gb news. >> good afternoon and a very happy monday to you. it's 3 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. >> today . >> today. >> today. >> lee anderson fights back the islamophobia row at the heart of the conservative party hots up as it kicks off on this show on 5:00 on friday. as you recall, and the party's former deputy chairman releases a statement defending himself and attacking sadiq khan's record. london mayor has hit back and the labour leader has now waded into the row. sir keir starmer , it's the row. sir keir starmer, it's all kicking off. we'll bring you

all kicking off. we'll bring you all of the latest details and the inside lines from the heart of westminster and as rishi sunak condemns his words as wrong, what impact will lee anderson's comments have on how voters view the tories as we head towards that all important general election? should he apologise, will the red wall forgive him if he did it? we'll have all of the analysis . and have all of the analysis. and coming up next is rayner a hypocrite as keir starmer pledges to build a patriotic economy . his deputy, angela economy. his deputy, angela raynen economy. his deputy, angela rayner, is under fire for allegedly making a tidy profit on a council house from right to buy a scheme she now wants to abolish. of course, one of maggie thatcher's flagship schemes. is this a classic case of socialist double standards ? of socialist double standards? and it's the prince versus the president. that's right . donald president. that's right. donald trump says there'll be no easy rides for prince harry's legal immigration status if he returns to the white house. will the donald send harry packing? we've

got so much coming up on the show and that's all coming in your next hour . thank you for your next hour. thank you for joining me on the show today. your company, as ever , is hugely your company, as ever, is hugely appreciated. well it's certainly kicked off friday 5:00 on this show. those comments lee anderson made have reverberated now for 72 straight hours. should he stay ? should he go? should he stay? should he go? should he stay? should he go? should rishi sunak take him back?is should rishi sunak take him back? is the tories credibility finally had its final coffin nail? if they don't take him back and do you think he should apologise or should he say sorry or if you say sorry, would that always be thrown back in your face? and later in the show, an exclusive interview with a stoke councillor whose meeting was stormed by pro—palestinian protesters . they called them protesters. they called them baby killers. we'll have an exclusive interview on that terrifying ordeal coming up in the show. get in touch all the usual ways, especially your comments on lee anderson .

comments on lee anderson. vaiews@gbnews.com. right, let's get kicking off. but first, it's your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler . thank you martin. >> good afternoon. it's 3:02. i'm sofia wenzler in the gb news room. your top story this hour. the prime minister has refused to describe lee anderson's comments as islamophobic. after he said this morning that they were unacceptable and wrong. the former tory deputy chairman released a statement this morning aimed at clarifying remarks he made on this network when he suggested that islamists had got control of the mayor of london. admitting his words were clumsy, he said that he was intending to highlight what he believes is mr khan's failure to tackle pro—palestine protests . tackle pro—palestine protests. writing in the evening standard today , the london mayor today, the london mayor described the comments as vile, racist, anti—muslim and islamophobic. meanwhile the leader of the labour party says the prime minister should call it out for what it is its

islamophobia and the prime minister should call it out for what it is. >> the reason he won't is because he's so weak. there divided there, chaotic . and if divided there, chaotic. and if they're re—elected, we're going to have five more years of this. it is only labour now that can unite the country and bring people together. turn a page on this and actually usher in, you know, the sort of society we the sort of future that people desperately want. but the prime minister lacks the strength. he's too weak. he can't call it out for what it is. sukh keir starmer speaking there now , gb starmer speaking there now, gb news understands that the number of mps demanding a no confidence vote in the speaker has climbed to 77. >> it aukus after the commons was plunged into chaos when sir lindsay hoyle decided to hear a labour amendment to an snp motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza, it was a

clear break from long standing convention and was largely seen as a positive move for the labour party . another vote on labour party. another vote on the issue is expected this week . the issue is expected this week. a member of the us military who set himself on fire outside the israeli embassy in washington at the weekend, has died. it's understood he was wearing military fatigues and shouted free palestine as he streamed the apparent protest online. more information is expected to be announced after the military has notified the man's family and the prime minister says new investment in transport for the north of england and the midlands is levelling up in action. ian. it's after the government outlined plans for the reallocation of funds following the cancellation of hs2 northern leg. it will be up to local councils to allocate the funds. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, dismissed the plan, saying the money had already been promised ten years ago. but transport secretary mark harper says the government is empowering local communities .

communities. >> 2.5 billion for the north, 2.2 billion for the midlands. that money is going to local councils . it's for them to spend councils. it's for them to spend on the local priorities that they set , that they think are they set, that they think are important to their local communities , and they'll reach communities, and they'll reach those conclusions by consulting those conclusions by consulting those communities, but also talking importantly to talking very importantly to their members of parliament about what those important local transport priorities are. the whole point is, it's not for ministers to set those priorities. it's for councils to set them. we think those decisions closer decisions are better made closer to people that are going to to the people that are going to benefit from them. >> meanwhile , sir keir starmer >> meanwhile, sir keir starmer says his party will deliver what he called a future built in britain by britain if labour wins the next election. he says the plan to run a so—called patriotic economy will include boosting home ownership and establishing the next generation of new towns . housing establishing the next generation of new towns. housing minister lee rowley described the proposal as empty, but chair of the labour party, anneliese dodds, told gb news it's the change britain needs kind of

expectations that people in our country used to have , you know, country used to have, you know, that their kids would be better off than they were, that they'd have at least a slightly better quality of life. >> you know, all of those dreams are just completely out of reach for very many people in our country . and keir starmer is country. and keir starmer is absolutely determined wind to change that for the future , for change that for the future, for getting britain building, actually making sure we have those good jobs up and down the country, reforming the planning system, the many changes that he is setting out today. would make that big difference to british people . people. >> in other news, farmers are on the streets of brussels, setting fire to tires and blocking streets with their tractors in a protest against cheap supermarket prices . riot police supermarket prices. riot police were seen firing water cannons as eu ministers arrived for meetings on the growing crisis . meetings on the growing crisis. the farmers are demanding action from the european union on free trade agreements , which they trade agreements, which they blame for damaging european farming. it's the latest in a series of similar protests

across the bloc, with the eu already moving to weaken some of its green policies . for the its green policies. for the latest stories , sign up to gb latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts . now it's back news .com/ alerts. now it's back to . martin to. martin >> thank you sofia. now we've got an epic show ahead. and of course, there's only one place to start. and that's the row over the alleged islamophobic comments made by mp lee anderson that's intensified. anderson issued a statement this morning defending what he said, and attacked sadiq khan's record as london mayor. khan then accused him of pouring petrol over the fires of hatred. well the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has now waded into the row and this is what he had to say. >> i, mister, should call it out for what it is. the reason he won't is because he's so weak . won't is because he's so weak. they're divided, they're chaotic

and if they're re—elected, we're going to have five more years of this. it is only labour now that can unite the country , bring can unite the country, bring people together, turn a page on this and actually usher in the sort of society , the sort of sort of society, the sort of future that people desperately want. but the prime minister, lee, lacks the strength. he's too weak . he can't call it out too weak. he can't call it out for what it is. >> well, let's hear from the prime minister now, because in the past hour, we've heard from rishi sunak. he's defended his position and how he dealt with the controversy . the controversy. >> clear that what he said was wrong , it was unacceptable. wrong, it was unacceptable. >> and that's why we suspended the whip. and it's important that everybody, but particularly elected politicians, are careful with their words and do not inflame tensions. >> but there's a difference between wrong and islamophobic. were they islamophobic ? were they islamophobic? >> well, i think the most important thing is that the words were wrong. they were ill judged , they were unacceptable.

judged, they were unacceptable. and what believe. and and that's what i believe. and that's whip has been that's why the whip has been suspended. think suspended. and i think i think everyone . can see that tensions everyone. can see that tensions are already running high. and what i want to do, i think what the country wants to see is the heat taken out of this debate. and i think that's the right thing to do. >> if he were to apologise, would him back into would you welcome him back into the okay, we literally just >> okay, we literally have just had these comments. >> i said, think >> as i said, i don't think they're right. they're not acceptable. the whip acceptable. that's why the whip has and that's has been suspended and that's where now. where we are now. >> just him though, >> it's not just him though, is it? braverman, for it? suella braverman, for instance, talked the instance, has talked about the islamists, the extremists and the being in the anti—semites being in control. this is someone you appointed um, appointed as home secretary. um, what's going your party? >> i think as those >> well, i think as those comments not an comments were not about an individual in particular, there is point some of is a broader point that some of the scenes that we have been witnessing streets in witnessing on our streets in recent unacceptable . recent times are unacceptable. and okay, there we go. >> so much to pick over. and joining us now is gb news political correspondent katherine forster. catherine, welcome to the show. so 72 hours on from when lee made those now

infamous comments on my show on friday, the debate rumbles . on. friday, the debate rumbles. on. sadiq khan calling the comments vile, racist, islamophobic , but vile, racist, islamophobic, but quite telling. i thought there catherine, minister, catherine, the prime minister, rishi drawn rishi sunak, wouldn't be drawn on condemnation he on the same condemnation and he refused out lee refused to rule out lee anderton's return to the conservative party . conservative party. >> yes, he didn't rule it out, but it does seem difficult to see how lee anderson might rejoin the conservatives any time very soon, given the enormous amount of heat and noise that his comments on your show on friday, martin have created . and sir keir starmer created. and sir keir starmer was here in shrewsbury to talk about housing. but all everybody really is talking about at the moment is this row engulfing the conservative now nigel conservative party. now nigel farage, . tice of reform farage, richard. tice of reform have made it very clear that they would welcome lee anderson ,

they would welcome lee anderson, uh, to them with open arms and it has been really quite an incredible fall from grace for him. it's only a couple of months since he was deputy chairman of the . conservative chairman of the. conservative party he was given precisely because because he said he told it. how many people the conservatives believe think that things are. he tells it like it is. that's part of his appeal to many people across the country. and in fact, uh, plenty of conservative mps getting been cross messages from constituents about. cross messages from constituents about . the fact that the about. the fact that the conservatives had taken the whip from him. so lots of people very angry about the way he's been treated, lots of other people thinking that his comments are appalling, that they are racist, that they are islamophobic. interest thing, isn't it that the conservative and rishi sunak have not not used those words though plenty of other people have. though plenty of other people have . and keir starmer very .

have. and keir starmer very. keen to say that rishi sunak, uh, you know . keen to say that rishi sunak, uh, you know. is weak and that's why he's not calling this out more strongly that they're weak, that they are a party in chaos. it's very politically useful to keir that, of keir starmer to say that, of course, election course, there's an election looming and let's not forget, he's plenty . of divisions he's got plenty. of divisions within his own party. he's got plenty of extremists in his own party. we've got the situation at the end of the week with a by—election in rochdale, not labour labour candidate, because they to boot candidate they had to boot the candidate out anti—semitic out because of anti—semitic remarks. gaza remarks. so this war in gaza happening a very, very long way away is having really real consequences . sources here and consequences. sources here and a lot of toxicity, a lot of ill feeling and no sign of any of that dying down. >> okay. katherine forster, thank you for update. i've thank you for that update. i've been leigh over the been speaking to leigh over the weekend. lots to

weekend. i've got lots more to share with you. the inside line on story that's captivating on this story that's captivating the media at the moment. we'll be joined by . the media at the moment. we'll be joined by. benedict the media at the moment. we'll be joined by . benedict spence be joined by. benedict spence after this. but first of all,

interested in work being smart rather than working long hours. >> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back. it's 317. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. well, joining me now for the political analysis of the fallout of lee anderson's comments on my show on friday is political commentator benedict spence . commentator benedict spence. benedict, welcome to the show . benedict, welcome to the show. so now the tories are revolting again, this time over. lee anderson's comments. um he issued a statement to gb news earlier. he's saying he will not apologise . it's a sign of apologise. it's a sign of weakness . and it was made clear weakness. and it was made clear over the weekend that if he did apologise, he would be allowed back into the conservative party. he would get the whip. what think should

what do you think should be done? mean, sadiq khan has done? i mean, sadiq khan has called the comments vile, racist and pve called the comments vile, racist and i've been and islamophobic. but i've been speaking with lee and he told me in terms his his in no uncertain terms his his inboxis in no uncertain terms his his inbox is bursting at the seams with red wall voters who agree with red wall voters who agree with what he said. what's your take? >> well, that's the thing, isn't it? >> i think probably lee anderson might agree that his i think he has said that his words were a little clumsy, but actually what is being inferred from them is not, i think at all the case. >> and i think. not, i think at all the case. >> and i think . once again, it's >> and i think. once again, it's sort of an example of quite how people can be browbeaten into not speaking their minds simply with of with allegations of islamophobia. and i think it's rather having gone through the know, having gone through the furore of the labour party ripping up convention, ostensibly in the house of commons on the basis that uh, mps were feeling threatened, that almost like sort of stockholm syndrome , they managed that almost like sort of stockh(this;yndrome , they managed that almost like sort of stockh(this around|e , they managed that almost like sort of stockh(this around and hey managed that almost like sort of stockh(this around and go, managed that almost like sort of stockh(this around and go, oh,naged to turn this around and go, oh, no, is no, actually, islamophobia is the problem . and here is the major problem. and here is this one example. and this means we're going to be able to

completely kick this . story out completely kick this. story out of the news cycle and focus on something else. and now you have anneliese dodds and other labour mps coming out and saying that once we're going once we're in power, we're going to definition what to change the definition of what islamophobia make it islamophobia is to make it incredibly difficult to criticise any aspect of this, uh, this religion, uh, of this religion, including aspects deeply aspects that are very deeply problematic. and i think ultimately, lee anderson probably feels rather frustrated, degree, probably feels rather frust itted, degree, probably feels rather frust it just degree, probably feels rather frustit just happened degree, probably feels rather frustit just happened like egree, probably feels rather frustit just happened like that. that it just happened like that. but i think lot ordinary but i think a lot of ordinary people very frustrated but i think a lot of ordinary peito e very frustrated but i think a lot of ordinary peito whether very frustrated but i think a lot of ordinary peito whether orvery frustrated but i think a lot of ordinary peito whether or not frustrated but i think a lot of ordinary peito whether or not the ;trated but i think a lot of ordinary peito whether or not the tories as to whether or not the tories can now return the whip. um, on on the basis an apology. on the basis of an apology. well, what for. well, it depends what it's for. if didn't mean to be, if he says i didn't mean to be, uh, know, uh, islam . phobic. uh, you know, uh, islam. phobic. um, but there are some very real issues that i think need to be addressed. and this is perhaps what i should have said. okay, fine. but actually, if what they're asking him to do is basically and say no, you they're asking him to do is basiyouy and say no, you they're asking him to do is basiyou don't nd say no, you they're asking him to do is basiyou don't actually 0, you they're asking him to do is basiyou don't actually think| say you don't actually think that these things important. that these things are important. well, i don't think that's in his and don't his interest. and i also don't think of think it's in the interest of the party to sort of back the tory party to sort of back down a labour

down in the face of a labour onslaught. this was a labour story, how story, actually, about how their mps feeling bullied by mps were feeling bullied by protesters. why is now that protesters. why is it now that that allowed to be that has been allowed to be supplanted news cycle supplanted in the news cycle by the people of the very the very people some of the very people, least , uh, who the people, at least, uh, who the original story was about it? >> do you think that is, >> yeah. do you think that is, um, a bit a problem? um, um, um, a bit of a problem? um, um, in a sense, the labor party were on a back foot. the snp were on a back foot. we saw those disgraceful scenes which in another country would be called another country would be called an insurrection. but yet here they weren't. it affected the vote. we've seen disgraceful scenes the weekend. in scenes over the weekend. in fact, i'm to talking a councillor at 530 who was in that meeting in stoke that was stormed by the protesters. and yet here we are. um, has lee anderson allowed the conversation to go back, if you like, territory like, into safe territory for the labour party? >> that's what frustrates me about whatever . about this, is that whatever. lee's intentions, ultimately it has been allowed to be spun a certain way. and i think that he knows, you know, he's been in politics while he knows politics a while now. he knows as anybody. you have as well as anybody. you do have to very about your

to be very careful about your language, because will language, because people will try any which try to spin it any which way. but right highlight but you're right to highlight the know, what is the fact that you know, what is now spoken about is the now being spoken about is the danger islamophobia and the danger of islamophobia and the danger of islamophobia and the danger right . danger of islamophobia and the danger right. it's danger of the far right. it's always the far right. you know, that. thought they'd be always the far right. you know, that. out thought they'd be always the far right. you know, that. out by thought they'd be always the far right. you know, that. out by now, ught they'd be always the far right. you know, that. out by now, given hey'd be always the far right. you know, that. out by now, given that! be tired out by now, given that they've been the march across they've been on the march across europe in this country for about 15 and actually got 15 years and never actually got to their destination, but that's always the issue not, to their destination, but that's alvyou've the issue not, to their destination, but that's alvyou've tipointed not, to their destination, but that's alvyou've tipointed out, ot, as you've just pointed out, people are harassing mps outside of parliament, people beaming genocidal illegally onto genocidal slogans illegally onto the of parliament, not the side of parliament, not breaking up council meetings. why is it that we're not talking about and we're instead about that and we're instead talking anderson? it's talking about lee anderson? it's because wants to address because nobody wants to address the thorny which the very thorny issue, which is that of communities, that in a lot of communities, actually, gaza as a, as a as a singular topic , but also singular topic, but also political islam as a sort of a broader topic has taken root in some communities. not all in some communities. not all in some areas. and it is a it is a major vehicle. it is a major driving force. and actually when people talk about the danger of the far right, i always think you will get the far right. if you will get the far right. if you continue to insist on ignonng you continue to insist on ignoring other ignoring these other very proactive , uh, movements, far

proactive, uh, movements, far right activism is very reactive. it needs something to react to. so whenever i hear people talking about the dangers of far right rhetoric, i think, well, let's think where it's coming from. because there is a from. it's because there is a lot of, uh, you know, quite controversial. uh political islam in this country. and it is simply swept under the rug and it is not addressed. that is how you will get from a to b and benedict. >> um, obviously, lee's comments, he will admit himself , comments, he will admit himself, as usual, about as subtle as a note tied to a house brick and flung at you. nevertheless we're having an important conversation on me. and don't you think it's slightly through the looking glass that anneliese dodds, who was harassed at a meeting angela rayner harassed on the streets by pro—palestine protesters. sir keir starmer chased off a train in scotland by pro—palestinian protesters . rachel reeves protesters. rachel reeves harassed on the streets. the labour party are getting the thick end of this two, and yet they seemingly cannot grasp the

nettle and deal with what's actually driving it, and instead they're blaming lee anderson and they're blaming lee anderson and the mythical far right . the mythical far right. >> well, that's why i describe it stockholm it as almost like stockholm syndrome. rather than syndrome. is that rather than actually this head on, actually confront this head on, it's like they're trying it's almost like they're trying to around to the people to turn around to the people that they feel threatened by and say, no, no, no, no, no, we're on— say, no, no, no, no, no, we're on your side. please don't hurt us. you know, saying to the crocodile, us crocodile, please eat us last because actually your because we're actually on your side. trust on side. guys, uh, trust us on this. and i think it's a of this. and i think it's a bit of a losing because this is a losing battle because this is also. clear. this is also. let's be clear. this is not about islamism. not just about islamism. it's also about far left. for the also about the far left. for the far left, uh, for which religion is not the issue. gaza is a hot topic on the idea of anti—colonialism, and we can another day, perhaps we can get into the lunacy of that. but it's twin pronged approach. it's a twin pronged approach. it's simply about one it's not simply about one aspect. they're getting it from two different dimensions in their electorate and what their own electorate and what they to understand is these they fail to understand is these people will never with people will never side with them. these will never them. these people will never forgive much forgive them. actually, as much as else. they won't as anything else. they won't forgive centrists for the forgive labour centrists for the role party played role the labour party played in both afghanistan. both iraq and afghanistan. that's they don't that's something that they don't seem think to grasp , and they

seem to think to grasp, and they just think as long we're nice just think as long as we're nice to these factions, one day they'll they'll sympathise and they'll they'll sympathise and they'll us. it's they'll be nice to us. and it's a they will never a fool's errand. they will never stop centre of the stop pushing the centre of the labour further the labour party further to the left, on these left, to kowtow to them on these issues . issues. >> patrick spence, excellent analysis on the star of the show. thank you very much for joining us. superb as ever. great stuff. have loads on great stuff. we'll have loads on that rest the that throughout the rest of the show, got lots of juicy show, and i've got lots of juicy gossip from the man himself. moving on, angela rayner has been labelled hypocrite for been labelled a hypocrite for making of £48,500 making a profit of £48,500 following the sale of her ex council house, which she purchased under the right to buy policy in two thousand and seven with a 25% discount. you may recall right to buy one of thatcher's flagship policies. well, rayner has since tweeted , well, rayner has since tweeted, adding being able to buy my council house back in two thousand seven a proud thousand and seven was a proud moment for me. worked hard, moment for me. i worked hard, saved and bought the book. saved and bought it by the book. well, join me now in the studio to discuss this is property expert blanco . richard, expert richard blanco. richard, thanks us in the thanks for joining us in the studio. on the one hand, you

think luck her. i mean, think good luck to her. i mean, after many, many working after all, many, many working class people were afforded the right buy back in the day. right to buy back in the day. many it one of many of them said it was one of the things maggie thatcher many of them said it was one of the �*butjs maggie thatcher many of them said it was one of the �*but what ggie thatcher many of them said it was one of the �*but what people atcher many of them said it was one of the �*but what people don't ever did. but what people don't like hypocrisy. ever did. but what people don't likeyes,iypocrisy. ever did. but what people don't likeyes, ipocrisy. ever did. but what people don't likeyes, i guess. ever did. but what people don't likeyes, i guess so. >> yes, i guess so. >> um, i think key >> now, um, i think the key issue actually right to buy issue actually with right to buy issue actually with right to buy is the fact that we didn't use the from the is the fact that we didn't use the of from the is the fact that we didn't use the of council from the is the fact that we didn't use the of council houses from the is the fact that we didn't use the of council houses to am the is the fact that we didn't use the of council houses to builde sale of council houses to build more . more. >> that's the big issue. >> that's the big issue. >> this a popular policy >> this is a popular policy amongst lots of quarters, really. >> and you know who can blame her for using whatever was available at the time ? available at the time? >> um, i think, you know, some people are complaining that she, she wants reduce she potentially wants to reduce the she goes into the discounts if she goes into power think could well power. i think that could well be reasonable because , you know, power. i think that could well be rissonable because , you know, power. i think that could well be ris publice because , you know, power. i think that could well be ris public moneyse , you know, power. i think that could well be ris public money and, ou know, power. i think that could well be ris public money and, you now, this is public money and, you know, we need those discounts to be a reasonable level . be at a reasonable level. >> a lot of people would like to see buy return. but you see right to buy return. but you are , without actual are right, without the actual housing . and i are right, without the actual housing .and i guess housing stock. and i guess what's the legacy of right to buy?is what's the legacy of right to buy? is a fantastic way to buy? is it a fantastic way to get the working classes bought into the property market, to get them proud of their ownership rather than taking care of

rather than not taking care of it was a council it because it was a council property? or did we forever sell off precious public asset? off a precious public asset? well, , we sold 3 million well, look, we sold 3 million council between 1979 and council homes between 1979 and 1995, and we didn't replace them. >> that was the crime, really, if you like. i think we can get a bit too obsessed and hung up on home ownership. both main political parties want home home ownership to go up from 64% to 70. but what they forget is a lot of people need to rent and we need more social rent homes. >> we need more private rented sector homes. >> as we know, rents have been going over the last year or going up over the last year or so, and i think the government needs to stop its obsession with home ownership. >> people would >> well, a lot of people would disagree. think an disagree. and i think an englishman and an english woman's home is their castle . woman's home is their castle. bricks your bricks and mortar? your retirement plan. but of course, we now see a huge supply issue. so that dream is now so therefore that dream is now increasingly beyond the grasps of many people, particularly young people who just can't afford save afford ever to save for a deposit. about notion deposit. what about this notion that keir starmer has put forward building new forward today of building new towns? an old idea . will

towns? this is an old idea. will it work again? do people want to live town, or do they live in new town, or do they want live in existing want to live in current existing towns where the work is? >> i agree with keir starmer on this. we need to that this. i think we need to be that radical. i mean, the labour party is talking about building 1.5 million across five 1.5 million houses across a five year course, that year parliament of course, that relies heavily on getting relies very heavily on getting some of construction some of those big construction companies involved and also reforming the planning system. i think he's right to be that radical. we haven't built 300,000 homes a year for certainly not this century and not since the 60s and 70s. we need to find radical solutions, and we absolutely need to build more homes and more social rent homes. don't we have a we have a double bind, though, because we need more homes, yet we're just tied in nimbyism in planning tied up in nimbyism in planning restrictions, councils who restrictions, in councils who don't want anything in their local and as a consequence, nothing ever gets built. >> meanwhile, we've you >> meanwhile, we've got, you know, net migration last know, 745 net migration last yean know, 745 net migration last year, the demand is getting higher and higher. the supply is getting shorter and shorter. woof. everyone is spending so much a percentile of their

much of a percentile of their income rent or mortgage. income on rent or mortgage. >> yeah. i mean, it's not just about net migration. it's also about net migration. it's also about people just wanting to leave home and set up their own home. about people becoming home. it's about people becoming students. people students. it's about people moving for work. you know, things the private rented moving for work. you know, things is the private rented moving for work. you know, things is vitale private rented moving for work. you know, things is vital to rivate rented moving for work. you know, things is vital to oure rented moving for work. you know, things is vital to our economy sector is vital to our economy because it provides that sort of flexibility that the population needs at the moment. we've got landlords being driven out of the market by punitive taxation . the market by punitive taxation. what we need is a kind of growth strategy , really, from this strategy, really, from this government and from the next government and from the next government to encourage landlords to invest, to encourage councils and housing associations invest so that associations to invest so that we get more private and social rented stock. >> you've probably had this conversation for donkey's conversation now for donkey's years. certainly have, and years. i certainly have, and we've been talking about a critical shortage now critical housing shortage now for absolute donkey's years. nothing ever seems to happen . nothing ever seems to happen. why not? well, we've had 16 housing ministers since 2010, so that tells you something. >> this isn't enough of a priority for politicians . i priority for politicians. i think politicians see it as a

bit of a political hot potato , bit of a political hot potato, and they just you know, there are very few that really understand . and i think clive understand. and i think clive betts, who's chair of the housing select committee, does, and his committee put out a very sensible report recently on this topic . but i sensible report recently on this topic. but i think sensible report recently on this topic . but i think really it's topic. but i think really it's just it's the whole topic is mired in dogma. just it's the whole topic is mired in dogma . and politicians mired in dogma. and politicians get too bogged down by how many votes they can win by trying to promote, um, a home ownership, by trying to promote rights for tenants. you know, what we need is, for example, in the private rented sector is more so much property available that actually poor quality property doesn't get rented . and because there's get rented. and because there's so much property available, rents do start to come down. now, nobody has that sort of perspective, and that's sort perspective, and that's the sort of view that we need. >> are many, many >> but there are many, many people. parents people. richard. um parents who see children unable. see their own children unable. it's now becoming a flight of fancy to be able to ever own a home that sticks in the craw because it should, i believe , be because it should, i believe, be a not a right, but something you

work hard for to save for is your retirement plan. it's your children's inheritance that's been crucially denied. and a lot of people do. i know you've said it's not just to do with immigration. it's not. of course it's to do with that, it's not just to do with that, but quite simply, when we have that coming in every that many people coming in every yean that many people coming in every year, place huge year, it does place a huge pressure stock. pressure on the existing stock. >> a supply issue. let's >> it is a supply issue. let's not forget that we need lots of those migrants actually to fulfil the jobs that need to be done, there's a huge done, because there's a huge shortage actually, people shortage actually, of people available to do jobs. but we shouldn't obsess with affordability on first for first time buyers. yes it's very difficult in london and the south east, but it's not difficult in whole swathes of the uk , you know, east midlands, the uk, you know, east midlands, which is where i grew up. you can still buy a terraced house for 120, 130,000 in nottinghamshire . yes. there you nottinghamshire. yes. there you go. you see great, great words of comfort . of comfort. >> thank you for those out there, richard blanco, property expert. thanks for joining there, richard blanco, property expert. thanks forjoining us on expert. thanks for joining us on the show. superb as ever . now the show. superb as ever. now there's lots still more to come between report between now and 4:00. a report say immigration to the say slashing immigration to the

uk leave us all with an uk would leave us all with an extra £100 a year in our pockets. so i'm asking this simple question is this a solution to britain's economic woes? but first, it's time for your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> thank you martin, it's 330. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. the prime minister has refused to describe lee anderson's comments as islamophobic after he said this morning that they were unacceptable and wrong . the unacceptable and wrong. the former tory deputy chairman released a statement this morning aimed at clarifying remarks he made on this network when he suggested that islamists had got control of the mayor of london. admitting his words were clumsy. he said that he was intending highlightwhat clumsy. he said that he was intending highlight what he intending to highlight what he believes mr khan's failure to believes is mr khan's failure to tackle protest tackle pro—palestine protest posts. writing in the evening standard today, sadiq khan described the comments as vile, racist , anti—muslim described the comments as vile, racist, anti—muslim and islamophobic. racist, anti—muslim and islamophobic . sukh gb news

islamophobic. sukh gb news understands that the number of mps demanding a no confidence vote in the speaker has climbed to 77. it's after the commons was plunged into chaos when sir lindsay hoyle decided to hear a labour amendment to an snp motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza . it was ceasefire in gaza. it was a clear break from long standing convention and was largely seen as a positive move for the labour party. another vote on the issue is expected this week , the issue is expected this week, and new investment in transport for the north of england and the midlands is levelling up in action. that's according to rishi sunak . action. that's according to rishi sunak. it's action. that's according to rishi sunak . it's after the rishi sunak. it's after the government outlined plans for the reallocation of funds following the cancellation of hs2's northern leg. the money could be used to expand mass transit systems, refurbish rail and bus stations and repair potholes . it will be up to local potholes. it will be up to local councils to allocate the funds, but the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, dismissed the plan, saying the money was already promised ten years ago . and for the latest years ago. and for the latest story , sign up to gb news alerts

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to the white house, his immigration status would be reviewed. could trump send the duke packing back to blighty? excellent stuff. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back. it's 337. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news now. analysis by the growth commission indicates that reducing yearly net migration would enhance living standards for years to come . the for years to come. the commission projected a decline in the uk's annual net migration , an estimating a decrease from 315,000 in 2028 to around 150,000, which resulted by their maths in a 1157 boosts per person per year in 2023. prices well , that's quite a tantalising well, that's quite a tantalising prospect. so to analyse that now i'm joined in the studio by alp mehmet, the chairman of

migration watch. albert, it's always a pleasure to see you. >> pleasure to be here. >> pleasure to be here. >> before we get into the details of this report, can you quantify the size of migration to the uk ? and actually, i think to the uk? and actually, i think those figures are a bit optimistic, aren't they? >> i think that they do understate it. >> yes , very much so. understate it. >> yes , very much so . the fact >> yes, very much so. the fact is that they're working on the assumption that net migration will fall to 350,000 from 2028 onwards. >> i think that's highly unlikely. frankly and if you look at the numbers actually coming in now and bear in mind we're talking about net migration . so even if you migration. so even if you brought it down to net migration of 150,000, we're still talking about a huge inflow. yeah. and over the last 30 years, research after research has consistently shown that migration in net migration is an over all cost. it costs you and me money. so if

you're going to reduce the numbers, then to me it's a no brainer . of course you're going brainer. of course you're going to reduce the cost . and that's to reduce the cost. and that's what is going to happen. the cake has been growing and growing and growing . the slice growing and growing. the slice that you and i get has remained pretty much the same. and in the last few years that actually got smaller. if you reduce the size of the cake and you reduced the number of people eating it, then inevitably the slice will increase in size . that's what's increase in size. that's what's going to happen. so basically, the fewer people that come in, the fewer people that come in, the more they will be to go around. >> and of course, that also doesn't take into account things that all the time that you talk about all the time out, that is things like out, but that is things like housing supply, public services out, but that is things like housingthatyply, public services out, but that is things like housingthat would|blic services out, but that is things like housingthat would all: services out, but that is things like housingthat would all: sefreed supply that would all be freed up. so therefore that will require money going in. require less money going in. that be a tax deficit. martin. >> over the last 20 years between the two censuses, 2001 and 2021, our population grew by 8 million people, nearly 7

million of that was due to immigration, immigrants and their children. if we continue at 600,000 people, net within 25 years, our population will increase by 20 million people. well, and the vast majority of that will be due to immigration that will be due to immigration thatis that will be due to immigration that is why immigration on the present scale is a noose around britain's neck . and the sooner britain's neck. and the sooner we get rid of it by cutting immigration, the better. >> but a lot of people will say we're an ageing population. we're not even reaching replacement rates in our population . people having population. people are having fewer later in life and fewer children later in life and therefore we need immigration to take care of us. what's your response to that, martin? >> what i always is, look, >> what i always say is, look, here am in my dotage. here i am in my dotage. i arrived as an eight year old. if you're going to bring people in to look after people in their old age, bear in mind that they

too will get old. so all you're doing is needing more and more people in order to come in, ostensibly to look after the old people . what i would do is people. what i would do is actually pay a little bit more for make work a little bit more rewarding than it is , and pay rewarding than it is, and pay for people in care homes more than we are doing at the moment. and we'll find that we've got plenty of people prepared to take the jobs. there's millions of people , frankly, who could be of people, frankly, who could be working and aren't at the moment. that's what we've got to tackle. >> 2.4 million on the long terme sick. now i want to get you on something else as i have you here out lee anderson's comments. what do you think? should comments. what do you think? sthhat's for him. um, whether >> that's for him. um, whether to apologise or not, i look. lee anderson is not a racist, you know that. i know that, and i dare say sadiq khan knows that as well. what he said , the way as well. what he said, the way he said it, he spoke as a

politician, frankly. and all politicians tend to go a little bit over the top to make a point. but what i would say is that there's a hell of a lot of people in this country up and down the land who think exactly as he does and welcome what he said . and even if they would said. and even if they would show , made it slightly. show, made it slightly. >> okay, mama, thank you so much for joining us in the studio. forjoining us in the studio. the chairman of migration watch. excellent as ever. thank you very much . now moving on. still very much. now moving on. still to come. it's the president versus prince as donald versus the prince as donald trump prince harry of trump accuses prince harry of betrayal . the late queen, but betrayal. the late queen, but first in a gb news series innovation britain. we are looking the success of the looking at the success of the great british manufacturing industry country . industry around the country. >> reacting a fire suppression have just won a huge contract out in dubai, all because of their infrastructure that ed here has created in chelmsford .

here has created in chelmsford. >> so tell me the story, ed. >> so tell me the story, ed. >> so tell me the story, ed. >> so we obviously produce fire systems for one of the areas we produce fire systems for is vehicles. >> so what we're seeing across the world is a huge investment into the fire protection on vehicles. you're starting to see it on social media. it more on social media. >> battery fires are becoming a thing on buses and coaches. >> but in for the most of the >> so but in for the most of the part, a lot of public transport is still diesel based or gas based. we've won a massive based. so we we've won a massive retrofit campaign in dubai that involves a huge quantity of parts, systems , that involves parts, systems, that involves huge quantity of machine parts . huge quantity of machine parts. um, and it's a big logistical challenge not only to supply the systems, but for the guys and our partner out there to install them . them. >> um, but what the investment that we've done here enables us to is produce the quantity of to do is produce the quantity of parts that need to get out parts that we need to get out the door in do the the door in order to do the supply , and it keeps it for me, supply, and it keeps it for me, the important point with the biggest important point with that other that contract and other contracts being being contracts is by being being here, we don't need to hold the stock like a of oems stock levels like a lot of oems would for inevitable .

would for the inevitable. >> this order might come in. this in when we get this order comes in when we get a particular order in. >> just the parts a particular order in. >> need just the parts a particular order in. >> need forst the parts a particular order in. >> need for that the parts a particular order in. >> need for that particular)arts contract. >> so . so unlike >> so. so unlike with a subcontractor, i'd need to hold all these parts in stock. all of these parts in stock. i've now got a very dynamic stock system where big order comes in. >> p- g the parts comes in. >> the parts behind us. >> we make the parts behind us. >> we make the parts behind us. >> there you have it. brilliant. thinking that. you're thinking ahead of that. you're ahead you're ahead of your game. you're thinking proofing thinking about future proofing the and the industry. the business and the industry. congratulations i think you're going to really well

news radio. >> welcome back. it's 347. you're watching . listen to you're watching. listen to martin daubney on gb news. thank you for your company as ever. now donald trump says prince harry will be on his own if he returns to the presidency following what he believes to be unforgivable disloyalty to the late queen elizabeth. and this comes as harry finds himself in

hot water once again following controversy over whether his immigration records should be kept secret. after a legal drug consumption was referred to in his book spare . meanwhile, his book spare. meanwhile, prince harry's invictus games documentary has begun screening on streaming channel hulu , as on streaming channel hulu, as netflix said that harry and wife meghan remain under a contract with them . well, i'm now joined with them. well, i'm now joined by royal correspondent and writer. the legend that is michael cole. michael, it's always an absolute pleasure to have you on the show. let's start with what i think is a delicious butting of heads . the delicious butting of heads. the prince versus the president . prince versus the president. delicious. tell us about it . delicious. tell us about it. >> fascinating. >> fascinating. >> martin, it really is. uh donald trump's old scottish mother came from stornoway on the isle of lewis in the hebndes. hebrides. >> and she was a great admirer of the late queen and donald trump is a great admirer of the late queen, and he feels that by his actions, by his books, by

his actions, by his books, by his television programmes, uh , his television programmes, uh, prince harry, who we see there with his wonderful wife , uh, has with his wonderful wife, uh, has been disrespectful , uh, to the been disrespectful, uh, to the royal family and the queen in particular. but there is a political element of this, of course, because , uh, meghan course, because, uh, meghan markle has made it no secret that she is not an admirer of donald trump. >> uh, uniquely , as a member of >> uh, uniquely, as a member of the royal family, she actually voted in the american presidential election of 2020. and you can bet your life she didn't vote for donald j. >> trump, but rather for his opponent, president biden and it got through to, uh , president got through to, uh, president trump that when he was making official visits to this country that she was saying that she was unwilling to meet him . so that unwilling to meet him. so that is the background of that . and is the background of that. and of course, she, uh , may have and of course, she, uh, may have and i think it's a fairly good bet have political ambitions of her own, either on a state basis in

california or maybe even nationally . and that is yet to nationally. and that is yet to come. so that is the background to that. and it's quite a serious matter, actually for prince harry, because the heritage foundation, which is a right wing pressure group, is pushing in the court in washington , dc to have his records. >> prince harry's records of when he applied for a visa to live in america, uh , made public live in america, uh, made public and in those those forms, there is a loaded question which has to be ticked. >> yes or no , which says, have >> yes or no, which says, have you , uh or have you , have you you, uh or have you, have you used drugs or illegal drugs or have you ever used illegal drugs ? or are you a drug addict? now, if he has ticked that to say no, uh, there is contradictory evidence . circumstantial evidence. circumstantial evidence, strong evidence . in evidence, strong evidence. in his book spare in which is which is littered with, uh, references to him smoking weed, cannabis,

taking cocaine, which he said he didn't like. >> and ingesting magic mushrooms i >> -- >> so, of course, an admission in a book isn't sworn evidence. it's not testimony, but it is fairly strong circumstantial evidence that he took drugs . and evidence that he took drugs. and if it is revealed that he did not tell the truth , uh, in his not tell the truth, uh, in his visa form , the americans visa form, the americans vigilate there . immigration very vigilate there. immigration very serious. seriously, unlike this country . uh, and he could be country. uh, and he could be kicked out of the country. he his visa could be annulled and he could be asked to leave america promptly and, michael, it's fair to say that donald trump, no matter what you think of him, was an absolute awe of her late queen majesty. >> um, queen elizabeth. absolutely. in all of her, do you think there's something in the fact that he feels that it might be his duty to right this wrong, to make harry suffer for what he perceives? prince harry did to the queen? >> i think you're absolutely on

the money there. >> because with donald trump, you're either in or out. >> you're either friend or foe and the difference is that if he regards you as a foe, he will do his best to act against you. >> i mean, there's no doubt about it. it's, uh, it's , uh, about it. it's, uh, it's, uh, clear as night from day , uh, clear as night from day, uh, it's very serious matter because as, uh, if that did happen, uh, where would the prince go back to canada . to canada. >> to where they were before they came to california. well, they came to california. well, the canadians won't be too happy about picking up the bill for security for a spare royal who hasn't really got a job and may be on an extended stay. >> and what will happen about meghan and the two children? prince archie and, uh, princess lilibet? will they go with him ? lilibet? will they go with him? and if he comes back here, of course he'll have to come back here with tail between his here with his tail between his legs. and i tell you one thing, prince his older prince william, his older brother, at the welcome brother, won't be at the welcome home . party. home. party. >> okay, and what about this, um, netflix documentary , the

um, netflix documentary, the invictus games? another farce seems to be unrolling . seems to be unrolling. >> yeah. that's interesting . uh, >> yeah. that's interesting. uh, when the, uh, duke and duchess of sussex rebranded their their their media company from archewell to be sussex, there was no mention of netflix. and yet they have a ginormous contract , more than $100 yet they have a ginormous contract, more than $100 million with netflix , but they were not with netflix, but they were not mentioned at all, which may be a straw in the wind. about what's happening there. and they have made this other film, which is about invictus and the meaning of invictus, which of course is very commendable and upon which we can contract it. uh, prince harry is being made with a rival company. so what is going on there in the background? we do not know. but we have heard that netflix feeling that they are not getting value for money, they're not getting the boost, they're not getting the boost, they're not getting the boost, they're not getting the bang for they're not getting the bang for the buck that they've invested in lovely couple, uh, from in this lovely couple, uh, from montecito, california . and there montecito, california. and there may be some fallout from that

before long. um, okay. >> excellent stuff. as ever. michael cole. superb analysis . michael cole. superb analysis. always a pleasure to have you on the show. love that royal salute at the end. that's your trademark now. there's lots more still up in today's show still coming up in today's show as latest on as we bring you the latest on the tory islamophobia row. acidic khan has hit out at lee anderson , saying he's poured anderson, saying he's poured petrol on the fires of hatred . petrol on the fires of hatred. and we'll be hearing from lee anderson himself, who's been speaking to gb news exclusively and in fact, he was in this very studio, sat right there just before my show. he's doing he's done an exclusive sit down interview with patrick christys for tonight, and that will be shown on patrick christys 9 to 11 patrick christys tonight . i 11 patrick christys tonight. i overheard it. it's absolutely sensational stuff . you will not sensational stuff. you will not want to miss it. here's a guy in a corner. here's a guy who his opponents want to take the knee. i'm telling you now, i don't think it's in lee anderson's dna

to do anything of the sort . to do anything of the sort. we'll have the full analysis on all of that. we'll show you an exclusive trailer in the next part of the show and asking that big question should he apologise or should rishi sunak take him in? i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel . news, britain's news channel. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello . good afternoon. >> hello. good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update with me, annie from the met office. it should be staying dry for many areas through the rest of the day with some sunshine come. some late sunshine to come. however, a cold night however, it will be a cold night tonight. that's as high pressure is from the south tonight. that's as high pressure is west from the south tonight. that's as high pressure is west so from the south tonight. that's as high pressure is west so that�*n the south tonight. that's as high pressure is west so that wille south tonight. that's as high pressure is west so that will settle1 and west so that will settle things down through the rest of the however, in the north things down through the rest of the west however, in the north things down through the rest of the west we'llever, in the north things down through the rest of the west we'll startin the north things down through the rest of the west we'll start to the north things down through the rest of the west we'll start to see north things down through the rest of the west we'll start to see some and west we'll start to see some thicker rain arrive by thicker cloud and rain arrive by tomorrow winds tomorrow morning, so the winds should ease tonight, allowing

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gb news. >> good afternoon. it's 4 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk . coming up on today's the uk. coming up on today's show, lee anderson fights back the islamophobia row at the heart of the conservative party hots up to melting point and the party's former deputy chairman is accused of pouring petrol on the fires of hatred by london mayor sadiq khan. and now anderson has come out fighting and has spoken to gb news exclusively . we'll be hearing exclusively. we'll be hearing what he has to say later in the

show and as rishi sunak condemn his words as wrong, what impact will lee anderson's comments have on how voters view the tories as we head towards that all important general election, will it divide the party, or will it divide the party, or will it divide the party, or will it unite the red wall and as you can see on your screens, chaos erupts in brussels as farmers breach police cordons and stormed the city centre in protest of eu anti—farming policy. we've got a man on the ground with some astonishing images . make sure you stick images. make sure you stick around for that. and that's all coming up in your next hour. welcome to the show. and a very happy monday to you. it's always a pleasure to have your company. yeah. lee anderson was in this very studio about hour and very studio about an hour and a half exclusive sit down half ago, an exclusive sit down for the patrick christys show tonight , for the patrick christys show tonight, nine till 11 pm. with our political editor. also chris hope and absolutely astonishing

interview. it's a barnstormer. lee anderson . here's a man at lee anderson. here's a man at the eye of the hurricane. yet standing totally defiant will give you all of the inside lines from that. and a sneak preview in the show. plus, get in touch on that topic. vaiews@gbnews.com. should he stay ? should he go? should he stay? should he go? should he apologise ? should rishi get him apologise? should rishi get him back? or the tories dead in the water without the red wall rot while lee anderson let me know your thoughts. but first is your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. well, the prime minister has refused to describe lee anderson's comments as islamophobe after he said this morning that they were unacceptable and wrong . unacceptable and wrong. >> the former tory deputy chairman released a statement earlier on today aimed at clarifying remarks he made on this network, where he suggested

that islamists had got control of the mayor of london. admitting his words were clumsy. he also added he was intending to highlight what he believes is mr khan's failure to tackle pro—palestine protest posts. writing in the evening standard today, the london mayor described the comments as vile race based, anti—muslim and islamophobic. meanwhile, the leader of the labour party says it's the consequence of a weak prime minister presiding over a divided party. >> it's islam phobia and the prime minister should call it out for what it is. the reason he won't is because he's so weak. there divided there, chaotic . and if they're chaotic. and if they're re—elected, we're going to have five more years of this . it is five more years of this. it is only labour now that can unite the country. bring people together, turn a page on this and actually usher in, you know, the sort of society, the sort of

future that people desperately want. but the prime minister lacks the strength. he's too weak . he lacks the strength. he's too weak. he can't call it out for what it is. >> sir keir starmer, this morning. well, gb news understands that the number of mps demanding a no confidence vote in the speaker has now climbed to 77. that's after the commons was thrown into turmoil last week when sir lindsay hoyle decided to hear a labour amendment to an snp motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. that was a clear break from long standing conventions and parliamentary process, and was largely seen as a positive move for the labour party. another vote on the issue is expected later on this week. now a member of the us military who has set himself on fire outside the israeli embassy in washington at the weekend, has died . it's understood he was died. it's understood he was wearing military fatigues and shouting free palestine as he streamed the apparent protest online. more information is expected to be announced after

the military has notified the man's family. the military has notified the man's family . a trans gender so man's family. a trans gender so called cat killer has been jailed for life and told to serve a minimum tum of 24 years for the murder of george carino, 36 year old scarlett blake targeted him as a pure act of fantasy inspired by a netflix documentary . she hit him fantasy inspired by a netflix documentary. she hit him on fantasy inspired by a netflix documentary . she hit him on the documentary. she hit him on the head as he walked home from a night out in oxford in july 2021 and pushed him into a nearby river, where he drowned his murder came four months after blake live streamed herself, killing a cat. now blake live streamed herself, killing a cat . now the blake live streamed herself, killing a cat. now the prime minister says new investment in transport for the north of england and the midlands is levelling up in action. it's after the government outlined plans for the reallocation of funds following the cancellation of s northern leg. it will of hs2 s northern leg. it will be up to local councils to allocate the funds. as the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, dismissed the plan, saying the money had already been promised years ago. but

been promised ten years ago. but transport secretary mark harper says the government is empowering local communities. >> 2.5 billion for the north, 2.2 billion for the midlands. that money is going to local councils . it's for them to spend councils. it's for them to spend on the local priorities that they set, that they think are important to their local communities , and they'll reach communities, and they'll reach those conclusions by consulting those conclusions by consulting those communities, but also talking very importantly to their members of parliament about what those important local transport priorities are. the whole point is, it's not for ministers to set those priorities. it's for councils to set them. think those set them. we think those decisions better made closer decisions are better made closer to the people that are going to benefit from them . benefit from them. >> starmer says his >> sir keir starmer says his party will deliver what he called a future in britain called a future built in britain by britain. if labour wins the next election. he says the plan to run a so—called patriotic economy will include boosting home ownership and establish the next generation of new towns. housing minister leigh rowley described the proposal as empty, but chair of the labour party ,

but chair of the labour party, anneliese dodds, told gb news it's the change britain needs kind of expectations that people in our country used to have, you know, that their kids would be better off than they were, that they'd have at least a slightly better quality of life . better quality of life. >> you know, all of those dreams are just completely out of reach for very many people in our country . and keir starmer is country. and keir starmer is absolutely determined to change that for the future. getting britain building, actually making sure we have those good jobs up and down the country, reforming the planning system, the many changes that he is setting out today. would make that big difference to british people. >> anneliese dodds as well. for the very latest stories , do sign the very latest stories, do sign up for gb news alerts . try up for gb news alerts. try scanning that qr code. you can see on your screen right now. if you're listening on radio, try going to gb news common alerts . going to gb news common alerts.

>> thank you polly. superb stuff as ever. now to our top story this hour. and of course, that's the growing row over the alleged islamophobia comments by mp for ashfield lee anderson made on my show on friday afternoon and the london mayor, sadiq khan, has accused the former deputy chair of the conservative party of fuelling the fires of hatred and well. the archewell mp has conducted an interview with patrick christys . in fact, he patrick christys. in fact, he took place in this studio about an hour and a half ago and that's going to run tonight in full on patrick christys tonight at 9 pm. on gb news. and here's at 9 pm. on gb news. and here's a sneak preview of what lee anderson has to say . anderson has to say. >> if mayor khan is not coming out on tv or any media channel and saying , this is disgusting, and saying, this is disgusting, what's happening on our streets in london, we should not have these graphics being flashed onto big ben. >> this is shocking. >> this is shocking. >> this is terrible. >> this is terrible. >> i will clamp on this. if >> i will clamp down on this. if he's saying that, then he's he's not saying that, then he's lost control . and you can't lost control. and you can't blame police this . he blame the police for this. he controls police. that's his

job. >> and there are so many topics covered off on that. i can't give the game away. patrick would have to take me and throw me off into a canal. but you will not want to miss it. excellent stuff. here's a guy who is not going to apologise any time soon. well, earlier this afternoon, the labour leader waded into the row, criticising the prime minister over how he's dealt with the controversy. and here's what sir keir starmer had to say. >> prime minister should call it out is . the reason out for what it is. the reason he won't is because he's so weak . they're divided, they're chaotic and if they're re—elected, we're going to have five more years of this. it is only labour now that can unite the country . we bring people the country. we bring people together to turn a page on this and actually usher in, you know, the sort of society we the sort of future that people desperately want. but the prime minister lacks the strength. he's too weak. he can't call it

out for what it is . out for what it is. >> and that was sir keir starmer, of course. and well, then attention turned to what then attention turned to what the minister would on the prime minister would say on the prime minister would say on the issue. and rishi sunak defended position and how he defended his position and how he deau defended his position and how he dealt the controversy . dealt with the controversy. >> well, i've very clear >> well, i've been very clear that what he said was wrong. it was unacceptable and that's why we suspended the whip. and it's important that everybody but particularly elected politicians, are careful with their words and do not inflame tensions. the most important thing is that the words were wrong. they were ill judged. they were unacceptable. and that's and that's what i believe. and that's what i believe. and that's why the whip has been suspended. i think, i think suspended. and i think, i think everyone see tensions everyone can see that tensions are already running high. and what i want to do, i think what the country wants to see is the heat taken out of this debate. and i think that's the right thing do. and i think that's the right thirbut do. and i think that's the right thirbut as). and i think that's the right thirbut as all this political >> but as all this political infighting, this battling, losing sight of the wider debate over concerns in relation to the pro—palestine protests and also, of course, the safety of our

parliamentarians, well , joining parliamentarians, well, joining me now to discuss this is nighat ghorbani , an iranian anti—hamas ghorbani, an iranian anti—hamas activist. thank you for joining us in the studio. so we've seen, frankly, horrendous sights on wednesday when a mob outside seemingly affected the vote. inside, we've seen parliament from the labour party, from the conservative party being harassed in the street , conservative party being harassed in the street, having meetings, stormed by protesters. how does this make you feel when you see all of this happening on british streets? yeah, actually i'm when i see this happening in uk street in actually in london street , uh, just uk street in actually in london street, uh, just remind me what's going on in iran 1979. >> you know, i was uh, i'm, i didn't born in this time by the, uh, history . i didn't born in this time by the, uh, history. i see the didn't born in this time by the, uh, history . i see the videos uh, history. i see the videos and i listen to, uh, my, my parents, what they say about the, uh, that time you know, exactly the same happening in

iran. uh, this time, islamists and, uh, marxism left wings. they are united together. together against monarchy and, uh, our, uh, luck our country down and take the power from the monarchy from the shah. and they come to power and still right now, 45 years, they kill the iranian people. they kill the protester. you know, uh, why , protester. you know, uh, why, for example, in, uh, when happening in syria, when, uh , happening in syria, when, uh, genocide in syria with them, bashar assad , why nobody coming bashar assad, why nobody coming in street and talking for ceasefire, you know, just they are, uh, talking about the bit, uh, when they muslim kill muslim is doesn't matter. no problem . is doesn't matter. no problem. um, when they are in fight with the christian or , uh, fighting

the christian or, uh, fighting with them jews , you know, they with them jews, you know, they when they are not enough , uh, when they are not enough, uh, not enough have power. they just come, come around and saying, yeah, ceasefire , ceasefire, yeah, ceasefire, ceasefire, ceasefire, ceasefire for. for what? for give to, uh , hamas what? for give to, uh, hamas chance again on to growing up and kill people all around the world here in uk they can they can come here in uk if you give to give to uh weapon to the guys here when they attack me in the, uh hamas supporter protest, here when they attack me in the, uh hamas supporter protest , they uh hamas supporter protest, they kill me straight away without thinking and if you ask them why you kill him, they don't answer you kill him, they don't answer you because they didn't think about that. well they would claim, of course, that, um , claim, of course, that, um, palestine has been occupied . palestine has been occupied. >> um, they, they were forced

down that way and 29,000 have been killed since the start of this war, including 10,000 children. but does that justify what we're seeing happening on british streets? you talked about how the iranian regime iran was, was a wonderful open western sized democracy, wasn't it? before before the before the 1979, 1979. and then it descended into very quickly into shana descended into very quickly into sharia law ? sharia law? >> exactly. you know , they just >> exactly. you know, they just started with them, uh, in before 1979. they started for the, uh, freedom free speech. they, they need free speech, more freedom , need free speech, more freedom, uh, free speech. they need more, you know , have a right to speak, you know, have a right to speak, have a right to, uh , uh, you have a right to, uh, uh, you know, right . everything and know, right. everything and saying everything . the shah of saying everything. the shah of iran gave to gave them a chance to have a little bit power. but they take over. they, you know,

and here, same, same here in uk. i think i'm just saying to british people, please just see and read the history of iran . and read the history of iran. you know, before 1979, you can you can understand really good what's going on when you, uh, don't wake up and when you didn't against the islamic and, uh, fascist , uh, the, you know, uh, fascist, uh, the, you know, the protestor , you know, strong the protestor, you know, strong words. >> thank you very much for joining us in the studio. excellent stuff. thank you very much. thank you so much. ghorbani and iranian anti hamas activist and a sobering wake up call. perhaps there to us in britain. thank you very much for joining us. thank now joining us. thank you. now i martin daubney on news martin daubney on gb news britain's there's britain's news channel there's loads including loads more coming up including is our armed is diversity ruining our armed forces

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>> welcome back . it's 418 and >> welcome back. it's 418 and you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news on this monday afternoon . now, the this monday afternoon. now, the growing row of the alleged islamophobe comments by lee anderson rumbles on, and the london mayor, sadiq khan, has accused the former deputy chair of the conservative party of fuelling the fires of hatred. well the ashfield mp has conducted an interview with patrick christys. in fact, it took part in this very studio. about an hour and a half ago. i overheard the entire thing. it's an absolute barnstormer and that's running tonight in full on patrick christys show tonight from nine till 11. it kicks off at 9 pm. on gb news. and here's at 9 pm. on gb news. and here's a flavour of what lee anderson has to say . has to say. >> if mayor khan is not coming out on tv or any media channel and saying this is disgusting, what's happening on our streets in london, we should not have

these graphics being flashed onto big ben. >> this is shocking. this is terrible. >> i will clamp down on this. if he's saying that , then he's not saying that, then he's lost and you can't blame lost control and you can't blame the police for this. he controls the police for this. he controls the police. >> his job. >> that's his job. >> that's his job. >> so when lee anderson said those words on friday afternoon, 5:00 on this show, martin daubney show , it's fair to say daubney show, it's fair to say it's been a very lively 72 hours since it's completely kicked off. the big questions are this, first of all, should lee anderson apologise for his comments ? he didn't. and the comments? he didn't. and the conservative party withdrew the whip from lee anderson. he currently sits as an independent candidate . no longer a candidate. no longer a conservative. next should should they let him back into the party? well, when pushed on it today, rishi sunak doesn't say that lee's comments were islamophobe and he also, when pushed on, it doesn't rule out allowing lee anderson back into

the conservative party. the question is, is that the right thing to do? lots of lee's colleagues have turned on him, he would say, but were his words a step too far? let me know all of your comments. vaiews@gbnews.com now moving on to our woke army, a topic we talk about almost every day on this show. and now the decision to allow women to join front line army fighting has been described as a failed exercise in political correctness because government figures reveal that only 15 female recruits completed basic training for either infantry or tank units between january and september of 2023. a senior army officer says women are put off joining front line units amid numerous allegations of rape and sexual discrimination. well joining me now is former nato commander and royal navy officer, rear admiral chris parry cbe. chris always a

pleasure to see you on the show. so here we are again. we'll talk about diversity targets and it seems that no matter how much they huff and they puff, young women simply aren't joining up . women simply aren't joining up. >> well, i mean the life's not for everybody, martin. >> it's not even for most men, to tell you the truth. um, so why people expect people from all walks of society to enjoy something which is a bit of a niche employment. i don't know, life at sea, life in the air, life at sea, life in the air, life in the field is pretty tough and if you want a really motivating career that makes real demands on you, then the armed forces are for you. they're not for everybody. and i think that's what the government and our recruiters need to realise. and chris, one statistic that leaps out of this report is that almost 50% of female recruits who started to recruit for basic training, um, they failed to complete the course. coui'se. >> course. >> they weren't up to scratch .

>> they weren't up to scratch. >> they weren't up to scratch. >> i'm afraid this is the result of, i think, rather an energetic push because we're not recruiting enough men. uh, i think people will think the shortfall could be made up by women. um, as i said, this is a tough life. and it's a life that is geared towards the sort of physical and mental. um, i hesitate to say skills, but aptitudes that men have, you know, the idea that men and women are interchangeable in all these roles is ridiculous . what these roles is ridiculous. what we need to have is all roles open to both men and women and those that are suitable and have the aptitude for those jobs should be going into them . if should be going into them. if we've got 15 women who are going into the infantry and the armoured corps, then that's fine. they're the ones that are suitable . um, it's as simple as suitable. um, it's as simple as that. any idea that we should have quotas or any sort of any sort of percentage of people from certain ethnic groups or from, uh, from women is ridiculous. we want the best

people who serve our country and can defend it . can defend it. >> rear admiral chris parry, i think people will totally agree with everything. you just said. the voice of common sense as even the voice of common sense as ever. thank you very much for joining on the show. it's joining us on the show. it's always pleasure . now farmers always a pleasure. now farmers are the streets of brussels are on the streets of brussels this afternoon, setting fire to tires and blocking streets with their tractors in a protest against cheap supermarket prices . riot police were seen firing water cannons as eu ministers arrived for meetings on the growing crisis in brussels and the farmers are demanding action from the european union on free trade agreements, which they blame for damaging europe's farming. well, journalist jack parrock was live from the protest earlier on today, and let's take a look at his footage i >> -- >> future is europe, says the mural here in the eu quarter of brussels behind me. >> but for the farmers that are clogging the streets of brussels with their tractors today, the future is one without such stringent green laws that they

feel is attacking their business, attacking their ability to earn money. >> you can see all up and down the roads here in brussels, especially in the european quarter of brussels, where the eu's institutions are based . all eu's institutions are based. all of these tractors have completely brought the traffic and the city of especially in this area, to a standstill today. and they're doing this because a few weeks ago , when because a few weeks ago, when they did a similar protest, admittedly bigger, perhaps no less, no less troublesome for the city and the mobility in the city, but certainly bigger in numbers. they succeeded. the european union won back some of its green targets , especially on its green targets, especially on things like pesticides , on the things like pesticides, on the amount of space that farmers need to leave in order to regrow nature. a few other tinkerings on the edges of the green laws as well. but that wasn't enough for these farmers. this this protest has a different atmosphere. frankly, a few weeks ago there was a celebration . it ago there was a celebration. it was a sunny day. frankly uh, farmers came in from all over

the continent to make their views known. this protest has a more sort of serious, uh , more sort of serious, uh, attitude to it. it feels like they are here. they are here to say what they want to say. while eu agriculture ministers meet in a building , eu agriculture ministers meet in a building, perhaps 3 or 400m away from me. what we have seen as well is some relatively unsavoury scenes here in brussels . some of these tractors brussels. some of these tractors over running, police barriers, charging through them, using their equipment on the front of their equipment on the front of the of their tractors to bash through some of those barriers . through some of those barriers. and the truth is that while what we've seen is a lot of support, pubuc we've seen is a lot of support, public support for the farmers in recent weeks and a change in some policy, the discussions that are happening online are actually starting to change slightly. people very frustrated and especially in brussels, that the city is clogged up but concerned about those scenes that veer on the edge of a sort

of violent protest . of violent protest. >> great stuff right in the thick of it. that's the way we like it. on gb news. and let's cross live now to brussels and speak to that man jack parrott. jack, a man on the ground. superb great footage . superb stuff. great footage. farmers were spraying silage at european union buildings earlier. not for the first time. jack the stench of manure filling the streets of brussels . filling the streets of brussels. >> yeah, it was a really different sort of protest. protest today , martin, to be protest today, martin, to be honest with you, we saw a few weeks ago when the eu leaders were meeting the protests, there were meeting the protests, there were sort of tires burning on the streets . a statue was pulled the streets. a statue was pulled down outside the european parliament, but it had a very different atmosphere. this this morning there was a real sense of sort of clash between the authorities and the farmers, as you say , manure was being you say, manure was being sprayed onto the buildings. there is footage of barriers being pulled away. the belgian police were throwing tear gas at the farmers , somewhat

the farmers, somewhat ironically, that tear gas in those videos was was being blown back at the police rather than towards the farmers due to the direction of the wind . um, but direction of the wind. um, but it's been a very different atmosphere on the streets of brussels today . just in the last brussels today. just in the last hour or so, we have seen the tractors start to leave the streets. it looks like the roads will start to open up again soon, but there will be a the need for some sort of a clear up effort as well. it's certainly not been that sort of peaceful, chilled protest today. the farmers have really made their point on the streets and jack para a lot of people watching this would like to see the similar sort of tactic used on british streets. >> perhaps against pro—palestinian protesters . a pro—palestinian protesters. a bit of the water cannon. too bad. sadiq khan sold them all. but back to brussels. last time we spoke , jack, the protest had we spoke, jack, the protest had an immediate effect. ursula von der leyen did a u—turn on some of the policy around net zero and a deal with brazil in particular, which would flood

the european market with cheap imports, particularly vegetables and fruits. the mood is different today, jack. will this work or will the eu dig in against the farmers ? do you feel? >> no, we've heard from the agriculture ministers who are meeting in brussels today. >> they're saying that they're still listening to the farmers, but there are no new announcements on a change of the green deals, or indeed a change to the potential trade deals that the eu is doing as well. so at the moment it doesn't look to have had that effect. but it's certainly has made a point. people in brussels definitely know that they're here. there's a big question about how these protests go forward. at the moment. the farmers have a lot of public support. moment. the farmers have a lot of public support . you know, we of public support. you know, we need farmers for the food, but if they continue to block cities, they've been in madrid today as well. they've been on the polish—german border blocking well. we saw it, for blocking as well. we saw it, for instance, with the gilets jaunes , yellow protests in , the yellow vest protests in france years lots of france a few years ago, lots of pubuc france a few years ago, lots of public support for the need for protecting workers rights, the need . but after a

need for food. but after a while, when streets are blocked, people are unable to get to their doctors appointments or unable get to their, uh, you unable to get to their, uh, you know, schools and stuff like that. even if people are in favour of what the farmers are protesting for, the public sentiment can shift. it's very interesting sort of time at the moment. this is all ahead of the june european parliament elections, where this is all going factor heavily into going to factor in heavily into that. yeah >> and jack, that was my next question if could, question briefly, if we could, how of influence is this how much of an influence is this going to be? the anti—eu parties across across italy , across france, across italy, germany, many of the eu member state countries, um, they are backing the farmers on this. how much? in terms of the optics, do you think that will give buoyancy to that anti—eu eu vote? >> i think it definitely could. i think what's interesting is that these farmers aren't necessarily aligned with any political parties, some political parties, some political parties, some political parties in different eu countries are adopting them and their fight , and others are and their fight, and others are perhaps more on the left wing side of things as well. seeing

this as more of a labour issue, how that all sort of shakes down and pans out. we'll have to wait and pans out. we'll have to wait and see when the results the and see when the results of the elections and see when the results of the eleygreat stuff, jack barrett, >> great stuff, jack barrett, great footage in the middle of that protest as ever. thank you very live from brussels . very much. live from brussels. the burning, the the tires are burning, the manure is flying. the farmers are revolting. great stuff. jack parekh live in brussels now . parekh live in brussels now. there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00, including there's growing pressure on sir lindsay hoyle with more mps saying they have no confidence in the speaker of the house of commons. 77 now want to just stop hoyle, but first, here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . polly middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour. the prime minister has refused to describe lee anderson's comments as islamophobic after he said this morning that they were unacceptable and wrong. the former tory deputy party chairman released a statement

this morning aimed at clarifying remarks he made on this network when he suggested that islamists had control of the mayor of london. admitting his words were clumsy, lee anderson said he was intending to highlight what he believes is mr khan's failure to tackle pro—palestine protests . s tackle pro—palestine protests. s writing in the evening standard today, sadiq khan described the comments as vile, racist, anti—muslim and islamophobic. well, the common speaker has refused an snp application for an emergency debate on gaza this week. that's after the commons was plunged into chaos last week when sir lindsay hoyle allowed a labour amendment to the snp's motion in a clear break from convention. gb news understands the number of mps demanding a no confidence vote in the speaker has now reached 77 and a new investment in transport for the nonh investment in transport for the north of england is apparent, with the levelling up in action, according to the prime minister. it's after the government outlined plans for the reallocation of funds following

the cancellation of hs2 s northern leg. it's going to be up to local councils to allocate the funds, but the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, said the money was already promised a decade ago and hungary's parliament has approved a bill allowing sweden to become a member of nato. a significant boost to security in northern europe and the baltics . northern europe and the baltics. the application was submitted in 2022. a historic shift in sweden's policy following russia's invasion of ukraine. nato secretary general jens stoltenberg says the newly expanded alliance will make the world stronger for the renee latest news stories. do sign up for gp news alerts try scanning that qr code on your screen right now or go to gbnews.com. slash alerts .

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radio. where? >> welcome back. it's 436. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now, i ask you, what's on the show for your emails, and you've been getting in touch in your hundreds. and of course, the top topic is that lee anderson. topic is that man, lee anderson. you remember 5:00 on friday on this show . he you remember 5:00 on friday on this show. he said those words now, 72 hours later, he's still in hot water. it's still dictating the political agenda. here's what you people have been saying . helen says this lee saying. helen says this lee anderson for president. well, that was straight to the point. and jude has said this. lee anderson is an utter racist oaf . anderson is an utter racist oaf. so i think we have we can we can agree to disagree on that difference of opinion . um, jo difference of opinion. um, jo has said this. difference of opinion. um, jo has said this . i'm so glad that has said this. i'm so glad that lee anderson hasn't apologised. he is right with everything he has said . if he is right with everything he has said. if you he is right with everything he has said . if you say sorry, they has said. if you say sorry, they won't take it as an apology anyway . they'll use it against anyway. they'll use it against you forever. never surrender and

never apologise . martin says never apologise. martin says this not me, says lee anderson. only said what we all think it wasn't racist when he's asking what the heck is going on. fair point. and a reminder patrick christys tonight, 9 to 11. there's an exclusive interview with lee anderson. he was in the studio, sat here a couple of hours ago. he did an absolute stonker of an interview . hours ago. he did an absolute stonker of an interview. here's a guy many, many people in his position would have buckled and apologised and crumpled like a cheap suitcase . let me guarantee cheap suitcase. let me guarantee you that didn't happen . you you that didn't happen. you would not want to miss that interview later on in the show. now shortly. a while ago, we were also joined in the studio by iranian activist called by an iranian activist called nayak gorbatschow navalny. he he talks about the situation in iran in 1979 and how it's mirroring what's happening on british streets now. sarah says , british streets now. sarah says, this your iranian guest just completely nailed what is happening here. the more power the islamists get in this country, especially london, the more happened in

more chance of what happened in iran will also happen here. well, that's a bit strong. i don't think we'll go for that kind of takeover, but point kind of a takeover, but point taken. martin, i have taken. um, david martin, i have an oxford english dictionary app on is the on my phone. here is the definition islamophobia . definition for islamophobia. it's or prejudice it's a dislike or prejudice against islam or muslims , against islam or muslims, especially as a political force. so a diverse range of opinions . so a diverse range of opinions. thank you very much for sending them in. now moving on. the founder of fair fuel uk has delivered a petition to number 10 today with 126,000 signatures in support of keeping fuel duty frozen in fairfield, uk, has been successfully preventing 14 years of planned fuel duty rises, getting the government to adopt pump watch for transport and honest pump prices , and even and honest pump prices, and even influence the petrol and diesel new car sales ban being moved from a draconian 2030 target to 2035. you can see pictures on your screen there of this man. howard cox joins me in the studio. the founder of fair fuel

uk, howard cox. howard well done. um, the petition was was so big. when you hand it in, i surprised you and put your back out mate. it was very, very heavy indeed. >> i mean, we had two of those and i had lovely and and i had the lovely and fantastic jonathan gullace with me, stoke on trent north, me, mp for stoke on trent north, who over me, mp for stoke on trent north, whc has over me, mp for stoke on trent north, whc has taken over over me, mp for stoke on trent north, whc has taken over the over me, mp for stoke on trent north, whc has taken over the chairr me, mp for stoke on trent north, whc has taken over the chair of the has taken over the chair of our appg for fair fuel uk in parliament and it was, it was great the best thing about great and the best thing about renee only the renee today is not only the delivering but delivering 126,000, but delivering 126,000, but delivering letter that delivering a letter that contained 40 mps and peers, some big heavyweights like suella braverman pretty patel, uh, lord frost, david frost, braverman pretty patel, uh, lord frost, david frost , they signed frost, david frost, they signed it and said, hey, stop this, uh, attack on motorists into their pockets and start giving them a break budget next week. break in the budget next week. >> aside from fantastic >> and aside from fantastic numbers, 126,000, that is a lot of lot of motorists. it of folks, a lot of motorists. it gives hope that there might be some sense in this debate some common sense in this debate because we contained, don't because we feel contained, don't we? on we? how? there's a war on motorists. it's one way war of motorists. it's a one way war of attrition, losing out. attrition, and we're losing out. but political but you've got some political heavyweights up us. heavyweights standing up for us. >> yeah, i think so. >> yeah, i think so. >> a little bit of >> there's a little bit of a cynic it is an election

cynic in me. it is an election year obviously there's 37 year and obviously there's 37 million obviously million motorists and obviously they uh, be they all vote. uh, but to be fair, these people have signed it, have always consistently been uk. been behind fairfield, uk. >> i've been trying >> and what i've been trying to do last years and, do for the last 15 years and, and really point of and really from my point of view, even bumped into view, i even bumped into a minister, robert halfon, right outside number 10, who an outside the number 10, who is an absolute outside the number 10, who is an absolu was mr fairfield, uk in >> he was mr fairfield, uk in parliament was great and parliament and it was great and we're have a pint we're going to have a pint again soon. but can't help us soon. but he can't help us visually obviously he's visually because obviously he's in government. >> most important >> but uh, the most important thing wednesday week is he's thing for wednesday week is he's got to wake and realise and got to wake up and realise and make budget driver's make this budget a driver's budget, they budget, wake up and realise they should drivers should be seen should be drivers should be seen as commercial heartbeat of as the commercial heartbeat of the economy and a solution to getting of the cost of getting out of the cost of living crisis, rather than actually them actually just seeing them as pure chaos. fingers pure cash chaos. so fingers crossed . crossed. >> well, howard, a lot of people watching would watching this show would agree that is being that the cash cow is being milked do you think you're milked dry. do you think you're going result? going to get a result? >> yes, i think so. >> it'll be economic and political suicide for one to put it up by £0.05 the office of budget of budget inaccuracy. sorry responsibility. >> i think i've said that a few

times before and i'm going to continue to say it. >> they are saying that we've got put up £0.05 to actually got to put up £0.05 to actually pay got to put up £0.05 to actually pay the national insurance pay for the national insurance cuts. so—called enjoyed. >> i'm optimistic. >> but yeah, i'm optimistic. >> but yeah, i'm optimistic. >> think, come on, let's >> i just think, come on, let's go it. i've actually gone go for it. i've actually gone even cut by £0.20. even further. cut it by £0.20. >> um , that's right. >> um, that's right. >> um, that's right. >> the £0.20 per litre. and uh, do it for six months to see what happens the economy, happens to not only the economy, because would actually because it would actually blossom if we did blossom beyond belief if we did have that cut in duty , but have that cut in fuel duty, but more it would more importantly, it would deliver to tories. deliver votes to the tories. >> as i've got you here, >> howard, as i've got you here, can i ask you to pass comment on what's been going on with lee anderson? obviously, it's kicked off comments sadiq off his comments about sadiq khan. off his comments about sadiq khan . do you think he should apologise? >> uh, i personally don't think he should apologise. >> uh, i personally don't think he irould apologise. >> uh, i personally don't think he i thed apologise. >> uh, i personally don't think he i thed apcthinge. >> uh, i personally don't think he i thed apcthing is, i mean, >> i the only thing is, i mean, there's an elephant in this room which we're ignoring, he which we're ignoring, and he brought it out in a i think the wrong way. >> his words were >> i think his words were actually, think, inappropriate actually, i think, inappropriate . of actually . but in terms of actually what's happening out it's what's happening out there, it's a you egg a big worry. you had an egg thrown at you and all that things, you know, projected thrown at you and all that thing:uh,yu know, projected thrown at you and all that thingzuh, ontoow, projected thrown at you and all that thingzuh, onto the projected thrown at you and all that thingzuh, onto the bigacted all onto, uh, onto the big ben, all that sort of thing with police

just standing. him away just standing. let him get away with issue. and with it. there is an issue. and when i become of i when i become mayor of london, i want parties want to bring all these parties together and say, how do we solve this? we've got to do something about it in a constructive way. and maybe lee may have second thoughts the may have second thoughts in the way he delivered it. but in terms i think terms of the sentiment, i think people agree with him and this this really, howard, was this debate really, howard, was about the fact that the metropolitan police force simply don't law don't seem to be upholding law and order with fear or favour. >> pelted with >> that's why i was pelted with eggs knows what else. i eggs and god knows what else. i didn't have problem with the didn't have a problem with the protesters. was like, why protesters. it was like, why aren't that guy aren't you arresting that guy who who's full who isn't? who's wearing a full face balaclava? why aren't you taking that projector down? why aren't person aren't you getting that person who's anti—semitic who's got an anti—semitic placard? is feeling that placard? there is a feeling that the police are taking sides. two tiered policing. >> saw that guy, you >> and yet we saw that guy, you know, who actually objected know, who was actually objected to palestinian to some of the palestinian marches the other day. he had a flag. and to cut a long story short, he arrested. he was flag. and to cut a long story short, iout arrested. he was flag. and to cut a long story short, iout of arrested. he was flag. and to cut a long story short, iout of theested. he was flag. and to cut a long story short, iout of the way. he was flag. and to cut a long story short, iout of the way. and nas flag. and to cut a long story short, iout of the way. and all he moved out of the way. and all he was me, look, hamas was saying to me, look, hamas are which a fact. are terrorists, which is a fact. and yeah, i wish lee will and so i yeah, i wish lee will and i you know, it's a shame he's he's lost his the whip who knows be part of reform

knows he may be part of reform one day. well that's a tantalising thought dribble tantalising thought to dribble out there. >> thank you very much howard cocks hope we cocks for uk. and let's hope we get result for the motorist at get a result for the motorist at the up the sterling the budget. keep up the sterling work. know you've been work. i know you've been beavering for absolutely beavering away for absolutely donkey's years. cheers now still to growing on to come, the growing pressure on sir as more mps sir lindsay hoyle as more mps say lost confidence in say they've lost confidence in the of the house of the speaker of the house of commons, 77, have now signed the petition to just stop hoyle i martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

radio. >> welcome back. it's 447. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. before the break, i was joined by howard cox. he was the london mayoral candidate for the reform party, but now let's move on. mps demanding a no confidence vote in the house of commons. speaker lindsay hoyle has now climbed to 80. this is after the commons was thrown into absolute

turmoil when sir lindsay hoyle last week decided to hear a labour amendment to an snp motion calling for that immediate ceasefire in gaza. well, let's cross now to our political editor, christopher hope. chris, welcome to the show. you've been a busy bee today so far, and a superb interview with lee anderson. you did with patrick christys earlier coming up at 9 pm. tonight. but let's get back to the we perhaps should the topic. we perhaps should have been talking about before. lee in usual way, lee anderson, in his usual way, took conversation into a took the conversation into a different . and that is different direction. and that is the continuing pressure on lindsay hoyle . what's the latest? >> yes, well , thanks, martin, >> yes, well, thanks, martin, afternoon to you. overnight uh, there were 71 mps who signed the motion of no confidence in speaker lindsay hoyle. that has now gone up to 80 today. so an increase of nine, uh, three tory mps out of their name and six snp mps and an early day motion is like a kind of petition . so is like a kind of petition. so it just says it's merely a way of, of, of just, of gauging the

temperature of feeling in the house of commons, not much more than that, but 80 is a lot. it's nearly four times as many as signed a motion which resulted shortly afterwards in micheal martin resigning at the height of the mp expenses scandal. so 80 number now . i was 80 is a number now. i was talking to people on late on friday. they said if it goes to 97, that's 15% of all all friday. they said if it goes to 97, that's15% of all all mps . 97,that's15% of all all mps. then lindsay hoyle position will be very hard to hold on to for him. um, there's no real hard and fast rule here with confidence. it's a kind of, you know , as authority leeches away. know, as authority leeches away. i should say that, um, if you're in the government, you can't sign it. so no mps and pcs don't sign it. so no mps and pcs don't sign these these, uh, motion . so sign these these, uh, motion. so that's 150 or so tory sign these these, uh, motion. so that's150 or so tory mps can't sign it. so if you take away the numbers, who can't sign it? 80 looks like a quite a big proportion . proportion. >> and chris, astonishingly, people might be staggered to understand that the snp are pushing for a rerun of last

wednesday's gaza ceasefire debate . and will that add even debate. and will that add even more pressure onto lindsay hoyle ? >> 7- >> that's 7 >> that's right. i'm ? >> that's right. i'm getting some updates on my phone while i'm speaking to you. um that the government will be a statement tomorrow on gaza, but could commons speaker lindsay hoyle has said that application for an emergency debate on gaza should not succeed . need. um. so he's not succeed. need. um. so he's decided on the standing orders. he won't change the rules for the snp and that may explain why . why six more snp mps have signed that motion today . signed that motion today. clearly there's no there's no way of ameliorating the issue here with the snp. and i think given they are the third, the third biggest party in the house of commons amongst mp, but being represented is a problem because if you're the speaker, you've got to govern the house of commons for all mps. if a big group like the snp don't support you, it's hard to see how you hang you, it's hard to see how you harand chris, um, a lot of >> and chris, um, a lot of people might think that's the right thing to do. i mean, we saw absolute calamity on

wednesday and the reverberations will probably last for years. when we look back about the mob outside, we discussed all outside, as we discussed all last week, affecting what was going inside, you think going on inside, do you think sir done the right sir lindsay has done the right thing a rerun of thing to not have a rerun of this debate ? this debate? >> i'm not sure . i mean, >> um, i'm not sure. i mean, i've been advocating for a bit now that had to really now that he had to really balance up the ledger and say something about the labour party. the labour party, under some pressure, pressure last wednesday to allow a vote on their rather than their policy on gaza rather than their policy on gaza rather than their voting for the for the their mps voting for the for the snp or the or the government's motion. so it carries on. and we heard we heard lee anderson overnight . he lost the whip on overnight. he lost the whip on saturday and i've interviewed him with patrick christys tonight, run in his show tonight, uh, to run in his show 9/11. and i think it's very, very newsy. if you want to know about the future of the tory party lee anderson's future, party of lee anderson's future, the party, tories , i the reform party, the tories, i do advise you to tune in. it's going quite a belter. yeah going to be quite a belter. yeah >> and without giving anything away, overheard entire away, i overheard the entire thing. sat next door. it's thing. i was sat next door. it's an bomb storm of an

an absolute bomb storm of an interview, but not giving any of patrick's exclusive away. they'll have to wait till 9:00 for that. now now, now the dust has settled on this. um, lee seems to be doubling down. he's been adamant. seems to be doubling down. he's been adamant . and the statement been adamant. and the statement that he released via gb news earlier, no intention of earlier, he has no intention of apologising. do you think rishi sunak who's who seems to have dodged the issue today? he hasn't condemned the comments as islamophobia. hasn't islamophobia. he hasn't definitely said there's way definitely said there's no way back for lee. what do you think is most likely chain is the most likely chain of events moving forward? chris? well, i had thought they wanted lee anderson back in the party. >> he's quite an asset. he's away of those in the in the stronghold of south. they like to talk to lee anderson. he's always talking around these associations. understand associations. so they understand who speak to. and who else they can speak to. and why do these people in the north of england, why would a former labour councillor lee labour councillor like lee anderson a tory mp and anderson become a tory mp and in fact for tory himself on fact vote for tory himself on the for the first time? but i think today there's been a retrenching, a hardening of positions. and you heard earlier

lee told me for gb lee anderson told me for gb news, if you're wrong , news, if you're wrong, apologising is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength . but, he says, but when you think you're right, you should never apologise because to do so would be a sign of weakness. never apologise because to do so would be a sign of weakness . and would be a sign of weakness. and it like i think the it looks to me like i think the tory party is trying to not have a go at lee anderson and push him into a position, but he is in that position right now. it's hard he comes to hard to see how he comes back to the surprised by the party and i'm surprised by that. but and we heard remarks overnight today from from overnight also today from from the london mayor, sadiq khan. he's making clear he thinks it's all on rishi sunak be firmer on islamophobia in the tory party. call it out. and he's not doing so. so it's moving away from lee anderson. but i don't see how he gets back at this stage. >> which begs the question . >> which begs the question. chris nigel farage has been flashing his garter so to speak, saying that he would be welcome in the reform party. richard tice issuing a statement earlier, being slightly coy, but we all know that they would love to have lee anderson join in the

reform do you think reform party. do you think a defection, a spectacular defection, a spectacular defection could be on the cards? >> of course nigel farage >> well, of course nigel farage is in america. broadcast for gb news at the moment, but richard tice the leader. put out tice the leader. he put out a 311 word. i would call it an invitation to lee anderson to join his party. he made very clear he supported what lee anderson and at the very anderson said and at the very end he just i do not end he just said, i do not and will not running will not give a running commentary discussions i commentary on any discussions i have , but those mps commentary on any discussions i have my , but those mps commentary on any discussions i have my number. , but those mps commentary on any discussions i have my number. now,t those mps commentary on any discussions i have my number. now, let ose mps commentary on any discussions i have my number. now, let me mps commentary on any discussions i have my number. now, let me tell. have my number. now, let me tell you, richard tice and lee anderson are on speaking terms . anderson are on speaking terms. they neither will say they're talking to each other , but they talking to each other, but they each have each other's phone number. wonder whether number. i wonder whether that was invitation the was an invitation to join the reform we'll wait and see. >> okay, chris. hope ever see. >> okay, chris. hope as ever. superb that is the superb stuff. now that is the biggest political story of the moment. we'll have plenty more of of course, today's of that. of course, on today's show. that lee show. regarding that lee anderson rally, will this be the final straw for rishi sunak party? leaked whatsapp messages from the conservative party? they seem to be very concerned that lee anderson , their red that lee anderson, their red wall rock violet, is their

connection to the working classes . do they need him? can classes. do they need him? can they differences to they put their differences to one or did he simply go too one side or did he simply go too far this time? is it curtains for lee anderson? we'll have all of that, including a sneak preview from that fantastic interview with patrick christys tonight, shown at 9:00. we'll have that after this. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel . news channel. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update with me, annie from the met office. it should be staying dry for many areas through of the day, through the rest of the day, with some late sunshine to come. however be a cold night however it will be a cold night tonight. as pressure tonight. that's as high pressure is from south is building in from the south and west, will settle and west, so that will settle things of and west, so that will settle thin night of and west, so that will settle thin night . of and west, so that will settle thinnight . however, of and west, so that will settle thinnight. however, in of and west, so that will settle thinnight. however, in the of and west, so that will settle thinnight. however, in the north the night. however, in the north and west we'll start to see some thicker arrive by thicker cloud and rain arrive by tomorrow so the winds

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gb news way. >> good afternoon . it's 5 pm. >> good afternoon. it's 5 pm. and a very happy monday afternoon to you. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news, broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk . this hour we're going to hear sadiq khan stinging criticism of lee anderson. the london mayor accused him of pouring fuel on the fires of hatred. we'll also hear from lee anderson, the man himself, because he's spoken exclusively to gb news and he does not hold back on fighting his corner and hitting back the war of words coming up from the

red wall. rottweiler shortly also ipso as rishi sunak condemns his word as wrong. what impact will lee anderson's comments have on how voters view the tories ? as we head towards the tories? as we head towards that all important general election is he toxic or is he essential to the conservatives and also generations sick? note people in their 20s are now more likely to be out of work due to ill health than those in their 40s, a study finds. young people claim a mental disorder more than any other age group. that's all coming up on the show. so welcome to the show. and as usual, please get in touch all the usual ways. gb views us at gbnews.com friday at 5:00. it all kicked off this time three days ago. 72 hours is a long time in politics when lee anderson said those comments , anderson said those comments, which have now been called

islamophobic racist by his opponent . islamophobic racist by his opponent. but a lot of islamophobic racist by his opponent . but a lot of people opponent. but a lot of people have come out and said lee anderson is just speaking what a lot of ordinary people are saying. the length and breadth of the land should lee anderson apologise? should the conservatives let him back in? they've, of course, taken the whip from him. should lee anderson defect to reform ? can anderson defect to reform? can the party get by without him, or is this resignation shivering him like this? the final nail in the coffin for the conservatives get in touch all the usual ways, but first, it's your latest new headunes but first, it's your latest new headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> it's -_ >> it's 5:02. lam >> it's 5:02. the top story from the gb newsroom is that the prime minister has refused to describe lee anderson's comments as islamophobic , after he said as islamophobic, after he said this morning that they were unacceptable and wrong . the unacceptable and wrong. the former tory deputy chairman released a statement earlier on aimed at clarifying the remarks

he'd made on this network when he'd made on this network when he suggested that islamists had got control of the mayor of london, admitting his words were clumsy , lee anderson said he was clumsy, lee anderson said he was intending to highlight what he believes is mr khan's failure to tackle pro—poor stein protests, writing in the evening standard today, the london mayor described the comments as vile, racist , anti—muslim described the comments as vile, racist, anti—muslim and islamophobic. rishi sunak says the appropriate action has been taken. most important thing is that the words were wrong . that the words were wrong. >> they were ill judged, they were unacceptable and that's what i believe. and that's why the has suspended . and the whip has been suspended. and i think, i think everyone can see tensions are already see that tensions are already running high. and what i want to do, i think the country do, i think what the country wants see is the heat taken wants to see is the heat taken out of this debate. and i think that's thing do . that's the right thing to do. >> rishi sunak well, the leader of labour says it's of the labour party says it's all the consequence of a weak prime minister presiding over a divided party. it's islamophobia

, and the prime minister should call it out for what it is. >> the reason he won't is because he's so weak. there divided there, chaotic . and if divided there, chaotic. and if there re—elected, we're going to have five more years of this. it is only labour now that can unite the country, bring people together and turn a page on this and actually usher in, you know, the sort of society, the sort of future that people desperately want. but the prime minister lacks the strength . he's too lacks the strength. he's too weak. he can't call it out for what it is . sir keir starmer, what it is. sir keir starmer, well, the leader of the scottish national party in westminster, stephen flynn , says the speaker stephen flynn, says the speaker of the house has broken his word after he refused an snp application for an emergency debate on gaza . debate on gaza. >> and that's after the commons was plunged into chaos last week when sir lindsay hoyle allowed a labour amendment to the snp's motion a clear break from long standing convention. mr flynn

described the decision as outrageous and said the public would be also outraged. the number of mps demanding a no confidence vote in the speaker, sir lindsay hoyle, has now reached 80. now a member of the us military who set himself on fire outside the israeli embassy in washington at the weekend , in washington at the weekend, has died. it's understood he was wearing military fatigues and shouting free palestine as he streamed the apparent protest online. more information is expected to be announced later, after the military has notified the man's family. after the military has notified the man's family . a transgender the man's family. a transgender cat killer has been jailed for life and told to serve a minimum of 24 years for the murder of george martin chirino . 26 year george martin chirino. 26 year old scarlett blake targeted him as a part of a fantasy inspired by a television documentary. she hit him on the head as he walked home from a night out in oxford in 2021, pushed him into a nearby river where he drowned. his murder came four months

after she live streamed herself, killing a cat. after she live streamed herself, killing a cat . the prime killing a cat. the prime minister says new investment in transport for the north of england and the midlands is levelling up in action. that's after the government outlined plans for the reallocation of funds following the cancellation of hs2's northern leg. it'll be up to local councils to allocate those funds . the mayor of those funds. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, dismissing the plan, though, saying the money had already been promised ten years ago.the already been promised ten years ago. the transport secretary, mark harper, says the government is empowering local communities. >> 2.5 billion for the north and 2.2 billion for the midlands. that money is going to local councils. it's for them to spend on the local priorities that they set, that they think are important to their local communities, and they'll reach those conclusions by consulting those conclusions by consulting those communities, but also talking very importantly to their members of parliament about what those important local transport priorities are. the whole point is, it's for not

ministers to set those priorities. it's for councils to set think those set them. we think those decisions better closer decisions are better made closer to the people that are going to benefit from them. >> harper , now right >> mark harper, now right outside the eu offices, farmers are on the streets of brussels, setting fire to tyres and blocking streets with their tractors in a protest against cheap supermarket prices. riot police were seen firing water cannon as eu ministers arrived for meetings on the growing crisis. the farmers are demanding action from the european union on free trade agreements, which they blame for damaging european farming . it's damaging european farming. it's the latest in a series of similar protests across the bloc, with the eu already moving to weaken some of its green policy as those are the latest stories for the very latest updates, sign up to gb news alerts. scan that qr code on your screen or go to gb news. so carmelites .

carmelites. great stuff polly. >> thank you as ever. now moving on to our top story today. >> thank you as ever. now moving on to our top story today . of on to our top story today. of course, it's the growing row over the alleged islamophobic comments by lee anderson and london mayor sadiq khan has accused the former deputy chair of the conservative party of fuelling the fires of hatred. well, the ashfield mp has conducted an exclusive interview with patrick christys , which is with patrick christys, which is to run in full on patrick's show tonight at 9 pm. on gb news. and here's a sneak preview of what lee anderson has to say . what lee anderson has to say. >> if mayor khan is not coming out on tv or any media channel and saying, this is disgusting, what's happening on our streets in london, we should not have these graphics being flashed onto big ben. >> this is shocking. this is terrible. i will clamp down on this. he's not saying that , this. if he's not saying that, then he's control and you then he's lost control and you can't blame the police for this. he controls police. that's he controls the police. that's his job. >> yeah. in a wide ranging

interview , it's safe to say that interview, it's safe to say that the red wall rot villa does not take the knee. he's doubling down. you would not want to miss it. it's absolute explosive. that interview, 9 pm. tonight on the patrick christie show. but in the last few minutes, london mayor sadiq khan has had this to say . this to say. >> it's been more than two days now since the senior conservative made comments that were clearly racist , anti—muslim were clearly racist, anti—muslim and islamophobic and still no firm condemnation from the leader of the conservative party. the prime minister. look what we know over the last four months has been a massive increase in anti—semitism. there has also been a massive increase in islamophobia , anti—muslim in islamophobia, anti—muslim hatred and racism. and that's why it's so important to be careful with language . there are careful with language. there are tropes that are clearly anti—semitic. we call them out. there are tropes that are clearly islamophobic and anti—muslim . they should be anti—muslim. they should be called out as well. what this man said was racist, islamophobic and anti—muslim .

islamophobic and anti—muslim. i'm bewildered. why rishi sunak and the cabinet are refusing to call this out. >> he called them unacceptable and wrong. i'm unclear why rishi sunak says these comments are unacceptable . unacceptable. >> i'm unclear why he says they're wrong. i'm unclear why they're wrong. i'm unclear why the deputy prime minister thinks he should apologise . apologise? he should apologise. apologise? they should say what the problem is. the problem is you have a senior conservative saying things that are clearly racist, anti muslim and islamophobic . anti muslim and islamophobic. that's leading to an environment where an anti—muslim crime is spiralling and what they're doing is pouring petrol on the flames of islamophobia . what do flames of islamophobia. what do you make of lee anderson's comment that his remarks were clumsy ? well, look, we could all clumsy? well, look, we could all make clumsy remarks when you repeat a trope that is islamophobic, that is racist, anti—muslim and islamophobic we wouldn't put up with, we'd rightly call out tropes that are anti semitic. i've called out over the last five six years, members of the labour party who've said things that are

clearly anti—semitic or repeated anti—semitic tropes, tropes racism is racism, whether the victim is jewish or muslim and you're in no doubt that what lee anderson said in okay! >> well, that's london mayor sadiq khan not mincing his words at all. let's get some .reaction to those words now, because i'm joined by the deputy chair of the conservative muslim forum, naveed . naveed, welcome naveed ashgar. naveed, welcome to the show. you may have overheard london mayor sadiq khan, they're calling lee anderson's comments vile , anderson's comments vile, anti—muslim, racist and islamophobic. anti—muslim, racist and islamophobic . of course. now, as islamophobic. of course. now, as the deputy chair of the conservative muslim forum, what's your take? >> hi, martin. >> hi, martin. >> so obviously it's been a very, very busy weekend and look, as far as i'm concerned, the decision by the prime minister was correct. um i've heard what lee had to say today as well. and i'm glad that lee has said that. his words were clumsy he clumsy and that, you know, he agrees the vast majority of agrees that the vast majority of british are hard working british muslims are hard working people. citizens who make people. uh, uk citizens who make fantastic people. uh, uk citizens who make fantastiand religion society and their religion should blamed on a

should not be blamed on a tiny minority extremists. ijust minority of extremists. i just wish politicians would wish that politicians would be clear when they are saying things about they should blanket, you know , uh, about blanket, you know, uh, about islam or muslims because that takes in every single citizen of this country. there's 4 million muslims in this country. um, and the of them are hard the majority of them are hard working where to working. and where it comes to extremists, absolutely. they should called and the should be called out. and the security deal security services should deal with a single person with them. not a single person that my circle, in my that i know in my circle, in my lifetime ever said that they lifetime has ever said that they are extremists . they are happy with extremists. they cause terror and they cause untold terror and they caused untold grief no matter where it is in the country or where it is in the country or where it is internationally. there's no place for extremists, no matter where they come from. um, but lee anderson, i just, um, you know , i hope had been um, you know, i hope he had been more he made those more clear when he made those comments. he comments. and i'm sure when he made comments, he didn't made those comments, he didn't think that it would gain much think that it would gain as much traction did. um, i'm traction as they did. um, i'm glad prime minister came out traction as they did. um, i'm glacmorningfe minister came out traction as they did. um, i'm glacmorning and inister came out traction as they did. um, i'm glacmorning and inist> he wouldn't say that lee anderson's were

anderson's words were islamophobic. and as the deputy chair of the conservative muslim forum would you be happy to accept lee anderson back into the conservative party >> lee anderson has been suspended and already today he's he's been clearer with what he was saying. um, and he's not been expelled from the party. i'm sure, uh, lee's a very good member of parliament, and he does fantastic work for his constituency . um, so absolutely, constituency. um, so absolutely, there's got to be door there's always got to be a door left and would love to left open. and i would love to have lee's to stay in the party. um um , ourselves um and work with, um, ourselves and work with other , uh, british and work with other, uh, british muslim peers , uh, his fellow muslim peers, uh, his fellow colleagues in parliament, uh, to understand, you know, maybe the wording was not correct, what he used. and i'm sure he understands that now, okay, understands that now, um, okay, naveed, people naveed, a lot of people have been with us been getting in touch with us here saying lee anderson was only what many, many only saying what many, many people believe . people believe. >> and isn't this the problem? it started with the very real perception that the streets weren't being policed with fear or favour. on wednesday night, there was bedlam in parliament

square, bedlam, which impacted what was going on inside parliament. a very real feeling that the mob outside is poisoning our party. political atmosphere inside . and isn't atmosphere inside. and isn't this actually okay? in his usual subtle way, it's about as subtle as a note tied to a house brick. but naveed, we all have a conversation about islamist extremism, which actually most politicians and the media just try and sweep under the carpet. no, we can't just target just, uh , muslims or people british uh, muslims or people british muslims going out to, um, protest . protest. >> protest is something that's enshrined in law . and, you know, enshrined in law. and, you know, as a democratic country , all as a democratic country, all protests are allowed. but none of protests should turn of those protests should turn into violence. none those into violence. none of those protests, turn into protests, uh, should turn into extremism. if there is extremism. and if there is elements those protests, elements in those protests, those picked up those people should be picked up . we have fantastic technology in . we are even after the in the uk. we are even after the event cameras can pick people up, um, technology , up, um, digital technology, social media, etc. can pick people if they are holding people up if they are holding placards, if they're doing things acceptable things which are not acceptable or . and then after

or any crime. and then after these protests, plaintiff people are but a majority of are picked up, but a majority of those people abiding those people are law abiding citizens. we can't say citizens. so we can't say because 2 or 3 extremists were picked whole picked up, that the whole 10,015, 20,000. how many people were those protests? it's no were on those protests? it's no different who are were on those protests? it's no differeyou who are were on those protests? it's no differeyou know, who are were on those protests? it's no differeyou know, the rho are were on those protests? it's no differeyou know, the stop'e were on those protests? it's no differeyou know, the stop the oil doing you know, the stop the oil protests greenpeace protests or the greenpeace protests. you know, they protests. and as you know, they are now using more and more are also now using more and more extreme tactics. um, protesting is this country. so is allowed in this country. so we to live with that. and we need to live with that. and i totally agree disagree with most of when of these protests. um, when they're blocking carriageway they're blocking the carriageway and police can't get through, ambulances get through , ambulances can't get through, they've hands to the they've glued their hands to the ground, etc. i totally disagree with protests . with those types of protests. >> navy getting back on point to the islamist extremist as they've been labelled . you talk they've been labelled. you talk about the vast majority correctly of normal , law correctly of normal, law abiding, hard working muslims not being any part of this. do you feel frustrated ? um, as you feel frustrated? um, as a muslim , that these people seem muslim, that these people seem to take all the oxygen out of the conversation? they seem they seem to get all the bandwidth . seem to get all the bandwidth. and i'll put it to you bluntly,

why aren't more muslims speaking out against the extremists to sort we're not like them. sort of say we're not like them. they aren't us. don't want they aren't us. we don't want them either, because there isn't a platform for most, um , you a platform for most, um, you know, muslims to british muslims to speak out against these things . things. >> so i think you're >> um, so i think you're absolutely right. needs to absolutely right. there needs to be of narrative more be more of a narrative for more people think people to come out. and i think the security need to up the security services need to up their pick out these their game to pick out these people society, matter people from society, no matter how underground they may be, because the because nowadays a lot of the stuff done but i'm stuff is done online, but i'm sure the security services have the capability and they've got the capability and they've got the the technology the people and the technology to pick people we do not pick these people up. we do not want midst, no want extremists in our midst, no matter which culture, which ideology represent. uh and, ideology they represent. uh and, you open and clear you know, i'm open and clear about that. we want an open society, a robust , safe society society, a robust, safe society where we all live and british muslims have been in the uk for the last, what, six, seven decades? my own family, uh, granddad here 1950s granddad arrived here in 1950s up scotland. um, and they've up in scotland. um, and they've made a fantastic for made a fantastic life for themselves here, you know, a highly educated contributing to society. that's what society. and that's what a majority of muslims want. the conservative party is not a

racist party. individuals within it might harbour some thoughts and sometimes might um, and sometimes it might be, um, you know , from the information and sometimes it might be, um, you kno received the information and sometimes it might be, um, you kno received ate information and sometimes it might be, um, you kno received at a nformation and sometimes it might be, um, you knoreceived at a highnation and sometimes it might be, um, you knoreceived at a high end,1 they've received at a high end, uh, something that might have happened them personally, happened to them personally, etc. but whole, the etc. um, but on the whole, the conservative party a conservative party is a fantastic british fantastic home for british muslims. values align muslims. their values align exactly with british muslims. there's no party that there's no other party here that those align with. we like those values align with. we like to own own we like to to own our own home. we like to be educated. we like to be entrepreneurial. we be entrepreneurial. we like to be business and, you business orientated. and, you know, like be safe. um, we know, we like to be safe. um, we like we're not people like to work. we're not people who want to be sat there on the dole. you know, uh, dole. and you know, benefit, uh, sponging system. sponging off the benefit system. so conservative values are so the conservative values are exactly aligning. this is exactly aligning. and this is what 15 years of what the last 15 years of conservative muslim forum has been engage with been doing to engage with the government. and we engage fantastically and we have fantastically and we have fantastic access cchq and to fantastic access to cchq and to number 10 downing street. and you regularly you know, we engage regularly with up and down with them and up and down the country. mps are country. conservative mps are doing fantastic job of engagement up scotland. engagement up in scotland. the scottish conservatives do a fantastic engaging with, fantastic job of engaging with, uh, the muslim communities. >> nebraska forthright, frank

from the heart, i want to thank you. you know, for saying that. i mean, that is what we need to be hearing. we need to be heanng be hearing. we need to be hearing this moderate debate, this sensible this this sensible debate, this inclusive debate. absolutely excellent. you much excellent. thank you very much for chair for joining us. deputy chair of the conservative muslim forum, naveed ashqar, that was excellent. you very much . excellent. thank you very much. now, has defended now, rishi sunak has defended his position and how he has deau his position and how he has dealt with the controversy. well, i've been very clear that what he said was wrong. >> it was unacceptable and that's why we suspended the whip. and it's important that everybody, but particularly elected politicians are careful with their words and do not inflame tensions. most important thing is that the words were wrong. they were ill judged, they were unacceptable . and they were unacceptable. and that's believe. and that's what i believe. and that's what i believe. and that's the whip been that's why the whip has been suspended. and i think i think everyone that tensions everyone can see that tensions are running high. and are already running high. and what i want to do, i think what the country wants to see is the heat taken out this debate. heat taken out of this debate. and that's the right heat taken out of this debate. and to that's the right heat taken out of this debate. and to do that's the right heat taken out of this debate. and to do .hat's the right thing to do. >> and that was the prime minister, rishi sunak, earlier

on the ongoing lee anderson story. of course, we'll have lots and there's lots more of that and there's loads it our website. and loads of it on our website. and thanks to you, gb com thanks to you, gb news. com is the fastest growing national news website in the country. it's all breaking news it's got all the breaking news and analysis that and the brilliant analysis that you've to expect from us you've come to expect from us here now coming up, here at gb news now coming up, what is this whole sorry crisis say about mps safety? well, i'll be speaking to a security expert to answer how mps are keeping safe against the tide of extremism. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

radio. well welcome back. it's 522. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now the speaker has blocked the snp's latest attempt to hold another commons debate on gaza following the chaotic vote. of course, about that conflict on wednesday night . and

conflict on wednesday night. and there was uproar in the commons when speaker sir lindsay hoyle allowed mps to vote on a labour amendment to the snp's ceasefire motion , and that meant the snp motion, and that meant the snp motion, and that meant the snp motion was not voted on, prompting the party to say sir lindsay should quit as speaker upon me . let's get the thoughts upon me. let's get the thoughts now of security and intelligence expert at the university of buckingham, professor anthony glees anthony. what does all this say about the ongoing danger to our mps ? danger to our mps? >> well, there is clearly an ongoing serious danger to our mps. >> i mean, we've had two mps assassinated in recent times . assassinated in recent times. >> uh, one mp almost assassinated. >> and then just a few weeks ago, we had , uh, mike freer, ago, we had, uh, mike freer, a juniorjustice minister ago, we had, uh, mike freer, a junior justice minister for goodness sake, had his office firebombed . firebombed. >> and it seems , by people who'd >> and it seems, by people who'd also cased out other offices, including the office of sir keir

starmer . starmer. >> so when you look at all these things in the round and add it to the scenes in the commons and the words of a prime minister who said that mps are being intimidated, you really do think that things , things have changed that things, things have changed to such an extent in this country that we really do need to consider the, uh, the security of our representatives with a with a seriousness which we've not shown so far. >> i mean, that sort of beer garden in the house of commons on wednesday evening is actually extremely significant because it mirrors what looks like broken britain and the disintegration of civil society . of civil society. >> fancy. what would that security look like? i mean, if you're talking about a personal security detail for every mp, that would huge cost to the that would be a huge cost to the pubuc that would be a huge cost to the public purse as well . public purse as well. >> i mean, in a sense, you have to you have to pay what it costs. it might not mean that

every mp needs their own protection officer, but clearly we need to do something because what goes on in parliament and indeed the role of mps , is the indeed the role of mps, is the beating heart of our democracy. and if that can be disrupted , and if that can be disrupted, uh, in this case by, you know , uh, in this case by, you know, pro—palestinian uh, supporters, then then we no longer have the democracy that we hold. so dear. so something's got to be done. now, i think this is so serious that it's worthwhile recalling that it's worthwhile recalling that one of m15 statue tary dufiesis that one of m15 statue tary duties is to protect our democracy from those who seek to undermine it by political means and this is in the 1989 security service act. those people who organised the protests on wednesday, those people who shone that hamas slogan from the river to the sea on a tower and

big ben, they should have been arrested. and i don't want to get into the business of lee anderson's comments because they they, they, they could be libellous. what i think he was pointing to was the fact that the mayor of london, who has a special responsibility for policing in the metropolis, does not seem to have intervened or asked the police to consider intervening because they don't take orders from him, but to ask the police to intervene to stop the police to intervene to stop the crowds into mandatory crowds. and we know one of the organisers actually said he wanted so many, uh, pro palestinian, uh, demo fighters to get to parliament that they'd have to shut the doors on them. of course , in one sense, i think of course, in one sense, i think all decent people in britain are pro palestinian. uh you've got to understand that the images, what we're seeing, they're not acceptable to any of us. but equally, it's not acceptable to any of us that hamas should have

had that jihadist terrorist raid on israel killed over a thousand people, 100 people in whatever it was in a in a most brutal way . okay. and, uh , to use their . okay. and, uh, to use their slogan to intimidate mps is not acceptable. >> okay . we have to leave it >> okay. we have to leave it there. thank you very much for joining us, professor anthony glees. excellent as ever. now, a new report say young people are increasingly mental increasingly blaming mental health for being health problems for being jobless, with a number of 18 to 24 year olds who are economically inactive due to health , more than health issues, more than doubung health issues, more than doubling in the past decade, rising from 93,000 to staggering 190,000. odd now , two thirds 190,000. odd now, two thirds reports suffering poor mental health and 4 in 10 list it as the main reason for not working well. to discuss this now i'm joined by lucy beresford , joined by lucy beresford, broadcaster and psychotherapy . broadcaster and psychotherapy. lucy, thanks for joining us on the show. a lot of people have been saying this is an example of snowflake britain of workshy

britain. the young people in particular are buckling, or is it actually we have a more open relationship with mental health and therefore more young people are presenting . what's the truth ? >> well, 7— >> well, it's ? >> well, it's partly that second opfion >> well, it's partly that second option that you presented , which option that you presented, which is that we are much more, in a way, mental health literate. >> we have the language age. >> we have the language age. >> we have the language age. >> we see it portrayed in in our culture. >> we have people from the, you know , the heir to the throne know, the heir to the throne downwards , talking about the downwards, talking about the importance of discussing your mental health. and there are too many of us who have experienced the downside of repressed feelings and perhaps being raised by a generation who were brought up to have that stiff upper lip. but then the legacy of that is that you're not necessarily processing the things that have happened to you, but there is a couple of other things that have been going on for this particular cohort. and this study is looking at people under

looking really at people under the 20, but in the age of 20, but in particular, it's identifying that it's , um, people of that that it's, um, people of that age group who are not in ongoing employment or education, who are particularly vulnerable. and i think we have to recognise is two big factors social media and the rise of smartphone use, and also more recently, the pandemic and covid and the way that that really weakened people's social skills and coping mechanisms . skills and coping mechanisms. >> well. and also, lucy, a lot of us were saying at the time that the pandemic and the payouts people were getting broke, the bond between been, um, rewarding work and we became reliant on handouts all of a sudden. isn't that part of the problem? a lot of young people now got a taste for getting money for free, and now they're quite like it. >> well, it's funny, there's there was another study that came out a couple of weeks ago which identified that there is, again generation, even which identified that there is, agmuch generation, even which identified that there is, agmuch greater generation, even which identified that there is, agmuch greater increaseon, even which identified that there is, agmuch greater increase of even a much greater increase of people who who say that they were lockdown

were happier during lockdown and, and to, to compare to their life now. and that's not just necessarily about furlough or the money because again, we're talking about people who weren't in employment back then. so they don't have didn't even have don't have they didn't even have that contract to begin with that , as you that bond hadn't , as you say, that bond hadn't been established, more been established, but it's more about the way which social about the way in which social skills that we learn at school and that we also develop in the workplace , things like sharing, workplace, things like sharing, things compromise , things things like compromise, things like the office in like getting to the office in time. uh, actually , there are a time. uh, actually, there are a lot of people who don't have those skills. they don't know how to function in a world that demands that of you . so it's not demands that of you. so it's not necessarily their fault , but necessarily their fault, but they don't necessarily think that that is the way that their life should be going forward. >> . fascinating stuff. >> okay. fascinating stuff. thanks for joining >> okay. fascinating stuff. thanks forjoining us, lucy beresford, broadcaster and psychotherapist. i just think that, you know, a pound note earned has so much value earned has so much more value than pound note given to you. than a pound note given to you. that's what i teach my kids. that's what i teach my kids. that's what i teach my kids. that's what my parents taught me. back into it. that's what my parents taught me. back into it . and me. get your back into it. and working good for your mental

working is good for your mental health. getting free money is not well. there's lots more still come between now and still to come between now and 6:00, concern has been 6:00, and concern has been raised stoke on trent, raised in stoke on trent, where a conservative fundraising event was disrupted by some pro—palestinian protesters . i'll pro—palestinian protesters. i'll be talking to a councillor who was at that meeting to share his terrifying ordeal. but first, here's your latest news headunes here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> the top stories this hour. the london mayor, sadiq khan, is accusing lee anderson of pouring petrol onto the flames of islamophobia . he was speaking islamophobia. he was speaking after the prime minister described lee anderson's remarks as unacceptable and wrong. but refused to say they were islamophobic. refused to say they were islamophobic . and earlier, the islamophobic. and earlier, the former tory deputy chairman, lee anderson, released a statement attempting to clarify his comments where he suggested islamists had got control of the mayor of london. he admitted his words were clumsy and said he intended to highlight what he

believed is the london mayor's failure to tackle pro—palestine protests . meanwhile, the leader protests. meanwhile, the leader of the snp in westminster, stephen flynn, says the speaker has broken his word after he refused an snp application for an emergency debate on gaza. it's after the commons was plunged into chaos last week when sir lindsay hoyle allowed a labour amendment to the snp motion. mr flynn described today's decision as outrageous as a number of mps demanding a no confidence vote in the speaker has now reached 80 and hungary's parliament has approved a bill allowing sweden to become a member of nato . a to become a member of nato. a significant boost to security in northern europe and the baltics . northern europe and the baltics. it's also a historic shift in sweden's policy, coming after russia's invasion of ukraine. nato secretary general jens stoltenberg says the newly expanded alliance will make the world stronger , and farmers were world stronger, and farmers were on the streets of brussels today, just outside the eu offices of those who control

farming , offices of those who control farming, setting fire to tires and blocking streets with their tractors in a protest against cheap supermarket prices, riot police were seen firing water cannons as eu ministers arrived for meetings on the growing crisis. the farmers are demanding action from the european union on free trade agreements , which they blame for agreements, which they blame for damaging european farming. it's the latest in a series of similar protests across the bloc, with the eu already moving to weaken some of its green policies . those are the top policies. those are the top stories . for more detail, do stories. for more detail, do sign up for gb news alerts and scan the qr code on the screen. right now , or go to gbnews.com right now, or go to gbnews.com slash alerts . slash alerts. >> for a valuable legacy your family can own gold coins will always shine bright . rosalind always shine bright. rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . news financial report. >> let's take a look then at

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do mps need much broader and do all mps need much broader and deeper security ? we also as deeper security? we also as well, sir lindsay hoyle. i mean, he must be breathing a sigh of relief today. quite frankly , relief today. quite frankly, because lee anderson is well and truly attention away truly distracted attention away from him. of course, the snp, they want their emergency debate again . it looks like that is not again. it looks like that is not going happen, should or going to happen, should it or not. there is so much i want to get into tonight. what is going on with stay of uk politics? on with the stay of uk politics? >> yeah , that's going to be >> yeah, that's going to be superb and think you've got superb and i think you've got a great point there, michelle. a lot supportive lot of people very supportive for has he let for what lee said but has he let the labour party? has he let lindsay hoyle off the hook by putting the flack onto putting all of the flack onto him? dewbs& co 627. unmissable. all right. thank you very much. now moving on. still to come on today's show as farmers protest consumes the continent yet again, i'll be speaking to a renowned welsh farmer on why rural communities are up in arms. the farmers are revolting . arms. the farmers are revolting. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

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>> welcome back. it's 538. we're on the final furlong of the show, and you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now, concern has been raised after a group of pro—palestine protesters disrupted a local conservative fundraiser in stoke on trent. reports allege that guests at the event were branded zionists and child murderers, with the group calling for a ceasefire well, we're speaking to the councillor, joe parker in a moment, but before that, let's have a look at the scenes from that night . that night. >> shame on you. so we've just found out that there are zionist supporters in a local restaurant in stoke on trent . in stoke on trent. >> we've got the chair of stoke on trent here, so these are the guys that should be ashamed with the zionist supporting guys here, you've got no backbone and you guys are child killers. >> be ashamed and genocidal guys all of you. >> i beg pardon? yes,

>> i beg your pardon? yes, i know doctrine. know this doctrine. >> well. >> you very well. >> you very well. >> you very well. >> you guys no backbone. >> you guys have no backbone. >> you guys have no backbone. >> are murderers and >> you guys have no backbone. >> are are murderers and >> you guys have no backbone. >> are obsessive�*nurderers and >> you guys have no backbone. >> are obsessive compulsiveid you are obsessive compulsive freaks . controls body. freaks. controls body. >> you all are part of >> don't you all are part of a genocide. come on. >> you are all a part of me. >> i'm peter, you. >> i'm peter, you. >> is it illegal? take it like a man. >> push the shame on you. the video james heale shame on you, shame on you , shame on you . shame on you, shame on you. >> shame on you. you're gonna shame. this is stoke on trent. anti—science ist anti—tory . anti—science ist anti—tory. >> stoke on trent is loud . >> stoke on trent is loud. >> stoke on trent is loud. >> it's astonishing, isn't it? that's where we're at. well, joining us now to discuss this is staffordshire moorlands district councillor jo parker. jo, district councillor jo parker. jo, welcome to the show. we just saw so genes on screen there. look frankly disgraceful. can you tell us what happened and how it made those in attendance feel ? feel? >> thank you martin, for having

me on the show. first of all, because i think it's really important we discuss these issues because they're not discussed enough. them on friday night. um, staffordshire conservative held a fundraising event for police, fire and crime commissioner ben adams. and we had a we were supposed to have some mps there and we had councillors there. and sadly, um, our event was disrupted by the protesters that you just showed in that video . so and as showed in that video. so and as i approached the event, i was quite shocked because i parked a couple of streets away because the car parking is quite limited at the event. and, um, i saw all these aggressive looking protesters outside and i rang on my colleagues inside the event to ask if it was the right venue because was, like, concerned because i was, like, concerned about what was going on and they said it was. so i walked in and i had a load of people shouting my name and people shouting, shame on you ! and um, just being shame on you! and um, just being really aggressive and i walked upstairs to the event and, um,

the police were there and, and the, um, what happened was we had, um, a group of about 4 or 5 aggressive men, actually come into the venue actually coming to the event and make all sorts of threats against us, calling us war criminals and child killers and bear in mind, we had children at the event with us and those children had to experience and witness those men coming in and making threats. and, you know, the threats were made in the commissioner's face and in the face of the local councillors who had to try and hold these men back . and it was hold these men back. and it was just absolutely awful that we had to experience this sort of thing. it was quite shocking. i've never experienced anything like before . like it before. >> and of course, all of us >> and jo, of course, all of us would legitimate would support the legitimate right protest if we don't right to protest if we don't agree with a cause. but this was coming into a private venue, a private function , and as private function, and as i understand it, they were simply

let in. >> yeah, unfortunately , they got >> yeah, unfortunately, they got into the event that, um, and that they, they shouldn't they shouldn't have come into the event. i support the right to protest in a free and prosperous democracy. everyone should be entitled to a point of view. but politics, all groups should be to free hold events without fear and terror. and that includes the conservative party and others. local councillors and mps . and, um, it was you know, mps. and, um, it was you know, it was totally wrong that they came and stormed our event. i don't think you'd ever find members conservative members of the conservative party doing it to other people's events, because we don't do that. and i think it's a real shame members of the labour shame that members of the labour party other opposition party and other opposition parties locally haven't gone out there and condemned what's happened.i there and condemned what's happened . i think they should happened. i think they should condemn think all condemn it. i think all political should condemn political parties should condemn what happened, and i'd like to see the local labour parties also condemn what's happened because this is not what british democracy should look like. we

shouldn't have abuse and threats and i think it's really concerning that these sort of things are spreading across the uk, that these aggressive protest acts, which seem to just be spreading everywhere like wildfire . and it's just wildfire. and it's just completely wrong that people are behaving in this way. i support the right to protest, but not when it's done in such an aggressive way . i mean, when it's done in such an aggressive way. i mean, martin is a local councillor. i hold surgeries twice a month. i make it my to business attend community events, often by myself, because in brianna ghey in my council ward, i'm very proud to be visible and i put myself at risk by doing that. but i do it because british democracy or british democracy , democracy or british democracy, we have quite a unique system where people try and make themselves local and people can access their local representative . i don't want to representative. i don't want to see that disappear from our democracy and events like the like what we had on friday make that more possible . that more possible. >> and joe, um, thank you for being so eloquent and forthright about what happened to you. but

i want to put this point to you. do you think these scenes on the streets of london on wednesday night, projection, night, the big ben projection, the mob outside of parliament week in, week out, the police turning a blind eye to those protests, those placards, those chants . do you protests, those placards, those chants. do you think there's a gradual belief that the mob is winning and therefore they become emboldened and they end up targeting a small council events such as your own? yeah >> i think we unfortunately are getting a situation where a small minority of very vocal extremists are going around the country trying to storm events , country trying to storm events, trying to ruin our vibrant democracy. and we cannot let them win. and i think as politicians, we've got to back the police as much as possible to clamp down on this and tackle it. and i fully support the police to do their job. and i will just say that on friday, the police did do a professional job. they did help us to safely leave the event and they're investigating , are leave the event and they're investigating, are on going. and i believe that four men have

been arrested and that has been released in the public statements , and support the statements, and i support the police do their job. statements, and i support the police do theirjob. but statements, and i support the police do their job. but we police to do their job. but we cannot, as you say, we cannot, as you say, martin, we cannot, as you say, martin, we cannot extremist win. cannot let these extremist win. we've got to fight back . we've we've got to fight back. we've got to make sure that that we live a democracy and that live in a democracy and that people are able to freely go about their business without fear and terror and yet, joe, do you think it's increasingly feeling like the mob is winning that we're not able to have pubuc that we're not able to have public gatherings with full freedom unless it confirms to their ideas and the forcible all, um, entrance into events shows that the mob is winning . shows that the mob is winning. yeah. unfortunately that is the case. and i think it's actually really sad that we're now ending up in a situation where security is being considered for every single mp . i mean, imagine that single mp. i mean, imagine that every single mp having to go around in secure cars, having security guards with them when the thing that's really special about british democracy is that i can go up to my mp in the

street, i can ask them a question, i can have a conversation with them down the pub. i, you know, we can do all that. and i would hate for us to lose the fact that lose that. i love the fact that as local councillor, i can as a local councillor, i can have surgery and someone can have a surgery and someone can come to me about come and chat to me about improving local green space improving a local green space and that we do and stuff that we can do together as a community. don't together as a community. i don't want that. i want us want to lose that. i want us to keep that. want us to be keep that. i don't want us to be like other democracies where we have and people have a closed shop and people can't access their local, democratically elected representatives. i want us to keep that in place. and these protesters are the biggest risk we've had for years to that, to that process . yes. that process. yes. >> okay. >> okay. >> joe parker, staffordshire moorlands district councillor i want to thank you for your honesty and your bravery and coming on. i know it's not easy to speak because is to speak out because there is a climate fear and please pass climate of fear and please pass on my best wishes and that of gb news to everybody in attendance and i hope you stay safe and peaceful. thank forjoining peaceful. thank you for joining us, joe parker, thanks for your time. wow okay. lots more still coming up between now and 6:00.

and there's been chaos in brussels today with farmers breaking police lines to protest against eu regulations . they've against eu regulations. they've been spraying manure across the streets, and i'm going to get a welsh farmer's take on all of that next. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel .

radio. >> now, as you saw earlier on the show, farmers took to the streets of brussels this afternoon, setting fire to tires and blocking streets with their tractors in a protest against cheap soup market prices. riot police were seen firing water cannons as eu ministers arrived for meetings on the growing crisis . the farmers are crisis. the farmers are demanding action from the european union on free trade agreements, which they blame for damaging european farming . well, damaging european farming. well, we're now joined by welsh farmer gareth wyn jones , a huge friend

gareth wyn jones, a huge friend of the channel. gareth, um, there revolting. the farmers in brussels. and what's your take? good luck to them. godspeed they seem to be getting the job done . seem to be getting the job done. >> well , you know, i've said >> well, you know, i've said before, farmers are always the last people to go out and demonstrate because , uh, demonstrate because, uh, protest, because, you know, they've got businesses to run, they've got businesses to run, they've got businesses to run, they've got animals to tend to and they've got crops to grow. so to see them again in numbers, um, out across europe as well, they're out in spain as well. it's um, yeah, it's concerning. and i hope there isn't any, you know , injuries or anybody's , um, know, injuries or anybody's, um, killed with these things because it, it is getting really out of hand. we need to have demonstration. >> but they have to be peaceful as well. >> and they have to, you know, get the message over to people. but it just looks like it looks carnage out there. and, um, it looks really, really scary. i've seen a few videos of, uh, a

tractor just ploughing through a block like a, um, a police block. so, you know, we have the right to peaceful protest , but i right to peaceful protest, but i think we really have to as well be very careful how far we take it, because we do not want to lose the consumers and the customers. um backing as well. you know , i think we can all you know, i think we can all agree, gareth. >> we don't want things to get too fruity, but nevertheless, we're talking about it because polite protest hasn't worked and they're setting fire to tires , they're setting fire to tires, they're setting fire to tires, they're going through barricades and they're fed up to the back teeth. gareth of net zero targets having to wild between ten and 20% of their land. they're being paid to not grow stuff. and of course, something which i know will resonate with you. gareth, the massively thin margins being forced upon them by the big retailers who seem to hold all the cards, the net result is farmers are being screwed to the floor. and yet we keep forgetting gareth. no farmers means no food. >> yeah , definitely.

>> yeah, definitely. >> yeah, definitely. >> and you know, we want a fair price for what we're producing. you know, need to get the you know, we need to get the message out there that we're sleepwalking shortages sleepwalking into food shortages if we're not very , very careful. if we're not very, very careful. um, got growing population um, we've got growing population in the world that needs to be fed sustainably , you know, fed sustainably, you know, regeneratively and affordably . regeneratively and affordably. we, um, it's not easy. there's ways and means we can do, you know , there's been protests in know, there's been protests in wales and all these protests have been very peaceful, very respectful . and it's worked. you respectful. and it's worked. you know, we've had people listening, you know , hopefully listening, you know, hopefully we can put more pressure on welsh government to change some of these legislations, you know, to help us with tb , to help us to help us with tb, to help us with szs and the so—called sustainable farming scheme that wants to plant 10% tree. so you know, we can do this . but i do know, we can do this. but i do feel sorry for the european farmers. they look desperate across every country . across every country. >> they do. thank you very much. we'll have to leave it there. gareth wyn jones, welsh former

great friend the channel now great friend of the channel now remember growing role of the remember the growing role of the of the alleged islamophobic comments by lee anderson is rolling on and on in the london mayor sadiq khan is accused. the former chair the former deputy chair of the conservative fuelling former deputy chair of the confirestive fuelling former deputy chair of the confires ofa fuelling former deputy chair of the confires of hatred. fuelling former deputy chair of the confires of hatred. well,lling former deputy chair of the confires of hatred. well, that the fires of hatred. well, that will be happening after this dewbs& co and at 9:00, an exclusive interview with that man, anderson. i've been man, lee anderson. i've been martin daubney see you tomorrow. same time 3:00. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good evening. welcome to your latest gb news weather update with me, annie, from the met office could be quite a cold and foggy start for some areas tomorrow morning. we'll also see some pushing in to some rain pushing in to the north and west. have got high north and west. we have got high pressure for the rest pressure dominating for the rest of day and through the of the day and through the night, also have this night, but we do also have this northeasterly breeze and cold air, be a cold air, so it will be a cold evening and a cold night. in fact , particularly where we're

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