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analysis and all important results from midnight tonight, right through to breakfast for the very latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. >> we need an urgent investigation into bias within the judiciary , deputy senior the judiciary, deputy senior district judge tan ikram, who inexplicably decided to spare the pro—palestinian paraglider protesters jail time , has been protesters jail time, has been caught out making a message that called israel and the uk . called israel and the uk. terrorists. he claimed it was an innocent mistake, but then he deleted his linkedin profile. apparently which does beg the question what else was on there? mr has been praised in mr ikram has been praised in articles as a trailblazer for the of immigrants was the son of immigrants who was born in to born and raised in to wolverhampton poly, but he appears blazing a new appears to be blazing a new trail out lenient trail now by dishing out lenient sentences who are sentences for people who are found terror offences found guilty of terror offences on the streets britain. he

on the streets of britain. he gave a 12 month conditional gave them a 12 month conditional discharge basis gave them a 12 month conditional distheje basis gave them a 12 month conditional disthe .5 basis gave them a 12 month conditional disthe . did basis gave them a 12 month conditional disthe . did not basis gave them a 12 month conditional disthe . did not believe basis gave them a 12 month conditional disthe . did not believe that s that he. did not believe that they were true. hamas supporters and emotions had run very high at the time of their offence. it's funny that though, isn't it? consider that he sent former police constable james watts to prison 20 weeks after he prison for 20 weeks after he shared jokes a shared racist jokes in a whatsapp and then whatsapp group, and then appeared about that appeared to boast about that whilst . he appeared to boast about that whilst. he was doing the appeared to boast about that whilst . he was doing the events whilst. he was doing the events in america. remarkable so just to be clear, people who the cps described as engaging in the glorification of racist terrorism on the streets of london walk free, and a cop who shares a racist joke in a private whatsapp group. jail time both deplorable with time both deplorable acts with incredibly different consequences. also worth consequences. it's also worth noting that one of those convicted is heba el—hayek, who was granted asylum in britain. wait for because her family wait for it because her family wanted . to flee gaza to escape wanted. to flee gaza to escape hamas . she and her fellow hamas. she and her fellow protesters were given support at court by a veteran guardian journalist, victoria brittan. britain provided context as a

defence of the paraglider symbol that had landed the trio in the dock. she is also the former guardian deputy foreign editor, who was surveilled by m15 after allegedly writing the checks that funded ghanaian military top officer, kojo tsikata . top officer, kojo tsikata. lawsuit of the independent in the mid—nineties. she is also a trustee of the palestine book awards and palestine festival of literature. of course she is. but this story seemingly gets worse. it's been revealed that tan ikram is on the judiciary appointments commission. it's the independent body that selects candidates for the judicial office in courts and tribunals in england and wales. now a cursory glance through the other members of that commission reveal it also includes the right reverend doctor barry morgan, been incredibly morgan, who has been incredibly vocal how country vocal about how this country should more to take in should be doing more to take in refugees . one of welby's finest refugees. one of welby's finest there, right at heart of our there, right at the heart of our judiciary, he . there are judiciary, is he. there are serious questions about bias right the heart of our right at the heart of our judiciary, and they need to be answered. but let's get the

thoughts now of my top panel . i thoughts now of my top panel. i have star daily telegraph columnist allison pearson. i do have tory peer lord bailey and of course, the former labour adviser , matthew laza allison , adviser, matthew laza allison, i'll start with you. serious questions need to be answered here, don't they ? here, don't they? >> oh, well, absolutely. it's a really shocking tale indeed . really shocking tale indeed. dependence, impartiality . in dependence, impartiality. in tegrity the three eyes, they are the corner stone of the judiciary. we are not a banana republic where some judge could just according just pick and choose according to he likes the, you to how much he likes the, you know, the defendant. um, and as you picked up in your monologue, patrick, i mean, this guy, um, judge um, ikram got a track judge um, ikram he's got a track record of being coming down hard on people . um, you've talked on people. um, you've talked about james watts, but there's another example of policemen who were sharing unpleasant jokes about meghan markle in a whatsapp group. so private communication, which he imposes custodial sentences for. but these three women walking down

these three women walking down the major london streets seven days after those paragliders came into the desert with those wonderful young people massacred, raped everything done to them at that peace festival . to them at that peace festival. and this guy is saying that the fact that they had those emblems, which they were trying to pass off as freedom emblems, oh, please. and he said, yes, obviously that wasn't true. but never mind you know, emotions were running high at the time. any crime could be said to be emotions running at a time. this man, this judge needs to man, this, this judge needs to be called to account for this. it's really worrying , patrick, it's really worrying, patrick, because we've got we've seen this week 147% rise in anti—semitic crimes. what's a jew? what's a jewish person going to think being called up before him in a court? >> yeah, absolutely. and we are going to be focusing in on that a little bit later on as well. sean, i mean, when i had a little look through some of the other people on this list of the top judiciary and the people who decide who become, uh, decide who can become, uh, judges, you there's

judges, etc. you know, there's quite pro—immigration quite a lot of pro—immigration stuff there's a of stuff there. there's a lot of people appear to be, you people who appear to be, you know, pretty embedded know, pretty, pretty embedded in the lobby. and the old environment lobby. and now guy who's got now we've got this guy who's got serious to answer serious questions to answer about, you know, political about, you know, his political views it comes israel about, you know, his political viev1whethertcomes israel about, you know, his political viev1whetheroromes israel about, you know, his political viev1whether or not�*s israel about, you know, his political viev1whether or not they're ael about, you know, his political viev1whether or not they're al and whether or not they're a terrorist state. do you think we need investigation need some kind of investigation here? >> well, there's two things to be there's be said. firstly, there's the personal if i was one of the officers who's convicted and treated if at all treated in this way, if at all possible, i'd now be thinking about an appeal because it's clear back and say, clear you could go back and say, this person has convicted me because of their political beliefs, the beliefs, because when given the opportunity with someone opportunity to do with someone else same way, they else in the same way, they simply of course, simply didn't. now, of course, they'll and fro, and they'll argue to and fro, and another get rich another lawyer will get rich from it is something from it. but it is something i think people do. but the deeper thing is this this undermines the system. it is clear the entire system. it is clear that judges are that people judges here are acted on their political beliefs. in the lords and beliefs. i sit in the lords and the lords are now we're now debating rwanda bill. debating the rwanda bill. and one the biggest differences debating the rwanda bill. and oreverybody ggest differences debating the rwanda bill. and oreverybody ggest dyouences debating the rwanda bill. and oreverybody ggest dyou know, is everybody saying, you know, the the the independence of the judiciary, clear thinking of judiciary, the clear thinking of the grown the judiciary, how grown up and level they but the level headed they are. but the judiciary may be riddled with

people this. you people like this. so when you ask for an inquiry, ask for, for, for an inquiry, i would say yes, because it would be important the public be important to give the public some confidence in the judiciary because don't any because if we don't have any confidence law now, then confidence in the law now, then we're done. and i finished by saying events of the saying this. the events of the past 3 or 4 years have shown that the law is now political. somebody needs to do something about it. >> and that's the point, isn't it? way, the lords is it? by the way, the lords is absolutely ridiculous it absolutely ridiculous when it comes well. i would comes to bias as well. i would to love do a round up of the amount of people in the house, at where politicians. at least where politicians. >> look a politician >> yeah, you look a politician in face knowing have in the face knowing they have some bias. exactly. when some some bias. exactly. when you talk about the law, that's not expect. not what you expect. >> exactly. but then >> no, exactly. that but then you at the lords who are you look at the lords who are then discussing rwanda plan. then discussing the rwanda plan. you got a minute? how you think, i got a minute? how many for refugees many of you work for refugees charities on the side? how many many of you work for refugees ch youes on the side? how many many of you work for refugees ch you gotn the side? how many many of you work for refugees ch you got skin side? how many many of you work for refugees ch you got skin side? igame?iny of you got skin on the game? there it's actually quite there and it's actually quite a few. the law has become few. matthew, the law has become political lean the left. >> well, i mean, independence of the judiciary, judiciary the judiciary, of the judiciary is our key values of our is one of our key values of our national i mean, national life. i mean, i remember headline remember the daily mail headline enemies during the

enemies of the people during the brexit was about brexit row when it was about proroguing thought proroguing parliament. i thought that the most disgraceful that was the most disgraceful thing. frightened thing. it really frightened me, actually, crossing actually, that we were crossing over judges. over into abusing our judges. but that independent judiciary over into abusing our judges. but ttwo independent judiciary over into abusing our judges. but ttwoindepeitient judiciary over into abusing our judges. but ttwoindepeitient judthat/ goes two ways. it means that our judges steadfastly judges need to be steadfastly independent themselves. and i think, this is a very, think, you know, this is a very, very example. the very worrying example. and the fact liked it and then fact that he liked it and then is claiming, look, i've is claiming, i mean, look, i've had week talking about is claiming, i mean, look, i've had tryingrveek talking about is claiming, i mean, look, i've had trying tozk talking about is claiming, i mean, look, i've had trying to say, lking about people trying to say, oh, i didn't really i didn't really know was in a different know what it was in a different context. um about that context. um about things that they shouldn't, uh, they shouldn't know, shouldn't have said, you know, this to be our this is meant to be one of our most senior judges. he shouldn't most seniorjudges. he shouldn't he was doing. and he knows what he was doing. and he knows what he was doing. and he stand and face he needs to stand up and face the consequences because independence is vital. but it's got both sides, i suppose. >> alison. and look, obviously we that this we are just saying that this poses questions. poses serious questions. everybody involved in all of this deny any this would no doubt deny any wrongdoing either, are denying any or presumably wrongdoing either, are denying any welcome or presumably wrongdoing either, are denying any welcome or prkind ably would welcome some kind of inquiry. be nice, inquiry. that would be nice, wouldn't however, alison, it wouldn't it? however, alison, it does raise the serious question about whether or not different aspects of our society have been infiltrated people with infiltrated by people with certain they infiltrated by people with certon they infiltrated by people with certon various they infiltrated by people with certon various differentthey are on various different appointment now, appointment committees now, and that, getting. >> yes . and we're seeing, as >> yes. and we're seeing, as sean said, we're seeing a lot of pro—immigration we talked

pro—immigration saying we talked we've haven't we've talked before, haven't we, about england, about the church of england, which riddled with pro which is now riddled with pro asylum sentiment , to the asylum seeker sentiment, to the point where we're hearing about an literally unholy an unholy, literally unholy alliance between the church of england and immigration lawyers who are coming up with cover stories asylum seekers now stories for asylum seekers now to be allow muslims into the to be to allow muslims into the country, which is ridiculous , to country, which is ridiculous, to allow into the country . allow muslims into the country. and extremely and it's extremely worrying. running alongside this rampant anti semitism within institutions and finding it. i mean imagine i mean we all find this appalling. imagine a jewish person hearing about this, heanng person hearing about this, hearing about this, this , this hearing about this, this, this judge. and as matthew said, it's the absolute cornerstone of our system. >> the other piece, as well is, is the civil service is facing challenges. you've had ministers who've had who've had to face down activism within the civil service and as i remember, a civil servant saying to me, we are not left. we're not right. we are neutral . but if you see we are neutral. but if you see the activities of civil servants now, you could challenge that. for instance, civil servants getting in known political activists stonewall for

instance, to write policy . and i instance, to write policy. and i think somebody in senior positions needs to say enough is enough, because a lot of people are distrust the system. >> can we just can we just say, i sean and were talking i was sean and i were talking about this, the home office international hijab yeah. international hijab day. yeah. sorry. what what country, what country in? patrick we country are we in? patrick we you know lovely. if you want to wear head covering. wear a different head covering. no that. paid no issue with that. actual paid for civil servants running an islamic society within the home office , celebrating a religious office, celebrating a religious head covering which many women around the world are dying to be free of . i mean, this around the world are dying to be free of. i mean, this is around the world are dying to be free of . i mean, this is really free of. i mean, this is really outrageous and apparently the other aspect of that story which you there was that you raised there was that apparently there was no internal communication, was sent around to ezedi. to staff about abdul ezedi. >> quiet about >> all got very quiet about abdul, ? whereas abdul, abdul, hasn't it? whereas abdul, is he in the thames or not? but um, they're talking about no internal about um, they're talking about no interrthe about um, they're talking about no interrthe internal about um, they're talking about no interrthe internal communication that. the internal communication they about world they got was about world hijab day, remarkable. day, which is remarkable. matthew, or matthew, would it be unfair or unreasonable every unreasonable to make every single honestly single judge answer honestly a pamphlet on where they are on key political issues? and like

with a football referee, then they don't referee their own team? >> well, no, i don't think we can. i don't want to get into that because i think we'd end up with american style with an american style judiciary, political judiciary, with political appointments, which we've seen mean can mean that people in america can claim, not already, though? >> the argument i don't, >> no. the argument i don't, i don't don't think we are, but don't i don't think we are, but i think this is slippery i think this is a slippery slope and to be and i think it needs to be nipped in the bud straight away. >> and hopefully this case will be to their learned be a reminder to their learned judges they need to be very judges that they need to be very careful what what they careful what they what they like, and they need to be very careful, crucially, about applying the law equally, whatever law, the law whatever it is, the law, the law is about interpretation. is always about interpretation. >> people think the >> if enough people think the same they'll interpret the same way, they'll interpret the same way, they'll interpret the same way, they'll interpret the same way, which means currently it feels like if you're left leaning, if you do something that the left appreciate it, then you'll get away with it. >> historically, people >> i mean, historically, people would judiciary >> i mean, historically, people would big judiciary >> i mean, historically, people would big pillar judiciary >> i mean, historically, people would big pillar of judiciary >> i mean, historically, people would big pillar of smallidiciary was a big pillar of small c conservatism. you you talk conservatism. you know, you talk to absolutely. to people. yeah, absolutely. you know know, you know, in the know, you know, you know, in the historically, the left have been protesting about judges being hard think hard on trade unionists. think about the miners strike, 40th anniversary of this week, but

anniversary of it this week, but i think it has changed the fact that changed. i think it has changed the fact that litanged. i think it has changed the fact that fit make. any better? >> does it make it any better? if you're a trade unionist, you should that you get treated should know that you get treated the same as you're. it the same as as if you're. it needs fair. needs to be fair. >> fairness >> absolutely. fairness >> absolutely. fairness >> we'll line under that >> we'll draw a line under that for now, mr akram has since for now. now, mr akram has since responded courts and responded via the courts and tribunal saying responded via the courts and tribunta saying responded via the courts and tribunta genuine saying responded via the courts and tribunta genuine mistakeaying responded via the courts and tribunta genuine mistake and] responded via the courts and tribunta genuine mistake and he it was a genuine mistake and he did had liked the did not know he had liked the post and a cps spokesperson told us carefully considering us we are carefully considering any relation any future actions in relation to case. that whether to this case. so that is whether or there's going to be or not there's going to be a review of that sentencing, etc. now still plenty review of that sentencing, etc. thime still plenty review of that sentencing, etc. thime for still plenty review of that sentencing, etc. thime for you still plenty review of that sentencing, etc. thime for you to still plenty review of that sentencing, etc. thime for you to grab plenty review of that sentencing, etc. thime for you to grab yourty of time for you to grab your chance £18,000 in cash chance to win £18,000 in cash and british giveaway. and our great british giveaway. here's you need here's all the details you need to this is your chance to win >> this is your chance to win £18,000 cash in our very latest great british giveaway . cash to great british giveaway. cash to spend on anything you like. that's like having . an extra that's like having. an extra £1,500 in your bank account each month for a whole year. what would you use that for? well, congratulations , you've won congratulations, you've won £10,000. oh my god, that's unbelievable . that's brilliant unbelievable. that's brilliant news for another chance to win

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sunday mornings from 930 on gb news news . sunday mornings from 930 on gb news news. here's sunday mornings from 930 on gb news news . here's patrick news news. here's patrick christys tonight we're only on gb news now. >> coming up, the anti—semitism row that is ravaging the labour party. but first it's time to go head head . so former head to head. so former immigration minister robert jenrick, who was on this show yesterday, has slammed the uk asylum system, saying that we should block asylum seekers from

working make the uk a less working to make the uk a less attractive destination. sounds like common sense you ask me. like common sense if you ask me. speaking a fact finding speaking after a fact finding mission to the border in southern is being southern texas, which is being ravaged by illegal immigration as , jenrick warned that as well, jenrick warned that global asylum system has become a back door to the labour market for economic migrants who in for economic migrants who are in search prospects , but search of better prospects, but not of their life . not in fear of their life. currently, asylum seekers in britain can work shortage, britain can work in shortage, occupation areas, so care or agriculture 12 months after their arrival . but now it looks their arrival. but now it looks like we're going backwards, doesn't it? they could soon drop that rate to six months as opposed to oh, i don't know, blocking them jenrick blocking them forever. jenrick however, argues this time period should be increased instead . so should be increased instead. so tonight i am asking look, should we block asylum seekers from working to make the uk less attractive? let me know your thoughts, email me gb views or gb tweet me at gb gb news. com tweet me at gb news. bring you the results news. i'll bring you the results of very shortly. but of our poll very shortly. but first to go head to head is first here to go head to head is the former leader henry the former ukip leader henry bolton , and we've got activist bolton, and we've got activist

femi nylander. henry, why we femi nylander. henry, why are we making britain more attractive with should we not just be with this? should we not just be blocking from working to blocking them from working to frankly them from coming here? >> yes, i think we should. patrick, look, there's a number of things here. first of all, you know, people will say, well, it's costing us to money accommodate people. we're accommodate these people. we're giving them. we're paying them benefits. so on. um, but benefits. and so on. um, but there's various costs involved in them staying in. >> oh, i think we might have lost henry there. all right, femi, i'll throw it over to you, femi, i'll throw it over to you, femi, and look for me. these people are not going to end up being a net benefit matter being a net benefit no matter what frankly so we are what we do. frankly so we are going end having house going to end up having to house them whatever. and them somewhere or whatever. and we've recession in we've had the recession in numbers today. they numbers out today. femi and they show that actually we are gdp per capita worse off and are worse off for the longest, most consistent period that we have been since 1955. so what on earth can the argument be for allowing asylum seekers to work ? allowing asylum seekers to work? >> well, i mean, obviously eu citizens are not asylum seekers, but we saw that the britain

floundered. >> and part of the reason we're in a recession is because of this, this, this xenophobia which led us to leave the european union despite the fact that migrants from the eu, who are poorer than british people. because why germany in recession? for me, just let me , recession? for me, just let me, let me, let me just let me let me get to the point. um, rather than go off on a tangent, the point being, of course, that the point being, of course, that the point being, of course, that the point being, of course , that, point being, of course, that, um, british people don't want to do the jobs at the bottom of british society. they don't want to be fruit pickers. um, they don't really want to. a lot of them don't really want to do cleaning and like that. cleaning and stuff like that. and lot of migrant and you have a lot of migrant labourin and you have a lot of migrant labour in the economy, which labour in the uk economy, which underpins and underpins the uk economy and helps function and legal. helps it function and legal. >> what asylum seekers? >> so what about asylum seekers? >> so what about asylum seekers? >> okay. asylum seekers . >> okay, okay. asylum seekers. so on the one hand you want to tell me asylum seekers are criminals? are criminals? asylum seekers are awful people. they suck the rest. on the other hand you want to say you want to force them into criminality by prevent them from being able to get type

from being able to get any type of work. seekers are of work. asylum seekers are people who are seeking asylum because of the fact, usually that from , from that they're coming from, from from position of war or from a position of war or a position of, um , of they're position of, um, of they're coming from serious hardship . coming from serious hardship. uh, they're coming from france. okay. so they've come to europe from france. okay. so, so what you're saying is that every single asylum seeker that comes to the eu should just stay in italy greece , because that's italy or greece, because that's where they land. the italy and greece should bear the whole burden and that. burden of this. and that. england no one. what england should have no one. what you're i'm saying that you're saying i'm saying that a lot you're lot of them, actually. you're saying deport lot saying we should deport a lot of them because heartless them because you're heartless person, patrick, because you don't of don't have any shared notion of humanity. because you don't. because don't. don't because you don't. you don't believe. you don't believe that that beings who are that that human beings who are fleeing war. >> no , i do for me. and >> no, i do no, i do for me. and i back to you. but i will come back to you. but what i do believe when i talk what i do believe is when i talk to immigration ministers to former immigration ministers or currently or people who are currently in government, that government, who tell me that we've who are members we've got people who are members of fanatics people of isis and fanatics and people who are rapists and murderers, who are rapists and murderers, who members the idf as who are members of the idf as well, have been murdering who are members of the idf as wellmurdering been murdering who are members of the idf as wellmurdering andn murdering who are members of the idf as wellmurdering and raping ering who are members of the idf as wellmurdering and raping people .

and murdering and raping people. i leave it back i mean, i'll i'll leave it back over now. look, over to you now. you know, look, is there a case? no. is there is there a case? no. for letting asylum seekers work firmly it's humane firmly saying it's a humane thing do. maybe it is i if thing to do. maybe it is i if the aim is to reduce the, uh , the aim is to reduce the, uh, flow across the channel, then absolutely not. >> of course it is an incentive. it's one of a number of incentives for them to come and come over to the uk . uh, around come over to the uk. uh, around about 1 in 11 albanians. so they're not coming now, uh, came to this country families just been talking about them fleeing war and so on. there was no war in albania. this has been covered times. it's part covered many times. it's part of nato. it's an accession nato. um, it's an accession country to the european union . country to the european union. it's in the council of europe, etc. etc. there is no war in albania . there hasn't been for albania. there hasn't been for over 20 years. these people are coming because there is an coming here because there is an economic in doing so. economic benefit in doing so. they were coming across the channel they were coming across the channel, claiming channel, they were claiming asylum, or asylum, they were working or some of them were allowed to work and what happens then is that send what's called that they send what's called remittances to their home remittances back to their home country, uk . uh, the last country, the uk. uh, the last figures i've seen , i think they

figures i've seen, i think they were 2018 sent £8 billion abroad in remittances . so these are not in remittances. so these are not included in the costs associated with with, uh, dealing with asylum seekers. if we want to keep that money in the economy , keep that money in the economy, we give the money to british jobs and what femi is saying about british workers not wanting those jobs is absolute rubbish. okay my partner works as a support worker. okay there are plenty of people who want to do the job, but they can't get the support to do it. and these asylum seekers and others, up until very recent , have been until very recent, have been undercutting the british market because in the in those shortage jobs , then the government, the jobs, then the government, the employer, can play 80% of what they pay. >> okay, i'm going to go back. i'm going to go back to look, femi, do you not think that it would make britain a less desirable come for desirable place to come for people coming across the channel and ways britain as and other ways into britain as well? they knew that well? if they knew that when they they wouldn't be they got here, they wouldn't be able their claim they got here, they wouldn't be able been their claim they got here, they wouldn't be able been processed. eir claim they got here, they wouldn't be able been processed. eir claino? they got here, they wouldn't be aleell, processed. eir claino? they got here, they wouldn't be aleell, just :essed. eir claino? they got here, they wouldn't be aleell, just quickly, ir claino? >> well, just quickly, um, i mean, britain has people coming

back from fighting in an back from just fighting in an army that's been for army that that's been tried for genocide. don't think genocide. so i don't think saying isis people are saying the isis people are coming, to have coming, we're happy to have people, back people, murderers coming back to our as our shores just as long as as long as on that. long as they're on that. >> then moving on, moving on, moving are equating, say moving on. are you equating, say , jihadis with , isis fighters and jihadis with the people who've gone to fight for the idf ? for the idf? >> i'm saying the idf is an army, which is currently under trial at the icj for genocide. >> and our our people, people who are coming back to britain have been working in that army. it's has killed it's an army which has killed british who have gone british citizens who have gone to for. british citizens who have gone to i for. this is what i mean. >> i mean, this is what i mean. >> i mean, this is what i mean. >> the and you are equated with begum begum went begum. i'm making a clear, clear parallel. but the point is, of course, that you're driving key that you're driving to the key point talk about point when you talk about economic migrants, what we have to why are there economic to say is why are there economic migrants? why are people trying to from of the to migrate from some of the poorest places in the world? to migrate from some of the pooresof)laces in the world? to migrate from some of the pooresof thezs in the world? to migrate from some of the pooresof the richest; world? to migrate from some of the pooresof the richest places? to migrate from some of the pooresof the richest places in some of the richest places in the we have huge the world, because we have huge economic the economic inequality across the world? huge world? why do we have huge economic ? economic inequality? >> where get into then why do >> where we get into then why do we huge economic we have huge economic inequality? it's not

inequality? is it here? it's not really it's really about any of that. it's about creating a global system, isn't it, in which we divvy up all wealth, global? isn't it, in which we divvy up all no. wealth, global? isn't it, in which we divvy up all no. it's/ealth, global? isn't it, in which we divvy up all no. it's about global? isn't it, in which we divvy up all no. it's about yeah,il? isn't it, in which we divvy up all no. it's about yeah, it's >> no. it's about yeah, it's about having equitable about having a more equitable world countries world where certain countries like like france, like like britain, like france, like the exploit, don't the us, don't exploit, don't exploit world, exploit the developing world, don't set up sweatshops in bangladesh, exploiting have mining companies in in africa. so we so we have very quickly as a very often happens. >> right. we have very quickly gone from would it or would it not be a deterrent for people coming across the channel if we told they couldn't to. told them they couldn't work to. we to stop sweatshops in we need to stop sweatshops in bangladesh . we need to change a bangladesh. we need to change a completely different world view. and we had a more i don't want to leave homes, but people to leave their homes, but people don't. that's why don't. people don't. that's why we that side. don't want we are on that side. don't want people, don't want to leave their homes. >> had a more equitable >> if we had a more equitable world and weren't exploiting world and we weren't exploiting people stay at home. world and we weren't exploiting peoplestay at home. if we would stay at home. if we weren't starting wars. palestinian refugees wouldn't. weren't starting wars. pal palestinianjgees wouldn't. weren't starting wars. palpalestinian refugeeledn't. weren't starting wars. palpalestinian refugees ?dn't. weren't starting wars. palpalestinian refugees ? int. weren't starting wars. palpalestinian refugees ? in ten >> palestinian refugees? in ten years going years time, there's going to be a lot of palestinians who claim that people leaving purely that people are leaving purely for reasons. and then for economic reasons. and then also completely miss out. it's

going the time going to lead to all the time they are they are leaving they are led, they are leaving countries led by rabid islamists, are islamists, palestinian are forced desert all forced into the desert when all these forced these palestinians are forced into the desert. >> think they're >> you don't think they're going to refugees? don't to become refugees? you don't think they're going try. think they're going to try. we're you not? we're supporting do you not? >> firmly that >> seriously think firmly that supporting honesty, the honest answer the answer to that refugees, the honest this that honest answer to this is that people these people in a lot of these countries actually up countries actually end up electing people who out to electing people who turn out to be utter lunatics. be complete and utter lunatics. and want want move and they want they want to move to are to to some of them are going to try come to europe. come and try to europe. >> you if we left gaza, as >> you think if we left gaza, as it was and didn't blow it to pieces, they wouldn't at it was and didn't blow it to pieces, no,y wouldn't at it was and didn't blow it to pieces, no, we're.dn't at it was and didn't blow it to pieces, no, we're creating at home? no, we're creating refugees we in libya. refugees and we did it in libya. we in iraq. we did it in iraq. >> okay, we've done it. i'm gonna i'm gonna i'm gonna park that there. patrick. and you that one there. patrick. and you know, you know, there's that one there. patrick. and you know,a you know, there's that one there. patrick. and you know,a there's'ou know, there's that one there. patrick. and you know,a there's quite ow, there's that one there. patrick. and you know,a there's quite a/, there's that one there. patrick. and you know,a there's quite a lot|ere's that one there. patrick. and you know,a there's quite a lot toz's quite a there's quite a lot to come back to there, i'm come back to there, henry. i'm going the going to drag it back to the original topic of discussion here, that, you here, which is that, look, you know, if we have asylum know, if we did have asylum seekers that were allowed to work here, then work after six months here, then isuppose work after six months here, then i suppose there would be paying some form of tax, wouldn't they? would that not mean that we could then, know, bit could then, you know, earn a bit of from them as it were? of money from them as it were? yeah. but when you look at the

remittances sent remittances that are sent abroad, actually and the abroad, then actually and the fact actually they would abroad, then actually and the fact be ually they would abroad, then actually and the fact be inlly they would abroad, then actually and the fact be in the hey would abroad, then actually and the fact be in the lower, uld abroad, then actually and the fact be in the lower, lower probably be in the lower, lower bracket very bracket of wages, we're not very making money of them. >> and if you look at all of the data, it says that immigrants from nigeria, from countries such as nigeria, such as afghanistan, such as syria on actually syria and so on are actually a net even they are net cost, even when they are working in the uk and across europe , they are a net cost to europe, they are a net cost to the economy's not a net gain in, if you like. um, but the other thing to bear in mind here, and because i think it is relevant because i think it is relevant because cause if somebody comes over and they start a job, then as i said at the beginning, i was trying to say at the beginning when i think i lost the network, they the network, um, they are actually , uh, supporting, actually, uh, supporting, gaining traction in terms gaining more traction in terms of their claim , of getting their asylum claim, uh, and their right to, to remain in the bedded in remain in the uk bedded in because they've got a settled life, they've got an income and so on. but in mind that so on. but bear in mind that a lot of the time we still don't know who these people are. and there connection what there is a connection with what femi know, femi femi is saying. you know, femi probably against us bombing probably is against us bombing the houthis. well, there, the houthis. well, right there, fine. are fine. but the houthis are the

reason is so much reason that there is so much poverty and suffering in yemen . poverty and suffering in yemen. and why why there's a problem saudi arabia and so on. not saudi arabia and so on. not saudi arabia and so on. not saudi arabia bombing yemen with british bombs for the past ten years. >> all right. >> all right. >> started the civil war in >> who started the civil war in 2014 against the legitimate government of yemen ? they are government of yemen? they are the reason that civil war initiated by the houthis is the suffering in yemen. the people are suffering from british bombs being dropped by the saudi arabia because it is it is not a discussion about about yemen and saudi arabia, etc. to be fair. >> but i suppose inevitably we're going to end up somewhere there, weren't we? thank you very, much, you. very, very much, both of you. look agree with? look who do you agree with? should asylum seekers should we block asylum seekers from working in the uk to make should we block asylum seekers fro less)rking in the uk to make should we block asylum seekers fro less attractive he uk to make should we block asylum seekers fro less attractive as uk to make us less attractive as a destination ? ian wilson says destination? ian wilson says there should it allowed to there should it be allowed to work, they shouldn't be receiving benefits or free health care, especially when they're straight to the health care, especially when they'iof straight to the health care, especially when they'iof the straight to the health care, especially when they'iof the queue. ht to the health care, especially when they'iof the queue. david he health care, especially when they'iof the queue. david says front of the queue. david says if them in, they if we're letting them in, they should encouraged work, should be encouraged to work, but to let a less but we need to let a lot less in. becky working legally in. becky says working legally should be encouraged. it's fraud and benefit claims, which

and false benefit claims, which are your verdict is are the problem. your verdict is in. agree that we in. 92% of you agree that we should asylum seekers from should block asylum seekers from working make the less working to make the uk less attractive. say we attractive. 8% of you say we shouldn't . coming up has the old shouldn't. coming up has the old wives tale that immigration boost the economy now been shattered because because hundreds of thousands have arrived in britain over recent years, but we've still plunged into a recession. the key figures are gdp per capita. we are not now better off, but next, a new poll reveals that just 3% of voters think keir starmer has successfully tackled antisemitism in his party. so is labour still gripped by anti—jewish hate? i get stuck into that. that's next with me. patrick christys only

isabel monday to thursdays from . isabel monday to thursdays from. six till 930. >> loads for you. the government is using mass migration to hide how poor our country has become. i also also have a big exclusive for you on the rochdale grooming gangs , which you will not want gangs, which you will not want to miss. but first, labour's anti—semitism crisis spiralled even further today . an even further today. an astonishing new poll revealing that just 3% of voters think keir starmer has successfully tackled anti—semitism in his party. now it comes just hours after rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali vowed to get a load of this. oh, there he is, teach starmer a lesson in a new campaign poster after the labour leader dumped him over anti—semitic comments he allegedly made. i'm sorry, but that apology was hardly genuine ,

that apology was hardly genuine, was it? when he said, i'm very sorry about saying all that sorry about saying all of that stuff. really mean it. stuff. i didn't really mean it. wallopi goes. and to wallopi there he goes. and to add starmer's woes, london mayor sadiq khan let the cat out of the bag with this exclusive dating gaffe. earlier . the bag with this exclusive dating gaffe. earlier. language is unacceptable and it certainly shouldn't be acceptable in a party like mine that is proud to be both anti racist but also anti—semitic . anti—semitic. >> and we'll come back to some of those , beg your pardon. of those, beg your pardon. >> anti—semitism. of those, beg your pardon. >> yeah anti—semitism. of those, beg your pardon. >> yeah okay. semitism. >> oh yeah okay. >> oh yeah okay. >> i think, you know genuine mistake there by sadiq but still quite funny nonetheless. i think keir would disagree with keir starmer would disagree with his colleague on that point though. and here's what he had to say afterwards. okay so this is after withdrawing support for ali two days ago. it is virtually unprecedented to withdraw support for a candidate in way that withdrew in the way that i withdrew support candidate yesterday. >> 5 yesterday. >> a changed labour >> that's what a changed labour party about. oh change party is all about. oh change labour change. >> labour. oh well, a new report has revealed that 45 out of the

48 anti—semitic incidents connected to political parties were linked to labour last year. is the party still gripped by anti—semitism ? i'm joined now by anti—semitism? i'm joined now by the executive director of the israel advocacy movement is joseph cohen. joseph, thank you very much. great to have you on the does labour have an the show. does labour have an anti—semitism problem? >> in a yes . >> in a word, yes. >> uh, i mean, it's clear from the report you just cited, 94% of the incidents connected to a political party were connected to labour. that's staggering. when you look at the clearly . when you look at the clearly. there's two major parties and a number of smaller parties within within the united kingdom and 94% of the incidents were connected to one. sadly the legacy of corbyn and the anti—semitism scandal, where the labour were the first country and first political party to be found guilty of breaching the equalities , um, the equality act equalities, um, the equality act of 2010. we are in a situation now, today , years later, under

now, today, years later, under starmer , where that legacy of starmer, where that legacy of corbyn is still here and anti—semitism is still rife within the party. >> unfortunately . >> unfortunately. >> unfortunately. >> do you think there is a link in some way between people on the left and socialism and anti—semite ism? >> so andy summit, there's a there's a misconception by many that you can't be on the left and anti—semitic. the founder of communism, karl marx, wrote a paper on the jewish question where he said the jewish god was , um, user and that religion was usury and that god was money. anti—semitism has been on the left since its inception . it's left since its inception. it's also been on the right. it's unfortunately, it's a poison which has affected many different ideologies and many communities . different ideologies and many communities. his but it's different ideologies and many communities . his but it's been communities. his but it's been there from the beginning and it's still present today in the united kingdom . and over 100 united kingdom. and over 100 years later, i think there's an uncomfortable truth to be had here, which is we appear to be importing rather a lot of anti—semites . unfortunately

anti—semites. unfortunately unfortunately, and unfortunately , many politicians feel that they have . to bend for the whims they have. to bend for the whims of those anti—semites and either turn a blind eye to antisemitism or get bullied behind it. and endorse or perpetrate anti—semitic tropes . anti—semitic tropes. >> what do we do about this? what do we do about it? because we are seeing some astonishing things in the run up to the next general election. okay we're seeing the muslim vote .co.uk being set up. we've been covering that rather a lot on this show. we're seeing a whole host of people now standing against labour on a quotes , against labour on a quotes, unquote, pro—palestine , uh, unquote, pro—palestine, uh, ticket. uh, this issue is, is not going away. i'm not saying that everybody there at the muslim vote .uk or every single person who's pro—palestine is anti—semitic. i'm not trying to say but certainly i worry say that, but certainly i worry now that the cat is out of the bag and we're going to end up seeing more and more of this, and those people having much more of a sway in british politics, not at this

politics, not just at this election, but the decades come. >> i think the first thing to >> so i think the first thing to remember that an remember is that britain is an incredibly tolerant and welcoming my family welcoming society. my family fled here as refugees, as jewish refugees from massacres in europe . we were given a place of europe. we were given a place of refuge here and welcomed into this country and i've felt . this country and i've felt. british as british as can be. i was raised in a working class community in the north of england. i played in a colliery band and i didn't really experience anti—semitism until recent years, and it's soared. we are in the we are experiencing the worst wave of anti—semitism in 40 years. now that seems quite abstract. what does that mean ? well, my local does that mean? well, my local supermarket , just five minutes supermarket, just five minutes away from my house. a couple of weeks ago, someone walked in with a knife. an islamist, an extremist, and tried to stab jews. it barely made the news. it barely made the news. and so we're in a situation where we desperately need to be

radicalise and educate others on what anti—semitism is . what anti—semitism is. anti —semitism what anti—semitism is. anti—semitism is misunderstood by most that hold those views. >> okay. all right. um, to just clarify something, which i'm sure you will appreciate , but, sure you will appreciate, but, um, it's an active case, the one that you've just said there. so everything there is allegedly. but that's right. um, so, but that's all right. um, so, um, look, in terms of what happens for people on the happens now for people on the streets, seeing things streets, are you seeing things like no go zones? so, you know , like no go zones? so, you know, like no go zones? so, you know, like the weekends ? like marches at the weekends? and, i mean, i would hate to be a jewish person walking through through some those marches. through some of those marches. >> so jews stay away from the marches. i've had friends of mine tell me their children were in tears, terrified , in floods of tears, terrified, cowering in cafes as as the marches walked past. one of the scariest things is actually i. as i didn't grow up in the jewish community, i became religious later in life . religious later in life. although i'm from a jewish background, i went to a normal engush background, i went to a normal english school. i came to london. the schools looked like fryston, schools look fryston, the jewish schools look like have security

like prison. they have security cameras, and cameras, fences everywhere, and jewish parents kept their children away from schools. on certain days, the jews and jewish schools were closed down on certain days out of fear of attacks. this is a very, very scary situation for the jewish community to find themselves and you don't believe keir starmer when it's a changed when he says it's a changed labour all labour party that it's all different now that he's taken swift decisive action, swift and decisive action, because that is he says and because that is what he says and he's to that. i'll because that is what he says and he'honest to that. i'll because that is what he says and he'honest , to that. i'll because that is what he says and he'honest , ito that. i'll because that is what he says and he'honest , i think|t. i'll because that is what he says and he'honest , i think keir i'll because that is what he says and he'honest , i think keir starmer be honest, i think keir starmer understands what anti—semitism is and i think he's passionate about combating it. i think his own family, i believe he's got a jewish family, have been the victims of anti—semitism . but victims of anti—semitism. but the problem is so endemic, the poison has spread so far that he's got a real struggle on his hands. >> all right. look, thank you very, very much , joseph. i hope very, very much, joseph. i hope to chat to you again soon. and obviously, hope things improve obviously, i hope things improve as cohen there, as well as joseph cohen there, who director of who is the executive director of the advocacy movement. the israel advocacy movement. look here are all the candidates standing rochdale standing in this rochdale by—election. azhar by—election. you've got azhar

ali, labour party, mark coleman, independent, danchuk, independent, simon danchuk, reform ian donaldson, reform uk, ian donaldson, liberal paul ellison , liberal democrat paul ellison, conservative galloway, conservative george galloway, workers party of britain michael howarth, independent william howarth, independent william howarth, independent. guy otten , howarth, independent. guy otten, green party. raven, rodents , green party. raven, rodents, robert hur, official monster raving loony party and david tully, independent. now coming up at 10 pm. not long now, polls closed . they slam shut in polls closed. they slam shut in those by elections in wellingborough and in kingswood. wellingborough and in kingswood. we will cross live to the scene of both those votes. we're going to get instant analysis before speaking directly with the runners and the riders of the main parties. we really do mean it when we say we are britain's election channel here on gb news. next is the government news. but next is the government using migration hide how using mass migration to hide how poor become? are poor we've actually become? are we off per capita ? we now worse off per capita? well, yes, we are hundreds of thousands have britain thousands have come to britain in recent but we're still in recent years, but we're still in recent years, but we're still in recession. david campbell bannerman breaks it all down next. are we being lied to about a giant immigration ponzi scheme? oh, yes. and i've also got that big exclusive for you

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the polls are minutes away from closing in kingswood and wellingborough by elections. we . wellingborough by elections. we. will be live on the ground in just a few ticks for you. we really are britain's election channel, so make sure that you keep news. first, it keep it gb news. but first, it was only few weeks ago that a was only a few weeks ago that a private treasury document get a load of this from 2022 was leaked to the telegraph. now they advised rishi sunak that cutting taxes would have little impact growing the economy . impact on growing the economy. he should instead on he should instead focus on boosting immigration. okay but despite a sharp rise in net migration to britain, 745,000in 2022, 672,000 in the 12 months to june last year, it was revealed today that the economy decline lined by a worse than expected nought point 3% in the last quarter of 2023. wow. now this important bit. gdp

this is the important bit. gdp per head. okay, so how we're all doing individually was equally as torrid as . just 0.7. in fact, as torrid as. just 0.7. in fact, it's been declining now for the longest period of time since records first began in 1955. chancellor jeremy records first began in 1955. chancellorjeremy hunt is due to chancellor jeremy hunt is due to deliver a pre—election budget within weeks, insisted . that within weeks, insisted. that while times are tough, the country is already turning a corner. >> underlying picture here is an economy that is more resilient than most people predicted , and than most people predicted, and inflation is coming down real wages have been going up now for six months and if we stick to our guns , independent our guns, independent forecasters say that by the early summer we could start to see interest rates falling. >> former conservative party mep david campbell bannerman joins me now . we have been lied to me now. we have been lied to about mass migration and it's making us poorer, not richer. no >> well, i think it's a matter of statistics as ever, patrick, because as john longworth, who

is british chamber of commerce head, pointed out today that we are the sixth largest economy in the world, which is good. but when you look at gdp per head , when you look at gdp per head, we're at the 27th largest in the world, which is far less impressive . and you don't hear impressive. and you don't hear that statistic very much. and i think that is a real cause for concern, as you rightly point out. >> you're right. it's all about about a paradigm shift. if we decided to try to care more as a country about how we were ranking gdp per capita as opposed to where we were just gdp, we would actually probably reduce net migration . certainly reduce net migration. certainly we'd do more to cut back on, uh, asylum seekers, etc, wouldn't we? and we would just focus more on ourselves . on ourselves. >> i mean , there are certain >> i mean, there are certain types of immigration, you know, uh, top businessmen and women coming into the country as sports people. you obviously do want them to come in, but, you know, if we have the city the size of leeds, i was watching a

program earlier coming in every year. program earlier coming in every year . um, and program earlier coming in every year. um, and they are not in that category, you know, but they are contributing many. i wouldn't say they're not. but you know , we don't have anywhere you know, we don't have anywhere to put them . we have a housing to put them. we have a housing crisis and immigration is growing at migrationwatch used to say it's about 60% of future 30 year migration housing, building plans is down to immigrants coming in. i think it's going up to about 90% now. so it's creating major problems and making us all poorer. but the treasury and people around that cabinet table, etc. are just so tunnel visioned when it comes to this stuff. >> the only way philip hammond, by the way, was guilty of this massively as well. when he was chancellor. and the only way they can see us doing all right on a spreadsheet is to keep pumping us full of hundreds of thousands of people a year, isn't it ? and we need to have isn't it? and we need to have someone with a bit of different

thinking in there. surely >> i mean, it's stunning that they you know , they regard this, uh, you know, net migration as a major economic benefit. and it's helped the figures, apparently, you know, kept growth out of recession till now. but what we really do need is investment at private and public that's come out today. um, and liz truss was very right on growth, you know, actually going for growth. you know, maybe she went too far too fast at the time . but but you fast at the time. but but you know, the point is she did have the right point. we need the growth. and that's going to be dnven growth. and that's going to be driven by lower taxation and more incentives for businessmen and putting up corporation tax from 19 to 25% does not help that aim . so i think we've that aim. so i think we've actually created this obsession through our policies to be honest. >> i've just got here just again to emphasise this. so gdp per person dropped every quarter of 2023. it hasn't grown since q1 of 2022. that seven quarters, which is the longest unbroken

run without per capita gdp growth since records began in 1955. so surely now, david, this giant mass migration ponzi scheme that we've been forced to live in can just be finished. >> i think it is that, um, and it is startling how the treasury and the, uh, obr and everyone use these figures. i mean , i use these figures. i mean, i take the analogy of a chocolate machine , you know, if you have machine, you know, if you have the wrong material, you put, you know, mud in the chocolate machine, you don't get chocolate out. and have the wrong out. and if you have the wrong kind of, uh, assumptions going into a model like this , then you into a model like this, then you get the wrong assumptions coming out of it that, you know, migration is good exactly. when it isn't. in many. migration is good exactly. when it isn't. in many . ways. and so it isn't. in many. ways. and so you've got to look at the whole model and rework it. that's that's the lesson of the day. >> well, you know, well, how long does it how long do people want have wait to see a want to have to wait to see a gp? how difficult does have gp? how difficult does it have to get your children in to to be get your children in schools? does

schools? how difficult does it have and find have to be to try and find somewhere to live? how tough does have to be? you know, does it have to be? you know, just to a job anywhere just to find a job anywhere before think, before people start to think, well, on a minute. actually well, hang on a minute. actually is record levels of is massive record levels of net migration actually partly to blame oh, were migration actually partly to bla accepted oh, were migration actually partly to bla accepted 100,000 oh, were migration actually partly to bla accepted 100,000 oh, we from we accepted 100,000 people from hong didn't we? yeah, hong kong, didn't we? yeah, most of be highly of those people will be highly skilled. of those people skilled. a lot of those people will just assimilated will have just assimilated straight away british straight away into british society, and quite possibly will be opposed oh, be a net benefit as opposed oh, to, don't know, some other to, i don't know, some other areas of the world that we're accepting in. david, we're areas of the world that we're acceptto; in. david, we're areas of the world that we're acceptto; in. to david, we're areas of the world that we're acceptto; in. to leave , we're areas of the world that we're acceptto; in. to leave itne're areas of the world that we're acceptto; in. to leave it there. going to have to leave it there. david campbell—bannerman fantastic. i'll to you fantastic. i'll talk to you again soon, good man. again very soon, my good man. thatis again very soon, my good man. that is former tory mep david campbell. bannerman coming up okay. i deliver okay. in the next hour i deliver a about a bombshell exclusive about grooming paedophiles grooming gang paedophiles fighting deportation back to pakistan . an absolutely rinsing pakistan. an absolutely rinsing the taxpayer in the process . the taxpayer in the process. we're the only ones with this story. this is the only place you will get it. so make sure that you stay tuned. why can't we just kick them out? well, there we go anyway. now we are going to be going to the polls in yes that's in the by elections. yes that's right. in wellingborough and kingswood are minutes away kingswood they are minutes away

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>> it's 10 pm. i'm patrick christie's tonight . light poles christie's tonight. light poles have just slammed shut in two pivotal by elections. we are on the scene now of these two constituencies as those votes are counted and the starting has been fired on a massive year in british politics. that's where we are. okay, the two counts. this is where the magic is going to be happening tonight. we are britain's election channel. okay. we'll reforms ben habib winning wellingborough . he joins winning wellingborough. he joins me live. there's been a heck of a lot of chat about ben habib in the this. live the run up to this. he's live and can labour recover from anti—semitism scandals and claims as well. well shadow cabinet minister jonathan reynolds, he's also going to be joining me live. also a big

exclusive now a big exclusive on the despicable grooming gangs fighting to avoid deportation , fighting to avoid deportation, crashing through tomorrow's front pages. our star telegraph columnist allison pearson. we've got lord shaun bailey and ex—labour adviser matthew laser, and i will reveal what's happening here. um. get ready britain. here we go. well, it's official. the starting gun has now been fired on britain's bumper political year. on britain's bumper political year . live reaction coming on britain's bumper political year. live reaction coming . on britain's bumper political year . live reaction coming . next year. live reaction coming. next good evening. >> well, as you've been hearing in the last few minutes by—election voting booths have closed in wellingborough in northamptonshire and kingswood in south gloucestershire. polling station staff will soon

be emptying out the ballot boxes and counting the votes. wellingborough expects to declare at around 4 am, with kingswood looking to give their result any time up to 6 am. gb news is up all night tonight following those events for you and bringing you those live declarations together with expert analysis from midnight right through till breakfast. well, in other news today, the chancellor says there is light at the end of the tunnel if the government sticks to its economic plan. despite the uk entering into recession, official figures showing the economy shrank by 0.3% at the end of 2023 after similar contractions in the previous three months. it's the first time the uk's gdp has dropped since the first half of 2020, after the first covid lockdown, labour says the government is completely out of touch with people's reality . he in other people's reality. he in other news today, a romanian people smuggler has been jailed for attempting to hide seven migrants in the overhead

compartment of a motorhome and then trying to get them into the uk. the group were discovered by border force officials at harwich international port in essex last december. two of the migrants claimed asylum . five, migrants claimed asylum. five, though, were deemed illegal and sent back to the netherlands as minister for illegal migration. michael tomlinson says that those putting lives at risk will face the full weight of the law . face the full weight of the law. a just stop oil activists disrupted flights for more than 4000 travellers after scaling a motorway gantry near heathrow , motorway gantry near heathrow, protesting about global warming. 22 year old cambridge university student cressida gethin says she wanted to interrupt business as usual and draw attention to what she called the dire temperatures in the uk, broadcaster and environmentalist chris packham was one of the drivers who had held up in traffic. he supported her in court, saying he came to sympathise with her actions. her

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earlier on today, blasting into the night sky. >> it's hoped the lander, nicknamed odysseus , will touch nicknamed odysseus, will touch down near the moon's south pole sometime next week for the very latest stories, do sign up for gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts . yes, gb news. common alerts. yes, okay, well, the polls have now slammed shut and the starting gun has been fired on a political year that will set the future of the uk . future of the uk. >> what happens in kingswood and wellingborough matters for the whole of britain, as the general election large, so voters election looms large, so voters in the constituencies had until 10 pm. to decide who they wanted to be their mp. following the departures of chris skidmore and peter bone respectively. now kingswood is a town situated in south gloucestershire . south gloucestershire. meanwhile, wellingborough is located county of located in the county of northamptonshire the east northamptonshire in the east midlands where we're midlands. so that's where we're deaung midlands. so that's where we're dealing here. okay, let's dealing with here. okay, let's take a little shall we? take a little look, shall we? how they voted back in 2019. now

in kingswood, skidmore had in kingswood, chris skidmore had been the past four been successful at the past four general . he increased general elections. he increased his vote share on each occasion and it was up 56% in 2019. before 2010, labour had won the seat at every general election since 1992, so to win , labour since 1992, so to win, labour need a swing in the share of the vote of 11.4 percentage points, so quite a big swing there in wellingborough , former wellingborough, former conservative mp peter bone won at every general election from 2005 to 2019. he increased the tories share of the vote by a staggering 62% in 2019. labour came second in four of the five contests, including in 2019 with candidate andrea watts. however, the exception was in 2015 when ukip was the runner up. the swing needed by labour to win this seat, though, is larger than in kingswood. it's 17.9 than in kingswood. it's17.9 percentage points. in other words , it's the equivalent of 18 words, it's the equivalent of 18 out of every 100 people who voted tory in 2019, switching

sides could happen. it could. so swings of 11.4% in kingswood and 17.9% in wellingborough required by labour. but victory in wellingborough would be the seventh large largest swing from conservatives to labour since 19 1845. labour can be encouraged, though, that three of the top six came in 2023, so they've got form , including the 23.9% swing form, including the 23.9% swing in tamworth back in october. defeats for the tories tonight would be a bitter blow for rishi sunak. it would take by—election defeats up to ten in this parliament. it started so well for the conservatives in 2021 after the party gained hartlepool from labour. but back to back defeats to the lib dems in the assumed safe seats of chesham and amersham, and in north shropshire following the resignation of owen paterson , resignation of owen paterson, saw the tide turn on the tories. they have since lost wakefield. selby and ainsty. mid bedfordshire and tamworth to the

labour party and a further two seats to the lib dems with the latest polls showing tory big hitters jacob rees—mogg, jeremy hunt and other cabinet ministers would actually lose their seat if the general election was held. tomorrow will defeat in kingswood and wellingborough see letters of no confidence stacking up now, of course, in rishi sunak. what will it mean for the public, though, if they do go to labour? will they have backed keir starmer despite a disastrous handling of anti—semitism allegations in recent days? will reform be rampant or a damp squib? find out right here on gb news. we are britain's election channel, but we can cross live now to both of the constituencies for you there and what you can see as well is an early indication of how the people of wellingborough and kingswood have voted. i will start with gb news national reporter theo chikomba over there at the count in kingswood. theo what have been the big issues for you there in that particular area ?

there in that particular area? >> yes. well, cost of living is one of those things which has been cited by those who live in the kingswood area. >> our colleague jeff moody has been out gauging the mood now, of course , since 1974. the of course, since 1974. the constituency of kingswood has beenin constituency of kingswood has been in place, but later this yearit been in place, but later this year it will no longer be there . year it will no longer be there. >> but people are concerned about their towns investment in the city centre, cost of living, energy bills, mortgage payments and so much more . of course, and so much more. of course, those things we've been hearing in the national picture. but for those who are living here, they say they can really feel it. but the stage is set here tonight and is set to begin at and counting is set to begin at around 1030. we've already seen the postal ballot boxes come into this leisure centre, where they are doing the count throughout the night, and of course the pace will start to pick up as the night goes on. >> we've already seen a familiar face here. chris bryant, face in here. chris bryant, labour's bryant, who's labour's chris bryant, who's here the building of here in the building and of course many others who work in this does this

this area. but what does this mean for constituents? >> they really want to see whether or not this vote will make a difference. and what will this mean for the conservatives will there be more confidence or less following this by—election result? but of course, the pace will picking up as the hours will be picking up as the hours come next few come through in the next few hours . hours. >> theo, thank you very much. great where you great stuff. where you are there. cross over to there. let's cross over now to gb news. east midlands reporter will will's in will hollis now will's in wellingborough for us, which i think has garnered a lot more headunes think has garnered a lot more headlines actually, over the course up to these by course of the run up to these by elections. well, have elections. well, what have been the issues at play for you the main issues at play for you there? what's particularly exciting and entertaining about your by—election >> yes. well, where we are actually patrick is just down the road about ten 15 minutes still inside northamptonshire , still inside northamptonshire, but we're inside kettering now. >> this is the huge leisure complex and it's simply because of scale that we're simply a little further down the little bit further down the road. now. wellingborough though, seems to be suffering from many of the same symptoms. that's familiar across that's quite familiar across engush that's quite familiar across english towns , and that's english towns, and that's

particularly deprivation , low particularly deprivation, low skills, low wages and crime and antisocial behaviour. >> that's what i've been hearing from the people that live and breathe the town of wellingborough, as well as the other areas as part of the constituency. >> now, this one has attracted a lot of attention, particularly because of the nature of how peter bowen left the conservative party after the investigations of sexual misconduct and bullying , found misconduct and bullying, found that he had committed those sorts of acts, something that the former mp has denied died. now, another reason why it's attracted a lot of attention is because of the brexit nature of wellingborough as a constituency , high brexit voting area. this could be an opportunity where reform team who have put up one candidate, ben habib , tend to do candidate, ben habib, tend to do really well. so we're going to be seeing those boxes come from around 70 different polling stations , and they're going to stations, and they're going to be coming in the next ten minutes. patrick >> well, thank you very much.

great stuff both of you. you've got a busy night ahead. so i'll leave you it we'll leave you to it and we'll see you little later on you again a little bit later on at news. good luck to you at gb news. good luck to you both. that's the mood in the polling but how are polling stations. but how are the standing the candidates feeling standing for in wellingborough the candidates feeling standing for habib in wellingborough the candidates feeling standing for habib in welliveryyrough is ben habib and i'm very pleased to say joins me now. pleased to say he joins me now. ben lucky . ben feeling lucky. >> it's not a matter of >> well it's not a matter of luck is it? >> it's a matter of getting the votes on the night and, um, we're about to find out. >> patrick. >> patrick. >> all right, so come on, what's the you think the mood? how do you think you've if if you're the mood? how do you think you've honest, if you're the mood? how do you think you've honest, you if you're the mood? how do you think you'vehonest, you mustj're the mood? how do you think you've honest, you must have being honest, you must have a little bit of an early heads up. >> well, all experience heads around me tell that around me tell me that candidates feel more optimistic than they should. so i'm going to caveat everything with that to caveat everything with that to start with. but the mood on the streets been phenomenal. when i put my hat in the ring, the odds against me winning were 66 to 1 yesterday. >> they were 7 to 1. >> so the political shift was with me throughout this campaign . and when i first arrived in wellingborough , people i don't wellingborough, people i don't think really knew who i was. but

yesterday and indeed today, going around in our little battle bus, i had people shouting up to me in our top deck saying, hello, ben . hello deck saying, hello, ben. hello ben and i mean, it was a remarkable it was a remarkable thing. and we've had lots of hoots of horns, people waving . hoots of horns, people waving. the well. >> oh, look, don't worry, we will say hello, ben. hello, ben. again. very very soon. and we don't need a battle bus for that. but that is a really fascinating seat. okay, the wellingborough by—election is going to have really quite large consequences anyway consequences potentially. anyway for the future of rishi sunak. now, was a particular now, there was a particular individual, a chap called will dry, course, who many of you dry, of course, who many of you might not think is a household name. he name. indeed he isn't, but he was sunak was top pollster for rishi sunak . name rings a bell, . if that name rings a bell, it's he quit. okay, he it's because he quit. okay, he decided to walk away from that job he was really saying job and he was really saying banging the drum. he thinks that the tories are going a the tories are going to get a kicking. here, kicking. okay. not just here, but series different but a series of different byelections. so if he's right, okay, will find out right okay, we will find out right here on gb news in just a few

hours time. but ben habib, if he does well or even comes a very, very strong second, well, let me tell you that will really, really shake up british politics. i'm joined by my press pack now i'm going to wander over to them because i've got the wonderful daily telegraph star pearson. star columnist allison pearson. i've conservative peer lord i've got conservative peer lord bailey, and i've got former labour party adviser matthew laza allison. how do you see these byelections going tonight? i think with the specific focus probably on the one that's got more publicity, the wellingborough one. >> uh, well, the most convincing conservative i've met recently is ben habib. uh, apart from lord bailey, of course. uh, i think ben is a fantastic candidate. and as you as you say, patrick, it's going to be fascinating, isn't it? because if he can beat the tories into third, then all bets are off. really kingston is a very different see, different constituency. see, it's bristol . greater it's part of bristol. greater bristol, likely to get bristol, uh, more likely to get pull in more lib dem. although reform's got a very good candidate there in rupert lowe. uh i think i think ben is a

uh but i think i think ben is a is a tremendous how significant would it be if ben if ben habib comes second and hugely significant because they are reform now um, with my lot a lot of my lot daily telegraph readers , they were saying readers, they were saying before, we want the tories to be destroyed. now they're saying we're going to give reform a chance and there's a lot of 2019 tory voters who are switching now to reform . now to reform. >> um, okay. now this is why you need to keep at gb news this evening, because we are rocking and rolling between midnight evening, because we are rocking ara.m..ling between midnight evening, because we are rocking ara.m. tog between midnight evening, because we are rocking ara.m. to keepween midnight evening, because we are rocking ara.m. to keepweerup idnight evening, because we are rocking ara.m. to keepweerup toright evening, because we are rocking ara.m. to keepweerup to date. 6 am. to keep you up to date. so as the results come through, you get it here us. you will get it here from us. first news. sean how first on gb news. sean how worried are you as a concerned nafive? worried are you as a concerned native? how worried are you by the threat of reform or let's be honest, by wipe out from labour? >> there's two things governments never win by elections. but but losing ten, it would be a bit of a record. i think the wellingborough and ben habib, the real significance will be about turnout. so if there's a fairly high turnout in there's a fairly high turnout in the auspices of, of a

by—election where turnout is very low and he does very well, then the conservatives will only need to worry, because that would suggest it's not that would suggest it's not only that conservative voters are not turning out the ones who are turning out the ones who are turning are voting for turning out are voting for reform. could do reform. and what reform could do is one of two things. they could get or 2 mps would get the one on 1 or 2 mps would be for them, they be massive for them, or they could just the tory vote. could just weaken the tory vote. even the country . even more across the country. >> yeah. okay. matthew, how, you know, ecstatic. are you at the possibility of a late a double labour victory in the early hours of the morning? well i'm, i'm ecstatic at the prospect but i'm ecstatic at the prospect but i don't think it's a shoo in yet. >> i'm just hearing from labour sources they're not absolutely convinced that they're going to pull mean, pull both of them off. i mean, they're certainly it's been a difficult the labour difficult week for the labour party. are certainly party. so they are certainly trying expectations. party. so they are certainly tryingyeah expectations. party. so they are certainly tryingyeah well, expectations. party. so they are certainly tryingyeah well, you ectations. party. so they are certainly tryingyeah well, you know,»ns. well. yeah well, you know, they're just they're just they're just they're just they're it's they're just saying that it's certainly certainly not in certainly it's certainly not in the mean the ballot boxes the bag. i mean the ballot boxes are do are being opened now. they do this called sampling this thing called sampling where all there and all the parties stand. there and go through the and look at the initial one. >> more worried about? initial one. >> i more worried about? initial one. >> i think more worried about? initial one. >> i think they're worried about? initial one. >> i think they're morezd about? initial one. >> i think they're more worried ? >> i think they're more worried about wellingborough in because

just size of the just because of the size of the majority. mean, in kingswood, majority. i mean, in kingswood, the rather more the tories have run rather more of campaign. of a vigorous campaign. wellingborough of a vigorous campaign. wellinit)orough of a vigorous campaign. wellinit was|gh of a vigorous campaign. wellinit was peter bone's about it was peter bone's partner, the previously disgraced tory mp um, but the tories fight in tories have put up a fight in kingswood there's a kingswood and there's a bit of a divide between the divide in kingswood between the inner which is labour, inner city bit, which is labour, and villages, which are tory laboun >> what labour overturned vast majority fine , fine. majority in mid beds fine, fine. >> put a put a pin in >> sorry to put a put a pin in this grenade this particular grenade but we have ben habib back for have got ben habib back for round two. round two of him back from the dead ben. fantastic. okay, so look don't know if okay, so look we i don't know if you bit that, you could hear a bit of that, but apparently, apparently labour saying they labour sources are saying they are . they're nervous about are. they're quite nervous about what's going on in wellingborough. that must be music to your ears. >> well , it's too early to tell, >> well, it's too early to tell, to be honest. but what i can tell you is the mood on the street. i was about to say the mood on the street is like may 2019, the brexit party won 2019, when the brexit party won its thumping national election . its thumping national election. when we returned, more meps to the european parliament than any other party, and we decimated the tory vote . that is the mood the tory vote. that is the mood on the street , patrick. whether

on the street, patrick. whether that translates into votes for reform uk tonight, to the extent required to win the seat or to come second, or to just beat our polling, which i think is around 10% at the moment, remains to be determined. but the mood is extraordinary and the political sands are shifting in our direction. the conservative i think alison was saying that, you know, initially people of all disposition wanted the conservative party obliterated because they'd lost a completely all aspects of conservatism. but there's something else brewing. there's a desire now to replace the conservative party with a genuinely conservative force. and i smelt that felt it increasingly through this by—election. so i don't know what the result is going to be, but it's going to be important . but it's going to be important. and i think i think and i hope reform has done incredibly well. >> so look, ben, what's your plan for this evening then . now plan for this evening then. now when are you going to end up turning up at the count? and

what are you what are you going to do? and have you written speech? >>i speech? >> i don't need to write a speech. i've got it. absolutely in my head. can't wait. speech. i've got it. absolutely in my head. can't wait . but if in my head. i can't wait. but if i up in the commons on i turn up in the commons on monday morning, it will be dishy rishi, wishy washy worst nightmare that speech will flow absolute naturally off my lips . absolute naturally off my lips. the fact that i'm in politics is a testimony to how awfully the conservative party has run this country for 14 years. people like me shouldn't be in politics. we're only in it because the conservative party has taken the country to the precipice of disaster. there you go. there's my speech, patrick. it's already happening . it's already happening. >> well, okay, ben , you know >> well, okay, ben, you know you're one of life's great optimists . and, you know, you're optimists. and, you know, you're a regular here. you're a regular here on gb news. i know a lot of our viewers and listeners do, uh, do care for you. so good luck. and, uh, no matter what happens, i hope to see you. see you soon. take care. you again soon. take care. that's there. he's that's ben habib there. he's been reform in been running for reform in wellingborough, we go .

wellingborough, but here we go. after arguably their worst week under keir starmer. just how under sir keir starmer. just how confident are labour feeling? i'm delighted to welcome to the show shadow secretary of show the shadow secretary of state and trade is state for business and trade is jonathan jonathan, jonathan reynolds. jonathan, thank joining jonathan reynolds. jonathan, tha now joining jonathan reynolds. jonathan, tha now you're joining jonathan reynolds. jonathan, tha now you're talking joining jonathan reynolds. jonathan, tha now you're talking to joining jonathan reynolds. jonathan, tha now you're talking to using us. now you're talking to us from glasgow. i believe out of the scottish labour party conference. um, i'm just wondering how you're feeling. how are you feeling confident ahead of these by elections, do you think tonight. well you know, at this stage, no one really knows. >> no one's really got any information. so we're all guessing look, guessing a little bit. but look, these obviously pretty these are obviously two pretty solid seats . these are obviously two pretty solid seats. i'm in solid conservative seats. i'm in very wellingborough's very large wellingborough's in 18,500 majority . so 18,500 conservative majority. so they're not places we'd usually be expecting to have a chance in. but we think we've got a chance. we think we've run good campaigns, candidates. campaigns, got good candidates. we're confident that whatever the we might not the result and we might not ultimately in a seat ultimately do it in a seat in seats like these, but we've got to see this continued to hopefully see this continued journey more journey from 2019, where more and in all parts of and more people in all parts of the country putting their the country are putting their faith in the labour party. so

that's hopefully what we'll get in the early hours of the morning. happy morning. so we're happy with what we've done, but we recognise on the outer what we've done, but we recog of e on the outer what we've done, but we recog of any on the outer what we've done, but we recog of any kind on the outer what we've done, but we recog of any kind ofon the outer what we've done, but we recog of any kind of labourouter expectations. >> okay. and i understand that, that running alongside the event that running alongside the event that you're at the moment is that you're at at the moment is this business which is this business forum, which is a behind doors event. behind closed doors event. surely had enough of surely labour have had enough of behind closed doors events after what's in weeks, what's happened in recent weeks, do you can bounce back do you think you can bounce back from some of the things we've seen rochdale ? seen in rochdale? >> it's been it's >> yeah. look it's been it's been difficult week. and been a difficult week. and frankly get situation frankly when you get a situation like never going to like this, it's never going to be an easy thing to do. but look , to make an , we've had to make an unprecedented decision to pull essentially campaign essentially the labour campaign from a seat which we held, which we expect usually hold we would expect usually to hold in circumstances. but in these circumstances. but we've the right we've had to make the right decision that, it is the decision in that, and it is the right decision. so, look, it's not easy in that not been an easy week in that sense. i rochdale is up sense. i mean, rochdale is up the from where i live in the road from where i live in stalybridge and hyde. i would obviously for obviously want, particularly for someone like tony lloyd was a friend be friend of mine, us to be fighting to hold seat. so fighting to hold that seat. so we do that. had we can't do that. but we've had to right decision . when to make the right decision. when the broke the weekend, to make the right decision. when the made broke the weekend, to make the right decision. when the made itoke the weekend, to make the right decision. when the made it on the weekend, to make the right decision. when the made it on monday. 'eekend, to make the right decision. when

the made it on monday. can't|d, we made it on monday. can't really do it much faster than that circumstances. really do it much faster than thatyou circumstances. really do it much faster than thatyou know, circumstances. really do it much faster than thatyou know, look,nstances. really do it much faster than thatyou know, look, these es. but you know, look, these situations happen in situations sometimes happen in politics ultimately , you politics and ultimately, you know, under lot know, we've come under a lot of flak for how tightly we have vetted parliamentary vetted our parliamentary candidates. up candidates. everyone who was up to this point saying we were doing says, doing that to strongly now says, you should it even you know, we should do it even more thoroughly. even more thoroughly. go even further. in the future. we'll have lesson. but have to learn that lesson. but we a lot into our we have put a lot into our candidate selection for the general . and general election. and ultimately, is why. general election. and ulti okay. /, is why. general election. and ulti okay. all is why. general election. and ulti okay. all right. vhy. general election. and ulti okay. all right. now, um , >> okay. all right. now, um, look, jonathan, well, it's look, jonathan, as well, it's clear that your is divided clear that your party is divided on on the issue a ceasefire on on the issue of a ceasefire in gaza . the snp are going to in gaza. the snp are going to give you a bit of a headache because they are bringing a vote to westminster on a ceasefire. okay how you going to vote okay how are you going to vote in ? well look, we'll have in that? well look, we'll have to see what the motion is that the snp put forward. >> i think they will try and word that as to make it as difficult possible for difficult as possible for laboun difficult as possible for labour. when you say labour. but look, when you say labour's divided the position, the that we the labour party has is that we want to stop, we want the fighting to stop, we want the fighting to stop, we want a cessation violence. we want a cessation of violence. we want a serious, sustainable ceasefire. sides ceasefire. that means both sides and peace process out and we want a peace process out

of and think that is of that. and i think that is right. people saying right. i think people saying that ignore the fact that that you ignore the fact that hostages held , hostages are still being held, or that you somehow only think there's one side in this. we want be of want both sides to be part of that. i get that, but look, if there's a sustainable without respect, absolute respect, there's a sustainable without respect,if absolute respect, there's a sustainable without respect,if there solute respect, there's a sustainable without respect,if there islute respect, there's a sustainable without respect,if there is ate respect, there's a sustainable without respect,if there is a vote;pect, there's a sustainable without respect,if there is a vote putt, if there if there is a vote put forward the snp, which it forward by the snp, which it does like going to be does sound like it's going to be quite white, immediate quite black and white, immediate ceasefire are you ceasefire or not, how are you going to vote in that? >> look, i, i've been around politics too long to ever give a comment on something i haven't seen, so we'll have to see the wording put down. wording that they put down. >> confident in what >> but we're confident in what our position is. people know what is. we will what our position is. we will stick which stick to something which reflects that position. and of course, want see course, again, we want to see everybody see an end to everybody wants to see an end to what absolutely horrendous what is an absolutely horrendous situation, doing that situation, but it's doing that in a meaningful way. that is the most important and doing most important thing, and doing it which holds and it in a way which holds and gives chance to come out gives a real chance to come out of this horrendous situation with and with a proper peace process. and hopefully situation moved hopefully this situation moved on. past few on. i think in the past few years, people have paid lip service to things like a two years, people have paid lip servi(solution.gs like a two years, people have paid lip servi(solution. it like a two years, people have paid lip servi(solution. it hasn't,wo years, people have paid lip servi(solution. it hasn't, to be state solution. it hasn't, to be frank, advanced. need frank, advanced. we need

something meaningful serious something meaningful and serious to this. of to come out of this. and of course, the short terme response to situation has course, the short terme response to to situation has course, the short terme response to to be situation has course, the short terme response to to be that situation has course, the short terme response to to be that cessation has course, the short terme response to to be that cessation ofis got to be that cessation of violence on both sides . violence on both sides. >> all right, jonathan, can i just say thank you very, very much for joining just say thank you very, very much forjoining us tonight, much for joining us tonight, especially standing outside especially for standing outside in quite cold in what is probably quite cold weather so you weather in glasgow. so thank you very take and i'll very much. take care and i'll talk to you again soon. all the best. azhar ali best. all right. now azhar ali as in relation to rochdale as he's in relation to rochdale by the way, we were by the way, which we were mentioning of mentioning there a couple of times. has since times. azhar ali has since apologised comments. apologised for his comments. here are the candidates standing in by—election. in the rochdale by—election. azhar ali labour mark azhar ali labour party mark coleman, independent simon danczuk uk ian donaldson, danczuk reform uk ian donaldson, liberal democrat paul ellison, conservative. galloway , conservative. george galloway, workers britain michael workers party of britain michael howarth, independent william howarth, independent william howarth, independent. guy otten, green party. raven rodents supporting the official monster raving loony and david tully , raving loony and david tully, independent. right. i've got a heck of a lot of twists and turns. still to come for you, but from midnight little reminder. sure you reminder. make sure that you keep because are keep it gb news because we are going be air for going to be live on air for special coverage of the counts in tonight , in both elections tonight, right? the decide. so

right? the people decide. so stay small hours to stay up into the small hours to find they voted. keeping find out how they voted. keeping you be tom harwood you company will be tom harwood nigel farage jacob rees—mogg, allison pearson , expert pollster allison pearson, expert pollster mark goodwin , matthew lazar as mark goodwin, matthew lazar as well. i believe sean's had the night off. can't be bothered. but we've got we've got loads of people for you as well. a whole host of top guests and yes, now i do have a little bit of a shift on from those by elections. there i do have an exclusive for you now and i think it's very, very important. and i'll get my panel to react. i know there's a heck of a lot of strong views on this, and i've got no doubt whatsoever of strong views on this, and i've it's no doubt whatsoever of strong views on this, and i've it's goinngt whatsoever of strong views on this, and i've it's going to whatsoever of strong views on this, and i've it's going to whatslot'er of strong views on this, and i've it's going to whatslot of that it's going to get a lot of you it's an exclusive you going. it's an exclusive on the rochdale child sex gang that has spent the last three years fighting to their has spent the last three years fightircountries. to their has spent the last three years fightircountries. revelation home countries. the revelation is that their legal aid bill has now cost more than £2 million to the british taxpayer, brand new freedom of information figures released to gb news exclusively show that the nine men convicted in 2012 of sexual offences,

often against children , even often against children, even including rape, trafficked ring they have reached an astonishing £2 million of taxpayers . money, £2 million of taxpayers. money, £44,000 in publicly funded legal help as well. the money is paid to lawyers acting for the paedophiles at trial , as well as paedophiles at trial, as well as funding years of lengthy appeals against government attempts to send pakistan . last send them back to pakistan. last month, it was reported that kwasi abdul rauf, who's 54 now, is driver and is a former taxi driver and a preacher, don't you know, was still living in the uk nearly nine years after he was first ordered to be deported by a judge. our figures show that rauf , who was told that he would rauf, who was told that he would be deported to pakistan after serving time in prison, has now received wait for it 297 £348,000 in legal aid . £348,000 in legal aid. absolutely astonishing . let's absolutely astonishing. let's just round those. it's basically 298 grand in legal support , 298 grand in legal support, right? his british citizenship has been removed, so he's not even a british citizen anymore. but pakistan, where he also held

citizenship , has reportedly citizenship, has reportedly refused to take him he refused to take him back. he was jailed for years after being jailed for six years after being convicted of conspiracy to engagein convicted of conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with children. plural under the age of 16, and trafficking for sexual exploitation . he was sexual exploitation. he was released afterjust sexual exploitation. he was released after just two sexual exploitation. he was released afterjust two and a half years, and has since been spotted out and about on the same streets where he trafficked under a british girls for sex. he was meant to be sent to pakistan, along with this chap, adeel khan, who's now 53. their lawyers appealed against that decision as well. a further appeal arguing that his deportation would breach his human rights, was dismissed in 2022 and in august last year, immigration judges threw out another appeal from rauf's lawyers. seven other members of that lawyers. seven other members of mawm lawyers. seven other members of that vile rape paedophile gang have racked up combined legal costs of almost £1.5 million straight out of your pocket. joined now by my panel, daily telegraph columnist allison pierce and conservative peer lord shaun bailey and former labour party adviser matthew

laza allison . i mean, this is laza allison. i mean, this is a scandal on top of scandal, on top of scandal that news line tonight, which we can reveal exclusively here on gb news, is that the total amount of money now that the taxpayers have spent monsters has gone spent on these monsters has gone above £2 million, and how much has gone to the young women , the has gone to the young women, the survivors of that? >> so one thing that's behind all you're saying, patrick, all these, shocking viewers these, these shocking viewers will very shocked and listen will be very shocked and listen to very shocked by this to be very shocked by this appalling sum money. we appalling sum of money. what we do know is that this town and do know is that in this town and in some of the towns, there are women survivors of those grotesque acts by men like this, and they bump into them in tesco, which can you imagine what that's like? someone who has raped you, shared you round his friends, giving you drugs to make you obedient, and they're still at large ten, 15 years later . legal still at large ten, 15 years later. legal aid is not intended for convicted criminals to use lawyers to exhaust every avenue to prevent you being deported.

it's an absolute travesty of what legal aid is intended for. >> £2 million of taxpayers money going to these people who raped kids in some cases got them pregnant , threaten them with pregnant, threaten them with murder, they got two and a half years in prison for that. and now millions of pounds so that they can just stay and live their normal family life. sure. >> we've been talking about the by—election recently and what we'll be talking about is a low turnout. is the kind of turnout. this is the kind of thing that drives a low turnout. people the country is people think the country is a joke. you people people think the country is a joke.have you people people think the country is a joke.have what you people people think the country is a joke.have what weu people people think the country is a joke.have what we would people people think the country is a joke.have what we would consider who have what we would consider a use of legal a more legitimate use of legal aid will not get it. you aid simply will not get it. you have who talk about have people who talk about immigration all time wanting immigration all the time wanting to wanting to to let everybody in, wanting to keep everybody out. but nobody to let everybody in, wanting to keep aboutyody out. but nobody to let everybody in, wanting to keep about the out. but nobody to let everybody in, wanting to keep about the abuse ut nobody to let everybody in, wanting to keep about the abuse that'syody talks about the abuse that's happening in system the happening in the system now. the fact that can exhaust the fact that you can exhaust the legal going and legal system and keep going and keep going and keep going and delay, that needs to be changed. as discussed, rwanda as we discussed, the rwanda bill, there's lots of technicalities and one of technicalities in it and one of the things that it keeps coming up is how times can up is how many times you can appeal appeal at appeal or if you can appeal at all. need to go back and all. we need to go back and completely look at the

immigration again. and immigration system again. and the said, the last thing to be said, of course, the defences course, one of the defences they've been using is that it would violation their would be a violation of their human rights. what about the human rights. what about the human young women human rights of the young women and that they that and young girls that they that they. i don't even want to use they. i don't even want to use the word rape, but they were convicted. they convicted convicted. they were convicted of serious wrongdoing. of some very serious wrongdoing. what their rights? what about their legal rights? so to you that so when someone says to you that they want to come out at echr and some very high up person says, our says, oh no, no, no, our international representation rep um, remember that this is um, rep remember that this is this is the kind of thing that people see. it's being used to dodge our law to affect our young people. >> your reaction to that ? gb >> your reaction to that? gb news tonight, matthew, that news kc tonight, matthew, that the that the legal bill, now that taxpayers paying these taxpayers are paying for these animals has hit £2 million? well, look like like like everybody. >> it's it gives a sense of revulsion. i mean, you know, what occurred with the grooming gangs across north gangs in towns across the north of which underage, of england, which was underage, aborted, and was aborted, um, you know, and was and was handled incredibly badly by of being by authorities scared of being accused of racism in the early days.i accused of racism in the early days. i think got days. i think things got slightly on, slightly better later on, but we've seen with andy

we've still seen with andy burnham done report into burnham has done a report into rochdale where he's looked at the, um, the particular details there, but we've got similar cases there. so on legal, legal aid is hugely important. one of the about legal the things about legal aid is you to defend some you end up paying to defend some pretty because pretty unpleasant people because it's that they're it's essential that they're represented. let me just finish because important because this is really important , which is that in this particular as particular case, clearly, as sean it is ludicrous sean has said, it is ludicrous that they are being allowed legal for after legal aid for appeal after appeal appeal. is appeal after appeal. that is what really sticks in the throat. yes people are entitled to legal aid for a fair trial, no matter how awful the crime that they are being prosecuted for. but it's this endless appeals. and why are we not being able to send people to pakistan? we send development aid we aid to pakistan. why don't we link it to the development aid? we're that we're writing the check that people back people won't take people back problems is they were problems as well is they were obviously given smart legal obviously given very smart legal advice, which is renounce your own citizenship . own pakistani citizenship. >> basically shred >> so you can basically shred your pakistani passport. your own pakistani passport. >> you something if >> i tell you something now, if we pakistan, these we said to pakistan, these people, are of their people, all are are of their your people, they're pakistani citizens . yeah. and by the way, citizens. yeah. and by the way, if you don't take them back, you

will be your aid. will not be getting your aid. things will change. things will change. are so busy change. what we are so busy doing talking our doing is talking about our international cares . international rep. nobody cares. nobody to take nobody cares. we have to take firm action to defend our young people. would take money people. i would take the money back, okay? >> . well, look, i've just >> right. well, look, i've just got statement here from the got a statement here from the ministry so it'll be ministry of justice, so it'll be interesting what they interesting to see what they have say all this. have to say about all this. anyone court anyone facing a crown court trial is eligible legal aid, trial is eligible for legal aid, subject strict means test. subject to a strict means test. depending on their means, applicants criminal legal depending on their means, appcan�*nts criminal legal depending on their means, appcan�*nts requirednal legal depending on their means, appcan�*nts required to legal depending on their means, appcan�*nts required to payal aid can be required to pay contributions up the entire contributions up to the entire cost they are cost of the defence if they are convicted of at least one offence, with which they are charged. legal aid in the court of is granted by the of appeal is granted by the courts rather than the legal aid agency. such legal not agency. such legal aid is not means it is means tested, however, it is possible for the court of appeal to order the recovery of some or all of the costs of representation at the end of the case. anyone facing crown case. anyone facing a crown court does have to do court trial does have to do that. so there we go, right. coming up, sadiq khan is leading the way when it comes to cleaning up the labour party . cleaning up the labour party. >> so it shouldn't be acceptable

in party like mine that is in a party like mine that is proud both anti racist but proud to be both anti racist but also anti—semitic . also anti—semitic. >> oh shocker, don't say that. anyway a blunder there from khan, but the failed london mayor really has outdone himself today. my press pack are standing by to debate the woke virtue signalling ways. we do also have the very first look at tomorrow's newspaper front pages for you, including an extraordinary intervention from harry and meghan, whose spokesman tonight as publicly hit out at claims that it's make or break for the sussexes or break time for the sussexes by declaring in a statement this couple will not be broken in all of that. and i've been teasing you a clip of a peruvian dancer bear earlier and will reveal all patrick christys tonight only on gb

listening to gb news radio. >> okay , look, let's whiz you >> okay, look, let's whiz you through the very first of tomorrow's front pages. let's do it right now. the metro at baby boom, ultrasound blast treatment

makes dud sperms swim. male fertility breakthrough , too. uh, fertility breakthrough, too. uh, there's also a picture of harry and meghan there. uh, let's go to the i. uk slips into recession, but squeeze will cut inflation, hunt believes. okay, that's what the i going off on the economy the daily mail now be bold go for big tax cuts be bold and go for big tax cuts and they mean it because big is written in red as the economy stalls. chancellor urged to turbocharge growth. um so okay there we go . let's go to the there we go. let's go to the guardian now and we go, pm warned against cuts as uk falls into recession. yeah, there we go. and the reason why i am rattling through these more than i would normally do it, is because i have a surprise intervention. i'll reintroduce my prescott daily telegraph columnist allison pearson . i've columnist allison pearson. i've got conservative peer lord bailey and former labour party adviser matthew laza, but but as you've been hearing the polls have only just closed in the kingswood and wellingborough by elections. and i'm delighted to say i discuss these further say i can discuss these further

now conservative mp bob now with conservative mp bob seely. bob a fantastic, if not somewhat surprising addition to this show. well done . um, right. this show. well done. um, right. okay, so, um, how are you feeling after this by—election? are you confident ? are you confident? >> um, the by elections are not necessarily an indicator of any upcoming general election . upcoming general election. >> look, i've taken with a pinch of salt. they may be painful for us. uh, there may be a painful rochdale by—election for labour. let's see. >> okay. i mean, look, the worst case scenario could be an 18% swing in wellingborough. and let's say that means, you know, a labour win there. i mean, if that happens, there's going to be letters of no confidence going into rishi sunak. the latest poll. so his cabinet going into rishi sunak. the latest be l. so his cabinet going into rishi sunak. the latest be l. so out his cabinet going into rishi sunak. the latest be l. so out the cabinet going into rishi sunak. the latest be l. so out the next et election. >> um, okay. >> um, okay. >> patrick, there isn't going to be confidence in be a vote of confidence in rishi. rishi going to be the rishi. rishi is going to be the prime minister us into prime minister to lead us into the election. that much the next election. uh, that much is i just say there is clear. can i just say there is clear. can i just say there is pattern? look, i take is a pattern? and look, i take full polls with pinch full opinion polls with a pinch of salt. frankly, of salt. and frankly, by—election pinch by—election results with a pinch of but there is a of salt as well. but there is a pattern here is pattern here which is conservative. staying pattern here which is co home. ive. staying pattern here which is co home. ifz. staying pattern here which is co home. if you staying pattern here which is co home. if you look staying pattern here which is

co home. if you look at staying pattern here which is co home. if you look at the ring at home. if you look at the labour vote, sometimes it increases a thousand, increases by a thousand, sometimes by 2000 is increasing by very small numbers. it's conservatives sitting on conservatives are sitting on their hands now. if they conservatives sit on their hands at general election, we're in at a general election, we're in trouble. but if reach out to them and get them out and get them and get them out and get them back to support us. and i'm not it's a done i'm not saying it's a done deal. i'm very, know, being very very, you know, being very humble. can we're in with a humble. we can we're in with a chance. so let's just see what happens. >> if if the tories, if the >> if you if the tories, if the tories do lose in both kingswood and wellingborough, who would you labour or you rather lose to? labour or reform . reform. >> um i wouldn't, i wouldn't want to lose to anybody. but, you know, very simple message for any, vote for for reform. any, any vote for a conservative party apart from the in the conservatives. let's in labour okay. >> all right . and, um, why do >> all right. and, um, why do you think it's been such a struggle? why do you think so many conservative voters may end up sitting on the. look, up sitting on the. hey, look, you know, this interview might get a few hours get played out in a few hours time you've won stonking time and you've won a stonking victory in seats. fine. victory in both seats. fine. okay. fair play. but but but, you , as expected, you know, if, as expected, that's the case. there's that's not the case. and there's been a low turnout, why are why

are people are you struggling to get people off the backsides and to go out and on a, on a thursday and vote on a, on a thursday evening for the tories? >> there's a bunch >> uh, there's a bunch of reasons, basically we have >> uh, there's a bunch of reasa|s, basically we have >> uh, there's a bunch of reasa torrid basically we have >> uh, there's a bunch of reasa torrid fewically we have >> uh, there's a bunch of reasa torrid few years. we have >> uh, there's a bunch of reasa torrid few years. whyive >> uh, there's a bunch of reasa torrid few years. why we had a torrid few years. why we had a torrid few years. why we had a torrid few years because we covid spent 350 we had covid and spent 350 billion lockdowns. know billion on lockdowns. i know alison opinion on alison has an opinion on lockdowns, do i. um, lockdowns, frankly. so do i. um, i think of the data seems lockdowns, frankly. so do i. um, i tbek of the data seems lockdowns, frankly. so do i. um, i tbe very of the data seems lockdowns, frankly. so do i. um, i tbe very flawede data seems lockdowns, frankly. so do i. um, i tbe very flawed . data seems lockdowns, frankly. so do i. um, i tbe very flawed . uh,1 seems lockdowns, frankly. so do i. um, i tbe very flawed . uh, and ms to be very flawed. uh, and locking down kids and shutting schools. terrible. so we had lockdown, but we spent hundreds of billions . okay. had of billions. okay. we then had the living crisis caused the cost of living crisis caused by the russian ukraine war. the sharp spike, the inflationary spike . um, and we've had to spike. um, and we've had to spend 93 billion. so we've spent nearly £1 trillion. we nearly half £1 trillion. we didn't think were going be didn't think we were going to be spending that is shot spending in 2019. that is shot through the public finances. we're getting them back. it's a struggle. we're fighting to get back. we're getting the ship of state back course. i would state back on course. i would just i don't believe for just say, i don't believe for one second, that labour are one second, uh, that labour are the answer. i think they would be need to be dreadful. but what we need to do make sure we stay the do is make sure we stay the course. we need to inflation course. we need to get inflation down. taxes down. yes, we need to cut taxes as well. we need to get

as well. and we need to get those growth policies kicking in just to confirm. >> bob, if lose both of >> then bob, if you lose both of these elections, that's ten. these by elections, that's ten. and start of this since the and the start of this since the start of this parliament, you are adamant. are absolutely are adamant. you are absolutely adamant that rishi sunak is going leading you into the going to be leading you into the next election of course. next general election of course. >> i mean, i'm sorry, anyone who sort any , it's sort of wants to brief any, it's just a mug's game . forget it. just a mug's game. forget it. uh, look, we can i just say what we need to do , and we are we need to do, and we are increasingly doing this is remembering that unity is a really critical factor . i know really critical factor. i know that we have our critics that we need to go further. we need to be more concerned. i think there are people like me in the conservative party who who listen carefully those listen carefully to those arguments, actually , above arguments, but actually, above all, need to be united and all, we need to be united and make sure that we stay united and let labour fall to pieces over gaza or anti—semitism or any of the other things, or plagiarism or not having a clue what they're on about. >> you very, very >> bob, thank you very, very much. appreciate you much. really appreciate you coming at what must have been coming on at what must have been incredibly because coming on at what must have been irdidn'tly because coming on at what must have been irdidn't even because coming on at what must have been irdidn't even know because coming on at what must have been irdidn't even know you because

i didn't even know you were coming thank you very coming on. so thank you very much. seagull. great. um, much. bobby seagull. great. um, right . okay, look, a couple right. okay, look, um, a couple of a couple of things to of things. a couple of things to get into he was saying, get into there. he was saying, um, that rishi sunak will definitely charge the definitely be in charge of the tories at election. and tories at the next election. and he saying, well, we he also was saying, well, we need to do party unity. well, they thinking when they weren't thinking that when they weren't thinking that when they boris johnson, they got rid of boris johnson, were they? >> they're >> uh, they're running out of time, i mean, there's time, patrick. i mean, there's going a bloodbath going to be a bloodbath tonight. i'm confident. and then i'm quite confident. and then we've may election we've got the may local election when, going to be when, uh, that's going to be bloodbath to power ten. bloodbath to the power of ten. uh they probably won't replace him . i personally think they him. i personally think they should just go for one of the girls and minimise the minimise the um , he's the losses, but, um, he's deluded, seely. i like him deluded, bob seely. i like him very much. i think he's a great, great mp. he is deluded to say there's no correlation between the, uh, by elections and the general election. the conservative safe seats are falling like skittles . this is falling like skittles. this is much worse than 1997. in my opinion. >> it will, will will return to this. >> but it is worth noting that if i mean an 18% swing, potentially in wellingborough

would would be massive. and i'm sure over the course of our coverage, we'd start man tom harwood between midnight and 6 am. he's going to be articulate a.m. he's going to be articulate , talking to you possibly a few times exactly how important this will be. but look, coming up, the uk has tipped back into a recession. does chancellor jeremy hunt need to walk? well, find out whether or not he's going to be a greatest britain or a union jackass. i think he can probably guess. plus my press pack remains you press pack remains to take you through the remainder of tomorrow's front tomorrow's newspaper front pages. the pages. and who is behind the mask of this very cute valentine's day? teddy bear? yes. which you saw for about a second there in peru. all will be revealed as patrick christys tonight. we're only on .

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british gas told to cut prices after record profit. absolutely. seriously we have been falling foul to, in my view , a bit of foul to, in my view, a bit of a racket. now the independent soon braced for double pole blow as recession bites. labour taunts prime minister he's promised to grow the economy's in tatters. this recession 0.3. there we go. and also that big picture of that super bowl parade horror that super bowl parade horror that left one dead. and children wounded. kansas city wounded. the kansas city shooting . we go the telegraph shooting. we go to the telegraph hunt to shelve two income tax . hunt to shelve two income tax. uh, i think i think i've read this headline a few times. i've certainly read other headlines a few times. i just is he going to do it? i don't know, probably not. uh farage. threat to natwest share sale over failure to resolve de—banking nigel farage has warned the incoming chief executive of natwest that he will try to scupper the sale of the, uh, taxpayer funded bank unless they change their culture. farage is not letting go, is he like an xl bully? the times don't rush to rewrite,

staff writes. labour told add a bit of a snooze fest that the mirror recession . yeah, mirror recession. yeah, difficult to say unless you're sean connery, right? okay, so let's go over again to my wonderful panel. i'm joined by my press pack, daily telegraph columnist allison pearson, conservative peer lord bailey and former labour party adviser matthew laza. so look, the labour party wants gain being labour party wants to gain being torn these torn apart by these anti—semitism they anti—semitism accusations. they probably didn't need this blunder the london mayor. blunder from the london mayor. >> sadiq khan so the language is unacceptable certainly unacceptable and it certainly shouldn't acceptable a shouldn't be acceptable in a party mine. that proud party like mine. that is proud to be both anti—racist but also anti—semitic. and we'll come back to some of those beg your pardon? tackling anti—semitism . pardon? tackling anti—semitism. >> ah. anyway, the reason why sadiq khan was standing awkwardly on a train platform is because that because he announced today that he overground he will rename london overground train lines, creating the windrush line , the lyonesse windrush line, the lyonesse line, the suffragette line, khan says the new system will help the visually impaired, but also admitted not everyone's going to be happy, well, to cry, but thankfully the lovely people at

spiked magazine have created a slightly more realistic rebrand based on khan's , uh, things based on khan's, uh, things there. the county line and the lineker line. the shamima line , lineker line. the shamima line, the captain tom line, the free palace line and the gender affirming care line. so panel, not sadiq khan's finest day . not sadiq khan's finest day. >> i often say the phrase to be fair to sadiq khan, but to be fair to sadiq khan, but to be fair to sadiq khan, but to be fair to sadiq khan, it's quite hard to say anti—antisemitism isn't it? it is. so it was. it was a bit of a it was a bit of a, you know, a bit of a mouthful. um, i'm not entirely opposed to all his woke, uh, train lines, actually, i quite like windrush line. i think like the windrush line. i think that's mean, we can move that's okay. i mean, we can move on after royals on from naming them after royals and areas. in my and geographic areas. in my view, we thought the pankhurst line was a bit catchy in the suffragette curse line. >> the one thing i will say lately, master geography school places is often important to the line. more line. it makes them more memorable. goes memorable. yes, now it goes through that place, the piccadilly to mind. piccadilly line jumps to mind. but. but this that you have but. but this idea that you have to greatly pander is the to so greatly pander is the problem. i think he could have been.

problem. i think he could have been . somebody should have taken been. somebody should have taken into like into account. we like alliteration. the english spoken words works with alliteration. now to now should have taken that to account, the that account, not the fact that he wants signal so wants a virtue signal so much. >> six point million. that's >> six point £1 million. that's the important thing. >> he spent £6.9 million on this. be concentrating this. he should be concentrating on delivering. >> were >> to be fair, they were going to, they had, because the overground so big, which overground had got so big, which was moment on was the orange at the moment on the, london underground the, on the london underground map, they, they had to separate it the money. but it out and spend the money. but our going next our airport's going to be next because americans because of course the americans as americans spend you know, you've ronald you've got ronald reagan national we national airport and all we know we've lennon in we've got john lennon in liverpool george best. liverpool and george best. >> but what americans >> but what the americans spend their money on is the americans business. he's spending our money, cash. money, our hard earned cash. whenever cost of living problem on there's many on this nonsense. there's many other he should be other things he should be massive, taxpayer funded. other things he should be ma virtue:axpayer funded. other things he should be ma virtue signalling nded. be other things he should be ma�*way.e signalling nded. be other things he should be ma�*way.e swould1g nded. be other things he should be ma�*way.e swould be|ded. be other things he should be ma�*way.e swould be one. be other things he should be ma�*way.e swould be one way of one way. it would be one way of looking it. um, i'm looking at it. now, um, i'm desperate this in. okay desperate to get this in. okay because when think of because when i think of valentine's day, i think flowers, chocolate , soppy cards , flowers, chocolate, soppy cards, maybe something else as well. but for the peruvian police this year , it also happens to be the year, it also happens to be the perfect day to catch a suspected drug dealer . one lucky officer

drug dealer. one lucky officer donned a cuddly bear outfit and, armed with nothing more than a balloon and some choc lits, they got down on one knee. in an apparent profession of love. well, the suspect couldn't resist and was lured out onto the street only to be pounced on by the cuddly bear who's an undercover officer. this is real. this is not a joke , okay? real. this is not a joke, okay? never judge a bear by its cover a grief. so i mean, that is that is what what paddington have said. >> yeah, he was from peru. what would paddington said ? would paddington have said? >> well, paddington has gone off would paddington have said? >> rails paddington has gone off would paddington have said? >> rails recently ton has gone off would paddington have said? >> rails recently ,)n has gone off would paddington have said? >> rails recently , actually. ne off the rails recently, actually. >> lord patten, this >> steady. um lord patten, this would be steady, but paddington is one of our favourites. could you you're in you imagine that when you're in jail to you, jail and someone said to you, sir, you get arrested by paddy? >>i paddy? >> igot paddy? >> i got nicked by. i got nicked by a bear. >> yeah, have to make it >> yeah, you'd have to make it up, wouldn't you'd have to up, wouldn't you? you'd have to make have say it make it up. you'd have to say it was because you couldn't was a swat because you couldn't make it up. >> you'd have to make it up. >> you'd have to make it up. >> smuggled marmalade >> paddington smuggled marmalade rather something.

rather than something. well, something yes. >> exactly, exactly. well, >> well, exactly, exactly. well, look, to remind you look, i just want to remind you all, okay? that from midnight we will air for will stay live on air for special of the counts special coverage of the counts in and the in wellingborough and the kingswood. tonight. kingswood. by elections tonight. the people decide to stay up with on to find out with us on gb news to find out how voted . and keeping how they voted. and keeping you company evening will be tom company this evening will be tom harwood nigel farage, jacob rees—mogg, allison pearson, matthew expert matthew laser expert pollster matthew laser expert pollster matt goodwin . it's an unrivalled matt goodwin. it's an unrivalled line—up, now we're just line—up, but now we're just about have time to reveal today's greatest britain and union jackass, allison, greatest britain, please. union jackass, allison, greatest britquite lease. union jackass, allison, greatest britquitele serious union jackass, allison, greatest britquite le serious one. union jackass, allison, greatest britquitele serious one. patrick. >> quite a serious one. patrick. rabbi zakaria deutsch, a chaplain at leeds university. the rabbi and his wife and children are currently in forced into hiding after receiving death threats from the pro—palestine mob because the rabbi . he was a chaplain for the rabbi. he was a chaplain for the israeli defence force. i just want to say to rabbi deutsch, this is not what britain is about. millions of us stand with you and your family and against the people who hate you and who are anti—semitic. god bless you.

>> oh, gosh. okay allison. well, thank you very much for that . thank you very much for that. um. go on. sean, who's your greatest? my greatest britain is eight from police , eight officers from the police, um, gang and proactive team who are off duty, who saw altercation and they had no equipment, and they got involved and stabbing, a and prevented a stabbing, a knife really knife incident, which is really important. knife incident, which is really importa|of communities have >> lots of communities have their problems with the police and, you know, and they've had very low ratings as well, particularly women, etc. particularly amongst women, etc. but this is really what the police about , the men and but this is really what the police who )0ul , the men and but this is really what the police who put , the men and but this is really what the police who put themselves|nd but this is really what the police who put themselves at risk women who put themselves at risk to in london. to keep us all safe in london. let's hope we can see more of this kind of performance. absolutely chris. absolutely and less. chris. >> minute walk >> we have seen ten minute walk from house. like you're from my house. is it like you're on the there? is that your on the floor there? is that your pen? flying? no we have pen? you're flying? no we have actually seen look for of actually seen look for all of the the police do the battering that the police do get do, get sometimes. and they do, rightly in my rightly so. sometimes in my view, there's been a couple of standout incidents for me. there's this one and there's the watch, lot that they , watch, uh, gang lot that they, that they smashed as well. so fair well done. fair play. well done. >> they're both great >> well, they're both great nominations, mean is nominations, but i mean mine is a called david a liverpool man called david clarke. grand clarke. he inherited 100 grand but had enough money

but decided he had enough money already, doesn't already, even though he doesn't seem he's seem to be that rich. he's a delivery truck driver part time. so a shout out in so he did a shout out in toxteth, one of the most challenged places britain. challenged places in britain. with in 80s. challenged places in britain. witpicked in 80s. challenged places in britain. witpicked 12 in 80s. challenged places in britain. witpicked 12 people in 80s. challenged places in britain. witpicked 12 people from 80s. challenged places in britain. witpicked 12 people from the s. he picked 12 people from the people them people who replied got them together and decided how together and they decided how they spend 100 in together and they decided how theycommunity. d 100 in together and they decided how theycommunity. and) in together and they decided how theycommunity. and he in together and they decided how theycommunity. and he gaven the community. and he gave it away. really? absolutely >> know how i'm going >> i don't know how i'm going to choose tonight, to honest. choose tonight, to be honest. this a a bit i mean, this is a it's a bit i mean, i am well, i mean, i have chosen but it's, uh, i went for the met police but yeah, i'm going police um, but yeah, i'm going to stick but look, to to stick with that. but look, to be honest, i mean, they're actually all genuinely brilliant, actually all genuinely brillia union jack? allison. who's union jack? allison. >> helen thomas, head who's union jack? allison. >> radio -ielen thomas, head who's union jack? allison. >> radio two.| thomas, head who's union jack? allison. >> radio two. helen as, head who's union jack? allison. >>radio two. helen said head who's union jack? allison. >>radio two. helen said some|d of radio two. helen said some lovely things this week about dj steve sadly died . steve wright, who sadly died. the problem that helen the problem is that helen approved the sacking of steve wright from radio two, causing him to apparently be heartbroken . uh, two faced hypocrite helen thomas. you deprived steve of a wonderful job. okay, go on. >> we're running out of time. >> we're running out of time. >> my union jack carson sadiq khan for horrific waste of pubuc khan for horrific waste of public money to virtue signal when happens to have when he happens to have an election that

election coming up. spend that money rail system money on making the rail system better. all right, go on. >> and rishi sunak for >> matthew and rishi sunak for delivering recession delivering us richie's recession votes. sweet. this votes. short and sweet. this guy. right. okay. the winner of the union jackass today is the union jackass award today is helen thomas. there we go . aha! helen thomas. there we go. aha! who is? i am pains to stress is not here to defend herself . not here to defend herself. good. right. okay uh, thank you very much. everybody for a wonderful show. i have thoroughly enjoyed it this evening. please, please, please keep it gb news y. well we've got headliners next that are going to go through all the papers in a way that only they really and then really can, and then wallop coming wrecking ball coming in like a wrecking ball from midnight until in the from midnight until 6:00 in the morning. the one and morning. we've got the one and only harwood and an only tom harwood and an absolutely stellar line—up, including jacob including nigel farage, jacob rees—mogg other three rees—mogg and two other three people my panel because people on my panel here. because it night, i'll it is by—election night, i'll see you tomorrow at nine. wow >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello there. good evening.

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>> near you with gb news the top story tonight. votes are now being counted in two by elections tonight in the uk that represent the first test for the main political parties of 2024, ahead of the general election. well polling station staff are now emptying out the ballot boxes in wellingborough , in boxes in wellingborough, in northamptonshire and in kingswood in south gloucestershire. labour's national campaign coordinator , national campaign coordinator, pat mcfadden, says although it will be some time before we know the results the party is making real progress in all corners of the country. gb news up all night following those events for you and bringing you those live declarations together with expert analysis from midnight