a shocking, today's show, a shocking, sobering new report shows that a record 1.68 million immigrants living in britain are currently unemployed, and that's costing taxpayers a staggering £8 billion every single year. now that's double the cost of the axed winter fuel allowance. is it time for a clampdown? next up, dame priti patel launched her bid to be conservative leader today and dodged the question from gb news on her immigration record, with james cleverly also refusing to apologise for the conservatives woeful record on immigration. can any of them be trusted to secure our borders? and kamala harris made a first tv appearance as us presidential candidate for the democrat party last night in america, and she was grilled over her u—turns on fracking and immigration. now allies say she didn't mess up, but donald trump has blasted her as a fraud. we'll have full analysis from both democrats and

republicans throughout the show, and a marvellous exclusive here on today's show, i'll be joined in the studio by an intrepid pickpocket pickpocket, buster , pickpocket pickpocket, buster, who has shamed 23 light fingered thieves in just one weekend in london. he'll share his fascinating tale and help you to stay safe from scammers. this summer. that's all coming in this hour . well, the show always this hour. well, the show always a pleasure to have your company. £8 billion a year. that's the cost of the unemployment bill for those born abroad. immigrants to the united kingdom. and on top of that, £6.6 billion, as we revealed on gb news for the asylum system, that's over £14 billion every single year servicing those who aren't working aren't contributing to the united kingdom. now the winter fuel allowance, £4 billion. as you can see by the most basic of

maths, three times the amount is being spent on servicing unemployed immigrants as it is on those who lost that winter fuel allowance. is that fair? is that what you voted for? what does that say about the priorities of those who rule us? let me know the usual way. gbnews.com forward slash yourself. but now it's time for the latest news headlines . the latest news headlines. >> good afternoon. it's 3:02. >> good afternoon. it's 3:02. >> i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. >> a murder investigation has been launched after a 13 year old boy was stabbed to death at a house in the west midlands. the teenager was treated by paramedics but died at the scene in oldbury yesterday afternoon. no one has been arrested so far and police have called his death and police have called his death an absolute tragedy. local youth worker darius ryman told us he's in shock. >> i'm feeling really sad and i

don't know whether to blame ourselves or our service or our government . are we failing? it's government. are we failing? it's going to be really sad for the family as well to live with that. their child is not normal and for the community as well . and for the community as well. it's going to have a very effect on the whole of the community that it's actually come to our doorstep now because you hear about it in other areas. somebody's been stabbed , some somebody's been stabbed, some child has been stabbed, some man has been stabbed. today it's happened at our doorstep, in our area, on our street. >> now, a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a child in swansea. >> police were called to a home in the town last night. a 41 year old who lived with the child is being questioned in bridgend. detectives aren't looking for anyone else. a mother has pleaded guilty to stabbing her ten year old daughter to death in the west midlands . jaskirat kaur admitted midlands. jaskirat kaur admitted to manslaughter on the basis of

diminished responsibility after the child was found with fatal wounds at their home in march. prosecutors accepted the 33 year old's plea and the court heard there was no dispute over the facts. she has been remembered by her school as a bright, happy and fun loving child. dame priti patel has officially launched her conservative leadership campaign, promising to revive the party with a focus on the future. the former home secretary also denounced the keir starmer's recent speech as feeble , pitiful and dishonest, feeble, pitiful and dishonest, criticising his approach to trade unions, criminal justice and the economy. she's one of six candidates in the running to replace rishi sunak, including james cleverly , kemi badenoch james cleverly, kemi badenoch mel stride robert jenrick and tom tugendhat. speaking in london, she declared the conservative party as the greatest in the world. >> my leadership, i will bring our party experience and strength and i will get us back to winning ways. but before i

say more about my offer to members of parliament, my plans to empower our loyal and dedicated party members, and my commitment for our party to serve the nation and the british people with professionalism and integrity. >> in other news, the government says it won't impose a four day working week, but does support flexible working options. >> labour says it's focused on compressed hours, allowing employees to work longer over fewer days, not reducing total hours. the conservatives have criticised the proposals, claiming businesses are concerned about potential costs. ministers have admitted government funded childcare support for babies aged nine months or over comes with significant challenges. eligible parents in england will be entitled to 15 hours free childcare a week from next week, a plan inherited from the conservatives but the department for education claims around 85,000 more place places will be

needed to be able to extend free support to 30 hours a week from september 2025. baroness jacqui smith told us it will be an enormously difficult job to make it work. >> we've been really knuckling down since we got into government, boosting up the recruitment campaign for, for example, do something big, which encourages people to come into the childcare workforce, making sure that we've got apprenticeships in place for people developing the new t level in early years education thatis level in early years education that is actually very popular and successful and enabling more people to be trained and it's why we'll be working between now and next year with early years providers, with local authorities to make sure that those places, as far as we can do are there for parents. >> and abba are demanding donald trump's presidential campaign remove videos featuring their songs. the group claims hits including the winner takes it

all and dancing queen were used at an event without their permission. but the republican team insists they have a license. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour 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. >> thank you sophia. now we've got a cracking show. let's get steaming in because currently there are 1.69 million migrants living in the united kingdom that are either unemployed or not actively looking for work. it's an astonishing number. and that cost the british taxpayer an estimated £8 billion every single year. now that's according to the centre for migration control. now, this comes as the government says that the figure doesn't even take into account individual circumstances. meanwhile, dame

priti patel is the latest tory mp to launch her leadership bid. she spoke earlier in central london and she wants to get the conservatives back to their winning ways. >> under my leadership, i will bnng >> under my leadership, i will bring our party experience and strength and i will get us back to winning ways. but before i say more about my offer to members of parliament, my plans to empower our loyal and dedicated party members and my commitment for our party to serve the nation and the british people with professionalism and integrity . integrity. >> right. well, i'm joined in the studio to discuss this now with gb news political editor, chris hope. chris, you were at that event earlier on today, the fanfare. she's an outsider. i think the best price you get on her is about 10 to 1. but what i want to pair this to is our top story there about the immigration figures, the cost of unemployment benefits. £8 billion per year and an eye—watering amount. it's a record all time high, £6.6

billion on top of that. asylum, £14 billion. that's a monstrous bill. it's two thirds of the labour party's so—called financial black hole in 1 in 1 shift in one year. this all pins back down to an ineptitude historically to control our borders and listen to the voters who told them time and time and time again to take back control, which brings us to today's launch dame priti patel. she was the home secretary for a period of time, and you've been speaking to a bunch of hopefuls this year. yeah, sorry. this week, all of whom want the top job, and you've been asking them all about the specific topic of immigration. chris, over to you, martin. >> for me, the question is why won't people apologise for getting it, getting it wrong, messing up. they promised the tory party in 2010, 2015, 2017, 2019 to cut net legal migration. it never happened. in fact, it went up by a multiple figure. we 600,000 came through the door. more more of the right than leaving in 2023. priti patel was

asked about that in this press conference. she said that context does matter and it's too lazy to speak about numbers . she lazy to speak about numbers. she talks about will you will you not have many nurses or doctors and the like? i asked that question for gb news viewers, and here's what she had to say. you're seen as the most right wing candidate of the six candidates to replace rishi sunak. you're proud of your grass roots conservative base, but you won't apologise for record net migration under your government's watch. you didn't vote against the smoking ban when you had a chance to . how when you had a chance to. how can you reconcile and win back reform voters in that position? and if you were prime minister, would you remove a portrait of tony blair? >> margaret thatcher is going straight back on the rule. let me just let me just get that on the record. first of all, well, look, number one, i'm not going to play that game of soundbite politics. you've just heard me also give a speech about freedom and conservative values and beliefs. and chopper, you know, when it comes to freedom, it's freedom as to how we live our lives. you've also seen what

i've said in recent days around the smoking ban. what that is going to mean, actually for businesses, for pubs , the businesses, for pubs, the hospitality sector. i think just before the general election, i was spending a lot of time with the hospitality sector, not just in my own constituency but elsewhere. the other point just to say on this issue is that we've got a government that wants the police, the very people that should be policing our streets to be policing beer gardens and things of that nature. in my view, we need the police on the streets , not in police on the streets, not in beer gardens. they need to be doing their job and, you know, this is exactly where we need to unpick this awful labour government. >> that's dame priti patel. they're not apologising for the record on net migration, which didn't answer your question. >> she totally ignored the question. >> those numbers, those those big numbers fuelled so many voters towards reform uk . after voters towards reform uk. after ispoke voters towards reform uk. after i spoke to her, i spoke to tom pursglove, the former migration minister, and asked him the same question and he is backing dame priti patel. well i think that pretty deserves great credit actually, for transforming the framework of immigration that we

have in this country, responding very directly to the message from the referendum that we needed to end free movement, she did the heavy lifting that meant that ministers like me could then get on the front foot and bnng then get on the front foot and bring those numbers down. >> we announced at the back end of last year those policies that are delivering results, we are seeing month on month, legal migration numbers falling. all of that is at risk with labour, of that is at risk with labour, of course, who are now dismantling key planks of that. but it simply wouldn't have been possible without the heavy lifting. those hard yards that preceded putting in place the legislation and delivering on that policy. >> so tom pursglove there, saying that his government had cut migration in the final year of the 14 years, and they should get credit for that. i'm not sure that's where voters are certainly not gb news viewers and listeners. and just finally, martin, i spoke to james cleverly. he's another former home secretary. he also won't apologise for net migration being at record levels. he won't being at record levels. he won't be the punchbag for the last government, he said. here's what he had to say on my podcast, chopper's political podcast

overnight and the labour party still have not answered the question that i confronted the home secretary with on my first outing at the despatch box, which is now they've ripped up the rwanda partnership. >> where will they send failed asylum seekers from countries like iran or afghanistan who can't be returned to syria because they're not going to send them home? so that's why they have now had to do the thing they said they wouldn't do, which is a de facto amnesty . do, which is a de facto amnesty. and they are letting the british people down. they are providing an open door to the people smugglers . people are dying in smugglers. people are dying in the channel and numbers are going through the roof because of their ineptitude in government, arrogance and ineptitude . ineptitude. >> there is a succession of top brass conservatives, including two leadership hopefuls, two former home secretaries. yeah, two former. and it's on their watch as home secretaries that they consistently and spectacularly failed to control our borders, despite being told since in every election since 2010 to do it now , but now 2010 to do it now, but now expecting us to believe that

things will be different this time around. trust us, honest gov'nor are voters going to believe that? i'm not sure. >> james cleverly said that on on his watch. his home secretary from november last year to july, numbers did come down. priti patel might make a case for what happened when she was in charge there. and of course, the treasury put pressure on to allow more migration. but i think overall what voters aren't really listening to this who's record, who's right, who's wrong, they want to see broadly, an apology for not hitting that that line in a manifesto over all those elections . we will cut all those elections. we will cut migration. it's now all on the labour party. but until this party, i think, can say that honestly to voters, they may not get a good listen. >> also on your podcast last week, tom tugendhat , he did say week, tom tugendhat, he did say sorry. and he specifically named a number, didn't he , this week a number, didn't he, this week of what his immigration target is? >> yes, 100,000 is?— >> yes, 100,000 a year. he is? >> yes, 100,000 a year. he says that'll be a legal figure. a vote passed in parliament. don't forget that was the last prime ministers, the current prime minister, the last leader, rishi sunak. he said if he won power, he would have a figure agreed by

parliament each year could be 100,000. but his the rivals say there's no way you'll be able to hit that one, so we're not going to say it. >> pick a number, any number. it feels like everyone mad. martin okay, well, i'm also joined in the studio now by the former labour adviser, matthew talbot. matthew, you've been sat on the sidelines there, sort of guffawing away over in the sense of, you know, people are watching this, trying to make sense of who do we trust, where do we go for where's the delivery, where's the track record? the consistency. and so it seems a bit rich, does it not to the electorate to look at these figures and say, okay, you had 14 years in control, didn't work out that well, but i'm sure everything's going to be different next time . and different next time. and meanwhile, of course, now the eyes are on what will yvette cooper be doing in future? first of all, let's deal with the conservatives. and then you tell me, matthew, if you believe that the labour party is going to get serious about tackling our borders, i think it's i think

it's interesting that tom tugendhat is the only one that's come out and apologised. >> i think there is a, i would when i was in westminster, i'd always try and do the opposite of what westminster might tell me to do. >> and i think the idea is if you apologise, you can't win the competition then, because you've shown you're not good enough, you're not perfect. and whatever else i think actually people appreciate when you come forward and apologise for mistakes you've made, because it shows an element of being humble and happy to listen to concerns . happy to listen to concerns. >> i think with regards to the report, though, i'm concerned that the methodology and the figures that have been worked out from it. >> i rather look at the report this morning. >> this is the unemployment figures. >> yeah, yeah, the unemployment figures. so if we if we come to that, what they've done is they've to and calculate, they've, they've looked at the amount spent per person through institute for fiscal studies figures and the annual amounts that were spent per person on things like social security, health, education, defence, pubuc health, education, defence, public order and safety, which is which is a fair, a fair summary. >> well, no, i would say not because i would i don't think i

would have passed my degree hand in, in things like that as an assignment, because you've got to factor in individual circumstances. and actually despite popular myths, migrants can't claim benefits unless you're a uk citizen, which can take up to 5 to 10 years or potentially even longer. now, if they're looking at how much we're spending on things like transport. >> if you're granted a work visa, then, then and then you become an employed , then you're become an employed, then you're one of these people. >> yeah, but that's not what they've laid out. >> they've just said people who have a right to be here, but there's nothing else in there. i think if you take in the fact of asylum seekers, they're not allowed to work. and there's a there's a reason they get £5 a day from the government. >> this figure does not include asylum seekers. does it include students ? students? >> yeah. no. >> yeah. no. >> and that's right because it would be an anomaly and it wouldn't make any sense. but again, the point comes if you come over on a family visa, for instance, maybe your husband can work, but you're the wife. you might not have the right to work. therefore, you've got to wait to be a british citizen. that's going to be ten years. so, but you're not claiming benefits so you can work , but

benefits so you can work, but you're not claiming anything otherwise. so if we're looking at how much is spent on transport, for instance, are we now saying that i can't catch the bus if i'm unemployed? because actually we're all paying because actually we're all paying that bit more. we're all paying paying that bit more. we're all paying the same anyway, in taxes. what would happen is if they were in work , there'd be they were in work, there'd be a bit more money to go around. yeah, i agree , but i don't think yeah, i agree, but i don't think we're all paying the penalty because of that . because of because of that. because of that, that doesn't seem to be the case. and i think they've they've extrapolated data on, to cover everybody when individual circumstances are totally different. >> what we need to do. well, i disagree the method, but we haven't got time to go into the methodology too much. i want to talk now about the labour party, because you're here to talk about that. and today we've seen the great new intrepid house building plans, the labour party , building plans, the labour party, angela rayner said the way we hit targets is to give seasonal visas to foreign workers to come and build all these houses. that's precisely what people's brains in pre—referendum we saw the polish lads, the east european lads flooding working class towns, sleeping six in a

house, taking the plasterers jobs, the sparkies, the bricklayers people voted for that to stop. five minutes into labour's term. now they said no, we'll do that again. >> i think it's part of a problem that we don't train our own people. we haven't done for about 30 or 40 years. we're very bad at it. there's obviously been a large focus on things like university as opposed to skills and manual labour, but i think compare that to the report that's come out today, then we can't win. so we either try and build houses to put people in and we maybe have people coming to here work contributing tax and national insurance and the national health service, or they come here and can't work and therefore they're they're a burden on us because they're not working, even though they're not claiming, well, we can control who comes in in the first place. >> well, like australia, i'd pushit >> well, like australia, i'd push it well, i'd push back against that a little bit and i get a little bit frustrated with the narrative of our borders are out of control or not under control because over the last 12 months, 125 million people have come to this country either temporarily, some permanent. >> but for the vast majority of

those people, we know who they are. they they come on a visa , are. they they come on a visa, we know when they're going back and we ensure they go back. then you've got 30,000 or so that are coming over via boats, and that is sort of 0.0, nought one. >> there's an estimated 1.5 million illegals in this country. you're talking about 30,000 per year. >> but that's my point . >> but that's my point. >> but that's my point. >> the borders are obviously working. otherwise we'd have 125 million where we wouldn't know where they are or what they're doing because they're coming in fourth or worse. and therefore we don't think that's the case. i don't think that's good. but on the point of angela rayner, i'm quite liberal with with decent size, you know, whatever levels of immigration it is, if we have the infrastructure. and i think part of this is politicians who have overpromised and under—delivered and we have not invested properly in this country probably since the late 80s. and margaret thatcher, we have towns that feel left behind. we have communities that feel like they're forgotten about. we have houses that aren't fit for purpose, particularly in the rented sector. and the social housing sector. and everything

feels like it's broken at the moment, which is why i think the conservatives did get a kick in. i think it was a very large protest vote. i don't think there was necessarily a great amount of love for labour, but people were fed up of the way things are and i really hope labour decide to do things a little bit differently and invest in our towns and communities. >> matthew, do you want to see sir keir starmer recognise the concerns about migration in communities? because so far he hasn't really done that to recognise the pressure on services, the concern that people are feeling about it. >> yeah. what i've always said is i wouldn't say the two times were absolutely comparable, but if you compare the, riots and people that came out in 2020 for black lives matter, i was one of them. i came out in solidarity, protested peacefully, and wanted to stand with people, as a as a show of respect of an understanding what we did then as a collective, both in the media, in our politics and in society, we questioned, how did we get here? why do people feel like this? and how do we get to a point of maybe better racial equality, what we haven't seen

since the riots , both in 2011, since the riots, both in 2011, both the ones more recently we haven't asked ourselves, why are people acting like this? why do they feel like this? and what can be done about it? what we've seen is a labelling of people as far right , seen is a labelling of people as far right, and definitely there is a racist element to that. if you're trying to set fire to hotels where people are in a tiny, tiny minority of no. and that was probably the case with things like black lives matter. and you see things where people are most end up swept up in it. but i would like to see people 90, but i would like to see people go, i'm listening. what can we do about this? and likelihood it is people having more money in their pockets, people having better places to live, town centres not being boarded up, you know, and stuff like that. >> yeah, we can all agree on that sobering stuff. always a great pleasure to have you in matthew talbot. and of course, chris hope. great start to the show and impassioned kick off now it's time now for the great british giveaway and your chance to win £30,000 in tax free cash. but get your skates on lines close at 5:00 today. about an hour and a half, so get your clogs on. here's the details that you need to be our next winner. >> it's the final week to see how you can win an incredible

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example of two tier policing. i'll speak to a fella who thinks precisely that. next, i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's new

channel. welcome back. your time is 327. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news now, following the events at notting hill carnival that left three people fighting for their lives, questions have been raised over the rise of so—called two tiered policing in the uk. over the course of that weekend, 334 people were arrested with little condemnation at all from the political sphere. now, critics claim that the policing and judicial system is currently treating certain groups more favourably than others. and joining me now to discuss this is the social policy analyst, doctor raqib hassan. raqib. always a pleasure to have you on the show. you've written an excellent column in today's

daily mail calling out what you perceive as two tier policing, and you think it's getting worse. tell us more. >> well, absolutely. and martin, i'd make the point that this this is much broader than two tier policing. i call it two tier policing. i call it two tier governance. it includes policing, but also how our politicians react to various social events. it does involve our criminal justice system as well. now looking at notting hill carnival, we saw 334 arrests, 50 police officers injured, dozens of people arrested for possession of an offensive weapon. we saw eight stabbings over a period of two days, three left with life threatening injuries, one being a 32 year old mother who was with her child on so—called family day. and i would make this point, there's been hardly any political condemnation of this violence and criminality. and if this took place , say, and if this took place, say, a saint george's parade, saint george's day parade, which was celebrating anglo—saxon traditions and culture. i can

guarantee you that the political reaction would be very different. there would be plenty of condemnation. so i think here what we're talking about is how our politicians react to various social events, depending on the background, the ethnic, racial and religious background of those involved and raqib you draw excellent parallels with the grooming gang scandal, with the grooming gang scandal, with the pro—palestine protests, the black lives matter marches . black lives matter marches. >> and you make an excellent point, i think very beautifully at the end of your article where you talk about lady justice on the old bailey with a blindfold, and you make the point that you feel that our political class, our media class, they're also, in a sense, blindfolded . they in a sense, blindfolded. they don't want to see the truth before them. why do you think thatis? >> well, i think there's a variety of reasons for that. i think we've made significant strides when it comes to racial equality in our country , equality in our country, especially over the last 25 years or so. but i think in some ways the pendulum has swung too

far in the other direction where, especially when it comes to matters of law and order, i think in some cases it's clear that minorities have been the beneficiaries of preferential treatment. you talked about the grooming gang cases , especially grooming gang cases, especially in greater manchester, which is very relevant because, as you know , with the manchester know, with the manchester airport incident, where one female police officer was left hospitalised with a broken nose, people reacting to that incident by saying that this actually demonstrated how greater manchester police are in some ways is uniquely heavy handed when it comes to men of pakistani muslim heritage. well, i'm sorry to say i couldn't disagree more with that. and i think when you look at the closing premature closing down of operation augusta, which was primarily investigating male grooming gang perpetrators of pakistani muslim heritage, the fact that that was prematurely closed down suggests the exact opposite. so i think that what's very clear here is that we need

our politicians, not just our politicians. we need public sector officials, especially when it comes to policing local councils, health care in our education system to operate in the spirit of fairness, balance and impartiality . otherwise, it and impartiality. otherwise, it could not only fuel considerable social resentment, it could even exacerbate the potential for political unrest. and we don't want to be in that position now. >> doctor raqeeb hussain, an excellent article. you've got a real brave head on you. thank you very, very much for coming on the show today. it's always a pleasure to have your company. thank you very, very much for joining us. now, kamala harris tackles her first unscripted tv interview last night in america. just how did she do? and how does the vice president have what it takes to beat donald trump? stay tuned to find out more. but first, here's your headunes more. but first, here's your headlines and it's sophia wenzler. >> good afternoon. your headunes >> good afternoon. your headlines with sophia wenzler

detectives in west midlands have begun a murder investigation after a 13 year old boy was stabbed to death at a house in oldbury. the teenager was found with injuries yesterday afternoon and was treated by paramedics but died at the scene. police say there haven't been any arrests so far. scene. police say there haven't been any arrests so far . a been any arrests so far. a mother has pleaded guilty to stabbing her ten year old daughter to death in the west midlands . jack carson akua midlands. jack carson akua admitted to manslaughter on the bafis admitted to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility after the child was found with fatal wounds at their home in march. she'll be sentenced on the 25th of october. a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a child in swansea. police were called to a home in the town last night. a 41 year old who lived with the child is being questioned in bridgend. >> detectives aren't looking for anyone else and dame priti patel has officially launched her conservative leadership campaign , conservative leadership campaign, promising to revive the party with clear goals and a focus on

the future. >> the former home secretary also denounced the keir starmer's recent speech as feeble, pitiful and dishonest, criticising his approach to trade unions, criminal justice and the economy. she's one of six candidates in the running to replace rishi sunak, including james cleverly, kemi badenoch , james cleverly, kemi badenoch, mel stride robert jenrick and tom tugendhat . and the tom tugendhat. and the government says it won't impose a four day working week, but it does support flexible working options. labour says it's focused on compressed hours, allowing employees to work longer over fewer days, not reducing total hours. the conservatives have criticised the proposals , claiming the proposals, claiming businesses are concerned about potential costs. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour 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

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>> welcome back. your time is 337. i'm martin daubney on gb news. kamala harris has defended changing her mind on some policies since becoming the democratic presidential nominee. speaking in her first major

interview since announcing that she was running for the white house, the vice president told cnn her values haven't changed. >> we have set goals for the united states of america and by extension, the globe, around when we should meet certain standards for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions as an example, that value has not changed. my value around what we need to do to secure our border . need to do to secure our border. that value has not changed. i spent two terms as the attorney general of california, prosecuting transnational criminal organisations. violations of american laws regarding the passage , illegal regarding the passage, illegal passage of guns, drugs and human beings across our border. my values have not changed. >> well, many viewers deemed it vague and boring. well, what will the chair of republicans overseas, gregg swenson, make of it? he joins me now. gregg, always a pleasure to see you. so it's interesting looking at the feedback from some key democratic advisers. one of barack obama's team said that, well, at least she didn't fall back. hardly a ringing endorsement. donald trump

blasted she's a fraud. i cannot wait to debate comrade kamala harris. greg swenson, what were the standout moments for you ? the standout moments for you? >> well, i don't i don't think there were any martin. i think, you know, vague and boring is probably pretty accurate. and i think, you know, if she said new way forward or my values have not changed one more time, you know, it just was painful to watch. now, the bar has been set pretty low by president biden. so the fact that she was able to get through the interview with her platitudes and basically not saying anything was probably better than you could expect from president biden, because i don't think, you know, as you know, he could not get through an interview or a debate without absolutely falling down. but yeah, there was really this did nothing to advance her case, but it was pretty consistent with her campaign strategy, which is to say nothing. and she basically repeated that nothing about her, her record, nothing about her, her record, nothing about policy and nothing about

the agenda except for that moment that that you showed where, you know, she kind of admitted that she is going to stick with this climate fanaticism that you have from the biden administration. and that should be troubling. and i think in many ways, you know, this, this word or this phrase, my values have not changed is a bit of code toward her progressive left superfans who want her to be a, you know, a climate evangelist. and i think that she will be, but she just can't really come out and say it. otherwise she might not win any independent or moderate voters. >> now, greg, for the benefit of uk viewers, of course, this was on cnn, which as a platform is probably the most sympathetic platform that you get in america, right, to the democratic cause. dana bash, the interviewee, though, did push a relatively firmly on a few issues. she pushed her on her on her record, for example , on her record, for example, on things like fracking and immigration and on the softest of soap platforms. greg swenson,

she did still seem to falter. a few key u—turns were pointed out to her right? >> if as soon as she went off the predetermined script, you know, she probably either knew the questions or could very well anticipate them and so her first answers were sometimes, you know , answers were sometimes, you know, predictable, but good. in other words, she delivered them properly. it's when there was a second question, which didn't happen very often. i know he did, you know, question her flip flop on on fracking, on banning fracking. she claims that she changed her views in 2020, which basically means she had to . she basically means she had to. she was joe biden's vice president and he did not support a fracking ban, so nor could she. that's very questionable. whether that's honest. and i think that, you know, but he didn't push back much after that. i mean, she bragged about her biodynamics and her economic policies and bringing inflation back down to 3%. but no pushback from from dana bash on the fact that it got to 9.1% and it's

been 3% or higher for 39 months. so that's nothing to brag about . so that's nothing to brag about. that was, i think, really dishonest in the sense that, you know , biden has been a failure know, biden has been a failure for americans. know, biden has been a failure for americans . and that's but for americans. and that's but yet no pushback from dana bash on that. >> and, greg, what's really surprising to brits, we heard a lot from keir starmer about it's time to turn the page. that phrase kept coming up. turn the page.the phrase kept coming up. turn the page. the difference of opinion, of course, greg, is that the democrats are in power. turn the page on what you're actually in control of the country. they still were seeming to be using the kind of trump as the bogeyman syndrome, but he hasn't beenin bogeyman syndrome, but he hasn't been in power in recent times . been in power in recent times. that was joe biden. the guy that you said was fit to rule the country. until you change your mind . mind. >> that's right. i mean, it's obscene to say that she kept, you know, she talks about the new way forward or getting past the bitterness. yeah, the bitterness of the biden years , bitterness of the biden years, you know, three and a half or pushing four years in the white

house so i think that's also dishonest. you know, she's she's really not being honest with voters. it's a disservice to voters. it's a disservice to voters to have these these interviews or campaign rallies that don't really say anything. people care about inflation. they care about the border crisis. she's not talking about her record because she is tied to both of those issues, which rank one and two in the country. and you know her. so her record is horrible. she's talking about addressing the border because she was secretary, i mean, attorney general of california, and yet she was the border tsar and yet she was the border tsar and allowed 10 million illegal migrants to enter the country dunng migrants to enter the country during her her term, as well as enough fentanyl to kill the to kill every american. 100,000 americans have died every year in, you know, since she took office and became the border tsan office and became the border tsar. and that's that's due to her policies and president biden's policies. you're not going to hear any of that from cnn, but hopefully she'll have to address some of those issues if it's not with the press,

because i think they might continue to protect her. it might be down to the debate with president trump and greg swenson. >> that was going to be my next question . we've heard there's an question. we've heard there's an abc debate. she's pulled out, i believe, of a fox news debate . believe, of a fox news debate. when can we expect to see the heavyweight showdown, donald trump versus kamala harris, a live tv debate? is it going to happen, greg swenson? and if so , when? >> well, i think it will. i the metrics are changing. you know the rules are changing. she's being really difficult. i think the president trump would be to happy debate three times. she's really vulnerable on her record. she's vulnerable on her past radical views from her presidential campaign in 2019 and 20. by the way, she never got over 2%, and she dropped out before iowa because she was so deeply unpopular. and thirdly , deeply unpopular. and thirdly, it's her implicit endorsement of biden and biden foreign policy. those things she's really vulnerable on. it's up to president trump. i hope he has

the discipline to stick to the facts, stick to the numbers and stick to those issues and not get distracted. if he can do that, i think he has a great chance of winning. >> okay. greg spencer, thank you very much for joining >> okay. greg spencer, thank you very much forjoining us. i know you're in the emerald, isle of ireland. have a fantastic time there. thanks for joining ireland. have a fantastic time there. thanks forjoining us. and in the next hour we're joined by a democrat representative for their take on how kamala harris performed last night. to make sure we get both sides of this debate now they will meet as apart, but still an ocean away. prince harry makes a secret dash to the uk to attend a family funeral alongside the prince of wales. that's coming next. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. your time is 348. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. i've had hundreds of your emails in already in the show.

let's go through a few of them now. on the topic of that £8 billion bill for unemployment of immigrants in the country, mario has said this. germany has just frozen the benefits in their country. and i've just read they've deported 28 afghans to taliban led kabul. maybe we should do the same , freeze the should do the same, freeze the benefits. and so there will be little pull factor. mario, it's a great point. you know what they've done that in france. that's one of the manifesto pledges in france. no benefits for five years for anybody coming in. how about an australian point style system. so you had to prove you've got the skills that the country needs. you have to prove you have the financial resources, the wherewithal for self—sufficiency. if your work falls through and if you don't like any of that , sign like any of that, sign a contract before you come. and then you can perhaps go back if it's not working out for you. kenny, on the same point as this, it was always the big lie .

this, it was always the big lie. we were told that immigration adds to our economy. if so, why does everybody feel poorer the more immigration goes up? time for a moratorium on immigration now. a quick blast on two tier policing. david says this i saw that ed miliband's verbal attacker was jailed , whereas attacker was jailed, whereas nigel farage, his physical attacker who threw stuff at the bus, was let off. that is clearly two tier policing. and actually we've got a comment from scotland yard. they said they've denied allegations that it applies a two tier policing to any event, especially notting hill. commander charmaine brennan says this officers will be maintaining a vigilant presence in and around the carnival. that's an old one and they will use surge powers where they will use surge powers where they grounds are there to take weapons off the streets if they need to do so. now, quickly moving on, the prince of wales and the duke of sussex have both attended the funeral of their uncle, but it wasn't the harmonious reunion that many had hoped for. it's reported to have been frosty between the two of them as they sat separately and didn't even talk. now this is

reported the first time in a year that the pair have even beenin year that the pair have even been in the same room together. to discuss this, i'm now joined by the royal commentator richard fitzwilliams. richard, tell us more people want the royal brothers to come back together, but not in this way. >> definitely not. i mean, this was a surprise that harry was there at all. >> it must be noted that meghan was not. but there's little doubt that what i think brought them together, much as in 2021, when they joined in kensington gardens for the unveiling of the statue on what would have been diana's 60th birthday. i think it was the fact that lord fellowes married her elder sister and lady jane, and as a result, i think that both of them wished to pay tribute. so thatis them wished to pay tribute. so that is probably the reason, and it doesn't seem if they didn't speak to have, so to speak, begun the unfreezing of what is a very deep rift. >> and it's interesting. richard

how we'd heard all along that prince harry wasn't going to attend this event because he felt that the united kingdom was unsafe. he mentioned he was afraid of knife attacks or even an acid attack, and then meanwhile, of course, he went off to colombia , a nation the off to colombia, a nation the 18th most dangerous nation on the planet , 18th most dangerous nation on the planet, hardly famed for its safety. and then, after all, he p0ps safety. and then, after all, he pops along and all of that is forgotten about. >> well, yes. i mean, they've got these these quasi royal visits there briefly jamaica, then nigeria and then colombia. the latter two countries. well, fair enough, they were the guest of government ministers or in the case of colombia, the vice president. but i mean, there's no question that both countries are notorious for the levels of crime regarding security. i can't help feeling that there might be some possibility here if harry wins his appeal against the home office decision not to give him security. after all,

when he and meghan stepped down, they knew very well they wouldn't get automatic police protection. equally, after the riots, after the various incidents that appear to have alarmed him, there's no question that if he were to lose, if security subsequently on the other vip category would be granted to him, will we see something different? i mean, at least spare? it's coming out in paperback. what it should be is coming out very abridged. they should cut large chunks of what seems to me to be either a very unwise or nonsensical material out from it, but at least he hasn't included some of the 400 pagesin hasn't included some of the 400 pages in the draft, which were apparently taken out because they were too sensitive. so for this relief, much thanks . let's this relief, much thanks. let's hope something happens in some way at this very, very difficult time for the royal family with serious illness, with king charles and the princess of wales. but i wouldn't read anything into it other than a homage to a courtier who served the queen so well in the 1990s

and, of course, who was married to diana's sister. >> okay, we have to leave it there. thank you for your opinions . always a pleasure. opinions. always a pleasure. that's the royal commentator, richard fitzwilliams. thank you very much. now, record immigrants and employment figures they'll be out. we'll dissect them in a moment. £8 billion is now the annual cost of the bill, of the benefits bill that we are paying to unemployed people from abroad. is that fair? is that what you voted for? i'm martin daubney on gb news british news channel, but now it's time for your weather. on this lovely afternoon with alex burkill . afternoon with alex burkill. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . solar sponsors of weather on. gb. news >> hey, hope you're having a good day. here's your latest met office weather update for gb news. there will be plenty more fine weather to come as we go through the end of today and

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gb news. >> a very, very good afternoon to you and a very happy friday. it's 4 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. on today's show , an the uk. on today's show, an astonishing new report shows that a record 1.69 million immigrants living in britain are currently unemployed, and that's costing british taxpayers an eyewatering £8 billion every single year. now, for context, that's double the cost of the axed winter fuel allowance. is it time for a clampdown ? next it time for a clampdown? next up, priti patel launched her bid to be conservative leader today in london and dodged the question from gb news chris hope on her immigration record, with james cleverly also refusing to apologise for the tories woeful record on controlling our borders. can any of them be trusted? on the topic of immigration and kamala harris

made her first tv appearance as the us presidential candidate for the democrat party last night in america , she was night in america, she was grilled over u—turns on fracking and immigration. now, allies say that she didn't mess up, but donald trump blasted her as a fraud. we'll have full analysis from both democrats and republicans . and on today's republicans. and on today's show, i'll be joined by an intrepid pickpocket, buster, who shames 23 light fingered thieves in just one weekend alone here in just one weekend alone here in london, he will share his fascinating tale and help you stay safe from the scammers this summer. that's all coming in your next hour . want to show? your next hour. want to show? pleasure to have your company . pleasure to have your company. so, one by one, the conservative hopefuls are making their pitch. today was the turn of dame priti patel. our political editor, chris hope, is in the studio with me now. and he fired a question at dame patel earlier on. he's also had james cleverly

on. he's also had james cleverly on his podcast this week. tom tugendhat before that, and mel stride one by one, he's putting the question to them , are you the question to them, are you going to apologise for your woeful record on immigration? find out who said sorry and i'll ask you do you think they should all apologise ? do you think all apologise? do you think their apologies count for anything? do you trust the conservatives? do they deserve another chance to take back control of our borders and of our country? get in touch the usual ways, gbnews.com/yoursay. but now your headlines. and here's sophia wenzler. >> martin. >> martin. >> thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 4:00. your top story this hour. gone 4:00. your top story this hour . a gone 4:00. your top story this hour. a murder investigation has been launched after a 13 year old boy was stabbed to death at a house in the west midlands. the teenager was treated by paramedics but died at the scene in oldbury yesterday afternoon. no one has been arrested so far and police have called his death and police have called his death an absolute tragedy. local youth

worker darius rehman told us he's shocked. >> i'm feeling really sad and i don't know whether to blame ourselves or our service or our government. are we failing? it's going to be really sad for the family as well to live with that. their child is not normal and for the community as well . and for the community as well. it's going to have a very effect on the whole of the community that it's actually come to our doorstep now because you hear about it in other areas. somebody's been stabbed, some child has been stabbed, some man has been stabbed. today it's happened at our doorstep in our area, on our street . area, on our street. >> now, a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a child in swansea. >> police were called to a home in the town last night. a 41 year old who lived with the child is being questioned in bridgend. detectives aren't looking for anyone else and a mother has pleaded guilty to

stabbing her ten year old daughter to death in the west midlands. jaskirat kaur admitted to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility after the child was found with fatal wounds at their home in march. prosecutors accepted the 33 year old's plea, and the court heard there was no dispute over the facts. she has been remembered by her school as a bright, happy and fun loving child . in other and fun loving child. in other news, dame priti patel has officially launched her conservative leadership campaign , conservative leadership campaign, promising to revive the party with a focus on the future. the former home secretary also denounced the keir starmer's recent speech as feeble , pitiful recent speech as feeble, pitiful and dishonest, criticising his approach to trade unions, criminal justice and the economy. she's one of six candidates in the running to replace rishi sunak, including james cleverly, kemi badenoch , james cleverly, kemi badenoch, mel stride robert jenrick and tom tugendhat. speaking in london, she declared the conservative party as the greatest in the world.

>> under my leadership, i will bnng >> under my leadership, i will bring our party experience and strength and i will get us back to winning ways. but before i say more about my offer to members of parliament, my plans to empower our loyal and dedicated party members, and my commitment for our party to serve the nation and the british people with professionalism and integrity. >> now the government says it won't impose a four day working week, but it does support flexible working options. labour says it's focused on compressed hours, allowing employees to work longer over fewer days, not reducing total hours. the conservatives have criticised the proposals, claiming businesses are concerned about potential costs in the us. kamala harris has defended changing her mind on some policies since becoming the democratic presidential nominee. speaking in her first major interview since announcing she was running for the white house, the vice president told cnn her

values haven't changed. it comes as a new poll suggests she has a four point lead over donald trump. >> we have set goals for the united states of america and, by extension, the globe , around extension, the globe, around when we should meet certain standards for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. as an example, that value has not changed my value around what we need to do to secure our border. that value has not changed. i spent two terms as the attorney general of california prosecuting transnational criminal organisations, violations of american laws regarding the passage, illegal passage of guns, drugs and human beings across our border. my values have not changed and extinction rebellion have started three days of protesting in home park near windsor castle. >> the climate activists said they chose to have windsor castle as a backdrop, as it perfectly symbolises an out—of—date system in urgent need of change. protesters at the windsor camp have, however, said they have no plans to storm

the town's castle . those are the the town's castle. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> com forward slash alerts . >> com forward slash alerts. >> com forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now we've got a cracking top story. let's get our teeth into it. currently, there are 1.6 million, an astonishing number immigrants living in britain that are currently unemployed or not actively looking for work. now, that cost the taxpayer an astonishing £8 billion every single year. and that's according to the centre for migration control. this comes as the government says the figure doesn't take into account individual circumstances, but meanwhile , the seine priti patel meanwhile, the seine priti patel is the latest tory mp to launch

her leadership bid, and she spoke earlier in central london and she wants to get the conservatives back to their winning ways. >> under my leadership, i will bnng >> under my leadership, i will bring our party experience and strength and i will get us back to winning ways. but before i say more about my offer to members of parliament, my plans to empower our loyal and dedicated party members, and my commitment for our party to serve the nation and the british people with professionalism and integrity . integrity. >> well, let's discuss both that astonishing £8 billion unemployment bill and dame priti patel's leadership bid. i'm joined in the studio by gb news political editor chris hope and also by the former conservative deputy chairman, jonathan gullis. gentlemen, welcome to the show. chris, let's start with you. so you were at dame priti patel's leadership launch earlier on. tell us more. >> well, it was it was a confident launch, i thought. she talked about speaking with one voice to the british people as our compass. she said we owe bofis our compass. she said we owe boris johnson a great deal. he

motivated the grassroots. he was a true leader. so she's she's trying to make that appeal for the grassroots, for boris johnson.i the grassroots, for boris johnson. i asked her about net migration. i'm puzzled by the fact that this candidate , dame fact that this candidate, dame patel, the former home secretary, has not chosen to apologise for the government's record. the failure to cut migration through those four elections and in those those manifestos. and here's what she had to say. you're seen as the most right wing candidate of the six candidates to replace rishi sunak. you're proud of your grass roots conservative base, but you won't apologise for record net migration under your government's watch. you didn't vote against the smoking ban when you had a chance to. how can you reconcile and win back reform voters from that position? and if you were prime minister would you remove a portrait of tony blair? >> margaret thatcher is going straight back on the rule. let me just let me just get that on the record. first of all, well, look, number one, i'm not going to play that game of soundbite politics. you've just heard me also give a speech about freedom

and conservative values and beliefs. and chopper, you know, when it comes to freedom, it's freedom as to how we live our lives. you've also seen what i've said in recent days around the smoking ban. what that is going to mean, actually, for businesses, for pubs, the hospitality sector. i think just before the general election, i was spending a lot of time with the hospitality sector, not just in my own constituency but elsewhere. the other point just to say on this issue is that we've got a government that wants the police, the very people that should be policing our streets to be policing beer gardens and things of that nature. in my view, we need the police on the streets , not in police on the streets, not in beer gardens. they need to be doing their job. and you know , doing their job. and you know, this is exactly where we need to unpick this awful labour government. >> sir martin. priti patel, they're not answering the question that we asked her about apologising for net migration. to another question, she said that context does matter and it's lazy to speak about numbers. afterwards, i spoke to tom pursglove, the former immigration minister who lost his seat in the general election and is working with the priti

patel campaign. i asked him the same question where is the apology for letting down voters for so long? and here's what he had to say. >> well, i think that he deserves great credit, actually, for transforming the framework of immigration that we have in this country , responding very this country, responding very directly to the message from the referendum that we needed to end free movement. she did the heavy lifting that meant that ministers like me could then get on the front foot and bring those numbers down. we announced at the back end of last year those policies that are delivering results. we're seeing month on month, legal migration numbers falling, all of that is at risk with labour, of course, who are now dismantling key planks of that. but it simply wouldn't have been possible without the heavy lifting. those hard yards that she did, putting in place the legislation and delivering on that policy. >> and tom pursglove, there , >> and tom pursglove, there, he's a former immigration minister. martin, he was saying in the back end of that 14 year period, we sorted out the net migration issue and numbers should fall next month. but what about the previous 13 years? where's the ownership of that? i also just finally spoke to james cleverly overnight. he's also a

former home secretary from november last year to july this yeah november last year to july this year. i asked him too, would he apologise? and he thinks he's tired of being a punchbag for the last tory government. here's what he told me on chopper's political podcast. >> the labour party still have not answered the question that i confronted the home secretary with on my first outing at the despatch box, which is now they've ripped up the rwanda partnership. where will they send failed asylum seekers from countries like iran or afghanistan who can't be returned to syria because they're not going to send them home? so that's why they have now had to do the thing they said they wouldn't do, which is a de facto amnesty. and they are letting the british people down. they are providing an open door to the people smugglers. people are dying in the channel and numbers are going through the roof because of their ineptitude in government, arrogance and ineptitude . ineptitude. >> so chris, that's three big hitters, two former home secretaries, none of whom apologise or want to take ownership for what has been

eye—watering record levels of immigration and a huge, huge issue, a decisive issue at the last general election. now you spoke to tom tugendhat on chopper's podcast last week. he did apologise and i believe this week went on again to set an immigration target of 100,000 a yeah >> he says that would be a legal target that means a vote of mps in parliament that really supports the policy that rishi sunak took into into the last election again just last month, by the way, when there would be an annual figure set by mps in parliament, tugendhat saying 100,000 a year, i think also mel stride also thinks he can get it to below 100,000 a year. i think for the patel team, the cleverley team, they feel that by setting a figure. yet hoist by setting a figure. yet hoist by your petard and get off our viewers, listeners cross that they can't control things they thought they could do by that vote in 2016. >> okay , let's bring jonathan >> okay, let's bring jonathan gullis in now. let's get your take, first of all, on these astonishing figures , the bill to astonishing figures, the bill to the public purse of £8 billion

per annum for the 1.69 million unemployed immigrants in this country, is simply astonishing number. that's double the winter fuel allowance. that's just been dropped. and a further £6.6 billion being spent on asylum. but before we finger the labour government. too much for this, of course , these are numbers of course, these are numbers that came in under the conservative watch. so once again, i guess it begs this question. we have a huge problem with the numbers of people in this country who are claiming benefits, and the numbers are getting out of control. what can we do about it? >> well, first of all, martin, i think, you know, my views are very clearly on the record, both in the chamber here on gb news as well as my social media platform with my constituents. >> when it came to tackling both legal and illegal migration. let's not forget i even put a bill on the floor of the house to say, let's ignore the echr and got the then leader of the opposition are now current prime minister to even come out from his office to vote against him, which is quite extraordinary thing for a backbench ten minute rule bill and shows again the strength of feeling something. actually, by the way, priti

patel supported and voted for where other candidates maybe weren't willing at that present moment in time to do so. weren't willing at that present moment in time to do so . so moment in time to do so. so i think that look we own and understand what went wrong. i think ultimately what's pretty is doing, which is the right thing to do, is not making promises that, as christopher said earlier, cannot be kept. something that ultimately did let us down. when i was knocking on doors in places like stoke on trent, north kidsgrove and talk and actually going away and taking time to formulate a policy that is believable, that is deliverable, and that is something that will unite the parliamentary party. and this is why it's so important that pretty therefore becomes leader of the conservative party, because she understands that you need that pragmatism and that time and if we learn anything from keir starmer's time in opposition, it's that , quite opposition, it's that, quite frankly, the public aren't interested in what the conservatives policy position is at this moment in time. they want to see the conservative party sort itself out, to get back to conservative values, to be one united party, to create the candidates selection, to have those passionately

advocating conservative values. and i think that's why it's correct. but don't get me wrong, she takes this issue seriously. she is correct. she introduced points based system, the first of its kind in this country. she was a spartan on brexit. if it wasn't for her, we wouldn't have the brexit legislation that we had through brexit. >> but she changes the points based system and then hundreds of thousands came through the front door. and why can't she say that was against what we promised in all those, all those four election campaigns? we recognise that it forced voters towards reform and reform uk. we know it from our postbag martin, don't we? i don't know why there's not a greater admission of that mistake. >> i think she's accepted the challenge from you shoppers, but she's also said, let's be honest about the context. and when she was personally home secretary, which was a global pandemic where we needed health and social care visas issued, how many colleagues were lobbying for that, both in public and behind the scenes? she's also talked about the hong kongers and the ukrainians who did massively impact those figures. and let's not forget , she, out and let's not forget, she, out of principle, chose not to serve under liz truss nor serve under rishi sunak, and left the office

in october 2022. we've had ministers for immigration and home secretary since then, some of whom are running in this contest, who obviously also came up against the same challenges of internal lobbying from ministers as well as obviously a civil service and a treasury orthodoxy that says more migration equals more money in gdp, which is actually the wrong way to look at this altogether, because it doesn't help per head. so i think, as the figures show , it's costing the taxpayer show, it's costing the taxpayer an extortionate amount of money, 7 million gp places with new registrations for migrants since 2010. it puts huge strain on pubuc 2010. it puts huge strain on public services as well. so pretty for me is just owning the issue, but also trying to be sensible about what the solutions are. but she wants to get collective colleague support for that. >> jonathan isn't the problem there though, is that you can't get collective colleague support if you give the electorate what they want in terms of controlling the borders. if you want to go down the nigel farage route, for example, that would alienate many conservative voters, many conservative candidates, many conservative mps, because we still seem to have this issue of you have a

very liberal side of the party. you have a more conservative side of the party. so at the moment, are we just seeing tap dancers? we're seeing flashes of the ankle, but not the real candidates, not the real issues, because if you go to hardline, if you go to reform, for example , if you go to reform, for example, immigration, it might spook a few of the many, many of the other conservative voters and candidates. isn't that the problem? the conservative party still feels like two parties. >> the conservative party won elections when it was promising to get migration down to the tens of thousands under david cameron, who is perceived, i think, unfairly sometimes as being a one nation wet when actually he was very fiscally hawkish when it came to dealing with the austerity agenda, as well as obviously bringing down taxation as well. he served in that treasury under george osborne. she served in dwp when it came to introducing as well. let's not forget, under iain duncan smith, the system that we now have for welfare . so she's now have for welfare. so she's she understands economic conservatism whilst also still being socially conservative and

arguing for those particular causes. and she's been there and doneit causes. and she's been there and done it at the very top of the table. and i think that we don't need to pander to reform to win back voters. what we need to do is become credible, and that means stopping fighting. start coming up with policy proposals that sound sensible, that are deliverable. and i think you've got canada is a perfect example of where a conservative leader has managed to regain the narrative and the control from the public, whilst also talking strong on borders, also talking about building homes. >> she talked about the sidebar issues, didn't she ? what did she issues, didn't she? what did she mean by that? that they were distracting the party? >> well, for example, the internal party fighting the numerous factions that were created. and i'm certainly going to put my hand up as, as you know, i was in a couple of them myself, and i felt that they were necessary and right at the time. but you look back and reflect on what could i have done better when i was a parliamentarian? and i totally accept that when the new conservatives were formed, there were people who were rightly felt and understandably, that it created a party within a party and even though that was never our intention, it was about

policy formation . but at times policy formation. but at times i think we lost control of the media narrative around what it is that we were actually trying to do. and maybe a few others who wanted to use it and hijack it in a way that was designed to try and undermine the leadership at the time, which certainly was not my intention or interest. so i think you know, people like myself have got to look back at ourselves and realise we let down the party and our party members pretty has made that perfectly clear that it wasn't party members nor conservatives that failed. it was parliamentarians. jo—anne nadler. >> chris, i've got to leave it there. always a pleasure, never a chore. gentlemen. thank you very much. superb now moving on. let's bring in. now we've got don giovanni. it's time now for your giveaway. i'm so excited. i can barely get my words out. £30,000 tax free. and the deaduneis £30,000 tax free. and the deadline is in 40 minutes time. you've got 40 minutes to get your bid in. get your skates on. here's all the details you need to win. >> it's the final week to see how you can win an incredible £30,000 in cash. it's extra cash that could really make a difference to your coming year. you could find yourself on that houday you could find yourself on that holiday you've always wanted to

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channel. welcome back. it's 4:25. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. superb story now because a pair of vigilante pickpocket hunters claims that they spotted 16 thieves in just one afternoon, operating around london tourist hotspots. james van gastel came to the uk for a short weekend in august to hunt down these pickpockets, and he says he's caught a total of 23 in london on august the 10th and 11th. and this comes as the country is amid a pickpocketing crisis, with data released just last year showing that thefts on the london underground more than doubled between 2021 and 2022. now let's take a look of some action shots. >> it's open. pickpockets in

london, two pickpockets here in london. where do you come here for stealing? >> stealing? >> stealing? >> you come here for stealing. >> you come here for stealing. >> stealing ? tourist people look >> stealing? tourist people look out for these two pickpockets. crazy! you only come for stealing . op courage here. okay stealing. op courage here. okay yeah. backside back. yeah. let me take a look . it's still open me take a look. it's still open now, for those listening on radio, we've just shown jamie exposing a couple of pickpockets to tourists in london. >> he then shows the footage he has captured on his phone to the victims. the fantastic public service. and joining me now in the studio is that pickpocket vigilante himself, the studio is that pickpocket vigilante himself , jamie van vigilante himself, jamie van gastel, and his translator, anne marie jo white. welcome to you both. first of all, bravo, great work. because i work around here in westminster. i see this happening all the time. pickpockets are a scourge.

they're a terrible problem on london especially. why are you doing this, though? what got you started ? started? >> because. >> because. >> why? because i was here that we. two weeks before we was here in london. and i do this also a long time in 1995. i begin in holland in amsterdam, and i work with undercover police . and then with undercover police. and then now the last two weeks, we say we can try . we go to london and we can try. we go to london and then we make a video and we cannot believe it. you have a lot of pickpockets here in that and unbelievable. >> it is unbelievable. and again i see them on my daily walk. i walk around these areas around big ben, around buckingham palace. these are westminster abbey, westminster abbey. these are crime hotspots. tell us, how do these people operate? are they gangs? they work in teams. how do they work and how can people stay safe? >> okay , it's what you see. it's >> okay, it's what you see. it's different. one time it's two people or four. but see, look easy people for stealing. easy

people to tourist. and then what we do is one is on the right side, one on the left, and the number three, sometimes they have somebody to block them in the front so the person cannot get away. >> so they're like boxed in. >> so they're like boxed in. >> and then one can so they can show stop the side from seeing. >> and then one will open the bag and the other one will, nobody else can see. >> and the blocker is on front. so you cannot go past. so you can't if somebody wants to walk away because they think, oh, i want to get around them, they can't. >> so they block you, they distract you and then they dip in. do they then give the phone or whatever to somebody else. >> they give it to somebody else. yeah. or they, they take the card out right away sometimes. and then so they take the phone. >> is there anything to look out for? i mean, what do they look like? because i think when i see them, they often they even dress like tourists. they look like tourists there, even in almost in disguise. >> yeah . his is in disguise. >> yeah. his is usually he in disguise. >> yeah . his is usually he looks >> yeah. his is usually he looks at the way their body language

is how they, they act because they're very nervous tourists. >> people here were all very normal , relaxed, relaxed >> people here were all very normal, relaxed, relaxed and yeah. normal, relaxed, relaxed and yeah . hammer. yeah. and it's yeah. hammer. yeah. and it's relaxed. and then you can see it's the pickpockets. it's very concentrated and nervous because he wants to steal an wallet and he wants to steal an wallet and he must look also to only the bags and the normal people. it's easy. it's a beautiful london. >> is >> is there >> is there anything >> is there anything to >> is there anything to look >> is there anything to look out for in terms of or. we hear about albanian gangs or like romanian gangs? is there something that we can tell visually or is it just all sorts of people that are that are thieving? >> i think it's for 95%. is from romania , gang gangs? yes, romania, gang gangs? yes, romania, gang gangs? yes, romania gangs. so it's organised crime at street level. >> it's their job. they do it >> it's theirjob. they do it all day. >> and is this, there's like a mh >> and is this, there's like a mr. big sending teams out in the day. >> we don't know about that. >> we don't know about that. >> but i do know that we saw the gangs on the westminster bridge and they're all working together .

and they're all working together. >> they sign each other if they see a police, they all leave. >> have you ever been attacked or they ever fought back? have they hit you? >> me and him also? yeah >> me and him also? yeah >> last time we were here, i was on the bridge and i was filming them because i had the pickpocket pickpockets for pickpockets. >> they were. they were a gang around the two asian people. and they. and they. then they saw me filming, and they hit me in the camera. yeah. and just now we were in, in. >> and i have the guy also five pickpockets and i come to him and he said, come, come. and he come. and he want keep me with the right one. i can do this. and then later he come and he scratch, scratch. i know two weeks before and you said on the way in today somebody also went for you. >> a lady we saw it spotted today, a pickpocket, an older lady, and she was getting mad because he was filming her. and he said, why are you stealing? why are you stealing? and she said, and she tried to hit him with the bag. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> wow. and what happens? do you ever tell the police? do the police come across. what do they

do at that point? >> police do nothing in london. well, i today today we spot also we have on the video we have the pickpocket. the woman opened the zipper. you can see the hand. i go to the police later she see the three pickpockets. she saw them again. i go to the police. i say there's the three pickpockets on the video and the police are sorry. we have not time. send us. you can hear your email and there's nothing. and i see today everybody police but police do nothing . nothing? no. police do nothing. nothing? no. and i cannot believe because tourist is very important here. >> yes. of course. well thank you both for the work you've done.i you both for the work you've done. i mean, it's a shame that the police don't take more of a role. but thank you for trying to do your bit to keep tourists and safe in london. thank you very much. and keep up the good work across europe. an amazing story. thank you very much. that's jamie van gastel and anne marie jo white in the studio there. thank you very much. now moving on. kamala harris tackles her first unscripted tv interview . but just did how how interview. but just did how how did she get on? and does the vice president have what it takes to beat donald trump in a

head to head debate? stay tuned for more. but first, here's your headlines. and it's sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> good afternoon from the gb newsroom. your headlines at 430. >> detectives in west midlands have begun a murder investigation after a 13 year old boy was stabbed to death at a house in oldbury. >> the teenager was found with injuries yesterday afternoon and was treated by paramedics, but died at the scene. police say there haven't been any arrests so far. a mother has pleaded guilty to stabbing her ten year old daughter to death in the west midlands. jaskirat kaur admitted to manslaughter on the bafis admitted to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility after the child was found with fatal wounds at their home in march. she'll be sentenced on the 25th of october. a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a child in swansea. police were called to a home in the town last night. a

41 year old who lived with the child is being questioned in bridgend. detectives aren't looking for anyone else. the government says it won't impose a four day working week, but does support flexible working options. labour says it's focused on compressed hours, allowing employees to work longer over fewer days, not reducing total hours. the conservatives have criticised the proposal , conservatives have criticised the proposal, claiming businesses are concerned about potential costs and extinction rebellion have started three days of protesting in home park near windsor castle. the climate activists said they chose to have windsor castle as a backdrop , as it perfectly backdrop, as it perfectly symbolises an out—of—date system in urgent need of change. protesters at the windsor camp said, however, that they have no plans to storm the town's castle . plans to storm the town's castle. those are the latest gb news headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct

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>> welcome back. it's 437 on martin daubney. on this friday afternoon on gb news now. west midlands police have launched a murder investigation after a 13 year old boy has died after being stabbed in oldbury yesterday. the 13 year old was treated by paramedics. however, despite their best efforts, the boy sadly passed away. police have said that no arrests have been made since this attack and gb news west midlands reporter jack carson joins us now . jack jack carson joins us now. jack carson an incredibly upsetting story. tell us more . story. tell us more. >> yeah, well, police were called at 4 pm. yesterday today to an address in oldbury where

along with paramedics, they tried to save a 13 year old boy who had been stabbed. but unfortunately were unable to do so.the unfortunately were unable to do so. the murder investigation was launched this morning. we've seen forensic officers at the site and the house where police were called to yesterday and just moments ago , martin here at just moments ago, martin here at west bromwich police station, sandwell chief superintendent kim madill spoke . kim madill spoke. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> i am chief superintendent kim madill. >> i'm the police commander for the local area. i have a statement that i am going to read to you today. statement that i am going to read to you today . we are read to you today. we are investigating the death of a 13 year old boy who was stabbed at a house in lovatt avenue, oldbury , yesterday afternoon. oldbury, yesterday afternoon. this is a truly sad and tragic incident where a young boy has lost his life. first and foremost, my thoughts and the thoughts of all involved investigating the death of this

young boy remain firmly with the family and the loved ones. i know this will have also had a huge impact on the wider community. they will be shocked and concerned about what has happened. i am grateful to our officers who attended the address and supported the paramedics as they worked in vain to try to save his young life. i'm here to let the family and the wider community know that we will work with you and support you as we seek to find who is responsible for the death of this young boy. we have a team of detectives investigating exactly what happened, and we are following active lines of enquiry to find the suspects. we know that the incident took place inside his home, and i would appeal to anyone who has information to come forward. we have local officers and youth workers in the area over the

coming days. so please speak to them directly if you have any concerns or information that you would like to pass to us. we have created an online portal for people to send us information as we build our investigation . and my personal investigation. and my personal ask today is if you have any information at all, no matter how small, then please send it in. this can include cctv perhaps ring doorbell footage, and you can send that directly to us by clicking on a link on our website on the west midlands police website. thank you . police website. thank you. >> sandwell chief superintendent kim madill speaking there just a short while ago. it's the first time the west midlands police have confirmed that the incident took place inside the property. that they were called to earlier on. a spokesperson for the west midlands ambulance service also confirmed that upon arrival at the property, they found a teenage boy with life

threatening injuries. they say the ambulance staff administered advanced trauma care at the scene, but despite their best efforts, nothing more could be done to save him. you heard there the appeal for information. sandwell police and west midlands police have an onune west midlands police have an online portal for people to be able to submit any information. they have not yet made any arrests in this case, but are, as you heard there, pursuing a numerous amount of lines of enquiry within this investigation. as i said, we saw forensic officers at the property this morning taking away bags of evidence. members of the local community, we believe close family and friends as well, had laid flowers and tributes at the front door of that property to that 13 year old boy. locals expressed to us their shock at the young age of their shock at the young age of the boy involved , and police the boy involved, and police will provide further updates throughout the week . throughout the week. >> thank you jack carson for that update there live from west bromwich. thank you. now moving on. kamala harris has defended

changing her mind on some key policies since becoming the democratic presidential nominee. speaking in her first major interview since announcing she was for running for the white house, the vice president told cnn her last night that her values haven't changed. >> we have set goals for the united states of america and by extension, the globe, around when we should meet certain standards for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions as an example, that value has not changed. my value around what we need to do to secure our border. that value has not changed. i spent two terms as the attorney general of california prosecuting transnational criminal organisations , criminal organisations, violations of american laws regarding the passage, illegal passage of guns, drugs and human beings across our border. my values have not changed. >> so how did their candidate do? well, let's ask now. former democratic congressional candidate kasim rasheed, who joins me on the show. thank you for joining us. welcome to the show. pleasure to have your

company. so how do you think kamala harris performed? it was cnn. she got a relatively soft ride, as you'd expect from a sympathetic media outlet. tell us, what do you think were the highlights? >> well, to be clear, kamala is how she wants her name to be pronounced. >> i think she did well. >> i think she did well. >> overall, i was pleased to see her focus on the economy right now, the economic output of the united states is doing better than most developed countries in the world, but we have a long way to go. 78% of americans are still living paycheque to paycheque. wealth and income inequality is worse now than it was after the great depression. here, nearly a century ago, you know, 1 in 6 americans are food insecure. so i was pleased to see her focus primarily on bringing down the cost of groceries, making housing more affordable, reintroducing the child tax credit of $6,000. that will do wonders to help decrease childhood poverty. so on those things, i think she did great. there are areas where i think

she really needs to listen to the american people, namely the crisis that's happening in gaza, the siege in gaza, you know, global organisations are recognising this as a genocide. and the american people are recognising that we need to change course . 77% of democrats change course. 77% of democrats in a recent poll, and 63% of independents and moderates want an arms embargo to netanyahu. so he stops committing these war crimes. i think she needs a shift course from president biden. it will increase her chances of winning. increase her. the democrats chances of winning the, winning back the house and maintaining the senate and ultimately better prepare her and enable her to enact these critical economic policies that she's leading with kassem. >> but this election won't be won in gaza. it won in places like georgia . and people are like georgia. and people are concerned about things like immigration, about energy security. and on that point , security. and on that point, kamala harris was probed on her seeming change of position on things like fracking. and don't

you think it's a bit rich to say that we want to bring down the cost of groceries? well, the democrats are in power. you could be doing that now. >> yeah, again, her name is kamala, not kamala. and i think come on, answer the point . come on, answer the point. seriously, i'm being serious. i think we should just show respect to the people that are that we're talking about. and i think democrats have done a decent job of that. our inflation is under 3%. we have recovered from the high inflation post—covid, price hikes better than any developed country in the world. the inflation reduction act, which every republican voted against, has been a wild success, passing the infrastructure bill has injected more than $1 trillion into into the economy, creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs. and if you watch the dnc, bill clinton made a really interesting point that over the last 45 years, 50 million jobs have been created by democrats, less than 5 million by republicans. so we know these

strategies work, we know they're successful. and when you look at what blocked, the progress here, it was republicans cancelling the child tax credit. it was republicans voting against the infrastructure bill. it was republicans voting against the chips act . so we've republicans voting against the chips act. so we've made progress. but as i said at the start of my comments, we have a long way to go. and i'm glad she's prioritising the economy in that space. >> okay. thank you both for joining us on the show. kasseem rashad, a pleasure to have you on company. and apologies for my pronunciation. seem to be more about gaza, didn't it? there we go. now, how would you feel about being weighed at work? the nhs is set to carry out checks in the workplace. is that good idea or is fat shaming? more on that

welcome back. it's almost 10 to 5. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. the nhs is set to go into offices and

away employees in a bid to combat heart disease. more than 130,000 people. well, it's men actually in england will be offered free workplace health checksin offered free workplace health checks in the next six months. now, this is part of a new nhs pilot scheme, and health experts think that the checks will free up appointment times and cut waiting lists. but will it upset people's feelings ? well, i'm people's feelings? well, i'm joined now by steve miller, a man who doesn't care about that sort of thing. the former presenter of fat families to cut through the grease of this and get straight to the nub of the matter as always, steve, do you think it's a good idea ? think it's a good idea? >> i think it's a great idea and we have to remember it's not fat shaming at all because it's voluntary. >> i mean, you know, it only becomes fat shaming if someone's walking up to the scales and the colleagues suddenly shout wobble, wobble or something like that, that's when it becomes fat shaming . and i think we've got shaming. and i think we've got to get over this. >> we really have as a nation, because on the one hand, we talk about obesity from a serious perspective and say we need to

crack it. we need to sort of address it directly. and then on the other hand, it's all about oh, well, yeah. but when you start doing it, you might upset a few people. so and we have to remember that, you know, things like the word fat won't hurt you, but being fat could do. and so this initiative will help a lot of people, i think. and yes, sometimes shock tactics are needed as well. so yeah. bring it on. >> yes , steve, this is a £7 >> yes, steve, this is a £7 million cost for this program. it's going to be rolled out into a number of workplaces . a number of workplaces. interestingly, it's only aimed at the moment at men, men of a certain age. men like me, actually, it takes 20 minutes and it assesses if you need, medicines such as statins to help with your cholesterol levels. interesting how it's only aimed at men now they say that's because men are more likely to have heart attacks. steve, is it something else? men wouldn't complain about being fat shamed . potentially women fat shamed. potentially women

would. am i right? >> no. i mean, there is there is evidence to suggest that men are much more at risk of heart issues in middle age, and that's where it's aimed at. so i can understand that as well. so yes, i mean, martin, they might be down @gbnews. so you'll have to get your belly out, you know, and i think that i think that, you know, i actually think the, the great british public generally, the vast majority of people have not got a problem about stepping on the scales. they don't have a problem. you've just got this minority of vocal people. the woke brigade, who talk about, oh, it'll be fat shaming. it'll upset people's feelings. frankly, i actually believe you should be weighed at an airport as well. before you get on a plane, i tell you. and if your measurements aren't quite right and you are too fat and you're super obese, then i'm afraid you're going to have to pay afraid you're going to have to pay for two. >> well, there's a certain logic in that, steve, and if you have to pay for x, if you have to pay for excess baggage in your suitcase, what about x baggage around around your midriff . now,

around around your midriff. now, steve, can you hear us now ? steve, can you hear us now? okay, we've lost steve miller. what a terrible shame what i was about to say at the end there. is that another reason? i think this is a great idea is because i've done loads of work in the past around men's mental health, andifs past around men's mental health, and it's difficult to get men along to see specialists, difficult men to go to the doctor. so go where the men are. and actually it's not just in workplaces, it's going to be in pubs. now, i think if you had a few bevvies and someone said to you, i want to weigh you, it's good for you, i'd go, yeah, all right. and i think it's a great idea. take it to where the men are. and i don't think men will complain or give a toot kahoot about all this fat shaming business. i think it's a good idea to get in there early, make it accessible, make it fun. steve, i think you're back. >> i am back, yes. i don't know what happened there. yes. coming back to it. so. so men, if men are listening to this, do get checked because, you know, middle aged men are at risk of heart issues. and also we're going to be they're going to be checking for diabetes issues as well. and let's face it, at the moment it's really hard to get a gp appointment. so i say to i

encourage everyone to take advantage of this and let's get over this fat shaming thing. you know, i mean, it's just it's just it's only a word. it's your body. you know, you've got to look after yourself, extend your life. and if you if you're fat, laugh about it as well. laughter is motivational. stop getting so uptight. >> steve miller i totally agree. always a pleasure and i don't at all mind being fat shamed by you. martin daubney on gb news. we'll see you quite soon. have a great time. until then, here's your weather. alex burkill . your weather. alex burkill. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hey, hope you're having a good day. here's your latest met office weather update for gb. news there will be plenty more fine weather to come as we go through the end of today and into tomorrow, but do watch out for some thundery showers. first

off though, high pressure still firmly in control, which is why it's been so settled today and it's been so settled today and it's why it will continue to be settled as we go through the next 12 to 24 hours. for most of us, some cloud through this afternoon, but a lot of that will actually clear away as we go through this evening and overnight away from the southeast. that is here. we are going to see a bit more cloud pushing its way in and perhaps 1 or 2 showers developing as we head towards dawn. as well. otherwise, where we have the clear skies, it is again going to be a bit of a cool night. temperatures perhaps holding up slightly higher than last night, but nonetheless there could be some pockets of mist and fog first thing tomorrow morning. as we go through tomorrow morning, then starting off in the southeast. and like i said, a bit more cloud here with a few showers to watch out for a brighter picture further west, but it is going to turn cloudier later. meanwhile, across central parts of sunny start to the day and similar for northern ireland and similar for northern ireland and into northern england and across scotland. but there will be a few pockets of mist and fog here and there. these should clear quite quickly as we go through the day, because the sun

does still have some decent strength behind it, even though it is going to be the last day of meteorological summer. otherwise, as we go through the day staying pretty sunny across the northern two thirds of the country, further south, a bit more cloud building and with that there is the risk of some thunderstorms kicking off. they're going to be pretty isolated, so you'd be unlucky to catch one, but nonetheless, the risk is there. temperatures are going to be reaching highs of around low, possibly mid 20s heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weath be reaching highs of going to be reaching highs of around low, possibly mid 20s towards the south, a few degrees towards the south, a few degrees cooler than this further north. cooler than this further north. chance of a few more showers chance of a few more showers kicking off as we go through kicking off as we go through tomorrow evening and overnight. there could be a little bit tomorrow evening and overnight. there could be a little bit impactful for some places with impactful for some places with some intense rain, perhaps even some intense rain, perhaps even some intense rain, perhaps even some intense rain, perhaps even some hail mixed in, and then the some hail mixed in, and then the showers could become a bit more showers could become a bit more widespread, particularly across widespread, particularly across central and eastern parts. on central and eastern parts. on sunday. and then some more wet sunday. and then some more wet weather to come as we go through weather to come as we go through early next week . early next week . early next week. >> by by looks like things are early next week. >> by by looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather of weather

gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 5:00 pm on this friday afternoon. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. on today's show, an astonishing new report shows that a record 1.68 million immigrants living in britain are currently unemployed, costing taxpayers an eyewatering £8 billion every year. and that's double the cost of the recently axed winter fuel allowance. is it time for a clampdown? and dame priti patel launched a bid to be the conservative leader today and dodged the question from gb news on her immigration record, with james cleverly also refusing to apologise for the tories woeful record on immigration. can any of them be trusted to secure our borders? and kamala harris made her first tv appearance as us presidential candidate last night in america, and was grilled over u—turns on

fracking and immigration. allies say she did they? at least she didn't mess up. but donald trump blasted her as a fraud and we will have full analysis from both democrats and republicans . both democrats and republicans. what was the show? always a pleasure to have your company. so now dame priti patel has put her hat in the ring. she's laid a cause on the table about why she believes that she should be the next conservative leader . the next conservative leader. she's an outsider. the best price you'll get is around about 10 to 1. and she dodged the question today from gb news chris hope about her record as home secretary on immigration yesterday. in fact, james cleverly was in the studio and he also refused to apologise on immigration. does that matter to you?is immigration. does that matter to you? is that all in the past? can the conservatives turn a page? can they be trusted? and who do you think should be the next conservative leader? get in touch. you know to what do if

gbnews.com/yoursay. but before we kick off the final hour of today, it's time for your headunes today, it's time for your headlines and here's sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. it's 5:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. police say they are following active lines of inquiry after launching a murder investigation following the death of a 13 year old boy who was found stabbed to death at a house in the west midlands. the teenager was treated by paramedics but died at the scene in oldbury yesterday afternoon. no one has been arrested so far and police have called his death absolutely tragic. local youth worker danus tragic. local youth worker darius rehman told us he's in shock. >> i'm feeling really sad and i don't know whether to blame ourselves or our service or our government. are we failing? it's going to be really sad for the family as well to live with that. their child is not no

more. and for the community as well, it's going to have a very affect on the whole of the community that it's actually come to our doorstep now because you hear about it in other areas. somebody's been stabbed, some child has been stabbed, some child has been stabbed, some man has been stabbed. today it's happened at our doorstep in our area, on our street, elsewhere. >> a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a child in swansea. police were called to a home in the town last night. a 41 year old woman who lived with the child is being questioned in bridgend . detectives aren't bridgend. detectives aren't looking for anyone else . a looking for anyone else. a mother has pleaded guilty to stabbing her ten year old daughter to death in the west midlands . jaskirat core admitted midlands. jaskirat core admitted to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility after the child was found with fatal wounds at their home in march. prosecutors accepted the 33 year old's plea and the court heard there was no dispute over the

facts. seh kang has been remembered by her school as bright, happy and fun loving. in other news, dame priti patel has officially launched her conservative leadership campaign, promising to revive the party with a focus on the future. the former home secretary also denounced the keir starmer's recent speech as feeble, pitiful and dishonest, criticising his approach to trade unions, criminal justice and the economy. she is one of six candidates in the running to replace rishi sunak, including james cleverly , kemi badenoch james cleverly, kemi badenoch mel stride robert jenrick and tom tugendhat. speaking in london, she declared the conservative party as the greatest in the world. >> under my leadership, i will bnng >> under my leadership, i will bring our party experience and strength and i will get us back to winning ways. but before i say more about my offer to members of parliament, my plans to empower our loyal and dedicated party members, and my commitment for our party to

serve the nation and the british people with professionalism and integrity. >> now the government says it won't impose a four day week, but it does support flexible working options. labour says it's focused on compressed hours, allowing employees to work longer over fewer days, not reducing total hours. the conservatives have criticised the proposals, claiming businesses are concerned about potential costs . ministers have potential costs. ministers have admitted government funded childcare support for babies aged nine months or over comes with significant challenges. eligible parents in england will be entitled to 15 hours of free childcare a week from next week, a plan inherited from the conservatives. but the department for education claims around 85,000 more places will be needed to be able to extend free support to 30 hours a week from september 2025. baroness jacqui smith told us it will be an enormously difficult job to make it work.

>> we've been really knuckling down since we got into government, boosting up the recruitment campaign for, for example, do something big, which encourages people to come into the childcare workforce, making sure that we've got apprenticeships in place for people developing the new t level in early years education thatis level in early years education that is actually very popular and successful and enabling more people to be trained. and it's why we'll be working between now and next year. with early years providers, with local authorities, to make sure that those places, as far as we can do are there for parents and extinction rebellion have started three days of protesting in home park near windsor castle. >> the climate activists said they chose to have windsor castle as the backdrop, as it perfectly symbolises an out—of—date system in urgent need of change. protesters at the windsor camp have, however, said they have no plans to storm the town's castle. those are the latest gb news headlines for

now. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> com forward slash alerts . >> com forward slash alerts. >> com forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now let's get stuck into our final hour of the week and our top story this afternoon. dame priti patel is the latest tory mp to launch her leadership bid. she spoke earlier in central london and she wants to get the conservatives back to their winning ways . winning ways. >> under my leadership, i will bnng >> under my leadership, i will bring our party experience and strength and i will get us back to winning ways. but before i say more about my offer to members of parliament, my plans to empower our loyal and dedicated party members, and my commitment for our party to serve the nation and the british people with professionalism and

integrity. >> well, i'm joined now in our studio by gb news political editor chris hope. chris, you were there at the launch. it looked great. the optics looked good, except you asked a question of dame priti patel about her legacy as home secretary, particularly along the lines of immigration. another one of our top stories today. she refused to answer it. she dodged it. tell us more. >> that's right martin. so, dame priti patel there, launching one of one of six candidates to be tory leader. they get whittled down to five on wednesday for the following monday. and that goes into the party conference season. and then the two face the members gb news viewers. other viewers have a chance to vote on the new leader. so at this stage, we're looking at legacy. what was it like? what are the tory party get wrong? why have people stopped trusting the tories? one of the main reasons is immigration. we know from our postbag that's the issue. the record numbers that came through the door legally and illegally. so i asked that very question. will you apologise for your government over how it failed on on

immigration? and here's what she had to say. you're seen as the most right wing candidate of the six candidates to replace rishi sunak. you're proud of your grass roots conservative base, but you won't apologise for record net migration under your government's watch. you didn't vote against the smoking ban when you had a chance to. how can you reconcile and win back reform voters from that position? and if you were prime minister, would you remove a portrait of tony blair? >> margaret thatcher is going straight back on the rule. let me just let me just get that on the record. first of all. well, number one, i'm not going to play number one, i'm not going to play that game of soundbite politics. you've just heard me also give a speech about freedom and conservative values and beliefs. and chopper, you know, when it comes to freedom, it's freedom as to how we live our lives. you've also seen what i've said in recent days around the smoking ban. what that is going to mean, actually for businesses, for pubs, the hospitality sector, i think just before the general election, i was spending a lot of time with the hospitality sector , not just

the hospitality sector, not just in my own constituency but elsewhere. the other point, to just say on this issue is that we've got a government that wants the police, the very people that should be policing our streets to be policing beer gardens and things of that nature. in my view, we need the police on the streets , not in police on the streets, not in beer gardens. they need to be doing their job and, you know, this is exactly where we need to unpick this awful labour government. >> so, martin, listen closely. you'll hear. she didn't quite answer the question on why. no apology for record migration. she, of course, was the home secretary. i think i do understand that there has to be some private chatter about this. they've taken a position in this campaign. there's no need to. she quit as home secretary in 2022. why does she need to another question asked by somebody else and she said then about net migration. that context does matter and it's lazy to speak about numbers. but i did want to go after this one. i did want to go after this one. i asked her campaign adviser, one of these former tory mp, called tom pursglove, a former immigration minister. what is the problem with admitting you didn't deliver on those

commitments, that those successive manifestos to cut net migration? here's what tom pursglove had to say to me. >> well, i think that she deserves great credit, actually, for transforming the framework of immigration that we have in this country, responding very directly to the message from the referendum that we needed to end free movement. she did the heavy lifting that meant that ministers like me could then get on the front foot and bring those numbers down. we announced at the back end of last year those policies that are delivering results, we're seeing month on month , legal migration month on month, legal migration numbers falling. all of that is at risk with labour, of course, who are now dismantling key planks of that. but it simply wouldn't have been possible without the heavy lifting. those hard yards that she did, putting in place the legislation and delivering on that policy. >> that's tom pursglove saying to me there how the government in the final year got got their act together slightly on net migration. but frankly, the first 13 years was a legacy of failure. now james cleverly, he was home secretary martin from november last year to july this year on my podcast called

chopper's political podcast. overnight, i asked him why won't you apologise for these record numbers coming, coming through the door? and here's what james cleverly had to say. >> and the labour party still have not answered the question that i confronted the home secretary with on my first outing at the despatch box, which is now they've ripped up the rwanda partnership. where will they send failed asylum seekers from countries like iran or afghanistan who can't be returned to syria because they're not going to send them home? so that's why they have now had to do the thing they said they wouldn't do, which is a de facto amnesty. and they are letting the british people down. they are providing an open door to the people smugglers. people are dying in the channel and numbers are going through the roof because of their ineptitude in government, arrogance and ineptitude . ineptitude. >> well, chris, sorry seems to be the hardest word for any of them to say, except you also had tom tugendhat. he's a he's in the leadership race. you had him last week. he did say sorry. and this week he also gave some meat

on the bone a specific immigration target. >> unusually, he gave some detail on what he would do if he fights the next election. he said he wants to cut off, freeze or limit. sorry. net migration to 100,000 a year. tens of thousands. i that was. and that would be a legal figure set each year by parliament. that was really where rishi sunak was. he wanted to have a legal figure, a vote on by mps each year, but he went the furthest. the reason why all this matters is because we are facing the decision point for mps is 120 or so tory mps. they've got to work out how to whittle down the six to just a two for the membership. and all starts this weekend . we've got a starts this weekend. we've got a big rally from robert jenrick on the weekend and next week , the weekend and next week, monday and tuesday. a lot of these other campaigns start to launch. these other campaigns start to launch . we'll have all that launch. we'll have all that covered for viewers and listeners live on gb news so it might seem why are we talking about the tory party now? they are now deciding who will go lead this party, the opposition, into the next election. so it's quite important we cover it properly. >> chris, when push comes to

shove, it all boils down to two words competence and trust. all of them are highly competent. they've all been ministers. we know that. they've performed at the highest level. the key point is trust. can people trust them? it's okay for them to say, we refuse to apologise. it's okay for them to fish out 100 thousands of targets. >> it's okay though. >> it's okay though. >> well, i'm not sure it's okay. well so my point is this will it wash saying sorry or let's all move on. let's look to the future . but people will say, future. but people will say, will they not? were you in power for 14 years, gentlemen and ladies and you didn't have any significant impacts. in fact , significant impacts. in fact, people voted repeatedly to take back control . that never back control. that never happened. why should we trust you again ? you again? >> well, that is the exact point, martin. the people who are most cross are the many of the 4 million who voted for reform uk in last month's election. nigel farage knows this. he's going to use this. the failure, i would say, to control net migration , a choice

control net migration, a choice made by elected politicians as a reason to not go back to the tory party and going back to priti patel. she clearly thinks that she's going to set out where she sits, where she believes in and hoping those voters come back from the right where reform uk is . the gamble where reform uk is. the gamble is will that happen? >> a superb end to the week . >> a superb end to the week. you've been to berlin with the prime minister, you've been to paris, the prime minister. number 10. number 10. you've endedit number 10. number 10. you've ended it back here in westminster with me. thank you very much, chris. always an absolute delight. thank you very much. now moving on. currently, there are 1.6 million migrants living in britain that are unemployed or not actively looking for any form of work. now, that costs the taxpayer an astonishing £8 billion every yeah astonishing £8 billion every year. and that's according to the centre for migration control. now this comes, of course, as the government says, the figure doesn't take into account individual circumstances, but the true figure could even be higher. and for more on this, i'm joined now by our research director at the centre for migration control, robert bates. rob, welcome to the show. always a delight to have your company. a simply

astonishing set of numbers, £8 billion per year. nobody voted for any of this. people voted repeatedly to try and stop it. and yet, here we are. talk us through some of these incredible numbers . numbers. >> great to be with you, martin. so, look, all we've really done here is add to the rich panoply of existing research in this area , the data and, and those area, the data and, and those that are kind of exploring this issue that shows that the, the economic panacea we were promised with the mass migration experiment when it was embarked on in the late 1990s, simply hasn't materialised. and in fact, what it is actually doing is imposing a huge cost on the british taxpayer. in this specific report , what we've specific report, what we've discovered is that there is there's now a record number of migrants, those born outside the uk, either unemployed or economically inactive. now what economically inactive. now what economically inactive. now what economically inactive basically means is they're not actively seeking a role in the uk economy, we've calculated using

methodology produced by the migration advisory committee, which are the, the official home office advisers, we've we've calculated that this roughly will burden the british taxpayer with about eight point £5,000,000,000 billion per year. now, what we've done is we've been deliberately very conservative with this estimate. we've actually overegged the amount that we can expect via revenue from these migrants via indirect taxes such as vat and alcohol duty and whatnot. we've actually overstated the amount that they're probably paying in. so the figure could probably be between anywhere between 8.5 billion and 11 or 12 billion. >> and actually, rob , when you >> and actually, rob, when you look into some of the more detailed figures on this, this report estimates if you add in other costs such as health, nhs costs, education costs, transport and housing, the true cost to the british taxpayer could be £203 cost to the british taxpayer could be £20.3 billion. that's the burden placed upon

taxpayers. now the big question now, rob, is what can we do about this time and time again? we've just heard from chris hope, the tory leadership candidates are pitching in for their bid to be the conservative leader, but they've had their chance time and time again. we've talked about an australian point style system we've seen in france and in germany. indeed today, placing caps or even blocks on the ability of asylum seekers or coming in to be able to claim benefits . what do to claim benefits. what do people tell you when you speak to your punters at the at the centre for migration control? what would voters like to see put in place? rob >> well, when we speak to people and this is probably a similar experience when you have your guests on is that we have a kind of sense of, well, what can we do about it? we've sent very clear messages in successive general elections. now, we had a referendum on an issue basically orientated around migration as well. and the fact of the matter is that people feel, well, what more can we do , you were

more can we do, you were discussing previously the tory leadership contest. i would argue that we're being grossly, grossly suffering a gross disservice with what's currently going on with the conservative party because , as you've party because, as you've discussed, not one of them was prepared to apologise for their huge failures. but really, the whole contest should be centred around how are we going to bring down these catastrophically high numbers that are flowing into the country every year ? we've the country every year? we've got 1.2 million. it came out last week of received a long term visa in the last 12 months. and the fact of the matter is that we all know the labour party aren't going to do anything, and traditionally those of us that are, slightly on the conservative side of things would look to the tory party and think, well, you know, they are probably our best bet. but i mean, look, if you look at the options that we've got on, on offer at the moment, you kind of have to think, well , where is of have to think, well, where is the sensible politics coming from? i would argue as well that the reform party really need to up the ante on this issue. i think they're sadly at the moment, too, too passive with

this issue. and they should be a lot more gung ho, really, really trying to set the agenda rather than just simply responding to news stories as and when they break. there's so much more that they can be doing to really, really give people hope that someone is listening to them, telling them the problems . you telling them the problems. you know, that that's what the pubuc know, that that's what the public want to hear. they want to hear that there's politicians that recognise the crisis that this country is facing. and they're not just insane when they're not just insane when they look around and think, you know, this country isn't you know, this country isn't you know, the same that it was when i grew up. and the economic costs , that i'm suffering don't costs, that i'm suffering don't seem fair when we're stacked up against, you know, the, the unemployment figures that we're seeing from migrants here as well. >> okay. we have to leave it there. rob bates pleasure. and of course, the yvette cooper and the labour party will point out they have pledged to get 14,500 illegal workers out of the country by the by the end of the yeah country by the by the end of the year. they've also pledged to get the gangs smashed up and also rob's got a quick statement from the government here which i need to read out on this topic. they said it is incorrect to apply they said it is incorrect to apply an average cost to migrants out of work, as estimates need to take into account individual circumstances. most education and welfare costs are not

applicable to working age migrants who are not students. i think the point is that this report doesn't include students. this is just those looking for not looking for work. rob bates, i can see you furrowing your brow, but i'm afraid we simply have to move on. thank you very much for joining have to move on. thank you very much forjoining us on the show. much for joining us on the show. always an absolute pleasure. now time now for the great british giveaway and your chance to win £30,000. you've got to get your skates on though, because lines are about to close. here's the details that you need to be our next big winner. >> it's the final week to see how you can win an incredible £30,000 in cash. it's extra cash that could really make a difference to your coming year. you can find yourself on that houday you can find yourself on that holiday you've always wanted to buy that treat that always seemed out of reach, or just send some of those day to day financial stresses. packing time is ticking. get your entry in now for another chance to win £30,000 in tax free cash, text cash to 63232. text cost £2 plus

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welcome back. it's 526. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. following the attack on a swedish chef near notting hill carnival earlier this week, a director of a prison rehabilitation company has been remanded into custody after being charged and gb news reporter charlie peters has been outside westminster magistrates court for us earlier on today , court for us earlier on today, 31 year old omar wilson has been remanded into custody charged with grievous bodily harm after an attack on a swedish national chef on the outskirts of the notting hill carnival on queensway in west london on monday evening. >> but here at westminster magistrates court, omar wilson appeared in the dock in a grey tracksuit. he spoke only to confirm his name and address and gave no plea, which the district

judge here, daniel sternberg , judge here, daniel sternberg, took as an indication of a not guilty plea. the prosecution said that mr tuc nato, the dubai based chef who was in london on a business trip, had suffered catastrophic brain injuries as a consequence of the attack. he had had several bleeds on the brain and several cardiac arrests. he remains in a london hospital in a critical condition. now the attack is said to have happened after 11 pm. on the queensway on monday evening . mr morsi was seen evening. mr morsi was seen leaving the arts club in mayfair earlier in the afternoon at about 1 pm, and was then seen again on the queensway after 10 pm. the met is still appealing for information about his whereabouts between those two timings. if anyone saw him or met with him during that period in a blue t shirt, and later wearing a white baseball cap.

but 31 year old omar wilson, charged with grievous bodily harm over that attack on monday evening , is a director of evening, is a director of a prison rehabilitation company. he'll next appear in court at southwark crown court on september the 27th. >> thank you, charlie peter, for that report. it's worth pointing out that on the show yesterday we finally got a statement from london mayor sadiq khan on the unrest in london during the notting hill carnival. 334 arrests, i believe, was the total eight stabbings. and yet there have been such silence from the political class on this. there was no condemnation from sir keir starmer. this. there was no condemnation from sir keir starmer . very, from sir keir starmer. very, very quick, of course, to condemn those who took part in what he called clearly racist riots post southport, a clampdown on anybody involved in any of those things. london mayor sadiq khan always very, very quick to pipe up about what he perceives to be inequalities and unfairness in london. and

dunng and unfairness in london. and during that entire time he'd been tweeting about climate change, about staying cool in london, about an anti—slavery monument due to be unveiled, even about beavers being released into the wild in london. but we had to rattle a statement out of him on that issue. it was simply it was simply astonishing, i've got a quick email now from andy who says this political unrest is already here in britain. martin. and it's been aggressively provoked by this government. i would go further and say that i believe the prime minister, sir keir starmer, is purposefully dividing britain. well that's a little bit rich. but anyway , now little bit rich. but anyway, now then, the prime minister is coming under increasing fire on another front after reports that he's removed the portrait of one of his predecessors, margaret thatcher. of course , from thatcher. of course, from downing street, he is said to have found the painting commissioned by gordon brown, of all people , as unsettling. is all people, as unsettling. is this fair enough, or is this

pure pettiness and snowflake theory? well, joining me now is ben green, who was a conservative councillor for south kesteven. kesteven even in coalition group. welcome to the show ben green. no doubt as a you're in the constituency of grantham, that area i believe maggie thatcher. you think this is total nonsense. tell us why . is total nonsense. tell us why. >> well, yes, absolutely. >> well, yes, absolutely. >> i think we've already seen that the ideological mask has supped that the ideological mask has slipped from comrade keir, >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i would absolutely echo that. what? what pettiness. this was something that was commissioned as you rightly say, by gordon brown, obviously another labour prime minister, i would be very happy to go on the record to say that if this portrait can't be shown in its rightful place in downing street, we're more than happy to house it in grantham. we're more than happy to display it in our council chamber and give the hard left members of our council someone and something to look up to, or else it can go into the grantham

museum. >> yeah, no doubt that might put the collywobbles up them there. but what is it, do you think, ben , about don't forget barack ben, about don't forget barack obama removed the bust of winston churchill from the white house when he got into power. what is it about people from the liberal political left who feel so aggrieved about statues, about paintings? i mean, i was a member of the european parliament. i spent half of my time tweaking the noses of statues of former european grandees. it's about facing things up and dealing with it. it's just a painting. why are they so bothered ? they so bothered? >> well, it's notable that something changes when these guys get into power, right? because it wasn't that long ago that comrade keir was singing thatcher's praises when he wanted tory votes . i think only wanted tory votes. i think only in 2023, obviously. then he gets in 2023, obviously. then he gets in the office, gets the power, then it all changes. really. he needs to get over it. it's part of our history. she's an absolute political titan. she belongs rightfully in downing

street. it was a commissioned portrait, they're that portrait really ought to remain. but if not, they're happy to have her and grantham. >> do you think, ben green, that the labour party, the hard left, will ever get over maggie thatcher? i come from a coal mining area of nottinghamshire, andifs mining area of nottinghamshire, and it's fair to say it wasn't a maggie thatcher heartland. but in the last election, in places like ashfield, a lot of those areas , they simply brushed to areas, they simply brushed to one side and they voted on terms of brexit. they never felt they would for vote maggie thatcher's party, but they forgave. they forgot . they moved on. why can't forgot. they moved on. why can't the labour party do the same? >> well, they sing her praises when it's convenient. i think we saw that probably under tony blair as well. we saw it again, as i say, late last year with care when he was wanting tory votes. i think there's actually there's a, there's a great many people. blue collar workers before who actually did support thatcher and quite strongly back

in the 1980s, and they forget that core constituency. it's the same guys that were out voting for brexit as well. and really they need to overcome this sort of metropolitan, london liberal mindedness and, and accept her as part of the pantheon of great prime ministers. >> superb. sir ben green, thank you very much for joining us, conservative councillor. maybe you'll get your wish . maybe that you'll get your wish. maybe that that portrait may find its way whisking towards you there in the grantham zone. best of british. have a great weekend now, kamala harris tackles her first unscripted tv interview, but just did. how did she do? and how does the vice president have what it takes to beat donald trump? will she ever go head to head in one of those titanic tv debates? stay tuned to find out more. but first, here's your headlines and it's sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. from the gb news room. it'sjust afternoon. from the gb news room. it's just gone. 530. your

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>> welcome back. 539 we're on the final furlong on this fine friday afternoon. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. kamala harris has defended changing her mind on some key policies since becoming the democratic presidential nominee. speaking in her first major tv interview since announcing she was running

for the white house, the vice president told cnn that her values haven't changed. >> we have set goals for the united states of america, and by extension, the globe around when we should meet certain standards for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions . as an example, that emissions. as an example, that value has not changed. my value around what we need to do to secure our border. that value has not changed. i spent two terms as the attorney general of california , prosecuting california, prosecuting transnational criminal organisations , violations of organisations, violations of american laws regarding the passage, illegal passage of guns, drugs and human beings across our border. my values have not changed. >> when i was her first tv grilling since being that nominee, let's speak now to the professor of us. foreign and security policy, david dunn. david, welcome to the show. so the performance was on cnn, which , by anybody's reckoning, which, by anybody's reckoning, is perhaps the most sympathetic news channel to kamala harris in america. it was called

pedestrian, vague and boring by a lot of people who watched. how do you think that miss harris performed? >> i thought it was meticulous. it was methodical. it wasn't very inspiring. >> she's not a very punchy speakeh >> she's not a very punchy speaker. i'll give you that much . speaker. i'll give you that much. >> but she was very careful with her words and i probably recognising that that that's not particularly her forte. but i thought actually over half an houh thought actually over half an hour, the way they put to her a whole variety of, of tough questions and came back at her when, when the, the first answer wasn't given. and that's true of tim walz as well. >> so on the border on immigration, on fracking, on policy changes, on why she changed her mind. >> they were quite , forceful in >> they were quite, forceful in asking those questions . and so asking those questions. and so we learned quite a bit, i think, about her. i mean , and actually about her. i mean, and actually what we had here was a fairly low bar, the low bar, which was that she could talk in an articulate and persuasive manner, unlike biden. and

actually, she could talk without actually, she could talk without actually cursing and insulting people , unlike trump. so people, unlike trump. so actually, it was a fairly pedestrian, in some ways, but actually a normal and perhaps normal is a good thing for american politics at the moment . american politics at the moment. >> david, as you said, the bar seems to be set quite low. and in fact, a former adviser to barack obama, david axelrod , he barack obama, david axelrod, he said, well, at least she didn't fall back dodi inspiring stuff to save the bar. the bar is so low that a victory is not to put your foot in it. >> well, i think what we've had is an exceptional period in american politics whereby by putting your foot in it, someone's popularity collapsed and they fell out of the race. so given those circumstances, it's understandable that people are going to be treading somewhat lightly. so i don't think that's necessarily surprising given the context. but what we had is a number of clarifications on a number of

key issues. and actually, in terms of interviews, the questions were harder and more focused, and the answers were more thoughtful than we saw with musk and trump. and that long 90 minute ramble on on their their youtube channel. >> okay, if we can take both of those events as the warm up we need now, don't we? the main events now, donald trump has come out fighting . he said that come out fighting. he said that she's a fraud. in response to last night's interview. and he said, i can't wait to debate comrade kamala harris. isn't that the point now, david, forget about being soft soaped by cnn. forget about being soft soaped by elon musk. we want to see the two of them head to head on a live tv debate. is that likely to happen ? and if so, likely to happen? and if so, david dunn when? >> well , 10th of september david dunn when? >> well, 10th of september is the date. i don't see any of those candidates actually not turning up for that date, because despite all the jarring and sparring that's going on over the terms of the debate, in

terms of actually whether microphones are muted or not, one set of rules were agreed with the biden camp. and what harris has said is, well, okay, that that's what biden agreed. i want to negotiate a new set of ones. and trump is calling foul and hurling insults left, right and hurling insults left, right and centre. but you're right. this will be a blood sport. what we had last time was the debate that saw the demise of joe biden. what we also saw was that debate actually has wrong footed trump because he was convinced that he was going to beat biden in the race, and now that actually he's knocked out biden from the candidates, he's actually been wrong footed by a candidate that he can't quite square up with. so he mispronounces her name and he calls her a comrade and a marxist and a communist. it's child behaviour. marxist and a communist. it's child behaviour . rather than child behaviour. rather than actually engaging with her with the on the issues . and that's the on the issues. and that's what we'll see on the 10th of september. >> yeah. but david and that's because we don't know what the issues are. we haven't really

heard any policies yet from miss harris on her mispronounce her christian name again. that seems to be the sin of the day. i mean, we haven't heard any policies other than abortion. watch the palestine 30 minute speech. >> you would have heard the issues. the issues are the border. the issues are the economy. the issues are she's failed on border. >> she's failed on border control . patently and provably. control. patently and provably. that was pointed out to her last night. she didn't like that she's done a u—turn on fracking. she's had several positions on that that was pointed out to her last night, and that was pointed out by a very sympathetic media channel. my point is, in the bearin channel. my point is, in the bear in the bear pit, in the arena of war, where there's no hiding from somebody like donald trump would be a very, very different proposition . different proposition. >> yeah. well, on on fracking, she's held the same position for four years to change the mind. in 2000, she originally said she would never frack, and then she changed her mind . she changed changed her mind. she changed her mind? yeah, in the same way. the same way that trump's changed his mind recently over bitcoin and trump has changed his mind on abortion when for 30 years he was a big advocate of pro—choice people, changed their

mind in politics. that's allowed. okay. in terms of the debate, you're right . it will be debate, you're right. it will be a blood sport. it will be watched over, watched over . watched over, watched over. everyone's wanting the gaffes. everyone's wanting the gaffes. everyone will will approach it in that light and it will be thrilling. tv certainly, certainly. >> well, i look forward to that. thanks very much for joining us. and that's the professor of us foreign and security policy , foreign and security policy, david dern, thanks very much for joining us. now then, in case you haven't noticed, this deadune you haven't noticed, this deadline transfer day and chelsea have made a bid for man united's jadon sancho. and we're discussing all of the analysis in just a moment. and of course, big question what about forest? i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's

welcome back. it's 10 to 6. we're on the final final furlong of this week on the martin daubney show . now the martin daubney show. now it's that time of the year again in the football season it's transfer deadline day. premier league clubs are rapidly running out of time to get their summer

business sorted, and there could be a number of key players on the move , including jadon sancho the move, including jadon sancho to chelsea and ivan toney undergoing his medical making. the big move to saudi arabia. now joining me to discuss all the latest as a sports broadcaster, chris skudder chris, always a delight. so who are the movers and the shakers? when the money gets obscene at this time of year ? this time of year? >> it does. yeah. you mentioned the two big ones. >> really, sancho? >> really, sancho? >> later on, probably to chelsea. >> i think they're talking about a potential loan here. i mean, his story. >> i mean, a young kid who went to germany, came to manchester united and he's had an absolute nightmare there, possibly , you nightmare there, possibly, you know, players, big money, big stars have a bit of attitude. >> fall out with the management on 300 grand a week plus 300 grand a week. not playing . they grand a week. not playing. they just need to get him off the books. >> chelsea, as we know , spending >> chelsea, as we know, spending money for fun under todd boehly, an incredible really. >> we'll have to wait to see what happens with the profit and

sustainability rules. >> financial fair play, that kind of thing. but they've spent before today about £200 million since the summer, brought in about 120 million as well. but you can only lose so much money before you fall foul of the rules. >> so i think sancho needs to get out of man united. >> the talk is that potential loan tonight. there's sancho, good player. >> they could do a good job at chelsea, but trouble with chelsea, but trouble with chelsea is they've got too many players. >> nearly 40 in their squad have only allowed 25. >> they've got to get players off their books . off their books. >> people like raheem sterling who a bit like sancho, has been told he's got no future at chelsea now. >> is he going to go tonight? >> is he going to go tonight? >> he might go to arsenal, but trouble is he'd have to take a pay trouble is he'd have to take a pay cut to do that. >> they'd have to pay him off his contract. and, you know, it could be later on tonight that sterling is, is paid several tens of millions of quid just to leave chelsea and go somewhere else. it's crazy, as you know. i mean, football finance is absolutely bonkers, >> and you mentioned ivan toney there, >> yeah. >> yeah. >> brentford have agreed now they're going to accept £40

million for him to go to saudi arabia. >> but what is he doing. >> but what is he doing. >> what is he doing? >> what is he doing? >> 28 years old england international did okay at the euros going to spend the rest of his career, possibly in saudi. >> i'll tell you why. >> i'll tell you why. >> because he's going to earn about £20 million a year. unbelievable stuff . unbelievable stuff. >> but those are the big two big names so far . >> but those are the big two big names so far. really. >> think about that squads. is that ivan toney. you know he had a he had a brief moment to try and prove himself on the big stage with england there. and he was really making an impact. he was really making an impact. he was an impact player, a late addition to those games. he came on. you know, here's a guy that could have a real big future really highly thought of, could go to a bigger club. it's a bit sad, don't you think, that simply taking the big saudi paycheque is enough to effectively end his england career? potentially it would do right. >> he's a very good player. >> he's a very good player. >> yeah. i mean, you saw what happened to jordan henderson who went to saudi regretted it. and that was the end of him for england. >> really, i don't know. nobody's come in for him . nobody's come in for him. >> well, you know, i mean, £40

million these days is not a lot. >> he's a good player. he's 28. >> he's a good player. he's 28. >> and you know, he had those problems, didn't he, when he was banned for eight months with when he broke the, the betting rules. but, you know, he was told by brentford that he, you know , he's, that he can go and, know, he's, that he can go and, you know, the only the only club that have come in and chelsea were sort of looking at him maybe arsenal, you know, rumours. but it's not happened. it's transfer deadline is a couple of days away yet the, the saudi, registration deadline, a bit later than ours, but yeah, it's looking and brentford have accepted a £40 million offer for him. >> so yeah, i agree. i mean, i think it'll be, you know. >> but listen, you know, if someone offered you, martin, £20 million a year, what would you say . you'd take it probably, say. you'd take it probably, wouldn't you. >> i mean, he's 28, so he's not young, but i mean, the money there is just absolutely bonkers. >> and footballers, you know, a lot of people are saying, i just can't handle this. >> i can't, you know, football is just is dying, you know, and i heard you mention nottingham fore st. forest. >> i didn't know you were a forest fan. yes. >> yeah, for my sins, but, yeah, you look, you look. >> so you might be losing one of your top players tonight.

>> anthony elanga, the swedish. >> anthony elanga, the swedish. >> they got the man united a few years ago. >> yeah newcastle are sniffing around. >> just told me that this is this is my show. this is the final part of the show and i'm really upset. >> it's starting to break. but i think there's talk of a possible £30 million deal there tonight. >> but you know , forest just >> but you know, forest just sold. johnson. look, i've got to 90, sold. johnson. look, i've got to go, mate . that's it. chris go, mate. that's it. chris skudder thought i was having a really good time there. that's it. look, i'm not joking. it's been a fantastic week. thanks for your company. i'll be back three till six on monday. have a fabulous weekend. now is your weather is here with alex burkill. thanks for your company. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hey, hope you're having a good day . here's your latest met good day. here's your latest met office weather update for gb news. there will be plenty more fine weather to come as we go through the end of today and

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woman for you. and speaking of conservative women, keir starmer has been in hot water today for apparently removing a portrait of margaret thatcher from a room in number 10. does that bother you at all or not? and in germany, they're apparently planning to limit benefits to migrants who have arrived from other eu countries to just bread, bread and soap. do you think we should follow suit? and we've discussed two tier policing, two tier justice and so on. and now it's time for us to look at two tier health. jess phillips has bizarrely announced that she reckons she got preferential treatment from the nhs because of her support for a ceasefire in gaza. what on earth is that all about? we'll have all of that and more