okay. now, just quickly following my conversation with david campbell bannerman, here is a full list of those who have declared their candidacy in bury. saint edmund peter, princely labour party. will tannen princely labour party. will tanner, conservatives peter mcdonald, lib dems jeremy lee, independent scott hussey, reform uk , emma buckmaster from the uk, emma buckmaster from the green party, oh yes, and darren turner from the communist party of britain. very sorry about that. but i do get shot in the back of the head if i don't read

those out. welcome back to patrick christys tonight. coming up, did rishi sunak let the brave d—day veterans down by skipping an international commemoration event in normandy this afternoon? but first, this astonishing new yougov poll , astonishing new yougov poll, it's revealed that the tories and reform are now neck and neck, both parties 18% of the polls, of course, jeremy hunt did decide to say that actually elections are won from the centre . it does beg the question centre. it does beg the question as to whether or not that's true. the evidence of britain is that elections are always won from the centre ground, he said. i wonder whether or not times have changed. i'm joined now by former conservative minister ann widdecombe and thank you very much. 18 points each in the polls. and what do you make of that ? that? >> yes. and the point will come, of course, as richard tice correctly predicted. and we're going to overtake them . reform going to overtake them. reform will overtake the conservatives. and at that point reform will then say, well, hang on, a vote for the tories is a vote for laboun for the tories is a vote for labour, the reverse of everything the tories have been saying will will become true, if we overtake them. and we're obviously poised to do that. but let's look at jeremy hunt's

comment, because it's an extremely interesting one, because i think what that implies is this , that if the implies is this, that if the conservatives are pretty well wiped out , conservatives are pretty well wiped out, but conservatives are pretty well wiped out , but there will be wiped out, but there will be survivors. and if one of those survivors. and if one of those survivors is jeremy hunt, then he is quite clearly going to take the line that there's no need to change, but there's no need to change, but there's no need to change, but there's no need to learn any lessons from this, that there's no need to learn why reform is doing as well as it's doing, that you just carry on from the centre as he would define it, so i think that a pretty ill omen for the conservatives learning any lessons from the unholy mess they've made over the last five years. >> do you think this reform support can last, though? >> am yes. i mean, it was very, very steady before, if you remember, it had studied at about 14, very , very rarely about 14, very, very rarely dipped below ten that had come from virtually or hang on virtually nothing a couple of years ago. and it was very

steady and of course, what sent it up is nigel farage, coming out as leader and, standing for election. so, yes, i think it can. yes. just on that though. >> just on that though, i get that it was looking like labour were potentially going to win the election anyway. and you know, this idea that a vote for reform is definitely a vote for a labour government doesn't wash. and i do understand that. however, it's certainly not going to make a labour government any less likely, is it? and if we get a labour government as it currently stands, we could get, well , we stands, we could get, well, we could get votes for kids, which would do more to change. some people think this is a great idea, by the way, but it would do more to change the country than anything tony blair did. i think straight away, you know, people like nigel farage or people like nigel farage or people like nigel farage or people like you comfortable with that? >> oh, of course not. but the fact is labour is going to win anyway. patrick, just look at the polls. no poll has yet suggested that labour is going to lose this election and even nigel farage, when he was announcing, his taking over of the leadership of reform, even he said, you know, labour have

won this election, therefore, to say you know, that a vote for reform is, is to help , a say you know, that a vote for reform is, is to help, a sir keir starmer in some way. of course it won't. he's going to win anyhow. he's going to do all those terrible things you said. >> well, let's let's shift it on from politics a little bit. i want to talk to you about statues, actually, because the controversial british military leaders are set to be removed from glasgow city centre amid concerns about their links to colonial atrocities. the two most controversial ones are sir john moore, who oversaw the capture and re—enslavement of black people in saint lucia in 1796, and field marshal colin campbell, who orchestrated the brutal crushing of the indian uprising against the british occupation in 1858. apparently, they're going to be put into storage , and they will not be, storage, and they will not be, you know, seen again, basically . you know, seen again, basically. and do you agree with this, no. first of all, we've got to ask yourself, well, why were those statues put up? they weren't put up statues put up? they weren't put up because those people, were exponents of slavery or because that they crushed some one particular, uprising. they were put up because both those men

were extremely distinguished soldiers . campbell, for example, soldiers. campbell, for example, was very distinguished in the balaclava, so, they had terrific military records. they had risen to high ranks. and in those days , those were exactly the sorts of people who statues are you put up? so what i would do would be simply. and there's plenty of room to do it, underneath their statue, i would put why the statue, i would put why the statue had been put up. that is their achievements. and underneath that put the caveat, about, the putting down of a mutiny. >> okay. all right. well, look , >> okay. all right. well, look, ann, thank you very, very much for your time as ever. that is the wonderful ann widdecombe there, we, we are going to have to, to rattle through because we're over running slightly on this hour. i'm afraid so, look, we've got loads more still to come, how has keir starmer outperformed rishi sunak when it comes to the d—day veterans issue ? rishi sunak decided to

issue? rishi sunak decided to leave early. keir starmer was still there with all the world's dignitaries. what was that all about? was that a mistake? but as you'll be seeing on your screens right now, will labour raise taxes as well? i interviewed a little earlier on luke pollard, who is a shadow cabinet minister for the armed forces, actually, and i asked him a bit about some astonishing leaks that emerged in the guardian earlier, which appeared to indicate that maybe, just maybe, the labour party is lying to you about the amount of tax that you are going to have to pay- that you are going to have to pay. and he also gave me an absolutely astonishing answer when i said to him, if you had a loved one that was on an nhs waiting list, would you advise them to go private? you will not want to miss that. stay tune . want to miss that. stay tune. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello and welcome to your evening gb news weather forecast, brought to you by the met office. so some rain and showers around, particularly for northern areas tonight, but

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>> well . >> well. >> well. >> it's 10 pm. i'm patrick christys tonight . christys tonight. >> they're going down in the sun and in the morning we will remember them. >> rishi sunak skipped a d—day ceremony to go out campaigning. has he let our war heroes down? and you did have a loved one who was on an nhs waiting list. would you advise them to go private ? you will not believe private? you will not believe what that labour shadow minister's answer was. >> plus can make the commitment that income tax and national insurance won't go up under a labour government . labour government. >> yeah, i've got a bit of information for you that might suggest , anyway, that labour suggest, anyway, that labour aren't being entirely honest with you about your tax bill and oh my sweetheart, come on, come on, we're gonna have some lunch.

>> we have those little game, those games with him because it enables him to speak. >> ed davey does melt people's hearts with that. meanwhile . get hearts with that. meanwhile. get ready. because sir keir starmer is expected to make a massive policy pledge about palestine. there are calls now as well, for president joe biden to resign after this absolutely shambolic performance at the d—day ceremonies . it got worse than ceremonies. it got worse than that. by the way, on my panel this evening is tory peer lord bailey, political commentator suzanne evans and ex labour adviser matthew laza . and what adviser matthew laza. and what on earth is going on . here? get on earth is going on. here? get ready britain, here we go . ready britain, here we go. has rishi sunak just made a

massive mistake and confronted border force? do one next. >> the latest gb news at just after 10:00. and in normandy in france today , the duke of france today, the duke of cambridge has thanked d—day veterans, saying they served for our freedom and demonstrated great heroism . i'm prince great heroism. i'm prince william was addressing senior world leaders at the international commemorative event this afternoon, paying tribute to those who took part in the biggest amphibious operation in the history of warfare. speaking at the event held at omaha beach, his majesty the king also praised the american, canadian and british troops who landed there exactly 80 years ago today . 80 years ago today. >> it is with the most profound sense of gratitude that we remember them and all those who served at that critical time . we

served at that critical time. we recall the lesson that comes to us again and again across the decade , as free nations must decade, as free nations must stand together to oppose tyranny i >> -- >> his majesty the king. well, here in the uk , hundreds of here in the uk, hundreds of d—day beacons have been lit tonight right across the country tonight right across the country to honour the world war ii heroes, with the first flame being lit at his majesty's naval base in portsmouth. and earlier on today in northern ireland, lisburn's town crier delivered a d—day 80 proclamation from the historic balcony of the town's linen centre and in scunthorpe in lincolnshire , the armed in lincolnshire, the armed forces day flag was raised, followed by a tri service march past. meanwhile, the princess royal joined chelsea pensioners at the royal chelsea hospital in london for a special d—day review. parade and commemorations have also taken place in worksop in nottinghamshire. today with military personnel laying

wreaths for the fallen . well, wreaths for the fallen. well, despite those d—day commemorations in france today , commemorations in france today, around 80 migrants attempted to cross the english channel this morning. their boat got into difficulty about ten miles off the coast of kent, with dozens of people reported to be in the water. a rescue was launched by the coastguard, rnli lifeboats and uk border force officials, including helicopter support . including helicopter support. among those brought ashore were three children, including a baby. it comes as new home office figures reveal that more than 7500 migrants arrived in the uk by small boats in the first four months of this year. that's the highest level since records began . now almost 40 records began. now almost 40 people are being treated in hospital tonight after an outbreak of e coli, which can cause severe stomach cramps and a fever. the uk health security agency says most of the cases reported across the country are

part of a single outbreak, likely to be from a popular item of food, but without disclosing what that item is . drones and what that item is. drones and helicopters were used today in a major search operation for the tv nutritionist doctor michael mosley, who's gone missing on the greek island of symi, where he was on holiday. it's understood he'd gone out on a walk but didn't return to his accommodation. the 67 year old is known for appearing on programmes like itv's this morning and the bbc's the one show. an appeal has been launched locally, urging anyone who sees him to get in touch with local police , sport and with local police, sport and jack grealish and james maddison have been left out of the england squad for the euro 2024 championships. manager gareth southgate saying he had to make some difficult decisions, trimming his list to 26 players. harry maguire also misses out because of an injury, but manchester united left back luke shaw , who's not played any shaw, who's not played any football since mid—february, has

been included . england opened been included. england opened their campaign a week on sunday against serbia. that's the news for the latest stories, do sign up for gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts . gb news .com/ alerts. >> today is the 80th anniversary of d—day, but i am asking, did rishi sunak let our war heroes down? sunak attended events in normandy, including speaking at the prominent british ceremony, but he left before the major gathering of world leaders with veterans at omaha beach so he could go home and campaign. and, as it turns out, as well, quite possibly just talk to itv. this meant that labour leader sir keir starmer was left mingling with the likes of emmanuel macron , president joe biden and macron, president joe biden and german chancellor olaf scholz . german chancellor olaf scholz. >> today's event has been moving and powerful , >> today's event has been moving and powerful, and it is. it's truly a privilege to be here on behalf of the labour party, to

give our tribute to and pay our respects to the armed services , respects to the armed services, our armed forces, and in particular, to remember those involved in d—day. >> yeah, and obviously we couldn't talk to rishi sunak there because he'd laughed. nigel farage made his views clear, tweeting the prime minister has ducked out of the international d—day event to fly back to the uk to campaign. i am here in normandy in a personal capacity because i think it matters. does he? well, today the three, shall we say, more established parties use d—day as the chancellor launch veterans policies. the conservative say that they would cut the cost of veterans railcars by a third and keep in place tax breaks for employers of veterans. labour have committed to setting up a new commissioner to speak for members of the armed forces , members of the armed forces, which, considering they've actually already got an armed forces minister, does beg the question what his job is. but the liberal democrats are promising to improve ministry of defence housing as well. but for me, the question is this did rishi sunak make a massive

mistake, leaving sir keir starmer to grandstand on the world stage? but more than that, did he disrespect our fallen heroes by leaving so he could campaign at this election? let's get the thoughts of my panel now. conservative peer lord bailey. i've got political commentator suzanne evans. i have also got ex—labour party adviser, matthew larter. talking of advisors, sean, i tell you what, whoever advised rishi sunak to leave the international d—day ceremony to go back and possibly speak to itv and knock on a couple of doors once sacking, don't they? >> i'm afraid you're right. look, there's two ways to look at this. you're in the middle of at this. you're in the middle of a campaign. you want to make a big impact. the best impact you could make at this point is being seen on the world stage with the biggest leaders in the world. that's probably the way to go. on top of that, you have possibly the biggest event in the last 100 years that they're celebrating. you should be there. sends a message. it's ironic when you listen to nigel's message. that is probably the question that people ask themselves. and the prime minister could have answered that by being there. i

think it was a mistake to leave . think it was a mistake to leave. >> yeah. i mean, there is a stark contrast between some of the now very elderly individuals that we saw there that we were all paying our respects to, you know , who were prepared in one know, who were prepared in one way or the other to make the ultimate sacrifice for this country. and i don't want to put too fine a point on it, but i thought we had a prime minister there who, it appears to me, has put his own personal gain of what might end up being a handful of votes, if that over being there to pay his respects for them, maybe. >> well, i'm not so sure about that. i think rishi doesn't want to win this election. and i said that as soon as he called the election, i thought this guy's had enough. he said the most terrible time as prime minister, dreadful cost of living crisis , dreadful cost of living crisis, tax burden at 80 year high, very nearly record nhs waiting lists, failed to stop the boats. can't get any flights off to rwanda. 20 points behind in the polls, i think he said that's it. i'm

done. i've ticked the box. i've done. i've ticked the box. i've done the top job in the country. i've made a complete hash of it. but you know, i could go back to living the good life. and let's face it, this guy is richer than the king. he could have a very good life. >> well, you know the other side of it. i want to go on the other side of it is that, you know, maybe he thought that he could win a few more votes and that that might keeping a job. you know, matthew, i will put this to you that rishi sunak might have been foolish, but he's not lying to us. you got kiss some of that grandstanding on the world stage. he used to want to aboush world stage. he used to want to abolish the monarchy. he's been pictured with the king. and then on top of that, you've got him there talking about liz truss. great. what a great. what a great thing. you know, the war was all of this stuff and then saying, oh, he would have, he would have got rid of nukes, wouldn't he? wasn't that long ago. >> no, no, no, i mean, i mean, look, i mean labour, i mean, you know, come on, patrick, we shouldn't be playing politics about about d—day. and we wouldn't be if the prime minister hadn't just insulted not only the, you know, every

veteran, but also i just think the whole of our country, i mean, i am literally astounded that this happened. can you imagine, mrs. thatcher doing this? oh, she'd never have done. i mean, mrs. thatcher in the 1987 election when she went, she was accused of, you know, she went to i think she went to moscow in the middle of the campaign, you know. but she was prime minister. she was on the world stage. and this, you know, love itv though, you know, we all do. the thought that you're going to not do this once in a lifetime, as you said earlier, patrick, this is such an important anniversary because it's realistically is the last anniversary of the d—day landings. you're actually going to have veterans again. >> i happen to agree he should have been there. but it's interesting here in the labour party, talk about the armed forces. when i remember they've had labour governments, they didn't even have an armed forces officer. so i, minister so it feels like this conservative government. >> yeah, i think it's a new thing, but but the point i want to make, the most important thing. >> and this is what i'd like to see any government do. i'm disappointed that schools weren't involved in these celebrations. and university as well, because we have a young generation now who have no understanding of our history. they hate the country, and i

think it's because people are not presenting them with these opportunities to understand what this country has actually done. >> i mean, she's that you said about, you know, about rishi wanting to lose the election. of course. let's remind ourselves this isn't an election imposed on rishi. he knew that d—day would fall in the middle, the d—day commemorations would fall in the middle of the campaign. and yet he chose to go ahead with his day. one of the things labour actually was against. labour actually was against. labour wanted an election, but not on this day, was because they knew, you know, that the d—day, commemorations would happenin d—day, commemorations would happen in the middle. >> they weren't ready. well no, i mean, these were the candidates in place for the labour party. make your mind up. do you want this election or not? >> but i also think for years you get it. >> and then you then you find every reason why it shouldn't. >> i'm not saying, look, we've got it, but we wouldn't have had it on this date because i think it's very, very important that as a nation, we come together to commemorate. do you remember when, mike? i mean, suzanne and i are old enough to remember mike when michael foot turned up at remembrance day, in what was seen as a donkey jacket. and that became a major issue. i'm astounded, actually. good on gb news for raising this story because the mainstream media have ignored the fact that the prime minister left david

cameron to be on the world stage for us. >> the other thing i will say about this, which is that itv news and paul brand, who is one of the political top dogs there, i've put out on twitter. yeah. moments ago, a clip of an interview with rishi sunak that, as far as i can tell, appears to have been recorded today. that i think is, from what i can gather here, is airing next week. i mean, there could be the other dimensions that rishi sunak may well have left those normandy beaches there with war heroes on to go and be interviewed by the bloke who brought down boris johnson with a partygate report. i mean, this is unbelievable. >> it's unbelievable. i mean, i'm my breath is literally been i'm my breath is literally been i'm literally flabbergasted. >> it is crazy. and as i say, i just don't think he cares anymore. he's given up. he's going to pass the buck. he knows he's not going to win. he doesn't care. but what's so shocking is that he cannot even summon up half an hour, an hour to go and stay with people who are the reason i believe he does want to win. >> because remember, he lost to liz. if he he could have checked out then and nobody be none the wiser. you should have left her in place. the point is, she'd have been. >> but the point is, minister, he actually cared about britain. >> he took her on. so i'm believing he has the desire. and

also he's done an awful lot of work. he has moved the economy along. he has started the rwanda process. he has he has. >> he's about to come third shaun bailey gdp, of course. >> try and cut it. he has of coui'se. >> course. >> no he's in he's in the middle. he's in the middle of doing that. he's in the middle of doing that piece of work. and i believe as an individual he wants to complete that. so i do think he wants to win. and on top of that, even if he doesn't, i can guarantee you the party wants to win. those those conservative mps are desperate to those conservative mps will must be really angry tonight have actually quit now is it heading for 90. >> and look if you're a tory mp i'm so sorry. >> final word. >> final word. >> if you're a tory mp, you must be absolutely livid. tonight. every mp, no matter what party you're from, remembrance sunday, you're from, remembrance sunday, you put in your diary. you. it is. it is the one one immovable commitment of the year. it's not about party politics. and his absence has turned it into being about party politics. and he's let our country down. >> if you're a labour mp, you'd be furious at how poorly keir starmer did in the debate. you know, i mean, this isn't about the debate. >> this is about remembering our d—day veterans and showing respect to people without whose sacrifices we wouldn't be here having these arguments .

having these arguments. >> i hope you remember those words. >> are we diminished on the world stage because sunak left early, do you think, suzanne, i think probably yes. yes >> okay, okay. all right. well, look. strong stuff. i actually really do look forward to reading your views on this. gbnews.com/yoursay you can tell here that a lot of people are livid, aren't they? but look, coming up, yes, rishi sunak did go missing this afternoon . joe go missing this afternoon. joe biden didn't. >> distinguished guests , please >> distinguished guests, please welcome the honourable lloyd j. >> it gets worse than that for joe biden. is he really going to manage an election campaign ? manage an election campaign? look, seriously now, we will tackle all of that on tomorrow's newspapers are hot off the press. but next, as we commemorate d—day, labour have vowed to introduce a new armed forces tsar if they get in power , so are they the party who will look after our veterans? i caught up with shadow armed forces minister luke pollard, who certainly thinks so. i am also asking if he's the one who's pressuring rachel reeves to put up taxes. who's pressuring rachel reeves to put up taxes . there was an to put up taxes. there was an astonishing leak earlier about

potential labour tax hikes. there is also an even more astonishing clip from him when i ask him whether or not if a loved one was on the nhs with a massive waiting list and in quite a bit of discomfort, he would go private. he's taken that answer to next level. i'll see ina in a sec.

welcome back to patrick christys. tonight now it's time

for my interview with shadow armed forces minister luke pollard. we discuss labour's policy issues. the big ones, i think. anyway, some of them , think. anyway, some of them, including taxes and the nhs. and look , we did kick off with look, we did kick off with d—day. what we'll say is just listen carefully for a couple of things that he says when i ask him about the nhs and private health care and just make your own minds up about this. so this is the interview . sukh own minds up about this. so this is the interview. sukh padda. today marks the 80th anniversary of d—day, a vitally important date in our nation's calendar. sir keir starmer stuck around for the international leaders ceremony . rishi sunak flew home ceremony. rishi sunak flew home to hit the campaign trail instead . is that to hit the campaign trail instead. is that a sign? do you think that sir thinks he's got this election in the bag? >> oh, no. absolutely not. there's no complacency from labourin there's no complacency from labour in this general election. but i think it was good that keir stayed to be there with international leaders. d—day is a really important date in our calendar, especially the 80th anniversary, because we're running out of d—day veterans,

those people who stormed the beaches or who dropped out in parachutes behind enemy lines. there's less and less of them every year. that's why it's so important, i think, for d—day 80, that we not only remember the sacrifice and the service of those who were participating in d—day and the second world war, but we also tell the story to the young people who for whom this seems like a very long time ago as to why it matters, why it's so important that we remember that generation of people who served our nation and why we should tell their story, and how important freedom and liberty is today. no. absolutely. well a lot of the parties, including your own, took the opportunity on d—day to announce veterans or armed forces policies . as i understand forces policies. as i understand it, labour has committed to setting up a new commissioner , setting up a new commissioner, so to speak, for members of the armed forces. with respect, isn't that your job? and also, isn't that your job? and also, is there a bit of a trust issue when the last labour government issued letters of comfort to the ira and did also pursue historic

prosecutions against some of our own armed forces ? own armed forces? >> no. i think it's really important that we have an independent voice for, we've seen over the last 14 years that morale is falling. we now have , morale is falling. we now have, huge problems with retention and recruitment and that's why we want to tackle that with an independent person able to inspect military facilities, deal with complaints, to listen to those who serve, and importantly , their families, and importantly, their families, and to investigate things like kit the poor state of military housing and then report directly to parliament, not to ministers. we want to increase accountability because our armed forces are the best in the world. but frankly , the system world. but frankly, the system and support they're getting at the moment is not up to scratch. that's why we not only want to increase defence spending to 2.5% and give our troops the equipment they need to defend and deter any aggression, but we also want to make sure that we're renewing the contract between those who serve and the nafion between those who serve and the nation that's been so eroded over the last 14 years. >> okay. all right. now, sources

have told the guardian today that labour shadow cabinet ministers are calling for rachel reeves to raise capital gains tax to fund some of your policies. are you one of those people? >> no. labour's been quite clear, and rachel has been very clear, and rachel has been very clear on this, that we have no plans to raise income tax, national insurance or vat. there are certain areas where we have already set out where we want to change the tax rates to support pubuc change the tax rates to support public spending, such as closing the loophole on private schools to support our state school sector, hiring 6500 new teachers and making sure we're getting mental health support , for kids mental health support, for kids in secondary school in particular, we've been very clear about where there will be a tax change, but i'm afraid the, the scare mongering that we're seeing from the government over the last few days is not consistent with what labour policy actually is. >> so you don't you don't want to raise capital gains tax, then ? >> 7- >> no. 7 >> no. rachel reeves will set out all the tax changes if we get elected in the budget. but

we've been very clear that accepting the circumstances that we've already set out and that will be in our manifesto in the next few days, because there are there are some concerns. >> there are some concerns about that because there's another source that's also leaked to the guardian, which says that rachel reevesis guardian, which says that rachel reeves is planning what's called a kitchen sink tactic, which is that if you guys are elected and it's looking that way at the moment, that she will have a look at the finances, say that they're in much worse shape than she ever imagined, and then lob a load of tax hikes out there in one go. i mean, she's been rumbled there hasn't she really . rumbled there hasn't she really. >> well, i haven't seen these leaks that you're commenting on here. but i think one thing about your question is, right, we are potentially , if we win we are potentially, if we win this general election, inheriting a really poor set of pubuc inheriting a really poor set of public finances, we're inheriting public services that are on their knees. inheriting public services that are on their knees . everything are on their knees. everything seems broken. that's something i hear on the doors when i'm out canvassing quite frequently. that's why we've set out clearly what we can do and where the money is coming from to pay for it. so i think trust in politics is really through the floor and big, promising, big promises of

big, promising, big promises of big spending. i don't think we'll wash with the public. that's why we've been careful not to make any unfun spending commitments. we've had £71 billion of unfunded spending commitments from the prime minister, but we're not doing that. we're saying clearly we're making changes here and it will be paid for by this and that. i think , is the right approach to think, is the right approach to win trust of people in this general election . general election. >> okay. now, look, just one last one with you. if you did have a loved one who was on an nhs waiting list, would you advise them to go private ? advise them to go private? >> no, i believe in the national health service. i always have. i mean, every job that i've had, if it came with private health care cover, i've asked to be opted out of it. i believe in the national health service because i believe you should be treated about your health, not about how much money is in your pocket. just just what i do i do just want to emphasise that, because i just want to make sure i didn't miss hear that. >> so if you had a private health care policy through another job health care policy through anotherjob right health care policy through another job right, you would ask

to be to opt out of that private health care. so you, you conceivably for yourself would rather spend a year on an nhs waiting list, waiting for a lump or a bump to be checked than go private and get that looked at next week . next week. >> no, i support the national health service, and indeed i've had a lump and a bump checked out in the last year. i've had skin cancer on my face just here. and the national health service not only identified it, but they treated me with it. superb nhs staff working their socks off. that's one of the reasons why, as a party we're setting out, we need to take down that 8 million people that are on their nhs waiting list by 40,000, extra weekend and evening appointments every week. it will take an entire parliament five years to wear down that incredibly high waiting list that are getting worse and worse under the conservatives. but i believe in the national health service. i believe that you should get your health care at your point of need, not about how much money you have in your pocket . and you have in your pocket. and that, i think, will support everyone being able to get the

health care that they deserve. >> do you think that for some people, it's not it's not offensive to nhs staff that they might want to go private? it's that people have at times had quite poor care on the nhs or it's taken far too long for them to get that care and that because they do actually love a relative and they can maybe afford to, they might go private. and do you think it's maybe offensive to people who do that, to be saying some of the things that you've said there ? things that you've said there? >> no, i believe in the nhs. i believe that we've got a choice in this country about how you want to provide your health care. i think everyone should have access to a decent national health service in their area, not only for a big hospital with big cancer services like we've just discussed, but to make sure they can access a gp and an nhs dentist and primary care and nhs dentistry is on its knees under this government . that's why this government. that's why we've also set out plans to rescue, nhs dentistry with more appointments, more dentists and make it easier for people to see a gp because at every stage of

our nhs journey here, there's a real crisis. it's not because people in the nhs aren't working their socks off, they really are. it's that there hasn't been the investment or the thought that has gone into this by ministers . sorry. ministers. sorry. >> all right, luke, thank you very, very much. it's been great to have you on the show. that's mr luke pollard, who is the shadow minister for the armed forces. thank you for your time today. i really do appreciate it . okay. two things. do you believe that that if a relative was dying that he would still say, no, you've got to go on the nhs? the second thing is, i do wonder. i do wonder whether or not a lot of labour politicians seem to be having a very different experience on the nhs to what many of our viewers and listeners have , and i would like listeners have, and i would like your views on that. vaiews@gbnews.com coming up, ed davey is rightly lauded for his moving campaign video about caring for his son. >> come on my sweetheart, come on, come on, we're gonna have some lunch. we have those little game, those games with him because it enables him to speak.

>> yeah. so we'll show you that clip soon. but next, my press pack. join me. why? well, i've the very first of front pages. and i think if i

hello and welcome back to patrick christys. tonight i have got tomorrow's newspaper front pages for you. let's do it. starting with the daily mail. mail? health guru michael mosley, missing in greece. huge search for columnist who vanished on holiday island walk. yeah. look very old. this michael mosley has vanished dufing michael mosley has vanished during a walk on a greek island. apparently they think he may have slipped, tripped or fallen whilst hiking alone in the heat. there is the picture story there, a salute and a prayer for there, a salute and a prayer for the fallen that is d—day related. let's go over to the guardian. pressure on tories to return £15 million worth of donations after new has to

claims. hester is the donor. i believe, who made some remarks about diane abbott, i think, didn't he, a while ago. and there's a story here which we'll delve into as well. starmer to push for a palestinian state. we've got more detail on this, but from what we can gather so far, it looks as though keir starmer is going to advocate for the recognition of a definitive palestinian state before the end of any peace talks between israel and hamas. so there we go . let's go to the metro and the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them. the 80th anniversary of d—day with a very poignant photograph there, shot from behind out to sea of some members of our armed forces, or possibly veterans. actually, let's go to the daily express. they did not flinch. and this is a historic photograph of the d—day landings. king praises d—day hero's bravery and sacrifice . hero's bravery and sacrifice. when moment came to face that test. let's go to the times. biden d—day lessons still needed

today. by the way, i will be playing you some absolutely astonishing footage of joe biden out there. unbelievable. i'm not sure that man can really run again, green anti—semitism, storm candidates shared offensive material online. individuals blamed israel for october 7 party says the allegations are serious. yeah. so the green party general election candidates have shared slurs , anti—semitic and slurs, anti—semitic and conspiracy theories backed pro—palestinian protester at auschwitz and given justifications for the october the 7th attacks. last night, green party officials were examining a dossier featuring nearly 20 of their candidates. thatis nearly 20 of their candidates. that is a big story. we will be having a look at that. i've got the daily telegraph in the footsteps of heroes. they've got there with a picture of, of some individuals. they're walking in from the sea onto the beaches at normandy. and again, that story keir starmer pledging the recognition for a palestinian state in the labour manifesto reportedly right . okay. i am reportedly right. okay. i am here again with my wonderful panel here again with my wonderful panel. it's conservative peer

lord bailey, political commentator suzanne evans and former labour party adviser matthew laza. our focus on this starmer story. okay, so starmer is pledging recognition for palestinian state in manifesto. i'll give you a bit more detail on this and i'll come to you shortly. the party is expected to include a specific pledge on gaza, it reads in the document in a move that will, assuage left wing mps but is expected to anger the israeli government. according to multiple reports, the dossier will stay a neighbouring country, a likely reference to israel must not have a veto over granting a palestinian statehood. shaun, what do you think of this? >> i think this is really dangerous. i'm astonished that keir starmer has taken his own electoral well—being over the well—being of the palestinian people and israeli people. many of us, i believe, in a two state solution. i think that's our official position of our government to put something in your manifesto that may make that harder to achieve, i think is selfish and reckless beyond all measure. that is a that is one of the most painful points

of our international existence. and to treat it like that, i think, is risky. this could be something in five, ten, 15 years time that's pointed to as to why we have one of the one of the issues amongst others, by the way, with a quote unquote, palestinian state, is that the latest polling, especially out of the west bank, appears to show that support for hamas is going up. >> and as salman rushdie said, a palestinian state, a quote unquote , free palestine would be unquote, free palestine would be a terror state. so does keir starmer want to create a terror state in the middle east? well, i think this is what it's looking at. >> i mean, to come up with this policy when you've still got hostages in custody, i don't know what he's. well, i know exactly what he's thinking. you hit the nail on the head on. it's a politicisation. he knows that the left is split on this , that the left is split on this, and he's trying to pull back in. those voters who might otherwise go to independent candidates who are standing specifically on a gaza ticket. so this is pure politicisation. and i agree with sean. it's very, very, very dangerous. it might be something that has to be done , as you say, that has to be done, as you say, down the line, like we did in northern ireland. obviously not.

this is not a state, but you know, you have to talk to terrorists eventually , but but terrorists eventually, but but to do it now while there's still hostages there in the context of a general election, is very , a general election, is very, very wrong. very wrong, conceivably. >> i mean, look, i've given up a little bit on the tories, doing a lot right at this election campaign. however, they could now potentially say a vote for sir keir starmer is the vote for the creation of a middle eastern terror state. >> yeah. well, i mean, i think what's absolutely key in this is that it's in the context of a peace process that a labour government is ready to recognise a palestinian state when there is a viable palestinian state that's going to come out of a new next line of a peace process. and goodness knows, we need that peace process to revive. what this is not saying is doing what countries like spain and norway have done in the last couple of weeks, which is recognise a palestinian state now, which is an incendiary thing to do , instead it's saying thing to do, instead it's saying that it would be part of a peace process, but this does say before the end of any of any peace as part of it. >> yes. no, no, no, no. it says

before the end of yes, that's part of it significantly adjusts any negotiation. i know because it's me that strikes me as incredibly risky and selfish. but you know , i mean, you said, but you know, i mean, you said, you know, i agree with you, sean. >> i'm a two state solution person. i think everybody who's sensible is i mean, one of the things we need to do is we need to give, the palestinian authority, which runs the west bank support. so, so it can help defeat hamas. >> just just quick. just you do. >> just just quick. just you do. >> but that isn't the way to do it. >> it is hamas, not in the way the palestinian authority has its issues, but it's not hamas . its issues, but it's not hamas. >> can i just draw your attention very briefly as well to the front of the times, the green anti—semitic storm candidate shared offensive material online. the green party now shock, horror, the party that somehow managed to let somebody who shouted allahu akbar after being elected to a local election somewhere around greater manchester, leeds, leeds, leeds. sorry. yeah, sorry. people of greater manchester, you've got, you've got, some other interesting characters there, but , yeah, the characters there, but, yeah, the shock horror that it turns out that actually apparently nearly 20 of them have allegedly been saying stuff like , you know, saying stuff like, you know, anti—semitic slurs and even backed pro—palestinian protests

at auschwitz. suzanne, i mean, what's happened to the green party? >> i mean, you'd have to be have to be nuts, i think, to actually go anywhere near the green party. anyway, if you read their manifesto, everybody thinks they're lovely, light and fluffy green environmentalists. absolutely not. they're what's called the watermelon party, you know, nice and green on the outside and blood red in the middle. hard socialist, communist. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and i think what's really encourages these kind of people to join them, they're now at 10. >> they're actually ahead of the lib dems. they're now the lib dems are fifth in some polls. so i think you're going to see more scrutiny in the run up to the campaign. >> the important thing is i want to see the green party treat these people as it always tells other people, other political parties, to treat their members with stepped out. i want to see these people expelled. if not, these people expelled. if not, the greens are hypocrites. >> absolutely sure. >> absolutely sure. >> right. okay. we will we will kick on because dithery joe biden couldn't even keep up good appearances on d—day. here he is trying to sit down on what appears to be an invisible chair or frankly, who knows what. watch .

watch. >> distinguished guests, please welcome the honourable lloyd >> distinguished guests, please welcome the honourable llode . welcome the honourable lloyd j. >> and then later, his wife escorts him away as emmanuel macron stays behind to greet the veterans. i wonder why that was . veterans. i wonder why that was. i'm sorry, but this is this is actually beyond a joke. it's beyond a joke. like you say what you like about trump . can that you like about trump. can that bloke seriously be in charge of essentially the free world for another four years is mad, but but do you have to press on with this? because our troops, our troops were sent to parachute into normandy yesterday to recreate the historic moment from 80 years ago, where hundreds landed in the same drop zone. but after a heartwarming moment full of pride, as soon as they touched down, they were suddenly met with passport control , all set up suddenly met with passport control, all set up in suddenly met with passport control , all set up in the field control, all set up in the field by the french border officials of course, the irony is that france only had control of his borders because of a similar arrival in 80 years ago. i don't think they're asking to see our passports. then were they? and on top of it all, it was

reported that the us and belgian troops didn't face the same passport checks . i'm sorry, but passport checks. i'm sorry, but this is absolutely i mean, that is actually really the belgians in the schengen agreement. >> they don't have to. >> they don't have to. >> well, i'm sorry , but come on. offensive. >> it's offensive. >> it's offensive. >> it's offensive. >> it's awful. yes. >> it's awful. yes. >> of course. any day to make a protest. fine. but we effectively free them from nazi tyranny. that's disgraceful. >> i see this slightly differently because now, of course, when you go to france, you get a stamp in your passport. i think. be quite nice to have a stamp in your passport on the anniversary. >> not. >> not. >> not. >> not when you've parachuted in in remembrance of when we stepped up and saved france from nazi tyranny. >> and i have to say, i thought macron spoke when macron spoke really movingly today in english and the king spoke in french. and this is a this is a shame because it's a stain. what was otherwise a really beautiful day of coming together . of coming together. >> i actually seriously, i think i was really offended. it's offensive, especially when you consider that the french today let however many hundred people across the channel it appears. well, that's you've got to draw the parallel there. i think they don't appear to care too much about border security there. it's really why me up there? as you can tell anyway, right, you

will see at the bottom of your screen there. gbnews.com/yoursay. and we brought this up because apparently there has been an absolutely massive reaction to that interview that i did with labour's shadow armed forces minister, luke pollard . i asked minister, luke pollard. i asked him about whether or not a loved one on the nhs waiting list he would ever advise him to go private. i asked him a bit more as well, he said no. he also said that if he had private insurance, a company would have to be removed from it. david says how did luke pollard get seen so fast on the nhs? he warned as he made a reference to his skin cancer. he, stewart said if your loved one was waiting and you could pay to go private to be seen sooner, you would and everyone would. colin says i believe in the nhs. it's no reflection on the nhs, but if a family member is in pain and needs a new knee and can't get the operation for 18 months on the operation for 18 months on the nhs, we would all go private if we could. and matthew, i'll bfing if we could. and matthew, i'll bring you in on this , i this is bring you in on this, i this is ideology above common sense and above health care. i would argue that it's quite dangerous as the labour mask slipped a bit here. >> well, i don't think it's the labour damascus slipped. i think

it's a personal decision that everybody has to make. i personally disagree with this kind of rather, you know, po faced , po faced, quite the right faced, po faced, quite the right word. but this attitude, i think that you should put your family before the nhs. what i think he should have said in the debate was we want an nhs that's good enough. people don't feel they have to go private, but obviously there are circumstances when you can forgive anybody for going private. so i think what he said was a mistake politically. and also it does make you feel that he's a bit sort of it just it wasn't a good moment. now, one thing i will say is watch out for this line throughout the rest of the election. >> now, mark my words, whenever you ask a labour politician about the nhs and going private, what they will say is i support the nhs, they work very hard . the nhs, they work very hard. that's not what we're asking, is it? we're asking whether or not if you had a loved one. seriously now on an nhs waiting list or getting bad care, or they lose their nose, would you or would you not go private ? or would you not go private? it's got nothing to do with how hard you think nhs staff work. but sorry. coming up, coming up. can can men get up? sorry can men get cancer in their ovaries? yeah. we are asking that despite the obvious answer, we debate

that because that is apparently the latest trans madness. as in tonight's greatest britain a union jackass. but next, tory ministers mel stride and gillian keegan star in their own version of gogglebox. >> sunak versus starmer the itv debate he looks better shirts behind . behind. >> all right, more of that coming up and the rest of tomorrow's newspaper i'll see you. the

okay. hello and welcome back. to what? it's turning into the liveliest pay per view we've possibly ever done. i've got more front pages for you now. right. i'm starting with the sun. they they have a d—day special on their front page. it's almost impossible to grasp the courage it would have taken to run into the fury of battle that day, so that is a quote from prince william. salute to our heroes . they've also got our heroes. they've also got a moving tribute there from the king. our armed forces carried

out their duty with resolve and determination , very many never determination, very many never came home. yes. let's go to the eye now . interesting front page. eye now. interesting front page. this on the eye. reform surges again as new polls show the farage of fact. right wing in there. not called it far right. that's nice. right wing insurgent party has climbed five points in a week since nigel announced that he will stand. reform uk leader is expected a tv boost. they say tonight. this is of course, tomorrow , when he is of course, tomorrow, when he takes part in a seven way live debate hosted by the bbc. so farage and the six other leaders will be live on a tv debate, tomorrow. so yes. there you go. right. okay. i'm joined again by my press pack. we've got conservative peer lord bailey, political commentator suzanne evans, former labour party advisor. matthew laza. well, the farage of fact appears to be, quite real. it appears to be happening , suzanne. happening, suzanne. >> yeah, absolutely, so the leader's debate when farage is taking part. please, nigel, don't say anything ridiculously controversial. just focus on the facts. you've got enough good

policies behind you and enough to say without, you know, making some bizarre comment that then hits the front pages. it's almost so . almost so. >> so who's he? who's he actually on with? >> angela rayner for us, for penny mordaunt. i think he thinks penny mordaunt, penny mordaunt. i've got it's not the deputy prime minister oliver dowden . dowden. >> penny mordaunt will win the debate. she's super quick on her feet. the one challenge for nigel, though, is to defeat the tories and labour. that that's going to be. i just wonder, i wonder if the pressure is more on the conservatives there, because if penny mordaunt comes out, really, if she's vicious to nigel farage, does that not just really wind up tory voters? she won't be vicious to anyone. i don't know if you've watched her. >> she is very good. >> she is very good. >> yeah. if you've watched her at the box, she is. she is very quick witted and she knows her stuff and she believes her stuff. she'll be very. yeah, she'll be hard to defeat in that. >> do you know what? i'd actually be rather a human debate with angela rayner. there at nigel and with penny morton. they're actually slightly more likeable . arguably, they're more likeable. arguably, they're more people you want to have a drink with than the two. the two others. >> the two leaders, nigel and penny, are i. >> oh, come on, sean, i was

being nice about penny . see what being nice about penny. see what happens. but yes. so there are multiple different polls out today. the yougov one showed that the tories and reform were neck and neck on 18 points, there's the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. i suppose it depends on which one you go for the. i have got one. and the reform at the highest level they say on 16 and the tories still on 23, which actually more generous than quite a lot of the others are saw today. but anyway, look, i'm moving on now. ed davey. he's been doing, you know, some bizarre, ridiculous at times kind of comically awful campaign stunts, hasn't he. but this is, this is different, i will say. and we've shown you the others. so i thought i'd show you this one.ed so i thought i'd show you this one. ed davey has taken a pause from water sliding, drum bashing and doing all of that stuff to actually release a heartwarming video of him caring for his disabled son. should we have a look ? look? >> oh my sweetheart, come on, come on, we're gonna have some lunch. you have those little game. those games with him, because it enables him to speak and to practice communicating. this is a tough job. caring but family carers who do the vast bulk of caring governments are

just ignored them, just not listened to them as i've got older and had all those caring responsibilities, seen life through the eyes of my son could not be more passionate. determined to sort out caring in this country . this country. >> yeah, yeah. it's moving. when he sees someone like that in their own home, with their own, with their own personal issues, whatever, whatever you may think of their policies or anything like that. but look, the tories have pulled out a gogglebox gag as they plonked on the sofa . as they plonked on the sofa. there, education secretary gillian keegan and their work and pensions secretary mel stride to watch sunak versus starmer to have a look at how they gone. >> we're live in salford for the very first time in this election. it's sunak versus starmer. the itv debate . starmer. the itv debate. >> he looks better shirts behind. yeah, that's a good start isn't it. >> okay. >> okay. >> big problem with liz truss is that why are you talking about liz truss. >> talk about yourself truss. >> talk about yourself truss. >> we're talking about talk about yourself. >> who's in charge? >> who's in charge? >> who's in charge? >> who's in charge of the whole

world? >> what's your solution ? bayern >> what's your solution? bayern in germany. is it too high in france? yeah rocketing across europe. in italy. is it that prime minister's fault as well ? prime minister's fault as well? >> i think i quite liked that they were auditioning because they're going to lose their seats and they're auditioning for gogglebox. okay right. it's time now to reveal today's greatest princeton and union jackassi greatest princeton and union jackass i am starting with sean. sean, who's your greatest? >> my greatest britain is general sir bernard montgomery, who in 1944, on 6th june, led the greatest amphibious action of any army in the world. of course, we're talking about d—day. he's one of our great heroes, great piece of organisation and really brave people. young men and women . but people. young men and women. but i want this to be celebrated in universities and schools because they are the people who least believe in the country because they don't know what has been done for them. >> 54% of 1824 year olds don't think israel should exist. and that's where we are. unfortunately suzanne. >> well, i think there's only one thing i can say on the anniversary of d—day, and that is the armed forces in general, past, present,

is the armed forces in general, past, present , future. past, present, future. >> thank you. yeah, very well said . said. >> and, you know, i mean, obviously i agree with both of those, but mine is, doctor michael mosley, who has helped so many people through his health and nutrition advice and sadly, is currently missing in a greek island. >> yeah, very old story there. i don't want to, you know , don't don't want to, you know, don't can't really dwell on that. but yeah, he is missing on the greek islands and hopefully he's all he's all right, well, today's , he's all right, well, today's, winner. i've gone for monty. but really, you know , it's the armed really, you know, it's the armed forces. it's that it's that genre of people on today, the 80th, commemoration of d—day. right. okay. it is a union jack. this time, my union jack is the french border officials , the french border officials, the customs officials who i think he's going to stop on the french. >> no, wait. >> no, wait. >> we're not. >> we're not. >> when our troops parachuted in to celebrate the freedom that we delivered. mainly for the french. at that point , to make french. at that point, to make them have to check their passports. it's offensive in the extreme. and if the french wanted to make some kind of point. today was not the day our boys canadian boys, australian

boys, boys and girls from around the world died to free them in that instance. and they do this. it's disgraceful. sorry. i actually think they should apologise. >> it's unbelievable for them to make that claim that they care about border security . when about border security. when today 80 channel migrants were were capsized in the channel, there was tear gas used on the beach. you've got goodness knows what coming in through the other side of france. absolutely disgraceful . a complete joke disgraceful. a complete joke anyway, yeah. sorry, sorry . i'm anyway, yeah. sorry, sorry. i'm not. so are you saying sorry? actually. go on. susanna >> so it's ovarian cancer action. now, normally these would be my greatest britons, but not today, because they decided to do this daft pubuchy decided to do this daft publicity stunt and asked the question, can men get ovarian cancer? and basically gave the answer yes. anyone of any gender can get it. well, no, you can't wise me up as well. >> i'm going to leave it seething tonight after i know you're not going to. >> you're not going to sleep well tonight, patrick. tonight. >> okay, good. >> okay, good. >> go on. mine is outgoing bt boss philip jansen, whose 3.7 final pay deal hit just as the group gets rid of 55,000 jobs

and keeps us all hanging on when we try and get our broadband fixed on the pay, it's not. >> the corporate world does sound lovely, doesn't it? okay anyway. right. okay. i've gone for the french border force, i have.i for the french border force, i have. i mean, it really got me this. it really. >> i'm outraged. i'm outraged. >> i'm outraged. i'm outraged. >> they're laughing at this. by the way, the french border force is going to clip this, and they are currently laughing at it, but they shouldn't because that was a real point of unity. >> we stopped the second world war practically in that in that moment , the french were moment, the french were involved. we freed the french. and that's how can i say you said about biden, at least biden turned up unlike vichy. >> okay . all right. and on that >> okay. all right. and on that bombshell, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you to everybody who's been watching and listening. and we'll see you very , very soon. it's headliners very, very soon. it's headliners next. have a great evening . next. have a great evening. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. news. news. >> hello and welcome to your evening gb news weather forecast, brought to you by the met office. so some rain and

showers around, particularly for northern areas tonight, but clear spells as well. we've still got low pressure up to the north of the uk , bringing north of the uk, bringing various occluded fronts across the uk as we go throughout the rest of this evening. but looking at the detail , rest of this evening. but looking at the detail, any showers across england and wales will slowly fizzle out this evening, leaving plenty of clear spells. that's going to help those temperatures drop into the low single figures, and we could even see a touch of grass frost in some rural spots tonight across northwest scotland, though, there's a band of heavy rain making its way south eastwards. as we go into the early hours of friday. and along with this, we will see some quite strong blustery winds , so quite strong blustery winds, so it'll make for quite a wet commute across much of scotland on friday morning, with that heavy rain making its way southeastwards . feeling pretty southeastwards. feeling pretty chilly in those blustery winds as well. so we look further south. we have got some clearer skies to start the day, so some brightness, particularly further south across southeast england , south across southeast england, but also a few showers, particularly across the southwest. and they will make their way south eastwards as we

go through friday morning . that go through friday morning. that band of rain across scotland will also make its way south eastwards into england as we go into friday afternoon , fizzling into friday afternoon, fizzling out a little bit and just breaking up into showers as it makes its way south eastwards. but introducing a bit more in the way of cloud into parts of england and wales. heavy and frequent showers though developing behind this across northwest scotland, we could see a bit of hail and the odd rumble of thunder in those, but feeling pretty pleasant further south with highs of 18 to 20. now, if we look at what this weekend has to bring a bit

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