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has said that britain is effectively defenceless , as i'm effectively defenceless, as i'm going to look at the state of our armed forces and ask if we could even defend ourselves if we were attacked. spoiler outlook looks a bit bleak . next, outlook looks a bit bleak. next, there's a special report on illegal immigration, as fines for companies who break the law are finally tripled . are finally tripled. >> and last week we were told that the countryside was racist . that the countryside was racist. well, get ready for it today . well, get ready for it today. apparently golf is racist. yes, you heard that right . apparently golf is racist. yes, you heard that right. tiger woods plays a racist sport according to some people, even though today he landed a deal worth about $100 million. it's a mad old world. and that's all coming up in your next hour. welcome to the show . thank you, welcome to the show. thank you, as ever, for joining welcome to the show. thank you, as ever, forjoining me. this as ever, for joining me. this show is all about you. please sendin show is all about you. please send in your views. vaiews@gbnews.com. i'll be asking today is british politics

being poisoned by islamification? the rochdale by—election now is being poisoned. it's getting very ugly. all sorts of remarks coming in. are we seeing a dividing line appearing in british politics? what can we do about it? what should the labour party do about it? can we even turn this around? let me know and i'll read out your emails throughout the show. we've got loads get into, but first loads to get into, but first it's loads to get into, but first wsfime loads to get into, but first it's time for latest news it's time for your latest news headunes it's time for your latest news headlines sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you very much and good afternoon. these are your top stories from the gb newsroom. the labour leader says it was a necessary decision to withdraw support for rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali over comments he made about israel . mr ali over comments he made about israel. mr ali apologised over comments he made about israel . mr ali apologised after israel. mr ali apologised after he was recorded during a meeting, saying suggesting that israel had taken the october seventh hamas assault as a pretext to invade gaza. he'll still be listed as the labour candidate on the ballot paper as

under electoral law. it's too late to replace him . however, if late to replace him. however, if he were to win, he will not become labour following become a labour mp. following ali's comments, sir keir starmer has insisted that his party's changed his leadership . changed under his leadership. >> those comments were >> well, those comments were appalling and that is why we took decisive action. it is virtually unprecedented to withdraw support for a candidate in the way that i withdrew support for this candidate yesterday. that's what a changed labour party is all about. and of course , any allegation will of course, any allegation will be fully investigated by the party. but the important thing is the decisive action that's been taken to make it absolutely clear that this is a changed labour party . labour party. >> three people have been found guilty of a terror offence by displaying images of paragliders at a pro—palestine march in central london. habib el—hayek, pauune central london. habib el—hayek, pauline ankunda and neemuchwala yinka taiwo displayed the images just a week after hamas militants used paragliders to enter israel . in october. the

enter israel. in october. the crown prosecution service argued the trio's actions amounted to the trio's actions amounted to the glorification of hamas, but lawyers for the group suggested they were actually displaying images of a parachute emoji . images of a parachute emoji. thousands of jobs are at risk after the uk arm of the body shop enters administration . the shop enters administration. the retailer runs more than 200 shops across the country . the shops across the country. the high street chain will continue to trade, though, with shops and the online site remaining open and making sales as. the online site remaining open and making sales as . wage growth and making sales as. wage growth has slowed in the uk, with new figures showing it at its lowest level for more than a year. the ons 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 final three months of last year, compared with the same period a year before. it's the slowest growth since october 2022. however after taking price rises into account , pay went however after taking price rises into account, pay went up by

1.9. british army troops and vehicles are on their way to poland to take part in the largest nato exercise since the cold war . largest nato exercise since the cold war. more armoured vehicles, alongside land rovers, engineers, tractors and support vehicles were loaded into a 23,000 tonne cargo vessel near southampton on over 500 vehicles will sail from the uk and 1500 service personnel will fly out to join the nato exercise, called steadfast defender to demonstrate the alliance's unity and capability . the departure and capability. the departure comes as hms prince of wales set sail from portsmouth yesterday to take part . employers and to take part. employers and landlords who allow illegal immigrants to work for them or rent their properties will face much tougher penalties from today. the civil penalty for such actions has risen to a maximum of £45,000 per worker for a first breach, landlords now also face increased penalties of £5,000 per lodger and 10,000 per occupier for a first breach. that's up from £80

and £1,000 respectively. ministers believe the crackdown will help reduce the incentive for illegal migrants to cross into the uk , and king charles into the uk, 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 dufies postponed all public facing duties but is continuing with behind the scenes work on his red boxes of state papers. the queen's 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 on your screen. or you can go to gb news. com slash alerts. now back to . martin back to. martin >> thank you tatiana. now what a show we've got ahead today. loads to get stuck into. and let's course let's start with the huge anti—semitic storm that's once again hanging over

the labour party. and sir keir starmer has defended his decision not to ditch asif ali as a by—election candidate before last night, sir keir stood by ali on sunday at the anti—semitic comments from labour's candidate for the by—election in rochdale were published , and that was a clip published, and that was a clip of ali suggesting that israel had let hamas attack in october. happened deliberately so the country could attack gaza . country could attack gaza. however, ali's time was up yesterday when he when comments he made about people in the media from certain jewish quarters were made public, certain information came to light over the weekend in relation to the candidate. >> there was a fulsome apology. further information came to light yesterday calling for decisive action. so i took decisive action. so i took decisive action. so i took decisive action. it is a huge thing to withdraw support for a labour candidate . during the

labour candidate. during the course of a by—election ian, it's a tough decision and necessary decision, but when i say the labour party has changed under my leadership, i mean it. i set out four years ago to tear anti—semitism out of the labour party. it's the first thing i said i'd do as labour leader and to change our party. i have taken a series of decisions along those lines as ruthlessly changing our party, and it's made no difference to me where somebody stands in the labour party, the change i brought aboutis party, the change i brought about is a labour party that is now back in the service of working people. voters in rochdale will have to determine who they vote for, but i'm not to prepared put forward a labour candidate unless i think that candidate unless i think that candidate is fit to be a labour mp . mp. >> well, although we have sir keir starmer defending his decision, standing tough, but do we believe him? well i'm joined in the studio now by our political commentator , olivia political commentator, olivia utley . welcome to the utley olivier. welcome to the show. always a pleasure .

show. always a pleasure. labour's palestine problem. it won't go away. it's continually bobbing to the surface to haunt them . and you think starmer has them. and you think starmer has acted decisively enough or did he only act because he was forced it? forced into it? >> , it's a pretty >> well, it's been a pretty extraordinary 48 hours in labour politics. >> just two days ago, keir starmer was not only personally standing behind mr ali, but he was also sending out frontbench shadow ministers to defend him on air. emily thornberry now looks a little bit silly. i would say. >> then, uh, sort of 24 hours later last night, keir starmer finally withdrew his support for mr ali following a piece in the in the mail on sunday, revealing that he had been, uh, scathing about, uh, labour. >> uh, jewish journalists . and >> uh, jewish journalists. and this is apparently the moment where it got too much for keir starmer . where it got too much for keir starmer. now, of where it got too much for keir starmer . now, of course, lots of starmer. now, of course, lots of people are suggesting that , uh, people are suggesting that, uh, keir starmer should have

withdrawn his support earlier and only did so last night when he realised that the situation had become sort of unsustainable . it is incredibly embarrassing for keir starmer. why did it take him so long? well one reason, of course, is that it is too late for to , labour uh, put too late for to, labour uh, put someone else on the ballot papen >> nonfinafions papen >> nominations have closed for the by—election, and people i've spoken to in labour suggest that the reason that keir starmer held off withdrawing support for so long was because he was worried that without a labour candidate on that ballot paper , candidate on that ballot paper, george galloway will win that by—election, it now looks increasingly likely that george galloway will indeed win that by—election. >> what i found quite interesting is the response from the left of the labour party because they've been very, very annoyed over the past couple of days because actually mr ali normally is, uh, much more in the keir starmer mould. he's got a got a long history of speaking out against islamic extremism, for example .

for example. >> and they all argue that had he been a left wing candidate, he been a left wing candidate, he would have got culled immediately . and perhaps that is immediately. and perhaps that is what keir starmer should have done. it does seem as though within the starmer camp, it's one rule for, for for, our friends and one rule for the others . others. >> whatever happens now, this has really tarnished keir starmer's leadership. and of course, it will be the people of rochdale who will probably end up suffering with george galloway as their parliamentary representative. >> olivia utley excellent summary as ever. thank you very much. i'm joined now by the conservative mp for south leicestershire , alberto costa. leicestershire, alberto costa. alberto welcome to the show . so alberto welcome to the show. so it never rains, but it pours for sir keir starmer and the quick responses from some concerned senior members. james cleverly , senior members. james cleverly, um, saying basically this isn't about one person, this is about the whole party. who else was at a meeting on october the 31st with ali? richard holden, your party's chairman ? starmer is party's chairman? starmer is a moral vacuum. lord hague storm

isha u—turn. so much he goes around in circles. alberto, what's your take on this latest palestinian calamity ? palestinian calamity? >> well, it was very concerning to hear that someone who was putting themselves forward for the opposition party, for the labour party , uh, was found to labour party, uh, was found to have made such appalling, disgraceful comments . disgraceful comments. >> look, i sit on the standards committee of the house of commons and people that put themselves forward for public office, and there's no higher pubuc office, and there's no higher public office than being a member of the british parliament, the sovereign british parliament. >> you've got to be very careful with what say and what you with what you say and what you do . do. >> and the labour party , i'm >> and the labour party, i'm afraid, took too long to act on this particular issue . this particular issue. >> of course, i welcome the fact that they have acted, but it was too late and this individual, of course, is on the ballot paper.

>> and under his name will be the labour party , regardless of the labour party, regardless of what keir starmer has now said . what keir starmer has now said. >> and alberto , this is >> and alberto, this is spreading its tendrils far and wide. now we saw tobias ellwood at his home last night. pro—palestinian protesters outside his house that , of outside his house that, of course, happened to mike freer, who stepped down. and it's also happened to labour mps. who stepped down. and it's also happened to labour mps . this happened to labour mps. this kind of crystallised ation, this calcification, this hardening of the mindset and it's spreading into british politics. do you fear syed from rochdale? aside from this incident, that we are now approaching a new toxicity in british politics by importing the conflict in gaza ? the conflict in gaza? >> well, i certainly hope not. and i don't want to pour fuel on to the flames. what mike freer has experienced and what tobias ellwood has experienced is

wholly unacceptable. and i would urge the police forces in the respective constituencies to do everything that they can under their independent operation . all their independent operation. all ability . and i would hope that ability. and i would hope that the british public, and i'm confident that the vast majority of the british public are much more moderate in all of this , more moderate in all of this, and it is not acceptable , and and it is not acceptable, and it's not a british value to behave in the way that a small number of people have and are behaving towards people like tobias and mike. so i would not want to put fuel onto the flames with this. martin. i think we all need to be moderate and calm and sensitive and let the police do their job. when people act do theirjob. when people act outside of the law . outside of the law. >> okay, talking about police doing their job, colin pitchfork , of course. um, dawn ashworth mother, barbara, is one of your constituents . it's something

constituents. it's something you've campaigned for on many, many years . pitchfork was denied many years. pitchfork was denied bail in december. many years. pitchfork was denied bail in december . alberto. but bail in december. alberto. but now that's been reversed . he now that's been reversed. he will get a chance at a bail hearing. barbara said. words fail me now. what's the mood on the ground in your seat ? the ground in your seat? >> well, martin, we must never forget that lynda mann and dawn ashworth lost their lives at the hands of colin pitchfork . they hands of colin pitchfork. they were brutally raped and strangled to death . and barbara strangled to death. and barbara and all the other families and friends of the victims are the ones that continue to suffer to this day . my job ones that continue to suffer to this day. my job as ones that continue to suffer to this day . my job as the member this day. my job as the member of parliament for south leicestershire is principally to be a voice for my constituents and to ensure that the parole board, the public body charged with our protection, it does its job properly and i'm afraid i agree with the government on this one, because i spoke with

the secretary of state for justice yesterday on this matter and the government have made a statement in the media which is that they are perplexed , as that they are perplexed, as i am, how the parole board has managed to make yet again a flawed decision . viewers perhaps flawed decision. viewers perhaps would like to hear some background to this . colin background to this. colin pitchfork was was proposed to be released by the parole board in spnng released by the parole board in spring of last year. i stepped in and i asked the secretary of state to apply to the parole board for them to think again . board for them to think again. and he did that. the parole board in appointed an independent parole board monitor individual that individual, uh , individual that individual, uh, agreed that there was grounds for irrationality in choosing to release pitchfork and a new parole hearing was set up release pitchfork and a new parole hearing was setup, and parole hearing was set up, and that parole hearing did , and that parole hearing did, and that parole hearing did, and that they could not release

pitchfork . one of the reasons pitchfork. one of the reasons that the parole board determined this in december was that pitchfork could not demonstrate how his attitude towards women has changed. so the reason that i'm perplexed today is how can it be two months later that the parole board have now, on the face of it , accepted? colin face of it, accepted? colin pitchfork aukus argument that it would be irrational not to release him . it just seems release him. it just seems bizarre and that's why i have issued today. colin, across the whole of south leicestershire , whole of south leicestershire, this survey to tens of thousands of households asking them to complete a survey on the parole board, which i intend to present in the house of commons and get them much needed changes that i think we need to the parole board system. >> okay. thank you very much for joining us. alberto costa and thorne ashworth's mother , thorne ashworth's mother, barbara, very clear. she said, i know what i would do. i'd throw away the key. thanks for joining

us on the show. now, of course, azhar ali has since apologised for his comments and here are the candidates standing in the rochdale by—election. they are azhar ali, labour party mark coleman, independent simon danczuk , reform uk ian donaldson danczuk, reform uk ian donaldson , liberal democrat paul ellison, conservative george galloway, workers party of britain michael howarth , independent william howarth, independent william howarth, independent william howarth , also independent. guy howarth, also independent. guy otten, green party. raven, rodents , the official monster, rodents, the official monster, raving loony and david tully also an independent. now it's time for our brand new great british giveaway and your chance to win £18,000 in cold, hard cash. and here's all the details you need for a chance to make that yours. >> time is ticking on your chance to win £18,000 in tax free cash. that's like having an extra £1,500 each month for the next year. listen to the moment we told phil, from west

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listening to gbh news radio . listening to gbh news radio. >> welcome back . 323 you're >> welcome back. 323 you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news a little later this hour, i'll discuss the claim from a former sas officer that we no longer have an army thanks to faceless woke people . but before that, uk wage people. but before that, uk wage growth has slowed to its lowest level for more than a year as vacancies also fell back once again . as britain's jobs market again. as britain's jobs market cools even further and the office for national statistics, the ons, said average regular pay, the ons, said average regular pay, excluding bonuses, fell to 6.2% in the quarter to december , 6.2% in the quarter to december, down from an upwardly revised . down from an upwardly revised. 6.7% in the three months of november. represents the slowest growth since the three months to . october 2022. well, to break down the numbers for us is gb

news economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . then welcome to the money. then welcome to the studio. always a pleasure to have you over here. so wages are still going up. that's good right . right. >> it is good though. >> it is good though. >> the strength of the growth in wages you say, the slowest wages is as you say, the slowest for almost a year and a half. the silver lining in that particular cloud , martin, is particular cloud, martin, is that the fact that wage growth is slowing, it's still above inflation. it's still going up inflation. it's still going up in money terms, if you like . but in money terms, if you like. but the fact that wage growth is slowing means it's more likely the bank of england will be less worried about inflation than more likely we'll get those interest cuts soon. interest rates cuts soon. >> let's just recap some of the numbers that you just mentioned. >> let's just recap some of the numberzwe at you just mentioned. >> let's just recap some of the numberzwe putou just mentioned. >> let's just recap some of the numberzwe put themt mentioned. >> let's just recap some of the numberzwe put themt menttheed. >> and we put them up on the screen for gb news viewers and listeners can follow my voice , listeners can follow my voice, as you say, between october and december , compared to the same december, compared to the same three year period in 2022, wages on average , excluding bonuses, on average, excluding bonuses, were 6.2% higher in cash terms.

and that's down slowly from the previous sort of rolling three month period september to november, when it was 6.7. so quite a sharp slowdown in wages as i say, it's still above inflation. inflation is currently 4. so that means that real wages after inflation are positive . now a number comes out positive. now a number comes out tomorrow morning. i'll be in the studio from 7 am. >> that's the january inflation number. >> and that will be very, very closely watched. and i would say the fact that wage growth is slowing. now martin, on these numbers out this morning, slowing. now martin, on these numbers out this morning , that numbers out this morning, that makes it more likely that the bank of england will put aside its worries about inflation. we're above the 2% target. we're still above the 2% target. inflation about 4. and inflation is still about 4. and inflation is still about 4. and i now going to get i think we're now going to get an interest rate drop . i think an interest rate drop. i think it's to be april or may. it's going to be april or may. but the financial markets are saying june. they were saying october, november, just a few weeks ago. i've been saying april and may for quite few april and may for quite a few months now . and the financial months now. and the financial markets coming my markets are gradually coming my way. so we should see interest rate this spring or summer. rate cuts this spring or summer. and a lot of people will be

breathing a huge sigh of relief . breathing a huge sigh of relief. it's felt like forever that they've been squeezed at both ends. inflation in the food prices, gas , utilities, you name prices, gas, utilities, you name it. plus interest rates on their mortgages and their loans at the bottom. it's been a tough time. hopefully the sun's coming through the clouds little bit through the clouds a little bit of of sunlight of sun, a few shafts of sunlight through some pretty grey clouds. >> i don't wish to be, uh, churlish or overly pessimistic. >> i just want to be correct . >> i just want to be correct. and it's not true to say that there's some, you know, massive sunlit uplands about to burst into our view , all of us singing into our view, all of us singing the sound of music, because the economy is so good, that doesn't mean not getting mean the economy is not getting getting better. it is getting better. really part getting better. it is getting bethe really part getting better. it is getting bethe strategylly part getting better. it is getting bethe strategy for part of the tory strategy for it getting we've these of the tory strategy for it getelections we've these of the tory strategy for it getelections on ve've these of the tory strategy for it getelections on thursday these of the tory strategy for it getelections on thursday inase of the tory strategy for it getelections on thursday in both by elections on thursday in both kingswood and in wellingborough. um, in the west country and in northamptonshire respectively. but there could be a bit of an issue. as i said, the inflation numbers coming out tomorrow, the inflation number is actually likely to go up a little bit in

january. it went 3.9. it january. from it went 3.9. it could be more like four, 4.1. that's because the ofgem energy price cap has been put up and the chancellor will be giving interviews about 820 interviews tomorrow about 820 after come out after the numbers come out saying, , inflation doesn't saying, oh, inflation doesn't fall a straight it'll fall in a straight line, it'll probably be talking to me, actually. so i think actually. um so i do think inflation is going to go up tomorrow a little bit, but that doesn't mean the general downward isn't still downward trajectory isn't still there. on thursday, when the there. but on thursday, when the tories face these by elections, it could be that at 7:00 on thursday morning, just as the polls those two polls open in those two constituencies, the ons is constituencies, as the ons is releasing gdp numbers on thursday . and they could show thursday. and they could show that , for the first time that britain, for the first time outside covid since 2009, has outside of covid since 2009, has fallen into a recession, with two consecutive quarters of economic growth contraction. if it is a recession, we dropped by 0.1. our gdp in the third quarter. so that's sort of august, july, august, september for the fourth quarter, october, november , december, that may be november, december, that may be a slight contraction too. and labour are going to make huge

hay out of that . we're going to hay out of that. we're going to be careful how we report those numbers on thursday, martin, because open. because the polls are open. we're say we're not allowed to say anything political . anything overtly political. them's rules, the them's the rules, right? the journalists work just me journalists work by but just me reporting the gdp numbers straight and down. even if straight up and down. even if i keep a straight face, it will help. the opposition is going to be if those be overtly political. if those numbers show that the uk economy contracted for the last two quarters of 2023. so we went into recession then. so, look, it's not all doom and gloom. wage growth is still high wage growth is ahead of inflation. we saw another drop in unemployment today. there are still lots of vacancies there, almost vacancies out there, almost a million vacancies. the numbers come off a little bit but it may be that the inflation number on wednesday and the number wednesday and the gdp number on thursday not part of the thursday are not part of the government's liking . superb government's liking. superb stuff. liam halligan as ever , stuff. liam halligan as ever, always on the money. 7 am. tomorrow this fella is going to be like clappers. be going like the clappers. thank much . now moving thank you very much. now moving on. three women have been found guilty westminster guilty at westminster magistrates court of terror magistrates court of a terror offence after they displayed

images paraguay riders at images of paraguay riders at a pro—palestine march in central london last year , just one week london last year, just one week after hamas terrorists attacked israel . well, gb news reporter israel. well, gb news reporter ray addison joins us now from outside the court . ray, a case outside the court. ray, a case that horrified the nation at the time. what's the verdict ? that time. what's the verdict? that >> well, these women have all been found guilty of displaying an article to arouse reasonable suspicion that they are support of a banned organisation in the uk. that's after they were filmed at that protest, uk. that's after they were filmed at that protest , seven filmed at that protest, seven days after the horrific terror attack in israel , displaying attack in israel, displaying images of what were believed to be paragliders in central london. now the women involved are pauline and kunda . and are pauline and kunda. and namathu teo. they're all in their late 20s. they all live in south or southeast london now. the prosecution said that the choice of the image that they wore was no coincidence. it's proximity being to that horrific

attack. the defence argued that actually the image was of a parachute . it, um, they were parachute. it, um, they were displaying a cartoon moon parachute, which is used as a symbol of peace in palestinian culture. now finding the defendants guilty, judge tan ikram , uh, concluded that the ikram, uh, concluded that the reasonable , plea informed reasonable, plea informed observer would have associated the images with hamas rather than freedom . um, and then than freedom. um, and then despite, he said , convicting the despite, he said, convicting the women to of a terrorist offence, mr ikram said he decided not to punish the defendants. he gave them no prison time. instead, he handed them a 12 month conditional discharge , saying conditional discharge, saying that you have crossed the line in. but emotions ran high on this issue. he also said he did not find that they were seeking to show any support for hamas, which, um, viewers and listeners may find slightly confusing given the verdict that came down. we also heard from the defence barrister . of heba defence barrister. of heba el—hayek. she revealed that, or he rather revealed that el—hayek um was an asylum seeker who had

travelled to britain because she was being persecuted. we heard by hamas and the defence barrister explained that she is now concerned that this conviction will affect her refugee status and also could affect an impact. her family back home in gaza . back home in gaza. >> okay, ray allison, thank you for that update. no comment from me at this point. and there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00. i'll tell you all about a crackdown that could see companies fined £45,000 if they employ even one illegal migrants. not before time, but first. here's your latest news headunes first. here's your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . martin. >> thank you. your top stories from the gb newsroom . the labour from the gb newsroom. the labour leader says it was a necessary decision to withdraw support for rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali over 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. assault as a pretext to invade gaza . he'll still be listed as gaza. he'll still be listed as the labour candidate on the ballot paper, as under electoral law. it's too late to replace him. however, if he were to win, he will not become a labour mp . he will not become a labour mp. three people have been found guilty of a terror offence by displaying displaying images of paragliders at a pro—palestinian march in central london. herbert al hayek . pauline ankunda and al hayek. pauline ankunda and umachu taiwo displayed the images just a week after hamas militants used paragliders to enter attack israel in enter and attack israel in october. crowd prosecution october. the crowd prosecution service argued the trio's actions amounted to the glorification of hamas. but lawyers for the group suggested they were actually displaying images a parachute emoji . images of a parachute emoji. british army troops and vehicles are now on their way to poland to take part the largest nato to take part in the largest nato exercise since the war .

exercise since the cold war. more armoured vehicles, alongside land rovers, engineers, tractors and support vehicles were loaded into a 23 000 ton cargo vessel near southampton on over 500 vehicles will sail from the uk and 1500 service personnel will fly out to join the nato exercise , to join the nato exercise, called steadfast defender to demonstrate the alliance's unity and capability. the departure comes as hms prince of wales set sail from portsmouth yesterday to take part . and thousands of to take part. and thousands of jobs are at risk after the uk arm of the body shop enters administration. the retail runs more than 200 shops across the country. the high street chain will continue to trade , though, will continue to trade, though, with shops in the online site remaining open and making sales. for all the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning qr code on your scanning the qr code on your screen. or you can go to gb news .com/ alerts . for stunning gold

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>> you're listening to gb news radio >> earlier on breakfast, every bloomin election i hear we're going to utilise brownfield sites . sites. >> why do they never do it? >> why do they never do it? >> it's about showing that the government is serious about tackling the challenges that we are seeing in country, are seeing in this country, growing between growing disagreements between the american president, joe biden, and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, that any planned operation inside rafah, that small city on the border with egypt in the small coastal enclave, would require a credible plan for the civilian population. >> we're dealing with what may be a lot of you may regard as something that's quite unhealthy, that is pancakes unhealthy, and that is pancakes from six. >> it's breakfast gb news . >> it's breakfast on gb news. >> it's breakfast on gb news. >> well come back, it's 338. >> well come back, it's 338. >> you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. thanks for joining to martin daubney on gb news. thanks forjoining me . now later thanks forjoining me. now later in the show i'll tell you all

about harry and meghan's latest death attempt to stay relevant . death attempt to stay relevant. it getting a bit pathetic now , it getting a bit pathetic now, but before that, britain has no longer has a military and that's the headline screaming out from the headline screaming out from the telegraph today. former sas officer tim collins says the focus on diversity and lowering the levels of security clearance has undermined the great british armed forces. collins warns that we are resorting to desperate and dangerous measures simply to stay afloat while joining me now to discuss this is a former head of counter—terrorism at the mod, major general chip chapman. chip, welcome to the show. always a pleasure tim collins. really pulling no punches today, a highly respected sas soldier saying basically we do not have a functioning army. i despair. we are as a nation, defenceless . we are as a nation, defenceless. what's your take on that ? what's your take on that? >> well, firstly, you have to look at it in terms of the armed

forces and nato . forces and nato. >> so i think firstly, take the raf and the navy . i think anyone raf and the navy. i think anyone in the raf who just delivered bombs from cyprus with the engineering and the fuelling and the pilots who went there, would say that's not true , that you say that's not true, that you could do a seven hour flight from cyprus to deliver weapons onto the targets against the houthis. >> so the raf are part of the integrated air missile defence of europe. so not necessarily true about the raf. secondly hms diamond knocking drones and cruise missiles out of the sea. all the crew on that ship acting towards the common purpose. so we'd like a bigger navy. we'd like sea , but not like ships at sea, but not necessarily true in terms of the output and cohesion that you saw there. i do worry more about the army in terms of its capability rather than its diversity. so for, for example, at the moment, the enhanced forward presence in estonia, where we have a battlegroup , we'll call that battlegroup, we'll call that a thousand troops in 2022 at the nato summit there, we were

supposed to have a brigade. we'll call that 4000 troops. and deployed. we have them allocated , not deployed, because we can't rotate those. secondly, from an army perspective, we have no enhanced war fighting capability . we won't have a division available until somewhere around . 2030 because of the equipments, which aren't online. until then, principally boxer, ajax and challenger three. so the army has more problems than the army has more problems than the other two services. i don't think it's a question necessarily of diversity . i necessarily of diversity. i think the kids who are in at the moment and serving certainly as i mentioned, those operations by the raf and royal navy are doing a fine job. we'd like more of them. and i think as long as they are cohere themselves and want to follow the values and standards of the armed forces, selfless commitment , loyalty, selfless commitment, loyalty, courage, discipline, respect for others and integrity and fighting power. the mixture in one combination or another of discipline and cohesion, morale

and initiative, courage and toughness , and that ultimate toughness, and that ultimate willingness fight and the willingness to fight and the readiness, if necessary, to die , readiness, if necessary, to die, then we can get there in the end . we are not there with the army at the moment. . we are not there with the army at the moment . they're in pretty at the moment. they're in pretty clear order. >> okay, chip , um, tim collins >> okay, chip, um, tim collins says there's a three pronged assault. first block recruitment, recruitment . by recruitment, recruitment. by discouraging the majority of the population who have defended the country for centuries through diversity . second prong to diversity. second prong to demoralise and isolate and shame white people and three lower security standards to make it easier for our enemies to infiltrate. and the third of those he fears the most , right? those he fears the most, right? >> yeah, that's , um. i don't >> yeah, that's, um. i don't think that will happen . so if think that will happen. so if you look at the security checks that do happen, you have three levels. you have a basic check, you have a security check, and you have a security check, and you have a security check, and you have developed vetting. so someone would have been someone like me would have been developed vetting developed developed vetting because was, uh, had access to because i was, uh, had access to secrets. i don't think that secrets. so i don't think that would tim a rather would change. tim gives a rather poor example, actually, which

was being in was people being killed in somalia , uh, recently. well, somalia, uh, recently. well, actually, british army soldiers were killed in afghanistan by afghan soldiers. and what we called green on blue when we hadnt called green on blue when we hadn't changed security hadn't changed the security standards. there was a bit of standards. so there was a bit of a flaw in tim's argument there. what minatory was the raf what was minatory was the raf policy under air chief marshal wigston , uh, where he did wigston, uh, where he did confuse diversity with equal opportunities, and that was deemed to be discriminatory ? uh, deemed to be discriminatory? uh, that was found to be true. and i think they've rowed back from that. has an equal that. everyone has an equal opportunity to serve in any of the forces that is right, the armed forces that is right, that that should be the case. we all should work to team, one all should work to one team, one purpose. why the team and purpose. that's why the team and the task come ahead of the individual in the armed forces. and if anyone breaks that, that is when that has a negative impact , is when that has a negative impact, either in terms of personality traits, mission traits or identity conflicts , traits or identity conflicts, those things should not happen in the army. but again, other things such as, uh, feeling

valued and respected should also happenin valued and respected should also happen in all the three services. and that's why we've had problems there in terms of our organisational culture, which people have been trying to get to grips with in the last few years. >> okay . thank you forjoining few years. >> asay . thank you forjoining few years. >> as ever, hank you for joining few years. >> as ever, major'ou for joining few years. >> as ever, major general»ining few years. >> as ever, major general chip us. as ever, major general chip chapman, pleasure . chapman, always a pleasure. thank you. now in a few minutes , thank you. now in a few minutes, i'll human rights i'll talk to a human rights lawyer the clampdown on lawyer about the clampdown on companies employ illegal companies who employ illegal migrants. but first, in a new gb news series , innovation britain, news series, innovation britain, we are looking at the successes of british manufacturing around the country . the country. >> we're here at bowyer engineering in andover in the south—west of england. they took on lots of apprentices every single year. >> sharon , why are >> sharon, why are apprenticeships important to bowyer? >> they're important to bowyer, but they're important to all small manufacturing businesses everywhere. >> really . we've got a lack of

>> really. we've got a lack of real skills coming in to the manufacturing and manufacturing business, and this allows to us get the apprentices in from the colleges. we can train them up. we work really closely with them and we can keep the skills that we teach them . we teach them. >> and you're lucky enough to manage the apprentices here at bowyer. sharon, what does the apprenticeship scheme actually look like ? look like? >> okay. generally a 3 or >> okay. it's a generally a 3 or 4 year course. we take the apprentices from the local colleges . we work really closely colleges. we work really closely with them. their assessors come out in 3 or 4 month periods. they assess them. we work really closely . we get them up, they closely. we get them up, they get them up to the standard that they should be to complete their apprenticeship . apprenticeships apprenticeship. apprenticeships um, and we teach them all we can here. essential skills for the small businesses that we need. and then hopefully they stay with us and carry on and we've made brilliant geniuses , made brilliant geniuses, machinists out of them. the

local colleges are heavily funded by the government levy . funded by the government levy. um, so they've got a lot of money in so i think because of that , the colleges are putting that, the colleges are putting in more effort , um, into getting in more effort, um, into getting apprentices, apprentices out there to the local businesses because they're funded. so we are only reaping the benefits for that . for that. >> it's changing attitudes to apprenticeship here in andover

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channel >> welcome back. 349 you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news now. 4:00 i'll talk about the anti semitic comments from the man who's been ditched as labour's candidate for the rochdale by—election employers and landlords who allow illegal immigrants to work for them or rent their properties, are facing much tougher penalties as of today. they fines for rogue businesses employing undocumented migrants have trebled and companies. that hire an illegal migrant could be fined £45,000 for each and every worker for a first breach, and that fine could increase to £60,000 for repeat breaches. our home and security editor, mark white, has this report . white, has this report. >> the home office is ramping up enforcement activity against

those living and working illegally across the uk . illegally across the uk. >> what you speak a little bit of english. okay, we're going to take you into this room and just speak to you in here. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> this raid on an london >> this raid on an east london construction , one of construction company, one of hundreds similar operations hundreds of similar operations over the past year, which saw immigration enforcement officers increased their activity by almost 70. now from today, the fines facing businesses and landlords who employ or accommodate illegal workers are being increased substantially . being increased substantially. a gb news investigation into illegal employment found a number of asylum seekers work in breach of employment rules at this car wash in aldershot , at this car wash in aldershot, at fatah's . so you're the manager? fatah's. so you're the manager? yeah, yeah , yeah. did you know yeah, yeah, yeah. did you know that this man was an asylum seeker? no, i didn't know. under the new rules , businesses caught the new rules, businesses caught employing migrants illegally

will see potential maximum fines rise from . 15,000 to £45,000. as rise from. 15,000 to £45,000. as i support the government's policy in. >> it's the right one, morally speaking . rogue employers, rogue speaking. rogue employers, rogue landlords shouldn't be allowed to accommodate illegal immigrants . to accommodate illegal immigrants. um, but will this make a difference to the pull factor to the number of illegal migrants who want to cross the channel or arrive here through the back of a lorry? it probably won't have that much of an effect . immigration can come to effect. immigration can come to the door. please >> rogue landlords accommodating illegal migrants without proper background checks also face a significant hike in fines from £1,000 for each tenant to 10,000. that might bring it back. my ministers believe the crackdown on illegal working will help lessen the pool factors which are being exploited by people smugglers to

enfice exploited by people smugglers to entice migrants to cross to the uk illegally . many renee find uk illegally. many renee find their way into low skilled work in the likes of the gig economy in the likes of the gig economy in brighton, gb news was shown evidence of the huge surge in illegal immigrants working in the food delivery sector , taking the food delivery sector, taking advantage of a loophole in contracts which enable drivers to lease out their deliveries to third parties. there are no official figures for the number official figures for the number of migrants working in the illegal economy, but some estimates suggest that number may be higher than 1.5 million mark. white gb news is . well for mark. white gb news is. well for more on the story, i'm now joined by human rights lawyer shoaib khan. >> shoaib, welcome to the show. so on dodgy so a clampdown on dodgy landlords and dodgy employers who are taking advantage of asylum seekers can only be a good thing, right?

>> well, it is a good thing. >> well, it is a good thing. >> but the thing is, i mean, the difference that they're making, i'm not sure what is. do difference that they're making, i'mreallyure what is. do difference that they're making, i'm really think, at is. do difference that they're making, i'm really think, you is. do difference that they're making, i'm really think, you know, do we really think, you know, if someone's willing to risk £15,000? >> um , you know, intentionally, >> um, you know, intentionally, but yes, if you bring the fine up to 20 or 40 or 60 or 100,000, then they'll suddenly be deterred from it. >> i don't think that's how people work. that's how businesses work. that's how human minds work. >> you know, i i think >> um, you know, i mean, i think it's desperate last it's just a desperate last attempt government to be attempt by this government to be seen doing something seen to be doing something productive . you know, obviously, productive. you know, obviously, i this government, i mean, for this government, especially in the election year, all ever spoken about especially in the election year, allyou ever spoken about especially in the election year, allyou know, er spoken about especially in the election year, allyou know, stopping| about especially in the election year, allyou know, stopping the out especially in the election year, allyou know, stopping the boats is, you know, stopping the boats and stopping immigrants and stopping illegal immigrants bringing in backlogs. and they fail at every single point. so it is just, you know, a completely last minute , um, completely last minute, um, attempt by them to be seen to be attempt by them to be seen to be at least doing something. but i think, it's bound for think, you know, it's bound for failure. and we all know that, um, mean, i doubt, um, you know, i mean, i doubt, you know, in a year or six months or something. we'll see. >> even a single business actually maximum actually fined the maximum £60,000. um, but secondly, i mean, how much money do they think? >> you know, after 13 years of

the government, the tory government, um, how many actually many small businesses actually have 60,000, 100,000, 200,000 in their bank accounts? it's basically, you know, if you find them that much, it just means they close up the they close, they close up the shop it. shop and that's it. >> the business gone bankrupt. >> okay. khan, we have to >> okay. shoaib khan, we have to leave it there. i'm afraid we're run sir keir run out of time. sir keir starmer has defended his decision ditch labour's decision not to ditch labour's candidate rochdale candidate for the rochdale by—election. the by—election. we'll have all the latest on that this. latest on that after this. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's channel britain's news channel >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. hello i'm alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather forecast over the next few days the best chance of staying dry will be across the far north, but for most there's a bit of rain around. a fair bit of rain around. >> we've already seen quite a bit that's bit of rain so far today. that's in association with a weather system that gradually making system that is gradually making its way northeastwards and will continue to so as we go continue to do so as we go through the afternoon through the end of the afternoon

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gb news. >> good afternoon . it's 4 pm. >> good afternoon. it's 4 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. on today's show, we'll hear from sir keir starmer about the huge anti—semitism controversy that's once again blown up in the labour party . labour, of course, labour party. labour, of course, has dropped as our ally as its candidate after his anti—semitic remarks emerge. but he'll still appear on the ballot paper as the labour party candidate and the labour party candidate and the rochdale by—election. confused? well, we'll try to

make sense of it for you. we'll also cross live to birmingham, where people have been protesting against plans to slash funding for the city's youth in half. of course, that's because the council went bankrupt. there and last week we were told the countryside was racist. well, today . get ready racist. well, today. get ready for it. apparently got off. is racist. yes you heard that right. golf is racist. tiger woods plays a racist sport according to some politicians in france, you couldn't make it up . france, you couldn't make it up. and that's all coming up in your next hour . thank and that's all coming up in your next hour. thank you forjoining next hour. thank you for joining me on the show . always me on the show. always a pleasure to have your company. please get in touch all the usual ways. vaiews@gbnews.com. we'll be talking a lot about the palestine problem that's once again blown up in the labour party. do we have a problem with the islamification of politics in britain? why the labour party

seem to care more about gaza than glasgow or gillingham or gateshead . i'd get in touch with gateshead. i'd get in touch with me the usual ways. i want your opinions. it's all about you. but let's crack on with but first let's crack on with your it's your latest news headlines. it's polly . martin, thank polly middlehurst. martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. >> well, the top story from the gb newsroom today is that the labour leader says it was a necessary to withdraw necessary decision to withdraw support for rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali over comments he made about israel . comments he made about israel. mr ali had apologised after he was recorded at a meeting in lancashire, suggesting that israel had taken the october the 7th hamas assault as a pretext to invade gaza. he'll still be listed as the labour candidate on the ballot paper, as under electoral law. it's too late to replace him. however, if he were to win, he would not become a labour mp . following ali's labour mp. following ali's comments, sir keir starmer has insisted his party has changed under his leadership .

under his leadership. >> well, those comments were appalling and that is why we took decisive action. it is virtually unprecedented to withdraw support for a candidate in the way that i withdrew support for this candidate yesterday. that's what a changed labour party is all about. yesterday. that's what a changed labour party is all about . and labour party is all about. and of course, any allegation will be fully investigated by the party. but the important thing is the decisive action that's been taken to make it absolutely clear that this is a changed labour party . labour party. >> three people have been found guilty of a terror offence by displaying images of paragliders at a pro—palestinian march in central london, haber , aleek, central london, haber, aleek, pauune central london, haber, aleek, pauline and kunda are namathu olayinka taiwo displayed the images just a week after hamas militants used paragliders to enter israel in october. the crown prosecution service , crown prosecution service, arguing the trio's actions amounted to the glorification of hamas. but lawyers for the group

suggested they were actually displaying images of a parachute emoji . thousands of jobs are at emoji. thousands of jobs are at risk as the uk arm of the body shop enters administer station. the retailer runs more than 200 shops across the country , shops across the country, insolvency experts say administrators will consider all opfions administrators will consider all options to find a way forward for the business. after years of financial struggles. the high street chain will continue to trade through retail outlets and onune trade through retail outlets and online in wage growth has slowed in the uk, with new figures showing it at its lowest level for more than a year. the ons found job vacancies also fell back once again as britain's job market cooled on average, regular pay, excluding bonuses , regular pay, excluding bonuses, fell to 6.2% in the final three months of last year. that's compared with the same period a year before that . it is the year before that. it is the slowest growth since october 22. however, taking price rises into account, pay did go up by 1.9. now british army troops and

vehicles are on their way to poland to take part in the largest nato exercise since the cold war. armoured vehicles, alongside land rovers and support vehicles, were loaded into a 23 000 ton car cargo vessel near southampton on over 500 vehicles will be sent from the uk and 1500 service personnel will fly out to join exercise steadfast defender , as exercise steadfast defender, as it's known to demonstrate and test the alliance's unity and its capabilities. the departure comes as hms prince of wales also set sail from portsmouth yesterday to take part in the exercise . now employers and exercise. now employers and landlords who allow illegal immigrants to work for them or rent their properties will face much tougher penalties from today. much tougher penalties from today . pay the penalty for such today. pay the penalty for such actions has risen to a maximum of £45,000 per worker for a first breach, landlords also now face increased penalties of £5,000 per lodger and £10,000

per occupier for a first breach. ministers believe the crackdown will help reduce the incentives for illegal migrants crossing into the uk . the housing into the uk. the housing secretary is going to put pressure on london as he pushes for all local councils in the capital to build more homes , as capital to build more homes, as michael gove wants all councils in england to build homes on brownfield sites. under the new plan , it's part of a wider plan, it's part of a wider effort to boost housebuilding with younger voters expressing the difficulty of getting onto the difficulty of getting onto the property ladder under the new reforms, it will become harder for the largest city councils to refuse construction on previously developed brownfield land . housing brownfield land. housing minister lee rowley says house building has slowed and the government does need to do more . government does need to do more. and lastly, king charles has returned to london after travelling from sandringham by helicopter. his majesty had been staying at his country residence in norfolk following his first cancer treatment. he's postponed all public facing duties. on the

advice of his doctors, but is continuing with behind the scenes red boxes of scenes work on his red boxes of state papers. the queen has also been carrying out her royal engagements , and last week said engagements, and last week said her doing extremely her husband was doing extremely well circumstances . well under the circumstances. for the very latest stories , do for the very latest stories, do sign up for gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen go to gb news. common screen or go to gb news. common alerts . thank screen or go to gb news. common alerts. thank you screen or go to gb news. common alerts . thank you polly. alerts. thank you polly. >> now we start with the huge anti—semitic storm that's hanging over the labour party once again, and sir keir starmer has defended his decision. not to ditch azhar ali as the by—election candidate before last night, sir keir stood by ali on sunday at the anti—semitic comments from labour's candidate for the by—election in rochdale came to pubuc by—election in rochdale came to public attention and that was a clip of ali suggesting that israel had let hamas's attack in october happen , and so the october happen, and so the country could attack gaza in

return. astonishing comment . return. astonishing comment. however, ali's time was up yesterday when comments he made about people in the media from certain jewish quarters were made public. >> certain information came to light over the weekend in relation to the candidate. there was a fulsome apology. further information came to light yesterday calling for decisive action. so i took decisive action. so i took decisive action. it is a huge thing to withdraw support for a labour candidate during the course of a by—election. it's a tough decision and necessary decision . decision and necessary decision. but when i say the labour party has changed under my leadership, i mean it. i set out four years ago to tear anti—semitism out of the labour party . it's the first the labour party. it's the first thing i said i'd do as labour leader and to change our party. ihave leader and to change our party. i have taken a series of decisions along those lines. ruth closely changing our party,

andifs ruth closely changing our party, and it's made no difference to me where somebody stands in the labour party. the change i brought about is a labour party thatis brought about is a labour party that is now back in the service of working people. voters in rochdale will have to determine who they vote for, but i'm not prepared to put forward a labour candidate unless i think that candidate unless i think that candidate is fit to be a labour mp . mp. >> well, i'm joined now by the former labour advisor ayesha ali khan, who joins us on the show. welcome to the show, ayesha. fantastic to have you on here. so, sir keir starmer took tough and decisive action. but he took his time didn't he. do you think the whole sorry event has left a stain over the labour party once again there palestine problem re—emerges to haunt them . re—emerges to haunt them. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> i think as soon as these comments came to light by azhar ali over the weekend , there ali over the weekend, there should have just been a single decision made. no u—turns , no decision made. no u—turns, no questions asked, suspensions

straight away. um, i think this is looking so bad. um uh, for not just keir starmer, sir keir starmer, but labour, the labour party as well . um, it's such a party as well. um, it's such a shame really, because as the rochdale election is literally a matter of weeks away now, the 29th of, uh, of this month and it is going to be quite a colourful election . we've got colourful election. we've got simon danczuk standing as well. the former, uh, rochdale mp , as the former, uh, rochdale mp, as an independent. we've got a number of other, um, people standing. so this is the one thing that, um , we didn't need thing that, um, we didn't need as a labour member. um, this is one thing that we just did not need this close to the 29th of february. >> aisha , can i ask you a simple >> aisha, can i ask you a simple question? which which baffles me. why do the labour party care more about what's going on in gaza than what's going on in glasgow or gillingham or gateshead ? what is it about the gateshead? what is it about the obsession with gaza ? obsession with gaza? >> i think let's look at what's going on right now .

going on right now. >> there is, um, a horrific situation developing. >> um, since , sorry, since, uh, >> um, since, sorry, since, uh, october, um, following the hamas attacks in israel and i think what a lot of people feel passionately about and even people who had previously know who had no interest in the region, by the way , um, the region, by the way, um, the images that are coming out that have been out of gaza , have been coming out of gaza, um, since since october, since the offensive started, is really offensive. >> that's just really horrific and that's really galvanised and mobilised a lot of people. um to speak out. i mean, these are human rights abuses that are going on these are women, um, children , an elderly, vulnerable children, an elderly, vulnerable people are being killed. so absolutely , we have every right absolutely, we have every right to speak about it. and before you say anything , um, the you say anything, um, the hostage situation should be resolved . we need the return of resolved. we need the return of the remaining, uh, hostages that are still being held hamas . are still being held by hamas. um, what happened on the 7th of october was an atrocity . it october was an atrocity. it should never happened. um should never have happened. um it should not be weaponized by,

uh, what's going on right now? um, with the political scene in the uk and people are going to speak out and it's. and it's wrong to say that, um, members of my party care more about palestine than they do, uh, local issues here in the uk. what's happening right now is, is a war going on. and of course, we're going to talk about it. of course, people about it. and of course, people are going to be massively affected, affected and massively i like to, i like i like to interject because it's all fine. >> of course, to care about conflicts overseas , but when conflicts overseas, but when there's a feeling of very real manifestation of the toxicity of this now manifesting itself in british politics, we saw mike freer, conservative mp, resign signing, standing down from his seat because, of course, he was confronted by the guy that murdered david amess. we've seen last night, tobias ellwood had pro—palestine protesters outside his house. labour party mps in london as well being harangued , london as well being harangued, schools being closed , bomb schools being closed, bomb threats, death threats . i'm just

threats, death threats. i'm just putting it to you that this conflict now seems to be poised , conflict now seems to be poised, being the well of british public life . life. >> well , i life. >> well, i cannot agree life. >> well , i cannot agree with life. >> well, i cannot agree with any of the situation that's happening , and nobody should be happening, and nobody should be made to feel unsafe . nobody made to feel unsafe. nobody should be hounded out of politics. um, i've spent nearly two decades arguing and campaigning for people to enter politics. uh, politics should be should be made safe. >> should you feel safe as politician. >> so i cannot agree with the actions and just incidentally, um , a few months ago, i live in um, a few months ago, i live in a town called keighley, and we had, uh , the local starbucks. had, uh, the local starbucks. the windows were broken . the windows were broken. mcdonald's. the windows were smashed . and i spoke out then as smashed. and i spoke out then as well , because smashed. and i spoke out then as well, because this smashed. and i spoke out then as well , because this my well, because this is, in my opinion, this is not an effective way to campaign and protest out about your protest and speak out about your feelings and how you know about what's going on in gaza, because what's going on in gaza, because what happens is the focus is then shifted from the situation on the ground in gaza to what's going on in the uk, and it turns

people away. and that's not acceptable in my opinion. everybody has a right to speak out, but you can't do so at the expense of other people and their safety and, and, and it pains me because we want people to, um, to be able to use their voices , um, and speak out and voices, um, and speak out and feel heard and so on, but not if it's going to offend people, not if it's going to cause alarm or harm. and and attending protests, i mean , i've spent protests, i mean, i've spent years organising protests as well. um, i think everybody should we live in a democracy right now . um, we have every right now. um, we have every right now. um, we have every right to attend protests. we have every right to , um, you have every right to, um, you know, pick up a placard , um, go know, pick up a placard, um, go and join other people and speak out, but not if it's going to cause harm to the people . there cause harm to the people. there has to be boundaries and what other early said as well. the comments were completely unacceptable. i have many, um, jewish friends . i have some jewish friends. i have some israeli friends as well . um, israeli friends as well. um, there's no way that that, uh,

these comments could not have failed to cause harm . um, it's failed to cause harm. um, it's almost a form of victim blaming and honestly, keir starmer should have taken decisive action completely complete suspension . um, let's talk about suspension. um, let's talk about it after the by—election. but at least that would have sent a much more strong , much more much more strong, much more powerful message than what's happened right now. >> do you think, um , purging the >> do you think, um, purging the labour of the more radical labour party of the more radical islamic voices in itself, though, could create a fresh problem? we're seeing independent candidates standing there because they're not welcome in the labour party ranks. could we see the emergence of a more radicalised form of islamic politics emerging in britain, which could be potentially an even bigger problem ? problem? >> i think what we need to say, what we need to look at, um, politics of any kind, um, the both the main two political parties have always been seen as a broad church, a broad church . a broad church, a broad church. um, you've got the far left,

you've got the left, you've got the centre , you've got the the centre, you've got the centre, right, and so on. and this is a of course, for the conservative party as well. i think, um, we cannot keep quiet if we think , oh, if we expel if we think, oh, if we expel somebody then that person is going to go and stand against us. um, that's that's fear. and we shouldn't be bound by this fear. we shouldn't be held hostage. um to this fear. we need to make decisions and stick by them and have that conviction as well. that what we are doing is right, but also we need to keep members of the parties, uh, so that they can feel safe as well. so we can hear those voices as well. and i know a lot of people that, um , have been of people that, um, have been involved in politics, um, and when they are confronted by, um, certain sort of, um, members from the far left or, um , and so from the far left or, um, and so on, they've had to deal with a lot of bullying, a lot of online abuse, and that's not been fair

ehhen abuse, and that's not been fair either. and i speak today as a pakistani, british muslim woman. um, and i felt, you know, this party we have voted labour all my life. my family have always, uh, and not only voted tory campaigned as well, uh, for the labour party . um, we need where, labour party. um, we need where, you know, we're important . we you know, we're important. we need to be heard. it's not just about the muslim men and then they should not be the only ones that are heard and only ones ianed that are heard and only ones invited to sit at the table and partake in politics. we all need a voice as well. and i speak not only on my own behalf, but i speak on behalf of many british, uh, muslim women who want to get involved in politics, regardless of which political affiliation. but we feel that we can't because that position has already been taken by some muslim men who will not allow us who are gatekeepers, and that in itself, i know that's a separate conversation to what we're we're talking about right now. but i think important to , uh, be think it's important to, uh, be able to air these opinions and

these feelings, on whatever these feelings, um, on whatever platform we're we have an opportunity speak on. opportunity to speak on. >> right. well, you had an opportunity today . and opportunity to speak today. and thank being so open thank you for being so open and forthright and frank with us. aisha , former labour aisha ali khan, former labour party . thanks for party adviser. thanks for joining us on the show today. much, appreciated. now of much, much appreciated. now of course, azhar ali has since apologised for his comments and here are the candidates standing in the rochdale by—election. they azhar ali, labour party they are azhar ali, labour party mark coleman, independent simon danczuk reform uk ian donaldson, liberal democrat matt paul ellison, concert live george galloway, workers party of britain michael howarth , britain michael howarth, independent william howarth , independent william howarth, independent. guy otten , green independent. guy otten, green party and raven rodent subordinate official monster raving loony party and david tully, who's also standing as an independent. now. 5:00 i'll be speaking to a tory mp to get his verdict on what's happened with labour over this last couple of days. and there's plenty of

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awake every night is golf racist ? yes. seriously but before that, a protest has been held in birmingham today against plans to slash funding for the city's youth services in half, and those opposing the cuts argue they will actually cost the city more in the long run , as more more in the long run, as more young people will be driven into a life of crime, meaning more money will have to be spent on crime reduction in the future. well, to get heather taylor this, let's cross now to birmingham and speak to our west midlands reporter, jack carson. so jack, welcome to the show. always a pleasure. um, first birmingham city council went bankrupt. now they're slashing services . are the two things services. are the two things connected ? connected? >> yes. so this is essentially the build up to this big announcement of the birmingham city council budget that's going to be presented properly and in full on the 5th of march. >> so the council over the past few months have been drafting this, budget of how this, this draft budget of how on going find on earth they're going to find what governor government

what the governor government commissioners that were sent into , obviously, to into this council, obviously, to try with that bank try and deal with that bank properly, say they want £300 million worth savings over million worth of savings over the two years. the next two years. >> council , this labour >> so this council, this labour party, this local party, who runs this local authority trying authority here, has been trying to ways in which they authority here, has been trying to save ways in which they authority here, has been trying to save every/s in which they authority here, has been trying to save every penny hich they authority here, has been trying to save every penny that they can. >> of course, know and have >> of course, we know and have had been reported times. had been reported so many times. isn't about the tax isn't it about the council tax rises that these residents here could hit with, as well could well be hit with, as well as council selling off some as this council selling off some of assets and its property ? of its assets and its property? but it's these cuts now but it's also these cuts now that more detail that we're getting more detail of that are being leaked to the media by members of this council unhappy , of course, about some unhappy, of course, about some of these changes. that of these changes. we know that around £23 million is reportedly set to be cut from youth services in this city, as a whole, from the children's and families department, £55.5 million is set to be cut just this year. that then increases over the next two years, so save birmingham youth services, who are a group that is set up in connection with unite the union , connection with unite the union, were protesting here this morning. drums. they morning. they are drums. they had of young people

had hundreds of young people come hand letters to the come and hand in letters to the council you know, council demanding you know, a reconsideration of these planned cuts and also the impact that the loss of youth services would have within this city. here's a few people that i spoke to a little bit earlier on. the protest today is about the cuts to the youth services and the youth clubs. >> um, we think it's vital to fight for these areas , the fight for these areas, the children of the future. at the end of the day. >> this sends >> well, i think this sends a really message from the really clear message from the young birmingham that young people of birmingham that they protect these they want to protect these valuable youth here. valuable youth services here. >> such that >> and it's such a shame that we've got to cabinet locked inside here, inside this building here, refusing out and meet refusing to come out and meet with protesters listen with the protesters and listen to concerns. to their concerns. >> always a solution. >> there's always a solution. i mean, i've myself have experienced mental health issues dunng experienced mental health issues during the kind of covid pandemic had pandemic i've always had a trusted adult to speak to other young people that i've been with. friends my peers young people that i've been with. been'iends my peers young people that i've been with. been struggling my peers young people that i've been with. been struggling during rs young people that i've been with. been struggling during this have been struggling during this crisis, families unable to crisis, their families unable to feed them, and youth centres provided them the only meal provided them the only hot meal they day . by they can have for a day. by closing you're closing youth centres, you're removing all this making removing all this and making young vulnerable ?

young people vulnerable? >> yeah, you heard the >> yeah, of course you heard the impact there of some of impact there of what some of these services are losing, particularly centres particularly these youth centres might for some of the might well have for some of the young people on this population as interesting to as well. really interesting to see that councillor cobb , who's see that councillor cobb, who's a leader of the council, had promised, uh, apparently member of the protesters here to come down, collect their letters in person , but no such sign of person, but no such sign of councillor cotton. of course , councillor cotton. of course, was seen today. so that really made some of the protesters quite upset. and quite angry. but we did ask birmingham city council for a statement. they told us that their door is still open, that that is open, that that meeting is still, possible . and of still, um, possible. and of course, letters that course, those letters that they've today will be they've handed in today will be considered course, they considered as of course, they continue this budget continue to draft up this budget to get around this to try and get around this bankruptcy . bankruptcy. >> okay. jack golson in birmingham, thank you the birmingham, thank you for the latest. maybe councillor latest. and maybe councillor cotton jack. well, cotton on that. this whole debacle starts and when the council got embroiled in a £750 million equal pay job, gender pay liability dating back

historically, that's where this mess started . and now they ran mess started. and now they ran out of money. okay, let's move on. three women have been found guilty at westminster magistrates court of a terror offence . have they displayed offence. have they displayed images of paragon riders at a pro—palestine march in central london last year? just one week after hamas terrorists attacked israel? well gb news reporter ray addison joins us now outside the court . ray, welcome to the the court. ray, welcome to the show . a case, ray, that show. a case, ray, that horrified the nation at the time . what's the verdict ? well these . what's the verdict? well these three women have all been found guilty of carrying or display saying an article to arouse reasonable suspicion that they are supporters of a band organisation in the united kingdom , namely hamas. kingdom, namely hamas. >> of course , footage of them at >> of course, footage of them at the protest seven days a pro palestine protest seven days after hamas attacked israel, went viral online. it showed the

women with images of what was said to be para gliders on their backs. two of the women had them on their backs. one was holding a placard with that image, um, now this was, of course, was just a week after hamas had attacked, uh, israel . all the attacked, uh, israel. all the women involved are heba al—haq, pauune women involved are heba al—haq, pauline and kunda, and namita teo. they're all in their late 20s. they all live in south london. the prosecution said that the choice of this image was no coincidence . uh, the was no coincidence. uh, the defence, however, argued that they were not paragliders images. they were parachutes , images. they were parachutes, which are a symbol of peace in palestinian culture. now, finding the defendant's guilty, judge tan ikram said that the reasonable , informed observer reasonable, informed observer would have associated these images with hamas. however, he then went on to say that he decided not to punish the women. um. however for despite the fact that he said you've crossed the line. but he said, emotions are running very high on this issue.

so he gave them no prison time, but did hand them all a 12 month conditional discharge charges. now nick price, who's head of the cps special crime and counter—terrorism division, said that all three women knowingly displayed the images of paragliders and created a risk of encouraging others to support hamas. we also heard from the defence lawyer representing heba al—haq, um . defence lawyer representing heba al—haq, um. he defence lawyer representing heba al—haq, um . he revealed that she al—haq, um. he revealed that she is an asylum seeker to this country . uh, and she came here. country. uh, and she came here. he claimed, because she was being persecuted by hamas. she's now worried how this conviction will affect her refugee status in the united kingdom, and worried as well how it might impact her family , who are still impact her family, who are still in gaza . in gaza. >> madison. thank you very much for that. latest from westminster magistrates court. i'm not going to pass comment on that. i'm not going to pass comment on that . there's lots more still to that. there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00. in a few minutes i'll look ahead to thursday's big, massive by—election in kingswood . there

by—election in kingswood. there could be another setback for rishi sunak. but first, let's get your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . with polly middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour. the labour leader says it was a necessary decision to withdraw support for rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali over comments he made about israel. mr ali apologised after he was recorded at a meeting in lancashire , suggesting that lancashire, suggesting that israel had taken the october the 7th hamas assault as a pretext to invade gaza. he'll still be listed as the labour candidate on the ballot paper, as under electoral law. it's too late to replace him. however, if he were to win, he wouldn't become a labour mp . british army troops labour mp. british army troops and vehicles are on their way to poland to take part in the largest nato exercise since the cold war. armoured vehicles alongside land rovers engineers , alongside land rovers engineers, tractors and support vehicles

were loaded into a 23 000 ton cargo vessel near southampton. over 500 vehicles will sail from the uk and 1500 service personnel will fly out to join the nato exercise, called steadfast defender to demonstrate and test the alliance's unity and capabilities. the departure comes as hms prince of wales sets sail from portsmouth yesterday, also to take part in the exercise on the high street. thousands of jobs are at risk after the uk arm of the body shop entered administration. the retailer runs more than 200 shops across the country . the shops across the country. the high street chain will continue to trade with shops and online. varne and king charles has returned to london after travelling from sandringham by helicopter . travelling from sandringham by helicopter. his travelling from sandringham by helicopter . his majesty had been helicopter. his majesty had been staying at his country residence in norfolk following his first cancer treatment . he's postponed cancer treatment. he's postponed all public facing duties on the advice of his doctors , but is advice of his doctors, but is continuing with his behind the scenes work on state papers for the very latest tories. do. sign

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>> growing disagreements between the american president, joe biden, and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanya , that minister, benjamin netanya, that any operation inside any planned operation inside rafah that small city on the border with egypt in the small coastal enclave , would require a coastal enclave, would require a credible plan for the civilian population . we're dealing with population. we're dealing with what may be a lot of you may regard as something that's quite unhealthy, that pancakes unhealthy, and that is pancakes from six. it's breakfast on gb news . news. >> welcome back . it's 437. >> welcome back. it's 437. you're watching or listen to martin daubney on gbh news now in a few minutes i'll look ahead to thursday's big by—election in kingswood, where the tories are defending a majority of more than 11,000. but it seems like there's no such thing as a safe seat these days. but before that , more now. and our top story as sir keir starmer has defended his decision not not to ditch aziza ali as a by—election

candidate before last night, sir keir stood by ali on sunday after anti semitic comments from labour's candidate for the by—election in rochdale were published . that was a clip of published. that was a clip of ali suggesting that israel had let hamas attack in october. happened so the country could attack gaza. however ali's time was up yesterday when the comments he made about people in the media from certain jewish quarters were finally made public. well, joining me now to discuss this further is comedian and gb news presenter josh howie and gb news presenterjosh howie me. josh, welcome to the show. josh, we've been speaking about this issue now. so many times since october. the seventh. the rising anti—semitic abuse sweeping the country , the sweeping the country, the radicalisation of children in our classrooms and now here we are, the rampant anti—semitism once again in the labour party and josh, i want to ask you a bigger question that goes beyond the labour party. and do you think that what we're witnessing

at the moment is almost a kind of islamic fication of british politics, the importation of conflicts in gaza, poisoning the well of public discourse, not only in schools, not only on the streets, but now in politics as well . well. >> i will say that it's obvious that there is an issue within, um, within in british muslim culture of anti—semitism. >> there's a high portion of labour mps , muslim labour mps labour mps, muslim labour mps who seem to have these kind of crank beliefs in this case, that jews are somehow complicit in our own rape and murder , uh, out our own rape and murder, uh, out in israel. so there's obviously something that needs to be looked at there. >> uh, and it's obvious that anti—semitism is still part of the labour party , even up to the labour party, even up to potential mps in this case. >> and i believe a few actual mps, but also the fact that this that aziza ali was free willing

to talk about this stuff at a labour event is like , you know, labour event is like, you know, he didn't feel like he was going to be challenged, shall we say . to be challenged, shall we say. >> so the fact he felt safe to express these disgusting views just shows that it's still part of the culture saying all of that. >> keir starmer i believe, has done an incredible job turning around a huge amount from where it was, uh, just a few years ago. it's incredible. and i think kissama for the most part has been very quick normally to act on these things. the reason why i think he's messed up here is, is twofold . number one is is, is twofold. number one is when someone does , um, in this when someone does, um, in this case, azhar ali come out with something like this kind of crankery , it's it, it's crankery, it's it, it's a failure to take an immediate moral stance which which i think he did, i think equivocated i can understand why labour like, you know, no one wants george galloway to get in and i can understand why they wanted to

give him the benefit of the doubt. but or at least to pretend to give him the benefit of the doubt. but the reality is what what, as ali said, was wrong . he shouldn't be anywhere wrong. he shouldn't be anywhere near power. should have near power. they should have recognised that. we're just recognised that. so we're just on a moral of view that on a moral point of view that action should have been immediate, also i think it immediate, but also i think it was wrong politically . it was was wrong politically. it was a mistake politically because there's nothing wrong . again, there's nothing wrong. again, with changing your mind, getting more information. i think, um, this, this idea of him being a flip flopper is somewhat unfair and ties into a media narrative that's trying to be built around keir starmer. but at the same time, and then by by flip flopping , as time, and then by by flip flopping, as he seems to have done here, that only plays into that. and it's bad politics, because i think the british pubuc because i think the british public want to see, um, the labour party or any party take a clear moral stance and not be beholden to certain segments of its audience and, and of its voters, and actually go, wait a

minute , this is morally wrong. minute, this is morally wrong. we don't care what the ramifications are that we're going to this is the going to lose. this is the choice that we are going to make. and we're going make make. and we're going to make it immediately. and i think in political was mistake political, that was a mistake for them to equivocate for the last 24 hours. >> yeah. but we have seen this spill over into real world, um, conflicts caused mike freer had his office firebombed in golders green. he's stepping away from politics in the same guy that murdered david amess. tried to murdered david amess. tried to murder him. he narrowly avoided that. tobias ellwood last night had his home barricaded by pro—palestinian protesters as indeed labour party mps have had indeed labour party mps have had in the east of london. my bigger question is purging them from the labour party is one thing, but are we in danger , then, of but are we in danger, then, of creating a more radical islamic political fringe , a new movement political fringe, a new movement emerging , um, which sits outside emerging, um, which sits outside of the labour party? >> i don't think that's a dangenl >> i don't think that's a danger. i think that's exactly what needs to happen. there is a

part of the british muslim community that are radicalised, and there's a further part of the british muslim community who obviously are sympathetic to those radicals. they should start a political party, engage with the political process if they wish to try and change the society and its laws , then do it society and its laws, then do it out in the open and i believe they will be defeated soundly at they will be defeated soundly at the at the voting booth. >> um, it's better to see what's going on there rather than to try and increase operate what i believe untenable views in a liberal democracy, to and try and bring them within labour. >> let's out that stuff. let's get these people out there. let's get them out there stating their so that people can their case so that people can see how in some of these cases, what i believe they're totally intransigent to a modern liberal western, um , democracy, you know western, um, democracy, you know , josh, a lot of people might disagree with you on that, but i do agree with you . do agree with you. >> for example, um, during

lockdown, black lives matter registered as a political party and a lot of people were up in arms about that. and i said, no, no, let's let's get them to no, no, let's let's get them to a hustings . let's hear what a hustings. let's hear what they've got to let's they've got to say and let's take their terrible ideas . take down their terrible ideas. and likewise, the party of islam went to elle.com , the electoral went to elle.com, the electoral commission that was rejected . commission that was rejected. but i think you're right. sunlight is the best bleach. get them in a town square and simply take them down. rather than this happening in secret . happening in secret. >> absolutely. and rather than people is one of the big political parties feeling like they have to be beholden to that vote? i know there was a big deal made of the loss of the muslim vote within labour, but it's actually it's i believe it was 60% of muslims support labour anyway. and that was 15% less. it's not a huge deal. i don't believe it will lead, uh, to labour losing the next election. and i think if they don't take a stand, which they are now. but like i say, i think

are now. but like i say, i think a little bit too little, too late or just too late. um, the rest of the country are going to 90, rest of the country are going to go, wait a minute. what party are we voting for? what ideas are we voting for? what ideas are we voting for? what ideas are we voting for here? so it's important to take that stand. uh, which they have. i just wish they'd done it 24 hours ago. >> superb stuff. josh howie thought provoking as ever. thank you very much for joining us thought provoking as ever. thank you very much forjoining us on you very much for joining us on the show. superb now, if the tories do lose thursday's two by elections, what does that mean for rishi sunak and his government? well, it won't be good news, will it? i'm martin daubney news. britain's daubney on gb news. britain's news channel .

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relevant. it's almost pitiful at this point, but before that, this point, but before that, this thursday, voters go to the polls in two key by elections that could see a double helping of misery for rishi sunak's conservatives . one of them will conservatives. one of them will be in kingswood, which of course is a suburb of bristol. it recently saw the resignation of former conservative minister chris skidmore and many in the constituency feel it's time for change. also expect a successful day for sir keir starmer and the labour party on thursday . well, labour party on thursday. well, that's south—west of england. reporter jeff moody has this report . west minster has come to report. west minster has come to kingswood as candidates vie for votes in this week's by—election. >> but a quick drive around kingswood and you'd be hard pressed to find a single poster on a single window . the people on a single window. the people who live here tell me they're sick of politicians , sick of the sick of politicians, sick of the by—election sideshow . and it by—election sideshow. and it comes down to three little words

for them. >> the cost of living just can't afford to live . i just got no afford to live. i just got no money. um . i struggle every day money. um. i struggle every day with cost and got nothing. >> and when you have nothing, it's hard to have hope. >> people can't afford to live, can they? >> at the end of the day , >> at the end of the day, everybody says this. everybody says that. but the grassroots of it all are . you can't afford to it all are. you can't afford to live . live. >> you know, you need you need a bit of help from one of the parties . parties. >> just like basic shopping, you know, groceries , travel. know, groceries, travel. >> it's just, you know , petrol >> it's just, you know, petrol costs energy costs, housing, lack of housing, lack of social housing and the high private rents in this country have just spiralled out of control . spiralled out of control. >> voters here could deliver yet another body blow to rishi sunak

. or a vote of confidence that could signal a resurgence in tory support. neither option is exciting them. they've got more important to about . important things to think about. >> just with the nhs >> let's just start with the nhs . my husband has cancer , . my husband has cancer, prostate cancer and he has a gallstone in his bladder and he has a knee problem . and i has a knee problem. and i literally . have to go to the literally. have to go to the hospitals and beg on my hands and knees to get my husband treatment. >> looking after the pensioners, better pensioners have done their . their bit. >> this is kingswood's main shopping area. on a saturday afternoon. it should be heaving around here. >> it's all the shops shutting and everything and um gangs up here and stuff, thieving and things like that. perhaps the presence of a police officer around might help whoever wins here won't have very long to get their feet under the table, because come the general election, this constituency won't even exist at all.

>> under plans to redraw the electoral map, this seat will be swallowed up by surrounding constituencies . that's doing constituencies. that's doing nothing to make the people of kingswood feel like they're being heard . there's a cynicism being heard. there's a cynicism in the air here. an anger can. diets are hoping they can energise people enough to get them to the polling station. this thursday . but if the this thursday. but if the current mood in town is an indicator of anything , it's that indicator of anything, it's that interest will be low and the turnout even lower . jeff moody, turnout even lower. jeff moody, gb news, who's well, apathy is high, but there's all to play for. >> and here's a list of the people standing in the kingswood by—election. sam bromley's conservative andrew brown, liberal democrats damian egan, labour lorraine francis, the green party, rupert lowe, reform uk and nicholas wood from ukip . uk and nicholas wood from ukip. and joining us now to discuss this further is ed hodgson, who's research manager for who's the research manager for more in common. welcome to the

show. you very much for show. thank you very much for joining so what's lie joining us. so what's the lie of the land ? conservative party joining us. so what's the lie of the larto? conservative party joining us. so what's the lie of the larto be conservative party joining us. so what's the lie of the larto be bracingervative party joining us. so what's the lie of the larto be bracing themselvesy seems to be bracing themselves for a double whammy on for a bit of a double whammy on thursday. what's your data telling you ? telling you? >> yeah, kingswood really is a seat that labour ought to be winning. >> currently, the conservatives have a majority of 11,000. there and labour's defeated much bigger majority in recent by elections in mid—bedfordshire and selby, for example . and selby, for example. >> um, it's also a seat that tends to vote. however, the country ends up voting at a general , so it's a real general election, so it's a real good sort of national good sign of sort of national mood been historically , mood and has been historically, uh, wellingborough going to uh, wellingborough is going to be , but labour be a bit more tricky, but labour will win will be hoping for a nice win there will be hoping for a nice win the and terms of the odds, i >> and in terms of the odds, i mean, what are the what are the margins? what are the likelihood odds that sweep for the odds of that clean sweep for the labour party ? labour party? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well i'm . not a betting man. >> well i'm. not a betting man. >> well i'm. not a betting man. >> but in kingswood, um, we can be fairly sure that labour will, uh, topple the conservatives. um although, as that piece was saying, we're expecting low turnout, particularly given that

this seat is due to disappear in just a couple of months. so there might be quite of there might be quite a lot of apathy expect more apathy and we might expect more protest votes than you would otherwise expect. uh, wellingborough is going to be a bit more neck, and bit more neck and neck, and 19,000 majority is big 19,000 majority is a big majority for labour tackle. majority for labour to tackle. so tough mountain so it will be a tough mountain to climb in bedford mid bedfordshire. >> couple of months >> just a couple of months ago they topple a 24,000 majority. >> so it's definitely doable in both seats . it will both of these seats. it will also be a real test of reform uk, which have been polling quite well in national polls but haven't matched by haven't matched that in by elections . elections recently. >> um, so it will be a good chance see whether can >> um, so it will be a good charof see whether can >> um, so it will be a good charof convert nhether can >> um, so it will be a good charof convert thosezr can >> um, so it will be a good charof convert those poll can sort of convert those poll numbers by numbers into results at by elections . and if they do, that elections. and if they do, that will significant will have significant consequences the consequences for the conservatives particular. conservatives in particular. >> and quickly, if we could add , >> and quickly, if we could add, apathy problem at by apathy is always a problem at by elections it elections, but this time it looks be especially bad . looks to be especially bad. >> yeah , absolutely. i mean, >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, we're doing focus groups every week, and the number one thing week, and the number one thing we hear is that people have sort of enough with politicians we hear is that people have sort of politics.]h with politicians and politics. >> there's extremely low trust. >> there's extremely low trust. >> dislike the

>> people really dislike the conservative party nationally, but there's really not much love for either. um so we can for labour either. um so we can expect this general expect that this general election coming in a of election coming in a couple of months end of the months or by the end of the yean months or by the end of the year, it's going be low year, um, it's going to be low turn. normally turn. and by elections, normally a turnout anyway. a low turnout anyway. >> okay. johnson , thank you. >> okay. ed johnson, thank you. we to leave it there. we have to leave it there. thank you this, you very much. now after this, the starmer has defended his the kia starmer has defended his decision not to ditch labour's candidate rochdale candidate for the rochdale by—election more by—election will have much more on . i'm daubney on on that. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel . gb news, britain's news channel. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello, i'm alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather forecast over the next few days. the best chance of staying dry will be across the far north, but for most there's a fair bit of rain around. we've already seen a rain so far seen quite a bit of rain so far today. that's in association with that is with a weather system that is gradually making its way north eastwards, and will continue to do as through the end

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gb news. good afternoon. >> it's 5 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. today . we'll hear from the uk. today. we'll hear from sir keir starmer about the huge antisemitism anti—semitism controversy that's once again blown in the labour party. blown up in the labour party. labour has dropped azhar ali as its candidate after his anti—semitic remarks, but he will still appear on the ballot paper as the labour party candidate. confused? well, you should be, but we'll try and help you clear all of that up .

help you clear all of that up. there's also a special report on illegal immigration as fines for companies who break the law are trebled, and a row over a royal rebrand as harry and meghan's website , sussex.com gets a website, sussex.com gets a makeover. but are they again using their links to the royal family for commercial gain? well, of course they are . that's well, of course they are. that's all coming up in your next hour. thank you for joining all coming up in your next hour. thank you forjoining me on the thank you for joining me on the show. it's always a pleasure and i want to hear from you as ever, the usual ways gbviews@gbnews.com. we've got hundreds of emails come in. i want to read some of those out. lots of people strong lots of people got strong opinions starmer. opinions on sir keir starmer. can labour party can he cleaned the labour party up? also illegal immigration. those fines being trebled. that's really got you going. and also the army we are defenceless . according to a senior sas officer. plus, do you think golf

is racist? that's coming up later on in this hour. i'll also be joined by a tory mp, justin tomlinson, ahead of what could be three terrible days. rishi sunak , we've got a recession, sunak, we've got a recession, we've got inflation, we've got two by elections could be grim reading, but first, it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . martin. with polly middlehurst. martin. >> thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story from the gb newsroom tonight is that sir keir starmer says he took tough and decisive action, withdrawing support for rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali. mr ali apologised after he was recorded at a labour meeting in lancashire, suggesting that israel had used the hamas attack on october the 7th to invade gaza. on october the 7th to invade gaza . he'll still be listed as gaza. he'll still be listed as the labour candidate on the ballot because under electoral law it's too late to replace him. however, if he were to win, he wouldn't become a labour mp. well, following ali's comments,

keir insisted the party had changed under his leadership. >> well, those comments were appalling and that is why we took decisive action. it is virtually unprecedented to withdraw support for a candidate in the way that i withdrew support for this candidate yesterday. that's what a changed labour party is all about. yesterday. that's what a changed labour party is all about . and labour party is all about. and of course, any allegation will be fully investigated by the party. but the important thing is the decisive action that's been taken to make it absolutely clear that this is a changed labour party . labour party. >> well, the government's looking closely at the option of bringing injured children from gaza to the uk for medical treatment . lord cameron's treatment. lord cameron's revealed there is the possibility of transferring some children to british hospitals, including great ormond street, under a scheme called project pure hope . however, the foreign pure hope. however, the foreign secretary reiterated to the house of lords today that initial efforts are focussed on providing medical assistance to

palestinians in the region itself , and three people have itself, and three people have been found guilty of a terror offence by displaying images of paragliders at a pro—palestine march in central london. haber al—sheikh , pauline and kunda and al—sheikh, pauline and kunda and amadu olayinka taiwo display the images. just a week after hamas militants used paragliders to enter israel in october, the crown prosecution service argued the trio's actions amounted to glorification of hamas . but glorification of hamas. but lawyers for the group suggested they were actually displaying its images of a parachute emoji . its images of a parachute emoji. economic news and wage growth has slowed in the uk , with new has slowed in the uk, with new figures showing it had its lowest level for more than a year. lowest level for more than a year . the ons lowest level for more than a year. the ons found job vacancies also fell back once again as britain's job market cools and on average, regular pay, cools and on average, regular pay, excluding bonuses, fell to 6.2% in the final three months of last year. that's compared with the same period a year before. that's slowest before. that's the slowest

growth october 2022, but growth since october 2022, but taking price rises into account, pay taking price rises into account, pay did actually go up . by 1.9. pay did actually go up. by 1.9. now protests have been taking place in birmingham over plans to cut funding for the city's youth services, as protesters marched from the city centre library to the council house calling for the services , which calling for the services, which are being cut in half to stay. 12 of birmingham's youth centres are in the top 20% of the most depnved are in the top 20% of the most deprived areas of the city. lee wiggins clinton, from the unite union, says it makes no sense to cut something that protects the next generation. >> we think it's vital to fight for these areas. the children of the future at the end of the day, and if the council think it's easy pickings come and it's easy pickings to come and diminish of the diminish the area of the children's because the children's services because the youths obviously got no youths obviously have got no voice , then they need think voice, then they need to think again. need to at again. we only need to look at the today realise that again. we only need to look at the people oday realise that again. we only need to look at the people oday r

are at risk as the uk arm of the body shop enters administration. the retailer runs more than 200 shops across the uk , insolvency shops across the uk, insolvency experts say administrators will consider all options to find a way forward for the business. after years of financial struggles , the high street chain struggles, the high street chain will continue to trade through retail outlets on and online. british army troops and vehicles are on their way to poland to take part in the largest nato exercise since the cold war. armoured vehicles alongside land rovers and support vehicles, were loaded onto a cargo vessel near southampton . over 500 near southampton. over 500 vehicles will be sent from the uk and they'll be joined by 1500 service personnel, uk and they'll be joined by 1500 service personnel , who will fly service personnel, who will fly out to join them on exercise . out to join them on exercise. steadfast ascender, which will demonstrate and test the alliance's unity and capabilities. the departure comes as hms prince of wales also set sail from portsmouth yesterday to take part in the exercise , as now employers and exercise, as now employers and landlords who allow illegal immigrants to work for them or

rent properties will face much tougher , tougher penalties from tougher, tougher penalties from today. tougher, tougher penalties from today . the fines for such today. the fines for such actions have risen to a maximum of £45,000 per worker for a first breach, landlords also face increased penalties of £5,000 per lodger and £10,000 per occupier for a first breach. ministers believe the crackdown will help reduce the incentives for illegal migrants crossing into the uk . for illegal migrants crossing into the uk. now you may or may not know it is pancake day today is shrove tuesday, of course, and canterbury cathedral has marked shrove tuesday with its first pancake race. the public joined in the festivities , joined in the festivities, racing across the cathedral site for a chance at medals for the top three finishers. even the very reverend doctor david monteith, we're told, participated in the fast paced, pancake flipping to the finishing line. the cathedral's dean saying the tradition represents a christian pre—lent celebration , often using up celebration, often using up goodies from the fridge . for the

goodies from the fridge. for the latest stories, do sign up for gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your or to qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts . gb news .com/ alerts. >> thank you paulie. now we start with the huge anti—semitic storm that's hanging once again over the labour party and sir keir storm has defended his decision. not . not to ditch asif decision. not. not to ditch asif ali as the by—election candidate before. he finally got rid of him last night. sir keir stood by ali on sunday after anti—semitic comments from labour's candidate for the by—election rochdale were by—election in rochdale were published, that was a clip published, and that was a clip of ali suggesting that israel had let hamas attack in october. actually happen, so the country could attack gaza . however, could attack gaza. however, ali's time was up yesterday when comments he made about people in the media from certain jewish quarters were made public.

>> certain information came to light over the weekend in relation to the candidate . there relation to the candidate. there was a fulsome apology . further was a fulsome apology. further information came to light yesterday calling for decisive action. so i took decisive . action. so i took decisive. action it is a huge thing to withdraw support for a labour candidate during the course of a by—election. it's a tough decision and necessary decision . decision and necessary decision. but when i say the labour party has changed under my leadership, i mean it. i set out four years ago to tear anti—semitism out of the labour party . it's the first the labour party. it's the first thing i said i'd do as labour leader and to change our party. ihave leader and to change our party. i have taken a series of decisions along those lines. ruth closely changing our party, andifs ruth closely changing our party, and it's made no difference to me where somebody stands in the labour party. the change i brought about is a labour party thatis brought about is a labour party that is now back in the service of working people. voters in rochdale will have to determine

who they vote for, but i'm not prepared to put forward a labour candidate unless i think that candidate unless i think that candidate is fit to be a labour mp . mp. >> okay, well, i'm joined now in the studio by the senior editor of politics at the new statesman, george eaton . george, statesman, george eaton. george, welcome studio . you've welcome to the studio. you've written an excellent article in the new statesman just out . and the new statesman just out. and you conclude the azalea you conclude that the azalea affair has damaged the labour party's political and moral credibility . would you care to credibility. would you care to elaborate? >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> so i think it's damaging politically because in politics you have to take fast and decisive decisions. now, this story broke on saturday night. >> it was reported in the mail on sunday that that azhar ali had propounded this anti—semitic conspiracy theory. >> labour really should have acted by the following morning . acted by the following morning. >> instead, shadow cabinet members went out and defended him . so that's damaging. i also

him. so that's damaging. i also think keir starmer has sought to define his leadership through zero tolerance of anti semitism and the fact that action wasn't taken immediately against ali has has damaged that reputation too. it's true that the party has now suspended him as a candidate. that's very rare in by elections, particularly because in this case under electoral law, it's too late to put an alternative candidate in his place . um, so labour can can his place. um, so labour can can claim that they've, they've acted, but it's it it was the delay that sowed doubt and you suspect , george, that this might suspect, george, that this might still have legs yet further this story, for example , um, the story, for example, um, the conservative party in the area are now trying to find out about are now trying to find out about a meeting that took part of all days on halloween, october 31st, senior labour party figures asking if they were at an interview with azhar ali, including angela rayner. >> yes , so the party hasn't said

>> yes, so the party hasn't said who was or wasn't at at this meeting. >> but but, but, but and they're now conducting an investigation . now conducting an investigation. but clearly answers answers are required because as you suggest, one big unanswered question here is why did it take months for these comments to emerge? why didn't people who at the meeting and heard them , for instance, and heard them, for instance, report them at the time or stop him being selected as the as the parliamentary candidate for rochdale ? rochdale? >> and we have in the last half houn >> and we have in the last half hour, george fresh revelations coming out about a labour prospective parliamentary candidate, graham jones. um, can you tell us a bit about that? >> yes. so he's been recorded in a meeting with um ali, referring to effing israel and saying that, um, british jews who went to fight for the idf, uh, people who hold dual citizenship should be should be in jail, suggesting that it was illegal for them to go and fight the jewish labour movement has called for his suspension as a parliamentary

candidate. he's also a former mp . um, i would be surprised if labour don't take action given then, um, how damaging this affair has already been. >> and graham jones, also in lancashire . what's going on in lancashire. what's going on in lancashire. what's going on in lancashire ? it seems to be an lancashire? it seems to be an epicentre of this anti—semitic nonsense. does the labour party have a regional problem there? >> that's a that, that that's a good question. i think what you can say is that conspiracism and anti—semitism do exist among significant parts of parts of the labour party. i mean, that's, that's that's that's a reality that the party's had to reckon with the few reckon with over the last few years. and i think anyone who says that the work is finished , says that the work is finished, that that the job is done, is , that that the job is done, is, is wrong as these, as these events show. >> do you think starmer is doing a good job of this? when he inherited from jeremy inherited a party from jeremy corbyn, where anti—semitism. well, corbyn himself lost the whip . the labour party under his whip. the labour party under his tenure was investigated by the equality rights equality and human rights commission for do you

commission for racism. do you think starmer has done enough, or is he just bit too or is he just a bit too ponderous ? ponderous? >> i think labour has. labour has taken significant action. as you it was it being you as you say, it was it being investigated the, uh, investigated by the, uh, equalities and human rights commission, political commission, the only political party than the bnp which party other than the bnp which had been investigated ? uh, it had been investigated? uh, it had been investigated? uh, it had the confidence of a had lost the confidence of a significant number of jewish voters , of a significant number voters, of a significant number of members . you had, of jewish members. you had, uh, jewish, , mps who left the jewish, uh, mps who left the party, um, labour is undoubtedly in a better position now on on anti—semitism that than it was in the past, because i think keir starmer has made it a priority . you saw and you've priority. you saw and you've seen luciana berger , for seen luciana berger, for instance, the jewish mp who left laboun instance, the jewish mp who left labour, who's now returned as an adviser on on health. so adviser on on mental health. so so, so progress has been made . so, so progress has been made. but the azalea affair, and this is not someone who's a fringe, uh, member for someone who has no. he was leader of lancashire council. he was an adviser to the last labour government on

anti extremism. he's someone who was seen as quite a mainstream figure. and he immediately apologised for , for the apologised for, for the comments. but the fact he made them at all and the fact that it took so long for them emerge does point to worrying signs and the need for labour to take stronger action. superb >> thanks for joining stronger action. superb >> thanks forjoining us. george eaton, senior editor, politics at the new statesman. please come back and join us again. great stuff. now, of course, as ali has since apologised for his comments and here are the candidates standing in the rochdale azhar ali, rochdale by—election azhar ali, labour party marc coleman, independent simon danczuk reform uk ian donaldson , liberal uk ian donaldson, liberal democrat paul ellison, who's conservative george galloway, workers party of britain michael howarth , independent william howarth, independent william howarth, independent william howarth , independent. guy otten , howarth, independent. guy otten, green party. raven rodent subbotina, official monster raving loony party and finally

david tully, who's also standing as an independent. now employers and landlords who allow illegal immigrants to work for them or rent their properties , or facing rent their properties, or facing much tougher penalties . as of much tougher penalties. as of today, fines for rogue businesses employing undocumented migrants have trebled , and companies that hire trebled, and companies that hire an illegal migrant can be fined £45,000 for each worker for a first breach. and that fine could increase to £60,000 for repeat. repeat breaches . his could increase to £60,000 for repeat. repeat breaches. his and our homeland security editor, mark white, has this report . mark white, has this report. >> the home office is ramping up enforcement activity against those living and working illegally across the uk. what >> you speak a little bit of english. okay you're going to take you into this room and just speak to you in here. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> this raid on an east london construction company, one of hundreds operations

hundreds of similar operations over the past year , which saw over the past year, which saw immigration enforcement officers increased their activity . by increased their activity. by almost 70, went now, from today, the fines facing businesses and landlords who employ or accommodate illegal workers are being increased substantially . being increased substantially. we a gb news investigation into illegal employment found a number of asylum seekers working in breach of employment rules at this car wash in aldershot . this car wash in aldershot. photos. so you're the manager? yeah, yeah . did you know that yeah, yeah. did you know that this man was an asylum seeker? no, i didn't know. this man was an asylum seeker? no, i didn't know . under the new no, i didn't know. under the new rules, businesses caught employing migrants illegally will see potential maximum fines rise from . 15,000 to £45,000. rise from. 15,000 to £45,000. >> i support the government's policy. it's the right one. morally speaking . rogue

morally speaking. rogue employers, rogue landlords shouldn't be allowed to accommodate illegal immigrants . accommodate illegal immigrants. um, but will this make a difference to the pull factor to the number of illegal migrants who want to cross the channel or arrive here through the back of arrive here through the back of a lorry? it probably won't have that much of an effect . that much of an effect. immigration can come to the doon immigration can come to the door. please >> rogue landlords accommodating illegal migrants without proper background checks also face a significant hike in fines from £1,000 for each tenant . to £1,000 for each tenant. to 10,000. bring it back michael kill ministers believe the crackdown on illegal working will help lessen the pull factors which are being exploited by people smugglers to enfice exploited by people smugglers to entice migrants to cross to the uk illegally . many find their uk illegally. many find their way into low skilled work in the likes of the gig economy in brighton, gb news was shown

evidence of the huge surge in illegal immigrants working in the food delivery sector , taking the food delivery sector, taking advantage of a loophole in contracts which enable drivers to lease out their deliveries to third parties. there are no official figures for the number official figures for the number of migrants working in the illegal economy, but some estimates suggest that number may be higher than 1.5 million mark. white gb news is . mark. white gb news is. >> now what would you do with an extra £1,500 each month for an entire year? well, you could win that. and a great british giveaway as £18,000 in cold hard cash is up for grabs. and here's how you could win it all. >> there's still time to become the winner of our great british giveaway ! there's an incredible giveaway! there's an incredible £18,000 in cash to be won. totally tax free cash that you could do whatever you like with.

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with steve wright in the 1970s. the sad news i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel.

>> you're listening to gbh news radio . radio. >> well i'm back. >> well i'm back. >> thanks for joining >> well i'm back. >> thanks forjoining us on the >> thanks for joining us on the show . we've had lots and lots of show. we've had lots and lots of emails in today. you'll be sending your opinions in left right make right and centre. we'll make sure a few those sure we'll read a few of those out before of show. out before the end of the show. but before that , prince harry but before that, prince harry and faced renewed and meghan faced renewed allegations of once again using their royal status for commercial purposes after they relaunched their website . relaunched their website. sussex.com, featuring their sussex.com, featuring their sussex title and their royal crest. their former site archewell, now directs visitors to sussex dot com, a name influenced by their son archie . influenced by their son archie. harry is portrayed as. a military veteran, mental health

advocate and environmental campaigner . advocate and environmental campaigner. while meghan is characterised as a feminist and advocate for human rights and gender equity. well let's get the sick buckets out and let's get joined by royal biographer angela levin. angela, welcome to the show. it's always a pleasure. what can i say about this? um, it feels tawdry to me. it feels a bit hollow, but the big version is, are they leveraging their royal connections and their titles ? connections and their titles? and is this the kind of thing they should even be doing in the first place? >> yes, i mean, it's quite sick making really the coat of arms that you mentioned, which is right at the front, is actually only meghan's. harry's isn't there. so we get immediately. the understanding of who the power is coming from then. but when they left the uk and left the uh royal family in 2020, the

queen, the late queen elizabeth said to them that she did not want them to use any , um, royal want them to use any, um, royal titles to make money. um, and they agreed to that, that was a sort of agreement, which i suspect she thought was a promise. and they're not doing that at all. they're actually using it 100. so they can make as much money as possible . so, as much money as possible. so, um, they don't like the royal family. they don't like us in the uk. so it's , um, rather the uk. so it's, um, rather extraordinary what they're doing. but equally . only the doing. but equally. only the only way they're really making money now, i mean, you know, you can go through both, um, the cvs of meghan and harry, and it's all there, wonderful things that they've done . but most of them they've done. but most of them happened while they were members of family um, now it's of the royal family um, now it's not. and they're not making money. the only way they've made money. the only way they've made money is to be money recently is to be extremely unpleasant . and extremely unpleasant. and spiteful to the royal family. so you have an incredible sort of

not they're very unpleasant and my, my feeling is that the timing is shocking. um, when the late, um , duke of edinburgh was late, um, duke of edinburgh was very . ill down there interview very. ill down there interview with oprah winfrey , regardless with oprah winfrey, regardless of how he was . and i think that of how he was. and i think that this , um, is on a similar line, this, um, is on a similar line, um, king charles we know is not very well. he's got cancer. there's, um, catherine and william who wants to look after her. there's a lot of problems. good. this is i the ideal time for us to make them even worse and to get what we want across . and to get what we want across. because i think they really want to play royals in america. because um, their own royal special royal family. otherwise, they wouldn't need all these titles . and to give their titles. and to give their children these titles as, um, prince archie and princess um lilibet uh will be embarrassing in their classes once they get a little bit older. everyone will

mock them and they won't know anything about royalty. they don't know their , um, don't know their, um, grandmother. they don't know their cousins. it's just a really nasty way of living, i think. >> and angela, we've spoken before about how ostensibly, they're now at the opening of an envelope stage of their career for harry at the nfl awards . for harry at the nfl awards. they both trotted off to jamaica , to the bob marley one love biopic , and now this. using biopic, and now this. using those names and again, lilibet. um, it emerged very recently the queen was mortally offended that that private um cherished name was used and now they're touting it around to what end? just to make a few shillings off the back of it? yes >> and it's terrible. i mean, the queen, one of the queen's aides, said that they'd never known her to be so angry . and known her to be so angry. and when you think that she was unwell, she'd lost her husband. i mean, that is such a nasty, spiteful thing to do to take that which was a special, um ,

that which was a special, um, word between the two of them that they used and give it to their daughter. i think it's just despicable . they are just despicable. they are extraordinary. and meghan's saying that she's, um . she's saying that she's, um. she's what is she, a feminist ? a great what is she, a feminist? a great feminist? well, that is , you feminist? well, that is, you know, she married a rich man who's enabled her to do anything she wants . um, that's not what i she wants. um, that's not what i call feminine ism at all. um, she just doesn't seem to understand how, um, how people are. and what people need and how grateful they should be. um, okay. >> superb. we have to leave it there. royal biographer angela levin, thank you for joining there. royal biographer angela levin, thank you forjoining . us levin, thank you for joining. us once again. superb now we've got some breaking news on a story we spoke about earlier this hour. just a moment ago. it's this just a moment ago. and it's this labour party candidate, graham jones has been administratively suspended from the labour party pending to pending an investigation due to an alleged anti—semitic remarks. we reported that a short while ago, the jewish labour movement has strongly condemned comments jones reportedly made about

british israeli jews, saying it was appalling and unacceptable within the labour party, there was an expletive riddled diatribe as well, so he has been suspended from the labour party, suspended from the labour party, suspended , that is graham jones, suspended, that is graham jones, the labour party candidate up in lancashire , suspended from the lancashire, suspended from the party with immediate effect . now party with immediate effect. now some sad news to bring you radio presenter dj steve wright has died at the age of 69. the massively popular voice for nearly four decades presented programmes for bbc radio 1 and bbc radio two. he joined the broadcaster in 1970, the year of my birth, and joining me now is former bbc radio dj who started his career alongside steve wright, another legend. it's mike reid, mike, thank you so much for joining mike reid, mike, thank you so much forjoining us. this will much for joining us. this will be hugely upsetting news for many people watching the show, including myself , who grew up including myself, who grew up with steve wright and yourself.

the dulcet tones of wrighty will sadly , hugely be . missed. sadly, hugely be. missed. >> yes, absolutely . he was an >> yes, absolutely. he was an innovative character . uh, we innovative character. uh, we started, i think, because as our boss put us together because of our names, you know, read and write. he thought, that's commercial. that will work . uh, commercial. that will work. uh, but we fired us every week, but we he fired us every week, um, because we were inventive. we were intuitive . he said, why we were intuitive. he said, why don't you just listen to the older broadcasters and do what they said, we they do, and we said, well, we have ideas own. he said, they do, and we said, well, we have we as own. he said, they do, and we said, well, we have we as of own. he said, they do, and we said, well, we have we as of don't|. he said, they do, and we said, well, we have we as of don't needsaid, well, we sort of don't need those. um, and later he encouraged us, but he did fire us week on week and we always thought steve and myself said, what we've had a good run. we've had that's good, or had a month. that's good, or we've months. had we've had two months. we've had six months, that's good. six months. no , he was very months. uh, but no, he was very inventive. started back in inventive. we started back in those early days doing characters, inventing characters, inventing characters, up with characters, coming up with voices , coming ideas, voices, coming up with ideas, trying new ideas, trying new things , um, trying ways of things, um, trying ways of broadcasting . and when we worked

broadcasting. and when we worked together, we never over trumped each other. we intuitively knew that they often put people together on the radio. martin as you know, the just putting people together doesn't work. it's like an arranged marriage . it's like an arranged marriage. it's like an arranged marriage. it necessarily work . um, it doesn't necessarily work. um, but with steve and myself, it did . we kind of knew what the did. we kind of knew what the alarm going uh, so alarm was going to say. uh, so if he had a great punch line, i wouldn't try and overtrump it might just leave it. i'd just go do the throat cut right. we'll leave know , you've leave that. um, you know, you've got line there, so we got the punch line there, so we worked very, very well together . worked very, very well together. uh, radio 1, we did one programme together. >> i think they thought it was too expensive to have us both on the uh, but it was a treat. we >> uh, but it was a treat. we learned our craft together, and he was a great broadcaster and a very different broadcaster . you very different broadcaster. you know, he lived often in his own world. even now, when he'd phoned me up and he'd go read . phoned me up and he'd go read. it's right, you know. so what do you said nothing. just it's right, you know. so what do you to said nothing. just it's right, you know. so what do you to say said nothing. just it's right, you know. so what do you to say hello, nothing. just it's right, you know. so what do you to say hello, puthing. just it's right, you know. so what do you to say hello, puthing phone want to say hello, put the phone down. steve. he was down. uh, that was steve. he was kind of the uh, but he kind of off the wall. uh, but he loved broadcasting, and he was

very, very good at it . very, very good at it. >> he was mike. and the figures don't lie in an industry that was always chasing the youth market. but his career endured , market. but his career endured, and the viewers always tuned in. massive viewing figures for wrighty and a very emotional journey. um our tune often taken the viewers with him. the listeners with him are very, very emotional connection . he very emotional connection. he had . yes he did. had. yes he did. >> he did connect. that's the whole thing about radio and tv, i think, is, you know, you you've connect you've got to connect with people. to engage people. they've got to engage with uh, you're not with you. uh, you're not broadcasting at them, you're broadcasting at them, you're broadcasting with them. you're you're . part of what you're there. part of what you're there. part of what you're doing, you're part of what they're doing. so, uh, you're you're basically part of the team. and he very good you're you're basically part of th

you think, yeah, that's okay. and normal. steve you think, yeah, that's okay. and able normal. steve you think, yeah, that's okay. and able to normal. steve you think, yeah, that's okay. and able to wraprmal. steve you think, yeah, that's okay. and able to wrap those steve you think, yeah, that's okay. and able to wrap those up steve you think, yeah, that's okay. and able to wrap those up andye you think, yeah, that's okay. and able to wrap those up and in was able to wrap those up and in gift wrap them and make them look good. so the parts of his program you thought , oh, that's program you thought, oh, that's interesting. it was something quite normal that he'd he'd dress and make look good. and dress up and make look good. and he was he was clever at that. >> so thank you so much for joining us. mike reid , and joining us. mike reid, and sharing anecdotes sharing those lovely anecdotes around the fact steve wright , around the fact steve wright, the dj, has sadly passed away aged 69. a lot of us grew up with variety , so there's lots with variety, so there's lots more to come between now and 6:00 last week, we were told the countryside was racist. well, today apparently it's golf's turn . yes, you heard it right. turn. yes, you heard it right. golf is racist, but first, here's your latest news headunes here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> martin. thank you. your headunes >> martin. thank you. your headlines a little later than usual. let's bring you some breaking news. you may have heard about the labour candidate, graham jones has

been, tell you, been, we can tell you, administered suspended from the labour pending an labour party pending an investigation. that's due to alleged anti—semitic remarks within the party, the jewish labour movement, strongly condemning comments. jones reportedly made about british israeli jews, saying it was an appalling and unethical thing to say within the labour party, demanding a zero tolerance approach to anti—semitism. the movement are calling for a full investigation and that comes after labour withdrew support for another of its candidates , for another of its candidates, azhar ali, after he was recorded at a meeting suggesting israel had used hamas assaults as a pretext to invade gaza . and the pretext to invade gaza. and the other breaking news that's come to us within the last ten minutes or so. i must bring you the incredibly sad news that bbc broadcaster steve wright, who presented radio 1 and radio two for more than four decades, has died at the age of 69. his family confirmed the death in a statement, making the

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government is serious about tackling the challenges that we are seeing in this country. >> growing disagreements between the american president, joe biden, and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that planned operation that any planned operation inside rafah , that small city on inside rafah, that small city on the border with egypt in the small coastal enclave, would require a credible plan for the civilian population. >> we're dealing with what may be a lot of you may regard as something that's quite unhealthy , and that is pancakes from six. >> it's breakfast on gb news. >> it's breakfast on gb news. >> welcome back. it's 541. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now more now on the news. we broke earlier this hour. former labour mp graham jones has been administratively suspended from the labour party. jones is the prospective parliamentary candidate for his old constituency of hyndburn, near

blackburn , and he's been accused blackburn, and he's been accused of making derogatory comments about israel . jones was speaking about israel. jones was speaking at the same meeting where azhar ali made anti—semitic remarks . ali made anti—semitic remarks. labour has withdrawn its support for ali, who was standing in the rochdale by—election later this month . sir keir starmer says month. sir keir starmer says he's taken tough and decisive action and insists that the labour party has changed under his leadership and yet we have another suspension. well, joining us now is justin tomlinson, conservative mp for nonh tomlinson, conservative mp for north swindon . justin, welcome north swindon. justin, welcome to the show . another day and to the show. another day and another suspension just in for anti—semitism from the labour party. is this developing now into a full blown crisis? i mean it is staggering. >> they were party officials, let alone own the parliamentary candidates present at that initial selection meeting . how initial selection meeting. how on earth that selection meeting just wasn't cancelled. >> and this was addressed with,

andifs >> and this was addressed with, and it's been drip by drip laboun >> senior figures lined up to defend the indefensible and then as more revelations came out , as more revelations came out, more are now being asked to step down. >> and i'm sure this isn't the end of it. it's frankly disgusting what we're seeing happening . happening. >> and and there's been >> and just and there's been some strong remarks from some senior figures the senior figures in the conservative party richard holden, starmer is a holden, saying starmer is a moral vacuum , of course, is the moral vacuum, of course, is the party chairman , lord haig. party chairman, lord haig. starmer u—turn so much he goes around in circles and there's clear intimation that this could there could be more people involved in this. yet just in the lancashire concern , have the lancashire concern, have written to labour demanding to know if people like angela raynen know if people like angela rayner, kim leadbitter and jonathan reynolds were also present at that same meeting . present at that same meeting. >> yeah, and all we've seen is dhhen >> inexcusable defence. i mean it was a clear black and white case of what had happened and rightly they're trying to identify was in that

identify who was in that meeting. until we know the meeting. but until we know the facts who was there, you facts of who was there, you know, steer of that. know, i'll steer clear of that. but have definitely but what will have definitely been the case would have been senior party officials. >> a party by—election >> this was a party by—election that the labour party will have expected win. expected to win. >> they would have people, >> they would have had people, uh, leading and conducting uh, leave leading and conducting that meeting . that meeting. >> how on earth was it not nipped in the bud then? they could have suspended the could have just suspended the meeting immediately. >> then sorted >> they could have then sorted all this out, but instead they pressed ahead. >> the labour party members selected after he made these comments. >> and then we have just seen day after day of dither and unexcusable , uh, defence from unexcusable, uh, defence from senior labour politicians who should know better just. >> and would you at least give um mr starmer credit for the fact that he has acted decisively this time around? graham jones suspended very quickly . quickly. >> well, rightly so, but again, those remarks are made in that meeting that the labour party officials were in.

>> so this is not a surprise to the labour party. >> these comments, they were there. >> they were recorded. >> they were recorded. >> it is only a surprise that it's taken this long to come out. >> why wasn't it dealt with there and then? >> it shouldn't be the media having to get hold of this stuff to dithering keir starmer to force dithering keir starmer to force dithering keir starmer to take finally take a stand on this unexcusable disgusting language that seems to be just so set in stone. >> and remember, these are not fringe members of the labour party. the rochdale candidate had been involved with the labour party two decades, labour party for two decades, advised former labour prime ministers graham jones was a long standing mp behind burn and trying to get back into the house of commons. >> these are experienced politicians at the very heart of the labour party and it is only through the media managed to expose these recordings that we are now finally seeing dithering keir make sort of keir starmer make any sort of reaction and just in, sir keir starmer spoke of taking tough and decisive action. >> he, of course, inherited a party riddled with anti—semitism

under jeremy corbyn. party riddled with anti—semitism underjeremy corbyn. do party riddled with anti—semitism under jeremy corbyn. do you think things have got worse since october the 7th, or is it just a long, festering sore that's now coming to the surface ? >> 7- >> it's ? >> it's probably a bit of both. >> it's probably a bit of both. >> it's probably a bit of both. >> i mean, my opponent at the last general election, my labour opponent, she was suspended for anti—semitism but was actually allowed back in. >> time will tell whether >> now time will tell whether you know what will now happen to graham jones. you know what will now happen to graham jones . that recording is graham jones. that recording is black they've black and white. they've suspended presumably suspended him now. presumably they've a process. but they've got a process. but frankly there should be no way back in him. let's now just back in for him. let's now just see just how the labour back in for him. let's now just see jlareiow the labour back in for him. let's now just see jlare prepared e labour back in for him. let's now just see jlare prepared to .abour back in for him. let's now just see jlare prepared to change at party are prepared to change at that top level. but they're being dragged there kicking and screaming said , screaming because, as i said, senior officials senior labour party officials were in that meeting. it should have dealt this got have been dealt before this got out any further. the whole meeting should been meeting should have been cancelled are cancelled and members are suspended and dealt with there and then. it has been they've been dragged kicking and screaming. say, screaming. and now, as you say, the my colleagues in lancashire have written to ask who else was present meeting . this present at that meeting. this may end of this story

i >> -- >> and 5mm >> and justin, do you think this will impact on vote will have an impact on the vote is talked about the fact is often talked about the fact that the muslim vote may fall away. two by elections, away. we have two by elections, of course, on thursday, and the bookies at least have labour odds on to be taking those seats from in these by elections. will this affect the vote ? this affect the vote? >> i mean, i've been involved with the kingswood by—election. i haven't been up to rochdale, so it's difficult for me to comment. it's very late in the day. a people would have day. a lot of people would have already vote post. already cast their vote by post. even labour to spending their support for the labour parliamentary candidate will by—election sorry, by—election candidates sorry, their leaflets already be their leaflets will already be out and delivered the royal out and delivered by the royal mail . it's out and delivered by the royal mail. it's sort of trying to stop a fast moving train. stop a very fast moving train. um, so , so i don't know, but um, so, so i don't know, but it's certainly going to hit labour across the board because, you know, keir starmer has had it easy for the last 18 months, no part to our own party no small part to our own party needing to , uh, pull up its needing to, uh, pull up its socks. needing to, uh, pull up its socks . um, but yet needing to, uh, pull up its socks. um, but yet again, you know, his u—turning on his policies almost weekly and whenever he's faced with a challenge, he is dithering and

taking time. and i you know, dan hodges highlighted the fact that, you know, in a general election campaign , these issues election campaign, these issues come day. and if you're come up every day. and if you're going be prime minister, going to be a prime minister, you've got to think on your feet. make feet. you've got to make decisive not decisive action. and that is not something associate with something you'd associate with keir starmer. >> justin tomlinson, >> okay, justin tomlinson, conservative mp for north swindon, thank you very much for joining us. thank the joining us. thank you on the show. now last week we were told the countryside was racist. well show. now last week we were told the co apparently as racist. well show. now last week we were told the co apparently golf|cist. well show. now last week we were told the coapparently golf is;t. well show. now last week we were told the coapparently golf is racist.l today apparently golf is racist. yes you heard that right. we'll be discussing that next. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back. it's 551. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now here's a question i never thought i would have to ask is golf racist french politician matild panwar has caused anger after she took a swing at golfers, putting player the

sport on par with being racist. the left wing firebrands comments of widely being seen as an attempt to reignite a class war in a country that typically portrays golf as a preserve of the wealthy and the privileged. well, to help us make sense of this is paris based journalist david chazan. david. well come to the show ridiculous . last to the show ridiculous. last week the countryside was racist , week the countryside was racist, but now a the rising star of the radical left is saying golf is racist . well, the earth is going on. >> well, she's feeding into all the cliches and the stereotype types in france, where golfers, as you were saying, are often portrayed as over privileged, wealthy people , uh, whose wealthy people, uh, whose courses destroy the countryside and use excessive amounts of water, especially in the drought stricken south. >> and so she thought that she was striking a popular note reflecting the public mood when

she came out with this , what she she came out with this, what she was actually saying was she was trying to tell left wing people to register and to go and vote in the european elections in june. and she pointed out that wealthier people , this may not wealthier people, this may not even be true to be honest. um including golfers , she said, did including golfers, she said, did turn out to vote in the european elections. >> so she was urging her supporters to do the same thing. >> but the whole all, uh, the whole exercise appears to have backfired rather badly. >> we've had the head of the french golfing federation saying it's absurd to portray golfers as racist and to lump them , uh, as racist and to lump them, uh, with, uh, uh , extremists in that way. >> and there's no evidence to support it. and he said that many of the federation's members

, people who play golf regularly , actually support left wing parties and some of them have even voted for her far left group , france unbowed . but group, france unbowed. but according to the head of the federation , since she came out federation, since she came out with these remarks, they say that they may now change their mind . cards? mind. cards? >> yeah, they well should . david >> yeah, they well should. david chazan, we're going to have to leave there. astonishing. leave it there. astonishing. coming out the same day, of course, tiger woods wins course, that tiger woods wins a $100 million club clothing deal with taylormade. yeah, we racist isn't it? thank you very much for that. a quick point here from ivan on golf. she says this is ridiculous. i don't like golf but it's not racist. next it will be racist just to be a human being. ivan, don't give them any ideas. right i'm winding up for today, following me is michelle dewberry with dewbs& co and just. just a reminder of two big breaking stories. steve wright, the legendary dj of radio 1 and two

and top of the pops, has sadly passed away at the age of 69. michelle will have more on that, and of course, the breaking news in this show. labour has suspended yet another member of its this time, graham its party. this time, graham jones, a prospective parliamentary candidate in lancashire suspended from the party. will anti—semitism sweep . party. will anti—semitism sweep. the labour party? i'll be back tomorrow , three till six, but tomorrow, three till six, but after this it's dewbs& co with michelle dewberry. you . michelle dewberry. thank you. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello, i'm alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather forecast over the next few days, the best chance of staying dry will be across the far north, but for there's a fair bit but for most there's a fair bit of rain around. already of rain around. we've already seen of rain so seen quite a bit of rain so far today. that's in association with system that is with a weather system that is gradually making its way northeast , and will continue northeast, and will continue to do as we go through the end

do so as we go through the end of the afternoon and into the evening. so staying pretty cloudy . further outbreaks of cloudy. further outbreaks of rain england and rain across much of england and wales, and that rain will feed into overnight wales, and that rain will feed intwell overnight wales, and that rain will feed intwell . overnight wales, and that rain will feed intwell . meanwhile, overnight wales, and that rain will feed intwell . meanwhile, acrossght as well. meanwhile, across scotland, apart from a few showers, it is to be showers, it is going to be largely dry and there will be some skies as a result, we largely dry and there will be som see skies as a result, we largely dry and there will be som see temperatures result, we largely dry and there will be som see temperatures droppinga will see temperatures dropping so a relatively frost so a relatively harsh frost here. meanwhile, elsewhere, because of cloudy wet because of the cloudy wet weather, going to because of the cloudy wet we a her, going to because of the cloudy wet we a relatively going to because of the cloudy wet we a relatively mild going to because of the cloudy wet we a relatively mild to oing to because of the cloudy wet we a relatively mild to startto be a relatively mild to start tomorrow morning as we go through day tomorrow, through the day tomorrow, though, fairly cloudy grey though, a fairly cloudy grey picture further picture yet again. further outbreaks rain these outbreaks of rain and these could perhaps even could be heavy. perhaps even persistent towards persistent for a time towards the south wet weather the south and more wet weather then feeding into parts of scotland as we go through the day. some this wet day. and some of this wet weather some snow weather could bring some snow over , holding on over higher ground, holding on to air across the to some chillier air across the far north. temperatures far north. so temperatures a little below average little bit below average here. but places are but elsewhere many places are relatively mild. day highs of around 14 or 15 celsius more wet weather to come as we go through thursday could be pretty heavy and could lead to some localised flooding places , and we might flooding in places, and we might have blustery winds have some strong, blustery winds in as well

in association with this as well . there signs we . but there are signs that we could see a drier day on friday that drier weather, though, doesn't it will last doesn't look like it will last particularly with rain particularly long with more rain to by that to come by saturday. by that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on gb news

rochdale well today. they've now suspended another parliamentary candidate due to comments about israel . i'm candidate due to comments about israel. i'm asking, does labour still have an issue with

anti—semitism ? and