called war after mr johnson called farage comments on putin nauseating a historic drivel. today nigel farage blasted back, calling boris a liar and a hypocrite, adding he was the worst prime minister in modern history. the gloves are off and we'll have all the latest in the battle of the brexit heavyweights . princess anne has heavyweights. princess anne has been admitted to hospital after sustaining injuries and concussion following a horse riding incident on the gatcombe park estate. we'll have all the latest on the princess royal and the desperate search for missing teen jay slater has now entered its eighth day, with fresh cctv evidence emerging over the weekend. we'll cross live to tenerife for the full updates and harry kane has hit back at criticism from gary lineker as the three lions limp on in the euros. and i'll be asking the big question what today's footballers total and utter snowflakes do these millionaires need to switch off social media,

focus on the football and grow a pair? that's all come in between now and 6:00. wolves. the show always a delight to have your company. the tories wheeled out the big dog. boris went toe to toe with nigel farage. a few have attempted that before. many have grown to regret it . will boris grown to regret it. will boris grown to regret it. will boris grow to regret calling nigel farage all sorts of names and particularly calling him a kremlin propagandist? nigel farage blasted back today i'll be joining the studio in a short time by ben habib of reform uk for his take, and i don't think he's going to be pulling his punches getting in touch. what do you think? has nigel farage done the right thing? has he said the right thing? has boris johnson overstepped the mark in the nigel in nigel farage versus bofis the nigel in nigel farage versus boris johnson? duke. whose side are you on? let me know. gbnews.com/yoursay. but before

all of that, your headlines with sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom at 3:02, your headlines as you've been hearing, princess anneis you've been hearing, princess anne is in hospital after sustaining minor injuries and a concussion. she's believed to have been kicked by a horse on her gatcombe park estate. the princess royal is understood to be awake , but precise details be awake, but precise details are not able to be confirmed yet due to her concussion. she remains in hospital in bristol for observation, and she's expected to make a full recovery . the prime minister has said he is not aware of any other tory candidates facing an investigation over allegations of betting on the general election speech . talking to election speech. talking to journalists on the campaign trail, he also confirmed that he himself is not under investigation. it comes as a senior member of the conservative party criticised growing calls to suspend two

candidates accused of betting on the election. chris heaton—harris says it amounts to suggesting they're guilty until proven innocent . but shadow proven innocent. but shadow health secretary wes streeting says the prime minister has shown a lack of leadership . shown a lack of leadership. >> rishi sunak is the only person in this country who knew for certain when the election date would be, and who he chose to share that information with. we already know that one of his closest parliamentary aides placed a bet, and he has accepted that, and he's apologised for that. but, you know, from prime minister know, from the prime minister we've seen a total weakness and lack of leadership and to now try and suggest that somehow we're doing something wrong by asking for transparency in an election campaign. i think people should start to question, what is it the conservatives have to hide and why are they so desperate to hide it? >> now? britain's next government will need to make big decisions over taxes and the size of the state. that's according to the institute for fiscal studies, unveiling its analysis of the major parties

manifestos this morning, the think tank said public services are struggling despite near record high taxes. but labour leader sir keir starmer says britain can do better . britain can do better. >> don't accept the forecasts that say we can't do better than this. the economy has flatlined for 14 years. that's exactly what we are wanting to change. that's why we've set out our plans for growth in our manifesto . so the choice is more manifesto. so the choice is more stagnation. as we've seen for the last 14 years, which hasn't done our country any good or turn the page, rebuild, regrow our economy and create wealth so that across britain people feel better off. >> and labour says it would end what it called diy dentistry in england. if it wins the general election. labour accused the conservatives of taking nhs dental services to death's door, comparing the state of the sector to a charles dickens novel. the party's rescue plan would see an extra 700,000 urgent dental appointments a year and grants of £20,000 for

new dentists who spend at least three years working in underserved areas . the tories underserved areas. the tories recovery plan would see dentists offered cash to take on new patients . in other news, a court patients. in other news, a court has heard how a shopping centre security officer hatched a graphic plan to kidnap, rape and murder tv presenter holly willoughby. gavin plumb , who's willoughby. gavin plumb, who's 37, is accused of discussing his plan online, unaware that he was engaging with an undercover police officer . his engaging with an undercover police officer. his past convictions include tying a 16 year old girl's hands behind her back with a rope and tape , and back with a rope and tape, and the attempted kidnap of a woman on a train. with the threat of a gun. prosecutors allege his history shows that he knew what it would take to terrify and overpower a woman. the trial is expected to continue for two weeks. a convicted murderer , weeks. a convicted murderer, lucy letby, has told a jury she never intended or tried to harm any baby in her care. the 34 year old is on trial at

manchester crown court, accused of the attempted murder of a baby girl at the countess of chester hospital in 2016. it comes after she was convicted last august by another jury of the murders of seven babies and the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others, and warmer weather this week is expected to bring a boost for the hospitality sector . temperatures are forecast to peak at above 30 degrees in london on wednesday, with most of the south—east of england seeing temperatures in the mid 20s. hospitality leaders say it's likely to boost the sector as more people head outdoors and enjoy longer evenings. it's a contrast to britain's rainy spring, which brought 30% more rain across england and wales. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. corach rambler now it's back to . martin.

it's back to. martin. >> thank you sophia. now we start today's show with the extraordinary war of words between boris johnson and nigel farage and the former prime minister branded mr farage morally repugnant for claiming that the west had provoked vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. but today, the reform uk leader has hit back with gusto, pointing out that mr johnson blamed the european union himself for the war of words back in 20 1618. it's fair to say there have been absolutely no punches pulled and to discuss that now i'm joined in the studio by ben habib, the deputy leader of reform uk. ben habib. an extraordinary war of words has broken out . boris words has broken out. boris kicked off by calling nigel farage morally repugnant, nauseating, accusing him of a historical drivel. kremlin propaganda today in maidstone, kent, nigel farage steamed in,

calling boris johnson the worst prime minister in modern british history. benhabib surely that's a touch too much. it's a step too far. >> it's a very crowded field, identifying who the worst prime minister in british history should be given what we've had over the last 27 years. >> you know, there's theresa may vying for the position. >> there's rishi sunak tony blair and others. >> but i think it was very, very unwise of boris johnson to enter this debate , principally, of this debate, principally, of course, because he said pretty much exactly what nigel has just said about the eu in 2016, which, by the way, is right. >> the eu was flirting with ukraine. it was offering it associate membership of the european union, offering it ,10 billion in in funding. european union, offering it ,10 billion in in funding . and when billion in in funding. and when yanukovych turned that down under pressure from the kremlin, there were riots on the streets of ukraine and a democratically elected leader was deposed . and elected leader was deposed. and six months later russia came and

took crimea, and there was at least a linkage in the order of events. and it would be surreal not to call out the eu on it. and boris called them out in 2016. >> but it seems now that boris is reversed, his position, it suhed is reversed, his position, it suited him in 2016 to call them out because he was fighting for brexit. >> he wanted to have a crack at the eu and with all the moral rectitude with which we associate with boris, he's come out and changed his position yet again . and nigel is absolutely again. and nigel is absolutely right. boris is a liar and a hypocrite. if his lips are moving, if his keyboard is moving, if his keyboard is moving, if his keys on his keyboard are moving, he's probably lying. and i'll tell you why. >> but boris would disagree with that. you know, let's let's keep this. >> yeah, but let me tell you, he has made a major impact on my life. >> i'm sporting a badge which says no sea border on it . it's says no sea border on it. it's because i'm fighting for the union of great britain and northern ireland, something he said was sacrosanct. boris johnson said was sacrosanct and

then turned his back on it with then turned his back on it with the withdrawal agreement and the northern ireland protocol. and i have had to give up five years of my life to fight this battle that boris johnson said would never have to be fought, he said. the country would leave the eu as one united kingdom. he lied. that's a fundamental lie. but he's lied again. but this is another question, actually, which i want to ask about boris, which i want to ask about boris, which nigel hasn't hit on. how much money has boris made out of the ukrainian war? >> he has been ? >> he has been? >> he has been? >> let's not get into that. well, in fact, barnaby, before we go on, can we please listen to the video of nigel farage earlier on? >> oh, it's me. i'm the bad guy and i'm all over the front page of the daily mail for daring for danng of the daily mail for daring for daring to stand by what i said all those years ago and overnight , their most famous overnight, their most famous columnist. no doubt their best paid columnist. a man called bofis paid columnist. a man called boris johnson . has said that i

boris johnson. has said that i am morally repugnant for suggesting for suggesting this might have been a causal factor in this appalling war that has now got perhaps nearly a million dead and wounded , and shows no dead and wounded, and shows no sign of changing . well, let's sign of changing. well, let's have a little look at something, guys, shall we? here is boris johnson , daily mail. are you johnson, daily mail. are you watching ? here is boris johnson watching? here is boris johnson from 2016. this is what boris said boris blames the european union for war in ukraine. >> so as we can see there, ben habib, just echoing your earlier point that boris johnson had actually said something similar in 2016 about blaming the eu for the war in ukraine. but back to

this election. why now? why do you think boris johnson has entered the fray? or has he been deployed by cchq there are rumours that boris will get involved in this general election and he's gone straight for the throat of nigel farage. but in typical nigel farage manner, he hasn't pulled his punches. he's he's roared straight back. >> yeah, well i think rishi sunakis >> yeah, well i think rishi sunak is labouring under the pressure of having absented , pressure of having absented, absented himself early from d—day. >> and then this betting scandal which is still unfolding. and i think he thought he could put in the big dog or whatever the expression is about boris johnson put in the big dog to take down nigel. but boris is record on just about everything is not clean and boris is as as we say, you know, as we all know, pivots from one position to another . and they should have to another. and they should have done their due diligence on what he said before. and nigel's absolutely right to call boris out on this . and i have to ask, out on this. and i have to ask, you know, what is boris's ideology , obsession with ideology, obsession with

ukraine? he has changed his position . he sold the uk down position. he sold the uk down the drain. he put a border down the drain. he put a border down the irish sea. he told us we'd get brexit, but he gave us two new treaties. why is he obsessed with ukraine? why does he do it? but anyway , coming back to the but anyway, coming back to the election, it's spectacularly backfired because here you have the king of sleaze backing up rishi sunak, who's cabinet and supporters and campaign managers and everyone else, it would appean and everyone else, it would appear, are placing bets on an early election. the whole thing stinks , doesn't it, martin? stinks, doesn't it, martin? >> but what about the fact that this guy that you're now putting both barrels into, i mean, you backed boris johnson's agreement. 8080 seat majority was handed to boris johnson by nigel farage, standing down over 300 candidates in 2019. do you think nigel farage now is regretting that? >> i've regretted it from the day that we did it, because we knew that the withdrawal agreement wasn't good. but the argument that was made in 2019, early 2020, was the british people have voted boris johnson in. this is the deal that boris

johnson promoted to the british people. we, the brexit party, fought for brexit. we fought for democracy . we it was not for us democracy. we it was not for us to stand against the deal that the british people had approved. but i did say at the time , and but i did say at the time, and you said and many others said that we will hold boris to account for the promises he made on page five. i can still remember of the conservative manifesto, which included the country leaving the eu as one, united kingdom taking back control of our cash, our fish, our borders and everything else. and the reason reform uk exists, the reason nigel is back on the pubuc the reason nigel is back on the public stage, is because boris broke those promises. he let immigration rip instead of championing british, the british economy. he's hitched us into this net zero nutcase agenda which is doing so much damage to the welfare of average brits right across the country. not to mention our private sector and businesses. he's hollowed out the country through his premiership. so nigel is absolutely right about what he says, being a liar and a hypocrite, and he's right to put him up there. i mean, for me,

it's a close call between tony blair and boris johnson. on who's the worst prime minister in modern british history. but bofis in modern british history. but boris has got to be up there. squandered an 80 seat majority, didn't make the country independent and has delivered the country into peril. >> what would you say to those people who even today, are saying quite simply, a super majority is coming and that will be because of reform uk. you're going to be splitting the vote, as they call it, taking away the conservative vote, allowing a bigger and bigger, bigger labour majority and the conservative party. many people out there who voted brexit are saying, you know, the reform party are simply handing starmer a massive, massive power to do whatever he wants for the years to come. and you'll have your fingerprints on that. >> i will not have any of my fingerprints on it. >> the people who are responsible for delivering labour into office, the people who are responsible for reform uk existing are the conservative party and we exist. and the labour party is in all likelihood going to become the next government because of the

failures of the conservative party, principally because it is neither conservative nor unionist. it is not the conservative and unionist party. it is a globalist , anti—british it is a globalist, anti—british party. that's what it's become. it governs through the global prism. it is more rishi sunak is more interested in the g7, the un, the world economic forum , un, the world economic forum, the w.h.o. un, the world economic forum, the who. than he is in domestic british policy . we know domestic british policy. we know that because of the policies he's passed, including the supporting net zero, the way that he does what we need is a party and there is only one which actually stands for british interests first and for british interests first and for british citizens interests first. and there is only one party that does it. it is reform uk and you've got to vote with your conscience. well, what would you say then to the fact that you have an admirer today ? that you have an admirer today? >> vladimir putin is putting press out in russia calling nigel a principled politician, speaking with balance . is that speaking with balance. is that really the sort of person that reform wants in your on your side, vladimir putin? >> i hold vladimir putin in contempt. his invasion of

ukraine is contemptible. whatever the provocation, he should never have done it. russia is responsible for great instable vie across the globe. but here's the thing. so were we by the way, martin, our interventions in afghanistan, iraq , libya, syria, egypt, these iraq, libya, syria, egypt, these have all been disastrous interventions by the british government led originally by tony blair and then the heir to blair, david cameron. a lot of the illegal migration that we're seeing in europe comes from those two people. and boris johnson had the opportunity to change direction, to change away from all of that, from the interventions of the past and make the united kingdom a strong, independent, proud, sovereign country and he shirked the greatest opportunity this country had for prosperity. and i will never forgive him for that, including putting a border down the irish sea. absolutely repugnant act benhabib certainly pulling no punches. >> thank you forjoining us in >> thank you for joining us in the studio. ben habib from reform uk. well, i'll be joined

by a government minister shortly after 4:00 for their take on this. i'll ask him for his take on this huge bust up between bofis on this huge bust up between boris johnson and nigel farage. and of course, i'll get his thoughts on the tory betting scandal as well. there's plenty of coverage on our website , of coverage on our website, gbnews.com. you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country, so thank you very much . country, so thank you very much. now it's the final week to see how you could win our summer giveaway. £15,000 tax free cash and a whole host of treats on top now. lines closed at 5 pm. on friday, so make sure you don't miss out. and here's all the details that you need to enter. it's the final week to see how you can win big this summer . summer. >> summer. >> first, there's a totally tax free £15,000 in cash to make your summer spectacular. spend that extra cash however you like. you'll also win a brand new iphone, apple airpods. and if that wasn't enough, a £500 voucher to spend at your favourite uk attraction, you have to hurry as lines close at

5 pm. on friday for another chance to win the iphone treats and £15,000 cash text win to 63232. text cost £2 plus one standard network rate message . standard network rate message. you can also enter online at gbnews.com/win . entries cost £2 gbnews.com/win. entries cost £2 or post your name and number two gb zero six, p.o. or post your name and number two gb zero six, po. box 8690, derby de19, double t, uk only entrants must be 18 or over. lines close at 5 pm. on friday. please check the closing time if listening or watching on demand. good luck i good luck! >> now the hunt for missing teenager jay slater is now in its second week, and of course, led to the 19 year old's hometown in lancashire as rescue teams in tenerife changed the focus of their search. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

this is

gb news. >> and we are britain's election channel. >> this vote may seem to be about the politicians and the media, but it's actually about you . you. >> we won't forget that. >> we won't forget that. >> join us up and down the country as we follow every moment together. >> more than ever, it's important to hear all sides as you make your decision in the run up to polling day. >> this is gb news, the people's channel >> this is gb news, the people's channel, britain's election . channel. >> welcome back. your time is 323. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. later in the show, i'll discuss harry kane's criticism of gary lineker after he wasn't too complimentary about england's performance at euro 2024. i'll ask the big question. is it time for kane to stop whingeing and just focus on his football? moving on princess anneis his football? moving on princess anne is in hospital after she was hurt yesterday and she'll miss several engagements this week, including the state

banquet for the japanese state visit tomorrow and a visit to canada . a statement from canada. a statement from buckingham palace said the princess royal has sustained minor injuries and concussion following an incident at the gatcombe park estate yesterday evening. her royal highness remains in south beach hospital, bristol , as a remains in south beach hospital, bristol, as a precautionary measure for observation and is expected to make a full and swift recovery. hear hear to that. i'm joined now by the former bbc royal correspondent jennie bond. jenny, welcome to the show. always a delight to have your company. it seems a narrow escape. princess anne. of course, a very, very adept equestrian. so tell us, what do we know ? we know? okay. we're just trying to get audio contact there , to get audio contact there, hopefully when we do, the main thing is sustained a minor injuries and concussion and remaining in hospital for

observation in bristol, but understood to be absolutely chipper and nothing too much to worry. let's see if we can try jennie bond again. are you there, jenny? this time? >> yeah. can you hear me? >> yeah. can you hear me? >> yeah. can you hear me? >> yeah. beautiful. far away. >> yeah. beautiful. far away. >> okay , i was saying that >> okay, i was saying that rather than the way the palace has done lately, they have been very swift to tell us that something's up this time with the princess royal. >> but we don't know the full story. but it would seem sources are suggesting that it was something to do with the horse. >> she was out walking at gatcombe park, her estate. we understand she was not riding. but if anne is out anywhere and there's some horses around, she'll be. i know petting them , she'll be. i know petting them, talking to them, whatever, we don't know. but her injuries are consistent with having been kicked, or coming into contact with a horse's head. so, something like that. her husband was there and accompanied to her hospital when she was taken. she was first taken home. medical emergency team were called in, and they felt that the injuries

were serious enough to merit going to the hospital in bristol. it's about 45 minutes away, and although yes, we are told there minor injuries, i think it's probably the concussion which will keep her in hospital. we're told for1 or in hospital. we're told for 1 or 2 days somewhere towards the further in this week. so, quite a lot of concern about her, and i'm sure she will be extremely annoyed, very cross that this would have happened and very cross that a number of engagements are having to be cancelled . cancelled. >> you know, jenny, that was precisely going to be my next point. here's somebody who's the hardest working of all the royals, likes to really buckle down and crack on. she'd be very, very disappointed. she's missing some high profile engagements here. >> there should be thoroughly irritated because i wouldn't say she lives for her work , but she she lives for her work, but she is extremely hard working and she was due at the state banquet tomorrow for the emperor of japan. she was meant to be in scotland, in gloucestershire, in hampshire, during the coming days. hampshire, during the coming days . and then she was flying

days. and then she was flying off to canada, for a visit over there at the end of the week. now, all of those have been, if not cancelled . 1 or 2 of them not cancelled. 1 or 2 of them have to be, but postponed, certainly. and she's apologised to people for letting them down, but i think the doctors will want to make sure that concussion is not having, a deleterious effect because , you deleterious effect because, you know, it can take a little while for that to take full effect. she's she's familiar with concussion. i mean, she fell off her horse rather spectacular in the 1976 montreal olympics. and she was in fact concussed then. but being an she got up, got back on her horse, finished the course and then remembered absolutely nothing about it. so she was suffering proper concussion there, so she's she's a feisty old thing. she's the same age as me. she's four days older than me. in fact . and i older than me. in fact. and i think we're both quite tough. old birds . and i've no doubt old birds. and i've no doubt that she, she will make a swift and full recovery. >> thank you forjoining us, >> thank you for joining us, jennie bond very much a voice of comfort during this time.

delightful. thanks for joining us. appreciate your time . thank us. appreciate your time. thank you. now moving on. the search for jay slater , the british for jay slater, the british teenager who's gone missing in tenerife has now entered its second week and a fundraiser set up second week and a fundraiser set ”p by second week and a fundraiser set up by the last person to speak to the 19 year old has now hit its target of £30,000. in fact , its target of £30,000. in fact, it's now raised more than £33,000. meanwhile over in tenerife, search teams are focusing their efforts on a small building near to jay's last known location . on to last known location. on to discuss this, i'm now joined in the studio by gb news reporter charlie peters. charlie, eight days in a long time for a search to be cracking on. what's the latest? well, has this teenager vanished into thin air? >> it's a remarkable set of circumstances that this search has now reached its eighth day in the rural tattenhoe park in nonh in the rural tattenhoe park in north northwest tenerife. it's about 36 miles away from his accommodation on los cristianos, in the south of the island. >> that's where he was expected to return to on monday morning.

last monday, after he attended the energy festival on sunday night and the pictures we're showing now. for those listening in, it's a helicopter hovering around the ravine in an area in the rural tattenhoe park near where his phone's last known location was recorded last monday. now, jay made a phone call at 8:15 am. last monday, but his phone was on 1% battery. that's what he told his best friend lucy on the island. and it made its last ping, its last location, recording at around 855 later that morning. so the search and rescue teams, who are organised by the civil guard in the canary islands, have been searching that location thoroughly since last week. but since yesterday we've seen them searching these rural outbuildings in a small village at the bottom of that ravine near that final location . which near that final location. which begs the question, why weren't they looking at those buildings at the start of the week when that search was launched last tuesday? is this new search on

the back of a new trace , a new the back of a new trace, a new line of inquiry? >> we'll have to see what the spanish police say later today. >> and we have seen sniffer dogs and a helicopter over that location . and indeed, members of location. and indeed, members of the civil guard looking into some blue bins outside of that building there. now this search and rescue operation has been run by the civil guard, at least four units involved helicopters, drones and sniffer dogs. four units involved helicopters, drones and sniffer dogs . and it drones and sniffer dogs. and it comes as people on the island involved in the search forjay involved in the search for jay from the british side, friends and family who are involved in it have criticised the police, saying that they're not doing enough. saying that they're not doing enough . the spanish police say enough. the spanish police say they don't comment on ongoing investigations. >> last thursday, lancashire police confirmed that they had offered to send their own resources to support the operation, but they had been rejected by the spanish police , rejected by the spanish police, who said they had sufficient resources. >> and let's not forget, they are the subject matter experts in this area , particularly in in this area, particularly in that rural location. it is very hilly, very mountainous. it is not like the sort of environment

that search and rescue teams were seen in in simi , in that were seen in in simi, in that island just off the turkish coast a few weeks ago. in the search for doctor mosley, which was far more arid and plain. this is a luscious island full of vegetation, full of animals and one person involved in the amateur search and rescue operation said. it's like searching for a needle in a haystack . the search continues. haystack. the search continues. >> joe, i just thank you for the latest on the update for jay slater. still missing in tenerife . there's lots more tenerife. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00, and i'll cross live to the engush 4:00, and i'll cross live to the english town where seagulls are attacking the postmen. it's even been claimed that people are having to run for their lives from those evil gulls . but first from those evil gulls. but first is your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. it's 332. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines . newsroom. your headlines. princess anne is in hospital after sustaining minor injuries

and a concussion. she's believed to have been kicked by a horse on her gatcombe park estate. the princess royal is understood to be awake, but precise details are not able to be confirmed yet due to her concussion. she remains in hospital in bristol for observation, and she's expected to make a full recovery. the prime minister says he's not aware of any other tory candidates facing investigation over allegations of betting on the general election . it comes after former election. it comes after former minister tobias ellwood called on rishi sunak to suspend those involved . britain's next involved. britain's next government will need to make big decisions over taxes and the size of the estate, according to the institute for fiscal studies. unveiling its analysis of the major parties manifestos, the think tank said public services are struggling despite near record high taxes . near record high taxes. convicted murderer lucy letby has told a jury she never intended or tried to harm any babyin intended or tried to harm any baby in her care. the 34 year

old is on trial at manchester crown court accused of attempted murder of a baby girl at the countess of chester hospital in 2016, and a court has heard how a shopping centre security officer hatched a graphic plan to kidnap, rape and murder. tv presenter holly willoughby. gavin plumb, who's 37, is accused of discussing his plan online, unaware that he was engaging with an undercover police officer . and warmer police officer. and warmer weather this week is expected to bnng weather this week is expected to bring a boost for the hospitality sector. temperatures are forecast to peak at above 30 degrees in london on wednesday , degrees in london on wednesday, with most of the south—east of england seeing temperatures in the mid 20s. hospitality leaders say it's likely to boost the sector as more people head outdoors and enjoy longer evenings . and for the latest evenings. and 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 .

com slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , and here's financial report, and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you $1.2694 and ,1.1819. the price of gold is £1,835.11 per ounce, and the ftse 100 are 8298 points. >> cheers, britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> thank you sophia. now, if you want to get in touch, simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay and i'll read out the best of your a little later in the show. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

>> on election night, we are throwing a party. >> the gb news election night watch party will be live from essex. and you are all invited on air from 10:00. >> we'll have familiar faces from across the channel, entertainment and lots more stuff as we keep our eye on all the results as they come flying in. >> if you want to join our live election night watch party audience, go to gbnews.com/electionparty . gbnews.com/electionparty. party. >> welcome back. your time is 338. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. later in the hour i'll cross live to eastbourne as temperatures soar and the met office issues a four day heat health warning. but before that, let's talk talk a bit about some of your your essays, your emails. i asked you at the top of the show. it's war between bofis of the show. it's war between boris johnson and nigel farage. the comments that have been

thrown around have been astonishing. as for your opinions, here are a few of them. anne says this nigel farage always speaks the truth . farage always speaks the truth. gb news viewer says this. how dare boris comment on nigel farage with his track record. who really should be prosecutor paid for his disgraceful leadership on the avoidable deaths during covid? karen says this i've always been a huge supporter of boris johnson, but i think on this time he's picked the wrong battle. please boris , the wrong battle. please boris, can you just stay out of this? and david adds this i'm 100% with nigel. borisjohnson in and david adds this i'm 100% with nigel. boris johnson in my opinion, is a liar and a con man. he's ever done anything of what he promises on brexit. why, oh why are you getting involved? an astonishing set of emails. there and it's got to be said that there aren't many people out there who are supporting bofis out there who are supporting boris johnson on this. if you do , please get in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay kwasi. now moving on. there are only ten days to go until the general

election, but some parties are still launching their manifestos and that's what the democratic unionist party did today. and we cross live now to belfast and speak to our northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie. dougie, welcome to the show. so bnng dougie, welcome to the show. so bring us up to speed. the dup have brought their manifesto out. what's in it? >> well there was quite a lot in it to be honest. but they launched this morning at danny blanchflower stadium , trying to blanchflower stadium, trying to put a bit of fizz into what has otherwise been a very flat election for everyone here. and i'm not too sure why that is. martin, was it that we've already had councillor elections? we've had mla elections, or was it the just a short period of time, or is it the fact that people cannot be bothered with politicians anymore? it really does have that feeling in northern ireland at this moment in time. that feeling in northern ireland at this moment in time . sinn at this moment in time. sinn fein launched earlier on in the week the tuv reform launched last friday, and the dup today on, their role and what they

have brought to northern ireland. broadband with that theresa may conference supply deal theresa may conference supply deal. many of the roads that were brought in because of that money, they've they've really went down the route of look at what we've done rather than what we can do in the future. more about not shredding the unionist vote. because, of course, as we've spoken about before, many unionist parties standing in areas where there are fine , fine areas where there are fine, fine lines of losing the seat or not, and, gavin robinson, he really is up against it because of course, he's just the new leader of the dup after sir jeffrey donaldson's court appearances and we found out today that one of those court appearances for sir jeffrey is next. one is due to be on july the 3rd, of which the dup are not too happy with at all, because you can imagine the reporting that will go on there. so it is a very strange campaign . the manifesto campaign. the manifesto launched. he concentrated on things like education, infrastructure, schooling, all

those things that you would imagine that any politician should , be looking at at this should, be looking at at this penod should, be looking at at this period of time, because that's really what this election is about. and of course, if taxation is raised in westminster, we the only real say we have over that here is with our mps, because our assembly doesn't have those fiscal powers. but if you look at things like red diesel, which we reported on two years ago, and doing away with that red diesel , those allowances now diesel, those allowances now what you have is farmers only are allowed to use red diesel and the likes of putting potholes, repairing potholes in the road is now 50% dearer to do that because all the machinery has to use white diesel house pnces has to use white diesel house prices going up. so it's all those sorts of stealth taxes that have been brought in by the tory government, that have been brought in by the tory government , that really the tory government, that really the dup are starting to look at and saying that they can maybe help northern ireland. so in a round up to it, it was a little bit of fizz , but it was a very, look

fizz, but it was a very, look what we've done rather than look what we've done rather than look what we've done rather than look what we can do. manifesto launch and very much concentrating on getting their voters out and making sure that they for vote their own party. so as manifestos go, it was okay, martin. it was nothing really to write home about, i must say. but at least the effort was put in and where they were standing and launching the manifesto . and launching the manifesto. >> okay. with dougie beattie live from belfast. thanks very much for trying your best to put a bit of fizz into the dup's manifesto launch today. thank you very much. now a heatwave has hit many parts of the uk, but i'll tell you why. it's not good news for everyone . i'm good news for everyone. i'm martin daubney on news, britain's news

welcome back. your time is 347. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news now. 4:00. i'll have the latest on the remarkable war of words between boris johnson and nigel

farage. words like liar, hypocrite and morally repugnant are flying about at last. this general election campaign has finally spiced up a bit. now let's get more ahead of next week's general election. and sir ed davey is defended. the lib dems pledge to invest in the nhs. the health foundation says none of the major parties are promising to spend enough to money sort out the health service , pay the nhs and care. service, pay the nhs and care. >> the centre point of our manifesto, with a huge package of £9 billion of investment. partly that's in gps and local services so people don't have to go to hospital quite so much . go to hospital quite so much. part of it is in care so people can be discharged from hospital, and that relates to ambulance services. we've seen in many parts of the country delays at hospitals for the handover, because there aren't enough beds, because people haven't been able to be discharged. so we've invest in care services so people can leave hospital when they're ready. that's better for them. it's better for their

families and it frees up space in hospital. the health foundation, though, reckons that neither the lib dems nor the conservatives nor labour are actually promising enough money to really make a difference to the nhs. >> but you're all going to fall short. >> well, i think everyone's recognised that the democrats are way ahead of all the other parties in our ambitious programme of 9 billion, and we are the ones talking about social care. do i think we need to do more? we are the ones calling for a cross party, organisation to come after the election to look at the longer term costs, which are so significant . but we term costs, which are so significant. but we think term costs, which are so significant . but we think there significant. but we think there needs to be up front investment. and we're liberal democrats the only one saying that now, finally, at long last summer has arrived with a bang and gb news viewers can see pictures from eastbourne on the south coast earlier today. >> doesn't it look marvellous? well, temperatures there are expected to get into the 30s this week, but it's not all good

news because almost 2300 deaths last year were associated with the hot weather. well, gb news national reporter theo chikomba is in eastbourne. theo, welcome to the show. looking glorious behind you. in fact, it looks like the riviera, but it's not all good news for everybody. of course, the hot weather can send its own set of testing circumstances . theo, tell us circumstances. theo, tell us more . more. >> it is indeed. well, when it comes to hot weather, there is that a yellow weather warning which is currently in place ? so which is currently in place? so that's a warning. those who are over the age of 65 and those who are vulnerable, that does include young people as well. lots of people here are well , lots of people here are well, welcoming the weather as you come into eastbourne . actually, come into eastbourne. actually, there's a sign saying the sun shine city . and of course that shine city. and of course that name is definitely living up to it today we've seen temperatures around 2425 degrees, but there is higher temperatures coming later this week. wednesday is set to be even higher than what we've seen today, and depending

on where you live in the country, we could see temperatures of around 29 to 30 degrees. and there are warnings of people being told to ensure that they have plenty of water to stay hydrated. and of course, sunscreen as well. but here in eastbourne, we've been speaking to those here, whether or not they are prepared for this heat, there's nothing to complain about, is there? >> we're here for the tennis. it's a fantastic day. even the sea looks blue, which is quite a surprise for eastbourne. >> long time coming. >> long time coming. >> just coming out for a couple of hours. so we're taking the chance without the sunscreen . chance without the sunscreen. >> yeah, i love it. >> about time we had some hot weather. >> it's nice, but the weather's gorgeous. yes yeah, we've just come down. from what? a place in enfield and loving that. >> yeah. it's about time, isn't it? yeah >> and there are people we've met who have travelled from far to get here today just to ensure that they get some of this good weather. and of course, at this

time of the day, plenty of people believe in work and school and they're now heading to the beach. so it's pictures like we'd see normally on the weekend, but everyone here seems to be making the most of that weather. but of course, we do have to remember there is that yellow weather warning for those who are over 65 and young vulnerable people as well, and to ensure that they are prepared over the next couple of days . over the next couple of days. >> theo chikomba looks absolutely gorgeous there. what are people saying to you about what they're spending their money on? because we saw a great report earlier today that people have finally, with the footballer on the weather, they're going out and spending a few quid, fish and chips, ice creams, beers . creams, beers. >> yeah, all of that actually. onto my over to my left. actually. you can't see at the moment, but there is plenty of pubs and hotels here with lots of bars , and lots of people are of bars, and lots of people are already making the most of that ahead of the football. as well. so plenty of people will be looking where they're going to be hanging out tomorrow, especially with this weather at the moment there live in eastbourne. >> i'm very, very jealous. i'm anchored here in the studio.

superb stuff as ever. thank you for joining us on the show this afternoon. now loads of you have been getting in touch today about the huge war of words has been breaking out between boris johnson and nigel farage, an astonishing state of affairs, first of all, and it started when boris johnson called nigel farage morally repugnant, nauseating, ahistorical drivel, kremlin propaganda about his comments he made about the provocation of vladimir putin of russia with nato expansionism . russia with nato expansionism. nigel responded by calling him a liar and a hypocrite . at at a liar and a hypocrite. at at a press conference today down in maidstone, kent , press conference today down in maidstone, kent, nigel press conference today down in maidstone, kent , nigel farage maidstone, kent, nigel farage unleashed the front page. a giant front page of a newspaper from 2016, the i newspaper, when bofis from 2016, the i newspaper, when boris johnson blamed the eu, the eu for the war in ukraine previously. and so a war of words breaking out about the hypocrisy and astonishing war of

words. let's read out a few comments i have here. cha says this nigel farage is completely consistent with his past statements back as far as 2014. consistency is a quality that is completely unrecognisable to any current conservative. this entire thing is a confetti storm of faux outrage for opportunist political gain. chaz, that's a great point. a lot of people are saying this is just a big distraction from the current betting scandal. and then nick says this. if boris says it's a lie, then it must be true. have we learned nothing about him, sue says this. i like both of them, and they should jolly well get together and pull their resources and stop falling out. but for that to happen, boris johnson needs to get over his net zero drivel. an astonishing war of words broken out. what do you think? ben habib was in the studio earlier on. he was not pulling his punches. this one, i think , is set to run and run and

think, is set to run and run and run. the big piece of brexit. very much going head to head. we'll have much more on this after the break. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel and that's your weather with alex deakin . weather with alex deakin. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> afternoon. thanks for joining me here for the latest weather update from the met office on gb news. it's fine. a very warm and sunny for most, but there's a few zones hanging on to the cloud. parts of south wales and southwest england cloud breaking up a little here through this evening and further east, the cloud also tending to melt away overnight. the cloud is thickening, though in the northwest a bit of patchy rain trickling into the highlands and the western isles through the early hours. for most, though, it's a fine evening out there, a dry and pretty warm night as well, with temperatures mainly

holding up in the mid teens. it's going to be touch hotter for many on tuesday again, for most across england and wales. fine and sunny, but a different day tomorrow for scotland. northern ireland more cloud here initially over the highlands and the western isles, but it will spill south some early sunshine over eastern scotland and through southern scotland as well. but a cloudier day too for northern ireland. that cloud thickening up through the night. some light and drizzly rain in the west. first thing, it's a dry, fine start for england and wales. some mist and low cloud again along the south coast, just like there has been today , just like there has been today, and it should tend to clear away as we go through the day and generally for england and wales say quite a bit of sunshine, a sunnier day, probably for parts of gloucestershire down through to devon, a bit more in the way of blue sky here. but clouding over a little over northern england, and the possibility of 1 or 2 afternoon heavy showers here and certainly clouding over across eastern scotland, with a bit of rain trickling in, still quite warm here, but temperatures will be a few degrees lower, whereas for england and wales many places touch warmer. we could top out

at 30 celsius in the capital through the evening and not a great deal of change. still, 1 or 2 heavy showers across the north. they may linger even into wednesday morning and again, a bit more cloud in the northeast . bit more cloud in the northeast. some coasts here could be a little misty and murky from tomorrow evening, but for most again, wednesday's dry, probably again, wednesday's dry, probably a sunnier day for western scotland and northern ireland, and again in the south—east, temperatures could top out at 30 celsius. bye for now . celsius. bye for now. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. way. >> a very good afternoon to you. and a very happy monday. it's 4 pm. welcome to the martin p.m. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. on today's show, nigel farage and boris johnson are at war after mr johnson called for

olga's comments on putin nauseating a historical drivel today, mr farage blasted johnson as a liar and a hypocrite, adding he was the worst prime minister in modern history. the gloves are off and we'll have all of the latest in the battle of the brexit heavyweights . of the brexit heavyweights. princess anne has been admitted to hospital after sustaining injuries and concussion following a horse riding incident on the gatcombe park estate. we'll have all the latest details on the princess royal's recovery and the desperate search for missing teen jay slater has now entered its eighth day with fresh cctv evidence emerging over the weekend. we'll cross live to tenerife for a full update and harry kane has hit back at criticism from gary lineker as a three lions limp on in the euros. i'll be asking the big question of today's footballers. total snowflake sex. do these millionaires need to just switch

off their social media, focus on the football and grow a pair? that's all coming up in your next hour . morally repugnant. next hour. morally repugnant. nauseating ahistorical. a kremlin propaganda . that was kremlin propaganda. that was what boris johnson said of nigel farage, prompting mr farage to reply, calling boris johnson a liar and a hypocrite. and then earlier on today in maidstone, kent, calling him the worst prime minister in modern british history, is this what this election needs? it's certainly got spicy, but is it actually the right just taking chunks out of itself ? who do you think is of itself? who do you think is right? is this just a distraction from the conservatives betting scandal? has boris johnson , the big dog, has boris johnson, the big dog, bitten off more than he can chew by taking on nigel farage? get in touch the usual way. gbnews.com forward slash your save. but before that, it's time

for your headlines and it's polly middlehurst . polly middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. >> well, britain's next government will face big decisions on taxes and the size of the state. >> that's according to the institute for fiscal studies, unveiling its analysis of the major parties manifestos this morning, the think tank accused both labour and the conservatives of maintaining a conspiracy of silence on their spending plans. but the prime minister, rishi sunak, insisted tax cuts are possible , which he tax cuts are possible, which he said his government would fund by spending less on welfare. >> we have a fully costed manifesto which can deliver tax cuts for people at every stage in their lives, and that is largely funded by by making sure that we can find some savings in the growth of the welfare budget, because it's been growing at unsustainable levels since the pandemic. we've set out a very clear plan to reform that, to support people into

work and in fact, the institute of fiscal studies acknowledged that last time around , when they that last time around, when they said that that wasn't possible, that it was actually delivered. and that's something that the institute of fiscal studies themselves have said . themselves have said. >> rishi sunak. >> rishi sunak. >> but the labour leader, sir keir starmer, rejected the institute's analysis, insisting that britain can do better . that britain can do better. >> don't accept the forecasts that say we can't do better than this. the economy has flatlined for 14 years. that is exactly what we are wanting to change. that's why we've set out our plans for growth in our manifesto . so the choice is more manifesto. so the choice is more stagnation. as we've seen for the last 14 years, which hasn't done our country any good, or turn the page , rebuild, regrow turn the page, rebuild, regrow our economy and create wealth. so that across britain people feel better off. >> so keir starmer, well, the prime minister says he isn't aware of any other conservative candidates facing an investigation over allegations of betting on the general election date . it comes after election date. it comes after the former minister, tobias ellwood, called on rishi sunak to suspend those involved. but the party says that would amount

to assuming they're guilty until proven innocent . the labour proven innocent. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, criticised the prime minister's investigation into the betting scandal, saying it's designed to knock the matter into the long grass to the other side of the election . meanwhile, labour says election. meanwhile, labour says it would end what it's calling diy dentistry in england if it wins the general election . wins the general election. labour accused the conservatives of taking nhs dental services to death's door and comparing the state of the sector to a charles dickens novel. labour says it would fund an extra 700,000 urgent dental appointments a year , with grants of up to year, with grants of up to £20,000 for new dentists who spend at least three years working in underserved areas . working in underserved areas. the conservatives recovery plan would see dentists offered cash to take on new patients . to take on new patients. >> after 14 years of conservative government our nhs dentistry services have been left to rot and so have people's teeth. it's going to take time to rebuild nhs dentistry and

that's why our starting point is 700,000 urgent dentistry appointments, so that we can meet people's needs without them ending up in a&e, worse for them, and also more expensive for the taxpayer. we're going to take prevention measures , take prevention measures, particularly with children living in higher levels of deprivation , with supervised deprivation, with supervised tooth brushing in schools, an approach that's proven to work. >> shadow health secretary wes streeting speaking there. now, in other news, today , a court in other news, today, a court has been hearing how a shopping centre security officer hatched a graphic plan to kidnap, rape and murder the television presenter holly willoughby . presenter holly willoughby. gavin plumb, who's 37 years old, is accused of discussing his plans online, unaware that he was engaging with an undercover police officer. his past convictions included tying up a 16 year old girl's hands behind her back, and the attempted kidnap of women on a train under the threat of a gun. prosecutors allege his history shows that he

knew what it would to take terrify and overpower a woman. the trial is expected to continue for another two weeks, and the convicted murderer lucy letby, has told a jury she never intended or tried to harm any babyin intended or tried to harm any baby in her care. the 34 year old is on trial at manchester crown court , accused of the crown court, accused of the attempted murder of a baby girl attempted murder of a baby girl at the countess of chester hospital in 2016. it comes after she was convicted last august by another jury of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others. now, you may have been hearing that warmer weather is on the way this week and it's expected to bnng this week and it's expected to bring rather a boost for the hospitality sector right across the country , temperatures are the country, temperatures are forecast to peak at above 30 degrees in london on wednesday, with most of the south—east of england seeing temperatures in the mid 20s. hospitality leaders say it's likely to boost the sector as more people head

outdoors and enjoy longer evenings. it's in contrast to britain's rainy spring, which brought 30% more rain across england and wales than normal . england and wales than normal. and a bit of royal news to end on. princess anne is in hospital recovering well after sustaining minor injuries and we understand concussion. she's believed to have been kicked by a horse on her gatcombe park estate. the princess royal is understood to be awake , but precise details be awake, but precise details aren't available yet to be confirmed due to the results of her concussion. the palace statement saying the king has been kept closely informed and joins the whole royal family in sending his fondest love for a speedy recovery. we do, though, know that princess anne's trip to canada that was due to begin at the end of this week has been postponed. she'll also miss the state banquet for the japanese, emperor on tuesday. state banquet for the japanese, emperor on tuesday . that's the emperor on tuesday. that's the news for the latest stories. do

sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on the screen , or go the qr code on the screen, or go to gb news. common alerts . to gb news. common alerts. >> thank you paulie. now we start with the extraordinary war of words between boris johnson and nigel farage, and the former prime minister branded mr farage morally repugnant for claiming that the west had provoked vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. but today the reform uk leader has hit back , pointing leader has hit back, pointing out that mr johnson leader has hit back, pointing out that mrjohnson blamed the out that mr johnson blamed the european union after russia occupied crimea in 2014. >> oh, it's me, i'm the bad guy and i'm all over the front page of the daily mail for daring, for daring to stand by what i said all those years ago and overnight their most famous columnist, no doubt their best paid columnist, a man called bofis

paid columnist, a man called boris johnson . has said that i boris johnson. has said that i am morally repugnant for suggesting or for suggesting this might have been a causal factor in this appalling war that has now got perhaps nearly a million dead and wounded , and a million dead and wounded, and shows no sign of changing . well, shows no sign of changing. well, let's have a little look at something, guys, shall we? here is boris johnson , daily mail. is boris johnson, daily mail. are you watching ? here is boris are you watching? here is boris johnson from 2016. this this is what boris said boris. >> that's what you call a bit of a gotcha moment. now lots of you have been getting in touch and having your say about this. let's read out a few of your essays that we've had thus far and dave says this. nigel farage

is way ahead of your average politician. remember to keep your friends close, but to keep your friends close, but to keep your enemies even closer. i think boris johnson may regret tangling with mr farage graham as this from a former prime minister who was thrown out by his own side for lying. it's a bit rich for boris johnson to call somebody else morally rich . call somebody else morally rich. and gb news viewer says this i can't believe everyone is still kicking off about what nigel farage said about russia. all he did was predict what could happenif did was predict what could happen if the european union and nato expansion continued. he said it could provoke russia no more than that . and that was ten more than that. and that was ten years ago. and now what? he pointed out his prediction. it came true. but seriously , if came true. but seriously, if this is the best that the entire media machine and the conservative party can throw at nigel, then maybe he's got nothing to worry about . well, nothing to worry about. well, thanks for those comments. and now let's move on, because

shadow chancellor rachel reeves says labour would meet jk rowling to provide her with assurances over the protection of women only spaces. the harry potter author claimed the party is abandoning women worried by trans rights. and this comes, of course, as labour pledged to modernise the gender transition process. well join me now in the studio in westminster to discuss this. is gb news political correspondent, olivia utley. olivia, welcome to the studio . olivia, welcome to the studio. trans issues once again seems to be biting the labour party on the back. it just won't go away. there seems to be endless confusion about it. what's the latest? >> well, this is an issue which the labour party almost never wants to talk about, but they sort of had to show their hand here. after ferocious questioning from the media. and there are two things that are going on here. first, the labour party wants to reform the way that someone can obtain a gender recognition certificate. now thatis recognition certificate. now that is a very contentious issue indeed.in that is a very contentious issue indeed. in scotland. nicola

sturgeon wanted to reform the gender recognition act and it was blocked by the uk government . now what the labour party wants to do is at the moment, if you want to officially change your gender with a certificate, your gender with a certificate, you have to give proof that you've been living in your body for in your in your new for gender two years, and you have to be assessed by a team of experts, of gender expert doctors. what the labour party wants to do is say, no, you don't have to show proof that you've lived in your acquired gender for two years. you simply have to get agreement from one specialist gender doctor, so the whole process will become much, much simpler and easier. the problem with that , of course, is problem with that, of course, is that the labour party is also said that women would be entitled to single—sex spaces, biological women would be entitled to single—sex spaces as per their manifesto . well, how per their manifesto. well, how do you make that happen? if, as their proposing, it is possible for pretty much anyone to get a gender recognition certificate with very little checks and

balances , that is a big question balances, that is a big question which labour is going to have to answer shortly . as far as i can answer shortly. as far as i can see, reading between the lines, there is a huge split in the labour party here. there are those like rachel reeves, who we heard quote from there, and i think probably bridget phillipson as well, think probably bridget phillipson as well , who think probably bridget phillipson as well, who is probably on the side of essentially there's nuances, of course, but basically on the jk rowling side of this argument. and then there are people like angela rayner, who i suspect is very much on the other side. where is keir starmer going to fall on this issue when he finally has to make a proper decision? >> well, it'd be nice to know, wouldn't it? we've only got a few days to go. olivia utley, thank you very much for joining us in the studio, but let's move on now and get more on those war of words between boris johnson and nigel farage. and i'm joined now by mark spencer, who's the minister of state for food, farming and fisheries. mr spencer loves the show, always a pleasure. boris johnson called nigel farage morally repugnant, nauseating and a kremlin propaganda list. nigel responded, calling mr johnson responded, calling mrjohnson a liar and a hypocrite. doubling down today, calling boris

johnson the worst prime minister in modern british history, sarah said mark spencer, is this the kind of undignified nonsense we need during the final furlong of a general election campaign? why on earth is boris johnson getting involved like this? well, i think actually it's a very serious issue. you know, we're talking about vladimir putin, who was a man who actually used chemical weapons on the streets of the uk in, in salisbury , someone who's a very salisbury, someone who's a very dangerous individual. >> we've seen over the last 18 months what he's done in, in ukraine. >> and i think to try and sort of, mitigate the impact that putin is having or suggest that it's someone else's fault other than putin's actually is a very dangerous, strategy to take. and i think what boris is doing is calling that out and saying, actually, you know, we should be, uniting and opposing vladimir putin and all that. he has done, not only in ukraine but around the world. >> and , and standing firm with >> and, and standing firm with our allies and our neighbours to

push them back out of ukraine and, to protect the west from from this evil man. >> the trouble with that, though, mark spencer, is, as you can see on the screen now, a newspaper headline from 2016 came back to haunt boris johnson immediately because he himself blamed the european union for putin's war in ukraine in 2016. the precise kind of thing that he is now accusing nigel farage of at the time, sky news and others called boris johnson a putin apologist. so isn't he the precise thing that he's accusing of nigel farage of ? no, i think of nigel farage of? no, i think obviously boris, did lead the way, actually , in fighting putin. >> he was, front and centre in leading the world in getting our weapons to ukraine to help them defend themselves, and i think he really did demonstrate global leadership at that moment in time, to call out putin and all that he was doing, in, in, you know, injuring innocent people in ukraine. >> i think , boris's record >> i think, boris's record actually is something he's, should be enormously proud of in

that area, because without him, putin would now be sat in, in kyiv and, and running that country as well. >> so, you know, i think history actually paints boris very well. >> or there could have been peace talks. there could have been peace talks before now, but that it seemed , wasn't going to that it seemed, wasn't going to happen. is that not something that we should perhaps entertain . so i just want to put across what nigel farage nigel farage was saying. he said i would neven was saying. he said i would never, ever defend vladimir putin. i think his behaviour in ukraine has been reprehensible. but if we are going to think towards a peace at some time in the future, perhaps it might be useful to understand what went wrong in the first place. and talking about nato expansion . talking about nato expansion. and that's only what people like donald rumsfeld have been doing for decades and decades. isn't this a bit blown out of proportion as well? >> do you know what? actually, when you look back at what happened , you know that russia happened, you know that russia invaded crimea, took crimea off ukraine, and the west did nothing. it folded its arms and said, that's really bad, that's terrible. >> they should not have done

that. and what that demonstrated was that with putin, the only thing he understands is, is the language in which he speaks. and you've got to push him back with all the military might that you can to put him back in within his russian borders. because if you if you give him a bit, if you if you give him a bit, if you if you try and negotiate, he will just come and take more. and actually, you know, if i were sat in some of those , were sat in some of those, eastern balkan countries and i heard these sorts of discussions , it would fill me with fear because, you know, i think the west has to be united. >> it has to be joined together in fighting against putin and what he's doing in ukraine. >> push them back robustly, because we'll live to regret that day if we don't . do you that day if we don't. do you think boris johnson might live to regret the day that he's chosen to have a battle with nigel farage? and is this actually just a cynical , actually just a cynical, argument to throw out there at the moment? it's been a constant set of nightmare headlines. the conservative party, d—day was a bad day for the conservative party. the betting scandal just won't go away. it stubbornly persists. day after day after day. was this an attempt by

bofis day. was this an attempt by boris johnson to shift the focus, to try and get everybody to steam into nigel farage? do you think? actually, that may have backfired? >> well, no, i think actually , >> well, no, i think actually, you know, in politics is politics and we can discuss what we do . you know, after the we do. you know, after the general election, whoever's in power, what policies you want to introduce. but national security is unnegotiable . you know, is unnegotiable. you know, national security is the most important thing we actually take it for granted because we've got such a good military operation ourselves, good military services, who keep us safe . but services, who keep us safe. but our national security is the first role of any government is to keep the country safe. and vladimir putin, we've already seen, remember he used chemical weapons on the streets of the united kingdom. we should not tolerate or we should not apologise for putin. we should hit him with absolutely everything we have . everything we have. >> and do you think i mean, nigel farage has asked for a similar thing to conservative, you know, more to money defend 3% of gdp. you guys seem to want very, very similar things on lots and lots of issues on

immigration. you seem to agree and yet there seems to be this constant butting of heads . why constant butting of heads. why is that? why? i mean, a lot of people would like the two parties to get together, do some sort of pact. do you think? now that's completely off the table, mark spencer so, so it's enormously frustrating because of course, lots of people who are considering voting reform do want the same policies as the conservative party want . conservative party want. >> the irony is, of course, that those people in voting, reform will end up, will end up giving us a labour government, probably with a huge majority, by dividing the votes of the of the right of politics and letting labour come through the middle. and, you know, i would just appeal to those those who are considering voting reform just to think about that for a moment and think about what they might deren and think about what they might deliver, because we don't want to wake up on the 5th of july with a huge labour majority, with a huge labour majority, with keir starmer being in control of all the things that you've been talking about on your program, gender issues, national security, because he can't be trusted with that. so

you know, let's stick together on the right and protect our country . country. >> okay. well, that's certainly not happening today. a war of words between nigel farage and bofis words between nigel farage and boris johnson. mark spencer, the minister of state for food, farming and fisheries, thank you very much for joining farming and fisheries, thank you very much forjoining us here on gb news. and let's now head over to manchester crown court, where convicted murderer lucy letby has been giving evidence. and the 34 year old former nurse is on trial accused of the attempted murder of a baby girl in her care in 2016. and joining us now is our north—west of england reporter, sophie reaper. sophie, welcome to the show. what's the latest on the case? >> well, today was the first time that lucy letby gave evidence in this trial. >> this morning she entered the witness box. she was sworn in and then benjamin myers kc, of the defence began with his questions. he asked her, did you attempt to kill child k? she said no. he asked, did you intend to do her any harm at all? >> she said no. >> she said no. >> he asked, do you accept that

you ever intended to hurt any babyin you ever intended to hurt any baby in your care? she said, no, i don't. he then went on to ask her about a facebook search she had made for child k's last name. almost two years after she'd been born at the countess of chester hospital. he asked her why she had made that search and if she remembered doing it. she said, i'm not sure. i don't have recollection of doing that at the time or now , why i did. at the time or now, why i did. the prosecution then began their cross—examination of lucy letby, nick johnson, kc , asking her nick johnson, kc, asking her about that night. they allege she attempted to murder child k. he asked if a nurse deliberately displaced the et. tube on a baby of a child of baby k's gestation. what would likely happen ? she responded, that's a happen? she responded, that's a hypothetical question. so once he rephrased and asked why you wouldn't do it, she said that's because it could potentially harm the baby. he then asked, would you agree you'd be likely to kill that baby if you did

that? to which she said yes. however she did later state, i know my actions and i know that i did not displace that tube. she said. i'm not guilty of what i've been found guilty of. now court has now concluded here in manchester for the day, but it's scheduled to resume once again tomorrow morning, with further cross examination of lucy letby sophie reaper. >> thank you very much for joining us there. live from manchester crown court on the case of lucy letby. thank you. now the hunt for missing teenager jay slater is now in its second week. and of course, flights to tenerife where rescue teams have changed the focus of that ongoing search. i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news

>> this is gb news. and we are britain's election channel. this vote may seem to be about the politicians in the media, but

it's actually about you. >> and we won't ever forget that. join us up and down the country as we follow every moment together . moment together. >> now more than ever, it's important to hear all sides as you make your decision ahead of polling day. >> we're here for you. this is gb news, the people's channel, britain's election . channel. britain's election. channel. >> welcome back. your time is 426. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news now. later in the show, i discuss harry kane's criticism of gary lineker after he wasn't that complimentary about england's performance at euro 2024 and asked a simple question is it time for kane and co to stop whining and instead just focus on the bloomin football? now it's the final week to see how much you could win in our summer giveaway. £15,000 tax free cash and a whole host of treats on top now. lines closed at 5 pm. on friday, so make sure that you don't miss out. here's all the

details that you'll need to enter. >> it's the final week to see how you can win big this summer. first, there's a fabulous £15,000 in tax free cash to ensure this summer is special. what would you spend that on next? you'll also receive the latest iphone 15 and a set of apple airpods. and finally , £500 apple airpods. and finally, £500 to spend at your favourite uk attraction . all you have to attraction. all you have to hurry as lines close at 5 pm. on friday for another chance to win the iphone treats and £15,000 cash text win to 63232. text cost £2 plus one standard network rate message. you can also enter online at gbnews.com/win . entries cost £2 gbnews.com/win. entries cost £2 or post your name and number two gb zero six p.o or post your name and number two gb zero six po box 8690 derby de19 double t uk only entrants must be 18 or over. lines close at 5 pm. on friday. please check the closing time if listening or watching on demand.

good luck . good luck. >> now the search forjay >> now the search for jay slater, the british teenager who's gone missing in tenerife, has now entered its second week and a fundraiser set up by the last person to speak to the 19 year old has hit its target of £30,000. in fact, it's now raised more than £33,000. meanwhile, over in tenerife, search teams are focusing their efforts on a small building near to jay's last known location. let's cross live now to tenerife and speak to joe corley , who's a and speak to joe corley, who's a travel writer and the owner of my guide tenerife .com. welcome to the show, joe. so the search goes on. now entering its eighth day, do we know anything . new? day, do we know anything. new? seem to seem to have frozen. he's either very good at keeping one position or we have a frozen line. but i was going to ask him about the fact that the cctv footage came up from his last known position . he was in a

known position. he was in a nightclub, staggering around and looking very much the worse for wear. according to the boy who took that footage and posted it. didn't recognise at first that it was jay slater, and the 19 year old had been stumbling around the papagayo club and playa de las americas in the early hours of monday. a few hours later, he went missing in the north of the spanish island. now that search has gone down into that valley, a set of buildings and wheelie bins, in fact. so it appears now the search is narrowing. but now it's eight days in and we're still no nearer to solving the mystery of jay slater. as you said there, £33,000 has now been raised for that fundraiser. said there, £33,000 has now been raised for that fundraiser . will raised for that fundraiser. will make sure we get live updates from tenerife when we can re—establish that link. now there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00. i'll discuss claims that keir starmer will appoint dozens of peers within weeks of becoming prime minister. i thought he wants to get rid of the house of lords

last week. but first, it's your headunes last week. but first, it's your headlines with polly middlehurst. >> martin. thank you. the headunes >> martin. thank you. the headlines this hour britain's next government will need to make big decisions over taxes and the size of the state. that's according to the institute for fiscal studies , institute for fiscal studies, unveiling its analysis of major parties manifestos today, the think tank said public services are struggling despite near record high taxes. and it said both parties have maintained a conspiracy of silence on their spending plans. meanwhile, conspiracy of silence on their spending plans . meanwhile, the spending plans. meanwhile, the prime minister says he isn't aware of any other tory candidates facing investigation over allegations of betting on the general election . it comes the general election. it comes after a former minister, tobias ellwood, called on rishi sunak to suspend those involved. so far , and the convicted murderer far, and the convicted murderer lucy letby has told a jury she never intended or tried to harm any baby in her care. the 34

year old is on trial at manchester crown court, accused of the attempted murder of a baby girl at the countess of chester hospital in 2016, and a court has also been hearing today how a shopping centre guard hatched a plan to kidnap and rape the presenter, holly willoughby. gavin plumb, who's 37, is accused of discussing his plan online, unaware he was engaging with an undercover police officer . and this week's police officer. and this week's warmer weather is expected to bnng warmer weather is expected to bring something of a boost for the hospitality sector. temperatures are forecast to peak above 30 degrees in london on wednesday, with most of the southeast of england seeing temperatures in the mid 20s. hospitality sector is saying it's likely to be quite a boost for the group as people head outdoors and enjoy longer evenings, perhaps with a drink. and princess anne is in hospital after sustaining minor injuries and even concussion. it's believed she may have been kicked by a horse on her.

gatcombe park estate. the princess royal is understood to be awake , but precise details be awake, but precise details aren't available yet. due to that concussion. she remains under observation at bristol hospital , though she is expected hospital, though she is expected to make a full recovery . those to make a full recovery. those are the headlines. do sign up to gb news alerts, scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . com slash alerts. >> thank you polly. now, if you'd like to get in touch with us here @gbnews, simply go gbnews.com/yoursay and i'll read out the best of your messages a little later in the show. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

>> on election night, we are throwing a party. >> the gb news election night watch party will be live from essex. and you are all invited on air from 10:00. >> we'll have familiar faces from across the channel,

entertainment and lots more stuff as we keep our eye on all the results as they come flying in. >> if you want to join our live election night watch party audience, go to gbnews.com/electionparty . gbnews.com/electionparty. party. >> welcome back. your time is 436. i'm martin daubney and you're with me on gb news now. later in the show, as much of the uk enjoys soaring temperatures, i find out how long this heatwave will last this time. now it's understood that sir keir starmer is gearing up to a point. dozens of new peers to the house of lords within weeks of taking office. now this is all part of his strategy to get his policies rolling smoothly, of course, and this plan comes despite labour's pledge to abolish the second chamber and replace it with a more democratic body . well, here more democratic body. well, here with me in the studio to discuss

this is the conservative peer, lord robert hayward. lord hayward, always a pleasure to see you looking very summery. i may add. >> it's warm out there. >> it's warm out there. >> good. well, so i've heard . >> good. well, so i've heard. isn't it funny how the house of lords is an outmoded and outdated? no prehistoric institution until suddenly the labour party are on the verge of power. now they realise actually, it could be a pain in the backside. it could be a thorn in the side, just like it has been throughout the brexit years. and with rwanda . so call years. and with rwanda. so call me a cynic. is that the reason that the labour party wants to try and stack it with a few more labour peers? >> i must admit i came as came really surprised when i saw the article earlier today. as far as i'm concerned, as you say, the house of lords has challenged the legislation of the conservative government. it's what it's there for is to review and revise, and we know that there are too many peers. we know that you should abolish the

hereditaries. >> but suddenly to turn around and say, we're going to appoint dozens of them, the labour party dozens of them, the labour party do have a problem. >> their peers are, on average, older than the other groups in the lords. but to come up with a suggestion as the only option, when you could come to an agreement with the tory party that a certain proportion of the tories don't vote on occasions or some other arrangement to work your way through the changes that are necessary. >> in the lords we look at the numbers, the actual metrics. there are 171 labour peers. there are 171 labour peers. there are 171 labour peers. there are 275 conservatives. but of course, the conservative peers are often quite divided, as we've seen on things like brexit, on things like rwanda, it's not quite as straightforward as the metrics may suggest, but there is still this whiff of cynicism of suddenly, you know, getting your own boys, your own girls in there to try and bid do your bidding for you. because, as we say, repeat again, the lords has become a kind of blocking chamber in many times. become a kind of blocking chamber in many times . and with chamber in many times. and with a supermajority, which a lot of

people are predicting, i put it to you quite simply, lord hayward, reforming the laws would seem seem like a necessary evil on behalf of sir keir starmer, i disagree with you. >> one one word you use there, which was blocking our job is to review and revise and produce good legislation that commons produces awful legislation because it doesn't either review or revise. >> but there is a medium , a >> but there is a medium, a sensible route through this issue . and as far as i'm issue. and as far as i'm concerned, a new labour government should enter into negotiations with the conservative party to see what is the best way to handle the lords. yes bring some new peers in, but don't suddenly announce you're going to bring in dozens of new peers to resolve the balance . the reference is made balance. the reference is made to an imbalance on women. what about ethnic minorities? what about ethnic minorities? what about disabled people? which are both grotesquely underrepresented in the house of lords ? lords? >> no doubt, as are the working classes? could i put it to you with a supermajority and with

the likelihood , the all the likelihood, the all likelihood of legislation being backed by enormous majorities , backed by enormous majorities, that could put all sorts of through stuff, through unchecked, sensitive stuff on net zero, on immigration, on trans issues. therefore, the house of lords, a lot of people who up until this point might have grumbled about it, oh, well , you block brexit, you've been stopping rwanda flights suddenly it might become very, very useful to those from the conservative side of the wing to say, actually, we need those stops and checks. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> there is a clear role for the house of lords within our constitution . ocean. you constitution. ocean. you shouldn't say you dislike it. one minute and then suddenly discover you like it the next, or vice versa. let's just revise and review the processes by which we operate and the numbers which we operate and the numbers which we operate and the numbers which we have which need changing. but don't suddenly start saying, oh well, i'm going to produce loads more peers when actually everybody agrees that we have too many already.

>> can i ask you about the issue of 80 year olds? labour labour party had mentioned if you're over 80, you're not fit to be a peer or you shouldn't be allowed to be a peer. yeah on this list, margaret beckett is tipped. she's 81, margaret hodge, 79. harriet harman, a bit younger at 73. d0 harriet harman, a bit younger at 73. do you think it's a gross insult? i mean, joe biden's 81. >> i'm not going to start discussing age here. >> you might get a series of messages about my own age, but i think there is a relevant point about ways in which you can kerb the numbers is, in fact, as i understand it, the labour proposal is that if you are under 80 at the point of a general election, you can continue to serve for that parliament. but this is a classic example of the labour party changing its policy and changing it again and changing it again. we really don't know where we stand on the issue. >> and do you think their direction of travel, you know, gordon brown has tabled? you know, i'd ideas to modernise to,

to change but actually their long term agenda seems to be to get rid of the house of lords altogether. do you think that's what they want or do you think actually now they might think let's modify it from within. i think that's probably what they're moving towards, which is sensible because we in the house of lords, we have experts on a vast range of subjects. >> i've got colleagues who are former labour mps who identify the fact that actually the lords does a very good job because we have expertise on all sorts of different subjects and we move away from the sukh yabu policy of the commons and review the implications of the actual legislation that's in front of us. >> us. >> so thanks forjoining us in >> so thanks for joining us in the studio. always a pleasure to have you here. that's conservative peer lord robert hayward, thank you very much. now moving on. let's get back to the search for jay slater, the british teenager of course, who's gone missing in tenerife. and let's cross now to tenerife and speak to joe corley, who's a travel writer and the owner of my guide, tenerife.com. joe. i'm

hoping we have an established line now. yes we do joe. so the search enters its eighth day. do we have any fresh information on this desperate search? >> unfortunately , nothing >> unfortunately, nothing positive about any discovery, jay is still missing, the police seem to have been a little bit more, shall we say, specific in the places that searching . now the places that searching. now they're doing a closer search of some outbuildings at the bottom of the ravine, there was also some kind of report that jay was seen on the monday in the village of santiago. santiago del tidy, which is the closest large village to torre masca , large village to torre masca, but, not heard any any of that being substantiated yet. that's where we stand at the moment. and joe, what's it like in terms of the climate? >> a lot of people have been saying the michael mosley surge was incredibly hot on that island. what are the situations like in terms of the climate for

somebody who may be outdoors for this number of days in tenerife at the moment it's tough. >> i mean, it's hot. >> it's today's maybe 25, 26. >> it's today's maybe 25, 26. >> i'm more or less at the same height as masca, 650m, even here it's 24 degrees. maybe 25 degrees. the sun is out in full force. it'll be the same in in masca in the teno rural park . masca in the teno rural park. having said that, at night time, the temperature will drop, considerably in the shade, perhaps to, you know, 4 or 5, six degrees. even so, there are real extremes there. it's a really tough place to be, to be lost. >> and joe, what about the criticisms that we've heard from some of the family, some of the friends and some of the british media, the police forces in tenerife aren't doing enough. do you think that's a tash a tad unfair to? >> i think so, martin. i mean, these are specialist forces that are out now looking, they're doing all they can with the sniffer dogs, with the drones,

with the helicopters. there's a number of, organisations involved , and the specialist involved, and the specialist forces here are the ones that know this area so well. they're used to rescuing people from , used to rescuing people from, terrain like this, where it's very steep, very rugged , lots of very steep, very rugged, lots of hiding places. these are the best people to be, to be conducting this this search. but you can understand from the family's point of view, from the friends point of view, nothing will ever be enough until, jay is found . is found. >> okay. thank you, joe corley, for joining us live there from tenerife , a travel writer and tenerife, a travel writer and the owner of my guide, tenerife .com, joe cody. thank you for your time now. still to come, a clash between the england captain, harry kane, and gary lineker over poor performances in germany should kane accept the criticism and just get on with playing some blimmin football? i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 449. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now. 5:00. i'll have the latest on the remarkable war of words between boris johnson and nigel farage. extraordinary words like liar, hypocrite, and morally repugnant are being flung about at last. this general election campaign has got a bit spicy. general election campaign has got a bit spicy . but before got a bit spicy. but before that, let's get the latest from euro 2024. now scotland are going home after they were knocked out last night while england are limping on, they're on the verge of qualifying for the last 16 but all is not well in the england camp because gary lineker criticised their performance in last thursday's one one ball draw with denmark, which provoked this response from england captain harry kane. oh, look , i think it's always,

oh, look, i think it's always, you know, i'd never want to be, you know, i'd never want to be, you know, i'd never want to be, you know, disrespect to any player, especially, you know, a player, especially, you know, a player won who's the shirt and knows what it's like to play for england. >> but it's very hard not to listen to it now, especially for some players who are not used to it or some players who are new to the environment. so like i touched on, everyone's got their opinion, but the bottom line is we haven't won nothing as a nafion we haven't won nothing as a nation for a long, long time . nation for a long, long time. >> and you know, a lot of these players were part of that as well. >> and they know how tough it is. >> so yeah, look, i'd never disrespect any player. >> all i'd say is just, you know, remember what it was like to wear the shirt and that their words are listened to and now the way harry kane banged on, you think this was the first time that england players had been criticised? but let's be honest , been criticised? but let's be honest, slagging off the england football team is a national sport . it's a pastime we love. sport. it's a pastime we love. who can forget the image of steve mclaren under an umbrella with the headline a wally with a brolly ? after england failed to brolly? after england failed to qualify for euro 2008. now mclaren was replaced by fabio

capello, who said fans thought he was a monster after england's failure at the 2010 world cup , failure at the 2010 world cup, and said the daily mirror turned the legendary italian into frankenstein's monster and great sport it was too, but that was nothing compared to the treatment that graham taylor got after england lost to sweden at euro 92, they ran the headline swedes two, turn it one and they stuck a turnip on taylor's head. and there it is. and isn't it, i think beautiful . and bobby think beautiful. and bobby robson, even he had a tough time . the mirror ran a headline proclaiming in the name of god, go! but after a draw against saudi arabia, the mirror went for the upped its ante with this in the name of allah, go, go ! in the name of allah, go, go! well, i'm joined now by the legendary former daily mirror football journalist harry harris. harry. no doubt there. welcome to the show. no doubt you're having a little wry smile at some of those headlines of yesteryear , when the tabloids yesteryear, when the tabloids used to outdo each other in having a pop at gaffers and

players alike. and isn't that the point, harry harris today's players have never had it so good they complain about a few tweets. it's nothing like the cut and thrust of the glory days. >> yeah, i'm afraid they've got it too soft by a long way. and of course, you know, i think the present day journalists would rather have a pint and a game of darts with the players rather than criticise them. but it was so funny listening to gary lineker for 20 years. we've watched him on match of the day. he must have splinters . who sat he must have splinters. who sat on the fence so often, finally actually telling us what he thinks, but you know, i go back to 1986 when we were suggesting that gary lineker should be dropped, he had a bad injury. he didn't look fit. how did he answer that? when we criticised him so much? he went out and scored a hat trick against poland. alan shearer i was on the mirror at the time when the build up to euro 96 was horrendous, taking the team out to god knows where, hong kong and china and, the dentist's chair. and we were saying that this is no way to prepare . alan

this is no way to prepare. alan shearer hadn't scored in a dozen games. why is he still in the team ? they were hopeless at the team? they were hopeless at the start and piers morgan was our editor at the time. he backed me , said, yes, you should, you know, you should call out the team . of course, when we got to team. of course, when we got to the semi—final against germany , the semi—final against germany, myself and a few of the journalists, piers morgan sent to the tower, there was a six foot, seven inch, beefeater waiting us at mirror headquarters who marched us off to the tower, that was the days when we actually told us, as it is. i mean, people in the pub are telling us what's going on. so should the media and so should gary lineker. and the way to answer it, harry kane , is go to answer it, harry kane, is go and score a hat trick tomorrow. >> harry harris, you've absolutely nailed it. that's exactly the right thing to do. turn all this negativity into a few in the back of the onion bag. harry harris, always a pleasure to have you on the show , and i've loved to hear about those old headlines as well. thank you . now, nigel farage has thank you. now, nigel farage has hit back at boris johnson after the former prime minister

branded him morally repugnant for his comments on vladimir putin. the reform uk leader says mr johnson is a liar and mrjohnson is a liar and a hypocrite. the gloves are off. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel now. it's your weather, it's alex degen . your weather, it's alex degen. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> afternoon. thanks for joining me here for the latest weather update from the met office on gb news. it's fine. a very warm and sunny for most, but there's a few zones hanging on to the cloud. parts of south wales and southwest england. cloud breaking up a little here through this evening and further east, the cloud also tending to melt away overnight. the cloud is thickening, though in the northwest. bit of patchy rain trickling into the highlands and the western isles through the early hours . for the western isles through the early hours. for most, the western isles through the early hours . for most, though, early hours. for most, though, it's a fine evening out there, dry and pretty warm night as

well, with temperatures mainly holding up in the mid teens. it's going to be a touch hotter for many on tuesday again for most across england and wales. fine and sunny, but a different day tomorrow for scotland, northern ireland more cloud here initially over the highlands and the western isles , but it will the western isles, but it will spill south. some early sunshine over eastern scotland and through southern scotland as well. but a cloudier day too for northern ireland. that cloud thickening up through the night. some light and drizzly rain in the west. first thing, it's a dry, fine start for england and wales. some mist and low cloud again along the south coast, just like there has been today, should tend to clear away as we go through the day and generally for england and wales , i say for england and wales, i say quite a bit of sunshine, a sunnier day, probably for parts of gloucestershire down through to devon, a bit more in the way of blue sky here, but clouding over a little over northern england, and the possibility of 1 or 2 afternoon heavy showers here and certainly clouding over across eastern scotland, with a bit of rain trickling in. still quite warm here, but temperatures will be a few degrees lower, whereas for

england and wales many places touch warmer. we could top out at 30 celsius in the capital through the evening and not a great deal of change. still 1 or 2 heavy showers across the north. they may linger even into wednesday morning and again a bit more cloud in the northeast. some coasts here could be a little misty and murky from tomorrow evening , but for little misty and murky from tomorrow evening, but for most again, wednesday is dry. probably a sunnier day for western scotland and northern ireland, and again in the south—east. temperatures could top out at 30 celsius. bye for now . how. >> now. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of

gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you. and a happy monday. it's 5 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk . on today's show, nigel farage and boris johnson are at war

after mr johnson called for odious comments on putin. nauseating ahistorical drivel today, mr farage blasted boris as a liar and a hypocrite, adding he was the worst prime minister in modern british history. the gloves are off and we'll have all of the latest in the battle of the brexit heavyweights. princess anne has been admitted to hospital after sustaining injuries and concussion following a walk on her gatcombe park estate . we'll her gatcombe park estate. we'll have all the latest on the recovery of the princess royal and the eu's former chief. brexit negotiator. my old sparring partner michel barnier , sparring partner michel barnier, has hinted that any future deal the labour party wants with brussels will come at a huge, predictable cost. and that's namely the free movement of people. will a sir keir starmer government slowly unravel brexit? that's all coming up in your next hour .

your next hour. morally repugnant, nosy hating, ahistorical drivel. a kremlin propagandist, boris johnson, blasted nigel farage over the weekend. mr farage blasted back, calling boris a liar and a hypocrite and today, adding the worst prime minister in modern british history, a criticism he used to level at theresa may dunng used to level at theresa may during the brexit years. is this the war of words? is it? is it damaging everybody? is it necessary? whose side are you on in the battle of the brexit heavyweights? team boris or team nigel farage? let me know. gbnews.com for your say. before we kick off the next hour, your headunes we kick off the next hour, your headlines with polly middlehurst

i >> -- >> martin thank you. and the top stories from the gb newsrooms today. britain's next government is going to face big decisions on taxes and the size of the state. that's according to the institute for fiscal studies. unveiling its analysis of the major parties manifestos this morning, the think tank accused both labour and the conservatives of maintaining a conspiracy of silence on their spending plans. but the prime minister rishi sunak, insisted tax cuts are possible , which his tax cuts are possible, which his government says it would fund by spending less on welfare. >> we have a fully costed manifesto which can deliver tax cuts for people at every stage in their lives, and that is largely funded by making sure that we can find some savings in the growth of the welfare budget , because it's been growing at unsustainable levels since the pandemic, we've set out a very clear plan to reform that, to support people into work. and in fact , the institute of fiscal fact, the institute of fiscal studies acknowledged that last time around, when they said that that wasn't possible, that it was actually delivered. and that's something that the institute of fiscal studies themselves have said .

themselves have said. >> rishi sunak. but the labour leader, sir keir starmer, rejected the institute's analysis, insisting that britain can do better. >> don't accept the forecasts that say we can't do better than this. the economy has flatlined for 14 years. that's exactly what we are wanting to change. that's why we've set out our plans for growth in our manifesto . so the choice is more manifesto. so the choice is more stagnation. as we've seen for the last 14 years, which hasn't done our country any good, or turn the page , rebuild, regrow turn the page, rebuild, regrow our economy and create wealth. so that across britain people feel better off. >> sir keir starmer now the prime minister, said today he isn't aware of any other conservative candidates who are facing an investigation over allegations of betting on the date of the general election. that comes after former minister tobias ellwood called on rishi sunak to suspend those involved. but the party responded, saying that would amount to assuming they're guilty until proven innocent. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, criticised the prime minister's investigation

into the betting scandal, saying it's designed to knock the matter into the long grass on the other side of the election. meanwhile, labour has been saying today it would end what it's calling diy dentistry in england if it wins the general election. labour has accused the conservatives of taking nhs dental services to death's door, comparing the state of the sector to a charles dickens novel. labour says it would fund an extra 700,000 urgent appointments, a year, with grants of £20,000 for new dentists. it's in underserved areas . the conservatives areas. the conservatives recovery plan would see the practices offered cash to take on new patients, but the shadow health secretary wes streeting, says that just won't be enough . says that just won't be enough. >> after 14 years of conservative government our nhs dentistry services have been left to rot and so have people's teeth. it's going to take time to rebuild nhs dentistry and that's why our starting point is 700,000 urgent dentistry

appointments, so that we can meet people's needs without them ending up in a&e worse for them and also more expensive for the taxpayer . we're and also more expensive for the taxpayer. we're going to take prevention measures, particularly with children living in higher levels of deprivation, with supervised tooth brushing in schools, an approach that's proven to work wes streeting now, a court heard today how a shopping centre security guard hatched a graphic plan to attack the television presenter holly willoughby. >> gavin plumb, who's 37, is accused of discussing his plan online, unaware that he was engaging with an undercover police officer. his past convictions included tying up a 16 year old girl's hands behind her back , and the attempted her back, and the attempted kidnap of women on a train under the threat of a gun, prosecutors allege his history shows that he knew what it would take to terrify and overpower a woman. the trial is expected to continue for two weeks. meanwhile, the convicted murderer lucy letby has told a jury murderer lucy letby has told a jury she never intended or tried

to harm any baby in her care. the 34 year old is on trial at manchester crown court , accused manchester crown court, accused of the attempted murder of a baby girl at the countess of chester hospital in 2016. it comes after she was convicted last august by another jury of the murders of seven babies and the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others. warmer weather is expected this week to bring a boost for the hospitality sector. temperatures are forecast to peak at above 30 degrees in london on wednesday, with most of the south—east of england seeing temperatures in their mid—twenties . as their mid—twenties. as restaurants and hotels say it's likely to boost the sector much more as people head outside to enjoy longer evenings. and it's in contrast to britain's rainy spring, which brought 30% more rain across england and wales. spring, which brought 30% more rain across england and wales . a rain across england and wales. a little bit of royal news to end on, and princess anne is said to be doing well in hospital after she sustained minor injuries and

concussion. she is believed to have been kicked by a horse on the gatcombe park estate in gloucestershire. the princess royalis gloucestershire. the princess royal is understood to be awake , royal is understood to be awake, but precise details aren't yet available. a palace statement said the king has been kept closely informed and joins the whole royal family in sending his fondest love for a speedy recovery. that's the news for the latest stories , do sign up the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . news. com slash alerts. >> thank you polly. now we start with the extraordinary war of words between boris johnson and nigel farage. the former prime minister branded mr farage morally repugnant for claiming that the west had provoked vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. but today the reform uk leader has hit back, pointing out that mr johnson leader has hit back, pointing out that mrjohnson himself out that mr johnson himself blamed the european union after

russia occupied crimea in 2014. >> oh, it's me, i'm the bad guy and i'm all over the front page of the daily mail for daring, for daring to stand by what i said all those years ago and overnight. their most famous columnist, no doubt their best paid columnist, a man called bofis paid columnist, a man called boris johnson . has said that i boris johnson. has said that i am morally repugnant for suggesting . for suggesting this suggesting. for suggesting this might have been a causal factor in this appalling war that has now got perhaps nearly a million dead and wounded , and shows no dead and wounded, and shows no sign of changing . well, let's sign of changing. well, let's have a little look at something, guys, shall we? here is boris johnson, daily mail . are you

johnson, daily mail. are you watching? here is boris johnson . watching? here is boris johnson. from 2016. this is what boris said. boris blames the european union for war in ukraine. >> so there we go. nigel farage and boris johnson. the gloves are off. the big beasts of brexit tearing into each other. and i'm joined in our studio by gb news political correspondent olivia utley and also the former labour mp steve mackay. welcome to you both. olivia let's start with you. an astonishing revving up of the rhetoric. boris johnson calling nigel farage morally repugnant, johnson calling nigel farage morally repugnant , nauseating, morally repugnant, nauseating, ahistorical drivel, a kremlin propagandist. nigel blasting back, you're a liar and a hypocrite. and as you saw today with that announcement in maidstone , kent, calling boris maidstone, kent, calling boris johnson the worst prime minister in modern history, a criticism he previously reserved for theresa may. the right are

revolting. does anybody come out a winner in this? >> i think the answer to that is probably no. this whole fight seems to be pretty unedifying. nigel farage and boris johnson never much liked each other. if you cast your minds back to the days of brexit, they sort of worked in a very unhappy marriage together, running two separate leave campaigns. that argument has now massively intensified. the problem for bofis intensified. the problem for boris johnson has always been for his whole political career is that in his time as a columnist, his very long career as a columnist, he has written pretty much every opinion under the sun. this happened when he came out in favour of leave, and it turned out that he'd also written a column in favour of remain. and of course, it turns out that back in 2014, he wrote this piece suggesting that the eu was to blame for the invasion of crimea . so neither side comes of crimea. so neither side comes out of this well at all. i mean, farage probably has a point when he says that boris johnson is being hypocritical about this. but then also there is, you know, you could argue that the

what nigel farage has been saying over the past few days could be called sort of putin apologism and it's sort of fair enough comment from boris johnson to say that basically they've slung mud at each other. it's stuck both ways. and in the end, it's the right who generally as a whole, look bad. most people aren't monitor ing this election campaign, aren't monitoring politics as closely as we are. and what they see is two big whig right wing figures making a fool out of each other, and it makes both of their parties look pretty bad. >> steve mccabe, former labour mp. let's bring you in now. you must be just loving this. sat on the sidelines , not really having the sidelines, not really having any major scrutiny whatsoever of sir keir starmer's policies. no, no micro—analysis of taxation . no micro—analysis of taxation. one of today's topic of transgender issues in schools. instead, the conservative party, the reform party tearing chunks out of each other all the time . out of each other all the time. steve, you're one of the original blair babes 1997. you got in. you've been around a bit

. you've seen a few campaigns. .you've seen a few campaigns. how on earth do you think this campaign can compare to the ones that you've seen in the past ? that you've seen in the past? >> well, it's certainly not the campaign that the labour party expect , and i would certainly expect, and i would certainly concede that, we didn't anticipate that the tory party would be so focused on tearing itself apart in the middle of the campaign. >> i mean, i think a lot of people thought that theresa may's campaign in 2017 was pretty inept , but i have to say, pretty inept, but i have to say, i don't think i've witnessed anything like this, there's always been a grudging admiration for the ability of the tory party to fight election campaigns. they've generally been good at it. this is unbelievable stuff . and, i mean, unbelievable stuff. and, i mean, i don't know what to make of bofis i don't know what to make of boris and nigel. it's like two burnt out heavyweights slugging out the last round. it just seems totally at odds with everything that people in the country are focused on.

>> and yet nigel farage's reform party are rising in the polls. and is that what you think the conservative party are trying to do? they're trying to nullify the threat to their own votes. but and they've been saying all along that will benefit, they'll precipitate a greater supermajority vie towards sir keir starmers labour party . is keir starmers labour party. is that the right battle to be fighting again with your extensive experience, should the tory party actually just be hammering sir keir starmer, hammering sir keir starmer, hammering labour policies and trying to forget about nigel farage? >> well, it may be too late for that now, given the stage we're out in the campaign. i have to say i don't think it's a very smart move, to be having this internal fight. it suits us. of course it suits labour. but i think if i'd been a tory strategist , i would have think if i'd been a tory strategist, i would have had my fire focused on the labour party i >>i -- >> i don't emma emu >> i don't think i would have been putting so much energy into tearing strips off each other, and olivia utley on that point

today there was another announcement on from the labour party on trans issues. >> been a lot of heat over the weekend. jk rowling, of course, saying the labour party has abandoned women. this is what should be scrutinised by the conservatives. instead, they're turning their ire on nigel farage. tell us about the latest shifting position on on trans issues by the labour party. >> well, trans issues is something that keir starmer would always rather not talk about. but the labour party has been forced to show their hand here and essentially what they're planning on doing is reforming the process by which a gender recognition certificate is obtained. now that all sounds a bit dry , but it is really, a bit dry, but it is really, really important at the moment. if you want to get one of these gender recognition certificates to show that you have legally changed your gender, then you have to have proof that you have lived in your acquired gender for at least two years, and that proof has to be assessed by a panel of expert witnesses. so genden panel of expert witnesses. so gender, doctors. and that proof could be sort of utility bills

or supermarket loyalty cards or whatever, anything to show that you've been living under a different name. the labour party wants to reform this in a twofold way. one, they want to scrap that two year period instead of having two years before you obtain the gender recognition certificate, you would get the certificate and then have a two year cooling off penod. then have a two year cooling off period . and also this is perhaps period. and also this is perhaps more important, they want to get rid of the idea of that expert panel of witnesses instead only one gender, expert doctor would have to sign that off at one point. actually, they were considering just having one gp, one family doctor sign it off. but wes streeting quite interestingly, the shadow health secretary is quite blairite. definitely to the right of the labour party. put a stop to that, citing the, stress, the pressure it would put on gps. thatis pressure it would put on gps. that is a huge shift. the other big shift is that bridget phillipson, the shadow education secretary is talking about a review of the guidance for schools around trans ideology. now, earlier this year, the government introduced guidance to schools, which would essentially stop them from

teaching , trans ideology, stop teaching, trans ideology, stop them from teaching that there are more than two genders. now that guidance was supposed to come into force later this year. bridget phillipson is now going to review that. we don't really know what that review is going to mean. is it going to be pred to mean. is it going to be ripped up altogether, or will parts of that guidance be saved ? parts of that guidance be saved? obviously, in the meantime, schools are left a bit high and dry because they were planning to they're planning their curriculum around this guidance andifs curriculum around this guidance and it's now, up for the birds. i mean, we don't know what's going to happen to it. so it's two pretty big shifts from labour here. but as you say, they're getting quite an easy ride. while nigel farage and bofis ride. while nigel farage and boris johnson tear strips out of each other. >> steve mccabe. why and when did the left did the labour party get so obsessed with trans issues? 51% of the population is women . labour party used to women. labour party used to really, really care about women's rights . why is there? women's rights. why is there? has the telescope been flipped onto , at best, 0.5% of the onto, at best, 0.5% of the population ? if you believe the

population? if you believe the ons and we know even that data is flawed, does this frustrate you as a man of the blair year, to see such an obsession with a tiny amount of people and these issues cause a huge amount of concern amongst the general electorate? is this a minority interest too far? >> well, i mean, i don't want to see anybody, having an inordinately hard time because of their, their sort of gender desires or however you want to put it. but yes, i mean, this is a total minority interest . it's a total minority interest. it's like a minority within a minority. and there's far too much focus on it. i mean, i don't really think what labour's proposing is that dramatic, i think they're trying to slim down the bureaucracy of the process a bit, and i think it's reasonable to have a look if a bloke can decide they're a woman over an online consultation and that gives them access to female resource, that is something that's worth discussing. it's not guaranteed that that's how it will work at all. what we're

doing is saying you can't self—identify. there have to be adequate sort of checks and some sort of balances in the, the longer period of two years for change. and i mean, in terms of the schools , well, you know, the schools, well, you know, we've been through all this in the past with clause 28, haven't we? there is an argument for saying that if it's legitimate to teach a balanced curriculum on any subject, then that's fair enough , but what you don't want enough, but what you don't want is the situation where you've got kids turning up in school, being joined one day and jane the next, and we're not going to allow that. yes. >> stephen k, thank you very much. and olivia utley, thank you both for joining much. and olivia utley, thank you both forjoining me here in the studio. excellent. now, rishi sunak has said that he will act on the tories gambling investigation findings, and the prime minister emphasised that he is not aware of any additional conservative candidates being looked into now. this comes as the gambling commission conducts an investigation into election betting . well, gb news political

betting. well, gb news political editor christopher hope, has been following the conservative campaign trail and he joins us now. chris, what? welcome to the show. this story rumbles on and on and on. it just won't go away. chris is it getting a bigger and bigger mess for the conservatives >> hi, martin. yeah well, i think what's happening here is the pm is taking action to try and get ahead of this curve because the problem is got is the gambling commission is examining as many as 40 people who knew about the date of the election . where did anyone put election. where did anyone put any bets down? and then the second tier below that is, did they tell any friends or family boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands, wives, cousins about the date? did they put money on? so it can be quite a big number of people being examined. and of course the pm's got to say, well, he can't get involved. the gambling commission is separate to everybody else. it's independent and therefore it must be kept, made sure it's independent. so we asked the question repeatedly. anyone else

you know, what have you been told any family members. have you ever put money on. and he and he won't say. he you ever put money on. and he and he won't say . he says no, and he won't say. he says no, neven and he won't say. he says no, never. don't know anything about that. my family haven't done it. and so it goes on. so finally he's got ahead of it. i think. and he's got his own party investigating finally asking around who put money on, who are you? and i think what's going to happen here is at some point the pm will say, well, i've identified five individuals who told me they put money on. they have now been suspended or withdrawn from the campaign, and i'm moving on because he's taken the action. i don't think he can wait any longer for gambling commission to do it, because why will they rush it through for him? they want to get the inquiry correct, and that's the right thing to do and make no mistakes. so but the pm's got to get ahead of this because otherwise it will dominate the debate. martin, until polling day. now now polling day as you know, is thursday next week . know, is thursday next week. >> and chris, i wonder if i could ask you the first time i spoke to you today. i know you've been busy on the trail about this sideshow has been going on between boris johnson and nigel farage is extraordinary war of words . is

extraordinary war of words. is this helping the conservatives at all? >> i think it does help the tories a bit. i think nigel farage looks like he's gone down a rabbit hole, you know, a kind of vladimir putin rabbit hole when he's defending himself, saying that he didn't say this, didn't say that. i mean, any any anyone should be saying to him, stop talking about putin. farage you're not going to be prime minister. just talk about how you can change the country if you can change the country if you want to change the country, win votes. but he's got himself into a bit of a, of a of a kind of mess here. i think nigel farage, by showing off that front page of the independent or the eye newspaper, i think it was with a claim by boris johnson. he said the eu provoked putin. and so it goes on. i mean, this is a debate he'll never win farage and he's doubled down on it overnight with the itv interview. i think it does. it does really help the tory party portray nigel farage as being as going down these kind of flights of fancy and saying things which are politically very difficult about putin and russia. so i don't

know why he's allowing himself, frankly, farage to be drawn down this route because it's not very helpful for him at all. >> well, perhaps it's not very helpful to the conservatives because everybody is still talking about reform uk and nigel farage. maybe that's why the conservatives wanted it. so we're not talking about the gambling scandal. chris hope, always a pleasure to have you on the show. hope to have more of you tomorrow. now still to come, the eu's michel barnier, my old sparring partner, issues a stark warning over any attempt to renegotiate brexit. it will have to include a return to freedom of movement. well, of course it will. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

>> this is gb news and we are britain's election channel. >> this vote may seem to be about the politicians in the media, but actually, it's about you. >> and we won't forget that.

>> and we won't forget that. >> join us up and down the country as we follow every moment together. >> more than ever, it's important to hear all sides as you make your decision ahead of polling day. >> we're here for you. >> we're here for you. >> this is gb news, the people's channel >> this is gb news, the people's channel, britain's election . channel. >> welcome back. your time is 526. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. now. former european union deal negotiator michel barnier has said that the european union will reject any future labour government brexit renegotiation unless they go the full monty and they agree to full monty and they agree to full freedom of movement. now this will be a blow to labour, who planned to revisit the brexit deal to ease trade restrictions and form closer ties with brussels, but have insisted that they will not rejoin the single market or customs union or indeed sign up to freedom of movement . well,

to freedom of movement. well, i'm joined now by the deputy leader of the rejoin eu party, richard morley. richard, welcome to the show. always a pleasure to the show. always a pleasure to have you on. doesn't this show the full naivety of any government who thinks you can have a half in, half out, tinkered deal with brussels? they don't want a tinker. they either want full rejoin or get out of the party. >> i couldn't agree with you more. i mean, obviously the labour party is living in a world of its own. if it thinks it can do what the conservative party couldn't. >> namely, do cherry picking have what it wants regardless of what suits the european union. michael barnier is simply talking common sense . talking common sense. >> the labour party is pushing a loser with this current policy. >> it will get nowhere. and yet richard morley, when michel barnier, the same michel barnier who's an advocate of freedom of movement, an advocate of de facto open borders when he put himself forward as a presidential candidate in france in 2021, you can guess what's

come in. he wanted to suspend immigration to france to 3 to 5 years due to its links to terrorism. the guy has a shifting position on open borders whenever it suits him, and therefore i put it to you. he cannot be trusted . he cannot be trusted. >> well, i don't think i'm really here to discuss the pros and cons of michael barnier as a politician. what i am here to discuss is what the british people want , for their future. people want, for their future. and i'm absolutely convinced that the very considerable number of people in britain would like to see the return of freedom of movement for various reasons . young people want to reasons. young people want to see freedom of movement because it opens up all sorts of opportunities for them to live and work abroad , albeit for and work abroad, albeit for short periods, or be it for long penods. periods. >> industry wants to have freedom of movement so it can have seasonal workers coming back to the farms and the hospitals and the hotels, which are really suffering without the european element of labour

force, which we had before brexit. >> so consequently, you know, freedom of movement is an essential thing for both parties, for europe for and britain. >> and i can fully understand why michael barnier is saying it. well, except he didn't say it. well, except he didn't say it when he wanted to stand as the president of france. and that's my point. you know, freedom of movement is bandied about as something that's hugely beneficial when you want something out of it. because brussels wants something out of britain they don't want. if it's freedom of movement to allow millions of european union citizens to come here and take working class jobs, they won't take jobs in journalism or top jobs in the city. they'll take the plasterers jobs, the plumbers jobs, the lorry drivers jobs. this is precisely what people voted to get rid of richard morley. we can't just turn back the clock by death through a thousand treaties. >> yes, but when michael barnier was standing as president of france, he was standing in a completely different context. i'm sure what he was saying there was appropriate to his

candidacy in france. what he was saying as european negotiator was very pertinent to his role as the european negotiator. two completely different jobs, two completely different jobs, two completely different jobs, two completely different approaches . completely different approaches. >> i mean, i don't quite follow why, why, why? it's so important what he said as a prospective candidate for the french elections. >> well, it's abundantly clear . >> well, it's abundantly clear. it's abundantly clear because he he's basically saying , i've got he's basically saying, i've got principles, but if you don't like them, i've got a different set of principles. when he was the brexit negotiator, he was against freedom of movement. suddenly when he went to be a french president, he's dead against freedom of movement. thatis against freedom of movement. that is hypocrisy. that is double standards. say what you like about people like nigel farage. they never change their position. they were clear from the start. michel barnier is not clear. he's a shapeshifter . clear. he's a shapeshifter. that's what i'm saying. >> yeah, but we had a prime minister, boris johnson, not so long ago. >> still sadly within our memories. and nigel farage pointed out today how he has

done a complete volte face on the question of european responsibility for the ukrainian war, that he says one thing whilst in one set of circumstances, and then he says another thing, a year later in a different set of circumstances. >> i'm afraid this is what politicians do and that is why i wouldn't trust any of them, the rejoin eu party is not a party of politicians, it's a party of ordinary people, ordinary working people who are standing up to represent the other working people of britain and we are not politicians trying to carve out careers like perhaps barnier and certainly johnson , barnier and certainly johnson, we are here to represent the people of britain . people of britain. >> okay. richard morley well, 17.4 million people. they also represented the voice of britain and they voted against, staying in the eu. richard morley, thanks for joining us. in the eu. richard morley, thanks forjoining us. always thanks for joining us. always a delight. we can agree to disagree politely. that's the point of the show . there's lots point of the show. there's lots more still to come between now on 6:00 and we'll talk about the family split between meghan

markle and her father. is he right to give up on any chance of reconciliation with meghan? but first, your headlines with polly middlehurst . polly middlehurst. >> at just after half five, the headunes >> at just after half five, the headlines this hour , britain's headlines this hour, britain's next government will need to make big decisions over taxes and the size of the state, according to the institute for fiscal studies. unveiling its analysis of the major parties manifestos today, the think tank said public services were struggling despite near record high taxes . struggling despite near record high taxes. it said both parties have maintained a conspiracy of silence on their individual spending plans. meanwhile, silence on their individual spending plans . meanwhile, the spending plans. meanwhile, the prime minister said today he isn't aware of any other tory candidates facing investigation over allegations of betting on the date of the general election. it comes after the former minister, tobias ellwood, called on rishi sunak to suspend

those involved killed and the convicted murderer lucy letby , convicted murderer lucy letby, has told a jury she never intended or tried to harm any babyin intended or tried to harm any baby in her care. the 34 year old is on trial at manchester crown court, accused of the attempted murder of a baby girl attempted murder of a baby girl at the countess of chester hospital in 2016, and another court has been hearing how a shopping centre guard hatched a plan to attack the tv presenter holly willoughby. gavin plumb, whose 37 accused was accused of discussing his plan online, unaware that he was engaging with an undercover police officer at the time. and this week's warmer weather is expected to bring a big boost for the hospitality sector. temperatures are forecast to peak at around 30 degrees in london on wednesday, with most of the southeast of england seeing temperatures in the mid 20s. hotels, restaurants and bars, say it's likely to be quite a boost as more people head outdoors to enjoy the longer evenings. and lastly ,

longer evenings. and lastly, princess anne is in hospital after sustaining injuries and concussion after she was kicked by her horse on her gatcombe park estate in gloucestershire. the princess royal is understood to be awake and under observation at a bristol hospital, though she is expected to make a full recovery . those to make a full recovery. those are your latest news headlines for the latest stories to sign up to gb news alerts, scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. carmelites . gb news. carmelites. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> shall we take a look then, at today's markets? the pound buying you $1.2684 and ,1.1821. the price of gold is £1,837.72 an ounce, and the ftse 100 has closed the day to day at 8281

points. >> cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> thank you polly. now, if you want to get in touch with us here @gbnews, simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay and i'll read out the best of your messages a little later in show . i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's

the. >> on election night, we are throwing a party. >> the gb news election night watch party will be live from essex. and you are all invited on air from 10:00. >> we'll have familiar faces from across the channel entertainment and lots more stuff as we keep our eye on all the results as they come flying in. >> if you want to join our live election night watch party audience , go to audience, go to gbnews.com/electionparty .

gbnews.com/electionparty. >> welcome back. your time is 539. i'm martin daubney on gb news news. now is the final week to see how you could win our summer giveaway. £15,000 tax free and a whole host of treats now! lines closed at 5 pm. on friday, so make sure you don't miss out. hazel details that you need to win. >> it's the final week to see how you can win big this summer. first, there's a totally tax free £15,000 in cash to make your summer spectacular. spend that extra cash however you like. you'll also win a brand new iphone apple airpods. and if that wasn't enough, a £500 voucher to spend at your favourite uk attraction, you have to hurry as lines close at 5 pm. on friday for another chance to win the iphone treats and £15,000 cash text win to 63232. text cost £2 plus one standard network rate message. you can also enter online at gbnews.com/win . entries cost £2

gbnews.com/win. entries cost £2 or post your name and number two gb zero six, p.o. or post your name and number two gb zero six, po. box 8000 690 derby rd one nine, double tee, uk. only entrants must be 18 or oven uk. only entrants must be 18 or over. lines close at 5 pm. on friday. please check the closing time if listening or watching on demand. good luck ! demand. good luck! >> now princess anne is in hospital after she was hurt yesterday. she will miss several engagements this week, including the state banquet for the japanese state visit tomorrow and also a visit to canada for a statement from buckingham palace said the princess royal has sustained minor injuries and concussion following an incident on the gatcombe park estate yesterday evening. her royal highness remains in southfleet hospital , bristol, highness remains in southfleet hospital, bristol, as a precautionary measure for observation and is expected to make a full and swift recovery, which is great news now jul now to discuss this is the royal commentator richard fitzwilliams. richard, welcome

to the show. so the princess royal had a bit of a prank. seems though safe and sound and all on the mend . all on the mend. >> thankfully it does seem that way. obviously it's the precautionary aspect of the summit in the 70s, head injury. there is always, sensible if concussion is involved , but most concussion is involved, but most certainly, like her father , certainly, like her father, prince philip, i suspect she will become a very impatient patient until she gets back to her full schedule , which is, as her full schedule, which is, as you know, she's the most hard working member of the royal family and indeed tremendously popular for her no fuss , as it popular for her no fuss, as it were approach. and there's no question i think, that she will be very sorry to miss the state banquet tomorrow for the emperor and empress of japan, and also , and empress of japan, and also, of course, going to canada. she's the colonel in chief of the royal newfoundland regiment, and this was in fact the centenary of the war memorial, which had been renovated, which obviously she would have wished to attend. >> and richard , may i also ask

>> and richard, may i also ask you about an interview with thomas markle of course, the father of meghan markle , he's father of meghan markle, he's turning 80 on july the 18th. he's kind of seems like he's emotionally reaching out to his daughter. he would like to get in contact . tell us more about in contact. tell us more about that. and do you think actually this is likely to happen ? this is likely to happen? >> i said, absolutely, definitely not going to happen, it's all very sad. but as far as the sussexes are concerned, charity doesn't begin at home. there's absolutely no question that a really deep, bitter estrangement between, thomas markle and meghan and i don't see any possibility at all of, that being a restored, a relationship being restored in any sense at all. i mean, it's been very bitter and it's been very public, but he's approaching 80, you know, all of us think at these big landmarks. >> maybe it's time to forgive and forget, he was saying here he's never seen , never met, his he's never seen, never met, his grandchildren. he would like

nothing more than that to happen. but i'll be even be happy with just the photograph at this stage. why didn't harry ever come to meet me, thomas markle said that's one of the questions i simply can't answer. >> yes, well, this is actually an interesting point that initially, before the estrangement , it had never been estrangement, it had never been explained why, for the engagement, in fact, for some reason , harry didn't meet never reason, harry didn't meet never has met thomas markle. now that is something perhaps that will be explained in one of the sussexes writes a memoir. meghan hasn't as yet. but yes, all of this is a very sad business, but it's not going to be resolved. and the fact that he's appealing king charles and so forth is not going to mean , that anything going to mean, that anything happens, i'm afraid, so far as the wider royal rift is concerned. well, i mean , edster

concerned. well, i mean, edster remains, of course, and the royal family have other priorities at the moment, putting it mildly. >> so you don't think there's any chance that the heart may soften on this 80th birthday? and there may be an emotional olive branch offered? you can't see it happening . see it happening. >> i can't see it happening. and not in the case of, thomas markle and meghan. i'm afraid. no. >> okay. thank you very much for joining us, richard fitzwilliams, always a pleasure to have you on the show. thank you. now, still to come, the sun is finally out. so can we look forward to a warm summer? while i'll be asking a man who will know i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel

welcome back. your time is 548. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. finally, at long last summer, it seems has arrived

with something of a bang. now, gb news viewers can see pictures on your screen right now from eastbourne on the south coast early today. doesn't it look marvellous? temperatures are expected to get into the 30s this week. and how long will this week. and how long will this heat wave last? well, i'm joined now by the senior meteorologist , jim dale. jim, meteorologist, jim dale. jim, always a delight to have you on the show. let's start with the good news. finally, we've gone from the wettest spring since noah's ark. finally the sun has come out. how long is it going to last? make me happy. >> well, well, first of all, yeah, let's embrace it. >> because it was a long way. >> because it was a long way. >> yeah, we had some nice days in between, but generally this is this is now officially the hottest day of the year so far. there's more to come. maybe tomorrow we'll see a 30 because i think the phoenix park 28 degrees for your for your record, so yeah, but not all parts actually actually were in the big heat. >> the further west you go, the greater the amount of clouds. so not everybody was in the luxury of the pictures you're seeing at

this moment in time, however, how long will it last? >> how long is the piece of string? >> it's a couple of three days, you know how it goes, martin. 2 or 3 days in a thunderstorm. >> that's roughly what we're going to see. >> there won't be too many thunderstorms. this this side. it will be a bit of a pipsqueak. >> we'll go cooler from the north and west over the course of the next couple of days. >> so the further north and west you go. and i'm talking northwest england. i'm talking scotland. yeah. over the next 48 hours, the cools already coming in, so it will be left with southeast england in the end , southeast england in the end, to, to soak up the rays and to, to, to soak up the rays and to, to, to soak up the rays and to, to, to to, sunbathe in that lovely, lovely sunshine and warm temperatures to the last. but it'll all be gone by friday, so why has it lasted a short period of time ? like june was just wet of time? like june was just wet endlessly. my lawn was basically up to my armpits. it was so wet i couldn't get out . why is the i couldn't get out. why is the colder, wetter, damper weather around for a month? and then suddenly we only get a week long

heatwave ? heatwave? >> yeah, well, it's a bit strange because this this time last year, we'd just been through a june 2023, and there was a heat wave then. and the following two months, july and august, were a bit sort of downcast for ourselves in the uk, not in europe, but in the uk. so it's kind of gone the other way around this time. and i would expect, although next week's going to be a lot more mixed, i would expect to see the summer unravelling in in the ways that we're now seeing a little bit more often than we've seen in the past. but look, we're a temperate climate odds and sods, basically. in other words, we get what we what comes to us in terms of the synoptic highs, lows in the right place or the wrong place. so for now, let's welcome this. just a little warning though, and i just put this out on on on 1 or 2 of the other stations that i've been on and that is children, particularly children open waters. you know how it works . we get a the first hot, works. we get a the first hot, hot day of the of the year or literally and people head for the for the for the ponds and the for the for the ponds and the lakes and all of this just be a little bit careful out

there. the warnings that are out there, not just about the heat and the and the sunbathe and getting yourself burned, they're also about these open waters and children doing the wrong thing. >> and that's also because jim dale, there's been very little solar energy on those water sources all this time. so even though it's hot up the surface, the actual water itself often , the actual water itself often, jim, it can be as cold as fridge. >> yeah, it can be, talking about keeping cool, by the way, i'm going to give you a little tip, martin, if we may, if i may. and that is if you are feeling hot and bothered, the humidity going up in these next 48 hours, it already feels a bit humid out there . get yourself humid out there. get yourself a little bowl of ice water. put some some ice in there. in other words, make sure it is ice water dip. you dip your fingers in there, your little digits and i and i say to you, you will cool down quite markedly within about 2 or 3 minutes. so if you're feeling that way, that's a great way. i learned that in the royal navy, by the way, put your fingers in there and you'll cool down quite nicely . down quite nicely. >> dip your fingers in, dip your toes in. jim dale. superb thanks

for joining us on the show. always a delight. thank you very , very much forjoining us. now that on today's show we've had a huge amount of emails and your say is coming in. and the number one thing that's really got you going is this war of words between nigel farage and boris johnson. the rhetoric was off the charts and these are a few of your emails. carl says this every statements made by nigel farage with regard to the ukraine war is supported by ferm documentary evidence. and like the bluster and falsehoods that is coming from boris johnson's mouth, an individual dismissed by his own party for being dishonest and a compulsive liar. some of the people disagree, though, saying here, i've always liked boris, i've always liked nigel. but nigel is simply going too far. alan saying here, nigel is simply another trump. he is now showing his true colours, yorkie saying boris needs to leave nigel farage alone. lorraine i do like nigel, but he

said not that long ago that theresa may was the worst prime minister in history. now he's saying it's boris. can he please make up his mind ? barry says make up his mind? barry says this. nigel is right on his position on vladimir putin. i've always voted tory. he is take he is taking their votes and that's why they are still turning on him. i'm going to vote reform somebody else here though, saying nigel farage is showing his true colours. he is simply being too aggressive. dial down the rhetoric. this doesn't help the rhetoric. this doesn't help the conservative vote. this doesn't help the reform vote. so thank you very much for all of your comments, that's all from me for now. dewbs& co is up next. don't forget to join us from 6 am. tomorrow. it's breakfast with eamonn and isabel and a beautiful new studio, followed by britain's newsroom at 930 with andrew and bev and then , of course, tom and emily then, of course, tom and emily with good afternoon britain from midday. now, i'm not going to be here tomorrow because i'm going to meet one of my heroes, johnny rotten. that's right. i'm going

to go and meet john lydon. can't wait to meet him. i met brian cliff, now i'm meeting johnny rotten. mark dolan will be here, though , holding the fort and though, holding the fort and that's all from me now. thanks for your your time. enjoy the evening. how's your weather, alex deakin ? alex deakin? >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> afternoon. thanks for joining me here for the latest weather update from the met office on gb news. it's fine. a very warm and sunny for most, but there's a few zones hanging on to the cloud. parts of south wales and southwest england. cloud breaking up a little here through this evening and further east, the cloud also tending to melt away overnight. the cloud is thickening , though in the is thickening, though in the northwest bit of patchy rain trickling into the highlands and the western isles through the early hours . for the western isles through the early hours. for most, the western isles through the early hours . for most, though, early hours. for most, though, it's a fine evening out there, dry and pretty warm night as

well, with temperatures mainly holding up in the mid teens, it's going to be touch hotter for many on tuesday again for most across england and wales. fine and sunny, but a different day tomorrow for scotland. northern ireland more cloud here initially over the highlands and the western isles, but it will spill south. some early sunshine over eastern scotland and through southern scotland as well, but a cloudier day too for northern ireland. that cloud thickening up through the night. some light and drizzly rain in the west. first thing, it's a dry, fine start for england and wales. some mist and low cloud again along the south coast, just like there has been today , just like there has been today, should tend to clear away as we go through the day and generally for england and wales, i say quite a bit of sunshine, a sunnier day, probably for parts of gloucestershire down through to devon, a bit more in the way of blue sky here, but clouding over a little over northern england, and the possibility of 1 or 2 afternoon heavy showers here, and certainly clouding over across eastern scotland, with a bit of rain trickling in, still quite warm here, but temperatures will be a few degrees lower, whereas for england and wales many places touch warmer. we could top out

at 30 celsius in the capital through the evening and not a great deal of change. still 1 or 2 heavy showers across the north. they may linger even into wednesday morning and again a bit more cloud in the northeast. some coasts here could be a little misty and murky from tomorrow evening, but for most again, wednesday is dry. probably a sunnier day for western scotland and northern ireland. and again in the south—east. temperatures could top out at 30 celsius. bye for now . how. >> now. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

from both labour and tory about the tax plans in their manifestos. what do you think?

also on the panel tonight i've got the former levelling up minister, so i thought it'd be rude not to look at levelling up then. has it actually happened or was the whole thing if failure and many folks working themselves up into an absolute sweat over what nigel farage has had to say about putin and ukraine, personally, i thought he was speaking sense. i can tell you my panel have very different opinions . what say different opinions. what say you? also labour criticised today over how easy they would potentially make it for someone to change their gender. apparently they're betraying women , are they? you tell me . women, are they? you tell me. all of that and more coming up. but first, the 6:00 news headunes. headlines. >> and at 6:01, the latest from the gp newsroom. britain's next government will face big decisions on taxes and the size of the state. that's according to the institute for fiscal

studies, unveiling its analysis of the major parties