right. right. good morning to you. good morning to you. what a pleasure to be on with you, here is what is leading the news this morning. the first full week of the 2024 election kicks off as the 2024 election kicks off as the prime minister refuses to back down on his national service pledge . batting away service pledge. batting away criticism and insisting that the scheme would benefit teenagers. >> sir keir starmer is set to give his first keynote speech of the election today. he's pledging that labour will act as fast to win trust on security . fast to win trust on security. >> will it be a bank holiday, weather washout or might we just get some sun.7 craig snell has the latest . the latest. >> it's more than bank holiday

monday offers more showers for most of us, and again, some of these will be heavy and thundery. find out all the weather information a little later on. >> and as summer approaches, a stark warning from cancer research uk, a skin cancer cases skyrocket . skyrocket. >> and in the sport this morning, southampton are back in the premier league after beating leeds in what's called the richest game in football . richest game in football. another dull monaco grand prix, but local boy charles leclerc wins at last and andy murray loses in the first round of the french open. by the way, he's not kissing him. to an older man, it doesn't look like you. >> i know. >> i know. >> to the election now . and >> to the election now. and after not appearing in public yesterday, the labour leader , yesterday, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, is set to deliver his first major speech of the campaign. >> now a military bit of this

will be limited to about 30,000 people. that bit will be voluntary. so the scheme overall will be compulsory. but the military bit will only be for people who volunteer to do that element of it. >> sir keir starmer is expected to outline his plan for economic and national and border security i >> -- >> that's as the prime minister is fighting back. after announcing his first policy pledge, which would see national service brought back for 18 year olds, whether they like it or not. >> and yesterday, home secretary james cleverly told gb news that no one will be forced into military service , and the military service, and the liberal democrats launched the first leg of their campaign battle bus tour with leader ed davey calling to kick the tories out of office. >> this election is our opportunity, our chance to kick this out—of—touch conservative government out of office. >> our chance to elect great

liberal democrat mps to be strong local champions for their community, our chance for change in our country , our chance to in our country, our chance to get a fair deal that people so deserve, and people across the blue wall are saying they are fed up of this out of touch conservative government >> political commentator peter spencer joins us now. >> political commentator peter spencerjoins us now. good spencer joins us now. good morning peter. we're just looking at ed davey there. the liberal democrat leader , and he liberal democrat leader, and he seems to have a fairly low profile . but there are some profile. but there are some predictions that the liberal democrats could do quite well in this general election. were you impressed by what you just saw there? did it look like a well choreographed piece to you ? choreographed piece to you? >> reasonably good. yes. and it was gratifying to note that he managed to get the bus ready in spite of what a surprise it was to get the general election announcement out. and the liberal democrats, i note , are

liberal democrats, i note, are being very specific. they're targeting seats in the in conservative seats, which they perceive as being potentially at risk from the point of view of the conservatives and the chances of their getting a bit of a bounce back after the what was widely seen as the disaster of the coalition with the conservatives all those years back, i think are reasonably good because there are there is very , very clear evidence of very, very clear evidence of a lot of conservative mps being very uncertain about the conservative party, notably, since we've had bonkers boris, buccaneering boris, followed by followed by loony liz. and now we have a new leader of the of the party who has launched what can only be described as an extremely stuttering election campaign in fact, i would go a little further than that. rishi sunak was very much on a mission to seize the agenda over the

election debate , but this election debate, but this national service thing gives me the impression that all he really is on a one man mission to hand power to the labour party . party. >> peter, you don't pull your punches, do you. what did you what did you make of the national service promise made by the conservatives? and just just to remind people. so the promise is national service, which would be for 30,000, 18 year olds, the opportunity to serve in the armed forces and for other 18 year olds, the compulsion to do some voluntary work in inverted commas. once a month. what do you make of this pledge? >> well, i think you weren't all that struck with it, if i remember, if i read that correctly. >> michael, i'm asking the questions this morning. >> oh. all right, questions this morning. >> oh. all right , then. i >> oh. all right, then. i suppose i'd better try and answer them. i mean, look, don't get me wrong with all this, i've got a lot of respect for rishi sunak. i think he played an

absolute blinder as chancellor dunng absolute blinder as chancellor during the covid crisis, when he introduced a furlough scheme and saved great swathes of the population from destitution . but population from destitution. but i think while he's pretty good doing his sums , i think he's doing his sums, i think he's pretty rubbish at doing politics. and, you know, i mean, you look at this thing, first of all, there he is standing in the pounng all, there he is standing in the pouring rain, looking a bit of a dork. and then he, then he, then he walks up to the titanic section of belfast. the screaming out for the question to say, well, look, are you the captain of a sinking? and then he comes up with, with this national service idea, which has been roundly derided by by military chiefs and former military chiefs and former military chiefs and a point that hasn't emerged yet. but i'm sure will there's going to be, middle aged mums and dads up and down the country getting their kids screaming at them, get those tories up. i don't want to spend a year of my life marching around in horribly uncomfortable

shoes, being shouted at by some ghastly person . ghastly person. >> well, i don't think. hang on a minute. i think it's actually he's got it. he's got he's got a goodidea he's got it. he's got he's got a good idea here. he is talking about kind of creating some sort of a mindset, a collective mindset, and getting young people a lot of people idle on on all the different platforms , on all the different platforms, you know, looking for likes and things like that. i think it's a really good idea. and my young daughter, who's 15, really good idea. and my young daughter, who's15, who's probably loved the idea, seriously, why why is it such a bad pledge ? bad pledge? >> because it i mean, having served in the officer training corps myself at school, i know how jolly beastly it is. i didn't enjoy one second of it. but i'm jolly glad to hear that your daughter is up for the idea , but i do. i do suspect, judging by all the young people ihave judging by all the young people i have spoken to in the last 24 hours, that she's in a bit of a minority there, bless her little gut and socks, peter, i think there might be quite a lot of

young people who are very happy to volunteer to work for charities and things like that, in fact, something that they might do anyway. we're just coming to the end, peter, but perhaps very quickly have you been impressed by the way keir starmer has been dealing with questions, asking him very precisely about labour policies ? precisely about labour policies? >> i mean, he's done he's he's been very, very careful to be pretty unspecific. and that is because yeah, yeah. but he's had no choice. i mean until he's actually i mean remember that famous there is no money, thing which gave the labour party so much grief years ago until he's actually opened the books and looked over them. he can't really be sure, but what is his? his biggest emphasis is on economic stability and so he's being very careful and will have to carry on being very careful not to make any unfunded promises . and i do note that the promises. and i do note that the shadow chancellor , rachel shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, is a former bank of england economist, and i think that's a pretty strong card to

have in your hand. >> peter, thank you so much for joining us on bank holiday monday. enjoy your day. >> well, it all feels too predictable, but a bank holiday washout looks likely. >> despite sunny weather, the past two days. the experts now say that's over for now. well who better to tell us all about that than meteorologist tamsin green? >> hi, tamsin. >> hi, tamsin. >> tell us what is in prospect today. there were a terrible weather warnings , but i weather warnings, but i understand there's been some rowing back from that. is that true? >> yeah. so the weather warnings are mainly in place for yesterday. we had thunderstorm warnings in place for today. it does look like we'll still be seeing some showers initially. starting off in the north—west, then becoming more widespread through the day. the heaviest of them does look to be confined to eastern scotland, so most of us escaping the worst of these potent showers. still some showers around though , so you showers around though, so you might want to keep your umbrellas handy. but between sunny spells and it will definitely be a cooler day than what we've seen over the weekend. so temperatures down a

notch only really reaching maybe 16 or 17 degrees at most times. >> and yesterday was my birthday and all the day for the 71st may, the 26th that i remember in the south—east of england. it's been sunny. and so it was yesterday. i ate my lunch outside . but a lot of people outside. but a lot of people will be very concerned about that. how is it that at the end of may we're having all this dreadful weather? >> yeah, it's been very unsettled lately. we've had low pressure in control, and, you know, the jet streams empowering in with that atlantic flow, bringing in low pressure systems. we've had a lot of showers, longer spells of rain, and particularly yesterday the reason for those thunderstorms, you know, we had cooler upper air moving in with warmer surface air. you know, the sun is quite strong this time of yeah is quite strong this time of year. we have got a good deal of surface heating. and that does lead to instability and thunderstorms and that kind of unsettled weather. well, well, look, a lot of people talk about the weather and they talk about global warming and everything else like that. this this doesn't feel like this country is getting much warmer at all,

you know why? why is it that we always seem to have such bad weather in this country, but people continue to continuously talk about global warming ? talk about global warming? >> well, you know, we're just a tiny minority in the grand scale of, of the globe, really. so it's often easy to say, well, it's often easy to say, well, it's been really cold here. it's been really rainy, but you know, we're not really representative of the whole world. and you've got to look at, you know, take a step back and look at the global temperature trends. and they are rising. that is undeniable, that the globe is warming, so that is definitely the case. and, you know, april came in as the 11th month in a row as the hottest on record. so we are continuously seeing these records breaking even though doesn't necessarily feel like it here locally in the uk. >> well, as you say, looking at the wider picture , doesn't the the wider picture, doesn't the globe warm and then cool and warm and then cool? does it not? are we not in another sort of warming cycle ? well, because i warming cycle? well, because i know i want to probably start talking about climate change, but i'm always fascinated about it. and it's interesting that people always talk about a snapshot. but then when you ask

about the bigger picture and then you ask about the even bigger picture, people seem to avoid that. so as you said, the bigger picture is that the planet different parts of the country are experiencing different things. but then on the even bigger picture, surely this is just like another cycle of up and down, up and down of the earth. >> of course there is natural climate variability and we are always in cycles up and down. but you have to look at the actual rising trajectory. and even though we are having dips and, you know, rising ups and downs, on the whole that trend is still steadily increasing, tamsin, it's election time. luckily, the parties haven't promised anything about the weather. you you don't happen to know whether the weather is better under the conservatives or labour, do you ? or labour, do you? >> no comment on that one. >> no comment on that one. >> no, you're probably very wise. >> although under rishi sunak it was raining, wasn't it? poor rishi, that was a terrible, terrible look. terrible >> tamsin, thank you very much indeed. and let's hope that some people have a cheerful bank houday people have a cheerful bank holiday monday. let's look at some of the other stories which

are coming into the newsroom. right is really airstrikes overnight have killed at least 35 palestinians and wounded dozens in rafah, the idf says that it was targeting a hamas compound and is now reviewing the incident. it follows an attack launched by hamas, which saw eight rockets fired towards tel aviv, the first long—range attacks on israel in nearly four months. >> a british horse rider has died at the equestrian event in devon. 36 year old georgie campbell, who has represented great britain numerous times, fell whilst jumping a fence on the fourth and final day of the bicton international horse trials. governing body british eventing says that she was immediately attended to by medical staff but could not be saved. the horse global quest was uninjured. >> police investigating the murder of a woman stabbed to death on a bournemouth beach have released cctv images of a suspect. the 34 year old was pronounced dead at durley chine beach , while another 38 year old beach, while another 38 year old woman was hospitalised with serious injuries.

woman was hospitalised with serious injuries . a 17 year old serious injuries. a 17 year old young man has since been arrested on suspicion of murder and he remains in custody. dorset police are urging anyone who recognises the suspect to get in touch. >> the raf pilot, who died when his spitfire crashed near raf coningsby, has been named as squadron leader. mark long, described as a passionate professional aviator for the last four years he'd been a pilot with the battle of britain memorial flight. the ministry of defence has described the incident as a tragic accident and an investigation into the cause is now underway . cause is now underway. now cases of skin cancer or melanomas, a type of cancer, has increased by almost a third over a decade . almost a third over a decade. >> cancer research uk revealed that 9 in 10 cases are caused by too much uv or ultraviolet radiation from the sun. these uv rays can damage dna in skin cells and cause skin cancer.

>> well, joining us now is the health information manager at cancer research uk, beth vincent. beth, good morning . vincent. beth, good morning. thank you for joining vincent. beth, good morning. thank you forjoining us. now i want to ask you as a woman of colour myself, people often think, oh, black people don't really get skin cancer. so just for my own, you know, for my own personal understanding, how prevalent is it in those with darker skin like me ? darker skin like me? >> that's a great question. and it's one that we get a lot . so it's one that we get a lot. so your skin tone does affect your risk of skin cancer . people at risk of skin cancer. people at the most risk are people with lighter skin tones . so light lighter skin tones. so light coloured hair and eyes as well. lots of moles and freckles, a history of sunburn or a family history of sunburn or a family history of sunburn or a family history of skin cancer. but people with darker skin tones can still burn and can still get skin cancer. anybody can get skin cancer. anybody can get skin cancer. anybody can get skin cancer , so i would skin cancer, so i would encourage everybody, regardless of your ethnicity or your skin tone, to think really seriously about taking care when it's sunny.

>> so like some, some, some might say that black people are a certain percentage more likely. i'm just curious, you know , how likely is it sort of know, how likely is it sort of like 99.9% that you won't get it, but there's a slight chance in there . in there. >> so i don't have the stats specifically to hand on how much less likely black people are. something that we do know, though, is that that myth that you've mentioned that black people can't get skin cancer is really prevalent, and that's something i want to dispel. right, right now, immediately , right, right now, immediately, that also might mean, well, because more black people think maybe they can't get skin cancen maybe they can't get skin cancer. that might mean that when they spot something unusual for them, they're less likely to go to the doctor and they're diagnosed later. and when you're diagnosed later. and when you're diagnosed later, your outcomes do tend to be worse. so my message for black people specifically would be actually, changes can be more likely to appearin changes can be more likely to appear in specific places . so if appear in specific places. so if you spot a change on the, the palms of your hands, the soles of your feet or under your

fingernails, those are specific places that we're more likely to see a change comes to black people. so, people who have lighter skin tones, it's your whole body you need to be aware of. but black people, specifically those parts, if you see something unusual, talk to your doctor on the lighter bits. >> on the lighter, you're checking straight away. >> we're talking about outcomes there, beth , so the figures are there, beth, so the figures are disturbing that more people are getting skin cancer. but what about outcomes ? i mean, if you about outcomes? i mean, if you do get skin cancer, what are your prospects ? your prospects? >> so yeah, like you say this, this research is a mixed picture. we're seeing incidence. so the number of new cases going up which is not good news. but there is some good news in that mortality. so whether you're going to die or not is actually going to die or not is actually going down. and we think that's partly due to early diagnosis which i just mentioned is so important. but also research has led to better and kinder treatments which mean that outcomes are likely to be better. so now if you're diagnosed at the earliest stage,

stage one with melanoma , stage one with melanoma, actually around 9 in 10 people will survive their disease for five years or more, which is actually quite good. i mean, there's always more we can do. don't get me wrong. but yeah, your chances are around 9 in 10 of surviving five years or more if diagnosed at the earliest stage. >> and what is your advice? is it don't sunbathe or is it sunbathe with the appropriate amount of protection ? amount of protection? >> my advice would be don't sunbathe, but do enjoy the sun safely. i'm not going to sit here and tell people not to go outdoors and enjoy the sunny weather. you know, we've not had necessarily the best time of it recently and it's lovely when it's warm, but when you go outside, please do take care. and there are three simple steps that can help you do that. the first one is spend time in the shade, especially in the middle of the day, because that's when the sun is strongest. so that's 11 am. to 3 pm. here in the uk. also cover up with clothes, so pick a top that covers your shoulders . pick a hat with

shoulders. pick a hat with a wide brim ideally, and also also a uv protection sunglasses. and then yes, apply sunscreen generously and regularly throughout the day, making sure that you're picking one with at least spf 30 and 4 or 5 stars. >> beth beth vincent from cancer research uk. thank you very much indeed. >> i go out with like a hat and gloves and like glasses when i go and pick up my kids from school, even when it's like hardly sunny. and i always think, oh, i'm in disguise. no one can recognise me. but what it is people go, oh, there's that woman with the hat and the gloves. >> so when i last went to the optician, there was a comment that i had some sort of dot in my eye, and that was from not wearing sunglasses. i've been advised to wear sunglasses. xl bully i wasn't at the time. anyway, we've been talking about sun. let's get a weather update with craig snell. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar. sponsors of weather on . solar. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good morning and welcome to

your latest gb news, weather forecast from the met office. looking ahead to today, it's remaining pretty mixed out there. further showers for most of us, but in between we will see some sunshine and actually across central and eastern parts of england. a bright start here this morning, but elsewhere showers developing and they will quickly migrate their way eastwards as we go through the course of the day. main focus the showers come. the afternoon will be across eastern and northeastern scotland. here a risk of some heavy and thundery showers developing . a warning is showers developing. a warning is in force from the met office throughout the day and actually, for all of us, it's going to be a bit of a chillier day compared to the weekend, with highs at best around 17 or 18 degrees. so a bit more detail for this evening. the showers continuing across parts of eastern scotland. again, some of these will be heavy and thundery across southern scotland and northern ireland. showers a little bit lighter here, but still the risk of 1 or 2 heavier showers can't be ruled out for england and wales. the showers gradually easing but they will

be quickly replaced down towards devon and cornwall by a more persistent band of rain. and in fact this band of rain will start to spread its way a little bit further eastwards as we go through the course of the night. at the same time, showers across scotland will gradually ease and for many eastern parts actually the end of the night turned largely dry and clear, so could just see temperatures dip into single figures here further west, holding up into double figures. so potentially a bright start across the east on tuesday, but it won't last. the band of rain across the west will spread its way eastwards across many parts of the uk. some heavy rain again across parts of southern scotland and northern ireland, but it will turn brighter. but showery come the afternoon for northern ireland for and all of us. i think temperatures at best, generally only climbing up to around average. but factor in the breeze and rain. it will feel a little bit cooler than that. >> that warm feeling inside and

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with the championship final, which was southampton, who beat leeds. correct. and this was rather significant, i believe. >> in what way do you think it was significant ? was significant? >> i believe it was significant monetarily. >> monetarily extremely significant monetarily really , significant monetarily really, see, the thing is they call it the richest game in football for the richest game in football for the reason. because if you go up into the premier league, that's where the big money is. so that's where the tv money is. but nobody really knows how much it is. wherever you look, i've heard 100 million, 100 million is one. it's i feel like i'm doing an auction. we've got 140 million over here. so there was another newspaper there saying, oh, it's worth £170 million. so put it this way, monetarily, it's worth a huge amount of money to the club. now southampton, they'd spent 11 years in the premier league , years in the premier league, went down last year and it's always a disaster to go down to the championship. but they've come straight back up again . so come straight back up again. so the play off exactly and the play the play off exactly and the play off was against leeds united, who also went down from

the premier league last year. now leeds have not had much luck when it comes to the play offs. they've been in six of them and they've not managed to get out any time, and the last three times they've played at wembley in the play off, they've lost every game as well. so southampton won one nil. so they're they're back up whereas leeds united they're gonna have to spend another another year in the championship. >> i bring out the best in you don't i. because always because you know i don't know anything. therefore you explain it very very carefully. you don't make any assumptions about what you don't realise, michael, is i'm making it all up as i go along, and none of it is true. >> you have a blind, blind? >> you have a blind, blind? >> should we. should we talk about andy murray? >> yeah, let's talk about andy murray. because, you know, how has he been doing? because he's lost it and he didn't do very well. >> yeah, exactly. and he's 37 now. and this is nobody really knows. well, i don't know whether andy really knows whether andy really knows whether he's actually going to retire. and when it is i mean, he has said this is probably going to be his last summer and it's going to have to be. but the thing is, with someone like andy murray, he's such a brilliant player and that's what

he lives for because he's played tennis since he was a little boy and he's been through incredible injuries and still fought back from it. >> he's a model of motivation. >> he's a model of motivation. >> he's a model of motivation. >> he is, and i always say this, michael, i do think he's the greatest sportsman that this country has ever produced. i think i think the way he handles himself, the way he's fought back from injury and everything that he's won, i think he's magnificent. now that it looks like he's kissing him, doesn't it? it looks like he's a full on kiss with stan wawrinka there. now stan wawrinka is actually older than andy murray, 39 years old. so they played in the first round of the french open on clay . and unfortunately andy's got beaten again in the first round. so it looks like he he's going to play it at wimbledon without any doubt whether he's going to make it to the olympics. but i assume that it will be the final hurrah. >> but he's done. he's had so many injuries. i mean, he had hip replacements, had knee jobs and he's still performing. so it's incredible. it is quite incredible to the level that he is and also the age he is as well, but also the other thing that he's he's he's done he's changed his tennis racket now.

>> he's used the same racket. when i say the same racket, it's not actually the same racket. it's probably like trigger's broom. you know, it's been changed plenty of times, but he's used a head racket, but now he's used a head racket, but now he's moved to an onyx racket, which is one is much bigger. so i don't know where it's like it's going to be easier to hit the ball. but after such a long time, it's quite an interesting thing to change your equipment . thing to change your equipment. >> quite a big jump to remember the wooden rackets i used to have. >> what's his name? >> what's his name? >> just have a frame on them. some german one. >> yeah. something guggenberger and my dad gave it to me, said nana. happy birthday and i looked, i wanted a, i wanted a metallic head racket. everyone was using them. and then my dad bought me this. sad. yeah. and my dad bought me this wooden thing that was called something, something, something. this was one of the best players that ever lived. i was like, who is he? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and did you play like karl? what's his name? >> no, i didn't, you know what i bought on ebay a year ago? >> i'd always wanted as a kid a jack kramer autograph tennis racket. now, i was never a big tennis player, but we used to play tennis player, but we used to

play down the local park. but all the great tennis players had these.jack all the great tennis players had these. jack kramer autograph, wilson racket. so last year it was just i was thinking, maybe now's the time that i'll be able to buy one. so i bought it for £30 and there it was. and so i've now got it up on the wall. it looks like, you know, it looks like i was lew hoad in the day that i've got this tennis racket hanging from the wall, but it was something i always wanted. so maybe i should have just framed it. >> that was fascinating. >> that was fascinating. >> decor. you have. >> decor. you have. >> it's honestly. >> it's honestly. >> honestly, it looks like a sports bar. my advice, i tell you, you should see the other stuff. >> i've asked karen, tell us about monte carlo. >> monte carlo now, the monaco grand prix happened yesterday. this has been running since the 19505, this has been running since the 1950s, but they've never had where is now ? what is it? is it where is now? what is it? is it a monegasque someone that's from monaco? >> monegasque . >> monegasque. >> monegasque. >> monegasque? is that right? >> monegasque? is that right? >> something like that, yes. >> something like that, yes. >> but anyway, charles leclerc is from monaco. he's the first time a home. i mean, the thing is, how many people are actually from monaco have grown up in monaco that become racing drivers. so anyway, he's done that. so he's the first to

actually. >> and you were telling me before that something rather special about this race. oh you're going to do that to me again. >> it's not the money thing is it. >> no. >> no. >> it's run through the streets. it's very narrow. >> absolutely. i mean, it's probably the most famous grand prix and it's the glitterati will all come out, even if they don't like the sport. they're on the yachts, you know, and it costs a fortune to be there. a lot of people just want to be there because it's a thing to be at. but it is. it's all around the streets of monte carlo. but the streets of monte carlo. but the way things have changed in since the 1950s, when the cars were smaller and the brewery weren't as fast, you just can't overtake anymore. so. >> so you're saying that leclerc was at the front to begin with and no one ever took. >> well, well, yeah. and it was. and it's almost ends up like a procession, so they end up going round. nobody can get around it. it sounds like. so it is with the with the first six were exactly as they were on the grid. i mean there was a nasty crash that did happen a little bit earlier on, in that and that was sergio perez. but apart from that, it's just a procession

round the streets. it's more the fact that it's the monte carlo grand prix, but i heard it was quite boring this year. >> people said it was quite boring. >> yeah. i mean, well, it was a bit dull unless you're from monaco, in which case it must be very, very exciting. >> actually, i was invited to monaco this weekend. wow. were you? yeah, i was somebody who's got this big event that he does all across the country. and you should know, i couldn't get anywhere to stay. there was no way. is that what it was? well, i didn't come literally nowhere to stay. >> so what did they say then? well, you can just come and watch it, but you can't stay here. >> no. well, they said come along. he he had a boat myself. and the lovely lizzie cundy were going to go. i couldn't get anywhere to stay. >> oh, you know what? just sleep on. >> what about sleep on the floor? >> you know, for crying out. i don't want to miss that. >> i think it might be time to move on. >> oh, do you think so? have you had enough of me already? >> is that it? >> is that it? >> i've overstayed my welcome. >> i've overstayed my welcome. >> oh, it was the racket on the wall. >> was it that throw you as much sport as i could? >> i was i was enjoying it. >> i was i was enjoying it. >> i was i was enjoying it. >> i don't know anything about it as well. >> thanks, michael.

welcome back to breakfast on gb news with michael and nana. let's take a look at some of the newspaper front pages. >> right. well, let's have a look. let's start with the guardian. it leads with rishi sunak and his plans to reintroduce national service. i think it's a fantastic idea. quoting a former naval staff chief who called the scheme bonkers. really? >> the express also reports on sunak national service plans and defence secretary grant shapps message to youngsters to toughen up. yes, agreed. >> now the mail mocks the conservatives national service plan, which is interesting that the mail are doing that. that's very saying that it's been ridiculed before. it's even started. >> that is a very interesting story . desperate is the word story. desperate is the word blasted across the mirror as it also leads on sunak's national service pledge and rumours of

leaked documents suggesting that teenagers might be jailed or refusing to participate would be funny. >> i shouldn't laugh and then the daily star laments the sunny weather, calling the bank houday weather, calling the bank holiday forecast soggy bottom monday tanyas go through what's making the news. >> the former editor of the daily star, dawn neesom and olympian kriss akabusi . welcome olympian kriss akabusi. welcome to good morning. >> good morning. how are you guys ? guys? >> lovely to see you so early in the morning. >> yes. we normally bother each other. >> it's amazing to see you. i've been to see you on. >> oh, i know it's deeply amazing to me. >> early in the morning. >> early in the morning. >> the morning after the night before as well . chris. oh, yeah. before as well. chris. oh, yeah. >> how was your birthday yesterday? wasn't it? >> celebrating . dawn, what story >> celebrating. dawn, what story did you want to start on? >> well , i did you want to start on? >> well, i thought we'd start off with obviously the big. there's only one conversation in town, isn't it? our. the plans for national service for youngsters. but i thought the telegraph had an interesting take on it today with young royals . could be asked to royals. could be asked to participate in this scheme,

which, this scheme happens in other countries already in europe, we know. and the royal families in those countries are expected to take part. so it does mean that maybe potentially i mean george, charlotte and louis, i mean, george is ten now, william and kate's children could be encouraged to actually join the military or to take part, as suggested in the voluntary schemes. now the fact that most of the royals do the military in the case, well, it's not going to happen. we know it's not going to happen, but no, but that is going to happen. >> whether the scheme is introduced or not, all the royals will do something which is public service. yes. i think the parents have said that they're not necessarily going to continue the tradition of putting them into the military. no, they haven't, but they'll surely do some public service . surely do some public service. >> of course they will. but i mean, the thing is, now the big question about this over the weekend was is it compulsory or not? they've said it's compulsory all 18 years, year. all 18 year olds will have to do something. but then james cleverly was saying say no, no, no, it's not compulsory at all.

and it's like, well is it or isn't it? and what punishment are you going to hand out to youngsters who don't want to take. >> i thought he was saying that it was the military element that wasn't compulsory and that you could do, you just had to do some form of service and there would be things that you could do . nana that's how i understood do. nana that's how i understood it. but it's a bit vague now because he then said it wasn't mandatory, which was like, well, is it or isn't it the similar similar words meaning the same thing? >> is it not mandatory ? and when >> is it not mandatory? and when you volunteer, are you volunteering or are you being mandated to volunteer, which is not really volunteering, if you see what i mean? chris what is that badge on your. >> so this is this is the army physical training corps, right. >> so you have a bit of an inside track on this subject. >> yeah, most most definitely. i joined the army when i was six and a half years of age. i transferred to army physical training when i was 22. i did 15 years service in emergency services . and i'm all for this. services. and i'm all for this. yeah, i think . yeah, i think. >> do you think the armed service services are all for it? >> that's a very good point. no. so no. so at the moment we've got 72,000 military members and

apparently this is open to 30,000 young people. quite clearly the numbers don't stack up. there's no way that you could have that much of influx of young people into the army with the army at this moment in time. so no, i'm not necessarily for the military side, although clearly if people want to go that route exactly. then, then then crack on and go the route, because most definitely i went into the army as a ragamuffin. i'm a kid from the children's home. i've been in care for the last ten years. ten sheets to the wind didn't quite clue who i was and where i was going. i went into the army and that really shaped me up. all of a sudden i'm on a drill square. the sergeant is barking at us. he's telling us you're not good enough to be an emergency services, and that actually 50% of you are going to get rejected. all of a sudden got an overriding principle, a unifying dream . i want to belong. dream. i want to belong. exactly. that sense of belonging is really important . so i love is really important. so i love the idea. >> did you get it in the first year? yeah yeah. >> you got that feeling straight away. >> oh, in fact, i got that in

the first week when you when you, when you join up you've got to decide am i in or am i out. yeah. if you want to be in all of a sudden all the flak is worth taking. it's part and parcel of the rigmarole you get . parcel of the rigmarole you get. and it's what mrs. sunak said. look, when you join the army. so i was ignorant enough to think that england was the united kingdom when i joined the army. all of a sudden, army guys from scotland. exactly. ireland yeah. wells, i see this sectarian divide . i'm wells, i see this sectarian divide. i'm not wells, i see this sectarian divide . i'm not saying it's wells, i see this sectarian divide. i'm not saying it's a great thing, but sectarian divide when it comes to the football matches, all of a sudden people don't want england to win. they want scotland to win. and all of a sudden you're getting a wider circumference of what it is to be part of gb plc. so i really do believe it's a great avenue . now if you don't great avenue. now if you don't go into the military, 100% civil pride, civic service, a young person , 16 to 18, understanding person, 16 to 18, understanding that this world you're entering was built by other people and you've got a role of

responsibility to take care of that place, not to trash it, that place, not to trash it, that it's not a freebie, a free for all that you've got a role of responsibility and you can be an asset and not a liability. >> well, chris, why do you think that there's so much objection towards it? all these papers saying, oh, it's a stupid idea. it's like, i don't get it. no, i don't get it. >> i'm sorry. i'm just going to interrupt you because we have an opportunity to speak to a government minister. we are in election time, after all. we're going over to the minister of state for indo—pacific . state for indo—pacific. anne—marie trevelyan joins us now. good morning . anne—marie, now. good morning. anne—marie, it's michael portillo here talking to you. has the military now come out in support of the government's plan for national service ? for example, is the service? for example, is the chief of the defence staff going to say that he is in favour of this? >> so i wouldn't dream of speaking on behalf of the chief of the defence staff and i'm sure he will want to keep out of the political, discussions through the course of the election. this is a policy that prime minister has set out over the weekend, which is exactly as

chris was articulating, part of our commitment to helping our young people, to discover their best selves, to be able to a number of them apply and get a year's commission, with our armed forces. but of course, the vast majority will, be committing to a, regular drumbeat of, community, work with their local, you know , with their local, you know, special constables, nhs, rnli, any number of those public organisations where the opportunity to discover who you are to test your own resilience , are to test your own resilience, to be part of something bigger than yourself is such an important part of how we make sure that, as chris articulated so well, that actually the uk is amazing country that we're all part of, that has its values, has its freedoms because we all work and continue to protect them is the national health service, are the police forces? >> are the charities or signed up and ready to put this into into action? >> so is the prime minister set out , we will, if we were

out, we will, if we were fortunate enough to be re—elected , set a pilot running, re—elected, set a pilot running, in 2025, but there would be a royal commission because, bringing in a new law, a national service act, obviously will have a complexity to it, which will require, all those issues being looked at fully to make sure that all those participants who want to, welcome these young people and give them the opportunity to discover the best of themselves, will have the chance to do so. so that's what the royal commission is for, and the policy aim is for this to be fully , in action by 2029. fully, in action by 2029. >> but in summary, neither the military nor the national health service, nor the police forces, nor the charities are on board with this scheme. is that right? >> so at the moment, with this scheme. is that right? >> so at the moment , the policy >> so at the moment, the policy has been set out as part of our manifesto commitment, and we are heanng manifesto commitment, and we are hearing already from so many, how those opportunities are ones that we know our young people will be keen to take up. and over the course of the royal commission, the practicalities, exactly as you point out, of how this would work, how the 2.5

billion that the prime minister has committed to the funding would help support our young people to be able to be part of this really exciting programme . this really exciting programme. >> anne—marie, it's nana here. why do you think then there's so much objection to it. i don't get it. i was talking to chris about it. i don't understand why all these papers are saying. i mean, the guardian says his plan is bonkers and things like that to me, it makes no sense, i'm sure. why do you think that? they are saying these things so honestly? >> i don't know. i'm really, really supportive of the prime minister's, very, you know, first manifesto commitment. you know, i'm the minister for the indo—pacific , when i'm not indo—pacific, when i'm not being, now a candidate, up here in north northumberland, the rest of the world is in a really difficult place. we have got to make sure that we have young people who are strong and resilient, who understand why it is that we, are such an amazing country. and that is in large part because we have, incredible freedom of speech, of liberty,

all of those things. the rest of the world is in a really rough place at the moment, and we've got to make sure. and that's the work that we do through nato, the incredible leadership that the incredible leadership that the uk shows , why it is that we the uk shows, why it is that we believe these things are important to stand up for, so i'm very surprised by anyone who thinks that those values, defending those values, ensuring our young people are resilient as individuals and as part of a community is something that they would think isn't a good thing . would think isn't a good thing. i find that very disappointing on their part, actually. >> anne—marie, do you do you think a number of your candidates in this election who of course, have not been consulted about this? it's been foisted upon them. do you think they'll be surprised that the conservatives are proposing a large increase in public spending and a substantial increase in the size of the state? >> so the promises set out, in terms of funding for this, by the time it would be up and running , as i say, after royal running, as i say, after royal commission had, worked out, running, as i say, after royal commission had, worked out , the commission had, worked out, the logistics and the details, 2.5

billion and he's already been very clear that he would extend the uk prosperity fund, which is due to end next year , with, £1.5 due to end next year, with, £1.5 billion and look to use, 1 billion and look to use, 1 billion of the roughly 6 billion that we managed to get back on. tax fraud, evasion issues each year so that would be where the 2.5 billion would come from. as i say in the first instance next yean i say in the first instance next year, his plan is to have a pilot scheme to start getting this up. and running, even if it comes from somewhere. >> it's an increase in public spending. i mean, it's you're giving up an opportunity to cut taxes , aren't you? taxes, aren't you? >> well, as it says, he said, it's an opportunity in part to use, money that is reclaimed through, attempts at tax fraud or evasion and putting that to good use. that money has choices in how one chooses to spend it. and, the prime minister's committed that that is one thing he wants you to because this is so important, the next generation, our young people coming through, we want them to have opportunities , the chances

have opportunities, the chances to develop those community and personal resilience skills. and this is a really exciting way to do it. >> many conservatives thought you were going to cut taxes, and they thought that because you told them that's what you were going to do. but actually your first gambit in this election is to raise public spending yet again . again. >> so our first gambert in this election is to set out very clearly the prime minister's absolutely central commitment, which is to our young people, to the next generation, to the security and resilience of their future in this country. and, as i say, as a minister who spends her time around the world seeing where terrible, instability and anxiety is developing , i anxiety is developing, i absolutely support that. we want our young people a small proportion of them, to have the opportunity to do and, years commissioners, i say in the armed forces. but for the vast majority, the opportunity to, get involved in local community, activities and help build the communities that they are part of and will be part of, as chris said, for the rest of their

lives, too. >> and finally, anne—marie, were you also wrongfooted by the calling of the general election for july the 4th? >> i wouldn't say i was wrongfooted , i think you never wrongfooted, i think you never know. michael will know this as well as anyone. the prime minister has the sole authority in order to make that make that pitch, and they do it at a point that they feel is the right one to call it. so we are all ready. i mean, i've been, you know, preparing the ground for when the election will come. it was going to be sometime this year, so, my team, you know, hit the ground running when that bell was rung , i ground running when that bell was rung, i think it's a great time, personally, as a northumbrian candidate , where in northumbrian candidate, where in december 2019, i basically had soaking wet feet, and, coats for three weeks. it's going to be lovely to have a chance, to be out and about enjoying, chats in people's gardens and hopefully some sunshine. anne—marie trevelyan for the conservatives. >> thank you very much for being on gb news on a bank holiday monday. quite early in the morning . let's return to our morning. let's return to our guests in the studio. chris

thank you so much for talking to us about the national service scheme . should we move on to the scheme. should we move on to the story that you were going to pick , well, there was a couple pick, well, there was a couple of stories here, and there's this easy one about the old soggy button, and the other one was rishi fights back. so where do you want, where do you want, where would you like to go? >> michael? the rishi fight back. >> oh well yeah. exactly. well so rishi saying that, so rishi, the prime minister. i shouldn't be so rude. that. look, you all having a go at me, but there are incentives for these young people to be part and parcel of this national scheme. so, for example , maybe what we're example, maybe what we're looking at is with it, you know, with at the moment the duke of edinburgh's if you've got duke of edinburgh awards on your cv, it puts you , ahead of everybody it puts you, ahead of everybody else. and so people look at you differently . well, everybody differently. well, everybody needs the opportunity. everybody needs the opportunity. everybody needs to say that i've done my national service. so maybe, for example , part and parcel of example, part and parcel of going into work will be have you

done your national service? >> are you a bit puzzled that the conservatives have been in for 14 years, and this has occurred to them after 14 years, not during those 14 years, but after the 14 years? >> well, i'm not puzzled at all, michael. i understand exactly what's going on. there's an election campaign coming up and they've come up with it in a in a focus group and yet let's go out there. let's go. go with it. i understand it, but i don't want to denigrate it because it's come up. lastminute.com i think we've always said potentially mr sunak is not going to be the person to deliver it. mr starmer has not talked about it, so it's probably going to be off the table in six weeks time. but it's a great idea and the rite of passage is important as far as i am concerned . as i am concerned. >> well, by the way, i think we're really lucky to have had you here this morning because what you've said on this has been absolutely interesting. dawn, do you want to continue on this or would you like to introduce a new subject? >> also, i wanted to point out that chris has got 16 year old son who would in theory, in a couple of years be, encourage to join the military like you did

at the same age. >> chris. yeah, well, it'd be good for him. yeah. definitely good. so so i'm worried. look, the other side of this issue. oh, hang on the other side of this issue . when it comes to this issue. when it comes to military, you want professionals in the army, people who have volunteered and signed up, not conscripts . i volunteered and signed up, not conscripts. i don't volunteered and signed up, not conscripts . i don't want cannon conscripts. i don't want cannon fodder going over to the eastern front . god forbid. front. god forbid. >> so i don't think that's going very. they're in for a year at the age of 18. i don't see them getting sent to the front. no i mean, i think if this if this plan has a merit and i'm slightly doubtful about it, but the merit is that, okay, it improves those young people. and also at some point in the future , if we have an emergency, at least we've got a cadre of people year by year who have had some 100% understanding. >> yeah, 100, 100% agree. but what we're talking about is 30,000 out of 700 potential young people available. i'm not a mathematician, 700,000 700,000 young people. yeah, yeah . and

young people. yeah, yeah. and 30,000 of them may go into the army. so and the army is now only just over 70,000. >> so they're being asked to take almost a 50% increase, by the way. >> absolutely . >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> yeah. but they won't all do the army stuff. some of them at least. right. at least i'd say three quarters of them will probably do the community service . and actually what service. and actually what you'll find is 30,000 is the military, 30,000 is the military. >> yeah. but some will be in the navy, some will be the air force, but they'll be all distributed and also, you know, it'll be just a, you know, you're doing it as a national service. >> you may not have to actually serve. and i suspect like you, a lot of them will go in there and actually really enjoy it and feel passion for this country and want to fight for it, which is what we need. yeah. >> well, can i ask dawn a political question? >> one of the things that occurred to me yesterday was that that that keir starmer was finding it quite difficult to ask to answer specific questions on his policies, and it seemed to me that the conservatives were going to hang him out to dry for six weeks. for six weeks. he wouldn't answer these questions. and people then would say, oh, well, we can't trust him. but now the conservatives have interrupted that flow, because now all the conversations about conservative policy. so nobody is looking at

whether keir starmer could answer the questions or not. in other words, i wonder whether the conservatives have shot themselves in the foot. and i'd like to ask you, as a newspaper edhon like to ask you, as a newspaper editor, former one, what you think of that? >> i think you made a very interesting point when you asked anne—marie earlier on that who signed up to this? because we know the military. i mean, we've had our admiral, lord west and lord dannatt both come out and said, we don't think this is going to work. it's going to cost a lot of money. we are all now, though, talking about the conservative policy , which is conservative policy, which is we're ridiculing it in many cases because, you know, i think as anne—marie almost let slip there, it hasn't really been thought out. no one's actually signed up for it. so whether it'll actually happen is another matter. however we are talking about a policy with labour and with the lib dems. we still don't know what their policies are because we haven't been informed. >> but is that letting labour off the hook? that's my point. >> well, i mean, no, i don't think it is because i think, well, it can work both ways. michael carney, you can either 90, michael carney, you can either go, okay, well at least we are talking about a policy they have

told us about. but you can either go then . but labour either go then. but labour really we don't know what their policies are. so i think it could also make labour less highly thought of. we know whatever. labour don't have to say anything. do they? all they've got to say along with they've got to say along with the lib dems, is conservatives are a bit rubbish. we'll do better. >> if they didn't say anything for six weeks, that could be very damaging to labour. that, it seems to me, should be the tory strategy to expose labour as having nothing to say. but every time they get to the point of showing that labour has nothing to say, the tories rush in with a new controversy of their own. whether it's a soggy prime minister or a outside the titanic or a soggy plan, i won't say a soggy plan or a plan for national service. and they take they take the heat off labour. >> but that time will come, michael. >> that time will come. i have seen a couple of interviews, very unimpressive labour politicians struggling not to answer a question . the time will answer a question. the time will come and i think dawn is correct right now we're looking at policy, poking holes in it, but everyone is. i'm not supporting it. but the time will come when

labour have to stand up and actually say, what are we going to do? i think they'll be floundering when they find that they've not had to answer things. >> i think they might be floundering, but i'm not as confident as you are at the moment is ever going to come when they're absolutely put on the hook. >> we need to move on and we've run out of time. i think we're going to see you later, though. yes, yes. yes, indeed. >> marvellous, the reason we have to move on is that we need to get a weather update, because your soggy bottom might go off. it is. it is bank holiday monday and people want to know what the weather is. and we're going to be told that with, craig snell's forecast. craig snell. thank you i >> -- >>a >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> good morning and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. looking ahead to today , it's looking ahead to today, it's remaining pretty mixed out there. further showers for most of us, but in between we will see some sunshine and actually across central and eastern parts

of england. a bright start here this morning, but elsewhere showers developing and they will quickly migrate their way eastwards as we go through the course of the day. main focus the showers come. the afternoon will be across eastern and north eastern scotland. here a risk of some heavy and thundery showers developing. a warning is in force from the met office throughout the day. and actually for all of us, it's going to be a bit of a chillier day compared to the weekend, with highs at best reaching around 17 or 18 degrees. so a bit more detail for this evening . the showers for this evening. the showers continuing across parts of eastern scotland . again, some of eastern scotland. again, some of these will be heavy and thundery across southern scotland and northern ireland. showers a little bit lighter here, but still the risk of 1 or 2 heavier showers can't be ruled out for england and wales. the showers gradually easing but they will be quickly replaced down towards devon and cornwall by a more persistent band of rain . and in persistent band of rain. and in fact, this band of rain will start to spread its way a little bit further eastwards as we go through the course of the night.

at the same time, showers across scotland will gradually ease and for many eastern parts actually the end of the night turned largely dry and clear, so could just see temperatures dip into single figures here. further west , single figures here. further west, holding up into double figures. so potentially a bright start across the east on tuesday , but it won't last. the band of rain across the west will spread its way eastwards across many parts of the uk. some heavy rain again across parts of southern scotland and northern ireland, but it will turn brighter but showery come the afternoon for northern ireland and for all of us. i think temperatures at best generally only climbing up to around average. but factor in the breeze and rain. it will feel a little bit cooler than that. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good morning. it is 7:00 on monday, the 27th of may. this is breakfast with michael portillo and nana akua. >> right. here's what's leading the news this morning. >> the first full week of the 2024 election kicks off as the prime minister refuses to back down on his national service pledge, batting away criticism and insisting that the scheme would benefit teenagers. >> sir keir starmer is set to give his first keynote speech of the election today. he's going to pledge that labour will act fast to win trust on security . fast to win trust on security. >> will it be a bank holiday weather washout , or >> will it be a bank holiday weather washout, or might we get some sun craig snell as the latest it more than bank holiday monday offers more showers for most of us. >> and again some of these will be heavy and thundery . find out be heavy and thundery. find out all the weather information a little later on. >> gordon ramsay has hit out at british diners , rocking it up to

british diners, rocking it up to his restaurant in shorts, tracksuits and hoodies. so we're asking this morning, have brits forgotten to how dine with manners? >> and in the sport this morning? it's the richest game in football, although nobody knows exactly how rich we're thinking about 150 £170 million. southampton were the winners of the championship play off final against leeds united, and will now join leicester and ipswich in the premier league next season. andy murray is out of the french open, losing to stan wawrinka again and 70 years on from roger bannister, breaking the four minute mile, josh kerr sets a new british mile record that stood since michael portillo was just a boy mp. that's how long this has been standing . for. standing. for. >> to the election now. and after not appearing in public yesterday , labour leader sir yesterday, labour leader sir keir starmer is set to deliver his first keynote speech of the

campaign. >> now it's now. sir keir starmer is expected to outline economic security, border security and national security as the three pillars forming the bedrock of labour's campaign. >> meanwhile, the prime minister is fighting back after announcing plans yesterday to introduce national service for 18 year olds should his government be re—elected. earlier we spoke to the minister of state for indo—pacific, anne—marie trevelyan , part of anne—marie trevelyan, part of our commitment to helping our young people to discover their best selves, to be able to a number of them apply and get a year's commission with our armed forces. >> but of course, the vast majority will be committing to a regular drumbeat of community work with their local, you know, special constables, nhs , rnli, special constables, nhs, rnli, any number of those . any number of those. >> political editor for huffpost uk , kevin schofield joins us uk, kevin schofield joins us now. kevin, welcome to the programme. thank you very much

for joining us and how do you forjoining us and how do you reckon the row, because there is a row about national service is playing out for the parties . playing out for the parties. >> i think the conservatives will be quite happy actually, that, it's been talked about . that, it's been talked about. it's grabbed the headlines for the last 24 hours. we're still talking about it this morning. and i think when you're 20 points behind in the opinion poll, you need to do something to get spoken about to grab the headlines, now we can talk about the detail , whether it's been the detail, whether it's been fleshed out, whether the numbers add up. but there's no doubt that it's got people talking, which, as i say, when you're 20 points behind in the opinion polls, is probably the best that you can hope for right now with with a very long campaign still to come , very interesting. let to come, very interesting. let me put the opposite point of view to you that the conservatives best hope of winning, i might say, is that labour will be exposed as not having worked out its policy and not being sure what it's going to do about tax and spend and so on.and to do about tax and spend and so on. and the more times that the conservatives steal the headlines, the less opportunity there will be to put keir starmer on the rack.

>> yeah, no, i think that's a very fair point. michael there's no doubt that labour's strategy , no doubt that labour's strategy, i think, is to try and create as little, controversy as possible. don't, set any ripples going in the waters, just sort of glide under the radar. so far in front, it's been described as the ming vase strategy . you the ming vase strategy. you know, you're carrying a ming vase across a very slippery floor, and you don't want to drop it, so i think the tories will will do is try and disrupt the campaign as much as possible. i think this will be the first of a number that respond to those, while at the same time . oh, no, slipping up same time. oh, no, slipping up themselves. so. so yeah, as i say , the polls, the polls at the say, the polls, the polls at the moment suggest that that labour are well and well ahead. but a lot can change between now and the 4th of july, now your audio is dropping in and out. so if we do lose you, we'll try and probably get you back. but also

the labour party the other day announced that they were going to potentially bringing the vote for 16 varne people from from the age of 16. some people might look at that and think that that's a way to slightly rig the votes for later elections . is votes for later elections. is oh, has he frozen? he's frozen . oh, has he frozen? he's frozen. well, let's go to christine jardine . jardine. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> let us do exactly that, liberal democrat for edinburgh west and spokesman on women and equalities christine jardine joins us now christine good morning. marvellous to see you. what is your party's policy on gender recognition certificates? should it become easier for people who are transitioning from one gender to another to obtain those certificates ? obtain those certificates? >> well, you know, this is a debate which i think unfortunate has got mired in toxic unrwa easonable arguments, people making arguments from from both sides that, have have got , you

sides that, have have got, you know, have forgotten what gender recognition certificates, what the issue is about that we've got vulnerable people who we should be protecting. and my party's policy has always been that we should think about the individuals. we should be looking after, people we should be protecting them, and that we shouldn't be making them targets or getting involved in some sort of ludicrous , toxic debate, of ludicrous, toxic debate, which helps nobody. so i think the best way of putting it as we go into the general election is that we want to find a sensible way forward that reassures people with genuine concerns, but protects those in the transgender community who have had, quite frankly , a terrible had, quite frankly, a terrible time over the past two years, do you mind if i repeat the question is it your party's policy to make it easier for people to get, gender recognition certificates ? recognition certificates? >> it's my party's policy to have a sound, reasonable,

evidence based policy going forward. now, we saw from the cass review that she identified that there had not been , a that there had not been, a sufficient protection, that we weren't giving young people the care and the protection that , we care and the protection that, we should be doing. now, what we want to do is take the positives from the cass report and move forward. look at how we do that, how we overcome those problems, how we overcome those problems, how we overcome those problems, how we protect vulnerable people and that we, you know, for everybody in society and that's why i think to move to bring this debate back, to try and make this debate in the general election . yes, it's an important election. yes, it's an important issue. but do you know what? we're not going to help anybody if we don't focus on the economy. we're not going to help anybody if we don't focus on providing more gp was only asking this. so i really think and i think i have answered your question, our policy is to move forward , to find, to take the forward, to find, to take the recommendations of the cass

report, to look at where she said there were weaknesses and to find a strong way forward . to find a strong way forward. now, at the moment, there hasn't been a problem for 20 years. so let's not make one now. let's look at how we improve the situation for everybody, how we reassure people who have genuine concerns about their children, about safe spaces. but at the same time, let's make sure we do everything we to can protect the most vulnerable in society. >> should should those who , have >> should should those who, have transitioned and described themselves as women, but who were formerly men go into women's prisons? and should they participate in women's sports ? participate in women's sports? >> yes, i think the sports is a is an issue for sports authorities. i wouldn't interfere in that . there are interfere in that. there are many problems there, and that is something that i think we do have to leave to sports authorities to make the decision about what is best in their sport. what about in terms of prisons? we shouldn't be putting violent people in prisons with women. we shouldn't be putting people who are convicted of sex

offending sex offences, regardless of their gender. in with women who might be vulnerable. and i think that's what we have to do. >> we have to look at where will you put them? we they call themselves women. >> where will you put them when you say if they call themselves women? >> we're not talking about people who call themselves women. we are looking at people who have transitioned and who are legally women. now that's a different situation. if they are convicted of a crime, which is not a sexual assault, it's not a funny issue, actually, if you don't mind me saying so, it's not a funny issue. >> i'm fine, i'm fine. your answer? funny. >> that's the problem. of course we're talking about people of transition. we're talking about people who describe themselves as women, who have self—certified as women. and we're asking you which sort of jail they should go into a men's or a women's prison. >> and what i am saying is that if someone has transitioned and is legally a woman, then they can as long as they haven't

committed violent or sexual offences against women and they are not a danger to anyone, then they could go into women. but if anyone, regardless of the genden anyone, regardless of the gender, regardless of self—certifying or whatever, if anyone is a danger to women, they should not be in a women's prison . prison. >> but but by what you're saying then is you're basically saying that a man who's a biological man can be placed in a women's prison if no , i'm not. no, it prison if no, i'm not. no, it sounds like i'm not. i'm just trying to interpret it . so. so trying to interpret it. so. so you're not saying that. you're saying that a man you . saying that a man you. >> no, no, no, i'm not saying that. >> and i would never say that a biological man should be in a women's prison. that's nonsense . women's prison. that's nonsense. and i don't think that's what i think. yes. i don't think anyone who is worried about the safety of women in prisons, who is worried about the protection of the transgender community or who has, you know, frankly, any common sense would talk about putting biological men who have not transitioned or who might be a danger into a women's prison. ihave a danger into a women's prison. i have not said that. >> so can you be clear of what you are saying then? >> because i think there might

be people watching today who are thinking, why are they continually asking about this one issue, which i'm more than happy to answer on, because you're the spokesman on people watching today who want to know what liberal democrats would do about the dental, the lack of dentists in this country, the lack of doctors in this country, the economy, the spokesman for equality and women. >> yes, i am , i am answering, >> yes, i am, i am answering, we're on we're on your subject . we're on we're on your subject. >> so i and i and i have somebody your question somebody who is i have answered your question, but i think that someone who is self—certified someone who is self—certified as being a woman, you say that person cannot go into a woman's prison. >> is that what you said ? >> is that what you said? >> is that what you said? >> is that what you said? >> i said that someone who has transitioned , who has a transitioned, who has a certificate? no. can you let me finish, please ? someone who has finish, please? someone who has transitioned. who is. who is a woman legally has been, certified as a woman, not by me, but by those who are certifying can go into a women's prison .

can go into a women's prison. but i would say there's an awful lot more to women and equalities, the equality in this country. >> that's a biological finish. >> that's a biological finish. >> if i could just finish, i find this doesn't help us get away from the toxic debate that we have had, which has damaged so many people , which doesn't so many people, which doesn't recognise the genuine concerns that people have and which doesn't do anything to protect the vulnerable people in our society. now, what i think we should be doing is looking at what the cass report said, taking the positives from it and moving forward in terms of equalities , there is no equality equalities, there is no equality in this country, in health care, there is no equality in this country, in dental care because people cannot get dentist . there people cannot get dentist. there is no equality in this country because our economy is shot to pieces by liz truss's mad policies. now if we don't address those issues, frankly , address those issues, frankly, we will not have money for prisons, for anybody, for mental health care, for anybody, for, dental care, for anybody. and

thatis dental care, for anybody. and that is what the people in this country want to hear us talking about. they want to hear us talking about the issues that affect them every day and their working life , and which this working life, and which this government has neglected, and thatis government has neglected, and that is why, if you like, i'm getting a little, if you like, frustrated at the fact that you don't seem to want about to talk about the issues that affect so many people, so many women, so many people, so many women, so many men , so many minorities in many men, so many minorities in this country, but you want to focus on one debate. >> we thought it was a fantastic opportunity . vie because you are opportunity. vie because you are the spokesman for women and equality. >> and i've asked you about women and equality. >> i don't think either nana or i actually feel that you have answered the question, and the cast report asked me a question i feel i have. >> i feel that i have said the cast three times that we need to take the cast report and the positive things. that said, we need to recognise that. it said that we were not providing sufficient care for young people, that we were not protecting vulnerable people . we

protecting vulnerable people. we need to recognise that we need to take its recommendations. we need to set up the centres that it calls for. we need to detox ify the debate. we need to get in the report. she says that the debate has become so toxic that medical practitioners don't want to put their heads above the parapet. how sad is that? now that's what we need to address. that's what we need to do now, to be honest, i think i'm answering your question. >> the cast report does not tell us how people should be recognised by a government as whether they've changed gender or not, what stages are needed for that gender change to be recognised? cast report does not tell us that because that is a political matter, you are part of a political party. >> it's not. >> it's not. >> and you are trying to get into power and that's why it's reasonable to ask you what arrangements you would make to allow someone to change gender. and the consequences, the decisions on which prison they went to, for example . that's reasonable. >> the decisions, the decisions about transition are medical ones, and they are from medical

practitioners and they are from medical, practitioners to make the decisions about they are not for politicians to be interfering. and in part of the problem with this debate is that people have interfered in it and people have interfered in it and people have interfered in it and people have made , ideological people have made, ideological and political decisions about people's health. and that is wrong. >> but, christine, politicians need to let the medical practitioners make the decisions . okay. >> let me ask you to let the medical practitioners, medical practitioners , christine, how practitioners, christine, how many medical practitioners, a single doctor , as has been single doctor, as has been suggested by some of the labour party or a panel of doctors, these are political decisions. >> how those how those judgements are made. what's your what's your view on that? how many doctors should be involved in making that something that thatis in making that something that that is something for politicians to listen to what medical practitioner says and goes back to the cast, report , goes back to the cast, report, having listened to it, what's your decision? >> if i could if i could answer please? in the cass report, she said it had become so toxic that medical practitioners didn't want to put their heads above the parapet. now, that is where

the parapet. now, that is where the problem comes and the people who have made it toxic, are the ones who need to think about the damage that that has done. and what we need to do is we need to step back , and we need to step back, and we need to recognise that this is a process , that politicians are not the best people to make medical decisions about, and we need to allow the medical practitioners to do it. now, the decision about whether it's one medical practitioner or two is something which i think we need to take the decision of the medical practitioners on. so i'm sorry . practitioners on. so i'm sorry. thatis practitioners on. so i'm sorry. that is what i genuinely think . that is what i genuinely think. that's not a political answer. that's not a political answer. that's my belief . i believe that that's my belief. i believe that we need to listen to what medical practitioners say. first of all, we need to listen to the genuine concerns that some people have. we need to think about what damage this is doing to vulnerable people. detoxify the debate, take the cash report .look the debate, take the cash report . look at what it says. its recommendations, take the

positive things forward. do it like everything in it. no, of course i don't. and work to set up the seven centres that hilary cass talks about setting up, to make sure that in the future we have a sound, reasonable debate where everyone is heard, but that the medical needs of people, the protection of the vulnerable community and genuine concerns are taken into account and we detoxify this debate . and we detoxify this debate. >> christine, move on. >> christine, move on. >> thank you very much indeed for joining us. >> thank forjoining us. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> you're welcome. >> right. well, that's christine jardine . let's have a look at jardine. let's have a look at some of the other stories coming into the news room, israeli airstrikes overnight have killed at least 35 palestinians and wounded dozens in rafah. the idf says it was targeting a hamas compound and is now reviewing the incident. it follows an attack was launched by a hamas which sent eight rockets towards tel aviv, the first long—range attacks on israel in nearly four months.

>> a british horse rider has died at an equestrian event in devon. 36 year old georgie campbell, who had represented great britain numerous times, fell whilst jumping a fence on the fourth and final day of the bicton international horse trials. governing body british eventing says that she was immediately attended to by medical staff, but she could not be saved. the horse, a global quest, was uninjured . quest, was uninjured. >> police investigating the murder of a woman who was stabbed to death on a bournemouth beach have released cctv images of a suspect. a 34 year old was pronounced dead at durley chine beach, while another 38 year old woman was hospitalised with serious injuries . a 17 year old boy has injuries. a 17 year old boy has since been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody, and dorset police are urging anyone who recognises the suspect to get in touch . suspect to get in touch. >> the raf pilot, who died when his spitfire crashed near raf coningsby, has been named as squadron leader. mark long, described as a passionate professional aviator for the last four years he's been a pilot with the battle of britain

memorial flight. the ministry of defence have described the incident as a tragic accident. an investigation into its cause is now underway . is now underway. what did you make of our interview with christine jardine ? she seemed to christine jardine? she seemed to think we're being very unfair to her. did you think we were? >> no, because i didn't really understand the answer. because i specifically said. does that mean a biological man can go into jail? because i can go into a women's prison? and the way she kind of described it was that it would be, depending on what level of transition and whether they're a danger to women. and so the bottom line is, can a biological man be sent to a women's prison? and i didn't get an answer. >> and if you talk about a level of transition that that implies a very intrusive process. that's right. which i didn't think would be what she would be in favour of. i was also slightly puzzled. if your chart, if your brief is women and equality, you'd think you'd be absolutely dying to talk about women in equality . she seemed not very

equality. she seemed not very keen to talk about women and equality to me anyway, i hope we will. >> well, i think she she wanted to talk about other wider issues other than the issue with regard to trans, but i mean, it is a big issue for women and equality for women, actual women. so i think it was a fair point , and i think it was a fair point, and i would have liked a straight answer to that question . answer to that question. >> yes. all right, it's time for the weather, see whether it's getting any better with craig snell. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar . sponsors of weather on . solar. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good morning and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. looking ahead to today , it's looking ahead to today, it's remaining pretty mixed out there. further showers for most of us, but in between we will see some sunshine and actually across central and eastern parts of england. a bright start here. this morning, but elsewhere showers developing and they will quickly migrate their way eastwards as we go through the

course of the day . main focus course of the day. main focus the showers come. the afternoon will be across eastern and north eastern scotland. here a risk of some heavy and thundery showers developing. a warning is in force from the met office throughout the day. and actually for all of us, it's going to be a bit of a chillier day compared to the weekend, with highs at best reaching around 17 or 18 degrees. so a bit more detail for this evening, degrees. so a bit more detail for this evening , the showers for this evening, the showers continuing across parts of eastern scotland again , some of eastern scotland again, some of these will be heavy and thundery across southern scotland and northern ireland. showers a little bit lighter here, but still the risk of 1 or 2 heavier showers can't be ruled out for england and wales. the showers gradually easing but they will be quickly replaced down towards devon and cornwall by a more persistent band of rain. and in fact this band of rain will start to spread its way a little bit further eastwards as we go through the course of the night. at the same time, the showers across scotland will gradually ease and for many eastern parts actually, the end of the night turned largely dry and clear, so

could just see temperatures dip into single figures here further west, holding up into double figures. so potentially a bright start across the east on tuesday, but it won't last. the band of rain across the west will spread its way eastwards across many parts of the uk. some heavy rain again across parts of southern scotland and northern ireland, but it will turn brighter but showery come the afternoon for northern ireland and for all of us. i think temperatures at best, generally only climbing up to around average. but factor in the breeze and rain. it will feel a little bit cooler than that. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello, £20,000 has to be won in our great british giveaway and don't miss out as the lines are closing this friday, here are closing this friday, here are all the details that you need for your chance to win the

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good luck! >> good morning. if you're just tuned in, this is a gp news just coming up to 24 minutes after 7:00. still to come gordon ramsay hits out at sloppy british diners. so we'll be debating whether brits have forgotten how to dine. that is next. this is breakfast on .

gp news. >> and welcome back to breakfast. celebrity chef gordon ramsay has been forced to urge diners going to his michelin star restaurant to smarten up and avoid wearing tracksuits and hoodies. >> i love getting dressed up to go out to restaurants. i love it so. so we're asking, have brits forgotten their manners? do we know how to dine these days? or should we loosen up and accept high dining in tracksuits as a new norm ? well, etiquette expert new norm? well, etiquette expert liz brewer says that brits have indeed forgotten how to dine.

but author and broadcaster nichi hodgson says that people are trying their best so , nikki, i'm trying their best so, nikki, i'm going to start with you because you think people are trying their best. really going to a restaurant in a hoodie and all that. when you could dress smartly and, you know, surely dress for the occasion . dress for the occasion. >> i think it's totally to do with the region in which you live. i mean, i'm from wakefield, outside of leeds in west yorkshire. we never dream of going out to buy a pint of milk without, you know, heels and false eyelashes on. so i was quite amused by this story because it seemed to be a, you know, a certain kind of person in london that wouldn't dress up. i mean, i think this is also to do with the cold, the rise of athleisurewear, you know, the fact that celebrities have promoted wearing very expensive tracksuits and that's kind of become fashionable amongst younger people. but i actually think the majority of people in this country would, would absolutely not wear a tracksuit to a posh restaurant. and like you, nana, i'm just the same. i love to get dressed up for dinner , would you personally dinner, would you personally find it offensive if you made

the effort you were going to? you're going out to an expensive dinner. you've dressed up, part of the experience, i suppose , is of the experience, i suppose, is it could be surrounded by other people who are, you know , a bit people who are, you know, a bit glamorous, have made an effort. would you be offended , having would you be offended, having made all that effort to find that at the next table they were wearing hoodies? >> i don't think i'd be offended. i mean, especially if somebody's wearing an £800 hoodie. like, we're not talking about hoodies at their way to the gym here. we're talking about a different kind of, sportswear that's reserved for going out, i wouldn't be offended. no but it just wouldn't be my style. that's how i would see it . i would see it. >> it wouldn't affect your experience. it wouldn't reduce the joy of your experience. >> no. what would affect my experience is the quality of the service and the quality of the food. and also other diners being rude, but from what they wear, that wouldn't offend me. >> no time to bring liz in. i think . liz, what? what's your think. liz, what? what's your view on this matter ? do you view on this matter? do you think it's important to rise to the occasion when you go to a classy restaurant? >> well, if you don't want to rise to the occasion, why go to

the restaurant? the restaurant , the restaurant? the restaurant, an elegant place with fabulous atmosphere . one good thing atmosphere. one good thing dunng atmosphere. one good thing during covid was that we had the introduction of home deliveries from michelin star restaurants. fantastic. so if you want to wear a tracksuit and a hoodie, why bother ? what? aren't you why bother? what? aren't you going there for? the whole experience . and also, it's experience. and also, it's a compliment. not just to the restaurant but to the chef, the people around you . so if you're people around you. so if you're not making an effort, as i say, stay at home. >> but if the tracksuit has been worn by taylor swift , i mean, worn by taylor swift, i mean, for all i know, the tracksuit may cost more money than my tailor made suit. >> but wasn't she asked to leave 7 >> but wasn't she asked to leave ? i think some she was, and i know the restaurant is it. and there are also clubs, especially gentleman's clubs in london. they may have relaxed the tie, but if you haven't turned up with a correct jacket or whatever they have, they have them hanging there and you have

to wear them, otherwise you're barred entry. i agree with that because i actually feel i like to dress for an occasion . women, to dress for an occasion. women, in fact, are better than men, women in of course love to look good and wear fabulous clothes when they can. so, you know, in, as it were, in respect to the owner of the established moment, the chef, the diners around you, you should make an effort. otherwise, stay at home, have a takeaway. >> you mentioned covid there actually. do you think that is that part of it is because of the covid era where we all stayed at home and you know, when, you know, dressed all sloppy, joe, that now when we're going out somewhere, we've taken that with us. >> yeah. that happened very much to begin with. but i'm finding now the reverse is obviously now definitely happening , now the reverse is obviously now definitely happening, and sales of clothes have gone up , sales of clothes have gone up, sales of clothes have gone up, sales of smart trainers have gone up, you know , people are taking more you know, people are taking more care in how they look. obviously, if you close people down for 2 or 3 years, it's

going to have an effect, especially amongst the young. but i think nowadays people, people definitely need to feel their own self esteem and dress for an any occasion . i have to for an any occasion. i have to tell you something very funny quickly, but during lockdown i remember i get up every morning. i did a lot of on screen interviews and i remember expecting a parcel and i went to the door, opened the parcel and the door, opened the parcel and the delivery man said, i need a picture. i need a photo. so i picked up the parcel and post, whereupon he said, not you. the parcel . parcel. >> oh yeah, that one. i remember that. >> so nikki could i the question of inequality between the sexes has just been raised and this strikes a real chord with me. >> the number of times i see a lady, a woman in a beautiful dress, and she's sitting opposite someone who , to my way opposite someone who, to my way of thinking, is dressed as a slob. he's in at of thinking, is dressed as a slob. he's in a t shirt and pred slob. he's in a t shirt and ripped jeans and so on, why? why is that, do you think? why do

men and women have such a different view about what it is to be smart? >> well, we just have this general fashion inequality and this overfocus on women's appearance. men seem to think they can get away with spending about three minutes getting ready. sometimes whereas maybe women have spent three hours, i've definitely been in that situation myself over the years. thankfully not now. my husband's a smart dresser, but yeah, i mean, that's just a general inequality of what we expect men and women. but, you know, to come back to liz's point about not making the effort, younger people, me who, you know , who people, me who, you know, who for fashion. you know, they believe that athleisure is the best way of dressing. they can spend a long time doing their hair and makeup and all the rest of it, and then put this outfit on that maybe we don't consider to be glamorous, but they still think shows that they've made the effort. so i really think it's generational in part two. >> do you think i think that the older people dress pretty sharpish and love dressing up? i actually think it's the younger people who are getting a bit sloppy these days and aren't, aren't bothered about, you know, that kind of thing, or their fashion is kind of more sloppy fashion is kind of more sloppy fashion than our sort of more,

but, you know, am i right? >> do you think , liz, do you >> do you think, liz, do you think that the proprietor of a restaurant, because we're talking here about gordon ramsay, do you think he has the right to impose? >> of course he does. of course it's his establishment. he has the right to impose. absolutely. he he does. >> do you agree with that, nikki? >> do you think a proprietor has the right to impose the dress code? >> yes, but i think it's a silly move because we're in this, you know, this kind of low glamour fashion cycle. and if he carries on, he's going to lose a lot of money if he bans these kinds of patrons. >> no, listen, nikki, no no no no, no, you have to queue up to get into those restaurants . get into those restaurants. >> i can assure you, all of them. and as for the young there, you know, during the centuries , fashions have centuries, fashions have changed. we change. we have to accept now that, you know, kids growing up , the normal footwear growing up, the normal footwear seems to be trainers , it does seems to be trainers, it does depend on as as a sort of evolution and what happens with fashion. but with, with

restaurants in particular, i think you you're absolutely right, michael, that men don't seem to make as much effort as women. however, it is becoming more competitive. and as these dating agents etc. seem to be hanging in there, etc. they're getting more competitive. and the young girls today are far more, far more, you know, they , more, far more, you know, they, they, they want to have go with a young man who's correctly dressed. >> you will understand that i never feel comfortable if i'm at a restaurant and we're not all dressed in dinner jackets. dressed in dinnerjackets. that's that's that's what i think we need to get back to. thank you very much to liz and nikki for debating. dress in restaurants . restaurants. >> right. well, coming up, paul coyte has your sport this is breakfast on gb news with michael

nana. >> welcome back to the program. it's time to go through all the latest sports news. broadcaster paul coyte is here, and let's kick off, we've mentioned it before , but southampton did before, but southampton did something yesterday in football. what was it that did? >> they were getting their. southampton will be in the premier league premier league next year. they beat leeds at wembley in the championship play off and that's important. it's extremely important. it's worth hundreds and hundreds of millions of pounds. it's a fortune. so it's all about tv money. but the most important thing is that southampton are back in the premier league. leeds have had a terrible time in the play offs. every time they've got to the playoffs they've got to the playoffs they've never got through so . they've never got through so. so, they went down last year, so did southampton. southampton bounced straight back up. so they're up with leicester and ipswich as well. so they'll be in the premier league. >> may i take this opportunity to say how pleased i am for southampton. oh great. congratulations southampton. that's great isn't it. >> oh that's nice. there'll be more than happy to hear you say that. >> sure. >> sure. >> what a happy birthday yesterday. >> oh happy birthday as well. >> oh happy birthday as well. >> how can i throw that in.

because we're more than happy for you to go on about this birthday forever or what have you. i thought i was going to be the first to mention it. i'm not. >> i didn't get one of the cakes, though. they'd eaten all the cakes by the time i came in. oh yeah, you're too slow. they brought him cake. >> see any cakes? >> see any cakes? >> lola's cakes. you came in yesterday. now i want to ask you about the fa cup final. that was on saturday. is that what happened on saturday? that was manchester city and manchester united. >> united and manchester city. >> united and manchester city. >> this was a big match, i take it. i'm joking. >> no. >> no. >> well that was a sensational result. i mean i mean even i know that manchester united is not meant to beat manchester city. | not meant to beat manchester city. i mean correct, that was but that's a reverse because it was always manchester united . was always manchester united. >> i supported manchester united when i was younger because they were always winning glory . were always winning glory. >> hunter nana that's what you were. is that what it was? a glory hunter. >> i go for any side, whichever one was winning. >> so what are you now, man city then ? then? >> none of them. okay. >> none of them. okay. >> whoever winning. >> whoever winning. >> funny you should mention glory is the very subject i want to bring up. yes, sir. a young man called josh kerr. yes. tell me about his glory . me about his glory. >> josh kerr's glory. well, last year he won the world championship for the 1500 metres. >> now his nationality is we're

scottish. >> scottish and. >> scottish and. >> but the british as we used to say british. exactly. commonwealth games , scottish commonwealth games, scottish olympics. he's a brit right. we've had a great history over the years of middle distance running. cram coe, ovett and so this is our history has been around that now. he went out and he ran in oregon yesterday and this is the diamond league now. the diamond league is basically the athletics league. he goes from city to city and over in oregon he ran the fastest mile by any b'rit since 1985. so this is amazing that steve cram was the one that still had the mile record, and he was commentating on the race, so i think he was probably pleased for josh that all these years, 39 years on this mile record has gone. now, the mile doesn't isn't really run as much as you would expect because it's 1500 metres. it's 1500 metres, but there's still something special about the mile, especially the 70th anniversary, which is this month, that we talked about on

this show about roger bannister when she, when he broke the, the four minute mile, whereas josh ran it in three minutes, 4532. so we're probably talking about a whole hundred metre stretch. and a bit around the corner is if he'd raced roger bannister, that's how far in front he'd be. >> oh, that really brings it to life, doesn't it? >> now what's what's this man's future ? future? >> josh kerr oh, i think i think it's excellent. i mean i think he's favourite to win the 1500m at the olympics. so the olympics is not. we're actually 59 days away from the olympics really. not counting . that's close, but not counting. that's close, but 59 days away. so he's he stands a great chance of winning the 1500 metres, which would be amazing. any gold medal. but, a man called yakub ingebrigtsen is the norwegian who . this is an the norwegian who. this is an incredible story with yakub and his family . incredible story with yakub and his family. he's got a very famous tv show in norway, which is called meet the ingebrigtsen's because it's him and his brothers who runners, but his father was the coach. now, since then there's actually a lawsuit. it's all got very technical and very nasty that

he's suing the father for the way the father treated him. so it really is a it's a really uncomfortable story. but jakob ingebrigtsen , though still one ingebrigtsen, though still one of the greatest runners in the world, so it's really the battle between ingebrigtsen and kerr. >> what about the 800m, which was actually my race as well. i was actually my race as well. i was younger keely, keely hodgkinson yeah, she won as well. >> she ran the fastest 800m in the world this year. so there's another great hope as well that we've got for the olympics. good. i'm very excited. >> i was i was just thinking that this is quite satisfying in a way, as a great british talent emerges . and a scot, by the way. emerges. and a scot, by the way. >> yep. >> yep. >> another great british talent is reaching the sunset. a scot, by the way, i'm talking about andy murray. >> i love the way you work. that was magnificent. were you? honestly, i do, so you're right, andy murray played in the french open. he played stan wawrinka, now stan is 39 years old, so he's two years older than andy. so anyway, let's have a look. anyway, we i think we probably got the end end of this game. so andy lost in straight sets to

stan wawrinka. first round of the french open. so that's another other major tournament that's gone by another grand slam that's gone by. hopefully we're going to see that. there we're going to see that. there we are. now this is that stan in the yellow shorts andy at the other end. look at those matching yellow shorts and yellow shoes there. and there we are. that's the winning point . are. that's the winning point. now stan goes up to andy, two old boys together . what are they old boys together. what are they talking about? so is it. look, mate , i'm going to retire at the mate, i'm going to retire at the end of the year. what about you? yeah. not really sure. may give it another go, stan , you beat me it another go, stan, you beat me three times in a row. i'm not very happy about it, but i'll look like i'm happy. so there we are. they're having a long chat there at the net. and usually you just get. that's it. >> obviously, i think there's a few fashion tips. i mean, anyone who wears yellow shorts like thatis who wears yellow shorts like that is bound to receive a fashion tip at the end of the. do you think so? i think, i mean, even i this is i was going to say from you yellow you've got to watch out for the flies. >> you've the yellow shorts, especially in hot weather because i can remember in the shorts. >> or are you talking about actual flies? >> no, no , listen, i don't have

>> no, no, listen, i don't have flies. >> tennis shorts. because the thought that. okay nice. okay. >> flies. yes. you don't want an accident, you'll be attract. the flies will be attracted to you. i've seen it happen. what? yellow shorts attract on the sports field? one of my friends. she was chased by a load of flies. it was like a swarm of flies. it was like a swarm of flies after her shorts. really so don't wear those in really hot, sunny weather. >> really wear them indoors . and >> really wear them indoors. and that actually is what andy murray was saying there. he was saying that i like the shorts, but don't. if you play in the open air on a hot day, do not use those shorts because nana has told me i've seen it flies. >> beware of the flies. >> beware of the flies. >> but you must have had a jacket that would have lord of the flies. you've got a yellow jacket. surely somewhere. >> and nana is absolutely right. ihave >> and nana is absolutely right. i have a bright yellow jacket and it just gets covered very often. tiny flies, little green flies and so on. they think i'm a flower. >> is that when you were in hi—de—hi? >> was it? >> was it? >> then you've got to watch out. you'll be chased by the bees and the wasps as well. >> i mean, you know, i have a floral appearance sometimes. so this is this is my dress. >> so somebody, since you've turned 45, have you got anything else for us? well, i tell you what i do have. i've got andy. now, andy does explain because

we talk about andy murray, what he was talking about . we talk about andy murray, what he was talking about. this andy murray was spoken to after the game and said, what did you say with stan? this is what he said , with stan? this is what he said, it was a private conversation, but i said, well done, for winning. and yeah, we have obviously played each other and known each other for an extremely long time. the first played him, back in 2005 and yeah, had some some great matches with him. and, you know, we spent a lot of time on the practice court and stuff with, with each other over the years and yeah, we're obviously both of us. are you know, close, towards the end , anything to do towards the end, anything to do with the yellow shorts? >> it's like his board of his own voice. >> is it is it fair to say the players with more passion than he speaks? >> i think i play with more passion than he speaks and i don't play, so yeah, bless him. that was. i do love andy though. >> but yeah, that was an extraordinarily sort of sotto performance. >> thank you very much. paul paul coyte brilliant .

paul coyte brilliant. marvellous. right. still to come, we'll be looking at what's making the front page with dawn neesom and kriss akabusi. that is next. this is breakfast on gb news

>>a >> a welcome back. joining us to go through what's making the news is the former editor of the daily star. dawn neesom and olympian kriss akabusi. lovely to see you both again. >> good morning . >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. doing >> good morning. doing the shifts today, dawn, we're going to talk about labour i think. what would you like to say. >> yes. >> yes. >> well we've been talking a lot about the conservatives this morning. already haven't with the national service plan. but the national service plan. but the times front page today their splash is on labour. we are expecting to hear from keir starmer later today, but this has been a bit of a leak about what he's going to say. and this is labour saying they will carry out 100 day review of the

threats facing britain , as sir threats facing britain, as sir keir starmer concedes that voters have concerns about labour's commitment to national security . now, this 100 day security. now, this 100 day review is kind of based on what they did after 9/11 when they launched our, what did they call it back in the day, well , labour it back in the day, well, labour did. yeah. they, they they launched a response. i can't remember what's called forgive me, but they, they launched a, this response and that's what they're going to do now, review they're going to do now, review the threats coming from hostile countries like iran and russia, and also the threat facing ai. now, we don't know what keir is going to say. we haven't heard it yet, but it's reassuring. the country that defence is safe in labour's hands. however as i said, we don't know what he's going to say, but there's no there's no detail in this. >> again, there's no well, i was going to say can you imagine anybody saying i must rush out and vote labour because they're promising 100 day review, 100 day review. >> i mean, it's like, you know, he's been there for four years. what? why now? again, we keep coming back to this conversation about whatever they're saying. why have you left it till now?

oh, yeah. there's an election coming up. so but it's all sort of like threat promises and ambitions and. no. what are you one of the. >> there aren't many differences between the parties , but one is between the parties, but one is that the conservatives have seemed to be pledged to move pretty quickly to 2.5% of gdp sentence. exactly and labour is very reluctant to put a date on when that's going to happen . i when that's going to happen. i mean, i don't say that you should believe either party, but it is a difference at the moment. so it's slightly curious to say, trust me on security, but i can't tell you how quickly i know exactly. >> i just want give me some facts, give me some facts. well, he has, hasn't he? >> he's come up with the border control, hasn't he, chris? yeah. >> he's talking about the i think the problem that mr starmer has is that people don't believe him anyway, he said so much. well for me i just he said so much in the past and then turned around and done exactly the opposite. the why would i believe what you're saying about the security? i understand, you know, you're trying to distance yourself from mr corbyn, who who was your friend a few years ago and you're trying to distance and you're trying to distance and say, okay, the public didn't

trust mr corbyn on security, but you can trust me. and this is what i'm going to do. i'm going to get together m15, i'm going to get together m15, i'm going to get together m15, i'm going to get together. whitehall chiefs. i'm going to get together police, and we're going together police, and we're going to 100 day spin, and we're going to 100 day spin, and we're going to come up with a plan. okay? >> we've already got something like that. there haven't we really i mean they to make the assumption that these people don't speak to each other in terms of protecting this country, it doesn't make any sense . of course they would. sense. of course they would. >> well, that's. yeah, you would hope that you would have a civil service and a, an infrastructure that doesn't matter who the titular head is. the stuff is still going on, but you haven't got to go, oh, why ? well how's got to go, oh, why? well how's russia? how's china? you know, expect that to be going on at this level. >> let me try this on dawn again. i'm thinking about you as again. i'm thinking about you as a newspaper editor. would you say that in this election, it is plausible that labour will be outscoring the conservatives on matters like security and national defence? >> well, i mean, the polls seem to suggest they are. they do seem to suggest that the, the, the recent one, i think, suggested that labour were more

trusted on immigration and more trusted on immigration and more trusted on immigration and more trusted on defence. now, i don't understand how that is happening because labour haven't given me any facts. >> well, it's tricky to get facts out of any of them, but we will keep trying and it'll be interesting because sir keir starmers speech later on, thank you very much. kriss akabusi and of course dawn. well, they'll be back later, but time now for an update on your weather with craig snell. do not go anywhere. this is gb news. we are the people's channel. it's breakfast with nana akua and michael portillo . portillo. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good morning and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. looking ahead to today , it's looking ahead to today, it's remaining pretty mixed out there. further showers for most of us, but in between we will see some sunshine and actually across central and eastern parts of england. a bright start here this morning, but elsewhere

showers developing and they will quickly migrate their way eastwards as we go through the course of the day. main focus the showers come. the afternoon will be across eastern and northeastern scotland. here a risk of some heavy and thundery showers developing. a warning is in force from the met office throughout the day. and actually for all of us, it's going to be a bit of a chillier day compared to the weekend, with highs at best reaching around 17 or 18 degrees. so a bit more detail for this evening, degrees. so a bit more detail for this evening , the showers for this evening, the showers continuing across parts of eastern scotland again , some of eastern scotland again, some of these will be heavy and thundery across southern scotland and northern ireland. showers a little bit lighter here, but still the risk of 1 or 2 heavier showers can't be ruled out for england and wales. the showers gradually easing but they will be quickly replaced down towards devon and cornwall by a more persistent band of rain. and in fact this band of rain will start to spread its way a little bit further eastwards as we go through the course of the night. at the same time, the showers across scotland will gradually ease and for many eastern parts

actually the end of the night turned largely dry and clear, so could just see temperatures dip into single figures here further west, holding up into double figures. so potentially a bright start across the east on tuesday, but it won't last. the band of rain across the west will spread its way eastwards across many parts of the uk. some heavy rain again across parts of southern scotland and northern ireland, but it will turn brighter. but showery come the afternoon for northern ireland and for all of us. i think temperatures at best, generally only climbing up to around average. but factor in the breeze and rain. it will feel a little bit cooler than that. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

first full week of the 2024 election kicks off as the prime minister refuses to back down on his national service pledge. batting away criticism and insisting that the scheme would benefit teenagers and sir keir starmer, he's set to give his first keynote speech of the election today, pledging that labour will act as fast as they can to win the trust on security . will it be a can to win the trust on security .will it be a bank can to win the trust on security . will it be a bank holiday .will it be a bank holiday weather washout, or might we get some sun craig snell as the latest modern bank holiday? >> monday offers more showers for most of us. and again, some of these will be heavy and thundery. find out all the weather information a little later on and in this sport this morning. >> southampton are back to the premier league after beating leeds in the richest game in

football, worth hundreds of millions of pounds. nobody knows the exact amount. another dull monaco grand prix, but local boy charles leclerc wins it at last and andy murray loses in the first round of the french open. i know they look like they're in love there to an older . love there to an older. man. >> returning to the general election after not appearing in pubuc election after not appearing in public yesterday, today the labour leader , sir keir starmer, labour leader, sir keir starmer, is set to deliver his first keynote speech of the campaign. >> now sir keir starmer is expected to outline economic security, border security and national security. so it's all security. these are the three pillars forming the bedrock of the labour party's campaign . the labour party's campaign. >> meanwhile, the prime minister is staging a fight back after announcing plans yesterday to introduce national service for 18 year olds should his government be re—elected. earlier we spoke to the minister of state for indo—pacific, anne—marie trevelyan , part of anne—marie trevelyan, part of our commitment to helping our

young people to discover their best selves, to be able to a number of them apply and get a year's commission with our armed forces. >> but of course, the vast majority will be committing to a regular drum beat of community work with their local, you know, special constables , nhs, rnli, special constables, nhs, rnli, any number of those . any number of those. >> well, to continue the discussion, we're joined now by the political editor at the daily express, sam lister, and political editor oh sam. oh and we've got matt goodwin. have we got goodwin. yes. so let's start with michael. hello. matthew goodwin. sorry, just had a slight problem with that. matthew, i wonder how you feel about the conservative prime minister promising an increase in the size of the state and an increase in public expenditure , increase in public expenditure, which are part and parcel of this national service commitment ? >> well, 7- >> well, i ? >> well, i think it's 7 >> well, i think it's a great question . it's also great to be

question. it's also great to be with you this morning. i think what we're seeing, michael, is a continuation, if you like, of this post brexit consensus. we've got a politics now organised around big state, big spending, big tax, lots of migration on lots of things i think voters are probably looking at, including conservatives ones and saying, well, hang on a minute, this isn't what i thought i was getting when i voted for brexit in 2016 and boris johnson in 2019. on the specific pledge of , 2019. on the specific pledge of, national service, though, the one thing i would point out, michael , is one thing i would point out, michael, is that compulsory military service polls terribly. people don't like it. they don't like the idea of their son or daughter being forced off into, national service. but voluntary military or community national service, which the government would argue is what it's doing , would argue is what it's doing, actually polls really well, we had some yougov polling at the end of last year, which showed that about two thirds of the country quite like the idea of their son or daughter going off to contribute to the economy or perhaps spending, some time in

the military, military. so i'm not quite sure the reaction to this policy is, is quite right. polling wise. it actually does pretty well out there in the country . country. >> is volunteering popular in the polls when it's involuntary , the polls when it's involuntary, which is what is being proposed because people are being told they've got to volunteer, which makes it not volunteering. it's mandatory . mandatory. >> yeah, i think it depends on on the detail, the sort of the, you know, we're seeing the military component being toned down. we're seeing other parts of it being talked about in terms of contributing to things like search and rescue , like search and rescue, ambulances, you know, things that are a bit more community oriented, so when you look at it through that lens , i'm not through that lens, i'm not entirely sure that it is as unpopular out there as as many people have been suggesting . people have been suggesting. but, look, i mean, at the end of the day, rishi sunak's got to start this campaign in a way that outflanks everybody. he's got to drop a number of announcements, not just on this issue but many others that really convey to the british pubuc really convey to the british public or at least give them a

reason to look at the conservative party again. for another five minutes after 14 years of governance. and if he can do that, if he can start some kind of conversation about the values that he's holding, the values that he's holding, the kind of things he wants to do to the country, he might just have a shot, not at winning this election. i don't think anybody thinks the conservatives are going to win this election. but look, they might have a shot at narrowing the race and pushing labour into some kind of hung parliament. so situation which which on current polling would be a good outcome , sam lister, be a good outcome, sam lister, what are your thoughts on it ? what are your thoughts on it? >> yeah. i mean, i think it's clearly a deeply divisive policy, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. i mean, i think the conservatives have seized the agenda here. they've got everybody talking. it's dominated the airwaves for the last two days. it's dominated the print press and are online, offshoots. and so i think that's quite important in that early stage of the campaign , and when stage of the campaign, and when it comes to the policy itself, i mean, clearly we are at a dangerous point in the world, and we've got the defence secretary grant shapps writing

for, for us today. and he says it's for, for us today. and he says wsfime for, for us today. and he says it's time for britain to toughen up, you know. sure. he's not, russia has no qualms about these kinds of things. you know, we as a nation have to be ready for what comes next. and when you have , troubles in the red sea, have, troubles in the red sea, troubles in obviously in gaza with you have russia, obviously, encroaching into, europe in, the fringes . then then you have to fringes. then then you have to be ready and, and i think that's part of this. clearly, though, this is not about conscription. this is about trying to get young people trying to give them opportunities in life, trying to give them skills. the military is an option for that. but if you don't want to do that, and i think probably i would not have chosen that option if i was 18, then you have the option of community service, as it were. and that's, there is an alternative there. >> well, i was just going to ask you, sam, why do you think it's being receiving such bad press then? because even the daily mail is like, you know, ridiculing it. you've got the guardian saying that it's bonkers. why do you think these publications are ridiculing it

so badly? especially given the global situation that we're in? >> well, i mean, you know, you'd expect it from the garden, wouldn't you? >> i mean, they're not daily mail as well. >> well, the daily mail is an interesting case. obviously it had rachel reeves on its front page on saturday. they they seem to be having playing an interesting game during this election. they are they are, obviously courting the, the labour party in a way. they're flirting with them , which is an flirting with them, which is an interesting tactic. i don't know if that's where their readers are. i mean , certainly my are. i mean, certainly my readers are not in that position. they they look to the conservative party, they also look to reform, but they certainly don't particularly, look to labour party for solutions for things, matthew goodwin, it emerged yesterday @gbnews that nigel farage would have run for parliament. he would have been part of the campaign had the election be called later in the year. this seemed actually to give a justification for what rishi sunak had done, calling the election on the 4th of july, he wrong footed nigel farage, and

an awful lot of conservative candidates will be very relieved that nigel farage is not part of it. so should we now revisit the decision that sunak made to call the election, which many people criticise and say it looks like he got that one right? >> well, i think certainly if he wants to neutralise the threat from nigel farage, that was probably a good, first move. at the same time, we also read over the same time, we also read over the weekend, of course, michael, that he's alienated a number of his cabinet colleagues and senior conservatives who weren't expecting the election. so i think there are , you know, there think there are, you know, there are trade offs here. but the interesting thing about nigel farage and reform for me, look, firstly, in all of the polls we've had since rishi sunak called the election, there's been no evidence at all yet that the conservatives are squeezing that reform party vote. secondly, i notice that farage has qualified his his , his has qualified his his, his language, if you like. he said, actually, he is going to be campaigning. he's just not going to be running as an mp . and we to be running as an mp. and we saw over the weekend him make a

number of pretty strident interventions on that issue of immigration and also integration in britain. which leads me to a third point, michael, which is what i think we're going to see here. in fact, i've written about it this morning, is a core vote strategy for reform. what they're going to do is go out into this election campaign and talk about little else than immigration and the effect it's having on the country. now, why is that important? well, because we know that it's the one number issue for 2019 conservative voters. it's a number one issue for reform party voters. so if farage and richard tice are going to try and stop the squeeze of the reform party's vote, the only way they can really do that is by banging on on on on on on on and on about immigration and attacking the conservatives for that record, for their record on that issue. and, michael, you'll remember 2015. this is exactly what farage did with ukip in 2015. and the end result? well, nearly 13. okay. they got one seat. but actually david cameron and the

conservatives didn't really manage to squeeze that ukip vote down as much as they wanted. they had to instead focus on destroying the liberal democrats. so this is going to get really interesting, michael. this is going to get really interesting . interesting. >> there's a view on that because, i mean, i imagine quite a lot of your readers might be somewhere between the tories and reform, how do you think the reform thing is going to play out now that we know that nigel farage will not be a candidate? but matt tells us that he will be active . be active. >> yeah, we have also have nigel writing for our paper today. we you know, it's a it's a bumper edition. everyone get out there and buy it. and, and i think it will be interesting because i think actually the conservatives have made a mistake. i think they should have gone in november. i think the idea of nigel farage being out in america for the whole of the election campaign would have been much more, sensible for them, because he would have been out with his friend donald trump. he's made that clear that he wants to go and play a part

in that election. he made that clear in the letter when he said, when he announced that he wasn't going to stand in this election. instead, what they've got is nigel farage not standing in a parliamentary seat, but making it very clear he will be on the campaign trail, he has a big event tomorrow where he will really go for the conservatives on the immigration. he's got various other campaign events lined up , and various other campaign events lined up, and that is a real problem for them. so they haven't really neutralised that threat from reform there, nigel farage is obviously a big figure. he certainly attracts attention. and so that that is a problem for them. >> yeah. but, liz truss, she was talking about net zero. she she thought that if the conservatives focused on net zero and scrapping it, that that would be a vote winner for them rather than that. and i also think i'm not sure whether this is an immigration election. i don't really think it is myself personally, but what do you think about liz truss's idea? either of you should go to matt. matt goodwin , sorry, just to matt goodwin, sorry, just to pick you up on that. >> no, i accept that this is not

an immigration election. if anything, this is a this is an economy cost of living election. that's the that's the dominant issue for voters. i'm sitting in focus groups with voters all the time . but i would just come back time. but i would just come back to this point nana, because i do think it's important that remember that we've got a lot of polarisation out there among the electorate. so for labour voters, this election is about the economy, the nhs and basically kicking out the tories. but for the conservatives, you know, their number one issue above the economy and cost of living is stopping the boats and lowering legal migration. so what we've got are these you know, parallel worldviews if you like. and this is where rishi sunak and the conservatives are really in trouble because, you know, nobody really is going to find labour convincing on those issues. we see that in the polling. but at the same time, so much of this is a legacy of the last 14 years that it's going to be difficult, if not impossible for rishi sunak to cut through. and by the way, i agree on this point about, you know, having farage over in america because i think that's absolutely critical that, you know, in a way , listening to

know, in a way, listening to farage yesterday on, on some of the shows, and reading him in some of the print, it's very clear, actually, that he's going to be a lot more active in this campaign than a lot of people out there seem to think, you know, doing the prime time shows now, here's another question. i wonder who will end up doing the debates, if indeed reform are included in the debates, i mean, i suspect that farage will be giving tice a lot of coaching for that, and i suspect that he'll be very prominent and active on the on the grass roots. the grass roots. >> sorry. let's just give sam one last chance. sam, a quick answer, if you would . the sunday answer, if you would. the sunday express yesterday listed five reasons why rishi sunak had made the right decision over the 4th july election. two of them were that the economy is going to get worse and that there are going to be thousands of people arriving in small boats, not very heroic reasons for being right. >> well, maybe not heroic, but practical. and, and when it comes to being a prime minister, i think you need to be practical

rather than heroic. i don't think, just, believing in some kind of myth of your own greatness is necessarily the way to go. but i think , you know, to go. but i think, you know, look, we all know there was never a good time for rishi sunak to call this election. i mean, it's marginal, isn't it? you either go in november, you neutralise the farage thing, or you go now and just think, right, okay, let's just go to the country. we can't go on like this. and he clearly he has chosen that route. i mean, does it would it make a difference? it's hard to tell. we will never know. but i think there was never really an ideal time to go this year. >> mr, matt goodwin, thanks to you both. let's now have a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom. israeli airstrikes overnight have killed at least 35 palestinians and wounded dozens in rafah. the idf says it was targeting a hamas compound and is now reviewing the incident. it follows an attack that was launched by hamas, sending eight rockets fired towards tel aviv, the first long—range attacks on israel in nearly four months, and some developing news coming out of the papua new guinea,

where more than 2000 people are feared to have been buried alive in a landslide that took place 600km from the capital port moresby. >> locals and aid agencies are continuing to dig through the rubble to search for survivors, as hopes of finding victims alive diminish. humanitarian groups on the ground have also expressed fears of up to 4000 people have been impacted by the disaster . disaster. >> police investigating the murder of a woman who was stabbed to death on a bournemouth beach have released cctv images of a suspect. a 34 year old woman was pronounced dead at durley chine beach, while another 38 year old woman was hospitalised with serious injuries . a 17 year old young injuries. a 17 year old young man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. he remains in custody at dorset. police are urging anyone who recognises the suspect to get in touch . suspect to get in touch. >> a british horse rider has died at the equestrian event in devon. 36 year old georgie campbell, who had represented great britain numerous times, fell whilst jumping a fence on

the fourth and final day of the bicton international horse trials, the governing body of british eventing says that she was immediately attended to by medical staff, but could not be saved. the horse, global quest, was uninjured . was uninjured. >> time for a weather update with craig snell . with craig snell. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar . sponsors of weather on . solar. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good morning and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. looking ahead to today , it's looking ahead to today, it's remaining pretty mixed out there. further showers for most of us, but in between we will see some sunshine and actually across central and eastern parts of england. a bright start here this morning, but elsewhere showers developing and they will quickly migrate their way eastwards as we go through the course of the day. main focus

the showers come. the afternoon will be across eastern and north eastern scotland. here a risk of some heavy and thundery showers developing. a warning is in force from the met office throughout the day. and actually for all of us, it's going to be a bit of a chillier day compared to the weekend, with highs at best reaching around 17 or 18 degrees. so a bit more detail for this evening . the showers for this evening. the showers continuing across parts of eastern scotland . again, some of eastern scotland. again, some of these will be heavy and thundery across southern scotland and northern ireland. showers a little bit lighter here, but still the risk of 1 or 2 heavier showers can't be ruled out for england and wales. the showers gradually easing but they will be quickly replaced down towards devon and cornwall by a more persistent band of rain . and in persistent band of rain. and in fact, this band of rain will start to spread its way a little bit further eastwards as we go through the course of the night. at the same time, showers across scotland will gradually ease and for many eastern parts actually the end of the night turned largely dry and clear, so could just see temperatures dip into

single figures here. further west , single figures here. further west, holding up into double figures. so potentially a bright start across the east on tuesday , but it won't last. the band of rain across the west will spread its way eastwards across many parts of the uk. some heavy rain again across parts of southern scotland and northern ireland, but it will turn brighter but showery come the afternoon for northern ireland and for all of us. i think temperatures at best generally only climbing up to around average. but factor in the breeze and rain. it will feel a little bit cooler than that. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> good morning, this is gb news. we are live on tv, online and on digital radio. it's breakfast with me , nana akua and breakfast with me, nana akua and michael portillo, now £20,000 has to be won in our great british giveaway. do not miss it lie—ins are going to close this

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nana. >> good morning. it's 23 minutes after 8:00. this is gb news. we are the people's channel now. rishi sunak has said that national service would be mandatory for 18 year olds if the tories stay in power and yesterday, home secretary james cleverly claimed that too many young people live in their own bubbles and national service would bring brits together. >> so is it time to bring back national service? a border control expert , henry bolton, is control expert, henry bolton, is all for it. whereas the chief

executive and founder of the youth vote uk, alexander cairns , youth vote uk, alexander cairns, says the whole plan is ridiculous. good morning to you both alexander. good morning. why ridiculous. why morning brief i mean where do we start. >> firstly it's going to cost £2.5 billion to get operational. i think the money could be spent in a much more productive and better way. you know , young better way. you know, young people, for example, need a lot more training on the skills gap. we're going to see a lot more young people going into the workforce to potentially don't know how to code, don't know how to use various technological skills that they need. and that's actually where the attention should, should be. secondly, we don't know if this is going to be paid. we're seeing that the scheme is talking about reimbursement. lots of young people potentially from poorer families, could not just go off to the military for one year unpaid. and i think the tories are kind of playing to their base here. i think young people shouldn't just be forced, because the conservatives have decided that young people are in a bubble. i'd be very surprised if james cleverly could name

about 1018 year olds that he knows. so i'm not a fan of this scheme at all. no. >> well, you said that it'll be about 2.5 billion, but to be honest, all those things that you said after it in terms of what the money could be spent on, if you haven't got a country, then that's not really. you know, we need to protect this country. so getting the young people active and, you know, getting them to feel part of this country, there'll be lots of benefits for them to do the service. surely that is more beneficial to the country . beneficial to the country. >> i know lots of 18, 19, 17 year olds that volunteer for charities in my area. you know, the idea that suddenly young people should should be coming to the rescue because the government actually don't pay the military very well and the after care when they leave, we see is really, really poor. so the numbers are an issue and the government has decided, you know what, are we going to solve that problem? we're going to, you know, go for the young people that don't really vote for us anyway. so we're going to play to the older base that will like this policy. it's not

operational. it's going to cost a lot of money. and young people are not in a bubble. and i think it's extremely patronising, henry, there are a lot of, a lot of young people who like volunteering. they volunteer at the moment and are very appealing to those sorts of people. but there's another sort of young person who just doesn't want to get involved in anything , now those people apparently are going to be compelled by the government to go and work for organisations like the national health service or charities. does the national health service or a charity want someone who is a very unwilling volunteer ? in a very unwilling volunteer? in fact, not a volunteer at all, but a conscript ? but a conscript? >> well, it's an interesting point, michael. yes in principle i'm very much in favour of this as a concept , i'm very much in favour of this as a concept, but, where i, i've worked in finland and in sweden and denmark and germany at times when they have had similar systems to this, it's actually something that is very much appreciated by young people. they enjoy it. they might be a bit reluctant at first, but when one of the advantages of this is

it takes young people out of their centrally heated homes and away from their their , their away from their their, their computer games and so on. and i don't mean to be patronising, but there are a lot of, a lot of young people who are in that situation takes them out of that sort of rather isolated environment and shows them that there are other, other dimensions, if you like, to society and how how society works. it's also ipso in a way. maybe you allude to this, but the if you think to not so long ago there was a great, spirit of adventure and, and, it sort of curiosity in the outside world. and if you go back further, you've got the early aviation pioneers, you've got the explorers , you've got the explorers, you've got the adventurers, and so on. you don't have little boys used to grow up to want to be pirates or fighter planes and or pilots or pirates or whatever . they wanted pirates or whatever. they wanted to climb mountains. that's less

and less the case now, and i think that's a shame. well, so i joined the army at 15 years and eight months old and one of the things it did for me is it brought me together with people. i was from the home counties, with people from the goebbels area of poverty stricken area of, of glasgow , people from of, of glasgow, people from wales, people from newcastle. and it was amazing . it brought and it was amazing. it brought us all together. we it there wasn't any difference between us. we were all in the same boat together and had to pull together and had to pull together as a team. and i think that seriously, if you want to level up in a sense and broaden everybody's understanding of the broader british society, that's the way to do it. bring people. >> well, well, alexander, one other point. okay. briefly. so i can get alexander because i want to get his response. >> i know, i know, general patrick saunders. well, he and i work closely together in afghanistan. he i know as i am is concerned about the rising threat that is being posed by russia, particularly given their sort of mobilisation, whole of nafion sort of mobilisation, whole of nation warfare that's occurred since president putin's

re—election , now that is a re—election, now that is a concern. we honours alexander saunders. we need to prepare the civilian community. >> let's get alexander. alexander, surely henry has made some very valid points. not all the young people will hate it, because sikapusi also talked about the fact that it brings young people together, gets them off their phones. tiktok and all the other stuff that is potentially mentally damaging. what is wrong with that? and especially as he said, we do need to start preparing people to give them a mindset that actually there could be war and we need to have some practical tools in our armoury. they're not going to be cannon fodder, as it were. but, you know, this is a uniting process as well . is a uniting process as well. >> i think it's really, really interesting. young people, what they will hear from this policy is potentially there's a tough geopolitical situation. and the solution is let's send a bunch of 18 year olds to the military that do not want to be there , that do not want to be there, and that will solve the problem if potentially, you know, russia invades the united kingdom. it's absolutely ridiculous, right? young people are not all in a bubble sitting sitting in their in their, heated homes, as henry

says, and on tiktok. and actually , what we should be actually, what we should be focusing on is, you know, well, you know, you may say that they are i would say they are my daughter is on all these apps. >> they're doing all that stuff. they're watching unboxing on youtube. they are, they are, they're talking about pronouns and this and that. >> but gnaana again, i think you're generalising . you may you you're generalising. you may you may think that, but you what my daughter is into and she's a young person. fine. and that's absolutely fine. but with the greatest respect, i know more young people than you, and i can tell you that you don't listen. you don't, i do. i do know you don't listen. >> i used to lecture, i can assure you. let me tell you. no, no no no no, no, i can assure you. no, no, i don't know how many young people you know. so i would never be so arrogant as to make that statement. but i can tell you now, i lecture across schools 3 to 4 times a week. i see young people all the time from ages, all the way from 11 to 16. i work a lot with young people. so you don't you don't know how many young people i see. that is a presumption. >> do you mind if i ask

alexander something? alexander, i just wonder whether you're a bit whether you're a bit frightened that this might work. when you were talking about a skills gap. i mean, one of the things that everyone says is that when they go into the armed forces, they learn skills. and i think also, if you went into the national health service, you went into a charity, you would learn skills, you learn it skills, you'd learn personal skills, you'd learn personal skills, social skills. are you a bit worried that it might work? alexander i'm not worried that the reality of the situation is young people are going through a tough time when they get to 18, they need they're going to university, they're getting to on apprenticeships. >> they there's the ability at the moment if they want to, to go and sign up to the military to go and work in the nhs. right we see there's a lot of data that indicates in egypt, iran, israel, all of the countries that have military service that, you know, young people get put into the military service and they have a lot of mental health issues when they come out. and actually the idea that suddenly the solution is, let's send lots of 18 people to the military is absolutely ridiculous . the absolutely ridiculous. the tories are extremely out of touch. >> no, no, you can't blame all mental health problems on the

military. henry. harry. >> i'll ask henry. henry. i'd like to say to henry, i think it's interesting that alexander has selected henry. i thought alexander made quite a good point when he said, you can't argue that the threat from putin, that the response to that is to recruit 18 year olds for one year. that can't be the answer, can it not? >> no. no, that that's not the answer . it. >> no. no, that that's not the answer. it. no, that's not the answer. it. no, that's not the answer. and first of all, alexander is speaking as though this is everybody's going to have to join the armed forces. that's not the case. he's rather ignored your points about the nhs and i mean, in germany and denmark and sweden and so on. people drive elderly people to take them shopping or disabled people, you know, it's that's part of their, their national service. and this is the sort of thing we're talking about. it's not you will join the armed forces and you will fight. no, but it does expose young people. those people who choose to take the route of joining the armed forces under such a scheme, because it will be a choice, those people will get more exposure to the armed forces and

will provide the nation with a slightly deeper resilience militarily. surely that's sensible. now i think interesting that alexander points out that that doesn't points out that that doesn't point out denmark, sweden, finland, very liberal countries , finland, very liberal countries, very open countries where it has proved incredibly successful . proved incredibly successful. and indeed, employers believe that your service in national service shows character and strength. okay, henry, thank you so much. >> we've got to move on. >> we've got to move on. >> i thought that was an excellent debate. >> it was alexander kent, thank you very much. and also henry bolton. interesting. yes well, i think that, national service should be mandatory. i think everyone should do it. but coming up, paul coyte has your sport . this is breakfast

>> if you're joining us now, good morning to you . it's time good morning to you. it's time to go through the latest sports news. broadcaster paul coyte is here with us. and because i've been here since 6 am. yes, i

have an idea that southampton achieved something yesterday and that it had a price tag to it. right. you're a benefit to it. >> so what was it then? >> so what was it then? >> so what was it then? >> so they beat leeds. yes they did. and this means that they get into the premier league. correct. in fact they bounce back. they were there quite recently. they went down. oh he knows more than you think. and this could be worse. i mean there are various estimates. it could be 100 million. it could be 170 million. but getting back into the premier league is a really valuable thing to do. and so people in southampton today are very happy. they are. and leeds have had a tough time over the years. oh, they have had a tough time. >> they certainly have. well the thing is they dropped down and then they've had no luck with then they've had no luck with the play offs. so you're right everything's there. premier league for 11 years southampton and now they're going to be back. everybody's happy and you've summed up everything quite beautifully. have you ever thought of working in sport michael i don't think they're too happy in leeds. >> if i've understood the no they'd be very, very unhappy position. >> see the thing is work out whether worse to be relegated or to

actually get as far as you are, 90 minutes away of going back to the promised land, back to the premier league. but if you lose that , you know, you've got to go that, you know, you've got to go through another year of trying to get through the championship, which is not easy, and then go through the whole thing again. so it's got to be so disappointing. you look at some of the players yesterday, you're talking to a man who lost his seat, who had to fight his way back, claw his way back through a by—election. you are leeds united, aren't you? >> i am sort of leeds united, that is. >> that's exactly. so did you so were you in tears after that? after that happened and then you knew the next day. right. we go again. did you cry? >> did you cry? >> did you cry? >> i did not, i was actually hugely relieved. but that takes us some distance from sport . us some distance from sport. >> i don't think leeds were. this is where it ends. they're going. oh you know what? i'm glad they went out in the premier league. we could actually stay where we are for while. >> what does it mean to leeds then? if they drop down out of then? if they drop down out of the premier league this is bad news. well, no, the thing is they don't drop down out of the

premier league. >> they're still in it. >> they're still in it. >> they're still in it. >> they just stay down. >> they just stay down. >> so they haven't. so they're still in the premier league. but they're not. they haven't moved up. no they're now in the championship. >> well for a start they don't get 170 million i mean that's pretty serious in itself. they have parachute payments. >> this is the thing. they have parachute payments. so if there's a team that drops from there's a team that drops from the premier league down into the championship, they'll still make a lot of money, but then it will reduce the longer they're there. so with southampton they had that parachute payment which will keep them and then straight up to the next bit, we've talked about a number of things this morning, but we haven't talked about cheering greek fans. what are they interesting. >> well i mean there's a lot going on. but i did see that. have a look at this now. now see how happy these fans are. and see if you can work out what the sport is. >> oh okay. so we haven't got any cheering greek fans at the moment. >> oh we don't have the cheering fans. >> i think you may have nobody whatsoever. can you just describe them. imagine this is radio rather than television which it is by the way partly. tell us about this. well it's panathinaikos of greece, of athens against real madrid and panathinaikos managed to beat real madrid. >> now you would probably think it's a football game. and then

when you see the fans that are going absolutely bananas, it's actually basketball. so basketball is very, very big in greece. it's something that we wouldn't see here really, because we don't have that love of basketball . but panathinaikos of basketball. but panathinaikos have beaten real madrid. so although they're both football teams they're sporting clubs. so without seeing them you can't even see how excited they are. i see, but i tried to tell the story for you, but i, i think i would not have got that one. >> that was one to catch me out, okay. >> paul coyte . thank you very >> paul coyte. thank you very much. yeah, right. still still to come. we'll be looking at the biggest stories of the day and what's making the front pages with dawn neesom and kriss akabusi. that is next. this is breakfast on gb news

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breakfast on gb news with michaela nana. let's take a look at some of the newspaper front pages. nearly all leading with the pm's national service pledge. >> well, the guardian, as leading with rishi sunak's plan to reintroduce national service, quoting a former naval staff chief who called the scheme bonkers . bonkers. >> the express also reports on the national service plan , and the national service plan, and defence secretary grant shapps has a message to youngsters that they must toughen up. the mail they must toughen up. the mail the daily mail mocks the conservatives national service plan as well. they're saying it's ridiculed , it's been it's ridiculed, it's been ridiculed before it's even started , then again, desperate started, then again, desperate is the word plastered across the mirror , as it also leads on the mirror, as it also leads on the same national service pledge and rumours of leaked documents suggesting that teenagers could be jailed for refusing to participate . participate. >> well, joining us to go through what's making the news is the former editor of the daily star, dawn neesom and also olympian kriss akabusi . kriss, olympian kriss akabusi. kriss, starting with you. what have you

got? thank you. nana. so in the times, day trips on prescription for lonely pupils , basically for lonely pupils, basically what we're looking at is, the after effects of the pandemic. >> you've had the young people who were basically not allowed to see people , and the effect is to see people, and the effect is living on their screens , living living on their screens, living in their world, looking for likes, looking for followers . likes, looking for followers. and when that world comes crashing down, they're getting very, very lonely , disturbed. very, very lonely, disturbed. and there is a tilt towards giving these people someone to speak to, going to encourage them to get outside , to them to get outside, to re—engage with the community, re—engage with the community, re—engage with the community, re—engage with society and i think it's a good thing. i do think it's a good thing. i do think that, you know , 2020, 20, think that, you know, 2020, 20, 20, 2022, that period for a young person who was for 50% of their life , was really, really their life, was really, really affected. their sense of self and well—being and being . so we and well—being and being. so we are alone as human beings, but

with others . and part of parcel with others. and part of parcel of getting to know who i am is being with you. if i'm getting an unrealistic caricature of how good people are through my ipad or whatever it is all the time , or whatever it is all the time, that can't be good for my mental health when actually i look at myself and my life is nothing like that. but if you get in the real world and mixed with people, go out for walks in the park and you know, of course they're being coached to find out what is their thing, their why, what are they about. and they mix with other like minded people and go on that journey and find out who i am in the real world of here and now. >> precisely . is this real world of here and now. >> precisely. is this a proposal? precisely who who is doing this ? to whom, and where's doing this? to whom, and where's the money coming from? >> so it's universally college london are going to be running the test. it's called social prescribing within schools. now to help those between nine and 13. great question. where's the money coming from i suspect i don't know, to be fair, that it's coming from the budget of union london. that is some sort of experiment to find out how we

can to reintegrate young people into society . into society. >> so it's a four year project, isn't it? and this sort of social prescribing already works well with adults where if you suffer from depression or anxiety, rather than putting you on drugs , you can go to a doctor on drugs, you can go to a doctor and say, well, have you tried going to a gym or taking up a hobby or something like that? all very, very good. absolutely fantastic. mental health is suffering so much because of what we put youngsters through dunng what we put youngsters through during the pandemic. the thing i have with this right is like kids get out there and play, right, okay. that's what we need to be telling them now. and prescribing children to take up fishing, needlework and going to museums . i'm fishing, needlework and going to museums. i'm sorry. i remember going to museums as a kid. i was bored rigid. oh, look, it's another vase. marvellous. out on your bike. go and climb trees. go and play. go and build dens. get off the blooming phones and get out there and be a kid. >> i. i love which, by which i mean i don't love the word prescribing. so if you're telling kids to go and be active, you're medicalizing it by calling it a prescription.

yeah, exactly. actually it's just kind of basic advice to kids, isn't it? go and have fun. >> go and be a kid. get out of the house. yeah, exactly. so as you say, michael, that's a fair point, actually. prescribing prescription for lonely peoples. well, we made them lonely in the first place with how we treated them during the awful pandemic. and now i think, you know, needlework and gardening for a ten year old. hello. >> but getting out and doing stuff, but getting out and doing stuff, but getting out and doing stuff was just normal when i was younger. it'sjust stuff was just normal when i was younger. it's just giving kids back what they have missed since they've got onto their screens and everything else. >> yeah, yeah, i say again, i think certainly my generation you're a little bit younger than myself. no, no. you know we our parents am i am i. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> right. >> right. >> i'm not i listen, i'm the youngest and i'm old, but you know, our parents or authority figures could tell us what to do. >> in today's world, it's not so easy to tell someone what to do, but a young person who gets talking therapy, basically some sort of talking therapy , some sort of talking therapy, some sort of talking therapy, some sort of talking therapy, some sort of counsellor who over the next six sessions is going to walk with you and actually find out who you are and what you

really want so that you, in the end said, i want to go fishing for me. i want to go golfing. yeah. oh, hey, surprise , yeah. oh, hey, surprise, surprise there. i want to go to the museum so you will make the decision. it's not that i'm going to prescribe to you what you do, but i support you in your thinking. unpacking. this is eternal urge that you might not have really known at that time. because all you know is what they're doing in la, what they're doing in madrid, what they're doing in madrid, what they're doing in paris. why is my knife? why is my life not the same? >> okay, got that now, dawn . >> okay, got that now, dawn. yes, i liked it. a moment ago. you were getting quite kind of indignant. and i know that there is. >> i is.- >> i can do is. >> i can do indignant. >> i can do indignant. >> yeah, exactly. and i want you to, because you have seen a photograph in the newspapers, which has made you very indignant. >> yes it is. hopefully we've got it. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> this is this is all wrapped up, wrapped up in the election coverage today. but this is a picture of a young man. we can only see the back of him walking through there. he is walking through there. he is walking through there. he is walking through the centre of london in a football shirt with hamas on the back. and he's number seven

and the number seven, which obviously we all know what that alludes to. they all awful events on the 7th october where i'm going to go on the women front here, but women were raped and murdered. and you can never get the images of that poor girl on the back of the truck, the kidnapped girl and the girl, with the, you know, who'd been raped with blood running down her. raped with blood running down hen her raped with blood running down her. her tracksuit bottoms and this this. i'm sorry. i'm not going to use a bad word, but i want to. this creature is strolling through london thinking it's acceptable to celebrate the murder, rape and kidnap of innocent people. >> and if it is not acceptable, what should be done about it? and by whom? >> well, surely this there should be. some white people just took pictures of him. where are the police? why is no one arresting him? >> but. but some would argue , be >> but. but some would argue, be arrested for what you wear. >> and yes, you can actually you can be arrested for some of your suits, to be honest with you. >> some would argue, i mean, he's he may say supporting hamas seventh and all of that, which is horrendous. but some would argue that, well, you know, a lot of them are saying that

israel are committing genocide and that actually a lot of people are now dying and that hamas are the government. and he could just pretend that the seven has nothing to do with it. pretty much. not that we, you know, he's not wearing anything. he's not wearing something that unless you don't put the links together, you know, it could almost be nothing. let me just test dawn on this dawn, you would presumably object if someone were turned away from a university because it had been decided by a group of students that they didn't want to hear what that person had to say , right? >> you would object to that person being i support free speech. so what i want to know is, is this shirt not an expression of free speech? >> no, it is supporting a proscribed terrorist organisation in in london, where we have already seen hideous rises in hate crimes, anti—semitism and islamophobia and this has to be i don't know, but this has to be some kind of offence, surely, for inciting hatred, because, chris, you think you think the police should should talk to that man and possibly detain him on the grounds? well, michael, they can

be detained when they're on the marches. they can be detained if they've got offensive slogans or if they're wearing offensive. you know, remember the girls with the, the hang gliders pinned on their clothing? they ended up in court. this should happen. >> well, no, i just think that he's got a very a brass neck, you know, and which he should be rung by. >> well, no, dawn, we can't advocate that. >> and it's . you could have been >> and it's. you could have been done for inciting. inciting violence because he could very easily have sparked off something there where all of a sudden they'd be running pitch battles in the middle. was it london? you said mid, middle london. i do believe in free speech.i london. i do believe in free speech. i don't like what's going on in gaza. so you know, so i'm not pro what's going on in gaza right now. but i can see that that chap , he's very lucky that that chap, he's very lucky to get away with. >> well, he shouldn't i mean, what do you think should happen to him? because that's what michael was saying. basically you've seen him wearing this thing, is it? very provocative thing, is it? very provocative thing he's doing walking around like that. you do have to join the dots to find it deeply offensive. it is offensive, in my view. but what should happen to him? >> well, i do think that, back

in my day, a man in blue would have come up to him and let him know quite clearly that this is not acceptable on the british streets . streets. >> what do you think is happening now that where people are doing that, what do you think happens with how people respect the police? if people like that can just walk around like that can just walk around like this? >> well, you know, again, that's a completely different subject. you know, i do i do think that, you know, that our authorities and our authority figures are not afforded the deference and the respect that they are due. so most definitely that one. i think there's a lot of work to do to get us back to some sense of deference and respect . dawn, of deference and respect. dawn, we are. we're coming to the end of our little slot with you. and thank you very much for being with us. give us a last thought. >> should we talk about the weather quickly? yes, because we're british. it is the bank holiday, and it's going to be cold. where a miserable, soggy bottom, whether it's the front page of the daily star. michael, stop looking at me like that. >> well, i'm just thinking. i'm just thinking that i don't think

i don't think that's true of the southeast. i mean, we must not be london centric. >> have you been outside ? we >> have you been outside? we don't have . no, we don't let him out. >> i'm confined in a basement. >> i'm confined in a basement. >> of course i haven't been outside. >> i have no idea what the weather is doing outside. >> it's cold. it's wet. >>— >> it's cold. it's wet. >> there is a way of finding out what the weather is and that is that we could turn to craig snell and we could find out what the weather forecast is. >> thank you very much. dawn neesom chris kaba dawn, lovely to see you both. you fantastic. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> to good meet you. and here comes the weather. and it is as advertised with craig snell. marvellous. i thought . marvellous. i thought. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good morning and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. looking ahead to today. it's remaining pretty mixed out there. further showers for most of us, but in between we will see some sunshine and actually across central and eastern parts

of england. a bright start here this morning, but elsewhere showers developing and they will quickly migrate their way eastwards as we go through the course of the day. main focus the showers come. the afternoon will be across eastern and northeastern scotland. here a risk of some heavy and thundery showers developing. a warning is in force from the met office throughout the day. and actually, for all of us, it's going to be a bit of a chillier day compared to the weekend, with highs at best reaching around 17 or 18 degrees. so a bit more detail for this evening, the showers continuing across parts of eastern scotland. again, some of these will be heavy and thundery across southern scotland and northern ireland. showers a little bit lighter here, but still the risk of 1 or 2 heavier showers can't be ruled out for england and wales. the showers gradually easing but they will be quickly replaced down towards devon and cornwall by a more persistent band of rain. and in fact this band of rain will start to spread its way a little bit further eastwards as we go through the course of the night. at the same time, showers across

scotland will gradually ease and for many eastern parts actually the end of the night turned largely dry and clear, so could just see temperatures dip into single figures here further west, holding up into double figures. so potentially a bright start across the east on tuesday, but it won't last. the band of rain across the west will spread its way eastwards across many parts of the uk. some heavy rain again across parts of southern scotland and northern ireland, but it will turn brighter but showery come the afternoon. for northern ireland and for all of us. i think temperatures at best, generally only climbing up to around average, but factor in the breeze and rain. it will feel a little bit cooler than that. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on .

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>> good morning. it is 8:00 on monday, the 27th of may. this is breakfast with michael portillo and nana akua akua. >> it's good. it's good you got there, right. here's what's leading the news this morning . leading the news this morning. >> the first full week of the 2024 election kicks off as the prime minister refuses to back down on his national service pledge, batting away criticism and insisting the scheme will benefit teenagers. >> sir keir starmer is set to give his first keynote speech of the election today . he's give his first keynote speech of the election today. he's going to pledge that labour will act fast to win trust on security. we'll be speaking to shadow education secretary bridget phillipson in just a moment. >> will it be a bank holiday weather washout, or might we get some sun? craig snell has the latest . latest. >> bit more than bank holiday monday offers more showers for most of us, and again, some of these will be heavy and thundery . find out all the weather information a little later on

and in gloucestershire. >> it's a cheese tastic bank holiday, with the annual cheese rolling contest kicking off later. we'll have more on that shortly . shortly. >> we return to the general election after a not appearing in public yesterday. sir keir starmer is set to deliver his first keynote speech of the campaign. >> now keir starmer is expected to outline economic security, border security and national security as the three pillars forming the bedrock of labour's campaign. >> meanwhile , the prime minister >> meanwhile, the prime minister is fighting back after announcing plans yesterday to introduce national service for 18 year olds should the government be re—elected . government be re—elected. earlier, we spoke to the minister of state for indo—pacific, anne—marie trevelyan, part of our commitment to helping our young people to discover their best selves, to be able to a number of them apply and get a year's commission with our armed forces.

>> but of course , the vast >> but of course, the vast majority will be committing to a regular drumbeat of community work with their local, you know, special constables , nhs, rnli, special constables, nhs, rnli, any number of those . any number of those. >> gb news political correspondent olivia utley joins us now, i think, to tell us about the day ahead in, in this general election . general election. >> well, it's going to be a huge day today. we're hearing the a speech from keir starmer where he's going to put some meat on the bones of his election plan . the bones of his election plan. so far, he's essentially said that he wants change. and so far as we've seen, that's gone down pretty well in the polls . he is pretty well in the polls. he is offering an alternative vision to the conservatives and at the moment, not being the conservative party seems to be enough. but obviously as we head closer and closer to the election and it becomes clearer and clearer, perhaps, that keir starmer is going to be the next prime minister. we will need to hear a bit more information about what he's actually

offering. i think that the areas where he's going to struggle over the next few weeks, and it will probably come up in his speech today, is on defence. of course, the conservative party have pledged to raise defence spending to 2.5% of gdp. keir starmer so far has said that he would like to do that. it is an ambition of the labour party, but he will only do it when economic conditions allow. he has also been under a lot of pressure on the two child benefit policy. he said that that was something he would like to scrap, but so far he's been saying that there's not really enough headroom in the economy to be able to do that. so i think that's something we're going to hear about, too. we should hear more in this speech today about his plans for taxation as well, something which he is, again, being a little bit evasive over. he has said that he doesn't want to raise personal taxes, but of course, he hasn't ruled it out. and there are lots of people who are saying that given how many, how expensive some of labour's policies are, there will be no choice but to raise personal taxation. how will that play with the voters, and how will

the conservative party respond ? the conservative party respond? meanwhile, the lib dems are doing a big lib dem classic stunt touring the country. i'm going to be on the lib dem battle bus later. we're starting off in windermere, driving from london to windermere, where tim farron, the lib dem mp , has a farron, the lib dem mp, has a majority. the tour will then go down into the south of england, where ed davey plans to rip up the conservatives blue wall. there are all sorts of seats in the south of england where the lib dems feel they stand a real chance, including jeremy hunt's constituency in surrey. so it'll be really interesting to see how that goes to the lib dems are feeling very, very chipper after a lot of wins in those local elections and in recent by elections and in recent by elections on the lib dem bus. >> what envy we feel for you. thank you very much. and we're going to we're going to pursue this matter of taxation that we're mentioning because we're very pleased to have the shadow education secretary, bridget phillipson. she's going to join us now. bridget, it's very nice to see you. welcome to gb news.

thanks for joining to see you. welcome to gb news. thanks forjoining us on this thanks for joining us on this bank holiday monday. now let's just see if i've got this right. i think labour is committed now to not increasing income tax or vat on national insurance. have i understood that correctly ? i understood that correctly? >> yeah. we don't want to see taxes increase on working people that are at the highest level they've been at in modern times. and we want to focus on growing our economy. >> you don't want to see taxes rise. that didn't sound like a commitment that taxes won't rise. >> we won't be increasing national insurance or income tax for workers. >> and so that leaves vat by the way. so vat might go up. >> we have no plans on that ehhen >> no no plans on vat on on on income tax, will you continue fiscal drag, which seems to have been the conservative policy dragging more and more people into tax by not altering the thresholds at which people begin to pay various bands of tax ? to pay various bands of tax? >> i don't want to see working people pay more tax. in fact , i

people pay more tax. in fact, i would like to see working people paying would like to see working people paying less overall because the tax burden is at the highest it's been for more than 70 years, and that's after 14 years of the conservatives where we've set out changes around taxation. it's where we would then use that money to invest directly into our public services. so, for example, we have set out plans to increase vat on private school fees, to put vat on private school fees in order to fund 6500 more teachers in our classrooms , more mental health classrooms, more mental health support for our children, everything that we're setting out , at the everything that we're setting out, at the moment and will set out, at the moment and will set out in our manifesto will be fully funded and fully costed, because we know that it is incredibly important that we have economic stability and that fiscal responsibility is a bedrock of anything, any government goes on, goes on to do. and we've seen the consequences in recent years with liz truss of what happens when you've got a government that plays fast and loose with the public finances. >> now, now, you talked about the vat on private schools, and already there's a ricochet because there's one private school which that extra vat which the parents were worried

about would be added where if you are in power, has caused that school to close down. now, obviously that wasn't the only reason, but that was the final nail in their coffin. what will you do if that becomes as something that happens continually, as in more and more schools, other private schools start shutting down because they can't afford it . you won't get can't afford it. you won't get the money from a vat that you're expecting if that is the consideration . consideration. >> to be clear, that isn't what the school had said and the school has been facing a situation of falling pupil numbers over many years now. so it's unfortunate that the school has taken the decision to close, but i'm afraid that's entirely in their hands and has got nothing to do with labour's plans in this area and the school didn't claim it had our plans around ending the tax breaks that private schools enjoy. is focused on making sure that we can invest directly into our state schools, where the vast majority of your viewers will be sending their children , will be sending their children, because 93% of children in our country go to state schools and in an environment where money is

tight, | in an environment where money is tight, i think we've got to prioritise how we invest in our children's life chances with more teachers. we've got a really big problem at the moment with too few teachers in our state schools , and i want to state schools, and i want to make sure that we've got brilliant teachers at the front of every classroom delivering better life chances for children. >> and bridget, it stands to reason that if you increase the price of something, less of it will be bought. so if, school fees go up by almost 20, maybe a little bit less than 20, then people will be able to buy less school places, fewer school places. that absolutely follows . places. that absolutely follows. so some people are not going to be able to afford to send their children to private schools. guess what? those pupils are going to tumble into the state system. where are you going to find the school places for those that are forced into the state system ? system? >> well, that hasn't been the experience over the course of the last two decades where private schools have put up with their fees year upon year. we're beyond inflation. and actually the numbers in private schools have remained static. and this was a point that the institute

for fiscal studies considered as part of their work. for fiscal studies considered as part of their work . and they part of their work. and they talked about the inelasticity of the impact . so i just i do the impact. so ijust i do reject that, i'm afraid. and where it comes to our state schools, we're actually in a situation where we've got fewer young people coming through the state system . so there is we state system. so there is we will actually need fewer places in the years to come. but i don't accept the scaremongering of the private schools lobby on this. and the ifs has been clear that labour's policy would raise 1.3 to £1.5 billion net. so that's taking account of any impact of behavioural change. although they think it will be negligible. that's an awful lot of money that we can invest directly into our state schools and where labour will make sure that we use that money to deliver more teachers and a better education for all of our children. >> okay. because i just i just want to come back to the vat thing because you said that that was not the evidence for this school and this school. yes, there were other things that went wrong and they were struggling. but the vat appears to be potentially the last nail

in the coffin. i'm going to read something that one of the parents said. a parent of two pupils at the school said this. labour's vat plan has clearly had a pretty terrible impact on intake for september. it seems like it's been the final nail in the coffin . it's been a topic of the coffin. it's been a topic of conversation of quite some time and would they be looking more and would they be looking more and more likely to get in? it becomes more relevant . i know becomes more relevant. i know a decent proportion of parents are now looking at the state sector, so this is from parents who send their schools to their kids, to these school are saying that this is why many of the parents are taking their kids out of those schools. >> well, that's not consistent with the statement that the school have issued, and i'm sorry the school has concluded that it's no longer viable to keep going. but what they make clear in their statement is that they've had falling pupil numbers over a number of years, that they changed the school leadership in order to address that, but that it hadn't worked. so i'm sorry the schools ended up in that position, but i'm afraid it's got nothing to do with labour's policy in this area. and frankly, you know, politics is about politics is about choices . but the choice about choices. but the choice that others make as education

secretary is to invest in state schools, where the majority of our children go and where they are facing really big budget pressures at the moment. maybe some of our private schools could learn from state schools about how to manage their budgets a bit better, if you're claiming that the demand is inelastic for private education, that would imply that people have unlimited money. and i think quite a lot of people might be quite insulted by that implication. i mean, quite a lot of people , i believe, send their of people, i believe, send their children to private school. it's an immense sacrifice. they are at the limit of the sacrifice that they can make . and if the that they can make. and if the price of the education goes up, they'll have to give up sending their children to those school. i mean, you sound as though you think everyone who send someone to private school has unlimited money because only then could demand be inelastic. >> no, i don't, i'm just pointing to the to the facts and the evidence over the course of many decades about, about where that points to. >> i do recognise and respect that parents. some parents will

choose to send their children to private schools that is absolutely their right. i recognise that parents want the best for their children, but given that private school fees are now rising to around £18,000 on average per child per year, i'm afraid that is beyond the reach of the vast majority of people in our country. that's it's certainly beyond, i imagine, the majority of people who'll be watching this exchange this morning. and i think we do just have to consider how we focus and prioritise investment in state education. that will be my priority because that is where the majority of our children go and it's what parents and voters across the country want to see. >> and very briefly, we are roughly i mean, this is a roughly i mean, this is a roughly 20% of those at these private schools have special educational needs. what will happenif educational needs. what will happen if some of those parents can't afford to send their children to these schools ? children to these schools? >> but children who are attending an independent school because of an education, health and care plan that will not be affected by any changes, so that the children who have been determined to have a special

education, need or disability that requires a specialist placement so they won't be charged, that they won't be affected by any change, children with education, health and care plans will not be affected by labour's changes. >> if even if they're a private school . so the vat, the 20% vat school. so the vat, the 20% vat won't apply to parents who have children with special educational needs at these schools. is that what you're saying? >> yeah, i'm saying that where it where it has been determined that a child's needs must be met within the independent sector in a specialist placement, then then they will not face, they will not be affected by any changes around vat in in the way that others would be. >> right. so they won't be charged for that. is that what you're saying? >> it's slightly more complicated in terms of how it would work, but no, they will not. yes, they will not be affected by it just to be absolutely clear, they will not be affected by any change in the area. >> so those parents know that they won't be charged that. >> no, but it's often the state is often contributing towards that as well. that's why i'm just saying it's slightly more complicated, but they will not see. it will not apply. vat will

not apply to parents of children with an education, health and care plan. where that place is within the independent sector. they will not be affected by any change around vat. >> we got there. >> we got there. >> great bridget phillipson, thank you so much for being on gb news. thank you. now britain's newsroom is coming up at 930 and tom harwood. and guess who donald neeson. she's back about what's coming up on today's show. >> i have changed colours. >> i have changed colours. >> you won't improve. i know i was working with you today, michael, so i'm just wearing as many colours as i possibly can in one morning. >> but hey, i put to shame. i should have bought something fluorescent, but we're all in blue. >> and then this is actually. >> and then this is actually. >> you cycled in so you could have cycled very, very fit and healthy. >> it's now it's sunny that although i'm told it's going to rain horrendously tomorrow. >> so i think it might be a one day only cycle in to work. >> either one of you like to comment on your program. >> that's really good to know . >> that's really good to know. okay, we are actually doing a news show, britain's newsroom 930 until midday. now. there are some very important things going

on today. there's a big, big speech from keir starmer , a big, speech from keir starmer, a big, big speech from john swinney. but perhaps most importantly of all is the gloucestershire cheese roll. well absolutely. >> now we saw a tiny clip of it. >> now we saw a tiny clip of it. >> yeah. absolutely formidable. >> yeah. absolutely formidable. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> and it has to be a double gloucester cheese though. yes. >> three kilograms. not the baby bell tom's considering doing with the baby for health and safety. >> well the thing yes. >> well the thing yes. >> well the thing yes. >> well obviously health and safety is a huge, huge consideration here because the tewkesbury borough safety advisory group said that this should not go ahead this year. the local health and safety board was trying to shut it down, but marvellously they have not been listened to. this ancient tradition started in the 18205, ancient tradition started in the 1820s, is continuing will be live at at cooper's hill. >> what is the point of rolling them? what does it achieve? >> what's the point? it is marvellous fun. >> make fun. >> make fun. >> does everything in this world have to have a point? >> fun. it's a bank holiday. come on, we are going to tell you how to have a brilliant, fun

bank holiday as well. although we are facing travel chaos and a bit of bad weather, so that is we're going to explain where to 90, we're going to explain where to go, where not to go and probably just best stay and watch us. really? >> absolutely. and i have to say, if the cheese did have a point, it wouldn't roll quite as well. it's very, very round. oh that's very well. >> that's very well put us. you're, you're your role today. >> your role today is to tell us about cheese . about cheese. >> well, well so they're on their way next. >> they're on afterwards. yes >> they're on afterwards. yes >> right. well, stay with us here on gb news because £20,000 has to be won in our great british giveaway. and do not miss out now. lie—ins will close this friday here are all the details you need for your chance to win. >> it's the final week to see how you can win a whopping £20,000 cash. and because it's totally tax free, every single penny will be in your bank account to do whatever you like. with £20,000 in tax free cash, really could be yours this summer. hurry as lines close on friday, you've got to be in it to win it for another chance to

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>> good morning. it's just coming up to 21 minutes after 9:00. this is a gb news. now, cases of melanoma, a type of skin cancer, have increased by almost a third in the past decade. >> cancer research uk revealed that 9 in 10 cases are caused too by much sun exposure. the uv rays found in the sun can damage dna in skin cells, and that can cause skin cancer. >> now, earlier, we spoke to cancer research uk's health information manager beth vincent, so your skin tone does affect your risk of skin cancer. >> people at the most risk are people with lighter skin tones, so light coloured hair and eyes as well . lots of moles and as well. lots of moles and freckles. a history of sunburn or a family history of skin cancer. >> cancen >> but people with darker skin tones can still burn and can still get skin cancer. anybody can get skin cancer, so i would encourage everybody , regardless encourage everybody, regardless of your ethnicity or your skin tone, to think really seriously

about taking care when it's sunny. about taking care when it's sunny . so i about taking care when it's sunny. so i don't about taking care when it's sunny . so i don't have the stats sunny. so i don't have the stats specifically to hand on how much less likely black people are, something that we do know, though, is that that myth that you've mentioned that black people can't get skin cancer is really prevalent. and that's something i want to dispel. right, right now, immediately, that also might mean, well, because more black people think maybe they can't get skin cancen maybe they can't get skin cancer. that might mean that when they spot something unusual for them, they're less likely to go to the doctor and they're diagnosed later. and when you're diagnosed later. and when you're diagnosed later, your outcomes do tend to be worse. so my message for black people specifically would be actually, changes can be more likely to appearin changes can be more likely to appear in specific places. so if you spot a change on the, the palms of your hands, the soles of your feet or under your fingernails, those are specific places that we're more likely to see. a change comes to black people. so people who have lighter skin tones, it's your whole body. you need to be aware of. but black people,

specifically those parts, if you see something unusual, talk to your doctor. this research is a mixed picture . we're seeing mixed picture. we're seeing incidents. so the number of new cases going up, which is not good news, but there is some good news, but there is some good news, but there is some good news in that mortality. so whether you're going to die or not is actually going down. and we think that's partly due to early diagnosis, which i just mentioned is so important, but also research has led to better and kinder treatments which mean that outcomes are likely to be better. so now if you're diagnosed at the earliest stage, stage one with melanoma, actually around 9 in 10 people will survive their disease for five years or more, which is actually quite good. i mean, there's always more we can do. don't get me wrong. but yeah, your chances are around 9 in 10 of surviving five years or more if diagnosed at the earliest stage. >> that was beth vincent from cancer research uk. it's been a pleasure working with you, michael . michael. >> i've loved it and thank you very much for having me on the show. >> boss, now, neither one of us

is back tomorrow. no but the show is. of course, it will be here from 6 am, we know what's coming up next. huge news. it's tom and dawn. stay tuned. thanks >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good morning and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. looking ahead to today it's remaining pretty mixed out there. further showers for most of us, but in between we will see some sunshine and actually across central and eastern parts of england. a bright start here this morning, but elsewhere showers developing and they will quickly migrate their way eastwards as we go through the course of the day. main focus the showers come. the afternoon will be across eastern and northeastern scotland. here a risk of some heavy and thundery showers developing. a warning is in force from the met office throughout the day. and actually, for all of us, it's going to be a bit of a chillier

day compared to the weekend, with highs at best reaching around 17 or 18 degrees. so a bit more detail for this evening. the showers continuing across parts of eastern scotland. again, some of these will be heavy and thundery across southern scotland and northern ireland. showers a little bit lighter here, but still the risk of 1 or 2 heavier showers can't be ruled out for england and wales. the showers gradually easing but they will be quickly replaced down towards devon and cornwall by a more persistent band of rain. and in fact, this band of rain will start to spread its way a little bit further eastwards as we go through the course of the night. at the same time, the showers across scotland will gradually ease and for many eastern parts actually , the end of the night actually, the end of the night turned largely dry and clear, so could just see temperatures dip into single figures here. further west, holding up into double figures . so potentially double figures. so potentially a bright start across the east on tuesday, but it won't last. the band of rain across the west will spread its way eastwards

across many parts of the uk . across many parts of the uk. some heavy rain again across parts of southern scotland and northern ireland, but it will turn brighter but showery come the afternoon . for northern the afternoon. for northern ireland and for all of us. i think temperatures at best, generally only climbing up to around average , but factor in around average, but factor in the breeze and rain. it will feel a little bit cooler than that. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> coming up next, it is britain's newsroom that's dawn neesom and me tom harwood bank houday neesom and me tom harwood bank holiday special includes cheese. it does include cheese and travel chaos . much more besides. travel chaos. much more besides. did you know that there's a general election on? we might even touch on that too. >> have i mentioned that

>> it's 930 on monday, the 27th of may. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me. tom harwood and dawn neesom . harwood and dawn neesom. >> we got that right. we've got the names right now. royals to face national service under the prime minister's new plans. prince george , louis and prince george, louis and princess charlotte will have to spend a year in the military or volunteer in the community trust and security . and security. >> that's what labour will be pledging today. as sir keir starmer gives his first keynote speech of the election . speech of the election. >> fascinating, i can't wait. >> fascinating, i can't wait. >> meanwhile, equally fascinating , >> meanwhile, equally fascinating, a lib dem landslide, a lib dem leader , sir landslide, a lib dem leader, sir ed davey, says his party is getting the best response from voters it's have received for a generation. that's at least three votes and bank holiday travel turmoil . travel turmoil. >> have you been held up on the road, rail or airports this weekend ? well, let us know and weekend? well, let us know and get in touch because it is bank houday get in touch because it is bank holiday and good news if you're in southampton, you've been promoted.

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