say. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> it's 3 pm. >> welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. today there's the latest on labour's antisemit ism crisis, now turning into a full blown meltdown . sir keir starmer has meltdown. sir keir starmer has dumped two election candidates , dumped two election candidates, but now apparently he's under pressure to investigate five more. also coming up, rishi sunak has had some good economic news today at long last. but will he suffer two damaging by—election defeats tomorrow and i'll talk about the asylum seeker convicted of a terror

offence, who claims she moved to the uk because she was being persecuted by her mass. you couldn't make it up and that's all coming up in your next hour. thanks for joining all coming up in your next hour. thanks forjoining me on the thanks for joining me on the show. now, as ever, i want to hear from you and also want to try out an exclusive interview we've got coming later in the show with jose and ted saunders, pensioners from north northamptonshire threatened with eviction by their council from their £200,000 home to make way for asylum seekers . a story that for asylum seekers. a story that sums up broken britain and our total lack of priorities will speak to them later in the show. you would not want to miss that. let me know what you think about that. and also 16,000 homes today hoovered up by the government for asylum seekers , government for asylum seekers, part of a £4 billion pledge to house people coming to our country. do you feel that

british people and pensioners are simply now at the back of the queue? let me know your views. vaiews@gbnews.com. but first it's time for your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you very much. 3:01, your top stories from the gb newsroom. the rate of inflation remains at 4. the same as in december, despite forecasters having predicted a rise. figures from the ons found that food prices fell on a monthly basis for the first time since september 2021. shadow chancellor rachel reeves criticised the figure, saying the conservatives cannot fix the economy because they are the reason it's broken. the prime minister has insisted the economy has turned a corner, though, as he held his first business council meeting of the year today, 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 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 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. >> 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 people who volunteer to fight with israel defence forces should be locked up. this 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 keir vowed yesterday that his party has changed under his rule . train 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 voted to continue taking strike action for six months. aslef announced that its members on chiltern c2c's east midlands, north and trans pennine railways had over charmingly backed carrying on with the strikes . the unions with the strikes. the unions involved in pay disputes have to reballot their members every six months on continuing with industrial action, general secretary of aslef mick whelan, says the union remains open and willing to talk about a revised pay willing to talk about a revised pay offer . a london theatre has pay offer. a london theatre has banned a comedian from performing after jewish banned a comedian from performing afterjewish audience members were reported be hounded out of a show. paul currie presented both a ukrainian and a palestinian flag to the audience . he's been accused of encouraging the crowd to chant and shout at israeli ticket holder lev eaton , after he holder lev 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 incident. there are reports his 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 excluded? yeah, excluded. and just in my in my mind, i was just in my in my mind, i was just like, thinking about how unfair this comparison is. i just didn't agree with just really didn't agree with that statement at 18 of 31 nato countries , according to its countries, according to its chief, are on track . to meet the 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 yeah he 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. his comments come as british troops departed southampton yesterday, headed for poland to take part in the largest nato

exercise since the cold war , as exercise since the cold war, as to demonstrate the alliance's capabilities as crossbow owners could face police checks under government plans to stop the weapons being used in violent attacks. this comes after convicted stalker bryce hodgson was shot dead by police last month after he broke into a london home armed with weapons , london home armed with weapons, including a crossbow. that's currently no registration system for owning one and no need for a licence . shoplifting has hit a licence. shoplifting has hit a record high. that's according to the british 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 costs retailers around £18 billion, a record sum , and the first time record sum, and the first time it surpassed the billion pound mark. violence and abuse against shop workers also spiked last yean shop workers also spiked last year, with around 1300 incidents daily. shadow home secretary yvette cooper calls the figures

shocking . and the queen, known shocking. and the queen, known for her love of art, has been touring a series of art studios thanks to a recommendation from her daughter , camilla visited her daughter, camilla visited kindred studios in west london dunng kindred studios in west london during an open day meeting with painters, sculptors and modern artists. meanwhile the king has returned to sandringham after spending just over 24 hours at his london home, clarence house. it's thought charles visited the capital for his latest bout of cancer treatment following the announcement of his diagnosis last week , and lions at last week, and lions at whipsnade zoo have been enjoying a purr fect valentine's . treat a purr fect valentine's. treat as the public showers them with scented gifts. the zoo asked people to donate their unused fragrance bars, which were sprayed on sacks, filled with straw or on trees to create enticing scent trails. zoo keepers say the smell of perfumes and aftershaves enhances the lions sensory experience and encourages them to explore more . for the latest to explore more. 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. common alerts . go to gb news. common alerts. now back to . martin. now back to. martin. >> thank you tatiana. great show ahead today. lots to get our teeth stuck to. and of course we must start with the anti—semitism crisis. now that's engulfing the labour party. sir keir starmer has ditched two parliamentary candidates due to alleged anti—semitic comments , alleged anti—semitic comments, and the telegraph today says the party is being pressured to investigate a further five candidate. s yesterday, labour suspended former mp graham jones, who'd been selected to stand for the seat of hyndburn near blackburn at the next general election. jones made a derogatory comment about israel an expletive riddled war and it has to be said at a meeting after hamas's attacks on october the 7th and a day earlier , the 7th and a day earlier, labour withdrew its support for the party's candidate for the

rochdale by—election of course, azhar ali, after he made blatant anti—semitic remarks at the same meeting. well earlier on today, gb news heard from former labour mp chris williamson . gb news heard from former labour mp chris williamson. he gb news heard from former labour mp chris williamson . he told us mp chris williamson. he told us that in his opinion , criticism that in his opinion, criticism of israel isn't necessarily anti—semitic . it's of israel isn't necessarily anti—semitic. it's a of israel isn't necessarily anti—semitic . it's a conflation anti—semitic. it's a conflation of criticism of israel. and whatever you think about that conspiracy theory, it's not something i agree with. although as i say, it has been carried in some detail in the new york times, other august times, amongst other august journals, i've said, journals, as i've as i've said, but that constitute but that doesn't constitute anti—semitism. criticism of israel indulging in conspiracy theories not the same as theories is not the same as expressing, you know, hatred or bigotry jews . bigotry towards jews. >> yeah, that's chris williamson, who has repeatedly refused to condemn hamas as terrorists. >> anyway, i'm joined in our studio by our political editor, chris hope. chris, this is turning into a nightmare for starmer. there were cruising aheadin starmer. there were cruising ahead in the polls. now starmer. there were cruising ahead in the polls . now they've ahead in the polls. now they've dropped seven points and a poll out today savanta they're now

41. the conservatives on 29. it feels like a disaster of their own making. but the big question is this chris, was this a disaster that was always waiting to happen? and october the 7th, if you like, just shone a light on the ugly anti—semitism that seems to lurk within the party. >> sir keir starmer became labour leader by saying he's not jeremy corbyn, and the way he's shown that is by cleansing the party of this association with anti—semitism, which grew up under corbyn. and that's why i think october the 7th attacks on israel have been almost the moment when that really put moment when that was really put under spotlight . these under the spotlight. these figures from savanta figures out today from savanta are bad for labour. figures out today from savanta are bad for labour . down to 41, are bad for labour. down to 41, toys up 2 to 29. the difference now is 212 points, not 20 points. but that poll ended just just as news broke about the remarks by mr ali in rochdale. we don't even know the response yet from the voters to what's happening with this renewed concern about anti—semitism in the party, of course, mr ali has has since put out a statement

withdrawing those remarks he made in that meeting with lancashire conservative tvs today. this today. we have, of course, this graham jones, a former labour mp, 2010, 2019. he's he referred to effing israel, talked about israel with an expletive. his problem appears to be not challenging . mr ali. what mr ali challenging. mr ali. what mr ali said , because there is said, because there is a difference between attacking israel and its behaviour and the way it's behaved in, in gaza, obviously self—defence is etc. but has it gone further than that? that's a live debate in international politics and attacking jews, which is appalling . and that's the appalling. and that's the difference which labour difference which the labour party with. party appears to struggle with. >> and , and straight after >> and, and straight after october 7, we had the, the labour muslim network writing 350. council is getting on a front foot. a minister has resigned. this continues on and on and on and fair play to sir keir starmer. he did act quickly yesterday. he kicked graham jones out the event after the event though. >> so mr ali's remarks emerged saturday night. he then uh he

then took them back . apologised then took them back. apologised in a mail on sunday and then of course lisa nandy appeared an event on on sunday. we saw other ministers come out, come out and defend mr ali and defend the way that sir keir starmer has behaved. it wasn't until 730 on monday night, two days later, when more remarks emerged that he had he was suspended as a candidate, or at least the support was withdrawn from as a candidate in rochdale. you candidate in in rochdale. do you think that this now feels like sir keir starmer is playing whack a mole? >> there are so many people maybe, that share these beliefs publicly , some privately, maybe publicly, some privately, maybe quite a few more. and can he really get rid of this? if he gets rid of everybody who has these kind of opinions, will there be many left ? right? there be many left? right? >> well, there will be. i mean, all the, the concerns so far all all the, the concerns so far stem from a single meeting with lancashire when lancashire labour party when these not challenged these views were not challenged by in the room. and by anyone in the room. and that's the problem. i think it was tolerated. um we have heard

today, have me from the jewish labour movement , today, have me from the jewish labour movement, mike katz saying that the idea that the bad old days of corbyn leadership are back is ludicrous. he says you have got a here trying to a leader here who is trying to make all the right noises. a leader here who is trying to make all the right noises . but make all the right noises. but this has allowed the tory party to pile in properly. you've seen remarks overnight from the party chairman , um, richard holden. chairman, um, richard holden. he's saying same old labour. are you surprised ? and it said in you surprised? and it said in the in the subject labour hasn't changed and azhar ali is proof of that . so the problem they've of that. so the problem they've got is if you're if you're in politics being in opposition is the easy bit. your jobs are find a good find good mps and find good policies and win an election. that's the three jobs and failing on both and they're failing on both those counts at the moment. then yet to see what effect will yet to see what the effect will be the ballot box when these be at the ballot box when these by elections are held in wellingborough kingswood wellingborough and kingswood tomorrow. on tomorrow. and looking forward on february rochdale and february 29th in rochdale and chris, we've this spilling chris, we've seen this spilling over real over into some real world action, ugly stuff. action, some ugly stuff. >> tobias ellwood , um, >> tobias ellwood, um, conservative mp outside his

house, a mob formed up and were shouting. they were saying, um, posters of him voting for genocide . and turns out the genocide. and turns out the ringleader was a won corrie jew who used to be a parliamentary candidate, stood for the labour party in 2019 as a corbynista once again underlines the fact that the more, the sharper end of this seems to be spearheaded by the hard left. >> you're the left are certainly involved. and we heard last night, didn't we, from jonathan gullies, a tory mp, red wall mp. he's very concerned about about what he's facing and his family. he's saying he would take matters his own hands if matters into his own hands if his house is approached by people. it's across the people. so it's across the board. think you have, board. i think when you have, um, it should be a safe place to debate anything you like in the house of commons. when that house of commons. but when that extends the a threats in extends into the a threats in real life, we saw it, didn't we? with the recent labour labour mp quitting over that. it's appalling. >> well, let's cut now to the deputy chairman of the conservative party james daly, who show . james, who joins us on the show. james, welcome the show. always

welcome to the show. always pleasure. hi james. i wanted to start , if we could, on our last start, if we could, on our last comment here in the studio and thatis comment here in the studio and that is the, the propensity for this to spill out into real world action. we've seen ugly scenes at the home of tobias ellwood and inside with his kids and jonathan gillis spoke out last night saying if the mob turned up outside his house, he'll be forced to take action. i wanted to ask you, james, and your position as deputy chair , your position as deputy chair, what are the party doing to guarantee the safety of elected representatives? are they talking to you about it? and also what would you do if the mob turned up at your gaff ? mob turned up at your gaff? >> well, the scenes we saw outside tobias house were appalling . and um, absolutely appalling. and um, absolutely dreadful . dreadful. >> and this is a wider question . >> and this is a wider question. >> and this is a wider question. >> it's not a party political question, martin. this is a question, martin. this is a question of democracy . and if question of democracy. and if democracy is now reduced to 100 people turning up for three

hours outside an mps house shouting , um, in the street, um, shouting, um, in the street, um, carrying placards with the most hateful allegations , um, and the hateful allegations, um, and the police don't appear to be doing anything about that. these are real concerns. >> this is not i've spoken to labour colleagues about this. >> have rule by the mob. >> we have to have the ability for mps to be able to put forward their political views in a safe environment. >> and what i've seen recently, which has been absolutely embodied in what you're saying, is an utter disgrace . is an utter disgrace. >> s we can have a discussion, martin, about the issue, the very serious issue of palestine. >> talking about the >> we're talking here about the safety of people. >> can anybody in the right mind tell me how 100 people gathering on street for three hours, on a street for three hours, shouting and saying appalling? >> well, carrying placards which shouting and saying appalling? >> iappalling ing placards which shouting and saying appalling? >> iappalling images:ards which shouting and saying appalling? >> iappalling images on s which shouting and saying appalling? >> iappalling images on isrvhich shouting and saying appalling? >> iappalling images on is in ch had appalling images on is in the public interest and certainly when there's poor certainly when there's two poor children and their children in there and their father is being treated in this way, absolutely appalling . way, it's absolutely appalling. >> and the security of mps needs

to be the priority. i think , for to be the priority. i think, for the house authorities and also for the police . for the police. >> freer, a great friend of >> mike freer, a great friend of mine, a great mp, a great man, you know, he was going out with a stab vest. >> martin, his office was firebombed . firebombed. >> he's been chased out of politics because we are getting extremists . extremists. >> and they tend to be. >> and they do tend to be. >> and they do tend to be. >> i shall say, extremists on the left of politics who don't seem any issue with seem to have any issue with behaving the most appalling behaving in the most appalling way . you know, somebody i know way. you know, somebody i know in my constituency said, surely if him, you if you disagree with him, you can vote him out. but to be harassing and intimidating and bullying disgrace harassing and intimidating and bullwe] disgrace harassing and intimidating and bullwe need disgrace harassing and intimidating and bullwe need to disgrace harassing and intimidating and bullwe need to faceiisgrace harassing and intimidating and bullwe need to face up|race harassing and intimidating and bullwe need to face up to :e harassing and intimidating and bullwe need to face up to this and we need to face up to this and we need to face up to this and address it. >> okay, james, need to cut across because on the across you there because on the subject of that mob who went to tory ellwood, house tory mp tobias ellwood, house rishi sunak has supported his colleague, the prime minister has tweeted this democracy has just tweeted this democracy is built on free debate . but is built on free debate. but increasingly mps have been targeted by aggressive mobs for exercising those freedoms . we exercising those freedoms. we will never let those who intimidate it prevail. it's paramount that mp security is

protected and our democratic values upheld. nothing is more important and on that note, james, um, i'm joined in the studio by our political editor, chris hope. he has a question for you. >> well, jess, i wondered, as a deputy chairman of the party, what are doing to protect what are you doing to protect people like tobias ellwood? are you offering support? you you offering support? are you giving him ring? kind of giving him a ring? what kind of protective are you putting protective arm are you putting around your mps ? around your mps? >> many friends in >> tobias has many friends in the party and many colleagues who concerned about him, who the party and many colleagues whcclosezoncerned about him, who the party and many colleagues whcclose friendsed about him, who the party and many colleagues whcclose friends ofabout him, who the party and many colleagues whcclose friends of his. it him, who are close friends of his. >> chris, let's let's >> but chris, let's get let's get about get frank about this. >> this is not you know, what happened to tobias. >> he has all of our sympathies. >> he has all of our sympathies. >> everything >> and we'll do everything possible help him. >> and we'll do everything possthis help him. >> and we'll do everything possthis about help him. >> and we'll do everything possthis about every1elp him. >> and we'll do everything possthis about every single m. but this is about every single mp in house commons. mp in the house of commons. you've house for you've been around the house for long enough. you know that we have other have plate and various other house protections. >> are some real >> and there are some real concerns the concerns about some of the policies are place to policies that are in place to protect members of parliament, to allow them to go about their business members of parliament, their loved their families, their loved ones, their young children. >> not asked to be >> they've not asked to be

involved in politics. >> i have no problem at all, chris, with people coming outside my office or coming to me doing anything me directly or doing anything else. but i do have some questions to ask. chris, i wasn't there why the police allowed this seemingly a allowed this seemingly for a number hours to for people to number of hours to for people to behave in this way in such um behave in this way in such a, um , in such a situation where two children were present and saw this behaviour, it is absolutely, um , it is scandalous absolutely, um, it is scandalous that this was allowed to happen. >> james, we asked before you about to. martin. what what what's the worst you've experienced bury? have you experienced in bury? have you had taken any similar action to mike freer? stab vest or have you experience what's the worst experience had of this experience you've had of this kind these people? experience you've had of this kinywell, these people? experience you've had of this kinywell, protest these people? experience you've had of this kinywell, protest andese people? experience you've had of this kinywell, protest and protest)le? >> well, protest and protest perhaps, i take you know, perhaps, i take it. you know, i take things on chin get take things on the chin and get on it. on with it. >> but let me just tell you an example where things have come that practising on that are practising solicitor on social that my two social media said that my two children collateral children were collateral damage to my actions as an mp, a practising solicitor. so let's just say that this, this type of behaviour is not limited to one section community section of the community and the level extremism and the level

level of extremism and the level of anger and aggressive behaviour to my colleagues across the political spectrum, all of whom i respect . all of all of whom i respect. all of them are doing their best to put over legitimate point of view is , uh, democracy under attack , uh, democracy is under attack here, chris, and it's a mixture between it's, you know, colleagues will always support each other, colleagues will always but always help each other. but we're to there we're never going to be there when and i'll say the when the mob and i'll say the mob turns outside colleagues when the mob and i'll say the mob turns weyutside colleagues when the mob and i'll say the mob turns we neede colleagues when the mob and i'll say the mob turns we need the lleagues when the mob and i'll say the mob turns we need the policezs when the mob and i'll say the mob turns we need the police to homes and we need the police to be there to take the strongest possible we also possible action. and we also need the house authorities to realise and recognise that there are some real issues with the personal security of mps. >> okay, james, i need to quickly ask you. so let's just say the mob turn up at your house tonight. what would you do ? >> 7. >>i 7- >> i would, 7— >> i would, i ? >> i would, i would call the police and i would hope they would come out. i've got two children we really getting children and we really getting to if they turn to the point where if they turn outside and start outside my house and start saying things and start putting placards up saying, you've got blood and making blood on your hands and making reference genocide, reference to genocide, tobias ellwood on his hands. >> it's utterly, utterly preposterous. >> would the police just

watch? >> and i hope they wouldn't do in greater manchester and just watch and allow people to intimidate, bully and threaten. and i it is a very, very, very bad state of affairs we're getting into when we tolerate this type of behaviour. every one of my colleagues deserves protection because they're doing the best possible job they can, and they putting forward and they are putting forward legitimate and this type legitimate views and this type of behaviour, martin is, is, as the prime minister says, is an attack democracy . attack on democracy. >> james daly, thank you for your frank and forthright opinions on the show today. deputy chair of the party deputy chair of the tory party and for bury north. and mp for bury north. thanks for us, james daly. now forjoining us, james daly. now here the candidate standing here are the candidate standing in the rochdale by—election. they are azhar ali, independent. mark coleman, indian pendant simon danczuk reform uk ian donaldson, liberal democrat paul ellison , conservative george ellison, conservative george galloway , workers party of galloway, workers party of britain michael howarth, independent william howarth, independent. guy otten, green party raven rodent, sabatina,

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talk about the incredible case of the asylum seeker convicted of the asylum seeker convicted of a terror offence yesterday, who told the court she travelled to the uk because she was being persecuted by hamas before that, rishi sunak will come under more pressure if the tories lose tomorrow's two by elections. the conservatives are defending big majorities in kingswood , near majorities in kingswood, near bristol, and also in wellingborough. gb news east midlands reporter will hollis has been to wellingborough in northamptonshire . here's this northamptonshire. here's this package. >> oh it's horrible . >> oh it's horrible. >> oh it's horrible. >> yet you get your dinghies out and get your rowing boats out . and get your rowing boats out. >> sid has lived in wellingborough since he was three years old. >> now aged 58. >> now aged 58. >> few people know it better. there's plaques shut supercar . there's plaques shut supercar. >> it's are shut. there's about 5 or 6 shut in there. he's seen the town change used to be the market area since 1267. and it went a couple of years ago. it

was a damn good market. sid says it's not safe in wellingborough at night. once it gets near dark . go home now . . go home now. >> a by—election is coming to the town in the northamptonshire constituency is ideal for testing political temperatures ahead of the general election . ahead of the general election. >> locals like martin say the town needs more money. >> we need investment . but we >> we need investment. but we have empty shops all over the place that are being dilapidated, wellingborough is suffering from many of the same symptoms familiar symptoms that are familiar across english towns. >> social behaviour, crime >> anti social behaviour, crime and not enough jobs for people who do want to work. but can't find the employment. that's right for them. >> employment here is traditionally low wage skilled or not, it can be tough to compete at heathrow. >> one up there and when it reached that point, there, you throw the next one up. even if

you're willing to learn keith's desperate to find a job, but right now it isn't easy. he's juggbng right now it isn't easy. he's juggling unemployment and family loss, so stress is taking a toll . i think that might be because of the cost of living. and also another thing which is against me slightly is age. >> but as i say, if they could find businesses which do employ older people, that would be more than helpful. >> the elected mp may only last a few months by elections . a few months by elections. >> success can be fleeting . >> success can be fleeting. >> success can be fleeting. >> the people counting on change remain regardless of results . remain regardless of results. >> sid still has hope for his hometown. >> if they update it how it's supposed to be in the 21st century. >> it would be a nice place . how >> it would be a nice place. how it used to be. it would be a lovely place to live . that's why lovely place to live. that's why people are moving out . they've people are moving out. they've had enough . had enough. >> will hollis, gb news in wellingborough .

wellingborough. >> standing in the wellingborough by—election and they are nick the flying brick, they are nick the flying brick, the official monster raving loony party and a savage gun. liberal democrat ben habib, reform uk helen harrison, conservative. ankit love nop jay mahler post—mortem independent jen kitcher , labour, alex jen kitcher, labour, alex merola, britain first, will morris green party andre pyne , morris green party andre pyne, bailey, independent. marion turner hawes, independent and also kevin watts as an independent. and you can find out who wins the key by elections in wellingborough and kingswood in a special gb news programme. vote 2024. the people decide and that will be presented by our very own tom harwood from midnight tomorrow night. right here on gb news and nigel farage will be one of the special guests on that show. all the results from those two crucial by elections live as they come in now. there's lots

more still to come between now and 4:00. our economics and business editor, liam halligan, will tell us what today's inflation news means for the poundin inflation news means for the pound in your pockets . but pound in your pockets. but first, it's time for legal news headunes first, it's time for legal news headlines with tatiana sanchez . martin. >> thank you. the top stories from the gb newsroom this hour. 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 down. the prime minister has insisted . prime minister has insisted. though, that the economy has turned a corner as as he held his first business council meeting of the year , pressure is meeting of the year, pressure is mounting for sir keir starmer as a second labour party candidate .

a second labour party candidate. it 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. this comes day after labour 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 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 . has changed under his rule. train drivers on northern and elena 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 voted to continue taking strike action for six months. aslef announced that its members on chiltern c2c's east midlands , northern c2c's east midlands, northern and transpennine railways had overwhelmingly backed carrying on with the strikes. general secretary of aslef, mick whelan, says the union remains open and willing to talk about a revised pay willing to talk about a revised pay offer and a london theatre

has banned a comedian from performing after jewish has banned a comedian from performing afterjewish audience members were reportedly hounded out of a show. paul curry presented both a ukrainian and a palestinian flag to the audience. he's been accused of encouraging the crowd to chant and shout at israeli ticket holder lev 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 cancelled . next show could be cancelled. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . slash alerts. >> for stunning gold . and silver >> for stunning gold. and silver coins, you'll always value rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report. >> here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2550 and ,1.1706. the

price of gold is £1,583.73 per ounce, and the footsie 100 is at 7570 points. rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report. >> thank you tatiana. now inflation stayed at 4% last month, which is surprised most experts because it was expected to go up. but does that mean we can expect interest rates to be cut? here's hoping i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

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of motorists who will be fined for speeding after a prankster put up a fake 50 mile an hour sign . but before that, there was sign. but before that, there was some good news for rishi sunak today, as inflation finally didn't rise, it was widely expected that inflation would go up in january , but it remains up in january, but it remains steady at 4% chance of jeremy hunt says that their plan is working and inflation never falls in a straight line. >> and although it's welcome that it hasn't gone up today , that it hasn't gone up today, theyitis that it hasn't gone up today, they 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 clearly working. but we need to make sure that we really get to that end point of inflation at 2. it's clearly welcome that in a cost of living crisis, wages are going up by faster than inflation often. but what we want is for that to happen on a

sustained basis. and that means getting inflation lower than it is today. it's still too high at 4. we need it to be back down at 2. and then we can be confident that as wages grow , it won't be that as wages grow, it won't be inflationary. and that's why we need to stick to our plan. so companies need to show restraint. well what we need to do make sure that we don't do is to make sure that we don't do is to make sure that we don't do anything that compromises the battle against inflation. it's still too high at 4. we need it to be down at 2. then interest rates can come down and we won't have to worry about the pressure from wage rises . from wage rises. >> well, jeremy hunt seems happy with himself, but meanwhile, what about in the real world? well, of the people's well, we of course, the people's channel. we want to know what channel. so we want to know what the great british public think about about about today's news about inflation. to inflation. so let's cross to birmingham to west birmingham and speak to our west midlands reporter, jack carson. jack welcome to the show. always a pleasure . so the chancellor a pleasure. so the chancellor seems pretty smug. he's happy. what about the fair and wonderful people of birmingham ? wonderful people of birmingham? >> well, the rain falling around

me probably shows a bit more of the gloomier outlook that people here in birmingham have on this quite stagnant. obviously inflation figures sticking at 4. there was some surprise that when i was asking people going to work this morning, that it has stayed at 4% because of course, all last week we had these forecasters saying that they thought it could go up to they thought it could go up to the likes of 4.5. of course, we had that rise in the energy price cap didn't but price cap didn't we? but different including , of different factors, including, of course, the drop in the price of things like furniture , that 0.4% things like furniture, that 0.4% drop that we got in the likes of, of food as well, means that things averaged out and it things have averaged out and it has mean that inflation has stayed the same at that stayed the same at 4. so that made people this morning made some people this morning a little bit happier. but talking to the street, to people on the street, they're certainly really you can really see the impact people see the real impact that people are having. the real are still having. the real impact inflation, impact of inflation, particularly food price inflation, because of course, it might have come down by nought point 5. but on january 2020, still two, it's still up around 25. things in the supermarket

still up around 25% more expensive lviv. but here's what a few people on the high street told me a little bit earlier on. >> i don't know, i think he's crazy. i mean, the rich are getting and poor getting richer and the poor just getting richer and the poor just get poorer. we were on the poverty line. we're just struggling to survive. >> difficult >> it's getting very difficult for us live and financially for us to live and financially we're having to spend more on gas and electric , and the food gas and electric, and the food pnces gas and electric, and the food prices are going up. inflation is just a number to most people. >> they don't really understand exactly what it is. >> i think if you look at it and you look at the price of electricity , food, etc, that electricity, food, etc, that doesn't seem to be falling or rising in line with the inflation. >> 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 , going like heinz, for example, inflation, the prices go up . inflation, the prices go up. >> i wish they went . down. >> i wish they went. down. >> i wish they went. down. >> so you can hear they're really the impact that it's

still having on people's lives. the fact that some people are still having to cut on still having to cut down on luxuries. a luxuries. yes, inflation is a lot lower than it has been at its but the fact is its highest. but the fact is real here on street, real here on the high street, it's still is impacting it's still really is impacting people's spending. people not knowing afford those knowing if they can afford those luxuries, deal with luxuries, having to deal with still energy bills and still rising energy bills and having to work out how they can, of course, budget themselves around from around that. you heard from jeremy hunt just shortly ago there, talking about how it never comes down in a straight line , talking about how they line, talking about how they still believe the government, that on the right track that they are on the right track towards that 2% target, that the bank of england course, bank of england has. of course, the effect of the likes the knock on effect of the likes of this inflation figure is, of course, whether the bank of england when is england will judge us. when is the to of course, the right time to of course, maybe reducing interest maybe start reducing interest rates . but rachel reeves rates. but rachel reeves of course, shadow chancellor course, the shadow chancellor saying conservatives saying that the conservatives can't really get , get, get the can't really get, get, get the country out of this mess. of course, they're the ones that have been in power for 14 years. okay jack carson. >> thank you. live from birmingham. you almost got swept away by a road sweeper there,

jack. i'm normally not much friend of the reporter, although as we know, birmingham city council. recently declared council. jack recently declared bankruptcy. goodness bankruptcy. so thank goodness they're still out cleaning the streets . jack live from streets. jack carson live from birmingham. thank much. birmingham. thank you very much. always a pleasure. now, still to come, i'll look at the case of the three women convicted yesterday of a terror offence at a pro—palestine protest. but first, in a gb news new series, innovation britain , we are innovation britain, we are looking at the success of british manufacturing around the country . country. >> one of the biggest issues we're facing today in the manufacturing and engineering sectors is the fact that there's a skills shortage and a skills gap, but there's companies out there this one that are there like this one that are doing something about it. so paul doing something about it. so paul, what's happening here? >> well, here at income training we deliver engineering and manufacturing we deliver engineering and manuf start ng in their so we start people in their engineering career like the people we see behind us today.

and this year we've had our biggest intake ever of people going into engineering, manufacture , going on an manufacture, going on an apprenticeship to shape their future . future. >> so how did we get into this situation in the first place? >> it's a result of generations of people not coming into the sector . um, of people not coming into the sector. um, we're trying to do something about that. we're trying to show everyone that engineer manufacturing is a great career, and the apprenticeship is a great route into that career. >> are you doing this ? >> and how are you doing this? >> and how are you doing this? >> what doing at inc.com >> what we're doing at inc.com is inspiring young people to come into the sector. there's loads of companies, big and small, within the uk , and these small, within the uk, and these people where they want to people are where they want to use their brain or use their hands. they're going into careers that will last them a lifetime, and it's not just apprenticeships, is it? it's not. no. so we are bridging skills gaps through a variety of programmes. last year we launched the first ever uk tool academy in partnership with with grandera, a birmingham based company and that's for bringing in people who are already

engineers to go from here to here through our full time programme . programme. >> but you're also upskilling too, aren't you ? too, aren't you? >> we are, we are. we launch the uk's first ever tool academy at our other site that is about upskilling existing engineers in the tooling sector to go from here to here through a 20 week full time programme .

radio. >> welcome back. it's 348. you're watching or listen to martin daubney on gb news now . martin daubney on gb news now. 4:00 i'll have the latest on the anti—semitism crisis that's now engulfed sftt the labour party. but first, the latest on the conflict in the middle east. an israeli israeli forces have launched what they've called an extensive wave of attacks in lebanon. they started just a few extensive wave of attacks in lebanon. hours after a hezbollah rocket

attack on the northern israeli town of safford, where one person was killed and at least eight others were reportedly injured. well, i'm joined now by a reporter , charlie peters. a reporter, charlie peters. charlie, welcome to the show. the situation gets ever more precarious in the middle east. what's the latest there? >> well, that rocket attack from hezbollah into northern hit a northern army command building in the area, killing one woman. we've heard in the last hour. and those eight others rescued by helicopter to local emergency hospital calls, the reaction from the israeli air force was very soon after they struck targets this way, further north than they previously had in southern lebanon . and the southern lebanon. and the israeli defence forces have said in the last hour that they were targeting targeting elements of the radwan forces, which is the so—called elite special forces element of hezbollah, the iran backed terrorist organisation which has extensive control within lebanon . in now these

within lebanon. in now these attacks this morning by hezbollah, the rocket attacks , hezbollah, the rocket attacks, the barrage that struck those buildings in northern israel came just a day after hassan nasrallah, the chief of hezbollah , said that there would hezbollah, said that there would be no peace in the israeli—lebanese border region until a ceasefire was enacted in gaza. until a ceasefire was enacted in gaza . so how close are we to gaza. so how close are we to that ceasefire well, yesterday, chiefs from the spy agencies, from the united states and from israel met with egyptian and also qatari delegations in cairo to discuss progress for the ceasefire negotiations and for the release of hostages and the entry of aid within cairo and that meeting, according to the national security council spokesperson john kirby, was concerned active and progress has been made. but at the same time we have heard reports in israeli media this morning that there is increasing concern on there is increasing concern on the israeli side about the

demands being made by hamas for the exchange of those hostages. some 134 remain in. and when 110 of them were freed during those cease fires in november , that cease fires in november, that was mostly due to the exchange with palestinian prisoners held mostly within the west bank. apparently, the concern in israel is that the amount of demand and the number of prisoner shows that hamas want released is too high. well, in the meantime , this significant the meantime, this significant escalation in lebanon is a concerning development. and could we see other iran backed proxies react further as that imminent ground invasion of rafah looms amid considerable internal concern? we'll keep an eye on all of the developing progress in those areas. >> okay, charlie peters , >> okay, charlie peters, excellent summary as ever. thank you very much for joining us excellent summary as ever. thank you very much forjoining us on you very much for joining us on the show. now, moving on. an asylum seeker convicted of a terror offence at a pro—palestine protest claims she moved to the uk after being

persecuted by hamas . haber persecuted by hamas. haber al—hayat was one of the three women found guilty of carrying or displaying an article to arouse reasonable suspicion that they are supporters of a banned organisation. hamas they had images of a paragliderjust one images of a paraglider just one week after hamas killed 1200 israelis on their terrorist invasion on october 7. al hayek's barrister told the court that she was concerned the conviction would affect her refugee status and could affect her family in gaza. an astonishing story. and to pick over this now can now speak with immigration lawyer hojjat singh bhangal hijab. welcome to the show . this is a story i just try show. this is a story i just try and need to make sense of this because i for the life of me, it's driving me and thousands and thousands of people watching this show bonkers. so so this individual was convicted of a terror related incident, but it

turns out the judge didn't agree . she supported hamas even though the crown prosecution service , special crime and service, special crime and counter terrorism unit did think she was supporting hamas, but mostly the biggest dilemma for me is that she's an asylum seeker here who is claiming to be fleeing hamas , yet she was be fleeing hamas, yet she was supporting hamas . help me make supporting hamas. help me make sense of this . sense of this. >> yeah, it's a bizarre story . >> yeah, it's a bizarre story. >> yeah, it's a bizarre story. >> so you've got a case here where somebody claimed asylum and has been very critical of hamas in the past, and on that basis, they've got asylum . basis, they've got asylum. >> uh, goes to a protest, displays images of a paraglider, i believe , and which the police i believe, and which the police have thought will hold on. this is in support of hamas , and this is in support of hamas, and this is in support of hamas, and this is against certain , uh, is against certain, uh, terrorism acts. so the police prosecute the judge hears the case and the judge gives a conditional discharge , which in conditional discharge, which in essence is finding them guilty but is not jailing them. a

conditional discharge is saying, well, hold on, um, you won't go to jail or prison, but if you do commit a further offence in the penod commit a further offence in the period of this discharge , then period of this discharge, then you will be resentenced for the original offence. and in the finding, the judge said, well, there is no evidence to show that she supports hamas . in that she supports hamas. in fact, evidence to the fact, it's evidence to the contrary . now, this the whole contrary. now, this is the whole situation and the whole situation and the whole situation ourselves in situation we find ourselves in is bizarre because you know, supporting hamas or not or criticising hamas and yet alongside, um , also not alongside, um, also not supporting, uh , 20 odd or even supporting, uh, 20 odd or even more 20, 20,000 people who have been killed in gaza , of 70% of been killed in gaza, of 70% of which are women and children. let's not forget, um, you know, they are not mutually exclusive. you can still be critical of hamas and, you know, you can also be critical of the fact that, um, people have been killed and it's disproportionate . and israel's response is not proportionate . um, you can still proportionate. um, you can still be critical of all of that and just wish peace generally. so i

think this shows us what a complex situation it is and the emotions that it brings out. >> i'm afraid we have to leave it there. hold you up in bangor, we could talk about this all day, but we have to leave it there. okay. sir keir starmer is under after has under pressure after labour has ditched amid ditched two candidates amid an ongoing semitism crisis. ditched two candidates amid an ongoi have semitism crisis. ditched two candidates amid an ongoi have the amitism crisis. ditched two candidates amid an ongoi have the fullism crisis. ditched two candidates amid an ongoi have the full story'isis. ditched two candidates amid an ongoi have the full story on;. we'll have the full story on that this. i'm martin that after this. i'm martin daubney on . gb news. daubney on. gb news. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . hello there. welcome to news. hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather update with me, annie from the met office. there'll be further rain to come for some of us, but for of us it will be a for many of us it will be a cloudy afternoon and evening with mild air persisting so with that mild air persisting so it very close and it will stay very close and muqqy it will stay very close and muggy through this evening and overnight . that mild is overnight. that mild air is pushing north through the afternoon will reach the afternoon and it will reach the far north of scotland, where they been escaping much of

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>> good afternoon. it's 4 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. today there's the latest on labour's antisemit crisis that's engulfing the party. sir keir starmer has now dumped two election candidates , but now election candidates, but now apparently he's under pressure to investigate a further five more. i'm going to speak to someone from the jewish voice for labour later on in the show . for labour later on in the show. joe and rishi sunak has had some good economic news at long last today. but would he suffer two damaging by—election defeats tomorrow ? and harry and meghan tomorrow? and harry and meghan are in canada , having flown

are in canada, having flown there in their private jet. of course. can they, in all seriousness, continue with their eco friendly nonsense ? and on eco friendly nonsense? and on valentine's day, we'll hear about the online dating hopeful who won't change his spot. yes, it's that little leopard there. romantic feelings all be revealed and that's coming later in this hour . revealed and that's coming later in this hour. thanks for revealed and that's coming later in this hour . thanks forjoining in this hour. thanks for joining me on the show. it's always a pleasure to have your company. please get in touch. email me the usual ways gbviews@gbnews.com is labour's antisemitism problem now totally out of control ? we've seen out of control? we've seen protests outside tobias edward's house. the mp, the conservative and the real fears for safety. is it going too far? can this be sorted out? but first, here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst .

polly middlehurst. >> martin. thank you and good afternoon to you. >> the top story from the newsroom today. >> the rate of inflation remains at 4. the same as december last year despite economic forecasters predicting a rise . 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 can't fix the economy because they're the reason it's broken. but the prime minister insisted the uk economy had turned a corner. the chancellor, jeremy hunt , agreed, chancellor, jeremy hunt, agreed, though more needs to be done . though more needs to 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 feels able to reduce interest rates. so this is a time to stick to 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. meanwhile political pressure is mounting on sir keir starmer after a second labour candidate was suspended from the party following accusations of anti—semitism . anti—semitism. >> graham jones allegedly questioned british people who volunteer to fight with the israeli defence forces, saying they should be locked up. it comes a day after labour withdrew support for the party's candidate for the rochdale by—election, azhar . ali after he by—election, azhar. ali after he suggested israel had taken the october the 7th hamas assault as a pretext to invade gaza . sir a pretext to invade gaza. sir keir vowed yesterday that his party had changed under his rule , and a london theatre has banned a comedian from performing after jewish banned a comedian from performing afterjewish audience members were reportedly hounded out of a show. the comedian paul curry presented both the ukrainian and palestinian flag to the audience. he's been accused of encouraging the crowd to chant and shout at an israeli ticket holder, after he refused to stand and applaud the

palestinian flag . soho theatre palestinian flag. soho theatre in central london has apologised and says it's looking into the incident. there are reports paul curry's next show could be cancelled. the audience member , cancelled. the audience member, levitin told gb news he 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, felt, excluded. the show, like in my head, i wasyou felt, excluded. the show, like in my head, i wasyou . felt, excluded. >> you. >> you. >> yeah, excluded. and just in my in mind, i was just like my in my mind, i was just like thinking unfairthis thinking about how unfair this comparison really comparison is. i just really didn't statement didn't agree with that statement . well travellers are set to face more disruption next month as train drivers walk out and issue an overtime ban . issue an overtime ban. >> northern and lner drivers are taking the action in a separate row to the ongoing national pay dispute . meanwhile, train dispute. meanwhile, train drivers at chiltern ctc east midlands, northern and transpennine have all voted to continue with their strikes. aslef general secretary mick whelan says the union is willing, though, to talk about a revised pay offer . now some news

revised pay offer. now some news reaching us from from central london, where nine people, including six police officers, have been taken to hospital after a collision between a double decker bus and a police van. it happened in south london. we understand one officer had to be rescued by a firefighters after being trapped inside vehicle, the inside the police vehicle, the met are saying. at this stage, those involved in the are those involved in the crash are believed to in a life believed to be in a life threatening condition. now 18 out of 31 nato countries , out of 31 nato countries, according to his chief, are on track to meet the 2% military spending target. yen stoltenberg was speaking at a conference where he says overall spending is set for another record year. and that comes as russia's fully 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. the comments come as british troops departed southampton yesterday , heading southampton yesterday, heading for poland to take part in the largest nato exercise since the

cold war, to demonstrate and test the alliance's capabilities here at home, crossbow owners could face police checks under government plans to stop the weapons being used in violent attacks . it comes after attacks. it comes after convicted stalker bryce hodgson was shot dead by police last month after he broke into a london home armed with weapons, including a crossbow . there's including a crossbow. there's currently no registration system for owning a crossbow and no need for a licence . it's we're need for a licence. it's we're told today that shoplifting has hit a record high. that's according to the british retail consortium, with almost 70 million incidents recorded last year. million incidents recorded last year . that's million incidents recorded last year. that's more than double compared to the year before, which was 8 million. the amount lost to shops because of shoplifting has cost retailers £1.8 billion, record some, and the first time it has surpassed the first time it has surpassed the billion pound mark. violence and abuse against shop workers also spiked last year, with

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to gb news .com/ alerts. nike poly. >> now we start with the anti—semitism crisis that's engulfed the labour party. sir keir starmer has now ditched two parliamentary candidates due to alleged anti—semitic comments, and the telegraph says the party is being pressured to investigate a further five more candidates . yesterday, labour candidates. yesterday, labour suspended former mp graham jones , who's been selected to for stand the seat of hyndburn near blackburn , at the next general blackburn, at the next general election . jones made election. jones made a derogatory comment about israel at a meeting after hamas attacks . on october the 7th and a day earlier , labour withdrew its earlier, labour withdrew its support for the party's candidate for the rochdale by—election azhar ali, after he made anti—semitic remarks at the very same meeting . well, to very same meeting. well, to discuss this fire balling crisis, now i'm joined by our political editor in the studio, chris depher. hope, chris, it just seems to be going on and on and on. is this a case now of sir keir starmer playing whack a

mole? wherever he looks? there seems to anti—semitism seems to be anti—semitism bubbung seems to be anti—semitism bubbling up. >> what's happened is they haven't it. the labour haven't gripped it. the labour party, for these first party, this for these first issues about azhar ali in issues emerge about azhar ali in the mail on sunday on saturday night, um, then they decide to back him sir keir starmer so you're going to back him? put lisa nandy appeared in an event with a campaigning rally with mr ali, a campaigning rally with mr ali, a campaigning rally with the labour party on sunday. on we had other senior on monday we had other senior figures the party supporting figures in the party supporting him. thomas—symonds came figures in the party supporting him notably homas—symonds came figures in the party supporting him notably pat as—symonds came figures in the party supporting him notably pat mcfadden. s came figures in the party supporting himnotably pat mcfadden. byame out notably pat mcfadden. by monday night they dropped him and that's because because more remarks emerged from the event, talked about in the mail. but from last october about those attacks on israel on the 7th of october and then something else happened overnight. graeme jones , the candidate for hyndburn, former labour mp 2010 to 2019. he was heard on the tape of that same event using expletive to describe israel . now there's a describe israel. now there's a debate about whether what he said was actually anti—semitic. um ed balls, um, a former labour shadow chancellor, he says he he

thinks it's not anti—semitic to say effing israel because it's a criticism on foreign policy . but criticism on foreign policy. but the line is, when it comes to attacking groups, jewish groups in this country, against criticising israel and its foreign policy approach towards what's happening. maybe in gaza or elsewhere. mr ball said. interestingly, he said he knows graham jones well. he's not a corbynite not hard left and not anti—israel . corbynite not hard left and not anti—israel. he's criticising what's happened in a foreign policy situation. so for me, the suspension of graham jones adds the crisis around the party but is different to what azhar ali said. and of course he now regrets those remarks. >> okay , a different perspective >> okay, a different perspective on this. join us now is a spokesperson at jewish voice for laboun spokesperson at jewish voice for labour, naomi winbourne idrissi, welcome to the show , naomi. so welcome to the show, naomi. so seems to be another um the palestine problem once again resurface to haunt sir keir starmer . do resurface to haunt sir keir starmer. do you think labour has an anti—semitic problem ? an anti—semitic problem? >> that's a very interesting way of putting it. i think labour

has a problem identifying what anti—semitism is and as your last contributor just pointed out , there is a big question out, there is a big question where where do we cross the line from talking about israel in a pejorative or critical way and actually attacking jewish people? >> now , i think a lot, nearly >> now, i think a lot, nearly all of what is being described these days as anti—semitic or offensive to jews is nothing to do with anything that is genuinely hurtful or threatening or dangerous to jewish people. >> i feel less safe because of the hysteria and the attempts to sort of throw out anybody who's remotely sympathetic to palestine or critical of israel from party. >> i feel i feel alarmed about that because people think that jews are people who can't bear debate and discussion about one of the biggest issues in the world at the moment, i.e. what i view as what the international court of justice says may plausibly be genocide. >> we should be able to discuss that. and keir starmer is doing

the labour party no favours by engaging in a sort of ham fisted purge. >> an on off purge against some people and not other people at different times doesn't. >> it's not a good look. >> it's not a good look. >> and in rochdale what it's going to give alternative candidates a look in now all over the country there are people standing as independents against labour because they're so horrified at the lack of opposition to the tory position on gaza and israel . on gaza and israel. >> but naomi, surely sir keir starmer had to act as ali basically said, that israel lowered its defences deliberately . so hamas attacks . deliberately. so hamas attacks. terrorists came over the border , terrorists came over the border, allowing then israel to fight back.i allowing then israel to fight back. i mean, that's not anti—semitic ism. what is? well it's certainly anti—israel . it's certainly anti—israel. >> and it was ham fisted and inept of him because to say that israel positively allowed that horrendous attack to take place is, i think, wrong. >> however, the israeli state did ignore clear signs , which is did ignore clear signs, which is why many israelis are so furious

with netanyahu. so it's a kind of a bit of a fine line. um, if it's inept and if the labour party believes that somebody with with that lack of judgement doesn't deserve to be a candidate, well, fine. but to turn it into a mass hysterical nato wide panic, which makes jews feel afraid when they do not need to. >> what ? >> what? >> what? >> but, but but, naomi, jews are feeling very afraid. nationwide. we speak to them all all the time on this show. there's been a 700% boom in anti—semitic crimes since october 7. we've seen conservative mps have their offices firebombed . we've seen offices firebombed. we've seen death threats going out, and undeniably , this activity seems undeniably, this activity seems to be inexorably linked to the hard left within the labour party. oftentimes naomi. >> so where you're really going completely wrong, the threat to jews is real as the threat to all racialized minority communities is real. >> and it comes mainly from the very far right. and even those mps who've claimed that they are

subjected to horrendous anti—semitic abuse , it's the anti—semitic abuse, it's the people who've actually been charged and jailed in louisiana . charged and jailed in louisiana. berge's case, for example, were far right activists. so let's get this straight the threat to jewish people. >> naomi, naomi corbyn and his friends . friends. >> i'm a jewish person who was expelled from the labour party because i disagree with the line on i just want. >> naomi. naomi. ijust want i just want some clarity. so so are you saying are you saying that the boom in anti—semitism since october the 7th isn't dnven since october the 7th isn't driven by those who support palestine? it's been driven by the hard right. >> i think if there is real attack on jewish people as jews, not not offensive remarks made about israel that upset some people because i don't think thatis people because i don't think that is anti—semitism . that is anti—semitism. >> right. and lots of the lots of the offences that are, um, put into the data as being anti—semitic are not anti—semitic. they are comments about israel that can we please

make that distinction? it's not like daubing swastika on, on, uh, cemeteries or something like awful things like that, which do happen. a lot of it is to do with israel and a lot of it is from the far right. it's a suggest that left wing people like me, a jewish woman, are threatening to other jews. like me, a jewish woman, are threatening to otherjews. is threatening to other jews. is ridiculous. we're in a moral panic, and we have been for a couple of years now, and it is dangerous to jews if the normal population sees jews shutting down. discussion. >> throwing people out of jobs because they say something uncomplimentary about israel and acting as gatekeepers for what may be part of the public discourse . discourse. >> martin. i mean, you wouldn't like it, would you, if you were told, oh my goodness, i hear that you said something a little bit uncomplimentary mark that you said something a little bit un

smashing windows that belong to jewish shop owners, jewish children being afraid to wear their insignia on their blazers to school. this hasn't been dnven to school. this hasn't been driven by the hard right. this has happened since october the 7th. uh look, jews are genuinely frightened and jews have been made to be frightened over the last. >> not just since october the 7th, going back to her strangely enough, when, uh, a certain section of the labour party found it expedient to start attacking jeremy corbyn, and we started to be told that there are these terrible sections of people all on the left in the labour party, out to get jews . labour party, out to get jews. i've been canvassing for the labour party before i was expelled from it and had to discuss with jewish people genuinely hurt, genuinely upset, genuinely hurt, genuinely upset, genuinely worried because the news was full of lies about the extent of anti—semitism in the labour party. you have generated fear and panic, and it is so unfair to jewish people to let that to make that happen . and

that to make that happen. and it's unfair to everybody else because nobody can now discuss the genuine crime ipsis that's going on worldwide and about israel—palestine , zionism, how israel—palestine, zionism, how do we deal with what is a genocide? in my view, and the international court of justice is looking at that now . we can't is looking at that now. we can't talk about it now because people just shriek anti—semitism . if just shriek anti—semitism. if there is real racial crime against jews , of course it has against jews, of course it has to be dealt with as it does against muslims and black people and gypsy roma traveller people and gypsy roma traveller people and gay people and so on and so on. i think we have to get some perspective here. this is hysteria. the labour party is tearing itself apart because of a misapplication of the idea of what anti—semitism is. >> okay, we have to leave it there. naomi wimborne idrissi, jewish voice for labour, thank you very much. it's worth pointing out, though, there are only two political parties that have ever been investigated for racism and that is racism in the uk and that is jeremy labour and jeremy corbyn's labour party and the let's just think

the bnp. so let's just think about that . well, it's about that. well, it's investigations by the equality and human rights commission . and human rights commission. it's not hysteria, it's actual cases that were put forward . cases that were put forward. anyway, here are the candidates standing in the rochdale by—election. they are azhar ali, independent. mark coleman, independent. mark coleman, independent simon danczuk, reform uk ian donaldson, liberal democrat paul ellison, conservative george galloway, workers party of britain michael howarth, independent william howarth, independent william howarth, independent. guy otten, the green party raven rodent subordinate official monster raving loony and david tully, independent. we'll have lots more on labour's antisemitism crisis at 5:00, and there's plenty of coverage on our website gb news dot com. you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country . time now for the the country. time now for the great british giveaway and you really could be our next winner. with £18,000 in cash from us. you fancy getting your claws on that? well here's all the

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about their own achievements. but they don't even mention the royal family. it's all about the sussexes now . there are some sussexes now. there are some good news for rishi sunak today is inflation. finally didn't rise. it was widely expected that inflation would go up in january, but it remained stable at 4. chancellor jeremy hunt at 4. chancellorjeremy hunt says their plan is working 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 . plan that is clearly working. but we need to make sure that we really get to that end point of inflation at 2. it's clearly well become that in a cost of living crisis , wages are going living crisis, wages are going up living crisis, wages are going ”p by living crisis, wages are going up by faster than inflation. but what we want is for that to

happen on a sustained basis , and happen on a sustained basis, and that means getting inflation lower than it is today. it's still too high at 4. we need it to be back down at 2. and then we can be confident that as wages grow, it won't be inflationary. and that's why we need to stick to our plan. so companies need to show restraint. well what we need to do is to make sure that we don't do is to make sure that we don't do anything that compromises the battle against inflation. it's still too high at 4. we need it to be down at 2. then interest rates can come down and we won't have to worry about the pressure from wage rises . from wage rises. >> well, jeremy hunt is happy , >> well, jeremy hunt is happy, but what about our economics and business editor, liam halligan, who joins me now. liam, welcome to the show . always a pleasure. to the show. always a pleasure. so they've remained stable, as you predicted . inflation is this you predicted. inflation is this crumbs of comfort or thin gruel ? crumbs of comfort or thin gruel? >> i think downing street has done a quite a good job in expectation management, if i may say so . so, martin, jeremy say so. so, martin, jeremy hunfs say so. so, martin, jeremy hunt's been saying inflation

doesn't fall on a straight line pretty much daily for the last two weeks when it became clear to those of us watching closely that inflation would probably be flat or even go up this month , flat or even go up this month, in december, of course, inflation went up to 4% from 3.9% in november. it stayed at 4% in january . that's still 4% in january. that's still double the bank of england's target of 2. but because downing street's been saying, oh my god, it might go up, we're all saying, oh crikey, it's good. it was only flat . jeremy hunt, to was only flat. jeremy hunt, to be fair to him, was only flat. jeremy hunt, to be fairto him, is right. be fair to him, is right. inflation doesn't fall in a straight line . but we are straight line. but we are clearly on a downward trend as recently as the end of 2022, inflation was at a 40 year high. martin of over 11. it's now 4. as i said , within that 4% food as i said, within that 4% food inflation is still at 7. food pnces inflation is still at 7. food prices did come down between december and january. that's why some people were referring to lower food prices. that's month on month, year on year, though,

compared to january 2023. food pnces compared to january 2023. food prices are up by 7, so food prices are up by 7, so food price inflation is actually dragging up the overall level of inflation because it's higher in the overall level of inflation. and of course, poorer households spend disproportionately more of their money on food. so they feel inflation is, uh, punishing impact more, uh, heavily on their households within the inflation number, transport inflation number, transport inflation actually went negative inflation actually went negative in january . what does that mean. in january. what does that mean. that means when it comes to transport, particularly petrol and diesel costs, prices are actually lower in january 2024 than 2023, largely because oil pnces than 2023, largely because oil prices have come down a fair bit. so it's a mixed picture. but inflation is steady at 4% because inflation isn't coming down. i don't think there's any chance now that the bank of england is going to lower interest rates. when the monetary policy committee, the nine economists who make interest decisions when interest rate decisions when they of march, they meet on the 21st of march, so think we've got at least

so i do think we've got at least 1 to 2 more months of base rates at 5.25, but as speculation builds and i think the next inflation for number february will definitely be down quite heavily as expectations build , heavily as expectations build, that inflation is falling and interest rates are going to fall from the bank of england. commercial interest rates by commercial interest rates set by mortgage companies, loan companies will start coming companies they will start coming down even before the down anyway, even before the bank england lowers rates. bank of england lowers rates. that's already happening. that's why base rate is 5.25. but why the base rate is 5.25. but you can get a mortgage for a lot less than that these days because a mortgage is over. many years they are driven years and they are driven by expectations rates will expectations of where rates will be average over that long be on average over that long lending period . so tomorrow lending period. so tomorrow we've got another big inflation number coming out. we've got the gdp number coming out at 7 am. i'll be in the studio as ever with ellie and eamonn interesting that the tories , interesting that the tories, they've really hung their hat on an election strategy of waiting for the next election, waiting

for the next election, waiting for interest rates to come down, waiting for tax cuts to happen, waiting for tax cuts to happen, waiting for tax cuts to happen, waiting for the economy to pick up and escape the cost of living crisis. escape the clutches of lockdown. waiting for a kind of economic feelgood factor. but how ironic would it be for rishi sunakin how ironic would it be for rishi sunak in particular, who's got these two really awkward by elections in kingsdown , in south elections in kingsdown, in south gloucestershire and wellingborough in northants tomorrow? how awkward would it be for him if the very first really big domestic economic headune really big domestic economic headline of the year, as voters go to the polls, is that britain entered recession. it's not a good look. >> yeah. and that could well happen. what's your prediction on that front , mr halligan? you on that front, mr halligan? you normally get it right . normally get it right. >> well, i wrote in the sunday telegraph at the weekend that i do think it's more likely than not that the uk did go into recession at the back end of last year, a recession, of course, is two consecutive quarters of economic contraction. we know that the economy shrunk july, august,

september. that's the third quarter. last year it shrunk just by 0.1, by a 10th of 1. that's a tiny amount in a, you know £2 trillion economy. and it may be that there was another very, very tiny o.1% slowdown in the final quarter of last year. october, november , december. october, november, december. that's two consecutive quarters of economic contraction. it would be the, the shallowest possible recession that you could have. but it was still crossed the line into recession that the dreaded r word would still be linked to this conservative government a government that is really trying to paint itself as if not economically competent, then certainly less economically incompetent than their labour rivals, and the potential government in waiting. so i do think we could see numbers tomorrow morning saying that the uk went into recession at the back end of last year, which would be ironic because gdp numbers, backward numbers, they're backward looking so far

looking by definition. so far this year. january, the first couple of weeks of february, the survey data that i look at, the unofficial data that often pre—empts what the official data is going to say in a few months time, it's actually been pretty good. there are signs of life in this economy. manufacture order books growing. consumer books are growing. consumer confidence is rising. inward investment is happening off the back of the notion that inflation is falling. the cost of living squeeze is easing and interest rates are soon going to be coming down, down. so there are signs of real economic life in this economy. but as ever, the economic data is always the last to know . last to know. >> superb liam halligan always on the money. thank you very much for that expert summary. and there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00. i've got the amazing story of the leopard at an english zoo is proving a huge hit on a dating app proving a huge hit on a dating app for animals , but first, it's app for animals, but first, it's time for your latest news headunes time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst

. the top stories this hour. >> political pressure is mounting on sir keir starmer over the labour party's culture following fresh allegations of anti—semitism . um, it's after anti—semitism. um, it's after graham jones became the second candidate to be suspended from the party. he was reportedly recorded saying british people who volunteer to fight with the israeli defence forces should be locked up and that came a day after labour withdrew support for the party's rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali, after he suggested israel had taken the october. the seventh hamas attack as a pretext to invade gaza and a london theatre has banned a comedian from performing after a jewish audience . members were audience. members were reportedly hounded out of a show. paul curry has been accused of encouraging the crowd to chant and shout at an israeli ticket holder , after he refused ticket holder, after he refused to stand and applaud the palestinian flag. london soho theatre has apologised and says

it is looking into the incident. the rate of inflation remains at 4% today, the same as december last year, despite economic forecasts . reuters predicting forecasts. reuters 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 , though, criticised the figure, though, saying conservatives can't fix the economy because they're the reason it's broken and crossbow owners could face police checks under government plans to stop the weapons being used in violent attacks . it comes after violent attacks. it comes after convicted stalker bryce hodgson was shot dead by police last month after he broke into a london home armed with weapons, including a crossbow. there are currently no registration systems in place for owning a crossbow and no need for a licence . those are the latest licence. those are the latest top stories for more details, sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or head to gb news dot com slash

alerts . alerts. >> thank you. poorly. now megan's biography on a new website mentions her support for gender equality and human rights. but guess what? it doesn't even mention the royal family at all. it's all about megan . i'm martin daubney on gb megan. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

news radio. >> welcome back. it's 4.37. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news at 5:00. i'll have the latest on the anti—semitism crisis that's now engulfing the labour party . now engulfing the labour party. but before that, harry and meghan have failed to mention the royal family across 950 words, listing their own achievements on their new personal website. meghan's biography even talks about her

advocacy for gender equality and human rights. well, of course it does. human rights. well, of course it does . and it's even been does. and it's even been reported they didn't consult the royals before they launched their revamped website on monday. harry and meghan have kept their titles as the duke and duchess of sussex and in fact, the website address is sussex .com. well let's speak now to gb news roy correspondent cameron walker . cameron, here we cameron walker. cameron, here we go again . cameron walker. cameron, here we go again. it's all cameron walker. cameron, here we go again . it's all about the go again. it's all about the sussexes and it has to be said the website , biography, details the website, biography, details of themselves read like a gushing work of fiction. >> and the problem is martin, of course, is distracting from the reason in that harry and meghan have flown to canada today, which is for the one year countdown to the invictus games . countdown to the invictus games. the reason i mention that is because on this new website, prince harry's biography claims he is an elemental campaigner. get this. what kind of mode of transport? they flew to canada in private jet, correct? two

private jet flights say have taken martin. so that has distracted from from the event itself of course very worthy event that prince harry set up to support veterans . um, kind of to support veterans. um, kind of olympic style event . but then olympic style event. but then the other thing is this whole row about whether or not they are now cashing in on their royal status , harry and meghan's royal status, harry and meghan's team would say that they are the duke and duchess of sussex. they have a right to use those titles . it's their legal titles. but the problem is, in 2020, at this so—called sandringham summit, when they were thrashing out, um, how they were going to be members of the royal family without being working royals, they agreed that they would not use royal status to make use their royal status to make money, and the line appears to be blurring here. we've got the royal , meghan's royal royal crest, meghan's royal crest on the front page of this new website site. their titles are mentioned and their children's titles are mentioned as prince harry and, uh, sorry, not prince harry. prince archie and princess lilibet , but meghan and princess lilibet, but meghan is hit back in the last few

hours, she's released a statement , a hours, she's released a statement, a very hours, she's released a statement , a very subtle statement, a very subtle statement, a very subtle statement talking about the websites creator, saying that there is a reason i have worked with ryan and the talented team at article for a decade. there attention to detail, their creativity and care, and the thoughtful approach to design as well as to the user experience . well as to the user experience. they're not just designers, they are collaborators who elevate yourideas are collaborators who elevate your ideas into visual identities. they're a very special company . plus they're special company. plus they're canadians. so i'm a fan and the same website designers created meghan's lifestyle blog the tig before she married prince harry. and of course, meghan spent many years in canada filming suits. so clearly meghan is very pleased with the website . um, pleased with the website. um, but it's interesting because it's meghan's crest, meghan's biography is longer than prince harry's , so it's all a little harry's, so it's all a little bit mismatched . it's unbalanced . bit mismatched. it's unbalanced. >> cameron it's an absolute word . salad of wellness , narcissism . salad of wellness, narcissism and self reverence. and i've got and self reverence. and i've got a simple question can you be a

princess and a feminist? everyone's a feminist these days. well, i mean, i'm not, but can you be a feminist and your your raison d'etre is to marry a prince and never have to work ' 7 m. again? >> well, if you look at the work that meghan did when she was a member of the royal family, which she very much highlights in biography the new in the biography in the new website, the website, she launched the cookbook grenfell cookbook supporting grenfell victims very worthy. she also became a patron of smartworks, which a charity in the uk which is a charity in the uk which is a charity in the uk which supports women, gets into the and build the workplace and build confidence . what it doesn't confidence. what it doesn't mention and what a lot of people are scratching their heads over today, is that what has meghan, orindeed today, is that what has meghan, or indeed harry done? apart from the games ? uh, to make the invictus games? uh, to make people's lives better on either side of the atlantic, having stepped back as working members of the royal family and that is the big challenge for it's trying to get back on that philanthropic work ethic rather than complaining about the fact that they are members of the royal family which clearly has not done them any favours in the ratings. >> okay, put the sussexes to one

side. if we could. know that's side. if we could. i know that's difficult them to do. what difficult for them to do. what about king's health? the about the king's health? the importance how's importance of cameron? how's charles on? charles getting on? >> king charles left >> yes, the king charles left london this morning or early this afternoon. it's understood that he was receiving further treatments following his cancer diagnosis . treatments following his cancer diagnosis. he treatments following his cancer diagnosis . he was pictured diagnosis. he was pictured leaving clarence house with his private secretary, clive alston. in his statement . it's the same in his statement. it's the same car you see on your screens now, and you can see that they are massive windows king charles clearly wants to be seen and he wants to get that message of reassurance out there. buckingham palace are not going reassurance out there. buprovidem palace are not going reassurance out there. buprovide a palace are not going reassurance out there. buprovide a runningare not going reassurance out there. buprovide a running commentary to provide a running commentary about king's health or the about the king's health or the treatments he's receiving , but i treatments he's receiving, but i think can take comfort the think we can take comfort in the fact clearly looks fact that he clearly looks pretty well here, considering the got a cancer the fact he's got a cancer diagnosis and he's well enough to be photographed and looks relatively happy. so back relatively happy. so he's back in sandringham this afternoon, resting and recuperating, and he's very much carrying on his work as monarch behind the scenes, superb stuff. >> cameron walker, thank you. as ever an excellent update.

brilliant now if you're hoping to get a takeaway delivered on valentine's day like cameron there, you might be disappointed because delivery riders that work for food ordering platforms are going on strike today. they're all at it . are going on strike today. they're all at it. i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel .

radio. >> welcome back. it's 446. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news now at 5:00 i'll have the latest on the anti—semitism crisis that is simply engulfing the labour party. but before that, takeaway delivery riders that work for food, ordering platforms such as deliveroo, just eat and uber eats are on strike today. the action is to highlight the issue of pay and conditions , and many of pay and conditions, and many of pay and conditions, and many of the drivers and riders are classified as self—employed , so classified as self—employed, so the platforms are not obliged to

pay the platforms are not obliged to pay them. the national living wage. well joining us now is gb news national reporter theo chikomba theo, the delivery boys and girls going on strike. what's the latest? they are indeed. >> it's probably bad for news people who are celebrating valentine's day today , as from valentine's day today, as from 5:00 today until 10:00, um, you won't be able to get those deliveries as you normally would do during that time period . and do during that time period. and what we are expecting on this road here, just outside mcdonald's, one, hundreds of delivery riders will be congregating here as part of this strike action, has this strike action, which has been led by delivery job uk, a grassroots movement which has been spearheading this and they say simply that the pay and conditions aren't good enough . conditions aren't good enough. now, in terms of the money that they get, it depends on the job. now, if someone orders something they can get between £2.40 to around £4.80, depending on the company they work for. there are many options like delivery just

eat and many others which operate in the city and towns across the uk . but they're across the uk. but they're saying a huge chunk of that, around 80% is taken by the company. so it leaves them with not much money. i spoke to one gentleman today and he was saying, if you're having to go five miles by the time you go to the restaurant, pick up food and then deliver it and go the then deliver it and go to the next job, you simply haven't made that you would made that money that you would have made if you on the have made if you were on the national minimum living wage, particularly here in the city where things are more expensive and they have been in recent years because of the cost of living crisis and just a few moments ago, we did speak to a driver who's just actually popped driver who's just actually popped one last popped up to one of her last jobs, saying, i've jobs, and she's saying, i've actually got a new job, and this is going to one of my last is going to be one of my last days simply, can't days because simply, i can't live she's been live on this pain. she's been working for here around six years the notting hill area, years in the notting hill area, so will be congregating so they will be congregating here. of were here. hundreds of them were expecting to see, and we'll be speaking them to hear about speaking to them to hear about their we also their concerns. we have also heard the companies at

heard from the companies at question here, deliveroo, just eat of the others, and eat and some of the others, and they're saying they take into they're saying they do take into consideration the concerns that their have , even though their staff have, even though they are self—employed , and they they are self—employed, and they ensure that they have time off. for example, when they have children training and those kind of things. but what we're heanng of things. but what we're hearing from staff, though, is simply isn't good enough, and they a minimum of they want at least a minimum of £5 they are making £5 when they are making deliveries . deliveries. >> you theo chikomba and >> thank you theo chikomba and by the way, a delivery rider just whizzed past your shoulder there, at least one of them there, so at least one of them is working. thank you. theo chikomba don't about you. chikomba i don't know about you. i don't think it's very romantic to rely on a takeaway being delivered. missus delivered. i've cooked my missus tonight roast pork. tonight a delicious roast pork. trouble she's vegetarian . trouble is, she's vegetarian. now, in case you haven't noticed , it's valentine's day, and i'll be honest , i couldn't care less. be honest, i couldn't care less. i can't stand the day. i think it's the worst days of it's one of the worst days of the year. but anyway, however, i did enjoy this story when i saw it this morning. and that's this a leopard at dartmoor zoo. it's proving hit on a dating proving a huge hit on a dating app proving a huge hit on a dating app for animals. frodo is

looking for love as part of a breeding program designed to increase the numbers of the endangered species. marvellous stuff for now. south west of england reporterjeff moody stuff for now. south west of england reporter jeff moody has this story . england reporter jeff moody has this story. this england reporter jeff moody has this story . this is england reporter jeff moody has this story. this is frodo species . species. >> he's amur leopard. place of birth. estonia. like this. going out for dinner, exploring nature, but equally happy with a netflix and chill. he is hit. he's. >> he's got some. he's got some likes . likes. >> many people swiping right. >> many people swiping right. >> i think they're swiping i yeah. >> i think they're swiping i yeah . is it right. you swipe for yeah. is it right. you swipe for . it's a good one. yeah. he's definitely got some right swipes there calling it the dating site for animals . for animals. >> you've heard of grindr and tinder . well this is zim's zoo tinder. well this is zim's zoo logical information management system to give it its unromantic title. all zoo animals have a profile 2 million from about 25,000 species, though according to dartmoor zoo boss benjamin

me, their profiles can be a bit too reliant on facts . not too too reliant on facts. not too many selfies and the algorithms can be brutal . can be brutal. >> you can't have any kind of genetic faults with that with that animal. >> they can't be in the slightest bit related to their partner or have any known defects . so all that kind of defects. so all that kind of genetic sifting is done by the stud book. and then through the dating site, um, the eligible girls are picked . and one of girls are picked. and one of them will be selected and ideally it would be someone, uh, who would be an animal from nearby. we have to go nearby. so we don't have to go through enormous process of through the enormous process of bringing from europe , as bringing him in from europe, as we um, with frodo. we did, um, with frodo. >> it's part of a breeding program run by the zoo, with the aim of reinstating reducing amur leopards world. leopards to the wild world. there are just 140 of them left in the wild , and less than 300 in the wild, and less than 300 in the wild, and less than 300 in european zoos. in the wild, and less than 300 in european zoos . they're in european zoos. they're critically endangered . so the critically endangered. so the pressure's on for frido to perform. on his first date. usually there'll be a little bit

of a kerfuffle and, um, usually the female will submit, lie down on her back and, uh , a bit of on her back and, uh, a bit of hissing and then that's all established. >> right now. >> right now. >> frido can to calm the zoo needs to raise funds to build him a love nest where his girlfriend can give birth as soon as he's up and running, it's game for on a bit of how's your father? and it won't be long. the zoo hopes before we hear the pitter patter of tiny paws before fredo's girlfriend blocks him and we start the whole process again. it's a tough life, jeff moody gb news. >> well, there's me, i said. i didn't like valentine's day and even that story as warmed my old cockles , defrosted my old cockles, defrosted my old glacial heart. lovely stuff. look, i asked you for your views earlier on in the show. vaiews@gbnews.com, and they've been coming in on mass. you've been coming in on mass. you've been particularly getting motivated and invigorated on

this valentine's day by labour's anti semitism problem. loads and loads of you have messaged in. let's read a few of those out now. john says this starmer is playing whack a mole within his own party at the moment. with regards to anti—semitism, and that's a good point john. we said that earlier on. it seems that whenever he stamps out some anti—semitism and to his credit, he has been quick to respond. another problem creeps up several more under investigation . and i was at the pro—palestine march the other night at downing street, just over the way here, on my way home, and i was surrounded by people very quickly , all of the political quickly, all of the political left persuasion , and they seem left persuasion, and they seem to be very , very dogmatic. it's to be very, very dogmatic. it's not just about the party itself. it's a whole generation, i believe, who seems to have been brought up on this indoctrinate ation that israel is the root of all evil and in fact , so is all evil and in fact, so is britain in its support. and we've seen that spilling over into protests outside mps house. that's a dangerous phenomenon

that surely needs to be stopped now. martin has said this if mr starmer had not backed jeremy to corbyn the hilt for leader and resigned ed back then, then he would have far more credence as he happens now, he does not have a leg to . stand on and david a leg to. stand on and david says this the last time labour were in power, everyone had to be extra careful regarding comments on immigration or you were labelled a racist. and i pointed out earlier on that only two political parties in the uk have ever been investigated for racism by the equality and human rights commission, and it's the labour party and bnp that's not very good company to be in. can starmer put these fires out this time ? that's the huge challenge time? that's the huge challenge he has ahead of him. i'm sure this will roll through to by elections. will it affect those results? we'll have to wait and see. we'll have all of the coverage here on gb news. of course on that . now the home course on that. now the home office has built up a stock of

16,000 properties to house asylum seekers despite chronic shortages across the uk of homes for young people and families . for young people and families. that's a £4 billion industry. and don't forget you're paying for it. we'll have all that after this. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel. >> with a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. hello there. boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . hello there. welcome on gb news. hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather update with me annie from the met office. there'll be further rain to come for some of us, but for of us will be a for many of us it will be a cloudy afternoon evening cloudy afternoon and evening with that mild air persisting so it very close and it will stay very close and muqqy it will stay very close and muggy through this evening and overnight . that mild air is overnight. that mild air is pushing north through the afternoon it will reach the afternoon and it will reach the far north of scotland, where they escaping much of they have been escaping much of they have been escaping much of the far today. so the wet weather so far today. so a cloudy night to come. plenty of arriving as well from of rain arriving as well from the south and it will push

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i >> -- >> away . >> away. >> away. >> good afternoon. it's 5:00 pm and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk . coming up, there's the latest on labour's anti—semitism crisis . sir keir starmer has now dumped two. the election candidates but now apparently he's under pressure to he's under further pressure to invest gate five more also the government's brought up, brought up thousands of homes for asylum seekers . even though we're in seekers. even though we're in the midst of a housing crisis with more than a million on the council house waiting list, 16,000 homes, cough up and it's cost £4 billion for the taxpayer. so far. and you're

paying taxpayer. so far. and you're paying for it all. and another day and more stories of, well, woke culture circling our armed forces. this time it's climate change and environmentally friendly paint that's high on the agenda. like they've got nothing else to worry about. that's all coming up in your next hour . thanks for that's all coming up in your next hour. thanks forjoining me on the show. it's always a pleasure to have your company. please get in touch. if anything. burning questions you want out there? want to get out there? vaiews@gbnews.com. had vaiews@gbnews.com. we've had hundreds and hundreds of emails so about labour party so far about the labour party and anti—semitic crisis and the anti—semitic crisis enveloping it. let us know your thoughts. also 16,000 homes thoughts. and also 16,000 homes hoovered up by the government to be given out for to free asylum seekers. meanwhile housing lists for resident brits are at breaking . point. and what about breaking. point. and what about housing? our own homeless and veterans? first, please get in

touch on that . let's talk about touch on that. let's talk about in the next hour. but . before in the next hour. but. before all of that, it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst martin. >> thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story from the gb news room today is the political pressure is mounting on sir keir starmer following fresh of fresh allegations of anti—semitism within the labour party. it's after graham jones became the second candidate to became the second candidate to be dropped by labour. he was reportedly recorded saying british people who volunteer to fight with the israeli defence forces should locked up and forces should be locked up and that came a day after labour withdrew support for the party's rochdale by—election. candidate azhar ali, after he suggested israel had taken the october hamas attacks as a pretext to invade gaza and a london theatre has banned a comedian from performing after jewish has banned a comedian from performing afterjewish audience members were reportedly hounded out of a show. paul curry

presented both a ukrainian and palestinian flag to his audience . he's been accused of encouraging the crowd to chant and shout at an israeli ticket holder , after he refused to holder, after he refused to stand and applaud the palestinian flag . soho theatre palestinian flag. soho theatre in central london has apologised and said it's looking into the incident. there are reports that paul curry's next show could be cancelled. the audience member , cancelled. the audience member, levitin told gb news that he felt excluded . felt excluded. >> you know, 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 excluded. yeah, you felt excluded. yeah, excluded. in my in my excluded. and just in my in my mind, i was just like thinking about how unfair this comparison is. i just really didn't agree with that statement. >> economic news and the rate of inflation remains today. inflation remains at 4% today. the as december last year. the same as december last year. that's despite economic forecasters predicting a rise . forecasters predicting a rise. figures from the office for national statistics found that food prices did fall on a

monthly basis for the first time since september 2021, but the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, criticised the figure, saying conservatives can't fix the economy because they're the reason it's broken. the prime minister insists that the economy had turned a corner . the economy had turned a corner. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, agrees, though more needs be done . though more needs to be done. >> inflation . never falls in a >> 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. >> the chancellor now crossbow owners could face police checks under government plans to stop the weapons being used in violent attacks. it comes after convicted stalker bryce hodgson was shot dead by police last

month after he broke into a london home armed with weapons, including a crossbow. there's currently no registration system for owning one and no need for a licence . this trap dealers are licence. this trap dealers are set for more disruption as train drivers from northern and lner are planned. a strike on the 1st of march and will introduce a three day ban on overtime . three day ban on overtime. workers at the two operators are walking out in a separate row to the national pay dispute. they say it's because working agreements aren't being honoured. aslefs general secretary mick whelan says he's fed up with the bad faith shown by companies as, meanwhile, train five other train drivers at five other operators have also voted to continue their separate strikes in coming months. continue their separate strikes in coming months . israeli in the coming months. israeli strikes have hit villages across southern lebanon , killing at southern lebanon, killing at least four, including a woman and her two children. israeli forces say the attack, potentially the largest since war in the region, began , was in war in the region, began, was in response to hezbollah rocket fire, which killed a soldier . it fire, which killed a soldier. it comes as peace talks between

hamas and israel have stalled . hamas and israel have stalled. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu , saying the benjamin netanyahu, saying the terror group have presented no credible offer for a deal to get israeli hostages back home. meanwhile, 18 out of 31 nato countries are on track to meet the group's 2% military spending target. the alliance's chief, jens stoltenberg, says overall spending is set for another record year. nato's european states will invest a combined total of around £302 billion on defence this year , and that defence this year, and that comes as russia's war against ukraine enters its third year here at home. shoplifting has hit a record high, according to the british retail consortium , the british retail consortium, with almost 17 million incidents recorded last year . that's more 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. violence and abuse against

shop workers has also spiked last year, with about 13 scene incidents, 1300 incidents, i should say correctly a day. the shadow home secretary, yvette coopen shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, has called the figures shocking , describing the shocking, describing the escalation as a conservative failure on law and order. slightly brighter news for you to end this bulletin . it is to end this bulletin. it is valentine's day and lions at whipsnade zoo have been enjoying a perfect valentine's treat as the public has showered them with scented gifts . gifts the with scented gifts. gifts the zoo asked people to donate their unused fragrances , which were unused fragrances, which were sprayed on sacks, filled with straw or on tree stumps to create enticing scent. trail zookeepers say the smell of perfumes and aftershaves enhances the lions sensory experiences and encourages them to explore . beautiful for the to explore. beautiful for the very latest stories, sign up for gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or do go to gb news .com/ alerts .

news .com/ alerts. >> thank you paula. now there's only one place to start of course, and that's the anti—semitism crisis. that's now simply engulfing the labour party . sir simply engulfing the labour party. sir keir starmer simply engulfing the labour party . sir keir starmer now party. sir keir starmer has now ditched two parliamentary candidates due alleged candidates due to alleged anti—semitic comments . and the anti—semitic comments. and the telegraph now says that the party is being pressured to investigate a further five candidates. yesterday labour suspended mp graham suspended former mp graham jones, been selected to jones, who'd been selected to stand for the seat of hyndburn near blackburn, at the next general election. jones made a derogatory . comment about israel derogatory. comment about israel at a meeting after hamas's attacks on october 7. and of course, a day earlier, labour withdrew its support for the party's candidate for the rochdale by—election, azhar ali, after he made anti—semitic remarks at the very same meeting. well to mull over this now i'm joined by our political

editor in the studio , editor in the studio, christopher hope. chris the onward going saga of anti—semitism. it's having an impact. a poll is out this morning, a savanta poll showing a seven point swing away from laboun a seven point swing away from labour. will it have any impact, though, at the electoral booth , though, at the electoral booth, the polling stations the only place that matters course place that matters of course you're elections you're referring to by elections tomorrow wellingborough and tomorrow in wellingborough and kingswood . kingswood. >> and of course, looking forward into february the 29th in those in rochdale. let's park those two, three elections two, those three by elections and poll . savanta and look at this poll. savanta polled usual numbers of people representative of the population between february 9th and the between february the 9th and the 11th. matter now. 11th. those dates matter now. the found labour down five the polls found labour down five points, toys up two points. so the point swing in 12 the seven point swing in 12 point differential between those two polled before the two parties polled before the issue of mr ali in rochdale really became apparent . really became apparent. >> this was the u—turn on the 28 billion correct to. >> so we can only assume and again chris hopkins from savanta says don't read too much into

one poll. let's let's mark that. but that that poll there is about really the 28 billion u—turn last week story was this a day last week or the tomorrow six days? we were discussing the fact they dropped this plan to spend 28 billion on green projects in back the projects in the back end of the next parliament. the next parliament. that's the labour we that labour party. we have that briefing with keir starmer briefing with sir keir starmer and reeves. impact and rachel reeves. so the impact of re—emergence of alleged of this re—emergence of alleged anti—semitism in labour hasn't yet been felt in the polls. >> and what's your what's your kind of waters telling you? if there were to be? another poll includes this anti—semitic blow up, do you think there'll be a further downward poll for the labour party? i think it's a big problem. >> the tory party is clearly trying to show people that, you know, richard holden , the party know, richard holden, the party chairman, sent out email to supporters last night saying, are you surprised? labour's change urged? but azhar ali's comments, which he of course has taken back. but he did say them in a meeting in october last year after the 7th of october attacks on israel by hamas is proof of it . they're trying to

proof of it. they're trying to make the most of this , showing make the most of this, showing that hasn't changed. the that it hasn't changed. the point about sir keir starmer is he's not jeremy corbyn, he's moved the party on to space where they where anti—semitism is not tolerated . now, the is not tolerated. now, the jewish labour movement says today that there's no suggestion we're going to that. mike we're going back to that. mike katz says the idea we're in a bad old days of corbyn is ludicrous . but the point is, if ludicrous. but the point is, if they can't manage this issue in opposition, how will they be in government ? government? >> and on that very point, earlier on the show, i spoke to naomi winbourne idrissi, who's a spokesperson jewish voice spokesperson for jewish voice for labour. >> labour has a problem identifying what anti—semitism is. and as your last contributor just pointed out, there is a big question where do we cross the line from talking about israel in a pejorative or critical way and actually attacking jewish people? now, i think a lot, nearly all of what is being described these days as anti—semitic or offensive to jews is nothing to do with

anything that is genuinely hurtful or threatening or dangerous to jewish people . i dangerous to jewish people. i feel less safe because of the hysteria and the attempts to sort of throw out anybody who's remotely sympathetic to palestine or critical of israel from the party. i feel i feel alarmed about that because people think that jews are people think that jews are people who can't bear debate and discussion about one of the biggest issues in the world at the moment, i.e. what i view as what the international court of justice says may plausibly be genocide. we should be able to discuss that and keir starmer is doing the labour party. no favours by engaging in a sort of ham fisted purge , an on off ham fisted purge, an on off purge against some people and not other people at different times doesn't. it's not a good look. and in rochdale, what it's going to give alternative candidates a look in now all over the country there are people standing as independents against labour because they're so horrified at the lack of opposition to the tory position

on gaza and israel. the threat to jews is real as the threat to all racialized minority communities is real, and it comes mainly from the very far right . and even those mps who've right. and even those mps who've claimed that they are subjected to horrendous anti—semitic abuse are the people who've actually been charged and jailed in louisiana, burgess case, for example, were far right activists. so let's get this straight the threat to jewish people. >> naomi, naomi corbyn and his friends . friends. >> i'm a jewish person who was expelled from the labour party because i disagree with the line on. >> okay. as you can see there, i was trying to get a word in at the end. if you go to our youtube channel, you'll see that full debate naomi wimborne. full debate with naomi wimborne. idrissi chris on idrissi and i picked up chris on her where she tried to pin her point where she tried to pin this surge, a tidal wave of anti—semitism. since october 7th when hamas invaded israel on the far right. to me, that's literally absurd. the tangible

quantities bible data is there doesn't match that point. >> i think that's where she lost the audience. possibly. i think we must be also respect naomi for having experienced anti—semitism herself . and she's anti—semitism herself. and she's she's been through that. she's she's been through that. she's she left labour during the corbyn years. so she has that experience . so it really is it experience. so it really is it it matters more to her than other people aren't jewish. other people who aren't jewish. of it does. um, but of course it does. um, but i think you can say it's left and right problem. you can't pin it on the right. gives on the far right. that gives the left and that isn't left a free pass. and that isn't the case. and it is left and right but she would right issue. but she would probably she probably admit that were she discussing now that discussing it. now that it is a left issue, it's not left and right issue, it's not just a far right, but but i think i think, you know, one wants go, away. her wants to go, go, go away. her point about, though, about criticising and you criticising israel and, and you can and not be can do that and not be anti—semitic is a point made by ed shadow ed balls, the former shadow chancellor. graham chancellor. he says that graham jones, suspended jones, who has been suspended for effing israel, he for saying effing israel, he thinks that that you know, that he is not an anti—semitic individual. >> okay, well, for a different take on can now speak take on this, i can now speak with commentator with political commentator stephen stephen, stephen carlton—woods stephen, welcome to the show . stephen.

welcome to the show. stephen. um, this anti—semitic crisis now seems to be rolling on and on, and on. the big question is, is it over or is it simply a game? now of anti—semitic whack a mole ? >> 7- >> it's just 7 >> it's just the flaw >> it's just the start. >> it's just the start. >> it's just the start. >> i unfortunately, i would say , >> i unfortunately, i would say, uh, just listening to naomi weinberg's comments there, i was absolutely astounded that , uh, absolutely astounded that, uh, her stance on, uh, anti—semitism , um, sort of apologising for the labour party and criticising sir keir starmer. >> um , you can't roll over and >> um, you can't roll over and die on something so important as this, um , earlier on, over the this, um, earlier on, over the last 12 months, i've got to know ivan lewis quite well . uh, do ivan lewis quite well. uh, do a podcast with him occasionally talking about all sorts of different issues. and now ivan was kicked out of the labour party by jeremy corbyn. and his crew for his stance , uh, because crew for his stance, uh, because of the their lack of, uh, action with anti—semites ism. so, uh , with anti—semites ism. so, uh, uh, naomi's slung . out on the

uh, naomi's slung. out on the whole thing against ivan lewis, whole thing against ivan lewis, who was a former minister under tony blair for nine years. he's a very, very different. and labour and i think, you know, obviously i'm completely different to labour in the way they come across things. as i'm a conservative commentator more than anything else. i think keir starmer is doing the right thing in his crackdown on this anti semitism. but the thing is it's so widespread within the labour party , it's going to go on and party, it's going to go on and on and on and it's like a cancer within the labour party and it goes very very deep . and while goes very very deep. and while you've got naomi winberg denying all these terrible traits and then pointing it to the right, it's actually an issue within the far left. and many people i meet within the far left are all pro—palestine and so anti—israel . and this is where the root of the problem lies. >> stephen, do you think also , i >> stephen, do you think also, i mean, i was struck i've been on a these pro—palestine a couple of these pro—palestine marches to just observe. i'd just to the thick of

just like to get in the thick of it. i was the same on the remainer marches, do you think? oh, laughing here. oh, chris is laughing here. i just to get stuck and just like to get stuck in and see what's going ground see what's going on at ground level, struck level, and i'm struck by something there was something else. there was a thread through the pro palestinian that's also palestinian movement that's also very anti—british . what's your very anti—british. what's your take on that? well this is the this is the problem with the left in this country. >> we're so, so, uh, the left are so , uh, in denial about who are so, uh, in denial about who we are. and as a people, they sort of want to crush what we all stand for and what our core beliefs are , and, um, and, and beliefs are, and, um, and, and treat it as though it's some embarrassment about our past. this nation was the leading nafion this nation was the leading nation in the in the, uh , in the nation in the in the, uh, in the revolution with the, um, uh, the, the, um , uh, what's it the, the, um, uh, what's it called now? the industrial revolution? that's the word i'm thinking about. we've got a lot to be proud of. and this sort of deny that and think, oh, well, it's a disgrace. actually, we were the leaders in the world in doing away with racism and with,

uh, slavery and things like that. so we've got a lot to be proud of and we should never denyi proud of and we should never deny i mean, there are obviously some bad things , but we go back some bad things, but we go back a long, long way with our influence in the world. and i think it's something great to be proud we recognise proud of. and we recognise people's needs and differences. a ago , before the rest a long time ago, before the rest of the world and we set the boundanes of the world and we set the boundaries that we have today. so deny what we were all so to deny what we were all a part of, i think is a disgrace for the left, as it were . deny for the left, as it were. deny us that. okay >> superb stuff there. thank you very much for joining >> superb stuff there. thank you very much forjoining us. political commentator stephen carleton. and also a big thank you to chris hope for being here. the last few hours. excellent as ever . look forward excellent as ever. look forward to our next stint . now here are to our next stint. now here are the candidates standing in that rochdale by—election. azhar ali independent mark coleman , independent mark coleman, independent mark coleman, independent simon danczuk reform uk ian donaldson, liberal democrat paul ellison, conservative george galloway, workers party of britain michael

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problem. yeah, you're listening to gb news radio show. >> welcome back. it's 524. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now, later this hour we we'll discuss, um, the royal navy once again as they consider interest using compulsory climate change courses for all sailors. now, hopefully that will help solve the retention and recruitment crisis in our armed forces. they'll be queuing up the rainbow brigade now. the home office has built up a stock of 16,000 properties to house asylum seekers, despite chronic shortages across the uk of homes for young people , families, for young people, families, veterans and the homeless. the home office have been offering landlords five year guaranteed full rent deals to take over the

management of properties as they attempt to transfer asylum seekers out of hotels that cost £8 million a day. of course , as £8 million a day. of course, as well, i can now speak with russell quirk, property expert on this. russell, welcome to the show. always a pleasure. another incident russell of britain being at the back of the queue . being at the back of the queue. 16,000 properties hoovered up by the government at great cost to the government at great cost to the taxpayer. once again people wondering who on earth comes first in this country. >> yeah. so if you're one of the 1.2 million people that are on the uk housing waiting list, uh, you know , generally sort of you know, generally sort of people that are paid into the system and that are deserving of that social housing, you can be, uh, very , uh, you can you can uh, very, uh, you can you can understand the sympathy that people will have for them, given that they are being put to the back of the queue, as you put it. uh, whereby asylum seekers are being prioritised . and of are being prioritised. and of course, this is not just asylum seekers. let's be really honest

here, martin. this is often those that are coming over on dinghies with no id, not women, not children, 25 year olds from albania , for instance, not a war albania, for instance, not a war torn country by the way, um, who are then being given priority by these idiotic councils and this haphazard, wayward, incompetent government. uh, over and above the people that are paid into the people that are paid into the tax system, this 16,000 homes, by the way, this is just the tip of the iceberg, martin. so you've got 16,000 homes that have been stockpiled by the home office on a rental basis. the average rent , by the in the average rent, by the way, in the uk is about £1,000 per month. so the for this the calculation just for this particular initiative that particular initiative means that we're paying half £1 we're still paying half £1 million per day to rent those 16,000 homes. so rishi sunak ridiculous , uh, ridiculous kind ridiculous, uh, ridiculous kind of , uh, ridiculous, uh, ridiculous kind of, uh, prophecy or his decision , his policy, the revelation that he was going to, uh, he was going to appeal to the masses by taking people as asylum seekers out of hotels and hostels that then should be lauded as some

kind of, you know, clever initiative that we should give him credit for. and all he's doneis him credit for. and all he's done is then take rental houses away from , uh, people that have away from, uh, people that have paid into the system . but but paid into the system. but but the other thing, martin, sorry. just quickly, is there are councils country and councils across the country and i've got huge, huge list here, i've got a huge, huge list here, just very, very, very quickly. winchester. preston north norfolk, yorkshire, norfolk, north yorkshire, waltham forest, portsmouth, basingstoke, local basingstoke, these local authorities are actually buying homes so new and used homes specifically for the purposes of housing, asylum seekers. so this is taking stock away from first time buyers that otherwise would be able to buy those homes and stock away from renters who actually have very, very little choice right now as it is because there's a housing shortage. this is a disgrace. martin >> yeah. and russell, explain that overview there. serco clearsprings and mears are three contractor companies to do this . contractor companies to do this. have been paid £4 billion. russell over ten years to hoover up this housing and the councils you touched upon there russell

i'm especially fascinated by what i see as a kind of refugees woke , um, mindset that seems to woke, um, mindset that seems to continue to become a working class problem. when you look at the communities where the cheap housing is being hoovered up, top of the list , places like top of the list, places like hull, bradford , teesside, what hull, bradford, teesside, what then happens , russell is he then happens, russell is he creates ghettos . you create creates ghettos. you create ghettos where locals can't afford housing, ghettos where asylum seekers are dumped nowhere near where where the policy makers live, nowhere near gary lineker's place, nowhere near the politicians driving this through. and it becomes a working class problem. dumped on those communities with no say whatsoever . whatsoever. >> yeah. no, indeed. and the home office and indeed these councils, they are buying masses of properties in the areas that you and i have just reference. so, um, you know, without any cultural assimilation, i think as we would call it, um, just yeah, dumping these people often, knowing who they are, often, not knowing who they are, not that of not forgetting that a lot of these asylum seekers

these so—called asylum seekers are id over the are dumping their id over the side the into the side of the dinghy into the engush you side of the dinghy into the english you know, english channel. um, you know, and expecting that , that, that and expecting that, that, that integration , that, that, kind of integration, that, that, kind of that neighbourhood dynamic to carry on without any issues. we see what have happened, what's happenedin see what have happened, what's happened in asylum hostels and asylum hotels where, you know, many have been set to, fire uh, there have been all sorts of trouble. in fact, there's a there's a statistic , martin, there's a statistic, martin, that in the last three years, nearly 2000 serious incidents of assault, arson and sexual offences have occurred within in those asylum hotels and hostels by people that are seeking asylum. that's just going to be transferred further into our communities, into housing, whereby these people are going to be living next door to us and opposite us. >> yeah. and russell, there's a case that i've been following very closely on on my very closely on gb news on my show, that's 300, um, asylum show, and that's 300, um, asylum seekers being dumped into luxury apartments in fort barbara. there's been a huge backlash by the locals, but oftentimes ,

the locals, but oftentimes, russell, these communities, they're not politically motivated, they're not integrated. there's very little social cohesion . and so once social cohesion. and so once again , it's foisted upon those again, it's foisted upon those communities with no say in the matter . m atter. >> matter. >> yeah. and you know , we all >> yeah. and you know, we all know what the answer here is. you know, that that's to either turn back the boats, frankly, or to repack those people that shouldn't be here, particularly , shouldn't be here, particularly, you know, the 45% or so that actually don't receive asylum. you know, they're not even removed, you know, so these are the people , the asylum seekers the people, the asylum seekers that failed asylum that have had failed asylum applications are still applications that are still housed the taxpayers expense, housed at the taxpayers expense, you know, so you've not even got the issue around, know, the issue around, you know, so—called legitimate asylum seekers, in mind we seekers, bearing in mind we accept asylum applications accept more asylum applications than just about any other country in europe. so we're pretty soft in mention, being an economic migrant from albania, a 25 year old with his new iphone 15, and he's kind of, you know, expensive trainers and tracksuit jumping that thinking jumping on that boat thinking i've made it in life i've absolutely made it in life written. no wonder they're trawling through all of these

european countries to get to us. you know, not only is britain going welcome that person going to welcome that person and probably asylum , probably grant them asylum, you're get a free you're going to get a free house, room, house, not just a hotel room, but a free house as well as benefits , education, nhs and so benefits, education, nhs and so on. it really is an utter disgrace that the government could do something about it. clearly rishi sunak and the home office, the bureaucrats, the civil service in the home office to some odd reason are deciding to some odd reason are deciding to not against the will of the british people . british people. >> and russell quirk , excellent, >> and russell quirk, excellent, brilliant and yet slightly pressing analysis from me. thank you very much for speaking out as ever. always a pleasure. thank you very much . there's thank you very much. there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00, and i'll bring you the remarkable the the remarkable story of the hundreds motorists who will hundreds of motorists who will be speeding after be fined for speeding after a prankster put up a fake 50 mile an hour sign . but first, here's an hour sign. but first, here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst .

polly middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour labour says there are strong checks on would be mps after a second labour candidate was suspended following accusations of anti—semitism . former mp of anti—semitism. former mp graham jones was reportedly recorded saying british people who volunteer to fight with the israeli defence force should be locked up. his suspension came only a day after labour was forced to withdraw its backing forced to withdraw its backing for another candidate as our ally, sir keir starmer has pledged to root out anti—semitism in the labour party and a london theatre has banned a comedian from performing after a jewish audience . members were audience. members were reportedly hounded out of a show. paul curry has been accused of encouraging the crowd to chant and shout at an israeli ticket holder after he refused to stand and applaud the palestinian flag. london soho theatre has apologised and said it's looking into the incident and the rate of inflation remains at 4, the same as december last year, despite economic forecasters predicting a rise. figures from the office

for national statistics found that food prices did fall on a monthly basis for the first time since september 2021, but the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, criticised the figure, saying conservatives can't fix an economy that they have broken and crossbow owners could face police checks under government plans to stop the weapons being used in violent attacks . it used in violent attacks. it comes after convicted stalker bryce hodgson was shot dead by police last month after he broke into a london home armed with a crossbow. there's currently no registry system for owning one and no need for a licence. those are the top stories. more background on all of them by signing up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or simply by going to gb news .com/ alerts . for news .com/ alerts. for a valuable legacy your family can own . own. >> gold coins will always shine bright. rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial

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relaxed to promote diversity , it relaxed to promote diversity, it has been reported that women in the armed forces now apparently feel unsafe. following these comments and labelled them as dangerous . meanwhile, the royal dangerous. meanwhile, the royal navy are doing their bit because they're considering introducing compulsory climate change courses for sailors. while previously stating that ships would be painted with environmentally friendly sea paint . you couldn't make this paint. you couldn't make this stuff up, could you? but join me now is former british army officer lieutenant stewart. colonel stewart crawford, welcome the show , stewart. welcome to the show, stewart. always pleasure here we are. always a pleasure here we are. seems to be every single day . seems to be every single day. we're talking about our woke army, our woke navy have we completely lost the plot ? completely lost the plot? sending sailors on climate change courses. and now female soldiers have been offended by words . words. >> well, i mean, it may look like that, uh, certainly to the casual observer. >> and as , as ever, there's an >> and as, as ever, there's an element of truth in it. >> it'sjust, element of truth in it. >> it's just, excuse me , just to

>> it's just, excuse me, just to put it into context. >> it was only 25 years ago when i was still serving in a tank regiment in the british army, that i wrote an article saying i couldn't see any reason in why my tank crew should not include female members . female members. >> and the editor of the magazine phoned me up and said he couldn't possibly publish it because the whole idea was preposterous . preposterous. >> so in terms of, uh, women in the armed services, we've come a long way from there. >> um, but the whole , the whole >> um, but the whole, the whole sort of woke culture, if you want to put it that way, is having a sort of unsettling effect upon members of the three services at the moment . services at the moment. >> and, um , looking at the >> and, um, looking at the climate issue , too, uh, i think climate issue, too, uh, i think climate issue, too, uh, i think climate change is an unfortunate turn. um, climate fluctuation might be a more accurate description , because the science description, because the science is certainly not settled. uh, but . i think that is certainly not settled. uh, but. i think that as is certainly not settled. uh, but . i think that as long is certainly not settled. uh, but. i think that as long as it's broadly educational series of courses which explains to serving sailors and, uh, about

climate change and its effects , climate change and its effects, uh, on the world, like , for uh, on the world, like, for example, the, the melting and refreezing of the ice caps. then i think it's an important thing. but we should see this against a background the least. and in environmentally friendly activity known to mankind is warfare . and there's only so warfare. and there's only so much you can do to get away from that. >> but you have to ask , you >> but you have to ask, you know, what has climate change got to do with the price of a bag of chips? >> if you're on a ship, if you're on a ship and you're about to be dispatched to the red sea to fight houthi rebels, isn't a question of isn't this a question of ridiculously misplaced priorities ? priorities? >> well, think it's something >> well, i think it's something that has to be taken into consideration . consideration. >> mentioned melting of >> i mentioned the melting of the arctic ice cap , which will the arctic ice cap, which will eventually, if things continue the way they're going at the moment, allow the chinese navy, for example , direct access to for example, direct access to the north atlantic . and so the north atlantic. and so i think we have to be aware of these things going on. and there have been well documented

problems our the royal problems with our the royal navy's t 45 destroyers, um , navy's t 45 destroyers, um, operating in warm waters , which operating in warm waters, which is now being rectified by hugely expensive sort of retrofit program. so i think that we have to be aware of these things, but i'll just come back to my point is that the whole idea of climate, climate emergency or climate, climate emergency or climate crisis is not settled. science we have to accept that the climate fluctuates , but the climate fluctuates, but whether it's all man made is another thing altogether . another thing altogether. >> do you think it's fair to say that this this drive for diversity? we saw the raf, for example, banning white men from applying for roles. do you think this this whole process is having a completely counterintuitive effect? and it's this the people most likely to fight in our wars happen to be white, working class men and women, because that's the majority of our population, just about. and yet, if they're constantly demonising this way andifs constantly demonising this way and it's all about diversity , and it's all about diversity, and it's all about diversity, and the fact of the matter is, by sheer metric alone, they

those people will simply stop applying . they feel like they're applying. they feel like they're not wanted . not wanted. >> well, there is an element of not feeling wanted. um, the setting of quotas for various , setting of quotas for various, uh, ethnic minority groups in terms of recruitment or promotion or anything like that is actually against the race relations law . and so that's why relations law. and so that's why the raf came so publicly unstuck on that one. uh, we also have to acknowledge the fact that while i ideally, the armed forces should represent the society from which they recruit, uh, that would mean that 52% of our armed forces would be women, which they patently, obviously aren't. so i think we've got to get the balance right somewhere and make sure that those who wish to apply, um , no matter wish to apply, um, no matter what background they come from , what background they come from, as long as they're up to the job and can pass selection are selected , and whether they are selected, and whether they are white, red, you know, green female , um, gay, transgender or female, um, gay, transgender or martian is of is of no real concern as long as they are

capable of doing what the armed services are meant to do , and services are meant to do, and thatis services are meant to do, and that is defend the realm and our citizens . citizens. >> okay, we'll have to leave it there. thank you very much for joining us. as ever, former british officer, lieutenant british army officer, lieutenant colonel crawford, thanks colonel stuart crawford, thanks for us. now moving on. a forjoining us. now moving on. a christian preacher was accused of a hate crime and threatened with arrest simply for singing outside a church. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

listening to gb news radio. >> well come back, it's 547. >> well come back, it's 547. >> you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now that's police officer recently threatened to arrest and fine a christian preacher who was accused of a hate crime coming just weeks after a gospel singer was threatened, also with arrest over singing religious songs. arrest over singing religious songs . the evangelist can be songs. the evangelist can be heard protesting with the police in the video. so why don't we

have a quick watch of that now ? have a quick watch of that now? >> so there is a public we need to have structure. otherwise you're speaking, you're speaking, you're speaking at the same time. >> well, now you're >> well, right now you're speaking over her. >> speaking or are you speaking. >> yes. >> yes. >> you do. we both speak. >> you do. we both speak. >> there is an element of. >> there is an element of. >> however you still. >> however you still. >> but as long as you're not, you're not preaching over the microphone. over the megaphone. >> you just mentioned, you just said just be yourself. >> for example, >> believe this, for example, that under the that does not fit under the pubuc that does not fit under the public protection order, public space protection order, even under the religious category, could enabled for category, could be enabled for freedom speech. category, could be enabled for freebutf speech. category, could be enabled for freebut obviouslyh. category, could be enabled for freebut obviously a crime has >> but obviously a crime has been to investigate. >> okay . or do you want £100? >> okay. or do you want £100? fine. you don't want fine. because if you don't want that, we can deal it in custody. >> not trying to be rude. >> i'm not trying to be rude. i just wanna one question. just wanna ask one question. >> are sir, trying. just wanna ask one question. >> okay, re sir, trying. just wanna ask one question. >> okay, i sir, trying. just wanna ask one question. >> okay, i wanna ing. just wanna ask one question. >> okay, i wanna ask you a question. thank you, thank you. officer, ask the officer, can i ask you the question? i'm not. not question? i'm not. i'm not asking the question. asking you the question. answering okay, okay. asking you the question. answeriyou'reiy, okay. asking you the question. answeriyou're aware y. asking you the question. answeriyou're aware that i can >> but you're aware that i can fine you that. fine you for that. >> i'm not question. one >> i'm not a question. one second, who? you second, one second. who? you are. one second. you not are. one second. if you do not one second. you for public. one second, second. second, one second, one second. you have one second. i know

you're second. you have one second. i know youwell, second. you have one second. i know youwell, for second. you have one second. i know youwell, for coppers:ond. you have one second. i know youwell, for coppers sent to >> well, for coppers sent to harass a preacher, try and find a get or a copper. when you get mugged or robbed now can robbed in london. well, now can speak with a consultant lawyer to legal centre, to the christian legal centre, michael . michael, michael phillips. michael, welcome to the show. can we start before we get into the absurdity this? um, about absurdity of this? um, about about the allegations , about the actual allegations, the homophobic incident, about the actual allegations, the homophobic incident , they the homophobic incident, they say the missionary claims he was simply reading out a chapter of the bible, john chapter three, verse 69. well there's no offence there. i mean , the offence there. i mean, the problem is this is that police officers that i meet day in, day out, they're often extremely ill informed about the public order act. and i watch a little bit more of that video before. and what said is you what the officer said is you commit offence harassment, commit an offence if harassment, alarm distress is cause, and alarm and distress is cause, and thatis alarm and distress is cause, and that is not what law that is just not what the law says. actually law says says. what actually the law says is you threaten somebody is that if you threaten somebody , if you abuse somebody and it may result, you may have that result, then you may have that result, then you may committed an offence. may have committed an offence. and once again, if you're not exercising right to freedom exercising your right to freedom of officers of speech, but the officers always topsy turvy, always take this topsy turvy, um, approach to the law whereby

they say if somebody is upset, then a crime and that is then there's a crime and that is not is not the law. not the case. it is not the law. and unfortunately, this is just a systemic problem. it's not just this is uxbridge. we see it in liverpool. we see it in in yorkshire, we see it across the country. and michael, a lot of people watching this might start to that there's one rule to think that there's one rule for christians and rule for for christians and one rule for other faiths. after we other faiths. after all, we often people shouting often hear people shouting obscene things at pro—palestine marchers. the police simply turn a blind eye. they couldn't care less, and yet, routinely now , less, and yet, routinely now, michael, it seems christians are specifically being singled out . specifically being singled out. it's an extremely sad thing because what we're seeing is, is that harmony london is a client of ours, and that a couple of weeks or so ago she was told, you cannot sing church songs outside without outside the church without a license. it's complete utter license. it's complete and utter rubbish. on that bit of rubbish. but yet on that bit of oxford street, which is very near my office, where she often plays her music and people absolutely love it, then there are people other are some people of other religions there religions who are usually there on very regular basis, who

on a very regular basis, who are not songs , they're not not singing songs, they're not producing harmonies, not singing songs, they're not prodthey've harmonies, not singing songs, they're not prodthey've never harmonies, not singing songs, they're not prodthey've never been rmonies, and they've never been interfered whatsoever . and interfered with whatsoever. and one has to ask the question, why is discriminated behaviour is this discriminated behaviour going and it has to stop going on? and it has to stop because afraid , you because people are afraid, you know, she was just going out there. singing these there. she's singing these wonderful know, wonderful songs. you know, trying people's spirits, trying to lift people's spirits, and she gets harassed and bullied by these police officers for not just for a couple of minutes that we see on the video, but it goes on and on and on. fact, think her on. in fact, i think her encounter was 45 minutes. these preachers the day. it went encounter was 45 minutes. these prefor|ers the day. it went encounter was 45 minutes. these prefor quite ie day. it went encounter was 45 minutes. these prefor quite some day. it went encounter was 45 minutes. these prefor quite some time'. it went encounter was 45 minutes. these prefor quite some time and vent on for quite some time and eventually happens eventually what happens is somebody arrested somebody gets arrested and put in maybe only in to prison, albeit maybe only for hours, and it sends a for 24 hours, and it sends a chilling effect everybody chilling effect to everybody else, who may be else, other people who may be slightly, um, maybe a weaker disposition think i'm not going to be doing that, because you to be doing that, because if you go you even sing a song, go out and you even sing a song, a police officer who may ill a police officer who may be ill informed know is informed doesn't know the law is going to put me in a police cell overnight, and i just want overnight, and i just don't want to okay, michael to do that. okay, michael phillips, consultant lawyer for the christian centre. the christian legal centre. thank very much for joining thank you very much for joining us. i don't know about you out

there, folks, but it certainly feels that looking feels to me that we are looking at policing here. why feels to me that we are looking at it policing here. why feels to me that we are looking at it they're )olicing here. why feels to me that we are looking at it they're clampingere. why feels to me that we are looking at it they're clamping down 1y feels to me that we are looking at it they're clamping down on is it they're clamping down on christians and turning christians and yet turning a blind example , to those blind eye, for example, to those from faith when from the muslim faith when they're shouting stuff on our streets. so police just seem to stand by, how does that make you feel? send me your feel? please send me your comments gbviews@gbnews.com. but quickly moving on. fake 50 mile an hour signs in south london have left hundreds of drivers with heavy speeding fines. up to 500 motorists have been using the a20 in his sidcup are now seeking to overturn their charges. tfl says the signs were put up by an unauthorised third party after they'd set the speed limit at 40 miles an hour. for a little bit of fun here. joining us now is the comedian diane spencen us now is the comedian diane spencer. diane so five is this a bit of fun. you're counting to five there. how about counting to 5050 miles an hour? diane people are getting these tickets

at and they're being overturned right , because someone put a right, because someone put a bogus sign up. >> i'm so glad that these tickets are being overturned, martin, because it is a travesty of the law. >> this is. >> this is. >> i mean, i suppose you could think. i mean, is it a prank that these strange 50 mile per houn that these strange 50 mile per hour, this it was one sign and the met are saying they still intend to prosecute, though, because people were still breaking the law because it was in a 40mph average speed limit . in a 40mph average speed limit. >> it seems a bit unfair. don't you think, considering it wasn't a tfl sign or a met police sign. >> well, i wonder if this is a prankster, diane. or is it actually somebody who's been a bit mischievous ? it's a bit like bit mischievous? it's a bit like the blade runners. they're putting up these so people putting up these signs so people can get off. is it actually people trying to cheat tfl? not, of course, that we would encourage such behaviour . encourage such behaviour. >> no, no, of course we wouldn't. but when you look at sidcup, it's right in the blade runner area . um, and sidcup, it's right in the blade runner area. um, and i did wonder if it was some kind of vigilante ism of we're not going

to put up with these lowered speed limits , we're going to speed limits, we're going to raise the speed limits ourselves selves. but there are cameras everywhere, and they cause a huge amount of problems . martin, huge amount of problems. martin, i've come up, you know, i've i've come up, you know, i've i've looked at this and i feel very sad for the people involved in this. and i've decided to come up with some road signs myself. >> um, i've got this one. >> um, i've got this one. >> what do you think ? >> what do you think? >> what do you think? >> uh, electric bikes . >> uh, electric bikes. >> uh, electric bikes. >> well, it's. >> well, it's. >> if you're a cyclist and you go through a red light, you're allowed to be tasered . allowed to be tasered. >> sorry, i shouldn't laugh. >> sorry, i shouldn't laugh. >> do you like it? >> do you like it? >> do you think we could get it in? >> i don't think it would catch on. i can't encourage so it's lawlessness? yes. >> no, i i'm not >> no, i mean, i'm not encouraging at all. encouraging lawlessness at all. i that people should i don't think that people should be putting up fake signs. uh, especially because it has a real impact on people's normal lives. but here, let's get some money back for the normal guy. what about this sign, martin? what do you think of this? this is if you think of this? this is if you have. oh, yeah. you guess ? you have. oh, yeah. you guess? >> no. go on. you tell me if you

have two cancelled buses in a row, you get money. diane, we have to leave it there. excellent props. that's very, very good. fourth thing. we'll have to get you back on again. marvellous. and happy valentine's day. right. thanks for show forjoining me on the show today. it's been marvellous having around having your company stick around after co with after this. dewbs& co with michelle dewberry. i'll see you tomorrow, 3:00. >> 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 to come for some of further rain to come for some of us, but for of us it will us, but for many of us it will be a cloudy afternoon and evening that air evening with that mild air persisting, will stay very persisting, so it will stay very close and muggy through this evening overnight mild evening and overnight. that mild air pushing north through the air is pushing north through the afternoon will reach the afternoon and it will reach the far north of scotland, where they been much they have been escaping much of they have been escaping much of the weather far today. so

the wet weather so far today. so a night come , plenty a cloudy night to come, plenty of rain arriving as well from the and west it will push the south and west it will push up the north—east and that's up to the north—east and that's where will sit through the where it will sit through the evening, covering much of scotland through of scotland through much of the night. some bursts of night. so some heavy bursts of rain to come here. further south, it should dry out south, though it should dry out by morning. however you by the morning. however if you are the close to higher are over the close to any higher ground or to coastal ground or close to coastal areas, it will quite a misty areas, it will be quite a misty morning again and another morning once again and another very mild start to the day. tomorrow. there'll be some quite persistent parts of persistent rain across parts of south wales, and the southwest has quite a lot of rainfall has been quite a lot of rainfall already here, so far this month, so are rain warnings so there are some rain warnings in force for here, well as in force for here, as well as some of midlands as some areas of the midlands as well. could see some well. so we could see some travel disruption in these areas. many of us we areas. but for many of us we will some further rainfall will see some further rainfall through thursday. in through thursday. it's only in the southeast will the southeast where we will escape the rain through of escape the rain through much of the it will be a mild the day, and it will be a mild afternoon rain will afternoon there. that rain will clear away through friday morning to leave many of us with a much brighter and drier day. so a bit of an improvement to come friday. sunny come on friday. some sunny spells afternoon, but

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