>> welcome along. >> welcome along. >> it's 9 pm. and this is patrick christys tonight and some big breaking news straight off the bat. gb news understands from westminster sources that the mp calling for rishi sunak to quit is sir simon clarke a key ally of former tory leader and mr sunak's predecessor, liz truss .7 sir simon has been truss? sir simon has been approached for comment . we will approached for comment. we will bnng approached for comment. we will bring you the absolute latest reaction to that bombshell as we get it, so make sure you keep it gb news tonight, but also tonight. what happened on the day of the bomb threat then? um well , awful, awful. well, awful, awful. >> i'm having to support staff right now. they come and see me very frightened . very frightened. >> britain's strictest headteacher vows to hold the line against islamic fundamentalism infiltrating her school. i have a very special interview with katharine birbalsingh to bring you tonight. vote labour. get woke.

we need education that allows children the opportunity to question, to ask difficult questions. >> sometimes of our nation's history . history. >> yeah, i teach white privilege to kids. why not? el tel keir starmer why the culture wars do matter next, and i expose the silly old duffers who are breaking britain's borders. >> beware . in africa, >> beware. in africa, particularly safe. i can't think of any country in africa that i would wish to go and live in. aboush would wish to go and live in. abolish the lords. >> and just when you think the arts couldn't get any worse, i'm making a christmas carol. >> but my scrooge is a is an indian tory who hates refugees . indian tory who hates refugees. >> oh, riveting stuff . and on my >> oh, riveting stuff. and on my panel tonight are the news thans panel tonight are the news titans suzanne evans , alex titans suzanne evans, alex armstrong and rebecca reid. oh, and find out how this massive seal has been causing absolute carnage. yeah, there he is, neil the seal. he's called, and it turns out he's an absolute flipping menace. are you ready, britain ? here we go

britain? here we go. yes, we are all go tonight. i've got the inside track on a court case that will define britain's future . i am also going to be future. i am also going to be keeping you bang up date on keeping you bang up to date on this astonishing revelation that, simon clarke, appears that, says simon clarke, appears to be calling for rishi sunak to go all of that after your headunes. go all of that after your headlines . patrick thank you and headlines. patrick thank you and good evening to you . good evening to you. >> well, let's bring you some more detail on that breaking news that patrick was talking about a short time ago. downing street apparently street is apparently bracing itself a leadership itself for a leadership onslaught tonight, as fresh calls roll in for a new prime minister gb news understands senior conservative mp sir simon clarke has been pushing tonight for rishi sunak to quit as leader. he said he should call

time on the doom loop that follows multiple letters of no confidence that have been submitted against the prime minister in recent weeks . it's minister in recent weeks. it's expected more senior conservative figures will go pubuc conservative figures will go public later on this evening, questioning the leadership of rishi sunak . that a developing rishi sunak. that a developing story we will of course, gather more detail as it comes to us and you'll have our full update in our next bulletin at 10:00 on that. meanwhile, our top story tonight, forecasters are warning of more strong winds and heavy rain across the whole of the uk tonight as storm jocelyn sweeps in the new storm is blowing across britain with amber and yellow alerts issued for much of the country, although it won't be as strong as storm isha yellow warnings, though for rain andicein yellow warnings, though for rain and ice in place across northern and ice in place across northern and western parts of scotland, no trains running in scotland tonight and with tomorrow's rush hour services out of action as well. scotrail has told us checks are being done on the lines in case of damage and drivers are being advised to

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is britain's news channel. >> back to that breaking news for you. and it is literally happening right as we speak. downing street is reportedly bracing for a leadership onslaught tonight. now, gb news understands senior understands that senior conservative mp sir simon clarke is pushing for rishi sunak to quit as leader, saying that he should call time on the doom loop . it follows multiple loop. it follows multiple letters of confidence that letters of no confidence that have been submitted against the prime recent weeks. have been submitted against the pris e recent weeks. have been submitted against the pris expected recent weeks. have been submitted against the pris expected that ecent weeks. have been submitted against the pris expected that more weeks. have been submitted against the pris expected that more senior it is expected that more senior conservative figures will go pubuc conservative figures will go public this evening questioning his leadership. and i have a quote from simon clarke in front of me right now, which says that it is time to strip away the illusion and stop tolerating any indulgence of it. our country, with all the challenges that we face, is on the brink of being run by starmers for labour run by keir starmers for labour a decade or more. if nigel farage returns to the fray as looks increasingly likely, extinction is a very real possibility for our party and it is now beyond doubt that whilst the prime minister is far from solely responsible for our present predicament, his

uninspiring leadership is the main obstacle to our recovery . main obstacle to our recovery. rishi sunak has sadly gone from asset to anchor. he lacks keir starmer himself. no tony blair by double digits on the best prime minister metric. he leads keir in just 139 seats across great britain . he's behind in great britain. he's behind in 493. his personal approval ratings have collapsed, particularly amongst the key voters. we need to win back and we are now lower than boris johnson and even jeremy corbyn's were well , when they resigned, were well, when they resigned, rishi has great strengths. he is decent to his core, fiercely intelligent and works formidably hard . i saw these strengths up hard. i saw these strengths up close, but these strengths cannot compensate for two fundamental problems. he does not get what britain needs and he is not listening what the he is not listening to what the british people want. simon clarke there in the telegraph replace sunak or face decade of decline under starmer. that is a very latest. we will have much more on this throughout the

show. we're sticking with it right now. i've got on my panel, political commentator suzanne evans, another political commentator as well, alex armstrong, author armstrong, an author and journalist reeves. journalist rebecca reeves. suzanne, with you . suzanne, i'll start with you. we're we could we're expecting what we could get interventions from more get more interventions from more senior tonight. is senior conservatives tonight. is rishi doomed? rishi sunak doomed? >> uh, not yet. no. i mean, it's gripping stuff, isn't >> uh, not yet. no. i mean, it's gripping stuff , isn't it? so gripping stuff, isn't it? so simon clarke has obviously put his head above the parapet. i'd be very surprised if he'd done that without knowing that he'd got in his party got other support in his party and people come and that other people would come forward as well. but whether, of course, to forward as well. but whether, of cotseen. to forward as well. but whether, of cotseen. it's to forward as well. but whether, of cotseen. it's very to forward as well. but whether, of cotseen. it's very hard to to forward as well. but whether, of cotseen. it's very hard to argue» be seen. it's very hard to argue with what what he's saying about rishi there's doubt rishi sunak. there's no doubt his is pretty very up his leadership is pretty very up inspiring whatsoever. lagging dramatically in the polls. they're on about 22, labour's on about 45. rishi sunak's personal approval ratings are absolutely , approval ratings are absolutely, totally in the doldrums. 54% of people. i think the last poll i saw just think he's doing a terrible job. but can we really afford to have another prime minister after the five? we've already. >> well, simon clarke thinks so.

another absolutely explosive quote here. the unvarnished truth is that rishi sunak is leading the conservative into an election where we will be massacred. alex this is big. >> yeah. i mean, i don't know if rishi sunak's doomed, but the tories certainly are at this point. >> i mean, the problem really here is who is going to replace rishi. there is no talent left in that front bench. i mean, in fact, has put of these fact, rishi has put all of these old school shapps old school grant shapps david carrick cameron, carrick dig up david cameron, hasn't to on the hasn't he, to put him on the front bench. surrounded front bench. he's surrounded himself by loyalists. corporatists like himself because he's obviously must have seen this from afar . seen this coming from afar. really? so maybe quite a smart move from rishi to have these, these political , uh, allies these political, uh, allies around him. but i do really think the tories are doomed. they can't. they cannot afford to prime minister to have another prime minister and frankly, there is no one to have another prime minister and flankly, there is no one to have another prime minister and 11 mean, here is no one to have another prime minister and 11 mean, the is no one to have another prime minister and 11 mean, the countryne to have another prime minister and 11 mean, the country are else. i mean, the country are crying out for change. and as you himself, simon you as you said himself, simon clarke nigel comes back clarke said, if nigel comes back in here, the death toll in here, this is the death toll for tories because they have for the tories because they have lost their identity. nobody knows who they are. they don't even are. they

even know who they are. they don't who their leader don't know who their leader should be either. >> even if you know it's >> no. and even if you know it's a massive stretch. but even if there leadership there were another leadership campaign, there were another leadership camp'somebody to their feet leave somebody to get their feet into actually make into the table and actually make a difference before? >> well, i suppose if it is, as simon clarke is portraying this, a shoot between a straight shoot out between garuntee complete garuntee total, complete and utter oblivion, or one more roll of frankly, of the dice, then frankly, why not dice? rebecca not roll the dice? rebecca >> rolling the dice is not roll the dice? rebecca >>fundamentallyg the dice is not roll the dice? rebecca >>fundamentally selfish.ce is not roll the dice? rebecca >>fundamentally selfish. if is not roll the dice? rebecca >>fundamentally selfish. if any so fundamentally selfish. if any of these actually love of these people actually love their would say, their country, they would say, we're lose it. we're we're going to lose it. we're going to have years to work going to have four years to work on party, nourish new on our party, nourish new talent, up young talent, bring up young politicians be politicians who will be interesting competition four interesting competition in four years where years time. don't know where he's decade from. he's got this decade from. that's actually that's not what would actually happen. another happen. you would have another election in the middle of that, i think. >> what e“.- pn- >> i think what he's doing is not years not guaranteed. ten years is a word keir starmer's word play on keir starmer's decade renewal, but is decade of renewal, but it is saying a decade of decline. >> but what a negative, >> but but what a negative, nasty attitude that he doesn't believe own party enough nasty attitude that he doesn't be be re own party enough nasty attitude that he doesn't be be able own party enough nasty attitude that he doesn't be be able to own party enough nasty attitude that he doesn't be be able to say1 party enough nasty attitude that he doesn't be be able to say1 pecould ough nasty attitude that he doesn't be be able to say1 pecould take to be able to say we could take half a decade out, regenerate and come back. don't like and come back. i don't even like the be nicer them and come back. i don't even like the he be nicer them and come back. i don't even like the he is. be nicer them than he is. >> i don't think they could get back in in 4 or 5 years time.

remember have a remember they'd have to get a whole tranche of young mps, whole new tranche of young mps, which need seats which would need new seats because get because they're going to get wiped all you've wiped out anyway. so all you've got are those safe seats got left are those safe seats where they're just. got left are those safe seats wh

cole, who's at the sun. fantastic political correspondent. it must be said, this self—indulgent this is a self—indulgent attempt to government a to undermine the government at a critical for country critical moment for this country . claim be helping the . he may claim to be helping the party, but the only person he is doing any favours for is sir keir starmer. sorry, that is a senior tory spokesperson and thatis senior tory spokesperson and that is what harry cole is tweeting. that is his source that's coming to him on his twitter at the moment. what do you this, alex? that you make of this, alex? that we're seeing unfolding right now? >> yeah look i think it's >> yeah i mean look i think it's going take a bigger than going to take a bigger name than simon clarke to take down rishi sunak. have be sunak. it's going to have to be someone from someone with some support from the from maybe a lot from the back benches but also back benches certainly, but also from other frontbench, uh, ministers from other frontbench, uh, minisin's from other frontbench, uh, minisin order really crush state in order to really crush this government. rishi, obviously this obviously famously did this himself he? himself with boris, didn't he? so thought he'd get a so maybe he thought he'd get a taste medicine. some taste of his own medicine. some would karma. perhaps and would call it karma. perhaps and i'm sure there'll be many members those red seats members of those red wall seats that be happy to see this that will be happy to see this happen. >> but surely this 45, the approval listen, >> but surely this 45, the app aval listen, >> but surely this 45, the app aval voter listen, >> but surely this 45, the app a val voter. listen, >> but surely this 45, the app a val voter. i'm isten, i'm a labour voter. i'm delighted about this. this is popcorn me . but surely popcorn for me. but surely is nobody maybe reason nobody asking? maybe the reason nobody asking? maybe the reason nobody because nobody approves of us is because we our house in we can't keep our house in order. me is

order. because this to me is a badly behaved of unruly badly behaved family of unruly children least labour for children and at least labour for now, and i'm sure that will change. are able to play nicely and present a united front for how. >> now. >> okay, let's have a little look behind the scenes on this right. got the right. so you've got the devastate thing. issues with rwanda impossible to get rwanda just impossible to get that through lords at the that through the lords at the moment. he's two. deputy moment. he's lost two. deputy chairman conservative chairman of the conservative party he's lost obviously those kind of like wing spartans kind of like right wing spartans as people that as it were. the 11 people that voted let alone all voted against it. let alone all of those people that voted through gritted my phone through gritted teeth. my phone lights up regularly , with lights up regularly, with conservative mps saying , we conservative mps saying, we actually just really don't like this guy. he can't be trusted. simon clarke has felt bold enough to release a scathing piece in the telegraph right now, which says that pm's uninspiring leadership is the main obstacle to our recovery. we need a leader who shares instead of the majority, snap election . election. >> um, i think that's unlikely the conservatives will want to carry on. i mean, as i say, i think it's unlikely that rishi is going to go, but if he does,

they're going to want to stay in power for as long as they possibly but has possibly can. um, but he has been a disaster. the conservative party membership didn't want him to be prime minister him to minister they didn't want him to be know, they chose be leader. you know, they chose liz but she was liz truss, but she was completely defenestrated liz truss, but she was conwordly defenestrated liz truss, but she was conword go. iefenestrated liz truss, but she was conword go. kicked rated liz truss, but she was conword go. kicked outd liz truss, but she was conword go. kicked out the mps the word go. kicked out the mps in her own party, did the dirty on her. so we have actually a conservative party leader who the membership doesn't back, who people didn't want to be prime. nobody wanted to prime nobody wanted to be prime minister, no dodi the country didn't him. members i >> -- >> it lam >> it certainly seems unlikely there'll be a snap election, that's sure, because that's for sure, because the tories doing in tories are doing this now in order that situation order to avoid that situation from happening. order to avoid that situation frorunhinged.|g. order to avoid that situation frorwell,|ged.|g. order to avoid that situation frorwell, whether unhinged, >> well, whether it's unhinged, you unhinged. you say it's unhinged. >> unhinged. >> literally unhinged. who agrees davis . so agrees with you? david davis. so david just tweeted , david davis has just tweeted, um, former brexit minister, once conservative member for, uh, halton price and howden. there we go. um, so he is saying that the this is getting silly. now he says, yeah, the party and the country are sick and tired of mps putting their own leadership ambitions ahead of the uk's best interests. he follows this up. it is really about time that

these people realise they have a duty to the country that is greater than their personal leadership ambitions. one of the big things for me, rebecca, about that complete in utter farce that was the latest rwanda vote if you had gamed vote was if you had war gamed that enough, would have that enough, you would have realised that as a rebel, realised that as a tory rebel, that that ultimately ended up for the vast majority of them, with so what was for the vast majority of them, witipoint so what was for the vast majority of them, witipoint in so what was for the vast majority of them, witipoint in ripping so what was for the vast majority of them, witipoint in ripping the what was the point in ripping the conservative party apart if you weren't going to vote against it? de facto no confidence vote. therefore you bring down your it? de facto no confidence vote. theref minister)ring down your it? de facto no confidence vote. theref minister)ring now n your it? de facto no confidence vote. theref minister)ring now to 'our it? de facto no confidence vote. theref minister)ring now to see it prime minister and now to see it coming out in dribs and drabs. what do you make of what david davis has just said there? he says it's getting silly. >> surprised to see us >> i'm very surprised to see us agreeing on anything. but on this right. this one, he's completely right. this selfish this is fundamentally selfish and like spoilt kids and this is like spoilt kids fighting gets to have fighting over who gets to have the best, the best prize , the the best, the best prize, the best, whatever. it's not fair. and right. they and it's not right. and they shouldn't do it. shouldn't be allowed to do it. it's if they have another leadership election on what it will to the morale of the will do to the morale of the country. probably the economy, and how realistically and then how long realistically would they with their feet

would they have with their feet under the as answered? under the desk as he's answered? what, maybe six months? what, like maybe six months? >> could you not argue this >> could you not argue that this is actually what the public want? they're sort voting want? they're sort of voting for it mean, no it through the polls. i mean, no poll after poll with rishi sunak being absolutely what public being absolutely what the public wants is change. and this is what clarke will say. he's what simon clarke will say. he's trying to deliver for the people is right? is change, right? >> change they is >> the change they want is a different party. >> well, maybe want >> well, maybe they want a different leader. they a different leader. they want a different leader. they want a different party. that's why they don't want rishi sunak. that's for agree on that. >> even if i weren't a labour voter, i think would still be voter, i think i would still be saying, they're saying, come on, they're exhausted. they're doing a rubbish a break. rubbish job. give them a break. >> let's go the inbox >> right. let's go to the inbox quickly. keith hey, there you go. inbox. saint patrick, go. in the inbox. saint patrick, we clown. we didn't vote for this clown. he's totally please he's totally gutless. please please he's not a pm. please resign. he's not a pm. suella braverman keith is calling for. get your views coming in gb views or gbnews.com again , if you're just joining again, if you're just joining us, a conservative mp sir simon clarke, has just called for rishi to go breaking rishi sunak to go breaking accounts, expecting others potentially out tonight. potentially to come out tonight. i'm going to cross now to our political christopher i'm going to cross now to our politicwho christopher i'm going to cross now to our politicwho joinschristopher i'm going to cross now to our politicwho joins us. stopher i'm going to cross now to our politicwho joins us. christopher, hope, who joins us. christopher, a massive news this. what do you

make of it? what your make of it? what are your sources you ? sources telling you? >> hi patrick. yeah, this is very, very big news indeed. now, um, so simon clarke, he is important because he's so close to liz truss , but he's almost an to liz truss, but he's almost an outrider for the truss ites. and in about, uh, ten days time, we're seeing them launch what will be a new way of trying to think about the tory party in its future. i think that is the concern. i think, um, for the sunak team. sunak, i can't see him being replaced before the election . that's why i thought election. that's why i thought he's a big figure. uh, simon clarke, of course, knighted . clarke, of course, a knighted. um, i think it was by liz truss. i mean, he is certainly someone who is kyrees heft in parliament. um, he's someone who's a red wall tory mp . um, a who's a red wall tory mp. um, a brexiteer. um a big outrider for, i think for the truss project. um they will say yes while they went too fast, too quickly when truss was in power. they're going to say, well, if we had done this sooner and

done, the truss agenda would be in a different place on growth. and they're worried about this, that mr sunak being too operational as a manager and failing is not failing to inspire this is not what he needs. we're getting towards us with number 10 people today. they're saying they think with time with this year they can actually turn this around with economy better. with the economy getting better. but off off feel but this kind of off off feel attacks here tuesday night is a vital time. of course, tomorrow is pmqs. um, right now it's not it's a difficult spot for the pm to be in. yeah absolutely terrible spot for the prime minister to be in. >> one rebel source is apparently coming out and saying, this is about one brave mp speaking the truth, what everyone knows but won't say out loud. rishi is killing the party's chance of a respectable election result. others will take their time to think about the arguments and the party's opfions. the arguments and the party's options . christopher, what will options. christopher, what will be going on inside downing street right now? so simon clarke breaking ranks . we've clarke breaking ranks. we've just had the absolute shambles, frankly, of rwanda night, which you and i were right across from

start to finish. what will be going on inside downing street right now? do you think ? right now? do you think? >> well, they'll be looking into this, this group called popular conservatism , which is conservatism, which is launching, um, with speakers simon clarke, ronald jayawardena, liz truss, sir jacob rees—mogg, our colleague from gb news they're launching this on the 6th of february. now, this new group now takes on a new importance , with simon a new importance, with simon clarke coming out in the telegraph. this isn't kind of telegraph. this isn't a kind of a mistake emerging or being a by mistake emerging or being outed as someone who is not a fan of rishi sunak, this is a an attempt at destabilising the prime minister for, um, just as he is , he is. he's trying to get he is, he is. he's trying to get his small boats plan in place, looking into the budget when there should be some tax cuts. it's a last thing they need. they'll they'll be dismissing him number 10. we haven't got him in number 10. we haven't got any from downing any quotes yet from downing street. doubt be street. they'll no doubt be saying was saying he's a has been. he was on way out. he's a parasite. on his way out. he's a parasite. and the last thing they and this is the last thing they need. why. don't know is i can't plot how they remove sunak

before the election if that's going to happen. and in fact, who would him? that's who would replace him? that's also to fathom. um, also difficult to fathom. um, bofis also difficult to fathom. um, boris johnson, of no boris johnson, of course, no longer an mp . uh, liz truss, um, longer an mp. uh, liz truss, um, fell out with own party. fell out with her own party. kemi badenoch . will drop kemi badenoch. will they drop down a new, um, generation down into a new, um, generation of ministers? we know robert jenrick is keen to become a leader at some point. i can't see him being replaced and this will only make it harder. i think, for the party and think, for the tory party and the beneficiary is obviously reform party , run by richard reform party, run by richard richard tice. of course the gb news presenter as well. he'll be helped um, and what helped by this. um, and what will nigel farage do? well, we'll wait and see. it's a whole new, you know, happy new year. more the same from the tory more of the same from the tory party. yeah >> okay. all right. look, christopher, very, christopher, thank you very, very much. i'm that very much. and i'm hoping that we to back we might be able to go back to you get any further you if we get any further developments a little bit later you if we get any further devis)pments a little bit later you if we get any further devis christopherittle bit later you if we get any further devis christopher hope it later you if we get any further devis christopher hope thereir on. is christopher hope there is. political editor is is. our political editor is going he's going going to come away. he's going to check his whatsapp. he's going very to check his whatsapp. he's going for very to check his whatsapp. he's going for us very to check his whatsapp. he's going for us and very to check his whatsapp. he's going for us and revertery to check his whatsapp. he's going for us and revert back. latest for us and revert back. so will you bang up to so we will keep you bang up to date right here on gb news. it

is the place to be for this. again, joining again, if you're just joining us, you can see at the us, what you can see at the bottom ticker at bottom of your ticker there, at least you it's not going least you could. it's not going to go anyway was it sir simon clarke rishi clarke has now called for rishi sunak go. is he flying on sunak to go. is he flying on some kind of solo kamikaze sunak to go. is he flying on some ki here?solo kamikaze sunak to go. is he flying on some ki here? solo we nikaze sunak to go. is he flying on some ki here? solo we going to sunak to go. is he flying on som upi here? solo we going to sunak to go. is he flying on som up now3?solo we going to sunak to go. is he flying on som up now overo we going to sunak to go. is he flying on som up now over thee going to sunak to go. is he flying on som up now over thee going of end up now over the course of the next hour, hour and a half, with conservative with more conservative mps openly for a change of openly calling for a change of leadership sunak, leadership to rishi sunak, who are calling to simon clarke. okay conservative okay is leading the conservative towards electoral oblivion and essentially quick essentially needs to go. quick quote for you from simon clarke. nevertheless, while bending over backwards be fair, the polls backwards to be fair, the polls still show more tory seats being lost than in 1997. the red wall being wiped out and completely shocking defeat in historic tory constituencies like chichester , constituencies like chichester, horsham and banbury. the unvarnished truth is that rishi sunakis unvarnished truth is that rishi sunak is leading the conservatives into an election where he sorry, we will be massive , weird. keep it gb news massive, weird. keep it gb news tonight because it is going to be the place to be for the inside track. on what could well be the final days of rome for rishi but still come

rishi sunak. but still to come as do speak to britain's as well. i do speak to britain's strictest katharine strictest headteacher, katharine birbalsingh, strictest headteacher, katharine birbalsiforr, strictest headteacher, katharine birbalsifor refusing to give in threats for refusing to give in to the demands of a muslim pupil . awful, awful i'm having to . an awful, awful i'm having to support staff right now, they come and see me very frightened . come and see me very frightened. yeah, but up next, simon clarke calls for the prime minister to go ahead of an election where he fears his party could be massacred . we bring you the massacred. we bring you the latest on this breaking news that shockwaves that is sending shockwaves through and the through westminster and the country. this is patrick christys you're

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news . back to this massive news. back to this massive breaking news for you right now. >> senior conservative mp sir simon clarke is pushing for rishi sunak to quit as leader. he's saying that he should call time on the doom loop. it follows multiple letters of no confidence that have been submitted against the prime minister in recent weeks . submitted against the prime minister in recent weeks. i'm just to read for you a just going to read for you now a couple of from what just going to read for you now a couple clarke from what just going to read for you now a couple clarke has from what just going to read for you now a couple clarke has said. what just going to read for you now a couple clarke has said. the|t simon clarke has said. the messages are in from messages are flying in from conservative mps at the moment, and telling you and we'll be telling you a couple those in just a couple of those in just a second. um, but basically simon clarke is saying that rishi sunakis clarke is saying that rishi sunak is leading them to an election in which the tories will be massacred. okay. denial of impending is an of impending catastrophe is an extraordinary , powerful human extraordinary, powerful human instinct . right. and he's saying instinct. right. and he's saying that if nigel farage returns to the fray, as looks increasingly likely, extinction is a very real possibility for the conservative party our country, with all the challenges we face, is on the brink of being run by keir starmer's labour for a

decade he accuses rishi decade or more, he accuses rishi sunak in with sunak of not being in touch with the and being the the electorate and not being the right lead the tories right man to lead the tories into the next election, saying that and that he that he should go and that he should be replaced. it is rumoured that more senior conservative figures will go pubuc conservative figures will go public later this evening, questioning rishi sunak's leadership and obviously we will bnng leadership and obviously we will bring that to right now. i'm bring that to you right now. i'm just going to go to my just going to go back to my panel just going to go back to my panel. political panel. we've got political commentator evans, we've commentator suzanne evans, we've got armstrong an got alex armstrong as well, an author rebecca author and journalist, rebecca reid a couple of reid. and alex, a couple of interesting messages flying in. what's what's the tone from some of your sources at the moment? >> i'm getting a little >> yeah, i'm getting a little bit message here. uh, bit of a mixed message here. uh, interestingly, red wall mps interestingly, some red wall mps are won't resign are saying they won't resign line and they won't call for the prime minister to resign. you'd think would be types think these would be the types of would actually go , of mps that would actually go, enough's going to enough's enough. i'm going to lose to rishi's lose my seat. thanks to rishi's leadership. but some them leadership. but some of them saying they're absolutely not resigning from any of their posts. interesting. have resigning from any of their posteheard interesting. have resigning from any of their posteheard someesting. have resigning from any of their posteheard some news have resigning from any of their posteheard some news that ve also heard some news that a bigger senior leader is consider ing leaving their position , ing leaving their position, although i suspect that that's i

won't name names just yet, but i suspect that sort of, uh, level of mp that that seniority won't go until the third, fourth or fifth wave. >> wait and see how many others go first. >> but but as chipping. well, exactly. suzanne. but know exactly. suzanne. but as we know , with a lot of these sort of more junior ministers, they'll tend once wave tend to go once the wave starts coming in. >> we are currently >> okay, so we are currently sitting on 11 rwanda rebels, right . so that includes the right. so that includes the likes of suella braverman . it likes of suella braverman. it includes the likes of robert jenrick, gwynne . but jenrick, andrew gwynne. but andrea think, andrea jenkins is, i think, permanently submits of permanently submits a letter of no confidence in, uh, the last couple of conservative prime ministers she ministers so we know where she stands will be stands already. it will be fascinating if any fascinating to see if any of those come those big hitters really come out of the woodwork tonight. as well. rebecca, you're shaking your head about all of this. what's going on for you? i'm just, like a little bit disgusted these people who just, like a little bit disgusing these people who just, like a little bit disgusing that.iese people who are using that. >> these are people's lives. this the state of our this is the state of our country. and people sitting country. and people are sitting there being there in their office being like, ooh, what's going to work best what's going to get best for me? what's going to get me after dinner speaking best for me? what's going to get me what'safter dinner speaking best for me? what's going to get me what's goinginner speaking best for me? what's going to get me what's going to er speaking best for me? what's going to get me what's going to er sp

like celebrity big brother and it makes me so cross. >> suzanne. if nigel farage returns fray looks returns to the fray as looks increasingly extinction increasingly likely, extinction is a very real possibility for our clearly what our party. clearly what simon clarke choice clarke is saying it is a choice between or clarke is saying it is a choice betv more or clarke is saying it is a choice betv more chance. or clarke is saying it is a choice betvmore chance. i or clarke is saying it is a choice betvmore chance. i think or clarke is saying it is a choice betvmore chance. i think it's or one more chance. i think it's interesting he's focusing interesting that he's focusing on farage because i think, on nigel farage because i think, as i alex it earlier, on nigel farage because i think, as itories alex it earlier, on nigel farage because i think, as itories arex it earlier, on nigel farage because i think, as itories are facing t earlier, on nigel farage because i think, as itories are facing extinction right? >> regardless what nigel >> regardless of what nigel farage , to honest, we farage does, to be honest, we have got now a deeply have clearly got now a deeply divided party. we've got a right wing and a left wing of the conservatives, and never the twain shall meet. and they are basically at war with each other. i have to say. my sources are they don't think are telling me they don't think this serious challenge, but this is a serious challenge, but as i say, we'll to if as i say, we'll have to see if anybody else decides to put their above parapet. their head above the parapet. >> interesting this >> and it's interesting if this is just a one man kamikaze mission simon clarke, mission by sir simon clarke, with a man essentially with a man with essentially nothing now nothing to lose, i'm joined now by the co—founder of the magazine big issue. and crucially for the parameters of this discussion, crossbench peer lord bird. lord bird, thank you very much. great have you on very much. great to have you on the show. you are in the house of lords. you have got a massive role to play and have had a massive role to play in rishi

role to play and have had a massivgettingo play in rishi role to play and have had a massivgetting into |y in rishi role to play and have had a massivgetting into this rishi role to play and have had a massivgetting into this position sunak getting into this position of weakness right now, especially when it comes to the rwanda bill, what do you making of of this latest breaking of all of this latest breaking news? for news? simon clarke calling for a news? simon clarke calling for a new prime minister. views ? new prime minister. your views? >> well, my view is unfortunately, i'm a crossbencher, so i sit right in the middle . the middle. >> uh, i'm not on the fence. >>— >> uh, i'm not on the fence. >> i'm definitely not on the fence , but i kind of. i can fence, but i kind of. i can understand why people would be cheesed off with, uh rishi sunak. i really would be, because nothing seems to be going right. but the unfortunate thing is, you had trust before law. and who were we going to do? >> you know who's going to take up the position? i've never quite believed in the quality of our leadership . way back to the our leadership. way back to the days of tony blair. >> i always saw these leaders. >> i always saw these leaders. >> i always wonder why they elected. >> because they always seem to be handed. >> they always seem to come in.

>> they always seem to come in. >> they're always going to come in and destroy poverty and create great egality between us all. >> and they never do . it's >> and they never do. it's almost as though they all read the same speech that clem attlee made in 1945, and in my opinion , made in 1945, and in my opinion, on whether we have leaders, it is nearly always to do with does it keep the pound up and does it hit the markets ? hit the markets? >> lord bird, the lord bird , one >> lord bird, the lord bird, one of the big not even political , of the big not even political, one of the massive issues at the moment. lord but let me just come in here. one of the massive issues at the moment is something that you will have just voted and will probably just voted on and will probably have on in the have to vote on again in the next or few days so, next week or few days or so, or whenever it is. it's about the latest instalments the rwanda latest instalments of the rwanda debacle latest instalments of the rwanda debac is clearly now obviously there is clearly now obviously absolutely no incentive whatsoever of whatsoever for the house of lords this, even if they lords to pass this, even if they were thinking about it, presumably the feeling in the house that you've house of lords is that you've got lame duck prime minister got a lame duck prime minister with a piece of legislation that he's don't he's his own party. don't even think going i

think he's going to work. i mean, you guys are just going to keep knocking back, you? >> well, i'm actually not even involved in that because i went into parliament to destroy poverty. i didn't go into parliament to play ping pong over politics like this, but my opinion is that what you've got is you've got a real problem in the uk , and that is how do we the uk, and that is how do we stop the flow of immigration into the country and these desperate acts like rwanda are going to increase. >> i mean, tony blair was the one who's tried this back in when he wanted tanzania as a place to dump, uh, asylum seekers that they didn't want. so you've got all the political parties involved in it. and in my opinion , we've really got to my opinion, we've really got to look at how can we not have a destruction of our nhs and a destruction of our nhs and a destruction of our nhs and a destruction of the quality of life of everyday people, people who are struggling with, with paying who are struggling with, with paying their mortgages and paying

paying their mortgages and paying their mortgages and paying their rents? and i think it's a real, real issue. i'd like to take the politics out of it and look at this situation as, how can we really protect what we've got now or lose it once and for all? >> lord balfe thank you very much for coming on and doing a little bit of a pivot, because we were about to get you on exclusively about the rwanda issue in the lords, and now you've got this breaking news happening that happening all around you that is lord their crossbench lord bird, their crossbench peen lord bird, their crossbench peer. just been sent peer. and i have just been sent a statement here from , um, priti a statement here from, um, priti patel at this critical time for our country with challenges at home and abroad, our party must focus on the people we serve and deliver for the country . uniting deliver for the country. uniting and serving the country must be our priority. engaging in facile and divisive self—indulgence. only serves our opponents. it's time to unite and get on with the job. so that is a statement from priti patel, former home secretary saying it's time to

unite and get on with the job. suzanne, it's a bit late for that, isn't it? >> it is a bit, but it's interesting that the priti patel has come out right very early to on say no. so i'm also hearing that seems that i'm that it seems that i'm just being remains to being told, as i say, remains to being told, as i say, remains to be that simon clarke be seen, that simon clarke really doesn't have much support here that seems here at all, that he seems not to anybody else to to have lined up anybody else to follow, follow him . um, follow, follow behind him. um, so a bit lone wolf so so it's all a bit lone wolf so far. is what i'm told. although interestingly, the former , um, interestingly, the former, um, conservative minister and mp for richmond, zac goldsmith , has richmond, zac goldsmith, has come out and said, well, in terms of rishi sunak's uninspiring leadership, then simon clarke is clearly right that liam fox has chimed up . that liam fox has chimed up. >> okay, so this is the latest from liam fox mp. this is not the time for self—indulgence and tribalism in the party. those who have an agenda to destabilise the government in an election understand election year should understand the consequences. having on the consequences. having been on the consequences. having been on the for all 13 years the frontbench for all 13 years in opposition, it is a miserable place. be warned that is the latest from liam fox. it looks as though at the moment that

simon clarke has gone over the top on his own. yeah it does, doesn't it? >> and it's quite funny really, because if anyone, if you would have thought anyone would have done this, simon clarke would have bottom of my have been at the bottom of my list. there's lot of list. i'm sure there's a lot of people home googling him people at home googling him tonight, who is. tonight, figuring out who he is. i can't this being. i really can't see this being. like earlier, the moment like i said earlier, the moment that do that crushes rishi sunak, i do think will make more voters think it will make more voters consider the consider whether they want the tories though, tories in government, though, and whether rishi can lead a unhed and whether rishi can lead a united you've united party anymore. if you've got safe pair of got someone as a safe pair of hands calling hands as simon clarke calling for resign, mean, where for you to resign, i mean, where does at that point? you does it end at that point? you know, you have the next one and the one. look it's the next one. so i look it's rishi very safe rishi has got a very safe cabinet around him. i think he'll be okay. but think this he'll be okay. but i think this is trouble for is signalling more trouble for them tomorrow. >> rebecca, we've got pmqs. this is an absolute gift for keir starmer. now there is absolute a school of thought which says says why on earth are which is what a lot of conservative grandees are now coming out and saying, why on earth are conservative this to saying, why on earth are conseown ve this to saying, why on earth are conseown party, this to saying, why on earth are conseown party, to this to saying, why on earth are conseown party, to theirthis to saying, why on earth are conseown party, to their own to their own party, to their own leader? what's slim, faint

sliver of hope rishi sunak might have had of pulling off something incredibly unlikely in the next general election is just getting eroded day by day from within his own party. yeah. >> and i possibly >> and i think possibly incorrectly , but very incorrectly, but very understandably, lots of people in country associate the in this country associate the cost of living crisis and the general turmoil of the last 18 months with the instability of the tory party for the last two years, therefore , what people, years, therefore, what people, i think, really want in this country is a period of calm, stability. and at the moment only looks to only one person looks set to provide that. and starmers provide that. and keir starmers speech this week about how the tories kind of getting tories are kind of getting involved in scraps of places like the national trust, really plays doing a plays into that. he is doing a good of very little, good job of saying very little, doing very little making doing very little and making people safe at one of the people feel safe at one of the other explosive statements in simon clarke's statement here, no where have these problems been more apparent than on immigration? >> in january, i was one of the conservative mps who was unable to support the safety of rwanda bill precisely because believe bill precisely because i believe it deliver swift

it unlikely to deliver the swift and we have got and certain action we have got again now, our political editor, christopher hope. christopher, thank very much. as thank you very, very much. as simon clarke gone over the top on a one man kamikaze mission here. happening? here. what's happening? >> looks well, i don't know, >> it looks well, i don't know, patrick. i'm old enough. and so you may be not predict tory you may be not to predict tory leadership contests and when and where they may may not happen where they may or may not happen . at the ground. the . um, look at the ground. the grandees are now circling tonight the pm. david tonight around the pm. david davis, liam fox, priti davis, sir liam fox, priti patel, all saying this is not the time i've got a quote here from a senior conservative spokesman. if you allow me to read it out to you, the spokesman tells gb news tonight, this is a self—indulgent attempt to undermine the government at a critical moment for the country. he may claim to be helping the party, the only person he is party, but the only person he is doing any favours for is sir keir starmer. now, i've been talking to very senior people around the pm tonight for gb news, the view is on sir simon clarke. he's been openly hostile for some time towards the pm. they see it as pure indulgence.

they see it as pure indulgence. they think it's linked patrick to that mysterious poll that appeared in the telegraph last week. the mrp poll. you recall that last monday. they think this is the second chapter in the attempt at destabilising the prime minister by mysterious conservative donors . um, this conservative donors. um, this mrp poll of 15,000 people for cast a landslide win for sir keir starmer on the eve of the rwanda bill being debated by the floor of the whole of the house of commons last week . so there of commons last week. so there is a there is an attempt, it seems, patrick, to undermine the prime minister and bring him down with evidence . last week, down with evidence. last week, the mrp poll and now sir sir simon clarke has broken cover number 10 thinks these two things are linked. simon clarke won't comment. christopher hope, thank you very, very much. >> our political editor christopher hope, with the very latest for us and hopefully we will keep it coming here on gb news. another long day at the office for christopher hope.

here is priti patel statement again for you. this is pretty patel at this critical time for our country with challenges at home abroad. our party must home and abroad. our party must focus on the people we serve and deliver for the country, uniting and serving the country must be our priority , engaging in facile our priority, engaging in facile and divisive self—indulgence only serves our opponents. it's time to unite and get on with the job. more on this breaking news as we get it. our simon clarke mp now is openly calling for rishi sunak to go. will others follow as it currently stands, key tory players are closing ranks around sunak. stands, key tory players are closing ranks around sunak . but closing ranks around sunak. but how long will this really last? and actually , is damage and actually, is the damage already pmqs tomorrow, for already done? pmqs tomorrow, for example, coming up, it's the religious row gripping britain and i visited the school and head teacher right at the centre of it, but i do think that if a school's ethos is such and building is such that they cannot have a prayer room, then they my jaw dropping interview with katharine birbalsingh in full is still to come. but up

next is the house of lords. votes to delay the rwanda bill. shock. should we abolish the unelected upper chamber ? author unelected upper chamber? author and commentator rafe heydel—mankoo goes head to head with the head republic , with the head of republic, graham smith, in light of all of this rwanda ping pong, that's taking place right now. patrick christys on gb news keep it

monday to thursdays from six till 930. >> now it's time for our head to

head. >> now it's time for our head to head . no messing about in head. no messing about in tonight's head to head now , tonight's head to head now, after the house of lords voted to delay rishi sunak's rwanda bill last night and we have just seen now , haven't we? simon seen now, haven't we? simon clarke mp , sticking his head clarke mp, sticking his head above the parapet openly calling for rishi sunak to go tonight i am asking should we abolish the house of lords? are they to blame for the mess that rishi sunak got himself into to debate this? now i'm joined by the head of republic, graham smith, and historian and broadcaster rafe heydel—mankoo chaps, thank you very, . um, rafe, i'll very, very much. um, rafe, i'll start with you. we've seen the lords now knocked this rwanda stuff back. simon clarke said rishi sunak so out of touch with the are they even more the voters, are they even more out of touch with the voters? do you think they got to go? >> yeah. well, look, no one is a bigger critic of the current house i am. in house of lords than i am. in fact, in 2010, i wrote an important report reforming important report on reforming the lords the the house of lords with the respublica think and sir respublica think tank and sir roger scruton and others. is roger scruton and others. it is broken. full political broken. it's full of political cronies. it's also far too large

. david cameron made more nobles than king louis the 14th. it's actually the second largest chamber in the world after china. i want to see it halved in size. i want to see actually, almost all political parties removed from what all political parties remove the house of parties remove from the house of lords they can be truly lords so they can be truly independent, for british independent, a place for british experts in every field to improve legislation , and a place improve legislation, and a place for independent people's peers who truly represent regions of the country which we don't have at the moment. no more party whips, no more cronies putting politics before the national interest. but elections would be an absolute disaster because an elected house of lords would be more powerful than it is now. it would lead to more conflict and stalemate with the house of lords , because right now, the lords, because right now, the elected commons always prevails over the lords . okay. i mean, over the lords. okay. i mean, yes, there are bills very frustrating. but, you know, next year when labour is in power, we may be cheering the lords for actually obstructing labour. pieces and the pieces of legislation and the rwanda, the rwanda bill would

actually more likely to be actually be more likely to be blocked by an elected house of lords it is for an lords than it is for an unelected lords. unelected house of lords. >> right, graham, i'll throw >> all right, graham, i'll throw it over to in light of it over to you in light of everything that's going on around us now, rishi sunak may well still be feeling much more secure. for the old secure. if it wasn't for the old duffers the house of lords duffers in the house of lords knocking everything back. i mean, you're the head of republic. what would you, would you to the you would you burn it to the ground? have an elected >> well, i would have an elected upper house, and you only have to australia where they to look to australia where they have system with have a westminster system with a prime in lower prime minister in the lower house and fully elected upper house and a fully elected upper house, and that now, the house, and that works. now, the point that parliament and point is that parliament and government are two different things. they two different things. they are two different jobs government jobs and the government shouldn't allowed to expect shouldn't be allowed to expect everything it wants to simply go through parliament because they have a majority in lower have a majority in the lower house. parliament should have the hang on a the strength to say, hang on a minute, we don't support this the strength to say, hang on a minetheyve don't support this the strength to say, hang on a minethey canon't support this the strength to say, hang on a minethey can onlysupport this the strength to say, hang on a minethey can only do port this the strength to say, hang on a minethey can only do thatthis the strength to say, hang on a minethey can only do that if s the strength to say, hang on a minethey can only do that if it and they can only do that if it is if it has is legitimate, if it has a mandate from the voters and if it is fairly representative of the wider public at large. the

nofion the wider public at large. the notion of expertise is elitist and misplaced. aside from anything else, experts can only tell us what can be possible . tell us what can be possible. uh, they can't say what we should do because that is based on, uh, a range of different interests and values which ought to be drawn from through the democratic process and represented fairly across the board. now on some points, i may say this, having debated many times, we agree. i think it should be much smaller. i think i think that the, uh, power of the parties over the upper house should be weaker. and there are a number of ways of doing that, but it should be but i think that it should be representative of people's interests and not simply packed full of people who are going to be appointed. however they are appointed because even if they are , you in way that are, you know, in the way that ralph described they're ralph is described, they're still someone. and ralph is described, they're s don't someone. and ralph is described, they're s don't think someone. and ralph is described, they're s don't think that's;omeone. and ralph is described, they're s don't think that's okay. ne. and i don't think that's okay. >> all right. look, look, both of you. >> gm- gm— >> thank you very, very much. i'm sorry. been so short i'm so sorry. it's been so short and hope and sweet, but i hope you understand. obviously got understand. we've obviously got a heck of lot of breaking a heck of a lot of breaking stuff around, thank you very, a heck of a lot of breaking stuffmuchd, thank you very, a heck of a lot of breaking

stuffmuch. that's|ank you very, a heck of a lot of breaking stuffmuch. that's|ank you \of y, very much. that's the head of republic, graham smith, an historian broadcaster. historian and broadcaster. rafe heydel—mankoo timely heydel—mankoo very timely fashion, actually discussing whether should be whether or not we should be abolishing in abolishing the house of lords in light knocking back light of them knocking back rwanda. this rwanda. it comes amidst this breaking moment that breaking news at the moment that simon clarke mp has called for a rishi sunak go. will he be on rishi sunak to go. will he be on his own now, or are we going to see others coming over the top? priti davis, liam priti patel, david davis, liam fox rallied around fox they've all rallied around the what's your the prime minister what's your view up, my view though, and coming up, my interview with katharine birbalsingh, line birbalsingh, she holds the line against the islamist extremists trying shut her school down. trying to shut her school down. but next, after a un chief calls the uk regressive for cracking down on climate extremism, have we actually been too hard on just stop oil ? this is patrick just stop oil? this is patrick christys tonight. we are only on

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mp is now openly calling for rishi sunak to resign. there is chaos at the moment going on in downing street. the tory party's grandees are rallying around rishi sunak as it currently stands. we've got david davis, we've got priti patel , we've got we've got priti patel, we've got sir liam fox, they've all come out to for the prime out to bat for the prime minister. calling minister. they are calling for calm the moment. he had 11 calm at the moment. he had 11 rebels to his rwanda bill. it's just got knocked back from the lords. well we can now hear from labours shadow paymaster general, jonathan ashworth , who general, jonathan ashworth, who has been reacting to the news that sir simon clarke has called for rishi sunak to go. here's what he had to say. >> this is more proof tonight that the tory party is a failed government , completely divided government, completely divided from top to bottom. >> look, the british people want a government focussed on their issues, their problems from the cost of living crisis with their mortgages going up that the tories have created to fixing the problems the nhs , which the problems in the nhs, which the problems in the nhs, which the tories have delivered after 14 instead we get 14 years. but instead we get these ongoing fights, squabbles,

a divide government unable to grip the issues facing the country . country. >> okay, there's no two ways about this. this is unbelievably catastrophic timing for rishi sunak. it comes off the back of him being weakened over rwanda . him being weakened over rwanda. the tories were all coming out in force saying ah , look, the in force saying ah, look, the rwanda bill was a resounding success. we only had 11 rebels. anyone with eyes in their head now knows that there was a lot more going on behind the scenes than that, and my whatsapp messages were lighting up the day after to say from a lot of conservative mps that they just do have anymore . in do not have faith anymore. in rishi sunak, were rishi sunak, there were rumblings of letters of no confidence simon clarke confidence in now simon clarke feels as though he's been bold enough anyway come out and enough to anyway come out and open call for the prime minister to i'm just going to read to go. i'm just going to read you a couple of quite jaw dropping quotes from simon dropping quotes here from simon clarke unvarnished clarke saying the unvarnished truth that sunak is truth is that rishi sunak is leading conservatives an leading the conservatives to an election be election where we will be massacred and of an massacred and denial of an impending catastrophe he an impending catastrophe. he is an extraordinarily powerful human instinct . in the last few

instinct. in the last few moments, james daly mp who off the top of my head is the mp for bury north. yes, he is a member of parliament for bury north, has said this is absolute nonsense. the conservative party must behind prime must unite behind the prime minister stop boats , minister now and stop the boats, continue levelling our continue levelling up our country and ensure equal opportunity for all. everything else is self—indulgence of the highest order and that of the lines coming out. highest order and that of the lines coming out . the tory party lines coming out. the tory party at the moment, which is that this is self—indulgence, but do you think tories should you think the tories should change? leader do you think sunak should cling on? do you think they should have a snap election? i want to hear from you. give gb news. com but you. give us at gb news. com but coming up, my upfront and personal interview with britain's teacher personal interview with b katharine teacher personal interview with bkatharine birbalsinghteacher personal interview with bkatharine birbalsingh .eacher personal interview with bkatharine birbalsingh . what , katharine birbalsingh. what happened the day of the bomb happened on the day of the bomb threat? um , well , she happened on the day of the bomb threat? um , well, she is threat? then um, well, she is pushing back against people trying to impose a muslim prayer room in her school. i went to the school today. i spoke to her. that is one that's absolute

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i >> -- >> well . >> well. >> well. >> it's 10 pm. this is patrick christys tonight. strap yourselves in rishi sunak is facing friendly fire as liz truss ally sir simon clarke openly calls for the to pm go in an absolutely scathing opinion piece , he says so that the piece, he says so that the country can avoid a decade of decline under labour. other tories are coming out to bat for him. we have up to the second analysis here on what could be the final days of rome for rishi, but we do also, of course, have a bit of this. what happened on the day of the bomb threat? then um , well, awful , awful. >> i'm having to support staff right now. they come and see me very frightened . very frightened. >> really important interview this with britain's strictest headteacher telling me why she's not backing down in the fight against muslim prayer rooms in her school .

her school. >> but i do think that if a schools ethos is such and building is such that they cannot have a prayer room , then cannot have a prayer room, then they should be allowed to not have a prayer room. >> this is the high court case that will define britain's cultural future , and it's coming cultural future, and it's coming up for you here on patrick christys i will have christys tonight. i will have all of tomorrow's newspaper christys tonight. i will have all oipages'row's newspaper christys tonight. i will have all oipages today newspaper christys tonight. i will have all oipages today with paper christys tonight. i will have all oipages today with my er christys tonight. i will have all oipages today with my press front pages today with my press pack panel. we've got pack on the panel. we've got suzanne alex armstrong suzanne evans, alex armstrong and rebecca reid . fantastic trio and rebecca reid. fantastic trio that for you . and find out as that for you. and find out as well why this seal has been wreaking havoc. neil, the seal is an absolute menace. yes. it's not all heavy politics stuff tonight. get ready britain, here we go. i forgot we had nailed the seal on a big interview next. very big interview. the head teacher who has faced death threats for refusing to give in to islamic fundamentalism . so we will have fundamentalism. so we will have that coming your way. very very shortly. and of course , bang up

shortly. and of course, bang up to the second analysis of rishi sunak at number 10, essentially imploding all around him. stay tuned . tuned. >> patrick, thank you. well, good evening to you. as well. well, you've been hearing already that senior mp sir simon clarke is the breaking news tonight. he's among a number of senior conservatives calling for a new prime minister let's get some analysis now from our political editor, christopher hope. political editor, christopher hope . chris, what's happening ? hope. chris, what's happening? >> well, the tory party is thrown into more leadership chaos tonight by polly simon clarke , a key ally of liz truss, clarke, a key ally of liz truss, is saying in the article in the daily telegraph that the unvarnished truth is that mr sunakis unvarnished truth is that mr sunak is leading the party into an election where we'll be massacred , he says also, if massacred, he says also, if nigel farage, a colleague at gb news, returns to the fray in reform party extinction, ian is a very real possibility and he says it's time for sunak to go .

says it's time for sunak to go. number 10 is not very happy. senior tories tell us tonight he's being self—indulgent and he may claim to be helping the party, but he's really helping keir starmer. other grandees are circular wagons around the pm tonight david liam fox it tonight david davis, liam fox it is very, very fluid and very , is very, very fluid and very, very difficult for the pm tonight. >> christopher hope, thanks very much indeed. well, the shadow cabinet minister jonathan ashworth, says tonight's developments are more proof of tory failure. >> the british people want a government focussed on their issues, their problems from the cost of living crisis with their mortgages going up that the tories have created to fixing the problems in the nhs , which the problems in the nhs, which the problems in the nhs, which the tories have delivered after 14 but instead we get 14 years. but instead we get these ongoing fights, squabbles, a divided government, unable to grip the issues facing the country. i think it's clear that after 14 years, it's time for change and we need a party focussed on the people's priorities, and that would be the labour party. priorities, and that would be thejonathan arty. priorities, and that would be thejonathan ashworth . well, in >> jonathan ashworth. well, in other news, tonight we're being

warned more strong winds and warned of more strong winds and wet weather across the north overnight and into tomorrow . the overnight and into tomorrow. the 10th named storm of the season, storm jocelyn , has been sweeping storm jocelyn, has been sweeping the uk, bringing winds of up to 80 miles an hour. it's left thousands without power, floods are affecting parts of yorkshire and train lines in scotland are closed, with no trains running at all tonight. until tomorrow. that means rush hour services are also expected to be out of action in scotland . in action in scotland. in international news, the houthis have vowed to retaliate after the royal air force used precision guided bombs to strike multiple rebel targets overnight . it comes as the uk faces the risk of prices surging in shops and fears of global inflation due to disruptions to shipping through the red sea. rishi sunak says the government will use the most effective means to cut off the houthis resources and stop their attacks on commercial shipping . the measles outbreak shipping. the measles outbreak has been described as deeply

troubling , with labour demanding troubling, with labour demanding more action to kerb the spread of the disease. the shadow health minister, karen smith , health minister, karen smith, said today red tape needs to be cut to give health visitors more powers to vaccinate children. that's as cases grow in the west midlands and parts of london, and the world health organisation said today. there's been a surge across europe . a been a surge across europe. a study by oxford university suggests disinformation is to blame , with 1 in 5 people in the blame, with 1 in 5 people in the uk saying they think vaccine data is fake and scientists are due to announce if the world is any nearer ending when they reveal if the doomsday clock has moved closer to midnight . last moved closer to midnight. last yean moved closer to midnight. last year, the clock shifted 10s to 90s away from striking 12, the closest it's ever been. and at 3:00 today they said it remained the same. it hadn't moved forward . it hadn't moved back. forward. it hadn't moved back. the clock is supposed to show how close the world is to ending. and last year,

scientists cited the unprecedented danger posed by the russian ukraine war that that's the news on gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker. this is britain's news channel . all britain's news channel. all right, let's get stuck in. >> as we've been reporting already tonight, senior tory mp simon clarke has now called for rishi sunak to go. chaos has unravelled as other senior tory mps like david davies, sir liam fox, are calling for calm and for the prime minister to remain in post. priti patel has also come out and bring you her statement in full shortly, saying now is not the time to be essentially blowing up downing street and as i speak now, another tory mp, conor burns. voters won't forgive self indulgence and infighting. we have do . we should get have a job to do. we should get on it. politics isn't on with it. politics isn't a game. we serve people and it is trust. those who can't accept that should shut up or shove off. right? so it is now a tory

party in turmoil. if it wasn't before, it absolutely is now. big questions to be answered tonight. will other mps follow ? tonight. will other mps follow? simon clarke over the top. will this now result in enough letters of no confidence to go into call a vote of no confidence? should there be a snap election? what's really going to happen next? and i am joined by political commentator suzanne evans, political commentator alex armstrong, and author and journalist rebecca reid. alex, i'm just going to go to you first, just because i believe nadine dorries, a former prominent member of the conservative party, she's been piping conservative party, she's been piping been saying? >> yeah, saying this is >> yeah, she's saying this is all part of the plan she all part of the plan that she wrote in her book to wrote about in her book to install cameron prime install david cameron as prime minister, plan. minister, a very devious plan. she that's going take she thinks that's going to take place before the place at some point before the election. don't know much election. i don't know how much that the truth of it that holds up to the truth of it all for being honest, a little bit of fun though, nonetheless. from the from nadine. what's what's the lesson from her? lesson to expect from her? really what's really really you know what's really interesting about all of this? that seems all link back interesting about all of this? th rwanda,ns all link back interesting about all of this? th rwanda, doesn'tl link back interesting about all of this? th rwanda, doesn't it?�*|k back interesting about all of this? th rwanda, doesn't it? alleack interesting about all of this? th rwanda, doesn't it? all ofk to rwanda, doesn't it? all of these back because of the coming back because of the immigration failure, the failure

to this um, so maybe to pass this bill. um, so maybe this is where rishi has to actually double down. let's get this through. let's find a way through. but i do think it sparks very, very interesting sparks a very, very interesting conversation about the conversation about how the tories this. conversation about how the toriyeah. this. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> go on. think it's quite >> go on. i think it's quite interesting. you know, you've now got conservative party tory mps woodwork mps coming out of the woodwork saying have calm, saying we've got to have calm, we've slow we've we've got to slow down, we've got rishi. but this is got to back rishi. but this is not end of this. whatever got to back rishi. but this is not etonight,is. whatever got to back rishi. but this is not etonight, whetherever got to back rishi. but this is not etonight, whether other happens tonight, whether other people fall in behind simon clarke this not the clarke or not, this is not the end. we've got end. remember, we've got a by—election coming up in wellingborough. the reform party have strong candidate wellingborough. the reform party have in strong candidate wellingborough. the reform party have in the strong candidate wellingborough. the reform party have in the formg candidate wellingborough. the reform party have in the form of andidate wellingborough. the reform party have in the form of ben date wellingborough. the reform party have in the form of ben habib, there in the form of ben habib, a former mep and a businessman. um, how is a reform going to do reform calls will um, how is a reform going to do reforragain calls will um, how is a reform going to do reforragain of calls will um, how is a reform going to do reforragain of course/ill um, how is a reform going to do reforragain of course we've start again then of course we've got the local elections on may the second. if the conservatives do those again , do badly, badly in those again, more calls like this are going to . polls going to happen. the polls are going to happen. the polls are going to worse. this is going to get even worse. this is going to get even worse. this is going to run for months. to run and run for months. >> very quickly add >> may i just very quickly add i do it's little bit rich do think it's a little bit rich for of these mps who have for a lot of these mps who have stabbed other prime ministers in the twice, actually, liz the back twice, actually, liz truss not truss and boris, let's not forget to now saying, we

forget to now be saying, oh, we need to behind. this need to get behind. this is a bad to do. shouldn't bad thing to do. you shouldn't do this. i mean, they've been doing couple doing this for the last couple of so little bit rich. of years, so a little bit rich. if you are just joining us or you've the moon you've been living on the moon for the last hour eight for the last hour and eight minutes, have now been minutes, there have now been calls to go. calls for rishi sunak to go. >> mp has issued >> simon clarke mp has issued a scathing statement. i will reveal you now, reveal some of that to you now, or some of latina. the or read out some of latina. the british cannot why british public cannot fathom why our letting tens british public cannot fathom why outhousands letting tens british public cannot fathom why outhousands people1g tens british public cannot fathom why outhousands people illegally of thousands of people illegally cross every year, he cross the channel every year, he writes. the prime minister seems to sadly accepted to have sadly accepted novel, extreme and anti—democratic interpretation extreme and anti—democratic inte that ation extreme and anti—democratic inte that effectively tell the law that effectively tell the british people they cannot have a border. he also goes on to say that nigel farage returns to that if nigel farage returns to the political front row, that that would be oblivion , and that that would be oblivion, and that the tories basically have to get rid of rishi sunak. now if they're going to stand any chance of winning at the next election recent days election. and in recent days we've treasury has we've seen that the treasury has been dictating to been shock, horror dictating to our the idea our government about the idea that possibly reduce that we cannot possibly reduce immigration gdp will immigration otherwise gdp will go in the toilet. what about gdp per capita? may i add ? we've had per capita? may i add? we've had a home secretary who appears to have it to

have rowed back when it comes to things student visas. when things like student visas. when it things like it comes to things like the salary etc. and now we're salary cap, etc. and now we're going to let channel migrants work. this, i think, work. so all of this, i think, has together for a perfect has come together for a perfect storm. rebecca how do you see this playing out in the days to come? >> t even t- t— t even if you did feel >> i even even if you did feel those things were issue and those things were an issue and for me, they're not the most pressing country pressing issues in the country by if he by some margin. but even if he felt way, i don't think felt that way, i don't think anybody in this country is stupid enough to think that it would be possible to have a full leadership election install somebody else, and then have them of them implement any kind of policy, let get the rwanda them implement any kind of policy, l

read that out with selfish stunt from simon. um, simon clarke mp uh, also tweeted and this is a little while back write my loyalty to liz truss and boris johnson was sincere to the last and i appreciate deeply the opportunity they gave me. but i meant every word that i said yesterday. this back in yesterday. so this is back in october 2022. concert voters must unite under our new prime minister. we should all ensure that rishi sunak succeeds. he has my support. so that rishi sunak succeeds. he has my support . so they're has my support. so they're coming basically coming out basically now, essentially calling simon a little bit hypocrite . i do little bit of a hypocrite. i do have a quote as well here. a statement from priti patel , statement from priti patel, former home secretary, that says this at this critical time for our country, we challenges at home and abroad. our party must focus the we serve and focus on the people we serve and deliver for the country . uniting deliver for the country. uniting and serving country must be and serving the country must be our priority. engaging in facile and divisive self—indulgence. only serves our opponents. it's time to unite it and get on with the job. david davies has

tweeted. this is getting silly. the party and the country are sick and tired of mps putting their own leadership ambitions ahead of the uk's best interests. it is really about time for these people realise they have a duty to the country thatis they have a duty to the country that is greater than their personal leadership ambitions. um, i'm going to go to liam fox now and then we'll go back to the panel. this is not the time for self—indulgence and tribalism in the party. those who to who have an agenda to destabilise government in an destabilise the government in an election year should understand the of having been the consequence of having been on the bench all 13 on the front bench for all 13 years in opposition . it's years in opposition. it's a miserable place. be warned . what miserable place. be warned. what simon is saying, suzanne , simon clarke is saying, suzanne, is they're for is they're heading for opposition anyway . they've got opposition anyway. they've got one at rolling one more chance at rolling the dice leader. dice here with a new leader. could even see a way in could you even see a way in which the tories have a leadership contest before the next general election ? next general election? >> look, anything is possible in politics. a week is a long time in politics. let alone the next nine months so yes, it's nine months or so. so yes, it's certainly doable . um, for me, certainly doable. um, for me, the conservative party is so divided it needs to split now. really? you think it needs to

split? it does. it is beyond repair. you've got the left of the got the right the party. you've got the right of never twain of the party. never the twain shall you know , you've shall meet. um, you know, you've got the left wing of the conservative party that, in my opinion, come far away opinion, has come so far away from fundamental values , from their fundamental values, uh, freedom, responsibility , uh, of freedom, responsibility, law and order. um and you've now got this sort of more globalist , got this sort of more globalist, um, still very much pro—eu section of the party, too. the party is in a mess. perhaps it needs to be an opposition for ten years to sort itself i ten years to sort itself out. i hope that doesn't happen because i want to see i frankly don't want to see another run another labour government run that long. the last labour that long. um, the last labour party the appalling party did the most appalling damage to this country in their 13 office change 13 year terms of office change the face of this country. i've just it's a very worrying situation. >> i've just received the latest bookies so if you're bookies odds. so if you're a gambling or woman , if you're gambling man or woman, if you're a gambling man woman , get a gambling man or woman, get your around this. all your heads around this. all right. latest odds sunak to right. the latest odds sunak to face no confidence face a vote of no confidence before general before the next general election. 10 to 3. you've got sunak to be replaced as tory leader in 2024. is 6 to 5. 2025

is 8 to 13. simon clarke, the next tory leader, is a 50 to 1 shout. >> so it's that high. >> so it's that high. >> yeah. that's it. there you go. you're not you're not slapping it. >> that's probably worth a punt. >> that's probably worth a punt. >> that's probably worth a punt. >> that's a leicester city punt. that one isn't just whack it that one isn't it. just whack it on case it does happen. on just in case it does happen. i would have to a i mean it would have to be a really strike turn of events for simon be elected. simon clarke to be elected. >> don't think the amount of >> i don't think the amount of money me feel money i'd win would make me feel any about even i any better about it, even if i put £100 on it and i got that bet now, carol vorderman has tweeted me marvellous. >> tory simon clarke calls >> tory mp simon clarke calls for sunak. tell for tories to sack sunak. tell you a hashtag general you what, call a hashtag general election now and we'll sack him for you. oh, and most of your other mps, including you at the same time, rebecca, presumably thatis same time, rebecca, presumably that is one tweet tonight that you can get behind. oh, i like that. >> i also love the way she uses twitter like a mum on facebook, like a mum. >> ah. all right . like a mum. >> ah. all right. now we are going to be returning to the latest breaking news regarding rishi sunak's future. and we will keeping you right up to will be keeping you right up to date okay, here for the very

date. okay, here for the very latest. we are also going to be bringing you all of the first of tomorrow's explosive front pages as they land into tonight's press pack. but next i bring you my fascinating interview with catherine birbalsingh as she explains the threats her school has faced and her unfiltered thoughts on multiculture ism in british education as she refuses to back down to people who want to back down to people who want to introduce a muslim prayer room in her school. despite receiving bomb threats and death threats. it's not to be missed. this is patrick christys tonight and we are

>> the camilla tominey show sunday mornings from 930 on gb news . news. news. news. >> welcome back. it's the story that has gripped the nation. britain's strictest headteacher dragged into the high court by a muslim pupil using taxpayer funded legal aid to whip up a religious row that could define the future of multicultural britain. katharine birbalsingh he runs the michaela community school in london, runs a tight ship and gets amazing academic results as knife crime, drugs , results as knife crime, drugs, gang culture and depravity pred gang culture and depravity ripped through many state secondary schools around the country . there is one school country. there is one school with silent corridors where pupils still sing the national anthem every day, where any back chat lateness is met with the chat or lateness is met with the detention , where every detention, and where every single spent pushing single minute is spent pushing these children towards a life of academic impeccable academic rigour and impeccable manners . i went on academic rigour and impeccable manners. i went on a academic rigour and impeccable manners . i went on a tour of manners. i went on a tour of that school today . i was shown that school today. i was shown

around outstanding around by some outstanding youngsters. i sat on five youngsters. i sat in on five different classes . i observed different classes. i observed non—stop high energy learning with children who were genuinely engaged. this place is intense . engaged. this place is intense. there's no two ways about it. i mean, it is like nothing i'd ever imagined i would see, actually. but it gets results . actually. but it gets results. more than 91% of children receive passes in english and maths gcses. more than half of their pupils achieved a grade a star in five subjects, 82% of them secure a place at a russell group university, including oxbridge, lse , imperial. it oxbridge, lse, imperial. it works . so why is one oxbridge, lse, imperial. it works. so why is one muslim pupil who was previously suspended reportedly for threatening to stab another girl trying to bring it all down? i conducted an interview with katharine birbalsingh in her office earlier today and it was an eye opening experience . an eye opening experience. >> families are all very they're very happy, you know, like that . very happy, you know, like that. they understand. they prefer a prayer room, obviously, but they people way up, don't they , when people way up, don't they, when they're choosing a school, do we want this? do we not want that?

you know, when you don't ever like everything about a school, but you choose it because most of offering is what but you choose it because most of want. offering is what but you choose it because most of want. and offering is what but you choose it because most of want. and um,ering is what but you choose it because most of want. and um, but is what but you choose it because most of want. and um, but we've at you want. and um, but we've always said they could pray in the orders they want to do. for eight they never did. uh eight years, they never did. uh and um , last year, uh , and then, um, last year, uh, dunng and then, um, last year, uh, during the ramadan time , um, a during the ramadan time, um, a few children decided to pray, um, and, and that then grew over days , more and more children days, more and more children were just, you know, following this on a problem . and the this on a problem. and the reason why that's not a problem. and the prayer rooms are, is because of our strict ethos and our silent corridors and our family lunch, which, um , you'll family lunch, which, um, you'll see, is , uh, is a very specific see, is, uh, is a very specific thing, you know, the children will eat together like a family. they have set roles around the dinner table. um, we all eat vegetarian food, for instance . vegetarian food, for instance. >> so you saw what looked like segregation and religious intimidation. is that right? >> when last year, they started

praying. and over days started increasing. and yes , there was increasing. and yes, there was more segregation happening because then they were crowding around that area and lunchtime, we very much , um, socialise the we very much, um, socialise the children . so if there's a child children. so if there's a child who's being left out, we bring them into the fold. we make sure that the kids are in mixed groups where where children are not there aren't enclaves being created . and that's something created. and that's something that a multicultural, uh , that a multicultural, uh, society and country and school. i think we need to think about. >> who do you think is buying this ? is it really just the this? is it really just the child you've mentioned external factors. i like many others, initially thought that perhaps it was the parents. it doesn't sound that's case. who sound like that's the case. who is of this? is behind all of this? >> started online, >> a campaign started online, uh, which was demanding prayer rooms. you see, or a parent. >> so to clarify, then you were allowing them to pray outside. mhm and in ever increasing numbers . and then a campaign numbers. and then a campaign started online for a specific prayer room. yes.

>> and you know i understand there's people from the outside and i don't know, um , certainly and i don't know, um, certainly all the people who were stirring it up were from the outside, i.e. sorry, not pupils or parents of pupils from the school, not pupils here or parents. um, so completely external individuals. yeah a thousands who were involved in the petition. now this never made it to the main press, you see. so no. and we were very grateful for that because we were very worried because we were very worried because we were getting death were getting all kinds of death threats and, um, we had a bomb scare . uh, the police had to scare. uh, the police had to come and search the school, uh, for . um, uh, we had all for bombs. um, uh, we had all kinds of one of my teachers, one of my black teachers, was so badly racially abused, you know , badly racially abused, you know, she was called the n word and the c word, and compared to a monkey and all kinds of horrible things, this online and this is all online and also emails being said to the school, uh , that we said to the school, uh, that we got death threats and the bomb threat on. so um, threat and so on. so um, everyone , you can imagine that

everyone, you can imagine that everyone, you can imagine that everyone was terrified . uh, one everyone was terrified. uh, one of my staff , uh, everyone was terrified. uh, one of my staff, uh, had a attempted break in at her flat. uh, one of my staff had a brick through her window. um, we had bottles thrown into the yard. um and all because of the prayer situation and, um, so it was horrible. and, um , my staff were terrified and, um, my staff were terrified , uh, that member of staff was being attacked. she had to take, uh, lifts in the school. so did i, uh, lifts in the school. so did i, because we were worried about our safety and, um, and then also , that was that was the kind also, that was that was the kind of aggression that was coming from outside. but the inside of the school changed the culture of the school changed. so during ramadan, when muslim children is a variety of different muslim children , some of them want to children, some of them want to fast some of them do not want to fast, some of them were pray, some of them were not pray. uh, we muslim children who wear we have muslim children who wear the hijab. some of them not. the hijab. some of them do not. what found was that, um , one

what we found was that, um, one of the children, one of the girls, uh, started wearing hijab . uh, some of the, uh , muslims . uh, some of the, uh, muslims who were more devout, as it were, were standing by the break hole, uh, phone table and intimidating muslims who wanted to eat and to not eating or intimidate them into pray. or one girl who dropped out of the choir because music is haram , choir because music is haram, you know, now she's been in the choir for ages before that, you know, like, so all of this stuff was, you know, like who is going to protect those muslim children who do not want to do those things? who is going to protect the staff for being racially abused or that all of the school community who are getting bomb threats and death threats, um , threats and death threats, um, that's my job as headmistress. um it's also the case that the governors are in charge. so the governors are in charge. so the governors took, uh, the sensible decision, in my opinion , to ban prayer. >> the criticism of this is that

it's barbaric . to ban prayer. it's barbaric. to ban prayer. how would you respond to that ? how would you respond to that? >> when people are critical of this, they'll say, well, well, what about the children who don't what about don't want to pray? what about the don't want to the children who don't want to fast? about families fast? what about the families who with now who are happy with this? now they might no, but everybody they might say no, but everybody should able to whatever should be able to do whatever they isn't the they want. but that isn't the case at our school, right? our school. we behave as school. we behave very much as a collective. not separate collective. we do not separate children according according to race religion . and our race and religion. and our normal, happy, joyful school returned. i mean, that was the other thing that was interesting is that once , uh, prayer is that once, uh, prayer stopped, everything returned to normal instantly. you know, all kinds of people have objected to us in the past. they don't like what we do. um and i've had to fight all of them. i'm continuing to fight to preserve what we are, because i believe in what we are here. and so do all our the vast majority of our families and children. >> you've mentioned in the past that some children who are

british don't necessarily feel british. what do you mean by that? >> if all we do is promote, uh, what divides us? our, you know, our different religions , our our different religions, our different, um , uh, ways of life , different, um, uh, ways of life, our different cultures. um if that's all we do. and all we talk about, then what do we have in common? we've got to find things that we have in common. the thing is, people underestimate the importance of schools. uh they don't realise that schools socialise children and create the future adults of the country . they are the future the country. they are the future to any country. and um, what we do here, we try and do as best we can is to make sure that our multicultural environment works and that the children are able to be friends across racial divides , across religious divides, across religious divides, across religious divides , um, so that they don't divides, um, so that they don't look at each other and think, oh, you're a hindu. oh, you're a muslim. oh, you're a black canbbean muslim. oh, you're a black caribbean or you're, you know, we don't think like that. we're just friends together and just all friends together and we're big happy family. we

we're one big happy family. we all need to recognise that . all all need to recognise that. all of us need to make sacrifices for the betterment of the whole, so that we can all get on and let schools play such an important part of this. now obviously, if you're a school is one where the children roam the corridors and children do corridors and the children do whatever they like during lunch, then i suppose you might choose to have a prayer room and that's fine. i'm not fine. you know, i'm not suggesting that schools suggesting that all schools shouldn't room, shouldn't have a prayer room, but think that if but i do think that if a school's such school's ethos is such and building such that they building is such that they cannot have a prayer room, then they should be allowed to not have what you have a prayer room. what are you going the high court going to do if the high court rules against you? well, they say that, know, we need to say that, you know, we need to open the school have open up the school and have prayer and that we need to prayer rooms and that we need to abandon um, we would abandon our ethos. um, we would obviously to the court of obviously go to the court of appeal that happened. appeal if that happened. >> would appeal that? appeal if that happened. >> yeah. would appeal that? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> you you'd take that all the way as high as he possibly could? >> definitely. well, i've always fought for what we are. we've always had people trying to undermine from

undermine us and stop us from doing doing . um, for doing what we're doing. um, for a variety different a whole variety of different reasons um, always fought reasons. um, i've always fought back because i believe in what we're doing , back because i believe in what we're doing, and i back because i believe in what we're doing , and i also believe we're doing, and i also believe in children and our in our children and our families, and our families would be devastated if we had to lose this school. the idea that's out there, which well, you can there, which is, well, you can just with prayer just have michaela with a prayer room that doesn't exist. that's just not possible. so we can have a prayer rooms upstairs, but we need to change the whole of michaela and become a different type of school . different type of school. >> okay. look, a heck of a lot to go out there, and we will be returning to the second part of that. katharine birbalsingh interview. and we're going to be hopefully discussing it a as hopefully discussing it a bit as well with my panel, but we are going to you right back now going to get you right back now to the massive developing story from taking from westminster, and i'm taking you to our political you live now to our political editor , christopher hope , who is editor, christopher hope, who is all action for us tonight. and, christopher, you have a development. this is the story that simon clark has called for a new prime minister called for rishi to go as

rishi sunak to go as i understand it, you think there could more to this? go on. could be more to this? go on. what's going on in cabinet? christopher >> well, there's talk tonight from two tory mps that a serving cabinet minister is on the verge of resigning in a move which could destabilise a prime minister. that's all we know at the moment. we're not naming the prime it may not prime minister yet. it may not happen. febrile. happen. it is somewhat febrile. the view from senior tory sources is that simon clark actions are linked to this mrp poll last monday, which forecast a electoral landslide for keir starmer . he a electoral landslide for keir starmer. he references that um poll , in his starmer. he references that um poll, in his article in tonight's telegraph and if so, what we are seeing in playing out in real time for gb news viewers is an attempt to destabilise our prime minister. starting with a poll, then a senior person calling for him to 90, senior person calling for him to go, and the third leg of that patrick could be a resignation from the cabinet. we'll wait and see. nothing confirmed yet. it's very, very febrile. we've got tory grandees circling the wagons around the prime minister. so sir david davis,

um, sir liam fox, dame priti patel, david davis saying it's getting silly . the party in the getting silly. the party in the country are sick and tired of mps putting their own leadership ambitions ahead of the uk's best interests. fox acas no time interests. liam fox acas no time for self—indulgence. um, priti patel being equally damning . um, patel being equally damning. um, it is it is not what we expected. the party felt the tories i spoke to around the pm earlier today, they felt that the pm was getting a grip on it. the economy was coming back by the end of the year. people might feel better about it. they might feel better about it. they might even few might have even been a few planes off with migrants planes taking off with migrants back rwanda, and instead back to rwanda, and instead this, this extraordinary, um , this, this extraordinary, um, uh, distraction . there's a major uh, distraction. there's a major event coming up, for patrick, your diary is called popular conservatism. it's on the sixth of , um, uh, conservatism. it's on the sixth of, um, uh, february simon clarke speaking there along with jacob rees—mogg, our colleague from gb news. liz, trust and ranil jayawardena, they are they are standard bearers for boris johnson and liz truss's team.

that group. now that could be an alternative party conference starting early next month . it's starting early next month. it's all kicking off again. patrick in westminster. >> all right, look, i just want to drill down on something with you. understand that you. now, i understand that you are, currently stands , not are, as it currently stands, not naming the cabinet minister in question . fine. fair enough. get question. fine. fair enough. get that. it is a fast moving picture. you would have want to jump picture. you would have want to jump the gun, but you are heanng jump the gun, but you are hearing serious rumours. christopher are you that someone is sitting around the cabinet table? may well quit tonight and presumably with that call for rishi sunak to go, you think there's a possibility of that? >> there's a i don't think it's tonight, patrick. but there's a possibility that the next stage in this, if you read the article there by simon clarke, he says in january, the mrp poll, it looks like it was written to be published next month, maybe after what could be a double by—election defeat on february the 15th the tory party that the 15th for the tory party that might have been the trigger moment brought that moment that brought that forward. in the wake of

forward. maybe in the wake of the rout last week of the rwanda bill, again, bill, we don't know. again, simon clarke himself is not commenting. okay christopher, thank very for commenting. okay christopher, thanlatest very for commenting. okay christopher, thanlatest update ry for commenting. okay christopher, thanlatest update .y for that latest update. >> as our political editor, christopher hope, possibly cities of a cabinet minister resigning in the coming days, etc. i will be joined shortly by dame andrea jenkins. she's had a letter of no confidence in for quite a while, but it will be interesting to see what she makes of this latest update. and i will have part two for you of that there with that interview there with katharine birbalsingh, who is a teacher refusing to budge, refusing budge in the face of refusing to budge in the face of massive pressure for her school to bend the knee to the wishes of a particular muslim pupil. symptomatic isn't it really? i think of a variety of different issues gripping multicultural britain at the moment. make sure you keep it gb news all of the developments onto absolutely huge stories, and

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tonight. >> we're only on gb news i am just going to bring you a little snippet of some of tomorrow's front pages for you. right now. they've just been delivered . they've just been delivered. right. let's go in with the daily mail . right. let's go in with the daily mail. in god's name. why wasn't he stopped ? and this is wasn't he stopped? and this is the litany of mischief that left a paranoid schizophrenic free to roam nottingham city before he aned roam nottingham city before he knifed three people to death trying to kill three more? this is valdo kallocain, who has been in and out of mental hospital for more than three years. it is those stabbings of those nottingham university students and the killings as well, or the attempted killings of others that that leads the mail. we go to the times grieving mother faces monstrous triple killer and they've got the pictures there of two of those students who were sadly knifed to death in nottingham, the killer in nottingham, the triple killer behind a shocking knife attack in nottingham last year was branded monstrous by the mother of one the victims. there we of one of the victims. there we go of one of the victims. there we 9° ' of one of the victims. there we go , we go to the eye now. uk go, we go to the eye now. uk prepares for prolonged battle

with yemen rebels. so that is what they're going off. escalation fears the independent goes back in with the two pictures of the students who sadly died in that knife rampage, including hero student died in knife rampage while trying to protect her friend . trying to protect her friend. and that is the story of grace o'malley. kumar and barnaby webber, who sadly lost their lives in that devastating incident. they also say scandal of 30 staff suspended at one mental unit . that's their mental health unit. that's their own investigation own independent investigation about the state of mental health care in the nhs. the telegraph now oust sunak or tories will go extinct, warns former cabinet ally. and that is the story that broke whilst we were on air and continues to develop now. that is the massive breaking news from westminster tonight. senior tory mp sir simon clarke has called for rishi sunak to resign. you just heard from our political editor christopher hogue, saying there are serious rumblings cabinet rumblings that a cabinet minister the verge minister could be on the verge of quitting too. i am joined now by mp andrea jenkyns .

by tory mp dame andrea jenkyns. dame andrea, thank you for popping up dame andrea, thank you for popping up and joining us this evening. sunak or tories evening. how sunak or tories will go extinct should this cabinet minister, who is on the fence about it fence about going do it completely ? completely? >> patrick? i mean, i did mine in, in um, november. as you know, i broke it on your show, didn't i? um and, um, now we've got to its last chance saloon. now patrick, um, i think the only way of actually saving our country from the socialists and slippery starmer is by changing leader now and it time is running out and if you remember theresa may's time patrick there was it was trickle of letters going in um publicly and i think that's what we're going to start seeing now. what what prompted this , andrea. this, andrea. >> and what now ? okay. are you >> and what now? okay. are you expecting honestly , because as expecting honestly, because as it currently stands , sir simon it currently stands, sir simon clarke is the only bloke who's gone over the top. so if we were

anticipating that we were going to have 3 or 4 others over the course of this show, that hasn't happened yet . not to say it happened yet. not to say it won't. we've still got 20 minutes but hasn't happened yet. so so how are you seeing this pan out now ? you know, is this pan out now? you know, is this a damp squib? >> um, i mean, think what will >> um, i mean, i think what will happen ,i >> um, i mean, i think what will happen , i think it will happen is, um, i think it will be people will be sleeping on this . um, be people will be sleeping on this. um, we've also got some more byelections coming up, haven't we? um, we've got the wellingborough one with us, you know, sound mp peter bone, who's, who's um, obviously stepped down now. now. so i think tomorrow is um, we've got more votes . i think we'll be more votes. i think we'll be able to test the temperature from going in the tea room, which i'll certainly be doing. um to, to find out. pmqs will be a good taster. how many people will be going out to pmqs and the look on people's faces, because we've seen it in the opposition . you know, how opposition. you know, how they've looked over the years. so i it'll be two two test so i think it'll be two two test tomorrow . and then i think by

tomorrow. and then i think by the weekend the whips will no doubt be frantic doing their ring around, trying to persuade people otherwise. but i think what started pushing people over the edge is number one, polling , the edge is number one, polling, um, losing the by um, number two, losing the by elections and the rwanda and yeah , absolutely. yeah, absolutely. >> dame andrea, i want to put something to you that's just consumer whatsapps . now from consumer whatsapps. now from a source, it says john hayes, ally of suella braverman, and michael gove , close ally of kemi gove, close ally of kemi badenoch , had dinner last night badenoch, had dinner last night together. um what do you read into that then ? into that then? >> um, excuse me. i mean, i'm very. i very much don't think suella is , um, involved with suella is, um, involved with that. i mean, from when i was in the whips office, i mean, john's renowned for sort of talking to all wings of the party, so, you know, he has always been talks to all wings of the party. it's just that kind of person. so, um , it doesn't necessarily . it , it doesn't necessarily. it means that it's for suella

because i know that he has his few groups of people who he, um, has allies with, not just suella of candidates. so i think that, um, i'd be very surprised if it's anything to do with suella, if i'm honest. >> okay. look, dave, andrew, thank you very much. no doubt. i'll be talking to you again very, interesting very, very shortly. interesting to your views on it. we all to get your views on it. we all know where you stand on this, so thank you very much for popping up for us, especially at short notice. as dame andrea jenkins there , just filling all in there, just filling us all in on, exactly what she on, uh, on exactly what she thinks the thinks is happening behind the scenes right scenes in the tory party. right coming up next is the second part of my interview with katharine birbalsingh. okay. she's who's really she's the teacher who's really pushing back, refusing to budge when it comes to , uh, muslim when it comes to, uh, muslim prayer rooms in schools. she says she's fighting for british culture in the ethos of her school. you all don't want to miss. this is patrick christys right

straight back in now with part two of my interview with katharine birbalsingh, i started by asking the strictest headteacher in britain about the toll that death threats against her have had in relation to her refusal to give in to calls to have a muslim prayer room at her school. here she is awful. >> i'm having to support staff right now. they come and see me very frightened. um uh, they're really scared and gosh, last yean really scared and gosh, last year, my goodness , i mean that year, my goodness, i mean that that was the worst . um, it was, that was the worst. um, it was, uh , i mean, there , there. it's uh, i mean, there, there. it's not right that that, um, uh, a headteacher or teachers should be put under that kind of stress because they're just trying to do their jobs. they love the children. they're here so early in the morning, you know, 7:00 in the morning, you know, 7:00 in the morning, you know, 7:00 in the they're working in the morning. they're working till 6:00 in the evening. you know, they dedicate so much to the children and to what we do. um i know that there was a

discussion with regard to ofsted and whether the suicide of ruth perry should changed things. is it for heads to be put it right for heads to be put under kind stress and under that kind of stress and scrutiny? and, um , i do think scrutiny? and, um, i do think that it's not unreasonable for ofsted to come into the school as much as it causes stress . um, as much as it causes stress. um, uh , but this stress is, is uh, but this stress is, is beyond the stress of ofsted . beyond the stress of ofsted. it's, it's like nothing you can't imagine it. um, and i don't think it's right that that we should have to undergo that, you know, it's not you know, i feel for my teachers, the 22, 23 years old, you know , why put on years old, you know, why put on the day of the bomb threat that, um , well , we the day of the bomb threat that, um , well, we got this, um, we um, well, we got this, um, we got this, uh , uh, this email, got this, uh, uh, this email, and we called the police , and and we called the police, and then the police came and did a search. um and then this was very early in the morning, and so then the children could come in and we were okay. um but, uh, yeah, it's scary. i mean, i'm

just trying to run my school. that's all i want to do is run our school . that's all i want to do is run our school. um, i mean, people say, oh, you know , i'm doing say, oh, you know, i'm doing this for, you know , to get in this for, you know, to get in the news. look, we tried to we had a media ban on this. we appued had a media ban on this. we applied through the courts and we got a media ban, and i was in court on tuesday morning desperate for them to keep the media ban because i didn't want this to be in the media. i think headteachers are under a lot of pressure and all kinds ways, pressure and all kinds of ways, sometimes from families. um, my thing is always to hold the line, um , and that you've to line, um, and that you've got to know believe and that know what you believe and that you've for um you've got to fight for it. um but i do understand you know, the that heads are the pressures that heads are under and, um, that teachers are under and, um, that teachers are under, under and, um, that teachers are under , that it can be very under, that it can be very difficult to do that. >> speak very passionately >> you speak very passionately about multicultural school about the multicultural school and multicultural country and this multicultural country and this multicultural country and and thriving. and its surviving and thriving. how important is this case when it comes to that? >> uh, i think that all of us should give thought to how multiculturalism can work . what

multiculturalism can work. what i find is that the left say, well, multiculturalism , well, multiculturalism, everybody's free to whatever you want. isn't it great? the right say multiculturalism is failed as anything we can do about it. and i'm saying, look , we're all and i'm saying, look, we're all in this together. we can if we say it's failed and then throw our hands up. well, then, well, let's all jump in. you know, jump let's all jump in. you know, jump tower bridge . um, i jump off tower bridge. um, i think the left, when they say, oh, everybody do whatever you like. isn't it wonderful? i'm just being a bit blind. i think that we need to actively try that we all need to actively try and encourage multiculturalism and encourage multiculturalism and encourage multiculturalism and encourage children to be friends across racial and religious divides. now that will look differently in different schools . i get that. look differently in different schools. i get that. i'm look differently in different schools . i get that. i'm not schools. i get that. i'm not saying everybody needs to do what we're doing, but i do think everybody needs to an everybody needs to take an active approach it as opposed active approach to it as opposed to more libertarian to this more libertarian position, is everybody's position, which is everybody's free to just whatever free to just do whatever you like that won't create like, because that won't create a harmonious society and a country that can succeed with people who have different cultures and different religions

and different races and so on. >> really revealing stuff there from katharine birbalsingh , from katharine birbalsingh, britain's strictest head teacher, who's been dragged to the high court by a single muslim pupil with the backing of legal aid over whether or not that school should be made to have a prayer room or be prevented from banning any forms of prayer. just some breaking news for you before i go to my panel on that now, british and us forces have carried out a fresh wave of strikes tonight against eight targets in houthi controlled areas of yemen. in a joint statement , the country joint statement, the country said that the strikes were in response to continued illegal and reckless houthi attacks on ships in the red sea. you will get more on that in your bulletins at 11, i'm joined bulletins at 11, but i'm joined now again by my press pack, political commentator suzanne evans, political commentator alexander strong, author and alexander strong, and author and journalist rebecca reed. rebecca what we heard from katharine birbalsingh, there was about bomb threats, death threats, intimidation and bricks through the windows and a desire to not do anything that destroys that

school ethos i.e. divide children on religious grounds by including things like a prayer room or more bespoke fundamentally islamic prayer. your views? >> sure . and when it gets >> sure. and when it gets pitched like that, it all sounds very reasonable because nobody condones death threats. throwing bottles into playground or any bottles into a playground or any of behaviour. however if of that behaviour. however if you read what happened when they were court, the kc were actually in court, the kc who is defending this former pupil um, said that pupil or pupil, um, said that all they were for is all they were asking for is usage of a classroom at lunch time or for five minutes. so this, this idea about prayer rooms is actually a little bit of a red herring. i don't think anyone is suggesting that all schools should suddenly have to have a prayer most of have a prayer room, but most of the this country the offices in this country where people to where muslim people are able to pray, they do not have a designated prayer they use designated prayer room. they use whatever safe, warm space. whatever is a safe, warm space. i schools i would also say that schools like eton will openly say on their website that if you go there muslim, a sikh, as there as a muslim, as a sikh, as a jewish person, as a hindu, you will be to have freedom of will be able to have freedom of access to your religion as you need. paying schools are need. so fee paying schools are

providing this. it just seems a little kids who little unfair that rich kids who go to posh schools get and go to posh schools get it, and poor who don't. poor kids who don't don't. >> you're very strong >> and i know you're very strong on i mean, from what i saw on this. i mean, from what i saw being that school today, being in that school today, there only that that there was the only way that that sorry, no way that you sorry, there is no way that you could of continued the could have of continued with the way that schools ethos has, way that that schools ethos has, that signed way that that schools ethos has, thato signed way that that schools ethos has, thato and signed way that that schools ethos has, thato and have signed way that that schools ethos has, thato and have 350 signed way that that schools ethos has, thato and have 350 children ed up to and have 350 children going into a prayer room at any one moment. yeah. >> proof's in the pudding. >> the proof's in the pudding. look at this. the look at this. look at the results produces that results she produces for that school. outstanding school. it's an outstanding ofsted school. and of those ofsted school. and most of those kids go on to oxbridge universities. russell group university, should i say that's the proof in the pudding. and quite frankly , if there's a slot quite frankly, if there's a slot opening up for prime minister i really her to be really would love her to be taking it. think taking it. i think she's brilliant. her brilliant. she sticks by her word. she doesn't. she doesn't back she's backed. word. she doesn't. she doesn't back got she's backed. word. she doesn't. she doesn't back got a she's backed. word. she doesn't. she doesn't back got a backbone.yacked. she's got a backbone. >> running dictatorship . >> she's running a dictatorship. but it's last person who but it's the last person who should is should be prime minister is somebody can only get good somebody who can only get good behaviour quashing . behaviour by quashing. >> it's not about it's not about individualism . it's about individualism. it's about collectivism. like the collectivism. it's like the military need teach kids military. you need to teach kids discipline and respect for authority. no, it shouldn't be.

>> shouldn't be. >> it shouldn't be. >> it shouldn't be. >> of the >> and that's one of the problems. you have so many? problems. do you have so many? >> do you have children? do you have berkeley have children at berkeley primary primary school kids >> dup primary school kids haven't even been taught two haven't even been taught for two months by. completely run by. >> saying that's an >> i'm not saying that's an ideal. ideal >> i'm just bringing you down here just bring your here on this. just bring your shoes here on this. just bring your shothis a school that is one >> this is a school that is one of the most high achieving in the or state. the country, private or state. it's the parents it's oversubscribed. the parents knew what they were signing up to. it's a deprived london community. alex they community. as alex said, they get their get phenomenal results. their children achieve children go on to achieve amazing this at amazing things. all this is at risk now because one pupil, let's be honest , is risk now because one pupil, let's be honest, is part of a wider movement to push to try and get more for an islamist type of attitude in education and so it's all at risk. she's got to win this case or i really she doesn't have to win this case because people have a right to pray. >> gm.- >> but also just to clarify, it's not of the best it's not one of the best performing in plenty of performing schools in plenty of schools, particularly academies. very it's a very very good school. it's a very good school. not of the good school. it's not one of the best. are plenty of don't best. there are plenty of don't have this regime that are able to get results. to get those results. >> is potentially

>> the fact is that potentially what will be will be what this case will be will be an as to whether or not an outlier as to whether or not an outlier as to whether or not an entire system change an entire system has to change because the whims of. because of the whims of. >> but no one arguing that >> but no one is arguing that all have to have prayer all schools have to have prayer rooms that is not the argument here rooms that is not the argument herit will >> it will be. >> w- >> you can already you can already wear a hijab in the classroom very quickly. >> you can wear a hijab in >> now you can wear a hijab in the classroom. >> children should be >> children taking you should be able say able wires because they say singing disaster. >> has it is a failure of >> she has it is a failure of behaviour management about everyone giving up for everyone giving something up for social cohesion. >> it seems be. social cohesion. >> buteems be. social cohesion. >> buteems whole religion. >> but your whole religion. >> but your whole religion. >> why we can't >> i don't see why we can't agree terms. you agree on those terms. if you can't. the whole country can't get behind that. >> can't run a school >> if you can't run a school where have religious where people can have religious freedom, you're running where people can have religious frproper you're running where people can have religious frproper school.)u're running a proper school. >> have religious >> they do have religious freedom. >> being able pray being >> being able to pray is being is religious freedom. >> being able to. >> schools have being able to. >> schools have being able to. >> say that a >> so would you say that a catholic shouldn't able catholic child shouldn't be able to do? catholic child shouldn't be able to (then why should an entire why >> then why should an entire why should change should an entire school change its they're its daily functioning? they're not. to the minute. >> they want five minutes to pray lunchtime in an in pray at lunchtime in an in an empty classroom, you can't get five there. five minutes student in there. >> say you have to >> so would you say you have to open up? >> are multiple >> there are multiple classrooms, so you do.

>> there are multiple claethenns, so you do. >> there are multiple claethen youo you do. >> there are multiple claethen you have you do. >> there are multiple claethen you have ygetio. >> then you have to get supervision. you you have supervision. then you you have to change whole schedule of to change the whole schedule of and knew it just to and the parents knew it just to say parents this when say the parents knew this when they to that. >> do you have idea how >> do you have any idea how little choice you have about what to what school your child goes to in london? has anybody here tried child into tried to get their child into a london school? that not an london school? that is not an option. they're few option. they are. they're few and not easy. and far between. it's not easy. >> no options. >> there are no options. all right. issue is not an right. that issue is not an excuse for stopping. good schools which schools from being good, which is what way finish. schools from being good, which is vwe way finish. schools from being good, which is vwe haver finish. schools from being good, which is vwe have not finish. schools from being good, which is vwe have not got sh. schools from being good, which is vwe have not got time for >> we have not got time for kwasi union jackass, kwasi pritt stick union jackass, because this has, i'm because this show has, i'm afraid, elected from start because this show has, i'm af|finish. elected from start because this show has, i'm af|finish. thank:ted from start because this show has, i'm af|finish. thank:ted1thank art because this show has, i'm af|finish. thank:ted1thank you, to finish. thank you. thank you, thank and you. you thank you and thank you. you everybody as well for us everybody as well for joining us on rip roaring on what has been a rip roaring instalment christys instalment of patrick christys tonight. 9 pm. tonight. i'm back at 9 pm. tomorrow. keep fighting. the good fight. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello, it's aidan magee here from the met office with the gb news forecast. storm. jocelyn sweeps through overnight increasingly windy with heavy

showers for many of us, although the wettest weather carried through on tuesday is now clearing to showers and some longer spells of rain in the far northwest. it is in the far northwest, where the strongest of the winds will be, and for many parts of the uk we'll see wind gusts of 50mph, 65 near coasts. but for the north—west of scotland, that's where we've got an amber warning, because overnight winds will gust up to 70 80 miles an hour. yet it's 70 or 80 miles an hour. yet it's a bit more of a normal winter storm compared storm isha. a bit more of a normal winter storthe)mpared storm isha. a bit more of a normal winter storthe cleareri storm isha. a bit more of a normal winter storthe clearer operation'm isha. a bit more of a normal winter storthe clearer operation stillha. but the clearer operation still continues with asia, so storm jocelyn could lead to considerable further impacts as we start wednesday, there'll be some bright weather around . it some bright weather around. it will still be blustery. they'll still be quite a number of showers across scotland and northern however even northern ireland. however even in between showers there in between these showers there will be some brighter interludes . and further south we keep the sunshine in many places sunshine going in many places until the a mild until later in the day. a mild day to come, although perhaps not feeling so pleasant with the gusty winds continuing and into the start of thursday, rain

moves up from the southwest, dull and damp day for many. we cling on to the brightness in the northeast until the far northeast until lunchtime , but it's going to be, lunchtime, but it's going to be, well, cloudy with outbreaks of rain many places once again. rain for many places once again. and then the wind picks up. another to come on another blustery day to come on friday, although plenty of sunshine further sunshine around further unsettled weather this weekend . unsettled weather this weekend. >> that warm feeling inside and from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . weather on.

gb news. >> good evening with jp news. well the main story from the newsroom tonight. one of rishi sunak biggest supporters, sunak former biggest supporters, sir simon clarke , has called for sir simon clarke, has called for the prime minister to resign , the prime minister to resign, warning that the conservative party faces an election massacre unless he does. the senior tory mp wrote in a column for the daily telegraph that his party faced concern of extinction at the next general election. if rishi sunak didn't step aside. he said the party had lost key voters by failing to be bold on immigration. it follows multiple letters of no confidence that have been submitted against the prime in recent weeks. prime minister in recent weeks. shadow cabinet minister jonathan ashworth tonight it ashworth said tonight it developments are more proof of tory failure. the british people want a government focussed on their issues, their problems from the cost of living crisis with their mortgages going up