gb news. away. >> good morning. it's 930. it's the 7th of june. this is britain's newsroom on gp news with ben liu and me. nana akua very good morning to you. >> thank you forjoining us >> thank you for joining us today. missing michael mosley. the search is on for the tv doctor after he failed to return from a coastal walk on a greek island. we'll have all the latest as fears begin to grow

about his wellbeing . about his wellbeing. >> and rishi sunak says sorry . >> and rishi sunak says sorry. the prime minister has apologised for leaving a d—day event early to record a tv interview yesterday. now he's been accused of a dereliction of duty for doing so and elsewhere this morning labour's push for palestine sir keir starmer he's expected to announce support for a palestinian state ahead of the general election, and westminster wedding. no show prince harry is expected to miss the duke of westminster's wedding today. we'll tell you why . why. >> so the big story breaking this morning overnight tv doctor michael mosley on holiday in greece with his wife and another couple, their friends missing after going for a walk at around 1:00 pm yesterday . no one knows 1:00 pm yesterday. no one knows where he is. a frantic search and rescue operation underway

and rescue operation underway and as i said in the introduction there as the time goes on nana, you have to worry more and more worried. >> but they've got a search dog out there now because that arrived today and hopefully, you know, they'll find him. >> and elsewhere this morning sir keir starmer , as we just sir keir starmer, as we just mentioned, expected to bow down to the labour left and announce palestine as a recognised state if labour get into government. by if labour get into government. by the way, that was one of the one demands from the muslim vote. do you remember that? yes, they had the 18 demands of labour before their vote would return to the labour party. one of them was recognised palestine. has he bowed down not just to the labour left, but to the muslim vote as well ? the muslim vote as well? >> well, some people might think that it's the right thing to do. what do you think? as ever, get in touch gbnews.com/yoursay but first let's get your latest news with tatiana sanchez . the with tatiana sanchez. the birthday girl. >> happy birthday tatiana. >> happy birthday tatiana. >> here's your. news. >> here's your. news. >> ben nana, thank you very much for those birthday wishes . no

for those birthday wishes. no guessing my name though. good morning. the top stories from the gb newsroom . the prime the gb newsroom. the prime minister has apologised for leaving a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of d—day so that he could carry out an interview on television. rishi sunak said it was a mistake not to stay in france longer after he missed the major gathering attended by world leaders, including us president joe biden, foreign secretary lord cameron was present and the prime minister had attended two previous memorial events. the liberal democrat said he'd brought shame to the office of prime minister, while labour said it was more evidence of a chaotic conservative party posting to social media, mr sunak said the d—day anniversary is a profound moment and the last thing he wanted was for it to be overshadowed by politics. meanwhile, rishi sunak has denied lying over claims that a labour government would raise taxes by £2,000 per household. the prime minister said during a televised debate that the figure had been checked by independent

treasury officials. but the treasury's permanent secretary has suggested the figure isn't a full representation of his estimates. both the conservatives and labour have pledged not to increase income tax. national insurance or vat . tax. national insurance or vat. parents earning six figure salaries could be able to keep some or all of their child benefit payments under a new proposal by the conservative party, the party's pledging to increase the income threshold, which sees some people start losing child benefits if they earn more than £60,000 a year. under the proposal, a re—elected conservative government would raise that figure to £120,000. minister for children david johnston told gb news the plan would make the system fairer for families. >> as a result of this change around 700,000 families will get around 700,000 families will get a tax cut of around £1,500. because this is this is a tax

charge they are paying on on child benefit , which they will child benefit, which they will not be paying if they're under that £120,000 household income threshold. but we have lots of policies to support people in in other ways, including our big childcare rollout, which i'm responsible for, which is also going to save working families around £7,000 on the cost of their their childcare once it's been rolled out by next september . september. >> for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to ben and . nana. now it's back to ben and. nana. >> very good morning to you. 935 ben and nana seeing you through until midday on britain's newsroom. are you? >> well i'm good, thank you. >> well i'm good, thank you. >> how are you? good. >> how are you? good. >> yeah. looking forward to an action packed show. so doctor michael mosley, of course, is missing. we're going to be going live at some point straight to

greece getting the latest from there. former lib dem leader sir vince cables with us. isn't he speaking to him. top of the 11 going to be asking him about ed davey's antics of course during this election campaign. but first, yeah, let's get stuck into the big political story of the day. rishi sunak, the prime minister, he's apologised for leaving d—day commemorations in normandy early to head back to the uk and return to the general election campaign, i'm not sure what he was thinking, but he left a gathering of world leaders on omaha beach for a tv interview and writing on x, he said this anniversary should be about those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. the last thing i want is for the commemorations to be overshadowed by politics, he added. >> after the conclusion of the british events in normandy , i british events in normandy, i returned back to the uk. on reflection, it was a mistake not to stay in france longer and i apologise for that . meanwhile, apologise for that. meanwhile, labour would commit to recognising a palestinian state if they win the next general election. >> yeah, and that follows recent election results which suggested the party had lost the support

of many muslim voters, most notably in the rochdale by—election. so is this a vote winner? >> right. well, the columnist and barrister sam fowle joins us. sam, i want to start, first of all by asking you, what does it mean to say that you are recognising a palestinian state? what is that about? because a lot of people don't understand that wording alone. what is it? >> yeah, sure. >> yeah, sure. >> well, a state is a recognition. it's a legal entity in in the international system. so statehood means you can sign treaties . it so statehood means you can sign treaties. it means you so statehood means you can sign treaties . it means you get so statehood means you can sign treaties. it means you get you not necessarily become a member of the un, but you're more likely to be recognised as a member of the un. it also means you're held to account. and for me, that's really important because once you're a state, you're expected to behave according to the standards that we set for states. so i think it's really important, that when we recognise states that that comes with duties and also rights as well. >> so, so that would be like so

is that a location that they will now understand is palestine and their people can then say we are palestinian. so now we can we are a state, therefore we can have a presence on the international stage. >> yeah that's right. and a state usually combines two things, right. it combines a people. so that's a group with a shared history , a shared shared history, a shared culture, a shared identity. and it can buy and it combines that with a land mass. it can buy and it combines that with a land mass . and so the with a land mass. and so the g isn't that the problem. >> the land mass. isn't that the problem. >> the land mass . where would >> the land mass. where would that be. >> well, according to the oslo accords , there's a very actually accords, there's a very actually a very clear agreed definition of where the palestinian state would be. and that's set out in the in the oslo oslo accords, which were a path towards that statehood. and that includes the gaza strip on one side and the west bank on the other, which takes into account east jerusalem . and so this is not jerusalem. and so this is not we're not we can't pretend this is simple, right? there's definitely complexities. but the

basic, areas are these two blocs. >> and last question on the actual semantics of a state. so of course, the palestinian people elected hamas to govern them in 2006. does that mean that if palestine was a recognised state internationally, you'd have hamas members at international gatherings , perhaps at the un gatherings, perhaps at the un and so on? >> well, it wasn't the palestinian people that elected hamas. it was only in gaza that hamas. it was only in gaza that hamas were elected. the palestinian liberation organisation are recognised as the legitimate representatives of the palestinian people. so i think it would be more likely that you'd have whoever was the leaders of the of the plo at international gallery. >> okay. and i mentioned this in the top of the introduction, top of the show. there were a list of the show. there were a list of demands , 18 demands from the of demands, 18 demands from the muslim vote. this organised organisation who are trying to, pretty much punish labour for their previous stance on the israel palestine gaza war. one of them was recognise palestine as a state. in addition , by the

as a state. in addition, by the way, to end military ties with israel, changed the definition of islamophobia and extremism and so on and so on. but that key one recognised palestine as a state. some would argue this morning that if sir keir starmer does do this and it's announced in the labour manifesto next week, it is a bowed down not to just the labour left but to this muslim vote. this group . muslim vote. this group. >> i actually honestly don't think it matters why whether he's doing it because of political pressure from one side or another . political pressure from one side or another. this is not a political pressure from one side or another . this is not a this or another. this is not a this isn't a domestic politics. this isn't a domestic politics. this is international relations . and is international relations. and i think it's much more important. but it's not, though, is it ? is it? >> this this international situation in the middle east is having an effect on our domestic politics. >> sure. and we know that. but we need our politicians to look at it from the international relations perspective and say, what is going to help end the conflict? >> why now , though? because it >> why now, though? because it feels, if some people may look at that and say it's a bit of a divisive move specifically to grab the muslim vote, it feels many jewish people might look at

that and say, well, they've turned their back on the jewish vote, some people would look at that and see that this is politically motivated and, well, maybe it is, maybe it isn't. >> i think it's completely wrong to say that recognising palestine is , turning your back palestine is, turning your back on the jewish vote in, in exactly the same way as supporting israel is turning your back on, on the muslim vote. these are not mutually exclusive . it's absolutely right exclusive. it's absolutely right that both israel and the palestinians , israelis and palestinians, israelis and palestinians, israelis and palestinians have their own states because they are both legitimate peoples and legitimate peoples and legitimate peoples and legitimate peoples deserve self—determination. they deserve statehood and they deserve as states to be held to account to international law. >> yeah. i mean, the concern is that he is bowing down to, as i've said, this muslim organisation, this muslim vote organisation, this muslim vote organisation, other demands include ensuring sharia compliant pensions in the uk , compliant pensions in the uk, ensuring insurance quotes don't prejudice people called mohammed and, so on and so on. and you say as an international, situation and it's international politics, but again, i argue

it's not because we're now having a situation thousands of miles away in the middle east affecting our politics here. so it is a concern. can i just get your thoughts briefly on this rishi sunak apology this morning for leaving d—day early? was it another , election gaffe from the another, election gaffe from the tories and particularly the pm? >> it's a huge blunder. >> it's a huge blunder. >> and it all comes down to this misleading quote about the £2,000 tax addition from from laboun £2,000 tax addition from from labour, because he had to then. because when that was revealed to have actually not not been true or at least revealed that the civil service said don't claim that this is a this is coming from the civil service. he then had to go back and do a load of interviews, including this one with paul brand, to say, oh , to try and defend say, oh, to try and defend himself in that that situation. so it comes down to one thing. look, if you just told the truth in the debate, he wouldn't be in this mess. >> well, you could say that. but on the other hand, i think it was 21 of the findings were part of a civil service or a treasury

sort of external finding. and then there were about five other findings that were not from the civil service. so there was a combination of things there where he came up with that amount. surely it would have been better for the labour party to focus on what they are doing and themselves, rather than we're all talking about this £2,000, but, you know, on the grand scheme of things, the labour party could have been far cleverer and looked at how much the conservative party would have been costing the taxpayer. >> well, i think they did, and the spectator did it for them. came up with three grand keir starmer a very long time to discount this £2,000. >> in fact, it took about 20 minutes. yeah. >> and you know what? i think we need a debate where politicians shouldn't have to even bother with that. if someone's lying, i want the moderator to say that's absolute rubbish. tell the truth. >> there was an element so, so it depends on whether you look at the majority of the findings came from which i think were a civil service. of, of civil service origin. yeah. so it was a small portion that were other findings. but you would do that normally. so i don't do you

think this is slightly disingenuous to be focusing so heavily on this , when actually heavily on this, when actually if you focus on how much the conservative party are going to cost the voter, it might you might find that's more. >> no, not at all. because i think integrity is the most important thing that a politician can have. and rishi sunak was in possession of a letter from the most senior civil servant in the treasury that didn't say, say some of these findings were from us and others were from other people. it said that letter said, do not say that any of this is from us. we don't endorse any of this. but is it true ? but is it true? >> that's what we want to know. like we don't care. you know, like some of the findings could have come from here. some of what do we want to know is, is it true we're focusing on this £2,000? is it true where are these findings come from? is there an element of truth to what? what is being said? well, wouldn't cost £2,000. >> we know it's not true because we know that that that number was inflated using a series of assumptions put in by conservative special advisers that included, for example , that included, for example, using gross figures rather than net figures. >> so why wasn't sir keir starmer on his toes and alert

enoughin starmer on his toes and alert enough in that debate to pick up rishi sunak on it? >> well, why should he? >> well, why should he? >> there's this quite bizarre, frankly , in my opinion, theory frankly, in my opinion, theory onune frankly, in my opinion, theory online that he was deliberately waiting because he's got experience as a prosecutor, that he was going to snare him the morning after. i think that's total rubbish. he just didn't know that it was a lie. >> maybe he did, and it shows how prepared he was. what? >> why should politicians have to spend their valuable speaking time just going through all the lies the other guy tells rather than talking about the real issues. >> but that is the real issue. people want to know how much it's going to cost. so rather than go, this is what irritates me about this so much is that they're all focusing on who got where they got the money from, or where they got the information from for the findings. what we want to know is how much truth is there to the findings? how much will the labour party cost the taxpayer as as as we want to know how much will the conservative party cost the taxpayer and, you know, rather than. oh, well, some of it was true. some of it wasn't just just i think everyone's just just i think everyone's just a bit sick of this. >> cool. okay. well let's talk about that then. right. because both both parties are ignoring a

12 to 33 billion black hole in their calculations after the election , the conservative election, the conservative recent conservative budget was only allowed to do a tax cut that wasn't really a tax cut on the basis of essentially shunting this down the road. and the requirement would either be to borrow or impose austerity beyond even what we had 2011 to 2014. after the next general election. so that's the real reality of the conservative situation, the labour situation, as i argued in my column yesterday, is that they've got a far more sensible plan, which is looking at stability. but at the same time they don't have a plan for investment. so neither party has a clear idea of how they're going to deal with that black hole. >> you want growth and that's probably the way to do it. well, thank you very much. thank you sam. sam fowles thank you very much. really good to talk to you. >> there just seems to be a lack of sort of, you know, sharpness

and shrewdness about rishi sunak and shrewdness about rishi sunak and keir starmer at the moment. you've got sir keir, sir keir starmer this morning being accused of bowing down to this muslim vote organisation by recognising palestine. rishi sunak leaving the d—day commemorations yesterday, early , commemorations yesterday, early, amongst other gaffes, he's made not least the getting drenched at the lectern announcing this election. >> oh well, let's not even go there. listen, stay with us. up next, we're crossing over to greece for the latest on the missing tv doctor michael mosley, you're with britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> welcome back. it's 950. ben and nana. i'm with you on britain's newsroom. only on gb news. so the big story this morning outside politics. nana is missing tv doctor michael mosley, who's been. well, he's disappeared essentially from a greek holiday island with his wife. a massive search is underway, with islanders and holidaymakers all pitching in. >> well, freelance journalist daphne tullis. she's heading to

athens now. she joins us, daphne, what can you tell us? can you give us an update? >> yes, so this is the second day that the search is ongoing. it's the coast guard, fire service, local search and rescue teams, helicopters, a canine sniffing sniffer dog, you know, specialised in, missing and searching for missing people, they're all scouring the land and the sea in to order find doctor michael, mostly he he disappeared. essentially, he he he went on a walk. that's what we know. his wife is there on the island. they arrived on tuesday. they were going to stay in a property with another , in a property with another, couple, a friends of their of theirs , so he, essentially left. theirs, so he, essentially left. he went on a walk, a woman , a he went on a walk, a woman, a local woman saw him, she said that greek public, she told the

greek public broadcaster that she saw him at around 230 greek time , local time on wednesday. time, local time on wednesday. but then by 7:30 pm, greek time, he hadn't returned. so his wife, of course, was worried. and she went to the authorities and said, my husband hasn't returned . and the authorities returned. and the authorities said, we will file a missing persons report , but we have to persons report, but we have to wait up to 24 hours. in the end, they didn't, earlier in the morning on, thursday morning, 1030 in the morning. the filing she filed the missing report and all all, investigations began on the island. they brought a helicopter from athens, which is stationed in, rhodes, the island of rhodes , which is very close of rhodes, which is very close to symi by boat , symi of rhodes, which is very close to symi by boat, symi is a is a small island , very idyllic, small island, very idyllic, very, the scenery. it's a beautiful island. many tourists go there. many, many british tourists go there. italians, go

there for sailing. it's also like a popular sailing destination . it has beautiful destination. it has beautiful beaches, some of or most of which are actually reachable only by boat , there is a small, only by boat, there is a small, beach that you can reach by walking , it's rugged, it's walking, it's rugged, it's cliffy, it's rocky. so now the authorities are thinking , the authorities are thinking, the police spokeswoman told me that everything possible. did he faint, did he have a stroke? did he have a heart attack? did he . he have a heart attack? did he. was he injured? was he bitten by a snake? did he faint because of the heat wave? we've had a heat wave. this week. yeah, 37, 37 degree heat. i understand that the mayor of symi of the island said that he believed he, michael, had possibly fallen into the sea, as you mentioned, maybe after having a heart attack or, or some other medical incident. what's crime like on the island ? daphne? just very the island? daphne? just very briefly in 20s, there's not it's not. it's a very peaceful island, holiday destination for

families. it's really serene. it's there's no really any crime whatsoever. we've had cases in other islands and crete, which is a much bigger island in the past. not many, but. but not on symi. thank you, daphne. >> appreciate it. thank you for your expertise and our thoughts. go to michael's family. fingers crossed he's found safe and well. >> right. well, still to come, the prime minister says that he's sorry for leaving a d—day event early. it's an apology. enough >> this is britain's newsroom on gb news, the people's channel. and, of course , at the moment, and, of course, at the moment, britain's election channel. stick with us. we'll be back in a sec. but catherine, has your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. it's another case of sunny spells and showers, especially in the north, and also breezy , giving a cool feel. also breezy, giving a cool feel. so to start this morning we've got a band of rain across

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gb news. >> it's 10 am. on friday, 7th of june. this is britain's newsroom with ben elliott and nana akua. only on gb news. >> right. well, missing michael mosley. the search is on for the tv doctor after he failed to return from a coastal walk on the greek islands. we'll keep you updated , rishi sunak says. you updated, rishi sunak says. >> sorry. the prime minister has apologised for leaving a d—day event early to record a tv interview . back in britain, he's interview. back in britain, he's been accused of a dereliction of duty for doing so, labour's push for palestine to keir starmer is set to announce support for the palestinian state ahead of the general election and taylor swift's billion dollar tour comes to scotland as excited fans queue up more than 48 hours. >> you heard that right before her first show.

in eight hours? >> no, no, i don't get it. i don't get it . she was >> no, no, i don't get it. i don't get it. she was in >> no, no, i don't get it. i don't get it . she was in cats. don't get it. she was in cats. she looks like a cat. i don't, you know what i mean? i don't get it. why? >> no miaow. >> no miaow. >> but she looks like she was in cats, so she won't mind that i just, i she's got an average voice. i think she's quite average looking, you know. well done. to a good honour , but i done. to a good honour, but i just don't get it. 48 hours. what's wrong with you? >> incredibly popular though. and there was a story last week saying that because of her trip to scotland, lots of homeless people were being kicked out. local accommodation hotels are. on the flip side though, she is very generous. apparently when she goes on tour in lots of cities she goes to, she donates to lots of charities and projects. >> so i like her. i mean, i'm sure she's a lovely lady, but just. >> you're not a swiftae. we get it. >> i just i'm just not. it.— >> i just i'm just not. i it. >> i just i'm just not. i can't think of one really good song that she's done. listen, if you think of one really good song that she's done that resonates to you all the time, get in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay but first, let's get your news with tatiana .

tatiana. >> gnaana. thank you. the top stories this hour. the prime minister has apologised for leaving a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of d—day so that he could carry out an interview on television. rishi sunak said it was a mistake not to stay in france longer after he missed the major gathering attended by world leaders, including us president joe biden, foreign secretary lord cameron was present and the prime minister had attended two previous memorial events. the liberal democrat said he'd brought shame to the office of prime minister, calling the move a dereliction of duty, while labour said it was more of a chaotic conservative party posting to social media, mr sunak said the d—day anniversary is a profound moment and the last thing he wanted was for it to be overshadowed by politics. meanwhile, rishi sunak has denied lying over claims that a labour government would raise taxes by £2,000 per household. the prime minister said during a televised debate that the figure had been checked by independent

treasury officials. but the treasury's permanent secretary has suggested the figure isn't a full representation of its estimates. both the conservatives and labour have pledged not to increase income tax. national insurance or vat . tax. national insurance or vat. parents earning six figure salaries could be able to keep some or all of their child benefit payments under proposals put forward by the conservative party. they say that a re—elected conservative government would increase the income threshold, which sees some people start losing child benefits if they earn more than £60,000 a year. the government says it would raise that figure to £120,000. minister for children david johnston told gb news the plan would make the system fairer for families. >> all of this change around 700,000 families will get a tax cut of around £1,500. because this is this is a tax charge.

they are paying on on child benefit , which they will not be benefit, which they will not be paying benefit, which they will not be paying if they're under that £120,000 household income threshold. but we have lots of policies to support people in in other ways, including our big childcare rollout, which i'm responsible for, which is also going to save working families around £7,000 on the cost of their their child care. once it's been rolled out by next september . september. >> labour is expected to unveil plans to recognise palestine statehood as part of its election manifesto . it's election manifesto. it's understood the pledge will come as part of any peace talks , as part of any peace talks, rather than part of a final peace deal. labour leader sir keir starmer has previously said that he wants to recognise a palestinian state, but such a move would need to come at the right time. it comes after labour faced setbacks in the local elections in some previously safe areas. political commentatorjohn previously safe areas. political commentator john oxley told gb news that it's become a sensitive issue in british politics.

>> pure politicking . but i think >> pure politicking. but i think giving it the prominence and putting it in the manifesto probably is factoring in those political decisions, particularly the west midlands melty, that was very close where there was a, you know, a start up candidate who focused predominantly on gaza. i think he's running in one of the constituencies as well. so it's both. i think i think it is something they care about, something they care about, something they care about, something they feel they should be saying something about. but there is a reason to be making it so prominent. and that is, you know, voters in these seats where labour are normally very strong . strong. >> now, the search for british broadcaster michael moseley has resumed after he went missing whilst on holiday on the greek island of symi. known for his many tv appearances and the podcast just one thing, the 67 year old presenter was last seen on wednesday. he'd set off on a walk to the centre of the island. local police paused the

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slash alerts. now back to nana and ben. >> thank you. tatiana 1007 ben and nana with you on britain's newsroom. lots of criticism of course, this morning about rishi sunak leaving the d—day commemorations early. but nana did you see joe biden and his antics? >> well, that's the thing they're going on about rishi sunak, and i appreciate that he was foolish to leave early. i don't think it was wise, barbara says all this talk about sunak leaving d—day event, he did his bit, but he's still got responsibilities to attend back here. people jump on a bandwagon for nothing . i would, you know, for nothing. i would, you know, that's fair enough. but, what about joe biden? how come he got off? nobody's talking about the fact that he tried to sit on an imaginary chair. what was he doing? >> and where was he? >> and where was he? >> where was he whisked off to as well? by jill biden. it was all very. he tried to sit down. he pulled a very bizarre pose , he pulled a very bizarre pose, and then suddenly he was whisked off out of the event. >> so look, it was nothing to see here, nothing to see here.

>> the leader of the free world has just tried to sit on an imaginary chair. don't worry about it. >> so you know, if rishi sunak deserves some stick and he has apologised, just remember, at least we've not got joe biden . least we've not got joe biden. one more message from david. yeah. good morning david. you say recognising palestine should not be a simply left wing thing. if anyone believes in a two state solution, the two states must be recognised. if labour keeps this promise, they will fall in line with the growing number of other western countries, and, this one from phil says after starmer's latest declaration on palestine , isn't declaration on palestine, isn't it time the electorate started to wake up and smell the coffee for the sake of our country's future security and wealth? i mean, that's just one opinion. a lot of people, as you said, think it's a wise move for him to recognise it as a, as a, as a the concern this morning from some cohorts is that it's just bowing down to this organised muslim vote, who i said in the last hour they have 18 demands of labour before they'll officially lend back the islamic vote to labour, which, you know , vote to labour, which, you know, essentially lost them a good swathe of votes in the local elections . but true. but then, elections. but true. but then, of course, there's the jewish vote as well. i mean, some people who are jewish may look

at that and see that keir starmer turning his back on the jewish people. and with the anti—semitism that people were talking about earlier in his party, a lot of questions may well be being asked. yeah. >> keep those comments coming in. gb news. com forward slash your say. and if you haven't seen the joe biden footage doing the rounds online, try and take a look. we've we got it here. have we got it clearly. let's play have we got it clearly. let's play it now. >> we have a quick look. look >> we have a quick look. look >> so for those of you on radio, joe biden is he's just where is he? he's not on yet. that's macron, that's macron. yes. he's running off somewhere. >> you look more sprightly than oh here we go joe and joe biden. >> they're walking sort of staunchly. i think this is the bit where they're walking away after the incident. this is the walking away bit after the incident where she sort of moves him away gradually, as though there's nothing wrong. it was, that was yeah, that was the very funny. we will play the other bit. >> okay. we move on. let's go back. this side of the pond. rishi sunak. he has, of course, apologised for leaving d—day commemorations in normandy early to head back to the uk and return to the general election

campaign. >> well, he left a gathering of world leaders on omaha beach for a tv interview. raisi on x. he said that the anniversary should be about those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. the last thing i want is for the commemorations to be overshadowed by politics, he continued. >> after the conclusion of the british event in normandy, i returned back to the uk. on reflection, it was a mistake not to stay in france longer and i apologise for that. so is labour right in saying this is a, quote, embarrassing dereliction of duty , well, joining us now is of duty, well, joining us now is lieutenant colonel stewart crawford. he's a former british army officer. so, yeah, i mean, our labour. right. is it a dereliction of duty for him to leave when he did , well, i think leave when he did, well, i think i'd have to agree with, the laboun i'd have to agree with, the labour, comment on that, that, he should have stayed with the other world leaders for that , other world leaders for that, subsequent part of the, commemorations , and i think the commemorations, and i think the fact that he chose to fly back to the uk to take part in a

pre—recorded interview, which won't go out until next week about tax , about money, shows about tax, about money, shows you exactly where he's coming from , he's not a great from, he's not a great political. he's not a people person . he's a money man. and person. he's a money man. and that took precedent . that took precedent. >> okay, can i just bring this in? because somebody did point out on in the messages, nigel farage savages france after d—day, paratroopers are forced to show passports. what was that about? we had the paratroopers coming down and then they had to show their passports and almost check in. because we're not in the eu. i just that did that not sort of. look, are you saying that. >> well, i mean that's bureaucracy run wild, really. and lots of jobs were, you know, using what little power they have in their positions to impose it on others in completely inappropriate circumstances . circumstances. >> but wouldn't they show passports anyway? i mean, why would why would soldiers be, you know, exempt from showing

passport? we always showed passports when you travel to france before brexit, and you've had a lot of remainers in recent days. >> this event, though, it's like an event . why would they just. an event. why would they just. >> because they parachuted in from england. yeah, but you would have thought that they could have any paperwork could have been done beforehand and they wouldn't have to do that literally. >> there they got out little ipads and everything. i'm sorry. >> that was i get your point. it's probably a bunch of jobsworths, but the remainers were seizing on that to try and say, look, this is what brexit has done in actual fact, we show passports before brexit, so it didn't quite make sense. they should have done it before then. if i may ask you, one of our viewers, jason, he said what's the problem with what rishi sunak did? he flew over there, met with world leaders, paid his respects and made a speech the way everyone's going on, as if he never went and totally snubbed. it is wrong. >> well, i just disagree fundamentally with that. he should have remained there while the other world leaders were there, on omaha beach and if i'd been one of the old boys out there in normandy, having made there in normandy, having made the journey, probably for the last time, i'd be thinking, well, where the hell is the prime minister? it's not as if he's us of naughty schoolboy ,

he's us of naughty schoolboy, frightened of missing the last bus home and having to ask his mum to come and pick him up. he's the prime minister of the united kingdom and when he was out there, he should have read the room and changed his schedule, which he has every power to be able to do, okay. lieutenant colonel stuart crawford , former former british crawford, former former british army officer. thank you for joining us this morning, listening to that was former labour mp sian simon. sean simon rather, who joins us now. good morning sean . hi. yeah, the morning sean. hi. yeah, the prime minister has apologised this morning. does that cut it? is that enough? can we just move on? >> it's a tactic, that's the people who work for him. who advised him badly in the first place, saying, look, there's nothing this is a terrible thing that's happened, we've made a mistake, you can't argue about it. you can't justify it. all you can do is apologise . hope you can do is apologise. hope that that makes people think good things about your character , instead of the bad things about your character that they're thinking because you

left these events early and hope they will have said to him, let's hope that this just kills the story fairly quickly and we can just move on. it's just a tactic. it doesn't tell you anything about rishi sunak. the actual event tells you a lot about rishi sunak, which is all about rishi sunak, which is all about the arrogance of the man. that's the it's as as others viewers have said, you know, he went, he it's not as though he didn't go but he left early because he thought he was so important, he's all about rishi sunak all the time. the rules that apply to other people don't apply to rishi sunak. he can always. he's notorious for it, always. he's notorious for it, always leaves early. it's always about the older. >> i mean, that's a bit of a stretch. hold on. sorry, sorry. it's a bit of a stretch to say that because of that, it rules that because of that, it rules that don't apply to. he doesn't think that rules apply to him and all that. i mean, you don't know what he thinks first of all. so you can't really say that he made a mistake. he acknowledged that he shouldn't have gone , but throughout this have gone, but throughout this whole thing, there have been quite a few mistakes. i mean,

let's let's talk about some keir starmer , for example. and just starmer, for example. and just very briefly, i mean, the health care question whether he'd use the nhs if someone was one of his relatives were dying. i mean, some people look on that and think, well, why get yourself out of the queue? why would you stay in the queue for somebody who desperately needs to be in the queue , where you to be in the queue, where you could get out of the queue and give somebody else that space? >> you say, i don't don't know what he thinks. like everybody else, i'm i'm judging the man in the middle of a general election campaign. i'm i'm trying to make my evaluation based on, not just what he's done in the last few weeks, but what he's done in the last few years of the man's character, from the way he behaves. and he always thinks he's a special case. he's one of those classic, overprivileged pubuc those classic, overprivileged public school boys. >> can you give another example then? >> well, you could say that about keir starmer, though. i mean, he's i'll give you i'll give you a keir starmer, an underprivileged public school boy is a working class. he's not he's a millionaire. he's a

millionaire . millionaire. >> he is a working class man who has done well for himself by working hard. rishi sunak has that. >> sean, sorry to interrupt. if you just finish what you're saying. >> rishi sunak is sorry. just finished . finished. >> rishi. rishi sunak has the arrogance of privilege dripping from every pore and that's he can't hide it and that's why people don't like him. >> i've got to say though, starmer is very privileged to i mean, not only did he get a private, he went to a grammar school, which somebody else paid for. he also he also is a millionaire. listen, stay right there. we want to come back to you, sean. i've just got to cross to the snp. first minister john swinney, who is in glasgow now . how. >> now. >> fiscal studies are seeing will be significant cuts in pubuc will be significant cuts in public expenditure in a whole host of different areas of policy in the years to come , policy in the years to come, unless labour take a different stance and the thing that bewilders me about the labour party's stance is that if you the only way you can strengthen

the only way you can strengthen the public finances is to get the public finances is to get the economy to perform better. and what the tory example has shown us is that if you cut pubuc shown us is that if you cut public expenditure, the economy doesn't perform well. you've got to invest, you've got to invest in the national health service so that people can be treated quicker so they can get back to their work. you've got to invest in skills so that people can have the skills of tomorrow, so they can utilise those skills for tomorrow to invest in the economy , you've got to have the economy, you've got to have the investment in our public infrastructure so we can undertake the major capital projects which this government has undertaken in a whole host of different areas of the country , whether it's the m74 country, whether it's the m74 completion in glasgow or the m80 completion, or whether it's the airdrie to bathgate railway , or airdrie to bathgate railway, or whether it's the queensferry crossing or the aberdeen western peripheral route. all these major infrastructure projects that have fuelled the economy that's come from public investment, but that is going to

be cut and restricted because of the stance been taken by the labour party. now my only explanation of that is that people in the labour party must be so terrified of scaring off tory voters in england that they are adopting the same approach to public policy as the conservatives. well in scotland that's not on. we don't want that's not on. we don't want that here in scotland, because what we want in scotland is investment to boost our economy. so there is a simple choice emerging in the course of this election campaign, which will be central to the argument. the scottish national party puts forward in the weeks to come is that if you vote labour in scotland, you're voting for spending cuts. if you vote snp , spending cuts. if you vote snp, you're voting for investment . if you're voting for investment. if you're voting for investment. if you vote labour in scotland , you vote labour in scotland, you're voting for. >> okay, that was, the snp's

john swinney talking in glasgow on the election trail. let's go back to shaun simon, the former labour mp who is still with us, i believe. sean, are you there? >> absolutely. good. yeah sorry about that shaun. we just had to quickly cut live to him because it's a little breaking story, right there. >> where were we? >> where were we? >> we were talking about sir keir starmer. you say he's working class. i mean, he went to reigate grammar school, for starters, a fee paying school. so does that make him working class? and as far i mean, i'm not an expert in keir starmer's education as far as i know. >> when keir starmer went to school , it was it was a state school, it was it was a state grammar school that he didn't pay grammar school that he didn't pay for . i grammar school that he didn't pay for. i don't believe that keir starmer's his toolmaker father , and his nhs nurse mother father, and his nhs nurse mother were paying big bucks so they didn't. >> can i just say they didn't pay-7 >> can i just say they didn't pay? you're right, because at the beginning they didn't. pay? you're right, because at the beginning they didn't . but the beginning they didn't. but then it became a grammar sort of a fee paying school. and then the state paid for it. so he got his fees paid for because he was already at the school at the time. so as i understand it, that's what happened. it became

get me wrong. >> don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that keir starmer, is, just just the same as everybody else now. he's done very well for himself . else now. he's done very well for himself. he's a he's a king's counsel, he was he was the, the director of public prosecutions , effectively the prosecutions, effectively the chief executive of the crown prosecution service, a major arm of government. he he had 7000 staff, half £1 billion budget. he's the only prime ministerial candidate, as far as i can see. there's ever been in british history with really significant executive experience of actually running something big and important . yeah, he's done well important. yeah, he's done well for himself, but he came from ordinary working class roots. rishi sunak went to winchester school, and many people who go to winchester school are really lovely. they are humble, grounded and kind. rishi sunak is arrogant to his paws and you can see it dripping out of him. but that's rishi sunak parents. >> so rishi sunak is the son of

immigrants who came here, probably, and set themselves up in this country as well, so they wouldn't have been ridiculously wealthy either. so you could argue the similar case for rishi sunak that his parents worked very hard, ridiculously wealthy , very hard, ridiculously wealthy, to pay the fees at winchester school, which i believe they did. yeah i don't know where they got. the saying is the origins, but but, but i don't think they came here as millionaires, is what i'm saying. in the same breath that you're talking about keir starmer's family, i'm just saying that rishi sunak also started in very modest means as well. i mean, he he may have, you know, struck gold, done really well, married akshata murthy, who was a billionaire and all that. and that's great. but he also came from humble means very nice, humble, down to earth billionaire as you really like. >> you really do. i know some it is his wife who's the billionaire . so he's one of billionaire. so he's one of those people that every time he walks into the room , people walks into the room, people don't like him because all he's interested. i completely agree with the lieutenant colonel, who was on before , who said he's a

was on before, who said he's a money man? all he cares about is himself and all he cares about his money. and people can see that. >> i don't know whether he meant it, as in, he only cares about money. i think he was talking about it. he's very financially, fiscally focused, whereas keir starmer is very litigiously focused so i'm not sure that that was meant to be an insult. but to be fair, him leaving the event was was not a good thing. >> sean, do you hate rishi sunak? >> no , i because because just >> no, i because because just just just listening to how you talk about him, it sounds like you actually hate him as a person when you know, it seems to be a theme amongst the people of the left. >> i'm offended by him. i'm. i find his attitude , not just his find his attitude, not just his attitude to d—day veterans, but his attitude to british people. i find it offensive . i don't i find it offensive. i don't think he is better than everybody else. i don't think his time is more important. everybody else. i don't think his time is more important . i his time is more important. i don't think he is worth more than us and that's what he thinks and that's how he acts. >> well, i don't know whether you can say what he thinks, but he was never elected to listen. i don't know whether you can say what he thinks because you don't know what he thinks and the way

he acts. i believe, is your perception of him. but in reality, he i suspect he's just trying to make the right decisions to win the hearts of the british people. and that d—day one was definitely the wrong one, sean, thank you very much for joining wrong one, sean, thank you very much forjoining us. it's really good to talk to you. >> i just wanted to ask that question because it seems that a theme amongst the left, especially about people they hate, these their political rivals as people . i mean, a lot rivals as people. i mean, a lot of people on the right just don't agree with the left's ideas, whereas the left seem to think the right's are genuinely evil people and sometimes it gets very toxic. but. >> but then, i don't know about this left and right thing. i think there's a there's a line somewhere, but it's not quite that straightforward. but listen, stay with us. still to come, a tory election wipe out will cost the taxpayer a bomb. stay tuned to find out more . stay tuned to find out more. this is britain's news from on

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approaching. 27 minutes after 10:00. this is @gbnews, and we're joined by a political commentator, emma webb, and also author and broadcaster , amy author and broadcaster, amy nicole turner. i want to start with this story . all 21 genders with this story. all 21 genders are officially recognised by the nhs and what they really mean. emma, i'm surprised it's only 21 nhs, i mean it's pride month . nhs, i mean it's pride month. this is what we've come to expect now. it's obviously, ridicule . yes. and amy and ridicule. yes. and amy and i disagree quite strongly about this. i think amy would say that maybe, with the sort of alphabet of chromosomes, that there could be 21 sexes rather than just genders, but no, i mean, it's obviously , it's obviously crazy obviously, it's obviously crazy and it fits into the many, many stories we've seen about things like chess, feeding within the nhs, so let's just worrying in health care, right? because it's anti—scientific. it's unnatural . anti —scientific. it's unnatural. >> anti—scientific. it's unnatural. >> you're not reading it properly. it's genders and sexualities . it's also a really sexualities. it's also a really old story and it's a tired story . and i think if it's pride month, can't we do a little bit

better with what we're talking about? because stories like this , well, it's the truth. >> it's not a story. they recognise all 21 genders, misunderstandings about the trans community, and they feed into prejudice. >> and that has real world effects. >> okay, well, look, we've seen the erosion of trans rights over time, amy. feelings. oh, you just making that pride back from it being done by transgender activists. >> so we were we were one of the top countries in europe for lgbt acceptance in a british attitude survey. we have fallen to 17th place. why do you think that is? is that because it's been hijacked by radical activists who have undermined. no, it's been it's been it's been hijacked by the right wing press who are obsessed with trans. >> i think it's been hijacked by people dressing as as kinky puppies and things like that. so that pride has ceased to be about, how do you know, sexuality has become an happening? >> have you seen it? we've seen videos of drag artists . videos of drag artists. >> have you not seen men dressed up as babies and things like that in the press?

>> no, we've seen videos online. there was there was a drag artist from rupaul's drag race performing in front of children down south as a video online angle, grinding his crotch in front of . that's one example. front of. that's one example. >> you are looking for needles in a haystack. okay, let me silly things like tension constantly, which is fuelling hate. which is why hate crimes 21 people are having their rights taken away on one second. >> emmy. the nhs are recognising 21 genders. yeah but there aren't 21 genders, are they? there's just two. there's male and female . what are the other and female. what are the other stuff? yeah, but what, what's the give? give me three of these genders. >> give me sexuality, bisexuality, heterosexual . yeah, bisexuality, heterosexual. yeah, but those are sexualities that, you know, until the break. really this is not. >> but the genders aren't the sexualities are they kind of insanity is the reason why people when. >> yes , people are very >> yes, people are very accepting of in in britain overall of people having different sexual identities as it's being phrased here, but it's being phrased here, but it's , it's the, it's the, the it's, it's the, it's the, the crazy radical stuff and silly stuff like there being 21

genders. that is the reason why people are getting sick of it. because it's, it's so mad. it's things like chestfeeding, it's things like chestfeeding, it's things like chestfeeding, it's things like drag queens performing in front of children. that's the reason why people are becoming intolerant evidence for those things. >> and this is exactly what happened with section 28. very, very little material, little evidence . evidence. >> evidence, but lots of little evidence, emotion, maybe little evidence, emotion, maybe little evidence for what you said. >> all these stories. it isn't . >> all these stories. it isn't. >> all these stories. it isn't. >> well, no, no, no, this is telling you about that. >> it's recognising one pride flag that was at one nhs hospital. >> okay. >> okay. >> went to the nhs for breastfeeding. you don't encounter me playing chestfeeding . chestfeeding. >> okay. >> okay. >> forget you read about it in the newspapers. >> i mean, forget everything else that you're talking about on this particular story. >> the nhs is swallowing more than £700 million a week. it doesn't work. nothing works in the nhs. there's calls for more money in this bottomless pit. that said, is it right that royal stoke hospital has made a banner declaring the nhs hospital now welcomes 21 different genders and sexualities ? is that a good use sexualities? is that a good use of nhs money? >> you are bothered, yes or no? a banner, yes or no in one

hospital trust. >> is it good use of nhs money pounds 50? >> it's not going to cost £3.50 at all. >> a lot more they had. >> a lot more they had. >> listen, they had the wrong , >> listen, they had the wrong, they had £12,000 lgbt rainbow crossings and they cost 12 grand a hospital. >> they spent thousands on that. so this is what we're talking about. >> pay out of their own pocket. >> pay out of their own pocket. >> this is absurd. >> this is absurd. >> it's like pride is so necessary that up until the year 2000, gay people weren't allowed to serve in the army. they have not been compensated yet. there are still real issues with prejudice in this country. prejudice about pride, prejudice against prejudice against homosexuals within, within this movement. >> so there are people who have have very rightly criticised the trans movement, criticised those who have hijacked pride, criticised the addition of all of these other things onto the pride flag because there is a latent homophobia within the trans movement. that's the argument made by some gay people who would argue that actually the position you're arguing for is discriminating against the position taken by some prejudiced gay people who do not

said transgender people. >> i cannot omicron come on, gender crimes are soaring. >> accusing them of false consciousness, having their rights taken away from them, and all you do is laugh. >> there's an argument that the trans movement itself is inherently, deeply homophobic, because it's telling young gay kids who are confused about their sexuality that you're not 9331- their sexuality that you're not gay. there's something wrong with you. go down this dark pathway and chop your genitals off. >> i think if that's the advice that the doctors giving them, they're not giving the right. well, they are well, well as you transgender. >> but that isn't being incredibly well. >> listen , as you know that >> listen, as you know that a lot of people are giving that advice quite swiftly with very little they are given. >> they'll be put down, they are put down a pathway of that quite swiftly without actually properly being swift pathway to that. well, there does seem to be some of the people saying they only had a half hour interview with someone, and then suddenly they're being given puberty blockers. >> so those puberty blockers don't chop off your body. >> yeah, but that's the beginning of the pathway. >> that's the beginning of the pathway, isn't it? you're being put on a medicalized pathway. >> well, the whole point is that it pauses the pathway. >> well not really, no, but

you're being put on. my point is this. it's a medicalized pathway. so you're taking medication. thank you very much to both of you, amy nicole turner and also i'm looking at your forgotten your name , emma your forgotten your name, emma woolf. that's what happens to me when you get over 50, darling . when you get over 50, darling. it's the menopause. it's the menopause. right. well, stay with us. but now let's get your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> nana, thank you very much. and good morning to you . the top and good morning to you. the top stories this morning from the gb newsroom. the prime minister has apologised for leaving a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of d—day so that he could carry out an interview on television. rishi sunak said it was a mistake not to stay in france longer after he missed the major gathering attended by world leaders, including us president joe biden. the liberal democrat said he'd brought shame to the office of prime minister, calling the move a dereliction of duty, while labour said it was more of a chaotic

conservative party. rishi sunak has denied lying over claims that a labour government would raise taxes by £2,000 per household. the prime minister said during a televised debate that the figure had been checked by independent treasury officials. but the treasury's permanent secretary has suggested the figure isn't a full representation of its estimates. scotland's first minister, john swinney , says the minister, john swinney, says the prime minister's claim is baseless. it's very clear that the attack that rishi sunak made on keir starmer, on the question of a £2,000 tax increase was baseless . baseless. >> it was not an argument that merited serious consideration or serious argument. it was fundamentally flawed . it was fundamentally flawed. it was a deceptive argument . deceptive argument. >> and first time buyers could use the state as a guarantor for mortgages. as part of labour's wide ranging plans to boost home ownership, it would see an existing scheme extended,

meaning that if a bank decided to repossess a first time buyers house, the government would compensate some of its losses. the conservative party has also unveiled a series of measures designed to boost the property market, including a pledge not to raise stamp duty. for market, including a pledge not to raise stamp duty . for the to raise stamp duty. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts . news. com slash alerts. >> cheers! >> cheers! >> britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report. >> here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2789 and ,1.1745. the price of gold is £1,833.19 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 8243 points. >> cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the news

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>> good morning. 39 minutes after 10:00. if you're just tuned in. where have you been ? tuned in. where have you been? oh, what a sleep. fair enough. i'm nana akua. this is ben. leo it's britain's newsroom now. throughout the election campaign, we'll be hearing from people across the united kingdom about what really matters to you. yes. >> and today, for the first time, we meet matthew from oldham. >> hi. matthew whaley , i'm 46 >> hi. matthew whaley, i'm 46 years old and i live in oldham, greater manchester. so one of the main issues to me is immigration, i think the, the illegal boat crossings need to be dealt with quite urgently. it's just unbelievable the amount of people that they're letting in the country. i don't think the tories know what they're doing. to be fair, i don't think they've got an answer. the rwanda plan, they seem to be putting on hold until after the election. i don't know

whether they're using that as a bit of a, a bribe for, for the electorate . so in the past, i electorate. so in the past, i have voted for labour and i have voted for tory. so i'm probably what you consider a floating voter at this stage in the game. i don't feel i can trust labour. i don't feel i can trust labour. i don't feel i can trust labour. i don't know who keir starmer is and what he stands for. to be fair, and the tories have just let their voters down. richard tice and the reform party is saying things that i like so my vote would probably go for them. i've got quite a young family, two young daughters, and my and my wife, obviously . and, i do my wife, obviously. and, i do worry about their future growing up in this country, especially with mass migration and the pressure on our services , it's pressure on our services, it's basically a numbers game, and our services are failing. nhs, schooling, housing, that kind of thing. so i'm wondering what this country will look like in the next ten, 20, 30 years time if nothing is done about it. >> the people's voice, that's what they're thinking,

interesting , i think we'll cover interesting, i think we'll cover this a little bit later because russell thomas, he's talking about, the paratroopers. he says, why isn't gb news showing the commentary on the british paratroopers who had to show their passports to french authorities on the beach after they landed yesterday? if they did that 80 years ago, they would be speaking german. now. that's what russell's saying. >> it just jobs, jobs, jobs right now . right now. >> yeah, we will talk about that because i'm quite annoyed saying that. but to on prince william, who has arrived at britain's most eligible bachelor , the most eligible bachelor, the seventh duke of westminster's wedding. >> he's got a few quid this lad as well. did you know £10 billion? he's the richest brits under 40. he inherited it from his late father . his late father. >> good catch. well done girl. whoever got snared him. >> but while all the royals have been invited, prince harry, remember him. >> he won't be there. it's understood that it's to avoid any awkward run ins with prince william, his brother. >> which is sad, really . william, his brother. >> which is sad, really. how about they just grow up and get overit? about they just grow up and get over it? that's what you think. let's bring in our royal correspondent, cameron walker, cameron , good to see you. so, cameron, good to see you. so, where are you? are you outside?

where the wedding is taking place ? place? >> i am nana indeed. this is the west door of chester cathedral, where the society wedding of the yearis where the society wedding of the year is taking place. the duke of westminster marrying olivia henson.in of westminster marrying olivia henson. in the last few minutes, the prince of wales has arrived through the side entrance to my left. here he is one of the ushers at this wedding. he's an incredibly close friend of hugh grosvenor, the duke of westminster. as and prince harry is also a very close friend as well. but as you were saying, ben, the duke is the richest b'rit under the age of 40. he inherited his £10 billion fortune when he was just 25 years old. back in 2016, when his father unfortunately died suddenly of a heart attack. olivia henson, his bride to be in by the end of play today, will be the new duchess of westminster . she went to westminster. she went to marlborough college, the same school as the princess of wales, and princess eugenie, as well. there were rumours that prince george was going to be here. who is the god who is the godson of

the duke of westminster? but it's understood he's not going to be here because it is indeed a school day. also, guess who the godfather of the duke of westminster is? his majesty the king. however, he is also not going to be here. of course, he's still undergoing cancer treatment and it's been a busy week for him. with the d—day celebrations both in portsmouth , celebrations both in portsmouth, and normandy. but you may be able to see the crowds have started to grow here, and there have been some people here since before since around 6:00 this morning. and i spoke to some of them a little earlier. >> it's wonderful to be here, isn't it ? we've been here since isn't it? we've been here since 730. this is just such a wonderful occasion for chester. >> it'd be nice to see a lovely, bright, happy couple. >> how long have you been here for? >> since six this morning . >> since six this morning. >> since six this morning. >> and have you heard that the duke's giving out or has paid for free ice cream for the locals? >> absolutely. it's one of the reasons why we're here. not really, but no, we came prepared. >> we've got a picnic. we've got everything. we've got thick coats on and we're good to sit here. >> oh they're lovely. yeah. and

i think they're lovely people. anyway so because they're connected with the royals, we have to come out and support them. >> and we've been here since just before half seven. >> really looking forward to that. >> yeah. and i've heard rumours as well that george might be coming along and that would be a bonus. >> yes. cameron, you alluded to it in that video there, the duke of westminster, he's got a penny or two free ice creams for the pubuc or two free ice creams for the public to celebrate the big day. one shop is offering a new lemon sponge flavoured arctic roll that's in a nod to their wedding cake, which is lemon flavoured. how many ice creams have you had this morning, cameron? >> you've got ice cream . >> you've got ice cream. >> you've got ice cream. >> oh, it's a little bit too cold for me, ben, to have ice cream , but there's going to be cream, but there's going to be lots of ice cream given out to the locals. three independent businesses have been subsidised by the duke of westminster , so by the duke of westminster, so he's effectively paying for all theice he's effectively paying for all the ice cream so locals can join in the celebration. they have an incredibly close connection to the local community here. chester cathedral, of course, very close to the family seat, eaton hall, where the reception

is going to be held later on. the flowers around the door and also the flowers inside. they're all locally sourced and they're all locally sourced and they're all going to be donated to local charities following the service here today, which starts at midday . midday. >> wow, cameron, thank you very much. that's cameron walker , much. that's cameron walker, he's out there in chester. lovely lucky thing . but i'm lovely lucky thing. but i'm talking about olivia. lucky thing. how did she do that? >> well done olivia i'll be happy with an ice cream. >> no, but he's so rich. this 9”!!- quy- >> 9”!!- >> £10 billion a billionaire. >> £10 billion a billionaire. >> and he got that at 25 years old after the death of his late father. let's speak to former royal correspondent michael cole. now, who's on standby. good morning michael. so while we're having some great celebrations in chester with the duke of westminster's marriage, prince william is there, where's prince william is there, where's prince harry, the question of the day. >> good morning. ben good morning. nana. yes, the man who isn't there at the semi royal wedding, prince harry notpla. >> dawn neesom. he's not there. >> dawn neesom. he's not there. >> is that his older brother who

will be there ? will be there? >> he'll be there as an usher. and two royal brothers cannot be in the same room together. >> even it seems the same people. >> no, it probably is. >> no, it probably is. >> so what is it done in a civilised way? >> because everybody knows each other. >> and the duke of westminster , >> and the duke of westminster, the richest young man in the country, is the godfather of the firstborn children of both prince harry and prince william. what's been done? prince harry's been on the phone to hugh grosvenor and they both decided, all things being considered , all things being considered, that it might be better if the younger brother stays away in case hell, hellishly embarrassing, case hell, hellishly embarrassing , prince william case hell, hellishly embarrassing, prince william has to show prince harry to his seat in the congregation. it's not almost on the case of the jack kennedy wedding to jacqueline bouvier, where her father, black

jack bouvier, was so drunk he couldn't be allowed to go to the wedding. it's not like that at all. it'sjust wedding. it's not like that at all. it's just a diplomatic solution of a difficult family problem. and i'm quite sure from afar , from california, from the afar, from california, from the hilltop, camelot in montecito. both harry and his lovely wife will be wishing well to the newly married couple. >> i'm sure they will be. thank you very much, michael cole. michael, thank you very much. >> very, very quickly, an email has come in from mickey. he says the duke of westminster inherited £10 billion. guess what? he didn't have to pay 40% inheritance tax. i just googled it and apparently that's right, because his father's estate was held in a series of trusts . held in a series of trusts. >> wow. well, that's very clever. of course, that's what happens if you're very wealthy . happens if you're very wealthy. you work out how to legally evade tax or avoid, as it were. but it's legal, right? up next, there's been an e coli outbreak and cases are expected to rise. it's all linked to a food item. they won't tell us about.

won't tell us which not happy about. and we'll discuss more. you're

gb news. >> hello. welcome back. 1051 ben and anna with you on britain's newsroom. only on gb news now. an urgent health warning has been issued after an e coli outbreak was linked to a nationally distributed food item. >> more than 100 people have been struck down by the mysterious outbreak in under a fortnight, and at least 37 have been hospitalised. >> joining us now is pharmacist and health expert thoran govind. good morning to you. why hasn't this food item? quote unquote been identified? you would have thought that if there's an item doing the rounds in the uk, which brits are buying in supermarkets and it's potentially deadly, the uk health authorities would have told us what, you know, the hell it is. to be frank . it is. to be frank. >> well, we know that this is across the country . across the country. >> so there's been 81 cases in england. >> there's been 18 in wales, 13 in scotland, one in northern

ireland. so yes, we need to get anidea ireland. so yes, we need to get an idea of what this is. and at the moment we are being told it is from a food source. now in december, actually , someone died december, actually, someone died in scotland due to an e coli outbreak which was linked to cheese. and more recently during the boat race, you remember those rowers and everyone was told not to go into the water because there was e coli in the water. now, just to clarify, we've got e coli in our in our in our system already, but it's when it gets a little bit, more serious. there's a specific type and we call that stec, and really that's the one that causes this sort of harm that we are hearing about here. really. >> what's the reasoning for them not to give us a clue about the source of this outbreak? because clearly they have an idea. but we need to know . we need to know. >> we do need to know. and i imagine that there's a lot of people running around doing a lot of testing at the moment in those bodies, but right down on the ground of what we're dealing

with. and, you know, as health care professionals , it's really care professionals, it's really educating people that if you're having some of the symptoms of this. so things like, vomiting and diarrhoea , you need to make and diarrhoea, you need to make sure that you don't actually attend a health care setting in person. but you call up first because this is spread easily. it's spread , in contaminated it's spread, in contaminated water. if you're in close contact with people, you're going to spread it. so if you are suffering from this and you need to be getting lots of rest and fluids and seeking medical advice as appropriate , but also advice as appropriate, but also isolating yourself within the house, if you've got this, you don't want to be preparing food for the whole family and taking the whole family down with you. >> if only they tell you what food that you need to know about preparing. >> why don't they tell us? i mean, unless i'm being completely ignorant, why ? why completely ignorant, why? why don't they tell us? what's the reasoning behind it? it just seems absurd . seems absurd. >> my understanding is they're still they are still looking into this. it's, you know, i,

i'm part of that frustration because obviously now, you know, we've got it's the weather's peaked up here. we're all thinking about what we're going to be up to at the weekend. and you know, doing that weekly shop. so yeah, absolutely. that is it is frustrating that we don't know. but also we don't want to be startling people, when it might not be what they expect it to be as well. >> all right. thorin govan, thank you very much. really good to speak to you. still to come, we'll bring you the latest updates in the search for missing tv doctor michael mosley and former lib dem leader vince cable is with us live in a few minutes, we'll be chatting to him about ed davey and the lib dems campaign. stick with us on gb news. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar. sponsors of weather on gb news . news. news. news. >> good morning. welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. it's another case of sunny spells and showers, especially in the north, and also breezy , giving a cool feel.

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gb news. >> good morning. it's 11:00 gb news. >> good morning. it's11:00 on friday, the 7th of june. this is britain's newsroom with me, nana akua and ben leo. >> very good morning to you two missing michael mosley. you must have seen this. the search is on for the tv doctor after he failed to return from a coastal walk on a greek island holiday. we'll have all the latest . we'll have all the latest. >> rishi sunak says. sorry. the prime minister has apologised for leaving a d—day event early to record a tv interview yesterday, and labour's push for palestine. >> sir keir starmer is set to announce support for a palestinian state ahead of the general election . general election. >> and taylor swift's billion dollar tour comes to scotland as excited fans queue up for more than 48 hours before her first show.

>> the swift taylor swift queuing up. >> she's a billionaire. >> she's a billionaire. >> no, not for two days. >> no, not for two days. >> for two days you would queue up for her then? >> no i wouldn't. no, no, not at all. i'm not a fan. i'm not a swiftae i like you, i just don't get it. although i kind of understand how some people would. you know, she's. she's good looking. no. >> she had a disappearing hand in cats. >> oh, really ? >> oh, really? >> oh, really? >> the cgi was so bad. a lot of them had that, actually. but her in particular, that's what she sort of looks like. a cat, doesn't she? >> oh, no comment. no comment on a more serious note, big story this morning. sir keir starmer could be announcing in his policy manifesto next week that labour would recognise palestine as a state. that's, by the way, is one of the 18 demands. is, demanded by the muslim vote organisation of the labour party if they were ever going to win their votes back. so is sir keir starmer, as some are arguing this morning, bowing down to the muslim vote, and also rishi sunak as you know, he he's in trouble a little bit isn't he. >> because people are upset that he didn't stay for the full

d—day. but what do you think? gb news cote d'ivoire demure say. but first, let's get your latest news with tatiana. >> gnaana. thank you. the top stories this hour. the prime minister has apologised for leaving a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of d—day so that he could carry out an interview on television. rishi sunak said it was a mistake not to stay in france longer after he missed the major gathering attended by world leaders, including us president joe biden, foreign secretary lord cameron was present and the prime minister had attended two previous memorial events. the liberal democrat said he'd brought shame to the office of prime minister calling the move a dereliction of duty, while labour said it was more of a chaotic conservative party posting to social media, mr sunak said the d—day anniversary is a profound moment and the last thing he wanted was for it to be overshadowed by politics.

rishi sunak has denied lying over claims that a labour government would raise taxes by £2,000 per household. the prime minister said during a televised debate that the figure had been checked by independent treasury officials. but the treasury's permanent secretary has suggested the figure isn't a full representation of its estimates. both the conservatives and labour have pledged not to increase income tax. national insurance or vat. scotland's first minister has warned that the impact of the general election could be deeply damaging to household budgets. john swinney is accusing both the tories and labour of concealing the extent of likely spending cuts in the aftermath of july's election. in a campaign speech this morning in glasgow , he insisted the major glasgow, he insisted the major parties are engaged in a conspiracy of silence about the impact of their tax and spending choices. it comes days after the institute for fiscal studies think tank said both parties are avoiding the reality that their

political promises will require sharp spending cuts. parents earning six figure salaries could be able to keep some or all of their child benefit payments under proposals put forward by the conservative party. they say that a re—elected conservative government would increase the income threshold, which sees some people start losing child benefits if they earn more than £60,000 a year. the government says it would raise that figure to £120,000. minister for children david johnston told gb news the plan would make the system fairer for families. >> as a result of this change, around 700,000 families will get around 700,000 families will get a tax cut of around £1,500. because this is this is a tax charge they are paying on on child benefit , which they will child benefit, which they will not be paying if they're under that £120,000 household income threshold. but we have lots of policies to support people in in

other ways, including our big childcare rollout, which i'm responsible for, which is also going to save working families around £7,000 on the cost of their their childcare once it's been rolled out by next september . september. >> first time buyers could use the state as a guarantor for mortgages. as part of labour's wide ranging plans to boost home ownership, it would see an existing scheme bolstered , existing scheme bolstered, meaning that if a bank repossesses a first time buyers house, the government would compensate some of its losses . compensate some of its losses. the conservative party has also unveiled a series of measures designed to boost the property market, including a pledge not to raise stamp duty. in other news, the search for british broadcaster michael mosley has resumed after he went missing while on holiday on the greek island of symi. known for his many tv appearances and the podcast just one thing, the 67 year old presenter was last seen on wednesday. he'd set off on a walk to the centre of the

island. local police paused the operation late last night but continued it this morning with reinforcements . police and reinforcements. police and firefighters have since used drones to scan the island, which is about 25 miles north of rhodes. is about 25 miles north of rhodes . and a woman who rhodes. and a woman who allegedly inspired a character in the television thriller series baby reindeer is suing netflix. fiona harvey claims the character of martha is based on her, but denies being a stalker. in her lawsuit, she argues that netflix spread what she called brutal lies about her to over 50 million viewers. the series is said to be based on the real life experiences of comedian and writer richard gadd, but after the show became a hit, he asked viewers not to speculate over its origins. in a statement, netflix said they intend to defend the matter vigorously , defend the matter vigorously, and they stand by richard gadd's right to tell his story. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr

code on your screen, or go to gb news. com alerts. now back to nana and ben . nana and ben. >> hello. good morning. 1107 ben and nana with you on britain's newsroom only on gb news. some emails from paul to start with. good morning paul, you say i totally agree, ben, that the nhs has lots of problems, but can we not use phrases like nothing works ? it's slightly works? it's slightly disrespectful. if you were referring to local councils, i would entirely agree. well, pauli would entirely agree. well, paul, i would argue record waiting lists, ambulance delays. no one can see a doctor, excess deaths through the roof and of course , 15 hour waits in a&e at course, 15 hour waits in a&e at its worst suggests nothing really does work in the nhs. no disrespect to the people that work in the nhs. you're all very hard working, loyal, dedicated people, but the envy of the world. i would argue it is not. >> let's see. i've got one. what have we got here? okay, so jason says , oh, no.

says, oh, no. >> are you safe to read that? i'll read one quickly from sheila. >> give me one, she says. >> why do we need a pride month? a whole month celebrating lgbtq? we are already an accepting society , and this sort of thing society, and this sort of thing segregates people and is divisive because there are always activists. >> i found one from adam. >> i found one from adam. >> he says, who cares if rishi left early, the royals were present. the king is the head of state and then weighing on taylor swift. what about all the homeless that have been uprooted to make way for her fans? everyone keeps barking about what she would do for these poor people. and yet it's silence. it's a disgrace . it's a disgrace. >> anita on the uk health security agency e.coli warning you say sorry, but they know what food they've been looking at for e.coli for weeks and they're telling us nothing. so how are we meant to secure the safety and the health of our families? good point. i just again, i don't understand if anyone has an answer for that. there's an e coli outbreak with the uk health security agency. they're looking at a food item but won't tell the british pubuc but won't tell the british public what it is .

public what it is. >> i would really like to know and i'm sure you would at home as well. i have no idea why. maybe it's something that is so commonplace that they're scared or it's a big company , or a big or it's a big company, or a big business that's supplying it, supply a lot of people and therefore they don't want to expose it. i but they need to because every time i'm looking at the cheese in my fridge, i'm thinking, oh, okay, someone mentioned that on on your say, are they protecting a big corporation ? corporation? >> maybe that's one of the things is, is the health is the life . if it kills someone in the life. if it kills someone in the uk, is a life worth the protecting the share price of a major uk? >> the answer to that? no. >> the answer to that? no. >> you know the answer to that. they a lot of them don't care. but i would like to know why they're withholding the information. but obviously the big story of the day to day tv doctor michael mosley has been reported missing whilst on houday reported missing whilst on holiday with his wife on an island in greece. >> yeah, this is a real growing mystery. >> the massive search has been underway for around 48 hours now, with islanders and holidaymakers pitching in. so joining us now to get the latest on this is former metropolitan police detective peter bleksley. good morning, peter. in terms of

a missing person's case, is it right to say that as the time goes on and the days roll on and we don't find, a missing person in this case, doctor mosley, the likely chance is that you probably won't find him. >> well, there's an awful lot of unanswered questions. >> clearly, that stem from this beautiful yet rugged and relatively unknown greek island. i think the authorities out there are deserving of considerable praise , because considerable praise, because they've applied a lot of resources to this search, as have the local people. and i'm sure that is done out of a sense of duty and humanity and a desire to find dr mo khaki. but there is, of course, a financial consideration here. the island will not want to attract too much negative publicity because of course, many people understandably rely on tourism for a living. so whatever their motives may be, i think it's

excellent that so many resources and members of the public are coming together to try and find dr mo khaki or, you know, what worries me is that we don't want it to turn into that, that that last missing person's case where the lady actually fell into the water. >> nicola bulley nicola bulley, you know, our people just backing off because i don't feel that we're getting that kind of vibe. a lot of people going in saying what could have happened, this and that, and the other, are we getting lots of people doing their own private investigations, as you saw with that case? >> well , the speculation has >> well, the speculation has already begun on social media, but i think it's not at the level of the furore that surrounded the disappearance of nicola bulley, because doctor mosley is some many miles away from the uk , and it hasn't quite from the uk, and it hasn't quite gained the traction that that notorious case did. it's going to be a very challenging search because of the environment . because of the environment. there's high temperature warnings. it's going to soar

well into the 40s today. so unbearably hot, which may have an effect on machinery that's being used in the search. however, it continues apace. i like everybody else , sincerely like everybody else, sincerely hope that he's found and that he's well and that he survives. but with each passing hour, concern is do quite naturally increase. >> just terrifying news for his family. at what point will british police potentially, or rescue teams even go over to greece and help out with the search? >> that would probably be subject to a request from the greek authorities . and at the greek authorities. and at the moment, it looks to me like they feel entirely confident that they've got the expertise and they've got the expertise and the resources , together with the the resources, together with the volunteers, to try and bring this search to some form of conclusion. it's not one of those dreadful cases we often see when , for example, there are see when, for example, there are natural disasters like earthquakes and such, like when specialist rescue teams go out .

specialist rescue teams go out. so i think we're some way off that, but that said, if this rolls on for some days, the mystery surrounding doctors disappearance increases . who's disappearance increases. who's to say we might hear the greek authorities actually picking up the phone? >> yeah, because it seems to be concerning because this morning, apparently they've got the one search dog. apparently. so just one. one dog. by the sounds of it, that's what it was. how well resourced are the island to be carrying out an operation of this nature? >> well, there are of course , >> well, there are of course, dogs that are, that have different skills. i'm sure we all know about sniffer dogs for drugs and explosives and currency and firearms. likewise, there are dogs that are trained to find persons and also dogs that are specifically trained to find deceased bodies. but of course, in the absence of any hard and fast evidence that doctor mosley is no longer with us, i won't speculate as to the skill set of that particular dog, but the air support seems

considerable. it may be that they increase boots on the ground later on today and quite potentially contact the turkish authorities because of the close proximity of symi to the coast of turkey. so we might see naval resources from turkey deployed, for example. >> yeah, you make such a good point that the greek islands rely so heavily on tourism that it's in their interests, you know, beyond human compassion anyway, but it's in their interest to, throw all the resources they can at this search and rescue operation, provide some answers to, you know, the many brits back here in england who are wondering about the safety of doctor mosley and not least his family, who are still there. how will his family be being treated , do his family be being treated, do you think, by the greek authorities, and will we have any foreign office officials there with them? >> that's a possibility in the next few days. if this search does continue , that somebody does continue, that somebody from the foreign office based in greece will make contacts with the family. it is, of course, now a huge media story. doctor

mosley was very well known from his countless television appearances , and there is public appearances, and there is public interest as today's move on questions will continue to be asked and it will be only right that the british authorities do step up to the plate and do perform some kind of function . perform some kind of function. my perform some kind of function. my thoughts, of course, go out to doctor mosley's wife and his wider family. one could only guess that the trauma that they're currently going through. >> well, let's hope he is found alive and well. peter bleksley, thank you very much. if you're just tuned in, just coming up to 16 minutes after 11:00. >> okay. moving on. throughout the election campaign, we'll be heanng the election campaign, we'll be hearing from people all across the united kingdom about what really matters to them. so today, for the first time, we met 56 year old richard abrahams from leeds. >> i'm richard abrahams, 56 years old, and i'm from leeds. the issues that are important to me are business confidence. we have been in the window and door

industry for over 50 years and it's important to know that customers have the confidence to buy with confidence and do not worry that there is something potentially around the corner . potentially around the corner. elmhurst. good morning. can i help you? the phones aren't ringing as they used to be. we need to restore confidence and have a government that will invest in sme businesses like ours. from a personal perspective of national health service, specifically , mental service, specifically, mental health services are very, very important. men in particular are not getting the levels of service they need . i've service they need. i've previously voted conservative, but now i'm changing to labour. to me, it's time for a change and i believe that labour can do something to benefit not just me and the family business, but the

economy overall. we have children of the ages of 23 and 24. we have done everything we can and sacrificed a few things to put them through the appropriate education, and we want them to be living in a world where they can earn good money, have a great living, and to be in an economy and a world thatis to be in an economy and a world that is safe, well, that's our people's voice. >> we'll bring you lots of those throughout the show. but still to come, french officials demand passports from british troops parachuting into normandy for d—day. i mean, you couldn't make this up, you know, with britain's newsroom

gb news. >> okay. 1020 ben and nana with you on britain in 20 1120. you on britain in 201120. >> yeah. no, this is flying fine i >> -- >> so much emma >> so much fun with you today. no, it is fine. bye. we're also joined by political commentator emma webb and author and broadcaster amy nicole turner.

have you enjoyed your day with us? >> i absolutely have every week i do. >> i've obviously had a great time. emma. >> yeah, we've been having a chinwag in the green room, mainly about cats. >> yeah. oh, god. >> yeah. oh, god. >> she's got a notepad with cats that make us sound cats. >> amy. lots of stickers of teenage girl nana reckons taylor swift looks like a cat. >> she does like a cat. she does. >> i agree she was in cats, you know, she was in cats and she had a disappearing hand. >> oh, yeah. the cgi was very bad. >> it was ian mckellen . >> it was ian mckellen. >> it was ian mckellen. >> a lot of them were on there. >> a lot of them were on there. >> it was a flop, that film. >> it was a flop, that film. >> it was a flop, that film. >> it was a very bad film. very bad film. >> so bad. it's worth rewatching, though, right now. >> stay there. because right now we've got the liberal democrats, which who have pledged to create a dad month to encourage more men to take paternity leave. >> the party said it would increase parental pay for fathers and extends their entitled leave by four weeks. in the event of an election win. so should the other big parties follow suit . follow suit. >> well, joining us now is the former liberal democrat leader and business secretary, sir vince cable. vince, thank you very much for joining vince cable. vince, thank you very much forjoining us. do you think the other parties should follow suit? then yes. i mean,

when i was in government, we introduced shared parental leave, it was quite a big reform. and if it's had a generally beneficial effect on the labour market, it enables women to work as well as have young children. and that's currently one of our big demographic problems. so it's an important practical step. and of course it depends on cost and it depends on the ability of employers to accommodate it. but yes, we should push the reform in that direction. >> how much will the policy cost , do you think, vince, you mentioned it there. any idea and how would it be funded also? >> well, i haven't , i haven't >> well, i haven't, i haven't come up with the policy in detail. i'm not familiar with it, but obviously if you have more people working, you generate more tax revenue, of course, while they're absent , course, while they're absent, they're not working and they're not paying tax. so it's quite a difficult trade off. i would imagine that the fiscal effect is pretty neutral. >> now what would you say.

because ed davey is doing a lot of things. he's he's gone. he went to water skiing and then just fell in the water five times. he went on some water sudes times. he went on some water slides and he ate some cake didn't he. he, he cooked some. he made a bike ride. a bike ride. he's standard. and of course he did that. very emotional, i think. very lovely video with his son, which i thought was lovely. how well do you think he is doing, vince on the lib dem campaign ? the lib dem campaign? >> well, i think he's doing well in terms of our basic strategy, which is to concentrate on a number of target seats, which will have as much better represented in the next parliament to concentrate our resources there. but in terms of the wider debate, to try to draw attention to the fact that we're part of the competition and he is doing these gimmicky things. but i'm rightly i mean , it's but i'm rightly i mean, it's getting him attention. and sometimes you know, they may seem like corny jokes, but they they have a practical meaning. i mean, when he fell off the, surfboard in lake windermere, it

was to draw attention to the pollution of britain's lakes and rivers. and that's a very important issue which the lib dems have actually led on. so i, i'm all for what he's doing. >> yeah, vince, he certainly provided good value for a laugh. but latest yougov polling puts , but latest yougov polling puts, for example, reform uk just two points behind the tories at 17. the liberal democrats, however, are on 10% and not that far in front of the greens on 7. so are the lib dems now the fourth or even the fifth party in this race? >> no, we were the fourth party in parliament and that was part of our problem. we were behind the scottish nationalists. i was leader at the time. we had a we had a significant support in the country, but very few mps and you're squeezed out of the national debate. you rarely get called in parliament and ed davey is trying to correct that. i think by—election day we will have met our target of about 30 seats. it could be significantly more . some of the polls show us, more. some of the polls show us, you know, 40 plus. i mean , i you know, 40 plus. i mean, i think maybe overambitious, but

you know, when that happens, we will get back to being the third party in parliament that the national average numbers mean very little in the british context. i mean , i feel rather context. i mean, i feel rather sorry for the green party. they've got this, what, 7? you say they'll be lucky to have one mp. you know, the voting system is completely distorted. the reform party are chalking up large numbers, but they're not going to win parliamentary seats. maybe 1 or 2, the voting system produces these crazy outcomes, and we're having to adapt our strategy to deal with it. >> i'm going to ask you about rishi sunak on d—day, where he left early. he said, sorry, what are your thoughts on that ? are your thoughts on that? >> well, i think it was the right thing to have done and some credit to him for doing it in a, in a, it's not very often pubuc in a, in a, it's not very often public figures make unqualified apologies. and he did. so it was it was a bad a bad thing to have done. and it showed some

disrespect to national servicemen who had given their lives . but he's acknowledged the lives. but he's acknowledged the mistake. and i think we move on from there. what is more striking is that he's still sticking to this ridiculous and discredited accusation about the £2,000 in taxation, which the national statistician and the permanent secretary of the treasury have dismissed as ridiculous. but he's sticking to it, and i think that is unfortunate. and it's dragging down the level of serious debate on economic policy. >> okay , sir. vince cable, >> okay, sir. vince cable, former liberal democrat leader, thank you for joining former liberal democrat leader, thank you forjoining us former liberal democrat leader, thank you for joining us this morning. very much appreciated. got some breaking news for you. now migrant channel crossings to england have topped 11,000 for the year so far. england have topped 11,000 for the year so far . that's migrant the year so far. that's migrant channel crossings. top 11,000 for the year so far. home office figures show 316 people made the journey in five boats on thursday . yesterday, the same thursday. yesterday, the same day, around 80 people were rescued when they got into

difficulty during the crossing. so that takes the provisional total for 2024 to 11,095. crucially, and listen to this, that number is up 46, recorded this time last year , which was this time last year, which was 7610 and 11% higher than the same point in 2022. three children, including a baby, were reportedly among those brought ashore to safety after the incident off kent yesterday morning . so there we go. migrant morning. so there we go. migrant crossings up 11,000. >> it'll be interesting to see how the parties will deal with top 11 information or whether they'll even talk about. >> but joining us now in the studio, political commentator emma webb and author, author and broadcaster amy nicole turner. i want to start with this story , want to start with this story, on, palestine. i'll start with you, amy nicole turner. >> so, yeah, this is going to be in in the labour manifesto, keir starmer has had a what i'll call gaza problem since the conflict began on october the 7th. i think his response saying

electricity and water is reasonable to cut off it put him on a really bad footing with the labour's response to this. so they've made it their priority . they've made it their priority. vie to recognise palestine as a state before peace talks and not after the peace settlement . but after the peace settlement. but it's already existing labour policy. but i think they want to restate it just to really reassure voters that they've lost over this issue, that they can be trusted. and we saw in the local elections they lost to independents who ran on a gaza ticket, so i think they're just trying to provide an olive branch to those voters. but i think a lot of people will say it's too little, too late. it doesn't add anything. and also they're not addressing what is on the front of people's minds, which is why we continuing to send arms to israel and why are they not calling for a ceasefire. and i think this is a complete disgrace, actually, i yes, he's doing this for his for

electoral reasons. >> he's doing this because of what happened in rochdale and what happened in rochdale and what happened in oldham, because labouris what happened in oldham, because labour is getting hit quite hard. you know, we've seen seen it with protests against rushanara ali, and all of this stuff around george galloway and the muslim vote. he's obviously doing it for cynical reasons, but that's not the reason why this is a complete disgrace. it's a disgrace because it's essentially rewarding terrorism. all of those countries that have acknowledged that the palestinian state, as a result of these atrocities, this massacre committed against not only the innocent people at the at that , at that festival in at that, at that festival in israel, but also the murder of babies . you know, that was the babies. you know, that was the great the biggest massacre of jewish people since the holocaust. and we are seeing the leader of the opposition, who is very likely to be the next prime minister rewarding terrorism. hang on a minute, though. >> it sends the message saying, we need to settle this without more military offensive. that is killing more children, that you

don't do . don't do. >> you don't do this before the peace process concluded. no, i'm sorry . amy. amy. i'm sorry. sorry. amy. amy. i'm sorry. i think it's morally disgusting and it is rewarding terrorism. and it sends a message to those who are not just in the middle east, but it also sends a message to those at home who have been responsible for grievous anti—semitism against the jewish community in this country. it sends the message that labour are on their side and that is morally unacceptable. >> a lot of people would accept that. the two state solution is the path to peace, and you have to look at the civilian population. and when you say rewarding terrorists , it doesn't rewarding terrorists, it doesn't that does not justify the collective punishment of a population which is which is less 17,000 children orphaned amy and every civilian killed radicalises another. >> emma, emma. emma >> emma, emma. emma >> as you said, it's already labour's policy . the two state labour's policy. the two state solution. that's one thing that's part of the peace process . nobody's ever thought that that wasn't on the table as part of the peace process, but to choose to restate it now, when

so many other countries have also come out acknowledging the existence of a palestinian state to do so. now, at this point, after what happened on october 7th, that is morally disgusting . 7th, that is morally disgusting. >> i think it's despicable thing what has happened since october. if i were morally disgusting, if if i were morally disgusting, if i were a jewish person, i would be worried about a labour party, the labour labour party, becoming the government because of this. >> i think it is absolutely atrocious. i'm sorry. i just atrocious. i'm sorry. ijust think it's morally despicable. >> amy really describes surely at this stage of this conflict with all the images that are coming out, that is atrocious, is what is happening to the civilian population of gaza who cannot leave those borders. they literally cannot leave. yeah it's not good. >> it's not good. it's not good for the palestinian people either to embolden hamas because they are a terrorist organisation and they terrorise their own citizens as well as israelis, the military, the military offence. >> where does it end? where does it end? >> okay , both of you, just your >> okay, both of you, just your thoughts on this breaking news from the last couple of minutes. migrant channel crossings top 11,000 for the year so far. that's up 46% on the number recorded this time last year.

amy, i'm really glad that rishi stuck to his pledge and stopped those boats. >> well, you didn't want them, did you want him to stop the boats or didn't know? >> i think every time we talk about story like this, we look at the billions of pounds wasted on trying to say that this is a possible, that we can provide a deterrent to this. obviously deterrents don't work. obviously. >> will they will you say obviously . but as you saw, obviously. but as you saw, people were turning away from northern ireland and going to the republic of ireland because they were worried that they could potentially have been sent to rwanda. >> so that was his attempt numbers that we're seeing here, even the numbers that go to ireland. >> the fact is that people are going to continue to cross the channel. and i think that's dangerous and the real economic and moral responsibility, they also are expecting labour government. >> but we've seen this this viral story about the french demanding passports of british troops parachuting into the normandy d—day landing. so it does seem that the french are quite capable of policing their borders when they want to. >> quite right. yeah. good point i >> -- >> amy, nicole and emma websi. i remember now news headlines now with tatiana .

with tatiana. >> ben. thank you. the top stories from the gb news room. the prime minister has apologised for leaving a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of d—day so that he could carry out an interview on television. rishi sunak said it was a mistake not to stay in france longer after he missed the major gathering attended by world leaders, including us president joe biden. the liberal democrat said he'd brought shame to the office of prime minister, calling the move a dereliction of duty, while labour said it was more evidence of a chaotic conservative party meanwhile, rishi sunak has denied lying over claims that a labour government would raise taxes by £2,000 per household. the prime minister said during a televised debate that the figure had been checked by independent treasury officials. but the treasury's permanent secretary has suggested the figure isn't a full representation of its

estimates. both the conservatives and labour have pledged not to increase income tax. national insurance or vat for first time buyers could use the state as a guarantor for mortgages. as part of labour's wide ranging plans to boost home ownership, it would see an existing scheme bolstered, meaning that if a bank decides to repossess a first time buyers house, the government would compensate some of its losses. the conservative party has also unveiled a series of measures designed to boost the property market, including a pledge not to raise stamp duty. but sir keir starmer says labour's plans will give more people the chance to get onto the property ladder. >> this is a game changer if you're a young couple and you want to have the security of a roof, your own roof over your head , this is a game changer head, this is a game changer because many of those people, let's say, are young couple, both on a reasonable wage, will be paying a fortune in rent. and because of that, they can't afford to save for a deposit.

and if you don't have a parent who can help you out, that means you're never going to get on the housing ladder. >> for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts . go to gb news. com slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> here's a quick snapshot of today's markets . the pound will today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2795 and ,1.1748. the price of gold is £1,826.85 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 8236 points. >> cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> thank you very much, tatiana. right, well , >> thank you very much, tatiana. right, well, up at noon. good

afternoon, britain, with tom and emily. they're both here. what's coming up? >> isn't it astonishing a astonishing. i have been trying to get my head around the thought process , the advice, the thought process, the advice, the decisions of leaving a d—day service early of not just thinking that it doesn't matter that much or that speaking to an itv political reporter is more important. but, but, but the underlying assumption that perhaps he doesn't want to be there. i think all of us would give our right arm to be there. >> i wonder if it was because no , this is being very generous, but perhaps because there were royals there, and perhaps in his mind, or in his advisers mind, that was the correct division of laboun that was the correct division of labour. lord cameron was there. >> maybe his advisers don't really like him very much , and really like him very much, and we're trying to set him up. that's just because i can't i mean, i just can't work out why one of his advisers was the best

man at his wedding and vice versa. >> so i'm not sure that that's quite the case. perhaps it's too much of an in—group, but i think so often when it's bad decisions, we say, oh, it's poor advice. it's poor advice . as if advice. it's poor advice. as if as if advisers don't advise. they make the decision . no, the they make the decision. no, the prime minister is the person, at the end of the day who makes the call. advisers advise. >> but there's a there's a theme. there's a theme running here, isn't there? we had the lectern getting soaked by the rain, which wasn't a good look. he went to the titanic quarter, which some would argue that represented the sinking ship story. what's going on with these decisions? >> his advisers. it's his advisers. >> somebody on the list of gas goes on. >> but some are calling this the oh, what was her name? the, juue oh, what was her name? the, julie , remember when gordon julie, remember when gordon brown, gillian duffy, gillian duffy moment of the election where about 16 gillian duffy moments . but where about 16 gillian duffy moments. but all of this could be the gillian duffy. >> but all of this is overshadowed. joe biden sitting on an imaginary chair. >> but wasn't that image the reason why this is such a potent political story is that unlike some of the other stories, for example, the diane abbott scandal, it takes a little while

to explain there isn't an immediate emotive response since this story. it takes one sentence to explain . it's an sentence to explain. it's an emotive story. it's a baffling story , and it's a story that can story, and it's a story that can be shown in one image. the image there of joe biden, macron, schulz and david cameron standing next to each other at that big state occasion. the fact that the prime minister wasn't there is something that will cut through to voters who aren't paying attention to much else in this election campaign. >> maybe the incredible work of the swift board of control of the swift board of control of the french for once, might be the french for once, might be the fact that they were actually getting passport out for the paratroopers. perhaps they'd be looking at that as well. that was ridiculous . was ridiculous. >> it's bonkers. >> it's bonkers. >> okay, look forward to it. that's from midday. tom and emily on good afternoon, britain elsewhere. coming in just a sec. showbiz news taylor swift. are you a swiftae? >> no i'm not. >> no i'm not. >> no, she's in scotland. more of that after this. stick with

us. hello. welcome back. 1142. it's just gone. you're with ben and nana on britain's newsroom on gb news emails flying in nana. >> lots of you are getting in touch with all your thoughts on everything that's going on. jason says this country is a joke. you've got the two main parties now saying they'll do all they can to get first time buyers on the property ladder. they don't really care. it's just election point scoring. all these mockery suggestions when they are putting up illegal migrants in hotels at the cost of all of us. yeah. thank you, jason, for that. >> paul . good morning. >> paul. good morning. >> paul. good morning. >> you say, do you fancy a laugh? yeah, i've just booked a flight with a stopover on the way to somewhere. he won't reveal the destination, but he says the stopover is in kigali , says the stopover is in kigali, rwanda. i never expected to be the first arrival in rwanda from britain. i couldn't stop laughing when i saw the booking , laughing when i saw the booking, clive says this. they give their lives. rishi couldn't give his time a disgrace and, barbara,

you say rishi left early from france . france. >> you've squeezed it dry. now move on. you should hear yourselves. >> is that what they're saying about us? >> that us? us tom? >> that us? us tom? >> you? me? >> you? me? >> well, we're just reading some of the views. i mean , you know, of the views. i mean, you know, but a lot of the parties are making interesting moves, and we will carry on covering those as well, mark my words, because it's going to be a very exciting period. so stay with us because lots of you have been getting in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay and also the migrant crackle, crackle, crackle channel crossings topping 11,000 for the year so far that breaking news in the last half an hour, more than 11,000 migrants have arrived in the uk so far this yeah arrived in the uk so far this year. that's up 46% on the number recorded this time last yean number recorded this time last year, torpedoing rishi sunak's pledge to cut those numbers. how will that affect the election campaign? >> well, it'll be interesting to see. >> well, i suspect one of the reasons why he called the election now is to see, to leave this in the hands of potentially keir starmer. he'll be dealing

with this one. but look, mary says defecting politicians, particularly those from tory to labour or vice versa, and genuine intentions. if the left go left or the right go right, thatis go left or the right go right, that is explainable. but when the right go left and the left go right , then why were they in go right, then why were they in their chosen party in the first place? it wasn't meant to be a conundrum. even though it looks like one, i like it. it's true. you're thinking natalie elphicke i know, yeah, i never quite understand how you can go from a to conservative a socialist. james o'brien has on lbc. >> was he a massive conservative? >> he was a proper. >> he was a proper. >> he's a private school lad, isn't he? yeah he's he's gone to. i just think you're i think generally your political allegiances come from your childhood, your upbringing. it's kind of you know, moulded into your dna. >> it's through your, you think through your experiences. >> i don't know about that. >> i don't know about that. >> i don't know about that. >> i just change, i just look at what they're offering, and then i work out which one i think will give me a better deal, and whether i think they're going in the right direction or not. >> i don't really care what label they put on themselves. >> okay, julie, just on lgbt, is it pride month? is that what

they call it? >> it is pride month. >> it is pride month. >> yes it is, you say looking forward to celebrating heterosexuality month. >> interesting. >> interesting. >> that'll be interesting. but it's not going to happen, is it? >> have you been to any pride events before? >> no, i don't tend to do stuff like that. i find all these things quite divisive. i just take people as i find them, and i don't need a month to celebrate anything. i just treat people all the same. i think it's an easy, really, isn't it? yeah. treat people the way you'd like to be treated. i agree, i'm from brighton, so when i was much younger, 1819 i did used to go down to pride in brighton. >> so, it was good fun. but as i've got older, i kind of similar to you, you know, i just think treat people equally. why do you need a big month to celebrate it? you should, it shouldn't be that much of a big deal these days. >> same with black history month. >> why just it's just a month where everyone should celebrate. everyone should celebrate everybody, irrespective of creed, race, colour, etc. >> peace and love, man. peace peace and love. >> bro. right? it's 45 minutes after 11:00. still to come. taylor swift is in scotland . taylor swift is in scotland. swiftae fever has well and truly struck the uk apparently. stay tuned. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> 1011. i gb news. >>1011. i did it again. it's 1149 with better gnaana on britain's newsroom on gb news. now nana. as a self—confessed swiftae, she's not. you like this cause the players gonna play. >> oh, god . and the haters gonna >> oh, god. and the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate , hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, baby, i'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake. >> there you go. what do you reckon? nana a bit of a bit of a tune, a bit of a bop. i was just dancing away to it. >> it'sjust dancing away to it. >> it's just so average. that's the thing. like, you know, i she's a billionaire. she's done well. i mean, it's amazing. it's the sound of taylor swift and the sound of taylor swift and the singer. she arrives in scotland today for the uk leg of her eras tour , is it ira's or her eras tour, is it ira's or ira's errors? >> errors, errors, swifties. they are the fans of taylor swift. swifties. they started queuing up outside edinburgh's murrayfield stadium from 3 am. what what? it was just seven degrees chilly. aye

>> why would they do that? well, joining us now is showbiz reporter hayley palmer . hayley, reporter hayley palmer. hayley, some sort of taylor swift madness seems to have hit the air. >> i mean, it's absolute madness. you're right. >> i mean, it's absolute madness. you're right . people madness. you're right. people camping outside 48 hours before with duvets in the freezing cold.i with duvets in the freezing cold. i mean, listen, she's great. she's i. you don't think so? not at all. >> all right . so? not at all. >> all right. i mean, to me she's average. >> yeah. i mean she's done exceptionally well. >> so you've got to hand her that good for her. >> yeah. and i can only think that maybe it is her songwriting ability which is brilliant. i've just recently been through a break—up, and i have to say, i did listen to a couple of taylor swift's songs because they're very relatable for a break—up. yes. oh, i know, i know. anyway, it's okay. we'll talk about taylor swift . otherwise i'll taylor swift. otherwise i'll break down and cry right now, no. but sorry about that, hayley, no, it's okay, but , hayley, no, it's okay, but, anyway, where was i? hayley, no, it's okay, but, anyway, where was 1? right. we want to talk about taylor swift because, i don't know what all the complete fascination is about. >> like, i want to see her at

the cinema , the eras tour. you the cinema, the eras tour. you know, when you watch the actual performance and three hours later for me , that was enough. so. >> yeah. yeah. so, yeah, i like her songs. >> i like a bit of shake it off, but would i pay between 600 and £800 a ticket to go and see her? no i wouldn't, i mean, look, it's not just the ticket prices, is it? it's the hotel costs. it's dinner. people having a night out when they're going to visit the concert to the music . visit the concert to the music. yeah, but i've got to say that reports say that the uk is boosting the economy by £997 million, but, hayley, boosting the economy by £997 million, but , hayley, there was million, but, hayley, there was a big load of controversy this week because it was apparently revealed that homeless people in edinburgh , i think it's edinburgh, i think it's edinburgh, i think it's edinburgh where taylor was performing, were being turfed out their accommodation to house, crew of taylor's tour. >> also fans and so on. is that a good look for taylor? >> i mean, she's nearly a billion her fault, though, is it? >> she's not asking them to do that. >> no, i mean, she must have

like a really supportive, team around her, but i mean, 1.2 million fans are going to visit taylor swift on tour in the uk. i know it's not going to be you guys, but, you know, she was welcomed last night with bagpipes. she's proud of her scottish roots. apparently her great great grandfather was born in england but was of scottish and south african ancestry. but you know what? like i say, i agree with you. i think it's kind of average songs, but it's totally hyped up here. i mean, she's a good role model for the kids coming up. but i mean, she's clean living, you know, she's clean living, you know, she's out there having a few dnnks she's out there having a few drinks with her football boyfriend or soccer or whatever. >> oh, yeah, he's the american footballer, isn't he? >> haley. yeah. >> haley. yeah. >> power couple. haley. >> power couple. haley. >> what was the last gig you went to? >> oh, the last gig i went to was s club. >> what? what? yes. how long ago was that, about six months ago. no.andi was that, about six months ago. no. and i knew every single dance move. i do apologise, nation. >> they're still going strong . >> they're still going strong. >> they're still going strong. >> last gig. >> last gig. >> oh, god, it was such a long time ago. probably the sony gig with, beyonce. >> so you like beyonce? >> so you like beyonce? >> she's incredible. >> she's incredible. >> i can't sukh she's beautiful.

>> i can't sukh she's beautiful. >> i'm not so sure. she should have touched the country music only because she hasn't really improved it. if you're going to do jolene , you want to do it do jolene, you want to do it better than dolly parton. and to better than dolly parton. and to be honest , she's done it be honest, she's done it averagely. so, you know, i wouldn't touch classics like that. but i love beyonce. >> beyonce is an absolutely incredible icon. >> now i would pay money to go into her. >> would you? absolutely. i'd be in that front row even if she is singing jolene, because dolly parton is another incredible icon. >> yeah. yeah, absolutely. and i think there are those icons that just absolutely have it. like when you watch beyonce you are mesmerised. she's got the wind machines going, she's got sass , machines going, she's got sass, she's a queen. but taylor swift, yeah, it leaves me a bit like oh okayi yeah, it leaves me a bit like oh okay i want more. >> well off taylor swift. well there's something missing. >> i'm not connecting, you mean. >> i'm not connecting, you mean. >> yeah , i'm with you there. >> yeah, i'm with you there. haley, it's lovely to talk to you. >> thank you so much. thank you. brilliant to talk to you. >> and thank all of you at for home tuning in this morning with me and nana. it's been great fun.thank me and nana. it's been great fun. thank you for the messages. so we're sorry we couldn't get through zahawi zigi jonathan ross. sorry we couldn't get through them all. here's tom and

emily on good afternoon britain this afternoon. >> we hear from the prime minister directly. he'll be questioned. addressing his absence from the final memorial service yesterday in normandy. >> and, labour. they're set to finalise their manifesto today with the help of the unions. there's a rather controversial line that might appear on recognising palestine as a state. we'll take you through it all. and also, could labour be planning to pay your mortgage or the taxpayer will find out after the taxpayer will find out after the . weather? looks like things the. weather? looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers is sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. it's another case of sunny spells and showers, especially in the north and also breezy , giving a cool feel. so

breezy, giving a cool feel. so to start this morning we've got a band of rain across northern ireland, parts of south south scotland moving its way south and eastwards. behind that, another day of blustery showers developing but cloudier conditions into the afternoon across the south, with a few showers bubbling up, but most places here staying largely dry . places here staying largely dry. it is still going to be on the breezy side, especially in this outbreaks of rain and in the north, with the showers , but in north, with the showers, but in any sunshine, perhaps up to 20 but much cooler in the north. so through this evening we've still got some showers continuing, but across the south most of these should start fading away. we'll see some late evening sunny spells. this is where we've got focus for some showers through the afternoon. some dry weather across northern ireland and into northern england as well, but still a focus for some heavy showers. some of these still could be quite thundery and even with the risk of hail, even into the evening. so through the rest of the night, those showers are

going to be continuing to move in on that brisk wind. going to be continuing to move in on that brisk wind . in the in on that brisk wind. in the north, some cloud, generally across parts of north and western parts of the uk, some clearer skies further to the south and east you go. and here it could turn quite chilly. we may even see a touch of grass frost, but elsewhere, still underneath the clear spells dropping into the single figures to start saturday morning. then we've got a band of showery outbreaks of rain across northern parts of england and into wales that will gradually sink its way southward, and once again, a similar picture driest across the south, where we'll see some sunshine. but blustery showers still continuing in the north. some of the heavy with the odd rumble of thunder and a brisk wind giving that cool feel as well. but highs of 20 degrees. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather

gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on friday, the 7th of june. i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver. rishi sunak. shame. the prime minister apologises after leaving d—day commemorations early yesterday, missing out on the international concluding event today, he says it was a mistake not to stay in france longer and i apologise . france longer and i apologise. >> the labour party will meet with the unions to agree their final manifesto this afternoon, andifs final manifesto this afternoon, and it's set to include a controversial policy on palestinian statehood and the search for beloved tv doctor mike doctor michael mosley. >> it enters its third day. police are scouring the greek island of symi in 40 degree heat. mosley's family lost contact with the father of four on wednesday afternoon after he went out for a walk without his phone