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for god's sake, olivia utley , thank god's sake, olivia utley, thank you so much. really good to talk to you. that is our political correspondent, olivia utley there, breaking those results in there, breaking those results in the mayoral elections just brazier to my panel. yes. that's it. sadiq khan i think that's a really good point that evie was making about the about the green vote, because it previously it was a preferential system where people could transfer. >> so people think we could vote green on the first round and then transfer to sadiq on the second round. and it seems that voters have clocked the electoral system had changed. if you wanted to, do you need to vote for him? and secondly, i think with green voters who are clearly in favour of ulez and sort of they almost saw themselves as protecting sadiq against the tories because of ulez , rightly or wrongly. ulez, rightly or wrongly. >> so that's a oh, this is such a sad day for our city. i mean, a sad day for our city. i mean, a city thrives when it's moving and this city's come to a halt. we can't go
for god's sake, olivia utley , thank god's sake, olivia utley, thank you so much. really good to talk to you. that is our political correspondent, olivia utley there, breaking those results in there, breaking those results in the mayoral elections just brazier to my panel. yes. that's it. sadiq khan i think that's a really good point that evie was making about the about the green vote, because it previously it was a preferential system where people could transfer. >> so people think we...
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that's gb news political correspondent olivia utley . now correspondent olivia utley. now for all the best analysis and opinion on that story and more, you can go to our website, gbnews.com. now, the number of illegal migrants crossing the channel has reached a new record. i promised you that number. and here it is. 9861 have arrived in small boats so far this year. those are the ones that we know about . of ones that we know about. of course, a new record was set for the number of migrants arriving in the country for the first five months of any calendar yean five months of any calendar year, after 171 people made the crossing on thursday. well, joining me to discuss this story is the political commentator matthew stadlen and the writer and columnist journalist as well, emma woolf. emma i'll start with you, if i may. i mean, this is going to be a real ride this summer, surely, for getting across the english channelif getting across the english channel, if we're already at record levels right now. weather last year was pretty poor. if this year is better, you're going
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well, joining me to discuss is gb news political correspondent , olivia utley. correspondent, olivia utley. olivia, there very much is a narrative that's taken hold that suggests that the conservatives could never be the ones to reform the nhs, and that it absolutely can only lie with laboun absolutely can only lie with labour. just how serious do you think wes streeting is about grabbing the nhs with both hands? >>i hands? >> i think, as you say, darren, that analysis really has taken hold in westminster circles and it's easy to see why. as soon as the tories even begin to talk about reforming the nhs, eyebrows were raised and there were murmurs and whisperings that actually what the conservatives ultimately want to do is privatise the nhs . that's do is privatise the nhs. that's a slogan that started in the corbyn era and really it hasn't let go since. it's had a vise like grip on the conservative party, which means that the labour party sort of , labour party sort of, paradoxically, is actually in the position to shake up the nhs and possibly bring in some quite right wing reforms
well, joining me to discuss is gb news political correspondent , olivia utley. correspondent, olivia utley. olivia, there very much is a narrative that's taken hold that suggests that the conservatives could never be the ones to reform the nhs, and that it absolutely can only lie with laboun absolutely can only lie with labour. just how serious do you think wes streeting is about grabbing the nhs with both hands? >>i hands? >> i think, as you say, darren, that analysis really has...
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utley . correspondent, olivia utley. olivia. i've just seen there there's been a swing from to labour the conservatives in some of the latest election results . of the latest election results. >> there has been a swing from, there's been a swing in sadiq khan's favour in a couple of the inner london constituencies , inner london constituencies, lewisham and greenwich among them. it is now looking pretty good for sadiq khan, sources have told gb news from the sadiq khan team that they are pretty chipper at the moment. khan team that they are pretty chipper at the moment . there khan team that they are pretty chipper at the moment. there was a lot of excitement late last night about susan hall potentially , snatching victory potentially, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat , but from the jaws of defeat, but that has all died down a little bit this morning. there are swings of 4.5% and 5% to sadiq khanin swings of 4.5% and 5% to sadiq khan in wandsworth and merton and greenwich and lewisham, respectively . if we see s
utley . correspondent, olivia utley. olivia. i've just seen there there's been a swing from to labour the conservatives in some of the latest election results . of the latest election results. >> there has been a swing from, there's been a swing in sadiq khan's favour in a couple of the inner london constituencies , inner london constituencies, lewisham and greenwich among them. it is now looking pretty good for sadiq khan, sources have told gb news from the sadiq khan team that they are...
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>> well, should we speak to gb news political correspondent olivia utley olivia , you are in olivia utley olivia, you are in the heart of westminster. what are you hearing? >> well, we just don't know. is the honest answer . there is the honest answer. there is mounting speculation that there is going to be a podium moment, as tom called it this afternoon, and we can see why that speculation is going a bit insane , these two cabinet insane, these two cabinet ministers, grant shapps and david cameron, have both been called back from their trips abroad. that is not routine. normally they would just be given a pass to miss a cabinet meeting like this. number 10. this is perhaps the most, startling sign. number 10 has gone completely silent, trying to speak to a number 10 adviser. special adviser, press officer at the moment is impossible. they're not saying anything. they're not saying anything. they're just repeating that line that there there will be a general election in the second half of this year, which, as we're all pointing out over and over again, starts on the 1st of july. those ar
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>> indeed, million dollar question olivia utley , thank you question olivia utley, thank you for that update. i've got to say, the chinese government, they must just be sitting there and laughing anyway because there have been no ramifications or accountability for the whole covid stuff. never mind anything else. so i mean, they must think they can get away with murder, right? >> anyway, well, i love that grant shapps in every time this kind of thing happens, it gets called a malign actor. and into my head pops christopher walken in james bond role, which is very appropriate because if anyone thinks that countries don't spy on other countries , don't spy on other countries, they should go back and read the original novels by ian fleming, because it's quite clear it's been going on a very long time. >> james. >> james. >> yeah, i agree, states hack each other that doesn't mean that it's a good thing. it doesn't mean it's good that states spy on each other. we are spied on by our own government, by other governments and our security services. also, i'm sure are active in other countries
>> indeed, million dollar question olivia utley , thank you question olivia utley, thank you for that update. i've got to say, the chinese government, they must just be sitting there and laughing anyway because there have been no ramifications or accountability for the whole covid stuff. never mind anything else. so i mean, they must think they can get away with murder, right? >> anyway, well, i love that grant shapps in every time this kind of thing happens, it gets called a malign...
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olivia utley. gb news. political correspondent there outside the ministry of defence. >> well, coming up, we'll be heanng >> well, coming up, we'll be hearing from the mother of the victim of a manchester arena attack. she's marching to downing street to demand a new law in his name. 200 miles a long way. this is good afternoon, britain on . gb news. good afternoon. britain. it's 12:26 now. the mother of one of the manchester arena bombing victims will walk 200 miles to downing street today to demand a new law. >> yes. >> yes. >> martyn's law. it's named after 29 year old martyn hett, who was one of the 22 people who were killed in the attack in manchester in 2017. >> it would require venues and local authorities in the uk to have training requirements and preventative plans against terror attacks. >> well , our terror attacks. >> well, our northwest of england reporter sophie reaper is here and she brings us a story . story. >> on the 22nd of may, 2017, 22 people went to a concert at manchester arena but n
olivia utley. gb news. political correspondent there outside the ministry of defence. >> well, coming up, we'll be heanng >> well, coming up, we'll be hearing from the mother of the victim of a manchester arena attack. she's marching to downing street to demand a new law in his name. 200 miles a long way. this is good afternoon, britain on . gb news. good afternoon. britain. it's 12:26 now. the mother of one of the manchester arena bombing victims will walk 200 miles to downing...
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this is steve, poor olivia olivia utley is on the lib dem battle bus, poor olivia, one has to ask, just how short was the straw that she threw ? very straw that she threw? very short, to be honest with you, no one else wants to even take a chance to be honest with you. and on politics. well, yeah. chris says, keir starmer should go into immense detail about his plans, but it wouldn't be enough for people. it would still be the same old dribble of labour has no plan. well, not actually heanng has no plan. well, not actually hearing any defined plans. but then again, labour in opposition, they don't have to have plans at the moment, do they? they can just say tories are a bit rubbish, meanwhile alan good afternoon alan says sunakis alan good afternoon alan says sunak is a liability to this tory party and so are the clandestine people behind him blocking true conservative from standing in the election. got you. you almost make it sound exciting. they're going, oh, god, no . right. anyway, so let's god, no. right. anyway, so let's go on to some more crisp and sexy politics. but this one is
this is steve, poor olivia olivia utley is on the lib dem battle bus, poor olivia, one has to ask, just how short was the straw that she threw ? very straw that she threw? very short, to be honest with you, no one else wants to even take a chance to be honest with you. and on politics. well, yeah. chris says, keir starmer should go into immense detail about his plans, but it wouldn't be enough for people. it would still be the same old dribble of labour has no plan. well, not actually heanng...
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olivia utley thank you for that update. now, one of the tweets that caught my eye, aaron bastani about the diane abbott situation was yours. in case you don't follow, if you're not a tweeter or an excel, let's look at what he said. aaron bastani was quoting keir starmer and basically said a bigger liar than johnson and blair is about to become the prime minister. why >> i think it's just beyond doubt. frankly in 2020, keir starmer said that he would end any impositions of candidates into seats which is to say that unelected, they're elected as el—sisi candidates to go on the national executive committee, but they're not parliamentarians . they would not determine who candidates would be in seats. members would fast forward to 2024. not only is the nec impose paying 2024. not only is the nec impose paying candidates, the nec members are the candidates . so members are the candidates. so apparently four members of labour's nec are going to be parliamentary candidates. again, the nec chooses those candidates . there's someth
olivia utley thank you for that update. now, one of the tweets that caught my eye, aaron bastani about the diane abbott situation was yours. in case you don't follow, if you're not a tweeter or an excel, let's look at what he said. aaron bastani was quoting keir starmer and basically said a bigger liar than johnson and blair is about to become the prime minister. why >> i think it's just beyond doubt. frankly in 2020, keir starmer said that he would end any impositions of candidates into...
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utley olivia . we were only saying olivia. we were only saying yesterday, weren't we? we felt this would go down badly. and lo and behold, on day one there has been this forced apology. natalie elphicke has gone down about as well as a hog roast, as about as well as a hog roast, as a vegan barbecue . a vegan barbecue. >> well, absolutely. the defection of natalie elphicke has gone down very badly amongst both conservative and labour mps . obviously, there are plenty of labour mps who are concerned about natalie elphick's views. up about natalie elphick's views. up until now, she seems to have been a pretty hard line on immigration, pretty supportive of the rwanda policy. come up with some bold ideas herself for how to get rid of migrants coming to the uk. a lot of that is at odds with what many, many labour mps believe. and also there is this controversy over her behaviour around her husband, ex—husband . now charlie husband, ex—husband. now charlie elphick's arrest and eventual conviction for s
utley olivia . we were only saying olivia. we were only saying yesterday, weren't we? we felt this would go down badly. and lo and behold, on day one there has been this forced apology. natalie elphicke has gone down about as well as a hog roast, as about as well as a hog roast, as a vegan barbecue . a vegan barbecue. >> well, absolutely. the defection of natalie elphicke has gone down very badly amongst both conservative and labour mps . obviously, there are plenty of labour mps who are...
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let's go to olivia utley. now who's at downing street for us this is a huge gamble for the pm. >> it's an absolutely huge gamble for the prime minister. everyone thought that he was going to wait until the autumn because the presiding logic in westminster was that things generally in the country would be looking a bit better by the autumn. interest rates are probably going to fall over the course of the next six months. inflation will probably fall a little bit further. and so by the time we get to october and november, people should be feeling a little bit less of that cost of living crisis. the rwanda bill, of course, has now made its way through parliament, but we are yet to see any flights take off. we all thought that the prime minister was going to wait until october and november because that would give people a chance to actually see those flights that take off and perhaps feel the dividends of the prime minister's plan to stop the boats. so why has the prime minister taken this surprising step? well, r
let's go to olivia utley. now who's at downing street for us this is a huge gamble for the pm. >> it's an absolutely huge gamble for the prime minister. everyone thought that he was going to wait until the autumn because the presiding logic in westminster was that things generally in the country would be looking a bit better by the autumn. interest rates are probably going to fall over the course of the next six months. inflation will probably fall a little bit further. and so by the time...
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olivia utley , our indeed. olivia utley, our political correspondent, live outside downing street. thank you for your time, yes, i should say that there's quite a few little bits of legislation, quite significant pieces of legislation that may not make it through parliament because of this snap general election, including the smoking bill, the one that wanted to put through a generational ban on smoking, one that wanted to put through a generational ban on smoking , the generational ban on smoking, the football regulator to, that might be, scrapped. and what's the other one? martyn's law. >> there's. yeah, rumours of this protect duty for venues. >> oh. >> oh. >> i'm sorry. your voice. i'll continue . rishi sunak and sir continue. rishi sunak and sir keir starmer have drawn swords over tackling illegal migration ahead of the 4th of july general election. now, the prime minister admitted earlier today that the first flights to rwanda will not take off before the election, with the labour leader slamming the government's plan, vowing to clean up the migration mess. well, with us now
olivia utley , our indeed. olivia utley, our political correspondent, live outside downing street. thank you for your time, yes, i should say that there's quite a few little bits of legislation, quite significant pieces of legislation that may not make it through parliament because of this snap general election, including the smoking bill, the one that wanted to put through a generational ban on smoking, one that wanted to put through a generational ban on smoking , the generational ban on...
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well, i'm also joined in our studio by gb news political correspondent olivia utley olivia. a lot of people will be looking at this and scratching their heads and thinking, hang on a minute. northern ireland is part of the united kingdom brexit rules were meant to apply to all of the uk. how can this fella , justice how can this fella, justice humphreys, whoever he is, choose that suddenly northern ireland isn't a part of that and actually people can't be deported to rwanda from northern ireland. well this could potentially be a huge problem for rishi sunak. >> what this judge in northern ireland, mrjustice humphreys, has ruled is that the rwanda bill, as it stands, can be disapplied in northern ireland now , why is that? well, now, why is that? well, essentially the rwanda bill in the form that rishi sunak finally got it through parliament, is a way for the government to circumnavigate echr legislation. it basically says that parliament in the uk is sovereign over, over eu rulings in northern ireland. this judge is saying that can't be the case because echr rulings, europea
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jack carson and olivia utley there. now we have darren grimes here in the studio with us. he's going to tell us about what's coming up on his show. >> darren, you have sorry to interject before you've even started. you have the best job of the day delivering the result between sadiq khan and susan hall in london. >> so jealous. if we get it by then, right. it could be. it could be slightly delayed. we don't know what's going to go on behind the scenes. so they're saying any time after half one really they'll know and we'll be on course to actually, you know, deliver that verdict. whatever the public have decided. but it's going to be a really interesting one. i mean, the show itself will be focusing on the rise of religious, sectarian ism as well in this country where actually people are voting along religious divides now. and you mentioned manchester just in you mentioned manchesterjust in that piece with jack there, and actually in parts of the northwest. oldham. yeah, they're going george galloway's party are going hell for leather against labour, around the issue of ga
jack carson and olivia utley there. now we have darren grimes here in the studio with us. he's going to tell us about what's coming up on his show. >> darren, you have sorry to interject before you've even started. you have the best job of the day delivering the result between sadiq khan and susan hall in london. >> so jealous. if we get it by then, right. it could be. it could be slightly delayed. we don't know what's going to go on behind the scenes. so they're saying any time...
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olivia utley . correspondent. olivia utley. olivia. well, it's been a bit of a landslide so far. is this what was expected? because it sounds like i mean, most people are thinking, yeah, we thought it would be bad, but do you think this spells the end for rishi sunak ? sunak? >> i think it was a really catastrophic night for the conservatives. obviously, all the results of the local elections aren't yet in, and we might not have a clear picture until sunday. but from what we know so far, it has been very bad indeed, and certainly in blackpool south. that result for the conservatives couldn't really have been worse . a 26 really have been worse. a 26 point swing away from the conservative to labour. now, to put that in perspective , that is put that in perspective, that is the third biggest by—election swing towards labour since the second world war, and it is now one of six swings over 20% since the 2019 general election . there the 2019 general election. there is no way that rishi sunak can pass this off as sort of mid—term blues midterm angst, some sort of anomaly. the patt
olivia utley . correspondent. olivia utley. olivia. well, it's been a bit of a landslide so far. is this what was expected? because it sounds like i mean, most people are thinking, yeah, we thought it would be bad, but do you think this spells the end for rishi sunak ? sunak? >> i think it was a really catastrophic night for the conservatives. obviously, all the results of the local elections aren't yet in, and we might not have a clear picture until sunday. but from what we know so far,...
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political correspondent, olivia utley. and i'm also joined by gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. nigel olivier, welcome to the show, olivia. let's start with you. people are saying that even by defection standards, this is spectacular politically. couldn't be further apart. you'd imagine from sir keir starmer being very critical of starmers labour party on slack borders, on open borders and hey presto, a dramatic flip. well pretty much everyone in the house of commons today was hugely, hugely surprised by this shock defection. >> i was in the chamber and quite a lot of people missed keir starmer's statement at the beginning and there were conservative mps who had no idea what was happening when they saw natalie elphicke on the labour backbenches. it looks of just extreme bafflement and actually it goes deeper than bafflement. there is real anger on the conservative benches . there are conservative benches. there are mps who stood beside natalie elphicke when her ex—husband charlie elphicke, was going thro
political correspondent, olivia utley. and i'm also joined by gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. nigel olivier, welcome to the show, olivia. let's start with you. people are saying that even by defection standards, this is spectacular politically. couldn't be further apart. you'd imagine from sir keir starmer being very critical of starmers labour party on slack borders, on open borders and hey presto, a dramatic flip. well pretty much everyone in the house of commons today was...
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olivia utley. i suppose it makes sense. always is the case in elections , as the guy who's out elections, as the guy who's out in, out ahead doesn't want the debates, the person who's behind does want the debates. twas ever thus. >> well, exactly. we saw the same thing in 2019, when boris johnson was so far ahead in the polls , and he did not want to polls, and he did not want to join in with these election debates . keir starmer has said debates. keir starmer has said that he will do two tv debates, which is pretty standard. but rishi sunak has upped the ante, saying he'd like to do six tv debates now. it's quite an interesting move from rishi sunak here. his personal popularity ratings are quite low, actually very low indeed , low, actually very low indeed, lower than boris johnson when he left office, or margaret thatcher when she left office. but he seems to be turning this into quite a presidential debate. he wants to make it less about the conservative vote versus labour and more about rishi
olivia utley. i suppose it makes sense. always is the case in elections , as the guy who's out elections, as the guy who's out in, out ahead doesn't want the debates, the person who's behind does want the debates. twas ever thus. >> well, exactly. we saw the same thing in 2019, when boris johnson was so far ahead in the polls , and he did not want to polls, and he did not want to join in with these election debates . keir starmer has said debates. keir starmer has said that he will do two...
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olivia utley has been later. olivia utley has been with ed davey. he seems to be having perhaps the most fun campaign, of any of the party leaders so far. not only has he fidden leaders so far. not only has he ridden a bike in wales, not only has he fallen in several times trying to wobble around on a paddleboard, today he has been, galloping , panting down a slip galloping, panting down a slip and slide. there he is on a bicycle. for those watching on television. there's his paddleboard and there's his slightly confected fall. and here is the marvellous , slightly here is the marvellous, slightly grey and drizzly, slip and slide that he's been in today. one wonders if he's actually done any campaigning at all. >> well, this is his form of campaigning, isn't it? he gets into the public eye. you know, some people might like the sort of dad joke type thing. >> well, i think it's fairly clear that whenever the lib dems come up with a policy, no one's particularly interested. but shall we talk to olivia utley, who joins us from the campaign trail in so
olivia utley has been later. olivia utley has been with ed davey. he seems to be having perhaps the most fun campaign, of any of the party leaders so far. not only has he fidden leaders so far. not only has he ridden a bike in wales, not only has he fallen in several times trying to wobble around on a paddleboard, today he has been, galloping , panting down a slip galloping, panting down a slip and slide. there he is on a bicycle. for those watching on television. there's his paddleboard and...
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utley , politics often is, olivia utley, thank you so much for joining us. live from westminster. >> yes, he desperately wants to get that message across that if, if we don't continue with his plan on the rwanda, then illegal immigration will continue at the current levels. but let's move on to the developing story. a person has died and multiple people have been left injured after severe turbulence on a flight from london heathrow, joining us now for more is gb news home and security editor, mark white, who's been following this story . what do we know now? this story. what do we know now? >> well, we just received some dramatic new video actually from tyler and from servo bomb international airport , in international airport, in bangkok, where this singapore airlines flight diverted to. and this is in the moments after that aircraft landed a fleet of ambulances on the tarmac. there some of the injured being wheeled out in wheelchairs , wheeled out in wheelchairs, others on stretchers, and they've set up triage tents as well, colour coded , of course, well,
utley , politics often is, olivia utley, thank you so much for joining us. live from westminster. >> yes, he desperately wants to get that message across that if, if we don't continue with his plan on the rwanda, then illegal immigration will continue at the current levels. but let's move on to the developing story. a person has died and multiple people have been left injured after severe turbulence on a flight from london heathrow, joining us now for more is gb news home and security...
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olivia olivia utley , our you. olivia olivia utley, our political correspondent there in westminster . westminster. >> well, as we've been discussing, civil servants have been trying to prevent deportation flights from taking off to rwanda by mounting this legal challenge against the flagship policy . vie. flagship policy. vie. >> yes. the fda, which represents senior civil servants, submitted an application for a judicial review over concerns home office staff could breach international law by enacting this policy. >> well, who better to speak to about this than the general secretary of the fda union, dave penman? dave, thank you so much for joining us here. a lot of forjoining us here. a lot of people will be raising an eyebrow, frankly, at this action. you're looking to take, because, of course, the civil service is famously supposed to be impartial. why is this different , in your view, from different, in your view, from taking a view on government policy? >> so it's not taking a view on government policy ? i'm
olivia olivia utley , our you. olivia olivia utley, our political correspondent there in westminster . westminster. >> well, as we've been discussing, civil servants have been trying to prevent deportation flights from taking off to rwanda by mounting this legal challenge against the flagship policy . vie. flagship policy. vie. >> yes. the fda, which represents senior civil servants, submitted an application for a judicial review over concerns home office staff could breach...
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>> olivia olivia utley, is she there? yes, she's in blackpool south. she's been following . south. she's been following. were you there overnight? olivia, bring us the latest reaction. what's happened? what are people saying ? are people saying? >> well, it was an absolutely catastrophic night for the conservatives. not only did labour win, which was very much predicted, the conservatives only gained the seat of blackpool south in the 2019 election. it was part of the red wall seats and the conservatives only held it with a majority of just over 3000, so it wasn't really a surprise that labour won, but it won with an absolutely enormous swing. there was a swing of 26% away from the conservatives towards labour. now that is twice the size of the swing that the labour party would need to win an overall majority in a general election. and it was also the third largest by—election victory since the second world war. also, one more stat it was the sixth by—election in which labour has won a majority with a swing of over 20
>> olivia olivia utley, is she there? yes, she's in blackpool south. she's been following . south. she's been following. were you there overnight? olivia, bring us the latest reaction. what's happened? what are people saying ? are people saying? >> well, it was an absolutely catastrophic night for the conservatives. not only did labour win, which was very much predicted, the conservatives only gained the seat of blackpool south in the 2019 election. it was part of the red wall seats...
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utley excellent as ever. >> olivia utley excellent as ever . thanks for >> olivia utley excellent as ever. thanks forjoining us. and i'm now joined by evan fowler, who's a consultant to the inter—parliamentary alliance on china . welcome to the show. china. welcome to the show. always a pleasure to have your company . we were just discussing company. we were just discussing there with olivia utley. isn't that the point? china basically has taken over the world without firing a shot. it's hoovered up all of the all of the elements and the minerals that we need to make mobile phones, to make batteries , to make cars. and it batteries, to make cars. and it can hack our details and this manner with impunity. we can summon a foreign dignitary, we can make them a cup of tea and give them a slap on the wrist. but nothing will happen, will it? the red dragon rules and we're merely lap dogs in this equation. >> well, i've got a little bit more faith, actually. in, in, you know, both the uk and i think our allies as well. >> i mean, i don't think , i >
utley excellent as ever. >> olivia utley excellent as ever . thanks for >> olivia utley excellent as ever. thanks forjoining us. and i'm now joined by evan fowler, who's a consultant to the inter—parliamentary alliance on china . welcome to the show. china. welcome to the show. always a pleasure to have your company . we were just discussing company. we were just discussing there with olivia utley. isn't that the point? china basically has taken over the world without firing a...
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olivia utley >> fair point. olivia utley always a pleasure, never a chore. thanks for joining always a pleasure, never a chore. thanks forjoining me in the studio now. loads more still to come between now and 5:00, including the big news this afternoon from north of the border. and that is kate forbes has pulled out of the snp leadership race, and she's now thrown her weight behind john swinney. all the scottish nationalists scraping the bottom of the barrel. will it be business as usual? don't go anywhere. but first it's your latest news headlines with sam francis . francis. >> very good afternoon. 4.30 a recap of the headlines this half houn recap of the headlines this half hour. the daily number of migrants arriving in the uk in small boats has hit a new eight month high. 711 people were detected crossing the channel on wednesday , which brings the wednesday, which brings the total number who've made the journey since january to nearly 8300, according to home office figures. that's up 34% compared to the same period last year. meanwhile, police have made
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but first, let's talk to gb news political correspondent olivia utley , correspondent olivia utley, who's been out on the campaign trail today following the lib dem leader, ed davey. olivia, welcome to the show . so you're welcome to the show. so you're still on that battle bus? it's called yellowhammer one, a bizarre name. a yellowhammer is a kind of inauspicious songbird that makes a lot of noise from the sidelines , while not being the sidelines, while not being very dominant. seems fitting. tell us what's happened on day one. >> hello, martin. yes, i am just drawing in to kendall now on this lib dem battle bus. and as you say, it's called yellowhammer one. that's because the lib dems plan to smash up the lib dems plan to smash up the blue wall in the south of england with yellowhammer. we're in kendall now because it is the only lib dem held constituency in the north of england. and then tomorrow we'll be heading over to wales and then to the south. it's the south where ed davey is really hoping to pick up a lot of seats. there are lots of constituencies in the sort of home counties w
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olivia utley has the latest . utley has the latest. >> yes, rishi sunak wants six, tv debates turning this into something of a presidential contest. but will he regret the strategy with low personal popularity ratings? find out more with me very soon. >> yes. six, six, six. is that the number of the devil? but the return of corbyn. former labour leader jeremy corbyn has announced that he will stand as announced that he will stand as an independent candidate in islington north in the general election. >> jezza is back, jez, we can, meanwhile, a tragic story. chaos in majorca . at least four dead in majorca. at least four dead and others trapped under rubble after a devastating restaurant building collapse on a beach in majorca. we'll have the latest . majorca. we'll have the latest. >> and the denials continue at the post office inquiry , as the the post office inquiry, as the former post office boss, paula vennells, said that she did not try to close down a review of the faulty horizon software. her questioning co
olivia utley has the latest . utley has the latest. >> yes, rishi sunak wants six, tv debates turning this into something of a presidential contest. but will he regret the strategy with low personal popularity ratings? find out more with me very soon. >> yes. six, six, six. is that the number of the devil? but the return of corbyn. former labour leader jeremy corbyn has announced that he will stand as announced that he will stand as an independent candidate in islington north in the...
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olivia utley. good to see you this morning. thank you . morning. thank you. >> okay, 8:08. well, it's very big day in the world of sport , big day in the world of sport, aidan magee is with us for a start. obviously, the big news story, let alone sports story, is the fight . the what did you is the fight. the what did you call it in the desert? the dust up in the desert. >> that was only. that was only my, yours. my. yeah. it wasn't. >> i mean, it was the big boxing fight. >> if you're suggesting that it sounded good, i'm taking credit. okay. no it was a classic. it was an absolute classic. and sometimes these big fights, they're big on on, on hype and they're big on on, on hype and they're big on conjecture . they they're big on conjecture. they promise a lot, don't deliver as much as they should. mainly because it's been possible. but this one over delivered. i would argue that's what gareth davies certainly said or agreed with me last last hour is that fury was the favourite, but usyk upsets the favourite, but usyk upsets the form book completely and i don't know why any
olivia utley. good to see you this morning. thank you . morning. thank you. >> okay, 8:08. well, it's very big day in the world of sport , big day in the world of sport, aidan magee is with us for a start. obviously, the big news story, let alone sports story, is the fight . the what did you is the fight. the what did you call it in the desert? the dust up in the desert. >> that was only. that was only my, yours. my. yeah. it wasn't. >> i mean, it was the big boxing fight....
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olivia utley. good to see you this morning, olivia. shall we start on the subject of debates? because rishi sunak says he's keen to debate sir keir starmer every week for the next six weeks. is that even feasibly possible? we're trying to run a campaign at the same time . campaign at the same time. >> well, every single week does seem very bold when you've got two people who are running up and down the country , on and down the country, on campaign trails. i think it's going to be hard to get them in the same place six different times over the next six weeks. it's a very presidential tactic that the prime minister is taking here. he seems to want this election to be about rishi sunak versus keir starmer, rather than the conservatives versus labour. now that's a tactic that might pay off. polling shows that keir starmer is actually less popular than the labour party overall, but rishi sunak isn't very much more popular than the conservative party overall , so it's not quite party overall, so it's not quite clear if it's sensible. it sounds as though the prime minister wants to
olivia utley. good to see you this morning, olivia. shall we start on the subject of debates? because rishi sunak says he's keen to debate sir keir starmer every week for the next six weeks. is that even feasibly possible? we're trying to run a campaign at the same time . campaign at the same time. >> well, every single week does seem very bold when you've got two people who are running up and down the country , on and down the country, on campaign trails. i think it's going to be hard to...
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olivia utley gb news, political correspondent. live there from westminster, shall we get a little more political analysis from peter spencer, who is a political commentator , peter, political commentator, peter, thank you. thank you so much. i mean, it must be pretty depressing for rishi sunak with all of his colleagues deciding that they're going to stand down. they must believe they don't stand a chance, really, of, governing . of, governing. >> i have a mental picture of rishi sunak this time next year, enjoying the view from his palace and silicon valley, thinking why would why did i even try? because of the fact, as you rightly say, he is watching his party implode in front of his base and nadhim zahawi zahawi in his, i think, rather charming and very dignified resignation letter. cited, romeo and juliet parting is such sweet sorrow, but his real parting shot, i have to say, is today's poll in the from the company that he himself founded, yougov , which gave founded, yougov, which gave labour its biggest ever lead , 30 labour
olivia utley gb news, political correspondent. live there from westminster, shall we get a little more political analysis from peter spencer, who is a political commentator , peter, political commentator, peter, thank you. thank you so much. i mean, it must be pretty depressing for rishi sunak with all of his colleagues deciding that they're going to stand down. they must believe they don't stand a chance, really, of, governing . of, governing. >> i have a mental picture of rishi sunak...
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. >> well, joining us now is gb news political correspondent, olivia utley , who is live for us olivia utley, who is live for us in westminster. very good morning to you , olivia. and for morning to you, olivia. and for victims of this scandal, they have been waiting years, decades for this report . for this report. >> yes, in some cases, some of these victims have been waiting up to five decades for this report. and it is extremely damning on pretty much every government since the 1970s. bnan government since the 1970s. brian longstaff, who was the key author of this report, wasn't afraid to name individual ministers who he felt had particularly let down victims, among them ken clarke, the former conservative health minister who held a range of positions in multiple conservative governments and is now, of course, appear , for now, of course, appear, for there are calls for him to lose his peerage over this. tony blair has also singled out for saying in 1999 that although he felt sorry for the victims of the infected blood scandal, he didn't think an inquiry would do any good while the
. >> well, joining us now is gb news political correspondent, olivia utley , who is live for us olivia utley, who is live for us in westminster. very good morning to you , olivia. and for morning to you, olivia. and for victims of this scandal, they have been waiting years, decades for this report . for this report. >> yes, in some cases, some of these victims have been waiting up to five decades for this report. and it is extremely damning on pretty much every government since the...
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>> that's olivia utley there for us. liam halligan joins us in the studio now because we're talking about interest rates expected to stay the same. liam they are indeed, ellie. sorry, we're just talking about mancini's . mancini's. >> oh, there we go. from one to the other. >> potential wedding attire. not for you. >> oh, it looks like your mike. liam. so we will just turned on. >> is it on? check it, liam. so we will just turned on. >> is it on? check it , check it. >> is it on? check it, check it. in the meantime, while we sort that out, >> stand on. yeah, right. >> stand on. yeah, right. >> we'll sort that out. liam. in the meantime, let's talk to andrew and nana to find out what's coming up. >> but we're together. >> but we're together. >> it is nice together with you. is it the first time i've been on nana show? >> many times. very, very honoured to be on nana show. but we've never presented together. i'm honoured to be the first. >> andrew. peter. oh, what a lovely duo. >> yes. >> yes. >> makes you unique. nana >>
>> that's olivia utley there for us. liam halligan joins us in the studio now because we're talking about interest rates expected to stay the same. liam they are indeed, ellie. sorry, we're just talking about mancini's . mancini's. >> oh, there we go. from one to the other. >> potential wedding attire. not for you. >> oh, it looks like your mike. liam. so we will just turned on. >> is it on? check it, liam. so we will just turned on. >> is it on? check it ,...
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no, i'm not joined by olivia utley. she is out on the road with on the battle bus with the liberal democrats. olivia, you're on the battle bus. you've been with the lib dem leader ed davey today. tell us apart from ed davey falling off a paddleboard, what's been going on? >> well, yes, we are on the way from windermere to wales. we're nearly in wales now. the lib dems are doing a rapid tour of the country over four days. we started off in windermere, which is held by tim farron. it's the only lib dem held constituency in the north of england, and now we're heading to some more classic lib dem battlegrounds in the south—west of england and in wales. then we're going into the home counties around london. the liberal democrat campaign in this election is very much focused on unseating swathes of conservative mps in areas which tend to be very, very conservative in nature . now, conservative in nature. now, this is why, you know, one of the reasons at least, why rishi sunak has come out today with this pensions policy. he
no, i'm not joined by olivia utley. she is out on the road with on the battle bus with the liberal democrats. olivia, you're on the battle bus. you've been with the lib dem leader ed davey today. tell us apart from ed davey falling off a paddleboard, what's been going on? >> well, yes, we are on the way from windermere to wales. we're nearly in wales now. the lib dems are doing a rapid tour of the country over four days. we started off in windermere, which is held by tim farron. it's the...
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. >> correspondent olivia utley. very good to see you this morning, olivia. this is a significant blow to rishi sunak. isn't. and being described as a seismic win for the labour party i >> -- >> it absolutely is both a huge blow for rishi sunak and a spectacular win for the labour party , a swing of 26. that is party, a swing of 26. that is double what labour would need to win a general election. it's also as i think james mentioned earlier, the third biggest by—election swing since the second world war and the sixth biggest swing to labour since 2019. that's six swings of over 20% since the general election six years ago. that is really , six years ago. that is really, really bad news for rishi sunak. the last time that we saw swings of this magnitude was between 1992 and 1997, and of course, we all know how that ends. you mentioned ellie earlier, which i thought was an interesting point. the idea that although there are big, big, big swings towards labour and people are constantly making the comparison with 1997, there is no evidence that they're the same
. >> correspondent olivia utley. very good to see you this morning, olivia. this is a significant blow to rishi sunak. isn't. and being described as a seismic win for the labour party i >> -- >> it absolutely is both a huge blow for rishi sunak and a spectacular win for the labour party , a swing of 26. that is party, a swing of 26. that is double what labour would need to win a general election. it's also as i think james mentioned earlier, the third biggest by—election...
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olivia utley , still to come this olivia utley, still to come this morning, the met police have refused to follow advice to make fewer arrests . it sounds like fewer arrests. it sounds like common sense to us. we're going to be discussing that next. don't go anywhere. this is britain's newsroom on . gb news. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce back. that's right. carole malone is here with us. and amy nicole turner, if we all calm down now from the excitement of the election being called. carol. >> no, because i know you. we all know what the next few months, the next month and a bit, six weeks are going to be like, we're going to be stowed under with stop your name. do you know what you know? it's we're going to see a whole load of boring people in suits telling us what they're going to do, knowing that they're not we're not. >> what i'm dreading is the six weeks of, like, very polite political trash talk, which i've already heard rishi sunak kicking off this morning, where it's like polite segue into saying why the other ones are terrible and i
olivia utley , still to come this olivia utley, still to come this morning, the met police have refused to follow advice to make fewer arrests . it sounds like fewer arrests. it sounds like common sense to us. we're going to be discussing that next. don't go anywhere. this is britain's newsroom on . gb news. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce back. that's right. carole malone is here with us. and amy nicole turner, if we all calm down now from the...
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olivia utley. alicia kearns. thank you very much. good start, coming up. is it time we started punishing parents for their kids bad behaviour in public? but up next is britain's tap water toxic. and i want to know we're going to be speaking to a water expert. should we start looking into these water filters that go into these water filters that go into these water filters that go into the pipes? you plug them in underneath the tap or even bigger, you get massive sort of steel filters that take away all the heavy metals and chemicals in the water. is that something we need to look at? we're going to be speaking to a waterways expert who will tell us all about the dirty water infecting devon very shortly. this saturday morning, live on gb news, britain's news channel welcome back. >> good morning . hope you're >> good morning. hope you're having a wonderful saturday out there. now, don't forget to keep sending in your messages and questions about the topics in the news this week. we're talking about. we're chatting with them with our panel guests later. but
olivia utley. alicia kearns. thank you very much. good start, coming up. is it time we started punishing parents for their kids bad behaviour in public? but up next is britain's tap water toxic. and i want to know we're going to be speaking to a water expert. should we start looking into these water filters that go into these water filters that go into these water filters that go into the pipes? you plug them in underneath the tap or even bigger, you get massive sort of steel filters that take...
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olivia utley there gb news a political correspondent outside the yellowhammer. one. >> yellowhammer one. you know, the thing about yellowhammer is it's not just the yellowhammer that the lib dems see themselves. the sort of colour yellow as a hammer in the blue wall. it's also the code name that the treasury used for no deal brexit planning, which i'm sure is a fact that has not escaped the eyes of the lib dem planners who decided to have perhaps a subtle nod to brexit. >> and am i being very thick? i thought the liberal democrat colour was orange. >> orangey, yellowy sort of. yeah, i think they get away with it. >> okay, well, in other news, this is something that struck me this is something that struck me this morning, feeding young children peanuts in the form of a smooth spread. so i guess a peanut butter for safety could provide lasting protection from peanut allergies. >> well, that's according to a new study conducted by a team at king's college london. the study found that feeding large amounts of peanut butter to infants from weaning until the age of fi
olivia utley there gb news a political correspondent outside the yellowhammer. one. >> yellowhammer one. you know, the thing about yellowhammer is it's not just the yellowhammer that the lib dems see themselves. the sort of colour yellow as a hammer in the blue wall. it's also the code name that the treasury used for no deal brexit planning, which i'm sure is a fact that has not escaped the eyes of the lib dem planners who decided to have perhaps a subtle nod to brexit. >> and am i...
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olivia utley. very good morning to you, olivia. and this is clear blue water now isn't it. between labour and the tories. at least that's what the chancellor, jeremy hunt, wants to make clear. he says labour tax rises are as sure as night follows. day >> well, absolutely ellie, that's exactly what jeremy hunt is trying to do this morning, trying to show that there is a big difference between labour and the conservatives on the economy. of course, it's very difficult for the conservatives to convey that message because over the last five years or so, britain has had a tax burden so high that it's comparable to something during the second world war. now, what jeremy hunt is going to say in his speech at 9:00 today is that the conservatives are making a distinction between the tax rises, which have been necessary over the last few years to cover the cost of the furlough scheme, to cover the cost of lockdowns in general, to cover that energy guarantee scheme. when russia invaded ukraine and the price of gas and oil went up, those tax rises, which the chancellor says were necess
olivia utley. very good morning to you, olivia. and this is clear blue water now isn't it. between labour and the tories. at least that's what the chancellor, jeremy hunt, wants to make clear. he says labour tax rises are as sure as night follows. day >> well, absolutely ellie, that's exactly what jeremy hunt is trying to do this morning, trying to show that there is a big difference between labour and the conservatives on the economy. of course, it's very difficult for the conservatives...
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olivia, thanks for talking to us. olivia utley. our political correspondent. we sent somebody on the mail down to dover to talk to people. they were absolutely outraged, i could imagine, and gobsmacked too, they said. but she wants the rwanda bill and she wants to stop it. and what a labour policy. but they also said the same thing . well, she should same thing. well, she should force a by—election. there should be a by—election. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> another one. yeah. another by—election. another one crossing the floor i don't know. well listen, still to come as prince harry. yes. prince harry. >> oh prince harry. yes. prince harry. >> on is he leaving. on shame. >> on is he leaving. on shame. >> it is a shame, isn't it? prince harry flies home today. should his dad have spared him just five minutes for a cup of tea? if it was that way round. you're with britain's newsroom on . gb news. >> satire. he'd have been 16 foot in the air. >> that's carole malone watching. oh, sorry. are you on? >> doesn't wait to be introduced. it's 1019 with britain
olivia, thanks for talking to us. olivia utley. our political correspondent. we sent somebody on the mail down to dover to talk to people. they were absolutely outraged, i could imagine, and gobsmacked too, they said. but she wants the rwanda bill and she wants to stop it. and what a labour policy. but they also said the same thing . well, she should same thing. well, she should force a by—election. there should be a by—election. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >>...
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utley , thank you >> well, olivia utley, thank you for bringing us that stark reality facing so many conservative mps. really appreciate it. >> the problem i've got with all of this, tom, is we have, what, five, five and a half weeks now. we only had half a week or a week. yeah. and after that we are still going to end up with either rishi sunak or keir starmer. and how many people are actually voting for labour party for their policies, or just simply because they've had enough of the tories? >> it's almost how theresa may became prime minister right? all of her opponents sort of imploded and stood against one another, took each other out, and then by default, she was the last woman standing. yeah. sort of feels that that's how we're getting to this. >> not a great way to win an election. >> i mean, it's like you must be thinking, well, they're not really voting for us. we're just voting against the conservatives but we are where we are. >> what a joy to live in a democracy. still to come. are the tories facing a wipe—out in scotland? well, that's what the leader of the snp thinks
utley , thank you >> well, olivia utley, thank you for bringing us that stark reality facing so many conservative mps. really appreciate it. >> the problem i've got with all of this, tom, is we have, what, five, five and a half weeks now. we only had half a week or a week. yeah. and after that we are still going to end up with either rishi sunak or keir starmer. and how many people are actually voting for labour party for their policies, or just simply because they've had enough of...
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well joining me now is gb news political correspondent olivia utley , who's in westminster, and utley, who's in westminster, and gb news reporterjack utley, who's in westminster, and gb news reporter jack carson utley, who's in westminster, and gb news reporterjack carson . gb news reporter jack carson. who's in the west midlands, olivia , i'll start with you in olivia, i'll start with you in westminster. the reaction to these losses, do you think the conservatives are accepting that actually, things ain't looking too rosy for them ? too rosy for them? >> well, i think the conservatives are being very realistic about this. they know that the results over this weekend have been truly, truly disastrous . the question is, disastrous. the question is, what do they do about it? of course , there is a little band course, there is a little band of plotters at the centre of westminster , conservative westminster, conservative plotters who would like to see rishi sunak overthrown before the next election. guys who would like to try their luck with a different leader. but that doesn't seem to b
well joining me now is gb news political correspondent olivia utley , who's in westminster, and utley, who's in westminster, and gb news reporterjack utley, who's in westminster, and gb news reporter jack carson utley, who's in westminster, and gb news reporterjack carson . gb news reporter jack carson. who's in the west midlands, olivia , i'll start with you in olivia, i'll start with you in westminster. the reaction to these losses, do you think the conservatives are accepting that actually,...
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olivia utley there from yellowhammer one yellowhammer. by the way, for those ornithologists out there , those ornithologists out there, is a small diminutive songbird that makes a lot of noise from the sidelines without ever being the sidelines without ever being the dominant species. some might say that's quite fitting. olivia utley, thank you very much for joining us live and direct. now stand by for the moment. you've all been waiting for. yes. in a few minutes i'll cross live to gloucestershire for all the thrills and spills of the annual cheese rolling event. the event, the venue there is so dangerous that even our reporter has injured himself. he took a little roll down that hill himself. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel welcome back. it's 347. i'm martin daubney on gb news. now let's bring you now a brand new interview with rishi sunak. the prime minister. he's been talking about a number of topics, including, of course , topics, including, of course, his controversial plan to bring back national service for 18
olivia utley there from yellowhammer one yellowhammer. by the way, for those ornithologists out there , those ornithologists out there, is a small diminutive songbird that makes a lot of noise from the sidelines without ever being the sidelines without ever being the dominant species. some might say that's quite fitting. olivia utley, thank you very much for joining us live and direct. now stand by for the moment. you've all been waiting for. yes. in a few minutes i'll cross live to...
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gb news political correspondent olivia utley has been with the yellows in the west country. olivia >> i have, i've been touring around with the lib dems on their yellowhammer one bus, as they're calling it yellowhammer, which they're promising will smash up the blue wall of the tory south. we're in the west country now. this used to be home to swathes of lib dem seats, but they all fell in the 2015 general election. there are just a few yellow bricks in a sea of a blue wall. these days. bath where we are, where we've just moved from and somerton and frome, where i am now, are two of them. the lib dems are very much hoping that they can win back lots and lots of seats in the south west. they're only polling at about 9% at the moment. that's compared to 25% that nick clegg was polling back in 2010. and it's about level with the reform party . but ed with the reform party. but ed davey doesn't seem too worried about because the lib dems campaign tactic in this election is to concentrate all their efforts and their resources on about 30 or 40 seats, which they really think they
gb news political correspondent olivia utley has been with the yellows in the west country. olivia >> i have, i've been touring around with the lib dems on their yellowhammer one bus, as they're calling it yellowhammer, which they're promising will smash up the blue wall of the tory south. we're in the west country now. this used to be home to swathes of lib dem seats, but they all fell in the 2015 general election. there are just a few yellow bricks in a sea of a blue wall. these days....
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well joining us now is our gb news political correspondent olivia utley . correspondent olivia utley. >> very good morning to you, olivia. and if it backfired so much in scotland, why would this be a good idea for the labour party? >> well, you can see why the labour party is tempted by the idea.the labour party is tempted by the idea. the rental situation for people in britain's big cities is pretty catastrophic at the moment. in london, rents have risen by over 8% in the last two years and we've all heard shocking stories about people having to leave the capital because they're not able to pay the sort of rents that are expected anymore. the problem is that there are unintended consequences. as we've seen in scotland, nicola sturgeon introduced a similar policy back introduced a similar policy back in 2022, and what happened was landlords simply left the sector altogether . 17% of landlords landlords simply left the sector altogether. 17% of landlords in scotland have either already sold up or are thinking of selling up. now you might think that would be an ideal situation. those ho
well joining us now is our gb news political correspondent olivia utley . correspondent olivia utley. >> very good morning to you, olivia. and if it backfired so much in scotland, why would this be a good idea for the labour party? >> well, you can see why the labour party is tempted by the idea.the labour party is tempted by the idea. the rental situation for people in britain's big cities is pretty catastrophic at the moment. in london, rents have risen by over 8% in the last two...
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so, olivia, let's lay out utley. so, olivia, let's lay out some more of those plans that the labour party are planning, putting forward to put forward for the nhs. well, wes streeting wants to spend £1.1 billion on adding an extra 40,000 appointments to the nhs schedule. >> now to do that, he plans to get staff, nurses, nurses and doctors working evenings and weekends and he plans to pool that staff over sort of five different hospitals. and he says that if he does that, then there'll be the same amount of appointments done over a weekend and as is done in a whole week dunng and as is done in a whole week during normal hospital time. i mean, obviously it's a noble goal mean, obviously it's a noble goal. nhs waiting lists are huge and just getting longer. it's the one of rishi sunaks five pledges, which he really can't claim to have made any progress on at all. but the question, of course, is can labour actually afford to do what they're saying they're going to do ? wes they're going to do? wes streeting says that he
so, olivia, let's lay out utley. so, olivia, let's lay out some more of those plans that the labour party are planning, putting forward to put forward for the nhs. well, wes streeting wants to spend £1.1 billion on adding an extra 40,000 appointments to the nhs schedule. >> now to do that, he plans to get staff, nurses, nurses and doctors working evenings and weekends and he plans to pool that staff over sort of five different hospitals. and he says that if he does that, then there'll be...
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let's talk to our political correspondent, olivia utley, about what is going to be a monumental day for him today, and an inspirational one as well i >> absolutely. i mean, hugely inspirational day. craig mckinley will be at pmqs today and his daughter, little, five year old olivia, is going to be in the public gallery watching him, this is an incredible comeback. and as you can see from chris's interview there, he seems to be taking it all in his stride in the most remarkable way. he says that he's been surprised , really cheerful surprised, really cheerful throughout, and all he misses really is holding his daughter's hand. now. he wants to be the first bionic mp. he says he's planning to fight the next election for south thanet , his election for south thanet, his constituency. he's got quite an interesting background . craig interesting background. craig mckinley. he was the founder of the anti—federalist party, which was the precursor to ukip, and he was actually a ukip politician before moving over to the conservatives in 2005, when he didn't like the direction that ukip was goi
let's talk to our political correspondent, olivia utley, about what is going to be a monumental day for him today, and an inspirational one as well i >> absolutely. i mean, hugely inspirational day. craig mckinley will be at pmqs today and his daughter, little, five year old olivia, is going to be in the public gallery watching him, this is an incredible comeback. and as you can see from chris's interview there, he seems to be taking it all in his stride in the most remarkable way. he...
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olivia utley. well, let's talk to a very senior conservative backbencher , philip conservative backbencher, philip davies, the conservative mp for shipley, well known to this , shipley, well known to this, station on this program, sir philip is he now is. congratulations sir philip, on your knighthood. >> thank you very much. it was it was a very unexpected. >> well, richly deserved. if mps deserve night, as you certainly deserve night, as you certainly deserve one, how anxious are backbench tory mps, ministers to philip about the relative ease with which china appeared to have hacked into the ministry of defence, no less, which is the first line of our defences ? first line of our defences? >> no, it's i mean, this is a this is hugely concerning. if anywhere is secure, it should be the ministry of defence, and so if another country has, broken into that system with ease, then thatis into that system with ease, then that is a massive area of concern. and of course the relationship with china is com
olivia utley. well, let's talk to a very senior conservative backbencher , philip conservative backbencher, philip davies, the conservative mp for shipley, well known to this , shipley, well known to this, station on this program, sir philip is he now is. congratulations sir philip, on your knighthood. >> thank you very much. it was it was a very unexpected. >> well, richly deserved. if mps deserve night, as you certainly deserve night, as you certainly deserve one, how anxious are...
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well, let's go to windermere now and speak to gb news political correspondent olivia utley olivia, quite a quick turnaround on that apology i >> -- >> very imam >> very quick turnaround indeed. just an hour was a little bit reminiscent of the coots experience , and it does feel as experience, and it does feel as though nigel farage has come up on top again . though nigel farage has come up on top again. he demanded an apology and sure enough, just one hour later the bbc did apologise for saying that nigel farage was using customary inflammatory language of course, farage points out that he wasn't even using his own words. he was quoting the polish president donald tusk . so that seems to be donald tusk. so that seems to be the end of that. and farage is calling it a victory . calling it a victory. >> well, there we go. it's a it's an interesting one because of course, he is someone that drags perhaps much more media attention and perhaps quick response than richard tice, from whom we haven't really heard today and yet he's the guy that leads reform uk. it seems that there's a bit of a do
well, let's go to windermere now and speak to gb news political correspondent olivia utley olivia, quite a quick turnaround on that apology i >> -- >> very imam >> very quick turnaround indeed. just an hour was a little bit reminiscent of the coots experience , and it does feel as experience, and it does feel as though nigel farage has come up on top again . though nigel farage has come up on top again. he demanded an apology and sure enough, just one hour later the bbc did...
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olivia utley. our political correspondent there in westminster . correspondent there in westminster. huge correspondent there in westminster . huge ramifications westminster. huge ramifications potentially. potentially. but will rishi sunak say, you know, i don't care what the court says. >> well , says. >> well, we'll hear from that's what he said he's willing to do, hasn't he. >> later this afternoon, there's this daily, lobby briefing where i'm sure that will be a matter of discussion. we'll get the very latest as soon as we get it. in other news, king charles has bestowed the role of colonel in chief of the army air corps to prince william in a huge showing of support for his eldest son. yes the prince of wales has also succeeded king charles as head of the regiment. >> as william continues to step up his public duties in the wake of his father's cancer diagnosis. >> well, joining us now from middle wollop, a marvellous place name is our royal correspondent cameron walker. cameron, this was a s
olivia utley. our political correspondent there in westminster . correspondent there in westminster. huge correspondent there in westminster . huge ramifications westminster. huge ramifications potentially. potentially. but will rishi sunak say, you know, i don't care what the court says. >> well , says. >> well, we'll hear from that's what he said he's willing to do, hasn't he. >> later this afternoon, there's this daily, lobby briefing where i'm sure that will be a matter of...
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>> well, olivia utley, thank you downing street. the sun is shining on you in a way it didn't on rishi sunak yesterday . didn't on rishi sunak yesterday. we'll come back to you later in the show. and joining me now is sir john curtice, the legendary polling expert and professor of politics at the university of strathclyde . and welcome to the strathclyde. and welcome to the show, john. it's always an absolute pleasure . you wrote a absolute pleasure. you wrote a fascinating piece in the papers today saying rishi had better be an extraordinary campaigner. today saying rishi had better be an extraordinary campaigner . and an extraordinary campaigner. and what you're saying there, if i read between the lines, is all of the polling, all of the evidence seems to suggest that rishi sunak is going to have to pull the mother of all rabbits out of a hat to have any chance of winning the next general election. tell me some more . election. tell me some more. >> yeah. i mean, the honest truth is that all the historical precedents stand against
>> well, olivia utley, thank you downing street. the sun is shining on you in a way it didn't on rishi sunak yesterday . didn't on rishi sunak yesterday. we'll come back to you later in the show. and joining me now is sir john curtice, the legendary polling expert and professor of politics at the university of strathclyde . and welcome to the strathclyde. and welcome to the show, john. it's always an absolute pleasure . you wrote a absolute pleasure. you wrote a fascinating piece in the...