i think that have changed and i think that change is going to bring a much better future for our country , better future for our country, and that's why i was so keen to join the labour party and play my part in bringing that important future forward . important future forward. >> prime minister rishi sunak claims that universities have a moral duty to protect jewish students amid a rise in pro—palestine protests. >> king charles and prince harry attend separate events just miles apart as princess diana's family support the duke at the invictus anniversary ceremony . invictus anniversary ceremony. >> economists predict that interest rates are expected to stay the same at 5.25. that decision will be announced later this morning, and the home secretary in aukus is. >> a russian diplomat is said to be expelled from the uk for spying and in the sport. >> real madrid head into the final of the champions league by beating bayern munich. it's very close though, went right down to the wire. andy murray is back and the olympic flame has arrived in france away from the

far north. >> today. it's going to be a fine picture, plenty of blue skies and even warmer than yesterday. i'll have all the details coming up. >> good morning to you. i'm stephen dixon , and i'm ellie stephen dixon, and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news . on gb news. all right. what have you got for me this morning? >> oh, i found something very good. right. and apparently loads of insult are at risk of dying out. great british insults. >> you can't let insults die out. >> no, they are there. they are there. they're endangered. there's only endangered list. >> is it that pesky gen z? >> is it that pesky gen z? >> yes. well, gen z, depending on how you pronounce it, which is those born from 1997 to 2011. so they use jibes such as karen, you might have heard that to be called a karen. >> yeah, but that's really insulting to people called karen. my mother in law's called karen. >> oh, there you go. it means

you're entitled and overdemanding. oh, is what karen means irony there. so apparently people are using jibes such as karen rather than things that now need to be careful about things that i can actually say on air. lummox. oh, 62% of gen z. gen z don't know what lummox means. >> no, it's going out of fashion. >> it's going out of fashion. yes, blighter. 54% were not familiar. >> sabaan part . >> sabaan part. >> sabaan part. >> what's a bam part? >> what's a bam part? >> well, he says bam . really? >> well, he says bam. really? >> well, he says bam. really? >> bam. pot. >> bam. pot. >> it's like an idiot. >> it's like an idiot. >> oh. is it? yeah okay, a drip, i quite like drip. i'm sad about that. i quite like drip. i'm sad about that . scallywag. that's a good that. scallywag. that's a good one. a 26% were familiar. so that's really going downhill and numpty 22% were familiar and plonker. so it's all going out of fashion . of fashion. >> they've all got pictures of del boy everywhere and all the papers because plonk is going out of fashion as well. >> are you allowed to say that on air? we've just done that. okay plonker, or tosspot.

>> i remember saying the p word at home and i got told off. >> well plonker. >> well plonker. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> when i was growing up my mum used to shout at me for that one.the used to shout at me for that one. the same plant i like. >> that's a bad one. yeah, that's a bad word. that's a bad one. toerag that's another good one. toerag that's another good one. 34% all on the endangered list. cad half the people don't know what what being a cad is. i don't know what being a cad is. >> it's like, oh, how would you describe how would you describe cad? it's like, tends to be associated with like, posher people. oh, right. who sort of a bit of a scallywag, you know, and the a bit of a sneaky devil. >> oh, right. okay. so do you use any of these? yeah. what would you use? >> scallywag i see. >> scallywag i see. >> are you saying that i'd say plonker and tosspot would you than anything else. yeah are you being a right tosspot? >> oh, i wouldn't use any of them, no. >> numpty i'd use get is out is going out, nitwit. yeah, i'd use

that. toerag yeah, that seems a bit rude, but do let us know if you're using. >> oh, that's the that's the line, is it? director? the big red line. let us know if you're using any of those or if you've got your own words to say. >> yes. >> yes. >> i don't know quite how that's an insult. we're going to have to be very careful how we monitor these. yes but if you've got anything that we can read out and gb news, we'd love to hear it. that's your say exactly. you know, keep it nice. keep it light, keep it pg. >> anyway, 6 am. >> anyway, 6 am. >> yeah, you may want to use some of them about, oh, i will add into that labour leader sir keir starmer, facing a backlash from his party this morning . from his party this morning. >> yes, this comes after the dover mp, natalie elphicke, announced her decision to defect to the opposition just two minutes before prime minister's questions yesterday . questions yesterday. >> well, many labour mps have said sir keir wrongly welcomed an mp that's called for a crackdown on immigration and openly supported the rwanda scheme, while deputy editor of

spiked online. >> fraser myers joins us now. to good see you fraser. good morning. this is a shocking defection isn't it. >> it is. i don't think anyone would have had this on their bingo cards. i mean, anyone who knows anything about natalie elphicke will know that she's firmly on the right of the conservative party, not like some of the other labour mps who might have defected, who are a bit more centrist, a bit more on keir starmers wavelength , so keir starmers wavelength, so it's not surprising there's been a huge backlash within the labour party. i mean, people have said, you know, sort of people among the labour party have said that she's vile , have said that she's vile, they've asked, are we going to get nigel farage defecting to us next year? perhaps, you know, you'll get a suella braverman over moving over to labour. i mean, obviously this raises questions about both the tories and labour. in a sense . you and labour. in a sense. you know, she was saying essentially she's defected over immigration. she so, so she, she thinks the tories aren't doing enough on immigration. >> so do you think labour will do a betterjob when

>> so do you think labour will do a better job when they, they're not even meeting the standards that the tories have set? >> well, exactly. this is this is what's so bizarre about it. i mean, only a year ago, she was saying that keir starmer wants an open border. they can't be trusted on immigration. now she's saying i trust keir starmer more than rishi sunak. so it's obviously you know, this is a significant blow to rishi sunak because she is the mp for doveh sunak because she is the mp for dover. that's on the front line of the small boats crisis. so her saying that he's not doing a good enough job is significant. but then , you know, you have to but then, you know, you have to ask questions about starmer's party. you know, the perennial question what does labour stand for? you know, it's fine to have a broad church in politics, but if the church is so broad that it encompasses and welcomes people who are, you know , take people who are, you know, take a completely different policy position on immigration, on a key electoral issue to you, then is there any point to starmer's party? >> what's your view on what's really happening here? do you think this is about immigration? do you think this is natalie elphicke taking a stance or do you think she's trying to damage rishi sunak because she's even

said she wants to stand down at the next general election? so this isn't about keeping her seat or is there a peerage in this, well, apparently she hasn't been offered a job or a peerage or anything like that, you know, we wait and see. i think, you know, there's obviously an element of opportunism , opportunism here. opportunism, opportunism here. it's definitely generated headunes. it's definitely generated headlines . if the aim was to headlines. if the aim was to damage rishi sunak, then she has succeeded . she's also ended up succeeded. she's also ended up damaging keir starmer quite significantly . i mean, i don't significantly. i mean, i don't know whether this will cut through to the public because people might just have seen the headline, you know, dover mp defects because sunak is rubbish on immigration. yeah, but certainly among the labour ranks it's damaged starmer standing. >> yeah i just i find it very difficult. i mean a bit like that i when i first saw the headline, but then when you realise who it is, i mean i can't think someone's quoted some tory mps quoted saying if there's an mp to the right of natalie elphicke, i don't know who they are . who they are. >> yeah. and it's also strange because, you know, starmer has tried to present the labour party as kind of whiter than

white, we're not corrupt , sleazy white, we're not corrupt, sleazy like the tories, but this is a woman who essentially took her seat after her husband was suspended over rape allegations. he was later convicted . and then he was later convicted. and then she has defended him and defended his protested his innocence even after his guilt, he said that he's just an attractive man, so he's an easy person. he's you can see why people would he would be an easy target for false allegations and things like that. so this is, you know, even divorced him. and then she divorced him. but you could say that she's not even a particularly, you know, kind of an unsavoury character, not a particularly upstanding , an unsavoury character, not a particularly upstanding, mp, an unsavoury character, not a particularly upstanding , mp, not particularly upstanding, mp, not completely whiter than white in the way that keir starmer wants to portray his party. so again, that just raises yet more questions as to what were they thinking in accepting her into the fold. i think again , it just the fold. i think again, it just suggests that there is really a void at the heart of starmers labour party that it doesn't really stand for anything . really stand for anything. perhaps this week, you know, they want to say that, you know ,

they want to say that, you know, they want to say that, you know, they they're aware that they're not doing that well on immigration or not persuading the public on immigration. they think this is a way of doing it. >> see, what i don't understand with this is why i mean, she if she's so unhappy with the conservative party and, and she's nowhere near the labour party politically, then why didn't you you could say, well, i'm leaving the party. i'm going to be an independent until the end of the term. why would she make the point of saying, i'm going to defect to labour? or she could have joined reform, or she could have joined reform, or she could have gone to reform, and there would have been a better fit that would that would really seem like the, the logical decision for her. >> i think we are all going to be scratching our heads, i think until until the next election, until until the next election, until we can work out, until we see if there's perhaps some offer , maybe, as you say, of a offer, maybe, as you say, of a peerage of a job. there's been some suggestion, actually, that she might be doing doing some advice for labour on housing. that's the only area where there seems to be some agreement. she's worried about the housing crisis, but then who isn't . are crisis, but then who isn't. are you surprised that labour have

accepted her? yes. >> i think that is. that's probably the biggest shock. you know , what is keir starmer know, what is keir starmer thinking? what's going through his head again? i think opportunism sees the quick headline, thinks this will get me a good few days in the press, but then again has it, you know, it seems to be most of the headunes it seems to be most of the headlines today are very negative, very, you know, very much focusing on, the labour mps response to this very negative response to this very negative response to this very negative response to this. >> i mean, if she got a peerage either after the next election or even sort of 12 months down the line after that, it would just be seen as utterly corrupt, wouldn't it? >> i think completely. and then, you know, why would she vote? would she really be voting with which she really be voting with the labour whip? you know, when they come to scrap the rwanda policy, for instance, when they come into government as they, as they're promising to, which would she vote with them or would she vote with them or would she vote against? i mean, it just the whole thing makes very little sense. it makes no sense on a it makes no sense on a level of principle. i think it

might make sense on a level of personal opportunities and opportunism. and that doesn't say anything good for our politics. >> no it doesn't, fraser, thank you very much indeed. >> thank you very much. later oi'i. >> on. >> well, let us know what you think about that. i was very surprised when i saw it yesterday. >> yeah, i was surprised, as fraser was saying, why not defect to reform? at least that would be an understandable move. it's much closer to what she has always claimed to believe in. >> yeah, you just imagine it's going to be very, very awkward. she's called sir keir starmer softy before she's criticised labour policy, saying it's an open door policy and i was reading this morning rachel reeves at one point. >> oh yes. did you see that? yes. >> f—off over her criticism of marcus rashford. so you can imagine it's going to be a little bit awkward now that they're colleagues. >> but i would i mean, we were talking to labour later on this morning. we want to know what is sir keir thinking. he would have beenin sir keir thinking. he would have been in a stronger position to say thanks but no thanks . yeah. say thanks but no thanks. yeah. to her. and they could have leaked that, that she was

wanting to defect to them. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and but they turned her down. i just it's extraordinary. >> and that might have looked better. >> do let us know what you think. really interesting to know what you think about that. gbnews.com/yoursay. >> now, the duke of sussex attended the invictus games anniversary, but just miles away from king charles, who held his first garden party of the year yesterday. well, during the duke's whistle stop tour of the uk, the king reportedly won't meet his son due to a busy schedule. well, that's not to say harry hasn't been supported by family members . princess by family members. princess diana's relatives were all in attendance at yesterday's service. >> well, a historian and licensed lay minister for the church of england, martin whittock, joins us now. good to see you this morning, martin. i think the daily mail actually summarised this perfectly on the front page. the royal rift just two miles away from each other, but worlds apart. the king and prince harry. >> yes. yeah i calculated 2.6 miles or 15 minutes by car,

maybe 20 minutes if the traffic's a bit slow. from saint paups traffic's a bit slow. from saint paul's cathedral to buckingham palace. and whilst they couldn't have been at the same things yesterday because obviously they were committed to his engagements, it would, one would have thought, been theoretically possible for them to have for met a coffee in the morning. it's a difficult situation. clearly the king is returning to royal duties carefully , he royal duties carefully, he hasn't got a full programme. nevertheless they were in london both on tuesday evening and yesterday. yesterday for the garden party, for the king in the afternoon and for the 10th anniversary of invictus games at the saint paul's cathedral in the saint paul's cathedral in the evening, for the duke of sussex, for prince harry. they were very, very close. and it does seem clear there is something indicative of the relationship that they have not met, particularly when we know that next monday, may the 13th, the king will be with prince william in a formal ceremony when the king will hand over the

role of colonel in chief for the army air corps to the prince of wales. so clearly the king is at the moment seeing his other son, albeit on very specific occasions, but he did not see harry yesterday, and he hasn't seen harry, i believe, since february , when harry appeared february, when harry appeared very briefly in the uk, around the time of the king's, cancer diagnosis. so it's difficult to read this as anything but indicative of the division of the royal family at the moment, which is very sad. >> well, it is sad. what seems unusual with this , i mean, as unusual with this, i mean, as it's being reported, is that it is the king snubbing prince harry when we have been told all the way throughout that he wants to build bridges with his son. >> yes, this is interesting. the spokesperson of the duke of sussex said the following in response to the many inquiries and continued speculation on whether or not the duke will meet with his father while in the uk this week, it

unfortunately will not be possible due to his majesty's full program, so it does seem clear that there were moves from prince harry's side to see him. but buckingham palace said no, and the statement went on to say the duke, of course, is understanding of his father's diary of commitments and various other priorities and hopes to see him soon. so it really does seem clear that there was a reaching out from the comms team, the team around harry, but it looks like buckingham palace, on behalf of the king, said no. and harry is also not expected to meet the prince or princess of wales, who is also being treated for cancer. and the time is running out now because today, thursday, may the ninth, he leaves the uk to meet meghan in nigeria . they're invited in nigeria. they're invited there by nigeria's chief of defence staff after they met at the invictus games held last yearin the invictus games held last year in germany . so, having year in germany. so, having flown in on tuesday, he flies out today . he flown in on tuesday, he flies out today. he will not flown in on tuesday, he flies out today . he will not have seen out today. he will not have seen the king or other members of the

very close family. although, as you say, he has met people on his mother's side. >> but prince harry did have family there yesterday, didn't he? the spencers joined him at saint paul's. >> yes, that is noteworthy. clearly there is still connection and communication between the duke and his mother's side of the family, but it does seem to have broken down spectacularly now, as we've seen in the past with regard to relationships with his father's side of the family. now, many will say that the duke of sussex has created this situation , but has created this situation, but it is quite clear it is now ongoing , and the rift does seem ongoing, and the rift does seem to be driven from both sides , it to be driven from both sides, it would appear, albeit many would say, that harry and meghan have actually created the situation. it's interesting last night that in the service harry read from new testament letter to the corinthians, speaking of many people having different gifts and strengths. and another reading from the old testament was from the prophet isaiah, and

it talked of stopping the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil in the context of the apparent royal rift, the call to stop recrimination and instead seek reconciliation seems very poignant. instead seek reconciliation seems very poignant . and i do seems very poignant. and i do think that in many ways the stopping of recrimination and the seeking of reconciliation does lie mostly on harry's side after what he and meghan have done. but it does look as if the problem is on both sides now, because of that damage. very, very sad. >> yeah, it is very sad. martin good to see you. >> good to see you too. thanks for having me on the show. have a good day. >> you too. thank you very much indeed. >> i do feel sorry about that. and part of me, i have to say, thinks as the father, they should take time . what what what should take time. what what what i don't understand with this. and martin's quite right to say. well, the com teams will have reached out to each other and they haven't been able to make it work. why is harry not texting or calling. >> is that. yeah. >> is that. yeah. >> the king will have a mobile phone. >> do you think he will? of

course he will. yeah. will he. yeah, i don't know. >> and harry's obviously got a mobile. it's like why, why have they not do they not just communicate directly. why do they have to get their people to do it. >> you just think two miles apart when prince harry is based in california, you just be like, should we meet for a coffee? >> you you would just meet pop in for a tea or something? it's very sad . very sad. >> well, it's just a sign, isn't it? i think of how divided things are at the moment. let us know what you think about that gb news .com/ usa. >> right. let's have a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. >> and lord cameron is to warn that we must be tougher on russia and china today. in a foreign policy speech at the national cyber security centre , national cyber security centre, he will call for the uk and its allies to have a harder edge for allies to have a harder edge for a tougher world. he will add that the uk must be more assertive against threats from the two nations. >> experts have warned that medicine supply issues are on the rise, and patients are having to play pharmacy bingo to get their vital medication, according to community pharmacy

england , people are travelling england, people are travelling from shop to shop to find their treatments and treatment for diabetes. type two that'll be adhd and epilepsy are just some of the medicines affected. >> israel is to perform at the eurovision song contest amid protests against their involvement due to the war in gaza. their entrant will to take the stage at the second semi—final in malmo, sweden , semi—final in malmo, sweden, this evening. earlier this week, the singer said she could not have asked for a better year to be representing the country. >> it shouldn't be politics in eurovision. you've just got it's about the music, i know, but there is, isn't there? >> this is the thing. they make a stand saying it's not going to be political and it always is. year after year, isn't it? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i just let them get on with it. >> i know it's meant to be all about unity. >> the competition supposedly. so just get on with it. mind you, i had because i hadn't

heard i've got my favourite, but ihadnt heard i've got my favourite, but i hadn't heard the uk entrant, of all things olly alexander is it? >> oh it's awful. >> oh it's awful. >> is it awful? >> is it awful? >> yeah . oh, no. oh, it's just >> yeah. oh, no. oh, it's just awful. >> it's just one of those songs you hear and just go, well, that isn't going to win. >> oh no, it's not a bop. no, stevens really enters eurovision. >> and we, we spoke to in eurovision . we spoke to jay eurovision. we spoke to jay aston from bucks fizz and nikki french as well on tuesday. and both of them just went yeah it's not the best song. and normally you talk to anyone who's represented the uk and they go , represented the uk and they go, well even if it's awful, they 90, well even if it's awful, they go, yeah, you've got to back the uk, it's going to be great. and they both went, no , oh, oh, it's they both went, no, oh, oh, it's not looking good. so it's no . not looking good. so it's no. >> so who's your money on then this year. >> well i haven't heard them all. this is a problem. but i mean i keep saying the swedish entry because it's in sweden, because sweden won last year and sweden always wins, it's a really good little boppy tune. bop it. yeah. so there you go.

>> have you played it the other day? >>i day? >> i did, you weren't impressed, actually, were you? >> i wasn't really, no, but eurovision isn't really for me, but i'm glad it's for you. and i'm glad you enjoy it. simon makes a great point. israel and australia aren't even in europe. and they're in eurovision. >> yes. >> yes. >> you don't have to be. yeah you don't have to be. >> yeah, i don't know. >> yeah, i don't know. >> it's all a bit odd. >> it's all a bit odd. >> it's all a bit odd. >> i know it's a bit odd. >> i know it's a bit odd. >> and we've been talking about insults this morning. joe, what is actually the front page of the star. he noticed that the younger generation, aren't liking certain words and maybe i shouldn't say that one on there, lots of you getting in touch saying. wow, 30 or 40 insults in the first five minutes of being on air. you don't get this on the bbc. that's very true, and then somebody else has been in touch saying that they hope wally goes out of fashion . wally goes out of fashion. >> oh, wally. >> oh, wally. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> we used to get in the right wally time at school. >> oh, don't mind wally . >> oh, don't mind wally. >> oh, don't mind wally. >> yeah, yeah, my dad used to call, you know, the boxes on top

of the car. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> he just called them a wally box. she looked like a wally. oh >> what are they actually called? >> i don't know, those things. i don't know, i don't know. back in my day, it was just roof racks. you just had to strap it down with rope. these fancy boxes , anyway, there you go. boxes, anyway, there you go. >> anyway, trip down memory lane . do keep them coming in on insults you'd like to see go out of style. or if you're still using them actually at gbnews.com/yoursay all right, okay. the citizens air raid memorial service has been held in hull. it honours more than 1200 civilians who died in the city during world war two. >> yes, hull suffered 82 air raids, making it the second most bombed city in england during three days between the seventh and the 9th of may 1941, it killed more than 400 people. our yorkshire reporter anna riley has the story . has the story. >> hull, the uk's second most bombed city during world war ii.

it was targeted due to its strategic port. more than 1200 civilians lost their lives, 95% of hull's housing was damaged or destroyed. this week, a citizens air raid memorial service paid tribute to those who died. >> we have separate celebrations and commemorations for those that fell in service during dunng that fell in service during during the military service, so this is more about the residents and the citizens of the whole city that were lost during the war. so it's more importantly for them to remember that we were we were bombed heavily. there was many civilians, women, children, men all killed during the second world war. so it was important for that censorship meant the true extent of the devastation was largely unknown to people outside of hull until after the war. it's a massive part and it's on the right side of the country , ready to go of the country, ready to go across to europe. so as far as that goes, hull was a massively important port at that time. the government of the time didn't want hull to be known as as the

bombed city. so they were saying a northern city to try and detract from the fact that it was actually hull that was bombed. they didn't want the germans to know or think how badly affected hull germ. >> an air raids killed 400 people in the hull blitz between the seventh and 9th of may in 1941. this service commemorated the 300 men, women and children buned the 300 men, women and children buried in unmarked graves in the city's northern cemetery . city's northern cemetery. >> we're showing respect to those that did die and those that don't have, a named grave. so by doing this small service, everybody will know where they are buried . and it's with are buried. and it's with respect that we do it for them. i think a lot of civilians, paid the price because they were doing the dangerous things because the men were away in the war. so they were really looking after the country. you have to remember . otherwise we probably remember. otherwise we probably wouldn't be here today . you wouldn't be here today. you know, if the war had gone a

different way, it could have been totally different. >> we remember before you now , >> we remember before you now, those whose lives were lost in the dark days of war from our city and family of kingston upon hull. >> for the civilians emergency service workers and armed forces that gave their lives for ours, we will remember them. anna riley, gb news hull . riley, gb news hull. >> oh, quite right that that is all remembered , you know, really all remembered, you know, really important. >> i had no idea that it suffered so much during hull. >> no. >> no. >> second most bombed city. >> second most bombed city. >> no , no, i wasn't aware. >> no, no, i wasn't aware. >>— >> no, no, i wasn't aware. >> i had no idea. >> i had no idea. >> so really important to talk about it. and quite right that they're paying tribute today. so thank you very much, anna riley, for that report. and should we take a look at the weather?

>> well, i was just yes, we shall, but i was just going to say we're not going to talk about eurovision anymore, are we? >> not? >> not? >> why? because you hate it. oh, you absolutely hate it. >> oh, right. okay, so that's fine. but like me then. yeah, a bit like you. >> so we won't mention it again. all right. but we will have a look at the weather with alex. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news morning. >> here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. there is a bit of mist and fog around first thing this morning, but otherwise it's going to be a fine day for many of us away from the far north northwest thatis from the far north northwest that is here. there is quite a bit of cloud, and there will be some outbreaks of drizzly rain through much of the day, but elsewhere across the bulk of the country, plenty of fine, sunny weather around, lots of blue skies. and in that sunshine it is going to feel pretty warm. temperatures up a little bit compared to yesterday. there's a good chance that we're going to see highs of around 23, possibly 24 celsius towards the

south—east and even further north, despite the slightly cloudier skies, temperatures getting into the high teens quite easily. getting into the high teens quite easily . little change as quite easily. little change as we go through this evening and overnight. sticking with the thicker cloud and some drizzly rain across far northern parts and a few spots elsewhere across parts of scotland. otherwise lots of areas having a dry and at times clear night. so once more we will see a few pockets of mist and fog developing . it of mist and fog developing. it won't be a particularly chilly start to the day tomorrow. lots of places, particularly in the towns and cities, holding up in double figures. again, any mist and fog patches will relatively quickly burn back as we go through tomorrow morning. and then once more, another fine picture across the bulk of the country. still a little bit of drizzly rain, perhaps for orkney and shetland, but really for many northern central parts of scotland, it's going to be drier and brighter than today. again, temperatures climbing a little bit further . so for many it may bit further. so for many it may even feel a bit warmer than today. once more, i'll see you again soon. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather

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next. >> time for the sports with paul >> time for the sports with paul. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? yeah. all right, all right. you enjoy the game. yesterday i loved it. i know you did. ellie. were you there for the whole thing? yes, yes, i mean,

thankfully, thankfully, i am more real than dortmund. are you 7 more real than dortmund. are you ? yes. >> what about bayern? >> what about bayern? >> because they were playing real last night, i like bayern munich. >> bayern. >> bayern. >> they've got harry kane . >> they've got harry kane. >> they've got harry kane. >> good work. absolutely. harry kane, juice. why? well, it's not my fault. i'm not uefa. i never put the teams together. >> who wrote that down? i've misread it . okay, i >> who wrote that down? i've misread it. okay, i misread it. i thought i was being clever. >> who did you claim i claim? >> who did you claim i claim? >> well, i claim well, you're right, because dortmund are through to the final. >> so you are correct. so dortmund is who. yeah they are. real madrid will play because it was real madrid two, bayern munich one and ellie as you correctly said, harry kane's team and harry kane, who we love still all, the finest footballer, the finest striker in the world. this should have been the great moment for him because then to get to the champions league final, because the bundesliga titles gone, there's no german cup he's gone over to win trophies, which he hasn't done at spurs. so we looked like there may be the champions league, might be the

thing. but anyway, i think thomas tuchel, who is the manager of bayern munich, has a lot to answer for because after 67 minutes, alphonso davies, who's canadian, scored an absolute screamer. absolute brilliant goal for bayern munich. so then madrid had a goal disallowed and thomas tuchel then decided on an 85th 85 minutes, five minutes left of the game. i'm going to take harry kane off a mistake. you don't take harry kane off and he took jamal musiala off as well. oh, so takes them off replaces him and then things start turning bad for bayern munich. real madrid score after 87 minutes and then they score the winner on the 90th minute. and the winner or this goal scorer was a man called joselo. now just joselu . joselu is 34 years just joselu. joselu is 34 years old and he was like a reject from stoke and newcastle was playing espanyol and then signs on loan to real madrid, which is like the dream move because he

supported them as a kid, finds himself at 34 towards the end of his career, playing at real madrid and ends up scoring two goals. that puts them through to the final so there we are, so by munich are gone and it's going to be real madrid versus dortmund in the final of the champions league. >> very nice. >> very nice. >> and andy murray set to return i >> -- >> never gives up does he. >> never gives up does he. >> he doesn't give up. >> he doesn't give up. >> i think that's a good thing. >> i think that's a good thing. >> so do y absolutely. >> so do y absolutely. >> i think he should retire after the olympics as well. >> yeah we know it's going to win this year don't we? i think we probably all know that andy murray is going to retire this yeah murray is going to retire this year. so he had the bad ankle and had that injury at the miami open in march. it was like torn ligaments. i mean for a man of 54 is he 58, 59. >> yeah. what is he, 3630. >> yeah. what is he, 3630. >> he's 37 next week. >> he's 37 next week. >> oh 3737 well, technically i'm right . right. >> well, so when we do the birthdays next week, remember that one? i do it all right. >> 37 i will remember 37. yeah. >> 37 i will remember 37. yeah. >> do the birthday game. so andy murray then. so he's, he's he seems to have healed and he is now coming back. the french open

happens at the end of the month. he signed up for the geneva open which is on may the 19th. so he'll play in that which is a little warm up, french open on may the 26th. but obviously we're looking at wimbledon and it's early, said the. so you think the olympics is the time to. >> yeah, wimbledon. >> yeah, wimbledon. >> you said two things. paris and wimbledon. which comes first? >> france. yes >> france. yes >> all right. so wimbledon then after wimbledon. >> yeah roland—garros. so. so wimbledon. oh sorry. you mean the olympics? paris olympics. yeah. the olympics will be after wimbledon. >> all right. yeah. >> all right. yeah. >> so after the olympics in his retire. >> right. >> right. >> but the thing is, whichever one comes last, whichever the last one is, that's when he does it. >> so a triple lock. >> so a triple lock. >> yes. >> yes. >> it comes last. >>— >> it comes last. >> yeah. so once he gets knocked out the first round of wimbledon, then when she gets knocked out the first. no, i'm sorry, i'm just kidding. just kidding andy. so anyway, so that's that's how we're looking. he's okay. he's going to play. on whether he's going to win anything. he's a different matter. but we're now looking okay for the summer again okay okay. >> now let's talk about things which are formidable. >> should we do the torch again.

>> should we do the torch again. >> yeah. yeah. torch. >> yeah. yeah. torch. >> yes i'm i'm getting obsessed with the torch. torch. have you noficed with the torch. torch. have you noticed anything to do with the olympics? i can't help myself. right, here we are, the blm. there it is. >> wondered where you were going i >> -- >> that's emma >> that's the name of the ship. oh, i see there we are. oh, and there's the man there with the flame who's got off the blm, which is the nearly 200 year old ship. and as he walks, they're holding the torch aloft . holding the torch aloft. >> it's like a giant swan. vesta. >> it is. that's floral. manadu who's just passed it to menton in kata . who's a paralympian? in kata. who's a paralympian? there she is, 400 metre champion. and you never think so. come on, speed it up a little bit. i think milking it, if you ask me. and now walking there very slowly. very carefully with it. oh and now, now this is now that is not an olympian. that is a marseille born rapper. yeah, i got that, jules. you can see that he's doing the kind rapid. >> yeah. he looks he. >> yeah. he looks he. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> more rapid swag to the. >> more rapid swag to the. >> i'm a bit worried because he's waving his arms around so far it looks like he might set

fire to himself. and you don't want that to happen. so there we are. >> oh, now there is lighting. >> oh, now there is lighting. >> now that's the cauldron. there's the cauldron. >> why do they have to light a cauldron? there >> i don't really know, because the thing is, i think there we are not really going that cold, is it? for goodness sake, someone help him out! use a lighter. he may be a great rapper, but he's a terrible lighter. there we are. it's a light. he's very happy. there's the cauldron in marseille, which will now be lit on. and the fireworks works. >> fireworks in the daytime. >> fireworks in the daytime. >> fireworks in the daytime. >> fireworks of the daytime. always a no no for me. >> know what you think? >> know what you think? >> no, it's not really working, is it? >> but yes, it just looks like the place is on fire, really, doesn't it? >> it looks just awful. so anyway, the torch relay will then happen from there. 400 towns and territories. it's like 10,000 people get to carry the torch. but if you see three of them to get from the belgium, to actually get to the, you know, there you go, everybody is it pretty much means everybody in france gets to hold the are good for them. >> it looks like a giant cigar. >> it looks like a giant cigar. >> it looks like a giant cigar. >> it does look like a giant cigar. yeah. or as they say in

france, un grand cigar. >> oh, very good, very good. >> oh, very good, very good. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. see you later very much. >> i should be hosting eurovision, you know. >> oh, actually you could, i think so. we don't mention eurovision. >> we're not allowed to talk about it anymore. >> listeners hate it. >> listeners hate it. >> well, that's a mistake, surely. >> do you like eurovision? i love your oh, dear. >> you too. dear, dear, dear, do stay with us. we're going to be going through the papers next with charlie rowley and scarlett mccgwire.

thanks. welcome back. we're going to go through the papers now, aren't we? these are the front pages this morning at the times, says sir keir starmer, facing a backlash after accepting tory defector natalie elphicke . the express says that elphicke. the express says that troy defector natalie elphicke and sir keir starmer faced outrage from both sides of the house over their shameless political pact.

>> the mail reports the chairman of the conservative party has warned that britain is at risk of being taken over by dangerous sectarian politics. >> the telegraph leads with david cameron asking the eu to be tougher on russia, the guardian says. >> scientists say global temperatures will rise to at least 2.5 c above pre—industrial levels this century. >> well, joining us now to go through the papers this morning is charlie rowley and scarlett mccgwire. good to see you both this morning. good morning charlie. let's start with you shall we? natalie. elphicke is on the front of most of the papers this morning. >> what's going on? >> what's going on? >> this is a story on which you both agree, by the way. >> yeah, it's a disgrace. >> yeah, it's a disgrace. >> well, i think it's funny anyway, charlie, you can go first. >> well, you know, natalie , l >> well, you know, natalie, l fickle. i think we should be calling her because, you know, it is a ridiculous move because. and what frustrates me more than anything else is they're trying to be nonpartisan . to be nonpartisan. >> is that when there is an open goal to be scored by the labour party, they always seem to, miss

it. and you know, this is an obvious one where natalie elphicke, who clearly has been, you know, berating sir keir starmer for months on end about immigration policy for not being able to stop the boats, not having an idea, all of us. does anybody actually believe that this woman within the space of six months has changed her mind on on the fundamental policy that the prime minister has been purporting and her as a local mp, a kent mp in dover, someone a constituency that faces this issue more than any other. do people actually believe her when she thinks that the labour party are going to do any better? of course they do. it's backfired spectacularly for the labour party. >> al fayed , yeah. i mean, one >> al fayed, yeah. i mean, one does wonder what she's been offered. clearly not a seat because she's going to stand down, i will be very disappointed if i see her name going for the lords , because going for the lords, because also, if you put her in, as charlie says, she'll just go back. it's very strange. so but, i mean, i do have to say that

whenever a tory vie joins laboun whenever a tory vie joins labour, there is always outrage from the left because they go. but how can you possibly have him? and i was thinking, i mean, actually what's really weird is, is labour mps never defect to the tories . they set up their the tories. they set up their own party. i mean, they do all sorts of things. i'm not saying always goes very well for them, very well, very well. they just they just behave like reform and destroy that the party that they used to be in. but but no, it's a very weird thing. but, but but rachel reeves, who i always think of as a slightly, you know, serious person when natalie elphicke said that marcus rashford , who who didn't marcus rashford, who who didn't score a penalty in the euro finals , should sort of finals, should sort of concentrate more on his day job than than free school meals. some of us, i have to say, think marcus rashford is rather wonderful and rachel reeves language will not be said on television. but i mean, it was . television. but i mean, it was. yeah, i know it's all right. i'm not going to get you an ofcom thing. but it was, it was quite

interesting that that if you trawl through the things that have been said about natalie elphicke by labour people, they are not polite . no. are not polite. no. >> well on that, let's go to education secretary gillian keegan, who joins us now. good to see you this morning. what are we to make of this defection on? >> well, it's baffling, isn't it? i think it's sort of bewildering. most people i think, i guess the views and the principles change very often . principles change very often. >> glad to see the back of her. >> glad to see the back of her. >> i don't really know her, to be honest. she's very much on the more of the right wing of the more of the right wing of the party. i mean, i know all parties are a broad church, but she was kind of an erg member and, big liz truss supporter, i believe. so, i don't really know her personally very well. i mean, whilst it's disappointing to see colleagues go, this one does not look like a good fit. i mean , i think most people are mean, i think most people are very, very surprised. it seemed to come to a surprise to most mps. and yeah , it shows really a

mps. and yeah, it shows really a real lack of principle and this ability to just shift positions , ability to just shift positions, very quickly, which, you know, we're just getting on with delivering the job, you know, this, these sort of sort of political games or student politics will just, continue to go on. but the principles behind it, everyone will question, i mean, as you say , i think it's mean, as you say, i think it's baffling to many people. >> she's the she, the mp for doveh >> she's the she, the mp for dover. she's on the right wing of the party, the front line for, small boat crossings there in dover as well. she's pro—brexit , as you say, a big pro—brexit, as you say, a big fan of liz truss . if you get fan of liz truss. if you get someone who is this true blue tory defecting to the labour party ? doesn't it just show that party? doesn't it just show that your party is a sinking ship ? your party is a sinking ship? >> no, it shows something about the individual, not about >> no, it shows something about the individual , not about the the individual, not about the party. it's a very, very, odd decision, i guess. as you say, she's very much criticised. the labour party on many issues, but particularly on immigration and

the fact they have no plan on immigration, i mean , she, she, immigration, i mean, she, she, she, you know, she, she's she'll have to answer herself , i guess. have to answer herself, i guess. but, how you can change your views that much. and, you know, there's many, many colleagues in kent, i think, who, who are really disappointed because they helped her a lot over many personal issues as well. so it's disappointing. but, you know, her principles have shifted and i think, as rosie duffield said, at least one kent mp has managed to get a meeting with keir starmer, but it's not her, look, in all of this though, i mean, i know you're going to say, well, it's all down to her and people will have some sympathy with that. but what it does show is, is a government, a conservative party that does seem to be quite literally falling apart . and we literally falling apart. and we know, you know, parties that aren't unified ed, generally speaking, don't win elections. and that's, that has got to be a concern. you've got work to do. >> well, it it is.

>> well, it it is. >> but actually, funnily enough, these kind of incidents do actually unite the party. i mean, you just saw you know, from our own benches, you know, absolute bafflement and, you know, and everybody thinking, you know, how can you do that? i mean, when you sign up for a political party, you sign up very much for the principles of the political party. and you know, what we're doing right now is trying to deliver against those, you know, trying to make sure that, you know, we keep employment up. we deliver fantastic educational outcomes. you know, we try and sort of stop the boats and get inflation down. all of those things. we are we have plans. we're delivering . they're not easy. delivering. they're not easy. every single thing that we're trying to tackle is really difficult. so we just have to get on with delivering those. and you know, and, and stick to our principles and stick to our approach of delivering that. and that's what we're going to do. but i think it really is a question when you've got somebody, i mean, voters will not know what they're voting for . i mean, keir starmer has

already had more positions than the kamasutra , right? i mean, he the kamasutra, right? i mean, he changes his mind literally 180 degrees on pretty much everything. and now now, you know, his party's broad church is, is, is broader than any we've ever seen. >> we saw down poulter, didn't we, doctor dan poulter leave the tory party last week. natalie elphicke this week. that's two defections in two weeks. and the papers today suggesting more defections expected. is that something that you're hearing ? something that you're hearing? >> well, i haven't heard that , >> well, i haven't heard that, but i also didn't hear about these two either, it's clearly a targeted approach. i mean, they've clearly been trying to identify, people. i guess, but i don't know. i mean, you know, to me, it's unprincipled. it shows that we stick with policy. they should try and get some policies and some plans on things instead of playing these games, because i don't think they really help the voters to decide or to understand what they are about. and as everybody knows, you

know, the election will be coming up later this year. but as everybody knows , the country as everybody knows, the country is actually waiting to hear plans and it wants to hear plans, it wants to have something positive to vote for. we're getting on with showing we can deliver. and also we'll have those positive plans. >> it's been terms of delivering. i mean, one, one of the issues you're launching today is about special educational needs and disabilities for and those specialised places. it's only last week we were hearing that sends students weren't getting the opportunities they needed because there weren't enough teaching assistants to help provide that support in the classroom. and now you're saying, oh, we're going to throw more money at it. the there may be people who look at that a little bit cynically . little bit cynically. >> well, we have 59,600 more teaching assistants in our schools than we had in 2010. so there are a lot of teaching assistants, as i say, nearly 60,000 more than we had in 2010. and what we know with special

educational needs is there has been a large increase in special educational needs, largely because we know more and we, you know, we know how to put strategies in place to help children overcome them. but what we're trying to do is to, is to keep up with the demand for places. so we're building and expanding by 60,000 more places across the uk, across england . across the uk, across england. and if you contrast that with the labour party in the last government, they actually reduce the number of people in with specialised school places by about 4000. so we've been catching up from that and then obviously making sure that we keep up with demand. but in terms of teaching assistants, we have 59,600 more teaching assistants than we had in 2010. and 27,000 more teachers in our schools . okay. schools. okay. >> education secretary gillian keegan, good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. morning. thank you very much indeed . scarlett, what do you indeed. scarlett, what do you think ? think? >> well, obviously, whoever defects, you have to say that, but i mean , i did think, well,

but i mean, i did think, well, actually, though, it's a fair to be fair, you're quite right. >> however, under these circumstances or these circumstances or these circumstances . circumstances. >> but as you said, it is two. it is 2 in 2 weeks. and there's more. but when she i mean, i get really fed up with this thing about the tories going that that labour doesn't have a plan. she knows as well as i do that in education what bridget phillipson, the shadow education secretary, wants to do , is secretary, wants to do, is absolutely wonderful. it's massive , massive expansion of massive, massive expansion of early years, which is the best way of levelling up, frankly. we know that if you put the money into the under fives breakfast clubs, which means that every child can get a free meal before they begin school and it gets them providing breakfast for children. >> though . >> though. >> though. >> well, actually, it's it really, really . you don't have really, really. you don't have to provide. not everybody has to have it. but actually it does mean a lot of people go to school, go to work before 9:00.

it means that you can drop your kids off at eight. and actually, for the kids who really need breakfast, who aren't getting it, it means they get to they get to school on time, i think i think it's wrap around child care until they're 11 because childcare doesn't finish when you're five and you go to school and then suddenly you've got nine nine till 330. so i think it's really good. and then she's going to, for secondary schools. absolutely. expand the curriculum so that there's arts and sport. so to say there isn't and sport. so to say there isn't a plan, you might not agree with it from the look on your face. stephen. no, it's just i have an issue with all this, with all this fact that it's sort of family life is disappearing and everything is encompassed by the school day. no, look, i mean , school day. no, look, i mean, people like me will would probably. when i had kids at school, you know, they had breakfast with me. but for a lot of parents, you know, 9:00 is not a good time to start. i mean, if you want to get to

work, you quite often have to go. you have you have to leave. you have to leave the house. you have to drop your kids off much earlier. i mean, a lot of children were being dropped off at childminders, and then the childminder taking them to school. so i think this is great. and it's not compulsory. >> what do you think, charlie? >> what do you think, charlie? >> well , i was >> what do you think, charlie? >> well, i was going to tack back to the politics of it all because . what? look, this is because. what? look, this is i think this is a bit of an own goal by the labour party to accept natalie, and they want to present themselves, and they were going to take my advice. i mean, they won't, but if they were listening, then you want to present yourself as a credible opposition, a break from the past of the sleaze of the all past of the sleaze of the all past administrations. so you want to be able to say, actually, our team is a lot better. we've got a having a completely clean slate. the party, the, the, the politics of it, which the public can see through, just makes everybody in westminster look the same. and they can easily label the criticism of the labour party as being the same as, as the tories. but what i do, what i do worry about, just the final thing i was going to say is that

if you're going to have more defections, i can understand why they've got the defections coming. so you've got the dan poulter, former gp, where the nhs cutting the waiting list is one of richie's priorities. you've now got the policy of stopping the boats. that's what the prime minister has been talking about. you've got a dover mp, someone that's, you know, a attacked labour now joined the labour party. if you now have a former economic minister or a former business minister or a former business minister from the tories going to labour, it's another person for the, the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer, to say on all of the prime minister's priorities, we're now seeing conservatives defect to laboun seeing conservatives defect to labour. i can understand that being a very, very difficult narrative, but you've got to have a credible people fulfilling that narrative. and natalie elphicke, i'm afraid , is natalie elphicke, i'm afraid, is not one of them. >> but dan poulter was well, i mean, but they're standing down. >> these are people who are not going to be around in politics standing down. and they might have been offered something which is which is really good, because that's what in the past, you know, you've got somebody and then you said to them, oh, and then you said to them, oh, and you can and we'll make sure you we'll give you a seat.

>> whereas both of these two, they're not going to stand again. >> no, but there has been an own goal by keir starmer hasn't it. >> no i think i think i think this is a the own goal bit is a westminster little thing. if for most people they pick up their newspapers it's another defection. oh wow. in dover they must be thinking what on earth is going on? i mean, that's that what janine was saying. >> the fact that this is united, the conservative benches, i think, says a lot i divided laboun think, says a lot i divided labour, i think that's a i agree with julie. >> i think i better leave it there. >> you too. >> you too. >> charlie scarlett, thank you very much. >> at the weather now with alex. >> at the weather now with alex. >> at the weather now with alex. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. news. news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. there is a bit of mist and fog around

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gb news. >> good morning to you. at 7:00 on thursday the 9th of may. today, sir keir starmer is met with a backlash from the left wing faction of his party after accepting defecting tory natalie elphicke, education secretary, a distance herself from the former tory mp .

tory mp. >> i don't really know her, to be honest. she's very much on the more of the right wing of the more of the right wing of the party. i mean, i know all parties are a broad church, but she was kind of an erg member and, big liz truss supporter, i believe so, i don't really know her personally. very well. >> prime minister rishi sunak claims that universities have a moral duty to protect jewish students, amid a rise in pro—palestine protests . pro—palestine protests. >> king charles and prince harry attend separate events just miles apart as princess diana's family support the duke at the invictus anniversary ceremony , invictus anniversary ceremony, economists predict that interest rates are expected to stay the same at 5.25. >> that decision will be announced later this morning, and the home secretary announces and the home secretary announces a russian diplomat is set to be expelled from the uk for spying and in the sport. >> this morning. there's no harry kane curse, no , but by harry kane curse, no, but by munich lose to real madrid in the last five minutes of their champions league semi—final last now , just last night, even our

now, just last night, even our only hope left in europe, aston villa need to turn around a42 deficit in athens tonight in the europa conference league. and andy murray is set to return again away from the far north today. >> it's going to be a fine picture, plenty of blue skies and even warmer than yesterday. i'll have all the details coming up. >> morning to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on . and this is breakfast on. gb news. >> sorry, i know his tie is off centre and i can't straighten it. >> it's going wrong. >> it's going wrong. >> it's going wrong. >> it's driving me bonkers. i can't unsee it. oh, there you go. i think you're so. well done. yeah, we're getting loads of messages about that as well. >> oh. are we. oh, excellent. >> oh. are we. oh, excellent. >> thanks very much indeed. >> thanks very much indeed. >> it wasn't just me mind you. >> it wasn't just me mind you. >> tell them about the miracle this morning. >> what was the miracle? >> what was the miracle? >> the fact we're both. oh, yeah. sorry. >> so, stephen, text me. no i text stephen saying, what colour

should we wear today? stephen said, purple or blue, but she didn't read the messages. >> i didn't reply, so i just >> i didn't reply, so ijust thought, well, i'll just i'll plump for purple. >> maybe she's read that and you plumped correctly because we both turned up in purple. so this is absolutely by sheer chance. >> yeah. very good. we are in sync though. >> we are in sync. i didn't even need to reply to you because i knew that you'd know telepathically. telepathically what to wear. >> okay. it's tragic actually, isn't it? >> it is a bit, really, but. we are. i do like it when we wear purple. i feel like it's very regal. it reminds me of the coronation. this, these. the outfits we wore on the coronation. is that the very tie that you wore? the coronation? >> very tie. >> very tie. >> the very tie. >> the very tie. >> because it's got its royal purple and gold. >> yes. >> yes. >> it does look very regal on, we'll scarlett was going on about the, labour's education plans. yes. earlier on and these, these, breakfast clubs, breakfast clubs for all the even brush your teeth there and all the rest of it. carolina says stop this nanny state. my kids ate at home. they went to the childminder. schools are there to teach, not babysit . parents to teach, not babysit. parents must be parents. yeah, yeah, i,

itend must be parents. yeah, yeah, i, i tend to agree. i mean, some people can't afford why can't they just go round to someone else's house who's not going to work all that sort of thing or, i don't know, i just hold the fact that breakfast clubs are becoming the norm. so you don't have breakfast at home, you're not having breakfast with any members of the family or that sort of thing. i find really hard . maybe it's just a hard. maybe it's just a different world. maybe i'm being old fashioned. >> do let us know what you think. gbnews.com/yoursay. i think. gbnews.com/yoursay. i think for me, it's what you are putting on the teacher's plate. and i think there is already enough for teachers to do in a day, rather than feeding children on top of everything else, there's a couple of views coming in which i wanted to share. let me find this. we're talking about natalie elphick's defection this morning. richard allen makes the point. if a political party is such a broad church, how can it ever be united, i think you've even got that sense from gillian keegan, didn't you? she's saying i don't know her. i don't know how she's on the right of the party. i

don't know her. >> was that broad? >> was that broad? >> you wouldn't know your colleague. >> that's an interesting point. but that's what the. that's what the whip is for. and the whips office and the chief whip and all that. and while they have, you know, one line whip, two line whip and three line, you see, if you break a three line whip, then you're in a lot of trouble. so it is meant to you are meant to toe the party line on these things. but you can moan about it afterwards. that's sort of how it works. but somebody made a point. >> i can't find it now, saying that if somebody crosses the floor, there should just be a by—election. that should be the rule, because it's not what the people of dover voted for. >> to be fair. no, it's not. >>— >> to be fair. no, it's not. >> but then would that be a waste of money as well? you know, this close to a general election? is it a waste of money? i don't know, it's very odd. i just, money? i don't know, it's very odd. ijust, i money? i don't know, it's very odd. i just, i frankly, money? i don't know, it's very odd. ijust, i frankly, i can i can see what she's playing at in terms of thinking , oh, i just terms of thinking, oh, i just want to be on the winning side next year. although even though she's not standing, she's not standing. >> but i cannot understand what keir starmer is playing at with

that he should have said no. >> and this cosy photo op between the two of them, we just saw images there. it's on the front of a few of the papers today. i'm not sure what that does for his credibility or his standing. >> no, i think it damages him more than it damages the government. >> actually, it's an own goal , >> actually, it's an own goal, isn't it, do you keep your views coming in on that ? gbnews.com/yoursay. >> anyway, as we were saying, it's all about natalie elphicke. the was tory mp for dover, now labour mp, as she she walked the floor yesterday . but of course floor yesterday. but of course is this damaging for keir starmer. he is facing a bit of a backlash. anyway this is what natalie elphicke had to say . natalie elphicke had to say. >> i don't really know her to be honest . she's very much >> i don't really know her to be honest. she's very much on >> i don't really know her to be honest . she's very much on the honest. she's very much on the more of the right wing of the party. i mean, i know all parties are a broad church, but she was kind of an erg member and, big liz truss supporter, i believe so, i don't really know

her personally very well. i mean, whilst it's disappointing to see colleagues go, this one does not look like a good fit. i mean, i think most people are very, very surprised. it seemed to come to a surprise to most mps. and yeah, it shows really a real lack of principle . st real lack of principle. st giles, well, obviously that was the education secretary, there we go on the back of all of this. so of course, keir starmer's getting a bit of a kicking from his own backbenchers over all of this. let's talk to fraser myers , and let's talk to fraser myers, and fraser, amidst all of this, if it's not enough of a blow for the government to lose a member of the party, we're now hearing nadhim zahawi is not going to stand at the next election. i mean, he was, he was chancellor . mean, he was, he was chancellor. he was chancellor briefly, wasn't he? he was chancellor briefly , but of course he was, briefly, but of course he was, vaccine minister as well, which is what sort of pushed him to the fore. but he's had his own, his own issues, of course.

>> yeah. he's a he's a very, you know, senior significant member of the party. and he's not the only senior significant member of the party who's stepping down at this election. varne i mean, jumping before they're pushed by the electorate to a certain extent. but you do wonder, you know, how hollow is the tory party going to be, how starved of , i party going to be, how starved of, i don't want to use the word talent. that's a bit too, too complimentary but starved to people with, experience. in government, you know, by the time the next election rolls around , i mean, it seems as if around, i mean, it seems as if lots of mps are just not even prepared to bother fighting their seats. they've seen the writing , on the wall here, but, writing, on the wall here, but, yeah, you know , we've been yeah, you know, we've been talking about natalie elphicke. we don't even know why she wasn't even going to face. she isn't going to, you know, she isn't going to, you know, she isn't going to face the next election either, how many what the parliament will look like in the parliament will look like in the next term is going to be extraordinary. the amount of new mps will probably be the new one of the newest parliaments in history, i've seen possibly some of the one of the youngest parliaments in history, well,

about time actually, in some ways, yeah, just just to save face that nadhim zahawi has shared a statement on x that i'll share a little bit of it. >> it's actually quite romantic. >> it's actually quite romantic. >> it's actually quite romantic. >> it is really, just say with the exception of convincing my wife to marry me, the greatest honour of my life has been to represent the people of stratford upon avon and serve as a minister for the crown. after 14 years in parliament, multiple roles and cabinet and government , i've come to the decision not to stand again at the next general election . he goes on to general election. he goes on to say every morning as i shave my headin say every morning as i shave my head in the mirror, i have to pinch myself. how is that a boy from baghdad who came to these shores fleeing persecution and unable to speak a word of english, who was able to do as much as i have for all of our challenges. this is the best country on earth, and it helped me make my british dream come true. and he goes on to list all of his, it's quite statements, but also being very, you know, talking about the, you know, an energetic new candidate for conservative candidate for his seat. >> i mean, he's he's leaving, but still obviously throwing all

of his weight behind the conservative party. >> yeah. absolutely not. not deserting it like like natalie elphicke in the same way. i mean, you know, his story is incredibly interesting as he, as he alluded to, you know, coming from baghdad, he was, you know, one of the co—founders of yougov, the very well known polling firm, made a lot of money off the back of that, i'm sure, and yeah, as played a number of roles in the conservative party. i mean, there was a really interesting time when the boris johnson government was collapsing , when government was collapsing, when rishi sunak resigned on the same day as sajid javid and zahawi was appointed chancellor. and immediately i think on their first meeting with johnson, zahawi said, yeah, you really should resign, so yes, stopped him in the front, i think. yes. yeah. a polite way of putting it. >> yeah, look, can we talk about all this is about the tories? but what does all this i mean, the defection say about the labour party, because it's one thing for someone to say they're stepping down from the party. it's another thing for the labour party to welcome her in

with open arms when she is diametrically opposed to just about everything they for. diametrically opposed to just about everything they for . stand about everything they for. stand >> exactly. that is what has got everyone so baffled. i mean, only last year she, you know, she wrote this opinion piece in the express saying keir starmer wants open borders or he wants , wants open borders or he wants, open borders, doesn't care about, illegal immigration, which is the issue that, you know, she apparently is, you know, she apparently is, you know, her big priority. and her seat in dover is on the front line of the small boats crisis. i think keir starmer thought, you know, he would get at least a day of nice headlines. it would be a win on immigration and issue that, you know, it's not necessarily one people associate with the, with the labour party especially as they've been opposing the rwanda policy. but then he has just angered so many people on his own side. a lot of people have, you know, they're not only, you know, horrified at, natalie elphick's views, you know, calling her vile and saying, are we going to get nigel farage next? i mean, it's just, you know, legitimate question. why not, mark, francois suella braverman, liz truss in the, in

the, in the labour party soon. why not? but also, you know, many people keir starmer runs this very tight operation, where he doesn't really take many of the views of his mps. he doesn't really take many of the views of his mps . a lot of the views of his mps. a lot of people said, okay, is this the only way i can get a meeting with keir starmer? you know, do ihave with keir starmer? you know, do i have to belong to another party defecting and out of labour? and, and will keir starmer talk to me and what do you think natalie elphicke wants from all of this? >> because she's not even standing at the next general election. so is it a fatal blow to rishi sunak? or at least that's what she's hoping? or is it something else? >> i think certainly that will have played a role. yes. to damage rishi sunak they clearly don't see eye to eye, is there an element of personal opportunism there? i mean, what isuppose opportunism there? i mean, what i suppose is surprising to a lot of people is, you know, it's not as if she's going to become the labour candidate, in the area. it's not as if this is a way of avoiding the judgement of the pubuc avoiding the judgement of the public at the next election. but perhaps people have talked about is has there been a job offer, that there's nothing being confirmed, you know, will there be a seat in the lords? who

knows? natalie. elphicke, used to be a housing lawyer before she joined parliament. there's some talk that maybe she could be giving the labour party advice on housing issues. be giving the labour party advice on housing issues . that advice on housing issues. that remains to be seen as pure speculation at this point . speculation at this point. >> yeah, it just doesn't look very good on her, to be honest. i wonder if people get fed up with politics. >> well, exactly. and it adds you know, weight to the charge that, you know, they're all the same. who do you vote for at the next election when the party if the parties are so similar, if there is just essentially a uni party, i mean, because also it's not just natalie elphicke crossing the floor, this is the second defection in two weeks, we also had christian wakeford as well, defecting. yeah. those previous defections had , what previous defections had, what seemed like better principled reasons. so we had dan porter saying, i don't trust the tories on the nhs. i trust labour more. we had christian wakeford talking about levelling up, you know , things like that. but know, things like that. but still i think it creates this impression that there isn't really a difference between the two parties. and actually the

parties are going out of their way to to, compound that. i mean, you know, rishi sunak, one of his big flagship policies is the smoking ban. that's wes streeting big idea. the labour party says that it's essentially going to follow the conservatives economic policies and fiscal rules and things like that. so again , you know, where that. so again, you know, where is the choice for the public? how do you vote against the establishment? because if you vote for keir starmer, you get more of the same, unfortunately. >> okay fraser, good to see you. >> okay fraser, good to see you. >> thank you very much indeed . >> thank you very much indeed. >> thank you very much indeed. >> now the home secretary has announced the government is to expel a russian diplomat for spying amid an escalation of sanctions against moscow. >> yes. defence attache, colonel maksim l'eveque has resided in the country for over a decade and is now suspected of being an undeclared military intelligence officer. >> well, let's talk to former senior military intelligence officer philip ingram, who joins us now. good to see you, philip. look, these people, these people exist under diplomatic cover and all the rest of it. we know that

it's still quite an unusual move to expel people. so why is this happen? do we think ? happen? do we think? >> well, it is, and the language is unusual. the defence attache , is unusual. the defence attache, as everyone knows, has got intelligence gathering duties . intelligence gathering duties. and most russian defence attaches come from one of their intelligence services. this is not uncommon. so to say that it's an undeclared intelligence operative means he's probably been caught with his hands in the till somewhere, and, because of that, the uk. government is using him to send a strong political statement to the russians. they will respond . russians. they will respond. >> well, is that what we're seeing happen here? philip because we're expecting lord cameron to make a speech today , cameron to make a speech today, saying that europe needs to be tougher and more assertive towards russia and china. he says they need to adopt a harder edge for a tougher world. is thatis edge for a tougher world. is that is that what all of this is about ? about? >> i think that's part of it, you know, there's something more

to the story as to why the defence attache has been expelled himself, and as i, as i said , i suspect he's been caught said, i suspect he's been caught doing something that is beyond the levels of acceptability in, what defence attache should be getting up to. they're always out snuggling and trying to gather information, but there are . and the uk. is leading the are. and the uk. is leading the world in sending very strong statements, to russia. we were the first to send, main battle tanks to ukraine. we were, you know, lord cameron has just said that he, can't see any reason why the ukrainians can't use british supplied long—range weapons into russia . and this is weapons into russia. and this is all part of that messaging that's going on combined , the that's going on combined, the strong messaging into russia, the chinese threat is equally large and probably from a longer term perspective, much more dangerous. and he's sending a strong message there. so the uk is standing up and putting, you know , its its head above the know, its its head above the parapet a little bit here, hoping that the international

community will follow. >> will we see for tat expulsions? >> almost certainly . expulsions? >> almost certainly. no. this this is how these things go. so if i was the uk defence attache in moscow at the moment, i would be packing my suitcases just in case, but, you know, i suspect that that's what will happen next, or there will be 1 or 2 others, sent back. and whether this turns into then something that becomes escalatory or diplomatically , people say, diplomatically, people say, right, we've we've made our point. we've done it. let's leave this and then quietly filter the people back in again, which tends to be what seems to happen, okay. >> philip ingram, good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. thank you. >> all right. 7:17. let's have a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom. >> and as we were just saying, lord cameron, is to warn that we must be tougher on russia and china in a foreign policy speech today at the national cyber security centre, he will call for the uk and its allies to have a harder edge for a tougher world. he will add that the uk

must be more assertive against threats from the two nations. >> experts are warning that medicine supply issues are on the rise and patients are having to play pharmacy bingo in order to play pharmacy bingo in order to receive vital medication . to receive vital medication. that's according to the community pharmacy group england . people travelling from shop to shop to find their treatments . shop to find their treatments. treatments for type 2 diabetes, adhd and epilepsy are just some of the medicines affected . of the medicines affected. >> israel is to perform at the eurovision song contest amid protests against their involvement due to the war in gaza. involvement due to the war in gaza . their entrant, 20 year old gaza. their entrant, 20 year old eden golan, will take to the stage at the second semi—final in malmo in sweden this evening . in malmo in sweden this evening. earlier this week, the singer said she could not have asked for a better year to be representing her country . representing her country. >> now the citizens air raid memorial service has been held in hull to honour more than 1200 civilians who died in the city dunng civilians who died in the city during world war ii. >> us hull suffered 82 air

raids, making it the second most bombed city in england . during bombed city in england. during three days between the seventh and the 9th of may 1941, it killed more than 400 people. our yorkshire reporter anna reilly has the story . has the story. >> hull, the uk's second most bombed city during world war ii, it was targeted due to its strategic port. more than 1200 civilians lost their lives. 95% of hull's housing was damaged or destroyed. this week, a citizens air raid memorial service paid tribute to those who died. >> we have separate celebrations and commemorations for those that fell in service during dunng that fell in service during during the military service. so this is more about the residents and the citizens of the hull city that were lost during the war. so it's more important for them to remember that we're where we were bombed heavily. there was many civilians, women , there was many civilians, women, children, men all killed during the second world war. so it was important for that. >> censorship meant the true

extent of the devastation was largely unknown to people outside of hull until after the war. >> it's a massive part and it's on the right side of the country, ready to go across to europe. so as far as that goes, hull was a massively important port at that time. the government of the time didn't want hull to be known as as the bombed city. so they were saying northern city to try and detract from the fact that it was actually hull that was bombed. they didn't want the germans to know. i don't think how badly affected hull. >> german air raids killed 400 people in the hull blitz between the seventh and 9th of may in 1941. this service commemorated the 300 men, women and children buned the 300 men, women and children buried in unmarked graves in the city's northern cemetery . city's northern cemetery. >> we're showing respect to those that did die and those that don't have a named grave. so by doing this small service , so by doing this small service, everybody will know where they are buried and it's with respect that we do it for them. i think

a lot of civilians, paid the price because they were doing the dangerous things, because the dangerous things, because the men were away in the war. so they were really looking after they were really looking after the country. you have to remember otherwise , guys, we remember otherwise, guys, we probably wouldn't be here today. you know , if the war had gone a you know, if the war had gone a different way, it could have been totally different. >> we remember before you now, those whose lives were lost in the dark days of war from our city and family of kingston upon hull. >> for the civilians, emergency service workers and armed forces that gave their lives for ours , that gave their lives for ours, we will remember them. anna riley gb news hull . riley gb news hull. >> i didn't realise hull had been so badly affected. >> no . >> no. >> no. >> but these coastal towns,

wasn't it coastal towns like barrow was very was very badly hit and things. >> but 82 air raids i imagine it i know, but a very, very fitting thing and a good thing that those civilians are being honoured in hull. quite right. >> no one should ever forget, should they? >> all right. it is yet again melting in here. but at least today it sort of matches with what we've had outside as well. that's true. it's very nice yesterday. is it going to be nice today? >> let's ask alex. >> let's ask alex. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. there is a bit of mist and fog around first thing this morning, but otherwise it's going to be a fine day for many of us away from the far north northwest thatis from the far north northwest that is here. there is quite a bit of cloud , and there will be bit of cloud, and there will be some outbreaks of drizzly rain through much of the day, but elsewhere across the bulk of the country, plenty of fine, sunny

weather around, lots of blue skies. and in that sunshine it is going to feel pretty warm. temperatures up a little bit compared to yesterday. there's a good chance that we're going to see highs of around 23, possibly 24 celsius, towards the south—east and even further north. despite the slightly cloudier skies, temperatures getting into the high teens quite easily. little change as we go through this evening and overnight, sticking with the thicker cloud and some drizzly rain across far northern parts and a few spots elsewhere across parts of scotland. otherwise, lots of areas having a dry and at times clear night. so once more we will see a few pockets of mist and fog developing. it won't be a particularly chilly start to the day tomorrow. lots of places, particularly in the towns and cities, holding up in double figures. again, any mist and fog patches will relatively quickly burn back as we go through tomorrow morning . and through tomorrow morning. and then once more, another fine picture across the bulk of the country. still a little bit of drizzly rain, perhaps for orkney and shetland, but really for many northern central parts of scotland , it's going to be drier scotland, it's going to be drier and brighter than today. again,

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the duke of sussex attended the invictus games annual bursary, but he was just a couple of miles away from king charles, who was holding his first garden party of the year yesterday . party of the year yesterday. >> well, during the duke's whistlestop tour of the uk, the king reportedly won't meet his son due to a busy schedule. >> that's not to say harry isn't being supported by family members, it's just the other side, his mum's side, who were in attendance at yesterday's invictus service. >> so earlier we spoke to the author and historian martin whittock . whittock. >> he did 2.6 miles, or 15 minutes by car, maybe 20 minutes if the traffic's a bit slow. from saint paul's cathedral to buckingham palace. and whilst they couldn't have been at the same things yesterday because obviously they were committed to his engagement, it would, one would have thought, been theoretically possible for them to have for met a coffee in the morning. it's a difficult situation. clearly the king is returning to royal duties carefully . he hasn't got a full

carefully. he hasn't got a full programme. nevertheless they were in london both on tuesday evening and yesterday. yesterday for the garden party, for the king in the afternoon and for the 10th anniversary of the invictus games at the saint paups invictus games at the saint paul's cathedral in the evening for duke of sussex for prince harry. they were very, very close. and it does seem clear there is something indicative of there is something indicative of the relationship that they have not met, particularly when we know that next monday, may the 13th, the king will be with prince william in a formal ceremony when the king will hand over the role of colonel in chief for the army air corps to the prince of wales. so clearly the prince of wales. so clearly the king is at the moment seeing his other son, albeit on very specific occasions, but he did not see harry yesterday and he hasn't seen harry, i believe, since february , when harry since february, when harry appeared very briefly in the uk around the time of the king's

cancer diagnosis. so it's difficult to read this as anything but indicative of the division of the royal family at the moment, which is very sad. >> well, it is sad. what seems unusual with this , i mean, as unusual with this, i mean, as it's being reported, is that it is the king snubbing prince harry when we have been told all the way throughout that he wants to build bridges with his son. >> oh, yes, this is interesting. >> oh, yes, this is interesting. >> the spokesperson of the duke of sussex said the following in response to the many inquiries and continued speculation on whether or not the duke will meet with his father while in the uk this week, it unfortunately will not be possible due to his majesty's full program, so it does seem clear that there were moves from prince harry's side to see him. but buckingham palace said no, and the statement went on to say the duke, of course, is understanding of his father's diary of commitments and various other priorities and hopes to see him soon. so it really does seem clear that there was a

reaching out from the comms team, the team around harry. but it looks like buckingham palace, on behalf of the king, said no. and harry is also not expected to meet the prince or princess of wales, who is also being treated for cancer. and the time is running out now because today, thursday, may the ninth, he leaves the uk to meet meghan in nigeria . they're invited in nigeria. they're invited there by nigeria's chief of defence staff after they met at the invictus games held last yearin the invictus games held last year in germany . so, having year in germany. so, having flown in on tuesday, he flies out today . he flown in on tuesday, he flies out today. he will not flown in on tuesday, he flies out today . he will not have seen out today. he will not have seen the king or other members of the very close family. although, as you say, he has met people on his mother's side . his mother's side. >> it's all a real shame . it is >> it's all a real shame. it is frankly invictus. it's a great thing that he did with invictus really, really good and important. but even now, just doing that, it's all overshadowed because of the relationships and who's he going

to meet and who isn't he going to meet and who isn't he going to meet? >> oh, it's just such a shame, isn't it? it's such a shame. two miles apart yesterday. but worlds apart. >> we couldn't be two miles apart and not meet up. >> i know i was about to say we'd meet for tea or coffee, wouldn't we? we two miles apart. it just goes to show, doesn't it, i guess. how how separate they are. >> yeah. so it is really. never mind. >> hopefully they'll sort it out at some point in the future. >> might just take time. >> might just take time. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> okay. we've got a short break coming up, but then paul coyte is going to be here with all the sports

news. >> welcome back. it's time to go through the sports now with paul >> morning. good morning. >> morning. good morning. >> should we do a little european football? let's show you. didn't sound as excited as i wanted you to. oh didn't i? no. oh, that was our little european football. yeah. oh,

yes. well, i don't feel like it now . no. yes. well, i don't feel like it now. no. real madrid two, bayern munich one, semi final, second leg of the champions league, borussia dortmund. they will play borussia dortmund. they will play in the final now. so it was locked at one one and on 67 minutes alphonso davies for bayern munich scores an amazing goal. bayern munich scores an amazing goal . madrid then have a goal goal. madrid then have a goal disallowed. so anyway , we're disallowed. so anyway, we're getting to five minutes left of the game. it looks like the germans having a terrible season that they've had in the bundesliga . i say terrible, they bundesliga. i say terrible, they came second, which for them is terrible, and then the 85th, 85th minute, thomas tuchel decided to take harry kane off. you don't have to take harry kane. no, you just don't do that. harry kane. no, because he can not only score goals , he can can not only score goals, he can defend. it's crazy. and jamal musiala is also a fine german footballer. took him off as well. and then things turned and then real madrid score and then they score again in the 90th minute. and now bayern munich are out . and harry kane ends the are out. and harry kane ends the season with no trophies. well so hold on. >> so there was a goal in the

88th and the 90th and the 90th. >> yeah , in the 90th manuel >> yeah, in the 90th manuel neuen >> yeah, in the 90th manuel neuer, the german goalkeeper. >> see he's one of the great goalkeepers. but paul kane everybody everyone has a slip up. so if you're playing out on the pitch, if you're an outfield player, you can make a mistake and you can get away with it. but if you're a goalkeeper, any little slip up and it was it was a guy called joselu . and joselu a guy called joselu. and joselu was like a reject from stoke city. really. and you're thinking this guy there he is. there's him scoring the goal. and he played at newcastle as well. not many people remember him even at stoke. so his spanish and went to espanyol and now he signed in real madrid was his boyhood club , so at 34 he his boyhood club, so at 34 he signed on loan and he ends up scoring two goals in the semi—final of the champions league and could end up going to play league and could end up going to play in the final as well. well, good on him. i mean, should we talk about aston villa? yes, huge, huge game for aston villa

tonight. so they're over in athens, and they need to beat olympiakos. they're four two down. so this is the semi—final second leg of the europa conference league . so aston conference league. so aston villa the last man standing basically that we have in europe. so four two and it's going to be tricky over. there wasn't a good result for them at villa park. but they need to turn that around if they want to get to the final. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> this evening. so they've got to. >> yeah. so what they've got to get at least three. >> yeah. see the old days where you'd have away goals count. that doesn't make any difference now. so they need to get off to a good start. but i think it's going to be a i think it should be exciting game. but, and also they're fighting because they're fighting for to get to the champions league next year. >> what about there's all this talk about it being a very difficult atmosphere for them. >> well in in athens. yeah i think it will be. yeah. it's but you know what you kind of expect that you're going to go and play in europe. it's going to be a little hostile. so they're going to expect that. but sometimes i

don't know about you, but it would fire me on. well yeah it would. yeah. yeah. it would fire me on a little bit about andy. what do you reckon. >> yeah. we've only got 30s, so can we. oh my goodness andy, your metgala right. >> you know my two favourite things sport and fashion. yeah. when they're combined i'm a very happy man. so the met gala, the metropolitan museum of art gala, which happened on monday night. so we all saw all the crazy gear that they like to wear. these are sports stars. look, look, there's lewis hamilton, lewis hamilton. >> he looks stylish. >> he looks stylish. >> he's like ivanhoe, isn't he? there we are. >> he is very stylish. serena williams. >> is it really in foil? foil in foil. >> is it really in foil? foil in foil . gold foil at that. and foil. gold foil at that. and where's her sister? there's venus, there's the sister. that's maria sharapova there. you remember maria sharapova? >> she does look very stylish. >> she does look very stylish. >> she does look very stylish. >> she does. she's. i like the what's the thing wrapped around her arms there. what is that? is that like a blanket, a curtain? it is. it's like with maria sharapova. oh that is ben simmons basketball player i like that's very stylish, isn't it? oh, no. >> that's awful. >> that's awful. >> what is that? is that a banjo

he's got down there. odell beckham junior obj from the miami dolphins i like that jacket. and what do you think she does. what do you think? >> she looks like a tennis star. >> she looks like a tennis star. >> no. >> no. >> she's got good arms. >> she's got good arms. >> she's got good arms. >> she has got good arms. she will. she does need the arms in what she plays. she's the best swimmer. no, she's the best in the world by a long way. one of the world by a long way. one of the greatest female golfers . oh, the greatest female golfers. oh, nelly korda and amos. >> oh, is that her who got given advice on how to hit a ball the other week? >> no, no, no, no no no no no, that was that wasn't nelly korda. you wouldn't want to be telling nelly korda that wasn't her. but nelly korda , he's her. but nelly korda, he's unbelievable golfer. right. >> and she dresses well as well. >> and she dresses well as well. >> and she dresses well as well. >> and you know what looks very classy. >> well look, they've all got lots and lots of piles of cash then because it's $70,000 ticket. >> but you know, what do they have to pay for? i bet they don't. >> but they get invited. is it the more money you get pay for it, the more money you have, the more free stuff you get. >> so they all get dressed bonkers. >> it's 70 grand, 70 grand a

ticket, and then your outfits. >> probably at least ten, i'd say exactly like stephen. >> yours. that's 15 grand. come on. amazon. >> oh, really? >> oh, really? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> he buys them to match my dresses. >> yeah i do, yeah. >> yeah i do, yeah. >> is that right? >> is that right? >> not that i'm henpecked or anything. >> no no no, of course not, paul >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks, paul. >> thanks, paul. >> pleasure. do stay with us. we're going to be going through the papers with charlie rowley and scarlett mccgwire

next. >> and i thought that's crap . >> and i thought that's crap. >> and i thought that's crap. >> oh, well, the waffling on. we're talking weddings. would you believe there's a surprise? >> there's a surprise. >> there's a surprise. >> i'm going to be so bored with this. >> i know you are. >> i know you are. >> still got a long way to go, until next summer. now charlie rowley and scarlett mccgwire are here with us. as you may have seen, charlie, should we look at this story in the guardian , this story in the guardian, about the us supplying weapons

to israel ? to israel? >> yes. >> yes. >> well, this is, one that i think emerged overnight where president biden, us president joe biden has said that he's going to stop arms going to israel in the fear that they're going to, continue to bomb in a way in which we've seen over the last few weeks or months, particularly in the south, in rafah , but but they're already rafah, but but they're already in rafah. it's said if they go into rafah, but they're sort of there already. well, well, he's i mean, he's holding up, he's holding up arms shipments because they're in rafah. >> and what's so interesting is that netanyahu said, ceasefire or no ceasefire, i'm going to bomb rafah. and you think, just a minute, what's a ceasefire? if you're going to bomb rafah? and joe, i mean, joe biden is finally actually being quite tough and saying no, because if you go into rafah , you're where you go into rafah, you're where most people have been told to go that, that, you're just going to

kill thousands and thousands more and, and where people have been told to leave rafah to go to is, is nothing . been told to leave rafah to go to is, is nothing. i been told to leave rafah to go to is, is nothing . i mean, it's to is, is nothing. i mean, it's got nothing. it's just it's just a piece of land. so i mean, i mean, basically joe biden is finally is saying to netanyahu, i'm really serious because netanyahu has never taken the americans seriously. i mean, he always says, oh, the americans, you know, they talk big and they never do anything. we can do whatever we want. and he's been saying this for years. i mean, there's nothing new about that . there's nothing new about that. >> no. well, it'd be interesting to see if what what if any impact it has, anyway , charlie, impact it has, anyway, charlie, let's have a look at russia. >> should we, cameron telling the eu what to do . the eu what to do. >> yes. which is interesting. >> yes. which is interesting. >> yes. which is interesting. >> yes. it's his first sort of major international speech as foreign secretary uk foreign secretary, where he'll tell the eu and eu partners that they need to stamp up the cash to 2.5% of gdp to fund their

defence services, because we're living in an even more uncertain world with the threats of russia and china. >> whereas he might be making a perfectly valid point. why would the eu listen to anything we have to say? well, i think i wouldn't blame them for not even though as well. >> i'd like to think, even though that the uk has left the eu, it hasn't left europe, it hasn't left the continent of which we all share and love. and when there is a war in europe, obviously the invasion of russia into ukraine. so everybody has a responsibility to, to defend our continent when we need to. but i think we're seeing now the increased threat of china, obviously, you know, whitehall officials are pointing the finger at china, even though i don't think the defence secretary went as far as to call out china for hacking uk defence personnel, bank details and names. but i think we can take from that that the non—denial denial that they are a threat to the uk security, but also, as i say, that continued threat of russia, the continued aggression, the continued rhetoric that you're hearing from the kremlin and president

putin means that everyone in europe has a responsibility to make sure that it has defence systems in place, that it has the funding that it needs in order to defend ourselves and to defend our european partners against these threats and the invasion of russia. >> scarlett, what do you make of it? >> well, i mean, i think i think the problem is that that he sort of talks about a aggressors. but but as charlie, i mean, apart from russia, which , you know, from russia, which, you know, obviously we do we do have to deal with and i'm sure that if you're finland or sweden or in the, in the baltics, that actually russia is very worrying . i mean, when we talk about china, i mean, what what are we going to do about china if china goes into taiwan? are we really saying we're going to do something? i mean, i think i think that's the problem is, is that it think that's the problem is, is thatitis think that's the problem is, is that it is all rhetoric, except well, except, from our perspective, possibly. but taiwan's actually strategically very important for the us. and they've got a lot of naval. they've got a naval base there,

haven't they? yes. >> but what i'm what i'm saying is what are what are we. and i mean, i mean, even the us is very, very worried about going up against china, isn't it? i mean, you know, that that would be a world war. >> so i think i do think president trump would mind too much. i think he i think he would be able to, flex his muscles and sort of, you know, go for anybody . go for anybody. >> well, except except president trump does like i mean, he likes putin. he likes the i mean, president trump likes autocrats and dictators. i mean , he and dictators. i mean, he basically thinks that, you know, democracies are pretty, pretty wussy, so he actually has far more respect for russia and china than anything else. you know, like , quite clearly, if know, like, quite clearly, if president trump gets in end of ukraine, right, there's no question about that, that he will as he says, he will get peace on the first day. he'll say to ukraine, just give in and let putin have it , so say to ukraine, just give in and let putin have it, so yeah, i mean, if trump gets in, things will change. >> charlie shall we take a look

at the front page of the mirror? and it's about prince harry and the king, just two miles apart yesterday. but they didn't meet . yesterday. but they didn't meet. >> yes. and it's, i think most people who hear the story and listen to it will be just quite sad that, you know, take the royals out of it, take the invictus games out. you know, a father who's undergone cancer treatment and his son, who lives in the us now but is over into the uk , is here for three, 3 or the uk, is here for three, 3 or 4 days, i believe, hasn't got the, diary opacity. it seems that was put out by the sussexes to meet. >> i think i just, i think that's sad . that's sad. >> i mean, it's a very weak excuse because there's no reason why they can't meet up at 10:00 at night or whatever. you know , at night or whatever. you know, whatever for a gin and tonic. >> exactly. and speculation runs rife as to why they don't meet. is it because, you know, the both sides want different people in the room, whether, you know, just the did the king want, you know, camilla to meet with harry as well to try and repair

damage. and harry said, no, but it's telling that the sussexes or the office of the sussexes put out the statement to say that the king's diary wasn't able to link up. that the king's diary wasn't able to link up . and i just able to link up. and i just think most people will think, this is an ongoing feud by a young man who still, you know, very upset about things, very angry and still feeling as though the heat can run the narrative when i think the rest of the country thinks you just need to grow up a bit. your father's not been very well, the palace haven't said anything. the palace haven't brought out a book called spare, where they've criticised you . harry. it's all criticised you. harry. it's all been about you criticising your family. your relatives, calling them racists. effectively and, you know, he's clearly in a in a very difficult place with his father. and i think people just find that quite sad. >> and i think sad is, is the right. i mean, i think all these people who say, you know, that that, that charles should cut ties with him completely and should take away his royalty . i should take away his royalty. i mean, i think this is about a father son relationship and they can be very difficult. and actually, what we need is, is

people hoping that they're going to get together because it's destructive for both of them. i'm sure that king charles hates it as much as harry. i mean that it's horrible to lose your to lose your child , right, at lose your child, right, at whatever age. and although, i mean , harry has been. yes, i was mean, harry has been. yes, i was going to say a word that we're not allowed to say on here has been pretty stupid , i mean, been pretty stupid, i mean, actually, he's still charles's son, and it is. i mean, charlie's right. it's just so sad. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> all right, let's have a look at the guardian. scarlett. looking at our our climate . looking at our our climate. >> this is really bad news. is that.is >> this is really bad news. is that. is that scientists are despairing because they're saying that far from, you know, hoping that we're not going to get above 1.5 degrees above a over where we are now that actually we're going to we're going to end up at at two. and what this means is people go, oh , this is you know, this means more heat waves. but actually, i

mean, it's a disaster. and it it won't happen all at once is what they're very clear about is that we'll still have , you know, we'll still have, you know, some, some months like we've just had where it does nothing but rain and then we'll have heat. but the real problem is, is, is, around the equator where people will not be able to live and then , you know, we will have and then, you know, we will have mass migration . well, that's an mass migration. well, that's an interesting way of looking at it i >> -- >> well, m >> well, what do you do if you're if you're somewhere where nothing's going to happen, you move, don't you? i mean, that's what people do. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well, maybe that'll kick some people into action. it's not that about i think people get fed up of being told what to do. it's how we tackle it, which is the issue. yeah. and all these. and you've got to tackle it in a sensible way . yeah, yeah. but sensible way. yeah, yeah. but you just seem to be happening. well >> well i mean because you know, so yesterday we were talking about electric cars which aren't being sold . and the electric car being sold. and the electric car manufacturers said, well, it

doesn't help that the government suddenly said, you don't have to have electric cars. i mean, actually , as this concern about actually, as this concern about electric cars and how many , how electric cars and how many, how much greenhouse gas it takes to build one. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> but then once once you've got. but but actually, as long as we're arguing about net zero, we're not actually thinking how how can we keep the planet? okay and i know that britain is tiny and china is enormous. there is no question about that. but actually we all have to do our bit. yeah. >> well, that's a fair point. it's a fair point, thank you both. charlie scarlet, we'll see you a bit later on. >> indeed. let's take a look at the weather now, shall we? with alex burkill. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. there is a bit of mist and fog around

first thing this morning, but otherwise it's going to be a fine day for many of us away from the far north northwest thatis from the far north northwest that is here. there is quite a bit of cloud and there will be some outbreaks of drizzly rain through much of the day, but elsewhere across the bulk of the country, plenty of fine, sunny weather around, lots of blue skies. and in that sunshine it is going to feel pretty warm. temperatures up a little bit compared to yesterday. there's a good chance that we're going to see highs of around 23, possibly 24 celsius, towards the south—east and even further north. despite the slightly cloudier skies, temperatures getting into the high teens quite easily. little change as we go through this evening and overnight , sticking with the overnight, sticking with the thicker cloud and some drizzly rain across far northern parts and a few spots elsewhere across parts of scotland . otherwise, parts of scotland. otherwise, lots of areas having a dry and at times clear night. so once more we will see a few pockets of mist and fog developing. it won't be a particularly chilly start to the day tomorrow . lots start to the day tomorrow. lots of places, particularly in the towns and cities, holding up in double figures. again, any mist and fog patches will relatively quickly burn back as we go

through tomorrow morning. and then once more, another fine picture across the bulk of the country. still a little bit of drizzly rain, perhaps for orkney and shetland, but really for many northern central parts of scotland, it's going to be drier and brighter than today. again, temperatures climbing a little bit further . so for many it may bit further. so for many it may even feel a bit warmer than today. once more , i'll see you today. once more, i'll see you again soon. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on .

the education secretary, gillian keegan , has distanced herself keegan, has distanced herself from the mp. >> i don't really know her, to

be honest. she's very much on the more of the right wing of the more of the right wing of the party. i mean, i know all parties are a broad church, but she was kind of an erg member and a big liz truss supporter, i believe, so i don't really know her personally very well. >> tory heavyweight nadhim zahawi says he won't stand at the next general election, leaving rishi sunak in more turmoil. >> the prime minister says universities have a moral duty to protect jewish students amid a rise in pro—palestine protests i >> -- >> king charles and prince harry attend separate events just miles apart as princess diana's family support the duke at the invictus anniversary ceremony . invictus anniversary ceremony. >> economists predict interest rates will stay the same at 5.25. the decision, announced at lunchtime. liam halligan has more . more. >> the bank of england's monetary policy committee will make its decision today at noon. will interest rates stay at 5.25% or is it time for a cut?

>> and the home secretary announces a russian diplomat is set to be expelled from the uk for spying and in the sport this morning. >> this year's champions league finals at wembley stadium on the 1st of june, and will be contested by borussia dortmund and real madrid, who beat bayern munich two one last night. sir jim ratcliffe is not taking any prisoners at manchester united and i'll have an olympic flame update am i? am i getting upset obsessed with this olympic flame? >> yes, yes you are. >>— >> yes, yes you are. >> do you know why? why? no, it's because i have olympic fever. oh okay. very good. sorry. get off. okay >> away from the far north today. it's going to be a fine picture. plenty of blue skies and even warmer than yesterday. i'll have all the details coming up. >> morning to you. i'm stephen dixon, and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news

. heck, it's all about politics this morning. but this is one of the most unusual things we've seen in a very long time. anyway, the leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer, is now facing a pretty big backlash from his own party. >> well, this all comes after the dover mp , natalie elphicke, the dover mp, natalie elphicke, announced her decision to defect to the opposition just two minutes before prime minister's questions yesterday . the questions yesterday. the education secretary, gillian keegan, has distanced herself from the former tory mp. >> i don't really know her to be honest. she's very much on the more of the right wing of the party. i mean, i know all parties are a broad church, but she was kind of an erg member and big liz truss supporter, i believe, so i don't really know her personally very well. i mean, whilst it's disappointing to see colleagues go, this one does not look like a good fit. i mean, i think most people are very, very surprised. it seemed to come to a surprise to most mps. and yeah, it shows really a real lack of principles . real lack of principles. >> well, many say sir keir has wrongly welcomed an mp that

called for a crackdown on immigration and openly supported the rwanda scheme. >> now this all comes as tory heavyweight nadhim zahawi has announced that he will stand down at the next general election, which only furthers the tories turmoil. >> well, heck, what a lot to get through. let's talk to our political correspondent olivia utley, who joins us from westminster. morning, olivia, let's start with natalie elphicke. should we? because it's not just that she's obviously left the government in a bit of disarray, but it's the impact it's having on labour now i >> -- >> well, exactly. i mean, what is so strange about this defection is normally when you have a defection , you hear sort have a defection, you hear sort of crowing and gloating from the benches to which the mp defected, and you hear sort of wails of misery from the benches from which they departed in this case, that is not what's happening at all. there are conservative mps who sound pretty happy to be rid of her, making jokes about how almost all conservative mps were to the left of natalie elphicke. she was an erg member. she was a

member of the new conservative group, another group of right wing and right wing mps set up by miriam cates and danny kruger , and of course, she stood by her ex—husband . even when he was her ex—husband. even when he was convicted of sexual offences. she wasn't a particularly popular mp in the conservative party, so actually most of the sort of crowing and gloating seems to be coming from the conservative benches, and labour feels pretty annoyed about the whole thing. there are lots of labour mps, particularly female labour mps, particularly female labour mps, particularly female labour mps, who don't think that keir starmer should have accepted natalie elphicke into the party, not only because of her views, but because she did stand by charlie elphicke as he went through this sexual abuse case. and even when he was convicted, she said that he'd been punished for being attracted and attractive to women. now that is not the sort of comment you expect to hear from someone, from any politician, really. but but from a woman on the labour benches in particular, there are lots of people saying perhaps keir starmer shouldn't have accepted natalie elphicke into the party

at all. maybe it would have been at all. maybe it would have been a better look to say look, a conservative wants to join us. but we aren't just the party for people who are fed up with the conservatives. we have our own set of values. that said, i mean, we're looking at this from a very westminster perspective. we're right in the bubble, looking on how people are feeling in westminster on the news. if you if you're just someone who listens to the news headlines, which let's remember, most people do, then what you'll hearis most people do, then what you'll hear is that a conservative mp has defected to labour, and that headuneis has defected to labour, and that headline is bad news for the conservative party and good news for the labour party. so it might be that in westminster we're all thinking a bit too deeply about it. >> what do you think, natalie elphicke wants out of this ? why elphicke wants out of this? why has she made this move now? do you think it is a stance on immigration? because it's not about keeping her seat. is it because she's standing down at the next general election? so is this about damaging rishi sunak ? this about damaging rishi sunak? >> well, it's a really interesting question. i mean, at first everyone assumed that natalie elphicke just knew which side her bread was buttered on

and wanted to retain her seat at the next general election. but as you say, that doesn't seem to be the case. what does she want? i mean, there are cynical rumours around westminster that she wants to get out of politics altogether and get a peerage under a new labour government. what she says is the reason is housing. she says that the conservatives have let down the people on housing and actually, looking back at her record , that looking back at her record, that does bear out. she has always been a yimby a yes in my back yard sort of politician. so if you want to look at it kindly, then i think that's the reason. if you're a bit more cynical, it's because she wants a peerage olivia utley. >> good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. we'll be talking to you in just a moments time. so do hang on. we'll be talking to you about nadhim zahawi. >> right. let's talk to shadow secretary of state for women and equalities and chair of the labour party, anneliese dodds. good to see you this morning. what on earth is going on? >> well, i think that's a very good question and probably a question that should be levelled at rishi sunak because of course, we've not only had those

election results last week which indicated that very significant numbers of voters are turning away from the conservative party, saying that they want change. but of course, we now also have had, just as you were covering the third conservative mp who has come to realise that the conservative party cannot deliver the change the country desperately needs and that it is only labour that has a plan to deliver that change. >> yeah, but with the greatest of respect, anneliese dodds you know what i'm getting at here? someone who's a member of the erg new conservative group, to the to the far right of the conservative party, not being in common with what labour stands for. and your role as shadow secretary of state for women and equalities, someone who said of her husband, after he'd been convicted that he was targeted for being too attractive. i mean, you there can be nothing that you have in common with this woman . this woman. >> well, those were very, very

serious issues. the sexual assault that was rightly prosecuted . and of course, there prosecuted. and of course, there was a parliamentary process that followed that, including a parliamentary process that appued parliamentary process that applied to natalie elphicke. so it's absolutely right that there was accountability there. it's an incredibly important matter. every workplace , including every workplace, including parliament, has got to be free of sexual harassment . but i of sexual harassment. but i would say on the issues around overall, natalie elphick's politics, anyone who reads the statement that she put out yesterday will be very clear about the reasons why she has become convinced that the conservative party cannot deliver the change the country needs, and only labour can deliver that change. in particular, as you just mentioned. in fact, on the programme, she sets out those appalling failures on housing and i'm sure that natalie will have had the same experience that i've had as a member of parliament. talking with people who are in desperate housing, need often families who have beenin need often families who have been in temporary accommodation .

been in temporary accommodation. she speaks in her statement about the impact of that temporary accommodation on children, the negative impact of it and of course there were so many promises made about housing provision by the conservatives, they are simply not being delivered. and natalie elphicke draws attention to that in her statement and sets out the fact that it's only labour that has a plan to deliver the homes that people need. >> yes, but this was coming. less about natalie elphicke, isn't it? and more about the labour party. and people are asking this morning why did sir keir starmer accept her into the labour party? what was he thinking? i mean, it must be really awkward on the labour front bench as well, considering that natalie elphicke called sir keir starmer mr softee and criticised labour for their open border policy, which she claimed and also rachel reeves, shadow chancellor, told natalie elphicke to f off after her criticism of marcus rashford. i mean that isn't the look of a unhed mean that isn't the look of a united party, is it? >> well, actually, natalie elphicke was a conservative mp,

conservative mps criticise laboun conservative mps criticise labour. we saw exactly the same, of course, with the other conservative mps who then realised that to deliver the change that they are committed to, the only party to support is the labour party. so i'm sure if you went back and looked for at example, what dan poulton had said, if you looked at what was said, if you looked at what was said by christian wakeford, you would also see criticism of laboun would also see criticism of labour. but then that realisation that of course, the conservatives could not deliver on what they were promising and that only labour had that plan to get our public services off their knees, to deliver the homes that people need , and the homes that people need, and the change that our country is crying out for. >> what promises has she been given in order to cross the floor? has she been offered a peerage ? peerage? >> absolutely not. and this is not some kind of a transaction. it's about a member of parliament looking at their constituents needs and realising

that the conservatives simply cannot deliver on the issues that those constituents care about. and obviously, this is not unique to the people of doven not unique to the people of dover. people up and down the country have concerns about the conservatives failures on housing, on migration, on security. they're looking to labour and they see that labour has a plan on those issues. and that obviously is what natalie elphicke has backed as well by deciding to cross the floor to labour yesterday. >> what then do you say to mish rahman, who's a member of labour's ruling national executive committee, who says this makes the party look grubby, he said she's never occupied the centre ground in her time as an mp and says he said the labour party should be in the business of changing the country, not saving the careers of tory politicians who are swimming away from a sinking ship. >> look, i have a lot of respect for mish. i know him very well. i know that he is someone who cares passionately about housing

and about particularly the impact on children of deprivation, the impact of those failures on housing. and so what i would say to mish is to really encourage him, if he hasn't already, to read that statement that natalie elphicke released yesterday, because i think when he reads it , there will barely he reads it, there will barely be a sentence in it that he disagrees with. she's been absolutely clear about her reasons for saying no to the conservative party and yes to laboun conservative party and yes to labour. and i think that's something, frankly, that everyone in the labour party can recognise, because they will be seeing it on the doorstep again. i'm sure that mish has seen this talking with people who used to support the conservative party before, who now realised the conservative party can't deliver that change, and that it's only labour that has got a plan to turn our country's fortunes around. >> you say that this is a principled matter. absolutely. non—transactional fair enough. can you guarantee then , that if can you guarantee then, that if labour come to power, she either won't be given a job advising

the labour party or will not be given a peerage ? given a peerage? >> so obviously any such thing would be in the gift of the leader of the labour party. but certainly from my point of view, as labour party chair, there was no transaction here. there was no transaction here. there was no promise of a peerage and so forth. absolutely not. this is a decision as set out in her statement, that is very much rooted in her constituents concerns. and obviously , natalie concerns. and obviously, natalie elphicke, as i mentioned before, she's not the first conservative mp to have taken this decision . mp to have taken this decision. she's the third conservative mp to have put her constituents first, their interests, their needs first and recognise that they need and deserve change, that they're not going to be given that change from the conservatives and that it is only labour that has got a plan to get britain building again and actually give our country its future back. >> okay. chair of the labour party, anneliese dodds, good to see you this morning. thank you

very much indeed. >> let's return to olivia utley in westminster. and we want to ask you about nadhim zahawi. but i've got to ask you about what anneliese dodds was saying when she. i mean, it's a valid point to make, isn't it? you've got concerns of my of her constituents, natalie elphick's constituents. not being addressed by the conservative party. so she's defected . and party. so she's defected. and that sounds fine on the surface, but she's always said her concerns, the constituents concerns, the constituents concerns were not being met because the conservative party wasn't going far enough. when labour doesn't even go as far by any stretch of the imagination, it doesn't make any sense, does it doesn't make any sense, does it ? it? >> well, absolutely. i mean, if you look at it purely through a housing lens, then it does sort of make sense. natalie elphicke her entire record suggests that she's always wanted to see more, building more planning, reform, etc. the conservatives haven't delivered that, mostly because of the sort of home counties seats, rural seats where their

core voters sort of on the whole, more elderly people don't want to see new houses being built, often for very legitimate reasons. but the conservatives have not delivered on planning reform, and labour might do that. if you look at it through that. if you look at it through that lens, it sort of makes sense. if you look at it through the immigration lens. and of course, for natalie elphicke, who is the mp for dover, right on the front line of illegal immigration, you would think that would matter quite a lot to her constituents, but it doesn't make very much sense at all. she has consistently said that the conservative party haven't gone far enough in tackling illegal immigration. she is known in the conservative party as an immigration hardliner. and whichever way you look at it, labour's plans for tackling illegal migration are much less robust than the conservatives. so from that perspective, it really doesn't make very much sense at all. which is why all of them murmurings that perhaps she's in it for something else. anneliese dodds they're saying that this isn't something transactional. well, i think we'll just have to wait and see what happens to natalie elphicke after the next general election . after the next general election. >> and olivia did just want to

ask you about nadhim zahawi, who has announced that he's going to stand down as a tory mp at the next election. a very romantic resignation letter from nadhim zahawi . zahawi. >> it was a very romantic resignation letter , i rather resignation letter, i rather liked it. he is the mp for stratford on avon. he says that his most, most famous constituent is william shakespeare, and there are a number of shakespearean quotes in there. he ends it with parting is such sweet sorrow . he parting is such sweet sorrow. he talks about some of his successes in government and actually even though he had to stand down over the hmrc investigating him over his tax affairs, he is still a pretty popular politician within the conservative party. he is admired for setting up yougov and of course his back story is really impressive. this is not the kind of mp who rishi sunak wants to be losing at this election, and we are now up to 68 conservative mps standing down before the general election in 1997, that figure got up to

75 by the time of the election . 75 by the time of the election. will we be hitting the same sort of figure, and does that suggest we are on on course for the sort of landslide that blair saw in 97? >> okay , olivia, for now, thanks >> okay, olivia, for now, thanks very much indeed . very much indeed. >> now, economists predict that interest rates are expected to stay the same at 5.25, which is a 16 year high. >> well, as well as inflation figures , the latest forecast figures, the latest forecast estimating what will happen to inflation and the economy will also be released. >> well, joining us now to give us our analysis is our economics and business editor liam halligan. good to see you this morning . liam. what are we morning. liam. what are we expecting to happen at midday? >> well we're expecting interest rates to stay where they are at 5.25% where they've been since august. it will be the sixth time in a row that the monetary policy committee, that's the nine economists at the bank of england who decide interest rates, including the governor, andrew bailey , the sixth time in andrew bailey, the sixth time in a row they've kept interest

rates where they are. there we won't actually get the inflation data until later this month . but data until later this month. but we know on the latest data, inflation was 3.2% in march, which is still well above the bank of england's 2% target. i think we will see the bank signalling that rate cuts are coming sometime time this summer, maybe in july , maybe summer, maybe in july, maybe even the month before. but for now, rates are going to hold where they are, and actually we, i only think there's going to be 1 or 2 interest rate cuts this year rather than three, which has previously been the estimate. >> but although there is concern about inflation, there's arguments as to whether this move actually affects the inflation rate or not. with the type of inflation we've been suffering from , but but what suffering from, but but what about growing the economy , kick about growing the economy, kick starting the economy? wouldn't a cut to base rate actually help that? >> indeed, lots of gb news viewers and listeners will be living on fixed incomes, pensions , and they actually want pensions, and they actually want interest rates to go up. yeah,

and interest rates are only a little bit above the rate of inflation. so the real return on your savings is still very, very small, having been negative for many years. so let's not think that everybody wants a rate cut. but you're right, stephen. of course, in general, when you cut interest rates, it means you have more investment. it means house prices tend to go up because people can afford bigger mortgages. people then do equity release. it does tend to give the economy a bit of a boost, if only a bit of a sugar rush. but certainly if interest rates come down, i do think we'll get more growth . but i can't see interest growth. but i can't see interest rates coming down a huge amount before the next general election. this has been the tory strategy, hasn't it? let's play the long game. let's wait until october. november. we can get more tax cuts in. maybe the bank of england will cut interest rates 2 or 3 times by then, get an economic feel good factor going. labour takes this idea seriously. that's why rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, was using a word earlier this week that many of us won't know what it means unless we're sort of, you know, 16 year olds

shouting at our parents. gaslight ing, she said. she said the tories are gaslighting the pubuc the tories are gaslighting the public on the british economy. what does that mean? it means they're trying to tell us things are getting better when they're not getting better. and the tories are out of touch with how real people live. that was the shadow chancellor's tune anyway. but look, i do think you'll get some sense today. the interest rates are coming down and that will mean that in the marketplace, interest rates will come down because interest rates aren't now seen to fall in the future as quickly as they were. we've actually seen mortgage rates go up in the last few months , because mortgage rates months, because mortgage rates tend to follow where interest rates are going to be in three, four, five years time. if you've got a fixed rate deal. so look on a on five year money, you're paying on a on five year money, you're paying a lot more than you were just a few months ago. but i think those mortgage rates after today when we get some warm words from the mpc saying, look, no rate cuts now, but they're coming soon, i think we'll see a tick down in mortgage rates. for

many people buying and selling homes, this is a nightmare because they don't want to be paying because they don't want to be paying higher interest rates than they otherwise would. if they think an interest rate cut is coming down the line. very difficult stuff to get your head around. but look , this is what around. but look, this is what makes the world go round. this is this is money. this is real people's finances. and we need to take time to explain it. yeah, well, thank you for explaining it to us, liam halligan. >> thank you very much indeed. >> thank you very much indeed. >> all right, let's get a check on the weather for you this morning with alex. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> this morning. here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. there is a bit of mist and fog around first thing this morning, but otherwise it's going to be a fine day for many of us away from the far north northwest that is here. there is quite a bit of cloud and there will be some outbreaks of drizzly rain through much of the day, but elsewhere across the bulk of the country, plenty of

fine sunny weather around, lots of blue skies and in that sunshine it is going to feel pretty warm. temperatures up a little bit compared to yesterday. there's a good chance that we're going to see highs of around 23, possibly 24 celsius towards the south—east and even further north. despite the slightly cloudier skies, temperatures getting into the high teens quite easily little change as we go through this evening and overnight. sticking with the thicker cloud and some drizzly rain across far northern parts and a few spots elsewhere across parts of scotland. otherwise, lots of areas having a dry and at times clear night. so once more we will see a few pockets of mist and fog developing. it won't be a particularly chilly start to the day tomorrow. lots of places, particularly in the towns and cities , holding up in double cities, holding up in double figures. again, any mist and fog patches will relatively quickly burn back as we go through tomorrow morning. and then once more, another fine picture across the bulk of the country. still a little bit of drizzly rain, perhaps for orkney and shetland, but really for many northern central parts of scotland , it's going to be drier scotland, it's going to be drier and brighter than today. again,

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next. >> it's 828. good morning to you. now, the duke of sussex attended the invictus games anniversary last night. and he was just a couple of miles away from his father, who was holding his first garden party of the yeah his first garden party of the year. well during the duke's whistle stop tour of the uk, the king reportedly won't meet his son due to a busy schedule. it's not to say harry isn't being supported by family members, but it's the other side. his mother's relatives, who were in

attendance at yesterday's invictus service. well let's speak now to former royal correspondent for the sun and the author charles rea, who joins us now. >> good to see you this morning, charles. i mean, i think a lot of people will say that harry's done so much damage to the royal family. the king has every right to say he's too busy to see him. but i just find it really sad. >> said, well, good morning early. good morning steve. of course, it's really sad. nobody likes to see a family at war with each other, and certainly not on this scale. but i mean, the harsh reality is that prince harry has made his bed and he's got to now lie in it. and i think what we've seen over the last couple of days is the how wide the rift is between, him and the rest of the family. and, you know, he comes over here expecting to see his father. he's. then he has to put out a statement saying his dad can't see him because he's he's he's too busy, and the big telling snub of all is the fact that

they announce that charles will be with his other son, william, on monday to hand over the, the honour of being colonel in chief of the army air corps, which was harry's old regiment. now they could have waited for that announcement. today when harry flies out or tomorrow. but they chose to do it beforehand. now, that's basically putting harry back in his box. >> yeah, but . and yeah. look, >> yeah, but. and yeah. look, you can understand some people would cheer that on and go, well, great, he needs to be put back in his box. but in terms of actually ever having a reconciliation , which we're led reconciliation, which we're led to understand, the king would like this just sets it back, doesn't it? i'm not so sure that the king is quick to have a reconciliation with his son to be perfectly honest. >> i mean, there is a question of trust for a start off. i mean, there are people like william and camilla the queen saying to charles, look, you

know , you've got to be very know, you've got to be very careful with things that you say to him because they always end up in some american television show or program, whatever else. i mean, there is a lot going under the bridge, as i've just said, you know, you can't trash the family the way he has, and meghan has, you know, with oprah winfrey, with spare, with the netflix programs and expect, you know, the king then to say, forget about it. you know, come back in. we're all we're we're all happy again. i suspect, though, that harry i'm i'm getting the feeling that harry wants to have a better relationship with the family, but it may well be too late for that now, it is interesting to note, charles, isn't it, that the spencers were there yesterday at saint paul's ? yeah. yesterday at saint paul's? yeah. lord spencer was there, as was his sister, lady jane fellowes, they were both at saint paul's. so he's got some relationship with, you know, a good relationship, i understand, with the other side of the family as well, which was nice for him.

there. look what harry has done for the invictus games. you cannot fault him. it's i'm full of praise for him, for his work, for his service to the country as a soldier and everything else . but it's the rest of the stuff that's the problem. not the fact that's the problem. not the fact that he's, you know, in charge of or sorts out the invictus games or anything else. it's the rest of it is the problem . rest of it is the problem. >> you're a sensible man, charles. i mean, we never see meghan now over in this country. sure. how much of this do we think this tension has been caused by meghan ? caused by meghan? >> i would say the best part of it to be perfectly honest, i never believed that meghan would ever set foot in this country again. and i still hold to that view. i don't see her coming here at all. now. she's due to meet harry in nigeria when he flies out today, because they're going to go on a visit to nigeria, where it will be invictus games based , but you invictus games based, but you know, meghan, i'm afraid i was a

big supporter of meghan when she first came into the royal family. i really thought she was a breath of fresh air. it was absolutely fantastic. and when you saw her and harry in the early days together out on the streets, it was a good old days of , you know, everyone in the of, you know, everyone in the streets cheering, wanting to see her. she had everything. i mean, the fact that she was an actress and the fact that she was a mixed race didn't matter at all. and i just, i was very , very sad and i just, i was very, very sad with the way things have turned out. and i'm afraid that all that lies at meghan's doorstep . that lies at meghan's doorstep. >> okay. >> okay. >> charles rae. good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. you it's very sad, isn't it? the whole thing is very sad. yeah yeah, it really is. >> it really is. is.— >> it really is. i is. >> it really is. i don't he must have had some underlying unhappiness or dissatisfaction, with, with his position. yeah, but if she's stoked all of that, she's not doing anyone any

favours. >> and as charles says, maybe it's too little too late now . it's too little too late now. too much has happened. can't row back from it i don't know maybe not. let us know what you think gb news .com/ your say okay don't go anywhere. >> we've got all the sport. mr

paul coyte has got your sport this morning. hello. hello >> morning. i've had some complaints. >> i'm not surprised. >> i'm not surprised. >> oh, what do you mean , you're >> oh, what do you mean, you're not surprised? >> what? >> what? >> holly, firstly . sorry. polly. >> holly, firstly. sorry. polly. polly is, sent a tweet and says love watching the show? oh, great. that's always nice. that's a good start with the positive. that's what they always. whenever you get told off at work, they always start with a positive. love watching the show. but can you give andy murray the respect and credit he deserves? he's a fantastic sportsman who love, who loves and he's passionate about tennis. that's why he still playing i am many fans want to see him play and we'll be sad

when he retires. of course we're the same. absolutely love, andy murray and i've never had a go at andy murray. do you know are you a fan of andy? >> no, i'm not a fan of andy's. i'll say polly, i'll tell you. oh, i'm not a fan. very good, very good player. >> about time he gave it up and he's so blooming miserable. >> i don't think he is, though. >> i don't think he is, though. >> i don't think he is, though. >> i think he is very well, it's just because that's the way he talks. >> i know, but i don't think he's a chance. i think he's a wonderful honestly. >> i think he's a great i've never met him. i've interviewed his mother, i've never met him. but i just say, cheer up, andy. right, okay. give up. you absolutely minted. >> so polly. it's him. it's not me . me. >> no, i'm not a fan. >>— >> no, i'm not a fan. >> how about this for monday? thank you. gb news from paul coyte for announcing the result of the grand prix. not everyone can watch it live, and i was looking forward to watching the highlights. even a blind man could see the result on screen. totally spoilt it for me. good result though. so that's so. so i don't know whether there should be an amnesty then, or maybe after a sporting event happens that i leave it a couple of days before i talk about it, possibly a week.

>> well, that's going to that's going to make your top story interesting. >> then it is how are you going to do this? >> so what we do is that they 90, >> so what we do is that they go, well if you don't know the result, look away. now. the result, look away. now. the result is real madrid two bayern munich one oh sorry, i didn't mean i mean cover your ears. sorry. i'm sorry. i've got it wrong. i can never quite get that off your radios. i know, but a great result for real madrid. not so good for bayern munich, although they were one nil up up until the 85th minute. and then harry kane was taken off, two goals from joselu, who was complete surprise package. 34 years old. played played in engush 34 years old. played played in english football at stoke. he was like a reject for stoke and now playing at real madrid, scored two goals and real madrid are now in the champions league final. 1st of june and they will play final. 1st of june and they will play borussia dortmund right. >> oh good on him. >> oh good on him. >> yeah good on him. >> yeah good on him. >> we talk about sir jim ratcliffe. >> yeah. now sirjim ratcliffe >> yeah. now sir jim ratcliffe has come in and obviously has now come in and he's trying to take he's taking over manchester united. although he doesn't, he doesn't have a major stake but he's in charge of the

footballing side of manchester united. but it seems that everything he is involved in and people aren't so happy. so it said at the training ground, the atmosphere is toxic. after criticism from sirjim , he sent criticism from sirjim, he sent a memo, saying he was disappointed in the state of the of the training ground, that it was untidy. talking about he doesn't want anybody working from home anymore . he said, from home anymore. he said, you've got to get into the office. don't want any of this working from home business. if you want to work for us, you come in and work. so. and if you don't like it, then then get another job, don't like it, then then get anotherjob, he's. he's put. i'm afraid i was struck in many places by a high degree of untidiness . places by a high degree of untidiness. in particular, places by a high degree of untidiness . in particular, the untidiness. in particular, the it department, which was frankly a disgrace in the dressing rooms of the under 18 and under 21 were much better, much better when you got 18 year olds and 21 year olds. the bedrooms, i mean, you train, you expect discipline, discipline, discipline, discipline, discipline . that's that's it. he discipline. that's that's it. he said the standards would not come close to what he had at his

ineos's chemical company. come close to what he had at his ineos's chemical company . the ineos's chemical company. the email has not gone well, so people are not allowed to work from home. although it's thought that casimiro , who hasn't been that casimiro, who hasn't been playing well, maybe it'd be best if he did work. yes >> so just squeeze. you've just got time to squeeze in a tiny bit of olympic flame because you like to do it every hour. >> i do love the eternal flame, the olympic flame. it's arrived in france. it's on the mainland. let's have a look. it's arrived in marseille , i'm not going to in marseille, i'm not going to get bored of this. by the way, we've probably got too months of this. every day i will feature the flame. i'm going to get the flame in here. so that ship there is called the bell. i'll jump there is called the bell. i'll jump in before you get it wrong. it's the bell. m florent manaudou , the x swimmer, held it manaudou, the x swimmer, held it first. he didn't have it for long. there he just held it from the belgium straight there to manhattan . cato, who's a manhattan. cato, who's a paralympian, 400 metre champion. she's. she hasn't got far to go before. she then passes it to on the marseille born rapper. one of my particular favourites,

jill . jill. >> jill. there you go. go on. jill. jill. >> come on. by the way, there's no music playing whatsoever. no, there's music in jill's head all there's music in jill's head all the time. so there we are. i mean, the thing is, he's waving it around . i'm just scared the it around. i'm just scared the flame is going to go out. so then he goes to the cauldron. >> he goes to, like, the olympic ring. >> there he is. >> there he is. >> there he is. >> there we are. and the olympic ring is about to be lit. is it? and keep your hands away, jill could get dangerous. no, no. try it again. he's now feeling nervous because it's not lighting. >> it's no one's. turn the gas oi'i. >> on. >> yeah, it's turn, turn, turn the gas on. >> there it is. >> there it is. >> there it is. >> there we are, there we are. >> there we are, there we are. >> 10,000 people carrying the flame. more than 400 towns and territories across france. >> oh, well, it's the last we'll see of the berlin. >> the berlin, blm, the blm, blm, blm . blm, blm. >> excellent. >> excellent. >> thank you. paul coyte. >> thank you. paul coyte. >> i look forward to more tomorrow . tomorrow. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so why thank you. >> so why thank you. >> who knows where that flame will be? >> oh, no. >>- >> oh, no. >> who knows where it's going next? >> do stay with us. we're going to be going through the papers with scarlett mccgwire and

charlie rowley. that's

next. what is going on here are charlie rowley and scarlett mccgwire here to take us through the papers , we better start with that. >> we probably should. yeah. >> we probably should. yeah. >> now, charlie, this is insults. who are dying out there. they're dying out. yes. good morning. we're dying out . good morning. we're dying out. >> it's. it's front page of the daily star that you held up earlier on where a generation z don't know some of the z. charlie z. sorry. there you are. thank you for english. you know, generation z don't know half of the terms that are used or have been used in previous shows that are still aired on national television, like the only fools and horses. so the word plonker isn't used anymore. if you describe somebody as a plonker, then people get highly offensive and there are others, some of

which i can't read out . you can, which i can't read out. you can, they're all fine. >> and stevens giving you the green light i've given you the green light i've given you the green light. >> they're all fine in the star. >> they're all fine in the star. >> well, it is, and it's in the national newspaper. but you know, i blighter, ninny drip. have you ever been called dnp? >> dhp? >> drip? >> drip? >> i think drip is still used. i've heard that it's still used, but, you know, the it's high percentages of young people today. >> never heard these these, these words before, which i think is, well, i don't quite know what to think of it, but i can understand not knowing. >> lummox and balm pot. they're a little bit old fashioned, maybe. >> i used to get called a balm pot by my grandparents all the time. >> what does balm pot making mean? >> just like, crackers. >> just like, crackers. >> oh, right . >> just like, crackers. >> oh, right. no wonder he >> just like, crackers. >> oh, right . no wonder he got >> oh, right. no wonder he got called up . called up. >> apparently, young people are saying things like, you're such a karen now as an insult. karen. karen, meaning you're overly demanding. and what's the other word we used earlier? i don't know, but that's what it means to me. >> but i think that's not a very nice for people called karen.

>> that's not really. >> that's not really. >> no, no. >> no, no. >> well, karen is supposed to be white racist woman in. >> yeah. oh. is she. i didn't know that about karen. yeah, yeah, yeah , i think it's i think it's. >> yes. that's what a karen is. >> yes. that's what a karen is. >> oh right. yeah. yeah. >> oh right. yeah. yeah. >> bampot is a scottish term meaning a fool. yeah. according to the daily star, were your were your grandparents scottish , were your grandparents scottish, no. no they weren't, but, i think any excuse to , just insult think any excuse to, just insult your way, frankly, i know , yeah. your way, frankly, i know, yeah. >> so i'm glad plonk is on their toe rag . tosspot ninny. toe rag. tosspot ninny. >> do you use any of those? scarlett >> no, no, i don't think. i mean, i think they're all great, but no, i don't i don't use that. when i'm being reasonably polite. it's a wuss , and i think polite. it's a wuss, and i think i'm quite rude about quite a lot of. i am very rude to stephen. she is actually, i can she really is. >> she really is. but but i put up with it. >> it's fine, scarlett, let's have a look at the guardian,

should we? labour's going to change the law on fire and rehire, right. >> this is. this is so fire and rehire is the classic is what happened to piano is they fired everybody and then they rehired them at much lower rates, so , i them at much lower rates, so, i mean, they're not paying anybody, the minimum wage and, and, and much worse things. and there's been a big argument with there's been a big argument with the unions is that labour said when they came in, they they'd have work proper workers rights. and the unions say, but you've you've watered down everything you've watered down everything you promised to us. so they've brought back and said, we will do fire and rehire. and also so we will do things like, say that you have to have union recognition at places like amazon , because amazon will not amazon, because amazon will not let the unions in. and actually, what's so stupid is a lot of big organisations, places like amazon that have a lot of workers, find it really convenient having unions because it means that they have somebody to negotiate with and somebody

comes in and is sensible about about things, but the problem with amazon, of course, is, is, is that , that they do not treat is that, that they do not treat their workers well at all. >> well, so it's alleged. >> well, so it's alleged. >> it's alleged . well, i have >> it's alleged. well, i have spoken to a lot of union people who have to deal with amazon people, and it isn't isn't it really is not good news. and if it was okay, they'd let the unions in and then they'd be able to negotiate properly. >> but this is just another u—turn, it seems to me, because it's on the back of the story last week about zero hours contracts where, you know, i think there is a place for zero hour contracts. and i think labour have vowed to get rid of them, because people do want the flexibility. but now they'll, there'll be a two tier system where some people will be zero on zero hour contracts if they want to remain on them, and there'll be others on, on these fixed term contracts. it's just labour again, not really knowing what it's doing. >> no. but actually you've on zero hours contract contracts. you have hit the nail on the head.is you have hit the nail on the head. is that is that for some

people it's convenient. yeah. and for other people it's a nightmare. it's terrible. and for other people who actually depend on i mean, it's fine for students who can who can fit zero hours around and they don't mind some week they work some weeks they don't. if you're trying to live on a zero hours contract and you at the beginning of every week, you have no idea how many hours you're going to work where you're going to work where you're going to work, whether you're going to work, whether you're going to earn any money, then it's really, really terrible. so you do have to have some flexibility , but actually some flexibility, but actually you have to say to employers, most vie, we do not want zero hours contracts, but we do allow flexibility. but the unions were pretty cross , i can tell you. pretty cross, i can tell you. i mean, there is there has been a back and forwards with the unions and labour about this because, angela rayner who charlie likes talking about angela rayner actually promised that there would be there would be proper , workers rights which be proper, workers rights which which we need in this country. >> i've reframed. i've refrained

from talking about angela raynen >> no, you've done very well . >> no, you've done very well. >> no, you've done very well. >> you have. she has been. she has been a bit of a plonker when it comes to her, perhaps sneak that into you. >> let's talk about stag dos, charlie. yes, please. why not? now, if you're going to, prague anytime soon, if you're going on anytime soon, if you're going on a stag do or maybe a hen party, even at some stage you're going on a hen party anytime. >> it's not planned yet and it's not planned yet. your invites in the post. >> oh thank you. >> oh thank you. >> i am available. >> i am available. >> oh, he could be the stripper in more ways. >> oh my god. >> oh my god. >> oh, too early for that. >> oh, too early for that. >> yes , the collar on my neck. >> yes, the collar on my neck. >> yes, the collar on my neck. >> but stag dos in a in prague the local council are planning potentially to ban fancy dress. >> now it's a popular destination for stag and hindi parties for lots of different reasons, but you know, if you're planning on going, do check before you travel because you might be at risk of having your, fancy dress or your night wear or whatever you're going out in

that evening. and a band surplus to requirements , it might be. to requirements, it might be. >> so what's the problem? it's just too ruckus, too raucous. >> raucous or ruckus. either or. and. and the local people are sort of saying that they don't. they don't want it anymore. but there is someone, a local councillor, prague councillor called adam zabransky, has criticised the moves because who decides what is to from sumptuous, where that's a word. and thank you. thank you . and and thank you. thank you. and all those years of watching countdown, and or and what isn't. so who actually decides what's appropriate to wear in that town, in that club, on a night out? they the council can't really decide at the minute, but it's under it's under review. so if you're going on a stag do, if you've got a fancy dress costume, well, i'm just going out the website this has come from, i'm looking at their prague website, stag do things , why any woman lets her things, why any woman lets her husband go or fiance go. >> one of these i do know

they've got jelly wrestling with a load of scantily clad women, or roly poly intimate show. >> yes , i mean i've only pony show. >> well, it's like strippers, but larger. >> not related to me, i'm afraid. it's not this roly , but afraid. it's not this roly, but but the other problem with stag dos is that they put off other people from going to prague, that actually while you have hindus and stag dos sort of screaming drunk all over the place, which won't be like you're hindu, obviously, ellie, but sadly we're out of time. >> on that note, it might be exactly like her head and do. who knows? thanks both very much indeed. >> thank you, both of you. let's have a look at the weather now. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. there

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good morning to you. it's 9:00 on thursday. the 9th of may. today, sir keir starmer is met with a backlash from his party after accepting defecting tory mp natalie elphicke. well, the education secretary, gillian keegan, distanced herself from

the mp when we spoke to her this morning. >> i don't really know her, to be honest. she's very much on the more of the right wing of the more of the right wing of the party. i mean, i know all parties are a broad church, but she was kind of an erg member and a big liz truss supporter. i believe, so i don't really know her personally very well. >> tory heavyweight nadhim zahawi says he won't stand at the next general election, leaving rishi sunak and the tories in even more turmoil. >> the prime minister claims universities have a moral duty to protect jewish students amid a rise in pro—palestine protests at king charles and prince harry attend separate events just two miles apart as princess diana's family support the duke at the invictus anniversary ceremony yesterday . economists predict yesterday. economists predict interest rates will stay the same at lunchtime . liam halligan same at lunchtime. liam halligan has more . has more. >> that's right, stephen. the bank of england's monetary policy committee, that team of nine economists who set interest

rates, they're making their announcement at 12:00. i'll be outside the bank of england. the smart money for now on no change. interest rates staying at 5.25. >> the home secretary announces a russian diplomat is set to be expelled from the uk for spying away from the far north. >> today it's going to be a fine picture, plenty of blue skies and even warmer than yesterday. i'll have all the details coming up. >> morning to you. >> morning to you. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello and this is breakfast on . gb news. they're breakfast on. gb news. they're being very nice to us on the views today. >> oh, william says my wife natalie says she loves you always. >> colour matching . she says it >> colour matching. she says it looks like you're going to a wedding today. >> it sort of does, doesn't it? it does. i suppose. yeah. >> and i've got to start. according to wilhelmina, i've got to start looking for an

extra special tie for your wedding. i don't know what i'm going to wear. >> no, i don't know what you're going to wear. we should discuss that. >> you see, at least we get on very well. like a little family here, and a lot talking about harry and charles and all the rest of it, mike says no sympathy at all. he says, stop saying it's a shame about the king and prince harry. all actions have consequences. he's reaping what he's sown. >> you are a tough lot, actually , harry. no. david says harry has made his own bed, and until he changes the sheets, things will not change, lucia says he'll never be a reconciliation man whilst meghan is in the picture . sort of fear that might picture. sort of fear that might be right. yeah not that you wish anyone to. >> maybe too much has been said . >> maybe too much has been said. and james says good for charles. harry is only after more netflix content . well, apparently at content. well, apparently at that ceremony. so there were there were some booing there were booing in the crowds, really, as prince harry entered the into saint paul's. yeah. i don't know how loud it was , and

don't know how loud it was, and different news agencies are saying different things, but apparently there were were boos in the crowd. so it's not good, is it? >> no. well, things may change, which are going to take a very long time. >> i think you're right. >> i think you're right. >> yeah, right. let's have a look at politics for you this morning. because the leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer, is facing a backlash from part of his party. >> yes. this comes after the dover mp, natalie elphicke, announced her decision to defect to the opposition. just two minutes before prime minister's questions yesterday . well, questions yesterday. well, earlier, the education secretary, gillian keegan, distanced herself from the former tory mp. i don't really know her, to be honest. >> she's very much on the more of the right wing of the party. i mean, i know all parties are a broad church, but she was kind of an erg member and, big liz truss supporter. i believe so, i don't really know her personally very well. i mean, whilst it's disappointing to see colleagues 90, disappointing to see colleagues go, this one does not look like a good fit. i mean, i think most people are very, very surprised . people are very, very surprised. it seemed to come to a surprise to most mps and yeah, it shows

really a real lack of principles i >> -- >> well, meanwhile, chair of the labour party, anneliese dodds, seemed to completely understand why natalie elphicke defected. >> of course, the conservatives could not deliver on what they were promising, and the only labour had that plan to get our pubuc labour had that plan to get our public services off their knees to deliver the homes that people need and the change that our country is crying out for. well, many say that sir keir starmer has welcomed an mp that had called for a crackdown on immigration and openly supported the rwanda scheme. >> well, earlier we spoke to our political correspondent olivia utley . utley. >> strange about this defection is normally when you have a defection, you hear sort of crowing and gloating from the benches to which the mp defected, and you hear sort of wails of misery from the benches from which they departed . in from which they departed. in this case, that is not what's happening at all. there are conservative mps who sound pretty happy to be rid of her, making jokes about how, almost all conservative mps were to the

left of natalie elphicke. she was an erg member. she was a member of the new conservative group, another group of right wing right wing mps set up by miriam cates and danny kruger, and of course, she stood by her ex—husband even when he was convicted of sexual offences. she wasn't a particularly popular mp in the conservative party. so actually most of the sort of crowing and gloating seems to be coming from the conservative benches. and labour feels pretty annoyed about the whole thing. there are lots of labour mps, particularly female labour mps, particularly female labour mps, particularly female labour mps, who don't think that keir starmer should have accepted natalie elphicke into the party, not only because of her views, but because she did stand by charlie elphicke as he went through this sexual abuse case. and even when he was convicted, she said that he'd been punished for being attracted and attractive to women. now, that is not the sort of comment you expect to hear from someone from any politician, really. but but from a woman on the labour benches in

particular. there are lots of people saying perhaps keir starmer shouldn't have accepted natalie elphicke into the party at all. maybe it would have been at all. maybe it would have been a better look to say, look, a conservative wants to join us. but we aren't just the party for people who are fed up with the conservatives we have our own set of values. that said, i mean, we're looking at this from a very westminster perspective. we're right in the bubble looking on at how people are feeling in westminster on the news. if you if you're just someone who listens to the news headlines, which let's remember most people do, then what you'll hearis most people do, then what you'll hear is that a conservative mp has defected to labour. i mean, at first everyone assumed that natalie elphicke just knew which side her bread was buttered on and wanted to retain her seat at the next general election. but as you say, that doesn't seem to be the case. what does she want? i mean, there are cynical rumours around westminster that she wants to get out of politics altogether and get a peerage, under a new labour government. her entire record suggests that she's always wanted to see more building, more planning, reform, etc. the conservatives haven't delivered that, mostly because of the sort of home counties

seats, rural seats where their core voters sort of on the whole, more elderly people don't want to see new houses being built, often for very legitimate reasons. but the conservatives have not delivered on planning reform, and labour might do that. if you look at it through that. if you look at it through that lens, it sort of makes sense. if you look at it through the immigration lens. and of course, for natalie elphicke, who is the mp for dover, right on the front line of illegal immigration, you would think that would matter quite a lot to her constituents. it doesn't make very much sense at all. she has consistently said that the conservative party hasn't gone far enough in tackling illegal immigration. she is known in the conservative party as an immigration hardliner. and whichever way you look at it, labour's plans for tackling illegal migration are much less robust than the conservative ones. so from that perspective, it really doesn't make very much sense at all. which is why all of them murmurings that perhaps she's in it for something else. anneliese dodds they're saying that this isn't something transactional. well, i think we'll just have to wait and see what happens to natalie elphicke

after the next general election . after the next general election. >> and olivia just did just want to ask you about nadhim zahawi, who has announced that he's going to stand down as a tory mp at the next election. a very romantic resignation letter from nadhim zahawi . nadhim zahawi. >> it was a very romantic resignation letter , i rather resignation letter, i rather liked it. he is the mp for stratford on avon. he says that his most, most famous constituent is william shakespeare, and there are a number of shakespearean quotes in there. he ends it with parting is such sweet sorrow. he talks about some of his successes in government and actually even though he had to stand down over the hmrc investigating him over his tax affairs, he is still a pretty popular politician within the conservative party. he is admired for setting up yougov and of course his backstory is really impressive . this is not really impressive. this is not the kind of mp who rishi sunak wants to be losing at this election, and we are now up to 68 conservative mps standing

down before the general election in 1997. that figure got up to 785 by the time of the election . 785 by the time of the election. will we be hitting the same sort of figure, and does that suggest we are on on course for the sort of landslide that blair saw in 97 getting interested? >> that's olivia utley there for us. liam halligan joins us in the studio now because we're talking about interest rates expected to stay the same. liam they are indeed, ellie. sorry, we're just talking about mancini's . mancini's. >> oh, there we go. from one to the other. >> potential wedding attire. not for you. >> oh, it looks like your mike. liam. so we will just turned on. >> is it on? check it, liam. so we will just turned on. >> is it on? check it , check it. >> is it on? check it, check it. in the meantime, while we sort that out, >> stand on. yeah, right. >> stand on. yeah, right. >> we'll sort that out. liam. in the meantime, let's talk to andrew and nana to find out what's coming up. >> but we're together. >> but we're together. >> it is nice together with you. is it the first time i've been on nana show? >> many times. very, very honoured to be on nana show. but we've never presented together. i'm honoured to be the first. >> andrew. peter. oh, what a

lovely duo. >> yes. >> yes. >> makes you unique. nana >> makes you unique. nana >> it looks like a naughty schoolboy with his, your collars i >> -- >> your collars out, andrew. >> your collars out, andrew. >> is it right? >> is it right? >> right there you go. >> right there you go. >> right. so what have you got for us today? well, we're going to talk about this defection that's hideously backfired on the labour party. >> hideously. i've written about her in the paper today. natalie elphicke. i haven't found a labour mp who thinks it's a good idea. apart from keir starmer. he didn't even clear it with his own chief whip because this woman is pretty toxic. very hard line on immigration. huge supporter of the rwanda bill, which of course starmer is going to repeal even if it works . to repeal even if it works. anti—abortion and rachel reeves very famously, the shadow chancellor said, something four letter word off when she criticised marcus rashford for missing that penalty back in 2020. >> a bit awkward on the labour front bench. >> very awkward because angela rayner thinks she's ghastly to takes one to know when you might argue that deputy labour leader . argue that deputy labour leader. so it's quite, quite a hotchpotch. he's he's created there. >> oh but angela rayner, it's

gone very quiet on the angela raynen gone very quiet on the angela rayner. they're not mentioning anything yet are they . he's anything yet are they. he's quite good at sort of keeping things down when it needs to , things down when it needs to, we've also got a little story and this is really sweet, these little bloom women, they put all these lovely flowers out in cambridgeshire and they make the town look gorgeous and some jobs worse . and the council has worse. and the council has decided, oh, no, you have to pay £165 for a health and safety, some sort of risk assessment before you can do, before you can put flowers out. >> it's terrible because they're sort of putting them on street lights and things like that. >> i mean, obviously that could be risky, but they've been doing it for years. >> donkey's years. >> donkey's years. >> it's incredible. >> it's incredible. >> and also it's gone mad. >> and also it's gone mad. >> the world has gone mad. i'm also talking about you may be, if you're watching or listening, struggling to get your prescription drug. there are shortages and we're going to talk to some pharmacies to try and find out what that's about. >> all those celebrities on ozempic, i think is part of the problem. yeah. >> stephen's on his epic. >> stephen's on his epic. >> i am not, i'm not. i wouldn't like this if i was on the snp. oh, that'd be nasty to wait. >> last one, in case you're wondering. >> no, you haven't got a zombie

face. >> you look fabulous. oh, thank you. >> you tell him that, would you? all right. we'll see you two a little bit later on. thank you. >> see you at 930. >> see you at 930. >> let's see if we've sorted liam's mic out. >> can you hear me? >> can you hear me? >> oh, we can now. >>— >> oh, we can now. >> we've got you loud and clear. >> we've got you loud and clear. >> all right, let's talk 5.25% to stay. >> do we think? >> do we think? >> yeah, that seems to be the case. interest rates have been at 5.25% since last august. the bank of england's monetary policy committee, the nine economists who set interest rates, they've kept interest rates, they've kept interest rates at 5.25% for six meetings in a row, why are interest rates not coming down? because inflation is still quite high. it's still 3.2. the bank of england's target is 2. but but but having said all that, i think we're getting to the point today. and i'll be reporting from the bank of england at 12 noon when the decision will be released. i think what we'll get today, stephen and ellie, is some mood music from the bank of england's monetary policy committee, saying that interest rates should be coming down soon. i do think we're going to get an interest rate cut by june

or july. get an interest rate cut by june orjuly. i don't think we're or july. i don't think we're going to get three interest rate cuts in before a general election, which is what the tories have been hoping for. but we should get one and we may even get two. >> what's changed then? liam because at the start of the year it sounded very positive, didn't it? there was talk of even 5 or 6 interest rate cuts before 2025, and now we're looking at 1 or 2 because inflation has proved to be sticky, stubborn, very difficult to get down. >> it's proved to be the opposite of transit tree, which the bank of england insisted it would be all the way through 2021 and into 2022, even when inflation was very, very high. inflation is proving difficult to reduce, not just here but in the us as well. there's speculation that in the us the next move in interest rates could be up because inflation is not going away. commodity prices are still high. oil price is still high. you know drivers will tell you that there's no sign of prices coming down on the forecourt. on the contrary,

petrol and diesel prices have been going up. now, if the bank of england cut interest rates, that wouldn't do anything to affect oil prices. but it's very hard for them to cut interest rates when inflation stays high and those high oil prices will keep inflation relatively high. we won't get an inflation numbers today. we won't get that until later this month. but i do think we'll get mood music from the bank of england that the next move will be down and it will come quite soon. >> all right. fingers crossed liam. >> thank you. we'll catch you a little bit later on. >> thank you very much indeed. now we've just got enough time to tell you about our great british giveaway. it's our biggest one yet, isn't it? £20,000. here's how you can be a winner. >> 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 is it? the price of a text and £2 to enter. and if i can win it, anybody can win it. and

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yeah. 9:20. now the citizens air raid memorial service has been held in hull to honour more than 1200 civilians who died in the city during world war ii. >> us hull suffered 82 air raids, making it the second most bombed city in england . during bombed city in england. during three days between the seventh and 9th of may 1941, it killed more than 400 people. our yorkshire reporter anna riley has the story . yorkshire reporter anna riley has the story. hull, yorkshire reporter anna riley has the story . hull, the yorkshire reporter anna riley has the story. hull, the uk's second most bombed city during world war ii.

>> it was targeted due to its strategic port. more than 1200 civilians lost their lives, 95% of hull's housing was damaged or destroyed. this week, a citizens air raid memorial service paid tribute to those who died. >> we have separate celebrations and commemorations for those that fell in service during dunng that fell in service during during the military service, so this is more about the residents and the citizens of the whole city that were lost during the war. so it's more importantly for them to remember that we were we were bombed heavily. there was many civilians , women, there was many civilians, women, children, men all killed during the second world war. so it was important for that. >> censorship meant the true extent of the devastation was largely unknown to people outside of hull until after the war. >> it's a massive part , and it's >> it's a massive part, and it's on the right side of the country ready to go across to europe. so as far as that goes, hull was a massively important port at that time. the government of the time didn't want hull to be known as as the bombed city. so they were

saying a northern city to try and detract from the fact that it was actually hull that was bombed. they didn't want the germans to know, i think, how badly affected hull german air raids killed 400 people in the hull blitz between the seventh and 9th of may in 1941. >> this service commemorated the 300 men, women and children buned 300 men, women and children buried in unmarked graves in the city's northern cemetery . city's northern cemetery. >> we're showing respect to those that did die and those that don't have a named grave. so by doing this small service, everybody will know where they are buried. and it's with respect that we do it for them . respect that we do it for them. i think a lot of civilians, paid the price because they were doing the dangerous things, because the men were away in the war. so they were really looking after the country. you have to remember . otherwise we probably remember. otherwise we probably wouldn't be here today . you wouldn't be here today. you know, if the war had gone a different way, it could have

been totally different. >> we remember before you now , >> we remember before you now, those whose lives were lost in the dark days of war from our city and family of kingston upon hull . hull. >> for the civilians emergency service workers and armed forces that gave their lives for ours, we will remember them and o'reilly gb news hull . o'reilly gb news hull. >> so right that those civilians are honoured in that way. >> so right that those civilians are honoured in that way . so are honoured in that way. so thank you to anna o'reilly for that report. that's it from us today. we are back tomorrow, aren't we? we are 6 am. bright and early. up next is britain's newsroom with andrew and nana. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> morning. here's your latest

gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. there is a bit of mist and fog around first thing this morning, but otherwise it's going to be a fine day for many of us away from the far north northwest thatis from the far north northwest that is here. there is quite a bit of cloud , and there will be bit of cloud, and there will be some outbreaks of drizzly rain through much of the day, but elsewhere across the bulk of the country, plenty of fine sunny weather around, lots of blue skies and in that sunshine it is going to feel pretty warm. temperatures up a little bit compared to yesterday. there's a good chance that we're going to see highs of around 23, possibly 24 celsius towards the south—east and even further north, despite the slightly cloudier skies, temperatures getting into the high teens quite easily. getting into the high teens quite easily . little change as quite easily. little change as we go through this evening and overnight. sticking with the thicker cloud and some drizzly rain across far northern parts and a few spots elsewhere across parts of scotland. otherwise, lots of areas having a dry and at times clear night. so once more we will see a few pockets of mist and fog developing . it of mist and fog developing. it won't be a particularly chilly start to the day tomorrow. lots of places, particularly in the

towns and cities, holding up in double figures . again, any mist double figures. again, any mist and fog patches will relatively quickly burn back as we go through tomorrow morning, and then once more, another fine picture across the bulk of the country. still a little bit of drizzly rain, perhaps for orkney and shetland, but really for many northern central parts of scotland, it's going to be drier and brighter than today. scotland, it's going to be drier and brighter than today . again, and brighter than today. again, temperatures climbing a little bit further. so for many it may even feel a bit warmer than today. once more, i'll see you again soon. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> well, look who i'm with today nana akua. we're looking forward to it. first time we've ever presented together . lots to talk presented together. lots to talk about, particularly that tory mp who defected. oh yes . hugely who defected. oh yes. hugely backfired on the labour party. >> i mean, what were they thinking even taking her on? it's just absurd. and if you answer, you did such a good piece in the daily mail, i must say, if you haven't read it, read it, it will tell you everything you need to know about natalie elphicke. but

also, we're running out of drugs, it seems. >> apparently are prescriptions. we're going to talk to a pharmacist about why there is this problem. maybe it's affecting you. let us know. do do do text email. the usual address. britain's newsroom nana

morning. 930 on thursday, the 9th of may. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. with me, andrew biz and nana akua. >> well, an own goal for labour. sir keir starmer is met with backlash from the left wing faction of his party after accepting defecting tory mp natalie elphicke. here she is . natalie elphicke. here she is. >> sir keir starmer labour have changed and i think that change is going to bring a much better future for our country , and 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 . future forward. >> astonishing. the former chancellor and education secretary, nadhim zahawi, is going to stand down at the next

election. he is the 64th tory mp to stay there, going oh well, protect jewish students . protect jewish students. >> prime minister rishi sunak urges universities to take a zero tolerance approach to anti—semitism and critical medicine shortages. >> maybe it's affecting you. pharmacists in england warning drug stocks are so low in england that patients are at an immediate risk of harm. we'll find out why . find out why. >> and the boss of the pub chain wetherspoon says that guinness is now a fashionable drink and in his words, not just for old blokes like him. tim martin yes, he joins us later. >> well, we do you like guinness? >> i do, you know, i think it looks good. yeah, it looks good. it tastes like. it tastes like iron filings. you know what i mean? it's supposed to be full of iron and it tastes like it. you know what i mean? >> i did drink it when i was in ireland because i thought i had

to. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah, i only had