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and welcome back to the camilla tominey show on gb news with me olivia utley. now by former deputy chief of defence staff, lieutenant general sir simon mayall , thank you so much for mayall, thank you so much for coming in to talk to us. and obviously this is a very difficult morning. can you just explain to our viewers who might just be tuning into the news for the first time, exactly what's happened overnight? >> yes. well, certainly, according to the israeli defence forces, what they have done is launch a series of attacks on hezbollah, who largely dominate southern lebanon, which is on the northern border of israel, . that seems to have taken place. hundreds of more missiles have gone over, and the israelis have gone over, and the israelis have gone into, as they say, pre—empt an even larger attack, which is what hezbollah claimed they were going to do. >> and obviously, the worry is that this sort of extends to the broader middle east already is extending to the broader middle east, and then the rest of the world has to get involved . the world has to get
and welcome back to the camilla tominey show on gb news with me olivia utley. now by former deputy chief of defence staff, lieutenant general sir simon mayall , thank you so much for mayall, thank you so much for coming in to talk to us. and obviously this is a very difficult morning. can you just explain to our viewers who might just be tuning into the news for the first time, exactly what's happened overnight? >> yes. well, certainly, according to the israeli defence forces, what they...
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utley olivia.rn that, okay, you've you fill up the police cells, but then what happens if you make an arrest where do those potential criminals. then then then stay . i mean, those potential criminals. then then then stay. i mean, this is quite dangerous, is it not? >> well, absolutely . there are a >> well, absolutely. there are a lot of questions surrounding this emergency measure. the truth is that the prison sector is just living hand to mouth at the moment. it likes to operate with about 1400 spare places. at the moment in male prisons, there are about 300 spare places across the whole of the uk. and prison leaders say that with any fewer than 300, they will be simply unable to operate at all. so this is an emergency measure. no one thinks it's going to be particularly sort of brilliant in the long run, but the government feels it's the only thing they can do to, to alleviate the immediate pressure of massive overcrowding . another of massive overcrowding. another new report out today showed t
utley olivia.rn that, okay, you've you fill up the police cells, but then what happens if you make an arrest where do those potential criminals. then then then stay . i mean, those potential criminals. then then then stay. i mean, this is quite dangerous, is it not? >> well, absolutely . there are a >> well, absolutely. there are a lot of questions surrounding this emergency measure. the truth is that the prison sector is just living hand to mouth at the moment. it likes to operate...
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olivia utley thank you policies. olivia utley thank you very much for joining policies.who joins me. charles, welcome to the show. so nobody likes energy prices going up here. we are once again. we're approaching another winter. and also the winter fuel allowance has been slashed . allowance has been slashed. charles, tell me, how will this impact you and what do you think about this yet again, another price rise . price rise. >> well, another price rise. >> well, another price rise. >> it's going to hit me just the same as it will hit everybody else, >> i'm not on benefits. >> i'm not on benefits. >> i'm not on benefits. >> i am a pensioner. >> i am a pensioner. >> my wife and i, have been for a number of years, but i have a small. >> well, i have an army pension because i did 22 years in the sighted, deemed am partially sighted, deemed blind . and i don't think we'll blind. and i don't think we'll get a penny. >> and there you go. that's a fella in nottingham there. that's the real impact of these policies . olivia utley thank you policies. olivia utley thank you very
olivia utley thank you policies. olivia utley thank you very much for joining policies.who joins me. charles, welcome to the show. so nobody likes energy prices going up here. we are once again. we're approaching another winter. and also the winter fuel allowance has been slashed . allowance has been slashed. charles, tell me, how will this impact you and what do you think about this yet again, another price rise . price rise. >> well, another price rise. >> well, another price...
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olivia, it was olivia utley.s sir keir starmer to start packing right away and get himself abroad and rethink what boris johnson perceives as utter, well, madness, frankly, from the labour party. >> yeah, it's a very punchy article in the daily mail today, in classic boris johnson style. he starts by criticising keir starmer for reversing some conservative policies, namely building more prisons. in fact, the labour government has said that it will be closing prisons and will be some of the prisons that are in the worst state for, for for, renewing them. and as a result, we'll have to release thousands of prisoners early. now, keir starmer is a bit painted himself into a corner there because his response to there because his response to the riots so far has been to get as many people behind bars as possible. well, that might be very sensible , but as we are very sensible, but as we are living through a prisons overcrowding crisis, it will probably set himself up for problems later down the line. the crux of boris
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olivia, good to be with utley. olivia, good to be with you. what do you think actually this will mean ultimately for the prime minister there won't be a change of tack, surely. i mean, he's pretty much nailed on and resolute in what he's saying and resolute in what he's saying and what he has continued to say in the context of these riots. >> well, he is i mean, keir starmer's honeymoon period was always going to end, but it does feel as though it's ended pretty abruptly with a jolt back down to earth this week, keir starmer has had to cancel his european houday has had to cancel his european holiday that he was supposed to be going on with his family in the next few days, and that is probably as a direct result of the criticism that he's been receiving. and this poll result, which shows that his favorability ratings have massively declined. specifically, what people seem to be annoyed about is, as you say, that slow response failing to call a cobra meeting. and actually people say that he hasn't been tough enough on the rioters. now, that's g
olivia, good to be with utley. olivia, good to be with you. what do you think actually this will mean ultimately for the prime minister there won't be a change of tack, surely. i mean, he's pretty much nailed on and resolute in what he's saying and resolute in what he's saying and what he has continued to say in the context of these riots. >> well, he is i mean, keir starmer's honeymoon period was always going to end, but it does feel as though it's ended pretty abruptly with a jolt back...
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utley , thank you >> okay, olivia utley, thank you very much.on from olivia throughout the morning, >> meanwhile, let's have a look at other stories coming into the newsroom on this wednesday morning. and councils are warning that communities of the highest risk of flooding are under further threat because of rising costs to the defences . rising costs to the defences. there are calls for the government to overhaul the way bodies which oversee flood prevention are funded. >> the australian city of melbourne has banned rental electronic scooters, with officials saying they posed unacceptable safety risks. they've had hundreds of accidents which have sparked outrage with the public, with the city's mayor saying he's fed up with the bad behaviour of some scooter users . some scooter usefs. >> some scooter users. >> a new study says older people who feel that their life lacks purpose may be more to prone memory loss and thinking problems as they age. it adds to mounting evidence linking psychological well—being to healthy ageing . but melbourne's he
utley , thank you >> okay, olivia utley, thank you very much.on from olivia throughout the morning, >> meanwhile, let's have a look at other stories coming into the newsroom on this wednesday morning. and councils are warning that communities of the highest risk of flooding are under further threat because of rising costs to the defences . rising costs to the defences. there are calls for the government to overhaul the way bodies which oversee flood prevention are funded. >>...
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we're joined now by our political correspondent, olivia utley olivia.o afford to keep their homes warm, particularly if they've had this winter fuel allowance removed . removed. >> well , absolutely. removed. >> well, absolutely. this could be a disaster for pensioners. 10 million pensioners are set to have their winter fuel payments cut completely after rachel reeves decided to make that winter fuel payment means tested rather than given to all pensioners. pensioners are affected, usually the worst, by hikes to gas prices because obviously lots of them spend far more time at home than the working population who are going out to work every day . sort of out to work every day. sort of goes without saying. so this could be terrible for pensioners, and it has put huge pressure on rachel reeves to delay that fuel payments cut until after this winter is over. this price hike of about 10% isn't nearly as bad as the one that we saw at the beginning of january last year, when the war in ukraine was at its height. but it is bad enough to put huge pressure on hou
we're joined now by our political correspondent, olivia utley olivia.o afford to keep their homes warm, particularly if they've had this winter fuel allowance removed . removed. >> well , absolutely. removed. >> well, absolutely. this could be a disaster for pensioners. 10 million pensioners are set to have their winter fuel payments cut completely after rachel reeves decided to make that winter fuel payment means tested rather than given to all pensioners. pensioners are affected,...
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utley olivia.ssentially back in april this year, the conservative government, as was promised that victims of infected blood would get the payout that they have been waiting so long for. but shortly after that, the general election was called and then obviously, everything was flung into complete uncertainty. today, labour have doubled down on the conservatives commitment. so they have said that victims of they have said that victims of the infected blood scandal will start to receive payment from this year, and anyone who was directly affected and the families of anyone directly infected, will receive money for the rest of their lives . that the rest of their lives. that could amount to up to 2 million for some victims, the overall compensation package. there are varying estimates, but it's thought to be around £10 billion over the course of the lifetimes of these victims. obviously, the government doesn't have any choice but to go ahead with this. this is one of the worst scandals in british hist
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olivia utley. morning, olivia.e last hour , been debating in the last hour, do you think rachel reeves and keir starmer have got the courage to declare this was a badidea? courage to declare this was a bad idea? let's do a u—turn over the winter fuel payments . the winter fuel payments. >> well, that is just the million dollar question, isn't it ? they are under huge pressure it? they are under huge pressure now to scrap that idea to make winter fuel payments means tested, meaning that about 10 million pensioners will lose out this winter. you've got people like martin lewis, the personal finance guru, you've got labour, you've got labour bigwigs, you know ex—labour bigwigs like john mcdonnell who lost the whip, jeremy corbyn's shadow chancellor, of course, who lost the whip over rebelling on the two child benefits. he's saying that the government needs to u—turn on this. then you've got conservative peers as well. and it's no surprise, really, the fact that these that gas bills have gone up is going to affect pens
olivia utley. morning, olivia.e last hour , been debating in the last hour, do you think rachel reeves and keir starmer have got the courage to declare this was a badidea? courage to declare this was a bad idea? let's do a u—turn over the winter fuel payments . the winter fuel payments. >> well, that is just the million dollar question, isn't it ? they are under huge pressure it? they are under huge pressure now to scrap that idea to make winter fuel payments means tested, meaning that...
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olivia utley thank you so much for explaining all of that for us.l, joining us now is len shackleton, an educator , an editorial and educator, an editorial and research fellow at the institute of economic affairs. len are we getting more ill or are these benefits being abused, or were we just not diagnosing enough people a few years ago? >> hi. good afternoon tom. i think it's probably a mixture of all those things . all those things. >> certainly, you know, the long term fallout from lockdown is, you know , is a disaster. but we you know, is a disaster. but we would hope, i guess, that that this increasing trend would tail off a little bit as lockdown now becomes, you know, a rather sad memory. but i think part of the thing is that there are a lot of interested parties in this who push the diagnosis of children and also push the availability of benefits. i mean, it's not quite on your mainstream here, but my 14 year old has very recently been diagnosed with type one diabetes. and one of the first things the diabetic nurse, i must say the nhs has be
olivia utley thank you so much for explaining all of that for us.l, joining us now is len shackleton, an educator , an editorial and educator, an editorial and research fellow at the institute of economic affairs. len are we getting more ill or are these benefits being abused, or were we just not diagnosing enough people a few years ago? >> hi. good afternoon tom. i think it's probably a mixture of all those things . all those things. >> certainly, you know, the long term fallout...
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mark white gb news >> well, we're joined now by gb news political correspondent olivia utley.e pressure on sir keir starmer to do something about this. and quickly . this. and quickly. >> absolutely huge pressure on keir starmer over the course of the election campaign. starmer did everything he could to really avoid the conversation about illegal migration. and that's not surprising . it is a that's not surprising. it is a very thorny, difficult issue. rishi sunak had huge problems with it. he wanted to introduce that rwanda plan, the idea of getting migrants processed in a third country. their claims processed in a third country in order to try and dissuade migrants from coming over here, because the idea is if they come over here and are immediately deported, why would they come over here in the first place? sounded like a good idea in principle. perhaps in practice it never actually worked. it was first talked up in 2022. by mid 2024, no migrant had yet left for rwanda. there were just too many court hearings, too many lawyers getting involved. it turned out too many inter
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but now our political correspondent olivia utley joins us. now.s start with sadiq khan's comments. olivia, tell us about those . about those. >> yeah. sadiq khan did this quite moving interview yesterday where he talked about how he, as a muslim and openly muslim politician, no longer feels safe in london. he said he felt triggered by the events of last week, and he said that he hoped that his generation would be the last to experience racism in the caphal last to experience racism in the capital. but he now feels that his children, too, are experiencing that sort of racism. he also pointed the finger a little bit for the riots at former conservative ministers . lee anderson, who was ministers. lee anderson, who was a conservative deputy chairman of the party and has now been re—elected as a reform mp, and suella braverman, the former conservative home secretary. now both of those mps made comments, controversial comments. they were seen as at the time about immigration. and sadiq khan has suggested that the comments, like that have helped stirred
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olivia utley superb. thank you very much for being all over that story. festival fringe . year's edinburgh festival fringe. are they very funny? well, i'll be joined by the comedian adam coombes next to discuss them. i martin daubney on gb news, news channel welcome back. it's 548. final final furlong with me martin daubney on gb news now the funniest joke of the edinburgh fringe festival has been revealed and you're in for a treat . or are you now? for a treat. or are you now? don't shoot the messenger. but here's the joke. i was going to sail around the globe in the world's smallest ship, but i bottled it. you get it? well, comedian mark simmons says he's really pleased to get the award. a decade on from his first appearance at the festival. but does he deserve it? well, joining me now to dissect other people's jokes is the comedian adam coombes. adam, always a delight. so it's that time of year where we read out the funniest jokes of the fringe. for starters, before we get into the actual jokes , who votes for the actual jokes, who votes for them? is t
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olivia utley there for us in westminster.hat you think about that. it's. it depends what my big question is. how on earth do you police it? how on earth do you police it? how do you police it if you've just got people coming and going under 30? and that was the problem with free movement before, wasn't it? >> so it would make people very, very nervous, won't it? especially if it's. are we heading back to closer ties with the eu? but we do already have these sorts of deals with australia and with canada, right. so is it that different to what we already have there? yeah, maybe not then, maybe not. >> i don't know, ijust yeah, maybe not then, maybe not. >> i don't know, i just it just that we're not even properly sorting brexit out yet and we're rowing back on key issues of it. of course, the other issue is in terms of smuggling, gangs, immigration and all the rest of it. they want an eu wide agreement to police all of that. well, the eu are only going to do that with some sort of taking our fair share, is what they've said. ye
olivia utley there for us in westminster.hat you think about that. it's. it depends what my big question is. how on earth do you police it? how on earth do you police it? how do you police it if you've just got people coming and going under 30? and that was the problem with free movement before, wasn't it? >> so it would make people very, very nervous, won't it? especially if it's. are we heading back to closer ties with the eu? but we do already have these sorts of deals with australia...
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olivia utley has more . life. olivia utley has more. >> yes.f the infected blood scandal will start receiving those payments later this year. but is it enough? how are victims feeling about it? find out more with me very soon. very 500“. >> very soon. >> five people have been charged over the death of friends star matthew perry, as it's revealed he received 20 shots of horse tranquilliser ketamine in his final days. >> and football is back. the premier league football season gets underway today as manchester united take on fulham. paul coyte has more. >> two. and i know how much nana's missed it. it is back tonight manchester united against fulham. and i guess at the moment it's for the last time that ipswich are on exactly the same points as manchester city, but that won't last . city, but that won't last. long. >> nana was just having a little jig >> nana was just having a little jig during the sting routine. >> when the sting comes on, don't ask me to do the same. >> ain't happening. not paid enough footballers i know. do you care about foot
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all of this will be very unpopular with the public. >> olivia utley. thank you very much. the plan is in place to avoid overcrowding in prisons. and it's been activated after the recent riots saw a rise in prison sentences handed out. well, joining us to discuss this some more is our home and security editor, mark white. >> and mark, we were talking about this with olivia a little bit earlier, and we'll get into it all with you some more now. but i think it also exposes, i guess, a philosophical question, because we've got the prisons minister, mr timpson, who we all know is really keen on rehabilitation and believes that people are better out of jail than in jail. is this actually quite a good excuse for the labour government to clear out some spaces in the jails? that's probably for a later debate. but certainly it will be raising some eyebrows, won't it, when you've got someone who's so clearly in favour of doing this? >> well, we are already going to see that programme in action on the 10th of september. sds 40, which is basically a 40% reduction in your time served, w
all of this will be very unpopular with the public. >> olivia utley. thank you very much. the plan is in place to avoid overcrowding in prisons. and it's been activated after the recent riots saw a rise in prison sentences handed out. well, joining us to discuss this some more is our home and security editor, mark white. >> and mark, we were talking about this with olivia a little bit earlier, and we'll get into it all with you some more now. but i think it also exposes, i guess, a...
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well, we're joined now by gb news political correspondent , olivia utley. correspondent, olivia utleypolice have obviously got some experts going right back so that they can even trace , ultimately who started trace, ultimately who started a media post that actually then becomes out of control . becomes out of control. >> well, yes, absolutely. over recent years, it's become more and more necessary for ordinary people to be very careful what they say online, because government, subsequent governments, one after the other, have said that they want to prosecute online crimes in exactly the same way as crimes in real life are prosecuted. keir starmer is his response to these riots has been to essentially try and prosecute as many people as possible, get as many people as possible, get as many people as possible, get as many people behind bars as possible, and it seems to be working in that he's managed to open the courts for huge structures, lots of people asking why that hasn't been done before , and nearly 500 people before, and nearly 500 people have been arrested and nearly 150 alrea
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joining me to discuss this story is gb news political correspondent olivia utley. know you're not mystic meg, but were you to look in your crystal ball, do you think rachel reeves is going to have to u—turn on this? >> i think we might see a sort of half u—turn. i think over the next couple of weeks, we'll we'll hear. rachel reeves either coming out and saying that she's going to play with the thresholds a bit. so more pensioners will receive that winter fuel allowance. remember, it hasn't been scrapped altogether. it'sjust it hasn't been scrapped altogether. it's just going to go over to a means tested model. so only the poorest of pensioners will get it. we could see a redefinition of what the poorest of pensioners means, or we could see her delaying that policy move until perhaps the spnng policy move until perhaps the spring after this cold snap, because at the moment some people are saying it looks like sort of calculated cruelty. you take away that winter fuel payments just before the autumn begins, and exactly when ofgem has said that it's going to raise its
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now joined in studio by a political correspondent, olivia utley . correspondent, olivia utley.ivia nigel in fighting form there and i guess the point is this james cleverly was doing the rounds earlier because of course, these are figures from the conservative regime, almost from a previous life time ago, trying to claim that these were a victory because they're slightly down. but the bottom line, two figures that stand out to me, it's still in one year, a city the size of newcastle and that's just the work visas, let alone the student visas , 286,000 alone the student visas, 286,000 work visas and the asylum cases tripled to a 40 year high. do you think that the labour party understands the magnitude of this issue, and will actually do anything about it? the tories didn't. now they're in power. have they got the appetite to tackle this? >> well i think that's a really, really good question. over the election campaign, it seemed a little bit as though keir starmer would rather talk about anything apart from immigration. on illegal migration, obviously he's put an end to the rwa
now joined in studio by a political correspondent, olivia utley . correspondent, olivia utley.ivia nigel in fighting form there and i guess the point is this james cleverly was doing the rounds earlier because of course, these are figures from the conservative regime, almost from a previous life time ago, trying to claim that these were a victory because they're slightly down. but the bottom line, two figures that stand out to me, it's still in one year, a city the size of newcastle and that's...
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olivia, that olivia utley.livia, that honeymoon period is well and truly over by the sounds of it. >> well, it really is. and i think those figures there don't don't tell the full story because yes, keir starmer has a 38% popularity rating in that 38% popularity rating in that 38% of people think that he's doing a good job. 38% of people precisely also think that he's doing a bad job. so his net favorability rating , as it's favorability rating, as it's known, is zero. that's pretty unimpressive for a prime minister who came to power on such an enormous victory just over a month ago. to put it in perspective, it's a little bit better than than the popularity rating for boris johnson. two months after his 2019 election victory. but it's less popular than boris johnson was at the beginning of the covid pandemic, andifs beginning of the covid pandemic, and it's much, much less popular than tony blair was at the beginning of his 1997 term in office. keir starmer always had a bit of a problem with personal popularit
olivia, that olivia utley.livia, that honeymoon period is well and truly over by the sounds of it. >> well, it really is. and i think those figures there don't don't tell the full story because yes, keir starmer has a 38% popularity rating in that 38% popularity rating in that 38% of people think that he's doing a good job. 38% of people precisely also think that he's doing a bad job. so his net favorability rating , as it's favorability rating, as it's known, is zero. that's pretty...
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but olivia utley, thank you very much.h us, we're joined now again by esther stanhope and lewis oakley. welcome back to you both , oakley. welcome back to you both, ola, ola and yasu. we're continuing this, are we? i can't participate , no, not having it, participate, no, not having it, should we talk about the notting hill carnival? because i think it officially kicks off today with maybe some sort of lighter brass band stuff or whatever they're doing. but tomorrow and monday is the big event. i know tatiana, you're a big fan of the carnival, aren't you? >> yeah, i love it. i think i think it's, it's great for the culture. it's great for three day event. it's fun. it celebrates the caribbean culture. it brings people together . music, good food, good together. music, good food, good vibes. do you feel safe when you go to it? >> yeah , yeah, i asked that >> yeah, yeah, i asked that because there's an argument now online. esther, i'll start with you. where last year there were , you. where last year there were, i think, ten
but olivia utley, thank you very much.h us, we're joined now again by esther stanhope and lewis oakley. welcome back to you both , oakley. welcome back to you both, ola, ola and yasu. we're continuing this, are we? i can't participate , no, not having it, participate, no, not having it, should we talk about the notting hill carnival? because i think it officially kicks off today with maybe some sort of lighter brass band stuff or whatever they're doing. but tomorrow and monday is the big event....
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olivia utley, thank you very much. you'll be keeping us up to date.obably get some kind of announcement from mick lynch and the rmt. i would imagine, maybe in the next hour or so. so there we go. gb news political correspondent olivia utley now for a bit more of kind of the political commentary on this, we've got the spectator's political correspondent, james hill, and james, i've been reading some of your work with quite a lot of intrigue because, you know, the allegation is just allegations. but of, you know, cronyism and corruption or some kind of jobs for the boys type scenario here, it's looming large really over the labour party at the moment . quite party at the moment. quite significant donations from the unions, including one to none other than sue grey's own son, who now i believe does work at the department for transport. i mean , he got promoted very mean, he got promoted very quickly. it's almost like maybe he knows someone at the top, isn't it? but james, just talk to us about some of the questions that are whizzing around at the moment
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well, joining us now to discuss all of this is gb news political correspondent olivia utley. see you this morning olivia. pretty scathing from boris johnson not mincing his words, but what do we expect a very punchy piece in classic boris johnson style, as you say ben, where has boris johnson been over the last few weeks ? over the last few weeks? >> but he does seem to be back with a bang. he accuses the human bollard, as he calls keir starmer of allowing the labour government to let this all get totally out of control. he talks at first about specific labour policy failures, including the decision to close down all sorts of prisons and to let prisoners out early. now this is going to be a problem for keir starmer. looking forwards for now, his response to the riots has essentially been lock up as many of these people as possible get the courts working in overtime to get it all sorted out quickly. well, that's all very well , but we quickly. well, that's all very well, but we have an overcrowding problem in our prisons as he said himself only weeks ago. so what's going to ha
well, joining us now to discuss all of this is gb news political correspondent olivia utley. see you this morning olivia. pretty scathing from boris johnson not mincing his words, but what do we expect a very punchy piece in classic boris johnson style, as you say ben, where has boris johnson been over the last few weeks ? over the last few weeks? >> but he does seem to be back with a bang. he accuses the human bollard, as he calls keir starmer of allowing the labour government to let...
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olivia thank you very much. olivia utley. our political correspondent. gb news. thank you. now, huge debate. i mean, no one seems to have any answers for this. so let's see if the panel can supply a little bit of an answer. nigel, i'm looking at you. nigel nelson, you're on team yvette cooper, aren't you? >> i certainly am, yes. >> i certainly am, yes. >> and look, i mean, the numbers are 75. i mean , considering the are 75. i mean, considering the numbers we see coming out, there's just in a week , though. there's just in a week, though. >> i mean, they started this on monday, so they've caught those in a week. >> i mean, when claire was at the home office that she was, she was catching these people. so i don't know if she caught more of the more of these legal illegal workers than yvette cooper has. the big difference here is you've taken a thousand people, a thousand civil servants away from the rwanda programme , and you've put them programme, and you've put them on enforcement. so the argument would be, if that works, that you will catch more people over a period of ti
olivia thank you very much. olivia utley. our political correspondent. gb news. thank you. now, huge debate. i mean, no one seems to have any answers for this. so let's see if the panel can supply a little bit of an answer. nigel, i'm looking at you. nigel nelson, you're on team yvette cooper, aren't you? >> i certainly am, yes. >> i certainly am, yes. >> and look, i mean, the numbers are 75. i mean , considering the are 75. i mean, considering the numbers we see coming out,...
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olivia utley thank you very much. yes, very good point.l, joining me now is lawyer rebecca butler for more on this rebecca, thank you so much. really good to see you. very good to talk to you. okay. so first of all, the sentencing giving people up to ten years as a maximum for the worst form of rioting, in your view, is that a realistic thing ? and will realistic thing? and will anybody ever be likely to be charged with that ? charged with that? >> well, the thing about rioters to be charged for a riot, there are certain factual devices that need to be present, and it actually requires the consent of the dpp. >> in the ten years between 2008 and 2018, only 35 people were in fact convicted of riot. it is a very rare offence and as i say, there are very specific factual matrix matrices that have to be fulfilled before the offence of riot is made out. i suspect that very few will actually be charged with riot. it's much easier for the police to charge the violent disorder and affray as alternatives to riot, and i honestly can't see that many,
olivia utley thank you very much. yes, very good point.l, joining me now is lawyer rebecca butler for more on this rebecca, thank you so much. really good to see you. very good to talk to you. okay. so first of all, the sentencing giving people up to ten years as a maximum for the worst form of rioting, in your view, is that a realistic thing ? and will realistic thing? and will anybody ever be likely to be charged with that ? charged with that? >> well, the thing about rioters to be...
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olivia olivia utley there in westminster, a lovely outfit, olivia. >> just saying.on we are we are literally a girl band now. >> we really need somebody to coordinate our outfits, don't we? i know, right? >> we are coordinated , bev. >> we are coordinated, bev. >> we are coordinated, bev. >> just slightly too much still to come. this morning we're going to have more on the super yacht that sunk yesterday off the coast of sicily. keep your thoughts coming to in us this morning about everything. do you think that sir keir starmer is going to turn the uk into a green superpower? my understanding of this is that it's going to take decades. >> you know, i don't understand it. >> literally decades. >> literally decades. >> i do not understand it. it's like, oh, you know, it's the gb superpower. and it's like it's you know, we're all going to be involved and it's like it's funded by private money. how is that us when it's funded by private money. it's just but this is a great message. keep your messages coming in, by the way. gbnews.com/yoursay. this is from padraig. good
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olivia utley.eed. tom tugendhat talking about a culture of denial, a culture of denial. >> those are tom tugendhat words in that speech earlier today. i mean, this is tom tugendhat , one mean, this is tom tugendhat, one of his many pitches for the leadership, as we've seen before from tom tugendhat. he seems to be trying to, to, to, to get the sort of centre ground in the conservative party. he was critical of keir starmer there for failing to act swiftly enough for failing to be harsh enough for failing to be harsh enough on the rioters. but he also talked there about some of the motives for violent crimes and the way that britain sometimes moves on too quickly from violent crimes and brushes the motives under the carpet, which i think we can be, which can read as a as a quite a, a subtle, a bit of a veiled hint that he thinks that we of the conver about immigration, which so far doesn't seem to be having . this doesn't seem to be having. this is also a pitch by the conservatives to kind of get ba
olivia utley.eed. tom tugendhat talking about a culture of denial, a culture of denial. >> those are tom tugendhat words in that speech earlier today. i mean, this is tom tugendhat , one mean, this is tom tugendhat, one of his many pitches for the leadership, as we've seen before from tom tugendhat. he seems to be trying to, to, to, to get the sort of centre ground in the conservative party. he was critical of keir starmer there for failing to act swiftly enough for failing to be harsh...
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, olivia utley olivia.n about this being greener steelmaking. what does that mean for tata jobs? >> well, that's a very good question. so last september, tata steel closed its two furnace plants to replace them with an electric plant, which put over 2000 jobs at risk in this town. >> the whole town is dominated by the steelworks industry here. now, the conservative government, the previous conservative government, set aside £5 million for the transition, but £1,000,100 million of which was there to support workers and other people, businesses who were affected by this closure. but that was last september, and since then none of that money has really been spent. that comes to an end today, where joe stevens , the new labour welsh stevens, the new labour welsh secretary, is pledging to spend , secretary, is pledging to spend, is now spending 3.5 £13.5 million of that money to help out people who are going to be affected by the closures. but there are still negotiations taking place. labour is hopeful that it
, olivia utley olivia.n about this being greener steelmaking. what does that mean for tata jobs? >> well, that's a very good question. so last september, tata steel closed its two furnace plants to replace them with an electric plant, which put over 2000 jobs at risk in this town. >> the whole town is dominated by the steelworks industry here. now, the conservative government, the previous conservative government, set aside £5 million for the transition, but £1,000,100 million of...
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news, political correspondent olivia utley. olivia, welcome to the show.s justice. and finally we're getting some details about the payments. tell us more. >> we are so a very, very long time coming. this scandal took place between the 1970s and the 1990s, and it's thought that about 30,000 people were affected by it. about 3000 people have already come forward looking for compensation. the scheme details of the scheme have been fully announced today . have been fully announced today. the previous government, the conservative government, committed to a serious repayment plan back in may. but there was a bit of a question mark over what would happen after the general election because of course, the election was called just a couple of weeks after that. the labour government have now said that payments will begin to be made by the end of this year, which is what rishi sunak promised back in may. individual victims could receive up to £2 million each, and the whole package is worth estimated about £10 billion. now that is a lot of money. it will make a very b
news, political correspondent olivia utley. olivia, welcome to the show.s justice. and finally we're getting some details about the payments. tell us more. >> we are so a very, very long time coming. this scandal took place between the 1970s and the 1990s, and it's thought that about 30,000 people were affected by it. about 3000 people have already come forward looking for compensation. the scheme details of the scheme have been fully announced today . have been fully announced today. the...
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filling in for her is gb news political correspondent olivia utley.f keir starmer ? expect. what of keir starmer? why do you think he has leaked this dismal , the dismal things this dismal, the dismal things he's going to be saying in his speech ? speech? >> well, it really feels as though the blame game has begun. i think that keir starmer has chosen to leak this two days early because he wants the message set in stone that the problems that the country is facing and they are grave problems, he believes are is the fault of the conservatives who went before him. he's going to be making this really sort of visual speech about rot at the heart of the country and to how fix things you can't just cover over the rot. you have to pull it out at the roots. all of that is essentially code and not very complicated code for i'm going to be raising your taxes. rachel reeves has already warned that taxes will be will go up in the budget in october, and keir starmer is hammering home that message today. he's also, i think, laying the ground for potential public se
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well, joining us now in the studio is gb news political correspondent olivia utley, who we met just earliers quite stunning that the monarch has got involved, because it's almost as though he's passing an appeal opinion about certain communities and certain groups, isn't it? >> it's hard to imagine his predecessor, his mother, queen elizabeth ii. doing something like this. on the face of it, his comments are pretty innocuous. he said that the communities have rallied together and that the police have done extremely well, and praised the police's response. but the fact that he is congratulating those communities on countering the violence of the protests is seen as quite controversial in some quarters because, of course, the counter protest, the protest that happened as a result of the far right protests on the streets, they were pretty controversial in themselves. there were people shouting from the river to the sea. there were people shouting free palestine. there was a labour councillor who's been suspended for suggesting that the throats of, of right wing protesters should be cut. and by
well, joining us now in the studio is gb news political correspondent olivia utley, who we met just earliers quite stunning that the monarch has got involved, because it's almost as though he's passing an appeal opinion about certain communities and certain groups, isn't it? >> it's hard to imagine his predecessor, his mother, queen elizabeth ii. doing something like this. on the face of it, his comments are pretty innocuous. he said that the communities have rallied together and that the...
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well, there's sadiq khan at stamford bridge, but gb news political correspondent olivia utley is at city. >> yes. sadiq khan has done this very powerful interview yesterday where he talked about being a muslim politician in london and no longer feeling safe. he said he felt triggered by last week's events and suggested that he had hoped that his generation would be the last to experience this sort of racism in the capital. but now he feels as though his children are going through the same experience . it feels as though experience. it feels as though what's been happening over the past couple of days is that this heated debate, this argument, has shifted from the streets. it now seems as though the government is getting a hold on the riots on the streets to the more political sector. sadiq khan has hit out two at conservative politicians and former conservative politicians, particularly suella braverman, the former home secretary, and lea anderson, now a reform mp. and he has suggested that those two politicians have sort of helped to incite the sort of hatred that we're seeing, that we'
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olivia utley, thank you very much . right. well, i'm also now much. right.former sergeant harry tang. all right. harry welcome. thank you very much for joining me. harry. look some people are the purchase that we've just seen outside the reform uk headquarters. i don't know whether you've been keeping track on that. yeah, there were some, you know , some things that some, you know, some things that were really probably not acceptable in terms of how they were protesting, in terms of the language that was being used at that protest. yet they are supposedly the counter peaceful protesters, and they're actually outside an hq and implying that everybody or anyone who voted reform is some sort in some way sort of racist. is this how we should go about our business these days? because i'm worried about people who actually don't actually want to talk about the mass immigration in this country. >> yeah, i think they're just easy insults to give, aren't they? >> of racist far right. it's far right, left, right and centre. >> it's the narrative. >> it's the narrative.
olivia utley, thank you very much . right. well, i'm also now much. right.former sergeant harry tang. all right. harry welcome. thank you very much for joining me. harry. look some people are the purchase that we've just seen outside the reform uk headquarters. i don't know whether you've been keeping track on that. yeah, there were some, you know , some things that some, you know, some things that were really probably not acceptable in terms of how they were protesting, in terms of the...
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olivia utley gb news, political correspondent in westminster.appened. what else might have happened. what else might have happened? i mean, it hasn't been it hasn't exactly been fair sailing, has it, for keir starmer? >> no. >> no. >> well fair enough. yes. i suppose so. all right. okay. right now we do have some breaking news for you. police have issued an urgent appeal for two dogs they believe are responsible for a fatal attack that left a man dead in his garden. police have issued a photo of one of the dogs after officers were called to a property in rubery in the early hours of thursday. two dogs have already been seized, but two other dogs are believed to have been missing as well. >> wow. okay, so west midlands police say they believe the dogs are american bulldog type american bulldog types. so an urgent appeal for those missing dogs. urgent appeal for those missing dogs . two dogs essentially on dogs. two dogs essentially on the on the run, are suspected to be involved in in a man's death. we'll bring you any updates on that and any fur
olivia utley gb news, political correspondent in westminster.appened. what else might have happened. what else might have happened? i mean, it hasn't been it hasn't exactly been fair sailing, has it, for keir starmer? >> no. >> no. >> well fair enough. yes. i suppose so. all right. okay. right now we do have some breaking news for you. police have issued an urgent appeal for two dogs they believe are responsible for a fatal attack that left a man dead in his garden. police...
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olivia , what's behind utley, olivia, what's behind this deal ?well, essentially, last year, last september, tata steel announced that it would be closing its two major furnaces and replacing it with one electric furnace. now that put 2000 jobs at risk. tata steel said it was necessary for them to meet the government's net zero targets. and actually the tata steel plant here is responsible for an astonishing 2% of all of the uk's carbon emissions . so in order to meet emissions. so in order to meet the net zero target that the prime minister set out the previous prime minister set out tata steel, had to potentially risk 2000 jobs. now obviously that did not go down well in this town . this town is this town. this town is completely dominated by the steelworks, and pretty much every single person here is affected in some way. the previous government, the conservative government, announced a £100 million package of support for both workers affected by the change and the companies which were reliant on tata steel . so companies companies which were r
olivia , what's behind utley, olivia, what's behind this deal ?well, essentially, last year, last september, tata steel announced that it would be closing its two major furnaces and replacing it with one electric furnace. now that put 2000 jobs at risk. tata steel said it was necessary for them to meet the government's net zero targets. and actually the tata steel plant here is responsible for an astonishing 2% of all of the uk's carbon emissions . so in order to meet emissions. so in order to...
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i'm joined by gb news political correspondent olivia utley to explain how labour are going to wriggleis one because it doesn't look good, does it? >> no, this is a really, really tncky >> no, this is a really, really tricky hole that labour has found themselves in when rachel reeves announced just a couple of weeks ago that she would be massively scaling back those winter fuel payments , cutting it winter fuel payments, cutting it altogether for around 10 million pensioners by making it means tested rather than just given to everyone. it was controversial, but yesterday it was announced that ofgem would be raising its energy price cap for the first time since last january , meaning time since last january, meaning that for the average household, pnces that for the average household, prices will go up by about 10%. now, as you say , dawn, that is a now, as you say, dawn, that is a double whammy for pensioners. just when they're losing their winter fuel payments. as we're going into winter, by the way, their energy prices will go up and obviously it will be pensioners who are affected w
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let's talk to our political correspondent olivia utley. got a strong argument in saying, well, we only allowed the brightest and the best and they contributed to us and they, you know, added to the tax intake and all the rest of it. that's all well and good, except a lot of the population think whatever they were doing, it was still too high. >> well, exactly. i mean, it sounds a little bit like excuses from priti patel, which probably isn't what conservatives want to see in a potential leader for the party. she says that the covid pandemic impacted it, which of course is true. and then she makes this more sort of philosophical argument that the people who were coming here were under the points based system, therefore, they were the brightest and the best that that was the that was the sort of mantra of boris johnson, who actually at his heart is , is actually at his heart is, is quite liberal and wasn't concerned with the idea of a sort of culture change in britain. but that is what lots of ordinary people in the uk are worried about. yes
let's talk to our political correspondent olivia utley. got a strong argument in saying, well, we only allowed the brightest and the best and they contributed to us and they, you know, added to the tax intake and all the rest of it. that's all well and good, except a lot of the population think whatever they were doing, it was still too high. >> well, exactly. i mean, it sounds a little bit like excuses from priti patel, which probably isn't what conservatives want to see in a potential...
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you're going to stay around because we're going to have a interview that olivia utley is doing with thess secretary, jonathan reynolds, and then you and john redwood are going to analyse that a little later. but for now, thank you very much indeed. and as i say, coming up next, it is sir john redwood. he's the man who advised thatcher on the economy. he's got some very interesting insight into rishi sunak calling that early election and whether it was a good idea. so stay tuned for that welcome back to gb news. you're watching the camilla tominey auto show now. i'm delighted to be joined by sir john auto show now. i'm delighted to be joined by sirjohn redwood, who stood down at the last election, having been the conservative mp for wokingham since 1987. john, let's just start with that, because you were going to stand and then you felt that the early election call was a mistake and that you might lose . just tell. i mean, might lose. just tell. i mean, what happened? why do you think rishi sunak decided to do this? because nadine dorries is apparently writing a book about all this, and
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utley is at city hall today and bnngs utley is at city hall today and brings us this report . bringsyes. sadiq khan has done this very powerful interview yesterday where he talked about being a muslim politician in london and no longer feeling safe. he said he felt triggered by last week's events and suggested that he had hoped that his generation would be the to last experience this sort of racism in the capital. but now he feels as though his children are going through the same experience. it feels as though what's been happening over the past couple of days is that this heated debate, this argument, has shifted from the streets. it now seems as though the government is getting a hold on the riots on the streets to the more political sector . the riots on the streets to the more political sector. sadiq khan has hit out two at conservative politicians and former conservative politicians, particularly suella braverman. the former home secretary, and lee anderson, now a reform mp . lee anderson, now a reform mp. and he has suggested that those two politicians have sort of helped to in
utley is at city hall today and bnngs utley is at city hall today and brings us this report . bringsyes. sadiq khan has done this very powerful interview yesterday where he talked about being a muslim politician in london and no longer feeling safe. he said he felt triggered by last week's events and suggested that he had hoped that his generation would be the to last experience this sort of racism in the capital. but now he feels as though his children are going through the same experience. it...
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. >> let's talk to our political correspondent olivia utley, who joins us now. morning, olivia.needs sorting out, it's still a complete mess, isn't it ? complete mess, isn't it? >> well, absolutely. stephen, it feels as though the tide is turning on the riots themselves. as we know, on wednesday night, all sorts of riots were due to take place across the country. about 100 riots. and in the end, they pretty much failed to materialise. only about 30 riots took place and those were with minimal disruption. and of course, the police turned out in huge numbers and so did those, counter protesters as they're calling themselves. but although the tide does seem to be turning in terms of action on the streets, it feels as though the debate is now moved into the political sector. so we had sadiq khan, the muslim mayor of london, doing a very emotional interview yesterday where he said that he doesn't feel safe as a muslim mayor in london and he talks about how he thought his generation would be the to last feel unsafe. but actually he feels that now his children are going through exactly
. >> let's talk to our political correspondent olivia utley, who joins us now. morning, olivia.needs sorting out, it's still a complete mess, isn't it ? complete mess, isn't it? >> well, absolutely. stephen, it feels as though the tide is turning on the riots themselves. as we know, on wednesday night, all sorts of riots were due to take place across the country. about 100 riots. and in the end, they pretty much failed to materialise. only about 30 riots took place and those were...