so, know, reform party so, you know, the reform party often economic policies as often sound economicas well as sticking up for this great of ours, you know, great country of ours, you know, and said time time and i've said time and time again, chopper, i want is my again, chopper, all i want is my country back. i want to be able to feel safe. and family and to feel safe. and my family and friends safe walking the friends feel safe walking the streets. i want these demonstrations of demonstrations on the streets of london. that london. stop these idiots that are know, these yobbos are out. you know, these yobbos that shouting murderous, you that are shouting murderous, you know, streets of know, things on the streets of london. need to be locked london. these need to be locked up. all and good, you up. it's all well and good, you know, strong words know, spouting out strong words from downing street from the steps of downing street and the chamber. but and in in the chamber. but people want action. they want to see action. want to see see action. they want to see this stop. they want

party or to reform.as many as nine conservative mps are in advanced talks with reform party, that's a source close to the reform party. any idea who they might be? who those nine conservatives might be? well, there are there are those who've been on sort of reform watch for a while. there are those who've written their letters of no confidence into to rishi sunak someone like andrea jenkyns, perhaps, who has been a very, vocal about her very, very vocal about her dislike of the prime minister. there was , of course, simon there was, of course, simon clarke, who said that a former truss minister who said that we were that the conservatives were heading for the iceberg and he was the whistleblower who was calling that out. perhaps someone that could be someone like that could be persuaded to defect to reform. then there are also the characters, you know, the, the, the, those solid right of centre conservative mps who have been very, very vocal on immigration for a long time now. suella braverman clearly is

now he's in the reform party. yeah, i think it's the reform party.e the reform party. yeah, i think it's time for change. yeah, yeah, i do, i do, i think that ashfield are underfunded as it is and hopefully any, any chance to stop. that would be great. yeah. >> and how would that be stopped with kind of a party here with what kind of a party here in ashfield, think labour in ashfield, i think a labour party would help. for the obvious reasons. really? yeah, yeah. working class sort of area and massively underfunded as we are. so we've got the fine people of ashfield have spoken a seat. >> i campaigned, in fact, i stood against lee anderson in 2019 and that is going to be one seat to keep your eyes on. now. it's time now for the latest great british giveaway and your chance to win. £12,345 12345 in cash and a whole host of seasonal treats. and here's how you could bag all of that . you could bag all of that. >> we're springing into spring and giving you the chance to win the seasonal essentials. first, there's an incredible £12,345 in tax free cash to

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this confirmed reform party.urn his back on the tories after his controversial suspension, which he branded earlier today as unpalatable and a stifling of free speech. >> i've had to do a lot of soul searching about, you know, where i am, what i'm, what i'm doing, and when i find myself suspended, having the whip suspended, having the whip suspended for speaking my mind . suspended for speaking my mind. and by the way, speaking up on behalf of millions of people up and down the country who agree with me that me is with me that for me is unpalatable. it's a shocker if i'm honest. i cannot be a part of an organisation which stifles free speech. >> so reform uk is just five points behind the conservatives in the latest polls. labour mp and shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworth said this to gb news what i think this reveals is the sheer chaos in the conservative party, a government divided from top to bottom and rishi sunak too weak to exert any authority and a divided government cannot govern in the interests o

. groups, you know, i mean, um, if i was the reform party, i wouldn't be welcoming people like lee andersonwith the history that he has uh, for for for for denigrating um different different communities in our country. i think the the idea that that uh, michael gold can can frame extremism, when when he's involved in so much himself, um, i just think it's um, you know, it's shameful, i mean, the politicians in this country. i've acted shamefully, mean you what we saw a couple of weeks ago with the speaker and then you know the the idea that it was done to protect mps when mps are are at the forefront, no again, going back to dian abert, mean it's a somebody who donated 10 million quid to the tory party that that suggested that she should be shot, mean you know we had this situation with jeremy corbin as as target practice you know in the in the run up to the general election, mean and none of that was... out by by the politicians who are now talking about shutting down democracy, mean when we talk about protests and the right to protest, i think the idea that politicians somehow have the ab

the reform uk party. no one knows nigel party. nigel farage do with his with farage might do with his with his career. currently he's a presenter of course, presenter on gb news of course, but i'm just it's an indication, i that for some people in i think that for some people in the country, lee hanson is good news that the reform uk party, of it's completely small of course, it's completely small beer money of course, it's completely small beer describing money of course, it's completely small beer describing there noney of course, it's completely small beer describing there given to you're describing there given to established parties like the union money to labour, the big donor money to the tory party and reform uk is a challenger brand. you everyone brand. but, you know, everyone starts somewhere . starts somewhere. >> and chris, i just want to get your to esther your reaction to what esther mcvey. go on. mcvey. sorry sorry. go on. >> forgive me just while i'm on air. i've had a text from lee anderson, he's due to be in the h

we heard richard, the leader of the reform party.on with, as he puts it, with net zero and lee anderson then came on saying, i want my country back. scarlett maguire, very quickly, that message, i want my country back, how will that resonate with people? it has the potential to resonate. he is looking squarely at the people disaffected conservative 2019 voters, ones that care particularly strongly about immigration, ones that have gone to reform already. this idea of a straight talking politician has the potential to do quite well with voters although it must be remembered that he is not popular with all reform voters. it will be interesting. flat popular with all reform voters. it will be interesting.— popular with all reform voters. it will be interesting. not great news for the conservative _ will be interesting. not great news for the conservative party. - will be interesting. not great news for the conservative party. some l for the conservative party. some callers lined up. and that, in coventry. good morning. this callers line

- minority groups, you know, i mean um, if i was the reform party, i wouldn't be welcoming people like lee anderson with the history that he has uh for for for denegrating um different different communities in our country, i think the the idea that the... that um michael golve can can frame extremism when when he's involved in so much himself um i just think it's um you know it's it's shameful i mean the politicians in this country have acted shamefully i mean you know what we saw a couple of weeks ago with the speaker and then you know the the idea that it was done to protect mps when mps are are at the forefront again going back to dian aber i mean it's a somebody who donated 10 million quid to the tour. party that that suggested that she should be shot. i mean, we had this situation with jeremy corbin as as target practice, you know, in the in the run up to the general election. i mean, and none of that was called out by by the politicians who are now talking about shutting down democracy. i mean, when we talk about protests and the right to protest, i think the idea that politician

uk party, even if he hadnt reform uk party, even if he hadn't been suspended from the conservatives.became the party's first mp this morning after he lost the tory whip for claiming that islamists had got control of the mayor of london as recently as january. mr anderson said it was not a proper political party. he now says reform will allow him to speak out on behalf of millions. party leader richard tice says reform would aim to build a red wall in traditionally conservative constituencies. >> related to announce that i have found that champion of the red wall for reform uk . he's red wall for reform uk. he's also coincidentally going to be reform uk's first member of parliament in the house of commons. he is, of course, a person of great integrity, no nonsense and is the member of parliament in the county of nottinghamshire for ashfield. please welcome mr lee anderson , an. >> the government has pledged over £117 million to safeguard mosques. muslim schools and community centres over the next four years. the funding, unveiled today, follows the prime minister's promise to allocate

- minority groups you know um um, if i was the reform party, i wouldn't be welcoming people like lee anderson with the history that he has uh for for for denigrating um different different communities in our country. i think the the idea that that uh michael golve can can frame extremism. when when he's involved in so much himself. um, i just think it's um, you know, it's shameful. i mean, the politicians in this country have acted shamefully, i mean, "you know what we saw a couple of weeks ago with the speaker and then you know the the idea that it was done to protect mps when mps are at the forefront, again going back to diane abbot, i mean it's a somebody who donated 10 million quid to the tory party that that suggested that she should be shot, i mean you know we had this situation with jeremy corbin as as target practice you know in the in the run up to the general election, i mean and none of that was called out by by the..." politicians who are now talking about shutting down democracy, mean when we talk about protests and the right to protest, i think the idea that politicians

the former conservative party vice chairman lee anderson defects to the populist party, reform uk. he talks to the bbc�*s political editor. as the crisis in haiti deepens, regional leaders meet injamaica for emergency talks. a ship with 200 tonnes of aid for gaza remains trapped in a cypriot dock. we'll talk alive to the chair of the foreign affairs select committee, just back from the region. and ken steals the show at the oscars, but it's oppenheimer that's the big winner. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. the princess of wales has admitted "sometimes editing pictures". it comes after questions about this picture released yesterday of her with her three children. five news agencies had withdrawn the photo over concerns it had been digitally manipulated. in a statement, the princess apologised for any confusion, but kensington palace says it won't release the original, unedited photograph. the picture was released to coincide with mother's day and followed weeks of wild speculation on social media about the princess after she underwent abdominal surgery. meanwhile, senior royals have

you know, people in the conservative party say lots of people reform party, you people in the reformyou know, in all three know, you've been in all three and say of things. and you say lots of things. >> postal should we >> so postal votes, should we just them, not entirely, just scrap them, not entirely, because think people, because i think older people, people are able to people who are not able to physically to polling physically get to a polling station vote station should be able to vote by that by post, i agree with you that as much. also agree with voter as much. i also agree with voter id, i think that you should id, and i think that you should have who you are when have to prove who you are when you're voting. think that you're voting. i think that there serious there should be serious restrictions that restrictions around the way that postal voting is used, because restrictions around the way that postal obvious; used, because restrictions around the way that postal obvious vulnerableause restrictions around the way that postal obvious vulnerable point it's an obvious vuln

and the reform party candidate simon danczuk with 1,968.ns for the share of the vote. and as you can see, the george galloway workers party of britain getting 40% of the share of the vote. and the independent candidate, david tully, getting 21% with the conservatives down there with 12%. what does that mean for the share change? here you can see, of course, up change? here you can see, of course, up 40% because they were not standing last time, george galloway�*s party and the independent up galloway�*s party and the independent up there by 21%. then you can see the conservatives are down 19% and that huge bloc down for labour by 44%. so what does that mean for the swing? well, here is the swing in the vote. who doesn't like a swingometerjust before 3:00 in the morning? you can see that 41.8% swing from labour to george galloway�*s workers party of britain. let's head back to the count our political correspondent. a big win for george galloway, peter? $5 for george galloway, peter? sis expected, for george galloway, peter? is expected, as w

uk took a gamble on myself. >> reform party took a gamble on me.t's a gamble i was prepared to take. it's a gamble i think i'll win. it's a gamble that i need to win and i need the british public now to gamble on me and the reform party. >> pr chaos for the royal family. can the palace regain pubuc family. can the palace regain public trust after the princess of wales apologised houses over editing pictures .7 editing her family pictures? >> what's happened to spring? forget longer days and warmer weather, snow is expected in scotland and rain across the rest of the country. so why all this crazy weather? >> the prime minister outlines plans to boost gas power to stop possible blackouts . we'll be possible blackouts. we'll be speaking to the government on this shortly . this shortly. >> and in the sport this morning. carl palmer shines as chelsea beat newcastle. emma raducanu loses it. india wells, who'd have thought? and pinnacle of jump racing. the cheltenham festival gets underway today . festival gets underway today. >> hello there. politics le

lee anderson says he would still have defected to the reform uk party, even if he hadnt reform uk party if he hadn't been suspended from the conservatives. he became the party's first mp this morning after he lost the tory whip for claiming that islamists had got control of the mayor of london as recently as january. mr anderson said it was not a proper political party. he now says reform will allow him to speak out on behalf of millions. party leader richard tice says reform would aim to build a red wall in traditionally conservative constituencies. >> related to announce that i have found that champion of the red wall for reform uk . he's red wall for reform uk. he's also coincidentally going to be reform uk's first member of parliament in the house of commons. he is, of course, a person of great integrity, no nonsense and is the member of parliament in the county of nottinghamshire for ashfield. please welcome mr lee anderson , an. >> the government has pledged over £117 million to safeguard mosques. muslim schools and community centres over the next four years. the funding, unveiled

reform will struggle in the same way that ukip previously struggled, and i imagine the workers' partye. they've done _ difficult. you mentioned reform uk there. they've done reasonably i difficult. you mentioned reform uk| there. they've done reasonably well in the last couple of by—elections — 10%, 13% - in the last couple of by—elections — 10%,13% - which in the last couple of by—elections — 10%,13% — which is in the last couple of by—elections — 10%, 13% — which is about what they are on the national polling. but not so this time around? h0 are on the national polling. but not so this time around?— are on the national polling. but not so this time around? no - it appears that the 696 — so this time around? no - it appears that the 696 that — so this time around? no - it appears that the 696 that they _ so this time around? no - it appears that the 696 that they received i so this time around? no - it appears that the 696 that they received at i that the 6% that they received at this election was well below what they were expecting. and given that rochdale was a constituency that le

ansaf�*s party, al—islah, or the reform party, is one of the biggest political organisations in yemenred by the muslim brotherhood, a popular international islamist movement. the muslim brotherhood is banned in several countries, including the uae, where their political activism and support for elections is seen as a threat to the rule of the royal family. but the us has never classified the muslim brotherhood as a terrorist organisation. if your handlers, the uae, said they are definitely terrorists, you had to trust that? yeah, absolutely. it's how it works. the mercenaries will talk about their attempt to kill ansaf mayo because their cover was blown, but they're still guarded about the rest of their list. so tell me about one of the other targets you pursued, other than mayo. i'm not going to mention any names. yeah. 0k. yeah. so, we had another target. all right, this one was kind of interesting. now, this guy was in a walled compound. it was a three—storey house. not very big, but three storeys. guys were asleep, but as soon as we started coming in, they heard the gunshots, ever

lee anderson says he would still have defected to the reform uk party, even if he hadnt reform uk partytives. he became the party's first mp this morning after he lost the tory whip for claiming that islamists had got control of the mayor of london as recently as january. mr anderson said it was not a proper political party. he now says reform will allow him to

the reform party, seems today. the reform party, seems to be surging ahead .g ahead. it was on 14% nationally, but there's some more granular detail about where they're particularly landing. well, catherine, what's going on? yes >> so it's basically saying that amongst working class voters there's, reform is now ahead of there's, reform is now ahead of the conservatives that also ahead of the conservatives in the north. they're also ahead of the north. they're also ahead of the conservatives when it comes to men voting. so this is really horrendous news for rishi sunak because of course, boris johnson got that 80 seat majority he threw reaching out to the red wall, taking those people that had votes , labour that lent had votes, labour that lent their vote to the conservatives and it sounds very much like they're not going to be lending those votes to the conservatives this they're be this time. they're going to be lending votes to reform. lending their votes to reform. it'll probably increase a labour majority. the conservatives beside themselves with worry a

party and it is indicative — very right—wing reform party and it is indicative of a few things, i think i think. and _ is indicative of a few things, i think, and one isjust the trouble the conservatives are in and new tilt at_ the conservatives are in and new tilt at the — the conservatives are in and new tilt at the start of your piece about— tilt at the start of your piece about the problems centre—right parties _ about the problems centre—right parties are having and of course, the uk _ parties are having and of course, the uk conservatives are no exception and they are on course for a cataclysmic election defeat this year if— a cataclysmic election defeat this year if the polls are to be to leave, — year if the polls are to be to leave, and people like lee anderson are very— leave, and people like lee anderson are very worried about that and wondering what they can do about it. whether— wondering what they can do about it. whetherjoining the slightly fringe party will save his skin, we don't know_ party will save his skin, we don't know yet. — party will save his skin, we don't kno

party, make sure you prevent george gallaway from being your mp for and dominated by the massacre in gaza, from the river to the sea, the result came hours after polls closed, hereby declare that george gallaway is duel. a sweeping victory for veteran anti-war pro-palestine campaigner who reminded everyone that the anger in britain over the gaza genocide is not confined to the muslim community only, every muslim is bitterly angry at kier starmer and his misnamed labor party, but you would be very foolish if you did not realize that millions of other citizens... of our country are. rochdale is home to a 30,00 strong muslim community. apart from bread and butter issues such as the declining public services, unemployment, poverty and crime that have racked the constituency for years. for the majority of the voters here, there was more to take into account. let this as a blessing to basically take our word straight to parliament and if one person. just goes in there as for seasfire ask for all these genocide to stop, it's more than any labor candidate or labor mp or anyone has done for f

they say that voting for reform u.k. will let the labour party in.ber of conservative mp was have been very critical. some who have previously always liked lee anderson and got on well with him and do not like what he has done today. others who perhaps have always been a bit uncomfortable about some of the things that he has said. but there is a sense that lee anderson speaks to some of their voters. and a sense that that kind of coalition of voters the conservative party brought together in 2019 in some ways is cracking. you saw that with the right-wing wing group of conservative mp's, the new conservatives, who used this as an opportunity to lay the blame squarely at the conservative party themselves. this suggestion that the coervative party needs to be more right wing to win over those types of voters. from t conservative party's point of view, they have recently lost by-elections to the labour party and the liberal democrats. they are now losing an mp to the right, perhaps to reform u.k. and that makes it difficult for rishi sunak to navigate a

party, make sure you prevent george gallaway from being your mp for and dominated by the massacre in gaza from the river to the sea, the result came hours after polls closed, hereby declare that george gallaway is a sweeping victory for veteran and... war pro-palestine campaigner who reminded everyone that the anger in britain over the gaza genocide is not confined to the muslim community only. every muslim is bitterly angry at kier starmer and his misnamed labor party, but you would be very foolish if you did not realize that millions of other citizens of our country are. rochdale is home to a 30,00 strong muslim community. apart from bread and butter issues such as the declining public services, unemployment, poverty and prime that have racked the constituency for years, for the majority of the voters here, there was more to take into account. this say as a blessing to basically take our word straight to parliament, and if one person just goes in there as for a ceasefire, ask for all these genocide to stop, it's more than any labor candidate or labor mp or anyone has done for for f

a former conservative party chairman has defected to the populist party reform uk to become their firstmp. and oppenheimer wins big at the oscars, taking several awards including best picture, best director and best actor. hello i'm the princess of wales has personally apologised for the confusion over the photograph issued by kensington palace on mother's day. "like many amateur photographers, i do occasionally experiment with editing." she added: "i wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday, caused." her post on social media — signed cfor catherine — came after several international news agencies — i do occasionally experiment with editing." she added: "i wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday, caused." her post on social media — signed cfor catherine — came after several international news agencies — including the press assocation — had withdrawn the image, citing concerns over digital manipulation. pa said it issued the image "in good faith" yesterday, but was killing it because no c

and i thought that the reform party be very the reform party will be very disappointed with their sixth but still a very poor showing. their team . showing. talking to their team. the had was they the problem they had was they didn't the same of didn't have the same kind of number of on the ground number of people on the ground as they wellingborough. as they had in wellingborough. their drew their party conference drew staff away to doncaster last week. um, but i think fewer than 2000 is a problem. despite that though, this lunchtime they were up to 14 points in the polls with yougov. so they are doing well nationally. but again , well nationally. but yet again, this party is a protest party does social media. does well on social media. but can't the can't deliver votes on the ground . that's his problem. now ground. that's his problem. now george galloway fought his campaign in a similar way to how he has done in the past. >> remind us of some of his tactics . tactics. >> yeah, he focussed entirely on the issue of gaza when he won last night, he declared that this is a win for gaza ,

one quick note i think about the reform party.re's been a lot of talk about them and how high they are going in the polls. this poll projects that they would get 8.5% of the vote behind the liberal democrats. however they stand to do huge damage to the conservative party. they also say that if some sort of deal was done with them, as happened with the brexit party back in 2000 to 2019, that the conservatives rather than getting 98 seats, would get 150. so it looks likely that the conservatives are going to be, frankly, eaten alive by labour on the left and by the reform party on the right. >> absolutely. i mean, i'm looking at the, you know , my own looking at the, you know, my own part of the world. there are mayoral elections going on for the first time in the whole region of the north east as nonh region of the north east as north yorkshire for example, that whole host that there are a whole host of ways you can see ways in which you can see conservative party politicians thinking, the is very thinking, well, the game is very m

party, make sure you prevent george gallaway from being your mp for and dominated by the massacre in such as the declining public services, unemployment, poverty and crime that have racked the constituency for years. for the majority of the voters here, there was more to take into account. this as a blessing to basically take our word straight to parliament and... if one person just goes in there as for sease fire ask for all these genocide to stop, it's more than any labor candidate or labor mp or anyone has done for for for many years, he can bring change to us locally, but also nationally and internationally, so um, the thing is, the ongoing issue with gaza is a big issue, and it's a international issue, but at the same time it's not a just a muslim issue, it's about human rights. the election was triggered by the death in january of opposition labor party mp tony lloyd, he was replaced by this man as her alley. on voting day though, labor's campaign center lay shuttered after the party abandoned. for making anti-israel remarks, violations don't always represent the wider national

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party, make sure you prevent george gallaway from being your mp for and dominated by the massacre in gaza. on the river to the sea, the result came hours after polls closed, hereby declare that george galaway, a sweeping victory for veteran anti-war pro-palestine campaigner who reminded everyone that the anger in britain over the gaza genocide is not confined to the muslim community only. every muslim is bitterly angry. starmer and his misnamed labor party, but you would be very foolish if you did not realize that millions of other citizens of our country are. rachdale is home to a 30,000 strong muslim community. apart from bread and butter issues such as the declining public services, unemployment, poverty and crime that have racked the constituency for years. for the majority of the voters here, there was more to take into account. this has a blessing to basically take outward straight to parliament and if one person just goes in there as for sease fire ask for all these genocide to stop, it's more than any labor candidate or labor mp or anyone has done for for for many years. he c

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what does it mean for reform uk and what does it mean for the conservative party. ?ountry and? if we look at reform uk, it's clear this is quite a moment for them. nigel farage, the form leader brexit, described as a huge moment. leigh anderson will be their first mp. he gives them a realfigurehead in parliament. a sense that it is possible to be a reform uk mp. they've also said that they will do everything they can to get him reelected and when you look at the ashfield constituency, it's not implausible that that could happen in a general election. farfrom guaranteed, but would somebody of his profile have voters almost certainly. the second part is what this is for the conservative party. they suggest you're at reform uk are not the answer, saying voting for them will that the labour party. some who have always liked lee anderson and got along well with him and don't like what he has done today. others have perhaps always been a bit uncomfortable about some of the things that he has said. there is a sense that lee anderson speaks to some of their voters and a sens

the former deputy chairman of the conservative party, lee anderson, joins reform.oment by christopher gb news, political editor. he will tell us all and i will not say anything. i won't even dare comment . otherwise ofcom will be comment. otherwise ofcom will be given more ammunition to close down this programme he was -- he was a miner. he was a labour activist and supporter. he was even an agent for a labour mp up in his home constituency in north nottinghamshire . but then north nottinghamshire. but then lee anderson became a conservative in 2019. and he's been pretty high profile. in fact, he was even promoted, pushed up in the conservative party but he's gone now , he, of party but he's gone now, he, of course, lost the whip over being very critical of sadiq khan and perhaps using language that wasn't as polite as maybe it should have been . but today he's should have been. but today he's joined reform uk and the press has gone absolutely potty over it. it is, i think, a huge story. and of course i can't comment. i'm only the honorary president of reform. but

is same, that the reform party is a real threat . real threat. >> yes, absolutely. very long ago that they were publicly saying, oh, you know, they're irrelevant, but the truth is they are a very big threat to the conservatives because although they may not get many seats, what they're likely to do is take many people who otherwise or previously voted conservative who will vote for reform instead. and that will give potentially dozens of seats to labour that the conservatives might have held to . on and the polls have got closer and closer over the last few weeks , haven't they? richard few weeks, haven't they? richard tice, the leader of reform, told me a few weeks ago that he me just a few weeks ago that he expected they would be level with the conservatives by the summer. obviously , the summer. now, obviously, the defection of lee anderson has helped, but they are now with working class voters ahead of the conservatives. they're also ahead of the conservatives in the north. they're tied with voters from 50 to 64 and also men are more likely now to vote for the r

to the reform party further to the right, essentially saying the conservatives were not standing uphen the budget last week, set to try and enthuse the people and voters of britain about the conservatives' stewardship of the economy and that doesn't seem to have had much of a boost for the party, none at all whatsoever. all around the mood in the governing conservative party is grim. the governing conservative party is rim. ., , the governing conservative party is irim_ .,, . ., the governing conservative party is rim. .~ , , grim. rob watson at westminster, thank ou. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news in the uk. a 34—year—old man has beenjailed for at least 21 years for the murder of a man in newtownabbey, northern ireland, two years ago. 54—year—old roy reynolds, was beaten and stabbed to death. his remains were placed in a car boot and taken to a reservoir. ajudge described the murder as "merciless" and "brutal in the extreme". official figures show, hundreds of refugees were left homeless in london, during a cold sn

to the reform uk. the tory party to the reform uk. his, independent because he lost his, lost his , his whip lost his, his, his, his whip over that islamist remarks you referred earlier. so i think, referred to earlier. so i think, you know, i think really you know, i think it's really interesting. i think richard tice very clear. tice is certainly very clear. he's talking to mps. he thinks more across okay. more will come across okay. >> can get lots more >> well, you can get lots more of that story on our website. and thanks to you gb news. com is fastest growing national is the fastest growing national news country. news website in the country. it's breaking all it's got breaking news and all the brilliant you've the brilliant analysis you've come from gb news. now come to expect from gb news. now it's now time for our second guest of this hour, marcus fish joins us in the studio. you may have heard what lee anderson had to say. they're just still blasting both barrels. you feel felt let down by the conservative party and he feels

cross party consensus. _ planning reform. planning reform. cross party consensus. i real life? yes it is a difficult issue. i think productivity is} real life? yes it is a difficult - issue. i think productivity is the key to— issue. i think productivity is the key to this _ issue. i think productivity is the key to this. as victoria was saying. we can't _ key to this. as victoria was saying. we can't keep on putting more and more _ we can't keep on putting more and more taxpayers' money into public services _ more taxpayers' money into public services without improved performance. i listened to an interview _ performance. i listened to an interview last week with abbie tierney. — interview last week with abbie tierney, who turned around the passport — tierney, who turned around the passport office and now has gone to welsh _ passport office and now has gone to welsh rugby and i hope she does for them _ welsh rugby and i hope she does for them what _ welsh rugby and i hope she does for them what she did for the passport office _ them what she did for the passport o

chairman to the reform party ever to the reform party with ever more senior members of parliament standingtories almost 30 points behind labouh tories almost 30 points behind labour, could any event short of an asteroid reverse the government's fortunes, with two tax cuts in the last six months, falling inflation and energy pnces falling inflation and energy prices reduced crossings of the engush prices reduced crossings of the english channel. why does sunak receive no credit ? an excellent receive no credit? an excellent political panel will discuss all that. political panel will discuss all that . one incumbent does not that. one incumbent does not fear defeat voters in russia have been variously coaxed, cajoled and coerced into the

reform party, a local chap.or and homeless. labour have and the homeless. labour have found candidate. you heard found their candidate. you heard jonathan there, jonathan ashworth there, mentioning on air. so mentioning him on on air. so weighty. hooi the tories weighty. hoo hooi the tories will try and hold will stand to try and hold on to the seat, it looks like a the seat, but it looks like a very uphill task already. >> course labour >> and of course the labour party saying gone for party saying they've gone for a local there'll be a lot of local lad. there'll be a lot of that going on, a local lad to try and get the votes over the line and it's going to be all to play line and it's going to be all to play for. >> yeah, it will be, really will be. i mean i think it'll be, you know, full of symbolism, i think tyres tyres going out. tyres going in, tyres going out. you to them you already alluded to them with, talked about about with, we talked about about sandcastle. going sandcastle. i think it's going to a

party. nigel farage, welcome back to political thinking. thank you. you are back where you like being, aren't you? the centre of attention. well, i've always been a bit of a show—off. i mean, there is some truth in that. yeah, it's a funny thing, but i think current affairs, politics and current affairs in the uk today has such a dearth of personalities that i find myself at the centre of debates, whether i'm trying to or not, i sort of get dragged into things. there are some people listening to the radio or watching the telly now who were saying, why on earth are they talking to nigel farage? he's not a party leader. you've not been elected to anything for a very, very long time. well, that's not quite true, actually. who cares what he thinks? well, that's not quite true, actually, is it? because in may of 2019, you know, i led a party that was been alive forjust less than six weeks, that won an election, a european election, so dramatic that it forced the prime minister to resign immediate

nservative party. through the labour party, throtto reform speaks ve party. through the labour party,ve pa|old now to reform speaks to an old fashioned traditional conservative wants conservative who wants to conserve want to conserve the >> they want to conserve the family, the working person, education, british values. >> i agree with all of those things. but i think there's a manner and a way in which modern day conservatives, conservatives want those things expressed, how they want to engage, how they want to be sympathetic to other people's needs, and they want to have community cohesion and they want to have a growing economy, and they to these and they want to have these things, want to have it things, but they want to have it in way that is a modern in a way that is a modern conservative and conservative party. and i think lee his way lee anderson has his way of saying he speak for saying it. and he does speak for people, deny that. but he people, can't deny that. but he is moving across the political spectrum. and i don't think people really understand which political party h

the former conservative party chairman, lee anderson has defected to the populist party, reform uk —me theirfirst mp. the first video of britain's new laser weapon with the ability to shoot down drones, has been released by the ministry of defence. returning to our top story now — the princess of wales has acknowledged editing a family photograph that was issued by kensington palace on sunday. leading news agencies withdrew the photograph because of concerns it could have been digitally manipulated. in the last few minutes we have her kensington palace will not be releasing the original photographs of the princess of wales and her three children, only the one that has already been published. let's speak to royal commentator katie nicholl. what should have been a reassuring episode has turned into a bit of a mess, hasn't it? it episode has turned into a bit of a mess, hasn't it?— episode has turned into a bit of a mess, hasn't it? it has, as you say, this was meant _ mess, hasn't it? it has, as you say, this was meant to _ mess, hasn't it? it has, as you say, this was meant to be _ me

requires reforming the party law . well, mr. arab sadh, i want to ask now , because whenever we talk about the proportionality of elections , the question at all is the way of governance and these things. we are sure that the parties have not been formed and the basic infrastructure should be established first. our parties have actually been formed , if the parties that you want in the north are formed, do you still have objections to the proportionality of the elections? a local and political section in our own country and a section. we will also talk about the political function that creates political equations in general in the country and in the countries in general. i want to say that for the reasons that i will say later. we will suffer proportional elections. it is concluded that some of european countries in fact the beginning of yes. starting in the 19th century, like belgium and switzerland , they reached a dead end, that is, for example , in the time periods of 1950 to 2000, if you compare, in one case and i

party. farage, welcome back to political thinking. thank you. you are back where you like being, aren't you? the centre of attention. well, i've always been a bit of a show—off. i mean, there is some truth in that. yeah, it's a funny thing, but i think current affairs, politics and current affairs in the uk today has such a dearth of personalities that i find myself at the centre of debates, whether i'm trying to or not, i sort of get dragged into things. there are some people listening to the radio or watching the telly now who are saying, "why on earth are they talking to nigel farage? he's not a party leader". you've not been elected to anything for a very, very long time. well, that's not quite true, actually. "who cares what he thinks?" well, that's not quite true, actually, is it? because in may of 2019, you know, i led a party that had been alive forjust less than six weeks, that won an election, a european election, so dramatic that it forced the prime minister to resign immediately.

and we've seen, out of that, parties such as reform or before that the brexit party and ukip, emergesatisfy the desire that some people have to vote against the mainstream parties. and in many ways, tonight is another example of that. we may have a situation where galloway comes first and an independent candidate, david tully, comes second. to create a pincer movement on the main parties. but it's worth considering that you could argue that the labour party have,in could argue that the labour party have, in some ways, brought this upon themselves by failing to select a candidate in the first place who they had not done due diligence on. i think that's prance an interpretation. but nonetheless, it's because of the withdrawal of the official labour candidate that we've seen george galloway be able to come in and, as i say, we assume win tonight. d0 to come in and, as i say, we assume win tonight-— win tonight. do you think, as we look ahead _ win tonight. do you think, as we look ahead to _ win tonight. do you think, as we look ahead to a _ win tonight. do you think, as we look ahead t

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