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yeah, and a boundless optimism. >> katherine forster once again. well done for against the vienna and back in time to bring me that news. thank you very much. much appreciated. now, just after 3:30, we'll bring you catherine four fs full interview with rishi sunak. and it's a cracker and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gbnews.com. and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much . country. so thank you very much. moving on. now, a 73 year old man, british man, died from a possible heart attack after flights from heathrow airport to singapore hit turbulence. seven other people are critically injured. the singapore airlines flight was diverted to thailand, and our homeland security editor mark white, is across this story for us. mark, welcome to the show. a hugely concerning story. a british man dead. what else do we know? >> yeah, well, as the day has progressed , when we've been progressed, when we've been getting more in the way of details about this incident, the full signifi
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katherine forster down there. and the beautiful , sun kissed and the beautiful, sun kissed beach there at worthing. so the big question is, can we trust labour on defence and security ? labour on defence and security? well, let's get the thoughts now. the former minister of state for the armed forces, bill rammell. bill, welcome to the show. always a pleasure . hope show. always a pleasure. hope you're having a smashing bank holiday. sir keir starmer , i holiday. sir keir starmer, i will fight for you. quite happy to throw grenades , as it were, to throw grenades, as it were, at the conservative party. desperate teenage dad's army stuff on national service. but we're yet to find a battle plan from sir keir. when's he going to show us his medals on defence? >> he's already given a lot of detail. i mean, look, the commitment to defence and security under keir starmer, under this labour party and sound events is absolutely strong, demonstrating how the party has changed since the aberration of jeremy corbyn, the rock
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katherine forster, thank you very much for joining katherine forster, thank you very much forjoining us. as ever. very much forjoining us. as ever . now, very much forjoining us. as ever. now, coming up, as british children emerge from a new study as world leaders in laziness, which party will put our kids first? i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel welcome back. time is 346. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now, according to a new study published by the world health organisation, british children are among the least active in the entire world. as day to day exercise largely disappears from young people's lives. an astonishing admission and the survey observed that the lives of children aged 11, 12 and 15 and showed that only 11% of girls and 16% of boys in england are doing the recommended 60 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity. well, joining me now to discuss this is the tv weight loss presenter steve miller . loss presenter steve miller. steve, always a delight to have you on the show. and once again, our collective jaws are on the desk
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they are dying. >> katherine forster . gb they are dying. >> katherine forster. gb news. >> katherine forster. gb news. >> terrible. okay, well, joining us now are three victims of that scandal ade goodyear, steve nichols and richard warwick. they join us now from london. good morning to you all. ade, let's start with you. i've known you for a few years, and this has been a long time coming today. has been a long time coming today . lots of people talking today. lots of people talking about apologies, but we've had apologies and mealy mouthed gestures over the years. what are you actually hoping for today? is it about the money? >> absolutely not. i mean, the money is a part of this, obviously, because after 40 years of no insurances, mortgages and so on, lack of employment, finances do come into it. of course , the losses, into it. of course, the losses, but it's about contrition and justice today. we need things that we need delivered. survivors to robustly recommend, justice that we waited 40 years for. >> yeah. and richard, how significant is it for you to he
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they are dying. >> katherine forster gb news. >> katherine forster gb news. >> just an astonishing. >> just an astonishing. >> astonishing, really astonishing, shall we speak to our gb news political correspondent, katherine forster she can join us now. catherine, thank you very much indeed . thank you very much indeed. you've spoken to victims families about this scandal, what means the most to them when it comes to this inquiry ? vie it comes to this inquiry? vie this report being published ? this report being published? >> yes. good afternoon, tom and emily. well, there's three things that victims and victims families are looking for. of course, 3000 people have already died and will never see any measure of justice. and two people still dying every week. first of all, they are looking for answers and the report that's being published by sir bnan that's being published by sir brian langstaff . and as a result brian langstaff. and as a result of this public inquiry out at 1230, will give some long awaited answers. i hear it's about 2000 pages. people have been piling into central ha
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katherine forster . you're leader's narrative on it. katherine forster. you're in the nonh katherine forster. you're in the north west with the prime minister rishi sunak, julian knight. now mp, is, saying that he's going to run as an independent and has sent a letter to the prime minister saying that he he's contemplated suicide because of all of the bullying and harassment that he's received . he's received. >> yes, that's right. quite an excoriate writing letter that he has sent to rishi sunak this lunchtime , of course, julian lunchtime, of course, julian knight had been the conservative mp for solihull, but he had the whip withdrawn. there was a lengthy police investigation into his conduct and he was an independent mp in the house of commons. he's now said that he is going to stand for re—election as an independent mp, but he has been absolutely scathing about the treatment, which he feels he's received at the hands of the conservative party and the whips office in particular. he said, as you mentioned, that he did contemplate suicide and so not g
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well, let's speak to our political correspondent, katherine forster in wales. i mean, catherine angela rayner is not known for being a wallflower, she speaks her mind . but is it is it a bit her mind. but is it is it a bit surprising that she'd speak out so openly in favour of diane abbott ? abbott? >> well, i mean, you don't mess with angela rayner . and i >> well, i mean, you don't mess with angela rayner. and i think she feels that in her position as deputy leader of the labour party, she can say this, it's all gone a bit wrong, hasn't it? this, this thing with diane abbott. because what was supposed to happen was that, they were supposed to give the whip back to her in an orderly fashion. of course she was. over a year without it. after writing that opinion piece over a year ago, and she was supposed to be given the whip back then. she would, in due course, have announced that she had decided to retire and not stand in the next election. but of course, the next election came much, much sooner than labour or indeed any of us were expecting. and so, of course
well, let's speak to our political correspondent, katherine forster in wales. i mean, catherine angela rayner is not known for being a wallflower, she speaks her mind . but is it is it a bit her mind. but is it is it a bit surprising that she'd speak out so openly in favour of diane abbott ? abbott? >> well, i mean, you don't mess with angela rayner . and i >> well, i mean, you don't mess with angela rayner. and i think she feels that in her position as deputy leader of the labour...
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they are dying. >> katherine forster gb news. >> katherine forster gb news. >> and katherine forster are joins us now. good morning. catherine a brilliant little package that explaining the history to this really sad story. andrew and i were just saying the compensation is one side, but actually, will there be any accountability for individuals ? what penalties individuals? what penalties might people face if they are named in this report? >> andrew, sorry, i'm struggling to hear you. there's a huge numbers of trucks going past me here at central hall in westminster, a lot of them with the faces of people who have died in this scandal. i think you are asking me about accountability . well, we hope accountability. well, we hope so. we won't have a very to long wait. the, report is being published , from this public published, from this public inquiry at 12:30 today. i understand people going inside to read it, to get a preview of it and that it's going to be not printed as hard copies because it's going to run to about 2000 pages. there's been so much evidence given. now, what we hope
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so joining us now in the studio is our political correspondent katherine forster. good morning to you, catherine, give us your judgement then on what's happened so far. i am i right in saying it's only really not even half time yet, but yes, they are down a couple of goals. >> we've still got a very, very long way to go with the local election results. most . of i election results. most. of i think we've only had about a third, just over a third of councils declare, but but the conservatives think they might lose. ultimately up to 500 seats at the moment. it does look like they may be on on track for that labour have had a couple of particularly notable big wins . particularly notable big wins. first of all, they've got hartlepool back. of course , when hartlepool back. of course, when keir starmer lost hartlepool back in 2021, it was the height of the vaccine bounce. boris johnson was riding high. he seriously thought about resigning. but look . how things resigning. but look. how things have turned around since then. so they've got hartlepool back, they've also a
so joining us now in the studio is our political correspondent katherine forster. good morning to you, catherine, give us your judgement then on what's happened so far. i am i right in saying it's only really not even half time yet, but yes, they are down a couple of goals. >> we've still got a very, very long way to go with the local election results. most . of i election results. most. of i think we've only had about a third, just over a third of councils declare, but but the...
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katherine forster our political correspondent. >> okay. all right. interesting yes. it's nicely the pro—palestine lot turning out to have a word with keir starmer and anyone else who will listen behind katherine forster there. i'll be honest with you, we were expecting a bit more from keir starmer today on the issue of security. he did, however , well security. he did, however, well take the mickey out of rishi sunak national service, policy. i should also say he's doing quite a lot of that, isn't he? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i should also say it's national service and community service, isn't it , here national service and community service, isn't it, here is what keir starmer had to say about rishi sunak's plans, announced over the weekend to get 18 year olds to do either community work or join the olds to do either community work orjoin the military. or join the military. >> well, this spinning round and round, it's symbolic of the chaos and the instability . chaos and the instability. you've seen that again over the past few days, that the desperation of this natio
katherine forster our political correspondent. >> okay. all right. interesting yes. it's nicely the pro—palestine lot turning out to have a word with keir starmer and anyone else who will listen behind katherine forster there. i'll be honest with you, we were expecting a bit more from keir starmer today on the issue of security. he did, however , well security. he did, however, well take the mickey out of rishi sunak national service, policy. i should also say he's doing quite a lot of...
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let's go live to the scene now where our correspondent katherine forster is, catherine, tell us more about this. it seems the most crazy coincidence . most crazy coincidence. >> yes. good afternoon. tom and emily. >> what are the odds? but, yes , >> what are the odds? but, yes, indeed.the >> what are the odds? but, yes, indeed. the 14 year old boy who tragically lost his life yesterday, early morning here in hainault, went to bancroft's school . it's an independent school. it's an independent school. the same school as grace o'malley kumar, who lost her life , stabbed to death last year life, stabbed to death last year while defending her friend barnaby webber. >> her parents have offered their condolences. said that you know, hardly anybody knows what it is to lose a child in this way and that it is, you know, absolutely unspeakable , we still absolutely unspeakable, we still don't know the identity of the boy, of course, but we do know that his mother was a science teacher at, the holy family catholic school in waltham forest. a note was sent to parents yesterday saying that , pare
let's go live to the scene now where our correspondent katherine forster is, catherine, tell us more about this. it seems the most crazy coincidence . most crazy coincidence. >> yes. good afternoon. tom and emily. >> what are the odds? but, yes , >> what are the odds? but, yes, indeed.the >> what are the odds? but, yes, indeed. the 14 year old boy who tragically lost his life yesterday, early morning here in hainault, went to bancroft's school . it's an independent...
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let's speak to our political correspondent katherine forster, who is there in downing street . thank you in downing street. thank you very much indeed, catherine. quite the clash in the commons this. >> but first, catherine, i understand behind you in number 10. now, the tory polling guru isaac levido has been meeting with senior tory mps. what's going on? >> yes, that's right, a bit of activity behind me. meeting for conservative mps started at 2:00. so those rolling in now are officially late. and i've just seen steve baker. he was asked if there were any further defections to come. he said he thought it was very unlikely. kit malthouse was asked if everyone was behind the prime minister. he seemed not to hear that question. but basically this is the second session that isaac levido the tory election mastermind, has hosted along with the prime minister and richard holden, the chair of the conservative party it's basically a debrief after those disastrous, local elections . so disastrous, local elections. so it's going to be an exercise, i am sure, in reassurance and listening
let's speak to our political correspondent katherine forster, who is there in downing street . thank you in downing street. thank you very much indeed, catherine. quite the clash in the commons this. >> but first, catherine, i understand behind you in number 10. now, the tory polling guru isaac levido has been meeting with senior tory mps. what's going on? >> yes, that's right, a bit of activity behind me. meeting for conservative mps started at 2:00. so those rolling in now are...
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absolutely. >> i'm sure they. >> i'm sure they. >> martin baxter katherine forster. excellent. i really, really enjoyed that . we all love really enjoyed that. we all love a bit of data. not quite as much as you though. you absolutely love it. anyway coming up, big wins for independent candidates in oldham . but could the war in in oldham. but could the war in gaza tear the labour party apart? i'm about to speak to a councillor. why? he has grave concerns. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel. that was brilliant welcome back. your time is 521. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now, earlier on today , gb news. now, earlier on today, labour sensationally lost control of oldham council after big gains by independent candidates running on the issue of the war in gaza. well polling guru john curtice said there is a trend of the labour vote failing in areas with high muslim populations. and sir keir starmer also admitted that his party's stance on the israel—hamas war was a very strong factor for their defeat in places such as oldham. well, joining me now to
absolutely. >> i'm sure they. >> i'm sure they. >> martin baxter katherine forster. excellent. i really, really enjoyed that . we all love really enjoyed that. we all love a bit of data. not quite as much as you though. you absolutely love it. anyway coming up, big wins for independent candidates in oldham . but could the war in in oldham. but could the war in gaza tear the labour party apart? i'm about to speak to a councillor. why? he has grave concerns. i'm martin daubney...
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let's go to katherine forster now outside labour hq. what keir starmer and his top team up to today. >> yes. good afternoon tom and emily. well sir keir starmer down in kent today at a football club surrounded by people holding placards with one word change. that's quite a powerful message, isn't it? after 14 years of conservative government. but the fundamental message coming from labour today , as yesterday, in that very warm, dry speech that sir keir starmer made, three things really stop the chaos. number one, change number two. and then they say they will build a better britain. now in the last hour or so, a very polished campaign video has been put out by labour, focusing on sir keir starmer's working class roots , starmer's working class roots, saying i grew up working class, i've been fighting all my life as pm. i'll fight for you, complete with very stirring music. now talking to people, around sir keir starmer, both yesterday and this morning. a number of them are are here and they were shocked and very surprised, along with a
let's go to katherine forster now outside labour hq. what keir starmer and his top team up to today. >> yes. good afternoon tom and emily. well sir keir starmer down in kent today at a football club surrounded by people holding placards with one word change. that's quite a powerful message, isn't it? after 14 years of conservative government. but the fundamental message coming from labour today , as yesterday, in that very warm, dry speech that sir keir starmer made, three things really...
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well, joining me now is gb news political correspondent, katherine forster. catherine just how serious could this be for the labour party.7 but also my question is the conservatives knew about this, yet did nothing about it. surely it's just as bad for them too.7 >> well, yes, of course. and thatis >> well, yes, of course. and that is exactly what labour are saying. well, if you are so bothered about this, why didn't you do something about it at the time when, according to the sunday times and sir robert buckland, the former justice secretary, natalie elphicke, tried to get him to intervene , tried to get him to intervene, potentially in her husband's case, potentially moving it to a lower profile court with a lower profile judge. the paper goes on to say that after sir robert buckland batted her away , said buckland batted her away, said it would be totally inappropriate, and after her husband subsequently was jailed. she then tried to intervene again. now she didn't get to sir robert buckland this time, but she got to the chief whip and basically her compla
well, joining me now is gb news political correspondent, katherine forster. catherine just how serious could this be for the labour party.7 but also my question is the conservatives knew about this, yet did nothing about it. surely it's just as bad for them too.7 >> well, yes, of course. and thatis >> well, yes, of course. and that is exactly what labour are saying. well, if you are so bothered about this, why didn't you do something about it at the time when, according to the...
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well, gb news political correspondent katherine forster spoke with sir keir starmer earlier on about how the labour party are going to tackle the current channel crisis. >> we absolutely have to stop the boats , there's no question the boats, there's no question about that. we shouldn't have anybody making that dangerous journey across the channel and the government has lost control of the borders. record numbers have come already this year under sunak's leadership, so we've got to get to grips with that. no country can lose control of its borders and that will be a priority . vie i think will be a priority. vie i think that the first thing we need to do is to smash the gangs that are running the vile trade and putting people in boats in the first place. >> okay, nigel, before we move on to that explosive interview with trevor phillips, any reaction there to sir keir starmer talking tough on stopping the boat? >> yeah , we've been trying to >> yeah, we've been trying to smash the drugs gangs now for decades and every single year we have to admit that we haven't succeeded at all, that
well, gb news political correspondent katherine forster spoke with sir keir starmer earlier on about how the labour party are going to tackle the current channel crisis. >> we absolutely have to stop the boats , there's no question the boats, there's no question about that. we shouldn't have anybody making that dangerous journey across the channel and the government has lost control of the borders. record numbers have come already this year under sunak's leadership, so we've got to get to...
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katherine forster, thank you very much. we're going to cross now to our political editor, christopher hope, who i'm told has got off rishi sunak bus, christopher. they've they've plonked you somewhere in scotland, but thankfully we've got a stable signal now, what's been today like ? been today like? >> tom. that's right. welcome here. this is inverness. it is tipping with rain in inverness . tipping with rain in inverness. before earlier there was a very difficult signal as we left the nigg, the port of nigg, where they make these enormous great wind turbines replacing the oil rigs from the past there with new new economy, green energy . new new economy, green energy. today it's been an extraordinary day for the prime minister, rishi sunak the first day, first full day of the general election, travel from london to erewash in derbyshire , maggie erewash in derbyshire, maggie throup seat around 10,000. that was a defensive visit. if we're looking at 10,000 seats, then we are looking at some form of labour majority. but then
katherine forster, thank you very much. we're going to cross now to our political editor, christopher hope, who i'm told has got off rishi sunak bus, christopher. they've they've plonked you somewhere in scotland, but thankfully we've got a stable signal now, what's been today like ? been today like? >> tom. that's right. welcome here. this is inverness. it is tipping with rain in inverness . tipping with rain in inverness. before earlier there was a very difficult signal as we left the...
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thank you katherine forster, for that update from abergavenny in wales. we'll come back to you later in the show. of course. now let's get reactions to the problems facing sir keir starmer. now i'm joined by giles kenningham, who's the former head of press at number 10. welcome to the show. pleasure to have your company giles. so listen, you spent your time advising people, prime ministers how to get out of a pickle. what would your advice be today to sir keir starmer? he's out on the stump. he's trying to get his ideas across on the election campaign. nobody is asking him about it. the focus on this civil war at the heart of the labour party, how does he get himself out of this pickle with the press? well, look , i think it's hugely look, i think it's hugely problematic for him. >> his main attack line on the tories is that they are, you know, they are chaotic, they're dysfunctional , and yet that's dysfunctional, and yet that's exactly what's happening in his own party, which is split, you know, with divisions. >> and we know that ultimately the elector
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thank you very much, katherine forster. and of course, we'll cross back to you. live throughout the rest of the show. we'll have lots more on that story , of course, that story, of course, throughout the three hours coming. and there's plenty more on our website, gb news. com and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much . now summer website in the country. so thank you very much. now summer is just around the corner. apparently and we want to make it sizzle for you . with an it sizzle for you. with an incredible £20,000 in cash up for grabs in the latest great british giveaway. it's our biggest cash prize to date and it could be yours. and here's how you could be our winner. >> we've blown the budget by giving you the chance to win a totally terrific £20,000 in tax free cash to make your summer spectacular. you could use that cash to splash out on a holiday, make the garden glam, buy a new car, or just save it for a rainy day. whatever you'd spend £20,000 on, make sure you don't miss the chance t
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as ever, the gb news political correspondent katherine forster there. now for all the best analysis and opinion on that story and more, you can go to our website. we're @gbnews .com now , the rwanda @gbnews .com now, the rwanda asylum policy that's due to end under labour, with sir keir starmer describing the scheme as an absolute waste of money. the party leader says he wants to create a border security command fund to tackle the small boat crisis. sir keir unveiled proposals for stronger new counter—terror powers that will effectively treat people smugglers like terrorists . it smugglers like terrorists. it will be supported by around 1000 additional officers recruited by mi5. additional officers recruited by m15. labour says it will spend £75 million on that plan. if it wins the general election, the equivalent of what would be spent sending migrants to rwanda for a year. well, joining me to discuss this is the former labour special adviser, paul richards, and the former leader of ukip, henry bolton. henry, i'll start with you , because i'll start
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katherine forster there for us at labour party hq and olivia utley in downing street. thank you very much indeed . thank you very much indeed. >> right. let's get the view then of former labour defence minister ivan kaplan who joins us now. good to see you this morning. i mean, there is an issue actually about clear blue water, isn't there, between the two parties that the that keir starmer is going to have to deal with and one of the key ones actually is defence spending . actually is defence spending. he's got to get himself in line with what the country clearly wants, doesn't he? if he's going to win this election . to win this election. >> i don't think there's any doubt, stephen, that labour will want to at least have the 2.5 that, both, keir has already said and that the prime minister has said in relation to what happens, over the next five or so years, i think the issue for the labour party in this situation, one that that i can remember very well all those years ago in 96, 97, is that in opposition? you can't really go full blame with everything going early on
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katherine forster is outside labour party hq. catherine they're all fanning out across they're all fanning out across the country already. >> yes they are. and good morning, andrew and bev, sir keir starmer of course, in kent this morning surrounded by people holding placards that simply say one word change. that is labour's key pitch, they're saying in the speech yesterday where sir keir starmer was very warm and dry, wasn't he? compared to the prime minister stop the chaos, time for change. and then build a better britain. now i'm here in southwark, outside labour hq this morning. i've seen sue gray and sir keir starmer's chief of staff come in. a very controversial appointment. wasn't it's that last year, of course, she'd led the partygate investigation . the partygate investigation. also talking to some members of starmer's team that i know that came over for a chat a bit earlier on, they are as shocked as anybody else in the whole of westminster, to be honest, that this is happening now. they were not expecting it either. bu
katherine forster is outside labour party hq. catherine they're all fanning out across they're all fanning out across the country already. >> yes they are. and good morning, andrew and bev, sir keir starmer of course, in kent this morning surrounded by people holding placards that simply say one word change. that is labour's key pitch, they're saying in the speech yesterday where sir keir starmer was very warm and dry, wasn't he? compared to the prime minister stop the chaos, time for...
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katherine forster, thank you very much. excellent week from you and i look forward to working with you again next week. great stuff on the road with the conservatives now rishi sunak and sir keir starmer will go head to head in the first tv debate next tuesday evening , and debate next tuesday evening, and liberal democrat leader sir ed davey hasn't been invited and he's not happy. well, liberal democrats will take part in any debate that were allowed and frankly, we should be allowed into all of them, in my view, and our main message in this election have been on the health service and care health services, on its knee, on its knees, and it needs to be rescued, particularly with more gps and more nhs dentists and investment in care. >> but we're also talking about our economic ideas to grow our economy and also deal with the cost of living. and we're talking about the environment that's so important. people are really angry that the conservatives have allowed the water companies to pump their filthy sewage into rivers, lak
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correspondent, katherine forster. catherine, welcome to the show . yesterday you're with the show. yesterday you're with the show. yesterday you're with the prime minister in vienna. today the prime minister, seemingly the rumour mill throwing the cat amongst the pigeons. what's the latest from downing street ? downing street? >> yes. good afternoon martin. well, if you'd asked me yesterday or the day before and i was with the prime minister in vienna , if he was about to call vienna, if he was about to call a general election on his return , a general election on his return i , a general election on his return , i would have said absolutely not. i still expect it will be november. if you'd asked me when i got up this morning, i would have said the same. but i have to say, the rumour mill here in westminster is absolutely crazy and there are. we're trying to piece together a jigsaw. we don't have a full picture, of course, but pieces do seem to be falling into place. and it does seem we know something big is happening
correspondent, katherine forster. catherine, welcome to the show . yesterday you're with the show. yesterday you're with the show. yesterday you're with the prime minister in vienna. today the prime minister, seemingly the rumour mill throwing the cat amongst the pigeons. what's the latest from downing street ? downing street? >> yes. good afternoon martin. well, if you'd asked me yesterday or the day before and i was with the prime minister in vienna , if he was about to call vienna, if...
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let's talk to our political correspondent katherine forster. good morning . katherine forster. good morning. i mean, we're looking at the at the top two in all of this are we were we knew it was going to be bad for the tories, but it seems to be looking at what we've had in so far. if you sort of follow that through, it does look like their worst case scenario. >> it does. and potentially they might expect to lose 500 council seats. it looks at the moment like that is on track to happen. worth saying of course, the conservatives will be clutching at straws . they would say. of at straws. they would say. of course, the last time these council seats were up for election was at 2021. it was the height of the vaccine bounce, bofis height of the vaccine bounce, boris johnson sort of at the height of his powers. so it is a high water mark. but, can i just ask on that one? >> because when we talked to the chairman of the conservative party earlier on, he talked about the vaccine bounce. yeah, i mean, but they're using that as an excuse, aren't they, to say? well, it was, it was, it w
let's talk to our political correspondent katherine forster. good morning . katherine forster. good morning. i mean, we're looking at the at the top two in all of this are we were we knew it was going to be bad for the tories, but it seems to be looking at what we've had in so far. if you sort of follow that through, it does look like their worst case scenario. >> it does. and potentially they might expect to lose 500 council seats. it looks at the moment like that is on track to happen....
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katherine forster that means months of torture . that means months of torture. >> yeah, well, to be honest, martin, i never really believed that they were going to go earlier than they had to because why would anyone in their right mind go to the polls when you are 20 points behind? but yes, there's been all sorts of rumours flying around. they seem to have been finally put to bed. we're looking at an election in the autumn. i think still most likely november the 14th or the 21st. likely november the 14th or the zist. a likely november the 14th or the 21st. a week or so after the american election, which of course is on november the fifth. they possibly could go a little bit later . they possibly could go a little bit later. boris johnson did have an election in december, didn't he? 2019 or even january, although i don't think they'll be quite that cruel. but but yes, they still hope that something will turn up. they hope that the economic picture will improve. they hope that these tax cuts that they've given to national insurance,
katherine forster that means months of torture . that means months of torture. >> yeah, well, to be honest, martin, i never really believed that they were going to go earlier than they had to because why would anyone in their right mind go to the polls when you are 20 points behind? but yes, there's been all sorts of rumours flying around. they seem to have been finally put to bed. we're looking at an election in the autumn. i think still most likely november the 14th or the 21st. likely...
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katherine forster, good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. >> the animal rights group peta has revealed that the queen has pledged to buy no more fur products. >> but the international fur federation has said that royals shouldn't be put under pressure from animal activists. >> the queen, following in the footsteps of the late queen, she switched to faux fur back in 2019, apparently. >> well, we're now joined by royal historian and columnist martin whittock. very good to see you this morning, martin. what do you make of this? >> well, in many ways, this is consistent with the very strong environmental principles associated with the king. so, for example , the oil used for for example, the oil used for anointing the king is coronation was animal free for the first time ever. the coronation role . time ever. the coronation role. that's the handwritten record of the coronation recently presented to the king and queen, was produced on paper, not on parchment that would have been from animal skin. the palace has not ser
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>> the katherine forster. thank you for stepping in there. and we will go back to tom lubbock after the news. he will rejoin us. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00. i get the latest from france, where at least two prison guards have been shot dead after heavily armed men ambushed a prison van to free an inmate who's believed to free an inmate who's believed to be a drug lord. but first is your latest news headlines. it's sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much. good afternoon from the newsroom. it'sjust good afternoon from the newsroom. it's just after 3:30, and we will start with the story leading the news this afternoon, angry scenes continuing in georgia with riot police now moving into the nation's parliament after protesters there broke through the exterior barriers . if there broke through the exterior barriers. if you're there broke through the exterior barriers . if you're watching there broke through the exterior barriers. if you're watching on television, you can see here pictures of those protesters as they cl
>> the katherine forster. thank you for stepping in there. and we will go back to tom lubbock after the news. he will rejoin us. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00. i get the latest from france, where at least two prison guards have been shot dead after heavily armed men ambushed a prison van to free an inmate who's believed to free an inmate who's believed to be a drug lord. but first is your latest news headlines. it's sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much....
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joining us now, political correspondent katherine forster. let's go to her and see what she makes of all of this. good morning catherine. >> yes. good morning. i think some real dividing lines emerging now between the conservatives and labour ahead of the general election later this year. so chris philp, the policing minister with plans to use technology , £4 million use technology, £4 million extra, talking of ones that they'd be able to use to scan people from a distance to see if they're using a knife, facial recognition and etc. and writing in the telegraph today, he's called for a big increase in the use of stop and search. now that's something that had largely fallen out of favour since 2010, when the then home secretary , theresa may, secretary, theresa may, basically said they should police should be using it much less because campaign groups were saying that black males were saying that black males were being disproportionately targeted. the amount of stop and search is basically three quarters, three quarters less than it was back
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let me cross live to our political correspondent, katherine forster. she is live in westminster. it's been a very busy day. bring my listeners and viewers up to speed with the twists and turns of it. catherine >> yes? good evening michelle. well, only 25 hours since rishi sunak stood in the pouring rain with things can only get better blaring from the end of downing street. and he has been on a whirlwind trip. last night he was in east london. this morning he was in derby. at lunchtime he was in cardiff. he is now in scotland, getting all across the uk. his central message you're going to hear it again and again and again . the world is and again. the world is a dangerous place. stick with the plan . don't go back to square plan. don't go back to square one. he's wanting people to think better. the devil you know with all their problems, keir starmer, he was in kent at a football ground, got very slick videos going, talking about working class background. his central message is change. they're saying stop the chaos, it's they're saying stop the chaos, wsfime they're saying stop
let me cross live to our political correspondent, katherine forster. she is live in westminster. it's been a very busy day. bring my listeners and viewers up to speed with the twists and turns of it. catherine >> yes? good evening michelle. well, only 25 hours since rishi sunak stood in the pouring rain with things can only get better blaring from the end of downing street. and he has been on a whirlwind trip. last night he was in east london. this morning he was in derby. at lunchtime he...
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that's katherine forster then you know i'll come on to in a second the three strikes and you're out of your social housing for antisocial behaviour. why on earth is as many as three three attempts before you get the boot? i can hear people moaning and groaning alongside me. i'll come on to that in a second, let's cut to the chase. but diane abbott thing, we've been going round in circles over the last few days. it's getting a bit boring now, quite frankly. anyway, look, we've got to the end of it. she's allowed to stand now. is that good? >> i don't think it is actually, i think with diane abbott, it's a it's a symbol of how the left really gives people a free pass. there's a double standard here. if you look at everything, diane abbott has said in recent years. well, crikey, let's think about it. jews don't experience racism , white people can't possibly understand black patients in hospitals. oh, here's another classic. chairman mao did more good than harm. also, white people like to divide and conquer . another classic by conquer. another classic by diane abbott. yet here we are, th
that's katherine forster then you know i'll come on to in a second the three strikes and you're out of your social housing for antisocial behaviour. why on earth is as many as three three attempts before you get the boot? i can hear people moaning and groaning alongside me. i'll come on to that in a second, let's cut to the chase. but diane abbott thing, we've been going round in circles over the last few days. it's getting a bit boring now, quite frankly. anyway, look, we've got to the end of...
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forster, without any more of a delay because catherine, there's lots to get through tonight, anyone that's been busy all day long that hasn't followed the news, just bnng hasn't followed the news, just bring out the best bits, the key points, if you will. >> yes. so a very bad day for the conservative party, as we knew it was going to be the last time these, local election, these particular seats were fought was 2021, when boris johnson was sort of at the height of his powers. so lots of losses to labour, as you would expect. but but a few crumbs of comfort, i would say, for the prime minister. and first of all, they came second to labour, that blackpool south that by—election, caused by scott bell and the lobbying scandal that went to labour. but the conservatives did come second. reform snapping at their heels just 100 votes behind. and then again, they managed the conservatives to keep the tees valley . ben houchen with valley. ben houchen with a majority of 19,000, now a reduced majority. but a big majority nonetheless. so rishi sunak will take some comfort from that . he is h
forster, without any more of a delay because catherine, there's lots to get through tonight, anyone that's been busy all day long that hasn't followed the news, just bnng hasn't followed the news, just bring out the best bits, the key points, if you will. >> yes. so a very bad day for the conservative party, as we knew it was going to be the last time these, local election, these particular seats were fought was 2021, when boris johnson was sort of at the height of his powers. so lots of...
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katherine forster, why is there a purge of the left going on? >> that seems to be many people see what's happening here. so the divisions that sir keir starmer has managed to paper over within the labour party for a long, long time, really emerging today. elsewhere, rishi sunak, the prime minister and talking at an event, was quizzed by somebody who's mother had died during covid and he wasn't able to say goodbye to her. a difficult moment for him . difficult moment for him. meanwhile, sir ed davey, another day, another stunt, i think this one to top them all, going down that waterslide wearing not terribly much a picture that none of us can ever forget . none of us can ever forget. >> we'll never be able to unsee that image of ed davey zipping down that slide. i mean, how much more ridiculous can some of these stunts get? as i've said, we've got 35 days to go. we've already seen them zipping down hills on push bikes, today we've just seen the slip and slide. we've seen people falling off paddleboards. what are we going to get to by the time we'
katherine forster, why is there a purge of the left going on? >> that seems to be many people see what's happening here. so the divisions that sir keir starmer has managed to paper over within the labour party for a long, long time, really emerging today. elsewhere, rishi sunak, the prime minister and talking at an event, was quizzed by somebody who's mother had died during covid and he wasn't able to say goodbye to her. a difficult moment for him . difficult moment for him. meanwhile,...
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let's head to south wales and our political correspondent katherine forster. it does seem a little extraordinary, catherine. the talking about the future of wales today. but you've got keir starmer who's going to be dogged with questions about diane abbott and others and vaughan gething, who's going to be dogged by questions about this no confidence vote that's going ahead. >> yes. good morning stephen and ellie. yes we're here in south wales as sir keir starmer will be wanting to talk about the plans of a possible labour government in westminster for wales. but it's going to be a lot of questions. i'm sure, about diane abbott and indeed vaughan gething and those, questionable donations that he received for his campaign that ultimately helped him to become first minister here. on diane abbott . of course, she was the abbott. of course, she was the first black female mp to come into parliament. she was an mp for 37 years. she's a huge, huge figure . and she was suspended figure. and she was suspended over a piece that she wrote for over a piece that she wrote f
let's head to south wales and our political correspondent katherine forster. it does seem a little extraordinary, catherine. the talking about the future of wales today. but you've got keir starmer who's going to be dogged with questions about diane abbott and others and vaughan gething, who's going to be dogged by questions about this no confidence vote that's going ahead. >> yes. good morning stephen and ellie. yes we're here in south wales as sir keir starmer will be wanting to talk...
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. >> joining us now is our political correspondent katherine forster to tell us what we might expect this afternoon or this morning . afternoon or this morning. catherine, any minute now, i think angela rayner is speaking right now, isn't she? what else are we going to hear from them ? are we going to hear from them? >> yes, any minute now. so we'll be hearing from sir keir starmer, angela rayner, rachel reeves and these six pledges. now there's nothing actually new here because keir starmer has been talking about his five national missions for some months now. but they were not terribly well defined, a little bit woolly. they didn't really get much cut through. so now they've basically rebranded them, repackaged them to make what they hope is a more voter friendly offer. and of course, they've added one now. tony blair, back before the 1997 landslide, had five pledges, keir starmer has gone up to six, they're very light on numbers. no numbers really, apart from , no numbers really, apart from, of course, teachers, perhaps that's deliberate , given the that's deliberate, given the st
. >> joining us now is our political correspondent katherine forster to tell us what we might expect this afternoon or this morning . afternoon or this morning. catherine, any minute now, i think angela rayner is speaking right now, isn't she? what else are we going to hear from them ? are we going to hear from them? >> yes, any minute now. so we'll be hearing from sir keir starmer, angela rayner, rachel reeves and these six pledges. now there's nothing actually new here because...
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should we cross to our political correspondent, katherine forster to try and make some sense of what this really was today? because, catherine, a lot of people saying there wasn't really anything new. >> well, you're quite right, tom and emily, we've actually heard all of these pledges before in one form or another . all of these pledges before in one form or another. keir starmer announced his five missions for national renewal, as he likes to say over a year ago now . but they didn't really ago now. but they didn't really cut through with the public. they were a little bit with me. they were a little bit with me. they didn't cut through in the same way as rishi sunak. currently rather ill fated five promises so they've added one. that's the one concerning this, border security command that was announced last week to try to counter illegal immigration. and with the other five, they've sort of refined them and distilled them down into something that they think is going to resonate with voters. let's have a look first at what keir starmer had to say a little bit earlier . bit earlier.
should we cross to our political correspondent, katherine forster to try and make some sense of what this really was today? because, catherine, a lot of people saying there wasn't really anything new. >> well, you're quite right, tom and emily, we've actually heard all of these pledges before in one form or another . all of these pledges before in one form or another. keir starmer announced his five missions for national renewal, as he likes to say over a year ago now . but they didn't...
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. >> now, our political correspondent, katherine forster has been meeting with rishi sunakin has been meeting with rishi sunak in vienna, talking about how the united kingdom is potentially leading the way when it comes to migration policy. the austrian chancellor has a lot to say about the rwanda policy. >> yes . is it policy. >> yes. is it almost as if he may wish to copy and paste the deal? perhaps not with rwanda, perhaps with another third country? we know that ursula von der elianne has started thinking about this. she's certainly considering which countries she could do it with. morocco. >> right. tunisia and egypt were the two that she mentioned just a few weeks ago. but there are many countries that the eu is looking to do deals with, as a bloc, but also specifically and perhaps further , 15 eu countries perhaps further, 15 eu countries now looking to follow this sort of rwanda model. it will be really interesting to see what rishi sunak has had to say about his private meeting with the austrian chancellor in the chancellery. there in vienna. >> yes, i'm sure rishi sunak, the
. >> now, our political correspondent, katherine forster has been meeting with rishi sunakin has been meeting with rishi sunak in vienna, talking about how the united kingdom is potentially leading the way when it comes to migration policy. the austrian chancellor has a lot to say about the rwanda policy. >> yes . is it policy. >> yes. is it almost as if he may wish to copy and paste the deal? perhaps not with rwanda, perhaps with another third country? we know that ursula von...
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that's katherine forster. she's our gb news political correspondent. well, joining me in the clash, lord daniel moylan and also norman baken daniel moylan and also norman baker. daniel natalie elphicke. is she a bonus to the conservative party? >> oh, can i just say a couple of things about natalie elphicke and i don't want to defend her, but i'm going to defend her a little bit. first of all, all this stuff about her seeking to influence things in relation to her husband is not new, very little of it's new because we all know that . she and a couple all know that. she and a couple of other mps wrote a letter to the judge at the time because they were disciplined for it by by whatever the right the committee's called in the house of commons, they were suspended for a short period as a punishment for doing that. so we know that she was doing this. all that we're finding out today is that she also spoke to robert buckland, who now seems sort of shocked. well, i know robert buckland and he's a he can cope with this. he hasn't needed counselling to cope wi
that's katherine forster. she's our gb news political correspondent. well, joining me in the clash, lord daniel moylan and also norman baken daniel moylan and also norman baker. daniel natalie elphicke. is she a bonus to the conservative party? >> oh, can i just say a couple of things about natalie elphicke and i don't want to defend her, but i'm going to defend her a little bit. first of all, all this stuff about her seeking to influence things in relation to her husband is not new, very...
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and we're all talking about natalie elphicke okay. >> katherine forster excellent as ever. thank you forjoining as ever. thank you for joining us in the studio. cheers now, you may have been enjoying the hot weather this past weekend, but that of course, because it's england that could all be about to change. >> yes, of course. the met office have released yellow thunderstorm warnings in parts of the uk for today. >> people in these areas are expected to face some disruption, especially to travel well now. >> joined by weather journalist nathan rao. and nathan, welcome. so we're having unseasonably warm weather which is good and but now thunderstorms give us some more detail on. >> yeah i think first of all we should concentrate on the fact that for the last few weeks and even months, we've been desperate for the warm weather, and it is finally here. we have the hottest day of the year yesterday, and it could be even warmer today at 27. so looking on the bright side, if you are in the sunshine today, a little bit of light relief after the horror show of the eurovision yeste
and we're all talking about natalie elphicke okay. >> katherine forster excellent as ever. thank you forjoining as ever. thank you for joining us in the studio. cheers now, you may have been enjoying the hot weather this past weekend, but that of course, because it's england that could all be about to change. >> yes, of course. the met office have released yellow thunderstorm warnings in parts of the uk for today. >> people in these areas are expected to face some disruption,...
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let's get the thoughts this morning of katherine forster catherine. we spoke to the defence secretary, grant shapps, about this yesterday. he highlighted the problem, really, of, you know , on one hand of, you know, on one hand talking tough against china. but really we're so in hock to them economically that that's about as far as it goes . as far as it goes. >> yes. that's completely right. we are so economically entangled with them that for all of the tough talk that we may issue, are actually lie—ins and are rather weaker. of course , you rather weaker. of course, you know, many people would say there is a genocide going on and has been for years with the uyghur muslims and the west who have very, very large extent has turned a blind eye. so here we go again with more people charged with spying for china . charged with spying for china. it's only a couple of weeks since we had people working in the heart of westminster charged with spying for china . and now with spying for china. and now we have three men, one of whom was working at heathrow ai
let's get the thoughts this morning of katherine forster catherine. we spoke to the defence secretary, grant shapps, about this yesterday. he highlighted the problem, really, of, you know , on one hand of, you know, on one hand talking tough against china. but really we're so in hock to them economically that that's about as far as it goes . as far as it goes. >> yes. that's completely right. we are so economically entangled with them that for all of the tough talk that we may issue, are...
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. >> well, joining us now is our political correspondent, katherine forster good to see you this morning, catherine. it's what we've been waiting for, isn't it ? it's what we've been waiting for, isn't it? this is labour's plan to tackle the small boats crisis . crisis. >> yes. good morning, stephen and ellie. yes. the conservatives plan to stop the boats emblazoned on so many of rishi sunak lecterns is not going very well, is it? nearly 9000 people have crossed the channel illegally so far this yeah channel illegally so far this year, but the conservatives have been very fond of saying but labour have no plan. well today labour have no plan. well today labour are laying out their plan and basically it involves trying to crack down on the people smugglers. so stopping people making these, illegal crossings in the first place, rather than the conservatives attempt to round them up and pack them off to rwanda , of course. yvette to rwanda, of course. yvette cooper saying that that's a plan that will only apply to 1% of asylum seekers. rishi sunak has pledged to send multiple flights off to
. >> well, joining us now is our political correspondent, katherine forster good to see you this morning, catherine. it's what we've been waiting for, isn't it ? it's what we've been waiting for, isn't it? this is labour's plan to tackle the small boats crisis . crisis. >> yes. good morning, stephen and ellie. yes. the conservatives plan to stop the boats emblazoned on so many of rishi sunak lecterns is not going very well, is it? nearly 9000 people have crossed the channel...
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our political correspondent, katherine forster is there for us. and it's interesting. catherine isn't it, because whatever the prime minister tries to do today , it minister tries to do today, it is going to be overshadowed, at least to some extent , by this least to some extent, by this news of another defection . yeah, news of another defection. yeah, we are on the motorway, as you can see, somewhere. >> oh, no, not another one. is that wise woman, brenda from bristol , once that wise woman, brenda from bristol, once said she was of course talking about general elections. but yes, another, conservative mp, as was in fact, he wasn't a conservative mp because no mps exist at the moment. but previous conservative mp went over to labour yesterday, adding to that list, dan poulter, natalie elphicke , christian wakeford, elphicke, christian wakeford, etc, it's a bit of a weird one here. i mean, you can understand that he probably wasn't going to win in his seat of bolton north east. he'd only got it by less than 400 votes over labour. but he's not going to be standing for
our political correspondent, katherine forster is there for us. and it's interesting. catherine isn't it, because whatever the prime minister tries to do today , it minister tries to do today, it is going to be overshadowed, at least to some extent , by this least to some extent, by this news of another defection . yeah, news of another defection. yeah, we are on the motorway, as you can see, somewhere. >> oh, no, not another one. is that wise woman, brenda from bristol , once that wise...
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well, joining us now is gb news political correspondent, katherine forster catherine, always a pleasure. it's fair to say that people haven't especially warmed to sir keir starmer. it's not especially the most charismatic of leaders. he's no tony blair, but then few are. but will it be an issue or actually is being mr magnolia quite useful? >> mr magnolia, i like that, in ordinary times it might be a problem for him in that we've seen again and again despite this 20 point lead in the polls. you know, that focus groups, people basically are a bit meh about him and labour more generally. but the thing is, we're not in ordinary times. generally. but the thing is, we're not in ordinary times . the we're not in ordinary times. the conservatives have been in office for 14 years and they've whistled through a whole load of prime ministers, including, you know, in the space of just a few months at the end of 2022, we went through three, including liz truss for several weeks and the, the disaster of the mini—budget, so these are not ordinary times. and i think after the chaos , a lot of people
well, joining us now is gb news political correspondent, katherine forster catherine, always a pleasure. it's fair to say that people haven't especially warmed to sir keir starmer. it's not especially the most charismatic of leaders. he's no tony blair, but then few are. but will it be an issue or actually is being mr magnolia quite useful? >> mr magnolia, i like that, in ordinary times it might be a problem for him in that we've seen again and again despite this 20 point lead in the...
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forster. catherine, good morning. we'll start with you. is rishi sunak being a bit too optimistic here, saying that we're going to get a hung parliament? is he just trying to breathe a bit of life back into the redundant tories, possibly , possibly. >> and it's quite something isn't it, when a sitting prime minister says that a hung parliament, when that's their sort of best case scenario, but i think they are scouring around after this horrendous weekend that they had and looking for very tiny crumbs of comfort . ben very tiny crumbs of comfort. ben houchen, surviving in tees valley was one, and another was this poll that came out which put labour only nine points ahead of the conservatives. now, beanng ahead of the conservatives. now, bearing in mind most of the polling puts labour 20 points ahead. this, of course, they have latched on to and they've said, look, we might be looking at a hung parliament. and of course, the reason that they're doing this is , is to send a doing this is, is to
forster. catherine, good morning. we'll start with you. is rishi sunak being a bit too optimistic here, saying that we're going to get a hung parliament? is he just trying to breathe a bit of life back into the redundant tories, possibly , possibly. >> and it's quite something isn't it, when a sitting prime minister says that a hung parliament, when that's their sort of best case scenario, but i think they are scouring around after this horrendous weekend that they had and looking for...
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. >> you a&e leave our katherine forster hanging. >> i think he might have done. who knows? >> but yes, it was. it was a bit of a rush, but she did get more time with him than than was expected. so less time in all of the fluff around it. more time for the actual interview and we'll look forward to seeing it. >> but this also as well. and perhaps we will speak about this dunng perhaps we will speak about this during the show, this high court ruling against the government on these protest powers. very interesting indeed. on the day that we're expecting this report to be published on cracking down on protests further. so lots of mixed messages coming out through the legal system. and we await that report to court. >> i'm not of course i am. >>— >> i'm not of course i am. >> you never know when you might want to protest. be careful what you wish for. >> yes, this is the liberty group who aren't great fans of the government, as you can imagine. and yes , of course we imagine. and yes, of course we will be finding out how what that compensation is for the victims of the blood s
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forster . who's with me in the forster. who's with me in the studio? catherine. the report took five long years in the making, but really , the detail making, but really, the detail shows that there was enough evidence to proceed with this. in the 1980s, the press conference with the victims was hugely emotional moment a short while ago, a systemic, unprecedented 40 year cover up with some victims talking about the deliberate destruction of records, not just medical records, not just medical records , but records in records, but records in government departments and absolutely huge scandal. >> yes, i think we always expected that this public inquiry, the report , would be inquiry, the report, would be damning when it came some 2500 pages of it, years in the making . but i think it's even beyond perhaps what many people were expecting. what sir brian langstaff has uncovered talking about a subtle, pervasive and chilling cover up. talking about, he says, the deliberate destruction of documents wi
forster . who's with me in the forster. who's with me in the studio? catherine. the report took five long years in the making, but really , the detail making, but really, the detail shows that there was enough evidence to proceed with this. in the 1980s, the press conference with the victims was hugely emotional moment a short while ago, a systemic, unprecedented 40 year cover up with some victims talking about the deliberate destruction of records, not just medical records, not just medical...
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katherine forster. our political correspondent , there with us, correspondent, there with us, sadiq khan won't find out whether he's, clung on to the london mayor role till tomorrow. that's a big one. everyone's heard of sadiq khan . you may not heard of sadiq khan. you may not have heard of some of these regional mayors, but everyone's heard of sadiq khan. >> and what's interesting about sadiq khan is he's been consistently ahead in the polls. though the poll lead over the tories, susan hall, has narrowed, but he polls below the labour vote in london, whereas susan hall, the tory candidate, polls ahead of the tory london london, tory vote, if that makes sense. so that makes it quite interesting. so he's not got the same, he's a bit more controversial , shall we say. controversial, shall we say. sadiq khan. >> he's very divisive. i think he's very well he has a divisive policy, the ulez. >> yeah. and i think that has defined as a person he is glory. >> i think it's fair to say. i think it's fair to say
katherine forster. our political correspondent , there with us, correspondent, there with us, sadiq khan won't find out whether he's, clung on to the london mayor role till tomorrow. that's a big one. everyone's heard of sadiq khan . you may not heard of sadiq khan. you may not have heard of some of these regional mayors, but everyone's heard of sadiq khan. >> and what's interesting about sadiq khan is he's been consistently ahead in the polls. though the poll lead over the tories, susan...