after from belmarsh prison after agreeing to an american plea deal >> election gamble scandal the met police have been accused of leaking the identities of conservatives caught up in that election. betting fix . election. betting fix. >> princess anne is in hospital for a third day, but worrying reports that she's suffering from memory loss after being injured by a horse . injured by a horse. >> and sunak and starmer clash on immigration, the prime minister sticks to his line. the tories will bring down those coming here illegally across the channel and he takes aim at the labour leader queuing up in calais, waiting for a starmer government so they can come here and stay here. >> the government should be deciding who comes to this country and we need to know who it is. that's coming to this country, so we have to deal with it . it. >> and drama at heathrow is a plane. stairs catch fire next to a british airways aeroplane . a british airways aeroplane. fortunately, no one was injured .

fortunately, no one was injured. my fortunately, no one was injured. my husband's been causing trouble and he certainly has. >> james cracknell, candidate, up in the wilds of north essex , up in the wilds of north essex, said in a video effectively to his constituency as an olympian, if his olympian team—mates behave like the tories have, they'd be out the team . he's they'd be out the team. he's talking about the betting scandal. one tory candidate has admitted putting a bet on in pursuit, knowing the date of the election. so that's insider trading. why hasn't he been suspended anyway? >> cracknell was saying james might be coming on this morning to tell us why he said that and what the response might have been from the conservatives. gb news. com forward slash. your say is the place to let us know your thoughts this morning. first of the very latest news with sophia wenzler. >> bev thank you. good morning. it's 932. i'm sophia wenzler in

the gb newsroom. your headlines juuan the gb newsroom. your headlines julian assange departed the united kingdom early this morning after agreeing to plead guilty to a single felony count in a us court. the 52 year old founder of wikileaks is due to appear before a federal judge in the mariana islands, a us territory in the western pacific. he's expected to be sentenced to five years, roughly the equivalent of the time he's already served in britain before returning to australia . it caps returning to australia. it caps off a long and embittered standoff with the united states that started with his arrest on a swedish warrant in 2010. the australian prime minister anthony albanese, told parliament that the case has gone on for too long. >> i've been very clear as both the labour leader in opposition but also as prime minister that regardless of the views that people have about mr assange's activities , the case has dragged activities, the case has dragged

on for too long. there is nothing to be gained by his continued incarceration, and we want him brought home to australia . australia. >> the metropolitan police has denied leaking the names of conservatives implicated in the election betting scandal . election betting scandal. reports in the telegraph suggest the cabinet office suspects the involvement of police officers after the identities of those involved were made public. the newspaper also reports that a further five police officers are under investigation by the gambling commission. it comes after one of the prime minister's own protection officers was arrested for allegedly placing bets on when the election would take place , the election would take place, and labour says reducing knife crime is not a problem for a single government department, as it pledges to crack down on the problem. sir keir starmer will outline his plan to half knife related crime over the next ten years. if labour wins the general election , it will general election, it will include creating a new cross—government coalition to work on solutions, as well as

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and has left the uk on his way to australia, where he's from, after reaching a plea plea deal with us authority over spy charges. so these , of course, charges. so these, of course, have been going on for more than a decade . a decade. >> assange is due to plead guilty to a single espionage charge in a court appearance on a tiny us controlled pacific island, so his wife stella released this film. >> following his release . >> following his release. >> following his release. >> it's exactly 12 years today since julian went into the embassy of ecuador, which granted him political asylum , granted him political asylum, protection from persecution , protection from persecution, from torture, from a life imprisonment of imprisonment . imprisonment of imprisonment. and 12 years on, i'm visiting juuan and 12 years on, i'm visiting julian in a high security prison . but this this period of our lives, i'm confident now has come to an end and i think that by this time next week, julian will be free. >> and she was right. i mean,

juuan >> and she was right. i mean, julian , was she saying he was julian, was she saying he was going to talk to him then? well, it depends if you want to be kept from your loved ones. i guess what she's saying is for her, that is a form of torture. he would argue that he has always been a fierce advocate of freedom of speech and in releasing those wikileaks documents, maybe he would say it was worth putting certain lives at risk to hold the american government to account for war crimes. >> yeah. i mean, you remember what he did. he didn't do a forensic journalistic job. he dumped, i call it a dump. millions of documents and cables onto the internet, and the american authorities insist that as a result of that, not only were spies and international people were put, lives are put at risk . they say people were at risk. they say people were killed as a direct result. so that's why the americans accused him of a breach of, well, betrayal, treachery. and britain put him in court. he was winning his appeal process, oddly. but he just decided to do some form of plea bargain with america. so it's over. and he moves to

australia and never comes back. good riddance, i say. >> well, let's speak to the special human rights lawyer. david. hey, now. morning, david, it is a little bit this is a complicated issue which is around free speech, national security issues , the extent to security issues, the extent to which journalists might put people at risk, even if they feel they're doing the right thing. what's your assessment of this very complicated scenario ? this very complicated scenario? >> hi. good morning to you both, it's obviously very fantastic news for julian personally it's obviously very fantastic news forjulian personally and news for julian personally and also for stella. his wife, who, you know, has campaigned tirelessly for his freedom, but as you said, it's a very complicated issue. and it's also one that's been going on, as we in england know very, very long time. i'm sure many people remember the scenes of him outside the equatorial ecuadorean embassy up until obviously the arrest and then going into into belmarsh. it's been going on a very long time. effectively. what's happened is that for want of a better phrase, he's done a deal with the devil, as it were. there's been a plea deal that we expect will will happen and go through

in the coming days, which will mean that effectively, he will come away with one of the one charge under the espionage act in the us , when he was in the us, when he was originally accused of a great many more and he will effectively have served his time, as in the five years in detention in belmarsh. so he will leave as a convicted criminal, which in itself is going to cause him many, many issues in his personal life and travelling, but then also what we should look at is what are the ramifications of this deal for others ? does it go into, for others? does it go into, free speech and journalism ? free speech and journalism? because effectively he's done a deal with the us . he obviously deal with the us. he obviously claimed that he was a journalist and he was releasing those documents as part of free speech and a free press. documents as part of free speech and a free press . will that see and a free press. will that see and a free press. will that see a precedent set as to how other journalists and others that do this in future, act? that's one of the things i think we need to look at here. >> well, and david, on that point, well, there are those who would argue he never was a journalist . would argue he never was a journalist. he was an

would argue he never was a journalist . he was an activist. journalist. he was an activist. and there is a difference. i would argue. but also there were those be those people who've been campaigning for him who will feel bitterly let down because of the freedom of speech issue. he's waved the white flag, done a deal, and what about other people who may be in the same position, who may not get that pretty deal? >> absolutely. i agree there will be. i mean, there are many people that will see that he's effectively, as you said, waved the white flag and left the gates open because effectively, he's admitted by this plea deal, he'll be admitting that he committed a crime, and for which he should have been given a sentence. and he's accepted that . so that's obviously will upset a lot of people. but obviously from a personal perspective for him facing, you know , a him facing, you know, a potentially significant time later life in jail in the us, it's obviously a deal that for him personally and his family is one that he's decided to take. it's quite boring. >> okay. all right. thank you. david david. hey there. international human rights lawyer. thank you very much . you lawyer. thank you very much. you see the crowds there supporting

juuan? >> well, i think a lot of those, a lot of those will be very disappointed because of the human rights issue. but the other point about assange, i think he did himself, his campaign, no good at all because he flatly refused to go to sweden to face serious allegations of sexual abuse against two women. sweden is a liberal country by any stretch of the imagination. what was he expecting that they were going to put him on a plane immediately to the united states? i think he should have faced that down and gone to court and cleared his name . court and cleared his name. >> i guess he would say at that point that those allegations were false, and it was just a means of containing him and constraining. >> well, they ran out of time in the end because of the time the time limitation. but i think if you're a fearless campaigner for freedom of speech and truth, why don't you face the music over serious allegations of sexual abuse levelled by two women? >> let us know your thoughts this morning. gbnews.com forward slash your say. but let's get back to the election campaign. let's take a look back at what the politicians have been doing over the past 24 hours, including sir keir starmer and

rishi sunak. interviews with the sun newspaper. >> either you believe illegal migrants should not be in our country, they should be removed to somewhere else or with keir starmer. they're all going to be released. all the people we've detained and they will be out on the streets and that's a choice for everyone and nobody but nobody . nobody. >> we should be making that journey across the channel nobody. it's a breach of our borders. it's also, i think, a matter of national security because the government should be deciding who comes to this country , and we need to know who country, and we need to know who it is that's coming to this country , the nhs and care. country, the nhs and care. >> the centre point of our manifesto , with a huge package 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. what type of boiler do you have at home, at the moment i have a gas boiler and i'm literally in the process of getting quotes for replacing it with an air source heat pump . source heat pump. >> this is what boris said. bofis >> this is what boris said. boris blames the european union

for war in ukraine. >> i laughed out loud at the green party leader. what sort of boiler do you. she's got the sort of boiler she wants all of us to take out of our homes by 2030. she's just getting estimates now. it's actually as a general election. on the hypocrisy of it. remember we had labour's shadow transport secretary a couple of weeks ago, louise hague, saying you've all got to get out of your gas guzzling cars and your diesel cars. you're going to get into electric cars. i know they're very expensive. what sort of electric car do you have, i don't have one yet, but when i replace it, i will not do as i do. do as i say , not do as i do. do. do as i say, not do as i do. the oldest rule for politicians, they break it all the time today, tuesday. >> so we have nine days until the election. and is anything going to change in the next nine days?i going to change in the next nine days? i still think i think actually labour's announcement on the trans issue in schools did them no good yesterday. well, a lot of people will feel quite strongly about that. >> and it's gone further because

the times are saying that, conversion therapy would be banned altogether. and we've, we've got cass , hillary, cass, we've got cass, hillary, cass, who did that review into the trans issue saying this will create martyrs. so you might say to your daughter or your son or any mum or dad could say it to their child, no , no, no, it's their child, no, no, no, it's a very bad thing. they could become a test case because you because that is preaching against their right to change their gender. will it be a teacher? will it be a doctor being? >> we should explain what conversion therapy is, which is that you you intensely convince a child with religion. i'm sure the religion often plays a part in it, doesn't. it can be a driver behind it. >> you can have conversion therapy, which i to say that they aren't, which is horrible, where they used to sort of give electrotherapy or make you take drugs, or they just almost try and try and hypnotise you into not thinking you're gay or trans, but what cass is worried about, and she's a very eminent paediatrician, is that this will be genuine parent. it's

teachers, people working with youth, workers, talking to a 15 year old who says, i want to change my gender. actually, you've got to think about it in a lot of ways that they could then be told, you're trying to convert me against my will, and there could be a test case, because therapy could just be talking therapy. >> why do you hate yourself so much that you believe you've been born in the wrong body, which is absolutely should be the starting point for any child who's talking about the fact that they think they were born in the wrong body and as you say, the young person could then go and say they're trying to brainwash me and say that i'm not who i am. it gives the power to the child and not the adult. >> and jk rowling i'm a huge admirer of has written a 2000 word essay, effectively saying why she can't support labour because all this stuff is anti—women, anti—women on women only spaces and also very much about, well , the tyranny of the about, well, the tyranny of the minority. >> you've heard me say before, but i'll say it again right up next, andrews are going to get his england flag out. we're looking ahead to the final group game in the euros tonight . this game in the euros tonight. this is britain's newsroom on

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>> football fever. >> because we're playing slovenia. >> good football. and we are. we hope so. >> nobody better than mr football himself. paul coyte. yes. so so england expects england to expect you know what? >> it happens every tournament. you know we spoke to steve mcmanaman a little bit earlier who played back in 1996 and then back in euros in 96. it started badly and the press were on their case, and then the momentum started to build. now we know that things are not good. we've we've spoken about gary lineker yesterday. he's criticism which i absolutely stand behind. he's got every right to say whatever he wants. whereas it seems that, oh, it's a really big deal. and ex—players shouldn't be able to criticise the team, which i think is nonsense. they've got every right to in that team doing in a professional capacity to do a professional job. >> i can't stand him and he's paid far too much money and he would do it much better, presumably for a lot less. >> no, i would go, i'd probably be more. >> i would probably be.

>> i would probably be. >> i would probably be. >> i would probably anyway. look we can hear kevin. >> i've offered to do it between for us a 10th of what he's being. >> i know, but the thing is, you have a lovely time where you do it. i know that's the thing. should we hear from gareth southgate? this is gareth southgate. we're speaking yesterday. the manager, the manager of course, and was asked about the criticism and whether that's going to affect the team or what he thought about what people were saying about them listening to external criticism. >> we know what we've done. well, we're very honest about that. we know where we need to be better. we're brutally honest about that . and that's how you about that. and that's how you work as a team. that's how you coach a team. that's how you improve performance. >> and tomorrow is a chance for us, as a group, to bounce back from the other night and i think that's the beauty of football, that's the beauty of football, that you always get another chance to go again. and i thought that was our very own ben. >> leo. >> leo. >> then who's that? no, that's declan rice declan rice, who plays for arsenal. >> who plays in the midfield in the youth team. fine plays. listen, they're all quite young these days. you know they're not. they are. yeah. it's not like stanley matthews playing now. it's not like the old

swindon team from 1969. it's not that lot again . that's twice that lot again. that's twice i've mentioned swindon. brilliant. he pays me at least £10 every time i mentioned it in town. but the thing is gareth southgate says that he doesn't look at the press, doesn't hear it. >> i don't believe it. >> i don't believe it. >> i don't think anybody doesn't look like a terribly inspiring man. >> gareth southgate, how does he manage the team? like what's his m.o? d0 manage the team? like what's his m.o? do you think he's actually a very good people person? >> we know from the way that he's dealt with the press and also the problems that the england teams had with press before, now there's a it's like he's almost brought them in to say, look, you know, it's little things like, you know, we'll we'll have darts competitions with the press just so everybody can actually get to know each other instead of it's us and them. so he's done that very well. but the most important thing is what goes on on the pitch. and at the moment it's not very good. >> we won the first game against serbia one nil. correct. we drew one all with denmark. yeah. and we weren't very impressive in either of the games. no, not. will he have to shake up the team? >> i think he needs to do

something. it's either we stick with the team as it is and hopefully things will work out. but everybody knows that something is not right, but nobody seems to be able to put their finger on it. the simple thing is, when it comes to england attacking wise , they're england attacking wise, they're unbelievable. we've got some fantastic players. you look at harry kane, it's probably the best in the world at what he does. you've got jude bellingham that sits a little bit deeper, who's also, you know, plays for real madrid. we know how great he is at 20 years old. so really that's where the strength is. but for some reason england go ahead. but for some reason england go ahead . and then instead of going ahead. and then instead of going on swashbuckling entertaining football what everybody wants to see, they sit back and it just starts getting boring. and you're thinking, what is going on? then mistakes start happening. so really it's to play happening. so really it's to play with no fear, to go out there , entertain, do what you do there, entertain, do what you do instead of thinking . it's almost instead of thinking. it's almost like you're seeing players that think, i don't really know what to be doing here. i don't know whether i should be sitting, should i? you know, if i was the manager, say, go out, do what

you do. >> the sporting equivalent of keir starmer in the run up to an election just thinking that, aren't they? they're doing the ming vase of a version of football. >> you know what? >> you know what? >> play it safe. get, defend. >> play it safe. get, defend. >> yeah. are they thinking we've got this one? if we don't make any mistakes, then we should be okay. but if you want to go out and absolutely obliterate anybody, which i think england can do, i really do think england can do that, right? just shackles off. so prediction for the score i think it's going to be three nil three nil to slovenia. what. no no i'm just kidding. no i think i think i think they're going to score. i think they're going to score. i think i'm going to go out on a limb here and say 2 or 3 nil, because i think england have to have to go out and make a statement now because all the dissenting voices are getting louder and louder and louder. they have to go out and make a statement today. and i really hopeit statement today. and i really hope it happens. and then the knockout stages, because we don't know whether we're going to play sunday or whether we're going to play monday. all depends on other results. >> 8:00 kick off. >> 8:00 kick off. >> it's 8:00 kick off. but if we come second in the group, which

we shouldn't do, that would mean germany on sunday. we don't want that. so go out on that game okay? >> right. super. thank you very much paul, right. still to come this morning find out. what's going on with the conservatives and the election first though, here's the. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hi there, and welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news, who's hot and sunny for many places in the south today, but cloudier, cooler in the north and with a few showers. we start the day with cloud cover across some western and northwestern parts of the uk , northern ireland, of the uk, northern ireland, western scotland seeing a few spots of rain by the afternoon. the weather front responsible for that rain pushes into eastern scotland, northern england and could give a few showers, perhaps some longer spells of rain for north eastern parts of scotland. otherwise widespread sunny skies for much of england and wales , and rising

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gb news. >> welcome back to britain's room. you're going to cross live now to the labour leader, sir keir starmer, who is in london. they are talking about knife crime. >> we want to be around the table with you because we do have the answers right now. we've got patrols. idris volunteered us that are patrolling before school and

after school because we haven't got enough police officers , we got enough police officers, we haven't got enough. so people in the community are desperate . and the community are desperate. and the community are desperate. and the most horrible thing is they're saying it's becoming the norm. we don't want it to become the norm. it's not normal for us to be burying our children or five year old seeing a dead body shnne five year old seeing a dead body shrine in our neighbourhoods. now we've got shrines or flowers. it's not normal. so i'm begging . i feel refreshed and begging. i feel refreshed and strengthened. i've got two giants beside me, but it's not easy and we've got hundreds and thousands that are following us. we can make this stop. let's do it . let's make it stop together. it. let's make it stop together. >> thank you for that. that's really , really powerful and really, really powerful and emotional. and it's a reminder of just what this means, how it means. and i don't know how all of you are coping, to be honest, i really, really don't, and we must carry that passion and that power with us. >> i don't think it's easy for

any of us, but we just want to see change. keir. like we want to see. i'd rather not be standing here talking about knife crime. you know, i'd rather all of us would rather not be here today. you know, we need to see a change and a long term plan. not. it has to be a 510 year plan. if it takes ten years, then so be it. >> you've been waiting a long time already. many of you. >> yeah, we have. you know, as i said, our 16 years we lost our son this week. it comes up lights . now it's we've lost him lights. now it's we've lost him longer than we had him. but in that 16 years nothing's really changed. there's been plenty of promises from from various prime ministers. foreign minister, yeah. ministers. foreign minister, yeah . home secretaries, you yeah. home secretaries, you know, and we it's time like for, for the sake of our children and

our grandchildren , we need to our grandchildren, we need to see some something done that is really going to make a difference. >> can i. yes »- >> can i. yes >> of course. no, you're absolutely right. and we must be held to account. and you must hold me to account personally. all of you around this table , all of you around this table, it's really important that, i mean, and i'll come back to that point because i think i'll bring you in. i come straight back to say, ten years ago, your son was murdered by a sword, and two years ago, it happened to my child. >> so what happened in the 80s? what did the government do if the eight years gap, if they did something after your child's murder, if they banned these weapons, my son would have been had a chance to live to next me today. he would have had that chance. today. he would have had that chance . so the government for chance. so the government for eight years didn't do anything . eight years didn't do anything. now, it's been a year since i've been campaigning . they haven't been campaigning. they haven't done anything and i'm so grateful that you're listening to all of us. you are listening

to all of us. you are listening to all of us. you are listening to all of us. but this change is not for us anymore because the damage is done is we've lost our children. this is to protect the future of uk so you can build a good government and a good people around it. this is for the future. children protect them. they need that. they're screaming . i think these murders screaming. i think these murders are the scream for help . let's are the scream for help. let's help them. >> well, that's keir starmer . at >> well, that's keir starmer. at an event on the campaign trail in london, the actor idris elba appears to be there too. but we're going to talk about the terrible news about the princess anne, princess royal. she's recovering in hospital. she's, got head injuries, concussion that we know about , temporary that we know about, temporary memory loss. we think it was an accidental accident involving horse. >> awful, awful, she's not going to be able to greet ,

>> awful, awful, she's not going to be able to greet, dignitaries from japan later today. so we're joined now by ezra large from the mail on sunday. charlotte griffiths. morning charlotte, crikey. the last thing the royal family can deal with at the moment is another one of their key figurehead members being out of action. do we know anything about what happened? >> well, the irony is, even princess anne doesn't know what's happened. and actually, it's kind of worrying because she just can't really remember what happened. and she was completely alone in the field. so her daughter zara has described her. >> gatcombe park estate, gloucestershire. >> she was at gatcombe park estate and what she's known to do is take evening strolls to check on her horses alone . check on her horses alone. sometimes, right? and zara once described how even if she's been at a royal event, she'll go with her full makeup and hair and pearl earrings just for a walk around the field with her welly boots on and her nice outfit. so she loves doing this. it's obviously something she does regularly. i dread to think how long she was there on her own. yeah, because she was completely on her own and then eventually she was found. i mean, i hope she was found. i mean, i hope she wasn't there on her own, unconscious. she was maybe

kicked by a horse. we think, and the irony is, if she'd been on the irony is, if she'd been on the horse, she probably would have been fine, because she's an excellent horsewoman. yeah, she very rarely falls or hurts herself, but this time she was on foot. she was hit by a horse, we think. >> and she's in hospital, they say she could be in for a whole week. yeah, concussion can have all sorts of complicating factors. the fact she can't remember what happened should be, of course, a concern , i be, of course, a concern, i think, really, concerning. >> it's actually not the first time she's been concussed before back in the 70s. and she said she literally the whole day was gone. she had an accident while she was on horseback, but yes, she's going to be in for the whole week. it suggests that they are taking this very seriously, although they did say she's expected to make a full recovery. and actually, it was so nice to hear those words. i hadnt so nice to hear those words. i hadn't realised how much we'd been missing them. i know they immediately said, she's going to make a full and swift recovery, and fortunately, we haven't been able to hear that about charles yet, but yeah, so she's she's kind of trying to piece together the facts herself. >> i really hope it isn't swift, actually, because any sort of

post—traumatic amnesia with a head injury would suggest that it was fairly significant, because we've all, you know, you get a knock on the head, you know, as long as you're slightly dazed. but, you know what's just happened, you're probably going to be okay. you see, with rugby players, don't we. now they take concussion much more seriously . concussion much more seriously. you'd like to think they do not rush her back to work. >> i'm sure they won't. however, she is so fundamental. she did 30% of this year's royal engagements earlier this year. yeah, and you know, for the japan state visit today, it's actually really, really important. it's been rearranged once. there's a lot of pressure once. there's a lot of pressure on this event. they really needed her gravitas because she is a little piece of prince philip and the queen. she's just the perfect combination of the two. yes, she is, and the gravitas and experience she would have brought to the state banquet today was really important. and as we know, we're missing many other royals. yeah, we've kept princess of wales won't be there. >> no. >> no. >> and there's no non working royals now. they've decided. so they can't just draft in even anne's daughter zara because she's a non—working royal. she

doesn't even have a royal title, because anne actually decided that she couldn't have one, which is a very anne like move . which is a very anne like move. they can't just draft in a beatrice and eugenie. there was some hope that that might happen. but no, it's none. it's only working royals . only working royals. >> today andrew is retired. effectively. >> andrew's retired. we all know what happened to meghan and harry. so it's going to be really worrying for them that she's not there. obviously they're worried about her health, but they just they needed her there. she was going to have the top one of the very top positions at this banquet tonight, and she was going on and she was going on an official visit to canada. >> yes. >> yes. >> did you see the itinerary? >> did you see the itinerary? >> stop. itinerary? i think it was something like 24 or 48 hours. >> she was in canada? >> she was in canada? >> yeah , but flying all that way >> yeah, but flying all that way there for two days and then coming straight back. >> and she's 73. yeah, she's 73. >> and she's 73. yeah, she's 73. >> it's a lot of pressure . of >> it's a lot of pressure. of course there's a lot of royals that aren't working at the moment. and basically the workload has gone on to anne and she's very willing . but this is she's very willing. but this is the thing sometimes you need to save people from themselves because anne will always say yes, and she does get stuck in. and interestingly , about canada, and interestingly, about canada, she never well, she very rarely

does what a lot of other royals do, which is bolt on a holiday until the end of these things. yeah, she was literally going to canada coming straight. >> she doesn't look like the kind of woman that really believes in holidays, does she? >> no, i don't think it's her mother's ethic. >> do you know, i saw her at the buckingham, one of the buckingham, one of the buckingham palace garden parties, a few weeks ago. it was on a friday. she was amazing with those veterans. it was. it was to raise awareness for a military veterans charity. implausibly, i was putting the line up to meet her and i said, hang on, she doesn't really do people like me. no, no, you're going to. and i did say to her, look, i know you don't normally talk to people. you're quite right, i don't. but you're supporting the charity. it's fine. but i did say to her, how long are you going to keep this pace up? yeah. >> what did she say? >> what did she say? >> she said, i think i've got to. don't you got to carry on. and that was it. was that that. >> keep calm and carry on. >> keep calm and carry on. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> that isn't royal is that. >> that isn't royal is that. >> and she's 73. >> and she's 73. >> thank god it was just a kick to the head in the horse. i mean that sounds i mean, i think she i think she's the first time it's something more serious. yeah. completely taken out of the game. yeah. you know and there's a long time before

george turns 18 and these new royals start coming up. a bit of a gap in bodies at the moment. yeah. to get on the ground. boots on the ground okay. >> all right. thank you charlotte. thanks so much. now a man who has met princess anne, i have a feeling she gave him one of his olympic gold medals. they'll tell us in a minute. a former olympic rower, my ex husband, james cracknell, is standing for the conservatives in this election. and he called the party a shower of beep starts with a shower. let's take a look at the video posted on social media. >> two weeks out from the olympics . and if we are olympics. and if we are competing against the conservative party my team—mates and i will be saying they are a shower . and if one of my shower. and if one of my team—mates got caught for cheating, they'd be dead to me. >> that right? i don't hide james crown unless you expect to get some frank talking and honesty . and i think james is honesty. and i think james is going to join us now. morning, james. morning, morning. are you all right? what's what's the fallout been from your typical straightforward honesty , the straightforward honesty, the fallout is actually nothing kind of official comes back.

>> i don't think i'm going to have a portrait above the boardroom table, central office headquarters. but, i think the reason why, you know, i said it, you know, and did it from a sort of theme point of view. if we had to compete against the team that was behaving like that, we'd be smiling away and i think, why why i felt the need to say it is that what people don't understand is, is that no, the candidates knocking on doors, but you're doing it with, you know, 10 or 15 people every day who are doing it before work, after work, whether you're taking half a day off, doing it on the weekends, because they believe in the party and they believe in the party and they believe in the party and they believe in me as a candidate. and then if i if they hear me on the doorstep, say that, you know , integrity and, you know, i'm not going to tolerate poor behaviour, i'll do something about it. and then there is poor behaviour and i do nothing about it. that means i'm, i'm, i'm lying as well. so i've got to be true to myself. i didn't want to have to say it, but someone had

to. >> so you're effectively saying that your loyalty is to your team there in the area that you're standing knocking on doors. and actually, these are the faceless people in politics that don't often get the credit that don't often get the credit that they deserve . and do you that they deserve. and do you feel that the party itself has let those people down, or particularly some members who've made some poor decisions? >> yeah . yes. i mean, it's sort >> yeah. yes. i mean, it's sort of the pyramid . of the pyramid. >> you know, the top of the pyramid is the prime minister, but the base is all the members who are giving up their time because they believe, in the conservative party. and so i believe that the best version of the conservative party is the best of the country. now, i don't think many people would say we have the best version of the conservative party right now, which is why i'm standing to have a part of that. and that's why people are out, you know, often getting asked tough questions . and how can we trust questions. and how can we trust you after 14 years thrown at them and they can cope with that. but then when the people they look up to make a really stupid decision and then the

best advice i ever got was own a mistake. so if you've done it, just own it. don't try and weasel out of it. just just have the balls to get out there and say, boss, i mucked up. i'll take my punishment rather than try and hide away. >> well, and james, let's be specific here. you're you haven't said the name, but the prime minister took the decision not to suspend the conservative candidate who has admitted putting a bet on the date of the general election when he was part of that small circle of people close to the prime minister who knew the date in advance. so effectively, insider trading , the police protection trading, the police protection officer who did the same thing, suspended from his job. but the prime minister is not suspended. this candidate , in my view, he this candidate, in my view, he should have been and i suspect in your view , he should have in your view, he should have been suspended. >> i don't know the ins and outs of who made the decision or what, but i think that in any if you're talking leadership , what, but i think that in any if you're talking leadership, you have to make unpopular decisions. and so , you know, i decisions. and so, you know, i prefer to number times in the campaign of my old coach, east

german guy and, you know, i, he last coached me 20 years ago, but i still find him up for advice because he'll give me an answer. i don't want to know. i'm talking to him about politics. and he said, why do you want to do it? at the moment, most people like you. now, everyone will hate you. and, that's not wrong. >> i seem to think we had a similar conversation, james, in 2014, when you stood in the brexit in the in the eu, elections . so this brexit in the in the eu, elections. so this isn't something actually people might think you've come to this very recently, but you have been involved in politics for ten years. behind the scenes, as i say, i have my head in my hands for most of it. >> no, it's true . and it is. you >> no, it's true. and it is. you know, it's been strengthened as time's gone. it started off with, you know, wanting to get involved with public health policy and, you know, preventable health care. and then actually, you know, you talk about princess anne and a head injury is that, you know , head injury is that, you know, after i suffered my accident very quickly , people were very quickly, people were putting limits on what i wouldn't want to be able to do. and i realised that so many

people in the situation are not having the having people put limits on them, not having the freedom to succeed. and if i can have any part to play in that through positive influence in westminster about, you know, not setting limits for people giving the avenues to succeed where they want. and that's what i want to do. and for that to be the case, you need to have people with integrity at the top. >> the thing is, james, i remember saying to you at the time , you are not necessarily time, you are not necessarily the person who's always going to do as you're told. and so they're all laughing in my ear at at that. so listen , if you're at at that. so listen, if you're in part of if you're in a political party, you kind of have to do as you're told, don't you, by the leader of that party. that was always going to be a struggle for you , and you be a struggle for you, and you still think you can maintain your integrity as a potential mp whilst swimming against the tide a little . a little. >> well, my, that's why knocking on people's doors and they're getting a chance to look me in the eye and say, can i trust

that bloke? and so my first loyalty is to the people that vote for me. and so i am not going to say yes to something thatis going to say yes to something that is not in the benefit of my, my constituents or or the city i'm representing. that's, you know, i put the constituency and the party, unless it's an issue of national security , but issue of national security, but because they're the people who've trusted in me, not just on july the 4th, 24, but every day until the next general election. and that's if they don't want someone who's like that, then, you know, i shouldn't have been put on the approved list because i'm not hiding who i am. >> that's true. >> that's true. >> can i ask you, james, how frustrating is it for you working hard , flat out every day working hard, flat out every day in this in in your part of the world, when it is the gaffes that are going on in london, it's not just on, the betting scandal, the prime minister coming back early from the d—day commemoration . you were part of commemoration. you were part of the military yourself, yourself . the military yourself, yourself. mr it seems it's been mistake after mistake. it must be intensely frustrating for you .

intensely frustrating for you. >> yeah, it is it is frustrating. >> and it's demotivating for everyone else that you're coming outwith. and it's very hard , outwith. and it's very hard, hard to defend. and the pressures that are on everyone. you know, prime minister leading the election campaign . but one the election campaign. but one of the things that i've always lived by, what i've done is, is personal responsibility. and then if no, there's a debate in in the kitchen, i'm standing in and that was organised, you know, so all the candidates went, but i've made a prior agreement to speak at a charity evening and so i didn't go. i've got loads of grief for not pitching up to the hustings, but i'd already made a commitment to this charity and actually to let i felt letting them down was more important than me blowing my own trumpet on stage . my own trumpet on stage. >> there aren't that many sports people who've gone into politics and made a success of it, although i do think probably from a character point of view, we could do with some more sports people in politics. how

hard have you worked, james, in the last 12 months on this ? the last 12 months on this? >> it's i think one of the things people are really understand is that you go through to a seat selection, unless you live in the, in the constituency already. >> so the seesahai i'm standing for, i got told i made it through to the sift on the thursday and then there's the one of the selection from 8 to 3 one of the selection from 8 to 3 on the sunday morning. and then on the sunday morning. and then on sunday afternoon went from 3 to 1, by which stage i'm committing to living here within three days because you've got to really understand the people you're representing and their issues affect them every day. and so that's what people do. so you i've stopped work and i've thrown everything into it because that's what people deserve. they're giving you their one vote. they've got they've got to know you're not playing at it alongside alongside other stuff. and no, i'm not the most experienced politician . but what i am is politician. but what i am is i don't often take a backward step . i've got a pretty strong moral

compass and, it's tom moore up. i'm going to call them out on it, and i expect the same to be done to me. >> i can confirm all of that is true, james, good to see you. thank you so much for joining true, james, good to see you. thank you so much forjoining us this morning. >> and, james, well done for speaking out because you're you'll feel the heat at some point from tory hq. >> i can tell you . >> i can tell you. >> well done. thank you. i look forward to it. all right. >> take care james. >> take care james. >> well, we don't need to do that sake. >> we do need to do this. >> we do need to do this. >> we do need to do this. >> we do need to do the full list of candidates. because in colchester, where james is standing, our pam cox, labour, james cracknell, conservative party, martin goss, lib dem, terrence longstaff , reform uk, terrence longstaff, reform uk, james rolph for the climate party and ed sarah nicola ruth for the green party >> you don't always think you're going to end up interviewing your ex—husband on tv , do you? your ex—husband on tv, do you? aren't you? i don't have one. right. | aren't you? i don't have one. right. i need a coffee. husband. not yet, up next, jake rowley says that labour have abandoned women. do you agree? is it a deal breaker? this is britain's

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gb news. >> 1022 bev turner reading. having just interviewed her ex—husband, james cracknell . ex—husband, james cracknell. this is gb news andrew joy. >> that andrew. >> that andrew. >> he's a nice boy. i've met him once.i >> he's a nice boy. i've met him once. i think he's a very nice bloke, actually. he's very nice. and i think he was quite right to speak out. and he will feel the heat because tory hq will be furious with him. but he said what he thinks and he shouldn't back off. >> you don't employ a guy like james and not know that he's going to be frank and honest. and at times, if that's uncomfortable, then so be it. and i genuinely think that the british public want more politicians who are going to be honest. it's what people hear repeatedly is that they don't trust politicians. >> so we have in the studio with us our panel, piers pottinger and former labour mp luciana berger, we can talk about, jk

rowling, conversion therapy. you lot are losing the women's vote. >> well, i don't think i don't think that's true at all. i mean, i was out knocking on doors yesterday and there's loads of women. j.k. rowling says you are. well, she's she's absolutely entitled to raise her concerns. keir starmer i think has been pretty robust in saying that he wants to listen very closely to her and has extended her the opportunity to have a meeting. and i think that's really important that any concerns that anyone has, irrespective of their gender, can be raised with the leadership of the labour party and that the party should be addressing it. >> i think what what i think the fear and i do think it's a bit strange that this trans issue gets all so much publicity and so much traction that it does when it actually affects a tiny number of people. >> and on that very point, again, i just come back to knocking on doors as i have done. people aren't talking. they're not really. it hasn't come up once, not once on the doorstep. and i know, you know, we spend an extraordinary amount of time discussing it on these types of programs. but it is striking that, you know, that

it's the accusation is that keir starmer will just go with the flow of whatever is popular to say at the time, if that's a very noisy minority of people, in this case, some trans activists , which i do draw activists, which i do draw a distinction between those who are trans activists and those who are just trans people who want to live a quiet life that he will be led by a very quiet minority mob. i don't accept that at all. and it's obviously specifically about the what's happening at the moment that there is a consultation going on into what's taught in our schools pshe, sex and relationship education. there is an ongoing consultation. it hasn't concluded it doesn't do so until the 11th of july. i think he's absolutely right that we should wait for that process to conclude. anyone, including your viewers, can participate in that can make their views known. and as we would do with any government consultation, including what might be a new incoming government, depending on what the election result is next thursday , that those those next thursday, that those those those responses should be considered and be amalgamated into any wes streeting, the shadow health secretary said he

thinks the process can be cruel. >> i sort of know because because it can take years and have to go before a panel. shouldn't somebody have to be living in the opposite, different for gender two years before they can make really big decisions as well? and it looks like labour are going to change that absolute. >> categorically not. that's not the case. again, obviously looked at this issue very, very closely and labour is very, very clear that that two year process would continue . would continue. >> do we get all out of proportion, piers, i think so to some degree, because it's still the trans gender. people are still a very small minority. but i do think j.k. rowling has been remarkable for her stand, and i commend her immensely for standing up to women's rights, for women's rights, and also another sportsperson, sharron davies, of course, who's been superb on this. and to be fair to the labour party , rachel to the labour party, rachel reevesis to the labour party, rachel reeves is meeting j.k. rowling, i believe, to discuss jk rowling's concerns, which i

think is a positive sign, but i fear, as you said, that keir, when he gets in, will just decide to go with the flow and as always, listen to the minority rather than look at the majority. >> you've, you've you've got you've got here. hilary cass, who did that landmark review after the tavistock institute saying she's really concerned. she said dreadful. she says it's dreadful. but to change the rule on conversion therapy, how do you have bullet proof legislation? it's a teacher who says to a 15 year old child, if you get rid of conversion therapy, no, don't do this. you're wrong. you're wrong. is she then guilty of. persecuting a potential trans person? will they be prosecuted? >> well, let's be very clear. >> well, let's be very clear. >> cassie's worried about. >> cassie's worried about. >> let's be well. and again, i've looked very, very closely at her comments. and let's be very clear what we're talking about when we when we speak about when we when we speak about conversion therapy, it is abuse. and it's been recognised by all parties. and it's actually six years ago that the conservatives promised that they

would bring in laws to ban conversion therapy in this country, which is completely distinct from talking therapies from counselling, from having conversations within families. is it ? yes, absolutely. is it? yes, absolutely. >> cassie's worried it isn't. >> cassie's worried it isn't. >> no no no no . >> no no no no. >> it's how you draw the law up. >> it's how you draw the law up. >> no, i think there's legitimate concerns about making sure that the legislation and any future laws are watertight to make sure that professionals that are counselling experts, that are counselling experts, that are counselling experts, that are psychologists , that are that are psychologists, that are involved in talking therapies for people to have relationships and discussions with their religious leaders and within the family that that all should continue. but the very specific, distinct practice of conversion therapy in this country, which is abuse , which includes things is abuse, which includes things like exorcisms, which includes forced and, you know, giving people various medications or things to take, you know, that is completely distinct. and that is completely distinct. and that is what we should outlaw in this country. and it's frankly, very well, i'm very, very disappointed that it hasn't happened.thus disappointed that it hasn't happened. thus far. and of course, there should be protections within the

legislation that comes forward. and we've already had within parliament a ten minute rule bill which seeks to do this. and so there's been many conversations. and lucas is right to voice her concerns . and right to voice her concerns. and those concerns must be addressed with any future legislation. and it's a shame that we've had to wait all this time to bring it forward. >> okay, piers, let's talk about this. >> five years of tax rises ahead. no matter who wins the election. according to the ifs. do you think that's true. well i'm more inclined to believe the institute for fiscal studies than i am either party's manifesto. i'm afraid , and of manifesto. i'm afraid, and of course, the worst of all, the lib dems and the greens, which are completely pie in the sky stuff. so we don't need to bother about them and reform, too, and, reforms stuff. >> well, it was they were brutal about reform . about reform. >> absolutely. well, i mean, the thing is that people don't really care about reforms, maths . they care about the single issue of immigration more than anything else. and unfortunately

, nigel farage has made a big mistake, in my view , over mistake, in my view, over ukraine. and i think he's lost a lot of votes as a result of that, i think he's lost a lot of momentum. i think it was his ed miliband bacon sandwich moment, which starmer hasn't had yet. there's still time. there's still time for starmer to make a terrible mistake, a la miliband or kinnock. but i doubt it'll happen because they're playing such a safe game, trying to not say anything that will upset anyone. i mean, on education on at the weekend bridget phillipson, the shadow education secretary, made some ludicrous statements saying they were going to halve violence to women and girls. how on earth can you pluck a figure out of the air like that? how can you say something as absurd as that? she also said earlier that every child in the country will have an expert teacher . again, an expert teacher. again, ludicrous claims and promises. i don't think the general public

at all buy any of these platitudes and nonsensical. >> where does that figure come from? >> luciana a 50% reduction. >> luciana a 50% reduction. >> well , we see >> luciana a 50% reduction. >> well, we see some terrible statistics in this country of women not not only subject to violence, but women who are murdered in this country by their partners, by their male partners. >> and we have a responsibility to do something. you'll perhaps have heard jess phillips, who every year reads out the names of women who are murdered in this country. so i think it's absolutely right that any government, including a potential labour government, should set out a pledge to try and do something about it. >> i come from london, where the crime rates are soaring. labour controlled under the dreadful sadiq khan, where crime has just gone through the roof. i mean, he's done nothing about prevent women's crime and, you know, labour controlled councils are probably the worst areas. labour doesn't. there's the worst crime. >> labour doesn't control the criminal justice system. >> but the police and crime commissioner for london and the metropolitan police is the confidence amongst women with

the metropolitan police is at an all time low. >> sarah everard, the way they police the demonstration where they behave so terribly to those women demonstrators. >> that's why we've seen a replacement of the commission. i think that was absolutely right. and the met has got a job. >> what about where did she get the figure of 50% reduction? well, i think it's about having a target of reducing the number of women that are murdered. >> so did she pick out the women that are attacked? i mean, i don't have her. >> no, no, no, no, not at all. » i— >> no, no, no, no, not at all. >> i mean, what's what's most striking? i don't have the exact figure in front of me. i know it's less than 10% of women who are raped in this country see a conviction. and that is something that should concern us all. and ultimately, it's not labour councils that run our court systems and our tribunals and pay our barristers and all that system. we've got a massive, massive issue where these cases, you know, even when they go to the courts are not even tried. so i think that's ultimately it's something that needs to be seriously addressed. okay. >> thank you both. you're back a little later. piers pottinger luciana berger first though, time for your very latest news headunes time for your very latest news headlines with sophia wenzler.

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>>1039 this is britain's newsroom on gb news. some breaking news now relating to the betting scandal . and tom the betting scandal. and tom harwood has the latest. what's happened? tom, i've just received word from conservative campaign headquarters that two candidates caught up in this betting scandal have had their support removed by the conservative party. >> this means the party will no longer be campaigning for them, producing literature for them, knocking on doors for them. but of course, because nominations closed several weeks ago, their names will still appear on the ballot paper in their constituencies next to the conservative party brand . it's conservative party brand. it's a similar situation to what happenedin similar situation to what happened in george galloway's , happened in george galloway's, seat in that by—election, where the labour party candidate had the labour party candidate had the support withdrawn and obviously there were electoral consequences there. but ultimately the names can't be taken off the ballot paper. i'll just read you the statement , just read you the statement, which i've been sent as a result of ongoing internal inquiries, we have concluded that we can no

longer support craig williams or laura saunders as parliamentary candidates at the forthcoming general election . we have general election. we have checked with the gambling commission that this decision does not compromise the investigation that they are conducting , which investigation that they are conducting, which is investigation that they are conducting , which is rightly conducting, which is rightly independent and ongoing. now, this is a shift from what the conservatives were saying up until today for the last week, they were saying, we can't touch this, we can't comment upon this because that would compromise the independence of the investigation , on which a lot of investigation, on which a lot of journalists were pointing out . journalists were pointing out. it's hard to see how it would compromise the independence of that investigation. it seems now that investigation. it seems now that cchq, the conservative campaign headquarters, agrees. >> let's be clear. craig williams, who was the candidate in montgomeryshire, admitted placing a bet yes, of £100 at 5 to 1 on the date of the general election. he was the prime minister's parliamentary private secretary, which means effectively , he's his bag carry effectively, he's his bag carry with him at virtually every meeting would be privy to all the big decisions, whether it's

a foreign decision. so he knew he had privileged inside information, insider trading bang to rights. he should have been suspended on the spot. >> it does seem that this decision was inevitable and the pressure was growing more and more candidates were simply baffled, baffled that it's took this long, that there wasn't hard and fast action against it. and in some ways it sort of has this similar ring to what happened with partygate. after all, this is not rishi sunak placing bets. this isn't people in the cabinet, it's that sort of rung below. it's the people that are tangentially involved. craig williams of course, this sort of bridge between parliament and the prime minister, but very lowly, lowly, not even a minister. right. it's what's known as a pps , an unpaid what's known as a pps, an unpaid role. yeah, but but of course an mp until dissolution as well. but it does seem that this is a decision that was inevitable. although so baffling, that it took this long to arrive. >> and we were talking to to, james cracknell just a few moments ago, who described what

was happening. well, he used the four letter word and he was outraged that the candidate, particularly williams, was still there . there. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> without saying so specifically, he said if that had been part of an olympic team, been thrown out, and it's all just so silly because these mps earn around £90,000 a year, £100 on a bet. >> i mean , really, is it worth >> i mean, really, is it worth throwing away a very high paid job, respect all the rest of it for £100 of a flutter? it just is baffling. and i think that's what the reaction from most people when they hear this is no judgement, but the sense of entitlement that they could . entitlement that they could. >> and michael gove, didn't, he say in that interview at the weekend he said it, it has echoes of partygate because we'll do things differently to how the rest of the country behave. we can do it differently because we can and just just how silly it all is. >> and that's the that's the other parallel, i think. >> so the thing so, so just for people. so these people will still stand as candidates. >> yes. they can't be removed because the ballot papers have been printed. >> so and they're technically

they one of them could win. that's right. so their election material is already printed says conservative on it. that's not going to change now. they're just not getting what like what are the difference for them in the run up to the with with just over a week to go. >> so candidates of course get national mail outs from the central party. they have their campaigners who will knock on doors for them, deliver leaflets . they might still work for them, get out the vote organisation, they will be told not to by the conservative party. if anyone does campaign for either craig williams or laura saunders, then they they will be doing that in a personal capacity. >> they may choose to do some of them might choose to do that. >> i doubt many of them will, and they will be sort of redeployed. >> well, there's a parallel in islington north, of course, where jeremy corbyn is standing as a candidate independent and the chairman of the local labour party was caught campaigning for him, hiding behind a garden wall. yeah. >> and that's, that's because there are strict rules. >> if you campaign for a different political party, a different political party, a different candidate against the labour candidate, you you'll be removed from the party. >> yeah. sometimes i just think

politics are hiding behind a garden wall. >> we found you. it's behind you.so >> we found you. it's behind you. so she'll be out. the party, right? >> let us know your thoughts this morning. get involved. gbnews.com/yoursay your say. but we're now going to gb news political correspondent katherine forster. how many days do you look at politics, catherine, and think it's completely bonkers when you hear scenarios like this? could the prime minister have handled it differently? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well, yes, i think he could have handled it differently. and to be honest, i'm not remotely surprised that these two candidates have been suspended. i think a lot of people, though, will be wondering what took the prime minister so long to do this, because it's clearly, massively politically damaging, isn't it? and it's two weeks since craig williams, you know, first emerged that he'd put a bet, you know, just a couple of days before the election was announced. he was, of course, a

private secretary to rishi sunak. he was in a privileged position in a position to have inside information . he admitted inside information. he admitted it and he apologised . but he was it and he apologised. but he was up until right now, still the conservative party candidate for montgomeryshire . so quite montgomeryshire. so quite astonishing really. and i was in nonh astonishing really. and i was in north wales last friday with the prime minister when they were launching their conservative manifesto for wales. and in the q&a afterwards, i stood up and i asked for gb news why he didn't just suspend the candidate . it's just suspend the candidate. it's because, you know, craig williams had admitted it and i'd investigation or no investigation. they've wasted a lot of political capital that they frankly don't have . now, they frankly don't have. now, i was heckled for asking that question, but i just wanted to understand why , why. and understand why, why. and afterwards, on the bus journalists, we went round and round with the prime minister

trying to get to the bottom of why he didn't just suspend them. so sure, it's happened now, but i think a huge amount of damage has been done because we've heard it from all sides. but even as you say, michael gove comparing it to partygate, james cracknell just before plenty of voices on the conservatives own side, saying how dreadful this is. so sure the prime minister has acted and i think that will be welcomed. the question is why he didn't do it sooner. >> okay. thank you very much, catherine. katherine forster. there a lot of you at home getting in touch to say quite how warm it is out there today. one of you saying you're making a one of you saying you're making 6 lug one of you saying you're making a jug of pimms. would you like would we like to join them a bit early? well yeah, it is only 10 to 11. haven't happy dodi. tell me about me. that's quite positive. did you. anybody sleep? did you sleep last night, tom? how hot was it? >> was hot last night. >> was hot last night. >> it was boiling , but >> was hot last night. >> it was boiling, but i >> was hot last night. >> it was boiling , but i found >> it was boiling, but i found boiling quite hard to sleep for the last week because actually,

it's been. it's been muggy. it's very muqqy it's been. it's been muggy. it's very muggy the last few days. yeah. today was the real hot. >> a large pot of cream soda helps tom noted. >> not at 1047 in the morning, though. right up next, we're going to be hearing from you because this is britain's newsroom, the people's channel, only on

gb news. >> 1050. yeah. >> 1050. yeah. >> britain's newsroom on gb news with our lovely, shiny new studio this morning. >> i've got the wrong colour jacket on. apparently. >> no, i think you look all right. just the background. >> darker colours. probably. >> darker colours. probably. >> you've got to turn on the radio. you've got to, if you're listening on the radio, you need to look on the telly. >> now, i was trying to be summery, so. summery, 50. >> summery, so. >> but you can be summery with different colours now, as you know. thank you very much. in the gallery now throughout the election campaign, we've been heanng election campaign, we've been hearing from people across the uk about what really matters to them in this election.

>> so today we are talking to anastasia tempest from leeds. good morning anastasia, thank you so much beverley and andrew. morning. morning. right what's playing on your mind with just over a week until the election , over a week until the election, an awful lot is actually playing on my mind. >> i used to be a member of the, nofice >> i used to be a member of the, notice used to be a member of the liberal party, and now i just feel that i don't know who to for , vote i have three to for, vote i have three concerns. the nhs , that's an concerns. the nhs, that's an absolute nightmare. it needs a complete overhaul . social care complete overhaul. social care has not even had a mention. and as for crime that just needs to be taken more seriously, and what i'm absolutely fed up by is, people disabilities just don't. well, i'm, there's a lot to be fed up by, but people with disabilities just don't get the thought of when it comes to the manifesto. and it's really , manifesto. and it's really, really frustrating. it's such a an important , sector of society.

an important, sector of society. people with disabilities . people with disabilities. anastasia, do you have hardly any voice? >> yeah. do you have a disability , anastasia or do you? disability, anastasia or do you? >> i do have, yes. >> it's . sorry, i should have >> it's. sorry, i should have mentioned cerebral palsy , and of mentioned cerebral palsy, and of course, you have mild to very, very severe. but, you know, i don't feel i've got a voice and i think it's very important not to waste the, vote, though, but i'm oscillating. i mean, i'm very i've always been oscillating between who do i vote for? i've always been very interested in, politics. but today i just, wonder why now, when it comes to the, nhs in 2023, there was a some kind of system set up, and i actually wrote it down because i wanted to get the exact wording correct. digital mutual aid system , which basically means if system, which basically means if you've got a serious health

condition , which i have, and i condition, which i have, and i don't mean cp cerebral palsy , cp don't mean cp cerebral palsy, cp for short, cerebral palsy , i've for short, cerebral palsy, i've got a gastroenterology problem and i've been on a waiting list for over four years now. a couple of weeks ago, i actually, got a phone call, and i got told that i have to wait another, 12 months and i'm losing two coin a phrase. i'm losing the will to live , i mean, the country hasn't live, i mean, the country hasn't just. it's not falling apart. it's already fallen apart. and i think what we need, i mean , think what we need, i mean, nobody's going to take notice of me. i was invited to 10 downing street. one. >> anastasia. we're taking nofice >> anastasia. we're taking notice of you. >> well thank you. i really appreciate the fact that you've given me a voice, because even you know my no pun intended. but even if you haven't got a leg to stand on, it's more difficult. >> it really is. >> it really is. >> well, anastasia, you said,

you know, you don't feel heard. we've heard you. and we are grateful for your time this morning. thank you so much. here's the . weather. here's the. weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news hot and sunny for many places in the south today, but cloudy and cooler in the north and with a few showers we start the day with cloud cover across some western and northwestern parts of the uk, northern ireland, western scotland seeing a few spots of rain by the afternoon. the weather front responsible for that rain pushes into eastern scotland , northern england and scotland, northern england and could give a few showers, perhaps some longer spells of rain for northeastern parts of scotland. otherwise widespread sunny skies for much of england and wales, and rising temperatures 30 or 31 celsius possible in some of the hotter

spots later tuesday, some of the heavier rain across northeast scotland begins to clear, but it could last until the evening and there'll be always the chance of a shower or two. further west, across scotland and in the south, particularly over the southern uplands, it's drying up and clearing up across northern ireland. but for northern england, yeah, 1 or 2 sharp showers possible over the north pennines, for example, wales central and southern england, though plenty of sunshine, particularly through the evening. actually, it's likely to become increasingly sunny as the sun starts to go down and then clear skies overnight as then clear skies overnight as the cloud and rain in the north—east starts to move into the north sea. always a chance of the odd shower continuing in 1 or 2 spots overnight. however, perhaps the odd rumble of thunder as well, but it's a warm night for many of us. 17 celsius in some spots by dawn, and so it could be uncomfortable for sleeping. nevertheless for most

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>> princess anne is in hospital for a third day after being injured by a horse . meanwhile, injured by a horse. meanwhile, we're eagerly awaiting the japanese state visit and our man karen walker is outside buckingham palace , the king buckingham palace, the king keeping calm and carrying on. >> today . meanwhile, he's >> today. meanwhile, he's keeping on a close eye on the condition of his sister. the princess royal, who remains in hospital today . hospital today. >> a heat wave at last. a yellow, a yellow heat health alert is in place across most of england, with temperatures expected to reach up to 31 c. >> strange footage of people and dogsin >> strange footage of people and dogs in a swimming pool. oh, right. wikileaks founder julian assange has walked free from belmarsh prison after agreeing to an american plea deal. >> what is the mindset in the downing street thinks? well, hang on to these candidates for a week. cause maximum damage to our campaign.

a week. cause maximum damage to our campaign . and then when the our campaign. and then when the cacophony of protests and noise becomes deafening , okay, we'll becomes deafening, okay, we'll push him under a bus. >> do you know what i still can't think about that. stop thinking about that footage i've just seen of an outdoor swimming pool with human beings and dogs swimming in it at the same time. i'm going to try and find out for you at home where that is. i can't think of anything worse than going swimming in a pool with dogs. >> we want to know where it is so we never go in the same pool. >> i love an outdoor swim, not with a labrador. gb news. com forward slash your say to tell us your thoughts if you can shed any light on that footage i'd love to know. first though, here's your news with sofia. >> andrew and bev. thank you. good morning. from the gb newsroom. at 11:01, your top story this hour. newsroom. at 11:01, your top story this hour . julian assange story this hour. julian assange departed the united kingdom early this morning after agreeing to plead guilty to a single felony count in a us court. the 52 year old founder of wikileaks is due to appear before a federal judge in the mariana islands, a us territory in the western pacific. he's

expected to be sentenced to five years, roughly the equivalent of the time he's already served in britain. the australian prime minister anthony albanese, told parliament the case has gone on for too long. >> i've been very clear as both the labour leader in opposition but also as prime minister that regardless of the views that people have about mr assange's activities , the case has dragged activities, the case has dragged on for too long. there is nothing to be gained by his continued incarceration, and we want him brought home to australia . australia. >> assange's release caps off a long and bitter standoff with the united states that started with his arrest on a swedish warrant in 2010. he's since become a divisive symbol, celebrated by some as a crusader for truth. but criticised by others who view him as a threat to national security . through to national security. through wikileaks, assange has revealed state secrets related to us activities in iraq, and even

published stolen emails from the us democratic party, which damaged hillary clinton's presidential campaign . in other presidential campaign. in other news, labour says reducing knife crime is not a problem for a single government department as it pledges to crack down on the problem. the party's plan will include creating a new cross—government coalition to work on solutions, as well as community hubs involving youth workers, mental health support workers, mental health support workers and career advisers . as workers and career advisers. as sir keir starmer says, cracking down on knife crime is a moral mission. >> i was the chief prosecutor for five years and therefore i prosecuted many cases involving the use of knives, and i've made it my personal mission to deal with this. it is a moral mission as far as i'm concerned , and it as far as i'm concerned, and it isn't a question of urban versus rural. in fact, i think there's more knife crime, sadly, in rural areas, or at least it's going up more quickly. and i think it's not fair on the families we've been hearing from this morning to simply point the

finger to somebody else. this is something which a government needs to take responsibility for. i will take responsibility for. i will take responsibility for , on a cross—party basis, to for, on a cross—party basis, to make the change that we need. >> meanwhile, the metropolitan police has denied leaking the names of conservatives implicated in the election betting scandal. reports in the telegraph suggest the cabinet office suspected the involvement of police officers , after the of police officers, after the identities of those involved were made public. the newspaper also reports that a further five police officers are under investigation by the gambling commission. it comes after the conservative party confirmed it can no longer support candidates craig williams and laura saunders, who were accused of betting on the timing of the election. meanwhile, rishi sunak has criticised sir keir starmer's proposals to kerb migration , saying it would lead migration, saying it would lead to thousands more people coming to thousands more people coming to the uk . the prime minister to the uk. the prime minister claimed labour would make the uk a soft touch illegal migration capital of the world, but the

opposition says that's instead of a gimmick. labour will get a grip on the issue. it comes as the number of small boat migrants who have crossed the channel hit a new record high of 12,901. meanwhile reform uk leader nigel farage says nothing will change until we leave the european court of human rights. >> well, this lot behind me waiting for a labour government where they hell, it's over 128,000 people have come, 90% of them young men, many coming from war zones, from areas plagued by terrorism, gang crime . and my terrorism, gang crime. and my hunchis terrorism, gang crime. and my hunch is that he had to call the election early because he'd promised planes would go to rwanda in july. he told us people were in detention already waiting to go. do you know every single one of those people has been released on bail and at least half have absconded already. there were no boats going to rwanda. we will not solve this problem until we leave the european court of human rights. >> and a yellow heat health

alert is in force across most of the country, with temperatures set to exceed 30 degrees today. yesterday's high topped 28 degrees in surrey, making it the hottest day of the year so far. that's almost certain to be surpassed today , with central surpassed today, with central london expecting some of the hottest conditions . the rnli is hottest conditions. the rnli is urging people to take care as more people head to coastal and beach areas. but forecasters are warning the heat won't last long, with showers and possibly thunderstorms predicted later tomorrow . meteorologist tamsin tomorrow. meteorologist tamsin green says britain isn't well prepared for hot weather. 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. now it's back to andrew and . bev. >> welcome back. >> welcome back. >> welcome back. >> welcome britain's newsroom on gb news. the time is 1107. lots of you getting in touch.

>> of course. absolutely bob the builder has said starmer was a barrister for that reason alone. saysi barrister for that reason alone. says i wouldn't trust him as far as i could throw him. and then somebody has responded to that and said, worse than that, he was a human rights barrister. this is the beauty of this website. you see, you can talk to each other, old bloke in the corner has said my swimming pool in my flat is used on a regular bafis in my flat is used on a regular basis for the local dogs as well. this is because of the extraordinary footage we just watched. >> nice to have a swimming pool in your flat. >> wouldn't it be? >> wouldn't it be? >> yes, i think he's. i think he's joking. but, peter says i've swum with dogs. i was on a beach, i'm not going to be repeating that. i didn't get to the end of that before i read it. and victoria said, how wonderful, swimming with the dogs. when i lived in south africa. i've swum with my ex—boyfriend's labrador. she jumped in the swimming pool to be with me, and we swam alone together. it was awesome. we've had three dogs. one of them would not go in, but the others used to think it was a big drinking bowl. bev, you should try it sometime. i love swimming, but i'm scared of dogs. i've said this before, i'm really scared of all dogs. i'm a complete wuss. so the idea of being in a pool with a dog is

not my idea. but because of the heat, because there's this health heat warning, we're all, but don't children win pools all the time? oh, this took a turn. i wasn't expecting. well, well, hopefully not, unless they're very little . you'd like to think very little. you'd like to think you raise your children not to swim in the pool, but. yeah, let us know how you're keeping cool today. yeah. >> first day of the heatwave, andifs >> first day of the heatwave, and it's going to last till wednesday or thursday. now politically, jonathan ashworth, he's labour's shadow paymaster general , has responded. of general, has responded. of course he has. to the tories finally withdrawing support for the betting round candidates, two of them. he said it is yet another example of rishi sunaks staggeringly weak leadership that it's taken him nearly two weeks to see what was obvious to everybody else. he now needs to come clean with voters across the country and tell them exactly how many of his conservatives are implicated in who they are. >> now. our inbox, andrew, from viewers is saying that they're not really bothered about this issue, that they feel that there are more important things. >> i hear that, but going on, i'm told talking to candidates

and i spoke to a few yesterday, that this is an issue that's really cut through on the doorstep , really just get it. doorstep, really just get it. >> they think, oh blimey, they're in privileged information and they're making money out of it. >> it's it sort of smacks of this idea that conservatives are filling suitcases full of cash before they run out of the door, doesn't it? that's what it looks a little bit like. but i think it is important to point out that, as tom was saying, this isn't a high ranking mp. >> nobody's heard of him. >> nobody's heard of him. >> he made £500 on a bet. i mean, it's a bit poxy , isn't it, mean, it's a bit poxy, isn't it, to be honest. >> you know, if i was going to risk my entire career , i risk my entire career, i wouldn't be putting £100 on. i'd be getting a bank loan and putting £150,000 on. so at least i'd have a big wad of cash. >> yeah, but, you know, you let me know if you do that. >> yeah, well, the thing is , you >> yeah, well, the thing is, you wouldn't even if they'd just put, a bet on for an election in july. that would have got them off the hook. i guess it's the idea that it was specifically on the day. but you didn't have to be mystic.meg to work out that

it might be the 4th of july. >> what they haven't realised is a mechanism kicks in if a if there's a number of bets which win more than £199 on certain days, certain sorts of time , days, certain sorts of time, particularly an issue like politics and they investigated, it didn't take long. yeah. stupid >> yeah. they could have just deau >> yeah. they could have just dealt with it very, very quickly couldn't they. yeah but they didn't. and it's backfired again. yeah. >> now princess anne, princess royal >> now princess anne, princess royal, she is, i have to say, probably my favourite role . probably my favourite role. she's suffering from temporary memory loss after a horse riding accident. well, we think a horse kicked her while she was walking around looking at the horses on her estate, gatcombe park in gloucestershire, and because of this, she won't be able to greet the emperor and empress of japan when they attend a state visit later today hosted by the king. and of course, this is the king's. i think it's the first state visit he's hosted here. so this is a big moment. and of course, state visits are done at the behest of the government because they're trying to improve relations diplomatically, economically and politically. so let's get the latest on all of this from our

royal correspondent, cameron walker from buckingham palace. cameron, we i've over the years come across princess anne and had 1 or 2 conversations with her, which haven't always been easy. she's not always easy with reporters, but i can tell you she'll be pretty frustrated to be bedridden and told she's got to stay bedridden for a few days because she is a real derm, needs to get on with it. but concussion can be serious and she is 73. >> yeah, she's pretty matter of fact, isn't she, andrew? and i think she takes after her late father, prince philip, who was also very matter of fact as well. but of course, the princess has now spent her second night in hospital following that injury on sunday evening, we believe involved a horse. you'll see the kicked or headbutted by it, according to medical staff, who say her injuries were consistent with impact of those two parts of a horse. buckingham palace confirming she's suffering from concussion, as you say, but has minor injuries. i understand she is awake and she is comfortable in hospital in bristol telegraph

reporting as you say , but she's reporting as you say, but she's suffering from temporary memory loss now. i do know that an air ambulance was dispatched on sunday evening when emergency services were called. her husband, tim laurence, and her son and daughter , zara and peter son and daughter, zara and peter were on the estate at the time , were on the estate at the time, but she was transferred by road to hospital, suggesting that the injuries aren't too serious. buckingham palace seems to be insisting that she will seem to make a full recovery at some point, but of course, and she is a keen horsewoman women she rode him. she competed in the 1976 montreal olympics . the king is montreal olympics. the king is being kept closely informed, but his focus today is very much on this state visit. but the princess royal will be missing the state banquet tonight, which perhaps exposes , once again this perhaps exposes, once again this slimmed down monarchy or the fragility of the slimmed down monarchy. because i also understand the princess of wales is not going to be attending any part of the, ceremonial events today. so the king will be at horse guards parade later to greet the emperor and empress of japan. greet the emperor and empress of

japan . prince william will be japan. prince william will be picking them up from their hotel. there's going to be a guard of honour provided by the welsh guards. they'll then process up here to buckingham palace from horse guards parade in carriages. they'll then view some items from the royal collection trust. 400 years of soft diplomatic relations between the british royal family and the japanese emperor, and empresses. because of a general election, we thought this might not actually happen. it's already been postponed once before because of the, coronavirus pandemic. but all the political elements have been taken out. so there's no meeting in downing street, there's no speech by the emperor of japan within westminster hall in front of mps because of course, there aren't any mps at the moment. a foreign, a foreign minister for japan, a foreign official, i should say, says the visit is not political, but it's about friendly relations , forging friendly relations, forging friendly relations, forging friendly relations, forging friendly relations across generations. and that's what king charles and the monarchy is all about. that power of soft diplomacy, but a bit of a headache because you're losing all, all, all the stars, as it were. we've lost princess anne, we've lost the princess of wales

temporarily. so it's going to be the king, the queen, prince william. and we'll have to see what other minor royals perhaps turn up, because they have been kind of called upon in recent months to carry out some kind of engagement, such as hosting a garden party or being in the carriage procession at ascot last week, just finally, cameron, do we know any more about what happened at gatcombe park? >> because we know that she likes each night, whether she's been out at an official visit to wander around chatting to the horses, seeing the horses because she loves horses, was she on her own? and was she potentially on her own for some time before she was found? if she was knocked unconscious? yes >> yes. a gatcombe park is the gloucestershire home of the princess royal. i understand she wasn't riding her horse at the time, but as you say, she was walking along and it appears unclear exactly what happened because medical staff are the ones saying that her injuries are consistent with an impact from a horse's head or legs , from a horse's head or legs, which suggests the princess herself can't tell you herself

what happened to her. we don't know if she was alone or if she was with people , but we do know was with people, but we do know that tim lawrence, her husband peter phillips and zara tindall, her son and daughter were both on the estate at the time and again, details remaining very unclear as to who actually raised the alarm. whether she was found within the grounds of gatcombe park or if she was with somebody who managed to call the ambulance. >> okay. thank you cameron, i'll tell you what, the conspiracy theorists are going to go into overdrive about the fact that she got hit on the head on her own and she can't remember what happened. i know apparently an air ambulance was called to, and poor princess anne. yeah, horses are unpredictable. >> they are. but she knows all about them. >> you know, her father famously said about princess anne, unless it smells of hay or or farts. oh, she's not interested . oh, she's not interested. >> because she'd just say about her husband. horses? >> well , they said it was the >> well, they said it was the injury. might have been, could be an effect with the horse's head. horse's head? >> which is. which is. that's quite a weapon. >> they do. they can sort of whack on side and or maybe she's been kicked and fallen over and

banged her head. we don't know. we just hope she's okay. we wish it was a lot of our favourite royals. >> she's she is in bed and she's reading. i bet you she's not reading. i bet you she's not reading about herself in the papen >>i papen >> i think you're fine. she's watching gb news andrew pierce. i'm sure she is. good morning. >> do you remember me, ma'am? >> do you remember me, ma'am? >> met you a couple of weeks ago at the palace, and you said, why am i to talking somebody like am ito talking somebody like you did? occur to me. she put it quite like that because what she meant. that's why we love her right up next, find out which secretary of state has thrown her hat into the ring for the top job as prime minister. >> this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> 1120 britain's newsroom @gbnews the andrew pearson bev turner. the panel are back. luciana berger, the former labour mp and our favourite political strategist. piers pottinger piers , before we get pottinger piers, before we get into other things, you know more about horses than anybody i

know, not least because you gave me two winners and a place at ascot on saturday. so in the money, of course, as you know, i don't very much. the princess royalis don't very much. the princess royal is was concussed or not unconscious. we think . what unconscious. we think. what would you think might have happened? >> it's hard to tell, but horses. i've been hit by the head of a horse, and it's a very. i mean, it the head is a very. i mean, it the head is a very heavy , much heavier than a very heavy, much heavier than a human head. and if it swings round with some force and hits the skull in the right place, it can be very damaging. and of course, the skull. human skull is quite thin compared to a horse's head , hitting you at horse's head, hitting you at some with some force. a leg . some with some force. a leg. even worse, it can kill you and i mean princess anne's. no youngster. and i'm afraid you know horses are dangerous animals or can be. >> you know all that? of course. yeah. she would know experience. >> i always i've got a but you

can never tell with a horse what spooks them. what frightens them. yeah. it can be. for example, someone at one side was in a paddock where someone's umbrella was brightly coloured and it threw the horse completely and it went nuts. so you really have to be careful around horses, particularly thoroughbreds, which are very highly strung. >> and what we saw a few weeks ago with those horses that went on the rampage in central london because they were spooked by a builder. absolutely >> yeah. but i mean, it doesn't take much . but also, it may have take much. but also, it may have just been irritated by something and kicked out, and accidentally , i mean, it would have been not deliberate by any means. it would have just been something thatis would have just been something that is an sounds like an unfortunate accident, but, the force with which it could have happened is, you know, it's severe. the worry is that she was knocked out, doesn't remember what happened and was well on her own for we don't know how long until she was . know how long until she was. >> she was found. absolutely. >> she was found. absolutely. >> i mean, we just hope she's going to make a swift recovery.

yeah. they need. i mean, she knows far more about horses than i do. knows far more about horses than ido.and knows far more about horses than i do. and she's been a terrific patron of the racing welfare for, with which i used to sit on the board of it as a trustee. and she was a terrific leader of that. and we can only wish her the very best. >> did you meet her as an mp? >> did you meet her as an mp? >> i haven't met her. no, i met many other of the royal family favourite . well, i think meeting favourite. well, i think meeting the queen on a number of occasions , i think. i think that occasions, i think. i think that would probably be. >> did you curtsy? >> did you curtsy? >> i did, yes, absolutely. yeah. >> i did, yes, absolutely. yeah. >> when i met princess sam just a couple of weeks ago, i completely forgot to bow. i know you don't have to, but it's just such a it's not what you. it didn't occur to me and my partner was saying next nod of the head. he of course bowed , the head. he of course bowed, making me feel foolish. and i thought, why didn't i do those those helpful instructions to. >> yeah, tell you what to do, i completely forgot. >> yeah. i don't think she cared , right. let's talk about sunak versus starmer . in the latest versus starmer. in the latest pre—election grilling and

immigration, stopping illegal immigration, stopping illegal immigration, stopping illegal immigration, stopping the boats came up yet again. luciano, who came up yet again. luciano, who came out on top, in your opinion on this? >> well, i don't think i think it's very difficult for anyone to take sunak seriously on this issue when just this week we've seen record levels of people crossing the channel in small boats, we've now surpassed the record that was, made in 2022. it's close to 13,000 people, and this is people that are being exploited at the hands of these horrific trafficking gangs that are charging thousands and thousands of pounds. and yet these numbers have only sought to increase when we were told that they would decrease. and it seems like, you know, the prime minister has been obsessed by this plan to send 300 people to rwanda, all while , you know, rwanda, all while, you know, we've seen a four times increase in the number of people coming across in small boats. so it is across in small boats. so it is a very serious issue. and people are losing their lives. >> so i think it's sunak saying that people are the illegal immigrants, refugees , asylum

immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers are queuing up at the moment in france , just waiting moment in france, just waiting for nine days time when they're going to then all leap on the boats because they know that keir starmer is going to be much more relaxed on this issue. >> oh, i think you know, rishi sunak will do anything possible to deflect away from his own record on this and the conservative government's record of the last 14 years. >> i think it's absolute nonsense. i think labour set out a pretty comprehensive plan about how it wants to create a border security control, using anti—terrorist powers that we have in this country, particularly to smash these criminal gangs, which are at the heart of what we are seeing in terms of this increase in people that are coming across the channel that are coming across the channel, and to also make sure we've got people in place to process these applications. i mean, the numbers of, you know, application processing is abysmal. we've seen a downgrading in terms of the number of people that are doing these jobs, like how they're qualified or not, as as the case may be, to actually do the role and making sure that they're actually, you know, we've got the people to do the job. >> i don't i mean, i'm afraid this first of all, there are

going to be more people coming because the weather is better and the sea is calmer. so they're coming over. and this nonsense that starmer spouts about smashing criminal gangs, it sounds wonderful , about smashing criminal gangs, it sounds wonderful, but about smashing criminal gangs, it sounds wonderful , but given it sounds wonderful, but given that they're not in this country, they don't originate here. how on earth is he going to stop them? because the french, who singularly seem to let these people come across, don't forget, they know who these people are. we've seen endless documentaries of if a bbc reporter or a gb news reporter can find these gang leaders in france , and the leaders in france, and the french police are there doing nothing. we've seen endless footage of them standing by when the dinghies go over. i mean, it's all very well saying we're going to strengthen border control. we're going to do this. well, again , these are vague, well, again, these are vague, vague, empty promises that have no chance of success. >> the tories have done it. >> the tories have done it. >> sorry, it was that easy. wouldn't the tories.

>> well, of course, i mean, the fact is there is a border control. there is an anti—terrorist force . all these anti—terrorist force. all these people are trying to do this. what is labour going to wave some magic wand and suddenly make them all succeed? i don't understand how on earth they're going to do this. >> i mean, i don't accept that. i don't accept that the government has done everything it can and should have done to contend with this issue. you know, for lots of different reasons. but, you know, first of all, you know, about smashing the criminal gangs. they are criminal gangs. and they they should be smashed for the exploitation that they that they impact on so many people using specialist investigators is, can and should and would make a difference. we do not have them in this country. as i said, we've downgraded the very people that are processing applications. we haven't got those specialist investigators. i think that would make a significant difference. i think also having a specific border control would make a difference . control would make a difference. also, we don't have that at this moment in time. these are specific measures which the government hasn't brought forward. it it feels like we've

got this vanity plan of sending people to rwanda, which only impacts on a very few proportion of very few number these 300 people, when in fact there's a much greater challenge. there's only 13,000 people that have crossed the channel over the course of the last six months. >> i don't understand this. not having specific border control. we have border control and it's pretty specific. >> it's not a border security command. it isn't. you know that thatis command. it isn't. you know that that is a distinction. >> what does that mean? >> what does that mean? >> well, in terms of using anti—terrorist powers, we're not using our anti—terrorist powers , using our anti—terrorist powers, as you know. well, because that isn't being used at this time. >> well, you don't know that because a lot of anti—terrorist work is done secretly and not for public consumption. and of course, where anti—terrorist powers are needed, they're used. are you saying all these people coming over in boats are terrorists? >> no, no, but i've also listened very closely to the government and they haven't. no one has said that that isn't the case. and the very people in charge of this country haven't said that . you know what labour said that. you know what labour is setting out can't and can't be done. so i think if it wasn't

true, then they would have a problem with it and we would have heard about it. >> well, i mean, i think a lot of people who do know about this think it's pie in the sky stuff. like nearly all of the labour manifesto . manifesto. >> let's talk about kemi badenoch, who has suggested that i think in an after dinner speech such that she might have ambitions of leading the conservative party after the election? pearce can i well, it'll be a very sorry. >> she says she doesn't. she's not might she does she has them she has those ambitions. yes. >> i'm sure of a debate. i'm sure she does. >> she might be one of the few left standing. well exactly. >> it'll be a very small party. yes, yes, it'll be. they won't need to hire big rooms, no . i need to hire big rooms, no. i mean, well, if she wants to, i'm sure she'll have some supporters. very few. but she'll have some. in my view, we need a complete, clear out of this lot because they failed singularly and they are. they're causing the very near total destruction

of the party for which they should not be forgiven . and i should not be forgiven. and i think we need a fresh approach. we need a fresh leadership from someone who's going to inspire the electorate and be a strong and tough leader. and my i, as a betting man, i would bet on, david frost, lord frost , who betting man, i would bet on, david frost, lord frost, who is a superb man of real substance, a superb man of real substance, a man of total integrity and someone who, has proven that he can negotiate internationally. he did the brexit deal. absolutely. and he's a man. that would be fine. i'm sorry. kemi badenoch just one of this lot who failed miserably. dug their own hole. they keep digging it deepen own hole. they keep digging it deeper. i'm afraid i don't personally think that the members will want to have more of the same. >> it's interesting. >> it's interesting. >> it's interesting. >> i was interesting having this conversation. we haven't yet had the election. obviously, the election is taking place next thursday and it requires people to vote if they want change and they want to see an end of the

chaos of the last 14 years. i mean, the conversation about who potentially might be a future leader within the conservative parties . leader within the conservative parties. interesting. i think, parties. interesting. ithink, on the point about david frost. i mean, he would have to be an mp, and i understand he was prevented from standing as a parliamentary candidate by the conservative party. and that's not my business. that's the conservative party's business. i think what is very interesting is that, nigel farage was asked last week on countless occasions if after the election and the conservatives are not successful, would he be putting himself forward to be leader of the conservative party? and he evaded that question on at least four occasions. it hasn't got that much attention, but i think it's a very serious question which the public deserves to know, actually. is he using this vehicle of reform with the actual intention of trying to take over and lead the conservative party? >> how fair ? how would much >> how fair? how would much would labour fear a farage led conservative party, possibly with boris johnson in the ranks ? with boris johnson in the ranks? >> i mean, you'd have to see who was left in terms of actually, you know, the makeup and the

different, personalities and people. i mean, you know, there's lots of people that are there's lots of people that are there ruling themselves in ruling themselves out. but i do think for someone who professes to be a man of the people and wants to be very open, you know, he's not honest when it comes to this kind of very significant question about what his intentions are. and which party he expects to be a part of and he expects to be a part of and he has talked about a realignment of the right, hasn't he? >> yes. well, there will be a realignment of the right. >> and i mean, it's happening not just in this country, but all over the world, and particularly in france, obviously, where it does look that the national rally will will win and that is not good news for starmer , who wants to news for starmer, who wants to get closer to europe because national rally will want to keep him at arm's length. in my view , him at arm's length. in my view, quite rightly, but it's i think you'll find, i mean , farage, as you'll find, i mean, farage, as i said months ago, if he was leading the conservative party into the election, they'd win .

into the election, they'd win. because, i mean, he is the only person who , when you see being person who, when you see being interviewed, answers the questions directly . he stands questions directly. he stands for simple issues and makes it 100% clear what he stands for with no shilly shallying around. well as the other two, i'm afraid you watch the debates . i afraid you watch the debates. i mean, they're so boring. all they do is not answer the question and give these terrible empty promises. >> but on the fundamental question about his future intentions and his future plans , intentions and his future plans, as nigel farage will not be honest, he was asked that and he had every deflection, every, you know, every answer in his back pocket to say, well, you know, your viewers won't be interested, but he's got a clear plan for now, and it's hypothetical to ask about whether he would join the conservative party. >> he wouldn't rule it out. >> he wouldn't rule it out. >> he wouldn't rule it out. >> he hasn't been asked yet. and he hasn't even he wouldn't rule it out. and in fact, he's written about his hatred of the conservative party, who behaved so badly towards him during the brexit. >> and he really went after bofis >> and he really went after

boris johnson yesterday accusing him of absolute hypocrisy over the russia—ukraine issue. right pierce, and luciana, thank you so much. we are late for the news here. sophia . news here. sophia. >> it's 1133. news here. sophia. >> it's1133. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . your in the gb newsroom. your headlines. the wife of julian assange says he'll seek a full pardon after agreeing to plead guilty to a single felony count of illegally obtaining and disclosing national security material. the 52 year old founder of wikileaks left the uk this morning and is due to appear before a federal judge in the mariana islands, a us territory in the western pacific. he's expected to be sentenced to five years, roughly the equivalent of the time he's already served in britain before returning to australia . the returning to australia. the conservative party says it can no longer support two candidates accused of placing bets on when the election would take place. craig williams and laura

saunders are the subject of inquiries by the gambling commission. both will still appear on election ballots because the deadlines for nominations has now passed . nominations has now passed. meanwhile, the labour party is outlining a plan to tackle knife crime. it will include creating a new cross—government coalition to work on solutions, as well as community hubs involving youth workers and career advisors. the conservatives criticised the plan, accusing labour of failing to tackle knife crime in london and a yellow weather health alert is in force across most of the country, with temperatures set to exceed 30 degrees today. yesterday's high topped 28 degrees in surrey, making it the hottest day of the year so far, but forecasters are warning it won't last long, with showers and possibly thunderstorms predicted later tomorrow . and a predicted later tomorrow. and a japanese state visit hosted by the king will begin soon. but without princess anne, she'll miss today's state banquet after suffering minor injuries to her head when she was kicked by a

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emily and tom. what have you got on the show today? >> well, goodness me, we've got the emperor and empress of japan in town. >> are they coming on the show? >> are they coming on the show? >> ba.2 is going to be here in the studio. >> oh, how nice. >> oh, how nice. >> no, emperor akihito will be greeted by king charles as the official state visit of the japanese royal family gets underway. it's all kicking off around midday. >> i think this is the first one he's hosted in this as king, i think. yes there was a the south koreans came. >> i don't think it was, but that might not have been a full state visit because they were greeted by the prime minister. that's right. although they did have events at buckingham palace as well. yeah, but it's well anyway, it's going to be fabulous and we're going to be there. >> so that's fantastic. >> so that's fantastic. >> but of course princess anne won't be because she's spent a second day in hospital , so we're second day in hospital, so we're going to have some fantastic live footage from there, and we'll be speaking to a number of royal guests. of course, on the political side, i'm interested in this, this row over immigration. another debate today between james cleverly and his counterpart, yvette cooper,

the tories accusing labour of the tories accusing labour of the tories accusing labour of the tories like the debate on this. >> they do because they think they do, even though rwanda is not going to happen because they're going to win the election. >> at least they say they've got a plan. they say they've got a plan and they're saying that, you know, all these migrants are waiting, waiting, biding their time. >> quite a few biding their time, saying, we're waiting till july the 5th. well, is it true? because nigel farage was on a boat today and he was seeing other boats coming. so clearly people aren't biding their time. but it is interesting. >> we would have expected, i think, given the weather was lovely yesterday we would have expected it to be a very high day. and it was it wasn't a very high. we were expecting, i think, 60,000 to be part or 50,000 to be passed yesterday and it wasn't passed. so something is going on. >> there is i don't think that's fair to say because a couple of days ago, weren't there about a thousand people crossing over and also this morning there have been another couple of boats crossing over , been a couple of boats. >> there's a couple of boats. but you'd expect with this weather you'd probably expect some more. >> no, we had a record day there very recently. not yesterday perhaps, though perhaps, though some are biding their time.

>> too many, that's for sure. right. that a lot more. >> also heatwave warnings, heatwave warnings. getting a bit irritated by this . have i got my irritated by this. have i got my sunblock on? of course i do. andrew, you've got lots of water. of course i do. i'm very fair. >> oh, i love nanny state on the tube >> dan tube >> drink water. >> drink water. >> no. it's marvellous. ridiculous. drove me nuts. >> fabulous. right. emily and tom from midday. but still to come, we're going to be talking to a royal expert who thinks that the palace might be downplaying the severity of princess anne's injuries. you're with britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> 1142 britain's newsroom. with gb news. with andrew pearson. bev turner. >> so, labour leader sir keir starmer has been to talking reporters in london about knife crime this morning. let's have a look . look. >> i was the chief prosecutor for five years and therefore i prosecuted many cases involving

the use of knives and i've made it my personal mission to deal with this . it is a moral mission with this. it is a moral mission as far as i'm concerned. it isn't a question of urban versus rural. in fact, i think there's more knife crime, sadly, in rural areas. or at least it's going up more quickly. and i think it's not fair on the families we've been hearing from this morning to simply point the finger to somebody else. this is something which a government needs to take responsibility for. i will take responsibility for. i will take responsibility for , on a cross—party basis, to for, on a cross—party basis, to make the change that we need, and some of it we can get on with quite quickly in terms of banning knives available online, some of it will take longer, but it's a moral mission as far as i'm concerned. i made a commitment to these families and other families that we will now move from the talking stage to the action stage. >> he's got a bit of a tan, but he's still very reserved, isn't he? >> and it's all very well to talk about. but one of the big issues with knife crime is stop

and search. and if you're in in london, where we live, the mayor of london has a problem with it because he said it impacts, negatively on a certain part of the community, the black community. i'm sorry. stop and search is a really important part of cracking down on knife crime. >> the black community are predominantly the victims, young black men as well, of knife crime. when stone has been in touch. thank you. winston said. it's summer having a hot few daysis it's summer having a hot few days is expected. no need for amber or other warnings. i wonder when we introduce these amber warnings . amber warnings. >> it's ridiculous. and i'm just saying when you go on the tube. because i'll be on the tube in a little later, they'll say, carry water. you won't be on the tube. well, i always use tube every day . got me, got well, i always use tube every day. got me, got me well, i always use tube every day . got me, got me two pass. day. got me, got me two pass. >> have you? >> have you? >> yeah. i'll get it because i'm. >> i get a free one. is that right? absolutely. you go on. >> but you only go on the tube because it's free. >> i've always used the tube. oh, god. >> i'm surprised i haven't had a car in london since 1988. >> do people give you a hard time on the tube? >> sometimes. >> sometimes.

>> and how's that? >> and how's that? >> well. it's fine. goes. goes the territory. >> well, angela has got in touch and said i'm shocked that political commentator piers pottinger doesn't understand why nigel farage can answer questions more freely than those who stand a chance of winning power and will be answerable for what they've promised, and therefore are more guarded. >> he has a point. that's a very good point. from who was that from? angela. because of course. yeah the. sorry. farage knows he can't win the election . so his can't win the election. so his manifesto was torn to shreds by the institute for fiscal studies, who said it promotes political cynicism . but nigel political cynicism. but nigel did make the point. it's not about the numbers. it's about the aspiration and the direction of travel. >> the thing is, he's aiming for being in government five years time. and nigel is very straight talking. >> that's why people like him, because he doesn't dress it up. now, obviously our viewer there would say because he doesn't have to dress it up at the moment and maybe in the fullness of time that would change if he was going to be heading towards number 10. but i don't know. i kind of think that's that's his

character , isn't it? i don't character, isn't it? i don't know whether he would be able, to not talk sincerely, lucian berger is wrong. yesterday, nigel farage made a commitment to be reform leader for the next five years. it says anthony from home. come on, andrew, says christine, the conservatives have a plan. just like all their plans. they coming to nothing. bofis plans. they coming to nothing. boris was going to stop the flipping boats so was soon outcome on. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> but of course if he was serious as well about the boats, there was an opportunity to get there was an opportunity to get the legislation on the boats through parliament in an emergency legislation. he could have kept parliament sitting till four in the morning. but no, no, they put it off till after the recess, put it off till after something else. and now it's not going to happen till after the general election. so it'll now never happen at all. >> right. still to come. this morning. princess anne, who competed at the 1976 montreal olympic games, of course, is spending her third day in hospital after being injured by a . we'll have the latest on her condition.

gb news. welcome back. so, princess anne is suffering temporary memory loss. we believe after a horse riding accident that caused minor head injuries. she wasn't actually riding the horse. actually, at the time, she probably. >> if she had been, she'd probably been wearing a helmet. of course, she's a very accomplished equestrian rider now. this means she'll not be able to greet. she wasn't there for the greeting of the emperor and empress of japan when they arrived today for the state visit, which is being hosted by the king. >> so joining us now is bbc royal correspondent michael cole. good morning michael, good to see you. we heard this story break yesterday and it sounded like a minor knock from the horse that she'd received. and we know that she's a tough cookie, princess anne. but actually, as the as the hours are ticking by, it's starting to feel a little more ominous. how about you? >> yeah . good morning. bev. >> yeah. good morning. bev. morning, andrew. princess royal is 73, 74 wokeist, concussion is

no minor matter. get a blow on the skull. it shakes up the brain, it causes a brain bleed. and that can read onto all sorts of other nasty complications . so of other nasty complications. so two nights in hospital, the princess royal doesn't take orders from many people , but she orders from many people, but she will take orders from her doctors. and obviously, they're being cautious and quite rightly so, keeping her under observation . but as you said, observation. but as you said, beverly, and there we see her in happier times , although in fact happier times, although in fact thatis happier times, although in fact that is in fact a funeral, i believe, where everybody is wearing black tie. but, you know, she is a tough cookie. i think back to 1976, you mentioned the montreal olympics earlier, she had a very bad fall at the montreal olympics and concussion. britain, i'm afraid, lost out to the usa in the three day eventing thing. but even before that, in april 1976, at the portman horse trials, she

fell and her horse rolled on top of her broke a vertebrae, and she was concussed. that was quite serious and it was doubtful whether she would make the olympics. but of course, being the tough cookie that she is, she she did make it so she's been this route before. but that was 48 years ago. olympics. so these days, she's older, but she is, as andrew just said, an accomplished equestrian and we all saw when she left the gates in the procession for the king's, procession, the trooping of the colour. she was on board a frisky canadian horse called noble , and it acted up, but she noble, and it acted up, but she immediately and brilliantly brought it under control. but in this instance , as you've this instance, as you've suggested, we don't know the full details , but it seems that full details, but it seems that she wasn't riding, and she approached the horses on her estate . but now horses are very estate. but now horses are very unpredictable. animal at the best of times, and obviously

something went wrong and the horses either butted her or hit her and she sustained a slight injury, but enough to have her admitted to the nearest trauma hospital where she is. and i'm sure undergoing care . probably sure undergoing care. probably reluctantly, she would prefer to be back on her estate doing what she does best, but she must listen to the doctors and we can only hope that gb news from recovery . recovery. >> well, i think we've lost you, michael, but that's okay, because we're upping up a little early today to bring you some pictures of this state visit at buckingham palace. we will be back tomorrow at 930. see you then. >> well, what an absolutely beautiful day it is for the state visit of the emperor and empress of japan. they will be meeting the king and queen, and they'll be visiting all sorts of different locations. so we're going to bring you that live footage . footage. >> and of course, a beautiful day means risks on the water.

yes the channel could experience a high day of crossings, but is it going to be lower because of the anticipation of a new government ? we'll have the government? we'll have the details . details. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hi there. welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news hot and sunny for many places in the south today, but cloudier, cooler in the north and with a few showers . we start the day with cloud cover across some western and northwestern parts of the uk, northern ireland, western scotland seeing a few spots of rain by the afternoon . the rain by the afternoon. the weather front responsible for that rain pushes into eastern scotland, northern england and could give a few showers, perhaps some longer spells of rain for north eastern parts of scotland. otherwise widespread sunny skies for much of england and wales, and rising temperatures 30 or 31 celsius possible in some of the hotter spots later tuesday. some of the

heavier rain across northeast scotland begins to clear, but it could last until the evening and there'll be always the chance of a shower or two further west across scotland and in the south, particularly over the southern uplands, it's drying up and clearing up across northern ireland. but for northern england, yeah, 1 or 2 sharp showers possible over the north pennines, for example, wales central and southern england, though plenty of sunshine , though plenty of sunshine, particularly through the evening. actually, it's likely to become increasing sunny as the sun starts to go down and then clear skies overnight as then clear skies overnight as the cloud and rain in the north—east starts to move into the north sea. always a chance of the odd shower continuing in 1 or 2 spots overnight. however perhaps the odd rumble of thunder as well, but it's a warm night for many of us. 17 celsius in some spots by dawn, and so it could be uncomfortable for sleeping . nevertheless, for most sleeping. nevertheless, for most it's a fine start to wednesday.

plenty of early morning sunshine. northern ireland, western scotland, much of england and wales one exception northeast england, eastern scotland could see some low cloud and some mistiness around the coast . and there's the the coast. and there's the chance, further west of a heavy, thundery downpour later, as temperatures rise and we're looking at highs into the high 20s and low 30s, that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather

gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it is 1159, and the emperor and empress of japan are receiving a royal welcome as they begin their state visit to the united kingdom. yes. >> the couple will also attend a state banquet hosted by king charles at buckingham palace. this evening. >> but the princess royal will

not be in attendance as she remains in hospital following a head injury thought to have been caused by a horse two days ago. >> well, we can go live to the event and see what's happening. as we can see, a military style band there at horse guards parade. >> indeed, this is going to be a full scale state visit from emperor akihito and empress masako , the scale of this is masako, the scale of this is going to be one of the largest events that the king has been , events that the king has been, hosting for any foreign dignitary , and perhaps certainly dignitary, and perhaps certainly the largest event that the king has been involved in, since his diagnosis of cancer. >> absolutely. and what a beautiful day for it, according to reports, the emperor and empress are going to make somewhat of a sightseeing tour of this state visit. they'll be going to the buckingham palace for a banquet. going to the buckingham palace for a banquet . they'll be laying for a banquet. they'll be laying flowers in saint george's chapel for the late queen, they'll be visiting the thames barrier now.

they have a huge connection with the royal family here in the united kingdom. indeed, they both studied at oxford university. yes, which is very interesting. so a very tight connection with this country and our royal family. >> but what we're looking at now is that, the guard of honour is preparing to give a royal salute, and we will hear the national anthem any moment now, the emperor and empress of japan have been under a sovereign's escort under the command of lieutenant colonel matthew woodward . the blues and royals woodward. the blues and royals with the band of the household cavalry , mounted regiments cavalry, mounted regiments that's formed on horse guards parades just to the rear of the garden. honour, as , as the garden. honour, as, as the empress and emperor are making their way to this site that we're looking at now. >> yes, of course. and this is, as you said, the first state visit since the king was diagnosed with cancer, and he will, welcome them to the country in this state, visit

lots and lots of pomp