sunak election campaign, rishi sunak is more than 1200 miles away in italy. i'm asking today what is the point of the g7 summit and if the tories are thrash on july the 4th, as seems likely, will they join forces with reform uk.7 well, they join forces with reform uk? well, nigel farage has revealed today that he would be willing today that he would be willing to lead a merged reform and conservative party and find out why england's most patriotic estate is feeling the pinch ahead of euro 2024. apparently it's all to do with the price of those flags . that's all come in those flags. that's all come in between now and 6:00. welcome to the show . it's welcome to the show. it's a pleasure to have your company. well, today was the big reveal, sir keir starmer finally launched the labour manifesto . launched the labour manifesto. but does it contain anything we haven't heard before ? for all

haven't heard before? for all the detail seems to be old now and pretty familiar. is there anything in there to excite you? talking of which, what about the tantalising prospect of some perhaps of nigel farage merging with the conservative party, a reform conservative merger after a general election wipe out? if that happens , could the that happens, could the conservative party rise from the ashes like a phoenix with nigel farage at the helm? is that the right thing for the country, or is that the wrong thing ? let me is that the wrong thing? let me know. get in touch with your opinions. the usual ways gb news. com forward slash your say. but before we get stuck into a meaty show your headlines with aaron armstrong . with aaron arm strong. >> with aaron armstrong. >> good afternoon. it's 3:02 i'm aaron armstrong. rishi sunak says labour's election manifesto will mean the highest taxes in history . sir keir starmer history. sir keir starmer unveiled his party's key policies earlier , identifying policies earlier, identifying wealth creation as the number

one priority and ruling out a return to austerity. now, after he was briefly interrupted by a protester, sir keir rejected rishi sunak's allegations of higher taxes, insisting there would be no new rises under a labour government. other than those in their manifesto . those in their manifesto. >> i don't believe it's fair to raise taxes on working people when they're already paying this much , particularly in a cost of much, particularly in a cost of living crisis . so let me spell living crisis. so let me spell it out. we will not raise income tax. we will not raise national insurance. we will not raise vat . that is a manifesto commitment i >> however, chancellor jeremy hunt disagrees, describing it as a tax trap. manifesto and chief secretary to the treasury laura trott disagrees with labour's numbers, insisting keir starmer's promises will mean higher taxes. >> this is labour's tax trap

manifesto. it only contains tax rises . no tax cuts under rises. no tax cuts under labour's own published figures. it will take the tax burden to levels never seen before in this country. and that doesn't even include the £2,000 of taxes which are going to levy on every working family across the country. so it's not actually so much what is in this manifesto. it's what's not in this manifesto, because labour have not ruled out taxing your home, your car, your pension . everyone your car, your pension. everyone at home needs to be very, very clear. their taxes will rise under labour. >> meanwhile, rishi sunak has left the campaign trail to join world leaders at a three day meeting of g7 nations in southern italy . a us president, southern italy. a us president, joe biden, is urging fellow members to support ceasefire negotiations in gaza and to encourage hamas to accept a proposal backed by israel. leaders of the world's richest economies will also discuss the growing threat posed by iran and funding for ukraine in its war against russia. one of rishi sunak's closest parliamentary

aides is facing a gambling commission probe after he bet on when the general election would take place just three days before it was called. craig williams, who served as the prime minister's parliamentary private secretary and is the conservative candidate for montgomeryshire, and glendower , montgomeryshire, and glendower, admitted to putting a flutter on some weeks ago but says he doesn't want what he's described as routine inquiries to distract from the campaign. the family of harry dunn have accused the us government of obstructing their son's inquest. the teenager was killed in 2019 when his motorbike collided with a car driving on the wrong side of the road. now the driver, anne sacoolas, who was an employee of the us government, wasn't present at the four day inquest nor were any representatives of the us embassy. harry's mother charlotte, says her son's memory has been disrespected. >> if they further disrespect harry, they've disrespected the future that he could have had and it just further bolsters my opinion that they have totally have no regard for myself, my

family, our wider family. they they just don't care . they just don't care. >> a childminder has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for the death of a seven month old baby, harlow collinge died after being shaken by 63 year old karen foster. the infant suffered severe brain injuries and was taken to hospital, but died several days later. foster, who was found guilty of manslaughter, was a registered childminder but had broken ofsted rules over the number of ages, the number and ages of children that should have been in her care. britain's welfare bill is expected to rise by more than £20 billion a year by more than £20 billion a year by the end of the next parliament, a report from the resolution foundation found. that's being driven almost entirely by pensioners and those with a health condition , with with a health condition, with the overall cost of welfare bigger today than at the beginning of the financial crash in two thousand and seven. spending on the state, pensions grown the most , followed by grown the most, followed by disability and incapacity

payments, while benefits not related to health or housing have fallen, both main parties have fallen, both main parties have committed to the triple lock pension rise, although conservatives have pledged to cut spending by £12 billion per year and wizz air has again been ranked as the worst airline for delays for a third consecutive yeah delays for a third consecutive year. the budget carrier's departures from uk airports were, on average, more than half an hour behind schedule last yean an hour behind schedule last year, according to the civil aviation authority . turkish aviation authority. turkish airlines recorded the second worst punctuality last year , worst punctuality last year, with tui third. the irish carrier emerald airlines was the best with an average delay of 13 minutes, followed closely by virgin atlantic . more details on virgin atlantic. more details on all of our stories are available by scanning the qr code on your screen, or going to the website gb news .com/ alerts. now it's back to . martin. back to. martin. >> thank you aaron. now we've got so much to get through. so let's get cracking. we start, of

course, with sir keir starmer who today has launched labour's manifesto by saying he's not complacent ahead of next month's general election. well, a gb news people's poll this week put labour a massive 20 points ahead of the conservatives. i'm joined now by our political correspondent, olivia utley olivier. welcome to the studio . olivier. welcome to the studio. we've had a massive drum roll today. we've had a massive drum roll today . the cymbal crashed the today. the cymbal crashed the big announcement. what's new? the stuff that came out we've heard about for weeks, we've heard about for weeks, we've heard about for weeks, we've heard about vat on schools, non—dom taxation, overseas, property investors getting clobbered, corporation tax is being capped . no increase on being capped. no increase on income tax. national insurance, vat . am i missing something? it vat. am i missing something? it seems to be stuff we've already heard before . heard before. >> well, we all knew that this manifesto was going to be a very sort of softly, softly, gently, gently approach keir starmer has an almost completely clear path to number 10 at the moment, and the last thing he wants to do is announce some new, unexpected policy which is going to upturn the apple cart and prevent him

getting that super majority he's planning on. but i think this manifesto was even more sort of lacking in content than we were expecting . and as you say, expecting. and as you say, pretty much every single policy commitment had been pre trailed in some cases years ago. i mean , in some cases years ago. i mean, some of these promises keir starmer made when he first became leader of the opposition. i think what's interesting about it is when you look carefully at his tax promises , obviously his tax promises, obviously labour have promised over the last few years some pretty expensive things there, wrap around childcare. they're huge expansion of nursery places added on to primary schools. they're supervised tooth brushing, all of these things, these cost money. and keir starmer has repeatedly said and he said again this morning that he said again this morning that he will not be raising income tax. national insurance or vat, but obviously without some sort of financial miracle , some taxes of financial miracle, some taxes will have to be raised or public spending will have to be cut. and i thought it was really interesting today how keir starmer a didn't rule out public spending cuts. he said that this

the labour party you know, won't be the party of austerity. but it does sound as though public spending cuts are on the horizon. but also it became pretty clear that the labour party is planning tax rises. it might not be any of those three big taxes, but it will be almost certainly council tax rises, which can be very painful indeed . fuel duty rises, which obviously there are many people who feel already that there's a war on motorists. well, that could be about to get worse and capital gains tax. so that's the tax on wealth. it'll be really interesting to see when labour decides to implement those tax rises, because they are definitely coming. >> and do you think this is part of the downside of being so far ahead? >> he doesn't have to do a big reveal. it doesn't have to be a massive golden globe on the table to make us drool. this is about not spooking the horses. he's been called captain cautious for this budget. this manifesto . beg your pardon? manifesto. beg your pardon? today, jeremy hunt called it a tax trap manifesto. well, that's a bit rich. they've been raising

taxes to the highest level since world war two. is the detail, the stuff we're not seeing. for example. there's nothing in there about caps or sizes of immigration targets. well, exactly. >> and actually, chris faux pas political editor, asked keir starmer a question a little bit earlier . starmer a question a little bit earlier. let's have a listen to what he had to say. >> chris, @gbnews >> chris, @gbnews >> chris, @gbnews >> chris hope gb news keir starmer , you're so far ahead in starmer, you're so far ahead in the polls. should we prepare for a one party socialist state as the tories say? and is that a is that a good thing ? and also, that a good thing? and also, just quickly, you want to reduce net migration. what on earth does that mean? is that below 100,000 a year? >> look, chris, let's reject the cynicism of the tory campaign. all they want to do in a general election is to suppress the vote. i know that not a single vote. i know that not a single vote has been cast in this election . polls don't predict election. polls don't predict the future, and every single vote has to be earned. and we

will earn it with our plan for growth, our our plan for creation of wealth in the future i >> -- >> well, as you heard there, there was quite a lot of laughter about the idea of sort of one party socialist state, but it does look very much as though keir starmer really could be heading for a super majority. and it would be really interesting to see what happens interesting to see what happens in parliament if that were to happen, because we haven't really seen anything like that since 1997. and actually some people are suggesting that labour's majority this time round could be even bigger than 1997. what sort of policies will the labour party introduce that they're not mentioning yet? if that super majority comes to pass as the immigration question? well, starmer forgot to answer it there. he did actually come back to it a little bit later. and i think we'll hear that in the next houn we'll hear that in the next hour. let's just say it wasn't the clearest answer i've ever heard. >> and i also think that the big majority will allow them to do basically whatever they want. >> so we might not have any painful tax rises in this manifesto. why would they do

that? why would they spook the electorate when they have victory? so close to their grasp? but with a massive, massive majority that would dwarf even boris johnson's majority, then , olivia, they majority, then, olivia, they could push you anything they wanted. >> well, exactly . >> well, exactly. >> well, exactly. >> and there are some places where the labour party, rachel reeves in particular, has tied her hands. i mean, it would be very difficult now for, for the labour party to raise any of those three main taxes. but there are lots and lots of areas where they have deliberately kept the canvas as blank as possible. they want to have they want to have free rein to do what they want when they if and when they come to power. and if they do get this super majority . they do get this super majority. and i think we should all be looking at what's going to happen with public spending, because interestingly, it does look a little bit as though labour could be heading for the sort of public spending decisions that george cameron , decisions that george cameron, george osborne and david cameron made back in 2010. >> lexus of olivia utley always brilliant as usual. now let's quickly cross over to the tories, responded to labour's manifesto and chief secretary to the treasury laura trott says a

labour government would land the country with its biggest ever tax burden. >> this is labour's tax trap manifesto. it only contains tax rises and no tax cuts under labour's own published figures, it would take the tax burden to levels never seen before in this country. and that doesn't even include the £2,000 of taxes which are going to levy on every working family across the country. >> so there we go. the tories strike back and let's talk to a man who was a labour mp when they last produced an election winning manifesto . that man is winning manifesto. that man is stephen pound. stephen, welcome to the show. always a delight. so you were there back in the glory days of blairism and when there was a lot of money in the biscuit tin. now, stephen, we have a very , very different have a very, very different situation. the cupboard is bare. old mother hubbard, sir keir starmer came out today . there's starmer came out today. there's nothing new in this, but a lot of people are saying is this supermajority the kind of tiger

in the reeds, if you like. will that give sir keir starmer the power to push through any old tax rise he wants down the line ? tax rise he wants down the line? >> absolutely not. >> absolutely not. >> i mean, you're quite right, mark. >> i was a blair babe, you know, and i was there at that time. >> and fair play to john major. you know there was a few bob in the kitty at that particular time. but look, the key thing about this manifesto, what for me, the overarching overwhelming thing is, is it's actually one for the future. it's no good coming up with empty promises like corbynite nonsense that we heard in the conservative manifesto. we're going to actually, on the one hand, cut taxation on the one hand actually improve public services when you can't do both. what's good about this is it's actually about increasing the size of the cake before we start slicing the cake before we start slicing the cake up. now, we've heard from laura trott that this this absolute risible nonsense about the £2,000 over four years, which, as you know , in anyone which, as you know, in anyone with a calculator will work out, it's actually about £40 a year and it simply isn't , you know, and it simply isn't, you know, the crushing blow that the tories would like us to see. but

look, what's big about this is yes, it is a steady as she goes a manifesto. i can't argue with that. and it was interesting that. and it was interesting that the manifesto launch was heckled, you know, by a rabid corbynite, because i think that just shows how far we've gone as a party. but look, the reality is we can't succeed in this country unless we have growth. growth is the single most important thing. we can't spend anything until we've actually earned it first. it's a fairly bafic earned it first. it's a fairly basic principle that, in all honesty , margaret thatcher honesty, margaret thatcher actually enunciated quite well. so this is about growth. and when i look at in the detail, the stuff for small business, the stuff for small business, the stuff for small business, the stuff about business rates, that to me is actually invigorating. it could actually save the high street and we could actually improve our quality of life, because you've got to build from the bottom up. you can't simply say, as the tories have said, we're going to slash taxes, but somehow magically, mysteriously , some, magically, mysteriously, some, some strange alchemy. we're going to actually improve public services with less money. i'm sorry. that's for the birds . sorry. that's for the birds. >> and yet, stephen, what's happened with the dreaded fiscal

drag, of course, is that as wages have gone up , drag, of course, is that as wages have gone up, as drag, of course, is that as wages have gone up , as inflation wages have gone up, as inflation has gone up, more and more ordinary, hard working people have been dragged into higher rate tax brackets. it's okay to cap taxes, but as sure as night follows day, more people will pay follows day, more people will pay those higher taxes because inflation varne just like death and taxes is inevitable . and so and taxes is inevitable. and so therefore nurses, teachers, policemen , even policewomen, policemen, even policewomen, they'll be dragged into top% tax rates. that doesn't sound like a labour government to me. that sounds like a conservative government. >> martin martin martin, i'm like you. i weep for the tube train drivers like i weep for those rempe people who are going to be earning over 70 grand a yean to be earning over 70 grand a year, and they're going to be dragged through this process that you quite accurately describe as fiscal drag. well, look, to be honest, if somebody is earning an extra 20 grand a year and they pay an extra 4000 grand a year, on top of that, they're still £16,000 a year better off. i'm sorry, fiscal drag is actually a sign of success of an economy at the present time. we've got a race to the bottom, not a race to the top, but it's always good to

hear you speak up for the plucky tube train drivers. fair play to, you know, not just the tube train drivers. >> i'm talking about nurses , >> i'm talking about nurses, policemen, policewomen, a lot of ordinary , hard working people ordinary, hard working people who never would consider themselves high rate taxpayers. stephen are now finding themselves in that bracket because of inflation. and what i'm saying to you is that that isn't addressed in this manifesto today. it carries on. it steadies the ship. it's jeremy hunt's plan, but with a red rosette . red rosette. >> well, i'm sorry, but look, the key thing here is that how do you actually reduce inflation? quite simply by actually stressing instability. as you know, inflation is a is an aspect. it's a symptom of insecurity . it's a time when you insecurity. it's a time when you don't have confidence in the economy. then people stop spending or they start investing in gold or paintings or god knows what. so if we actually manage to achieve some sort of stability , some economic fiscal stability, some economic fiscal stability, some economic fiscal stability in this country, then inflation will fall and it's already falling at the moment. i mean, fair play to the people in the treasury at the present time. so the idea that we have

to actually throttle back on this whole policy of building from the bottom up and actually in. the economy, because some people might end up paying more tax. i'm sorry. ijust people might end up paying more tax. i'm sorry. i just simply tax. i'm sorry. ijust simply don't buy that . i think most don't buy that. i think most people would actually say, do you know, i'd actually like to see a few police officers. i'd like to actually see my hospital working. i'd actually like to see, you know, our streets kept clean. i'd actually like to see those improvement in public services. and the tories have promised that . but at the same promised that. but at the same time, they said they'd cut taxes. you can't do that. you simply can't square that circle. this is. yeah, sure , you can this is. yeah, sure, you can criticise this, this manifesto as a steady as she goes , steady as a steady as she goes, steady as a steady as she goes, steady as a steady as she goes, steady as a ship one. but in all honesty, martin, you know, you've been there in government, you've been there in government, you've been there in government, you've been an elected, you know, member of the european parliament, you know, the realities of this thing. you can't actually achieve anything unless you have that stability to start with. and you can't achieve stability unless you have the majority. and at the moment, yeah, it's ours to lose. the labour party is there . we the labour party is there. we could lose this. of course we could. we're bloody good at losing elections . but in all

losing elections. but in all honesty, this seems to be a soben honesty, this seems to be a sober, sensible , mature sober, sensible, mature manifesto that i'm pretty quite, quite happy to sign up for. although within 15 seconds of the manifesto being launched, i got a message from from conservative headquarters, from labour party, sorry, from the labour party, sorry, from the labour party, sorry, from the labour party , saying can you labour party, saying can you make a contribution to our election fund? and i agreed. i think it's worth it for the country . country. >> okay. stephen pound, one of the original blair babes , the original blair babes, matured like a fine wine. thank you very much for joining us matured like a fine wine. thank you very much forjoining us on you very much for joining us on the show. always a pleasure to have your company. thank you very much. now, gb news is, of course, the people's challenge. so we went out and about in bristol earlier to find out what voters think of labour and confused by it all. >> and, yeah, just because obviously what they say and what they do are normally two complete things. >> it just makes you sceptical about everything that's kind of committed to. so i'm kind of probably like most people just frustrated about the whole thing really. >> but there you go. >> but there you go. >> i haven't read it in detail. ihave >> i haven't read it in detail. i have a fair idea of what's

contained. i don't think there's anything outstanding, anything out of the ordinary , i don't out of the ordinary, i don't honestly think the manifestos are really worth reading because i don't think they tell you a great deal about what's going to happenif great deal about what's going to happen if the party gets into power. >> i don't think that it makes any difference. i mean, you know, we're in a terrible state. >> whatever they put forward, it has to be better to what we've got now. whether they achieve it, as i say, is the question . it, as i say, is the question. >> now we go. bristol speaks now we'll have lots more on the labour manifesto, of course, throughout the show and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gbnews.com. and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country . so thank you very the country. so thank you very much. now it's time now for the great british giveaway and your chance to make this summer really sing. with over 16 grand's worth of prizes to be won, that's 15 grand tax free cash and a whole host of goodies on top. now you've got to be in it to win it. here's all the details that you need. >> it's our summer spectacular. three top prizes that have to be

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>> gb news is britain's election channel. >> and when the big stories break, we're tackling them on britain's newsroom. >> when we disagree , we disagree >> when we disagree, we disagree a lot. even livelier than normal. >> we don't disagree that much. we do. >> his comedy, though, is revolting . i knew her, and like revolting. i knew her, and like you, that explains beverley turner's temperament. >> it's a bit frosty in here, isn't it? we'll have one of me, one day, for dartboard practice. >> britain's newsroom on gb news, weekdays, 9:30 am. gb news. >> the people's channel, britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> welcome back. your time is 326 now. labour is not the only party that launched its manifesto today. so has plaid cymru re, the party's leader. re an app yorwerth has called for more funding and economic fairness for wales.

>> common threads, which runs through this manifesto, is fairness . firstly, fair funding fairness. firstly, fair funding for wales plaid cymru is the only party advocating for the abolition of the barnett formula, which has seen wales lose out to the tune of billions of pounds. now, over the years . of pounds. now, over the years. it's not a begging bowl, it's just doing what's right. it's enabung just doing what's right. it's enabling investments in public services and in the economy. even lord barnett himself the architect of that formula back in 1978 when i was that size, said that it had passed its sell by date many years ago . by date many years ago. >> wow. an end to the barnett formula. that's a nice handout from westminster to wales. every yeah from westminster to wales. every year. well there we go. so throughout the election campaign we're hearing from people across the uk about what really matters to them. issues such as nhs waiting lists, immigration impact , the cost of living, impact, the cost of living, crisis, crime and policing and our reporters have been out to

meet voters from all four nafions meet voters from all four nations and we'll hear from them regularly before polling day on july the fourth. and today we hear from murray. i'm murray hecht, i'm 50 years old. >> i live in brighton . >> i live in brighton. >> i live in brighton. >> the issues that are important to me are anti—semitism , social to me are anti—semitism, social care and education in the past, i was a staunch labour voter. >> i was a member of the labour party. >> that all changed in the corbyn era, when anti—semitism reared its ugly head. >> and i became, i suppose, what you would call a floating voter to vote for keir starmer . to vote for keir starmer. >> i'd like to hear from him that he's going to kerb these marches that happen every week in london, that he's going to listen to jewish people and what their fears are and take it seriously and show us that he's actually going to do something rather than pay lip service and not doing anything, really. >> my job is at the moment, i'm a full time carer for my mother, who's housebound and disabled. >> there's a t mum and i want to see things improve for her and

also carers . also carers. >> i have to survive on £81 a week, which is nothing . so i'd week, which is nothing. so i'd like to see an overhaul of the carer's allowance and also more carer's allowance and also more care for people who need it. i have a dilemma of who i'm going to vote for. i haven't fully decided because i've got to weigh up the pros and cons. obviously i'm thinking about social care and the issues that are close to my heart, and i know that the conservatives haven't had a great track record with this over the last. however many years, 14 years that they've been in power. so i've got some weigh up. do i vote for labour with the anti—semitism ? labour with the anti—semitism? do i vote for conservatives who i know are going to cause problems with social care and my personal situation? so it is a real dilemma for me at the moment . moment. >> you know, i absolutely love these people's voices. we do them every day. i was elected five years ago and i spent so much time talking to voters , and much time talking to voters, and their stories are fascinating. it just goes to show how complex it is to try and please

everybody. how can the labour party please the growing voice of the pro—palestine sentiment? those muslim politicians demanding ceasefires in gaza, at the same time keeping people like murray happy, who are very concerned with some justification given about rising anti—semitism on our streets, he wants the labour party to stamp down on the pro—palestine marches, but how on earth can they do that while keeping the more radical left and that muslim vote happy? so many plates being spun during this general election. and what will we see after the election if and all indications are there'll be all indications are there'll be a massive labour party majority , a massive labour party majority, what will those people who backed the party demand , and backed the party demand, and particularly that pro—palestine, muslim vote, what will they be asking for? i don't think that people like murray will be getting what they want. i don't think they'll be calling for an end to those marches any time

soon. keep your thoughts coming in. what do you think about these marches? is that an impact? are there little bits and pieces that put you off making that leap to parties? we are all of us now politically promiscuous, politically homeless. oftentimes, i think that's a good thing. i think every single vote should be fought for. what will get your vote? let me know. gbnews.com/yoursay now there's loads more still to come between now and 4:00 later in the show, i discuss nigel farage has claimed that he would be willing to lead a merged reform and conservative party alliance in the future. does that get your juices flowing? but first, it's your news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories this hour. rishi sunak says labour's election manifesto will mean the highest taxes in history. sir keir starmer unveiled his party's key policies today, identifying

wealth creation as the number one priority and ruling out a return to austerity after he was briefly interrupted by a protester. sir keir rejected rishi sunak's allegations of higher taxes, insisting there would be no new rises under a labour government other than those in their manifesto . the those in their manifesto. the family of harry dunn have accused the us government of obstructing their son's inquest. the teenager was killed in 2019 when his motorcycle collided with a car that was driving on the wrong side of the road. the driver and sacoolas, who was an employee of the us government, wasn't present at the four day inquest, nor were there any representatives of the us embassy. harry's mother, charlotte , says her son's memory charlotte, says her son's memory has been disrespected . rishi has been disrespected. rishi sunak has left the campaign trail to join world leaders at a meeting of g7 nations in southern italy, us president joe biden is urging fellow members to support ceasefire negotiations in gaza and encouraged the hamas terror

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numbers are even more concerning, with 4160 facing the boots from the armed forces for drug use with cannabis and ecstasy. also regularly being found in drug tests . i'm joined found in drug tests. i'm joined now by the former british army officer and defence analyst, lieutenant colonel stuart crawford. stuart, always a delight to have you on the show. now, the headline writers are having fun. they're saying this is the marching powder squaddies on the sniff , but it's not on the sniff, but it's not a laughing matter. a lot of young people in this country, are turning to drug use soldiers, armed forces, people. it appears they're no different. what's going on? >> well, good afternoon. martin, i think really, you've hit the nail on the head there that if we remember that the armed forces of all three services recruit from the civilian population and drug use of that sort is rife in the civilian

society, then it reflects itself on the armed forces. now, that is not to condone it in any way, because i can think of no more lethal combination than a couple of snorts of cocaine and a high powered rifle. but i dare say that if you were to drug test, those who work at canary wharf and in the city and indeed in some media organisations, the results much might be much, much worse. so i think we've got to take it as being unfortunate, not the sort of thing that we want in the armed services, but it does reflect wider society from which the armed forces recruit . recruit. >> yeah, i mean, there was a slight wry, sideways smile from myself when journalists in the tabloids are getting a bit pious about extracurricular activities, shall we say. and i can see you share my smile there, stuart crawford. >> but nevertheless, i just wondered whether whether perhaps the bbc and itn and maybe even

gb news have a sort of mandatory drug drug test on a monday morning. i think the results would be quite shocking . would be quite shocking. >> i wouldn't know about that. i wouldn't know about that. but the fact of the matter is, as you said, we're not in command of rifles . we're not in command of rifles. we're not in command of rifles. we're not in command of tanks, of explosives or things that can cause harm. so in that respect, we can brush this aside by saying, well, this is just a wider reflection of british society, but should people in the armed forces be held to a higher standard? >> well, yes. i mean, i think that's a fair point , i think and that's a fair point, i think and i think they should because of the nature of the job, they do, but i dare say, we have to be aware of the temptations. if you're stationed in aldershot or tidworth or warminster or somewhere like that, and you get away at the weekend down to the local pubs and clubs, then it's going to be there and the temptation to partake in it is all present, you know, it's omnipresent. the drug of choice of the armed forces over the years, of course, has been

alcohol and in. when i served in germany in 1980s, i mean, i mean, we consumed herculean amounts of alcohol, both inside the barracks and when out on our tanks, on exercise . so i'm not tanks, on exercise. so i'm not going to get too pious about it. but i do think that it's something that we that we would want to discourage very strongly. >> yeah, that's something that raises the eyebrows about being tanked up while in control of a tank, even if it is just on an exercise . as lieutenant colonel exercise. as lieutenant colonel stuart crawford, that's a bit of a bit of an eraser. what should be done? i mean, are we at the point where we are going to have zero tolerance? we do see that in some organisations. is that a tad too heavy handed, would you believe, for the armed forces ? believe, for the armed forces? >> i think it's i mean, i wouldn't think it's a tattoo heavy handed. it's the, the question is how how is it appued question is how how is it applied ? and if there were, for applied? and if there were, for example , everybody returning to example, everybody returning to camp after a weekend had to do

go through some sort of drug testing regime as they came back into barracks? i think that would do a little bit to allow aviate what is a concerning matter, but but the other thing is, of course, people will always discover some other way to, enjoy themselves recreationally . and it really is recreationally. and it really is a case of trying to get ahead of the game. i don't think it can be stopped. absolutely. but it can be discouraged , very much can be discouraged, very much so. and that's what's going on at the moment, i hope. >> and stuart, without again trying to in any way justify any of this behaviour. trying to in any way justify any of this behaviour . when we look of this behaviour. when we look at men and women who are in situations where it's life or death, where they are, they are exist in a very, very heightened state of their own mortality, of dangen state of their own mortality, of danger, of preparedness. that's an incredibly stressful job, something that few of us on civvy street can ever hope to imagine. and so blowing off steam might have been a few pints back in your day . steam might have been a few pints back in your day. is steam might have been a few pints back in your day . is that pints back in your day. is that a part of the makeup? does it

attract people who are drawn towards taking risks towards danger? and that might mean there's some some backdrop, some prevalence, perhaps to be drawn towards this. >> well, i think that's definitely an element of it. and quite a lot of people, of course, joined the armed forces , course, joined the armed forces, to get a skill or a trade, which is, part and parcel of the whole military process. and i dare say the police and the fire service are, for example , are more are, for example, are more frequently, presented with challenging situations than the armed forces tend to be. so i don't know what the comparison data is like. i don't know what the statistics are like, but i mean, i wouldn't make any excuses for it except to say it does happen. and i think we've got to be grown up and adult and realise it happens and try and mitigate both the results of it and also discourage the use of such substances . such substances. >> i also wonder, lieutenant colonel stuart crawford, if a lot of this is boredom. a lot of these young people sign up to have a purpose to go into an

arena of combat, and during times of peace, perhaps they are simply too many idle hours. anyway, we could talk about this all day, but we have to leave it there. thank you so much for joining us. as ever, lieutenant colonel stuart crawford, always a delight. thank you very much. now, about to get more tory reaction to labour's manifesto, and i'll ask him, is a labour election win now simply inevitable? i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

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348. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news. now let's get more reaction now to the labour manifesto, which was launched of course, this morning. we're joined now by the conservative candidate nick fletcher. nick, welcome to the show. always a pleasure to have your company. so they're calling him captain caution . what's your response to caution. what's your response to sir keir's manifesto ? this is sir keir's manifesto? this is meant to be the future vision of the country. over to you . the country. over to you. >> he seems to be an awful lot of consultation from what i've seen so far. and obviously, tax increases, which we know what, that's exactly what the labour party are about. and i hope the country is not going to be, hoodwinked by this. it's what politicians from the labour party always do. they always leave us with higher debt. they always leave us with greater taxes , and they always leave us taxes, and they always leave us with fewer people being employed and i hope people have can remember what's happened in the past. and i hope people can see what's happening in wales right at this moment in time. with the longest nhs lists in the country

, i i'm on the doors of people. there's no love out there for sir keir starmer or the labour party , and they want a party party, and they want a party that's going to control their borders , going to be careful borders, going to be careful with their money because they know it's hard earned and they want a country that's going to be proud of itself. and that's exactly what this conservative party is all about it. >> but nick, it's fair and well to say there are going to be tax rises under sir keir starmer. there have been 27 straight tax rises under the conservative party. we've got the highest taxes since world war two and everyone remembers that. note that liam byrne left for david cameron. there's no money left. well there was we were 97 billion in debt. now we're 2.8 trillion in debt. the debt has been trebled under the conservative party. you don't think it's the case of glass houses and throwing stones ? houses and throwing stones? >> when we came into power in 2010, the national deficit was £158 billion. just before covid

in 2019, we got that down to £38 billion. and then obviously we've had covid and the day, the all the restrictions were lifted from covid, we'd got straight into, the putin invading europe . into, the putin invading europe. of yeah, we just i think we're going to have to i think we're gonna have to come out of that. >> nick fletcher, you sounded like you'd morphed into a dalek, i think it'd be a good idea. perhaps to get some better broadband in the area. but look , broadband in the area. but look, the point is this that i want to make is that is everybody is saying that the other party is going to be worse. tax rises are inevitable . and the labour inevitable. and the labour party, well, we have so many tax rises under the conservatives now they can blame covid, they can blame the war in ukraine. we might have questioned both of those things. what about if we weren't quite so rampant in

locking down by the way, the labour party and the conservative party, both wanted that.in conservative party, both wanted that. in fact, the labour party willed them on sooner , harder willed them on sooner, harder and longer. things might have been worse if the labour party had been in power today. been worse if the labour party had been in power today . did had been in power today. did enough come out to convince you that the labour party can be trusted on tax? undeniably, sir keir starmer has done a lot of work to try and massage the demons of corbynism away from the party. in fact, to be fair to him, he was heckled. today. there we can see it. he was heckled by somebody from the socialist left who doesn't recognise this party. sir keir starmer responded saying we're a party of progress. what he meant by that is if we were behaving like that young woman there waving the flag, the corbynista , waving the flag, the corbynista, they wouldn't be anywhere near power . and yet there is the power. and yet there is the spectre, there is the spectre of future tax rises. last night, when she said, it's not my plan to raise taxes, it's they're on the manifesto to raise taxes.

but do you worry that with that supermajority that even grant shapps , even the conservatives shapps, even the conservatives are saying it's coming with a massive majority to dwarf, perhaps even that of boris johnson's , they could push johnson's, they could push through any legislation they wanted. do you worry that there is a red under the bed in the form of massive tax rises, despite what sir keir starmer says on manifesto launch day, despite what he says in very highly, highly polished media performances. now let's have a bit of fun because we all came together and shared a tear, shed a tear. even when rishi sunak announced he had a difficult childhood and he was , it was so childhood and he was, it was so tough that he didn't even have sky tv. while it brought the people who use twitter or x as people who use twitter or x as people now call it, together, but not in sympathy , but to but not in sympathy, but to majestically poke fun at him . majestically poke fun at him. let's have a look at a few of these now. now, one person

referred to band aid with sting, bono and simon le bon tearfully singing and there won't be sky tv in winchester this christmas time. the prime minister was mocked up as oliver twist, asking please, sir, can i have sky tv? another had an image of a young rishi sunak burning dollar notes, saying he was killing time while waiting for sky tv to be invented. there he is. and his school blazer setting fire to money because he can't afford sky tv and finally, the poster for eton , the poster the poster for eton, the poster for et, which was to changed ot only terrestrial. so when we come together like this and we mock and we take the mickey , mock and we take the mickey, this i believe is britain at its best. and don't worry, we've also done the same for ed davey and sir keir starmer next. talking of which, sir keir starmer has unveiled labour's manifesto. stand by to find out what he said and didn't say on immigration. we ask him the big

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gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 4 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk . today, sir keir starmer has launched labour's manifesto and said he's not complacent about election victory, despite his absolutely massive lead in the polls . now, if the tories are

polls. now, if the tories are thrashed on july the 4th, as looks most likely, will they join forces with reform uk? well, nigel farage today has sensationally revealed that he would be willing to lead a merged reform conservative party would that float your boat? and here's a sight for sore eyes. sir ed davey was given a makeover live on itv television this morning. makeover live on itv television this morning . to me it looks this morning. to me it looks a bit like hannibal lecter and that's all come in between now and 6:00. you know, say what you like about ed davey. we're talking about the guy. he's either falling off a paddleboard wearing a panama hat. they even said to him, can you believe this on itv today? clench your buttocks, please, ed. and he looked over his shoulder in a way that i don't want to see from a political party leader, but we're talking about him. has he got your vote? and what about

this labour manifesto today ? in this labour manifesto today? in my opinion, there's nothing in it we haven't heard for weeks. and weeks and weeks. it's been slammed by the conservatives as captain, cautious. but is there something more sinister lurking there ? could there be there? could there be a supermajority that would allow sir keir starmer to start cranking up those taxes? i'll be joined by a labour minister very soon. i'll be putting that to her with my colleague olivia utley. now get in touch. what do you make of today's manifesto? anything in there to float your boats? could ed davey sway you with his panama hats? get in touch. gb news. com forward slash your say. but first it's time for your latest news headunes time for your latest news headlines as. >> martin. thank you and good afternoon . the top stories this afternoon. the top stories this houn afternoon. the top stories this hour. rishi sunak says labour's election manifesto will mean the highest taxes in history. sir keir starmer unveiled his party's key policies today, identifying wealth creation as

the number one priority and ruling out a return to austerity after he was briefly interrupted by a protester. sir keir rejected rishi sunaks allegations of higher taxes, insisting there would be no new rises under a labour government other than those in their manifesto . manifesto. >> i don't believe it's fair to raise taxes on working people when they are already paying this much, particularly in a cost of living crisis . so let me cost of living crisis. so let me spell it out . we will not raise spell it out. we will not raise income tax. we will not raise national insurance. we will not raise vat . that national insurance. we will not raise vat. that is national insurance. we will not raise vat . that is a national insurance. we will not raise vat. that is a manifesto commitment . commitment. >> but chancellor jeremy hunt >> but chancellorjeremy hunt called it a tax trap manifesto, while chief secretary to the treasury laura trott said labour's numbers would mean higher taxes. >> this is labour's tax trap manifesto. it only contains tax rises. no tax cuts under

labour's own published figures, it will take the tax burden to levels never seen before in this country and that doesn't even include the £2,000 of taxes which are going to levy on every working family across the country . so it's not actually so country. so it's not actually so much what is in this manifesto. it's what's not in this manifesto, because labour have not ruled out taxing your home, your car, your pension, everyone at home needs to be very, very clear. their taxes will rise under labour, the liberal democrats have have described labour's manifesto as a gamble on economic growth that fails to set out how wealth will be shared more evenly. >> sir ed davey was taking part in an assault course near royal tunbridge wells in kent this afternoon. he said that trickle down economics will not fix broken britain and only his party has a plan to revive the nhs. need to have serious investment in health and care. >> we're suggesting £9 billion of investment to rescue our nhs, and we're talking about

investment to help the poorest investment to help the poorest in our society, and we want to make sure that we've got the capital investment in social homes in the fight against climate change and making sure the nature crisis is dealt with. so we have an ambitious policy package in the liberal democrats. and on top of that, we're the only party saying we need to reform our politics, the political system in our country is broken, and it's only the liberal democrats who are saying how we would fix that . how we would fix that. >> meanwhile, rishi sunak left the campaign trail today to join world leaders at a meeting of g7 nafionsin world leaders at a meeting of g7 nations in southern italy, us president joe biden is urging fellow members to support ceasefire negotiations in gaza and encourage the hamas terror group to accept a proposal backed by israel. leaders of the world's richest economies are also discussing the growing threat posed by iran and funding for ukraine in its war against russia . one of rishi sunaks russia. one of rishi sunaks closest parliamentary aides is

facing a gambling commission probe after he bet on when the general election would take place , just three days before it place, just three days before it was called. craig williams, who served as the prime minister's parliamentary private secretary and is the conservative candidate for montgomeryshire, and glendower. he admitted to putting a flutter on some weeks ago , but doesn't want what he ago, but doesn't want what he called routine inquiries to distract from the campaign . the distract from the campaign. the family of harry dunn have accused the us government of obstructing their son's inquest. the teenager was killed in 2019 when his motorcycle collided with a car that was driving on the wrong side of the road. the driver and sacoolas, who was an employee of the us government, wasn't present at the four day inquest, nor were there any representatives of the us embassy. harry's mother, charlotte, says her son's memory has been disrespected . has been disrespected. >> if they further disrespected harry. they've disrespected the

future that he could have had , future that he could have had, and it just further bolsters my opinion that they have totally have no regard for myself, my family or our wider family. they just don't care . just don't care. >> and a new study has found the final episode of neighbours caused fans to experience grief. doctor adam gareth, from the college of psychology in adelaide, surveyed 1300 fans of the australian soap opera and he found people experienced emotions normally associated with the death of a loved one. the series ran for 37 years before it was cancelled, though it has since been revived by amazon . for the latest stories, amazon. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now back to . martin. >> thank you tatiana. now we've

got so much to get through. so let's get cracking. and we start, of course, with sir keir starmer , who has launched starmer, who has launched labour's manifesto today by saying he's not complaining . but saying he's not complaining. but ahead of next month's general election, now a gb news people's poll this week. but labour, a massive 20 points ahead of the conservatives and to talk about that, i'm now joined by the shadow education secretary bridget phillips. and bridget, thank you for joining bridget phillips. and bridget, thank you forjoining us on the thank you for joining us on the show. always a delight to have your company. so with a massive drum roll the last weeks, today the cymbal crashed and we basically heard what we knew was coming. not a great deal in there to surprise us. being called captain cautious . but there to surprise us. being called captain cautious. but is it? actually captain comatose is this a manifesto designed to just put the electorate to sleep, to not scare anybody, to get a massive majority ? and then get a massive majority? and then we'll see the true labour party . we'll see the true labour party. there have been rumours that as soon as you get in, there will be social forrest style tax hikes. what's your response ? hikes. what's your response? >> afternoon. today we set out

our manifesto that is a really ambitious programme for the change that our country needs . change that our country needs. and to precisely your point on tax, what we've said and what keir said very clearly today is that under labour there will be no increases in income tax, national insurance or vat. no increases in income tax, national insurance or vat . we national insurance or vat. we think that the tax burden on working people is already too high and our focus, if we form that next government, will be on growing our economy so that we've got well—paid, highly skilled jobs in every corner of our country. the route out of the doom loop that we've got ourselves into is to grow our economy and to use that as the means by which we can invest in our public services . but as our public services. but as a down payment on that, we have set out changes that we would make so that we can cut nhs waiting times, get more police on our streets and get more teachers into our classrooms . teachers into our classrooms. >> but brigitte jeremy hunt came up with a really nice ruse called fiscal drag. you're not putting taxes up , but inflation putting taxes up, but inflation goes up, wages go up, and so ordinary hardworking people, nurses, police, people , they get

nurses, police, people, they get dragged into higher rate taxes. and that's something which i think the labour party has looked at and goes, oh yeah, we'll have a bit of that. so not putting taxes up doesn't help people. they still find themselves in higher tax bracket. the labour tax policy is the same as jeremy hunt . is the same as jeremy hunt. >> but we want taxes to be going down on working people and not up, as they have done consistently under the conservatives but everything that we've set out in our manifesto today is fully funded and fully costed, because we've seen in recent times what comes when you have a government that doesn't have a focus on the pubuc doesn't have a focus on the public finances, that plays fast and loose with the public finances as they did under liz truss, and that has had catastrophic results for working people who are paying more on their month, more on their rent and on their mortgage every single month because of those choices that people like jeremy hunt, like liz truss, like the conservatives made , and it is conservatives made, and it is working people who pay the price. and i do think jeremy hunfs price. and i do think jeremy hunt's got a bit of a cheek, really. it's the conservatives that have hiked the tax burden to the highest rate it's been for 70 years. we want to make sure that we're growing our

economy so that we can make sure that working people are not having to foot the bill time and again . again. >> okay, bridget, i'm joined in the studio by my colleague olivia utley. if you'd like to fire a question at you, your your flagship education policy, as far as i can tell, is this 3000 new school based nurseries. >> can you just confirm here on the show that those will be new nurseries as opposed to expanding places at nurseries that already exist? because you seemed a bit confused about that the other day . the other day. >> yes. their new settings. so the reason we're able to do this is because their space is opening up because of the falling birth rate that we're seeing, and falling pupil numbers coming through primary school. so at the moment there are 600,000 spare primary places. we would use the space that has been opened up to create new nursery settings to create new nursery settings to create 100,000 new childcare places, which parents right across our country are desperate to see happen. >> bridget, i know your background. you come from humble working class background just like myself. you're going to be

the education secretary pretty soon. if all goes according to plan . what about addressing the plan. what about addressing the elephant in the room that no education secretary has had the guts to tackle in the past 25 years? and that is white working class pupils at the bottom of the stack, particularly young boys , hasn't been a single boys, hasn't been a single initiative to help them out there because of the fear. it looks racist. it's not politically correct, but the data is the data. could you promise to the electorate , to promise to the electorate, to the voters, to the viewers watching today that you do something about this forgotten, this betrayed demographic ? this betrayed demographic? >> i want to make sure if i'm education secretary in that next labour government, that we do absolutely everything that we can to make sure that background doesn't determine what you can go on to achieve. and sadly, for too many young people in our country, background is destiny. and it shouldn't be. and it doesn't need to be that way. and that's why i will have a real focus on driving up standards in our schools , on making sure our schools, on making sure we've got apprenticeships for our young people alongside high quality university courses, and that we reform technical

education to and make sure our colleges are able to create those brilliant jobs . i know those brilliant jobs. i know lots of young people would want the opportunity to benefit from. so yes, absolutely. a real focus on underachieving , on making on underachieving, on making sure that when narrowing those gaps that exist, which are widening at the moment, particularly where it comes to young people from more disadvantaged backgrounds, education transform my life. it made such a difference to me and i want a brilliant education for all of our children. >> and yet , all of our children. >> and yet, bridget, all of our children. >> and yet , bridget, there are >> and yet, bridget, there are so many barriers to people from backgrounds like yours , backgrounds like yours, backgrounds like yours, background like mine, you know, forget about being a toolmaker. so i'm a coal miner. so. and i was the only person, first person in my family to go to university. that's at a time when university grants were free for people on my mother and father's income. now, the barriers to working class people in britain are massive. the price at the market by foreign students who pay much, much more. there is definitely a feeling, bridget phillipson, that the british working class are left behind. i just want to press you on this because so many people watching this channel are crying out for

somebody who will help people like them . like them. >> absolutely. and i get it. you know, i grew up in a council street in the north—east of england near sunderland. we had to really push for everything that we were able to get. i've had to work really hard in order to get to university, to have the kind of opportunities that i've been able to enjoy, and i was really well supported by brilliant teachers and by a family that valued education and pushed me to succeed. and i want that for all children. and no, you're right, this is not easy. this is a big, big structural challenge that we face. and i don't think it's enough that there should be 1 or 2 lucky people like you or i, who have the chance to succeed, and others are left behind. i want dignity and security for everyone , and that involves everyone, and that involves training opportunities, well—paid jobs, and the chance to go to university if that's what the young person is able to achieve . achieve. >> just one more question for me. england has risen up the pisa rankings in the whole world for reading and mathematics. two in the time that the

conservatives have been in power, there are some major reforms that the conservatives have made to schools and the curriculum that seem to be succeeding . would you want to succeeding. would you want to overturn those, or would you keep a lot of the tory school policy in place ? policy in place? >> i do believe we need to look again at curriculum and assessment in our schools, and if we win the next election, there'll be a full expert led review of curriculum and assessment to make sure that our young people are well prepared for life work in the future. i would just slightly caution against the way in which the conservatives sometimes represent some of the data in terms of schools in international terms, our schools have been slipping. we've actually been going backwards , actually been going backwards, and i want to see real progress where it comes to high standards in our schools. it was the last labour government, for example, that started the process of phonics and had a real push around reading the conservatives then continued with that and ruled it out, and i support that. but i want to see a similar push where it comes to early maths, because too many of our children leave primary school without getting a good standard of maths , and that standard of maths, and that holds them back into secondary

school and beyond. and that takes us. i think, back to martin's point about underachievement and about making sure that young people have the opportunities to succeed , and a firm foundation succeed, and a firm foundation in maths is central to so many jobs and opportunities and apprenticeships . apprenticeships. >> okay. bridget phillipson, shadow education secretary, thank you very much for joining us on the show and being so forthright in your response. i appreciate your time. thank you. so, olivia, let's, let's just pick over a little bit of that. one of the biggest jobs in all of government, you know, barring some sort of miracle, bridget phillipson is going to get it. were you convinced by what she had to say? and i pushed her on this education stuff, because the working classes in britain there just seems to have been forgotten in this master plan of inclusivity , of diversity, of inclusivity, of diversity, of getting more foreign students. and they just need a voice. do you think that the labour party have got the guts to tackle it? >> i thought that was a really interesting question, and actually i've been quite surprised generally throughout this election campaign and really in both of the manifestos, perhaps particularly labour's schools and education

don't seem to have been talked about very much at all. and actually, as i was just saying, there education was school education in particular is one of the areas that actually you can see that the conservatives have made some progress. yes obviously, which which bridget phillipson referred to there. covid and lockdown mean, mean that schools all over the world are reading standards have been slipping, but britain has been going up . england has been going going up. england has been going up in the international rankings year after year, and that a large part of that is because of the reforms which michael gove started when he was education secretary, back in the earliest years of this conservative government now, i asked bridget phillipson there whether she would intend to undo some of those reforms that the conservatives put in place, which do seem to be working. and i thought it was a bit worrying that she said that. well yes, she would be looking at doing a big curriculum overview. the curriculum seems to be much better than it was when , better than it was when, according to the international rankings, when the conservatives first came into power. so i think that could be a bit of a

worry for parents up and down the uk. >> okay, let's get back onto the wider manifesto launch today. chris hope, of course, was at that and he was asking some of the questions about the detail that wasn't in today's manifesto. >> well , absolutely. >> well, absolutely. >> well, absolutely. >> i mean, chris hope there asked a cheeky little double question, the first part of which was about the, the talking point that the conservatives have brought up about the potential for this to be a sort of one party race, a one party socialist state. let's have a listen to what sir keir had to say . say. >> chris @gbnews chris hayward gb news keir starmer, you're so far ahead in the polls. gb news keir starmer, you're so far ahead in the polls . should far ahead in the polls. should we prepare for a one party socialist state, as the tories say? and is that a is that a good thing ? and also, just good thing? and also, just quickly, you want to reduce net migration. what on earth does that mean? is that below 100,000 a year, look, chris, let's reject the cynicism of the tory campaign. all they want to do in a general election is to suppress the vote. i know that

not a single vote has been cast in this election. polls don't predict the future, and every single vote has to be earned, and we will earn it with our plan for growth, our our plan for creation of wealth in the future . future. >> so that question on the labour party's immigration targets, it was squeezed on the end. there wasn't ads. the first time round, but to be fair, sir keir starmer did return to it later on. let's hear, we do need to have lower immigration. as you know, immigration is at the pretty much the highest on record by the numberjust a few record by the number just a few months ago. so this government has lost control of immigration. it's important to look at the reasons for that. and the main driving reason is because they haven't got any skills strategy . haven't got any skills strategy. we haven't got the skills that we need in this country. and that's why not only is our plan here a plan for growth, it will also deal with immigration because this government has gone

to immigration as their growth lever . i want to go to skills, lever. i want to go to skills, wealth creation, investing in businesses in this country. thank you. >> see, olivia , that will have >> see, olivia, that will have people pulling their hair out because we specifically asked is it tens of thousands? is it going to be one in, one out? and there was no detail. is that a sign of things to come? >> and keir starmer, well, he's absolutely got the rhetoric nailed there. that's going to , nailed there. that's going to, music to the ears of people up and down the country who are worried about immigration. he says there that the this government has turned to immigration. we will turn to upskilling people. well, yes , upskilling people. well, yes, that's all very well. but he refused to put a number on it. and i think that's what a lot of people would like to know. yes immigration last year was the highest it's ever been at something like 700,000. what would sir keir's labour party want it to be like in five years time? we just have no idea. >> we put it to him and he was, i think , especially vague. i think, especially vague. olivia utley, thank you very much. can't accuse you of the same thing. superb stuff. now

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organisation in. nigel farage said he would be willing to lead a merged reform conservative party earlier this morning, he said that he could not lead the tories as it currently is, but predicted a new party is likely to emerge after the next general election . well, join me now to election. well, join me now to discuss. this is the gb news political correspondent olivia utley, who's still here from the previous debate and also the political commentator alex armstrong . alex, let's kick off armstrong. alex, let's kick off with you. is there going to be a deal? in. out, in. out. shake it all about nigel farage this morning. flashed his garter. do you think this is the right thing to do? >> well look i think if the reform party and nigel and richard and all of the, you know, the top dogs in reform wants to ever have a taste of power, this deal has to happen. >> you know, i think under our current first past the post system, it's highly unlikely reform will ever form the opposition. not impossible, but highly unlikely. so i sense that they certainly will want this

deal to go ahead. and i think it would be a very good thing, because the tory party is completely lost its way. i mean, you can basically call them the liberal democrats at this point, so, you know, i think amongst voters it would be rather popular because what they're crying out for this, 20% of tories that have now gone to reform, they're crying out for conservative values. and the tory party have lost the majority of their conservative values. it's an oxymoron. the name itself , olivia, values. it's an oxymoron. the name itself, olivia, though values. it's an oxymoron. the name itself , olivia, though the name itself, olivia, though the fact of the matter is nigel farage undeniably has has influenced the voters in that base like him. >> but realistically , they may >> but realistically, they may return 2 or 3 mps. nigel farage might be eighth time lucky. is he really in a position to say that he'll be the future leader ? that he'll be the future leader? or actually, the conservative party has been around for centuries? are they the ones that will call the shots? >> well, i think there is a bit of an element here of a tail wagging dog, as you say. you could have. yes. the conservative party doesn't look like it's going to win a huge amount of seats, but it looks likely to win quite a few

multiples of the number of seats that reform are going to win. i think the other problem with this idea is it would cause splits both on the tory benches, obviously, and on the reform benches too. i mean, the conservatives, as we've seen time and again over this parliament, are basically split in half between the brexiteers, the right wing of the party who do like nigel farage and would like to see his influence. some people like suella braverman, the former home secretary, but then, of course, you've still got this huge collection of one nafion got this huge collection of one nation tories, many of whom are in very safe seats and could well end up keeping their seats. that would cause massive, massive division on the tory benches. and with reform too , benches. and with reform too, you've got people who like the idea of making deals with conservatives who are friendly with right wing conservative mps and those who are sort of the hard brexiteers who say, absolutely not, we can't trust these people. so i think it would reap quite a lot of division. >> well, i don't disagree with you there, olivia, but i will say this if nigel farage wins his seat, which he looks likely to do from the polls, he would be the most senior influential

conservative on those benches by a long shot. he will be the de facto right wing conservative leader . whether we like it facto right wing conservative leader. whether we like it or not, he's going to be the man that people look to for the future of conservatism. so it will be up to those one nation tories, whether they want to come along for the ride or whether they do a change uk and decide to go on their sort of centre right own party. but, you know, i really can't see that happening because i think you're going to have big hitters like suella braverman possibly retaining her seat. she looks likely that she will. that will also be, you know, highly advocating for nigel to be part of the party. >> alex, we saw last week a huge swing towards the right of politics across the european bloc , particularly in france and bloc, particularly in france and in italy. a rejection of net zero, a rejection of immigration policies . and yet it looks most policies. and yet it looks most likely for a miracle. we're about to elect sir keir starmer, who disagrees with all of that. is that a barrier to this kind of movement , or actually, is of movement, or actually, is that a vacuum and an opportunity? >> oh , it's a complete

>> oh, it's a complete opportunity. i mean, we've seen the greens in europe go , i don't the greens in europe go, i don't know how many seats they went down by, but it was relatively substantial . it's substantial substantial. it's substantial enough for people to say, okay, we might need to have a look at these green policies in our net zero policies going forward. but i will say that as labour won't have a lot of money to play with, i think they're going to play with, i think they're going to play with a lot of social policies in the next in the next parliament, when they're when they're leading, they're also going to have a massive majority, which means the biggest enemy is going to be themselves. that is the time for themselves. that is the time for the right to unite and get behind someone like nigel farage, a strong leader who can take the fight to keir starmer quite eloquently in the commons, in my opinion. >> and yet, olivia utley there will be a rump of conservatives and let's see what's left after this incoming forest fire. if we're to believe what green shoots will come. what if the rump of those who are left literally the remainers of the tory party, are those remainers that can't stand the sight of nigel farage? will they really want to do a deal with him? well, i think that is the sort

of great unknown which conservative mps will be left after the forest fire, as you call it. >> i mean, you could end up with with the kind of hard brexiteers , sort of leading the conservative party and then perhaps there could be a deal with someone like nigel farage. but if there's any sort of big proportion of that party is made up of one nation, as then the idea that nigel farage is the to man unite the right does seem a little bit fanciful. from where i'm sitting. >> well, he did say that he'd spice up this election campaign, and certainly whatever you think that seems to have happened. alex armstrong olivia utley a superb debate. thank you very much. as ever now, still loads more to come between now and 5:00 across. live to my hometown of nottingham on a very emotional day because of course it's the first anniversary of the brutal killings of three people. by valdo calocane. i'll speak to the editor of the local newspaper to see. have we learned any lessons or actually, things got worse. but first, it's things got worse. but first, wsfime things got worse. but first, it's time for your headlines with tatiana sanchez .

with tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon . the top stories rishi afternoon. the top stories rishi sunak says labour's election manifesto will mean the highest taxes in history. sir keir starmer unveiled his party's key policies earlier today, identifying wealth creation as the number one priority and ruling out a return to austerity after he was briefly interrupted by a protester. sir keir rejected the prime minister's suggestion of higher taxes, insisting there would be no new rises under a labour government . rises under a labour government. the liberal democrats described labour's manifesto as a gamble on economic growth that fails to set out how wealth will be shared more evenly. sir ed davey was taking part in an assault course near royal tunbridge wells in kent this afternoon. he said that trickle down economics will not fix broken britain and more investment is needed in social care . meanwhile, rishi

social care. meanwhile, rishi sunak left the campaign trail today to join world leaders at a meeting of g7 nations in southern italy. us president joe biden is urging fellow members to support ceasefire negotiations in gaza and encourage the hamas terror group to accept a proposal backed by israel. leaders of the world's richest economies are also discussing the growing threat posed by iran and funding for ukraine in its war against russia . and the family of harry russia. and the family of harry dunn have accused the us government of obstructing their son's inquest. the teenager was killed in 2019 when his motorcycle collided with a car driving on the wrong side of the road. the driver and sacoolas, who was an employee of the us government , wasn't present at government, wasn't present at the four day inquest nor were there any representatives of the us embassy or the latest stories. sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now back

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welcome back. it's approaching 437. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news. now. later in the show , gb news. now. later in the show, i'll tell you why. england's most patriotic estate is feeling the pinch ahead of euro 2024, which kicks off, of course, tomorrow . now, to what is which kicks off, of course, tomorrow. now, to what is an incredibly emotional day in my home city of nottingham. it's the first anniversary today of the first anniversary today of the killings of the students, barnaby webber and grace o'malley kumar and the school

caretaker, ian coates. earlier today. families and friends of the victims laid roses where the two students were killed. gb news had exclusive footage of the moment when valdo calocane was arrested a year ago today. the families have issued a statement this week saying they still believe calocane should have been tried for murder, rather than being given an indefinite hospital order for manslaughter and three attempted murders . well, joining me now is murders. well, joining me now is the editor of nottingham live, natalie fay. natalie, welcome to the show. it's always a delight to have you on. it's a shame it's under such sad circumstances. and yet, natalie, we must look back not only to remember that terrible day, but also i wanted to ask you, what's the mood in the city? we were told at the time we must learn from this. the police itself was subsequently put into special measures . subsequently put into special measures. many questions were asked of the mental health services in the city of

nottingham. natalie, you edit the local website, the paper there, you've got your finger on there, you've got your finger on the pulse. have have any lessons been learned from that terrible day a year ago today? >> well, i think it won't surprise you to hear from me that no lessons have not been learnt. in fact, i'd probably go so far as to say the situation has got worse, i was going through all the investigations and the, reviews that are going on at the moment before i came on at the moment before i came on here. >> i've got two pages of notes, and, you know, i'm not going to bore you with all the names of them all because there are so many going on. >> but it's that kind of, you know, will we get any answers? >> well, we're not going to get any at the moment, that's for sure, the police are being investigated. the mental health services are being investigated . services are being investigated. >> and the iopc, which is the police watchdog, told us this week they're nowhere near concluding their investigations into potential failings. nottinghamshire police, might have committed and leicestershire police as well.

so so, it's very much ongoing . so so, it's very much ongoing. and plus the fact you mentioned there that nottinghamshire police are now in special measures. >> so in terms of the kind of wider community feel about things, there's a massive mistrust of the police. >> and in some quarters a quite intense dislike of them as well, because they were picked up for not treating victims properly and investigating crimes properly. so that is a massive problem in a community police, you know , their authority comes you know, their authority comes from trust from the community, doesn't it? that's how they can carry on how they want to , carry on how they want to, because otherwise there'll be riots, all that kind of thing. >> i'm not saying we're close to that at all, but if people don't trust the police and that they can properly look after them when they need them most, where do we go from there? >> i mean, i've got ideas, you know, and emma webber , who is know, and emma webber, who is the mum of barnaby, you can see in that footage there that was that was their last moments there. she's actually said on there. she's actually said on the record kate manall, chief

constable of nottinghamshire police. >> it's time for her to step aside. >> and, you know, for her to say that i would agree with her. >> the police have lost trust . >> the police have lost trust. >> the police have lost trust. >> they've got potential failings sitting on their shoulders from how they, you know, they didn't capture calocane when they should have done. there was a warrant for his arrest and nine months before the killing, they're in special measures . where can they special measures. where can they go from here? it's time for somebody fresh to come in. think. >> and, natalie, the last time we spoke, i was very moved by a piece that you'd written talking about how citizens of nottingham no longer feel safe on the streets . and then we spoke again streets. and then we spoke again where there was a young couple of young lads who were jailed. there was a machete fight on in broad daylight at the bottom of hockley there. these are streets i grew up on. these are streets i'm very, very familiar with natalie. it gives me intense sadness to see this kind of activity going on in the city of nottingham . and clearly your nottingham. and clearly your readers, your viewers, they

agree with you. surely what people want, natalie, is a more robust police service. people want to feel safe. they want to feel they can go about their business as ordinary, hard working citizens, taxpayers, respectable people without this shadow hanging over them. and yet, natalie, it seems to be getting worse . getting worse. >> yeah, totally agree with you. i mean, i've spoken before about how nottingham just has this feeling of not being safe anymore and it's all about that perception, isn't it? >> of how safe you feel when you're walking around and things like this make people feel less safe. and if they think the police force is not going to be there to help them when they need them the most, it's very, very worrying. so, you know , it. very worrying. so, you know, it. i think it is time for a change here. absolutely. but you were talking there about taxpayers, working people or wanting to feel safe. but we mustn't also forget the massive student community we've got here in nottingham, of course, is supported by taxpayers, that is going to be, you know, i don't know what the university's

particular thoughts on these incidents are, but i can imagine it doesn't look very good for potential students coming to the city overall. >> nottingham is very safe. >> nottingham is very safe. >> obviously this was aa1 off. >> obviously this was aa1 off. >> things like this don't happen all the time, but it's about the feeling, isn't it? >> because students are out in the early hours, they might be in small groups, they might be by themselves, you know, i've been a student in a big city myself, and you do sometimes walk home in the early hours of the morning. so it might be the case that parents are going , case that parents are going, well, maybe we should think about a different city. you know, is that kind of thing. and it must have impacted on the student community. and i really feel for them because we should be protecting them as well . be protecting them as well. >> and natalie, there was a very moving i mean, one of the things that's been the most incredibly moving about this entire episode was the victim impact statements from the family who lost people on that fateful day one year ago today and today. lee coat sees the one of the sons of ian he was saying i was getting i don't

know if you call it ptsd , but i know if you call it ptsd, but i closed my eyes and all i could envision was what happened that night. and now , lee, is that night. and now, lee, is that feeling of the inability to move on from this in many senses, because there's still a feeling across all of britain, but especially, perhaps in nottingham, that justice wasn't really served. this guy should have been tried for murder. there's a feeling that he got away with stuff. >> yeah, exactly right . >> yeah, exactly right. >> yeah, exactly right. >> and i don't think the family should move on yet. >> they haven't got the quest. they haven't got the answers to the questions they posed. >> so it's quite right that they keep going. i mean, we've seen a bit of a pause today in their campaigning because they've taken the time to remember their loved ones . they've been at the loved ones. they've been at the university for a vigil. the coates family were at the school where ian coates worked, having a private memorial service there. there was a massive, student group with, the o'malley kumars and the webbers who went to lay flowers in ilkeston road this morning. so they have had a bit of a pause. but, we've got

to know the families very well over the last year and emma webber in particular, she's an absolute tower of strength, she won't stop until she gets the answers that all the families deserve. >> and we completely admire her for that because they need to keep going and i feel in a way, they're doing this on behalf of so many other people as well, because, yeah, we've heard about the police potential failings, but also there's potential failings of the mental health services that is something we're seeing across the whole country. >> we've had we've started going to more inquests where people have been potentially failed by, mental health services. we've had whistleblowers coming forward . we've been threatened forward. we've been threatened with legal letters over it, and it's always the same themes coming through staff shortages, overstretched , not enough overstretched, not enough resource, so, you know , emma resource, so, you know, emma webber, she's doing a fantastic job and she should keep going . job and she should keep going. >> i absolutely agree, it's been inspirational. and so often in those darkest hours, you know, goodness can come out of it, at least in that sort of trueness of spirit to carry on and thank you for the work that you do.

natalie fay, shining a light on this and, you know, please reach out to me. anything you want to get out there on the media. i'd be delighted to help because i'm from nottingham. i'll be at nottingham in the weekend, see my dad for father's day. i'll be in the ballet in my usual haunt. and, you know, i just love the city and i just. it really breaks my heart to reflect on what's happened to it. natalie. thank you very much. i'm getting emotional here. thank you very much . now, don't go anywhere much. now, don't go anywhere because coming up, we'll be discussing bad news for our armed forces as over 3000 personnel have been caught using cocaine in the past years. and i'll speak with a veteran. a very special veteran, for his thoughts. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel

radical preacher. anjem choudary took a caretaker role in directing banned terrorist organisation al—muhajiroun. a trial has heard he's charged

with being a member of a proscribed organisation and with directing a terrorist organisation. our reporter, charlie peters, is at woolwich crown court. charlie, welcome to the show. bring us up to speed . the show. bring us up to speed. >> hi, martin. >> hi, martin. >> so 57 year old anjan chowdhury was on trial today, the opening of his trial for those three charges that you've just read out, that is membership of directing and encouraging support for a terrorist organisation . that terrorist organisation. that organisation is al—muhajiroun. it was banned by the home office in 2010, but they say once he was released from prison after a previous conviction for support for the islamic state group in 2018, and after his licence conditions expired, he attended and promoted al—muhajiroun in a series of lectures from 2022 to the early part of 2023. that's the early part of 2023. that's the prosecution's case today, and they say that mr chowdhury took on a caretaker role of that organisation after its so called

spiritual leader. omar bakri was in prison in lebanon from from 2014 onwards. in that period, that's when anjum chowdhury stood up to that role. the prosecution said that he had a warped and twisted ideology, but a significant amount of the evidence we heard this morning from the prosecution that ties mr chowdhury, they say to al—muhajiroun, is linked to another man on trial, a 29 year old from canada , khalid hussain. old from canada, khalid hussain. he's described as an ardent follower and supporter of anjem choudary. and they also allege that he was part of a group called the islamic thinkers society. part of the evidence we heard today was meetings and discussions and voice memos and voice notes captured by undercover officers in north america of voice memos recorded by mr hussain. in one case, he said that al—muhajiroun is

islamic, is the islamic thinkers society, that those organisations , according to the organisations, according to the prosecution, are part and parcel of the same organisation. they are the same using a cloak to cover one from the potential for counter—terrorism legislation. so a follower and dedicated supporter of mr chowdhury, he has denied the accusation that he is a member of a terrorist organisation. mr chowdhury has denied all three charges, pleading not guilty to membership of directing and encouraging support for a terrorist organisation here at woolwich crown court. the trial continues. >> thank you charlie peters for that update. now, in yet more concerning news for our shrinking armed forces as bosses have caught over 3000 army, navy and raf personnel using cocaine in the last five years, which would be enough to make up combat for combat ready battalions . and i'm now joined battalions. and i'm now joined by british army veteran simon weston . simon, an absolute weston. simon, an absolute

pleasure to have you on the show. so is this something we should be concerned about , should be concerned about, simon? or is this just like ordinary people that says young lads in dangerous situations, blowing off a bit of steam ? blowing off a bit of steam? >> no. i think you've got to be very concerned about it. you wouldn't allow anybody to operate machinery with narcotics in the system. >> people are tested regularly and certainly racing drivers and pilots are tested because of these, these opportunities to let yourself down, and with the military , you know, we're military, you know, we're looking at people who are going to have weapons , they're going to have weapons, they're going to have weapons, they're going to have weapons, they're going to have explosives, and they have to go and do a very serious job, i do see that this falls into the problem that you have with the national service potential , because if it's potential, because if it's something that young people are doing on a regular basis, but if you want to not join the military and become part of the national service , where it's national service, where it's easy enough to take something and fail the medical, but, you

know, all these service personnel know that it's highly likely that they will be tested, when they come off leave, these things weren't are they're not new as well. you know, some of these things happened back in the, in may day, where people had come off a weekend and they'd been smoking marijuana or cannabis or whatever it is they were doing, and they got caught and they got instantly dismissed. and i don't know whether they've dismissed all these people. they found with cocaine. but, you know, it's really alarming. and you've got to be super fit in the military, and we know cocaine causes all sorts of heart problems and blocked and, and damaged, vessels and, you know, blood vessels and, you know, blood vessels and, you know, blood vessels and veins and such like, you know, so there's going to be a lot of problems surrounding all of this because we don't know what this stuff is cut with ehhen know what this stuff is cut with either. so that's going to have its own difficulties . its own difficulties. >> okay. we're gonna have to leave it there. it's always a pleasure to have you on simon weston. we'll catch you another time and get a bit more time with you. now, don't go anywhere

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well . well. >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 5 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk . coming up, an angry sir the uk. coming up, an angry sir keir starmer has criticised people who laughed when he said his late father was a toolmaker . his late father was a toolmaker. live on television yesterday evening, sir keir has told gb news that his father would have

turned in his grave after being disrespected in such a manner. next, find out why england's most patriotic estate is feeling the pinch ahead of euro 2024. apparently the flags are costing too much, and here's a sight for sore eyes. or is it because sir ed davey was given a makeover live on television? this morning? i think it looks like hannibal lecter, but stay tuned for the full embarrassing story. and that's all coming between now and 6:00. so, i mean, there can't be anybody in britain who doesn't know that sir keir starmer's father worked as a toolmaker. but last night, people laughed in the audience when he mentioned it. well, chris hope, our political editor , has sat down with sir keir starmer today and put that to him. we've got a full interview

coming up after this, including reaction to the manifesto and key questions. key questions that were missing from the manifesto that we've asked him exclusively on your behalf. what are your immigration targets? can we trust the labour party on immigration? these are the things that people out there watching want to know, and we ask them to sir keir starmer get in touch the usual ways. post your comments gbnews.com forward slash your say. but first it's your headlines. it's tatiana sanchez. >> martin thank you. the top stories rishi sunak says labour's election manifesto will mean the highest taxes in history. sir keir starmer unveiled his party's key policies earlier, identifying wealth creation as the number one priority and ruling out a return to austerity after he was briefly interrupted by a

protesters. the kia rejected rishi sunak's allegations of higher taxes, insisting there would be no new rises under a labour government other than those in their manifesto . he's those in their manifesto. he's also told members of the public in crewe that britain will do better under labour. >> it is a manifesto that rejects fundamentally the proposition that britain can't do better than this, that we have to go on in the way we've been going on in the last 14 years. it is a rejection of that . britain can do better, britain will do better . and with our will do better. and with our manifesto and a mandate for a labour government , we will take labour government, we will take our country forward and that will be felt in every community across the country . across the country. >> but chief secretary to the treasury laura trott said labour's numbers would mean higher taxes. this is labour's tax trap manifesto. >> it only contains tax rises, no tax cuts under labour's own published figures, it will take the tax burden to levels never

seen before in this country . and seen before in this country. and that doesn't even include the £2,000 of taxes which are going to levy on every working family across the country. so it's not actually so much what is in this manifesto . it's what's not in manifesto. it's what's not in this manifesto, because labour have not ruled out taxing your home, your car, your pension . home, your car, your pension. everyone at home needs to be very, very clear. their taxes will rise under labour. >> the liberal democrats described labour's manifesto as a gamble on economic growth that fails to set out how wealth will be shared more evenly. sir ed davey was taking part in an assault course near royal tunbridge wells in kent this afternoon. he said that trickle down economics will not fix broken britain , and only his broken britain, and only his party has a plan to revive the nhs . nhs. >> we need to have serious investment in health and care. we're suggesting £9 billion of investment to rescue our nhs , investment to rescue our nhs, and we're talking about investment to help the poorest investment to help the poorest in our society, and we want to

make sure that we've got the capital investment in social homes in the fight against climate change and making sure the nature crisis is dealt with. so we have an ambitious policy package in the liberal democrats. and on top of that, we're the only party saying that we're the only party saying that we need to reform our politics, the political system in our country is broken, and it's only the liberal democrats who are saying how we would fix that . saying how we would fix that. >> all g7 countries have agreed to continue funding to loan package for a loan package for ukraine worth nearly £40 billion. european commission president ursula von der leyen said the funds would be backed by proceeds from immobilised russian assets. rishi sunak left the election campaign trail today to join world leaders at the meeting in southern italy, us president joe biden is also urging fellow members to support ceasefire negotiations in gaza and encourage the hamas terror group to accept a proposal backed by israel . us journalist

backed by israel. us journalist evan gershkovitch will stand trial in russia after investigators said he'd collected information for the cia, the wall street journal reporter has been detained since march last year on charges of espionage. prosecutors allege that he was caught red handed trying to obtain military secrets related to tank factory. the white house has rejected the accusations, with president biden calling his detention totally illegal. if convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. it's unclear when the trial will take place . the trial will take place. the family of harry dunn have accused the us government of obstructing their son's inquest. the teenager was killed in 2019 when his motorcycle collided with a car driving on the wrong side of the road. the driver and sacoolas, who was an employee of the us government, wasn't present at the four day inquest, nor were there any representatives of the us embassy. harry's mother, charlotte, says her son's memory has been disrespected .

has been disrespected. >> if they further disrespected harry, they've disrespected the future that he could have had and it just further bolsters my opinion that they have totally have no regard for myself, my family, our wider family. they they just don't care . they just don't care. >> a close aide of rishi sunak is being investigated after he admitted placing a bet on when the election would take place just days before it was called . just days before it was called. craig williams served as the prime minister's parliament private secretary. he's also the conservative candidate for montgomeryshire and glendower. he said he had put a flutter on the election date some weeks ago, but doesn't want what he called routine inquiries to distract from the campaign . and distract from the campaign. and a new study has found the final episode of neighbours caused fans to experience grief. doctor adam gareth, from the college of psychology in adelaide, surveyed

1300 fans of the australian soap opera. he found people experienced emotions normally associated with the death of a loved one. the series ran for 37 years before it was cancelled , years before it was cancelled, though it has since been revived by amazon . for the latest by amazon. 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 . martin. >> thank you tatiana. now we start with our brand new interview with sir keir starmer and an angry sir keir has said that his father would be turning in his grave at the way that many members of the audience in a televised election event yesterday evening laughed when he said that he had worked in a factory. now sir keir, his father, passed away in 2018. now the labour leader has been speaking to our political edhon speaking to our political editor, chris hope . editor, chris hope. >> keir starmer is it a risk going to an election saying

you're going to increase people's taxes in a cost of living crisis ? living crisis? >> we have been very clear that for working people, we are not going to increase their taxes. so that means we are not increasing income tax, national insurance or vat. and that is because i think the burden on working people is too high. the tax burden under this government is at a 70 year high. and that is at a 70 year high. and that is why our plans are fully costed, fully funded . they do costed, fully funded. they do not involve tax rises over and above the ones that we've set out in relation to non—dom status. private equity loopholes, vat on private schools and of course a windfall tax on oil and gas companies. so there the rises we will put in place, but we have not announced today anything over and above what we've pre—announced. so none of the plans today in our manifesto for growth, for wealth creation, require us to raise other taxes. >> but you're still raising taxes and tories are cutting. it is quite a clear line there for voters, isn't it?

>> well, the tories aren't cutting tax. they've raised it to the highest level for 70 years. they say they're going to cut tax, but they haven't told us how they're going to fund it. thatis us how they're going to fund it. that is the mistake that liz truss made. rishi sunak was supposed to be the sort of guy who came in and stabilised after liz truss, and now is repeating the mistake. and the reason that matters is not just the political to and fro of a campaign, because working people pay campaign, because working people pay the price. people are today paying pay the price. people are today paying more on their mortgage because of what the tories did to the economy. rishi sunak's going to do the same all over again . people can't afford that. again. people can't afford that. >> when you say cutting taxes for the were for working people , for the were for working people, what is your typical working person who might receive tax cuts and the labour government? >> well, everybody who's earning an income and paying income tax , an income and paying income tax, paying an income and paying income tax, paying national insurance and paying paying national insurance and paying vat . so those that are, paying vat. so those that are, as it were, subject to those three, most people then working people , not not everybody, but people, not not everybody, but working people. yes. >> you said there's no increase in those areas, but you don't mention wealth, taxes, capital gains tax. some say you're going to double that. is that the plan

? >> 7- >> the ? >> the whole point of 7 >> the whole point of our manifesto is a manifesto for growth, for wealth , wealth growth, for wealth, wealth creation, everything fully costed, fully funded. this is the complete opposite of the tory party manifesto , i grant tory party manifesto, i grant you that. but we've set out there for what it will cost , there for what it will cost, what the funding is, and as you go through it, as you have done, undoubtedly you will see that there are no tax rises needed for the plans that we intend to put in place . and i understand put in place. and i understand why, you know, all of the questions in this campaign so far have been about tax and spend.i far have been about tax and spend. i reject the argument that that's the only way you can actually take our country forward. our plan is for growth, forward. our plan is for growth, for wealth creation, for the simple reason that if we had growth in the last 14 years under this government, at the same rate as we did under the last labour government, would have tens of billions of pounds for our public services without raising. >> and if growth doesn't happen like it's not at the moment, then what? >> i reject this proposition that's put to me that we've had a lousy 14 years where growth has been basically flatlined and

our public services have fallen into disarray , that nothing can into disarray, that nothing can ever get better. >> none of this can change that. that's their fate for the future. this is a change. election a confidently put forward a plan which is, you know, four years in the making, lots of engagement with business and others who will deliver it with us. changing the planning rules, setting up a national wealth fund, setting up gb energy, getting our waiting list down. these are structural changes that will bring about the growth that we need. this is a change election and we're going to turn our back on this sort of defeatism that nothing can get better in this country. i do not accept that on migration . migration. >> you very kindly answered a question in that press conference. i did ask you what? what's your figure? you want to reduce net migration to what you wouldn't give a figure? is it tens of thousands? >> i want it to come down substantially. i'm not going to put an arbitrary figure on it. that's been done in pretty well. every conservative manifesto for the last few elections. and the one thing that is common in those manifestos is the number has never been hit. so i'm not

going to put an arbitrary figure. i'm going to say the numbers need to come down. they need to come down substantially. there way higher now than they've been ever before . so they've been ever before. so they've been ever before. so they need to come down. the way to bring them down is to make sure that the underlying drivers, such as the skills crisis in this country, is dealt with. so that's what we will do on brexit. >> you say no return to single market customs union, but you want to be a leading nation in europe again . what does that europe again. what does that mean? is that some form of back door entry ? door entry? >> it means a better deal than the botched deal we've got with the botched deal we've got with the eu, which isn't really working for anyone. so that's improved trading relations . so improved trading relations. so it makes it easier to trade for our businesses. it makes it easier to trade for our businesses . that'll be very our businesses. that'll be very well received. i also want us to work more closely on research and development and education and development and education and the other area that's very important is defence and security, which in, you know, in light of what's happened in ukraine, is obviously a very pressing issue. and i think that we can have a closer alignment there and not undermine nato by doing that. no, no, no, nato might think that's that's what

we do. i've talked to nato about this and how we would work both in nato and with, you know, improvements in security across europe. i think they would welcome that, we have a very big contribution to make when it comes to defence and security, as the uk . as the uk. >> looking at last night's debate with sky news, the crowd laughed when he said, your dad's a toolmaker. why is that ? do you a toolmaker. why is that? do you think people, you've got nothing more to say, are they getting tired of the same, same comment? >> let me directly, address you on that . on that. >> my dad worked in a factory all his life. he felt people disrespected him, and that's not happening with a laughing. i do want to see this through because it actually hit a nerve last night. yeah, because he felt that in the usual conversation, when someone says, what do you do for a living when socially he would say, i work in a factory, and there would be a pause where nobody quite knew what to say. and he felt really disrespected. it caused him in his life to withdraw from social engagements. he didn't do it

much later in life because it was raw to him that he should be disrespected because he worked in a factory . so when someone in a factory. so when someone laughed last night, my dad would have turned in his grave. >> was that a snobbishness towards your dad ? towards your dad? >> i don't know what caused someone to laugh, no, but if you're laughing at someone because they work in a factory, then that is the one thing that i think had a massive impact on someone like my dad. the disrespect. and it's in me. you can see i'm angry about it. you are angry. frustrated because because i will never allow that sort of disrespect for working people to be any part of my plans, any part of the britain that i want as the future. so i will proudly tell anybody who will proudly tell anybody who will listen that my dad worked in a factory. he was a toolmaker, a very good toolmaker. he loved his trade. my toolmaker. he loved his trade. my mum was a nurse and she loved being a nurse , and we didn't being a nurse, and we didn't have a lot of money, and i'm proud of what my parents did. and yes, i don't like it when people laugh at my dad because he worked in a factory . he worked in a factory. >> quite right. finally, vik's

not here. well, the pm's wife was there on tuesday. does she not like campaigning? there's a rumour that she's not. she's just disappeared. she's a she's not there anymore. i mean , not not there anymore. i mean, not not there anymore. i mean, not not literally, but where is she? she was working. >> oh, she's working okay. she works in the nhs. okay and she's happy works in the nhs. okay and she's happy you got your works in the nhs. okay and she's happy you got your campaigning happy. >> how about you becoming prime minister? >> yeah, yeah. and she's getting on with the job that she's got in the nhs. and that works very well for us. we've also got two children. of course, she's doing a fantastic job with them as well. >> okay. you're fully behind you. >> of course. of course. >> thank you keir starmer. thank you . you. >> well, that was a superb interview. and let's speak now with the man who did it. and that's our political editor , that's our political editor, chris hope. chris, welcome to the show. a very insightful, very revealing interview there. and can we start on that point of my dad would have turned in his grave. do you still think, actually, that sir keir starmer is missing the point here? people aren't laughing at his father . they're not laughing at

father. they're not laughing at the laudable, noble job of working in a factory. they're actually laughing at the fact he keeps telling everybody about it all the time. isn't that the point ? point? >> hi, martin, welcome to manchester, where shortly we'll be going looking into more tv debates tonight. a seven way debates tonight. a seven way debate involving, spokespeople for the main parties and then nigel farage and others for the more the smaller parties. but yeah, in that interview , when yeah, in that interview, when i asked a question, i thought he might understand . i think that might understand. i think that people are just they get they're familiar with the toolmaker line. his dad worked in a factory, but no, it's not the case at all for him. he takes it extremely personally , and he extremely personally, and he says, and who's who's to argue with him is his lived experience of people mocking his dad, who worked in a factory, his dad being embarrassed to say he worked in a factory and almost retreating into himself in the back end of his life. and he thinks it's really upsetting and

frustrating. and he says , he frustrating. and he says, he says in terms there that people in that audience in sky news last night were mocking his dad for working in a factory. i think that's quite telling. whatever you say , martin, we're whatever you say, martin, we're journalists. we're used to the familiar patter from these politicians, but an audience who isn't maybe that engaged with politics, and he felt they were laughing at someone working in a factory and he spoke out about that. >> can i quickly ask you , about >> can i quickly ask you, about your question on immigration targets? because people want to see detail with five minutes to midnight, we're staring down the barrel of an incoming government. we want to know some actual concrete numbers. chris, you tried your best. you still didn't get any detail out of sir keir starmer. >> that's right. martin. well, here's here's the manifesto, page 41. labour will reduce net migration. it says it in term's on page 41. and i did it on behalf of you and the viewers and listeners. what does that

mean to what is the answer to reduce net migration to what he wouldn't say and didn't say? and i also asked yvette cooper in the aftermath of that speech earlier by keir starmer. the headquarters of the co—operative society, when he or she also wouldn't say it, they know that that number, that tens of thousands number that the tories first produced back in 2010, has been used to beat them up repeatedly over four governments. and they're not going to make the same mistake. the problem is, i think there's a lack of trust, i think, amongst our governing class from people who are concerned, and lots of them are gb news viewers and listeners. they are concerned about migration figures and they look at the ruling class and wonder, don't you get it? give us a figure and let's judge you by that. but even labour won't do that. well thank you, chris, for holding sir keir starmer to account on behalf of gb news viewers and my show, thank you very much. >> always a pleasure to speak to you soon, my friend. excellent stuff. let's get more reaction to what sir keir starmer said. and i'm joined in the studio by mark littlewood, who's the

director of the popular conservatives. mark, welcome to the studio. you were making notes profusely there on the economic detail, the taxation detail of sir keir starmer's manifesto. share it with us, please. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean, it's quite extraordinary really, isn't it? >> you would think. >> you would think. >> i mean, i'm not politically sympathetic to keir starmer. >> he's you would think that he would actually have a plan for growth. >> that's what he says he wants to bring stability and growth. >> this seems to be keir starmer's analysis of the past decade or so. credit has been insufficiently cheap. he's complaining about mortgage rates being as high as they are. we have had unbelievably low interest rates, ludicrously low interest rates, ludicrously low interest rates, ludicrously low interest rates for 15 years now, getting drunk on cheap credit . getting drunk on cheap credit. presumably he wants to go back to that. he's worried that interest rates are too high. he criticises the conservatives that the tax rate, the tax burden, is the highest since the 19405. burden, is the highest since the 1940s. he is correct, objectively in that fact, he thinks taxes aren't high enough. >> it's not high enough for them to be at this level. >> we need to dial them up a bit

more. you didn't mention much about regulation, but we've heard announcements from the labour party. they want more advertising bans and all the rest of it. we get new regulations every day . we've had regulations every day. we've had that disappointingly under a conservative regime. keir starmer thinks the country is still regulated too little. so his recipe for growth seems to to be go back to cheap credit, to be go back to cheap credit, to dial up taxes, even higher, even though the highest since the second world war. for the state to spend even more money and have even more control over the economy, and for regulations to continue to grow , i would be to continue to grow, i would be very surprised if that brings about boost to gdp in the uk economy. >> and yet, he said , almost like >> and yet, he said, almost like delboy nothing on the income tax, no vat, no money back, no guarantee. is there a danger here, mark? people are saying that there's not a lot in this in terms of detail, nothing to spook the horses. but with that supermajority that even grant shappsis supermajority that even grant shapps is talking about, could there then be an unstoppable majority to really ratchet up

tax increases down the line? >> i think that's right. and the odd game that politicians play to try and swerve the very fair questions of people like chris hopeis questions of people like chris hope is they rule out an income tax hike , a vat hike or tax hike, a vat hike or something. but there are a million ways in which you can increase the tax burden. so i think gb news viewers should be keeping an eye on one thing. what's the total proportion of national income that the government is hoovering up in tax? that is, at a 7080 year high, keir starmer wants that to go even higher. to my disappointment, it will probably dial up a little bit if the conservatives are re—elected . conservatives are re—elected. unlikely though that seems it will dial up a lot more if labouris will dial up a lot more if labour is re—elected. they will stick to these particular pledges, but keep your eyes open for capital gains tax. playing around with the thresholds on income tax , introducing new income tax, introducing new rates. you know what, martin? it reminds me a little bit of george bush senior who made a

pledge before he was elected president in 1988. read my lips. no new taxes. taxes then went up and some republicans dared to say these aren't new taxes. these are just old taxes going up. that's definitely what we'll face under a labour government, probably to quite an extent. >> superb analysis as ever. thank you very much. mark littlewood, who's the director of the popular conservatives now liberal democrats leader sir ed davey was asked about labour's manifesto, but it's fair to say he didn't sound too interested in it. >> to be honest, i haven't read it. i've been focusing on the liberal democrat manifesto. i'm really delighted about how many people seem to like what we're saying on health and care , on saying on health and care, on the cost of living, on the sewage and a whole range of issues. we've had a fantastic response to the liberal democrat manifesto, and i just hope many people do read that and then recognise that we have the values and ideas to take our country forward to get the change that we need. lubriderm fans are very ambitious. you're right. there's so much that

needs to be put right in our country. we need real change and that's why we need to have serious investment in health and care. we're suggesting £9 billion of investment to rescue our nhs, and we're talking about investment to help the poorest investment to help the poorest in our society. and we want to make sure that we've got the capital investment in social homes in the fight against climate change and making sure the nature crisis is dealt with. so we have an ambitious, policy package and the liberal democrats. and on top of that, we're the only party saying we need to reform our politics now. >> z debut hadn't read the manifesto from the labour party. now the nhs are seeing increasing numbers of young men requiring treatment after becoming addicted to trading bitcoin. i martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. your time is 527. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news. now, if you want to see sir, ed davey got a makeover live on television, then you're in luck. i'll show you what the lib dem leader got up to earlier today. but before that, the nhs are seeing increasing numbers of young men requiring treatment after becoming addicted to trading bitcoin patients are becoming hooked on trying to make money from volatile cryptocurrency markets. and join me now to discuss this is recovered gambling addict and the author of tails i lose justin larkham. justin, welcome to the show. this perhaps will come as no surprise to you, but i'm particularly interested in why is it that young men in particular seem to be going down the route of video game addiction, porn addiction , on addiction, porn addiction, on gambling, on football addiction, and now the latest one crypto currency trading addiction . currency trading addiction. >> i think generally that socio economic group are probably thrill seekers, they're people

who, enjoy, risk and reward. and unfortunately, now at a very early age, people learn that in those video games that you mentioned , and then it develops mentioned, and then it develops into something else. and cryptocurrency, as you say, is very volatile. >> it's the thrill . >> it's the thrill. >> it's the thrill. >> and also what you get. justin, i see this a lot . i justin, i see this a lot. i mean, you know, full disclosure, ihave mean, you know, full disclosure, i have a little dabble for a bit of fun on gambling websites, on a bit of football . of fun on gambling websites, on a bit of football. i'll be on the euros, i'll do a little bit of crypto, but i do it as a bit of crypto, but i do it as a bit of fun. and it says here that half of people treat it as such. but when does it become a problem? because i see the adverts all the time, luring young men in with the offer of massive fortunes for little output. if it's too good to be true, it often is absolutely vie, unfortunately, the, the bookis vie, unfortunately, the, the book is always win in the end, and that's the problem really, i guess, i'm not anti—gambling, for myself, i would never be able to gamble again.

>> and there's a small percentage of people that go on to have an addiction to gambling, which is horrible . gambling, which is horrible. >> it is really crippling. it's one of the worst addictions i could ever imagine. >> it destroys relationships. it unfortunately will take people's lives and addiction in general, is something that, we are for a certain proportion of people will have a, a presupposition to, to, to gamble. >> and it's , bitcoin is another >> and it's, bitcoin is another example of that. >> and just in quickly , amanda >> and just in quickly, amanda pritchard, who's the chief executive of nhs england, said we need to take action against these cryptocurrency trading sites because it's the nhs that's picking up the bill. do you think it's fair that the nhs should be treating gambling addicts? after all, it's a lifestyle choice. >> yeah, and you know what? >> yeah, and you know what? >> for a long time they weren't, it was, it was picked up by, a voluntary levy on the industry. it's now become a compulsory levy, and that offsets some of the money. that the nhs have to fork out for this. >> it it is a lifestyle choice

to start with, but let's be really, really clear. it stops being a lifestyle choice when you go down that slippery slope. >> and for some people, they will. >> so they do need to be warning signs around it. >> i just think there needs to be a little bit more control on this, as there are in other places. >> superb. so thank you for being so forthright, justin larcombe is the author of tails i lose. thank you very much for your honesty. much appreciated. there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00. and i'll tell you why. england's most patriotic estate is feeling the pinch ahead of euro 2024, which of course kicks off tomorrow . of course kicks off tomorrow. but first, it's time for your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories from the gb news room. rishi sunak says labour's election manifesto will mean the highest taxes in history. sir keir starmer unveiled his party's key policies earlier , party's key policies earlier, identifying wealth creation as

the number one priority and ruling out a return to austerity after he was briefly interrupted by a protester. sir keir rejected rishi sunak's allegations of higher taxes, insisting there would be no new rises under a labour government other than those in their manifesto. he's told members of the public and crew that britain will do better under labour. >> it is a manifesto that rejects fundamentally the proposition that britain can't do better than this, that we have to go on in the way we've been going on in the last 14 years. it is a rejection of that. britain can do better , that. britain can do better, britain will do better. and with our manifesto and a mandate for a labour government, we will take our country forward and that will be felt in every community across the country . community across the country. >> all g7 countries have agreed to continue funding a loan package for ukraine worth nearly £40 billion. european commission president ursula von der leyen said the funds would be backed

by proceeds from immobilised russian assets. rishi sunak left the election campaign trail today to join world leaders at the meeting in southern italy, us president joe biden is also urging fellow members to support ceasefire negotiations in gaza and encourage the hamas terror group to accept a proposal backed by israel . and the family backed by israel. and the family of harry dunn have accused the us government of obstructing their son's inquest. the teenager was killed in 2019 when his motorcycle collided with a car driving on the wrong side of the road. the driver and sacoolas, who was an employee of the us government, wasn't present at the four day inquest nor were there any representatives of the us embassy . for representatives of the us embassy. for the representatives of the us embassy . for the latest stories, embassy. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club

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by a protester who claimed his policies were too similar to those of the tories. you can't keep anybody happy, can you? let's cross live now to gb news political correspondent katherine forster, who is on that labour battle bus. catherine, welcome to the show. show. been a very , very eventful show. been a very, very eventful day for the labour party. bring us up to speed . yeah, you can us up to speed. yeah, you can have like that actually. >> yes it has. >> yes it has. >> and welcome to the battle bus. >> we've had a bit of an upgrade today, martin, because previously we've been on the press bus . press bus. >> that's not the branded one. we're on the big red bus and there's been some drivers pooping as we've gone past. >> we're in quite heavy traffic at the moment. but anyway sir keir starmer is at the back. >> he was talking to our political editor christopher hope, just a little bit earlier. wasn't he. >> but i've been making my way through this 130 page manifesto. you can see that word . you can see that word. >> it's really what it's all about. it's very glossy . about. it's very glossy. >> there he is by the white cliffs of dover. also he managed

to get in at the picture of him with vladimir zelenskyy, which of course, rishi sunak missed that opportunity at the d—day commemorations , didn't he? commemorations, didn't he? >> but, you know, he was given a rock star reception, this lunchtime , because this is a lunchtime, because this is a party that does believe that after 14 years, they are on the bnnk after 14 years, they are on the brink of taking power. sure, they are still cautious . and they are still cautious. and that's why we saw this manifesto that's why we saw this manifesto that to be honest, we've pretty much heard everything that was in it before. there were no rabbits out of the hat. he was asked about that. there were no surprises. was it perhaps a bit dull and he said, it's not about rabbits out of hats. >> we're not. this is not a pantomime . >> we're not. this is not a pantomime. i'm running as a candidate to be prime minister, not a candidate to run the circus. >> he's having none of it. they continuing with this safety first approach now, and they're saying that everything is fully costed. >> the conservatives of course, are trying to paint them as the

party of tax rises. but according to the institute of fiscal studies , their plans are fiscal studies, their plans are fairly meagre actually. >> and in fact, in fact, less spending than the conservatives or the lib dems. much less than the lib dems. of course, the lib dems know that they are not going to be in power and the conservatives are suspect that they're not going to be in power ehhen they're not going to be in power either. so it is rather different for labour, i think i've said it before and i'll say it again. >> the institute for fiscal studies is still saying that neither the conservatives or the labour party are being honest with people about the challenges coming down the line. whoever is in charge after the next election are possible either extra borrowing , which the extra borrowing, which the fiscal rules don't currently allow, or bigger tax cuts that they haven't admitted to yet , or they haven't admitted to yet, or quite serious cuts to public services . quite serious cuts to public services. things like prisons, courts, local governments . so

courts, local governments. so they're feeling very optimistic. three weeks from now, we will all be going to the polls , all be going to the polls, choosing the next prime minister. the man at the back of the bus is feeling quietly confident that it's going to be him. >> catherine forbes, a superb serve. i spent a lot of time at the back of the buses, but that's probably the reason i won't ever be a prime minister. very luxurious . but katherine very luxurious. but katherine forster, thank you for that update. live from the labour party battlebus. superb stuff. now it's time now for the great british giveaway now and your chance to make this summer really special. with over £16,000 worth of prizes up for grabs. and that's 15 grand tax free cash and a whole host of treats on top. you've got to be in it to win it. and here's all the details that you need to enter. >> it's our summer spectacular. three top prizes that have to be won. there's cash £15,000 in tax free cash to spend on anything you like this summer, plus a

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welcome back. your time is 546. we're on the final furlong. i'm martin daubney on gb news. now let's talk about the uk's most patriotic estate. and the kirby estate in south london is once again gearing up for england at the euros, and is spectacularly decked out, as you can see, with flags and bunting, as the residents of the blocks in bermondsey show their support for gareth southgate's boys, hoping that we can finally bring it home this summer. however, the estate is feeling the pinch this year and sadly won't be putting up quite as many flags as they have done in previous tournaments. now, viewers can see an image from 2021 on your screen. when england reached the final of the euros and when they

first began the tradition in 2012, the flags cost a mere £0.33. but now can you believe it ? they cost £3 each. well, it? they cost £3 each. well, early today , gb news spoke with early today, gb news spoke with local resident chris douse , some local resident chris douse, some of them. we've had to find a bin , over the years they've taken a bit of a batter in regards to the. whether they get ripped or they wear out, they fade . so they wear out, they fade. so over the years, we've been able to top up supply and buy new flags just to make sure we've got enough to cover what we need to do. but we've gone through them this year and, some have like we found quite a few away. i think we've thrown over 100 away so far. maybe more. and what we're doing at the moment, we're just going through what stock we have got, and making the best of what we can, realising that by the time we run out of flags, we're not going to be able to do everything we want to do, so we're just going to make sure it looks as good as we can. and maybe we normally we have a flag on every single balcony , but on every single balcony, but this year is probably not going to be the case, but we'll make it look as nice as we can as we

normally do. make sure it looks uniformed and stuff. just, just just such a shame that we can't do we want to do normally really well, basically , when we first well, basically, when we first knew we were going to do the entire estate, we looked to see how many flags we could get because we had some already and we'd done a bulk deal. we managed to get them like in bulk for 33, a flag, which was quite like we'd done. all right. we had a right touch, to be honest. then over the years we've had to keep replenishing stuff, buying new ones, try and do different things. and when we've noticed some creeping up when we first started, we used to go to the pound shop and there was a pound, and that didn't matter. but when it started to get a little bit serious and we started doing every single balcony, we wanted to make sure we could get the best deal possible. and the last time we bought them, they were gone up to like £2 a flag, which made us only buy a certain amount. and then this year they've gone up to £3 minimum. don't get me wrong, we haven't actually searched. if anyone can do us, like, a really good deal for a load of loading bulk. but even at £2 a flag, £3 a flag, when you're trying to buy over 250 200 flags, it's going to cost a lot of money and we just haven't got that. >> now we know where this is

going. your country needs you englanders. if you're sat on a sack of flags or flag manufacturers, if you've got any saint george's crosses you don't need, you know what to do. get them to chris. douse care of the kirby estate, bermondsey, south east london, and do your country a duty . if that east london, and do your country a duty. if that happens, we'll make sure we get that back on tv and give you a shout out. thank you very much. now let's catch up with what liberal democrat leader sir ed davey has been up to once again today. because early today, as you can see on your screens, he appeared live on television, where he was given a summer makeover by a fashion expert and host, cat deeley, and ben shephard. he did appear a little shy at first, but he soon got into the spirit of things. well, as you can see, he got himself into a new suit and some nice tanned trainers. well, they're sort of half trainer, half shoe, but things are a little bit more spicy .

are a little bit more spicy. when sir ed was given some new sunglasses and it was also then treated to a nice fedora hat , treated to a nice fedora hat, you can see them going on the. the shades are going on and watch this. this is when he really goes full hannibal lecter, because as far as i'm concerned, that is hannibal lecter. when he steps off that train, that plane. beg your pardon ? bottle of chianti. is pardon? bottle of chianti. is this really what a political leader should be doing? it's been paddleboards. it's leader should be doing? it's been paddleboards . it's been been paddleboards. it's been water slides. it's been on your bike now he's on prime time tv, in a fashion show. and the highlight of that, which, mercifully, i've spared you. but look, i've had to witness this pain. so i'm going to share it with you. they said to him, ed, please , can you clench your please, can you clench your buttocks? and he looked over his shoulder forlornly and appeared to blow a kiss. now i don't think that's acceptable , you think that's acceptable, you know, children could have been watching. and is this really what a political leader should be doing? or fair play to the fella ? is he showing he's fella? is he showing he's a sport. he's game, he's paddleboarding. he's the world's

worst gladiator. plopping into water despite the fact he's against sewage. but here we are talking about him once again. and it's not just sir ed davey that people have been poking fun at today , because rishi sunak at today, because rishi sunak revealed this week that his childhood was so unbelievably tough, he didn't have sky tv. well, of course it brought the people who used twitter or x as a few people now like to call it all together in their attempts to ridicule the prime minister. not in sympathy, of course, but to have a pop at the prime minister. check these out . one minister. check these out. one person referred to band aid with sting, bono and simon le bon singing and there won't be sky tv in winchester this christmas time, mocking the heck out of him and moving on. the prime minister was mocked up as oliver twist, asking please sir, can i have sky tv? and another had an image of a young rishi sunak burning a bunch of banknotes

saying it was killing time. while waiting for sky tv to be invented . and finally, the invented. and finally, the poster for the poster for et. was changed to ot only terrestrial. and now you can see with an old fashioned analogue remote control in his hand. isn't it joyous when people come together and mock people in power like this? that is the very best of the internet. now then, we've had a load of your your sites coming in, sir keir starmer last night in the sky debate, he said that his dad was a toolmaker. i mean , i didn't a toolmaker. i mean, i didn't know that the last amazonian tribes person in the world must know. sir keir starmer's dad was a toolmaker and he said it wasn't funny to chris earlier. loads of you have been getting in touch. mark keir doesn't get it. they weren't laughing at his dad. they were laughing at him. an okay, people weren't laughing at your father, they were laughing at you. you're so predictable , gordon. they were

predictable, gordon. they were laughing at him because they knew it was his dad's own factory. but claire says this . i factory. but claire says this. i agree that everyone should be valued. whatever their profession. i won't be voting for labour, but let's leave off sir keir starmer. and finally can he says sir keir starmer is so out of touch that he doesn't know why people laugh at him when he said my dad is a toolmaker. we know your dad's a toolmaker. we know your dad's a toolmaker. we're laughing because it's so flaming, predictable now. thank you very much for all of your say today. it's been an action packed show. hope you've enjoyed it. that's all from me for now. but of course dewbs& co is up next. that runs 6 to 7 pm. don't forget to join us from 6 am. tomorrow. of course. it's breakfast with stephen and anne, followed by britain's newsroom at 930. and then of course, it's tom and emily with good afternoon britain from midday. of course, my mish will be back at 3:00 tomorrow. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. thank you for joining daubney and this is gb news. thank you forjoining me

daubney and this is gb news. thank you for joining me today. see you tomorrow. now it's your weather and it's alex deakin . weather and it's alex deakin. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> good afternoon. welcome to your latest weather update here on gb news from the met office. wet weather is spreading its way across most areas today. pretty gusty too, especially so in the west. and here's the reason why. low pressure ambling in from the atlantic, the isobars really squeezing together across wales , squeezing together across wales, southwest england and northern ireland. that's where the strongest gusts are . the rain is strongest gusts are. the rain is tracking east parts of eastern england still dry at the moment, but the rain will move in here through this evening and eventually vie. maybe not till after dark. we'll see that rain cropping up in northern scotland to elsewhere. it should turn a little drier as we go through the second half of the night, andifs the second half of the night, and it's going to be a much, much milder night than recent nights. temperatures in towns and cities holding up in double

figures. it is, though, going to be a bit of a wet start to friday across northern scotland. so a very different day to come here compared to today. soggy conditions , a pretty brisk conditions, a pretty brisk easterly wind as well. showers, packing into western parts of scotland. the south—east of scotland. the south—east of scotland may well start dry and bright with some sunshine mixture of sunshine and showers to come for northern ireland dunng to come for northern ireland during friday and plenty more showers to come across northern england and wales as well. but a good part of the midlands and eastern england should start friday dry and, as i said, quite a bit warmer than recent morning. still quite breezy along the south coast and as we go through the morning the clouds will bubble up and the showers will get going. one of those days where one minute you're caught in a heavy downpour, the next minute the sun is out. so really changeable day. the brisk breeze means the showers should zip along, but they will be quite heavy when they will be quite heavy when they do come along. between the showers though quite a bit of sunshine temperatures sunshine and temperatures creeping bit. back creeping up a little bit. back closer to the average for june, maybe up to 20 and 1 or 2 places. still plenty of showers

to come and go as we go through friday evening, so bear that in mind if you're heading out. more wet weather working into northern ireland at the same time, all circulating around a big area of low pressure that is sticking around for the weekend. so sunshine at times, lots more heavy showers to come on saturday and sunday. goodbye that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on

also today nigel farage speaking out, defending some of the comments that his candidates have made, he says it's all just banter and it's how people

speak. so i'm asking, where's the line in public discourse? also, there's a record number of people unemployed. so how on earth do we get britain back to work ? also, one of the worst work? also, one of the worst failing police forces has apparently been turned around in record times. thanks to, i quote back to basics policing in that. just obvious though, sir. why amorphous is not following suit . amorphous is not following suit. >> cola and more to come. >> but first, let's grab tonight's latest news headlines . tonight's latest news headlines. >> michelle, thank you and good evening. the top stories sir keir starmer set out labour's manifesto today, reaffirming his commitment to no rises to income tax or national insurance . the tax or national insurance. the labour leader put economic growth and stability at the core of his party's plan, promising to end what he called a desperate era of gestures and gimmicks. back on the campaign trail in crewe, he rejected

rishi sunak suggestion of higher