was i'ose was rose to the dizzy silver. he was rose to the dizzy heights of sports. minister. >> the thing is, they should bnng >> the thing is, they should bring qualities that would be great for politics. right determination, focus, commitment , discipline, discipline. but it's very different to the sporting . sporting. >> you can also think that asks people to remember glenda jackson. oh, yes. double oscar winner. she was she was transport minister. >> so i'm looking forward to seeing monty panesar. it's going to be here in the studio with us to be here in the studio with us to tell us why he's going into politics. we'll be talking about the party he's going to be standing for as well. gbnews.com forward slash. your say is the place to let us know your thoughts. first though. the very latest news with sophia wenzler. >> bev thank you. >> bev thank you. >> good morning. it's 931. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines the met police chief, sir mark rowley, has said a female police officer came close to losing her hand after a 14 year old boy was killed and four others injured in a sword attack in north—east london. video has emerged

showing the moment police arrested the man wielding a sword. officers cornered him at a property bringing the suspect to the ground with a three separate taser discharge as he's been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a 14 year old boy. the 36 year old suspect is now in hospital, police saying they've been unable to interview him due to his condition . former met police his condition. former met police detective peter bleksley drew parallels with the nottingham attack and urged police to look into the suspect's background . into the suspect's background. the fact a failed asylum seeker volunteered to go to rwanda is positive development, as it shows the country is safe, the business secretary has told gb news. kemi badenoch confirmed the failed asylum seeker was reportedly flown out to kigali in rwanda yesterday . it's after in rwanda yesterday. it's after his asylum bid was rejected last year and he voluntarily agreed to move to the central african nafion to move to the central african nation , receiving £3,000. this nation, receiving £3,000. this scheme is said to be separate to

a forced deportation programme due to start in july. labour has criticised the move, accusing the government of being desperate to get any flight to rwanda before the local elections. business and trade secretary kemi badenoch said the scheme is working. >> i think we should remember that we're spending £8 million a day on this issue. that is not something that is sustainable. we have to deal with it. people said the rwanda scheme wouldn't work . they tried to say that it work. they tried to say that it wasn't a safe country. if it wasn't a safe country. if it wasn't a safe country. if it wasn't a safe country , we wasn't a safe country, we wouldn't have people volunteering to go. this shows that the scheme is working. people go to rwanda on holiday. i know someone who's gone there on a gap year. we need to actually make sure that this scheme works . and that's what scheme works. and that's what the prime minister is focusing on, getting people on those flights and getting getting them over there . over there. >> and for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to andrew and .

andrew and. bev. >> hey good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> well, we're asking the question after the shocking events of yesterday in hainault, which were breaking our while we were on air, should all police officers be armed with tasers.7 so only 7500 of the met's 34,000 police officers are trained to carry these devices. and if you think yesterday, beverly, the two police officers who confronted the man with the sword yesterday who were in hospital with serious injuries, neither of them had tasers. >> no. that's right. this if you were watching yesterday. of course. and this has been on the for news the last 24 hours, the attacker was wielding this enormous sword, a kind of samurai sword. tragically killed a 14 year old schoolboy on his way to school . and it's a in the way to school. and it's a in the daylight, in a rampage is the only word you can describe it. in north—east london, five people were also treated for injuries in hospital. the

dramatic footage shows the moment that he was stopped by police , and rishi sunak has said police, and rishi sunak has said such violence has no place on our streets, so how do we tackle this issue and how do we get these? >> and remember that the law to take the not blade like that off the streets doesn't come into effect until september. why does it take so long? >> i don't understand it. >> i don't understand it. >> well, it was announced last yean >> well, it was announced last year, former detective chief inspector of met police, peter kirkham joins us now. >> good morning peter. thank you for joining us. we've all forjoining us. we've all managed to watch bits of this footage in the last 24 hours. and what's so striking is the bravery of the police officers, male and female police officers circling this guy when he's wielding this sword. and as a viewer watching that footage , viewer watching that footage, just thinking they've got nothing, they've got no gun, they've got no taser. should tasers just be commonplace now as part of the police uniform ? as part of the police uniform? >> yes. good morning, my thoughts are with the victim of

the tragic incident yesterday , the tragic incident yesterday, and all those affected by it and the officers, they have my, praise for their bravery and best wishes for her recovery as for tasers, my personal view is that all officers who crew, emergency response vehicles, vehicles that are on the road primarily to respond to, 999 calls, all of them , i think calls, all of them, i think should be equipped with tasers. some are , quite a few in some some are, quite a few in some areas, but by no means all, but as for other officers on other, duties, where, interaction with the public in contentious situations is, is far less likely, no, not necessarily so, the cost and training issues , the cost and training issues, would, prohibit that really , it would, prohibit that really, it would, prohibit that really, it would be little gain for much

expenditure . expenditure. >> peter, you've raised the cost, i understand every police force in the country has cost issues, but people watching and listening to this are thinking it shouldn't be a matter of cost. it should be whether it equips the police much better to do their job and also to not do theirjob and also to not then expose themselves to, to serious injury and potentially death. both these police officers have suffered very serious injuries yesterday doing their job. serious injuries yesterday doing theirjob. we know that serious injuries yesterday doing their job. we know that the woman police officer in particular, let's talk. she could even lose a hand , but if could even lose a hand, but if they'd had tasers it speculation of course they would have been much better equipped to take that man on. and perhaps could even have stopped the rampage early on for sure, as soon as officer engages with someone involved in something like that, if they have a taser , they have if they have a taser, they have a fighting chance of bringing it to an end there and then, if they haven't got a taser , then they haven't got a taser, then i'm afraid with a bladed implement that long, nothing else. they have batons and cs

spray. nothing like that is going to be effective, to any significant extent, but as for cost, everything has to be viewed in terms of cost. if we're spending money on something, we're not spending it on something else. we don't have limited unlimited resources , and limited unlimited resources, and so we do have to make those decisions all the time . and we decisions all the time. and we need to look at the cost benefit analysis. and like i say, for me, moment patrol vehicles , 999 me, moment patrol vehicles, 999 response vehicles, all of them should be crewed with officers with taser, the police federation, you all know this better than me is saying every officer who wants a taser should be equipped with it. >> what do you say to that ? >> what do you say to that? >> what do you say to that? >> i don't accept the view that an officer who wants a taser should get one, and one who doesn't, shouldn't. it should be looked at by the management, who looked at by the management, who look at the risk assessment for each particular role. and if an officer is in that role and the management decide, then it

merits carrying a taser. they should carry a taser , and if should carry a taser, and if it's one that doesn't, they shouldn't . shouldn't. >> we're watching some of the footage here, peter, of the officers, when they've surrounded this guy and they are arresting him and they they eventually do get him with the taser. just talk us through how how efficient or effective tasers can be. and what's the risk to the perpetrator? we know this guy hasn't been interviewed yet because of his medical state. that's presumably because he's had a reaction to being tasered. >> no, i think it's actually the crash when he crashed the car into the side of the house, which was but so he was well enough to run around at that point, but not well enough. i think he's swinging the lead. >> yeah, but but can there be physical effects of being tasered? >> there can. in extreme cases it can interfere with things like, irregular heart rhythm and things like that, but those occasions are very, very rare, and to be honest, anybody with a medical condition such that taser is likely to exacerbate it, it shouldn't really be

running around, situations where they're likely to be tasered . they're likely to be tasered. anyway, most problems with taser, most injuries with taser come from where someone falls to the ground, which you have little control over , officers little control over, officers are taught not to be tasering people . i'll say at the top of a people. i'll say at the top of a steep flight of stairs or something like that, because obviously there's very much more significant risk of injury, if they fall from height at the point where they're tasered. sometimes that's just not an option. if the person is where the person is and if that's the only opportunity you've got of stopping them, then that opportunity has to be taken. bearin opportunity has to be taken. bear in mind that the alternative would be the use of firearms, and a lead bullet is far more damaging than anything a taser is ever going to provide. >> well, of course, i'm just reading some of the messages from our viewers here. peter and they are saying, we should just have armed police officers and we should be shooting these people. the anger is real. when you watch those pictures, and particularly with the loss of a

child , when you see a 14 year child, when you see a 14 year old boy just on his way to school. that's right. so i understand that instincts to want to arm as many police officers as possible. but the only good thing about yesterday is that it wasn't a shootout in either direction, because we have done a very good job in this country of keeping firearms possessions low. would that change, do you think, if the police routinely had more guns , police routinely had more guns, i suspect it probably would, it would take time. but over time, the equaliser of, arms available would, would , be expected to would, would, be expected to even up. so it's not something, it's certainly not something that i think we're near yet. there are significant number of steps between where we are and having officers routinely . armed having officers routinely. armed on patrol that we take. and like i said at the moment, i think the situation is that we need all emergency response vehicle crews equipped with taser, whether that's both officers or one officer, preferably both, but certainly one officer on every, armed, incident response

vehicle, with armed response vehicles spread around so that there is an emergency response within whatever the forces emergency response time is 10 or 12 minutes or whatever, there should be an armed response with at least four officers, able to respond to that within that 10 to 12 minute window. and that's going to present a lot of difficulties outside big urban areas and cities and rural areas. it's going to be, need some imagination in, to work out how to do that. but these incidents can happen anywhere. we look at historically, some of the most outrageous , armed the most outrageous, armed incidents, as we're looking at places like hungerford and rural cumbria, don't blame things can happen anywhere. >> and so we need 24 hour availability everywhere in the country of an armed response to a certain level, but the emergency response, as soon as officers turn up with blue lights and two tones, there should be officers with taser in

that response. >> peter, can i ask you a personal question? you were a police officer for a very long time, and i think tasers were introduced in britain in 2003, something like that. did you ever deploy a taser? >> no i didn't, tasers came at the time that i was leaving the force. right, but bear in mind the speed with which we had developed, from simply having a truncheon, and we weren't even issued handcuffs when i started, so from going from a truncheon through the 90s, we saw new batons being introduced, the extendable batons, and the fixed side handle batons, that increased the availability of something with which you could, at least have some chance of defending yourself and bringing something to the floor. but the cs spray or the incapacitant spray came in in the mid—nineties as well. so it's all come quite quickly. >> we're just, just before we 90, >> we're just, just before we go, peter, we're watching this footage here of these officers. one, two, three, four, five, six, 7 or 8 of them. at this

point, what impact will this experience have had on them? how will they be feeling this morning? >> traumatised. you do not go through something like this without huge levels of adrenaline , and the down, that adrenaline, and the down, that follows when that adrenaline wears off, they'll, they'll have seen, colleagues , probably seen, colleagues, probably colleagues that they've worked with and worked with on a daily basis, seriously injured, and they'll be thinking, how much worse that could have been. they'll be thinking, could it have been me , and so, the impact have been me, and so, the impact is traumatic. and those officers should, i hope, be getting all the post—incident support that they need, i suspect, their supervisors will need to fight for that in some cases. really? >> so that's not readily available for officers after an incident like this. >> it's more available than it used to be. but there's still huge gaps in provision , i huge gaps in provision, i remember a time when occupational health within the metropolitan police service was so bad, and part of the reason was the occupational health therapists were under so much pressure that they were off sick

with stress. so it's better than it was , but there's still a very it was, but there's still a very significant hole in support for officers with this, and it can have an impact that goes on and follows them around for years and years and years, and maybe we'll only flare up unexpected at some time in the future. so thatis at some time in the future. so that is definitely something that is definitely something that needs looking at. >> all right. thank you very much. former detective chief inspector at the met, peter kirkham there. >> they used them extensively in the united states where they were invented, of course. and organisations like amnesty rage against them because they think they're illiberal and they think they're, disproportionately used against members of the black community, but i think they're essential. >> i'd rather have those. absolutely. and at the moment, we've got such a hideous mental health issue with people going psychotic, having psychotic episodes and creating such horrendous grief and drama. >> we don't know what. we don't know the details, though, but those two police officers who bravely confronted the lunatic with the sword and both got very

serious injuries in hospital . serious injuries in hospital. and perhaps if they'd had tasers, they might have been able to down him a lot earlier. >> well thank goodness, for our police officers here, we spend a lot of time criticising. actually, we don't spend a lot of time criticise. we criticise the system and we criticise the reductions in resources and the bosses who make their operational decisions to take them off the streets and put them off the streets and put them staring at computer screens looking for hate crimes. graham interestingly, graham, who's a member of gb news, thank you very much. graham says tasers are not foolproof. there are enough us videos showing tasers failing and officers having to resort to firearms . as you feel resort to firearms. as you feel like it might be a little bit of a slippery slope. >> yeah, but it's i think it's deterrent effect. if somebody's waving a taser at you, you're more likely to drop your your club or your stick or whatever it is, and you're more likely to give in because you think it's pretty painful, right? >> keep your messages coming this morning. we'd love to hear from you, but up next, it's the scottish government. >> it continues the crisis up there in the holyrood parliament. there's a no confidence vote this afternoon

for all our scottish viewers in particular. and listeners, do you have confidence in the snp government hanging on with the support of those greens?

gb news. >> gb news is britain's election channel. and from tomorrow, the people decide . people decide. >> as the country has the polls in a rush of elections, we'll take you through the night as the first results come in. >> and we'll pick up at breakfast with the very best guests. >> and analysis. >> and analysis. >> and analysis. >> and on the weekend, the results won't stop. and neither will we. >> we'll explore what it all means for you as we look ahead to the general election. >> continuing coverage live from tomorrow at midnight on . gb news. >> just so you know, we've got monty panesar, cricketer , going monty panesar, cricketer, going to be in the studio to talk about his foray into politics. >> i'm khalife we're talking about that, not cricket, because

i don't know much about it other than that he was a spinner, whatever that means. >> well, i guess it meant he threw the ball and managed to get a bit of spin on it. >> well, he was a very successful english test cricketer. >> call me a commentator. >> call me a commentator. >> so we will tell you which party he's representing and which constituency is fighting. that's and that will be with us quite soon. >> in the studio right now, though, the scottish government faces a no confidence vote later today after first minister humza yousaf said that he would resign his resignation on monday came just 13 months after he placed nicola sturgeon, who'd been leader of the snp for far too long. >> in my view. >> in my view. >> that's right, the crisis in the snp gives an opportunity for the snp gives an opportunity for the uk opposition labour party to regain ground ahead of a national election expected later this year. >> so gb news scotland reporter tony mcguire is at holyrood and will be there live for that no confidence vote. tony, all depends , i guess, whether the depends, i guess, whether the greens who, fell out with usaf support the government in that vote this afternoon . vote this afternoon. >> indeed. good morning, certainly i'm here at holyrood

today for the duration and as you might be able to see tv viewers behind me, that you know, the fog and the mist is descending, a lovely metaphor for just how obscured the snp's future is in government at this point. and certainly we're just under 48 hours since the resignation of humza yousaf. and today, the wednesday, we've got two main stories really dominating the political track. one, of course, is those no confidence votes. and now that was one of two last week we saw just after humza yousaf effectively torpedoed the bute house agreement, turning the snp into minority government. douglas ross, leader of the scottish conservatives. he lodged his no confidence vote in humza yousaf, now douglas ross. he withdrew that yesterday, but scottish labour leader anas sarwar well, he maintains his as late as yesterday that he still has no confidence in this government, but one of the key

factors here is whether the greens and indeed albas msp, ash regan, whether they will vote with the government not just to retain a pro—independence government up here in scotland for, let's say, two more years until the scheduled scottish elections in 2026. now, i asked anas sarwar yesterday how much of this he had been thinking aboutin of this he had been thinking about in the lead up to today's crucial vote. well of course, for other political parties to decide how they vote on any motion. >> but it's for the greens and the alba msp to decide. is it more important to them keeping a nationalist pro—independence government in place, even though they themselves accept it's an incompetent, failing government ? incompetent, failing government? or is it more important to give scotland a competent government thatis scotland a competent government that is actually changing scotland and improving the lives of people across the country? that's for them to decide. i am very clear though, this is not an snp government that has the confidence of the scottish people. it's not an snp government that can give a

stable, competent government. it's a tired snp government that is out of ideas, out of road, a deeply chaotic , divided, deeply chaotic, divided, dysfunctional political party that people are turning away from because they demand change and they demand competent, stable government . stable government. >> now we'll wait to hear the outcome of that vote. and of course, we'll also wait to hear who will be standing for humza yousafs replacement. lots of action expected later today here at holyrood . at holyrood. >> all right, that's tony mcguire, our scotland reporter outside the holyrood parliament, where there will be that no confidence vote. so i'm pretty sure actually they will weather the storm. but then of course , the storm. but then of course, they've got to choose the leader to replace yusuf. i'm quite sure. humza yousaf for nicola sturgeon said when theresa may and boris johnson stood down and liz truss there had to be a general election. anyhow, it's different rules for them. >> absolutely. i've just been reading your messages. we will get to them in just a minute. gbnews.com/yoursay is the portal

where you can talk to me and andrew, and we'll read them all and we'll read them all now while we get your weather with aidan. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. a lot of cloud today with some showers , cloud today with some showers, but there'll be more heavy rain arriving into the south overnight , but even some overnight, but even some thunderstorms initially the best of any sunshine will be across western parts and there'll be some decent sunny spells around dunng some decent sunny spells around during the morning. northwest scotland, northern ireland and parts of wales keep those sunny spells well into the afternoon . spells well into the afternoon. otherwise increasing amounts of cloud arrive from the east with some showery rain, especially for eastern scotland . parts of for eastern scotland. parts of central and eastern england, but away from the showery rain. actually it's going to be relatively warm, particularly where we get some sunshine through central parts northern ireland, western scotland, temperatures up into the high teens, perhaps even 2021 celsius. nevertheless looking

towards the south into the evening, we've got this area of heavy rain moving up, perhaps even some thunderstorms across some southern counties of england into south wales during the early hours of tomorrow and those thunderstorms could be accompanied by frequent lightning. some very heavy rainfall could be a noisy night in places, but they'll be hit and miss and they will be clearing away. across south wales and the south—west of england during the morning tomorrow, leaving a legacy of low cloud and outbreaks of drizzly rain . elsewhere, drizzly rain. elsewhere, brighter skies develop after a mostly dry night, plenty of sunshine for scotland, northern ireland into much of central and eastern england, but some parts of northeast england and eastern scotland will be affected by low cloud. that'll make things feel much cooler. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> well, up next, the first failed asylum seeker sent to rwanda under a voluntary scheme. i find it hilarious how many

thousands of pounds it costs you, the taxpayer, to send him a bit of government spin. >> might be one guy money in his back pocket. got on the plane, went to rwanda. talk about that in just a moment. >> britain's newsroom on gb news, the people's

channel. >> good morning. it's 10:00 channel. >> good morning. it's10:00 on wednesday, the 1st of may. how is it? may already? this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce >> well, is it time to arm all police officers with tasers? we're asking this after the man tasered and arrested after multiple stabbings in north—east london, remains in custody. he still hasn't been questioned by the police. >> and rwanda success a failed asylum seeker. one of them has been relocated to rwanda after taking part in a voluntary removal scheme . we will tell you removal scheme. we will tell you in a minute how much money he

got paid to go . got paid to go. >> and in the us, police in riot gear have raided columbia university as more pro—palestinian protesters are occupied . one of its buildings. occupied. one of its buildings. it's a big row about closing down debate and the former england cricketer , star of england cricketer, star of sports star monty panesar, is turning his hand to politics. >> we're going to be trying to stump him with some questions shortly . shortly. that was actually a sports joke that that i mean, we obviously didn't write that because we don't really know much about . don't really know much about. i've never watched it. >> i've never watched a cricket match, ever. >> i went to the ashes once because i happened to be in australia , and then i fell australia, and then i fell asleep in the stand because it's so boring. well it was hot and i'd had a glass of wine with lunch. it was very boring. >> i happened to lord and they've got a museum and the ashes were there. they're in a tiny little hencote. yeah. it's

extraordinary. so they're waving because it is. it's the bails, isn't it? of a they are. the ashes are the burnt bells is on ashes are the burnt bells is on a stump. i do know that. >> luckilly we'll be talking to monty panesar about politics and his ambitions in that area, rather than cricket . but let us rather than cricket. but let us know what you want to hear from him. gbnews.com forward slash your essay and first though your very latest news with sophia. >> bev. thank you. good morning. it's 10:01. i'm >> bev. thank you. good morning. it's10:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . met police in the gb newsroom. met police chief sir mark rowley has said a female police officer came close to losing her hand after a 14 year old boy was killed and others injured in a sword attack in north—east london, video has emerged showing the moment police arrested the man wielding a sawed . officers cornered him a sawed. officers cornered him at a property, bringing the suspect to the ground with three separate taser discharges. he's been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a 14 year old boy. the 36 year old

suspect is now in hospital, police saying they've been unable to interview him due to his condition. former met police detective peter bleksley urges police to look into the suspect's background, sincerely hope that the police investigation into the background of the man arrested yesterday is very thorough in that it explores any potential illegal drug use . illegal drug use. >> i have no evidence to suggest that that man has gone down that route in the past, but i am strongly suggesting that that investigation must look at that. if this man is to later claim diminished responsibility through a mental illness, and if there is a history of drug taking in the past, that might negate that a failed asylum seeker volunteering to go to rwanda is a positive development as it shows the country are safe. >> that's according to the business secretary. kemi badenoch confirmed the failed asylum seeker was flown out to

kigali, rwanda, yesterday. it's after his asylum bid was rejected last year and he voluntarily agreed to move to the central african nation, receiving £3,000. this scheme is said to be separate to a forced deportation programme due to start in july . labour has start in july. labour has criticised the move, accusing the government of being desperate to get any flight off the ground before the local elections. business and trade secretary kemi badenoch said the scheme is working. >> i think we should remember that we're spending £8 million a day on this issue. that is not something that is sustainable. we have to deal with it. people said the rwanda scheme wouldn't work . they tried to say that it work. they tried to say that it wasn't a safe country. if it wasn't a safe country. if it wasn't a safe country, we wouldn't have people volunteering to go. this shows that the scheme is working and people go to rwanda on holiday. i know someone who's gone there on a gap year. we need to actually make sure that this scheme works. and that's what the prime minister is focusing on, getting people on those flights and getting getting them over there . over there. >> a man has been arrested on

suspicion of immigration offences after five migrants died trying to cross the english channel last week, the national crime agency said. a 23 year old sudanese national was arrested on suspicion of assisting illegal immigration and entering the uk illegally. it comes as two other men from south sudan and sudan were charged over the incident. three men and a woman and a seven year old girl died after the dinghy carrying more than 100 people, got into difficulties off the coast of northern france . and some northern france. and some breaking news on pro—palestinian demonstrators are protesting outside the department of trade and other sites across the uk. 1000 workers and trade unionists are also rallying outside. they say there is a show of solidarity with palestinian workers and we'll bring you more on this as we get it. meanwhile, in the us, police in riot gear have raided columbia university

and arrested pro—palestinian protesters occupying one of its buildings. around 30 to 40 people have been removed from the manhattan university's hamilton hall, according to police there. handcuffed protesters shouted shame on you at the police as they were led out and driven away in buses nearly 24 hours after they took over the academic building . over the academic building. house prices fell for the second month in a row in april, as potential buyers continued to face pressure on affordability . face pressure on affordability. vie, the uk's biggest building society, said the uk house pnces society, said the uk house prices were down by 0.4% compared with the previous month. nationwide said the average house price now sits some 4% below the peak in the summer of 2022, costing on average 2000 £261,962. nationwide's chief economist , nationwide's chief economist, robert gardner said the slowdown likely reflects ongoing affordability pressures and a

new prostate cancer screening initiative is being called a pivotal moment that could save thousands of lives. the transform project aims to reduce deaths from the disease by 40, with doctors collating data to help make treatments more effective. prostate cancer kills 12,000 men in britain each year and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common shirts. now it's back to andrew and . it's back to andrew and. bev. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> yeah, it's 1007. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so you've been getting in touch at home. gary has said, good morning, andrew and bev. as someone who's voted snp at every election, i've lost faith in the government. the rot set in after alex salmond resigned and the catastrophic pact with the greens, the alba party. next for

me and ian on the same issue, if ever there was a party that strayed off course, it is the snp. they're against huge opposition. they're they've pushed the globalist agenda of wokery and totally disregarded scottish people. >> i'm just going to tell you a great letter in the times today from jim sillars, former mp. he was deputy leader of the snp in edinburgh, doyen of the snp. and he says people have basically they've had enough of the fixation on pronouns instead of learning in schools and pretending men are women and of the absurd absurdity of believing that the highlands are burning wood in a stove can save the planet , while burning wood in a stove can save the planet, while in china, india and elsewhere they don't care. >> spot on. life expectancy in glasgow is now less than in some developing african nations, and the worst deaths from drugs in the worst deaths from drugs in the whole of europe. >> yeah, nigel, who is a gb news member. >> thank you. nigel, you get all sorts of extra bonuses, says the snp is a cult which demands blind obedience, driven by an anti—english grievance. they form alliances with literally anyone who is anti the uk. they've received hardly any donations yet cling on to power

by abusing the uk taxpayer's largesse. reverse devolution now it's a nightmare up here. thank you nigel. >> and of course we shouldn't forget also the chaos over the arrest and now charging of peter murrell, who was the snp chief executive who just happened to be married to the snp leader nicola sturgeon. what a spectacular fall from grace she's had. >> absolutely. of course, humza yousaf , who was dubbed humza yousaf, who was dubbed humza useless not by the press but by his own sister, was her choice to be her successor. well, didn't it , to be her successor. well, didn't it, and sharon is saying i don't know why. best finding it so hilarious when we're talking about rwanda. £3,000 is a bargain if you consider what it would cost the welfare state to support him. do you know why, sharon? because it's like satire. we've been talking about this rwanda issue for so long, and admittedly, this isn't part of the main scheme. this is the voluntary section. but the fact that we've sent one man and the fact that the government have even let us know it's one man, it's like it's genuinely like

parody . but i it's like it's genuinely like parody. but i agree it's like it's genuinely like parody . but i agree with it's like it's genuinely like parody. but i agree with you. £3,000 in his back pocket and board and lodgings for five years, though, and a seat on a commercial flight. you're right. thatis commercial flight. you're right. that is nothing compared to as long as he. >> and as long as he doesn't come back. >> putting people in. how many times can you come back and get your £3,000? sorry. well let's not to laugh. you'd cry. >> let's do some more on this because as we've just seen, the uk has sent the first migrant to rwanda, where he was flew out to kigali in rwanda last night on a commercial flight. >> that's right. his asylum bid was rejected last year. he voluntarily agreed to move to the central african nation and got that £3,000 for doing so. >> now, this is separate to the forced deportation programme, which has finally cleared all its parliamentary stages and which we now know is paying dividends because of the migrants leaving northern ireland, going to southern ireland. so fear they might go to. and, well, let's talk to the political editor of the huffpost uk, kevin schofield. kevin, you and i have seen political spin in our time and we've had political spin doctors try and spin us with varying degrees of success, i'm sure. is this a

piece of political spin to say this is a great breakthrough for the government in its rwanda policy? >> yeah, i think it's epic spin, as you say, andrew, this is completely separate from the actual rwanda policy. the bill that passed last week. i mean, i don't know if you can call this deportation if someone voluntarily gets on a plane with £3,000 in their in their wallet, and as you say , has their bed and as you say, has their bed and as you say, has their bed and board paid for the next five years, that doesn't sound like deportation to me. so yeah, i can understand from the government's point of view why they want to say, look, we got someone on a plane to rwanda, but, you know, this is going to have absolutely no impact at all on what this has meant to be all about, which is stopping the boats, because we're led to believe that this this person didn't even come over on a small boat. so, so yeah, i don't think this, i can understand, as i say, i can understand why the government want to, you know, blow their own trumpet about this, but it's pretty farcical, really. >> where do they get the figure £3,000 from? i'm curious. i get

the person who was emailing and saying if they stayed here, they'd be a huge burden on the benefit system. but kevin, why £3,000? benefit system. but kevin, why £3,000.7 why benefit system. but kevin, why £3,000? why not £2,000? or maybe 4500 pound? where do they get that number from? >> that's a very good question. i'm not entirely sure. i guess this is a number that's been, agreed upon by civil servants as agreed upon by civil servants as a reasonable amount to get someone set up, to begin with in rwanda , as we say, they're rwanda, as we say, they're getting their board and lodgings paid for as well. so i guess £3,000 will probably do you quite well in rwanda initially, until you can find your feet, and, you know, obviously in terms of the overall government budget , it's terms of the overall government budget, it's a tiny, tiny amount of money. but £3,000 is £3,000. it's not bad if you can get it. >> one of our viewers and i'm just i've lost the message just for now. but i will find it to name this person. and she says that she supports s a child in rwanda. one of those voluntary schemes for about £35 a month. i think it was so she said £3,000 will get you a very, very long way in rwanda.

>> it probably you're probably by limousine . by limousine. >> and this is, this is the thing is, kevin, how is this is the difficult line isn't it? this has to appear like a deterrent. and yet they're also selling it like a package houday selling it like a package holiday with free money thrown in. how can it be both ? in. how can it be both? >> well, you're right, it can't. it can't be both. it can't be enough of a deterrent to stop people, crossing the channel. but at the same time, be a fantastic place for you. want to go for you to want to go and live. both things can't be true. so so, yeah, i'm just wondering whether it's a bit ill advised for whoever the spin doctor was who gave this great scoop. how do you call it the sun? hats off to harry for getting the scoop. but i just wonder whether in the final reckoning, they might wish that they hadn't pushed it quite as hard as they have. >> while we've got you, kim, can we ask a few other political questions? we've got monty panesar coming in later. he's going to stand in a seat in london for you live there, kevin george galloway's workers party how worried is your patch isn't it? well, you've got to my door.

you've been knocking on your doon you've been knocking on your door. i'm sure he will. with his cricket bat, how worried i've written about this a lot in the mail, and i think there's quite a lot of concern in the labour party that people standing as independents like monty panesar, basically on a position opposing labour's position on the war in gaza because starmer won't support an unconditional ceasefire that this could cause real problems for labour. we know wes streeting, the shadow health secretary has got a candidate against him. we saw that galloway himself won the by—election in rochdale against the odd. is this a real worry for labour? >> i think they are concerned and they'll be looking very closely at the local election results on thursday. in the north of england, you know, where, we've had labour councillors resign , from the councillors resign, from the party over gaza and keir starmer was approach to the middle east. so yeah, i think , they will be so yeah, i think, they will be concerned. i mean, at this stage, i wouldn't say there's probably going to be enough of a, of a movement that would, probably deprive labour of any seats at all, probably in a

general election. however, locally it could well mean that they don't get councillors that they don't get councillors that they otherwise would have got and, you know, if this becomes a groundswell, then it's definitely something that keir starmer needs to be aware of, what what should we ask monty panesar about your constituency when he comes into the studio? >> what's important to the people of ealing, your area of eaung? >> oh, that's a great question , >> oh, that's a great question, i mean, i mean, to be perfectly honest with you, there's not much really that is, at the top of the political agenda . we're of the political agenda. we're quite, quite a peaceable, calm lot. >> and all those traffic calming schemes, though, kevin. all those bollards . those bollards. >> one thing, one thing that did actually. cause political controversy a couple of years ago now was, the low traffic neighbourhoods there and but the there was a change in the council leadership and they got rid of a lot of them. so you might want to ask whether or not he would look to bring them back and do you get weekly bin collections or are they fortnightly bin collections. >> this is bread and butter

issues. yeah. >> no. absolutely. potholes actually no no i can't think of it. the potholes are problem as are everybody else. you might want to ask them about potholes. yeah. we do get weekly sort of one week. it's the rubbish and one week. it's the rubbish and one week. it's the rubbish and one week it's, your recycling, that's not good enough. food bins get collected once a week as well. so, you know, it's not really. >> we'll quiz him on that for you. >> yeah. and you've got good scores. you've got very good schools in your area though, don't you. great state schools. >> we do indeed. you can tell that we've discussed this. off camera before. yeah. you're right. it's very, very good. i'm very lucky. i have a very good local primary school here. >> yeah, well, there might be a bit of work for him to do. how do you think he would go down knocking on the doors? would people know who monty panesar is? >> i would imagine, yeah. if you're a cricket fan, you're absolutely guaranteed to know who he was. it was probably a little bit of stardust in a political, contest is never a bad thing, but, yeah, i think he faces a massive uphill battle. labour have got this seat nailed down, i think. >> yeah, yeah. okay. all right. thank you. kevin. great to see you, kevin schofield there. >> so talking about sportsmen in

sport in politics they just haven't been hugely successful over the years. no. >> do you think i should also confess that my ex—husband, who is a sportsman, is standing in the next. >> he is he's standing for election. he's standing in colchester, the seat where the tories have the tory mp will quince is standing down, and i think we're all standing down because he thinks he was going to lose. so my ex—husband and i did bump into your husband at a reception and i said, oh, ex—husband, who's, who's, who's your threat, labour or liberal democrat? he said labour. he said, sorry, you're out. >> and the thing is, right, as a sportsman, what you want is an objective gold medal . there's a objective gold medal. there's a finish line, right? it's not subjective. and that's what i think sportsmen find hard about politics. you can't really control the outcome. no, you can do what you can do, but you can. you can knock on all the doors. >> they find it very frustrating. >> they find it really frustrating. >> where is the winning line exactly? >> doesn't feel fair if they lose. but anyway, i'm quite glad i'm not a politician's wife anymore. yeah, we're still talking about should all police officers have tasers? >> this is in the aftermath of the shocking events in hainault

yesterday. those two police officers who first confronted the man with the sword ended up in hospital with very serious injuries . they did not have injuries. they did not have tasers with them. so should we give them all them? i think we should. >> don't go anywhere. britain's newsroom on

gb news. very good morning. it's 1020. very good morning. it's1020. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. we've got our regular panel. >> mike parry, journalist and presenter. and the former labour mp stephen pan is judith stephen, we must ask you immediately. we have monty panesar coming in today. he's going to be standing in the constituency that neighbouring yours. when you were an mp. absolutely. yeah. you're reeling i >>i -- >> i was ealing north and my good friend vrinda sharma , he's good friend vrinda sharma, he's the mp for ealing southall and monty, you know, i have to say, not the first spinner we've had in, you know, in politics. but

yeah. no, but it's interesting because what's fascinating about this, he's standing for george galloway's party of the day. i mean, who knows what george galloway's party of tomorrow will be? but at the moment it's this one. the workers party. and when monty was asked about particularly about the issue of gaza, which is, as you know, you know, the thing that runs through the whole galloway, effort like a stick of rock. so he said, oh, i leave that to george. well, that's all right. >> yeah. he doesn't have to be a foreign policy. he's got to do the whole schools. >> george. yeah, i agree talking to kevin. >> kevin, schofield he was talking about the bread and butter issues there. weekly bin collection, potholes. how how much your old council has not done very well on stephen howe. >> i'm sorry. we're one of the better councils, oddly enough. yeah, but but you know how how much of george galloway speech when he won in rochdale was to do with potholes or it was all to do with gaza, gaza, gaza, rochdale? >> but maybe that's why you need some balance in the party. then you can do george. >> now that is good spin. that is, i think he's very brave to go into bolton as a cricketer because the only other famous cricketer in politics is now in jail, isn't he, imran khan, you

know, you know, ten years or something. >> ted. >> ted. >> ted. >> ted dexter stood for the tories a couple of times against jim callaghan. >> that went well. >> that went well. >> that's right. how in the hell do you know that? >> because i just showed him a little bit earlier. >> cardiff, cardiff central. >> cardiff, cardiff central. >> yeah. the constituency. >> yeah. the constituency. >> well, yeah i don't think any i don't think any footballers ever entered politics. >> but that's probably because they tried to, as monte millionaires he did, but only only at a local level . only at a local level. >> you know what i mean. yeah. they've never had ambitions. >> we tried to sign up brian clough. brian clough was going to be a labour candidate twice, but he never turned up for the meeting. >> no, no that's absolutely right. yeah. and he brian clough said famously when i become an mp because somebody had criticised him for having the top of the range, expensive mercedes, he said if i become an mp, everybody will have one. >> but you know what? isn't it funny though, because you would think that politics would appeal to sports people. well, that's so wealthy now standing in colchester. >> yeah, but they retire now. so wealthy. >> but this is the thing. >> but this is the thing. >> if politicians know footballers. >> oh, football. >> oh, football. >> huge footballers, i get it. >> huge footballers, i get it. >> but you think olympic sports

people. why? because it's a competition. it's a race and they love a competition. yes they love a competition. yes they do. well, there is that footballer who's flirting with labour and he's joining the labour and he's joining the labour party. >> never. neville, gary neville, gary neville for i'm not sure he's actively i mean he's, he's very socialist in his beliefs. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and he's a huge capitalist. i'm not saying there's anything wrong with the list. yeah. he's got huge property investments. he's got companies that make big money. good luck to him and all that. but his views are all socialist. but i think you'll find that with the job he's got sitting in a tv studio and talking about football , it would talking about football, it would be a bit of a fag to go out on the street and start knocking on doors. >> i served in parliament with an olympic gold medallist and she was tanni grey—thompson, of course, and she was in the house of lords when i was in the commons. and she made a huge contribution to the politics. so i mean, there are people who can, you know, hand over sebastian coe was was he was well, he was a one term. >> he was in for one term. yeah no, no, as an mp, he was his office. he was williams hague's chief of staff. but that went spectacularly well didn't he.

>> yeah, he did. >> yeah, he did. >> not particularly. but his office was a very, very long way. and the chap who took over his office in 97 complained he couldn't get in to vote in time because he only had eight minutes to get to vote. he said, well, sebastian coe managed to do it. >> of course he ran down the corridor. >> i think sebastian coe, i'm told, came up with the idea of telling william hague to wear a baseball cap. that went well, didn't it? >> and the log flume. >> and the log flume. >> yeah, right. that was down at that leisure park in cornwall. >> okay, mike. so the first failed asylum seeker went to rwanda yesterday, packed his bags. yeah. this is incredible timing, isn't it? >> you know, with the mayoral elections coming up tomorrow and this was sneaked out in the sun. yes on the front page this morning. i mean, look, i am i, i just have huge admiration for all these people on the tory side of, of politics who persisted with it. they can now say we've got somebody in rwanda. the old joke about one, three, three grand and five years, board and lodging. but excuse me, as far as i'm concerned, the seal's now broken and the system is up and running

. yeah, and they got them out there without anybody knowing. so all the legal protests weren't able to be put into place. point actually. right. they did it behind the scenes. they did it behind the scenes. they got out there. they've only announced it now. they're they announced it now. they're they announced it. oh we're sending this chap because he's volunteered there would now be a huge surely there won't be protests against voluntary vie, it'll be quite difficult. but the great thing here is that firstly, it's one person. secondly, you can use a commercial airliner. yeah. and what you're trying to do that with 20, 30 people, if you're going to deport one person at a time, we'll probably get this donein time, we'll probably get this done in 230 years. yeah, yeah. you know, but who knows? who knows who'll be the leader of the tory party? >> stephen. you know, you know. and it's making. and i can sense the panic amongst labour mps. what's happening in the north of ireland. they're crossing the border, which all the fuss about. there must be no cameras there post—brexit. yes. they're crossing the border into the south of ireland because they fear being deported to rwanda . fear being deported to rwanda. and now the wretched irish government is saying they're going to legislate so they can send them back. yes. and it's

because rwanda is proving to be a deterrent. what are they going to do about that? they said, we're going to abolish the policy even if it works. >> yeah. why don't we do is it's a reciprocal arrangement. if we if we are going to allow home country deportations, then we'll have the same thing. >> yeah, but france won't take back off. so how does that work once this chap gets there and once this chap gets there and once the pride of fleet street get out there and start talking to him. and once he says, this is a wonderful life, i'm by the swimming pool and the for three years they'll be going there in droves. >> but did you see? there's a story in the times today about, you know, there's this huge camp that's set up in dublin from these people who are now there's massive and they keep them in tents rather than hotels. oh yeah. yeah. no the irish government give them tents. well, they have a huge housing crisis and this chap, he's from jordan and they said, well, you know, why are you fleeing? he said, well, i committed adultery with my neighbour's wife and his her family are going to kill me. that's a reason for seeking asylum in this country. come on. >> wow. >> wow. >> and it's in, it's in. it's a lovely picture. it says he's sitting there smoking some counterfeit cigarettes and heating up this stove for his

morning coffee. >> you talked to that lovely human rights lawyer who? we don't have a big fight with. david hague down in the west country, who admits that 80% of the asylum cases he's dealt with, they've been bogus, they've made it up, they've lied, and they or they wouldn't have reason to stay. >> no, no, 80. yeah, absolutely. i think you've touched on something there. andrew labour are terrified of the rwanda policy, even looking like it's going to work in case people think actually they've been rubbishing it all along and now they voted against it 134 times. >> exactly. it is, it is a ridiculous, expensive gimmick that has absolutely no long term benefit. >> people are going to get ever. >> people are going to get ever. >> well, it's a gimmick. >> well, it's a gimmick. >> so the proof is in the pudding. >> and stephen's solution is , >> and stephen's solution is, oh, we're going to get the gangs. no, we're going to get the what we're going to do. >> you talked about 80% being bogus, 20% in that case are genuine. so those 20% should be processed in work and paying tax. >> what about kicking out the 80% of bogus. why didn't you say that? >> well, we can do the same thing. if we properly process, we get the home office working, then we can differentiate between the sheep and the goats. >> and monty panesar is saying

what labour party labour did. we've got to deport illegal asylum seekers. that's what monty panesar is saying. that's right. well, the labour rival, he said, won't be saying that. >> i'm sorry. deport them to tehran and deport them to kabul. >> smashing the gangs, by the way, which is labour's refrain all time we'll smash the gangs. the gangs are so clever that, you know, a few, dried up a bit. the market on the continent. so they've gone to vietnam. they're recruiting refugees from vietnam. that's how active the gangs are. it's $1 billion industry around the world. and anything you do to try and quotes smash the gangs. another gang will arise. >> and as long as we have unregulated, fastest growing number, as long as we have unregulated labour in this country, and anybody can come here without any documentation and get a job or identity card, keep their heads down. and then they have this thing called the regularisation of overstayers protocol, where after 3 or 4 years, even if you're illegal, you can say you've set down roots that the legal stuff has to be changed. >> can we can we move on? >>— >> can we can we move on? >> i just want to move on because we've got other stories we want to talk about, can we talk about your prostates,

gentlemen? yes, definitely, are you sitting comfortably? >> so there's a new screening method which might cut deaths by 40. >> yeah. fantastic what is it? >> yeah. fantastic what is it? >> well, it the problem with, prostate, problems is there's never been a proper medical way of diagnosing it. and in fact, some doctors advise , don't go some doctors advise, don't go and get a psa test, as it called. you know , assess because called. you know, assess because they're not always accurate right now . funnily enough, about right now. funnily enough, about a year ago i thought, water works seemed to be a bit unstable. went and got it and i got a reading of three. and if you get anything under five, you're safe. okay. but the doctor did say to me , come back doctor did say to me, come back in six months, we'll do it again. we're not always certain . again. we're not always certain. this is a much better way of doing it. and you need to do it because men are rubbish about getting tested. >> because unlike women, all. yeah, but they're very bad. they're very squeamish. it's not an easy test. it's not a particularly nice test. >> and are we done? and do you

have to have a finger up your bum now. >> no no, no, it's not all bad news. >> it's been. >> it's been. >> yeah. so what's the real heroes here? i think amazingly, you won't hear this very often. are premier league football managers in the last four years, every single premier league football manager on match of the day has been wearing one of those badges. it's absolutely right. and raising, raising. and ihave right. and raising, raising. and i have to say, a lot of people i know who never would have thought about it, they actually see the role models there. yeah. and certainly i go in on a fairly regular basis. it's not unpleasant. >> thousand men a year. yeah. unnecessarily extraordinary because because often you don't early diagnosis you've got the symptoms. >> so it's not dissimilar in that case then to a cervical smear test that if you are assessed early then you have an excellent prognosis. >> but it's not by royal appointment anyway. >> yeah. yeah. >> yeah. yeah. >> but you're absolutely right. there are no symptoms. i mean, sometimes you detect blood in the urine or something like that, but a mate of mine suddenly found out he had like stage three prostate cancer. simply through another routine medical test. he was having. and they detected it, but there were no symptoms. you know, and

that's that's the very worst thing about symptoms. >> i mean, nocturnal micturition and inability to flow. >> well, the problem is that can get confused with old age. >> indeed it can. >> indeed it can. >> indeed it can. >> i mean, yeah, or you drink too much before you go on. >> or it can be, as i said, i wish i had the tongue of homer to speak of rectal carcinoma. >> the point is here, chaps, if you're listening or watching, get tested. yeah, because it really is one of the ones they can get rid of. >> no, absolutely. and actually, you can live without a prostate gland. yeah. you know, your life changes, but you can live without it. so you're absolutely right. just go and get it taken out, because that means you and itake out, because that means you and i take a thing called tammy listen every morning. >> and that will actually, i had the test about two years ago. and they said there's a propensity for that. take tamsulosin and that will actually keep you, you know, make, make all the problems that are referred to go away . and are referred to go away. and because i used to go out for a walk and i'd have to be hiding behind a bush every couple of years, and i'm just down 100 miles in northern spain without needing to. yeah, well done. but no, that's neither here nor there. but the point is, medically, you can now treat it. but the key thing that's over

and over, you're right to mention it. early diagnosis. >> that's right. what the king was saying only yesterday. >> yeah, but you and the king very often speak from the same member of my family. >> had exactly the same problem. stephen you know, walking around the isle of wight and having to go behind a wall and all that. eventually, on the waiting list, he paid £15,000 privately and got the laser treatment on it, which has solved it. >> could it make you rise? we got to go to the news, gentlemen. thank you so much. and we might ask you about your 100 mile walk. when we come back in the next hour. >> it's a very nice present, steve. >> and he bought us a very. >> and he bought us a very. >> he didn't buy me one. >> he didn't buy me one. >> i know you did. >> i know you did. >> right. sophia's waiting very patiently. we're wearing the same colour pink. here she is with the news. >> bev. thank you. from the gb newsroom at 1033, your headlines met police chief sir mark rowley has said a female police officer came close to losing her hand after a 14 year old boy was killed and others injured in a sword attack in north—east london, a video has emerged showing the moment police

arrested the man wielding a sword. officers cornered him at a property, bringing the suspect to the ground with three separate taser discharges. he's been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a 14 year old boy. the 36 year old suspect is now in hospital. police saying they've been unable to interview him due to his condition . a failed asylum his condition. a failed asylum seeker volunteering to go to rwanda is a positive development as it shows the country is safe . as it shows the country is safe. that's according to the business secretary, kemi badenoch confirmed the failed asylum seeker was flown out to kigali in rwanda yesterday. it's after his asylum bid was rejected last year and he voluntarily agreed to move to the central african nation, receiving £3,000. as this scheme is said to be separate to a forced deportation programme due to start in early july. labour has criticised the move, accusing the government of being desperate to get flights off the ground before the local elections. kemi badenoch says the scheme is working .

the scheme is working. >> i think we should remember that we're spending £8 million a day on this issue that is not something that is sustainable. we have to deal with it. people said the rwanda scheme wouldn't work. they tried to say that it wasn't a safe country. if it wasn't a safe country. if it wasn't a safe country, we wouldn't have people volunteering to go. this shows that the scheme is working. people go to rwanda on holiday. i know someone who's gone there on a gap year. we need to actually make sure that this scheme works. and that's what the prime minister is focusing on, getting people on those flights and getting getting them over there . over there. >> and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts . by sign up to gb news alerts. by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts . alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , and here's financial report, and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you

$12495 >> the pound will buy you $1.2495 and ,1.1713. the price of gold is £1,831.68 per ounce, and the ftse 100 are 8160 points. >> cheers. britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report. >> yeah, come this morning. former england superstar cricketer monty panesar. he's here, he's in the building. >> we're looking forward to talking to him very much. >> looking forward to talking to him. i'm going to ask him. we're not going to go easy on him. why does he want to go into politics? what could he bring to his constituents in ealing? this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> well, today marks a significant moment for the uk government's legacy act. now, that's designed to end all

future prosecutions of veterans related to the troubles. going back to the 1960s and 70s in northern ireland. >> so the act has been opposed by victims groups and all the main political parties in northern ireland. gb news is northern ireland. gb news is northern ireland. gb news is northern ireland. reporter dougie beattie joins us now . dougie beattie joins us now. dougie, for people who will be too young to know what all of this is about, just just remind us of the backstory and why this decision is being made now in 2024. >> well, you're exactly right. those that are too young to remember it, it's been a quarter of a century since the good friday agreement was signed. that ended the troubles in northern ireland. now, of course, there are people that were killed and injured in that beforehand. and over the last 25 years, there's been about £25 billion spent on court cases , billion spent on court cases, people trying to take action against those that were responsible . now, i have always responsible. now, i have always came at a story looking at what could cause, cause and effect and how it comes . but in 1998, and how it comes. but in 1998, the during those talks , there

the during those talks, there were letters of comfort and queen's pardons of mercy's handed out to those in the ira. and they, of course , were and they, of course, were involved in the killings in northern ireland. in fact , they northern ireland. in fact, they did the majority of them. so every time they would have came to court. that, of course, was then thrown out of court because they had these letters of comfort. so only one side of the community ever really got defined what had happened. and records were always kept by the state through police services and the army that was here. so they of course, ended up in court most of the time. and when it got to a certain stage then and state actors were involved in that, le. double agents inside the ira or the uvf or some of the protestant paramilitaries that were there. well, then the case could go no further. and canova report that came out a couple of weeks ago, actually showed that that there was a lot of these state agents that were operating alongside

the british state, and effectively facilitating some of those paramilitary killings. so they never came to court . so they never came to court. so what ended up happening is case after case came here, and very few of them give any answers to , few of them give any answers to, to the victims. so 25 years on, the state has said enough. that's it. we're going to deal anything that hasn't made it to anything that hasn't made it to a certain level here so far will be into this new commission, the independent commission for reconciliation and information recovery. it's a bit like the truth recovery after in south africa, but there is some very good legal minds at the top of this. and there is some very good ex police at the top of this having a look at what's going on. so the british government are asking those victims please come to us, tell us what you know. we will take your case on and try and get you the answers that really are required . but of course, in the

required. but of course, in the middle of that, the irish government has taken an intergovernmental legal case against britain objecting to this very commission that has been put in place and many in the community here saying, well, that's not right either, because the irish government's hands weren't clean in these troubles ehhen weren't clean in these troubles either. so it has started a ry. it's a continuing ry. and on the back of the rwanda ry , relations back of the rwanda ry, relations between london and dublin are now becoming strained. but from midnight last night, all of these historical cases are now in the hands of the commission. >> okay . thank you so much, >> okay. thank you so much, dougie. dougie beattie there. they just feel like a slightly ironic timing, doesn't it, as things are getting a little bit more complicated between northern ireland and the republic. >> well, there's no doubt the row over rwanda and the immigrants is probably caused the biggest bust up between britain and the irish government since brexit. >> well, megan has got in touch. thank you megan. and she says meghan markle no. are you tuning

in? >> we're thrilled . do you want >> we're thrilled. do you want to come on? >> megan says hang on you two. she's right. an illegal immigrant voluntarily going to rwanda proves that it's a safe country. good point megan. >> well spotted. >> well spotted. >> and we have to make the point to the irish government court said britain is no longer a safe country for migrants because of our rwanda policy. the irish government is now trying to ignore its own courts. we heard this before in this country. yeah, because they want to send migrants back here and we're not going to take them. and nor should we. >> frances, who is a gb news member, said we have the toughest firearms legislation in the world. this is because, of course, we've been reflecting on the awful events in hainaut yesterday. he says legally, in an overreaction , we have the an overreaction, we have the toughest legislation in the world because of dunblane, if you remember, back in the 90s. >> right. >> right. >> sorry, frances. yeah, legally and an overreaction, following dunblane, tony blair yet again, all pistols were banned, affecting olympic sports like modern pentathlon, shotgun

ownership challenged for sporting purposes like clay pigeon shooting, often for charitable fundraising, pest control, etc. rifles used for culling. the main issue is illegal imported guns used by drug gangs. counter to wider weapons is risk of theft or misuse . shotgun suicide of misuse. shotgun suicide of course, being one of them. it is a complicated issue, but i think we've done i know is he saying about the perhaps the caveats of where it didn't go? i love the fact that we don't have a big gun culture. >> oh, i do too. >>— >> oh, i do too. >> it's something we should be very proud of and we don't give ourselves enough credit as a country for that. and david says 500 people enter on small boats and one leaves on one aeroplane. actually, it's more than 500. david >> over the weekend, more than 7000 have arrived this year. >> yeah, and, here we go. what else have you been saying? sorry. >> credit where? credit. you've just got to hope that it's the start of something. >> yeah, somebody who calls themselves a reform voter says £303,000 to send one immigrant to rwanda. but how long would it take to spend that amount of money to keep him here? >> it's three times 3000.

>> it's three times 3000. >> yeah. how long would it spend? yeah, much more to keep him here. >> how much are the hotel bills? >> how much are the hotel bills? >> but also to be clear, that £3,000 is only the cash that they've got to go like the money in the bank account, but also we want to get them out of our hotel. >> so many hotels now are no go areas for tourists because, and i've seen a few of them in the brighton area, they just become very run down and dilapidated. yeah, they've become a complete eyesore. yeah, you've got to get them out. >> it wasn't for anybody. right. up >> it wasn't for anybody. right. up next, do you like the sound of 30 degrees sunshine here in the uk ? we're being warned of the uk? we're being warned of a new reality when it comes to high temperatures in london. >> well, we can tell you we know all about that because it's about 40 degrees in this studio. >> bev turner is threatening to strip off. i hope she's not serious. >> apparently it's bad news this warm weather. i have to say i'm a little bit

gb news. welcome back. so could london be

the next holiday hotspot? the capital is seeing an increase in days where it hits highs of over 30 degrees. >> so the institute. sorry. the international institute for environmental environment and development's new research shows london has experienced 116 days over 30 degrees in the past three decades and said this could be the new reality, and the met office have just issued weather warnings for thunderstorms covering large parts of the uk. >> jim dale, that's just mentioned that, didn't i? senior meteorologist is here and the author of surviving extreme weather, and we've been surviving extreme weather, jim, because london's been blooming, freezing, kind of . freezing, kind of. >> yeah. and i did say central heating. i know there'd be viewers saying, oh, you said in april it would all come right, and all the rest of it. well, that was in early march, sort of about the 11th of march. and i was looking for thinking this can't last forever. all this rain. well, it did, didn't it? >> yes, it did. >> yes, it did. >> you got it, did it. no not not again i it's a forecast at the end of the day. and anybody who forecasts these things predictions, sometimes they can fall off a cliff. but i was actually emphasising more the summer which is now what we're going to be talking about going

forward, lovely. if it remains sort of in where we've been normally, which is in the mid 20s, you know, that's a nice day even even now when we get sort of fifteens and sixteens with the sun shining, it's fine. the problem with april , it was dull. problem with april, it was dull. it was northerly air stream rather than a southerly air stream. so it's easy, forgettable if this is happening jim. >> yeah. and we can debate about whether we should be changing our fossil fuels, etc. but if this is happening, why aren't we just therefore making structural changes to our business? oh, what a question to our lives , what a question to our lives, because that seems inevitable. give me an example. i've recently done up my kids bedrooms rather than just getting a normal light on the ceiling , getting a normal light on the ceiling, i've getting a normal light on the ceiling , i've got getting a normal light on the ceiling, i've got a getting a normal light on the ceiling , i've got a light with a ceiling, i've got a light with a fan so that they can have a bit of air in the summer. we can open the window. >> well done. >> well done. >> that's a simple thing that you can do. it doesn't cost you an awful lot more. >> self—help is the starting block of everything. you've got to look independently. you know, if you stand up there with your bare chest. not you necessarily, but whoever saying, you know, i'll stand anything and all, you know, all of that sort of stuff,

you've got to think of people, children, people with underlying conditions, those poorer people who've got difficulty with their housing, no insulation, all of this sort of stuff. then that's where it's going to hit mostly. and to be frank with you, when you start to see the silly temperatures that we are now seeing in places like cambodia, thailand, and you're going to say it's hot there anyway. no it's not. these are record temperatures two days ago in cambodia . record all time cambodia. record all time temperature. it's going on and on.andi temperature. it's going on and on. and i think we're going to see some of that more and more. we've been i say lucky almost to say that we've been in the cool and the wet for some time, because that might be a, you know , something that we can look know, something that we can look back on and say, well, thank god for that because we're not in drought anymore. we don't we're not a water shortage. but the self—help thing is where it starts, even, for example , starts, even, for example, passive greening. i always look at this desk as i come in on breakfast show sometimes, and they have these two plastic dandern they have these two plastic dandelion things or whatever they are. yes. >> not dandelion, you know, very expensive set dressing. >> yeah. look. yeah. what? look,

one day i'm going. i should have done it. today i'm going to bnng done it. today i'm going to bring a proper plant in here. >> it'll wilt. >> it'll wilt. >> no. come on, look after it. yeah, i know i can feel it. it's absolutely just. and i just wait till it's 40 degree out there. >> i've worked in newspapers for 40 years. people bring in a nice plant, a bunch of flowers. they're dead within. >> i'm going to try awful. >> i'm going to try awful. >> i'm going to try awful. >> i know what it is. i'll tell you what. >> we just managed to kill everything. >> i'll tell you what. we'll make it a cactus that will survive on it. >> there we go. >> there we go. >> nice and spiky. it'sjust. >> nice and spiky. it's just. >> nice and spiky. it's just. >> it'll be appropriate. yeah. >> it'll be appropriate. yeah. >> andrew, it's called passive greening. so you can do little things that will help. we can do that. >> but what this government does can do nothing to change the temperature in this country. nothing at all. apart from put people's bills up. >> no, i disagree with you. that's the old you're going to get colder and poorer. i'll tell you. you get colder if you don't have insulation. so that should be a number one going forward without a shadow of a doubt to help the poorer people get there. just a couple of other little things i talked about passive green. i go running and walking in woods. it's often when it's very hot outside. it's very cool in there. when it's very cool in there. when it's very cold outside, it's actually warmer, cooler and cool , but warmer, cooler and cool, but warmer, cooler and cool, but warmer in the woods. get into

those areas. we talk about london being the next. >> you see, sleep in the woods are no, i'm saying spend more time and i'm saying plant more trees . trees. >> it's one way i'll give you another one. and that is start you know, little, little bits and pieces is breaking up here, isn't she ? isn't she? >> i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> there's just so much of what we talk about in the news these days. just feels like i'm on some sort of comedy show. the solution? the solution to the warming planet and the fact we can't go hang out in the sleep in the woods. >> yeah, well, look, to be honest with you, if you're in central london as we are now, there are places to go on a hot day with the trees and not many of them, you know, you know, hyde park and places what we're doing instead. >> we're knocking down trees and putting solar panels. >> yes, we are , but there's >> yes, we are, but there's nothing wrong with that. in in one way, we're not necessarily knocking down trees, getting rid of greenery, yeah. i mean, it's a, it's a progressive thing that's going to happen, but i'll just mention one thing and that is i look at the buildings in london, for example, i'm pretty

sure it'd be the same in birmingham, manchester, and they are even even here on the canal or come out of the tube station and there's two buildings facing, you know, the two that really tall black one. and next to it there's a white one. i'll bet you any money in the summer time, it's the white one that will be much more preferable to be like the south. >> the motto is do what you can for yourself. >> get a chandelier. they're very good. i highly recommend them and sleep in the woods. don't go anywhere. >> sleep in the woods . >> sleep in the woods. >> sleep in the woods. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. a lot of cloud today with some showers, but there'll be more heavy rain arriving into the south overnight. even some thunderstorms . initially, the thunderstorms. initially, the best of any sunshine will be across western parts , and across western parts, and there'll be some decent sunny spells around during the morning . northwest scotland, northern ireland, parts of wales keep those sunny spells well into the

afternoon, otherwise increasing amounts of cloud arrive from the east with some showery rain, especially for eastern scotland. parts of central and eastern england. but away from the showery rain. actually, it's going to be relatively warm, particularly where we get some sunshine through central parts northern ireland, western scotland, temperatures up into the high teens, perhaps even 2021 celsius. nevertheless, looking towards the south into the evening, we've got this area of heavy rain moving up, perhaps even some thunderstorms across some southern counties of england into south wales during the early hours of tomorrow. and those thunderstorms could be accompanied by frequent lightning. some very heavy rainfall could be a noisy night in places, but they'll be hit and miss and they will be clearing away across south wales and the southwest of england dunng and the southwest of england during the morning tomorrow, leaving a legacy of low cloud and outbreaks of drizzly rain. elsewhere, brighter skies develop after a mostly dry night. plenty of sunshine for scotland , northern ireland into scotland, northern ireland into much of central and eastern england, but some parts of

north—east england and eastern scotland will be affected by low cloud . that'll make things feel cloud. that'll make things feel much cooler . much cooler. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> morning. 11 am. on wednesday, the 1st of may. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so, from spin bowler to prime minister, the former england cricketer monty panesar is turning his hand to politics. >> he joins us next. >> he joins us next. >> and is it a rwanda's success or is it a bit of spin or a lot of spin? a failed asylum seeker has been relocated to rwanda after taking part in a voluntary removal scheme. it cost you, the taxpayer , a mere £3,000. taxpayer, a mere £3,000. >> and is it time to arm all police officers with tasers? the man tasered and arrested after multiple stabbings in north east london yesterday, remains in custody but is yet to be

interviewed. >> and there's a major breakthrough on prostate cancer. a new screening initiative aims to reduce deaths from the disease by 40. it's being described as a pivotal moment for men. as well. multiple ones in the building here in the building we're talking. do you know much about cricket? >> i know absolutely nothing about. >> nor me. >> nor me. >> do you know how many people in the cricket team? 11. >> i think that's football. >> i think that's football. >> might be 12. don't know. but luckily we aren't talking about cricket. we're talking about his political ambitions because he's going to be standing for george galloway's british workers party in the next election . we're in the next election. we're going to be finding out why. don't go anywhere. but first, your very latest news with sofia. >> bev. thank you. good morning. it's 11:01. i'm >> bev. thank you. good morning. it's11:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . first, some

in the gb newsroom. first, some breaking news. a 17 year old boy has been arrested for attempted murder after three people were injured at a school in sheffield . officers were called to birley community college at 8:50 am. this morning after reports of an incident involving a sharp object. a child was given medical attention and two adults were also injured. the suspect remains in police custody. met police chief sir mark rowley has said a female police officer came close to losing her hand after a 14 year old boy was killed and others injured in a sword attack in north—east london. video has emerged showing the moment police arrested the man wielding a sword . officers cornered him at sword. officers cornered him at a property, bringing the suspect to the ground with three separate taser discharges. he's been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a 14 year old boy. the 36 year old suspect is now in hospital, police saying they've been unable to interview him due to

his condition . former met police his condition. former met police detective peter bleksley urges police to look into the suspect's background. >> sincerely hope that the police investigation into the background of the man arrested yesterday is very thorough in that it explores any potential illegal drug use. i have no evidence to suggest that that man has gone down that route in the past, but i am strongly suggesting that that investigation must look at that . investigation must look at that. if this man is to later claim diminished responsibility through a mental illness, and if there is a history of drug taking in the past, that might negates that . negates that. >> in other news, a failed asylum seeker volunteering to go to rwanda is a positive development, as it shows the country is safe. that's according to the business secretary kemi badenoch confirmed the failed asylum seeker was flown out to kigali in rwanda yesterday. it's after his asylum bid was rejected last year and he voluntarily agreed

to move to the central african nation, receiving £3,000. the scheme is said to be separate to a forced deportation programme due to start in july. a forced deportation programme due to start in july . labour has due to start in july. labour has criticised the move, accusing the government of being desperate to get any flight off the ground before the local election . as business and trade election. as business and trade secretary kemi badenoch said the scheme is working. i think we should remember that we're spending £8 million a day on this issue. >> that is not something that is sustainable. we have to deal with it. people said the rwanda scheme wouldn't work . they tried scheme wouldn't work. they tried to say that it wasn't a safe country. if it wasn't a safe country, we wouldn't have people volunteering to go. this shows that the scheme is working . that the scheme is working. people go to rwanda on holiday. i know someone who has gone there on a gap year. we need to actually make sure that this scheme works. and that's what the prime minister is focusing on, getting people on those flights and getting getting them over there . over there. >> meanwhile, a man has been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences after five migrants died trying to cross

the english channel last week. the national crime agency said a 23 year old sudanese national was arrested on suspicion of assisting illegal immigration and entering the uk illegally. it comes as two other men from south sudan and sudan were charged over the incident. three men and a woman and a seven year old girl died after the dinghy, carrying more than 100 people, got into difficulties off the coast of northern france . coast of northern france. pro—palestinian demonstrators are protesting outside the department of trade in london, 1000 workers and trade unionists are also rallying outside bae systems sites in glasgow, south wales and lancashire. they say their aim is to show solidarity with palestinian workers. police say they have made three arrests so far and violent clashes have erupted on the campus of the university of california in los angeles between pro—palestinian protesters and a group of counter demonstrators. riot

police have had to break up crowds of people wielding sticks to attack wooden boards, being held up as makeshift barricade to protect pro—palestinian protesters. overnight, new york city police arrested dozens of pro—palestinian demonstrators occupied an academic building on columbia university campus in new york. and for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts. now it's back to andrew and . bev. and. bev. >> it's 1106 with britain's newsroom on gb news. me bev turner and andrew pierce. >> so just to recap on that breaking news, a 17 year old boy has been arrested for attempted murder after three people were injured at a school in sheffield. officers were called to birley community college at 8:50 am. this morning after reports of an incident involving a sharp object. >> that's right, a child was

given medical attention and two adults were also injured . the adults were also injured. the suspect remains in police custody. we will bring you more on that as we have it. >> well, we should have a drum roll now because he's here. we've been trading all morning. the very famous. even i've heard of monty panesar and monty. you know what i know about cricket ? know what i know about cricket? i can write on the back of a postage stamp that's been shrunk three times. but i know you're one of our most successful spinners. you're giving up a life of sport and glamour for the grind of politics. what's possessed you ? possessed you? >> well, i think, you know, the simple reason is like, i want to, you know, be the voice for the, you know, ordinary people, you know, in, in, in britain and, you know, be the voice for them really. and it's something that really excites me. and i feel i can make a difference. >> how did this come about and why? george galloway's party, when presumably you could have probably with your celebrity status, gone to any of the main parties and been accepted ? parties and been accepted? >> yeah, because i think when they approached me they said, you know, do you want to go for the south or ealing, you know, constituency and i think the

reason i did it because i was a, a radio presenter on punjab radio for a couple of years. so i got to know the area really well. the people know me really well. >> there is that base there. it's not based in punjab. >> no, no, it's based in it's based in southall. but it's called punjab radio. >> radio. >> radio. >> yeah. so actually it's funny enough, everyone around globally tunes in to punjab radio because of the name. and, i got to know the area really well, like i said. and then i studied, you know, sports journalism. just close by at saint mary's university. i played a couple of years of club cricket at, you know, twickenham cricket club. so i got to know the area really well. the people know me, you know really well there. and i thought, yeah, i, you know, hopefully i can make a difference. >> now the, of course back in 20 which mayoral election 2016 you backed zac goldsmith of course for the mayoral election. he was a tory, a right wing tory, a brexiteer, very rich . and here brexiteer, very rich. and here you are standing for the workers party, which is at the opposite end of the spectrum of the billionaire's son, zac goldsmith. >> yeah . look, i think the >> yeah. look, i think the reason being since that time, you know, going forward now in

2024, i just feel that there's a massive gap between the rich and the poor. and, like, we like, i said, you know, the working class people that, you know, the workers of britain, you know, their voices are not actually being heard. and you know, our party, hopefully we get a few, you know, people winning , you you know, people winning, you know, seats. then we can be that voice in parliament for them because, you know, the high interest rate, the cost of living crisis, it's, you know, it's difficult for them. >> you don't feel like those people are represented by labour anymore. >> i don't think so . anymore. >> i don't think so. i think labour and tory are the same party. that's just dovetailing against, you know, each other, in my, in my sort of opinion. so that's why, why do we have the reform party, you know, which is going to hopefully take a few of the, you know, tory seats. and with the labour we've got you know, obviously our party as well. so i think the reason being is like i said, you know, it's the people, the vulnerable people, the, you know, people who are who, you know, who are living in vulnerable poor areas. they just feel that, you know, their voice obviously needs to be heard. and it gives them a

voice. so when the general election. >> so what can you do for a working class family in in your eaung working class family in in your ealing constituency? what, what would be your pitch on the doorstep, why you should vote for me and not the labour candidate, the labour mp who's got a majority of about 16,000. what can what would the working party give? >> yeah, what we can do is also, you know, try and bring in more investment in terms of, you know, sporting facilities, you know, sporting facilities, you know, help with the social housing things as well. and what we also look to do is what we've seen at the, you know, gurdwara singh sabha, they've got a obviously a neutral diversity , obviously a neutral diversity, you know, a project which is actually to help people with, you know, mental disorders. and they obviously want to get me involved to develop a cricket team as well. so what i'm trying to do is branch out the community where it's not just about obviously , the areas, you about obviously, the areas, you know, what southall is known for . it's actually saying their voices, you know, there's a problem with, you know, the sporting aspect of us as well. a lot of people in the, in the community want to go there. they go. we want to i want my son and daughter, you know, to play in

football, in rugby and in cricket, but we don't know where to go. >> yeah, well some people are getting in touch with us this morning and saying how important to you is a situation in gaza and palestine, because that is clearly the thread that runs through george galloway's campaign. yeah >> look, it's a clear situation there. you know, i think there needs to be a ceasefire there. i think they need to develop peace between israel and palestine. what's going on there is wrong, and we need to free palestine. you know, the best situation, you know, for palestine would be if they can develop their own economy and then , you know, economy and then, you know, they're free from israel. israel doesn't have, you know , all this doesn't have, you know, all this what they're doing right now, i think it's wrong. >> but have you can you have you condemned monty, the hamas massacre of those israelis back on october the 7th? >> well , what on october the 7th? >> well, what hamas did is was completely wrong. we know that right . and i think everyone right. and i think everyone knows that. but right now, 70, 60% of population in england want a ceasefire. and why isn't the ceasefire happening? why aren't the tories or the labour party, you know, forcing that on the israel government ? and i

the israel government? and i think that's where, you know, the people in our people in england are sort of thinking maybe both of these parties are not for us. maybe we need to go to a bit to reform. maybe we need to come here, you know, towards us. so i think, you know, there is a sort of, you know, there is a sort of, you know, a bit of a split. well, you do a pact with reform because arguably you would say you'd have a much stronger chance in that constituency. >> so why would reform stand? >> so why would reform stand? >> well, i think, you know, reform is obviously going to going to stand as well to nick, you know, in terms of as many seats as they get. but we've already got 500 candidates. and i think we're trying to push to 650. our party is just growing momentum. you know, the workers party is just you know, the momentum that we're getting is unbelievable. and i'm surprised by it as well. you know, when i first entered i thought it wouldn't be this big. so i think, you know, we're going to surprise quite a few people when it comes to a general election. virendra sharma has got a 16,000 majority in ealing southall where you are. >> can you take any bite out of that monty ? that monty? >> well, i've got to be doing door to door, right? i've got to

door to door, right? i've got to do the hard yards. i'll grab you guys as well. you guys can come with me, you know, to do that. that'll be good, too. helping me along, i've got a. yeah well, as long as she takes. >> very nice, carry afterwards. there's a very nice curry house, and you all know the best ones. >> absolutely. our promise here you will get andrew and bev walking with me. we're going to the best curry house afterwards. >> if we can ask you a few questions because you're going to be asked, you're going to put on all sorts of spots because you're representing the workers party. so you will know we've called this quiz by the way. >> stomp the panesar. >> stomp the panesar. >> stomp the panesar. >> stomp the panesar okay. do you know the cost of a prescription in england i think it's about £15. >> no £9.90. oh okay. what's the population of ealing . population of ealing. >> 200,000 366,000 a living wage i >> average living wage. >> average living wage. >> there is a there's an agreed living wage. yeah, 40,000 per hour per hour. it's nothing. you've got to go a bit lower than that. yeah. >> yeah . £15 1144. >> yeah. £15 1144. >> yeah. £15 1144. >> so you've got some work. you've got some work to do. you can get that up to £15.

>> a lot of voters will like a pint of milk from tesco. oh i didn't know this by the way. >> i go to tesco's quite a lot. i know the price of that. i think it's £1.10. >> it could be on a bad day. it's £0.90 normally from tesco but you're not. not a million miles off top of the premier league. >> well it's got to be arsenal. oh very good. >> you have to get that right. >> you have to get that right. >> which of these is in the working party of britain's manifesto. is it half government consultancy spending by bringing in proper spending controls and having a long term staffing strategy? no no, that's a labour pledge. is it 50,000 more police and tougher sentencing for criminals? >> yes. >> yes. >> no or is it? we will fully renationalise the nhs and commit to significant spending on social and economic infrastructure. and number three, efficiency savings ? three, efficiency savings? >> that one for sure. >> that one for sure. >> let me ask you. let's ask you another question. do sports men and women translate into politics? do you think do you think about sepco ? yeah. think about sepco? yeah. fantastic. double olympic gold medallist was a one term tory mp. then he looked after william hague's office. didn't do particularly well. colin moynihan, who was an olympic silver medallist i think rower. he went to panama, didn't

exactly set the place alight. can you does the sporting discipline enable you to bring something special to politics? >> well, i think you know , this >> well, i think you know, this is a question i you know, i asked myself why am i going into politics? is one of the reasons is because when i played cricket for england, you know, the fans and the love i got was massive. you know, they're like, everyone knows who i am. the popularity is huge in this country. and i think, by using, you know, my popularity , hopefully i can make popularity, hopefully i can make a difference, you know, to the british people and you know, going back to your question about more, you know, sports people making a difference, i think they would, because i think they would, because i think they would, because i think they have a much more, you know, they're much more in touch with, you know, the common man on the street than some of the other politicians, you know, who probably, you know, are obviously, you know, highly educated, but they don't really know what's really happening. so i could see other sports people in the future , you know, this in the future, you know, this could be the new trend where we see, you know, more sports people who have a huge following to think i want to make a difference. you know, in my in my area, i want to make a difference to my country. >> and there won't be if you win, there won't be many seats in parliament.

>> no they won't, there won't be many seats. and you know, if i, if i, if i do win, i'll definitely bring some, you know, samosas and i'll see you in parliament. we'll definitely have that is i'm just interested to know again why why this particular party. >> because knowing how desperate political parties are for people like you to be involved, i'm fascinated by the choice of party. you could have waltzed into any of them. monty. >> yeah, i think the real choice is that, to be honest, i just looked at it and i thought, i feel there's a massive gap, you know, between the rich and the poon know, between the rich and the poor, and we need to now, you know, recap that where the power is shifted towards more to the, you know, the working people of, of britain and, and, i just feel that, you know, as we have seen but is that by taxing the rich, is that by taking because you've obviously done very well in your life, you're a successful man. >> would you pay more tax in order to provide more to money people who might be on benefits or need more support from the state? well look, one thing i'd like to introduce, obviously,

you know, wealth tax and, anyone who has over £10 million of estate, you know, 5% one off tax. >> so there'll be some of my cricket mates who won't be happy to hear this because they're obviously very wealthy. which ones will shame them? there's a few of them, a few of them who are knighted right now. i reckon they'll be worth over, you know, 10 million. yeah. and you know, i think james anderson, he'll be knighted as well, you know, as we all know. >> how do your family feel about all of this ? all of this? >> they your background. >> they your background. >> where does this need to help the less well ofcom from, i think it's just come from, you know, obviously my family, you know, obviously my family, you know, they they when they came into the country, they, remind us where they came from. yeah, they came from india. and then when they were here, they they worked in, you know, my dad worked in, you know, my dad worked in, you know, my dad worked in a vauxhall factory. and my mom, you know, worked in, you know, obviously a laundrette factory. so they their hard working, working class people. so i know exactly how hard they worked . so, you know, when, when worked. so, you know, when, when i see what's happening. right now with, you know, with our country, i just feel that i could be that voice. i could be

that bridging gap where actually , you know, what's really happening to the ordinary person on the street can be heard, you know, in parliament, have we got our immigration about right, do you say, or do you think there should be fewer people arriving here every year? well, i think immigration is good for our country, right. where the premiership is right now. we've got over 70 nationalities. that's what makes the premiership so good. because of immigration. and, you know, i think 25% of our workforce in the nhs is from immigration. but it's an illegal immigration that has a real issue for us. you know, we can't protect our borders. that's one area. you know, i would like, you know , know, i would like, you know, have more of a conversation about how do we protect our borders, how do we protect illegal migration, because they end up going to the most poorest depnved end up going to the most poorest deprived areas. and when they're there, the resources get, you know, strained in them areas. so it makes it even more difficult for them. >> what do you think of the rwanda boats policy? do you think it's going to work? >> i hope it scares people away. i think that's probably what the idea is. and if it does, then i think it has worked . but if it

think it has worked. but if it doesn't scare people away, then, you know, a new policy needs to come in place. >> and just lastly, george galloway, did he call you up out of the blue and say, come on, come and be one of my mps? how did it just no, no, he didn't call me. >> it was the, you know, the latent, you know, mp candidate there. yeah. candidate there who's a very good friend of mine. and, you know, he called me up and said, you know, would you be interested? and when i looked into the policies and everything, i thought, yeah, why not? you know, if i can make a difference, you know, to britain, to my people, then doing it so far. yeah, absolutely. love it. >> any other big names coming across to galloway's party that you can give us a little, even a hint about? >> i don't know yet. i don't know yet. i hope i can, you know, drag a few more. >> are you going to be talking to some people about it? because, you know, a lot of people. >> yeah. yeah i do. and if there'll be people interested in it and if they are keen, then yeah, i'd love them to come and join us. >> i wonder how frightened the labour party are. >> i think they will be scared. galloway one, rochdale. they should have walked that by—election. the labour party and i know that shadow ministers who've got candidates standing against them, independent muslims or independent people

like you, monty, independent candidates, they're very worried i >> -- >> yeah. i exam >> yeah. i think there would be you know, i think with the momentum that's going and, you know, for people to have choice, you know, that's what they're going to be worried about. and they're going to think actually maybe we just want to come here and vote for monty in south holland, ealing. >> is that going to be your slogan? vote for monty? >> yeah, absolutely. i'm the only mp you can trust, right. >> great to see you. thank you so much again for coming in. right. so let us know what you think about all that. still to come, breakfast experts say the best bacon butty is a sandwich with no sauce, no idiots, don't go anywhere with britain's newsroom on gb news. >> get

i >> -- >> this is britain's newsroom on gb news. this is. i'm bev turner, and this is andrew pierce . pierce. >> know that by now, the panel of bat mike parry. thank you. and the former abraham. steven pan. steven, you were drawn by

what? sadiq khan said about, well, knife crime. >> look, you know, tragically , >> look, you know, tragically, knife crime, of course, has been heightened this morning, but just seeing what sadiq khan said just seeing what sadiq khan said just a week ago, sadiq khan played down fears over gangs running around with machetes. just a week before yesterday's sword attack in hainault, north—east london. i mean, you know, this has been an ongoing situation with sadiq khan refusing to reinstitute stop and search, which all criminologists will tell you is really the only policy in which you can drastically cut down on a crime that's causing young people to be killed and the number of knife crimes in 20 2223 last year might went up to 13,000 from 11,000. >> that's thousand a month. >> that's thousand a month. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> this female police officer yesterday . steven, the police yesterday. steven, the police have said that she should be able to retain the use of her handif able to retain the use of her hand if she has years of care and physio. sir mark rowley has said, but of course yesterday stop and search wouldn't have

done anything for a case. >> no, no, i think you're absolutely right. i think everybody, everybody here gb news wants to send their absolute best wishes and commiserations to not just the family of the poor lad who was killed, but also those absolutely heroic police officers. and i think it was a woman police officer who tasered this man. and i think he was tasered three times. he was. yeah.i tasered three times. he was. yeah. i think you're absolutely right to say stop and search wouldn't have stopped this particular case because he was in a in a van, drove it into somebody's house. but the reality of the situation is that stop and search does work . reality of the situation is that stop and search does work. in the majority of cases. it wouldn't have stopped this case, but it would have saved other lives. and i think there's absolutely no way around it. >> and it's political. it's because of political correctness, because people like sadiq khan, they might abuse the police and crime commissioner for london say it falls disproportionately on members of the black andrew. >> they used to be a thing called sus. yeah. and under the sus laws, basically a police officer could stop anybody and you had a completely blanket thing. i'm. why are you stopping me on suspicion and doesn't matter what you are, you know,

and sometimes it's on suspicion of being black. you know, it was but but that's a long time ago. and i think what's happened is that that overhang of guilt has actually somehow poisoned the current situation. you have informed , stop and search, informed, stop and search, authoritative stop and search. >> well, you just have intelligence stop and search, don't you? you know, a woman's got an old woman in a wheelchair. she's obviously not going to be carrying a knife. so you just use your common sense. and when you say it wouldn't have stopped this crime yesterday, a heightened awareness of knife crime will make everybody think again about picking up a knife. you know what i mean? not just, the people who get there, but what it seems to be is that the authorities are. none have turned their knife. their back on knife crime. and therefore, if you go around the streets waving a knife around, nobody's going to stop you. that's that's the attitude that people are thinking. >> it does feel like this attitude that because young black men would be disproportionately targeted in stop and search. yeah, that surely the problem is such now that that is just something that we have to cope with. if i was the mother of a young black man,

i would be saying stop and search him, stop and search all of his mates. that's right. >> but let's get one thing absolutely straight. it's incredibly important thing to say, look who is getting killed . say, look who is getting killed. in the majority of cases, the people who are getting killed are young, black men. exactly. thatis are young, black men. exactly. that is terrifying. the number of young kids. even in my part of young kids. even in my part of west london, i know talented footballers, kids who are in scouts, who are getting killed because they're on the bus and they've been sucked into a gang culture. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> so or they're involved in the county line. so when you say that often bullied into it, when you say negative impact on young black men on stop and search, well, i have to say death negatively impacts on young black men. >> you will now be subjected to a tirade of abuse for saying that on social media. well, quite right for saying it. >> i'm rather glad to say that this particular channel does actually not worry too much about what they say about offending people. >> we just were rather concentrate on spending the truth and that is the truth. >> chase and people are being safe, you know, on the streets. >> let's have a quick look at this, violent clashes erupted on

the campus of the university in the campus of the university in the california of los angeles between pro—palestinian protesters and a group of counter demonstrators . riot counter demonstrators. riot police have had to break up crowds of people they've been wielding sticks to attack wooden boars being held up as makeshift barricade to protect pro—palestinian protesters. these are live pictures we're seeing here from california . yeah. >> why is it the pro—palestinian demonstrators? it seems to be wherever they go. trouble follows. we've had it in, in in london every weekend and in britain. and yet the pro the pro—israel march was called off because i would say because a level of fanaticism is involved in this, you know what i mean? >> you know, deep political and religious motives drive the people who get out there on the streets and there's a level of fanaticism. >> if suella braverman, the former home secretary would say the police, it's two tier policing. they treat it differently . differently. >> yeah, well they do. i mean she, she proved that, you know, with the just just stop oil rioters with the, the pro—palestinian marches and jewish people being told to go

away because they look too jewish. i mean, it's ridiculous, isn't it? >> look at the number of police cars which are there at the moment. so we're hearing that police in riot gear are arriving at a california campus. there's this protest going on now in new york. now of course, you it looks like in fact, there's two is there? there's one overnight in new york. and then there's this one also in california, which is happening that we're looking at live of division, division, division. all across the world, isn't it one of the great conundrums of the modern world, that there are millions of muslims being forced across the border from pakistan into afghanistan. >> there are millions dying in south sudan. the uighurs in china are being slaughtered and tortured. there are millions dying in iran and iraq. so where are the demonstrations for those millions of people? yeah, it does seem to me extraordinary that it seems to be a double standard here because of israel. >> it is that well, i'm not i'm not going to apologise for netanyahu. >> i think netanyahu is wrong. >> i think netanyahu is wrong. >> but there is a hatred of israel that is , there is israel that is, there is proportion. it's the only democracy in the middle east. >> yeah. and it's an illogical

hatred. and it could be put down to the fact that most jewish people are white. you know, we need it's just that's just a fact. >> we've been beaten by the clock. unfortunately stephen pound, mike perry, thank you so much. up next, the first failed asylum seeker has been sent to rwanda. we've been telling you about that this morning. we'll be

>> it's 1132. >> it's1132. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines. a 17 year old boy has been arrested for attempted murder after three people were injured at a school in sheffield . officers were called to birley community college at 8:50 am. this morning after reports of an incident involving a sharp object. a child was given medical attention and two adults were also injured. the suspect remains in police custody. we'll

bnng remains in police custody. we'll bring you more as we get it. met police chief sir mark rowley has said a female police officer came close to losing her hand after a 14 year old boy was killed and others injured in a sword attack in north—east london. video has emerged showing the moment police arrested the man wielding a sword . officers cornered him at sword. officers cornered him at a property, bringing the suspect to the ground with three separate taser discharges. he's been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a 14 year old boy. the 36 year old suspect is now in hospital. police saying they've been unable to interview him due to his condition . in other news, his condition. in other news, a failed asylum seeker volunteering to go to rwanda is a positive development as it shows the country is safe. that's according to the business secretary. kemi badenoch confirmed the failed asylum seeker was flown out to kigali in rwanda yesterday . it's after in rwanda yesterday. it's after his asylum bid was rejected last year and he voluntarily agreed to move to the central african

nafion to move to the central african nation , receiving £3,000. nation, receiving £3,000. violent clashes have erupted on the campus of the university of california in los angeles. it's between pro—palestinian protesters and a group of counter—demonstrators riot police have had to break up crowds of people wielding sticks to attack wooden boards being held up as makeshift barricades to protect pro—palestinian protesters. overnight new york city police arrested dozens of pro—palestinian demonstrators . pro—palestinian demonstrators. reuters occupying an academic building on columbia university campus in new york. and for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen , or go to gb on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts . news. common alerts. >> for exclusive, limited edition and rare gold coins that are always newsworthy. >> rosalind gold proudly

sponsors the gb news financial report , and here's a quick report, and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets . snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you $1.2485 and ,1.1704. the price of gold is £1,835.26 per ounce, and the ftse 100 are 8150 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> 1136 youth britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so the uk has sent the first solitary migrant to rwanda. he was flown out to kigali last night . night. >> his asylum bid was rejected last year. he didn't come here, by the way, on a small boat. he voluntarily agreed to move to the central african nation with a tidy little package of £3,000. >> so the scheme is to separate to the forced deportation programme that, of course, we

talk about a lot . and our home talk about a lot. and our home security editor, mark white, joins us now to explain a little bit more. why on earth have the government even told us about this one solitary man getting on a commercial flight to go and sit in a hotel all on his own? >> well, indeed, that's a question. and this is being spun as some kind of proof of concept. it's nothing of the kind. it's a completely different scheme. those who are hopeful , according to the hopeful, according to the government, going to rwanda will be forcibly removed. this person has gone off their own accord , has gone off their own accord, andifs has gone off their own accord, and it's a scheme that's been running for years. it is just a variation on a scheme where they incentivise those people who have no more right to remain in the uk to go back, usually to their own country . but now their own country. but now they've extended it so that third countries can come into play. so if you don't want for instance, you're from nigeria, you don't want to go back there, then there are there's a possibility of a third country. this person has taken up that

opportunity as a scheme itself. i don't think it's a bad scheme . i don't think it's a bad scheme. a lot of people are saying, why on earth should we pay these people? £3,000? now, the government would deny that this is a bribe. they say it's part of reason. well, it's part of resettlement costs to help someone get settled in a completely different country. get on off the ground and be able to get employment in that country like rwanda. but if you so the alternative is this person stays in the uk because as of course, they for whatever reason, can't go back to their own country and they're stuck in limbo. and then we're paying for them to live in the likes of hotel accommodation. well, if you look at hotel accommodation, we're told it's £8 million a day for the 50 odd thousand people who are being kept in hotels . who are being kept in hotels. it's an extrapolation of that. about £175 a day for each person over the course of a year. that's £60,000 just to stay in a hotel accommodation . that's not

hotel accommodation. that's not even taking into consideration the wrap around services that they have. so giving them £3,000, if they'll just skedaddle off to rwanda , it's skedaddle off to rwanda, it's probably not. why is it? >> we've seen the scenes in mark in in ireland, dublin in particular, people are intense. they're not put in hotels. they're not put in hotels. they're should we consider it here or is it tidier to keep them in a hotel or a camp? >> well, i think i thought it would be cheaper in a tent. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean, some are in tents, but even in london you can go around and you can see some migrants who are in tents , migrants who are in tents, people that have disappeared off the grid, usually who have been rejected for asylum and maybe in the process of being removed and they have just disappear and they're working in the illegal economy and they have no money to pay for accommodation themselves. so there in tent cities. but i, i'm very sceptical of what the irish government is saying. about 80% of those coming across, i think that was that are, that are .

that was that are, that are. yeah, absolutely. they're basing this on the fact that, the, the vast majority of the asylum applications are getting now are not made at airports and ports. when people arrive, the human rights charities in ireland are saying, well, that's because, you know, they're not doing it there because they think they're going to be turned right down. so they wait for a while and then they go to the office to claim asylum. at that point, it doesn't mean they've come over the border from northern ireland, but it actually suits rishi sunak and his ministers to say, look at this. it's rwanda working, but there's no prospect that we're going to agree to to take take them back. >> why should we? >> why should we? >> well, that's absolutely one point that, rishi sunak is determined to stick by. again, it gives him a little bit of political capital to turn around and say, yeah, okay, we'll take them as long as the eu and an eu wide basis, who have hammered it to us for years, that any asylum returns have to be agreed on an eu wide basis. returns have to be agreed on an eu wide basis . that's what's eu wide basis. that's what's good for the goose, is good for the gander .

good for the goose, is good for the gander. so if you want to do that, then yes, we'll return all our asylum seekers to france. >> i think it's hilarious . >> i think it's hilarious. >> i think it's hilarious. >> can we just quickly as well, mark, as you're here and we're reflecting on events yesterday and we're hearing of another school incident this morning of people being injured with the sharp objects we were talking about. stop and search and whether it works as a deterrent. what is the political landscape at the moment in terms of stop and search and whether it's worth bringing back? >> well, we went through a period, didn't we, under theresa may, remember her? not when she was prime minister, but when she was prime minister, but when she was home secretary . there was a was home secretary. there was a real cooling of stop and search, she believed all the advice that she believed all the advice that she was given that this is targeting specific groups young black men, young black men, rather than actually taking a look back and acknowledging, as police will tell you privately , police will tell you privately, but are reticent to do it publicly, that the vast majority ininner publicly, that the vast majority in inner city london. it differs in inner city london. it differs in other parts of the country .

in other parts of the country. but in inner city london, the vast majority of, say, teenage knife crime related deaths are young black men, and the vast majority of perpetrators are young black men. it is a specific problem in these communities here. as i say, it differs. if you're up in cumbria , for instance, then the vast majority are going to be young white men. >> but here's the thing which i've never quite got. so theresa may made it clear she wanted a massive reduction in stop and search. so why didn't chief constables say clear off? that's an operational matter for me to decide because that's what we told all the time about how they police the riots and the marches in london. it's not a matter for the home secretary . it's the home secretary. it's a matter for the chief constable of the metropolitan police. they both can't be right. >> i think it would be a brave commissioner or chief constable that tells the home secretary to take a run and jump. really? they have. they tried during that period under theresa may to still make it work, but it came

really a time when there was a vast reduction in the number of stop and searches. and the police will say, you know, it's difficult to prove a negative, really, in terms of if they're stopping and searching, does it really correlate to a drop in knife crime figures? we were seeing a drop in knife crime figures during that period. anyway so it's very difficult. but they say, look, they are absolutely off the belief that if you're stopping a young man and taking a knife off him, then absolutely, potentially you are preventing some kind of criminal act at some point, being committed , but you're also committed, but you're also protecting the boys who feel they have to carry a knife to be safe. yeah, because you want them all to think if we get stop, we're going to end up in prison. >> you ask the mother of a young black person, as i have done over the years, who has been murdered, whether they would have wanted stop and search. and they absolutely do. >> yeah, i agree, thank you, mark and our viewer paul has

said, i do like mark white. >> he's always very professional. you don't know him like we do. >> i like to come on and have a good rant. oh well thank you so much mark. >> right up next, a possible

gb news. >> well, chaps in particular. listen hard to this , because listen hard to this, because prostate cancer screening could be on the horizon thanks to a game changing trial which aims to cut deaths from the cancer by 40. >> that's right. so let's talk now to lucy johnston, who is the health and social affairs editor at the sunday express. morning, lucy. great to see you , so this lucy. great to see you, so this this trial that's about to start. how exciting is it? >> it's incredibly exciting. we it is the biggest cancer for the most people. the biggest cancer for which there is no screening at all or no reliable screening .

at all or no reliable screening. so men have relied upon something called a psa test, and in fact, only a quarter of people that show positive for a psa test have cancer. so it's not really worth doing for most people , and men have to undergo people, and men have to undergo painful and invasive biopsies and other procedures to check for cancer that may not be there. so it's very much needed. it's the biggest killer cancer killer in men. it's the third biggest cancer killer overall, claiming about 12,000 lives every year. and so and it's on the rise as well. so it's fantastic news, to be to be, you know, for the uk to be to running this trial. >> but is it one of those cancers, lucy, that if you catch it early, the prognosis can be really good. >> absolutely. and that is the same with most cancers . if you same with most cancers. if you can diagnose early, you have a

much better chance of survival. and in fact, with prostate cancen and in fact, with prostate cancer, there are about 52,000 people who are diagnosed with it every single year. and 10,000 of those will be diagnosed in the late stage in stage four, by which time it spread to other parts of the body and very often it will be fatal. so it's good news if we can find ways to pick this up early . but at the moment this up early. but at the moment it's only on trial. they're hoping to get 300,000 men to take part in this trial. the first phase of that will involve about 12,500 men. and it will involve , superfast mri scans. so involve, superfast mri scans. so that's 12 minutes. it cuts the mri time by, down to about a third of its normal time . it third of its normal time. it will involve genetic tests because there are various genes that are associated with prostate cancer. and it will involve the psa test. and we

don't know at the moment what's going to work best, but it's a kind of mix and match. and we should have the first results within within about three years. and then the rest of the trial will take about ten years. but if we can get this underway and can show, you know, some good results, then it could be that we have a national screening tool for men that we can just use and roll out across , you use and roll out across, you know, the older age groups. >> it's interesting, lucy, isn't it? because the king's much documented problems with prostate and his own cancer has led to a huge surge in men going to their doctor to try and get tests because this cancer in particular men have been too squeamish and have avoided the tests which used to be not always very pleasant. >> no, that's absolutely right. but in fact, the test that's done now, it picks up a protein , done now, it picks up a protein, which is released by the prostate. and in fact, that protein can show usually just

shows problems with the prostate. it doesn't really show what the problems are. but you're absolutely right. men are very squeamish, and men are sort of known not to be, as likely to visit their doctors. >> that's right. well, hopefully we've , we've hopefully raised we've, we've hopefully raised a little bit of awareness this morning. lucy johnson, thank you so much. don't go anywhere. it's pmqs today. quick break. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello again. it's time to take a look at the met office forecast for gb news. a lot of cloud today . a few showers cloud today. a few showers around, but many places will be dry and some places will even experience a bit of warm sunshine, low pressure is moving away. that's the low that brought some rain in the west dunng brought some rain in the west during tuesday. the rain still there in places , but it's easing there in places, but it's easing and actually many places are cheering up now. a much drier and brighter day for western parts compared with yesterday.

meanwhile, further east, more cloud compared with yesterday and some showery rain, especially for eastern scotland where it will remain cool. 11 to 12 celsius. elsewhere further west and south. actually much warmer than it has been up to 20 or 21 celsius in parts of the south—east especially where we'll get some cloud breaks. but we'll get some cloud breaks. but we will see a thickening of the cloud and some outbreaks of heavy, potentially thundery rain arrive overnight, particularly after midnight, especially for central southern england, then into the south—west and south wales. the risk of frequent lightning, heavy rain and hail in places. those thunderstorms will be hit and miss, but we'll see an area of fairly heavy rain across south wales and southwest england as we begin thursday. thundery showers in 1 or 2 places elsewhere. otherwise it's dner places elsewhere. otherwise it's drier further north and increasingly sunny for much of scotland. northern ireland, northwest england, eastern scotland and eastern england . scotland and eastern england. seeing a lot of low cloud and feeling cool here. but much warmer elsewhere. up to 23 celsius in east anglia looks

like things are heating up. >> boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> right. still to come this morning, sir keir starmer takes on rishi sunak at prime minister's questions. and let's go to westminster, where gloria de piero is with tom harwood. at this morning. hello, both of you. >> hello, bev. >> hello, bev. >> i think we've got the same dress on crime happening. fashion crime. >> it's that time of the week for you at home. whether you're listening or watching to send in your questions, we want to know what our viewers and listeners would be asking the prime minister or indeed the leader of the opposition. >> yes. so please send in your questions. tell us who you are and where you're from, and we'll put those questions to our panel put those questions to our panel. so head to gbnews.com/yoursay se to have your say. pmqs live is, after

all, all about you. >> so bev and andrew, to get people in the mood, what would you ask the prime minister today? >> well, i'd go first. i'd ask the prime minister why, as an ardent cricket fan, he didn't woo monty panesar to stand as a tory candidate at the next general election , bearing in general election, bearing in mind he was supporting zac goldsmith as london mayor. as recently as 2016. instead, he's gone to george galloway's workers party, a googly by the prime minister >> and i would probably say, why on earth did the government leak this information about one solitary man getting on a plane to rwanda? did they genuinely think that was going to change the mood of the nation on that issue? no. >> goodness me. well thank you very much, bev. thanks, andrew as well. it's fast approaching midday. of course. >> this is gb news, britain's election channel. pmqs live starts right now

is 1157 -- is1157 on is 1157 on wednesday, the 1st of is1157 on wednesday, the 1st of may? this is pmqs live on gb news with tom harwood and gloria de piero . de piero. >> in just a moment, rishi sunak and keir starmer will go head to head at prime minister's questions. we'll have full coverage of every moment and we'll be getting full reaction too. from cabinet minister esther mcvey and shadow attorney general emily thornberry. >> so we've got a couple of minutes before we kick off. so i'm going to start with emily thornberry . if you were asking thornberry. if you were asking the prime minister of questions today , put yourself in keir's today, put yourself in keir's shoes. what should he go on? what do you think he should go on today? >> there are so many questions that you could ask and particularly just before an election, but i think i've been going up and down the country and i've been talking to lots of people. >> and i think that the issue that comes up a lot, which is the one that angela raised last week, which is about housing, which is about how can people

get themselves somewhere to live, whether it's buying somewhere to live or or getting social housing, you know, particularly the younger generation are completely being left behind. and my generation is fine . but that generation, is fine. but that generation, the generation behind us is not well. >> esther mcvey, you're a former housing minister now, of course, common sense minister sitting in the cabinet. how do you respond to that? >> well, i love the way labour now talks about how much housing it will be doing because actually the conservative party has built far more housing than when labour was last year. and a million we will have done in this parliament. and do they need to be more homes to help young people on the housing ladder? we are the party of homes and opportunity vie so i agree that obviously more needs to be done. we'd just be saying it would be on brownfield sites, labour would be tearing up the green belt. so i don't agree with that. but one thing i guess they won't, keir starmer won't be talking about he won't be talking about maybe. and he should be doing an apology to rosie duffield because hopefully the keir starmer now should have realised what a woman is. he still can't say what a woman is.

he doesn't know biological sex. so please can we have an apology from the labour party to one of its own mps about that ? its own mps about that? >> emily thornberry, what do you think? well, there you go. >> she doesn't even know what a woman is. sorry. >> i think we were talking about housing. >> and then. emily. >> and then. emily. >> how shocking . >> how shocking. >> how shocking. >> i just sort of zoned out a bit. what was she so. >> so estimate value was suggesting that keir starmer owes an apology to rosie duffield. she got a lot of criticism from within the party for, i guess she would say , for, i guess she would say, championing championing women only spaces and allegations that she was a transphobes. >> yeah, i think i think this is a really difficult issue. it's really sensitive and i think there are people who are the most vulnerable in our society who are used too often by politicians to hit each other. >> emily, do you know what a woman is? >> of course i know what a woman is. >> then a woman is someone like me or my mum or my sister. so there's a biological difference between men and women . between men and women. >> do you see it? that i mean

this. this is what i was talking about. so so obviously there are biological women. there are also trans women who need to be treated with a bit of respect and not use as a political football. >> oh, emily, do you think it was a bit misleading of keir starmer yesterday when he was asked on the television, has he spoken to rosie duffield? he says we talk, we're friends. she then responded to a journalist sort of tweeting that out, saying how? how are we supposed to be talking telepathy? it seems that rosie duffield doesn't think that she's got a very good relationship with keir starmer , even though he says starmer, even though he says that he has a relationship with her. >> well, i think that, you know, rosie, is that rosie is a backbenchen rosie, is that rosie is a backbencher, keir is the leader of the party, and keir does his utmost to engage with with backbenchers throughout the party. and that's the right thing to do. >> and some people would say who are watching , actually what they are watching, actually what they really hate about politics is when politicians ask a question and they turn it straight into and they turn it straight into an attack on their opponent. do you hear that? do you get why politics perhaps could be those people that say politics could

be done in a different way. >> maybe. but