i don't know who got that. here comes the gorilla. he's lost his head! the gorilla's head has fallen off! did he even start with gorilla's feet? if he did, they've gone, too. well, well, well... not even... the gorilla isjust lying prone at the bottom of the hill. he's 0k! the gorilla's hand is up. that was the closest finish we've had yet. i was trying to stay on my feet when i started rolling, so ijust had to go with it. every time i found my feet were on the ground, i took another couple of steps. tell us why you wanted to do this crazy thing. i heard of it. i was doing a games evening with my mates, and ijust said, "i'm going to win this thing." and i'm slightly surprised that i did, but also rather pleased. have you got next week's lottery numbers? you're obviously very good at this. maybe i'll have to. where are you from? perth, in australia. you haven'tjust come for this, though, surely? no, notjust for this. it was high up there on the priorities.

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less than a week ago, i don't know what we talked about on it newscast but not the general election campaign being under way, a matter of 48 hours later. irgie campaign being under way, a matter of 48 hours later.— of 48 hours later. we were going to talk about inflation _ of 48 hours later. we were going to talk about inflation falling _ of 48 hours later. we were going to talk about inflation falling really - talk about inflation falling really fast and nearly hitting the 2% target which is the reason we are having the election in the first place. now you are having a much more classic bank holiday than me because i'm sat in this air—conditioned studio with my laptop and you reset in a pub beer garden. but you are not slacking because the name oxsted rings a bell for me because it's where keir starmer grew up.— for me because it's where keir starmer grew up. yes, that's right. we are here _ starmer grew up. yes, that's right. we are here because _ starmer grew up. yes, that's right. we are here because earlier - starmer grew up. yes, that's right. we are here because earlier on - we are here because earlier on keir starmer was in sussex on the south coast, again in the classic spot to spend a bank holiday monday in the sunshine, but he was doing a speech that was basically sort of the keir starmer, the man, whom am i, what i'm all about. that's what he was trying to take on this morning. it brought assiduous followers to politics and i know many newscasters

are exactly that. there was 20 which was familiar but it is a classic of a political campaign that you definitely extensively as a political leader and they are all doing this sort of recap and go back over stuff that you might have said plenty of times before for people who were onlyjust starting to pay attention. and there was quite a bit in the speech from keir starmer today about him and where he grew up. and you mayjust be familiar with that line about a payable semi in siri on the kent— siri border in a village called her screen. that is where we are and where i am right now and said pebble —— semi is about 300 yards if that from this very beer garden. bind 300 yards if that from this very beer garden-— 300 yards if that from this very beer tarden. �* , .,, _, . beer garden. and people come what are the thing — beer garden. and people come what are the thing about _ beer garden. and people come what are the thing about you _ beer garden. and people come what are the thing about you turning - beer garden. and people come what are the thing about you turning up i are the thing about you turning up was it is now quite famous aggressive is not famous at all until now?— aggressive is not famous at all until now? . , ., ., , , ., until now? perfectly reasonably, one or two people _ until now? perfectly reasonably, one or two people around _ until now? perfectly reasonably, one or two people around here _ until now? perfectly reasonably, one or two people around here might - until now? perfectly reasonably, one or two people around here might be | until now? perfectly reasonably, one| or two people around here might be a little weary about the arrival of

journalists like me talking about and waving a camera about because we will be here quite a while. so i'm gratefulfor will be here quite a while. so i'm grateful for the forbearance of the locals here who are perhaps well it used to being a bit tired of seeing folk like me turning up. so thank you for putting up with us in a deep any more of us who might turn up in the next couple of weeks or months. because, yeah, it must be a little tiresome to put up with us a lot. and i got a little flavour of that sentiment and is entirely understandable so thank you to people here for putting up with us law as a reporter bunch yet again. i thought that kind of the back story stuff in the speech which was sort of what the first 20% of the speech, the whole thing but the first 20% i would guess, although if you were to do it to check on the word document it will probably not be that but that's my guess anyway. the thing

that's my guess anyway. the thing that struck me was they were having to do it again so clearly they think that the keir starmer back story has not sunk insufficiently in the public consciousness yet. untenable because it is a people follow these things as things as closely as we do for ourjobs. second of all, interesting was the ingestion of a real bit of reality to it. so i had not realised quite how kind of country side the place he grew up he is. i knew about the payable semi and the story about worrying about the bills coming in and his mum and dad having to decide to not pay the phone bill one time because that was a service i could live without. i did not know the whole thing about when he played football, they were sharing the pitch with cows. interesting and funny that i was rereading today tom baldwin's biography of keir starmer, tom baldwin who used to work for the times and then went to the director of communications for ed miliband

and he has written a biography of keir starmer which is sort of broadly sympathetic i think it would be fair to say and tom baldwin is a former employee of the labour party. and he describes it... the exact phrase in front of me so apologies if i'm not quoting him entirely word for word accurately here but he describes around here as it being almost as indistinct as some elements of how keir starmer is sometimes portrayed. in other words, not urban, but not rural either. we are not far from the m 25 and not farfrom london, we are in siri on the borders of kant. so, yeah, it is definitely far more rural than the kind of label and caricature that is sometimes from around keir starmer by his opponents when he is described as sort of a lackey lawyer from north london. definitely a contrast they are and keir starmer

today described this as as he sees it pretty much quintessentially english was of it got me thinking that people who seek to govern, seek to represent us, seek to somehow however imperfectly personify the country that they want to lead. and we had a bit of that i think from keir starmer today talking about this place basically and where he came from, trying to if you like paint a picture of what he is all about and what made him as he sees it the man that he is, as well as the north london thing, the constituency thing where he now lives and represents in parliament andindeed lives and represents in parliament and indeed some of those kind of labels that some of his opponents will seek to throw around his neck that might sort of lean into that kind of metropolitan, detachment

saying that goes with sort of being seen to be from representing north london and that whole thing around london and that whole thing around london being somewhere that in many senses that it's sort of a world city that happens to be our national capital, might be atypical of the wider uk. ., ., ., wider uk. then later on he did an interview with _ wider uk. then later on he did an interview with him _ wider uk. then later on he did an interview with him and _ wider uk. then later on he did an interview with him and i - wider uk. then later on he did an interview with him and i had - wider uk. then later on he did an interview with him and i had to i interview with him and i had to laugh and to be clear not laughing at your interview because it was very good and there are interesting things we will talk about in the second but the actual setting for the interview, the main camera shot was him in a room where there was a unionjack bunting hanging up on the wall. look what the ruling against the bar and a sort of traditional pub and then you can see there was light quirky mugs and floral wallpaper and it was on the flight you were in sort of a middle england theme park. you were in sort of a middle england theme park-— theme park. yeah, and totally, it was union _ theme park. yeah, and totally, it was union jack _ theme park. yeah, and totally, it was union jack everywhere. - theme park. yeah, and totally, it was union jack everywhere. we l theme park. yeah, and totally, it i was union jack everywhere. we saw theme park. yeah, and totally, it - was union jack everywhere. we saw a was unionjack everywhere. we saw a kind of cardboard box that had union

flag written on it as part of the kind of paraphernalia of election campaigns of the various party leaders all carry around to kind of helped create the staging and choreography of these kind of events. and there was a bit of the concern as they were sort of setting up concern as they were sort of setting up the spot where i did the interview and various other journalists and reporters did their interviews because one of the shots i think showed some of the bars on the window, the kind of security to protect this village hall in lancing on the coast in sussex was some of the miners were a bit worried it might look a prison or whatever, and it gives gives you some sense actually of the kind of attention to detail... may be bordering on kind of paranoia but perhaps understandable from their perspective in the labour campaign that they are absolutely conscious of everything at the moment. you

might remember that photo the other day that was doing the rounds led to some teasing of rishi sunak where he was photographed on this plane the other day when he was dashing around all corners of the uk and there was an exit sign behind them which is one of those... it seems quite trivial and whatever, but those one of images kind of matter in political campaigns and we are conscious about what is the backdrop behind the leader. my goodness, labour are really conscious of that at the moment, not leaving anything to chance in trying to avoid any kind of unforced errors that either knock them off their campaigning stride or allow people to sort of tease and take the mix. some might not particularly like the abundance of union flags but it's something that labour and keir starmer absolutely are leaning into to try and counter that perception that perhaps hung around labour in his previous leadership underjeremy

corbyn that they were not keen to be seen as patriotic and that is something that absolutely keir starmer is very keen to describe himself in describing this place is split essentially english but also wrapping himself in those union flags to do that wider view cake pageantry thing. that flags to do that wider view cake pageantry thing-— flags to do that wider view cake pageantry thing. that was a look of the interview _ pageantry thing. that was a look of the interview slipped _ pageantry thing. that was a look of the interview slipped about - pageantry thing. that was a look of the interview slipped about the - the interview slipped about the content now. if you think that jumped out at me from it, first of all his unapologetic adoption of the label socialist. that mafi think a few things. 0k, there have been times when it socialist as being the word it's been used by the labour party and apply them to criticise them and to make people would be a get scared of them. then there is the fact that actually lots of people within the labour party would say that keir starmer used to be a socialist and he is rejecting socialism to get to where he is now. so actually it's not like a simple word. it so actually it's not like a simple word. , ., ., , , ., word. it is not a simple word and it's a word _ word. it is not a simple word and it's a word that _ word. it is not a simple word and it's a word that comes _ word. it is not a simple word and

it's a word that comes with - it's a word that comes with a certain amount of... some people would obsolete attach a price you and others would regard it with a certain scorn. and certainly keir starmer�*s political opponents used that word, the s word negatively. and so it's interesting because when i put the question to him, i know he is used this word to describe himself before but will he do in an election campaign when you are five and a bit weeks away from polling day, less that people who have a postal vote? will there be any kind of ducking and diving around the use of ducking and diving around the use of that word? there was not. he answered it directly and said yes and if you mess up as a progressive and if you mess up as a progressive and tried to explain and defined his own label, his own use of that word it socialist to say it being in the service of working people, i think was the phrase he used. but i put

that direct question to him and he did give a direct answer. bond that direct question to him and he did give a direct answer.— did give a direct answer. and then when the results _ did give a direct answer. and then when the results of _ did give a direct answer. and then when the results of a _ did give a direct answer. and then when the results of a direct - did give a direct answer. and then| when the results of a direct answer or at least in my interpretation of it and maybe you will say differently was when you did a follow—up lore can spur a question about tax policy, so yesterday the shadow chancellor had very explicitly on laura's sunday show said in a dramatic government would not put up rates of income tax or national insurance for the entire duration of the next parliament if they win. you then asked the same kind of question about vat and what did you make of his answer? 50 it did you make of his answer? so it seemed like _ did you make of his answer? so it seemed like a _ did you make of his answer? so it seemed like a direct _ did you make of his answer? sr it seemed like a direct answer, but there is probably a little bit of wriggle room. so he said in his answer that they had costed all of their plans for their manifesto which we have not seen yet and that will come in the next few weeks or so, and that did not require the need to put up any taxes. now of

course that does not quite mean the same as vat would not go up at all, and we know some specific vat will 9° up and we know some specific vat will go up because for instance there idea of putting vat on private school fees would be a particular element of vat that would change because the moment it's not charged on private school fees. but i was asked him about the main rate of vat came of the stuff that's on pretty much everything, so for those things that vat is for. he said it was not part of the plans that they are going to unveil in their manifesto, the ideas that they will have in terms there's is many commitments and tax plans so it was pretty much and tax plans so it was pretty much a direct answer but was a little bit of wiggle room about circumstances changing in the future if labour win and they are in government and stuff happens it makes that a necessity. now that's happened since the last general election with the

conservatives because we have seen the pandemic and we have seen what's happened with the war in ukraine and the effect on energy bills and all that kind of stuff and the kind of response the government has had to manage since then. so i think it was kind of a straightforward answer, at least a straightforward answer in how he wanted to frame it but there was a little bit of wiggle room there, i reckon.— was a little bit of wiggle room there, i reckon. the conservative cam nai t n there, i reckon. the conservative campaign now— there, i reckon. the conservative campaign now and _ there, i reckon. the conservative campaign now and while - there, i reckon. the conservative campaign now and while all- there, i reckon. the conservative campaign now and while all that l there, i reckon. the conservative i campaign now and while all that was happening and you were checking out keir starmer�*s old sea rishi sunak was in buckinghamshire. there is some footage of him dribbling a ball and around some cones and i thought he was not doing too badly to death because he did that way better than the time i had to do it with peter krause and it was a disaster. 0thers krause and it was a disaster. others are saying he has not been doing it that way but will put that one side. i did not you played football with peter krause. fine i did not you played football with peter krause.— i did not you played football with peter krause. ., , ., peter krause. one day when i was on doosra and — peter krause. one day when i was on doosra and i — peter krause. one day when i was on doosra and i was _ peter krause. one day when i was on doosra and i was going _ peter krause. one day when i was on doosra and i was going to see - peter krause. one day when i was on doosra and i was going to see the - doosra and i was going to see the launch of the new england strip at that point and it involves when i

was the middle of skills training with peter krause and when i did... ijust did this with peter krause and when i did... i just did this footage with peter krause and when i did... ijust did this footage it with peter krause and when i did... i just did this footage it sometime. locked away in a vault somewhere never be seen with the problem is with the did it once and did that whole dribbling run the cones in my peter krause to his credit then said you'll be to take your turn for you the next time? i was like, yes, please. enough about me and back to people who would be prime minister to come to give you a theory about the conservative election campaign of the last few days? {go the conservative election campaign of the last few days?— of the last few days? go for it. based on _ of the last few days? go for it. based on very _ of the last few days? go for it. based on very little _ of the last few days? go for it. based on very little evidence l based on very little evidence was the first full week in the fear will probably be blown out of the water may be as soon as tomorrow, but i'm wondering if the conservatives have looked at the modern way people consume politics and the news and have they potentially ditched the old—school election thing of having a new announcement, a new thing every day so there is a different sort of top line is we would call it in the journalistic trade and actually have they decided that you maybe need a couple of days for a

policy i did a really sink in. and that's why today they had a second day of talking about their national service policy rather than just glistening it with something new today. glistening it with something new toda . , ., ., ., today. interesting that and i wonder is it because — today. interesting that and i wonder is it because it's _ today. interesting that and i wonder is it because it's a _ today. interesting that and i wonder is it because it's a bank— today. interesting that and i wonder is it because it's a bank holiday - is it because it's a bank holiday weekend and perhaps they conclude that perhaps people are doing other stuff and are not scrolling through their apps and social media feeds and listening to the telly and podcast and radio like they might do the rest of the time? is it because there is a finite amount of the policy people are going to announce, parties are going to announce the next general election. the conservatives will make the point they have actually announced a new policy which we did not get from keir starmer today and it was part of the conservative critique of keir starmer, rishi sunak singh is spent half an hour saying absolutely nothing was criticism from keir starmer. i think from rishi sunak and his perspective and the the

conservative perspective, over the weekend release of sunday, it still is the weekend but does not feel like it but that's myjob but i'm not complaining but reminder to bank holiday today, butjames not complaining but reminder to bank holiday today, but james cleverly the home secretary was talking to laura yesterday on her programme on bbc about this idea of national service but it was the first time we heard that the prime minister talking about it and talking to reporters about it and doing that the law favours and i agree with you, i thought he was pretty good. there was one little bit and i think people are been teasing him on social media and may he lost his footing little bit with that whole business of dribbling between the khans think, that's not easy, is it? is the nature of a general election campaign of people clearly who were in public life and see this art scrutinised and that's how it should be in a democracy with all of the power that a prime minister either related or a new prime minister

elected manages to assume. but my goodness when the cameras are on you every minute of the day, it's pretty unforgiving particularly when you were doing stuff like playing football or whatever else it might be the other leaders get up to and the coming days. but i think the conservative and today it was to sort of double down on this national service idea, try to explain why they think it's a good one and the minister and reach rebellion he was out and about earlier on on monday, she did not have answers to some kind of key questions really like where would those who sign up to serve in the military for their national service live. would you have to build loads more barix? the argument and the conservatives is that they would have a royal commission as it's known, in other words beagle process of trying to work out how not this would work and that would take some time and there would be piloting that would start in 2025 and it would take much of

the next parliament, five years to get the place where this whole thing was up and running. and they think it's all about trying to bring people together, to people out of their silos and digital or real backgrounds mixing in the military or in other elements of public service in the emergency services or cyber or whatever it might be. i think the broader strategy from the conservatives is to try and make a splash in these early weeks of the campaign because even though they are the incumbents, with the of the opinion poll sing of the challengers in this election. labour are widely seen as the favourites to win when you look at the opinion polls, so they are trying to grab attention and perhaps take a few risks and grab the conversation and sees the conversation. i think we will get by the way a couple of new policies or

at least policy announcements unless he had of the i when they come from the conservatives in the next 24 hours and also in the next 48 hours. going to with yardage but i think we will and that is what's likely to happen. will and that is what's likely to ha . ten. , will and that is what's likely to ha- ten. , , ., will and that is what's likely to ha en, , ., i happen. the thing is if you don't tive the happen. the thing is if you don't give the hyperactive _ happen. the thing is if you don't give the hyperactive clinical - give the hyperactive clinical pressed back a new announcement or to due knew neither teeth into kim are looking for trouble elsewhere and that's a journalism job is to lift up stones as he was there and the things they've been finding today are a lot of ill discipline and quite a lot of criticism of rishi sunakfrom his own and quite a lot of criticism of rishi sunak from his own side. and quite a lot of criticism of rishi sunakfrom his own side. so for example you had zach goldsmith, lord goldsmith in the conservative peer who is been a struggle for a while now having a massive go him saying he isjust biding his time until he packed his bags and because up until he packed his bags and because up to california. he did have steve baker, it conservative candidate was to the conservative minister in the northern ireland department say if us ministers and make his older brothers national service policy, we maybe would've tweaked it a bit. for example it's got potential obvious difficulties with the military bit for those who live in northern

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national service idea. and, yes, as far as the prime minister is concerned and those remarks from zach goldsmith, the premise to her as a talking to robert testing on a tv news tonight and says he is not going to california. he is proud to be based here and have a future here whatever the outcome of the election it was talking about his beloved southampton, who are returning to the premier league having beaten leads in the playoff final yesterday. and so he was saying, thatis yesterday. and so he was saying, that is backwards in front of me but he gave itv news a bit about going i'm not anywhere because of the election in 20 to be excited about not lisa football.— not lisa football. newscast. newscast — not lisa football. newscast. newscast for _ not lisa football. newscast. newscast for the _ not lisa football. newscast. newscast for the bbc. - newscast for the bbc. and a reminder, the newcast team will be here every day during the election campaign. you can catch up if you miss

an episode on bbc sounds or watch on the bbc iplayer. more on the election in the context with christian fraser, which is up next here on bbc news. first, tomasz has a check on the weather. hello. after a day of sunny spells and heavy showers, one or two rumbles of thunder as well, the evening is looking quieter across most of the uk. the showers are easing right now and we'll see some clear skies developing at least across most of the uk. the opposite is true for south—western parts of england and wales, though. a weather front is approaching, and that does spell rain through the early hours, which should reach the irish sea and also northern ireland by around 5am or 6am in the morning. but towards the north and the east, it's going to be dry. temperatures early in the morning, 9 degrees in edinburgh. more typically, it'll be into double figures. so the low pressure will be moving slowly across the uk during the course of tuesday, and at the very least, it's going to bring a lot of cloud. the last place to see the thick cloud and the rain will be

the north—east of scotland. but i think for most of us, it's a pretty cloudy day with rain at times, temperatures nothing spectacular, between around 15 and 18 degrees. and the evening tomorrow is also looking fairly cloudy. but i think towards the end of the day, we will see some sunshine developing, so at least the second half of tuesday is looking a little bit better. now, that low pressure will continue to move away towards the east early on wednesday. but behind it, i think showers will develop from eastern scotland, the borders, all the way towards yorkshire and lincolnshire. really quite heavy showers here. but out towards the west, i think the weather's looking absolutely fine for wales, for south—western england, for northern ireland too, plenty of sunny weather and relatively light winds. now, let's have a look at the forecast for thursday. the winds will be blowing in from the north, fairly cool winds for some of us. showers will develop, i think, this time in central parts of the uk, down that spine.

so anywhere from the lowlands of scotland, across the pennines, the peak district, may catch a few showers on thursday. there could be one or two in the midlands as well. temperatures about the same. now, if you're wondering about the end of the week and into this coming weekend, well, here's some good news — high pressure is expected to establish itself across the uk. we're not promising particularly warm weather, but at least it's going to be generally dry and really quite sunny. if you're checking the apps, they should already indicate that weather settling as we head into friday, saturday and sunday. i mean, look at that in belfast — lots of sunshine and really not bad at all on the thermometer.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. we will also provide the certainty that working people, businesses, and communities need. a clear direction — not the endless spinning around that successive tory governments have subjected us all to. this modern form of national service will mean that young people get the skills and the opportunities they need, which will serve them very well in life. it will foster a culture of service. if you vote liberal democrat, you get a local champion - who is going to campaign for your community, - for your families, stand up for them on the nhs, - and on the local environment. rishi sunak says his plans for mandatory national service for all 18—year—olds will "foster a culture of service" and "strengthen our country's security."

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