news. >> good morning. it's 930 on friday, the 24th of may. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, nana akua and mark dolan . dolan. >> the night afraid to fight. that's how the tories are, described labour leader sir keir starmer , who commits to only two starmer, who commits to only two tv debates rather than six, and then tumbling energy bills. >> a typical household's annual bill will fall by £122 in july. just what you don't really need the heat . meanwhile, today the

the heat. meanwhile, today the conservatives and labour are set to clash on their energy policies. would cheaper bills steal your vote? >> it and farages final throw of the dice. nigel says he has one more big car to play in politics, but didn't have time to prepare for this summer election. what's going on? >> i had to be honest with you. put in place some preparations to launch next week and chaos in majorca. >> at least at least four dead and others are trapped under the rubble after a restaurant building collapses. we'll bring you the latest. yes, we're going to be very busy all this sort of electioneering, i mean, keir starmer, we've got rishi sunak sunak and all the other parties as well. >> i mean, well, that's right. britain loves an underdog. does that help sunak? are labour ready for power. so much to get

the underdog. >> so who is the underdog. that's the question. >> the electorate i think. >> the electorate i think. >> i think we are the losers. well, as ever, we'd love to hear what you think. so send us your thoughts and views and comments. you can go to dup. news.com.au slash your say. but here's the news with aaron armstrong . news with aaron armstrong. >> good morning to you. it's 931 i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. energy policy and the cost of living looks set to become an electoral dividing line, with household bills falling to their lowest level in two years. sir keir starmer's campaigning in scotland today, where he's expected to outline plans to cut bills and boost energy security through a publicly owned green electricity company. labour will argue families are still paying too much for energy, despite today's reduction in the price cap. the average bill will fall by 7, or around £122 per household. rishi sunakis around £122 per household. rishi sunak is heading to northern ireland this morning. the

conservatives are expected to say they've brought economic stability back , and they'll stability back, and they'll criticise labour's net zero plans and the cost of putting them in place . energy secretary them in place. energy secretary claire coutinho has told gb news the energy crisis is the government's priority . government's priority. >> it's my priority is cheap energy for the country. i know that that's how the country will succeed, succeed or fail . succeed, succeed or fail. whether your businesses or household, it's really important that we get people cheap energy . that we get people cheap energy. and actually, if you look at ed miliband's plans, even places like the tony blair institute have said that his plans, which have said that his plans, which have decarbonisation targets that no other major country have, are going to raise people's bills and hike people's taxes. and we've looked at these numbers and i should tell you that that's something like £2,000 worth of extra taxes on households because of their overall plans over the course of the next parliament. >> well, jeremy corbyn's announced he will stand as an independent mp in the general election against the party he once led. the former labour leader says he'll stand as a

voice for equality, democracy and peace in islington north, which is represented since 1983. it means mr corbyn has automatically been expelled as a member of the labour party , member of the labour party, which suspended him in 2020 over his refusal to accept the party broke equality law when he was in charge. he claimed at the time antisemitism had been dramatically overstated for political reasons . dramatically overstated for political reasons. hundreds of subpostmasters caught up in the post office horizon scandal will have their names cleared later, as parliament has backed legislation to quash their convictions. the post office offences bill will receive royal assent on the final sitting day of parliament before everything halts ahead of the election on the 4th of july. meanwhile paula vennells will soon appear in front of the inquiry for the final time. later, the former post office boss has already admitted it was possibly her hope that a mediation scheme with subpostmasters would

minimise compensation . we'll minimise compensation. we'll have much more news at the top of the hour. you can get more now by scanning the qr code on your screen for gb news alerts. now it's back to mark and . now it's back to mark and. nana. >> well, hello and welcome to britain's newsroom on gb news with nana akua and mark dolan. forget about starmer and sunak. this is the dream team. i think it's like bodie and doyle and you know what we're going to do? we are going to entertain you. of course we've got election fever. why this campaign matters to you. sunak versus starmer, a presidential election. no. >> hang on. you can't forget the others. there's reform and there's recovery. >> the labour you've got liberal democrats. >> so it's not just them. it's a free for all. and they'll all have some part to play in the election. it doesn't matter. it might be a hung parliament and we're in day two of that campaign. and the prime minister has actually questioned the labour leader's courage. >> yes, indeed. rishi sunak

wants to debate sir keir starmer every week in the run up to voting day. this would be six tv debates, but the labour leader has only agreed to take part in two. >> i wonder why? well, earlier this morning, when, when asked about taking part in a tv debate, starmer said of the prime minister he is sounding increasingly desperate. i can do 100 debates as rishi sunak , but 100 debates as rishi sunak, but i know what he is going to say. >> yes, the leader of the opposition went on to say. he's going to say everything is fine . going to say everything is fine. the cost of living crisis is oven the cost of living crisis is over. the health service hasn't got any problems. that is all he ever says. well i think that that's really fair criticism at all because he has never said that the health service hasn't got any problems, and that's what he's saying. >> keir, come on, be honest. rishi sunak has never said the health service hasn't got any problems. >> now this tells you it's not true. this election, this election, nana akua is going to be the dirtiest in british political history. you've already got the tories calling starmer spineless. starmer. now you've effectively got sir keir,

the leader of the opposition, gaslighting the prime minister, putting words in his mouth. it's going to get ugly very fast . going to get ugly very fast. >> it's very performative. all of this. i mean, do these tv debates make any difference to you and how you vote? well, former labour mp shaun simon, the columnist of the daily telegraph, madeline grant grant, welcome, welcome . right. so, welcome, welcome. right. so, madeleine, i've got to start with you . are these debates with you. are these debates relevant? i mean, is this not just more performance, performative theatre like the weekly questions of prime minister questions? is this really what the british public want? >> well, i mean, i think you can basically say that all politics is, is theatre and performance , is, is theatre and performance, you know, there's a very large element of that. and you know, it is it is only fair and right that our politicians are actually sort of out there in pubuc actually sort of out there in public having these debates, i've always loved the cut and thrust of politics. you know, i like the fact that in the house of commons, the, the two, the two sides of the two benches, the opposition benches and the conservative benches right now

at least, they are deliberately positioned so that they can be two sword widths apart, because historically there was duelling taking place in the house of commons, you know, i don't think politics should be neutered. certainly it may. many people watching it may think that especially if it happens week after week after week, as it did, for example, in the tory hustings between sunak and liz truss, probably the same lines being rehashed over and over again. however, if the debate were to be conducted over, for example, each week we debate a different issue. this week it's cost of living, next week it's defence. i can see how you might actually start to get more answers that way, sean , why answers that way, sean, why won't keir starmer allow himself to do more than two tv debates ? to do more than two tv debates? it's why not six? as the prime minister is requesting ? minister is requesting? >> i mean, why not? why not 60? i mean , or 100, why not six is i mean, or 100, why not six is the question. >> well, that's one a week. that doesn't sound unreasonable to connect with and address the issues facing the country. >> it's not just unreasonable.

like it's ridiculous. like there's never been anything like six and there never will be anything like six leadership debates in a british general election . they didn't used to be election. they didn't used to be any at all. the and the tories like i mean you said is it is this performance . it's not just this performance. it's not just the debates that are performance. the tories cooking, cooking up this story on day two or whatever it is, is pure performance as well. they they know with absolute certainty that there's no chance keir starmer is going to do six debates, any more than any , any debates, any more than any, any politician in the lead ever would do six debates. not only that, not only that, they don't actually want to do six debates. rishi sunak is a terrible debater . rishi sunak is a terrible debater. keir starmer is quite wooden. but rishi. rishi sunak actively dislikeable. >> well then why doesn't starmer say bring it on? if rishi sunak is so wooden he would be beneficial to do six debates because he because he's got better things to do, actually

engaging with the people around the country and the issues and the country and the issues and the election. >> he's doing two debates. two debates is what you do. i mean, this is pure campaign slapstick from the tories. do you think ? from the tories. do you think? >> but i can't get over the time when keir starmer was going to do some sort of press conference or whatever it was, and he started with, oh yes, i've agreed to start with sky news and went straight to beth rigby and went straight to beth rigby and i just thought they're already set up what they're going to do, what they're going to say , madeleine, do you really to say, madeleine, do you really think that these debates will be useful? because you seem to think they would be, but yet they're all really staged. the questioning will be all the usual sort of thing. and as sean is saying , usual sort of thing. and as sean is saying, you usual sort of thing. and as sean is saying , you know, usual sort of thing. and as sean is saying, you know, we'd usual sort of thing. and as sean is saying , you know, we'd rather is saying, you know, we'd rather people, in a sense, was talking to the public directly about the issues that matter to them rather than just talking to each other. >> i don't know, i mean, i think it's good it's good for leaders to have that sort of cut and thrust and the opportunity to piece each other apart. but i

mean, it's it doesn't mean that you can't also have strong interviews. by the way, i'm not saying that i think we should have, you know , one a week or have, you know, one a week or whatnot, but i remember when bofis whatnot, but i remember when boris johnson in 2019 was refusing to do that. many he was accused of being, you know, frit and fearful. so this is this is nothing new here, nothing new under the sun , i mean, earlier under the sun, i mean, earlier on this morning, for instance , on this morning, for instance, keir starmer was on the today programme where he acquitted himself very, very badly. i thought it was an excruciating interview, with a, with a, with a very, when you have talented interviewers, we have many on gb news and on other tv channels. this this can be you know, very important, especially when what they're able to expose , what they're able to expose, what they're able to expose, what they're able to get, the leader or the prime minister or the leader of the opposition to say is something that feeds into people's overall impressions of them. so, for example, i think a lot of people feel with keir starmer that they don't really know what he stands for because he's pivoted on so many of his seminal policies.

he's pivoted on so many of his seminal policies . and i'm not seminal policies. and i'm not sure, for example, that the excuse of, oh , the economic excuse of, oh, the economic circumstances have changed is quite enough to cut it, because when, for example, cameron and osborne took over in 2010, they inherited a very bad economy, but that didn't stop the left from being like evil tory cuts. how dare you ? you know. so this how dare you? you know. so this is it goes both ways. and to pretend that this is all kind of brand new and the tories are just clutching their pearls for the sake of it. well, you know, welcome to politics, sean simon. >> the refusal by starmer to do more than two debates, which i think is a measly number two debates in a six week campaign, is pathetic , he sounds like he's is pathetic, he sounds like he's avoiding scrutiny . he the avoiding scrutiny. he the messaging here is a disaster. it's not. >> it's not a measly number. it's a two is a normal number. six is an absurd number. there's never been six. there's never been six debates. there's no demand for six debates. people want to watch the football. they don't. they don't know what? six. but do you really like you're professional broadcasters. let's not get carried away. >> you speak for yourself a new

a new kind of news tv that is all about talking directly to, to, to, to normal people . to, to, to normal people. >> do you really think they want to listen to keir starmer and rishi sunak ? rishi sunak? >> no we don't. no, no we don't. but to be fair , when he offered but to be fair, when he offered to be fair, when keir starmer couldn't say what a woman is and, you know, rishi sunak change his mind on that by they changed his mind. >> women are women again. who knew? >> and rishi sunak has, you know, changed her, backtracked on things as well. the pair of them have got themselves into hot water. it's quite important actually in some respects that they are held to account by the public. but i'm actually with you on that. i think six is a lot i'd like to see them do at least gb news as well, why should the bbc, itv and gb news call it three? yeah. would you settle on three? madeleine well, i mean i don't really have a, have a horse in this race. >> i will have to watch them all because i will presumably have to sketch them too. i certainly remember in the summer of 2022

when we had the, never ending tory leadership hustings, i genuinely thought i was losing my mind because i had heard liz truss talking about the planning meetings in her constituency, i don't know. it was kind of by the end, it was kind of etched into my brain. so i, i definitely think you can have a certain amount of overkill , but, certain amount of overkill, but, you know, keir starmer is, is i guess, resisting agreeing to more than the requisite two because, you know, he correctly senses that he's in the strong position and therefore has the most to lose . madeleine, briefly. >> madeleine, sorry to interrupt you. do you think our viewers and listeners should be offended that sir keir starmer has not done a leader debate? we've had the prime minister on this channel who was all too happy to be exposed to many difficult questions from our viewers and listeners. if keir starmer says he's only going to do two, that implies it will be bbc and itv. do you think it's an insult to gb news and our audience that he won't participate in a similar grilling here?

>> well, we don't know that, though he may have may not have been. well he hasn't said yes so far. >> and if there are going to be two debates, it won't be gb news, will it? madeleine i doubt it. >> i think, keir starmer is more of a, i suppose, a, a traditionalist when it comes to, to the media. i don't think he likes, upstart outlets like gb news, but no, i mean, i think it's a bit patronising , to kind it's a bit patronising, to kind of limit yourself like this. i mean, you're going to be running the country soon, so you want the country soon, so you want the utmost scrutiny , the utmost the utmost scrutiny, the utmost opportunity for debate , you opportunity for debate, you know, i think it would be right, especially because in previous election cycles, we haven't had the plurality of media that now exists. you know, i don't know, was gb news even around during the last general election? i don't think it was . don't think it was. >> yeah. sean simon, if keir starmer only does two debates, which is his position. right now, that'll be bbc and itv. is that an insult to the gb news viewers and listeners who are growing by the day ? growing by the day? >> no, it's 100% definitely not

an insult. it's reasonable . it's an insult. it's reasonable. it's reasonable for the leader of the opposition who's the favourite to win the general election in a general election campaign to do two debates with the two main traditional broadcasters . traditional broadcasters. >> why is why is gb news good enough for the prime minister of this country and not the leader of the opposition ? of the opposition? >> i'm not saying i mean rishi sunak hasn't done a gb news debate in the general election debate in the general election debate in the middle of the general election campaign. and i'm not saying i'm not saying that keir starmer shouldn't. i'm just asking the question, is it aninsuh just asking the question, is it an insult or no, i don't think it's an insult. i think it's a fairly predictable, conventional decision that if you're going to pick two, you're probably going to pick pick the two oldest ones, but, you know, maybe he'll do gb news. >> and so, yes, we'd like him to shawn simon and also madeline grant. thank you very much. thank you sean. >> great job. and madeleine as well. still to come, we've got some great news about your energy bills. at last. don't go anywhere. you're watching britain's newsroom on gb news

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order. at last, some much needed good news. the average household could be more than £120. better off every year when ofgem lowers its price cap by 7% in july, our business and economics editor, liam halligan joins us now. liam why has this happened? >> this has happened because wholesale energy prices have gone down across the world, because geopolitical tensions, war in ukraine, violence in the middle east and so on. while those geopolitical tensions are still there , they've slightly still there, they've slightly abated in recent months . so abated in recent months. so wholesale energy prices have come down. so ofgem , which is come down. so ofgem, which is the energy regulator, has put a

lower cap on. and let's have a look at some of the numbers, what it actually means for gb news viewers and listeners who are paying their energy bills. so the energy price cap, it's changed every quarter. and the average gas and electricity combined bill will now be £1,568 a year from july, that's down 7% on present levels. a saving of around £122 a year. the cap, though, i'm afraid mark, is likely to rise again in october when the weather gets cold, partly because of the weather, partly because of the weather, partly because of the weather, partly because there's also an expectation that, geopolitical tension will crank up again and just bear in mind, and this is really the killer, even though the price cap has come down for now, the standard bill was £1,084 a year before the war in ukraine, way down from what the average is going to be from july to october of 1500 plus. so it seems to me that the war in ukraine, this growing tension ,

ukraine, this growing tension, the fact that russia now doesn't send so much of its oil and gas westward, it tends to send it eastward to china. a lot of the geopolitical plates have shifted . and it does seem to me now there is a permanent a permanent increase in gas and electricity bills. and these not just for households, okay. also for firms are firms face the highest unit electricity costs of any major economy in western europe that feeds into inflation, that feeds into lower productivity , that into lower productivity, that feeds into lower growth. >> but they never ever i mean, for them to even put the prices down, it makes a change, and typical that it should go up when the, when obviously we're going to use more heating. so what about the gb energy that the labour party are talking about. the labour party are talking about . what impact in your view about. what impact in your view would that have on, prices ? would that have on, prices? because they're going to have to get the money off something. so i'm presuming that there'll be some sort of levy or tax on energy. well there's now because we're in election mode, suddenly everybody is wheeling out policy

promises left, right and centre. >> i mean , in front of the >> i mean, in front of the newspaper today, tories to cut green levies on fuel bills. they're suddenly saying maybe fuel bills will come down under the tories. they're trying to promise us if those subsidies that we pay through our gas and electricity bills, that then go to renewable firms to build the wind farms, to build the solar farms and so on, maybe they will come down, though. i wouldn't hold my breath about it as far as labour's plans go, go gb energy. i'd like to say that i could give you a detailed set of analysis gnaana about what they're going to do, but i can't because i don't know, because the detail just isn't there. it seems to me at the moment it's just a slogan. gb energy switch. what does it mean? i don't actually know. and i've tried to find out. maybe over the coming weeks of this election campaign we'll find out more because believe you me, before the war in ukraine, the idea that i'd come into the studio and talk to you guys about gas and

electricity bills and energy price caps, this was knoxville, tennessee. you know, no one was talking about this stuff. gas and electricity bills were roughly what they were. they weren't too bad. they were just direct debits for most of us. some of us on prepayment. of course, there have been some improvements in the way lower income prepayment households have been treated in recent years, but not too many. they still get a raw deal. they still pay still get a raw deal. they still pay higher unit electricity costs than the rest of us. but it wasn't mainstream politics. energy prices are now mainstream politics, and that is going to be a big part of this election campaign. >> thank you very much. well, it's still to come. we'll bring you the latest from majorca, where four people have been killed and at least 17 are injured after a building collapsed. this is britain's newsroom on gb news, britain's newsroom on gb news, britain's news channel >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather

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news. >> good morning. if you're just tuned in, where have you been? it's 10:00. it's friday. it's the 24th of may. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me. nana akua and mark dolan. >> yes, indeed. and we've got a nasty case of election fever, tv debate debacle . the tories have debate debacle. the tories have slammed sir keir starmer for failing to commit to a record six tv debates . and why hasn't six tv debates. and why hasn't the leader of the opposition agreed to gb news yet? olivia utley has the latest . utley has the latest. >> yes, rishi sunak wants six, tv debates turning this into something of a presidential contest. but will he regret the strategy with low personal popularity ratings? find out more with me very soon. >> yes. six, six, six. is that

the number of the devil? but the return of corbyn. former labour leader jeremy corbyn has announced that he will stand as announced that he will stand as an independent candidate in islington north in the general election. >> jezza is back, jez, we can, meanwhile, a tragic story. chaos in majorca . at least four dead in majorca. at least four dead and others trapped under rubble after a devastating restaurant building collapse on a beach in majorca. we'll have the latest . majorca. we'll have the latest. >> and the denials continue at the post office inquiry , as the the post office inquiry, as the former post office boss, paula vennells, said that she did not try to close down a review of the faulty horizon software. her questioning continues today . questioning continues today. >> don't you think that paula vennells owes the prime minister a drink for calling a snap election? because she needs scrutiny and she thinks she's off the hook because of all the

politics. but we will be holding her feet to the fire, won't we? absolutely. >> no, i don't think so. i think there's a lot going on and we will keep we'll keep track of that as well. >> most definitely. we'd love to hear what you think. send your views and your thoughts to gbnews.com/yoursay. lots to get through a busy what is it? 2.5 hours? i tell you, we keep ourselves busy. first the headunes ourselves busy. first the headlines and aaron armstrong . headlines and aaron armstrong. >> hi there it is. 10:02. good morning to you. i'm aaron armstrong. energy policy. and the cost of living looks set to become an electoral dividing line with household goals falling to their lowest level in two years. sir keir starmer is campaigning in scotland today, where he's expected to outline plans to cut bills and boost energy security through the publicly owned green power company . labour will argue company. labour will argue families are still paying too much despite today's reduction in the energy price cap. the average bill will fall by 7, or

around £122 per household. rishi sunakis around £122 per household. rishi sunak is heading to northern ireland this morning, the conservatives are expected to say they've brought economic stability back and they'll criticise the cost of labour's net zero plans. energy secretary claire coutinho told gb news energy prices are coming down. >> my priority is cheap energy for the country . i know that for the country. i know that that's how the country will succeed, succeed or fail. whether your businesses or household, it's really important that we get people cheap energy. and actually, if you look at ed miliband's plans , even places miliband's plans, even places like the tony blair institute have said that his plans, which have said that his plans, which have decarbonisation targets that no other major country have, are going to raise people's bills and hike people's taxes. and we've looked at these numbers and i should tell you that that's something like £2,000 worth of extra taxes on households because of their overall plans over the course of the next parliament. >> sir ed davey says the liberal democrats would slash energy bills by investing in home insulation and boosting

renewables . mp helen morgan says renewables. mp helen morgan says her party's ideas are influencing government policy. >> well, i think we've always been able to influence the agenda, even though we're not a particularly big party. so if you look, for example, at the windfall tax we started calling for one of those in october 21st to help people out with their energy bills, and that later became labour policy. and then that became government policy. so it's really, really important to set the agenda. and we have proved that we can be effective. >> jeremy corbyn confirmed he'll stand as an independent candidate in the general election against the party he once led. the former labour leader says he'll run as a voice for equality, democracy and peace in islington, north, which he's represented since 1983. he's automatically been expelled as a member of labour, which had suspended him back in 2020 over claims that complaints of anti—semitism in the party had been, in his words, dramatically overstated for political reasons. in a video posted to social media, mr corbyn said his constituents had been denied the

right to choose their candidate . right to choose their candidate. >> democracy. i want our political parties to be democratic , but members of democratic, but members of islington north labour have been denied the right to choose their own candidate and alongside that, the community as a whole has been disempowered because of that. so we have to stand up. we have to stand up and say, we're not taking this anymore. we will assert our rights. >> veteran conservative mp john redwood has confirmed he won't stand for re—election . the stand for re—election. the former party leadership candidate, who's represented wokingham since 1987, says he has other things he wishes to do. a more than 70 tory mps have announced they won't stand at the next election , and 100 in the next election, and 100 in total will be stepping down. hundreds of subpostmasters caught up in the horizon scandal will have their names cleared after parliament backed legislation to quash their convictions. the bill will receive royal assent on the final day of parliament before

mps break up for the general election. meanwhile, paula vennells has been begun giving her third and final day of evidence at the post office inquiry . as you can see on the inquiry. as you can see on the live pictures here. the former post office boss has already admitted it was possibly her hope that a mediation scheme with subpostmaster heirs would minimise compensation . child minimise compensation. child serial killer lucy letby has lost an appeal to challenge her convictions that bee's lawyers had asked judges for the right to appeal. at a two and a half day hearing last month, while the former nurse was sentenced to 14 whole life orders for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others attempting to murder six others at the countess of chester hospital between 2015 and 2016. four people have been killed and at least 17 injured after a building collapsed on the spanish island of mallorca. a two storey restaurant collapsed on the beach in palma de mallorca. a tourism hotspot in

spain's balearic islands. they were taken to various hospitals in palma. emergency crews say they are finalising their search and rescue operations and securing the area . and have you securing the area. and have you been getting ripped off in the pub? more than two thirds of beer and wine served in british establishments are short measured. a new survey from the trading standards found 77 pubs and bars were serving around 70% less than the prescribed quantity required for the average beer drinker. that equates to the loss of £1.70 every week or just over £88 a yean every week or just over £88 a year, and the average wine drinker would be around £2.20 short each week. the survey comes as the cost of a pint and other drinks hits an all time high. we'll have more coming up throughout the morning and the afternoon here on gb news. or you can scan the qr code to get our news alerts. now it's back to marco . nana.

to marco. nana. >> thank you aaron. it's fast approaching eight minutes after 10:00. hello and welcome to britain's newsroom on gb news with me, nana akua and mark dolan . dolan. >> we've got election fever. what do you think about this, rishi sunak? the brits love an underdog. does that help the prime minister? also, are labour ready for power? so much to get through. new migration figures as well. but first you're all important feedback . important feedback. >> right. well, lots of you have been getting in touch with your thoughts because we we've we've called you know, we've asked just just say join the show. enjoy it. mark does cheer everyone up. does cheer everyone up. he's saying it does make me laugh out loud, but you're going to have to behave. you're with the lovely gnaana brilliant pairing. well, i am , i'm on my pairing. well, i am, i'm on my best behaviour today with nana, listen, about a couple of emails coming in this from eileen , who coming in this from eileen, who is a gb news member who says the energy crisis in our country

wasn't caused by the war in ukraine. it's been caused by successive governments neglecting to invest in nuclear energy. this is the problem with short termism that infects british politics. >> now, you know, he was saying that we'd love to get keir starmer on here as well, to do a similar debate that rishi sunak did. and we could do with reform and all the other candidates. sir andy has said nana and mark, you must listen to the interview with sir keir starmer on bbc today on radio four. he was stuttering, sidestepping the question and flipping on all his pledges. well, i didn't hear it, but that's what do you think that's that's why it's quite important to get them to do six weeks of debates, to get them to talk. six debates, most definitely. >> i mean, the key message politics is all about messaging. keir starmer refuses to do more than two tv debates. what that tells us is that he doesn't want scrutinee. why? because perhaps, you know he's not so sure about his policies. does he have plan? >> maybe. but but to be fair to him, though, when you hear him on prime minister's questions, he does pretty well, doesn't he? and he bounces. i don't think rishi sunak does such a good job

in prime minister question. so i think actually he, getting him to talk might be a good thing, but this one from wendy says and we're talking about green energy. liam halligan was mentioning it. wendy says labour's green energy strategy is a big lie. energy costs will skyrocket, along with household bills. it is unscientific. it will bankrupt the country. and labour's policy on being an energy superpower is truly dishonest and must be exposed. i hear them, but i half of me, says that having owning your own energy supply is a good thing, so i don't know how you come to it. let me tell you, i'm not worried about our future because you've got green energy this morning. >> i am green you. you could power a city the size of birmingham in that fabulous outfit. the concern i've got, i think it's laudable. the idea of energy independence. what? no one is willing to admit in this net zero debate is that renewables are a punt. they are a grand scale experiment. plus they're expensive as well. what is not an experiment and what is proven is nuclear, which is why i completely agree with that previous message from one of our viewers. it was ed davey who,

dunng viewers. it was ed davey who, during the coalition years , was during the coalition years, was very proud to announce that we won't be investing any more nuclear because of the environment. yeah, and they proudly announced that that was going to be, you know, of course, now, if we had that nuclear capacity from the 2010s, we'd be laughing like france are. >> well, look, i'm speaking of the lib dems, general . urko. as the lib dems, general. urko. as he calls himself, says that the lib dems like a military man, i know. >> is he a war hero? general urko he says the lib dems can promise what they like. >> green air, green jackets or green giants. it's pretty pointless . pointless. >> listen, i'm very excited about this election, okay? i think the prime minister shot the starting pistols very unexpectedly . and i don't know unexpectedly. and i don't know about you, but i think by calling an election and surprising everyone, he has gained control of the agenda . i gained control of the agenda. i think sunak is owning this. >> do you know what half of me. well, the thing is, though, a lot of the pledges that he's put forward, like his smoking one, he's not going to be able to do that, obviously stub that one out. very good. very, very good.

up out. very good. very, very good. up in smoke. excellent. very good. yeah. so he's not going to be able to do half the things that he said he was going to do. but he wrong footed people . and but he wrong footed people. and i think that is the element of surprise. he's wrongfooted reform don't have enough time. they said they're going to stand 630, 630 candidates. will they have enough time to find 630 candidates in six weeks? the labour party, keir starmer did a rushed speech, which was very short. clearly i don't think he was expecting it either. and also then you have reform and all the other parties sort of scuttling around . yes. so i scuttling around. yes. so i think in a way the element of surprise is good. >> well, tim stanley, writing in the telegraph, said this is the best thing rishi sunak has ever done. most people think it's a disaster. the other thing i want to say to you, nana, is that the british people love an underdog , british people love an underdog, and i just wonder whether that helps helps rishi sunak. there helps helps rishi sunak. there he is in the rain. his suit getting completely soaked, drowned out by some guy playing labour anthems in the background. i just wonder

whether that serves him politically well. we'll dig into that very shortly. but the prime minister's decision to call an election on the 4th of july will mean that the government avoids the worst of the small boat crisis in the months ahead, when thousands of small boat migrants are expected to cross the channelin are expected to cross the channel in the hot and calm summer months. >> so already this year we've had almost 10,000 small, small boat , people had almost 10,000 small, small boat, people coming had almost 10,000 small, small boat , people coming across. boat, people coming across. they've crossed from france at home. and security editor mark white is in dover. so, mark, what can you tell us? have we had any crossings today ? what's had any crossings today? what's what's the tally ? what's the tally? >> good morning to you both. yes, just within the last 15 minutes we've had our first crossing of the day. the first crossing of the day. the first crossing for a couple of days because of fairly windy weather in the channel. but conditions have improved overnight and the boats are back in the water again. and we are creeping ever closer to that 10,000 mark that

milestone figure that we didn't reach until well into june last yeah reach until well into june last year. but it looks like by some point this morning or this afternoon that we'll get to 10,000. so the dover lifeboat has just come into the harbour here with 43 migrants on board. as we speak. another migrant boatis as we speak. another migrant boat is in the process of the occupants of that transferring to a border force vessel. and yet another one, a third migrant boat still in the channel heading to uk waters with about half an hour to go. this is the kind of process that by going early on the 4th of july, rishi sunak will avoid the worst of. in other words, the flat calm penod in other words, the flat calm period from late july august, september where you get many thousands crossing the english channel thousands crossing the english channel, sometimes a thousand a

day. very difficult for him to go to the electorate in november if he's had a really bumper yean if he's had a really bumper year, especially if we've had flights going off to rwanda and it's not proved to be a deterrent by going early, by going in the 4th of july, he avoids all that and he's able to say, well, look at last year we have brought the number of small boats crossing the english channel last year down by 36. well, i can tell you that this year already the numbers crossing the english channel are up 36, completely cancelling out the good work of last year. >> it'll be interesting because obviously, as you said, mark, the worst of it will be july, august, september, and that will be if labour win under their watch . watch. >> well, yes indeed, the optics of the busy summer months are never good when they see the cameras up here on the clifftop

overlooking the harbour at doven overlooking the harbour at dover. recording boat after boat coming in. that is always a very critical period for the government. whichever government , because of the concerns that were just not in charge of our borders. and you're absolutely right. if labour do win the election on the 4th of july, then that headache, the very busy summer months suddenly becomes their headache. yeah >> very briefly, mark, we've only got a couple of seconds, but clearly those crossings are going to increase in their number in the weeks ahead during the election campaign. perversely could that help the conservatives by bringing into sharp focus what a huge problem this is ? this is? >> yeah, there is no doubt . i >> yeah, there is no doubt. i mean, the conservative party believe that they do have a strong message on immigration. they believe that labour do not have the answers. actually to ending this problem, despite

labour saying that they're going to invest more in the national crime agency in a light that there is no real key plan that would bring the numbers down. so that's something that the conservatives will continue to try and chip away at. keir starmers labour party in the weeks ahead. but of course, if many boats come across in the next six weeks, that doesn't look good for the government either , given that they're either, given that they're currently in charge and they are currently in charge and they are currently trying to ensure that the numbers crossing this year are down on what they were last year. yeah >> well, mark white, thank you very much. >> brilliant stuff. well, we've got a developing story now on baby serial killer lucy letby and her bid to appeal her convictions at the court of appeal. let's cross to our northwest reporter sophie reaper for more. sophie, what's the latest ? latest? >> well, in the last few minutes, we have heard that lucy letby has had her application to appeal against her convictions

denied at the court of appeal . denied at the court of appeal. we heard that, in fact, the application that was brought about last september by lesbia and her defence team to try and overturn those convictions has been disproved. we heard from dame victoria , one of the panel dame victoria, one of the panel of three judges, she said . of three judges, she said. having heard her application, we have decided to refuse leave to appeal on all grounds and refuse all associated applications. a full judgement will be handed down in due course. now, the reason for this happening today is because the application was heard back in april, but the panel of three judges decided to reserve that judgement. and that is why we are only just hearing their decision today and over their decision today and over the coming weeks we will hear more detail. but as i say, it has been denied. now, what that essentially means is it was only an application to begin with. the actual appeal hadn't even really gone through whatsoever. so this the fact that this

application has been denied means that lucy letby appeal process is completely over and done with. she will now, unless new evidence were to come to light in the future, she will now spend the rest of her life in prison. so we. of course, this isn't the end of the lucy letby saga, though we have a retrial taking place at manchester crown court starting in the next couple of weeks. we also have the thirlwall inquiry beginning in september, which will look into serious failings at the countess of chester and how it was allowed to happen. these crimes, which, although letby has tried to appeal against that, as i say, has now officially been denied. >> sophie reaper, thank you so much for bringing us up to speed. >> right, well, still to come, we're expecting sir keir starmer to appear any minute as he launches labour's general election campaign in scotland this is britain's newsroom on gb news. do not go anywhere

>> now, sir keir starmer is launching labour's general election campaign in scotland today. let's cross live to send a message. >> a protest in westminster. i don't want scotland to send a message. i want scotland to send a government, a labour government . government. a labour government that can stop the chaos and division that can turn the page and rebuild scotland and britain . we need scotland and britain. we need that change. the chaos and division has cost 17 years here in scotland . spinning round and

in scotland. spinning round and round with nothing material delivered. 17 years under the snp, 14 years in westminster. chaos and division feeding chaos and division. and there's a cost , a human cost to that. and division. and there's a cost , a human cost to that . anas and , a human cost to that. anas and i went to a food parcel farm, just up the factory, up the road where they were giving out food parcels to people who didn't have enough money to feed themselves and their families. scottish families, working people, people coming after work to pick up a food parcel because they couldn't afford to feed their family. they are paying a huge price for the failure here in scotland and for the failure down in westminster. and that afternoon, anas, you'll remember this . there afternoon, anas, you'll remember this. there was a afternoon, anas, you'll remember this . there was a seven afternoon, anas, you'll remember this. there was a seven year old girl. this was etched on my head . i thought about it all the way home. seven year old girl.

. i thought about it all the way home. seven year old girl . just home. seven year old girl. just just a few minutes from here. actually, i think we were handing out food parcels. hell of a personality. she was really sparkly. incredible. and at the end of the session, they're handing out food parcels . i did handing out food parcels. i did a piece to camera with an autocue , and i could see her out autocue, and i could see her out the corner of my eye, watching me . she was absolutely me. she was absolutely fascinated by what i was doing with this autocue. and so when i finished , i said to her, why finished, i said to her, why don't you come? why don't you have a go ? and her words will have a go? and her words will stay with me for ever. she said , stay with me for ever. she said, i don't read me . stay with me for ever. she said, i don't read me. i stay with me for ever. she said, i don't read me . i don't read me i don't read me. i don't read me . i thought about those words all. i got the train back to london. i thought about those words all the way back home. i don't read a seven year old girl. i thought about her. i thought about her future, and i thought about her future, and i thought about her future, and i thought about the cost that she is paying for the failure here under the snp and the failure down in westminster. she is

paying down in westminster. she is paying that price and they will not change. the snp is going to change the tories aren't going to change only labour can stop the chaos and turn the page. and here's the good news you don't have to put up with it anymore. you can vote for change under our democracy. the vote now is with you to vote for change. and as anas has said here in scotland with anas and jacqui and ian, we've changed the labour party working with me. we together changed the labour party, put it back in the service of working people. what we now ask humbly , is for the we now ask humbly, is for the opportunity to change scotland and to change britain for the better and put them back in the service of working people .

service of working people. and i know there are voters here in scotland who want it in the past to get the tories out , but past to get the tories out, but felt that they couldn't vote for labour because they didn't think that we would win. well, we're a changed labour party and we now have that opportunity to kick the tories out. but you have to take that opportunity by voting . labouh because there's no change without scotland, there's no labour without scotland. scotland is central to the mission of the next labour government .

government. and that mission isn't just to turn the page to bring about the change we desperately need. it's to rebuild. to rebuild, to rebuild, you need a plan for your economy to get it functioning, working for everyone with jobs here in scotland now, not far from here, a few miles away, you will know whiteleys wind farm up there on the hills. i've been there an incredible place to go with wind turbines. huge bits of manufacturing and engineering. it's quite awe inspiring, hundreds of them generating power for the future. when i went there with anas, i asked a simple question of the ceo. i said, how many of these were built in scotland ? and the built in scotland? and the answer none of them. not one. they'd all been towed in past working people in scotland and put together. that's the price of not making your economy the

priority, and we're not prepared to pay that price under a labour government . government. but you will never have a strong functioning economy if you don't treat your workforce properly . treat your workforce properly. if you don't give people basic dignity and respect at work. and that's why our new deal for working people will be the biggest act of levelling up for workers rights in a generation. no more fire and rehire , no more no more fire and rehire, no more zero hours contracts. make work, pay - zero hours contracts. make work, pay . anas pay. anas sarwar has said our other plan, great british energy, a publicly owned company investing in clean british power

and based here in scotland . and based here in scotland. and. jobs in scotland keeping prices down across the whole country . down across the whole country. so there's a choice at this election . a choice between election. a choice between continuing with chaos and division and failure , or the division and failure, or the choice of voting. labour and stopping the chaos and division thatis stopping the chaos and division that is doing so much harm, of turning the page and bringing the change that we need here in scotland and across britain and rebuilding across scotland and across britain. that's the choice of the next election . if choice of the next election. if you want change, you have to for vote it. thank you so much. thank you .

thank you. >> well that was sir keir starmer . >> well that was sir keir starmer. he's launched his campaign in scotland. he said that i don't want scotland to send a message. i want scotland to send a labour government. he went on about chaos and division 17 years under the snp. he recounted a story of a seven year old girl handing out food parcels and when he read the autocue, he asked her to have a go and she said i don't read. he talks about the cost that she is paying talks about the cost that she is paying for the failure of the snp, and he was talking also there. with regard to labour, he said it's a changed labour and they must take the opportunity. there's no labour without scotland . and he was on about scotland. and he was on about rebuilding whiteley's wind farm. he made the comments there where he said that none of those propellers, those wind propellers, those wind propellers, turbines were made in this country. and he also said that you can't work well if you don't have a good workforce. no more. zero hour contracts, no more for hire . no more. zero hour contracts, no more for hire. he no more. zero hour contracts, no more for hire . he talks about more for hire. he talks about making work pay. yeah most definitely. >> it was an impassioned speech,

i've got to say. he spoke from the heart. a lot of platitudes, though. i thought, end the chaos, turn the page. chaos and division vote for change. i'm not sure that the public will be persuaded by these slogans. they'll be looking for hard facts and strong policies. let's get reaction now from the former editor of the daily star, dawn neesom and ex—labour minister bill rammell. >> let's come to bill first because he's a labour man. what were your thoughts on that speech? >>i speech? >> ithought speech? >> i thought it was very good, and i think it's very convincing. i also think it's interesting that he's speaking on the second day of the campaign in scotland, because scotland is critical to the labour party, you know, remember last general election we won just one seat. latest polls put us 10% ahead in scotland, likely to win 35 plus seats. and i think that's happened because we're setting out a credible for case change, but also the implosion of the snp. you know nicola sturgeon's husband being arrested for and charged for

embezzlement and that's restored the normal laws of gravity in scotland because for a decade the snp had been untouchable. but now people are looking at their domestic record, which is shocking. so scotland is part of the way that we win at the general election? yes >> i mean, dawn neesom do you think that scotland is actually central to keir starmers path to number 10? could it be decisive? i don't think it could be decisive, no. >> and i'm with you on this one. i mean, i every time i hear a politician making a speech and i play politician making a speech and i play political bingo and i tick off the phrases they say, he said working people four times in that speech . i mean, i'm not in that speech. i mean, i'm not even entirely sure what he means by working . by working. >> are you a working person? >> are you a working person? >> i think i'm here when i'm working. i'm having fun as well, but i am working. so i mean, i am at the stage now and we're only two days in, aren't we? where i'm thinking we have six weeks of this, six weeks of speeches like that , and at the speeches like that, and at the end of it, we are still going to end of it, we are still going to end up with either rishi sunak or keir starmer, and i'm not

sure i can cope with six weeks of it, to be honest with you, i just think it's interesting the scotland thing, though, because, you know, keir starmer infamously didn't know what a woman was. i mean, how can we forget that? and obviously scotland was the one voting through these ridiculous rules where men could be accessing women's prisons. so it's interesting how that particular issue goes down. but then again, he's up against someone who doesn't know what umbrella is. so i mean, it's like , what? what so i mean, it's like, what? what are we meant to do? >> dawn, what are your thoughts on the content of what he said, though? because he said, no more fire or rehire, no more zero hour contracts. make work pay. now, some people like those things . excuse now, some people like those things. excuse me. yeah. no. absolutely. >> zero hour contracts are not necessarily an evil thing. lots of people rely on zero hour contracts now, and lots of people make them work for them. it's the way working life has changed. so is that there not necessarily an evil thing? i think there will be people who are making those zero hour contracts. well, i'm not saying they're a great thing for everybody. some people don't

like them, but they do work for some people. and the fact that he goes, oh, they're an evil thing. we're getting rid of them. but what i keep coming back to nana is, okay, we're going to make work, pay . how how going to make work, pay. how how are you going to make work pay? how are you going to fund your green policies? how are you going to fund all these, these wind farms that you're going on about? how are you going to improve education, which under the snp in scotland, as we know, was appalling with that little girl not being able to read even not to mention the drug and dnnk not to mention the drug and drink issues they still have in scotland. oh, and the various strike issues they've had as well. how is he going to do it? i'm not hearing any facts. >> well, i mean, it's always a good point there, bill, because, you know, labour administrations have done good things for the country in the past. but what's the point of a labour government when there's no money to spend? >> well, you can still make a difference. and look, we will get money to spend when we bring back economic growth. and we've got economic growth and sorry, ons said we're going gangbusters at the moment. nought point 6. well, that's not good. >> the two and a half this year potentially the average under the last labour government was 2.5. >> and that's the difference 150

billion over 13 labour years compared to the 14 tory years. so we get that that substantial growth to fund better public services. but the short term we are setting out clearly how we are setting out clearly how we are going to make , symbolic are going to make, symbolic improvements, 6500 extra teachers in schools paid for by ending the tax breaks for the private schools across the, the five years, isn't it, or four years. >> and that's presumably if they retain the same number of people at those schools. so you've got at those schools. so you've got a margin, a leeway. but already 2.7% of the parents are. now the figures of people applying have already fallen by just under 3. and they're concerned that that is only just a small snapshot. yeah. so the money they're they're planning to take from thatis they're planning to take from that is unlikely to be what they're expecting . they're expecting. >> right. it's but it's sustainable. over the course of the parliament, the real echo is the parliament, the real echo is the pledge card in the run up to 1997. and there's a lot of history being rewritten about what happened in the run up to

1997. but there was small , 1997. but there was small, steps, like cutting class sizes for every five, six and seven year olds, 250,000 young people off benefits and into work. it's similar kinds of small, pragmatic changes that people relate to . i think if the labour relate to. i think if the labour party was standing here now and saying, do you know what we're going to transform the world in 2 or 3 years? rightly people wouldn't believe us. >> but bill, how are labour in government going to boost economic growth when some of their headline policies involve red tape and extra costs for businesses as union power, which could mean more strikes and more workers rights, and getting rid of zero hours contracts. how does that boost the economy? >> well, well, you know, we've had more strikes under this government than we had under the last labour government. >> to be fair with that, though, i just have to stop you there, even the head of the pcs said that we will strike to bring down the government. so a lot of them were politically motivated. so i'm not sure whether that's fair to bring that in and say that a lot. and that is, you know, that's true. >> the pcs is a bit of an

outlier amongst the a lot of them, but a lot of them, you know, we didn't have strikes in the nhs like we've had under this government. and i'll tell you what, in terms of security in the workplace, that's extremely popular amongst ordinary working people. but not employers. >> and employers are the ones who drive the growth, aren't they? the businesses themselves? >> and we've been working with businesses. you know, i saw a businesses. you know, i saw a business leader recently that you can't you can't go anywhere without talking to rachel reeves and keir starmer. there is a real partnership with business, and that will help to get the economic growth. but i'll tell you one other, one of the biggest ways we're going to transform the economy and get economic growth is the biggest housebuilding programme we've had in a generation. 500,000 houses that are desperately needed. but also that kick starts the economy and gets us the level of i wonder who's going to pay for that though? well, well, there's massive demand there. so there's going to be some support, but somebody's got to somebody's got to build them. >> so i'm wondering who's going to pay for them. if you're saying 500, is it going to be developers. are or is the government going to pay for

these houses people. you know, this is great. >> part of the way you do it is through effective. what are called section 106 agreements, where, yes, there's the ability for developers and, you know, you remove the red type red tape in terms of development taking place. but you get them to fund the social housing on the back of that. and it's a win win. >> well, it sounds too good to be true. and often when it does it is. and also, let's not forget the immigration situation. if we continue with a mass migration , the tories have mass migration, the tories have let rip. well, i'm not, i'm not i'm not saying well done tories. i'm not saying well done tories. i say i think they've done a terrible job, but that doesn't mean the labour party are going to do any betterjust because to do any better just because the tories did badly. >> well, i'll tell you what it might do worse. don't compare politicians on what they say. compare them on what they do when labour left. well, i am, and that's exactly what. hold on nana. when labour left office, asylum numbers were a third of what they are today. the tories have completely lost control. >> listen, nobody's saying that i. you won't have a disagreement there. i agree with you, okay? >> i mean, yeah, dawn neesom will labour be the party and the

government of growth? will they be business friendly? >> well, i mean , according to >> well, i mean, according to the gb news poll, i mean people do think that labour will manage the economy better than the conservatives. >> that's 35% say labour will, 19% say conservatives, 46% say they don't know, though. and i think the situation where we are now, i was talking with bill before we came in here is there are an awful lot of people out there who are confused what both of the main parties stand for, and we know there is division in both of those parties as well. bill, stop looking at me like that, and it's like, and so there is division. and it's interesting that people all the gb news poll seems to show that the labour are more trusted on the labour are more trusted on the economy and on the immigration issue as well. so, yeah, the poll fryston result gb news viewers believe that the labour party can be more trusted. >> but to be fair, the conservative party have messed it up completely. they've really doneit it up completely. they've really done it now. bill. former labour

leaderjeremy done it now. bill. former labour leader jeremy corbyn has announced that he will stand as announced that he will stand as an independent candidate in islington north in the general election. is that interesting news? i mean, does anyone care? it's islington north. it's not really going to affect the major. >> it's not it's not going to be seismic. but i actually think it's good for news the labour party because it defines the strength of keir's leadership. you know, he booted corbyn out of the parliamentary labour party. he's rooted out anti—semitism, which in large part corbyn was responsible to for and he's he's rooted out the corbyn issues across the country. compare and contrast with rishi sunak , who, you know, with rishi sunak, who, you know, couldn't even bring himself to vote against boris johnson on the privileges committee report. so, you know, i think corbyn, who i think was the most dreadful labour leader we've ever had, the fact that he's going to stand as an independent is good news. and it helps to define keir in the labour party. >> all right. bill rammell and dawn neesom, thank you very much. okay. >> up next, remember blockbusters will speak to the man who's bringing it back in his own town. you're watching

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>> good morning. just coming up to 45 minutes after 10:00. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. right. let's cross to the post office inquiry, where it's the last day for the former boss, paula vennells. she's giving evidence. >> i i've spoken to the inquiry about this with mr beer. i was briefed by lesley. as i explained, i came across her in a corridor, looking frustrated about something . we had about something. we had a conversation. she explained that and i don't believe she dismissed it as an inconvenience or however you suggested the question i'm putting to you is that you were fully briefed about this, about risk by susan crichton. >> what do you say to that?

>> what do you say to that? >> i was briefed by susan that gareth jenkins could no longer be used. i'm not sure what you mean by risk that that what i know now is much more about this, that gareth jenkins hadn't been properly briefed in the first place. an expert witness. and but at the time that i had noidea and but at the time that i had no idea of the contents of the simon clarke advice , i want to simon clarke advice, i want to ask you, please , because i'm ask you, please, because i'm going to suggest to you that that you must have known about this by the end, of, august. >> and i want to take you to panel.

>> and i want to take you to panel . 00108065. panel. 00108065. >> one, you can being asked a question, then it's gone very quiet in the most definitely. >> now, paula vennells, she has expressed emotion in the last 24 hours, so she has been reduced to tears. she's also said that she did her best, but it wasn't good enough . and this was good enough. and this was clearly a very challenging , clearly a very challenging, thing to go through for paula vennells. she left the post office several years ago, but this scandal remains. and notwithstanding all of the noise around a general election, the public, our viewers and listeners are furious about the way that those subpostmasters were treated . and many nana akua were treated. and many nana akua consider this woman to be responsible. after all, she was the head of the operation when

this happened. >> well, that's the thing. and the other day when she was being held to account, she was crying while she was talking and the judge said, can you sort of stop crying and just talk or cry first and then talk? yeah. because frankly, you know, whilst it's very distressing for her, imagine how distressing it's been for these postmasters . it's been for these postmasters. there was also something where apparently they claimed that she knew that there was a problem with the system, and had she put that forward earlier , things that forward earlier, things would have changed. but she's denied that she knew . denied that she knew. >> well, it's critically important. the victims of the post office scandal get justice, which is why this is one inquiry that has great value is very important. unlike that covid inquiry, which they reckon is going to report in 2026 and cost £200 million. it just takes. let me give you my inquiry findings. lockdowns destroyed the country and didn't work. there you go . and didn't work. there you go. well, it depends what not everyone agrees with me on that one. >> no they don't because it depends what the disease is. if it's ebola, you'd want to lock down. there you go. but do you

remember blockbuster? hey, what a difference. yeah. blockbuster video yes, the much loved video shop. sadly went bust. >> i love it when you sing, by the way. you can really carry a tune, can't you? >> i could do tina turner, private dancer. i'm very good. maybe after the show i'll do that later. but yes, they went bust over ten years ago. well, a nostalgic, nostalgic film buff has built his own miniature version outside his home for fellow villagers to borrow dvds. >> yes, peter goddard joins us now from alderholt. peter, congratulations on the project. why have you started this enterprise ? oh enterprise? oh >> oh, we can't hear him. he's coming. >> he'd like a, like, a little outside library where you can go and get free books. and that's been doing really well. and i think i saw in one of my sort of dvd groups on facebook that someone in canada had, made like a blockbuster version of it. and i showed it to my, my partner and i said, you know, can i make

something like this and put it down the end of our garden? and she wasn't against the idea. and so i just sort of ran with it and, and yeah, i just sort of made it. so. >> so how does it work then? it's like, are they free and is it just dvds? no, but nobody's got a vhs player, have they? >> i've still got a vhs player. i still play vhs. >> yeah, i'm not surprised, actually. i've got a betamax player as well, no, it's just dvds at the moment. yeah. so it's completely free. i just, i just put stuff in there and, people can, like, leave a film, take a film . i sort of got some take a film. i sort of got some bags of popcorn in there as well. so if they want to take a film with their movie night, they can. but it's all completely free. and it's basically like dvds that i don't mind losing. so if people end up keeping them or, or not bringing them back, then, you know, that's absolutely fine. well, i love the look of your shot, peter. >> congratulations on it. and also, let's be honest, we are in also, let's be honest, we are in a cost of living crisis. these streaming services like apple tv, amazon prime, netflix are not cheap, are they ? of course not cheap, are they? of course your dvds are free, which is a

wonderful thing . and also the wonderful thing. and also the quality of dvd is very high. isn't it? i mean, this is top level digital technology . vie. level digital technology. vie. >> yeah. i mean, i mean, i still watch vhs tapes. so i mean, i don't think whilst kind of like technology has moved on and like kind of resolutions have got better, you can still enjoy kind of like lower resolutions, kind of like lower resolutions, kind of older, kind of like media and stuff. so but yeah, i've always going back to sort of the 90s. i grew up in the 90s, so going to the video shops and going down to like my local kind of like, video retail shop and sort of buying physical media was kind of like, you know, part of my childhood . and as sort of time childhood. and as sort of time went on as sort of streaming, as sort of become really popular, i've sort of never gave up the kind of physical media side of things. so, you know, whilst it's great to watch films on demand, i always find that if you if you see a film which you really enjoy, then , you know, really enjoy, then, you know,

you kind of want to own that film on like a, on like a physical kind of media thing. >> i completely agree. it's, it's like having a library of books that you can show off that you've read rather than the kindle, isn't it? >> well, it is a bit like, what's your favourite film then? mine has got to be like, if i'm thinking of thinking nostalgia, i'm going back weird science, have you got that on dvd ? have you got that on dvd? >> which one is that? sorry. >> which one is that? sorry. >> weird science. >> weird science. >> weird science. >> weird science? no, i've not seen it. i've heard you haven't. >> i've seen weird science. have you not seen it? yeah, i have, but they make a girl. >> kelly le brock. >> kelly le brock. >> kelly le brock, the woman in red. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's very classic film. i mean, i've got to ask you, peter. yeah? what's your favourite movie, probably blade runneh favourite movie, probably blade runner. it's one of those films i've seen numerous times. you know, it's a it's a classic. >> what do you watch on vhs, i like to collect the kind of preset tapes, you know, from, like early kind of 80s before, kind of like they became certified . so kind of like lots certified. so kind of like lots of kind of there's a lot of tapes and stuff which have never made it onto dvd, so kind of tracking down kind of weird kind of cult horror films. and then, yeah. >> and then are you worried

you're going to get a letter , peter? >> are you going to worried you're going to get a letter from the owners of the blockbuster brand? >> well, i mean, i didn't really think of that when i was. i didn't think it could quite get the sort of media attention it has, to be honest with you. so i didn't think anybody beyond the village would have, would have heard about it. but, i don't know. is blockbuster still still owned by someone? do you know a registered trademark? >> i think peter, take it and run with it. you'll be be a billionaire within a year. >> peter goddard, thank you very much. that's peter goddard. is there an older holt very nice blockbuster video. craggy. and he said he's got a betamax player. god, he's got one of those. >> he's a man after my own heart. he's old school. >> lots of you have been getting in touch with a lot of the things we've been talking about, mike says in what, mad? what sort of mad world would any government of any country put into law the date to arrive at net zero, especially when the country only produces less than 1% of the world's emissions and they want sensible people to vote for them. >> somebody wants to speak up for sunak, matthew says. i think some people forget what happened in the past .

some people forget what happened in the past. if it wasn't for rishi sunak doing the furlough scheme, there would be a lot of people all out of their homes with no job and i love this one. >> emily says. love the nana and mark combo. they've got a great dynamic. also, i love how mark twists his whole body to talk as though he's got a stiff neck. it's very charming. we try, we try, listen folks , it's a very, try, listen folks, it's a very, very busy show. we are consumed with election fever . you're with election fever. you're watching britain's newsroom on gb news. lots more to get through. but first, annie, has your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it's a bit of a cloudy start for many of us. there will be some sunshine later on across southern areas, but further rain is to come across the north after a very wet few days here. however, having said that, it is going to be drier than it has been lately, but some drizzly rain will continue. it's an area of frontal systems wrapped around this area of low pressure

here in the north sea. to the south, though, we're well away from that low pressure system, so we'll see some brightness. the best of the sunshine will likely be across parts of south wales, the southeast as well, but there could be a few showers here and there, temperatures just about climbing to 20 degrees in the south. but for most of us there will be a little below par for the time of yeah little below par for the time of year, and it will feel fairly coolif year, and it will feel fairly cool if you're exposed to an onshore breeze in the north as well. that clear those clearer skies will become a bit more widespread throughout this evening, so a fairly fine end to the working week for many southern counties this evening. cloudier skies further north with some drizzly rain, particularly across parts of northern ireland, much of scotland as well on the coast and over the high ground, is where the rain is most likely and we will see some breezy. some stronger winds up towards the northern isles as well. it will turn drier as the night goes on, as that area of low pressure pushes away to the north. so clearer skies will become more widely seen throughout the night, covering much of england and wales through the night and into southern scotland by the morning. we could see some mist and fog developing as well

across southern counties because the ground is fairly wet. that should clear up quite quickly through saturday morning, but it will be a fresher start to the day. temperatures in the mid single figures for some of us, so a slightly fresher start to the day. but there will be more sunshine around certainly. and saturday is looking like the most dry and warmest day of the bank holiday weekend . most of us bank holiday weekend. most of us should see plenty of sunshine and dry weather as well . and dry weather as well. however, as the afternoon goes on we could see some heavier showers encroaching into northeastern england. southeastern scotland. but as i said, most of us should stay dry and in the best of the sunshine. highs of 22 degrees in the south and the high teens in the north. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news as . on gb news as. >> pollyanna is not happy on the message board as she says her. here's my view of nigel farage. i know you don't give a stuff, but you had more than six weeks. you sat on the fence playing

mind games. you got caught on the left foot by the election, being called pollyanna, not happy that nigel has basically not participated in the election.

the way . good the way. good morning. it's 11 am. on friday, the 24th of may. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with nana akua and mark dolan . dolan. >> well, the tv debate debacle. the tories have slammed sir keir starmer for failing to commit to a record 60 vie debates. do we really want all that olivia utley ? he has the latest. utley? he has the latest. >> also, farages final throw of the dice. farages final throw of the dice. farages final throw of the dice. farages final throw of the dice . nigel the dice. farages final throw of the dice. nigel has said the dice. farages final throw of the dice . nigel has said that he the dice. nigel has said that he has one more big card to play in politics, but didn't have time to prepare for this summer election. >> i had to be honest with you, put in place some preparations to launch next week , and a

to launch next week, and a former post office boss, paula vennells, has been accused of trying to keep a lid on the faulty horizon. >> it systems at the post office inquiry. the questioning continues . continues. >> meanwhile, a tragic story chaos in majorca at least four people have died and others trapped under rubble after a restaurant building collapses on a beach in majorca. we'll have the latest. >> and killer nurse lucy letby loses her appeal. the court rules that the serial baby killer cannot challenge her convictions . convictions. >> we'd love to hear what you think. send your views in to gbnews.com/yoursay or say so much to get through in this hour . the. should nigel be the leader of reform uk? going into the election? lots of our viewers and listeners are very disappointed he's not got a frontline role . frontline role.

>> i don't blame him. i don't blame him. look, if you get an offer at a job in america with lots of money and you can see the way this election is going, why would you? he'll probably come back in 2029. no, it's definitely okay. >> well, lots to get through. a really busy hour. we are consumed with election fever. the first though, the news headunes the first though, the news headlines and aaron armstrong . headlines and aaron armstrong. >> good morning to you. it's minute past 11 i'm aaron armstrong. sir keir starmer says only labour can stop the chaos and turn the page as he outlines plans to cut bills and boost energy security. the labour leader is campaigning in scotland today, where he's pledged to bring down costs with a new publicly owned green power company . labour, which has just company. labour, which has just two mps in scotland, is hoping to make electoral gains there after years of dominance by the snp. sir keir says now is the time for change and whether you're a family that's been struggling with the cost of living for grind less money after month after month, whether

you're a business that's been struggling against the odds for a very, very long time now, or serving your communities , this serving your communities, this is for you. >> because this is an election about change, and scotland's voice is vital. >> well, energy policy and the cost of living look set to become electoral dividing lines as household bills fall to their lowest level in two years. rishi sunak's heading to northern ireland this morning. the conservatives are expected to say they've brought economic stability back, and they will criticise the cost of labour's net zero pledges. energy secretary claire coutinho says labour's plans will lead to families feeling worse off. >> my priority is cheap energy for the country. i know that that's how the country will succeed , succeed or fail. succeed, succeed or fail. whether your businesses or household, it's really important that we get people cheap energy. and actually, if you look at ed miliband's plans, even places like the tony blair institute

have said that his plans, which have said that his plans, which have decarbonising targets that no other major country have, are going to raise people's bills and hike people's taxes. and we've looked at these numbers and i should tell you that that's something like £2,000 worth of extra taxes on households because of their overall plans over the course of the next parliament. >> sir ed davey says the liberal democrats would slash energy bills by investing in home insulation and boosting renewables . mp helen morgan says renewables. mp helen morgan says her party's ideas are influencing government policy. >> well, i think we've always been able to influence the agenda, even though we're not a particularly big party, so if you look, for example, at the windfall tax, we started calling for one of those in october 21st to help people out with their energy bills, and that later became labour policy. and then that became government policy . that became government policy. so it's really, really important to set the agenda. and we have proved that we can be effective. >> jeremy corbyn's confirmed he'll stand as an independent candidate in the general election against the party he once led. as a result, he's

automatically been expelled as a member of labour, which suspended him in 2020 over claims that complaints of anti—semitism in the party had been, in his words, dramatically overstated for political reasons. the former labour leader says he'll run as a voice for equality, democracy and peace in islington north, which he's represented since 1983. >> democracy. i want our political parties to be democratic, but members of islington north, labour have been denied the right to choose their own candidate . and their own candidate. and alongside that, the community as alongside that, the community as a whole has been disempowered because of that. so we have to stand up, we have to stand up and say we're not taking this anymore. we will assert our rights to . rights to. >> former post office boss paula vennells has admitted she made mistakes in her handling of the honzon mistakes in her handling of the horizon scandal, and says there's no one else to blame. she's giving evidence this morning again, as hundreds of subpostmasters are set to have their names cleared. miss fennell said moments ago she did

her very best but accepted it wasn't good enough . she also wasn't good enough. she also said that she had to rely on colleagues who were experts, and she had no reason not to take that advice . child serial killer that advice. child serial killer lucy letby has lost an appeal to challenge her convictions. lettie's lawyers asked judges for the right to appeal. at a two and a half day hearing last month, the former nurse was sentenced to 14 whole life orders for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others at a hospital in chester between 2015 and 2016. and more than two thirds of beer and wine served in british pubs and wine served in british pubs and bars are being short, measured . you're not getting measured. you're not getting enough. a new survey from the trading standards found 77 pubs and bars were serving around 70% less than the prescribed quantity required . for the quantity required. for the average beer drinker, it equates to a loss of something like £1.70 every week, or just over

£88 a year. and it's even more for the average wine drinker £2.20 short every week. the survey comes as a cost of a pint and other drinks hits an all time high. and for the latest on all of our stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts the qr code on the screen. the details are on the screen. the details are on our website and now it is back to mark and gnaana . back to mark and gnaana. >> thank you aaron. it's fast approaching eight minutes after 11:00. good morning. if you've just tuned in, where on earth have you been? this is britain's newsroom on gb news news with me, nana akua and mark dolan . me, nana akua and mark dolan. >> now does the path to number 10 downing street pass through scotland? labour leader sir keir starmer appears to think so . starmer appears to think so. >> while campaigning in glasgow. he said there is no labour without scotland. >> let's take a listen . >> let's take a listen. >> let's take a listen. >> and whether you're a family that's been struggling with the cost of living for grindal's month after month after month,

whether you're a business that's been struggling against the odds for a very, very long time now, or serving your communities , or serving your communities, this is for you . because this is this is for you. because this is an election about change and scotland's voice is vital, absolutely vital . it needs to be absolutely vital. it needs to be absolutely vital. it needs to be a leading voice . send a message, a leading voice. send a message, send a message that is the height of the snp ambition to send a message. a protest in westminster . send a message. a protest in westminster. i don't send a message. a protest in westminster . i don't want westminster. i don't want scotland to send a message. i want scotland to send a government, a labour government . government, a labour government. >> that was keir starmer. >> that was keir starmer. >> indeed, indeed, there you go. listen, he's going for the no tie but the jacket on halfway house. i think he spoke quite well in scotland. i've got to say. do you think. yeah i think, i think it was a confident

performance. but it's going to be a long six weeks. and why has he only agreed to two television debates come on and not more including gb news. >> but listen. meanwhile, in the gb news exclusive, boris johnson ally and brexiteer lord david frost has been banned from standing as a tory candidate in the general election. well, joining us now is gb news political correspondent, olivia utley. olivia, can you give us an update on the situation, what's happening ? what's happening? >> well, keir starmer has just made this speech in glasgow and he obviously very much believes that the way to power in number 10 to a large majority , which is 10 to a large majority, which is clearly what he wants, is through scotland and i think he sounds a pretty good chance of doing pretty well there, mainly because the snp party in the last few years has almost imploded and humza yousaf obviously had to resign in an embarrassing liz truss lettuce like situation. just two weeks ago. and john swinney is the new head of the snp. he made a brave start to the snp's campaign

yesterday, but he is obviously a little bit wet behind the ears, having only been in the job two weeks. we heard this rousing speech from keir starmer anas sarwar, the leader of the scottish labour party, was standing right next to him. but i think what will be really interesting over the course of this campaign is to see how that relationship between anas sarwar and keir starmer , develops, and keir starmer, develops, because actually on pretty major policy issues, the two men really disagree. we know that keir starmer has been a staunch supporter of israel, has stopped short of ever saying that there should be an immediate ceasefire in gaza even now, and so many people in the labour party are calling for it. meanwhile scottish labour have been saying from pretty early on that they think there should be an immediate ceasefire in gaza. now thatis immediate ceasefire in gaza. now that is a tricky, circle, circle to square , square to circle to square, square to circle between the leader of the labour party in the whole of the uk and the leader of the labour party in scotland and in an election where scotland matters so much ,

where scotland matters so much, the labour party is hoping to take sort of, you know, 70, 80, 90% of seats from snp mps. that could be a bit of an issue. >> most definitely. i mean, it seems that labour's strategy in england is to not be the tories, and in scotland it's to not be the snp. how far can labour go with such an approach ? with such an approach? >> well, i think that's a really interesting question because keir starmer did an interview this morning on the radio where he was grilled on more sort of specific policy elements. he was asked whether he was wanted to scrap the two child benefit limit, something that he said previously he would like to see done, whether he wanted to scrap student, tuition fees, something he also said a few years ago he would like to see done. and on both issues, he sort of equivocated he he can't say that he's going to do these things because now he knows that they are very expensive indeed. so there isn't really much meat on there isn't really much meat on the bones of his, of his campaign for change. he wants change. change away from the conservative party, change away

from the snp . at the moment it from the snp. at the moment it feels like that is enough. he's 2020 points ahead in the polls. people are desperate for change. people are desperate for change. people are desperate for change. people are fed up. it seems with the conservative party after 14 years in government. but as we get further into this campaign and the spotlight is more and more on keir starmer and precisely what he's going to do as prime minister when he gets into number 10, it could be that that tactic of simply being not the conservative or not the snp ceases to be enough for him . ceases to be enough for him. >> olivia, only a couple of seconds, but can i just ask you about lord david frost, one of the most popular conservatives in the country , at the man that in the country, at the man that arguably helped get brexit across the line as our chief brexit negotiator under the premiership of boris johnson. why isn't he being selected as a prospective parliamentary candidate for the conservatives this election ? this election? >> well, he was on the list for conservative for general conservative for general conservative mps, but he's been

told that he can't stand for a specific seat in this election. now, why is that? well quite simply, it's because over the last few months, he has been publicly saying time and again that he thinks the conservatives are doomed under rishi sunak. so i'm not sure it's that surprising that prime minister rishi sunak doesn't particularly want him standing for a specific seat. but as you say, mark, to lots of people, he's the brexit hero and lots of people will believe that the conservatives should be a broader church. so rishi sunak should be willing to take criticism like this and will say that he should have been allowed to stand. >> most definitely keep your friends close and your enemies closer. i think it's madness that lord frost doesn't have a chance at entering the house of commons at the next election because let's be honest, nana akua , if it all fell apart for akua, if it all fell apart for the tories at the election, lord frost would be in the running to lead the party. >> potentially, potentially . >> potentially, potentially. >> potentially, potentially. >> thank you olivia utley. we'll catch up soon. >> well, if you've just tuned in, just coming up to 14 minutes after 11:00, this is britain's newsroom. now. at least four people have died and 30 injured

after the upper floor of a bar and restaurant collapsed in a tourist hotspot in majorca , the tourist hotspot in majorca, the foreign office have confirmed. >> there were no british nationals involved in the incident. but joining us to tell us more is our reporter, charlie peters. charlie, what's the latest? >> well , we latest? >> well, we understand that there are seven people seriously injured currently being cared for by the emergency services in majorca . every single available majorca. every single available ambulance was rushed to the scene last night at 840 when that collapse happened. and we understand from local reports that it was a terrace above the restaurant area that collapsed in the two storey building, breaking through a vault and actually into the basement. so severe was the collapse . now, severe was the collapse. now, what is especially concerning is that this restaurant, the medusa beach club, posted on its instagram page last night, which we checked that this new terrace had just opened on wednesday. this is its first full day in operation, so it does suggest a construction concern, a safety area. there which could have led to that collapse. we know last

night that the fire brigade were involved. over 100 people from the emergency services trying to recover people from the rubble, the concrete and concrete and masonry and steel and glass that was involved in this collapse. and they also sent psychologists to the scene for those who were removed from the rubble, many of them, of course, traumatised by what they'd experienced to have that immediate care. one of the things that the emergency services demanded on this very busy tourist beachfront was silence , so they could hear any silence, so they could hear any signs of life in the rubble . signs of life in the rubble. from some really concerning reports, we do understand that some of the bars on the strip on the beachfront continue to play music and serve drinks, even though they were still going through that severe rescue operation. >> so terrible do we know whether it was people were actually on the terrace or was it a terrace that landed on people who were below? so was it full of people this terrace? >> appalling? appallingly both. it seems people on the terrace and those below. of the four dead, no official confirmation, but local media reports from the island suggest that one of them

was a doorman from the beach club. another was a worker there. the two others they haven't indicated, but likely tourists . haven't indicated, but likely tourists. this haven't indicated, but likely tourists . this beach club, tourists. this beach club, popular to both german and british tourists . but reports british tourists. but reports from the island do say that it was a mostly german crowd last night. they do make up the bulk of the tourists in the island every year. 17 million in majorca and the surrounding islands last year has the search for human life ended now it's still an ongoing operation. so extensive was the rubble, and we do expect that we'll get further updates later today from the authorities on the island on those injured. >> that's awful, isn't it really? horribly going on a houday really? horribly going on a holiday and that's awful type of thing happens . well, charlie, thing happens. well, charlie, look, keep us updated. if anything new comes to light, let us know that sir charlie peters, a devastating story, an absolute tragedy. >> well, still to come, we're going to discuss what nigel farage is. masterplan could be after not standing as an mp in july. you're watching britain's newsroom on gb news with akua

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you're watching britain's newsroom with nana akua and mark dolan. lovely to have your company and let's let's have a look at what we've got coming up. let me tell you that whilst keir starmer is busy campaigning in scotland, rishi sunak , the in scotland, rishi sunak, the prime minister for now has kicked off the tories campaign in northern ireland. he's been speaking to reporters. let's take a listen on the fall in energy prices today . energy prices today. >> well very welcome fall in energy prices again, which are now about £500 lower than they were a year ago. and it shows that our plan is working. the economy has turned a corner . economy has turned a corner. inflation is now back to normal. wages have been rising faster than prices for almost a year, and the beginning of this year the economy grew at a very healthy rate. and that's why now is the right time to think about

our future and what i'll be talking to the british people about over the next few weeks is our bold action that we're prepared to take, working to a clear plan that we can see as having real effects on people for the better, and that's why we can deliver a secure future for everyone in our country. >> we're now here in northern ireland, the fourth nation you've been to in 36 hours. you're travelling 100 miles in a private jet, meeting groups of employees. is it going to work? can you overturn labour's large poll lead? who are you kidding? well after a difficult few years, we can now see that the plans that we put in place are working. >> inflation has fallen back to normal levels. the economy grew faster than all our competitors at the beginning of this year. today we've had the news that energy bills are falling again and wages have been rising faster than prices for almost a year now. and that's why it's the right time to turn to the future. and the world is sadly, a more uncertain place than it's beenin a more uncertain place than it's been in decades. and that's why what the country needs is leadership that can provide bold action. and that has a clear plan, because that's how we will deliver a secure future for

everyone in our country. >> over in parliament, your colleagues are leaving. so much of what you wanted to achieve is going up in smoke, literally . going up in smoke, literally. the smoking ban is being junked today. others the rental reform bill, the sentencing bill, the criminal justice bill. this is your legacy. is that embarrassing? and the smoking ban was for the next generation and you're dropping it. >> well, there's always a normal process at the end of a parliament to see which legislation you can pass in the time that's available. i'm pleased that yesterday we got the horizon bill through to make sure that we can deliver compensation and justice to the postmasters that were so badly impacted by what i described as one of the worst miscarriages of justice that we've ever known today will be debating the bills that will ensure that the compensation authority for those impacted by the infected blood scandal get the justice that they deserve. so we are making progress. and the smoking ban, of course , disappointed to not of course, disappointed to not be able to get that through at the end of this session, given the end of this session, given the time available. but what i'd say is that's evidence of the bold action that i'm prepared to

take. that's the type of prime minister i am. that's the type of leadership that i bring. i stepped up to do something that is bold, that will make an enormous difference to the future of our country. that's what the situation right now demands. someone who is willing to take bold action that has a clear plan, because that's how we deliver a secure future for everyone and their families . everyone and their families. >> on on tv debates in the election campaign, how many do you want with sir keir starmer, and why won't you do more with you? >> well, i heard this morning that he said he wanted to debate the british people rather than me. i think what the british people want are answers , answers people want are answers, answers to the questions about what he would actually do if he became prime minister and how much it's going to cost them in higher taxes.i going to cost them in higher taxes. i think those are the answers that he should be providing. you know, for my part, i'm very happy to debate keir starmer so i can set out what i want to do for this country, taking bold action, working towards a clear plan and delivering a secure future for everyone. that's the choice of this election. it's either going to be keir starmer or me. that's prime minister on july the 5th and he should want to debate me. i want to debate him and i hope that he takes up the offer. >> you ofsted rishi sunak

speaking earlier, let's get the thoughts of the former editor of the daily star. >> dawn neeson was a former labour minister. bill rammell. i come to you, dawn. so he's , i come to you, dawn. so he's, i quite i thought it was quite funny. what, what was said there that he sort of like on a on a on a well on a boat to nowhere really on this. >> but do you think, by the way, he had a proper waterproof jacket on this time? >> very sensible. >> very sensible. >> he's learned his lesson with a little hood on the back. there was an umbrella nearby. i'm sure he had a hood as well. >> but don't. what do you make of what he's saying? there he's talking about as though he thinks that he's in with a chance, well, i mean, they've had two the two pieces of good news. i mean, the inflation figures and the energy bills, neither of which i think he had much to do with, to be honest with you. but let's be honest with you. but let's be honest with you, the rwanda thing is certainly not going to happen before the election. now in july, is it? if it even happens at all? and we have to remember that sunak, when he was chancellor, thought it was a waste of time in the first place. but he's changed his mind now. but i do think the whole immigration thing. is there a way that sunak can come back,

can can have any chance of getting even close to labour, beanng getting even close to labour, bearing in mind they're, what, 25 points behind at the moment? and it's that 2019 red wall voters who suddenly jumped ship to the tories under boris johnson over the whole immigration brexit thing. now, 1 in 4 of those voters have just politically lost the will to live. some have gone to reform, some have actually gone to labouh some have actually gone to labour, but 1 some have actually gone to labour, but1 in some have actually gone to labour, but 1 in 4 of them are still going , i don't know, it's still going, i don't know, it's up for grabs. so in theory it is up for grabs. so in theory it is up for grabs. and bill and i were talking about this as well as discussing that we now hate one another because our football teams are nothing to do with politics. >> what's he. what are you. >> what's he. what are you. >> i can't mention it. >> i can't mention it. >> oh, god bless you. >> oh, god bless you. >> oh, god bless you. >> oh, yeah. don't you? excellent taste. don't you start. come on, you. >> don't you start. >> don't you start. >> but it's like. is there a feeling out there? and this was. this is bill's idea. i'm sorry. i'm nicking it. that maybe people will be thinking. yeah, okay. anyone but the tories. we've got to get them out. i've beenin we've got to get them out. i've been in power for too long, but we're a bit wary about a labour

landslide. so maybe as push comes to shove, they'll be thinking, ooh, not quite sure about this . about this. >> yeah. so, so i think it is one of those generational changes. one of those generational changes . i'm one of those generational changes. i'm reminded of jim callaghan in the run up to 1979, saying there are times when the mood changes and there's nothing you can do. and i think that's where sunak is. however the one risk for us is a bit like theresa may in 2017, where i knew tory, lifelong tory voters who said i want the tories to win , but i don't want may with a win, but i don't want may with a landslide. that's the one risk to the labour party this time. now i think we can handle that, but we need to make clear that if people really want change, they've actually got to vote for it. >> do you think he was wise to then call the election now? because obviously labour will be left to deal with the small boats crisis. was this a wise move? >> i think he chose to go now, one, because i genuinely think he's fed up. i don't think he's enjoying the leadership, but two, he thought things were going to get worse. so by the autumn it will have been proven that rwanda is not a deterrent.

we're going to have 2 or 3 months of even more rising waiting lists in the national health service. no tax cuts around. so this was probably the window of opportunity that he had. but he didn't take his party with it. >> it might have worked, but we don't know. and he has left labour now to deal with the mopping up of the small boats crisis over the summer months. >> but there's so much of that. i mean, this is going to be the worst inheritance of any incoming labour government that we've had , but we're up for it. we've had, but we're up for it. >> okay, well, listen, dawn, we have our first conflict point of the election campaign , and that the election campaign, and that is rishi sunak's request for six tv debates, which i don't think is unreasonable. that's one a week in this very short election campaign and starmer will only grant two. the tories will make hay with this, won't they? >> well, and they are already, aren't they. they're calling, you know, starmer a coward is ducking these weekly tv debates . ducking these weekly tv debates. he's, you know, the night afraid to fight quip that's already doing the rounds, isn't it? however, however over six weeks

to go, these two every week. >> oh, it'd be so boring. >> oh, it'd be so boring. >> i mean, yeah , gnaana you hit >> i mean, yeah, gnaana you hit the nail on the head. i mean, you know, i think we would smash them in the ratings, wouldn't we? >> nana. >> nana. >> well, just i just find they just because we've all stopped listening, what we actually want to hear is what are they going to hear is what are they going to do? i don't want this performative business. >> and that's what it's going to be scrutiny and why it's not real. >> starmer only want to have two tv debates, and why hasn't he appeared on a leader's debate on gb news, which which the prime minister was happy to do? and as of yet still waiting for a reply from mr starmer? >> no, i think that was cowardice. >> he should have come on and he should have done that. i mean, i do not understand, i said what i'm confused about as a journalist is who's advising these people. you know , who told these people. you know, who told rishi sunak to go and stand there in the rain? i mean, that was just terrible. and now it's like, who's advising keir starmer not to go? i mean that i mean that was a classic . he you mean that was a classic. he you know, starmer should have gone on gb news and had that debate

then. i don't want to do it every week. by the way please. no, not every week. i couldn't stand it. but he is ducking the debates and i want to know why. >> well, bill, bill doesn't seem to think he is. he's not. >> i mean, frankly, it's hypocrisy of the tory party to go on about this. david cameron, when he was prime minister, ducked the debates the last general election, boris johnson refused to do the andrew neil show because he knows he knew it was the most intense scrutiny that he was going to get. keir has said he'll do 2 or 3 debates, which is the standard norm. but i agree absolutely with dawn , six leaders debates, with dawn, six leaders debates, oh, we don't want six weeks, one a week. >> i just want to get this in. >> i just want to get this in. >> i'll host it, i'll host it and i'll do it for nothing. >> i'll do it. but listen. no, i'll do it. >> you and me together. >> you and me together. >> i'll let you mean i can. what about sir john redwood? there are loads of these. tory mps are now jumping off this sinking ship. or some people would say that they have a chance. who knows? but a lot of them are now standing down. there's quite a few john redwood. >> absolutely. and there's a mate of mine who's a labour

party member, lives in redwoods constituency, considering voting tactically for the lib dems. so i think a lot of people are jumping ship. my former constituency, harlow , where constituency, harlow, where robert halfon, my successor, stood down six weeks ago because, sunak took everyone by surprise, including his party, by committing july the 4th. the tories in harlow haven't even got a candidate today. our candidate, chris vince, has been in place for over a year. i mean, the lack of preparation and planning on sunaks behalf, i think, really begs questions. >> well, i think it was a brilliantly executed surprise . brilliantly executed surprise. now, here's a quick one. dawn, the clock's against us. what is nigel farages master plan? >> i don't know, it's the honest answer to that. >> i'm slightly. i'm going to be completely honest here. i'm slightly disappointed that he is put in the usa and donald trump over this country , do you think? over this country, do you think? >> but no. do you think he's doing that though? would you not suggest that maybe he realises the predicament of reform and

has thought, well, i'll give it another four years to sort of get itself together when i know i can actually win. >> i think he bottled it . >> i think he bottled it. however, i still think reform are going to have a significant impact , but they're are going to have a significant impact, but they're going to take 10% plus votes in each constituency . my seat of harlow, constituency. my seat of harlow, the last time i held it, 2005, i won by just 97 votes. and there were two brexit parties . then were two brexit parties. then there was ukip and the robert kilroy—silk party vie. they took 5000 votes between them , 5000 votes between them, predominantly former tory voters. and i think it's already going to be a big labour win. i think the impact of reform will make it even bigger. >> all right. thank you very much. bill rammell and dawn neesom. thank you so much. right. next up, let's get your latest headlines with aaron armstrong . armstrong. >> it's 1131. armstrong. >> it's1131. good morning i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. the prime minister says the lowering of the price cap shows his plan is working as both parties look to make energy

policy an electoral dividing line . speaking in belfast little line. speaking in belfast little earlier as part of a whistle stop campaign tour of the uk, rishi sunak has once again repeated that the economy has turned a corner and says he'll be talking to voters over the next few weeks about securing britain's future. >> inflation has fallen back to normal levels. the economy grew faster than all our competitors at the beginning of this year. today we've had the news that energy bills are falling again and wages have been rising faster than prices for almost a year now, and that's why it's the right time to turn to the future . and the world is sadly, future. and the world is sadly, a more uncertain place than it's beenin a more uncertain place than it's been in decades . and that's why been in decades. and that's why what the country needs is leadership that can provide bold action. and that has a clear plan, because that's how we will deliver a secure future for everyone in our country. >> meanwhile, the labour leader is campaigning in scotland, where he's pledged to bring down energy costs with a new publicly owned green power company. sir keir starmer says now is the time for change and whether you're a family that's been

struggling with the cost of living for grind less money after month after month, whether you're a business that's been struggling against the odds for a very, very long time now, or serving your communities , this serving your communities, this is for you. >> because this is an election about change, and scotland's voice is vital for the post office has admitted she made mistakes in her handling of the honzon mistakes in her handling of the horizon scandal and says there's no one else to blame. >> giving evidence at the post office inquiry in london, paula vennells said she had to rely on colleagues who were experts and she had no reason to not take their advice. but she denied accusations that she led the post office through deception . post office through deception. we have plenty more on all of our stories at the top of the next hour, the full news bulletins, or you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen.

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lots of it. about. we're going to be digging into a bit about nigel farage, what he's saying, what other members of the reform party are saying. could it be where does the truth lie of infighting in reform right now? >> why ben habib has said in the last 24 hours, is questioning what nigel said last night. now, nigel was saying last night that he was preparing to, make a big announcement about standing to be an mp next week . cchq the be an mp next week. cchq the conservative campaign headquarters got wind of that , headquarters got wind of that, and that's partly why the election was called. ben habib was rubbishing that theory this morning. so it does seem that the message discipline within reform perhaps isn't all that. and what you really need in a general election campaign is message discipline. is everyone singing from the same hymn sheet message discipline. is everyone given a great offer in america. and again, he's one of the most consequential politicians of our and again, he's one of the most and have an even greater impact.

>> he could . and there's also >> he could. and there's also stats out today showing that, reform could take quite a lot of the vote in key areas , which the vote in key areas, which will not be music to the ears of the tories, but also with all the tories, but also with all the election gossip is, of course, jeremy corbyn, the former leader, labour leader expelled from the party could he win as an independent in islington north? he's been there for 40 years. could he win without a red rosette ? that's without a red rosette? that's the question. >> it is extraordinary. it took until today , this morning for until today, this morning for jeremy corbyn to be expelled as a labour mp. keir jeremy corbyn to be expelled as labour mp at any point since he stopped being stop sitting as a labour mp because he was still a member of the party. but now he's not a member of the party. from today it's a little bit convenient . convenient. >> it's very interesting as well because, i was listening on the radio earlier this morning, when he was asked, keir was asked about, are you going to bring back diane abbott because you've accepted natalie elphicke. so surely so keir said that we would know. and he said about he said about june the fourth or

fifth or something. he said early june, basically he gave a date in early june. so i think we should hold his feet to the fire and hear what he has to say about that. yes. that'll be very interesting indeed. >> and i don't know if you saw what happened in east finchley yesterday in north london. a lot of jewish people live in that area of north london, and a cinema vandalised with red paint graffiti because they dared to screen a film about the hamas. october the 7th attacks and lots of pro—israel, lots of jews and also supporters of israel came out and they fought back. so we'll be speaking to someone who was at that event. >> brilliant. all right. tom and emily will be up at noon. >> yes, indeed. lots more to come before midday. >> yes, indeed. lots more to come before midday . we are come before midday. we are consumed with election fever. we'll see you in two.

>> good morning. it's just coming up to 1141. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, nana akua and mark dowland. >> as we approach the 80th anniversary of d—day. a commemorative torch is being lit in harrogate, where 900 airmen and one woman from across the commonwealth are buried . commonwealth are buried. >> i like that, and one woman. absolutely. >> there's always one. >> there's always one. >> they could have said air persons though, to get out of it. that's exactly gender neutral. >> maybe. >> maybe. >> exactly. well, the ceremony is part of the commonwealth war grave commission's lighting their legacy campaign, which aims to build connections between veterans and young people. our reporter, anna riley joins us now. anna, give us a bit more detail on this. tell us more . more. >> good morning. yes, as you say that lighting their legacy event has been organised by the commonwealth war graves commission, and it's all about passing a torch across the uk in different locations, all ahead of d—day, where the veterans who

will be going to normandy will be taking that torch with them on the ferry to mark d—day 80. the event is all about passing on the legacy of d—day from veterans to younger people, and that's what's happened here today. that's what's happened here today . a veteran from york who today. a veteran from york who was there for d—day, ken cook, has told his story to primary school children to for here them to remember that legacy. and they have written tributes to be taken over to normandy for those d—day 80 events. i spoke to elizabeth cook earlier. she is from the commonwealth war graves commission and this is what she said about the event . said about the event. >> so the lighting, their legacy eventis >> so the lighting, their legacy event is all about getting the torch of commemoration passed on torch of commemoration passed on to the younger generation. we're approaching a time now, 80 years on from from d—day, when those with actual living memory of what happened , you know, are

what happened, you know, are decreasing. and we want to make sure that into the future, all of those men and women who've served during the second world war are remembered . thank you. war are remembered. thank you. >> and that that light has now been lit here at stonefall. some . that. sorry, that light has now been lit here at stonefall cemetery in harrogate. the schoolchildren are still here. they had the opportunity to ask the veteran ken cook questions, which was very illuminating. and one child in particular, as children do, asked what the food was like while he was serving in the army. >> hannah riley, thank you very much. brilliant stuff are so important to commemorate those d—day , moments in history, d—day, moments in history, which, of course we will be covering in great depth in just a short while, lots of emails coming in, how about this on

reform uk? this from david, who says, nana and mark reform are going to damage labour as well as the tories. >> i agree, i agree, and i think it's a lot of people making the assumption that it's only going to be the conservative vote that will be affected. i don't think that's true. i think that a lot of people are from both parties who would normally loyal to both parties are more than ready to go and try a different party. this was interesting, scotty says this. can you all discuss the reason why rachel reeves and starmer do not want us to know they intend raiding the private sector's second pensions by 55% tax, sorry, that's just disappeared suddenly. oh, yes. and iht inheritance tax. they do not want this discussed to avoid losing votes, starmer and his double pension he agreed to will not pay tax . why should the not pay tax. why should the pubuc not pay tax. why should the public sector get away with this? will it be interesting ? this? will it be interesting? i'd love them all to be answering more questions. in particular, i am very interested on his raid on the private school sector and how he intends that to pay for all the extra teachers, 6500, he's saying. i

think that's over their term, but what if it ends up closing down lots of other schools? some of it doesn't really make sense. well, indeed. >> certainly some kids will leave the private sector and where are they going to be educated in the state sector? do you know the private sector saves the taxpayer £4.5 billion a year by educating the kids outside of and outwith the state? how about this, from. oh yes , from pj nobby on nigel yes, from pj nobby on nigel farage. nigel was tricking the conservative party by saying he would stand, and as a former political organiser, i would have done the same feed false information like in wartime . and information like in wartime. and this from sue regarding the election launch. if rishi sunak had moved inside when he announced the general election , announced the general election, he would have been called wimp. >> i was about to read that one. well it's a good one, isn't it? >> because the point is nana that actually him getting rained on, him getting drowned out by a labour supporting protester, i think helps . think helps. >> rishi sunak do you think?

>> rishi sunak do you think? >> i don't think so. tell you what, it casts him as. >> no, it he came across as a cross between sort of gonzo and roland rat. and that's not to be offensive in the sense, but it's just to kind of say that he just looked like he just did not work. well i think it was humble. >> okay. he stood in the rain and he carried on with his speech. he was absolute noise, bellowing out of that loud speaker from an anti—brexit anti—tory protester. and actually, if i was rishi sunak, i would have interrupted the speech and said, listen to that blaring music. don't let these bullies win. >> well, what about i mean, sir keir starmer? i don't think his speech fared much better, actually, because he did such a short speech . you could see he short speech. you could see he was totally unprepared and wasn't ready. and then you had ed davey with his things and it was solid. >> wasn't starmer's speech solid and wasn't that the point? >> i don't i don't think it came across that way at all. i think none of them, none of them, in my view, have have. >> do you know who sunak is going to be? he's going to be the next john major. and you will remember in that election it was 92 that john major went around with his soap box. he got

heckled, he got eggs thrown at him. he allowed himself to be scrutinised, yelled at, attacked , and he won the election. sunak could do the same. >> well, that was the same with bofis >> well, that was the same with boris johnson. they got rid of him, didn't they? that's true. so i don't know whether that works. was it might not work this time around. i think, very possibly. >> now up next, police are being told to pause arrests. that's right. stop arresting people in order to free up space in prisons in england. and wales. it sounds like madness. we've got more on that. you're watching britain's newsroom or listening on the radio? gb news. mark dolan

now, this one's a shocker. police have been told to make fewer arrests to save space in overcrowded prisons. but they are refusing. >> absolutely. now, listen. a major row broke out among britain's most senior officers at scotland yard as they announced that it would never agree to pausing any necessary

arrests. well, joining us now is the former detective superintendent at scotland yard, shabnam chowdhury. chip chapman. this is absolutely shocking . this is absolutely shocking. someone's done something that is wrong or against the law. you've broken the law. you should be arrested. and if it requires you to be held somewhere that should be available , what on earth is happening? >> i tell you, when i actually, read this, i actually had to laugh because i thought, this has got to be some kind of a joke. it's absolutely ridiculous and absolutely shameful of the government to even make such a suggestion . i'm actually suggestion. i'm actually disappointed that the national police chiefs council also put it out to police forces to say , it out to police forces to say, you know, pausing on non—priority crimes and also to suspend operations that may result in large number of arrests. absolutely ridiculous trust and confidence of policing across england and wales is already at its lowest , and the already at its lowest, and the pubuc

already at its lowest, and the public don't trust the police. criminals will think that they've got a free get out of jail card to go out and commit more crimes if they want to. crime is on the increase. 37% increase in shoplifting, 9% in robbery, 7% in knife crime. and then you've got the other low level crimes that they're talking about, which is anti—social behaviour. shoplifting comes into that vehicle crime. so what they're saying actually is you're not arresting those already. you're going to have to go one step further and consider not arresting the more serious criminals. >> how do we go about creating more space in our prisons, though? shabnam because these criminals do have to go somewhere . somewhere. >> well, look, this isn't the problem of policing across the uk. this is a problem of the ministry of justice . they need ministry of justice. they need to look at either building more prisons or ensuring that there is significant space. not that we don't want prisoners in there. didn't we recall recently that they said they were going to reduce prison sentences of some prisoners and release them

early, because there was a shortfall ? and let's not forget shortfall? and let's not forget when suella braverman was the home secretary, she wanted a ridiculous amount of protesters arrested, which would have also resulted in custodial sentences. so, you know, the government, on one hand want you to arrest more people . and then on the other people. and then on the other hand, they're saying to you, don't arrest more people because there's not enough space in the prisons. this is an issue that, is for the prison cells. when every police officer joins policing, i can tell you this with experience . the first thing with experience. the first thing they want to do is catch the bad guys ' they want to do is catch the bad guys , bang them up, put them in guys, bang them up, put them in prison so that people are free and safe and feel comfortable to be able to walk around in society without being victims of some form, of whether it's a petty crime or whether it's a serious crime. >> shabnam chowdhury, thank you very much. that's a shock story. what are they talking about? god, just letting people out. what kind of a message does that

send to the prisoners of this? you know, people who want to commit crime in this country? >> exactly. >> exactly. >> i mean, the police have effectively been defunded already. let's hope it's a big election topic. of course, we'll be staying on this. nana is back tomorrow? >> yes, at 3:00. you're back tonight at 8:00. >> and can i say gnaana? i've enjoyed every second. >> oh, thank you very much. right. well, listen , stay with right. well, listen, stay with us. i've enjoyed every second for you as well, this , of for you as well, this, of course, is. what are we? good afternoon. britain, i think in my opinion, i think it's the nana akua show. my opinion, i think it's the nana akua show . next, though, it nana akua show. next, though, it is with my afternoon britain with tom and emily. enjoy. >> amazing. well, we've got a big, big show coming up the second full day of the general election. so lots of general election. so lots of general election coverage. is there splits in reform. but it's not just all about the election. >> no it's not also f.a. just all about the election. >> no it's not also fa cup final tomorrow. but are we being short changed at the pub? we'll dig into it . dig into it. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news.

>> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it's a bit of a cloudy start for many of us. there will be some sunshine later on across southern areas, but further rain is to come across the north after a very wet few days here. however, having said that, it is going to be drier than it has been lately, but some drizzly rain will continue. it's an area of frontal systems wrapped around this area of low pressure here in the north sea. to the south, though, we're well away from that low pressure system, so we'll see some brightness. the best of the sunshine will likely be across parts of south wales, the southeast as well, but there could be a few showers here and there, temperatures just about climbing to 20 degrees in the south. but for most of us, there will be a little below par for the time of yeah little below par for the time of year, and it will feel fairly coolif year, and it will feel fairly cool if you're exposed to an onshore breeze in the north as well. that clear those clearer skies will become a bit more widespread throughout this evening, so a fairly fine end to the working week for many southern counties this evening. cloudier skies further north with some drizzly rain, particularly across parts of northern ireland. much of

scotland as well on the coast and over the high ground, is where the rain is most likely and we will see some breezy. some stronger winds up towards the northern isles as well. it will turn drier as the night goes on, as that area of low pressure pushes away to the north. so clearer skies will become more widely seen throughout the night, covering much of england and wales through the night and into southern scotland by the morning, we could see some mist and fog developing as well across southern counties because the ground is fairly wet, across southern counties because the ground is fairly wet , that the ground is fairly wet, that should clear up quite quickly through saturday morning, but it will be a fresher start to the day. temperatures in the mid single figures for some of us, so a slightly fresher start to the day. but there will be more sunshine around certainly. and saturday is looking like the most dry and warmest day of the bank holiday weekend. most of us should see plenty of sunshine and dry weather as well. however, as the afternoon goes on we could see some heavier showers encroaching into northeastern england , northeastern england, southeastern scotland. but as i said, most of us should stay dry and in the best of the sunshine, highs of 22 degrees in the south

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