>> congratulations. england. it's coming home. it's 9:00. on television. on radio and online. in the united kingdom and across the world. this is mark dolan tonight in my big opinion. whoever wins on july the 4th must tackle the woke tyranny, which is destroying britain. and they must tackle it from day one. this isn't about party politics. this is fighting for the values of our country in the big story, rishi sunak says a labour government would cause irreversible damage within just 100 days of coming to power and will bankrupt every generation. not so, says a top labour insider who joins me shortly . insider who joins me shortly. and it might take a ten. doctor who actor david tennant tells

government minister kemi badenoch to shut up because she wants girls to have their own toilets, and he wishes she didn't exist. i'll be dealing with this rude, sexist man in no uncertain terms at 10:00. these are my first public comments on this scandal. i'll be putting this scandal. i'll be putting this doctor who star on the naughty step in the tardis, and i might even send in the daleks. i might even send in the daleks. i will be dealing with that dreadful man, david tennant, at 10:00. you won't want to miss it. that's an hour from now. but the biggest priority for our next prime minister on friday is to tackle wokery labour tory, lib dem, green. i don't care who wins. woke has got to lose. that's my big opinion. in two minutes after sam francis and the headlines . the headlines. >> mark, thank you very much and

good evening to you . it's just good evening to you. it's just after 9:00 and the top story tonight , in a after 9:00 and the top story tonight, in a blow to reform uk's campaign, a candidate has defected to the conservatives, saying he's become increasingly disillusioned with the behaviour and the conduct of the party. liam booth, isherwood says he's suspending his campaign and will instead support conservative maggie throup to stop labour. the party's already withdrawn support for three candidates who were accused of making offensive comments, and one activist has been recorded making a racial slur about the prime minister, rishi sunak. well, at an event in birmingham earlier , the party in birmingham earlier, the party leader nigel farage, claimed the campaigner was planted by channel 4 news as part of what he calls a smear campaign a claim though the broadcaster has denied this guy is a set up. >> he was acting from the minute he walked into that office. he came up with a stream of invective not seen since alf garnett was on the television in the early 1970s, and some of it was just, you know, turning moss in the wetherspoons. it wasn't

even serious. it was nonsense. so i really feel that channel 4 or the production company need to be called before an inquiry. let's find out the truth about what happened. >> the prime minister insists an election victory for the conservatives is still possible, despite polls predicting a heavy defeat. rishi sunak warned today that labour's tax plans would, he says, bankrupt people in every generation and also criticised their plan to make private schools pay vat, saying that taxing education is wrong. laboun that taxing education is wrong. labour, though, says its first steps in power would be restoring economic stability and cutting nhs waiting lists . and cutting nhs waiting lists. and the party continues to lead the tories in the polls by around 20 points ahead of thursday's election . election news in election. election news in france two and voters have given the far right national rally a strong lead in the first round of parliamentary elections. their exit polls tonight showing marine le pen's party won with president macron's centrist

group trailing in third place with up to 23. that's after his decision to call a snap vote earlier this month. turnout was also unusually high compared with previous elections. it was the largest in 40 years. experts, though, say projections after the first round can be highly inaccurate. and now there's a week of political bargaining lying ahead before the final results . in the us, the final results. in the us, the final results. in the us, the white house is pushing back on reports that president biden plans to discuss the future of his campaign with his family at camp david today. that's after a report by nbc news that quoted several unnamed sources alleging that some senior party members are pushing for the president to stand aside. that's following his performance in a televised debate against donald trump. but officials say the trip was planned before the debate, and they've denied there was any serious discussion about joe biden standing down. in other news, police in tenerife have

today called off their search for the missing teenager , jay for the missing teenager, jay slater. the tourist from lancashire, was last seen in a mountainous area of the island and to according reports, that search operation has now finished , although the case, finished, although the case, they say, remains open. it comes just two days after a big push by search teams and expert volunteers to help find the 19 year old. here, a woman has been charged with misconduct in pubuc charged with misconduct in public office after a video allegedly showed a prison officer having sex with an inmate . 30 year old linda de inmate. 30 year old linda de souza abreu, of fulham, was arrested by the metropolitan police on the 28th of june. that's after a video was filmed inside wandsworth prison in london and was posted on social media. she's said to appear in custody at uxbridge magistrates court on monday and if you haven't heard already, england are through to the quarter finals of euro 2024, but only after an incredibly late comeback against slovakia to win two one tonight. well, as soon

as the final whistle went the fan zone in wembley in london erupted with cheers. jude bellingham equalised in the 95th minute, then captain harry kane headed home a decisive goal early in extra time in just the first 50s. england are now set to play switzerland in the quarter finals in dusseldorf on saturday. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sam francis back with you with your next update at 10:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> good evening united kingdom and the world. welcome to mark dolan tonight in the big story, rishi sunak says a labour

government would cause irreversible damage within just 100 days of coming to power and will bankrupt every generation, not so, says a top labour insider who's furious about the prime minister's comments and joins me shortly. plus, with birth rates falling dramatically , should the government pay people to have babies and if they collapse on thursday, could they collapse on thursday, could the conservative brand disappear altogether? i'll be asking their former chairman live in the studio, sir brandon lewis, and i'm looking forward to this in my take at ten, doctor who actor david tennant tells government minister kemi badenoch to shut up because she wants girls to have their own toilets. i'll be deaung have their own toilets. i'll be dealing with this rude , sexist dealing with this rude, sexist man in no uncertain terms. at 10:00 i'll be putting him on the naughty step in the tardis, and i might even send in the daleks. reacting to the big stories of the day, tonight's top pundits. we have neil parish , linda we have neil parish, linda jubilee and emma burnell.

we have neil parish, linda jubilee and emma burnell . plus jubilee and emma burnell. plus the most important part of the show. your messages. they come straight to my laptop . straight to my laptop. gbnews.com/yoursay. and this show has a golden rule. we don't do boring . not on my watch. do boring. not on my watch. i just won't have it. so a big two hours to come. that dreadful man, david tennant at 10:00. but first, my big opinion. man, david tennant at 10:00. but first, my big opinion . we just first, my big opinion. we just have to hope that whatever happens this coming thursday, when the nation goes to the polls, that woke doesn't win. and whether our next prime minister is sir keir starmer or rishi sunak . one of these two rishi sunak. one of these two men has got to spend the next five years pushing back on this divisive and frankly sinister movement, which is damaging our society. the brilliant historian niall ferguson likens the increasingly woke west to the crumbling soviet russia after

the second world war. he thinks it could bring down the west altogether. writing for the excellent free press website, he said the following. he wrote a bogus ideology that hardly anyone really believes in, but everyone has to parrot unless they want to be labelled dissidents. sorry. i mean deplorables. check a population that no longer regards patriotism , religion, having patriotism, religion, having children, or community involvement as important. check how about a massive disaster that lays bare the utter incompetence and mendacity that pervades every level of government? for chernobyl ? read government? for chernobyl? read covid check. he's absolutely right. as i said, all the way back in 2020 on my old talk radio show, covid was the first woke pandemic debate was stifled. critics of lockdown were called granny killers. the virus coming from a lab , from

virus coming from a lab, from a lab was a conspiracy theory. and those who couldn't understand why healthy people were forced to take the jab , and those who to take the jab, and those who didn't want to cover their faces with the filthy , worthless rag with the filthy, worthless rag were far right. make it make sense now. women are the greatest victims of wokery with their hard won sex based rights being eroded by biological males who feel female. it reached its nadir in scotland when a male double rapist was accommodated in a women's prison. double rapist was accommodated in a women's prison . some in a women's prison. some governments around the world are looking to make it illegal to misgender someone. in other words, to call a man in a dress a man. that means it would be illegal to say something which is the case. hopefully that conveys to you the sheer gravity of the situation and why this mind virus must not prevail. so—called critical race theory, a central plank of wokery, is the opposite of martin luther king, and the dream of a

colour—blind society. this is a dark and sinister force which freezes out the family , with freezes out the family, with kids transitioning at school from johnny to jane without the permission or knowledge of the child's parents. it tells camp boys and butch tomboy girls that they're trans when they're probably gay. it tells young people that they're trans when they're either depressed, confused, or autistic. this is a toxic political and cultural force, which is akin to a cult or a religion. don't take my word for it. here is one of the world's greatest intellectuals. richard dawkins, on this very program, sharing his views about wokery. i don't want to drag you into the culture wars, but is so—called wokeism a religion? given that it seems that followers must adhere to a set of prescribed beliefs, it's not a religion in the sense that it's supernatural, but it has many of the attributes of a

religion, in the sense that it's a kind of creed which people sign up to and then follow devotedly and punish heretics who don't believe in it, heretics like j.k. rowling and kathleen stock , who get kathleen stock, who get pilloried mercilessly and viciously, because they don't subscribe to it. so i think in that respect, it is it is like a religion. yes. >> well, that was an interview that broke the internet whilst we're on. richard dawkins. here's what he had to say. this great thinker, this great rationalist about so—called trans ideology again, which is at the heart of wokeism or attitude to this new idea that you might be born in the wrong body, that a man is a woman . body, that a man is a woman. >> i think it's pretty well nonsense. and it has become. i mean, there may be 1 or 2 individuals who really do have a sort of, mental problem with being born and feeling they've been born in the wrong body, but

it's become a fashion now, especially among young people. i think that's pernicious, and as for newspapers reporting about, i don't know, a woman raping somebody with her penis. i mean , somebody with her penis. i mean, thatis somebody with her penis. i mean, that is a debauchery of language, and i think it's shocking. and i strongly disapprove of it. >> brilliantly put. this is a force which seeks not to only divide us, but to make us hate ourselves . with the ourselves. with the characterisation of british history as shameful. even though we gifted the world parliamentary democracy, the modern market economy, we invested billions in infrastructure in poor countries , established a post—empire community of nations called the commonwealth. oh, and we ended slavery . but wokery commonwealth. oh, and we ended slavery. but wokery in commonwealth. oh, and we ended slavery . but wokery in schools slavery. but wokery in schools and universities is teaching young people to despise britain and that doesn't end well. this movement has no empathy whatsoever. it is merciless , whatsoever. it is merciless, ruthless, tyrannical and unforgiving. the de—banking

scandal, for example, demonstrates that if you don't sign up to the woke agenda, you won't even be able to have finances, which makes it impossible to live or participate in society . the cost participate in society. the cost of living, crime, education and the nhs are all critical issues on thursday, but the culture wars matter too, because they impact people's daily lives and shape what it's like to live in this country. people are sick and tired of not being able to say what they really think they're sick and tired of being censored, of being a bad person, for standing up for common sense, for science, and for what they believe, such as strong borders, family values, or protecting the innocence of kids. they don't want chicks with dicks in women's changing rooms. they're sick of trigger warnings on tv comedy shows or being forced into a meeting with hr for getting someone's pronouns wrong, even though it's bloody obvious that there's no

such thing as gender neutral. whoever prevails on thursday, the 4th of july, it's critical that woke doesn't win . your that woke doesn't win. your reaction ? gbnews.com/yoursay reaction? gbnews.com/yoursay i'll get to your messages shortly. but first, tonight's top pundits journalist and communications advisor linda jubilee. i've also got with me conservative mp, former conservative mp, former conservative mp, former conservative mp, farmer as well neil parish and political consultant and commentator emma burnell emma lovely to see you. how are things? >> fantastic. mark, how are you? i'm very, very well indeed. >> and listen, whoever becomes our next prime minister, i wish them well and i hope they're going to be very successful for this country. but whoever it is, whether it's keir starmer, whether it's keir starmer, whether it's keir starmer, whether it's sir ed davey, whether it's sir ed davey, whether it's sir ed davey, whether it is rishi sunak, our next prime minister has got to defeat woke . defeat woke. >> so on some of the things that

you raised. as you know, i agree with you , despite the fact that with you, despite the fact that i am very aware that your audience considered me exceptionally woke. >> well, no, my audience is a broad church , not according to broad church, not according to my twitter feed. >> well , mark my twitter feed. >> well, mark dolan tonight, we treasure the idea that this is the home of diverse opinion, and it's so boring when people sit and agree with each other. >> so what don't you agree with? >> so what don't you agree with? >> so what don't you agree with? >> so i mean , i think for >> so i mean, i think for example, there are interesting academic concepts that people have taken out of universities and have tried to broaden in such ways that they become meaningless. so critical race theory is something there's actually a very useful academic concept when studied up in the higher levels of academia . it's higher levels of academia. it's really interesting. there's some very, very important work being done. >> we should think about all of these ideas. >> we should think about these ideas. it's but a it's mostly not being what's taught in schools either in america or here. well, so there's a great deal of privilege is critical race theory. >> and that says you're racist.

if you're white. >> no, it says that that society is structured in such a way that white people tend not completely. and there is a class element that i think is massively missing to a lot of this. >> but critical race theory believes in segregation. so black only theatre, critical race theory, spaces for people of colour. it's nonsense. mark, please . please. >> critical race theory is a very, very small piece of academic work about how some people look through a different lens of racism. it usually happens not even at graduate level, but at postgraduate level. there are some ideas that are discussed within that, not even wholly agreed within that set of academics that filter down and mostly they filter down in this negative way. oh, you believe in critical race theory as a concept. therefore you think we're going to go to these far extremes. and actually most of the time in school, what's being taught is exactly the martin luther king point you were making. sure. so when it comes to what what my problem is

with this whole culture war concept, this whole woke wars concept, this whole woke wars concept, and the anti—woke and the anti—woke thing is that it's not very well defined. so you want us to say, don't be woke, but you and neil and linda and myself might all have very different concepts of what falls into the bucket of woke. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> all right. linda so let me get this absolutely straight in my head. >> when my kids first asked me about this years ago, i did a little test to see whether i was woke or not. and they were very pleased because i came out as woke and i was quite pleased to be getting along with the kids, you know? but the problem was it had a particular definition at the time. it meant a wake to racism, a wake to misogyny. and in that sense, we're all woke and we would all like to be that way. yeah, but what happens is when you get a theory like that, and i appreciate some of these things are academic theories to start with. they're all hijacked

by the commercial world. the corporate world, the political world, etc. and inevitably at that point, i think they do become debased. and then it's much, much harder to deal with. if we could go back to the original meaning of woke, it's quite a valuable thing to study. yeah. >> i mean, you're absolutely right. the awakeness of living is absolutely right. we're not living in, in a, in a in a strand of the khmer rouge, are we? >> and i can read you briefly because the clock is against us, but you know, this definitely isn't left versus right, because it was it was tony blair who advised keir starmer about a year ago to ditch the woke stuff because the public, you know, are a bit tired of cancel culture trigger warnings at the cinema, books, books being rewritten. >> i think the problem is big. the big concept of woke. and then there are so many strands within it. so, for example, a increasingly radical feminist such as myself find ourselves maybe at some points in agreement on some areas with

social conservatives, not completely, because a radical feminist believes that gender is a social construct , and we a social construct, and we should all defy those norms , but should all defy those norms, but that a man is a man and a woman is a woman, and sex is what matters. social conservatives believe that sex is real, and that on that we have agreement, but that women have a particular role and men have a particular role. and if we were to, for example, completely move away from any of the trans debates tomorrow, you would then find social conservatives and radical feminists way back in their very separate corners. >> yeah. okay. all right. well, look , neil, where do we start look, neil, where do we start with this? >> the bottom line is that we're being taught at universities, certainly, and in some schools. and whenever you go to a national trust property that britain's got a shameful history, even though we gifted the world, you know , the world, you know, representative democracy, white people have got to be terribly guilty for the entirety of history, even though i personally wasn't that involved in slavery. so what do you think about this? yeah. >> i mean, i think we are. we need to be a tolerant society.

but i think we've sort of taken it all too far. i also think, you know, we are a great country. we've made mistakes over the years. you get cancelled for lines like that. yeah, but no, but we are this this country is still a great country. it's still got great people in it. and i think the trouble is, with all that's going on at the moment is we're sort of gradually eating ourselves up and destroying ourselves. tolerant. yeah. we're having less tolerance because the more the more you push a particular agenda like the trans agenda , it will then it will agenda, it will then it will then put women in. so it's both sides . then put women in. so it's both sides. equally then put women in. so it's both sides . equally intolerant are problem. >> but isn't it the woke who are intolerant and behind cancel culture? >> and i think you'll find this is what's making other people then more intolerant. because then more intolerant. because the more you actually emphasise something, then the more everybody else says, i can't stand all this . so the anti woke stand all this. so the anti woke become like the woke, you know, i mean i only, only a couple of years ago lost my 96 year old mother. i mean she didn't have a clue what was going on as you

could imagine because she was a great lady. but you know, she had no idea what on earth people were talking about . she was all were talking about. she was all this sexuality. she didn't have a clue what it was all about. god bless. mrs. i think it was probably the best thing to be, actually. >> i'm pleased to hear that she pushed you out. she did something right. listen, folks, let's crack on because next in the big story, rishi sunak says a labour government would cause irreversible damage within just 100 days of coming to power. not so, says a top labour insider who joins me

next. it's next. wsfime next. it's time now for the big story. and in an interview with the telegraph newspaper. the prime minister has said a labour government would cause irreversible damage within just 100 days of coming to power and will bankrupt every generation. rishi sunak said whatever stage of your life, labour will put up your taxes , buying your first your taxes, buying your first home, starting a family, sending

your kids to a fee, paying school. the taxes will rise . school. the taxes will rise. investing your savings, receiving your state pension and leaving behind a legacy again. labour will raise your taxes. he also warned a supermajority could keep labour in power until 2044. well, a man who would love to see that happen is former labour mp denis macshane , who labour mp denis macshane, who joins me now. denis, you must be so excited. i mean, this is a procession for labour, isn't it? you get the champagne corks open already. i would have thought. >> it's quite hard to believe, but yes, i just cannot believe the utter incompetence of rishi sunak. in the end, he's not really a politician. he didn't stand for council politics. he's a trade. it's a it's a craft . it's. >> sir keir is not a politician ehhen >> sir keir is not a politician either. he's a lawyer. right >> and so are the two men. not times similar. times are times that shows he's had a lot more interface with politics. as head of a very important public

service, the crown prosecution service. and he's also had the advantage of a lot longer time in opposition. rishi is parachuted in. william hague bequeathed him his safe seat up in north yorkshire. the idea of having a fabulous californian billionaire excites tories and he's a competent guy, doesn't dnnk he's a competent guy, doesn't drink , doesn't eat one day a drink, doesn't eat one day a week or something. and but he just gets so many things wrong and leaving d—day wrong, embracing farage wrong, just he's just not got the right. the big fingertip feel of politics. >> i mean, i think embracing farage is a bit strong. i think he left the door open, which i think is politically pragmatic. but let's talk about labour because they're likely to win the election. the problem is that britain can't afford a labour government, can we? at the moment we're spending £100 billion a year on interest of

our debts. yes. so what exactly is the point of a labour government if there's no money? >> well, that thank you very much , conservative chancellors. much, conservative chancellors. thank you very much. liz truss . thank you very much. liz truss. >> thank you very much. pandemic. thank you very much. lockdowns which keir starmer wanted more of the pandemic hit every country the same and every country is broke. >> every country responded more sensibly than we did. we're the only country for example, that handed over so much of our national wealth to tories who had connections to buy protective clothing in. and what is a scandal? i hope labour looks into this. the treasury has said they're not going to investigate any of the clear corruption and criminality involved in any of this. you're going to wipe it under the carpet. >> we would have had more expensive lockdowns under keir starmer if he'd become prime minister at that time. he said that freedom day on the 19th of july 2021 was reckless. >> i look, i no idea what sir keir starmer would have done.

>> well, i remember these things because these were devastating. >> no, you're fair enough to remember them. i still think you can look at most other equivalent g7 can look at most other equivalent 67 countries , handled equivalent 67 countries, handled it better. they came in faster . it better. they came in faster. they brought in proper vaccines. they brought in proper vaccines. they didn't obsess with having a world beating english vaccine. i'm glad astrazeneca was invented, but actually most of us have been protected thanks to pfizer and moderna and the other more modern vaccines . now, what more modern vaccines. now, what we have, what we do know is that in 19, sorry , when the tories in 19, sorry, when the tories came in under tony blair, britain had had three. that's a freudian slip. >> when the tories came in under tony blair. i mean, i know he was right wing, but i'm not sure he was a conservative. do you mean 97 or do you mean 2010 with david cameron, the coalition, the under tony and i was there. >> we had average growth of 3.5% a year. that has not been seen. okay. fair enough. >> so what are we going to get

growth under labour i hope so. >> and how are we going to do that if businesses are burdened with red tape , workers rights with red tape, workers rights are going to make it more expensive for companies to hire people and fire them. >> how does that boost the economy , the workers rights? economy, the workers rights? >> if you mean training people, no, no, no workers rights, industrial action. this will wait a second. i mean, the unions are not at all keen on industrial action. they'll not have. no, they've been very keen on it over the last two years. >> ask anyone that tried to get a train or be seen in the nhs is thanks to who? >> who are the managers responsible for that? all the sunak's ministers he bequeathed us or gave us the biggest strike wave in the democratic world in the last 50 years. what macho posturing that was that was meant to achieve? i have no idea. like the health care strikes we're still facing , strikes we're still facing, because he insists that the junior doctors, the doctors, have to obey him in every other. >> and he's absolutely right because he's the prime minister

in every other, and they should obey him. >> no, they should not. not if he's making mistakes. well, they're looking for 35. >> so are labour going to fold? you see that's another thing that britain can't afford is for prime minister starmer to roll over to the unions and give them massive inflation busting pay rises, which gets us back to square one. square one. >> square one. >> i mean, this is all sort of 19705 >> i mean, this is all sort of 1970s cliches. i mean, there's no big pay rises available because what you've got is, i mean, in rachel reeves certainly who i do know and have tracked since she came in in 2010, one of the toughest and most experienced, economically trained chancellor. we've seen for a long time. and her obsession is growth and supporting business. and i suspect there'll be some quite serious , not to say tense rows serious, not to say tense rows between some union people and the labour government because starmer's aligned on that. and as far as i can see from most of the mps, i see being selected,

the mps, i see being selected, the shadow cabinet, i know a lot of them. they're friends . of them. they're friends. they've all come through a hard training course and they will not play games with the with. if you care about growing the economy, any economist will tell you you're going to have to get taxes down. >> there's a direct correlation. the imf downgrade downgraded the uk's growth prospects last year because of our high taxes. so how they downgraded it because we've got no growth. no no. they specified they specified in their report last year, the last quarter of last year that they were downgrading our prospects because of the very high burden of tax. that was one of the factors that. so okay, so which taxes are labour going to reduce in the next five years. >> that is the liz truss inheritance. >> oh, you guys are obsessed with liz truss was the only prime minister for 44 days. >> did huge damage. >> did huge damage. >> keir starmer is going to have five years. how is he going to reduce taxes? >> who's going to face having an interest only mortgage renewed interest only mortgage renewed in the next year is going to be very, very upset with what liz truss has done in that field alone and that that's quite true . taxes have gone up because

we've got have had such an incompetent government. i'll give you a biggest tax . 2011 give you a biggest tax. 2011 a student had to pay back £17,000 for student loans. yeah, we could agree. >> that's not good. >> that's not good. >> now. now it's 50,000. those are tory policies. >> okay, so can i just ask you which taxes are labour going to reduce in the next five years? because if you want to grow the economy, you've got to cut taxes. so which ones are going to be cut do you think? >> well, i certainly hope that students won't be left with that burden. okay. and there are many mechanisms that we looked at from different parts of the world. >> what about those working people that keir starmer is so fond of? which taxes will they pay fond of? which taxes will they pay less of? >> well, if your children are coming out of university, that might be one. there are others that need to be looked at corporation tax so that come down that would boost the economy. but we've cut corporation tax. and the tories have have both tried to cut taxes and ended up increasing taxes and ended up increasing taxes because you still have to have an army or have a police.

>> so no taxes will come down under labour for the next five years. >> i certainly hope i'm a tax cutting socialist, but i'm not in the government. >> i'm not even how does he how doesit >> i'm not even how does he how does it boost the economy if you can't cut taxes, how do you square that circle? >> this is economics 101, isn't it? >> no. economics 101 is that you grow, you invest. >> how do you grow if taxes are at a at a sort of seven decade high? >> i i've been in i mean , that's >> i i've been in i mean, that's what liz truss tried to do is cut taxes to really know what labour should do is have trussonomics. >> that's how you get the economy growing . economy growing. >> forgive me mark, she only cut taxes on the wealthy. and if you really want to help people start cutting taxes on ordinary people so you can spend a bit more money locally in rotherham and rochester. >> dennis, i've loved every second. i hope you'll come back, possibly with a labour government. have you got the champagne on ice? >> i've almost given up drinking, so it's a much easier way to do sort of politics. >> you'll celebrate with a cup of tea on friday morning. if

there's a labour government, i'll certainly be celebrating oui'. >> our. >> i'm fairly confident to my huge surprise, campaigning in westminster flagship tory seat. boy. oh boy, they just don't like tories anymore . there you go. >> well, listen, dennis, i hope you'll be a regular commentator on this show if there's a labour victory. but look, folks, it's all to play for now. the conservatives will argue that they have a compelling offer to they have a compelling offer to the voters. all that really matters is that you cast your vote one way or another. coming up with tonight's top pundits with birth rates falling dramatically, should government pay people to have

it's official. folks, we're not producing enough children. the guardian newspaper report that the total fertility rate across england and wales fell to 1.49 children per woman in 2022, from 1.55 in 2021, according to the

office for national statistics. to illustrate how grave the situation is, the oecd says that to maintain a population, the replacement rate, often known as the r rate, needs to be at least 2.1 children per woman, which means we're facing a growing, ageing population and not enough young people to work drive economic growth and top up the pensions of the older generation. so should the government pay families to have babies ? babies? >> neil parish i think what one great thing we've got to tackle, and this is a pet theme of mine, is the interest that they are paying is the interest that they are paying on student loans, because what you've got is a whole raft of society now who can't afford to have children because they can't get on the housing ladder, and they want to have a decent home before they start a family. so if we were to tackle, that would help. and i think there are other things that can be helped as well. but of course, the cost of childcare, all of those things is putting a lot of people off of having children and of course, you know, joking

apart, i'm a farmer. i actually believe in having stock on the farm. right. so you have got you've got to have you've got to have people having children when i went. so therefore therefore you have got to set about the right policies because. right. because otherwise you see, you know, younger people will decide that, you know, quality of life, that, you know, quality of life, that they, they are, you know, and if they will not have children. >> i've been to his farm and he walked around all day with a bucket of semen. oh, no, no, enough men. >> that's exaggerated. and then he did such. >> then he did some farming. >> then he did some farming. >> and now the thing is, you help me with this. so? so i look around at my own family, my children, my wider family. and when you talk to them , you when you talk to them, you discovered that their either their rent or their mortgage repayments is equalled by their childcare expenses . crazy. childcare expenses. crazy. i mean, they were paying as much in childcare as they are to get a roof over their head. you can't carry on that way. and actually at the moment i think we've got something like 1 in 4 people in this country are economically inactive. yeah,

well they cannot generate enough money to put into the exchequer to cover our costs. it's simple budgeting. really. yeah. you have to be having more children that grow up, that enter the workforce, that pay tax. that's simply what has to happen. >> and if you're going to give more pensions as well, you see it just doesn't work. >> can't just offer does not work. people to have babies. it's like the pope giving him a medal for having six children. you can't do that. you this this is what politicians don't really understand, is they come up with headunes understand, is they come up with headlines and actually what it takes is long hours of diligent work and thought and implementation in order to make things work earlier. >> i mean, we were talking about the culture wars. maybe there needs to be a cultural change where we sort of encourage people to have kids and explain what a blessing it is. >> i mean, i think that would be getting involved more in the social side , but i think neil's social side, but i think neil's right. it's an economic decision for a lot of people. so i think instead of saying, we'll put £200 in your pocket to have a baby, it's about making much, much better provision for

maternity and paternity leave, and making it much easier for people to make that choice economically because they're already in a stable home because they can get home in their 20s rather than their late 30s, if they're lucky . they're lucky. >> late 30s is kind of the average age now that a young person thinks they might be able to get onto the property and then you see, the other problem is, by the time you get to that age, you are less fertile. >> well, if you're a woman, your 999 >> well, if you're a woman, your egg production has gone off a cliff at 35. you know, i mean, this is the problem. my ovaries, let me tell you, are not what they were. >> this is my. >> this is my. >> you haven't got ovaries. i have to have to tell you these things. >> yeah, i identify trouble for that. >> i identify as somebody with ovaries. so listen, at 10:00, i'll be tackling the dreadful , i'll be tackling the dreadful, sexist man that is david tennant . his outrageous comments about kemi badenoch. my first on air reaction to that shocking story . reaction to that shocking story. in my take at ten. you won't want to miss it, but the candidates for the cities of london and westminster are tim barnes, conservative, rachel

blake, labour, liz burford rejoin eu hugh de burgh , social rejoin eu hugh de burgh, social democratic party matthew carr, independent john generic, independent john generic, independent tarun gulati, reform uk tim hallett, independent edward lucas, lib dem . ros edward lucas, lib dem. ros shafiee, workers party of britain and rajeev rahul sinner greens. so there you go. my take at ten is on the way. you won't want to miss it. but next up, if they collapse on thursday, could they collapse on thursday, could the conservative brand disappear altogether? i'll be asking their former chairman, sir brandon lewis,

next. coming up at 10:00. in my take at ten, i'll be dealing with the sexist doctor who actor david tennant. i won't be pulling my punches. i might even send in the daleks, so don't miss it. that's my take at 10 in 15 minutes time. now, if they

collapse on thursday, could the conservative brand disappear altogether? if the polls are accurate and the tories win fewer than 100 seats, what is the future for the most successful political party in the history of western democracy? who better to ask than the man who served as their chairman? former northern ireland secretary sir brandon lewis? sir brandon, lovely to see you in the studio. thank you for having me. first of all, let's get a plug in. i think you're covering the election for gb news on election night. >> i am, i'm with you from 10:00 till about 1 >> i am, i'm with you from 10:00 till about1 a.m. >> i am, i'm with you from 10:00 till about1 am. on poll day till about 1 am. on poll day night. so there , once we see the night. so there, once we see the exit polls all the way through that first few hours. >> so it'll be an exciting evening . election nights are evening. election nights are exciting. yeah. >> in your rider. have you asked for a box of tissues for the tears? >> no, no. not yet . i'd >> no, no. not yet. i'd forgotten about that. actually, i'll have to. i might have to add that in. or just. or just add that in. orjust. orjust man up. and i mean, the reality is election nights, whatever happens , there's an exhilaration happens, there's an exhilaration and a buzz around an election night , whatever happens. and so night, whatever happens. and so there's going to be an exciting

evening. and obviously, i'm hoping that the polls are wrong, but let's be, you know, got to be realistic. look, you're consistent. >> you love your party. you've served your party for a long, long time. you want the conservatives to win. you think they have a compelling case to they have a compelling case to the electorate. so why for example, are so many conservative supporters heading over to reform uk? >> i think there's a mixture of reasons. i don't think there's any simple answer to that . i any simple answer to that. i think there is there is a reality. we've been in government for a very long time, and i think there is an element of there is a cycle to politics just being realistic about it. i think also there's a there's a large number of people who voted for us, certainly in 2019, and who had may not have voted for us in 2010 or even 15, probably voted to leave the european union, voted for brexit, and then voted for us maybe in 17, certainly in 19, who are now looking at particularly what's happening on immigration. and taking a view about we've not delivered enough for what they want to see, and therefore they're being they're looking elsewhere or they just feel it's

time for change. they can't they're not going to vote laboun they're not going to vote labour. so what is there? and reform gives them an outlet and what we need to do and what we i hope we'll be doing over the next few days. and i think there is still room to affect the outcome is to persuade people that the conservatives is are the right way to go, because ultimately we're going to give people the best answer for their lives. lower tax, hopefully lower regulation. i'd like to see as well. and delivering for the country. >> certainly the emails i get from viewers and listeners who are former tory voters is that they feel that the conservative party stopped being conservative and they date that back to perhaps 2010. and the coalition government. and david cameron, would you agree with that ? would you agree with that? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> my party gone a bit, woke, shifted to the left . shifted to the left. >> i think the reality we have to remember we had a coalition government. so there was there was a restriction on some of the things we could do. i was a minister for part of that time and i, i can remember having to negotiate to get even small things through and to do certain things through and to do certain things in the local government department. so there was always going to be compromise. that's the reality of coalition. and we've had covid and we've had

the war in ukraine and referendums that have distracted government from doing day to day work. i think politics as a whole is getting drawn into this woke agenda issue. i think that's a shame. i believe in free speech. we should be able to have a proper, robust debate, and i think people are starting to run scared of that, which means you're losing some of the characters from politics as well, because as soon as somebody says something interesting, they're open to getting attacked, particularly in social and digital media. and i think we've got to be conscious of that. and i've spoken about this before. i think we've got to be wary of the type of people we're going to draw into politics. if we start shutting down that kind of discussion and debate, most definitely. >> if you were still chairman, what would you be saying to the prime minister tonight? he's got four days to move the dial. what should he do? >> i'd be saying, look, with four days to go, and if you look at the polls and they are consistent and i'm a realist, and much as it might disappoint me, i'm realistic about where they are. but when you dig into them, there's a good number of seats that are still that are very marginal and could still go either way, and we could see quite a big spread. i actually think we will see some very interesting results and a more outliers at both ends of the

scale than we usually see. so in the next four days it's focusing on convincing those people not to be tempted by reform, to not be tempted by labour, who, let's be tempted by labour, who, let's be frank, aren't really saying anything, they're not outlining what they're going to do and to persuade those people. and that means being very energetic, giving our members a real boost to get out there for the next few days, knock on those doors, explain to people why, even if they're frustrated with what they've seen in the last few years, why they should give us a chance to deliver in the next government, because that will mean more seats and every extra seat means if we're in opposition, we're in a better position to hold labour to account. >> but reform uk reform uk will will stop the boats. they're going to cut taxes and they're going to cut taxes and they're going to cut taxes and they're going to end wokery in our pubuc going to end wokery in our public institutions. they're the real conservatives , aren't they? real conservatives, aren't they? >> well, i would say actually, if you look at immigration and small boats, i haven't i've got to say, even if you look at reform, i've not seen the detail of what they're going to do. i've been immigration minister, they're going to turn the boats around. i would send people back to france. they say that, but

they're not explaining how to do it. i've been immigration minister when we did have the lowest level and the highest level of returns of foreign national offenders. so i know how difficult this is. it can be done.i how difficult this is. it can be done. i think the pm has outlined a way of rwanda is a very good example. labour, of course, have voted against that , course, have voted against that, consistently giving a clear message about this and actually getting through a process. and these things are complicated. they're difficult, and of course, we've got to deliver on that, but we've got to show people in the next few days that reform can't form a government. we are the party that whatever happens is going to either be the main party of opposition , or the main party of opposition, or if there's a big shift in the next few days, if we're in government, we're the party that can actually do something and deliver. >> the n hs deliver. >> the nhs is on its knees. taxes. at a seven decade high, the public service is in disarray. nothing works in this country. a lot of people who wouldn't normally vote labour are going to on thursday and they'd be right to, wouldn't they? >> well, it's a fair challenge and i think that is one of the challenges we've got. and we've got to be clear about the fact. the reality is, i think a lot of people do understand this. we had to spend money through covid to support people. so people

have a different view about people they've forgotten covid, haven't they? i think there is an issue around, you know, people have forgotten how much money we spent through covid, half a trillion. the impact of the war in ukraine and the impact on energy prices . what impact on energy prices. what rishi sunak has done to his credit, is where he can afford it. he's now cutting taxes. now. i backed liz truss and i think what liz wanted to do economically keep that quiet. if i were you. yeah no, i'm quite open about it. had you been drinking at the time ? no, drinking at the time? no, because i think what she wanted to do economically was the right thing for our country. >> good policy, bad execution. >> good policy, bad execution. >> i think that's probably the best description. yeah. and i think what rishi is now trying to do is outline that now we feel we're in a better place. he can execute those tax reductions in a sensible and a pragmatic way for people. that means people will have more money in their pocket, more control over their pocket, more control over their own lives. but we need conservatives in parliament to do that. >> brandon, only a couple of seconds left. can't wait to see you on election night here @gbnews. and thereafter as well, because you're leaving the commons. yes. so you're going to miss the cut and thrust of politics, but you get your life back which is good. >> yes, yes. more time to remind my wife what i look like. >> just briefly, if you can. and

does the conservative brand face an existential moment on thursday? could it be wiped out altogether because that's certainly the ambition of nigel farage. >> yeah, i think we've got to be conscious that there is a risk that we could go down that road , that we could go down that road, and that's why we're going to have to move very quickly. remember, we're a membership based party. remember, if we want to be in government in the future, we've got to appeal to a younger generation of people. give them a reason to vote for us and be positive about what we can do as a party for our country. >> my thanks to brandon lewis, who returns for our election night coverage. don't miss it. but coming up in my take at ten, i'll be dealing with the rude and sexist actor david tennant, star of doctor who. i'm not pulling my punches. i might even sendin pulling my punches. i might even send in the daleks. my take at ten is next. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news . weather on gb news. >> good evening and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, a changeable week ahead with some rain and

showers, plenty of dry weather around too though. for today though, we've got a frontal system clearing its way south eastwards, allowing a ridge of high pressure to build. bringing a fairly settled evening notice. the winds coming from a north westerly direction though, meaning things are going to be feeling a little bit cooler. a change on the way into this evening, though , as we see evening, though, as we see outbreaks of rain move their way into western and northwestern parts of the uk. but on the whole, overnight plenty of dry weather around a mix of cloud and clear spells. and under those clear spells it will feel a little bit cooler . but those clear spells it will feel a little bit cooler. but most towns and cities remaining in the double digits. an unsettled picture as we head into sunday, particularly across northern areas, as we'll continue to see those outbreaks of rain edge their way into eastern parts of scotland. so fairly damp in the west. a few drier spells before that rain moves in in the east. quite a damp start to across northern ireland, northwestern parts of england, but once again in the far east, around yorkshire, for example, fairly dry, with some bright sunshine to start and similar across the south and southeast . a mix of

south and southeast. a mix of cloud but also some bright sunny spells to start the day on monday. generally though, it is going to be quite an unsettled picture. outbreaks of rain spreading their way eastwards across the country, a little bit heavy at times across hills in scotland. generally, though later on across wales and the south and southeast. a bit of cloud around but some sunshine breaking through, particularly across southern parts of wales and devon, and cornwall. a bit cloudier in the southeast, but that's where we'll see the best of the temperatures. highs of around 21 celsius for tuesday. another north south split with some showers and some longer spells of rain feeding into the north—west and later on into northern parts of england and northern parts of england and northern wales, and across the south and southeast . that's south and southeast. that's where we'll have the driest of the weather again, and the best of the temperatures turning windier from midweek. but plenty of dry weather around too. bye for now . for now. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

>> it's10:00. on television. on radio and online, in the united kingdom and across the world. this is mark dolan. kingdom and across the world. this is mark dolan . busy hour to this is mark dolan. busy hour to come in my take a ten. doctor who actor david tennant tells government minister kemi badenoch to shut up because she wants girls to have their own toilets, and he wishes she didn't exist. i'll be dealing with this rude , sexist man in no with this rude, sexist man in no uncertain terms in just two minutes time, i'll be putting this doctor who star on the naughty step in the tardis and might even send in the daleks in a developing story tonight , a developing story tonight, nigel farage has sensationally ruled out joining the conservatives after the election , telling a tv interviewer he wants nothing to do with them. but they face a setback too , as but they face a setback too, as a reform candidate defects to

the conservatives over racism claims. i'll get reaction from former government minister and reform uk supporter ann widdecombe . and in the last widdecombe. and in the last word, as the sunday times and the ft come out in support of laboun the ft come out in support of labour, does, the backing of newspapers still matter in british politics? i'll be asking former sun editor kelvin mackenzie. plus, kelvin will be reacting to the great news that england are through to the next round in the euros. is it coming home? plus tomorrow's newspaper, front pages, a packed show, lots to get through. i'll be dealing with david tennant in no uncertain terms. you won't want to miss it in two minutes time. first, the news headlines and my favourite time traveller, sam francis . francis. >> mark, thank you very much and good evening to you. it's just after 10:00 and as we heard there from mark at the top of

there from mark at the top of the programme, sports news, england fans, well, they weren't alone watching tonight's nerve wracking clash against slovakia. the prince of wales said he too was on an emotional roller coaster. but from despair to delight, this was the reaction in london's fan zone as gareth southgate's side went on to win two one. well, slovakia struck first in the 25th minute, dominating much of the match. declan rice hit the post hoping to equalise but it was jude bellingham's first shot on target that tied the game and then captain harry kane headed then captain harry kane headed the winner in extra time means england will now face switzerland in the quarter finals . in politics news today, finals. in politics news today, the leader of reform uk has told a gathering of supporters that he'd axed the tv licence fee, which funds the bbc. it comes after he was questioned during an appearance on the bbc's question time programme about accusations that some of the party's activists are racist. taking aim, though, at

opposition leaders, nigel farage also said he wants to be an alternative to slippery sunak, and described sir keir starmer as having the charisma of a damp rag . at the event in birmingham, rag. at the event in birmingham, mr farage claimed that undercover footage of a campaigner making a racial slur against the prime minister was part of a smear campaign, though channel 4 have denied those claims. >> this guy is a set up. he was acting from the minute he walked into that office. he came up with a stream of invective not seen since alf garnett was on the television in the early 1970s, and some of it was , you 1970s, and some of it was, you know, turning moss in the wetherspoons. it wasn't even serious. it was nonsense. so i really feel that channel 4 or the production company need to be called before an inquiry. let's find out the truth about what happened . what happened. >> nigel farage, there , speaking >> nigel farage, there, speaking earlier in birmingham. well, the prime minister insists that an election victory for the conservatives is still possible , conservatives is still possible, despite polls predicting a heavy defeat. rishi sunak warned today that labour's tax plans would

bankrupt people in every generation, and also criticised their plans to make private schools pay vat, saying that taxing education is wrong. laboun taxing education is wrong. labour, though, says its first steps if it wins the election would be restoring economic stability and cutting nhs waiting lists. the party continues to lead the tories in the polls by around 20 points ahead of next week's election . ahead of next week's election. and in france, voting has now closed after the first round of parliamentary elections there, with exit polls showing a lead for the far right national rally. the party's leader secured around 34% of the vote. marine le pen says that result shows emmanuel macron's centrist alliance, which came third, has been almost wiped out. however, experts say despite the national rally support, they could still struggle to win next week's decisive second round. meanwhile, in the us, president biden's approval rating remains unchanged following a widely criticised debate performance, a poll by morning consult found.

the president retains a one point advantage over donald trump, which is the same margin that was recorded the day after trump was convicted of criminal charges . however, 60% of those charges. however, 60% of those surveyed said the president should be replaced before november's election , though no november's election, though no alternative candidates performed any better in that poll . and as any better in that poll. and as we've heard today, police in tenerife have now called off the search for missing teenager jay slater. the british tourist from lancashire was last seen in a mountainous area of the island almost two weeks ago, according to reports. the search operation has now finished, although they say the case remains open and that announcement from police comes just two days after a big push by search teams and expert volunteers to help find the 19 year old. and finally , inside year old. and finally, inside out two has crossed a major box office milestone, taking more than 1 billion usd during its global release in just its third weekend in cinemas. it's now

notched up ticket sales in record time for an animated film. the sequel to the 2015 original introduces audiences to a whole new cast of emotions inside a teenager's head with joy, inside a teenager's head with joy, sadness and anger. not quite sure how to react to the arrival of anxiety, envy and embarrassment . and if, like me, embarrassment. and if, like me, you haven't got a clue what any of that means, you'll have to watch the film to find out. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sam francis. more at 11:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> welcome to mark dolan tonight. how are you in a developing story this evening, nigel farage has sensationally ruled out joining the conservatives after the election, telling a tv

interviewer he wants nothing to do with them. but they face a setback too, as a reform candidate defects to the conservatives over racism claims. i'll get reaction from former government minister and reform uk supporter ann widdecombe. plus, in the last word, as the sunday times and ft come out in support of labour, does the backing of newspapers still matter in modern british politics? i'll be asking former sun editor kelvin mackenzie. plus kelvin will be reacting to the great news that england are through to the next round of the euros, plus tomorrow's front pages and live reaction from tonight's top pundits, including neil parish , linda jubilee and neil parish, linda jubilee and emma burnell a packed hour. those papers are coming and ann widdecombe is waiting in the wings. but first, my take at ten. the truth is that in life

you can't really hide who you are. and whilst the millionaire actor david tennant is famous for adopting a number of roles, including doctor who , he including doctor who, he revealed his true self on thursday. >> i think i suppose if i'm honest, i'm a little depressed by the fact that acknowledging that everyone has the right to be who they want to be and live their life how they want to live it, as long as they're not hurting anyone else, should merit any kind of special award or special special mention because it's common sense, isn't it ? it's, however, until we wake it? it's, however, until we wake up and kemi badenoch does not exist anymore . i don't wish ill exist anymore. i don't wish ill of her. i just wish to her shut up. >> wow. first of all, tennant says that he wishes kemi badenoch didn't exist anymore . badenoch didn't exist anymore. what does that mean? if she didn't exist anymore, she would be dead, wouldn't she? is her view that there are two

biological sexes which can be confirmed by any gcse biology textbook, so egregious that she should be snuffed out magic away in a time machine to a galaxy far away where she can't pollute the earth with her common sense views . mr tennant says that views. mr tennant says that i wished no ill on her, but the previous sentence was that he would like her not to exist anymore. this inescapably dark remark reflects the underlying coercive violence of the so—called be kind crowd, who were anything but. how do you think kemi badenoch family in particular her young children, feel about the fact that one of britain's best paid and most famous celebrities wants their mum not to exist anymore? for the great crime of wanting girls to have their own toilets? can you imagine if a male celebrity on the political right had made these comments about a woman and a woman of colour? i might add, wishing that she didn't exist and telling her to shut up.

well, of course he will be burned at the stake. funnily enough, i spent the next day trying to find this story in the guardian. this is me scrolling through my phone looking at the guardian app the very day after this story broke. it was nowhere to be seen. i can't imagine why they didn't want to run it when it featured in almost every other paper . it featured in almost every other paper. well, it featured in almost every other paper . well, the it featured in almost every other paper. well, the answer is that it didn't fit the narrative, did it? they knew that it was indefensible and an embarrassing own goal for woke progressives. so better leave it out altogether. withholding editorial is as much a manipulation of the reader as running it, not covering stories is a form of lying. so will david tennant succumb to the scourge of cancel culture? will those theatre parts disappear? will the movie roles and tv characters dry up? of course not, because the luvvie establishment give people like

david tennant a blank check because he is on the correct side of the political spectrum. now, these people think three things, okay? they think that they're right about everything. they think that they're the good people and they think they will win. well, let me tackle each one head on. they're not right about everything. there are not about everything. there are not a hundred genders, and you cannot change your sex as evidence to support my case that doctor who lives in a fantasy world. let's hear from one of the greatest experts on human reproduction in the world, professor robert winston , professor robert winston, speaking on the bbc question time show . time show. >> we'll say this categorically that you cannot change your sex, your sex actually is there in every single cell in the body. >> you have a chromosomal sex, you have genetic sex, you have hormonal sex, you have all sorts of different kinds of psychological brain sex. >> they're all different . >> they're all different. >> they're all different. >> well, there you have it. i

wonder if david tennant wants him not to exist as well. i wonder if he would tell an erudite man like professor winston to shut up, too. so people like david tennant are wrong. secondly, there's a perception that people like him are the good people, except their supporters, who often share the same bonkers creed as tennant's issue. death and rape threats to women like jk rowling and martina navratilova, who merely think that men should stay out of women's sport and stay out of women's sport and stay out of their locker rooms. a current labour candidate, rosie duffield, is now too fearful for her safety to appear at election hustings because she is gender critical, which in my bookis is gender critical, which in my book is gender factual. so given the tyranny around this movement, they are not the nice people . and last but not least, people. and last but not least, they will not win . the truth is, they will not win. the truth is, like water on a cracked roof, it will make its way through

eventually . if i'm honest with eventually. if i'm honest with you, the daleks make more sense than this doctor who star who wants to exterminate anyone who doesn't agree with him. he should spend more time living in the real world and less time locked away in his tardis , locked away in his tardis, travelling backwards in time when it was okay to tell women to shut up . your reaction to shut up. your reaction gbnews.com/yoursay. let's hear the views of my top pundits this evening. journalist and communications advisor linda jubilee, former tory mp and farmer neil parish, and political consultant and commentator emma burnell linda jubilee. i want to know what you think and i'm not going to tell you to shut up. >> well, that's the moot point about the whole clip, if you like. it's so intensely rude to tell anyone to shut up . that's tell anyone to shut up. that's

the first point. and he was very , very unfair to her. i don't think he should have come out with this at all. i don't really understand his reasoning, and i don't know why he stands on a stage and makes these remarks, which i think are misogynistic and unfair. and as you rightly point out in one breath, he's saying he doesn't want to her exist. and in the next breath, he says, well, you know, i've got nothing against the woman apart from the fact that he doesn't want her to exist. it's just, well , doesn't want her to exist. it's just, well, it's badly thought out, but above all, it's rude. and even worse than that, it's very, very unkind. >> however , neil parish, perhaps >> however, neil parish, perhaps david tennant feels that there is a lot of prejudice against trans people. they get a terrible amount of abuse online and in real life they don't have and in real life they don't have an easy time of it. and he's got their back . their back. >> yeah, but you can't you can't attack somebody like kemi badenoch for her views when they are probably most people in this country actually probably agree

with her, actually, that you do actually need women only spaces. and you know, if you do have a penis, you should not be in a woman's changing room. let's be blunt about it. and i mean , kemi blunt about it. and i mean, kemi is a lovely woman. i know her from parliament. she's got a lovely family. she was expecting babies while she was in parliament, and so you know, why on earth does she have to be put through this? and you, you make the point. you know, i'm afraid sometimes the left and especially the, the trans are really sort of hyping up all this . anybody that doesn't agree this. anybody that doesn't agree with them is awful. and you can't say you mustn't exist. i mean, this is crazy. and i think perhaps some of his acting, side of him came out and perhaps he didn't quite mean it, like he did. but it is awful to say those things. well and i think, you know, we should, you know, he should be okay. he should be apologising for what he said. >> well, that's right, it's shocking that there's no apology. emma burnell. he meant

every word. >> look, i disagree on the edges with david tennant about this issue. as we've discussed earlier in the programme, i'm a gender critical radical feminist, so i don't believe in that. gender is innate. i believe that sex is, i've always fought for women's sex based rights. i did that before this. debate became such a hot topic. i'll do it after it. it fades away. but i think it's, i think where david tennant got it, particularly wrong on this occasion. and i'm going to say i love david tennant. and i will continue to love david tennant after this. and i think that's really important , actually, really important, actually, david tennant is my favourite doctor , absolutely adored his doctor, absolutely adored his work in that. but i also go right back to, much, much earlier work, so i'm not going to stop being a fan of david tennant, but here's what i would suggest that we all need to do. we don't want our opponents to shut up. we want to debate them.

yeah, exactly, and i think that that by wishing away, by saying, i wish and i think to be honest, there's a slight bit of hyperbole, both from what he said originally and some of the response to it. okay, so i think when he's saying she didn't exist, you can extrapolate that if you want to . if you want to. >> but i think, okay, i've got to get to the break, can i just ask you very briefly, emma, should he apologise to kemi badenoch? >> i think he should apologise, but i think he should also stand up for his beliefs. >> there you go. oh, blimey. okay, well, look, folks, we're going to come back to that dunng going to come back to that during the papers. but next up in a developing story tonight, nigel farage has sensationally ruled out joining the conservatives after the election, telling a tv interviewer he wants nothing to do with them. i'll get reaction from former government minister and reform supporter ann widdecombe

next. big reaction to my take at ten

on the message board. gbnews.com forward slash. your say, david tennant tells the government minister to shut up and effectively wishes she wasn't alive. i can't believe i'm saying those words. adrian porter, who's a gb news member, says mark, i used to like david tennant as doctor who. he's nasty and outspoken now, like a lot of celebrities. why is that, how about this? you're on fire tonight, says wendy. second monologue that hit the mark. well, thank you very much for that, bravo to your take at ten. says helen. of course, it's not just aimed at that clown tennant. it's directed at all of the establishment wokery keep those messages coming . but in those messages coming. but in a developing story, nigel farage has sensationally ruled out joining the conservatives telling sky news he wants nothing to do with them . he told nothing to do with them. he told their political editor, beth rigby, that they have no interest in the truth for them. he said it's all a game. he added they're awful. they are ghastly. well, reform uk held a

rally today at the birmingham nec, where one of their key supporters, former conservative government minister ann widdecombe, made quite the splash. >> over the next four days, freedom , common sense , freedom, common sense, determination, pride in our country. >> that's what reform is and that's why we deserve to fill up westminster . westminster. >> well, that was vintage ann widdecombe and she joins me now and lovely to see you. how was the atmosphere in the hall today in birmingham? >> it was terrific . >> it was terrific. >> it was terrific. >> there was an excitement there. people feel they're part of something which is really making an impact already, but is going to make an even bigger impact, and, we also had our fun. we had some fireworks, but, yeah, people are very, very optimistic and i would say inspired .

inspired. >> what does a successful election look like for reform in just four days time ? just four days time? >> well, i think a successful election will be if we get seats at westminster. i'm not going to put a number on them, and, you know, if we get millions and millions of votes, that will be a successful election. >> we're not expecting to go from nought to government. but i do expect us to go from nought to the effective opposition. >> now , ann, you spoke very well >> now, ann, you spoke very well today. you were an amazing pubuc today. you were an amazing public speaker. but that won't undo the damage of a difficult week for reform uk, will it? with an almighty race row with channel 4 and three candidates stood down by the party for appalling comments, and today a defection from reform to the conservatives. the wheels have fallen off, haven't they ? fallen off, haven't they? >> oh, don't be silly. of course the wheels haven't fallen off. i mean, first of all, as far as

channel 4 was concerned, there are very big question marks about that interview and that undercover operation, not least the fact that the chap appears to who made the remarks appears to who made the remarks appears to have been an actor and to be using his actor's voice rather than his own. now, you know that is for ofcom to look at. that's for the police to look at, farage has referred them to both those bodies and that's for them to sort out. there will always be. there will always be in any party, a bad apples. i mean, as nigel himself said today, we had to put together, 630 candidates from scratch, and we did that, and there was bound to be the odd mistake. but if you look at that hall today and you look at our candidates and i've been going all around the country, i've been meeting candidates everywhere. i mean, the sheer determination , that they have determination, that they have and the inspiration that they have coming off wheels coming off, we're absolutely forging

ahead. >> how many lib dem candidates have had to be suspended or dumped out of the party for racist allegations? this is a reform uk problem, isn't it? you're attracting the wrong sorts of people, ann. >> well, let me just tell you this. when i was a conservative, i was told exactly the same thing about the conservatives, and that it was where people who sympathised with the bnp would go because otherwise wasn't anywhere else for them to go. i got exactly that. i got that in burnley, i got it many , many burnley, i got it many, many times, and, you know, this is just as far as i'm concerned, this is a red herring, nigel has refused to join the conservative party. that's the first time he's been definitive about that. your reaction, ann? is that the right move ? right move? >> well, i think it's certainly right at the moment. yes because, i mean, the conservatives are completely at sixes and sevens, as i've been saying, as i go round the country, if they really are in

an absolutely smashed on thursday, i will feel sadness. but i will also not feel any regret because they really have brought it on themselves and they need to start rediscovering conservatism. and i think nigel's right. i don't think we join them while they're in that sort of state. >> okay, so ann, you wouldn't rule out some kind of collaboration or even a merger at some point in the next five years in the lead up to the 2029 election? >> i don't know that i'm thinking about a merger, but i'm sure we would look sympathetically at applications from the right sort of conservative to join reform. >> yes, i mean, if it's if it's a battle of the brands which survives the tories or reform uk , i think reform uk survives because we're new, we've made a huge impact. >> the momentum has been enormous. and, you know, if you want to talk about wheels coming off mark, just look at the tories and just tell me, you

know, that anything is working for them. >> well, anne, you spoke with such power today. it was characteristically entertaining and, yeah, just amazing oratory. thank you for joining and, yeah, just amazing oratory. thank you forjoining us. we'll thank you for joining us. we'll catch you in a week's time . catch you in a week's time. responding to mr farage's claims, a spokesperson for channel 4 said we strongly stand by our rigorous and duly impartial journalism , which impartial journalism, which speaks for itself. we met mr parker for the first time at reform uk's headquarters, where he was a reform party canvasser. we did not pay the reform uk canvasser or anyone else in this report. mr parker was not known to channel 4 news and was filmed covertly via the undercover operation . now, what are your operation. now, what are your thoughts about a bumpy week for reform uk? are they a refreshing alternative to the conservatives, or is nigel farage a dangerous, divisive man who has done untold damage to the country? let me know your the papers are

next. sinner. okay. what a busy show. it's been well done to katie , it's been well done to katie, josh and maria for all of their help. the other side of the glass. the emails are coming in thick and fast. what do you think about reform uk? a force for good or ill in british politics? well, liz says mark reform are the only credible, honest and trustworthy party now. today was amazing. the speakers and the speeches were from the heart . speakers and the speeches were from the heart. nothing speakers and the speeches were from the heart . nothing racist from the heart. nothing racist at all. others are running scared and doing dirty tricks, how about this , jeremy? surely how about this, jeremy? surely reform needs to highlight the amount of racist anti—jewish members that labour and the other leftist parties have compared to them? reform are as clean as a new pin. alan, who is a gb news member, says it's for nigel me, and how about this from nicholas mark dolan just

after clickbait. shocking and get a haircut. well, that's that's a bit harsh , but you that's a bit harsh, but you might be right about the hair. do keep your messages coming gbnews.com/yoursay. first up, we've got tomorrow's papers . and we've got tomorrow's papers. and we've got tomorrow's papers. and we start with the daily mail and jude's head over heels . last jude's head over heels. last second scorcher spares england's blushes in nail biting win. now thatis blushes in nail biting win. now that is england. who are through to the next round of the euros. well done. them and as tories warn voters, they face buyer's remorse if they give starmer a supermajority. sunak issues a rallying cry don't lock in labour for a generation , a labour for a generation, a disaffected tory voters risked locking in a labour government for a generation unless they act to prevent a starmer supermajority. the prime superm ajority. the prime minister supermajority. the prime minister will warn tomorrow he's going to kick off a final, frantic week of campaigning with

a direct appeal to frustrated former tory supporters considering a protest vote on thursday . daily express now thursday. daily express now relaxing sunday of course not. you're watching england and kemi. my heart breaks when tories turn to reform kemi badenoch says her heart breaks when tory supporters defect to reforms. she admitted that no seatis reforms. she admitted that no seat is safe in this election, even hers, with a 20,000 plus majority . even hers, with a 20,000 plus majority. guardian even hers, with a 20,000 plus majority . guardian now labour majority. guardian now labour can stem populist threat by improving lives , says starmer improving lives, says starmer keir starmer has warned that a new labour government would have to stave off a rise of the populist right by urgently restoring faith in british politics through deeds , not politics through deeds, not words, and making a material difference to people's lives. as the election campaign enters its final days. the labour leader said that while hope has been kicked out of people, his plans for economic growth across the

country, the nhs and the transition to renewables could help bring it back and far right takes the lead in the french elections . takes the lead in the french elections. daily takes the lead in the french elections . daily star takes the lead in the french elections. daily star bellingham saves us, then harry wins it way. jude is the headline daily telegraph le pen i have wiped out macron, marine le pen declared her party had practically, practically wiped out emmanuel macron after winning the first round of voting in the french elections , voting in the french elections, and putin is hoping for a labour victory, says rishi sunak . metro victory, says rishi sunak. metro england two, slovakia one. slovakia the moon is the headune slovakia the moon is the headline their daily mirror fans put through hell. england keep dream alive, just and the iron newspaper uk heading for stagnation after the election. labour and the tories are told. dozens of economists warn that rishi sunak and keir starmer are failing to offer a serious plan to grow the uk economy , with

to grow the uk economy, with lack of investment set to choke recovery . and those are your recovery. and those are your front pages for full reaction. i'm delighted to welcome my top punst i'm delighted to welcome my top pundits this evening. we have neil parish, linda jubilee and emma burnell. neil parish, linda jubilee and emma burnell . okay folks, lots emma burnell. okay folks, lots to get our teeth into. what do you think about this one? linda, don't lock in labour for a generation. that's the prime minister, rishi sunak. it's kitchen sink time for him, isn't it? >> i guess, but the problem here and i was a staff reporter on the daily mail, so i've got a great deal of time and admiration for that newspaper because it said no one ever, 4 or 5 years of my earlier years . or 5 years of my earlier years. >> was it respectable then? >> was it respectable then? >> it was, i mean , i think it's >> it was, i mean, i think it's a cracking paper. he's got his finger on the pulse. most of the time. but but i'm honestly amazed at this. this isn't a new headline. yeah. again and again and again. the daily mail is warning about stormageddon. it's warning about stormageddon. it's

warning about stormageddon. it's warning about what's going to happen when starmer comes in with the budget. fair enough. i'm concerned too . but you do it i'm concerned too. but you do it day in, day out. and i know in political communications, the theory is that the more you repeat something, the more likely is that message is to go home. but frankly, i think tomorrow people are going to be going to the footy, they're going to the footy, they're going to the footy, they're going to be going to other newspapers to read about other things because they're fed up with this message. >> well, they were right to be worried about labour government, aren't they? emma? taxes are going to go up. inflation is going to go up. inflation is going to go up. inflation is going to go up because the unions will get their pay rises. we're going to be double broke by the time labour are finished with us. >> we couldn't be more broke. we've got hope. hope is coming. changeis we've got hope. hope is coming. change is coming. >> thursday doesn't pay the bills. >> hope doesn't pay the bills. but a better economy does. and that's what we're that's what we're looking at. look is are things going to change by friday morning. no, i'm not going to pretend that, but i think the, the story in the guardian i think is really, really the most important, not least because it mirrors something i actually wrote a week ago in my fabulous

newsletter , which is that the newsletter, which is that the way people get hold of your newsletter, my newsletter is called hard thinking on the soft left, which is a terrible title, but it is. that's what it's called now . yeah, and it's on called now. yeah, and it's on substack, but, i think it's improving people's lives gradually through hard work and policy politics, but not like endless punch and judy politics, but just roll out the sleeves, getting on with it, governing calmly. i think what people want more than anything else is less politics in their lives, less feeling like we all have to care about politics all the time. and i think that's what, a fundamentally what labour is offering. >> i just wonder whether keir starmer has more poetry than policy. this is just, you know, this is this is a lovely sentiment, isn't it, that we're going to improve people's lives. what about the sort of the brass tacks of it? do you think labour is going to get the economy growing and fix britain? >> neil i think it's going to be

difficult for starmer. i think keir starmer, i think getting in probably is going to be the easy part. i think actually governing this country. and actually, i mean, in may we still borrowed £15 billion more to balance the books in one month than we actually earned. so we're starting from a very low base. and so therefore there's a lot to be done. i think the trouble is that the problem the tories have got is that they've had so much division over the last few years that people don't necessarily believe them, but i will say this quite clearly that labour will tax more and it will be very difficult, i think people will for vote change because they don't like the government. they've got. but what does worry me is a massive supermajority because, you know , supermajority because, you know, parliament works better if you can hold the government to some sort of account. if you've got a majority of 150 to 200, there is no way you can hold that government to account. and i think that is the most worrying part for me, because reform is completely splitting the right

wing vote, and they're not a form of the tory party. if you vote reform, you're actually letting starmer in. it's quite clear if you have the right wing vote, if you if you you can't take all 14. but if you took 14% for reform and 21% for the tories, added them together. labouris tories, added them together. labour is on 38. you'd actually have 35, 38, you'd have a quite a lot closer election, possibly, possibly a hung parliament. but you see, the way it's been split and keir starmer doesn't really have to say anything because the more he says, the more he's a hostage to fortune. and you take immigration, what is his solution to it? he hasn't got a solution to it? he hasn't got a solution . he hasn't got a solution. he hasn't got a solution. he hasn't got a solution whatsoever. >> smash the criminal gangs. >> smash the criminal gangs. >> yeah, well, look, i've spoken to i've spoken to senior police officers who have told me he's whistling dixie on that one. so there's a problem there . i'd say there's a problem there. i'd say he's more polemic than policy. i don't think it's about poetry. i think it's about this polemic

that goes on. the fact of the matter is, in this little stack of newspapers here, we've got something from paul johnson. now, i think we can all listen to paul johnson, the ifs, the head of the institute for fiscal studies. >> they crunch the numbers. >> they crunch the numbers. >> that's right. it's the numbers that count. and actually, it will only be keir starmer or rishi sunak. and each one of them would have really , one of them would have really, really severe problems. >> taxes will go up under both regimes, either one. >> and i think i think the problem either. i think the problem either. i think the problem also is an all parties do this. and i can say this because i'm not standing is you completely overpromise, and everybody does it . and that's everybody does it. and that's what that's what got people actually, because people are actually, because people are actually quite disillusioned with politics because, you know , with politics because, you know, labour on 38% is good. but it's not labour. >> it's done the opposite. >> it's done the opposite. >> but hang on, it comes down to the members of the public. you tell the members of the public, okay, you can have this service, but we're going to hike prices a little bit. we're going to hike taxes a little bit. how do you fancy that? they'll say, no and we're not voting for you. that's

right, that's right. we got to pay right, that's right. we got to pay attention. >> do you think that labour voters will be disappointed by what starmer does over the next five years? purely because the economy is so massively burdened with debt? do you think do you think they're setting themselves up for a fall? >> so i would say i think the opposite of linda in terms of polemic. i don't think there's been any polemic. it's been a very cautious campaign, a campaign really determined not to overpromise , whether they can to overpromise, whether they can under—promise and overdeliver that will be remains to be seen. >> talking about the promise i'm talking about the language i heard in the debates. >> but do you think the labour supporters are going to be disappointed by what happens, given the fact that the cupboards bare? the country is broke. >> i think labour supporters are aware that the cupboard is bare. we've all lived through the last few years, you know, we live in this country. to mark, i think that there will be a certain amount of goodwill from labour supporters for about ten minutes maybe, but there will be an expectation on delivery and that's, that's quite right. >> but the expectation of the labour movement is pay rises for

the public sector, massive investment in schools and the nhs. the money is just not there. so what are the political implications? >> well, there's a lot of talk of bringing in private investment now that that's the bafic investment now that that's the basic growth plan is to make the uk a much more stable economy that will then attract inward investment, particularly as a lot of the continent becomes a lot of the continent becomes a lot less stable. well, we shall see if that works. >> linda, first then neil, because that's all supposition . because that's all supposition. >> that's all speculation. yeah. >> that's all speculation. yeah. >> no, i'm saying but i'm saying that that is essentially what they what the plan is, is to change the economy, change things like planning rules in particular in order to make us a more investable place and that will bring more money in. >> things will take time and they won't be instant. and i think they won't be. i'm going to be quite controversial on all parties. here is this country is virtually become ungovernable because i tell you why. because the public expectation of what

government can do. you had the pandemic. let's borrow 350 billion. you've got an energy crisis. let's borrow another 50 billion, it can't be done because in the end , it's got to because in the end, it's got to because in the end, it's got to be paid for. and nobody in this election and believe it or not, very rarely do i agree with the greens. but on this one, they're the only ones that are actually saying probably you've got to put up taxes, not put them down. and it's interesting because we promise people everything and we can't deliver it. and then it turns them off politics and they all go voting reform, which drives me absolutely mad. of course . coui'se. >> course. >> another matter a couple of seconds. linda. last word . seconds. linda. last word. >> well, as we said earlier, perhaps we all need to be having more babies. at least the youngest. >> no thank you . >> no thank you. >> no thank you. >> talk to neil. i probably won't have babies , but no, but won't have babies, but no, but i'm not. >> but. but i know what you mean. neil. neil. >> neil is very good at getting heifers pregnant, so if anyone does, thank you . does, thank you. >> don't go there. >> don't go there. >> don't go there. >> do not go there. if anyone could fix the population crisis, it's the man next to me. >> not me, i hasten to add. yeah. >> that's right. okay, folks,

look , lots more to come, more look, lots more to come, more front pages. and in the last word, as the sunday times and the ft come out in support of laboun the ft come out in support of labour, does the backing of newspapers still matter in modern british politics? i'll be asking the former editor of the sun newspaper, kelvin mackenzie . sun newspaper, kelvin mackenzie. plus, kelvin will be reacting to the good news that england are through to the next round of the euros. all of that and more in two. don't go anywhere.

okay, we've got more papers coming in thick and fast. and this is the sunday at the times. i should say the times. sunak turns fire on farage in battle for the undecided voters. three lines through after last gasp leap. and french right humiliates macron. marine le pen's populist party is within touching distance of power after reducing the president's party

to third place. okay, folks, we'll look at lots to get through. a journalist and communications adviser, linda jubilee, neil parish and emma burnell reacting to the big stories of the day. but first, it's stories of the day. but first, wsfime stories of the day. but first, it's time for the last word as the sunday times and the ft come out in support of labour. does the backing of newspapers still matter in modern british politics? joining me now is the former editor of the sun newspaper and the founder of talksport radio, kelvin mackenzie. kelvin are you surprised by this decision on the part of news uk to get behind keir starmer? at least one of their titles, the sunday times, no, not particularly. i mean , i've read i'm probably the mean, i've read i'm probably the only person in the world that read the sunday times editorial from start to finish . from start to finish. >> it's a lengthy, not very interesting and not very well done tomb in which it basically says, labour are rubbish , but, says, labour are rubbish, but, they are untested rubbish ,

they are untested rubbish, whereas we've tested the rubbish from the conservatives and that was found short, and that there are big issues ahead and we're not sure that starmer is up for it, but we're going to back him anyway, the more interesting point is why hasn't the sun said murdoch always told me to get in early with the with the endorsement for whichever party he he wanted to support, because that would do him good in the corridors of power. afterwards. if you come at the last minute, it's almost like a i don't believe it, but well, the sun hasn't said yet . it's only got hasn't said yet. it's only got three days to go. and the reason they haven't said is because between 2009 and 2013, starmer was the director of public prosecutions, which charged 25 totally innocent journalists. they lost three years of their life before they were all cleared by the lord chief justice , effectively. right, and justice, effectively. right, and therefore they don't want to get they shouldn't want to give until the last moment an

endorsement to labour, the party they should give the endorsement to is the one that their readers have supported, which is because they're white working class. they support reform that came out in a poll. why don't the why don't the sun actually do what their readers want to do, rather than what their what they view as their commercial imperative, which is being able to wander around the, the corridors of power and get changes in communications bills and the like . like. >> do you think that the sun will ultimately fall in behind keir starmer and labour before thursday ? kelvin, or is it a bit thursday? kelvin, or is it a bit of a 5050, well, as i said, as i said, i, i imagine that they're going to eventually go for laboun going to eventually go for labour. but does it matter ? the labour. but does it matter? the sun only sells, right. this is as a print version , right? in my as a print version, right? in my day. i know it's a completely different world for, for 4.5 million, 12 million readers. it was incredible, astonishing . you was incredible, astonishing. you know, it it may not have been the somewhat one hit, but it came bloody close to winning it,

so that was fine. today it sells 400,000 and online endorsement on sun online isn't worth rooms. who reads that right? boom. there, there. you know in the old days, yes, that may have meant something because at that time the paper was probably selling around about 3 million in the good old days. 4.3 million under my expert tutelage . but those were different days. so the sun online, another brilliant headline, the sun online, is a complete waste of space and the sun paper is actually read by elderly white working class natural reform. voters. >> okay, stay with us. kelvin. i want to talk about the euros in a second, but let me bring in my punst a second, but let me bring in my pundits if i can. neil, linda and emma. linda, do you think that this move by the ft . and that this move by the ft. and the sunday times suggests that uk media is shifting leftwards ? uk media is shifting leftwards? >> i think i've seen for some

time now. i'm not sure whether kelvin would agree with me that certainly the ft has been heading towards labour and i think it does matter what those two papers do. i agree completely with kelvin about reform sun readers and reform. but do reform matter to rupert murdoch? probably not. yeah >> what do you think, neil? are you surprised by this move , you surprised by this move, particularly the sunday times to support labour? >> yeah , more by the times, the >> yeah, more by the times, the ft has always been sort of, of course, they're very much a remain paper , basically the ft remain paper, basically the ft and was always going to go in that direction. so i'm not surprised by the ft but the times, yes, i think it's probably they are trying to choose the worst, the least worst of the alternatives. emma. what the times. >> absolutely. emma. briefly, if you can, do you think, as kelvin was saying, does anyone really care what these papers come out in support of and who they support? >> well, newspaper circulation is absolutely dropping through the floor, but they do still set

the floor, but they do still set the broadcast agenda. you know, we still do the paper. i was here this morning doing the paper review. the radio four today programme is led by the paper headlines. so it does still set the agenda, even if the actual readerships are considerably lower. yeah. >> and i guess it's symbolic. kelvin, before you go, you founded talksport radio, another career triumph for you, can we talk about england's performance today? first of all, do you still rate gareth southgate and is it coming home? >> well look honestly he's a phenomenally lucky guy. his name literally with seconds to go, gives the whole nation a heart attack. do you know what i used to be massively hostile to him. iused to be massively hostile to him. i used to be massively hostile to the england team. do you know what? they're through to the quarterfinals. i honestly, if they can carry on with this luck. who knows? they might end up owning gb news as well . up owning gb news as well. they're doing. it is an astonishing performance . i don't astonishing performance. i don't know what to say. i'm just pleased they won, to be frank.

calvin, it's great to see you. >> we'll catch up soon. my thanks to former national newspaper editor kelvin mackenzie, co—founder , founder, mackenzie, co—founder, founder, i should say, of talksport radio. listen, folks, thank you so much for your company. the last few days i've really enjoyed it. i'm back for mark dolan tonight saturday and sunday of next weekend. that's 9 to 11 saturday and sunday. there's a special different show that's happening, on friday evening . so special, particular evening. so special, particular schedule straight after the election. but you'll be hearing my first reaction to the winners and losers on saturday night for my big opinion. my take at ten. thank you to neil, to linda and to emma. well done to my team as well . to emma. well done to my team as well. headliners is next. i'll see you saturday at nine. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . sponsors of boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb news >> good evening and welcome to your gb news weather update

brought to you by the met office. well, a changeable week ahead with some rain and showers, plenty of dry weather around too though. for today though, we've got a frontal system clearing its way south eastwards, allowing a ridge of high pressure to build, bringing a fairly settled evening notice. the winds coming from a north westerly direction though, meaning things are going to be feeling a little bit cooler. a change on the way into this evening though, as we see outbreaks of rain move their way into western and northwestern parts of the uk. but on the whole , overnight plenty of dry whole, overnight plenty of dry weather around a mix of cloud and clear spells. and under those clear spells it will feel a little bit cooler. but most towns and cities remaining in the double digits. an unsettled picture as we head into sunday, particularly across northern areas, as we'll continue to see those outbreaks of rain edge their way into eastern parts of scotland. so fairly damp in the west, a few drier spells before that rain moves in in the east quite a damp start to across northern ireland. northwestern parts of england, but once again in the far east around yorkshire for example, fairly dry, with

some bright sunshine to start and similar across the south and southeast. a mix of cloud but also some bright sunny spells to start the day on monday. generally though, it is going to be quite an unsettled picture. outbreaks of rain spreading their way eastwards across the country, a little bit heavy at times across hills in scotland generally, though later on across wales and the south and southeast. a bit of cloud around but some sunshine breaking through, particularly across southern parts of wales and devon and cornwall a bit cloudier in the southeast, but that's where we'll see the best of the temperatures. highs of around 21 celsius for tuesday . around 21 celsius for tuesday. another north south split with some showers and some longer spells of rain feeding into the north—west and later on into northern parts of england and northern parts of england and northern wales, and across the south and southeast. that's where we'll have the driest of the weather again, and the best of the temperatures turning windier from midweek. but plenty of dry weather around too. bye for now . for now. >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of

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gb. news >> very good evening to you. you're with gb news. i'm sam francis. a look at the headlines at 11. well, in a blow to reform uk's campaign , a candidate has uk's campaign, a candidate has defected to the conservatives, saying he's become increasingly disillusioned with the behaviour and conduct of his party. liam booth isherwood says he's suspending his campaign and will instead support conservative maggie throup to. he says stop laboun maggie throup to. he says stop labour. the party's already withdrawn support for three candidates accused of making offensive comments, and one activist has been recorded making a racial slur about the prime minister, rishi sunak. well, at an event in birmingham earlier, the party leader nigel farage claimed the campaigner was planted by channel 4 news as part of a smear campaign. but the broadcaster has denied those

claims. >> this guy is