway winner could be you with a massive £20,000 in tax free cash to be won. imagine how you'd react getting that winning call from us. >> hi, my name is phil cox and i won the great british giveaway. i'd say why not? it's what? what

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welcome back. it's 425. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now a welsh senedd member who raised concerns over criminal gangs exploiting a payment scheme for asylum seekers. was slapped down as disgraceful yesterday by first minister vaughan gething james evans, the conservative senate member for brecon and radnorshire, had pressed the first minister on the measures the welsh government had in place to safeguard asylum seeking children from all forms of criminal gangs. well, let's have a look at their exchange. >> the welsh government has supported and supported unaccompanied asylum seeking children by allocating 2.57 million for 67th children through the universal basic income care leavers pilot. >> in light of this, first

minister, could you could you please . please. >> i want to hear the question being put by the member. please >> i think you should listen to your first minister about respecting people . in light of respecting people. in light of this, could you please elaborate on the specific measures the welsh government has put in place to safeguard those children from all forms of exploitation , including those exploitation, including those from criminal gangs? because what we could see from this scheme is a way for those criminal gangs to access money and exploit the most vulnerable people in our society , and that people in our society, and that is not something i want to see. it's not something my group want to see. but the welsh government need to take this issue seriously because this is something that could really happen to vulnerable children . happen to vulnerable children. >> the member draws a link between illegal migrants and the rwanda scheme, and the care leavers pilot on universal basic income, and i think the attempt to do that is genuinely disgraceful and genuinely

disgraceful and genuinely disgraceful . more join me now to disgraceful. more join me now to discuss this is the conservative member of the welsh parliament, james evans. james, welcome to the show. you raised a perfectly viable question. there about child exploitation, taxpayers money being used for that. and yet when you tried to raise that point, you were called disgraceful. >> i know i was actually genuinely shocked because these are some of the most vulnerable people who do come into our country via routes, and they can be exploited by criminal gangs. >> and i think it's a genuine question to ask of the welsh government. they are giving them money, but what safeguards are they putting in place to make sure that these young people aren't being exploited ? the aren't being exploited? the first minister obviously didn't like that level of scrutiny he was being put under, due to all the other issues he's had over the other issues he's had over the coming weeks, and just decided that he was just going to blank me completely , call me to blank me completely, call me disgraceful, and basically try and brand me out as some sort of racist, which i'm not. i care about young people who are vulnerable, and i think the welsh government should take more responsibility and actually

put those safeguards in place. but if they're not willing to tell me what those safeguards are, it's obviously proven that perhaps they don't have any safeguards. and this is actually something that they need to get on top of . on top of. >> and, james, could you just just clarify for us exactly how this payment scheme can or has been potentially abused. >> so how the scheme currently works is our care leavers in wales or care experienced children are entitled to £1,600 a month as part of universal bafic a month as part of universal basic income pilot the welsh government was running. the welsh government decided to extend that then into unaccompanied children who were coming to the united kingdom. the people who i have spoken to have said there is no support put in place for them, and that's just on the care leavers side of it. so i was generally interested. how are the welsh government going to administer this for those people who are coming here unaccompanied, whose families are potentially being left behind, and those are the people who could be exploited by the same criminal gangs who are pushing people in small boats across the english channel that

needs stop. and if the welsh government providing this level of support, they need to make sure that the safeguards are in place, because i don't want to see no young person who is fleeing some of the most dangerous , war torn countries dangerous, war torn countries across the world coming here, being exploited by disgusting criminal gangs who sole purpose is to make money out of other people's miseries . people's miseries. >> and james, we know that that happens. we've seen that happen all across the united kingdom, around county lines, drug use, around county lines, drug use, around criminality, around street begging, around pickpocketing. it just does happen. pickpocketing. it just does happen . that is a statement of happen. that is a statement of fact. why do you think there's such a visceral and immediate response to slam down that conversation, to call you divisive, to imply that you're racist? and who does that help? it doesn't help the children, does it? >> it doesn't help the children. but this comes on the back of all the issues that vaughan gething has had lately around scrutiny, taking taking £200,000 from somebody convicted of

environmental fraud, somebody as well who has also deleted text messages relating to maybe covid on something else. the first minister has dodged and dodged scrutiny and his and his time as first minister, even this very short period has been put under intense scrutiny. this is another area where i think labour generally don't really know what they're going to do on immigration or asylum, and i just do not think welsh labour want to answer these questions. i don't think the welsh government know how to administer this. i think it sounds very good. it's a very good policy on paper and probably some people may think it's a great idea, but actually when you put these things in place, you need to make sure that the safeguards are there to safeguard young people from exploitation , whether that's exploitation, whether that's from criminal gangs on the continent or that's criminal gangs within the united kingdom. and james evans, i noticed behind you as well, the no farmers, no food sign. >> that's a cause we've been supporting widely here on gb news because, of course, without farmers we don't have that food supply issue and they're being

forced into poverty by punitive policies. they're fighting back against them, particularly in wales. and whereas the french say it with fire, the welsh said it with a choir. superb stuff. james evans, thanks for joining us on the show. always a pleasure. now there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00, and prince harry is back in the uk, but he will not be meeting his father due to the king charles's having a full programme . king charles's having a full programme. is king charles's having a full programme . is that really the programme. is that really the reason why, or is the ginger prince being frozen out of the royal family? he will arrive in about 25 minutes time at saint paups about 25 minutes time at saint paul's cathedral. we'll make sure that we're there live for you. but first is your headlines andifs you. but first is your headlines and it's sam francis . and it's sam francis. >> very good afternoon. 432 the headunes >> very good afternoon. 432 the headlines from the newsroom this houn headlines from the newsroom this hour, sir keir starmer has been criticised for welcoming a laboun criticised for welcoming a labour, an mp to labour rather described by some as a right wing conservative. natalie

elphicke called rishi sunak's government chaotic as she announced the move earlier. it's the latest in a dramatic drop in the latest in a dramatic drop in the government's working majority since the last general election , for more than 80 seats election, for more than 80 seats to now less than 50. mr elphicke says there's a brighter future under labour. >> in 2019, the conservatives stood on a manifesto that was very much centre ground. but under rishi sunak they've abandoned the centre ground and broken many election promises. meanwhile under keir starmer, labour have changed and i think that change is going to bring a much better future for our country . and that's why i'm so country. and that's why i'm so keen to join the labour party and play my part in bringing that important future forward to other news. >> and scotland's new first minister has unveiled his new cabinet. kate forbes becomes deputy first minister. the youngest person to ever hold the post. she ran against humza yousaf for the top job and takes over from shona robinson, who takes on the finance and local government post. kate osamor has

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on it's clear they have failed to keep our borders secure and cannot be trusted. well, loads of you have been getting in touch on this topic by visiting gb news. com forward slash your say. let's go through a few of those. now. duncan says this short and to the point they are jumping a sinking ship for their own benefit. well, duncan, as i understand it, we had jonathan gerlis, the deputy chair of the conservative party in here earlier on, natalie elphicke is not standing at the next election. she will temporarily be the labour party mp for doven be the labour party mp for dover. but as we understand it, the previous ppc prospective parliamentary candidate will will also stand again in the next election. so it'll be a fleeting visit to the labour party. and jonathan gullis was saying that maybe she would like some kind of peerage, maybe to lobby on housing, something she mentioned in her resignation statement. caroline adds this natalie elphicke has slapped her

local conservative party in the face, especially with the way they supported her after her former husband's behaviour. i, former husband's behaviour. i, for one, am not impressed. and of course natalie took over from her husband as the mp and caroline, echoing the sentiments here that olivia utley mentioned that a lot of people who work tirelessly at constituency level on election campaigns to get mps elected and re—elected will feel that they have had all of their hard work ripped away, the rug pulled from under their feet. chris adds this it's obvious to a blind man she does not trust. rishi sunak on stopping the boats or cutting immigration. she made that clear in her statement. paula adds this how can defections to another party be democratic? if you move to being independent and then fair enough. but her constituents voted in the conservative party and not the labour party. surely

there should be a by—election it's a funny one that, paula, because when this happens time and time again, people do call for a by—election. but recall lee anderson defected to the reform party from the conservatives and they said they wouldn't do a by—election ehhen wouldn't do a by—election either. people seem to want a by—election until their party becomes the beneficiary and then they go strangely quiet. the labour party have been calling out for by elections left, right and centre. i don't think they're calling for one today and i. i can't see her going anywhere. oh, there's a comment on the screen. there's a comment on the screen. there's a comment on screen there today keir starmer had his 10th relaunch with no plan yet he didn't even mention stopping the small. the small boats. these are her tweets. so if we look back through , natalie elphick's through, natalie elphick's social media, we can see lots and lots of times she has criticised sir keir starmer. there's one here saying this is labour's small boat policy . labour's small boat policy. there's a picture of sir keir starmer to next an open door

backing people smugglers. it said under that natalie elphicke here saying if, if labour's only policy is to rely on the french then they are not serious about stopping small boats. so natalie elphicke, an mp who historically has been very, very, very critical of the labour party on immigration, on stopping the small boats, on refugees, welcome today spectacularly cross the floor and became one of them. what a day in politics. well don't go anywhere because prince harry will very shortly be arriving at saint paul's cathedral and we'll be there live. i'm martin daubney on gb news

channel. welcome back. it's 446. i'm martin daubney on gb news now . martin daubney on gb news now. prince harry has come to the uk to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the invictus games, a service of thanksgiving is being held this afternoon at

saint paul's cathedral to commemorate the decade long support. the competitors in the tournament have received well. there was speculation that the duke of sussex would make time to visit his father. the king, but a spokesman for prince harry said that his mattis's full program meant there was no time for them to get together. well, let's cross now to gb news royal correspondent cameron walker. cameron, you're still outside. there in the spectacular early summer sunshine , so we're summer sunshine, so we're expecting prince harry to emerge pretty soon. what's the latest ? pretty soon. what's the latest? >> yeah, pretty soon martin and i think it's pretty good weather for it, to be perfectly honest. the crowds have grown significantly over the last few hours from across the world. really. lots of tourists , but really. lots of tourists, but brits as well. members of the congregation for the 10th anniversary of the invictus games at saint paul's cathedral have also started to arrive. they include many wounded servicemen and women who have served in many wars . the whole served in many wars. the whole point, of course, of the invictus games is to support

wounded veterans in their recovery with paralympic style competition happens every couple of years or so . competition happens every couple of years or so. lie—ins competing from across the world as well . we have also just seen as well. we have also just seen princess diana's brother and sister. of course, that is prince harry's uncle and aunt. earl spencer and lady jane fellowes arrive at saint paul's cathedral as well. but as for other members of prince harry's family, the king, the queen, prince william, none of those are attending. the king and queen at the moment are in the buckingham palace garden , buckingham palace garden, hosting a garden party alongside princess anne, the duke and duchess of gloucester and the duke and duchess of edinburgh as well. no word as to exactly what prince william is doing, but he's certainly not going to be here. but prince. and when prince harry is in the uk, of course, he arrived yesterday, his spokesperson confirmed to me yesterday he will not be meeting his father. the king at all. he says he's very understanding that the king has a full diary of engagements. of course, as sovereign it was a very diplomatic statement i received yesterday. it sounded a bit like a royal press release, to be

honest, which is not really what i would expect from the sussexes just a couple of years ago. the statement we received from them when the late queen took took away their royal patronages and royal and also military titles as well. we received a statement with now infamous lines saying service is universal. now friends of sussex's says that was very much in the context of all the charity work that they do. critics of the sussexes said that it was a bit of a disrespect to the late queen and a bit bitter. but yesterday's statement, as i said, incredibly diplomatic, incredibly warm, suggesting to me prince harry does want to mend the relationship with his family here, but his focus very much will be on the invictus games here. it's been ten years in the making of really trying to help wounded veterans from across the world, really. he, of course, himself served two tours of afghanistan, and he wrote in his memoir, spare , when he was being memoir, spare, when he was being taken out of deployment in

afghanistan , when he was on the afghanistan, when he was on the same plane as the coffin of a danish soldier and three wounded british veterans. and it's that moment that stayed with him, which inspired him having vince the warrior games in the united states to create the invictus games back in 2014, the first invictus games happened in london. it was part of the royal foundation back then, so it also included the duke and duchess of cambridge, now , of course, the cambridge, now, of course, the prince and princess of wales. since prince harry has stood back as a working member of the royal family, he's taken that particular responsibility on. he is patron of the invictus games foundation, and i think you just have to see from the crowds here the atmosphere from the veterans who have been arrived. they're all very excited to celebrate ten years of invictus. but of course , the elephant in the room course, the elephant in the room is, of course, all those family dramas that continue to brew below the surface . below the surface. >> okay, cameron walker, please stick with us. we'll be coming back to you for a full reaction. as and when prince harry arrives at saint paul's cathedral. we're expecting that in the next few minutes, and i can now also

bnngin minutes, and i can now also bring in the former royal correspondent, michael cole , the correspondent, michael cole, the legend who joins me on the show. michael, welcome to the show. the sun is shining down on saint paul's, but storm clouds appear to be gathering once again for the relationship between the king and the prince . and we're king and the prince. and we're all talking about the fact this full program means there simply won't be enough time to meet michael. an ordinary family surely would always find time in such circumstances to see their son. what do you think is going on here? >> quite extraordinary, isn't it? >> he's flown 5000 miles, 11 hours in a pressurised cigar tube over the pole . getting tube over the pole. getting here. he's here for two nights and three days. and yet the king, cannot find a space in his busy diary to see him. he saw the fiji prime minister yesterday. he saw service chiefs , he will be seeing the prime minister for his audience of the

monarch today. but no room at the buckingham palace for in, prince harry. i think it tells you, martin, more than perhaps anything, how deep the divide is now between the california camelot of the duke and duchess of . of. >> okay, we seem to have michael's momentarily frozen. will get back to him soon, but it does underline this huge rift, and many of us believe, didn't we, that during princess kate and the king's cancer scares, that these divisions in the family may have been put behind the fact we have those live pictures there? now, this is prince harry arriving at saint paul's cathedral has to be said a very hearty cheer from the crowd. friendly waves. i don't know if we have cameron walker there to give us a comment to this. he's going up. he's believed to be doing a reading inside. this is, of course, the 10th anniversary of

the invictus games been met. there by one of the bishops at the cathedral has to be said, a very warm and hearty welcome from the crowd outside saint paups from the crowd outside saint paul's cathedral. and there he goes. prince harry, now gone into the cathedral to carry on with that. so, cameron walker, you're outside saint paul's cathedral . we just saw some live cathedral. we just saw some live pictures. there has to be said, a very warm welcome for prince harry. >> yeah, it absolutely was martin. his car drove right past us here and he gave all of the crowds here a huge smile. he was wearing his afghanistan military medals inside the back of the range rover. and as you said , a range rover. and as you said, a huge cheer from the crowds here. and when he stood out the car and walked up the steps of saint paups and walked up the steps of saint paul's cathedral, the cheering continued from many members of the crowd , and he gave them all the crowd, and he gave them all a wave. i think there's very much, it's fair to say, huge support for the duke of sussex here outside saint paul's cathedral in the sunshine . of cathedral in the sunshine. of course, this is a big

achievement for prince harry. he will see it as a big achievement. ten years of the invictus games 23 nations with over 500 competitors taking part. the whole ethos of the invictus games is through sport. you can change lives and also save lives. invictus is latin for unconquered and, as you said, martin. prince harry is expected to give a reading inside the saint paul's cathedral as part of this ten year anniversary service . the year anniversary service. the actor damian lewis will also be reading the invictus poem that poem, written in the victorian times by william henley, his bust, his memorial bust inside the crypt of saint paul's cathedral . the poem has themes cathedral. the poem has themes for is known for its themes of willpower and strength in the face of huge, huge challenges , face of huge, huge challenges, alluding to the plight of amputees back in victorian times, and those kind of that kind of ethos ringing through to injured servicemen and women from wars such as iraq, such as afghanistan and many others as well, as i said, 23 nations, 500

competitors. and there's been a thousand friends and family as well. and it's all about supporting those veterans and very much for taking part. that counts. the ethos of the invictus games is not about the medals table as it is for the paralympics or the olympic games, something perhaps the invictus games is based on, but it's very much about taking part and each individual veteran's journey. so even if they just make it to the start line, that very much could be a big achievement for them. and that is something that prince harry very much championing here today. >> okay. thank you, cameron walker live there at saint paups walker live there at saint paul's cathedral. just welcoming in prince harry. and of course, we'll have the full reaction to that story throughout the show. and also the full reaction to that dramatic defection to the labour party by natalie elphicke. i'm martin dalby on gb news now it's your weather with annie shuttleworth . annie shuttleworth. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello there. welcome to your

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to have your company. so prince harry arrived at saint paul's cathedral a short while ago and it's fair to say, received a huge cheer. a round of applause from the mass crowd. but of course, even though the sun was shining, the storm clouds have gathered around that moment because there is no time in the king's diary for the king and the prince to meet. if you thought that the king's cancer and the other royal family health scares were going to bnng health scares were going to bring the family closer together, that blood would prove together, that blood would prove to be thicker than water. that hasn't been the case with a full reaction from michael cole, the legendary royal reporter , and of legendary royal reporter, and of course, our own cameron walker. and get in touch. all the usual ways on the topic of natalie elphicke spectacularly defecting to the conservatives, to the labour party from the tories earlier on today. hundreds of emails and your essays on that. and of course, you'll take on the latest in the royal family. send your views and post your comments by going to gb news.

com forward slash your say. but before we get stuck into all of that, it's your headlines and it's sam francis . it's sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much . >> martin, thank you very much. and good evening from the gb newsroom just after 5:00. and as martin was just mentioning there, prince harry has arrived at saint paul's cathedral just moments ago for an event marking the 10th anniversary of the invictus games. if you're watching on television, these are the live pictures coming to us from outside saint paul's cathedral. you can see there in central london, where the duke of sussex has just arrived. he's expected to be giving a speech and a reading in front of various representatives from nafions various representatives from nations participating in the invictus games and also to sick and injured service personnel and injured service personnel and veterans during the service in the cathedral. today the duke of sussex, though, says he does hope to see his father soon. that's after the king's full

program meant the pair were forced to skip a reunion while prince harry is in the uk this week, it's the prince's first visit to britain since february, after the king's cancer diagnosis . a second conservative diagnosis. a second conservative mp in two weeks has switched to laboun mp in two weeks has switched to labour. natalie elphicke, who represents dover, says she made the decision because rishi sunaks leading a tired and chaotic government. it's the latest in a dramatic drop in the government's working majority since the last general election , since the last general election, from more than 80 seats to now less than 50. today's defection was announced just moments before sir keir starmer spoke dunng before sir keir starmer spoke during prime minister's questions. >> if one week a tory mp who's also a doctor , says the prime also a doctor, says the prime minister can't be trusted with the nhs and joins labour and the next week the tory mp for dover on the front line of the small boats crisis, says the prime minister cannot be trusted with our borders and joins labour.

what is the point of this failed government ? staggering on. government? staggering on. >> well, the prime minister steered clear of labour's newest mp and instead he paid tribute to the now former mayor of the west midlands. >> let me join with him in congratulating all knew and paying congratulating all knew and paying tribute to all former councillors, pccs and mayors across the country. i hope his i hope his new ones do him as proud as i am of all of mine. mr speaker , great leaders, great speaker, great leaders, great leaders like andy street, great leaders like andy street, great leaders like andy street, great leaders like andy street who leave behind a strong legacy of more homes, more jobs, and more investment in sharp contrast to the legacy left by the last labour government, which was a letter joking that there was no money left. >> speaking shortly after choosing to make that defection, miss elphicke said that there was a brighter future under a labour government. >> in 2019, the conservatives stood on a manifesto that was very much centre ground, but under rishi sunak they've

abandoned the centre ground and broken many election promises. meanwhile, under keir starmer, labour have changed and i think that change is going to bring a much better future for our country. and that's why i'm so keen to join the labour party and play my part in bringing that important future forward . that important future forward. >> natalie elphicke speaking earlier, well , >> natalie elphicke speaking earlier, well, in >> natalie elphicke speaking earlier, well , in other news, earlier, well, in other news, today banking group tsb has announced it's to close 36 of its branches and cut 250 jobs across the business as more customers are opting for online banking, most of the lost positions will be in the bank's fraud department. the central operations department and in high street branches. it comes as about 96% of transactions in banks now take place outside of a branch, while in—store transactions have fallen . transactions have fallen. by. 40 says she's deeply honoured to accept the invitation. miss forbes, who ran against humza

yousaf for the top job, takes over from shona robinson, who remains in cabinet but in another position . and we've another position. and we've heard this afternoon that planned strikes by hundreds of workers at heathrow airport have been called off after a new offer was made in a bid to resolve a dispute over the outsourcing of jobs there. members of the unite union were due to walk out tomorrow until next monday, but workers, including security guards and passenger assistance staff , will passenger assistance staff, will now be balloted on that new offer . social now be balloted on that new offer. social media influencer andrew tate has been served with court papers at his home in romania , according to lawyers, romania, according to lawyers, on behalf of four alleged victims . the firm says four victims. the firm says four british women are bringing a case against tate at the high court in the uk after the crown prosecution service had decided not to prosecute in 2019. all of the women alleged that tate raped them and assaulted them and are seeking damages for the injuries they say they suffered as a result. he was charged

along with his brother tristan in june with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to . sexually exploit women, to. sexually exploit women, allegations they have both denied and visitors to brighton's iconic pier will soon be forced to pay for admission. there amid a steep rise in maintenance costs, the pier's management says the cost of keeping up and repairing the grade two listed landmark has soared by 31, adding around £2.7 million to the annual budget. visitors will now be asked to pay visitors will now be asked to pay an entry fee of £1, though local residents will be exempt . local residents will be exempt. those are the latest headlines. for more, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news .com/ alerts. now, though, it's back to . martin. it's back to. martin. >> thank you sam. now we start this hour with prince harry's return to the uk and he arrived in the past half hour to take

part in a service at saint paups part in a service at saint paul's cathedral , celebrating paul's cathedral, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the invictus games. you can see the prince there arriving a short moment ago on those steps up to saint paul's. but while he's while he's in the uk, he won't be meeting his father the king. a spokesperson for prince harry said his majesty's full program meant there was no time for them to get together. well, gb news royal correspondent cameron walker is outside saint paul's cathedral now, where the ceremony is taking place. cameron spectacular weather you have there and indeed the crowd were warmly, warmly welcoming of prince harry as he arrived a few moments ago . moments ago. >> yeah, they absolutely were , >> yeah, they absolutely were, martin. he arrived in a range rover just at the entrance behind me. actually, he was wearing his military medals. of course, he served two tours of afghanistan himself. when he got out of the car outside saint paups out of the car outside saint paul's cathedral, the crowds did

very much cheer him. there was huge support for the duke of sussex here. when he was walking up the steps into the cathedral . up the steps into the cathedral. of course, the 10th anniversary of the invictus games this year, the inaugural games were held in london in 2014. it all stemmed from prince harry being on a flight back from afghanistan, accompanied by, very sadly , the accompanied by, very sadly, the coffin of a wound of a soldier, a danish soldier and three wounded british soldiers as well. and he was inspired by the warrior games in 2013, in the united states and set up the invictus games in 2014, when he was part of the royal foundation, which where he worked alongside the then duke and duchess of cambridge. now, of course, the prince and princess of wales . since harry princess of wales. since harry has stood back as a working member of the royal family, he is very much taking the invictus games foundation by himself. family members inside the cathedral, the only two that i have spotted were earl spencer and lady jane fellowes. there they are. prince harry's uncle and aunt, the siblings of diana,

princess of wales. as for other members of the royal family the king, the queen, duke and duchess of edinburgh, duke and duchess of edinburgh, duke and duchess of edinburgh, duke and duchess of gloucester and the princess royal there in the buckingham palace garden. right now hosting a garden party. no word as to where prince william is. buckingham palace and kensington palace not commenting on anything to do with the duke of sussex. we also know that prince harry is not meeting his father, the king, while he is in the united kingdom . we are told. the united kingdom. we are told. thatis the united kingdom. we are told. that is because, according to prince harry's spokesperson, who ispoke prince harry's spokesperson, who i spoke to yesterday, the king's diary is very, very busy and i'm also told that prince harry is very understanding about that, that it's very diplomatic response. it was very warm, very welcoming. it read a little bit like a royal press release, to be perfectly honest, which is a far cry from the kind of press release or statement we would get from the duke and duchess of sussex just a few years ago, where the dealings of megxit was being thrashed out. it appears to be a bit more warmer. it appears to be a sign that prince harry is wanting to perhaps focus more on his military work, on his patronages and mend the

relationship between him and king charles and him and the rest of the royal family. but prince harry's focused today very much on the invictus games, supporting and celebrating those wounded veterans from 23 nations. over 500 competitors have taken part . the whole ethos have taken part. the whole ethos of the games is through sport. you can change lives , change you can change lives, change lives and save lives. now prince harry is delivering a reading inside the cathedral during this service . actor damian lewis is service. actor damian lewis is also inside. he is reading the invictus poem. invictus is latin for unconquered . it's a poem for unconquered. it's a poem written in victorian times. it's got some pretty not very nice themes, to be honest, but it's all about the willpower and the strength in the face of challenges. alluding to the plight of amputees at that time. so prince harry very much supporting the veteran community as he goes on through the 10th anniversary of the invictus games. and then he'll be going to nigeria later this month with meghan, who is still in california , a country which california, a country which hopes to host the invictus games in a few years time.

>> and cameron, you're there on the ground . can you give us an the ground. can you give us an idea of the numbers of people who've turned up, often at these things? sometimes there are more journalists than spectators. how big is the crowd? what kind of people? there is it a mixture of brits? you'd imagine there are a lot of tourists about. >> yeah, i reckon there was about 50 journalists. martin and i think there are definitely, perhaps ten times the amount of members of the public, whether or not they just happen to be passing by as tourists or whether they are specifically here to welcome and cheer prince harry. we don't know for sure. i think there was certainly a mix of both royal fans. prince harry fans and indeed tourists who were just very lucky and happened to stumble across saint paups happened to stumble across saint paul's cathedral and the duke of sussex when he arrives. but if you remember back to the platinum jubilee , back in, platinum jubilee, back in, summer 2022, there was a service of thanksgiving for the late queen elizabeth ii and prince harry and meghan attended that service. and at that time, when they were walking up the steps, there was a mixture of booing

and cheering today for prince harry attending the 10th anniversary and versary of the invictus games. there was only cheering from what i could hear. of course, it's just a sample of two events that have happened at saint paul's cathedral, but it does give you perhaps a sense of progress when it comes to prince harry and his relationship with both the british public, tourists and indeed the royal family. >> cameron walker there live at a very sunny saint paul's cathedral, talking through the arrival there of prince harry. we'll come back to you later in the show, but for now i'm joined by the former royal correspondent michael cole. michael no doubt there'll be quite a lot of relief within prince harry's group. okay, michael's going to come to us shortly. i think they'll be very relieved at that reaction within the sussex camp because, as cameron walker said previously, meghan and harry were booed when they arrived at a ceremony and that becomes the headline that goes around the world. you know,

the reaction was much warmer as cameron walker said, there were 50 journalists, he reckons about ten times 500 members of the public. although, to be fair, saint paul's cathedral is always very, very busy. on days like this, they may just have been going by now. i've got a few of your comments you've been getting in touch about this event throughout the show. you can see harry there going up those beautiful steps through one of the world's finest cathedrals at saint paul's. now alexander here is sympathetic to prince harry's point of view. he says this i think it's disgraceful that charlie, he means king charles can't make time for his son, considering harry has told us about his mental health issues in the past. it's terrible for him to be ignored in this way. and in fact , harry, be ignored in this way. and in fact, harry, not harry, i'm assuming himself furthers that opinion, said i have every sympathy for harry. it's not fair to shut him out like this ,

fair to shut him out like this, however, and has the opposite view. she says this king charles being treated for cancer does not need any more anxiety and stressed calls by harry and meghan. the royal family cannot trust harry and meghan markle. the damage has been done . the damage has been done. charles and kate cannot take the chance of any more distress. it will not help their well—being and we can now cross to michael cole, michael . so a very cole, michael. so a very positive welcome for the prince, no doubt there'll be a huge sigh of relief from within camp sussex . they are in a much sussex. they are in a much warmer welcome than , as cameron warmer welcome than, as cameron said, the platinum jubilee thanksgiving service for her majesty the king. >> the queen, there was ragged jeering and there was booing in the crowd. i think in a way, the crowd are also cheering. invictus, it was , no praise is invictus, it was, no praise is high enough for this initiative , high enough for this initiative, that, prince harry took. and of course, all those initiatives

were pre meghan , the sentebale were pre meghan, the sentebale african charity . his two tours african charity. his two tours of duty in afghanistan , serving of duty in afghanistan, serving his country as a commander of an apache attack helicopter, and of course, invictus , a brilliant course, invictus, a brilliant concept. but he didn't do it alone. the ministry of defence was heavily involved and still is, and were his, his brother and his sister in law. they were extremely close at that time, they'd only recently been married. and, prince harry was in their apartment at kensington palace, more or less all the time. i think prince william got a bit fed up with having his younger brother around his brand new wife all the time, and that's how close they were. and that's how close they were. and that actually shows you how very, very deep this schism is in the royal family with the california two over there in their hilltop fortress and the royal family over here getting on with work. but this, action,

this non—meeting of the king, that's very much, a right royal flee in in the prince harry's ear from the king. >> it words have power. >> it words have power. >> actions have reactions. and i think what we're seeing now are a lot of people will be saying about time too , because the about time too, because the things that have been said by the duke and duchess of sussex over the last 4 or 5 years have been very wounding, very unkind, very unjust, and they've , very unjust, and they've, attacked the king, queen camilla, as she is now, prince william, of course, and most egregiously , kate, the princess egregiously, kate, the princess of wales, who, of course , is, is of wales, who, of course, is, is enduring, her cancer treatment at the same time as bringing up, three young children. all of thatis three young children. all of that is going to be very, very hard to stomach by the royal

family. and i think they're showing their displeasure after all that's gone on, because, it's not nice in any family when there's a falling out. but with there's a falling out. but with the royal family and with these two brothers who couldn't have had lives of greater privilege and greater advantage to see them falling out and fighting as they are at daggers drawn, is so sad. and you mentioned them. cameron mentioned their mother , cameron mentioned their mother, diana, princess of wales. much missed. and her sister and brother there today. she always wanted those boys. in fact, she made them swear always to be there, to support each other and to love each other. and they did that. and now harry is back in the city of his birth. i hope he reflects upon her words and perhaps starts to do something about it . about it. >> yeah, let's hope some good can come of it, and certainly for now. michael cole a very, very warm reception for prince harry today. and may i say, looking resplendent in your

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welcome back. your time is 524. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now we're returning now to our top story. after labour inflicts yet another blow to rishi sunaks premiership. earlier on today. tory mp natalie elphicke defected spectacularly to the labour party, hitting out at what she described as the broken promises of rishi sunak's tired and chaotic government. well, the dover mp crossed the floor in the house of commons just moments before prime minister's question times earlier today at midday . and in her statement, midday. and in her statement, she added from small boats to biosecure vie, rishi sunak's government is failing to keep our borders safe and secure. lives are being lost in the engush lives are being lost in the english channel, while small boat arrivals are once again at record levels. well, joining me

now live from dover is gb news reporter will hollis. will, it's a defection nobody saw coming , a defection nobody saw coming, not even the prime minister himself. jonathan gullis. the deputy chair of the party, saw this unrolling live in real time in parliament. nobody saw it come in. it's rocked. politics bnng come in. it's rocked. politics bring us up to speed . bring us up to speed. >> yes, well, it took a lot of people by surprise . people by surprise. >> simply in the houses of commons in prime minister's question . question. >> it's also taken a lot of people surprise here on the high street of dover. lots of people say that dover still remembers the controversy around her predecessor, her former husband , predecessor, her former husband, charlie elphicke, the convicted sex offender who was kicked out of the tory party and then , of the tory party and then, natalie elphicke took over and became the local mp in 2019. it's important to say that dover isn't traditionally conservative. >> it's a swing state. so for

large periods of its history it has been in the hands of labour as well as the conservatives >> but since 2010 it has had a healthy majority in the hands of the conservatives, 12,000 in 2019. >> i've been speaking to some of the local people about what they think. >> the first thing that i will say, martin, is that, unsurprisingly, a lot of people simply don't care. i think the assessment of that is the disassociation that people have with politics and their politicians , particularly here politicians, particularly here on the dover high street. >> but of the few people that i have spoken to, one gentleman who was sitting, having a cup of tea after finishing work outside of the cafe, he says that if she's not happy in the conservatives, then she should join the labour party. >> he still said, though, that the big issue for local people is small boats and crossings in the channel. >> now he appeared to be somebody that was maybe a traditional labour voter here in doven >> it tends to be more towards laboun >> it tends to be more towards labour, but in the local rural

areas it tends to lean a little bit more towards the conservative. >> he's another gentleman that i spoke to said that he is a hard core tory voter, but he sees himself in the centre of the party and he says that a lot of the trouble to do with liz truss and kwasi kwarteng and boris johnson and partygate has really tainted how local tories feel about the current tory party and rishi sunak , he said, is the rishi sunak, he said, is the best of a bad bunch . best of a bad bunch. >> when i questioned him, though, on how he would be voting in the near future in the general election, he said that he will be sticking with the tory party because he doesn't feel convinced by sir keir starmer, although he would like to see what happens with the local labour mp . local labour mp. >> okay. will hollis live from dover for getting some immediate on the ground reaction to this spectacular defection of conservative mp for dover, natalie elphicke ? thanks for natalie elphicke? thanks for joining us. will hollis will of course, cross back to you later throughout out the evening.

well, i can now speak with labour party spokesman james matthewson james. welcome to the show . a spectacular defection show. a spectacular defection won very, very few people saw coming. but it's interesting to look back at natalie pinnell opinions of sir keir starmer and the labour party . very recently the labour party. very recently she was saying that sir keir has no plan to stop the boats. labour's policy is for open door migration. she even said that labour backed fewer and weaker border controls. we can see some of those tweets on our screens now, and yet all of a sudden she decides to defect. what's your take on this ? take on this? >> i think she. i think she likes that job. martin, to be honest, and i think she wants to keep it. and i think the tide has changed. i don't it doesn't surprise me one bit. and obviously, the party's not going to turn down a defection like this. you know, the labour party's point of view, they're going to accept it. and of course, they're going to be thrilled to welcome, natalie elphicke onto the onto the labour benches. but i do think,

you know, we're seeing the start of this , where rishi sunaks very of this, where rishi sunaks very carefully cultivated house of cards is just going to start tumbling because things like this that they don't see coming are huge. you know, as jonathan gulf said earlier , you know, gulf said earlier, you know, they didn't see this coming. nobodyin they didn't see this coming. nobody in the tory party saw this coming. nobody in the labour party saw this coming. that really means that it's reactive . and natalie elphicke reactive. and natalie elphicke probably made the jump, you know, in a very reactive way after the local elections and thought, well, i can i can be more comfortable in the, the labour party than i ever could have been previously because it's obviously a broad church in the work. the party's done to reform itself. but at the same time i am not going to keep my seat in the tory party and i'm no longer comfortable, you know, with that, because she'll have been getting a lot of grief, no doubt, from constituents, family members , friends, all that kind members, friends, all that kind of stuff. and that pressure will be equal on all other tory mps as well. >> i wonder, james, if she's, taken the leap before she's

pushed off the white cliffs of doven pushed off the white cliffs of dover. metaphorically. i was in dover. metaphorically. i was in dover at a live event, and when she came on the screen, she didn't attend the event in person . she was widely booed and person. she was widely booed and hissed by her constituents because it's okay for her her now to say rishi sunak is failing to control the borders. she was the elected mp for the area , and a lot of people in area, and a lot of people in that seat felt that she was not pulling her weight. and the big question is how on earth can voters be expected to think that sir keir starmer can do a better job? >> well, i think that tells you a lot about where the tory party is because people now, including tory mps , are just saying, look, tory mps, are just saying, look, how bad can it be the other way? how bad can it be to give somebody else a chance? 14 years of tory government, 14 years of failure after failure. we've had a lettuce for a prime minister. you know, in this amount of time that we've seen the most chaos you've ever seen in british politics under the same political party, under the same bannen political party, under the same banner. and at the end of the

day, i think people are just saying, look, i don't care who it is. we'll see somebody else in charge. but labour, crucially, can't take that for granted. they still have to put forward exciting and bold offers on the policy front because their traditional supporters will only come out if there excited by the prospect of a labour government. that's something tony blair had in 1997. he had excitement running through the country. and whilst you know tony blair does not represent my kind of labour politics, he had that excitement contagious across the nation. keir starmer and rachel reeves and the entire front bench need to cultivate that with some exciting policies. otherwise it's just going to be relying on the fact that they're not the tories, which seems to be pretty good at the moment, but i don't think it'll last. >> okay . labour party spokesman >> okay. labour party spokesman james matthewson, as you say, we had a lettuce for a prime minister. is this third defection the tip of the iceberg ? bum, bum. thanks, james. always a pleasure to have you on the show. and there's loads more still to come between now and 6:00, including a report which

says that the bbc must reflect pubuc says that the bbc must reflect public concerns about immigration and the next bbc journalist will join me to discuss that very topic. but first, it's your headlines with sam francis . sam francis. >> martin. thank you. 532 and the top stories from the newsroom tonight. prince harry has arrived at saint paul's cathedral for a service of thanksgiving to mark the 10th anniversary of the invictus games. the duke of sussex is giving a reading in front of representatives from various participating nations and sick and injured service personnel and injured service personnel and veterans. but while he's back in the uk this week, he has confirmed his father doesn't have time to meet after the king's full program meant the pair were forced to skip a reunion. it's the prince's first visit to britain since february, soon after the king's cancer diagnosis , the conservatives diagnosis, the conservatives have suffered another blow with the defection of natalie

elphicke to labour. the dover mp criticised what she calls rishi sunak's chaotic government and claims that labour has changed. dan poulter made the same switch less than a fortnight ago, while the conservatives also lost hundreds of councillors and the blackpool south by—election last week. planned strikes by hundreds of workers at heathrow airport have been called off after a new offer was made in a bid to resolve a dispute over the outsourcing of jobs. members of the unite union were due to walk out tomorrow until next monday. however workers, including security guards and passenger assistance staff , will passenger assistance staff, will now be balloted on that new offer and last month was the hottest april ever recorded in britain , continuing a streak of britain, continuing a streak of record breaking temperatures for an 11th month. scientists say that europe is warming at a faster rate than anywhere else due to climate change caused by humans, and experts suggest, with greenhouse gases still increasing, temperatures will keep going up, breaking more new records . that's the latest from

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dewberry, the queen of prime time political debate. jews what's on your menu? hello, martin. >> and my ears pricked up, by the way. at that last story in the way. at that last story in the headlines, the hottest april, where because it certainly wasn't anywhere that i was stood, i could tell you that for free. anyway, coming up on my show is all the usual things that you would expect . the that you would expect. the absolute audacity of yet another mp who seems to think that they can just waltz across the floor for personal gain. >> i think it's appalling, and i think if you want to do that, they should be a forced by—election. of course i want to ask as well , by—election. of course i want to ask as well, seemingly, why are so many people on the right so disorganised when it comes to politicking? you've got all these campaign groups on the left stop the tories, the coordinated muslim vote. you name it. that doesn't seem to be that kind of joined up thinking on the right of politics. and i can't help but wonder why . i can't help but wonder why. i also want to ask, as well as the case that's in the news this week , martin, about a farmer week, martin, about a farmer that's accused of shooting a suspected burglar . that's accused of shooting a suspected burglar. and it's that's accused of shooting a suspected burglar . and it's got suspected burglar. and it's got me wondering what lengths should

you be able to go to try and protect your property ? protect your property? >> superb topics. and that thing about the left being more collegiate and joined up, i think is absolutely right. collegiate and joined up, i think is absolutely right . we think is absolutely right. we see so much division and kind of living in silos. on the political right, michel. they never seem to team up to get the job done. it's a great topic. >> why? what's the matter with everybody? i don't if you want to stop. and by the way, it's not it's nothing to do with me. who are the people vote for? but if you want to stop the tories, it's fantastically organised. groups if you're a muslim that's pro, gaza, there's greatly organised groups there. but if you're someone that perhaps wants to stop labour, there's nothing. it's fragmented all over the place. >> yeah. great talking point. michelle dewberry . excellent as michelle dewberry. excellent as even michelle dewberry. excellent as ever. six till seven dewbs& co right after me corking. great. now, in a few minutes, the bbc are under fire once again for their biased reporting on immigration. are they representing public views ? but representing public views? but first, there's a new way to get

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>> welcome back. your time is seven bazball. it's 541. i'm martin daubney on gb news getting ahead of myself . there. getting ahead of myself. there. now, the bbc must reflect public concerns about immigration. and that's according to a report commissioned by the broadcaster. and they were told it was not racist to discuss the topic. well, @gbnews, the people's channel were obviously ahead of the curve. we've been saying

this all along. now, joining me to discuss this is the former bbc journalist danny caddy, great friend of the show danny. always a delight to have you on. this will come as no surprise to you. it's no surprise to me. this report basically says that they are not giving fair, air time to different types of immigration, illegal immigration, illegal immigration, legal immigration. and they're also saying that journalists are anxious about tackling topics because it could appear hostile and therefore they're self—censoring. therefore we get a very monothematic view of it . monothematic view of it. >> martin, listen, i used to present a very popular mid—morning show, a regional bbc local radio show on bbc, wm in birmingham. and i can tell you i had, let's just say, passionate conversations with my station editor , because the definition editor, because the definition of racism was an incredibly low bar. and i know first hand how many people were censored . and i many people were censored. and i do mean censorship. martin. people would call up my radio

show. i'll give you a great example in a minute to do with gary lineker. people would call up my radio show and i would see the incoming calls coming through on the screen, and they weren't put on air. and when i buzzed through to the, to the production suite, why weren't they put on air? they'd say, oh, we think he's a bit racist. he's got concerns about unfettered eastern european immigration. and this is hardwired into the management. it's hardwired into generally speaking, it's hardwired. most of all into the production assistants, the producers , the journalists. i'll producers, the journalists. i'll give you that gary lineker example. when gary lineker , 4 or example. when gary lineker, 4 or 5 years ago, opened his doors to an asylum seeker and he said that someone can come and stay with him whilst they were seeking some, some confirmation from the government. i was driving into birmingham and i heard the news and i rang up my producer and said, listen , i've producer and said, listen, i've got a great idea for the talking point. it's a dead simple question. would you welcome an asylum seeker into your home? it was the obvious question, and it would then sort of take both sides of the story. and i was told that after the station

editor found out what i wanted to talk about, he said, no way, because of all the racists that were going to ring in, they weren't racist, martin. they weren't racist, martin. they were just normal working class people with a very valid opinion. and he said, look, dan, i want you to talk about a temporary speed reduction on the m6 going through the west midlands to reduce air pollution. no wonder local radio shows and stations are losing, haemorrhaging audiences because there's no connection with the working man and woman, because they're deemed quite, quite often and so casually . martin, often and so casually. martin, they're just castigated as being racist. and this is great news. now, the bbc telling their staff it's okay to talk about immigration, it doesn't mean you're racist. therefore or five years too late. the fact that more than five years too late, i remember when ukip were relevant before the actual referendum . before the actual referendum. martin, someone not allowed on the radio because they were a ukip supporter. and that's because the woman answering the phone was a card carrying labour member. and that's very commonplace. so i'm really pleased that the bbc understand now it's to okay have valid

concerns. it doesn't make you a big old racist. >> and danny kelly, you're a wonderful, beautiful black cats are just stroll behind you and stolen the scene. i'm a cat man myself , mate. but stolen the scene. i'm a cat man myself, mate. but danny, the big question is this. this is the report. will it make a blind jot of difference? can we expect honest reporting from the bbc any time soon, or will it be more of the same? >> i think it's going to be more of the same. and i'll tell you why. because they're very comfortable at the bbc generally speaking, they're lefty remainer type university type people and they have their opinions. everyone has their opinion. no one is impartial. it'sjust everyone has their opinion. no one is impartial. it's just that you need to make sure you take both sides of the story on her. and i honestly think that they'll conspicuous by their absence. there'll be more censorship. they'll decide not to do certain stories say , for to do certain stories say, for example, about unfettered immigration or the dinghies coming over. they'll they'll just not do them because they'll always be worried about this very low bar definition. i remember having almost an argument with my boss saying, look, you need to get connected with the working man and woman .

with the working man and woman. he's a very middle class guy. you need to get connected with our audience . it doesn't make our audience. it doesn't make them racist. and i genuinely think martin, they'll just laugh back into what they're doing. they'll continue not to do certain stories, just in case it gets those big old racists on the radio. >> i think you're absolutely right. self—censorship. and that's the very worst kind of censorship. danny kelly, always a delight. thank you to have you on the show and your cat. now we've got a response from sir nicholas serota, bbc board member and chair of the editorial guidelines and standards committee, who said this, this board commission review finds that bbc coverage of migration has many strengths, but that it could also better reflect the topics complexities, as well as ensuring coverage is not overly dominated by political and high profile voices. and i think we know who that means . voices. and i think we know who that means. now, coming up, eurovision is under fire for being too political . after being too political. after contestants adorned palestinian symbols on the opening night and, of course, trans flags. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

welcome back. your time is 549. on the final furlong. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. eurovision's organisers have said they regret the decision to allow swedish contestants eric saade , of palestinian origin, to saade, of palestinian origin, to wear a palestinian scarf at the event's opening last night. now a commonly used symbol of pro—palestinian support throughout the ongoing war between israel and hamas , and between israel and hamas, and this comes as ireland's first qualifying contestant since 2018. see on your screen there, charmy individual non—binary bambie thug says they were ordered by the european broadcasting union to remove a pro—palestinian message from their act at the last minute, so

has the eurovision song contest gone to political well fancy here in the uk? entrants who branded the union flag nationalistic and divisive. well, here you go . make me dizzy well, here you go. make me dizzy from your kisses . from your kisses. >> will you take my hand ? take >> will you take my hand? take me back to the beginning again , me back to the beginning again, again . again. >> oh my god, nothing is more patriotic than a sequinned bikini on a man singing like he's been strangling a cat. well, now i can speak with comedian josh howie. josh, welcome to the show. so, joking aside, apart from the fact that song there was being murdered by a man in a sparkly bikini , let's a man in a sparkly bikini, let's talk about the very serious topic of just like the baftas. just like the oscars, just like every interface we seem to have now between the public and loving derm palestinian politics

has crept in to the eurovision song contest. how does that make you feel ? you feel? >> i actually think it's a good thing in that these people like that irish band that we saw, who are non—binary, are so , so are non—binary, are so, so stupid and so uneducated and ignorant that, yeah, there she is. or he is or they are or whatever that i think that we need to show the kind of idiots who know nothing about the region, about the war, about october 7th, about any of it, so that everyone else can sort of have a warning like this is if you want to be an idiot, this is who you are. so in a weird way, i think it's actually it's a good thing. >> the thing that worries me more, martin, is , places like more, martin, is, places like the royal tavern in in london, vauxhall tavern, they have now cancelled their eurovision. >> it's like one of the big nights of the year. it's obviously it's big in the in the

gay community, eurovision. >> and they've actually cancelled their eurovision night because of pro—hamas protesters who've sort of thugs who've been bullying them. and of course, the irony here is that, hamas would has murdered every homosexual. it gets its hands on. so the idea that a gay club, a famous gay institution, is capitulating to pro—hamas people just because there are jews on a singing contest is. that scares me more . me more. >> and it is astonishing, isn't it? this this sense of double standards, the fact that, you know, somehow the pro—palestinian mob or the good guys and yet, as you say, their actual human rights records. can you imagine dressing in a union flag bikini in downtown gaza? >> i imagine , all the time. >> i imagine, all the time. >> i imagine, all the time. >> and, i wake up screaming. >> and, i wake up screaming. >> on a serious on a serious point, josh, the eurovision song contest has always been about

offending older people, no doubt, baby thug, is it in there with their non—binary entrant? will do the same. no doubt. this is what it's all about. bambie thug beg your pardon, but is there any room for this kind of politics in what is a song contest? should it just be kicked out? no. politics in sport, no politics in this. >> well, there's politics in music generally, and that's fine. >> and that's and, you know, comedy , music, any art form is comedy, music, any art form is a great tool for getting any political message out there. i think the point about eurovision, though , was it was eurovision, though, was it was meant to be apolitical because it was meant to kind of act as a unifier where let's leave all that stuff at the door, let's have a laugh and enjoy this kind of slightly naff event. and when you bring politics into it, then of course, things get very serious and people backs are put up and depending on where they are. but, i feel like in a way this kind of part of this whole

pro—hamas movement has been because it is cool to be so in a weird way, because of eurovision contestants adopting it . contestants adopting it. >> and then as we have just seen, being very , very people seen, being very, very people that might bring about the kind of demise of the coolness of the pro—hamas movement. >> okay . >> okay. >> okay. >> thank you. josh howie we have to leave it there. always a delight to have you on the show now. that's it from me. dewbs& co is up next six till 7 pm. don't forget to join us from 6 am. tomorrow. it's breakfast a.m. tomorrow. it's breakfast with stephen and ellie, followed by britain's newsroom at 930 with andrew and bev, and then tom and emily from 12. and then me. i'll be back at 3 pm. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. but now it's time for your weather and it's annie shuttleworth. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your

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mp natalie elphicke, who today has defected to the labour

party. whom do you think that mps should be able to defect with such ease? and what about a by—election by default? i would support one of those. would you? and a week is a very long time in politics, isn't it? it is if you're monty panesar, because you're monty panesar, because you remember we were talking about him standing for the workers party. well he is now quit. what do you make to that? and i also want to ponder tonight why is the organisation on the right of politics so lacking. do you know the reason for that or not? and also today, the former immigration minister robert jenrick has outlined a 36 point plan as to how we should be dealing with immigration. you've got caps in the tens of thousands proposed. how many times have we heard that as well as separating the home office, your thoughts on that? and a story caught my eye this week about a farmer who's been accused of shooting and killing accused of shooting and killing a suspected burglar. and it's got me pondering how far should you be able to go when it comes to defending your property?