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show ahead later in the show today , we'll have an exclusive today, we'll have an exclusive interview with a close associate of the batley grammar school teacher. three years on, he's beenin teacher. three years on, he's been in hiding to afraid to work, too afraid to leave his home in hiding after those islamist death threats. today, a report out by dame saira khan is calling for such protests to be outlawed. is it enough? is it too little , too late? can we too little, too late? can we stop the rot at the heart of our school system? de facto blasphemy laws creeping in via the back door will have all of that. plus this nightmare news. another by—election for the conservative party. this time scott benson resigning, plus the farmers protests, the farmers are revolting. they'll be rolling into westminster, just around the corner soon. we'll have all of the latest when they start turning up on their tractors. but before all of that, it's time for your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez.

>> martin, thank you very much. we start with some breaking . we start with some breaking. news. rishi sunak is facing another by—election in a red wall seat after scott benton resigned as an mp. the blackpool south mp was already facing a recall petition . benton, who's recall petition. benton, who's now an independent, was found to have broken commons rules when he was caught by the times newspaper offering to act on behalf of gambling investors. an independent panel upheld a decision by the standards committee, which mr benton had appealed against. the prime minister says the uk is taking measures to protect itself from the epoch defining challenge of an increasingly assertive china. it's after recent cyber attacks which saw hackers access millions of voters personal details and target mps and peers who've been critical of beijing . who've been critical of beijing. deputy prime minister oliver dowden is due to address parliament today over those threats, with the prime minister

insisting the government will stop at nothing to protect the british public. >> we've been very clear that the situation now is that china is behaving in an increasingly assertive way abroad, authoritarian at home, and it represents an epoch defining challenge and also the greatest state based threat to our economic security. so it's right that we take measures to protect ourselves, which is what we are doing to give some specific examples, we've used our new national security investment powers to block investment from china technology china into sensitive technology sectors like semiconductors, our national security act and others means that we can take any other steps that we need to . steps that we need to. >> former conservative leader sir iain duncan smith has urged the government to take tougher action. >> we must now enter a new era of relations with china, dealing with the contemporary chinese communist party as it really is , communist party as it really is, not as we would wish it to be. and today's announcement should mark a watershed moment where the takes a stand for values the uk takes a stand for values of human rights and the

international rules based system upon which we all depend. china should immediately be labelled as a threat, not as an epoch defining systemic challenge. in the integrated review , a £200 the integrated review, a £200 million package of investment aimed at securing the future of the country's nuclear industry has been unveiled. >> rishi sunak has declared a critical national endeavour as he vows to strengthen the nuclear industry and boost jobs. he's introduced a new fund backed by £20 million in public money, to support growth in burrow and finesse , the home of burrow and finesse, the home of britain's submarine programs, and a further £180 million a year over the next decade , which year over the next decade, which downing street says will provide grants to local organisations . grants to local organisations. former isis bride shamima begum has lost an initial bid to challenge the removal of her british citizenship at the supreme court last year, miss begum lost her first appeal against the decision to revoke her citizenship on national security grounds at the special immigration appeals commission. it's after she was found in a

syrian refugee camp following her travel to the country as a 15 year old in 2015 to join the so—called islamic state terror group. earlier this year, three judges at the court of appeal unanimously dismissed her bid to overturn the decision . the crown overturn the decision. the crown prosecution service has been cleared of wrongdoing in accepting the plea of triple killer osvaldo calocane without going to trial, grace o'malley, cooma and barnaby weber, along with school caretaker ian coates, were killed in june last yearin coates, were killed in june last year in a spate of knife attacks whilst calocane was suffering from schizophrenia . he was from schizophrenia. he was sentenced to a hospital order instead of being sent to prison. his majesty's crown prosecution inspectorate said the correct decision was made in accepting manslaughter pleas on the grounds of diminished responsibility . two men have responsibility. two men have been found guilty of murdering a footballer on the dance floor of a nightclub on boxing day . 23 a nightclub on boxing day. 23 year old cody fisher was killed shortly before midnight by a

masked group at the crane club in birmingham in 2022, police have released cctv footage of the night cody was stabbed to death, 23 year old remy gordon and 22 year old cammy carpenter were convicted today. a third defendant, 19 year old regan anderson, was found not guilty of murder . a review led by of murder. a review led by independent government adviser dame sarah khan has been published today, pointing to chilling levels of harassment posing a serious threat to schools . it found more than 75% schools. it found more than 75% of the public feel they can't speak their mind, and 27% have employed security or moved homes orjobs employed security or moved homes or jobs as part employed security or moved homes orjobs as part of her review, or jobs as part of her review, dame sarah's recommending the establishment of an exclusion zone for protests outside of schools. she told gb news victims need more support from the police . the police. >> many victims, again, they told me repeatedly, was that the police are saying this hasn't crossed any criminal threshold .

crossed any criminal threshold. it might be because some of this behaviour is taking place on onune behaviour is taking place on online forums and is not being sent directly to the victim. that doesn't lessen impact that doesn't lessen the impact on victims are seeing this on victims who are seeing this behaviour online that's being directed at towards them. so again, is why i'm saying, again, this is why i'm saying, as one of my recommendations to the that all 39 the government, is that all 39 police in england should police forces in england should have officer who have a police officer who specialises in harassment legislation, malicious communications as well, that are able provide support to able to provide support to victims because they are often overlooked and not necessarily even seen as victims . even seen as victims. >> has announced >> and boeing has announced a major management shake up in the wake of safety concerns. the ceo and other senior executives are to step down from the aircraft manufacturer by the end of this yeah manufacturer by the end of this year. the company has been under pressure following an incident where a panel blew out at 16,000ft on an alaska airlines boeing 737 max in january . for boeing 737 max in january. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com family hertz. now

back to . martin. back to. martin. >> thank you tatiana. now we start with the story broke in the last hour, and it's yet more bad news for prime minister rishi sunak. he's facing yet another by—election after former tory mp scott benton resigned. well, i'm joined in our westminster studio by our political editor, christopher hope. chris, welcome to the show. it's a monday. we've got a cracking week ahead. bad for news rishi sunak. on the first day of the week, we knew a by—election was coming, but now, sooner by—election was coming, but now, sooyes, it has been forced >> yes, it has been forced because we knew it was coming. probably because scott benton because we knew it was coming. proban.y because scott benton because we knew it was coming. proban independent ott benton because we knew it was coming. proban independent mp.ienton because we knew it was coming. proban independent mp. he on because we knew it was coming. proban independent mp. he lost was an independent mp. he lost a whip in a lobbying scandal. he was recorded suggesting to undercover the undercover reporters from the times newspaper that he would be willing to break lobbying rules for money, the ban was for 35 days by parliament. any more than ten days triggers a referendum on a recall by—election that started four

weeks ago. and it looks like scott benton has jumped before the result of that was known. so there was going to be a by—election, probably before the end of the summer. it now looks happening short order. scott happening in short order. scott benton written the benton has now written to the chancellor, jeremy he does chancellor, jeremy hunt. he does that process is that that because the process is that jeremy then make him jeremy hunt must then make him the mp for the a certain made up seat in the house of commons. that means he can then stand down and stop being an mp. so the clock is ticking now on whether the tories can hold this seat. it looks unlikely. it's a majority of just less than fewer than 4000 in a seat won by mr benton 2019, the first time benton in 2019, the first time it gone tory since 2002. it had gone tory since 2002. >> so it was always really a true labour seat. it went because it was a brexit seat , a because it was a brexit seat, a blackpool, of course, a massive brexit majority. they went with bofis brexit majority. they went with boris to get brexit done and now it's ended badly. labour are going to absolutely bombard the seat with activists. they're going to go gung ho to take it. and the bookies probably got them nailed on as favourites. >> you'd have thought i >> you'd have thought so. i

mean, unless you had might have some independent candidates mean, unless you had might have some indto endent candidates mean, unless you had might have some indto try ent candidates mean, unless you had might have some indto try and:andidates mean, unless you had might have some indto try and take dates mean, unless you had might have some indto try and take some standing to try and take some support labour. but support away from labour. but it's to see labour losing it's hard to see labour losing this. worry this. another repeated worry here sunak. looking here for mr sunak. we're looking at colleagues here gb news at my colleagues here gb news the sheer numbers of byelections has been 12 since october 2022. that's about one every 6 or 7 weeks. would you believe it on average? of course. some held on the same days the tories have lost six of them, so history says this will be a seventh for the tory party and you spoke earlier to saira khan . earlier to dame saira khan. that's right. dame saira khan has got this review out today on on social resilience and cohesion , i think it's cohesion, i think it's fascinating. i think she's really going into an area which gb news viewers do care about. let's listen to what she said earlier to me. >> so what i describe in my report as this phenomenon called freedom restricting harassment, which when people experience which is when people experience or witness threatening intimidatory or abusive harassment either online or offline, which is then intended to make individuals or institutions self—censor out of

fear. and so what our polling shows is that around three quarters of the british public, feel that they cannot share their personal opinion in public out of fear of receiving freedom, restricting harassment. and you'll be aware that there's been a lot of debate over the last couple of months, even years, about how parliamentarians and those in pubuc parliamentarians and those in public at the public life have been at the forefront such abuse and forefront of such abuse and harassment. what my report shows for the first is that this for the first time is that this is a much broader phenomenon where academics where people such as academics and councillors, and teachers, councillors, journalists , civic society journalists, civic society activists, people working in the arts cultural sector are arts and cultural sector are experiencing this awful kind of freedom restricting harassment . freedom restricting harassment. >> so of course, that report is out because it's the third anniversary of the batley grammar school teacher being forced into hiding. in fact, in the next hour, we're going to speak to a friend, close associate of his for an update. a very, very important report calling for an end to the mobs that are gathering outside schools. of course, not just in

batley, but happened at the barclay school in leyton. pro—palestine protesters forced that school to be closed. >> said to me, that's the tip of the iceberg. there are other cases too. she has talked to the teacher. i know you're talking to of the teacher to a friend of the teacher shortly, martin. he's in. he's in bits. he's no in bits. he's had no compensation offering. he's no no almost from from no protection almost from from anyone in central government. it's fascinating to hear from sadiq khan. three quarters of people feel they can't express their views. not just teachers, councillors, journalists, academics, chilling academics, as they're chilling effect. think by the on effect. i think by the attack on speech, by from the both speech, by both from the both from the right and from the left. and that's what she's concerned about. >> we'll around, >> okay. we'll stick around, chris. we'll on talking on chris. we'll keep on talking on that now. and joined that topic now. and i'm joined by stephen who's the by stephen evans, who's the chief national chief executive of the national secular society. welcome to the show, so a report three show, stephen. so a report three years on, almost to the day when the batley grammar school teacher was forced into hiding, calling out shocking levels of self censorship, of public fear, bowing to the mob. these

protests will be called time on due to this report. do you think it's too little, too late ? it's too little, too late? >> no, i think it's to be welcomed. i think there's some really good stuff in there, i think it's. i'm really happy that this is finally being looked at, clearly there is growing religious diversity here in britain. and while that can be a strength, i think it does need to be managed and nurtured and given the current winds that we've got towards growing religious , religious fundamentalism, islamism, extremism, polarisation and the growth of disinformation, i think we really do need to take, social cohesion seriously and actively look at how we can better create a more cohesive society and, and, you know, promote liberal democratic values better and i think this report today from sarah khan is a really good, necessary contribution to that . necessary contribution to that. >> but don't you think, looking back three years, almost to the day, the batley grammar school teacher was totally abandoned by his school , teacher was totally abandoned by his school, by his head teacher, by his union, by his member of

parliament. i myself went up there two years ago and spoke at a rally in the town square. not a rally in the town square. not a single politician, not a single person in power, ever spoke out. so while i share your enthusiasm that this is good news, it's good news. it's taken a long time to come. such is the climate of fear around pushing back against the islamist mob. >> yeah for sure. absolutely agree, one of the recommendations actually in this report that i'm quite enthusiastic about is this development of or suggestion that we should have a cross—whitehall cohesion response unit. that's something we at the national secular society have been calling for ever since the incident in batley. so that means when flashpoints occur, such as in batley and kettlethorpe, i think schools have largely been left to fend for themselves against the mob and i think sometimes they've understandably, i suppose the path suppose at times taken the path of least resistance. so kind of there's a tendency to try and placate the mob, but, you know , placate the mob, but, you know, this giving into the mob in the hope of a quiet life, it really

just stores up more trouble for the future. and if we look at what happened in batley, there was an apology immediately , the was an apology immediately, the teacher was suspended. there was was an apology immediately, the tea acceptance|spended. there was was an apology immediately, the tea acceptance immediatelyere was was an apology immediately, the tea acceptance immediately from is an acceptance immediately from the school that the resources used to teach about fundamental british values and free expression. those resources were unacceptable, said the school straight away. so they capitulated to the mob straight away. they really threw the teacher under the bus. we thought, and i think those with the broadest shoulders really need to step in, and that is the government. so kind of government. so this kind of cross—whitehall cohesion response think , is response unit, i think, is a good development because it means that straight away the government can step in and take the measures necessary to protect fundamental freedoms, to protect fundamental freedoms, to protect our democracy. and yeah, not leave schools to fend for themselves, which i think has been a big part of the problem. >> that's scott, chris hope in the studio with martin. why do you think those with the broadest shoulders, as you say, have not stepped up to protect people like batley teacher

people like the batley teacher and others? people like the batley teacher ancwell,'s? people like the batley teacher ancwell, i? people like the batley teacher ancwell, i think instinctively >> well, i think instinctively the government likes to leave schools to manage things locally, given the local circumstances. and that's , circumstances. and that's, that's, you know, not necessarily a bad approach in most cases . but when we're most cases. but when we're talking about threats from islamist, islamist fundamentalists, i think, you know, that's more than schools and maybe local authorities and local police forces even can cope with. i think we need a, you know, a more coordinated response from the government. so i think there's just a tendency to kind of, you know, you know, defer the situation on to local authorities and let it be dealt with locally. but as i say, sometimes the situation's too grave , too big, and the stakes grave, too big, and the stakes are too high. look at the batley teacher went into hiding. you know, he's now living under a new identity , so, you know, the new identity, so, you know, the stakes are really high. so that's why i think the government should, should step in instances like that . in in instances like that. >> okay. stephen evans, the chief of the national chief executive of the national secular society, thank you very much for joining

secular society, thank you very much forjoining us on the show. much for joining us on the show. and we'll to and indeed, we'll speak to a close friend of the teacher in the next hour and ask him if he thinks is enough. now, thinks this is enough. now, before chris, hope you've before we go, chris, hope you've got update on the scott got an update on the scott benton situation. >> right. there's >> that's right. there's a colleague elsom from colleague called jack elsom from the the rich will the sun. he says the rich will be tomorrow for the be moved tomorrow for the blackpool south by—election. that by—election can that means that by—election can be on. guess what? may the be held on. guess what? may the 2nd. oh local election 2nd. oh dear. local election day, we're now facing a dramatic by—election same day as a by—election on the same day as a series of by elections by of local elections, which could cause problems for rishi sunak in their results and timing wise, that really will be an unwanted may day present. >> i mean, that really is there's a lot of fear about these council elections anyway, going the wrong way to whack a by—election on top. >> chris, you might say mayday, mayday. indeed because it's going be very difficult to going to be very difficult to think tories to hold on think for the tories to hold on to that. a line with that will be big problems, i think, in holding of council holding on to lots of council seats weekend seats that weekend will be a huge one for the prime minister. >> thank you much. superb >> thank you very much. superb stuff ever. chris hope,

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guiding children across this street in holbury in hampshire for 32 years. >> she's phenomenal. she's phenomenal. she knows every single child by their name . so single child by their name. so it doesn't matter how old they are, it doesn't matter how old they are or anything. yeah, she's been amazing. >> i don't know how i remember their names, but i do. you must really care. yes, i do, and it'd be a shame to see it go. but what do you do? you know. sharon has been told she may be losing herjob as has been told she may be losing her job as the has been told she may be losing herjob as the council says the her job as the council says the road's not busy enough to warrant her salary . warrant her salary. >> and she's not alone. 21 lollipop men and women in hampshire are facing the chop in cost cutting measures. that may mean the end of school crossing patrols altogether. parents are angry ' patrols altogether. parents are angry , i think it's ridiculous, angry, i think it's ridiculous, she's here every day , twice a she's here every day, twice a day, getting us across this road safely. it's the main road that going through this area. a lot of the kids that go to that school, they walk on the road

from direction. so they're from that direction. so they're on own. so i just think on their own. so i just think with all the money flying around in world the moment, the in the world at the moment, the least they could do is afford to fund wonderful person fund this wonderful person getting fund this wonderful person get like many councils , hampshire >> like many councils, hampshire county council says it's running >> like many councils, hampshire cou of' council says it's running >> like many councils, hampshire cou of cash 1cil says it's running >> like many councils, hampshire cou of cash .:il says it's running >> like many councils, hampshire cou of cash . they's it's running >> like many councils, hampshire cou of cash . they say s running >> like many councils, hampshire cou of cash . they say theyining >> like many councils, hampshire cou of cash . they say they have out of cash. they say they have a hole in their budget to the tune of £132 million. after coming for 21 lollipop men and women. the remaining 163 school crossing patrols could be removed as well. in a statement, hampshire county council said whilst we have a legal duty to promote road safety and take measures to prevent accidents, there is no specific legal requirement for us to provide school crossing patrols, of which there are currently 184. in hampshire. which there are currently 184. in hampshire . we know that local in hampshire. we know that local communities value their school crossing patrol officers, and this is not a reflection on individuals undertaking that role. but there may be effective alternatives for some sites, such as installing permanent

safety measures or improvements to make a crossing point safer. but locals say these cuts put their children's lives at risk. >> i think it's stupid because this road can be very fast , very this road can be very fast, very fast and like a lot of load of the kids just come flying and cross and she's there. she she's like the safety hub of the road. >> hampshire county council says 13 services are facing cuts from household waste recycling centres to bus services. parents in holbury have got together a petition to try and save sharon woodford's job. the council says it hasn't made any firm decisions yet and will only remove the service if a crossing can be made safe . lollipop men can be made safe. lollipop men and women have been a mainstay outside our schools for seven decades. for many, they're as british as fish and chips. but if councils can't balance their books, these stalwarts at our school gates may become a thing

of the past. jeff moody, gb news is gotta love a lollipop lady i'iow. now. >> shamima begum has lost her initial bid to challenge the removal of her british citizenship at the supreme court. she had her citizenship revoked on national security grounds, of course, and she travelled to syria as a 15 year old in 2015 and was branded at the time the isis bride. well, we've had lots and lots of emails on this topic already, and of course it's hugely divisive. it really does divide you down. a lot of people say shamima begum sacrificed the right to a british nationality, her passport, the moment she joined the islamist death cult isis, which of course wanted at the time western civilisation wiped off the face of the earth caliphate. they wanted us gone. a lot of rumours that she saw, treacherous things was a part of that. then, of course, people in her defence say she was only 15. she was groomed while she was in

britain and then travelled to syria . and how can she be held syria. and how can she be held responsible for that ? and that responsible for that? and that she is, whether we like it or not, a british citizen and should face justice here. let me know what you think on this. of course. vaiews@gbnews.com. and let's have a couple of your early emails now, kiwi says this. i disagree with you on this. i disagree with you on this one. she is british. i don't want shamima begum back, but she is our problem. i'd also like to use the publicity bringing her background, raising that up to spotlight the radicalisation of young british people to islamists in uk mosques. shamima begum could be a huge deterrent to stop radicalisation of british muslims on our own soil. but dave disagrees. he says if she came back to the uk, shamima begum would have a taxpayer funded life forever. that would hardly be a deterrent ,

funded life forever. that would hardly be a deterrent, would funded life forever. that would hardly be a deterrent , would it? hardly be a deterrent, would it? in fact, it would be a pretty good recruitment act . go abroad, good recruitment act. go abroad, hate britain, come back and live off the taxpayer for the rest of your days. she could never work. she'd never be able to do anything. she'd be a constant liability to british taxpayers. and on the same point, paul, as this how much is this debacle costing british taxpayers as james cleverly, we demand to be told. ian adds this there is now no higher court. told. ian adds this there is now no higher court . and who is no higher court. and who is shamima begum appealing to? well, i suspect it may end up going to our friends at the european court of human rights. this might go to strasbourg and then we'll have an almighty legal wrangle, not just on our shores, but beyond. savan adds this although i fully respect the court's decision. but what about an isis member in britain with a different nationality court in london? should their country say britain should keep them? if we revoked their nationality? that's not quite the same thing . shamima begum

the same thing. shamima begum voluntarily, willingly went abroad and saw things abroad and we don't know what she may have seen or what she may have been involved in. how about how about she might have seen more than mi5 she might have seen more than m15 are letting on? well, to discuss this further , i'm now discuss this further, i'm now joined by macer gifford, who fought against isis with the syrian democratic forces . syrian democratic forces. welcome to the show, masr. wow. so you've been involved on the front line. what's your take on shamima begum being allowed the right to return to the uk ? right to return to the uk? >> well, i think the court's decision is the right one. i think common sense has prevailed and i think it's about time the british authorities, the british legal system , starts putting legal system, starts putting ordinary brits first. you've got to remember shamima begum went out on her own accord to syria. she was there for three years, the mi5 she was there for three years, the m15 has described her as a real and credible threat in the past , she's real and credible threat in the past, she's failed this attempt to come back and i'm glad she

has, because there are many worse people than shamima begum waiting in the wings, watching her case very carefully, and they will take advantage of whatever legal loopholes she finds to come back to make their own case. so this is really stopping a tidal wave of other cases coming along as well. >> and briefly, if we could, maysa, if begum were to return, could she become a poster girl for future recruits to go and fight abroad to? >> well, it will certainly remind people that by going abroad, committing terrible acts of violence and terror , you'll of violence and terror, you'll only get a slap on the wrist when you get back to the uk. so, at least by making her an example, by keeping her out of the uk , we're keeping people the uk, we're keeping people safe and deterring future people from joining terror groups like isis . isis. >> fascinating. so thanks for joining us. maisie gifford, who fought against isis with the syrian democratic forces. fascinating guest . now there's fascinating guest. now there's lots more still to come between

now and 4:00 and gb news viewers can see live pictures now from the house of commons, where the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden , is about to make dowden, is about to make a statement about a chinese cyber attack that saw them access the personal details of 40 million brits. that could well be including you. but first, it's time for your latest news headunes time for your latest news headlines tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories rishi sunak is facing another by—election in a red wall seat after scott benton resigned as an mp. the blackpool south mp was already facing a recall petition. benton, who is now an independent, was found to have broken commons rules when he was caught by the times newspaper offering to act on behalf of gambling investors. an independent panel upheld a decision by the standards committee, which mr benton had appealed against. the prime minister says the uk is taking measures to protect itself from the epoch defining challenge of

an increasingly assertive china. it's after recent cyber attacks which saw hackers access millions of voters personal details and target mps and peers who've been critical of beijing. deputy prime minister oliver dowden is currently addressing parliament over the threats, with the prime minister insisting the government will stop at nothing to protect the british public. former isis bride shamima begum has lost an initial bid to challenge the removal of her british citizenship at the supreme court last year , miss begum lost her last year, miss begum lost her first appeal against the decision to revoke her citizenship on national security grounds at the special immigration appeals commission. it's after she was found in a syrian refugee camp following her travel to the country as a 15 year old in 2015 to join the so—called islamic state terror group. earlier this year, three judges at the court of appeal unanimously dismissed her bid to overturn the cac decision . the overturn the cac decision. the crown prosecution service has been cleared of wrongdoing in accepting the plea of triple

killer valdo calocane without going to trial. grace o'malley, cooma and barnaby weber , along cooma and barnaby weber, along with school caretaker ian coates, were killed in june last yearin coates, were killed in june last year in a spate of knife attacks, while calocane was suffering from schizophrenia. he was sentenced to a hospital order instead of being sent to prison. his majesty's crown prosecution inspectorate said the correct decision was made in accepting the manslaughter pleas on the grounds of diminished responsibility and some breaking news just in former us president donald trump has won a bid to pause his $454 million civil fraud judgement if he posts a $175 million bond within ten days, it's a victory for the former us president that blocks new york state authorities from beginning to seize his assets immediately. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gbnews.com/alerts .

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britain's news and we're going live now to the house of commons, where the deputy prime minister is making a statement on suspected cyber attacks by china and right honourable members on both sides of this chamber will recognise

the seriousness of this issue, particularly in a year when so many democratic elections will be taking place around the world. >> members will we want to be reassured that the government is taking steps to address the associated threat ? i can confirm associated threat? i can confirm today that chinese state affiliated actors were responsible for two malicious cyber campaigns targeting both our democratic institutions and parliamentary was first, the compromise of the united kingdom electoral commission between 2021 and 2022, which was announced last summer, and second attempted reconnaissance activity against uk parliamentary accounts in a separate campaign in 2021. later today, a number of our international partners, including the united states, will be issuing similar

statements to expose this activity and to hold china to account for the ongoing patterns of hostile activity targeting our collective democracies. mr speaken our collective democracies. mr speaker, you and parliamentary security have already been briefed on this activity. we want now to be as open as possible with the house and with the british public, because part of our defence is calling out this behaviour, this this is the latest in a clear pattern of hostile activity originating in china, including the targeting of democratic institutions and parliamentarians in the united kingdom and beyond. we have seen this in china's continued disregard for universal human rights and international commitments in xinjiang. china's erasure of dissenting voices and

stifling of the opposition under the new national security law in hong kong and the disturbing reports of chinese intimidation and aggressive behaviour in the south china sea, it is why this government has invested , stated government has invested, stated and called out so—called chinese overseas police service stations and instructed the chinese embassy to close them . however, embassy to close them. however, their cumulative attempts to interfere our with the united kingdom's democracy have not succeeded. last summer , the succeeded. last summer, the electoral commission stated that it had been a victim of a complex cyber attack between 2021 and 2022. this was the work of chinese state affiliated actors. these actors gained access to the electoral commission's email and file sharing systems, which contain

copies of the electoral register. as the electoral commission stated in 2023, when this attack was first made public, the compromise has not affected the security of elections . it will not impact elections. it will not impact how people register, vote or otherwise participate in democratic processes . i want to democratic processes. i want to reassure people that the compromise of this information, whilst it is obviously concerning , typically does not concerning, typically does not create a risk to those affected . create a risk to those affected. and i want to further reassure the house that the commission has worked with security specialists to investigate the incident and remove the threat from their systems , as the from their systems, as the commission has since taken further steps to increase the resilience of their systems . in resilience of their systems. in addition, the national cyber security centre assesses it is almost certain that the chinese affiliated state affiliated

cyber actor known as apt 31, attempted to conduct reconnaissance activity against uk parliamentary accounts during a separate campaign in 2021. honourable members may recall that apt 31 was one of several cyber actors attributed to the chinese ministry of state security by the united kingdom and its allies in july 2021. this email campaign by apt 31 was blocked by parliament's cyber security measures in this case, it was entirely unsuccessful . however, any unsuccessful. however, any targeting of members of this house by foreign state actors is completely unacceptable . taken completely unacceptable. taken together, the united kingdom judges that these actions demonstrate a clear and

persistent pattern of behaviour that signals signals hostile intent from china. that is why the united kingdom has today sanctioned two individuals and one entity associated with the chinese state affiliated apt 31 group for involvement in malicious cyber activity targeting officials, government entities and parliamentarians around the world. we are today acting to warn of the breadth of targeting emanating from chinese state affiliated actors like apt 31 to sanction those actors who attempt to threaten our democratic institutions oceans and to deter both china and all those who seek to do the same. mr speaker, last week at the summit for democracy in seoul, i said that we would call out malicious attempts to undermine

our democracy wherever we find them. this is an important tool in our armoury. and today we are doing just that. the uk does not accept that china's relationship with the united kingdom is set on a predetermined course . but on a predetermined course. but this depends on the choices that china makes. that is why the foreign office will be summoning the chinese ambassador to account for china's conduct in these incidents. the uk's policy towards china is anchored in our core national interests, where it is consistent with engage with the chinese government, but we will not hesitate to take swift and robust actions where ever the chinese government threatens the united kingdom's interests. we have done so today and previously. this government will continue to hold china and other state actors accountable

for their actions. we will also take serious action to prevent this behaviour from affecting our security. the steps we have taken in recent years have made the uk a harder operating environment for foreign state actors seeking to target our values and our institutions through the national security act. we now have, for the first time, a specific offence of foreign interference. this new offence will allow law enforcement to disrupt state unked enforcement to disrupt state linked efforts to undermine our institutions rights or political system, and national security and investment act has overhauled our scrutiny of investment into the united kingdom by giving the government powers to block , unwind or put powers to block, unwind or put conditions on investments that could create national security risks. we have significantly reduced china's involvement in the uk's civil nuclear sector , the uk's civil nuclear sector, taking ownership of cn's stake in sizewell c nuclear power project and ensuring chinese

state owned nuclear energy corporations will have no further role in the project. we have put in place measures to prevent hostile infiltration of our universities , including our universities, including protecting campuses from interference through the higher education freedom of speech act, the procurement act includes national security development provisions that allow us to act where we see malicious influence in our public procurement act. i have taken steps to reduce the government's exposure to chinese operators, banning hikvision and tiktok from government buildings and devices, and through the national cyber security strategy, we are investing £2.6 billion to increase the cyber resilience of our critical national infrastructure by 2025, making the most important parts of our digital environment are harder target for state and non—state actors. the government is continuing to build the tools, expertise and knowledge tools, expertise and knowledge to respond to the systemic challenge that china poses to

the united kingdom's security and its values. the integrated review refresh in 2023 took steps towards this , doubling steps towards this, doubling funding for a government wide programme, including investment in mandarin language training and deepening diplomatic expertise. but we must also be clear that this is not a problem for the government to solve alone. that is why we created the national protective security authority within m15 to help businesses and institutions play their part in protecting our security and prosperity. the npsa will help organisations in the uk's most sensitive fields, including critical national infrastructure operators and world leading science and tech sectors to protect themselves against state threats. it is also why i set up the economic security, public, private forum to ensure that businesses, business leaders and crucial sectors understand the threat to

the uk and what they can do to defeat it. and in parliament, the national cyber security centre has launched an opt in service for members of both houses. this allows the ncs to alert high risk individuals if they identify evidence of malicious activity on their personal devices or account, and swiftly advise them on steps to take to protect their information . today, the ncs has information. today, the ncs has published new guidance for political organisations, including political parties and think tanks, which will help these organisations take effective action to protect their systems and their data. the ncs is also working with all political parties to increase the uptake of their active cyber defence services in the lead up to a general election, a key component of increasing our resilience is supporting the ncs and parliamentary authorities by

taking up this cyber security offer, and so i urge all members offer, and so i urge all members of this house to do so, and i will be writing to colleagues later today, setting out again the steps that they can take to do so at the summit for democracy , i was struck by the democracy, i was struck by the powerful strength of our collective voices. when we work together to defend our democratic freedoms. the summit provided the united kingdom government with a platform to build international agreement on a new global government, compact on countering deceptive use of ai by foreign states in elections . it ai by foreign states in elections. it is important and welcome that our partners across the five eyes, as well as those in europe and the indo—pacific, are also standing in solidarity with our efforts to call out malicious cyber activity . we. i malicious cyber activity. we. i would also like to pay tribute to the dedicated public servants whose painstaking work has continued to expose the reality of the threat we face. mr speaken of the threat we face. mr speaker, our political processes

and institutions have not been harmed by these attacks. the government will continue to call out and condemn this kind of activity in the strongest terms. we will continue to work with our allies to ensure that chinese state affiliated actors suffer the consequences of their behaviour and we will take preventative action to ensure these attempts do not succeed. the cyber threat posed by china affiliated actors is real and it is serious, but it is more than equalled by our determination and resolve to resist it. that is how we defend ourselves and our precious democracy and i commend this statement to the house. >> can i just say it was an important statement? that's why it has run on quite a lot longer than the normal ten minutes. so in which case i'm sure i would

agree that if the two front benches need a little extra time of course we will be flexible. and in the same way i now come to the shadow secretary, pat mcfadden . mcfadden. >> thank you, mr speaker. and can i thank the deputy prime minister for his statement and for advance sight of it, it is, of course, a statement about which there has been significant briefing in the press over the past couple of days now on questions of national security. we will support the government in efforts to counter attempts by china or any other state to interfere with or undermine the democratic process. our attempts to stop elected representatives going about their business, voicing their opinions or casting their votes without fear or favour . and with that in or favour. and with that in mind, can i pay tribute to the efforts made every day by the intelligence and security services to protect the public,

to protect our democracy and our way of life ? the economic way of life? the economic relationship between the united kingdom and china can never mean compromising on national security or our democratic integrity . now, the deputy prime integrity. now, the deputy prime minister's statement touches on a number of issues and i'd like to ask him some questions about these . could he say more about these. could he say more about these. could he say more about the government's assessment of chinese motives? does he, for example , believe that beijing example, believe that beijing does want to disrupt our democratic process or instead to gather data about our citizens for some other reason , on the for some other reason, on the specific issue of the electoral commission and the electoral register, why does the deputy prime minister think that the chinese government hacked what is a publicly available database ? does he believe that they were

after details of those who may not be on the public register for very good reasons, because, for very good reasons, because, for example , they might be for example, they might be employed in security sensitive areas . does employed in security sensitive areas. does he employed in security sensitive areas . does he believe they areas. does he believe they were? after details of political donors and their personal data , donors and their personal data, or for some other, motive ? now, or for some other, motive? now, he referred to the democratic electoral process. and with an election coming, it is, of course , vital that people have course, vital that people have confidence in their ability to register and to vote. can he confirm that the electronic register to vote system that we have is sufficiently well protected in terms of attacks on parliamentary accounts ? the parliamentary accounts? the secretary of state said that the attacks were unsum awful, but does he believe that china now wants to engage in the kind of hack and leak activity that we have in recent years associated with russia , in order to

with russia, in order to compromise either individual politicians or the wider democratic process ? on the issue democratic process? on the issue of sanctions, only last week , of sanctions, only last week, the minister of state was reluctant to respond to the claim that the foreign office had indefinitely paused targeted sanctions against chinese officials. late last year. can the deputy prime minister explain what has changed? just in the past week , mr speaker, we in the past week, mr speaker, we are very grateful for the work of the intelligence and security committee and the report they issued on china last year, which covered much of the same ground as the deputy prime minister has covered in his statement today , covered in his statement today, paragraph 98 of that report , paragraph 98 of that report, when discussing individual politicians, said the following and i quote targets are not limited to serving politicians ehhen limited to serving politicians either. they can include former

political figures if they are sufficiently high profile . for sufficiently high profile. for example, it is possible that david cameron's role as vice president of a £1 billion china uk investment fund was in some part engineered by the chinese state to lend credibility to chinese investment. close quote what has the government done to look into this allegation from the intelligence and security committee ? how can ministers committee? how can ministers ensure that those leaving politics are not targeted in the way that the committee discussed? and in that spirit, mr speaker , i have read reports mr speaker, i have read reports that the conservative backbench 1922 committee is to be briefed on these matters later today , on these matters later today, given the importance of national and democratic security to all the parties in this house, is

the parties in this house, is the deputy prime minister intending to arrange a briefing for the leader of the opposition? the intelligence and security committee , or indeed security committee, or indeed the other political parties represented in this house. experts in this field have warned of china's voracious appetite for data and the potential uses of this as computing power improves. for example , as quantum computing example, as quantum computing develops. now the uk's record on data security is patchy, to put it mildly. what is the government doing to protect complex and valuable data sets from being stolen now, possibly in order to be manipulated later by more powerful computers that are controlled by authoritarian adversaries ? and finally, mr adversaries? and finally, mr speaken adversaries? and finally, mr speaker, on the broader issue , speaker, on the broader issue, does the fact that the deputy prime minister chose to make this statement today signal a

fundamental reassessment of the overall threat ? he referred to overall threat? he referred to the united states and our allies on the 12th of february, the united states administration warned congress that the cyber threat from china was changing. previously a threat that largely involved spying and influencing. now looked like it was getting ready to disrupt critical american infrastructure aviation, energy, healthcare and other sectors. is it now the uk's government view that we should change our assessment of the threat in a similar way? if so , this is of the utmost so, this is of the utmost importance and we would need to know what corresponding improvements the government would make to the preparedness of our critical infrastructure because of the threat, really has changed, then so too should our response . our response. >> deputy prime minister well, i thank the honourable gentleman for his questions.

>> i will seek to address as many of them as i can when it comes to chinese motivations. ultimately, it is a matter for the chinese to be able to justify their motivations. i think the points he made are both apposite. first of all, i think that the chinese look at successful democratic countries like the united kingdom or indeed japan and the republic of korea, where i was last week, and they want to seek to undermine successful democratic countries. so it is no surprise that they should seek to interfere in electoral processes. just as you have seen conduct from from russia that augns conduct from from russia that aligns with that. and indeed the successful democratic elections we are having around the world. right now stand in contrast with the elections that we saw the sham elections that we saw in russia last weekend on the point about the public record of the electoral commission . i the electoral commission. i think that is the essence of what has happened here. these attacks and these attempts were

ultimately pretty unsuccessful. i would like to reassure the honourable gentleman and members of this house that there was no infiltration of the closed register of the electoral commission. so the concerns he raised have not arisen in terms of further strengthening the electoral register. that is precisely the work that the national cyber security centre doesin national cyber security centre does in coordination with gchq, working with government agencies including the electoral commission . including the electoral commission. he is right to raise the risk of hack and leak. it is certainly something that we saw in previous elections. i remain concerned about hack and leak. i also remain a very concerned about artificial intelligence being disrupt elections , being used to disrupt elections, particularly in relation to deep fakes. hence the work that i undertook at the conference last week and the progress we are making with this accord in relation to artificial intelligence use by malign states, the in relation to targeted .

targeted. >> and that was oliver dowden, the deputy prime minister speaking in the commons on china's cyber threat to the uk. he made the point that cumulative attempts have not succeeded , they chinese agents succeeded, they chinese agents attempted to get copies of the uk electoral register. it has not impacted elections or votes. the threat has been removed from british systems. he went on to add a further £2.6 billion of investment until 2025 will be allocated to prevent future attacks . mr dowden has summoned attacks. mr dowden has summoned the foreign office , will summon the foreign office, will summon chinese ambassador to explain what's going on, but there has been a clear and consistent pattern that shows hostility towards the uk, today, acting to warn of the breadth of those effects. this is completely unacceptable . and mr dowden unacceptable. and mr dowden pointed out that america usa will also make very similar

statements. so uk and usa joining forces here to make sure this threat as neutralised. okay. we can now move forward for your latest news headlines. it's 4 pm. and here's tatiana sanchez. >> martin thank you. the top stories this hour. the deputy prime minister says hackers affiliated to the chinese state were responsible for two malicious cyber campaigns on the electoral commission and parliamentarians speaking to the commons, oliver dowden says the government wants to be as open as possible with the british pubuc as possible with the british public concerning the attack. the prime minister earlier said the uk taking measures to the uk is taking measures to protect itself from the epoch defining challenge of an increasingly assertive china. he says chinese state actors have been targeting parliamentarians in the uk and other nations . in the uk and other nations. rishi sunak is facing another

by—election in a red wall seat after scott benton resigned as an mp. the blackpool south mp was already facing a recall petition. benton, who's now an independent, was found to have broken commons rules when he was caught by the times newspaper offering to act on behalf of gambling investors as an independent panel upheld the decision by the standards committee, which mr benton had appealed against. former isis bride shamima begum has lost an initial bid to challenge the removal of her british citizenship at the supreme court last year, miss begum lost her first appeal against the decision to revoke her citizenship on national security grounds at the special immigration appeals commission. it's after she was found in a syrian refugee camp following her travel to the country as a 15 year old in 2015 to join the so—called islamic state terror group. earlier this year, three judges at the court of appeal unanimously dismissed her bid to overturn the siac decision . a

overturn the siac decision. a £200 million package of investment aimed at securing the future of the country's nuclear industry has been unveiled. rishi sunak has declared a critical national endeavour as he vows to strengthen the industry and boost jobs. he's introduced a new fund backed by £20 million in public money to support growth in barrow in furness, the home of britain's submarine programs, and a further £180 million a year over the next decade , which downing the next decade, which downing street says will provide grants to local organisations as. street says will provide grants to local organisations as . the to local organisations as. the crown prosecution service has been cleared of wrongdoing in accepting the plea of triple killer valdo calocane without going to trial. grace o'malley kumar and barnaby weber, along with school caretaker ian coates, were killed in june last yearin coates, were killed in june last year in a spate of knife attacks, whilst calocane was suffering from schizophrenia. he was sentenced to a hospital order instead of being sent to prison. his majesty's crown

prosecution inspectorate said the correct decision was made in accepting manslaughter pleas on the grounds of diminished responsibility . two men have responsibility. two men have been found guilty of murdering a footballer on the dance floor of a nightclub on boxing day, 23 year old cody fisher was killed shortly before midnight by a masked group at the crane club in birmingham in 2022, police have released cctv footage of the night cody was stabbed to death 23 year old remy gordon and 22 year old cammy carpenter were convicted today . a third were convicted today. a third defendant, 19 year old regan anderson, was found not guilty of murder . donald trump has won of murder. donald trump has won a bid to pause his £360 million civil fraud judgement . if he civil fraud judgement. if he posts a £140 million bond within ten days. a warning the following footage contains flashing images. it's a victory for the former us president that blocks new york state authorities from beginning to

seize his assets immediately. he'd been facing a deadline today to post bond for the fine, which he was given for inflating his net worth. if he did not meet the deadline, he could have faced having his assets as faced having his assets such as trump tower or his plane. trump force one seized a review led by independent government adviser dame saira khan has been published, pointing to chilling levels of harassment, posing a serious threat to schools. it found more than 75% of the pubuc found more than 75% of the public feel they can't speak their mind , and 27% have their mind, and 27% have employed security or moved jobs or homes. as part of her review, dame sarah's recommending the establishment of an exclusion zone for protests outside of schools . she told gb news schools. she told gb news victims need more support from police . police. >> many victims again, they told me repeatedly , was that the me repeatedly, was that the police are saying this hasn't crossed any criminal threshold . crossed any criminal threshold. it might be because some of this behaviour is taking place on onune behaviour is taking place on online forums and is not being sent directly to the victim. that doesn't lessen impact that doesn't lessen the impact on victims are seeing this

on victims who are seeing this behaviour online that's being directed at towards them. so again, why i'm saying, again, this is why i'm saying, as one of my recommendations to the is that all 39 the government, is that all 39 police in england should police forces in england should have police officer who have a police officer who specialises harassment specialises in harassment legislation, malicious communications as well, that are able provide support to able to provide support to victims because they are often overlooked and not necessarily even seen as victims . even seen as victims. >> has announced >> and boeing has announced a major management shake up in the wake of safety concerns. the ceo and other senior executives are to step down from the aircraft manufacturer by the end of this yeah manufacturer by the end of this year. the company has been under pressure following an incident where a panel blew out at the 16,000ft on an alaska airlines boeing 737 max in january . for boeing 737 max in january. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts. now back to .

to. martin. >> thank you tatiana. right. let's get stuck in and we start with yet more bad news for prime minister rishi sunak because he's facing yet another by—election after former tory mp scott benson resigned. well, i'm joined in our westminster studio now by our political editor, christopher hope. chris, another nightmare on downing street and the timing couldn't be any worse. woi'se. >> worse. >> mayday, mayday . i'm afraid >> mayday, mayday. i'm afraid for rishi sunak, martin. we're looking at probably the by—election in blackpool south held by scott benton of the tory party in 2019, probably on may the second, the same day as what will be a big local elections for rishi sunak and his future is maybe as tory leader, because there are rumours of movements against him post those, those local elections, if it goes the wrong way , this seat in wrong way, this seat in blackpool south held, with a majority of just under 4000 2019, but it had been a red sea a labour seat since 2002. everyone. everyone is expecting

to go back there. the big question is how big will the swing be? will it be? will it be enough to indicate how big possibly the majority will be for the labour party in the upcoming general election in november? upcoming general election in novembso’ upcoming general election in novembso we knew the >> and so we knew the by—election was coming , a recall by—election was coming, a recall we it to be. we expected it to be. >> there'd be recall, a recall i >> -- >> it was nailed on. and as you say, the labour party victory looks nailed on. if all the metrics and the bookies odds are to be followed unless something happens because things happen in russia. >> p- russia. >> there with asif ali, >> we saw there with asif ali, he was he was disowned as a candidate, wasn't he? by keir starmer of he made post starmer of remarks he made post the october attacks, things the 7th october attacks, things happenin the 7th october attacks, things happen in politics. it may not be on, but right now it be nailed on, but right now it looks it should be. looks like it should be. >> and this, as you say, could be in many ways a bellwether of what's to come all about the swing. this is a seat that went for the brexit. it held its nose, went conservative, get brexit done. it backed boris delivering that 80 seat majority of that red wall tidal wave that changed politics. now now all

seems to be flipping back to how it was before. yes, indeed. >> and we're not sure what reform will do. they probably will fight it. who will their candidate be? but blackpool south really looking the south really looking at the polls, should be going back to labour that. that labour after that. that aberration when it went blue. >> okay. well, i'm about to be joined by the professor of politics at the university of strathclyde, the political scientist the absolute scientist and the absolute legend, john curtis. sir legend, sirjohn curtis. sir john, fantastic timing to have you on, because this is the bread and butter that gets your juices flowing. another by—election being called, as you may have heard, is there, sir john, discussing all eyes on the margin potentially for the labour party to win and the timing, the may day timing on the same day as the council elections ? sir john, this is elections? sir john, this is a by—election that will captivate the nation . the nation. >> well, yes and no. i mean, to be honest, i mean, my reaction to this news is actually rather good news for rishi sunak. it's

probably better for him for the by—election to be held at the same time as local elections, which themselves are likely to be difficult. and therefore he gets all the bad news over in 1 in 1 go. whereas if scott benton had insisted on sitting the whole process of a recall petition out, i think we'd be looking at, you know, the end of may, the beginning of june. so there would be another, electoral test for the prime minister to face. presumably, what is mr benton has what happened is mr benton has been persuaded one means or been persuaded by one means or another give up on the recall another to give up on the recall petition, that presumably petition, and that presumably the government whips will now, move the writ for the by—election before the house rises later this week . so, i rises later this week. so, i think, to be honest, slightly good news for the government given that this by—election did seem to be inevitable. but it is. it's a much more difficult seat conservatives to seat for the conservatives to defend like tamworth defend than seats like tamworth and and mid—bedfordshire, and selby and mid—bedfordshire, which lost. it's which they've already lost. it's only something like a 9% swing that's required and to be honest, it won't therefore be that much of a surprise . if the that much of a surprise. if the government loses, the question

will be, as you say, whether or not the swing continues to be of the we've seen in some the scale we've seen in some other byelections, whether it other byelections, or whether it whether somewhat less, but whether it's somewhat less, but it you now have to bear in mind this will simply reported this will simply be reported alongside side local elections, which difficult which could also be difficult for the government. but where perhaps one potential silver lining for the government is that it's looking as though reform , may not fight these reform, may not fight these elections on a very widespread bafis. elections on a very widespread basis . and if reform are not on basis. and if reform are not on the ballot paper, presumably some of their supporters might in the end, end up backing the conservatives and some of the local ballot boxes. >> so just so, john, it's chris hopein >> so just so, john, it's chris hope in the studio with martin. >> there's been 12 by elections since october 2022, when rishi sunak took over the tory party they won six of them. is that a good or a bad record for an incumbent party? after four terms in office? >> well, the problem for the government is that if you look at the both the, the particularly the scale of the

losses, the sizes of the swings against the government, both losses to the liberal democrats and losses to labour, the last time you have to find you can find a record that's as bad with swings against the government on the scale we have seen so consistently and regularly is the parliament of 1992 to 1997, which of course ended rather badly for the government in john major losing, losing very badly. so, you know, the truth is the by elections have already, with the single exception of uxbridge, have been pointing consistently in the direction of the government, losing , as do the government, losing, as do the government, losing, as do the opinion polls, as did the local elections last year. the reason why we're now looking at the beginning of may to see as to whether or not there's any sign of recovery for a government which, according to the opinion polls, is if anything, even less popular. now than it was when liz truss demitted office in the wake of her fairly disastrous fiscal event. indeed sirjohn, the

event. indeed sir john, the opinion polls now show a huge and growing gap between the labour party and the conservative party. >> with that in mind, how big a majority do you think we're looking at? i mean, like last week, sir geoffrey cox was even saying that it could be 200 seats at the labour get as a labour party gets as a majority. that would be an extraordinary margin. what would that mean for the democratic process moving forward? little or no resistance or opposition ? there could be or opposition? there could be a huge change of legislation with the tory party just standing by and watching powerless . and watching powerless. >> well, to be honest, it's been fairly clear for some time that the conservative party was potentially staring at its worst ever defeat in democratic politics, and that, yes, that's not necessarily good for parliament, because it will mean that we may have a inexperienced labour government that, led by an inexperienced labour prime minister who doesn't have a

great deal of the way of opposition. it may well be an opposition. it may well be an opposition that's spending more time arguing amongst itself than it facing the government. and it is facing the government. and at end of the day, good at the end of the day, good government relies in part on effective opposition. so while, of course, those who support the labour party would doubtless welcome a 200 majority, and maybe even sir keir starmer would quite welcome it too. but to be honest, in the longer run, this is not necessarily a way of ensuring effective government administration . administration. >> well, sir john curtis isn't always an absolute pleasure to have you on the show. look forward to much more of your company over what promises to be an absolutely tantalising general election. you general election. thank you for joining on gb news. now to joining us on gb news. now to a stock warning that chilling levels of harassment are posing a serious threat to our democratic way of life. dame sara khan, who's the government's independent social cohesion adviser, has published a damning report that found that more than 75% of the public feel

that they have to refrain from speaking their mind. the report has just come out after the third anniversary of the protests at the batley grammar school, after a teacher showed a caricature of the prophet muhammad during a lesson. and that teacher shamefully , is that teacher shamefully, is still in hiding. and as part of her review, dame sara is recommending the establishment of an exclusion zone for protests outside of schools. well, i'm still joined by our political editor, christopher hope. and you spoke to dame sara earlier on, and i was very, very interested to find out about the motivation for this report was, at least in part by her meeting with the batley grammar school teacher himself. that's right. >> as you say, three years ago that happened. and that batley grammar school teacher is in hiding. she me in the hiding. she told me in the interview for gb news that his impact, his family, his children, he suffers from post—traumatic stress disorder because of what happened to him . because of what happened to him. i asked asked her rather

i asked him, asked her rather what help has to be from the council or the central government. very little at all. any compensation none any compensation given? none known, is. i think she's known, it is. i think she's shone a light here on pressure, on academics, council leaders, teachers, even journalists from islamists, from those on the right to the far right, putting pressure on people. it chills down freedom of speech. but here's what she had particularly to say about the issue of teachers and whether other other cases of teachers like in batley grammar were affected. grammar school were affected. i can tell you there have been lots of teachers who have experienced threats and abuse. >> i mean, i had many teachers contact me describing level contact me describing this level of fear that they have and new of fear that they have and a new polling out recently that showed that are very fearful that teachers are very fearful about teaching some of these issues because about issues because they worry about the that they're going the backlash that they're going to experience. the problem we have is, is that have at the moment is, is that the department education the department for education don't this level don't collect this level of data, so don't actually know data, so we don't actually know the scale of it. i think the full scale of it. i think that this is just the tip of the

iceberg. when you speak to the new and other unions that deal with they told with teachers, they have told me that problem. that this is a growing problem. so think this is something we so i think this is something we have to tackle. and, you know, let's be clear, this was somebody who was teaching a lesson part of the lesson that was part of the national curriculum that was signed off by the local authority, signed off by the local autiof ity, signed off by the local autiof his job and forced into out of his job and forced into hiding country the hiding in our country in the 21st century. that is totally and unacceptable a and utterly unacceptable in a free democratic society free and democratic society like ours . oui's. >> ours. >> now, i've got to say, chris, full kudos to dame sara khan for speaking up about this while releasing a report. but a lot of people i'll be speaking to a close friend of the teachers in the next hour. we'll say, why has it taken so long, the teacher was totally abandoned by his school, by his head teacher, by his union, by his local parliamentarians, by the entire system. i'm flabbergasted. it's grotesque to learn that no payment has been made. according to dame sara . that simply to dame sara. that simply staggers me that we can so recklessly and wilfully abandon somebody who basically did

nothing wrong. >> and dame sara has met with the teacher and, as you say, ptsd showing signs of that. yeah.i ptsd showing signs of that. yeah. i think this is a wake up call. i think it's important this this report was written, was commissioned by michael gove in his levelling up in communities department. and it's vital we talk more about how compensation is being chilled down pressure social media down by pressure on social media elsewhere almost, you know, do we need to have a conversation about what being and about what is being british and what allowed what do we expect to be allowed in our in our, in our debate in, in our in our, in our debate in, in society nowadays ? in society nowadays? >> of course, the big question is, chris, you know, there may be a new bill, but is there the will i mean, outside of the week here saw those those messages here we saw those those messages being onto big being being projected onto big ben. nothing was done about it. it's okay. bringing legislation which prevents mobs forming outside schools. what outside schools. but what happens when they do what she wants is 150m from a school. >> so you can you can't protest at the school gate, as you saw in some of these examples on the film but further away. so film there. but further away. so you can't put pressure on

teachers feel the pressure teachers and feel the pressure on and on these teachers. they try and teach a national teach what's in a national curriculum . as dame sarah said curriculum. as dame sarah said this, then the images there of the prophet muhammad were. the idea conversation idea of having a conversation about was actually in about blasphemy was actually in the teaching materials that the teachers yeah, there teachers were given. yeah, there were teaching aid to were specific teaching aid to have about have a conversation about blasphemy , because in the in the blasphemy, because in the in the past, it had specifically caused a reaction. >> it was all it had been done before. it wasn't the first time the same teacher even shown those images in same school. those images in the same school. the big question has this the big question is, has this got any teeth? >> well, certainly dame sara would it and she said, would hope it has. and she said, they said there's a tip of the iceberg. wants a new unit to iceberg. she wants a new unit to be dealing with be established dealing with these social these issues, a social resilience, unit to resilience, cohesion unit to help support and almost support people build an authority in people to build an authority in councils, academics, journalism to ensure they can know how far they can go and not risk being chilled down by by threats. >> okay, well hats off at least the report is out. and now let's see what's done with next see what's done with the next chris a pleasure . chris hope, always a pleasure. thank joining me. now thank you for joining me. now

after protests across after farmers protests across continental and even continental europe and even wales the fight is being wales today, the fight is being taken right to the heart of the british government and farmers are gathering in london right now heading towards the now and heading towards the houses parliament around the houses of parliament around the corner us pursue corner from us as they pursue better protections for their struggling sector. let's whiz now straight across to westminster and speak to our national reporter , theo national reporter, theo chikomba. theo, what's the latest on the ground ? latest on the ground? >> yeah, well, we're expecting dozens of farmers to come here to parliament square in the next hour or so. we've seen an image of dozens of them arriving from kent, and they'll be coming into central london. some of them are in london already. we've come over from southwest london to here, and already there's just a handful of people who are here handing out these flyers, and they are saying that food shortages will follow, and farming will change forever if no action is taken . and before no action is taken. and before we came to this location, we spoke to some of those who work in the farming industry, and

this is what they had to say. >> i'm here today because as a british farmer, i used to sell to supermarkets and i used to get paid £1.14 for the get paid £1.14 an hour for the work did, and i just don't work i did, and ijust don't think that's acceptable, of think that's acceptable, 25% of british living below british farmers are living below the line . and when we're the poverty line. and when we're working six, seven days a week, every week of the year, i just don't think that should ever be a statistic that exists, basically, i think we need more education in the system to the british public. they need to understand that there is a difference between buying british and buying food british food and buying food from another country, which has potentially got lower welfare standards, lower environmental standards, lower environmental standards, and is just not quite so good for public health. we're here today . there's three main here today. there's three main reasons. one is to ban substances, substantial imports , substances, substantial imports, two is, packaging. so a lot of supermarkets are bringing meat and vegetables into the uk, but packaging them as british meat and vegetables when they're not even grown or from the uk . and

even grown or from the uk. and then, three it's just, there's a lot of things that are going on at the minute that are just not, you know, mental health in farming has gone down a lot because of lack of support in farming, we're losing funding. there's a of things in there's a lot of things in farming that are going wrong because government because the government are taking support away . taking a lot of support away. >> well, the farming minister, mark spencer, says we do prioritise british farming and any deal that we do look to do for the future will be prioritising those here in britain . but prioritising those here in britain. but for prioritising those here in britain . but for those farmers britain. but for those farmers who will be coming here into central london, they will certainly be hoping to drive the message that british farming is important it does need to be important and it does need to be protected . protected. >> thank you theo chikomba live from the farmers protest. let's hope that jeremy clarkson rules in on his lamborghini, hopefully doing a wheelie that will get certainly the eyeballs certainly get the eyeballs ticking. you. theo ticking. thank you. theo chikomba joining us. of chikomba forjoining us. of course, we'll have that throughout as builds throughout the show as it builds up. now time ticking your up. now time is ticking on your chance . great god and

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welcome back. the time is 427. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. later this hour, i'll have the latest on another huge day for donald trump, who's been in court yet again. but before that, the government is facing calls to overhaul murder laws in the wake of the nottingham

attacks , a watchdog has found. attacks, a watchdog has found. prosecutors correctly charged triple killer valdo calocane but should have handled the case better. calocane killed grace o'malley kumar, barnaby weber andian o'malley kumar, barnaby weber and ian coates last june. he admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility and prosecutors decided not to pursue murder charges against him or gb news. east midlands reporter will hollis has covered this story since that dreadful day, and he joins me now from down the line in manhattan. will the recommendations made today, put forward a different type of justice in the future, as opposed to what happened to calocane? what are the recommendations that came out today? >> yes. well, the impact of this case has been felt not just in nottingham but across the country, particularly because of the horrific nature of calocane crime. but it has continued as a story after the sentencing

because of the sentencing and the acceptance under the grounds of diminished responsibility, now diminished responsibility essentially means because of calocane mental state, suffering with schizophrenia , that he's with schizophrenia, that he's not entirely answerable to the severity of his crimes. so that's why the crown prosecution service accepted in january at nottingham crown court that calocane could submit pleas of manslaughter rather than murder, meaning that there was no criminal trial in january. and that decision received a lot of criticism , which is ultimately criticism, which is ultimately why this report was commissioned by victoria prentis, the attorney general . now, what has attorney general. now, what has come out in the report today from his majesty's inspectorate of crown prosecution services , of crown prosecution services, which is an independent service, is that the decision was correct. but there are recommend actions. now those recommendations are around whether the government could

change the law around homicide. so rather than there being one simple definition, a three tiered system, a first degree, a second degree under diminished responsibility and then thirdly manslaughter. now the second main recommendation is how the cps works with families, whether instead of saying that they can consult with families, which basically means a discussion, whether they should have better wording around informing of decisions, this really upset the families , particularly because families, particularly because they expected to see a murder trial for valdo calocane, the killer of those two students, grace o'malley cooma and barnaby webber . but grace o'malley cooma and barnaby webber. but as well as school caretaker ian coates, who was just a few months away from retirement, now from the director of public prosecutions, the stephen parkinson, he says that the cps has to work in professionally, but he does. he is going to consider what has

been said today. the families, of course, they say that they don't accept this and only when there is a change in the law can there is a change in the law can there be true justice. because right now, with the police as the way they are, they say that murders murderers are getting away with murder. >> okay, well, hollis, thanks for that update. barnaby's for that update. and barnaby's mother, said true justice mother, emma said true justice had not been served. it was a trial by doctors and that manslaughter, finding was put forward as a fait accompli. they do not feel justice was served, by the way, the same recommendations made today here were made in 2006 at the law commission, and nothing has been done since. when that law done since. when will that law finally changed? there's finally get changed? there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00, and i'll bring you more updates from the landmark farmers protest that's rolling into london. due to into london. they're due to demonstrate outside parliament in an hour's time. in around about an hour's time. we'll be there on scene. we'll be there live on scene. but first, time your but first, it's time for your latest with latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez .

tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories this hour. the chinese ambassador has been summoned to the uk foreign office. it comes after the government said hackers affiliated to the chinese state were responsible for two malicious cyber campaigns on the electoral commission and parliamentarians . commission and parliamentarians. two individuals have been sanctioned by the government, named as security official zhao guangzhong and nie gabin . guangzhong and nie gabin. speaking in the commons, oliver dowden says the government want to be as open as possible with the british public concerning the british public concerning the attack . he's also ensured the attack. he's also ensured national cyber security support services will be helping political parties ensure they're protected from foreign influence. in the run up to the general election , rishi sunak is general election, rishi sunak is facing another by—election in a red wall seat after scott benton resigned as an mp. the blackpool south mp was already facing a recall petition. benton, who's now an independent, was found to have broken commons rules when he was caught by the times

newspaper offering to act on behalf of gambling investors. newspaper offering to act on behalf of gambling investors . an behalf of gambling investors. an independent panel upheld a decision the standards decision by the standards committee, which mr benton had appealed against. donald trump has won a bid to pause his £360 million civil fraud judgement if he posts the £140 million bond within ten days. it's a victory for the former us president that blocks new york state authorities from beginning to seize his assets immediately. he'd been facing deadline he'd been facing a deadline today post bond for the fine, today to post bond for the fine, which he was given in flight for giving inflating his net worth. if he did not meet the deadline, he could have faced having his assets as trump tower or assets such as trump tower or his trump force one his plane. trump force one seized former isis bride shamima begum has lost an initial bid to challenge the removal of her british citizenship at the supreme court last year , miss supreme court last year, miss begum lost her first appeal against the decision to revoke her citizenship on national security grounds at the special immigration appeals commission. it's after she was found in a

syrian refugee camp following her travel to the country as a 15 year old in 2015 to join the so—called islamic state terror group . for the latest stories, group. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. khmaladze . khmaladze. >> thank you tatiana. now coming up, a warning over china from mps who say the communist country has carried out cyber attacks in britain. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back 436 is your time. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. later in the show, as the countdown continues to the easter weekend , i'll ask whether easter weekend, i'll ask whether it's going to be a complete and utter washout . i think you can

utter washout. i think you can guess what the answer is going to be. now addressing mps in the past hour, deputy prime minister oliver dowden has said that china was behind a cyber attack in 2021 that accessed the personal details of around 40 million british voters, an accusation that beijing says is baseless and a smear. well, oliver dowden also told the house of commons that whilst the uk's institutions had not been harmed by the attacks , the cyber harmed by the attacks, the cyber threat from china is, quote, real and serious and that the government was sanctioning chinese individuals in response. well, i'm joined now by our home and security editor, mark white, for a full update . mark oliver for a full update. mark oliver dowden, issuing strong words doesn't seem that there was any actual impact, but nevertheless , actual impact, but nevertheless, shots fired that britain is taking action and this cannot be allowed to continue . allowed to continue. >> yeah, i think a lot of the mps in the commons might disagree with the interpretation

of this being strong. anything the consensus from a lot of the mps was , is that it clearly it mps was, is that it clearly it had been briefed out in the newspapers the night before that the government was going to get tough on china. but one mp said the response of the government was like heading to a gunfight with a wooden spoon. we had the former home secretary , suella former home secretary, suella braverman, saying that it was clear that the actions of china put it in the realms of a hostile state, and as such, china should be added to the register of hostile states instead , we've got the chinese instead, we've got the chinese ambassador being summoned to the foreign office some three years after these events took place. this is what the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, told the commons a short time ago. >> we want now to be as open as possible with the house and with

the british public, because part of our defence is calling out this behaviour. this is the latest in a clear pattern of hostile activity originating in china, including the targeting of democratic institutions and parliaments , koreans in the parliaments, koreans in the united kingdom and beyond , and united kingdom and beyond, and some of the real criticism of the government . the government. >> here is the actual the sanctions against, china, no senior member of the chinese communist party has been sanctioned , two officials have sanctioned, two officials have been a small company of about 50 employees, has been sanctioned and that seems to be it. apart from, as i say, the, ambassador being summoned to the foreign office, to answer these accusations , as we heard from accusations, as we heard from one of those who was a target of

the chinese cyber attacks , the the chinese cyber attacks, the former conservative party leader, sir iain duncan smith. now, he has described the government's action as an elephant giving birth to a mouse. he said, though, that he would not be intimidated by the actions of the chinese state. this is what he said. >> neither we nor other parliamentary colleagues will be bullied into silence by beijing for years. the behaviour of the chinese government has gone unchecked and we have been too passive here in the west, particularly here in the uk, as beijing overseas influence operations have rapidly expanded , turning a blind eye to what the intelligence and security committee termed penetration of every sector of the uk economy, unquote. still, incredibly, there is there is a debate within the uk government, we understand, over whether or not china should be in the enhanced tier of the new foreign

influence registration scheme . influence registration scheme. >> well, the chinese government is clearly on notice now, but there's no indication that this kind of activity is diminishing in any way. in fact, just in recent days , some real concern recent days, some real concern about russia and china passing on disinformation about the princess of wales, given, the medical condition that she has been faced with as well , and been faced with as well, and it's not just, of course, china and russia , but we know iran, and russia, but we know iran, nonh and russia, but we know iran, north korea and others are fully involved in this grey zone war fair at the moment. >> okay. mark white, superb . >> okay. mark white, superb. like an elephant giving birth to a mouse. like taking a wooden spoon to a gunfight. mark white superb metaphors and a great roundup. thanks for joining superb metaphors and a great roundup. thanks forjoining us on gb news this afternoon. okay, moving on now for reaction to the story. i'm joined in our

studio by charles parton, who spent 22 years of his 37 year diplomatic career working in or on china, hong kong and taiwan . on china, hong kong and taiwan. so, you know, a thing or two about the chinese modus operandi. oliver dowden, giving words in parliament today, mark white saying they were fangless didn't really do anything, but he did set out that there was no real threat or impact onto our elections , our democratic elections, our democratic systems. nothing has really happened.sois systems. nothing has really happened. so is there all this really much ado about nothing? >> no, i don't think it is actually an elephant giving giving birth to a mouse. to be frank, i mean, this is just one of very many number of chinese attacks a whole range of attacks on a whole range of things. so will this things. so it will this particular attack being uk democracy knees. no democracy to its knees. no it won't, but they are collecting a lot of information on a lot of people in order to get together, more targeted attacks on, on certain certain people. so that's that's one thing. and the second thing, i don't think we should dismiss them in terms of interference in elections. i'm

immediately comes to mind. is a two instance in a canada general election? i think it was in 2021 when they mobilised support for the candidate against what they consider to be an anti—chinese candidate, and the chinese consul general in vancouver went around boasting that she had managed to unseat these two. these two mps by getting, people to, to, to, you know, actually cast the vote. so in this particular case, if you can find and let's say in a particular constituency in the uk where there might be a very close vote, i mean, we've had times when it's been a handful, but it might be 100 or so if you can find, for instance, from the chinese diaspora people who've immigrated from beijing and shanghai uk, get them out shanghai to the uk, get them out to vote and vote against mr iain duncan smith or whoever it is that that might be on a on a knife edge. you could unseat someone . someone. >> so that's a very clear threat then, joel, it's targeting , then, joel, it's targeting, marginal seats, finding the candidates who've been outspoken

about their dislike or chagrin towards beijing , mobilising towards beijing, mobilising chinese people or friends of on the ground, then actually turning them out to vote to get people in the seats . that people in the seats. that becomes a real threat rather than this this kind of ephemeral threat. >> well, it could be. and it would also be easier in a local election where got small election where you've got small wards greater wards with greater concentrations of people that you could actually, and fewer votes so you could, you votes so that you could, you could, manufacture the could, you know, manufacture the result mean, the result you want. i mean, the other is that a number other point is, is that a number of mps were being targeted separately, separately , no doubt separately, separately, no doubt defined a certain amount of dirt on them, which could then be fed either into disinformation or, or ways of discrediting them with the public as another way of possibly ensuring that they don't get re—election. so i think it is it is serious. and then, you know, the other thought that comes to my mind is that, if you're a minister, let's say, or a politician with a fairly slim majority in parliament, are you going to be pushing policies that you think

might offend the chinese communist party? if think communist party? if you think it's going to mobilise it's then going to mobilise people your constituency to people in your constituency to vote at next vote against you at the next election and you lose your election and make you lose your job, i mean, these are smallish chances, but but clearly the chinese think it's worth hacking these databases. i mean, they're not wasting their time and effort and money reason. effort and money for no reason. so i think , mr dowden and the so i think, mr dowden and the government belatedly, was absolutely right to call these things out, you're not going to stop them, but the more pubuchy stop them, but the more publicity and adverse publicity against more we against china and the more we work with our allies who suffered many of same suffered many of the same things, including the most famous one years ago of the famous one some years ago of the americans, where their office of personnel management all the records of their civil servants were stripped bare by the chinese. and that had a lot of personal and financial and other information in. so, yes, we should definitely be keeping our defences up. >> okay. superb. very fascinating stuff. charles parton spent 22 years of your 37 year diplomatic career working

in or around china. fascinating stuff . now it's been double stuff. now it's been double trouble for donald trump today in the courts . trouble for donald trump today in the courts. he's trouble for donald trump today in the courts . he's given trouble for donald trump today in the courts. he's given his response to both cases following a short hearing. we'll have all the details and the analysis of that. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

welcome back. it's 449. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news now at 5:00. i'll have the latest on the farmers protest. that are happening right now outside the houses of parliament, just over the way. but before that, donald trump has had his $464 million fine reduced to a mere $175 million, and has been given an additional ten days to cough up while stopping outside the court, he addressed the legal cases against him and called the judges reputation into question.

now a warning that this clip does have flashing images. >> this is a case that could have been brought three and a half years ago , and now they're half years ago, and now they're fighting over days because they want to try and do it during the election. this is election interference. that's all it is, election interference. and it's a disgrace . well, obviously be a disgrace. well, obviously be appealing, but this is a pure case of voter intimidation and election interference , and it election interference, and it shouldn't be allowed to happen. this case could have been brought by the. and then they bnng brought by the. and then they bring it anyway as you know da bragg not want to bring this case. he was forced into it by for outside reasons. and it's a disgrace that it can happen . but disgrace that it can happen. but this was a case could have been brought three and a half years ago and they decide to wait now. just during the election, so that i won't be able to campaign on it, will be appealing this or the other decision. it will be

my honour to post it, and we'll post whatever is necessary, whether it be cash or security or bonds. you know, there's a decision we appreciate and respect. the appellate division very much, and we will. i think , very much, and we will. i think, do very well in that whole thing. we have a judge who i believe is a crooked judge and a crooked attorney general, absolutely crooked. we did nothing wrong at all, 100. and that was proven. and everybody there said it was proven. all you have to do is read the legal scholars and you see that it was proven. but we will continue with that. but we appreciate very much the decision of the appellate division. thank you very much. what's it like ? very much. what's it like? >> well, that's donald trump, as rambunctious as ever. and i'm joined in the studio now in westminster by jennifer ewing from republicans overseas uk. welcome to westminster. so astronomical sums of money but in layman's terms, what did it mean? what donald trump had to

post $175 million today so he could keep his liberty. >> okay, so basically this and it's all getting very complicated. this lawfare . but complicated. this lawfare. but the main thing to know is he's appealing this case, which is the real estate case where they think he mis valued some of his property. right. so it's an egregious case to begin with. but he wanted to appeal that in order to appeal that he had to put a bond down. they wanted him to put $464 million. now, usually you'd be able to put real estate up against that, or sometimes stocks or, you know, something like that. but they were insisting on cash. well, nobody, even donald trump keeps that kind of cash around. so they appealed the size of the bail. and today, just an hour ago, 90 minutes ago, we've heard that the bail has been reduced to $175 million. and he has ten days to pay that. and we suspect he will have that cash. he will be able to do that. >> and then the trump train will roll. on the big question, i

guess, jennifer , is, is any of guess, jennifer, is, is any of this affecting donald trump's polling or is it helping , it's polling or is it helping, it's surprisingly helping, although i don't it should be a don't think it should be a surprise anymore. if we go back to may of last year, ron desantis and donald trump were neck and neck, and then all of a sudden, these indictments, you know, the various four indictments started coming up and with each one, trump's numbers went up. right. so people do not care about this. they know that donald trump, especially in this case, has been one of the most well known real estate moguls in new york city for half a century. nothing like this has ever been brought up. he ran for president , as we up. he ran for president, as we know. nothing like it was brought up during his presidency . and so now when he decides to run again, this is coming out. and he's he's not wrong . you and he's he's not wrong. you know, the attorney general she ran on getting trump. you know, it was here's the man. let me find the crime. so people even people who don't like him. frank luntz, who's a very famous

pollster , does not like jump. pollster, does not like jump. and he came out over the weekend and basically said, if these people continue with all of these, this lawfare , the donald these, this lawfare, the donald trump will win. >> yeah. well maybe that's where we're at. thank you very much. joining us jennifer ewing. thank you very much. spokesperson from republicans overseas uk. and it's bearing it's also worth bearing in mind that trump could float that donald trump could float truth social. that's a platform he owns apparently worth $3 billion. and if that goes through he'll have no trouble whatsoever. making $175 million bail is an astonishing thing to get your head around, though. as a brit, these numbers half a billion dollars just to keep your now, almost three your liberty. now, almost three years the since protests years to the day since protests happened batley grammar happened outside batley grammar school, have been school, the laws have been changed, such changed, preventing such gatherings happening will gatherings happening again. will it it too little, it be enough? is it too little, too late for discussion after this? i'm martin daubney on britain's news, britain's news channel. but here's your weather with deakin .

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gb news. >> good afternoon. and a very happy monday to you . it's 5 pm. happy monday to you. it's 5 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. broadcasting live from the heart of westminster, all across the uk. coming up, there's yet more bad for news prime minister rishi sunak. today he's facing yet another by—election after former tory mp scott benton has resigned after that banned protest outside schools. one conclusion from a damning report , which says they're a form of extremism threatening britain's democratic way of life. three years on from the batley grammar school teacher being forced into hiding and british farmers are taking their anger right to the heart of government, they've begun to descend on westminster , begun to descend on westminster, right outside the studio. we'll have all the latest from the front line as the slurry flies. that's all coming now, between between now and 6:00. so a

damning report released today by dame saira khan has concluded the people don't feel able to speak their mind in the wake of islamist threats, particularly at schools . people are keeping at schools. people are keeping quiet, self censoring. is there any wonder three years ago, on friday was the date the batley grammar school teacher was forced into hiding by the mob ? forced into hiding by the mob? death threats issued to him, abandoned by his school, abandoned by his school, abandoned by his head teacher, by his union and by his local member of parliament. no body stuck up for him. he was forced out of a livelihood, forced out of the job. he adored to this day, living in fear. and we found out earlier on today that dame sara met with the teacher and was moved by his plight, told us his suffering from ptsd and has received no compensation . this cannot be right in modern britain. let me know your

thoughts on this gbviews@gbnews.com have we completely lost the plot? do we not stick up for our own people anymore? and this cannot be allowed to continue . but before allowed to continue. but before that, it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good evening to you. will the top story from the newsroom today is that the chinese ambassador has been summoned to the foreign office. it comes after the government said hackers affiliated to the chinese state were responsible for two malicious cyber campaigns on the electoral commission and parliamentarians. electoral commission and parliamentarians . two parliamentarians. two individuals, we understand have been sanctioned by the government , named been sanctioned by the government, named as been sanctioned by the government , named as security government, named as security officials zhao guangzhong and nie gao been speaking in the commons. oliver dowden says the government wants to be as open as possible with the british pubuc as possible with the british public concerning the attack. he's also ensured national cyber security support services will be helping political parties

make sure they're protected from foreign influence. in the run up to the general election, we want now to be as open as possible with the house and with the british public, because part of our defence is calling out this behaviour. >> this is the latest in a clear pattern of hostile activity originating in china , including originating in china, including the targeting of democratic institutions and parliamentarians in the united kingdom and beyond. >> the deputy prime minister speaking a short time ago. well, rishi sunak is facing another by—election in a red wall seat after scott benton resigned as an mp. the blackpool south mp was already facing a recall petition. mr benton , who's now petition. mr benton, who's now an independent, was found to have broken commons rules when he was caught out by the times newspaper offering to act on

behalf of gambling investors. an independent panel upheld a decision by the standards committee , which mr benton had committee, which mr benton had appealed against. >> they should have done it much soonen >> they should have done it much sooner, frankly, in the tory party should have made him resign much sooner. i mean, it's absolutely chaos, isn't it? in the tory party today, a divided party from divided from top to bottom and weak leadership under rishi sunak. we need this by—election now. as soon as possible. the tories should move the writ and let's get on. and let's elect a labour mp who can represent the people of blackpool here in the house of commons. >> the shadow paymaster general, jonathan ashworth , speaking jonathan ashworth, speaking there. now the former isis bride, shamima begum has lost an initial bid to challenge the removal of her british citizenship at the supreme court last year. miss begum lost her first appeal against the decision to revoke her citizenship on national security grounds. the national special immigration appeals commission .

immigration appeals commission. it's after she was found in a syrian refugee camp following her travel to the country as a 15 year old in 2015, to so—called to join the so—called islamic state. now, as you've been hearing, donald trump has won a bid to pause his £360 million civil fraud judgement if he posts a £140 million bond within ten days. and a warning. the following footage does contain flashing imagery. well, it is a victory for the former us president that blocks new york state authorities now from beginning to seize his assets immediately. he had been facing a deadline today to post for bond the fine, which he was given for inflating. they said his own net worth if he didn't meet the deadline , he could have meet the deadline, he could have faced having his assets such as trump tower or his aeroplane. trump tower or his aeroplane. trump force one seized. but speaking outside court today, mr trump reacted to his bond being reduced in the new york civil fraud trial. here's what he said.

>> it is being battered by his decision, so i greatly respect the decision of the appellate division and i'll post either $175 million in cash or bonds or security or whatever is necessary, very quickly, within the ten days. and i think the appellate division for acting quickly. but judge engoron is a disgrace to this country, and this should not be allowed to happen. >> donald trump, speaking a short time ago now, the crown prosecution service has been cleared of wrongdoing in accepting the plea of triple killer waldo calocane without going to trial, a new report says. going to trial, a new report says . grace o'malley kumar and says. grace o'malley kumar and barnaby weber, along with school caretaker ian coates, were killed in june last year in a spate of attacks in nottingham , spate of attacks in nottingham, while calocane was suffering from schizophrenia. he was sentenced to a hospital order instead of being sent to prison. his majesty's crown prosecution inspectorate said the correct

decision was made in accepting manslaughter pleas on the grounds of diminished responsibility . two men have responsibility. two men have been found guilty of murdering a footballer on the dance floor of a nightclub on boxing day, 23 year old cody fisher was killed shortly before midnight by a masked group at the crane club in birmingham in 2022, police have released cctv footage of the night cody was stabbed to death. 23 year old remy gordon and 22 year old cammy carpenter were convicted today . a third were convicted today. a third defendant, 19 year old regan anderson, was found not guilty of murder . anderson, was found not guilty of murder. now, a anderson, was found not guilty of murder . now, a review led by of murder. now, a review led by independent government adviser dame saira khan has been published, pointing to chilling levels of harassment, posing a serious threat to schools. it found more than 75% of the pubuc found more than 75% of the public feel they can't speak their mind , and 27% have their mind, and 27% have employed security or moved jobs or house. as part of her review, dame sarah is recommending the

establishment of an exclusion zone for protests outside schools. those are your latest top stories. if you'd like more details, sign up for gb news alerts . scan that qr code on alerts. scan that qr code on your screen right now or go to gb news. common shirts. >> thank you polly. now we start this hour with yet more bad news for the prime minister, rishi sunak, because he's facing yet another by—election after this time. former tory mp scott benton resigned. and let's hear labour's response. >> well, we've got an excellent candidate in chris webber. he's from blackpool, he's born and bred in blackpool and he's working very hard to win the trust of the people of blackpool. but we take nothing for granted. we know that the people of blackpool, they put their the tory party. their trust in the tory party. four ago, the tory party four years ago, the tory party let down. it's broken. let them down. it's broken. every promise has failed to fix the nhs . living standards in

the nhs. living standards in blackpool have been squeezed. but we know that we've got to work hard to win the trust of the people in blackpool, and that's going to be that's what we're going to be doing. >> well, i'm joined in >> well, i'm joined now in studio political editor, studio by our political editor, chris. so another chris. chris. so another nightmare on downing street. and this of course, the timing this time, of course, the timing on the same day as those local elections in may, we expect it to be the by—election date be set by the government. >> the government is probably keen, as john curtice told us, an hour ago, to get all the bad news out of the way early on the same day, which is the same day as the local election campaigns in england, england, england and wales, real wales, which will be a real difficult for difficult moment, i think, for rishi yeah. may day, may rishi sunak, yeah. may day, may day for number 10, downing street. they've street. but they've, they've lost of the 12 past by lost six out of the 12 past by elections since rishi sunak became october became prime minister in october 2022. to lose a 13th became prime minister in october 20the to lose a 13th became prime minister in october 20the seventh to lose a 13th became prime minister in october 20the seventh or:o lose a 13th became prime minister in october 20the seventh or the se a 13th became prime minister in october 20the seventh or the se here.1 or the seventh or the 13 here. it's a majority , just under 4000 it's a majority, just under 4000 held by scott benton. that seat was been a labour seat since 2002. went blue in 2019 with the bofis 2002. went blue in 2019 with the boris johnson landslide . that'll

boris johnson landslide. that'll be reversed, and i guess all eyes are going to be on the nature of the swing, the nature of the margin. and will this be the canary in the mine for the forthcoming general election? >> we keep saying, don't we? will it be the big swing which which forces tory move which forces tory mp to move against rishi sunak ? i think against rishi sunak? i think last week you might said last week you might have said yes. it's getting it feels yes. maybe it's getting it feels less so now. i think as we get, as we get nearer towards where the election will be in november, one told me late november, one rebel told me late last that it's like rishi last week that it's like rishi sunak's authority is like a sandcastle. it gets a wave, comes in and sort of, goes over and retreats and he still still there, but in a different shape, and it kind of eats into it as a waves keep lapping and another big wave will be these, these local elections plus this by this by—election. >> a lot castles >> well, a lot of sand castles in blackpool course. yes in blackpool of course. yes they'll washed away by they'll be washed away by a tide. why don't we go now to matt goodwin , the political matt goodwin, the political commentator and who commentator and pollster who likes sink into likes to sink his fangs into things like this. matt, welcome

to . he's not there. to the show. he's not there. let's carry on for a minute until we get matt goodwin. the point being, matt goodwin is just an excellent . matt, are you just an excellent. matt, are you there? matt goodwin is just an excellent piece about the return of nigel farage. now matt goodwin as we understand it, reform won't be standing in this election, but nevertheless all eyes will be on this by—election because of the small majority of less than 4000. and will it be the bellwether of what's to come? this was a seat, a classic red wall seat that went tory to get brexit done in 2019. historically very labour. look set to return that way. will this be an ominous bellwether ? matt. >> well, i think it's going to be another difficult moment for rishi sunak. >> if you look at the national polls, martin, the conservatives this week with yougov down to 19, that's only four points ahead of the reform party. there does not appear to be a flaw in the conservative party vote that

that's what would be concerning me in number 10. i mean, this vote is spiralling downwards . vote is spiralling downwards. and i've been speaking to mps in recent days who are saying, you know, actually how low can this vote go? so if this is going to be another humiliating by—election defeat for rishi sunak, i suspect you know, that i think as christopher was just saying, i think there are different views in parliament. you you speak to you know, i think you speak to some conservative mps and they say, sunak soak say, let's let rishi sunak soak up a very heavy election defeat, which allows the party to draw a line under it and move on. but then, you know, there are lots of other self—interested conservative mps , martin, conservative mps, martin, who are hang are saying, well, hang on a minute, i'm going to lose my seat not lose my seat and i might not lose my seat. maybe we take a punt on seat. if maybe we take a punt on somebody ahead of the next somebody else ahead of the next election. this is all coming election. so this is all coming into but to be frank, i've into play, but to be frank, i've never seen the conservative party this weak since maybe party vote this weak since maybe the spring 2019, when, of the spring of 2019, when, of course, had boris johnson course, they had boris johnson waiting in the wings. and there's no boris johnson this time around. >> matt goodwin, you an

>> and matt goodwin, you have an excellent substack and you've written a piece today. if written a piece today. what if nigel stands ? and of course, nigel stands? and of course, that's the massive question. and with this polling, as you say, spiralling downwards for the conservatives if nigel farage stepped into play all bets will be off. matt, tell us about some of the analysis you've done of targets, seats and areas and the regional discrepancies. the demographic discrepancies of this resurgence. yeah this reform resurgence. yeah >> well, this is actually one of the most read pieces i've, i've written on the substack, and i think that's because i think people can sense that something's going on out there in the country, if nigel in the country, look, if nigel farage were to announce that he was to frontline was returning to frontline politics, we know from the polling, yougov and others, politics, we know from the po|would yougov and others, politics, we know from the po|would add yougov and others, politics, we know from the po|would add somewhere others, politics, we know from the po|would add somewhere between he would add somewhere between 3 and 4 points to the reform vote. so let's assume that perhaps reform would end up drawing level with the conservatives, like party did. of like the brexit party did. of course, 2019, and then nigel course, in 2019, and then nigel farage and brexit party farage and the brexit party ended up replacing the conservatives opinion conservatives in the opinion polls. look, whatever he does polls. so look, whatever he does is going to be big news. now if

you look at the reform vote, they're strongest those they're strongest in those working class older constituencies along east constituencies along the east coast england round into coast of england round into essex and kent. they they're also likely to do well in some of those red wall seats . and of those red wall seats. and most of their support is coming from those disillusioned 2019 conservatives. in fact, look, what would worry me if i were a number 10 advising rishi sunak. firstly, is we've had that devastating poll this week that shows that farage is more popular among 2019 conservatives and rishi sunak. popular among 2019 conservatives and rishi sunak . but we've also and rishi sunak. but we've also seen, the fact that more than one third of boris johnson's voters from 2019 are now saying they're going to vote for the reform party. and remember, martin, this is still a party that doesn't actually have much name recognition out there in the country . i still meet people the country. i still meet people in focus groups all the time who say, well, what reform? you say, well, what is reform? you know, leading it? what's know, who's leading it? what's this so these numbers this about? so these numbers are high party hasn't high given that the party hasn't yet, would argue, fully cut yet, i would argue, fully cut through into the national psyche

. you and i talk about politics all the time. the people watching this show know a lot about politics, but most people out there who are very busy and not kind of dwelling on sw1 still might what this still might not know what this party is. so i actually think its ceiling probably its ceiling is probably a bit higher than that we've higher than the 15% that we've seen week. i suspect with seen this week. i suspect with nigel farage with bit of nigel farage with a bit of money, with a bit of investment, i suspect reform could probably start inching up to where the brexit party was, which was about in the national polls, about 20% in the national polls, 20 to 22. and that, of course, you know, is another nail in the coffin sunak. mean, coffin for rishi sunak. i mean, there's back at the next there's no way back at the next election if he's a third election if he's losing a third of his vote to the reform party. it's that's it. end of days. >> see bits of matt goodwin political commentator and pollster. ever. pollster. excellent as ever. it's worth remembering, of course, with of course, that even with 22% of brexit didn't a single brexit party didn't win a single seat. and i know that. i know that because was one of those that because i was one of those candidates. i in ashfield candidates. i stood in ashfield against that man, lee anderson. but said on just there but look, i said on just there that i don't think the reform party are standing. you've got news that's not not the case.

>> they are standing. i've been texting matt texting people. but while matt goodman speaking there, mark butcher candidate of the butcher is the candidate of the reform a local chap. reform party, a local chap. according richard tice, the according to richard tice, the party involved in party leader very involved in working charity sector working in the charity sector and homeless. labour have and the homeless. labour have found candidate. you heard found their candidate. you heard jonathan there, jonathan ashworth there, mentioning on air. so mentioning him on on air. so weighty. hooi the tories weighty. hoo hooi the tories will try and hold will stand to try and hold on to the seat, it looks like a the seat, but it looks like a very uphill task already. >> course labour >> and of course the labour party saying gone for party saying they've gone for a local there'll be a lot of local lad. there'll be a lot of that going on, a local lad to try and get the votes over the line and it's going to be all to play line and it's going to be all to play for. >> yeah, it will be, really will be. i mean i think it'll be, you know, full of symbolism, i think tyres tyres going out. tyres going in, tyres going out. you to them you already alluded to them with, talked about about with, we talked about about sandcastle. going sandcastle. i think it's going to a moment i think for to be a big moment i think for the labour party. how big can their be if you stick their swing be if you stick around please. >> we have to go now to the >> but we have to go now to the farmers across farmers protests because across continental farmers protests because across contin

and heading towards the houses of protections hey pursue and heading towards the houses of protections for pursue and heading towards the houses of protections for theirue better protections for their struggling and let's struggling sector. and let's cross right now to westminster and national and speak to our national reporter, theo chikomba. theo, what's the ground ? what's the latest on the ground? >> here are saying >> well, farmers here are saying that shortages are on the that food shortages are on the way and farming will change if no action is taken. we understand that dozens of tractors with farmers on them obviously are on their way to here parliament square. we've seen images of them on their way here and will be hopefully speaking to them shortly when they arrive . but i'm kindly they arrive. but i'm kindly joined who is joined by michelle, who is joining protest at this joining the protest at this afternoon. so tell me why you're here and what is the message you're hoping the government can hear today? >> yeah, i'm just a member of the public, so i've got no, no family in farming or anything like that. but we're here to support the farmers because basically no farmers, no food. and we're against, synthetic food. and we need our farmers. they you know, everything leads

back to, climate , shall we say, back to, climate, shall we say, if you look further into it and, we just need to support them. the public need to support farming, british farming, the whole of europe are protesting. all the farmers are protesting across europe. so now it's the time for the british farmers to get get, get in on the act. basically we we've spoken to some farmers today who've travelled from places like lincolnshire and lancashire and those kind of places, and they're saying the quality of food is something that needs to be addressed. >> do you agree with that as well? >> yeah, absolutely, i mean, when you if you look at what you need to support your local farm shops and things like that, or your local local butchers, and if you look at the quality of supermarket to , meat to, you supermarket to, meat to, you know, as i say, a farm shop, the quality is totally, totally different. and as i say, and if the government want to , us or

the government want to, us or the government want to, us or the public to eat synthetic food, it's not going to happen. not going to happen . not going to happen. >> now, of course, we also have local producers, some of those who are coming here today, and they're arguing that the government is focusing on subsidies, which are focusing and encouraging them to look after wildlife rather than food production . is that also an production. is that also an issue you've been hearing about? >> absolutely . you know, >> yeah, absolutely. you know, every is linked every everything is linked someway , along the line. and we someway, along the line. and we do need to support them. and, and the british public need to get behind our farming industry and our fishing industries, we're an island and we need to be self—sufficient. michel thank you so much for your time. >> now we are expecting a lot of those tractors and farmers from all across the uk , and they'll all across the uk, and they'll be here very shortly. >> thank you , theo chikomba. and >> thank you, theo chikomba. and of course, we'll cross back throughout the show as those farmers start to arrive. thank you very much. now time for our

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>> earlier on breakfast. >> earlier on breakfast. >> so could you give me half an hour after school to be a lollipop person? you probably do it, wouldn't you? >> maybe . >> maybe. >> maybe. >> you know. well, it depends. >> you know. well, it depends. >> yeah. if i had time , we're >> yeah. if i had time, we're going to be creating hundreds of thousands of new high wage high school jobs. >> the length breadth of the >> the length and breadth of the country, in places where country, many in places where high wage are actually at a

high wage jobs are actually at a premium. isn't something premium. this isn't something that can leave any longer. that we can leave any longer. >> the have nothing that we can leave any longer. >> it he have nothing that we can leave any longer. >> it for have nothing that we can leave any longer. >> it for 14 have nothing that we can leave any longer. >> it for 14 years. e nothing that we can leave any longer. >> it for 14 years. it nothing that we can leave any longer. >> it for 14 years. it is nothing on it for 14 years. it is causing a problem in terms of energy security. >> start going down the >> if we start going down the road not allowed to road of you're not allowed to say this , you're not allowed to say this, you're not allowed to say this, you're not allowed to say mean, we'll all it say that. i mean, we'll all it will be an authoritarian state. >> an example of >> this is an example of catherine doing things her way. and when you see how the and i think when you see how the narrative spun so much out of her control , who narrative spun so much out of her control, who wouldn't want to be in front of the camera addressing those people herself from six, it's breakfast on gb news . news. >> welcome back. 525 is your time. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news. now stay with us because very soon we're going to speak to a close friend of a teacher driven into hiding following protests at his school. that's the batley grammar school accusing him of islamophobia. three years on, still in hiding, we'll have an exclusive insight into his

well—being. don't go anywhere now. a theatre in london has again thrown white men into a culture war by telling them to check their privilege. before entering soho theatres, the femmes of colour comedy club is tagged as an unapologetic celebration of comedians of colour that are not cis men, whatever that means. well, the show has already gained huge attention from the press, with huge support and resistance shown online to the threats theatres requests. or join me now for a closer look at this is the political commentator femi nylander. femi, welcome to the show. so we spoke previously about , a blacks only performance about, a blacks only performance where white people weren't allowed to go and now white men are having to check their privilege on the way. and is this really helpful ? this really helpful? >> i mean, do you know what the word to check your privilege mean? >> are you aware what it mean to me? >> i think it's i think it's a word salad that means nothing. you tell me .

you tell me. >> i mean, of course it means something. certain groups have privileges of other people. i mean, men have privileges over women. people have women. rich people have privileges and privileges over poor people, and white of white people have privileges of black this country. black people in this country. it's economic and even in it's about economic and even in what, in what way do white people have privilege over black people have privilege over black people in this country economically, socially, in terms of access to space, in terms of relations with the police, in terms of access to healthcare? i can give you a number of statistics if you want. i mean, we can actually get into the statistics if you want. all we can address the fact that what's happening here is outrage over, over nothing, really. i mean, a few days ago, you guys on this channel trying a channel were trying to make a duudae channel were trying to make a dulidae fact that nike dulidae over the fact that nike had different flag. mean, had a different flag. i mean, look at you seen the ukip look at have you seen the ukip flag? it's purple a pound flag? it's purple with a pound coin in the middle of it, and one of your nigel farage is one of your presenters. is your role to make, make to just make, make, make a dooley dyer over something, which privilege. which is, of course, privilege. of course privilege is a real thing. >> of course privilege is to thing.

>> ithing.'se privilege is to thing. >> ithing. okay vilege is to thing. >> ithing. okay soege is to thing. >> ithing. okay so i'll is to thing. >> ithing. okay so i'll throw this thing. okay so i'll throw a few at you. so i'm a white few stats at you. so i'm a white working class lad. my dad was a coal miner for 47 years. i'm the first lad in my family to first white lad in my family to go university. white working go to university. white working class boys are the least likely to university now. to attend university right now. they least likely get they are the least likely to get grade a's at a level gcses. there's not a single initiative anywhere to help them in in the country. tell me when does their white privilege start ? white privilege start? >> well, the thing is, what you're doing there is you're doing what's called a logical fallacy because you're saying white working class boys are less likely than somali boys. but what you should doing is but what you should be doing is you're should say you're saying you should say white class. should white working class. you should be class be comparing white working class boys working class boys to somali working class boys to somali working class boys you're using two boys because you're using two categorisations you're categorisations and you're saying class. saying white and working class. if just let me if you compare, just let me finish. me me finish my finish. let me let me finish my martin. martin, can you can you just quickly make your just let me quickly make your point? you say if you compare point? if you say if you compare white working boys to white working class boys to somali working class boys, that makes right? but makes sense, right? but comparing working comparing white working class boys somali boys doesn't make boys to somali boys doesn't make sense. and you're comparing

combination. >> why? i'll explain why. if you use the metric of free school meals as the metric of poverty, it's a crude one, but it's one that's that's used as a yardstick. then it is true that white working class boys perform worse than black working class boys of the same backgrounds. there you go. i just prove white privilege is the myth . privilege is the myth. >> well, how? what do you mean, pre—school? so you're saying that white working class boys receive school meals? that white working class boys receive your school meals? that white working class boys receive your what'shool meals? that white working class boys receive your what's yourmeals? that white working class boys receive your what's your what's what's your what's your what's youn what's your what's your what's your. saying, if you if you your. i'm saying, if you if you take same socioeconomic data take the same socioeconomic data in of the economic in terms of the economic background family , and then background of a family, and then you take whiteness and blackness, white kids do worse. >> i just i just prove you wrong. >> but what percentage, what percentage of white kids are working class and what percentage kids are percentage of black kids are working class? we just saw, statistics other day that statistics the other day that showed the majority of black boys poverty . boys are supposedly in poverty. and so can you say the same about white people? so, i mean, you can make these decisions, but point is that most black but the point is that most black boys working class boys are in working class environments and a of white

environments and a lot of white boys are not. so the point you're making is, is a complete distortion of the facts. the fact of the matter is, if you say if you say representation, if you say if you say if you say there's 2, if you say there's 2% of women that are working class, for example, and then you start going about that 2, going on big rants about that 2, well, doesn't change fact well, it doesn't change the fact that only 2. and that's not that it's only 2. and that's not a real statistic. >> simply laying out which >> simply laying out data which proves privilege is myth. >> no, no, no, but it's not it's not a myth. like black people are seven times more likely to be stopped searched. then be stopped and searched. then your in this show, let's your role in this show, let's get to let's back to get back to let's get back to roll people up. >> why? should white people >> why? why should white people have privilege have to check their privilege before go and before they're allowed to go and see show? see a theatre show? >> i mean, i'll answer >> okay. i mean, i'll answer your question. i just haven't really very quick really very one very quick question. a no question. it's a yes or no question. it's a yes or no question that you can answer me and then i'll get on to it. do you think that ukip should change its flag like should change its flag like like should change its flag like like should change role change its flag? or is your role just people riled up over just to get people riled up over something has no no, something which has no no, because it's a fake? this is the

point. show just has you point. this show just has you have double standards on everything. to have double standards on evewith ng. to have double standards on evewith standards to have double standards on evewith standards on to have double standards on evewith standards on everything. do with standards on everything. >> got nothing to >> and look, i've got nothing to do you. let me. and do with you. let me. and changing a political party's flag be a decision that flag would be a decision that they would presumably make themselves. nike decided to change the england flag and the faa without any faa endorsed it without any consultation with fans. you all are now comparing apples and pears. >> @ mean, it's a it's >> no, i mean, it's a it's a british flag , but everyone was british flag, but everyone was about british flag. don't change the british flag. there's a purple flag with a pound purple british flag with a pound coin middle. and one of coin in the middle. and one of your was proposing it for your hosts was proposing it for years. as soon as nike years. then as soon as nike does the thing, like, oh my the same thing, it's like, oh my god, we're going toward this. no, the is no, the point of the matter is that role this show is that your role on this show is to get people riled up over nothing a theatre has said, check your privilege at the doon check your privilege at the door. they done anything? door. have they done anything? have they done have they actually done anything? they didn't even they've black, white, they've not turned black, white, sorry, theatregoers sorry, white white theatregoers away other show. away like the other show. they've they've and they've not, they've not. and the show didn't turn the other show didn't even turn white theatregoers away. they just night when just said one night when only people into people weren't allowed into that show other week.

show the other week. >> femi, no problem with >> femi, you had no problem with it, said. what i said, you it, i said. and what i said, you are allowed in. when said to are allowed in. when i said to you, have any problem you, would you have any problem with black person being with a single black person being turned any theatre in turned away from any theatre in the land even one hour? you the land for even one hour? you couldn't the question couldn't answer the question because know you'd be because you know you'd be annoyed. because you know you'd be anno don't a problem >> i don't have a problem with that. example, if that. if it's, for example, if there was a specific night that people hindi background people from a hindi background wanted for shows about wanted to have for shows about that, would they can have that, i would then they can have one like, of course one night. like, of course i didn't say that i wouldn't stay. in some cases that's fine, when did i could look did i say that? i could look back at the footage, but i don't think i did say that. you're putting words my mouth. putting words in my mouth. the point would point of the matter is, would you a single black you be happy if a single black person was barred from a single performance? >> or even one hour? would you be happy about it? >> it depends on the it depends on like i say, if, for on which the like i say, if, for example, people of south asian example, people of a south asian background to do something background want to do something specific have one specific and want to have one night it's about night where it's about them, then problem then i wouldn't have a problem with is that if with it. the point is that if you go to any theatre in any country, in sorry, in the country, in sorry, in the country, you're likely and i've worked theatre. i know this.

worked in theatre. i know this. you're to have 99% of the you're likely to have 99% of the audience being so we audience being white. so we don't like don't need to have like white people majority. and people in the majority. and they're privileged in this country. we need country. and so we don't need specific help country. and so we don't need specifibecause help country. and so we don't need specifibecause maybe |elp country. and so we don't need specifibecause maybe that's them, because maybe that's because people rather because people would rather do something else. >> see many working >> i don't see many working class at theatre class people at the theatre ehhen class people at the theatre either. they go to the football aidan magee. >> wonderful, wonderful >> that's a wonderful, wonderful point. should get more point. you should get more working people in working class people involved in the arts and theatre. we can agree that. agree on that. >> well, they want >> well, maybe they don't want to free country. to go. it's a free country. after all. femi linda, thanks for us. always a forjoining us. always a pleasure. great sport. now there's quite there's lots more. not quite sure but sure we achieved there, but anyway, lots more still sure we achieved there, but an come lots more still sure we achieved there, but ancome betweenyts more still sure we achieved there, but an come between now ore still sure we achieved there, but ancome between now ore s6:00 to come between now and 6:00 later in the show as the countdown to the countdown continues to the easter i'll ask whether easter weekend, i'll ask whether it's to be complete and it's going to be a complete and utter washout. but first, here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour. the chinese ambassador has been summoned to the foreign office today. it comes after the government said hackers affiliated to the chinese state were responsible for two malicious cyber campaigns on the

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sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> thank you polly. now still to come, the protests at a yorkshire grammar school which drove a teacher into hiding . drove a teacher into hiding. well, we're going to hear from one of his close friends on what happened after the grammar school accused school teacher was accused of being islamophobic . being islamophobic.

welcome back. it's 5.39. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news. now to a stark warning that chilling levels of harassment are posing a serious threat to our democratic way of life. dame sara khan, who's the government's independent social cohesion adviser, has published a damning report today that found that more than 75% of the pubuc found that more than 75% of the public feel that they have to refrain from speaking their minds. the report has come out

just after the third anniversary of the protests at the batley grammar school, after a teacher there showed a caricature of the prophet muhammad during a lesson, and that teacher is still in hiding to this day over three years on. as part of her review , dame sara is review, dame sara is recommending the establishment of an exclusion zone for protests outside of schools to try and put a stop to this. well, joining me now, i'm delighted to be joined by an acquaintance of that very teacher , paul halloran. paul, teacher, paul halloran. paul, welcome to the show. thank you so much forjoining us. a report, paul, that many people will feel is three years too late. nevertheless it's an important report calling for exclusion zones around schools to prevent anything like batley ever happening again. paul, is it too little , too late? it too little, too late? >> very much so. martin i'm. i concur with yourself. i don't understand why something has

taken three years to totally exonerate the teacher . totally exonerate the teacher. totally call out the people that should have supported him who never did. i would not subscribe to an exclusion zone around the school. i would make it clear that the people couldn't harass people. pupils and teachers at the gate and should they not, should they choose to do so ? i should they choose to do so? i would have them arrested. >> yeah, i think a lot of people would agree. very touching. dame sara said in her report, paul, that the batley school teacher was totally and utterly failed, not given any support, not even recognised as a victim of crime. and paul, when she spoke earlier to our political editor, christopher hope, she said that she'd met with the teacher on two occasions very , very moved two occasions very, very moved by his plight. told us he was suffering from what she thinks is ptsd and no financial compensation. had to her knowledge has been made to the teacher, paul . this is an utter,

teacher, paul. this is an utter, utter failing of british society, of a teacher who's been completely and utterly abandoned. do you agree? >> most definitely. this is this is a man i know personally. this is a man i know personally. this is a man who has many, many muslim friends, neighbours. he shared gifts with people. this is a man who's a religious studies teacher. he was doing his job. studies teacher. he was doing hisjob. he studies teacher. he was doing his job. he was giving a lesson plan . in fact, if his job. he was giving a lesson plan. in fact, if i'm his job. he was giving a lesson plan . in fact, if i'm correct, plan. in fact, if i'm correct, the assistant with him on that day was a muslim as well. who gave it . so why was he ridden gave it. so why was he ridden out of town? his life threatened and he had to pick his family up and he had to pick his family up and his children and disappear over overnight. and it was just forgot about and absolutely abandoned by many people. the mp at the time, tracy brabin , his at the time, tracy brabin, his existing mp, now kim leadbeater, the councillor shabir pandor, who's the leader of kirklees council , who who's the leader of kirklees council, who ironically his brother mufti mohammed pandor ,

brother mufti mohammed pandor, who ironically, as i've said, runs an organisation in relation to peace. how ironic is that? you know, these people have just abandoned him and it's an absolute disgrace. it was thrown under the bus by his headmaster. his headmaster should have come out and met the bame mob and said, no, we're not having this. and he just told the teacher to go and they left him. scandalous >> now, obviously, paul, the people you mentioned there, they're not here to defend themselves, but nevertheless you maintain a regular contact with the teacher, don't you? how is he? >> listen, i'm in contact with him now and again, and i have spoke to him. i talk through an intermediary as well. and the last time i spoke to the teacher , it wasn't in a good place, you know. and why would he be? you know, he's he's looking over his shoulder all the time. he's living fear. if, if living in fear. if, if headlights appear wherever he's

scared, he's. it's just an absolutely abhorrent situation. he's trying to get on with his life. and understand that. but life. and i understand that. but there was nobody nobody whatsoever there that have offered him support. you know, we're told that he doesn't want any publicity. and this we fed this narrative . he's told me this narrative. he's told me personally, that's nonsense. we've run a go fund me page for him and it's done. it's been very successful and it's helped him, you know. so we're out there, we're doing what we can for him, and we've just tried from minute one, tried to highlight that this could be it could be my son. it could be somebody else's son. it could be somebody else's son. it could be somebody else's son. it could be somebody else's daughter. i've said day one. this is said this from day one. this is the thin end of the wedge. and it's say this guy. it's okay to just say this guy. well collateral damage well he's collateral damage from in of political in on the altar of political correctness. no, he's this next week. could be it could week. it could be me. it could be you. it could be anybody. and people to stand up and people need to stand up and fight against this. people need to stand up and figino gainst this. people need to stand up and figino crime this. people need to stand up and figino crime was logged against >> no crime was logged against him. according to dame sara khan , which is just astonishing when you think about it, how far this

has gone. paul is there any way back for the teacher? what does he want out of life ? he want out of life? >> well, i'm sure he wants to be within his social network, where all his family are and where he was brought up , and he's lived was brought up, and he's lived all his life. but that is not an opfion all his life. but that is not an option . you know, you just have option. you know, you just have to look at other instances that have happened all over the world and on mainline mainland europe , and on mainline mainland europe, you know, that people, unfortunately have lost their lives. and it's okay. people coming out within the community and saying he's safe to come back, which people have done that some of the muslim community have said, look, he's safe to come back and pick up community have said, look, he's saf

, i've been to see you in batley a few times over this. i've spoken in the town square with you over this, you know , i'm you over this, you know, i'm feeling very emotional even listening to you saying this, paul listening to you saying this, paul, i'm sure many people watching this feel the same sentiment. it's a total aberration. what happened to him can you please make sure he gets the messages? there are many, many people out here on gb news watching today who have just sent wishes , well wishes, sent good wishes, well wishes, heartfelt messages love and, heartfelt messages of love and, thank you for coming on today and talking to us. and please make sure he gets those messages i >> -- >> most definitely. and if i could just say the go fund me page for the teacher is still running. if people want to google batley grammar school teacher and go for me, they are still able to donate and trust me, the donations will be heartfelt, received and they are needed. >> paul halloran, thank you very much for joining >> paul halloran, thank you very much forjoining us. thanks mate . now, spokesman for batley , a

. now, spokesman for batley, a spokesman for batley multi academy trust said those events required us to support all our students, their families and our staff, including the teacher involved for whom we provided counselling and wider support. we remain clear that we delivered on these responsibilities and that we followed due process . now coming followed due process. now coming up, the met office has told the pubuc up, the met office has told the public that people should be ready for temperatures to fall into figures as low as five degrees centigrade. well, it is easter after all. i'm martin daubney on gb news,

welcome back. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news. now. could winter be set to make a small yet unwelcome comeback this weekend? the met office has told the public that people should be ready for temperatures to fall as low as five degrees celsius. brace yourselves . well,

celsius. brace yourselves. well, joining me now to discuss this is the director of weather trending, john hammond. john, what on earth is going on? it should be easter in the air. it feels like the beast from the east is back. >> well, as you said a few moments ago, martin, it is easter, after all. and you can't rely on easter weather, can you? it's a fickle mistress. certainly and one of the reasons for that, actually, is because easter, of course, is not fixed in the calendar. it can vary from the third week of march, the third week in april. so sometimes can be and sometimes easter can be hot and sunny, sometimes it can be cold and actually, of your and wet. actually, some of your viewers might be interested to know definition know that the definition of easter, it set, is easter, the way it is set, is the first sunday after the first full after the equinox. we full moon, after the equinox. we had last got a had the equinox last week, got a full moon. now which means hey presto, easter will be next weekend . doesn't look pretty, to weekend. doesn't look pretty, to be honest, i think we'll be honest, martin, i think we'll give a what, five, six, seven give it a what, five, six, seven out ten? i think there will out of ten? i think there will be some places that see sunshine through this weekend, but get out and enjoy it while you can, because rain clouds will never

too far away. i'm actually in too be far away. i'm actually in a deserted beer garden in buckinghamshire, it could buckinghamshire, and it could well deserted beer well be a few deserted beer gardens and down the country, gardens up and down the country, i think this weekend. i think through this weekend. not write off, not a complete write off, martin. there will be some dry, brighter but ain't brighter spells, but it ain't going warm and sunny right going to be warm and sunny right the way through the easter weekend. there some rain weekend. there will be some rain around. the rain around. i think most of the rain initially. will across initially. martin will be across scotland, northern ireland here, pretty pretty wet. there pretty cool. pretty wet. there will be some glimpses of sunshine further south and east. good friday into saturday, but actually going downhill actually things going downhill even the south come, even across the south come, easter into easter monday easter sunday into easter monday and , ironically, and actually, ironically, martin, as we head into april, looks like turning colder next week doesn't look pretty at all. northerly winds. and as you mentioned, some places struggling to get above five degrees. i'm a bit of a doom monger. aren't i, i mean, it could be worse. i could be giving it a 2 or 3 out of ten, but i think 5 or 6 out of ten will be pretty, pretty apt for this easter weekend, i'm afraid. >> and i've got to say, john, mother nature never lies.

normally all my bluebells are up by one of them has by now. only one of them has been put its been brave enough to put its head up. john. >> yeah, having said >> yeah, although, having said that, i mean, it's been that, martin, i mean, it's been a very mild and we're a very mild winter and we're getting to milder weather, getting used to milder weather, so. and chilly conditions do come it's all it's a come along. it's all it's all a bit of shock to the system, bit of a shock to the system, isn't it, for prospects of really warm and sunny weather, my charts look bereft of my weather charts look bereft of optimism. say, for the optimism. i have to say, for the next what couple of weeks, we're going to need the layers. we're going to need the layers. we're going to need the layers. we're going to need the waterproofs. and if you've got any frost sensitive plants in the garden, bluebells included, then you've got watch out, because got to watch out, because i think frosts distinct think late frosts are a distinct possibility. and for some martin. some of the white martin. yeah, some of the white stuff mostly, always , up over stuff mostly, as always, up over the mountains of scotland. but don't be all surprised. and don't be at all surprised. and i know kids are on their know the kids are on their easter holidays next don't easter holidays next week. don't be surprised if there's be at all surprised if there's some snow elsewhere across the country through next week. there you go. >> well, i suppose i should say thank thank you. john thank you. thank you. john hammond, director of weather hammond, the director of weather trending. if anything, mate, trending. and if anything, mate, i i'll be joining you in a

i think i'll be joining you in a beer garden to drown our sorrows. well, thank you very much indeed forjoining us on much indeed for joining us on the show. that's all from me for now. up next. but now. dewbs& co is up next. but we have had loads and loads of emails in about the batley grammar school teacher. i'll make sure to read some of those out tomorrow, but don't forget to join us from 6 am. tomorrow. it's breakfast eamonn and it's breakfast with eamonn and isabel, by britain's isabel, followed by britain's newsroom 930 with andrew and newsroom at 930 with andrew and bev, of course, tom and bev, then of course, tom and emily with good afternoon britain from midday, and then i'll be back tomorrow at 3 pm. so happy we spoke to paul halloran for an update on the on the batley grammar school teacher . dame sarah the batley grammar school teacher. dame sarah kane's report out today, caught saying he's been completely abandoned and failed . totally failed. that and failed. totally failed. that is how he felt. loads and loads of messages from you passing those messages on. and i'll make sure they get passed on to him. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. but first, here's your weather with alex deakin . weather with alex deakin. >> a brighter outlook with boxt

solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> afternoon. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. the rest of this week promises more rain, some pretty heavy showers around, staying generally on the cool sides, but there'll be some brighter spells. as you might imagine with that kind of weather forecast. it's low pressure that's controlling our weather and will weather situation and will continue so through this continue to do so through this week. wet weather moving across scotland, a bit of snow scotland, quite a bit of snow over some the hills here, and over some of the hills here, and a strong and cold wind blowing to the east may turn a little dner to the east may turn a little drier in places across england and wales through the night. further rain likely to affect parts of the south of northern ireland, and wintry showers in the far north. temperatures dropping down into single figures not off figures may not be far off freezing the in freezing to start the day in parts scotland, snow we parts of scotland, the snow we weather should ease over the mountains through the course of tomorrow, still tomorrow, but still staying pretty showery murray

pretty showery on the murray firth east coast of scotland firth and east coast of scotland and pretty chilly here firth and east coast of scotland and largely pretty chilly here firth and east coast of scotland and largely dryty chilly here firth and east coast of scotland and largely dry start..ly here firth and east coast of scotland and largely dry start. we'll'e too. largely dry start. we'll see more rain then coming into parts of england and wales. see more rain then coming into parts of england and wales . a parts of england and wales. a wetter day in the south—east, rain spreading into the midlands and across northern ireland, but something a bit brighter for south wales and southwest england, and some sunny spells for england too, for eastern england too, but still for most of us, temperatures only around about still for most of us, temperaores only around about still for most of us, temperaor belowy around about still for most of us, tempera or below a scotland, ut still for most of us, tempethe' below a scotland, ut still for most of us, tempe the wet owy a scotland, ut still for most of us, tempethe wet weather)tland,ut still for most of us, tempethe wet weather will d, ut where the wet weather will continue wednesday . and continue into wednesday. and then looking bands of then we're looking at bands of showers from the west. showers coming in from the west. so in so some brighter spells in between, of sunshine here between, a bit of sunshine here and , but always be and there, but you'll always be dodging through dodging the downpours through wednesday and indeed for the rest of this week and in the run up to easter , that warm feeling up to easter, that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news

well, let's talk about china. i'm asking you a simple question . do you think we need to get tougher with them? i do also coming up today. such a big topic, this one a damning report out today on the subject of social cohesion, says that almost 80% of us are fearful of voicing our true feelings in pubuc voicing our true feelings in public because of potential reprisals. your thoughts on that? the report also lays bare the absolutely shocking failures around the treatment of the batley school teacher. there is so much to get into on this report and we'll cover it all. also, i want to ask you about transport. is it time now basically to move transport s under public ownership. lots of that going on in yorkshire. is it a good idea though or not. also some criminals will be required to wear high vis jackets and clean up the communities that they've damaged. good what i say. but damaged. good is what i say. but other people are saying it's wrong to humiliate