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, there, minister, oliver dowden, there, tucked away in the corner. let's see what my panel think of this . see what my panel think of this. charlie, i'll start with you. would you feel comfortable hanging a portrait of his majesty the king in your workplace? do you think it's good for social cohesion, for building support with the in the monarchy? >> yes, i do, of course . i'd be >> yes, i do, of course. i'd be happy with it. he's the monarch. he is someone who we all want to support. we all back the royal family. most. most of us do , you family. most. most of us do, you know, they are integral to our way of life . they are integral way of life. they are integral to our history. and they are the very focus that binds this country together . whatever the country together. whatever the occasion, whatever the weather, whatever disasters and depressions that are going on across the country, the royal family are there. they're above politics. they are the constant in our society. and i think that is something that we as a unique , and it is a unique thin
, there, minister, oliver dowden, there, tucked away in the corner. let's see what my panel think of this . see what my panel think of this. charlie, i'll start with you. would you feel comfortable hanging a portrait of his majesty the king in your workplace? do you think it's good for social cohesion, for building support with the in the monarchy? >> yes, i do, of course . i'd be >> yes, i do, of course. i'd be happy with it. he's the monarch. he is someone who we all want to...
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you've got the likes of oliver dowden, you've got james cleverly, you've got grant shapps, penny morton, esther mcvey. i mean, there's a load of these. gillian keegan just to rattle off a few of the people. >> that means patrick is assuming that mr sunak, were he to lose the election, leaves stands down as leader, which he probably should or would do. you're left with jeremy hunt, vicky atkins , tom tugendhat, vicky atkins, tom tugendhat, steve bartley and michelle donelan as the only cabinet ministers left who could fight for leadership. it shows a scale it will completely redraw who we think might be leader of this party after a rout in the election. and look at those numbers on reform zero mps, zero mps for 12% of the vote. that's third biggest party in the election. lib dems. unbelievably, 10% of the polls. and yet 59 or 39 mps, depending on tactical voting , that will on tactical voting, that will fuel the anger that nigel farage has felt since 2015, when he when he got millions of votes and was left with one mp, only two mps and the snp, in contrast, got dozens of mps with fewer v
you've got the likes of oliver dowden, you've got james cleverly, you've got grant shapps, penny morton, esther mcvey. i mean, there's a load of these. gillian keegan just to rattle off a few of the people. >> that means patrick is assuming that mr sunak, were he to lose the election, leaves stands down as leader, which he probably should or would do. you're left with jeremy hunt, vicky atkins , tom tugendhat, vicky atkins, tom tugendhat, steve bartley and michelle donelan as the only...
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however, the case for a summer election has been won by oliver dowden. as i understand it, the deputy prime minister and sort of right—hand man of the pm and his chief of staff, and sort of right—hand man of the pm, his chief of staff, liam booth smith, is also thought to have been in favour, although there have been other powerful voices against. and if you just make a very quick list case for a summer election, the economic numbers look better, although people don't necessarily feel better. the rwanda law has been passed but hasn't yet been tested. autumn and winter campaigns are grim. summer, you might... ha—ha, more of that later. get the sun shining. it's a big football tournament. people might be a bit happier, but also crucially, more and more tory mp have been standing down and i think the tory party has become harder and harder and harder to govern. been saying for some time, "my working assumption is the general election will be in the second half of this year". the 4th ofjuly is just in the second half of this year, so he's consistent wi
however, the case for a summer election has been won by oliver dowden. as i understand it, the deputy prime minister and sort of right—hand man of the pm and his chief of staff, and sort of right—hand man of the pm, his chief of staff, liam booth smith, is also thought to have been in favour, although there have been other powerful voices against. and if you just make a very quick list case for a summer election, the economic numbers look better, although people don't necessarily feel...
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however, the case for a summer election has been won by oliver dowden. as i understand it, the deputy prime minister and sort of right—hand man of the pm and his chief of staff, and sort of right—hand man of the pm, his chief of staff, liam booth smith, is also thought to have been in favour, although there have been other powerful voices against. and if you just make a very quick list case for a summer election,
however, the case for a summer election has been won by oliver dowden. as i understand it, the deputy prime minister and sort of right—hand man of the pm and his chief of staff, and sort of right—hand man of the pm, his chief of staff, liam booth smith, is also thought to have been in favour, although there have been other powerful voices against. and if you just make a very quick list case for a summer election,
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dowden, was saying everyone needs to come off tiktok because of the threat from chinese hacking . is the average sort of hacking. is the average sort of politically minded, 1819, 20 year old going to set much store by a video recorded by rishi sunak or keir starmer or ed davey? >>i davey? >> i don't necessarily think it's the political leaders creating social media content or tiktoks that's going to drive young people to want to vote for them. you know, from my experience, it's actually there's a lot of brands making political content, things that are actually really relatable to young people . i don't young people. i don't necessarily relate to any of the politicians that have sat in the house of commons for a long time, so yeah, it's about looking for people that are relatable. and i think one thing the labour party have really have done really well in previous years is finding people that have big social media followings that are relatable to young people. we know that when jeremy corbyn was running for prime minister, he had the backing of stormzy, which obviously has a huge f
dowden, was saying everyone needs to come off tiktok because of the threat from chinese hacking . is the average sort of hacking. is the average sort of politically minded, 1819, 20 year old going to set much store by a video recorded by rishi sunak or keir starmer or ed davey? >>i davey? >> i don't necessarily think it's the political leaders creating social media content or tiktoks that's going to drive young people to want to vote for them. you know, from my experience, it's...
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dowden, was saying everyone needs to come off tiktok because of the threat from chinese hacking . is the average sort of hacking. is the average sort of politically minded, 1819, 20 year old going to set much store by a video recorded by rishi sunak or keir starmer or ed davey? >>i davey? >> i don't necessarily think it's the political leaders creating social media content or tiktoks that's going to drive young people to want to vote for them. you know, from my experience, it's actually there's a lot of brands making political content, things that are actually really relatable to young people . i don't young people. i don't necessarily relate to any of the politicians that have sat in the house of commons for a long time, so yeah, it's about looking for people that are relatable. and i think one thing the labour party have really have done really well in previous years is finding people that have big social media followings that are relatable to young people. we know that when jeremy corbyn was running for prime minister, he had the backing of stormzy, which obviously has a huge f
dowden, was saying everyone needs to come off tiktok because of the threat from chinese hacking . is the average sort of hacking. is the average sort of politically minded, 1819, 20 year old going to set much store by a video recorded by rishi sunak or keir starmer or ed davey? >>i davey? >> i don't necessarily think it's the political leaders creating social media content or tiktoks that's going to drive young people to want to vote for them. you know, from my experience, it's...
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so it would be rishi sunak as prime minister, oliver dowden as his deputy, over at the treasury, we've got jeremy hunt, he's going to be the chancellor and we've got james cleverly there who would have the top job at the home office. lord cameron is going to be the foreign secretary and victoria atkins would head up the health department. so that is the tory top team. david, let me whizz us through what labour would look like now. so sir keir starmer would be in charge with angela rayner as his deputy. rachel reeves would be chancellor, yvette cooper would end up at the home office. david lammy would be foreign secretary and of course wes streeting will be in charge at the health department. when you look at those two teams side by side, is it difficult or otherwise for the tories to make the case to vote for them ? vote for them? >> well, i think the labour team is very weak, and you can see that from some of their announcements, and i david lammy, to be honest, some of the things he said do worry us about brexit, about, foreign affairs, support for palestine, that sort of thing , so
so it would be rishi sunak as prime minister, oliver dowden as his deputy, over at the treasury, we've got jeremy hunt, he's going to be the chancellor and we've got james cleverly there who would have the top job at the home office. lord cameron is going to be the foreign secretary and victoria atkins would head up the health department. so that is the tory top team. david, let me whizz us through what labour would look like now. so sir keir starmer would be in charge with angela rayner as his...
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gb news political correspondent olivia utley sat down with the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, to find out more. >> can you explain to gb news viewers what the scheme is and why you're expanding it? >> yes. well, following the coronation last year, we thought it would be appropriate to make sure that public institutions up and down the country could have and down the country could have a portrait of his majesty the king. he is after all, the ultimate public servant. and just as portraits of his late mother hung in buildings up and down the country, so too already are these portraits hanging in many thousands of buildings. and so today i'm announcing a further extension so new institutions can have a portrait of the king, whether that's hospitals , whether it's the hospitals, whether it's the church of england churches, coast guards and others. more pubuc coast guards and others. more public institutions will be able to hang a portrait of the king. >> will you be expanding the scheme to include other places of worship like synagogues? >> not at this stage. we've taken the decisi
gb news political correspondent olivia utley sat down with the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, to find out more. >> can you explain to gb news viewers what the scheme is and why you're expanding it? >> yes. well, following the coronation last year, we thought it would be appropriate to make sure that public institutions up and down the country could have and down the country could have a portrait of his majesty the king. he is after all, the ultimate public servant. and just...
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because oliver dowden resigned when he presided over much better local election results from this. and it's not just criticism, by the way , of how criticism, by the way, of how the local elections have been managed. let's look at the picture in london. i mean, i've had quite a few people contact me to say how shambolic conservative party headquarters is. management of susan hall's campaign was. is. management of susan hall's campaign was . you've got tory mp campaign was. you've got tory mp paul scully saying yesterday that the tories had run a, quote, incredibly underwhelming campaign. what's this is not good enough. if >> well look in london, i think susan should be very pleased with the campaign she run. it was much closer than both the polls are suggested and lots of commentators thought she was focusing on the issues that mattered on the doorstep to on transport, on focusing on crime, which is a really important issue in london. but obviously with the national polling situation, as it were, it was a very difficult race. but she was chosen by london conservatives. i think she
because oliver dowden resigned when he presided over much better local election results from this. and it's not just criticism, by the way , of how criticism, by the way, of how the local elections have been managed. let's look at the picture in london. i mean, i've had quite a few people contact me to say how shambolic conservative party headquarters is. management of susan hall's campaign was. is. management of susan hall's campaign was . you've got tory mp campaign was. you've got tory mp...
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deputy prime minister oliver dowden has advised britons to stock up on candles and battery-powered radios in the event of a power outage or breakdown. digital technology. british preppers are concerned that gas wars in ukraine will lead to global conflict, rising energy costs, and flood isolation. today was the first prisoner exchange in almost 4 months. frames on your screens. the last exchange was on february 8th. russia brought home 75 defenders. 75 ukrainian militants, who had been in captivity since the first months or even days of the war, went in the opposite direction. apparently we will be changing it soon. from nato. i'm talking about macron and his soldiers, whom emmanuel may send to ukraine in the next week. they say paris is able to afford such steps because it has nuclear deterrent forces. in kiev, of course, this decision was warmly supported. allegedly, barracks are already being prepared for french soldiers. macron wants to extend his crazy idea not only to french troops. emmanuel dreams of creating an entire european coalition to send military instructors. writes lemon.
deputy prime minister oliver dowden has advised britons to stock up on candles and battery-powered radios in the event of a power outage or breakdown. digital technology. british preppers are concerned that gas wars in ukraine will lead to global conflict, rising energy costs, and flood isolation. today was the first prisoner exchange in almost 4 months. frames on your screens. the last exchange was on february 8th. russia brought home 75 defenders. 75 ukrainian militants, who had been in...
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dowden is set to advise people to make action plans emergency situations to combat potential emergencies to help improve national resilience and relieve pressure on emergency services. threats that people should be prepared for include a pandemic, a cyber attack, disruption of space systems affecting gps signals, or a nuclear attack. as recommended. households should stock up at home with emergency kits, torches, bottled water, non-perishable food, baby supplies and a first aid kit, just to name a few of the items that ministers want the british to prepare. dowden was inspired by similar preparations in countries such as finland, where the seventy-two-hour concept is in place to cope with situations where social functions are disrupted or even ceased. prime minister ri shih sunok warned last week that the uk would face some of the worst...he decided to give foggy albion such a shake-up. there have been discussions about this for a long time. the fact is that, apparently, the final point in the debate about whether to carry out or not to carry out early elections in the uk government brou
dowden is set to advise people to make action plans emergency situations to combat potential emergencies to help improve national resilience and relieve pressure on emergency services. threats that people should be prepared for include a pandemic, a cyber attack, disruption of space systems affecting gps signals, or a nuclear attack. as recommended. households should stock up at home with emergency kits, torches, bottled water, non-perishable food, baby supplies and a first aid kit, just to...
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i think 1 or 2 people like oliver dowden knew what was going to happen. i think it happened , happen. i think it happened, and, you know, now that a decision has been made, i think we're all a little bit relieved. i gather that he actually went to the king without telling cabinet first, which is relatively unprecedented. >> and of course, lord cameron, the foreign secretary, was in albania. yeah shapps was. >> and we got clues, didn't we? we got clues because , because we got clues because, because there was a big old to do with, with lord cameron being in albania. they lined the streets in flags and they've got all the bunting out and everything else. and, you know, it was a big deal and, you know, it was a big deal. and he had to come back. >> and then he was there for 89 minutes. and that was it. >> they do you think this was the least bad option in the end for sunak? >> it's very difficult to say you it's such a difficult risk calculation . but i think he got calculation. but i think he got some good figures and he thought okay you know this. there's
i think 1 or 2 people like oliver dowden knew what was going to happen. i think it happened , happen. i think it happened, and, you know, now that a decision has been made, i think we're all a little bit relieved. i gather that he actually went to the king without telling cabinet first, which is relatively unprecedented. >> and of course, lord cameron, the foreign secretary, was in albania. yeah shapps was. >> and we got clues, didn't we? we got clues because , because we got clues...
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. >> i think it was the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, who shared it. and this was a website where we're all being told to essentially hoard about three days worth of tinned food and water in the case of an emergency. i mean, is there a possibility that there's going to be some kind of apocalypse? what's this ? what's this for? what's this? what's this for? what's this? what's this for? what are we preparing for? >> i look, i think the job of any government is to make sure that we are ready for all eventualities. and as we've seen in the last few years with with covid, with the war in europe, actually with the conflict in the middle east, now things can change sensibly. any government, therefore, does planning and what the deputy prime minister has done is brought together all the different departments that would have a stake in that ministry of defence as one, of course, but also the security services, the cabinet office and many others , and thought about many others, and thought about what we'd need to do under some more extreme circumstances. and th
. >> i think it was the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, who shared it. and this was a website where we're all being told to essentially hoard about three days worth of tinned food and water in the case of an emergency. i mean, is there a possibility that there's going to be some kind of apocalypse? what's this ? what's this for? what's this? what's this for? what's this? what's this for? what are we preparing for? >> i look, i think the job of any government is to make sure...
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>> well, in the cabinet, rishi, people like rishi sunak and oliver dowden and jeremy hunt would be safe. but further down, in more marginal seats. penny mordaunt and can be beaten or could be could lose their seats to labour still on this. but if i say again if this 9% leads turned out to be reflected in the general election , would make the general election, would make things much better for the conservatives than they have been expecting. >> so in a bleak night of results, this might give them some fag end of comfort in number 10. >> absolutely, yes, the strategists , the number 10 will strategists, the number 10 will be quite pleased with this. >> and you're working all this out in real time on your spreadsheet there. >> absolutely great stuff. >> absolutely great stuff. >> that's why we got you here. now we can now cross live to nottingham , where gb news nottingham, where gb news reporter will hollis is joined by labour's claire ward, who has become the first ever mayor for the region, just announced her victory. will, i'll hand you over. >> oven >> yes, well, with around 180,000 v
>> well, in the cabinet, rishi, people like rishi sunak and oliver dowden and jeremy hunt would be safe. but further down, in more marginal seats. penny mordaunt and can be beaten or could be could lose their seats to labour still on this. but if i say again if this 9% leads turned out to be reflected in the general election , would make the general election, would make things much better for the conservatives than they have been expecting. >> so in a bleak night of results, this...
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so it would be rishi sunak as prime minister, oliver dowden as his deputy, over at the treasury, we've got jeremy hunt, he's going to be the chancellor and we've got james cleverly there who would have the top job at the home office. lord cameron is going to be the foreign secretary and victoria atkins would head up the health department. so that is the tory top team. david, let me whizz us through what labour would look like now. so sir keir starmer would be in charge with angela rayner as his deputy. rachel reeves would be chancellor, yvette cooper would end up at the home office. david lammy would be foreign secretary and of course wes streeting will be in charge at the health department. when you look at those two teams side by side, is it difficult or otherwise for the tories to make the case to vote for them ? vote for them? >> well, i think the labour team is very weak, and you can see that from some of their announcements, and i david lammy, to be honest, some of the things he said do worry us about brexit, about, foreign affairs, support for palestine, that sort of thing , so
so it would be rishi sunak as prime minister, oliver dowden as his deputy, over at the treasury, we've got jeremy hunt, he's going to be the chancellor and we've got james cleverly there who would have the top job at the home office. lord cameron is going to be the foreign secretary and victoria atkins would head up the health department. so that is the tory top team. david, let me whizz us through what labour would look like now. so sir keir starmer would be in charge with angela rayner as his...
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dowden, the former chair , did in 2022 after the chair, did in 2022 after the last set of bad local election results. so that rumour absolutely turned into nothing at all. sadiq khan stormed to a pretty spectacular victory. i was there in city hall as he stood up for his victory speech and the dislike between him and susan hall was quite something to behold. there was a moment where he wouldn't even shake her hand. this was a pretty nasty campaign, very difficult campaign. and yes , sadiq khan campaign. and yes, sadiq khan has won it fair and square in the end. okay, olivia, thanks very much indeed. >> let's talk to former lib dem minister norman baker, who joins us now. what's your assessment, norman? >> well , excuse me, we expect me >> well, excuse me, we expect me to mention lib dems first, wouldn't you? because the bbc certainly haven't. the fact is, the lib dems came second in number of councils elected ahead of the conservatives and won 12 councils opposed to six for the conservatives and i think because labour didn't perform quite as well as they might have done, they did qu
dowden, the former chair , did in 2022 after the chair, did in 2022 after the last set of bad local election results. so that rumour absolutely turned into nothing at all. sadiq khan stormed to a pretty spectacular victory. i was there in city hall as he stood up for his victory speech and the dislike between him and susan hall was quite something to behold. there was a moment where he wouldn't even shake her hand. this was a pretty nasty campaign, very difficult campaign. and yes , sadiq khan...
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i think the reality is that a lot of those people closest to rishi sunak, oliver dowden, who is known to be one of his closest friends in politics, one of his closest political allies, politics, one of his closest politicalallies, has politics, one of his closest political allies, has long been making the case for going early, the argument being, i suppose, that you are seen to be seizing the initiative, you look like you are stronger perhaps if you decide to go early. but as you say, many of his backbenchers, many conservative mps very concerned that he has chosen to go early when, as we have been hearing, there is such a large gap in the polling. it is worth saying that polling is just polling and there is only one poll that matters, and as we have seen in previous elections, a lot can change in six weeks. . . elections, a lot can change in six weeks. , , ., , , ., elections, a lot can change in six weeks. , , ., , ,, ., weeks. gel, 'ust to bring you in on our weeks. gel, just to bring you in on your specialist _ weeks. gel, just to bring you in on your specialist subject, _ weeks.
i think the reality is that a lot of those people closest to rishi sunak, oliver dowden, who is known to be one of his closest friends in politics, one of his closest political allies, politics, one of his closest politicalallies, has politics, one of his closest political allies, has long been making the case for going early, the argument being, i suppose, that you are seen to be seizing the initiative, you look like you are stronger perhaps if you decide to go early. but as you say, many of...