r , and i'm june. i'm tom harwood, and i'm emily carver. there's chaos within the labour party over tax on private school fees. emily thornberry has been slapped down this morning by her colleague after she suggested the policy could put class size pressure on state schools. >> and the prime minister returns to the campaign trail after his disastrous d—day blunder. but with his authority shaken, there are calls from within the tory party to welcome on board reform uk's nigel farage to unite the right and a political earthquake across europe. >> nationalists have made gains in a swathe of eu countries. the belgian prime minister has resigned and president macron has called a snap legislative election. will the shockwaves hit britain and the unanswered questions around the death of tv celebrity doctor michael mosley? >> a post—mortem is being held today. we'll bring you those details as soon as they come .

in. one big question to pose to you this afternoon was about to say this afternoon was about to say this morning. this afternoon very much this afternoon by one minute and 18 seconds. do you think the conservatives should embrace nigel farage? of course. nigel farage may have something to say about that. yes, he may well not want to be embraced by anyone specifically, not the conservatives. but do you think the tories should do you think that would, bring them more electoral success? at the moment they are doing rather badly in they are doing rather badly in the polls . the polls. >> suella braverman has suggested that there's not that much difference between the tory party and the reform party, and that there could be some sort of agreement, some sort of concordat. but robert buckland, former justice secretary, has formerjustice secretary, has said that while the conservative party is a broad church, it's not an amazon warehouse. >> i didn't see that . is that >> i didn't see that. is that what he said? that's what he said. it's not an amazon warehouse. okay. >> so what's he suggesting there that, churches are, well, broad? perhaps not the span of, of a

much wider area . i perhaps not the span of, of a much wider area. i think he perhaps not the span of, of a much wider area . i think he was. much wider area. i think he was. yes. >> i guess in an amazon warehouse you can get everything from a garden set of furniture to, whatever tights to tights , a tight. >> i was wondering what you'd think of was the opposite of a garden centre. but i suppose you don't really want to be, gardening in your tights. maybe, i don't know. >> okay, so there's some disagreement over just how >> okay, so there's some disagreement overjust how broad disagreement over just how broad the church that is the conservative party should be, but should the conservatives try and embrace nigel farage? is that the way to unite the right? let us know. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to get in touch. but it's the headlines with ray addison. >> thanks, guys. good afternoon. two minutes, almost 12:03. now our top stories. the prime minister says he never considered quitting despite heavy criticism over his early departure from d—day commemorations in normandy . commemorations in normandy. rishi sunak is promising to carry on, quote, until the last

day of this campaign. it comes after the prime minister kept a low profile over the weekend, avoiding questions from reporters as rumours increased that he could step down. now he's vowing that he will not stop. quote fighting for the future of our country. >> i'm energised about the vision that we're putting forward for the country this campaign is only not even halfway through yet, and i'm finding enormous amount of support for the policies that we're putting on the table, whether it's a modern form of national service, the triple lock plus 100,000 new apprenticeships, continuing to cut taxes for people, these are all things that people want to see. i believe i've got the right plan for the country. we're the only party willing to take bold action. that's how we deliver a secure future. and i'm going to keep taking that message to as many people as possible between now and polling day. >> well, the prime minister is promising to recruit 8000 neighbourhood police officers in england and wales if the tories get re—elected. rishi sunak saying that the plan would be funded in part by hiking visa fees and increasing the

immigration health surcharge for overseas students . however, overseas students. however, labouris overseas students. however, labour is calling it another empty promise from a, quote, desperate conservative party policing minister chris philp says the tories target is to build on this recent recruitment of officers . of officers. >> we are pledging to recruit another 8000 police officers on top of the record numbers. we've already got . those extra 8000 already got. those extra 8000 officers will be dedicated to neighbourhood policing. that means patrolling your local high street, patrolling the areas where where you and me and our your listeners and viewers, live, visibly patrolling , live, visibly patrolling, catching criminals, preventing crime, reassuring the public. >> well, labour's promising to deliver free breakfast clubs in schools, part of a new child care plan that they say will save parents over £400 a year. they're also claiming it will cut almost half a million days worth of school absences for parents who already pay for before school childcare.

labour's funded breakfast clubs could cut the cost by up to £50 a week. that's a saving of almost £2,000 across a typical school year. labour leader sir keir starmer is insisting the policy will help parents in their working lives. >> as any parent with young children will tell you, childcare and nursery places are really essential. they're so good for children in their development and making sure that when they arrive at primary school , they've got the skills school, they've got the skills that they need. really good for parents and carers because they can get back into the labour market. so very good also for the economy and our scheme is fully funded, fully costed but also fully planned, so it will be wrapped around primary schools. >> lib dem leader sir ed davey has launched his party's manifesto with a pledge to put health and care at the heart of his campaign. sir ed spoke about his campaign. sir ed spoke about his own experience of caring for his own experience of caring for his mother, who died from hodgkin lymphoma . the party hodgkin lymphoma. the party leader said his experience and the experiences of other carers

are exhausting. sometimes but also full of love, and these are the experiences that we must bnng the experiences that we must bring out of the shadows , bring out of the shadows, because the truth is that unless we properly value care , unless we properly value care, unless we properly value care, unless we properly value care, unless we properly support carers, we will never be able to fix the crisis in our nhs or get our economy back on track . the nhs economy back on track. the nhs has launched a major appeal for o—type blood donors following a cyber attack on hospitals in london. the health service says it can't match patients blood at the same frequency as usual, meaning they need more safe stock to give to patients . the stock to give to patients. the attack on pathology services across the capital has led to missed transfusions . across the capital has led to missed transfusions. harry dunn's mother has said she is unspeakable hurt after her son's killer refused to give live evidence to his inquest, which begins today. evidence to his inquest, which begins today . the teenager died

begins today. the teenager died in northamptonshire back in 2019 when his motorbike was hit by a car driven on the wrong side of the road by us government employee anne sacoolas. she was given an eight month suspended sentence in 2022 after admitting criminal charges . and in france, criminal charges. and in france, emmanuel macron says the country needs a clear majority in government for, quote, serenity and harmony . after the and harmony. after the president's shock decision to call a snap election . he made call a snap election. he made the announcement following defeat to the far right national rally party in european polls, which has also resulted in belgium's prime minister saying that he'll resign . for the that he'll resign. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen right now, or go to gb news. carmela, it's back now to tom and . emily. back now to tom and. emily. >> good afternoon, britain. 12:08. now, the labour party may

be riding high in the polls, and that doesn't seem to be budging. but the question turns to how might they govern? there are internal divisions beginning to emerge over the party's education policy . education policy. >> yes. speaking to gb news yesterday, the shadow attorney general , yesterday, the shadow attorney general, emily yesterday, the shadow attorney general , emily thornberry, said general, emily thornberry, said it would be fine if class sizes in state schools grow as a result of their planned tax raid on private schools. >> it's fine, you know, and if we have to, in the short term, have have larger classes , we have have larger classes, we have have larger classes, we have larger classes, you know, the, the, the. so you will make classes larger to accommodate . classes larger to accommodate. >> wow. well the shadow it's fine. secretary bridget phillipson this morning has been distancing herself from miss thornberry's comments. let's hear what she said . hear what she said. >> i'm afraid that isn't right. >> i'm afraid that isn't right. >> actually what we're going to see in the years to come because of falling pupil numbers is that schools will merge and close, and that's happening in parts of the country already. that's the demographic shift that schools are facing at the moment. falling pupil numbers. so that won't be the outcome .

won't be the outcome. >> just relying on relying on lower birth rates as like a positive policy. they're not quite sure that that's going to be, working out all that. well. yes. >> and, meanwhile, the former home secretary, suella braverman, has urged the conservative party to embrace nigel farage and reform uk. she says there's not a huge difference between farage's policies and those of the tories i >> goodness me 50 >> goodness me so much to digest there. let's discuss it further with the chief political editor at the financial times, jim pickard. jim thanks for joining us this morning. let's start with this apparent division within the labour party. did emily thornberry just misspeak or is there something to this ? or is there something to this? >> i don't think it's a row, per se. i think it's a gaffe by emily thornberry . this is not emily thornberry. this is not her policy area. it is, of course, bridget phillipson's policy area. as the shadow education secretary and the question here, the thing that none of us know, the known unknown, is that if you whack 20% vat on private schools, what proportion of pupils at private schools will be withdrawn and therefore have to end up, using

therefore have to end up, using the state sector ? and the answer the state sector? and the answer to this is that nobody knows, there has been research put forward, i have to say, commissioned by the private schools sector, which suggests that something like 20 to 25% of pupils, could leave private schools en masse. the independent ifs , which is independent ifs, which is probably the most respected fiscal thinktank in britain, has suggested that the figure would be a lot lower. they reckon it would be between 4 and 7% of private school pupils could end up leaving, and therefore the ifs still thinks that this is a policy which would raise a net £1.5 billion for the government. so we don't know which it's going to be where emily thornberry has put her foot in. it is . she's suggested that it is. she's suggested that should these kids end up in the state sector, then they could end up having bigger class sizes . the bridget phillipson argument is this one that basically the number of pupils going into state schools has beenin going into state schools has been in decline for quite a few years now, and i think there are facts that support the phillipson claim, because if you

look at the government's own predictions , they predict that predictions, they predict that between 2022 and 2028 there will between 2022 and 2028 there will be 400,000 fewer. >> are you not making an error? is there not a category error here of different parts of the country will have differing birth rates . there are some birth rates. there are some areas of the country where birth rates are higher and some where it's lower. and so we could have an even greater disparity if there's going to be, i hasten to suggest that maybe the areas that have private schools within them or children going to private schools might be higher birth rate areas than areas without them. and so we could actually have have a compounding effect. there >> i think what is true is that there will be differences in different parts of the country. and i think london seems to be experiencing the largest drop off of kids entering primary school. it's a real marked fall off compared to the 2000, the early 2000, when there was a bit of a baby boom in the country. but the overall average is moving in one direction. i can't disagree with you that there might be pockets where, the

opposite is happening. and of course, you could end up with a few larger classes in some parts of the country. but that's that's the gist of the labour argument. >> i mean, tom and tom and i have spoken to a number of shadow ministers and a number of labour mps on this issue, labour candidates on this issue. and it seems often that they don't know. they don't know what the impact of this policy is going to be. and yet in their pledges and will likely be in the manifesto to they're suggesting they're going to raise x amount of money from this policy, and it's going to raise this much money for the state sector. it's going to help extra teachers. it's going to help with free breakfasts. now for every primary school pupil. breakfasts. now for every primary school pupil . and it primary school pupil. and it doesn't seem clear at all what the impact of this policy is going to be. so the trust , the going to be. so the trust, the trust isn't there . trust isn't there. >> yeah. i mean, what their policy states is that this extra 1.4, £1.5 billion that they'll raise through the vat will be spent on 6500 extra teachers for

the state sector . and in theory, the state sector. and in theory, that ought to mean that some class sizes would actually go down. of course, when you look at how many schools there are are in britain, an extra 6000 teachers don't actually go that far. and therefore when you hear labour politicians talking about this, it's possible that they exaggerate the positive impact on it. but i think, you know, when you introduce a major tax change of this kind, there are, of course, loads of unknowns and none of us, you nor me, nor the labour party, nor the private school sector, nor the state school sector, nor the state school sector, nor the state school sector are going to know precisely how it all comes out of the wash. we will have to wait and see. >> now, one of the most interesting things about the labour's approach, the labour party's approach to tax, is perhaps what they're not saying as much as what they are saying. we're obsessing over this £1 billion, whether or not it will actually raise £1 billion. i mean, compared to the grand array of different taxes, this is a drop in the ocean. most economists expect that whoever wins the next election, they'll have to be some pretty significant tax rises, but where on earth would they come from?

>> yeah. so you're absolutely right. we have a situation where none of the main parties are talking about the difficulty that we have with the public finances right now, and the fact that jeremy hunt, as chancellor of the exchequer under the conservative government, pencilled in a load of cuts to pubuc pencilled in a load of cuts to public spending for non—protected departments . so non—protected departments. so everything apart from basically education, health, defence is facing real terms cuts after the election and it's hard to believe that a left wing government would go into downing street and within months start cutting spending on justice, transport, local government and all the rest of it. so that raises the question of if they're not going to cut it, where would a labour government raise taxes to do this? they have ruled out increases in for taxes, national insurance, income tax, corporation tax, vat. what's really interesting is that in terms of other taxes, they say we have no plans to increase them, saying you have no plans to do it. and saying

that your manifesto doesn't require extra tax rises for the manifesto doesn't preclude the possibility that they could get into government, and they could turn around and they could say, we've looked at the books. the situation is much worse than we could have possibly imagined. and therefore, here are certain tax rises that could have to change. but, you know, that's not a particularly palatable situation for the general public. but dare i say it, further cuts to public services under the tories wouldn't be that popular either. yes. >> i just i just don't think people will believe necessarily that cracking down on non—dom tax loopholes and tax avoidance and the vat on private schools is going to be enough to fund the various spending pledges there . we'll have to find out there. we'll have to find out what those, extra tax hikes may. >> well, big thanks to jim pickard for explaining all that. let's cross now to christopher hope, our political editor. he's with the liberal democrats at their launch of their manifesto, and of course, included a pledge , chris, to rejoin the eu's single market.

>> hi, tom. morning, tom. morning, emily. that's right. well, this is the first manifesto of manifesto week. today, liberal democrats tomorrow, the tory party, wednesday, the green party thursday labour. it's a detailed 116 16 page long document full of all sorts of policies . 116 16 page long document full of all sorts of policies. i thought one to highlight for you guys, 100 112. we would aim to place the uk, eu relationship on a more formal and stable footing by si king to read to join the single market. yes, that's right, liberal democrats have a policy here of reopening the brexit battles. hold on to your hats if that's going to happen , hats if that's going to happen, what's fascinating about this document, though, is it's the centrepiece is care. we've heard a lot from ed davey about how he cares for his son, john, who's disabled, and his mother, who was disabled before she died. and they have put, disabled care at the heart of it, i think. and he gave a quite an emotional speech at the beginning. sir davey here in here in, in, in near old street tube station about why it matters and why he

wants to shine a light on on an area which is overlooked by a lot of policy makers. but if you go through the document, it is very lib dem in the sense that it faces both ways. you've got policies here to support the human rights act. on one hand, and also bring bring back free school meals on the other. and that's what's so frustrating. often for the tory and labour candidates that the liberal democrats can offer one thing to one part of the country, and something else to another part of the country. and that's what annoys them, but is why they're so effective. the polls say they might get as many as 50 mps after the election if they're proved right. this document is detailed, is interesting , but detailed, is interesting, but it's real. interest will come after the election if there's a hung parliament now, the polls suggest there won't be one. but let's look back at 2017 when theresa may's lead collapsed and we had one then and in 2010 when that wasn't expected. so anything can happen in the elections. but this document will be more interesting after one than before it if we have a

hung parliament. >> this rejoined the eu single market is very interesting. that could take quite a lot of support away from the labour party. in some constituencies there are a huge amount of people in this country who would like to see nothing more than a reversal of brexit, so they are stating what they want . stating what they want. >> that's right. sir davey wouldn't give us a give us a timeline . i asked about when timeline. i asked about when would this be by 2030, 20, 35? whatever. he wouldn't tell us that. we'll try and ask further. i think it's quite good politics for the liberal democrats because there's no way the labour will go anywhere near this policy. so by saying this, by being one of the three main parties offering a degree of rejoining elements of the european union, don't forget , in european union, don't forget, in a single market, we're a rule taker, not a rule maker. that's in the political part of it. but if that offer will be welcomed by millions of people and that's why it could work. >> although huge risks, particularly in the southwest, a big brexit voting area, there'll be lots of farmers who will think, goodness me, are we going to rejoin the common agricultural policy? what sort

of nutrient neutrality sort of directives are going to be placed upon the farming sector? we've seen how controversial they've been in the netherlands and other places. this opens up and other places. this opens up a huge can of worms. if the lib dems want to take tory seats in what's known as the blue wall, lots of these places voted for brexit. yes and that's the risk, isn't it, tom? >> because they could build up support for this policy in the wrong areas in the kind of urban areas, some places maybe in the south—east where they don't need them necessarily because they're well supported there anyway. and then the marginal seats in the blue wall, as you say, in the southwest, it won't work there. so that's the challenge. but some briefly some quickly other other other policies, they want to every burglary will be attended by police and investigated . they want to end investigated. they want to end first past the post and bring back or reintroduce proportional representation that will guarantee the liberal democrats a lot more mps than they might get. on july, the fifth. of course, they want to end sewage being dumped on beaches. we know

about that. they want to on tax. it's quite interesting. they want to lift the personal allowance. that policy, championed by danny alexander , championed by danny alexander, the chief secretary, back in 2010 to 15, that the tories then grabbed hold of it. it's so popular that the number at which you don't start paying income tax at all will go up. of course, the reform party want that to go up to £20,000. yes, indeed the lib dems want, but they are. they're facing all sorts of different parties here. but that's why the lib dems are a potent political force. >> very interesting. thank you very much. let's cross straight to katherine forster now who's on the labour battle bus because , catherine, we're not expecting the labour manifesto until thursday . thursday. >> the pool pool. yes good afternoon, tom and emily. thursday. you're quite right. but today sir keir starmer has beenin but today sir keir starmer has been in nuneaton at a primary school where currently, i think on the m1 , heading north and on the m1, heading north and labour today want to talk about child care. now they've got a couple of announcements. one is

this some free breakfast clubs for primary school children and the other one is 100,000 extra child care places , which they child care places, which they say they're going to make. using. they say over 3000 classrooms in existing schools that are either not being used or being underused because of course , the birth rate is course, the birth rate is falling. the numbers of pupils starting school is, in fact going down, and yes, they say they're going to pay for this for their controversial vat on school fees that they're introducing, also they're saying that these measures, including , that these measures, including, supporting people into work, they reckon are going to get 750,000 women either back into work when they've got young children or helping them increase their hours. they've realised that it's a big waste to the economy. having lots of women particularly, let's face it, it is mostly women who tend

to stay at home looking after little children and that many of them would like to work if the childcare was in place. if the support was in place. so they're determined to get these women back to work and provide this support. i think it's just worth saying too, though, that of course , the government, the big, course, the government, the big, big childcare announcement was the decision of the government in the last few months to roll out a free childcare and to children ultimately down as young as nine months. that's a really , really big deal. labour really, really big deal. labour have admitted that, but basically said that, you know, the tories had a good idea . the tories had a good idea. they're putting flesh on the bones and they're going to make it work . it work. >> they say it all sounds quite expensive. catherine. we're going to pause there with you because speaking now live is nigel farage. let's go straight to hear him. he's outlining. he's outlining . he's outlining. >> with the green party, you've had to suspend 20 of their candidates for putting out really vile anti—semitic tweets, i think. >> do you know something? i

think every party will suffer because it was a snap election we had put in place, you know, i mean, you put in place a big vetting program, but we run out of time. yeah, that's the reality. >> we made it clear to all candidates. and if people do inappropriate things, say daft things, then of course we'll look at it and investigate it . look at it and investigate it. and that's what we do. but what we're doing is pushing on with an agenda. and the reason that we're going up in the polls is that actually people like the message, and that's what people are focused on. that's what millions of people are looking for. hope how do we get ourselves out of this hole? how do we grow ourselves out of this hole? so look, we'll look at all these things. but the reality is we've got action, momentum , and we've got action, momentum, and we're moving forwards. >> thanks very much. i'm going to ask you about your plan for bank reserves. >> so is the plan to stop paying interest altogether on reserves , interest altogether on reserves, or are you hoping to introduce a tiered system like the ecb ? tiered system like the ecb? where would that threshold be set and based on that threshold,

how much are you hoping to save for the public purse ? for the public purse? >> and then secondly on your tax thresholds. so do you accept that raising the thresholds for higher earners as well means that disproportionately this tax policy is going to benefit those on higher incomes ? and are you on higher incomes? and are you content with then introducing tax cuts for the rich? >> hang on a second. the £0.40 tax rate, right, which was established as the top rate of tax in the 1988 budget and that £0.40 top rate stayed all the way through right . it's £0.40 top rate stayed all the way through right. it's and in fact, it stayed all the way through tony blair's years . so through tony blair's years. so both conservative administrations and labour administrations and labour administrations had accepted £0.40 as the top rate. but the key was at what point do you start paying it? and if you look right throughout that long penod right throughout that long period , you find a round . about period, you find a round. about 1.5 million people were paying £0.40 tax. what the conservatives have done with not raising the bands in line with

inflation, whilst pretending they're a tax cutting party. it's projected by the end of 27, 28, 8 million people will be paying 28, 8 million people will be paying £0.40 tax. people in jobs that you would never consider to be high earners have been dragged into that band . and i dragged into that band. and i think the truth of it is what richard has done is to readjust that to set a level at which, you know, people doing a great job as a staff nurse, let's say, and a very important job for the community. but should a staff nurse be on £0.40 tax? we don't think so, no. >> and actually , if you're on >> and actually, if you're on modest levels of pay, if you're earning £20,000 a year, proportionately, this helps you net at the end of the week, more than anybody else. that's why it's the right thing to do. it helps the lowest paid the least well off the most, and coming back to your point about the reserves, there are two issues here. one is the principle of it. and i think more and more people are now accepting that i'm right on the principle. and yes, we can have a debate about should you pay zero interest,

which is my belief, or should you pay which is my belief, or should you pay a little bit a tier, i believe this money didn't exist, right? it was literally printed on a computer and i use the example . that's why i use the example. >> at home. >> at home. >> you print a couple of £20 notes. at home you've done your neighbour a right favour in the nicest possible way. you've given him a hand up, but actually you don't need to keep paying actually you don't need to keep paying interest thereafter and it's a direct transfer from the taxpayer. and i just think it's wrong. other central banks are doing things differently. some are paying a tiered system , but are paying a tiered system, but i think we've got to be honest, we're in a bad state here. we've got a privilege and it's not right. there's a reason a couple of months ago that all the city banks announced unexpectedly high profits. why? because they had to admit that they were getting much higher interest rate payments from the bank of england. i just think that's wrong. i think we need to look after ordinary people up and down the country. >> there's a further point there, richard, about financial management and competence .

management and competence. >> one of the defences that we get from the government is, well, of course we had to put an extra 400 billion onto the accumulated national debt to pay for covid. no they didn't have to lock us down repeatedly. lockdowns two and locked down three were, i think probably the biggest mistake we've ever made in peacetime in our country. there were plenty of examples out there. florida sweden, other countries that took a different approach. so, so they can't get away with that. and by the way, laboun away with that. and by the way, labour, i think labour would have locked us down for even longer. we might still be locked down if labour were in government. but here's the other thing. everyone says, well, rishi is good at numbers . rishi rishi is good at numbers. rishi is really good at the economics of this really. is really good at the economics of this really . when we borrowed of this really. when we borrowed those vast sums to cover furlough etc, we could have locked in the interest rate when base rates were down at half a percent . he didn't lock in percent. he didn't lock in interest rates that is financial mismanagement on a gargantuan scale . it's going to end up

scale. it's going to end up costing us ultimately, probably tens of billions of pounds in interest. and the bizarre thing is that keir starmer and rachel reeves don't even seem to have noticed. it's unbelievable. >> i'm going to repeat. >> i'm going to repeat. >> right. well, there we go. >> right. well, there we go. >> nigel farage and richard tice setting out their economic plans for this country. there you can see in the strap the big plan to increase the personal allowance to £20,000. it's currently only 12,570. a costly policy , but one 12,570. a costly policy, but one that quite a lot of people who are paying income tax might enjoy. >> taken together with their pledge on inheritance tax , which pledge on inheritance tax, which would raise the threshold from 275,000 before it's paid to £2 million on estates. those two policies together cost £25 billion. well, they don't cost it. they forego £25 billion of revenue. now how on earth would that be made up? well, quite a technical change that richard tice and nigel farage were talking about in terms of what

they claims are subsidies given to banks , and also you did hear to banks, and also you did hear nigel farage talking about how skint we are as a nation, talking about our debt. he says 2010, the national debt was around 1 trillion. now it's north of 2.7, trillion. so there you go , lots of debt he's you go, lots of debt he's talking about and how it's been mismanaged by the conservative party. so he wants to open up a debate about our national debt. so there you go. >> although talking about the national debt, at the same time, you're talking about £25 billion of tax cuts, might be a curious strategy. i'm not sure. perhaps, perhaps he thinks that these tax cuts are going to boost growth, that's what he says. that's what he says. it will boost growth. it will be a big step in putting us on the growth path. so there you go . but yes. what would you you go. but yes. what would you cut public spending wise? i think they would have to be some some big cuts there would there would. >> but coming up it's the post mortem of doctor michael mosley today coming as new cctv emerges of the tv personality's last

moments in greece. we'll keep you updated on this tragic story . this is good afternoon britain on . gb news. on. gb news. >> thanks, guys. 1230. i'm ray addison in the gb newsroom. our top stories. the pm says he never considered quitting despite heavy criticism over his early departure from d—day commemorations in normandy. rishi sunak is promising to carry on until the last day of this campaign comes after the prime minister kept a low profile over the weekend , profile over the weekend, avoiding questions from reporters as rumours increased that he could step down. now he's vowing that he will not stop, quote, fighting for the future of our country . future of our country. >> i'm energised about the vision that we're putting forward for the country. this campaign is only not even halfway through yet, and i'm finding enormous amount of support for the policies that we're putting on the table, whether it's a modern form of national service, the triple lock, plus 100,000 new

apprenticeships, continuing to cut taxes for people, these are all things that people want to see. i believe i've got the right plan for the country. we're the only party willing to take bold action. that's how we deliver a secure future. and i'm going to keep taking that message to as many people as possible between now and polling day. >> well, the prime minister is promising to recruit 8000 neighbourhood police officers in england and wales if the tories get re—elected. rishi sunak says the plan would be funded in part by hiking visa fees and increasing the immigration health surcharge for overseas students. however, labour is calling it another, quote, empty promise from a desperate conservative party labour is promising to deliver free breakfast clubs in schools, part of a new childcare plan that they say will save parents over £400 a year. they're also claiming it will cut almost half a million days worth of school absences for parents who already pay absences for parents who already pay for pre—school childcare . pay for pre—school childcare. labour's funded breakfast cut the cost by up to £50 a week, delivering savings of almost

£2,000 across a school year. they say douglas ross is to step down as leader of the scottish conservatives after the general election. he'll also quit holyrood if he's elected as an mp . the scottish tory made the mp. the scottish tory made the announcement in the wake of the row over his decision to stand in the aberdeen north and moray east constituency . lib dem east constituency. lib dem leader sir ed davey sir ed davey has launched his party's manifesto with a pledge to put health and care at the heart of the campaign. sir ed spoke about growing up caring for his mother, who died from hodgkin lymphoma. the party leader said the experiences of carers is exhausting sometimes, but also full of love, and pro—palestine activists have targeted 20 branches of barclays across england and scotland today. palestine action and shut the system, sprayed red paint, threw rocks and smashed windows at locations including london, bristol and edinburgh. they say they're demanding the company divest itself from israel's

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>> 1237 is the time. good afternoon. britain. a bit of a political earthquake going on on the continent. emmanuel macron, the continent. emmanuel macron, the french president, has called a snap parliamentary vote in france after he was heavily defeated by right wing parties in the european elections . in the european elections. >> the french president's party suffered a humiliating defeat by marine le pen. that's the national rally party used to be known as the front national. it received more than double macron renaissance party's vote yes. >> and during the shock announcement , macron said the announcement, macron said the hard right was progressing everywhere in the continent and admitted the eu parliamentary election was not a good result for parties who defend europe . for parties who defend europe. >> well, let's speak with the journalist alex seal, who specialises in french and european politics. and alex, how do we make sense of this? macron loses badly and then says, let's have another election. >> yes, because the party is very divided and the national assembly is divided too. >> so i think macron, he took a

gamble which shocked a lot of people. he said, let's have a vote and see if we can try to beat the national rally because the national rally got 32% of the national rally got 32% of the vote. that's a lot of, that's the whole of france. and apart from paris, they didn't vote for the national rally. so it's really a poker game. really. so and dissolving the parliament is a power that the french president had, last time, the french president used it was jacques chirac, who was a conservative, and he had to cohabitate with the socialists. so this time emmanuel macron has to cohabitate with perhaps the far right, the national rally , far right, the national rally, and perhaps marine le pen or jordan bardella, who won yesterday, they have to have a cohabitation, we don't know. >> and , alex, we've seen a lurch >> and, alex, we've seen a lurch to the right in many european

union countries, which means the parliament will look quite different. what impact will that have on the future of the european union? what impact could it have ? could it have? >> i think it will have an impact. maybe laws will be passed with great difficulty and so it's be interesting to follow, what will happen in the eu parliament, when they when meps go back, go back to parliament. so that will be quite interesting to follow, but yes, with the, with the right, extreme right. in power, it's going to be quite difficult . going to be quite difficult. >> and returning to france for a second, i suppose one of the gambles that macron is making is that with 32, the national rally was able to come first, have a plurality of the vote in the european elections. but there are two differences with legislative elections . number legislative elections. number one, in order to win each

constituency , you need over 50% constituency, you need over 50% of the vote. much higher hurdle . of the vote. much higher hurdle. and number two, in legislative elections, france will expect a much higher turnout than was in the european elections . is he the european elections. is he sort of trying to nip this phenomenon in the bud ? phenomenon in the bud? >> well, in 2022, the national rally got 88 seats in parliament. so, we have to the predictions are are there was a poll that came out in december that the national rally would have about 200 to 300 seats, and but the turnout will be very high and, the left will have to unite together the communists and la france . to me, it's and la france. to me, it's jean—luc melenchon party. they'll have to all unite together. emmanuel macron will have to unite to the centrists and maybe the right wing. so it'll be quite exciting for france and also these elections will be just before the olympic games. so it's quite , exciting. yeah. >> okay. well, thank you very

much indeed. alex, very interesting to speak to you, alex. seal and i do wonder what impact there will be here in britain. will this mean that there will be harder policies with regards to migration ? with regards to migration? that's one of the issues. that really is a common thread among all of these right wing parties that are doing well in europe. it is the anti immigration stance. so could that have repercussions , could that have repercussions, could that have repercussions, could that have repercussions here on our migration crisis? >> i think the funniest repercussion is obviously what happensin repercussion is obviously what happens in scotland. the snp want to leave, perhaps a starmer led uk to join a marine le pen led uk to join a marine le pen led european union, it doesn't look quite so progressive now, does it? >> no. but in other news, tributes have been pouring in today for tv doctor michael mosley , whose body was found mosley, whose body was found yesterday on the greek island of symi after going missing on wednesday, while his wife, doctor claire bailey mosley , doctor claire bailey mosley, paid tribute to her wonderful husband, saying that they had an incredibly lucky life together. well, joining us now is gb news reporter charlie peters. charlie still many unanswered questions, several unanswered questions and

the post—mortem examination of the post—mortem examination of the body is due to commence today on rhodes, some 25 miles south of symi, near the turkish coast , to try and provide some answers. >> it's understood that the coroner could not tell when first assessing the body . if first assessing the body. if doctor michael mosley had fallen, as he was found in that spot just 90m from the shoreline by the aghia marina resort that you're seeing on your screens now. on sunday morning. we do know that in a statement issued by doctor mosley's wife claire, that it's understood that he conducted an incredible climb towards that location , then took towards that location, then took the wrong turn and the wrong route and fell into a location near that fence by the aghia marina resort, where he could not easily be seen. and that's one of the questions being asked. how was he not seen by the search and rescue teams involved ? and this island is no

involved? and this island is no more than 60km2. it's about the fifth of the size of the isle of wight. and it's understood that fire fighters, drones and helicopters were above the site where his body was found on saturday, the day before. but in the last five hours or so, some cctv footage is understood to have been shared on the island, which does indicate that doctor mosley did fall near that rocky hillside where he was found . hillside where he was found. several sources on the island saying that they've received reports about that footage where he disappears from view nearby to where that fence was now. originally, when the missing persons announcement was issued to the authorities in athens in greece, it was understood that he could have fallen from a rocky path leading away from saint nicholas beach on a 20 minute walk up a hill towards the town of pd, and so much of the town of pd, and so much of the search was focused on the coast. there were diving teams.

around five boats were brought in from rhodes nearby to conduct that search and rescue, but it's only in the recent days that that focus moved away towards the rocky hillside to the north, along that incredible climb that his wife said he took, where unfortunately and tragically , a unfortunately and tragically, a wrong turn was taken and where his body was found . his body was found. >> well, charlie peters, thank you so much for bringing us that story. it's a very, very sad but very, very gripping . i think very, very gripping. i think everyone's been following this with huge, huge interest. yes indeed. >> but up next, prince william, he's made a special visit to england's national training centre today. of of the euros, we'll have the

us. well, it's 1247 now. throughout the election campaign, we're going to be hearing from people across the united kingdom about what matters to them . so today

what matters to them. so today we met mari carmen from leamington spa . leamington spa. >> my name is mari carmen. i'm 32 and i'm from leamington spa. i'm a health and fitness coach for moms, and i used to be a nurse at the birmingham children's hospital. so i know the government have announced the government have announced the fact that they're going to increase child care hours for children younger. and actually, i think my son, who's now one qualifies for that in september. so i really hope that continues. and also more support around enterprise. you know, i'm currently raising investment for my business and the way the economy is at the moment. the climate is quite hard. i know there are things around ipsis eyes, but i think if businesses could have more support to grow, you know, financially that would be that would be really helpful. i've got three small children, two at school, one at nursery . two at school, one at nursery. you know, cost of living is huge, like our food bill. if i'm lucky to get it under £100 a week, you know, and i cook from scratch , i'd be, you know, i'm scratch, i'd be, you know, i'm lucky. so i think more help, you know, with day to day things, you know, when is actually food pnces you know, when is actually food prices going to come down. i know speaking to a lot of my

clients, they find the same, you know, just day to day things. if you want to take your children on activities, you want to go on holiday. just everything feels really inaccessible at the moment. when i was nursing, i used to vote labour. you know, they have always been the party for the nhs , for, you know, for the nhs, for, you know, teachers and stuff. so i hope that, you know, i hope that is the case. if conservative can demonstrate more for, you know, enterprise and those key things that i've just spoke about potentially them, but if i'm being completely honest with you, i'm not a massive fan of keir starmer. so, i don't know . keir starmer. so, i don't know. >> well, there you go. >> well, there you go. >> that's what mari carmen from leamington spa had to say. >> yeah, she's talking a lot about the s c i s e >> yeah, she's talking a lot aboutthesciseis, >> yeah, she's talking a lot about the s c i s e i s, which i had to, i had to google. i didn't know what that was . you didn't know what that was. you didn't know what that was. you didn't know what that was. you didn't know it. enterprise investment. >> so i knew what that was . >> so i knew what that was. everyone knows what that is tom. >> i'm just clearly, clearly he needs to read up, doesn't he, on this stuff? >> no, i'm mia culpa. >> no, i'm mia culpa. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> there we go. mia culpa . >> there we go. mia culpa.

anyway, prince william, he's visited the england national training centre today to wish the team good luck ahead of the euros, which start later this week. >> his royal highness, who is president of the fa, met with the head coach, gareth southgate, and the players to present the team their shirts on the tournament . the tournament. >> oh good stuff. well, let's speak to jack carson , who is at speak to jack carson, who is at saint george's park, jack, tell us a little bit about what happened. >> well, prince william arrived here this morning to greet the england squad before they head off to germany . today, they're off to germany. today, they're off to germany. today, they're off to germany. today, they're off to gelsenkirchen, which is where they play their first match this sunday. and his royal highness prince william made the trip here. of course, as you mentioned, he is president of the fa. he's been president of the fa. he's been president of the football association since back in 2006, when he took over the role from the duke of york. and football, we know, has always been a passion of his royal highness. we regularly see him, don't we, at aston villa in birmingham with his son prince george, regularly attending

games. you, of course, was at the fa cup final, as well has been there throughout the years, so we know how much of a football fan he is. and this is not the first time, of course, he's also visited saint george's park, but he came here today to wish the team luck. meet the squad, meet the players as they, of course, get ready to set off for the european championships this summer. you met gareth southgate in the foyer of saint george's park here, chatted with him, asked him how preparations were going for this tournament , were going for this tournament, which of course many expect england to have a very good chance of winning. and then he met the players, presented them with their shirts , for the with their shirts, for the tournament we got the announcement of the england squad numbers a few days ago, which maybe gives a little bit of an indication as to where gareth southgate's thinking lies within who might well start in those games . within who might well start in those games. but as well as this, of course, we know the football association are big on community impact. they're big on schools as well, with their, you know, their schools, football association, part of the maine fa. and actually prince william

and gareth southgate actually met a load of schools from the midlands that have been here today taking part in a football festival where school children have been playing friendly matches against each other, a load of invited children from schools across the area and the region were invited to saint george's park today to be part of that tournament , and gareth of that tournament, and gareth southgate and prince william paid them a visit, chatted to a few of them, as as well. dropped by to watch them play. and of course, we know that , you know, course, we know that, you know, prince william particularly is big within healthy lifestyle promoting that healthy lifestyle, the physical skills, as well that football can obviously help promote and that understanding of the game, which he so loves and wants to promote, as well as well as that self—discipline and loyalty. so he's just left just a short while ago. back on to other duties. of course, that he has for today, but certainly an exciting visit from prince william this morning to the england squad to see them off as they get ready to take on all of they get ready to take on all of the other teams in their group

and in the knockout stages, hopefully in the european championships this summer. >> fantastic stuff . >> fantastic stuff. >> fantastic stuff. >> thank you very much indeed, jack carson there. our gb news reporter now at the top of the show, we asked you whether the conservatives should embrace nigel farage following suella bravermans comments. nigel farage following suella bravermans comments . and other bravermans comments. and other people as well have suggested that, steve said tories embrace farage. farage should reform, should watch as the drowning tories sink to the bottom . tories sink to the bottom. denise says tories calling for acceptance of farage are whistling in the wind. a lot of you aren't convinced that, nigel farage would want to do that. >> no, although the maths might be pretty tricky because the way the electoral system works , the electoral system works, well, the tories, even if they have a historic loss, will still likely have many, many, many more times the seats that reform have. so the power imbalance might not be the way around it. that momentum suggests it might be. >> yes. well, priscilla says, smacks of desperation. so there you go. keep your views coming in. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to get in touch, but lots

more to come in the next hour. >> do stay with us. because of course, not only are the labour party promising more policy. yes. now free. food, free breakfast for every primary school. children will be debating should even the richest kids get free meals paid for by taxes that you and i pay? can the country afford it ? the country afford it? >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. >> showers. >> showers. >> at first during the rest of the day, but they will tend to ease inland later with clear skies overnight leading to a chilly feel by the start of tomorrow. we've got a northerly airflow across the uk at the moment, low pressure moving into the continent, leaving behind a lot of cloud and quite frequent

showers, especially for the north and the east of the uk. but inland those showers will tend to ease overnight. but inland those showers will tend to ease overnight . still tend to ease overnight. still the odd one going, but many places will turn drier with clear spells and out of the breeze overnight . under those breeze overnight. under those clear skies, temperatures in some spots will fall into the mid single figures, perhaps even a touch of grass. frost first thing tuesday in the most sheltered spots, but actually plenty of sunny spells as well, particularly across southern parts of england into south wales, the midlands seeing some bright weather first thing temperatures rising fairly quickly through the morning as well. there'll be a lot of cloud , especially towards the north. 1 or 2 showers for northern ireland, northern england, but the most frequent showers by this stage will be across the north and the east of scotland, where the thickest cloud will be. and we're going to see this cool breeze continuing from the north. and as the morning continues, we'll see further showers crop up here and there. just about anywhere could get a

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june. >> i'm emily carver, and i'm tom h arvey. harvey. >> there's chaos within the labour party over vat on private school fees. emily thornberry has been slapped down this morning by her colleague after she suggested the policy could put class size pressure on state schools. >> and the prime minister returns to the campaign trail after his disastrous d—day blunder . but after his disastrous d—day blunder. but with his authority shaken, there are now calls from within the tory party to welcome nigel farage and the reform party to unite the right and a political earthquake across europe. >> nationalists have made gains in a swathe of eu countries. the belgian prime minister has resigned and president macron has called a snap legislative election. will the shockwaves hit britain and the unanswered questions around the death of tv celebrity doctor michael mosley? >> a post—mortem is being held at this afternoon. we'll bring you those details as soon as they come .

they come. in. >> all right. we want your views on this. our debate today. should all children have free breakfast, i.e. should the taxpayer fork out for all children, all primary school aged children to eat their breakfast at school? this is one of the policy proposals from the labour party today. now there are strong views on either side. >> some say it fosters a sense of community. it ensures that all children get a good, healthy breakfast. but does it absolve the ability and the responsibility of parents, especially parents of means? why should we be subsidising wealthy kids? >> and you can you can imagine it, can't you? i mean, i can't imagine that the food is going to be, you know, absolutely delicious . yes. so you go to delicious. yes. so you go to school, primary school age and you get a bit of porridge in a bowl. half of them aren't going to eat it anyway, are they? >> well can you those are serious food waste argument here. >> i think there's a food waste argument ,

>> i think there's a food waste argument, but perhaps you have a different view. >> suella has already been in touch. he says no parents should do breakfast at home for their children. get up earlier, sit together and chat about the day ahead. family values. that's a good point, isn't it? yes. if you absolve yourself as a parent of even feeding breakfast to your child, then, does that do away with that family cohesion? >> is it just a more a greater and greater erosion of what a parent is and actually the state becomes the parent for, for every child in britain, not just those that but i guess on the other point , parents can go to other point, parents can go to work earlier if they don't have to deal with the breakfast, you can just drop them off for the breakfast club and then off you go. >> yeah, it could be a boost to the economy, but perhaps not to the economy, but perhaps not to the family. give us your views, gbnews.com/yoursay. we're debating that in a few moments, but it's your headlines with ray i >> cheers, guys. good afternoon. 1:03, the prime minister says he never considered quitting despite heavy criticism over his

early departure from d—day commemorations in normandy . commemorations in normandy. rishi sunak is promising to carry on until the last day of this campaign. it comes after the pm kept a low profile over the pm kept a low profile over the weekend, avoiding questions from reporters as rumours increased that he could step down. now he's vowing that he will not stop fighting for the future of our country . future of our country. >> i'm energised about the vision that we're putting forward for the country. this campaign is only not even halfway through yet, and i'm finding enormous amount of support for the policies that we're putting on the table, whether it's a modern form of national service, the triple lock, plus 100,000 new apprenticeships continuing to cut taxes for people, these are all things that people want to see. i believe i've got the right plan for the country. we're the only party willing to take bold action. that's how we deliver a secure future. and i'm going to keep taking that message to as many people as possible between now and polling day, the prime minister's promising to recruit 8000 neighbourhood police officers in england and wales if the tories get re—elected. >> rishi sunak says the plan

would be funded in part by hiking visa fees and increasing the immigration health surcharge for overseas students. however, labouris for overseas students. however, labour is calling it another quote , empty promise from quote, empty promise from a desperate tory party policing minister chris philp says the conservatives aim to build on their recent recruitment. >> we are pledging to recruit another 8000 police officers on top of the record numbers. we've already got those extra 8000 officers will be dedicated to neighbourhood policing . that neighbourhood policing. that means patrolling your local high street, patrolling the areas where where you and me and our your listeners and viewers live visibly patrolling. catching criminals, preventing crime, reassuring the public. >> as tom and emily have been discussing labour's promising to deliver free breakfast clubs in schools , part of a new childcare schools, part of a new childcare plan that they say will save parents over £400 a year. they're also claiming it will cut almost half a million days of school absences for parents

who already pay for pre—school childcare. labour's funded breakfast clubs could cut the cost by up to £50 a week, delivering savings, they say, of almost £2,000 across a typical school year . almost £2,000 across a typical school year. labour leader sir keir starmer is insisting the policy will help parents in their working lives. >> as any parent with young children will tell you, childcare and nursery places are really essential. they're so good for children in their development and making sure that when they arrive at primary school , they've got the skills school, they've got the skills that they need. really good for parents and carers because they can get back into the labour market. so very good also for the economy and our scheme is fully funded, fully costed but also fully planned, so it will be wrapped around primary schools. >> lib dem leader sir ed davey has launched his party's manifesto with a pledge to put health and care at the heart of his campaign. sir ed spoke about his campaign. sir ed spoke about his own experiences caring for his own experiences caring for his mother, who died from hodgkin lymphoma. the party leader said his experiences and

those of other carers are exhausting. sometimes but also full of love, and these are the experiences that we must bring out of the shadows , because the out of the shadows, because the truth is that unless we properly value care, unless we properly support carers, we will never be able to fix the crisis in our nhs or get our economy back on track. reform uk has now set out its economic policy for the election. campaign plans include raising personal tax, the personal tax threshold allowance to £20,000 and abolishing ir35 for sole traders and raising the vat threshold for small businesses to £150,000. reform uk chairman richard tice says the plans are the best way forward for working people. >> now the right thing to do is to make work, pay . so let's lift to make work, pay. so let's lift the starting point at which anybody pays any income tax to

£20,000 a year. that's still well below the average national salary, but well above the current level, which is about £12,570 a year. >> the nhs has launched a major appeal for o >> the nhs has launched a major appeal for 0 type blood donors following a cyber attack on hospitals in london. the health service says it can't match patients blood at the same frequency as usual, meaning they'll need more safe stock to give to patients. the attack on pathology services across the capital has led to missed transfusions . in france, transfusions. in france, emmanuel macron says the country needs a clear majority in government for, quote, serenity and harmony. after the president's shock decision to call a snap election there. he made the announcement following defeat to the far right national rally party in european polls , rally party in european polls, which has also resulted in belgium's prime minister saying that he'll step down. well, back here, pro—palestine activists

have targeted 20 branches of barclays across england and scotland . palestine action and scotland. palestine action and shut the system sprayed red paint. they threw rocks and smashed windows at locations including london, bristol and edinburgh two. they say they say they're demanding the company divests itself from israel's weapons trade and fossil fuels. barclays saying it recognises the profound human suffering caused by the conflict in gaza . caused by the conflict in gaza. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common let's back now to tom and . emily. now to tom and. emily. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:08 delight to be joined now by michael tomlinson , the minister michael tomlinson, the minister of state for illegal migration. michael thank you so much for joining us this morning. i've got one question to start off, which is where on earth is the prime minister been for the last

48 hours? it seems like he went to ground for the weekend. >> oh, tom, i'm not sure that's quite right. he's been out and about. you saw him today, i think. in fact , just as i was think. in fact, just as i was tuning in, you were playing a clip of him. and if i'm not mistaken, he was in a pub and doing campaigning, so no, he's out and about. i think i told you last time i was there at the launch of the campaign , and i launch of the campaign, and i was saw the energy that he brought to the launch of that campaign. he's continued the momentum. he's continued that tempo and that pace. but i think in fairness , it is a long in fairness, it is a long election campaign. it is physically tiring . it is physically tiring. it is physically tiring. it is physically challenging. but you saw the pm this morning. he's up for it. he's up for the fight and so am i. >> michael would you welcome nigel farage in the conservative party >> there's quite a few of your colleagues who seem to think that would be a good idea to unite the right. >> well, emily, we are a broad church. you've heard that phrase a lot. and that's right. but the fact of the matter is that reform is a different team, if you like. it's a different political party. i'm playing for the conservative team, the

conservative party, and reform a standing candidates against conservatives. and i'm afraid in areas like mine in dorset and nonh areas like mine in dorset and north poole, if you if you're thinking of voting for a form that's just likely to let keir starmer in because the fact of the matter is only keir starmer or rishi sunak are likely to be prime minister next. it's the choice, a straightforward choice, a straightforward choice, and those that vote for reform . if you're conservative reform. if you're conservative minded, i'm encouraging to vote for the conservative party because my view is it will split the vote and let keir starmer in. and that's something that i'm campaigning to stop and prevent. every single day. >> and yet some people might say that when it comes to a team, everyone's going to be singing from the same hymn sheet . you from the same hymn sheet. you can't have the captain breaking the backs of the team to use an often repeated political metaphor. but, i suppose the question is how broad does this church go? you've got people like robert buckland saying that the party is not an amazon warehouse. then you've got people like suella braverman saying that perhaps, indeed it is this seems like a divided

party in this election, and that's never a good thing , tom, that's never a good thing, tom, i'm not sure that's right. i think actually we are a broad church, and you've just set out perhaps the breadth of it. and i think that's been the strength of our party, our parliamentary party, and that's been the strength that we've had over the last few elections. and in fact, right through the party's history as well. and i think that will be our strength going forward. but the fact of the matter is, at the moment, if you for vote anyone other than the conservatives, you are more likely to ensure that keir starmer becomes prime minister of this country. and that's something, frankly, that i don't want. that's something that i know many people who attempted to vote reform don't want, and that's why i'm so keen to get the message out that a vote for reform is a vote for labour. >> that may be true, but they're hot on your heels in the polling. why do you think that is ? is? >> well, i the poll. well, there is one poll that counts and that's, polling day, that's july the fourth, and of course, the postal votes that come out beforehand. and but you're right, i'm a politician. i'm a human being. i look at the polls

as much as the next politician, and perhaps not as much as some. and the fact of the matter is, we are campaigning right until the very last. i was knocking on doors this morning. i was talking to voters here in my constituency of mid dorset and nonh constituency of mid dorset and north poole , and yes, some are north poole, and yes, some are looking at other parties. that is right. but each and every conversation i have, i come back to the same thing. if you're concerned about immigration, if you're concerned about lower taxes, if you're concerned to support the values that we share, then it's the conservative party that have those values , and it's the those values, and it's the conservative party that needs your votes. >> now, of course , this is a >> now, of course, this is a long election campaign. people won't be voting until next month, but at least 20% of the country who have postal votes, those votes will be landing on doormats this very week . it doormats this very week. it could be that up to a fifth of the election starts casting their votes towards the end of this week, meanwhile , things this week, meanwhile, things don't seem to be budging. and the message that nigel farage had to the bbc audience on friday night was that labour

have won anyway. what he wants to provide is a different sort of opposition. in your view, is there a qualitative difference between a labour government with 100 seat majority versus one with a 300 seat majority ? with a 300 seat majority? >> well, tom, you're right, post the postal votes are starting to land or they will start to land. it's a spread over about a week or so towards the end of this week, and they'll be landing over the course of the next week as well here in dorset, it will be closer to the 20th or 21st that the postal votes land. but the fact of the matter is not a single vote has yet been cast. and i think labour, frankly, at times have been coming across as quite arrogant. you know, assuming that they're going to be talking about a hundred seat majority, a landslide. if there's one thing i know about there's one thing i know about the british public is that they don't like being taken for granted, they don't like an assumption that people are going to get out there. i'm taking no nothing for granted, not a single vote. i'm fighting and campaigning not just here in dorset, but right across the country for every single vote.

you're right. country for every single vote. you're right . when the postal you're right. when the postal votes land, there will be a significant proportion of people who will be voting at that time. and on that occasion , but and on that occasion, but equally on the 4th of july as well. and we'll be fighting right until the last hour of the last day to ensure we get all the votes that we can. >> and, michael, you'll have seen what's happened in europe with the european elections. i think it's fair to say there's been a bit of a shift towards right wing, more nationalist type parties. with your brief as minister of state for illegal migration, how will that impact, illegal immigration in this country and the way we go about trying to stop it ? trying to stop it? >> well, in terms of immigration, it's incredibly important . and it's an important important. and it's an important part of our national debate here when it comes to the general election. but it's also important internationally . important internationally. emily, you may have seen the home secretary last month giving his speech in new york, talking about the global challenge of migration. it's not just an issue and a challenge for us here in the united kingdom, actually, it's not just a european issue either. it's global and worldwide, and we need to be able to have strong,

grown up conversations with our international partners to ensure we clamp down. do you think it will make it easier to have that cooperation with them ? cooperation with them? >> because the common thread through all these right wing parties that have been quite successful is that they are have a tough stance on immigration? >> i think in fairness to the prime minister, he's already been having very robust and strong conversations. for example , with italy, with example, with italy, with austria, with other like minded countries who are very concerned. and emily, i saw for myself wider than europe. i was in north africa as well, where there is great concern about migration globally and it is a global conversation that i believe the home secretary and the prime minister have been leading. and whoever turns out to be leaders across europe, we need to have strong relationships with them to ensure that we can cut down on on migration across europe and across the world. >> it's interesting, having listened to ursula von der leyen , the european commission president, speaking only last month, she was talking about doing third country deals with nonh doing third country deals with north african countries. she mentioned tunisia and egypt . in

mentioned tunisia and egypt. in your view, do you think these election results will mean that the eu is more or less likely to sort of follow those those third country dealing, processing ideas? >>i ideas? >> i the straightforward answer is my instinct is that there will be more likely. but the fact of the matter is, people have already been surprised that they have followed our lead, if you like, we haven't yet touched specifically on rwanda, the scheme that was proposed. but everyone said, oh well, the uk, you're out on a limb. well, it's clear that's not the case. 1920 other european countries looking at similar models not exactly the same, but looking at similar models to challenge the international problem of migration . you mentioned migration. you mentioned tunisia. i was in tunisia myself. i was in libya. great work going on with the international organisation for migration , trying to prevent migration, trying to prevent onward migration from libya through countries like italy and on towards france and the united kingdom as well. that's why it was so important that the home secretary said this is a global conversation that we need to be

having. it's not just a challenge facing us here in the united kingdom, and it's going to be a really important part of this general election campaign. >> and michael, today the conservatives are putting out that they want to recruit 8000 more neighbourhood police officers. if you're elected in on july the 4th, 8000, why should the british public trust the conservatives when it comes to policing? it was a conservative government that slashed those numbers. was it not? >> well, well, that's a very good question, emily. the pledge was that we're going to create 20,000 more police officers. and in fact, we've exceeded that. and we've now got a record number over 149,000 police officers across our country. and you're right, this is an additional 8000 that we've pledged. i think this is this is a strong measure that's going to be welcomed, not just here in dorset, but right across the country. more neighbourhood police, more bobbies on the beat, if you like, right in your local area. cracking down on crime. and as i'm knocking on doors here in dorset and across the country, that is a message

that's going to resonate. look at our record. more than 20,000 police officers recruited the highest number ever. and contrast that with labour. michael was that not because was that not because those numbers were cut by about 20,000. >> so it was restoring the numbers of police officers. >> we are now, in fact, higher. this is the highest number, the 149,000 figure that i've quoted is the record number. it's a record number. the highest numbers ever. >> so we have increased record per person, though in terms of the figure, it's up from 146,000 in to 2010 over 149,000. the population has grown by, what, million? >> and with a pledge for 8000 more. tom, i think this is a good measure . i think it's good measure. i think it's a popular measure in communities like mine here in dorset and right across the country. i think this is a measure that will be welcomed by cracking down on crime and actually doing what we're promising. 8000 more police officers is exactly what we want. and it's a good measure that we're contrast that with laboun that we're contrast that with labour. labour only promising 3000 fully warranted more

officers . we're nearly tripling officers. we're nearly tripling that. it's a strong measure and one that i think will be very popular. >> okay. michael thompson, minister of state for illegal migration. always good to talk to you. thank you for joining migration. always good to talk to you. thank you forjoining us to you. thank you for joining us here on good afternoon britain. >> and apparently it's going to be paid for by hiking the cost of visas. interesting costing there. >> i was reading earlier, that only works. the costing only works if migration remains high of visas. if suddenly the number of visas. if suddenly the number of visas. if suddenly the number of visas crashes, then . then the of visas crashes, then. then the policy. you can't fund it. yeah. >> so should we go against michael's brief in one way or another, should we head back to the labour battle bus? because our political correspondent, katherine forster, is there, and she had fantastic reception. when we spoke to you earlier . when we spoke to you earlier. catherine, what's going on in labour? we highlighted a bit of a mismatch between what, emily thornberry had to say about the tax on private school fees and what the shadow education secretary had to say . secretary had to say. >> yes, that's right, emily, and don't tempt fate. talking about the signal. we are now on the a1

heading north, but yes, as you say, emily thornberry set the cat among the pigeons, didn't she? yesterday with those comments on gb news saying that basically . yeah, there might be basically. yeah, there might be more kids in in state schools, bigger classes. and that was absolutely fine. she said, if this, vat on school fees leads to a whole load of privately educated kids going into the state sector. now, bridget phillipson , the shadow education phillipson, the shadow education secretary, of course, is brief. this is has slapped that down today. she said no, no, no, that's not correct. because in fact, the birth rate is falling. there is more capacity. there are empty classrooms . now, are empty classrooms. now, i would just say, sure, the birth rate has fallen. there are empty classrooms at the lower end, but with older children , schools are with older children, schools are really pretty full. so it might

be different for the little ones. but anyway, talking about empty classrooms, labour announcing a plan today for 100,000 extra, childcare places, basically using 3000 classrooms that are not being used or underused to have nurseries in primary schools. and they're also pledging free breakfast clubs for primary school. pupils and they're saying that this is going to be paid for by, by, yes, vat on private school fees. that, of course, has also been, earmarked to pay for 6500 new teachers. so not clear if it's really going to raise as much money as labour thinks it is. but it also, i think, just worth saying, the conservative had a massive offer on childcare . in massive offer on childcare. in fact, the conservatives have promised free childcare for all children, and from nine months old being rolled out in the next

year or so, that's a massive and much bigger commitment than labour are promising. but labour have said that they will stick with those plans as well. now thatis with those plans as well. now that is a really big deal, but that's also going to be very expensive. >> yes, catherine, lots of people suggesting that labour aren't being entirely honest with all of the funding of their various commitments because it all includes these baked in real terms cuts to various departments that jeremy hunt puts in the last, fiscal statement that if labour get in, we're really supposed to believe that they're going to cut every department other than 1 or 2 protected ones by several percentage points. i think perhaps a rational voter would suggest that they won't make all of these huge cuts to departments , and instead we'll departments, and instead we'll have to find more money. i suppose there are lots of taxes that they're not saying they won't not raise. >> yes, that's right. they're saying they won't raise income tax. they won't raise national

insurance. and but there's lots of taxes, of course, that they could raise. and also very often they say they've got no plans to raise them. but of course very easy to say. you've got no plans. and then lo and behold, plans. and then lo and behold, plans change. but i think, you know , whoever is in power after know, whoever is in power after the next election , there is not the next election, there is not a lot of money around. there's been a projected either big tax rises or severe cuts to public services. no matter who is in charge. and this is something that paul johnson, the head of the institute for fiscal studies, is really quite cross about because he's basically saying that neither conservatives or the labour party are being in any way up front with the british public. there are going to be tough choices ahead no matter who gets in. and he's also been saying it's no good if the new government comes in and goes , government comes in and goes, oh, we didn't realise how bad things were because he says that, you know, the information is all out there from the obr. so yeah, tough times. whoever is

in charge i think. >> well, thank you very much indeed. katherine forster our political correspondent there live from the labour battle bus with all that merry news of taxes and taxes and taxes, i start to wonder, actually, if this much maligned figure of £2,000 per household that the tories keep on saying, if actually that'il pale in comparison to what reality we get an understatement. who knows? who knows? i guess we may or may not find out. knows? who knows? i guess we may or may not find out . anyway, or may not find out. anyway, coming up, we have an important update on the death of doctor michael mosley. don't go anywhere. we'll be back in a

tick. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 1:27, and we can bring you now some breaking news on the post mortem into the death of tv doctor michael mosley . doctor michael mosley. >> yes. joining us now is gb

news reporter charlie peters . news reporter charlie peters. charlie, what update do you have for us? >> well, we're hearing reports now from the island that the initial review from the coroner is that doctor michael mosley died of natural causes on wednesday at around 4 pm, the same day that he went missing. a police spokesperson on the island has said that the initial post mortem also found no injuries on his body that could have caused his death. that will dampen speculation that the cause of doctor mosley's death was from a fall on that extremely rocky and treacherous hillside area that he was last seen on near the aghia marina resort that you're seeing on your screens now. so initial reports suggesting death by natural causes . other local natural causes. other local sources on the island also reporting that the position of doctor mosley's body indicate that he took the final resting place and sat down to take a

rest. as he approached that resort by the fence. some reports suggesting that he was sat down with a hand on the wall, and that's where his body was found. on sunday morning . so was found. on sunday morning. so initial reports from that post—mortem examination being conducted in rhodes, some 25 miles south of the island of symi, where he went missing , symi, where he went missing, saying that the death is likely to be caused by natural causes and no visible injuries on his body that could have caused his death. that is very, very interesting stuff, charlie. >> it it of course, almost rules out that idea that there was a fool , it out that idea that there was a fool, it might also rule out some stroke and some of these other arguments. i mean, this could have been just a tragic incident of a heart attack. >> yes. well natural causes, we don't have further information on what natural cause is at play here, but in the extreme early afternoon heat that he was in some 40 degrees on the wednesday

when he set off at about 130 with an umbrella, cctv footage showing him walking quickly through petty town towards the north and indeed the east as he started what his wife , doctor started what his wife, doctor claire said was an incredible climb up that rocky hillside. well, from that intense situation he was in, natural causes could be heat exhaustion, heat stroke and possibly a heart attack. in such conditions, it's not unlikely for your body to just shut down from the sheer exhaustion caused by such temperatures. but initial reports from the island now, from the initial post—mortem examination being conducted today in rhodes nearby, is that it was a death by natural causes. no visible injuries on his body as discussed, ruling out some speculation that he had fallen down that treacherous rocky hillside area that he was seen walking through at some speed before his final resting place, some 90m away from the coast, and the safety of the

aghia marina resort. >> well , thank you very much >> well, thank you very much indeed, charlie peters, our reporter there. we're going to be speaking to a local journalist shortly to get that perspective on things. but seeing those pictures so barren. yeah. so barren, coming up, should all kids have access to a free school breakfast? and i guess the question is, who's going to pay for it all? the taxpayer , presumably the tax taxpayer, presumably the tax morad tahbaz debating that shortly. lots of you got strong views on this one. >> elio it's 132 almost. views on this one. >> elio it's132 almost. i'm ray addison in the tv newsroom. the prime minister says he never considered quitting, despite heavy criticism over his early departure from d—day commemorations in normandy. rishi sunak is promising to carry on until the last day of this campaign. it comes carry on until the last day of this campaign . it comes after this campaign. it comes after the prime minister kept a low profile over the weekend, avoiding questions from reporters as rumours increased

that he may step down. now he's vowing that he will not stop, quote, fighting for the future of our country. he will. quote, fighting for the future of our country . he will. the of our country. he will. the pm's promising to recruit 8000 neighbourhood police officers in england and wales if the tories are re—elected. rishi sunak saying that the plan would be funded in part by hiking visa fees and increasing the immigration health surcharge for overseas students. however, labour's calling it another, quote, empty promise from a desperate conservative party labouris desperate conservative party labour is making its own promises to deliver free breakfast clubs in schools, as we've been hearing it's part of a new childcare plan they say will save parents over £400 a yeah will save parents over £400 a year. they're also saying it will cut almost half a million days worth of school absences for parents who already pay for pre—school childcare. labour's funded breakfast clubs could cut the cost by up to £50 a week, delivering savings of almost £2,000 across a typical school yeah £2,000 across a typical school year. we're told douglas ross is to step down as leader of the

scottish conservatives after the general election . he will also general election. he will also quit holyrood if he's elected as an mp. the scottish tory made the announcement in the wake of the announcement in the wake of the row over his decision to stand in the aberdeen north and moray east constituency. he lib dem leader sir ed davey has launched his party's manifesto with a pledge to put health and care at the heart of the campaign . sir ed spoke about campaign. sir ed spoke about growing up caring for his mother, who died from hodgkin lymphoma. the party leader said the experiences of carers is exhausting. sometimes but also full of love. well, reform uk has set out its economic policy for the election campaign plans include raising personal tax threshold allowance to £20,000, abolishing ir35 for sole traders and raising the vat threshold for small businesses to £150,000. and as we've been hearing, local media reports suggest that doctor michael

mosley died from natural causes after the body of the tv doctor was found on a greek island, the 67 year old went missing after leaving his wife and friends on the wife of the island of symi on wednesday . he appeared to on wednesday. he appeared to have taken the wrong route back to his hotel and collapsed, where he couldn't be easily seen by emergency search teams. for the latest stories , sign up to the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> let's take a look at today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2716 and ,1.1821. price of gold, £1,814.67 per ounce and the ftse 100 at 8226 points.

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>> well, it's 138. good afternoon. britain. now the labour party has announced their plans for free school breakfast. clubs for every primary school child, with the party calculating that laying on free breakfasts for all will cut 450,000 days of school absence . 450,000 days of school absence. >> but should every child, every child be entitled to a free, taxpayer funded breakfast? and should poorer families be made to pay for richer ones? potentially, yes . potentially, yes. >> well, joining us now is mom of two anneliese colwell and political commentator matthew stadlen , i'll start with you, stadlen, i'll start with you, anneliese. thank you very much for coming on the show , what do for coming on the show, what do you make of this proposal for free breakfast for every single primary school child , i think

primary school child, i think it's entirely unnecessary , i it's entirely unnecessary, i absolutely agree with the welfare system , for those that welfare system, for those that need it. >> but most of us don't need it, andifs >> but most of us don't need it, and it's going to cost an absolute fortune money that i think could go to far better causes, i don't think it's promoting the right values . promoting the right values. personally, i think we should be moving far more towards , better moving far more towards, better family values, i don't think it's helping, in the long run, children's mental health, which i think is, you know, declining rapidly. i think we need more time with our parents, your children need more time with their parents. i think we need to be encouraging that, yeah, i just, i don't i don't really see any positives to the scheme whatsoever . i think there any positives to the scheme whatsoever. i think there is a scheme there already that is helping or trying to help those who need really need help , who need really need help, everyone else should be taking

responsibility for their own children, and spending the time with them. matthew this is just welfare for the rich . welfare for the rich. >> no, i think it's a really good idea, actually, tom, i think this is a way of giving all of our children wealthy or poorer or in between, a really solid start to the day takes a huge amount of pressure off parents in an ideal world, of course, parents would be doing this job, but lots of them simply can't afford it. >> and others perhaps don't get round to it. we know that a quarter of state school children at the moment are eligible for free school meals . that's an free school meals. that's an astonishing figure, if you think about it. if you think about the column inches that are dedicated to trying to criticise labour's plan to charge vat on private schools , let's stick up for all schools, let's stick up for all of our youngsters. because if our children are not worth investing in, who on earth is interested ? interested? >> matthew, it's interesting that you say our children as if children are our collective response ability. that's an

interesting way of viewing it, because that does absolve parents from those basic responsibilities . if it's our responsibilities. if it's our children rather than your children rather than your children . so very interesting children. so very interesting choice of words, matthew. yeah i'm not trying to be overly literal. >> i mean, i'm a dad, my myself and i take full responsibility for my nearly two year old, and we do our very, very best to make sure that he has a nutritious start to the day. indeed, nutritious meals throughout the day. i'm talking more loosely. i'm talking about society's responsibility to our young. for example, you wouldn't young. for example, you wouldn't you wouldn't criticise me for saying our children in the context of education, education is the responsibility of the state. so no, i think this is a goodidea state. so no, i think this is a good idea because i think if we get all of our children without any stigmatising of poorer kids, you know, who do need the meals . you know, who do need the meals. but then they look around the corner and the sort of slightly wealthier child doesn't, i think, bring everyone together, at least give everyone that option. and i think that will foster a good start . and if our

foster a good start. and if our children aren't hungry, they can work harder. they can do better at exams. they'll be more sociable and crucially, as well as labour suggests, we'll wait and see whether this materialises. it would cut truancy. we've now got a massive problem with truancy in this country. 450,000. is it days or hours? i mean, this would save days.i hours? i mean, this would save days. i think actually, of children across the country would be turning up to school. this is a really positive thing. i think let's invest our jul children and let's be positive about it. >> well, let's throw that back to analyse this idea of equality between young people. so that those who are poorer don't feel left out . left out. >> yeah, unfortunately there's always going to be inequality . always going to be inequality. and that's not something i want to promote. but there will be an inequality. but but i don't think the reason that that we're, that children aren't going to school is because they're not being given breakfast. you know, i think there are a load of other reasons that really need to be targeted rather than this is

just a sort of blanket plaster , just a sort of blanket plaster, that that is just a waste of money in most cases, and i'm sure there are some areas where you have more children who may need breakfast, but there are whole swathes of the country where actually children are being given breakfast and being looked after, and, and it's just totally unnecessary. it's wasted food, wasted money. if you were saying if they were saying, let's add three quarters of an hour of sport at the beginning of the day or something, then i'd absolutely. let's go with that. i'd absolutely. let's go with that . that's something that that. that's something that parents can't necessarily provide before school . but provide before school. but actually, even if you're in a rush, you can make a piece of toast and eat it in the car, or if you're going on the bus eating, this is the thing. >> anneliese i'll throw that to matthew. this is the thing making a breakfast. i mean, it seems to me that we're pretending that this is one of the greatest costs that parents have. the greatest costs that parents have . as anneliese says, you can have. as anneliese says, you can make a piece of toast and it costs you absolutely nothing .

costs you absolutely nothing. okay? it costs you very little. are we pretending now that parents can't even afford to make for breakfast their children, that we need this kind of welfare for all parents? you know, someone's written in and said, what's next, dinner club ? said, what's next, dinner club? and parents have no responsibility at all. do you see sort of slippery slope here? matthew >> i think there's a limitless responsibility, but let's not make the perfect the enemy of the good. and let's not also underestimate just how hard up so many families across this country are. we don't talk enough about it in the media, but we know that last year it was estimated 11 million of us were struggling to pay our bills. and actually, if you take the pressure , financial pressure the pressure, financial pressure and the pressure of time, you talk to parents, parents are under enormous pressures to try and make ends meet, trying to get into work, get kids to school. you take that pressure off them. i think that could give children a massive head start. and i say again, if that's going to cut 450,000 days of truancy, what an enormous

difference. >> i'm not sure how that's worked out. i'm not sure how that's worked out, matthew. >> indeed. and i didn't do i didn't do those sums. but if it turns out to be anything like true , what a great head start true, what a great head start for our children. also think of the difference that will make to our economy later in life. i just say one more thing, which i think is quite important. and new labour was sort of halfway on the half way towards abolishing child poverty. and sure, start was such a vital thing for children in those new labour years. they didn't get everything right. that labour, those labour governments, of course they didn't. but what they did to early age children, i think, was really , really i think, was really, really positive. and if this labour government, if it becomes a government, if it becomes a government, can do something like that, i think that's fantastic . fantastic. >> well, we have run out of time, i'm afraid. but matthew and anneliese, thank you so much for putting both of your cases across some really interesting stuff. there yes. >> i'm not sure where this truancy stuff comes from. i mean , where's the evidence to suggest that if you have a breakfast offer, that there's going to be 450,000 fewer days?

>> but emily, the labour party said it was true . said it was true. >> well, anyway, let us know your thoughts. gbnews.com/yoursay we'll come to some of your views as well because they were coming in thick and fast. but coming up, all cats in england must be now microchipped and registered on a database. >> from today we'll be hearing it says we'll be hearing one after the break.

>> well, it's 149 now. from today , all cats in england must today, all cats in england must be microchipped and registered on a database. >> however, data from a cats protection survey suggests that about 2.2 million cats in england are still yet to be microchipped. >> that's a lot of cats now, the charity said. owners of about 300,000 cats were not sure if they were microchipped or not, but cat owners found breaking the rules face a £500 fine if they do not comply within 21 days. that's a lot of

appointments, a lot of appointments. >> well, let's talk to our yorkshire and humber reporter anna riley . and anna, you've got anna riley. and anna, you've got quite a few furry friends with you, but this policy, it must be like herding cats. >> like you pun there tom. yes, definitely . because, we were definitely. because, we were just discussing earlier. i'm here with tina lewis. she is the head of operations at filey cat rescue , and it was exactly how rescue, and it was exactly how that was going to be policed. when that rule has come in as of today. but the government have put this in place, obviously, to reunite missing cats with their owners. and why would you say , owners. and why would you say, tina, it's so important being at the cat rescue. you've got over 260 cats here and many haven't been chipped . been chipped. >> if that was going on a few years ago, i wouldn't have the cats that i have now. they would be safely with their owners. so it's hugely important you know, it's hugely important you know, it doesn't cost a lot. and i know from experience that when people have come to collect

their cats and we've microchipped them here for them before, they took them, how desperate they are at the time and how they wish they had microchipped their cats because they would have got them weeks before and, you know, maybe prevented them getting pregnant or , or getting some disease or, or, or getting some disease or, you know , being well, run over you know, being well, run over or anything, you know, and they would have their, their baby back. so, you know , we're joined back. so, you know, we're joined by little carly here as well as well as other cats behind us. >> but when you rescue these cats, you do the chipping yourself. just just tell us a little bit about that process . little bit about that process. >> so every cat is chipped here apart from the small kittens that that you know, are chipped when they're neutered later on. it's a tiny little grain and that's all it is. it's a tiny little grain and that's all it is . and none of that's all it is. and none of them mind it. they really don't . them mind it. they really don't. it's a it's a very easy process. we do it here, and then we register them online with all the so the people's addresses phone number and their name and

the name of the animal and how old they are , you always when old they are, you always when you do get your cat microchipped, always remember to register the you know, everything or else actually it won't matter whether you've microchipped them or not. they you know, when they were scanned, they would come up with nothing unless you register. so it's just a two minute job later on, you know, to just finish the process. but you know , i know if process. but you know, i know if it came to it and you lost your cat , you know, you would wish cat, you know, you would wish you had done it. and especially in door cats, because some people think i don't need to because he doesn't go out. but, you know, one day might get scared . he might get frightened. scared. he might get frightened. he might just get out of a window or a door and wish he hadn't. and you're in that really awful time when you don't know what's happened to them, and you just want them back and that's in the cats protection survey as well. >> some people said because they've got a collar with their address on, but they could fall off and fall off and to be honest, the more things you've

got, if they've got a collar on, you know, and the microchipped, you're just doing the very , very you're just doing the very, very best that you can do for them, you know, and how does it feel that dogs have its law that dogs have to be microchipped years ago? this is just cats are just coming in line now. >> i know, but it's happening. at least we are getting there now. you know, with everything. you know, it's like if a cat is knocked down, you now have to report it. whereas a few years ago you didn't have to. and so we're we're getting there. it's just taking time like everything isn't it. but yeah we'll win through will the cats. >> thank you so much tina . and >> thank you so much tina. and thanks to carly as well. so yeah 21 days. if you've one of those millions of people that haven't got your cat chipped yet, 21 days to do that or else there's a risk of a £500 fine. >> well, thank you very much indeed, anna reilly. and to your guests there as well. are you a cat person, no, i'm a person. person. >> okay, so not an animal lover. >> okay, so not an animal lover. >> no, no, no, i was making a joke. i'm not half cat. no, i prefer dogs. i have to say ,

prefer dogs. i have to say, cards on the table are much more of a dog person. i think dogs are more loyal, more friendly cats.i are more loyal, more friendly cats. i find a bit distant. >> well, don't give up the don't give up the day job with the stand up. >> with the stand up. yes are you a cat person? no. i'm human. >> coming up as reports provide more insight into tv doctor michael mosley's death , we'll be michael mosley's death, we'll be joined by a greek journalist, a local journalist. so stay with us. >> us. >> for a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of boxt solar, the sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news showers at first during the rest of the day, but they will tend to ease inland later with clear skies overnight leading to a chilly feel by the start of tomorrow. we've got a northerly airflow across the uk at the moment. low pressure moving into the continent, leaving behind a lot of cloud and quite frequent showers, especially for the

nonh showers, especially for the north and the east of the uk. but inland, though , showers will but inland, though, showers will tend to ease overnight. still, the odd one going, but many places will turn with places will turn drier, with clear spells and out of the breeze overnight. under those clear skies, temperatures in some spots will fall into the mid single figures, perhaps even a touch of grass frost. first thing tuesday in the most sheltered spots, but actually plenty of sunny spells as well, particularly across southern parts of england into south wales, the midlands seeing some bright weather first thing, temperatures rising fairly quickly through the morning as well. there'll be a lot of cloud , especially towards the north. 1 or 2 showers for northern ireland, northern england, but the most frequent showers by this stage will be across the north and the east of scotland, where the thickest cloud will be. and we're going to see this cool breeze continuing from the north. and as the morning continues, we'll see further showers crop up here and there. just about anywhere could get a shower, but the most frequent downpours will once again be

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emily carver. there were no visible injuries on the body of tv doctor michael mosley, who reportedly died of natural causes. these are the lines coming in from the island of symi, where he was found five days after going missing . we'll days after going missing. we'll get the very latest from greece shortly . shortly. >> and there's chaos within the labour party over tax on private school fees. emily thornberry has been slapped down this morning by her colleague after she suggested the policy could put class size pressure on state schools . schools. >> and the prime minister returns to the campaign trail after his disastrous d—day blunder. but with his authority shaken , there are calls from shaken, there are calls from within the tory party to welcome reform uk's nigel farage to unite the right and a political earthquake across europe. >> nationalists have made gains in a swathe of eu countries. the belgian prime minister has resigned. president macron has called a snap legislative election. will the shockwaves hit britain ?

hit britain? >> every time we see that little video of the european commission there that says, use your voice in huge words blazoned across the european commission in english, of course, i just i just quite like that little fact that since the uk left the european union, they've been using english more and more and more in official communication because it's almost been sort of depoliticised it's not it's no longer favouring sort of one country apart from maybe ireland above anything else. so there it is, front and centre. use your vote. english, the language of the european union. >> the french must hate that. i think particularly the french must hate it. they're very protective of their language, especially as this is in strasbourg. >> which of course is a french city, although it's one that has flipped between germany and france over the years. >> yes, but please do send in your views about what's going on on the continent with this lurch towards right wing parties .

towards right wing parties. there's an almost irony or i'm not sure if that's the right word, really, but the fact that the uk is likely to elect a left wing government come the next election, if the polls are right, of course, whereas on the continent things are going in the other direction. >> well, it's never been that euroscepticism is a right wing or a left wing thing. i mean, it was, oswald mosley, the leader of the british union of fascists, who in the 1960s wanted to create a state called europe. he had a big rally in trafalgar square saying europe, a nation . back then there was a nation. back then there was a big sort of fascist move to unite europe , but of course unite europe, but of course takes all stripes, takes all stripes. >> get your views in gbnews.com/yoursay but let's get the headlines with ray . the headlines with ray. >> thanks, guys. 2:02. our top stories. the prime minister says he never considered quitting despite heavy criticism over his early departure from d—day commemorations in normandy . commemorations in normandy. rishi sunak is promising to carry on until the last day of

this campaign, he says, comes after the prime minister kept a low profile over the weekend, avoiding questions from reporters as rumours increased that he could step down. now he's vowing that he will not stop, quote, fighting for the future of our country. >> i'm energised about the vision that we're putting forward for the country. this campaign is only not even halfway through yet, and i'm finding enormous amount of support for the policies that we're putting on the table, whether it's a modern form of national service, the triple lock, plus 100,000 new apprenticeships, continuing to cut taxes for people, these are all things that people want to see. i believe i've got the right plan for the country. we're the only party willing to take bold action. that's how we deliver a secure future. and i'm going to keep taking that message to many people as message to as many people as possible. between now and polling day. >> the prime minister is also promising to recruit 8000 neighbourhood police officers in england and wales if the tories get re—elected. rishi sunak says the plan would be funded in part by hiking visa fees and

increasing the immigration health surcharge for overseas students . however, labour's students. however, labour's calling it another empty promise from a quote , desperate from a quote, desperate conservative party policing minister chris philp says the tories aim to build on their recent police recruitments. >> we are pledging to recruit another 8000 police officers on top of the record numbers. we've already got those extra 8000 officers will be dedicated to neighbourhood policing . that neighbourhood policing. that means patrolling your local high street, patrolling the areas where where you and me and our your listeners and viewers, live visibly patrolling, catching criminals, preventing crime, reassuring the public. >> labour's promising to deliver free breakfast clubs in schools, part of a new childcare plan that they say will save parents over £400 a year. they're also claiming it will cut almost half a million days worth of school absences for parents who already pay absences for parents who already pay for pre—school childcare. labour's funded breakfast clubs could cut the cost by up to £50

a week, delivering savings of almost £2,000 across a school yeah almost £2,000 across a school year. they say labour leader sir keir starmer is insisting that the policy will help parents, as any parent with young children will tell you childcare and nursery places are really essential. >> they're so good for children in their development and making sure that when they arrive at primary school, sure that when they arrive at primary school , they've got the primary school, they've got the skills that they need. really good for parents and carers because they can get back into the labour market. so very good also for the economy and our scheme is fully funded, fully costed, but also fully planned, so it'll be wrapped around primary schools. >> lib dem leader sir ed davey has launched his party's manifesto with a pledge to put health and care at the heart of the campaign . sir ed spoke about the campaign. sir ed spoke about his own experiences looking after his mother , who died from after his mother, who died from hodgkin lymphoma. the party leader said his experience and those of other carers are exhausting sometimes, but also full of love and these are the

experiences that we must bring out of the shadows , because the out of the shadows, because the truth is that unless we properly value care , unless we properly value care, unless we properly support carers, we will never be able to fix the crisis in our nhs or or get our economy back on track. reform uk has set out its economic policy for the election campaign plans include raising personal, the personal tax threshold allowance to £20,000, abolishing ir35 for sole traders and raising the vat threshold for small businesses to 150 k form uk chairman richard tice says that the plans are the best way forward for working people. now. the right thing to do is to make work pay. >> so let's lift the starting point at which anybody pays any income tax to £20,000 a year. that's still well below the average national salary. but well above the current level,

which is about £12,570 a year. >> well, in other news, local media reports suggest that doctor michael mosley died from natural causes after the body of the tv doctor was found on a greek island. the 67 year old went missing after leaving his wife and friends on the island of symi on wednesday. he appeared to have been have taken the wrong route back to his hotel and collapsed where he couldn't be easily seen by emergency search teams. the prince of wales has wished the england football team good luck for their euro 2024 bid. during a visit to saint george's park in burton upon trent, william shared advice from prince louis to quote eat twice the amount dunng to quote eat twice the amount during the tournament. the president of the fa also presented shirts to the 26 players taking part in the event . of course, the euros kick off this friday, with scotland taking on germany in munich . for

taking on germany in munich. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts now back to tom and . emily. to tom and. emily. >> well good afternoon britain. it's 2:08. now our top story this hour. we're getting in new lines on the post—mortem into the death of tv doctor michael mosley. >> it's being reported that there were no visible injuries and that all indications are that mosley died of natural causes. well, freelance journalist daphne tullis joins us now from athens . us now from athens. >> daphne, thank you very much indeed.i >> daphne, thank you very much indeed. i know you've been following this story with with great interest. obviously, we now hear the tragic news that he sadly passed, likely of natural causes. can you explain to us a little bit about what, the area in which he was holidaying, what that terrain is like ? is it an

that terrain is like? is it an area where there are lots of tourists? it appears quite remote from the pictures i've seen. tell us a little bit about it. >> well. exactly. the doctor mosley and his wife were on the island of symi. apologies. the catechism , grow. he was on the catechism, grow. he was on the island of symi. it's a small island, very picturesque , very island, very picturesque, very idyllic. but, it's also very rocky, very hilly, and there's little shade on this island. so although it is a very small island, its terrain is not so easy. it's not so easily walkable. i mean, there are some footpaths , laid out footpaths footpaths, laid out footpaths and others that are not so laid out . the fact is that and others that are not so laid out. the fact is that on and others that are not so laid out . the fact is that on that out. the fact is that on that day, the heat was extreme, there was a heat wave all week, actually , last week, there was actually, last week, there was a heat wave well above 40, 42 degrees. this is something that no human actually can really , no human actually can really, adjust to these temperatures under the intense sun, i spoke to the coroner this morning

after the post—mortem myself, and he told me the cause of death is. it cannot be specified or determined because the body was found in an it was decayed to an extent that he could not, they could not, find the exact cause of death, but it seems that there was no injury, no , he that there was no injury, no, he hadnt that there was no injury, no, he hadn't fallen. he wasn't. he hadnt hadn't fallen. he wasn't. he hadn't hurt his head or anything like that, so it is, as we have seen all these past few days when the search was ongoing, all over the land, but also the sea. it's very difficult unless you have a specific area where to look when it's rocky , when it's, look when it's rocky, when it's, there's parts where it's, the, there's parts where it's, the, the rocks are a bit curved down, so small ravines, maybe , you so small ravines, maybe, you have to have a clear indication of where to look . this seems of where to look. this seems that the first couple of days, the they were looking on the other side of the bay where he had set off from the beach. he had set off from the beach. he had started walking. he was seen

captured on a cctv, like a digital , you captured on a cctv, like a digital, you know, viewing. last digital, you know, viewing. last digital sighting was on this cctv camera, seen wearing the clothes that he was wearing the day that he was missing, on wednesday, carrying the umbrella. but with the timestamp and the date time stamp that we, we know of, it was really in the middle of the day. noon. past noon, 12 1:00 2:00 middle of the day. noon. past noon, 121:00 2:00 pm. which means that this is when it's extremely hot, when we are going through a heat wave, which was the case, on wednesday and on thursday, as well, now, the coroner also told me that doctor michael mosley likely died that day on the same day. so after he had set off after he had reached like nearly made it to that beach bar, he was found in one of these rocky, areas and this rocky areas that you are now showing part of, on the side of a fence where you can see that

it's a bit hilly. so if you're, if you're lying down and you're on the level of the ground , it's on the level of the ground, it's kind of it's difficult to be visible from from a distance unless, there's a camera, unless there's a very big zoom lens, unless there's someone that goes physically close to there. now, ihear physically close to there. now, i hear marina beach, is only mainly reachable by by by boat. there is a way you can walk as it seems that doctor michael mosley did walk, but it's not the usual, way to. i mean, it's more like the exception to take this route than than the norm , this route than than the norm, because it's a long hike and the temperature were indeed extreme that day. which is something that day. which is something that we do see every summer in greece is, well over 40 c. >> so tragic how he was so close to that bah and if he'd had gone just a bit further, things would have been so very different. but it if i'm

understanding you correctly, it seems that he he was on this walk having a bit of an adventure. perhaps at the wrong time of the day took a wrong turn , and, and the heat was turn, and, and the heat was beanng turn, and, and the heat was bearing down too much that he sort of just collapsed . sort of just collapsed. >> yes. but obviously, obviously, we cannot know exactly what, what happened and where and how and whether he was, really, he knew that he took the wrong turn or not. obviously, we cannot know that now that the fact is that he didn't there was no phone with him either. so had he if he wanted to contact someone. if you're walking on this hike can be like two hour hike and you have no you don't see any other person on the way or you know, then it's you have to get somewhere. that's what everyone will do. they try to get to somewhere. you know, we know that this island is small. you know it's safe. you know, it's , know it's safe. you know, it's, it's light. you can see something. so you're just walking, i guess, along, a path,

even though that it's not, you know, there's no cars on that path . there's no motorbikes, but path. there's no motorbikes, but you just walking , hoping you you just walking, hoping you will end up on a beach and, where? somewhere where there's a beach bar on the next village. which, unfortunately, he was like . it seemed that he was so like. it seemed that he was so close to getting to that beach bar where others were there swimming and sunbathing. >> thank you so much for speaking to us, daphne tullis, you're a freelance journalist based in athens, well, the heat ikeep based in athens, well, the heat i keep mentioning the 40 degree plus heat, and we know heat waves can claim can claim lives very sadly. yeah, really horrible story , that one. but we horrible story, that one. but we will bring you any updates if and when we get them. >> now, the labour party's lead in the polls may seem unassailable, but that hasn't stopped internal divisions and indeed, issues appearing to emerge in the party's education

policy. >> yes. well, speaking to gb news yesterday, shadow attorney general emily thornberry said it would be fine if class sizes in state schools grew as a result of their planned tax raid on private schools. >> it's fine. you know, and if we have to, in the short term, have have larger classes, we have have larger classes, we have larger classes, you know, the, the, the, so you will make classes larger to accommodate . classes larger to accommodate. >> goodness me. however, the shadow education secretary, bridget phillipson, has been distancing herself from miss thornberry's comments this morning. >> i'm afraid that isn't right. actually, what we're going to see in the years to come because of falling pupil numbers is that schools will merge and close, and that's happening in parts of the country already. that's the demographic shift that schools are facing at the moment, falling pupil numbers. so that won't be the outcome . so won't be the outcome. so a little bit of disagreement. there meanwhile, in his first media interview since friday, rishi sunak, the prime minister, has insisted he never considered quitting after the fallout from his decision to leave d—day

commemorations to do a tv interview. >> well, we're now joined by gb news political correspondents katherine forster in york and olivia utley in westminster . olivia utley in westminster. now, catherine, you've been following the labour party all day , has this sort of row over day, has this sort of row over whether or not this new education tax will swell class sizes been overshadowing what else the labour party has been talking about . talking about. >> well, certainly i think that emily thornberry yesterday did not take the line that they would have wanted her to take, and they've been hitting back very hard on that today because of course, she basically said it would be fine if state school class sizes rose as a result of a whole load of children being taken out of private school because of the vat rise that's going to be put on their fees under a labour government . now, under a labour government. now, bridget phillipson, the shadow education secretary saying no,

absolutely not. there is spare capacity in the state system, that certainly true. at the lower end, the birth rate is falling. i'm not so sure that that's, true everywhere with older children. but anyway , sir older children. but anyway, sir keir starmer was at a school alongside bridget phillipson in nuneaton today , let's have nuneaton today, let's have a look at what he had to say on this , we've had the analysis by this, we've had the analysis by the ifs on this, which says that there will be a negligible impact. so we're very confident about that . about that. >> so he was at the school to talk about a couple of big childcare announcements that labour have made today. one is that they say they can get another 100,000 child care places , and they say they're places, and they say they're going to do that by, reconfigure , bring 3000 classrooms in primary schools that are underused or unused and turning those into nurseries. they're

also pledging , free breakfast also pledging, free breakfast clubs at primary level. they're saying that all this is going to be paid for by that rather controversial vat on private school fees. i don't know whether it will raise quite as much as they are projecting. they've also said that that's going to fund 6500 new teachers . going to fund 6500 new teachers. but, you know, they're absolutely sticking to their guns on this, whether it's controversial or not, because they feel, first of all, that it's going to make them quite a lot of money that they think they can spend wisely, and also, frankly , because it's popular, frankly, because it's popular, there's only about something like 7% of children are privately educated . that goes up privately educated. that goes up to about 15% at sixth form. but you know, the vast majority, are in state schools. so the labour feels that public opinion that most people won't mind too much about this policy. >> well, thank you very much indeed. katherine forster there.

she's on the labour battle bus today in new york, olivia, you're in westminster now . i you're in westminster now. i understand you were at, reform's presser earlier where they announced their economic policy. i've seen also that a number of conservatives are saying the right should unite, including nigel farage. tell us. >> well, absolutely. suella braverman, the former home secretary, has said that she believes it's time for nigel farage to be welcomed into the conservative party. she said that the conservative party is a broad church and people with views like mr farage's should be part of the party now. nigel farage today dismissed that. he said that actually there's a lot of difference between what the conservatives are offering and what the conservatives have given the country over the past 14 years, and what reform is offering today and it'll be really interesting to see where these splits lead because of course, there are mps on the right of the conservative party suella braverman among them. robert jenrick too , who have

robert jenrick too, who have really quite a lot in common with reform and with farage's party, particularly on issues like immigration and tax and nigel farage was prepared to admit that today. but where do those similarities end, and where do the differences start setting in? because after an election, assuming that labour does indeed come into power , does indeed come into power, that's going to be very important indeed. what happens to the remainder of the conservative party? does it join forces with reform with nigel farage, who potentially might then be the mp for clacton and form a sort of right wing opposition force? or will it sort of regress to the centre? will it become the party of sort of robert buckland and david cameron and these, these centrist mps who the reform party feel they have nothing in common with whatsoever ? nigel common with whatsoever? nigel farage was keeping his powder pretty dry at the moment . it pretty dry at the moment. it looks as though, you know, he would be pretty willing if it came to it, to join forces with

some conservative mps, those on the right of the conservative party but there are plenty in reform who wouldn't like to join forces with the conservatives. i think this is something which we've really got to keep an eye on because after the election there will be some sort of major opposition party and it will be fascinating to see where exactly it springs from. >> absolutely . but i suppose the >> absolutely. but i suppose the big question many people will have is just how large is that opposition force? and could it be that there's a chance of over 100 conservative mps, 200 conservative mps, or if reform gets a very high vote share, perhaps that number is much diminished and not replaced by all that many reform mps. currently, they're only expected to win one seat at. >> well, exactly. and the refrain we've heard over and over again from conservative backbench mps and from cabinet ministers too, is that a vote for reform will split the conservative vote and end up essentially dead , animating the essentially dead, animating the conservative party. that is the

worry for conservative mps. that said, we could end up in a situation if reforms polling just goes up by a few more percentage points, perhaps sort of 1516 percentage points. that's what pollsters are saying. where they could be in a situation where they actually win whole clusters of seats, in which case you could see a genuine sort of teaming up between the rump of the conservative party whatever's left in westminster and the reform party in westminster. to that question of how big is the conservative party going to be at the next election? it's a really interesting one. from what i'm hearing, the messaging that's going down the best on the on doorsteps from the conservatives to their sort of long time voters , is vote for long time voters, is vote for us. i know you might not really like what we've done in the past 14 years, and i know we're not going to win this election, but please vote for us because we need to have a strong opposition. we need to have some sort of force to push back against the most extreme of labour policies. that seems to actually be having quite an effect on the doorsteps, and seems to be getting people to

vote conservative. but of course, conservative central office cannot say it, can't admit defeat already, it can't make its central messaging vote for us, even though we know we're going to lose. so it's a really tricky line there for the conservatives both in westminster and beyond, to tread such a defensive position, isn't it, really? >> thank you very much. olivia utley . and of course, katherine utley. and of course, katherine forster, who was in york for us, yes. i'm not sure that's a big sell. is it really on the doorstep? we're not as bad as the other lot. no, they do say a lot of people, you know, they don't necessarily vote for a party, do they? they often vote against another one. >> that is our electoral system. i mean, in other countries where you can i mean, where is it israel, where they originally in israel, where they originally in israel, you had only 1% of the vote that you needed to get into the knesset . now, that's been the knesset. now, that's been raised, i think, to 3. but it does mean that you get these fractious coalitions, these unstable governments. israel's had how many elections in the last few years and lots of different, sort of quite fruity parties , get in simply because

parties, get in simply because they can attract 3% of the vote. i'm not sure that the other world is all that much more sunny. >> yes. i think a lot of people wish they had something to for, vote but there you go, coming up, we'll be looking at these shock european union election results which saw a surge towards national nationalist parties. what exactly is driving these voters and what does it mean for britain here you're watching good afternoon britain. we're on

gb news. right 227 is the time. good afternoon. britain. now emmanuel macron has called a snap parliamentary vote in france after he was heavily defeated by right wing parties in the european elections. >> well, the french president's party suffered a humiliating defeat by marine le pen's national rally party, which received more than double his

renaissance party's vote. >> nice french accent now, dunng >> nice french accent now, during the shock announcement, macron said the hard right was progressing everywhere in the continent and admitted the eu parliamentary election was not a good result for parties who defend europe up allure. >> allure, but let's speak to the editor in chief of the brussels report, peter cleppe, thank you so much for joining us. because this is a pretty profound moment. lots of people saw it coming, but i'm not sure anyone predicted that macron would, launch these new legislative elections or indeed, that the prime minister of belgium would resign , well, yes, belgium would resign, well, yes, indeed, the, the result in france is, i would say, the most important consequence of the european parliament elections, that are otherwise not all that important, to be honest, in belgium it's quite different, the prime minister resigned after, right wing parties secured a massive victory in the

national election, which took place, on the on the same day, now going back to france, this may also have an impact on the possible second term of the european commission president. miss ursula von der leyen, because she was really , let's because she was really, let's say, the subject of a lot of criticism during the campaign in france, because of the extreme green policy. so i think it may become very difficult now for macron to support her for a second term, and, peter, what do you think the reason is that more and more people in europe are choosing to vote for right wing parties . are choosing to vote for right wing parties. is it anti—immigration sentiment? is it as you just mentioned, the net zero debate to those stringent targets that are coming from the european union? is it euro scepticism? what do you think the most important thing is here, well, of course, migration and the migration chaos, the inability to secure the border, that's very important. and already you can

see centre right parties shifting . you know, at the shifting. you know, at the moment there are, 19 european leaders that support something , leaders that support something, like the uk's rwanda approach , like the uk's rwanda approach, which is basically about outsourcing asylum processing to stop the human smuggling. the human smuggling, problem, but then indeed, you know, the, the extreme green policies, the fact that politicians would tell you to, abandon your combustion engine and replace it with a, you know, an expensive , you know, an expensive, complicated electric vehicle. the fact that they would force you to make very expensive investments into your home for the climate, investments that would, you know, never be profitable. i mean, i think people are sick and tired of this. and i think it's only in denmark where the greens have actually had a good result, everywhere else they've been punished. >> no, it is interesting to see this sort of wave of populism,

but, what does macron think he's doing with this snap election? is this to try and nip the rising right wing party in the bud? because in legislative elections in each constituency, they'll need over 50% of the vote, whereas in the european elections it's a more proportional system. they could get away with winning on 32% of the vote, he really had no choice. there was a lot of criticism, even inside his party, for this decision. but you know, at the moment, macron does not enjoy a majority in the french parliament. and at times he already had to resort to, let's say, some dodgy procedures which allow him to bypass the national parliament, which made him even more unpopular. so i mean, he had to go to the voter, and he's basically now hoping that this will, you know , lead that this will, you know, lead to the french being afraid of the national rally, and ultimately go for, you know, the

devil they know. >> very interesting. and we know, here in britain when we were members of the european union, how differently people vote when it comes to european elections as compared to national ones. just very lastly, a lot of conversation online and elsewhere about which parties are hard, right, and which parties are just right wing, or nationalist , lots of sort of nationalist, lots of sort of umbrella terms. hard, right. which parties are genuinely hard right that have been successful in this election ? in this election? >> well, to be fair, i think you can say that, the french, national rally is on the more extreme side, but they have been moderating to be fair, that's different in germany, where the alternative for germany started as a very decent eurosceptic centre right party, but has moved , mostly driven by the moved, mostly driven by the eastern german membership , to eastern german membership, to ever more extreme , you know, ever more extreme, you know, positions, so , so in other

positions, so, so in other countries, you know, in italy, you have a tradition of post—fascist parties then morphing into the centre. right. that's also happening with, with miss, meloni, you know, in spain, the vox party, they have some remnants of, spain, the vox party, they have some remnants of , pro—franco some remnants of, pro—franco sentiment. but to be fair , sentiment. but to be fair, there's a lot of, very decent centrist people in that party as well. so it all depends. it's a bit of a mix. and occasionally indeed, let's say , some more indeed, let's say, some more unsavoury elements or, roaring their heads, so, well , i unsavoury elements or, roaring their heads, so, well, i think their heads, so, well, i think the lesson is that if these parties, if they move to the centre right, typically they become more, more successful , become more, more successful, and if they stick with, you know, their old, often clown esque, habits, then, you know, things are not going right. >> very interesting indeed. thank you so much, peter klepper from the brussels, report. great to speak to you. let's quickly get the . news.

get the. news. >> jets, guys, at 230 for our top stories this hour. 212 year old boys have been found guilty of murdering a man with a machete in a wolverhampton park. jurors at nottingham crown court unanimously convicted the youths, who stabbed 19 year old victim sean c zahawi, through the heart in november last year. they're believed to be the youngest boys to have committed a knife related murder in the united kingdom. the prime minister says he never considered quitting , despite considered quitting, despite heavy criticism over his early departure from d—day commemorations in normandy. rishi sunak is promising to carry on until the last day of this campaign. he says. it comes after the pm kept a low profile over the weekend , avoiding over the weekend, avoiding questions from reporters as rumours increased that he may step down. the prime minister's promising to recruit 8000 neighbourhood police officers in england and wales if the tories

are re—elected. rishi sunak says the plan would be funded in part by hiking visa fees and increasing the immigration health surcharge for overseas students. however, labour is calling it another empty promise from a, quote, desperate conservative party. well, labour's promising to deliver free breakfast clubs in schools, part of a new childcare plan that they say will save parents over £400 a year. they're also claiming it will cut almost half a million days worth of school absences for parents who already pay absences for parents who already pay for pre—school childcare. labour's funded breakfast clubs could cut the cost by up to £50 a week, delivering savings of almost £2,000 across a school year , they say. lib dem leader year, they say. lib dem leader sir ed davey has launched his party's manifesto with a pledge to put health and care at the heart of his campaign. said spoke about growing up caring for his mother, who died from hodgkin lymphoma. the party leader said the experiences of carers is exhausting sometimes,

but also full of love. while reform uk has set out its economic policy for the election campaign plans include raising personal tax threshold allowance to £20,000, abolishing abolishing ir35 for sole traders and raising the vat threshold for small businesses to 150,000 k, and local media reports suggest doctor michael mosley died from natural causes after the body of the tv doctor was found on a greek island , the 67 found on a greek island, the 67 year old went missing after leaving his wife and friends on the island of scilly on wednesday. he appeared to have taken the wrong route back to his hotel and collapsed , where his hotel and collapsed, where he couldn't easily be seen by emergency search teams . for the emergency search teams. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts . news. common alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club

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for >> well. martin daubney is up at 3:00, and he joins us now to tell us a little bit about what we can expect. tell us, martin. >> well, guys, five years ago today, i was elected as an mep for the brexit party. and today, the spirit of brexit burns on brussels. faced with absolute

bedlam , a massive backlash, a bedlam, a massive backlash, a rise to the right millions of ordinary working class voters, six of the back teeth of uncontrolled immigration, six of the back teeth of net zero taxes. they voted with their feet . michel barnier, ursula von feet. michel barnier, ursula von der leyen, guy verhofstadt your boys took one hell of a beating. what does it mean for the future of the european union? new groups will be formed , new groups will be formed, new alliances will be forged. could it spell the writing on the wall for the european project? all of that coming on my show. plus, of course, rishi sunak, after his d—day debacle. well, he's come out of his bunker at last to face the music. can he pull off an historic comeback? ed davey. he's at a theme park once again. it's a circus with the lib dems. he wants to rejoin the european union despite the fact they had a nightmare night last night. meanwhile, nigel farage says we're skint and to cheer us all up ten years on, rest in peace rik mayall. we look back at the comedy genius of a much loved and much missed icon. >> you are an absolute

smorgasbord of a show to use a european word. but martin, look forward to it. >> 3:00 i was trying to think of another european word plateu something like that. stumble ensemble, yes, well, i've forgotten what i was going to say. i was going to say i was going to say something very, very interesting before you started throwing in the european, words puddle, that's okay. i'll remember it when i don't need it anymore. >> well, we're getting new lines on the post—mortem into the death of tv doctor michael mosley. >> yes, it's being reported that there were no visible injuries and that all indications are mosley died of natural causes. >> but let's get the very latest now with gb news reporter charlie peters. because charlie , charlie peters. because charlie, there's been some new information in the last couple of minutes. that's right. >> tom, earlier this afternoon we heard about cctv footage of doctor michael mosley approaching the agia marina resort. our journalists on the island are reporting that in the last hour, they've been able to review that footage taken by the

resort's restaurant owners . and resort's restaurant owners. and they say that it depicts doctor mosley wandering in a confused state for around 20 minutes before he approached his final resting place. that fence, perimeter wall, where it's understood he put his hand on the wall and then collapsed and was sat down there. he was found yesterday morning at around 10:30 am, face up in that position. so this footage now reportedly demonstrating doctor mosley walking around in a confused for state 20 minutes. journalists retracing the steps he should have taken say that that journey must have taken and should have taken just five minutes. so that does further indicate that the extreme heat at the time played a crucial role in that fatal final few moments for doctor mosley, some 40 c at the time of his disappearance, there was a

weather warning, a heat warning in place on the greek island , in place on the greek island, which is 2525 miles north from rhodes , where this post mortem rhodes, where this post mortem examination is taking place, and the review of this footage, reports of this footage comes after initial reports from that post—mortem examination , post—mortem examination, suggesting that there were no visible injuries on doctor mosley when he was found , adding mosley when he was found, adding to the thesis that natural causes were the cause of his death, which does reduce speculation that he could have taken a full on that extremely rocky and steep landscape that we've just shown some footage of, and instead was that extreme heat that led to his fatal final moments . heat that led to his fatal final moments. it's heat that led to his fatal final moments . it's likely now people moments. it's likely now people are speculating that it was more to do with the extreme temperatures, potentially heatstroke, heat exhaustion and other effects causing him to collapse at that site. so the review of that footage, 20 minutes of wandering around in

what is reportedly a confused manner before now resting his hand on that fence perimeter, agonisingly just 90m away from the coastline . and this also the coastline. and this also adds to questions about how it took so long to find doctor mosley. he is reportedly to have died around 4 pm. local time on wednesday, but they didn't find him until yesterday morning. >> how desperately sad . thank >> how desperately sad. thank you so much, charlie peters, our gb news reporter. and you can see from that footage just how sparsely populated it is. there was no one there to find him. no. oh devastating. >> but, much more to come on the program. do stay with us. we'll be discussing prince william after he made a special visit to england's national training centre today to wish the england players good luck ahead

good afternoon. britain. it's coming up to 10 to 3. and throughout the election campaign, we're going to be heanng campaign, we're going to be hearing from voices from people across the uk hearing what really matters to you. >> yes. today we met mari carmen from leamington spa. >> my name is mari carmen. i'm 32 and i'm from leamington spa. i'm a health and fitness coach for moms, and i used to be a nurse at the birmingham children's hospital. so i nurse at the birmingham children's hospital . so i know children's hospital. so i know the government have announced the government have announced the fact that they're going to increase child care hours for children younger. and actually, i think my son, who's now one qualifies for that in september. so i really hope that continues. also, more support around enterprise, you know , i'm enterprise, you know, i'm currently raising investment for my business and the way the economy is at the moment, my business and the way the economy is at the moment , the economy is at the moment, the climate, it's quite hard. i know there are things around. so this is but i think, if businesses could have more support to grow, you know, financially that would be that would be really helpful. i've got three small children, two at school, one at nursery. you know, cost of living is huge, like our food bill, if i'm lucky to get it under £100 a week, you know, and i cook from

scratch, i'd be, you know, i'm lucky. so i think more help, you know, with day to day things, you know, when is actually food pnces you know, when is actually food prices going to come down. i know speaking to a lot of my clients, they find the same, you know, just day to day things. if you want to take your children on activities, you want to go on holiday, just everything feels really inaccessible at the moment. when i was nursing, i used to vote labour. you know, they have always been the party for the nhs, for, you know , for the nhs, for, you know, teachers and stuff. so i hope that, you know, i hope that is the case if conservative can demonstrate more for, you know, enterprise and those key things that i've just spoke about potentially them , but if i'm potentially them, but if i'm being completely honest with you, i'm not a massive fan of keir starmer. so, i don't know . keir starmer. so, i don't know. >> well, there you go. that's the view from leamington spa . the view from leamington spa. but earlier today, prince william visited the england national training centre to wish the team good luck ahead of the euros, which start later this week. >> his royal highness , who is >> his royal highness, who is also president of the fa, met the head coach, gareth

southgate, and the players to present them their shirts for the tournament. >> well, let's cross to saint george's park and speak with itv news reporter jack carson , who news reporter jack carson, who is on the scene. jack talk us through where the team pleased to see him. the prince ? to see him. the prince? >> oh, certainly a very good reception from prince william as he arrived this morning to visit these england players and the manager and management staff before they took off in the bus just a short while ago, actually towards the airport to head for germany against before there, of course. first game group game in the european championships this summer. this sunday, prince william met gareth southgate upon his arrival, asked him how preparations were going and then presented the players that are going to the tournament. the 26 man squad with their shirts that are you know, and also as well the likes of harry kane and john stones and kyle walker, whose fifth international tournament this is going to be. so it's quite an achievement. but he also gave quite a bit of a rousing speech, a bit of a team.

talk to the 26 players. and he said that he'd taken and asked on the school run for some inspiration from his children. prince louis apparently suggested that the players should eat twice as much when they're out there, but he did think maybe that was the best advice to pass on to the players. so he talked very much about his reflections on the times that he's come to saint george's park, the times that he's been in and around this england squad. of course, we know how much prince william is, how much of an england fan he is, how much of a football fan he is. so he took upon the reflections that he's had about how much of a unit these players also seem to be, how much they've got each other's back. but he told them that the country is behind them to be wary that england have a target on their back because of the success and the expectation version of how good england could be at the european championships this summer. but he told them to look to their childhood, look to their memories, look to their families, their friends for inspiration because of course, when they get out on that pitch, that mental resilience, which of course we know prince william has been such an advocate for, for mental health. he knows how important those memories, those

inspirations and what those players can call on to pump them up in the right moment. how important they could be. so that was very much the sentiment of his speech. he also visited local school children that had come for here a festival of football, before he went off to complete his other duties for today. >> fantastic. thank you very much indeed. jack carson , our much indeed. jack carson, our reporter there at saint george's park. now, lots of you have been getting in touch today. we've got a little bit of time to read some of them out. kevin says it's alarming the rise of the extreme right in europe. they prey on immigrants as the cause of all social problems, and the uncertainty in the economy, etc. we need to be watchful here in the uk . the uk. >> it's a fair point. i think that's the flavour of sort of the more radical right in europe is different from the flavour in the united kingdom. i mean, nigel farage would never sit with marine le pen in the european parliament when he was an mep . but steven says the an mep. but steven says the macron man claims the right wing are on the rise. no, the silent majority are waking up. >> oh well there you go. two sides, two sides of the coin there. never say that one.

>> you all perspectives here on gb news. but of course much more to come throughout the week. and what an election campaign it is being , don't forget to stick being, don't forget to stick with martin daubney for the next three hours. >> see ed davey to see ed davey in thorpe park. >> he's going to be on something called the rush . called the rush. >> the rush, the rush. that's a ride. yes. so stay tuned for that. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news showers at first during the rest of the day, but they will tend to ease inland later with clear skies overnight leading to a chilly feel by the start of tomorrow. we've got a northerly airflow across the uk at the moment, low pressure moving into the continent, leaving behind a lot of cloud and quite frequent

showers, especially for the north and the east of the uk. but inland those showers will tend to ease overnight. but inland those showers will tend to ease overnight . still tend to ease overnight. still the odd one going, but many places will turn drier with clear spells and out of the breeze overnight . under those breeze overnight. under those clear skies, temperatures in some spots will fall into the mid single figures, perhaps even a touch of grass. frost first thing tuesday in the most sheltered spots, but actually plenty of sunny spells as well, particularly across southern parts of england into south wales, the midlands seeing some bright weather first thing temperatures rising fairly quickly through the morning as well. there'll be a lot of cloud , especially towards the north. 1 or 2 showers for northern ireland, northern england, but the most frequent showers by this stage will be across the north and the east of scotland, where the thickest cloud will be. and we're going to see this cool breeze continuing from the north. and as the morning continues, we'll see further showers crop up here and there. just about anywhere could get a shower, but the most frequent

downpours will once again be across scotland, northern and eastern england. fewer showers, general compared to monday, but still quite a number of them towards the east. in the west, that's where the best of the sunshine will be. highs here of 17 or 18 celsius. and then through tuesday evening those showers continue for a time, but actually overnight it turns mostly dry with clear spells as a ridge of high pressure builds in. that will lead to a fine day on wednesday. for many of us, it doesn't last though. more rain to come on thursday, followed by showers on friday. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on

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p.m. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk . on today's show, there's just 24 days now to go until the general election. i know you're counting them off now. rishi sunak has said he won't quit after his d—day debacle. >> labour want free breakfast for school kids and reform, want to slash taxes and liberal democrats , well, they want to democrats, well, they want to rejoin the single market. >> we'll have all the latest from the campaign trail and the results are in for the european union elections. and we've seen an historic backlash against brussels with the surge in votes for parties who want stricter immigration controls and kickbacks against net zero taxes. with snap general elections called in france, belgium and possibly even germany . is belgium and possibly even germany. is the belgium and possibly even germany . is the writing belgium and possibly even germany. is the writing on belgium and possibly even germany . is the writing on the germany. is the writing on the wall for the european union project ? and ten years on from project? and ten years on from the untimely death of the genius rik mayall, we look back on the staggering work and legacy of an irreplaceable, much missed comedy legend . and that's all

comedy legend. and that's all coming up in your