gb news away. >> good afternoon britain. >> good afternoon britain. >> it's 12:00 on wednesday the 14th of february. >> labour melt down with the party's polling lead tumbling. have labour's serious series of catastrophic u—turns begun to catch up with them? keir starmer is insists his party has changed, but now faces calls to investigate five more candidates as it's revealed the home office has bought thousands of properties for asylum seekers despite britain's acute housing shortage . shortage. >> the government pledged to prioritise british homes for british workers . so is it saying british workers. so is it saying one thing? but doing another and tech attack london mayor sadiq khan claims a fake audio clip of him nearly led to serious

disorder ahead of armistice day, with boffins improving this scary tech every day . scary tech every day. >> is our democracy under threat from artificial intelligence simulating politicians and duping the general. public? there's been some interesting polling out today, hasn't there, tom? there has the labour party tumbling down by 7 or 8 points. >> now that still means they've got a significant polling lead, but it's far from the 20 points that they had in the last few months. they've had an enormous polling lead for a long, long time and today we're starting to see some evidence that that's coming down. and that's important. that matters because it shows that there is perhaps cut through to the general sense of chaos within the labour party i >> -- >> so you don't necessarily think it's down to the resurfacing of accusations of

anti—semitism , but more about anti—semitism, but more about the general feeling that keir starmer is perhaps slow to act, that he's flip flopping on major decisions at every corner and that essentially he may not have control over his party. >> well, i think that that is a really, really important thing. this of sort ill this sense of sort of ill discipline or not being strong, being weak as a leader, that's really , really damaging. and really, really damaging. and people don't really need to know every single particular. but the other fascinating thing is that the savanta poll that we're talking about most primarily, actually, it's research date finished on sunday. so that was before the labour party u—turned on this issue in rochdale. but after the u—turned on the 28 billion. so i wonder if this isn't as low as the labour party goes. it will be very, very important to look at where polls are at the start of next week because that will encompass what has happened in the last few days and all of these candidates that have to be dropped . that have begun to be dropped. is this to cut through? is this going to cut through? that's big question. that's a big question. >> a question . do you

>> it is a big question. do you at home think it's going to cut through? let us know. vaiews@gbnews.com. and i've got another why you another question too. why do you think left have think parts of the left have such a problem with anti—semitism ? um, of course we anti—semitism? um, of course we see right of politics see it on the right of politics too, but there seems to be a particular tendency on the left within the labour party and other sections of the left that this is a problem. why do you think views at think that is? gb views at cbnnews.com? your cbnnews.com? but first your headlines. emily >> thank you. good afternoon. these are your top stories from the gb newsroom. the rate of inflation remains at 4% despite forecasters predicting a rise. it's the same as in december and below. economists expectations, including the bank of england. figures from the office for national statistics found that food prices fell on a monthly bafis food prices fell on a monthly basis for the first time since september 2021. the prime minister has insisted the economy has turned a corner as he held his first british council meeting today. however

chancellor jeremy council meeting today. however chancellorjeremy hunt says more chancellor jeremy hunt says more needs to be done by inflation, often never falls in a straight line and although it's welcome that it hasn't gone up today, it is still double the target level of 2. >> and we're not going to be able to relieve pressure on families until we hit that target and the bank of england feels able to reduce interest rates. so this is a time to stick to a plan that is clearly working. but we need to make sure that we really get to that end point of inflation at 2. >> residents in birmingham told us it's little comfort when people are living paycheque to paycheque. >> it's getting very difficult for us to live and financially we're having to spend more money on gas and electric and the food pnces on gas and electric and the food prices are going up. we're not buying things that we would normally buy. we're going for own brand. things like in shops. instead of going like heinz , for example. >> i mean, if i want to keep warm, i mean, if i want to keep

warm, i mean, if i want to keep warm, i mean, if i want to keep warm, i have to pay the £5,060. >> otherwise i will have to be cold in order to for the cost to be less. i think that everybody in some sense are cutting back on luxury items. i know myself, indeedi on luxury items. i know myself, indeed i have . i dare not indeed i have. i dare not mention that it's a funny old day to day being. valentine's day for. pressures mounting for sir keir starmer as the second labour party candidate has been suspended following accusations of anti—semitism. >> graham jones allegedly suggested british people who volunteer to fight with israel defence forces should be locked up . it comes a day after labour up. it comes a day after labour withdrew support for the party's candidate for the rochdale by—election. as our ally for suggesting israel had taken the october 7th hamas assault as a pretext to invade gaza . sir keir pretext to invade gaza. sir keir vowed yesterday that his party has changed under his rule . a has changed under his rule. a london theatre has banned a comedian from performing after jewish audience members were

reportedly hounded out of a show . paul curry presented both a ukrainian and palestinian flag to the audience during the performance . he's been accused performance. he's been accused of encouraging the crowd to chant and shout at israeli ticket holder levitan after he refused to stand and applaud the palestinian flag. soho theatre in central london has apologised and it says it's looking into the incident . there are reports the incident. there are reports his next show could be cancelled. mr eaton told gb news he felt excluded after the incident in the last five minutes of his show since since he produced those two flags like i was taken immediately out of the show, like in my head i was, you felt excluded? >> yeah, excluded. and just in my my mind, i was just like my in my mind, i was just like thinking about unfair this thinking about how unfair this comparison really comparison is. i just really didn't agree with that statement . . drivers at five rail . trained. drivers at five rail operators have voted to continue taking strike action for six months. >> aslef announced that its members in chiltern c2c's east midlands , northern and midlands, northern and transpennine railways had

overwhelmingly backed carrying on with the action. unions involved in pay disputes have to reballot their members every six months on continuing with industrial . action. shoplifting industrial. action. shoplifting has hit a record high, according to the british retail consortium , with almost 17 million incidents recorded last year . incidents recorded last year. that's more than double compared to the year before, which was at 8 million. the amount lost to shoplifting cost retailers around £18 billion, a record sum, and the first time it surpassed the billion pound mark. violence and abuse against shop workers also spiked last year , with around 1300 incidents year, with around 1300 incidents daily. shadow home secretary yvette cooper calls the figures shocking and describes the escalation as a failure on law and . order. a damning new report and. order. a damning new report of bedford prison describes it as filthy and some of the worst conditions seen. the h.m. chief inspector prisons , charlie inspector of prisons, charlie taylor, described a number of problems at bedford prison ,

problems at bedford prison, describing them as damning describing them as a damning indictment of the state of prisons. mr taylor says the neglected jail needs sustained support in order to improve . it support in order to improve. it can hold around 400 inmates and is a history of problems, including riots in 2016, mr taylor , therefore called for it taylor, therefore called for it to be put into emergency measures last year. to be put into emergency measures last year . and sorry to measures last year. and sorry to say, for those of you planning a romantic night in and ordering a takeaway for valentine's day, you might rethink your you might need to rethink your plans . deliveroo and uber eats plans. deliveroo and uber eats food deliveries are set to be hit by a huge strike in the uk, as thousands of drivers will be walking out later today. between 5 and 10 pm. delivery job uk an umbrella representation of gig economy workers, has arranged that to strike demand better pay and working conditions for food delivery workers . for the latest delivery workers. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts . good afternoon

common alerts. good afternoon britain. >> it's 12:08 britain. >> it's12:08 and britain. >> it's 12:08 and the britain. >> it's12:08 and the labour party is in turmoil today as sir keir starmer is forced to drop a second parliamentary candidate due to alleged anti—semitic comments . that's according to comments. that's according to the telegraph , uh, which is the telegraph, uh, which is reporting that five more are being potentially pressured to investigate vote yes. >> so graham jones is said to have used an expletive to refer to israel and said british people who fight in their defence forces should be locked up. it comes as labour staff file as, uh, staff file a complaint against sue greys handung complaint against sue greys handling of a leaking query, an apparent escalation of hostilities between party officials and the chief of staff. >> all of this ahead of two crucial by elections tomorrow. >> yes. so, christopher hope gb news political editor, joins us from westminster. looking at the polls today , the labour's lead

polls today, the labour's lead is narrowing . is it due to is narrowing. is it due to everything that's going on with rochdale and accusations of anti—semitism ? anti—semitism? >> well, the answer to that is probably no . as tom said, um, probably no. as tom said, um, this this poll out from savanta those numbers again, labour down five at 41. toys up to at 29. so just a um, a 12 point difference that that finish on sunday. so really before this, uh, storm broke about the rochdale candidate and before he was disowned by the party on monday night. so we really we night. so we only really we haven't really seen anything uh, to impact the polls that may be this fall may have been hit by the party's decision last week to drop this commitment to spend £28 billion a year in the second half of the next parliament on on green measures to try and green the economy . we don't yet green the economy. we don't yet know what the impact will be, um, on this of this the rochdale row. we all know probably sooner than anything else is how it

might affect the party support in wellingborough and kingswood . in wellingborough and kingswood. this double by elections are held tomorrow, thursday. results out first thing friday morning and gb news will be covering this through the night. as tom knows, it'll be quite an exciting night. so we the exciting night. so we are the election channel after all. that's the first big opinion poll. i think, on this, on this almost self—inflicted wound on the party. i say self—inflicted because when you're in opposition, you're your main job is to think of good ideas and find good candidates to be mps and then form a government. now, on those two ideas, finding good candidates for mps and ideas, they appear to be falling down. and that's why i think there's a wobble in the polls or wobble in the confidence for sir keir starmer. he's miles ahead in the polls, but many would say has the deserved what's the party deserved what's he done deserve that lead? the done to deserve that lead? the tories the tories have imploded after the various leaders various new leaders, leaders they've had, boris johnson and partygate disastrous partygate, liz truss disastrous budget plans. so rishi sunak the new the pm for the past two

years, his idea is don't risk it on labour. and increasingly i wonder whether that idea might cut through with with an electorate looking at labour and wondering how they're getting it so wrong. so wrong. >> so wrong. >> chris, your word wobble to me seems incisive . i remember back seems incisive. i remember back to the 2017 election campaign , to the 2017 election campaign, when theresa may presented herself as the strong and stable candidate, the candidate to vote for , for stability, then the for, for stability, then the campaign started to wobble. a couple of hiccups and those wobbles oscillated and went further and faster. and, uh , further and faster. and, uh, what was a gargantuan poll lead reduced to basically nothing. we ended with a hung parliament. i wonder if this wobble we're seeing with the labour party now could be similar. sir keir starmer up until today, has been presenting himself the strong presenting himself as the strong and candidate. safe and stable candidate. the safe opfion and stable candidate. the safe option with the other party in chaos, perhaps that narrative has begun to shift. that's

right. >> i was there at that press conference when theresa may was asked if she was weak and wobbly asked if she was weak and wobbly as they reversed on that dementia tax. it was the unveiling of the welsh tory manifesto, in wrexham . manifesto, i think, in wrexham. and i to her from my and then i said to her from my old job, what else will change in your manifesto? and she told me nothing has changed. in me nothing has changed. and in at point, uh, i think the at that point, uh, i think the electorate thought, well, lot electorate thought, well, a lot has changed. theresa may. and i think signalled some would think that signalled some would say in her party's say the decline in her party's fortunes election . i mean, fortunes that election. i mean, you to keir starmer there, you go to keir starmer there, tom, and you're right. um, keir starmer power as starmer came into power as labour leader, um, to over two years ago because he wasn't jeremy corbyn now, that's why he's there. he said the past associations of the . party with associations of the. party with disgusting anti semitism, that's not what i stand for. i will make this party fit to govern. um, he's going to a mess though because he's agreed to follow the government on international policy, on security issues , policy, on security issues, notably on israel and gaza . and notably on israel and gaza. and that's obviously frustrating . that's obviously frustrating. some elements of the party's

base now he's there because he's moved the party on from jeremy corbyn. but what we're seeing in rochdale with these two suspensions is it shows the party for some people hasn't moved on, i should say. by the way, graham jones, that candidate in hyndburn , varne, candidate in hyndburn, varne, who has been suspended , um, he who has been suspended, um, he was an mp from 2010 to 2019, in hyndburn. he's an experienced mp . he a former mp, an experienced labour politician. he wasn't standing in a by—election. i mean, he, you know , how can you mean, he, you know, how can you say critics have said and in fact, the tory party sending out emails as we speak to its members saying, um, richard holden says labour hasn't . holden says labour hasn't. changed azhar ali is part of the problem. are you surprised that's talking to their base? but will the wider electorate start to think the same too? >> thank you very much indeed, christopher hope there. our political from political editor, live from westminster the westminster and of course the labour standing, labour party will be standing, what, 600 candidates the media will be very interested in what

they have had to say in the past and present it. >> yeah, well , all and present it. >> yeah, well, all i'm trying to do the maths in, in my head. um, 650 minus northern ireland there are around what is it, 30 seats, 30 odd. so maybe six, 620 odd candidates, perhaps . yeah. candidates, perhaps. yeah. anyway, the specifics don't under investigation already. yeah but let's get more on this now. we'll speak to the deputy chair of the conservative party rachel mclean. rachel, thank you for us. and we know that for joining us. and we know that you an you do have an announcement, an important announcement on domestic will domestic abuse that we will get to but just to begin , do you as to. but just to begin, do you as a politician , feel perhaps the a politician, feel perhaps the shifting sands of public opinion this week? >> um , yeah, very much so. >> um, yeah, very much so. >> um, yeah, very much so. >> tom, and thanks for having me on. >> and i think this goes to the heart of the labour party and what they stand for. >> and we are starting to see cracks appear in the facade and the presentation that they've made to the british public that they really have changed. >> uh, and what we are seeing now is evidence that really is

that true? >> people are starting to question that . of course, it's question that. of course, it's been quite for easy them to been quite for easy them just to present themselves as different from past. but i would make from the past. but i would make the point that keir starmer himself i'm i'm i himself, i'm not, i'm not. i don't one moment suggest don't for one moment suggest that anti anti—semite that he's an anti anti—semite himself. but he sat in the shadow cabinet with jeremy corbyn. he campaigned to make jeremy. jeremy corbyn prime minister. and you've just highlighted there the ppc for one of the lancashire seats. hyndburn um, he has been a member of parliament. uh, he's represented his constituents in parliament. these attitudes i think are they seem to be people asking do they go deeper than we've been led to believe? and will keir starmer really take the actions that he needs to, that he said he would do to stamp out this scourge of anti—semitism that we all found so disgusting ? uh, under jeremy so disgusting? uh, underjeremy corbyn's leadership ? corbyn's leadership? >> well, the israel—gaza conflict is causing problems for

the labour party. of course, we've seen mobs of pro—palestinian protests outside died labour politicians , offices died labour politicians, offices and even homes. but it's also causing problems for the conservative party too. you've seen tobias ellwood in the papers this morning. his personal home, his personal home address, where his family live, targeted by protesters for a number of hours, shouting all sorts. there really is a growing intimidation of our politicians, isn't there ? isn't there? >> yeah, and these are are very concerning. deeply unacceptable incidents . and i'm glad, incidents. and i'm glad, obviously, that we members of parliament, we do have protections for ourselves. we have, uh, we have police , uh, have, uh, we have police, uh, who are there to look after us. and by and large, they do a great job. but it is always right to keep that under review. no politician, whether they're laboun no politician, whether they're labour, conservative or any other party, should be intimidated for standing up and making those comments which they believe in, uh, freedom of speech in this country is

something that's so precious. it's foundation of our it's a foundation of our democracy . and what we are democracy. and what we are seeing is mobs on our streets. now which unfortunately have been given succour by some elements in some parties, feeling that it's okay, rachel, to go out and just on that, just on that point, just it's unacceptable. >> just on that point. some people have been disappointed that rishi sunak hasn't stood up and made that point, particularly clearly to the public, that politicians , fans public, that politicians, fans and everyone else will not be intimidated. and everyone else will not be intimidated . and by extremist s, intimidated. and by extremist s, uh , i think i have heard him say uh, i think i have heard him say that on, on many occasions. >> he's been very clear. and what's more, he's he's he's acted on his words . and, you acted on his words. and, you know, he's said many times, uh, that we should be able to have these debates , uh, through our these debates, uh, through our democratic processes . we should democratic processes. we should not be having people intimidating others on the street. and in fact, i think just last week we passed more laws to stop people climbing on war memorials. that was

something that rishi sunak brought in in response to some of those awful , um, unruly brought in in response to some of those awful, um, unruly and violent , uh, scenes that we saw violent, uh, scenes that we saw in central london. and let's not forget the issue here is that we have people in our country , have people in our country, jews, who feel unsafe on the streets. that, to me is shocking . i have many jewish friends and jewish constituents , and we jewish constituents, and we cannot situation when, cannot have a situation when, uh, when they have been threatened and with the worst terrorist atrocity since the holocaust, where they feel they're not safe in our country, our country must continue to be a place of refuge as it has been for so many . for so many. >> now, rachel, the government today is announcing a new crackdown on a very specific form of domestic abuse, i suppose, is the umbrella tum. but it's more than that. it's punishment for people who have killed their partners. >> yeah , that's right. and i'm >> yeah, that's right. and i'm really glad that you've given me a chance to talk about this. i did actually serve as minister for victims and also in the home office. so this is some of the work that the government's been doing, actually for a long time.

we uh, introduced the domestic abuse act , we uh, introduced the domestic abuse act, which for the we uh, introduced the domestic abuse act , which for the first abuse act, which for the first time gave protections to victims of domestic abuse and has made a really huge difference in cracking down on this crime. along extra funding we along with the extra funding we put the criminal justice put into the criminal justice system police but system and police officers. but what we were seeing was this anomaly , which sometimes happens anomaly, which sometimes happens in system, where in the sentencing system, where someone who was actually, um , someone who was actually, um, applying what we call strangulation and it's basically suffocating them. and strangling them for sexual gratification , them for sexual gratification, action that was falling through some loopholes in the sentencing system. it was not being picked up.and system. it was not being picked up. and people were not being punished effectively. there was one particular case, um, victim, a lady called sophie moss, who was sadly and tragically killed by her boyfriend at the time. um, and he escaped with a very, very light sentence . uh, the very light sentence. uh, the sentence was shorter than he could have got for something like pet theft. um, or even if he'd strangled somebody but not killed them. so we felt that was wrong. we needed to change the

law. and this will bring this into the statute book so into into the statute book so that really clear that it's really, really clear that it's really, really clear that is no such as that there is no such thing as this. what's called this. what's often called a rough um, which is rough sex defence, um, which is one of the most egregious forms of victim blaming, where, uh, the victims families are told, well, she enjoyed this so effectively she asked for it. no one deserves to die . um, in the one deserves to die. um, in the course of an intimate relationship . relationship. >> really? well, thank you very much for explaining that a really , really powerful, um , uh, really, really powerful, um, uh, piece of new law. really. rachel mclean, deputy chair of the conservative party, we appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you very much . yes. >> thank you very much. yes. i mean, using rough sex as a defence is just hideous , isn't defence is just hideous, isn't it? and if there's loopholes in the law that allow that to be used as a defence success, only then i'm glad that is being changed. >> well, we often, often talk about and order, crime about law and order, crime and justice show. and justice on this show. and frankly, there that frankly, that story there that people were more time or people were getting more time or could pet could get more time for pet theft than for killing their

partner . it speaks to something partner. it speaks to something really, really wrong in the core of crime and justice in the uk. and probably good news that that's starting to be put right . that's starting to be put right. >> well, it sounds as though it is, but coming up, something else that got some of else that may have got some of you your head, the you scratching your head, the home is forking out for home office is forking out for many, many thousands of homes for asylum seekers . and of for asylum seekers. and of course, this comes amidst a rather acute housing shortage. we'll find out more. this is good afternoon britain on . gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather update with me, annie from the met office. they'll be further outbreaks of rain for many of us through the rest of the day, and is going to be a very cloudy, but an exceptionally mild few days. says this days. that says we've got this very mild pushing up from very mild air pushing up from the spreading across the the south, spreading across the country, of country, but the far north of scotland will still be holding on that colder air for the on to that colder air for the time and there will be time being, and there will be the the sunshine across the best of the sunshine across

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you. you don't need to worry about your property for five years. you know you're going to get the cash when you're when you're due it quite a good deal. >> well, i mean , you can blame >> well, i mean, you can blame landlords. >> i think you've got to blame the government for the debacle that we're in with regard to the housing shortage we've got. >> look, there's £8 >> i mean, look, there's £8 million a day being spent in hotels. they're closing 50 hotels. they're closing 50 hotels. uh, they have closed 50 hotels. uh, they have closed 50 hotels down with asylum seekers. plan to close another 50, uh, down by the end of the year. i mean, look, we've got 1.2 million people on council waiting lists, and we have a rental stock crisis. um, it's what can i say? it's decades and decades of failure to build social housing and affordability of housing. you know, only last yean of housing. you know, only last year, emily, uh, there was only 9000 council properties built in 2023, which was a disgrace . 2023, which was a disgrace. >> um, no, it's an interesting point that you raised there, paul point that you raised there, paul. do you think that to some

extent where people have been saying, get asylum seekers out of hotels , but then not building of hotels, but then not building new accommodation on, for example, former raf sites? there's been a lot of campaigning about where people shouldn't be put and therefore perhaps what happens is that they then go into stuff that is already built rather than building new things . building new things. >> well, i mean, well, yeah, i mean , look, tom, that is the mean, look, tom, that is the trade off. i mean, you know, there's i, i drove i drove past an raf, an old site in lincoln and, uh, i think that's the site you're talking about. and there was loads of campaigning that they're, they're intense and they're campaigning night after night them , uh, put night not to have them, uh, put in that in that facility, you know , putting housing, uh, know, putting housing, uh, putting housing, asylum seekers in streets in, in house of multiple occupation in normal residential properties . that can residential properties. that can be challenging because obviously there's integration and there's a lot of issues. i mean, we just have a massive housing crisis. i've been in this industry for

34 years. i've never known a housing crisis like it. uh, affordable for tenants is a massive problem. i mean, just alone , there's 105,000 alone, there's 105,000 households in temporary accommodation, 10% increase from last year, which 62% of those have children? well there's a housing crisis, but there's also the question of priorities, isn't there? >> and the government comes out and says british homes for british workers and british people should get priority when it comes to social housing lists . and then, you see, the government is actually buying up huge numbers of properties to go directly to asylum seekers while there are workers and young families and british people who haven't got a look in, that's that's what's happened. >> emily. that's the reality . >> emily. that's the reality. we, the government, are doing something now where they're desperate for properties because obviously we've we've had a big migration of, uh, asylum obviously we've we've had a big migration of , uh, asylum seekers migration of, uh, asylum seekers and the affordability of 8

million. let's just think about that. million. let's just think about that . £8 million. let's just think about that. £8 million a day is being spent at hotels. i mean, i can give you an example. i put on a charity boxing event , give you an example. i put on a charity boxing event, um, every year and it was the holiday inn in north london, and it's been closed for four years. it's not open for the public. i mean, it is a big issue. there's a lot of hotels that have been closed down. what they're trying to do is reaching out is now is they're reaching out to and saying, we take to landlords and saying, we take five year leases. well, you know, the government under cutting the average cutting average, the average person on the street with this because they're promising five years tenancy, presumably they can get a better deal because they can pay for it in advance. >> um, is that what's happening here as well? >> yeah. i mean, look, look, landlords, landlords are individuals. they're not banks. let's be very clear about that. there's what, 2.4 million landlords out. there's 4.4 million households out there . million households out there. um, you know, landlords um, are contacted whether it's by councils or by the home office. and if they are offered a five

year lease, which means that they don't have any void periods, the property being empty, they look after the property, then they will sign up for it. it is a supply and demand. as i said, within crisis. and uh, you know, you know, i think the answer is from what i've just said to you is decades of building, decades of house building, failure, of affordability . and i failure, of affordability. and i think that the answer of 9000 properties being built last yean properties being built last year, emily says it all, doesn't it. >> mhm. no well, paul sampliner, thank you so much for talking us through this really concerning issue here. i know fascinating to the perspective there to get the perspective there from founder landlord from uh the founder of landlord action. yes. >> stuff. i mean is of >> good stuff. i mean it is of course asylum seekers need to have somewhere to live . but when have somewhere to live. but when the government continues to be unable to control our borders and also unable to build enough housing for everyone, it's not great for social cohesion, is it? and frankly , asylum seekers it? and frankly, asylum seekers shouldn't be living in taxpayer

funded housing. >> for more than a very, very short period of time. if we had an effective processing system where someone comes , are you a where someone comes, are you a genuine asylum seeker? no get out! yes. come and get a job and pay out! yes. come and get a job and pay for your own housing. the fact that they're sitting in this limbo for years , that's this limbo for years, that's that. no one wants that. >> i just really feel for, >> yeah, i just really feel for, you know, people been you know, people who've been waiting on social housing lists for not decades. and for years, if not decades. and then they see, know, stories then they see, you know, stories like this . well, the reality like this. well, the reality anyway, the office says anyway, the home office says they're working on a range of accommodation options to reduce the hotels, the unacceptable use of hotels, which £8 million day. which cost £8 million a day. that may be true, it doesn't that may be true, but it doesn't make it, uh, you know, desirable i >> -- >> well, out of out of hotels, into private rented accommodation. i mean, you're not it's not a win, is it? it's a shift. it's not a win at all. >> but, uh, next we're going to be about some shocking be talking about some shocking new figures that have come through. that, uh, through. and it shows that, uh, abuse going abuse on retail staff just going about jobs in retail has about theirjobs in retail has risen by 50% in just a year. it's quite extraordinary .

it's quite extraordinary. >> emily, thank you very much. your top stories from the gb news room. the rate of inflation remains at 4. the same as in december, despite forecasters having predicted a rise. figures from the office for national statistics found that food pnces statistics found that food prices fell on a monthly basis for the first time since september 2021. shadow chancellor rachel reeves criticised the figure , saying criticised the figure, saying conservatives cannot fix the economy because they're the reason it's broken . the prime reason it's broken. the prime minister has insisted, though, that the economy has turned a corner as he held his first business council meeting of the yeah business council meeting of the year. however, chancellor year. today, however, chancellor jeremy hunt says more needs to be done on inflation. >> never falls in a straight line and although it's welcome that it hasn't gone up today, it is still double the target level of 2% and we're not going to be able to relieve pressure on families until we hit that

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action. unions involved in pay disputes have to reballot their members every six months on continued with industrial action and shoplifting has hit a record high, according to the british retail consortium , with almost retail consortium, with almost 17 million incidents recorded last year. that's more than double compared to the year before, which was 8 million. the amount lost to shoplifting cost retailers around £18 billion, a record sum , and the first time record sum, and the first time it surpassed the billion pound mark. for all the latest stories , you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen , or go to gb on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts

radio. right? >> well, uk shop workers are witnessing a surge of racial

abuse, sexual harassment, physical assault and threats with weapons as incidents rise by 50% in one year. this is truly shocking. yes criminals are being given a free pass. >> according to the british retail consortium. with pressure mounting on ministers to intervene to protect retail employees. >> so joining us now is the chief executive of the association of convenience stores, james loughman, james, 50% up in just one year. tell us a little bit about what retail workers are facing on the day to day. >> yeah. in terms of the statistics, i think two things are happening. >> firstly, there more crime. >> firstly, there is more crime. there than there there is more shock than there was. also retailers are was. i think also retailers are getting reporting it getting better at reporting it and certainly these are british retail figures and retail consortium figures and now coming out soon. and now are coming out soon. and that certainly reflects what's coming significant coming out here. a significant increase. so it's good news. retail better retail is getting better reporting still reporting it. but there is still this of more more thefts this trend of more more thefts from stores . that theft is from stores. that theft is becoming more brazen in. and .

becoming more brazen in. and. often now is leading to incidents of violence as well. so unfortunately this is pretty grim reading. and unfortunately it does tally with with our members experience certainly operating in local shops up and down the country. >> say, i've noticed >> i have to say, i've noticed in in a few areas in shops in a few areas something that i hadn't seen before, which is everyday items locked up behind little screens. this seems to be something that's happen the that's started to happen in the last year or so. is that advice that you're giving to shops? last year or so. is that advice tha we're'e giving to shops? last year or so. is that advice tha we're not ving to shops? last year or so. is that advice tha we're not formally tops? last year or so. is that advice tha we're not formally giving >> we're not formally giving that advice, but it is happening more retail is looking at more and retail is looking at everything they can to everything they can do to protect their colleagues, protect their colleagues, protect protect protect their stock, protect their and does their businesses. and that does unfortunately mean more products going or going behind the counter or having protective measures having other protective measures that sometimes you might see a product and the boxes there on the shelf , but you've then got the shelf, but you've then got to stop it at the counter for the products itself. so we're seeing much more of these things as cctv alarm systems, as well as cctv alarm systems, guarding all the other things that are headsets, body worn cameras, a lot of investment in these sorts of measures, which sadly becoming almost a part

sadly are becoming almost a part of doing business in some parts of doing business in some parts of the country. and it's, you know, clearly unacceptable know, it's clearly unacceptable point we've to the point that we've got to and the british retail consortium are actually right that actually absolutely right that we help . we need more we need more help. we need more help police to deal help from the police to deal with this. and the government of national level, have national level, i think, have arrived right strategy, arrived at the right strategy, which crime which is about reporting crime every , investigating every every time, investigating every crime, excuse now saying, crime, no excuse now for saying, well, this crime is too small in value to investigate. that's no longer an excuse. every crime has be investigated . and by has to be investigated. and by doing we can identify the doing that, we can identify the prolific repeat offenders who are really the cause of the vast majority of this crime. there's a there's a perception maybe a lot of this crime is caused by people being opportunists or stealing for their own need . in stealing for their own need. in reality, this is people often with addiction problems and other issues who are going into stores often stealing order, stores often stealing to order, reselling the products to fund those addictions . and it's those those addictions. and it's those prolific repeat offenders who need identify and then either need to identify and then either use custodial sentences or other measures, or it might be rehabilitation orders or whatever. most effective whatever. the most effective thing out

thing is to take that person out of cycle of re—offending. of the cycle of re—offending. for ignored for too long, we've ignored those individuals, ignored this problem it's inevitably problem, and it's inevitably escalated. need to intervene escalated. we need to intervene at national level. i think the policy is right that has to happen, though. every single police force, every single day across the country. and unfortunately, it's not right now. how. >> now. >> and the police say they're now. >> anto the police say they're now. >> anto followice say they're now. >> anto follow up say they're now. >> anto follow up on' they're now. >> anto follow up on everyre now. >> anthatllow up on everyre now. >> anthat is>w up on everyre now. >> anthat is reported.everyre now. >> anthat is reported.everof crime that is reported. but of course, seeing that in practice is the case. but is not always the case. but you're the chief executive of the association of convenience stores. that stores. so presumably that includes everyday corner includes your everyday corner shop. includes your everyday corner shop . now lot of these corner shop. now a lot of these corner shops open till pretty late at night. can it be quite an intimidating atmosphere? you're on your own in a small shop. intimidating atmosphere? you're on your own in a small shop . you on your own in a small shop. you perhaps have two young men with their hoodies up, maybe masked , their hoodies up, maybe masked, coming into your shop, you're not quite sure what they're going to do . going to do. >> yeah, absolutely. i think think about the location of those stores as well. often in areas outside of main centres where you've other where you've got other businesses, a routine businesses, maybe a routine police presence. these are often in villages housing estates, those outside

those areas outside of main towns where wouldn't towns where there wouldn't be a police presence. often there might of other might not be lots of other people that people around and the fact that we're means the we're there means that the service providing is even service we're providing is even more without more important, because without us wouldn't be any us there, there wouldn't be any services those that services in those in that local area. does expose us the area. but it does expose us the good is, it means that good news is, it means that relationships are relationships with customers are very, relationship very, very good. relationship with very with the community is very, very good. without without with the community is very, very gooc support without without with the community is very, very gooc support from ithout without with the community is very, very gooc support from the ut without with the community is very, very goocsupport from the police,)ut that support from the police, without regular presence, without a regular presence, retailers their colleagues retailers and their colleagues do themselves a position do find themselves in a position to often where feel to often where they feel intimidated. to often where they feel intimidated . and then too often intimidated. and then too often that that that turns into actual incidents and, and violence against those people in stores. so, you know, it's, um , it's not so, you know, it's, um, it's not a new challenge, but it's clearly getting worse. the severity and the amount of crime in stores is getting worse. and this report today really shows that up. >> it's fascinating that you say such a large proportion of this crime is committed by such a small and repeat section of offenders. it really puts the lie to the idea that perhaps the internet meme that it's just people stealing to get by through the cost of living crisis , that really seems like

crisis, that really seems like thatis crisis, that really seems like that is a bare faced lie. what can you do to work with police to identify why these repeat repeat offenders and frankly, perhaps to lock them up ? perhaps to lock them up? >> yeah, it starts with reporting, tom, and it starts with reporting every single crime. um, and through that , the crime. um, and through that, the police can then piece together a picture . now that's, that's the picture. now that's, that's the first the chain that can first link in the chain that can be broken because the police have investigate. have have to investigate. they have to information to pull the information together. and more forces together. more and more forces now looking smart quick now looking at smart quick onune now looking at smart quick online reporting they can online reporting so they can gather information more gather the information more effectively. that's a really good then the good step forward. but then the next step , as you good step forward. but then the next step, as you in your next step, as you said in your last there really is last comment, there really is how does go in terms of the how does that go in terms of the progress of the courts? you know, there are those know, so is there are those people court people then brought to court and are then the, uh, the penalties , are then the, uh, the penalties, the sanctions used effective? and it might be locking them up in some cases that would be absolutely the right thing to do. other measures, do. it might be other measures, community orders, rehabilitation orders and like that. orders and things like that. i think mind think our members zigi mind what they that to be they want is that person to be taken out of that cycle of reoffending, the reoffending, because they're the

ones the sharp end of that. ones at the sharp end of that. >> and the point is, no one working in a convenience store or any other shop should have to deal racial abuse, deal with racial abuse, harassment, course, harassment, and of course, thefts. thank you very much indeed. loughman, thefts. thank you very much indechief loughman, thefts. thank you very much indechief exec loughman, thefts. thank you very much indechief exec of ughman, thefts. thank you very much indechief exec of the man, the chief exec of the association convenience association of convenience stores. it is shocking, actually, how people behave in this . this country. >> i think i think the >> but but i think i think the most incisive thing there is, it's usually a small group of people who've done these things before and keep doing it, and it comes and again in comes up and up again in in conversations. we have about crime, justice, about the crime, about justice, about the idea and possibility of rehabilitation. frankly society, there are just some wrong'uns, there are just some wrong'uns, there are just some wrong'uns, there are just some bad people in society ever justified to shoplift. >> that comes up time and time again, doesn't it? and people are gorgeous. people pretend it's something out of les miserables, where you're only stealing a of bread. stealing a loaf of bread. >> just urchin >> someone's just an urchin getting >> someone's just an urchin get no, it's bloody not. no it's >> no, it's bloody not. no it's not. >> well, there you go anyway. >> well, there you go anyway. >> we're going to move on because duke and duchess of because the duke and duchess of sussex landed canada to sussex have landed in canada to help year's help promote next year's invictus games. help promote next year's inviyes, games. help promote next year's inviyes, they es. help promote next year's inviyes, they make the trip from

>> yes, they make the trip from california in their private jet, which prompt which is likely to prompt some criticism for of their eco friendly credentials . meanwhile, friendly credentials. meanwhile, it's being reported that the couple not consult the couple did not consult the royals before they launched their as we their revamped website as we discussed yesterday. >> yes. well, joining us now in the is gb news royal the studio is gb news royal correspondent walker . as correspondent cameron walker. as you heard, some criticism you just heard, some criticism of their eco friendly credentials. now this is because prince harry has a whole website and a and a business all aimed at sustainable travel, does he not? >> he does. travalyst emily is what he launched. but yesterday we were talking about his other websites , the new sussex.com websites, the new sussex.com website. in the biography for prince harry is part of that website. it says prince harry is an environmental campaigner and this morning he's been pictured landing in vancouver on a private jet with meghan. and then he also made a separate private jet trip from vancouver to vancouver island, which is about 15 nautical miles. so, um, make of that. what you will, of course, is perfectly entitled to travel in a private jet. he's a

private citizen. i'm sure they would argue that it's all for security reasons, and the timings work, there timings didn't work, but there were several commercial flights available. that. we available. we do know that. we also that clearly, it's now also know that clearly, it's now become a big distraction , become a big distraction, because the whole point of harry and meghan being in vancouver in canada to launch the canada is to launch the countdown. the one year countdown. the one year countdown to the invictus games in canada , which is prince in canada, which is prince harry's, uh , olympic style games harry's, uh, olympic style games , which he launched to help wounded veterans . all of that wounded veterans. all of that distracted because of the fact he flew on a private jet. plus of course, as you said, this website is continuing to cause controversy whether or not it is hinting at potentially capitalising on their royal titles . a source told the mail titles. a source told the mail this morning. or it's been reported in the mail at least, that buckingham palace was not consulted on this new website. and there's allegations that they've broken their unwritten promise to queen elizabeth ii, where they promised not to capitalise on their royal

titles. so it's all got a little bit messy. >> and cameron, in other news, the king is back in london. he arrived back in london yesterday . hey, what have we learned about how his treatment is going? >> yes. so the king was pictured leaving clarence house in the last couple of hours. it's thought returning thought he's returning to sandringham following yet another of outpatient another round of outpatient treatments for his cancer diagnosis. the picture you're seeing yesterday is him arriving at a picture you're seeing on your screen. is him arriving with camilla back in london? uh, yesterday. um, he is expected to return to london on a regular bafis return to london on a regular basis to be treated as an outpatient. so he's not going to be spending the night in hospital , be spending the night in hospital, but he is having to return to london for this so—called pioneering , uh, cancer so—called pioneering, uh, cancer treatment. we think he's receiving in a private hospital . receiving in a private hospital. buckingham palace are not going to be providing a running commentary on the king's health, but i think clearly the fact he has chosen choosing even to be pictured in the rolls—royce with those big windows in the car, he wants to be seen. it's clearly

him trying to show a message of reassurance here that, okay, he's not carrying out public engagements, okay? he's got cancer and he's receiving treatment. behind the treatment. but behind the scenes, he's still very much the monarch and working through monarch and is working through his boxes , uh, having monarch and is working through his bowith uh, having monarch and is working through his bowith officials ng monarch and is working through his bowith officials such as meetings with officials such as the prime minister. the queen is still calm carrying still keeping calm and carrying on she's staying in on as well. she's staying in london for several engagement this i don't think we this week, so i don't think we need to too much grand. need to panic too much grand. >> well, that's good to know. thank you very much, cameron, for updating us those two for updating us on those two royal positive one, royal stories. one positive one, perhaps more debateable. >> yes, lots of have been >> yes, lots of you have been getting what we getting in touch about what we were home were discussing about the home office, buying up office, essentially buying up private rentals for thousands and thousands asylum seekers . and thousands of asylum seekers. lots of you have been getting in touch. lots of you have been getting in touch . uh, andrew says good touch. uh, andrew says good program interesting program as usual. interesting discussion. i agree they need to be housed somewhere, but not at the detriment of other people who housing. who are looking for housing. diana why are we housing diana asks why are we housing asylum seekers in the first place? the daily money should be spent on extra processing staff, she says. crazy and there's

she says. it's crazy and there's lots more coming through . um, lots more coming through. um, john this is all the john says this is all the conservative party's fault , conservative party's fault, including the shoplifting going through the roof, the sexual assaults, the cost of living, the nhs waiting list up, the lack of housing, uh, which, um, yes . well, that's true. yes. well, that's true. >> and, uh, deb . has written in >> and, uh, deb. has written in about her son and grandsons who've been struggling. their rents been going up. she says, when two young, hard working people who cost the state nothing but give back in taxes, get help that they need, get the help that they need, it's sickening hear our it's sickening to hear our government interested in government is more interested in helping than own. helping foreigners than our own. that's what deborah thinks. >> well, there go. >> well, there you go. vaiews@gbnews.com. if you want to the discussion. but this to join the discussion. but this is an interesting one. >> certainly is. sadiq khan, >> it certainly is. sadiq khan, the mayor of london, says an eye generated audio clip of him supposedly making inflammata remarks before armistice day nearly caused serious disorder for yes, the clip imitating him says i control the met police >> they will do as the mayor of london tells them. and it goes

to on say the british public need to get a grip. >> well, the london mayor says that the law is not fit for purpose in tackling eye fakes, because that's what this was artificial intelligence imitating sadiq khan's voice. >> yes, and apparently it was spread all over far right groups. that's what sadiq khan has said . and it could have has said. and it could have precipitated some kind of, uh, violence. >> but there's a bigger issue here with the general election around the corner, we could see more artificial intelligence misuse for political gain. well joining us now is al policy expert conor axiotis. >> thank you very much indeed for joining us. conor sadiq khan forjoining us. conor sadiq khan claiming here that an audio fake of him ai generated could have, could have, could have led to disorder on the streets and danger. disorder on the streets and danger . is disorder on the streets and danger. is this something we could see more of ? could see more of? >> yes, definitely . uh, these >> yes, definitely. uh, these models are proliferating online. over the last year, we've seen an exponential growth in the

power and capabilities of the most powerful ai models . uh, power and capabilities of the most powerful ai models. uh, and also, tom spoke about i was going to the polls this year almost 50% of the world will be going to the polls to vote in the national election in 2024. so there's a huge kind of ground for the election. uh disruptors , for the election. uh disruptors, um, to try and cause some, some mayhem here. uh, election interference from malevolent actors isn't a novel security issue for the uk, right? this has happened for years. what is novel and what is new? is that powerful ai models can help. these would be election disruptors with an army of bots rather than just, you know, ten, 15 people in a room. they might be able to have a million, uh, bots creating deepfakes and misinformation. that's where the real issue is coming from. >> now, a lot of people might say it's quite fun. these tools, they're available publicly online. now. you can speak into your computer for a few sentences and it will speak back to you. other words in your own voice. now how do we strike the

balance between saying people should have access to this incredible technology, this mimicking technology, also mimicking technology, but also we to protect our we should be able to protect our elections ? elections? >> yes, you're right. um, and it seems that elections probably have a special place , um, when have a special place, um, when it comes to deepfake , uh, it comes to deepfake, uh, regulation, openai , one of the regulation, openai, one of the biggest ai right now, i've already said gpt will be used for electoral purposes . i tried for electoral purposes. i tried i went into the model and said, can you create me a poster for a political campaign? i'm running political campaign? i'm running political campaign, and it just wouldn't let me. um, but you're right, tom. there's some, there's some there's some kind of firm, um, uh, utility , uh, of firm, um, uh, utility, uh, maximising ways of using deepfakes for, for, uh, you know, fun with your friends. um, but, yeah, we just need to make my reaction is that my initial reaction is that perhaps the, cons outweigh my initial reaction is that peripros the, cons outweigh my initial reaction is that peripros thethis cons outweigh my initial reaction is that peripros thethis technology,igh my initial reaction is that peripros thethis technology, but the pros of this technology, but we debate. we can have that debate. >> um, in terms of in terms >> but, um, in terms of in terms of cracking down on this type of

thing, heard that elon thing, i've heard that elon musk, owner now of, uh, musk, the owner now of, uh, twitter, he's, uh, tasking his team to crack down on these. he's to get of these he's trying to get rid of these sort clips that are going sort of ai clips that are going around, isn't he? >> yeah . um, around, isn't he? >> yeah. um, and i think a lot of the big social media platforms are still scarred from facebook's experience in 2016. um, with kind of electoral misinformation when they did, uh, that maybe they took too much stuff down in 2020. um, but in 2024, the, the big tech moguls like musk , uh, and moguls like musk, uh, and zuckerberg, yeah, are really looking to make sure that this doesn't this doesn't cause an issue. but there's always things we can do even out of the bottle, isn't it? >> mean, how do we detect what >> i mean, how do we detect what what is an audio clip that we hear is fake from one? that hear that is fake from one? that is what a what a politician has actually been secretly recorded saying. the saying. how do we tell the difference ? difference? >> yeah, is a great >> yeah, this is a great question , tom. the first thing question, tom. the first thing you as always, with you can do is, as always, with every political source you see, be vigilant, your sources . be vigilant, check your sources.

always err on the side of scepticism . um, something else scepticism. um, something else that the labs are thinking of doing called watermarking , where doing called watermarking, where basically you're basically every time you're seeing a fake, it will be marked by, uh, let's say an openai moniker that can't be removed. but a lot of the people i've been speaking to, um, a lot of the experts say that these kind of watermarks are pretty to easy take down. so it's tough just always err on the side of tough but possible and err on the side of caution. >> thank you very much indeed. connor axiata's ai policy expert >> thank you very much indeed. cmeanaxiata's ai policy expert >> thank you very much indeed. cmean, what 's ai policy expert >> thank you very much indeed. cmean, what this policy expert >> thank you very much indeed. cmean, what this clip cy expert >> thank you very much indeed. cmean, what this clip imitated i mean, what this clip imitated with khan is pretty dangerous. um, voice, saying, you um, using his voice, saying, you know, remembrance um, using his voice, saying, you know, with remembrance um, using his voice, saying, you know, with an remembrance um, using his voice, saying, you know, with an expletive rance weekend with an expletive calling pro—palestinian calling for pro—palestinian marches the same day marches planned for the same day to take precedence when it came to take precedence when it came to and so on. to policing and so on. >> these clips can sound >> and these clips can sound incredibly, incredibly simple. we've already cases we've already heard cases of fraud where people have used someone's voice to say, hey dad, can you leave the key under the plant pot? i've forgotten my keys and break into a keys and they break into a house. know, you can all house. you know, you can do all this sort stuff now. very this sort of stuff now. very dangerous, but much more to

come. labor in come. the labor party in disarray just in for two. disarray just in time for two. crucial by elections. tomorrow we'll be discussing much more on that. and also a further by—election of the by—election at the end of the month. election. election election. and what could it all mean for us? what could this mean for us? what could this mean going forward? might the polls be starting to turn ? stick polls be starting to turn? stick around with us on good afternoon britain . britain. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb solar sponsors of weather on. gb news. hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather update with me, annie from the met office. there will be further outbreaks of for further outbreaks of rain for many us through the rest of many of us through the rest of the day, and it's going to be a very an exceptionally very cloudy but an exceptionally mild we've mild few days that says we've got very air pushing got this very mild air pushing up south, spreading up from the south, spreading across country. the far across the country. but the far north scotland will still be north of scotland will still be holding to that cold air for holding on to that cold air for the time being. and there will

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gb news. >> good afternoon britain . it is >> good afternoon britain. it is 1:00 on wednesday the 14th of february. >> labour party meltdown with the party's polling lead tumbling. have labour's series of catastrophic u—turns began to catch up with them? keir starmer insists his party has changed, but now faces calls to investigate five of more candidates. we'll be joined by former labour party member of parliament chris williamson and it's revealed the home office has bought thousands of properties for asylum seekers , properties for asylum seekers, despite britain's acute housing shortage. >> the government pledged to prioritise british homes for british workers. so is it saying

one thing and doing quite another? and questionable justice? >> three pro—palestinian protesters peters guilty of a terror offence for wearing paraglider badges , haven't been paraglider badges, haven't been punished . was the judge right to punished. was the judge right to not jail them when others have been sent to prison for sending offensive text messages? well that's a rather good question, isn't it, tom? >> is the law being applied consistently here? i mean, many of us were shocked when we saw those three protesters with the paraglide orders on their backs. the image of the hamas paragliders on their backs , paragliders on their backs, clearly, in my view, showed support for the terrorist action of hamas on october the 7th. >> there was no there was no association anything to do association with anything to do with palestine, gaza or israel and paragliding up until october the 7th, when paraglide was flew

in above the nova music festival and shot people who were dancing , who were unarmed , who were , who were unarmed, who were civilians. it was a massacre, and these three people went on that pro—palestinian march with paragliders . on their backs. how paragliders. on their backs. how can that be interpreted as anything other than the celebration of the slaughter of innocent life ? innocent life? >> and then there's the point . >> and then there's the point. what's the point of having anti—terror legislation if it doesn't actually lead to punishment? if a judge rules, they will have it on their record , presumably. record, presumably. >> oh, they've got a on the >> oh, they've got a slap on the wrist on record . wrist on their record. >> yeah. wrist on their record. >> slap. wrist on their record. >> slap on the wrist, on >> slap on the wrist, slap on the wrist. but you might the wrist. but perhaps you might take at home that this take the view at home that this is speech issue that you is a free speech issue that you should to whatever, should be able to wear whatever, say it is, say fine, uh, whatever it is, regardless of its terror affiliation. >> if that's the case, then why are we sending people to prison in this country for making jokes about captain tom? why are we sending people to prison in this country malicious country for malicious

communication vital communication was granted vital communication was granted vital communication by sending effigies grenfell and all the effigies of grenfell and all the like. but there are many examples people who've gone examples of people who've gone to sending bad taste to prison for sending bad taste jokes to their friends. and yet these three individuals celebrating in the slaughter of jews walk free. >> well, we're going to have we're going to have two lawyers go head to head on this very question coming up. let us know what you think. views at gb what you think. gb views at gb news. but it's your news. com but it's your headunes. headlines. >> emily, thank you very much. and good afternoon. 1:03, your top stories from the gb newsroom. the rate of inflation remains at 4% despite forecasters predicting a rise. it's the same as in december and below. economists expectations, including the bank of england . including the bank of england. figures from the ons found that food prices fell on a monthly bafis food prices fell on a monthly basis for the first time since september 2021. the prime minister has insisted the economy has turned a corner and he held his first business council meeting today. however,

chancellor jeremy council meeting today. however, chancellorjeremy hunt says more chancellor jeremy hunt says more needs to be done on inflation, never falls in a straight line and although it's welcome that it hasn't gone up today, it is still double the target level of 2% and we're not going to be able to relieve pressure on families until we hit that target. >> and the bank of england feels able to reduce interest rates. so this is a time to stick to a plan that is clearly working. but we need to make sure that we really get to that end point of inflation at 2. >> pressure is mounting for sir keir starmer as a second labour party candidate has been suspended following accusations of anti—semitism. graeme jones allegedly suggested british people who volunteer to fight with the israel defence forces should be locked up . it comes should be locked up. it comes a day after labour withdrew support for the party's candidate for the rochdale by—election, azhar ali, for suggesting israel had taken the october seventh hamas assault as a pretext to invade gaza . sir

a pretext to invade gaza. sir keir vowed yesterday that his party has changed under his rule . a london theatre has banned a comedian from performing after jewish audience members were reportedly hounded out of a show . paul curry presented both a ukrainian and palestinian flag to the audience during the performance. he's been accused of encouraging the crowd to chant and shout at israeli ticket holder lev eitan after he refused to stand and applaud palestinian flag soho theatre in central london has apologised and says it's going to look into the incident. it. there are reports his next show could be cancelled. mr eaton told gb news he felt excluded after the incident . incident. >> in the last five minutes of his show since since he produced those two flags like , like i was those two flags like, like i was taken immediately out of the show like in my head i was you felt excluded? yeah, excluded. and my mind, i was and just in my in my mind, i was just thinking about just like, thinking about how unfair comparison unfair this comparison is. i just really didn't agree with that statement . that statement. >> 18 out of 31 nato countries,

according to its chief, are on track to meet the 2% military spending target. jens stoltenberg was speaking at a conference where he says overall spending is set for another record year . that's spending is set for another record year. that's as russia's full fledged war against ukraine enters its third year. he also says nato's european states will invest a combined total of around £302 billion in defence. this year. well, those comments come as british troops departed southampton yesterday, headed for poland to take part in the largest nato exercise since the cold war, to demonstrate the alliance's capabilities . train alliance's capabilities. train drivers at five rail operators have voted to continue taking strike action for six months as lef announced that its members on chiltern c2c's east midlands , on chiltern c2c's east midlands, northern and transpennine railways had overwhelmingly backed carrying on with the action. unions involved in pay disputes have to reballot their members every six months or on continuing with industrial.

action. now, an inquest has been told that a man in south london was shot in the neck and chest by armed police . a convicted by armed police. a convicted stalker , bryce hodson, was shot stalker, bryce hodson, was shot dead on january 30th after he broke into a home in surrey quays. the inquest also heard hodgson had gained entrance to the property, armed with a crossbow and other weapons . he crossbow and other weapons. he and sorry to be the bearer of bad news for those planning a romantic night in and ordering a takeaway for valentine's day , takeaway for valentine's day, you might to rethink your you might need to rethink your plans. uber eats plans. deliveroo and uber eats food deliveries are set to be hit by a huge strike in the uk, as thousands of its drivers will be walking out later today between 5 and 10 pm. delivery job uk an umbrella representation of the gig economy workers, has arranged that strike to demand better pay and working conditions for workers . for the latest stories , workers. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. comment

alerts. now back to tom and . alerts. now back to tom and. emily good afternoon britain. >> it's 1:07 emily good afternoon britain. >> it's1:07 and the labour party is in turmoil today. as sir keir starmer is forced to drop a second parliamentary candidate due to an alleged anti—semitic comment and is being pressured to investigate five further candidates, according to the telegraph . according to the telegraph. >> yes, well, graham jones is said to have used an expletive to refer to israel and said british people who fight in their defence forces should be locked up. amidst all the chaos, brand new polling suggests the labour lead of the tories has suffered an enormous blow ahead of two crucial by elections tomorrow . yes, well, let's cross tomorrow. yes, well, let's cross tomorrow. yes, well, let's cross to our political editor, christopher hope, in westminster , sir christopher , tell us how , sir christopher, tell us how recent events may have influenced the polling . influenced the polling. >> yeah, the polling, of course, ended on sunday. so the polling

really is a response to last week's u—turn by the party on dropping a £28 billion a year pledge in the second half of a first time labour government to spend on greening the economy, building, investing in green infrastructure . and that's what infrastructure. and that's what that was. that was that's what that was. that was that's what that fall is down to. we should remind viewers of what those numbers are uh, numbers are. they are quite, uh, quite dramatic. the savanta figures down five points at 41. tories up 229. lib dems up one at 11. reform down 1.8. so just at 11. reform down 1.8. so just at a 12 point differential , at a 12 point differential, nowhere near the 20 points or so that we have seen in recent weeks , i should say. chris weeks, i should say. chris hopkins, who is a savanta director, says not to read too much into the single poll . but much into the single poll. but if this becomes a trend, it's a problem and it might become a trend when new polling happens after the most recent dramas in rochdale, where the party has disowned its candidate at the at the upcoming february 29th rochdale by—election, will have

a different form of opinion poll of course, tom and emily tomorrow we're having double by elections in wellingborough and kingswood, bristol, so kingswood, near bristol, so we'll see how they end up. we've got full coverage through the night into friday morning gb night into friday morning on gb news on all day friday news and also on all day friday about the result. there so the week is not over yet for the two main parties. it could end better sir keir starmer , but better for sir keir starmer, but right now there's no questions of wobble happening here and these shouldn't happen if these things shouldn't happen if you're an opposition in opposition, be. opposition, you're meant to be. all daily dealing is all your daily dealing is corralling and corralling good ideas and finding good candidates to be mps. when that starts going wrong, a real problem i >> -- >> i'm lam >> i'm certainly a bit of a wobble. well, hope, thank wobble. well, chris hope, thank you us you very much for giving us the very latest now we have very latest there. now we have asked speak to sitting asked to speak to a sitting labour member parliament. labour member of parliament. sadly, none has been available, but we're delighted to be joined sadly, none has been available, butthe 're delighted to be joined sadly, none has been available, butthe formerghted to be joined sadly, none has been available, butthe former labour) be joined sadly, none has been available, butthe former labour membered sadly, none has been available, butthe former labour member of by the former labour member of parliament, williamson . parliament, chris williamson. um, chris, first of all, this seems like it is a perennial crisis for the labour party. is it your view that under keir starmer things haven't changed?

compared to where they were before? still further accusations of anti—semitism ? um accusations of anti—semitism? um well, first of all, let me say that, uh , it looks like george that, uh, it looks like george galloway, the workers party candidate in the rochdale by—election, is on course for a historic victory there. >> but yes, i mean, look, the labour party has certainly changed. i mean, it's really moved very much to the right and it really isn't offering anything very much different now from conservative party. and from the conservative party. and this thieving this is really thieving our democracy because, you know, elections , democracy, politics elections, democracy, politics should be about giving the british people a choice . and british people a choice. and there is no real choice now between labour and the conservatives. both of them are signed up to the war machine, both of them are very much in support entity support of the zionist entity and israel and the genocide that's taking , uh, place there. that's taking, uh, place there. and both are very much signed up to an economic agenda, which is desperately failed. the british people talking about the people i'm talking about the kind of neoliberal economic agenda. and there's real, no real now being

real difference now being offered by labour in the election. whenever it comes, which we think is probably going to be in in the autumn of this year. yeah >> what you mean when you say >> what do you mean when you say that both the conservative party and party are signed and the labour party are signed up to the zionist entity dodi? what the last what does that? because the last time i checked, both parties support a two state solution in both parties support a sustainable ceasefire in the middle east. well all you know, they're very seems to me anyway to be taking their instructions from tel aviv because the actions that they're taking against labour members , against labour party members, uh, who, uh or to the modest, even the modest criticism of israel is, is deemed beyond the pale and criticism of israel. so i really don't want to interrupt you there, but i do want to just gather what you mean by modest criticism of israel, because the two suspensions that we've heard aboutin two suspensions that we've heard about in the last couple of days have spoken about jewish quarters have quarters in the media, have spoken conspiracy spoken about this conspiracy theory israel , uh, wanted theory that israel, uh, wanted its own citizens to be

slaughtered in the largest slaughtered in the largest slaughter of jewish people since the . the holocaust. >> i mean, i don't agree with that proposition . um, but it's that proposition. um, but it's not anti—semitic to say it. indeed, it was carried in the new york times, amongst other, uh , augusta journals. so, i mean uh, augusta journals. so, i mean , that has been the speculation. hang on, chris, hang on. >> chris. so it's not anti—semitic. what about using the traditionally anti—semitic trope of jewish quarters in the media? >> yeah, i don't know about that, but i mean, there's no doubt that, uh, the zionist movement in this country does exert a lot of influence over political parties . and we see political parties. and we see that. i mean, you know, half, virtually half the members of the parliament, labour party and members of the so—called labour friends of israel and figures , i friends of israel and figures, i understand, relate to the conservative 80% of them conservative party, 80% of them are in the conservative party equivalent . and that's very equivalent. and that's very dangerous. it seems to me, for democracy , uh, because, you democracy, uh, because, you know, the elected members of parliament should be there to

represent the interests of the british people to and put britain's interests first, not israel's, particularly when you see a rogue state like israel, which is engaged in a genocide in gaza. i mean, you know, nearly 30,000 people have now been slaughtered . children, tens been slaughtered. children, tens of saw horrific images. >> do they do you think that girl don't you think that you've seen that? seen seen that? we've seen very various examples people various examples of people who've able criticise us who've been able to criticise us policy and criticise the actions of israel ? i can point to jess of israel? i can point to jess phillips, for example , who phillips, for example, who resigned her frontbench position. no one says she's anti—semitic, but she's criticised what israel is doing. paul bristow, the conservative he resigned as a as a frontbencher. he's criticised of what israel is doing but no one's saying he's an anti—semitic. can you him ? anti—semitic. can you see him? material difference between these and how they these people and, and how they act and how they talk and people who about jewish quarters who talk about jewish quarters in the media influencing things and invent conspiracy theories about israel's actions . about israel's actions. >> well, there's no doubt that the zionist movement in this country does have an undue influence on political

influence in on political parties , on on the media parties, on the, on the media and so on. but look, i mean, you look at the examples of people like mcdonald , a, um, like andy mcdonald, a, um, a member of parliament, i think since, uh, about 2012, i think he won a by—election in, in middlesbrough. i mean, he made a remark at a rally in support of the palestinian people where he wanted to see a situation where people living in that region, both jews and palestinians, could live in, in harmony and peace together. and he was suspended and is still suspended. and i think it's unlikely he's going to be able to as candidate. but to stand as a candidate. but look, going to stand as a candidate. but loohere going to stand as a candidate. but loohere as going to stand as a candidate. but loo here as well. going to stand as a candidate. but loohere as well. and going to stand as a candidate. but loohere as well. and so going to stand as a candidate. but loohere as well. and so what1g on here as well. and so what they're seeking to do is, is to remove people as they remove as many people as they can left of the can who are on the left of the political, uh, spectrum inside . political, uh, spectrum inside. >> you've jumped, you've jumped across to mr mcdonald. but i'm really interested about your view azhar ali, who i'm not view of azhar ali, who i'm not quite sure if you think he should have been suspended or not, just this issue of not, just on this issue of what he said about the jewish media, on this issue of what he said

about the fact that that israel almost wanted its citizens to be killed. do you think those are worthy of suspension and worthy of investigation ? of investigation? >> well, look, azhar ali is i mean, he's a he's on the right of the party. he's has his expressed his support for israel in the past . expressed his support for israel in the past. um, but this expressed his support for israel in the past . um, but this is an in the past. um, but this is an example really of where the labour party is yielding to pressure from the zionist movement. >> so was that a yes or a no about israel? >> and what we're seeing is a conflation of criticism of israel. and whatever you think about that conspiracy theory, it's not something i agree with, although, it has been although, as i say, it has been carried some detail in the carried in some detail in the new amongst other new york times amongst other aukus journals, as i've as i've said, doesn't said, but that doesn't constitute anti—semitism. criticism indulging in criticism of israel indulging in conspiracy theories is not the same as expressing, you know, hatred and bigotry towards jews. that's anti—semitism that's what anti—semitism is, not of israel. not criticism of israel. >> chris, you're very, very happy to talk about how israel is this genocidal slash terrorist entity. i haven't seen much of you talking about hamas

and its actions in israel. and the number of people it brutally massacred , raped and killed and massacred, raped and killed and tortured, even. where's your accusation, your disgust at that ? >> well, the 7 >> well, the accusations of rape are false . the accusations of are false. the accusations of beheading babies are also false. and there's no evidence whatsoever for and indeed some of the some of the people that made those accusations have subsequently withdrawn them. look at the end of the day, the palestinian . palestinian. >> that's absolute nonsense. >> that's absolute nonsense. >> okay, so let's just go with the murder. let's go with the murder. let's just go with the murder. let's just go with the and torture. the brutal massacre and torture. there >> okay? well, look, i mean, in palestinian resistance is an inevitable response to 75 years of israeli oppression. i mean, you know , the israel was created you know, the israel was created out of terrorism, actually. and out of terrorism, actually. and out of terrorism, actually. and out of a social cleansing exercise where three quarters of a million palestinians were forcibly removed from their homes and had been subsequently unable essentially what hamas unable to essentially what hamas did, what hamas did is

justified, in your view , it's an justified, in your view, it's an inevitable consequence. i think, uh, palestinian resistance is inevitable, consequence of the oppression and brutality that we've seen. something disgusting thing to say that is just despicable , evil, despicable, despicable, evil, despicable, innocent israeli people going about their daily lives, being brutally slaughtered by a terrorist group that is prescribed in this country and many, many other countries around the world. well, it's not just hamas , of course. i mean, just hamas, of course. i mean, the palestinian resistance. hamas is a big contingent. the palestinian resistance. hamas is a big contingent . but i hamas is a big contingent. but i mean, there's islamic jihad, there's the popular front for there's the popular front for the liberation of palestine, there's a range of different palestine resistance groups who have come together and look inevitably in every situation where you have oppression, uh, particularly where you have, you know, settler colonial scenario that we see in, in palestine right now, there is going to be a reaction . and we've had 75 a reaction. and we've had 75 years of this oppression since 1967. israel is going to be a reaction occupying does that reaction occupying does that reaction include throwing hand grenades at families about

charred bodies of babies found with their heads lopped off? >> now, chris, you clearly deny that they were beheaded before they were killed. but whether they're beheaded before or after they're beheaded before or after they're killed, these are beheaded talking beheaded babies we're talking about. about women about. we're talking about women who of evidence of who have examples of evidence of rape, which you deny . we're rape, which you deny. we're talking about so much slaughter, people paragliding in, killing people paragliding in, killing people at a music festival . how people at a music festival. how on earth is that resistance ? on earth is that resistance? >> well, look, i mean , many of >> well, look, i mean, many of the people that were killed , uh, the people that were killed, uh, on october the 7th, were actually killed by the israeli occupation forces. i mean, they they scrambled apache helicopters this has been actually reported in the israeli media. it's not just me saying this now, making anything of this now, making anything of this is something which was, as i've said, reported in the israeli media. so many of those people , those charred bodies people, those charred bodies were, as a direct consequence of israeli airstrikes and israeli targeting that so quick targeting that you're so quick to dispute reports and evidence when it comes to hamas and their activities. >> but you're very quick to leap

on the idea that israel is some kind of terror state, right? i mean, it's very interesting where you're you're, uh, where you lie on this issue. i mean, it's pretty despicable, actually. really, when you think about it, isn't it, chris? what do you think the, um, what do do you think of the, um, what do you of the genocide that's you think of the genocide that's taking gaza at the moment? >> i mean, nearly 30,000 people have slaughtered, uh, by have been slaughtered, uh, by the regime . um, they the israeli regime. um, and they are their military are continuing their military operation. this is absolutely despicable . look, what we need despicable. look, what we need is a permanent ceasefire. but we don't just need a ceasefire. if we're about bringing we're serious about bringing peace region, need to peace to that region, we need to bnng peace to that region, we need to bring israel to heel. there bring israel to heel. so there should be embargo . this. should be an arms embargo. this. >> running out time. >> we're running out of time. but i just wonder if you could but i just i wonder if you could help. us towards that help. help us towards that ceasefire add ceasefire today. would you add your might actually your voice? it might actually carry the region. carry some weight in the region. i been associated i know you've been associated with people are with a lot of people who are close pro—palestinian close to the pro—palestinian cause. you've been friends with people who've said they've been friends hamas. don't friends with hamas. why don't you say to put your you say to hamas, put your weapons perhaps weapons down and then perhaps release the hostages? israel say

they'll stop fighting if that happens. >> well, to be fair, tom, that's an unrealistic , uh, suggestion . an unrealistic, uh, suggestion. >> um, you know, there's going to be resistance. inevitably, while ever israel illegally occupies and oppresses brutally oppresses the palestinian people. and so if we're serious about an arms embargo , you know, about an arms embargo, you know, making, high statements making, like, high statements like, um , hamas should should like, um, hamas should should lay down their arms , israel lay down their arms, israel should down their arms . and should lay down their arms. and in order to bring that about, we need to be imposing. >> say hamas >> but you can't say hamas should down its arms. no no. should lay down its arms. no no. >> well, listen, why don't you say israel, listen. well, if say it, israel, listen. well, if israel were to lay down its arms, were uh, arms, if israel were to, uh, agree to a ceasefire, uh, then i think, you know, and indeed redraw withdrawal from the occupied territories which they are illegally occupying and, you know, hamas has said that it would accept it, wouldn't recognise israel, but it has said that it would accept a, uh, a situation where the, the, the country went back to the 1967 borders. that's what needs to happen. but britain, what needs to be happening the to be happening here, the british politicians need to be

calling an imposing , indeed calling for an imposing, indeed an arms embargo and no fly zone over gaza to protect me. >> thank you chris, we're going to have to leave it there just because we're running out of time. but thank you, chris williamson, former labour mp there very i think the there very i think that's the first chris first time i've heard chris williamson they should williamson say that they should go to the 1967 borders. go back to the 1967 borders. >> that's that's >> i think that's that's remarkable, but perhaps more remarkable, bill, that he wouldn't for hamas lay wouldn't call for hamas to lay down arms. well, of course down its arms. well, of course that that to me is quite shocking , really. shocking, really. >> well, he doesn't believe that they're . he made that they're terrorists. he made that very anyway, coming up, very clear. anyway, coming up, we'll debating if courts we'll be debating if our courts are always consistent. it follows a judge's decision not to pro—palestinian to punish three pro—palestinian protesters guilty of protesters found guilty of a terror offence for wearing pro—hamas badges. you're watching. good afternoon, britain .

problem. yeah. >> you're listening to . gb news. >> you're listening to. gb news. oh, well , three women have been oh, well, three women have been found guilty of terrorism

offences after they displayed images of paragliders celebrating hamas tactics. >> the judge decided not to punish them and handed each of them a 12 month conditional discharge. >> i should say not punish them with jail time, but they did hand down a 12 month conditional discharge . discharge. >> yes, but, uh, should did this deserve punishment ? deserve tougher punishment? we're asking, do we have one rule for palestine? protest leaders and another for everyone else? when it comes to how the law applied? law is applied? >> joining us now the >> well, joining us now is the human rights lawyer shoaib khan and expert and security expert at the university buckingham, university of buckingham, professor anthony glees, thank you very both of you, for you very much. both of you, for joining us. professor anthony glees, you . do glees, let's start with you. do you think there was an issue with how this judgement was handed yesterday ? handed down yesterday? >> yes, i do, i do . uh, it's >> yes, i do, i do. uh, it's clear to me that the law was broken and if the law is broken , broken and if the law is broken, those who break it must be punished . punished. >> and yes, they got a conditional discharge charge. >> but the way in which the judge delivered his judgement

seemed to me to be totally inappropriate, because he excused what they had done in terms of the emotional times in which we're living . which we're living. >> uh, justice is blind, literally should be blind with a blindfold . blindfold. >> and so whether these are emotional times or not, it's not got nothing to do with it. >> these three women were glorifying hamas terrorists, whatever we may feel about , glorifying hamas terrorists, whatever we may feel about, uh, the war being waged in gaza and i think most decent people are horrified at this war. >> and netanyahu's war and his crackpot cabinet war. so this is the united kingdom , and we do the united kingdom, and we do not support terrorism in this country, despite what ex—labour mp chris williamson was telling your listeners a few moments ago , we do not support this kind of behaviour. and indeed we stamp on it rightly in this country. so >> so this was the glorification of terrorism, pure and simple.

it was a radicalising move and a slap on the wrist. >> if it was that is absolutely unacceptable . unacceptable. >> well, let's bring you in because the judge said that he didn't find any evidence that the women were in support of hamas . hamas. >> yes. i mean, i think generally just the idea, you know, what we've been talking about today, you know, if there is a two tier system, is it you know, favouring either ethnic minorities or pro—palestinian protesters . protesters. >> i think that's quite laughable, quite ridiculous really. >> um, you know what we've had is ever since, you know, the, you know, october 7th attacks and after that, you and the war after that, you know, the genocide, massacre, whatever it. whatever you want to call it. >> , what had you >> um, what we've had is, you know, pro—palestinian protesters constantly demonised monstered by just the media or other by not just the media or other people, but, you know, the home secretary, the prime minister, everyone. you know, these are hate we need to clamp everyone. you know, these are hate on we need to clamp everyone. you know, these are hate on them. we need to clamp everyone. you know, these are hate on them. so need to clamp everyone. you know, these are hate on them. so that'sto clamp everyone. you know, these are hate on them. so that's a clamp everyone. you know, these are hate on them. so that's a levelp down on them. so that's a level of , um, fury down on them. so that's a level of, um, fury being shown to pro—palestine people in the uk right . whereas it was, right now. whereas when it was, you there was marches you know, there was marches similarly in central london to,

um, to, to express support for israel. the previous home secretary was in fact herself there. so we can see the two tier system, but i don't think it's definitely not in favour of pro—palestine . secondly, pro—palestine. um, secondly, then of the criminal then in terms of the criminal justice system itself, know justice system itself, i know lots are coming up lots of people are coming up with, um, previous cases that this , uh, judge on and this, uh, judge has sat on and his, um, decisions there . but his, um, decisions there. but firstly, i mean, i think one thing, not just in this case, but generally, at least for me , but generally, at least for me, i think we to move i think we have to move ourselves distance ourselves ourselves or distance ourselves from that jail is the from the idea that jail is the only way of punishment. um, you know, just sending someone to prison is not the only punishment. prison is not the only puni liment. prison is not the only punii assume , um, would have had who i assume, um, would have had clean records previously, if they're going to have a criminal record now, it's going to remain there it's something there forever. it's something they to declare. they might have to declare. um and been over and so on. it's been all over the and think that is the media, and i think that is punishment for having punishment enough for having a sticker your jacket or on sticker on your jacket or on your so, i mean, your clothes. so, i mean, i think it was the decision, think it was the right decision, obviously. okay let's throw let's throw that back. >> enough . >> this is punishment enough. >> this is punishment enough. >> no, i don't think it is

punishment enough. i mean, i should have thought as several months service and months of community service and also perhaps at some also attendance, perhaps at some kind of holocaust exhibition with three these three women. >> the fact that they're young again, in a way means nothing. >> many jihadists are young. >> many jihadists are young. >> many jihadists are young. >> many people will be in spired by what those three paragliding enthusiasts were showing. that's glorifying action, that is, against the law of this country. whether it's an emotional time or not is neither here nor there. and unless the law is upheld, those people who, like me, believe in law and order will feel that the justice system is not working. and mr khan says, you know, call it genocide, call it no. words are very important. one can absolutely be against the war that the israeli government is waging in gaza. one can be against it , waging in gaza. one can be against it, but be equally against it, but be equally against terrorism . um, and those against terrorism. um, and those people who started this awful war in gaza and the murder of

over a thousand, uh, perfectly innocent israelis by hamas terrorists that are carefully planned on operation. so to glorify those who took part in this terrorist , uh, action is this terrorist, uh, action is completely unacceptable . and, completely unacceptable. and, you know, we can see it tied. the labour party up. indeed. referring to israel as a zionist entity as chris williamson did, he? people are completely mad. israel is a state, a sovereign state. you can criticise the government . you can criticise, government. you can criticise, uh , the prime minister but uh, the prime minister but israel is not the same as jews , israel is not the same as jews, just as muslims are not the same as jihadists. people like me have always made this point . have always made this point. well, that's their problem. it's a very radicalisation. >> yeah, that's very important point to make. um but but shoaib just in terms of two tier justice, then i think there is a

concern that sometimes judges rule very harshly when it comes to, i don't know , offensive to, i don't know, offensive whatsapp messages and the like. what's the point in having anti—terror legislation if it doesn't lead to, uh, punish moment? >> i mean, i'm glad you asked that question, but i think that's the thing. it is, you know, literally anti—terror laws gone mad. the point is, you know, having a sticker on a jacket a terrorist, jacket makes you a terrorist, but not giving your or but not giving your pin or password makes you but not giving your pin or p.terrorist. makes you but not giving your pin or p.terrorist. literally makes you but not giving your pin or p.terrorist. literally rknow, you a terrorist. literally you know, anything law ? i anything against the law? i think that is actually and you know, of people have said know, lots of people have said that. about in the that. i've spoken about in the past. anti—terror past. i think our anti—terror legislation gone too far, legislation has gone too far, and that's why it loses any effect. if these three women are essentially being called terrorists or guilty of a crime under counter—terror legislation , then, you know, what's the difference between them and any other actual terrorists? so i think, you know, i mean, i'm glad you asked that question because laws have because i think our laws have gone literally anyone gone too far. literally anyone you you use the wrong language and if you can be convicted under anti—terror laws , i think under anti—terror laws, i think that's really. so that's that's absurd. really. so that's

one to make. um, know , one point to make. um, you know, even think, you know, they even if we think, you know, they were inciting hatred or were being inciting hatred or some other crime was being committed, it definitely wasn't terrorism. so i don't think they should have been, um , charged should have been, um, charged under the accusation. >> they were >> of course, is that they were celebrating terrorism, celebrating terrorism, celebrating happened . on celebrating what happened. on october the 7th. but there you go.thank october the 7th. but there you go. thank you very much for that. head to head, shoaib khan, human rights lawyer. thank you for your time and security expert at the university of buckingham. buckingham, professor that was professor anthony glees that was a to head. a good head to head. >> was a head to head. >> it was a good head to head. i wish we had a couple more minutes there, to be honest. but no both gentlemen no thank you to both gentlemen for through those. we're for talking through those. we're going getting on further going to be getting on further with assessment how with the assessment of how things this things are shifting in this country. week the country. is this very week the week polls to week that the polls began to turn, talking about the turn, we'll be talking about the labour meltdown labour party's meltdown after your . tom, thank you your headlines. tom, thank you very much. >> these are your latest headlines. at 133, the rate of inflation remains at 4, the same as in december, despite

forecasters predicting a rise. figures from the office for national statistics found that food prices fell on a monthly bafis food prices fell on a monthly basis for the first time since september 2021. the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, criticised the figure, saying conservatives cannot fix the economy because they're the reason it is broken . the prime reason it is broken. the prime minister, rishi sunak , has minister, rishi sunak, has insisted the economy has turned a corner as he held his first business council meeting of the yeah business council meeting of the year. however, chancellor jeremy hunt says more needs to be done. inflation often never falls in a straight line and although it's welcome that it hasn't gone up today , it is still double the today, it is still double the target level of 2% and we're not going to be able to relieve pressure on families until we hit that target and the bank of england feels able to reduce interest rates. >> so this is a time to stick to a plan that is clearly working . a plan that is clearly working. but we need to make sure that we really get to that end point of inflation at 2. we pressures

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news radio. right. >> it's coming up to 140. so shall we start with the labour party? are they in a crisis? joining us now is gb news senior

political commentator, nigel nelson and former of nelson, and the former chief of staff chancellor the staff to the chancellor of the exchequer, james price. lovely title there. james, should we start with you of course. lots of of anti—semitism. of accusations of anti—semitism. keir starmer being accused of not acting swiftly enough . do not acting swiftly enough. do you think this will impact the polls ? polls? >> yeah, i think it will do. i think it's that little whiff that people think, well, maybe this guy starmer is better. most people pay that much people don't pay that much attention to politics kind attention to politics and kind of was of forget that starmer was trying into number trying to put corbyn into number 10 2019, going 10 in 2017. and in 2019, going around saying corbyn's great, corbyn's great, and now he's making and dance. making this big song and dance. we've i'm decisive. i'm we've changed, i'm decisive. i'm stamping all these people out and go, okay, for and people go, okay, good for you, and he's you, you know. and then he's been not just been talking about not just calling a ceasefire in calling for a ceasefire in israel, which is, i think, a very hold the very sensible thing to hold the line that's probably cost line and that's probably cost some support in some communities . and now this has come out and people maybe the mask has slipped. >> nigel, is this the >> nigel, is this is this the point that perhaps it's less about detail? a lot of about the detail? a lot of people paying close people aren't paying as close attention as gb news attention to politics as gb news viewers are. and as we are, most

people watch , uh, people probably don't watch, uh, political tv all the time , but political tv all the time, but they get this sense that this guy who seemed a bit sensible might even seemed strong might have even seemed strong and stable, has suddenly become and stable, has suddenly become a bit weak and wobbly. >> yeah. and i think what you need to see is next week's polls. >> i mean , the most recent one, >> i mean, the most recent one, which shows a drop 7, was which shows a drop of 7, was over the weekend. so it's next week that this will kind of click and i think probably click in and i think probably you're right that the that the labour party is in crisis at the moment that we spoke about this on monday and i think was on monday and i think i was wrong to you that he wrong when i said to you that he should , um, starmer should should have, um, starmer should have voters of the have put the voters of the labour voters in rochdale first. i think that the in on reflection, the mistake was not acting immediately he the moment you actually verify those comments were genuine and you should have done that , there should have done that, there were other ways around it. he might have might have persuaded um um, the candidate if he became an mp to resign

immediately hold a new by—election that was a possibility. he could have said, right, we won't have this guy for the general election campaign. there was another. but actually that again, thinking about it, they don't really cut it. what you got to do is that if have zero tolerance, it's if you have zero tolerance, it's got be across board and got to be across the board and you have acted immediately. >> james, the labour party has a problem here, doesn't it? the way that israel , gaza, israel, way that israel, gaza, israel, palestine has blown up into, in the way it has and has become such a key issue for so many labour voters, and whether they go to other parties, independents who could, uh, you know, stand up to the labour candidate. yeah, absolutely . candidate. yeah, absolutely. >> and this is the problem. starmer can be as disciplined as he likes on the current crop of labour mps, on the new candidates coming in. candidates who are coming in. but rock think a lot but the rock goes, i think a lot deepeh but the rock goes, i think a lot deeper. so if you at the deeper. so if you look at the labour membership and say labour membership and you say some most labour labour membership and you say some just most labour labour membership and you say some just ordinary, most labour labour membership and you say some just ordinary, normal, oour voters, just ordinary, normal, decent sure most decent people, i'm sure most labour as well. labour party members, as well. but as you said, there's a big section of people and quite section of people now and quite a section for whom the

a growing section for whom the events happening in israel and palestine important events happening in israel and palestiand important events happening in israel and palestiand takes important events happening in israel and palestiand takes a important events happening in israel and palestiand takes a massive)rtant things and takes a massive priority over any economic or domestic cultural social domestic or cultural or social affairs in affairs happening here in britain. that? and britain. and why is that? and we've to the point we've got to get to the point that guy, ali, why that this guy, azhar ali, why did he say these things? it's either himself either because he himself believes that believes the horrible stuff that he saying, or knew he was saying, or he knew that the labour members in that room believed would believed it and it would be useful, probably useful, or i suspect probably both . both. >> but frankly, here there's only of seats where only a handful of seats where the votes are, or the section of the votes are, or the section of the population that really does care more about gaza than about the cost of living here at home. there's only a few seats where that could actually really affect things . perhaps the affect things. perhaps the bigger danger for the labour party here is a party that looks like it's talking to itself and fighting with itself, rather than a party that looks like it's caring about the issues that are across the board. people face and are we, perhaps, nigel, seeing a shift at the labour party could easily say that up until last week, the tories are fighting like rats in a sack . they can't even govern

a sack. they can't even govern themselves. how could they govern the country? well now the tories say right back at you. >> yeah, well, there a bit of >> yeah, well, there is a bit of that. >> yeah, well, there is a bit of that . i >> yeah, well, there is a bit of that. i mean, do think this is that. i mean, i do think this is actually, a minority of actually, um, a minority of people who are involved in this . people who are involved in this. i don't think it's across the entire labour membership. and the problem that labour got , the problem that labour has got, andifs the problem that labour has got, and it's just been exacerbated by is that the, by the war in gaza, is that the, um, the opposition to israel's refusal to get a two state solution , often it tripped over solution, often it tripped over into antisemitism . so, for into antisemitism. so, for instance, jeremy corbyn is not an anti—semite, but but the language he was using gave the green light to other people to say anti semitic things. what jeremy corbyn was arguing about was israel as a state, not jewish people. >> james, you're wobbling your head there. do you think jeremy corbyn's an anti—semite? >> i think more importantly than what as a what i as a, as a as a non—jewish person thinks there's a of jewish friends a lot of my jewish friends before before before that 2017 and before that 2019 they'd been 2019 election, they'd been labour members. they'd labour party members. they'd gone on doors for gone knocking on doors for people miliband. they people like ed miliband. they left the party some of them

left the party and some of them were leaving the were thinking about leaving the country. if corbyn win. country. if corbyn were to win. i important. i think that's more important. i think that's the problem. and tom, about this think that's the problem. and tom,that about this think that's the problem. and tom,that it's about this think that's the problem. and tom,that it's a about this think that's the problem. and tom,that it's a smallibout this think that's the problem. and tom,that it's a small numbers think that's the problem. and tom,that it's a small number of idea that it's a small number of people about this people that care about this stuff. think what we're seeing people that care about this stiactually1k what we're seeing people that care about this stiactually1k whatare're seeing people that care about this stiactually1k whatare're more 1g is actually there's a lot more people this is a really people for whom this is a really big than look at big deal than we think. look at every saturday. look at the hundreds thousands of people hundreds of thousands of people marching and care marching and protesting and care much than much more about this than anything scary anything else. it's a scary feeling stuff feeling for me that this stuff is to grow in is only going to grow in importance. if we start importance. and if we start seeing the politicisation of people ethnic lines people based on old ethnic lines or things or religious lines and things like british secular like that in british secular politics, a really scary politics, that's a really scary place. that's place. and i'm not sure that's where go by any means. >> definitely. and also >> definitely. and it's also very concerning lot of very concerning for a lot of labour particularly those labour mps, particularly those standing shadow cabinet. standing in the shadow cabinet. angela rayner clip after clip of her um, her being hounded. um, aggressive , protested against aggressive, protested against over labour party's position on israel gaza . yeah i mean and israel gaza. yeah i mean and intimidating oliver tobias on the other side as an example there. >> no, i mean that kind of behaviour is not accepted well, but it's happening . i agree it

but it's happening. i agree it is happening. but i mean , these is happening. but i mean, these are people protesting against them rather than something that you can actually blame . blame you can actually blame. blame them for. >> i'm not sure about that. again, a couple of years ago, someone like john mcdonnell, who was corbyn's best mate, he was the chancellor. the shadow chancellor. he's the one still a labour one that said i'm still a labour mp.a mp suspended >> a labour mp not suspended corbyn suspended, john corbyn suspended, not john mcdonnell. i'm not sure i'm allowed of day allowed at this time of day to say of the stuff that he say some of the stuff that he said conservative party, said about conservative party, cabinet member mcvey. cabinet member esther mcvey. >> there and then a >> it was lynch there and then a very he very rude word, and he encouraged all that. and they encouraged all of that. and they said tory out there, said that every tory out there, because they because of the evil things they were should be were doing, they should be harassed street. we harassed in the street. we should any of them go. should never let any of them go. all that stuff that has all that kind of stuff that has been up by labour been stoked up by labour politicians time. and politicians for a long time. and now horrible. now they see how horrible. >> john mcdonnell >> just by john mcdonnell i mean, that was a that was a phrase. he regret he phrase. he did regret it and he shouldn't have said it. >> he regret it or did he >> did he regret it or did he regret getting caught out for saying shouldn't saying he shouldn't have said it? >> quite clearly it's >> i mean, quite clearly it's an appalling to say, but what appalling thing to say, but what we let think we can't do is let i think there is that mob may is a worry that the mob may dictate further the line. >> but thank you very much,

nigel coming up, how nigel and james coming up, how met officers threatened met police officers threatened to arrest gospel preachers singing outside church. to arrest gospel preachers singing itrtside church. to arrest gospel preachers singing itrtsi not, church. to arrest gospel preachers singing itrtsi not, you're. believe it or not, you're watching. afternoon. watching. good afternoon. britain

news radio. >> good afternoon britain . it's >> good afternoon britain. it's coming up to ten minutes to two. and the metropolitan police have been filmed threatening to arrest yet another christian preacher over what were called hate crime complaints . it's just hate crime complaints. it's just weeks after a gospel singer faced similar warnings for singing biblical songs, so we're back again with the panel. gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson, and the former chief of staff to the chancellor of the exchequer, james price. uh, james, these these stories are pretty baffling to most people. >> yeah, absolutely . i mean, but >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, but maybe we're looking at this the wrong way around, right? we've seen in recent weeks stories that lots of these asylum seekers illegal migrants who seekers and illegal migrants who are small boats, are coming over on small boats, the of they're having

the rest of it, they're having miraculous conversions to christianity they're christianity, and now they're being immediately from being immediately stopped from singing outside. perhaps singing outside. but perhaps that's what it is. >> but no, on the one hand, the state saying should all state is saying you should all become the other become christian. on the other hand, saying, can't hand, it's saying, no, you can't practice christianity. practice your christianity. no, but is this is a clear but this is this is a clear infringement of, you know, infringement of, of, you know, some religious liberty. infringement of, of, you know, sonwe religious liberty. infringement of, of, you know, sonwe don't religious liberty. infringement of, of, you know, sonwe don't wantiious liberty. infringement of, of, you know, sonwe don't want tors liberty. infringement of, of, you know, sonwe don't want to goiberty. infringement of, of, you know, sonwe don't want to go back. infringement of, of, you know, sonwe don't want to go back to >> we don't want to go back to wars. hundreds of wars. we've had hundreds of years religious years ago around religious toleration. we talked about that, religious that, you know, religious elements of conflicts that are happening now happening around the world now as that as well. and it just feels that the prevalence of religion in pubuc the prevalence of religion in public life is massively receded to a point where in covid, churches were closed at. and that was is a fundamental part of people's lives. if you think you know you're not going to go to heaven or something, if you don't get to go to church and now being told can't now you're being told you can't preach in certain ways. >> but the singer on the street, wasn't mean, it turned wasn't it? i mean, it turned out, think, that police out, i think, that the police officer was misunderstood in her interpretation law. but interpretation of the law. but she there's no she was thinking there's no busking she was thinking there's no bu we're to anyone so we're going to stop anyone from these things from singing. can these things sometimes a bit? sometimes be egged up a bit? >> that that's the >> let's hope that that's the case. again, think the

case. but but again, i think the point we look at covid point is we look at covid churches as they churches were shut as if they were just like going to the cinema or something, if it's cinema or something, as if it's non—essential cinema or something, as if it's non—essyouril cinema or something, as if it's non—essyour lord and saviour if worship your lord and saviour if that's think it is. and worship your lord and saviour if tithink think it is. and worship your lord and saviour if tithink that think it is. and worship your lord and saviour if tithink that as think it is. and worship your lord and saviour if tithink that as we've it is. and worship your lord and saviour if tithink that as we've moved 1d worship your lord and saviour if tithink that as we've moved to i think that as we've moved to a more secular society in general, people gone the richard people haven't gone the richard dawkins being all dawkins way of just being all enlightened and wonderful. they've new religions they've taken up new religions and i think in lots of cases, terrible look way terrible ones. look at the way that are gluing that people are gluing themselves streets. at themselves to streets. look at themselves to streets. look at the greta thunberg the way that greta thunberg thinks about thinks the world is about to end. those are religious end. right. those are religious fanatics of just of different fanatics of just of a different new religions haven't had new religions that haven't had the time and the the test of time and have the benefits christianity benefits that maybe christianity does will look at >> while people will look at stories this of the met stories like this of the met police getting with a police getting involved with a few singers on the few gospel singers on the street, think that , uh, you street, and think that, uh, you know, christianity is being attacked here. yeah. >> well , hang attacked here. yeah. >> well, hang on, the gospel singer was absolutely singer thing was absolutely appalling shouldn't appalling that that shouldn't have this one's have happened. this one's a complete different case. the whole here for is that whole point here for is that there was a complaint about homophobia , and i'm sure the homophobia, and i'm sure the police involved weren't actually master theologians or anything

like that. but the point was that they were attacking homosexuals from a piece of the bible, which doesn't actually exist. so there is an element where the police were going in, quite rightly, because this is about not just what is said, but where it's said and how it said it. well, yeah, i mean, i actually looked up this section of the bible they quoted it and i can't find it. i mean, the i can see the bit where it's coming from. so i don't know what sort of bible they're reading, but but the actual section is talking about, um, evildoers and unbelief lovers. they've thrown in homosexuals, drunks, liars, and prostitutes on the evildoers bit. so if there was then a complaint about homophobia on the face of it, thatis homophobia on the face of it, that is actually a reasonable complaint. the police then go and talk to them and no further action is taken. >> so being grossly offensive on the streets of england, well , the streets of england, well, actually, i mean, technically breaking the law. >> well, there you go. >> well, there you go. >> they marching in >> if they were marching in favour palestine on favour of palestine on a saturday, it would be absolutely

fine right? fine though, right? >> this is the double >> well, and this is the double standard. lot they underlying a lot of if they don't break the law. >> yeah suppose this is, this >> yeah i suppose this is, this is actually perhaps at the nub of right. people of it. right. 1 or 2 people standing a bit of it. right. 1 or 2 people stanand a bit of it. right. 1 or 2 people stanand whatever a bit of it. right. 1 or 2 people stanand whatever the a bit of it. right. 1 or 2 people stan and whatever the police 3it of it. right. 1 or 2 people stan and whatever the police feel odd and whatever the police feel like they can up to those like they can go up to those because sort because it's sort of like a manageable situation. if you have crowd people, the have a big crowd of people, the police go, oof, might bother police go, oof, might not bother with might be with that. even if they might be breaching same law. but breaching the same law. well but but dealing a, but if you're dealing with a, with a protest, is with a protest, which is a completely thing with completely different thing with thousands involved , thousands of people involved, what have got do what the police have got to do is work what best in the is work out what is best in the pubuc is work out what is best in the public interest and for public safety . safety. >> fl“- e"- safety. >> take an action that's >> if they take an action that's going cause riot, then it going to cause a riot, then it would be quite right not to do that. so in a sense, there are there are different kind of , um, there are different kind of, um, ways of doing things for different kind of situations . different kind of situations. yeah, i think that's right. that's the operational independence of the police to decide. well, let's not pretend they always it right. no, of they always get it right. no, of course they get right. they always get it right. no, of c mean, hey get right. they always get it right. no, of c mean, h

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gb news. >> good afternoon britain. it's 2 pm. on wednesday, the 14th of february. >> it is and labour meltdown with the party's polling lead tumbling, have labour's series of catastrophic u—turns begun to catch up with them? keir starmer insists his party has changed, but now faces calls to investigate five more candidates. all of this ahead of two crucial by elections tomorrow. >> it's revealed the home office has bought thousands of properties for asylum seekers, despite britain's acute housing shortage . the government, which shortage. the government, which refuses to significantly relax planning regulations, pledged to prioritise british homes for british workers. so is it saying one thing but doing another ?

one thing but doing another? >> and inflation nation? uk's inflation rate remains unchanged, with food prices coming down. the chancellor insists the government's plan is working. but how will it play out with voters? we'll be joined by a polling expert . by a polling expert. >> here's something we literally haven't mentioned all show and yet , had it haven't mentioned all show and yet, had it been 0.1% different, we'd probably be talking about it the whole time . inflation is it the whole time. inflation is flat 4, same as it was before. everyone was expecting it to go up.and everyone was expecting it to go up. and do you know what? if the if the sort of people who measured it were just slightly, ever so slightly out and it had gone up by 0.01% or 0.1% or whatever it was , everyone would whatever it was, everyone would be running with it. you'd see it on the headlines, you'd see it on the headlines, you'd see it on other news networks. but the fact that it's it stayed the same means everyone forgets. fact that it's it stayed the sanbut1eans everyone forgets. fact that it's it stayed the san but itans everyone forgets. fact that it's it stayed the san but it is; everyone forgets. fact that it's it stayed the san but it is quite (one forgets.

fact that it's it stayed the sanbut it is quite interesting;. >> but it is quite interesting because what bank of because what will the bank of england do next? what are they going to do with interest rates? are they just going to hold them, they for them, keep them as they are for a longer, see what's a little bit longer, see what's happening the inflation happening with the inflation rates are they to rates or are they going to perhaps even them? perhaps even drop them? >> our very own >> well, you know, our very own liam halligan says the liam halligan always says the next will be down, but it next move will be down, but it does a little sign of does show a little sign of recovery in the british economy. perhaps we're going to see inflation fall further. perhaps we're going see interest we're going to see interest rates come down in all this. rates come down in all of this. as labour's u—turning many as labour's u—turning on many different points to different issues. it points to things potentially could be things that potentially could be we could be seeing the doldrums of the tory polling, perhaps in their final final weeks. >> one economic expert said that we risk actually. uh depher nation. oh, that's not good ehheh nation. oh, that's not good either. along with a recession . either. along with a recession. so hopefully he's wrong on that. but let us know how it's trying to sell a positive message. >> emily, ruined it. >> emily, you've ruined it. you've >> emily, you've ruined it. youwell, there's always, you >> well, there's always, you know, offs. let's call know, trade offs. let's call them gb views at gb news. com. let know what's mind. let us know what's on your mind. but headlines. this.

but first, your headlines. this. >> emily. thank you very much. your top stories from the gb news room. we start with some breaking news from the last 15 minutes. train drivers on northern and lner will walk out on march the 1st and ban overtime for three days in a separate row to the national pay dispute . meanwhile, train dispute. meanwhile, train drivers at five railway operators have voted to continue taking strike action for six months. aslef announced that its members on charleton c tuc east midlands, northern and transpennine railways had overwhelmingly backed carrying on with the action. unions involved in pay disputes have to reballot their members every six months. on continuing with industrial action. the rate of inflation remains at 4. the same as in december, despite forecasters predicting a rise. figures from the office for national statistics found that food prices fell on a monthly bafis food prices fell on a monthly basis for the first time since

september 2021. shadow chancellor rachel reeves criticised the figures, saying conservatives cannot fix the economy because they are the reason it's broken. the prime minister has insisted the economy has turned a corner as he held his first business council meeting of the year. however, chancellor jeremy hunt says more needs to be done on inflation, never falls in a straight line and although it's welcome that it hasn't gone up today, it is still double the target level of 2. >> and we're not going to be able to relieve pressure on families until we hit that target and the bank of england feels able to reduce interest rates. so this is a time to stick to a plan that is clearly working. but we need to make sure that we really get to that end point of inflation at 2. >> pressure is mounting for sir keir starmer as a second labour party candidate has been suspended following accusations of anti—semitism. graham jones allegedly suggested . british

allegedly suggested. british people who volunteer to fight with israel defence forces should be locked up . that comes should be locked up. that comes a after withdrew a day after labour withdrew support for the party's candidate for the rochdale by—election, azhar ali, for suggesting had taken the suggesting israel had taken the october 7th hamas assault as a pretext to invade gaza . sir keir pretext to invade gaza. sir keir vowed yesterday that his party has changed under his rule . a has changed under his rule. a london theatre has banned a comedian from performing , going comedian from performing, going after jewish audience members afterjewish audience members were reportedly hounded out of a show. paul curry presented both the ukrainian and palestinian flag to the audience during his show . he's been accused of show. he's been accused of encouraging the crowd to chant and shout at israeli ticket holder leah eaton , after he holder leah eaton, after he refused to stand and applaud the palestinian flag. soho theatre in central london has apologised and says it's looking into the incident there are reports his next show could be cancelled . mr next show could be cancelled. mr eaton told gb news he'd felt excluded in the last five minutes of his show since, since he produced those two flags like

i was taken immediately out of the show, like in my head i was, you felt excluded? >> yeah, excluded. and just in my mind, i was just like my in my mind, i was just like thinking unfairthis thinking about how unfair this comparison i really comparison is. i just really didn't with statement i >> -- >> 18 out of 31 nato countries, according to its chief, are on track to meet the 2% military spending target. jens stoltenberg was speaking at a conference where he says overall spending is set for another record year. that's as russia's full fledged war against ukraine enters its third year. he also says nato's european states will invest a combined total of around £302 billion in defence this year . around £302 billion in defence this year. the comments come as british troops departed southampton just yesterday , southampton just yesterday, headed for poland to take part in the largest nato exercise since the cold war. that's to demonstrate the alliance's capabilities. demonstrate the alliance's capabilities . an inquest has capabilities. an inquest has been told that a man in south london was shot in the neck and chest by armed police . convicted chest by armed police. convicted stalker bryce hodgson was shot

dead on january 30th after he broke into a home in surrey quays. the inquest also heard hodgson had gained entrance to the property armed with a crossbow and other weapons . and crossbow and other weapons. and i'm sorry to have to tell you this for those planning a romantic night in and ordering a takeaway for valentine's day today, might need to rethink today, you might need to rethink those and uber those plans. deliveroo and uber eats food deliveries are set to be hit by a huge strike in the uk . thousands of it's drivers uk. thousands of it's drivers will be walking out later today between 5 and 10 pm. delivery job uk an umbrella representation of the gig economy workers , has arranged economy workers, has arranged that to demand better pay that strike to demand better pay and working conditions for workers . for all of the latest workers. for all of the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. or you can go to gb news. common alerts . go to gb news. common alerts. now back to tom and . emily.

now back to tom and. emily. good afternoon britain. >> it's 2:07 and the labour party is in turmoil today as sir keir starmer is forced to drop a second parliamentary candidate due to alleged anti—semitic comments. >> yes, the party is being pressured to investigate five more. that's according to the telegraph. this morning, grey jones is said to have used an expletive to refer to israel. >> effing israel, and said british people who fight in their defence forces should be locked up. well joining us now in the studio is head of digital at the jewish chronicle . at the jewish chronicle. >> josh kaplan, now , josh, we >> josh kaplan, now, josh, we hear a lot about how the criticism of israel, criticism of zionism doesn't mean anti—semitism . um, where does anti—semitism. um, where does that where can we draw that line ? >> 7- >> yeah, i ? >> yeah, i mean, i think it's 7 >> yeah, i mean, i think it's an interesting question, right. >> and i think that was always the defence during the corbyn years a lot of labour people years of a lot of labour people that accused that were accused of anti—semitism it's not anti—semitism is that it's not anti—semitism. you know, we're just criticising israel. i think where at least,

where it for me at least, it tends to into line tends to go over into the line is when you have a is that when you have a disproportionate israel disproportionate focus on israel because it's a jewish state, and when israel much when you hold israel to a much higher standard you do any higher standard than you do any other uh, and again , other countries. uh, and again, you know, a lot of these people that said things that have said things about israel in the of october israel in the wake of october 7th, they're not, you know, legitimate israeli legitimate critics of israeli government policy. they weren't involved last they weren't protests last year. they weren't actually involved in of actually involved in the sort of machinations of israeli policy. they're criticising it they're just criticising it because of their overstated interest in the conflict. >> yeah, must be said that >> yeah, it must be said that there are lots of people who have very critical of the have been very critical of the current government, who current israeli government, who no anti—semitic in no one says are anti—semitic in any shape form. but any way, shape or form. but josh, why does this seem to be a particular problem with party is on the left? of course there is anti—semitism on the right, but but with parties on the left, there does seem to be this, this sort of persistent problem. >> think it all down >> um, i think it all comes down to that for left wing to the fact that for left wing people this country and people in this country and across issue , israel across the world issue, israel is issue that cannot be dealt is an issue that cannot be dealt with rationally. you know, it has talked about in these

has to be talked about in these hyperbolic has be hyperbolic terms. it has to be talked of talked about in terms of genocide and ethnic cleansing and sort really and all these sort of really nasty , over the top exaggerated nasty, over the top exaggerated terms. don't see with terms. you just don't see with any conflict. think any other conflict. and i think that brain if you that kind of brain rot, if you will, israel, leads people will, over israel, leads people down path where because down this path where because they hate israel so much , it it they hate israel so much, it it leads them to conflate israel and jewish people, then and jewish people, and then jewish up being the jewish people end up being the targets of their their sort of angeh targets of their their sort of angyes. earlier in >> yes. because earlier in the show, to a former show, we spoke to a former labour believes that labour mp who believes that hamas are resistance freedom fighters . fighters. >> mhm. >> mhm. >> yeah. i mean, look , one man's >> yeah. i mean, look, one man's terrace is another man's freedom fighter. i think to be clear, any group that that kills innocent people should be regarded as terrorists and not, you know, lauded in polite society . society. >> why do you think what this candidate said about people going, um, jewish people in this country going off to fight with the idf forces , do you think the idf forces, do you think thatis the idf forces, do you think that is just saying that? do you believe that's anti—semitic ? believe that's anti—semitic? >> nick, it's a tough one. i mean, you know, my sister fought

in the idf. she's a british citizen . um, i think what the citizen. um, i think what the insinuation is that if you insinuation is, is that if you go and fight for israel, then you're loyal to you're then you're less loyal to the if you're anywhere the uk than if you're anywhere else. and that's an accusation that's against that's been levelled against jews and only jews for centuries, and it only seems levelled against seems to be levelled against jewish people. so yeah, i would say atlantic . say virgin atlantic. >> and i think the real concern here is that were so many here is that there were so many things said at this meeting. no doubt hear more doubt we're going to hear more stories this meeting the stories from this meeting as the days weeks go on. but no one days and weeks go on. but no one sort thought challenge it. sort of thought to challenge it. and think this is probably and i think this is probably quite common in british society. uh, people , while sitting in uh, people, while sitting in a room almost feel comfortable being talking about jewish people or , or the state of people or, or the state of israel in a way that they talk about. no other state on the face of the earth or no other ethnicity. yeah, exactly. >> and i think the most interesting most interesting thing and the most sort about this sort of scary thing about this is that right, no one is that you're right, no one said anything during meeting is that you're right, no one sand,nything during meeting is that you're right, no one sand, youing during meeting is that you're right, no one sand, you know, 'ing meeting is that you're right, no one sand, you know, until meeting . and, you know, until yesterday, starmer yesterday, keir starmer was happy person happy to stand by this person and i think that was really, really because, you really worrying because, you know, been any other really worrying because, you know any been any other really worrying because, you

know any otherbeen any other really worrying because, you know any other country,' other really worrying because, you know any other country, it ther race, any other country, it probably been an probably would have been an immediate suspension. probably would have been an imrand ate suspension. probably would have been an imrand ate slastly, ion.spoke to >> and just lastly, we spoke to a professor, i think it was last week who well, my view, week who well, in my view, indulged conspiracy theory indulged in a conspiracy theory but seemed believe that but seemed to believe that because jewish people have been successful in some areas of our society , including in, in, in, society, including in, in, in, you know, in good jobs, essentially have done well in this country that therefore they can't be victims of discrimination . then i think discrimination. then i think that's like plainly ridiculous, right? >> i mean, you know, just because a group of people in a society does well doesn't mean that they can't suffer, you know, horrendous consequences as a of prejudice. know, a result of prejudice. you know, it someone has it doesn't matter if someone has a still be a good job, they can still be shouted at in the street, right? they can still made to feel they can still be made to feel uncomfortable places they uncomfortable in the places they live. from live. and no one's safe from that. regardless of that. you know, regardless of how your is or how much how good your job is or how much money you in bank account. >> what was particularly chilling is chilling about that for me is this exactly they said this is exactly what they said in the 1930s. these people are they're so successful, they're taking all from they're they're so successful, they're taki reason from they're they're so successful, they're taki reason whyfrom they're they're so successful, they're taki reason why things they're they're so successful, they're taki reason why things aren't're the reason why things aren't aren't going well. no, it's ancient tropes. but josh, thank you for coming to

you so much for coming in and to talking us about that. >> caplan the jewish >> josh caplan from the jewish chronicle new polling chronicle now, brand new polling from that labour's from savanta shows that labour's approval dropped approval ratings have dropped by seven just seven points, putting them just 12 ahead of the 12 points ahead of the conservatives >> yeah, like a big for >> yeah, it looks like a big for blow keir starmer ahead of some key by elections week. key by elections this week. and in weeks time. but in a couple of weeks time. but let's speak to the man behind these figures, the political these new figures, the political research at savanta , research director at savanta, chris now chris, i chris hopkins. now chris, i suppose a big health warning needs to be put in these figures . this was research that was done the weekend. and so done over the weekend. and so before two candidates have before these two candidates have been dropped by the labour party i >> -- >> yeah, that's absolutely right. tom the fieldwork was began on friday and concluded on sunday. so yeah, as you say, it was over the weekend and before the this story really developed . the this story really developed. so i mean, i think it was rumbling along before that, but i think that this it's far too early whether any of early to tell whether any of this had any impact on, on, this has had any impact on, on, on figures. i think any on these figures. i think any poll that shows such a movement like has to come a bit like this has to come with a bit of pinch of salt, and i think of a pinch of salt, and i think that it's too early to tell

that it's far too early to tell whether this is part, whether this start, perhaps, this is the start, perhaps, of a trend this is just an trend or whether this is just an outlier. and we'll definitely be looking at our poll that outlier. and we'll definitely be looki|release r poll that outlier. and we'll definitely be looki|release next poll that outlier. and we'll definitely be looki|release next week, that outlier. and we'll definitely be looki|release next week, but we'll release next week, but also others that are to be also others that are going to be conducted other firms over also others that are going to be con weekend other firms over also others that are going to be con weekend other whetherzr also others that are going to be con weekend other whether this the weekend to see whether this is of some is perhaps the start of some movement labour or is movement away from labour or is just ending up as an outlier. >> you ask any other >> did you ask any other questions alongside this polling ? >> 7- >> so this 7_ >> so this one ? >> so this one was 7 >> so this one was just voting intention . intention was just intention. intention was just how people would vote if an election was tomorrow. it's our standard question, the one that we ask every week. we do ask every week. >> what do you is >> chris, what do you think is the driver this? because the big driver of this? because this course, the week of this was, of course, the week of the on. but the £28 billion u—turn on. but you also said that this story had just started to get going . had just started to get going. and it seems like there is this this beginning of a sense that perhaps sir keir starmer isn't the strong and stable, competent leader that he's been projecting . how likely is it that if that narrative of, of a competent opposition of someone who is, is strong and stable, starts to turn into someone who is a weak and wobbly ? and wobbly? >> yeah. look, i mean, i think

what we've seen over the last couple of years, in fact, is that even when there have been some controversies around some slight controversies around the labour or they've had the labour party or they've had they've difficult they've been asked difficult questions, say even perhaps when the conflict the israel—palestine conflict began, that been silenced or began, that has been silenced or at least diluted a little bit by also, you know, stories surrounding the government and their perceived lack of competence, particularly , um, competence, particularly, um, you know, especially over the last couple of couple of years through partygate through through partygate and through and of and through the government of liz labour have liz truss. i think labour have been to ride those a little been able to ride those a little bit better. i think what we've seen fortnight seen over the last fortnight is, you pretty um, you know, a pretty quiet, um, news terms of the news agenda in terms of the government. haven't really government. they haven't really put out of place for the put a foot out of place for the last fortnight, labour have last fortnight, and labour have managed filling managed to end up filling those airwaves yes, story airwaves with, yes, a story about u—turns , a story about about u—turns, a story about them reneging on on green pledges and also rumblings of anti—semitism still within the party. and i think that although those in isolation probably wouldn't cut through in a huge way to the electorate, when there are, when the clips that the, you know, the average voter

is about the labour is seeing are about the labour party's perceived lack , perhaps party's perceived lack, perhaps lack of lack of competence, or at least, uh, them struggling to make clear decisions. and there being , um, a make clear decisions. and there being, um, a lack of make clear decisions. and there being , um, a lack of clarity being, um, a lack of clarity over what they completely stand for. i think all that does is reinforces some of the reinforces the some of the doubts still have doubts that voters do still have about party and about about the labour party and about keir starmer. and, you know , keir starmer. and, you know, we've seen over the last couple of know, of years that, yes, you know, a lot of conservative 2019 voters are willing to switch to the labour party. but that was always felt like a vote against the conservative rather than a vote for labour. and if the labour party hasn't perhaps changed quite in the way that keir rachel reeves keir starmer and rachel reeves are that they have, then are saying that they have, then maybe those voters start maybe those voters would start to go back. yes. >> you much indeed. >> thank you very much indeed. chris political chris hopkins, political research savanta . research director at savanta. perhaps it also shows that a lot research director at savanta. pe people also shows that a lot research director at savanta. pe people aren't;hows that a lot research director at savanta. pe people aren't , ows that a lot research director at savanta. pe people aren't , you that a lot research director at savanta. pe people aren't , you know, lot research director at savanta. pe people aren't , you know, 100% of people aren't, you know, 100% sure yet. >> yeah, it seems that the labour party has been winning by default huge, huge default by, you know, huge, huge margins. see that margins. today we see that perhaps is very, perhaps that support is very, very but potentially very broad. but potentially quite shallow and we saw in 2017 how quickly things can shift.

really interesting week in politics. well, exactly . politics. well, exactly. >> remained >> but inflation has remained unchanged at 4% in january as food prices fall for the first time in three years, beating expectations from some of the more gloomy forecasters . more gloomy forecasters. >> yeah, here's what the chancellor, jeremy had to say. >> high inflation never falls in a straight line. and although it's welcome that it hasn't gone up today, it is still double the target level of 2. and we're not going to be able to relieve pressure on families until we hit that target . and the bank of hit that target. and the bank of england feels able to reduce interest so this is interest rates. so this is a time stick to a plan that is time to stick to a plan that is clearly working . but we need to clearly working. but we need to make sure that we really get to that end point of inflation . at 2. >> well, they go reminding us that it >> well, they go reminding us thatitis >> well, they go reminding us that it is still above the target of 2, but stable at 4. let's discuss this more with our business and economics editor, liam halligan and liam , this is liam halligan and liam, this is a bit of good news. better than expected . expected. >> well, i think the tories have

done a good job of expecting management. jeremy hunt has been saying inflation doesn't fall in management. jeremy hunt has been sistraightlation doesn't fall in management. jeremy hunt has been sistraight linen doesn't fall in management. jeremy hunt has been sistraight line every;n't fall in management. jeremy hunt has been sistraight line every day:all in management. jeremy hunt has been sistraight line every day for in a straight line every day for the fortnight . a straight line every day for the fortnight. um, and so the last fortnight. um, and so now people are saying, oh, inflation didn't go up . that's inflation didn't go up. that's quite good. when actually, of course , everybody wants it to course, everybody wants it to come it is still come down because it is still double the bank of england's 2% target. on downward target. it is on a downward trajectory. fair play to the chancellor. it on a downward chancellor. it is on a downward trajectory back in october 2022, inflation incredibly, was 11.1, a 40 year high. it's now 4% but it still is too high. let's have a look at some of the details here. on little on the money graphic. it wouldn't be the same without one. so there you see january that means january 2023 4. that means pnces january 2023 4. that means prices on average were 4% higher in january than they were in january 2023. that's what annual inflation means. higher or gas and electricity prices. that's what's keeping . inflation high. what's keeping. inflation high. the ofgem energy price cap went up at the beginning of april. that's the kind of regulated, um , that the energy , prices that the energy companies are allowed to charge.

now you said in the intro, you've got to be a little bit careful inflation careful here that food inflation went down actually an annual went down actually on an annual bafis. went down actually on an annual basis . food is went down actually on an annual basis. food is up. went down actually on an annual basis. food is up . so basis. food inflation is up. so food prices january were on food prices in january were on average 7% higher than in january 2023. um, so food price inflation is actually higher than general inflation. it's pushing up the overall number. what is true is that food prices in january were lower than they were just in december, but they're still they're still higher than they were were in january 2023. do keep up transport inflation. what's negative inflation mean. —0.5. well that means going down pnces well that means going down prices actually coming down across the transport sector because as any varne driver will tell you, any professional driver will tell you while gas while petrol and diesel. my american proclivities coming in there while petrol and diesel are still eye wateringly expensive, they are down on this time last year. so the annual impact is that energy for cars,

energy for transport is actually less expensive . so transport has less expensive. so transport has actually come down. look, this is this doesn't mean that the bank of england is going to lower interest rates any time soon. i don't think they can lower interest rates when inflation isn't falling. uh, we're get an we're not going to get an interest rate cut on the 21st of march when the monetary policy committee i do think committee next meets. i do think by reserve by then the federal reserve could interest rates. could have cut interest rates. and the bank of england, and then the bank of england, all their modelling, all andrew and then the bank of england, all the posturingng, all andrew and then the bank of england, all the posturing about andrew and then the bank of england, all the posturing about science bailey posturing about science and all ons. where's my data? it'll all completely go out the window and we have to lower rates because the americans have lowered we don't. lots lowered rates and we don't. lots and lots of politics. yes. so i do think that was a scientific analysis, the way, i do think analysis, by the way, i do think interest rates come down in interest rates will come down in april or may. look, april or or may. and look, tomorrow's really interesting. i know you guys are big into politics, as am i, but what an incredible thing. as voters go to the polls in kingswood and in wellingborough at 7 am, the ons is going to release the gdp numbers, which may show i'm predicting my telegraph column

last weekend. they will show the uk went into recession at the back end of last year for the first time outside of the pandemic since 2009. >> liam tom was in the cubs in 2009. >> were you in the cubs ? >> were you in the cubs? >> were you in the cubs? >> i was in the scouts. >> i was in the scouts. >> scouts ? >> scouts? >> scouts? >> if prices have only gone up only 4% higher than they were this time last year, yeah, on average then , uh, haven't wages average then, uh, haven't wages increased by more than that? absolutely. sitting, uh, a lot prettier than we were. >> we are, to a degree. if you get the average wage rise. the problem that average wage problem is that average wage rise 6.2, as it was said yesterday, down from 6.9. still, as you've rightly spotted, ahead of inflation. so there are real terms. wage increases . but those terms. wage increases. but those real terms wage average increases are massively skewed by the fat cats. and tv presenters getting massive wage rises. >> city of london partly that a lot of people would love an average wage rise, but they've never had an average wage rise. >> they've barely had wage rises. so it's what statistics

like me call the tyranny of average analysis. we've got to be here. on average. yes be careful here. on average. yes real wages are ahead of inflation on average. that's good because living standards are going up. but that means interest are likely interest rates are less likely to time soon. which to fall any time soon. which hammers you've got a hammers you if you've got a mortgage or personal loans. and we remember that we must always remember that average appearance is not everybody's average . a lot of everybody's average. a lot of people out there are not getting any wage rises despite massive inflation in. and inflation is particularly heavy when it comes to food and energy. as my numbers showed. and the less well off people less likely to get wage rises, spend on those necessities disproportionately heavily. that's why inflation is so insidious. attacks above all on the poor. so very mixed picture there. >> yeah. thank you very, very much for bringing us that detail. now in our discussion about all of this polling. we have, mentioned that have, of course, mentioned that rochdale by—election. so here are your candidates standing at the rochdale by—election as ali is an independent. mark coleman,

of course, he was the former labour party candidate and will appear as the labour party candidate on the ballot. mark coleman, independent simon danczuk uk in donaldson, danczuk reform uk in donaldson, liberal ellison , liberal democrat paul ellison, conservative galloway , conservative george galloway, workers party of britain michael howarth, independent william howarth, independent william howarth, independent. >> guy green party. >> guy otten, green party. raven, rodent, sabatina , raven, rodent, sabatina, official monster loony official monster raving loony and david tully, independent. >> there we go . well, still to >> there we go. well, still to come, harry and meghan are in canada. what are they doing there and did they fly that? there and how did they fly that? do i hear a private i think do i hear a private jet? i think i private jet. all that i hear a private jet. all that to come after this

problem. yeah. >> you're listening to gb news radio . well, it's radio. well, it's 226 and the king has arrived back in london following the completion of treatment in sandringham. >> as the duke and duchess of sussex land in canada to help promote year's invictus promote next year's invictus games , it's been reporting that games, it's been reporting that the did not consult the the couple did not consult the royals they launched

royals before they launched their on their revamped website on monday, which comes as meghan bags a new podcast deal. monday, which comes as meghan bags a new podcast deal . yes, bags a new podcast deal. yes, the spotify one was rather short lived, but joining us now in the studio is gb news royal correspondent walker . correspondent cameron walker. cameron, bring us up to date . cameron, bring us up to date. >> yeah, well actually we have had a statement from meghan, duchess of sussex. very subtle statement in the last hour or so. if you remember, we've talked at length now about the criticism of this . new criticism of this. new sussexroyal.com website. the accusation is that they are capitalising harry and meghan on their royal connections. well, meghan has subtly hit back by writing a statement about the website designer , which is made website designer, which is made by arsenal.com. she says there is a reason i have worked with ryan and the talented team at arsenal for a decade. their attention to detail, all their creativity and care , and the creativity and care, and the thoughtful approach to design , thoughtful approach to design, as well as to the user experience . they're not just experience. they're not just designers, they are collabora partners who elevate your ideas

into identities . they're into visual identities. they're a very special company. into visual identities. they're a very special company . plus a very special company. plus they're canadian. so i'm a fan . they're canadian. so i'm a fan. of course, meghan spent many years in canada filming the tv drama suits . years in canada filming the tv drama suits. uh, that years in canada filming the tv drama suits . uh, that website drama suits. uh, that website designer also designed her blog , designer also designed her blog, the tig. if you remember, it was her lifestyle blog she had before she married , uh, prince before she married, uh, prince harry. so clearly meghan , harry. so clearly meghan, despite the criticism, is incredibly pleased and happy with the very glossy website. >> elevate your ideas into visual identity . liz. visual identity. liz. >> yeah , um, don't ask me to >> yeah, um, don't ask me to understand exactly what she means by that, but i think what she's getting at is, of course, what we've been talking about for the last few days. it's the rebrand, isn't it? it's the glossy image of this power couple of harry and meghan, as they would like to be seen, and being influencers on the global celebrity a—lister hollywood circuit , while, celebrity a—lister hollywood circuit, while, as celebrity a—lister hollywood circuit , while, as they say, circuit, while, as they say, wanting to do good and philanthropic work as well. but the question is, is it going to

work ? we've got a very work? we've got a very commendably we've got the invictus games over the next three days or the countdown. uh one year countdown to the invictus games in canada . but a invictus games in canada. but a lot of commentators are asking , lot of commentators are asking, uh, today, what have they actually done since leaving the royal family, which has made a positive difference to people's lives , as in meghan's biography lives, as in meghan's biography within this website, it talks about the cookbook she created with the grenfell tower victims . with the grenfell tower victims. uh, it also talks about some other philanthropic work. work that she's done. but all of that was done when she was still a member of working member of the royal family. and then, of course, spare and course, we've got spare and prince harry's book and indeed the netflix series as well, which has made popularity which has made their popularity ratings you ratings tank. so, i mean, you know, it's a it's an effort by prince harry and meghan to make themselves a, you know, a bit more likeable. >> again, it's interesting she's put out this statement, though, because the criticism about the website do with website had nothing to do with the . the design. >> well, it did have something

to do the design, as in the to do with the design, as in the sense that it had the royal crest and people are speculating or that that or at least alleging that that is, that is one step too far is, uh, that is one step too far and making out as if both meghan and making out as if both meghan and harry are using their royal connections for financial gain. that's the accusation. they would disagree with that, and they very much source very much says, according the mail, says, according to the mail, that harry and meghan's titles is in the sussexes. is their legal name and they have a right to use it. so they're not capitalising on their royal connection . connection. >> ian, it's interesting, given that has that there popularity has collapsed so much in this country specifically since leaving as senior members of the royal family. i wonder , might royal family. i wonder, might they have been able to do some of their more commercial enterprises while still under the arm of the royal family? or would that have been impossible? >> no, that would have been impossible , tom, because the impossible, tom, because the sandringham agreement in 2020 very said that the very much said that the agreement was that harry and meghan could not, at the same time as as being part of the

royal family, pursue their own commercial endeavours. they had to be fully out and not half in, half out and they couldn't use the word royal get commercial the word royal to get commercial deals. so there's absolutely no way that would have happened. but there argument there, the argument is now , have they argument is now, have they crossed the line into that using their titles for their royal titles for commercial gain? >> well, wish them well for the invictus games. yes >> good stuff about it. um, but cameron, thank you very much for joining us. >> harsh , vicious. >> harsh, vicious. >> harsh, vicious. >> well, i think i think i wish them well for the invictus games because that's about other people. >> do i wish them well about their possibly not. their podcast? possibly not. it's interesting. do i wish their podcast? possibly not. it's in hassting. do i wish their podcast? possibly not. it's in has a ng. do i wish their podcast? possibly not. it's in has a lot do i wish their podcast? possibly not. it's in has a lot dobookh their podcast? possibly not. it's in has a lot dobook sales? i harry has a lot of book sales? i don't see why i should, it's interesting, she said. don't see why i should, it's inteplus,|g, she said. don't see why i should, it's inteplus, they'resaid. don't see why i should, it's inteplus, they're canadian anne, >> plus, they're canadian anne, so i'm a fan. >> well, what's that about the designer? >> the canadians better. >> the canadians better. >> nothing against the canadians. some of my best friends are canadians. >> yeah, well, i guess she worked in canada, but she did. >> yeah, yeah, but very much west , the of west coast canada, the sort of californian . canada. californian extension. canada. >> um, well ,

californian extension. canada. >> um, well, coming up, more on the labour polling of course, a little bit of a sobering read for starmer. he'll be scratching his head, won't he? he will. what to do, what to do after the headunes what to do, what to do after the headlines tatiana . headlines with tatiana. >> tom thank you. your top stories from the gb newsroom . stories from the gb newsroom. the rate of inflation remains at 4, the same as in december , 4, the same as in december, despite forecasters having predicted a rise. figures from the office for national statistics found that food pnces statistics found that food prices fell on a monthly basis for the first time since september 2021. shadow chancellor rachel reeves criticised the figure, saying conservatives cannot fix the economy because they are the reason it's broken . the prime reason it's broken. the prime minister, rishi sunak , has minister, rishi sunak, has insisted the economy has turned a corner though, as he held his first business council meeting of the year . however, chancellor of the year. however, chancellor jeremy hunt says more needs to be done . be done. >> inflation never falls in a straight line and although it's

welcome that it hasn't gone up today , it is still double the today, it is still double the target level of 2% and we're not going to be able to relieve pressure on families until we hit that target. and the bank of england to reduce england feels able to reduce interest . so this is interest rates. so this is a time to stick to a plan that is clearly working. but we need to make sure that we really get to that end point of inflation at 2. >> train driver drivers on northern and lner will walk out on the 1st of march and ban overtime for three days in a separate row to the national pay dispute. meanwhile, train drivers at five rail operators have continue taking have voted to continue taking strike action for six months. aslef announced that its members on chiltern c2c's east midlands , on chiltern c2c's east midlands, northern and transpennine railways had overwhelmingly backed carrying on with action and pressure's mounting for sir keir starmer as a second labour party candidate has been suspended following accusations of anti—semitism. graham jones

allegedly suggested british people who volunteered to fight with israel defence forces should be locked up. it comes a day after labour withdrew support for the party's candidate the rochdale candidate for the rochdale by—election. as our ally for suggesting israel had taken the october seventh hamas assault as a pretext to invade gaza. sir keir vowed yesterday that his party has changed under his rule . for the latest stories , you . for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or you can go to gb news. com slash alerts

listening to gb news radio. >> good afternoon britain. >> good afternoon britain. >> it is 237 and we're talking about the labour party's polling figures. what has happened to them. well, joining us now is, i'm delighted to say, the gb news senior political commentator, nigel nelson and

former chief of staff to the chancellor of exchequer, james price . uh, nigel, let's start price. uh, nigel, let's start with you. seven points down in cervantes polling, we've , uh, cervantes polling, we've, uh, earlier this hour spoke to the person behind the poll. it's a pretty significant drop. yeah i think it is. >> um, and really , what we need >> um, and really, what we need to see is next week's polls to see how, um, to see how they turn out after this week's debacle. and then see over the next month if things actually significantly change. and it does seem to me that when we argue about election dates , i've argue about election dates, i've always thought they've been laying the groundwork for a may the 2nd. it only works if the polls are much, much closer. so we might get an early election on the basis of this, we'd have to see. >> that's an interesting one. on god. >> more elections coming up. it feels like the other one was just, uh, just around the corner recently. i think that this is really a symbol that people are now look at. starmer now starting to look at. starmer and party. and the labour party. an election to be really this election has to be really this year. election has to be really this year . the pm, election has to be really this year. the pm, i think, suggested

it's probably to be in the it's probably going to be in the latter half of the year, but it may forward now may get brought forward now people going, right, okay. people are going, right, okay. this pretty boring this guy starmer, pretty boring guy. like guy. um, but it looks like he might pm. having a might be the pm. let's having a look and it just that look at this. and it just that moment horrible spectre moment the horrible spectre of anti—semitism its head anti—semitism rears its head again. and some stuff again. and some other stuff about flopping, the 28 about him flip flopping, the 28 billion a year extra they've now scrapped that. what do labour actually it going actually stand for? is it going to smallest manifesto to be the smallest manifesto ever? and that kind of whiff of desperation? i just want to get ever? and that kind of whiff of destoweri? i just want to get ever? and that kind of whiff of destower ati just want to get ever? and that kind of whiff of destower at allst want to get ever? and that kind of whiff of destower at all costs.t to get ever? and that kind of whiff of destower at all costs. it's get into power at all costs. it's a big turn when people don't big turn off when people don't think guy for very big turn off when people don't think as guy for very big turn off when people don't think as itjuy for very big turn off when people don't think as it is. for very much as it is. >> yeah, it's interesting because are certain because there are certain flashbacks to theresa may for me. theresa may led in the poll. 2025 point lead in the polls. she was going to sweep the country and everyone thought , country and everyone thought, wow, this election. wow, she calls this election. and a small space and within quite a small space of of reputation of time, her sort of reputation for being boring , predictable, for being boring, predictable, strong and stable, all things that sir keir starmer is trying to project himself as sort of melted away due to a u—turn and this sense of weakness and wobbliness . yes, that's a real

wobbliness. yes, that's a real risk for sir keir starmer. well, yeah. >> and in theresa may's case, a rotten manifesto. i mean, i think what was surprising about when they, when they went for that election was how bad the tory manifesto was, if you remember, the dementia tax and things like that . um, and how things like that. um, and how goodin things like that. um, and how good in fact, the labour, the labour one was that, that um , or labour one was that, that um, or how under scrutinised it was . how under scrutinised it was. well i mean it depends how you look at it. i just thought that the i was really surprised that labour had put together under jeremy such a good jeremy corbyn such a good manifesto by 2019. it wasn't that they were promising the earth and it no longer was for everyone. yeah, basically yes. but i mean, it was. everyone. yeah, basically yes. but i mean, it was . some of the but i mean, it was. some of the figures didn't add up by 2019. they felt they had to go further, but it was those two things. and theresa may not being a great performer on the campaign trail, all those set for an implosion. yeah and that's why i think that things that's why i think that things that things went wrong. >> but james difficult job for keir starmer , he's got to build keir starmer, he's got to build and maintain a very large

coalition of voters who potentially have not voted labour recently. yeah, absolutely. >> right . absolutely. >> right. it's a big mountain because they lost so badly in 2019. fortunately under corbyn, where do you where do you target. where do you go. do you go and try and get back the overused phrase, the red wall votes they lost last time. do you down kind of you try and go down kind of disaffected anti—brexit type people in the south? do you go for lib dems? did this for lib dems? how did this strategy kind of work up until today? >> so keir starmer has had a very answer to that. very easy answer to that. everything we're going appeal everything we're going to appeal to saying to absolutely everyone by saying absolute nothing and i suppose now that the microscope is a bit more labour party, more on the labour party, they're of having to say they're sort of having to say what they do stand for, maybe what they do stand for, or maybe standing for one thing on sunday and different thing on monday. and a different thing on monday. it's it does make perhaps it's it does make them perhaps have to narrow their coalition. right. well, as great lady right. well, as the great lady margaret the margaret thatcher said, the problem in the problem with standing in the middle is you get middle of the road is you get hit sides. hit from both sides. >> andi hit from both sides. >> and i think we >> right? and i think that we saw with 2019 where kind saw with 2019 where that kind of historic lots historic link between lots of seats the labour party got seats and the labour party got broken, partly broken by the

brexit boris brexit referendum. and boris came all these came and swept in all these people. a vote. people. they lent him a vote. they've really with they've been really upset with the conservatives while the conservatives for a while now. are going, well, now. but people are going, well, do labour to lib dem do i go labour to lib dem and those sorts are broken those sorts of things are broken down. coming into down. there's reform coming into play down. there's reform coming into play and i think that's play as well, and i think that's why we see these big volatile shifts polling well. shifts in polling as well. and it set it looks like it's set to continue the few months. >> nigel, it does appear as though the labour party only though the labour party can only really agree on, uh, tax breaks for they like for non—doms. they don't like that. for non—doms. they don't like that . and, uh, slapping taxes on that. and, uh, slapping taxes on private schools. yeah. i mean, those are the tax rises that they've actually announced. >> what else there? >> what else is there? >> what else is there? >> you know, they flip >> because, you know, they flip flopped nationalisation of flopped on nationalisation of various things. yeah. >> fees . >> tuition fees. >> tuition fees. >> what we've got, we've got real left. >> that's the only one agree. yeah >> they seem rather and >> they seem rather confused and divided foreign affairs . divided over foreign affairs. um, you know, if is, is, you know, more taxes on the rich and is that enough? >> well , well, i is that enough? >> well, well, i mean, i think that the first of all, the non—dom tax provided it works , non—dom tax provided it works, is actually a good tax to have. >> there's lot >> well, there's a lot of different. there a lot of different. yeah. there a lot of different. yeah. there a lot of different different views of

that. >> but it would raise £3.2 billion which not billion which is not insignificant on the i mean we're now going to get an awful lot of labour flip flopping. that will the accusation from that will be the accusation from the tories. i do regret the fact that starmer went back on that keir starmer went back on the £28 billion pledge for a green industry revolution , green industry revolution, because the non—doms wouldn't pay because the non—doms wouldn't pay for that. no they're not. well, they wouldn't , they well, they wouldn't, they wouldn't have to. we'd have actually got that from borrowing. don't borrowing. and we don't know what will be what the situation will be by 2027, when have 2027, when he would have actually borrowed that money. the that was the point was that was forgetting about whether you whether like net zero or whether you like net zero or not. that was really important for his economic growth policy , for his economic growth policy, because it could have created 500,000 jobs, £1 trillion of business for, for the uk provided they led the way in green technology . green technology. >> nigel, i think that's wishful thinking. james >> yeah, i think the problem is that, you know, my job is in government. it was all about policy this is policy and how this stuff is going to affect in real life. but all that stuff comes but all of that stuff comes from principles and ideology and

starting points. paul petitions have to get into politics because they believe in those things, that's things, and they believe that's how going to help how it's actually going to help people, mentioned people, right? i mentioned thatcher or loathe her, thatcher like her or loathe her, you in. you knew what she believed in. she adam smith. she she believed in adam smith. she believed in all these sorts of ideas letting keep ideas of letting people keep more and then more of what they earn. and then you that into and you turn that into policy and see affects people's see how that affects people's lives. it's been lives. and since then, it's been hard to know what politicians think, has hard to know what politicians thinto has hard to know what politicians thinto lay has hard to know what politicians thinto lay out has hard to know what politicians thinto lay out really has hard to know what politicians thinto lay out really what|as hard to know what politicians thinto lay out really what his got to lay out really what his kind of conservatism is like, how help people. how that's going to help people. starmer's same starmer's got to do the same thing. the moment, people thing. and at the moment, people have no what have absolutely no idea what starmer in all. and starmer believes in at all. and yet at same could have been yet at the same could have been said of tony blair. >> blair stood >> tony blair stood in the middle road and he won a middle of the road and he won a massive victory. yeah massive election victory. yeah but also i think that james has pointed absolutely right there. >> he had an underlying philosophy >> he had an underlying philoswe y we haven't which we haven't we haven't really had since cameron tried, tried copy big tried to copy it with big society articulate society and couldn't articulate it. it just went by the it. and it just went by the board. i say that thatcher board. i would say that thatcher and blair, if i was naming the two best prime ministers of my lifetime, it would them . and lifetime, it would be them. and for reason, they actually for that reason, they actually had in had something they believed in and got it. so what and went out and got it. so what tony blair was doing was saying,

right, let's let's nick the best bits of free market capitalism, the best bits of social democracy, put them together . democracy, put them together. and that actually worked with his third way and won in three elections. >> yes. what is starmer ism and what is sunak ism? well they don't exist i don't know. they don't exist i don't know. they don't exist i don't know. they don't exist . they won't we won't don't exist. they won't we won't be learning about what sunak ism was in the history books, although say we say this, i, although we say we say this, i, i am, i'm completely addicted to old political documentaries and there are lots of people sitting on chat shows, chat shows like this in the early 2000 who go, well, no one will say what we all know what thatcherism is. >> who on earth will say what blairism is? and they sort of used blairism a used the terms blairism as a sort pejorative or a pretend sort of pejorative or a pretend made up and now made up word. and yet now everyone sort if everyone says it sort of as if it's thing. i wonder if it's a thing. i wonder if perhaps the formula to having an ism after your name, if you're a prime minister, is one being the job a little for quite a bit job for a little for quite a bit of and two, wait of time. and number two, wait about decade then people about a decade and then people will saying that you have

will start saying that you have an well, does help if you >> well, it does help if you have principles at least. have some principles at least. but you much, nigel but thank you very much, nigel nelson price. now the nelson and james price. now the housing to housing secretary, wants to allow housing extensions without planning permission and joy to the ears young harwood . the ears of young tom harwood. but spark a middle but could it spark a middle class civil war? you're watching . good afternoon, britain on

listening to gb news radio. >> it's 249 in the afternoon. you're watching good afternoon, britain with me. emily and tom. so let's talk about michael gove's home extension shake up. why not? >> not his personal home extension, but yours. >> yes. i'm not interested in his extension, but will it his home extension, but will it ignite a middle class civil war with neighbours with essentially neighbours facing facing off their neighbours over, you know , neighbours over, you know, ghastly extensions? >> well, joining us to discuss this is gb news senior political commentator, nigel nelson, and the former chief of staff to the chancellor of the exchequer, james price. uh james, one of your other hats is that you work

at the adam smith institute. that's an economic think tank that stuff that has been promoting stuff like this. >> yeah, absolutely. i think that world, right. that in an ideal world, right. let's britain let's imagine what britain would look would look in some look like. it would look in some parts like cute little cotswold villages. be villages. that would be untouched for hundreds of years, that of thing. bits of it that kind of thing. bits of it would look canary wharf, that kind of thing. bits of it would asyk canary wharf, that kind of thing. bits of it would asyk gotiary wharf, that kind of thing. bits of it would asyk got now,iharf, that kind of thing. bits of it would asyk got now, big,:, right? as we've got now, big, beautiful as perhaps beautiful skyscrapers as perhaps donald describe donald trump would describe them. beautiful in ideal them. most beautiful in an ideal world, like world, maybe would look like chelsea and knightsbridge in west they're west london. right. they're quite in terms of how many quite dense in terms of how many people into that people you can fit into that kind space. but seven kind of space. but seven stories, sometimes as gentle density. attractive stories, sometimes as gentle density. buildingsttractive stories, sometimes as gentle density. buildings with ive stories, sometimes as gentle density. buildings with nice looking buildings with nice materials for them, and it materials made for them, and it creates that sort of sense of community and neighbourliness . community and neighbourliness. right? because of all kinds of housing restrictions and housing policy restrictions and because of lots more people being there than we've actually got for at moment. got for houses at the moment. you've got a big problem, but we can't attractive can't have attractive properties. quite the same properties. and quite the same way, are too way, house prices are far too high for to get onto the high for people to get onto the housing of housing ladder. and all kinds of other largely caused other problems largely caused by policy getting policy and legislation getting in the of building stuff. in the way of building stuff. and so this is one step to try

and get this , this approved. and and get this, this approved. and if you can't lots more if you can't build lots more houses you've houses in places because you've got complaining about got people complaining about them at all, well, got people complaining about th

headaches. so that's potholes, parking and planning . and for parking and planning. and for the most part , i do think local the most part, i do think local authorities are better place to work out what their planning should be. and so the idea of just making a blanket kind of thing across britain, not not so sure about also his idea about brownfield that according to the national federation of builders, we don't have enough brownfield land to start building on anyway. and if you do build residential properties on there, what happens to your gp surgeries, your sports centres, your shops, things like that? >> now, it must be said that there is already a level at which people can, without permission , extend their houses permission, extend their houses and this is going to be expanded. shall we just have a little look at the radical changes that, uh, michael gove wants to introduce? uh, the dotted line is where it's going to be. it's one metre more on the back of a house. i'll go back for one little bit more shunting an extension at the top to the end, or turning a, uh , to the end, or turning a, uh, two sort of extensions into an l

shape extension. as emily was talking about. i mean, this doesn't actually look particularly radical. james. >> no, absolutely not. but i think that the housing crisis that we've got in this country is so bad now that any, you know, even modest attempt like this is going to uh, well this is going to be, uh, well aimed by those who want a little bit going bit more space, and it's going to fought by people to be fiercely fought by people who sometimes known as who are sometimes known as as nimbys. and i maybe make myself a here. the a little unpopular here. but the problem if problem you've got is that if people already own their home, they obviously lots of they obviously have lots of incentives against either more homes nearby or homes being built nearby or other homes getting bigger because impinge on because it's going to impinge on them. fine. that makes perfect sense. of who sense. but for lots of us who are really struggling to get onto ladder , who onto the housing ladder, who can't at the can't afford our homes at the moment because not enough are being built, we don't necessarily get as much of a say in that of planning in that kind of planning process. if all the process. right? if all the people who wanted to be able to buy were able buy their own homes were able to, in planning to, to weigh in on planning considerations, find considerations, then you'd find a bigger voice for building a much bigger voice for building a much bigger voice for building a lot and as it is , the a lot more. and as it is, the property people are property rights of people are outweighed by the rights of those. maybe to ever get to own

their own. >> yeah, that's true, but i think the major issues in think one of the major issues in practice that get these practice is that you get these developments are totally developments that are totally a mismatch area that mismatch for the area that they're plonked in. and of course , residents are going to course, residents are going to be irritated by it because they're so so much of the they're so ugly, so much of the time. they're not in keeping with road or with the rest of the road or street community or whatever, street or community or whatever, which authorities which is why local authorities should who actually should be the ones who actually set planning to make set the planning to make sure they much too well. they say no so much too well. i mean, that's what i mean about that. >> i'm not against against sort of lifting some of the planning restrictions. what i'm is restrictions. what i'm saying is that that local authorities that the that local authorities are the ones to, to make sure they what you've just said. >> well, i guess this is a conversation that many streets will be having perhaps at many dinner . uh, but that's dinner parties. uh, but that's it us. let's but don't go it for us. let's but don't go anywhere because. james. thanks, nigel. >> yes, thank you to both. >> yes, thank you to both. >> but martin daubney is up next. martin, what's coming up ? next. martin, what's coming up? >> thank you. guys, i've got i've got a superb exclusive today. josie and tad saunders, the pensioners living in north

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