last night with forum started last night with the prime minister facing viewers, but how did he do.7 >> viewers, but how did he do? >> let's discuss later . and >> let's discuss later. and labour has finally withdrawn their support for rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali, piling the pressure on sir keir starmer. >> but labour's pat mcfadden sticks by the party leader, keir starmer takes his statements about changing the labour party, takes his statements about rooting anti—semitism out of the labour party extremely seriously. >> and even though this was a tough decision to take, he took it and in doing so, he knows he did the right thing. >> harry and meghan rebrand the couple have launched a new one stop shop website before they jet off to canada . in an jet off to canada. in an exciting development. you can keep track of all their activities and the former home secretary, suella braverman, she's rubbish. >> those claims from wildlife charities that the countryside is racist and colonial, she says. while people must not be made to feel guilty for being .

made to feel guilty for being. white what are your thoughts on all that and more? >> do let us know, won't you? gb views at gb news.com. we might even read out a couple of your pancake day jokes as well, particularly if they're better than pip's, which was terrible. let's get your headlines now. here's tatiana . pippa thank you here's tatiana. pippa thank you very much. >> your top stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister has defended his government's economic record during a live appearance on the gb news people's forum last night, rishi sunak told voters in north yorkshire that the government's economic plan was starting to work . he answered an array of work. he answered an array of unvetted questions on the economy, housing, education, tax, the nhs and even the covid 19 vaccine. the prime minister

said all the uk's economic indicators were heading in the right direction. plan is working. >> you can see that on the economy, you can see it in lower taxes. the alternative is going back to square one with the labour party. can't tell you what he's going to do differently. he doesn't have a plan and that means we won't get the change that our country deserves. that's the change. >> labour's leadership is facing questions after it withdrew its support for its rochdale by—election candidate, following remarks he made about israel. mr ali apologise after he was recorded at a meeting suggesting that israel had taken the october 7th hamas assault as a pretext to invade gaza. as such , pretext to invade gaza. as such, labour's been under pressure to expel him from the party. wage growth has slowed in the uk, with new figures showing it at its lowest level for more than a yeah its lowest level for more than a year. the office for national statistics found job vacancies also fell back once again as britain's job market cooled . on britain's job market cooled. on average, regular pay excluding bonuses, fell to 6.2% in the

last three months of last year, compared with the same period a year before . it's the slowest year before. it's the slowest growth since seen since october 2022. however, after taking price rises into account, pay went up by 1.9% for all the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com chocolates . news. com chocolates. >> chair mr chair malfunctions. sorry about that. i was very nearly on the floor. >> probably the best place for me. >> i'm looking way taller. i think. anyway, we'll sort that out. feel like. yeah, i need a bit more headroom there. but anyway, i will lower my stool shortly. welcome britain's shortly. welcome to britain's newsroom with andrew newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson. pip tomson i hope you're ready for it, because we're not. >> are now. we are now. >> we are now. we are now. now the is really the election year is really kicked hasn't it? with kicked off, hasn't it? with rishi sunak facing those undecided last undecided voters during last

night's news forum. yes >> our political editor christopher , looks back at christopher hope, looks back at the event . please welcome the the event. please welcome the prime minister, rishi sunak. >> prime minister rishi sunak put himself in front of the first ever gb news people's forum, and his message was don't risk his plan to improve the uk's prospects by voting labour at the general election expected within the next 12 months. >> at the end of it, either keir starmer or i am going to be prime minister right, and a vote for anyone who is not a conservative candidate is simply a vote to put keir starmer into number 10. so the and the pm used labour's crisis. >> are the rochdale by—election to illustrate why he thought voting for labour was such risk. >> keir starmer has been running around for the last year trying to tell everybody, okay, the labour party's changed right? well look what just happened in rochdale until as apparently literally five minutes before i walked on tonight under enormous media pressure, has decided to

change his mind. that's not principled . principled. >> he was a less sure ground over the nhs, a topic which was mentioned several times during the hour long grilling . and he the hour long grilling. and he had to admit that nhs waiting times would only fall if doctors stopped striking . stopped striking. >> look, we haven't made enough progress in spite of all those things i've told you about which is a lot the nhs is doing more than it's ever done before . we than it's ever done before. we haven't made enough of a dent in the waiting list. now we've practically the practically eliminated the number waiting . the number of people waiting. the longest years, one and longest two years, one and a half years. but overall, the waiting list has largely risen over the past year. the good news saw that it news is, though, we saw that it started fall because we started to fall because we didn't have strikes for a period at end of last year, and at the end of last year, and that has a real challenge. that has been a real challenge. and i'll just honest with you and i'll just be honest with you about november, about that. but in november, first we first month, where we had absolutely strikes the nhs absolutely no strikes in the nhs , do you know what the waiting list fell by 100,000. the conversation got heated when an audience member asked why the government hadn't done more to

address those injured by the covid vaccine . covid vaccine. >> i want you to look into my eyes, rishi sunak, and i want you to look at the pain, the trauma and the regret i have in my eyes. we have been left with no help at all. when are you going to start to do the right thing? the vaccine damage payment scheme is not fit for purpose. >> the prime minister was somewhat surprised that none of his audience members had asked a question cost of question about the cost of living i am genuinely living crisis. i am genuinely surprised we've had any surprised we've not had any questions the economy, the questions about the economy, the cost of living right ? cost of living right? >> so i'm just genuinely puzzled by that, right? here we go. so that the first time that would be the first time i've ever done one of these that hasn't come up. and i, i can't imagine all of you are really happy the you're happy about the tax you're paying happy about the tax you're paying want to paying and don't want to complain. i mean, no, no complain. well so i mean, no, no one got economy cost of one got an economy cost of living tax, right? here we go. now now got some people. now now we've got some people. >> and if nothing else, >> right. and if nothing else, the questions the variety of the questions offered minister at offered to the prime minister at the people's forum shall a the people's forum shall be a challenging year for him, as he seeks convince voters seeks to convince voters that after in power, the

after 14 years in power, the tories worth a fifth tum in . office. >> so what did you make of it? what did you make of it, mr man? i mean, do you think he's improved his electoral chances ? improved his electoral chances? >> yes, at all i do, because there's a there's a lot to lose in these things. it can go horribly wrong. big there was no gaffe. i think he's quite. he was quite smooth. perhaps bit was quite smooth. perhaps a bit too smooth. um, but i think he's a nice bloke . and i think that a nice bloke. and i think that came over. he didn't seem. i mean, labour will go on and on about privileged and rich about he's privileged and rich and possibly know how and couldn't possibly know how it for people in the cost of it is for people in the cost of living but no, think living crisis. but no, i think it was right. and i think it was all right. and i think one suggested that 50% one poll suggested that 50% approval audience, and approval from that audience, and most of them, when they went in, hadnt most of them, when they went in, hadn't made their up. so hadn't made their mind up. so i think did right. think he did all right. >> yeah. although felt >> yeah. although i felt a little like when you saw little bit like when you saw andrew, andrew, your andrew, chris, christopher hope, our political popping chris, christopher hope, our politica as popping chris, christopher hope, our politica as they popping chris, christopher hope, our politica as they cameopping chris, christopher hope, our politica as they came out. ng chris, christopher hope, our politica as they came out. i] chris, christopher hope, our politica as they came out. i felt people as they came out. i felt a lot of them were just quite underwear and they didn't think he was bad, but they didn't. they didn't really have a spring

in their step, did they? they weren't sort of saying, oh, we loved loved what he had to loved we loved what he had to say. and what did we learn? did we learn anything more about the prime minister? no >> did didn't didn't we? >> and we did didn't didn't we? and there was no there was no giveaway. there was no big policy i wouldn't policy announcement. i wouldn't have expected that in that forum. , but he forum. um, but, uh, but he i think he handled himself and, and he has been criticised for being somewhat tetchy quite often in interviews with the media. >> he didn't come across as tetchy at all. he did. he did come across as very pleasant. i found him, i found him quite warm. he just didn't seem like a fighter. he didn't seem like he does. he on the front foot does he? he a charismatic leader ? >> is he a charismatic leader? charismatic? wouldn't say charismatic , no. charismatic, no. >> he's very. he's very polite. yeah. uh let's talk to someone else who's very polite and that is our political editor, christopher hope, who is in county durham for us this morning where that people's forum talk took place. well, christopher , you're in a better christopher, you're in a better position than us to tell us your

observation . what do you make of observation. what do you make of rishi sunak's performance . rishi sunak's performance. >> well, morning, morning, andrew. yeah, pip, i think you make a very good point there. that long line of people i interviewed as they left the big club in newton aycliffe last night, they weren't that convinced, but they did. did convinced, but they did. we did a straw they left where a straw poll as they left where they put, um, lolly sticks into boxes. saying who they'd like boxes. um saying who they'd like to vote for . 50% came out for to vote for. 50% came out for the tory party in that in that straw poll 36% undecided, 14 for another party. and they went in there undecided or not committed to a party. so i think number 10 will say that's a job. well done. and the idea, i think, behind it was to show off the mr sunak that that i am privileged to see in my role as political edhon to see in my role as political editor, someone who is passionate about cutting taxes, is passionate about dealing with the small boats crisis, trying to help get people treated more quickly on the nhs if they can get past the strike action. um, he often in those, uh , he often in those, uh, interviews journalists you

interviews with journalists you see hear radio and see on tv and hear on radio and on gb news, sometimes he can come across as a bit on the back foot, a bit, a bit a bit, uh, maybe tetchy as the word. i think you saw a more relaxed sunak amongst people who he felt he could win around with his obvious think obvious decency. and i think that thought you also that worked. i thought you also saw about what's coming saw a clue about what's coming up in the general election campaign, had a go at campaign, when he had a go at keir starmer for having a go at his parents, sunak's parents, his parents, mr sunak's parents, for to winchester for sending him to winchester private school. um of course we know that labour want to add vat to private school if they to private school fees if they win power , and he sees that as win power, and he sees that as an on his parents. that an attack on his parents. that was fascinating. overall was fascinating. the overall message, though, was stick with the give time. the plan. it's give it time. there's pandemic , nick. there's been a pandemic, nick. there's been a pandemic, nick. there's been a pandemic, nick. there's been an energy shock caused by the war in ukraine. if they can get past this, the tories might be worth a bet for an unprecedented fifth time in government and labour. well, are you saying don't it all on you saying don't risk it all on labour and almost to emphasise his point, we saw the drama overnight rochdale, where overnight from rochdale, where the party has disowned its

by—election candidate and given away a 9000 vote majority to an independent. unbelievable i've never seen anything like that in my 20 years covering politics, andrew may have done. of course i haven't . i haven't. >> i haven't quite right. chris. interesting that's chris no, unprecedented. i mean, they're in impossible position in an impossible position because he still because technically he is still the labour candidate, the the labour candidate, but the party from the labour candidate, but the partjeven from the labour candidate, but the partjeven though from the labour candidate, but the partjeven though after from the labour candidate, but the partjeven though after these from him even though after these allegations allegations, evidence of his vile anti—semitism came to light saturday evening. mail on sunday, labour stuck by him and wheeled out front benches to support him. yeah, astonishing . support him. yeah, astonishing. >> let's get on to this. but christopher hope, our political edhon christopher hope, our political editor, get the warm now. editor, you get in the warm now. thanks. so much for that thanks. thanks so much for that and for all your hard work last night. so yes, overnight labour withdrew their support for azhar ali. ali. there candidate for the rochdale by—election and it was over. his anti—semitic comments about the october the 7th attacks in israel. >> so technically he is the labour candidate because you can't you can't withdraw. it's

too late. the ballot papers have been printed , so if he wins, he been printed, so if he wins, he will be in the commons as an independent mp. >> but is he going to win ? >> but is he going to win? joining us now is the labour mp for birmingham selly oak steve mccabe. good morning to you steve. chris hope was just saying there. and andrew that they've never known anything like this before where a by—election candidate has had to withdraw like this or labour has withdrawn their support, have you any knowledge of this happening before and what is your reaction to it ? your reaction to it? >> uh, well, i can't recall ever happening before. uh you know, it's obviously difficult and embarrassing for the labour party, but, uh, i mean, i think we are confronted with a situation like this . you don't situation like this. you don't have a choice. and you have to do what you believe to be right. but, steve, the trouble is, it's taken them too long to get on with it, hasn't it?

>> it broke on saturday night. this story , pat mcfadden, who's this story, pat mcfadden, who's one of your most reliable media performers, was all over the radio and on sunday saying radio and tv on sunday saying absolutely going to absolutely fine. we're going to stick he the victim. stick by him. he was the victim. he for some online he fell for some online conspiracy rubbish. and then, of course, to course, more stuff comes to light and they throw light last night and they throw him a the equivalent of him under a the equivalent of throw him under a political bus. 48 dither, and 48 hours of dither, delay and indecision starmer . indecision by keir starmer. >> well, i don't think that's how i would see it, andrew. i mean , you know, i've been mean, you know, i've been involved in by elections where allegations have been made about candidates sometimes you have to weigh up, uh , you know, how weigh up, uh, you know, how important it is. >> what else , uh, is influencing >> what else, uh, is influencing it? i think the issue i mean, i don't know, mr ali at all, but i think the issue is that initially people were prepared to give the man the benefit of the doubt and accept his apology in good faith. but i think when the further revelations came to light that that was just the end

of it . of it. >> well, steve, can i ask you if you were a voter in that constituency, would you vote for him on the day of the by—election or would you spoil your ballot paper because he's, um, he's anti—semitic for sure . um, he's anti—semitic for sure. >> well, i mean, obviously i have no idea what the voters in that constituency will do. i feel very sorry for them . i feel very sorry for them. i mean, they've lost a really respect . mp and tony lloyd, respect. mp and tony lloyd, someone who was admired and respected across the house of commons and now we've been faced with virtually no choice at all. uh, i think it's a terrible situation . situation. >> you didn't answer the question . question. >> well, i mean, as i say, i don't i wouldn't vote for him. if you're asking me directly. no if you're asking me directly. no i wouldn't very interesting. >> all right. that's steve mccabe always tells it as it is labour mp for selly oak. interesting. wouldn't support the guy who was until he was on the guy who was until he was on the ballot paper as the candidate. absolutely. >> and don't forget, there's two former labour party. uh on

candidates who are on the ballot papen candidates who are on the ballot paper. now, let's have a look. we have to read all the candidates out. >> that is the law in the rochdale by—election. so they are, ali, who is still are, as are ali, who is still the official labour party candidate. mark coleman, independent danczuk independent simon danczuk reform uk ian donaldson, liberal democrat ellison , conservative. >> george galloway , workers >> george galloway, workers party britain michael party of britain michael howarth, independent william howarth, independent william howarth, independent. guy otten , howarth, independent. guy otten, green party, ravin, rodents , the green party, ravin, rodents, the official monster raving loony david tully, independent. >> up next, we'll be joined by a leading political presentation coach to give his expert opinion. how did rishi perform at the gb news people's forum last night? a leader, a man of the people. what do you think? you, as britain's

>> welcome back to britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and pip tomson let's get back to the

people's forum, which , uh, people's forum, which, uh, garnered a lot of interest overnight. how did rishi sunak do in that hour long forum from county durham ? well, we're county durham? well, we're delighted to be joined in the studio by political presentation coach graham davis. now graham has advised the likes of sajid javid, kemi badenoch and michael gove. >> what did you think , graham? morning. >> well, an unlikely set of congratulations means congratulations means congratulations to gb news for smashing through the tv format sound barrier. >> yeah, a pm unmoored , >> yeah, a pm unmoored, operated, unfiltered. unleash it, but also bigger. congratulate to rishi sunak for having the sheer cojones to do it because it's a risk, isn't it? >> we are talking about this yesterday. it's a it's a huge risk. it could if there's a big policy gaffe or a clanger or if he was somebody in the audience took him on. but he, he well, at one point we did think somebody in the audience was going to take him on. >> well, of course the problem

for is that they for politicians is that they don't really speak to human beings all that well. >> right. and he did as well as any politician has ever seen. and also so he did better than any other current mp could, including all the senior members of his own party. so he really made sure that he made the most of the occasion on and also in the current climate, bearing in mind that on your slightly small sample straw poll, he got 50% of the vote at the end and the opposition only getting 14% of the vote. yeah, at the moment a win of any sort must be a good thing. >> and now you've been coaching politicians for years. did you detect signs that he'd been coached? >> we actually saw we actually saw the raw, real, genuine rishi sunak last night. >> there were a few texts. there were a few problems. he had that actually showed that he hadn't been coached in some ways, the continuous use of the word raw ,

right? >> oh, you're drove me nuts . >> oh, you're drove me nuts. >> oh, you're drove me nuts. >> yes, indeed. i think he said it probably about 100 times dunng it probably about 100 times during the 60 minutes. but the thing is, for rishi, that is his tell in a poker sense. when he's really trying hard to get through to an individual or to an audience, that's the indication that he's making as much effort as he can. >> we're talking a lot about him. we haven't seen him, so let us just zoom in on some of the highlights from last night. so this is when the prime minister is answering a question about rwanda. have a listen. >> great question. right. i'm sure this is on all of your minds. so i might take a few extra minutes if that's all right. to stephen, kind of get into this properly. why why did i stopping the boats was one i say stopping the boats was one of my five priorities, right? is because illegal because i think illegal migration is profoundly unfair, right? i actually think our country is based on a sense of fairness, right ? we are a people

fairness, right? we are a people that we wait our turn. we put in our fair share. we play by the rules , right? and illegal rules, right? and illegal migration actually breaks that sense of fairness . it erodes a sense of fairness. it erodes a sense of fairness. it erodes a sense of fairness. it erodes a sense of trust in our system. >> he sidestepped. it really . >> he sidestepped. it really. and i heard three rights in that sentence as well. >> yes, it comes across as a sidestep. but remember , this is sidestep. but remember, this is somebody who went to stanford and oxford. he does have a certain academic approach. he has the urge always to give the factual and intellectual context before giving an answer, especially in this format, which gives him the chance to have a lengthy answer. and unrwa. fortunately, it sometimes comes across as evasion and avoidance , across as evasion and avoidance, and it was only in the last 30s of that three minute answer that he really eventually got to the point >> yeah, okay, let's go to the next one. now this is possibly the liveliest part of the people's forum forum. it was about sorry to hear about listening your personal circumstances and you said

someone over here also seems to have suffered by the similar by similar thing. >> now obviously i don't know about the individual situation in that you're in and well silence. >> well, i don't social media and everything. okay. we are silence . we are the most silence. we are the most silenced people in this country. silence >> so how do you think he dealt with that sort of challenge? >> well, bearing in mind that the chap, fortunately was in the back row as opposed to the first row, there was a moment of sort of nuclear excitement when we thought that there might actually have been some form of physical as opposed to a verbal confrontation . the way that he confrontation. the way that he deau confrontation. the way that he dealt with it. you could actually sense that it did get through to sunak any barriers that he had between him and the audience, interestingly, were rather shattered by that. and he was clearly a bit shocked. clearly a bit flustered, but got control . but he took back control. but he took back control. but he took back control very quickly. and indeed we did see a human being managing to manage the

circumstances really quite well, but not in a smooth, glib way. we've got to ask mark out of ten exactly marks out of ten for sunak seven, with births of 7.5 or even eight. >> that's not bad, is it? when you come back and talk to us to again, be delighted to and we'll see if keir starmer does the same thing. >> well, i bet you won't. come on here. come on gb news any time we'll arrange a forum. >> go anywhere because >> don't go anywhere because very farage will very shortly nigel farage will give take on rishi sunak's give his take on rishi sunak's performance the people's performance at the people's forum. won't to miss forum. you won't want to miss that. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of whether on . gb solar sponsors of whether on. gb news. good morning. >> welcome to your latest gb news weather update with me, annie from the met office. after an early some early sunshine rain will spread eastwards through course of the day rain will spread eastwards thro it h course of the day rain will spread eastwards thro it will course of the day rain will spread eastwards thro it will turn|rse of the day rain will spread eastwards thro it will turn much the day rain will spread eastwards thro it will turn much mildery rain will spread eastwards thro it will turn much milder as and it will turn much milder as well. so still some sunshine to

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gb news. >> good morning. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with pip tomson and andrew pierce. it is 10 am. on tuesday the 13th of february, and the people's forum. >> the prime minister faced undecided voters on gb news last night. how did he come across a man of the people , a great man of the people, a great leader, nigel farage, is going to give his verdict very soon. >> labour withdraws their support for rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali, piling the pressure on sir keir starmer. labour's pat mcfadden stands by

the party leader, keir starmer takes his statements about changing the labour party, takes his statements about rooting anti—semitism out of the labour party extremely seriously. >> and even though this was a tough decision to take, he took it and in doing so knows he did. >> harry and meghan rebrand the couple have launched a new one stop shop website website before they jet off to canada. it's an exciting development. apparently you keep track their you can keep track of all their activities. wait , the activities. i can't wait, the justice secretary seeking an urgent meeting with the parole board after it granted double child killer colin pitchfork an appeal to reconsider his case, and the former home secretary, suella braverman has rubbished claims from those wildlife charities that the countryside is racist and colonial. she pleads white people must not be made to feel guilty for being .

white. >> lots of your thoughts coming in already. this morning, especially on the prime minister's performance at the people's forum last night. keep all your comments coming in gb views gbnews.com. we're going to be reading out some of them very, very shortly after your latest headlines with tatiana . pip. >> thank you. 10:01, your top stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister's defended his government's economic record dunng his government's economic record during a live appearance on the gb news people's forum last night. rishi sunak told voters in county durham that the government's economic plan was starting to work. he answered an array of unvetted questions on the economy, housing, education, tax, the nhs and even the covid 19 vaccine on the prime minister told the people's forum all the uk's economic indicators were heading in the right direction . heading in the right direction. >> plan is working. you can see that on the economy, you can see

it in lower taxes. the alternative is going back to square one with the labour party. you can't tell you what he's going differently. he he's going to do differently. he doesn't have a plan. and that means won't the change means we won't get the change that country deserves. that our country deserves. that's change i want to that's the change that i want to deliver for all of you. >> labour has withdrawn support for rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali over comments he made about israel . comments he made about israel. mr ali apologised after he was recorded at a meeting suggesting israel had taken the october 7th hamas assault as a pretext to invade gaza . as such, labour's invade gaza. as such, labour's been under pressure to expel him from the party. labour mp steve mccabe told gb news he would not vote for mr ali. >> i've been involved in by elections where allegations have been made about candidates, sometimes you have to weigh up, uh , you know, how important it uh, you know, how important it is. what else , uh, is is. what else, uh, is influencing it ? i is. what else, uh, is influencing it? i think is. what else, uh, is influencing it ? i think the influencing it? i think the issue i mean , i don't know, mr issue i mean, i don't know, mr ali at all, but i think the issue is that initially people

were prepared to give the man the benefit of the doubt and accept his apology in good faith. but i think when the further revelations came to light that that was just the end of it . of it. >> wage growth has slowed in the uk, with new figures showing it at its lowest level for more than a year. the office for national statistics found job vacancies also fell back once again as britain's job market cooled. on average, regular pay, excluding bonuses, fell to 6.2% in the final last three months of last year, compared with the same period a year ago. it's the slowest growth since october 2022. however after taking price rises into account, pay went up by 1.9. employer owners and landlords who allow illegal immigrants to work for them or rent their properties will face much tougher penalties. fines for rogue businesses employing undocumented migrants have tripled the biggest rise in more than a decade . the penalty for a

than a decade. the penalty for a company hiring an illegal migrant has risen to a maximum of 45,000 for each worker for a first breach, it could increase to 60,000 for repeated breaches . to 60,000 for repeated breaches. ministers believe the crackdown will help reduce the pull factor for migrants considering crossing into the uk illegally . crossing into the uk illegally. the housing secretary is going to put pressure on london as he pushes for all local councils in the capital to build more homes. michael gove wants all councils in england, in fact, to build homes on brownfield sites under new plans. it's part of a wider effort by the conservatives to boost house building with younger voters in particular expressing concerns about the difficulty of getting on to the housing ladder under recently proposed reforms, it will become harder for the largest city councils to refuse construction on previously developed brownfield land if local housing targets aren't met. housing minister leigh rowley admitted to us earlier house building has

slowed and the government needs to go further with our urban areas, some of where there is lots of brownfield sites are just not building enough. >> the mayor of london, where i'm standing today, he's not built enough houses in the past few years, so we absolutely need to build more homes, but we want to build more homes, but we want to in the right to build them in the right place. where where councils place. and where where councils where mayors are doing the where mayors are not doing the right we need to hold right thing. we need to hold them the bar for them to account. the bar for refusal brownfield site refusal on brownfield site should to go higher, and should need to go higher, and it's of our long terme it's all part of our long terme plan for housing. it's about showing the government showing that the government is serious about tackling the challenges that we are seeing . challenges that we are seeing. >> and 12 people have been injured after a fire broke out at a water park in sweden. the oceana water park is a recent addition to the larger amusement park, with the water slides due to be opened to the public later this year. footage shows the sudes this year. footage shows the slides engulfed in flames while several firefighting vehicles surrounded the area. thick plumes of smoke were seen billowing from the water slides

as they toppled over from the heat. officers evacuated a hotel and nearby offices, warning residents to stay inside because of the smoke. the cause is still unknown . for all the latest unknown. for all the latest stories you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or you can code on your screen or you can 90 code on your screen or you can go to gb news. common alerts. now it's back to andrew and . pip now it's back to andrew and. pip >> thanks, tatiana. welcome back to britain's newsroom. let's see what you've been saying at home about this people's forum last night. susan, good morning. uh, capital letters, wishy washy. rishi you say you thought he was a let down, totally underwhelmed . he did not say anything. he has not said dozens of times before. not a leader. and totally out of touch with real people. >> and irene says waste of time. >> and irene says waste of time. >> sunak was like a school teacher, lecturer in the class. everything he said was what he always says, and we've heard it so many times. the audience was

an only an only one guy who who had guts challenge him an only an only one guy who who had the guts challenge him an only an only one guy who who had the gutswho hallenge him an only an only one guy who who had the gutswho talkedge him an only an only one guy who who had the gutswho talked about was the one who talked about covid bill miller for the first time in a long time. covid bill miller for the first timyou a long time. covid bill miller for the first timyou say»ng time. covid bill miller for the first tim you say you ime. covid bill miller for the first tim you say you feel covid bill miller for the first timyou say you feel proud covid bill miller for the first tim you say you feel proud to covid bill miller for the first timyou say you feel proud to be >> you say you feel proud to be a rishi sunak came over a tory. rishi sunak came over answering questions honesty answering questions with honesty and integrity and with a genuine sense that he said is sense that what he said is what he meant and alison's a fan too, she says sunak presented well. >> as for the angry guy, he should have restrained himself. i don't that. i mean, if you i don't buy that. i mean, if you want to be angry, be angry. >> it would not matter >> laura. it would not matter who is leader, they'd not get things done because many the things done because many of the party them are not true party behind them are not true conservatives. i really hope party behind them are not true conse faragei. i really hope party behind them are not true conse farage doesn't/ hope party behind them are not true conse farage doesn't join )e party behind them are not true conse farage doesn't join the nigel farage doesn't join the tory nothing tory party. they'll have nothing to fear of him once they can control him, they'll go control him, and they'll go against every turn, then against him at every turn, then spit out he's lost credibility. >> well, who can control nigel farage? let's ask. >> well, who can control nigel far'speaking ask. >> well, who can control nigel far'speaking of k. >> well, who can control nigel far'speaking of nigel we >> speaking of nigel farage, we are to be speaking to him are going to be speaking to him now, and he is joining now, and i think he is joining us from westminster. very good morning to you, nigel. great to see you this morning. good morning. what did you make of it then. morning. what did you make of it then . from a tv perspective,

then. from a tv perspective, from a gb news perspective live it worked. >> the audience were genuinely undecided. and that was the object of the exercise . um, so object of the exercise. um, so i think that was good. and i'm sure that now keir starmer will accept our invitation. that's good to as far as sunak himself was concerned. well, actually , was concerned. well, actually, he in many ways the format suhed he in many ways the format suited him. i mean, the first question in cricketing terms was a dolly drop, wasn't it? you know, somebody from darling said, oh, i've been there today. we've moved tax office there. we've moved to tax office there. uh, he was approachable enough, but i thought the answers were all very familiar. but i thought the answers were all very familiar . you know, all very familiar. you know, we've heard every single one of them before. they get repeated over and over and over. uh, but the problem with the downside was he wasn't challenged . he was he wasn't challenged. he says we're cutting your taxes. well, no, actually, you're dragging millions into the 40% tax band. he goes on saying, we're cutting the debt. no you are not cutting the debt. um, you know, on stop the boats. oh, well, you know, suddenly 25,000

young men coming illegally is seen to be a victory. and there was no there was no method given , no way of anyone coming back at him. so i think he had a very soft run. i don't think he will have left it feeling pretty happy. >> and because yes . and i mean, >> and because yes. and i mean, you saw that straw poll night, albeit a very small basis. it was an undecided audience . 50% was an undecided audience. 50% backed him. i think downing street would take that as a victory . victory. >> um. oh i agree. >> um. oh i agree. >> no, look, it was a good evening for sunak. he was able to put out the standard spin messages without being challenged. the format suited him just as it will suit starmer. you know, if you don't have an interlocutor, a sort of you know, alastair stewart type in the middle , then they can get in the middle, then they can get away with saying pretty much anything. >> you say that you're pretty sure sir keir starmer will will do the same thing, and he will take part in a people's forum. how do you think he would fare ?

how do you think he would fare? do you think he's more comfortable in front of an audience than rishi sunak is? >> i don't know , i mean, let's >> i don't know, i mean, let's face it, you know, he did stand up in court for many, many years in front of judges, jurors and packed courtrooms and deliver. so you would have thought he could manage, you know, a gb news people. um, news audience of 100 people. um, look you starmer comes look, you know, starmer comes across often as being very wooden . sunak can come across as wooden. sunak can come across as being a bit insincere. uh, you know, neither of them are gifted, natural leaders. i mean, that's certainly true , but i that's certainly true, but i don't think starmer would would have anything to from have anything to fear from coming on. that's the point i'm making, you know, if anything, if anything, the format proved to gentle um, apart to be too gentle. um, apart from our north of the border our friend north of the border who very, very upset , our friend north of the border who very, very upset, uh, who was very, very upset, uh, about covid harms . and wasn't it about covid harms. and wasn't it surprising how many of the audience agreed with him? yeah >> did you learn anything from it? nigel about the character or the performance of rishi sunak that you know that perhaps you didn't know before evening ? before the evening? >> not a single thing.

before the evening? >> not a single thing . what >> not a single thing. what i learned was that he has his stock lines as they are all inversions and twists of the truth. he's the biggest spinner since blair. uh, but he just thinks if you repeat the same line over and over and over , in line over and over and over, in the end, people will start to believe you. the big disappointment was some of the questions. nothing on the massive legal net migration into the united kingdom. nothing on energy bills and the plan to build 18,000 wind turbines, which is still conservative party policy. they need to be subsidised by all of you sitting at home and surprisingly, nothing on the international situation. you know , whether it situation. you know, whether it be gaza, ukraine, even the threat to taiwan and the current desperate state of the army, air force and navy, those things surprise me. i would like to have seen him answer some of those questions. >> i mean, it's so hard, isn't it,— >> i mean, it's so hard, isn't it, to get all the questions into the time that was that was had. but yeah, it was it was

quite funny with with the box. he really did not want to put his hand in that to box answer a question. you know, it was it was thought was going was like he thought it was going to a celeb challenge to be an i'm a celeb challenge or something . or something. >> yeah, well, i'd know all about that. of course. um, look, you know, i'm sure he walked off last night thinking, phew , i'm last night thinking, phew, i'm glad that's over. he would, you know, for someone like sunak , know, for someone like sunak, that would be an ordeal. but an ordeal that he pretty much sailed through. he wasn't challenged on many of his key assertions , which are wrong. um, assertions, which are wrong. um, it was a good night for him. it was a good night for gb news us. did we learn anything new about him? his personality or his policies? no >> can i also ask you, nigel, the big political story was , of the big political story was, of course, keir starmer's belated decision to withdraw support from that anti—semite candidate in the rochdale by—election. too little, too late , wasn't it? little, too late, wasn't it? they had 48 hours in which they could have struck him down. >> yeah. here's pat mcfadden

spinning for labour this morning. we've been decisive. we've done the right thing. well no you didn't, um, just shows what a terrible pickle they're in, aren't you know, they in, aren't they? you know, they they , under mr blair's they, under mr blair's leadership, encouraged mass migration. and they got one particular group coming into this country from pakistan , this country from pakistan, mostly, and that's the muslim vote , 85 to 90% of it was voting vote, 85 to 90% of it was voting labour until this moment. suddenly over gaza, they are facing all sorts of challenges . facing all sorts of challenges. l, facing all sorts of challenges. i, i suspect it that to try and not be anti—semitic , um, or seen not be anti—semitic, um, or seen to be anti—semitic and to keep those mass millions of muslim votes is going to prove to be long terme impossible for laboun long terme impossible for labour. they may just about hold it together this side of a general election . longer terme. general election. longer terme. it is a disaster for the party, and i promise you this , within and i promise you this, within 2 or 3 years we will have religious sectarian politics in our country, represented in westminster . it gives

our country, represented in westminster. it gives me no pleasure to say that. but i can see it clear as day . see it clear as day. >> very, very ominous. yeah >> very, very ominous. yeah >> i mean, do you do you think overall it will affect the labour vote? nigel, when it comes to the election? because this is a you know, the biggest crisis, isn't it, for keir starmer in his time as labour leader so far , i suspect in leader so far, i suspect in a general election where we see sectarian candidates who are putting the interests of gaza above the interests of, i don't know, tower hamlets or whatever it may be. >> um, my suspicion is that for this general election that will take place in constituencies where labour already has a 20,000 majority dodi do you see the point i'm making? yes, there will be significant protest votes, but not enough to unseat labour mps at this stage. but i can see. i can see going on to the general election after this , the general election after this, a very, very different political situation in many of our inner cities and towns in the north of england. >> fascinating . all right.

>> fascinating. all right. that's nigel farage of course. he'll be with us here on lbc, at lbc, gb news where are you that he was on there years ago. who are lbc gb news at 7 pm. tonight. now here are the candidates standing in the rochdale by—election. azhar ali, who is still the official labour party candidate even though they've withdrawn his support. mark coleman, independent simon danczuk donaldson, danczuk reform uk ian donaldson, liberal ellison , liberal democrat paul ellison, conservative galloway , conservative george galloway, workers party of britain michael howarth, independent william howarth, independent william howarth , independent. howarth, independent. >> otten, green party . >> guy otten, green party. ravin, rodent sabatina , official ravin, rodent sabatina, official monster raving loony dave tully, independent. >> well to discuss the impact of rishi sunak's performance last night, we are joined, delighted to say in the studio by the director of jl partners and pollster scarlett mccgwire scarlet. watching it for me, scarlet. um, watching it for me, i've watched a lot of these. i think that in number 10 they'll think that in number 10 they'll think it's okay. there were no major gaffes, no blunders , and major gaffes, no blunders, and if straw poll , very small if straw poll, very small audience, of course. 50% approval job done, job sort of

donei approval job done, job sort of done i think. >> yes, i think he's exceeded the sort of quite low bar. i think he set himself in some ways in recent weeks in that you're right, it was gaffe free. definitely no disaster, no sort of clippable moments for of awful clippable moments for him that people would share and say, is such bad say, oh no, this is such bad news. so on that front, good, um, winning half the um, winning round half the audience. even audience. yes. good but even that, that to be that, even if that was to be extrapolate across, you know, sort the undecided voters sort of all the undecided voters in think that in the country don't think that would be enough to really would quite be enough to really turn things for him. turn things around for him. >> obviously do not know yet >> we obviously do not know yet exactly election is, exactly when the election is, but know it is this so but we know it is this year. so at the stage we are at should it should have been expected should more have been expected from than, well, was from it than, oh well, it was gaffe free so that's okay. surely you would want him to make more of an impact than that. think that's that. yes, i think that's exactly it. >> and i think they're running out of time. so yes, it's all very well getting through sort of um, as nigel of plain sailing, um, as nigel farage there, farage was just saying there, but absolutely, think they're farage was just saying there, but alto lutely, think they're farage was just saying there, but alto need, think they're farage was just saying there, but alto need some1k they're farage was just saying there, but alto need some quite y're farage was just saying there, but alto need some quite sort of going to need some quite sort of more interventions to more dramatic interventions to really their fortunes around. so that would we've got >> so that would we've got a budget next week, next budget coming up next week, next

month. that's that month. scarlett. that's is that last saloon the tories. >> um, it's i feel like we've already been through a bit of last chance saloon. >> tory conference is meant to be last chance. >> then autumn >> exactly. and then the autumn statement meant be. statement was meant to be. and we all these resets. and we have all these resets. and i think actually the autumn statement provides a sort of warning lesson for them in a way, because they obviously introduced cut in introduced that 2% cut in national that national insurance and that doesn't anything at doesn't have done anything at all. if was inside, all. and so if i was inside, you'd be thinking, what? what can do that is going to can we do that is going to change conversation here? change the conversation here? i guess only hope that guess their only hope is that keir starmer has not great keir starmer has not had a great few they're few days. um, maybe they're hoping that splits in the labour party begin um, of party begin to, um, sort of emerge, that labour party emerge, that the labour party continued some unforced continued to make some unforced errors at the moment errors because at the moment they've disproportionately errors because at the moment they'vion disproportionately errors because at the moment they'vion conservative ately errors because at the moment they'vion conservative side. heavy on the conservative side. but referring but even then, nigel, referring to issue, there are to the muslim issue, there are three mps currently three labour mps currently suspended of perceived suspended because of perceived anti—semitic comments, which they course, and we've they deny, of course, and we've seen more candidates they deny, of course, and we've see being more candidates they deny, of course, and we've see being forward :andidates they deny, of course, and we've see being forward as didates are being put forward as independent candidates independent muslim candidates in labour held seats. >> for instance, >> wes streeting, for instance, the shadow health secretary one of their has got one and of their stars, has got one and he's a majority only he's got a majority of only 5000. could they an impact

5000. could they make an impact at the election, or is nigel it could election could probably be the election after. >> yeah, know. i think >> yeah, i don't know. i think it's of too far in the it's sort of too far in the future to look maybe at the election after this time round. i mean, there's of i mean, there's a couple of mps that think, um, think are that you think, um, i think are very about their seats. very worried about their seats. in fact, if anything, i think it's probably more places like, um, where all um, bristol where they're all labour threat labour already facing a threat from greens. greens did from the greens. the greens did very well there last time around. be looking to around. they'll be looking to improve on this time improve on that this time around. they can around. and then if they can also about also play into anxieties about the then the israel—gaza conflict, then that might stand the greens in good um, um, but i'm not good stead. um, um, but i'm not sure whether we'll see sure this time whether we'll see a impact and sunak a big impact and rishi sunak talked about if you talked last night about if you do not vote tory, you're going to vote to labour. to give a vote to labour. >> sorry, give a vote >> yeah. sorry, not give a vote to give a vote to reform to labour. give a vote to reform and labour will get in. so vote reform you're going get reform you're going to get laboun reform you're going to get labour. you think that is labour. do you think that is cutting to the public. exactly. >> so i don't think that message is cutting through the public is cutting through to the public yet. think been yet. but i think it's been interesting we've seen interesting because we've seen number that. really. number 10 pivot to that. really. i they've actually i think they've actually basically, like basically, um, it look like they've of given up on the

they've sort of given up on the ones we've already gone to laboun ones we've already gone to labour, conservatives, ones we've already gone to labour, lostconservatives, ones we've already gone to labour, lost to 1servatives, ones we've already gone to labour, lost to labour,'es, they've lost to labour, they think, they're staying they've lost to labour, they think,and they're staying they've lost to labour, they think,and the |ey're staying they've lost to labour, they think,and the best staying they've lost to labour, they think,and the best theying they've lost to labour, they think,and the best they can do there and the best they can do is try and win back these undecideds that you had in the audience night, or people audience last night, or people who've yeah, who've gone to reform. and yeah, trying out that trying to hammer out that message. and actually, it's interesting because for interesting because a vote for reform might not just mean a vote for labour in that you might let in labour, who otherwise would not have potentially seat. but potentially taken that seat. but it mean a vote for it could also mean a vote for the know, there the lib dems. you know, there will seats in the will be lots of seats in the country well, where the country as well, where the reforms potentially gift country as well, where the reforthe potentially gift country as well, where the reforthe lib potentially gift country as well, where the reforthe lib dems. 1tially gift country as well, where the reforthe lib dems. does' gift country as well, where the reforthe lib dems. does it ift it to the lib dems. does it still feel you like it's game still feel to you like it's game over tories? still feel to you like it's game ovei tories? still feel to you like it's game ovei it tories? still feel to you like it's game ovei it does tories? still feel to you like it's game ovei it does feel s? still feel to you like it's game ovei it does feel really bad for them. >> i think they started a year in an incredibly bad place this week. we've had a bit of distraction because labour party week. we've had a bit of di going)n because labour party week. we've had a bit of di going)n becauits labour party week. we've had a bit of di going)n becauits own ur party is going through its own difficulties, is going through its own diffic actually a is going through its own difficactually a huge amount of seen actually a huge amount of big questions labour. big questions for labour. but i think already you can see that journalists talking journalists are already talking about, this shows about, oh, well, this shows that it's be a problem when it's going to be a problem when they or whatever they govern or whatever they they govern or whatever they they a way, they seem to be, in a way, already next already looking past the next election. it doesn't election. and it does it doesn't look for conservatives look good for the conservatives >> of by >> and there's a couple of by elections on thursday >> and there's a couple of by electget. on thursday >> and there's a couple of by electget into on thursday >> and there's a couple of by electget into the on thursday >> and there's a couple of by electget into the details'hursday >> and there's a couple of by electget into the details of rsday may get into the details of them with candidates things, may get into the details of them witithey candidates things, may get into the details of them witithey lookidates things, may get into the details of them witithey look pretty things,

may get into the details of them witithey look pretty thfors, but they look pretty bleak for the tories. >> they look bleak if the tories. >> 'know, )ok bleak if the tories. >> 'know, if< the tories. >> 'know, if reports bleak if the tories. >> 'know, if reports are ak if the tories. >> 'know, if reports are ak be if you know, if reports are to be understood, it looks like they're putting they're not putting a huge amount fighting they're not putting a huge amourwhich fighting they're not putting a huge amourwhich which fighting they're not putting a huge amourwhich which isjhting they're not putting a huge amourwhich which is odd,] them. which which is odd, because like because somewhere like wellingborough, because somewhere like wellingswingsih, that bigger swings than that recently, but it's still something recently, but it's still so requires. a recently, but it's still sorequires. a massive it requires. it's a massive conservative they conservative majority and they probably be to probably should be trying to fight like fight it. but it looks like i mean, i'm particularly interested in wellingborough to see reform to if see how reform do and to see if that gives us indicator how see how reform do and to see if that gthreat; indicator how see how reform do and to see if that gthreat; might tor how see how reform do and to see if that gthreat; mighttor atn much threat they might be at the next yeah, think much threat they might be at the nex not yeah, think much threat they might be at the nex not going yeah, think much threat they might be at the nex not going to yeah, think much threat they might be at the nex not going to be eah, think much threat they might be at the nex not going to be ea good1ink much threat they might be at the nex not going to be ea good week it's not going to be a good week because polls showed that because recent polls showed that reform neck, if not reform are neck and neck, if not slightly the lib dems. reform are neck and neck, if not sligl tly the lib dems. reform are neck and neck, if not sligl tly who the lib dems. reform are neck and neck, if not sligltly who the lihavens. >> i mean, who would have predicted >> i mean, who would have pre so :ed >> i mean, who would have pre so it's interesting. so yeah, >> so it's interesting. so yeah, in voting in terms of raw voting intention, some polls have them ahead. lib are funny ahead. the lib dems are a funny one because votes up one because their votes stack up really disproportionately in certain seats they're certain seats where they're more likely so actually, likely to win. so actually, the lib cannot very well in lib dems cannot do very well in voting attention and still get an mps. they an awful lot of mps. they can also but funny how it also not. but it's funny how it works. whereas reforms vote is much more evenly distributed along so doesn't along the country, so it doesn't necessarily sort of necessarily give them sort of the advantage over the lib dems, say by battle. say in a seat by seat battle. but interesting . but no, it is interesting. >> very interesting. well say i think the big victor last night was gb news actually, because i think people went off rather well. minister

well. and prime minister gracious his presence gracious with his presence now pressures on keir starmer to grace his presence too. grace us with his presence too. if you're watching sir keir do come on, we'd be delighted . come on, we'd be delighted. >> yeah, hopefully will also . >> yeah, hopefully he will also. >> yeah, hopefully he will also. >> thank you so much >> scarlett, thank you so much for scarlett for coming on that scarlett mccgwire jl partners and mccgwire from jl partners and pollsters and here are the candidates standing in the wellingborough by—election. >> them nick. >> there's a lot of them nick. the brick delves monster the flying brick delves monster raving loony party ben habib, reform uk helen harrison, conservative party jen kitchin, labour party and kit love, jay malla post—mortem , independent malla post—mortem, independent alex merola , britain first, will alex merola, britain first, will morris , green party, andre pine, morris, green party, andre pine, bailey, independent and savage gun, liberal democrat marion turner hawes, independent kevin watts, independent. >> ooh! still to come . we're >> ooh! still to come. we're going to be crossing over to manchester next where there are plenty of sweet treats on offer because pancake day and because it's pancake day and pip's got a really great pancake day joke. >> do you want to tell it >> oh, do you want me to tell it again? go on now. >> how can we make you wait for

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listening to gb news radio . listening to gb news radio. >> 1025 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and pip tomson. >> great to have your company this morning. coming up, we're going to be talking about the latest royal rebrand. andrew is so excited about this. i can't tell you. >> harry and meghan, they're launching their website sussex .com. >> and according to them they're shaping the future through business and philanthropy . business and philanthropy. >> modest as ever. but first big day in pip's house. shrove tuesday . it was a big day when i tuesday. it was a big day when i was growing up because my dad could make great pancakes . and a

could make great pancakes. and a big thing about tossing the pancakes. always sugar. i'm so glad you didn't say my dad was a great tosser. >> no, that would sounded >> no, that would have sounded totally disrespectful. >> my just great >> my dad was just great pancakes. so we're going to go to england. to our north—west of england. reporter , who's reporter sophie reaper, who's got 1 or 2 shrove tuesday treats i >> -- >> good morning. sophie uh, are you hungry or have you been stuffing your face with pancakes all morning ? all morning? >> good morning to you both. unfortunately, you've already missed me. have my breakfast. we're here at the lovely black milk in northern quarter of manchester. you're on breakfast this morning. manchester. you're on breakfast this morning . we had. was it this morning. we had. was it pistachio and white chocolate pancakes with a just a sprinkling of raspberry on the top . and they were absolutely top. and they were absolutely fabulous. right fabulous. so i'm very full right now joining me ollie. is now joining me is ollie. he is the founder or co—founder of black milk. uh, talk to me about black milk. obviously usually a dessert shop. but today , dessert shop. but today, obviously you're going all out on pancakes . on pancakes. >> so we started nine years ago predominantly as a blended dnnks predominantly as a blended

drinks bar. so offering milkshakes, blended smoothies , milkshakes, blended smoothies, um, huge range of cereal, something that we've , um, something that we've, um, recently stepped back into. we've been making some lovely granolas using our sicilian made pistachio and hazelnut creams over at yockenthwaite farm in new york. st giles' um, and yeah, we've kind of gone full circle. we've always been a big fan of pancakes. i'm a big fan of the crepes andy. uh, my business partner is a big fan of scotch pancakes. one of his earliest memories is making scotch pancakes with his grandma. so we couldn't not put it on the menu . and. yeah, it on the menu. and. yeah, that's tried this that's what you tried this morning . morning. >> now, you mentioned there the difference. there is obviously a big debate between the traditional british crepe style pancake, which is what i grew up eating. i believe that's what you up as well, you grew up eating as well, isn't versus newer kind you grew up eating as well, isrfluffier, rsus newer kind you grew up eating as well, isrfluffier, thick newer kind you grew up eating as well, isrfluffier, thick pancake.�* kind you grew up eating as well, isrfluffier, thick pancake. andi of fluffier, thick pancake. and that's what you're making here today. that's what you're making here today . now, believe had today. now, i believe you had planned to implement a special pancake for today, but that hasn't gone to plan. tell our viewers about that.

>> we had went to >> so we had we went over to sicily , um, in late september sicily, um, in late september for the harvest. um to develop a new almond spread . and some of new almond spread. and some of my earliest memories are in bakewell because we, we used to have a little caravan there . um, have a little caravan there. um, so bakewell tart was the inspiration for pancake day this year , and we ended up selling year, and we ended up selling out of the spread before we even got to pancake day . so the got to pancake day. so the cherry infused almond spread pancakes didn't see the menu this year. oh dear , oh dear. this year. oh dear, oh dear. >> now we're just going to let andy past obviously andy come past because obviously this a live shop. so we need this is a live shop. so we need to him come back with to just let him come back with the pancakes. just show our viewers you've viewers there what what you've prepared. so that's what i tried earlier how earlier this morning. how fabulous does that look andy. sorry. let you, uh, sorry. we'll just let you, uh, we'll let you come past apologies . we'll let you come past apologies. liz. um, now , apologies. liz. um, now, interestingly, a quick fact for you in the uk today. interestingly, a quick fact for you in the uk today . 52 million you in the uk today. 52 million eggs will be cracked as part of pancake day. isn't that an astounding figure? >> that is incredible. that is incredible . i mean, you've seen incredible. i mean, you've seen a fair few eggs getting cracked

here today. >> already. they >> two already. now they only opened. about ten minutes opened. what, about ten minutes ago? were outside ago? people were queuing outside of the already to get their of the door already to get their hands these pancakes. hands on some of these pancakes. so imagine it will very so i imagine it will be a very busy day today. busy day for you today. >> indeed. one >> a very busy day indeed. one that andy and the team that me and andy and the team are really looking forward to. >> absolutely. there you go. now i am going staying here i am going to be staying here for bit longer today, i am going to be staying here for maybe bit longer today, i am going to be staying here formaybe i'll longer today, i am going to be staying here formaybe i'll be 1ger today, i am going to be staying here formaybe i'll be trying day, i am going to be staying here formaybe i'll be trying some of so maybe i'll be trying some of the other pancakes for lunch. the other pancakes for my lunch. we'll on. um, but we'll see how we get on. um, but i'm very happy pancake day. happy pancakes to you, too. >> so , rupa looking like the cat. >> that's literally got the cream. >> oh, that pancake looked absolutely amazing . scrumptious. absolutely amazing. scrumptious. >> are you making pancakes for yourself tonight? >> i was just i was >> i am indeed, i was just i was just finding easiest pancake just finding the easiest pancake recipe, involves recipe, which only involves plain flour, eggs and milk and a top tip is to add oil to the batter and not to the pan. >> right. >> right. >> i don't know what difference that makes because i'm no delia. >> can go to the >> or you can go to the supermarket buy supermarket and buy them. >> but can't varne. >> yeah, but can't varne. that's. no, that is lazy . that's. no, that is lazy. >> wouldn't yeah, i'm >> i wouldn't do that. yeah, i'm going and going to make them. and of course starts course it's lent starts tomorrow. lent >> wednesday

>> yeah. so ash wednesday tomorrow, last digestive tomorrow, my last digestive biscuits. today you made a good, good earlier . good suggestion earlier. >> pancake with bananas. >> pancake with bananas. >> very nice. >> pancake with bananas. >> maybe ce. syrup. yeah >> maybe some syrup. yeah >> maybe some syrup. yeah >> honey or sugar and lemon . >> honey or sugar and lemon. old, old ways better. you like that nutella, don't you? >> i love nutella, it. >> i love nutella, so love it. >> i love nutella, so love it. >> a joke . how >> i've got a betterjoke. how does pancake goodbye ? my does a pancake say goodbye? my >> come on. see you. >> on the flip side . and. >> on the flip side. and. >> on the flip side. and. >> oh, dear me and we'll see you on the flip side after your news headunes on the flip side after your news headlines with tatiana. >> pip. well done. thank you very much. these are your top stories from the gb newsroom. the minister has defended the prime minister has defended his economic record his government's economic record dunng his government's economic record during appearance on the during a live appearance on the gb news people's forum last night sunak told voters night, rishi sunak told voters in county durham that the government's plan was government's economic plan was starting to he answered an starting to work. he answered an array of unvetted questions on the economy, housing, education, tax, the nhs and even the covid 19 vaccine. the prime minister

told the people's forum all the uk's economic indicators were heading in the right direction . heading in the right direction. >> plan is working. you can see that economy , you can see that on the economy, you can see it lower taxes. it in lower taxes. the alternative live is going back to square one with the labour party. can't tell you what he's going differently. he going to do differently. he doesn't plan that doesn't have a plan and that means we get change means we won't get the change that country deserves. that our country deserves. that's the change that i want to deliver for all of you . deliver for all of you. >> has withdrawn support >> labour has withdrawn support for rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali over comments he made about israel. mr ali apologised after he was recorded at a meeting suggesting israel had taken the october seventh hamas assault as a pretext to invade gaza. as such, labour's been under pressure to expel him from the party. wage growth has slowed in the uk, with new figures showing it at its lowest level for more than a yeah its lowest level for more than a year. the for office national statistics found job vacancies also fell back once again as britain's job market cooled on average , regular pay, excluding average, regular pay, excluding bonuses, fell to 6.2% in the

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give latest when we can give you the latest when we can because were understood that because we were understood that his prime his audience with the prime minister happens his audience with the prime ministwednesday, happens his audience with the prime ministwednesday, that happens his audience with the prime ministwednesday, that will)ens every wednesday, that will resume february the 21st, something like that. >> yeah. so that's the week today. >> so yeah. so so but anyway dated. yeah. >> and if as soon as we hear anything now lots of you been getting in touch because you're very agitated or interested in the people's forum last night with the prime minister, the first one he's done, of course, here news, a whole cross here on gb news, a whole cross section thoughts from today. >> real mixed lee says the >> real mixed bag, lee says the tories already lost prince . tories have already lost prince. old voters will switch to reform . um, if you give them another time . after this last four time. after this last four years, we sending the wrong years, we are sending the wrong message. change needs to come. >> uh, tim says they he came across very well, but he still stuck with that. vote for us or else line, which is particularly his view about labour wasn't it? >> uh, peter. >> uh, peter. >> good morning. the sunak forum was tiresome because the audience was a wooden load of retired elderly people starstruck by a man who just

stood there. what a load of guff. i saw the people in the audience last night. they were tired, elderly people. >> they were a mixture. >> they were a mixture. >> and the guy who was very agitated about the covid vaccine, i was supposed young people in 30s. yeah absolutely. >> but hey ho, peter, maybe we i don't know, i don't know what you were watching . anyway, you were watching. uh, anyway, we thoughts, we will bring you more thoughts, uh, hour or so. but uh, in the next hour or so. but first we want to talk about a new gb news series, innovation britain, where we're looking at the success of british manufacturing around the country i >> -- >> you want ism >> you want a great uk manufacturing story? >> well, i've got one for you with mark here at engineering. and it's all to do with these fantastic parts and the story began ten years ago, right? yeah we started dealing with this customer , as you say, ten years customer, as you say, ten years ago when they were prototyping work and trying develop a new

work and trying to develop a new product market. product to the market. >> grew , they moved >> um, as they grew, they moved a lot of their production requirements to the east for requirements to the far east for the , uh, production. uh, the cheaper, uh, production. uh, we carried on dealing with them on bafis we carried on dealing with them on basis on deal on a much smaller basis on deal prototyping, development work. uh, during the uh, but then during the pandemic, when they couldn't get supply from china or their products, they turned to us and asked see if we could do asked us to see if we could do supply for them. um, we couldn't compete quite with price on what they were buying from the far east. but then when you in east. but then when you put in the entire price of, uh, component, including shipping quality, turnaround and delivery and lead time, uh , it actually and lead time, uh, it actually works out better for them to buy the product from the uk. and they've actually made a decision to try and reshore much their to try and reshore much of their work production back work in production terms. back to supporting to the uk, and we're supporting them with that product. to the uk, and we're supporting the absolutely: product. to the uk, and we're supporting the absolutely fantastic . and i >> absolutely fantastic. and i think you're a great job think you're doing a great job doing exactly i've doing exactly that. what i've really learned from this, it's doing exactly that. what i've realso learned from this, it's doing exactly that. what i've realso muchd from this, it's doing exactly that. what i've realso much pricen this, it's doing exactly that. what i've realso much price peris, it's doing exactly that. what i've realso much price per part,; doing exactly that. what i've realso much price per part, but not so much price per part, but it's more price of the production. that's made you win it. >> yeah, it's it.— >> yeah, it's a it. >> yeah, it's a total price of purchase. it's a total price of quality . you're making sure

quality. you're making sure product gets them right first time that they have availability . for it. reaction time. you know it's 12 weeks normally from the far east. uh and we can produce in 12 hours if need be. you know. so it's that relationship and having that clear line of . communication clear line of. communication >> well done mark. and let's see more of this in the future. >> i hope so.

listening to gb news radio. and it's 1041, you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and pip tomson. >> we are also joined by gv news senior political commentator nigel nelson. good morning. and author and political commentator tanya buxton. morning. morning, tanya. what art should we start with? >> any guesses? >> any guesses? >> we've got to ask the veteran here, the veteran of politics. what you of rishi? what did you think of rishi? how well good. well did he do? badly. good. i thought very personable. >> he talked a good game all those things. it felt a bit scripted, like this is the gig

he's going to do whenever he actually. >> but he genuinely didn't know the questions that were coming. >> no, no, that was was >> no, no, that was that was fair i they fair enough. but i mean, they were bounds of were within the bounds of things. that was things. that and he was obviously very upset towards the end asked end when no one had asked him about he about the cost of living and he tried actually shoehorn that in. >> and h- h.- >> and to say that taxes are falling when these people falling when all these people have dragged into 40% have been dragged into the 40% tax well, by him tax rate. yeah well, by him freezing allowances for freezing the allowances for years. >> and the one thing i think that there there was a good example he wouldn't example where what he wouldn't talk about would go on talk about is he would go on about on the record of the about on about the record of the conservative and the over conservative party and the over the last 14 years, what he wouldn't talk about is what he's going to do now. and all those people in the room wanted to hear your you know, he came there to say, this is why you should tory. i appreciate should vote tory. i appreciate things haven't been going great recently, in a statement of recently, but in a statement of the year. but we're really we're really all good guys. um, and he didn't actually that and didn't actually sell that and what i was surprised about, there was no kind of hint of what is coming up. and even on the tax on the tax cut idea,

like jeremy hunt, he was a bit, i thought a bit sort of rowing back on the fact that they made that, we're heading for big that, um, we're heading for big tax march budget. tax cuts in the march budget. >> do you think tonya he was trying a bit too hard to be sort of informal and matey, i think he was. >> i mean, that's what he's always trying to do. and it's always trying to do. and it's always funny when billionaires try that. makes me try and do that. it makes me laugh. i wanted to laugh. but i think i wanted to first gb news. laugh. but i think i wanted to first so gb news. laugh. but i think i wanted to firstso proud gb news. laugh. but i think i wanted to firstso proud to gb news. laugh. but i think i wanted to firstso proud to be gb news. laugh. but i think i wanted to firstso proud to be workingvs. laugh. but i think i wanted to firstso proud to be working on a i'm so proud to be working on a channel that something channel that does something like that, to be that, and i'm so proud to be working where working on a channel where someone rowland can someone like adam rowland can stand in group and talk stand up in that group and talk about his vaccine you about his vaccine damage. you could see the pain the could see the pain and the distress on that man's face. it's the only channel in britain, in the world, really, that's discussing allowing people to discuss the harms that they've done because were people to discuss the harms that they've ande because were people to discuss the harms that they've and forced se were people to discuss the harms that they've and forced into were people to discuss the harms that they've and forced into taking coerced and forced into taking a medication that we didn't need . medication that we didn't need. and i thought that was really and i thought that i was really proud of being part of gb news to allow that man to ask that question. know it of question. i know it kind of got very heated can can very heated because can you can you imagine if you've been coerced something coerced into taking something that's you're

that's giving you damage, you're going to want your prime minister to explain why did that happen? very legitimate happen? it's a very legitimate question. it really was. >> how well or not did >> how did how well or not did rishi sunak. did not answer it. >> and that's what really upset me. he did not answer it. he did not you know, he wanted to not come. you know, he wanted to talk about he didn't discuss why, they doing about why, what are they doing about the damage. the main the vaccine damage. but the main thing as a member the thing for me as a member of the british is i want to know british public is i want to know why were pushing us to take why they were pushing us to take this medication to stop you from getting it, and getting it, transmitting it, and that didn't that most people didn't need. why did it become such a government did they government policy? why did they listen saying listen to the. they keep saying all the government figures say following the science . but you following the science. but you know, listening to science know, i was listening to science advice said the exact advice that said the exact opposite. why were they not doing that's doing more research? and that's what worries me about our government. they didn't government. but they didn't do more prime minister he did >> the prime minister he did actually he said that actually say that. he said that he he was following the he was that he was following the medical advice at the time . medical advice at the time. >> yes. but the medical advice that government decided to that the government decided to take very narrow window. take was a very narrow window. there there were there were other there were hundreds of doctors , thousands hundreds of doctors, thousands of doctors that had signed papers said , this is not papers that said, this is not the do they chose

papers that said, this is not the to do they chose papers that said, this is not the to do ahey chose papers that said, this is not the to do a narrow�*se papers that said, this is not the to do a narrow form only to listen to a narrow form of science. and we know very respected scientists who said completely the opposite. >> i mean, it was a nightmare situation. >> it was that's the point. >> it was that's the point. >> it was a nightmare. i mean, you i reporting on it you know, i was reporting on it at time and in the event at the time and in the event that that the vaccines were going to cause real damage, this was a huge public interest story. and so i was getting that same information in and talking to i talked to more scientists than politicians during that penod than politicians during that period , then talking to other period, then talking to other scientists and saying, is this true? can this happen ? true? can this happen? >> but what scientists were you speaking the reality of speaking to? and the reality of it of covid was the it is the death of covid was the end of it. they started pushing it children going into it onto children going into schools in order to save your grandmother. it was a wrong. it was coercive . was a coercive. >> i'm making the drug. >> we did not need, making the point difficulty , point about the difficulty, about trying to. >> not medically trained . i >> i'm not medically trained. i had from scratch, just had to learn from scratch, just as the politicians did. what i found at the end of it was that the scientists who told me that the scientists who told me that the vaccines were safe. i found

them more credible than the ones who told me that they weren't. well, clearly wrong . i well, you were clearly wrong. i can't answer that. >> before we go to the break. >> before we go to the break. >> overall , if you take that >> before we go to the break. >> overall, if you take that out of the equation, did he perform well? >> not well enough to get my vote. the problem. he did vote. that's the problem. he did not. i'm i'm normally you not. so i'm i'm i'm normally you know, traditionally i would probably say i would a conservative he he didn't conservative voter. he he didn't perform well enough to get my vote. >> interesting. we've got >> interesting. right. we've got to a um, coming to go to a break. um, coming up next, the racist next, though, the racist countryside is it. i just thought it was green. well, lots of . of fields. >> this >> yeah. this green issue is back in the headlines today because former home secretary suella has given her suella braverman has given her thoughts on claim. thoughts on the claim. >> we're talking about that next here on

radio. welcome back to you and welcome back to gb news. >> senior political commentator nigel nelson and author and political commentator tanya buxton. in the studio . let's buxton. in the studio. let's move on to suella braverman, the

former home secretary >> we're talking about rochdale first. oh yes. >> i just let me just mention because because this rochdale by by—election. >> so he is still technically even though labour has withdrawn support nigel, he is still the labour party candidate. yes. if he wins, which he might in two weeks time, he'll sit on the labour benches as an independent. what labour independent. and what labour will withdraw the whip? what does mean? does that mean? >> well, what means then , >> well, what that means then, is at moment been is that at the moment he's been been party. been suspended from the party. so party so he's no longer a labour party member. therefore or he's actually not able to stand as an mp for the labour party in the future , so he won't be able to future, so he won't be able to stand at the general election . stand at the general election. and but at the moment he will be on the ballot paper, the ballot papers, when have all gone out. so there's no way you can change that. so there's no way you can change that . but he so there's no way you can change that. but he will be on the ballot paper as the labour candidate sits in the house. >> some people will vote for him, that they're >> some people will vote for him, for that they're >> some people will vote for him, for the that they're >> some people will vote for him, for the officialey're >> some people will vote for him, for the official labour. voting for the official labour. but he's not. but he's not. labour isn't. >> no, i mean, so that's so

unfair. this was, if you like, the impossible position that keir starmer was left in yesterday , because on the one yesterday, because on the one hand, and there was nothing could do about getting a new candidate in the question was then whether to actually go for then whether to actually go for the seat and do what andrew just said , and he they let him become said, and he they let him become an mp, but he wouldn't be an mp for very long. yeah. instead because of new information coming out, he decided to act really act. then last night should have done it immediately. well, i mean , well that's just well, i mean, well that's just keir starmer the immediately the reason that he didn't act immediately, he's very, very worried about looking losing that particular ethnic vote in rochdale . rochdale. >> that's why didn't. but you >> that's why he didn't. but you know, had to end know, he had to in the end because of the pressure because of the media pressure there. it just shows you the man has spine. he has no has no spine. he has no integrity. has no backbone integrity. he has no backbone because should have because he should have immediately sacked him. and that would about the people worried about the people of rochdale because it will be rochdale now, because it will be a telling gets a very, very telling if he gets voted in because is it people

that are voting for labour or is it people that are voting for his extreme views of anti semitism? >> yeah, and the thing i didn't get at all, nigel, he was allowed, he was joined on a platform by um a senior labour frontbencher. after that story had appeared 6 or 7 hours after lisa nandy lisa nandy. had appeared 6 or 7 hours after lisa nandy lisa nandy . what were lisa nandy lisa nandy. what were they thinking of. >> yeah. and yes. and anneliese dodds was up there . yeah. i dodds also was up there. yeah. i think that at that . stage we're, think that at that. stage we're, we're in the early, early bit of it and at that stage labour was still supporting him as the candidate . and as of the candidate. and as of the position yesterday morning, you're going to be seeing when all these things happened. it's been a very quick time. >> labour spokesman wheeled out to defend it. >> yeah that's right. >> well yeah that's right. at that it was that point i thought it was right. that because the right. i think that because the position so difficult to position was so difficult to go and a by—election like and abandon a by—election like that was going to be was going to be a problem. >> but the point is, nigel, is why didn't someone question him when immediately said that when he immediately said that it was private. when he immediately said that it was absolutely private. when he immediately said that it was absolutely right'ivate. when he immediately said that it was absolutely right .late. when he immediately said that it was absolutely right . it e. when he immediately said that it was absolutely right . it was it was absolutely right. it was at that meeting, 100 people at

that why didn't that meeting. why didn't somebody and say, hang somebody stand up and say, hang on are you on a minute? what are you talking about? is it because that's they're thinking? well, that is an extremely thinking? w question is an extremely thinking? unestion because �*emely thinking? w question because the zly good question because the meeting was the lancashire labour party's. there were a lot of people , a lot senior of people, a lot of senior labour people from all all labour people from all over, all over area . the question over the area. the question then, is how did he then, of course, is how did he get selected? yeah given that the number given a number of people who were there, who were it. exactly. >> w- e he was it. exactly. >> he was repeating >> and he was he was repeating that classic anti semitic trope that classic anti semitic trope that the jews engineer their own persecution , disgusting and offensive. >> it's grotesque . it's >> it's grotesque. it's disgusting. and it just how can you think anything other than labouris you think anything other than labour is anti—semitic ? labour is anti—semitic? >> how much scrutiny. well well therefore do these candidates get . get. >> yeah. don't they do due diligence anyway. >> well, well just they should again are these are the again these are these are the surprises about this case that nobody actually knew about this before selection . when it before his selection. when it comes down to the selection, it is down to the local party. what they're presented with is some candidates, they have to be approved by the labour party

centrally. but having gone past that phase then and as i think that's the right way it should happen, is that local people decide who they their local decide who they want their local , uh, mp or likely mp to be so for instance, in this particular contest , paul warb, contest, paul warb, a journalist, the birth andrew, i know very well he came second in that i would wonder , i wonder that i would wonder, i wonder now whether the whether the constituency labour party in rochdale would rather hope that they'd put him in instead . he they'd put him in instead. he wouldn't be in this mess, would they? no i would imagine he comes the general election. >> quickly >> yeah. how quickly they booted diane out the labour diane abbott out of the labour party after wrote party hours after she wrote a letter in the observer published on which on the lechlade observer, which keir didn't like. she keir starmer didn't like. she was hours. yeah was out within hours. yeah >> right. by >> and i think that's right. by the and hadn't been the way. and if this hadn't been in the middle of a by—election where you couldn't change anything, if this guy had been anything, if this guy had been an had been he'd had an mp, he'd had been he'd had been immediately. been out immediately. >> okay, well, we just need to, uh , tell people the candidates uh, tell people the candidates the other candidates that are

standing rochdale standing in the rochdale by—election azhar ali, by—election alongside azhar ali, who expected now to be who was expected now to be independent. mark coleman, independent. mark coleman, independent simon danczuk reform uk ian donaldson, lib dem paul ellison, conservative. george galloway, workers party of britain michael howarth, independent. william howarth, independent. william howarth, independent. guy otten , green independent. guy otten, green party. ravin rowden, sabatina , party. ravin rowden, sabatina, official monster raving loony david tully, independent. >> thank you . and we'll we will >> thank you. and we'll we will get to the home secretary talking about people. we will get guilty for being white. but after the break, also, we're talking about harry and meghan , talking about harry and meghan, who've rebranded their website , who've rebranded their website, of very . soon a of course, that very. soon a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update with me, annie from the met office. an early some office. after an early some early sunshine rain will spread eastwards through the course of the and will much

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gb news way. >> morning, 11 am. on tuesday the 13th of february. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and pip tomson. >> the people's forum. the verdicts are in prime minister rishi sunak faced undecided voters on gb news last night. our political editor christopher hope, has the highlights . hope, has the highlights. >> rishi sunak kick starts the long general election campaign with the first ever gb news people's forum. but how did he do ? i'll be asking the northern do? i'll be asking the northern

echo. do? i'll be asking the northern echo . and labour has withdrawn echo. and labour has withdrawn their support for the rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali, piling the pressure on party leader sir keir starmer. >> labour mp steve mccabe spoke to us earlier. >> difficult and embarrassing for the labour party. i wouldn't vote for them. if you're asking me directly, no, i wouldn't . the me directly, no, i wouldn't. the justice secretary is seeking an urgent meeting with the parole board after it granted double child killer colin pitchfork an appeal to reconsider his case, and harry and meghan the rebrand. >> they've launched a new one stop shop website for they jet off to canada. they say it's an exciting development and you can keep track of all their activities . our royal activities. our royal correspondent cameron walker , correspondent cameron walker, he's got more. >> yeah, the so—called rebrand is already causing controversy . is already causing controversy. so is this the sussexes capitalising on their royal title or the analysis? very shortly .

shortly. >> lots of you getting in touch about rishi sunaks performance last night here on gb news thank you. all right. >> i think he did all right. >> i think he did all right. >> keep your thoughts coming in. and it's and we're also because it's shrove we're getting shrove tuesday we're getting people pancake people sending in their pancake recipes. you very much recipes. so thank you very much for those. >> and more jokes from hope >> and no more jokes from hope thompson. might be a third thompson. there might be a third one. might even be funny. >> i will keep you in suspense. andrew. let's get your headlines . here's tatiana. >> pippa. thank you very much. 11:02, your top stories from the gb news room. the prime minister has defended his government's economic record during a live appearance on the gb news people's forum last night, rishi sunak told voters in county durham that the government's economic plan was starting to work . he answered an array of work. he answered an array of unvetted questions on the economy, on housing, on education, tax, the nhs and even

the covid 19 vaccine. the prime minister told the people's forum. all the uk's economic indicators were heading in the right direction. >> plan is working . you can see >> plan is working. you can see that on the economy, you can see it in lower taxes. the alternative is going back to square one with the labour party. can't tell you what he's going do differently. he going to do differently. he doesn't plan and that doesn't have a plan and that means we won't get the change that our country deserves. that's change that i want to that's the change that i want to deliver for all of you. >> has withdrawn support >> labour has withdrawn support for rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali over comments he made about israel. mr ali apologise after he was recorded at a meeting suggesting israel had taken the october seventh hamas assault as a pretext to invade gaza. labour mp steve mccabe told gb news he would not vote for mr ali. >> i've been involved in by—election where allegations have been made about candidates. sometimes you have to weigh up, uh , you know, how important it uh, you know, how important it is. what else? uh is influencing it? i think the issue i mean, i

don't know mr ali at all, but i think the issue is that initially people were prepared to give the man the benefit of the doubt and accept his apology in good faith. but i think when the further revelations came to light that that was just the end of it . of it. >> wage growth has slowed in the uk, with new figures showing it at its lowest level for more than a year. the office for national statistics found job vacancies also fell back once again as britain's job market cooled on average , regular pay, cooled on average, regular pay, excluding bonuses , fell to 6.2% excluding bonuses, fell to 6.2% in the final last three months of last year, compared with the same period a year before . it's same period a year before. it's the slowest growth since october 2022. however after taking price rises into account, pay went up by 1.9. employer heirs and landlords who allow illegal immigrants to work for them or rent their properties will face much tougher penalties from

today. the penalty for such actions has risen to a maximum of £45,000 per worker for a first breach that's up from £15,000, having tripled. it's the biggest increase in more than a decade that fine could increase further to £60,000 for repeat breaches , up from 20,000. repeat breaches, up from 20,000. ministers believe the crackdown will help reduce the incentive for illegal migrants crossing into the uk . they thousands of into the uk. they thousands of train passengers are facing severe disruption as repairs are carried out following a landslip on one of the uk's busiest rail routes. network rail says the incident between coventry and rugby blocked a section of the west coast main line between london's houston and birmingham new street. network rail closed the line in both directions overnight to carry out repair work . the line isn't expected to work. the line isn't expected to reopen until this afternoon . the reopen until this afternoon. the housing secretary is going to put pressure on london as he pushes for all local councils in the capital to build more homes.

michael gove wants all councils in england to build homes on brownfield sites under new plans. it's part of a wider effort by the conservatives to boost housebuilding with younger voters in particular expressing concern about the difficulty of getting on to the property ladden getting on to the property ladder. under recently proposed reforms. it will become harder for the largest city councils to refuse construction on previously developed brownfield land if local housing targets aren't met. housing minister leigh rowley admitted to us earlier that house building has slowed and that the government needs to go further for some of our urban areas , some of where our urban areas, some of where there is lots of brownfield sites are just not building enough. >> the mayor of london, where i'm standing today, he's not built enough houses in the past few we absolutely need few years, so we absolutely need to build more homes, but we want to build them in the right place. where where councils place. and where where councils where are not doing the where mayors are not doing the right thing. we need to hold them to account. bar them to account. the bar for refusal on brownfield to refusal on brownfield site to need go higher. and it's all need to go higher. and it's all part our long terme plan for

part of our long terme plan for housing. it's about showing that the is serious about the government is serious about tackling the challenges that we are . are seeing. >> and king charles has returned to london after travelling from sandringham by helicopter. his majesty had been staying at his country residence following his first cancer treatment . he's first cancer treatment. he's postponed all public facing dufies postponed all public facing duties but is continuing with behind the scenes work on his red boxes of state papers. the queen has been carrying out her royal engagements and last week said her husband was doing extremely well under the circumstances . for the latest circumstances. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. or you can go to gb news. com slash alerts . now gb news. com slash alerts. now back to andrew and . pip. back to andrew and. pip. >> thank you very much tatiana. welcome back to britain's newsroom. the election year has kicked off. of course , with

kicked off. of course, with rishi sunak facing under sided voters during gb news people's forum last night. what did you make of it? >> well, they asked the prime minister's questions, ranging from immigration to vaccines, but he stuck his message but he stuck to his main message throughout . throughout. >> the party hasn't changed. it's not changed. it's a con right ? and that's what you have right? and that's what you have to remember . right? and that's what you have to remember. a vote for anyone who's not me, who's not your conservative vote conservative candidate is a vote to him his values and to put him with his values and his party power. you saw it his party in power. you saw it last week. what that would mean for the economy? can't tell you how he's going to pay for £28 billion decarbonisation policy, which means higher taxes for you and else stood by this and everyone else stood by this person rochdale until the person in rochdale until the media pressure got too much. like that's the values he's doing everything can right like that's the values he's dointo everything can right like that's the values he's dointo frustrate| can right like that's the values he's dointo frustrate the can right like that's the values he's dointo frustrate the passage! like that's the values he's dointo frustrate the passage of now to frustrate the passage of our rwanda bill in the house of lords. do you want any of that ? lords. do you want any of that? >> well, joining us now from county durham to talk us through last night is the man who was their political editor, christopher hope. you were talking to audience members after chris. and to be fair , it

after chris. and to be fair, it reflects very much what we are seeing this morning from our viewers and listeners. a real mixed bag. some people saying he was great, talking without notes . it's unscripted , other people . it's unscripted, other people saying he wasn't challenged enough. we what do you make of it? from what you heard, do you think rishi sunak has improved the opinion of voters ? the opinion of voters? >> yeah. morning, pip. morning, andrew. yeah, i think i think it has worked for number 10. we did a straw poll at the end literally involving lolly sticks going saying , what do going into boxes saying, what do you think, audience. because they undecided, half of they were undecided, 50, half of them said they vote tory. now having seen him in in the flesh in action, 36% undecided, 14% vote for a different party. so for number 10, that's probably a win because they've managed to convince half the audience to back him . the idea of the back him. the idea of the people's forum , the first time people's forum, the first time ever tried in this country is to take away, take us. take a journalist away, take us. us clever clogs out the way and

give to the people to ask give it to the people to ask their and thought give it to the people to ask theirwas and thought give it to the people to ask theirwas fascinating. thought give it to the people to ask theirwas fascinating. thorange that was fascinating. the range of questions asked of the of questions we had asked of the pm, to someone pm, from the nhs to someone affected by the safety of the covid vaccine , and the pm was covid vaccine, and the pm was not tetchy. it may be the end of his fast . don't forget, his his fast. don't forget, his first meal was this morning since sunday night. andrew don't forget that you're talking about pancakes all day. well, he hadnt pancakes all day. well, he hadn't pancakes last hadn't had his pancakes last night and yet night with the pm, and yet i think he he answered the questions equanimity . she questions with equanimity. she and show the decency in and she did show the decency in him which everyone knows is there. he's got this passion there. and he's got this passion for dealing with small boats. maybe on taxation that wasn't really asked till asked for really asked till he asked for that . it was that question. it was fascinating. with me now fascinating. but with me now i've got chris lloyd, who's the chief political commentator from the his view on what happened last night, chris lloyd, what's your verdict? well well, i was amazed by the myriad of questions. >> everything from, as you were saying, the nhs to funding of the arts in bridlington. i think it was it's surprising what

wasn't asked as well. >> rishi, you seem to be desperate to get it on to tax cuts , whereas people really cuts, whereas people really wanted more spending on absolutely everything from the nhs to social care . nhs to social care. >> and there was one wonderful question from a lady up the dale in middleton in teesdale about rwanda, and that it wasn't going to work. you, after that, to work. and you, after that, you wonder when everybody from , you wonder when everybody from, uh, reform to the, the left is saying this policy isn't going to work, so is he really going to work, so is he really going to push through all the time? the energy , the money, the the energy, the money, the political capital that's going to be expended getting that through when people really are crying for a solution to the crying out for a solution to the nhs problem , for example , chris nhs problem, for example, chris lloyd, in your three decades at the northern echo, were you surprised the of surprised by the range of questions? surprised by the range of queweyns? get a one view of >> we often get a one view of the the world from london, the of the world from london, but i was really but i think i was really surprised the breadth. surprised by just the breadth. >> yes, i think so. and people surprised by just the breadth. >> lookingiink so. and people surprised by just the breadth. >> looking for so. and people surprised by just the breadth. >> looking for solutionsyeople surprised by just the breadth. >> looking for solutions asple are looking for solutions as well, aren't they? they want to know what is going to happen to the nhs social care, which is something that's kind of dropped off agenda. um,

off the political agenda. um, theresa may had a plan. she said. borisjohnson theresa may had a plan. she said. boris johnson had theresa may had a plan. she said. borisjohnson had a plan. said. boris johnson had a plan. so said, does rishi sunak so he said, does rishi sunak have a plan? well, we didn't hear night, but hear anything last night, but that's what people want addressed . addressed. >> yeah. fascinating. that was one overlooked area. had one overlooked area. but he had no answer all. did he. no real answer at all. did he. did sunak nhs came up and did he mr sunak nhs came up and of course he repeat how of course he did repeat how his his a pharmacist, dad his mother was a pharmacist, dad was a gp. that'll become a bit of a joke , as in often repeated of a joke, as in often repeated line from the pm this year. got personal didn't it? he had personal too. didn't it? he had said that keir starmer was going after sending said that keir starmer was going afte|to sending said that keir starmer was going afte|to private sending said that keir starmer was going afte|to private school.3nding him to private school. >> do you think that works? i'm not audience like not sure. in an audience like that where people asking , that where people are asking, putting the prime minister on the spot, that's the whole point putting the prime minister on th

mean, it's starting to work. of course he would say ones wouldn't he. covid pandemic that costs 400 billion. the energy shock caused by the ukraine war. give us a chance and don't risk it on on keir starmer. and he probably could have got a better golden his basket than probably could have got a better gol that's right. don't risk it on keir starmer and don't risk it reform well. i think it on reform as well. i think that something that that is something that we're going hear a lot what we going to hear a lot of what we heard night was that if you heard last night was that if you vote reform, you're actually voting think voting labour. and i think that's a interesting that's a very interesting message think is going to message that i think is going to be rammed home, because areas be rammed home, because in areas like the brexit party like this where the brexit party and even the referendum party before that were taking off kind of 15% of the vote, that is absolutely crucial. when majorities like here in darlington, 3000, just a fraction of that going to reform , will let in labour. and so that's the message will be rammed home. >> yeah. he was very clear it wasn't a vote for reform is a vote for keir starmer because that's will you'll that's what will happen. you'll split the tory the right split the tory vote. the right the centre vote. but

the right of centre vote. but fascinating time i think. i mean it's out of for it's just marks out of ten for the pm. >> p- p“ >> um, well i think he came across decent , um, uh, across as a decent, um, uh, genuine sort of a bloke. um, whether he had that overall vision, um , i'm not sure, vision, um, i'm not sure, because people are searching for a solutions to our problems and his message is a bit confused. really stick with me and i will change things . change things. >> haha. very good point. i know no one said where's boris johnson? did they ? because johnson? did they? because that's interesting. this that's interesting. because this area area around area, all the whole area around here boris country. here is really boris country. >> that is very , >> yes, that is, that is very, very interesting. um, and, and it's a bit like the tony blair round here. um, it was so popular and then that expectation and hope for change means that , uh, as events kind means that, uh, as events kind of diminish the reputation , then of diminish the reputation, then he becomes a forgotten or a person with a negative reputation. >> and that's probably why the emphasis was on spending money, not tax cuts. so of course, down in the south of england, maybe tax cuts are important . they

tax cuts are important. they want the money spent. this area is applying for money from levelling up fund and can't get hold conservative >> the most popular conservative politician here in tees politician here in the tees valley area is ben houchen, the mayor who got name checked several he several times last night and he is he nationalised is spending he has nationalised a failing airport. he is spending half £1 billion on europe's largest brownfield site, which is not without controversy. um, turning it around and trying to create jobs there. that's the pragmatic , there. that's the pragmatic, interventionist sort of policies that that conservative voters, i think, in this sort of area have liked from the johnson days as well. >> chris lloyd there, chris lloyd there from the northern echo with a view from one of the greatest newspapers in the world, the northern echo. um, and get marks out of and he's saying get marks out of ten sunak, let's ten did. okay, mr sunak, let's see keir see whether secured sir keir starmer will accept our invitation . invitation. >> he has to, chris. he has to. thanks for joining >> he has to, chris. he has to. thanks forjoining us. that's chris hope, our political editor in county durham. and there'll be people's forum be more on the people's forum throughout the day and the programme, because lots of people getting in touch, neil people in getting in touch, neil

says , we know you're watching says, we know you're watching downing listening downing street and listening downing street and listening downing neil i downing street. neil says i think sunak did really think rishi sunak did really well he's definitely well last night. he's definitely won my but john, good morning. >> does and just stock answers from him expected better have to do far better to win an election . and sandra hello to you . why . and sandra hello to you. why did no one ask him about giving britain back self—respect? for example, paying out to windrush families contain donated blood. survivors and postmasters and mistresses. we're not a country to be proud . to be proud. >> and the postmaster scandal is a terrible scandal. and the infected blood is also a terrible scandal . terrible scandal. >> well, the postmaster scandal went back to the coalition government . government. >> infected blood goes back to the 70s. yeah, people are waiting for compensation. and many of whom? their families. waiting for compensation. and martoof whom? their families. waiting for compensation. and martoo late om? their families. waiting for compensation. and martoo late .n? their families. waiting for compensation. and martoo late . peopler families. waiting for compensation. and martoo late . people haveilies. waiting for compensation. and martoo late . people have died already. >> i mean , so, so many >> i mean, so, so many questions. didn't get asked. but then you only have an hour. and actually, an interesting point that hope was there that chris hope made was there was mention of boris johnson. was no mention of boris johnson. yeah >> because there is the express

put it on their front page the other day. rishi sunak in the itv documentary , opened the door itv documentary, opened the door just a little to come back for boris. maybe in a campaigning role now. still to come, harry and . and meghan. >> andrew is delirious about this conversation. we're going to be having. they've branded their website using their sussex title and royal crest. what do you think of that desperate because they are. yeah with britain's newsroom on

stop and think you're listening to gb news radio . to gb news radio. 1120 with britain's news de—man gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner really back. >> no, sorry. really jonah? that's because it's written on the autocue. you just do it on automatic pilot. this is pip tomson. delighted . she's tomson. i'm delighted. she's with too. with me too. >> right. eamonn with me too. >> yeah ght. eamonn with me too. >> yeah .ht. eamonn >> yeah. >> yeah. >> okay. uh, let's let's talk about king charles because we have heard this morning that he has returned to london for what

is expected to be further treatment following his cancer diagnosis. is that a picture from this morning or is that a recent picture? pictures from this morning. oh, okay. well cameron walker, our royal correspondent , cameron walker, our royal correspondent, is cameron walker, our royal correspondent , is the cameron walker, our royal correspondent, is the man who knows he's in that royal limo. >> he wants to be seen. he absolutely wants to be seen. >> landed the >> so he landed in the buckingham palace back garden in a with queen camilla a helicopter with queen camilla earlier . they have earlier today. they have travelled the picture, pictures you've seen them you've just seen is them travelling between buckingham you've just seen is them travelling bclarence uckingham you've just seen is them travelling bclarence house.1am palace and clarence house. you're right andrew, if the king did not want to be seen, he would not travel in that rolls—royce with the big windows . whole purpose of . that's the whole purpose of the car. and clearly he wants to be the public. we don't be seen by the public. we don't know what treatment he's receiving. he is expected to receive while he is in receive treatment while he is in london. but we saw him walking to the church at sandringham on sunday following his first round of treatment, and he looks pretty fit and healthy at the moment, but clearly we do know he's had a cancer diagnosis and he's had a cancer diagnosis and he's the appropriate he's getting the appropriate treatment. and with queen camilla, with queen camilla, yes, with queen camilla, yes, with queen camilla, got a number of camilla, she's got a number of engagements in engagements planned in the london so that's

london area this week. so that's why perhaps him. the why perhaps she's with him. the king, as we have spoken about at length , expected continue length, is expected to continue with behind the scenes. with meetings behind the scenes. so thought going to so it's thought he is going to have a few official meetings either at clarence or either at clarence house or buckingham while he is in buckingham palace while he is in london. we're not going buckingham palace while he is in londoris we're not going buckingham palace while he is in londoris him we're not going buckingham palace while he is in londoris him carryinge not going buckingham palace while he is in londoris him carrying outyt going to see is him carrying out pubuc to see is him carrying out public engagements with members of the public. so it's going to be very controlled. >> it's good. it's good to see him this morning. >> will be really >> i think people will be really looking >> i think people will be really loo we| >> i think people will be really loo we don't know how long >> we don't know how long he'll be we >> we don't. >> we don't. >> certainly sandringham. >> yeah. possibly back to sandringham don't if >> yeah. possibly back to san queen's1 don't if >> yeah. possibly back to sanqueen's going don't if >> yeah. possibly back to san queen's going to n't if >> yeah. possibly back to san queen's going to travel if >> yeah. possibly back to san queen's going to travel back the queen's going to travel back and forth. we know she's got some week some engagements all week actually. until actually. so yeah. up until thursday. so. actually. so yeah. up until thlokay. so. actually. so yeah. up until thlokay let's talk actually. so yeah. up until thl okay let's talk then actually. so yeah. up until thlokay let's talk then about >> okay let's talk then about uh, prince harry and meghan's website. this is sussex uh.com now. i had a quick look and it still looks like a website in development to me, but what my eyes are also drawn to is this royal crest? yes. not a problem cameron. >> so it's a lot of controversy about this crest. the crest you are seeing was one that was

granted meghan by the queen are seeing was one that was gr'2018, meghan by the queen are seeing was one that was gr'2018, following] by the queen are seeing was one that was gr'2018, following theirhe queen in 2018, following their wedding, so it's split in half . wedding, so it's split in half. the right hand side meghan's the right hand side is meghan's half . so that contain it's half. so that contain well, it's a and white photograph a black and white photograph you're there. but you a black and white photograph you�*it there. but you a black and white photograph you�*it in there. but you a black and white photograph you�*it in colour1ere. but you a black and white photograph you�*it in colour it's. but you see it in colour it's representing pacific ocean, representing the pacific ocean, the blue of california, the songbird emblem of communication and nafive songbird emblem of communication and native california and flowers native to california on the left hand side is prince harry's side , and that the on the left hand side is prince harry'family and that the on the left hand side is prince harry'family crestthat the on the left hand side is prince harry' family crest ,1at the on the left hand side is prince harry' family crest, as the on the left hand side is prince harry' family crest, as you1e on the left hand side is prince harry' family crest, as you can royal family crest, as you can imagine, as well as red escallops represent meeting the spencer family , princess diana's spencer family, princess diana's family. so they are clearly still wanting to use that royal connection. royal crest , which connection. royal crest, which could prove a bit of a problem for them because. >> because the argument would be that they're using that royal crest to assist them. monetising of their life. crest to assist them. monetising of tyeah, fe. is the accusation . >> yeah, that is the accusation. >> yeah, that is the accusation. >> is that what this website is all about? telling he's all about? telling us how he's a best author all the best selling author and all the rest and a has told >> yeah. and a source has told the that this the mail this morning that this could real could get the sussexes into real trouble title , if trouble if the royal title, if it has a hint of commercialism , it has a hint of commercialism, then they could well have to shut this website down. the sussex source, close to the

sussexes, has told the mail that prince harry and meghan the prince harry and meghan are the duke and duchess of sussex. that's that's a surname, that's a fact. that's a surname, that's their name. >> it's the isn't it? >> but it's the crest, isn't it? >> but it's the crest, isn't it? >> the but if you >> it is the crest. but if you look they agreed in look back at what they agreed in 2020, they stepped 2020, andrew, when they stepped back of the back as working members of the royal they agreed back as working members of the roy royal they agreed back as working members of the roy royal family they agreed back as working members of the roy royal family and ey agreed back as working members of the roy royal family and harryeed back as working members of the roy royal family and harry and the royal family and harry and meghan was that they would not use the word royal for any commercial endeavours . what they commercial endeavours. what they didn't agree on was the word sussex and i suspect it's going to come down to the interpretation of the word royal or something around royal. does the crest constitute a link to the crest constitute a link to the royal family, which clearly can't be commercialised under british government law? >> they're rebranding because it was always the archewell was always about the archewell foundation before, but nobody knows archewell knows what the archewell foundation as foundation is. but sussex, as you know, he's the duke of sussex. she's the very famous. does this suggest they does this suggest that they they're money making activities have because we know have stalled because we know they've lost spotify they've lost the spotify contract. that the contract. a lot of talk that the netflix contract won't be renewed possibly. netflix contract won't be renyandi possibly. netflix contract won't be renyandi sawossibly. netflix contract won't be renyandi saw them y. netflix contract won't be renyandi saw them on red >> and we saw them on a red carpet in jamaica recently trying butter up the trying to butter up the

paramount boss as well, suggesting perhaps they're looking towards a commercial deal looking towards a commercial deal. there we don't know is the honest truth. what we do know is that clearly the polls on both sides of the atlantic are not favourable to the duke and duchess of sussex at the moment. as said, the spotify deal as you said, the spotify deal was prematurely . they was cancelled prematurely. they still uh, spotify , but the still have, uh, spotify, but the fact they are relaunching this website on the eve before for harry and meghan are seen in pubuc harry and meghan are seen in public together at the invictus games canada , which starts games in canada, which starts tomorrow. hinting that tomorrow. it's hinting that they're starting to do a lot more public appearances. they're starting to do a lot more public appearances . at the more public appearances. at the same time that william and catherine, for example, and the king and queen were not the queen, but they're all scaling back because of health scares, very timed. back because of health scares, veryeah, timed. back because of health scares, veryeah, does1ed. back because of health scares, veryeah, does talk about the >> yeah, it does talk about the archewell foundation here, andrew, serve andrew, saying it's to serve communities in need. and at the archewell foundation, the duke and committed to and duchess are committed to their yeah their mission. yeah >> and it does link to their foundation, their charity arm of the duke and duchess's work as well as archewell productions, which is the netflix deal,

spotify and anything else they decide to do . plus of course decide to do. plus of course their brand. so yeah, their sussex brand. so yeah, it's all to play for fascinating and covering and will of course be covering the invictus games. >> i'm sure we will be. >> i'm sure we will be. >> , yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> all right. that's cameron >> yeah, yeah. >> all who . that's cameron >> yeah, yeah. >> all who . that'veryneron >> yeah, yeah. >> all who . that'very good walker who is our very good royal . royal editor. >> you're going to spend this evening, aren't having evening, aren't you having a good old at this website? evening, aren't you having a goo having at this website? evening, aren't you having a goo having a at this website? evening, aren't you having a goo having a goodhis website? evening, aren't you having a goo having a good old nebsite? evening, aren't you having a goo having a good old line ite? evening, aren't you having a goo having a good old line by’ line. >> now, the labour mp steve mccabe us here on gb mccabe has told us here on gb news vote for azhar news he would not vote for azhar ali withdrew ali after labour withdrew support him the rochdale support for him in the rochdale by—election over his anti—semitic comments. >> this is what steve mccabe told us earlier , obviously told us earlier, obviously difficult and harassing for the labour party . labour party. >> but i mean, i think we confronted with a situation like this, you do not have a choice and you have to do what you believe to be right. i wouldn't vote for him. if you're asking me directly. no, i wouldn't . me directly. no, i wouldn't. >> well , me directly. no, i wouldn't. >> well, azhar me directly. no, i wouldn't. >> well , azhar ali me directly. no, i wouldn't. >> well, azhar ali has since released a statement in which he apologises for his comments. he said i apologise unreservedly to the jewish community for my

comments, which were deeply offensive, ignorant and false . offensive, ignorant and false. hamas is horrific terror attack was the responsibility of hamas alone and they are still holding hostages who must be released. >> well, we're joined now by the independent adviser to the government semitism. government on anti semitism. he's mp , lord he's the former labour mp, lord mann, john mann, um , john, i've mann, john mann, um, john, i've known long enough to call known you long enough to call you hope you don't mind, you john. i hope you don't mind, john, andrew. you john. i hope you don't mind, joh good andrew. you john. i hope you don't mind, joh good morningew. you john. i hope you don't mind, joh good morning .y. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning to you. this is just an un. there's no way of describing was pretty brutal describing it. was pretty brutal anti—semitism from the labour candidate rochdale . correct candidate in rochdale. correct >> and we're seeing a huge growth , not just in growth, not just in anti—semitism , but in how anti—semitism, but in how extreme the anti—semitism is. and this has inflicted the labour party again. and brendan wood thinks this is just a labour party problem . he's being labour party problem. he's being dangerously naive . this is a dangerously naive. this is a problem society . and you problem across society. and you know, my inbox, my daily work is full of fire fighting on extreme anti—semitism across the whole of the country , in all sectors

of the country, in all sectors of the country, in all sectors of society. it's massively on the growth in britain and we need to get on top of it. >> john, you you were in the labour party for long time. labour party for a long time. were you surprised how it were you surprised how long it took withdraw took them to get to withdraw support? this support? bearing in mind this story on saturday evening, story broke on saturday evening, labour frontbenchers pat mcfadden and um , the shadow lisa mcfadden and um, the shadow lisa nandy. mcfadden and um, the shadow lisa nandy . yeah, lisa nandy was on nandy. yeah, lisa nandy was on a platform with him and anneliese dodds was going to join him on a platform who's labour platform. who's the labour party chairman? took them two days chairman? it took them two days to get rid him . to get rid of him. >> well, probably wish >> well, they probably wish they'd um, because they'd moved faster. um, because they're getting quite a lot of kickback for not doing so . i kickback for not doing so. i mean, for is what mean, what i look for is what the decision is , and that the actual decision is, and that goes with all political parties . goes with all political parties. and i've dealt with anti semites in every political party in this country. and i've been involved in getting rid of them . so in getting rid of them. so i look at the decisions , i'm not look at the decisions, i'm not worried about the time, but look at the decisions, i'm not worried about the time, but clearly see clearly that's not clearly see clearly that's not playing well. um, in, in the playing well. um, in, in the media and may not play well in media and may not play well in pubuc pubuc media and may not play well in public opinion . and, but i look media and may not play well in public opinion . and, but i look

public opinion. and, but i look public opinion. and, but i look at the decision and this is a at the decision and this is a bold decision in my view . it's bold decision in my view . it's bold decision in my view. it's never happened before to remove bold decision in my view. it's never happened before to remove a parliamentary candidate who's a parliamentary candidate who's about to win a seat in a about to win a seat in a by—election. in other words, by—election. in other words, they're throwing the seat. i they're throwing the seat. i mean, keir starmer has thrown mean, keir starmer has thrown the seat that is what has the seat that is what has happened. the seat that is what has happened . uh, labour will not be happened. the seat that is what has happened . uh, labour will not be happened. uh, labour will not be winning the seat . ali won't win happened. uh, labour will not be winning the seat . ali won't win winning the seat. ali won't win the seat. and even if he did, he winning the seat. ali won't win the seat. and even if he did, he won't be a labour mp . and this won't be a labour mp . and this won't be a labour mp. and this was, of course, tony lloyd's , the decisions i'm not won't be a labour mp. and this was, of course, tony lloyd's , was, of course, tony lloyd's, was, of course, tony lloyd's, uh, parliamentary seat. and uh, parliamentary seat. and tony, a good friend of mine, tony, a good friend of mine, sadly no longer with us to throw sadly no longer with us to throw a parliamentary seat in a a parliamentary seat in a general election year is quite general election year is quite extraordinary . to throw it at extraordinary. to throw it at any time has never happened before, and so i would say this extraordinary is a bold decision. um, it's certainly the right decision. and and labour needs to make sure that, that its systems don't allow people like ali to get selected in the future. >> what effect do you think it will have on labour party on, on

general election year is quite extraordina party, on the voters ? the labour party, on the voters? will it sway them at all or will it be a case of, well, this is a by—election in rochdale ? by—election in rochdale? overall, the picture is very much going to look the same for laboun >>i laboun >> i don't think this has got ramifications elsewhere in the country . um, because the right country. um, because the right decision has been made. i think if they hadn't made that decision that would be very, very different in rochdale. >> i liked it looks again like sir keir starmer is a flip flopper . flopper. >> well, he's made the right decision . you know i've, i've decision. you know i've, i've deau decision. you know i've, i've dealt with parliamentary political leaders from the conservative party, the lib dems , the nationalist parties in terms of people who've been anti—semites and they've got rid of people sometimes it's taken time, sometimes it's been done without it being made public. and i've been happy when that's happened because my objective is get the anti semites out of parliament, out of positions of power. that's happened here. so it kind of the way i look at

things and always have done is the right decision has been reached and that's what i'm interested in. so i would say yes well done. on making the right decision. and if it takes a bit of time, it takes a bit of time. but, uh, i'm far more concerned that we don't miss the massive growth in anti semitism across society because that's what's going on at the moment. and it will infiltrate into all political parties . it will political parties. it will infiltrate into the media. it's employers. it's sport, it's the arts, it's universities , it's arts, it's universities, it's schools. and i'm having to deal with not just more cases , which with not just more cases, which i am, but more extreme cases every single day there's a tornado of anti—semitism sweeping the country and we are not on top of it. and john, just before we let you go, why is this tornado sweeping across the country? >> is it because of the gaza conflict, or was it happening before that ? before that? >> you know, the gaza conflict

has taken it to new levels and new extremes and we're not tackling them in effectively enough. there's many long standing reasons. we've not got time to go into them now of why we've failed to do all the things we should be doing , but things we should be doing, but the reality the moment is the reality of the moment is extremism is on the rise in our country . of course, the conflict country. of course, the conflict is a major issue in why people feel bold enough to say things that previously they kept to themselves , and also to be themselves, and also to be challenged . jewish themselves, and also to be challenged .jewish people on a challenged. jewish people on a racist basis across the country , racist basis across the country, the jewish community in our country is increasingly at work, at leisure , on the streets, in at leisure, on the streets, in education, in been more than discomforted, being threatened by anti—semitism and we as a country need to stamp it out. and this small episode, embarrassing though it is for

starmer and the labour party, demonstrates that we can stamp it out. we need to stamp it out everywhere . everywhere. >> all right, that's lord man, who is, of course, the government's independent adviser on anti—semitism. thanks much on anti—semitism. thanks so much for now we have forjoining us. now we have to remind the electoral remind you that's the electoral law candidates law of all the candidates standing rochdale standing in the rochdale by—election. are as are by—election. they are as are ali, who expect to stand as an independent. >> mark coleman , independent >> mark coleman, independent simon danczuk reform uk ian donaldson, liberal democrat paul ellison, conservative. george galloway, workers party of britain michael howarth, independent william howarth, independent. guy otten , green independent. guy otten, green party. ravin. rodan sebby's corner , official monster raving corner, official monster raving loony david tully, independent, now it's time for your news headunes now it's time for your news headlines with tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> andrew. thank you. it's 1133. these are your top stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister's defended his government's economic record dunng government's economic record during a live appearance on the gb news people's forum last

night . rishi sunak told voters night. rishi sunak told voters in county durham that the government's economic plan was starting to work . government's economic plan was starting to work. he government's economic plan was starting to work . he answered government's economic plan was starting to work. he answered an array of unvetted questions on the economy, on housing, education, tax , the nhs and even education, tax, the nhs and even the covid 19 vaccine. the prime minister told the people's forum. all the uk's economic indicators were heading in the right direction. the plan is working. >> you can see that on the economy , you can see in lower economy, you can see it in lower taxes. alternative is going taxes. the alternative is going back to square one with the labour party. you can't tell you what going what he's going to do differently. he doesn't have a plan that means we won't get plan and that means we won't get the change that our country deserves . that's the change that deserves. that's the change that i to deliver for all you. >> labour has withdrawn support for rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali over comments he made about israel . comments he made about israel. mr ali apologised after he was recorded during a meeting suggesting israel had taken the october 7th hamas assault as a pretext to invade gaza . pretext to invade gaza. employers and landlords who

allow illegal immigrants to work for them or rent their properties, will face much tougher penalties from today. the penalty for such sanctions has risen to a maximum of £45,000 per worker for a first breach. that's up from just £15,000. having tripled. it's the biggest increase in more than a decade, ministers believe the crackdown will help reduce the crackdown will help reduce the incentive for illegal migrants crossing into the uk . migrants crossing into the uk. they and king charles has returned to london after travelling from sandringham. his majesty had been staying at his country residence following his first cancer treatment . he's first cancer treatment. he's postponed all public facing duties. postponed all public facing dufies.the postponed all public facing duties. the queen has been carrying out her royal arrangements engagements last week, saying her husband was doing extremely well under the circumstances . for all the circumstances. for all the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. or you can go to gb news. com slash alerts . for exclusive , limited

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misstep after misstep u—turning on the 28 billion. you turning on the 28 billion. you turning on their candidates, supporting and then supporting all the rest of it . and yet they're still of it. and yet they're still miles ahead in the polls. of it. and yet they're still miles ahead in the polls . we're miles ahead in the polls. we're going to be quizzing some tory mps why on earth that is. mps about why on earth that is. >> you think, do think >> do you think, do you think people mind up ? people have made their mind up? >> extent a lot >> i think to some extent a lot of like single of people feel like every single question about what is wrong with today , it's almost with society today, it's almost like we perhaps the country felt in 2010, it's like wherever there's problem, almost, there's a problem, almost, you've run out of chances to fix it. you've had 14 years. that's a perennial sort of refrain. that's brought up in focus groups. why haven't you fixed this? it's been 14 years. >> know what, though? >> you know what, though? >> you know what, though? >> not sure people >> i'm i'm not sure people have made . i'm not sure made up their mind. i'm not sure they may have made up their mind that they want a change of government. right. but i'm not sure they've made up their mind who be putting their who they'll be putting their cross for . box cross in the for. box >> necessarily this sunak >> so not necessarily this sunak was a vote for was saying last night a vote for reform a vote for laboun >>i laboun >> i think there might be some surprises come the election. i'm not saying the conservatives are going power.

going to hang on to power. that seems it seems very unlikely as it stands. i do think it might stands. but i do think it might be less of a win for labour than one might expect. what did you think of his performance last night? >> i think it's the kind of situation where he actually does very yeah he's not very well in. yeah he's not scripted actually, when he's not trying to sort of, you know, prime minister's questions sometimes he tries the sort of rousing the crowd behind him. sometimes he tries the sort of rousi not the crowd behind him. sometimes he tries the sort of rousi not a the crowd behind him. sometimes he tries the sort of rousi not a naturalnd behind him. sometimes he tries the sort of rousi not a natural orator|ind him. sometimes he tries the sort of rousi not a natural orator inj him. he's not a natural orator in that way. he does 1 to 1 conversations quite well, but he doesn't. boris johnson could always stand at a lectern and say something that would get a roar get a cheer roar, that would get a cheer rishi can't he rishi sunak can't do that. he doesn't but he can do doesn't do that. but he can do perhaps personal perhaps a more personal connection. and i think we saw some more personal him some more personal side to him a little bit. >> he's mr personality, is >> he's not mr personality, is he? does appear sometimes he? and he does appear sometimes a tad out of touch when he's talking about his schooling and when he's talking about how making pharmacy do more work for gps going to transform the gps is going to transform the nhs. although perhaps that sort of does seem little bit, of thing does seem a little bit, you you're tiny you know, you're making tiny changes at the edges, tinkering at perhaps one of the changes at the edges, tinkering at powerfulyerhaps one of the

changes at the edges, tinkering at powerful moments e of the changes at the edges, tinkering at powerful moments last the changes at the edges, tinkering at powerful moments last night most powerful moments last night is said he spoke is when he said when he spoke about his family, you about his family, that, you know, his parents over know, his parents came over with not much. not very much. >> one became a gp, one staff had a pharmacy. they scrimped and they saved and they sent him to help of to school with the help of a scholarship rest of scholarship and all the rest of it. starmer is it. and when keir starmer is attacking school , that's attacking his school, that's attacking his school, that's attacking parents you attacking his parents and you really felt bit of passion really felt a bit of passion there. i'm not sure a lot of there. but i'm not sure a lot of people that. people will buy that. >> i you be >> i mean, you can be aspirational children aspirational for your children and able to afford and not be able to afford private school. so we're going to a to be having that debate a little later. little bit later. >> is winter school. and >> and it is winter school. and i about i think the fees there are about £55,000 a year. >> of course, scholarship fees, that fees today wasn't that is the fees today wasn't the fees back then . the fees back then. >> mean, his >> i mean, ultimately his parents weren't the most stupendously people in stupendously wealthy people in the world. stupendously wealthy people in the um, d. stupendously wealthy people in the um, but and of course , he >> um, but and of course, he repaid them, didn't he ? he repaid. >> i did not know that. >> i did not know that. >> yes, he did, but i'm not sure people like being that people like being told that they're aspirational they're not as aspirational for their children as his were. >> disagree. >> but maybe people disagree. >> we've got to go. >> we've got to go. >> oh, sorry. >> oh, sorry. >> talk looking >> we'll talk about looking forward >> we'll talk about looking forv right . >> right. >> right. >> for now, though, you are still britain's newsroom >> for now, though, you are stil news. britain's newsroom >> for now, though, you are stil news. stay n's newsroom >> for now, though, you are stil news. stay with ewsroom >> for now, though, you are stil news. stay with us. .room >> for now, though, you are stil news. stay with us. more to gb news. stay with us. more to

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listening to gb news radio. >> 1142 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce. and it's definitely pip tomson >> we're joined by gb news senior political commentator, who is definitely nigel nelson and author and political commentator tanya buxton. in the studio. hello, hello again to you both. right. we teased it earlier . you both. right. we teased it earlier. suella braverman former home secretary she's been writing these claims that writing about these claims that the countryside is racist. nigel. yeah, it was. i mean, i found that report a bit weird , found that report a bit weird, frankly, but who didn't? >> yeah , it was just it was the >> yeah, it was just it was the language that was used. it was things know, colonial . things like, you know, colonial. colonial was the other, the other word be colonial. um, where saw the report, got it where i saw the report, got it right. was that what you in right. was that what you have in the countryside? was certainly. i anecdotal, but i mean, this is anecdotal, but my is that it's my experience of it is that it's certainly traditional british values and often you find that people there, whether it's through fear or whatever ,

through fear or whatever, they're a bit even in places as well, especially in places where there are no migrants or very few migrants. they have a kind of antipathy to immigration. but that's as far as it goes. and what's suella braverman is talking about is actually going there on holiday . talking about is actually going there on holiday. uh, talking about is actually going there on holiday . uh, she goes there on holiday. uh, she goes for hiking tours in the, um , in for hiking tours in the, um, in the lake district . uh, she's up the lake district. uh, she's up the lake district. uh, she's up the brecon beacons . i mean, she the brecon beacons. i mean, she obviously really enjoys the countryside . i can't imagine countryside. i can't imagine there would be any racism there. and she says she's never encountered it, which is probably right. >> she also says in the article, the endured the worst racism she's endured has been in areas . has been in urban areas. >> precisely. yeah. and . the >> precisely. yeah. and. the other you know, the other point that she's making is that you shouldn't you shouldn't feel guilty being white. well, guilty for being white. well, absolutely you shouldn't absolutely right. you shouldn't feel guilty for being black or asian or whatever you are . um, asian or whatever you are. um, so i think she makes the point. it was the language that these people used in the in the report that and went over the that i found and went over the top. yeah, did, although

top. yeah, it did, although there's a certain truth underneath , if you see what i mean. >> i don't i just don't think there truth there is a certain truth underneath mean, underneath it at all. i mean, these companies like the national rsp and national trust and the rsp and all world wildlife all these world wildlife fund, um, just race baiting. um, they're just race baiting. they they're click baiting, they just they're click baiting, their race baiting. it's complete rubbish. and when you kind of dig deep and you see what was your definition of racism, people looked racism, it's that people looked and stared. i mean, andrew, i mean about anything. honestly, i'd be disappointed if i walked into a pub in wales in my full kind of garb and they didn't stop and stare. i mean, what's going it's, you know, if you are something different, that's walking into what if it's a very white area and you're and you're black you in or you're black and you walk in or you're asian, walk people asian, you walk in, people are going but going to have a look at and but in a the other way in a village the other way around as well, you'll be stared at into pub and at if you walk into a pub and you're absolutely you're a stranger. absolutely so small no no, no. >> exactly. no no, no. >> exactly. no no, no. >> and any of us, any of us would actually get that. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well, if you sit in the wrong seat, a tiny little seat, you go into a tiny little hamlet to the pub. hamlet to the local pub. >> everybody each other,

>> everybody knows each other, and you're sitting there and it's she now? it's like, where is she now? normally they're normally it's because they're looking at you thinking, oh, she's city. looking at you thinking, oh, sheand city. looking at you thinking, oh, sheand we city. looking at you thinking, oh, sheand we all city. looking at you thinking, oh, sheand we all something like that. >> nothing to do. haven't we that. >> beening to do. haven't we that. >> beening toexcuse|aven't we that. >> beening toexcuse me,1't we that. >> beening toexcuse me, that's that. >> seat.ng toexcuse me, that's my seat. >> that's exactly me. >> that's exactly me. >> and you immediately give >> yes. and you immediately give it you're respectful. but. so if >> you're respectful. but. so if you're a person colour, then you're a person of colour, then if you, you if that happens to you, you. you see racism. it's see that as racism. but it's not. it'sjust see that as racism. but it's not. it's just not. and so see that as racism. but it's not. it'sjust not. and so i'm not. it's just not. and so i'm so sick of this kind of race baiting, cause baiting, trying to cause friction where it just doesn't exist. and there is something really beautiful about the british british british countryside and british values. , like, it's values. i mean, like, it's green, not colonial, it's green, not colonial, but us greeks used to kind of pile into these estate cars that we had when we were kids and go and do barbecues everywhere. much of the of everyone around the disdain of everyone around us, and they were completely right bringing right here. we were bringing our charcoal is being charcoal barbecue is being absolute barbarians because it's what we're used to doing . and so what we're used to doing. and so when complaints, it when we got complaints, it wasn't everybody. when we got complaints, it was it t everybody. when we got complaints, it wasit certainly everybody. when we got complaints, it wasit certainly is everybody. when we got complaints, it wasit certainly is .verybody. when we got complaints, it wasit certainly is . and )ody. when we got complaints, it wasit certainly is . and you. when we got complaints, it wasit certainly is . and you are >> it certainly is. and you are for everybody as well. are for everybody as well. we are back very shortly with our panel and the latest and talking about the latest trick migrants have been using to to britain. here's to come to britain. here's a clue they gatecrashed a school

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>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back. we are a for channel everyone. just like the countryside . and we are joined countryside. and we are joined by gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. again an author and political commentator, tanya buxton in the studio, tanya , tell us about studio, tanya, tell us about this school bus. >> well, i mean, it's really frightening for me . so frightening for me. so basically, the school bus went on a trip to france and when they came back from their trip, they came back from their trip, they there they opened the hall and there were illegal migrants were two illegal migrants in there . um, and were two illegal migrants in there. um, and as a were two illegal migrants in there . um, and as a parent, if there. um, and as a parent, if i was going to go and pick up my children and i opened, there was a hall there, somebody in the hall, how i know if they had hall, how do i know if they had explosives they to explosives, if they wanted to harm child , they wanted to harm my child, if they wanted to do my child? do something to my child? i mean, it's horrendous . those mean, it's horrendous. those people been arrested people should have been arrested and immediately. they and deported immediately. they weren't. ? of course weren't. they weren't? of course not. they were in some cushy

hotel they're hotel making sure they're getting their dentist checks and their health checks. >> need a health >> well, they need a health check, surely. i mean, why should you want to check they're still alive. >> em- w- >> well, let me tell you, i tried hold of my doctor tried to get hold of my doctor this i'm not this week, and i. and i'm not going see him till going to get to see him till next bet get see next week. i bet they get to see their doctor a doctor, before i get right. so that's get to see you. right. so that's the that's what the point. that's what infuriates what's infuriates making. that's what's infuriating. infuriates making. that's what's iniit. ating. infuriates making. that's what's iniit. atingis year ten infuriates making. that's what's iniit.atingis yearten and of it. this is a year ten and a year 11 kids. i mean, it's really have really frightening to have their things. they they ended really frightening to have their thi|that they they ended really frightening to have their thi|that luggage hey ended really frightening to have their thi|that luggage was ended up that their luggage was covered in urine because the, the guys had to relieve themselves, were in the hole. it the guys had to relieve therjustyes, were in the hole. it the guys had to relieve therjustyes, here in the hole. it the guys had to relieve therjustyes, her renda's hole. it the guys had to relieve therjustyes, her renda's .iole. it the guys had to relieve therjustyes, her renda's . and it was just it's her renda's. and yet our government is going to do this. do nothing about this. britain does this . does nothing about this. >> nigel, what do you think? >> nigel, what do you think? >> you >> well, i mean, you can't defend anyway , if defend any of that anyway, if people are sort of trying to get into the country that particular way, all i would say is the reason you don't deport them is where deport them? where do you deport them? >> to france, where they came from. >> were f were french ? >> but were they french? >> but were they french? >> well, that's where they were. that's where they came from. it doesn't matter. >> is where we always sort >> this is where we always sort of comes back of this this argument comes back to. back to to. let's send them back to france safe

country. >> yes, it's a safe country. it's where came it's where they came from. >> is germany. so >> yes, but so is germany. so and well they passed and it may well be they passed through on their way to through germany on their way to get calais. get to calais. >> our business. know >> that's not our business. know that for sure. >> but but that's where >> well, but but that's where they french. they got. they are not french. it france's it is not. it is not france's responsibility to look after them. it's not ours. and them. but it's not ours. and they're well hang on. the they're only. well hang on. the only reason they're france , only reason they're in france, or the only they're in or the only reason they're in calais, not to go sightseeing calais, is not to go sightseeing there in calais to try and get to britain. although, do you to britain. although, why do you think france, britain. >> 5 britain. >> a safe britain. >> they're in a safe country like , not war torn? no. like france, not war torn? no. no for themselves. why no problems for themselves. why is it you think they want to come to britain? >> well, well because >> well, it may well be because they've here and they've got relatives here and that's that's the that's why. well, that's the reason that they were also. >> understood not arrested >> it's understood not arrested because believed to be because they were believed to be underaged. there not underaged. so is there not a responsibility there. >> had lot of lies >> well, we've had a lot of lies told. . told. they are. >> well if they are underage we surely we have a responsibility. do we know their age because we've seen some so—called 14 year olds in schools they're year olds in schools and they're 22. exactly . we don't >> exactly, exactly. we don't know. that's one of the first things say oh but things they say is, oh no, but they to for

that. >> i mean, you're absolutely right, andrew. it's a difficult test to actually establish someone's age. but in fairness, that the, the, the home office do, do try and do that to establish what a migrant's age is. it's going to mean that coaches this before coaches we had all this before at the channel tunnel with people getting in the back of lorries and coaches. >> going to have to >> they're going to have to redouble now, redouble the checks again now, aren't redouble the checks again now, areiwell, it looks like i mean, >> well, it looks like i mean, bear reason that the bear in mind the reason that the number is number of boats went up is because actually having number of boats went up is becau success actually having number of boats went up is becau success in actually having number of boats went up is becau success in stopping having number of boats went up is becau success in stopping people number of boats went up is becau s|into;s in stopping people number of boats went up is becau s|into ;s in back 3ing people number of boats went up is becau s|into ;s in back ofg people getting into the back of lorries. we now they try lorries. we did. so now they try the but if they're the boat route, but if they're going back other and going back the other way and saying, oh well, let's, let's see, see we can get into the see, see if we can get into the back of lorries coaches back of lorries or coaches or whatever. yes, we are going to have checks . have to redouble checks. >> fascinating isn't it ? >> fascinating isn't it? >> fascinating isn't it? >> should we just completely change gear and talk about pancakes? . pancakes? yes, please. >> award winning year award winning chef. >> no perfect recipe . because >> no perfect recipe. because one of your cookbooks on our bookshelf over their shelf. >> i'm an award winning cook and bookshelf over their shelf. >wasn an award winning cook and bookshelf over their shelf. >wasn an upset winning cook and bookshelf over their shelf. >wasn an upset that1ing cook and bookshelf over their shelf. >wasn an upset that1ing coo wasd i was very upset that nobody was asking my pancake i was very upset that nobody was asking because my pancake i was very upset that nobody was asking because pancakescake i was very upset that nobody was asking because pancakes aree recipe because pancakes are absolutely bring us any absolutely didn't bring us any in. know was in. oh, you know what? i was thinking morning.

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gb news. >> good afternoon britain . it's >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on tuesday. the 13 of february. >> labour in chaos. the party suspends its by—election candidate in rochdale following an anti—semitism row . candidate in rochdale following an anti—semitism row. keir starmers u—turn follows further comments from azhar ali, in which he attacks jewish journalists. it leaves labour without a formal candidate in this month's vote, so is under fire. >> prince harry and meghan markle have been accused of using their royal ties for commercial gain after they relaunched their website using the sussex title and royal crest. despite it having ditched their royal duties as tacky or savvy and illegals