big opinion. the tonight in my big opinion. the tories don't get it with the rise of reform uk, the conservatives are in denial about what happened on the 4th of july. so far, the uninspiring leadership election has failed to acknowledge a clear message from voters without a radical new approach, the tories will be out of power for a generation. in the big story, we will bring you all of the runners and riders for the tory leadership in the company of a top conservative insider and in my take at ten, new footage has emerged in regard to violent scenes at manchester airport. there's more to this story than meets the eye. why can't cops be allowed to do their job.7 this wouldn't be a story anywhere else in the world. is it any wonder that officers are deserting the force .7 and can deserting the force.7 and can team gb break all olympic records this year? i'll be asking legendary british sprinter darren campbell, m.b.e.

really busy show tonight . new really busy show tonight. new developments on that story in manchester airport. so busy show. expect to get your messages, your emails all the rest of it. and let me tell you that director sebastian is on his own in the gallery this evening , so anything could evening, so anything could happen. two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. i'll see you after the headlines and ray addison . addison. >> cheers, mark. good evening. i'm ray addison in the gb newsroom. our top stories. protesters gathered outside of downing street and scotland yard earlier demonstrating against the reported arrest of tommy robinson. his supporters say he was detained under anti—terror laws. it comes after a complaint was made after a film was allegedly shown at a central

london rally yesterday, in breach of a high court order. two men in their 20s have died after a two seater light aeroplane crashed in a field in thornaby, near selby. north yorkshire police received an emergency call just before 10:00 this morning. it's thought the victims are the pilot and his passenger. their next of kin, kin, have been informed. an investigation is now underway. manchester's mayor is urging people not to rush to judgement following thursday's incident at the airport. there, andy burnham's comments follow the publication of new video obtained by manchester evening news, which appears to show a violent altercation in the lead up to a suspect being kicked by a police officer . the constable a police officer. the constable involved is now under criminal investigation for assault. mr burnham says it's a complicated situation with two sides to it . situation with two sides to it. priti patel has become the fifth mp to enter the tory leadership

race. the former home secretary says she can unite the party and turn it back into a, quote, winning machine. she joins james cleverly, robert jenrick, tom tugendhat and mel stride running to replace their ex—boss rishi sunak. to replace their ex—boss rishi sunak . nominations close sunak. nominations close tomorrow . the foreign secretary tomorrow. the foreign secretary is condemning a rocket strike in the israeli controlled golan heights , which killed 12 people, heights, which killed 12 people, including children . david lammy including children. david lammy says he's deeply concerned about the risk of further escalation and destabilisation. israel released this footage of air attacks being carried out against hezbollah targets in lebanon overnight . water bosses, lebanon overnight. water bosses, who repeatedly allow sewage to be dumped illegally, will face criminal charges under new government plans. environment secretary steve reed is warning that they'll also be stripped of their bonuses as part of tighter regulations. he also says customers will receive refunds if money earmarked for sewage

system investment is not spent on that purpose. >> if water bosses keep pumping these levels of raw sewage into our waterways, they'll face criminal charges. we'll give the regulator the power they need to ban the payment of the multi—million pound bonuses they've been awarding themselves, despite overseeing this kind of catastrophic failure. and we're going to ring fence customers money that is earmarked for investment in improving the sewage infrastructure so that if it's not spent on that, it gets refunded back to customers in discounts off their bills. >> right. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. back to tv's mark dolan. >> 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. >> my thanks to ray addison, who is on a double shift today. but as my mother will tell you, you

can't have too much of a good thing. welcome to mark dolan tonight. in the big story, we'll bnng tonight. in the big story, we'll bring you all the runners and riders for the conservative party leadership in the company of our top tory insider. and it might take a ten. new footage has emerged in regard to violent scenes at manchester airport . scenes at manchester airport. there's more to this story than meets the eye that is my take at ten. also, this hour can team gb break all olympic records this year? i'll be asking legendary british sprinter darren campbell, m.b.e. plus, reacting to the big stories of the day, we have neil parish , suzy stride we have neil parish, suzy stride and linda jubilee . plus the most and linda jubilee. plus the most important part of the show your views. they come straight to my laptop gbnews.com/yoursay and this show has a golden rule unique to this programme. we don't do boring, not on my watch. i just won't have it. a big two hours to come. lots to get through. there's more than

meets the eye. regarding that story in manchester airport. that's my take at ten. but first, my big opinion. the tories didn't get it when they were in power and they don't get it now. after their illiberal and deeply unconservative pandemic policies in which we paid healthy people to stay at home and wrecked the economy in a failed attempt to stop a virus, they presided over an explosion in legal and illegal immigration, the highest taxes since the second world war, and wokery in our public institutions . under the institutions. under the conservatives, public toilets have gone unisex, which means awkwardness for women and a river of piss on the toilet seat. thanks to the men in their kids at school, are being taught that they might be in the wrong body and you can't even go into a supermarket now without being told someone's pronouns. all i wanted was a loaf of bread. i've

had a parade of tories on this show since that historic election defeat on july the 4th, with the same tired and complacent mantra that the tory party is the oldest, most successful political party in the world. well, it wasn't very successful. three weeks ago, was it? even when the opponent was the uncharismatic and frankly, unpopular sir keir starmer, who actually entered number 10 on friday the 5th of july with negative poll ratings. but all i've heard from conservatives since then is about how they are the natural party of government . the natural party of government. well, at this rate, they are the natural party of opposition and they even face competition from reform uk in that department. reform uk in that department. reform could potentially overtake the tories at the next election, having robbed them of countless seats at the first time of asking three weeks ago. as bland tory backbenchers throw

their hats into the ring to replace sunak. the conservatives at the moment are like the captain of the titanic, claiming that there's nothing to see here as the ship sinks deeper into the ocean , they are in denial. the ocean, they are in denial. rishi sunak, astonishingly, will remain leader until november. the process is far too slow, giving labour a blank cheque to do untold damage to the country. the tories don't need months of self—reflection. the message was clear on the 4th of july they stopped being conservative, which is why they were chucked out and why nigel farage was gifted such a political opportunity. if the tories had had sensible levels of legal net migration, if they had borrowed and taxed less, if they had stopped the boats and reacted to the pandemic more sensibly, which took into account the

economy as well as the virus, there would be no nigel farage by continuing to keep their headsin by continuing to keep their heads in the sand and pretending that it's business as usual, they further cement farage's position as the true conservative voice in the house of commons, and as the credible alternative to labour. pathetic that the tories have allowed this to happen. but there you have it . the conservatives have have it. the conservatives have had it too good for too long and have squandered opportunity after opportunity, not least with those red wall voters who gifted boris johnson power in 2019. he got brexit done. fair enough. but he overreacted to covid and trashed the tory brand with partygate. and liz truss did the same with the economy and that laudable but terribly executed mini—budget. now i am no suella braverman cheerleader. i see her as a political opportunist and a potentially divisive figure with a patchy

record in government. but you've got to say she does have political courage . and while she political courage. and while she may be a controversial figure, she seems to be the only person in the conservative movement right now that has acknowledged what happened in july. right now that has acknowledged what happened in july . writing what happened in july. writing in the telegraph newspaper, she said if we don't recover the voters that we deliberately and arrogantly spurned, we will turn the conservative party into the 21st century version of the 20th century liberal party. and we can do better than being a collection of fanatical , collection of fanatical, irrelevant, centrist cranks who make it our business to insult our would be voters for not being as smug and self—righteous as we are. amen to that. now, some of bravermans comments are needlessly inflammatory. her remarks are often two footed, but she is a bold figure who, at her core, is a true

conservative, and they are a dying breed in the current conservative party. she's now so unpopular within her own party and so ideologically out of step that she may have to join nigel farage in reform uk, making it the farage six, which would be a hollow victory for the tories, who, in treating her so badly, are merely killing the messenger. tom tugendhat, priti patel, james cleverly, robert jenrick mel stride they are all capable people, but do any of these names get your pulses racing? i do like kemi badenoch. she's got something about her, but when she launches her campaign tomorrow, will that to be more of the same new face, same failed approach ? sorry guys. failed approach? sorry guys. continuity, conservatism won't wash anymore. the tories deserved to be chucked out of power and right now they're making no credible to case get

back. making no credible to case get back . in. making no credible to case get back. in. tories an utter disaster. they haven't changed their rhetoric or their tone since july the 4th. they haven't listened. they haven't heard. so your reaction gbnews.com/yoursay. first up, tonight's top pundits. i'm delighted to have former conservative mp and farmer neil parish, also journalist and communications adviser, the brilliant linda jubilee and broadcaster, political commentator and labour party adviser susie stride. well, susie, hello, this is like christmas for you, isn't it? the tories? i don't detect even a scintilla of recognition of what happened earlier this month from the tories. >> yeah, it kind of feels i mean, it's very i mean, it becomes a problem, doesn't it, when political parties become very inward looking, it, it, as you say, becomes a big problem.

and i think you know, they this is what i said on one of your shows. i think it was a couple of weeks ago. it's almost like they need to be fined. what are they need to be fined. what are they about? they need to be fined. what is the vision? what what is the conservatives about? what is the vision for this country? because if they're not convinced of that, they're not going to convince the british public. you know, and you know, i agree with some of these comments. you know, like voters can smell when you're almost like, not you're not believing in what they're saying, and you're not kind of listening to what they're saying. and they need to listen. they need to kind of eat the humble pie. but also, i do think they need to refine themselves and reimagine, which is a good word. tony blair talks about reimagining, reimagine . what can the country reimagine. what can the country look like? what does it look like? what do the conservatives want the country to look like? and how does that look different to labour? because even though you're a labour supporter, i guess as a democrat you'd like to see a strong opposition. 100% when we had jeremy corbyn was a complete nightmare and a complete nightmare and a complete disaster. you know, conservatives, good conservatives, good conservatives, understood this is a problem for democracy in this country. and ultimately we want good democracy. and also, you know, i can i can understand

and look across to conservatives and look across to conservatives and see, you know, there's some good people there. i may not agree with their outlook on life, but there's some good people there. and ultimately, like you say, it's good for democracy. you know, we want we want healthy political parties. and so, yeah, i think there is a job to be done there. on finding out what is their vision for the future of this country. yeah. >> linda jubilee, the conservatives are in total denial about what happened three weeks ago. >> absolutely. and they have failed to, as susie quite aptly said, eat humble pie. it's very annoying for everyone concerned that they constantly blame other people for their own defeat when it has been transparently obvious to everyone that they were riven with division, internecine fighting, and they couldn't. above all, and this is another thing susie said they could not define their purpose, their raison d'etre, their reason for being. they were not clear about it. and that's terribly, terribly arrogant, almost hubristic, in fact. and it's very annoying. you know,

i'm a i was a conservative party member. i was on the conservative candidates list, and ever since i've been very young, i have been a conservative supporter. but i find that i can't do that any longer because i find it so intensely annoying that they have failed to wake up to what their responsibilities are in this . this. >> nigel farage and reform uk are a creation of the conservative party, are they not? >> in many respects, because they've created that opportunity for nigel to step in, which is why 4 million people got behind his vision three weeks ago. well, nature abhors a vacuum and all of that, but i think the party i mean, i'd like to hear what neil has to say about this. >> he's happy to be out. >> he's happy to be out. >> let me tell you, he dodged a bullet. i bet you are. >> but he's on the farm now. is milking cows all day long. he couldn't be happier. >> neil isn't the party then. this is the difficulty. isn't the party, in fact, two parties are. >> yeah. there is an element of

that. also, we are not the natural party of government. we need to. we need to earn that. and i think there is arrogance about us which we've got to put behind . has about us which we've got to put behind. has that about us which we've got to put behind . has that always been behind. has that always been there? i think it's always been there. and i think you know, when you are defeated and so many people are licking their wounds and many good mps got you were defeated, you know, not really their own fault because when the party destroys itself, then everybody goes out in the tide, whoever they are. and i think, mark, that, where i disagree with you, i think we do have to eat much more humble pie, and we have to reinvent ourselves . but i don't think we ourselves. but i don't think we have to be in a vast hurry to do it. and i think priti patel and kemi badenoch are anything but, you know, mundane. i can assure you know, mundane. i can assure you they're both very spicy and they can get things done. i would i want them now to really apologise to the british people for the way we behaved and way we which braverman has, by the way . way. >> and my argument is she's the

only one that's, you know, aware of what happened. >> i think you'll find the new leader, whoever he or she is, will do precisely that. i think you want to take time. i mean , you want to take time. i mean, if you look at the last election, i mean, keir starmer had very few policies. it was the fact that the conservative party had destroyed itself . and party had destroyed itself. and then it allowed nigel farage to weaken the vote and labour marched in. and all fairness to them, you know, and let's see what keir starmer can do. but i think what you do in opposition is, yes, you look to not only it's not only about immigration, it's not only about immigration, it's also about young people , it's also about young people, it's also about young people, it's about housing. it's about a whole raft of things . and we whole raft of things. and we really have got to come back with some exciting policies and not just target on one section of the community. that's what labour's been quite successful in doing, is actually broadening its appeal. until we broaden our appeal its appeal. until we broaden our appeal, we are we are dead. >> linda, briefly, i think very you used the right word when you're describing , some or many

you're describing, some or many conservative backbenchers as being bland. i can remember i won't name any names, but i can remember being on the list and told one of my problems was i tried too hard to answer questions. i simply had to understand how to talk a lot without saying anything. yeah, there you go. >> i think brilliantly put. i've got to say lots more to come next up in the big story, we'll bnng next up in the big story, we'll bring you all of the runners and riders for the tory leadership in the company of our top tory insider. that's

next. it's my view that the conservatives are in complete denial about what happened on the 4th of july. no one seems to care about the leadership contest. and i think they've only got themselves to blame. big reaction to my big opinion on the message board . on the message board. gbnews.com/yoursay peter says

you can't reform the hard left tories . steve says politicians tories. steve says politicians have not changed since robert walpole in the 1700s, and they still don't listen to the common folk. they ignore them. if it's not in their interests. alan, who is a gb news member, says tories are a party that didn't deliver nigel and reform will get more and more support. but geoffrey and other gb news member is not happy with me this evening. dolan is off message again, talking the same tripe about a dead party while control of the country lurches to the left. why doesn't he tackle the gaslighting of all of us by msm? well, jeffrey, you won't find any monologues or footage from gb news on the radio or tv of me supporting this incoming labour government, but i think that we have a labour government because the tories have been so unconservative . it's time now unconservative. it's time now for this . yes, it's time for the

for this. yes, it's time for the big story and former work and pensions secretary, mel stride and ex—home secretary priti patel are the latest names to throw their hats into the ring for the tory leadership. alongside tom tugendhat, james cleverly and robert jenrick , cleverly and robert jenrick, with suella braverman considering her position and with kemi badenoch expected to join the race with an announcement tomorrow. so who is the best person to lead the conservatives following their worst performance in an election in over 100 years? let's get the views of a very good friend of mine, former conservative mp philip davies. phil, great to see you again . the tories lost a see you again. the tories lost a lot of good people on july the 4th, yourself included. is there enough talent in the parliamentary party to replace rishi sunak ? rishi sunak? >> yeah, without a doubt. there's definitely plenty of talent and all the people that you've listed, they've all got their own particular, qualities, and so yes, i think what's really positive for the, for the

party is that there's going to be a wide, choice for people to choose from. that's exactly what we need. i think the last thing we need. i think the last thing we wanted was a sort of a stitch up of one person or two people coming forward. i think it's good that there's a wide field. they'll all be able to set the stall out, and that's the best way of making sure we pick the right person. >> is 3 or 4 months too long? i mean, rishi sunak will still be the leader of the opposition in november . november. >> no, i don't think it's a too long at all. this is a this is a marathon, not a sprint. we're not going to be backing government in the next six months or the next year or two years even. this is basically, making sure that we are in the right position when the next general election comes along. so, it's right that we take our time. we want to get the decision right. we don't want to be chopping and changing leaders again. we had enough of that, in the last parliament. so, we need to get this right. so no , it's to get this right. so no, it's good that everyone gets the opportunity to set their stall out, and we can make a considered choice. by the way, i keep forgetting you're a knight of the realm. >> so it's going to be sir philip for the rest of this conversation. sir philip, should

the party look to the left or the party look to the left or the right for their next leader ? the right for their next leader? >> well, look, i think i think it's no secret that i'm on the right of the conservative party, mark and that's that's not going to change. are you the only one now? >> it's you and suella, isn't it? that's about it. and the mrs. obviously >> no, no, but look, it's not really a left right thing. look, the conservative party is a broad church, and people think that's a negative. it's actually a positive thing. mark. and actually people say, oh, well, that means that you'll never pursue any, you know, sort of right wing or truly conservative policies. that's not true. it was a broad church where margaret thatcher was prime minister, but she pursued a very bold agenda and took people with her. so yeah, but she dealt with the tory wets, didn't she? >> she went around cabinet saying, are they one of us? >> well , well she saying, are they one of us? >> well, well she did, but saying, are they one of us? >> well , well she did, but she, >> well, well she did, but she, she did it through a bold agenda that proved to be popular with the public. and if you if you bnng the public. and if you if you bring forward a bold agenda that's popular, you'll take everyone along with you. the thing is, the point is, mark, is that conservative values . and that conservative values. and this is where we're at, this is

where we're at an advantage . where we're at an advantage. conservative values are timeless. and actually all we need to get back to really as a party is we need to get back to those timeless conservative values that we lost during the last parliament. individual freedom , individual freedom, individual responsibility, low taxes, a belief that individuals make better decisions for themselves and their families and their communities and the state makes for them. being tough on defence, being tough on law and order, tough on immigration. these are timeless conservative values. and so there's no great secret as to how we actually rediscover our, mojo when it comes to winning elections. it's just by going back to those timeless conservative values that have stood us in good stead, over many years in the past. >> but is the reason why the party has lost touch with those conservative values? because it's populated now by glorified liberal democrats? >> no , i don't think that's the >> no, i don't think that's the case.i >> no, i don't think that's the case. i mean, you know, i certainly share some concerns that some, some people who are

conservative mps and think that i don't see much conservative about them. but look, that's a that's a small that's a small minority. and they're not going to make all the, the difference. i think the reason we abandoned conservative principles during the last parliament are through circumstance, really, the first one being the disastrous decision to lock down the country during the covid pandemic, where we basically let rip with socialism. i mean, we had state control that even jeremy corbyn would have blushed to introducing. and therefore, on the back of that , we, you on the back of that, we, you know, we then, you know, put up taxes. we borrowed more. we, we literally just lost everything from, from that moment onwards about what it means to be a conservative, to be perfectly honest. and we went from sort of bad to worse . and we what's bad to worse. and we what's often in any walk of life, when you make a bad decision and you start going downhill, you tend to compound that by making one bad decision after another. so we lost those values largely through circumstance, not through circumstance, not through a deliberate act. and i think without the pandemic, we wouldn't really have abandoned those timeless conservative values . probably, but we did,

values. probably, but we did, and we've just got to rediscover them again. and it's, you know, and labour, i think the way that they're going at the moment are going to make that quite easy for us. i think. >> now, i tend to agree with you, of course, about lockdowns, the authorities and the health authorities in particular are very clear that we needed the lockdowns, the mask mandates and the vaccine mandates to save countless lives. that's not my view, but that is the official view, but that is the official view of the majority of government advisers. but let's talk now about the voting process. sir philip, can the membership be trusted with the votes, given that they chose liz truss at the last time of asking ? truss at the last time of asking? >> look, this is a it's a it's a thorny issue this mark. look i, i've never i've never believed that the members should have the vote and that isn't anything to do with the members. conservative members are very sensible people. they they they're very rational. they're perfectly capable of making a sensible decision. the problem is , is that we live in is, is that we live in a parliamentary democracy , and the parliamentary democracy, and the leader of any political party

has to command the support of the parliamentary party that that's just a fact of life. and whenever a leader of a main political party hasn't carried the support of the parliamentary party, it's ended in disaster. and that whether that was iain duncan smith or liz truss on on our side or whether it was ed miliband and jeremy corbyn on the on the labour side, it just doesn't work . it's not doesn't work. it's not a reflection of the members or anything to do with with them. it's just a fact that in a parliamentary democracy, you've got to carry the support of the parliamentary party. and i think what i would say to conservative party members is that when it comes down to the last two, if there's a clear choice of the parliamentary party, then it should be that should be the default position. unless there's some extraordinary reason why that shouldn't be endorsed. i think, you know, you would go against that at your peril, sir philip, not for the first time. >> you have impeccable timing because we have a developing story. i am hearing via pa and

the daily express newspaper that suella braverman is not going to participate in the race for the tory leadership. i understand that suella braverman, former home secretary, a controversial and divisive figure for some but and divisive figure for some but a popular conservative for others , is not going to seek the others, is not going to seek the leadership of the conservative party. your reaction to this news is she on her way to reform uk? sir philip? >> well, i very much hope not. i mean, i'm not surprised that suella isn't isn't standing and i suspect the reason is that she couldn't get ten people to sign a nomination papers. and i think suella probably burnt her bndges suella probably burnt her bridges when she wrote a rather, what might be considered by conservative candidates at the general election. unhelpful article a day or two before the, election. and i think through that she probably burnt her bndges that she probably burnt her bridges with, with her parliamentary colleagues. but so i'm not surprised about that. but look, suella is i agree with suella on on virtually everything, she's a, she's you know, if you , if you ever meet know, if you, if you ever meet her, which i'm sure you have, she's a delightful person to

speak to. she's got, she's, you know, she's got, many, many qualities. i'm sure she's got a big future within the conservative party. so i certainly hope she doesn't, defect to another party. it would be extraordinary to stand at a general election as a conservative and then defect to another party within a few weeks or months. so i hope that doesn't happen. suella is, as far as i'm concerned, a strong conservative. and i hope that she'll remain that for many years to come. but it doesn't surprise me that she's not in the leadership contest. >> most definitely. i'm hearing that she did achieve the necessary ten votes in order to actually put forward her nomination, that she got the requisite support of at least ten tory backbenchers, but that she's not going to run, if she does go to reform uk, sir philip, that would be a catastrophe for the conservatives and a coup for nigel farage, wouldn't it ? nigel farage, wouldn't it? >> well, look, if we if we lose anybody, to any part, someone of her, someone of her profile, sir

philip. yeah. of course. i mean, like i say, i'm a i'm a huge admirer of suella. >> so, but would it not be a failure of the party if she was able to go to reform uk? and wouldn't it be symbolic of the ideological gap now between the people that agree with suella braverman and the rest of the tory party >> well, i think it'd be premature. i mean, i mean, i mean, suella i mean, i like i say, i think this is speculation. i hope that she wouldn't go to reform and i'm pretty sure from everything i know about her that she's a strong conservative and i, i don't anticipate that happening . don't anticipate that happening. but, if she was minded to do that, it'd be rather premature. she should at least give a new leader a chance to get in, get there and set this all out and see whether or not she wants to support them or not. it wouldn't be a it wouldn't be an indictment of the conservative party as it is now, because we haven't chosen our leader yet . haven't chosen our leader yet. so i think she could she might at least see what happens in the leadership contest of what the agenda of the new leader is. i think i want to advise everyone to do that. before they made any rash decisions about which party they want to be in. >> sir philip, do you have any inkung >> sir philip, do you have any inkling who will be the leader

of the opposition in november? >> no, i think it's a really open contest, to be perfectly honest, and so, no, i think, i think all, all of the people who have put their names forward are in with a chance of some sorts , in with a chance of some sorts, and so i think, you know, a lot can a lot will be i think it'll a lot can change during the course of the election. obviously there's, there's quite a small number of people who are whittling it down to two. there's only 120. so, that means that a, you know, you might get a surprise result. >> there you go, sir philip. always a thrill to have you on the show. look forward to catching up soon. my thanks to you. former conservative mp and former gb news star sir philip davies, more on this. after the break. if you're just joining us, suella braverman has pulled out of the race for the leadership of the conservative party, one of the most high profile in the country. what does that mean? we'll debate

next. welcome back to the show. and we have a developing story, which is the former home secretary , is the former home secretary, suella braverman. one of the most high profile conservatives in the country is not going to be participating in the leadership for the tory party. the election of the tory party leader to replace rishi sunak, this is suella braverman, by the way, who has been very outspoken on issues around immigration and about the conservatives strategy going into the election. of course, an election that ended disastrously for the conservatives with their biggest loss in over 100 years. she has been excoriating about how unconservative the conservatives have become. speaking to the press in just the last few minutes, she said that she got the backing she needed to run, but has chosen not to. here's the quote. although i'm grateful to the ten mps who wanted to nominate me for the leadership,

getting onto the ballot is not enough. there is for good or for ill. no point in someone like me running to lead the tory party when most of the mps disagree with my diagnosis and prescription of what went wrong and how to fix it, she said. the party's disastrous election result was down to failures on immigration, taxes and transgender ideology. she added i've been branded mad, bad and dangerous enough to see that the tory party does not want to hear this, and so i will bow out here. now, this is a huge story back to me, sebastian, if you can. this is a massive, massive development and it comes just half an hour after my big opinion, in which that was the key point that i made , is that key point that i made, is that you can love or hate suella braverman, but she's a true conservative and she doesn't belong in this new woke plant based conservative party. 2.0 glorified liberal democrats is

what many of them have become. my what many of them have become. my argument was that she will be running into the arms of nigel farage. i think with this news that has become even more likely, let's speak to my top punst likely, let's speak to my top pundits about this. we've got former tory mp and farmer neil parish, journalist and communications advisor linda jubilee and political consultant and labour party activist susie stride. got to go to you , neil. stride. got to go to you, neil. this is like half an hour since we discussed suella braverman. i think she's leaving the conservative party. i think she'll join reform uk in a matter of weeks. >> first of all, i'm not a plant based tory. all right, i'll get that. will you make plants, don't you? you're a farmer. i'm a farmer. and i like red meat. so let's get this absolutely straight. but on the suella braverman, the problem with suella was that on the tuesday before the election . right. the before the election. right. the election is coming on the thursday she sends off a blast. okay. the tories not got it right. the election's going badly. no mp likes that. when you're facing a general election. had she waited to

10:00 on thursday when the polls were closed , she could have said were closed, she could have said what she liked. history. it's not ancient history. not as far as the mps are concerned. now, i think what happened with suella is, yes , you probably got the is, yes, you probably got the backing to go on to the ballot papen backing to go on to the ballot paper, but she probably didn't get enough backing to go too far when it came to the ballot. now, look, we are bigger always than one personality, however big or however good you're going to tell. >> you know this the most successful when you got people when you got no, no. when you greatest hits, when you got people like kemi badenoch, you've got people there who can actually be there and would i would suggest, would have just as much appeal as suella braverman in many quarters. >> and so therefore, like i said, i think it's suella choice not to stand. it'll be suella choice whether she remains with the conservative party or whether she goes to, i think, neil, despite what you might say, i think , linda, that neil say, i think, linda, that neil is another tory in denial.

>> i think it's catastrophic that she's not running in the leadership, particularly given that she has said she doesn't belong in this modern tory party. yeah, but and that shows some integrity. >> i do not agree with some of the things, maybe quite a lot of the things, maybe quite a lot of the things, maybe quite a lot of the things that suella braverman says. and i certainly don't agree with the way she puts them and the tone and the tone and the language. she but she is a woman of conviction, and i think she's made that clear tonight because many, many people with the chance of winning a leadership battle would just go in to win . but she said it's not in to win. but she said it's not enough for me to win . i realised enough for me to win. i realised now that part of the conservative party is not behind me. they do not agree with my diagnosis. >> that's devastating and that was the key essence of my big opinion monologue tonight. >> actually, it's a big thing for her. >> she's been frozen out of her party for being conservative. now susie, you're obviously no great ideological bedfellow of suella braverman , but if she was suella braverman, but if she was to join reform uk, that would be a coup for nigel farage and a major headache for the tories,

surely, >> i think so. it's interesting. i'm just reading, like her quote here if we don't recover the votes, we deliberately and arrogantly spurned, there's good advice here. you know, she's basically saying they need to listen to those voters who only five years before voted for them. why did they not vote for them? what is that about? you know, and i think that's good advice. and they need to listen to that advice. i mean, clearly, you know, i have very little in common with suella braverman. you know, i don't mind what party she's part of, to be honest. i'm sorry if that upsets anyone else, but you know, her advice here that they've got to listen, you've got to listen to voters. voters aren't stupid. there's a reason why they put their by freezing her out. >> that proves the tories are not in a mood to listen. well, we should be embracing her message of honesty. shouldn't they? >>i they? >> i mean, look, i don't know. i mean, they may just feel that, you know, she's a bit a little bit too extreme. i mean, look, i think you've got the conservatives here who are probably going have a better answer. conservative. i don't know if she's too conservative, but briefly. >> look, she's got she had enough members of parliament by her account to stand. why didn't

she stand and test the party to see whether she does get on? because she's tested it and she knows that that's probably the issue. but if she if she is so convinced she knows the tory party, she has so much conviction, she should stand as linda said earlier about the party having to redefine its purpose and its vision. >> and she clearly is someone that can add some valuable information . information. >> briefly, linda, a couple of seconds, but this is her choice whether she stands or not. >> a couple of seconds, linda , >> a couple of seconds, linda, what is the percentage chance she is a reform uk member of parliament this side of christmas ? christmas? >> i think there's a very strong chance that that might happen. yeah, i think it's going to happen. >> that's my prediction. but we shall see more on that with the papers at 1030. but next up can team gb break all olympic records this year? i'll be asking legendary british sprinter darren campbell

next. coming up in my take at ten, new footage has emerged in regard to violent scenes at manchester airport . let me tell you, airport. let me tell you, there's more to this story than meets the eye. that's my take at ten plus. we'll pick up on the shocking news, the stunning news, the political bombshell that suella braverman former home secretary is not going to be in the race to replace rishi sunak as tory leader. be in the race to replace rishi sunak as tory leader . more sunak as tory leader. more reaction from a top tory insider in the next hour, plus in the papers. but first, this . yes, papers. but first, this. yes, it's papers. but first, this. yes, wsfime papers. but first, this. yes, it's time for mark meets and one of the country's most successful olympians, former british sprinting superstar darren campbell , sprinting superstar darren campbell, m.b.e, with medals at the olympics , the world and the olympics, the world and european championships, as well as the commonwealth games. and now he's in france preparing the athletes as sprint coach for team gb. darren, great to have you on the show. you are in france. what is the mood among the british athletes ? the british athletes? >> good evening mark. look, the

athletes are, we try to keep the athletes are, we try to keep the athletes very calm, we're currently at a holding camp, myself and a number of the athletes will actually go into the olympic village on tuesday. so, we've got a big training session tomorrow, but, yeah , session tomorrow, but, yeah, look, i'm excited. i think the athletes have worked very, very hard, first and foremost, to become an olympian. and, yeah, it's just about staying calm now so we can get the job done. >> well, you yourself are the perfect coach because you have doneit perfect coach because you have done it at the top level. can you tell me about the emotions that you feel when you're on the track about ready to start a race, >> your heart wants to be out of your chest, look , it's a dream your chest, look, it's a dream come true. and i think the reality is that, for every, i guessin reality is that, for every, i guess in my case, sprinter across the world, you've probably dreamt about the moment of becoming an olympian and then

maybe making the olympic final and, when you stand on that line, there's a shot at making your dreams come true, but that dream has been shared by the other seven sprinters, that are lined up against you and. yeah. oh it's one of those scary moments where, yeah, it's kind of make or break. and if you get it wrong , you've got to wait it wrong, you've got to wait another four years. so look , another four years. so look, winning any olympic medal is very special . very special. >> how do you handle the pressure? how do you keep yourself calm at that moment just before the gun shot goes off, >> well, i remember my, first olympic final over the 100m. i think i finished sixth, and i think i finished sixth, and i think i finished sixth, and i think i made the occasion get the better of me. yeah, i think i thought about all the millions of people watching at home, all the people in the stadium, everything like that. by the time i made the 200 metre final, which you showed earlier, i just

remember thinking, you know what this is where i want to be. so just just enjoy it, this is where i want to be. so just just enjoy it , and this is where i want to be. so just just enjoy it, and look, that's the experience that i'll be sharing with the athletes that, i'm looking after. you know, you've worked so hard to be here, so just go out there and enjoy it. >> that's brilliant advice. all of the athletes from around the world are top level. you could barely put a cigarette paper between them. so, darren, what is the difference between those who reach the podium and those who reach the podium and those who don't? >> look, i think it's been able to keep your nerve, keep calm and trust all the work you've done. you know, you've trained for this for four years. well longer than four years, you know, if you think about it, you may dream about it from the age of 12. by the time you make it to that final, you may be 22, 23, 24. so there's a lifetime of work that's gone into it. and i think the key thing for me is just going out there and almost looking at it as just another

race and most importantly, running your best race, that's always what i try to do at every single championship, you know, perform at my best when it matters the most . matters the most. >> can team gb do this year? and the sprinters, darren, >> listen, they're they're in great shape . we've got a lot of great shape. we've got a lot of opportunities to win a lot of medals, we've got some youngsters like louis hinchcliffe that are on the scene for the first time. the likes of adele hughes , who likes of adele hughes, who finished third and fourth, at the world championships last yeah the world championships last year. we've got medal opportunities over the four by one, the four by fours men and women, mixed relays. we've got keely hodgkinson, josh, kurt look, we've got so many medal opportunities but so of all the other nations. so for us, as i say, we've just come from a team meeting this evening. and the mood in the camp was very special. there was lots of

messages from home for the athletes just reminding them that , look, athletes just reminding them that, look, this has been a journey. and win, lose or draw, they're going to have the support of their families . and i support of their families. and i guess for us as staff out here, they'll have our support and we just want them to go out there and perform at their best. if their best is good enough, they'll get on that podium. but you never want any athlete leaving here feeling like they didn't give their best. >> are the french looking after you, and have you got enough condoms ? condoms? >> shocking question, my friend. >> shocking question, my friend. >> shocking question . you know, >> shocking question. you know, that's a bit of a myth. what the french are looking after us. and, i'm 50 years of age, so, i'm a team coach, what happens in the village stays in the village, i don't know anything about what you're talking about . about what you're talking about. >> no, it's an interesting question, isn't it? because, i mean, there is that dilemma about how much they should party

and how much they shouldn't. so what would your advice be about? you know, when they've done a race or perhaps when the race is a few days away, can they let their hair down? what's the best approach ? approach? >> no no no no. listen, like i said, you've got a lifetime of work in this, and i want to give you the best opportunity. so all the athletes that are under our care are very, very focused on doing our nation proud a lot, as in anything in life, once you've got the job done, then you deserve to go and relax and enjoy yourself . so no, enjoy yourself. so no, everybody's focused on doing the job that they have to do here, and yeah, afterwards. yeah, they're allowed to let their hair down. this look they've been building up for this since the start of the season, myself with the relay teams, you know, we had to qualify for the olympics, only ourselves. and america qualified five teams in the relays . amazing. there were the relays. amazing. there were started all the way in april, so . started all the way in april, so. >> well, look, darren, i'll interrupt you because the clock

is against us, but it's been such a privilege to have you on the show. my best wishes to you and the team of sprinters. you're going to go and smash it. thank you so much for your time. the amazing, the fabulous, the one only. darren campbell, m.b.e. next up, new developments in the violence at manchester airport. there's more to this story than meets the eye. that's next. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news. weather forecast from the met office. high pressure in charge the next few daysit pressure in charge the next few days it stays largely dry and warm. plenty of sunshine though. turns increasingly humid and we see the risk of thunderstorms increasing as we get towards the middle of the week. as this area of low pressure moves in from the south. something to stay tuned to over the coming days. but for the rest of the sunday and overnight, it's a quiet night to come. plenty of clear skies across england and wales,

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political bombshell. kemi badenoch has launched her bid to be the conservative party leader. the first serious contender to replace rishi sunak.can contender to replace rishi sunak. can she improve change and transform the conservative party and make them electable once again ? we've got a fight on once again? we've got a fight on our hands now . jenrick cleverly, our hands now. jenrick cleverly, badenoch , who is the heir to the badenoch, who is the heir to the throne, priti patel of course, is featuring in this race and others mel stride so that we'll bnng others mel stride so that we'll bring you more on this developing story. kemi badenoch has officially launched her bid to be the conservative party leader. i'll get reaction from my top pundits, but also tonight suella braverman is not going to participate in that leadership election. that's right. she has got the requisite ten votes. she's got the support of ten mps, but she doesn't want to participate because she thinks that the party no longer represents her values and her

politics. is suella braverman on her way to reform uk? i'll be asking reform uk supporter ann widdecombe live in the studio . widdecombe live in the studio. we've also got to do a take at ten, by the way, and new footage has emerged in regard to violent scenes at manchester airport and why nigel wasn't involved in that. there it is. it was a shocking moment, but there's more to this story than meets the eye. you won't want to miss my take at ten in just a couple of minutes . of minutes. braverman out . badenoch in or braverman out. badenoch in or what is the future for the conservative party? i'll be asking ann widdecombe live in the studio in just a couple of minutes time. but first, the news headlines and more on this breaking political story with ray addison.

>> thanks, mark. good evening. and we go straight to that breaking story. kemi badenoch has launched her bid to become leader of the conservative party writing in the times, miss badenoch said she wanted to renew the conservative movement and get it to work for our country again. it comes as suella braverman announced that she will not be running, writing in the telegraph, the former home secretary said she'd received the backing that she needed, but most mps disagree with her diagnosis and prescription of what went wrong and how to fix it. earlier on, priti patel became the fifth mp to enter the tory leadership race, saying she can unite the party and turn it back into a winning machine. she now joins james cleverly, robert jenrick, tom tugendhat, mel stride and now kemi badenoch running to replace rishi sunak . now kemi badenoch running to replace rishi sunak. nominations close tomorrow so you never know, we might get a few more surprises. the met police says its officers were not involved in the alleged arrest of tommy

robinson. protesters gathered outside of downing street and scotland yard earlier on, demonstrating after his supporters said he was detained under anti—terror laws. it comes after a complaint was made after after a complaint was made after a film was allegedly shown at a central london rally yesterday. a breach of a high court order. two men in their 20s have died after a two seater light aeroplane crashed in a field in thorganby, near selby. north yorkshire police received an emergency call just before 10:00 this morning. it's thought the victims are the pilot and his passenger. their next of kin, kin, have been informed. an investigation is now underway . investigation is now underway. manchester's mayor is urging people not to rush to judgement following thursday's incident at the airport there in the city. andy burnham's comments follow the publication of new video obtained by manchester evening news, which appears to show a violent altercation in the lead up to a suspect being kicked by a police officer. the constable

involved is now under criminal investigation for assault. mr burnham says it's a complicated situation with two sides to it . situation with two sides to it. water bosses, who repeatedly allow sewage to be dumped illegally will face criminal charges under new government plans. environment secretary steve reed is warning they will also be stripped of their bonuses as part of those tougher regulations . bonuses as part of those tougher regulations. he bonuses as part of those tougher regulations . he also says regulations. he also says customers could receive refunds of money earmarked for sewage system investment. isn't spent on that purpose. >> if water bosses keep pumping these levels of raw sewage into our waterways, they'll face criminal charges. we'll give the regulator the power they need to ban the payment of the multi—million pound bonuses they've been awarding themselves, despite overseeing this kind of catastrophic failure. and we're going to ring fence customers money that is earmarked for investment in improving the sewage infrastructure so that if it's not spent on that, it gets refunded. back to customers in discounts off their bills .

discounts off their bills. >> all right. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. straight back to mr dolan 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 the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you ray, and welcome to a very busy mark dolan tonight. as she announced she is not running for the tory leadership . running for the tory leadership. is suella braverman on her way to reform uk? i'll get reaction from ann widdecombe. and if you're joining us, kemi badenoch has launched her bid to be conservative party leader. writing in the times, she said the party deserved to lose in the party deserved to lose in the general election because it was unsure of who it was and who it was. building a new country for. so we'll bring you new reaction to the news that kemi badenoch is throwing her hat

into the ring to become the tory leader, and suella braverman sensationally rules herself out of the race. is she on her way into the arms of nigel farage? plus, in the last word, our labour lying when they say the nation's finances are worse than expected, plus tomorrow's newspaper front pages and live reaction in the studio from tonight's top pundits this evening neil parish, suzy stride and linda jubilee. lots to get through a packed our reaction to the big news, the big political news, which is it's badenoch in braverman out will tackle that with ann widdecombe live in the studio after my take at ten. >> it all kicked off at manchester airport on thursday and i don't mean in duty free. >> a police officer has been suspended after footage emerged of him kicking and stamping on a possible suspects head . shocking possible suspects head. shocking scenes, i'll grant you. but the internet, as always, decided to

ignore any context with a judgement being made following 10s of selective video footage. however, since then, new footage has emerged of what happened in the lead up to that infamous stamp , which the lead up to that infamous stamp, which of the lead up to that infamous stamp , which of course woke stamp, which of course woke progressives are desperate to characterise as a george floyd moment when a black man in america died after an officer kneu america died after an officer knelt on his neck. that of course, led to the rise of the black lives matter movement. the george floyd case is very tragic, but contested by some, and the fallout following it has set us race relations back by decades. so maybe we shouldn't do that here. this new shocking clip, courtesy of the manchester evening news, shows that three police officers being violently assaulted , including, we assaulted, including, we understand, one female police officer who suffered a broken nose. officer who suffered a broken nose . now call me old fashioned, nose. now call me old fashioned, but i think that if i violently

attacked and hospitalised three police officers in an airport, i might get something back. i may come to physical harm myself. kind of lost my human rights at that point. if you know what i mean. it's been reported that armed officers feared that the alleged suspects may have tried to get hold of their firearms in an airport . to get hold of their firearms in an airport. not an unreasonable concern, by the way , this concern, by the way, this wouldn't be a story almost anywhere else in the world. but here in the uk, the police doing theirjob and dealing with alleged criminals in a security sensitive environment like an airport, to led 200 angry people gathering outside rochdale police station and a campaign by the self—styled tiktok lawyer akhmed yakub to defend these men, saying nothing can justify a police officer kicking a defenceless man in the head , defenceless man in the head, can't it? you tell me this drama has seen the suspended police officer subjected to trial by

social media, with keyboard warriors online already calling for his sacking. now, these actions may or may not have been justified, and if something happened that shouldn't have happened that shouldn't have happened , the officer must face happened, the officer must face the consequences. there is an criminal investigation ongoing and i agree with the manchester mayor, andy burnham, who has said that we should not rush to judgement, but the speed with which this cop has been hung out to dry without knowing the full story, speaks volumes. who would be a police officer in 2024? in the end, the ridiculous idea of defund the police and the demonisation of cops, which has been a disaster in america's great cities following george floyd is now reaching our shores. if cops get attacked just for doing their job, a dangerous and now thankless one, who could blame them for rolling over to the criminals and letting them do their worst?

next time we've seen what happensin next time we've seen what happens in america if you politicise policing and punish officers for serving out their duties, you get a breakdown in law and order. and it's already started here. we saw it with those riots in leeds where officers were effectively powerless to stop the violence and disorder. the fear of inflaming community tensions or being accused of racism is making their job nigh on making theirjob nigh on impossible. remember the good old days when breaking the law got you arrested and banged up dunng got you arrested and banged up during those riots in leeds , during those riots in leeds, officers sat in their cop cars and looked on as a double decker bus was set on fire. mob rule is here folks . we've seen it at the here folks. we've seen it at the so—called peace marches, which are suffused with anti—jewish hate. we saw it in leeds and it is becoming a feature of british life. is it any wonder that record numbers of police

officers are quitting? who could blame them? home office statistics show that of the 9000 officers who left forces in england and wales last year, more than half voluntarily resigned. currently 1 more than half voluntarily resigned. currently1 in more than half voluntarily resigned. currently 1 in 5 police officers is considering handing in their truncheon. this tells its own story. policing is an ugly business and we're lucky that others are willing to do it on our behalf. but it's getting harder. the way we treat modern police officers is what i call . police officers is what i call. criminal. there is definitely more to that story than meets the eye, but i think that cops are being demonised. i think they're being punished for doing their job. they're being punished for doing theirjob. let me know your thoughts and i'll get to your opinions in a moment. but first, tonight's top pundits former tory mp and farmer neil parish, journalist and communications advisor linda jubilee and political consultant and labour party activist susie stride.

linda, let me start with you. who would be a police officer in 2024? >> who indeed, it is terribly, terribly distressing to see this , terribly distressing to see this, but it's an inescapable fact that when sir robert peel set up the police force, he talked about policing by consent, and that has been a central tenet of policing for hundreds of years now. and i know that it's really tough for police officers to not overreact or even react in difficult situations, but they are trained to not do that, particularly in the elite squads. for example, those police officers that are sent to airports. so it's understandable that this police officer or several police officers lost their temper. but at the end of their temper. but at the end of the day, they have to be able to control that. if we are going to govern successfully. and i speak as someone who does media training for the emergency services, i know what they have to deal with. but it's a difficult job as you say. who'd want to be a police officer

these days ? these days? >> definitely. briefly, if you can. neil parish, your reaction to how the police have been sort of treated by the media regarding what happened in manchester on thursday? >> yeah, i mean, i think the police must be very concerned because we do need a good police force and we need to give it our support . i absolutely agree support. i absolutely agree that, you know, the level of violence was was too much, but i think lost their temper , i also think lost their temper, i also think lost their temper, i also think that i would take the judgement of andy burnham because although i was not a labour mp, i knew him when he was in the house of commons and he's got very sound judgement. and so therefore, let's really put this in quite it's really at the end of the day, is it? this policeman lost his temper. he reacted wrongly. but should he be drummed out of the police force? i think that is the issue, really. i think it needs to be looked at very seriously. but that will be an interesting decision. and that's where i think we need to give the police our support. and i'd be interesting to see what comes out of that inquiry.

>> most definitely. suzy strider, let me quote dan hodges, the excellent columnist at the mail on sunday who tweeted the following re manchester. some people say the guy was on the ground. it was still unjustified. if you assault a police officer as brutally as we saw in that clip , brutally as we saw in that clip, you deserve to get some back end of i mean, i think look it is complex and i agree with what neil is saying here. >> like, i'm i'm inclined to listen to what andy burnham is saying, you know, and i just think it's really important, isn't it? we need to be really reasoned and calm in how we respond to these things, and we need to kind of wait to get all the evidence because we've already seen what's happened. you know, a really quick clip came out, everyone reacted, and then actually there's a there's actually a slightly bigger, context here that people hadn't seen. so i think we just need to kind of wait and listen and be calm and be measured in how we how we respond. ultimately we can't have violence, you know, towards i'm not happy with what

i see in that clip of someone's head being stamped on. that's not okay. at the same time, we can't have a woman being punched in the face and her nose being broken and then not be a reaction to that. and also, we do need to make sure that we are looking after , you know, we want looking after, you know, we want to make sure that in the future we have police officers in this country that feel supported. but in order for that to happen, we do need to have proper accountability. but i think the right thing here is to wait and to be measured in how we respond to be measured in how we respond to this. and as we see more evidence come out and on that we can agree. >> let me tell you, if you're just joining us, political development, which is that kemi badenoch a possible front runner for the tory leadership, has thrown her hat into the ring. i'll get reaction from my punst i'll get reaction from my pundits at 1030 and another political bombshell , pundits at 1030 and another political bombshell, which is that suella braverman has announced that she's not running for the leadership because the party no longer represents her values or her politics. is suella braverman on her way to

nigel farage's reform uk? i'll be asking reform uk supporter ann live in the studio

next. >> welcome back. >> welcome back. >> the paper's at 1030. but if you're just joining us, let me tell you that kemi badenoch, the former business secretary has announced her bid to be the conservative party leader, replacing rishi sunak. writing in the times newspaper, she said the country will not vote for us if we don't know who we are or what we want to be and that's why i'm seeking the leadership of the conservative party to renew our movement and with the support of the british people, to get it to work for our country again. but that might not be the biggest story of the day, because just a few minutes pnor day, because just a few minutes prior to that, suella braverman former home secretary and of course, one of the most high profile conservatives in the country, has sensationally

announced that she will not be standing for the leadership. here's what she had to say. writing in the telegraph , she writing in the telegraph, she said although i'm grateful to the ten mps who wanted to nominate me for the leadership, getting on to the ballot is not enough. there is for good or for ill. no point in someone like me running to lead the tory party when most of the mps disagree with my diagnosis and prescription, so is suella braverman on her way to reform uk? let's speak to someone who has a foot in both camps. former conservative government minister and now spokesperson for reform uk, ann widdecombe. and did you see this coming regarding suella braverman, do you think it was unlikely that she'd run for the leadership? >> i thought it very likely that she would run, but of course i think she's made the right analysis because she's saying, yes, of course she can run. of course she's got enough support to run, but that's not going to do her any good at all. you know, if a large chunk of the parliamentary party and it's always the parliamentary party,

which is the problem, if a large chunk of them simply don't sign up to her programme, all you're doing is going back to what we had in the last parliament, which, you know, five prime ministers in 14 years. and just endless infighting. and so i think what she's saying is, yes, she she could stand maybe. yes, she she could stand maybe. yes, she could even win. but if she did, that would not be enough. now consider what a damning statement that is that, you know, somebody is democratically elected by the party, but that is not enough. and sadly, i think she's right. >> indeed, if she were to go to reform uk and i don't think you've got any intel for me. >> absolutely not. >> absolutely not. >> no. but if she were to go to reform uk, that would be a coup for nigel farage, because it would, it would go from the farage five to the farage six, containing one of the most high profile conservative politicians in the country. >> indeed. and i mean it would also be a devastating comment on the conservative party if somebody would be what happened to you, what, 6 or 7 years ago

when you went to when i went to the brexit party, brexit party? yeah, i went to the brexit party, and i know, i mean, i know personally, you know, it's not an easy thing to do. you don't cross that sort of rubicon, you know, just casually. you were a tory for decades. i was a tory for 55 years. >> indeed. and so suella braverman stepping away from this, would she be an asset to reform uk? >> oh, yes. i mean, i think suella braverman would be an asset to reform uk. i think if they'd let her, she'd be an asset to the tory party. but they won't let her. and she's recognised that. >> what has happened to the conservatives, why are they so ideologically far away from where braverman is? she wants taxes to be low, she wants to police our borders. she wants to end wokery in the public sector. what's happened to the tory party that they're not embracing those ideas? >> well, i think what's happened to them is they're completely out of kilter with the country. you know, the country embraces those ideas. that's why reform did so well in the election. 4 million votes. yeah. and a higher share of the vote than the liberal democrats. you know,

we should always remember that not reflected in the number of seats, but in the share of vote. you know, we got better than the lib dems . and that was because lib dems. and that was because we are speaking, i believe, for the country, you know, people want low taxes, lower crime , want low taxes, lower crime, lower immigration. you know, at the end of woke if possible and free speech. first thing starmer has done is to say that he's going to abandon the conservative free speech bill for universities. so he's effectively saying free speech doesn't matter to the labour party. now, where's the opposition on this? you know, you actually that should have unhed you actually that should have united the whole opposition in in horror. up doesn't appear to have done . have done. >> however, some would argue that if braverman joins reform uk, that will add to the sense that it's a sort of fringe group of crackpots and right wing lunatics. >> well, i don't know that i would call suella a crackpot or a right wing lunatic. i think sometimes she's a bit in your face, you know, but that applies

to a lot of politicians . and i to a lot of politicians. and i think that given the principles that she's enunciated, she would be a good fit for reform. but i've absolutely no inkling at all that either she or reform are thinking about it. >> but would it not lend to that sense that the reform are, you know , something of a fringe know, something of a fringe minority on the right and that the conservatives are the broad church and really reform uk extremists? >> well, the conservatives aren't broad church. they're don't know what they're doing, don't know what they're doing, don't know what they're doing, don't know what they stand for. and always arguing about it. now, you know, we've had great swings in the conservative party. you know we had edward heath, then we had margaret thatcher, who was completely different than john major. but the tories as a whole stood together. and that is the discipline they've lost, don't you? we have this great argument. should they go left? should they go right? should they go centre? should they be a broad church? nothing matters as much as the restoring discipline and unity. that is what actually

matters . and unity doesn't mean matters. and unity doesn't mean compromising all over the place. it means getting some discipline back. >> you know nigel farage, well, he's the leader of reform uk. do you think he would welcome suella braverman into the party? do you think he's actually reaching out to as we speak? >> i have no idea whether he's reaching out and that's. well, first of all, let me say i have noidea first of all, let me say i have no idea whether he is or not. and that's genuine, that's, you know, absolutely do you advice, though, be to nigel, that perhaps he should drop her text, no, i think and i've said this throughout that if people want to join us, they apply to us. no hard sell. we don't go out, you know, trying to poach because we don't need to, >> if braverman were to join reform uk, might that influence the policy platform? >> well, i think her policies are broadly in sync with reform uk, so i don't think it's going to influence the reform policy platform, whether it influences the conservative party to think again, i don't know. but as i say, the first thing they've got to rediscover is discipline. and until they've got that, until

they've got that doesn't matter what else they for . stand what else they for. stand >> depending on who wins the tory leadership, do you think some kind of collaborative relationship is possible between reform and the conservatives? >> well, this has been speculated on endlessly, as you know. i mean, ever since reform got five mps into parliament. you know, this speculation has continued, either a deal or cooperation at the moment. i wouldn't cooperate with a rabble. i wouldn't cooperate with a rabble. i would wait for them to get their act together before i even considered it. >> so you wouldn't necessarily rule it out. are there any of those candidates on the list at the moment who've thrown their hat into the ring? whether it's robert jenrick, james cleverly or kemi badenoch, who's just, tonight announced her candidature, are any of those true conservatives who could do a good job at the top of the party? >> well, interestingly, cami's used the word capitalism. nobody else is using that word, so i think that's an interesting one. i mean, i can't believe it's quite as big news as it is that

she's standing for the leadership. i mean, was she ever expected to do anything else? i mean, come on, mark, you know, where's the news? well, she is the front runner, isn't she? probably, probably, but we haven't yet got the total line—up. >> no, i mean, are there any of those candidates that have caught your eye who you admire, who think who could actually transform the fortunes of the party? >> well, i think kemi has a lot of the right policies. when you look at somebody like mel stride now, unfortunately he's anti—brexit and that , you know, anti—brexit and that, you know, as far as i'm concerned, that's as far as i'm concerned, that's a deal breaker. that's it. it's a deal breaker. that's it. it's a deal breaker. but if you look at mel stride, he's, he's a he's quite a social conservative. i'm not holy, but quite a social conservative. he's got a lot of experience in ministerial office, and he's a very calm individual. now i speak from experience because he is actually my mp and still is by about 61 votes. so he's still my mp , and he's, he's a reasonable mp, and he's, he's a reasonable individual , mp, and he's, he's a reasonable individual, but he just is

anti—brexit. there's no argument about that. and if you're anti—brexit, haven't we, with theresa may, you know, if you're anti—brexit, you get nowhere and it's such a thrill to have you in the studio. >> i think you come from a wedding. you look fabulous this evening. oh thank you. i'm going to break the rules and ask you one more question. even though the clock is against us, former home office minister, your reaction to this footage that we've seen during the week of violence at manchester airport? the first video involved a police officer appearing to stamp on the head of an alleged and suspected criminal. and now new footage from the manchester evening news showing what happened before that, which is three police officers violently attacked at first glance, does the officer look to be in the wrong ? wrong? >> oh, i think the officer is in the wrong to stamp on somebody's head when they're down on the floor. but as i said to your colleague patrick christys on thursday, i said, hang on, we've got this one narrow video and we're being invited to pass judgement on that. and we haven't seen anything else. and

we don't know what else went on. and oh, was i right. >> indeed. does this form part of the narrative that we're very hard on police these days, that we demonise police officers for doing their job and doing their best? well that's a part of it. >> but i think there's also a wider narrative than that, which is our liking as a nation for melodrama and this terrible trend. we've got now for very selective excerpts of what somebody said, of what somebody has done of a video, which might include an awful lot of stuff, but you just get this narrow excerpt and everybody rushes to judgement on the basis of it. and i sometimes think, have we just lost our ability to think, most definitely. >> are you concerned about law and order in this country? of course. we had the riots in leeds the week before, where police sat in their cop cars and let it play out. >> yeah, well, they should not have sat in their cop cars and let it play out, and, you know, we do need some tough policing, but not to the extent of stamping on people's heads. >> no, i mean, that's sort of the scenes in leeds look a bit like mob rule. and as i pointed

out in my take at ten, we saw that during the so—called peace marches , which in many cases marches, which in many cases support hamas. and you know, you've had anti—jewish slogans without any censure from cops. >> of course, it's a portion of the mob, that and you see that also it just stop oil it's a few individuals, but absolute chaos can they cause. >> and what a thrill to have you in the studio looking splendid as always. mark dolan tonight on as always. mark dolan tonight on a sunday would not be mark dolan tonight without ann widdecombe look forward to catching up next week. thank you. brilliant! the amazing ann widdecombe next up, tomorrow's front pages with full pundh reaction. braverman out badenoch in

next. welcome back. time now for tomorrow's front pages . in your tomorrow's front pages. in your own time . sebastian. we start own time. sebastian. we start with the guardian. reeves paves

way for cuts and tax rises to fix finances. and us leads effort to cool tensions over lebanon. also a defiant and courageous spirit. tributes as edna o'brien dies at the age of 93, the independent. next adam peaty just misses out on historic treble and labour fast tracks . renationalisation of tracks. renationalisation of rail network the metro shame of the games backlash is child rapist is allowed to take part in olympics beach volleyball match. daily mail gps. we will bnng match. daily mail gps. we will bring nhs to a standstill. family doctors are threatening to slash the number of their daily appointments and bring the nhs to a standstill. the bma, which let's not forget, is a union folks, is urging mps to back the disruption. sorry, urging gps to back the disruption. the first in 60 years in a ballot that closes at midday tomorrow. joy for andy murray but tears for adam peaty. times now us urges restraint

after attack on israelis kills 12 children. kemi badenoch i will turn the tide of liberalism. kemi badenoch is promising a renewal of conservative values as she warns that the party warns the party that the party warns the party that it faces a decade out of power unless it returns to the core principles of capitalism and the nation state. squeeze on spending to lift uk from 20 billion hole rachel reeves rees will promise to sell off empty pubuc will promise to sell off empty public buildings and greatly reduce government spending on consultants, as she accuses the conservatives of running away from difficult economic decisions and wrecking the nation's finances , what a party. nation's finances, what a party. swimming ace adam, that's adam peaty misses out on his third 100 metre gold by 0.02 seconds and woeful tory legacy bitter pill gps could take industrial action this week for the first time in 60 years over nhs cuts that have left the service on

its knees. those are your front pages. let's get reaction now from tonight's top pundits. former conservative mp and farmer neil parish. journalist and communications adviser linda duberly and political consultant and labour party activist susie stride. lots of big stories to get our teeth into there, but one that's very clear, susie stride rachel reeves paves the way for cuts and tax rises to fix the nation's finances. it's a dilemma for the chancellor because she doesn't want to have austerity 2.0, does she? >> i mean, to be honest, i mean, i'm looking at what the times is saying here. i feel quite happy about this thing of cutting back on costly consultants. i mean, this is absurd, isn't it? the amount of money, 1.9 billion on consultants. i mean, i know these are small things, but they're not small things. we can't be wasting money. and i think most of the advice these people give are quite common sense. personally and then also like selling off an empty public buildings, you know, i think this is all positive. i think

this is all positive. i think this is all positive. i think this is all positive. but yeah. going to the guardian, look , i going to the guardian, look, i think we've inherited an economic mess , you know, and economic mess, you know, and thatis economic mess, you know, and that is the state that things are in. you know, i'm not going to say whether there's a lie here or whatever. for me, that's just being a bit later on. okay. well, but for me that's just being pernickety. anyway, i think ultimately there are tough decisions that need to be made. but look, we just need to go forward, don't we? we need to do the things that are going to bnng the things that are going to bring growth. we need to build homes. we need to. i think the renationalisation, renationalisation, renationalisation of the vow is really exciting. and i think that's really important. like good infrastructure when you're not going to build hospitals because you haven't got enough money, you know, by all means. >> renationalise rail when you've got the money to do it. but but surely you've got to you've got to absolutely prioritise what you're the nhs or rail building hospitals or nationalising the rail. >> i think i mean, can i say, i mean neil's got skin in the game because he needs a new hip. >> so he's he's desperate for more hospitals. >> that's right. yes. >> that's right. yes. >> exactly. yeah. >> exactly. yeah. >> i mean look he's seeing some patients occasionally. >> i mean look, we're three

weeks into government aren't we. you know, and you know, fortunately, i mean, i'm not the chancellor and i'm not the secretary of state for health, but i do i do know wes streeting well, and i know rachel reeves well, and i know rachel reeves well, and i think they are going to do you know, they're going to make good decisions here. but i think, you know , ultimately we think, you know, ultimately we are going to see more doctors. we are going to see waiting lists, cut. i do believe those things are going to happen. rebuilding, rebuilding of hospitals, you know , ultimately hospitals, you know, ultimately we want to do that, but we have to work with what we have. >> okay. >> okay. >> linda, say, first of all, because i was involved in some of the media training for the clinical leads in the nhs and my background research tells me that the people who introduced consultants to the nhs, tony blair and gordon brown. so let's start with that. that's when it all started getting out of hand, not under a conservative government. now that's a specific but in general, i don't think that rachel reeves should be saying that she doesn't know what's in the books. i mean, if you listen to someone like paul johnson from the institute for fiscal studies, who is really worth listening to, he will say the picture was really bad. yeah, it's possible she might not have known some things, but

it was really bad. and i can tell you that one of the things that was highlighted in the times today was the amount spent on asylum seeking hotels had truly shocked her. well, i'm telling you that i did some work inside those hotels for about two years. it's a departure from my normal work, but i was inside the tent and a child with a calculator and a spreadsheet could have worked out the amount that was being spent, >> but also this this argument that they didn't know that there was a problem with the finances. don't forget, the financial punst don't forget, the financial pundits were telling both parties as the election was going on. neither of you are being honest with the electorate because exactly, it wasn't just laboun because exactly, it wasn't just labour, but, you know, it's no good. it's no good. rachel reeves suddenly being shocked by what's in the i mean, i could have written her speech before the election for her. you know, it's much worse than what we anticipated. of course it is , anticipated. of course it is, because that's when she will put fuel on. she will raise taxes and do all those things because those wicked tories left it in such a bad state. that is what

is going to be said. >> i'd be the first person to agree there should be some improvements. a great deal of improvements. a great deal of improvements to the rail network. but, you know, i just left my mother after three weeks in hillingdon hospital, which is one of the hospitals slated to be refurbed . and i've got be refurbed. and i've got pictures that make it look like some kind of prison camp outside the building. yeah. >> and i hear that, i hear that, i think for me, i think there's a couple of things. first of all, the british public are not going to forgive us if we debate and argue over whether anyone this person knew what the state of the finances are . we aren't of the finances are. we aren't going to know the answer to the question. the fact is to put the put the problem, the actual problem, the actual problem is this there is the economics of the country are not in a good place. that's what we know, i think when we come, when it comes to hospitals, i think when it comes to hospitals, look, you know, i do not like to do political point scoring, but what i would say is this the charts, the charts are clear, okay? 200,000 people waiting on waiting lists under the conservatives came down record low, like record low levels of

waiting lists, and they went up again under the tories. now there are many, many things that there are many, many things that the conservatives may well be good on the nhs is not one of them. now listen, i think going forward, okay, we are where we are with the economy and i think that means that we're not going to be able to do everything we want to do. three weeks into a labour government . but what labour government. but what i will do and i will do it very, very what i will do very, very strongly is defend the last labour government and what we did in this country when it comes to the nhs and on hospitals. however, i agree with you, i agree with you . we you, i agree with you. we definitely didn't get everything right. and on consultants, interestingly, i've got family members who are doctors and i'll give you it is a disgrace. there were decisions made that were wrong on consultants and this, this, this right, those wrongs now. so you see, now you've got doctors threatening to strike. >> we've had junior doctors striking for months . and that is striking for months. and that is one of the reasons why, you know, it's not it's not all the reason why the waiting lists are so high. >> a million appointments cancelled because of a junior

doctors strike. >> and then? then you see, rachel reeves not got enough money. she's going to more than likely rise public sector pay by well above inflation. 1.5%. all of those things were were not are not part of the tory legacy. thatis are not part of the tory legacy. that is her decision . whether that is her decision. whether you nationalise rail, that's your decision . whether you your decision. whether you cancel hospitals and nationalise rail , that's your decision. so rail, that's your decision. so in the end, labour has to come clean on. is it political dogma that's going to drive it or is it going to be common sense? >> okay. another important point is you have to maintain trust with the public. and if the pubuc with the public. and if the public think that, you promise them that you wouldn't raise taxes, that you would spend money on hospitals, they believe that that should happen. if you don't do it and you lose trust, you will lose. >> okay, well , listen more on >> okay, well, listen more on this to come. as you can see, things are heating up in the studio, coming in, we've got front pages from the express and the telegraph and the last word, the telegraph and the last word, the director of the popular conservatives , mark littlewood, conservatives, mark littlewood, reacts to the news that badenoch

is in and braverman is out, kemi badenoch, former business secretary, thrown her hat into the ring for the tory leadership. suella braverman said that she can't run for the leadership of this party because it doesn't agree with her conservative policies. i'll get reaction on that. plus, a simple question are labour lying when they say the nation's finances are worse than expected? we'll debate all of that

next. more from pj sebastian. where should we go first? telegraph. let's have a look at what they lead with israel to retaliate against hezbollah. silver for adam peaty. reeves to sell off land and buildings to help fill £20 billion black hole in public finances and kemi badenoch vows. capitalism is not a dirty word

in the leader race and the daily express. labour's tax mistruths betray the british public. we'll get to that story with my next guest in just a moment, it is time now for the last word. we'll bring my pundits back in just a moment. but let me tell you that the former home secretary, suella braverman, one of the most high profile conservatives in the country, has announced that she will be not not running for the leadership. here's what she told the telegraph. although i'm grateful to the ten mps who wanted to nominate me for the leadership , getting on to the leadership, getting on to the ballot is not good enough. there is for good or for ill. no point in someone like me running to lead the tory party when most of the mps disagree with my prognosis and prescription . prognosis and prescription. let's get reaction now from the director of the popular conservatives. and let me tell you , liz truss, former policy you, liz truss, former policy adviser , mark littlewood. mark, adviser, mark littlewood. mark, lovely to have you back on the

show. what does it tell us about the current state of the conservative party that suella braverman doesn't feel part of it? >> yeah, she hasn't gone quite that far. mark. i think she's paying that far. mark. i think she's paying a heavy price for having been pretty brave in giving her analysis and prescription. and there's a very complicated set of rules on how you've got to become conservative party leader over the next few weeks. and months, we'll be looking entirely at the diminished band of 121 mps, because they've got to whittle it down to two, and then it gets to the membership. but if you can't get about 40 conservative mps to back you in the final analysis, you're not going to be one of the last two on the ballot paper. and i guess suella realised that she probably didn't have the numbers to do that. that said, whichever two do finally make it onto the ballot and go to the party membership. i suspect something like suella braverman's analysis

will be the most popular one against amongst the party members, and something along those lines is what will probably prevail in the end. >> indeed. i mean , timely >> indeed. i mean, timely really, because my big opinion monologue was based around suella braverman and the fact that she's being punished by her own party, as you said, for speaking the truth . i feel that speaking the truth. i feel that the tories are in denial about what happened on july the 4th. i've had so many ex tory mps telling me that it's the oldest political party in the world. the most successful, the natural party of government. well listen, they're out of power. it could be a decade and i think braverman was just dropping some truth bombs . so here's the truth bombs. so here's the question mark. is she on her way to reform uk and into the arms of nigel farage, >> i doubt it. mark and b , i >> i doubt it. mark and b, i very much hope not. i mean , i very much hope not. i mean, i think that there you know, until we know at least the outcome of this conservative leadership election, which is going to drag on until november, the second,

so it's going to be a protracted process. and then at least give the new leader some time to actually execute a strategy. i don't think anybody should act too rashly , but i think i would too rashly, but i think i would say this , that, understandably, say this, that, understandably, because it's the first words that pass a politician's lips when they're looking to lead a party. all of these calls for unity are all well and good. but i think unity is something you've actually got to practice, not just preach. and the conservatives have got to be honest, that actually given a whole range of difficult decisions in recent years where the answer was either1 or 0, decisions in recent years where the answer was either 1 or 0, we often gave the answer 0.5 when we were given a choice between black and white, we often chose grey, and i think unity might have to wait, at least in terms of the debate , until we flush of the debate, until we flush some of those things out. are we in favour of echr or not? and you basically got to make a firm decision on those sort of things. now, that doesn't mean you need to be foul mouthed about each other or play dirty tricks, but it does mean that you need to be honest where the differences are. if the tory

leadership election does that and actually starts to tease out some of these differences, and then makes a decision, i think then makes a decision, i think the conservative party could be back in business rather faster than some people are imagining . than some people are imagining. >> who's the best person to make that happen. mark kemi badenoch has announced her candidature to become the tory party leader in november. can kemi badenoch move the dial for the conservatives >> she's a very impressive performer . i >> she's a very impressive performer. i i'm a party member, mark. i'm obviously not an mp, so it doesn't matter what i think until we get to the last two, more's the pity. she's a very, kemi is a very impressive performer. priti patel, i think, is potentially quite an interesting unity candidate as well. she hasn't, she hasn't sent out press releases demanding unity. she's. if you like, been practising unity, over the last 2 or 3 years. she served neither in rishi sunak's government nor in liz truss. so a bit of a breath of fresh air, but way, way too early to tell.

and i think the party has done the right thing. it does mean that we won't be holding labour to account, perhaps as much as we should in the next 2 or 3 months, but we've got to get this right and let's have this beauty parade. well, it's called a beauty parade. i hope it's more a philosophical and intellectual parade, and make sure that we pick the right person, because you're quite right, mark, in what you said, the conservative and unionist party can go on about being the most successful party in the world for three centuries, but it has no right to any particular vote, share or any particular vote, share or any particular number of seats. and if we get this wrong, then i think people might be starting to talk about the real long time fall of the conservative party rather than its bounce back. so i completely these weeks are vital. >> i agree i'm mark, stay with us. let's bring in our pundits. susie stride who is mel stride daughter. we've also got . i'm daughter. we've also got. i'm joking, of course. don't worry. don't panic folks. we've also got, neil parish, former tory mp

and broadcaster and journalist and broadcaster and journalist and adviser, linda jubilee. susie, who is the candidate on that list that labour most fear? >> oh, i don't know. i can tell you. >> badenoch, isn't it? >> badenoch, isn't it? >> i don't know, actually , to be >> i don't know, actually, to be honest. i mean, i'm going to be honest. i mean, i'm going to be honest. i mean, personally, i've met, what's his name? james cleverly, and i think i think he is an interesting character. i think, like , he. yeah, he comes think, like, he. yeah, he comes across as someone who cares about the country, cares about the future of the country, and yeah, from what i have, have met him, but i couldn't tell you who we most fear. >> do you strike him as he strikes you as impressive. briefly, neil. a couple of seconds. who do you think labour would fear? the most? >> i think it would be kemi badenoch. why? because i think she's very able. i think she'll put forward some new ideas, and i think she will bring the party together . i i think she will bring the party together. i think. i think suella braverman may have the, you know, the problems of the party, but she's not the one to bnng party, but she's not the one to bring it together. >> okay, linda, a couple of seconds. who would labour fear

the most? >> definitely. kemi why? i think the principal reason is she resonates. she's a brilliant communicator and she can slice anyone up when she's in debate and she's a brilliant one. i think we are out, >> can i just thank my brilliant punst >> can i just thank my brilliant pundits tonight, my great team. you at home for watching and listening. headliners is next. i'll see you saturday at eight. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . sponsors of boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. high pressure in charge for the next few days, it stays largely dry and warm. plenty of sunshine though. turns increasingly humid and we see the risk of thunderstorms increasing as we get towards the middle of the week as this area of low pressure moves in from the south, something to stay tuned to over the coming days. but for the rest of the sunday and overnight, it's a quiet night to come. plenty of clear skies across england and wales ,

across england and wales, thicker cloud across northern ireland, perhaps into southern scotland, could give 1 or 2 light showers and temperatures for the vast majority, holding up in double figures. 12 to 16 celsius to start monday and a dry note for many if we zoom in to scotland, we can see a cloudier start here, but some sunny spells, a weak weather front bringing some patchy rain across the western isles. a few shallow mist and fog patches quickly clearing and again hazy sunshine for northern ireland. northern england as well, but largely dry temperatures in the mid to high teens and plenty of blue skies across the rest of england and wales, and temperatures starting to rise quite quickly as we go through the day, particularly by the afternoon. some strong summer sunshine developing blue skies for the vast majority, isolated chance of a light shower across the borders region. otherwise, most places dry this week. weather front just slowly pushes into mainland scotland. the far

west there, but temperatures holding up generally 2122 in the to north around 25 to 29 across parts of england and wales. so feeling hot in that sunshine dunng feeling hot in that sunshine during the afternoon . another during the afternoon. another sunny start on tuesday. a weak weather front pushing south may just give a little bit more cloud into northern england. nonh cloud into northern england. north wales otherwise, most places dry once again, an afternoon shower, perhaps over northern ireland, turning increasingly humid as we go through the middle part of the week. temperatures peaking around wednesday . around wednesday. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

>> good evening. i'm ray addison in the gb newsroom. our top stories tonight. the chancellor

is expected to announce immediate steps to cut costs on monday as she unveils a £20 billion black hole in government accounts. rachel reeves will pledge to restore economic stability as she lays out the spending inheritance left by the previous government. she'll also announce the date of her first autumn budget, as she accuses the previous tory government of refusing to take, quote, difficult decisions. a new office of value for money will target waste in the public sector and aim to make government departments more efficient . well, as we've been efficient. well, as we've been reporting this evening, kemi badenoch has launched her bid to become leader of the conservative party. writing in the times , miss badenoch said the times, miss badenoch said she wanted to renew the conservative movement and get it to work for our country again. it comes as suella braverman announced that she will not be running. writing in the telegraph, the former home secretary said she'd received the backing that she needed. but

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