affect the numbers. and what we think instead is we need to have a long term approach that is about bringing net migration down and tackling the failings in the system . in the system. >> yvette cooper they're speaking to us this morning. well the conservatives on their campaign trail have said they would free up 20 million gp appointments by the end of the next parliament if they return into power. they're promising 100 new gp surgeries across the country and to modernise 150 others. they're also pledging to expand their pharmacy first scheme, and say those plans would be paid for by cutting the number of nhs managers back to pre—pandemic levels . health pre—pandemic levels. health secretary victoria atkins spoke to us today and she said that they are working to make the nhs better . better. >> my job as health secretary, for example, is to explain our vision for our nhs, which is to reform it, to make it faster, simpler and fairer. and some of the announcements i have today concerning gp surgeries concerning gp surgeries concerning pharmacy first and community diagnostic centres are the ways that we will help

deliver that over the coming years. we are going to fund this. it's fully funded, we're going to fund it partly through a reduction of managers in the nhs and in scotland. >> the snp launched their election campaign in glasgow today, accusing labour and the conservatives of failing the scottish people. first minister john swinney told a crowd that people in scotland want rid of what he called the disastrous , what he called the disastrous, chaotic conservative government. he also spoke about independence under the snp, saying that it would allow the country to make its own decisions and it would enhance the lives of scottish people and it's the people of scotland i want to speak to directly today as we set out our message , let me make this message, let me make this commitment to the people of scotland . scotland. >> i am here to serve you all. i am here to work hard to win your trust and your confidence. i am here to give everything i have to secure the best future for

our country . our country. >> and some sports news for you now where prince william has praised rob burrow tonight as a legend of rugby league with, he says, a huge heart . that's after says, a huge heart. that's after the former england international and charity fundraiser died aged 41. he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019 before being awarded a cbe for helping raise millions of pounds to promote awareness for the mnd condition. his diagnosis came just two years after he retired from playing in the rugby league, following a 17 year career, including eight grand final wins. he spent that entire career playing for leeds rhinos, who announced the news tonight saying he was an inspiration to the entire country . the the entire country. the metropolitan police has confirmed that 56 people were arrested at wembley last night at the champions league final. thousands of football fans were at the stadium to watch real madrid beat borussia dortmund.

police say five people were arrested for pitch invasion and dozens of others for attempting to breach security. well, the fa has now confirmed that no one who tried to get into the stadium without a ticket was successful . north korea has successful. north korea has launched what's being described as a bizarre barrage of balloons filled with rubbish, cigarette butts and suspected animal poo floating towards its southern neighbour. more than 700 balloons have been found in various parts of south korea, with chemical and explosive clearance teams dispatched to recover some debris. the south korean government are calling it a dirty provocation from the north. however, pyongyang says it's in retaliation for defectors and activists who often send their own inflatables across the border 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, before we hand back to mark tonight, we've heard that media mogul rupert murdoch has married

for the fifth time at the age of 93, tying the knot with retired russian molecular biologist elena zhukova at his california vineyard. these wedding photos you can see here if you're watching on television , show mr watching on television, show mr murdoch in his black suit with a yellow tie , beaming alongside yellow tie, beaming alongside his new 7067 year old wife. it comes after his brief engagement to anne leslie smith ended just a year ago, while his global media empire began in the 1950s and includes the sun , the wall and includes the sun, the wall street journal and, of course, fox news . that's the latest from fox news. that's the latest from the newsroom for now . i'll be the newsroom for now. i'll be back with another update for you at 10:00. until then, do sign up to gb news alerts. you can scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts . to gb news. common alerts. >> thanks, sam. tonight's show is dedicated to rob burrow, a true greatest briton. may he rest in peace. welcome to a busy

mark dolan tonight in the big story. would a shift to the right save the tories.7 former government minister edwina currie and the director of the popular conservatives will do battle it might take at ten, as speculation grows that he may run for a seat . speculation grows that he may run for a seat. nigel speculation grows that he may run for a seat . nigel farage has run for a seat. nigel farage has five days to decide . the clock five days to decide. the clock is ticking. i'll be giving my verdict on whether he should or should not. at ten. plus, will the smaller parties influence the smaller parties influence the outcome of the election? i'll be joined by the leader of one such party and my mark meets guest is surely the most important man in britain. miss pothole has devoted his life to patching up britain's roads. he tells his fantastic story before ten. that's if he doesn't get a flat tire on the way or do his suspension. reacting to the big stories of the day, my all star panel stories of the day, my all star panel, mark littlewood , claire panel, mark littlewood, claire pearsall and chris wild . plus pearsall and chris wild. plus the most important part of the

show your messages, your emails, they come straight to my laptop gb news.com/your say and this show has a golden rule we don't do boring. not on my watch . i do boring. not on my watch. i just won't have it a big two hours to come. nigel farage at ten. should he run? my verdict? but first my big opinion. ten. should he run? my verdict? but first my big opinion . as but first my big opinion. as extremist parties across europe continue to rise, ironically, in eurozone countries like italy and france, rather than brexit britain not addressing the public's real concerns , jones public's real concerns, jones comes at a high political price, which is why all of the parties fighting it out in this general election must do a lot less talking and take up the art of listening . a lot of it is listening. a lot of it is obvious a more efficient and effective nhs, more gp appointments, a shorter waiting list, faster a&e safer streets,

better schools and economy that works for everyone. and tackling the scandal of in—work poverty. the cost of living has got to be tackled. slaying the dragon of inflation and getting interest rates down. so that people can spend money in the economy rather than keeping a roof over their heads. plus we've got to build baby build. the list goes on. none of these policies are controversial, and i'm confident that they will be pursued with vigour and creative city by whoever gets in. but there is an elephant in the room so large that london zoo could not accommodate it. immigration the main parties have shied away from this issue for so long for reasons of political correctness , for fear of being called xenophobic, a bigot or worse. but addressing the current

numbers which both labour and the conservatives have this week acknowledged are too high, is essential in order to sustain a good quality of life for our existing, rich and diverse society . how legal net migration society. how legal net migration of 700,000 a city the size of leeds every year helps poor people or minority communities in britain is anyone's guess, because it clearly doesn't. it's obvious to everyone. well, everyone accepts our actual politicians and well—heeled out of touch figures in the media that those numbers are going to impact housing. the health service school places the welfare bill and our transport infrastructure , plus the small infrastructure, plus the small matter of integration , which is matter of integration, which is critical for a successful society . plus, with the society. plus, with the inevitable downward pressure on wages and rising rents , as an wages and rising rents, as an extra 700,000 people every year have to live somewhere , it will

have to live somewhere, it will hit the poorest, most hard . hit the poorest, most hard. politicians can't run away from the truth forever. in the end, it will catch up with them as it did with the establishment. when brexit happened in 2016, very few saw that coming , but it was few saw that coming, but it was a cry for help from ordinary people who felt that the political establishment were living on another planet, insulated from the real world consequences of their policies and dismissive of the concerns and dismissive of the concerns and needs of the great unwashed . and needs of the great unwashed. in the end, brexit was won in the eye to the media, the political and the corporate elites who did everything they could to stop it. but just as the truth will out, so the popular will shall prevail. maybe not at this election, but soon. if all the parties continue to promise action on illegal migrant crossings, which are a national security

humanitarian and economic disaster and unsustainable levels of legal net migration, which even the woke archbishop of canterbury acknowledges are too high. then smaller, more extremist and outlandish voices will gain popularity. this must not happen. the real risk at the moment is that the public will disengage from the democratic process altogether, as they take the view that voting just doesn't work . and that takes us doesn't work. and that takes us to a potentially very dark place . the main parties all have valid points on immigration. the tories say that they will crack down on the abuse of student visas. labour has said they want to get brits working rather than relying on imported foreign workers, and the lib dems promise to tackle the asylum backlog. all good stuff . and the backlog. all good stuff. and the snp and the greens are absolutely right to point out

that immigration should not be framed as the source of all of our problems, or for immigrants themselves to be demonised. far from it. sensible levels of immigration are a very good thing and highly welcome . thing and highly welcome. immigration is critical to our economic and cultural success, and i say that as the son of irish immigrant parents myself, labour today would not say what level of numbers that they would like to achieve. and the tories are similarly reticent. well, if you don't have a target, you're never going to hit it. so all of the parties should have an honest conversation over the next few weeks with the public about what a good number might be for immigration. like everything else , the dosage is everything else, the dosage is the poison. a pint of water is very good for you. 20 pints of water is not politics. these are uncomfortable talking about immigration. tough luck. the

pubuc immigration. tough luck. the public are not including black and minority ethnic brits who are just as concerned about the impact of these unchecked numbers on their own lives and on the country that they love. whether the politicians like it or not, this is the immigration election. ignore that at your peril . your reaction peril. your reaction gbnews.com/yoursay say i'll get to your responses shortly. but first, tonight's top pundits. we have leading political commentator mark littlewood. we also have former government adviser claire pearsall . and adviser claire pearsall. and last but not least, a very old friend of mine, campaigner and author chris wylde. sorry folks, it's taking me longer and longer to get across that studio. i'm showing my age . mark littlewood showing my age. mark littlewood the elephant in the room is immigration. yes, labour have talked about it today. the

tories have talked about it for quite a while. but we need action, not words. otherwise the pubuc action, not words. otherwise the public will turn off democracy altogether. >> yeah, i agreed with nearly everything you said, mark. it is the elephant in the room . i the elephant in the room. i don't think it is being ignored. i just don't think it's being deau i just don't think it's being dealt with properly and it gets quite complicated. you've got to break up legal migration with asylum seekers. you can talk about the numbers for sure , but about the numbers for sure, but i think you could also talk about the type. i don't think people would have too much, too many problems if they were, say, 200,000 multi—millionaires coming into the country every yean coming into the country every year, paying full taxes and creating jobs. but 200,000 people coming in who are, say, all welfare claimants they might have a problem with. it's obviously not as black and white as that. so we've got to parcel out and i hear the argument that you've got to aim at a target. i even had a conservative spin doctor trying to claim to me the other day that they hadn't broken their promise , that broken their promise, that they'd got it down to tens of thousands. it was just that it was now 70, tens of thousands, which seemed to me where did

where did you meet that conservative spin doctor? >> was he drinking heavily in a bar somewhere? >> well, many conservative spin doctors probably are at the moment, but i think the parties of all stripes need to set out. not so much. here's our target, but how they're going to do it. it is. >> it's the entire political establishment, isn't it? this isn't tories, labour, lib dem. it's all of them. >> yes. and there's a lot of wishful thinking that if you say we'll get the numbers down, unless you spell out in precise detail how you're going to enforce the system, i mean, the enforcement is pathetic at the moment. it takes, what, 18 months for a standard asylum claim? it should take 18 days. i would have thought something like that. and on legal migration, i think the number the parties need to conjure with is this on average, it is only a statistical average. if you divide the total cost of government in britain between all the people here, it's £14,000 per person per year. that should basically be the membership fee. if you want to come in and work as an it consultant, for example, we'll

need £14,000 now obviously vanes need £14,000 now obviously varies with age and all those sorts of things, but that's where i think we need to get to. that's the cost of government. all of the things you listed mark in your monologue were government services that were struggling. you know, schools, hospitals , infrastructure. well, hospitals, infrastructure. well, if people coming in are paying more than their fair share, then the government should have more than enough money to improve our schools, hospitals and transport infrastructure. so i want politicians not just to say we'll do something about it. our target is this. but to spell out to the electorate exactly how you don't want a number either, because you also, i would imagine, want to listen to what business need and also the pubuc business need and also the public sector, the care sector , public sector, the care sector, the nhs and maybe look at it on its strength every year of what the country needs. >> but what about claire pearsall a cap? would that be popular? and should this be cross—party ? why? why is it cross—party? why? why is it separated among labour, lib dem and tories ? why can't they agree and tories? why can't they agree on a figure? >> yeah, caps don't work. that's

the real reality of this . we saw the real reality of this. we saw it under theresa may's administration. >> she never got there though did she. >> oh but we did. we had different caps for different visa types. now remember the system was if you served in the home office, didn't i certainly did. and we had something called tier two visas, which encompassed healthcare professionals and things like that. yeah. and there was a limit on the amount of people that could come in. now the nhs had a crisis. it needed to recruit more people. they had reached the cap. so then you have to do an awful lot of fiddling around the edges . you fiddling around the edges. you have to not look as if you're lifting the cap. you have to create slightly different barriers and different visa types . you cook the books, types. you cook the books, basically. that's what you have to do because if you go to the pubuc to do because if you go to the public and say, yeah, we promised you tens of thousands and we've bust that by 5000, 10,000, be it , you know, 10,000, be it, you know, whatever number you choose that everyone's going to go boo, you failed. that was awful. but it was the needs of the nhs . it was was the needs of the nhs. it was the needs of the agriculture sector. so i think you set yourself up to fail the minute yourself up to fail the minute you start to put a cap on it. it

isn't as simple as saying we will only allow 50,000 nurses. we will only allow 20,000 fruit pickers. whatever it is, you set yourself up to fail at that point and i think for the public's point of view, that's w0 i'se. woi'se. >> worse. >> okay, very briefly, a couple of seconds. what is the answer, your prime minister, congratulations . is there congratulations. is there a ballpark figure you just get ? ballpark figure you just get? well, we go from 100 k to 300 roughly every year. >> no , it's very similar to what >> no, it's very similar to what mark said. you have to look at what your business needs are. you have to look at your infrastructure and you have to look at. but this doesn't sound like the change the public want because it can't be achieved quickly. and it also can't be achieved at a detriment to the country. >> it isn't a simple okay, chris, there are other parties like the greens and possibly some in labour and on the political left. >> who would say that actually 700,000 is a good number because actually immigration is good for our economy, it's good for our culture. we're very welcoming country. people need to make a new life. why can't they do it in britain?

>> but you know what? you've got a good point. and i work on the front line of many communities all week, every day, and we start to have these conversations, especially now when we're canvassing and stuff . when we're canvassing and stuff. and it's the community is a really dysfunctional right now. they can't even look after the people who are already living there. and then we start talking about immigration and stuff like that. it's like, i think you made a valid point there, and i don't know what you do with respect to what you do, but i think you've got to have a clear and concise, concise plan. and no party really has that at the moment. they don't know what they're doing, and you've got to focus on what's happening right here at the moment. you've got communities that were starving, you've got people who've been made homeless, you've got people going into the care sector, you've got people who can't go to school because there's no schools in that community. there is a, you know, it's so dysfunctional right now. then all we're talking about is immigration. >> but, chris, does it help poverty in britain to have an extra 700 k per year of people coming in? >> not at the moment, because we can't even fix what's happening right here on the streets. >> so you think you think that mass migration does impact poor people in this country? >> of course it does. if you don't have a clear and concise

plan, which no party does to deal with it. >> okay. briefly, mark. >> okay. briefly, mark. >> well, i think the key thing is are these people net beneficiaries or net contributors to the economy? that's the question. if the british people were confident that the people coming in were net contributors to the exchequer in the economy , then exchequer in the economy, then i think an awful lot of the worries. >> and of course that was the idea about brexit, is that we would have the world's finest. is it going to happen? do you have faith? gbnews.com/yoursay my brilliant pundits are coming in hot tonight. let me tell you, they are on fire. and they returned shortly. next up in the big story, should the tories shift to the right to boost their election chances, former government minister edwina currie and mark littlewood, my top pundit tonight, who is the director of the popular conservatives, will do battle. that's

>> well, that's the topic of my big opinion. the elephant in the room this election is

immigration. ignore it at your peril. is my message to the political establishment . or get political establishment. or get to your feedback on that shortly. but first, the big story. and it seems with divisions in the labour party over the treatment of diane abbott, the tories are indulging in their own mini civil war with figures in the popular conservatives movement, including annunziata rees—mogg, issuing a plan for policies that they want included in rishi sunaks election manifesto . they sunaks election manifesto. they include leaving the european convention on human rights in order to unlock the rwanda plan . order to unlock the rwanda plan. reform. the bank of england abolished the office for budget responsibility, scrapped net zero and reduce corporate tax rates. income tax, stamp duty and remove inheritance tax altogether. so will rishi sunak go for any of these options, and could they save the conservatives with just five weeks to go? or is this tories

fighting like rats in a sack to inevitable defeat? to debate this, i'm delighted to welcome former conservative government minister edwina currie and one of my pundits tonight, the director of the popular conservative movement, mark littlewood. mark, i'll come to you in a moment. but edwina currie, would this to shift the right help rishi sunak ? right help rishi sunak? >> well, i wonder where annunciator annunciator kyrees. my annunciator annunciator kyrees. my goodness. but what a moniker, i wonder where she's been recently, and particularly dunng recently, and particularly during the shortest serving prime ministership of, liz truss, because a lot of that stuff was exactly what liz truss was saying, cut taxes and go for growth, all that kind of thing, the trouble is that, people like that also want to increase spending on all sorts of other things. and the money would have to come from borrowing the reaction of the international markets, of course, is to shove up interest rates . everybody,

up interest rates. everybody, everybody right now is paying higher mortgages than they would have done if liz truss hadn't opened her mouth and exactly the same way and said all that stuff a couple of years ago. and rishi sunak's job would have been an awful lot easier. you know, one of the things the tories have been known for in the past is good economic management, not for making kind of teenage debating points, knowing perfectly well that you're never going to be in a position where you're going to have to do it. oh, and by the way, can i say hello to mark, i remember being in in bosnia with him back in the days when he was, very much involved with the european movement and with, wasn't it the liberal democrats, or have i forgotten that wrongly? >> it's been quite the journey, mark. and as you were listening to edwina currie, you were shaking your head there. >> yeah. i mean, i think the point is, i mean, interest rates have gone up all over the world. i don't think liz truss's mini—budget impacted the european markets or america. interest rates were always going to correct to normal. i have

changed my mind on a lot of things, but i think that the conservatives should be pointing out this if you like. the country has moved really quite dramatically to the left, i would say over the past 10 or 20 years, even under a conservative government we've got taxes at their highest rate since the 19405. their highest rate since the 1940s. public spending at an all time high, new regulations coming out pretty much every day. and my worry is that your average voter will think, well, if i want high taxes , high if i want high taxes, high regulation and yet more state spending, i might as well vote for the full fat version. and that's the labour party. i think we do need to tackle a good number of institutions , which i number of institutions, which i think are basically biased against conservative goals . i against conservative goals. i don't think that's a teenage debating point. i think one of the lessons of this period of conservative government is we too readily accept it. the institutional infrastructure that tony blair embedded, and we said, we'll just work with that grain, okay. and i fear that grain, okay. and i fear that grain works against conservative ends >> edwina currie rishi sunak is

full of surprises. no one saw the july july election date coming, did they? so do you think it's possible that he might adopt some of these policies, such as , for example, policies, such as, for example, ditching the echr to make rwanda a reality ? a reality? >> well, i think we all want lower taxes, and that's very much an objective. and i certainly would like to see lower public spending. but i think anyone that's advocating that has got to be very clear about where they want to cut pubuc about where they want to cut public spending. and it's not enough just to cut the office of budget responsibility. that will save enough to buy, you know, like three school dinners, to do it on a serious basis, you have to do what margaret thatcher did. and it took her a long time to do it, which is actually to shnnk to do it, which is actually to shrink the size of the state in a very meaningful way. and you cannot do it overnight, we really need to have a decade of power in order to be able to do that properly. but as for some of the slightly odder things that are being suggested ? no,

that are being suggested? no, because i think in the end that would split the party. and i'm sure mark will agree with me that whatever else gets elected, it isn't a divided party. in fact, i would wish that people like mark and annunziata and a dad and all the brothers and sisters, would get involved in actually supporting rishi sunak, and we might actually have an opportunity of clawing back in the polls and of actually winning some seats. >> okay, mark, listen, do you think there's a chance that rishi sunak might drop the microphone and surprise a few people with his manifesto, perhaps he's having a look through your suggestions with keen interest? >> well, i certainly hope so. i mean , you might say he's been mean, you might say he's been quite brave on policy announcements . you can decide announcements. you can decide what you think of them. quadruple locking the state pension quite expensive in pubuc pension quite expensive in public spending terms, bringing back national service. i'm not totally sure. i'm persuaded of that either, but these are at least radical ideas. but i do

agree with edwina on this, i think that a broad based party needs to put forward a range of ideas, but i've been unequivocal in my support for rishi sunak. i think it was ludicrous that people were trying to get rid of him as our prime minister. but in a broad based party, you need to be put put forward. ideas and it seems to me at the moment that to get a bit of momentum, the first thing that the conservatives have got to do is to win back a block of those reform voters who i think stand for the sort of things that i've put forward and iniziata has put forward in her newspaper article today that doesn't transform things overnight, but just getting three, four, 5% of them back into the tory column, that might be the momentum we need. okay, i think some of the ideas i've put forward would get you that momentum. edwina are we going to go back to your discipline at five live a few seconds, if you could, first of all, this is like christmas for keir starmer. >> tories divided going into an election, but what would you put in that manifesto that could move the dial for rishi sunak?

>> oh, i think i would remind everybody what a competent and thorough and decent bloke rishi is, and that we have a very good team, at least those that are planning his day in parliament, and that, you know, if they're not careful, they're going to end up with a socialist government. and that is not something that has been a success in recent decades. it's always led to trouble. it's always led to trouble. it's always led to more inflation. it's always to led the payment coming from your pockets in the end, one way or another, you end up much less well off with a socialist government. that is absolute certainty. they're very goodindeed absolute certainty. they're very good indeed at spending money, as long as it's not theirs. >> edwina, great to see you. we'll catch up very soon. mark littlewood returns in just a few minutes as well. let's be clear that labour would argue, look at the polls. it's clear that britain is ready for a change. plus, they have said that they're going to fix the economy . i should also add that the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, has denied that she's a socialist. she said i am a socialist. she said i am a

social democrat . but look, mark social democrat. but look, mark dolan tonight the home of diverse opinion. what's yours ? diverse opinion. what's yours? gbnews.com/yoursay, next up , gbnews.com/yoursay, next up, with smaller parties growing in their influence, could they impact the outcome of the election? we'll be joined by a leader of one such party

my my mark meets guest is surely the most important man in britain. mr pothole tackling britain's ruined roads. he'll tell his amazing story in just a few minutes. but first, whether it's the greens, reform uk, the lib dems, ukip or popular independent politicians , will independent politicians, will smaller parties influence the outcome of the general election? well, hoping they do. is the leader of the sdp, william clouston, who joins me now . clouston, who joins me now. william, great to see you. what is the key message of your campaign this year? >> we're trying to offer the pubuc >> we're trying to offer the public what they actually want, because we agree with the majority of people on this.

>> what do they want? they want affordable homes. they want a safe place to raise a family. they want a secure national border. and most of them want to end mass immigration. and because our views align, we're just offering them what people actually want. >> yes. and this is unfashionable for a party of the left, which people forget the sdp. i think it's fair to say that it's sceptical about wokeism and extreme political correctness , traditional family correctness, traditional family values, perhaps small c conservative, but a party of the left nonetheless. >> yeah, but it's having some left wing economics is actually a better fit for conservatism . a better fit for conservatism. and the problem with the conservatives are about to find out and it's taken them about 30 years. is that hard market economics? is that not conservative at all? we've deindustrialised we've gutted our industry. we've sold off our utilities . people talk to us utilities. people talk to us about this a lot. you know, most people don't want our water industry or our railways run by foreign states. they really it says basics, doesn't it? they don't want that . so actually our don't want that. so actually our offer i'm very, very confident i

should be the happiest leader of any political party because i speak to the public. most of them already agree with us. that's the thing. >> and what does success look like for you? on july the fourth? because let's not forget, we have first past the post, which works against you. so what are you aiming for? >> last election we had 20 candidates. i'm hoping for over 100, which would be a big increase for us. get over 100. we get a party election broadcast which we're working on. hoping we get that. >> it's not sure. i hear you've beenin >> it's not sure. i hear you've been in studio today outside, is that right? >> okay . yeah. no. and it'll >> okay. yeah. no. and it'll take a bit of doing. if we get that, we'll make a major breakthrough because people will see it and find out about us, again, i, i'm very confident we do much , much better than we did do much, much better than we did last time. that's all you can do as a small party. we've also got key target seats. rod liddle, middlesbrough south and east cleveland brilliant broadcaster and journalist. >> man of the people. yeah, he'll do very well dan whetstone, south leeds. >> very, very well. you know david bettany, donny north very well . well. >> okay. well listen, let me ask my top pundits about what they

think. do you think, claire, that smaller parties will influence the outcome? because influence the outcome? because in seats where it's tight for the tories or labour, perhaps reform uk, perhaps the greens , reform uk, perhaps the greens, perhaps the sdp could squeeze the vote? >> i think it's really difficult because it takes a long time for a party to become, encompassed in everybody's minds. also, do you find it difficult with the administration and the amount of money, because elections aren't cheap. candidacy is not cheap. is that something that you think goes against you? >> it does. i mean, we could always do with more money. and we have we're funded by ourselves. and one of the advantages of the party is we're not in the pockets of the unions or big business. we are literally funded by our own members, which means we can say what's you know, what's true. it's a major. >> i mean, are you essentially treading water until pr comes in proportional representation? >> no, no, because because, i mean, our model is like the green model. not we don't share all of their politics by, by any means. but the model, all of their politics by, by any means. but the model , the means. but the model, the building a party takes time and

you've got to have a base. and our base is south. one of them is south leeds. now, it took us about 4 or 5 years to take a big city council seat off of labour. these seats have never been anything but labour, mark, so we took one three years ago. we haven't lost one since. took the first, took the second, took the third. that's what you need to build it up from the scratch. literally. at the neighbourhood level almost. if you do that, you get you put down roots . you you get you put down roots. you literally can go to the summit from there. it's very, very difficult. >> but yeah, i mean pro industry , pro—brexit, pro, traditional family values, anti—woke pro patriotism. aren't you closet tories? >> well , no. tories? >> well, no. because tories? >> well , no. because actually tories? >> well, no. because actually on the economics, i did a hustings the economics, i did a hustings the other day in hexham and i was against three candidates. green, you know, the usual one. i was by far the most left wing on economics. i think these are bafics on economics. i think these are basics. and what would that be? state intervention, state intervention in the housing market, government loans, the big thing people talk about the housing crisis. i know what people blither on about it. it's not about, you know, planning. it's about lviv wrong. no, no, it's not about planning. >> terminology is quite it's not

about planning. >> that's the point i'm making. it's not about planning system. it's not about planning system. it's about the state being the state capacity being ruined . state capacity being ruined. both labour and the tories ruined state capacity in house building. we will start that again. you've got to get the state back in the business. there's no good sitting. >> but we know that house building is eye wateringly expensive. it is. how are you going to pay for that? we can't borrow any more money by taxing planning game at the moment a greenfield site, it gets planning consent and the massive increase in value all goes to the developer or the landowner. >> we. we're not greedy. we'll take half of that. the state will take half of that 50. so we would raise 8 billion and you'd house hundreds of thousands of british people. >> chris wylde i mean, i've spoken to you briefly outside and when you talk about a new pint, i'm always concerned about my line of work, which is the care sector. got 100,000 people, 150,000 young people going into care every year. it's not decreasing. it's increasing. no parties come up with a plan of action to do this. we've got an independent care review with

some recommendations. and no party even wants to acknowledge that more and more young people are taking to the streets, groomed into criminal organisations. groomed into criminal organisations . we're seeing organisations. we're seeing a catastrophe on our streets. as a leader of a new party, what would the answer be to that? >> it's an old party, 1981. but yeah, so but yeah, one we want we want a national care service, basically. andy burnham is right about that. yeah. and if someone's right in a different party, he's right in public pubuc party, he's right in public public transport as well. right. you need a national care service. you've got to get rid of this chaos basically of patchy provisions. and the you know, the nhs does this bit this local authority does this. and we're not getting a universal service for all citizens. treat people on a par. create a national care service. that's what we need. >> but that is all going to cost money. where is that going to come from? >> well, it's going to cost about 6 or 7 billion and you can't afford not to do it. and you can't afford not to. >> but where's the cash coming from. >> well, we're going to tax it. we're going to tax multinationals. so we're going to tax multinationals who who siphon profits off to dublin . siphon profits off to dublin. we're going to tax them on turnover here. we will raise the

money for that easily by by that route. but you know, if you want to do something like this, if you want to build some houses or you want to build some houses or you want to solve a care problem , people will say in a way, how are you going to pay it? the pandemic came along. they found 450 billion just like that. 338 billion. what would you cut? >> would you cut? >> would you cut? >> would you cut? >> would you cut public spending? >> no, i think i think the state is about in the end, you know, i've never argued for a massive state. i want a competent state, which is a different thing, but it's massive already. it's massive already because it's mopping up the blood basically of economic failure. i'm the only politician i think that talks about trade. we've got a massive trade problem. we've de—industrialized we haven't had a surplus of trade in goods since 1982. that's the problem. >> we can all agree that we want everyone to vote in the election. yeah if it's a smaller party, what would you say to somebody that supports the sdp, the greens , reform uk or an the greens, reform uk or an independent that it's a wasted vote. what would your answer be to that? >> vote for what you believe in.

why and if you think, well, if you if you think that a smaller party, if you believe in in the things that a smaller party believes in, it'll never become a bigger one if you don't vote for it. and the other thing is, ask yourself the question, have we have we been well governed by these two parties? the answer is no. everyone knows it. >> of course they would defend their record, but william, enjoy yourself. as a six week campaign, there's been no sort of sitting around. it's a straight into action. yeah. and so have fun with it. are you any good at kissing babies ? good at kissing babies? >> that's right. all right. >> that's right. all right. >> do you know what you could do? practice on chris during the break. >> he's he's he's baby like yeah . he's very, very lovable. young looks very lovable. >> and he wears a nappy. okay listen, i will tell you that william mentioned a couple of candidates, which means that i will now tell you who the candidates are for hexham . and candidates are for hexham. and it is joe morris, labour guy opperman , conservatives for the opperman, conservatives for the lib dems. nick got nick morphett for the greens and william clouston for the social democratic party in middlesbrough south. luke meyer for labour, simon clarke, conservative gemma joy, lib dem

rowan mclaughlin, greens and rod liddle , social democrat and liddle, social democrat and leeds south hilary benn, labour ed carlisle green, george sykes, liberal democrats and daniel whetstone, sdp . a brilliant whetstone, sdp. a brilliant stuff, a fascinating conversation that was, coming up in my take at ten nigel farage. the clock is ticking. should he run my verdict? but first my mark meets guest is surely the most important man in britain. mr pothole has devoted his life to patching up britain's roads. he tells his story. next. if he doesn't get

nigel farage in my take at ten. but first it is. mark meets. nigel farage in my take at ten. but first it is. mark meets . and but first it is. mark meets. and surely the issue that should be front and centre of this general election. it might sound more

trivial than immigration, the nhs or the economy, but if there's one thing that infuriates absolutely everyone , infuriates absolutely everyone, it's potholes. hazardous, damaging to cars, motorbikes and bicycles, and visible proof of a crumbling infrastructure. here is rock superstar rod stewart fixing one at the end of his street . he wears it well . well, street. he wears it well. well, coming to the rescue. it's not rishi sunak keir starmer or ed davey it is mr pothole , the davey it is mr pothole, the world's best known pothole campaigner, who has successfully lobbied for millions of pounds worth of resurfacing works . so worth of resurfacing works. so could britain become the world's first pothole free country? i'm delighted to say that mark murrell, aka mr. pothole, joins me now. mark, lovely to see you. what is a pothole , that's a sign what is a pothole, that's a sign of a failure in the carriageway. >> it's a defect, depending on what council is, it depends on the depth you required , but,

the depth you required, but, basically 40mm deep and about 300mm in diameter. and any place , that's a defect that can affect particularly cyclists , affect particularly cyclists, and cause damage. i mean, it's reported that one cyclist a week is killed or seriously injured as a result of potholes and over 70 motorcyclists are killed or seriously injured as a result of badly maintained roads annually. >> well, indeed, it's not just potholes, is it? i ride a little moped and it's the long sort of gorge that you get in a road sometimes a sort of straight line with a gap in the middle, like a valley. >> yeah, that's. >> yeah, that's. >> yeah, that's a failure of a joint , where the, two surfaces joint, where the, two surfaces have joint, have been joined, you get failure in there because you get failure in there because you get failure in there because you get walter breaking down anywhere there's a joint. that allows ingress into the actual defect . it can cause major defect. it can cause major problems. >> and what is the best way to fix a pothole? mark for a

permanent repair, you need to actually, cut out the, area of the pothole. plus, probably about a, 300, 400mm around where the defect is , clean it all out, the defect is, clean it all out, use a tack coat, but in a bitumen hot material, compacted correctly, and over band and seal the edges. that's the best way to do a permanent repair. but repairing potholes is a waste of money. we need to resurface our roads. year on year and annually. that's the only way we're going to break this cycle of potholes on our road. decades of underinvestment by governments and authorities has led to us having a £163 has led to us having a £16.3 billion carriageway backlog in england and wales, and we've got over £6 billion backlog in bndge over £6 billion backlog in bridge maintenance. >> now, that's an absolute scandal. and can you tell me how much it's costing motorists in damaged tyres and suspension . damaged tyres and suspension. >> well, it's reckoned that badly maintained roads are

costing the uk economy £14.4 billion a year. so i can't understand why government and authorities don't understand economically it's better to invest in our roads. do an annual resurfacing programme rather than being 37th in the world for a g7 nation , in terms world for a g7 nation, in terms of our quality of our roads, let's let's go up. we should be in the top ten. really, it takes some time to do it. and also, i've worked with a guy that, has been a very good follower of mine for years called dave gaster. we've worked on a thing called curing pothole britain that gives an insight into what could be done, so any political party that wants to know about it and, if you know whatever government gets in, they're more than willing to give them the, advice that i think they need. it's whether they want to actually take it on. mark only a couple of seconds. first of all, you founded national pothole day. when is it, that's the 15th of january each year. it's got a life of its own , and one suppose life of its own, and one suppose iconic thing was i took an

orange tank around parliament square trying to catch boris on national park day, but actually we were held up on the westway, getting the tank into london because of a pothole. you can't make. >> you couldn't make it up. and listen, how can people find out more about your campaign, you can find me on social media, particularly twitter, so that's at mr pothole uk, and i'm also on facebook, the other thing i've been doing is, using ai development of ai so people can download a free app on their phone and they can survey it, andifs phone and they can survey it, and it's producing some brilliant information that the authorities probably won't like. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> real information, brilliant stuff. check out mr pothole online. marky, thank you so much. and keep up the good work. more power to you. how long have we got, folks? next up should he run for high office? that's right. should nigel farage pursue a seat in the house of commons? i'll be giving my verdict next. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of

weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, we've seen plenty of fine weather over the weekend. however this week is going to be turning more unsettled and a little bit cooler for today though we have had high pressure dominating the weather over the uk, but we have had this frontal system move into the northwest and a slight squeeze in those isobars too. so turning damp and rather windy , it is gradually rather windy, it is gradually going to be clouding over from the north through into the evening, staying clearest for longest across the south, and we will start to see some outbreaks of rain and drizzle continue to move their way into northwestern areas, so turning a little bit cooler under the clear spells in the south. but for most, a rather mild night and most places not dropping below double digits. so to start on monday, there will be a little bit of brightness in the south, but as i say, we'll gradually cloud over through the course of the morning, staying largely dry though. however, we will start to see some rain and drizzle move its way into northwestern

england, northern parts of wales and quite a cloudy picture across northern ireland and northwest scotland. still, with that rain and drizzle but brightening up through the morning across parts of aberdeenshire. and there will be some sunny spells across the northern isles, but plenty of showers in between those spells of sunshine. overall on monday it's going to be a rather cloudy picture still, with those spots of rain and drizzle in the northwest by the time we reach the afternoon, it may brighten up a little bit across central and southern uk, but most of the sunshine is going to be across scotland. however, quite a blustery day on offer there, so that will just take the edge off the temperatures a little bit. but in those sheltered spots where you catch the sunshine, it should still be feeling warm . should still be feeling warm. now, as we head into tuesday day, we are going to see a bit of a change. further rain moving in from the northwest. quite blustery and plenty of showers behind too. however, it will still be staying dry across the south and southeast and still feeling warm where you do catch any sunnier spells but cooler across scotland, particularly in that wind. and as we head into

next week, fairly unsettled , next week, fairly unsettled,

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 as speculation grows, he may run for a seat. nigel farage has five days to decide the clock is ticking. i'll be giving my verdict in just a couple of minutes. also tonight we'll public anger at wokery and political correctness influence the election campaign. i'll be asking tonight's newsmaker, no nonsense former government minister ann widdecombe. and in the last word, all the election. latest from fleet street legend kelvin mackenzie. plus, as his former boss rupert murdoch marries for

the fifth time at 93. can you find love later in life? plus tomorrow's newspaper front pages, a packed show, lots to get through. nigel farage in two minutes time. should he run? thatis minutes time. should he run? that is the question. i've got the answer after the headlines with the highly electable sam francis . francis. >> mark, thanks very much. good evening to you. it's10:00. a look at the top stories tonight. leading the news. labour is promising to bring net migration down by encouraging businesses to hire british workers if it wins the general election. it's been at the forefront of their campaigning today, after accusing the conservatives of failing to cut the number of asylum seekers coming into the uk, sir keir starmer has said that last year's net migration figure of 685,000 has to come down well, staying with labour, diane abbott has confirmed

tonight that she will run as a candidate for the party in july's general election. the veteran mp will represent hackney north and stoke newington, a seat she has held for many years . after for many years. after speculation that she may have been choosing to stand down, she's posted on social media denying that she has been offered a seat in the house of lords, and said that she wouldn't accept one if she retired . meanwhile, the retired. meanwhile, the conservatives have been focusing focusing on health today on the campaign trail, promising to boost community care to help make the nhs faster, simpler and, they say, fairer. the party is pledging to expand their pharmacy first scheme and to build 50 new diagnostic centres. they say the plans would be paid for by cutting the number of nhs managers to pre—pandemic levels , managers to pre—pandemic levels, and the liberal democrats have also been focusing on health today. they've attacked the government's record, though, and they're promising to reverse £1 billion of conservative cuts . billion of conservative cuts. the party leader, ed davey, says he would fund local services by

cracking down on tax evasion, and he also accused the conservatives of decimating pubuc conservatives of decimating public funding, saying that it's left britain with what he called a ticking time bomb of health challenges. well, in some other news tonight, former england rugby league international and motor neurone disease fundraiser rob burrow has died at the age of 41. he was one of the sport's most successful players, but was diagnosed with the condition in 2019. his family say he will continue to inspire us all every day. that's after he raised millions of pounds for mnd. online tributes have been flooding in from team mates and charities over the last few hours, and a personally signed message on social media from the prince of wales paying tribute to rob , describing him as a to rob, describing him as a legend who had a huge heart. well, tributes have also been paid to 29 people killed in an raf helicopter crash at a service to mark the 30th anniversary of the disaster. the

accident was controversial , with accident was controversial, with an inquiry initially blaming the pilots, but those findings were later overturned. though the cause of the crash is still unknown. 16 bereaved families have now come together to form a justice campaign group in search of answers . some space news for of answers. some space news for you now and a historic first chinese flight has successfully landed on the dark side of the moon. the unmanned chennai six lunar probe is exploring a region that no country has ever managed to reach, and is on a mission to collect rock and soil samples, the european space agency says. it's a mean feat , agency says. it's a mean feat, given there's no line of sight for communication to that zone, making landing there more challenging . and finally, challenging. and finally, a couple who scooped £1 million in the lottery say that they are planning to both continue working as police officers. that's despite their life changing win. graham white and his wife catherine, are planning to buy their dream home in the countryside, along with some goats and chickens, each to

their own, and their wish list also includes a trip to disneyland for their children and, if they're on their best behaviour, possibly a pet dog. well here's what the couple had to say when they found out they'd won. >> we were just waking up to get the kids ready for school and we were talking. graham was checking his phone because i'm bonng checking his phone because i'm boring to talk to, and then just out of the blue said , shut up a out of the blue said, shut up a minute. i think we've won the lottery. so checked it carried on just getting the kids ready for school and ukip first we miscounted and thought 100,000 and were still jumping up and down for that. and then we sort of stopped a second and recounted. and yeah, it was crazy. absolutely ridiculous. >> congratulations to graham and catherine. well, for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the code on your screen or go to gb news common alerts. now though, it's back to . mark. back to. mark. >> thank you sam. welcome to mark dolan tonight. we'll public

anger at wokery and political correctness influence the election campaign . when will election campaign. when will woke decide the election? i'll be asking tonight's newsmaker. no nonsense former government minister ann widdecombe. prepare to be triggered . plus, in the to be triggered. plus, in the last word, i'll get all of the election latest with fleet street legend kelvin mackenzie. plus, as his former boss rupert murdoch marries for the fifth time at the age of 93. can you find love later in life ? plus find love later in life? plus tomorrow's newspaper front pages and live reaction in the studio from tonight's top pundits this evening, mark littlewood , claire evening, mark littlewood, claire pearsall and chris wild a packed houn pearsall and chris wild a packed hour. those papers are coming . hour. those papers are coming. ann widdecombe waiting in the wings. but first, my take at ten. will he or won't he? nigel farage has just five more days

to pull the trigger on an extraordinary political revolution. it's my view that for the sake of our democracy, and whether you love or loathe the guy, that he's got to run for a seat in the house of commons, it's a damning verdict on our electoral system that arguably the most consequential politician of his generation, the man without whom brexit would simply not have happened, has never sat on those famous green benches. think of the nobodies who have achieved precisely zero and who have spent decades in the place gorging themselves on state subsidised parliamentary lasagne and jerk chicken getting ripped to the backside on house of commons white wine . many people, commons white wine. many people, potentially half of the country, cannot stand nigel farage. they consider him a dangerous and divisive figure who has done untold damage to this country.

they are entitled to their view. but farage, his great crime from where i'm standing is that he simply says what millions of people think that ought to be your ticket to high office. but in these censorious times , it's in these censorious times, it's enough to get you cancelled. nigel may be right about things. he may be wrong about things. probably both. but this high profile figure deserves a voice in our elected chamber. our next parliament needs to have more diverse voices . faces, not diverse voices. faces, not fewer. which is why i think it's important that diane abbott, icon of the left, re—enters the commons two. and of course, we've just broken the news that she will be running in her seat in hackney for labour this election. smaller parties may come to the fore. the greens are enjoying growing support. the lib dems may bounce back to their coalition glory days reform uk are hoping to make inroads and we may have more

disruptive independents as well. bhng disruptive independents as well. bring it on. the duopoly of power, which labour and the conservatives have enjoyed for decades , which some call the uni decades, which some call the uni party, risks being seen as disconnected from the electorate that it represents. many would argue it works , others would argue it works, others would argue it works, others would argue it works, others would argue it does not. but the truth is that i don't know anyone that's giddy with excitement about voting for any of the parties currently on offer, and thatis parties currently on offer, and that is a problem . but the likes that is a problem. but the likes of farage and his counterparts on the political left should be in the house of commons, making the case for real change in the country and doing what we try to do here @gbnews, which is to widen the debate and to tackle previously untouched issues and to provide ordinary people with a voice. and it's working right here on this show. at 10:00 yesterday evening, mark dolan

tonight was the head of sky news with an audience peak of 122,000 people. and it's growing. there's an audience out there for a wider debate and an electorate out there who would dearly love to feel that the house of commons speaks for them. it's not too much to ask , them. it's not too much to ask, is it? the clue is in the title. britain is a represent of democracy, so it would be great if the politicians did a bit of representing charismatic figures from across the political spectrum should be in the house of commons indulging in a battle of commons indulging in a battle ofideas of commons indulging in a battle of ideas and vocalising the thoughts, hopes and dreams of voters that have sent them. there all too often, the house of commons feels like a private member's club populated by career politicians , cons career politicians, cons lickspittles brown noses policy wonks, party insiders, sycophants and bag carriers with precious little experience of

the real world. nigel farage has said that there's no time to set up a campaign. he doesn't have to. one tweet will do it. i'm back and the whole country will know that he's running . you know that he's running. you don't need all the leaflets, save a few hundred trees . the save a few hundred trees. the message will be clear. the man of the people will seek to represent the people. plus once he's in the house of commons, he is sitting pretty to take over the leadership of the tories. should they be annihilated . and should they be annihilated. and he could bring them back from the ashes after the election. farage has five days left to spark another political revolution like borussia dortmund in the champions league final last night. if you don't take your chances, you will be punished. look at nigel's impact in the european parliament as he raged at smug meps for over two decades. >> you know , when i came here 17 >> you know, when i came here 17 years ago and i said that i

wanted to lead a campaign to get britain to leave the european union , you all laughed at me. union, you all laughed at me. what i have to say , you're not what i have to say, you're not laughing now, are you? i think we call that a mic drop. >> who wouldn't like a bit of that in the house of commons? not just on the right with nigel, but on the left in the middle, the greens, you name it. let's have a bit of diversity of opinion rather than career politicians . lie—ins. so nigel politicians. lie—ins. so nigel famously appeared on i'm a celebrity get me out of here, but it's time now for him to enter the political jungle. and while he's in there, he might even drain the swamp . your even drain the swamp. your reaction gb news. com forward slash your say. the conservatives would argue they don't need any help from nigel farage and that they're going to perform very well in the election on the 4th of july. labour of course , say the polls

labour of course, say the polls are clear it's time for change. the lib dems are expecting success. the greens have got their own case to make the snp, you name it. what's important is that you vote. but don't you think that nigel should be in the mix ? do you? let me know the mix? do you? let me know your thoughts? i'll get to your opinions in a moment. but first, tonight's top pundits, political commentator mark littlewood, former government adviser, claire pearsall and author and social work campaigner chris wilde . let me start with you, wilde. let me start with you, claire pearsall to nigel, run or not to run, that is the question. the clock is ticking. he's got five days to decide. >> and if he was going to do it, he would have made his mind up and he would have done it already. i think a lot of this is just trumpeting his own success, his own personality , success, his own personality, his own particular brand of populism and we mustn't forget that he had seven opportunities to become a parliamentarian, and he didn't make any of them . and he didn't make any of them. and that dates back for some years. >> isn't that our broken

electoral system rather than his failings? >> well, i think it's probably a part of both. he didn't, ensure that the electorate was along with him for the ride. yes. his name is well known. he is well known. but it didn't follow through at the ballot box. and i think that there is a reason for that, that people just weren't sure. and would he really want to go and sit in the commons, potentially in opposition, where it is a long, hard slog, where to get anything done is impossible? if you're telling me that he would sit there and go through all of that with the potential to take over the leadership of a party, he has wished to be decimated . and then wished to be decimated. and then i really think that you're barking up the wrong tree there, mark. >> well, listen, let me ask you, chris, while half the country perhaps estimate don't like nigel farage, many consider him to be a divisive figure that has harmed the country. do you think he should be in the house of commons? >> no. absolutely not. i was, especially today when i was shopping for olive oil. i had to

pay shopping for olive oil. i had to pay £7 because, you know, he forced everybody to i've got a solution there for you. >> stop being so bloody middle class. >> not middle class. >> not middle class. >> what's wrong with sunflower oil? have you never heard of crisp and dry? >> yeah. listen, he's he's not the butter. he's a character. love him. i don't i don't like him any less than i like piers morgan , he's a character. he's. morgan, he's a character. he's. i think he's, you know , he's i think he's, you know, he's he's like the cat who wants a fish but doesn't want to get his feet wet , it doesn't belong in feet wet, it doesn't belong in politics. he's very rich. go off and retire . and retire. >> okay. well, harsh words there. mark littlewood, i just think for a diversity of opinion with the house within the house of commons, a few disruptors would serve our democracy well , would serve our democracy well, including nigel, including diane abbott and others. what's your view? >> yeah you're right mark. you want obviously a diversity of opinion, but i think in your in your praise of nigel, there was one part of your argument i didn't quite follow. essentially farage has been probably the single most influential politician in the uk over the past 10 or 15 years, and he's done that without needing to be

an mp. he's going to be a big influence in this campaign without running. it's going to be too late for him to run now, i mean, you mentioned you've got to take your chances as borussia dortmund failed to do last night against real madrid. but farage decided not to turn up on the pitch for the first 45 minutes. that's not a question of not taking your chances. he hasn't been there and if you're an insurgent party, it's probably now too late. if he were to pick a seat, there'll be no data on where the reform voters are. no canvassing will have taken place. it takes a long time , place. it takes a long time, even if it's a big national news story for voters on the ground to recognise that their candidate is smith or jones or farage. but i'll make this prediction for you, mark. i think nigel farage will become an mp in the future . most likely an mp in the future. most likely more likely than not, but probably under conservative party colours. >> okay, so you think that what may be enters via a by—election after the election in july? or are you talking five years from

now, 1 or 1 or t'other? i think it's quite likely if reform don't get a breakthrough this time, that they'll fold into the conservative. well, there you go. >> what do you think? should nigel farage be in the house of commons on the 5th of july, the day after the election? let me know your thoughts. gbnews.com/yoursay but next up, we'll public anger at wokery and political correctness influenced the election campaign. i'll be asking tonight's newsmaker ho nonsense nonsense former minister ann widdecombe ,

next. now, folks, it's been a really busy show, and i'll get to your feedback very shortly. i'm so keen to hear what you've got to say about my take at ten. and whether nigel should run for high office. should he participate in the general election and seek a seat in the house of commons? i'll get to your views at 10:30. but first, while the politicians battle it out over nhs spending, police numbers and the cost of living,

will any of the parties leverage the so—called culture wars to gain a political advantage ? gain a political advantage? whether it's a debate over what defines a biological woman, britain's history, whether it's shameful or glorious, depending on who you ask, patriotism, the flag or traditional family values will the public's exasperation with political correctness or so—called wokery influence the outcome of the election, or are their votes in being woke? after all, many argue it just means the pursuit of social justice. let's get the views of tonight's newsmaker and a veteran of many successful electoral campaigns, former government minister and broadcaster ann widdecombe and millions of americans have no great love for donald trump. but they are absolutely sick of gender ideology in america's schools or their children being told in class that they're racist because of their skin colour and they're so keen to end the wokery they're going to

vote for donald trump. do you think that we could see a similar impact here in the uk in july ? july? >> oh yes, i do. and i think that, one very telling thing is that, one very telling thing is that the conservatives made a raft of announcement on equality , inclusion, diversity, all of which were lifted straight from reform's announcement in its contract with the people, now, why are they doing that? because they recognise that it has a resonance . now until about, resonance. now until about, i would say 18 months ago, when people talked about wokery, the fear that most people had was for free speech, people feared that they couldn't say what they wanted to say and that they had to self—censor , that that was to self—censor, that that was the big fear. but over the last yean the big fear. but over the last year, it shifted, and that fear, yes, is certainly still there. but now people are afraid of something much more proactive. but their children in schools

are being taught that there are umpteen . i forget how many. umpteen. i forget how many. they've got up to 100. oh, is that it? different genders. you know, and they're being taught something which their parents regard as wrong and probably dangerously wrong, and so i think the, the emphasis has shifted. it was we're not free to say what we like. it's now our children are being taught something which we don't think they should be taught. so yes, i think it's there now. obviously there are, you know, there are huge other issues. there's immigration, there's health, education, all sorts of things , education, all sorts of things, which are not going to be completely submerged by a wokery argument. but nevertheless, it is there. and i think the party which says we've had enough, you know, we've really had enough, we're a free speech party. we're going to stop indoctrination in our schools, i think the party that says that, reform has, i

think that that will play well , think that that will play well, into the public consciousness of what's going on, now, i know keir starmer has said that labour will push back on the excesses of wokery. and i think that rishi sunak has tried to cast himself as an anti—woke prime minister but the bottom line, anne, is that you've got your finger on the pulse. you spend a lot of time with the public. it's in your dna as a former politician, the public have had enough of this , haven't have had enough of this, haven't they? stifling pc, being afraid of saying the wrong thing or having the wrong opinion, being told what to think all the time? >> yes . i told what to think all the time? >> yes. i mean, being told what to think is just pure , you know? to think is just pure, you know? orwell 1984. yeah, it was something that we fought very hard against, in the last war. and, you know, we're on the anniversary of d—day, we should perhaps start remembering that that that war was being fought for a purpose and an an trigger warnings at the start of books.

>> roald dahl being rewritten. you're a successful published author yourself. you wrote the best selling the clematis tree a few years ago. was that read by a sensitivity reader before it was published? >> no. it most emphatically was not. and in those days, there wouldn't have been any such proposal . that book came out wouldn't have been any such proposal. that book came out in 2000, but, certainly, you know, if i were to submit a manuscript now and the editor said it's got to go to the sensitivity reader, i should say, give it back. i'll find another property , most find another property, most definitely. and can we talk about political labelling? because sir keir starmer has said that he's a socialist, but his shadow chancellor, his right hand woman rachel reeves, has said no, she's not a socialist . said no, she's not a socialist. she is a social democrat. but whether it's socialist or conservative, do these terms have any meaning anymore? >> well, they used to, of course. they used to have a very strong meaning. so when you say, do they have that meaning anymore ? i think the emphasis is anymore? i think the emphasis is on the any more. i mean, we once

all knew what a conservative was, what a socialist was, and what the vast difference between them was, and really, since blair, that difference has been pretty blurred. but hang on, you know, jeremy corbyn would not deny that he was a socialist and keir starmer was supporting jeremy corbyn not that long ago, so presumably he felt a bit socialist then. and he says he is a socialist. so please could he define it so that we can know exactly what it means, and last but not least, what is your appraisal of the election campaign so far? look, i know that you're supporting reform uk. we've got six weeks of very strict impartiality on the channel. now, a diversity of views. you love reform? no problem. some of my viewers and listeners love the tories , the listeners love the tories, the lib dems, the green, labour, snp, plaid cymru, you , you name snp, plaid cymru, you, you name it. but what's your overview of the campaign ? i mean, has anyone the campaign? i mean, has anyone set the world alight? >> well, i think it's been profoundly uninspiring as far as the, the major parties go, i

think nigel farage certainly got noficed think nigel farage certainly got noticed when he went to dover and made his pronouncements there on immigration. but there's been the usual raft of gimmickry, you know , we've seen gimmickry, you know, we've seen it. i mean, i don't know what ed davey is doing. i mean, he's like a kid let loose at alton towers or something. he just i don't know what he's doing, but we've had the usual gimmicks. and, you know, i think people are actually quite tired of them. and i think what people want to hear are straightforward statements, straightforward arguments, and they also want to know what can't be done as well as what can be done, because people associate general elections with politicians making a lot of promises which they themselves must have doubts about being able to keep, so i think they're looking they're looking for trustworthiness. and i don't think they're finding it in the major parties . in the major parties. >> well, ann widdecombe, you are going to be an unmissable voice in the countdown to the election every sunday night here on mark

dolan tonight, the jewel in the crown of the show . and we'll see crown of the show. and we'll see you in a week's time. thank you so much forjoining us. coming up, tomorrow's newspaper front pages and live reaction in the studio from my pundits . plus, in studio from my pundits. plus, in the last word, all the election latest from fleet street legend kelvin mackenzie, plus rupert murdoch marries at the age of 93 for the fifth time. can you find love later in all of that and the papers and the

it's just gone 1030. so it's time for this. it's just gone 1030. so it's time for this . that's right. time for this. that's right. tomorrow's eagerly awaited front pages. tomorrow's eagerly awaited front pages . daily tomorrow's eagerly awaited front pages. daily express a really tragic story. he inspired the nafion tragic story. he inspired the nation . rob burrow dies at 41. nation. rob burrow dies at 41. after motor neurone disease battle. also pm pledges law change to protect women's rights. well, there you go. we're just talking about whether

wokery or alleged wokery will feature in the election campaign. there you have it. next up, the metro and russian behind wembley. chaos the hand of vlog fans offered £260,000 to invade the pitch at the champions league final . it was champions league final. it was an unedifying spectacle, the independent diane abbott, labour veteran, will stand for her party after a row over her selection . rugby star and motor selection. rugby star and motor neurone disease campaigner rob burrow dies is the other story. and hospital sex abuse scandal nhs fails to carry out any actions urged by the jimmy savile inquiry. daily telegraph congratulations to rupert murdoch, who marries for the fifth time, fifth time lucky at the tender age of 93. i'll be speaking to one of his former employees, kelvin mackenzie, in just a few minutes . also, rishi just a few minutes. also, rishi sunak, i will change the law to protect women's spaces . starmer protect women's spaces. starmer is the night that won't fight as

he declines bbc debates. the bbc announced a slew of election debates, but sir keir starmer has already declined to take part in one of them. also, here's a worrying story cancer lies in the young, fuelled by obesity . vie. and last but not obesity. vie. and last but not least, for now, the daily star , least, for now, the daily star, england's secret euros weapon and rob . burrow 1982 to 2024 the and rob. burrow 1982 to 2024 the bravest man in britain rugby legend dies aged 41 after battling motor neurone disease. well, let's get more on that because robert burrow was a one club man who played for leeds rhinos for 16 years, he managed to raise over £20 million for the rob burrow foundation after being diagnosed in 2019, and the leeds marathon was launched in his honour in 2022 for reaction to this very sad news, i'm delighted to welcome legendary tv sport anchor chris skudder. chris, lovely to see you. thank

you. >> lovely to see you, mark. >> lovely to see you, mark. >> i wish i met you under happier circumstances. first of all, this guy was very good at rugby. tell me about his sporting achievement. >> yeah, i mean he said i think he was 17 years rather than 16, but i mean, one of the greats of the game without a doubt. you know, rugby league doesn't have the profile of rugby union. >> obviously it does in the north. >> but you know, he is trans as the rugby football league tonight said he has transcended his sport through this. this tragic illness, when all there was to win really eight super league grand finals, three world club challenges, a couple of challenge cups as well , they now challenge cups as well, they now name the grand final man of the match after him, as indeed you mentioned the leeds marathon, all named after this guy for his incredible work. i mean, you just cannot imagine, you know , just cannot imagine, you know, the great contrast between a sportsman, you know, at the height of his powers, physically fantastic being reduced to nothing to because he wasn't long retired when he got the diagnosis a couple of years after. yeah. so he would have been, what, 37 or something like that, you know, which is not

old, but in rugby league, which is a tough, tough sport. you know, he they probably know when to get out. >> what kind of a player was he. was he tenacious. was he athletic. >> he was. yeah i mean he was you know he was one of the smaller guys. but i mean he you know he had a huge heart. interesting. the princess prince of wales tonight saying, you know, he calls him a legend with a huge heart. and i think that's captured it. and this is one of those stories that really does transcend sport because it's a real people story, isn't it? i mean, yeah, burrow himself said when he got the illness, he didn't want anyone to pity him. that was a very, very gritty northern rugby league thing to say that. and he said, as long as i'm able bodied, he knew what was coming to him. but as long as he felt able bodied, he he didn't want anyone to pity him and to, just you know, let him live his life as a normal person. but of course, you can't do that. and as we've seen , you do that. and as we've seen, you know, and the culmination of that was the leeds marathon, the rob burrow marathon. i mean, one of the saddest sights i've ever seen, i think when kevin sinfield, his team—mate, carried

him, i, you know, i mean, i think i wasn't the only one with a tear in the kitchen that morning , you know, just a frail, morning, you know, just a frail, incapacitated piece of humanity who used to be a great sporting icon. you know, it's a terrible, terrible illness. and we've seen it with others. doddie weir, the rugby union player, huge guy in comparison. the one that really stuck with me was , fernando stuck with me was, fernando ricksen, the rangers footballer. he was one of the first ones to mid 2015 ish. roughly he was a fullback, a dutch and he you know he to see him. he was one of the first sportsmen really who you saw in that condition. and everyone was so shocked . and and everyone was so shocked. and then of course rob burrow has really taken it and, and, and raised so much money and motor neurone disease now is so well known because of him. and by kevin sinfield. and listen, he should be knighted for what he has done raising all that money, you know, seven ultra marathons in seven days. you know, a real

inspiration. i've met him before. i never met rob, but i've met kevin. he's a he's a really very down to earth guy, continues to raise money, raise awareness and, you know, i think he'll be a sir in the future. it should be to a sad day for sport and a sad day for the country. it is. yeah it's, you know, we talk about greatest britons all the time , don't we? the time, don't we? >> but. and rob burrow never played the victim. really he had this awful disease, but he continued to make public appearances. he didn't go into hiding. and as he got a twin legacy, now sporting legacy and a legacy of raising awareness and an enormous amount of money. as you said, for this disease, 15 to £20 million, something like that. >> astonishing. quote from from the motor neurone disease. association. incredibly grateful to rob and his family for helping to raise awareness, which is the main thing. and as kevin sinfield himself said, it's this is not about, you know, he can he can run marathons and be totally exhausted and almost wreck his body, but he can recover for that from that. when you've got motor neurone disease, you

cannot do that. and as he said, it's all about raising awareness, raising money because money shifts the dial and changes things. that's the words of kevin sinfield. and you know that awareness will be raised and there'll be a lot of coverage of this in the media. and, you know, for, for sportsmen to end the way it did for him. horrible sight. yeah. >> well chris always love watching you on the box. thank you for coming in and we'll catch up again soon. my thanks there to legendary sports anchor chris skudder. let's have another look at some of your papers. and we've got the times in now hot off the press. on i see you've got the telegraph there. well let's see what the telegraph are saying. and i'll be honest with you, they've been watching mark dolan tonight because we wondered whether wokery would feature in the election as a theme , extreme election as a theme, extreme political correctness. sunak. i will change the law to protect women's spaces. is the story there? and do we have the times ? there? and do we have the times? okay, we'll get the times very shortly. by the way, one other story there that's of deep

concern in the telegraph cancer rise in the young, fuelled by obesity. okay. well, look, let's. oh, there we go . and now let's. oh, there we go. and now we have the times. thank you so much for that. and a picture of such a fine man, robert burrow there. rugby league legend , cbe there. rugby league legend, cbe died today of motor neurone disease, aged just 41. that is no age . and, we've been lost. no age. and, we've been lost. we've been robbed of a true sporting legend. and our condolences go to his family. may he rest in peace. cancer rise in under 50s blamed on poor diet and tory vow to end abuse of gender laws by predators. there you go. okay, folks. well, let's get reaction from my fantastic pundits tonight. i'm delighted to have the brilliant political commentator mark littlewood . we also have littlewood. we also have campaigner and author chris wilde and former government adviser claire pearsall. well, there you go. that didn't take long, did it? chris wilde we

wondered , in the company of ann wondered, in the company of ann widdecombe, whether political correctness and wokery would become a feature of the election, the so—called culture wars. well there you have it. in the times, tory vowed to end the abuse of gender laws by predators, and the telegraph sunaki predators, and the telegraph sunak i will change the law to protect women's spaces. now, we've seen a lot of debate, haven't we, about keir starmer ? haven't we, about keir starmer? yeah, whether or not he knows how to define a biological woman, this is a clear line in the sand from the prime minister >> yes. it's a taboo subject for anyone, isn't it? it's a really difficult one because where everybody is scared to say the right thing or the wrong thing, everyone's scared to have an opinion on this. you know what is the right thing to do? you know, i had this conversation the other day with my daughter, and i asked her if she'd be comfortable to share a toilet with males in that toilet or just different sexes. and she said she wouldn't. and as a father as well, you've got to think about these things. and i do get it. and we are changing with the times. and the world's got to change with it. but surely, surely we've got to have

a stance on this, haven't we? there's got to be a line somewhere. >> well, yes. i mean, do you think. well, this is quite clear that rishi sunak sees votes in it, otherwise it wouldn't be on the front page of the telegraph and the times. claire, do the pubuc and the times. claire, do the public care. i mean, you could argue that we've got cost of living crisis, energy bills through the roof, that we've got bigger fish to fry. what do you think about this? >> i've been out on the campaign trail recently, can i tell you the number of times that this has been brought up has been a big, fat zero zero? yeah, it is an issue, but it is not people's main issue . i think that the main issue. i think that the majority of the public just want it sorted out . women want to it sorted out. women want to have women's spaces and i'm all for that and i'm really pleased to see what rishi sunak is finally saying. but as an elective, sort of premise, it's not up there. it really, really isn't. i think most people just find the whole subject complicated , not their thing. complicated, not their thing. they don't really want to talk about it . and it is. yeah. it about it. and it is. yeah. it is. you think it's a dog whistle? yeah. of course . yeah. whistle? yeah. of course. yeah. and i agree with that. i really do, mark. >> i think that we're about five years behind america. i think

that in 2029 it will be the hot topic, but it hasn't quite sort of arrived on these shores just yet. fully. what do you think? >> yeah, i think that's right. and i've been on the campaign trail too. and you're right, claire, it's not the first thing that comes up on somebody's lips, but i think it does feed into a view that the kind of the established parliament, the elite, are detached and weird as far as ordinary people are concerned . and so in some ways, concerned. and so in some ways, it's gobsmacking, isn't it ? the it's gobsmacking, isn't it? the prime minister is going to come out and confirm that sex is biological. i mean, it's tomorrow's announcement going to be and the law of gravity exists. and, you know , the sun exists. and, you know, the sun rises and the sun sets. what do you think that kind of that kind of bigotry will get you cancelled? >> you're gonna be. >> you're gonna be. >> i'd be very careful. >> i'd be very careful. >> i'd be very careful. >> i don't think we should dance around this. this is not to say that transgender people should be treated unfairly , but sex is be treated unfairly, but sex is biological. it's completely ridiculous. we seem to have got allowing circumstances in which, you know, 13 year old girls, you

know, are sharing their bathrooms or their changing rooms with, you know, some bloke called gary in his 50s in the name of, in the name of inclusion. >> but we do. >> but we do. >> we've gone down a rabbit hole with this and unfortunately, i think politicians have just made it worse by trying to please everybody, of course, and try to appeal to absolutely everybody, which you can't do. and it's a really basic fact, but you can take a firm line without being bigoted . bigoted. >> you can. >> you can. >> absolutely you can. you can agree that trans people exist. they have the right to exist and they absolutely do. but you can also agree that women have the right to a safe space. yeah. quite. >> quite. okay. well listen, we've got more front pages to come. let me tell you, plus, rupert murdoch has got married for the fifth time at the age of 93. i'll be speaking to the man that used to work for him, kelvin mackenzie, fleet street legend with also the inside track on the election. who does kelvin think has had good week so far? you in two.

okay, let's have a look. have we got any more papers? well, let's have a look at the daily mail. yes, we do, thank you very much, james. and there you go. those culture wars, this programme very much ahead of the curve. we were talking about the culture wars with ann whittaker. will they feature in the election? well, hey presto, daily mail. sex is a fact of biology. rishi sunak tonight pledged to write rewrite the equality laws to define sex as a biological fact. if he wins the election. and murdoch, 93, ties the knot with his fifth wife. guardian now care agencies accused of exploiting foreign workers and labour to shine a light on sunaks hedge fund, rishi sunak must face questions about the fortune he earned at a hedge fund that engineered a deal at the heart of the financial crash , labour has said, as it prepares to launch its first big

attack on the prime minister before the election debates . before the election debates. zelenskyy's warning to trump over support for ukraine and rob burrow, 1982 to 2004 rugby league legend who suffered motor neurone disease, tragically passed away today at the age of 41. there he is pictured alongside his wife lindsay. our heart goes out to her and the family for what they're going through tonight. the i labour plan for softer brexit deal. two ambitious eu insiders warn will blimey, if that's not an exclusive i don't know what is. sir keir starmer's hopes of striking a new relationship with the european union after winning power would mean signing up to brussels rules that he has already ruled out. labour has set out leave a friendly red lines on brexit, but a closer relationship. okay, we'll look. it's time now for the last word and for reaction to the big stories of the day alongside my top pundits. i'm delighted to welcome the former editor of the

sun newspaper media entrepreneur, the founder of talksport radio, as well as many other hits. it is kelvin mackenzie. kelvin good to see you. listen, let me get your instant reaction to that story instant reaction to that story in the i newspaper. labour plan for softer brexit deal. two ambitious eu insiders warn. do you think that brexit is safe in the hands of labour, it's going to change and, it's quite clear that all the mood music coming out of the labour party without them saying it, because they don't want to have a huge brexit debate ahead of an election because they think it might damage them. >> but once they get the other side of it, if they if they're the, the winners and the polls seem to indicate that they're 20 points in front currently, then i think that is going to be something that does happen. and where i do think that they have got a following wind on that is if they go over to that 18 to 30 idea of allowing youngsters from europe to come here and our

youngsters to go there, i think that that will be that will appeal to the 18 to 30 year olds, as long as it doesn't mean that there's a whole load of other stuff thrown in. if there is a reasonable movement between youngsters, i would have thought that would be quite a good thing. >> yes. go on. >> yeah . so after all, you know, >> yeah. so after all, you know, we're not there to stop. we're not there to stop youngsters from wanting to spend two years in germany or, or or three years in germany or, or or three years in latvia or somewhere like that. and, that was never the point. i mean, the truth about the matter was we were told by the matter was we were told by the way we were told, and i voted for it, that we were going to secure our borders. actually, we've got worse borders today than ever. and when you put this to nigel, whenever that, he said yes, he said we haven't done it properly. but you know, this is now this is now what. it's eight years and it's, what, it's five years and it's, what, it's five years since the election. it's an absolute shocker . the people

an absolute shocker. the people of this country have been absolutely let down. right. and the load of old cobblers that starmer is talking about. oh, we're going to do something when you say to him, well, what are you say to him, well, what are you going to do? and how many are going to be pushed back? he said, oh, well, we're not getting into the numbers. all the politicians of our country have actually let us down. it's been shocking, frankly. >> indeed. of course, labour clear that they do have a plan to stop the boats. but as you say, kelvin, we'll find out whether they can. should they win. what about your former boss? rupert murdoch marries for the fifth time at the age of 93, first of all, a prenup will have been involved , as long as your been involved, as long as your arm. i would have thought there would be a prenup. >> post—nup. there will be. what happens if i die? what happens if you die? what happens if i dump you for somebody else? what happens if you dump me? honestly the lawyers would have absolutely cleaned up because they always do clean up. i was with him on a boat when he. when, when the when the when the

deng dynasty went south. right. he was when he was in, he was in a shocking state, honestly, really upset. and the only times iever really upset. and the only times i ever know rupert's upset is over money. so i, i suspect that wendy did rather well out of it. but the funny thing was that deng was actually at the was actually at the wedding , in, at actually at the wedding, in, at that vineyard that jerry jerry hall. no, no, wendi deng was oh, today she was at this weekend. >> that's quite something. the funny thing is , kelvin, you know funny thing is, kelvin, you know the man well. you served him with distinction as the editor of the sun newspaper. you made it the media force that it became , yes. he's a tough became, yes. he's a tough businessman, but he seems to be an old romantic as well. >> well, yes. i mean, i've said it . i've seen it said, look, the it. i've seen it said, look, the one thing i do know about him is, is whoever is his wife has to travel with him. that was an expression he used to me, which mean they have to give up their lives to him. right? and, you know, if you spend , if you spend

know, if you spend, if you spend morning, noon and night with the missus , you have to wonder about missus, you have to wonder about how long that's going to last. and, rupert, after a while, after a while, he gets tired of them. after all, he dumped jerry. jerry hall, by, by text. right. which i thought was a was a was a good use of technology, but, the truth about the matter is i, i've seen he's never said this to me, but i've seen it said that the members of his family believe that he always marries them if he makes love to them. right and so basically, he's made to five love women in 93 years. and if that's the case, then he's probably done worse than you. >> yeah, honestly. >> yeah, honestly. >> well , i've been >> yeah, honestly. >> well, i've been married once, so i think that'll tell you everything you need to know. kelvin stay there. let's bring in my pundits. we've got mark littlewood and, clare and chris, very briefly, mark love at 92. are you persuaded? well at an absolute genius, rupert murdoch is. >> i mean is.- >> i mean , is.— >> i mean , you said, is. >> i mean , you said, mark, that >> i mean, you said, mark, that i think he's an old romantic, as

kelvin pointed out, i think if you dump somebody by text, i'm not sure i'd require actually describe you as that romantic, but good luck to him. this guy has been pretty much the most successful man in western media for decades now . i wish him all for decades now. i wish him all the best with our many, many years. he's got left. and look, kelvin's right that you know they will. god knows how many lawyers have been involved, but this man's got enough money to get married six times, you know, not just five. >> i think he's a prize catch , >> i think he's a prize catch, which just leaves kelvin. >> kelvin, listen, we'll catch up soon. thank you so much for joining us. fleet street legend kelvin mackenzie will speak soon. and my top pundits loved your company. thank you for joining me this weekend. i'm back on friday at eight. well done to the team headliners is next. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, we've seen plenty of fine

weather over the weekend. however, this week is going to be turning more unsettled and a little bit cooler for today though we have had high pressure dominating the weather over the uk, but we have had this frontal system move into the northwest and a slight squeeze on those isobars too. so turning damp and rather windy, it is gradually going to be clouding over from the north through into the evening , staying clearest for evening, staying clearest for longest across the south, and we will start to see some outbreaks of rain and drizzle continue to move their way into northwestern areas, so turning a little bit cooler under the clear spells in the south. but for most, a rather mild night and most places not dropping below double digits. so to start on monday , digits. so to start on monday, there will be a little bit of brightness in the south, but as i say, we'll gradually cloud over through the course of the morning, staying largely dry though. however, we will start to see some rain and drizzle move its way into northwestern england, northern parts of wales and quite a cloudy picture across northern ireland and northwest scotland . still, with northwest scotland. still, with that rain and drizzle but brightening up through the morning across parts of aberdeenshire. and there will be some sunny spells across the northern isles, but plenty of

showers in between. those spells of sunshine over all on monday it's going to be a rather cloudy picture. still, with those spots of rain and drizzle in the northwest. by the time we reach the afternoon, it may brighten up a little bit across central and southern uk, but most of the sunshine is going to be across scotland . however, quite scotland. however, quite a blustery day on offer there, so that will just take the edge off the temperatures a little bit. but in those sheltered spots where you catch the sunshine, it should still be feeling warm . should still be feeling warm. now as we head into tuesday , we now as we head into tuesday, we are going to see a bit of a change. further rain moving in from the northwest. quite blustery and plenty of showers behind two. however, it will still be staying dry across the south and southeast and still feeling warm where you do catch any sunnier spells but cooler across scotland, particularly in that wind . and as we head into that wind. and as we head into next week, fairly unsettled, largely dry in the south, but it is going to be feeling largely cool. >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

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in july's general election. the veteran mp will represent hackney north and stoke newington, a seat she's held for many years. after speculation that she may have chosen to stand down, she's posted on social media tonight denying that she's been offered a seat in the house of lords and said that she wouldn't accept one if she retired . meanwhile, the she retired. meanwhile, the conservatives are pledging to amend the equality act to define the protected characteristic of sex as biological sex. the tories claim the change will help service providers for women and girls, like those supporting domestic abuse victims, to exclude biological males . prime exclude biological males. prime minister rishi sunak argues that labour's equality act, he minister rishi sunak argues that labour's equality act , he says, labour's equality act, he says, lacks clarity on when it means sex and when it means gender. however, it's understood the proposed changes to the law would not remove the existing protections against discrimination on the basis of gender reassignment, and the liberal democrats are pushing for new protections for rivers and coastlines to combat what they've described as

environmental vandalism. they're manifesto is expected to include expanded marine protected areas and blue flag status for rivers . and blue flag status for rivers. leader sir ed davey is accusing the current government of failing to protect swimmers and wildlife from sewage discharge . wildlife from sewage discharge. and that comes as data from the environment agency has shown that a 54% rise in sewage spills took place last year. that a 54% rise in sewage spills took place last year . prince took place last year. prince william has praised rob burrow as the legend of rugby league, and he says with a huge heart, the former england international and charity fundraiser has died at the age of 41. he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019 before being awarded a cbe for helping to raise millions of pounds to promote awareness of the mnd condition. it came just two years after he retired from playing following a successful 17 year career, including eight grand final wins as well. he spent that entire career playing for leeds rhinos, who announced the news tonight saying he was

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