i've >> all across the uk. today i've got news of another sir keir starmer u—turn and this time he's ditching one of his few big policies a £28 billion u—turn. >> in fact, even ed miliband agrees. >> the green thing is going down the toilet and moving on. >> the government's planning crackdown. >> that means if pro palestinian protesters climb all over a war memorial again, they could be sent to jail. >> but do they have the guts to enforce these rules.7 >> there's also the latest on the manhunt for abdul ezedi as armed police raid two addresses in newcastle , including a kebab in newcastle, including a kebab shop he used to work at. >> and i'll ask the burning question of the day why is the countryside racist .7 countryside racist? >> yes, that's actually what one wildlife charity is claiming. >> ridiculous. it's all coming up in your next hour. >> ridiculous. it's all coming up in your next hour . so welcome up in your next hour. so welcome to the show as usual. >> i'd love to hear from you all

the usual ways. >> gbviews@gbnews.com. >> gbviews@gbnews.com. >> penny morden has stepped out of line today. >> some might say she's saying that time to that rishi has had time to reflect what he said reflect on what he said yesterday ghey yesterday about brianna ghey this trans row. that's kicked off, but i'll be joined by a constitutional lawyer later on who says actually the person who needs to apologise is sir keir starmer. plus, what do you make about this nonsense of the country side is racist ? country side is racist? >> who would have thought walls , >> who would have thought walls, fields, canals, all parts of the empire anyway , that's all coming empire anyway, that's all coming in your next hour. >> but before that, it's time for your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, martin. good afternoon . it's 3:01. i'm sophia afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your top story this hour. the prime minister says it's sad and wrong to link a comment he made about transgender people in the commons yesterday with murdered teenager . rishi teenager brianna ghey. rishi sunakis teenager brianna ghey. rishi sunak is facing calls to

apologise for making what briannas father described as dehumanising remarks. it's understood the family has been ianed understood the family has been invited to meet the prime minister, as he told reporters today that he was making a very clear point. >> like everyone varne, i was completely shocked by brianna's case to have your child taken from you in such awful circumstances is almost impossible to come to terms with. to use that tragedy to detract from the very separate and clear point i was making about keir starmer's proven track record of multiple u—turns on major policies. because he doesn't have a plan. i think is both sad and wrong , doesn't have a plan. i think is both sad and wrong, and it demonstrates the worst of politics as rishi sunak speaking there now armed police have searched two addresses in newcastle in their hunt for chemical attack. >> suspect abdul ezedi. it's understood the warrants included his place of work, but no arrests were made . azadi is arrests were made. azadi is believed to be suffering from severe facial injuries, which

could be life threatening if left untreated , and the last left untreated, and the last recorded sighting of him was near vauxhall bridge in london, just 11 pm. last wednesday . just 11 pm. last wednesday. anyone with information should contact police . protesters who contact police. protesters who cover their faces to avoid arrest could face tough penalties under new laws unveiled today. demonstrators would also be blocked from climbing war memorials or carrying flares and citing the right to protest will no longer be an excuse for causing major disruption in it, says the home office seeks to crack down on what it calls dangerous disorder. critics say the new powers represent a threat to civil liberties, security minister tom tugendhat told the commons that radical behaviour will not be tolerated , and. will not be tolerated, and. >> now the right to protest is fundamental to our democracy . fundamental to our democracy. but where we see people hurling racist abuse, death , creating racist abuse, death, creating national memorials of great significance to our country , or significance to our country, or taking flares to marches in order to cause disruption and

fear , the only reasonable fear, the only reasonable response sense is outrage and disgust . tolerating these disgust. tolerating these actions . would be radicalising actions. would be radicalising in itself . now labour actions. would be radicalising in itself. now labour is to scale back its flagship green prosperity plan in a major u—turn following months of uncertainty . uncertainty. >> it's understood sir keir starmer will confirm the changes today , citing increased economic today, citing increased economic uncertainty since the policy was unveiled in 2021. labour had planned . to spend £28 billion planned. to spend £28 billion every year on environmental projects . prime minister rishi projects. prime minister rishi sunak said it was further evidence of the labour leader's record of flip flopping on major issues. labour mp for selly oak steve mccabe , told gb news that steve mccabe, told gb news that the tories economic mismanagement is to blame . mismanagement is to blame. >> i think this is a reflection of the parlous state of our economy . i of the parlous state of our economy. i mean, you of the parlous state of our economy . i mean, you have to economy. i mean, you have to remember when these proposals

were originally put forward, it was 2021. it was before liz truss had taken her wrecking ball to the british economy, and it was before the national debt had reached the unbelievable levels that still are . levels that still are. >> natwest has appointed a former ubs executive to lead its high net worth bank cuts. emma crystal will take the top job reporting directly to natwest interim chief executive paul thwaite. it's understood she'll also join the board of coutts . also join the board of coutts. it comes more than six months after the resignation of peter flavell in the wake of nigel farage's de—banking scandal, and snow is blanketing parts of the country today as a cold spell settles in. dozens of schools are closed as forecasters warn that up to 25cm of snow could fall in some areas. amber warnings for snow are in place in parts of northern england and north wales, with yellow warnings across the rest of the uk . the met office says the uk. the met office says the

worst is expected later today, with snowy conditions moving further north tomorrow . and further north tomorrow. and molten lava is once again bubbung molten lava is once again bubbling into the sky in iceland , the country's third volcano eruption in recent weeks. bright orange lava can be seen spilling across roads near the popular blue lagoon thermal spa in the southwest of the country. residents in the town of grindavik had already been evacuated after an eruption in mid—january. officials have been working to divert lava flows away from homes and key infrastructures since november, amid fears that further eruptions could destroy nearby towns . and for the latest towns. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts now it's back to . martin. back to. martin. >> thank you sofia . write loads >> thank you sofia. write loads to get our teeth stuck into today. let's get cracking and we

start with yet another u—turn from keir starmer . and this from sir keir starmer. and this time he's ditching a flagship policy. that's right. labour will confirm today that it's abandoning its policy of spending a staggering £28 billion a year on environmental projects . projects. >> sir keir is expected to say the pledge is being scaled back because of changes in the economic landscape, since it was unveiled in 2021. >> well, i'm joined now by our political correspondent olivia leigh, in the westminster studio . so olivia sikia , now known as . so olivia sikia, now known as mr flip—flop. . so olivia sikia, now known as mr flip—flop . but this is the mr flip—flop. but this is the biggest u—turn even of his career. >> well, absolutely . and i think >> well, absolutely. and i think it's hard to it's actually it's hard to oversee state the importance of this. keir starmer's green economy, which was to be backed by £28 billion of investment every year, was the central point of his of his leadership, of the opposition . and that is of the opposition. and that is what the differentiation point was between labour and the conservatives. this was the flagship policy. it was

announced in 2021 by rachel reeves, and it has been stuck to by labour very, very closely until today. last year, actually, ed miliband , who's the actually, ed miliband, who's the shadow environment secretary, tweeted saying that some people in labour wanted them to back down and not invest in the green economy economy. but and this is a quote , but keir and i will a quote, but keir and i will never let that happen. now today, even ed miliband has rowed in behind keir starmer. yesterday there was some speculation that ed miliband could actually end up resigning over but is rowing over this. but no, he is rowing in behind keir starmer. so why has starmer changed his tune on this? well, it seems as though the deadline for labour's manifesto , though, was today, manifesto, though, was today, the 8th of february, and basically the party is determined to look as though it is fiscally responsible . and is fiscally responsible. and they think that the one area of attack where the conservatives might do quite well is saying that labour just doesn't have a good grasp on the economy. keir starmer is determined , and to starmer is determined, and to show his numbers add up,

show that his numbers add up, and over the last few years he's made quite a lot of expensive pledges. so basically getting rid this £28 billion per year rid of this £28 billion per year for the green economy, for the environment and reallocating it to other causes will help balance the numbers. when that manifesto is published . okay. manifesto is published. okay. >> i mean, if this is so bad, even ed miliband is ditching it. you've got ask some you've got to ask some questions. because the questions. is it because the biscuit or is it biscuit tin is empty or is it fiscal responsibility ? or is it fiscal responsibility? or is it simply these policies simply because these policies are like lead are going down like a lead balloon with the electorate? well, earlier on, labour mp steve spoke to gb news. steve mccabe spoke to gb news. earlier he defended sir keir starmer's decision . starmer's decision. >> and you have to remember when these proposals were originally put forward, it was 2021. it was before liz truss had taken her wrecking ball to the british economy and it was before the national debt had reached the unbelievable levels it's now at. obviously what we're not backing down on is the need to have the green transition as an essential

part of restoring and rebuilding our economy. what we're seeing is we can't give a commitment to that level of borrowing now because it seems unlikely it will be offered label, you know, i mean, we're talking here about 28 billion. i don't know what how many, how easy it is for people to visualise that sort of figure , but it has to be set figure, but it has to be set against a national debt that's now at 2.6 trillion. >> so there we have it. is it a case of there's no money to do this . yes. they're blaming the this. yes. they're blaming the conservatives for leaving the economy in a poor state of living. it's a bit rich when you think what liam byrne left that note sorry, there's note saying, sorry, there's no money 2010. it money left in 2010. or is it actually an awakening that this project fantasy meeting , project project fantasy meeting, project reality when the electorate, for example, in uxbridge, got a chance vote on ulez, they chance to vote on ulez, they they down. so all the

they voted it down. so all the labour party waking up to the fact that this unpopular or fact that this is unpopular or you think they're just kind of pretend not to do it now and then change their mind later? >> think it's a mixture >> well, i think it's a mixture of reasons that lay of the two reasons that you lay out there martin. think out there, martin. i think partly . labour has realised that partly. labour has realised that if it wants to do all of the many things that it's promised in terms of, you know , levelling in terms of, you know, levelling up, the regions, regions where labouris up, the regions, regions where labour is very popular if it wants to cut tax for private schools or remove the tax exemption for private schools, etc. it needs to have some more cash. and one way of doing that is to cut this incredibly expensive investment. and i think labour has essentially woken up to the fact that if it doesn't cut this £28 billion a year promise, then it just won't be able to meet its other spending commitments . but that spending commitments. but that isn't the only reason. there is definitely an electoral awareness here. what happens? we've seen time and time again is that when the public are polled on what they feel about

certain green measures, they are very, very enthusiastic . the very, very enthusiastic. the people care a lot about climate change in theory, in practice , change in theory, in practice, when these policies actually hit their wallet, then they are far less popular. and as you mentioned there in uxbridge , mentioned there in uxbridge, there was a by—election and it basically became a referendum on ulez. and the conservatives ended up shock winning because they were opposing ulez labour is very, very aware of this and that will certainly have played into their thinking today. >> all this, olivia, isn't it >> all of this, olivia, isn't it about versus the about the concept versus the cost, the cost to the electorate , the cost of the voter plus , , the cost of the voter plus, we've seen that the government has been unable to even sell its offshore wind licenses. companies aren't investing in this technology because the margins aren't there. the profit isn't there unless it's subsidised . and we've also seen subsidised. and we've also seen a big downturn in people wanting electric vehicles because of reliability. is there a general awakening amongst the political class finally living in hope that they're realising people don't actually want this, or

there should be more carrot and less stick or do you think they are ideally committed to this? it's just they can't afford it. well, the political class in general has sort of painted itself into a corner on this because the net zero pledge isn't just a sort of policy aspiration, it's actually enshrined , signed in law. enshrined, signed in law. >> governments have to legally do as much as they possibly can to get to net zero by 2050. that leaves politician very little wiggle room. but as you say, they are waking up to the to the political reality of this when they go down hard on a on a green policy which will affect people's bank balances, then the pubuc people's bank balances, then the public rebel and not just in the uk. we have seen this across europe. think of the zillion protests in france, for example . protests in france, for example. we've seen the right come into power often in european countries , often because the countries, often because the left are pushing these green, expensive green policies. so hard. both parties are very well aware of that reality. but they've painted themselves into a corner with this law.

>> another topic that's doing the rounds today a big hoo ha today. yesterday at prime minister's question time around brianna ghey . um, the comment brianna ghey. um, the comment that rishi sunak made about doing u—turns, in fact , he was doing u—turns, in fact, he was aiming at the net zero u—turn. the 28 billion u—turn, and said also about the women's rights, the trans rights stuff, which of course then kicked off major lee and caused a big whowho penny mordaunt. interestingly has waded in today, hasn't she? >> yeah, this is all a bit of a sort of messy story. it's very difficult to get to the bottom of exactly what went on. so rishi sunak made this, perhaps you could say slightly crass comment about the definition of a woman with brianna ghey, the transgender teenager who was murdered. her mother was sitting in the gallery. keir starmer jumped on that immediately and said that it was incredibly insensitive of the prime minister. now, from what i heard, rishi sunak was unaware that brianna ghey mother was in the gallery or hadn't quite taken it in or something. it

wasn't actually in the gallery. in the gallery she was a bit late pmqs. um, and perhaps late for pmqs. um, and perhaps rishi sunak was aware of that. not clear, but basically not quite clear, but basically his instinct was to apologise. but he couldn't apologise because , uh kemi badenoch because, uh kemi badenoch doubled down on his position for him, tweeting saying that the prime minister had no need to apologise. so rishi sunak had no choice really. but to but to follow her lead now, now penny mordaunt has made the situation more complicated by saying that the prime minister should apologise and actually going further and saying, she said that the prime minister was going as well. he going to apologise as well. he hasn't yet. so how is this all just turning into a bit of a bit of a mess? well, let's have a look at what penny mordaunt said earlier. whatever the rough and tumble of this place , this tumble of this place, this whatever the pressures and mistakes that are made in the heat of political combat, we mistakes that are made in the heat of political combat , we owe heat of political combat, we owe it to the people who sent us to here strive every day to make them proud of us. and this place

. the prime minister is a good and caring man. . the prime minister is a good and caring man . i'm sure that he and caring man. i'm sure that he has reflected on things and i understand he will say something later today , or perhaps even later today, or perhaps even dunng later today, or perhaps even during this session when it does appear that penny didn't get the memo because rishi went to cornwall today promoting dentistry, he didn't apologise . dentistry, he didn't apologise. >> he refused to apologise. he was asked multiple times by many media , and many people media outlets, and many people might say, well, why should he apologise? i mean the, the parliament, the commons is the mother of all parliaments, the home of free speech. you should be able to say whatever you like. notion of like. and the notion of weaponising who's in the gallery to affect what the prime minister or indeed anybody, is allowed to say. that's a that's allowed to say. that's a that's a dodgy precedent . a dodgy precedent. >> well, that was the argument that some conservative were >> well, that was the argument that sorlast)nservative were >> well, that was the argument that sorlast night.|tive were >> well, that was the argument that sorlast night. ive were >> well, that was the argument that sorlast night. i think were making last night. i think actually rees—mogg on gb actually jacob rees—mogg on gb news was saying that there's a clause in erskine may which says that politicians shouldn't use

the shouldn't reference people in the public gallery in order to influence political debate. and arguably , that is what keir and arguably, that is what keir starmer was doing. i mean, the other side of the coin is that, you know, brianna ghey his mother has conducted herself with an incredible integrity , with an incredible integrity, uh, during the whole of this ordeal . and perhaps it was a bit ordeal. and perhaps it was a bit crass of rishi sunak to make that comment. that is precedent for this. uh, theresa may made some, uh, accidentally, perhaps , some, uh, accidentally, perhaps, uh, insensitive comment once at pmqs and she did apologise, but it feels now a little bit as though the wind has gone out of the sails and probably i might be about this, by be wrong about this, but by tomorrow blown tomorrow it will have blown oven tomorrow it will have blown over. okay, olivia , thank you over. okay, olivia, thank you for us. for joining us. >> joined by the forjoining us. >> joined by the former >> i'm joined now by the former labour mp bill rammell, returning to our top story of the day. hello, bill, are you there? thanks for joining us on there? thanks for joining us on the is the story. of the show. this is the story. of course, bill, welcome . we're course, bill, welcome. we're talking today about the £28 billion net zero u—turn. there's a briefing going on right now, in fact, about what's due in the

next labour manifesto ahead of the general election. a key flagship policy dropped at the 11th hour. the his opponents call him sir flip flop. this is the biggest u—turn of sir keir starmer's career . starmer's career. >> well, the economics circumstances have clearly changed compared to when we made the pledge in 2021. the substance is still there . the substance is still there. the commitment to home efficiency, uh, the commitment to decarbonise the economy by 2030. but i think rightly, we recognise the circumstance and we're not going to be hooked on a specific figure because our fiscal credibility after the chaos of the tory years is hugely important. if i do have a criticism, it's that reaching the decision has taken too long. you know, this has been bandied aboutin you know, this has been bandied about in the press for several weeks . and i think whilst you weeks. and i think whilst you can take this time in opposition, you most certainly can't in government. and i think there there's a lesson here and

there there's a lesson here and the frontbenchers are hard . the frontbenchers are hard. >> okay. bill rammell, thank you very much for your comments. what many people are saying are is a huge, u—turn from keir is a huge, huge u—turn from keir starmer. we'll have lots more on keir starmers latest u—turn , of keir starmers latest u—turn, of course, at 4:00. and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gb news. com and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much . and now it's time for our much. and now it's time for our brand new great british giveaway. your chance to win giveaway. and your chance to win £18,000 in cold hard cash. here's all the details that you need for a chance to make that wonga yours. >> we want to turn 2024 into 2020 more with your chance to win £18,000 in cash to spend however you like , you really however you like, you really could be the next big winner of our great british giveaway. phil from west yorkshire won a last one. >> i never won a penny in my life. >> well, congratulations, you've won £10,000. oh my god. wow.

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listening to gb news radio. >> earlier on breakfast, maybe a reconciliation between the brothers, seeing as he was by himself in times of need. >> mhm. no, nothing. which is

really, really sad . really, really sad. >> we don't support war memorials being disrespected and we don't support people covering their face to get away with committing criminal activity. and that's why we're announcing these changes today . these changes today. >> the one thing elliott is right is there are right about is that there are rich people who are abusing loopholes to get away with this. >> that's what should be banned, not tax itself. not the tax itself. >> actually, much better >> actually, the much better solution is simply to scrap inheritance tax. >> lot of young women >> a lot of young women into wembley i will wembley stadium, and i will stand microphone. stand there with a microphone. you independent women. >> now do your maths problems on this from six. >> it's breakfast on gb news. hi rishi sunak here. >> join me for a special gb news people's forum live on monday the 12th of february. i want to hear about the issues that matter to you for your chance to be audience and to be part of the audience and to put questions to me. scan put your questions to me. scan the qr screen go to the qr code on screen or go to gb news. com see you there .

gb news. com see you there. >> welcome back. it's 325. you're watching or listen to martin daubney on gb news now later this hour i'll have a disturbing report on people who are being forced to live in homes with mould all over the walls. but first, the latest on the police's man hunt for abdul ezedl the police's man hunt for abdul ezedi, which , astonishingly, has ezedi, which, astonishingly, has now entered its second week on police executed two raids at addresses in newcastle in the early hours of this morning, but no arrests were made. i'm now joined by our reporter, ray addison , who's at new scotland addison, who's at new scotland yard . ray, astonishing . two yard. ray, astonishing. two weeks now into the second week of the manhunt, britain's most wanted man simply vanished into thin air. what's the latest ? thin air. what's the latest? well police definitely throwing all their resources into this

manhunt, martin. >> and as we've been hearing, these two search warrants were executed last night in the north tyneside area, close to newcastle city centre . armed newcastle city centre. armed police going into two addresses. we don't know one of those addresses, but we do know that the second was as azides place of work. that's best bite pizza and grill. it's in the forest hall area of newcastle. it's a small parade of shops in a residential area in the community, and witnesses saying that last night, about 11 pm, police cars turned up and blocked off the road by parking across the road and then armed officers, um, all ordered the people inside and the best bite to come out with their hands up. around seven employees walking out and then armed police went into the shop with perspex shields , presumably just in

shields, presumably just in case. there was any kind of corrosive of fears of those corrosive of fears of those corrosive liquids being thrown about. corrosive liquids being thrown about . but they spent two hours about. but they spent two hours at the best bite, presumably searching for azadi. no arrests were made, and they also drilled through and kicked down the back door of a of a storeroom around the back of the best bite , the back of the best bite, presumably thinking this could be a place where azadi is familiar with. he's. he's on the run and he wants somewhere to hide out, but obviously no sight of him at the moment. those enquiries, those searches very much continuing both in london and now newcastle . but one might and now newcastle. but one might assume from this that the focus is on the north tyneside area at the moment. of course, police saying yesterday they now treating this as an attempted murder investigation. they do believe that azadi arranged . to believe that azadi arranged. to meet the 31 year old victim last wednesday. that may be the

attack was prompted by a breakdown in the relationship, but the last sighting, the last time he's been on camera, is , time he's been on camera, is, like you said, over seven days ago. eight days ago now , 11:00. ago. eight days ago now, 11:00. um, in london, uh, as he was going over vauxhall bridge onto vauxhall bridge road and then grosvenor road, but since then, no sightings and police very , no sightings and police very, very keen to hear from anyone who might have seen him. ray a huge amount of detail coming out about azadi, as you said , its about azadi, as you said, its criminal past three sexual offences . on the sex offenders offences. on the sex offenders register for ten years, yet still granted asylum on his third attempt thanks to a miraculous conversion to christianity. >> we know that red >> we know that he drinks red bull ramadan. he bull during ramadan. we know he likes jaffa cakes, we know everything about him apart from where this is where he is. ray. this is turning huge turning into a huge embarrassment police embarrassment now for the police , isn't it? £20,000 reward? a lot of people will be thinking , lot of people will be thinking, i can't drive down a one

i can't even drive down a one way street the wrong way without getting nicked. how on earth can somebody disappear into thin air in london, the most cctv cameras in london, the most cctv cameras in europe. and now they're even searching up north. they're losing control of this on they . losing control of this on they. >> well, it's interesting , isn't >> well, it's interesting, isn't it? i mean, they've got well over 100 officers and they've brought in specialists. so these are people who are experts in in tracking people down. they've got counter—terrorism officers involved in this. obviously they're not treating it as a terrorist incident, but they're using that kind of expertise to try to track azadi down. but if you look at the route that he took, he's he's going all over london. he's going from to south north to east back to south. and then when he's on foot and they're obviously tracking him using this cctv footage , he's using this cctv footage, he's going along the embankment over one bridge down a bit, back over the other direction , down a bit. the other direction, down a bit. and then he's, you know, he's really making them work to try and track him. now, one thing

i've been trying to figure out is, by some kind of is, is that by some kind of design, is he just, you know, is he trying to confuse anyone who might be trying to track him or is just around is he just wandering around unsure of where to go or how to get in touch with anyone? we know he lost his mobile phone, left the car. so. and left that in the car. so. and there's not that many payphones around anymore. so who could he call and how many of us actually keep track of people's numbers anymore? i don't know anyone's number. need need my mobile in number. need a need my mobile in order to help out on that. so order to help me out on that. so is wandering? he is he just wandering? has he found his way back newcastle, found his way back to newcastle, or he found some help here or has he found some help here with a community in london? all of these are questions which police are desperate to answer. >> okay. thank you, ray anderson, that update from anderson, for that update from new scotland. you're the national manhunt for abdul ezedi now to something of now turning to something of a national embarrassment point. and there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00, we'll hear prince william his hear from prince william on his first public appearance since the king's cancer diagnosis was announced . but first, here's

announced. but first, here's your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler . thanks martin. sophia wenzler. thanks martin. >> it's 331. i'm sofia wenzler in the gb newsroom . the prime in the gb newsroom. the prime minister says it's sad and wrong to link a comment he made about transgender people in the commons yesterday with murdered teenager brianna ghey . rishi teenager brianna ghey. rishi sunakis teenager brianna ghey. rishi sunak is facing calls to apologise for making what brianna's father described as dehumanising , remarks. it's dehumanising, remarks. it's understood the family has been ianed understood the family has been invited to meet the prime minister labour is to scale back its flagship green prosperity plan in a major u—turn following months of uncertainty. it's understood sir keir starmer will confirm the changes today, citing increased economic uncertainty since the policy was unveiled in 2021. labour had planned to spend £28 billion every year on environmental projects . but prime minister projects. but prime minister rishi sunak said it was further evidence of the labour leader's

record on flip flopping on major issues. but labour mp for selly oak, steve mccabe, told gb news that the tories economic mismanagement is to blame. i think this is a reflection of . think this is a reflection of. the parlous state of our economy. >> i mean, you have to remember that when these proposals were originally put forward, it was 2021. it was before liz truss had taken wrecking to had taken her wrecking ball to the . british economy. and it was the. british economy. and it was before the national debt had reached the unbelievable levels thatis reached the unbelievable levels that is now at. >> armed police have searched two addresses in newcastle in their hunt for chemical attack. suspect abdul ezedi. it's understood the warrants included his place of work , but no his place of work, but no arrests were made . azady is arrests were made. azady is believed to be suffering from severe facial injuries which could be life threatening if left untreated, and the last recorded sighting of him was near vauxhall bridge in london just after 11 pm. last wednesday . anyone with

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news radio show . news radio show. >> welcome back to the show it's 337. we've got lots coming up in the next hour. we're starting off with the story of the prince william. prince william has been attending an event and he spoken out. he's spoken out about the

situation, the royal health scare , and he was on fine form. scare, and he was on fine form. he thanked the public for their support in his first public appearance since we found out, of course, that the king has cancen of course, that the king has cancer. meanwhile, prince harry, well, he's back in the united states after one 30 minute meeting with his father for 30 minutes. and i'm joined now by jimmy's presenter, pip tomson. pip, welcome to the show . always pip, welcome to the show. always a pleasure , pip. last night, a pleasure, pip. last night, william regal, royal looked ready to rule the precise opposite of harry, who swanned off irrelevant , spare, pointless i >> -- >> harry martin is back in the california sunshine today. he got back in in the early hours of this morning doing that well, 10,000 mile round trip, wasn't it? in about 25 hours. i think he spent in the uk. it? in about 25 hours. i think he spent in the uk . prince he spent in the uk. prince william i'll get to him in a moment. yes, he was on fine form last night, but really , really last night, but really, really encouraging this from milan.

cancer support about king charles and his cancer diagnosis. king charles is a patron of macmillan cancer support and they are saying this afternoon that his openness about his diagnosis means it's information and support. pages saw . for 48,304 hits just on saw. for 48,304 hits just on monday day, when that news broke about king charles's diagnosis. now that is a 42% increase on the same day last year and is the same day last year and is the highest daily figure since at last, since at least march 2020. and the charity's chief executive has been speaking and she's saying by sharing his diagnosis this so publicly at such an early stage, he will be encouraging others to come forward and speak to their gp if they're worried. so that's really, really good. and also this afternoon in the house of commons, 83 year old labour mp barry sheerman has been speaking , joking he was diagnosed with cancer and he is reassuring king

charles that medical advances mean it isn't the end of the world, and has talked about what an active life he has led since he was diagnosed and wants to send the king a good news about advances in treatments and there was lots of people who wanted to send well—wishes to the king last night through prince william. prince william, i think we can show you the pictures. and wasn't just royalty in the room . there was also hollywood room. there was also hollywood royalty in the room . take a look royalty in the room. take a look at this picture that is not what i was going to talk about, but let's just listen in to this. my father, especially in recent i'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you. >> for the kind messages of >> also for the kind messages of support for catherine my support for catherine and for my father, especially in recent days. means a great deal to days. it means a great deal to us all. it's fair to say the past few weeks have had a rather medical focus, so i thought i'd come to an air ambulance function to get away from it all. >> okay , so that was prince >> okay, so that was prince william speaking to guests at

this gala charity dinner for the london air ambulance last night, and he was also speaking to tom cruise. hopefully we do have that picture, that photograph, to show you. tom cruise is also a big supporter of the london air ambulance charity. they're trying to raise £15 million. so there was some real star power in the room last night. now that, uh , appearance by prince that, uh, appearance by prince william followed up on that investiture ceremony at windsor castle, where he was handing out honours. but now we're not going to see him for a few days. half time is looming. it's next week . time is looming. it's next week. he will be at home in the grounds of windsor, where his wife, catherine, she is still convalescing after that abdominal surgery last week and with half time they will of course be looking after their three children. and of course , three children. and of course, martin, you did mention prince . martin, you did mention prince. harry now back in california . harry now back in california. what are we to make of it? is it a case of baby steps now between him the king at least they

him and the king at least they did spend a little bit of time together. will see him back together. will we see him back in uk again? i think what is in the uk again? i think what is still very clear, though, is that the brothers, at least that the two brothers, at least for now, are very much estranged . but, you know, perhaps we know this with families. families this with families. all families are dysfunctional . but time can are dysfunctional. but time can be a great healer. >> well, pip johnson, i admire your optimism . thanks for your optimism. thanks for joining us and giving us that latest royal update. great stuff. still to come, i'll stuff. now still to come, i'll discuss claims from wildlife discuss claims from a wildlife charity the countryside is charity that the countryside is racist. but first, in a new gb news series, innovation britain , news series, innovation britain, we are looking at the success of british manufacture around the country. >> we've come to the oldest borough in england. it's malmesbury . malmesbury. >> that's correct. >> that's correct. >> king athelstan's gap . >> king athelstan's gap. >> king athelstan's gap. >> um, if we would have had the thames, i think we would have been london. unfortunately been london. but unfortunately we're unfortunately, we're not >> but unfortunately, we're not

in malmesbury and >> no, we're in malmesbury and might the oldest might be one of the oldest places the uk, but yeah, places in the uk, but yeah, we've got actually really we've got actually a really brand we've got actually a really bra chris. yeah. we've got actually a really bra what yeah. we've got actually a really bra what yeah you guys designed? >> what have you guys designed? >> what have you guys designed? >> sweetnam >> absolutely. so sweetnam and bradley we work we are a bradley so we work we are a subcontract sheet company, subcontract sheet metal company, but into but we're actually looking into making now . but we're actually looking into making now. um, making our own products now. um, this guardian , so this is a manhole guardian, so it's an device to fit it's an arrest device to fit inside the manhole cover when you're working on it. so it will literally clamp inside the chamber the manhole and they chamber of the manhole and they will still access. but will people to still access. but more into more importantly, not fall into the manhole, which does happen . the manhole, which does happen. um, we actually develop this because we work on defib cabinets, we manufacture defib cabinets, we manufacture defib cabinets, we manufacture bleed kits. um, so it was a natural step for us to look into the safety industry. um, the problem arose, we took a concept, so arose, um, we took a concept, so we took very rudimentary we took a very rudimentary concept, was some mild concept, uh, which was some mild steel , rusty old concept, uh, which was some mild steel, rusty old mild concept, uh, which was some mild steel , rusty old mild steel box steel, rusty old mild steel box section . and then we actually section. and then we actually used, uh, radco and all of our software to be able to develop. i think it's quite a sexy product, but maybe, you know, sexy to me is not sexy to others, but a great looking others, but it's a great looking product it's lightweight.

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will be throwing their croissants. here go again . croissants. here we go again. everything is racist this time . everything is racist this time. the countryside . the countryside. >> yeah. i mean, if you ever wanted proof that we're living now in britain, in a post—revolutionary society where our institutions have been completely captured by, you know, these sort of ideological apparatchiks who want to transform our country . transform our country. >> well, this this case, i think, is a prime example. >> you know, the trustees of this organisation include those who work on land justice and decolonising conservation. >> so this is not in any way a neutral body. we mustn't think of it like that. it's absolutely rotten and biased to its core, but most stupidly of all, this wildlife and countryside link, the organisation that says the countryside is a racist colonial white space. they don't employ a single non—white person. i went , single non—white person. i went, i went to their website all 11 employees are white now . employees are white now. >> there's nothing wrong with that. of course, unless you're preaching to others for

excluding white people. >> want reflect >> so maybe they want to reflect first on whether they're a colonialist race, white space before they accuse others of that. and i don't want to stereotype them, but they all de—man seem to be drawn from that same type of pool that were so familiar just stop so familiar with from just stop oil . it's these are oil protest. it's these are young, middle class university graduates seem far more to graduates who seem far more to have far more in common with, say, the metropolitan elite than with our country folk . with our country folk. >> yeah. and, ray, if i've got to say, when you look at these people , i've never seen more people, i've never seen more white people in one place. and since the remainer march and isn't that the point? this is basically privileged white middle class people. not not only self—flagellate hating, but try and make the rest of us feel guilty about our mere existence. and ray, for the last time i checked , there are literally no checked, there are literally no barriers to people of colour getting involved in the countryside . countryside. >> exactly. you know, i mean , >> exactly. you know, i mean, they've declared that as a as a problem. the fact that britain's green spaces are built with

white british cultural values . white british cultural values. well, gosh, you know, i mean, you know, knock, knock me down with a feather. could have with a feather. who could have imagined founded and imagined a nation founded and created by white british people would white british would have white british cultural values ? but the fact cultural values? but the fact that say strikes at that they say that strikes at the core of this issue, as you've just said, these racial the core of this issue, as you've _don't1id, these racial the core of this issue, as you've _don't care hese racial the core of this issue, as you've _don't care a se racial the core of this issue, as you've _don't care a bitracial the core of this issue, as you've _don't care a bit about zealots don't care a bit about ethnic minorities. this is about their visceral hatred for britain and for the west . and britain and for the west. and the british people are being demoralised , seized in a demoralised, seized in a prolonged sort of war of attrition now from all of our institutions seek to institutions that seek to undermine our culture and our way of life. and, you know, every day it seems almost there's another institution in telling british people telling the british people you're racist, your history is racist , your culture is racist, racist, your culture is racist, your national heroes are racist. and now even your countryside is racist. and you sort of have to ask, why are they attacking the countryside? well, is quite countryside? well, it is quite clear . it's because if countryside? well, it is quite clear. it's because if you're english, scottish, welsh or northern ireland, northern irish, countryside defines northern ireland, northern irish,identityintryside defines northern ireland, northern irish,identity when de defines northern ireland, northern irish,identity when you efines northern ireland, northern irish,identity when you askzs northern ireland, northern irish,identity when you ask them your identity when you ask them to think about what england means to an englishman, they

always think pastoral always think about the pastoral landscape know . landscape of, you know. england's green and pleasant land. england's green and pleasant land . it's a deeply important land. it's a deeply important emotional part of our identity. the countryside , and it links us the countryside, and it links us to the nation. and attacking, to the nation. and by attacking, by calling the countryside racist, attacking racist, they directly attacking our sense of nationhood and identity. i think it's very deliberate. and the other point to make is, of course. oh, sorry, i've run out of time. no. keep going. yeah. the other point to make, of course, is, you know, my father was born in kenya , uh, asian. sikh, uh, once kenya, uh, asian. sikh, uh, once in a while, they'd go for a picnic outside of nairobi. but there few people doing there were very few people doing that and were no that like him. and there were no black doing i mean, black people doing that. i mean, i've i'm a member of the i've gone i'm a member of the national trust. still and of the royal horticultural society. i go and gardens around go to houses and gardens around the i've been very the countryside. i've been very interested in the last interested to see in the last few a large number of few years a large number of ethnic minorities are now visiting, they're indian , visiting, but they're indian, chinese and japanese. black people aren't going out into the countryside . maybe because it's countryside. maybe because it's difficult to get out of the cities. but also these are cultural issues within those

communities. may have communities. they may not have the interest in going out the same interest in going out to the countryside. was to the countryside. and it was reported last that at 95% reported last year that at 95% of black people can't swim , of black people can't swim, these are cultural issues that have nothing to do with the white population being oppressive. just oppressive. but these are just for historical whatever for the historical whatever reasons communities reasons within those communities , they don't have the same interests going into the countryside is still primarily a white middle class activity. you know, white classes are know, white working classes are also represented there, also under represented there, too. the idea is to try to too. so the idea is to try to focus everything on race is so divisive to our society and our culture. >> absolutely . you know, and if >> absolutely. you know, and if you language and play you flip the language and play their you could say this you flip the language and play their parts you could say this you flip the language and play their parts yinnerjld say this you flip the language and play their parts yinner cityay this you flip the language and play their parts yinner city britain many parts of inner city britain are black, asian and muslim spaces where white people are out place . cultural barriers out of place. cultural barriers exist prevent white people exist which prevent white people engaging with them. they are dominated non—whites. if dominated by non—whites. now, if i said that, i'd be called a total knuckle dragging racist, yet the kind of language yet that's the kind of language that they using , ralph. that they are using, ralph. basically, are the racists. basically, they are the racists. rafe heydel—mankoo , thank you rafe heydel—mankoo, thank you very much for joining rafe heydel—mankoo, thank you very much forjoining us on the very much for joining us on the show . now, sir keir is

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broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. today i've got news of another sir keir starmer huge u—turn and this time he's ditching one of his few big policies £148 billion u—turn. in fact , next, the government is fact, next, the government is planning a crack down. and that means if pro—palestinian protesters climb all over a war memorial again or even wear masks, they could be sent to jail. but do the old bill have the guts to enforce it? and there's also the latest on the manhunt for abdul ezedi as armed police raid two addresses in newcastle . the manhunt for newcastle. the manhunt for abdullah zaidi, the national manhunt now becoming something of a national embarrassment . and of a national embarrassment. and with the sobering news that an average of 50 veterans take their own life every year, we've been with greater manchester police, who have launched a new and amazing scheme locating and supporting people who go missing. and that's all coming in your next hour.

missing. and that's all coming in your next hour . welcome to in your next hour. welcome to the show. thanks for your company. please get in touch all the usual ways. email me gbviews@gbnews.uk . what do you gbviews@gbnews.uk. what do you make of this? £148 billion u—turn from the labour party ? u—turn from the labour party? sir keir starmer's flagship policy was desperately needed on tuesday . now, on thursday, it's tuesday. now, on thursday, it's desperately ditched. do you trust anything they say? also, penny mordaunt , is she on penny mordaunt, is she on manoeuvres? she's having a pop at the prime minister over the brianna ghey fall outs. get in touch or use your ways. but first it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . martin. middlehurst. martin. >> thank you and good afternoon to you. well, the top story from the gb newsroom today. the prime minister said it's sad and minister has said it's sad and wrong to link a comment he made about transgender people in the commons yesterday with the

murdered teenager , brianna ghey murdered teenager, brianna ghey rishi sunak is facing calls to apologise for making what brianna's father described as a de—humanising remark concerning the correct definition of a woman. it's understood the family's been invited to meet the prime minister and he told reporters today he was making a very point . very clear point. >> everyone, i was >> like everyone, i was completely shocked by brianna's case. to have your child taken from you in such awful circumstances is almost impossible to come to terms with. to use that tragedy to detract from the very separate and clear point i was making about keir starmer's proven track record of multiple u—turns on major policies, because he doesn't have a plan, i think is both sad and wrong , doesn't have a plan, i think is both sad and wrong, and it demonstrates the worst of politics. >> as rishi sunak now armed police have searched two addresses in newcastle in their hunt for chemical attack . hunt for chemical attack. >> suspect abdul ezedi. it's understood that the search warrants included his place of

work but no arrests were made. azady is believed to be suffering from severe facial injuries, which could be life threatening if left untreated. the last recorded sighting of him was near vauxhall bridge in london just after 11:00 last wednesday evening . he's been on wednesday evening. he's been on the run for a week now. anyone with any information should contact police . protesters who contact police. protesters who cover their faces to avoid arrest could face tough penalties under new laws unveiled today. demonstrators would also be blocked from climbing war memorials or letting off flares, citing the right to protest will no longer be an excuse for causing major disruption . as the home office disruption. as the home office seeks to crack down on what it's calling dangerous disorder order, critics say the new powers represent a threat to civil liberties . security civil liberties. security minister tom tugendhat told the commons that radical behaviour won't be tolerated . now the won't be tolerated. now the right to protest is fundamental to our democracy, but where we see people hurling racist abuse,

desecrating national memorials of great significance to our country or taking flares to marches in order to cause disruption and fear , the only disruption and fear, the only reasonable response sense is outrage and disgust. >> tolerating these actions would be radicalising in itself . would be radicalising in itself. >> tom tugendhat now labour is to scale back its flagship green spending plan in a major u—turn following months of uncertainty. it's understood sir keir starmer will confirm the changes today, citing increased economic uncertainty since the policy was unveiled in 2021. labour had planned to spend £28 billion every year on environmental projects. the prime minister said it was further evidence of the labour leader's record of flip flopping on major issues. labour mp for selly oak in birmingham, steve mccabe, told gb news the tories economic management is to blame. i think

this is a reflection of the parlous state of our economy. >> i mean , you have to remember >> i mean, you have to remember when these proposals were originally put forward , it was originally put forward, it was 2021. it was before liz truss had taken her wrecking ball to the british economy . we are. and the british economy. we are. and it was before the national debt had reached the unbelievable levels that still are . levels that still are. >> natwest has appointed former ubs executive to lead its high net worth banking arm, coots mcchrystal will take the top job reporting directly to natwest's interim chief executive, paul thwaite. it's understood she'll also join the board . it comes also join the board. it comes more than six months after the resignation of peter flavell in the wake of nigel farages coutts banking scandal. the wake of nigel farages coutts banking scandal . weather, news banking scandal. weather, news and snow is blanketing parts of the country today as a new cold spell settles in. dozens of schools had to be closed as forecasters warned that up to

25cm of snow could fall in elevated areas . amber warnings elevated areas. amber warnings for snow are in place in parts of northern england and northern wales . yellow warnings for the wales. yellow warnings for the rest of the uk as well. the met office says the worst is expected later on today, with snowy conditions moving further north tomorrow . and in iceland , north tomorrow. and in iceland, molten lava is once again bubbung molten lava is once again bubbling up with smoke clouds seen floating up into the sky as the country's third volcano eruption in recent weeks takes place bright orange lava can be seen spilling across roads near the popular blue lagoon geothermal spa in the southwest of the country . residents of the of the country. residents of the nearby town of grindavik have already been evacuated after an eruption in mid—january . eruption in mid—january. officials have been working to divert lava flows away from homes and key infrastructure since november , amid fears that since november, amid fears that further eruptions could destroy nearby towns . as for the very nearby towns. as for the very latest news stories , do sign up latest news stories, do sign up to gb news alerts, scan the qr

code on the screen right now or go to gb news. common shirts. >> thank . you polly. now we >> thank. you polly. now we start with yet another u—turn by sir keir starmer, and this time he's ditching a cherished flagship policy . label confirmed flagship policy. label confirmed today that it's abandoning its policy of spending £28 billion every year on environmental projects . sir keir is expected projects. sir keir is expected to say the pledge is being scaled back because of changes in the economic landscape since it was unveiled in 2021. that shorthand for is going to blame the conservatives lives. and meanwhile, the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt , has made some very interesting comments about rishi sunak after the prime minister's trans joke aimed at sir keir starmer yesterday. well, i'm joined now in the studio by gb news political editor christopher hope. chris, thanks for joining us. let's start with penny

morden. so yesterday a clumsy exchange which has become this big hoo ha about trans rights. and then for some strange reason, penny mordaunt has stepped in and she seems to be acting like she's the leader , acting like she's the leader, not rishi sunak. the question is, was it a gaffe or is she going for his throat? >> just reminding . >> just reminding. >> just reminding. >> reminding viewers and listeners what it was esther ghey gi, the of brianna ghey gi, the mother of brianna ghey gi, the mother of brianna ghey of course killed ghey who was of course killed and trans, um, she was and she was trans, um, she was in the gallery watching down dunng in the gallery watching down during pmqs yesterday and in a list of 30 u—turns, the tories say labour have done , mr sunak say labour have done, mr sunak said that he couldn't , that he said that he couldn't, that he keir starmer hadn't , couldn't keir starmer hadn't, couldn't define what a woman was . and we define what a woman was. and we went through 999 9% with a u—turn . um, keir starmer got u—turn. um, keir starmer got really upset about that because he was due to meet with esther ghey shortly and knew that she wasn't gallery above sort wasn't in the gallery above sort of week. that . of all the week. to say that. how it now? um, mr how could you say it now? um, mr sunak at the end of the session apologised and obviously didn't , apologised and obviously didn't, so didn't apologise but merely

recognised that, um, esther ghey is compassion in the face of, of evil . she's a is compassion in the face of, of evil. she's a very best of humanity. and so it goes on moving , still no moving on today, still no apology from the prime minister, but in in today , um, in in but in in today, um, in in leader of the house of commons questions penny mordaunt waited in. here's what she had say. in. here's what she had to say. >> whatever the rough and tumble of whatever the of this place, whatever the pressures and mistakes that are made in the heat of political combat, we owe it to the people who sent us here to strive every day , to make them proud of us. day, to make them proud of us. and this place s the prime minister is a good and caring man . i'm sure that he has man. i'm sure that he has reflected on things and i understand he will say something later today, or perhaps even dunng later today, or perhaps even during this session . during this session. >> see, the thing about that right ? it sounded very matronly . right? it sounded very matronly. it sounded very patronising and the big problem for a lot of

people who have a lot of conservative voters have, they feel mordaunt feel that penny mordaunt stands on , is out of on trans issues, is out of kilter with the party. >> anyway, this goes back to the leadership in july leadership campaign in july 2022, when her campaign was basically holed below the waterline. about self id, waterline. now about self id, whether could declare your whether you could declare your change without having a change gender without having a certificate or a letter from the from the doctor you saw that. i mean, she that was those were notes she read now over in cornwall, where the pm was today , he made very clear he wasn't going to apologise for what he said. making fair said. he was making a fair comment made by comment about u—turns made by sir you have sir keir starmer. so you have got tension now. it's now got this tension now. it's now turned day two this, um, turned day two of this, um, issue about what the pm said in pmqs yesterday is now a split in the cabinet with, with someone who who some think would be a better leader than rishi sunak attacking him for what he said in the commons yesterday. >> and so that's the point, is this , this, um, penny mordaunt this, this, um, penny mordaunt spotting a back foot spotting rishi on a back foot and rather than leaping to his defence, she's leaping to his attack. she's making a power play. >> well, number 10 would say

that penny mordaunt knew that mrs. sunak was going to say something about this in cornwall. it's clear that if in those remarks, ms mordaunt wants him to go further and probably apologise, apologised apologise, he hasn't apologised yet and that pressure politically hasn't gone away. they think mrs. mr sunak they people think mrs. mr sunak should apologise for what was said. >> in fact, we have a lawyer coming the studio in about coming into the studio in about 4:30 who suggests maybe it was starmer that apologise starmer that should apologise because he commons because he broke commons protocol referring to the protocol by referring to the gallery and bringing people in. but let's leave that it's but let's leave that until it's not right either . not quite right either. >> on rules, you can refer >> on the rules, you can refer to above you in the to somebody above you in the gallery. it didn't used to be of the long it's the case, as long as it's relevant to conversation, relevant to the conversation, but the detail. but the devil's in the detail. >> we're going to that 430 but for now, let's get to this for now, let's get on to this starmer a £28 billion for now, let's get on to this starmer a a £28 billion for now, let's get on to this starmer a screeching8 billion for now, let's get on to this starmer a screeching handbrake u—turn, a screeching handbrake turn of a u—turn. this is a huge policy. ed miliband was all over this. so were starmer . they were this. so were starmer. they were going to be the greener, purer , going to be the greener, purer, better party. chris. they had to throw it by the wayside. what's going on?

>> let's remind listeners and viewers what happened back in 2021. reeves set out 2021. rachel reeves set out plans to spend £28 billion a year every year. the labour government on environmental projects will scale back projects that will scale back more recently to 28 billion in the second half of the first five year terme of a labour government. are expecting government. but we are expecting news that we don't government. but we are expecting news what at we don't government. but we are expecting news what it we don't government. but we are expecting news what it is we don't government. but we are expecting news what it is yet. we don't government. but we are expecting news what it is yet. there n't know what it is yet. there should within should be news within this programme the news programme with with the news when but we are when it breaks, but we are expecting some watering down of that commitment. we don't know what it is it's been what it is yet. it's been reported there'll reported elsewhere that there'll be not sure if be a u—turn. we're not sure if it's or kind of it's a u—turn or a kind of l—shaped turn. we're sure l—shaped turn. we're not sure what of what's what what the shape of what's happening is, but i'll bring the news as straight news as soon as i can, straight to it's to viewers and listeners. it's causing a row already. causing a bit of a row already. already. unite's leader sharon graham, a uh, union funder , graham, a big, uh, union funder, says that this is endless promise of jam tomorrow. barry gardiner , left wing mp, said gardiner, left wing mp, said this is strategically incompetent to axe the pledge. john mcternan um , is a former john mcternan um, is a former adviser to tony blair. he says that this is the most stupid decision the leadership decision made by the leadership for , well, since whenever for, well, since whenever he didn't , but he thinks didn't say when, but he thinks it's a mistake. um, the

didn't say when, but he thinks it's a mistake . um, the problem it's a mistake. um, the problem that critics of starmer would have is if you're going to drop this, what's the point of voting labour? why are you different to what the tories would do? >> okay, well, we heard earlier on from labour mp steve mccabe, he spoke to us earlier and he defended, as you'd expect , he spoke to us earlier and he defended, as you'd expect, sir keir decision . keir starmer's decision. >> you have to remember when these proposals were originally put forward, it was 2021. it was before liz truss had taken her wrecking ball to the british economy. uh, and it was before the national debt had reached the national debt had reached the unbelievable levels. it's now up over . really? what? we're now up over. really? what? we're not backing down on is the need to have the green transition as an essential part of, uh, restoring and rebuilding our economy. what we're seeing is we can't give a commitment to that level of borrowing now because it seems unlike obe, it will be affordable . uh, you know, i

affordable. uh, you know, i mean, we're talking here about 28 billion. i don't know what how many, how easy it is for people to visualise that sort of figure, but it has to be set against a national debt that's now at 2.6 trillion. so we've mccabe earlier, chris, it's all kicking off about sir keir. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> my phone's going mad. what's going to happen shortly when this whatever this news is announced. whatever it see a of tory it is we'll see a lot of tory attacks or what will they'll say is flopping. starmer, attacks or what will they'll say is fl gove g. starmer, attacks or what will they'll say is fl gove just starmer, attacks or what will they'll say is fl gove just quickly1er, attacks or what will they'll say is fl gove just quickly the michael gove just quickly the senior government, he senior figure in government, he says brave sir keir runs away again on the inveterate invertebrate shows. he has no plan. there's no principle he won't ditch. he's a jellyfish of politics transparent, spineless, unswept , swept along by the unswept, swept along by the tide. labour will take us back to square one. the tories are going to a real go at going to have a real go at labour when happens. labour when this happens. >> to happen labour when this happens. >>this to happen labour when this happens. >>this in to happen labour when this happens. >> this in next happen labour when this happens. >> this in next hour.en on this show in the next hour. thank very much, chris. so thank you very much, chris. so but joined now by but i'm joined now by conservative member of parliament for rother valley, alex stafford. alex, welcome to the show. i don't know if you heard that there , michael gove

heard that there, michael gove getting on a warpath here. sir keir starmer an invertebrate, a jellyfish ish. no backbone as he as he's poising himself for the biggest u—turn. even of that career . career. >> well, it's just frankly embarrassing and completely sums up the leadership of keir starmer. >> what does he stand for? genuinely? what does he believe? what does he want to achieve and do as a politician ? again and do as a politician? again and again we're seeing u—turns flip flops as soon as it hits a bit of hardness , he just runs away. of hardness, he just runs away. i mean , it's embarrassing, i mean, it's embarrassing, frankly. absolutely embarrassing for him. but alex is blaming you guys. >> he's saying there's no money left. it's he would like to do it. but the biscuit tins empty. so actual fact it's your fault . so actual fact it's your fault. >> apparently so. but you know he's saying and his team was saying it literally yesterday and the day before day and the day before and the day before day before that, they >> and the day before that, they were cracking on with were they were cracking on with this. economic this. and in fact, the economic situation has vastly increased since actually, since last year. so actually, there's for there's more headroom for spending . but fundamentally, the spending. but fundamentally, the plans were poorly calculated

when the treasury looked at them quite recently, he worked out that actually the money needed was more than the £28 was far more than the £28 billion keir starmer wanted to spend. billion keir starmer wanted to spend . so when they did it spend. so when they did it originally, they got their sums completely up labour completely wrong. sums up labour incompetence economics, completely wrong. sums up labour inco then ence economics, completely wrong. sums up labour inco then when economics, completely wrong. sums up labour inco then when it economics, completely wrong. sums up labour inco then when it comes conomics, completely wrong. sums up labour inco then when it comes conorto s, and then when it comes back to rocky away from rocky road, they run away from any issue. really is any issue. it really is embarrassing for keir starmer. rachel reeves and the whole labour . labour leadership. >> and what we expecting to >> and what are we expecting to hear on this? are we are we expecting see total abandon expecting to see a total abandon and abandonment of this flagship green policy, or are we expecting to see a more watered down than the beer and a dodgy nightclub? well i'm actually going to water it down, but the big question is he wants to get to his target by 2030 for climate change. >> he can't do that without spending vast amounts money. >> he can't do that without speyourg vast amounts money. >> he can't do that without speyourg vasbasicallys money. >> he can't do that without speyourg vasbasicallys ii'm ey. so you can't basically say, i'm still cutting our still committed to cutting our emissions vastly, so quickly emissions so vastly, so quickly without spending a huge amount of what we're of money. so what we're expecting again, is try expecting once again, is to try and claim that his pledge, what he to achieve, going he wants to achieve, is going ahead. be no ahead. but what's going to be no financial sort of back

financial backing sort of back it just makes his it up, which just makes his ideas the sky. i mean, ideas pie in the sky. i mean, once again, labour just not once again, labourjust do not understand economic picks and how do things. and because how to do things. and because they've written plan they've written this plan originally on the back of a fag packet, how are they going to achieve they no idea achieve that? they have no idea when comes to the economy and when it comes to the economy and how to get through this. >> to quickly ask >> and alex need to quickly ask you mordaunt earlier you about penny mordaunt earlier on saying rishi sunak has had time to reflect on things. who's in control? this sounds like a power play by her. >> well, i wasn't in the chamber, but i saw the clip and i don't think it's a power play at all. i think clearly everyone is backing sunak, is backing rishi sunak, the prime we prime minister from our team. we want uh, and want him to succeed. uh, and yeah, i think penny was just underlining the point that actually, to the actually, when it comes to the hustle and bustle of house of commons, rishi making commons, rishi sunak was making a which proven today, a point, which was proven today, say starmer just flip say that keir starmer just flip flops doesn't flops and doesn't trust anything. is just once anything. and that is just once again what keir starmer is doing. says thing day doing. he says one thing one day to group, next day saying to one group, next day saying something doing something else, next day doing something else. you can't trust him . you cannot trust starmer at

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climbed on the royal artillery memorial and the police simply stood by and did absolutely nothing? well under the government's new plans, people who scale those monuments could be jailed for three months and fined up to a grand for they for the privilege . well, to discuss the privilege. well, to discuss this, i'm now joined by our political correspondent olivia utley . olivia, forgive my utley. olivia, forgive my cynicism . sounds great on paper, cynicism. sounds great on paper, but have the police got the guts to actually enforce this stuff? well that's one of a number of questions , as i think many questions, as i think many people are going to have off the back of this announcement. >> if this sounds all a bit familiar , that's because it is. familiar, that's because it is. last year, the government also attempted to introduce a raft of measures designed to crack down on anti—social behaviour during protests via the public order act. the measures, announced today are doing something similar, really banning fire crackers, the use of firecrackers at protests , uh, firecrackers at protests, uh, enabung firecrackers at protests, uh, enabling the police to find those who wear masks and face coverings up to £1,000 and, uh,

specifically ruling out making illegal climbing on war memorials. the question is a is there the police will to actually do this because what we've seen before is that the met police has been pretty soft on protests as and actually a couple of months ago, rishi sunak wrote to the assistant chief commissioner mark rowley and remind him of the powers that the police have to crack down on anti—social behaviour. so whether there is much point in introducing a whole range of new measures, if the police are unwilling to use them, it isn't really clear. the other question is does the police actually have the capacity to do any of this? the police, the police is already stretched to breaking point with these protests. £27 million has been spent already , million has been spent already, and on a number of occasions the force has been, uh, forced really to call in, uh, officers from around the country as back up. so the idea that they will be able to pick out mask wearers

in a crowd and i've been to some of these protests, are reporting there are a lot of mask wearers and find them on the spot or arrest them. seems seems a little bit fanciful. from where i'm sitting. >> olivia utley i think you're a tiny, right? i've also been on those protests. i've seen the police do nothing police stand by and do nothing simply watch on, even by the cenotaph . um, people with full cenotaph. um, people with full face coverings. pro—hamas um , face coverings. pro—hamas um, pro—palestine protesters . i was pro—palestine protesters. i was saying to police myself , what saying to police myself, what are you going to do, go and arrest this guy? they said, no, nothing we can do, mate. well, they've got the laws, they've got the new laws, they've got the new laws, they've the bill. they they've got the new laws, theythe the bill. they they've got the new laws, theythe will?�*|e bill. they they've got the new laws, theythe will? that's they they've got the new laws, theythe will? that's big1ey got the will? that's the big question. that's the question that remains answered that remains to be seen answered on talking of on the streets. and talking of which, to the latest the which, now to the latest on the police's for abdul ezedi , police's hunt for abdul ezedi, which, astonishingly, has now entered its second week on police executed two raids at addresses in newcastle in the early hours of this morning. one of the places they raided was the pizza shop, where azady used to work, but no arrests were

made. well, i'm joined now by our reporter, ray addison . who's our reporter, ray addison. who's that new scotland yard ? ray, that new scotland yard? ray, welcome to the show . astonishing welcome to the show. astonishing that this has entered its second week equally astonishing. britain's biggest manhunt. ray is now turning into something of a national embarrassment for the police . well the police focusing police. well the police focusing their searches last night in the nonh their searches last night in the north tyneside area to addresses associated with abdul ezedi on this, the seventh. >> well, it's the eighth day now. last night, the seventh day since that attack, that chemical attack in . london now one of the attack in. london now one of the addresses was best bite pizza and grill. it's a restaurant, a small takeout in the parade of shops in a residential area in nonh shops in a residential area in north tyneside . and police north tyneside. and police turned up about 11:00 last night. they blocked off the road to stop any oncoming traffic and then from outside the shop, they

ordered everyone who was inside to come out with their hands up. well, around seven members of staff did that. witnesses tell us. and then armed police entered the shop with riot shields or perspex riot shields in order to protect themselves, presumably from any kind of corrosion. corrosive substances which might be coming their way. should ezidi bin be inside? they spent two hours there searching for him, including a store cupboard or storeroom around the back of the best bite. they used a drill to get that to knock that door down and search within the premises there. but of course they haven't been able to find him. other find him. the other address presumably we know sign of presumably we know no sign of him to and certainly no arrests or no sign of anybody committing any kind of offences . as you any kind of offences. as you were saying, it's the it's the eighth day now and we've got this manhunt which is stretching

from london all the way to the north of england to newcastle, but also so, you know, police telling us that they've put out an all an all ports alert as well. and so, you know, all airports , everybody has been airports, everybody has been informed to look out for azadi to see if he might be trying to leave the country. but really i think at this stage police simply do not know where he is . simply do not know where he is. >> okay. ray allison, new scotland, your thank you for that update. you know, i just can't get my head around this story azad was last story where azad was last spotted at foxhall bridge road. this is a true story. i once dropped a cigarette and a bloke was over to me like a rat up a drainpipe with a body cam. i got a ticket on the spot. you can't drive down a street in london without getting you without getting a ticket. you can't move without being surveyed . and yet this surveyed on cctv. and yet this guy simply disappears in a puff of smoke. and i think, ray, the fact that they're now centring on newcastle as well as london and that £20,000 reward board

shows they're not homing in at all. they're casting their net wider and that's because they don't have adequate leads. ray allison, thank you for that update. live from scotland yard. let me know what you think about this national manhunt. is it turning into a national embarrassment ? turning into a national embarrassment? abdul turning into a national embarrassment ? abdul ezedi don't embarrassment? abdul ezedi don't forget third attempt. grant had asylum on the sex offenders register for three separate offences for ten years, yet still granted the right to remain commits this heinous crime and now simply vanished. it's an astonishing story. we'll have more on that, of course, throughout the show. there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00. rishi sunak is under fire for his comments in pmqs yesterday, but his keir starmer, the one who should actually apologise because he was in the wrong. we'll have that after your latest news headunes that after your latest news headlines from polly middlehurst

i >> -- >> the top stories this hour as you've been hearing armed police have searched two addresses in newcastle in the hunt for chemical attack . suspect abdul chemical attack. suspect abdul ezedl chemical attack. suspect abdul ezedi. it's understood the search warrants included his place of work. no arrests , place of work. no arrests, though, were made as eddie is believed to be suffering from severe facial injuries , which severe facial injuries, which could be life threatening if left untreated. the last recorded sighting of him was near vauxhall bridge in london just after 11:00 last wednesday evening . anyone with any evening. anyone with any information to his whereabouts should contact police . in other should contact police. in other news, the prime minister says it's sad and wrong to link a comment he made about transgender people in the commons yesterday with the murdered trans teenager brianna ghey. murdered trans teenager brianna ghey . rishi sunak is facing ghey. rishi sunak is facing calls to apologise for making what brianna's father described as a dehumanising remark concerning the correct definition of a woman. it's understood the family has been ianed understood the family has been invited to meet the prime minister and protesters who cover their faces to avoid

arrest and could face tougher penalties under new laws being unveiled today . demonstrators unveiled today. demonstrators would also be blocked from climbing war memorials or letting off flares, citing the right to protest will no longer be an excuse for causing major disruption, as the home office seeks to crack down on what it calls dangerous disorder. critics say the new powers represent a threat to civil liberties , and labour is set to liberties, and labour is set to scale back its flagship green spending plan in a major u—turn following months of uncertainty . following months of uncertainty. it's understood sir keir starmer will confirm the changes today, citing increased economic uncertainty since the policy was unveiled in 2021. labour had planned to spend £28 billion every year on environmental projects. the prime minister said it was further evidence of the labour leader's record of flip flopping on major issues , flip flopping on major issues, and in iceland , molten lava is and in iceland, molten lava is once again bubbling up with smoke clouds seen floating up into the sky in the country's

third volcanic eruption in recent weeks, bright orange lava can be seen spilling across roads near the popular blue lagoon geothermal spa in the southwest of the country. residents of the nearby town of grindavik have already been evacuated from their homes after an eruption in mid—january. officials have been working to divert lava flows away from homes and key infrastructure since then. for the very latest stories, do sign up for gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on the screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts . com slash alerts. >> thank you paulie . now the >> thank you paulie. now the fallout from rishi sunak's transgender joke fallout from rishi sunak's transgenderjoke is rumbling on and on. but did sir keir starmer break parliamentary rules yesterday and is it he who should apologise ? i'll be joined should apologise? i'll be joined by a lawyer who thinks that that is the case. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

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to say what a woman is that has caused a huge storm. and while i'm asking this afternoon, is this did the labour party leader break parliamentary rules during pmqs? before that, here's a reminder of how it's all unfolded yesterday lunchtime. mr speakeh unfolded yesterday lunchtime. mr speaker, this week the unwavering bravery of brianna ghey mother esther has touched us all. >> as a father, i can't even imagine the pain that she is going through and i am glad that she is with us in the gallery here today . here today. >> defining a woman . >> defining a woman. >> defining a woman. >> although, although in fairness , that was only 99% of a fairness, that was only 99% of a u—turn, that the list goes on. but the theme is the same. mr speakeh but the theme is the same. mr speaker, it's empty words, broken promises, and absolute no plan of all. >> of all the work of all the weeks to say that when briana's mother is in this chamber, she shame parading as a man of integrity when he's got

absolutely no responsibility , absolutely no responsibility, well, it all kicked off and it's still rumbling on. >> apologies being demanded, left, right and centre from the labour party and the media. but of course rishi hasn't apologised to and discuss whether sir keir starmer broke the rules, i'm now joined by the barrister and writer stephen barrett. stephen, welcome to the show. always a pleasure . we're show. always a pleasure. we're talking about this, stephen. of course, because you were very quick to point out last night, as are, that there may as you often are, that there may have of commons have been a breach of commons protocol by sir keir starmer. can you set out what you mean by that? yes >> i mean so quick that i made an an accidental. an error, an accidental. >> rules for the >> he posted the rules for the house first, but even house of lords first, but even even that informative because even that is informative because we've a long standing we've had a long standing constitutional that you constitutional rule that you don't mention who's in the pubuc don't mention who's in the public gallery and you don't grandstand and you don't do anything dramatic about it. >> the house of lords has protected that rule completely. the house of lords has very the house of lords has a very simple a really simple, simple rule, a really simple, workable rule.

>> the house of commons has modified it . and to the extent modified it. and to the extent that mps tweeted me that one of the mps tweeted me to say we'd, that they'd repealed it , to say we'd, that they'd repealed it, now to say we'd, that they'd repealed it , now they haven't repealed it, now they haven't repealed it, now they haven't repealed it, now they haven't repealed it, they have repealed it, they still have this , they this rule, but they have modified it. >> that you can >> they've said that you can mention the public mention somebody in the public gallery, must not do so gallery, but you must not do so in order to intimidate people. now what keir starmer did was mention the prime minister's quote, but what he said then he raised them in person in the pubuc raised them in person in the public gallery. so he's , he's, public gallery. so he's, he's, he's, he's done that . and, and he's, he's done that. and, and then he, he , he attacked the then he, he, he attacked the prime minister's integrity and he, he pointed and he said shame . now i don't know about you, but nobody has ever pointed at me. and the word shame me. and cried the word shame without an to without an intention to intimidate. it's not really a friendly thing to do. >> of friends >> very few of my friends have done. doesn't happen down >> it doesn't really happen down the somebody points at the pub. if somebody points at you, that you have no you, says that you have no integrity and shames you in public, then i think that that is an attack upon your integrity and that is a breach of the parliamentary rules. >> the speaker house of >> the speaker of the house of

commons nothing . commons did nothing. >> many reasons >> now, there are many reasons why that may be. one of my pet bugbears is that we've made laws fat , and as a result, fat and flabby, and as a result, we don't really understand them. >> and because we don't really understand them, we can't really enforce may simply be that >> so it may simply be that that's going when that mp that's going on when that mp tweeted me rule had tweeted me that the rule had been probably been repealed, he probably did so conscience, so in all good conscience, believing had been believing that the rule had been repealed because it's been they mentioned so that mentioned them now so often that they have just they may well have just forgotten rules forgotten that they have rules when they're mp, they're when they're made an mp, they're given a copy of all these rules. >> of read >> but how many of them read them you know, in all them and you know, in all honesty, are the rules being appued? >> this looks to me like a very serious rule breach by keir starmer and publicly starmer to try and publicly shame his political opponent, which not it's not allowed which is not it's not allowed for good reason. >> political debate in this country cannot descend to the level of shame mongering and stephen, the rules you refer to, they're called the rules of behaviour and courtesies in the house of commons. >> and it's point 29. um, anybody can go and look at this right now specifically states,

um, it must not be phrased in a certain way that might intimidate or seek to influence the debate, which it clearly has , because it's moved the debate on a huge public shaming on into a huge public shaming around trans issues. but stephen, a broader point. i'd like to raise is, are we looking down the thin end of a wedge here of potential of the gallery being weaponized ? now, we've being weaponized? now, we've seen this as an effective way of shaming people around issues who'd rule out, shaming people around issues who'd rule out , for example, who'd rule out, for example, a labour party mp welcoming somebody into the gallery who'd lost a relative in palace nine and referring to that, could we see the unsavoury protocol of the gallery being weaponized specifically to cause harm? >> well, this is what you get when you get rules collapse. >> okay? once the human society gets into a position where rules can't be enforced, you go to mob rule, you go to shaming. >> you go to deep emotional control and emotional manipulation. and there are people out there who will emotionally manipulate you. i mean, will know mean, your viewers will know

that entire fraud that there's an entire fraud industry based upon the industry largely based upon the concept emotional concept of emotional manipulation . so goes on all manipulation. so it goes on all the time . the time. >> t“- w- the time. >> to have rules e to have rules to >> we used to have rules to protect us from this, and clear and simple rules which are enforced are how you stop mob rule. >> if you don't do that, you will get mob rule. and everybody who thinks that they're in charge of mob rule, the guy pointing shame. it pointing and crying shame. it comes back to bite you in the end. every time this has happened history. happened throughout history. savannah famously it savannah roller famously did it in italy liked burning in italy and he liked burning people alive with shame. well, he burnt alive. that's he ended up burnt alive. that's what happened. so either we restore clear , simple rules and restore clear, simple rules and the house of commons becomes a rules based place again, because of course it isn't. its of course it isn't. it had its kangaroo court , you know, and kangaroo court, you know, and it's got a bad relationship with rules . either it restores its rules. either it restores its reputation and relationship with rules or it's going to descend into this sort of shaming and mob rule. >> and stephen, it's worth pointing that sunak pointing out that rishi sunak has criticised with has been criticised with people within own as well. within his own party as well. penny saying he's penny morden was saying he's taken time to reflect and was

intimating that maybe he should appoint st giles. but very quickly, if could. stephen, quickly, if we could. stephen, do keir starmer do you think sir keir starmer should apologise and do you think he will? what i will do, martin, with your um, uh, hopefully with your, with your agreement and, and willing indulgence is, is not express a view on whether or not he should apologise because that is a personal political opinion and i apply personal political opinion and i apply a rule to myself , a clear, apply a rule to myself, a clear, simple rule that i don't express those and i am not going to say whether prime minister should or shouldn't apologise , as i'm not shouldn't apologise, as i'm not going join the shame pedlars. going to join the shame pedlars. >> not what i do. >> that's not what i do. >> that's not what i do. >> i'm going to stay with the >> so i'm going to stay with the rules and with the rule of law. >> okay? why get you >> okay? that's why we get you on apolitical on the show. apolitical to the point, stephen barrett. excellent. thank you very much for us gb news. forjoining us on gb news. certainly food for thought. now i'll bring you a special report on how police are trying to help vulnerable veterans after. this is an excellent initiative . i'm is an excellent initiative. i'm martin daubney gb news. martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel .

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our northwest of england reporter sophie reaper spoke to the founder of this massively important initiative. if alan truly knew the pain that he caused his family and his children, there's no way he would have done what he done to us in 2020. >> alan force , a father, a >> alan force, a father, a husband and a veteran, went missing . missing. >> he had suffered with ptsd as a result of his time in the army and sadly, like so many others, he decided to take his own life now . now. >> now alan's former wife, claire is ensuring better measures are in place for veterans that go missing to make sure they get the help they need before it's too late. between 1996 and 2018, there was 1086 veteran suicides , which is veteran suicides, which is roughly one a week somewhere in the uk. so it makes sense to find them as soon as possible and implement that care . and implement that care. >> what's the circumstances

leading to them going missing? >> a veteran does go missing, >> if a veteran does go missing, it's vital they're found and given help as soon as possible. it's a missing person, a veteran. that's where the new force, a protocol founded by claire in alan's memory, is hoping to have an impact. >> veterans will will upload their information onto safe and found online. when that call then comes into the police , we then comes into the police, we now ask every person that's reported missing to us at greater manchester police. now, whether they've they've served in forces or whether they're in the forces or whether they're currently allows currently serving, that allows us to capture who is a missing veteran right now, around 3% of the population of greater manchester is made up of veterans, but with around 1.85 million veterans nationwide wide, there's clearly much more work to be done. manchester paula isn't the main area for veterans. you know, we don't have any garrisons. we don't have any garrisons. we don't have any garrisons. we don't have any any real barracks within manchester. that's why within manchester. so that's why it's important for this it's so important for this protocol to be rolled out

nationally. we've already protocol to be rolled out natibutlly. we've already protocol to be rolled out natibut whate've already protocol to be rolled out natibut what are already protocol to be rolled out natibut what are otherdy protocol to be rolled out natibut what are other places in 42, but what are other places in the country ? what volume are the country? what volume are they getting ? they getting? >> when alan was first reported missing, he was only deemed a medium risk, despite claire highlighting his multiple health concerns to their local police force. four years later, and claire is determined that the force approach will give other veterans that go missing the treatment and support they deserve. it gives them the chance, doesn't it? >> prevention is ultimately the cure. >> preventative measures are always kind of, you know , i'm a always kind of, you know, i'm a big believer in the saying, you know, we need to go up or downstream and find out why people are falling in. >> there's been several, if not tens of missed opportunities to implement care for our veterans that have been lost to suicide in just three months since its launch , the force of protocol launch, the force of protocol has located dozens of missing veterans in greater manchester alone . but it's hoped that this alone. but it's hoped that this is just the beginning. alone. but it's hoped that this isjust the beginning. both here is just the beginning. both here and across the uk . sophie reaper

and across the uk. sophie reaper gb news is . gb news is. >> well, what a magnificent initiative. and i'm joined now by lieutenant general sir andrew gregory, who's the ceo of ssafa, which is an armed forces charity. welcome to the show, sir. um force of protocol is an excellent initiative, but we need to do much, much more to protect veterans, don't we? >> so firstly . uh, martin, >> so firstly. uh, martin, i would commend enormous what claire has done. >> the energy she's put into this and the way greater manchester police have picked it up and trialled it. >> it's fantastic, nick. and it is being rolled out more widely, uh, through something called project nova to reach people through the force's employment , through the force's employment, charity and others . um, every, charity and others. um, every, every suicide is a tragedy . uh, every suicide is a tragedy. uh, there is no doubting that . and there is no doubting that. and there is no doubting that. and the key issue is trying to get particularly veterans to reach out and talk to people. and insofar the armed forces charity, we find they come to us

so late. martin they're too proud to ask for help. they're too proud to admit they've got problems. so if we can get them to talk early , to come to to talk early, to come to a charity like ssafa , we have a charity like ssafa, we have a helpline called forces line . helpline called forces line. zero (800) 260—6767. we won't have all the answers, but we can help them on a journey back from the brink because that's what we all want to do. mike leveson stuff i'm afraid simply because of time, we let's have one more question. >> what do people need to do? i mean, the thing about these things is they need to be relevant to armed forces. people don't. they need to that don't. they need to have that credibility because so often men and women to reach and women are afraid to reach out , uh, and women are afraid to reach out, uh, completely agree. >> uh, here's a case study, not the individual's real name. a person called tom on, uh, multiple tours. iraq and afghanistan left the army 2015. uh, family business went

business went wrong. split up with his wife, lost touch with his daughter. thought of suicide. came to ssafa . we were suicide. came to ssafa. we were able to help him now back in touch with his daughter. we're working back in home. so it's those sort of things. i my message is to any veteran on please, please come to a charity like ssafa before everything goes wrong . goes wrong. >> okay. thank you very much. we have to leave it there, general. sir andrew gregory, thank you very much . now, when life is very much. now, when life is difficult, samaritan are here day or night. 365 days a year. you can call them for free on 116123 or email them at joe at samaritans.org or visit samaritans.org or visit samaritans.org to find your nearest branch. please stick with us. i'm martin daubney on . with us. i'm martin daubney on. gb news. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

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broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. now we start this hour with an interview with sir keir starmer. he's been talking about labour's dramatic u—turn on their £28 billion green pledge . their £28 billion green pledge. not there. well, i'm joined now in important commitments , green in important commitments, green steel, so that we can continue to make steel in this country. >> gigafactory so we can get the next generation of jobs when it comes car manufacture , gb comes to car manufacture, gb energy, which will be a publicly owned, um , vehicle, so that when owned, um, vehicle, so that when we invest public money, we get the yield back to the british taxpayer and the national wealth fund, which will help get private investment for in the new jobs of the future. >> all of those commitments, every single commitment that i've made is fully funded and remains in place , except for remains in place, except for warm homes, which will unfortunately have to be carried out a little bit more slowly. what won't now happen is that we won't make further or new

investment decisions , and that investment decisions, and that means that we won't reach the £28 billion envisaged. um, and that that figure is effectively stood down. the reason for that is because since we announced the 28 billion, the tories have done terrible damage to our economy , not just the liz truss economy, not just the liz truss budget , but economy, not just the liz truss budget, but also now the government briefing that it's going to max out on the government credit card. reckless. but i have to anticipate the circumstances as they are now not as i would wish them to be. >> why is it taking you so long to come to this decision, though, to bin an arbitrary number, that truss was number, given that liz truss was prime minister, what, 18 months ago ? maybe you could have junked ago? maybe you could have junked it then? well i you know, since then the government has said it's going to max out the credit card . card. >> um, so rather than think about what the economy needs, they're going to think about what they can desperately do as they election. what they can desperately do as the that election. what they can desperately do as the that was election. what they can desperately do as the that was briefed i. what they can desperately do as the that was briefed out just >> that was briefed out just a few ago. few weeks ago. >> look, i gone through

>> but look, i have gone through a to reassure a process i wanted to reassure myself we could keep to the myself that we could keep to the commitments that made, commitments that we've made, that the right that they were the right commitments for the mission led government, that i want. >> that's taken a bit of time . >> that's taken a bit of time. um, today is the day when the shadow to their shadow cabinet need to get their proposals in for the manifesto fully costed. so today was the right day to conclude that process and come to a final decision. >> a big element of around about half of the element of paying for what you want to do is extending windfall extending the windfall tax. >> happens if that doesn't >> what happens if that doesn't generate the money that you anticipate it might? >> we be on this >> could we be standing on this balcony again and the whole thing further? balcony again and the whole thirwell, further? balcony again and the whole thirwell, looked further? >> well, we've looked at the official in relation official figures in relation to energy . they're pretty energy prices. they're pretty clear . clear. >> um, and so we're confident in relation to that. >> so the funding from this will be, um, you know, large chunk from an extended windfall tax and the other part from borrowing , because i do think borrowing, because i do think that we need to borrow to invest and to invest to grow our

economy, which is desperately needed. >> keir starmer, thank you. thank you. brilliant . thank you. brilliant. >> there we have it, keir starmer. the biggest flaw flagship policy in his . toolbox. flagship policy in his. toolbox. it's been dramatic. abandoned before the election. i'm joined in the studio by gb news political editor christopher hope.chns political editor christopher hope. chris um, a huge u—turn. flagship policy, £28 billion. the green deal ditch. you've got it in your hands right there. >> it's four pages long. it's the labour's green prosperity plan. it's not entirely ditched . plan. it's not entirely ditched. what they've done is they have changed how they're going to spendin changed how they're going to spend in in broad terms, martin, would they plan to get to £28 billion a year to spend on green projects by the end of their time? in the first five years in government, by 2029? that's been under pressure a lot from the tory party. you've had different labour front benches. they couldn't commit it. are couldn't commit to it. what are

they doing today on very they doing today on on the very day when all shadow cabinet must put in costed plans for the manifesto , today is the manifesto, today is the deadline. they finally settled the row. they are saying here that rather than the £28 billion a year, by the end of this end of the first five years in government, be 23.7 government, it'll be 23.7 billion over five years. they've got there by dropping a plan to insulate as many as 90 million homes in the first decade. it'll be just 5 million in the first five years. so they've played here with money. they're funding that , um, here with money. they're funding that, um, through, uh, increasing , that, um, through, uh, increasing, uh, that, um, through, uh, increasing , uh, the, the funding increasing, uh, the, the funding from the look at my notes here. forgive me. they're going to deal with the, um , money from deal with the, um, money from the north, north sea oil investment and the windfall tax and also some borrowing. but the big spending commitments have gone away. and that's why it's so have here so interesting. and we have here a party which is trying to get ready on ready for government on a serious level. >> and this is seriously >> and this is a seriously humiliating flagship policy. they call themselves the green.

they call themselves the green. the greenest party. ed miliband has been forced into line having to back this , um, has to be to back this, um, has to be a huge, huge humiliation. and yet, of course , they're blaming the of course, they're blaming the conservatives because there's no money left. well that won't wash with the electorate , will blame with the electorate, will blame with the electorate, will blame with the electorate, will blame with the economy. >> they're saying the plan was set 2021. now it's 2024. set out in 2021. now it's 2024. things have changed. truss things have changed. liz truss has government . has been and gone in government. labour blame policies labour would blame her policies for causing they are for causing issues, but they are going to extend the windfall tax raised 10.8 billion and the rest 13 billion from borrowing. the tories will get stuck into that. already. the tories are attacking we've got attacking the plans. we've got michael him sir michael gove calling him sir keir starmer. that is an inverted invertebrate . the inverted invertebrate. the jellyfish of politics who stands for nothing, sir keir starmer denied in a briefing we had earlier with rachel reeves next to him, but not ed miliband. so again, ed miliband apparently is on side with this. he has said in a statement to journalists just now that he that labour will be fighting election with a world leading agenda on climate

and with single and energy, with every single individual already individual policy already announced, now confirmed for the manifesto. so no new policies to hit this. this idea of green owning up the economy by 2030. mr miliband is yet to speak. he has made some remarks in the past, notably last summer, saying that some people don't don't want britain to invest in a green economy. want us to a green economy. they want us to back but keir, rachel and back down. but keir, rachel and i will never let that happen. is him. last summer, britain's needs, this 28 billion a year plan. and that's what we are committed to. well, they aren't now and that's about 18 months later. so awkward questions overnight think for sir keir overnight i think for sir keir starmer reeves and ed starmer rachel reeves and ed miliband on tuesday , this was miliband on tuesday, this was desperately needed . desperately needed. >> on thursday it's been desperately thrown to one side. is this a case of project fantasy meets project reality? we can't afford this. net zero agenda and actually , does the agenda and actually, does the electorate even want it? chris >> it doesn't affect the net zero plan to get to net zero by 2050. i asked that question.

it's an attempt to here try and benefit use the greening of our economy as we move away from dirty industries and into more wind , wind, energy and etc. they wind, wind, energy and etc. they want and the so—called great british energy company, they want to set up. they want to try and help us all benefit and create jobs that way. whether it works , we'll wait and see. but works, we'll wait and see. but for me, it does show this document here, green document here, this green prosperity plan shows a party which is shedding off promises that were unaffordable , all in that were unaffordable, all in opposition it gets ready to opposition as it gets ready to bnng opposition as it gets ready to bring being what should be the government by the end of the yeah government by the end of the year. if polls are right. year. if the polls are right. >> in a situation >> but we're in a situation where we discovered we where this week we discovered we can't even our offshore can't even sell our offshore wind licenses because wind power isn't returning the dividends that the energy companies want . that the energy companies want. are we seeing a convergence here of we don't have enough money to invest in these technologies? and even if we do, they don't return the money. is this the beginning ? return the money. is this the beginning? do return the money. is this the beginning ? do you return the money. is this the beginning? do you think of a recalibration of our modern

political obsession with net zero? >> it's being more practical, certainly. i mean, people are not happy . um, clive lewis, not happy. um, clive lewis, a labour mp, did a tweet just now showing him as homer simpson going back into the hedge , going back into the hedge, trying to sell this 28 billion figure on the doorstep . it's figure on the doorstep. it's popular amongst many left wing supporters of the labour party. uh, unite leader sharon sharon graham, big funder, says that this is endlessly proved proves that the promises of jam tomorrow. barry gardner, left wing labour mp. he calls he says this we strategically increase potent to axe the pledge. john mcternan from revised tony blair says this is this is the most stupid, uh, decision decision made by the circus armour. what's happening here is you have got two parties going into the middle ground . um, and the the middle ground. um, and the problem, i think for some some people who would want this to remain on the labour side is why vote labour when this has been dropped the question dropped and the bigger question is about net zero, but is not only about net zero, but is not only about net zero, but is trust, about it's

is about trust, about it's constantly thrown at sir keir starmer that he's missed a flip flop and he's done more u—turns than a driving test centre . than a driving test centre. >> and here we are. this is the guy who's positioning himself as the prime minister in waiting . the prime minister in waiting. the biggest policy on his platform has been ditched, and he knows he'll be called a flip floppeh >> and i can think back to the party conference. the tory party conference in october, when i think the party chairman, greg hands waved some flip flops around , saying this is the around, saying this is the embodiment of sir keir starmer. he knows that . but equally he he knows that. but equally he knows they had to do something because because the relentless questioning driven questioning on this issue driven by by the tory party and ministers, they're always talking about it. so they have to do something . but so the end to do something. but so the end result for our viewers and listeners is that millions of homes, which were going to be insulated in this plan will now not be, um, interestingly, um, the conservative party at last have an attack route. >> they've been on the back foot, it seems, for so long and

yet, chris, there is a feeling that amongst the electorate, the conservatives themselves are still wedded to such policies, and maybe they would put them in if they had the money. they're falling out about scrapping boilers today. right. so boilers today. that's right. so do we have actually a political will, um, uni party on this issue? and actually do we need some points of difference. >> well, yeah, i mean, you know, butskellism in the 50s when you had hugh gaitskell and rab butler economic butler agreeing on economic policy and was to be a policy and that was seen to be a bad i mean, was bad thing. i mean, there was a lot of agreement. you lot of agreement. basically you have got a government which have got a tory government which passed to passed through, um, new laws to require make require manufacturers to make and proportion of ev and sell a proportion of ev vehicles, despite the fact that infrastructure hasn't caught infrastructure hasn't yet caught up . i yeah, i think up. so i think, yeah, i think there's a market, i think for a party out there which can be practical and not go all in on these green policies, as we heard, probably, um, if i can say so, from lee anderson, the former, um, deputy party chairman that popcorn event chairman to that popcorn event earlier this the idea earlier this week. the idea of being punishing being practical, not punishing people as we towards a kind people as we go towards a kind of economy. of green economy. >> and seen, um, paul

>> and we've seen, um, paul talbot being wound down. we've seen, um, up in whitehaven in a coal mine that was granted michael gove, in fact granted the licence for that. the full weight of the green movement. ed davey by greenpeace. >> green steel is an idea which sir keir starmer talked about. they have got ideas around this area. the great british energy company, the £73 billion national wealth fund. but i mean, sir keir starmer was saying it to us in briefings this afternoon that essentially , this afternoon that essentially, you know, when things change, i must too. and rachel must change too. and rachel reeves agreed . and that's how reeves agreed. and that's how companies but in companies deal with it. but in politics it looks weak to change course. they've course. and that's what they've done. yet heard done. and we haven't yet heard publicly from ed miliband . watch publicly from ed miliband. watch this space on gb news. >> stuff . well, chris >> great stuff. well, chris hope, because hope, stick with us because let's straight to let's now go straight to conservative mp for dudley north. longhi. marco, north. marco longhi. marco, welcome to the show . so marco, welcome to the show. so marco, always good to see you. and you, captain . so listen, um, it was captain. so listen, um, it was sad all along. here he is, mr flip flop. and before he's even

in power, a screeching handbrake u—turn from sir keir starmer on his net zero flagship policy . his net zero flagship policy. >> as if we haven't seen this before, martin. i mean, it's outrageous, really. it's it's embarrassing. i have no other word to describe it. >> i don't even want to call him captain flip flop anymore . captain flip flop anymore. >> i think he's just a full fat flop. >> you know something that gets blown around? >> uh , um, by anything almost. >> uh, um, by anything almost. >> uh, um, by anything almost. >> you know, they come up with these half baked ideas at the moment . moment. >> someone starts to scrutinise these, they throw away within 48 hours or within a few months, and really, is this the way to give the impression to the rest of the country that this is how they're going to manage an economy and manage rest of economy and manage the rest of the country? economy and manage the rest of the cthinky? economy and manage the rest of the cthink not, but marco, of >> i think not, but marco, of course, sir keir starmer is blaming you . blaming you. >> he's blaming the conservative party for being fiscally irresponsible . the biscuit tin irresponsible. the biscuit tin is empty. the dream of a green future has been cruelly snatched away by you guys. well i didn't

see him voting against the £420 billion we put in to help businesses and, uh, during covid keep furlough going. >> and i know i might have different ideas about lockdown and all that kind of thing. >> i'm one of those that did vote, regrets vote, but now regrets it. and i don't mind admitting it, but i have to say, you know, he didn't vote against any of that. we've got legacy to deal with and got that legacy to deal with and we're dealing with it. >> and it's no coincidence that the kingdom now, thanks the united kingdom now, thanks to brexit, which he absolutely voted . against at every voted. against at every opportunity, is now leading the rest of the rest of the eu economically , we are performing economically, we are performing on virtually every possible economic measure better than them and many other countries we are doing. you know, we've got the highest employment, the lowest of unemployment, lowest level of unemployment, the highest level of growth, and we are going to be doing increasingly look, rishi increasingly well. look, rishi promised he halve inflation. >> he's more than halved it. he's going to be reducing debt and going to be increasing growth. >> so things are moving in the

right direction , martin. right direction, martin. >> and some of these big problems does take time to sort out. >> but what time does to keir starmer is show him to be a full fat flop . fat flop. >> okay. well marco , um, mike, >> okay. well marco, um, mike, michael gove has called sir keir starmer a jellyfish. spineless and invertebrate strong stuff. but isn't the point is that the conservative party seem to agree with a lot of the net zero targets boris johnson brought in some of the toughest and most punitive net zero targets in all of the western world, and there's still a division within there's still a division within the conservative party today arguing about boilers and the scrappage scheme and the cost of heat pumps . scrappage scheme and the cost of heat pumps. is this not an opportunity? marco for the conservatives to grow a backbone and actually say it'll be more popular if we ditched some of this net zero stuff? i completely agree with that. >> um, mark, uh, you probably know that would have been my

position. now you you and i know each other . each other. >> uh, and you know, on the doorstep when i ask people what are their top three priorities? and i've knocked on thousands of doors, not a single one has ever mentioned net zero to me. they are worried about how they pay their bills. they are worried by their bills. they are worried by the fact that their energy bills are very high. >> and that's been a difficulty. >> and that's been a difficulty. >> and that's been a difficulty. >> and the government has tried to help with that. but it's tried to help. >> but but actually our bills are higher because of this , uh, are higher because of this, uh, net uh, approach . net zero uh, approach. >> so look, i'm sure you and i would both want to leave this planet in a better place for our children and our grandchildren, but it needs to be done in a practical way , in a fair way. practical way, in a fair way. and i think that unfortunately, uh , even boris was taken over by uh, even boris was taken over by this idealistic dogma, this new wave that happened over net zero and this arbitrary date of 2050. i mean, it's just implausible that , you know, the uk that, you know, the uk

contributes a fraction of a percent of carbon emissions, and china . for about 28. the us is china. for about 28. the us is similar amount. canada and many others , whatever we do, if we others, whatever we do, if we sunk into the sea today , uh, we sunk into the sea today, uh, we it would make absolutely no difference to the carbon emissions in this country. difference to the carbon emissions in this country . yes, emissions in this country. yes, let's do the right thing. but i don't think working class people should be made to pay for it. a lot of people will be watching this more and saying hurrah! >> common sense speaks at last. i'm still in the studio with chris hope , our political chris hope, our political edhoh chris hope, our political editor. he'd like to throw a question to you if he could. chris. far away. well marco, you say all that, but you you are in government, your party and it was theresa may's government that brought the net zero that brought in the net zero target by 2050. >> isn't all problem >> so isn't all this problem caused you , uh , not by me personally. >> and there will be many mps who disagree with that. but as you know, when you are a team, you know, when you are a team, you have to play as a team . uh, you have to play as a team. uh, otherwise you will be going

against your coach every five minutes. sometimes. now i don't recall there ever being a vote in for parliament net zero being delivered by 2050. do you? >> well, there was no vote , as >> well, there was no vote, as you remember. it went through on the nod with a statutory instrument. there has never been a vote. no a single vote. there's no there's from there's no mandate from parliament the parliament meant for this. the the net zero target amended a law from labour in 2008. and that's part of the problem. i think there's no vote ever by any mp on net zero. and i think the problem you've got is a lack of a mandate for this, for this target that government target that your government imposed on the rest of the country . country. >> and i and i completely agree with you . with you. >> well, what can we say , >> well, what can we say, margot? i'm going to have a quick pop at you. why? why are you still there? marco? so if we haven't had a chance on haven't had a chance to vote on this should chance to this, should we get a chance to vote this? would you welcome vote on this? would you welcome some kind of national referendum on net zero? as we with on net zero? as we saw with brexit, , uh, yes. brexit, it, uh, yes. >> i think that ultimately the

power of any country relies in the will of its people and the moment we start , uh, behaving moment we start, uh, behaving more as as, uh, what? >> i wouldn't like to say a dictatorship, but as countries who ignore their voters. >> look, look, look what's happening in the eu now look how paris is being besieged . we paris is being besieged. we don't actually see much of that on television, but that is happening because ordinary people in germany , in the people in germany, in the netherlands, in france, are saying enough is enough . and, saying enough is enough. and, you know, it's wake up and smell the coffee time. and i've been one of those. i'm very proud not just to call myself an mp. i call myself an elected rep . call myself an elected rep. >> resentative. >> resentative. >> and that last word is very often forgotten. and that's why i'm so proud to represent my black country folk here in dudley. >> excellent. well, marco , as >> excellent. well, marco, as you're on such fine form , chris you're on such fine form, chris wants to have another swing. chris not a swing. >> just want to pin you down, marco longhi. just want to pin you down. not swing, a you down. not a swing, just a quick one. no ? should quick one. yes or no? should

there referendum on that there be a referendum on that net zero commitment? >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> i personally would say yes to that. uh, i mean, of course we can't have a referendum every five minutes. we know that referendum aren't the best vehicle sometimes to deliver policy by government. and the other argument would be, chris, that people elect their representatives, their mps , to representatives, their mps, to vote on things on their behalf. if i think this is a massive issue for the country , and i issue for the country, and i think it could well be one of those things. so i would personally say yes, but if we're going to leave it to mps, then let's thrash it out in the chamber and let's see what comes out at least , and have chamber and let's see what comes out mandatelt least , and have chamber and let's see what comes out mandate that|st , and have chamber and let's see what comes out mandate that way. ind have chamber and let's see what comes out mandate that way. but1ave chamber and let's see what comes out mandate that way. but yes, the mandate that way. but yes, to a referendum . to a referendum. >> absolutely superb. marco longhi, conservative mp for dudley north. you've had your weetabix. you're on fine form . weetabix. you're on fine form. excellent. a lot of people will be watching this. marco and throwing their weetabix in the air. fantastic. thank you . a air. fantastic. thank you. a referendum on net zero. you heard it there first on gb news.

i think a lot of people out there would welcome that. let there would welcome that. let the people have a say, put it to the people have a say, put it to the people have a say, put it to the people . are you sick of the people. are you sick of paying the people. are you sick of paying all this net stuff? paying all this net zero stuff? but will they let us have a referendum. because don't forget, they normally don't get the but the result they want. but anyway, on. superb start anyway, moving on. superb start to the hour. you get lots more on this huge story on our website. right? and to website. right? and thanks to you com is the fastest you gb news. com is the fastest growing news website in growing national news website in the country. got breaking the country. it's got breaking news and all brilliant news and all the brilliant analysis you've come to expect from news so get clicking from gb news so get clicking now. what would you do with an extra £1,500 every month for a whole year ? well, you could win whole year? well, you could win that and our great british giveaway is 18 grand in cold, hard cash is up for grabs . and hard cash is up for grabs. and here's how you could make that money yours. >> this is your chance to win £18,000 in tax free cash. that's like having an extra £1,500 each month for the next year. >> and if you're thinking i'd never win something like that, listen the we told listen to the moment we told phil from west yorkshire he'd

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>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> five rishi sunak here. join me for a special gb news people's forum live on monday the 12th of february. i want to hear about the issues that matter to you for your chance to be part of the audience and to put your questions to me. scan the qr code on screen or go to gbnews.com see you there. >> welcome back 525 superb enjoyment this afternoon on the show you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now the european union has claimed that rishi sunak's clamped down on strikes , may clamped down on strikes, may have breached the brexit trade deal have breached the brexit trade deal. well, the eu is reportedly considering triggering a dispute with the uk government over the introduction of so—called

minimum service levels . and minimum service levels. and that's because the uk is seen to be watering down workers rights in a way which is banned by the brexit trade deal . well, i'm brexit trade deal. well, i'm joined now by david payton , joined now by david payton, professor of industrial economics at nottingham university. david, thanks for joining us on the show. the big and the first question, many people will be asking themselves here. it's like, hang on, i thought we left the european union . how on earth brussels union. how on earth has brussels got any control whatsoever about strike rules in britain ? strike rules in britain? >> well, there's two issues here. >> it's worth separating . >> it's worth separating. >> it's worth separating. >> one is whether we think the strike rules are a good idea in terms of minimum service. >> but the second is, as you say , who decides? is it rmps or is it brussels now , the issue here it brussels now, the issue here is that the trade agreement would have the eu rests on there not being a reduction in workers rights. that doesn't affect trade. >> so that's the key issue here. >> so that's the key issue here. >> but what's really interesting, and i think, you know, you journalists haven't

really picked up most countries in the eu have some sort of minimum service requirements, evenin minimum service requirements, even in the areas of transport. they do vary quite a lot across the different countries. >> but for example, france has a law that says strikes have to have a minimum level of travel export provision. >> so does romania, lithuania, belgium , uh, france actually belgium, uh, france actually have a range of services . have a range of services. >> so, you know, if you if school teachers strike, you have to have sufficient provision that primary school pupils can still go to school . still go to school. >> so the idea that the british law, whether or not you think it's a good idea here, is way out of line with the eu is just not the case. >> so. so i suspect this is really not going to go anywhere. it's really just bluster from, uh, in the eu who uh, certain people in the eu who don't like idea of the uk don't like the idea of the uk being to decide things on being able to decide things on their and think they still their own and think they still have some control us. have some control over us. i suspect the issue won't go anywhere. >> david, you're exactly right. guy verhofstadt once again has been puffing up his chest and

polishing his specs and threatening to get tough with the uk. but you are exactly right to point out that these these minimum service requirements are in place already in a multitude of the 27 eu member states, which further asks the question, david, if that's the case and if we're going not further above and beyond what's already out in the eu , why on earth is brussels eu, why on earth is brussels poking its nose in? well, that's a good question. and you know, i don't think anything official has come from the eu. >> i suspect it's certain people in the eu trying to make a lot of noise. >> and this sort of, you know, tussle goes on with, um, tussle that goes on with, um, you know, unspoken threats and veiled threats suggesting, well, you know, if the uk decides to make its own decisions and changes its laws, the eu will try to make out that we are not able to do that. in the end , i able to do that. in the end, i think people within the eu , think some people within the eu, as britain, just as in britain, are just resentful that we had the referendum and voted leave referendum and voted to leave the eu and sort of have this sort vague hopes that somehow

sort of vague hopes that somehow in they can draw us in the future they can draw us back their orbit . and, you back into their orbit. and, you know, obvious for know, the obvious thing for the uk whether or you uk, whether whether or not you think was a a bad think brexit was a good or a bad idea, idea that, um, we idea, the idea that, um, we should the eu, have no say should leave the eu, have no say over the rules , but just decide over the rules, but just decide to go along with whatever they say is probably the worst of all worlds. and i don't think that anyone remain side anyone on leave or remain side would be going along with that sort of approach. >> okay, david payton, thanks, jurors. interrupt jurors. i'll have to interrupt there because now have to there because now we have to cross live to the united states. donald trump is issuing a statement supreme court statement on that supreme court ruling . ruling. >> as you know, iraq should have never happened. that was a balance against iran . and we balance against iran. and we blew out the balance and now iran has essentially iraq and iraq doesn't like saying that. but that's the way it is . and but that's the way it is. and it's a shame the world is in tremendous danger. we're in danger of possibly a world war iii, and we have a man who's absolutely the worst president in the history of our country. he can't put two sentences together. he's not going to be

able to negotiate with putin or xi able to negotiate with putin or x! or kim jong un or north korea. not going to be able to negotiate with anybody . all he negotiate with anybody. all he knows how to do is drop bombs all meaningless all over the place. meaningless bombs, kill lot bombs, except they kill a lot of people . it cost a lot of money. people. it cost a lot of money. every time you see a bomb, it's another million dollars and it actually sets us back. >> have peace through strength. >> we should not be happening in the middle east is blowing up . the middle east is blowing up. it's blowing up. and a lot of people are being killed. and it's so unnecessary . sorry. i it's so unnecessary. sorry. so i just say that, uh, in watching the supreme court today, i thought it was very it's a very beautiful process . i hope that beautiful process. i hope that the democracy in this country will continue to, uh , because will continue to, uh, because right now we have a very, very tough situation with all of the radical left ideas, with the weaponized version of politics. they weaponized it like it's never been weaponized before. >> it's totally illegal, but they do it anyway , and it has to they do it anyway, and it has to stop every one of the court

cases that i'm involved every single one civil, whether it's the attorney general's or the district attorney's. >> you look at fannie in georgia , they had many meetings with the white house and with the doj. they went there eight hour meetings. that was all staged . meetings. that was all staged. that was a phoney hoax . and now that was a phoney hoax. and now you look at it and it is a phoney hoax. and hopefully that case will be dismissed in short order. it's a disgrace to order. it's a it's a disgrace to this country . order. it's a it's a disgrace to this country. but order. it's a it's a disgrace to this country . but they work this country. but they work together with the justice department and the white house and not supposed to do that every one of these cases, you see comes out of the white house. it comes out of biden. it's interference . and it's election interference. and it's really very sad . uh, i it's really very sad. uh, i thought the presentation today was a very good one. i think it was a very good one. i think it was well received. i hope it was well received . you have millions well received. you have millions of people that are out there wanting to vote , and they happen wanting to vote, and they happen to want to vote for me or the republican party or whatever you want to, however you want to

phrase it. but i'm the one running and we are leading in every poll leading in the, every poll we're leading in the, uh, local polls and the state polls, and we're leading in the swing state polls and we're leading very big in the national polls. so it's been a very great honouh polls. so it's been a very great honour. we love the country . i honour. we love the country. i think the reason we have such big leads, frankly, is that they loved four years of us compared to the three years plus the three years that they've gone with biden, where you have open borders, you have crime . borders, you have crime. nobody's ever seen crime like this. what's happening? and now the crime is being committed, much of it by the migrants that have come in illegally to our country . uh, i was wondering country. uh, i was wondering about that. i said, you know, a lot of these people come out of jails, they come out of mental institutions, of institutions, they come out of places you want to places that you don't want to know even know know about. we don't even know where they come from. we don't know are, they know who they are, where they are. they're being dumped in from institutions, from mental institutions, from prisons jails and many prisons and jails and many terrorists are coming into our country. we're going to be paying country. we're going to be paying a big price. country. we're going to be

paying a big price . they have to paying a big price. they have to stop have to close the stop it. they have to close the border. the way, the border. by the way, the president can do just by president can do it just by saying, want border saying, i want the border closed. border. we closed. i closed the border. we had border the had the safest border in the history country. we history of our country. now we have the most unsafe border in the the world. the history of the world. there's been country there's never been a country with like this . not with a border like this. not even third world country . so even a third world country. so we again, we're going out to we are again, we're going out to nevada right now. we'll be out there. some of you are going to be out there with us. otherwise your colleagues will be and hopefully we're going to have a big night caucus tonight. right. we're have big we're going to have a very big night. we expect to have a very big uh, the virgin big night. uh, the virgin islands, know, also islands, as you know, are also very much in play today. so we'll hearing them we'll be hearing about them sometime later sometime during the day or later on in the evening. and it's an honour to have you at mar—a—lago. i hope you like it. uh, it's worth a little more than $18 million is another case. he says worth $18 million. i said . which, uh, which cabin i said. which, uh, which cabin are we talking about ? i said. which, uh, which cabin are we talking about? but that's the kind of. that's the kind of justice we have when they say that to try and build up a case.

that was a shame. um, but that gave so much when they said that was a shame. um, but that gave that) much when they said that was a shame. um, but that gave that gave:h when they said that was a shame. um, but that gave that gave up/hen they said that was a shame. um, but that gave that gave up/he much said that was a shame. um, but that gave that gave up/he much that! that. that gave up so much that mar—a—lago is worth $18 million ahead of the praise for as you know, 50 to 100 times that amount. but we have a judge that that's what he said, and he's supposed to be ruling on me , but supposed to be ruling on me, but who he'll be fair. who knows, maybe he'll be fair. i doubt it, but maybe he'll be fair. so i want to thank everybody. and by the way, we proved case 100% five times proved that case 100% five times over case is 100% proven. over that case is 100% proven. five times over. we've never seen anything like it. he just wouldn't dismiss it. no matter what. shouldn't it be it what. shouldn't it be there? it should the should have been in the commercial anyway . commercial division anyway. they, honour to have they, uh. it's an honour to have you. i look forward to having you. i look forward to having you and i'll probably see you again. and i'll probably see you again. and i'll probably see you out in nevada. you you out in nevada. thank you very mr ulez supreme court very much, mr ulez supreme court is said to be broadly sceptical in the early reporting about the effort to try and kick you off the ballot, having said that, though, speak to the argument, legal and otherwise, that your detractors have made leading up to the day , and it's an argument

to the day, and it's an argument that was given voice by mitch mcconnell , the senate republican mcconnell, the senate republican leader. not long. all right, i got it. i got the gist. no question. yeah, i got the gist. president trump is practically yes and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. he doesn't that anymore . so he doesn't say that anymore. so let you that let me just tell you that i heard and i watched . and the one heard and i watched. and the one thing i'll say is they kept saying about what said right saying about what i said right after the insurrection , because after the insurrection, because i think it was an insurrection caused by nancy pelosi . this was caused by nancy pelosi. this was an insurrection. if it was an insurrection, which there were no guns, there were no anything except for the fact that they shot ashli babbitt, somebody from the police force shot ashli babbitt. so so unnecessary, so sad, so horrible. but there were no guns. there were no anything . no guns. there were no anything. but if you take a look at my words right after you take a look at my speech from the rose garden, which was very shortly after, or you take a look at my i'm only on truth now, but at that time we were tweeting and i

was on twitter. if you take a look at those 5 or 6 tweets, you will see very beautiful , very will see very beautiful, very heartwarming statements . go heartwarming statements. go home. the police are doing their job. et cetera. et cetera. beautiful statements. if you see my statement made in the rose garden, i think you have to watch that, because today they said the words of trump. now, if you take a look at the words of democrats over the last period you take a look at the words of detime,|ts over the last period you take a look at the words of detime, look er the last period you take a look at the words of detime, look atthe last period you take a look at the words of detime, look at schumereriod of time, look at schumer statement about the supreme court steps of the court on the steps of the supreme court. he sounded like a mob boss. take a look at, uh , mob boss. take a look at, uh, any of them. take a look at any. we put together a tape of vicious, vile statements made by democrats. nobody brings that up. take a look at maxine waters and the vicious statements that she made. i didn't do that. i said peacefully and patriotically . the speech was patriotically. the speech was called peacefully and patriotically. it's pete. pete loyally and patriotically , he loyally and patriotically, he said. i said, bad statement. it was the exact opposite. so i

think you should take a look at the statements that i made , uh, the statements that i made, uh, before and after and you'll see a whole, a whole different . a whole, a whole different. >> and that's donald trump there at palm beach, florida , at palm beach, florida, commenting on the decision of the us supreme court ahead of that, considering if trump can stand in the 2024 presidential election in november. of course, he said of joe biden, we have the worst president in history. he can't even put two sentences together. all he does is meaninglessly drop bombs $1 million each for these bombs , he million each for these bombs, he warned. the middle east is blowing up. it's so unnecessary . blowing up. it's so unnecessary. um, and then he says here very quickly , we have the most unsafe quickly, we have the most unsafe border in the history of the world fighting talk as you'd expect from donald trump there in florida. now keir starmer isn't the only leader who's getting criticised for his climate policies . some tory getting criticised for his climate policies. some tory mps aren't happy with rishi sunak's green credentials either . aren't happy with rishi sunak's

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officials for proposing scrapping so—called boiler taxes meant to promote the use of expensive heat pumps . well, expensive heat pumps. well, dunng expensive heat pumps. well, during our to go over this is former conservative mp neil hamilton . former conservative mp neil hamilton. neil, former conservative mp neil hamilton . neil, welcome to the hamilton. neil, welcome to the show fans tastic to have you as ever. show fans tastic to have you as ever . so here we go show fans tastic to have you as ever. so here we go again. the tories are in turmoil. not about brexit but this time net zero targets and the boiler tax which was going to lump on £120 for every gas boiler in britain that's being ditched . the public that's being ditched. the public seemed to like it. the tories, however , they're falling out however, they're falling out about it. >> well, rishi sunak has woken up at last to the reality of this net zero nonsense. >> the vast costs which are going to be piled on to ordinary people in the middle of a cost of living crisis, you know , the of living crisis, you know, the cost of decommissioning gas in this country for power, for heating purposes by 2050 is going to be £74 billion. >> that's the cost will be

incurred in addition to the cost of installation of heat pumps. um you know, which would be 10,000 on average for ground source heat pumps, up to 20,000 for each air source heat pump. >> you know , these are figures >> you know, these are figures which are beyond the capacity of ordinary people to pay. >> um, you know, these these net zero fanatics who are posing sunak's proposal to get rid of this boiler tax aren't interested in ordinary people, of course, because they're not forced themselves to live on ordinary people's wages. >> and they believe in survival of the richest. that's what this policy is ultimately going to achieve, because we're massively increasing the cost of electricity generation and therefore heating and lighting costs , which are going to bear costs, which are going to bear most heavily upon the poorer people in this country. um, and all for what, you know, britain produces 1% of the world's co2 emissions. and even if we suddenly found . a great britain

suddenly found. a great britain were to disappear from the map, you would make zero difference to the amount of co2 in the atmosphere . because china, which atmosphere. because china, which is currently building 250 coal fired power stations , not just fired power stations, not just in china, but also in other countries around the world, would make up the difference. in a few months. >> is it what's been fascinating about this case, neil, is that the boiler industry got on a front foot and they were very, very open about the fact because of course, the government was saying you have make 4% of saying you have to make 4% of your sales non—gas boilers, heat pumps and the like by april or we'll fine you will slap you with a fine of three grand for every unit you sold. and they said, okay, well we just want to pass that cost to on the consumer. and they said very openly, if you're going to fine us, we're going to pass it to on the punter. at which point the punter started getting very angry the politicians the angry at the politicians and the policy has been dropped. it's a fantastic way of the industry to fight back. of course .

fight back. of course. >> well, it's obvious, isn't it? that's what you've got to do. but because nobody's buying heat pumps to start with, as, as we know nothing like the numbers which are required to meet the government's net zero commitment by 2050. >> and anyway, most of the houses and flats in this country are completely unsuited for heat pumps because they're not properly insulated and therefore heat pumps are massively inefficient in those circumstances . and of course, as circumstances. and of course, as power costs increase , it's power costs increase, it's because the government is deliberately making the national grid less efficient , not more efficient. >> then the efficiency of heat pumps goes in the opposite direction . direction. >> they work best and most commercially successfully in countries like norway, which have cheap and abundant hydropower and in countries like ours, where it's expensive to produce heat and light power, the heat pumps are very inefficient and very costly. in comparison .

comparison. >> okay. um, former conservative mp neil hamilton, we're going to have to leave it there. i just think the market should sort this out . i think the market should sort this out. i mean, if think the market should sort this out . i mean, if heat pumps this out. i mean, if heat pumps were effective and affordable and did their job, people would buy them . if electric cars were buy them. if electric cars were affordable and reliable and did theirjob, people would buy them. let the market decide. and how about a bit more carrot and a bit less stick? if people don't buy something, don't threaten them. don't find them. make it better. okay moving on. an illegal channel migrant living under a rowing boat can you believe this? says the police won't let him leave britain. you couldn't make it up. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel

moment we can't you're listening to gb news radio >> earlier on breakfast, maybe a reconciliation between the brothers, seeing as he was by himself in times of need. >> mhm. no, nothing . which is >> mhm. no, nothing. which is really, really sad.

>> we don't support war memorials being disrespected and we don't support people covering their face to get away with committing criminal activity. >> and that's why we're announcing these changes today. >> one elliott is >> the one thing elliott is right about is that there are rich people who are abusing loopholes to get away with this. >> that's what should be banned, not tax itself. not the tax itself. >> actually, the much better solution is simply to scrap inheritance , a load of young inheritance tax, a load of young women stadium . women into wembley stadium. >> and will stand there with a >> and i will stand there with a microphone . you are strong, microphone. you are strong, independent women. >> maths problem on >> now do your maths problem on this from six. >> it's breakfast on gb news. >> it's breakfast on gb news. >> now next monday, prime minister rishi sunak will appear in a special show on gb news. he'll be answering questions from you, the great british public. from you, the great british pubuc.the from you, the great british public. the only people who really matter . and you can be in really matter. and you can be in the audience. simply scan the qr code you can see on your screen

right now , or go to gbnews.com right now, or go to gbnews.com forward slash pm gb news people's forum . the prime people's forum. the prime minister will be live at 8 pm. next monday exclusively on gb news so get stuck in now . news so get stuck in now. earlier on in the show, we had a press conference from donald trump. he was live in florida speaking on the ruling to try and prevent him from standing in the presidential election in november. he was coming out with some astonishing stuff. i think it's worth going over of joe biden , he said. joe biden is the biden, he said. joe biden is the worst president in american history. he can't even put two sentences together . all he does sentences together. all he does is meaninglessly drop bombs. bombs that cost $1 million each. he then went on to say, we are heading towards world war iii. the middle east is blowing up andifs the middle east is blowing up and it's all so unnecessary .

and it's all so unnecessary. scary. he then ran lid about democracy and he's talking about the radical left weaponizing that. he said this i hope democracy in this country will continue to the radical left of weaponize his politics. and they're tearing this country apart . what he then went on to apart. what he then went on to talk about the border. and he said this we are leading in every poll. joe biden is afraid of me. and on border specifically, he ramped up the rhetoric because don't forget , rhetoric because don't forget, as we speak right now, there's a standoff with mexican standoff literary between texas and the it's literary between texas and the wsgmg literary between texas and the it's greg abbott there, the governor of texas who's in a standoff with president biden. national guard has been sent in from from florida. um ron desantis is sending his national guard to help in texas, things are getting so bad. 25 states

republican states in america have pledged allegiance with texas to send their national guard if necessary, to try and stop the chaos in the border. we had greg swenson , the chair of had greg swenson, the chair of republicans overseas , on the republicans overseas, on the show earlier this week, saying as many he reckons could be as high as 20 million of come over the border . the official figure the border. the official figure is between 8 to 10 million. the truth is they don't know how many people have come over the porous border, the unstoppably porous border, the unstoppably porous border, the unstoppably porous border on america's border with mexico . trump said border with mexico. trump said this. so clearly ramping up the rhetoric now ahead of that election, which promises to be the most explosive and controversial presidential election in american political history, perhaps even global political history, he said this we have open borders, much , much we have open borders, much, much committed. much of the crime in america is committed by migrants. they're being released

from jails, from mental institutions . he then said, we institutions. he then said, we have many , many terrorists have many, many terrorists pounng have many, many terrorists pouring into the united states . pouring into the united states. we have to close that border, he said. we must close the border. america depend upon it. and he said this. he rounded off by saying america has the most unsafe border in the history of the world. if you thought donald trump was going to be gagged, if you thought trump was going to be silenced, you're wrong. he came out blazing today in florida . he's seemingly florida. he's seemingly unstoppable in the republican republican primary , and the republican primary, and the smart money might be him as the next us president . anyway, i'm next us president. anyway, i'm signing off now. i've been martin daubney. i'll be back tomorrow three till six. right after this michelle dewberry with have a great with dewbs& co have a great evening . evening. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast east. further snow to come during the rest in north, but rest of today in the north, but rain generally elsewhere and it is turning milder from the south. what we've seen during the day is mild atlantic weather trying to push in from the south. cold air sitting to the north and in between the band of rain mixing and turning to sleet and snow in places. but through the evening. overnight, the snow will increasingly become confined to higher parts of northern england , southern northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. further disruption possible, but at lower levels . mostly it's at lower levels. mostly it's rain and a very mild end to the night across southern parts, with some heavy showers moving through cold in the far north of scotland, further snow scotland, with further snow showers. another centimetre or two. we're following two. but really we're following on friday. rain, sleet and snow as it pushes north into much of scotland and the far north of england and northern ireland,

the snow becoming confined to the snow becoming confined to the very tops of the hills for northern ireland. northern england, eventually rain england, before eventually rain takes but further takes over. but further disruptive is likely across disruptive snow is likely across eastern scotland, increasingly so later friday, whilst it's rain further south. further showers coming into much of central and southern england as well as wales. and that's how we're looking on saturday morning. very mild across england and wales. some sunny spells but also a showers spells but also a few showers further disruptive snow for eastern scotland before eventually the cold weather becomes confined to the far north of scotland. much milder this weekend. elsewhere that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of weather on

the right move from rishi or not, and labour's 28 billion a year on green investment will it happen once it happened? well now it seems apparently that no, it won't, but it's rishi's fault that it won't. of course it is. and sunak. speaking of him, he was asked whether or not he'd ever bring rishi sunak back to the cabinet a la david cameron . the cabinet a la david cameron. i've he didn't rule i've got to say he didn't rule it out. i meant boris , by the it out. i meant boris, by the way. so should he bring boris johnson into the cabinet or not? and do you think we need new measures to clamp down on face coverings fireworks coverings, fireworks and climbing war memorials during climbing on war memorials during protests ? yes or no? and last protests? yes or no? and last but not least, should passengers be weird when getting on a plane? and if so, to what end .