state has tonight taken responsibility and said the killings were revenge for muslims in palestine. also facing pressure from israel . the facing pressure from israel. the notting hill carnival kicks off tomorrow, but with stabbings almost guaranteed each and every year at a cost of £11 million to the police. is it time we canned the police. is it time we canned the event completely? >> and to say sorry, to my wife, to my, you know, to my family, >> asked the bbc star. jermaine jenas says sorry for texting other women, but the debate is raging. do you actually class that as cheating elsewhere ? that as cheating elsewhere? >> hasta la vista, baby. thank you. >> boris johnson's biographer says he was a worse prime minister than liz truss, who actually, by the way, only lasted 49 days. so who do you reckon has been our worst ever pm and his candidacy has

inspired millions and millions of americans, raised critical issues that have been too long ignored in this country. a massive boost for donald trump as robert f kennedy jr, the nephew of the late jfk, endorses him for president. on my panel tonight is journalist and model diana moran, anarchist and academic lisa mckenzie , and the academic lisa mckenzie, and the journalist and commentator benedict spence . oh, and what's benedict spence. oh, and what's going on . going on. here? and breaking news in the last few moments . an update on the few moments. an update on the german stabbing attack. right now we're showing you images on your screens of a police raid in the german city of solingen. you can see police entering what's reported as a refugee home or asylum centre. meanwhile, police

have confirmed a second arrest has been made. a man believed to be a syrian national. it comes after islamic state confirmed responsibility for the attack that claimed three lives and injured eight. more on that later in the show. but first, your news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> ben, thank you very much and good evening. and as you've just been hearing, the islamic state terror group has claimed responsibility for a knife attack in western germany in which killed three people and injured several others. the terror group said in a statement this evening on its telegram account that the attack was carried out by one of its members in what they said was revenge for muslims in palestine and everywhere. german police have confirmed a second arrest in connection to that attack earlier. a 15 year old was detained in a possible connection to that stabbing spree, and that person is

alleged to have known about the attack beforehand. german special forces conducted an operation at a refugee home this evening where the attack happened, and five of those wounded are in a life threatening condition. we'll bnng threatening condition. we'll bring you more on this breaking story. of course, as we get it . story. of course, as we get it. a manslaughter investigation has begun into the sinking of a superyacht in sicily, where british tech tycoon mike lynch and his teenage daughter hannah lost their lives. italian authorities say the investigation is in its initial stages, and they're not currently looking at anyone specifically. however, prosecutors do believe offences were committed, possibly involving the captain , crew, involving the captain, crew, shipbuilder or others. the luxury yacht landed on its right hand side, but all of the bodies were found in a cabin on the left. detectives warn it may take months to unravel the incident . former footballer and incident. former footballer and tv presenter jermaine jenas has apologised after sending inappropriate messages to two female colleagues . jenas has

female colleagues. jenas has been sacked as a pundit and presenter by the bbc, but maintains he's done nothing illegal. he also argued the messages were with two consenting adults. the 41 year old, who's been married for 30 years, told the sun newspaper he's let down his family, friends, colleagues and the women involved. he says he's now seeking help. robert f kennedy jr has suspended his independent presidential bid and will instead be backing former us president donald trump. however, some of his family say the decision is a betrayal of their values, calling it a sad ending to a sad story. the nephew of former president jfk joined the republican nominee on stage at an event in arizona. his father , an event in arizona. his father, robert f kennedy, was assassinated as he ran for president back in 1968. rfk jr said the democratic party was no longer champions of the constitution. donald trump claims the democrats want to arrest and silence their political rivals . and back here,

political rivals. and back here, pressure is growing on the government to overturn plans to scrap the winter fuel payment. pensioners who don't receive pension credits or other benefits will miss out on up to £300 of support. and it comes after the regulator, ofgem, put up the price cap, meaning the average annual energy bill will rise by £149 from october. former prime minister rishi sunak has backed proposals for a commons vote. and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm tatiana sanchez. now it's now. i'm tatiana sanchez. now wsfime now. i'm tatiana sanchez. now it's time for ben leo tonight for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> good evening and welcome to the show. it's been 50 days since labour were gifted power, but i still remember a few

months back when sir keir starmer made this promise to voters say to all my fellow politicians, labour and tory, to change britain, we must change ourselves . ourselves. >> we need to clean up politics no more vip fast lanes, no more kickbacks for colleagues, no more revolving doors between government and the companies they regulate. i will restore standards in public life with a total crackdown on cronyism . total crackdown on cronyism. >> yeah, yeah. okay, so what's changed? because it has indeed only been 50 days of this labour government, but already they're handing out plum civil service jobs to party donors , activists jobs to party donors, activists and aides like chocolate bars at willy wonka's factory, the civil service. remember is meant to be politically neutral. well not anymore, it seems, because in july, chancellor rachel reeves quietly appointed a banker named ian caulfield as director of investment at the treasury on 160 k per year. it was kept

quiet and i'm not surprised she did keep the appointment quiet because caulfield is a long standing labour party donor who'd handed over £20,000 in recent years, including £5,000 to reeves herself. the ministerial code says ministers must uphold the political impartiality of the civil service and ensure no conflict of interest arises. so how did the chancellor conclude there was no conflict of interest in hiring someone in her own department who'd given her five grand tonight in the last few hours, caulfield has stepped down from his role at the civil service amid the controversy. he will, however, become a temporary unpaid adviser instead. but another chap called oliver newton, here he is here, has joined reeves department as head of business engagement, whatever that is. the mail reports that before the election he worked as something called a business relations adviser for the labour party . so much for the labour party. so much for this guff. then >> a new way of doing politics.

sweeping away the cronyism and the waste of the last few years, which saw billions of pounds in pubuc which saw billions of pounds in public contracts handed out to friends and donors of the conservative party >> are you seeing the theme here? angela rayner? she's also up to her neck in it, where similar jobs have been up to her neck in it, where similarjobs have been handed out to labour faces at her ministry of housing department. this guy, hayden etherington, was recently hired as a senior policy adviser there, and his last job prior to the election was working for labour as a policy advisor. to guess who angela rayner , another new angela rayner, another new recruit called ben wood, worked for the labour party for six years prior to the election. he was labour's 2021 by—election candidate in north shropshire , candidate in north shropshire, and worked as rayner's political adviser in westminster. now he's adviser in westminster. now he's a supposed politically neutral civil servant in angela rayner's department, and this woman, rose grayson , has been hired to work grayson, has been hired to work in the deputy pm's department as an expert adviser on housing. and guess what? she was previously employed at labour

together, a think tank that has made a series of donations to labour mps, including , labour mps, including, obviously, angela rayner herself, her old role was mysteriously deleted from linkedin, a couple of days ago. i wonder why whatever happens to this kind of bluster then, from angela rayner ? angela rayner? >> we've been hearing fantastic speeches from lots of delegates talking about how people are frustrated with what the conservatives have been doing in power, the cronyism, the sleaze , power, the cronyism, the sleaze, and wanting to make sure we build back better with the labour party. >> and it goes on and on and on. another labour together staffer is now also working in the corridors of power. the mail reports . jess sargeant, pictured reports. jess sargeant, pictured here, has been parachuted into a job as deputy director in the government's propriety and constitution group. the pcg , constitution group. the pcg, which is charged with laughably upholding ethical standards across whitehall. you couldn't make it up, one source told the daily mail. she just turned up one morning two weeks ago, having been given the job without it being externally advertised. could you imagine if

this happened under the tories , this happened under the tories, left wing campaigners and social media celebs would be spitting feathers, demanding inquiries and sackings and firing off tweets? but as usual, it's all quiet on the western front, isn't it? because once again, they're proving that those who insisted they were holding power to account and exposing our corrupt politics under the former conservative government are nothing less but shameless hypocrites. but let's get the thoughts now of tonight's panel . thoughts now of tonight's panel. journalist and commentator benedict spence, anarchist and academic lisa mckenzie, and the journalist and commentator diana moran. good evening to you all. thank you for joining moran. good evening to you all. thank you forjoining me. lisa, thank you for joining me. lisa, let's start with you. this is exactly the kind of thing labour were banging on about over recent years that the tories were apparently doing. yes. >> yeah, well, the tories have done it. in fact they this is what politics does it, it finds its friends and it brings them in close and that's what it does. but the labour party has always done this . those of us always done this. those of us who live in the red wall areas in the north of the country, we

know that labour has done this for 100 years. they've parachute in their mates into safe labour seats , and that's been happening seats, and that's been happening for a long time. >> do you agree? they're massive hypocrites. then, of course, they've lied to the electorate. >> of course i'm, you know, i'm an anarchist. i despise all of them. bring it all down. >> tear it all down. yeah, yeah. >> tear it all down. yeah, yeah. >> and it's this sort of thing that sort of adds, to my arguments that it doesn't matter which side they are, they are corrupt and it corrupts. >> benedict. isn't it interesting? isn't it canny how all the left wing celebs. i'm not going to name them. you know who they are? the campaign groups led by donkeys. they stay quiet when it comes to labour doing this. >> yeah, of course they do. but none of that can hide the fact that ultimately a government is judged by its performance. and if in five years time, the labour government has had a catastrophic effect on the country, i don't think any amount of sort of grafting from left wing celebrities and campaigners will keep them in government. but i must say also at the same time, watching this shamelessness happen , it just shamelessness happen, it just sort of makes you think the tories were in power for 14

years and they achieved very little and they didn't quite get the idea of how politics works, which is actually when you are in power, you can change laws, you can employ your own people, you can employ your own people, you can employ your own people, you can do things that you want to do. we had a series of prime ministers who just hadn't the faintest clue of how government was supposed to work, and i must also say, we do have a slightly odd view of politics in this country where everybody expects everybody to be sort of whiter than white and impartial. actually, in politics, most around the world, in most countries, for, you know, foremost amongst them, the united states , the incoming united states, the incoming government gets to appoint its own people, and nobody thinks that's scandalous. they think, well, of course they're the government that's how it works. it's only in this country where the government is completely allergic to the idea of governing that we think, oh, that's not on diana moran, >> how long do you think labour have got left in government? because it's been 50 days today. and some would argue it's been more turbulent, more treacherous than the last 14 years of the conservative government. >> it certainly does make you wonder how long they can last there. i mean, i was watching something much earlier in the

day and the commentator was asking people up north, actually in lisa's area, how they felt about the labour government like him, you know , after so many him, you know, after so many days. and these were just ordinary people saying they were appalled with what was going on, and particularly when they spoke to the older people and the things that we are older folk having to go through god alone knows how long they can last. >> can i ask you, don't take this as a disrespectful question, but how do you feel about labour swiping the winter fuel payments from pensioners? >> i think it's absolutely disgusting. obviously i am one of those people. but i know many other people who are so dependent on that. i mean, what is that expression, heat or eat? isn't it heat ? and really, that isn't it heat? and really, that does apply to some many, many older people. >> my dad's had it stopped and he was a coal miner. >> so i've had mine stopped.

>> so i've had mine stopped. >> but my dad's job was to dig coal to make sure we were all warm. and now he's he's lost that. >> but the maddening thing is that it's been stopped for people like us who have , like people like us who have, like your dad, we've worked hard over the years , saved and done all the years, saved and done all the years, saved and done all the right things. >> you built this country. the right things. >> you built this country . you >> you built this country. you built it. you've grafted for years. >> you've put money into the country. >> we were proud of it, too. we were proud of it. and that's now been stopped. and then all those other energy bills are going to go other energy bills are going to 9° up other energy bills are going to go up as well . it's disgusting. go up as well. it's disgusting. >> benedict, do you think labour have been a bit politically naive with not just the winter fuel allowance, but with u—turning on the green schemes? and of course now the raft of crony appointments in the civil service. by the way, let's all remember it's meant to be politically neutral. we know from their behaviour over the past , i'd say from their behaviour over the past, i'd say five years or so, that that concept is an absolute joke, let's be honest. but they're still meant to maintain they're still meant to maintain the charade of neutrality. >> i, i don't know if they have been naive. i think they're

going for the jugular early because they're trying to give the impression that they're inheriting the worst possible situation from the conservatives. there's going to be a sort of a 12 to 18 month penod be a sort of a 12 to 18 month period in which they will be able to blame many things on the previous government, and people might not like it. they might not even agree, but they'll go, okay. the tories were rubbish. if they can get that out of the way as soon as possible, then they can get some rather gritty stuff, dirty stuff done that they don't want to be leaving later on and if things don't improve, they'll sort of throw their hands up and go, oh well, such is life. but i do think that they've looked at, you know, the general malaise and the wipe out that the tories suffered and thought, do you know what? there's never going to be a better chance to be, you know, to make unpopular decisions because this is, you know, this is the only moment really where we'll be able to go. yeah, but it's all their fault. and well, look on the others. >> i think it has made a mistake. actually, he he knows what. starmer. yeah. he knows what. starmer. yeah. he knows what he's doing. i think it's, it's a very planned plan what they're doing. they know exactly what they're doing. they knew that they were going to get rid of the winter fuel allowance probably a year ago. they knew they were going to do this, but

what i would think i think he has misjudged because he thinks he's got this great big majority and he has, but he didn't win over the people. and, you know, it seems to me the only people they are being very tough on is white working class people in the north. >> i think they weren't expecting the country to break out in riots within a month of them getting elected, i would i would put that there and say if that hadn't happened , we'd still that hadn't happened, we'd still be looking at them and saying, well, it's a bit difficult, but i think that rather unexpected set of circumstances we should be fair, shouldn't have been unexpected. that's thrown a spannerin unexpected. that's thrown a spanner in the works. >> well, the argument is that, i mean, starmer could have quelled the riots early on if he'd just given a second of trying to address maybe the underlying reasons for them not excusing any of the violence and the racism we saw. but he didn't mention it at all. he didn't say, guys, this is this is outrageous behaviour. we're going to address the underlying tensions behind this at some point. i promise i will try and unite the nation. however, for now, stop this despicable violence. >> they didn't even they didn't even address the stabbing

epidemic that we've got. he's never even addressed that . never even addressed that. >> but as i say, i don't think they were expecting this to be an issue on the agenda. and i think, to be fair, the playbook of just blaming the far right, of just blaming the far right, of blaming the silent majority, blaming the working class, blaming the working class, blaming anybody except minorities has worked for so long that, to be fair to him, he probably thought, let's just do the same old thing again and it'll work. i don't think he was expecting the reaction. yeah >> diane, last word to you. i have seen many tweets on twitter or x as it's now known, saying, keir starmer is proving himself more capable than i ever thought. and what a brilliant first 50 days. there are people saying that stuff. i have to say it, you amaze me. say it again. >> you amaze me, i amaze you. >> you amaze me, i amaze you. >> you amaze me, i amaze you. >> you don't agree? >> you don't agree? >> no way. okay. >> no way. okay. >> all right, well, on that note, we'll leave it there. right. thank you very much, panel right. thank you very much, panel. you'll be back shortly. up panel. you'll be back shortly. up next, after the jermaine jenas bbc scandal, i want to know is texting other people behind your partner's back cheating? tv personality nicola mclean and non—traditional relationship coach rae michaelson will debate that next. and some of my panel are

shaking their heads furiously to that question. this is ben leo tonight, only on gb news. back

tick. welcome back. this is ben leo tonight only on gb news. it's time now for a head to head . now time now for a head to head. now as you'll probably know, in the last few days jermaine jenas has been sacked from the bbc, the one show and match of the day after texting inappropriate messages to colleagues. speaking to the sun newspaper, he admitted cheating . admitted cheating. >> this is consenting adults that messaged each other. now this is completely on me, i am 100% in the wrong and i accept full responsibility for that . 100% in the wrong and i accept full responsibility for that . full responsibility for that. >> okay, so there's a bit of a full responsibility for that. >> okay, so there's a bit of a debate brewing about this debate brewing about this because he's admitted being a because he's admitted being a silly boy and cheating and silly boy and cheating and texting and sending messages, texting and sending messages,

but he never got physical with but he never got physical with anyone. so the argument is, is anyone. so the argument is, is the act of texting someone the act of texting someone behind your partner's back behind your partner's back cheating? let me know your cheating? let me know your thoughts by heading to thoughts by heading to gbnews.com/yoursay. i'll endeavour to read them out, and gbnews.com/yoursay. i'll endeavour to read them out, and just in the last excuse me, last just in the last excuse me, last few moments, a second part to few moments, a second part to the sun's interview has just the sun's interview has just dropped with jermaine jenas, dropped with jermaine jenas, which reveals, quote, i wasn't which reveals, quote, i wasn't allowed to contact the woman at allowed to contact the woman at all. i really want to apologise all. i really want to apologise from the bottom of my heart in from the bottom of my heart in terms of what i've put them terms of what i've put them through. okay, well, i'm joined through. okay, well, i'm joined now by tv personality nicola now by tv personality nicola mclean and non—traditional mclean and non—traditional relationship coach ray relationship coach ray michaelson. good evening to you michaelson. good evening to you both. thank you for joining both. thank you for joining michaelson. good evening to you both. thank you forjoining me. both. thank you for joining me. nicola, let's start with you. is michaelson. good evening to you both. thank you forjoining me. both. thank you for joining me. nicola, let's start with you. is texting somebody behind your texting somebody behind your partner's back cheating . partner's back cheating . partner's back cheating. >> yeah. so my view is that if partner's back cheating. >> yeah. so my view is that if you're doing anything that you're doing anything that you're doing anything that you're being dishonest about, you're doing anything that you're being dishonest about, you're being dishonest about, you're cheating. so if you have you're being dishonest about, you're cheating. so if you have a relationship with your husband , a relationship with your husband a relationship with your husband, with your wife, that it would be okay for you to do that, then obviously not. but me personally, if my husband was doing what jermaine was doing, then yes, he'd be cheating. i

don't think he should be sacked.

you're cheating. so if you have a relationship with yotwhenjand you're cheating. so if you have a relationship with yotwhen it'si somebody, especially when it's sixteen. i mean, obviously, i don't know the ins and outs of what went on between jermaine jones and the other people, but yes , it is classed as cheating yes, it is classed as cheating as far as i'm concerned . as far as i'm concerned. >> oh, well that's good. we all agree then. much of a much of a head to head. do you feel sorry for jermaine? gone, gone. >> nicola. yeah i think obviously like like we there's sometimes with these debates you can't have a debate like facts is facts you know what i mean. like facts is facts. so you know relationships come in all different shapes and forms. and you know what i might accept someone else might not accept. and i think that if you're open to it, then that's absolutely fair enough. but as soon as you're going behind someone's back, you are cheating to whatever level you're cheating. and do i feel sorry for him? i 100% feel sorry for him. he's been used as a scapegoat. hold on. how have the bbc paid huw edwards £400,000? knowing what he done ? jermaine jenas has text

he done? jermaine jenas has text a consenting adult and been sacked right away . i'm livid sacked right away. i'm livid about it. i really want to know what's happened. like how is this happened? >> well, i think in and let's get him back. >> he needs his job back. this is wrong. >> in the bbc's defence, they claim they didn't know what huw edwards was up to. they did pay him. >> that's life. >> that's life. >> they did. okay, well, i'll have to give their side of it. they say they don't know what he was up to, but i do, i do, i do agree with you. i think it, i think maybe the beeb in jermaine jenas case, they were just kind of overreacting off the back of the huw edwards situation. however, ray, i will give the ray, i will give the argument for people i have seen however, ray, i will give the argument for people i have seen onune argument for people i have seen online people saying cheating onune argument for people i have seen online people saying cheating and texting behind your and texting behind your partner's back. just a few partner's back. just a few flirty texts here or there, flirty texts here or there, maybe not sixteen and maybe not maybe not sixteen and maybe not sending, you know, explicit sending, you know, explicit pictures , but a bit of, you pictures , but a bit of, you pictures, but a bit of, you know, wink wink. flirting isn't pictures, but a bit of, you know, wink wink. flirting isn't cheating. that's what people are cheating. that's what people are saying online. saying online. >> again, it depends on the >> again, it depends on the level of what these texts were. level of what these texts were. i mean , we've been told he was i mean , we've been told he was i mean, we've been told he was sixteen, if that is the case, i mean, we've been told he was sixteen, if that is the case, thatis sixteen, if that is the case, thatis sixteen, if that is the case, that is in my book, cheating , as that is in my book, cheating , as

that is in my book, cheating, as a relationship because a that is in my book, cheating, as a relationship because a non—traditional relationship non—traditional relationship coach. so i deal with people who coach. so i deal with people who are polyamorous. what does that are polyamorous. what does that mean? >> by the way, ray, what's a mean? >> by the way, ray, what's a non—traditional relationship non—traditional relationship coach? >> it's anything that doesn't coach? >> it's anything that doesn't fit societal norms. so even at fit societal norms. so even at the moment, unfortunately, still the moment, unfortunately, still homosexuals are included in the homosexuals are included in the non—traditional format, which is non—traditional format, which is i don't agree with at all, i i don't agree with at all, i think they should be alongside think they should be alongside straight people. straight people. >> according to who? who decides >> according to who? who decides whether it's traditional or not? whether it's traditional or not? >> society , basically, i am i >> society , basically, i am i >> society, basically, i am i mean, we have i mean , it's been >> society, basically, i am i mean, we have i mean , it's been mean, we have i mean, it's been it's been pride in manchester mean, we have i mean, it's been it's been pride in manchester this weekend. >> so how aren't how aren't gay this weekend. >> so how aren't how aren't gay people accepted , people accepted, >> let's put it this way. how many guys do you often see walking hand in hand along the street? >> well, i live in brighton, so a lot of the time, but i appreciate that that's the norm. >> not the best example for brighton, >> where i'm from in the north—east, it's, still quite frowned upon, people do judge if they see two blokes walking hand

m been made m— one? >> no, been made very much think he has been made very much a scapegoat, in light of the huw edwards case, which i'm not going to go into , obviously, going to go into, obviously, because that's done , but i do because that's done, but i do feel for jermaine because that's done, but i do feel forjermaine in because that's done, but i do feel for jermaine in the because that's done, but i do feel forjermaine in the respect of he is just expressing himself, being a polyamorous person , you do, you do, people person, you do, you do, people don't tend to want to be polyamorous, it's a case of i'll

to you one second. come to you one second. come to you one second. >> what's polyamorous? just 10s. >> what's polyamorous? just 10s. what's polyamorous? what's polyamorous? >> for people that don't know, >> for people that don't know, polyamorous is multiple loves polyamorous is multiple loves basically. so you you feel love basically. so you you feel love for more than one person. that's for more than one person. that's a bit greedy, isn't it, nicola? a bit greedy, isn't it, nicola? >> what do you think? >> what do you think? >> what do you think? >> so i i'm totally on board >> what do you think? >> so i i'm totally on board with being polyamorous. that's with being polyamorous. that's not a problem. but i think that not a problem. but i think that you'll also agree that that when you'll also agree that that when you'll also agree that that when you are polyamorous, that you'll also agree that that when you are polyamorous, that everybody in the situation knows everybody in the situation knows what's going on. so if 100%. what's going on. so if 100%. yes. so then it's not cheating yes. so then it's not cheating because you're all so, you know , because you're all so, you know , because you're all so, you know, what jermaine has done is because you're all so, you know, what jermaine has done is cheating 100%. and i doubt he cheating 100%. and i doubt he wants to be polyamorous because wants to be he wouldn't let his wife do it. let's be i i'm surmising, but i guess i'm right. he is cheating and that's up to his wife to, you know, to hold him accountable . it's not for him to accountable. it's not for him to lose his job. >> nicola, last question to you. what would you do if a bloke at work was texting you like jermaine jenas did? you knew he was married? you're with someone. what would you do? would you grass him up to the management or tell him to do

one? >> no,

welcome back to ben leo. tonight only on gb news. now another day, another fatal stabbing in europe as three people are killed and 11 injured in a knife attack at a german festival of diversity last night. islamic states have tonight claimed responsibility for the attack in the western city of solingen. on its telegram account is said the person carried out the attack in revenge for muslims in palestine and everywhere. meanwhile german counter—terror cops have stormed an asylum seekers centre as part of their investigation. they have tonight reportedly arrested a syrian national that's according to the builder newspaper. i'm joined now by former senior military intelligence officer philip ingram , m.b.e. good evening, ingram, m.b.e. good evening, philip. thanks for joining ingram, m.b.e. good evening, philip. thanks forjoining me. isis have claimed responsibility for this attack. a syrian national has reportedly been detained. is this the hallmarks of what's called a lone wolf attack, do you think?

>> well, that's what the counter—terror police will be trying to ascertain. very quickly, because isis have used the tactics of, you know, self—motivating individuals to go in. but we've got a 15 year old was arrested earlier today for not sharing a potential crime with the police, details about it, and then we've heard of this second arrest this evening. and counter—terror police will want to very quickly make sure that it is someone acting alone and that there aren't others out there and trying to , get a presence out to trying to, get a presence out to make sure that there aren't copycat type attacks going. these things tend to happen in more than one could, is just be claiming credit because it's an opportunity to. >> i mean, is there ever a situation where you do just get some nutter who's been watching some nutter who's been watching some you know, pretty drastic youtube videos? and then after the fact is say, okay, well, we'll claim responsibility for this, because who's going to say otherwise? >> it could be, you know, they've provided in their

statement no evidence behind it. they usually put 1 or 2 little nuggets in there that suggest they know more about it than anything else. but, for them to come in and claim responsibility. so quickly, that would suggest that, you know , would suggest that, you know, they've got some connection into they've got some connection into the individual. of course, you know, they will try and remotely motivate people to go and carry out these, these sorts of attacks . and the way we've got attacks. and the way we've got our polarised societies, not just in the uk, the us, but across europe with what's going on inside israel and all of the support that seems to be going out, for palestinian and palestinian terror groups . palestinian terror groups. >> i'm not surprised we're seeing these are the pictures now not live there from earlier, but these are the pictures of german counter—terror cops at the asylum centre. slash refugee home. do you think the terror alert will rise in the uk? should brits have reason to be concerned off the back of this ? concerned off the back of this? >> well, i think, you know the

security service will be speaking to the germans. very, very closely. and the germans will be talking to all of their, partner agencies across across europe, in the uk and elsewhere, because they'll be trying to identify how this individual has got motivated, if the islamic state is behind it, if there's the potential for others to be there, and that will, you know, any intelligence that comes from that will be used to assess the uk's terrorist state. >> philip, it all feels a bit helpless, doesn't it? i scroll through x twitter and even tonight i've seen a obviously not terror related as far as i'm aware. but i see a video of a british man being stabbed in the neck. a very gruesome, grim video which i tweeted about. i didn't want to share it. i mean, to be quite honest, it kind of felt like it ripped apart of my soul out. watching a man, probably dying on the street like that. but we hear about this every day. terror attacks here. there or everywhere. and it kind of all feels a bit too routine. this kind of stuff used

to shock us, didn't it? >> it did. and it has become too routine. and i saw that video myself and that was in birmingham, where i am. and, i understand the individual has survived, thank goodness. but they we have to be very vigilant as a society. for the potential for terror. we if we look at the chances of a terror attack coming and affecting anyone, it's very, very remote indeed. you've got more chance of being run over by your regular bus that's there. but it's the fact that's there. but it's the fact that violence comes in, with virtually no notice and has such an impact. and then gets broadcast out across the airwaves. is something that, you know, gives it an effect that is greater than it actually does. and therefore we shouldn't be overly worried about it, but everyone should be vigilant. and if you're concerned about something, if your gut feeling is saying something's wrong, report it to the police or report it to the police or report it to the police or report it to the security service. have got a phone for number things to be reported into, on their website. i was

going to ask you, actually. >> i mean, i can't believe i'm asking it because i just can't believe we're living in these kind of times. but can people do anything practically when they're out and about in for pubuc they're out and about in for public example, getting the train late at night or walking in the street late at night, or maybe at a, you know, a populated event like a concert. can we do anything practically to kind of try and help ourselves, albeit a little bit? >> well, there's a number of things that are coming in. you know, we haven't had any serious, terror attacks that have been successful since those horrific attacks in 2017. that's because our counter—terror police and security service have stopped a large number of late stage attacks, and therefore they've got a good handle on what it is that's going on. >> i was there at the london bridge attack in 2017. i went down to get a sandwich. i was on a night shift and i stumbled into the chaos. yeah. i'll never forget it. i saw a young australian girl with her throat cut. i think of her every june the 3rd, but sorry. carry on. what can we do practically to protect ourselves? >> well, practically, there's a number of things that are

happening. there's a new law coming in, called martyn's law, which will mandate areas where people gather, in public domains, a basic level of security that those are responsible for. those areas have have to provide, the counter—terror police security service are constantly reviewing the intelligence that they've got. and will take the intelligence they get from intelligence that they get from these latest incidents. and review the threat that there is to the british public. but everyone should remain vigilant. and you get that, you know , you and you get that, you know, you get that gut feeling that something's not quite right. and i always say, go with your gut , i always say, go with your gut, and if something's not quite right and you can identify what it is or who it is or something that seems out of place, don't be afraid to report it. you know , be afraid to report it. you know, as as brits, we tend to be afraid to pick the phone up. don't in this case, because the police would far rather have, you know, a thousand calls that have got nothing in them , and have got nothing in them, and get that one nugget that saves

people's lives rather than just not get that nugget. >> yep . our intuition, our >> yep. our intuition, our spidey sense. you know, it's underrated, isn't it? if you get a gut feeling, as you said, generally, most of the time i think you should act on it, that's former senior military intelligence officer, philip ingram, m.b.e. thank you, philip, for being with us tonight. all right. coming up next, manchester police will not take part in this weekend's pride parade in the city as it bids to shore up professional standards. that means no dancing, no rainbow flags. hurrah! and as it guarantees a spate of stabbings every year, i think it was ten last year, 13 the year before. seven the year before that. should the notting hill finally be banned? be asking that next. this is ben leo

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at lgbt pride events could be coming to an end. that's after greater manchester police said it will not take part in this year's celebrations. officers have been ordered to not decorate their uniforms with rainbow flags for this weekend's pride events in manchester, while those on duty for the procession through the city have been given strict orders to focus on professional standards dunng focus on professional standards during the event . focus on professional standards during the event. i'm now joined by retired scotland yard detective mike neville. good evening, mike, thanks for joining me. first of all, let me just kick off with this clip from a previous pride event involving british police. i want to get your thoughts . to get your thoughts. >> even my thoughts now , it's >> even my thoughts now, it's absolutely ridiculous. and the police should be seen to be impartial. completely. so if we had a catholic priest there or an imam, you know, protesting it was against pride because of religious beliefs, what would they think of that if there was a dispute with some, some pride supporters? it would seem that

the police are on, on their side. and so all the time, the police must be professional and impartial. and i congratulate steve watson, who's the chief constable of manchester, who's really made great strides in that area to improve the police. >> mike, let me just play devil's advocate that chap who we just saw there doing some, you know, some some dancing and getting people to, you know, pose for pictures with him and whatever else he was up to . some whatever else he was up to. some would say that he's just making great strides and efforts to integrate in the community and to, you know, push forward the lgbt, inclusivity. there he is again. he's just having a good time, isn't he? he's just enjoying himself. and, you know, he's he's in his element. >> you might say he might be in his element, but i'm sure the people of manchester or wherever who are gay, gay or straight would much rather that officer be focusing on people on the burglars, the robbers, the rapists, people who bring misery to communities with drug dealing and anti—social behaviour. and

also people expect a professionalism in their police, as i've said. but police must be impartial. you don't turn up to a manchester united v liverpool game with half the police with liverpool badges on. it doesn't work like that and this has all got to stop because it just bnngs got to stop because it just brings down the police. the professionalism of the british police, which has been lost because of things like this , and because of things like this, and it attracts ridicule and. well done, manchester police. >> do you think the tide is perhaps turning on this kind of what some would call wokery? you know, nobody's got a problem with people who are gay or straight or whatever. do do what the hell you want. but do you think the tide is turning on pubuc think the tide is turning on public institutions such as the police, making it kind of a virtue to let people know that they also don't have a problem with it? >> well, we see it in business in america, haven't we? recently, businesses in america getting rid of it. and often these mad things do come here from, you know, they go from california to new york and bounce into london and then we

carry on with them. so there's a change, in those places. then we can only hope for it, we can definitely hope that that something be happening here. but yes. so i think the police, you know, the focus should be on catching criminals and making people safer. that's where we want to be. >> yeah. you mentioned america. i think as far as i remember, it was, jack daniels whisky, who this week had scrapped all their dei policies diversity, equity and inclusion, which is if anyone doesn't know, it's sort of quotas for how many lgbt people you've got or how many ethnics you've got working for you. are you doing enough to make them feel inclusive? tick tick tick. they've scrapped all that. same as harley davidson as well. the motorcycle company that's off the back of a big backlash from customers , can i backlash from customers, can i ask you about notting hill carnival as well? because it's taking place this weekend. i think today was kind of a warm up with some bands and stuff, but from tomorrow and monday we get into the real deal, you know , get into the real deal, you know, millions of people descending on london, my point over this weekend has been that last year

there were, i think, 13 stabbings off the top of my head.the stabbings off the top of my head. the year before, there were seven. the year before there were maybe ten. there's stabbings guaranteed every year and widespread disorder. and this comes at a cost of around £11 million a year to the police. isn't it about time we canned this event and banned it? because if it was anything else , because if it was anything else, if it was a group of, say, what the government might call far right protesters who are congregating to make concerns or raise concerns about migration. and there were stabbings every yean and there were stabbings every year, they'd make sure that was banned, wouldn't they ? banned, wouldn't they? >> they would if it was a group of working class lads who were going to a football match, and this happened. so there's an average over the last five years of ten stabbings every year. and what i say is this about the two tier policing and this is what i'm quoted in the telegraph as saying, is that if you at notting hill, you'll see people abusing the police, openly smoking drugs, dancing with female officers to the point of sexual assault, if you tried to do that, walking towards the den, the millwall football

ground, you would be arrested very, very swiftly and also there's an issue of safety here. you know, the enclosed place that it takes place in those streets, the residents of those streets, the residents of those streets who have their basement areas used as toilets and the like, if it's going to continue, then i don't think we should ban it straight away. try it in hyde park, put a fence around it, charge people a five or whatever to get in. so there's a contribution to the £11 million. as you said, just put it into some kind of context. the entire football policing for the season for all clubs cost £30 million. that's the that's that's really some kind of idea. and the clubs have to contribute towards that. so it's got to be big. it's got to violent. it's a danger because of crushing . so move it because of crushing. so move it into hyde park, fence it off and then let's see how it goes from there. >> mike, when did you retire from from scotland yard? the met >> i retired in 2017 after 33 years with the army and the police. >> do you ever speak to old

friends or colleagues who are still serving? and if you do, do you ever get the impression that things have got worse, generally in terms of crime and safety, at least in london over the past couple of years ? couple of years? >> it's quite tragic, really. i was proud to be a scotland yard detective when i when i went abroad, the british embassy would always say refer to scotland yard. that's what the you know, any government , any you know, any government, any agency outside the uk, they're impressed with scotland yard. it's absolutely tragic. when i speak to colleagues. it's just it's just awful by way of an example, i had an officer under my charge in 2017. he was recently on a discipline board, which he was found not guilty of, but i was the only person who turned up to support him. he had no management there at all to support him. i speak to officers who were at notting hill last year, kicked , hill last year, kicked, assaulted, abused. they don't look forward to it. it isn't this happy affair that people try and portray it to be. it's the officers are demoralised and

i really put it down to the leadership at the top . it needs leadership at the top. it needs to change because london deserves better and scotland yard was the envy of the world at one time. >> so what's changed with notting hill carnival then? if anybody else behaved like that? and i've seen some of these videos, you know, twerking and doing sexualised dances on female police officers smoking drugs in public, what's different between normality and the notting hill carnival ? the notting hill carnival? >> people are like there's a real fear of the police being accused of racism. it goes right back to the macpherson report and the institutionalised racism charges, which is nothing more than it's like a soviet sort of, a soviet type thought crime, isn't it, that. no, everybody's guilty, but they can't, you know, no one can say they're not guilty. and if you do say you're not guilty, you must be even more guilty of being a racist. the police can't help who commits crime. they cannot help who goes around. for example, we know, for example , that 2% of know, for example, that 2% of london's population that's young

black men commit 60% of the knife murders. and usually the victims of those knife murders are young black men. now, the police can't help that. they can't start stopping elderly black ladies for knives, because elderly black ladies don't do that. but the police, they're confronted with these gangs and whatever, they have to deal with them. and there's a real fear from senior officers that there'll be accusations of racism. and so they back down. they let things go on. that's why if it was a load of white working class lads at a football match, they get different treatment because they can't make these accusations . they're make these accusations. they're much easier to kettle in and, and, get arrest them and they won't cause so much of a fuss. and this is where this two tier policing comes in. >> i guess it's a vicious circle, isn't it? you know, they don't want to act because they're fearful of being called racist. but then in turn, to the rest of the british public, they're seen as being two tier in their approach. and i guess they lose respect as well from other parts of society , so yeah,

other parts of society, so yeah, it's a real shame, any tips for those who are attending very briefly in 20s, the notting hill carnival this weekend in terms of staying safe, or would you just recommend not going? >> well, i would recommend not going, but i wish all the officers on duty, all staff who are there in whatever ambulance crews, whoever the police , be crews, whoever the police, be safe, do your duty. good luck and if you're going to go to carnival, watch your bags, watch your just carnival, watch your bags, watch yourjust keep away from gangs and enjoy yourself and let the police officers have a have a reasonable day as well . reasonable day as well. >> yeah, give them an easy time. all right. retired scotland yard detective mike neville, thanks for joining me. there we go. forjoining me. there we go. right another packed hour coming up in just a bit, including all of tomorrow's newspaper front pages. hot off the press with my panel pages. hot off the press with my panel. and also, who do you think was the better prime minister, liz truss or boris johnson ? and was boris the worst johnson? and was boris the worst prime minister this country has ever seen ? i'll tell you why i'm ever seen? i'll tell you why i'm asking that. the pair's acclaimed political biographer has made a rather dramatic conclusion, and it will probably surprise you. this is ben.

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gb news. >> it's 10:00 gb news. >> it's10:oo pm. i'm ben leo tonight. >> hasta la vista, baby. thank you . you. >> boris johnson's biographer says he was a worst prime minister than liz truss, who only lasted 49 days. of course. so who do you reckon has been our worst ever pm and his candidacy has inspired millions and millions of americans raise critical issues that have been too long ignored in this

country. a massive boost for donald trump has robert f kennedy jr, the nephew of the late jfk, endorses him for president and in a bombshell promise, trump says he'll release all top secret files relating to kennedy's 1963 assassination. meanwhile >> so would you invite keir to your pub? >> keir starmer, the prime minister? >> no, he's, he's banned . >> no, he's, he's banned. >> no, he's, he's banned. >> keir starmer is plunging in the popularity polls and is now barred from another pub, this time belonging to a one, jeremy clarkson, the first of tomorrow's newspaper. front pages are on the way and my panel are riled and ready to go. i'm joined by journalist and model diana moran, anarchist and academic lisa mckenzie , and the academic lisa mckenzie, and the journalist and commentator benedict spence . oh, and would benedict spence. oh, and would you pay benedict spence. oh, and would you pay £300 for this ?

you pay £300 for this? and we've got some explosive stories for you in the papers this evening . coming right up, this evening. coming right up, including this one, which i guarantee is a biggie. oasis set to reunite after noel and liam gallagher appear to have settled their differences once for and all. more on that very shortly. but first, your news headlines with tatiana sanchez . with tatiana sanchez. >> ben. thank you. the top stories this hour, the islamic state terror group has claimed responsibility for a knife attack in western germany, in which three people were killed and several others injured. the terror group said in a statement on its telegram this evening that the attack was carried out by one of its members in what they said was revenge for muslims in palestine and everywhere. german police have confirmed a second arrest in

that attack and earlier on today , that attack and earlier on today, a 15 year old was detained in a possible connection to that stabbing spree. that person is alleged to have known about the attack beforehand. german special forces conducted an operation at a refugee home where the attack happened this evening, and five of those wounded are in a life threatening condition . a threatening condition. a manslaughter investigation has begun into the sinking of a super yacht in sicily, where british tech tycoon mike lynch and his teenage daughter hannah lost their lives. italian authorities say the investigation is in its initial stages, and they're not currently looking at anyone specifically. however, prosecutors do believe offences were committed. the luxury yacht landed on its right hand side, but all of the bodies were found in a cabin on the left. detectives warn it may take months to unravel the incident . months to unravel the incident. former football footballer and tv presenter jermaine jenas has apologised after sending inappropriate messages to two

female colleagues. jenas has been sacked as a pundit and presenter by the bbc, but he maintains he's done nothing illegal. the 41 year old, who's been married for 13 years, told the sun newspaper he's let down his friends, family, colleagues and the women involved. he says he's now seeking help . now, he's now seeking help. now, around 1 million people are expected to descend on west london for notting hill carnival. it is one of the longest running street parties in the uk, and celebrates canbbean in the uk, and celebrates caribbean culture, with costumed performers taking part in a parade through the streets. the carnival is the biggest of its kind in europe and is billed by organisers as the greatest community led event on the planet. it's also the subject of a large scale policing operation, with around 7000 officers on duty throughout the weekend to ensure safety. and today performers competed in notting hill carnival, panorama evening and that is the uk's biggest steel band competition. and nasa has announced the two

astronauts stranded on the international space station will return to earth on space in february next year. the spacex founder is of course, elon musk. pilots sunita williams and commander barry wilmore blasted off in boeing's new spacecraft on the 5th of june and were meant to stay in orbit for eight days after docking on the es. however, problems with the starliner's propulsion system mean the nasa astronauts return to earth has been repeatedly delayed. they've now been there for more than two months. nasa administrator bill nelson said at a press conference this evening a manned flight would be too dangerous. starliner will now return to earth unmanned, while the two astronauts are set to return in february on a spacex crew dragon spacecraft . spacex crew dragon spacecraft. and those are the latest gb news headunes and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in an houn >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign

up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> good evening. welcome to beth mead tonight. thanks forjoining mead tonight. thanks for joining me. now keir starmer aside he's only had 50 days i guess. who do you reckon has been britain's worst ever prime minister? well britain's foremost political biographer, the author of definitive accounts of every pm in downing street since john major has dramatically named bofis major has dramatically named boris johnson as even worse than 49 day flash in the pan. liz truss, sir anthony seldon's current biography of truss, is being serialised in the times magazine on saturday's. he wrote a similar book on boris johnson after speaking to more than 100 senior officials, aides and colleagues of both former pms. and he said today that while truss might have made mistakes in the delivery and communication of her economic plans, boris johnson's legacy was far more destructive . he

was far more destructive. he writes in my opinion, boris johnson was undoubtedly a worse prime minister than liz truss. while she may only have survived fewer than 50 days in office and made many mistakes, she did at least have an intellectual drive and economic policy consistency about her, he added boris johnson had a total lack of integrity and was simply constitutionally unfit to be prime minister. he was a charlatan through and through. he squandered his three years in power and actually achieved extraordinarily little. i'm joined now by former tory mp and chair of the defence select committee , tobias ellwood, who committee, tobias ellwood, who will give his assessment of his former tory colleagues. good evening tobias. really appreciate you being with me so late. look, you served under i think correct me if i'm wrong. david cameron, theresa may, bofis david cameron, theresa may, boris truss and rishi sunak. do you agree? boris is the worst pm the country has ever seen ? the country has ever seen? >> well, it's for other people to make that judgement. i think bofis to make that judgement. i think boris made his mark. one of the things boris johnson was good at was communicating, and arguably

he was one of the best orators that we've had in british politics. in a day when social media accounts, when presence counts, he was able to move into any room and command it in a way that we don't see. parliamentarians do. he had an absolute gift , parliamentarians do. he had an absolute gift, but as has been illustrated, he had shortfalls. he was very conscious of being a double edged sword, so to speak. and it's a shame that when he had a formidable team around him, such as when he was in the mayor's office in london, he did amazing things and took london into a better place. sadly, he didn't have that same team around him when he was prime minister. he was badly advised , minister. he was badly advised, didn't make the right decisions himself, and that led into the problems and the legacy that he's left behind. he also wasn't clear on brexit. you know, this toxic issue that we dare not speak its name. you know, he took us into a direction which left us with both brexiteers and

indeed remainers asking themselves where we are today because we ended up with a sort of very coarse deal when it came to brexit as well. but, you know, i wouldn't write the individual off. we should allow people to learn and adapt. i wouldn't also dismiss him to think he may not come back one day in some form or another , but day in some form or another, but absolutely, there are both strengths and weaknesses that we can learn from boris johnson. >> well, i was about to ask you about his potential comeback, but in terms of boris against liz truss, who do you think was the better of the two? >> well, with liz truss he didn't listen to the nation. and there's a mistake that any party indeed prime minister can make is when they just put the party's interests and the individual interests first. that's always dangerous. if i had one humble advice to the leadership contenders now for the conservative party is not to do things which will just appeal to our base, to our membership,

but put the nation's interests first. we are seeing this play out a little bit in the discourse in the united states right now, where you have republicans actually, liking the style of kamala harris because she's simply more positive, proactive, putting the nation's interests first, even though it's a different party, whereas trump very much goes for what's best for him playing on populism, playing on anger, rather than offering solutions . rather than offering solutions. and britain has done well under conservative prime ministers in the past because they've looked to appeal to the nation. when we do that, we win elections. when we go to the extreme, like liz truss decided to do, then i'm afraid you end up not only failing to be leader of your party, we then lose elections as well. >> do you think sir keir starmer will last long? not the labour government necessarily, but sir keir starmer himself, because he's had a arguably it's 50 days today. he's been in power but arguably a pretty tough time.

and i kicked off my show tonight by exposing the labour hypocrisy on cronyism. you know , lots of on cronyism. you know, lots of former labour donors and aides now working in the supposed politically neutral civil service. i mean, i'm not sure how long the goodwill will last. >> you know, there's no doubt about it that we made huge mistakes in the last election. rishi sunak took us into a more, you know, competent space. but the damage had already been done because of what happened under liz truss and boris johnson's legacy. nevertheless, it's very easy for labour to show some form of unity in opposition. it's much tougher to govern. it's much tougher to govern. it's much tougher to govern. it's much tougher to make those decisions when you're in office. and that's what we're seeing with keir starmer and labour now. they've got to, you know , now. they've got to, you know, make some very awkward decisions, very difficult decisions, very difficult decisions about finances and so forth. and where is this going to take them? it's not easy to govern and they're now realising that it's very tough as to what they're having to do. yeah. >> easy to shout from the sidelines indeed. tobias ellwood, thank you so much for joining me and staying up late. very much appreciate it and hopefully speak to you again

soon. let's get the thoughts of my panel now. journalist and commentator benedict spence , commentator benedict spence, anarchist and academic lisa mckenzie, and journalist and model diana moran. lisa mckenzie. yeah, that's a walk, isn't it? yeah >> glad i stopped vaping in the last couple of days. >> we've had a few emails saying tony blair was our worst ever prime minister, not least because he really is the one who opened the floodgates to uncontrolled mass migration. >> yeah. i mean, i think when you're thinking about a politician you don't like, you have to think about the context. so for me, i grew up in the 80s in the mining communities, and for me, it was mrs. thatcher, i still hear her voice now, and i get ptsd, actually , because she get ptsd, actually, because she she was the person who closed down our, our industries. >> so who's your pick, then? come on. i'm going to get a pick from all of you tonight. >> but for me, maggie, for me, it was margaret thatcher. because of the devastation she caused, she started that devastation where i live, >> i think we could do with a maggie type character these days to kind of, you know, kick the country into gear. benedict.

who's your worst ever pm? probably anthony eden i'd have thought, suez, >> i think, you know, you've got to look actually sort of more broadly speaking, the end of empire and actually the collapse of british prestige on the international stage, i think matters. a lot more than fumbling domestic policies , in fumbling domestic policies, in my opinion. i understand people when they say blair, but to be honest, we're not entirely sure what the full extent of blair's legacy is yet. we've not quite got to the horrific point. i think we're seeing. >> i think day in, day out, starmer is continuing that, but we're not quite sure what the end point will be. >> perhaps it can be reconciled, but i think you've got to look a little bit further into the past. it's very easy to pick the last guy who was rubbish because they very often are. but actually in the grand scheme of things, there have been far more damaging prime ministers. >> anthony seldon, who of course wrote the biographies of boris johnson and liz truss. he's only gone as far back as major in his assessment. but diana moran, who's your pick? >> well, i'm still going to stay here because i think liz truss i mean, she had great plans and it was all ready to go and could

have been good. but boy, she's played around with our savings and she's destabilised. she did destabilise. so much. >> well, i was a big fan of liz truss and i would argue, respectfully, diana, that she wasn't. i mean , some people wasn't. i mean, some people throw around the accusation that she hiked up my mortgage by £400. she didn't. there was nothing to do with her because mortgage interest rates went up by, say, in america, 8% in france, in germany, the interest rates were hiked around the world. so people who say she, you know, increased my bills, i would respectfully say that's not true. >> and what about your savings, >> and what about your savings, >> in terms of how did she affect that? >> she destroyed a lot of the. yes. >> interest rates went up, so savings , in fact, are going to savings, in fact, are going to talk about savings. >> then we also have to talk about pension pots, at which point we bring back in blair and also gordon brown because of course he was the chancellor and different times. and if we're going to bring back pensions and talk about that, then let's talk about privatisation of our industries, which mrs. thatcher did. >> we are now reaping the misery

with. well, and why is it that we all find ourselves talking exclusively about domestic politics at the end of britain as a major power? >> that's why it comes back to anthony eden. there we go. >> and also gordon brown. gordon brown sold most of our gold reserves at rock bottom prices. yes he did. >> you know it's true. >> you know it's true. >> it's true . century old rock >> it's true. century old rock bottom prices said. here you go. here's all the gold or gold reserves you can have them for, you know, for £50 an ounce or whatever the hell it was. and then what happens in the decades prior? gold. i think gold hit an all time high yesterday. so well done, gordon brown. >> so can we all agree that we have got pretty rotten politicians in this? >> i mean, gordon brown is also credited with helping to win the scottish referendum on independence, which some people might see as a negative because we're still stuck with scotland. so you know. yeah, look, it depends which way you want to look at it. >> he also, did the quantitative, the quantitative easing as well and started to print money after the 2008, banking crash. >> anybody want to have a go at

harold wilson? i'm sure we could just, like, list them all off. there's nothing wrong with all of them. >> yeah, i suppose i suppose they've all got you know, theresa may blots on their on their theresa may talking of quantitative easing, i mean, printing money out of thin air dunng printing money out of thin air during covid. that's why we are in the mess we are now when the us prints a third of its entire money supply in 12 months, and the federal reserve and the central bank say, oh, it's not going to cause inflation and then what? surprise, surprise. what happens? mass uncontrolled inflation. >> i mean, and that started happening in 2008. didn't it. so, you know, i think perhaps we've just had a pretty rotten run. rotten bunch of terrible. >> so that covers quite a few years, doesn't it. brings us back to starmer again . back to starmer again. >> did you ever consider getting involved in politics? >> no. you had a profile. >> no. you had a profile. >> you had a massive. >> you had a massive. >> yes. no, no, no, not politics. no. why not? no. i'm not really a political animal. i do have my views as you well know, but i don't think i wanted to spend a lot of my time doing that. i have a lot of other things, you know, health and

fitness. you never mention it when you do the introduction to me, but that's what i'm really. >> you were the green goddess. >> you were the green goddess. >> well, i still am the green goddess. yes, but health and fitness of the nation, that's really important to me. >> do you know what i find? that the news cycle and politics really affects my health, both physically and mentally. it just. i mean, i said earlier, i was watching some video on twitter of some bloke getting stabbed, and i just it really felt like the best way i could takes you down. it felt like someone had grabbed part of my soul and just yanked it out. just seeing this guy die on my computer screen and i was like, this isn't good for me. >> you see, as well as physical fitness that most people know me. for this, you then bring in mental fitness as well. and of course, at the sort of stage that i've got to in my life, you start seeing people with real mental problems, unfit because of circumstances. and then of course, you've got the dementia and the alzheimer's that's coming along as well. but those people can be still kept quite

fit in themselves. yes, definitely. >> okay. >> okay. >> you know, we've missed out . >> you know, we've missed out. cameron. david cameron, he was pretty rubbish as well, wasn't it? >> i quite liked david cameron, i quite liked i wasn't a massive. >> he did. he did, he did. he put a lot of bets on the brexit vote though didn't he. and lost. well good for me because voted. >> well you can probably guess which way i voted. i won't say, but none of us are declaring. >> i mean, cameron, he was forced to make a decision. >> he had his back to the wall with, you know, ukip holding the gun to his head, but, you know, fair play to him. he stuck to his his guns, and he delivered the referendum. yeah. >> and that he didn't oversee the aftermath? >> no. he didn't. no. >> no. he didn't. no. >> well, would you. yes, i'd be off as well. >> he flounced off if you're, if you're if you're somebody who's prepared to put yourself out there to become prime minister and you sort of give the country this major decision, i think it is your job to oversee it. i mean, it would be a bit like if tony blair had taken us into iraq and then gone. that's someone else's problem. can you imagine? well, actually, maybe i can imagine it, but still, i can imagine. >> diana moran. lisa mckenzie ben& jerry's friends. good stuff .

ben& jerry's friends. good stuff. thank you very much. we'll be back in just a tick with all the newspaper front pages and i'm told there are some absolutely explosive stories on there, including any oasis fans on the panel. panel >>i panel >> i like it. well, we like them. yes. >> yeah. okay. well, apparently they're getting back together, so hold your horses for that. next. we're going stateside with kinsey schofield to get the latest across the pond from the huge endorsement of rfk jr for donald trump. it could sway the election potentially. that's up next. stick with

us. welcome back to belem tonight only on gb news. let's go stateside now to the us presidential race where overnight a bombshell development has sent shockwaves through the democratic campaign. independent candidate and former democrat himself robert f kennedy jr, who's the nephew of the late jfk, has officially suspended his own campaign to endorse donald trump and the

republicans. >> his candidacy has inspired millions and millions of americans, raised critical issues that have been too long ignored in this country, and brought together people from across the political spectrum in across the political spectrum in a positive campaign grounded in the american values of his father , robert kennedy, a great father, robert kennedy, a great man and his uncle, president john f kennedy. man and his uncle, president john f kennedy . and i know that john f kennedy. and i know that they are looking down right now, and they are very, very proud of bobby. i'm proud of bobby. you want to know the truth ? want to know the truth? >> before welcoming rfk jr to the stage last night, trump promised if elected, to release all remaining documents relating to the 1963 assassination of president john f kennedy, rfk jr's uncle. i'm now joined by us media star kinsey schofield kinsey. good afternoon to you. is this the kind of boost trump

needed when it appeared? his campaign, i guess, was faltering? >> i mean, this is good news for the trump campaign. since biden dropped out in july, kennedy's position in the race has negatively affected trump's campaign more than vp harris. a recent survey of the seven battleground states by the cook political report found trump was in was the second choice, a 45% of kennedy voters and in those crucial states, compared to 26% for harris . crucial states, compared to 26% for harris. but the crucial states, compared to 26% for harris . but the poll crucial states, compared to 26% for harris. but the poll did find that kennedy was down in his support. in may, it was 8%, most recently, 5%. so i do think that this is great news for trump, >> what's this story , kinsey, >> what's this story, kinsey, about tmz, the big gossip news site over in america? falsely reporting beyonce making an appearance at the democratic national convention recently. where of course, kamala harris, amongst others, made their big speeches. what's going on there? >> well, it's all about getting

this younger people involved. it's all about getting younger people excited about going to the polls and voting. and there are rumours that tmz was given bad, bad intel about beyonce being physically at the dnc , being physically at the dnc, spotted backstage and getting ready to perform , which wasn't ready to perform, which wasn't outside of the reality. i mean, we had oprah. oprah showed up and endorsed kamala and did a very loving, long speech. so it wasn't out of reality that beyonce could potentially be there and people tuned in. you saw twitter flooded with angry people that beyonce didn't ultimately show up, and the word on the street is perhaps the dnc allowed this rumour to, you know, to manage to kind of sit and rot on the internet, hoping that people would be more likely to tune in just to see beyonce . to tune in just to see beyonce. >> do you know who i'm surprised didn't turn up ? didn't turn up? >> are you going to say taylor swift? don't break my heart . swift? don't break my heart. >> no, not taylor no, i'll leave your taylor alone. harry and meghan i'm surprised meghan didn't seize the opportunity

because i would have guessed she probably could have gone if she wanted to. >> well, there was a story that i believe it was politico. there was a story that came out of washington , dc, where one media washington, dc, where one media strategist and political strategist and political strategist said, meghan just really wasn't an ideal person to come out and support kamala at this point in time that her popularity wasn't significant enough, that it would boost kamala in a positive direction . kamala in a positive direction. >> kinsey, have you heard this story about beyonce taking some sort of legal action against donald trump for playing one of her tunes at his rallies? and i think the foo fighters have sort of mentioned similar as well. have you heard that? >> i've heard that there are threats. i haven't seen anything official when it comes to beyonce. you and i talked about this celine dion. now the foo foo fighters are angry that trump used their song there goes my hero as they introduced rfk jr on on the stage. i just think like what a ridiculous. what a ridiculous thing to fight over. music is music we should all be allowed to appreciate it no

matter who we vote for. >> yeah, i'm a bit disappointed in the foo fighters. i'm a big fan of them, but, yeah, dave grohl i think kurt cobain would be turning in his grave saying that he's turned into, you know, like a sort of woke anti—trump man, very briefly, last 30s kinsey, what are the polls saying when it comes to kamala and trump? who's in line to win the presidency? do you reckon , the presidency? do you reckon, head to head, we're going to have to wait and see. >> it's all going to be about this debate. this debate is going to be incredible. ben leo, icannot going to be incredible. ben leo, i cannot wait to see it. >> yes, i'm buzzing for it. when is it? sorry. september the 3rd. is it september ? is it september? >> i think it's september the 3rd. i'm not 100% sure, but early september. >> yeah, i think it's september. the third. and kamala harris, of course, you won't have a teleprompter or autocue to help her out. how do you think she'll get on thoughts and prayers. >> we just need to go ahead and light a candle now. >> yeah. kinsey. great stuff. thank you for joining >> yeah. kinsey. great stuff. thank you forjoining me. and thank you for joining me. and see you next week. thank you. yeah i think it's september the 3rd i cannot wait. it's probably going to be a23, 4 am. job. but i'm absolutely here for that. it could set, you know, the future

of not just the united states and the uk, but the rest of the world. of course, as well. anyway, up next, i'll bring you the first of tomorrow's newspaper front pages full analysis from my panel. this is

welcome back to ben leo. tonight only on gb news. time now to bnng only on gb news. time now to bring you the first of tomorrow's newspaper front pages, which have just dropped in my lap, kicking off with the independent victory for the independent victory for the independent hero afghan pilot is reunited at last with wife and child. the newspaper has campaigned to get a pilot from afghan back in britain alongside his family. well done. i fully support that. the daily mail. some great stories here in the mail on sunday, what about this one? rural exclusive? the king opens a prince harry truce after spiritual guidance. he's apparently been seeing, some faith leaders to help him with his. well, he's been getting

spiritual nourishment. is that described ? well, we'll get stuck described? well, we'll get stuck into that in just a second. the sunday express public at risk of over prison release, prayer release plan. ministers failure to provide safeguards blasted by angry probation officers. yes, i've said it revealed yesterday. of course , that child rapists of course, that child rapists are being let free because they're too busy banging up rioters and people that sent nasty tweets online. and the observer here's a saturday night treat for you. everybody listen to this. things can only get worse, starmer warns working people, the british people will have to endure even worse economic and social pressures in the months to come, as the labour government takes, quote, unpopular decisions to rebuild the country from rubble and ruin left by the tories, keir starmer will warn this week okay, we'll get stuck into that as well, rejoined again by my panel. first of all, i love this story in the mail on sunday. >> diana moran. wait a minute. >> diana moran. wait a minute. >> mail on sunday. yes, right. the king opens a harry truce after spiritual guidance. >> so he's apparently received advice from faith leaders that has led him to contemplate repairing his relationship with

prince harry. the monarch has taken spiritual nourishment from his discussions with religious leaders and is now open to more of a reconciliation with his son, according to a well—placed source , the king taking source, the king taking spiritual guidance, don't you think it should be harry taking spiritual guidance to talk to his father ? well, he's meant to his father? well, he's meant to be the compassionate one, isn't he? and the humanitarian and the forgiving one. >> but, have we seen anything of that? no. >> the king has always been, hasn't he, lisa? >> oh, the king's been wonderful. yeah. >> well, diana. yeah, he's always been kind of you know, in touch with his kind of holistic side. >> he certainly has. he's a good man, but he's also head of the church of england. >> so what spiritual nourishment the king is, is the head of the church of england, isn't it, >> yes, he is, but. >>— >> yes, he is, but. >> so what spiritual nourishment is he taking now that he's not been taking his whole life? >> i don't know, maybe he's been taking getting sort of psychic readings from a tarot, a tarot

reader or something, because, you know, he's supposed to be the head of the church of england, but he has to talk to somebody. >> his coronation, he did say that he was going to be the head of the faith, plural. and he's probably the most knowledgeable monarch in history when it comes to the history and theology behind islam. he actually does take a very strong academic interest. he does faith beyond christianity, not because he's, you know , pursuing any of their, you know, pursuing any of their, their ideals, but because he likes to know about it . their ideals, but because he likes to know about it. he's very curious sort of person. so i wouldn't be surprised if he's talking to. i think he also has a very good relationship with the chief rabbi as well. so, you know, it might in fact, simply be that he's having these conversations on a sort of a friendly basis, rather than calling up his imam or his priest and going, this is specifically what i need your religion. >> and that's more his style. >> and that's more his style. >> roundtable. >> roundtable. >> yes, i still like the idea that he's been seeing psychics and having tarot readings, but no , i don't think so. no, i don't think so. >> prince harry, who's taking hallucinogenics somewhere in california and why not for him? so why not a bit of religion?

>> yeah, the acid didn't help. harry, yeah, i think you're probably right. benedict it's probably right. benedict it's probably a case of that he's been meeting maybe christians, catholics, rabbis, and i'm sure he has imams. well, perhaps not catholics. >> that's a bit far. >> that's a bit far. >> yeah, perhaps not catholics. yeah. who knows? but, you know, when we've got the headline next, which is things can only get worse and we start thinking about the absolute state of the country and what is going to unfold over the next probably yeah unfold over the next probably year. so this is the poorest people. >> do i the observer tomorrow, by the way , by the way, >> do i care what what the king is saying to his son? i really don't care. i am more interested in what we need to be saying to people about how they're going to make ends meet in the next yeah to make ends meet in the next year. i'm so sick of this triviality. >> yeah, but it's not triviality , >> yeah, but it's not triviality, rabbi, have the best advice on that sort of thing . that sort of thing. >> maybe this isn't their area of expertise. well, they can only do so many things. >> it's not triviality. we want this country to be a good country again. and we have a king, and we are english,

british, and we are for him. careful. >> that sounds like far right anti—establishment rhetoric. >> no i'm not. >> no i'm not. >> no i'm not. >> no no no no no. it's what we that's what this country is all about. >> now that the police aren't attending pride parades, they do have more time to monitor what we're saying. yeah. everybody just take it. yeah. take a lot more time to be watching. >> more time to scour social media. let me just read you this observer story for the viewers at home. so it says the british people will have to endure even worse economic and social pressures in the months to come, as the labour government takes unpopular decisions to rebuild the country from rubble and ruin left by the tories, keir starmer will warn this week. with the prime minister under mounting pressure from within his own party to help people struggling with rising fuel payments and millions of families in poverty, starmer will strike a defiant note against those demanding u—turns from his ministers , u—turns from his ministers, saying tough choices will have to be made before any recovery is possible. and his speech on tuesday is being billed by downing street as a, quote, direct message to the working people of britain. he will say that the rot, quote unquote,

left by the conservatives is so deep and so much worse than he'd imagined that improvement won't happen overnight. this is do you know what labour have been gifted a whole bunch of economic treats. they've had inflation going down. they've had, you know, pretty decent gdp figures, i think in the last six months. the best gdp figures over the past seven years, totally eclipsing anyone sort of in the eu or the g7. what else . eu or the g7. what else. interest rates going down from the bank of england. they have had everything going their way and yet they still have the nerve to come and say that everything's been left in a mess. and we're gonna have to make these hard decisions. >> he has got no idea what is happening in the country. he has got no idea that the levels of poverty that is happening throughout the country, he really hasn't. and when he's talking about working people, who is he talking about? because it's time, you know, for me, he's talking to working class people, he's saying to working class people, we know you're poon class people, we know you're poor, but you know what? you're going to get poorer, and the excuse is , whoever was here

excuse is, whoever was here before, and it's not good enough. it's not good enough. he came in on saying he was going to be change. and he's not changing a thing. he's continuing with austerity. he's continuing with austerity. he's continuing putting the poorest people at risk. i am so angry about what this government is doing. >> benedict, there's a key paragraph here which says the prime minister again, this is in the observer newspaper tomorrow. it says the prime minister will make the extraordinary claim that those who took part in the recent riots were doing so because they knew society had been left broken and that there weren't enough prison places. >> yeah. i mean, all of this reminds me of a line from the famous award winning film gremlins two, which is, how do you prepare for the coming disaster ? well, we're telling disaster? well, we're telling all of our clients to invest in canned food and shotguns. that's basically what this is. it's saying everything's going horribly wrong, but none of it's our fault. and this goes back to what we were talking about earlier, which is that they feel that there is a window in which they're going to be able to blame everything on the previous government, and that's why

they're trying to get this out of the way as quickly as they can. and it's interesting now that they're framing this in terms of people taking advantage of the breakdown of the state, because who was it who in the first week came out and said, there aren't enough prison places. and by the way, we send too many people to prison in the first place. it was the labour government, but they have this window of opportunity to spin it round, twist it round to say, actually, no, there needs to be lots of punishment. and it's the tories fault that this is happening. however, what would i say? we're currently missing in all of this? because we've got the press. they're highlighting this, we're highlighting this, but who isn't highlighting this? who isn't actually saying anything about this? the tories. yeah, because they don't have a leader yet because they thought what a wonderful idea. after 14 years, we're now going to spend a couple of months, maybe even a yean a couple of months, maybe even a year, who knows? having a sort of a soul searching session to try and work out who's going to be our next leader right now. what the country needs is a functioning opposition. and once again, the conservative party doesn't understand what government is, so we don't have one. even rishi sunak, the interim one, he's not even in the country. >> he's in california. >> he's in california. >> exactly, exactly. >> exactly, exactly. >> i mean, it's not just it's not just the tories are missing. they're all missing, aren't they?! they're all missing, aren't they? i mean, where's the lib dems? you know, the liberals who

are supposed to be interested in free speech. i mean, while people have been sent to prison for you know, saying things on facebook, the liberal democrats haven't said a word. no, nothing . haven't said a word. no, nothing. >> never a battle cry. you ever hean >> never a battle cry. you ever hear, though, is it really? send for the lib dems? >> well, no, but they have got the reform party as they're saying a few things. >> are you a fan of reform? diana a cheeky smile there. what do you like about reform? >> they say it as it is . yeah. >> they say it as it is. yeah. and they are determined with their policies to turn things around. i think that they represent the fair minded person in the country who really wants to try and get this country up and running properly again, but some would argue i'm playing devil's advocate here. >> so, you know , don't attack >> so, you know, don't attack me. some would argue reform are run by a bunch of millionaires who haven't got a clue what working class people in this country are thinking and are suffering, and they're just playing on the fears and the concerns amongst those communities for their own gain.

>> no, i don't think i'll go along with that one. no >> you disagree? no. okay. >> you disagree? no. okay. >> all right. good stuff. >> all right. good stuff. >> right. >> right. >> some big breaking news tonight. if you're a fan of music. many oasis fans feared they had seen the end of the rock band from manchester. but according to the sunday times tonight, which is out tomorrow , tonight, which is out tomorrow, there they are. noel and liam gallagher have done the unthinkable and apparently settled their differences. they're set to play massive concerts in london and manchester's heaton park next yeah manchester's heaton park next year. wow i mean, i'm i was never a massive oasis fan , but i never a massive oasis fan, but i like definitely liked their tunes. i like that strap. there oasis back definitely. maybe. i mean, those gigs in in manchester, in london they're going to be massive, aren't they . going to be massive, aren't they. >> do you think that's going to happen just because i know northern brothers and i know you're a man, aren't you? no i'm not. i'm from nottingham. oh, sorry. no, i mean i know it's all the same to me. yeah, i know i know, i know anywhere north of the m25. >> you're all northern. >> you're all northern. >> i know, but, you know, i just, i know the way that deep

arguments can happen in families. i don't know if they if it'll actually happen. can they be on the same stage together i don't know, are you a fan of oasis? >> diana? >> diana? >> yes, i certainly was, and i would be delighted if they get back together. >> would you be at the front in the in the mosh pit? >> no, i wouldn't, no no no i'm afraid to. i'd get crushed. yeah not as strong as i was. yeah. >> for the right amount of money, anybody can put aside their enmity against a sibling if they're getting paid enough to get on stage. i mean, you know, it's been a while. maybe they've forgotten what it was. they fell out about. yeah, that tends to happen, isn't it? >> maybe they need a few quid. yeah, maybe. >> oh, that's probably more like it. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> maybe they've just seen taylor swift and gone. wow. >> that is my music business, i said. >> i said to my wife the other day, i was talking about, i think one direction and maybe some other bands, and i said, it's probably pretty good being in a boy band or a band that's conquered the world, because you can just split up when you think you've made enough money. and then maybe in 20 years time, when you're a bit skint or you've been through a divorce, you've been through a divorce, you can just rearrange, you know, sort of a world tour or something, which would sell out and you make another 1020 mil.

>> i'm not sure the gallaghers would appreciate you putting them in the same category as one direction. >> no wonder it's a good theory anyhow. >> oh, benedict says 1d are much better than oasis, right? anyway, some more breaking news for you now as well. wow, breaking news night, isn't it, pavel durov, the billionaire founder and ceo of the telegram messaging app. he was arrested at the bourget airport, was pronounced properly. is it bourget ? diana bourget airport bourget? diana bourget airport outside paris on saturday evening. tonight. so according to french media, durov was travelling abroad in his private jet and was targeted by an arrest warrant in france . so arrest warrant in france. so remember, if you don't know, telegram was partially blamed for the riots across the country following the southport stabbings. and if you don't know what telegram is, it's just a private messaging app on your phone, similar to whatsapp, but it's got a higher levels of encryption, and yeah, they don't sell your data like meta, zuckerberg, whatsapp do any surprise there lisa on these these anarchists and these libertarians getting rounded up and pinched . and pinched. >> no, no i mean not really. i

mean, you know, he's a he's a wealthy man. do you think do you think they're going to be held. do you think they're going to. any of them's going to be held to account. and also, i'm not quite sure about this telegram thing. you know, i remember in the 2011 riots, they blamed bbm, you know, the blackberry. yeah, they blame they blame that, you know, i'm not sure how it actually translates. >> yeah. very out of date . >> yeah. very out of date. politicians like to blame the tech by which the messages are sent, not the underlying reasons for the unhappiness themselves. and the thing is, with all of this technology is there's more money in being in the tech than being in government trying to go after the tech. it can go faster than governments can keep pace with it. >> as far as i recall, telegram's only part in the riots was there was this fake message going around saying that they were going to be a hundred other riots at different locations across the uk, and that's when we saw the, you know , that's when we saw the, you know, stand up to racism counter protestors in places like brighton. i mean, you know, there's no far right contingent in brighton, let me tell you, but yeah, i mean , that and far but yeah, i mean, that and far left campaigners such as hope not hate admitted that telegram

message was a hoax. but anyway, now let me show you this very funny video . storm lillian has funny video. storm lillian has disrupted creamfields festival, and if you don't know what that is, it's a dance music festival up north. winds of up to 70mph have caused some damage . but have caused some damage. but look at these festival goers and what they have to do . to what they have to do. to okay, you got all this year. dear, oh deah you got all this year. dear, oh dear. and do you know how much they paid for tickets to creamfields? >> a couple of hundred quid. >> a couple of hundred quid. >> thousands. >> thousands. >> £300. >> £300. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> oh was it. >> oh was it. >> and i've seen other videos onune >> and i've seen other videos online of them, you know, festival goers wading through bogs of mud and all sorts. i went to creamfields years ago. i wouldn't do it again. >> where is creamfields ? >> where is creamfields? >> where is creamfields? >> which, i think where was it? it was. it was near manchester, it was. it was near manchester, i think. >> yeah, it's leeds, isn't it? >> yeah, it's leeds, isn't it? >> is it not leeds? >> is it not leeds? >> so it's like a mini glastonbury is it. yes. >> but it's, it's for, it's for

dance music. oh i beg your pardon. >> kind of, sort of thumping boof boof boof boof. you know, strobes and alcohol and probably very much your kind of vibe . very much your kind of vibe. >> ha ha ha. >> ha ha ha. >> right. panel. thank you very much. we've got more papers in the next couple of minutes. you're to return for that and also your greatest britain and union jackass

tick. welcome back to ben leo tonight only on gb news. more papers have just dropped hot off the press, starting with the sun on sunday. jermaine jenas exclusive. they've saved another load of information from their interview. jermaine jenas says i was stopped from apologising to tech's victims. i think the bbc handung tech's victims. i think the bbc handling of the situation was shocking, he says, i don't really care anymore jermaine. i have no sympathy. shouldn't have been texting other women. the sunday telegraph, starmer things will get worse before they get better. we covered that in the last hour. he is saying that he's going to, yeah, britain is in an absolute state and there's more tax rises, i suspect, on

the way the sunday times look at this. here we go. i started the show with it. number 10 pass for labour donor who gave £500,000. this is another one. a new example of labour cronyism as starmer crony allegations swirl. millionaire tv mogul gains access to the heart of power. let's talk about this , shall we let's talk about this, shall we guys? diana moran, lisa mckenzie, benedict spence , let mckenzie, benedict spence, let me just read this to you. so sir keir starmer's biggest personal donor has a pass to downing street. it gives lord alli, a millionaire tv mogul and former investment banker who led labour's fundraising for the general election, unrestricted access to number 10. he organised a post—election reception in the downing street garden with others who'd helped to bankroll its campaign . it's to bankroll its campaign. it's rare for anyone not formally employed as a political adviser or civil servant to be given a downing street pass. the move has resulted in some raised eyebrows among colleagues. a whitehall source with knowledge of number 10 staffing described the decision to grant alli a pass as a mystery to everyone in downing street. this is a joke,

isn't it? lisa >> yeah, well, you know what i mean. one of the good things about this is it's not. not that i care. actually. i mean, you know, i've had enough of all politicians, but we have got quite a right wing press. so starmer's narrative is going to be pulled up daily. so, you know, he will he will be held to account i think because obviously the newspapers already are sort of pulling him up on the cronyism, also releasing, you know, the various different dangerous people who's being released from prison . the released from prison. the newspapers are going to be publishing this daily. he's not going to be able to control this narrative for too long. yeah. >> and where are the likes of led by donkeys, carol vorderman, all these twitter personalities and the faces, you know , no hope and the faces, you know, no hope not hate. where are they? >> nobody actually believes that those people were ever objective in any of this or impartial. that was never the idea. they were there specifically because they hate tories. they're not entirely sure why they hate tories, but they do. and they like to tell people at great length. but the thing is, because those people, i think,

have done such a great job of shining a light on tory sleaze and corruption and all that over the last few years, that idea is now in the forefront of everybody's minds to say our government mismanagement, sleaze, people being appointed to jobs that they shouldn't have been. to jobs that they shouldn't have been . so what's now happening been. so what's now happening the second labour do it? as lisa says, the spotlight is being shone on it and it is just going to keep on saying it's just a shame that the conservatives have decided that not only did they not need to govern, they don't need to be in opposition either and aren't actually doing a lot of the heavy lifting themselves. they are, who knows? having a conversation about, i don't know, the winter fuel allowance. >> diana, do you think do you think this could really get out of control for labour? and it may, you know, it may cause some serious political. >> well, it could go on and on, couldn't it? i mean, it's making front page on the. well, the times for example, it can't be right that the more money you pay, right that the more money you pay, the better position you get. it'sjust pay, the better position you get. it's just not right. okay? >> the clock is against us, so we're going to do greatest britain and union. jackass. diana moran. who is your greatest britain nominee? >> please. without a doubt. this week, doctor michael mosley, as you know, he he unfortunately

fell to his death a few months ago, but he was in the middle of making three programmes that are now going out. >> yes, absolutely superb. >> yes, absolutely superb. >> and all the sort of medical side of good living that i want to know about. yeah >> he was a great character. oh, lovely death. yeah. doctor michael mosley, lisa mckenzie, very quickly , your gp, paul very quickly, your gp, paul lewis from bbc money programme, >> he has been campaigning tirelessly over the last few weeks about the, the cutting of the winter fuel allowance. >> okay. >> okay. >> benedict, jeremy clarkson for opening a pub at a loss in this economy for championing british produce and his first act after opening it to bar sir keir starmer from entering. >> yes, i was going to show you a clip of that. have we got time, guys? >> in my voices, in my head, no clip, >> no. but he of course he banned sir keir starmer. so jeremy clarkson is my greatest britain today because i think he's a very funny guy. he's very honest, he's very popular. and i'm happy that he banned keir starmer. michael mosley though, diana moran was a worthy

nominee, your union jack has very quickly, >> well, i'm sorry, but it was our man, jermaine. jermaine jenas. >> yes. okay. >> yes. okay. >> idiot. >> idiot. >> obvious reasons. yeah. he blew it. betrayed his family and his kids and of course, his employer. lisa, i've got a general one about, the leaders of higher education in the country. >> this week, students are thinking about going back to university or going to university, and they have absolutely , completely wrecked absolutely, completely wrecked our higher education system . our higher education system. >> benedict uj sadiq khan not that you ever need a reason for that, but particularly this week, he's decided to announce that there's going to be a new memorial to the victims of the slave trade, the transatlantic slave trade, the transatlantic slave trade, the transatlantic slave trade, and the dreadful role that london played in this. is there going to be a memorial to the members of the british navy who worked tirelessly to end the slave trade? no, don't be ridiculous. and also, the statue is appallingly today's union jack is sadiq khan. >> and of course, you know, we could we could do this every week. trust me. anyway, listen, thank you for joining week. trust me. anyway, listen, thank you forjoining me thank you for joining me tonight. it's been it's been fun. it's been great. very informative. i hope for you.

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countryside . but there will be countryside. but there will be plenty of sunny spells to start sunday morning, particularly across southern and eastern parts. here, blue skies to greet us, though showers across the west country into wales, the next weather system moving into parts of northern ireland, northwest england, scotland with outbreaks of rain pushing in here but still some sunny spells and showers across the north and east of scotland. winds fairly brisk and temperatures around 10 or 11 celsius to start sunday morning. as we head through the day, this cloud and rain will pushin day, this cloud and rain will push in and push eastwards as we move through the day. some of the rain will be heavy at times, largely affecting northern ireland, scotland, northern england, wales, further south it will be fairly showery across southwest england. the cloud extending further east but the best of the sunshine holding on across southeast england. here temperatures around 20 or 21 celsius cool under the cloud. the rain and the brisk winds 14 to 16 celsius across the north of the uk into monday. that high pressure starts to build in plenty of sunny spells around . plenty of sunny spells around. there will still be a scattering

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from the gb newsroom. let's start this bulletin with some breaking news. german police have reportedly caught the person suspected of yesterday's stabbing spree in western germany. that coming into us, according to the german news website der spiegel, they have reportedly taken him into custody at this time. a second man was detained late this evening in a building housing refugees close to the site of the attack in the city centre. earlier, a 15 year old boy was detained in connection with the stabbing. he's not the main suspect, but is alleged to have known about the attack, which killed three people and injured eight others. the islamic state terror group has claimed responsibility for the attacks this evening. they said it was in revenge for muslims in palestine and everywhere. five of those wounded are in a life threatening condition . a threatening condition. a manslaughter investigation has begun into the sinking of a superyacht in sicily, where british tech tycoon mike lynch

and his teenage daughter hannah,