near future. big problem. the near future. big problem. the longest ever walkout in nhs history starts today, as junior doctors put pay yet again over patients tear down the blue wall. >> remember the liberal democrats? well, their leader, sir ed davey, has vowed to seize tory votes as he begins campaigning across surrey. this morning. they're releasing a new poster and time for reform. >> the party's leader, reform uk richard tice, will be setting out his party's policies for 2024 later. we're going to bring you that live during this programme and teetotal 20s. >> a new study has found that 44% of 18 to 24 year olds are switching to non—alcoholic dnnks. switching to non—alcoholic drinks . we will tell you why drinks. we will tell you why. >> who'd have thought last? even somebody like me would get excited about it. i know it's not my sort of thing all.

not my sort of thing at all. darts. i've never watched a darts i don't think. darts matter, i don't think. even have darts matter, i don't think. ever. have you not? but this is exciting. think it's. come on, exciting. i think it's. come on, it's 16 years old. he'll the it's 16 years old. he'll be the youngest champion yeah. >> let us know your thoughts this morning. vaiews@gbnews.com >> let us know your thoughts ththeiorning. vaiews@gbnews.com >> let us know your thoughts ththe email. vaiews@gbnews.com >> let us know your thoughts ththe email address s@gbnews.com >> let us know your thoughts ththe email address as gbnews.com >> let us know your thoughts ththe email address as always. com is the email address as always. first though, you're very latest news with tatiana sanchez . news with tatiana sanchez. >> bev thank you. your top stories from the gb news this morning the nhs could be stretched to breaking point today as junior doctors in england walk off the job in the health service's longest ever strike, an unprecedented six days of industrial action has now begun after talks between the government and the bma union broke down. junior doctors want a 35% pay rise, which would restore their real earnings to levels seen in 2008. the government says that's unaffordable , but insisted late unaffordable, but insisted late yesterday that the door remained open for further negotiation. doctor robert lawrenson is the

bma junior doctors committee co—chair. he says the strikes will continue until pay is improved. we're very happy to talk about restoring our pay over a matter of years . over a matter of years. >> we're very happy to do that over a period of a time frame, and we don't necessarily need it all in one go. we're happy to sit down and have a collab active conversation with the government , but they've pushed government, but they've pushed us out of negotiation room. us out of the negotiation room. they don't want to talk with us, and the fact of the matter is, the nurses rejected their pay deal the nurses rejected their pay deal. nurses are still in deal. the nurses are still in dispute with the government and the government and to be honest, the government and to be honest, the whole country have abandoned our colleagues as well . our nursing colleagues as well. >> lebanon's heavily armed hezbollah group says the death of a top hamas official in beirut will not go without a response. salah al—arouri died in what israel called a surgical strike against the hamas leadership , insisting it didn't leadership, insisting it didn't represent an attack on lebanon despite taking place in beirut . despite taking place in beirut. hezbollah, which is allied with the hamas terror group and

backed by iran, has been firing at israel on its southern border since the attacks in october over the death of the deputy leader has ignited fears the fighting could spread into a wider regional conflict . it wider regional conflict. it transport delays are to continue this morning after storm henk lashed parts of england and wales with very strong winds and heavy rain , while those winds of heavy rain, while those winds of up to 94 miles an hour were felt last night, downing trees and causing wide spread damage. a woman was injured in south—east london when she was struck by a falling tree. flood warnings remain in place, particularly in parts of birmingham , leicester parts of birmingham, leicester and northampton . several train and northampton. several train companies are warning of delays . companies are warning of delays. and luke littler will make history tonight when he becomes the youngest player to compete in the final of the world darts championship . at just 16 years championship. at just 16 years old, he beat rob cross six two, in the semi—finals last night at alexandra palace. he showed

nerves of steel as he closed out the match in style, continuing his dream run into tonight's big tournament . you can get more on tournament. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website gbnews.com now back to andrew and . bev. to andrew and. bev. >> good morning. it's 934 on wednesday, the 3rd of january, 16 year old darts superstar luke littler has reached the world championship final, defeating former world champion rob cross last night at alexandra palace. here he is after the victory . here he is after the victory. >> unbelievable. like i've only i only set my goals to win one game and come back after christmas and i'm still here. well i don't have any gcses. everyone's probably got more than me. in fact, i did pass me sport, but . yeah. um. look, sport, but. yeah. um. look, young, young dart players, hopefully they do look up to me. and if you, if you do practice, then you could be where i am .

then you could be where i am. >> he's brilliant. >> he's brilliant. >> i love him and he's so articulate. actually he's great. although i must say you'd have to pinch me if you 16. he looks a little bit older than that. but there we are. now he's taken the tournament by storm. he's become. fact, become. he is, in fact, a prodigy, and he's going to become a media sensation win or lose tonight. >> that's right. evening of >> that's right. this evening of course, on the world course, he takes on the world number ranked humphries number one ranked luke humphries . on tv, . for those watching on tv, we're luke littler and we're seeing luke littler and luke humphries together four years ago. so when luke littler was years old, even at was just 12 years old, even at 12, he looks about 18. if he'd arrived on a dinghy, somebody would be looking at his dental records. wouldn't they try and work out how old is he? >> sank. he'd probably sank the dinghy . now. see how mahmud dinghy. now. see how mahmud works favourite kebab works at his favourite kebab shop hotspot, which is in his nafive shop hotspot, which is in his native wakefield. he had this warrington and he had this message for luke. >> this is donner up. he loves it. he loves the kebab. like his famous phrase. but, uh, that's why i've also introduced, uh, his own kebab. he's called the luke luke special wrap. i think

it is. if you're watching luke, you are going to app. >> it's brilliant, isn't it? so luke is now 19 days from his 17th birthday. the youngest player to ever reach the world dans player to ever reach the world darts championship final. it is a proper david versus goliath underdog story. >> it's terrific. it really is terrific. well, joining us now is the former world darts champion steve beaton . steve champion steve beaton. steve morning to you . morning morning morning to you. morning morning now steve this is fantastic people like me who've never been had any interest in darts whatsoever. we've been completely swept up in all of this excitement . it's doing this excitement. it's doing wonders for the sport of darts, isn't it? >> oh yeah. i mean , for the >> oh yeah. i mean, for the youngsters watching this now, it's unbelievable really. i mean , uh, you know, it's a dream come true for luke, you know, from where he, you know, to get to the final. now um, but fair play to the final. now um, but fair play to him. he qualified through his own steam, you know, he well in the he he did well in the development tour, and he's development tour, and now he's got a tour card next year as

got a tour card for next year as well. but you know, done it well. but you know, he's done it all merit. and um, you know, all on merit. and um, you know, he's going to be interesting he's going to be an interesting final looking final tonight. i'm looking forward it. forward to it. >> were you steve, when you became world champion ? sorry how became world champion? sorry how old were you when you became world champion ? world champion? >> oh, i wasn't i wasn't that young. >> now i think, um, i was in i was 32, so it's a bit later on in life for me. yeah darts wasn't as big then, but he's got huge now. yeah >> um, for somebody like luke , >> um, for somebody like luke, i'm thinking about other sports. you know, if you, if you're doing olympic sports, swimming, athletics, running the parents play athletics, running the parents play a big role. the ferrying kids to and from training every day would would luke's sport have had that sort of impact on his family growing up ? his family growing up? >> yeah. i mean i mean , it's >> yeah. i mean i mean, it's he's got a great support behind him. >> his family's been brilliant. and i mean, that's what you need as a youngster in any sport. you know, you need your backing from from your family. but, um, he's

he found the talent when he was younger. and, uh, it's just a matter of, like, you know, practising and, uh, doing, developing and, uh , developing that talent. and, uh, he's proved you know, he's proved that, you know, i mean, he's he's still unbelievable . he's only 16, you unbelievable. he's only 16, you know, and he's got to the point now that he could be, you know, champion of the world. >> how do they somebody >> it's how do they somebody that young steve copes with the pressure because it must be pretty scary even for somebody like you who's been around a long time. sometimes to go on that stage, cameras are on long time. sometimes to go on that the e, cameras are on long time. sometimes to go on that the audienceneras are on long time. sometimes to go on that the audience is ras are on long time. sometimes to go on that the audience is veryre on you. the audience is very passionate in the in the, in the ali harbi ali. and yet he seems to be as cool as cucumber. >> yeah. i mean, he's dealt with everything, you know , everything, you know, marvellously. you know, i mean , marvellously. you know, i mean, from his first game on, ali pally, you know, even his averages have improved and his performance has improved . you performance has improved. you know, he looks like he's enjoying it up there and, uh, you know , it's shown in his game you know, it's shown in his game and, uh, you know, some players thrive on the audience. you know, they play better on, on in

front of the camera. and i think he's one of them players, um, who is he playing tonight and what actually what chance does he actually have winning ? he's playing have of winning? he's playing luke humphries who is playing absolutely out of this world this year. i mean, he's won the last three, know, uh, two last three, you know, uh, two tournaments. know, he's on tournaments. you know, he's on top form. i mean he had 108 average last night. you know . so average last night. you know. so this final is going to be really , really good. you know they're both i think luke has 106. he had average last night. so had 108 average last night. so i think in for a you know think we're in for a you know a tremendous final. >> don't look if you >> they don't look if you forgive me for saying so steve like conventional athletes. bev was talking about the olympics . was talking about the olympics. earlier and she knows a lot about olympic olympics, olympian sports. yeah, he's not exactly slim. he's very finely honed slim. he's not very finely honed , he? physique wise, putting , is he? physique wise, putting it . it mildly. >> um, no. but i mean, like you say, you've got to remember he's 16, maybe 17 and a few weeks now , but, you know, he's still young, he's still developing, young, he's still developing, you still growing. you know, he's still growing. >> i mean, luke, luke was,

>> and i mean, luke, luke was, um, a lot heavier than he used to be. he's slimmed down a lot now to be able to compete. but, you luke feels you know, if luke feels comfortable. luke. luke littlefield. um, through . he littlefield. um, through. he feels comfy at, you know, the way he's carrying. then you know , bless him, you know, carry on. but you know, i don't think that's affecting his game at all. and, um, you know, he's just shown all the youngsters how how to it. really. how how to do it. really. >> is obviously the >> there is obviously the difference between, way, difference between, in a way, the world's top sports people and aren't is coping and those that aren't is coping under lot of them under pressure. a lot of them behind scenes could perform, under pressure. a lot of them beioni scenes could perform, under pressure. a lot of them beion the scenes could perform, under pressure. a lot of them beion the track|es could perform, under pressure. a lot of them beion the track in could perform, under pressure. a lot of them beion the track in the ld perform, under pressure. a lot of them beion the track in the pool, 'form, under pressure. a lot of them beion the track in the pool, on,n, be on the track in the pool, on, on a lake or i imagine at the hockey behind closed doors. but it's coping with that pressure in on that night. in that moment on that night. isn't looks like luke isn't it? it looks like luke littler is one of these young men who actually thrives on the pressure and does better when the crowd is making noise and he looks like he loves it. do you think that's the case? >> oh, definitely. yeah. you know, and then there he's he's actually enjoying every moment you know, he's even down to his

finishing. you know he's looking at the crowd to see you know which way he wants to go. really. and uh yeah that's that's driving him on i think. and , if he wins and uh, you know, if he wins this tournament, you know, it's going to be unbelievable for him i >> -- >> the 5mm >> the world will be his oyster. do you think, if you're honest, steve, will win tonight? steve, that he will win tonight? what's your hunch? >> i i've got a funny feeling he might, because, you know, he's deau might, because, you know, he's dealt with everything this week. >> um, to him, it's just going to be another game tonight. and, um, although luke is luke humphries is playing very well . humphries is playing very well. um, so. but i definitely would like to think that , you know, like to think that, you know, who knows? he's got a good chance.i who knows? he's got a good chance. i think definitely of, uh, of winning it tonight. the youngster . youngster. >> and if he wins this half £1 million, will there be people around him? steve, that will help him manage that sort of money at this age? because there's always a risk, isn't there's always a risk, isn't there , that things can go there, that things can go a little awry? >> yeah, definitely . i mean, i >> yeah, definitely. i mean, i like i said earlier , he's got

like i said earlier, he's got a great family around him . um, great family around him. um, he's, you know, i think he's got his head screwed on. he he, he loves the game. this is going to if he wins this tournament, it'll put him in the top ten inches the world. um, got inches the world. um, he's got the year ahead of him. the whole year ahead of him. it'll, you know, it'll also qualify most of the tv qualify him for most of the tv tournaments. you know, he's got a of years ahead of a great couple of years ahead of him. um, i think, you know, him. so, um, i think, you know, i think he'll go awry. i i don't think he'll go awry. i think he'll he'll cope with it quite well. >> let's hope so. we will >> well, let's hope so. we will be watching and we will be wishing all the very best. wishing him all the very best. >> to talk to you. >> well, great to talk to you. that's the former. a former world champion. great to talk to a champion, isn't a world champion, isn't it. yeah. world champion. a world champion, isn't it. yeaand orld champion. a world champion, isn't it. yeaand 0|know3mpion. beaten. >> and i know people beaten. people snobby about it people are snobby about it aren't they are. not aren't they. they are. it's not aren't they. they are. it's not a proper sport, but i think it is. it's about skill, technique, ability to under ability to perform under pressure. that not the definition? >> who did we who was >> who did we talk? who was a darts player we on a few darts player we had on a few weeks who won the darts weeks ago? who won the darts championship than other championship more than any other darts the world? darts player in the world? >> he was there that day. >> ah, somebody someone's going to the year in my hand

to whisper the year in my hand at some point. >> darts players i know eric bristow, george, bobby, bristow, bobby george, bobby, george and then there's a something whatsit. something vander whatsit. there's guy. there's a famous dutch guy. don't jocky wilson? don't you remember jocky wilson? >> there was >> um, yeah. and there was a woman player called maureen flowers dating eric flowers who was dating eric bristow. were an item. bristow. they were an item. yeah, she was a blonde. >> it's all coming back to me now. yeah. let us know your thoughts. even if you just want to say how brilliant is that to say how brilliant it is that we've a brit on the top we've got a brit on the top stage. uh, one of the world's 16 championships stage. uh, one of the world's 16 champio amazing. >> um, amazing. >> um, amazing. >> moving junior doctors in >> moving on. junior doctors in england have a day england have started a six day strike after talks between the government the british government and the british medical association down government and the british med month. ociation down last month. >> over. dispute is >> it's over. the dispute is oven >> it's over. the dispute is over. and conditions. the over. pay and conditions. the bma senior doctors say pay bma senior doctors say their pay has by more than a has been cut by more than a quarter since 2008. >> the health secretary of victoria atkins, has victoria, thea atkins, has issued a statement that says i urge the bma junior doctors committee to call off their strikes and come back to the negotiating table so we can find a fair and reasonable solution to end the strikes once and for all. well let's talk to now. >> junior doctor, doctor bashir

mukherjee. good morning to you. good morning. you will have noficed good morning. you will have noticed yesterday, doctor, that the we had the highest ever post—war number of excess deaths in this country, 53,000. do you accept some responsibility for that because of your continued strikes ? i i will have to say strikes? i i will have to say that this is not just the responsibility of the doctor. no, i'm asking if you do accept some responsibility. >> i guess there's a consequence to every action. so for those people who have been striking, then there is a level of responsibility that we have to carry with us. yes i find it utterly extraordinary , marie, utterly extraordinary, marie, that at this time of year in january, when we know that particularly the elderly are more at risk at this time of yean more at risk at this time of year, and there are people with immune systems that, frankly, are not working very well after the years, that this the last three years, that this is time in which doctors are is the time in which doctors are choosing to take this strike action. >> is this not better for to

least get through the winter , least get through the winter, maybe into the spring? and if you still feel the need to take the action in the summer, then do then we were having this do so. then we were having this exact same conversation last summer as well, and this has been started since the beginning of spring last year. >> so this it just seems that the government are not willing to to us, and there's no to listen to us, and there's no real right time. this exact conversation of the exact number of deaths and all the, uh, the effect on the nhs, this was been had last year. i mean , the had last year. i mean, the delayed action of the government. i'm absolutely appalled at. >> oh, well, we've lost, uh , >> oh, well, we've lost, uh, doctor bhasha mukherjee . doctor bhasha mukherjee. >> um, we'll try and get her back. >> um, we'll try and get her back . but >> um, we'll try and get her back. but just to remind you, this is they've started the junior doctors strike today. it is. it's is six days of strikes. it is the longest strike in the history the nhs. the thing history of the nhs. the thing is, well, junior doctors is, as well, the junior doctors title a little bit title is a little bit misleading, actually, because it's basically, um, uh, it's just basically, um, uh, we've a bad morning. we've got a bad morning. >> bashir >> we've got doctor bashir mukherjee, think think mukherjee, i think i think you're with you're you're back with us.

sorry that. sorry sorry about that. sorry about that. you just clarify that. um, could you just clarify as well, because junior doctors isn't really the right definition for who are, definition for who you guys are, is it? not. it's not as is it? it's not. it's not as though you've just left university . for people. university. for people. >> anybody who's not a consultant , essentially. so consultant, essentially. so there could be any first year in there could be any first year in the training programme, or there could be many, many years into the training programme. so there really a very different level really is a very different level of experience in, you know , in of experience in, you know, in this in this whole terminology. um, and that's why i think this is a really important discussion because it affects so many doctors and so many doctors are part of this movement. movement because we truly believe in it. >> 35% pay rise under the conditions at the moment of the fact that we have this this terrible debt burden in the uk, just south sounds unreasonable . just south sounds unreasonable. >> well, as as the discussion has been had, it's not that we're asking for it all in one go. we are asking for. we are happy to discuss and we're happy

to negotiate. i think that's where the conversation has been about. negotiate with us, bring us some alternatives or even some thing that is palatable that keeps all these doctors to stay in the nhs. i think what we're trying to avoid is the alternative , which is a mass alternative, which is a mass exodus already happening, of doctors leaving the country, working abroad, working in the private sector. they're still going to be doing patient care there, but it's just not going to be in the nhs and we're going to be in the nhs and we're going to be in the nhs and we're going to be left over with with leftover doctors, which we really don't want. but but, but isn't beverly right? >> 35% is unreasonable, doctor. you've you've been you've been offered you've been offered 10.3. inflation is currently running at 4.4. 2. we accept your pay has been squeezed over the last decade, but that's the same across the board in the public sector. and dare i say, in many parts of the private sector to. >> but the conversation is about how much does that actually mean in real terms? >> it would have amounted to the exact amount which the government has already spent trying to essentially work

against us by paying locum doctors to cover the shifts, which, well , you know, as you're which, well, you know, as you're saying, it's still resulting in these number of deaths and all these number of deaths and all the delays and the appointments and all the rest of it. so what are we really achieving here? the government needs to work with us, not against us. and right now, the doctors feel like we don't have anybody on our side. are you side. well, what are you achieving? are on side? achieving? what are on our side? well what are you achieving? >> going since >> this has been going on since the summer and you and you just led a dramatic increase in led to a dramatic increase in waiting the biggest waiting list. the biggest increase excess deaths increase in excess deaths in post—war have post—war history. what have you achieved, post—war history. what have you achwell, i worry that by not >> well, i, i worry that by not being heard by essentially our employer , what this means is the employer, what this means is the employee , the doctors, they employee, the doctors, they don't feel valued. >> and this is why they're all leaving. and i that's part of my future plan as well. if we don't get a better valued it's an interesting thing when you say you don't feel valued because i think what happened during the pandemic was this paradigm shift

that we were told we had to save the . the nhs. >> it was a complete reversal of what the nhs is there to do , what the nhs is there to do, which is actually to save us. is it fair to say that junior doctors now are just basically a little bit sulky about the fact that we're no longer clapping you on a thursday night and hitting pans with spoons ? in hitting pans with spoons? in order to applaud you, we have to go back to remembering that doctors are there and the vast majority do an unbelievably good job. the doctors are there to look after the patients. it is not the patient's job to sit on a waiting list for two years so that you can get paid more money, as much as i completely hear what you're saying, we have to remember that as doctors, we could do that exact same job in any other part of the world. >> and that's exactly what's happening. doctors are leaving the country, working in different parts of world different parts of the world where do more valued, where they do feel more valued, and essentially they could be doing good society doing more good in the society if a perspective of doing if it was a perspective of doing charity. okay

>> all right. we appreciate you joining us this morning. junior doctor. doctor bashir mukherjee. uh health and social affairs editor of the sunday express. lucy johnson is in the studio. good morning. lucy. hello. good morning. not seem terribly morning. do we not seem terribly sympathetic there? andrew and i to that lady. sympathetic there? andrew and i to tum..ady. >> um. >> um. >> well, i question whether doctors really are leaving in a huge waves. if there is really an exodus. the last time i looked at it, there was only a small proportion, i think 3. and the ones that leave often come back. so that's a normal thing. they often threaten to leave , they often threaten to leave, but i'm not because they tell us this all the time that people are going to australia sunnier climes where they get more money, don't work in an nhs. >> of course australia, in >> of course in australia, in sunnier climes. yeah, course. sunnier climes. yeah, of course. >> i understand >> and i understand the temptation do that. but the temptation to do that. but the figures, the last time i looked didn't stack didn't, didn't didn't stack up, didn't, didn't support i'm not support that. so i'm not convinced. um, the, the junior doctors have an average, uh, of . doctors have an average, uh, of. about £50,000 a year. that's

what they earn on average. so when they do talk about their pay when they do talk about their pay being the same as their pret a manger, it's not true, is it? well, with out of hours pay and with bonuses , it adds up to with bonuses, it adds up to about that. and of course they have huge career progression and salary advancement opportunities, which is very clear. so they will, as consultants be earning six figure salary. >> well, some of these nhs doctors also be doing private work on the side. >> well that is very true. and many of them go on to do private work in weekends or on their days off or on their strike days presumably. well that has happened. presumably. well that has happened . but i think that they happened. but i think that they they can end up doing locum work . um, so i think that it is true that junior doctors do have huge debts and that would be one thing that the government could look at. i mean, they can rack up about £100,000 worth of debt dunng up about £100,000 worth of debt during their training . and if we

during their training. and if we do want to keep doctors here and there is a threat of doctors leaving, we could do something like that for every year they work , we pay back, the work, we pay back, the government pays back , or the nhs government pays back, or the nhs actually pays back part of that debt because it's quite difficult to service that debt . difficult to service that debt. with the interest rates so high. yeah. um, and i think as you've said, you know, 35% pay restoration, the institute of fiscal studies has , has looked fiscal studies has, has looked at their declining pay in real terms , and it doesn't match what terms, and it doesn't match what they are claiming. so there is a debate. there's a dispute over that. the institute for fiscal studies, i think, said it's 11 to 16% since 2010. and they say it's 35% since 2008. nine. so you know, those figures, data can sort of show and we can argue about the numbers, can't we, lucy. >> of course. but but the real number that that drove was dnven number that that drove was driven home to me this week was that number yesterday saw that number yesterday we saw about extra 53,000 excess

about the extra 53,000 excess deaths, the largest increase since the second world war. that has to be i'm not saying whether they should be on strike, but they should be on strike, but the strike has to be a major factor. >> well, it's really hard to tell whether the excess deaths are due to, uh, nhs , the, the are due to, uh, nhs, the, the problems, the tipping point now that the nhs is facing , it's that the nhs is facing, it's difficult to know. but but the fact is we have 7.1 million people on the waiting list. we have a million, over a million procedures cancelled. there will be people with fast progressing cancers that will not be diagnosed and people are really struggling . it's a dreadful struggling. it's a dreadful situation and the fact that, i mean, i was talking to victoria atkins, the health secretary's office the other day and they said we will not come back to the table until they stop striking. and that's we need to move on. >> i'm so sorry. let us >> lucy, i'm so sorry. let us know your thoughts morning. >> lucy, i'm so sorry. let us knoviewsr thoughts morning. >> lucy, i'm so sorry. let us knoviews atioughts morning. >> lucy, i'm so sorry. let us knoviews at gthts morning. >> lucy, i'm so sorry. let us knoviews at gb news. morning. >> lucy, i'm so sorry. let us knoviews at gb news. .ukorning. gb views at gb news. .uk >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

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temperatures not dropping a huge amount. places holding up amount. most places holding up in mid single figures, but could be little of a chilly be a little bit of a chilly start. first thing on thursday morning as through the day morning as we go through the day itself. many, there will be itself. for many, there will be fewer showers around compared to today northern parts. today across northern parts. still here with still quite cloudy here with outbreaks showery more outbreaks of showery rain. more central of england and central parts of england and wales in particular. lots of fine sunny weather but turning cloudy and wet in the south with some heavy , persistent rain some heavy, persistent rain pushing across southern pushing up across southern parts, particularly southeastern parts, particularly southeastern parts, through the parts, as we go through the afternoon could some afternoon. it could cause some disruption travel disruption to travel temperatures near normal for the time by by that warm time of year by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> well thanks alex. still to come, reform leader, reform uk leader richard tice. he's hosting a press conference this morning setting party's morning setting out his party's policies the general policies for the general election, is election, which we know is coming up very shortly. meanwhile davey remember meanwhile sir ed davey remember him? leader. he's him? lib dem leader. he's driving van through guildford

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critical condition. >> good luck if you're trying to get an nhs appointment today, we've got the longest ever walkout in history with junior doctors the line doctors hitting the picket line again . again. >> w- again. >> hits the big time 16 >> littler hits the big time 16 year old luke littler is in the world darts championship final tonight. here is the man himself. i've only gcses. >> everyone's probably got more than me. in fact, they did pass me sport. but yeah. um. look, young darts , young dart players, young darts, young dart players, hopefully they do look up to me. and if you, if you do practice, then you could be where i am . then you could be where i am. >> time for reform. the leader of reform uk, richard tice, is going to set out his party's policies at a press conference this morning, our political edhon this morning, our political editor, chris hope. he's already there . there. >> that's right. it's minor party's day. the lib dems and the blue wall in surrey. and here in westminster, reform uk is going to label labour, starmer geddon more shortly . starmer geddon more shortly. >> and is it or is it time for the lib dems ? more like time for the lib dems? more like time for a snooze as lib dem leader sir

ed davey is doing his own campaigning in guildford this morning. i don't know why it entertains me so much. i think it's them launching a poster . it's them launching a poster. >> i wait to see it. >> i can't wait to see it. >> i can't wait to see it. >> i shouldn't be so dismissive. i voted for the lib dems when nick clegg was was leader of the lib dems. why? look at his face. he's never gonna speak to me again. >> no i did, i was young and naive and i thought that they were kind of a sort of middle ground party. and you remember they promised the 2010 they promised in the 2010 election wouldn't election they wouldn't put up with universal tuition fees, election they wouldn't put up withthey ersal tuition fees, election they wouldn't put up withthey tripled tuition fees, election they wouldn't put up withthey tripled them.n fees, and they tripled them. >> yeah, i know in coalition i know, but aren't they funny? they're in the they're really lost in the political they political wilderness. they used to at least thorn in the to be at least a thorn in the side of the two main political parties. they're not even that anymore. >> but we want to know about is your experiences with nhs. we've got this biggest ever strike by junior doctors. the longest in nhs worse nhs history. couldn't be a worse month, it? january, month, could it? january, when

older people more vulnerable older people are more vulnerable people, more people, particularly more vulnerable what are vulnerable than ever. what are your own experiences? have you had your perhaps cancer appointment cancelled? let us know. absolutely. appointment cancelled? let us kno gb absolutely. appointment cancelled? let us kno gb views|bsolutely. appointment cancelled? let us kno gb views sat lutely. appointment cancelled? let us kno gb views sat gbely. appointment cancelled? let us kno gb views sat gb news. appointment cancelled? let us knogb views sat gb news. com is >> gb views sat gb news. com is the though, the email address. first though, here tatiana sanchez in the here is tatiana sanchez in the gp newsroom . gp newsroom. >> bev turner. thank you . your >> bev turner. thank you. your top stories from the gp newsroom. the nhs could be stretched to breaking point today, as junior doctors in england walk off the job in the health service's longest ever strike. an unprecedented six days of industrial action has now begun after talks between the government and the bma union broke down, junior doctors want a 35% pay rise, which would restore their real earnings to levels seen in 2008, the government says that's unaffordable, but insisted late yesterday that the door remained open for further negotiation. doctor robert lawrenson is the bma's junior doctors committee co—chair. he says the strikes will continue until pay is

improved. >> we're very happy to talk about restoring our pay over a matter of years. we're very happy to do that over a period of a time frame, and we don't necessarily need it all in one go. we're happy to sit down and have a collaborative conversation with the government, but they've pushed us out of the negotiation room. they don't want to talk with us. and the fact of the matter is, the nurses rejected their pay deal the nurses rejected their pay deal. the nurses are still in dispute with the government and the government. and to be honest, the whole have honest, the whole country have abandoned colleagues abandoned our nursing colleagues as . as well. >> lebanon's heavily armed hezbollah group says the death of a top hamas official in beirut will not go without a response . salah al—arouri died response. salah al—arouri died in what israel called a surgical strike against the hamas leadership in sitting, it didn't represent an attack on lebanon , represent an attack on lebanon, despite taking place in beirut . despite taking place in beirut. hezbollah, which is allied with the hamas terror group and backed by iran , has been firing backed by iran, has been firing at israel on its southern border since the attacks in october to

the death of the deputy leader has ignited fears the fighting could spread into a wider regional conflict . but transport regional conflict. but transport delays are to continue. this morning after storm henk lashed parts of england and wales with very strong winds and heavy rain. those winds up to 34 miles an hour were felt last night, downing trees and causing widespread damage . a woman was widespread damage. a woman was injured in south—east london when she was struck by a falling tree. flood warnings remain in place, particularly in parts of birmingham, leicester and northampton. several train companies are warning of delays , companies are warning of delays, where the journalist nathan rowell says passengers should check their plans before setting off. >> rail companies are warning there are going to be disruptions this morning and thatis disruptions this morning and that is because of some of the trains are in the wrong place from is quote from yesterday. that is a quote from yesterday. that is a quote from from the rail. the rail networks, because of the disruption the trains disruption yesterday, the trains weren't able to get back to where to start where they should be to start off so there are going to off today. so there are going to be disruptions there are be disruptions and there are hundreds of flood alerts and

flood warnings out from the environment right across environment agency. right across the in the aftermath of the country in the aftermath of storm henk. so yeah , we are only storm henk. so yeah, we are only a couple of days into 2024 and once again we are talking about storms and disruption and flooding and everything that goes with it . goes with it. >> a list of more than 150 people with links to the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein is to be made public soon. it follows a ruling by a judge in new york that will see previously redacted names revealed for the first time. it's understood many of the names have already appeared in other court documents , and other court documents, and appearing on the list does not necessarily indicate any wrongdoing . a longtime associate wrongdoing. a longtime associate of powerful politicians and business people , epstein preyed business people, epstein preyed on girls as young as 14. he died in jail in 2019 before he could be tried on sex trafficking charges . more young people are charges. more young people are making the switch to non—alcoholic drinks , a study non—alcoholic drinks, a study carried out by yougov found 44% of those aged 18 to 24 consider

themselves to be either occasional or regular drinkers of alcohol alternative. that's up from 31% in 2022. it also found younger generations are now the most sober age group overall, with 39% preferring not to drink at all. that's after a survey in november found 1 in 10 british drinkers feel they have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol . and luke littler will alcohol. and luke littler will make history tonight when he becomes the youngest player to compete in the final of the world dance championship at just 16 years old, he beat rob cross six two, in the semi—finals last night, he showed nerves of steel as he closed out the match in style, continuing his dream run into tonight's big tournament and the history making finalist has some words of wisdom for anyone who dreams of following him. >> the unbelievable like i've only i only set my goals to win one game and come back after christmas and i'm still here. well i don't have any gcses.

everyone's probably got more than me. in fact, i did pass my sport, but yeah. um, look, young , young dart players, hopefully they do look up to me. and if you, if you do practice, then you, if you do practice, then you could be where i am . you could be where i am. >> this is 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 . bev. to andrew and. bev. >> very good morning. 1007 thank you for getting in touch at home, and thank you for carrying on, watching and listening to us here on gb news we are going to break all the records in 2024 for the number of people who are tuning in and you a big part tuning in and you are a big part of that on this show. it's all thanks to andrew. uh, pamela says doesn't mean a word of says she doesn't mean a word of that. 100. do . i am 100% that. i am 100. i do. i am 100% behind the nhs strikes . the behind the nhs strikes. the whole public sector are still paying whole public sector are still paying for the bankers crashing the economy in 2008, year on yean the economy in 2008, year on year, real terms pay cuts. we've

had enough many staff are had enough many good staff are leaving. not everybody is leaving. um not everybody is agreeing with that . tony says agreeing with that. tony says stop making out the junior doctor strikes to be selfish . doctor strikes to be selfish. actually, you do agree with that, tony. we're having to sub our junior doctor son that, tony. we're having to sub ourjunior doctor son because our junior doctor son because he's paying £1,000 a month for a room in london. paying for his own equipment and paying for membership fees just to let him practice. alone the debt. practice. let alone the debt. come deserve a pay come on, they deserve a pay rise. bruce has the rise. but bruce has said the junior doctors moral junior doctors are a moral disgrace. innocent, sick people are suffering because of their selfish i've no selfish action. i've got no sympathy. i'm sickened when i see of see them laughing outside of hospitals because, um, a lot of you that having you are in that having reflecting sort feelings reflecting that sort of feelings about them and, well, it's a perfect time to talk to our next guest , perfect time to talk to our next guest, think. guest, i think. >> um, right. >> so, um, right. >> so, um, right. >> so, um, right. >> so, junior doctors in england have begun a six day strike until next tuesday, after talks between the government and the bma down last month. bma broke down last month. >> it's over. pay and conditions. as you know, the bma says been says junior doctors pay has been cut by more a quarter since cut by more than a quarter since 2008, and the health secretary victoria atkins, has appealed

for be called off for the strikes to be called off but warns the bma need to be realistic . realistic. >> it's very disappointed when the junior doctors committee walked out of our negotiations and then called these strikes. we know , though, that they have we know, though, that they have a very real impact for people , a very real impact for people, including, of course, the 88,000 appointments that were cancelled in the last three days of industrial action just before christmas. and so i very much hope that junior doctors, the junior doctors committee will call off the strikes and then we can get back round the negotiating table to ensure that we can find a settlement for patients . patients. >> well, joining us now is barrister and columnist for perspective sam fowles. good morning sam. good morning. it's interesting looking at our inbox i would say that it's 80% have lost sympathy with the junior doctors, 20% still on side . doctors, 20% still on side. who's going to win this i think it's difficult to say, but i think it's a real shame that to see it, it framed like this really because we as a we as a

nation, when i remember going outside every day during the pandemic and banging pots and pans and clapping for carers, and there was this sort of upswell of , of gratitude to the, upswell of, of gratitude to the, to the nhs and, and quite rightly so. >> you know, these people were risking their lives. they were wearing bin bags because they didn't have enough ppe. yet didn't have enough ppe. and yet when they say, okay, i would take issue with how exaggerated the threat these young, the threat to these young, healthy was. healthy people was. >> on. >> but carry on. >> but carry on. >> but carry on. >> but then when they say put your money where your mouth get us started on that, but you'll never get finish. never get a finish. >> tell you. >> let me tell you. >> let me tell you. >> but this isn't it. it does all come back to that. i said there paradigm shift where there was a paradigm shift where it the power it seemed like the power suddenly went to the doctors, and we are supposed to be grateful and we are supposed to be gra'wel grateful for and we are supposed to be gra'we l grateful for them. >> we are grateful for them. they're remarkable. however we've of the fact we've lost sight of the fact that to protect that the nhs is there to protect the british public well. >> and i agree with >> and yet, and i agree with that. but the thing is, it's not for doctors to sort of voluntarily protect the british pubuc voluntarily protect the british public it's for public out of charity. it's for the government. government public out of charity. it's for th supposed|ent. government public out of charity. it's for th supposed to t. government public out of charity. it's for th supposed to run government public out of charity. it's for th supposed to run the overnment public out of charity. it's for th supposed to run the nhs. �*nent public out of charity. it's for th supposed to run the nhs. thet

is supposed to run the nhs. the government supposed to government is supposed to protect it's supposed to protect us. it's supposed to provide with health care and provide us with health care and part doing involves part of doing that involves paying part of doing that involves paying the people to work in the nhs. the sort of wage that they're willing to work for. don't sam? don't you think, sam? >> unconscionable that with >> it's unconscionable that with 7 on waiting 7 million people on waiting lists that they're going on strike worst strike in january, the worst time they did it time of the year. they did it just before christmas. this is when older, more vulnerable people most people are at their most vulnerable , and they're going vulnerable, and they're going out for six days for more money. >> well, part of this, though , >> well, part of this, though, is do you not find it unconscionable? i find it unconscionable? i find it unconscionable that they've been put in that position. this is the result of government anti—strike legislation that has limited the time that you can strike. and so if junior doctors want to pursue this dispute, this year, they have a ticking clock , after which they're not clock, after which they're not allowed to strike anymore . allowed to strike anymore. according to the law. so it's a pity according to the law. so it's a pity it's not in now, in my view, if it was in now, there wouldn't be this strike. >> we wouldn't have had in the

last. only in the last 24 hours. the figures showing the highest excess deaths figure post—war of 53,000 since the war. that's got to strike, sam. to be linked to the strike, sam. well, we've had the highest excess. >> excess. >> we've had highest excess deaths, deaths, figures every yean deaths, deaths, figures every year, pandemic deaths, deaths, figures every yeathe pandemic deaths, deaths, figures every yeathe and pandemic deaths, deaths, figures every yeathe and i pandemic deaths, deaths, figures every yeathe and i can't pandemic deaths, deaths, figures every yeathe and i can't quote|demic for the and i can't quote accurately, but it goes going back several years before the pandemic , every year was the pandemic, every year was the highest excess death. >> no, this is definitely 2022 has been the highest excess deaths we've had. and we're looking at figures well looking at high figures as well this year. so even to do this year. so even partly to do with this, it's also partly to this year. so even partly to do witwith s, it's also partly to this year. so even partly to do witwith some also partly to this year. so even partly to do witwith some people rtly to this year. so even partly to do witwith some people having bad do with some people having bad reactions, short reactions, long terme and short terme covid vaccine . so terme to the covid vaccine. so it's partly to do with suicide because lockdowns. it's because of lockdowns. it's partly to do with people not having medical attention during lockdowns. that's a complex picture, it's certainly picture, but it's certainly plays part now. this is going plays a part now. this is going forward. we're going to see these people who can't access cancer care. we've just had a statement. there's been a statement. there's been a statement out this morning from professor yvonne doyle, the former medical director at pubuc former medical director at public she public health england, and she said know what old said that, you know what old people help the people need to do to help the nhs warm, stay away warm. nhs stay warm, stay away warm. thatis nhs stay warm, stay away warm. that is one of the leading

medics in this country saying doctors can be on strike, but the old people need to just put on a cardigan. this is 2023 and we're acting like a medieval country. yeah. >> and it's very but we've been acting a medieval country acting like a medieval country for a now . every year of for a decade now. every year of my adult life , there has been my adult life, there has been a crisis in the nhs in the winter. this isn't something that has just come about because of covid. it's not something that's come about because of the strikes. it's something that happens even happens every single year. even before covid, we had the highest waiting lists in in decades that we had to deal with. so this is this is not something that is being imposed just by the junior doctors. and i don't think it's fair to be asking the junior doctors to essentially mop up the mess that politicians have been making for a decade now. >> sam, they're talking let's talk about the money, because the, the, the junior doctors are saying and i think they're wilfully misleading the public by we're getting much by saying we're not getting much more pay than peter murrell staff in president xi. that's been repudiated completely by

that checking organisation . that fact checking organisation. and we were talking to somebody earlier the even the institute for fiscal studies, independent respected says their pay hasn't fallen back by 35% in the last decade. fallen back by 35% in the last decade . it's more like 15. decade. it's more like 15. they've been offered 10.3. that's not bad, sam. when you consider how most of the public sector and let's not forget, the private sector have been squeezed and squeezed. why are they got to be treated so differently? >> well, i think you need to pay people what it's going to take to them into the to bring them into the profession. you're profession. and if you're if you're kid right you're a young, bright kid right now, could think, right, now, you could think, right, i could banker. and i'm going could be a banker. and i'm going to start on 55. i could be a consultant, not a management consultant. i'm going to be going i could going to start on 50. i could work software. i'm going to work in software. i'm going to work in software. i'm going to work in software. i'm going to work in in the high 40s. why work in the in the high 40s. why should i go and be junior should i go and be a junior doctor? got a vocation on doctor? i've got a vocation on 30 because they've vocation. >> but again, want to help >> but again, i want to help people. they want to care. that's why people go and work in the charitable sector, sam. they rather in the rather than going to work in the financial sector people financial sector because people have noble aim. >> but again, that's coming back

to that people should to saying that people should just out of the kindness of their hearts, do this that their hearts, do this job. that for is more important, for me is more important, i think, banking or think, than than banking or almost other potentially almost any other job potentially including yeah um, you including my own. yeah um, you didn't have to say it that quickly. yeah. sorry. >> barristers, don't get me started on barristers . started on barristers. >> asking asking them to >> we're asking asking them to do important do this in credibly important job saying you essentially job and saying you essentially need to do it partly as a volunteer. they working volunteer. and they are working as volunteer hours for an enormous amount of their time. >> though, like on >> make money, though, like on the don't there is the side, don't they? there is there are ways in these there are ways in which these doctors bulk up doctors can, you know, bulk up their earnings doing their their earnings by doing extra here extra private work here and there and extra the extra there and doing extra the extra hours in the hospital. there are ways, i don't think this figure they do of they do a lot they do a lot of they do a lot of shift work, which puts bumps up the side. >> i know nobody's saying they're perhaps much they're paid as perhaps as much as sam, but why as they deserve, sam, but why withdraw labour six days in withdraw for labour six days in january and lose public support, which is the price they're paying? because i do think they don't any other don't have any other choice. >> we've got a government that is not to prepared make

is that is not to prepared make them an offer that is, is well, hang on, have you heard anything from the next government? >> we heard nick thomas—symonds on radio on programme on the radio on this programme this he's shadow in this morning. he's a shadow in the shadow cabinet saying a labour government would pay labour government would not pay them . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and i think that's a shame. that's. i disagree with nick thomas—symonds just as as thomas—symonds just as much as i disagree with with victoria atkinson. think what what atkinson. but i think what what i he said is i did like about what he said is we take 35% as a starting point and then we get around the table to try and avoid strikes and i think that's what the government needs to do here. >> and you know what? labour might and they will might pay them 35% and they will continue cripple economy continue to cripple the economy in they will we in doing so. then they will we will end up paying it in the will all end up paying it in the long run. sam fels, thank you. >> always lovely to talk to you. >> always lovely to talk to you. >> very much and happy >> always lovely to talk to you. >> year. very much and happy >> always lovely to talk to you. >> year. you very much and happy >> always lovely to talk to you. >> year. you too. much and happy new year. you too. >> now back to darts. teenage luke littler sensational run at the championship the world darts championship continued. rob cross to continued. he beat rob cross to storm into the final. >> he's crowned king, the 16 >> if he's crowned king, the 16 year says he'll in the year old says he'll cash in the half million prize money and treat to a donor wrap

treat himself to a donor wrap with mayonnaise and lettuce from treat himself to a donor wrap witifavourite aise and lettuce from treat himself to a donor wrap witifavourite aise arshop, uce from treat himself to a donor wrap witifavourite aise arshop, doner)m his favourite kebab shop, doner kebab. with kebab. i think actually with that can buy the that much money you can buy the flipping kebab shop and probably the it's in. the entire street it's in. >> when did you last have a doner >> when did you last have a dori r >> when did you last have a dori haven't had one for about >> i haven't had one for about 45 years. >> we might one in celebration. >> it was horrible. >> it was horrible. >> well, gb news sports broadcaster paul coyte joins us this morning. good morning. broadcaster paul coyte joins us thismyirning. good morning. broadcaster paul coyte joins us thismy)rning.thisd morning. broadcaster paul coyte joins us thismy)rning.this morning,]. broadcaster paul coyte joins us thismy)rning.this morning, by the >> my donor this morning, by the way. i have my good morning. >> can we also i just i don't want to change the mood of this interview, but we've got two british in final. we british lads in this final. we are at risk of neglecting are at grave risk of neglecting to give attention to the guy that's been training for more years. >> fi- f.— >> another luke luke humphries. yeah, luke humphries, the yeah, luke humphries, he's the world he became the world number one. he became the world number one. he became the world number one won world number one when he won his semi final nil. so it's and semi final six nil. so it's and he's and he's not very old ehhen >> he's he's 28. >> he's he's 28. >> he's he's 28. >> he's 28 compared to luke littler. he's extremely but littler. he's extremely old but it's the story obviously is luke because he's a kid. he's 16 years i don't know about you years old i don't know about you , at him and i'm , but i look at him and i'm seeing 35 old. i know i'm seeing a 35 year old. i know i'm beginning to think that there's something the doner kebabs, something all the doner kebabs, it's those. but the thing

it's it is those. but the thing is, i wonder if they like some conspiracy within the pdc that's saying, i know we'll get this 35 year old, we'll pretend he's16. the whole world is going to take note. drama. it great drama note. drama. it is great drama because interested because everybody's interested in the dance. >> is it because because is >> is it because because he is so he's very down to so ordinary? he's very down to earth. he comes over in a very lovely, nice manner, doesn't he? he's very articulate. yeah. and he's the cameras, he's not used to the cameras, and he's got pretty used to and yet he's got pretty used to them in the last week so. them in the last week or so. >> yeah. >> em- em.- em.— >> he's, it's the age because if you darts players you look at darts players generally they're all of those things explained. but for things you've explained. but for someone that's 16 and also this is his advantage because the 16 year old he has no fear. yeah. the amount of sports people that i've spoken to that said, you know, when we broke through that played in cup finals, had no fear. and when you get fear. and it's when you get older, that's when you start to worry. so the moment worry. so at the moment it's almost the press almost like there's the press conference. he's he he seems even almost like, this is even almost like, well, this is what do. i've you know, no what i do. i've you know, no disrespect, but it's been quite easy. i've just gone up, thrown the and no problem.

the darts and no problem. >> it a proper sport? >> is it a proper sport? >> is it a proper sport? >> yeah, i think it is, i really do. i thought brought this up do. i thought i brought this up earlier because that earlier because anything that you is competitive. yeah. you watch is competitive. yeah. and it has you on the edge of your seat. yeah. and you find yourself cheering and getting behind and that you can't argue. that's not a skill and repetitive practice many, repetitive practice for many, many years. >> not as many in his case actually as his rival. >> but nerves of steel too, but nerves of absolute steel . nerves of absolute steel. >> you know what sport ? >> but but you know what sport? you will know better than any of us. paved with young, us. paul is paved with young, successful prodigies. yes. for whom life did not turn out well . whom life did not turn out well. i mean, george best is a great example that i can bring to mind paul gascoigne didn't do was paul gascoigne didn't do it was so well, he? under that sort so well, did he? under that sort of pressure and spotlight? um, in maybe, maybe, maybe. in a way, maybe, maybe, maybe. luke, i'm just becoming bit luke, i'm just becoming a bit maternal here. is why maybe maternal here. this is why maybe luke littler needs a bit more time to grow into this spotlight. let's let's the spotlight. let's let's have the other luke when he's half £1 million exactly that this >> i said exactly that this morning. you wouldn't be a i morning. did you wouldn't be a i wouldn't be against the fact that i think there's part of

that and i think there's part of me that thinks it may be the best thing for littler to best thing for luke littler to not win this. i agree , uh, a not win this. i agree, uh, a friend of mine was in the audience for the i think it was for the quarter final and was standing there and got tickets and it was through friend and and it was through a friend and was very near to, to was standing very near to, to luke's family. this is luke littler. one of the littler. anyway, one of the members of the family said , are members of the family said, are you how come you're here? are you how come you're here? are you friend and he said, no, no, i've just someone gave me a ticket and they went, are you press? they said, no. press? and they said, well, no. he said, because we've he said, well because we've had a where people there a lot where people there knocking they're knocking on doors. yeah, they're going they're going round neighbours, they're trying everything they going round neighbours, they're tryirabout everything they going round neighbours, they're tryirabout because 'thing they going round neighbours, they're tryirabout because obviously' can about because obviously because a prodigy. exactly. because he's a prodigy. exactly. and wants know as and everybody wants to know as much they can. but when much as they can. but when you're 16. yeah. like you bev, that worry me. that does worry me. >> still a child. >> he's still a child. >> he's still a child. >> he's still a child. >> he is a child. >> he is a child. >> he's not old enough to vote. he's an enough to buy he's not an old enough to buy alcohol even drink alcohol alcohol or even drink alcohol without his parent's approval. >> for advertising, for >> he's for advertising, for example, walk >> he's for advertising, for exampthey've walk >> he's for advertising, for exampthey've got walk >> he's for advertising, for exampthey've got the walk >> he's for advertising, for exampthey've got the big walk >> he's for advertising, for exampthey've got the big badges down, they've got the big badges andifs down, they've got the big badges and it's sponsored by paddy power, all waving to

power, and they're all waving to all the crowd. he can't have that he's 16 and that badge because he's 16 and therefore enough therefore not old enough to advertise he's advertise any gambling. so he's got a cancer research. so got like a cancer research. so it's all those little things that have to be careful because he's example. um he's only 16, for example. um they're probably going to make they're probably going to make the shorter because it's the sets shorter because it's past bedtime . so no, because past his bedtime. so no, because they can't. they can't they can't. >> you're winding up now. >> you're winding me up now. >> you're winding me up now. >> fair enough. but >> okay. fair enough. but but you know, like, i remember you know, so like, i remember we've seen pictures we've already seen nice pictures of his girlfriend, 21. >> he's got an older woman girlfriend. >> she's done right there. >> she's done it right there. yeah. 16 year old. yeah. yeah. she's a 16 year old. yeah. absolutely >> prediction. prediction. >> prediction. prediction. >> going very >> i think it's going to be very close. luke close. but you know luke humphries the world number humphries is the world number one. he's playing unbelievably well. got better averages well. he got better averages than well. he got better averages tha where's he from. he's from >> where's he from. he's from newbury okay redding boy yeah boy. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and but he'll be he'll be like the pantomime ugly sister if he wins i know paul guy. he's becoming like the pantomime villain isn't he. yeah. >> rob cross on breakfast yesterday and he came on and i said to him, you know, the thing is that everybody is you do realise that everybody wants to lose. yeah, know wants you to lose. yeah, i know that. you could see that that. and you could see that with the crowd because you're

thinking there, thinking the kids up there, everybody wants to win. it's everybody wants him to win. it's going to be tough. i do going to be tough. but i do actually think that luke littler going to be tough. but i do actu win think that luke littler going to be tough. but i do actu win this.; that luke littler going to be tough. but i do actu win this. do at luke littler going to be tough. but i do actu win this. do yourke littler going to be tough. but i do actu win this. do you ie littler going to be tough. but i do actuwin this. do you i do ittler going to be tough. but i do actuwin this. do you i do think will win this. do you i do think he will because i think he's got if starts and lost if he starts losing and he lost the first yesterday against the first set yesterday against rob he's going to rob cross, he's not going to affect because he said i affect him because he said i didn't think i'd get even past the first round because the pressure's on. >> other bloke, pressure pressure's on. >:on other bloke, pressure pressure's on. >:on the ther bloke, pressure pressure's on. >:on the otherloke, pressure pressure's on. >:on the other bloke. pressure is on the other bloke. >> the world one. >> he's the world number one. he's the one that's older. he probably wants it and he's wanted win world title wanted to win that world title longer. luke's going to go out there and playing psychologically. fascinating isn't i >> fascinating isn't it? am i right thinking that luke right in thinking that luke humphries, that our humphries, i thought that our guest earlier alluded to it used to quite boy himself to be quite a big boy himself and fit and lost a lot and got very fit and lost a lot of right? yeah. what of weight. right? yeah. what else do about him? else do we know about him? >> well, we know is that >> well, all we know is that he's had best year he's ever he's had the best year he's ever had. never got past the had. he's never got past the fourth round the world title fourth round in the world title in world championship. i in the world championship. so i think he's about 7 or 8 world championships. he's played in now. as good as now. he's never been as good as he is now. and this is time. he is now. and this is the time. if going win it. so and if he's going to win it. so and he nearly got knocked out guy

again poor guy. >> should the one on the >> he should be the one on the front page papers today front page of the papers today really, shouldn't he? >> if he wins let's say luke humphries wins. >> do you think be on >> who do you think will be on the page of the paper? the front page of the paper? yeah, it'll probably little losers. >> and instead of luke humphries and did you see the headline on thethis morning the boy donna good. >> pretty clever. that boy donna good. yeah. yeah. donna. good. yes. okay. and tomorrow there'll be about 16. be something about sweet 16. there will be. >> absolutely. so anyway, he's got ahead him. got a great future ahead of him. it's tricky, you know, it's always tricky, you know, he's try and keep it he's got to try and keep it together. it's going to be a big change for him. we wish him well. >> and either way we've got two british world british lads in the world championship final. >> that in itself, just to show i jargon. i know the jargon. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> literally all he knows that's it's right next reform uk and it's right up next reform uk and the liberal democrats are both trying public trying to raise their public profile i think profile this morning. i think the lib dems will happy with the lib dems will be happy with 180 wouldn't they? this 180 votes, wouldn't they? this is newsroom on

sunday mornings from 930 on . gb sunday mornings from 930 on. gb news morning . news morning. >> it is 1027 now, no doubt if you're in the south of england, you're in the south of england, you would have noticed the weather yesterday afternoon. well, police have confirmed well, the police have confirmed that died after that a motorist died after a tree fell on the car that he was driving in gloucestershire yesterday during very yesterday during those very strong and heavy rain. strong winds and heavy rain. >> gloucestershire police said the man was in his 50s and the incident was on the tetbury road near kemble, which is near cirencester. more cirencester. we'll have more on that actually that storm later, which actually

wiped hundreds of train wiped out that hundreds of train services yesterday. >> ordinary. in >> extra ordinary. i live in west london and there was there were trees the bows off were trees on the road, bows off the trees all over the place. now for the 12 months, now for the past 12 months, reform has doubled their poll reform uk has doubled their poll rating some polling rating with some polling organisations as organisations putting them on as much organisations putting them on as mu this morning, party leader >> this morning, party leader richard tice is going to host a press conference. he's going to set reform for the set out reform strategy for the year ahead, will be year ahead, which will be general election year. >> editor , >> our political editor, christopher hope, live at the christopher hope, is live at the event. good morning christopher. now reform form for those who know them and people who watch this channel have seen richard tice hosting his show here. reform really does manage to land with a lot of the electorate. they like what they stand for. they like the simple messaging, but isn't the big challenge make more challenge for them to make more people aware of they are ? people aware of who they are? are >> yeah, the reform uk has about 10% of the votes at the moment, according to people polling four days ago, the same number as liberal democrats. and they're much more well known in

westminster today's minor westminster now. today's minor parties , the lib dems are parties day, the lib dems are out in the in surrey. they're in jeremy hunt's seat. they're in michael gove's seat of surrey heath trying tories heath trying to persuade tories to come back to the lib dems, who may have gone over there in the past decade or so. but here in westminster , we're hearing in westminster, we're hearing from richard tice, the reform uk leader. he is going say that leader. he is going to say that call their labour is offering what he calls a starmageddon. if the party wins the election , the party wins the election, likely later this year, he calls the party ready to inflict a catastrophic cocktail of economic incompetence and cultural damage to the uk . the cultural damage to the uk. the big question for the reform uk is how can they cut through having following ukip and then the brexit party now reform uk for about 20 years in politics. they don't know where any voters are. that's the problem that all the main parties now have the data, know their data, they know where their voters live. reform have got voters live. all reform have got is basically message is basically a strong message that to the right of that can appeal to the right of the but they can win. you

the party, but they can win. you know, millions, 4 million votes in 2015 and be left with one single mp. the problem is how do they through? they're they cut through? and they're not sure they can do that yet, but they trying to make a but they are trying to make a bigger on tax cuts. and bigger message on tax cuts. and to the tory party, to the right of the tory party, there are problems for tories, but also increasingly a problem for labour. >> chris, wouldn't make >> chris, wouldn't they make more cut if they more of a cut through if they willed probably their willed out their probably their biggest nigel biggest electoral asset, nigel farage, like farage, who is something like the president the honorary president of reform uk well we're expecting the uk. well we're expecting the party to reveal its candidate for the wellingborough by—election today, expected to be called because , of course, be called because, of course, more 10% of voters there want a recall by—election after peter bone was found fell foul of commons rules. >> who will that candidate be now? some would say, were it to be nigel farage, would be his ninth attempt to be an mp . can ninth attempt to be an mp. can he face another rejection? that's the question for him. but insiders tell me that if farage did come back to run the party, they could push up their support from 10% to 15. now 15% means maybe 5 million votes. if you

get 5 million votes, you do get a couple, 2 or 3 mps. is he willing to do it? we don't know. he's keeping his powder dry for now and not expecting that today. it's probably more likely some good language from strong language attacking the labour party, trying to have a go at the tory party and probably candidates from reform. but reform uk is a problem for the tory party. what do they do about it is drawing away support from right party, and from the right of the party, and that's issue there for rishi that's the issue there for rishi sunak. >> p- p you very much, >> okay. thank you very much, christopher. that's exciting. they're announce they're going to announce a candidate for the by—election. don't go anywhere. >> and wellingborough is a seat where they have one of the biggest for brexit the biggest votes for brexit in the country. yeah. >> and that reform uk >> and that of course reform uk formerly brexit party to formerly the brexit party to some and that by—election some degree and that by—election has been caused by yet another tory mp being forced to stand down because of a scandal. interesting. don't go anywhere you're is you're going to be. this is the only channel we're going to be looking in the detail. looking into that in the detail. davies next, davies surrey siege also next, the leader will target the lib dem leader will target the lib dem leader will target the heartland bold

the tory heartland with a bold new campaign . new campaign. >> oh, there's the poster if you're listening on the radio. ed davey tory remove was a picture of rishi sunak. >> is that the poster? >> is that the poster? >> thrilling. >> thrilling. >> i'm actually think they paid for . ask for your money for that. ask for your money back. >> you're listening on the radio. describe it in radio. we will describe it in more detail after the break. sir ed the in ed will address the public in guildford . get yourself some guildford. get yourself some coffee. you might need it. >> you might seem a bit stronger. >> all that and more after your morning's news with tatiana sanchez. >> beth. thank you. this is the latest from the gb newsroom. the nhs could be stretched to breaking point today as junior doctors in england walk off the job in the health service's longest ever strike. an unprecedented six days of industrial action has begun after talks between the government and the bma union broke down. junior doctors want a 35% pay rise, which would restore their real earnings to levels seen in 2008. the government says that's

unaffordable , but insisted late unaffordable, but insisted late yesterday the door remained open for further negotiation . doctor for further negotiation. doctor robert lawrenson is the bma's junior doctors committee co—chair. he says the strikes will continue until pay is improved . improved. >> ed, we're very happy to talk about restoring our pay over a matter of years . we're very matter of years. we're very happy to do that over a period of a time frame, and we don't necessarily need it all in one go. we're happy to sit down and have a collaborative conversation with the government, but they've pushed us out of the negotiation room. they don't want to talk with us. and fact of the matter is , and the fact of the matter is, the their pay the nurses rejected their pay deal the nurses rejected their pay deal. the nurses are still in dispute with the government and the government . and to the government. and to be honest, whole country have honest, the whole country have abandoned nursing colleagues abandoned our nursing colleagues as well . as well. >> a motorist has died after a tree fell on the car. he was driving in yesterday. a strong winds and heavy rain battered the uk. gloucestershire police say the 50 year old died on

tetbury road, near kemble . tetbury road, near kemble. transport delays are to continue today as the clean up following storm henk continues flood warnings remain in place, particularly in parts of birmingham, leicester and northampton on. and luke littler will make history tonight when he becomes the youngest player to compete in the final of the world darts championship. at just 16. he beat rob cross six two, in the semi—finals last night he showed nerves of steel as he closed out the match in style, continuing his dream run into tonight's big tournament when he takes on the new world number one luke humphries. when he takes on the new world number one luke humphries . you number one luke humphries. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website gb news. com . for stunning gold gb news. com. for stunning gold and silver coins, you'll always value rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial

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that i knew had dewbs & co that i knew had dewbs& co weeknights from six. >> 1039 you with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner and the noisy bit in the corner you could hear was the noisy work, the noisy what? >> okay, good bit stephen powis being very noisy over there. >> course, pardon. former >> and of course, pardon. former daily editor and gb news daily star editor and gb news star dawn neesom being very civilised quiet in the civilised and quiet in the corner. well, that's unlike you. >> this is not going to last, is it. no >> t-

w— w let's kick off with a >> right. let's kick off with a bit of immigration. don't, don't forget tuning forget if you just tuning in we're to taking richard we're going to be taking richard tice reform party tice at the reform party conference in about the conference live in about the next sort of 20 minutes or so. so they are going to announce their candidate for the wellingborough by—election. >> one they will >> now, this is one they will think they've strong think they've got a strong chance it's a very chance of winning. it's a very strong seat. it's been strong brexit seat. it's been caused by—election the caused the by—election by the resignation on the false resignation on the false resignation of peter bowen, another scandal. i can't remember scandal remember what the scandal involved a scandal. involved but it was a scandal. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> involved himself and one of his aides in a hotel room in gibraltar. >> it's funny how know, it's >> it's funny how you know, it's funny how you always know the details. knows the details. he always knows the details. >> fabulous gossip, though, is he shower. he emerged from the shower. >> detail. >> oh, stop. enough detail. >> oh, stop. enough detail. >> allegedly late >> is this all allegedly late breakfast? no. well, no. >> was found >> he's gone. he was found guilty commons committee, guilty by a commons committee, which he says. >> he still deny it, though ? >> 7- >> yes. he 7_ >> yes. he did. >> yes. he did. >> well, yeah. >> well, yeah. >> and you can't appeal against these comments. >> move from shower scei'ies. >> scenes. >> rishi sunak rishi sunak has refused to james cleverly's refused to back james cleverly's target all the target of stopping all the small boat year. they boat crossings this year. they just get their just can't get there. get their ducksin

just can't get there. get their ducks in a row, can they? on this issue? >> i know people used to say, you know, back in when you know, back in the day when mandelson and used the mandelson and i used to run the labour party used to have labour party and we used to have these little pages which us these little pages which told us when to when to breathe and when not to breathe think, but we not to breathe and think, but we were you i have were on message. you were i have to nobody is more to say, nobody is more hysterically off message. and this super market this this really is super market trolley look, if trolley type. yeah. look, if there's one thing they should be absolutely, utterly serious on message this message about, it's this immigration issue. the statistics already are being held because it held up to ridicule because it looks rubber looks like they're rubber stamping the applications stamping all the applications and on through. stamping all the applications an there was a thing called the

regularisation of overstayers protocol, which the home office, which basically meant you kept your head down cooking the books. matter how books. it didn't matter how crooked you were, how illegal you you a stamp you were. you got a stamp because came in. that because you came in. is that your chair squeaking? because you came in. is that your (isnir squeaking? because you came in. is that your (is .' squeaking? >> it is. >> it is. >> find some more for that. >> find some more for that. >> chair. >> stevens chair. >> stevens chair. >> your knees. >> all your knees. >> all your knees. >> thanks god, it moving >> well, thanks god, it moving chair. >> that's all i can say because i've decent dinner. i've had a decent dinner. >> i think there are >> dawn. i think there are growing questions about cleverly's point. you cleverly's judgement point. you know, that silly know, he made that really silly gaffe. know he was gaffe. i mean, i know he was trying to be funny. the other day when i mean, he said at day when he i mean, he said at a press conference about the fact that wife that he would give his wife a sort of a sedative so that she didn't realise there were other men in the room. obviously men in the room. but obviously he's dealing issues of date he's dealing with issues of date rape, at time. rape, drugs at the time. >> a he says really >> he is a stupid he says really stupid things and i and obviously there's use of the stupid things and i and olword.ly there's use of the stupid things and i and olword. butiere's use of the stupid things and i and olword. but thes use of the stupid things and i and olword. but the thinguse of the stupid things and i and olword. but the thing is, of the stupid things and i and olword. but the thing is, with1e s word. but the thing is, with this, i mean, i think rishi sunakis this, i mean, i think rishi sunak is actually been sensible on this because he can't back it. no one can going to it. no one can say, i'm going to stop all small boats by the end of so just to be of the year. so just to be clear, that's exactly what cleverly said, he said. >> target to bring it down

>> my target is to bring it down to zero. i mean, i'm completely committed. he was talking on lbc this morning, which is absolutely impossible. >> sunak >> so i think rishi sunak is right. i agree with right. i mean, i agree with stephen. there's so much disarray in the party. it's ridiculous. disarray in the party. it's ridicthat's confirmed. i mean that that's confirmed. i mean the small boat crossings are down they. we had 29,500. down aren't they. we had 29,500. >> too but 36% >> too many, too many, but 36% lower than the record for 2022. but in view? um, but is that in your view? um, dawn, because of the tougher arrangements with france, turkey and with and the arrangements with albania, it because albania, or is it because we've had strong winds? had very strong winds? >> the thing is, mean, >> i mean, the thing is, i mean, the last boat crossing, unless there's today was there's been one today was december, 55 december, the 16th, where 55 made um and since made it across. um and since then we've had just non—stop storms, haven't so that storms, haven't we. so that explains why no one's crossing. but i mean, is a bit it is, but i mean, it is a bit it is, i think, almost good news that they are down. at least it's better than being up, of course. but whatever the reason, i think obviously the last few weeks we've had bad weather, but i think there something i think think there is something i think whether that, know, whether it is that, you know, the millions of pounds we've whether it is that, you know, the mto ons of pounds we've whether it is that, you know, the m to france pounds we've whether it is that, you know, the mto france orjnds we've whether it is that, you know, the mto france or itds we've whether it is that, you know, the mto france or it is we've whether it is that, you know, the mto france or it is the ve spent to france or it is the rwanda threat, well, i you see, i still think rwanda is

deterrent. >> stephen. i know it's not on the statute book, but i do i mean, i was when i was in ireland recently, i talking ireland recently, i was talking anecdotally to people who said the of migrants in the number of migrants in ireland ireland ireland now arriving in ireland is because people don't is higher because people don't want rwanda. is higher because people don't warwell, rwanda. is higher because people don't warwell, you rwanda. is higher because people don't warwell, you know,1a. is higher because people don't warwell, you know, there's been >> well, you know, there's been an issue for quite a while and, you know, cases have you know, recent cases have actually brought to actually brought this to prominence. the prominence. and obviously the situation in dublin weeks situation in dublin 3 or 4 weeks ago. but the reality is, on the one the government one hand, the government is saying marvellously saying rwanda is a marvellously safe place. it's perfectly legal, perfectly legitimate to send people there. and, you know, they can sit on the veranda sipping sundowners and having a great time on the having a great old time on the other hand, they're saying it's some where some ghastly hellhole where you're brutalised, you're going to be brutalised, so you have it. so you can't have it. >> both the united nations have been to rwanda >> both the united nations have beesome to rwanda >> both the united nations have bee some years, to rwanda >> both the united nations have beesome years, and to rwanda >> both the united nations have beesome years, and aboutawanda >> both the united nations have bee some years, and about 2000a for some years, and about 2000 this alone. this year alone. >> andrew, we've been >> steve, andrew, we've been accepting yet are accepting and yet the un are opposed to our policy. and on rwanda. people actually rwanda. but people are actually coming seeking coming from rwanda and seeking asylum rwandans asylum in this country. rwandans are. but look, i mean, the horrific when james horrific thing is when james cleverly was first appointed, we always by always called him cleverly by name, well, you name, but not and well, you might i think be

might have well, i think to be honest the tories who honest, it was the tories who did. >> um, let's just move on. we've got because we are going be, got because we are going to be, as we're going to be as you said, we're going to be taking this press conference live with the party. but taking this press conference liwant th the party. but taking this press conference liwant to the party. but taking this press conference liwant to also party. but taking this press conference liwant to also talk party. but taking this press conference liwant to also talk abouty. but taking this press conference liwant to also talk about the jt i want to also talk about the chaos that has ensued following the fireworks display on new year's eve. yes. sadiq year's eve. oh, yes. so sadiq khan sold it. >> engineering brought to you by the lord mayor. >> he said in fireworks. no it wasn't, it was brought to us by the taxpayer , the london taxpayers. >> now we know what all the money from ulez has gone to is blimming extravagant fireworks display. >> it was outrageous. spend taxpayers money promoting himself. the mayoral elections of may. >> they are promoting himself. >> vote and that's all >> vote for me. and that's all that all it was was disgraceful. and what really annoyed me about thatis and what really annoyed me about that is the very time he was that is at the very time he was boasting is boasting about how london is diverse inclusive and diverse and inclusive and everyone's to be what they everyone's free to be what they want they want, want and who they want, especially they're carrying especially if they're carrying a knife because that poor little knife. because that poor little liar i know. 16 life on primrose hill. as mayor khan was hill. just as mayor khan was coming all that coming out with all that claptrap, to honest you. claptrap, to be honest with you. and 23rd child. well

and he was the 23rd child. well it's teenager murdered in london 18 by knife crime. i know . gone 18 by knife crime. i know. gone up so much under mayor khan . i up so much under mayor khan. i mean, i just and have we heard a word of regret from him on that little boy being killed? >> i mean, 16 he's a little boy out with his mates and his family stabbed to death. >> terrible. >> terrible. >> i was watching an interview with his, i think his grand granddad, gary pittman. >> he's just so heartbreaking. >> awful. >> awful. >> middle of five children. i mean a mp. mean, you're a london mp. >> it was outrageous. and i don't know how he's allowed to get it. it's called get away with it. it's called gerrymandering . gerrymandering. >> to say. i actually >> i have to say. i actually turned over. i'm watching rick astley, you know, to this. turned over. i'm watching rick astl

couldn't even get into their allotted spaces. they had tickets, tickets, you tickets, coloured tickets, you know, and blue and know, so pink and blue and green, couldn't get there. green, they couldn't get there. and were saying and the police were saying finally 8:00, look, go finally about 8:00, look, go home. chaos. it's been. so home. it's chaos. it's been. so i'd more i'd like a little more organisation little less organisation and a little less self aggrandisement that wasn't sadiq fault. sadiq khan's fault. >> no, there were fake >> no no no no, there were fake tickets, city hall fake tickets, doing tickets, city hall fake tickets, doiinever hateful. tickets, city hall fake tickets, doiilszver hateful. tickets, city hall fake tickets, doiilszvenevereful. tickets, city hall fake tickets, doiilszvenever his fault at all? >> is it never his fault at all? no at all. this claptrap about. oh kids are being stabbed because of they're carrying mobile no no, it's not mobile phones. no no, it's not because they're carrying mobile phones. >> there is a terrible knife culture in our inner cities , culture in our inner cities, especially in london. >> 80, 18 teenagers. >> 80, 18 teenagers. >> it's only when it's only when stop and search is properly implemented. we actually bring the do you the numbers down. do you remember year? a few years remember that year? a few years ago, brought down to eight ago, we brought it down to eight one because of hard stop one year because of hard stop and sadiq khan said and search. as sadiq khan said that would actually stop that he would actually end, stop and search. >> he did. >> he did. >> he's labour mayor. >> but he's your labour mayor. you'll this you'll be voting for him. this man. you'll doubtless be campaigning him. stephen campaigning for him. stephen pound. will you pound. but you'll be. will you be him? be campaigning for him? >> be. i'm >> i would actually be. i'm twinned barnet, so i should twinned with barnet, so i should be popping there and doing be popping up there and doing a fair bit of work there.

fair bit of work up there. >> you're you're sitting the >> you're you're sitting on the fence, of course, fence, unlike of course, i'm sitting fence. sitting on the fence. >> i've got he's got a campaign party. >> do you think i am a liberal campaign for this terrible mayor? >> isn't he? >> isn't he? >> yeah. why would you do that, stephen? why one thing stephen? why name one good thing is actually done. >> well, sadiq khan. yes. i think the central london ulez was very, good was actually a very, very good idea a shadow of a idea without a shadow of a doubt, though it was boris doubt, even though it was boris johnson's idea that was boris johnson's idea that was boris johnson's idea. >> the extension >> but what about the extension and ifs >> but what about the extension and it's been implemented? >> are talking about next? >> the elizabeth line, the elizabeth i will i will give somebody. >> it not him, but the >> it may not be him, but the elizabeth extension from elizabeth line extension from london, from paddington, out towards reading and berkshire down good. down to him is good. >> do with him. >> i think that started under um, wasn't it actually goes right to ken. um, wasn't it actually goes rigii to ken. um, wasn't it actually goes rigii mean,o ken. um, wasn't it actually goes rigii mean, ken n. um, wasn't it actually goes rigii mean, ken livingstone >> i mean, ken livingstone increased the number of buses in london. that a brilliant piece. and also the elizabeth line >> and also the elizabeth line was late to on on transport for london, which is also got no money. >> there's a problem. >> and there's a problem. there's bag line at there's a bag on the line at acton this morning, which is it does done this. does i've done this. >> on there again? >> are you on there again? no. can i shopping bag. >> are you on there again? no.

cancaniopping bag. >> are you on there again? no. cancaniopjjust bag. >> are you on there again? no. cancaniopjjust think you >> can we just think about you see, interviewed davis see, we interviewed david davis yesterday david davis said yesterday and david davis said he this letter the he wrote this letter to the conservatives andrew pearce's conservatives on andrew pearce's page mail. and it page in the daily mail. and it was basically saying need was basically saying we need unity and he mentioned on the interview yesterday the interview with us yesterday the significance year's significance of next year's london mayoral election, because significance of next year's lorthinks ayoral election, because significance of next year's lorthinks ayoral ele soon, because he thinks there are so many people who are unhappy with sadiq susan sadiq khan that actually susan hall, it for hall, anybody could win it for the conservatives, though the conservatives, even though she household name. she is not a household name. a lot of people would fail to recognise her if she walked down the might just the street. people might just vote i would vote for susan and i would support her. i think she's fabulous when you meet her in real the real life, we met her at the tory conference. tory party conference. you're doing a interview with her? doing a big interview with her? yeah. she any chance, um. >> anything is possible in politics at the moment. absolutely anything possible, absolutely anything is possible, i the because i think because the because london a diverse city, london is a diverse city, though, tradition, most of though, and tradition, most of the boroughs, the poorer boroughs, including the poorer boroughs, including the vote the one i live in, will vote laboun the one i live in, will vote labour. there's no chance of most voting. most people voting. >> but here's but here's the >> but but here's but here's the imponderable an imponderable dawn. if an independent vote stands like yes , um, uh, jane , what was the , um, uh, jane, what was the former labour leader called jeremy corbyn, jeremy corbyn, or even george galloway on an anti on an anti labour stance because

labour won't commit to a ceasefire in gaza. that would change everything. i think there's two things. >> there's key factors here. >> there's two key factors here. one the absolutely right and one is the absolutely right and you're one of the few people who picked up on by—election picked up on the by—election that in in tower that they had in in tower hamlets. quite hamlets. yeah, it's quite possible large number of possible that a large number of those traditional labour voters, particularly those traditional labour voters, partfrom ly those traditional labour voters, partfrom muslim heavy and from muslim heavy constituencies, not vote constituencies, will not vote labour this time. the second thing last susan hall thing is last time susan hall might have won because it might well have won because it was vote. this time was transferable vote. this time it's first past the post. so that those who that means all those people who would well, okay, i'll would say, well, okay, i'll vote for but give her my for sadiq, but i'll give her my second preference. yeah, it no longer applies. so don't think longer applies. so i don't think she at the present time, she can win at the present time, but i really hope that sadiq actually wind neck in actually does wind his neck in a little bit and shows a little bit more modest. little bit and shows a little bit shouldn'test. little bit and shows a little bit also ldn'test. little bit and shows a little bit also terrified by another >> also terrified by another five years under him? yeah. >> to have third >> why do we have to have third terms? as well. it terms? mayor as well. it shouldn't two be enough? terms? mayor as well. it showen't two be enough? terms? mayor as well. it showe sortrvo be enough? terms? mayor as well. it showe sort of be enough? terms? mayor as well. it showe sort of donaldrgh? terms? mayor as well. it showe sort of donald trump would >> we sort of donald trump would love wouldn't he? love it, wouldn't he? >> mean, two terms >> but yeah, i mean, two terms is enough, isn't it? >> think so personally. >> i think so personally. >> i think so personally. >> cox >> and you've got howard cox obviously standing in obviously standing for reform in the as well. the mayoral election as well. and split the vote, as

and he will split the vote, as we saw in uxbridge. the motorist issue is huge. >> he's a good candidate, though. >> he's a yes. brilliant candidate. the conservatives would have loved howard cox to stand talk about stand for them. let's talk about reform. we up reform. actually, as we build up to 11:00, um , they to the hour at 11:00, um, they obviously need to break through dawn to reach more people to know who they are , those who know who they are, those who know who they are, those who know they are and actually know who they are and actually listen what they say. often listen to what they say. often i'll give you an example this christmas, a family member christmas, i had a family member who the election was who said if the election was tomorrow, i would vote for a reform. family reform. i had another family member who said, i've never even heard them. that the heard of them. so that is the issue, is problem. i mean, >> this is the problem. i mean, richard richard tice is richard price, richard tice is predicted to take 10% the predicted to take 10% of the vote. stat, vote. the interesting stat, though, if nigel farage though, is that if nigel farage came back, ah , yeah, it'd be 14% came back, ah, yeah, it'd be 14% of the votes. so i think and everybody knows who nigel farage is. so i think that would make a difference . i was trying to get difference. i was trying to get nigel to confess this other difference. i was trying to get nigebecause fess this other difference. i was trying to get nigebecause iss this other difference. i was trying to get nigebecause i stillis other difference. i was trying to get nigebecause i still have other difference. i was trying to get nigebecause i still have made up day because i still have made up my mind, still not made up my mind. come on. yes, you have, nigel. but he wouldn't admit it. >> you think he will or he won't? instinct? >> you think he will or he vllhink instinct? >> you think he will or he vllhink he's instinct? >> you think he will or he vllhink he's seriously instinct? >> you think he will or he vllhink he's seriously tempted. ? i think he's seriously tempted. >> he'll for

>> i don't think he'll run for parliament again. >> i think he's. >> no, i think he's. >> no, i think he's. >> because he's lost seven times. >> p there's other times. >> there's other things >> i think there's other things he do. he can do. >> sure. i think, >> i'm not sure. i think, and it will give that. but what is will give them that. but what is interesting what richard interesting about what richard tice and with tice is saying, and i agree with him on this, know, the him on this, that, you know, the tories busted tories in his mind are a busted flush. so he's going for the labour vote and i think for the 2019 voters who voted 2019 red wall voters who voted for johnson, labour voters for boris johnson, labour voters voted over voted for boris johnson over the whole think whole brexit thing. i think richard in with richard tice might be in with a chance of them vote chance of getting them to vote for him. >> i completely agree and of course he's standing. >> interesting that, >> it's interesting that, i mean, you know, i'm extremely old in politics a old and i've been in politics a long and i the three long time and i think the three most influential politicians, mostly time, actually mostly of my time, were actually margaret blair margaret thatcher, tony blair and right, margaret thatcher, tony blair aagree. right, margaret thatcher, tony blair aagree. farage right, margaret thatcher, tony blair aagree. farage absolutely i agree. nigel farage absolutely changed the weather. yeah he did. would be did. i think it would be impossible. talking impossible. i remember talking to you know, and impossible. i remember talking t

nearly the jungle. nearly won the jungle. >> think he probably >> and i still think he probably got the most votes. i always think skulduggery think there's skulduggery with these they issue >> i don't think they can issue the didn't, the voting stats. they didn't, did were none. >> there were i'ioi'ie. >> there were none. >> is suspicious. >> which is suspicious. >> which is suspicious. >> and i and remember they did try try and keep him try they did try and keep him off much as possible. off air as much as possible. yeah, yeah. >> censored. >> he was censored. >> he was censored. >> said before, you >> well, i've said before, you walk street nigel walk down the street with nigel farage that you farage and the reaction that you get from the public bears no resemblance to the reaction he gets british liberal gets from the british liberal elite gets from the british liberal elit funny enough, the last person >> funny enough, the last person i that walking i saw do that was walking through uxbridge with boris johnson. >> yeah, i've never seen anything rock. anything like being with a rock. >> you like being with a rock star. >> oh, it was, was, it was. star. >> thatcher s, was, it was. star. >> thatcher had was, it was. star. >> thatcher had that it was. star. >> thatcher had that reaction to. and blair in his pomp. >> i think the, i >> yeah. well i think the, i think politicians of think the mistake politicians of all are at all persuasions are making at the moment putting the moment is they're putting too stake in social media, too much stake in social media, then that's not the real world. >> what >> they're not listening to what the are saying. the young people are saying. >> don't go anywhere. the >> um, don't go anywhere. the reform going say >> um, don't go anywhere. the refo their going say >> um, don't go anywhere. the refotheircandidateing say >> um, don't go anywhere. the refo their candidateingfor say who their candidate is for wellingborough . is going to wellingborough. is it going to be nigel farage? don't go anywhere. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. >> a brighter outlook with boxt

solar sponsor of weather on . gb news. >> hello again. it's aidan magee here from the met office with the gb news forecast storm. >> henk has moved away but we keep the gusty winds today . keep the gusty winds today. >> heavy and some >> heavy showers and some brighter interludes. so a mixed bag for most of us. low pressure still in charge, even if the main storm has moved off the scene. the strongest winds will blow through southwestern parts , blow through southwestern parts, with coastal gales for cornwall and add that wind will bring quite frequent showers across most parts of the uk, but especially the south and southwest . southwest. >> some hail and thunder associated the more associated with the more lively downpours, persistent rain downpours, more persistent rain across eastern and northeastern scotland, and some snow for shetland, where it will be cold 1 to 3 celsius. elsewhere across the uk, relatively mild , 5 to the uk, relatively mild, 5 to 9 celsius in the north, i think more like 9 to 11 celsius further south into the evening. we keep the showers going for some time, especially across

northern parts, and the more persistent rain will remain across eastern scotland. but it has turned drier and clearer across southern parts by the end of the night and as a result, there'll be a touch of frost in some sheltered rural parts. a chilly start then across southern areas. but that's where the best of the sunshine will be.the the best of the sunshine will be. the sun doesn't last long in the far south. it soon turns cloudy and by lunchtime an area of heavy rain moves across of heavy rain moves in across southern coastal counties. and of course, that falling on top of course, that falling on top of the saturated ground could cause issues further north, cause some issues further north, sunshine remains across central parts . further showers in parts. further showers in scotland and northern ireland . scotland and northern ireland. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> thank you aidan. now over the past 12 months, the reform uk party have doubled their poll rating, with some organisations putting them at 10. is it time to consider them a real contender? and they are going to

announce their candidate for wellingborough live here in just a moment. is it going to be nigel farage? >> i bet it

next. well it's 11 am. on wednesday, the 3rd of january. >> this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> time for reform . i'm the

>> time for reform. i'm the leader of reform uk will set out the party's policies any minute now. we're going to bring you that editor, that live our political editor, christopher already there. >> live here in westminster where reform uk are branding a labour government starmageddon and might unveil their plans for the wellingborough by—election >> time i'm for the lib dems. more like time for a snooze. lib dem leader sir ed davey's doing his own campaigning in surrey this morning and he's delivered what has been described as a rousing speech and described by who? >> by littler is in the final. he has done it. 16 year old luke littler has reached the world dans littler has reached the world darts championship. he takes the at 7:00 tonight with half £1 million up for grabs. we are behind you, luke the nuke and also luke humphries, who he's playing who's another brit. >> so well done britain travel chaos storm henke brings gales and flooding to england and wales and a motorist sadly died after a tree fell on the car he

was driving in gloucestershire yesterday. i'm afraid more bad, bad weather is on way with bad weather is on the way with hundreds of flood warnings in place. bring all the place. we'll bring you all the very . very latest. we are going to be taking . that we are going to be taking. that press conference live with the reform party in just a moment. >> they're going to be announcing candidate stand announcing a candidate to stand in by—election in the by—election in wellingborough. northampton shire. of course, peter bone was kicked and kicked out of that seat and we're going to be waiting to see who will the reform who it is, who will the reform put as their first candidate? put up as their first candidate? will farage? will it be nigel farage? >> of speculation >> there's a lot of speculation about he did so about that. he did so brilliantly in jungle, brilliantly in the jungle, didn't before christmas came didn't he? before christmas came third, despite my votes, i thought he might win. i thought he win. he might win. >> nigel >> but of course nigel is a divisive figure. remains divisive figure. he remains a divisive figure. he remains a divisive and that will no divisive figure and that will no doubt , um, the divisive figure and that will no doubt, um, the mind of doubt, um, be on the mind of richard tice and the other members the reform party. members of the reform party. >> he's also, we shouldn't forget he's lost to nigel. he has stood seven times and not won. and he may just think, have

idone won. and he may just think, have i done that ? yeah. i done that? yeah. >> don't listen to nigel >> people don't listen to nigel farage, unfortunately. they just have jerk reflex have a knee jerk reflex reaction. don't they? to what the were writing about the papers were writing about him let's see him, uh, for years. let's see what you've been saying at home. we've talking, of course, we've been talking, of course, about the. oh, we started here's richard here. he goes . richard here. he goes. >> yeah. to everybody . and of >> yeah. to everybody. and of course, at a time of, uh, new yean course, at a time of, uh, new year, we want to be optimistic . year, we want to be optimistic. and it's delighted that so many of you have resisted the temptation to join sir ed davey and the lib dems on an unveiling, a poster down in sunny guildford, because you want to hear what we're up to. we are optimistic politically because as alex quite rightly said, this is an election year. >> now , let's be clear, the >> now, let's be clear, the country never voted that it was ready for rishi, but i am absolutely certain that the country is ready for rishi to call an election sooner rather

than later , because i'm also than later, because i'm also certain . in fact, than later, because i'm also certain. in fact, i'm than later, because i'm also certain . in fact, i'm cheerful. certain. in fact, i'm cheerful. i'm optimistic that the country, quite rightly wants to punish the tories for breaking britain, because that is what they want to do. i think the country wants to do. i think the country wants to punish them to oust them and replace them. the question is what we replace them with, with now, three years ago, when i launched reform uk, the tories laughed at me. they said, why are you bothering? we're getting it sorted . and to coin an it sorted. and to coin an expression from my good friend nigel in the european parliament, they're not laughing now. no the truth is the tories are terrified. yes in the new yean are terrified. yes in the new year, the special pleading has already started. oh, please don't stand here. please don't stand there . i'm one of the nice stand there. i'm one of the nice guys. i believe in all. everything that you believe in. you've all broken britain. you're all responsible . so

you're all responsible. so there's no special deals. we stand in every single seat in england, scotland and wales . england, scotland and wales. now, of course, the prime minister he likes. he likes his maths . he's a technocrat. he maths. he's a technocrat. he likes to mark things. so i thought we ought first of all to start by marking his exam report for last year because he stood up almost exactly a year ago and gave us his five pledges, didn't he? you remember those five? well, let's just see how he's got on stopping the boats . got on stopping the boats. 30,000 illegal migrants later . got on stopping the boats. 30,000 illegal migrants later. i think we can mark that down as a fail . growing the economy . well, fail. growing the economy. well, the latest economic data shows that actually the economy is not growing . it's going into reverse growing. it's going into reverse . it's getting smaller. so we're going to mark that down as a fail as well . reducing debt. fail as well. reducing debt. well he's failed at that as well

. so he wants us all to be good at maths. well let's just look at maths. well let's just look at the maths so far. three fails out of three. he wants to cut the waiting lists. well it's not gone so well either. has it, prime minister? the waiting lists have gone up, so we're going to mark that as a fail as well . but credit where credit is well. but credit where credit is due . he said well. but credit where credit is due. he said he well. but credit where credit is due . he said he would halve due. he said he would halve inflation and inflation has halved. so we'll put that down as a pass. so that's one pass out of five, which we all know is 20. so in any exam that i suspect any of us have have taken part in, 20% is a fail. no ifs, no buts . you might want to ifs, no buts. you might want to reset, but in many schools and colleges , if you're that bad , colleges, if you're that bad, you wouldn't even be allowed to resit the exam. and that's the point. i think the country, the voters will say , prime minister, voters will say, prime minister,

you're not allowed to continue to run the country. you you have failed . and the reason that failed. and the reason that they've failed , we've got a they've failed, we've got a slide here is because of what they've done to the country. the truth is , the tories have become truth is, the tories have become like the labour party. two sides of the same socialist coin . of the same socialist coin. we've got record high taxes , we've got record high taxes, we've got record high wasteful government spending and yet disastrous outcomes. whether it's in health, whether it's in infrastructure , whether it's in infrastructure, whether it's in housing, trying to see a gp, everything is getting worse . everything is getting worse. we've got record nanny state regulations. they've utterly failed to take advantage of the great brexit opportunity that offers so much promise and still does with the right leadership . does with the right leadership. and of course, the biggest betrayal of all by this government is on immigration.

when they promised , they when they promised, they absolutely promised election after election , particularly after election, particularly when we were going to get brexit done. that they would bring down lawful immigration. and yet they've delivered done exactly they've delivered done exactly the opposite . they've betrayed the opposite. they've betrayed the opposite. they've betrayed the people in particular, they've betrayed brexit voters and the working class voters. they've opened the borders to mass , uncontrolled immigration mass, uncontrolled immigration of a scale that this country has never seen before. and both economically and culturally , economically and culturally, thatis economically and culturally, that is not good for the united kingdom . the other similarity kingdom. the other similarity between the two main parties, of course, is they're obsessed with the multi trillion pounds cost of . net zero. the problem the multi trillion pounds cost of. net zero. the problem is, and rishi has failed in one of his pledges , you cannot grow an his pledges, you cannot grow an economy with the burden of these

. five key factors. and that's why the economy is doing the opposite of what everybody thought. the economy is not growing, it's flatlining . growing, it's flatlining. there's no growth , and if there's no growth, and if there's no growth , you there's no growth, you eventually run out of money. if you keep increasing spending . so you keep increasing spending. so what's the alternative? well, the country needs a serious wake up call because the alternative, the alternative of actually is starmageddon starmer starmageddon is a risk near you . starmageddon is a risk near you. in 2024. we are facing a catastrophic cocktail of economic incompetence and cultural pillage that would be a disaster for the united kingdom because, of course , in every because, of course, in every labour government , every labour government, every socialist way, they want more taxes . they want to take more of

taxes. they want to take more of your money. unbelievably, they want to get closer to the failing, sclerotic , recessionary failing, sclerotic, recessionary european union. we've just left it and thank god we have germany's in recession . the eu germany's in recession. the eu is going nowhere . and yet is going nowhere. and yet starmageddon wants to take us closer to it. they want more government spending. of course , government spending. of course, that's what socialists do. they want more nanny state regulations because they think they know how to control your life better than you do. and of course , course they want to course, course they want to betray the working class. i mean , the labour party was founded, supposedly to protect and promote the working class, but with more mass immigration, you get exactly the opposite . an get exactly the opposite. an absolute disaster that has the effect of depressing british wages . and i'll give you an wages. and i'll give you an example of that . in the fast example of that. in the fast food delivery business, all the big fast food companies, they are complicit in allowing

massive illegal working, huge illegal working, which is depressing the wages of decent british working class people. and that is wrong . but that british working class people. and that is wrong. but that is the betrayal of the labour party. and of course, they're even more obsessed with net zero than the tories . you cannot grow than the tories. you cannot grow an economy under this burden. it's never been done before . it's never been done before. now. jeremy hunt, the other month, he was sort of celebrating when you had growth of 0.1 or 0.2, for heaven's sake, man, that's feeble . that's sake, man, that's feeble. that's pathetic . i sake, man, that's feeble. that's pathetic. i remind sake, man, that's feeble. that's pathetic . i remind people sake, man, that's feeble. that's pathetic. i remind people in the 80s and 90s, the country was growing at two and a half to 3, plus every single year. we're lucky if we grow at all. and here's the point that nobody's talking about enough . the talking about enough. the deficit this year already at almost 120 billion, is likely to end up by april.

almost 120 billion, is likely to end up by april . at £150 billion end up by april. at £150 billion a year. if you have no growth and you keep spending more than you earn , then next year it'll you earn, then next year it'll be between 150 . and £200 be between 150. and £200 billion, and eventually the bond market say we're done. enough is enough. no no more. you've run out of cash , you've run out of out of cash, you've run out of money. you're bankrupt. that is where starmageddon is taking us with these key elements . and it with these key elements. and it is a qatar atrophy, an absolute cocktail of catastrophic incompetence . so we're crystal incompetence. so we're crystal clear. only reform uk with our policies can now save britain . policies can now save britain. the key thing is , is we've got the key thing is, is we've got a cost of living crisis . it's the cost of living crisis. it's the fastest and best way, the most helpful way to deal with that is, as i've said before, exactly

a year ago, i said, you've got to make work pay. you've got to lift the starting point at which anybody pays any income tax from 12.5 grand to £20,000. that frees up 6 million people from any income tax at all. net, it's about £30 a week. that is a significant difference to millions of households . of millions of households. of course , there's lots of other course, there's lots of other taxes we need to cut as well. in business and also things like fuel duty. we should be cutting £0.20 off every litre of fuel. that would make a huge difference to individuals and to small businesses . and it's small businesses. and it's brilliant that our fantastic london mayoral candidate, howard cox, who's here today, he , of cox, who's here today, he, of course, has been the champion of freezing fuel duty for many years . we've got to cut the years. we've got to cut the wasteful government spending. it's off the scale. all of us in our households, small businesses , we're looking at our budgets and we're saying we've got to

save £5 in 100 without it affecting our products, our frontline services , whilst still frontline services, whilst still paying frontline services, whilst still paying the bills. if you do that in government every single manager of every quango, commission, department, council, it soon adds up . yes, it's well it soon adds up. yes, it's well north of £50 billion a year. that's what's got to be done . that's what's got to be done. and of course you've got to take advantage of the great, brilliant opportunities from brexit. you've got to cut thousands and thousands of daft eu regulations as the tories once again they promised it. they even got a little bill together to get rid of 4000 regs. and then the prime minister cowardly feebly bottled it as he cosied up to ursula von der leyen . hopeless if you're der leyen. hopeless if you're going to do something like brexit, for god's sake, do it properly. we on immigration, we've got to freeze

non—essential immigration. one in, one out. that is what the british people vote. i believe that's what the people want it. the british people never voted for mass immigration and finally we've got to scrap the totally job destroying trillion pound cost of net zero. just that alone will make people better off that alone will ease the cost of living crisis . i talk cost of living crisis. i talk about the betrayal of labour against the working class. net zero every week, every month is destroying thousands of skilled manufacturing jobs , steel jobs, manufacturing jobs, steel jobs, automotive jobs . they've automotive jobs. they've betrayed their own people . only betrayed their own people. only reform uk now is the party of the working class who will stop mass immigration, who will scrap

net zero? who will help solve the cost of living crisis. and if we do these things together as a nation, as alex quite rightly said earlier , if you rightly said earlier, if you want change, you've got to vote for it. and if the country votes for it. and if the country votes for this change, then the result will be a high growth, dynamic economy where all of us feel a great deal better off. now we're making great progress. we're going to be ready whenever the election is called . we've got election is called. we've got our sort of spring rally. we're bringing it forward a bit. spnng bringing it forward a bit. spring on the 24th of february in doncaster so that we're ready. announcing all our hundreds and hundreds of candidates . we're almost there. candidates. we're almost there. we're approaching 500 approved and allocated hundreds more applying as every day goes by. so we will be ready . but the so we will be ready. but the first election is actually just a few weeks away. yes, there's going to be a by—election in wellingborough in northamptonshire and i'm

delighted to say that we have selected our candidate . selected our candidate. fantastic, brilliant candidate who's here today . fantastic, brilliant candidate who's here today. i'm going to invite him to the stage. he is none other than my joint deputy leader, ben habib . leader, ben habib. >> well, thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, for coming this morning. i can't really follow alex's and richard's exposition of the disaster that has become the governance of this country in any greater detail than they have. but to say just one thing, if i may, what's really been exercising me since 2020, which kept me in the political arena after we ostensibly left the european union , was an act of complete union, was an act of complete and utter political weakness by our government . the partitioning our government. the partitioning of the united kingdom between great britain and northern

ireland. and if you want any one symptom of the utter collapse of british spirit, what we stand for, the cultural territorial constitution , regional constitution, regional political, economic integrity of our country, it is the northern ireland protocol and the windsor framework. frankly in my opinion, is even worse than the original document. and we've been lied to repeatedly over that document. we've been told that document. we've been told that actually it's the best of both worlds. it isn't. it's the worst of all worlds for northern ireland in 1982, we launched our armed forces to go and protect 1800 british people 10,000 miles away . wind the clock on and away. wind the clock on and we've given up 1.8 million people in northern ireland without a single shot being fired, without an insurgency and without so much, so much as a

democratic vote in favour of it. and anyone in this room who thinks that i'm making too much of northern ireland totally underestimates what it represents in terms of the collapse of this country. so i was kept in the political arena essentially, for initially for northern ireland. but as the years have wound on and richard, as, as i mentioned, explained so clearly as the years have wound on, this government has brought the united kingdom to the precipice of economic collapse. cultural collapse, um, labour market collapse, industrial collapse, you name it, we are facing that problem . and as facing that problem. and as margaret thatcher, i think she was arguably the only decent conservative prime minister we've had since winston churchill as margaret thatcher said, and it should be known very well to rishi sunak that the problem with is that you eventually run out of other people's money and that's where we are at. um, i reluctantly

joined reform uk. i'm sure richard won't mind me saying that. i reluctantly joined because i'd left the party political system and i was campaigning for northern ireland, fighting for a proper brexit, doing stuff outside a party tent. but i was drawn in eventually to reform because the only way to make an impact ultimately in a democracy is at the polls in an election. the election impact is the only thing that matters in westminster . and my initial aim , westminster. and my initial aim, as some of you may recall, when i announced my joining reform uk in march last year, was to obliterate the tory party they've beaten me to it . and you they've beaten me to it. and you know, i take the position extremely responsibly . and the extremely responsibly. and the reason i'm standing in wellingborough is because it's not sufficient anymore simply to defeat the tories. we have to

lead the way. reform uk has to lead the way. reform uk has to lead the way and get seats in parliament. we don't need to get many seats, but if we can get a dozen or more seats in parliament at the next general election, and a lot of you will be rolling your eyes thinking, oh yeah, fancy chance that. but let me tell you, the political environment febrile environment is extremely febrile . people extremely upset . no . people are extremely upset. no one thought we'd vote for brexit, we did. in fact, brexit, but we did. in fact, there were plebiscites in there were four plebiscites in favour of brexit. and i think the sands, the political sands are shifting in a way that they haven't shifted for years . and haven't shifted for years. and it is incumbent, therefore on reform uk, not to be just a destructive force , but to be a destructive force, but to be a constructive one. and i intend to give wellingborough by—election the best swing of my bat . and if i am elected , i will bat. and if i am elected, i will stand in the commons and hold this wretched government to account to the very best of my ability for the people of wellingborough and the great british people . thank you very

british people. thank you very much . much. >> thank you, ben . bullish talk >> thank you, ben. bullish talk as ever. now, before i talk about take some questions from the media. for obviously many of you want to know what in this election year are nigel's plans. he's back from the jungle. he's recovered. i hopefully the stomach is in better shape from the travails of the bushtucker trials, and we've been talking over the christmas period and he's obviously giving a lot of thought as to the extent of the role that he wants to play in, in helping reform uk. frankly to save britain and he is still assessing that that and as and when we have all collectively come to a decision obviously we look forward to letting everybody know there's a i'm not a poker player, but i know that a poker player, but i know that a good poker player doesn't show their hand too early. nigel is

their hand too early. nigel is the master of political timing, but i'm very clear the job at handis but i'm very clear the job at hand is so big to save britain. the more help that nigel is able to give in the election campaign, frankly, the better , campaign, frankly, the better, because the crisis facing the country, the crisis, the catastrophe that would befall us with starmageddon is really, really serious . with starmageddon is really, really serious. s so open to questions who would like to kick off first? there's a hand early there, sir. >> hi. um so, so that was the much vaunted press conference. >> both bev and i have quite strong views on what richard tice had to say, and that rather long winded speech . uh, but long winded speech. uh, but first we're going to have a short break. >> yeah. and gb news is regular. ben habib is the candidate for wellingborough . we'll let you

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monday to thursdays from six till 930. >> 1126 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson bev turner. >> well, we've just been listening to the reform uk press conference this morning. richard tice stood up on stage, of course, the leader of reform uk, and he announced that the candidate for wellingborough, which is the seat that peter bone lost , which is the seat that peter bone lost, will be ben bone obviously lost, will be ben habib. you will all know ben habib. you will all know ben habib. regular on gb news habib. he's a regular on gb news he a brexit mep. what did he was a brexit mep. what did you make richard's speech? you make of richard's speech? >> was too long. >> i thought it was too long. uh, and i'd have made.

uh, and i think i'd have made. it have been punchier. it it should have been punchier. it should have been. not so much about with tory about what's wrong with the tory party. wrong with party. we know what's wrong with the that's why the tory party. that's why they're 20 points behind the they're 20 points behind in the polls, or 17 points behind in the polls. it should have the polls. and it should have been punch, punch. been punch, punch, punch. this is do. this is is what we will do. and this is why do it differently. why we will do it differently. yeah didn't to yeah there wasn't didn't seem to be anything new in it. >> rooting for him, but >> we were rooting for him, but i think it was a missed opportunity. i do think it was a missed opportunity. i like people disrupt the people coming in to disrupt the political i political landscape. i do. i think that. we never think we need that. we never needed it more than need it needed it more than we need it right now. fact, ben right now. but in fact, ben habib a great line when he habib used a great line when he stood stage and he said, stood up on stage and he said, it's about destruction. i it's not about destruction. i think about think he said it's about control, action and, and bringing new vision bringing a positive new vision for they have a for the country. but they have a big climb. well, joining big hill to climb. well, joining us conservative big hill to climb. well, joining us parish. conservative big hill to climb. well, joining us parish. morningiservative big hill to climb. well, joining us parish. morning neil. tive big hill to climb. well, joining us parish. morning neil. great neil parish. morning neil. great to see you . um, just give us to see you. um, just give us your assessment really of that presentation by reform uk. it's a general election year. they've got to this stuff got to get this sort of stuff right . right. >> yeah. i mean richard tice , as >> yeah. i mean richard tice, as you quite rightly said, was very, , you know, hard on very, very, you know, hard on the tories with all the problems

that there. um, of that are there. um, and of course, of solutions course, some of the solutions have, you know, back have, you know, knocking back people paying um, up to people not paying tax, um, up to 20,000 and knocking off you know, £0.20 off of fuel. none of this stuff was all costed. and so it was a sort of great rant against the tories. but i'm afraid a lot of substance and i think but you know, where i think but you know, where i think the tory mps listening , think the tory mps listening, um, really need to wake up was when richard said, um, i am not going to take special plea bargaining. you know, tory mps are , you know, very right wing, are, you know, very right wing, um, very much on the reform wing of the party. um, i'm still going to stand candidates against them. so you know, the tory party has got to wake up. the reform party is a real challenge. um, people are fed up with immigration. they're fed up with immigration. they're fed up with what's going on. they're fed with situation fed up with the situation in northern so they picked northern ireland. so they picked off a lot of things which people northern ireland. so they picked off really>f things which people northern ireland. so they picked off really upsetgs which people northern ireland. so they picked off really upset with1ich people northern ireland. so they picked off really upset with now 3eople northern ireland. so they picked off really upset with now .3ople northern ireland. so they picked off really upset with now . i�*ple are really upset with now. i think the by—election is going to interesting as well to be interesting as well because bone, you see very because peter bone, you see very much on the right of the party. um, it will be interesting to

see whether they would be able to that out. of to win that out. um, and of course, interesting when they go on and say, of course, you know, we concerned about we are very concerned about labour because i would argue that they are one of the reasons labour will get in. and of course, that's what the tory party will do come the general election . and it will depend election. and it will depend when to the general when we get to the general election, people want election, how much people want to rid of the tories and how to get rid of the tories and how much trust labour to run much they trust labour to run the government because the one people are going to run people that are not going to run the for the the government are for the general reform. general election, are reform. so it's a very interesting time. but a real threat to the but there's a real threat to the tory mps they must unite and tory mps and they must unite and come together . otherwise they come together. otherwise they are absolute toast because, you know, the more we fight each other, the more we have kamikaze pilots , um, exploding their pilots, um, exploding their planes and their , um, we will planes and their, um, we will hold . hold. >> the thing is, the thing is, neil, obviously the assumption is that reform uk appeals to the right because they're very much about closing down the borders. perhaps in a lower tax and

competition and putting the individual at middle centre individual at the middle centre of decision however that of decision making. however that very powerful policy that they've had from really almost from day one as not paying from day one as to not paying any tax until you earn £20,000, which will help students on part time jobs , it will help the time jobs, it will help the elderly on part time jobs. it will help parents on part time jobs, the lower paid. that's such policy and yet such a powerful policy and yet that they so therefore that should appeal to the left. that might appeal to the red wall, but somehow that they're not pushing that hard enough are they. >> no, they're not because i'm a great believer, have been all my political life to take, you know, those that are earning very little . let's take them out very little. let's take them out of tax altogether because then, then their money goes further. so yes , i mean, it'll be so yes, i mean, it'll be interesting to see what what hunt does in the budget . um, you hunt does in the budget. um, you know, they've got last throw know, they've got one last throw of really with, with of the dice really with, with the budget coming up . and i the budget coming up. and i think people will when it comes to the general election, then give it real thought. and i think that, you know, the idea

that what the tory party mustn't do and they're doing the same as they did between 92 and 97. absolutely destroying themselves, you see. um and if they carry on doing that and every mp in 97 had a different idea of how to run the government, and they all went out with the tide. and i think they need the tory mps need to learn lesson of 92 to 97. learn the lesson of 92 to 97. and they they want to wake up to the fact that the reformers a real threat. and they need to get there, get the right get out there, get the right policies, hard and they policies, campaign hard and they might yet pull the rabbit out of the bag. but the rabbit is a very long way down in that neck. >> and if you think about history, um, of course, neil, in the run up to the 97 general election, david davis wrote this big letter, open letter to tory mps from saw. you saw yesterday. he made the point the run up he made the point in the run up to election. the tory party to 92 election. the tory party fought the form of fought labour in the form of neil the run up to neil kinnock in the run up to 1997. fought each other. 1997. they fought each other. the result was disastrous. blair's biggest landslide, 179 seats. they seem , some of them, seats. they seem, some of them,

these tory mps in my view, to have a death wish. yeah they seem to be suffering from amnesia here, aren't they? >> and they can't seem to remember what happened. and i think also i think political parties, when they sort of stay in the doldrums and they stay 20 points behind and more in the opinion polls, they just get scared. um, and they just don't act rationally . and the tory act rationally. and the tory party at the moment, you know, some of the mps just are not acting rationally and they've got to come together, work together, know the old together, you know the old adage, you either win together or you die all together. adage, you either win together or you die all together . and i or you die all together. and i think that's got to be fought. but i think at the moment, um, there's a lack of realism now. i think 24 is d—day. there's a lack of realism now. i think 24 is d—day . you know, think 24 is d—day. you know, there's going to be an election. all right. you could go to january 25th, but that's desperation. it will be, i suspect, october and november this year. um, and i think , you this year. um, and i think, you know, we got that chance for people to come together. but don't underestimate reform. and don't underestimate reform. and don't doing any deals with

don't try doing any deals with reform either, because richard made it absolutely clear , made it absolutely clear, because that's what a lot of them will be up to. you see, the more right we are, the more chance will have of reform chance we will have of reform candidates standing against us. well, made it absolutely well, he made it absolutely clear wherever he's got candidates, he's going to put them. and let's wake up and smell the coffee. >> all right. thank you neil neil parish, they're always good to former conservative neil parish, they're always good to i'm former conservative neil parish, they're always good to i'm tryingrmer conservative neil parish, they're always good to i'm tryingrm�*looknservative neil parish, they're always good to i'm tryingrm�*look atervative neil parish, they're always good to i'm tryingrm�*look at what'e mp i'm trying to look at what you're saying at home. email us now. listen to the news you're saying at home. email us now we listen to the news you're saying at home. email us now we can.isten to the news you're saying at home. email us now we can have to the news you're saying at home. email us now we can have a» the news you're saying at home. email us now we can have a look news you're saying at home. email us nowwe can have a look atws you're saying at home. email us nowwe can have a look at them and we can have a look at them and we can have a look at them and do you think that catchphrase is catchphrase about starmer is going to catch on? >> it. i've already >> what did it. i've already starmageddon. is that is a starmageddon. is that is that a is headline? it is that a great headline? it might headlines. it's might make some headlines. it's all right. again, was all right. but again, if it was all right. but again, if it was a big thrust in speech, it a big thrust in the speech, it was fleeting. was almost fleeting. yeah, it was, um, let us know your thoughts. >> dying know what you >> i'm dying to know what you made gb views gbnews.com. made of it. gb views gbnews.com. did the reform party set out enough of their policy for you? there to give them your vote? are you going to give your are you going to give them your vote you don't vote anyway? because you don't like the like either labour or the conservatives or the lib dems with new poster ? we

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morning , lib dem leader ed davey morning, lib dem leader ed davey says that his party is the tory removal service. >> i mean, look, if this i mean it's comedy. if you're listening on the radio, it's like an only fools and horses style white van with a poster on the back and ed davey's driving it. >> he's driving the van with his orange , his orange and orange orange, his orange and orange tie. this jacket obviously nicked from george osborne. nicked that from george osborne. he was always in one when was he was always in one when he was chancellor, wasn't he? he was always in one when he was chatheyor, wasn't he? he was always in one when he was chatheyor, warnot he? made this >> they could not have made this look any cheaper. he's got ed davey's removals poster. davey's tory removals poster. time's picture of rishi sunak time's up picture of rishi sunak and he gets out of his van and his orange tabard waves his orange tabard and he waves like a low rent builder. his orange tabard and he waves like a low rent builder . yeah. like a low rent builder. yeah. >> it'sjust like a low rent builder. yeah. >> it's just really, really poor notice. he's ed davey's, tory. he's not sir ed they want to drop the knighthood aren't they? >> your vote. liberal democrat. i mean, come on, come . on let us i mean, come on, come. on let us know what you've been talking about. >> nothing else in the dog and duck show. >> it's comedy. duck show. >> it's comedy . and his little >> it's comedy. and his little white van with his red ish poster. it's a it's a paper

poster. it's a it's a paper poster. does he not know it's 2023? >> i bet you it's not even a british van either. you find out. oh >> all right, ed davey's, tory removal because also it's ridiculed because they're not actually going to kick rishi sunak out of 10 downing street. so what a stupid thing you punished. punishing punishing us. you're promising us that as well. you're promising us something deliver. well. you're promising us something deliver . oh, something you can't deliver. oh, honestly. right it's time for a cup of tea and a digestive. don't go anywhere. this is britain's newsroom on gb

that i knew had dewbs& co weeknights from six. >> 1142 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner still recovering from that lib dems, we're going to look at it in a minute. >> lib dems poster on the >> the lib dems poster on the back of the truck very high back of the truck in very high tech. in touch tech. uh, tara has got in touch with us on email saying attacking is not with us on email saying attawayg is not with us on email saying attaway to is not with us on email saying attaway to go. is not with us on email saying attaway to go. reform is not with us on email saying attaway to go. reform that's the way to go. reform that's what we're sick of, jamie says richard very wise to not richard tice is very wise to not not to warn. sorry is very wise not to warn. sorry is very wise not forewarn the enemy of his not to forewarn the enemy of his intentions . sorry about that. intentions. sorry about that. watch this space. richard knows what doing. watch this space. richard knows wh.you've doing. watch this space. richard knows wh.you've got g. watch this space. richard knows wh.you've got to us a bit >> you've got to give us a bit more. you do a big set piece more. if you do a big set piece press conference. john says reform to target reform really needs to target the they're the red wall. well, they're calling starmageddon. the red wall. well, they're caliright starmageddon. the red wall. well, they're caliright .starmageddon. the red wall. well, they're caliright . um,|ageddon. the red wall. well, they're caliright . um, andidon. the red wall. well, they're caliright . um, and nana said >> right. um, and nana said richard's speech was good as the voters need to show that reform are going to address what the tories have failed at. he pointed rishi doesn't pointed that out. rishi doesn't seem bring seem to want to bring immigration as i suspect immigration down, as i suspect he is in cahoots with big

business. and of course they rely on low wages to keep their profits up. >> and joe says, i don't think tice has it takes to tice has what it takes to challenge tories. well, challenge the tories. well, interesting. our panel interesting. we've got our panel back they think, back. what do they think, stephen? stephen pound just oh, no, we've got to show you this. >> can we, can we do. yes, absolutely. >> just indulge me a little because we know dawn neesom is gagging to see this jvt here we go been campaigning. go has also been campaigning. >> who would prime minister >> let's have a listen to what he had to say first. >> here is, 2024. >> here it is, 2024. >> here it is, 2024. >> the year the voters finally get to pack up this awful , get to pack up this awful, out—of—touch conservative government and throw their design policies into the skip , design policies into the skip, clean up the sleaze stains from the carpet , and eventually move the carpet, and eventually move the carpet, and eventually move the whole lot out of number 10. >> so that was him. >> so that was him. >> laboured analogy about removals , wasn't it? removals, wasn't it? >> that was him talking this morning. now this was also okay. just watch this right here it is stephen pound i want your

commentary as well. so this is him . him. >> well he just rolled over the kerb. >> he just drove over the kerb. >> he just drove over the kerb. >> he's trying to do a right turn, he can't quite manage turn, but he can't quite manage it. i say you think it. but i don't say you think with the liberals record of road traffic offences, as the last thing is to get thing you'd want to do is to get behind the wheel of an hgv? >> ever seen >> dawn, have you ever seen anything your anything so low rent in your life? anything so low rent in your life well, anything so low rent in your lifewell, in endless list of >> well, in an endless list of low rent political stunts, this is pretty much it. but hey, at least got high vis vest least he's got the high vis vest on. do you he borrowed it >> do you think he borrowed it from george osborne? well, you can't unless you're can't lead a party unless you're wearing vest . wearing a high vis vest. >> it's up there with the edstone, it? edstone, isn't it? >> it really ed davey. >> it is really ed davey. >> it is really ed davey. >> removals time's up with >> tory removals time's up with a picture of rishi sunak in front of number 10. it's ridiculous. would you give ridiculous. why would you give such a big photograph of such a great big photograph of rishi why would rishi sunak a rival? why would you do that? well, he's you do that? well, i think he's been looking bloke. been a bad looking bloke. >> yeah. i mean, most people just see. oh there goes rishi sunak. yes, i think i'll vote conservative. >> yeah exactly. >> yeah exactly. >> i mean it's extraordinary. >> i mean it's extraordinary. >> and mean the driving >> and plus i mean the driving was appalling. >> it was just going to >> it was i was just going to say with curve. say with a curve.

>> have his seatbelt on. >> did he have his seatbelt on. >> did he have his seatbelt on. >> an hgv driver. and >> my dad was an hgv driver. and if haven't asked i know if you haven't asked i know i we'll be checking of course. >> make sure it's british made that lorry. >> you see that. did the >> did you see that. he did the right turn wrong right turn in the wrong lane. yes yes. so. so the liberals. this for the this is a metaphor for the liberal democrat. yeah. they've strayed lane by strayed into the right lane by mistake and is standing mistake and there he is standing in front of the poster, grinning like a cheshire cat. >> even an unflattering >> it's not even an unflattering picture sunak. picture of rishi sunak. >> nice in front of >> it's quite nice in front of 10 downing street door ed davey davies tories removals. >> i'm just checking . they got >> i'm just checking. they got the apostrophe right. they did. >> that a risk. >> that was a risk. >> that was a risk. >> it's not demonised, is it? >> it's not demonised, is it? >> most people >> it's not demonised, is it? >> even most people >> it's not demonised, is it? >> even know most people >> it's not demonised, is it? >> even know who>st people >> it's not demonised, is it? >> even know who ed people >> it's not demonised, is it? >> even know who ed peopl> yeah, it's davy. >> whatever . well no, that >> davy, whatever. well no, that dawn that says it all. yeah, exactly. no one knows who he is. >> and there's huge crowd of >> and there's a huge crowd of about 12 people sitting a car about 12 people sitting in a car parking very nice parking embrace to a very nice lady glasses and blonde hair. >> idea. e- e idea. it's not mrs. hair. >> idea. it's not mrs. davy >> no idea. it's not mrs. davy or lady davy because is sir or lady davy because he is sir ed, right? >> yes. of course. yes. >> and you know what's so disappointing like over disappointing as well? like over

the three these guys disappointing as well? like over the are three these guys disappointing as well? like over the are three to these guys disappointing as well? like over the are three to be these guys disappointing as well? like over the are three to be aboutjuys who are meant to be about liberal ism and democracy, were the people who i know. you'll say shush. during the say shush. but during the pandemic, was an pandemic, there was an opportunity a party to come opportunity for a party to come in represent and represent in and represent and represent things like individual freedom and bodily autonomy , and they and bodily autonomy, and they just badly let down, even that side of the rhetoric. >> people are going to vote for them because know who >> people are going to vote for thento ecause know who >> people are going to vote for thento ecausfor. know who >> people are going to vote for thento ecausfor. certainly know who >> people are going to vote for thento ecausfor. certainly in ow who else to vote for. certainly in the country , they don't the west country, they don't want vote conservative. they want to vote conservative. they don't to labour. don't want to vote labour. they're dem they're going to vote lib dem and what they and don't know who what they stand for. >> reform and to reform, >> and to reform and to reform, which is a beautiful segue . which is a beautiful segue. >> thank you, stephen, into what we . we heard. >> isn't that a mobile scooter? >> isn't that a mobile scooter? >> habib say >> richard and ben habib say just moment in their press just a moment ago in their press conference, i personally think that was a little bit of a missed richard missed opportunity for richard tice. up tice. it needed tightening up that tice. it needed tightening up tha well, i think it's actually >> well, i think it's actually a better than i expected better speech than i expected because he was pretty passionate better speech than i expected beaiuse he was pretty passionate better speech than i expected beaiuse heplaces. etty passionate better speech than i expected beaiuse heplaces. what's;sionate in a lot of places. what's interesting i interesting thing dawn and i were it there and we were watching it there and we actually marking down how many times and times he said working class. and i up to eight times i think we got up to eight times mention of the working class, the yeah. the working out of date. yeah. no such thing as the working

class. >> exactly. class. >> everybody. mean, you know, >> everybody. i mean, you know, people background who people from our background who were class were from a working class background i'm background would never say, i'm working wouldn't working class. you just wouldn't say that. you know, it's like, you from my you know, people from my background front background would keep the front room clean and tidy, but you'd never working room clean and tidy, but you'd never yeah, working room clean and tidy, but you'd never yeah, aspiring, class. yeah, you're aspiring, but i i introducing but i mean, i think introducing ben habib as a candidate for wellingborough, i mean, that was pretty it was all pretty much what it was all about. but then references about. but then the references to farage, it's just it to nigel farage, it's just it was shown of leg there was shown a bit of leg there wasn't it. >> it. wasn't it. >> what it. wasn't it. >> what did you think, dawn? >> what did you think, dawn? >> wasn't too bad. >> i thought it wasn't too bad. i you know, he was he the i mean, you know, he was he the mantra you come away with is the word class brexit word working class brexit stopping migrant . and they're stopping migrant. and they're the things that are going to appeal to the disaffected red wall. former labour last 2019 election tory voters . that's who election tory voters. that's who he's aiming for, isn't he ? yeah. he's aiming for, isn't he? yeah. those words we used constantly throughout and we know that repetition in a speech works to get that point over. >> but as a journalist , sorry to >> but as a journalist, sorry to interrupt you, but i'm fascinated to know your insight into this. andrew said well. into this. andrew said as well. where are you pull quotes. yeah. where are you pull quotes. yeah.

where you're where is the line you're going to wasn't yeah,i where is the line you're going to wasn't yeah, i didn't >> wasn't bad. yeah, i didn't think that was bad, be think that was too bad, to be honest with you. but no, there think that was too bad, to be hon i mean, what was it? the thing, the trace on de clercq. because he talked because i think when he talked about one in out, i about one in and one out, i mean, that is a facile, nonsensical in terms of immigration. in, immigration. he's saying one in, one with half an one out of anybody with half an ounce know that ounce of wit would know that simply impossible. and yet, simply is impossible. and yet, he a soundbite. he said, it's a soundbite. >> doesn't work car >> doesn't even work with car parks. . parks. well, no. >> does it? >> does it? >> no, of course doesn't. >> no, of course it doesn't. a queue at ncp and one in, queue at ncp and it's one in, one out. queue at ncp and it's one in, onedavies driving and it didn't >> davies driving and it didn't work on for the work on the queue for the embankment new year's eve. embankment on new year's eve. exactly point being exactly the point being that it's of soundbite that it's that sort of soundbite that he needs. unfortunately he needs. yeah unfortunately that to any that it doesn't stand up to any sort whatsoever. sort of examination whatsoever. >> is a very >> ben habib, however, is a very impressive orator. he talks from the he's a successful , the heart. he's a successful, self—made man, and i think that is a very, very impressive it's

a good choice for this. by election. but you're not convinced the by—election is going take place? going to take place? >> by—election has >> archewell the by—election has to take place. has be to take place. it has to be moved. been moved moved. and it hasn't been moved yet. another yet. so there's another potential by—election taking place they might place in blackpool. they might do the do it together. but if the tories have election may, tories have an election in may, they this can down the they can kick this can down the road march by time road till march, by which time parliament they parliament is prorogued. they won't bloomin won't even be a bloomin by—election. won't even be a bloomin by—electiit's not going to be an >> well, it's not going to be an election, not general election, not a general election. never election. you never know. >> think there is toun >> i'll put money on but >> i'll put money on it. but i would, you know, i know quite a few tory mps and they're not going to up grand year going to give up 80 grand a year knowing that they're going up to them. >> stephen, did not notice? >> stephen, did you not notice? >> stephen, did you not notice? >> it is. >> of course it is. >> it is a gift of the prime minister. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> and they make who make the decisions selfish for their own personal whoever >> indeed, whoever with involving and involving the 1922 committee and involving the 1922 committee and involving and, involving the whips office and, you you that the involving the whips office and, you will you that the involving the whips office and, you will be you that the involving the whips office and, you will be saying, that the involving the whips office and, you will be saying, look, hat the whips will be saying, look, there's no appetite. plus, the main thing that micawber main thing is that mr micawber thing, turn up, thing, something will turn up, you coming thing, something will turn up, you you coming thing, something will turn up, you you know, coming thing, something will turn up, you you know, thanks ming thing, something will turn up, you you know, thanks berg thing, something will turn up, you you know, thanks be to the down. you know, thanks be to the gods of weather. you know, gods of the weather. you know, the coming. the amount of boats coming. >> then you a hot june, >> but then you have a hot june, a hot july, a hot august, and

the across the the boats surge across the across and and across the channel. and that and that. a record that. and that would be a record unless catastrophic, unless a plane taken rwanda plane is taken off to rwanda by june july, 30,000 june and july, with 30,000 people on board. >> yeah. that's what who then come back. >> the process is rwanda. if he gets one yeah. with god gets one plane. yeah. with god knows how home secretaries gets one plane. yeah. with god kn> i think where there's a possibility. right there >> i think where there's a pcthere ity. right there >> i think where there's a pcthere ity.the right there >> i think where there's a pcthereity.the councilt there is there is the council elections and mayoral elections in may and the mayoral elections in may and the mayoral elections cities. it elections in the big cities. it could well be that they will piggyback and because piggyback on that. and because i think they've written off both wellingborough blackpool wellingborough and blackpool south. wellingborough and blackpool s0|they'd actually like so they'd quite actually like it's day to bury bad it's a good day to bury bad result they pull off an result if they pull off an unlikely victory in may in london, june. london, they go in june. >> also something about >> isn't it also something about if the incumbent party if you're the incumbent party you want the election in bad weather as opposed to good weather? >> i think that's pretty old fashioned. >> the myth was the tories, because back in the old days, you know, labour didn't have cars. the tories did so in bad weather. >> they'd come and vote and >> they'd come out and vote and so vote post. so many people vote by post. >> know it's you know,

>> now i know it's you know, when first got involved when i first got involved in politics, outside the politics, we'd sit outside the polling station asking for the polling station asking for the polling knock the we polling cards. we'd knock the we had reading polling cards. we'd knock the we had yeah. reading polling cards. we'd knock the we had yeah. so reading polling cards. we'd knock the we had yeah. so coulding pads. yeah. and so we could nobody stamps. nobody was on the stamps. >> indeed. nobody was on the stamps. >> well, d. nobody was on the stamps. >> well, no, we hadn't actually quite got that advanced yet. we still with letters still have sticks with letters stuck top. think with stuck in the top. i think with november going november as well, you're going to young people to have less young people going out november, but out to vote in november, but they don't. >> there was a recent poll >> they? there was a recent poll wasn't so many that wasn't there, about so many that will tories. will suit the tories. >> yeah. and that and the elderly also link elderly as well. it also link with presidential election. >> yeah. election. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> first week in november. >> first week in november. >> yeah wouldn't be surprised. >> yeah i wouldn't be surprised. early maybe september or early autumn maybe september or october thinking should early autumn maybe september or octshould thinking should early autumn maybe september or octshould thinki our should early autumn maybe september or octshould thinkiourmoney»uld early autumn maybe september or octshould thinkiour money oni we should we put our money on the now? the table now? >> i'll you a bull's eye >> i'll bet you a bull's eye it's pay. >> i'll bet you a bull's eye it'syou're pay. >> i'll bet you a bull's eye it's you're from y. >> i'll bet you a bull's eye it's you're from the >> i'll bet you a bull's eye it'syou're from the labor >> i'll bet you a bull's eye it's you're from the labor party. >> you're from the labor party. >> you're from the labor party. >> should just one more >> you're from the labor party. >> sh> you're from the labor party. >> sh> you're from the labor party. >> sh> you're from the labor party. >> sh> you're from the labor party. >> sh> so, andrew, that was an aspiration, ian. not a firm commitment. right? >> about gary >> can't we just talk about gary lineker's power at the bbc? do we have to? what has he made the bbc absolutely. bbc do? well, absolutely. >> fortune . >> pay him a fortune. >> pay him a fortune. >> wayne rooney was sacked by birmingham and bbc that birmingham city and bbc that went didn't went well didn't it. >> yeah, a football

>> yeah, well being a football manager um bbc sport put out a tweet saying by order of the peaky blinders, wayne rooney has been sacked by birmingham city and gary incident and gary lineker incident responded delete this. and worse still, the bbc did and they did and they absolutely did. >> and it's like, what? >> and it's like, what? >> so basically this was the image, this was image image, this was the image of wayne flat cap and wayne rooney in a flat cap and his suit, and he looks a bit like a character out of the tv show, based show, which was based in birmingham of course, is birmingham, of course, which is about gangsters. yeah. so that's the done that with the bbc have done that with slightly it's slightly tongue in cheek. it's the department. don't the sports department. i don't mind the sports department making about this. making a jokey tweet about this. how lineker have the how can gary lineker have the power to the social power to dictate to the social media department of bbc to media department of bbc not to put out? put that out? >> think we're losing >> i think we're actually losing sight it's a great sight of the fact. it's a great shame wayne rooney is now shame that wayne rooney is now joined of, you know, frank joined sort of, you know, frank lampard and steven gerrard and so really great so many other really great players turned out not to so many other really great pléparticularly turned out not to so many other really great pléparticularly gooded out not to so many other really great pléparticularly good managers. 0 be particularly good managers. but not the first but yeah, not for the first time. you your on time. you put your finger on it. what what what what authority, what power, what strength. what what can strength. you know what what can you gary you never criticise? gary lineker? do lineker? take this down. do this, . you know, jump this, do that. you know, jump how high i extraordinary . how high i mean extraordinary. >> yeah. how high i mean extraordinary. >> he|h. how high i mean extraordinary. >> he is running the bbc i mean

yeah yeah he is. they are terrified of him i mean you know no matter what think of no matter what you think of carol vorderman they, she left the because of her very the bbc because of her very strong political opinions. >> totally >> yeah. she was totally effectively gary lineker does the same thing and he's still there . there. >> but then. >> but then. >> but then. >> but how why is the bbc is in a strange place? >> do see mishal >> do you see mishal husain interviewing. that? interviewing. do you hear that? you the s word, you know, she said the s word, you know, seven times. >> james cleverly i mean, i have to was listening to say i was amazing listening to say i was amazing listening to you can hear her going, >> and you can hear her going, you know, ss what? this is you know, ss ss what? this is a bbc that of reith. bbc that of lord reith. newsreaders in dinner jackets . newsreaders in dinner jackets. what's going on here? >> wouldn't be allowed to say >> we wouldn't be allowed to say the word every few seconds, the s word every few seconds, and i didn't. >> you worried for >> i saw you look worried for a minute, i didn't order minute, but i didn't order vocabular than the bbc. >> tell you what, darling. >> i tell you what, darling. well, of sometimes i've well, some of us sometimes i've wanted to almost hour. but wanted to almost every hour. but anyway. you lot. anyway. not because of you lot. steven dawn neesom. >> me. >> because of me. >> because of me. >> occasionally >> thank you. occasionally because it from because of you. that's it from britain's newsroom for this morning. we're handing over now to emily and tom with good afternoon britain . we will see afternoon britain. we will see you 930. you tomorrow morning at 930. >> then . >> see you then. >> see you then.

>> coming up on the show, the firing gun has been started or launched or shot on the general election campaign. both the lib dems and reform uk . our dems and reform uk. our political editor, chris hope, speaking to the leader of reform uk very soon. >> and will luke, the nuclear er win become the world champion at the darts? >> will be there live, live as crowds begin to gather. looks like things are heating up . boxt like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsor us of weather on . gb news. hello again. >> it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast storm. henk has moved away, but we keep the gusty winds showers and winds today. heavy showers and some brighter interludes . so some brighter interludes. so a mixed bag for most of us. low pressure still in charge. even if the main storm has moved off the scene. the strongest winds will blow through southwestern parts , with coastal gales for parts, with coastal gales for cornwall , and that wind will cornwall, and that wind will bnng cornwall, and that wind will bring quite frequent showers across most parts of the uk, but

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