political correspondent our political correspondent olivia utley brings you the latest rishi sunak charm offensive seems to have gone pretty well this morning with a handful of rebels saying they are now prepared to back the bill. >> but this is not the end of the road for rishi sunak. even if the bill squeaks through this evening, it could be the beginning of the end of his premiership and nigel farage takes on the itv boss farage addressed the inflammatory comments made about him by itv's managing director kevin lygo when he's in the jungle, including a rude, one handed gesture. >> but i would say to you, mr kevin lygo , the boss of itv . kevin lygo, the boss of itv. it's up to you, mate . if you it's up to you, mate. if you want to go to war with me, you really can. >> starmer strikes . yes. labour >> starmer strikes. yes. labour leader, sir keir starmer is going to use a speech this morning to accuse the tories of seven years of broken promises on migration. does he have a point at and is it happy

election anniversary. >> four years ago today, boris johnson won the landslide election victory . would you like election victory. would you like to see him back as prime minister . minister. >> oh, there's plenty to get you going this morning. do let us know your thoughts . vaiews@gbnews.com. >> let's save first, though on nigel farage. remember the boss of natwest bank.7 she didn't do very well, did she .7 and the boss very well, did she.7 and the boss of coutts very well, did she? and the boss of coutts went too, because they took they took him on and he woi'i. >> won. >> i'm still not convinced. kevin lygo is quaking in his boots. we'll see. we'll find out. let's get your latest headunes out. let's get your latest headlines now with tatiana . pep headlines now with tatiana. pep >> thank you and good morning. this is the latest from the newsroom. the prime minister's fighting for his political

future as he attempts to persuade a group of rebel tory mps back his rwanda bill mps to back his rwanda bill ahead of a key vote this evening. a warning . the evening. a warning. the following contains flashing images rishi sunak has hosted co—found of the new conservative group miriam cates and danny kruger , as well as deputy kruger, as well as deputy conservative chairman lee anderson and several key members at a breakfast meeting . while at a breakfast meeting. while some tory mps have given their support for the vote yesterday for the legislation, they've warned against any attempts to harden the measures. former special adviser to michael gove, charlie rowley , told gb news the charlie rowley, told gb news the legislation does indeed go far enough country illegally. >> and when you're seeing thousands of people make that perilous journey across the channel perilous journey across the channel, having a rwanda scheme that deports people to what would be ultimately a safe country which country in uk legislation which will deter other people making that crossing. i think is something that we should welcome as government, as a as a as a government, as a country, a conservative country, as a conservative party, behind that party, to get behind that legislation it can legislation in hope that it can obviously be enacted. we'll have to wait and see. but it does sound this something

sound like this is something that other lawyers employed by the think will work . the government think will work. >> meanwhile, the labour leader criticised the rwanda plan , criticised the rwanda plan, telling broadcasters it's a gimmick and a piece of political performance art. sir keir starmer told the bbc if the legislation becomes law, he would repeal it. if labour wins the next election, he'll give a speech in milton keynes and is expected to accuse the tory party of seven years of broken promises on migration. shadow education secretary bridget phillipson echoed his comments. we won't be supporting the government this evening. >> i expect they will get their legislation through. they have a big majority in parliament, but we don't believe what they're setting out around the rwanda project is the right way to be approaching this. we don't think it's workable we think it's a workable scheme. we think it's a workable scheme. we think it's total gimmick and we've it's a total gimmick and we've already sent £300 million or we'll be sending a total and rising of £300 million to rwanda with no plans to send anyone

there . there. >> in other news, the pace of wage growth has eased back by more than expected. whilst uk unemployment remains unchanged. the office for national statistics says wages rose by 7.3% in the three months to october, which is down from 7.8% in the previous three months. this was the steepest fall in earnings growth since the three months to november 2021. chancellor jeremy months to november 2021. chancellorjeremy hunt said it's positive to see inflation continue to fall and real wages growing . and finally, some good growing. and finally, some good news for renters as price increases are expected to halve by the end of next year. rents have increased by nearly 10% over the past year , leaving over the past year, leaving potential tenants stranded in the cost of living crisis. but there are signs the uk is now past peak growth. property website zoopla expects annual rental growth to drop to 5% by december next year . you can get december next year. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com

now back to andrew and . pip now back to andrew and. pip >> thanks, tatiana. now, it didn't take nigel farage long to hit the headlines after coming out of the jungle on i'm a celebrity. in fact, is he ever out of the headlines? >> no. and he's taken aim and as usual, pot shot, hit the target against itv chief kevin kevin lygo , who while he was in the lygo, who while he was in the jungle, made some pretty unpleasant remarks about nigel. and as nigel said himself, tried to stitch him up . to stitch him up. >> let us know what you think . >> let us know what you think. this is what happened. the managing director made a rude, one handed gesture . this is one handed gesture. this is what? this is what we've been told. we weren't there, but this is what we're told made a rude, one handed at itv one handed gesture at an itv promotional joking promotional event when joking about the sign language for nigel farage and joked that nigel farage and joked that nigel come home nigel would come home in a dinghy after the jungle. take a listen . listen. >> whilst i was in there ,1 listen. >> whilst i was in there , 1 or >> whilst i was in there, 1 or 2 people up at the top of itv were

doing their best to make life quite unpleasant for me. but i would say to you, mr kevin lygo , would say to you, mr kevin lygo, the boss of itv . it's up to you, the boss of itv. it's up to you, mate . if you want to go to war mate. if you want to go to war with me, you really can. the last person that did that was called dame alison rose from natwest bank and look what happened to her. so i would suggest, mr lygo, that i am prepared to ignore your rude one handed gestures , the pathetic handed gestures, the pathetic attempts by some of your staff to stitch me up. i'm prepared to forget all of it if we can call a truce. and if you really, really want to go to war with me, i don't think it'll do. itv share price. an awful lot of good. so let's please end the nonsense and let's do it now . nonsense and let's do it now. >> well, and of course, natwest bank shares dived badly after the whole row over de—banking nigel farage. he did take on dame alison rose, the board of the bank foolishly and recklessly, said , we have recklessly, said, we have confidence in ish . she's

confidence in ish. she's sticking around the government got involved. they had an emergency board meeting 1030 at night, unprecedented and by 1:30 in the morning she was out on her ear. >> do really think kevin >> do you really think kevin lygo is worrying about his job this is all this morning? this is all a little bit of a rumble in the jungle. well i think it's very entertaining. >> rumble in the jungle. and i did think i suspect i haven't bothered watch programme bothered to watch this programme before , really. but when i did before, really. but when i did tune where was he? he was tune in, where was he? he was hardly ever on. they were editing him out because they might have him a lot of might have paid him a lot of money, but all the money, but they get all the upfront advertising, don't they? and i think there would be some of those snowflakes at itv would think, win , think, we can't have him win, did they? think, we can't have him win, did because they were paying him >> because they were paying him so much money? yeah, allegedly 1.5 million to him in there 1.5 million to get him in there in first place. why would in the first place. so why would he they edit him out he why would they edit him out of a of the sequence is of a lot of the sequence is because he was doing rather well. i mean, nigel nigel knew why going in there. he why he was going in there. he knew going to happen. knew what was going to happen. yeah well, the studio, yeah well, look in the studio, smiling to ear. smiling from ear to ear. >> been a beeb from reform >> he's been a beeb from reform uk because is your. he's your

uk because he is your. he's your president, i think. yeah, he's my. >> he's my. he was my introducer. you know, i was his kind of protege in in parliament. so i owe my political career to nigel farage. >> so were you glued were you glued to the telly ? glued to the telly? >> andrew i'm afraid i was not glued. i find it quite boring. i'm a celebrity. this kind of hanging around, just chatting in the most time. the camp. most of the time. i saw the bit where they were doing a sort of call centre and they had cockroaches and all sorts of stuff poured all over them when were trying to them when they were trying to get to the answers. did you watch that was quite watch that? that was quite i did. >> i dipped in and out of it, but what i want to know, ben, is, is this idea that's being floated nigel farage on floated about nigel farage on a dream ticket with johnson, dream ticket with boris johnson, it's to happen. it's never going to happen. >> it's not going happen. >> it's not going to happen. >> it's not going to happen. >> boris johnson picks >> what if boris johnson picks up to nigel farage? up the phone to nigel farage? >> first of all, they're >> i mean, first of all, they're not best of mates, right? not the best of mates, right? you they have had run ins you know, they have had run ins in the past . you know, they have had run ins in the past. but boris isn't the bofis in the past. but boris isn't the boris johnson of old. remember, people seem to forget that actually, before he was ousted

from power. and actually, i think the reason he was ousted from power was an awful set of council elections in which wandsworth was lost for the first 40 years. first time in 40 years. westminster lost , west westminster was lost, west oxfordshire lost. barnet was oxfordshire was lost. barnet was lost. do you remember that? i do. and i think there were a couple of by—election results as well for that seat down in devon. the name of which escapes me, which had been conservative ever since. it was formed in 19 1800 and something. and so boris was his popularity was waning . i was his popularity was waning. i think if nigel wants to make a serious political impact, there is only one party and it's reform uk. >> oh, you are. you are predictable. listen hold that thought because we have got a little bit more of a pressing matter to talk about this hour. >> we're coming back to you, though, because andrew. >> yes, it's 7:00. the vote will finally take place on the government's roundabout. this is the reading bill. it's it the second reading bill. it's it is unprecedented for a second reading bill by a government with a majority of 60 odd to be defeated. however for if this

happens, won't it be the first time since 1986, maggie thatcher and that was on and that was to do sunday trading. yes do with sunday trading. yes which was almost like a conscience issue . conscience issue. >> so that's what nearly well , >> so that's what nearly well, nearly ago. yeah. well, nearly 40 years ago. yeah. well, let's bring you bang up to date with going on, because with what's going on, because last the nation, tory last night the one nation, tory mps they will vote for mps pledged they will vote for the policy and rishi sunak is trying to convince rebel tory mps to back the policy . but how mps to back the policy. but how is that going to go? well we can get more on this with our political correspondent, olivia utley. we understand the prime minister's been trying to seduce them with smoke salmon this morning. olivia, how did all that go down? smoked salmon, bacon sandwiches and pastries is what i've been hearing. >> yes. rishi sunak has been hosting a number of right wing conservative rebels this morning in the hope of persuading them to vote for the bill this evening . the issue for the prime evening. the issue for the prime minister is that he's in a bit of a lose lose situation. the

one nation tories, those on the left of the conservative party, about 100 of them have said that they will only vote for the bill if it remains in its if it if it remains in its current state. they will not accept any amendments. meanwhile, that new meanwhile, those that new conservative group that the prime minister this morning prime minister met this morning have different groups have four other different groups of mps of right wing conservative mps have will only have said that they will only vote for the bill if it is amended. and from what i'm gathering this there gathering this morning, there was of tory mps who was a handful of tory mps who said that were prepared to said that they were prepared to back the legislation after speaking to the prime minister this morning. but there were several others who are digging their heels in and are saying that they will either vote against that they'll against it or that they'll abstain. the issue is for these rebels that although the rwanda legislation would officially deem rwanda a safe country, meaning that the scheme as a whole could get up and running again, it does leave a bit of wiggle room, if you like, for individual migrants to go to the courts and say that in their own specific personal circumstances, deportation to rwanda would be

dangerous . deportation to rwanda would be dangerous. now, deportation to rwanda would be dangerous . now, the government dangerous. now, the government this morning is trying to persuade those conservative rebels that the instances where migrants could could avoid deportation on these mitigating circumstances would be very few and far between. they claim that it only be women the it would only be women in the latter stages pregnancy, for latter stages of pregnancy, for example, who would to example, who would be unsafe to fly to, and those with dangerous illnesses which would be untreatable in rwanda . but the untreatable in rwanda. but the million dollar question is , will million dollar question is, will the conservative rebels believe the conservative rebels believe the prime minister? and that really gets to the crux of the issue. it's turned into a question of trust . those question of trust. those conservative backbenchers don't seem particularly willing to take rishi sunak's word for it that his legislation is tight enough, and this just really reminds me of the dying days of theresa may's premiership when she those she was trying to get those brexit deals through parliament night after night after night, and ultimately her backbenchers just didn't really trust her. and that precipitated the beginning of the end of her career. could something similar be about to happen to rishi sunak and it's not all about

whether or not he gets the bill through, even if he does manage to squeak it through with a small majority this evening, which the rumblings in westminster is possible , westminster suggest is possible, that could leave him in a lot of trouble when the bill gets to the of lords who are far the house of lords who are far more left leaning than the commons, they will probably feel emboldened it down if it emboldened to vote it down if it only through the commons only gets through the commons with and then with a small majority. and then rishi in trouble rishi sunak is in trouble all over again. people i'm over again. plenty of people i'm speaking this morning are speaking to this morning are saying of him saying that the chances of him now to his job until now clinging on to his job until the end of 2024 are looking quite small but interesting. >> olivia utley . our political >> olivia utley. our political correspondent still correspondent ben obe still there. if they get it there. ben, even if they get it through today, i would i would argue gets into a lot more argue he gets into a lot more trouble before gets the trouble before he gets the house of because the of lords because when the commons january commons comes back in january and february, groups of and february, these groups of mps tabling a blizzard mps will be tabling a blizzard of amendments. >> i mean, what we're >> yeah, i mean, what we're seeing think, is the falsity seeing i think, is the falsity of the claim that the conservative party is a broad church . actually, what the church. actually, what the conservative party is, is a divided church and it always has been. you know, you've got the

one nation kind of conservatives on and then you've got on one side, and then you've got what they the right wing, what they call the right wing, where just call common where i just call common sense a lot on other side who want, lot on the other side who want, you know, to champion lower taxes deregulate do all taxes or deregulate and do all the things would the sensible things that would actually country . and actually save this country. and they're divided and they and on occasion, when things are going well in the economy and there aren't too many problems is that division isn't apparent right but the minute the conservative party hits a road bump like it did with brexit, that ideological split is absolutely shown for what it is, and we've had it repeatedly since 2016. and we're seeing it again now over rwanda . over rwanda. >> some would say the common sense law, though, is the one nafion sense law, though, is the one nation caucus who want to see international law upheld in all this. >> so now that's a really interesting point you make under the universal declaration of human rights, article 21, it is a requirement that government, its govern with a democratic mandate. >> and in other words, laws are

made by democratically elected legislature. the european court of human rights has no democratic mandate. it's not answerable to the british people. yet it is making laws and those laws are applicable in the united kingdom. and i think that actually the european court of human rights now, in the manner in which it's acting, is breaching british national human rights. i know that's a bit bit difficult to get your head round , but it is an unelected , , but it is an unelected, independent, so—called independent, so—called independent body with no democratic mandate. and that is in itself is a breach of human rights. >> you could argue as well, couldn't you, ben? if you could think about the flight that was stopped, the deportation that was halted by this wretched court, we don't even know the nationality who did nationality of the judge who did it. name of them. it's all it. the name of them. it's all behind it, all behind closed doors. 46 doors. we know there are 46 countries part of this countries who are part of this european court. it is an outrage that know which judge that we don't know which judge reached that conclusion so we can challenge or her about

can challenge him or her about why came to that why they came to that conclusion. why they came to that conit's;ion. why they came to that conit's opaque. it's like so >> it's opaque. it's like so many of these independent bodies is that, you know, they use the word independent, but what they really unaccountable. really mean is unaccountable. yeah. you take the european yeah. and you take the european court of human rights in all the years that it existed up to 1995, i think from 1946 to 1995, it adjudicated 850 times. since 1995, it has adjudicated 23,500 times. it is absolute exploded in. and it's when it adjudicate , in. and it's when it adjudicate, it's not applying law or it's applying its interpretation of the convention. and the convention is only 17 or 18 points and it's applying its interpretation. it therefore is making law. that's what i mean about it being an undemocratic law making entity, which in itself is a breach of human rights under the universal declaration of human rights. so leaving aside rwanda , forget leaving aside rwanda, forget about rwanda for a second. we shouldn't be part of a european

convention on where the supreme bodyisin convention on where the supreme body is in the habit of making law willy nilly . that affects law willy nilly. that affects our people. and we have no ability to hold them to account. >> what would make some people nervous is when you look at the countries that aren't part of the like russia, like the echr like russia, like belarus as well, they were kicked out , but they were kicked kicked out, but they were kicked out because do we really want to join the likes of russia and belarus in not being part of the echr the defining difference between russia , belarus and between russia, belarus and ourselves is we establish our country, established human rights. >> you know, at a time when our empire was at its peak, at its zenith, we decided it was a good thing to establish human rights. so we lead the world in the establishment and promotion of human rights. we don't need the european convention. the european convention. the european convention. the european convention was set up, remember , to police germany and remember, to police germany and france effectively because they couldn't keep their mitts off each other. you know, every time we turned our backs, they were at war and we had to bring some

sort of balance to europe. the echr exists keep europe echr exists to keep europe auensin echr exists to keep europe aliens in check, not the united kingdom. we've got a long tradition in history in our establishing an upholder of human rights. >> we've also got something called the supreme court. so why do we need another court telling us do? do we need another court telling us but do? do we need another court telling us but we've ? do we need another court telling us but we've just been we tried >> but we've just been we tried to override that, haven't we? yeah, but at least there yeah, but but at least there british judges sense that british judges in the sense that they more accountable to us british judges in the sense that theywe more accountable to us british judges in the sense that theywe knowe accountable to us british judges in the sense that theywe know who>untable to us british judges in the sense that theywe know who they ble to us british judges in the sense that theywe know who they are to us british judges in the sense that theywe know who they are and; british judges in the sense that theywe know who they are and we and we know who they are and we know they are. know who they are. >> we can see them. >> we can see them. >> yeah. and other really >> yeah. and the other really interesting here, slight interesting thing here, a slight digression, point, digression, but on the point, the european union, part of the european union, as part of our deal that johnson our brexit deal that johnson did, required commit did, has required us to commit and committed to and we have committed to remaining the european remaining in the european convention human rights. convention of human rights. the european isn't european union itself isn't a member the convention and the member of the convention and the reason it isn't a member of the convention is because it will not tolerate it. a court being superior to the court of justice of the european union, whereas we in the united kingdom have accepted a foreign court and this is not a foreign court interpreting law. this is a

foreign court making law . and foreign court making law. and that's the defining difference . that's the defining difference. >> okay, ben, you've given us plenty to chew over. thank you. he always does. >> so thanks , ben. four years >> so thanks, ben. four years ago today, boris johnson was celebrating a spectacular landslide victory with an 80 seat majority. the biggest tory majority since 1987. >> does it seem like four years ago? yeah, i remember. i was sent to scotland to cover the who was the liberal democrat leader. she was scottish. she had a scottish seat. >> yeah, yeah . what was her >> oh, yeah, yeah. what was her name? she lost it. >> oh, yeah, yeah. what was her name? she lost it . she lost it. name? she lost it. she lost it. >> she did lose it. name? she lost it. she lost it. >> she did lose it . and i was >> she did lose it. and i was sent to cover that. yes and it could somebody let know. could somebody let us know. anyway she clearly hasn't lived long in the memory, but yeah, since then , since 2019, since then, since 2019, according to the polls , the according to the polls, the tories are facing an election wipe—out next year due to the handung wipe—out next year due to the handling of covid immigration and cost of living crisis . jo and cost of living crisis. jo swinson jo, who sorry to be unkind, it doesn't seem like four years ago to me. i have to

say, all that talk about levelling up. do you remember bofis levelling up. do you remember boris johnson levelling everything up? well, joining us now discuss whether or not now to discuss whether or not the tories need back is the tories need boris back is the tories need boris back is the editor of the the former editor of the independent. chris blackhurst . independent. chris blackhurst. chris, you are chuckling away there. what is your answer to that question ? that question? >> i'm chuckling away because it's here we go again. i mean, i i'm just sitting like everyone else in this country. most people watching a political party which in theory is the most successful political organisation in the world, could tear itself apart. organisation in the world, could tear itself apart . and here we tear itself apart. and here we go again with more people trooping into downing street. prime minister pleading prime minister's job on the line. oh my god , this and the funny. my god, this and the funny. >> you're right, chris and i, you and i have written about this many times , but they do this many times, but they do bounce back. don't they? and people who say, oh, this time it's different. they're dead in

the water. don't buy it the water. i don't buy it because do have this because they do have this ability to do well, as i say, just that they bounce back every time. maybe not this. >> i think. >> i think. >> yes, well, possibly. maybe not this time. i think the country now really is ready for change. um, i do have a sneaking suspicion that i never thought i'd say this, that boris might make a difference . whether he'd make a difference. whether he'd make a difference. whether he'd make enough difference to swing it entirely . make enough difference to swing it entirely. i'm not sure he certainly hugely popular. um, i'm from the north. i'll ask you about that. >> chris. when you say he's. he's hugely popular. >> chris. when you say he's. he's hugely popular . just. just he's hugely popular. just. just tell me about where you're thinking comes from with that, because the covid inquiry, for example , of what happened during example, of what happened during the pandemic , whether it is the pandemic, whether it is whether you think it's boris johnson's fault or not in the country at large, there appears to be quite a lot of anger towards boris johnson about that

. he might be the fall guy, he might be the villain of the piece. but there's a lot of anger towards him . anger towards him. >> he is look, there is a lot of anger towards him, no question. but on the other hand , also say but on the other hand, also say that he retains a huge popularity . he and he achieved popularity. he and he achieved something that i never thought possible . i'm i thought richard possible. i'm i thought richard lee and i didn't think boris johnson could win the north of england. he managed that. he's still very popular. and the popularity, what do you put it down to? >> because he's an old etonian. he did the classics. he's got a reputation for not being completely truthful. chris when he answers some of his questions. and yet that popularity, he continues, what is it that he's got? is it just some innate charisma ? some innate charisma? >> yeah, it's charisma . he's got >> yeah, it's charisma. he's got this broad brush boosterism . i this broad brush boosterism. i mean, he he always sees the

bright side. um, now, whether he's justified in doing that , i he's justified in doing that, i don't know. but people like him for it. um, i mean, if you put him alongside richie and keir starmer, they're. they're technocrats. they like to detail all the minutiae . boris doesn't all the minutiae. boris doesn't care about that . and that's care about that. and that's where most people are . where most people are. >> yeah. okay chris, thank you so much. >> an apology if you're watching, watching or listening . watching, watching or listening. and there was a little bit of break up there. not the best signal, but we got we got the measure of what chris had to say. >> we'll ask you what you think. should boris be back? is he the best? they've got the tories. it's four years today since he resigned, delivered that resounding majority and resounding 80 seat majority and we'll expert analysis resounding 80 seat majority and we'll the expert analysis resounding 80 seat majority and we'll the rwandaexpert analysis resounding 80 seat majority and we'll the rwanda bill�*t analysis resounding 80 seat majority and we'll the rwanda bill isanalysis resounding 80 seat majority and we'll the rwanda bill is likely s now. the rwanda bill is likely is it's going to get enough votes later today. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. >> outlook boxt >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar of weather on . gb solar sponsors of weather on. gb news morning. >> i'm alex deakin. this is your

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gb news, it's 10 am. good morning. >> on tuesday the 12th of december. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and me, pip tomson in for bev turner so rishi's crunch talks. >> the prime minister is trying to convince wavering tory rebels to convince wavering tory rebels to back the rwanda bill. this evening. we'll have the latest starmer strikes labour leader sir keir starmer has dismissed the rwanda plan as a gimmick and a piece of political performance. >> art and farage takes on the itv bosses. >> nigel farage addressed those inflammatory comments made about = -= by itv managing director him by itv managing director kevin lygo. when he was in the jungle, which included a rather rude, one handed gesture. but i would say to you, mr kevin lygo,

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headlines with tatiana. pip. >> thank you. your top stories from the newsroom. the prime minister is fighting for his political future as he attempts to persuade a group of rebel tory mps to back his rwanda bill ahead of a key vote this evening . a warning. the following contains flashing images. rishi sunak has hosted co—founders of the new conservative group miriam cates and danny kruger, as well as deputy conservative chairman lee anderson and several key members. at a breakfast meeting. while some tory mps have given their support for the vote yesterday for the legislation, they've warned against any attempts to harden the measures. former special adviser to michael gove, charlie rowley, told gb news the legislation does indeed go far enough country illegally and when you're seeing thousands of people make that perilous journey across the channel having a rwanda scheme that deports people to what would be ultimately a safe country in uk legislation which will deter

other people, making that crossing i think something crossing i think is something that should welcome as a as that we should welcome as a as a government, as a country, as a conservative party, to get behind that legislation, hope that it can obviously be enacted. >> have to wait and see. >> we'll have to wait and see. but it does sound like this is something other lawyers something that other lawyers employed the government think employed by the government think will work . will work. >> meanwhile, the labour leader criticised the rwanda plan, telling broadcasters this morning it's a gimmick and a piece of political performance art. sir keir starmer told the bbc if the legislation becomes law, he would repeal it. if labour wins the next general election, he'll give a speech in milton keynes shortly and is expected to accuse the tory party of seven years of broken promises on migration. shadow education secretary bridget phillipson echoed his comments. >> we won't be supporting the government this evening and i expect they will get their legislation through. they have a big majority in parliament, but we don't believe what they're setting out around the rwanda project is the right way to be approaching this. we don't think it's workable scheme. think

it's a workable scheme. we think it's a workable scheme. we think it's gimmick . and we've it's a total gimmick. and we've already sent £300 million or we'll be sending a total and rising of £300 million to rwanda with no plans to send anyone there . there. >> the pace of wage growth has eased back , back by more than eased back, back by more than expected, whilst uk unemployment remains unchanged . and the remains unchanged. and the office for national statistics says wages rose by 7.3% in the three months to october, which is down from 7.8% in the previous three months. this was the steepest fall in earnings growth since the three months to november 2021. chance leader jeremy hunt said it's positive to see inflation continue to fall and real wages growing . fall and real wages growing. some good news for renters as price increases are expected to halve by the end of next year. rents have increased by nearly 10% over the past year, leaving potential tenants stranded in the cost of living crisis. but there are signs the uk is now past peak growth. property website zoopla expects annual

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now back to andrew and. pip >> well, the countdown is on the arms are being twisted in the house of commons to people in guests in the studio with us know all about the arm twisting that goes on in crucial votes. there's 7:00 tonight. we'll get the second reading the vote on the second reading of rwanda bill. of the rwanda bill. >> sunak is working >> yeah. rishi sunak is working on number of rebel on convincing a number of rebel tories back the bill. he even tories to back the bill. he even seduced them. would a bit with a bit of smoked salmon. a little earlier this morning over breakfast. well, let's talk about this with former minister of northern ireland, arlene foster. good morning. and former brexit davis . brexit secretary david davis. how is this going to go at 7:00? david, bbc called me brexit warhorse a compliment. >> i think . i think we're going >> i think. i think we're going to win it. you know, if my if my colleagues are sensible, we're going to win it. i mean, not always. >> david. they're not always. >> david. they're not always. >> they're not always, you know, and we've, we've had disasters in the past. referred in the past. you referred earlier, i think, to the 1986 defeat. and people forget in that margaret thatcher that year, margaret thatcher thought she was going to lose herjob in

thought she was going to lose her job in the westland crisis. and we lost ryedale and came back with a majority of over 100 in less than a year. so these cnses in less than a year. so these crises can blow over. and frankly , if he carries this off, frankly, if he carries this off, this will actually show rishi showing some leadership, doing some really controversial solving a massive problem that was handed to him by boris. yeah yeah. >> and bill, the star chamber, we've heard all about this star chamber people like sir bill cash, a veteran mp . lawyers have cash, a veteran mp. lawyers have looked at it and they've conclude added that the bill isn't workable in its present form. but there are many lawyers, i say, suggest who? lawyers, may i say, suggest who? a more illustrious , who a little more illustrious, who say the opposite? well, the i tell you what, if you or i tried to hire the four lawyers who were gave the commentary on this yesterday, saying it would work, i think we'd go bankrupt instantly. >> they're so expensive . really, >> they're so expensive. really, really. top class lawyers . and really. top class lawyers. and look, nothing is what we've got to understand is nothing is risk free in the law . you know, we

free in the law. you know, we know that anybody who says to you, this court case is going to go this way is off his rocker right. but these people have said this is the this is said this is the best this is the optimum, the best place you can be. and so bear in mind, i mean , i've been involved in mean, i've been involved in these battles in the past. i'm probably your only guest who's who's beaten the government in the european court and beaten the european court and beaten the european court and beaten the european court and the british parliament. know, british parliament. you know, i've battles over i've seen the battles over prisoners votes, prisoner votes, which the same issue. which is exactly the same issue. stop shopping. the european court overreaching its powers. what was talking about what ben was talking about earlier. yeah, you know, can earlier. yeah, you know, we can do that. can stop it. the do that. we can stop it. the human and the way, i did that human and by the way, i did that in conjunction straw, in conjunction with jack straw, who wrote the human rights act, a former labour home secretary, former labour home secretary, very guy, but he wrote very eminent guy, but he wrote the human rights act and he wrote the human rights act to allow to ignore the thing. allow us to ignore the thing. that's got to that's the point. you've got to you people look at this you know, people look at this with such simple artistic views. >> done. >> it can be done. >> it can be done. >> the rebels think that >> do the rebels think that they're helping the party? and if why are thinking

if so, why are they thinking this is helping a party that is clearly and clearly clearly fractured and is clearly up against it now when comes up against it now when it comes to the election? well, to the next election? well, i mean, i've heard in all the sort of interviews everywhere, you know, this this is this know, how is this this is this is threatening rishi sunak as prime it's it's >> no, it's not. it's threatening their colleagues in winning their seats. you know , winning their seats. you know, every time we go through this sort of rotor knock, knock, ten, 20, 30 seats off of how many we're going to win next time. so it's not smart. and look at the substantive facts. i mean , just substantive facts. i mean, just just so your viewers can understand the detail of it, there are a couple of really big issues. number one is the problem was the european court, as you said earlier, anonymous , as you said earlier, anonymous, we stopped the aircraft taking off from the tarmac by what's called a rule 39 order. right we can now ignore those under this law. we can ignore those. right. so that's that's that's the first thing. in other respects, this bill is full of what they call notwithstanding clauses . we call notwithstanding clauses. we can ignore this. we can ignore that. it's you know, it's enough

to give bill cash and exciting dreams . so to give bill cash and exciting dreams. so many to give bill cash and exciting dreams . so many notwithstanding dreams. so many notwithstanding clauses in there, you know, so it works from that point of view. if you want to go further however you want to go further. and ben was saying this and this is the erg want to do and is what the erg want to do and go further. take away all rights of appeal , all rights of appeal of appeal, all rights of appeal to the court. right. just imagine you've heard the sorts of things that might be a woman in the final stage of practice. just imagine, i'm one of the i'm one of the deportees. right. and i've got deep vein thrombosis . one of the deportees. right. and i've got deep vein thrombosis. i can't make an appeal to a court to stop them putting me in a plane which will kill me or i've got late stage cancer, which can only be treated in a limited number of western places, not in rwanda. i can't go to the court or instead of getting david davis, they've misspelt it and they've got other one. the they've got the other one. the welsh secretary , he can't get welsh secretary, he can't get the court, you and of the court, you know. and of course the home office never makes do that. no. makes mistakes do that. no. right. know, so, right. you know, you know, so, so know , that's

so you know, that's a fundamental that's a british. right. let alone a european right . that's right that's right. that's a right that's been for hundreds been around for hundreds of years. take those away. >> let's be arlene foster into discussion because, look, you've been hearing these things when it's literally arm it's your literally arm wrestling to try and get legislation never offered legislation was never offered smoked salmon though i'm well when were first minister when you were first minister what did you to get people what did you do to get people over line. over the line. >> oh my goodness. engagement and i think it is important to engage colleagues, you engage with colleagues, you know, has know, because rishi sunak has had his colleagues this had his colleagues in this morning. has spoken to them. had his colleagues in this m0|understand s spoken to them. had his colleagues in this m0|understand that)ken to them. had his colleagues in this m0|understand that he1 to them. had his colleagues in this m0|understand that he has them. had his colleagues in this m0|understand that he has toldl. we understand that he has told them he's not pulling the them that he's not pulling the bill, but he will consider amendments if they're within the framework. i it's framework. and i think it's important say in agreement important to say in agreement with that this bill should with david that this bill should go through its second stage and then allow the discussion to take place. and there are take place. and if there are disagreements different disagreements about different parts of bill, then let's parts of the bill, then let's have disagreements and have those disagreements and let's discuss them. i think it's wrong push down the bill at wrong to push down the bill at the first opportunity. here the very first opportunity. here is trying to solve an is a man trying to solve an incredibly difficult crisis in his not just his leadership

within the country, and therefore , i think it is therefore, i think it is important that he's allowed to pushit important that he's allowed to push it forward. david has said that it deals with a number of issues. it does deal with a number of issues, and it would be wholly wrong to not have any appeal that would be wrong. it would be on british and i think the illegal migration minister has said that this morning, coming bit of attack for coming under a bit of attack for it, about that. it, but he's right about that. >> do you think there is >> and do you think there is pubuc >> and do you think there is public support it still for public support for it still for the the rwanda bill? the bill, the rwanda bill? >> i think is. i think >> i think there is. i think people are confused about what it happens with it means, as always happens with westminster, things happen westminster, these things happen in bubble and that's in a bit of a bubble and that's why important for david why it's important for david and people to come on and people like that to come on and actually what the bill actually explain what the bill is and i think gb is trying to do. and i think gb news does that well , news does that very well, actually, instead of just news does that very well, actuallyinto tead of just news does that very well, actuallyinto thei of just news does that very well, actuallyinto the politics of it. getting into the politics of it. what we trying to do here? what are we trying to do here? we're trying to deal with an immigration problem is immigration problem which is affecting our public services, but do it in a way but we have to do it in a way thatis but we have to do it in a way that is british, and i think that's really important. david do you think bill will be do you think this bill will be will deterrent effect ultimately? >> because that's what you want

it to do. is it really going to do that, do think, 100% do that, do you think, 100% sure, you know, it sure, frankly, you know, it depends many we get. depends how many we get. >> i mean, if we get 500 on the first that will start first flight, that will start that'll sending the that'll start sending the first flight. the first round of flight. but the first round of flights that will start sending titles. interesting , titles. what's interesting, which been the case which had not been the case before, european before, is a number of european countries looking to copy. countries are looking to copy. and if you suddenly find 4 or and so if you suddenly find 4 or 5 countries saying, you know, we're all going to do the same thing, you might start to stop this source , you know, and this at source, you know, and you keep hearing starmer you keep hearing keir starmer going on about, oh, stop this at source with all sorts of implausible ideas. but actually , implausible ideas. but actually, see, stop it at see, this might stop it at source enough countries say, source if enough countries say, actually, not actually, you know, we're not going up this any more, going to put up this any more, it's a third option. it's a third country option. we're going to. >> it about the cost of >> so it might about the cost of it. >> it. the cost of it is if >> i mean, the cost of it is if eye—watering and more if it works, it'll be cheap. >> it works, it'll be cheap. >> if it works, it'll be cheap. and if it doesn't work cost, it's expensive. but it works, it's expensive. but if it works, it'll turn out because the cost, the of managing this whole the cost of managing this whole process billions. process is measured in billions. you , loads of billions. you know, loads of billions. >> to go back to a

>> i just want to go back to a point david raised about point that david raised about you lawyers and you know, lawyers differ and lawyers let's be lawyers do differ. let's be honest about that. people can look at piece of legislation look at a piece of legislation and a different as to and take a different view as to what it means. politics what it means. but politics is about art the possible. about the art of the possible. we're told. so politics we're always told. so politics isn't about 100% guarantees. and that's like that's why if people like william ben wallace, william hague, ben wallace, david davis are all saying, let's a chance, let's let's give this a chance, let's move forward, because at the moment what doing is moment what we're doing is myopically in on myopically turning in on ourselves and destroying the party. try and sort party. so let's try and sort this out. let's look at the art of possible. whereas others of the possible. whereas others are looking for absolute guarantees and unfortunately in politics, you never get a guarantee. and the smart thing about this is it much about this is it pretty much goes as far as you can. >> if you go further, you basically have to abandon the echr well, rwanda says they'll pull out as well. >> rhiannon jones will >> well, rhiannon jones will pull but imagine pull out, but let's imagine somehow them another somehow you give them another 100you bribe them in. >> you bribe them back in. i don't think you could, but let's imagine. but even without that, we further and we abandon we go any further and we abandon echr the friday agreement we go any further and we abandon echr unravels. friday agreement >> it unravels. >> it unravels. >> unravels. if the good friday agreement unravels the tca, the

free trade agreement with the european union unravels. so all of a sudden there are unintended consequences . consequences. >> there are problems with this bill that have to be sorted out in relation to northern ireland as well , because as it stands in relation to northern ireland as well, because as it stands on the windsor framework, there are difficulties this difficulties with this bill which why i think it needs to which is why i think it needs to go a process to sort go through a process to sort those out. but it can't those things out. but it can't be what's happening be ignored. what's happening in northern agree northern ireland? no, i agree with you. >> but but my point is they've gone much as far as they gone pretty much as far as they can terms of being hard on can in terms of being hard on this, you know, another this, because, you know, another few rishi few inches that was what rishi meant said another few meant when he said another few inches. and it breaks because it it unravels all sorts of other things. >> even if they get this through the commons, arlene, in whatever form, then goes to your form, it then goes to your place, house lords , your place, the house of lords, your place, the house of lords, your place full of people, you know, in aggressively. >> i think. i think that this i think they have smoked salmon all all the time. all the time. all the time. yeah, yeah. but look, yeah, yeah, yeah. but look, stuff. here we go again. >> lords and bishops . >> lords and bishops. >> lords and bishops. >> we need to remember >> yeah, but we need to remember what canterbury, sake.

what canterbury, for god's sake. >> well, already said >> well, he's already said that he's here's the he's against it. but here's the reality. is a revising reality. the lords is a revising chamber, right? the commons is where people are elected to do theirjob. we are put in to revise legislation to try and make it better. yeah, i take that very seriously and i think that's what the lords should be doing. the last thing, the doing. but the last thing, the lords, say no, lords, the lords cannot say no, we're this. they we're not doing this. they should trying to make it should be trying to make it better to make it work better and to make it work better. and that's what i hope. but what if it ain't scrapes better. and that's what i hope. but whawitht ain't scrapes better. and that's what i hope. but whawith a|in't scrapes better. and that's what i hope. but whawith a tiny scrapes better. and that's what i hope. but whawith a tiny majority? through with a tiny majority? >> then massacre it? >> no. it'll go back to the commons and the commons will reject has been put reject whatever has been put forward. it'll come forward. and then it'll come back be ping pong. but back and i'll be ping pong. but i mean, the end of the day, i mean, at the end of the day, the government always get the government should always get their way because we're just a revising chamber. >> will be reminding the >> and i will be reminding the bishops they're doing >> and i will be reminding the bish and they're doing >> and i will be reminding the bish and wasting they're doing >> and i will be reminding the bish and wasting thejlivesoing this and wasting time, lives are put risk. yeah that's true. put at risk. yeah that's true. every day another set of boats sets across the channel sets off across the channel yeah. if people die yeah. know if 50 people die because been delayed by the because it's been delayed by the lords, remind of that. lords, i'll remind them of that. >> and it's what ben wallace says. the perfect says. don't make the perfect the enemy good. enemy of the good. >> the former defence >> yeah. the former defence

secretary piece secretary very powerful piece he wrote today in the telegraph, a very powerful piece. >> and fact that he doesn't >> and the fact that he doesn't intervene very often, think it intervene very often, i think it makes more powerful, makes it even more powerful, actually. and what he's essentially is that, you essentially saying is that, you know, we're looking for a perfect solution. it's not there. good solution. >> would do you think, >> would you do you think, david, this is the right priority the government priority for the government when you constituents? you talk to your constituents? is what they're talking about? >> that's number three. basically it's not number one, one two, one and two are one and two, one and two are basically economics, cost, income, living taxes. income, cost of living taxes. number is a health service. number two is a health service. >> overshadow doing number two is a health service. >> that overshadow doing number two is a health service. >> that well. overshadow doing all that well. >> he's got basically he's >> but he's got basically he's got to i mean, as i got to fix it. i mean, as i said, it didn't he didn't create this problem. rishi didn't create this problem. it's sitting there right, hanging over boris and of course, over from boris and of course, what precipitated this action was courts themselves was the courts themselves turning it down. so we can't leave a crippled bill on the statute. so he's got to deal with it. i mean, i actually think, you know, that he's shown some pretty solid leadership in this, you know, and sometimes leadership and painful leadership is pricey and painful . you know, and he's actually

stuck to his guns. >> and it must have been tough for him yesterday being at the covid inquiry all day while this was at the same time. was going on at the same time. >> and he was pretty tough there, too. i mean, it was a story for another but story for another day, but i think was dead right about think he was dead right about the scientists, you know, about them mind all the them changing their mind all the time then expecting time and then expecting everybody to just what everybody to just do what they're yeah. they're told. yeah, yeah. >> we let you go, >> i think before we let you go, just briefly, the government is talking billion talking about a £25 billion extra go northern extra cash to go to northern ireland get the power ireland to try to get the power sharing assembly back online. that great for services that sounds great for services in but how is in northern ireland, but how is that get around the that going to get around the ongoing about brexit, that going to get around the ongoiris about brexit, that going to get around the ongoiris there's)out brexit, that going to get around the ongoiris there's not brexit, that going to get around the ongoiris there's no power:, which is why there's no power sharing in northern ireland? well, two issues here. well, there's two issues here. >> is underfunding of >> there is underfunding of pubuc >> there is underfunding of public northern public services in northern ireland that has now been accepted government so accepted by the government so that is the and that if that is the case and part of the united kingdom, then it should be remedied, not just conditional of conditional upon the fact of stormont up and stormont being back up and running again and what they're trying do push the trying to do is to push the democratic unionist party into a position where all the other parties, all of the public, are saying, let's get back to get

saying, let's get back in to get this 2.5 billion. but i'm sure all of the parties will be looking at that 2.5 billion and saying, is it actually 2.5 billion or is it reprofiled money that's coming back in again and being used to try and push the thing ahead? >> they're not suggesting a government would announce old money. >> and app money. >> and n new money. » and an; >> and yes, i app as new god forgive treasury never does treasury never does that never never fascinating always fascinating. thank you. arlene foster. david arlene foster , foster. david arlene foster, thanks for coming in. >> stay with us. we are going to be talking about well, we're going to be talking to scarlett mccgwire top pollster who's joining us in the studio to discuss what impact all of this chaosis discuss what impact all of this chaos is having on the polls. this is britain's newsroom on .

sunday mornings from 930 on. gb news and it's 1023 with britain's newsroom on gb news with me, andrew pierce and pip tomson who is in for bev turner. >> well, back to this crucial rwanda vote, which is happening at 7:00. the tory party, as we keep talking about, is in chaos. and joining us to talk about the impact all this is having on the polls is the director of jl partners scarlett mccgwire jr. good afternoon. good afternoon . good afternoon. good afternoon. what are the polls saying then? scarlett good morning. i should say i'm a bit ahead of myself because i'm so excited about this vote. are the polls

saying? >> i think sort of too soon >> i think it's sort of too soon to read the polls since the sort of rwanda chaos that had of rwanda chaos that we've had last week, and last year, last week, and spilling into this week. spilling over into this week. but think i'm pretty safe but i think i'm a pretty safe bet the fact that it's going bet on the fact that it's going to them worse, not better. to make them worse, not better. >> at moment, tories >> now, at the moment, tories are 20 20 points behind are 20 to 20 points behind labour ish. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> which is basically where it's been actually, give or been all year actually, give or take. hopes that take. so there were hopes that in the conservative party they take. so there were hopes that in thicoming vative party they take. so there were hopes that in thicoming upive party they take. so there were hopes that in thicoming up in party they take. so there were hopes that in thicoming up in springthey take. so there were hopes that in thicoming up in spring and were coming up in spring and that gap might be that that gap might be narrowing. were of narrowing. there were sort of glimmers for in glimmers of hope for them in september that that might be closing again. and actually it's just stabilising at just sort of stabilising at 20, maybe to points, maybe even closer to 25 points, depending you depending on which polls you look depending on which polls you loo david davis was saying >> david davis was saying earlier, scarlett, that he thinks rishi sunak has shown real leadership he's real leadership on rwanda. he's sticking he's sticking to his guns as he's got a plan. all the party, a plan. okay. not all the party, his party likes it for different reasons. you could argue the labour party has real proper labour party has no real proper plan , but because they're just plan, but because they're just as ever standing back and allowing the tory party to tear themselves apart, i think at the moment that's all they need to do again. >> so obviously we've got this

big speech coming from keir. big speech coming up from keir. we'll that actually we'll see if that actually manages cut through at all. manages to cut through at all. there's so much tory drama going on not do, but on that it may well not do, but at the moment, i mean it's sort of admirable spin i think, of quite admirable spin i think, for david davis to come on and say don't think say that, but i don't think that's how it looks to the public. i think, you know, what cuts the public is cuts through for the public is actually leadership. actually not strong leadership. i it's tory i don't think it's more tory infighting the last people infighting and the last people things to see are things people want to see are sort of reminders of that chaos in parliament that led that in parliament that led to that 2019 election. >> my goodness, labour have >> and my goodness, labour have had but they are had their problems, but they are looking the tories looking compared to the tories very and it's i think the >> yeah. and it's i think the problem is with rishi sunak is that he's increasingly associated chaotic associated with chaotic conservative lives that we've seen over the last few years that supposed to what he wasn't. >> he was supposed to have stopped of the boris stopped the chaos of the boris years bring order and years and bring order and semblance of respectability and an organised who's great on an organised man who's great on detail. yet are , detail. and yet here we are, chaos again. >> and that's the problem right ? >> and that's the problem right? because of because you've got sort of the chaos without any chaos of boris, but without any of charisma or charm. of the charisma or charm. and now that is , you know, now that that is, you know, bons

now that that is, you know, boris very tainted now anyway boris is very tainted now anyway with the public. but i think that's a real problem when your whole your personal whole strength of your personal brand be and brand was meant to be strong and competent. maybe a bit boring, but actually could get things done lid on all of done and keep a lid on all of this. and if that goes in the this. and so if that goes in the bin, you've not really got much left is we've been talking about bons left is we've been talking about boris a lot week because left is we've been talking about borthe lot week because left is we've been talking about borthe fourth week because left is we've been talking about borthe fourth anniversary use today. >> f earth e’- today. >> earth did the tories >> how on earth did the tories throw all away? extraordinary. >> 80 seat majority, biggest majority thatcher's majority since mrs. thatcher's in 1987, but also the speculation that's been around that perhaps boris could do a deal with nigel farage, the dream team to transform the tories election prospect . tories election prospect. >> it's behind the red wall. bons >> it's behind the red wall. boris johnson. boris johnson's father is very program last week saying just that. what do you make of all that speculation? would translate the polls ? would it translate in the polls? >> an interesting >> i think it's an interesting question think nigel farage question. i think nigel farage would be a different prospect actually at this moment from a joint ticket with boris. my feeling is that boris is still too tainted with the electorate because of party games, think. because of party games, i think. yeah, especially of yeah, especially because of partygate that

partygate and that that completely turned public's completely turned the public's views him and the sort views of both him and the sort of administration completely on its there was its head. and actually there was this of bitterness this real sense of bitterness and resentment and a sort of lens through which they view the rest of the conservative party, including now as including rishi sunak now as well. i don't think it's time well. so i don't think it's time for a boris johnson comeback. nigel an interesting nigel farage is an interesting one, i think, know, one, though. i think, you know, increasingly focus we increasingly in focus groups we hear that are people who hear that are from people who say agree with say they might not agree with him, but at least like that he is to earth, appears down is down to earth, appears down to what he to earth, and says what he stands and interestingly , stands for. and interestingly, they directly contrast him with sunak with starmer and they sunak and with starmer and they see him in quite a different and i think actually increasingly more positive light personality does appeal, doesn't it? >> i know we keep hearing we need a big personality, but somebody will say, no, you don't. doesn't matter if don't. it doesn't matter if they're boring as long as they demonstrate yada, demonstrate leadership, yada, yada, that is yada, yada. but actually that is what resonates. somebody's what resonates. if somebody's got personality key that does got a personality key that does resonate with people, i think it does resonate. >> and you need you need something. so the outlook for the country looking

the country is looking pretty grim moment. people are grim at the moment. people are feeling grim. the bills feeling pretty grim. the bills have a long have been going up for a long time. feeling under time. they're feeling under pressure. a lot of people are feeling worse off than feeling a lot worse off than they few years ago. and they were a few years ago. and when things are looking that bleak, if don't have bleak, i think if you don't have anyone able to sell you anyone sort of able to sell you something or with any personality bring along, personality to bring you along, then no wonder that people then it's no wonder that people are increasingly are looking increasingly apathetic the when talk apathetic like the when we talk rwanda, be talking about rwanda, we'll be talking about this time, this tomorrow big time, particularly vote particularly if the vote goes the wrong for the prime minister >> and in the issues that come up your polling and your up in your polling and your focus is the focus groups, how high is the small boats? >> it's a good question. so we don't tend to separate small boats from immigration generally . immigration tends to be the is actually now increasingly the top issue for conservative 2019 voters, which explains why sunak has been concentrating on it so much . it's actually increasingly much. it's actually increasingly on the up with voters as a whole as well. so it's third behind the economy and the nhs can change a bit depending on where you look. but it tends to be and as said, it's increasing, as i said, it's increasing, which would worry the government

as i said, it's increasing, whthink)uld worry the government as i said, it's increasing, whthink the worry the government as i said, it's increasing, whthink the probleme government as i said, it's increasing, whthink the problem issovernment as i said, it's increasing, whthink the problem is with nment . i think the problem is with the government that rwanda, the government is that rwanda, even support in even if voters do support it in principle, which actually i think surprised they think people are surprised they do tend to every main demographic net support for demographic has net support for a like the rwanda scheme, a scheme like the rwanda scheme, which involve deportation which would involve deportation to country. but they to a safe country. but they think scheme is dud. so i think this scheme is a dud. so i don't it's really to don't think it's really going to win over. win them over. >> and is it ever going to work before an election? >> and is it ever going to work befwell, election? >> and is it ever going to work befwell, that's on? >> and is it ever going to work befwell, that's exactly >> well, that's exactly that. and see that they've and you can see that they've backed themselves corner. backed themselves into a corner. so to to keep so they're going to have to keep saying what it counts on. saying that's what it counts on. but i the voters are but i mean, the voters are incredibly sceptical. we'll see if pull off. if they manage to pull it off. >> and there a yearning for >> and is there a yearning for an election soon just to get this this this psycho drama over? >> i think it's not a sort of clapping. i think there is a real frustration that it feels like, know, the conservative like, you know, the conservative party on its last party is sort of on its last legs. it's a bit like a, you know, a pet that you need to take to get put down and it's put to sleep. don't say put down. >> that sounds far too brutal. >> that sounds far too brutal. >> sorry, but it is there is >> i'm sorry, but it is there is a little bit of that. and i think there's a frustration and just that if they're in just a sense that if they're in

this sort state, then the this sort of state, then the country be being governed country can't be being governed properly. and i think they just quite someone to get on and quite like someone to get on and do that. >> it might >> and it might just be and i think we were talking about this yesterday, 13 of the yesterday, it's 13 years of the same in power and it might same party in power and it might be as simple as people just want a change. >> think the desire for change >> i think the desire for change is incredibly strong. i think the helped people the tories have helped people on their that conclusion well. >> absolutely. all right. that's scarlett the scarlett mccgwire. she's the director partners, polling company. >> still to come, sir keir starmer delivering his starmer is delivering his keynote speech moment now . keynote speech any moment now. we it you. we will we will bring it you. we will bnng we will bring it you. we will bring you can't wait on gb news. >> let's get your morning news headunes >> let's get your morning news headlines first with tatiana . headlines first with tatiana. pep >> thank you and good morning. this is the latest from the newsroom. the prime minister's fighting for his political future as he attempts to persuade a group of rebel tory mps to back his rwanda bill ahead of a key vote this evening. a warning the following contains flashing images. rishi

sunak has hosted co—founders of the new conservative group miriam cates and danny kruger, as well as several key members at a breakfast meeting. while some tory mps have given their support for the vote yesterday , support for the vote yesterday, they've warned against any attempts to harden the measures . attempts to harden the measures. the labour leader is to give a speech in milton keynes. any moment now and he's expected to accuse the tory party of seven years of broken promises on migration . ian earlier today sir migration. ian earlier today sir keir starmer criticised the rwanda plan, telling broadcasters it's a gimmick and a piece of political performance art. he told the bbc if the legislation becomes law, he would repeal it. if labour wins the next election , the pace of the next election, the pace of wage growth has eased back by more than expected , whilst uk more than expected, whilst uk unemployment remains unchanged. the office for national statistics says wages rose by 7.3% in the three months to october, which is down from 7.8% in the previous three months.

this was the steepest fall in earnings growth since the three months to november 2021. chancellor jeremy months to november 2021. chancellorjeremy hunt said it's positive to see inflation continue to fall. and real wages growing . and some good news for growing. and some good news for renters as price increases are expected to halve by the end of next year. rents have increased by nearly 10% over the past yean by nearly 10% over the past year, leaving potential tenants stranded in the cost of living crisis. but there are signs the uk is now past peak growth with property. website zoopla expects annual rental growth to drop by 5% by december next year . you 5% by december next year. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website at gbnews.com . for stunning gold at gbnews.com. for stunning gold and silver coins you'll always value roslyn gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . and here's a quick report. and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets . the

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& co weeknights from. six 1037 with britain's newsroom on gb news with me, andrew pierce. >> i'm pip tomson, who's in for bev turner any moment we will be taking you to sir keir starmer , taking you to sir keir starmer, who is giving a keynote speech in milton keynes. >> andrew so excited he hasn't stopped talking about it. let's see what you've been saying at home on some other topics . home on some other topics. andrew what have we got? >> well, lots of them on boris johnson. >> remember today it's the fourth anniversary of boris johnson's landslide election victory. nigel nelson, who's in the studio, was obviously doing a celebratory dance. so brexit was done four years ago today, bons was done four years ago today, boris wasn't given a chance as pm as covid struck and so did dominic cummings et al. they wanted him ousted from the get go. he was never given a chance to prove what he could do. he'd have been a great pm if it wasn't for the backstabbers. what a waste of great talent. >> jackie appears to agree. good morning, boris >> jackie appears to agree. good mor ang, boris >> jackie appears to agree. good mor a lot boris >> jackie appears to agree. good mora lot better boris >> jackie appears to agree. good mora lot better than boris >> jackie appears to agree. good mora lot better than the boris >> jackie appears to agree. good mor a lot better than the two; was a lot better than the two faced who got rid of faced backstabber who got rid of him. mind you, he never gave us the we voted for. as the brexit. we voted for. as promised. let's straight to

promised. let's go straight to sir starmer . sir keir starmer. thank you . thank you, louise, thank you. thank you, louise, for those words , particularly for those words, particularly your emphasis on service. >> i think that's so, so important for us as the labour party. you will be a brilliant candidate for north east derbyshire and i hope in time a brilliant member of parliament. and thank you to all of you for coming this morning. it is really great to be here in silverstone , famous across the silverstone, famous across the globe as a symbol of british innovation , ingenuity and speed . innovation, ingenuity and speed. ed and not just in formula one. all ipso for the electrification of slightly bigger vehicles that you can see behind me . those you can see behind me. those trucks here at lunaz , a world trucks here at lunaz, a world leader in upcycling vehicles for

the clean energy transition . now the clean energy transition. now world leading . that's not world leading. that's not something you could say about british politics in the last few years, is it ? british politics in the last few years, is it? yeah, i'm afraid the circus is back in westminster again today and people often say to me, all this is great for you, isn't it? but ihave is great for you, isn't it? but i have to say honestly, no , i have to say honestly, no, because it's not just politics, is it ? it's the whole country . is it? it's the whole country. we're all stuck in there . we're all stuck in there. psychodrama, all being dragged down to their level . and that's down to their level. and that's what they just don't understand. while they're swanning around self—important lee with their factions and their star chambers fighting like rats in a sack . fighting like rats in a sack. there's a country out here that isn't being governed , a country isn't being governed, a country that needs leadership, public service is crumbling, high

streets stalked by antisocial behaviour . streets stalked by antisocial behaviour. our families weighed down by the burden of higher mortgages , nurses, teaching mortgages, nurses, teaching assistants , ice builders, assistants, ice builders, drivers, shop workers , carers, drivers, shop workers, carers, people who never before missed a payment in their life , working payment in their life, working harder than ever for the wage in their pocket , who now dread the their pocket, who now dread the thought of christmas shopping, picking up little presents for the stocking before quietly putting them back. now each and every one of these problems would be bad enough for britain, but when they come together like this and they merge into something bigger and more insidious , a sense that nothing insidious, a sense that nothing works, that we're going backwards. a country in decline, that that's why next year at the general election, there's something deeper and more visceral at stake than the usual competing arguments . i have no

competing arguments. i have no idea what they will say to justify five more years of this . justify five more years of this. but for the labour party , i see but for the labour party, i see ourjob is but for the labour party, i see our job is to but for the labour party, i see ourjob is to give britain hope, not the hope of the easy answer. the miracle cure or the oven ready deal? no, that's the road that got us into this mess. it's not the road out. we need a different hope, a realistic hope, a frank hope. a hope that levels with you about the hard road ahead. but that offers you an open hand and a clear destination , a sense of destination, a sense of confidence , pride, a security in confidence, pride, a security in britain's future. not just back within our grasp , but a purpose, within our grasp, but a purpose, a mission in the whole country can work towards that . that can work towards that. that that's what election must be about. that's what election must be about . we cannot let the tories about. we cannot let the tories take this country down with them . we cannot let them kick the hope out of our future . it is

hope out of our future. it is time to come together, lift the weight off our shoulders , turn weight off our shoulders, turn the page on this miserable chapter of decline and walk towards a decade of national renewal . renewal. thank you . a decade of national thank you. a decade of national renewal . each one of those words renewal. each one of those words is important decade because ? is important decade because? because that's how long it will take. and that's not complacent . take. and that's not complacent. it's realistic of course, we can get moving straight away . but i get moving straight away. but i have to be honest about the size of the hole we are in now national, because we will need the contribution of every citizen in this country . the contribution of every citizen in this country. for the contribution of every citizen in this country . for too citizen in this country. for too long, the tories have written off working people disregard

their communities as sources of their communities as sources of the growth and dynamism. we need . they don't understand the pride working people have for their town . and worse still , their town. and worse still, they never match their ambition on. but mark my words, we . on. but mark my words, we. will and final re renewal because this can't be done with a few fixes . a policy tweak here and fixes. a policy tweak here and there . no countries only come there. no countries only come together, truly come together behind ideas. a shared purpose, a national project for a better future and right now there's an idea in this country that desperately needs renewal. the idea that this country still works for those who work hard, for this country. now britain

has been here before . i grew up has been here before. i grew up working class . my dad has been here before. i grew up working class. my dad was a toolmaker. my mum, a nurse. and this was the 1970s when, like now we had our fair share of cost of living crisis . i know cost of living crisis. i know what this feels like. i know all about the what next anxiety of rising prices. the fear of the postman coming down the path . postman coming down the path. what will he bring? another bill? we can't afford . but back bill? we can't afford. but back then , in while day to day life then, in while day to day life may have been tough , there was may have been tough, there was anidea may have been tough, there was an idea that always comforted my parents. a faith in britain that the future would be a happier place. britain would be better for your children, hard work in the end. in the long run would be rewarded fairly . the question be rewarded fairly. the question is do you look around our

country now and still believe it 7 country now and still believe it ? do you feel with the certainty you deserve that britain will be better for your children ? better for your children? because that's what we need to renew you. that's the future we need back the britain. we want to build. and until your family sees a way out, labour will fight for you . fight for you. it's why the driving project of my time as labour leader has always been to restore my party to the service of working people . cast your mind back to the last election . four years ago last election. four years ago today , december the 12th, 2019. today, december the 12th, 2019. the worst defeat for labour since 1935. work ing people up

and down the country looked at my party, looked at how we'd lost our way , not just under lost our way, not just under jeremy corbyn, but for a while. and they said no , not this time. and they said no, not this time. you don't listen to us anymore. you're not in our corner. you don't fight for our cause. and they were right, weren't they? we'd taken a leave of absence from our job description. from ourjob description. reneges on an old partnership . reneges on an old partnership. the labour bargain that we serve working people as they drive our country forward . and country forward. and everything i've done as leader, every fight i've done as leader, every fight i've had has been to reconnect us to that purpose, to make sure we never put working people in that position again . that we say that position again. that we say

to them , you can choose labour to them, you can choose labour and know that we see our country through your eyes and know that we have changed fundamentally, not just a paint job, a total overhaul, a different labor party driven by your values , party driven by your values, relentless in earning your vote. it's a labour party that understands the first duty of government is always to protect its people . all that every pound its people. all that every pound of money we collect must be spent wisely because it's yours and that you can't have good pubuc and that you can't have good public services without strong pubuc public services without strong public finances. public services without strong public finances . policies always public finances. policies always fully funded. a labor party that will conserve as well as reform that understand the careful bond between this generation and the next, that that will pass on our institutions, our environment, our obligations to one another in a better shape than we find

them. and a labour party that has broken new ground in our relationship with business that gets the value of private enterprise , understands working enterprise, understands working people, want success as well as support that borders must be secured and economic stability is the foundation for everything . but that in tough times like ours , we must use the power of ours, we must use the power of government carefully , but government carefully, but decisively to stoke the fires of renewal , the pride and purpose. renewal, the pride and purpose. i know burns inside communities like this in short, it's a labor party that is ready to fight for your values. sir love our country and get our future back .

country and get our future back. service us if there's one word that captures everything i've fought for, it's that i've made the labour party once again a party of service , not protest party of service, not protest folk based on credible solutions to your challenges, not empty gesture . ours, not gesture. ours, not grandstanding. political theatre or the moralising self—indulgence of those who think politics is a sermon about themselves . it's been vital work themselves. it's been vital work , like the job of my life , but , like the job of my life, but it's crucial for the future of britain as well, because ? britain as well, because? because the way i see it, service is the essence of national renewal, the lifeblood of collective mission , a bond of of collective mission, a bond of respect that must exist between politics and people. if we're going to change our country , we.

going to change our country, we. but that's the catch, isn't it ? but that's the catch, isn't it? not blind to it. i know but that's the catch, isn't it? not blind to it . i know exactly not blind to it. i know exactly how politics looks from here. it's not just that people think politics doesn't do much for them or doesn't understand them. i know it's much, much worse than that . and don't get me than that. and don't get me wrong, i don't believe in such. >> so that's keir starmer . >> so that's keir starmer. bonng >> so that's keir starmer. boring people to death as usual with his speech in the studio with his speech in the studio with us are nigel nelson, our favourite political commentator, and tanya buxton. nigel, can i just say he runs a risk here by keep banging on about how he says he's changed the labour party it reminds people party because it reminds people that four years served in that for four years he served in the shadow cabinet of jeremy corbyn, who he's not quite thrown out of labour party, thrown out of the labour party, a who was accused of a man who was accused of presiding party that presiding over a party that effectively had institutionalised anti—semitism within its ranks . within its ranks. >> well, i mean, first of all, jeremy corbyn won't stand as a labour mp, so. so he's not been thrown out of the party, but effectively there's no way he'll

ever back any particular ever come back in any particular role. think that what you role. and i think that what you heard was kind of the heard there was kind of the three sort of planks that he, the keir starmer, wants to keep , the keir starmer, wants to keep, keep banging on about. first is the tories have given up governing politics should be about people's lives. it's not any longer as we can see from the shenanigans going on today. he talked about a decade of national renewal. that's his signal. i want to terms . he signal. i want to terms. he wants to be prime minister for ten years. and the third bit we got to was obviously jeremy corbyn and the getting the message across and he does keep thumping it the party has thumping it home. the party has changed. no longer the kind changed. it's no longer the kind of left protest movement of left wing protest movement that corbyn presided over. >> oven >> you said the bit he got to. i'm not sure everyone will have got to that bit. people might have zoned out because he's just not a natural orator, is he ? not a natural orator, is he? >> no, he's not. i mean, that he's explaining himself. there i think that with someone like keir starmer , he's very bright, keir starmer, he's very bright, very personable , all great

very personable, all great company, all those things. he's not tony blair, he's not that kind of great orator that tony blair was. he knows that . and so blair was. he knows that. and so what he does is actually try and explain his position. of course , explain his position. of course, on the other hand, he doesn't have to do anything to win the next election. well, this is the thing going. >> you listen to him and you think, has he earned the chance to become prime minister there or is he benefiting from the tories drama ? tories drama? >> he's what i found unbelievable is that they had their worst loss last election since 1935. the labour party . since 1935. the labour party. and now they're going to win and they're going to win by default. and that just that all that says is shame on the conservative party, shame on you that you've let this dull, boring man who has no understanding of british society community at all. society or community at all. he's going to become prime minister just because others minister just because the others are bad that he's going to are so bad that he's going to get voted in as a default vote and it blows my mind that this can be happening today , that can be happening today, that

this going to be leading this man is going to be leading our within a year. he our country within a year. he doesn't deserve it and doesn't deserve to do it and he's doing it on anything he's not doing it on anything that he is stating. he's just doing because the doing it because the conservatives let us down conservatives have let us down so they've just let us down. >> and using phrases like renewal again and how renewal again and again, how that's really get them that's going to really get them talking in the dog and duck pub is great. going to have a is great. we're going to have a lot renewal. we're not lot of renewal. we're not heanng lot of renewal. we're not hearing what? hearing renewing what? >> not hearing the rest of >> we're not hearing the rest of the speech where i think he probably would the probably would explain what the renewal actually means. so we've only heard the first there. only heard the first bit there. but idea about only heard the first bit there. b national idea about only heard the first bit there. b national renewal idea about only heard the first bit there. b national renewal thinga about only heard the first bit there. b national renewal thing afterjt a national renewal thing after 13 the tories and the 13 years of the tories and the mess that they've made of things , i can understand why labour are talking about let's have are now talking about let's have let's a new a sorry, i've let's have a new a sorry, i've lost myself . lost myself. >> i tell you what, you can find yourself in a few moments . yourself in a few moments. >> sleep. >> sleep. >> they need a new speechwriter because he can't. he can't cut it this this is britain's new brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news

morning. >> i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. after many of us had a dry day yesterday, it's looking pretty wet out there for much of the day today . low pressure has day today. low pressure has moved in. you can see the swirl here on the cloud and rain picture and that rain is lingering over southeast scotland , north—east england. we scotland, north—east england. we do have a met office warning in place because it's so wet. place because it's been so wet. the could cause some the rain today could cause some further and potential further disruption and potential for but further for flooding. but even further south, showers in south, heavy thundery showers in places the risk of large hailstones as well. at least they should be moving through because it will be quite blustery here. feeling quite cool wherever but in cool wherever you are. but in the spells the the brighter spells in the south, see temperatures south, we may see temperatures getting the teens as we getting up into the teens as we go through the afternoon and evening, staying largely fine and over north eastern and clear over north eastern scotland. the rain should slowly peter out from parts of southeast scotland, but maybe lingering over north—east england. is tending england. the shower is tending to elsewhere as well. so to fade elsewhere as well. so many places will become a little

dner many places will become a little drier overnight and certainly colder across scotland, northern ireland, a more widespread frost likely as we head into tomorrow morning. it's likely to be pretty drab, though. first thing tomorrow over eastern parts of england, especially in the rain and drizzle, although not as heavy as today , may well linger heavy as today, may well linger over northeast england . parts of over northeast england. parts of the midlands and east the east midlands and east anglia afternoon anglia well into the afternoon for many, though, certainly in the west, tomorrow's is a fine day. yes, a bit of a chilly start, looking much drier start, but looking much drier and brighter with some sunny spells. many of us, it spells. and for many of us, it looks a drier from wednesday onwards. >> that warm feeling from >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> stay with us here on britain's newsroom, we will be continuing to analyse as sir keir starmer speech, which andrew thought was the best he's ever done. >> dull even by his standards. and that's saying something. and also the continuing psychodrama in the tory party over

it's 11 am. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. with me, andrew pearson, pip tomson, for in bev turner rwanda. >> vote tonight . the prime >> vote tonight. the prime minister will be hoping enough of his colleagues back the bill in around eight hours time. our political editor christopher hope has the latest . hope has the latest. >> it's the brexit wars all over

again. like the last five years, never even happened. the government right now doesn't know if it will win a key vote tonight, more soon. >> starmer stripes labour leader sir keir starmer has accused the tories of seven years of broken promises on migration and he said in a speech labour will bnng said in a speech labour will bring an end to the tory psychodrama to bring back birmingham . birmingham. >> people in the second city are threatened with a huge council tax rise and reduced services in the new year as the bankrupt authority tries to get a grip of its finances. our west midlands reporter jack carson has more . reporter jack carson has more. >> the government commissioners here say that birmingham city council need to find £300 million in savings over the next two years. and this latest financial report recommends that they ask permission from the government to hike council tax. i'll have the latest here in birmingham and not such a happy anniversary. >> four years ago today, can you believe it, boris johnson won that landslide election victory

with a majority of 80. we're asking , with a majority of 80. we're asking, would you like to with a majority of 80. we're asking , would you like to see asking, would you like to see him back in . him back in. number 10? >> plenty of you are getting in touch with us about that and much more. do keep your thoughts coming in gbviews@gbnews.com. now your headlines with tatiana . pip. >> thank you. your top stories from the gb newsroom . the prime from the gb newsroom. the prime minister is fighting for his political future as he attempts to persuade a group of rebel tory mps to back his rwanda bill ahead of a key vote this evening. a warning . the evening. a warning. the following contains flashing images. rishi sunak has hosted co—founders of the new conservative group miriam cates and danny kruger as well as deputy of conservative deputy conservative chairman lee anderson and several key members. at a breakfast meeting

this morning while some tory mps have given their support for the vote yesterday for the legislation , they've warned legislation, they've warned against any attempts to harden the measures. the labour leader says the country needs a decade of national renewal . he accused of national renewal. he accused the tories of writing off working people during a speech . working people during a speech. >> but for the labour party our job is to give britain hope. we cannot let the tories take this country down with them. we cannot let them kick the hope out of our future. it is time to come together to lift the weight off our shoulders , to turn the off our shoulders, to turn the page on this miserable chapter of decline and walk towards a decade of national renewal . the decade of national renewal. the former special adviser to michael gove, charlie rowley, told gb news the legislation does indeed go far enough . does indeed go far enough. >> come into this country illegally and when you're seeing thousands of people make that perilous journey across the channel having a rwanda scheme that deports people to what

would ultimately a safe would be ultimately a safe country in uk legislation which will deter other people, making that crossing think that crossing i think is something that should welcome something that we should welcome as as a government, as a as a as a government, as a country, as a conservative party, behind that party, to get behind that legislation, hope that it can obviously enacted. we'll obviously be enacted. we'll have to and see. it does to wait and see. but it does sound like this is something that other lawyers employed by the government work. the government think will work. >> the pace of wage growth has eased back by more than expected, whilst uk unemployment remains unchanged . the office remains unchanged. the office for national statistics says wages rose by 7.3% in the three months to october, which is down from 7.8% in the previous three months. this was the steepest fall in earnings growth since the three months to november 2021. chancellor jeremy hunt 2021. chancellorjeremy hunt said it's positive to see inflation continue to fall . and inflation continue to fall. and some good news for renters as price increases are expected to halve by the end of next year. rents have increased by nearly 10% over the past year , leaving 10% over the past year, leaving potential tenants stranded in

the cost of living crisis. but there are signs the uk is now past peak growth. property website zoopla expects annual rental growth to drop to 5% by december next year . rental growth to drop to 5% by december next year. plans to relocate more than 20,000 civil service jobs outside of london will be brought forward to 2027. the targets to move the roles away from the capital by 2030 has been fast tracked with plans also to open a second headquarters for several departments in aberdeen. darlington and greater manchester. more than 300 jobs will also be located in wales, as ministers say, it was a sign of the government's commitment to levelling up. the government says the decision will deliver economic benefits to regions across the country . chief child across the country. chief child killer lucy letby does not object to being stripped of her nursing credentials. that's what a court has heard . the two day a court has heard. the two day heanng a court has heard. the two day hearing will decide if letby should be removed from the register. letby filled out a

form where she was asked if she accepts the nursing and midwifery council's charges. she said i accept the fact of the convictions and i maintain my innocence respect of all of innocence in respect of all of the convictions in august. the 33 year old was sentenced to 14 whole life orders after she was convicted of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others , 11 to 16 murders of six others, 11 to 16 year old pupils are being failed by the education system. that's according to the lords committee . the house of lords report is calling for the english bachelorette to be axed. it warns the education system to focussed on academic learning and written exams and reform is urgently needed. it also says the current system is limiting pupils opportunities to study abroad and balance curriculum and to develop core skills . this and to develop core skills. this says gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now back

to andrew and . pip to andrew and. pip >> just want to bring you some breaking news in the last few minutes. we understand that an asylum seeker on board the bibby stockholm barge has reportedly died . now, we will bring you died. now, we will bring you more on this as we get it. but this news coming in as mps prepare to debate this rwanda scheme. a number of asylum seekers are on this barge in dorset , which we know has been dorset, which we know has been beset with problems , but it is beset with problems, but it is those asylum seekers that could have been on their way to rwanda. yeah so we will update you on that. but an asylum seeker has reportedly died on the barge that's going to turn into a very big story as the day progresses. >> well, let's see what you've been saying at home about rwanda. steve says to be fair, politicians don't want to sort this out. they found a way of getting billions out of the treasury. lawyer mate's hotel

company mates, transportation mates. it's all a money tree , mates. it's all a money tree, den any right of appeal den says any right of appeal will be weaponised by cute lawyers and hundreds, if not thousands of cases will be initiated straight away, effectively putting us back to square one. and eddie says, i can't go to my local coffee shop in london as the streets are packed albanian men, packed with albanian men, some who cackle. and i've even been followed i've paid high who cackle. and i've even been follovofi i've paid high who cackle. and i've even been follovof taxes i've paid high who cackle. and i've even been follovof taxes into e paid high who cackle. and i've even been follovof taxes into e pa uk1igh who cackle. and i've even been follovof taxes into e pa uk for| level of taxes into the uk for three decades, and this is how the government it's scary. >> me and bernard , you say, why >> me and bernard, you say, why is it okay for them to be intense in europe? but in the uk they have to be in hotels? well they're not all in hotels. some are on the bibby stockholm barge. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> and of course he's talking aboutin >> and of course he's talking about in the tents in calais. that's where they are. and of course we are building. we talk about building reception centres and raf camps and all the rest of it. so this is all building up now of course, to that vote is 7 pm. tonight. the government's rwanda bill second reading, chris hope is our political editor in westminster.

chris you've been taking the temperature of some of the tory rebels. is he winning the battle? chris, the prime minister, he's had a lot of them in for breakfast this morning and the charm offensive will continue . to continue. to >> yeah, mixed messages from that breakfast meeting at 8 am. this morning. the new conservative group met around 20 tory mps elected in 2019. don't forget , by the way, today is the forget, by the way, today is the four year anniversary of the tory landslide. well, what a way to market with a possible historic defeat in the house of commons tonight at second reading, the first one in in more than 30 years. now today , more than 30 years. now today, the pm meet with the group . the pm did meet with the group. danny kruger is a co—chair of the new conservatives. he gave the new conservatives. he gave the pm. we understand three options. pull the bill or make amendments. no changes and you'll get a big vote against the pm. we understand suggested that he would consider for amendments that's basically amendments and that's basically the basic political thing he must do today, is offer some degree of amendments to try and

get it over the line, it seems, and into what will be a very difficult january. the problem he's got, though, by amending it or any harder against or making it any harder against the rights laws, he'll the human rights laws, he'll lose the new the one nation caucus of left left of centre tory mps who last night said any firm on this we can't we may not be able to support it. he's walking a very, very narrow line as only the tory party can do in the meeting today . breakfast the meeting today. breakfast time, we understand from reports that the pm blamed boris johnson and liz truss suella rob jenrick for what happened that may not have gone down so well. some would say that giving yourself an absolute target, like stopping the boats is probably your fault too . the prime your fault too. the prime minister has given himself this absolute target to end the boats as the erg mark francois, the chairman of the european research group, said yesterday. if he'd said, i want to cut boats by 30, it hit his target, he said. he said he's going to get it's an absolute position he's taken on. so his mps are taking an absolute position in

their policy. they want to get rid of the echr and pull out of it. all eyes now are the it. all eyes now are when the so—called meet out so—called five families meet out of the tory, right. that's five different groupings of mps on the right. the five families, they'll be meeting this afternoon, how they decide to vote. pip and andrew will be absolutely crucial to whether the pm loses or wins. tonight's vote. it will all happen here on gb news. vote. it will all happen here on gb chris, i just wonder if >> chris, i just wonder if what's this terrible thing that's happened? we think on the bibby , the bibby stockholm the barge, the migrants barge whether that will be weaponized bad taste as it may be on either side of the argument. this is why we've got to get the planes to rwanda. you could argue or why some would argue the whole policy ill argue the whole policy is ill conceived beginning . conceived from the beginning. well i really can't comment on that news. >> just breaking. and i think politicians would be quite wise not to get involved. we have no idea that asylum seeker died idea how that asylum seeker died at all. we don't know what happened.soi at all. we don't know what happened. so i think i think most of them will stay clear of that. most of them will stay clear of that . but what it does do

most of them will stay clear of that. but what it does do is highlight the fact that we have got asylum seekers on a barge in this they are not being this country. they are not being taken to rwanda. that's all you can say in terms of death. can say in terms of the death. no one anything further. i no one knows anything further. i think see nothing made think you'll see nothing be made of today. of that today. >> and just one very quick question, chris. is there is there suggestion that downing question, chris. is there is there hasggestion that downing question, chris. is there is there has threatenedat downing question, chris. is there is there has threatened aniowning street has threatened an election if these rebel mps don't vote in favour of the bill? >> i don't think so. i think william hague was very interesting on times radio today. he is the guru, the mentor figure for rishi sunak. he, of course, he gave the seat in richmond in yorkshire to rishi sunak . in richmond in yorkshire to rishi sunak. he said tory mps should recognise that they may neven should recognise that they may never, may they may not get another chance to be in government, he said. now he was using his historical lesson from the liberal party before the first world war or just just after. they never governed again on their own and have now faded from view the third party. from view into the third party. there's reason why tory there's no reason why the tory party has right to come back

party has a right to come back into and with that in into government and with that in mind, don't assume that the past is a guide to the future. don't give away power. don't be an observer willing lee, and give up on power. so easily. and that's why he's saying don't force an election. but having said that, pip, you are right. if the government loses today, you imagine the labour party you can imagine the labour party may try and push for a vote of no confidence in the government tomorrow. tories will win tomorrow. so the tories will win that severely jeopardise that it will severely jeopardise the position of rishi sunak as leader. he may well face a vote of no confidence in his leadership. up early next year. will he reset and go towards the right or stay where he is in the centre ground trying to balance these competing factions in the party? completely party? it is completely existential now for tory existential right now for tory party. way to mark four party. what a way to mark four years that historic years since that historic landslide victory in 2019. >> extraordinary , isn't it? >> extraordinary, isn't it? >> extraordinary, isn't it? >> chris hope political editor, thank you very much. of course , thank you very much. of course, we will be rejoining you all day for the very latest before that vote at 7:00 tonight.

>> well, joining us now to talk all this through is the former labour mp ivor caplin. ivor morning to you. i think as chris holmes point is, morning . a good holmes point is, morning. a good way to start the conversation . way to start the conversation. who could have thought that the tories could go from such a commanding position four years ago today ? a majority of 80 your ago today? a majority of 80 your own party, the labour party, suffering its worst defeat since 1935. you're now heading, it seems, possibly for your best election victory since 1997 and the blair landslide could well , the blair landslide could well, well, i think the first thing to say, andrew, is of course not a single vote has yet been cast. >> so it would be not appropriate for the labour party to start thinking it has won anything because we haven't yet. >> and there's still a big mountain to go when we when we when the when the election is called. >> so i think we can look at it in the sense of it being four years since that event. >> and but for the labour party,

we just need to get on with the work of developing policies etcetera , etcetera, and then etcetera, etcetera, and then moving on. so you know, we'll have to see what happens in the next few months. ivor did you tune into sir keir starmer's keynote speech a few minutes ago ? >> 7- >> i've lost 7_ >> i've lost you . >> i've lost you. >> oh, oh. ivor what a shame . i >> oh, oh. ivor what a shame. i wanted i wanted to ask ivor if he if he tuned into his speech and how far he stayed, how long he stayed with it for. >> as a former labour mp, i'm sure he was hanging on his every single word, every, every single word that comes out of keir starmer you think because , starmer you think because, because i've a couple of mine are still very involved in the labour party. he's very involved in structures the in regional structures of the labour he was mp. labour party. he was the mp. we've got him back. >> okay. i was just asking >> okay. ivor, i was just asking you, did you tune in to keir starmers speech and how long did you manage stay with it for? you manage to stay with it for? >> afraid i didn't. i had

>> i'm afraid i didn't. i had other calls to make this morning. >> so that old excuse is. >> so that old excuse is. >> and then i wanted to hear what chris was going to say before i came on. so i was just on there and i'm not a great big fan of and this has applied to me for most of my time in politics. i'm not a big fan of set piece speeches , but you have set piece speeches, but you have to have them. so there you go. i thought it was a what from what i've been able to read, it was okay. public speaking is not sir keir starmer's biggest point, though, is it. keir starmer's biggest point, though, is it . well, i mean, though, is it. well, i mean, it's how you manage those those things in that sense . look, things in that sense. look, there's no one's going to be tony blair or again so or keir can do is manage the situation that he has inherited and make sure that it's the best situation for um for him and for

the party. >> does he in his speech, if i can tell you, part of it was all about how he's changed the party completely from 2019, changed it. >> it's no longer the party of protest led by jeremy corbyn. isn't it time he stopped banging on about that and actually started telling the country, which is yearning probably for change from the tories, what he's going to do well, how radically he's going to alter the nhs, how he's going to fix the nhs, how he's going to fix the waiting list problem, how he's probably going to sort out migration. don't of migration. we don't get any of that. >> well, i think i think we will get some of that. i heard you mentioning about william hague and i remember talking to william hague about after the 97 election and he said one of the problems that he faced as leader of the opposition was that if he said anything good, that what would happen is labour would would happen is labour would would steal it effectively . so would steal it effectively. so i think there is , you know, a need think there is, you know, a need to just hold fire on new policy

is until, you know, a lot more work has been done in the opening part of 2024 and then we'll see where things are . and we'll see where things are. and what about rwanda tonight? >> what would you hope to happen? are you are you one of those who thinks the policy is wicked and should be scrapped? and have you got a better alternative of . alternative of. >> well, it's cost 240 million. i think that's quite a big number. to be fair. the one thing i think i would say is it's 37 years since . a second it's 37 years since. a second reader last lost to a government . that was thatcher. so i don't think that that will happen tonight. i, i would expect some of the tories to, to, to make themselves available later on this evening. and these things do go to the wire. we've all

been through that many , many been through that many, many times. once once you're in westminster so i would hazard a guess that this will probably he will get the second reading and then there could be some changes on the on the way through in the next spell. if i'm right, then , next spell. if i'm right, then, you know, i'm happy to come back tomorrow . and if i'm not, i'm tomorrow. and if i'm not, i'm also happy to come back tomorrow . to listen to you. >> either way, that's the former labour mp ivor caplin. thanks so much for coming on. >> yeah, thank you. and a sir keir starmer has been a asking, answering some questions he answering some questions and he has making that direct has been making that direct pitch to tory voters , as you pitch to tory voters, as you would expect, promising that a government with him at the helm would bring down migration levels . levels. >> i don't think he's going to mention make comparisons mention or make any comparisons to mrs. thatcher this time, though, know? though, do you know? >> because didn't go down >> because that didn't go down well at all, particularly with my labour party and my mates in the labour party and i do have some mates in the labour party and they do talk to me they quite like me.

me and they quite like me. >> you've them >> you've seen them at christmas, not often. still christmas, not that often. still to come, we'll be talking about this breaking news an this breaking news that an asylum seeker on board the bibby stockholm asylum seeker on board the bibby stockwe'll be speaking to our died. we'll be speaking to our reporter ray addison , who will reporter ray addison, who will bnng reporter ray addison, who will bring us the very latest. you're with newsroom on .

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six till 930. 1123 with britain's newsroom on gb news with me and so many views here, i don't know to where start. >> i know. i'm just going to say who you were. i'm pip tomson, who you were. i'm pip tomson, who is in for barry turner. now, where do we want to start? well, we've got one andrew who we've got one from andrew who says public are not stupid. says the public are not stupid. we know rwanda bill is not we know the rwanda bill is not going solve huge problem going to solve the huge problem of the only of illegal migration. the only thing leaving the thing that will is leaving the european rights european court of human rights and turning back the boats. yes, john, you. john, hello to you. >> what want to >> you say what people want to know will the deportations to know is will the deportations to rwanda apply to the illegal illegal immigrants are illegal immigrants who are already does it only already here, or does it only 6my already here, or does it only apply those who arrive after apply to those who arrive after the bill becomes law? good question . very good question. we question. very good question. we should have asked david davis that we had in earlier. that when we had him in earlier. pamela says , i have never voted pamela says, i have never voted or never will vote labour but will vote reform if we have a candidate at the next elections. i'm pretty sure they are the only party at the moment who have their eyes open. >> going put >> well, reform are going to put a candidate up in every seat at

the election. they so the next election. they say. so that quite interesting. that would be quite interesting. and derek says these people crossing small boats, crossing the small boats, they're illegal entrants to the country . if you have to process country. if you have to process them, then why do we not do it right here in britain? well we do, just don't do it. do, but we just don't do it. very someone suggested very quickly, someone suggested you should have the judges down at dover. >> yeah , that would be good. but >> yeah, that would be good. but make it . it that easy, it make it. if it was that easy, it would have been done. >> but also, should have sent >> but also, we should have sent the judges to rwanda and the supreme they didn't supreme court said they didn't trust they trust trust rwanda. they didn't trust this. trust that this. they didn't trust that they probably never set foot in rwanda. no, rwanda. no, no, no. >> , keep your thoughts >> anyway, keep your thoughts coming enjoy reading coming in. we do enjoy reading them coming in. we do enjoy reading the birmingham city council, coming in. we do enjoy reading the birmingham city council , this >> birmingham city council, this is of our this is our is the home of our this is our second city are holding an emergency budget meeting, set second city are holding an emeajency budget meeting, set second city are holding an em> we're joined now by our west midlands reporterjack

>> we're joined now by our west midlands reporter jack carson jack, this humiliating for birmingham, the council has gone bust. they're now trying to sort it out . it out. >> yeah, exactly . i mean, every, >> yeah, exactly. i mean, every, every month since we've had , of every month since we've had, of course, that section 104 notice effectively declaring bankruptcy on the 5th of september. we've had this monthly financial report revealing , you know, the report revealing, you know, the state of the council's finances and also the state of the position of where we are within the recovery of that and how this council is going to come back from that bankruptcy . let's back from that bankruptcy. let's just remind you a little bit about how we've kind of got into this situation in the first place. you'll remember maybe place. now you'll remember maybe back the back in june of course, the implementation it implementation of a new it system itself, a £100 million over budget reveal that equal pay over budget reveal that equal pay claims dating back to 2012 after a supreme court ruling, it was found that £800 million worth of those claims had it been paid off on top of the council's £87 million deficit at that time for this year, of course, the council legally has

to set a balanced budget. that meant they had essentially no choice but to declare bankruptcy with and the overheads with the costs and the overheads that having. uh, then that they were having. uh, then last month, in last month's financial report, we get the forecasted the forecasted figures of the deficits that they've got to make up £165 million for 2024, 20, 25, and then a few days ago we get the updated the latest december financial report, which has revealed that they've managed to find around £150 million worth of savings for just next year for 2024 to 2025, 72.8 million of those is coming from what they're calling service reductions . so that's service reductions. so that's those non—statutory requirements that a council provides services for that you know, people realistically are going to bear the brunt of and going to lose particular services . how that particular services. how that specifically looks at the moment , we don't yet know. there's not the finer detail on which specific services are going to cut what those cuts cut and what those cuts necessarily look like. what necessarily look like. but what this report the interim this report from the interim head finance at the council head of finance at the council also reckons this cabinet, also reckons sends this cabinet, which we believe it's agreed on

today , is that it writes to the today, is that it writes to the department for levelling up housing communities to housing and communities right to secretary state, of course, secretary of state, of course, michael and asks permission secretary of state, of course, miraise and asks permission secretary of state, of course, miraise the and asks permission secretary of state, of course, miraise the council sks permission secretary of state, of course, miraise the council tax permission secretary of state, of course, miraise the council tax level ssion to raise the council tax level above the maximum 4.99. that is the maximum that a council can raise the council tax within one year before having to hold a referendum within their city. now we've previously bankrupted councils across the country. we've seen that there has been rises in some cases of ten or even 15. so that's the tax council tax hike that could well be hitting people here. but of course that's not necessarily also going to cover the cost of the liability of the the equal pay liability of the redundancies that this council is have to is also going to have to undertake. so they're also going to to recommended to put in to have to recommended to put in a request for capitalisation direction . that's essentially direction. that's essentially ways in which this financial this council can give itself some financial headroom . some more financial headroom. um, whether that is borrowing more money, which of course in the long run they'll then have to pay interest in whether that is selling off their assets is also selling off their assets as well because know, the

as well because you know, the government which government commissioners, which has by michael has been sent in by michael gove in to essentially run in october to essentially run this the next five this council for the next five years, the 7th of years, say that by the 7th of january want on the table january they want on the table all, you know, evidence of where they save £300 million as they can save £300 million as a council over the next two years. so yeah , just to give you an so yeah, just to give you an example of just one of those changes where you know, it may seem little that garden waste management and being management services and being able for able to pay for that for residents use service residents that use that service is going to go up from 50 to £60. that's 20% rise, but it's £60. that's a 20% rise, but it's just an increase. and an just an increase. yes. and an example of where these increases all around different services within are to within the council are going to come and course, these come from. and of course, these residents to be hit residents are going to be hit the hardest. >> is the mayor. the >> and jack is the mayor. the mayor of the west midlands, andy street. is he making political capital out of this? because this is this is this this bankruptcy is has happened on the labour council's watch , the labour council's watch, which . which. >> yeah, of course we've got that west midlands mayoral race next year. and richard parker, who's the labour candidate, has recently launched his campaign on andy street, is himself, will

be quite proud of his personal record. you know, he'd say of what he's managed to bring to the west midlands in terms of investment. now he doesn't believe that just because the council gone bust, that that council has gone bust, that that doesn't investment doesn't mean that investment still into city. still can't come into the city. but as the biggest but certainly as the biggest council, local authority but certainly as the biggest counciieurope local authority but certainly as the biggest counciieurope forcal authority but certainly as the biggest counciieurope for itl authority but certainly as the biggest counciieurope for it to uthority but certainly as the biggest counciieurope for it to go ority within europe for it to go bankrupt, of course, is a concern about future investment and whether, you know , they know and whether, you know, they know that there is going to be still people wanting to move here, wanting to live if, of wanting to live here. if, of course, as council course, things such as council tax keep going on the rise, tax do keep going on the rise, it certainly might be a turn off for people looking move to for people looking to move to this all right, jack this city. all right, jack arsenault from the arsenault reporting from the west that. west midlands, thanks for that. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> a situation. and >> what a dire situation. and you'd have thought it as you'd never have thought it as recently 15 years recently as 15 years ago, a council, the size and magnitude of birmingham. >> think the biggest >> i think it's the biggest local in europe going bust. >> i you couldn't see it. >> i know you couldn't see it. there'll be selling off. a lot of their assets weren't they, and selling off community centres. >> they're not to be sold off. they're by community they're owned by the community aren't residents or residents. >> they are going to really

nofice >> they are going to really notice the difference if they pursue this of, what was pursue this rise of, what was it, 9. it, 4.9, 9. >> and birmingham is far from the only council that's gone unden the only council that's gone under. afraid quite more. >> right? still to come is cop 28 on the verge of failure ? this 28 on the verge of failure? this is after the uae ditched a commitment to phase out fossil fuels. >> of course they did . they're >> of course they did. they're one of the ten top oil producing countries in the world. what was it being hosted there for in the first place? that much more after your headlines . after your headlines. >> andrew, thank you very much. this is the latest from the newsroom . breaking news as newsroom. breaking news as you've been hearing, the home office has confirmed an asylum seeker on board the bibby stockholm barge has died. the first asylum seekers were brought back to the vessel docked in dorset in october, around two months after it was evacuated following the discovery of legionella bacteria in the water supply . according

in the water supply. according to media reports , police and to media reports, police and ambulance services arrived at the scene after the body was found this morning. more on this story as we get it . the prime story as we get it. the prime minister is fighting for his political future as he attempts to persuade a group of rebel tory mps to back his rwanda bill ahead of a key vote this evening. a warning . the evening. a warning. the following contains flashing images . following contains flashing images. rishi following contains flashing images . rishi sunak following contains flashing images. rishi sunak has following contains flashing images . rishi sunak has hosted images. rishi sunak has hosted co founders of the new conservative group , as well as conservative group, as well as deputy deputy conservative chairman lee anderson and several key members. at a breakfast meeting this morning. while some tory mps have given their support for the vote yesterday for the legislation, they've warned against any attempts the measures. attempts to harden the measures. labour leader sir keir starmer accused the tory party of being too self—involved to govern . too self—involved to govern. >> we're all stuck in their psychodrama, all being dragged down to their level all and that's what they just don't understand. while they're swanning around selling

importantly with their factions and their starched chambers, fighting like rats in a sack. there's a country out here that isn't being governed and a country that needs leadership . country that needs leadership. >> the pace of wage growth has eased back by more than expected , whilst uk unemployment remains unchanged. the office for national statistics says wages rose by 7.3% in the three months to october, which is down from 7.8% in the previous three months. this was the steepest fall in earnings growth since the three months to november 2021. chancellor jeremy hunt 2021. chancellorjeremy hunt said it's positive to see inflation continue to fall and real wages growing . he some good real wages growing. he some good news for renters as price increases are expected to halve by the end of next year. rents have increased by nearly 10% over the past year , leaving over the past year, leaving potential tenants stranded in the cost of living crisis . there the cost of living crisis. there are signs the uk is now past peak growth. the property website zoopla expects annual rental growth to drop to 5% by

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and people that i knew had dewbs & co weeknights from . six & co weeknights from. six >> so it's 1137. you're with britain's newsroom and gb news with andrew pierce, said another name up there , thompson it all. name up there, thompson it all. >> it always does. i wonder whose name it says now , in the whose name it says now, in the last half hour, we've learned that an asylum seeker on board the bibby stockholm barge has died. well, we're joined in the

studio with our reporter ray addison, who can bring us up to date with what we know about this. is there any circum instances you can tell us about ray details are very sketchy at the moment. >> we know this was initially reported by the pa news agency by reporters on the ground there saying that they've spoken to people on board they people who are on board and they are reporting a body was are reporting that a body was found this morning. >> a person was found dead. this morning on board the bibby stockholm further details stockholm barge. further details of are yet to be confirmed, of this are yet to be confirmed, however , we have seen however, we have seen a statement from the care for calais chief executive steve smith. criticised the smith. he's criticised the government for the trauma that those on board the barge have faced are facing in in their words and say that they've regularly reported on suicidal intentions. among those on board and say that no action has been taken. however, of course, there's been no confirmation yet from the home office as to the exact circumstance of this person's death. so that's just the statement that's come out so far from care for calais.

>> and we know that over the months this barge has been well beset with problems, hasn't it? >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, from the very first local residents, various groups didn't want the barge to be used for a number of different reasons . number of different reasons. there was campaigns, there was legal challenges as well, which were unsuccessful. initial finally, this was designed finally, this barge was designed to 200 people to to carry 200 people to accommodate 200 people. that was extent added to 500, although as of november it's understood there was only around 70 people actually on board the barge . so actually on board the barge. so of course, that was delayed because cause of the fire safety concerns as fire brigades union saying that it was know potential death trap . also then potential death trap. also then within days about four days of the migrants first moving into the migrants first moving into the barge , they discovered the barge, they discovered legionella bacteria in the water supply and so had to evacuate the barge and it was then empty. so it's only been housing migrants since october now. and of course, now with this, this

is just the latest sort of thing to befall the bibby stockholm and all this on the day that this vote takes place regarding this vote takes place regarding this rwanda policy. >> and there's people on that barge who could well have been sent to rwanda if it had got off the ground. absolutely thanks very telling us very much, ray, for telling us all that. all about that. >> texts are still >> emails and texts are still coming a lot them about coming in, a lot of them about rwanda. this says it was derek says it was an eu open borders policy that brought them to europe in the first place. so why do british taxpayers need to foot this never ending cost? and i read somewhere today that they think these could be think these boats could be crossing channel another crossing the channel for another decade. >> so they need a lot more >> yes. so they need a lot more money to throw it to throw at the deterring them, don't they? and we've also heard from robert. hello to you. because comments have been coming in about sir keir starmer's speech , about sir keir starmer's speech, about sir keir starmer's speech, a keynote speech this morning . a keynote speech this morning. robert, said you made me robert, you said you made me laugh. starmer mentions practical approach but never, ever states how i listened with an open mind . but he closed it.

an open mind. but he closed it. >> i like it. >> i like it. >> and who else have we got? we've got stewart who says, i voted conservative all my life, but i can't vote for this shower. and well, instead, vote reform. i understand this will put labour in power and keir starmer in number 10. god help us now on the bibby stockholm. >> the home office has released a statement which we'll share with you. we are aware of reporting of an incident involving an asylum seeker on the bibby stockholm. is an the bibby stockholm. this is an ongoing investigation. ongoing police investigation. we've inappropriate to we've be inappropriate to comment further this time. comment further at this time. we'll the latest when we'll bring the latest when we know more. >> we are now joined by >> well, we are now joined by our panel of the day, gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson and paul political commentator and author tanya buxton. good to see you both again. what is grabbing your attention, tanya, so far today ? attention, tanya, so far today? there's quite a lot to talk about. a lot to talk about, but we can't. >> it's the four year anniversary, isn't it? of course, being voted in on a landslide wasn't he? he was

voted in on a landslide slide. and what would i say to boris now? that's the thing, is that most people, when they think about it, think, well, what about it, they think, well, what would they say to boris now? what would i say to him as someone i keep getting someone who is i keep getting told i'm just told i'm a tory, i'm just someone who has incredible common sense and vote for common sense and i'll vote for whoever common sense. whoever goes for common sense. but what would i to him is but what would i say to him is that were voted in that you you were voted in for someone to be someone who was going to be more churchillian . thatcher, churchillian. thatcher, like a proper conservative, live with integrity and unfortunately, you haven't that . i mean, one haven't shown that. i mean, one of the big things for me is the way he behaved this covid way he behaved during this covid penod way he behaved during this covid period where he really didn't believe lockdown and yet did believe in lockdown and yet did it. otherwise he wouldn't have been parties. was been having parties. if he was worried about health, he worried about his health, he wouldn't have done all of that. he he ruined our he locked us down. he ruined our economy. he's obliterated the mental health nation an mental health of our nation an and of our economy in and the state of our economy in particular. now anyone who's got a business, surrounded a small business, i'm surrounded . i'm, you i'm of greek . i'm, you know, i'm of greek origin. all origin. so they're all small business you know, business people. you know, they're all kind trying to they're all kind of trying to scrape together, working hard and backs are being

and their backs are being broken. blame i broken. and i blame boris. i blame him for not making it easier the easier for what the conservatives supposed conservatives were supposed to be, you be, which was small state, you know , helping businesses . that's know, helping businesses. that's what i thought they were low taxes and they've done the exact opposite . so if i was boris, i'd opposite. so if i was boris, i'd be hanging my head in shame. do you think nigel, if the pandemic, if the pandemic hadn't happened, boris johnson would still minister today? still be prime minister today? >> probably >> yes, i think he probably would. it was obviously would. i mean, it was obviously the start of the downfall was partygate . i don't think that he partygate. i don't think that he was he was elected for all the reasons that tonya says, that basically he was elected because the slogan was get brexit done. and that was the reason that people all voted for him . he people all voted for him. he didn't get brexit done, but that's by the way. but yes , i that's by the way. but yes, i don't see any reason why the sequence of events that actually brought him down and probably wouldn't have happened in the same way without without partygate. i think what partygate. i think what partygate showed me is that out of all the prime ministers that i've dealt with during my

working life , he was certainly working life, he was certainly the worst east second only to liz truss being the absolute worst . and prior to brexit, worst. and prior to brexit, worst. and prior to brexit, worst in what way, nigel what in effective was unable to deal with detail a bit cavalier with the rules. that was something else that partygate showed just not suitable to be a prime minister. i mean, if i was choosing the, the top prime ministers of my life, it would be margaret thatcher and tony blair. so a lot of political thing. it's purely about how good they are at doing that particular job good they are at doing that particularjob and having integrity. >> don't you think? it's having integrity? >> it's integrity , but it's also >> it's integrity, but it's also actually just just being able to actually just just being able to actually the job and being actually do the job and being effective as prime minister. and that's my point about blair and thatcher. that's not a it's not about politics there. it's about their effectiveness and they both started out with some kind of political philosophy very

different. but they had that to underpin them. that took them into to power. and they both won three elections as well. >> i mean, we won't go into blair. i just the things that he did that were so damaging and awful for our country, i can't even be bothered to list now. but for me, when it comes to four years of years ago from boris, i just feel that this country is worse off. and i know we had the lockdowns and i know that we had covid. but if he had, he pretended to be someone of great, as said, integrity of great, as you said, integrity and stick guns. and and stick to his guns. and a libertarian. and unfortunately, i showed that i don't think he showed that enough as our prime minister for i know who we're going to i don't know who we're going to have to lead us because keir starmer oh my goodness, if that's we've coming, that's what we've got coming, it's don't know what type it's i just don't know what type of future britain has . and he of future britain has. and he wants to in his speech as nice and he's talking about two terms or two terms. well then we're doomed. damned . what is doomed. we're damned. what is going to happen , nigel? going to happen, nigel? >> well, this is a democracy . >> well, this is a democracy. you actually get an election after the first term and if you

don't like what he's done, you can always throw him out. >> i think if richard tice and nigel decided to put nigel farage decided to put their together and become their heads together and become reform, would then be the reform, which would then be the true conservative party then we would something to worth. would have something to worth. >> unfortunately, our electoral system, the first past the post system, the first past the post system, conspires against that. what is interesting is the idea the that there are tory mps now talking about how they would bnng talking about how they would bring boris back and they're even talking about the idea that could you get nigel the could you get nigel into the party too? and they would both then lead a kind of right wing sort of tory party. >> but he's not, he's not even an mp now. no. exactly. would you parachute him in. >> you would do is that it >> what you would do is that it wouldn't happen before the next election. only of doing election. the only way of doing it is you get both of them in on a by—election fairly quickly. and going to happen? and what's going to happen? well, happening well, what's happening now is there battle for the heart there is a battle for the heart and of tory party and soul of the tory party between the moderates and the right will continue right wing. that will continue in opposition, which is where the be the argument should really be taking if they taking place. what if they brought i think

brought i mean, i don't think it's even remotely realistic and it's even remotely realistic and it couldn't happen under sunak. >> but if there was a coup and farage was brought in, if a safe seat was found for him, could that change everything? well it could, but, i mean, the only thing about that is i'm not sure how it can happen now. >> so i can see that that happening after the election. >> a tory mp falls on their sword with the majority of 25 30,000. it could happen. i mean, there's no such thing as a safe seat in by—election. seat in a by—election. >> no, that's right. nigel. really join the tory really want to join the tory party the state that it's in? party in the state that it's in? >> teasing us. >> keeps teasing us. >> keeps teasing us. >> minister he's probably >> keeps teasing us. >> more minister he's probably >> keeps teasing us. >> more chancezr he's probably >> keeps teasing us. >> more chance oer's probably >> keeps teasing us. >> more chance of being obably >> keeps teasing us. >> more chance of being prime got more chance of being prime minister under the tories than he under reform. he has under reform. >> certainly has >> well, certainly he has more chance being prime minister. chance of being prime minister. i don't think it's i mean, i don't think it's impossible what nigel to impossible what nigel seems to be was doing this be doing and he was doing this and a celebrity. kind of and i'm a celebrity. he kind of he lets the speculation run and then sees where where it actually ends up. so he's not told what ambitions told us what his ambitions actually you wanted actually are. but if you wanted office, then the tory party is the place to get it because it won't come through reform.

>> you don't think it's possible there could major there could be a major breakthrough reform? breakthrough with reform? >> there's lot of tory >> no, there's a lot of tory voters are going to reform. voters who are going to reform. >> but but i mean, at >> i know, but but i mean, at the moment, reform around about 10% the polls is back in 10% in the polls is back in 2015. ukip they were polling around 15. even so, they still didn't get a single mp at the general election. >> they had 4 million votes and they had 4 million votes. >> now, have we had proportional representation in that would have been about 80 mps. they could had. could have had. >> isn't that the problem >> but isn't that the problem that old system that that we have an old system that needs be changed, that needs to be changed, that doesn't suit modern society and but you've got two party leaders who don't want change it who don't want to change it because it suits them in the winner. >> never does want to change tories. winner tories. yeah, yeah. the winner never to change it. tories. yeah, yeah. the winner nevblair to change it. tories. yeah, yeah. the winner nevblair was:o change it. tories. yeah, yeah. the winner nev blair was talking|e it. tories. yeah, yeah. the winner nev blair was talking about all >> blair was talking about all sorts electoral reform before sorts of electoral reform before he became prime minister, and then won with landslide. then he won with a landslide. 100 and. then he won with a landslide. 100and. then he won with a landslide. 100and it goes the window. >> and it goes out the window. >> and it goes out the window. >> don't need that. that's right. >> it goes completely out the window. and again, it depends on what kind country you want. what kind of country you want. the mean,

the one advantage, i mean, i appreciate that pr is a democratic system, which we don't really have at the moment around 200,000 around about 200,000 votes really general really count at a general election . that's of our election. that's all most of our votes really count at all votes don't really count at all because the because it depends on the constituency we're in. so if you have a pr system, that's great, but the bad the downside is you'll end up like a country like israel, which constantly has elections because they have a pure pr system . um, or a pure pr system. um, or european countries constantly having to do deals for coalition. so the question really is, do you want that kind of uncertainty or do you want the certainty t of a party being able to govern? >> but if the, if the party govern as they've stated, they're going to govern low taxes, small states, these type of things, then, for example, for the conservatives and i don't know what labour stands for anymore, it's definitely not the man that's for sure. the working man that's for sure. if do as they've if they don't do as they've promised to do, what's the point of rather have of having them? i'd rather have the instability and at least knowing that my vote counts. >> view. i mean, >> well, that's a view. i mean, the one about about . about

the one thing about about. about pr is your vote does count. i mean, it counts absolutely the same way in a referendum every vote counted equally , which is vote counted equally, which is why i think people got so excited about the referendum because they that their excited about the referendum beca actually that their excited about the referendum beca actually mattered. their vote actually mattered. yeah. >> i think would >> and i think it would galvanise yeah. to do galvanise the young. yeah. to do something . something. >> move on to another story. >> move on to another story. >> yes , nigel criminals plant >> yes, nigel criminals plant more 4000 trees london >> yes, nigel criminals plant morywinter4000 trees london >> yes, nigel criminals plant morywinter in 00 trees london >> yes, nigel criminals plant morywinter in a) trees london >> yes, nigel criminals plant morywinter in a bidzes london >> yes, nigel criminals plant morywinter in a bid to london >> yes, nigel criminals plant morywinter in a bid to helpyndon this winter in a bid to help clear up the capital's air. >> yes. and also to keep them out of prison, which is the other point of i'm in favour other point of it. i'm in favour of an initiatives this one. of an initiatives like this one. i that it's a good idea . i think that it's a good idea. the prisons are overcrowded and well, basically they're full now . so the idea of having people who have committed minor offences have got very short sentences , say under six months sentences, say under six months are knife possession. >> some of them are. some of them have done done domestic violence. >> that's right. i'm not your male partner. >> yes, i'm not i'm not your male partner. you wouldn't say that's minor. >> no, no, i'm not. i'm not suggesting that it's minor in the of offence they've

the sense of the offence they've committed. their sentence committed. but their sentence at the is actually minor. the end of it is actually minor. and if you can get people out doing something useful for the community, yeah, i would be in favour that. favour of that. >> agree with you, andrew. as >> i agree with you, andrew. as long and i don't long as the crime and i don't care about the sentence, but as long as the crime isn't violent or or anything like or knife crime or anything like that, i'm glad that they're that, then i'm glad that they're be planting these trees. and i want to work hard to want them to to, work hard to plant like hard plant these trees like hard laboun plant these trees like hard labour, to plant these trees, not kind of planting a couple of trees and then going for tea break and then having lunch and it being a holiday it being a little holiday without being in prison. they have like have a limit of how have to like have a limit of how many they plant. if many trees they plant. and if they then have to they don't do it, then have to go in. >> good idea. it's got to >> very good idea. it's got to be tough. but what i love here, tonya, is another story. thousands fatties waddling thousands of fatties waddling down streets, waving flags, chanting is lovely. a chanting large is lovely. it's a threat the nation's health. threat to the nation's health. i'm mesmerised. tell me more. >> just just unbelievable. >> it's just just unbelievable. so pride that's so this is the fat pride that's hit america . and colorado set hit america. and colorado is set to become one of the first state in to ban fat phobia. in 50 years to ban fat phobia. now, listen, i don't think that

anybody should fat shame anybody . if someone's fat, you don't go up to go, oh, you're fat, up to them, go, oh, you're fat, you don't that. the you don't do that. but the reality is, if you are fat, you are more likely to get cancer. you're to have you're more likely to have diabetes, more likely to diabetes, you're more likely to have some sort of illness. and it brought upon yourself. it is brought upon yourself. yeah, whatever said and done, it's really i'm lamenting. i was having a conversation recently . having a conversation recently. i'm lamenting figure of i'm lamenting my figure of a youthful day and i get very cross with myself. i don't have the discipline i used to have, but that's what it takes, a little bit of discipline. >> well, there are people that end up putting weight because end up putting on weight because they've got thyroid or they've got thyroid issues or things their control. >> i'm not talking about them and this isn't talking about them. allowed to them. we've been allowed to accept kind of change accept this kind of change in our you look at tv our site. if you look at tv shows from the 70s 80s, even shows from the 70s and 80s, even the everyone is really the 90s, everyone is really slim. reset our fat set slim. we've reset our fat set point to except really obese point to be except really obese and people think it's and fat people and think it's okay. it's not okay. it does have ramifications on their health it has health and mainly it has a massive ramification on the nhs, but shouldn't be

but they shouldn't be discriminated against when it comes to jobs or being able comes down to jobs or being able to travel, shouldn't be to travel, you shouldn't be discriminated you're discriminated against if you're a it's saying in a boss. you know, it's saying in america they're to america now they're trying to bnngin america now they're trying to bring in that you're bring in laws that if you're if you've a company, then you you've got a company, then you have a super sized have to have a super sized chair. >> and that should be right. that's right, isn't it? if you're plane, you you're flying on a plane, you have have a super sized seat. have to have a super sized seat. thatis have to have a super sized seat. that is right, isn't it? that you have i if you you would have i mean, if you were flying on a plane, you would able to bring would you would be able to bring your onto plane your wheelchair onto a plane talking people that talking about people with that type of disability. >> if you're over overweight, you you're >> if you're over overweight, you you you're >> if you're over overweight, you you could you're >> if you're over overweight, you you could argue you're >> if you're over overweight, you you could argue thatre still you could argue that obesity be disability, but obesity can be a disability, but you don't want to sit next to an obese person the plane. obese person on the plane. >> i've had the >> because i've had the misfortune doing it. not misfortune of doing it. it's not comfortable. it's not. >> how long your flight? >> how long was your flight? >> how long was your flight? >> long way. >> singapore. long way. >> singapore. long way. >> the other is, is >> and the other thing is, is that, know, i'm always to that, you know, i'm always to wrap it. >> i'm so sorry. that is it from britain's newsroom. and britain's newsroom. tom and emily next. emily are here next. >> shaming on our show. >> no fat shaming on our show. >> no fat shaming on our show. >> you'll be pleased to know. but up, we're going be but coming up, we're going to be geanng but coming up, we're going to be gearing towards that vote on gearing up towards that vote on the safety coming the rwanda safety bill coming this evening. >> it's the last ditch

>> yes, it's the last ditch attempt for government attempt for the government to convince on sides convince mps on all sides whether they'll vote for whether or not they'll vote for the bill. james cleverly, the home secretary, speaking home secretary, is speaking in the all in the next few minutes. and all in new concerning context about new and concerning context about migrant here in the uk. migrant housing here in the uk. all come. migrant housing here in the uk. all looks ne. migrant housing here in the uk. all looks like things are heating >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of whether on . gb news. whether on. gb news. >> hello, welcome to your latest gb news weather update from the met office. >> there'll be heavy rain with a risk of thunderstorms for some of us through the afternoon. that's because we've got low pressure in charge today, so it'll be a much more unsettled day compared to yesterday. >> it'll be pushing with it these occluded fronts that will bnng these occluded fronts that will bring some persistent rain bring some more persistent rain to likes of eastern scotland to the likes of eastern scotland as well as north eastern england. there's warning england. there's a rain warning in for much of the in force here for much of the day into this evening as well. there could be some surface water on the roads here. we could also see some surface water south see a water further south as we see a mix of showers . these mix of heavy showers. these bnng mix of heavy showers. these bring a risk of thunderstorms through afternoon well as through the afternoon as well as potentially quite unusually potentially some quite unusually large . so do take care if

large hail. so do take care if you're travelling . could also you're travelling. could also see quite gusty winds see some quite gusty winds around the southern part of the area low pressure. that low area of low pressure. that low pressure pushes off to the pressure then pushes off to the east into this evening. but that does mean that cloud and some rain will linger eastern rain will linger across eastern areas into the evening and tomorrow morning we'll see quite a lot of low , murky cloud across a lot of low, murky cloud across central and eastern areas throughout the night . further throughout the night. further north and west, though, it does turn drier and clearer and we could see a touch of frost here by tomorrow morning. so a bit of a the northwest a change from the northwest throughout tomorrow. and that means that we'll see drier and brighter across much of brighter weather across much of northern ireland, and northern ireland, scotland and then england into then into northern england into tomorrow afternoon, afternoon, as the west country . as well as in the west country. elsewhere, though, east elsewhere, though, further east it will stay quite murky and dull much of the day dull through much of the day with some drizzly rain. i'll see you later that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on .

gb news. >> good afternoon, britain . it's >> good afternoon, britain. it's 12:00 on tuesday, the 12th of december. coming up, rwanda reckoning any moment now, home secretary james cleverly will to take his feet in the house of commons in his final plea to mps to back the safety of rwanda bill. >> but will he be able to persuade enough mps ahead of the crucial vote this evening ?

crucial vote this evening? >> migrant dies on big stockholm barge earlier reports from the ceo of the charity care for calais have suggested the asylum seeker took his own life on board. we'll bring you more detail as we get it. >> and bankrupt birmingham, the people of birmingham have been threatened with a huge council tax rise and reduced services in the new year. is your council at risk of bankruptcy . now? >> we're just moments away from the official final debate on the rwanda bill to take place in the house of commons. home secretary james cleverly will be trying to convince mps both who are sceptical of the bill, for going too far and sceptical of the bill for not going far enough. that actually it's the right course to take. >> i imagine there are quite a few conservative mps who are

still unsure which way they're