evening. busy show >> good evening. busy show tonight. it's 9:00 on television. on radio and online, in the united kingdom and across the world. this is mark dolan tonight. in my big opinion, he's no angel , but tonight. in my big opinion, he's no angel, but following a hit job court case, donald trump's enemies have just handed him the keys to the white house. my reaction to a travesty of justice donald trump. my big opinion in two minutes time. in the big story, sir keir starmer is 61 years old. rishi sunak is 44. who has the greater advantage .7 does age matter in advantage? does age matter in politics.7 i'll advantage? does age matter in politics? i'll be asking the ever youthful political double act neil and christine hamilton , act neil and christine hamilton, and we'll be remembering the comic genius of frankie howerd with my mark meets guests who are bringing the great man back to life in a stunning new show . to life in a stunning new show. and in my take at ten, britain's wokeist man gary lineker strikes

again, this time complaining about the weapons companies who keep the free world safe . i'll keep the free world safe. i'll be indulging in some friendly fire on gary lineker at 10:00. you won't want to miss it. two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. it is a saturday night, so you have my permission to have a drink or fire up the kettle, tear open the custard creams and let's get to work. mark dolan tonight write your perfect saturday night in lots to get through. but first, the news headlines with me all evening. my wingman, sam francis . sam francis. >> mark, thank you very much. and good evening to you. it's just after 9:00. and let's start with a round up of today's election news. as battle lines are being drawn in the fight for votes , both the conservatives votes, both the conservatives and the labour party launched their election battle buses.

earlier, sir keir starmer has been dodging questions about diane abbott, while rishi sunak denied accusations that he's trying to buy votes with the promise of funding for towns across the country. >> it's a hundred towns across our country. they're going to receive £20 million each. and crucially, it will be local. people in all those areas are in charge of how to spend that money, to make sure it's spent and invested on their priorities. an example of us levelling up everywhere, backing local people and their priorities and giving them the long term funding assurance to do so. the methodology that selects these towns is something that's been used multiple times before. it's all public. it's based on areas levelling up needs, looking at economic opportunity , skills, health and opportunity, skills, health and life expectancy. so it's an objective set of criteria all published online. but i'm not going to make any apology for supporting towns. >> well, just hours before that announcement from rishi sunak, labour were launching their own battle bus, which is setting off on a 5000 mile journey to key seats across the country this

coming week. speaking as his coach was unveiled, the labour leader claimed that people in the north—east of england and the north—east of england and the south west will, he says, be thousands of pounds worse off under the conservatives want change the powers with you because the voters with you. >> you have to vote for change. we have changed this labour party and put it back in the service of working people. what we're asking now , humbly asking, we're asking now, humbly asking, is the opportunity to change our country and put it back in the service of working people, and that requires both setting out our ambition to change the country. but also the first steps, the down payment, if you like, stabilising the economy and making sure we can deal with our waiting list, getting back people back into work, setting up great british energy to keep bills down. they are the first steps to the change this country desperately needs. >> sir keir starmer there, speaking earlier, well, let's just turn away from election news for a moment and just bring you a breaking line that we're getting from nottinghamshire

this evening, where we understand that four boys, including a 12 year old, have been arrested on suspicion of raping a teenage girl in newark. police say they received reports that the girl had been attacked on a playing field in newark a week ago. the 12 year old boy, a 13 year old and two other boys, both aged 14, have all been now arrested and released on bail with strict conditions, police say. in nottinghamshire . and say. in nottinghamshire. and that follows the arrest of four other teenage boys, two aged 15 and two aged 16. those four also remain on conditional bail . in remain on conditional bail. in other news, there's been a heavy police presence in central london today for several protest events . thousands of people events. thousands of people turned out for a rally organised by tommy robinson in parliament square. a stand up to racism staged their own counter protest nearby and at a separate demonstration, we now know of nine arrests for trying to block traffic. the group of youth

demand activists were calling for an end to military action in gaza. for an end to military action in gaza . and finally, before we gaza. and finally, before we head back to mark boeing's highly anticipated space launch was called off earlier, less than four minutes before it was due to lift off. it was delayed by an automated computer system, which takes over the flight sequence in the final few minutes of the countdown . it was minutes of the countdown. it was the company's first attempt to fly its starliner spacecraft , fly its starliner spacecraft, with astronauts on board carrying them to the international space station. if you're watching on tv, you can see here the moments that those two astronauts emerged from the capsule after that flight was cancelled. nasa has now rescheduled another launch attempt for tomorrow and other launch windows are also understood to be available on wednesday and on thursday. that's the latest from the newsroom for now. for more, you newsroom for now. for more, you can newsroom for now. for more, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just go to gb news. common alerts .

alerts. >> isn't sam francis brilliant? he's with me all evening delivering largely accurate news bulletins. welcome to mark dolan tonight. in the big story, sir keir starmer is 61 years old. rishi sunak is 44. who has the greater advantage ? does age greater advantage? does age matter in politics? i'll be asking the ever youthful political double act neil and christine hamilton. i believe christine hamilton. i believe christine is 37. we will be remembering the comic genius of frankie howerd with my mark meets guests and in my take at ten, britain's wokeist man gary lineker strikes again, this time complaining about the weapons companies who keep the free world safe. i'll be indulging in some friendly fire on gary lineker in my take at ten. you won't want to miss it. reacting to the big stories of the night, my all star panel political commentator benedict spence, journalist and modelled the green goddess herself, diana moran and the brilliant

anarchist and author doctor lisa mckenzie. plus the most important part of the show your emails. they come straight to my laptop . gbnews.com/yoursay and laptop. gbnews.com/yoursay and this show has a golden rule we don't do boring. not on my watch . i just won't have it. it's a red line . it's a deal breaker. red line. it's a deal breaker. a big two hours to come. lineker at ten. watch out. but first, my big opinion . look, i am no big opinion. look, i am no donald trump cheerleader. he's clearly a dishonest man, a crooked businessman . what crooked businessman. what billionaire is not? he's probably unfit for high office. he has a disgusting attitude to women . and i think it's deeply women. and i think it's deeply wrong that he failed to concede the 2020 election with losers consent being a central plank of democracy. it's worth pointing out, though, that hillary

clinton did not initially accept the presidential result in 2016. notwithstanding multiple court cases denying it. there may have been irregularities in voting in 2020. who knows which is why i think postal votes are a disaster and shouldn't happen anywhere. not in america and not in the uk . if it was anywhere. not in america and not in the uk. if it was good anywhere. not in america and not in the uk . if it was good enough in the uk. if it was good enough for the public to only be able to vote on polling day 50 years ago, why not now ? here in the ago, why not now? here in the us, there are valid concerns about allegedly dodgy voting machines and bags of voting slips being delivered to electoral counts in the dead of night . it electoral counts in the dead of night. it might be electoral counts in the dead of night . it might be above board, night. it might be above board, but let's be polite and say that mail in ballots are open to corruption . if you don't agree, corruption. if you don't agree, then i think you're talking ballots . the truth is that ballots. the truth is that millions of americans now no longer believe the outcomes of presidential elections . that is presidential elections. that is a profound problem, not helped by donald trump, his election

denial and the appalling attack by his supporters on america's democratic home, the us capitol, on january the 6th. but this latest kangaroo court in new york demonstrates that it's not only america's democracy which is suffering a crisis of credibility. it's the legal system, too. with this former president dragged over hot coals for what amounts to an accounting oversight about how funds in the region of £150,000 were filed following trump's relationship with a porn star. this case took place in democrat supporting new york in a court led by a democrat supporting judge and a likely democrat supporting jury, given that new york is staunchly democrat as a state, did donald trump get a fair trial? you tell me. it's still not clear what exact crime donald trump committed and the prosecution's key witness was trump's ex—lawyer michael cohen,

who admits that he stole from the former president and he is a reliable witness. and yet still, in spite of all of that, donald trump lost. it's my view that the guy had no chance. and whilst i only agree with him, every leap year, boris johnson is right to call this court verdict a political hit job. meanwhile, the once great actor and now victim of the woke mind virus, robert de niro, ranted outside the court, bizarrely saying that trump will destroy the world if he wins again and that he will never leave office if re—elected. take a listen. >> use violence against anyone who stands in the way of his megalomania and greed. that's the tyrant he's telling us he'll be. and believe me, he means it. this buffoon running for president now never could happen. we'd forgotten the lessons of history that showed us other clowns who weren't taken seriously until they became vicious dictators .

became vicious dictators. >> robert de niro not sure about those sunglasses . should have those sunglasses. should have gone to specsavers. other opticians are available. robert de niro wishes that donald trump does not re—enter the white house. well, i wish that robert de niro hadn't made the flop comedy sequel meet the fockers two hours of my life, i won't get back . schindler's list had get back. schindler's list had more laughs. now. mr de niro is a victim of something called trump deranged syndrome, similar to its uk cousin brexit. deranged syndrome, in which your tribal antipathy to something is so all consuming you can no longer see beyond your own echo chamber . you can't see that the chamber. you can't see that the current president, joe biden, is so frail and confused he gets lost going into his own house. he can't finish sentences and he now has more nurses than security personnel. you can't see that joe biden's presided over america's humiliating withdrawal from afghanistan, which left the taliban a motley

crew of hateful, dangerous thugs with billions of pounds of military equipment. you can't see that joe biden has further imperilled the long term stability of america, which is essentially a massive pyramid scheme with yet more borrowed billions . or that under biden, billions. or that under biden, toxic, divisive, wokery has infiltrated america's public institutions . biden infiltrated america's public institutions. biden is a leader so weak vladimir putin decided he could try it on with ukraine whilst president xi of china casts an avaricious eye over taiwan. when you're in that bubble , the trump derangement bubble, the trump derangement syndrome, you can't see that whilst president donald trump didn't start a single war, he grew the economy. he reached out to tyrants like kim jong un of nonh to tyrants like kim jong un of north korea and putin and g. all in the pursuit of peace . trump's in the pursuit of peace. trump's legal problems, his supporters

argue , are based upon a desire argue, are based upon a desire to prevent him from becoming president once again. a left wing establishment stitch up of this flame haired populist. this fearless, anti—woke man of the people. the great irony is that if this concerted campaign against trump is to design to destroy him, obviously it's going to have the opposite effect. his opponents thought that they would put him in jail. instead, they've put him in the white house . your reaction? white house. your reaction? gbnews.com/yoursay i'll get to your opinions shortly. but first, tonight's top pundits. we have the brilliant benedict spence. ladies and gentlemen, broadcaster and commentator , broadcaster and commentator, journalist and model diana moran . and anarchist and academic. the one and the very only doctor lisa mckenzie . great to see all lisa mckenzie. great to see all three of you. and let me start with you, lisa mckenzie. welcome to the show. now, your reaction

to the show. now, your reaction to what i consider to be a kangaroo court verdict , i've kangaroo court verdict, i've spent quite a bit of time in america. i'm actually going to new york on monday morning . so new york on monday morning. so if you want, you know, on the street action. >> well, let's see, i might get you to do a report. >> yeah, well, i am going on monday. i'm going to a conference, so i'm going to know much more about it. >> do you think you're going to get a sort of flock of fans surrounding you because you are rocking a donald trump style haircut today? >> oh, don't say that. that's not that's not. >> you realise that all you need now, you need the long red tie and you've completed. >> yeah. no, i'm not going to be doing that. >> can i say you look lovely to me. >> but what do i think about donald trump? i agree with you. actually. he's he's a buffoon. he's but or he probably probably not fit for high office. no. probably not. but where we are, we're in this sort of mad culture war. and by people not telling the truth about politics or not being honest about politics, and there is a derangement , the brexit there derangement, the brexit there was, you know, there's now a

pro—polish stein derangement, which means they can't hear anything other than what they believe, and what is happening is it's pushing people like donald trump, who's probably not fit for office. they're giving these, these, these demagogues, a platform and a voice. so politics are in a bad shape. >> yes, indeed. does this court case feel politically motivated? diana moran i think it has to be, doesn't it? >> i mean, he is a fearless man, a man of the people . i agree a man of the people. i agree with that. but i also agree that if he has done some of these, how many 30, 40 crimes that they're talking about, 34 counts, surely he's going to have to stand up for some of it, otherwise it just makes a whole laughing stock of the legal system. it just doesn't seem right at all. >> i mean, what do you think are the political consequences of

this judicial decision? >> benedict i think trump wins by a landslide . by a landslide. >> no. so do i. >> is it is it politically motivated or is that a conspiracy theory? >> do you know what? i'm not sure if it's entirely politically motivated because clearly there was a case to be investigated whether or not bringing it was politically motivated, whether or not there was enough evidence there, whether or not he was ever going to get a fair trial in new york. i think is a different question. but, you know, he's the first president now to be to be a convicted felon . he's likely to convicted felon. he's likely to be there for the first convicted felon to win the presidency. and i think really, that if this is politically motivated, the democrats have done him a fantastic service . his website fantastic service. his website crashed in the hours after the verdict came out. he's raised tens of millions of dollars. it was over $50 million. last time i checked, he was already up 15 points with the bookies, about $50 million in a matter of hours, i think in a matter of, well, it's been a days since that was the last time i'd heard it was. within hours it was 30 million. so it's i think it's within a day. but you know, amongst the bookies, i think he was already 15 points up before

this happened. well now that you've seen that sort of outpouring of support and there's this idea, wasn't there, that, oh, people won't want to vote for a convicted felon like that ever hindered silvio berlusconi. that's not actually the way that people work. if they think are the system is figged they think are the system is rigged against me and my guy. and that's what a lot of people see him as my guy. >> politics has changed. was that court case politically motivated? do you think now that donald trump has been gifted the keys to the white house, let me know your thoughts. gbnews.com/yoursay. next up in the big stories, sir keir starmer is 61 years old. rishi sunakis starmer is 61 years old. rishi sunak is 44. who has the greater advantage? does age matter in politics? i'll be asking the ever youthful political double act neil and christine hamilton

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shortly . but it's time for the shortly. but it's time for the big story. and a cracking story on the gb news website today by our brilliant producer , keith our brilliant producer, keith bayes. in an article entitled is starmer too old to be prime minister? in the piece, the very well connected bayes argues that the tories were hinting at starmer's age when they claimed last week that the labour leader does not have the stamina to campaign, saying that he'd been resting at home. sir keir starmer brushed off these claims on monday, calling them desperate. but to the age of 44, does rishi sunaks relative youth give him a political advantage or could sir keir starmer argue that his 61 years on the planet give him more experience and wisdom? does age matter in politics? let's get the views of the sprightly and ever youthful political double act neil and christine hamilton . now, neil, christine hamilton. now, neil, let me start with you. is age a

help or a hindrance in politics? >> well, i think age, unlike size, doesn't matter. and, it's , size, doesn't matter. and, it's, you know, look at all the mess all these youngsters have made in the last 30 years. they've all been under 60 when they become prime minister. i think apart from gordon brown and they've all been absolutely useless. i mean, i think they're all living advertisements for raising the voting age to 70. actually, don't you ? actually, don't you? >> well, there might be an argument in that, christine, i suppose it's life experience versus energy and stamina, which is more important for a prime minister >> well, they're both important, but i think to try and put anything between starmer and sunak's age is ridiculous. they're in the bracket where they're still it's the luck of they're still it's the luck of the draw, isn't it? >> whether you've still got the stamina, starmer, age 61. is he? yeah. but it really doesn't matter at that age. it's when you look over the pond and you see the age of the potential, the potential age of the next american president, the potential age of the next american president , that you do american president, that you do begin to wonder whether there

ought to be an upper limit. but i trump is only three years older than me. >> yeah, but you're not standing for president. no. well, but i could go back into politics. you won't let me. >> i think you could do it. neil. neil still got lead in his pencil. i don't doubt that he could make a huge contribution to public life, but, neil, we do associate age with gravitas . are associate age with gravitas. are we right to do that? >> of course. well, the word senate comes of course, from senex latin word for wisdom . and senex latin word for wisdom. and so the, the older you are, the wiser you should become. you certainly have more experience, but i'm afraid experience doesn't necessarily also lead to wisdom . and that's the problem. wisdom. and that's the problem. you know, being useless is no not related in any shape or form to age. ultimately, we know in the case of something like biden, he's a drivelling old fool. but, nobody could question donald trump's stamina , as donald trump's stamina, as stormy daniels, i'm sure could attest. but it's that's really not an issue , is it? what

not an issue, is it? what matters is whether you've got the right ideas and you've got the right ideas and you've got the capacity to deliver on your programme. and in the case of sunak and starmer , and what is sunak and starmer, and what is there actually, in practical terms, to choose between them? you look at the difference between the two parties, you know, the policy differences are about the width of a cigarette papen about the width of a cigarette paper. so i don't think that age is really anything to do with it at all. >> well, of course , labour would >> well, of course, labour would argue that there's a big choice at the election between more chaos and confusion, and the conservatives will argue that they'll battle to get taxes down. they would definitely stress that there is a big choice, but you're entitled to your view, neil, is the job of prime minister now better suited though to a younger man or woman? christine, given the fact that the job is more rigorous than it was, let's say in the 19505 than it was, let's say in the 1950s and the 1960s, we have 24 over seven media. they don't have any privacy and they've got to work around the clock .

to work around the clock. >> i do think stamina is incredibly important, and you rightly draw the parallel with the 50s and 60s, when life was just so unbelievably different in so many ways. but yes, i do think you need a hell of a lot of stamina. i mean, if you're prime minister, you really are on duty 365 days of the year, just about. and i'll tell you something that i find, on age very annoying is that if there was a woman standing to be president at the age that donald trump or joe biden was , she trump orjoe biden was, she would undoubtedly be regarded as past it too old, etc. but men can seemingly go on for far longer than women, and it's regarded as acceptable . but yes, regarded as acceptable. but yes, i honestly, i don't know how even rishi sunak at 40 has the stamina to do it, he doesn't drink, does he? oh, well, there you are. that's why he's so boring. he doesn't drink and he doesn't eat on one day a week. i mean, i do find that a bit bizarre , and i imagine quite bizarre, and i imagine quite a lot of voters find it bizarre how do you identify with someone who doesn't eat for a day, a

week and doesn't drink? >> well, listen, i'll tell you something. apparently it's his religion . he something. apparently it's his religion. he is a hindu, and i think it's a cultural thing, but who knows? the bottom line is that he doesn't drink, i think that he doesn't drink, i think that keir starmer enjoys a beer or two. i mean, can you give me your appraisal because you've been studying men very carefully for many years now? christine, does sir keir strike you as a fit 61 year old? >> yes, as far as i can tell. i mean, i would you, would you swap him for neil? >> good lord, no. >> good lord, no. >> what an absurd question. >> what an absurd question. >> would that be? an upgrade ? >> would that be? an upgrade? >> would that be? an upgrade? >> no, it certainly would not. no i wouldn't swap him on. >> no, i mean, i would love to have a younger husband, but i'd love to be younger myself. >> what about dishy rishi? does it has he? is he has he got the x factor? matt mark, will you please stop it? >> i'm telling you, i've got. >> i'm telling you, i've got. >> and i do not wish to be even contemplate hitting up with anybody else. certainly not either of those two. stop it.

>> i mean, all politicians are fit for most of them are fit for nothing, aren't they? so and that's the problem of the modern world and, most definitely, can i ask both of you, christine, your appraisal of the elections so far last night on friday night live, we were discussing it. we were saying it's been the dullest election in history. is it going to kick in at some point and get exciting? >> well, i do hope so. but it is incredibly boring. i think it was nigel farage who summed it up, who said that the most exciting thing that's happened in this election is there has been some sighting of lord lucan, which has got nothing to do, nothing to do with the election. it is paralyzingly boring, but they are both paralyzingly boring people. sunak and starmer. they may be very interesting behind the scenes, but what we see, what the public sees is boring, boring, boring. so no wonder it's dull. we need something to liven it up. we've had a little sideshow with diane abbott that was fun, but we need something else like that to keep people's interest. >> i mean, it's a sad fact, isn't that the election is going to be decided by those who are

still awake on polling day to get out to vote, and i hope you'll be one of them. >> can i thank you both neil and christine hamilton, for a very entertaining contribution to the show. ever youthful, get that wine down. you look at that. i mean, if that's not an advert for pinot grigio, i don't know what is. and, there's, neil enjoying a malt as well. what fun . listen, next up with fun. listen, next up with tonight's top pundits. whatever the outcome , what should nigel the outcome, what should nigel farage do after the general election? we'll debate that next. plus, in an exclusive mark dolan tonight, people's poll we've been asking has a guilty verdict in a new york court gifted donald trump the keys to the white house in november. the results are in. we'll next. plus, what does nigel do

was the donald trump trial in new york politically motivated? of course. he was found guilty he could go to jail. michael,

who is a gb news member, has messaged us gbnews.com forward slash your say. of course, trump's trial was politically motivated. he must win because he loves the uk and the old dodder hates us. can't imagine who you're referring to. michael tansey says left wing in america, just like the bbc, are rotten to the core and will do everything to put trump down before 4th november, of course, the bbc would argue that they make every effort to be politically balanced. but tansy, you're welcome to your view , all you're welcome to your view, all this about donald trump says k, in my opinion , proves that it's in my opinion, proves that it's the far left, which is the real dangen the far left, which is the real danger. woke pushing gender ideology all from the left. okay, and what about this then, with regards to age in politics, some people take the view that the tories have been mocking keir starmer for being 61 by saying he's too tired to campaign. starmer has laughed it off and said it's desperate stuff . this from one of our

stuff. this from one of our viewers age has nothing to do with it. the conservatives have lost the plot. the uk needed a good conservative government, but this lot got carried away with the woke brigade and climate fanatics . meanwhile, climate fanatics. meanwhile, clive says starmer is as crooked as they come. look at what he did when he was at the cps. i guess he got enough backhanders clive. of course, there's no evidence that sir keir starmer was corrupt or in receipt of any backhanders, but again, this show is the home of diverse opinion. you are entitled to yours so let me know your thoughts. gbnews.com forward slash your say okay, i'll be deaung slash your say okay, i'll be dealing with the wonderful gary lineker in my take at ten. you won't want to miss it. but first up the times newspaper tomorrow exclusively report that nigel farage may be planning to sweep in and save the conservative party if they're obliterated at the election. so what does the future hold for britain's most

talked about politician and whatever the outcome, what should nigel farage do after the general election? continue to grow? reform uk or scrap it and save the tories ? ben at expense? save the tories? ben at expense? i just wonder whether if they don't perform strongly on the 4th of july reform, it won't be long for this world on the fifth. >> i tend to think actually it's a very i mean, make or break election is perhaps one way of putting it. they can't survive without nigel farage. but at the same time, i think it's a very interesting thing that he's decided not to stand as a candidate because they couldn't just be the nigel farage party. they need to be able to show to people whether or not they can survive on their own two feet. i don't think that they can, but they needed that opportunity to show everybody. i think you're right to be sceptical about their chances. how many seats might they get? i think there's a chance maybe lee anderson gets his seat in asheville because he's not labour. all the tories. but will richard tice get one? i'm not sure. can ben habib get one? i'm not sure either of them

really has the name recognition, the brand recognition to do that. so it's interesting the cash or the infrastructure, do they they don't. and i have to be honest, they haven't given me the impression of a particularly well organised campaign. they they're not strategic, like you have to say to a degree, the liberal democrats are actually quite good at focusing resources on seats where there is a degree of apathy or anger. what reform have done is they've put their best people into those kind of seats, but they're not necessarily focusing absolutely everything that they have given . everything that they have given. as you say, they don't have the resources to stand nationwide. i don't feel that they're doing that particularly well. they've pulled quite well up to now, fairly respectably, given that they're a new party. however, they're a new party. however, they are also an insurgent right wing party. given what's in front of them. given how badly the tories are doing, they ought to be doing better at this stage if they have a chance of surviving. so what does the future hold for nigel farage? it's not going to be part of reform. how badly will the tories be damaged at the election and even if they were in that sort of scorched earth territory, 60, 70, 80 odd seats,

would they accept nigel farage? i'm not sure. >> and diana moran, you must be disappointed, because i think that you're quite attracted to the reform uk offer. >> i was very attracted to it two months ago. i was talking away about it like crazy, thinking that's where my vote's going to go. and now there's nigel disappearing off the scene, which is for me , very scene, which is for me, very disappointing. it'll be interesting to see what he does do if he does do in america. but as you say, what the devil is he going to be doing after that? well what should he do, given that you're an admirer of him , that you're an admirer of him, do you think that he should try to build reform uk after the election as as the main party of the right in this country, or does he ditch that project and fix the tories? >> does it establish that brand once again in a, you know, reimagined way? >> possibly. that's what he should do. try to help fix the tories afterwards. is he the man to do it? >> is he the man to do it? >> is he the man to do it? >> oh, that's the man who's

going to do. yes. if anybody's going to do. yes. if anybody's going to do it, he's going to do it. wouldn't you agree ? it. wouldn't you agree? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> lisa, i don't think she's going to. >> well, what should nigel do after the election? we know him to be a colossal political force. >> yeah, he's nigel farage is a is a disrupter. he's a maverick . is a disrupter. he's a maverick. he's not a party team player. so i don't think he's going to go to the tories and do anything there. i think he is a great campaigner. even though i don't always agree with everything he says. but he is a very shrewd. he's got a lot of political knowledge and i think he's got enough political knowledge to know, to stay out of somewhere like the conservative party. so i think what he will do, he will continue his campaigning that he does stay on gb news. yeah. well he did say, he did say on question time on, thursday night when, what's his name? piers morgan. morgan was having a go at him. he did say, you know, i've got a show. a daily show

that i'm really proud of. and i'm sticking with that. he did say that, actually. >> so what do you think benedict nigel should do after the election? this is a man, the most consequential politician of his generation. that's never beenin his generation. that's never been in the house of commons or achieved high office. >> i think somebody who i respect a great deal in the media ecosystem and who has got involved in politics before, says you can change a lot more as a commentator than you can necessarily as an mp, or certainly as a lord, as a lone voice . yeah. if you have a voice. yeah. if you have a platform and i think that nigel farage has a very large platform, he, you know, he manages to incentivise a lot of people wherever he goes. and i think that possibly that would be a more valuable thing than attempting to sort of break into the tory party, because that's what he would have to do. even now, you can see in terms of the candidates that are being put forward for the tories in some of the safer seats where current incumbent mps are sitting down, it's wet. it's one nation, it's those sorts of people. it's the sort of people who have been working in number 10 for rishi

sunak, for jeremy working in number 10 for rishi sunak, forjeremy hunt, working in number 10 for rishi sunak, for jeremy hunt, those sorts of people , the bad sorts of people, the bad carriers, the spads, those are the people being parachuted into those safe seats. you can very much see what the objective, what the objective is there. it's to make sure that when the tories do lose and they will lose that it's those sorts of people who are still in charge, who still set the message. and i think nigel farage would find it very difficult to break into that kind of a party. i also think a party that decides that that's the direction it wants to go down is doomed. i think he would command a lot more influence from a media perspective, actually for the next five years, giving his his opinion rather than trying to fix a party that clearly doesn't want to be fixed. >> i think he's going to be an important voice in politics under with a labour government. that's where i think he's going to be very i think he'll be like the official opposition. yes, i do , i do think that because do, i do think that because i think labour's got a really tough five years, they've got no money policy and we don't know culture wars is taking over policy , which means nothing's policy, which means nothing's going to change apart from people are going to get angrier in the streets. and i think nigel farage, who has already

got a platform and a personality , i think that's where he that's what he will do. there you go. >> fascinating stuff. what should nigel do after the election? let me know your thoughts. gbnews.com forward slash your essay coming up in my take at ten. britain's wokeist man gary lineker strikes again, this time complaining about the weapons companies who keep the free world safe. i'll be indulging in some friendly fire on gary lineker at ten. you won't want to miss it, but first up, we'll be remembering the comic genius of frankie howerd with my mark meets guests who are bringing the great man to life in a stunning new show.

next. okay, folks. lots to get through. don't forget, at 10:00. my. take a ten. gary lineker in hot water. find out in just a few minutes. but first, this.

yes, it's time for mark meets. and frankie howerd was a true comic genius who enjoyed a stellar career on stage on television and on the big screen as a top stand up comedian , a as a top stand up comedian, a bbc radio star and, most memorably, perhaps an actor in the hilarious sitcom up pompeii and the legendary carry on films. here is the great frankie howerd in action for all students. >> so naturally to you, i'm not what you call an academic. by no way at all could you call me an intellectual. >> and . the. which is why i feel >> and. the. which is why i feel so much at home here tonight . so much at home here tonight. >> absolute genius. well, frankie howard is to be brought back to life in a brand new show

which is enjoying five star reviews. it's called howards end , and it celebrates his extraordinary life and career. simon cartwright plays frankie and mark farrelly plays his former lover and manager dennis heymer, who also wrote the show, listen folks, i'm so excited to have you here. mark and simon, welcome to mark dolan tonight, frankie howard was in showbiz for over five decades. simon, how did he get started? was he destined to be on the stage? >> it was all an accident, and he was a very disappointed man because frankie actually wanted to be an actor. that was always his ambition, a serious actor. i was going to say a straight actor, possibly not the best term, but anyway, he had aspirations for shakespeare and he failed abysmally. an audition at rada and which is a top acting school, of course. absolutely right. and they just said to him, there is no way you're going to ever act. you know, it's all over and frankie tells this wonderful story of going home and just kind of weeping and weeping in a bath and going, what am i going to

do? i have to be in front of people somehow. and he realised that comedy was was the route. he could make people laugh, but he couldn't necessarily hold court as an actor. >> and he was a hilarious stand up comedian. people forget that because i think a lot of my viewers and listeners will remember the film roles and the tv shows, but he was a top stand up, quite edgy. he wasn't a safe comic, was he? he was maverick. >> he was original for his time. i mean, mark and i often talk about that. the extraordinary thing about frankie is his whole act was an apology, right? the first ten minutes of the act was saying, it's going to be terrible. the jokes are rubbish. i feel sorry for you because you've paid money for this. but actually, if you could just support me. what a great philosopher. he. and immediately he let the audience in. it was that sort of vulnerability that i think the audience loved. yes. >> and after a few minutes he said, don't worry, we haven't started yet. yes. it was, it was amazing. >> don't peak too soon. that's right, that's it. >> well, look, before i get to the play, is it true that the ums and ers in the act, you

know, the kind of missives that the asides. were they scripted or not? >> so here's the thing. frankie would use those as a kind of a prop because he would forget his words. so by putting. yes. so i. anyway. yes. no. well no, i'm glad you asked. that gives him 15 seconds to try and remember where he is, but he used to play games with the writers, so he'd say to barry, cry, well, you haven't written in these oohs and ahs where are they? but if they wrote them in, he'd say, don't write them in, i do that. so he was always messing you know, with writers as well as the public, a real wind up merchant, totally . merchant, totally. >> mark, congratulations on writing the play. it's got rave reviews , including the reviews, including the aforementioned barry cryer, who said, i knew dennis, who was frankie's partner, and i wrote for frankie. this play is brilliant. that's high praise from a man who knew frankie howerd well, why did he decide to put pen to paper and tell this story? >> because i really love frankie howerd , which i think a lot of howerd, which i think a lot of people still do. but then as i

dug into his life, i discovered there was so much more to it. and he had this partner, dennis, who was what? >> his chauffeur, his manager and his lover. well, yes , he met and his lover. well, yes, he met dennis in 1958 at the dorchester. >> dennis was a wine waiter, served him a cocktail, and they struck up a relationship. but of course they had to keep it completely secret for, well, pretty much the whole 34 year span of it. and i got very interested in what was going on within all of that and what the cost would be if you were frankie howerd's partner to have to disavow not only your relationship, but pretty much your whole existence. >> indeed. and did that torture frankie howerd not being able to be out with his relationship ukip and be gay? >> well, i think frankie howerd didn't want to be gay , right? so didn't want to be gay, right? so he was tortured at a very profound level, dennis was 12 years younger. he was kind of a different generation. he was much more at ease with himself. he was more comfortable in his own skin. and somehow they had this bizarre and wonderful

opposites attract relationship. but it was very fraught because it had to be kept under wraps so much. >> and was frankie howerd the archetypal tortured comedian? tears of a clown? was he was he a serious man? was he an angry man? was he bitter? >> i think he was a he was a very profound and deep thinking man. he was very spiritual as indeed dennis was, and yeah, there was a great deal of depth to him, but i think his, his problem was he simply wasn't emotionally available. and in a way that was beautiful for his act because his act was all about, i mean, he kept the big word frankie howerd says in his act is no, isn't it? >> no, no, no. >> and it's kind of pushing you away. and there's a wonderful humour to that. but i wanted to just see what the deeper texture of that really was . of that really was. >> most definitely. i mean, do you feel he had his demons? was he a tortured soul, do you think? >> yeah, definitely. i mean, he he went through lots of routes to try and overcome that. he had a lot of psychotherapy . he took a lot of psychotherapy. he took lsd when that was considered a possible way of overcoming your

problems. i feel right to the end, though , that he never quite end, though, that he never quite managed it. >> and did he get involved in dnnk >> and did he get involved in drink or drugs or anything like that, or was he quite. >> yeah. no, i think you know a little more about that perhaps, but sort of in the late 70s 80s, he started taking doing the elvis thing of uppers and downers to keep going and drinking more than he probably should have done. >> and of course, we always with these showbiz legends, simon, we remember the highs, but there must have been professional lows. it wasn't just five decades of glorious success. i wouldn't imagine frankie's career was sort of like weather conditions. >> it was just coming. tides, tidal career, wasn't it? i had the pleasure. well, yeah, it was a privilege to meet him in 1984, and he was getting quite old and sluggish then . and it was sluggish then. and it was a play. it was the typical sort of roman slave type play, and he was getting very tired . and you was getting very tired. and you could sort of see it was all he was losing that magic and that spark. and i met him, i will say, and he was terribly grumpy. i mean, just very i was standing at the stage door saying, oh, mr

howard, yes, yes, yes. yes. anyway, so that was that. but curiously, about six months after that, he had that resurgence when he started a tour of the country with his one man play, one man show, should i say. and so nice that he went out on this renaissance, this high. and you played a clip there of the oxford union, which , which was just pretty much the moment of his life , the highest moment of his life, the highest of the high points in front of a hip, a hip young audience . hip, a hip young audience. >> and this is a guy that was holding his own. he wasn't corny , it wasn't dad jokes. it wasn't cheesy. this was top level stand up, wasn't it? >> he was. he was an absolutely fantastic stand up. and i can only compare him to billy connolly in terms of sheer longevity. yeah. that decade after generation was kept discovering him. >> and i mean , i'm just going to >> and i mean, i'm just going to so badly butcher all the jokes from that from that show at oxford. but he said, i got a call from my agent, which was a surprise. i thought he was dead. and then he said, they said the gig is at the oxford union,

which i thought was a pub. >> yeah, that's right. and i and just the delivery and the timing. >> and did it take you a while to get the voice and the mannerisms? >> so yes is the answer to that. and i think as an actor what you try and avoid was someone like frankie howerd. yeah, there's so many pitfalls. it can't be an impression. so having watched sort of mike yarwood and writing down all the details and gone, right, don't do that. just stick with truth . and actually meeting with truth. and actually meeting him really helped. and he was a very serious , quite, quite sort very serious, quite, quite sort of melancholy man. and i think tried to capture that in the play tried to capture that in the play because it's yes, we do stand up and all the stuff you'd expect. but what was he like off stage? and i think that's been the joy and the challenge. and do we see both? >> do we see sort of the on stage and off stage? >> yeah, absolutely frankie i mean, if you want stand up, you get plenty of bang for your buck. but you also see something ficher buck. but you also see something richer and deeper. >> so he wasn't frivolous off stage. he wasn't like his on stage. he wasn't like his on stage persona. he wasn't cracking jokes in rehearsals. >> quite serious, quite miserable. all right, let's dish the dirt. >> is it true that he used to run after handsome young actors chasing them around the dressing

room? possibly. possibly. and we may tap it. tap into that in the show, perhaps, and also, what about how did he get on with his fellow actors in the carry on films? do we know whether he got on with kenneth williams and sid james? >> i think he was the odd one out. i mean, if you think he was paid £30,000 back in 1967 to make that film carry on, doctor , make that film carry on, doctor, and because he was a big star. yes. yeah. all the other actors are on six grand for that same. so automatic fee. there's a dynamic there isn't there. >> yeah, there mostly is , so >> yeah, there mostly is, so that won't have gone down. well although he was brilliant in carry on doctor i think doctor what was he called? something bigger francis. bigger. bigger. >> very good. yes. he's done his stuff, isn't he? yeah, he's a sort of, one of these motivational speakers who winds up. >> yes. >> yes. >> there's a bit where he falls asleep in the hospital bed, and then the undertaker comes in. >> yes. thinks he's being measured up for a coffin. yeah. it's comedy gold. well, listen, as is the play, anything. anything else we need to know about the play before i do the plug. >> i think that you don't need to know anything about it. just take a punt on it and come and

see it. because you'll discover more than you thought you were going to. >> well, look, here it is. >> well, look, here it is. >> look at that poster. >> look at that poster. >> the two of them. >> the two of them. >> hey. rave reviews. find out why howards end is playing the chelmsford theatre. the chelmsford theatre. the chelmsford theatre. the chelmsford theatre on june the 13th, stoke on trent's bolton gate farm, june the 22nd somerset cross memorial hall in july, july the 6th all of the howards end shows are listed at mark farrelly .co.uk . just mark farrelly .co.uk. just google howards end and you'll find it. go see it. next up i'll be dealing with gary lineker. you won't want to miss it. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello! here's your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. we hold on to a lot of fine weather across the uk over the next day or so, but as we go into the new working week, things will turn a bit cooler and more unsettled from the north. high pressure is dominating at the moment, the high located just to the west of the uk, but that's keeping things pretty quiet weather wise

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>> it's 10:00 gb news. >> it's10:00 on gb news. >> it's 10:00 on television. on >> it's10:00 on television. on radio and online, in the united kingdom and across the world. this is mark dolan. tonight in my take at ten, britain's wokeist man, gary lineker strikes again. this time complaining about the weapons companies who keep the free world safe. i'll be indulging in some friendly fire on gary lineker in just a couple of minutes time. you won't want to miss it . a major new row between miss it. a major new row between king charles and his brother prince andrew erupts. plus, could princess catherine be making an appearance at the king's birthday celebrations in two weeks time? we'll get the latest from the queen of us. royal reporting kinsey schofield live from the states , plus live from the states, plus tomorrow's newspaper front pages are packed. show lots to get through. i'll be dealing with gary lineker in no uncertain terms straight after the headunes terms straight after the headlines and sam francis .

headlines and sam francis. >> mark, thank you very much and good evening to you. it's just after 10:00, a look at the news coming to us tonight from the election campaign trail, where the conservatives and labour have today unveiled their election battle buses, with both parties attacking each other's economic records. the prime minister says his opponents will run out of money, while the labour leader, sir keir starmer , labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the country is crying out for change while speaking to a crowd in front of his campaign bus. earlier, rishi sunak pledged to give millions of pounds to towns across the country if he's re—elected. >> it's 100 towns across our country , they're going to country, they're going to receive £20 million each and crucially, it will be local. people in all those areas are in charge of how to spend that money, to make sure it's spent and invested on their priorities. an example of us levelling up everywhere, backing local people and their priorities, and giving them the long term funding assurance to do so. the methodology that selects these towns is something that's been used multiple times before. it's all public. it's

based on areas levelling up needs, looking at economic opportunity , cities, skills, opportunity, cities, skills, health and life expectancy. so it's an objective set of criteria, all published online. but i'm not going to make any apology for supporting towns rishi sunak there. >> speaking earlier this afternoon while launching his battle bus, sir keir starmer described the conservatives levelling up pledge as a phoney gimmick. the labour leader says his party's data reveals which areas will be hit if the conservatives get back into government. figures show that people in the north—east of england will be £5,400 worse off, while families in the south—west will be estimated at £4,300 poorer. >> we want change the powers with you because the voters with you, you have to vote for change. we have changed this labour party and put it back in the service of working people. what we're asking now, humbly asking, is the opportunity to change our country and put it back in the service of working

people, and that requires both setting out our ambition to change the country. but also the first steps, the down payment. if you like stabilising the economy, making sure we can deal with our waiting list, getting back people back into work, setting up great british energy to keep bills down. they are the first steps to the change this country desperately needs while responding to those comments from sir keir starmer in scotland, the first minister, john swinney, claims that a labour government would, he says, devastate work opportunities there and insists that the snp can remove what he called the remaining rump of conservative representatives. >> what's important is that the snp goes to this election to win it , and snp goes to this election to win it, and that's what we're about. >> we're going into this election to win it and the northeast of scotland, we've got a really good opportunity to contribute towards removing the conservative government by making sure that snp mp ensure that snp candidates, who are the challengers in each of the conservative held seats in the nonh conservative held seats in the north east, are able to win

those seats. so i would my message, in short, to voters in the north—east of scotland is to vote snp to remove the conservatives who have done so much damage to the communities and the people of scotland . and the people of scotland. >> in other news, rishi sunak has praised a proposed ceasefire deal that's been set out by president joe biden, calling it welcome news. he's also calling on hamas to accept that new deal to end the conflict in gaza . the to end the conflict in gaza. the proposal would end the fighting there and return hostages , there and return hostages, beginning with a six week ceasefire. however, israel's government says certain conditions still have to be met by hamas . boris johnson says by hamas. boris johnson says that a second donald trump presidency is now more likely following his hush money trial. the former prime minister has come out in support of the now convicted former president, saying the verdict won't derail mr trump's campaign in. and donald trump says he will be appealing his conviction of falsifying business records and lashed out at what he calls a scam verdict . we've heard

scam verdict. we've heard tonight that north korea has allegedly been sending more balloons filled with rubbish and suspected animal poo floating off towards the south in seoul, the south korean government's dispatched chemical and explosive clearance teams to recover some debris . we recover some debris. we understand 260 balloons have so far been detected , and pyongyang far been detected, and pyongyang says it's in retaliation for defectors and activists who send their own inflatables across the border, often containing leaflets. food, medicine and sometimes usb sticks loaded with k“p0p sometimes usb sticks loaded with k—pop videos. sometimes usb sticks loaded with k—pop videos . and finally, k—pop videos. and finally, ticketmaster has confirmed today that it's been hacked and the data taken could include customers partial payment information. some 560 million people worldwide are reportedly affected in the hack. it's being suggested the group, called shiny hunters, wants £400,000 or threatening to sell those details on the dark web . for the details on the dark web. for the latest stories you can sign up

to gb news alerts. there's a qr code there on your screen for you, or you can go to our website, gb news. common alerts. >> thank you sam. welcome to mark dolan . tonight, a major new mark dolan. tonight, a major new round between king charles and his brother prince andrew has erupted. also, could princess catherine be making an appearance at the king's birthday celebrations in two weeks time? we'll get the latest from the queen of us royal reporting kinsey schofield . reporting kinsey schofield. plus, in the last word, all of the election latest with our top fleet street insider, including a possible pensioner betrayal by labour and sunak with a case to answer for buying votes . all of answer for buying votes. all of that to come. plus live reaction in the studio from tonight's top pundits. lots to get through this evening. benedict spence, diana moran and doctor lisa mckenzie . so a packed hour.

mckenzie. so a packed hour. those papers are coming . but those papers are coming. but first, my take at ten. >> what a balls up. >> what a balls up. >> england's new patron saint, gary lineker, a man holier and more virtuous than mother teresa and gandhi combined, strikes again . never one to miss the again. never one to miss the chance of some moral posturing , chance of some moral posturing, goal hanging pr opportunist, lineker has spoken out about tonight's champions league final. he tweeted the following. this is the first time i'll be cheering for real madrid in a champions league final . now, as champions league final. now, as a former player for madrid's arch rivals barcelona, this defection is significant. so why has it happened? well, because the german side dortmund have signed a three year sponsorship deal with weapons manufacturer rheinmetall. now gary lineker is not a stupid person following a

stellar career on the pitch. it was a storeyed transition to broadcasting and let me tell you, he's worth every penny of that £1.3 million a year of licence fee payers cash to introduce football clips. he is also a leading media entrepreneur, producing some of the most listened to podcasts in the most listened to podcasts in the country. so how did it escape the attention of this bright man that our democracies and our freedoms are protected and our freedoms are protected and defended by the weapons produced, like companies such as rheinmetall, in the same way that weapons firms protected the united kingdom in the face of hitler during the second world war. in fact, we should big up, not cancel rheinmetall, who have produced some of the armaments which are now helping ukraine defend themselves against gary, against vladimir putin. gary lineker, easy to mix the two up now i'm very confused because i

thought gary lineker was very supportive of ukraine and their battle for survival, but now he wants to take their weapons away. i'm very, very confused. after all, they're going to need weapons with which to defend themselves. they can't fight by sending off tweets like gary does that won't save them. in a previously deleted tweet, gary's always deleting his tweets. he said that nuclear weapons have prevented war, but only hypothetically . now, what is hypothetically. now, what is hypothetically. now, what is hypothetical about the fact that no country with nuclear weapons has ever been invaded, or that ukraine were after they were getting rid of them, or that the so—called nuclear deterrent single handedly ended the cold war? doesn't sound very hypothetical to me for intelligent man like gary lineker, he says an amazing number of silly things. and for someone so progressive and caring and kind, he says a lot of offensive things too often at the same time, including this description of the single biggest attack on jewish people

since the holocaust. october the 7th. take a listen. >> actually, we all know what you know. october 7th happened and, you know, the hamas thing. but the slaughter of over a thousand innocent people, including youngsters attending a peace music festival and the taking of over 200 hostages, or as gary likes to call it, the hamas thing. >> now, many people love gary lineker. he has over 8 million followers on twitter, and plenty of folk would argue that he's been very consistent about his concerns for human rights, poverty, inequality, his compassion for refugees . he's compassion for refugees. he's even taken refugees into his own home. he hates war, he hates death, he hates destruction . who death, he hates destruction. who could disagree? but let's look at actions , not words. concern at actions, not words. concern for human rights whilst taking £400,000 a year for four years from 2009 to 2013 from the qatari state to present.

football qatar, where it's illegal to be gay, sometimes punishable by death , where women punishable by death, where women are second class citizens and where modern day slavery is part of the business model . perhaps of the business model. perhaps gary regrets working for the qatari state broadcaster al jazeera at the time, but there wasn't much sign of regret when he returned to the country to present the 2022 world cup in stadia built by the aforementioned modern slaves. thousands of whom fell to their death in perilous working conditions and in crippling 45 degree centigrade heat. but that's okay, because whilst barking in the qatari sunshine, gary did a short monologue about the importance of human rights. gary lineker is one of the good guys. the be kind crowd , so kind guys. the be kind crowd, so kind that this idol of the progressive left battled hmrc in court to reduce his tax bill by almost £5 million. so kind that for decades he has flogged junk

food to children amid an obesity epidemic. a guy who's worried about climate change but has flown around the world, driven fast cars and presented football shows in vast air conditioned stadia in the desert . shows in vast air conditioned stadia in the desert. his defence at the time. we are all hypocrites, are we? gary, with his bizarre boycott of an arms manufacturer whose products help protect democratic nations against tyrannical regimes . this against tyrannical regimes. this latest lineker rant about war is weapons grade nonsense. sorry gary, but you're firing blanks . gary, but you're firing blanks. now let me make this a matter of pubuc now let me make this a matter of public record that i would like to invite. rheinmetall the german armaments company, to sponsor this show. that's right. they are welcome to sponsor the show. mark dolan tonight, sponsored by rheinmetall. the most explosive show on tv. and

the reason why we'll do that is because rheinmetall are producing armaments for countries like ukraine who can protect themselves against the murderer, that is vladimir putin. he's got my vote, but not gary's vote. what do you think, gbnews.com/yoursay? i'll get to your views shortly. but first, tonight's top pundits. we have benedict spence, diana moran and doctor lisa mckenzie . diana doctor lisa mckenzie. diana moran. your reaction to this latest intervention by gary lineker? >> i'm absolutely appalled by it. he hasn't done his homework , it. he hasn't done his homework, has he? he's so busy making so much money, selling so many crisps, making so many children waddling fat, i'm appalled. and that he should be, interfering with the companies that are making the equipment that are protecting so many of us in

other countries. it's so wrong. stick with football pundit gary, and be careful. there you go. >> damning words from a legendary broadcaster in her own right, diana moran , who was on right, diana moran, who was on the bbc for many years, benedict spence. the bbc for many years, benedict spence . gary lineker simply spence. gary lineker simply wants an end to the suffering. he wants to see the war in gaza come to an end so that women and children stop dying and being blown up. he wants these weapons to stop because what they lead to stop because what they lead to is human destruction. what's the problem ? the problem? >> i mean, it, it's an incredibly easy stance to take, isn't it? it's just sort of sit there and go, oh, isn't war bad? there should be less of it. if not, none of it. let's all wring our hands and sing kum ba yah. i mean, that may be, but actually, you know, wars do start. and in the case of the russo—ukrainian war, it was started by russia. and in the case of the israel—palestine conflict, this iteration was started by hamas. i'm not really sure what it is.

people are expecting of these. one of the key things that it must be said, and this is something that ukraine, i think has learnt to its cost, is that you need a proper and fully armed military, often in order to deter acts of aggression by other countries . we've seen this other countries. we've seen this also in armenia, between armenia and azerbaijan. we'll see it between taiwan and china at some point as well. but that is ultimately the key motivator for lots of countries to arm in. the first place. is to deter other countries from doing so. in order to do that, you need our arms manufacturers. i know that it might sound a little simplistic, but it really is as straightforward as that. but in the case sometimes, sometimes there are hostile actors who don't care that they're fighting against larger opponents, larger odds, because their hatred is just that strong. that is the case of hamas and israel . and case of hamas and israel. and i'm sorry, but it's very easy for people in the uk to sit there and go, oh, isn't this all terrible? and i wish that it would stop. but ultimately the world isn't like that and people need to defend themselves . and need to defend themselves. and for that we need people to manufacture these things. >> well, doctor lisa mckenzie gary lineker objects to the fact

that there's a company that's making weapons which kill innocent people. >> what's the problem with this intervention ? intervention? >> i think for gary lineker it like benedict said, it's a value free, comment that you can make. war is terrible. isn't it terrible . but i always think terrible. but i always think about this in in another way , about this in in another way, for example, the factory that's making this in in germany employs thousands and thousands of people. it i believe it keeps that that area alive with jobs. so you know, when you sort of say these value things like value free things like this should end. it's like , what are should end. it's like, what are you saying to the people who work there? what are you saying to the communities that are built on this? you know, i feel quite strongly about this because i come from the coal mining communities and, you know, and now we have no coal mining . and the, climate change, mining. and the, climate change, people say , well, coal mining people say, well, coal mining was so terrible, but the fact

is, is we were hollowed out the minute those industries were taken away from us. so i think it's easy to say this stuff or to tweet this sort of these value judgements , but without value judgements, but without thinking it through. and one of the things that i do know in leicester, where gary lineker is from, there is a factory that makes arms and there's about three people who flies the palestinian flag, who goes and protests it every single day . so protests it every single day. so perhaps gary lineker should go back to his home city to go and protest if he feels that strongly about it. with these three people that do that, and then explain to his community why he would want those jobs to be lost. >> okay, well, listen, your reaction gb news com forward slash your say. but next up , a slash your say. but next up, a major new row has broken out between king charles and his brother prince andrew. plus, could princess catherine be making an appearance at the king's birthday celebrations in

two weeks time? we'll get reaction from the united states, the of us royal reporting kinsey schofield. that's

next. a big reaction to my take at ten on the message board. gbnews.com/yoursay your say. if you're just joining us, gary lineker has ranted on twitter about the champions league final. by the way, congratulations , real madrid. congratulations, real madrid. he's not happy with the sponsors of the borussia dortmund team, who are an arms manufacturer . so who are an arms manufacturer. so therefore he's supporting madrid tonight. well maggie, says mark, it's okay for lineker to complain about arms manufacturers. it won't be him and his ilk that will be called up to fight for this country. if it comes to war, will it, what does gary lineker do with the millions he earns? says alan. perhaps he gives it all away. perhaps, says alan with a splash

of scepticism. okay, folks, it's time now for us. news. but first, shall we do the poll? maria is it ready? okay. we've been asking you all day. is gary lineker right to boycott borussia dortmund after they announced a sponsorship deal with an arms manufacturer ? the with an arms manufacturer? the results are in 90.3% say no and 9.7% say yes . okay, let's head 9.7% say yes. okay, let's head over to the united states now. and the queen of us royal reporting kinsey schofield kinsey, great to see you again. okay, listen, folks, so we've got lots of big, juicy royal stories . and let me tell you, stories. and let me tell you, one of them is about a huge new row that has erupted between prince andrew and king charles. kinsey, good to see you. what's happening between andrew and charles, it's not that bloody royal lodge again, is it? >> i mean, really, is there anything else? according to the

times, king charles could threaten to sever ties with prince andrew if the non—working royal refuses to leave royal lodge to relocate to frogmore cottage . the times are citing an cottage. the times are citing an unnamed friend of the king that friend claims that the king said he is willing to pay for his brother to live comfortably out of his private funds from the duchy of lancaster. however, that level of funding needs to be appropriate. there's another quote in this piece that reads unfortunately, if andrew refuses to leave within a reasonable time frame, then the king may be forced to reassess the whole package of support he provides , package of support he provides, and the duke would be required to fund the lion's share of his secure accommodation and lifestyle costs, all on his own , lifestyle costs, all on his own, which, given the sums involved, is highly unlikely to be possible in the long term. for prince andrew, who is unemployed. they stressed that there are limits of patience and tolerance when it comes to king charles, and after multiple eviction conversations, a friend of the king's warned as things

stand, life at royal lodge is set to become increasingly cold and uncomfortable for the duke . and uncomfortable for the duke. >> indeed. i mean, we know that there's embarrassment on the part of the king in relation to andrew's controversies, including his ill advised friendship with convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein. but what do we know of their personal relationship ? do the personal relationship? do the two men get on? charles and andrew? >> i mean, they didn't when they were younger men, but i think both of them softened in their old age, especially towards the end of their parents lives . old age, especially towards the end of their parents lives. i think that they bonded through grief. but the king's ultimate objective is his legacy and how people interpret him as, you know, a leader and i think he understands that prince andrew is a is a liability and looks like a waste of resources. i meanwhile, john lennon's son sean lennon, has attacked prince harry. >> what's going on? >> what's going on? >> welcome to the party, sean lennon. yeah, he tweeted my long awaited review of prince harry's

autobiography is two words. spare me , he said. you know, spare me, he said. you know, i think i should point out. i know some people have responded with who cares? but it's worth acknowledging that this is another young man that lost a parent tragically at a young age and didn't build his entire identity around victimhood . and identity around victimhood. and sean himself said he did have empathy over harry's loss. but, quote, that's why i'm very disappointed with his outlook . i disappointed with his outlook. i was hoping he'd be smarter. but sean considers harry an idiot, he says, and a buffoon. and when twitter users tried to shade sean with the nepo baby card , he sean with the nepo baby card, he reminded them that he's accomplished a lot since the death of his famous father, including recently collecting one of those coveted oscar statues, definitely. >> i've got to say, sean lennon is becoming my new hero. he might be my favourite lennon. he's been on twitter and he's been saying he's been having a go at wokery. he said, anyone that knows me will tell you i've always been against it. my teachers, my friends. i saw it coming and i've always hated the bs. don't tell me how to speak

or what to think. teach us how to think for ourselves rationally. he also says wokeism is not a religion , it's a full is not a religion, it's a full blown cult. i'm starting to realise we have to treat its members as victims of manipulation, indoctrination and abuse. it sounds like sean lennon is as much of a rock star as his father. >> well, let's hope he doesn't find out that you called meghan markle yoko ono. >> otherwise , i think you guys >> otherwise, i think you guys could be very good friends. i'll never live it down. >> listen, let's talk about princess catherine. we are praying, of course, for a speedy recovery in her battle against cancen recovery in her battle against cancer. is there some hope about when we might next see her? >> i mean, mark, we're talking about this every week. last week we discussed tom sykes report from the daily beast that she could be out until 2025. then the reports that we could see her as early as autumn, then earlier this week, it was reported that she would not attend trooping of the colour rehearsals next week. but now some good news. almost. maybe. now the mirror is reporting that catherine is considering a trooping balcony appearance.

depending on the way she is feeling that weekend. look, i think everyone just wants her to feel better and be better. and in this scenario , her popularity in this scenario, her popularity is both a blessing and a curse. we all miss the grace and kindness she brings to the monarchy, but we really have to leave her alone until she's ready to return herself. but i do. i'm with you. i'm praying for her recovery and i miss seeing her. she's gorgeous and she always was just a burst of joy- >> most definitely . well, i'm >> most definitely. well, i'm delighted to say that in two weeks time, you'll be in the uk and live in the studio for this show, so can't wait to see you then. of course we'll see you down the line from the united states in a week's time. wish we had longer, but kinsey, thank you so much for that. do check out kinsey's brilliant website today for daily and her podcast of the same name . coming up, two of the same name. coming up, two newspapers, front pages and in the last word , the election the last word, the election latest our top fleet insider. all of that is

>> welcome back to the show . >> welcome back to the show. >> welcome back to the show. >> don't forget to join us for mark dolan tomorrow evening. for the big opinion. the take at ten and much more , but listen, what and much more, but listen, what about the emails? let's have a look at. many people are not happy with gary lineker's comments. the guy is a complete hypocrite , although others are hypocrite, although others are offering a degree of support. so it's a little bit of a mixed bag there in terms of gary lineker's comments about an arms manufacture . for more on that manufacture. for more on that shortly. but first, tomorrow's front pages. and we start with the observer . front pages. and we start with the observer. sunak suffers poll blow as cash for votes row erupts a tory general election campaign in has seen seen more trouble tonight as rishi sunak

faced accusations of using levelling up funds to win votes. also netanyahu us gaza deal is a non—starter . the mail on sunday non—starter. the mail on sunday now beckham's top ambassador role from king after they bond over jars of organic honey. so there you go. that's king charles and david beckham. perhaps that knighthood is back on after all. tories sos to rishi give us tax cuts now sunday telegraph labour will betray pensioners again, says the chancellor. another private school falls victim to vat raid a private school where almost a third of pupils have special needsis third of pupils have special needs is expected to close next month, becoming the latest victim of labour's tax raid. cooper training for jobless will end reliance on migrants that is yvette cooper, shadow home secretary, with her plan to tackle immigration into the country. also focus on russia

and china spies rather than terrorists, m15 told the iweekend convict. trump claims us is a fascist state and uk voters message to the tories it isfime voters message to the tories it is time for change. voters like sunaks triple lock plus pledge to never tax the state pension with 68% support, but a majority still want a change of government. 56% of the public believe it's time for a change and a new approach in number 10. labour's six first steps in starmer plan for power receive strong backing and daily star sunday southgate sparks 130% rise in old man clobber. you're going home in a ch cardigan waistcoat wearing england boss gareth southgate has sparked a craze in grandpa fashion after appearing in a posh magazine wearing a cardigan before the

euros. well, those are your front pages for full pundit reaction. i'm delighted to welcome political commentator benedict spence, journalist , benedict spence, journalist, model and the green goddess herself diana moran , and herself diana moran, and anarchist political broadcaster and author doctor lisa mckenzie. so how about this one? lisa sunak suffers poll blow as cash for votes row erupts. the allegation that the tories are buying votes by offering millions of pounds to a selection of english towns . selection of english towns. >> yes, i've read about this today. actually, 20 million is actually not a lot of money won't touch the sides. it's not going to touch the sides when the levelling up that we need in the levelling up that we need in the north upwards is equivalent to the reunification of germany . to the reunification of germany. thatis to the reunification of germany. that is the that is the equivalent. that is our that is how much those, those

communities have suffered. 20 million is not going to be buying anything, do you see it? is this fair? >> and this allegation of sort of essentially cash for votes, that votes are being bought, what they call in america, pork barrel politics. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> pork benedict it's i mean, i think that these are fair enough allegations. but as as lisa says, like, who on earth i mean, people are not stupid. they do understand that 20 million isn't what it used to be a couple of years ago. partly that's because of the inflation that's happened on rishi sunak's watch. and they are looking at these things and thinking this isn't actually going to help. it will disappear very quickly. a couple of park benches. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and i think honestly we're sort of reaping the rewards of the lack of growth that we've had over the last 14 years of conservative stewardship , i conservative stewardship, i think this this is not a party political broadcast for the labour party. i don't think things are going to get any better any time soon. i think you need to stimulate growth in a way that the labour party is not able to do, and i think that people would probably prefer that people in towns across the country would prefer to see an economic plan that spurred growth, that would allow government to properly fund

services or whatever it is that they else they want to do. rather than a little bit of cash in the short term, which, let's be honest, nobody believes they actually have. >> no, no. >> no, no. >> meanwhile, donna moran in the mail on sunday tories sos to rishi give us tax cuts. now do you think because we haven't had the manifestos yet. but if the tories were to have some bold tax cuts, could that move the dial for them before july. >> it could, couldn't it. it would be something positive . would be something positive. we're hearing so much negative stuff just at the moment, so yes, i think that could be a worthwhile thing. >> yes. >> yes. >> meanwhile, diana royal special beckhams top ambassador role from king after they bond over jars of organic honey. now diana , i've argued for a long diana, i've argued for a long time that david beckham is one of the best known british men in the world. he's a global ambassador for this country , in ambassador for this country, in football, in the world of fashion, in business. i think he's a candidate for a knighthood . what do you think?

knighthood. what do you think? >> well, we did talk about this once before , actually, and i do once before, actually, and i do agree that everything . david agree that everything. david beckham is a good man. we were talking more about his wife last time. yes, because we. >> well, i think she should be her ladyship. >> well, let's stick with. >> well, let's stick with. >> she already is. >> she already is. >> let's stick with he himself at the moment. and yes, perhaps he should. >> yes, i think it's about time. do you think it's about time that david beckham enjoyed the gong? >> no. i think that we should only give knighthoods to footballers who have won the world cup. i think we should. i think we should have much higher standards. all the euros, all the euros. it would be a nice start. i think. i know and obe maybe, but he's already got that for the euros. euros isn't as big as the world cup. >> come on, i'm just giggling about this bond overjars >> come on, i'm just giggling about this bond over jars of organic honey. >> it sounds like his son, obviously, but the king's son and all their honey and stuff overin and all their honey and stuff over in america. oh of course they've got their own brand, haven't they? >> selling jam? oh, sounds rather wholesome . they're also rather wholesome. they're also two very well dressed men. it must be said, there's something

incredibly british about two chaps in suits comparing organic honey. it's sort of a bygone. yes. >> and i noticed the double breasted suit. is it back? because you are our sartorial expert. but what do you think about benedict? >> i mean, i'm wearing single breasted today, but usually i am i do i do have a couple of double breasted suits and a couple more in the works. so i'm not i'm not going to say that a couple more in the one. i'm not going to say that it's back in fashion. yes i'm not going to say i'm not going to say it's back in fashion because i don't think it ever left. right? no style. >> you say it a couple more in the works. are we talking about a marks and spencer's sweatshop in singapore? >> i was talking about savile row. >> this is my this is this. this is my side hustle. actually. clog suits down camden market way. >> nicely done. actually, there is a sartorial story in the daily star sunday. gareth southgate lisa sparks 100, 130% rise in old man clobber. he said he won't wear a suit at the euros this year. he wants the team to be relaxed. he doesn't want to be too formal . what do want to be too formal. what do you think about the suit? i mean, is the suit dead now? is it? is it? >> no. i mean men in suits, but

i do like the val doonican look. yeah, i mean, i do , i like his, yeah, i mean, i do, i like his, i do like the val d'or. >> did you know val doonican, by the way? >> i had met him once. yeah, yeah. >> so famous irish singer and broadcaster. >> glorious. yeah. yes, but this on the front page here. first of all, the beard makes him look really old. the fact that. and listen , there's nothing wrong listen, there's nothing wrong with a flat cap, the blooming cardigan, but it's tucked into his knickers as well. >> absolute disaster . why his knickers as well. >> absolute disaster. why is he wearing knickers? i guess it's 2024. >> victor mould . you lock. >> victor mould. you lock. >> victor mould. you lock. >> it probably is. meanwhile the sunday telegraph. labour will betray pensioners again, says the chancellor. is that benedict, a strong attack line, do you think? >> i mean, i suppose that this is very much what the tories are trying to do is appeal to the grey vote, who, you know, have that's their traditional voter base and it looks like it's not holding fast to them having come outwith, you know , this policy outwith, you know, this policy of we're going to preserve the triple lock with triple lock plus or whatever it's called, quadruple lock, and to then turn

around and say, and you can't trust labour because we all know what labour are like. they like to put up taxes. one of the things i think that needs to be thought about quite a lot is because labour has said actually very explicitly that there are lots of taxes that they don't plan on putting up, which isn't going to leave them with very much money either. but one thing i think that a lot of pensioners might want to think about is that a third of pensioners nowadays live in millionaire households, because of the values of their property. that means that we're going to go from 1% of people being caught in inheritance tax to at least a third in a very short space of time. do we think for a second that labour is going to sort of fiddle that to make it a little bit easier for people to keep a little bit more of their money to give to their children to get on the property ladder? no, there's £6 trillion tied up in property in this country. and i think the labour party is eyeing that little, little nest egg and thinking, well, there is an opportunity over the next few years that we could make a little bit of cash. >> yeah, i don't think i don't think any political party will dare touch the housing market because if they were going to, they would have done this a while ago because we are in a housing crisis and they will not

touch housing because they are terrified, because people. it's the only thing they've got now that they believe that they that gives them any wealth . yeah, so gives them any wealth. yeah, so i don't think any political party is going to touch. but this is the point. >> they don't need to change the laws for this to affect people. it's certainly going to affect a lot of people who never anticipated that it would capture people, like sort of leaving the tax rates where they are, catch them by surprise. >> yeah. another private school falls victim to vat raid. lisa mckenzie i'm bothered by this story because i don't think that you should tax education. what's your view? >> well, i'm bothered by this story because how is it going now when labour's not in power and this this policy is not even in. >> well, i think some of the schools have been affected by parents withdrawing their children or not signing their children or not signing their children up for the next academic year in anticipation of the tax hike . right? the tax hike. right? >> i mean, i'm all for this, to be honest. i mean, if i'm being honest, i think that, we shouldn't have two tier education. i believe in education. i believe in education that should be fair for everyone and available when

you need it . for everyone and available when you need it. but for everyone and available when you need it . but whether you are you need it. but whether you are five or whether you are 65, this okay, this is special. >> if you've read it properly, this is a special school in norfolk for, how are we going to term it so special needs children. >> i think a third a third of the pupils have special educational needs, so i'm worried by that. what do you think about this? i think it's a wicked policy. i don't think that you should punish institutions for educating british kids. >> well, no other country in europe has this policy. one country tried it, greece. and it was such a disaster in terms of the number of people that ended up swamping the state system, that they had to get rid of the tax on private schools because the system couldn't actually cope. i do sort of agree in principle about the idea of the lack of fairness when it comes to, you know, having very good fee paying schools and then state schools that aren't very good. but there is a solution to that. ultimately and that is for the state to invest more in education, but also to recognise that education in itself, children are not a blank slate.

children go at different paces. you shouldn't have children who are, you know of a certain, intellectual calibre, it mixed intellectual calibre, it mixed in with others who perhaps take a little bit longer to get to a certain place. we had a really great system in this country, but at least the grammar school. how does, how does pricing kids out of the private sector make state schools better? >> i mean, in many ways, it burdens state schools with a bunch of kids that would otherwise have been educated privately. >> they say that that's going to happen, but we all know that the middle class will not do that. what they will do is they will keep their kids in private schools by hook or by crook, because it's not about the education, it's about the social caphal education, it's about the social capital. and the networks that they have when they're in their. >> diana, i don't necessarily think that i was at a grammar school, and i know many people who were at private schools, many of the private schools had bursaries as well. >> that included less fortunate children, i term careful with this one. >> i tend to think that for middle class strivers, those sorts of children, it provides economic opportunities. what this is really about is the super rich who this will not

affect at all. and those are not going to be punished by this at all. >> now, lisa, i hear absolutely what you're saying about a more equal society. i think it's sad that there is two tier is key to that. and i do hear what you're saying, but my concern and my prediction is that this is a car crash in slow motion. i think the policy is dead on arrival. i'm not sure it will ever happen should labour win, but let's see, it's all about opinions, isn't it? lots more to come, more front pages , also, let me more front pages, also, let me tell you that i've got a couple of scoops, including , is it a of scoops, including, is it a betrayal of pensioners that labour are planning and is rishi sunak buying votes? we'll get reaction from tonight's fleet street insider. that's

next. okay. more papers coming in thick and fast. sunday times . thick and fast. sunday times. labour offers mps peerages to step down. diane abbott and

others could go to the lords as keir starmer seeks to reward allies with seats . nigel farage. allies with seats. nigel farage. my allies with seats. nigel farage. my plan is to take over the tories. nigel farage has said he wants to stage a takeover of the conservative party after the election, claiming that a resounding defeat for rishi sunak would create the chance to reshape the right and hardliners threatened to topple netanyahu over ceasefire deal. there you go. well, many people don't like benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister of israel, but he might go and he might be replaced by someone more extreme. be careful what you wish for. now let's get reaction to all of tomorrow's front pages in the company of our top fleet street insider, former editor of the sunday mirror, political author and journalist paul conway. paul, lovely to see you, can we talk first of all about this, this story in the sunday times? labour offers mps peerages to step down. what's going on? >> well, it's an intriguing

story. including, it would seem, according to the sunday times anyway, diane abbott. well, that's that's that's a new twist on the on this week sort of burning diana abbott, story story. i've got my doubts whether diane abbott would want to actually go into the lords . to actually go into the lords. so this one might not be a runner, even if even if the story is true, i think diane abbott is probably determ and to run for her hackney north seat that she's held for 27 years. so so i would love to be a fly on the wall when she reads the sunday times. well daphne, i mean, paul, beyond diane abbott, do you think that keir starmer is trying to vacate these seats so he can put his mates into the commons? >> is that is that the allegation of this story? is that the plan, do you think that's that's that's clearly the assertion in the sunday times story. >> and of course, coming off the

back of the diane abbott , crisis back of the diane abbott, crisis of this week until angela rayner sort of fixed it, then, you know, then there is the allegation that keir starmer is, you know , involved in a purge of you know, involved in a purge of the left, which he denies . but, the left, which he denies. but, you know, there are a lot of left wing labour mps who think quite the reverse. and i think when he becomes prime minister, which i think short of something amazing, turnaround in the polls is the case. i think one of the stories of the of the first months of the starmer premiership will be, you know, will be how he keeps control of certain elements of his own party. i mean, i'm a labour supporter, but, but i don't think it's going to be, you know, unless the majority is huge and i my own estimate, my own guess is it's going to be, you know, probably into three

figures, but nowhere near as high as as tony blair's 1979 high as as tony blair's1979 majority of over 170. so, so laboun majority of over 170. so, so labour. labour may still be a little bit of a problem for prime minister starmer. okay on his own backbenches. yeah. >> but paul stay with us. let me bnng >> but paul stay with us. let me bring my pundits in because another theme that you've established, earlier today is about whether or not tuesday's tv head to head debate between sunak and starmer could rather change the direction and narrative of this campaign. do you think that tuesday could could change things? paul >> i've got my doubts, but it's probably make the tv debates are probably make the tv debates are probably make the tv debates are probably make or break time , you probably make or break time, you know for the prime minister. and if rishi sunak really has to do the boxing equivalent of a of either a knockout or a heavy points win to, you know, to to,

reverse the, the, you know , the reverse the, the, you know, the tide of the polls and it's going to be very hard to achieve. you have to go on the attack on the attack . but starmer is a much attack. but starmer is a much improved performer and certainly on the on the campaign trail , he on the on the campaign trail, he he looks more confident than rishi sunak, who just somehow doesn't come across as as a convincing performer and, yeah, i don't know how much coaching keir starmer has had in recent months, but but certainly both his his delivery in speeches and the way he handles press conferences is rather more adept than, that of the prime minister diana moran. yeah. >> paul, let let me ask diana moran that. diana, you're a seasoned broadcaster and presenter yourself, who do you think is performing better so far in the election? sunak or starmer ? starmer? >> i think starmer is able to

perform more, more easily . sunak perform more, more easily. sunak when he really, when he's really at it , then i'm i'm quite at it, then i'm i'm quite entranced with him. but most of the time i think starmer makes it. >> and, lisa, what do you think? could tuesday be a definitive moment in the course of this election? >> well, i'm in new york on tuesday, so i'm going to miss it. yeah. which i'm gutted about because you couldn't get two more different cardboard personalities. i don't know who you're watching because all i see with these two is neither one of them have got any personality. well, well, andrew neil, lisa has said in tomorrow's sunday times that sunak and starmer are second grade politicians . i would even grade politicians. i would even drop that. agreed. i'd actually drop that. agreed. i'd actually drop that. >> what do you think? will you be watching on tuesday night? benedict and could it be an explosive session? could it move the dial for one of the men? >> i mean, i will be watching i

mainly because i can't think of anything else that's actually on tv that night. it's it going to move the dial? no, i don't think it is. i think everyone here is right to point out that these are not particularly charismatic people, the only bit of charisma that rishi sunak is that he seems rather too eager when he debates people. he doesn't come across very well. and we have to remember, this is the guy that went up against liz truss, an actual cardboard person. brilliant. still didn't win the leadership on on that on you. >> my panel. thank you so much. i'll see all of you tomorrow at nine. headliners is next. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . sponsors of boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello. here's your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. we hold on to a lot of fine weather across the uk over the next day or so, but as we go into the new working week, things will turn a bit cooler and more unsettled from the north. high pressure is dominating at the moment, the high located just to the west of the uk , but that's keeping

the uk, but that's keeping things pretty quiet weather wise. and certainly as we head into the evening we hold on to a lot of fine dry weather. cloud tended to melt away across england and wales, so plenty of clear weather as we go into the early hours of sunday. we'll see 1 or 2 mr fog patches forming by sunday morning and notice some rain just pushing into the far north—west of the uk by the early hours of sunday, two towns and city temperatures hold up quite well, generally near double figures, but in some rural spots we could dip down to 2 or 3 celsius so we could see a touch of frost in 1 or 2 very rural spots. by sunday morning. so sunday gets off to a pretty fine start across the east and southeast of scotland. lots of sunshine around, but notice out towards the west and northwest , towards the west and northwest, thicker cloud bringing some outbreaks of rain and that cloud of rain will also work its way in across parts of northern ireland. so some patchy rain here as we start sunday. but for england and wales it's set fair. plenty of sunshine around, pretty much unbroken sunshine in places just a legacy of some low cloud to clear from the far south—east first thing in the morning during the rest of the day on sunday, those outbreaks of rain in the northwest will gradually start to migrate further south and east across other parts of scotland, across northern ireland, eventually

reaching the far north—west of england by the very end of the day. east of scotland and down towards the south—east, and two for much of england and wales. lots of sunshine here and again feeling quite warm in that sunshine, particularly towards the south—east of england. highs here are 23, possibly even 24 celsius. that's into the mid 70s in fahrenheit. always a bit cooler though, towards the northwest. given that cloud and rain, the band of cloud and rain edges further south into england and wales as we go into monday. to the south of that brighter skies, 1 or 2 showers, a much brighter weather, but turning cooler too. across the north of scotland with highs up to 19 or 20 celsius across the south of the uk nearer the low to mid teens further north, generally turning more unsettled and cooler during the week ahead, though . though. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather

gb news. >> very good evening to you. you're watching and listening to gb news with me. sam francis, a look at the headlines at 11. and we start with a roundup of today's election news. as battle lines are being drawn in the fight for votes , both the fight for votes, both the conservatives and labour launched their election battle buses earlier today. sir keir starmer has been dodging questions about diane abbott, while rishi sunak denied accusations that he's been trying to buy votes with a promise of funding for towns, the 100 towns across our country. >> they're going to receive £20 million each. and, crucially , it million each. and, crucially, it will be local. people in all those areas are in charge of how to spend that money, to make sure it's spent and invested on their priorities. an example of us levelling up everywhere, backing local people and their priorities and giving them the long term funding assurance to do so. the methodology that selects these towns is something that's been used multiple times before. it's all public. it's based on areas levelling up needs, looking at economic opportunity, skills, health and

life expectancy. so it's an