a rigged, disgraceful trial is a rigged, disgraceful trial that the real verdict is going to be november fifth by the people and they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here. >> trump vows to keep fighting on as he becomes the first former us leader to be convicted of a crime. >> well, meanwhile, the biden administration claims no one is above the law following the monumental conviction on. >> well, with the us election around the corner. voters are divided on trump's future . divided on trump's future. >> i feel like the justice system here in america actually worked when was found guilty on all 34 counts. >> our first reaction was a sadness for america, sadness for trump . trump. >> well, in another to blow rishi sunak, former tory mp mark logan backs labour, claiming it's logan backs labour, claiming wsfime logan backs labour, claiming it's time for a new government and the tory parliamentary

candidate, catherine fletcher, claims excrement was sent through her constituent letterbox ahead of the upcoming election . election. >> and in the sport today, good news for ipswich fans as manager kieran mckenna says he's going nowhere . so a new four year deal nowhere. so a new four year deal at an estimated £6 million a year probably helped his decision. england thrashed pakistan by seven wickets in the final warm up before the t20 world cup starts in america in the caribbean next week. and for those golfers like me that have had trouble with septuple bogeys, it happens to you, didn't it, stephen? didn't you have that problem as well? i thought i thought so, just to let you know, it does happen to the best of the world too. i'll tell you more about that later. >> it's the start of summer tomorrow, and for many of us, it's going to feel pretty summery. this weekend, however, there is some rain in the southeast. i'll have more details coming up. >> morning to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on .

and this is breakfast on. gb news. well, we've got to get straight into our main news. this morning. a historic verdict in the united states. former president donald trump guilty of all 34 counts in his hush money case. >> yes, he has now become the first former us president to be criminally convicted. >> as you probably know, he pleaded not guilty and denied all 34 counts against him, including having an alleged affair with adult film star stormy daniels in 2006. >> well, he also claimed that the prosecution was politically motivated. he's set to be sentenced on the 11th of july. >> well, speaking outside the court, mr trump said the conviction was a disgrace. >> this was a disgrace . >> this was a disgrace. >> this was a disgrace. >> this was a disgrace. >> this was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt . it's a rigged trial, a

disgrace . they wouldn't give us disgrace. they wouldn't give us a venue change. we were at 5% or 6% in this district. in this area . this was a rigged, area. this was a rigged, disgraceful trial that the real verdict is going to be november fifth by the people, and they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here. you have a saurus back day and a whole thing. we didn't do and a whole thing. we didn't do a thing wrong. i'm a very innocent man and it's okay. i'm fighting for our country. i'm fighting for our country. i'm fighting for our constitution . fighting for our constitution. in our whole country is being figged in our whole country is being rigged right now. this was done by the biden administration . by the biden administration. >> well, meanwhile, a spokesman for president biden said that no one is above the law . america, one is above the law. america, though, divided by the verdict . though, divided by the verdict. we're angry, but we're also happyin we're angry, but we're also happy in a way. >> because you know what? >> because you know what? >> my president's got street credit now , i feel like the

credit now, i feel like the justice system here in america actually work. >> the sad part of it is, is that it could have gone either way, but when it was found guilty on all 34 counts, our first reaction was, sadness for america, sadness for trump, for at the end of the day, it's only going to increase his support. >> it reminds us the importance of our judicial system, and everybody should be held accountable to the law. so i think that hopefully that's what worked here and he gets what he deserves. >> you know what? i think overall i'm kind of sad for donald trump. i don't want to see him to go to prison. i don't want to. i'm not disheartened by all that . all that. >> well, joining us now is gb news us correspondent stephen edginton. good to see you this morning , stephen. and what we've morning, stephen. and what we've seen in the past few hours, indeed, in the past few weeks has been none, nothing short of extraordinary and historic. >> absolutely. trump's conviction yesterday has led to shockwaves throughout the united states. it's really shook up

this election campaign ahead of the november 5th vote. republicans are absolutely furious that their candidate, presidential candidate, could potentially go to prison on what they see as trumped up political charges. on the other side, the democrats say that donald trump is a threat to democracy. no man is a threat to democracy. no man is above the law and should be in prison. this was a fair trial in prison. this was a fair trial in their opinion. however, of course, new york is a heavily dominated democrat city. trump argued that the jury were biased against him in an area which voted against him by about 95 to 90, so the donations to his campaign have completely flooded in. we've seen a huge rise in interest to help the trump campaign across the united states. people are seriously concerned about the future of their democracy . their democracy. >> and yet it's you've got to be pointed out , stephen, that he's pointed out, stephen, that he's been con. i know they make claims about the judicial system

and the political views of the judge and the da and all this sort of things. he's been convicted by 12 of his peers and that can't be ignored. >> absolutely. it can't be ignored . i >> absolutely. it can't be ignored. i think >> absolutely. it can't be ignored . i think the point that ignored. i think the point that the republicans and trump are making is that these were democrat prosecutors and democrat prosecutors and democrat sort of politicians who are pursuing this , this are pursuing this, this prosecution, and the case seems very weak , you know, if any very weak, you know, if any other man was charged with the similar crime, i don't think this would have ever come to a court of law if his name wasn't donald trump. certainly. alvin bragg , who is donald trump. certainly. alvin bragg, who is the donald trump. certainly. alvin bragg , who is the district bragg, who is the district attorney in new york, the democrat prosecutor. you know, he was campaigning openly saying he was campaigning openly saying he would convict or try and convict donald trump in his election campaign. so i think many see this as a political prosecution, and it's a very serious issue , convicting serious issue, convicting a presidential candidate of either party. and you've got to make sure that the charges are

legitimate, that the charges are, are serious. and i think in this case, many legal experts sort of dismissed it and said, well, actually, this happened ten years ago , the charges are ten years ago, the charges are very convoluted. it's a very complicated and nuanced case that generally wouldn't have been brought against anyone, for this kind of crime. so i think that , you know, this kind of crime. so i think that, you know, around, around the us, there's sort of outrage about this because this doesn't seem to be, particularly fair. this doesn't seem to be, balanced and i think that, you know, for american democracy to function , ian, you've got to function, ian, you've got to make sure people have faith in the legal system and the political system. so to actually imprison or to convict one of the two presidential candidates in an election campaign, that's a very, very serious matter. and you've got to make sure that those charges and the prosecution at least seems fair to the american public. >> stephen, you just alluded to it there, but it is an enormous decision for the judge, isn't

it, on the 11th of july, when we expect the sentencing to take place, potentially sending a presidential candidate to prison? i mean, there are going to be political ramifications to all of this that the judge will will have to think about, do you think it is likely that trump could go to prison or would he more likely face a fine ? more likely face a fine? >> i think the consensus is that he won't go to prison , and the he won't go to prison, and the reason for that is that he this is his first conviction. he's an old man, and generally, the legal experts say that on a crime like this, on a conviction like this, a judge wouldn't sentence someone, to prison time. however, it's completely volatile. the republicans are saying this is a political witch hunt. saying this is a political witch hunt . if they're right, then hunt. if they're right, then maybe the judge would send him to prison . this is already to prison. this is already impacting his presidential campaign . it's impacting his campaign. it's impacting his ability to go to rallies and to campaign all across the united states in those crucial swing states. he held a rally recently in the bronx in new york, which

is a very, very democrat area , is a very, very democrat area, presumably because he was stuck in new york because of this trial . so i in new york because of this trial. so i think it's already been difficult for trump to deal with these legal proceedings. and it's only going to get worse for him. obviously, if he does go to prison now, he can actually campaign from prison constitutionally. anyone can run from president for president, even if they have a conviction, even if they have a conviction, even if they have a conviction, even if they're in prison. this happened actually in the 1920s, a presidential candidate ran from the inside of a jail cell. so it's possible for trump to continue his campaign, whatever happens. but obviously it will make it more complicated if he does get sentenced to prison. >> okay, stephen. thank you. let's talk to greg swenson , let's talk to greg swenson, chair of republican overseas uk, who joins us now. greg good to see you as always. what do you think the impact of this is going to be? >> well, stephen, it's a great question. it's so unprecedent . question. it's so unprecedent. so there's not a lot of historical metrics to consider here, but i have a feeling that that president trump will

ultimately benefit from this. i would not have said that six months ago. i thought these indictments were were going to help president trump in the nomination process , but i nomination process, but i thought it would ultimately hurt him in in the, the general election or the general election campaign. and i've really changed my view on that. this this case was so obscene. it was it was so obviously rigged. and i think stephen, from , from i think stephen, from, from washington, made a really good point that this , this case never point that this, this case never would have been brought against anyone except donald trump. so it just shows you that this the weaponization of the justice system. so i think this ultimately helps president trump, you noticed, you know, the campaign donation website crashed last night. this probably ends up giving president trump a bump in the polls. it is a verdict, though, that has divided america, hasn't it? >> you might have heard those voices at the top of this story that we played out. one woman saying it restored her faith in the justice system. and then a

man just shortly after her saying she's mourning for his country. it's a sad day for america . america. >> i would agree with the latter sentiment. i mean, it is a sad day for america. it's not. i'm not arguing that this is good news. i was hoping for an acquittal. obviously, i thought it would have been better for the country, not just better for president trump , but i think the president trump, but i think the and the country truly is divided on this. so, you know, this is an interesting election. everybody already has a view on both trump and biden. so it's not like there's a lot of undecideds in this case. i don't again, that's why i don't think the verdict will matter that much. because, you know, president trump is probably the greatest name recognition in the world right now . and so i don't world right now. and so i don't know that this changes minds. i think if anything, it will reinforce some views that people have. but more importantly, i think that this will have less of an effect, because of the absurdity of the of the indictment and the way the case

was handled, president trump likes to use the word rigged. this thing was rigged in so many different ways. so i think ultimately it's it'll be indifferent or it might even help the president in the election and in the polling. >> well, well, except greg, i mean, you talk about cementing views and look you can see that happening. and those who are who are true democrats will see this as a great victory. those who are true republicans will will see this as a great swindle. if you like. but you've got swing voters in swing states now . it voters in swing states now. it is going to influence them, isn't it ? isn't it? >> perhaps. i mean, again, there are there are always undecideds. and if this case would, you know , this case could possibly have an effect on undecideds . but an effect on undecideds. but again, i don't think that's the normal reaction, because when they look through this verdict, they look through this verdict, they look through it and see that the indictment never would have been brought against anyone

else. instructions from the judge to the jury would have never occurred. if this was anybody else . so there's so many anybody else. so there's so many flaws in this case. i mean , it flaws in this case. i mean, it could actually convince people that the system is so outrageous or it really was rigged against the president . so, yeah, it's the president. so, yeah, it's impossible to predict. stephen. it's a great question, but, you know, i don't know. it's very difficult given there's not a lot of historical precedent. but again , everybody knows and has again, everybody knows and has a view on president trump. most people have a view on president biden. i don't know that it moves the needle that much either direction . either direction. >> greg, are we expecting donald trump and his team to appeal this ? this? >> oh, absolutely. and given the way that this case was handled, the way that the judge presented it to the jury, even even as recently as this week with his so—called jury instructions, this thing will easily i think, will easily be overturned on appeal. there's no doubt that he

will appeal. and does that occur before the election? that's a great question, or a great mystery at this point. so if that were the case, you know , i that were the case, you know, i would hope that they could they could do that before the election. but even if they don't, i think enough that this cases had so much exposure. i don't think that it has the negative effect that it would have on anyone else, or more importantly, if it was a more legitimate case. >> okay. greg swenson, good to see you this morning. thanks very much indeed . extraordinary, very much indeed. extraordinary, extraordinary. i mean, it's in a way, if you have a view, it's not likely to change as a result of all of this. not likely to change as a result of all of this . i was just of all of this. i was just looking at, comments from duncan levin , who's a former manhattan levin, who's a former manhattan prosecutor who said this case was deeply corroborated with testimony not built around one person, but with texts and emails and phone records. person, but with texts and emails and phone records . and emails and phone records. and there was an awful lot of evidence there . but it's then

evidence there. but it's then that argument. well was it nevertheless would anyone else have been charged with this? i mean, it's to view it from across the pond is very difficult . and how they view difficult. and how they view things in the states is very difficult to how we view things over here. i think what is slightly worrying , though, is slightly worrying, though, is the idea, and obviously miscarriages of justice do happen. miscarriages of justice do happen . but if you immediately happen. but if you immediately just say, well, it's all totally nonsense, but that wouldn't happen over here, would it? no. and they'd be out of politics and that would be it. if they if they then challenged it and won, well, that's a different story. but but it just doesn't seem to make any difference in the states at all. no >> it is extraordinary watching it from over here, isn't it. do you let us know what you think? gbnews.com/yoursay. we're trying to share your views throughout the program. should we look at our own politics now? because there is something called an election campaign going on here. and yesterday the prime minister, rishi sunak, was campaigning in buckinghamshire ,

campaigning in buckinghamshire, there, where he spoke about net zero on a visit to a factory. >> well, it came as former tory mp mark logan well defected to the labour party . he said the the labour party. he said the country was in need of a new government and the new change and our politicians under attack. >> well, the conservative parliamentary candidate, catherine fletcher , says she had catherine fletcher, says she had excrement posted through the letterbox of her constituency office in a video posted to x, she said police were involved after what she described as an attempt to bully her. >> well, sir keir starmer and his deputy angela rayner will join scottish labour leader anas sarwar today to launch labour's six steps for change. it comes as sir keir was in wales yesterday with the embattled first minister vaughan gething, the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, launched his plans for children's mental health on a campaign visit which involved him appearing on an inflatable yellow slide. >> let's listen to what the

leaders had to say on day eight of the campaign trail. >> i want to prioritise our country's energy security that we've seen in the last couple of years what's happened right when we're held hostage by dictators like putin, we can't have that happen. >> voters know that they can trust the green party on climate and nature, and that's something that they know. we will push the incoming labour government on. >> what a game changer it will be if we were able to elect in a westminster labour government . westminster labour government. that would work with the welsh labour government, delivering for people across wales. our policy is to get a qualified mental health professional in every school in our primary schools and our secondary schools, and only the liberal democrats are arguing for that with a costed programme. >> diane is a really important figure in the labour party and in the labour movement. >> they don't earn conservatism, they don't own the right to govern in perpetuity. if you do

a bad job, if eventually you're going to get fired and the message i'm hearing back from people is clear as daylight, it isfime people is clear as daylight, it is time to kick the tories out of power. >> for too long, wales has been overlooked at westminster . overlooked at westminster. >> well, joining us now is former conservative adviser claire pearsall. good to see you this morning claire. so much to get into. but shall we start with mark logan. this is another blow for rishi sunak, isn't it. another defection. >> well, it's not particularly brave of somebody to resign 35 days ahead of an election. his seat in bolton north east was incredibly marginal, but i don't really understand why he's doing it. what is there to gain for mark logan? he's gone over to the labour party, who have already selected a candidate to fight that seat, and he doesn't know whether his membership to the labour party will actually

be approved. so i'm not convinced that he's going to receive anything out of this . receive anything out of this. and i don't think it's a huge blow, particularly for the prime minister. it's it sort of comes after a raft of other resignations, which had much more impact . resignations, which had much more impact. i think this one just looks opportunistic from mark logan . and right up until mark logan. and right up until last week, he was asked the question directly , would you question directly, would you defect? and the answer to that was a big fat no no. so i think that this is all about mark logan. he's trying to save some credibility. but we must also remember that right up until the moment he resigned, he had voted with the government at every single opportunity. and there's nothing really, with the labour party in terms of policy? >> no. well, perhaps not, but it's the optics, isn't it, claire? it's like somebody else. i mean, it's an awful phrase , i mean, it's an awful phrase, but it's another rat leaving a sinking ship, isn't it? >> i don't i don't think this one is. i think this one's going

to fall incredibly flat. we've now gone into the dissolution penod now gone into the dissolution period ahead of a general election. and yes, it's not great. we never want to see a conservative leave, especially to go over to the main opposition party. but i don't think that this is going to affect the mood in the conservative party all that much. they now need to find another candidate , but they have another candidate, but they have to find candidates for a lot of seats at the moment. so yes, the opfics seats at the moment. so yes, the optics may not be great, but i don't think that this is the big dent that mark logan wished it to be. >> should we talk about the parliamentary candidate for the tories, catherine fletcher, who has posted on x that she had excrement posted through her letterbox ? i mean, this just letterbox? i mean, this just highlights, isn't it, the threat that politicians are under throughout this election and we wonder why nobody wants to stand for elected office. >> when you see behaviour like this. it was catherine fletcher's campaign office and one of her volunteers who had to open the door and find it and deal with it. if you don't like

a politician, that's fine . then a politician, that's fine. then do your job and go to the ballot box and vote in, you know, whichever way you see fit. i think that this kind of intimidation, of politicians needs to stop. it should not happen to anybody at all in the political spectrum. we need to have proper debate, putting excrement through a door and leaving a volunteer to clean it up is appalling. so i think that the general public needs to do their duty. as i say, go to the ballot box, not engage in this kind of behaviour, which is just going to put our democracy back by so many years. we need more people to stand. we especially, we need more women to stand. and if this behaviour goes on, people just aren't going to do it. >> yeah. well look, i think most people would. well, i hope most people would. well, i hope most people would. well, i hope most people would agree with you on that, in terms of what is happening with the parties, i'm struck by the fact that we're talking to mel stride a little bit later on this hour. they're going on the attack. the tories seem to be going on the attack

about labour, whereas labour are coming up, you know, appearing on programmes like this to present new ideas in again, it's about the optics. it's about the mood that you that you get over from, from the politicians we want do we want the conservatives to just attack the idea, to instil fear about what the labour government could do, or do we want them to present us with ideas to say, look, if you re—elect us, then this is what you're going to get . you're going to get. >> in an ideal world, i would like to see the prime minister putting forward ideas, positive ideas that the conservatives can stand on, because i think that that's what the general public wants. it's what they deserve, andifs wants. it's what they deserve, and it's what the country needs. i don't particularly like this, politics of attacking individuals. i think that that is wrong. i think it demeans the whole point of what we do in politics. but i can understand why you would pull apart labour's economic policy, for

example, because it isn't there. and they haven't stood up to much scrutiny on that. but i think that we really need to run a much more positive campaign . a much more positive campaign. here we are. we're sort of five weeks away, and i think the general public is pretty much fed up. it tends to be politicos that are looking at this on a day to day basis. the great british public want to know what the candidates stand for, what these policy pledges are, and they are not really that bothered about these personal insults and targeted ads and tiktok videos. they're not fussed about that. they want to know how their lives are going to be better. and i think we need to give that to them. >> okay. claire pearsall good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. >> yeah, i'd be interested in your views on that this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay we've seen it before with things in negative campaigns never really cuts through. people want to hear something positive, don't they? about what? what you're going to get if you vote for somebody rather than what are you going

to get if somebody else wins? >> yeah, well, people want to hear plans, don't they? and thought out plans. it's all right hearing about policy ideas being thrown out every day. but they want to hear the detail . they want to hear the detail. well, hopefully we get that in a manifesto. >> yes , we will be interesting >> yes, we will be interesting to see when they come out, hopefully very, very soon. so we've got a chance to go through them all in the meantime though, as we wait for all of that, let's see what the weather is going to do for you today with alex burkill. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> morning. it's time for your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. plenty of fine weather to come as we go through today and into the weekend. however, there is a system bringing some cloud and outbreaks of rain which could turn heavy across parts of eastern england today. elsewhere, we are largely under the influence of high pressure to the west of us, which means it is going to be largely dry, bright if not sunny. plenty of

sunshine, particularly across parts of scotland, northern ireland and western england and wales. as we go through today. like i said, though, cloudier across eastern england and here there will be outbreaks of rain and some of the showers into the afternoon could turn heavy, possibly thundery. some blustery winds in the east, elsewhere a bit of a breeze, but where you catch any sunshine it shouldn't feel too bad. temperatures rising into the high teens or low 20s markedly fresher than this towards the southeast and feeling so because of the cloud and the blustery winds. as we go overnight, we will see most of the rain clearing in the southeast. but some further spots are possible during the early hours of tomorrow morning and staying quite cloudy in the east too. elsewhere, some clear skies allowing temperatures to take a bit of a dip. rural spots in particular likely to drop into single figures. so like we've seen through some recent starts, a bit of a fresher feel. first thing tomorrow morning. otherwise, as we go through tomorrow and in the east, still quite cloudy across parts of east anglia and some outbreaks of drizzly rain, though this doesn't look as heavy as the rain that we're going to see

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next. >> it's 631. time for the sport this morning. paul coyte is here. good morning to you. >> good morning to you . good >> good morning to you. good morning to the both of you. yeah. >> thank you. kieran mckenna. yes. now a lot of people had him tied up for man united. that's right kieran mckenna. >> but ipswich winning. well yeah he's he's a little background on kieran mckenna . he background on kieran mckenna. he did work at manchester united as a coach and then he went to ipswich a couple of years ago and took ipswich up from the first division, then up to the championship and then within two seasons, then they've gone straight up now into the premier league. so everybody wants him. all of a sudden it's like who is this guy? you know he's the future. so it looked like he was going to leave ipswich this last this time last week. and i've spoken to ex—ipswich players and saying oh it's such a shame that he's going to go that we're certain he was going to go. but some thing convinced him to stay

at ipswich. what was it? well, let's hear what he has to say and maybe he gives us a clue . and maybe he gives us a clue. >> just fantastic to be part of that. it's great to. yeah to sign the new contract and, you know, feel that commitment from the club and, you know, really excited to be, you know, the manager to lead this club back into the premier league. you know, ultimately for me, it was the responsibility, the honour to, you know, lead this club out on the first day in the premier league and the first time and in over 20 years. that was something that i didn't want to miss out on. i want to be part of, i want to lead and, a fantastic moment in my career. >> i mean, he's a lovely fella andifs >> i mean, he's a lovely fella and it's the responsibility. is it the honour to take them out, or is it the £6 million a year that he's now going to be given £6 million a year? it makes him one of the highest paid managers there is out there. so ipswich were desperate to keep him. but it just shows how important managers are. i know it sounds, i know it goes without saying, but players get this huge money and then you get transfer fees

with players hundreds of millions. i mean it can go up to whatever, but managers really are extremely important . so are extremely important. so here's a four year contract, four year contract. >> so that's £24 million is guaranteed. >> well he is because if things go bad i mean let's face it i mean pay him off. well they'd have to pay him off because it's the only job in the world. whereas if things go bad. well, no, i'm saying it will do with kieran. but if it should be the case and they decide they don't want him anymore, which is probably not going to happen, but they would then have to pay him off. so it's the it's the spin of the wheel. do you stay at ipswich with a team that is not going to be as good as the rest of the premier league? or do you go to a bigger club? it's always a tricky decision, but whatever. it's a great decision for him to have to make and i think everybody's glad. not only ipswich fans but everybody in football that he's decided to stay with the club. glad the bank manager and his mum absolutely over the moon with it. so i think it's a really

good decision and i think everybody's going to be happy with that. good look at the cricket. >> yeah. good luck to him. should we look at the cricket. >> oh yes. >> oh yes. >> yeah. so anyway it's the it was the fourth t20 between england and pakistan yesterday. now the world cup is coming up which happens in america in the caribbean. i mean i'm still not quite there with cricket in the states. >> no, it doesn't seem right. >> no, it doesn't seem right. >> they're not really gonna they're not really gonna get it. cricket. it's quite frankly it's not. no. but anyway, they played pakistan. there's been two which have been rained off and england were brilliant yesterday. jofra archer and mark wood, they're bowling at about 95 miles an houn bowling at about 95 miles an hour. ooh, the batsmen were great as well. the batters were fantastic. and we had phil salt and jos buttler. they, they were swatting deliveries like flies. i mean it was 158 over 15 overs. and, anyway over six overs they scored 82 runs. so it's all about the world cup which is coming up, which is going to run for a while. but we already hold the world cup, which we won in australia 18 months ago. >> so world cup, it's about barbados. >> the actual final. yeah. the final is going to be in

barbados. yeah. but it is played across all of the caribbean and in different cities in america as well . there's a lot of games. as well. there's a lot of games. i like the sound of that. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> do you think if do you think it's only fair that should england get to the final and it's in barbados, we all get, we should be able to do the show from there because i think it would. >> i don't see why not. >> i don't see why not. >> i don't see why not. >> i can't see why not apart. >> i can't see why not apart. >> i can't see why not apart. >> i think it's a no brainer. on the beach. >> yes i think do we know when the when's the date of the final? i don't really care. it's probably the 4th of july. >> do you reckon, knowing our luck. yeah, yeah. okay. >> so it's probably a no. >> so it's probably a no. >> we'll see. okay. we'll see. >> we'll see. okay. we'll see. >> is something going on on that day? the american independence day? >> there might be. okay, now, french open. yeah. because obviously you were saying yesterday, it's all been getting very troublesome. yeah. >> with the crowds. yeah. >> with the crowds. yeah. >> what are they doing about it? >> what are they doing about it? >> well, they've actually decided. i don't know whether this is a good idea. they've decided to ban on. this is amelie mauresmo, who is a famous tennis player, and she is the director of the of the french open. so she. and she. yeah, she

said that we've decided that we are going to ban drinks. this is, novak djokovic playing. yesterday was very good. oh. so ban drinks courtside. see, the thing is we there was, i think it was the australian open where they were talking about the, the courtside part there was the party court. do you remember, we spoke about that where people be able to drink and have fun and then they can watch the tennis. whereas now because people are getting a little bit lippy with some of the, the tennis players, or they've decided to that no drinking courtside. you can go off you go and get tanked up outside. >> you could get well tanked up and come out and then start shouting at the players and have a lovely time. >> but it's all true. what happened with, with david goffin and david goffin and iga swiatek, who also said, can you stop shouting out same thing happened as well with novak djokovic. he had a problem where they were starch. there was shouting. i can't remember exactly, exactly what happened with i think there were whistles . oh yeah, that was what it was. he just said to the umpire, look, can you please tell the

crowd not to shout during the rallies? which is fair enough. so as he's playing . so then he so as he's playing. so then he asks and then as soon then all the crowds start whistling against him. so i think, you know, it just adds to a little atmosphere. there are some sports, but there are certain sports, but there are certain sports, aren't there, where crowd noise helps. so if you play crowd noise helps. so if you play football, that's okay. so why should it have to be quiet in other sports for concentration? because surely you got concentration whether it's one on one. >> that's the difference . you >> that's the difference. you think one on one. >> but what about boxing is another thing you don't have? quiet, please. they're about to quiet, please. round three. it's. i think it's just tradition . so why should you tradition. so why should you have to have quiet? >> oh, look at you, rebel without a cause. >> by the way, i like crowds to cheer me on as i'm going. that's the thing. yeah, i can only concentrate better. good luck with that. don't you agree with me? there's something in that, right? right. some have to be quiet, some have to be noisy. >> i can understand that you weren't a rowdy crowd at snooken weren't a rowdy crowd at snooker. would you go on, go on,

p0p snooker. would you go on, go on, pop the black. >> gone. yes. >> now you're right. you're gonna work, is it? >> i don't know why. i don't know why. it's a fair point. yeah paul, thank you very much indeed. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> olympic flame. i have an update for you. we'll do that after 7:00. >> thank heavens. >> thank heavens. >> i know we've missed it all week, but it's a good one. >> thank you. paul do stay with us. we're going to be talking to mel stride. who's the secretary of state for work and pensions. we're going to be talking to him in about seven minutes time. also going to going through the papers with mike buckley

>> at 641. let's have a look at some of the newspapers. now, of course, donald trump's guilty verdict is dominating the front pages. >> yes, the time leads with the times. leads with donald trump found guilty in hush money trial. >> the mirror has that verdict as well. trump guilty at

telegraph. >> exactly the same. trump guilty. >> the mail has the same headune >> the mail has the same headline as well. i mean they not very imaginative . not very imaginative. >> and rounding off the newspapers the stars you've been tango'd. >> yes. orange man baby guilty on all counts is the subheadline on all counts is the subheadline on that one. so at least they've you might not like it, but at least it's a bit of imagination in there. >> yeah, they found the funny side, well, making the news this morning with us is former labour adviser mike buckley and journalist and author ella whelan. very good morning to you both. and ella, let's start with this historic verdict, shall we? in new york? >> yes. found guilty on 34 charges of falsifying business records in relation to the alleged hush money for porn star stormy daniels. and, you know, unanimous verdict from the jury. in fact, actually, quite interestingly , vie, because interestingly, vie, because there was so much tension around whether or not there would be a fair trial, whether you could find jurors who would be able to do it proper and without bias, the times notes that the, the

judge had to say to them at the start of the trial, do remember that this might not end in a guilty verdict. won't necessarily end in jail time, because there was such that kind of campaign around sending to jail, that was seen to be putting pressure . i mean, for putting pressure. i mean, for trump, the minute this was announced, he released his team, released a huge fundraising email saying how dare they? i've done nothing wrong. and now they're going to try to put me in jail. they've convicted me. and so this, you know, you could argue this only really plays into his narrative of being, persecuted. yes. but >> well, it it's what about swing voters in swing states. >> exactly. and there are still some i mean, there is a sort of characterisation of trump voters. there are lots of them who do think that somebody's taking this kind of illegal action is wrong. and it would put them off. and, you know, you have to say that if someone has had a doesn't matter if they're an ex—president or just an average worker with no, no pubuc average worker with no, no public status , if you've done public status, if you've done something illegal, shouldn't you under a fair trial, you know,

serve the consequences of that? so it's tense . but i think for so it's tense. but i think for democracy and for the election, this isn't great because this comes across whatever the reality of the case and the, his conviction , it comes across as conviction, it comes across as an attack, a political attack on trump that only really plays into his hands. >> i mean, that's the issue here. mike as to whether because we view it through the eyes of our legal system, if you like, whereas over there it is significantly different. and you have to ask, has it been a fair trial ? trial? >> i mean, it looks to me from my vantage point here in the uk as if it's been a fair trial. and i think obviously he is a politician. he is the candidate, the republican candidate for president. however, the legal process has to go through. he has done things which necessitate it, the judge, the jury, necessitate it, the judge, the jury, the legal system . looking jury, the legal system. looking at what he'd done to determine was it a crime, was it not a crime? that process has gone through just as it would for any other us citizen. it has been decided that, yes, it was a crime and he will now be sentenced. this is all perfectly

normal behaviour. it's only hitting the headlines because of who he is. but this is of course happening to countless thousands of other people across the states on a daily basis. >> well, well, except i mean, it's been argued by some of the people we've spoken to this morning saying if it was anybody else, it wouldn't have gone this far. >> well, that was of course, but there was no evidence for that. wasn't that's just somebody's opinion. >> it is the. all right, i'll tell you what we're going to we're going to just leave you two just for a second, just because we we'll come back to them. it's not to say that mike wasn't making some very good points there, but we're joined now by the secretary of state for work and pensions. mel stride, who we don't want to keep waiting this morning. good to see you. this morning, can i start by asking you about mark logan? i know he's a former mp because you were all former mps at the moment, who most of us probably hadn't heard of. but the fact that he has gone and said he's now going to back labourin said he's now going to back labour in the next election doesn't say much for what the tories are putting forward, does it? >> well, i think it's a great shame that he's decided to do that. he'll have his own reasons

for doing that, although i did noficein for doing that, although i did notice in his letter when he made this decision that he published, he didn't mention a single labour policy that he was attracted to . and i think that attracted to. and i think that lies at the core of why this election really matters, because what we've got is a choice between a government whose plan is working. we're getting inflation down, jobs are improving, real wages are rising. going into the future, or we've got a labour party who have no plan at all. i'm afraid they're going to take us back to square one. so that's really what this is all about, this election. and that's why it's so important that we're out there fighting for every vote. >> but the optics are really not good, are they? this is the third tory mp to defect in the past five weeks. it follows natalie elphicke and dan poulter. they've all listed different reasons , mark logan different reasons, mark logan saying that the tory party is now unrecognisable from the party that he joined a decade ago , but all three of them have ago, but all three of them have simply lost hope and they've

lost faith in the party. and you can you can imagine that many of your would be voters would be feeling the same way as. >> well, as i say, the big things that matter at this election and what i'm out every day talking about are the plans that we've got for the future of our country. now we've gone through a really tough time. i think most people accept that we had covid, that shrank the economy by 10% overnight. we came forward with, furlough and other measures to save the economy, to preserve millions of jobs. we've got inflation down because of that war between ukraine and russia. the problems that are caused. and we've now got the economy turning. it's the fastest growing economy in the fastest growing economy in the g7, equal fastest at the moment in the last quarter. that's something that we can build on. but the reality is, if we now pass this over to keir starmer, you know, we are going to go back to square one because i mean just look, you know, you mentioned mps. look at what's going on with diane abbott. at the moment. we don't really know what's going on. he seems to

have known the result of this report back in december. he's now doesn't seem to be entirely clear as to whether she can stand or not. angela rayner has now stepped into the ring to tell him what to do to. you know, we really need a choice here. i think, to be very clearly framed between, you know, ourselves with a plan, a clear sense of direction for the future of our country and what's going on with labour, which is, frankly, all over the place. what's interesting, what struck me this morning and as you know, we get we get a sort of press release about what every politician who comes on would like to talk about doesn't necessarily mean we will talk about it, but yours is, about about it, but yours is, about about a 2018 pamphlet published by the shadow chancellor, which, i mean, it just struck me this morning as being negative campaigning, whereas, i mean , campaigning, whereas, i mean, don't the public want to hear some positive campaigning from the tories about what you would do, how you would change things if you continue to be in power rather than just attacking what labour may do if they get into government ? well, we'd be very

government? well, we'd be very clear. example. you mentioned pensions and the pamphlet on our approach to pensions. so we brought in the triple lock. plus thatis brought in the triple lock. plus that is going to mean hundreds of pounds of tax cuts for pensioners going forward. and we think that's really important. now labour have dismissed that entirely, which means that basically they're up for effectively a tax on retirement. so under labour you're going to see millions of pensioners being dragged into income tax. now what this pamphlet is about, i think this is really important here, is that labour have come forward with £38.5 billion worth of unfunded spending commitments . now, don't take my word for that. those were official, treasury , analysis. that's, treasury, analysis. that's, that's had a look at that. really properly and really thoroughly. they've ruled out rising raising income tax or national insurance . under national insurance. under pressure from our press department, they finally clearly ruled out increases to vat . and ruled out increases to vat. and that leaves the question, where are you going to find the 38 billion? now, if you look at what happened in 1997, when

gordon brown came in, he raided workplace pensions, £118 billion raid. he then gave pensioners a £0.75 increase and we ended up with a fourth worse highest, sorry, the fourth highest, pensioner poverty in the whole of europe. and if you look at what is said in that pamphlet that rachel reeves has authored , that rachel reeves has authored, it's very clear they're looking at reducing the tax relief on people paying into pensions. if you're on the higher rate of tax, raising £20 billion as it as it was then at that time . so as it was then at that time. so you're looking at a party that's coming forward with a tax raid on pensioners, on the state pension and if they're going to make their sums work, a tax raid on workplace pensions. and we don't think that's right. we've seen it before with gordon brown. it was all kept very quiet. it didn't appear in the manifesto. and then they sprung it on us. and that's what everybody's really got to start waking up to is how are they going to find this money, all

this unfunded spending people are going to have to start saving today, frankly, to pay for a future labour government. >> but you mentioned your your plans, the triple lock plus promise. why now ? why such promise. why now? why such a last minute policy? you've had 14 years to enact this change and meaningful policies to actually help pensioners and the financial challenges . faced by financial challenges. faced by over 60 has been lacking for many years, especially during covid. we had so many emails in yesterday when we were talking about this from pensioners saying that they are struggling week on week to put food on the table and to heat their homes. why is this happening? it doesn't seem meaningful. >> well, i think it's very meaningful, but in terms of your point about whether we've supported pensioners or pensioners or not, i've already pointed out what labour did in the fourth highest pensioner poverty in europe. we've seen a reduction in pensioner poverty of 220,000 by 2010. we brought in the triple lock, which, remember, increases pensions at

a more rapid rate than would otherwise occur. we were the party that brought that in. we have something called pension credit, which is there for those lower earning pensioners. you mentioned cost of living challenges. we have specific cost of living payment that went out to millions of pensioners. that was £300 in the last year, and many of those pensioners who are on pensioners, pensioners credit also qualified for other cost of living payments, which in total could come up to over £1,000. so we've done all we can really to help pensioners, but we want to go still further and that's why we want to make sure we save pensioners tax . we keep we save pensioners tax. we keep millions of pensioners out of tax as opposed to labour who've ruled all that out. they've dismissed it entirely. ruled all that out. they've dismissed it entirely . and that dismissed it entirely. and that means that under labour you're going to see millions of pensioners dragged into paying income tax, a retirement tax that we do not feel is fair. >> well , but that we do not feel is fair. >> well, but what are you doing to future pensioners? because i mean, you talk about this £38.5 billion black hole, which you say labour's got in its finances. they say you've got a

£71 billion black hole in yours, a huge chunk of which, of course, is driven by the desire to, to get rid of national insurance, which then raises the question, well, in a decade or two, is it going to be any state pension at all anyway ? pension at all anyway? >> so let's just look at these two apparent black holes. the 38.5 billion that labour has has been scrutinised as part of an official treasury analysis . it's official treasury analysis. it's a very robust conservative view of what their unfunded spending plans are. the bulk of the figure that you've just quoted, that they assert we have by way of a black hole is an aspiration that we have over the longer term, to abolish national insurance. that is not the same as a manifesto commitment, nothing like it. all of those items in that £38.5 billion black hole that labour have will be absolutely expected to appear in labour's manifesto . the in labour's manifesto. the things that they are pointing their finger to with us are purely things that people have

said in the past. oh, we'd like to do this and we'd like to think about that, or in the longer term and so on. they you cannot equate the two. the reality is we're left with £38.5 billion black hole for labour to fill. they've ruled out certain tax increases instantly. they haven't properly ruled out the pension raid that i've just described on workplace pensions. they've said it won't feature in the manifesto. well, that's the kind of language that gordon brown used back in the day. and gordon brown, remember, is cited by rachel reeves as his great, as her great mentor. okay. and i'm afraid we are looking at a playbook here that we we've seen before. if they're to raise that kind of money and they're ruling out the big three taxes, then this is exactly the kind of thing that you would be expecting them to look at. >> look, we're almost out of time with you, but i did just want to ask you about the parliamentary candidate, the tory catherine fletcher, who's posted on x that excrement has been posted through her letterbox . politicians. it does letterbox. politicians. it does highlight, doesn't it, that the threat that politicians are

going to be under during this election campaign . what are you election campaign. what are you doing to support and look after your parliamentary candidates ? your parliamentary candidates? >> well, can i firstly say that this is just a disgraceful thing and whoever did that , it is and whoever did that, it is utterly shameful. i would like to see the same kind of energy generally from the public in terms of expressions of disgust for this kind of behaviour. whichever political party is impacted as often, i'm afraid you find on twitter in terms of attacking politicians, i think society generally has to call this out in terms of support for catherine. she's a fantastic colleague. she's a very resilient and capable lady, and she will come through this absolutely fine. she has the support totally of her parliamentary ex—parliamentary colleagues on on her side of things. and i've absolutely no doubt that the party centrally will be providing her with whatever support she needs . but whatever support she needs. but this is absolutely disgraceful and people should be taking to the twitter sphere now in their

thousands and thousands to call this out. >> well, look, i think that's a very fair point. mel stride, good to see you this morning. thanks very much indeed. treat all the candidates with a bit of respect, doesn't matter what party they're standing for or who you support. frankly >> let's have a look at the weather now with alex. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> morning. it's time for your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. plenty of fine weather to come as we go through today and into the weekend. however, there is a system bringing some cloud and outbreaks of rain which could turn heavy across parts of eastern england today. elsewhere, we are largely under the influence of high pressure to the west of us, which means it is going to be largely dry, bright if not sunny . plenty of bright if not sunny. plenty of sunshine, particularly across parts of scotland, northern ireland and western england and wales as we go through today. like i said, though, cloudier across eastern england and here there will be outbreaks of rain

and some of the showers into the afternoon could turn heavy, possibly thundery. some blustery winds in the east, elsewhere a bit of a breeze, but where you catch any sunshine it shouldn't feel too bad. temperatures rising into the high teens or low 20s markedly fresher than this towards the southeast, and feeling so because of the cloud and the blustery winds. as we go overnight, we will see most of the rain clearing in the southeast, but some further spots are possible during the early hours of tomorrow morning and staying quite cloudy in the east too. elsewhere, some clear skies allowing temperatures to take a bit of a dip, rural spots in particular likely to drop into single figures. so like we've seen through some recent starts, a bit of a fresher feel first thing tomorrow morning. otherwise, as we go through tomorrow and in the east, still quite cloudy across parts of east anglia and some outbreaks of drizzly rain, though this doesn't look as heavy as the rain that we're going to see today. but elsewhere it is going today. but elsewhere it is going to be bright and sunny, plenty of sunshine , not necessarily of sunshine, not necessarily wall to wall blue skies throughout the whole day, but a mostly fine picture. just 1 or 2 showers to watch out for with a

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gb news. >> way . >> way. >> way. >> good morning to you. it's 7:00 on friday. the 31st of may. today, a historic moment has former president donald trump is found guilty on all 34 charges in his hush money case.

>> it's a rigged, disgraceful trial. but the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people. and they know what happened here. and everybody knows what happened here. >> trump vows to keep fighting on as he becomes the. >> the biden administration says nobody is above the law following the monumental conviction with the us election around the corner, voters are divided on trump's future. >> i feel like the justice system here in america actually works. when was found guilty on all 34 counts, our first reaction was a sadness for america , sadness for trump and america, sadness for trump and another blow to rishi sunak, the former tory mp mark logan is backing labour, claiming it's time for a new government. >> here's what the secretary of state for work and pensions, mel

stride, said just a few minutes ago i think it's a great shame that he's decided to do that. >> he'll have his own reasons for doing that. although i did noficein for doing that. although i did notice in his letter when he made this decision that he published, he didn't mention a single labour policy that he was attracted to politicians under attack. >> tory parliamentary candidate catherine fletcher claims excrement was sent through her constituency letterbox ahead of the upcoming election, and in the upcoming election, and in the sport this morning. >> it's all about the prep. great preparation for next week's t20 world cup for england as they thrashed pakistan at the oval by seven wickets. great preparation for the olympics as brit matthew hudson—smith breaks his own european 400 metre record in oslo and the french open have banned boos courtside after some rowdy drunk spectators got a bit shouty. put off the players and go and ruin it all for the rest of us. but anyway, from now on it's evian only it's the start of summer tomorrow and for many of us,

it's going to feel pretty summery. >> this weekend. however there is some rain in the south—east. i'll have more details coming up i >> morning to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on . and this is breakfast on. gb news. well, it's been quite a night. it's quite something to wake up to, isn't it? depending on what time you went to bed. >> well, i saw it, and then i couldn't sleep, could i? >> oh. did you. oh, i'd gone to. i'd gone to bed by the time the, the trump verdict came in last night. so i woke up to it this morning and it is historic, nick. i mean, there's no getting away from it to have a former president. and don't forget, we still referred to as president trump because that's how it works in the states. found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush money trial. >> well, he has now become the first former us president to be criminally convicted . criminally convicted. >> yeah, he had pleaded not

guilty, denying all 34 counts against him, including that alleged affair with adult film star stormy daniels. of course , star stormy daniels. of course, it was payments surrounding , her it was payments surrounding, her that sparked this whole case. >> well, he also claimed that the prosecution was politically motivated. he's set to be sentenced on the 11th of july. >> well, speaking outside the court, he said the conviction was a disgrace and that he is a very innocent man. >> this was a disgrace . >> this was a disgrace. >> this was a disgrace. >> this was a disgrace. >> this was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. it's a rigged trial, a disgrace. they wouldn't give us a venue change. we were at 5% or 6% in this district. in this area . this was a rigged, area. this was a rigged, disgraceful trial . but the real disgraceful trial. but the real verdict is going to be november fifth by the people. and they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened

here. you have a soros backed d.a. and a whole thing. we didn't do a thing wrong. i'm a very innocent man, and it's okay. i'm fighting for our country. i'm fighting for our constitution . our whole country constitution. our whole country is being rigged right now. this was done by the biden administration. >> well , a spokesperson for >> well, a spokesperson for president biden said in a statement that no one is above the law. america has been left divided by the verdict. we're angry, but we're also happy in a way, because you know what? >> my president's got street credit. >> now, i feel like the justice system here in america actually works. the sad part of it is, is that it could have gone either way, but when he was found guilty on all 34 counts, our first reaction was a sadness for america , sadness for trump. america, sadness for trump. >> at the end of the day, it's only going to increase his support. >> it reminds us the importance

of our judicial system and everybody should be held accountable to the law. so i think that hopefully that's what worked here and he gets what he deserves. >> you know what? i think overall i'm kind of sad for donald trump. i don't want to see him to go to prison. i don't want to i'm not disheartened by all that. >> let's talk to our homeland security editor, mark white, who joins us now. morning to you, mark. i mean, it whatever you think of trump, this is a remarkable situation that the united states now finds itself in. >> yes. i in.— >> yes. i mean, it's in. >> yes. i mean, it's hard to overstate just how unprecedented did this, decision by the jury in lower manhattan was. we are really in unchartered waters, waters now in terms of where we go from here, because, yes , go from here, because, yes, there is the potential for president trump to end up in jail. although most people think

thatis jail. although most people think that is unlikely given his age, given the fact that he's, previously of good character in the in the sense that he is no, criminal convictions, but this is a man, remember, who's coming out of court and continuing to say that this was a corrupt trial , to accuse the judge, of trial, to accuse the judge, of being crooked and corrupt as well. so, you know, all bets are off in terms of, where we go. but regardless of whether he ends up in jail, this is a man who is running to be for the, 87th president of the united states. and if he wins that election , he could take office. election, he could take office. with all of this still hanging over him, not just, this case, which is likely to go to appeal and may well be, still unresolved, if he was to take office, but other cases as well. another three cases that are being brought against the former

president, and he could find himself in office a very bitter and angry man engulfed in all of this legal process at a time of a deeply unsettled, and dangerous world out there with what's happening in ukraine, with the middle east, in very great, difficulty and tensions at the moment. just last night, of course, we had these british and us airstrikes on houthi rebel positions in yemen, an increasingly belligerent china as well, all of these big international issues of importance. and you could have someone, potentially being elected to office having to deal with all of that while being so distracted by all of the legal process is extraordinary. >> mark white, thank you very much indeed . well, joining us much indeed. well, joining us now is the honorary president of reform uk , nigel farage. good to reform uk, nigel farage. good to see you this morning, nigel. you are a friend and an ally of

donald trump. what's your reaction to this verdict ? reaction to this verdict? >> i think the whole thing is a disgrace. it has been from start to finish . i have been concerned to finish. i have been concerned about the american judicial system for many, many years. you see, it's politicised in a way that ours isn't. you know, judges get elected on a ticket saying, i'm going to get donald trump. so you have to doubt the impartiality of the process from the very beginning. the point trump made there in the video, you showed is that the district in which this was held, you know, he got no more than 10% of the vote. so, you know, the likelihood is that the jurors would all be democrats will certainly not trumpites. and even american juries seem to think along political lines. i i personally think that the biden administration , the us judicial administration, the us judicial system have massively over overplayed their hand. it was interesting that within half an hour of the verdict, trump's donation website crashed. you

know, i mean, huge numbers of people were going on to give money to his campaign and the real key thing here is what happens to those in the middle. people love trump. they say it's a disgrace. people hate trump. they'll say, oh, at least our system works. what happens to those people in the middle? and my guess is that fair minded americans will think this is not showing their country in a very good light. and my sense is, ironically , this is probably the ironically, this is probably the biggest electoral boost he could ever have had. >> well, it's interesting because, i mean, a lot of experts stateside are disagreeing with you this morning , disagreeing with you this morning, nigel. disagreeing with you this morning , nigel. and they're morning, nigel. and they're saying, actually, for those swing voters in swing states, what this is likely to do is put them off, because whatever the rights and wrongs of it all, they don't like the idea of someone with a criminal conviction often being president of their country. yeah but i mean, these are the same experts that said it was a 98% certainty that said it was a 98% certainty that hillary clinton would win

in 2016. >> look, i don't know whether i'm right. they don't know whether they're right. you know, my guess is that fair minded americans will think this shines a very bad light on their country. that is my guess. >> we've just heard from donald trump there vowing to fight on. how do you think he is really behind closed doors ? have you behind closed doors? have you spoken with him since the verdict? >> no. of course not. but i have sent a message of support . >> no. of course not. but i have sent a message of support. he is the most resilient human being i've ever come across , it seems i've ever come across, it seems the more and more they throw at him. and remember, we had the russia hoax that went on for three years, complete lie. we had the attempt to impeach him over ukraine twice . total over ukraine twice. total nonsense. and on and on it goes . nonsense. and on and on it goes. and you can be in no doubt that the liberal left in america, much of the establishment just want this man out of the picture at all costs . they don't care at all costs. they don't care what they have to do, and he just comes through it all, with with a strength that is truly

astonishing. as i say , i think astonishing. as i say, i think that the liberal left have overplayed their hand here. and i think trump i feel more certain this morning that trump would be the 47th president than i did yesterday . i did yesterday. >> can i take you back to what you said, slightly earlier, nigel, because you were obviously the judicial system in the states is very different to ours. and as you say, people get elected on a ticket and all the rest of it, which i mean, certainly over here we find a little bit disturbing, don't we? but he was nevertheless convicted on evidence presented to a jury of his peers. now, if you can go about in the united states and say, well, actually, juries are entirely political and you end up impugning juries in all of this, well, that actually throws the whole judicial system in the states into absolute chaos . into absolute chaos. >> the whole thing needs scrapping and starting again. steven, let me give you a separate example of this, but one that i've seen friends of mine involved with say you're charged with something, a financial crime, whatever it may

be, regardless whether you've doneit be, regardless whether you've done it or not. you're told. now, look, if you plead not guilty and go to court, your legal fees will be $3 million and you'll get 88 years in jail. or you can plead guilty. there'll be a fine of $5,000, and you'll serve two weeks, and people take so 98% of cases where there are charges result in guilty pleas. that is how totally corrupted the american judicial system is at every level. and if your judges are politicised, don't be surprised that your juries are politicised too. i tell you what, we may criticise some aspects of our judicial system , but it's a damn judicial system, but it's a damn sight better than america, europe and most of the rest of the world. >> if it's so, if it's so terrible for. and i'm not trying to defend it in any sense, but but if there was this conspiracy from the biden campaign to skewer donald trump through the judicial system in this way, just it also raise into question

his last campaign back in 2016 when basically he spent the whole time saying, lock her up about hillary clinton. i mean, it's that whole what's good for the goose is good for the good for the gander, isn't it? >> well, i think some of the clintons financial affairs have been interesting, to say the least, and of course, you know, perhaps the biggest conspiracy was the hunter biden laptop showing all sorts of linkages between a man of extremely dubious character and president biden and companies in ukraine. and yet what happened with that is that facebook, twitter and social media refused to let the american public know. so, look, we can point fingers. we can give, you know, try and apportion blame on both sides. the fact is that he was in trial for accountancy . do you think for accountancy. do you think donald trump does accounts? do you think donald trump even examines the fine detail of these accounts? of course he doesn't. he leaves it all to professionals. and the key witness, michael cohen, his ex—lawyer, admitted under oath

to being a liar and a thief. and it's on the basis of his evidence that this conviction has taken place. it would never have happened in our country. >> you go, oh man. all right, i get i get another go. nigel, i wanted to ask you. i wanted to ask you actually, about something over here, because obviously we're focusing on us politics a lot with that this morning. but over here i was i was struck by the telegraph this morning. nigel, where they've got a little piece on page seven effectively saying you've fallen out with richard tice that he's slapped you down over comments she made about the tory party >> yeah. okay. great. i mean, journalists , you know, journalists, you know, journalists, you know, journalists earn salaries. they have to write something, don't they? load of cobblers. oh well, i'll ask you something else then. >> nigel, do you stand by your decision in light of this verdict to help trump with his election campaign in the us , to election campaign in the us, to focus on the us election rather than stand as a candidate

yourself here in the uk election? because lots of your fans were very disappointed by that decision. >> well, they're two separate things, aren't they? because the us election will come after this general election campaign. you know, 4th of july, our election is over. keir starmer is in number 10. and we then got the long run to in november the 5th in america. yes, of course i'm going to stand up and defend donald trump. but i'll tell you why. because i believe the world, uncertain as it is, will be a much safer place with him in the white house, with joe biden. and i think his record as four years of president. just think about those abraham context of what's happening today, getting arab states and israel to sign peace and trade accords. so yep, i'll be helping him . him. >> okay. just just a final point. do you have any regrets? i mean, i know it's only i know we're only like, on day eight or whatever of this election campaign, but do you have any regrets now? now you've seen the reaction to you not standing . do reaction to you not standing. do you have regrets that you've made that decision ?

made that decision? >> huge regrets. absolutely huge regrets . i was >> huge regrets. absolutely huge regrets. i was going to >> huge regrets. absolutely huge regrets . i was going to launch regrets. i was going to launch yesterday, a six month campaign to fight a constituency, and to, you know, campaign all over the country. and with six months at this , i think reform could have this, i think reform could have done astonishingly well in six weeks, starting from scratch. when you're me , when you know when you're me, when you know they'll cheat against me as they did last time. and by the way, i'm not making that up because one of the agents got a nine month suspended prison sentence for breaking the law in the conservative campaign against me . in those circumstances, i thought i could do much better for the party and the cause. by touring the country, i'll be in ashfield tomorrow, with lee. i'm going to be up with richard tice today in boston and skegness. i couldn't have done those things and fought a seat from scratch against an establishment that here will do not quite the same as trump, but will do almost anything to stop me . anything to stop me. >> okay, nigel, good to see you this morning. thank you very much for your time, and it's

worth pointing out that in those constituencies nigel mentioned, of course, plenty of other people standing, and we will list those on the website for you. gb news. >> com yet gb news comunal say keep your views coming in on that interview with nigel, or indeed any of the stories that we are talking about today. >> now , that's a look at some of >> now, that's a look at some of the other stories heading into the other stories heading into the newsroom this morning, and the newsroom this morning, and the ministry of defence has confirmed british and us forces have struck houthi targets in yemen. the fifth combined operations since january. those strikes took place against the iranian backed groups on thursday in response to houthi attacks on international shipping in the red sea and gulf of aden , hundreds of border of aden, hundreds of border force officials at heathrow airport will launch a three day strike today in a dispute over working hours. >> the public and commercial services union says that more than 500 of its members working on passport control will walk out in a protest against new rosters . rosters. >> a nine year old girl remains in a critical condition

following a shooting on a busy high street in east london on wednesday night. the child was with her family inside a restaurant in hackney when shots were fired, injuring the girl and three others. one of the injured faces potentially life changing injuries. >> well, at 7:18, let's take a look at the weather now with alex burkill. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> morning. it's time for your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. plenty of fine weather to come as we go through today and into the weekend. however, there is a system bringing some cloud and outbreaks of rain which could turn heavy across parts of eastern england today. elsewhere, we are largely under the influence of high pressure to the west of us, which means

it is going to be largely dry, bright if not sunny. plenty of sunshine, particularly across parts of scotland. northern ireland and western england and wales as we go through today. like i said, though, cloudier across eastern england and here there will be outbreaks of rain and some of the showers into the afternoon could turn heavy, possibly thundery. some blustery winds in the east. elsewhere, a bit of a breeze, but where you catch any sunshine it shouldn't feel too bad. temperatures rising into the high teens or low 20s markedly fresher than this towards the southeast and feeling so because of the cloud and the blustery winds. as we go overnight , we will see most of overnight, we will see most of the rain clearing in the southeast. but some further spots are possible during the early hours of tomorrow morning and staying quite cloudy in the east too. elsewhere, some clear skies allowing temperatures to take a bit of a dip. rural spots in particular likely to drop into single figures. so, like we've seen through some recent starts, a bit of a fresher feel. first thing tomorrow morning . first thing tomorrow morning. otherwise, as we go through tomorrow and in the east still quite cloudy across parts of east anglia and some outbreaks of drizzly rain, though this doesn't look as heavy as the

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everything you need to know of what happened yesterday

>> it is 726. good morning to you. now to the election campaign. and yesterday, the prime minister was in buckinghamshire, where he spoke about net zero on a visit to a factory. >> well, it came as former tory mp mark logan defected to the labour party. he said the country was in need of a new government and a change. >> well, the concern of parliamentary candidate, that's not her. catherine fletcher says. let's see if we can get a picture of catherine fletcher up, please. she claims she's had excrement posted through the letterbox of her office in a video. she said police were involved after what she

described as attempts to bully her. >> sir keir starmer and deputy leader of the labour party, angela rayner, will join scottish labour leader anas sarwar today to launch labour's six steps for change in the country . it comes as sir keir country. it comes as sir keir was in wales yesterday with the embattled first minister there, vaughan gething, and the leader of the liberal democrat , of the liberal democrat, although there he is on the left i >> -- >> sir ed davey has launched plans for children's mental health, and he did that by going down a water slide, he enjoyed . down a water slide, he enjoyed. he had a lovely time. let's listen to what the leaders had to say on day eight of the campaign trail. >> i want to prioritise our country's energy security. and we've seen in the last couple of years what's happened , right years what's happened, right when we're held hostage by dictators like putin, we can't have that happen. >> voters know that they can trust the green party on climate and nature, and that's something that they know we will push the

incoming labour government on. >> what a game changer it will be if we were able to elect in a westminster labour government that would work with the welsh labour government, delivering for people across wales. our policy is to get a qualified mental health professional in every school in our primary schools and our secondary schools, and only the liberal democrats are arguing for that with a costed programme. >> diana is a really important figure in the labour party and in the labour movement. >> they don't earn conservatism, they don't own the right to govern in perpetuity. if you do a bad job, eventually you're going to get fired. >> and the message i'm hearing back from people is clear as daylight. it is time to kick the tories out of power. for too long, wales has been overlooked at westminster. >> right. that's what people were saying yesterday. earlier

were saying yesterday. earlier we spoke to nigel farage and he mentioned a couple of constituencies where reform candidates were standing. and he mentioned those, of course, because there are people who are pretty significant for the party. lee anderson and richard tice. well, let's run you through all of the candidates for those constituencies. so in boston and skegness , david boston and skegness, david dickerson is standing for the engush dickerson is standing for the english democrats , alex faubert english democrats, alex faubert for the labour party, richard gordon , ian lloyd for the gordon, ian lloyd for the liberal democrats, chris moore for the green party richard tice for the green party richard tice for reform uk, matt warman for the conservative and unionist party and in ashfield, lee anderson is standing for reform uk. >> alexander coates for the green party, rikki neave for the labour party , jason zadrozny for labour party, jason zadrozny for the ashfield independents . the ashfield independents. >> well, let's talk to former labour adviser now, stella santa kidu. good to see you. this morning, where are we in this

campaign as far as keir starmer is concerned ? you think i mean, is concerned? you think i mean, is concerned? you think i mean, is touring round is done. wales is touring round is done. wales is off to scotland today. we're yet to hear anything solid from him, aren't we? this is what we're still. we're still waiting for the real meat on the bones of all of this campaign from the labour party. >> well, one would say keir starmer has no reason to give to put too much meat on the bones, because of course, the poll ratings are showing that he's doing extremely well. so why would he want to rock the boat at the same time you have the internal party conflicts, you have rishi sunak is also throwing so many policies every single day , and keir starmer's single day, and keir starmer's policies have been going a bit under the radar. i think today certainly he will be hoping that there will be some cut through with the media because he is in scotland, which of course up until a couple of years ago, if you told the labour party that they could win as many as 12

seats, they would have been exhilarated and now they're on course to win even as many seats as the snp . certainly there are as the snp. certainly there are polls that show that the labour party is set to win between 20 and 30 seats in scotland. and of course, he will be announcing that the flagship energy policy of the labour party, gb energy, is going to have its headquarters in scotland and this is very important because energy is in increasingly an issue that is on the radar of voters because they have made the connection between energy security , international events security, international events and price inflation. and he will be hoping that they will be heanng be hoping that they will be hearing of all of these plans, and that this will sound concrete enough because it is a new company, vie. there will be a lot of investment. they will also welcome private investment, of course, which is something i think only the labour party could do and get away with, but it should appear to have more broad variety of voters .

broad variety of voters. >> and we've been talking about keir starmer being up in scotland today in wales yesterday. all of this threatens to be overshadowed, doesn't it, by the diane abbott row which is now in about day four, and do you think it is exposed , caused you think it is exposed, caused splits in high levels of the labour party? wes streeting speaking earlier this week, saying he was very uncomfortable with the way that diane abbott had been treated , sir keir had been treated, sir keir starmer says the decision is yet to be made by the nec, but then we had angela rayner step in yesterday saying she sees no reason why diane abbott can't be a labour mp in hackney. >> i wonder whether the fact that that angela rayner spoke against it yesterday means that eventually we will see the leadership saying that diane abbott is going to be allowed to run in the end, even though it sounds like she was perfectly willing to retire just wanted to be allowed to do so with dignity and respect . and it's not just and respect. and it's not just diane abbott, it's a lot of mps. there have been a lot of, a lot of candidates who are very close

to the labour leadership who have been parachuted in super safe labour seats across the country. you also have , lloyd country. you also have, lloyd russell—moyle, who is an mp who has an mp up until recently, who has an mp up until recently, who has not been selected for his seat to allow to run again. you also have faiza shaheen. that caused a lot of controversy because of course, she was running against iain duncan. smith's did so well in the last election, she was 1000 votes close to getting the actual seat. and people are quite angry that she is not allowed to run. it is not something uncommon. it happens with every , every happens with every, every election. the labour party does do that . the conservative party do that. the conservative party does similar things. it's just that in the labour party the members expect a lot more democracy . and i think that democracy. and i think that right now keir starmer is forgive me, stella, but is it is it a purge of the left? the purge of the left has been going for on a very long time. of course, it is a purge of the

left. but if keir starmer was to consolidate that control, he has been doing that for a long time now. but now is the best time for him to test how shared and submissive the labour party is going to to be his leadership, because he's at his strongest. the polls are amazing . everyone the polls are amazing. everyone is expecting a job, whether they are an mp and they are expecting they want to be in the front bench or whether they are a party activist and they want to work for the party. eventually he is at his strongest. >> okay, stella san tokido, good to see you this morning. thank you very much . you very much. >> all right. your views on all of that, please. gb news compose. and we're going to take a short break only for a couple of minutes though, because then paul coyte is going to be here with all the sports

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>> cricket first. oh. >> should we let's start with a little bit of the cricket t20. it's the fourth t20 between england and pakistan. yesterday i say it's the fourth. it's supposed to be the fourth. there was only two because the weather's been so bad. they've only played two. but england have won both of them. they won very easily, yesterday against pakistan at the oval. and it was the t20 because it's all warming up for the world cup, which starts next week in the canbbean starts next week in the caribbean and the united states. england will play scotland in the first game next tuesday, so they usually run quite a long time these world cups. so everybody plays each other and then that goes on for ages. and he really gets excited when you get to the knockout stage. but england current holders they won it in australia 18 months ago. so looking very good. good preparation. yeah very excited about this a good summer of sport loads. >> yeah it will be. yeah will be excellent. matthew hudson—smith. yes. he's he's beaten his own record talking about preparation for the olympics. >> yeah , yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> 400 metre runner has broken his own european 400 metre

record. he did that at the. do you remember the bislett games? are you familiar with the bisley games? it seems to be going on forever. the bisley games, it's in oslo and it's often used to get covm in oslo and it's often used to get covid over it used to run in the bisley games. it's just one of those you hear of but don't really know too much about. it's part of the diamond league, so that's an interesting picture of his chin. lovely, lovely picture of matt hudson smith's chin. but anyway, 44.07 so he's broken his own european record looking good because he wasn't at the olympics last time out in tokyo because he was injured. so a great hope for us beating it by 19 hundredths of a second, which it's getting ridiculous isn't it? >> stuff like that . >> stuff like that. >> stuff like that. >> well, the thing is, when you've got 400m, it's so, you know, the margins of victory are so small and world records. i'm surprised we're not in thousandths of seconds. yeah. because there are some sports where they do do it like that way. but for 40 or do do it that way, even for 44. they do it for

4 to 4 for 44.07. so anyway, there's the new record, new european record. so it's all about when he starts running against the americans and the people from bahamas who are very, very good at this. >> what should we talk about? the french open because they've stopped fans drinking alcohol. >> quick word on the french open because i want to get to the i want to get to the golf, the french open, yeah. we spoke about this, didn't we, yesterday about this, didn't we, yesterday about spectators who were getting upset. this is the djokovic match. djokovic was stopped in the middle. he actually asked the umpire if please. i think he was quite polite about it. could you please tell the crowd just to keep it down a little bit? so they start whistling straight away, there was problems earlier on this week we had iga swiatek, whose birthday is by the way, today. happy birthday, happy birthday, iga. and, david goffin, also we spoke about yesterday , he, you know, he had yesterday, he, you know, he had a bit of chewing gum that was spat at him. that's when it's getting really nasty. that's horrible. but it's being blamed on the fact that people can dnnk on the fact that people can drink alongside the court. and it's like, is that really going to make that much difference?

>> i don't know, baguettes in and, yes, a box of buzzing . and, yes, a box of buzzing. >> what's that? cheese. cheese. all right. >> oh i don't eat cheese. >> oh i don't eat cheese. >> you know i don't touch the cheese. it's lovely on cracker. >> so you need to know we've got 30s so you can choose golf or olympic torch. no. we're gonna have to do a bit of golf. >> we'll have to do nelly korda. nelly korda, let me. nelly korda is the greatest female golfer in the world by a long way. she's won her last five competitions. she's gone to the us open. she's never won that. but she's gone to the third hole in the us open. and this everybody has holes like this, but not when you're nelly korda anyway. first round of the women's us open. so anyway ended up ten over. this is a par three so she should do this in three. tee shot goes to the bunker. that's the shot out of the bunker. goes across the green and drops into to the water. oh. so then she gets a drop. she has to drop it. and then that's she misses a shot. so then goes to the fourth on the green rolls back into the water. then she takes the sixth.

then she finally gets it onto the green. this is it. it was just one of those holes that was a disaster. gets it onto the green. she finally manages to hole for eight, which is a septuple bogey . and so she's ten septuple bogey. and so she's ten over now for the championship. and it's completely out of out of any chance of winning it. and it's completely out of out of any chance of winning it . and of any chance of winning it. and she's the greatest there is. so it just gives hope to all terrible golfers everywhere that even nelly korda can hit ten on a hole. and there she is. >> oh, bless her, she's still going, by the way. >> she's still going. still there. she's still there . go on. there. she's still there. go on. here you go. look. still didn't go in. no. she took an eight. so it was ten over. she was for the for the round right. >> septuple bogey. >> septuple bogey. >> septuple bogey. that's >> septuple bogey. that's the word of the day. >> it is. >> it is. >> it's like sesame street, isn't it? it is. >> now we're definitely doing olympic torch next hour. >> yes. >> yes. >> and also you have to put it top of the list. >> well we will because we've got ben lane and sean vendy who are our olympic hopefuls in badminton. so we'll have a look at the flame and then we'll

speak to them live before they head over to paris. so i'm very excited about that perfect call. thank you very indeed. >> thank you very much. >>

next. all right. welcome back to breakfast. the time is 747. we're going through the papers now with former labour adviser and journalist mike buckley and journalist and author ella whelan . very good morning to you both. >> one of two job titles. these days. why not? i just feel a bit left out . left out. >> well, you're you're a doctor. >> well, you're you're a doctor. >> i'm a doctor and a presenter. >> i'm a doctor and a presenter. >> so there you go. you've got two as well, mike, let's start, shall we? with the purge of the labour left, well, i think this story on this one is that there is not a purge of the labour left, is there not? no no, there is. i mean, look, about who's standing. john mcdonnell, clearly left wing. he's still standing. chris webb, blackpool south do labour mp on the left. he's still standing olivia

blake, alex sobel i could go on. they were left wing labour mps standing way more labour mps on the left, still standing than there have been in quotes. purged. what labour has done is take action on candidates over whom they have concerns because of social media activity over campaigning activity, there's one instance where a complaint has been made about a labour mp who is now not going to be restanding. this is about individuals labour wanting to make sure it has the best possible candidates in place. this is not about factionalism in the labour party. >> santokhi do a stellar santokhi do former labour adviser and if you came across her i did watch the clip earlier. >> she's. yeah, but she said, well there is a purge of the there's always there's been going on for ages. well she and ihave going on for ages. well she and i have a different opinion that's perfectly reasonable i mean labour what is true bigger picture is that labour has changed radically under keir starmer's leadership from 2019. labour 2019 clearly not electable under jeremy corbyn, labouris electable under jeremy corbyn, labour is now electable and that's partly because labour has become much more professional, much more united. we've got a much more united. we've got a much better policy position also because we've moved to the

centre ground. but it is not the case that there is a current purge of left wing candidates. >> actually, it's not a bad headline, is it, to say there's a purge of the left to try and win over those those centrist floating voters ? floating voters? >> in terms of the headline, i don't think it's going to do the labour party any harm, because understanding there'll be a lot of voters out there now who will be comparing labour now to 2019, who will be thinking, gosh, labour was much too left wing and extreme in 2019. and there are reasons that they would think that. so a labour headline saying there's a purge of the left will give confidence to those people that they can put their trust in the labour party this time round, which, by the way, people can. >> if you compare the treatment of someone like neil coyle to the treatment of diane abbott, i think it becomes pretty clear that there is political distinction here and that this isn't just about a standards and decency. i mean, let's not forget that diane abbott did engagein forget that diane abbott did engage in some you could, you know, some people argued some pretty anti—semitic stuff and that there has been a lot of that there has been a lot of that going on. you don't want to downplay that. but i think when you see the heads that are rolling, faiza shaheen, diane

abbott and others, it's pretty, you know, you can protest all you know, you can protest all you like and that's fine. i think labour, you know, starmer doesn't want to have this portrayal of him being, you know , basically cutting out the corbynite side of the party. but thatis corbynite side of the party. but that is what has been happening. and i think most people know that the labour party has tried to sell itself as it would say, sort of, he would sort of say inspire by blair, i would say sort of blairite tory lite , sort of blairite tory lite, because that's the trajectory of starmer's politics. you look at all the things that he ever pledged or what he got into his position as leader on the back of , you know, well, relatively of, you know, well, relatively left wing corbynite pledges around nationalisation or anything else. that's all been scrapped. he's a he's an incredible political, political operator there. it's just a shame that he's not able to own the fact that he's, you know, taken doing what many party leaders have done in the past, which is clear the decks and create a new position , i just

create a new position, i just don't buy all this. i can't say the word this early in the morning. nonsense. i can't buy all this. not quite lying, but it's sort of spin about the fact that this is all about decency. i mean, like spin. why is why is coyle being given such an easy ride? he's pretty nasty guy. >> he's been given an easy ride. there was an investigation, by the way. we don't know whether diane abbott is going to stand or not. i mean, that seems to be you know, still a decision in abeyance that may be decided next week. i don't think neil coyle was given a particularly easy ride. he was suspended from the party. there was a long investigation. i think the thing that got him through and i don't know all the details, obviously wasn't part of the conversations is that i mean, he clearly made a mistake in large part because he was drunk on the evening that he was drunk on the evening that he made a mistake. he stopped drinking immediately and hasn't had a drop to drink since. that is the best thing to do. the right thing to do. and clearly the party has confidence in his, you know, ability to not say the wrong thing again and to be a decent mp and parliamentary

candidate for the future. >> but why do you think starmer, why hasn't starmer come out and said what he knows to be true, which he knows what's happened with the process with abbott, he's or either that or he's incompetent because he doesn't know his key issue of what's going on within his own party with his own mps. so why isn't he? why doesn't he just come out and say, yeah, she'll stand or yeah, it's fine, or no, it's not. >> well, he clearly isn't incompetent. i don't know why that decision hasn't yet been made or if it has been made, why hasn't yet gone public. i also partly because i don't know why labour wants this story to continue rumbling in the press when actually what what labour should want and i think does want is to be talking about his policy offer, which, by the way, is not tory right. it's radically different from what we have under the conservatives at the moment. >> so why isn't it a decision being made? because it's just going to be jumped upon by the tories, isn't it? we had the chancellor, jeremy hunt, speaking yesterday saying that how can sir keir starmer be trusted to stand up to the likes of putin when he can't even stand up to diane abbott? >> i mean, what he is standing up to diane abbott, i mean, she's she clearly wants something which he has not yet been given. and indeed, there was a process and rightly there was a process and rightly there was a process because what the

letter that she sent last year was appalling. a decision will be made. i don't know why it's taking so long, i hope. i suspect it's because they want to come to a conclusion and have that agreed with diane, and then this issue can just go away and we can all move on. i'd be staggered if that wasn't coming in the next two couple of days. oh, well, let's hope so, let's have a quick look at the daily mail, should we, ella, we've literally got 45 seconds. >> well, literally, we are so light on. good news stories. this is a really good news story. there's a new trial coming out which will have tailored vaccines for cancer treatment. so into terrible, boiling down of it . take some boiling down of it. take some genetic data from the tumour of a patient and turn that into a vaccine using antigens, which means then means it's tailored to your cancer, your body , and to your cancer, your body, and will fight the cancer. >> that's phenomenal. >> that's phenomenal. >> absolutely phenomenal. trials are just started, but the doctors are really positive about it . doctors are really positive about it. someone's doctors are really positive about it . someone's already doctors are really positive about it. someone's already had an initial dose of it. it will target some of the, you know, the key ones like breast cancer, lung cancer, but also melanoma , lung cancer, but also melanoma, bowel cancer, prostate cancer. it could completely change things , so that is look out for things, so that is look out for that. it's really, really wonderful news. >> and coming in trials now

that's nice to hear some good news isn't it. >> it is actually it's hope on the horizon. i know it'll be a couple of years off, but not that many. hopefully only 2026. oh, there you go. fantastic. mike ella thank you both very much indeed. >> let's look at the weather now with alex. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news morning. on. gb news morning. >> it's time for your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. plenty of fine weather to come as we go through today and into the weekend. however there is a system bringing some cloud and outbreaks of rain which could turn heavy across parts of eastern england today. elsewhere we are largely under the influence of high pressure to the west of us, which means it is going to be largely dry, bright if not sunny . plenty of bright if not sunny. plenty of sunshine, particularly across parts of scotland, northern ireland and western england and wales as we go through today. like i said, though, cloudier across eastern england and here there will be outbreaks of rain and some of the showers into the

afternoon could turn heavy, possibly thundery . some blustery possibly thundery. some blustery winds in the east, elsewhere a bit of a breeze, but where you catch any sunshine it shouldn't feel too bad. temperatures rising into the high teens or low 20s markedly fresher than this towards the south—east, and feeling so because of the cloud and the blustery winds. as we go overnight, we will see most of the rain clearing in the southeast, but some further spots are possible during the early hours of tomorrow morning and staying quite cloudy in the east too. elsewhere, some clear skies allowing temperatures to take a bit of a dip, rural spots in particular likely to drop into single figures. so like we've seen through some recent starts, a bit of a fresher feel first thing tomorrow morning. otherwise, as we go through tomorrow and in the east, still quite cloudy across parts of east anglia and some outbreaks of drizzly rain, though this doesn't look as heavy as the rain that we're going to see today. but elsewhere it is going today. but elsewhere it is going to be bright and sunny. plenty of sunshine, not necessarily wall to wall blue skies throughout the whole day, but a mostly fine picture. just 1 or 2 showers to watch out for with a bit more sunshine around and

slightly lighter winds as well, it's probably going to feel a touch warmer than today for most of us into sunday, and we're likely by then to start to see a weather system pushing its way in from the northwest. and that's going to bring increasing amounts of cloud across parts of scotland, northern ireland and into northern england. and some outbreaks of rain here. to further south, though, a largely sunny picture markedly sunny then through today and tomorrow across the southeast and feeling much warmer as well by by a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on

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trial that the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people and they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here. >> trump vows to keep fighting on as he becomes the first former us leader to be convicted of a crime . of a crime. >> meanwhile, the biden administration says nobody is above the law following the monumental conviction . monumental conviction. >> well, with the us election just around the corner , voters just around the corner, voters are divided on trump's future. >> i feel like the justice system here in america actually works . when was found guilty on works. when was found guilty on all 34 counts, our first reaction was a sadness for america , sadness for trump . america, sadness for trump. >> in another blow to rishi sunak, the former tory mp mark logan has announced he's backing laboun logan has announced he's backing labour. he says it's time for a new government . new government. >> i think it's a great shame that he's decided to do that.

he'll have his own reasons for doing that. although i did noficein doing that. although i did notice in his letter when he made this decision that he published, he didn't mention a single labour policy that he was attracted to tory parliamentary candidate catherine fletcher claims excrement was sent through her constituency letterbox ahead of the upcoming election and the sport great preparation for next week's t20 world cup as england thrashed pakistan at the oval by seven wickets. >> great preparation as well for the olympics, as brit matt hudson—smith breaks his own european 400m record at oslo. and talking to the olympics, it's and talking to the olympics, wsfime and talking to the olympics, it's time for the audience participation. part of the broadcast . where is the olympic broadcast. where is the olympic flame today? i hear you ask. >> where is the olympic flame today, paul? >> well, it's funny you should say that because we'll find out. and also we'll be joined by two of our medal hopefuls as well. coming up soon. >> it's the start of summer tomorrow, and for many of us, it's going to feel pretty summery this weekend. however, there is some rain in the south

east. i'll have more details coming up . coming up. >> coming to you. >> coming to you. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on . gb news. breakfast on. gb news. >> well, it has been a historic verdict in the united states . verdict in the united states. former president donald trump guilty on all 34 counts in his hush money trial . hush money trial. >> yes, he has now become the first former us president to be criminally convicted. >> well, he had pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts against him, including. but it was all tied in with an alleged affair with the adult film star stormy daniels. >> he also claimed that the prosecution was politically motivated. he's said to be sentenced on the 11th of july. >> yeah. so is that going to be a whopping great fine. is it going to be jail time? because that would be very problematic. of course , anyway, speaking

of course, anyway, speaking outside the court, president trump said the conviction was a disgrace and that he is a very innocent man. >> this was a disgrace . >> this was a disgrace. >> this was a disgrace. >> this was a disgrace. >> this was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. it's a rigged trial , a corrupt. it's a rigged trial, a disgrace. they wouldn't give us a venue change. we were at 5% or 6% in this district. in this area . this was a rigged, area. this was a rigged, disgraceful trial that the real verdict is going to be november fifth by the people. and they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here. you have a soros backed d.a. and a whole thing. we didn't do a thing wrong. i'm a very innocent man, and it's okay. i'm fighting for our country. i'm fighting for our constitution . our whole country constitution. our whole country is being rigged right now. this was done by the biden

administration. >> well, a spokesperson for president biden said in a statement that no one is above the law. america has been left divided by the verdict. we're angry, but we're also happy in a way, because you know what? >> my president's got street credit. >> now, i feel like the justice system here in america actually works. the sad part of it is, is that it could have gone either way, but when it was found guilty on all 34 counts, my first reaction was, sadness for america, sadness for trump . america, sadness for trump. >> but at the end of the day, it's only going to increase his support. >> it reminds us the importance of our judicial system, and everybody should be held accountable to the law. so i think that hopefully that's what worked here and he gets what he deserves. >> you know what? i think overall i'm kind of sad for donald trump. i don't want to see him to go to prison. i don't want to. i'm not disheartened by all that . all that. >> let's talk to our homeland

security editor, mark white. i mean, what is clear off the back of this mark is it's left the united states even more polarised . polarised. >> there's no doubt that it will only entrench those on the trump side, the base, who will feel energised by what has happened here. we have heard these reports of the campaign fund hotlines, on the internet, sites that have been down because of the number of people trying to pledge in the wake of these verdicts . then on the other verdicts. then on the other side, those who are not trump supporters will only believe that it's confirmed exactly what they thought about the man. the interesting thing will be to see how this actually plays with those so—called independent voters, especially in the swing states. interestingly, there was some polling done in recent months that suggested some of those that were minded to vote

for trump would potentially change their mind if he was indeed a convicted felon, because at that stage, of course , he only stood accused and every day going into court, spoke about how this was, a figged spoke about how this was, a rigged trial, that was something that was sanctioned by president biden. well now he has actually been convicted by a jury of his peers that might play, just a little differently. it's all to play little differently. it's all to play for, really. nobody really knows . we're in uncharted waters knows. we're in uncharted waters as far as, the, the coming months is concerned . months is concerned. >> mark, we've just heard there fighting talk from from donald trump. do you think we could potentially see an appeal before the election ? the election? >> well, there's no doubt about it. the appeals will be launched right away because what we are likely to see, of course, is the sentencing on july the 11th.

before that, of course, donald trump is out on bail. but even in the unlikely event, as most people see it, that he was sentenced to a term in prison, thatis sentenced to a term in prison, that is unlikely to take place right away, that would be subject of an appeal. but as well as the sentence being appealed when that's eventually passed, the actual , verdict, the passed, the actual, verdict, the conviction is being appealed . conviction is being appealed. but of course, it's not just this. there are three other cases as well hanging over him. and he would potentially assume office if he wins with all of this baggage hanging over him. >> okay, mark, thanks very much indeed. let's talk to democrat party member kasim rashid , who party member kasim rashid, who joins us now. is it a valid question? kasim to ask, if this had been anybody else , would had been anybody else, would would charges of this nature have ever got this far? >> i mean, i think that's the whole point of due process of law that whoever you are,

whether you're an ordinary citizen or a former president of the united states, the law needs to apply the exact same way. and in fact, in new york, we just have a recent example of a former congressperson, jorge santos , who committed election santos, who committed election campaign fraud and was forced to resign, and was kicked out by his own party. i mean, the republican party voted to remove him for his fraud, and many of the fraud that he committed is very similar to what donald trump committed as well. and so that's the beauty of due process of law. that it requires the state to provide evidence, to provide clear, incontrovertible evidence that an, a crime was committed and it affords the citizen the opportunity to respond. and donald trump had every opportunity. he had the opportunity to have legal counsel. he had the opportunity to conduct discovery, to take the stand himself. he chose not to take the stand, and a jury of his peers, after seeing all the

evidence, after seeing the best arguments put forth by both sides, unanimously decided on 34 counts that, yes, this man broke the law, and now he should be held accountable because we are a democracy. we are not dictatorship. >> what about the point that the trump campaign is making, though, that new york is a democrat city and that donald trump could never have received a fair trial there? >> well, i think that shows their ignorance to how the law works, the trials on the state level, happen where the crime occurred. that's what, you know, has been the law in the united states since day one, where the crime occurred, where the nexus of the harm happened is where the trial takes place. so this idea that he can't get a fair trial because it's a democratic city. well you committed the crime there, and you're accountable to that crime. it's why the other three, you know, federal criminal cases that he has. one is in dc, one is in

south florida, one is in georgia. these are all three very different places. but it's where he committed those crimes, and that's where he's being held accountable. so i think that excuse is a distraction from what the law flat out says for all people. >> well, yeah. i mean you're you're comfortable with the charges, you're comfortable with the convictions that we've seen. however, are you comfortable with the fact that, the fact this process has taken place pre—election, actually seems to be giving him a big boost ? be giving him a big boost? >> well, i don't know if it's giving him a big boost, but i, i chuckle because when he was president, the excuse republicans made was the american people deserve due process of law and he should be tried by the american people , tried by the american people, and now he's been tried by the american people and they're saying, well, how dare they do it during an election? well, when was he supposed to be tried? and this is the whole point that when he was president, he was allegedly immune. and now. president, he was allegedly immune. and now . and the excuse immune. and now. and the excuse was he's immune, we can't charge him , after he was impeached,

him, after he was impeached, second time republicans said, well, now he's a private citizen. he's lost the election . citizen. he's lost the election. so now we can't do anything. the people have to do something. well, now the people have done something. and the excuse is, well, you know, he might be president again. so how do you charge him? so it's this kind of this, you know, self—fulfilling dog chasing its tail phenomenon , dog chasing its tail phenomenon, and let's be clear, the person delaying the trial and putting up obstacles was not the state right? the right to a speedy trial is a right afforded to every us citizen, to every person, regardless of whether they're a citizen. actually, the person delaying was donald trump , in hopes that he could delay it long enough that he could re—enter the white house. so i'm actually, i commend, alvin bragg for being deliberate and, you know, specific and judge merchant for , for, not delaying merchant for, for, not delaying this any further and for ensuring that he had due process of law and that the american people, the jury of his peers got to see the evidence and make a decision based on the facts,

not based on any political ideology or any opinions . ideology or any opinions. >> okay. kasim rashid, good to talk to you this morning . thank you. >> well, earlier on we spoke to the honorary president of reform uk, nigel farage. here's what he had to say. >> being concerned about the american judicial system for many, many years. you see it's politicised in a way that ours isn't. you know, judges get elected on a ticket saying, i'm going to get donald trump, so you have to doubt the impartiality of the process from the very beginning. the point trump made there in the video you showed is that the district in which this was held, you know, he got no more than 10% of the vote. so, you know, the likelihood is that the jurors would all be democrats or certainly not trumpites. and even american juries seem to think along political lines. i personally think that the biden administration in the us judicial system have massively overplayed their hand. it was

interesting that within half an hour of the verdict, trump's donation website crashed. you know, i mean, huge numbers of people were going on to give money to his campaign. people were going on to give money to his campaign . and the money to his campaign. and the real key thing here is what happens to those in the middle. people love trump. they say it's a disgrace. people hate trump. they'll say, oh, at least our system works. what happens to those people in the middle? and my guess is that fair minded americans will think this is not showing their country in a very good light. and my sense is , good light. and my sense is, ironically, this is probably the biggest electoral boost he could ever have had. >> well, it's interesting because i mean, a lot of experts stateside are disagreeing with you this morning, nigel. and they're saying, actually, for those swing voters in swing states, what this is likely to do is put them off, because whatever the rights and wrongs of it all, they don't like the idea of someone with a criminal conviction being president of their country .

their country. >> yeah, but i mean, these are the same experts that said it was a 98% certainty that hillary clinton would win in 2016. look, i don't know whether i'm right. they don't know whether they're right. you know, my guess is that fair minded americans will think this shines a very bad light on their country. that is my guess. >> we've just had from donald trump there vowing to fight on how do you think he is really behind closed doors? have you spoken with him since the verdict? >> no, of course not. but i have sent a message of support. he is the most resilient human being i've ever come across. it seems the more and more they throw at him. and remember , we had the him. and remember, we had the russia hoax that went on for three years. complete lie. we had the attempt to impeach him over ukraine twice total nonsense. and on and on it goes. and you can be in no doubt that the liberal left in america, much of the establishment just want this man out of the picture at all costs . they don't care

at all costs. they don't care what they have to do, and he just comes through it all, with with a strength that is truly astonishing. as i say , i think astonishing. as i say, i think that the liberal left have overplayed their hand here. and i think trump, i feel more certain this morning that trump would be the 47th president than i did yesterday . i did yesterday. >> can i take you back to what you said, slightly earlier, nigel, because you were obviously the judicial system in the states is very different to ours. and as you say, people get elected . on a ticket and all the elected. on a ticket and all the rest of it, which i mean, certainly over here we find a little bit disturbing, don't we? but he was never the less convicted on evidence presented to a jury of his peers. now, if you can go about in the united states and say, well, actually, juries are entirely political and you end up impugning juries in all of this, well, that actually throws the whole judicial system in the states into absolute chaos . into absolute chaos. >> the whole thing needs scrapping and starting again.

steven, let me give you a separate example of this, but one that i've seen friends of mine involved with say you're charged with something, a financial crime, whatever it may be, regardless whether you've doneit be, regardless whether you've done it or not. you're told. now, look, if you plead not guilty and go to court, your legal fees will be $3 million and you'll get 88 years in jail. or you can plead guilty . or you can plead guilty. there'll be a fine of $5,000, and you'll serve two weeks. and people take so 98% of cases where there are charges resulting guilty pleas. that is how totally corrupted the american judicial system is at every level. and if your judges are politicised, don't be surprised that your juries are politicised too. i tell you what, we may criticise some aspects of our judicial system, but it's a damn sight better than america, europe and most of the rest of the world. >> if it's so, if it's so terrible for and i'm not trying to defend it in any sense, but but if there was this conspiracy from the biden campaign to

skewer donald trump through the judicial system in this way, just also raise into question his last campaign back in 2016, when basically he spent the whole time saying, lock her up about hillary clinton. i mean, it's that whole what's good for the goose is good for the good for the gander, isn't it? >> well, i think some of the clintons financial affairs have been interesting, to say the least, and of course , you know, least, and of course, you know, perhaps the biggest conspiracy was the hunter biden laptop showing all sorts of linkages between a man of extremely dubious character and president biden and companies in ukraine. and yet what happened with that is that facebook, twitter and social media refused to let the american public know. so, look, we can point fingers. american public know. so, look, we can point fingers . we can we can point fingers. we can give, you know, try and apportion blame on both sides . apportion blame on both sides. the fact is that he was in trial for accountancy. do you think donald trump does accounts ? do donald trump does accounts? do you think donald trump even examines the fine detail of

these accounts? of course he doesn't. he leaves it all to professionals. and the key witness, michael cohen, his ex—lawyer, admitted under oath to being a liar and a thief. ex—lawyer, admitted under oath to being a liar and a thief . and to being a liar and a thief. and it's on the basis of his evidence that this conviction has taken place. it would never have happened in our country. >> nigel farage speaking to us a little bit earlier on in the program. >> all right. shall we see what the weather's going to do for you today? i know joan is very interested to know. here's alex. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> morning. it's time for your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. plenty of fine weather to come as we go through today and into the weekend. however there is a system bringing some cloud and outbreaks of rain which could turn heavy across parts of eastern england today. elsewhere, we are largely under the influence of high pressure to the west of us, which means

it is going to be largely dry, bright if not sunny. plenty of sunshine, particularly across parts of scotland. northern ireland and western england and wales. as we go through today, like i said, though, cloudier across eastern england and here there will be outbreaks of rain and some of the showers into the afternoon could turn heavy, possibly thundery. some blustery winds in the east, elsewhere a bit of a breeze, but where you catch any sunshine it shouldn't feel too bad. temperatures rising into the high teens or low 20s markedly fresher than this towards the south—east, and feeling so because of the cloud and the blustery winds . as we go and the blustery winds. as we go overnight, we will see most of the rain clearing in the southeast, but some further spots are possible during the early hours of tomorrow morning and staying quite cloudy in the east too. elsewhere some clear skies allowing temperatures to take a bit of a dip. rural spots in particular likely to drop into single figures, so like we've seen through some recent starts, a bit of a fresher feel. first thing tomorrow morning. otherwise, as we go through tomorrow and in the east, still quite cloudy across parts of east anglia and some outbreaks of drizzly rain, though this

doesn't look as heavy as the rain that we're going to see today. but elsewhere it is going today. but elsewhere it is going to be bright and sunny. plenty of sunshine, not necessarily wall to wall blue skies throughout the whole day, but a mostly fine picture. just 1 or 2 showers to watch out for with a bit more sunshine around and slightly lighter winds as well, it's probably going to feel the touch warmer than today for most of us into sunday, and we're likely by then to start to see a weather system pushing its way in from the northwest. and that's going to bring increasing amounts of cloud across parts of scotland, northern ireland and into northern england. and some outbreaks of rain here. to further south, though, a largely sunny picture. markedly sunny then through today and tomorrow across the southeast and feeling much warmer as well by by a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on

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the time is 8:24. and sir keir starmer is in scotland today, where he's going to launch labour's six pledges for the country. >> yeah. the labour leader is also launching great british energy, which will be if they get into power, a publicly owned energy company that aims to reduce the cost of energy bills. >> well, joining us now live from scotland is gb news political editor, christopher hope. and what do we expect to hear from sir keir starmer today i >> -- >> well morning both. yeah. after after two days of arguing about diane abbott, whether she can be an mp or not for the labour party, that that idea is pushed off till next tuesday. a meeting of the nec after the intervention of andrew rayner last night, the deputy leader saying she should stand along with some union leaders. we are here in scotland with sir keir starmer, with ed miliband, the shadow energy and climate change secretary, and anas sarwar, of course, leader of scottish laboun course, leader of scottish labour. they are announcing and more detail , labour. they are announcing and more detail, more flesh on the bones of this great british energy idea that idea is to have a big company based in scotland

to exploit clean energy. labour wants to ban any new issuance of oil and gas licences and move this country towards green energy by 2030. they say that will cut bills by 2030 and is an answer to the energy crisis caused by russia's invasion of ukraine. the energy shock which saw all of our household bills soar to unprecedented levels . soar to unprecedented levels. >> yeah, i mean, it's interesting, chris, that with all of this, it's weather that is going to win people over the idea because it's not about renationalising energy, which perhaps would win some people oven perhaps would win some people over, but just the fact of this separate company, perhaps influencing everything else . influencing everything else. >> that's right. stephen. i mean, these nationalised businesses do have a bit of a checkered past. i mean, the one one time, of course, bp british petroleum was state owned back in. it was privatised in the mid 80s. so there is precedent for happening. but there's a feeling now, you know, modern day britain that the private

companies are better, best off at doing this kind of thing. but it's a it's a challenging idea. it might work. it's controversial. the snp say it will cost 100,000 oil and gas jobs. the tory party say 200,000 oil and gas jobs across the uk. but the labour is pushing ahead. they see it as a chance to deliver on this idea of clean energy for us all. they say it's an answer. having home grown clean energy means will that will be importing less of it, and we're less prone to shocks caused by events elsewhere in the world. and we are entering what everyone is saying will be a very dangerous second half of this decade. >> and christopher, hope you're with sir keir starmer in scotland today . i'm with sir keir starmer in scotland today. i'm just with sir keir starmer in scotland today . i'm just looking scotland today. i'm just looking at the front page of the daily express expose the splits in the labour ranks. is that something that you have witnessed, something that you're experiencing ? experiencing? >> yeah, we'll be seeing that later on today. the split is caused by the issue of diane abbott, as i mentioned at the top of this interview, should she be allowed to stand as a labour candidate, she's back as a labour mp before parliament

was dissolved yesterday. the question now is should she be able to stand in hackney? the feeling had been that she'd be allowed back into the party after serving her time out of the party. after those remarks about jewish people and black people and racism last april, april last year , but now it's april last year, but now it's all down to next tuesday, the nec meeting. should she be allowed to stand as a candidate when few thought she would be a candidate at the election? so the question here, more of sir keir starmer's authority. he's really hasn't had a good two days of this. he's dithered around about what is her status, i think. and the tories, of course, are making some play out of that, saying if he can't deal with diane abbott, how can he deal with the threat of someone like vladimir putin? of course, different things altogether, but they go to the heart of who is sir keir starmer? can he make a tough choices where they need to be made? diane abbott is a totemic figure, the first black mp elected back in 1987. someone who labour movement is deeply proud of. and i think that appears to be forgotten by the team around sir keir starmer. >> okay, chris, thanks very much indeed. >> well, let's take a look back,

shall we? at the past 24 hours in the election campaign yesterday, the prime minister, rishi sunak, was campaigning in buckinghamshire where he spoke about net zero on a visit to a factory. >> well that came as former tory mp mark logan decided that he was going to support the labour party. he said the country was in need of a new government and the new change. >> the conservative parliamentary candidate, catherine fletcher, says she'd had extra posted through the letterbox of her constituency office. in a video posted to x, she said the police were involved after what she described as an attempt to bully her. >> and sir keir starmer was in wales yesterday with the embattled first minister, vaughan gething. whilst that row about diane abbott's position in the party continued to rumble on, the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey , democrats, sir ed davey, launched his plans for children's mental health on a campaign visit which involved him appearing on an inflatable yellow slide. >> let's listen to what the leaders had to say on day eight of the campaign trail.

>> i want to prioritise our country's energy security that we've seen in the last couple of years. what's happened right when we're held hostage by dictators like putin, we can't have that happen. >> voters know that they can trust the green party on climate and nature, and that's something that they know we will push the incoming labour government on. >> what a game changer it will be if we were able to elect in a westminster labour government . westminster labour government. that would work with the welsh labour government, delivering for people across wales. our policy is to get a qualified mental health professional in every school in our primary schools and our secondary schools, and only the liberal democrats are arguing for that with a costed programme. >> diane is a really important figure in the labour party and in the labour movement. >> they don't earn conservative ism, they don't own the right to govern in perpetuity. if you do a bad job, eventually you're

going to get fired. and the message i'm hearing back from people is clear as daylight . people is clear as daylight. >> it is time to kick the tories out of power. for too long, wales has been overlooked at westminster . westminster. >> well, the prime minister has been speaking in the last few moments. >> last night the raf successfully conducted a fifth set of strikes against houthi military targets in yemen, alongside the us. these strikes were conducted to further degrade the military capabilities of the houthis and to prevent further attacks on international shipping . the international shipping. the strikes were taken in self—defence in the face of an ongoing threat that the houthis pose. now we've always said that we will not hesitate and i will not hesitate to protect british interests abroad and at home. there is an ongoing threat that the houthis pose 197 attacks since november. all our intelligence indicates that

previous sets of strikes have been successful in degrading military capabilities of the houthis, targeting supply, command and control and launch sites for drones and missiles. and there is also a risk in inaction that would damage the global economy and further risk our international security. you wouldn't expect me to comment on another country's domestic politics or judicial processes. i'm focused squarely on the election here at home, talking to people across the country about the choice at our election , we're the party that's offering a clear plan, to prepared take bold action in order to deliver a secure future for everyone. and that's my focus. well, as far as i can tell , all focus. well, as far as i can tell, all this new policy is, is a logo , and you don't deliver a logo, and you don't deliver any energy security for our country with a logo. and again, there's a clear choice on this issue at our election. my view issue at our election. my view is that we have to prioritise this country's energy security. that's why we'll continue to support britain's north sea energy industry. that's not something that the labour party supports. they will ban further

energy exploration there, even though independent experts all say that we do need that energy for decades to come. and on top of that, i'll make sure that we get to net zero in a more proportionate way. that does not load up ordinary families with thousands of pounds worth of costs. so yes, we will get to net zero, but i will do it in a way that prioritises our country's energy security and household bills. all we've seen from the labour party today is a logo and as experts have described, their views and their ideas as i think incoherent, incredible and completely unachievable. >> oh well, there's the prime minister can i just i want to throw something else in the mix. oh do you entirely just to be totally different and slight breakaway , what i call the breakaway, what i call the segway. oh, yeah, and it's in the star this morning, though i did see it on youtube last night . it's in the states talking about court cases in the states. a guy was up for appearing before a judge for driving without a license, but for some reason he could zoom into the court case and he zoomed whilst

driving a car. >> no. >> no. >> and the judge went, but you're being you're denying driving without a license and you're driving, you're driving right now. >> oh, you can't make out. >> oh, you can't make out. >> can you find it on youtube? it's worth worth seeing. very good. absolutely. >> thank you for that. worth the time, now it's time for the great british giveaway. and today is your final chance to see how you could win an incredible £20,000 in cash. here's how. >> it's the final day to see how you could win an incredible £20,000 in 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 today , you've got to be in it to today, you've got to be in it to win it for another chance to win £20,000 in tax free cash . text £20,000 in tax free cash. text win to 63232. text cost £2 plus one standard network rate message or post your name and number two gb05 p.o

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>> good morning to you. welcome back. the time is 837. it's sports time now with paul coyte paul sports time now with paul coyte paul. where is the olympic torch today? >> well , it's today? >> well, it's funny you should say that, ali, because i do happen to know exactly where it is. normandy, normandy, normandy . they've timed it perfectly to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the d—day landings, which is next week. the torch arriving by boat . and the torch arriving by boat. and there we are. there's the flame

aloft , arrives on the normandy aloft, arrives on the normandy beaches, omaha beach and there we are. and they've got a equestrian there using the horses. now, is that safe? yes, it's quite nice, quite like that. so there we are. >> oh, and there they are in some of the war graves. that's right. >> so, paying their respect there for the 80th anniversary of d—day next week. and there we are, 11,000 people will be holding that torch. it's going everywhere. it's still a long way to go as well. look at, look at i don't know whether they get it's the same torch or whether they get a different one every time. i'm not really sure, but there we are. normandy is your answer on the beaches of normandy. >> excellent . should we should >> excellent. should we should we keep the olympic theme going? >> let's keep . should we keep >> let's keep. should we keep the olympic flame burning? oh, yes. shall we do that? badminton? let me ask you a quick question. out of 121 olympic badminton medals , olympic badminton medals, there's only been an olympic sports since barcelona in 92. how many have gone to asian nafions how many have gone to asian nations at 121? how would you say 80? >> i go 93, 106.

>> no . >> no. >> no. >> hopefully we need to fight back. exactly. hopefully things will change now. ben lane and sean vendy are our badminton hopefuls. the most fantastic men's double pairing who are going to be heading off to paris. and with us now . morning, gents. >> good morning. morning. thanks for having him. >> great to see you this morning. i've got to say this is your second olympics. does this now give you think an advantage? now you know exactly how it works because i've spoken to many olympians over the years. they're very wide eyed when they go into their first olympics. and then when the second one comes in, then it's all business. how about you guys? >> yeah, i think tokyo was a great experience for both of us, you know, going to our first olympics, it's very different to any other multi—sport event, and yeah, now that we've got obviously one under our belt, hopefully this time we can go and, bring back a medal. how hopeful are you? >> and what? because this you are. i think if i'm right, it was one silver, which was your your coach, nathan. and games one and two bronze. so we've

never had a gold in in badminton, have we. >> yeah. that would be good, no pressure on you at all, but i just want obviously, you know, no, it would be it would be amazing. >> obviously, we're very hopeful. you know, we've we've had a good couple of years, beating , i think eight out of beating, i think eight out of the top ten pairs in the world. so obviously we can do it. it's just whether we put it all together on the day, you know each other probably better than you know anybody, right? >> because you've been playing together since you were, what, 12 years old now? >> yeah. pretty much. we're kind of, you know, really close on court and pretty much best friends off court as well. so, yeah , it kind of helps us when yeah, it kind of helps us when things get tough. >> give me an idea. i love all things olympic and i'm going on about the olympics the whole time. is it an amazing experience? i imagine everybody gets to meet each other. is it you go into the canteen and then you'll see these huge stars from track and field and volleyball and everything, and everybody

sits together and gets on or do people go into the little chues people go into the little cliques of maybe sports or countries ? what's it actually countries? what's it actually like, tokyo was slightly different. >> obviously with covid there was more restrictions than normal, i think a lot of, a lot of the time in the canteen, people will sit and they'll be like a sections for countries, so obviously we sit with the gb, team, but yeah, we're really hoping that paris is, you know, a great experience. obviously perform well on the court and also just relish the opportunity of going to olympics because it's what we it's why we started playing badminton when we were younger. >> so what happens before sort of between now and then. so we're about six, six weeks i guess away . do you. yeah i love guess away. do you. yeah i love the stuff where you go and get the stuff where you go and get the kit. do you get to choose that? you get your uniform for the opening ceremony. that? you get your uniform for the opening ceremony . what the opening ceremony. what happens over the next few weeks? >> yeah. so i think we've got probably around 7 or 8 weeks until we actually leave. now until we actually leave. now until then, we've got obviously kitting out , which is a amazing

kitting out, which is a amazing experience. go there, get all our kit, you just see yourself. >> you just like, is it like a free for all? >> not really, but trust me, you get plenty of kit, like you come back with more bags than you can possibly carry. but, yeah, we've got a couple of tournaments , as, got a couple of tournaments, as, like prep tournaments in us and canada and then i think we go to paris maybe five days before the event starts . event starts. >> it sounds. sounds great. i'm so excited for you. you know, it's a very early event, isn't it? in the olympics itself . so it? in the olympics itself. so will you stick around for the whole thing or then do you fly home because i guess there's a closing ceremony or do you get to experience the whole thing? is it a good idea that you actually get your event out the way early, badminton actually starts on the first day and finishes on the last, so hopefully we're playing throughout the whole yeah, hopefully we're playing throughout the whole, whole time. but yeah, i think we both i think the thing with tokyo was we had to leave 48 hours after

we had to leave 48 hours after we were out the competition. so i think it'll be nice to also experience a little bit of what the olympics is like, sort of around paris as well, while we're there, hopefully we're playing throughout the whole, two weeks. but yeah, also just to, you know, meet other athletes and just to mix with all the other amazing people that have qualified for the games, we wish you all the very best and very best of luck. >> ben lane and sean vendy . it's >> ben lane and sean vendy. it's going to be a great olympics, have a fantastic experience. and so when i'm going to say anything, i've got my fingers crossed. but when you have the medal, then you can come in and bnng medal, then you can come in and bring it in. should you be able to do that, you would think you will. yeah. >> no problem. >> no problem. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks guys. ben lane and sean vendy brilliant couple of lads. army great and their lovely first olympians that we're gonna have. so hopefully we'll have more as we go through the next few weeks and brilliant good stuff. because, you know, the gold medal has a little bit of eiffel tower, don't you. yeah. yeah, definitely. >> that's ben's, the eiffel tower going to collapse because they've taken too much. exactly. yeah >> yeah that is a worry. no. brilliant. >> good on them. well done lads.

>> good on them. well done lads. >> thanks, paul. yeah they were lovely weren't they. do stay with us. we're going to be going through the papers

next. >> right. time to see what's in the newspapers this morning. former labour adviser mike buckley and journalist and author ella whelan are here. good to see you both, mike. let's start with the telegraph. should we, i put this to nigel farage earlier on. actually, it's a little piece saying that richard tice, the leader of reform uk, has slapped him down. >> yeah. so richard tice, who is the leader of reform , and their the leader of reform, and their only notable figure really, has hasindeed only notable figure really, has has indeed slapped down nigel farage because richard obviously needs to, wants to say to the country, you know, we're we're the alternative right wing party vote for us rather than the conservative party who failed the country. indeed, the conservatives have failed the country. but my response to that

would be to vote labour, obviously, and get a better government. however nigel farage, who is the honorary president, i believe, of reform, has been kind of showing a bit of leg to the conservative party in rishi sunak and effectively saying give me a peerage, give me a job and i'll get reform candidates to stand down. you know the exact opposite of what richard richard tice needs him to say. so richard tice is effectively just said, you know, don't take any notice of nigel. we're going to stand candidates everywhere. vote for reform. >> yeah, well, to be fair, i mean, for the sake of balance, i did put that to nigel, and he said, it's absolute nonsense. >> well, he did indeed. i mean, i watched the clip earlier on. however, richard tice also said, well, richard tice said so i mean, one of them's right, one of them's wrong. >> the interesting thing is that reform is selling itself as sort of like this. well the clue's in the name but sort of not that different from the tories, but just sort of more sensible, maybe more hardline on immigration. but there's nothing particularly new about them. so really i think most people understood, particularly within the party ranks, that the one thing that was really going to light their fire was a farage announcement of him standing .

announcement of him standing. and i think he i think he's handled it very badly because there was all this anticipation and an understanding . he said to and an understanding. he said to you earlier in your interview that he had regrets and that, you know, he, you know, felt that maybe things could have gone differently. but i think there's just been a total fumble in relation to their sort of party management in the last few days, which isn't going to do them any favours . and i wonder them any favours. and i wonder how big a challenger they really are going to to be the tories come july the 4th. well, we shall see. >> we're watching those figures come through with interest, should we look at the telegraph? and this is a story about catherine fletcher. it's horrible, horrible stuff going on. >> a horrible stuff being put through her letterbox. and, you know, these kind of things do happen , come times of elections happen, come times of elections when there's mps are under a lot of pressure and, you know, stupid people pull stupid stunts and things like that. so i think we should i think actually, you were talking to mel stride

earlier in the programme and he said that she's, you know, resilient. she's going to get over this and even though it's a horrible thing to happen, it's not the end of the world, but i think it opens up an interesting discussion about, mps safety, which has already been ongoing . which has already been ongoing. 31 million package to boost security measures for politicians was announced, in february and the recent if anybody remembers it, lord walney report about political violence that focused on protests and things like that, did have a suggestion in it, which i thought was outrageous. of expanding buffer zones, not just to mps houses, which is, i think, something most people can agree on, but to outside constituency offices and even parliamentary buildings. so there is, you know, i think there's a line that we have to balance here, walk across, which is mps, like any other member of the public, shouldn't receive harassment and horrible stuff and security threats. and, you know, they probably should have greater security around times of elections because they're in the

pubuc elections because they're in the public eye, almost like any celebrity, i suppose. on the other hand, there is a little bit of a tendency to. i know this sounds kind of cruel, but be a bit cowardly in the face of the public, actually, and that doesn't extend to people putting excrement through your letterbox. but there's a lot of poor me pity me going on with in mps at the moment, which i think isn't helpful because in the democratic process you are meant to be accountable and just. i always point to the number of hustings. no one does hustings anymore. no. and that's that . anymore. no. and that's that. that's a problem. yeah. >> no, i agree, we do need to see more hustings if, if only for the is there good fun ? yeah, for the is there good fun? yeah, they're great fun. you get stuck in. yeah i love a hustings. >> you get to pin an mp on a on a position. when do you ever get to do that anymore. >> they don't do hustings because they don't feel feel safe fundamentally. and i don't think that's an overreaction when jo cox obviously nearly killed in 2016, david amess you know, more recently than that, ho. [10. >> no. >> david amess was killed by an islamist. he wasn't killed. he wasn't. >> he was killed. >> he was killed. >> yeah. no but but when he was running a surgery by a member of

the public. >> but this is a this is it's not unreasonable for mps to feel unsafe, but i don't think it's unreasonable for them to take measures to protect their security or indeed, the security of their families is my concern. and i think that's absolutely something that should happen . something that should happen. and i'm very sad that it's necessary. but that does not solve the problem. we need to think about why is this antagonism rising, why did these attacks take place, other attacks take place, other attacks where people haven't been killed, you know, and obviously survived, which is, which is a great thing, but we need to think about the responsibility on all of us as responsibility on all of us as responsibility on all of us as responsibility on the people in the media, social media companies to take this tension away so that people are no longer in danger. >> all right. we're running out of time. so i just want to change tack about something sort of light. well, sort of lighter. it's in the express . it's about it's in the express. it's about stag dos or hen dos. actually mike. >> stag dos hindus. >> stag dos hindus. >> staggeringly, i know you spent most weekends away on stag do. >> i made a regular attender , >> i made a regular attender, i'm not really. no. very, very expensive. so this is a story

that's got the cost. as you know, sky, you know, risen greatly up to £1,500, apparently . i don't think that's an average figure, but people are spending that, and that's an individual cost, not for the whole thing, because people are flying off to spain or going elsewhere for the weekend. they're spending money on accommodation and booze and activities and booze and all of these things , which is obviously these things, which is obviously a huge amount of money. now, obviously those are very expensive these days. a lot of people just simply won't be able to afford that, of course. so this must be a particular demographic. but i'm surprised, really, that many people in society have got that much money to spend on a weekend away. and what i would say to people getting married is, we'll just think about your friends before you decide to do that, instead of just going for a night out on the town where you live. >> well, yeah. can you imagine being sat looking up for searching for strippers for a hen do or something? be outrageous? >> that magic mike is has become quite expensive, but it is a good night. i mean, you're on the horizon, isn't it? yeah, yeah. >> search for denise online. >> search for denise online. >> would you ever planned anything yet? i'll have you know . yes. thinking about locations

as we speak . anyway, we've run as we speak. anyway, we've run out of time, mike. quickly and ella whelan very good to see you this morning. >> google in this indeed . >> google in this indeed. >> google in this indeed. >> we're going to look at the weather now with alex. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on gb news. >> morning. it's time for your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. plenty of fine weather to come as we go through today and into the weekend. however there is a system bringing some cloud and outbreaks of rain which could turn heavy across parts of eastern england today. elsewhere we are largely under the influence of high pressure to the west of us, which means it is going to be largely dry, bright if not sunny. plenty of sunshine, particularly across parts of scotland, northern ireland and western england and wales as we go through today. like i said, though, cloudier across eastern england and here there will be outbreaks of rain and some of the showers into the

afternoon could turn heavy, possibly thundery. some blustery winds in the east, elsewhere a bit of a breeze, but where you catch any sunshine it shouldn't feel too bad. temperatures rising into the high teens or low 20s markedly fresher than this towards the southeast, and feeling so because of the cloud and the blustery winds. as we go overnight, we will see most of the rain clearing in the southeast, but some further spots are possible during the early hours of tomorrow morning and staying quite cloudy in the east too. elsewhere, some clear skies allowing temperatures to take a bit of a dip, rural spots in particular likely to drop into single figures. so like we've seen through some recent starts, a bit of a fresher feel first thing tomorrow morning. otherwise as we go through tomorrow and in the east, still quite cloudy across parts of east anglia and some outbreaks of drizzly rain, though this doesn't look as heavy as the rain that we're going to see today. but elsewhere it is going today. but elsewhere it is going to be bright and sunny, plenty of sunshine, not necessarily wall to wall blue skies throughout the whole day, but are mostly fine. picture just 1 or 2 showers to watch out for with a bit more sunshine around and slightly lighter winds as

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gb news. >> good morning to you. it's 9:00 on friday, the 31st of may. today in a historic moment, former president donald trump is found guilty of all 34 charges in his hush money trial. >> is a rigged, disgraceful

trial that the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people. and they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here. >> trump vows to keep fighting on as he becomes the first former us leader to be convicted of a crime . of a crime. >> meanwhile, the biden administration says nobody is above the law following the monumental conviction . monumental conviction. >> but with the us election around the corner , voters are around the corner, voters are divided on trump's future. >> i feel like the justice system here in america actually works when was found guilty on all 34 counts, our first reaction was a sadness for america , sadness for trump . america, sadness for trump. >> sir keir starmer is in scotland today with anas sarwar . scotland today with anas sarwar. he's launching great british energy, a company that he's going to establish if labour get into government and rishi sunak is back on the campaign trail today after former tory mp mark

logan defected to the labour party yesterday . party yesterday. >> later, yes, another one goes to labour and the latest yougov poll gives labour a 25 point lead. but the prime minister is heading to the north west today, talking about pride of place, pride in your local community and cracking down on anti—social behaviour. i'll bring you the details shortly. >> it's the start of summer tomorrow and for many of us it's going to feel pretty summery this weekend . however, there is this weekend. however, there is some rain in the south—east. i'll have more details coming up. >> morning to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on . and this is breakfast on. gb news. well, it's a day nine of the election campaign. i don't know whether it's gone sort of quickly or slowly. >> slowly, i would say . do you

>> slowly, i would say. do you think. yes. >> i felt every single one of those days. >> have you? >> have you? >> it's a six week campaign . >> it's a six week campaign. what's that? six, 7 to 42. so day nine of 42. >> yes, a lot of days. >> oh , dear. >> oh, dear. >> oh, dear. >> should we tell you what happened yesterday? should we do a round up? because a lot did happen.the a round up? because a lot did happen. the prime minister, rishi sunak, was campaigning in buckinghamshire, where he spoke about net zero on a visit to a factory. vie. >> yeah, but that all happened as the former tory mp mark logan announced that he was defecting to the labour party. he said the country needed a new government and a big change. >> the conservative parliamentary candidate, catherine fletcher, says she had excrement posted through the letterbox of her constituency office as sir keir starmer and angela rayner, well they were well, he certainly was in wales yesterday. today, as we said, they're up to scotland , ireland they're up to scotland, ireland to meet anas sarwar and the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, launched his plans for children's mental health.

>> let's listen to what the leaders had to say on day eight of the campaign trail. >> i want to prioritise our country's energy security that we've seen in the last couple of years what's happened right when we're held hostage by dictators like putin, we can't have that happen. >> voters know that they can trust the green party on climate and nature, and that's something that they know . we will push the that they know. we will push the incoming labour government on what a game changer it will be if we were able to elect in a westminster labour government that would work with the welsh labour government, delivering for people across wales. >> our policy is to get a qualified mental health professional in every school in our primary schools and our secondary schools, and only the liberal democrats are arguing for that with the cost of the program. >> diane is a really important figure in the labour party and in the labour movement . in the labour movement. >> but they don't earn conservatism. they don't own the

right to govern in perpetuity. if you do a bad job, eventually you're going to get fired and the message i'm hearing back from people is clear as daylight. >> it is time to kick the tories out of power. for too long, wales has been overlooked at westminster so much in any election campaign is governed by people who are sort of managing the optics of everything. >> you know, things have to look right. i wonder if there's some concern in ed davey's campaign for the lib dems, because i think on that water slide yesterday , i think that might be yesterday, i think that might be a fundamental moment. it's a bit like william hague , with his, like william hague, with his, cap on, he had a he had a base. william hague had a baseball cap on with his grin on it, going on a roller coaster when he was conservative party leader, in an

election campaign. and i sort of think. and that went down very badly with everybody for some reason. some things just do. i wonder if ed davey sitting on a big ring, sliding down a water slide . he's just going to slide. he's just going to backfire. it'sjust slide. he's just going to backfire. it's just not. slide. he's just going to backfire. it'sjust not. i can't backfire. it's just not. i can't see how that's a good look. >> well, i just see a view a little bit earlier on. forgive me, i can't find it right now, but it says essentially that, that it looks as though ed davey is just having fun and games, and they will never forgive him for his role in the post office scandal. i'm sure that's not the only person thinking that when they see these sorts of images of sir ed davey during this campaign trail, you may have a totally different view. >> and if you do, you're very welcome to it. and let us know. gbnews.com/yoursay ed miliband with bacon sandwiches also. >> oh well, yes , that was >> oh well, yes, that was a cracker. >> should we hop on the tory battle bus? our political correspondent, katherine forster is there for us. and it's interesting. catherine isn't it, because whatever the prime

minister tries to do today , it minister tries to do today, it is going to be overshadowed, at least to some extent , by this least to some extent, by this news of another defection . yeah, news of another defection. yeah, we are on the motorway, as you can see, somewhere. >> oh, no, not another one. is that wise woman, brenda from bristol , once that wise woman, brenda from bristol, once said she was of course talking about general elections. but yes, another, conservative mp, as was in fact, he wasn't a conservative mp because no mps exist at the moment. but previous conservative mp went over to labour yesterday, adding to that list, dan poulter, natalie elphicke , christian wakeford, elphicke, christian wakeford, etc, it's a bit of a weird one here. i mean, you can understand that he probably wasn't going to win in his seat of bolton north east. he'd only got it by less than 400 votes over labour. but he's not going to be standing for the labour party did their candidate, so he's not going to be standing for anybody. so he

is out of for politics the foreseeable future. so slightly strange. but yeah , more bad news strange. but yeah, more bad news for the prime minister. and of course, we've got that yougov poll out giving labour a huge 25 point lead, putting labour on 46, the conservatives on 21. worth saying that there have been other polls out with a much smaller lead, and in some of those it does suggest that the labour lead might be beginning to drop. and the conservative support begin to climb following. of course, those announcements . so lots of policy announcements. so lots of policy announcements. so lots of policy announcements that we've had from the conservatives over the last few days. but today, heading up to the north—west, the prime minister will be talking about pride of place, sense of community, wanting to crack down on anti—social behaviour . crack down on anti—social behaviour. what crack down on anti—social behaviour . what they're behaviour. what they're announcing today is that for fly—tipping potentially you would get points on your driving licence. they already keen to

point out that they're giving, you know, £1,000 spot fines. they've banned nitrous oxide etc. they say they're making offenders clean up their own graffiti. they say, look , we're graffiti. they say, look, we're already doing stuff and we want to take it further. worth beanng to take it further. worth bearing in mind, too. of course, those overnight strikes on the houthi rebels in near to the red sea, along with the us, the prime minister saying in self—defence to defend shipping and defend our interests. but a reminder, i think, during this election campaign , there's still election campaign, there's still a lot of things going on around the world and the prime minister will be keen to stress, stick with the conservatives for national security. of course , national security. of course, labour will have a rather different message on that , it's different message on that, it's quite interesting, catherine. i think that we've i mean, what's your assessment? are we in a situation where it is still people effectively saying, well, they might vote for labour just to keep the tories out? but i

also get the impression that you're getting people saying, well, i might vote tory just because it's better the devil you know, rather than anyone being inspired by anything . being inspired by anything. >> yes, i think that's true . and >> yes, i think that's true. and certainly, you know, i've been going around the country, a lot in the last week or two particularly, and talking to voters out and about, yeah, sure. lots of people are cross with the conservative party, and there are plenty of people saying they're going to vote laboun saying they're going to vote labour, but there is no wild enthusiasm for sir keir starmer and what labour are saying, and plenty of people too, saying that they're simply not going to vote because they think they're all as bad as the. >> okay. katherine forster, good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. >> right. let's talk to shadow secretary of state for science, innovation and technology , peter innovation and technology, peter kyle, who joins us now. peter, very good to see you this morning. and can we talk about

great british energy? because i know that's sort of the big launch is happening today. with all of that, i'm quite intrigued as to what the labour party thinks great british energy would bring the british people. and how do you think we can afford the investment at a time when the conservatives say you've already got a £385 you've already got a £38.5 billion black hole in your finances ? finances? >> yeah, well, their black hole, incidentally, has just risen to almost 70 billion, and including the £46 billion national insurance pledge that they've made so they can start addressing their black holes before they accuse any others of doing so. but when it comes to great british energy, the proof that we need it is the fact that so many other countries have state owned energy companies investing in our country. so they are investing in to help us tackle the challenges we face. but those opportunities that they are exploiting, and the money and the profits that come from it are all going back to

france. they're going back to denmark, they're going back to germany. so we need a british clean energy, nationally owned company that can provide state backing for those big investments that we need to create new infrastructure opportunities and projects such as carbon capture and storage, such as offshore wind programs such as offshore wind programs such as offshore wind programs such as things like nuclear. new nuclear facilities . if we do nuclear facilities. if we do that, then we can invest in those opportunities and make sure that the profits of it are delivered back to the british people. we can support innovators, businesses, wealth creators so that every part of britain and the british talent is supported from within britain itself, and we don't go abroad to do so . and in terms of how to do so. and in terms of how we're going to pay for it, these are all fully costed. it will cost about £8 billion, most of which will be paid for by a windfall tax on north sea oil and gas producers. and of course , these sorts of things will be set out after the election. but this is a fully costed programme. we're not going to

be, you know, making uncosted commitments in this election. every single one is fully funded and costed. >> is it a good use of money though? is great british energy really needed at all when billions are being spent on green investments? already the uk is already decarbonising more rapidly than any other major economy, and it's also investing heavily. the department for energy and net zero recently estimated £100 billion worth of private investment was put towards the uk's energy transition, so it's not entirely obvious to everyone why a comparatively small state owned company is even necessary . company is even necessary. >> well, right now those , those, >> well, right now those, those, those investments and the profits from it are often going back to other countries. we think that the benefits and opportunities that come from operating in the united kingdom should stay here and be reinvested in the united kingdom. so we also estimate that for every pound that gb

energy, great british energy invests in these infrastructure projects, it will unlock £3 of investment from the private sector . we will be seeking to sector. we will be seeking to partner with those private sector companies. partner with those private sector companies . and this isn't sector companies. and this isn't just the economy overall and the government that will be benefiting. it is household finances too . by the end of this finances too. by the end of this parliament, each family family bills will fall by £300. that's an annual £300. it's a permanent deduction in people's utility bills and we'll be ramping up to that over the course of the parliament. our mission in government, one of our missions in government, is going to be delivering clean energy by 2030. the first step to delivering it from when we first take office. if we get the opportunity to serve, we will be setting up gb energy, a state owned clean energy, a state owned clean energy company investing in innovators, wealth creators and businesses in this country and making sure the profits of it are invested back into families across our country. so that we

can lower bills. it's a win win. >> well, not a win win. if you don't like onshore wind farms, though , because presumably though, because presumably you're going to have to invest in in plenty of those . in in plenty of those. >> we'll be investing in all sorts of renewables going forward, because if we don't , forward, because if we don't, then of course, as patrick vallance said, the former chief scientific officer who endorsed gb energy today in an op ed in the times. he said if we don't do this into the future, we will be buying in solutions to our problems from other countries by doing gb energy , a great british doing gb energy, a great british energy, we will be creating the solutions to british british challenges from within britain itself. and then when we get these new innovations, we can export them around the world. we can be a world leader. so as the sir patrick vallance says, either we import the solutions and allow other countries to profit from doing so, or we do this domestically and we as a country profit from it as well.

that's why it's so important we do this. and for the last 14 years, we've been missing out on this kind of thinking . we're not this kind of thinking. we're not prepared for the future, which is why other countries are profiting from this country. why don't we have more confidence in our country? we think in the labour party that britain has incredible potential, but we need to make sure that we capitalise. it and when we do capitalise. it and when we do capitalise it, that british people benefit from our potential. not that the benefit goes to other people from around the world. >> i wanted to ask you about diane abbott, because angela rayner has now come out in support of diane abbott, saying she sees no reason why she can't stand as a labour candidate in hackney is there a split emerging in the labour party over this ? over this? >> no. these are issues , angela >> no. these are issues, angela rayneris >> no. these are issues, angela rayner is part of the nec, our national governing committee, and that nec will meet in the next few days and resolve all these issues, angela is a voice on that committee . so she was on that committee. so she was expressing the view that she would be expressing around the around the table. >> faiza shaheen, who's claimed

that the labour party has a problem with black and brown people. she says that her name isn't in the candidate club. it's no surprise that those excluded are people of colour . excluded are people of colour. >> all of these are standards issues, and i'm not going to stand here and apologise for the fact that keir starmer has changed the labour party. part of that change has been raising the standards that all of us are held to. we've had 14 years of the tories where breaking the ministerial code has no consequence, where you have a prime minister that breaks the laws that he himself made, where we have people who we know. it's been an open secret in westminster who have been going around conducting acts of misconduct act. and it's only exposed. things are only done when it makes it into the media. so we're trying to respond to that. keir has raised the standards, and i'm not going to apologise for those raised standards. and every one of those issues that you've mentioned are standards, issues, which goes into a fully independent process . yes. and independent process. yes. and that independent process will come to its decisions. nobody

forced anybody to , make make forced anybody to, make make challenges of standards when it comes to their conduct and, and their roles as either candidates or mps or whatever. but with keir starmer's changed labour party, those standards will remain high in the public, can count on that. >> okay. peter kyle, good to talk to you . sorry about the talk to you. sorry about the weather. hope it improves. let's talk to our political editor, christopher hope, who's travelling with sir keir starmer today morning chris. >> hi, stephen. morning, ali. yeah. you heard that , didn't yeah. you heard that, didn't you, from peter kyle, there is some pressure building up on sir keir starmer about diane abbott, anas sarwar . who's the leader of anas sarwar. who's the leader of the scottish labour party? i should say i'm in port of glasgow now waiting for a speech by sir keir starmer. ed miliband anas sarwar about this great british energy idea. they're pushing very, very hard in scotland today. but on diane abbott , anas sarwar has scotland today. but on diane abbott, anas sarwar has said this morning i agree with angela raynen this morning i agree with angela rayner. i would also add that the comments by diane abbott

made about black people and jewish people, and comparing the different experiences of racism of those two groups, were not acceptable . so pressure is acceptable. so pressure is building, i think, on sir keir starmer to allow or say that it's okay for diane abbott to stand as the mp for hackney if she wants to, but the decision is taken at the nec by the national executive committee on on tuesday by labour. >> okay. christopher hope, thank you very much . now it's time for you very much. now it's time for the great british giveaway and today is your final chance to see how you could win an incredible £20,000 in cash. here's how it's the final day to see how you could win an incredible £20,000 in 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 lie—ins closed today, you've got to be in it to win it for another chance to win £20,000 in tax free cash text win to 63232.

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>> now back to our top story. this morning, a historic verdict from the united states. where donald trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush money trial. >> well, earlier on, we spoke to the honorary president of reform uk, nigel farage. >> i have been concerned about

the american judicial system for many, many years. you see, it's politicised in a way that ours isn't. you know, judges get elected on a ticket saying, i'm going to get donald trump. so you have to doubt the impartiality of the process from the very beginning. the point trump made there in the video you showed is that the district in which this was held, you know, he got no more than 10% of the vote. so, you know, the likelihood is that the jurors would all be democrats or certainly not trumpites. and even american juries seem to think along political lines. i personally think that the biden administration , the us judicial administration, the us judicial system have massively over overplayed their hand. it was interesting that within half an hour of the verdict, trump's donation website crashed. you know, i mean, huge numbers of people were going on to give money to his campaign. people were going on to give money to his campaign . and the money to his campaign. and the real key thing here is what

happens to those in the middle. people love trump. they say it's a disgrace. people hate trump. they'll say, oh, at least our system works. what happens to those people in the middle? and my guess is that fair minded americans will think this is not showing their country in a very good light. and my sense is , good light. and my sense is, ironically, this is probably the biggest electoral boost he could ever have had. >> that's nigel farage speaking there. well, we also spoke to democrat party member kasim rashid . rashid. >> whoever you are, whether you're an ordinary citizen or a former president of the united states, the law needs to apply the exact same way. and in fact, in new york, we just have a recent example of a former congressperson , robert santos, congressperson, robert santos, who committed election campaign fraud and was forced to resign , fraud and was forced to resign, and was kicked out by his own party. i mean, the republican party voted to remove him for his fraud, and many of the fraud that he committed is very similar to what donald trump committed as well. and so that's

the beauty of due process of law, that it requires the state to provide evidence to provide clear, incontrovertible evidence that an, a crime was committed and it affords the citizen the opportunity to respond. and donald trump had every opportunity he had the opportunity he had the opportunity to have legal counsel. he had the opportunity to conduct discovery, to take the stand himself. he chose not to take the stand, and a jury , to take the stand, and a jury, seeing all the evidence after seeing all the evidence after seeing the best arguments put forth by both sides, unanimously decided on 34 counts that, yes, this man broke the law, and now he should be held accountable because we are a democracy , we because we are a democracy, we are not a dictatorship. >> what about the point that the trump campaign is making, though, that new york is a democrat city and that donald trump could never have received a fair trial there? >> well, i think that shows their ignorance to how the law works, the trials on the state

level, happen where the crime occurred. that's what, you know, has been the law in the united states since day one, where the crime occurred , where the nexus crime occurred, where the nexus of the harm happened is where the trial takes place. so this idea that that he can't get a fair trial because it's a democratic city. well, you committed the crime there, and you're accountable to that crime. it's why the other three, you know, federal criminal cases that he has. one is in dc, one is in south florida, one is in georgia. these are all three very different places. but it's where he committed those crimes. and that's where he's being held accountable. so i think that excuse is a distraction from what the law flat out says for all people. >> okay. that is it from us. thanks for your company. next, it's britain's newsroom

>> very good morning to you. it's 9:30 on friday, 31st of may. this is britain's newsroom with nana akua and ben leo. donald trump found guilty . donald trump found guilty. >> this was a rigged, disgraceful trial that the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people. and they know what happened here. and everybody knows what happened here, well, in an historic moment, former president donald trump has found guilty on all 34 charges in his hush mummy money is hush money case. nigel farage spoke to breakfast this morning. >> i think the whole thing is a disgrace . it has been from start disgrace. it has been from start to finish. i have been concerned about the american judicial system for many, many years. you see, it's politicised in a way that ours isn't. you know, judges get elected on a ticket saying, i'm going to get donald trump . trump. >> elsewhere, britain strikes the houthis, the british and us forces have hit the houthi rebel targets in yemen for the fifth time since january. charlie

peters has more five