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not labour control of rochdale council. not in labour control of rochdale council . not in yesterday's council. not in yesterday's election, no, of course i did not. >> there was only one third of the seats up for grabs and labour had a 46 seat majority . labour had a 46 seat majority. so be sensible here. no one can clean out labour from its town hall nest, in one go. this is a programme for change that will take several years to bring about, but we will bring it about. we are determined to clean the town hall clock and we made a thumping start to it today. >> i'm sure that if every single one of those third seats that were up for election went to a party other than labour, they would have lost their majority on the council. >> but let's let's see if you can do the maths, tom, i think you can do the maths and determine that that is simply, factually wrong. the reality is that labour was a one party state until we arrived , and now state until we arrived, and now they're not. now they're being pressed on all sides and they are going to over a period of elections . th
not labour control of rochdale council. not in labour control of rochdale council . not in yesterday's council. not in yesterday's election, no, of course i did not. >> there was only one third of the seats up for grabs and labour had a 46 seat majority . labour had a 46 seat majority. so be sensible here. no one can clean out labour from its town hall nest, in one go. this is a programme for change that will take several years to bring about, but we will bring it about. we are determined...
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i'm not going to make predictions for rochdale. _ for rochdale? i'm not going to make predictions for rochdale. you - predictions for rochdale. you mention the roster by—election we didn't stand a candidate there. it was a bit of a disaster. we i didn't stand a candidate there. it was a bit of a disaster. we tookl didn't stand a candidate there. it i was a bit of a disaster. we took the decision to — was a bit of a disaster. we took the decision to not _ was a bit of a disaster. we took the decision to not stand _ was a bit of a disaster. we took the decision to not stand there - was a bit of a disaster. we took the decision to not stand there which i decision to not stand there which was regrettable and we move to hope to have a candidate rushed out for the general election.— to have a candidate rushed out for the general election. again, this is a art of the general election. again, this is a part of the _ the general election. again, this is a part of the country, _ the general election. again, this is a part of the country, usually i the
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and the rochdale mp? george galloway has stormed out of an interview today after he was challenged on comments he made last week about gay relationships and gay marriage. we'll be taking a closer look . we'll be taking a closer look. now, as i hope you're well aware by now, this show is absolutely nothing without you and your views. let me know your thoughts on all of the stories we'll be discussing today by visiting gbnews.com. forward slash yours. i'm in it or join the i'm in it orjoin the conversation on our socials where @gbnews. first of all though, it's the news headlines with ray addison . with ray addison. >> james. darren. good afternoon. 2:01. former home secretary suella braverman has told gb news that rishi sunak needs to urgently change course following dire local and mayoral election results. the prime minister has promised to take the fight to labour, despite losing 397 council seats and losing 397 council seats and losing control of ten councils. miss braverman says mr sunak must make bold
and the rochdale mp? george galloway has stormed out of an interview today after he was challenged on comments he made last week about gay relationships and gay marriage. we'll be taking a closer look . we'll be taking a closer look. now, as i hope you're well aware by now, this show is absolutely nothing without you and your views. let me know your thoughts on all of the stories we'll be discussing today by visiting gbnews.com. forward slash yours. i'm in it or join the i'm in it orjoin the...
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in fact, if you look at areas | for example in rochdale where we had theissues for example in rochdale where we had the issues in the by election, actually, that hasn't been replicated in the local elections in the same way, and i think we've also got things right across the country where we are seeing support for labour has been growing and in a way thatis labour has been growing and in a way that is really important, milton keynes, stephen edge, in areas right across the country, police and crime commissions as well, cumbria, somerset, norfolk, areas you wouldn't expect to see labour performing so strongly and yet we've been winning police and crime commissioner elections today, that's really important. so what we're going to keep doing is working, we know the labour party has changed in a short period of time since the last election, under keir starmer�*s leadership and we still got work to do that we'll keep doing because there's no complacency in the labour party because change is so important. i party because change is so important-— party because change is so imortant. , .,
in fact, if you look at areas | for example in rochdale where we had theissues for example in rochdale where we had the issues in the by election, actually, that hasn't been replicated in the local elections in the same way, and i think we've also got things right across the country where we are seeing support for labour has been growing and in a way thatis labour has been growing and in a way that is really important, milton keynes, stephen edge, in areas right across the country, police and...
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you know, you'd lose seats in rochdale and vice versa. so that's the first thing. secondly, i think only 30% of the borough's were voting for councillors yesterday. i know we all we could vote for in leafy northamptonshire was a new police and crime commissioner. more on that exciting result last year. yeah. and, and also people vote, with their hearts in a, in a by—election in a local elections like this and by elections perhaps. yeah. but when it comes to who's going to be in government and they go in the box, you know, the booth and pencil and piece of paper , it's pencil and piece of paper, it's all about the wallet. that's it's the economy , stupid. and it's the economy, stupid. and they'll just people, you know, people be shy tories or whatever. but i think at the end of the day with if inflation is going in the right direction, then and we get a few people on a plane to rwanda agree with it or not, it'll be a major symbolic event , then i think symbolic event, then i think that, people will come out. i mean , as you say, more people mean, as you say, more
you know, you'd lose seats in rochdale and vice versa. so that's the first thing. secondly, i think only 30% of the borough's were voting for councillors yesterday. i know we all we could vote for in leafy northamptonshire was a new police and crime commissioner. more on that exciting result last year. yeah. and, and also people vote, with their hearts in a, in a by—election in a local elections like this and by elections perhaps. yeah. but when it comes to who's going to be in government and...
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, evenin like tyneside and bolton, rochdale, even in the city centre, one or two council seats have gone to independents, or parties standing on a programme as a platform, and over in lancashire in blackburn, darwin eight council seats have been taken today by independents standing in support of gazza but four have been lost by labour in four by the conservatives. there isjust a scattering of seats being affected in this way at the moment, but it does appear now that the main parties can be affected by their response over the ongoing conflict at the ballot box locally. —— gaza. thank you, kevin fitzpatrick in oldham. let's chat with chris again. would you take away from these results? particularly this idea around the national vote share? let's try and unpick things. when rishi sunak became prime minister, he inherited a mess. the first aim was to stabilise things, and you could argue he was successful in that. the second was to try and revitalise conservative fortunes, and frankly, he has not managed to do that. he has pulled all sorts of policy levers, of which he is proud, and yet
, evenin like tyneside and bolton, rochdale, even in the city centre, one or two council seats have gone to independents, or parties standing on a programme as a platform, and over in lancashire in blackburn, darwin eight council seats have been taken today by independents standing in support of gazza but four have been lost by labour in four by the conservatives. there isjust a scattering of seats being affected in this way at the moment, but it does appear now that the main parties can be...
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pupils at greenbank primary in rochdale, enjoying their weekly session on the water. the school offers sailing courses at a local reservoir and, for the kids, it's one of their favourite lessons of the week. winners when goes really fast so you get a bit scared. but other than that, it's quite fun. it's very cool. is it a good thing to do? definitely. yeah, because it's still a sport, so you still get exercise. the water quality here at hollingworth lake is good but the same cannot be said elsewhere. amid mounting concern over the threat of illness due to pollution, seven national governing bodies of water—based sports, including sailing, swimming, paddleboarding, kayaking, rowing and angling have now formed an alliance to demand clean, open water across the uk on behalf of a combined 450,000 members. they're worried about if their children are going to get sick, if they're going to get sick. 0ur athletes are concerned when they go out training, are they going to get poorly doing the thing that they love? so yeah, we're hearing it every day now. there's a lot of riv
pupils at greenbank primary in rochdale, enjoying their weekly session on the water. the school offers sailing courses at a local reservoir and, for the kids, it's one of their favourite lessons of the week. winners when goes really fast so you get a bit scared. but other than that, it's quite fun. it's very cool. is it a good thing to do? definitely. yeah, because it's still a sport, so you still get exercise. the water quality here at hollingworth lake is good but the same cannot be said...
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it was in rochdale. i got up at five in the morning.
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when you get rochdale and well. when you get rochdale and the workers party, george galloway , who's a master of by galloway, who's a master of by elections himself, of course. that he could be eating away in my own view is if your instincts are conservative, which clearly, andy streets are very successful businessman in his own right and ben houchen as well, businessman in his own right and ben houchen as well , then ben houchen as well, then i think you should embrace the party that most represents what you think and makes you tick, and i think that would be better for the individuals. and i think it would be probably better for the party. but as we've already seen right across the piece, these elections, are fascinating because there are lots of opportunities for people to do their own thing. just talking to my old mate denis macshane on his way out, talking about oldham. he's very upset about that because the gaza and palestine issue has been very, very strong in many areas, like and i mentioned rochdale as well
when you get rochdale and well. when you get rochdale and the workers party, george galloway , who's a master of by galloway, who's a master of by elections himself, of course. that he could be eating away in my own view is if your instincts are conservative, which clearly, andy streets are very successful businessman in his own right and ben houchen as well, businessman in his own right and ben houchen as well , then ben houchen as well, then i think you should embrace the party that most...
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i said to all of you that george galloway's win in that rochdale by—election was not a one off. let's have a look at some of the scenes that we witnessed last thursday night into friday. steyerm. hello. hello . steyerm. hello. hello. >> i'm going to tell you something here. this is a clear message to starmer. bradford has rejected labour. it's rejected zionism and this is a message to you . naz shah zionism and this is a message to you. naz shah and imran hussain. we are coming for you in the general election. anyone he's got anyone that stands with zionism .we're coming after you. zionism. we're coming after you. free palestine , free palestine . free palestine, free palestine. >> well, anyone that supports zionism, they are coming to get. ihope zionism, they are coming to get. i hope that just means in electoral terms. although i'm not given the tone of that gentleman's manner entire . sure. gentleman's manner entire. sure. and let's see some of the scenes of celebration. and this is what you see everywhere. you know, there were about 40 council seats won by people standing on
i said to all of you that george galloway's win in that rochdale by—election was not a one off. let's have a look at some of the scenes that we witnessed last thursday night into friday. steyerm. hello. hello . steyerm. hello. hello. >> i'm going to tell you something here. this is a clear message to starmer. bradford has rejected labour. it's rejected zionism and this is a message to you . naz shah zionism and this is a message to you. naz shah and imran hussain. we are coming for you...
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rochdale, we talk to georae newcastle. rochdale, we talk to george galloway _ newcastle. rochdale, we talk to george galloway earlier, - newcastle. rochdale, we talk to george galloway earlier, who i newcastle. rochdale, we talk to l george galloway earlier, who took rochdale, difficult circumstances generally, because of what happened to the labour former candidate there, but they have held it and perhaps that's not a complete surprise they've held it very comfortably. i would say the independence there, sorry the working party in britain, have added two seats, labour have lost one, so still comfortably held in rochdale but it is a reminder, isn't it, how single issues that mean an awful lot to traditionally labour voters could do some damage electorally to you and is there any sense you would change your position when it comes to may be arms to israel or a firmer line in terms of what should happen in the negotiations?— in the negotiations? that's a crackin: in the negotiations? that's a cracking result _ in the negotiations? that's a cracking result in _ in the negot
rochdale, we talk to georae newcastle. rochdale, we talk to george galloway _ newcastle. rochdale, we talk to george galloway earlier, - newcastle. rochdale, we talk to george galloway earlier, who i newcastle. rochdale, we talk to l george galloway earlier, who took rochdale, difficult circumstances generally, because of what happened to the labour former candidate there, but they have held it and perhaps that's not a complete surprise they've held it very comfortably. i would say the...
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any of the people of rochdale any of the things that he promised. that's my point. >> all i would say is, at the end of the day, his party is running on a, you know, i talk to people in stoke on trent, lifelong labour voters who have recently only just come to the conservatives in 2019. they want social conservatives, they want tough law and order. they don't like the fact that keir starmer signed a letter with 150 other colleagues to stop a deportation flight of foreign national offenders. that meant that some offenders. that meant that some of those men went on to commit murder on the streets of this country, 20,000 a year. >> prison sentence between all of those offenders, by the way, rapists, murderers. >> so, you know, when you see that those of whom were born here, brought up here had families, they have no business being in the uk. >> right? >> right? >> even if you were here from the age of two, that's that's besides the point. >> that's an interesting point. but this is an interesting point. how tough do we honestly think george galloway wo
any of the people of rochdale any of the things that he promised. that's my point. >> all i would say is, at the end of the day, his party is running on a, you know, i talk to people in stoke on trent, lifelong labour voters who have recently only just come to the conservatives in 2019. they want social conservatives, they want tough law and order. they don't like the fact that keir starmer signed a letter with 150 other colleagues to stop a deportation flight of foreign national...
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he had sectarianism in rochdale. he had no qualms sending out his shadow cabinet to go into bat for their candidate , after he claimed that candidate, after he claimed that israel had allowed the october seven attacks. keir starmer has no problems standing idly by while his lot throw around fake islamophobia claims. call normal people white supremacists and flirt with anti—semitism at the pro—palestine rallies. i don't think he'd have any problem selling britain down the river for a few more votes, which, by the way, he doesn't even need. and i think that makes it even worse, doesn't it? but let's get the thoughts on my panel this evening. i am joined by the daily telegraph columnist allison pearson. we've got conservative peer lord shaun bailey and ex—labour party adviser matthew larzer. allison. should we be worried about keir starmer being prepared to embrace sectarianism? yeah i think we should be very worried. >> i think we could be looking at the gradual islamification of our country. we do not want a bun
he had sectarianism in rochdale. he had no qualms sending out his shadow cabinet to go into bat for their candidate , after he claimed that candidate, after he claimed that israel had allowed the october seven attacks. keir starmer has no problems standing idly by while his lot throw around fake islamophobia claims. call normal people white supremacists and flirt with anti—semitism at the pro—palestine rallies. i don't think he'd have any problem selling britain down the river for a few...
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potholes or it was all to do with gaza, gaza, gaza, rochdale? >> but maybe that's why you need some balance in the party. then you can do george. >> now that is good spin. that is, i think he's very brave to go into bolton as a cricketer because the only other famous cricketer in politics is now in jail, isn't he, imran khan, you know, you know, ten years or something. >> ted. >> ted. >> ted. >> ted dexter stood for the tories a couple of times against jim callaghan. >> that went well. >> that went well. >> that's right. how in the hell do you know that? >> because i just showed him a little bit earlier. >> cardiff, cardiff central. >> cardiff, cardiff central. >> yeah. the constituency. >> yeah. the constituency. >> well, yeah i don't think any i don't think any footballers ever entered politics. >> but that's probably because they tried to, as monte millionaires he did, but only only at a local level . only at a local level. >> you know what i mean. yeah. they've never had ambitions. >> we tried to sign up brian clough. brian clough was going
potholes or it was all to do with gaza, gaza, gaza, rochdale? >> but maybe that's why you need some balance in the party. then you can do george. >> now that is good spin. that is, i think he's very brave to go into bolton as a cricketer because the only other famous cricketer in politics is now in jail, isn't he, imran khan, you know, you know, ten years or something. >> ted. >> ted. >> ted. >> ted dexter stood for the tories a couple of times against jim...
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he's not interested in the people of rochdale. he's interested in his own political ideology, which at the moment is gaza. ideology, which at the moment is gaza . gaza, gaza. gaza. gaza, gaza. >> yeah. very. finally, with you late, what does go through your mind when you you see yourself sitting between jeremy corbyn and george galloway? >> i wished i'd backed down the pit on a 12 hour shift. >> lee anderson there, thank you very, very much. so i'll see you in a bit . that is lee very, very much. so i'll see you in a bit. that is lee anderson, the reform mp for ashfield. right. coming up, can you guess what happens next in this clip. okay. all right. now look coming up at 10 pm. i am very concerned about whether or not extremism, extreme views and other forms of quite radical ideology has infiltrated loads of different sectors of our core institutions. and i've done a little round up for you that's coming your way in a few minutes. but next they will be stacking shelves in their local supermarkets . if it wasn't for supermarkets.
he's not interested in the people of rochdale. he's interested in his own political ideology, which at the moment is gaza. ideology, which at the moment is gaza . gaza, gaza. gaza. gaza, gaza. >> yeah. very. finally, with you late, what does go through your mind when you you see yourself sitting between jeremy corbyn and george galloway? >> i wished i'd backed down the pit on a 12 hour shift. >> lee anderson there, thank you very, very much. so i'll see you in a bit . that is...
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impact elsewhere in labour strongholds across greater manchester, places like tameside and bolton, rochdale. even in the city centre, one or two council seats have gone to independents or parties standing on a pro gaza platform and over in lancashire in blackburn with darwen, eight council seats have been taken today by independents standing in support of gaza but therefore have been lost by labour and four have been lost by the conservatives. there's just a scattering of seats being affected in this way at the moment, but it does appear clear now that the main parties can be affected by their response of the ongoing conflict at the ballot box locally. and to talk about this and the local elections wider — let's speak to mo hussein — a former special adviser at the home office — he also worked at number ten when david cameron was prime minister. thanks forjoining us on the world today. let's talk a little bit about what happened in oldham. what does that tell us, do you think, about voters in those areas? do you think it has got to do with the stance on israel gaza the labour party ha
impact elsewhere in labour strongholds across greater manchester, places like tameside and bolton, rochdale. even in the city centre, one or two council seats have gone to independents or parties standing on a pro gaza platform and over in lancashire in blackburn with darwen, eight council seats have been taken today by independents standing in support of gaza but therefore have been lost by labour and four have been lost by the conservatives. there's just a scattering of seats being affected...
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by—election 70% of the constituents in in rochdale are non—muslim. and i think that's something that was somewhat missing . there's no somewhat missing. there's no doubt that british muslim voters help george galloway win that by—election. but in fact, there's actually quite a few white british working class areas, quite pro—brexit , areas, quite pro—brexit, protectionist. and that combination of holding left wing economics but also being quite socially conservative, having strong family values. they also voted for george galloway and i think that's because the labour party doesn't really represent that, that kind of left wing, socially conservative quadrant that you see on the political compass. i think more generally, i think it's actually quite a good thing, to be fair, that there's this fraying of relations between the labour party and british muslims. i think it's actually conceivable that labour might win a reasonable parliamentary majority on much reduced british muslim support. i think that's a possibility in the next general election.
by—election 70% of the constituents in in rochdale are non—muslim. and i think that's something that was somewhat missing . there's no somewhat missing. there's no doubt that british muslim voters help george galloway win that by—election. but in fact, there's actually quite a few white british working class areas, quite pro—brexit , areas, quite pro—brexit, protectionist. and that combination of holding left wing economics but also being quite socially conservative, having strong...
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but what we did see in the rochdale by—election in and the rochdale by—election in and the problem going forward is usually these sort of these niche slightly extremist groups are very disparate. but in this country demographically vie, they're very concentrated pockets. so they're certainly an issue to deal with going forward. now, obviously there shouldn't be dealt with by appeasing them, because if you look at what else they're calling for, you said prayers in schools. there's something about shana schools. there's something about sharia pensions. there's schools. there's something about sharia pensions . there's also, sharia pensions. there's also, from my perspective, something very concerning about wants to reform what the media can and can't say, especially in the newspapers and reform those laws. and i'd also be very interested to know there are issues on some social views because i imagine they're not especially liberal. so the way to deal with it is a more general thing, you know, because let's be honest, extremism is not confined to young muslims, even though that is a concern
but what we did see in the rochdale by—election in and the rochdale by—election in and the problem going forward is usually these sort of these niche slightly extremist groups are very disparate. but in this country demographically vie, they're very concentrated pockets. so they're certainly an issue to deal with going forward. now, obviously there shouldn't be dealt with by appeasing them, because if you look at what else they're calling for, you said prayers in schools. there's something...
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do you think you might keep rochdale the general election beyond that? >> i don't think he's a threat at all, we, even these people who want to be signed up to the workers party or indeed the fact that he's rabble rousing a lot of pro—palestinian candidates . of pro—palestinian candidates. >> yes. >> yes. >> even then, i mean, his his best signing so far was the england cricket star monty panesan england cricket star monty panesar. and he backed out and he backed out. after seven days, he backed out. after seven days, he decided the workers party wasn't for him, in fact. in fact, it doesn't look like politics is actually for him. so that was a big signing , george that was a big signing, george galloway made a lot of that, put him on a lot of , tv interviews, him on a lot of, tv interviews, and now he's moved away . so at and now he's moved away. so at the end of it all, it's a tiny party. george galloway might keep his seat, his own seat . the keep his seat, his own seat. the idea of other people getting seats, i think is unlikely. okay, let's have
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telford rochdale, rotherham the police forces were not recording the ethnicity of the perpetrators for fear of being considered racist, for fear of a political correctness or a racial nervousness that being prioritised over the protection of women and young girls. that's appalling. and so that had to be stamped out. and that's part of the reason why this data has been prioritised so efficiently. >> have lessons been learned then from rotherham and from telford and from rochdale, or is it too premature to say that progress has been made? >> all the campaigners that we speak to, they pretty much say the same thing every time . the same thing every time. whenever there is a step forward like this, they welcome it. of course, but they say that there are miles and miles still to go . are miles and miles still to go. there are many more steps forward that have to be taken. the arrests are welcome, but for many decades, of course, this crisis just went under the carpet and it was subtly and quite chillingly covered up in a rather pervasive manner . it rather pervasive manner. it wasn't the so
telford rochdale, rotherham the police forces were not recording the ethnicity of the perpetrators for fear of being considered racist, for fear of a political correctness or a racial nervousness that being prioritised over the protection of women and young girls. that's appalling. and so that had to be stamped out. and that's part of the reason why this data has been prioritised so efficiently. >> have lessons been learned then from rotherham and from telford and from rochdale, or is it...
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you will remember that in neighbouring rochdale and the by—election, labour lost a lot of support and went on to lose the by—election, it was thought largely because of that reason. so we will because of that reason. so we will be looking at lincoln, 0ldham, reading, exeter, interesting contests. forthe reading, exeter, interesting contests. for the lib dems, hull is a lib dem labourfight. quite a fight on their hands to hang on. winchester, eastleigh and gosport, all in hampshire, and gosport is the lib dems' most marginal can sell. so let us see what happens there. in terms of the home councils, these are where there is no one party in overall control, this might be the most exciting, because most of the councils tonight are up in thirds, which means it is only one of three seats that's being counted. so it's quite difficult for a council to change hands. but how can a hung council is by its nature volatile. what will happen in hartlepool? labour targeting that's strongly. they lost to the conservatives in 2021. they are short by two seats for a majority in hartlepool. they are sh
you will remember that in neighbouring rochdale and the by—election, labour lost a lot of support and went on to lose the by—election, it was thought largely because of that reason. so we will because of that reason. so we will be looking at lincoln, 0ldham, reading, exeter, interesting contests. forthe reading, exeter, interesting contests. for the lib dems, hull is a lib dem labourfight. quite a fight on their hands to hang on. winchester, eastleigh and gosport, all in hampshire, and...
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we saw it in rochdale. surely there's why is there a resistance , i would there a resistance, i would hazard a guess, matsin, that there is resistance was because there is resistance was because there is resistance was because there is people in power now or who have been in power before that don't really want that truth to come out. and hopefully now that we've got the numbers to get that across the line, the truth will come out. people will be held to account, and then we can move forward . can move forward. >> and this sounds like exactly the sort of thing that councils are there for. you know, you've got your fingers on the pulse. you know exactly what's happening in the community in every ward. you know, you're right in there. you're not like an overseeing, westminster politician who spends most of their time in london and very few meetings with local war councils. you're actually in there, you're getting stuck in. this is precisely what councils should be doing. >> yes, definitely. martin, my worry is
we saw it in rochdale. surely there's why is there a resistance , i would there a resistance, i would hazard a guess, matsin, that there is resistance was because there is resistance was because there is resistance was because there is people in power now or who have been in power before that don't really want that truth to come out. and hopefully now that we've got the numbers to get that across the line, the truth will come out. people will be held to account, and then we can move forward ....
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. >> well, well, i mean, i would say it's not that long ago we had the farrago of the rochdale by—election. >> yeah. so whatever keir starmer says he's also got to make sure that there are proper vetting processes in place. right. so you don't want these people slipping through the net. i mean, i respect the labour party as a mainstream political party, even though i disagree with it. but it seems to me there could be a danger that these people get selected for local council, even for parliament, unless labour party's hq's vetting process is absolutely watertight and it was found wanting at rochdale. and i don't know how the labour party nana listen, he's got so many people that he's trying to satisfy , which is why he's got satisfy, which is why he's got the nickname flip flop. >> i mean, first of all, he's got all the unions that he needs to satisfy. then of course, he's trying to satisfy the muslim vote. then of course, there was the whole thing with the anti—semitism within the labour party. so he's trying to satisfy them and then even the net zero lobby. so he's trying to get the gr
. >> well, well, i mean, i would say it's not that long ago we had the farrago of the rochdale by—election. >> yeah. so whatever keir starmer says he's also got to make sure that there are proper vetting processes in place. right. so you don't want these people slipping through the net. i mean, i respect the labour party as a mainstream political party, even though i disagree with it. but it seems to me there could be a danger that these people get selected for local council, even...
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what's happened here is that the his constituency in rochdale. what's h labour party has taken a particular stance on gaza , which particular stance on gaza, which for some reason is incredibly important to people from across the world, but who are not actually from that part of the world. they've taken a stance on this. a lot of people within the party are very upset about this. certainly within the muslim community. i say the muslim community, aspects of the muslim community, aspects of the muslim community and so they are looking for ways to make their displeasure felt . and you have displeasure felt. and you have seen this with people joining george galloway's , workers party george galloway's, workers party of britain. in this instance, we've seen somebody joining the green party again, very socially liberal party very, very different, actually, from what a lot of people in the muslim communities around britain would actually adhere to. they're using whatever vehicle they can to apply pressure on sir keir starmer to show their displeasure. i
what's happened here is that the his constituency in rochdale. what's h labour party has taken a particular stance on gaza , which particular stance on gaza, which for some reason is incredibly important to people from across the world, but who are not actually from that part of the world. they've taken a stance on this. a lot of people within the party are very upset about this. certainly within the muslim community. i say the muslim community, aspects of the muslim community, aspects of the...
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but george galloway said he was going to sweep rochdale in the council elections. labour won 44 seats and he won two. so i don't think they're anything like as dangerous as they expected. but look, let me say this and most people on the left won't say this, but radical islam and people whose interpretation of islam is to say that being gay is wrong and who take it among them on themselves to appoint themselves as community leaders and then try and intimidate teachers, like in batley or in birmingham, is not acceptable. and it frustrates me. and here's where you might disagree, because you get these people who will say that's unacceptable, when that won't say it's unacceptable and a muslim leader comes out with homophobic remarks. but they will accept it when a christian does because it's culturally more acceptable. benjamin, sorry, i think it's wrong for both of them. >> you support this, you enable this . you support open borders this. you support open borders and uncontrolled mass migration . and uncontrolled mass migration. and yet that's not the question. let m
but george galloway said he was going to sweep rochdale in the council elections. labour won 44 seats and he won two. so i don't think they're anything like as dangerous as they expected. but look, let me say this and most people on the left won't say this, but radical islam and people whose interpretation of islam is to say that being gay is wrong and who take it among them on themselves to appoint themselves as community leaders and then try and intimidate teachers, like in batley or in...
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they councillors in rochdale. they got huge numbers, by the way, and i think he may be re—elected, but i'm surprised they didn't get more. so i you know, it's , it's, it's a, it's know, it's, it's, it's a, it's an interesting one. but i think i'm surprised with labour for different reasons to you i think and that's the point isn't it. >> they actually really as it currently stands, they don't actually need to get those people back. i know that might be like some kind of insurance policy and obe well, if we did have all of those people, then we'd we're absolutely nailed on. fine. okay but they don't actually need them, do they? which makes it more baffling for me as to why they appear to have bent over backwards for them. now >> well, i think they look at what happened in the west midlands race. patrick and everybody's talked about andy street. he's obviously the conservative mayor for the west midlands. he lost. he'd won i think twice there. the truth is that actually the conservatives have no right to win the w
they councillors in rochdale. they got huge numbers, by the way, and i think he may be re—elected, but i'm surprised they didn't get more. so i you know, it's , it's, it's a, it's know, it's, it's, it's a, it's an interesting one. but i think i'm surprised with labour for different reasons to you i think and that's the point isn't it. >> they actually really as it currently stands, they don't actually need to get those people back. i know that might be like some kind of insurance policy...
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the palestinians , or, for example, palestinians, or, for example, the candidate that labour stood in rochdale that actually said that he was disavowed was was a conspiracy disavowed by the conspiracy disavowed by the conspiracy theory . yeah, but you conspiracy theory. yeah, but you still stood him. >> well, no, they didn't stand in the whole. they didn't stand him. he was he he was kicked off the ballot paper. he was kicked off the labour, the labour whip before he was. that's why he wasn't elected. that's why galloway got in. i don't think that you could argue that labour has been too pro—palestinian. quite the reverse. >> okay. all right. i i wonder whether or not people make their own minds up about that clip of angela rayner in a room full of blokes there, you know, kind of kowtowing to them might have a different view, but obviously you're entitled to yours now, talking of giving things away for free at £20,000 has to be won in our great british giveaway. and don't miss out. yes, that's right, as the lie—ins are going to close this friday, here's all the details you need for your c
the palestinians , or, for example, palestinians, or, for example, the candidate that labour stood in rochdale that actually said that he was disavowed was was a conspiracy disavowed by the conspiracy disavowed by the conspiracy theory . yeah, but you conspiracy theory. yeah, but you still stood him. >> well, no, they didn't stand in the whole. they didn't stand him. he was he he was kicked off the ballot paper. he was kicked off the labour, the labour whip before he was. that's why he...
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it's not like we had in rochdale where the candidate was saying, israel actually let let the massacre happen. >> just a final word to michael walker. >> well, they've hit the right target. if what they wanted to do was deny any opposition within the party. i mean, i don't think she even, you know, interviews shaheen gave to newsnight was actually quite magnanimous about keir starmer considering what had happened to her. but she's very articulate, very talented. she's from the area working class background, went on to be a professor at a university of inequality. she is leadership material, really , and leadership material, really, and i think that's probably why they've picked on this one person for incredibly spurious reasons. even though she's had a baby two months ago. >> well, michael walker and indeed to my panel, thank you all. i'm afraid that's all we've got time for in that discussion. but so much more to come up in this programme reform. united kingdom reform uk have announced their first immigration policy today, but with net migration at nearly 700,000 last year, would it e
it's not like we had in rochdale where the candidate was saying, israel actually let let the massacre happen. >> just a final word to michael walker. >> well, they've hit the right target. if what they wanted to do was deny any opposition within the party. i mean, i don't think she even, you know, interviews shaheen gave to newsnight was actually quite magnanimous about keir starmer considering what had happened to her. but she's very articulate, very talented. she's from the area...
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well, george galloway and his workers party of britain capitalised on this and won the rochdale by—election earlier this year in what was dubbed the gaza vote. however, the party is not without its controversy. in just two days ago, the party had to drop its candidate for putney over anti—semitic remarks. well, to discuss all of this, i'm delighted to be joined in the studio by peter ford, who's the deputy leader of the workers party of britain. and peter is also the former british ambassador to bahrain and syria. fantastic cv . welcome to the fantastic cv. welcome to the studio, peter. so nigel talks a lot about what he sees as an emerging sectarianism in british politics. you got into some hot water over this on the trevor phillips show on sunday. yesterday what's your take on that? the workers party of britain seems quite happy to go after the muslim vote to get in power. yet, nigel pointed out they seem to share some values , they seem to share some values, a lot of values which seem quite incompatible with mainstream british values. does that concern you ? concern you? >> what concer
well, george galloway and his workers party of britain capitalised on this and won the rochdale by—election earlier this year in what was dubbed the gaza vote. however, the party is not without its controversy. in just two days ago, the party had to drop its candidate for putney over anti—semitic remarks. well, to discuss all of this, i'm delighted to be joined in the studio by peter ford, who's the deputy leader of the workers party of britain. and peter is also the former british...
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if you look at the actual results, evenin you look at the actual results, even in rochdale, where where george galloway's party ran on every single seat, he only got to win two seats and his his campaign was not just based on gaza, it was also based on economic issues. >> but does the muslim vote request to keir starmer increase the likelihood of more sectarian politics as labour seeks to consolidate its lead? >> so this is what i would say. >> so this is what i would say. >> i don't think that there is a practical challenge to labour. i don't think that practical labour should be worried. i am personally, politically worried about the animosity that exists between groups in the uk. i think it is a very sad situation i >> -- >> yeah, well that i think is very important, michael, that we've actually done very well on multiculturalism in this country, that we've had pretty peaceful integration and people have become british. this is different, isn't it ? different, isn't it? >> yes. but jacob, how often do you and i say to people whose cause that we disagree with stand for election, stand
if you look at the actual results, evenin you look at the actual results, even in rochdale, where where george galloway's party ran on every single seat, he only got to win two seats and his his campaign was not just based on gaza, it was also based on economic issues. >> but does the muslim vote request to keir starmer increase the likelihood of more sectarian politics as labour seeks to consolidate its lead? >> so this is what i would say. >> so this is what i would say....
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underperformed tonight, but also george galloway will be here to talk through his candidates, particularly in rochdale. all that to come and more with experts , psephologists and those
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if you look at the actual results, evenin you look at the actual results, even in rochdale, where where george galloway's party ran on every single seat, he only got to win two seats and his his campaign was not just based on gaza, it was also based on economic issues. >> but does the muslim vote request to keir starmer increase the likelihood of more sectarian politics as labour seeks to consolidate its lead? >> so this is what i would say. >> so this is what i would say. >> i don't think that there is a practical challenge to labour. i don't think that practical labour should be worried. i am personally, politically worried about the animosity that exists between groups in the uk. i think it is a very sad situation i >> -- >> yeah, well that i think is very important, michael, that we've actually done very well on multiculturalism in this country, that we've had pretty peaceful integration and people have become british. this is different, isn't it ? different, isn't it? >> yes. but jacob, how often do you and i say to people whose cause that we disagree with stand for election, stand
if you look at the actual results, evenin you look at the actual results, even in rochdale, where where george galloway's party ran on every single seat, he only got to win two seats and his his campaign was not just based on gaza, it was also based on economic issues. >> but does the muslim vote request to keir starmer increase the likelihood of more sectarian politics as labour seeks to consolidate its lead? >> so this is what i would say. >> so this is what i would say....
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but i think, as we've seen with the success of george galloway and rochdale and in these local elections and actually gaza is playing a role, it is cutting through, i think, a lot of dependent candidates that will stand. absolutely. if this could be harnessed by a political party or, you know, just a coalition of people, it could cause serious problems for sir keir starmer and the labour party in general down the line, as i say, short term, i don't think it's going to block his path. but this is, i think, a very concerning thing because this isn't, i don't think, simply a question of, people saying that what's happening in gazais saying that what's happening in gaza is unacceptable and disgraceful. i think that there is a broader element to it which does need to concern people, which is that this is very clearly a pet project of a lot of people. and i don't say that to be flippant, but it is very obvious that a lot of people are taking what's happening to gaza very closely to heart in a way that they aren't taking other conflicts around the world to heart. these people have no interest i
but i think, as we've seen with the success of george galloway and rochdale and in these local elections and actually gaza is playing a role, it is cutting through, i think, a lot of dependent candidates that will stand. absolutely. if this could be harnessed by a political party or, you know, just a coalition of people, it could cause serious problems for sir keir starmer and the labour party in general down the line, as i say, short term, i don't think it's going to block his path. but this...
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underperformed tonight, but also george galloway will be here to talk through his candidates, particularly in rochdale. all that to come and more with experts , psephologists and those experts, psephologists and those that know perhaps what might happen tomorrow. all that to come after your news headlines with sam francis . with sam francis. >> tom, thank you. and a very good evening to you from the newsroom. it'sjust good evening to you from the newsroom. it's just gone 7:00 and leading the news tonight. sir keir starmer claims that labour's gains in england's local elections are, he says, a direct message to the prime minister as he renewed demands for rishi sunak to call a general election . so far general election. so far labour's gained more than 140 seats and taken control of seven more councils in england. the labour leader is also hailing what he calls a truly historic moment, as his party won the mayoral race in york and north yorkshire. in the prime minister's own constituency. meanwhile, the prime minister has insisted he's focusing on the job at hand after those disappointing local electio
underperformed tonight, but also george galloway will be here to talk through his candidates, particularly in rochdale. all that to come and more with experts , psephologists and those experts, psephologists and those that know perhaps what might happen tomorrow. all that to come after your news headlines with sam francis . with sam francis. >> tom, thank you. and a very good evening to you from the newsroom. it'sjust good evening to you from the newsroom. it's just gone 7:00 and leading...
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and we obviously had the rochdale by—election with george galloway. and although galloway's party, which said it was going to sweep rochdale, he won only a couple of seats there and a couple elsewhere, but if you do look at it, quite a lot of independents who support sort of independents who support sort of who made palestine their number one cause, did very well, and in particular in the west midlands mayoral race, which labour won by 1000 votes, the guy who came third, is a guy who basically campaigned for palestine. he hadn't done any politics before. i think he was a tiktok sensation, and he utilised that to make a palestinian message . he got palestinian message. he got nearly 70,000 votes, so nearly 70 times the margin of labour's victory. so labour's now reflecting on what it needs to do about, about that. but a group called the muslim vote has issued an 18 point set of demands to labour, saying that you need to i don't quite you know, they are i think they're self—appointed, obviously, that you need to do x, y and z if you are going to win b
and we obviously had the rochdale by—election with george galloway. and although galloway's party, which said it was going to sweep rochdale, he won only a couple of seats there and a couple elsewhere, but if you do look at it, quite a lot of independents who support sort of independents who support sort of who made palestine their number one cause, did very well, and in particular in the west midlands mayoral race, which labour won by 1000 votes, the guy who came third, is a guy who...
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we saw that galloway won that by—election in rochdale. rochdale is about eight miles from andy rayner's constituency. i've written about this in the west midlands in the mayoral election, the george galloway candidate got 12.5% of the vote. so the muslim there is an independent muslim standing against angela rayner and judging by this clip, she's what mrs. thatcher in one of her great lincolnshire words would say is frit . see what you think say is frit. see what you think my voters were very upset with the labour party. >> i was with you and you saw me over the line. you supported me in seats that are similar to mine. people lost their seats. you were there for me and i don't believe i could have done that without you. now i know that without you. now i know that people are angry about what's happening in the middle east. and i said, live on tv, and i say to this day, if me resigning as an mp now would bnng resigning as an mp now would bring a ceasefire, no , i would bring a ceasefire, no, i would do it. i would do it if i could affect c
we saw that galloway won that by—election in rochdale. rochdale is about eight miles from andy rayner's constituency. i've written about this in the west midlands in the mayoral election, the george galloway candidate got 12.5% of the vote. so the muslim there is an independent muslim standing against angela rayner and judging by this clip, she's what mrs. thatcher in one of her great lincolnshire words would say is frit . see what you think say is frit. see what you think my voters were very...