we heard this morning that stephen flynn _ completely.ynn from _ completely. we heard this morning that stephen flynn from the - completely. we heard this morning that stephen flynn from the snp . completely. we heard this morning l that stephen flynn from the snp and nigel farage leading reform uk, they fully expect sir keir starmer to be the next prime minister. where does that leave the conservatives and the labour party for that matter if you don't want to rest on your laurels? it could be a problem for the labour party in the sense that voters think that they do not really need to come out for the party because it is going to win easily. i think that might affect turn out. so they will have to work very hard to persuade people that they are not being complacent. as for the conservatives, it looks as if they are aiming a bit of a life and death fight with reform uk. it looks as if there might be crossover with the polls where reform uk go into the lead. i don't think the conservatives will be quite as badly beaten and some people sugg

stephen flynn?the covid pandemic. it has put your food economy more than the covid pandemic. it has put yourfood bills up pandemic. it has put yourfood bills up completely unnecessarily. it has been an unmitigated disaster for the economy. applause _ . that is why at this election you need to ignore _ . that is why at this election you need to ignore the _ . that is why at this election you need to ignore the snake - . that is why at this election you need to ignore the snake oil- need to ignore the snake oil salesman who delivered brexit, and you need to challenge the labour party and the conservative party about why they are not seeking to rejoin the single market, why they aren't seeking to double down and making sure we return to freedom of movement. we making sure we return to freedom of movement. ~ . making sure we return to freedom of movement-— making sure we return to freedom of movement. ~ ., ., , ., movement. we are outperforming the euro and our— movement. we are outperforming the euro a

and therefore their argument as well as we heard stephen flynn making this morning, look, if you wantntive change, significant change, and you want a party that will hold both labour and the tories to account on delivering substantive change, then you need to vote for someone else. now, you can get into a whole load of detail or debate about whether that's a credible position and whether the snp or any other party will deliver change. but i wonder if it doesn't all come back to the same thing, which is, are our politicians, all of them, being honest about the state of the economy, about how well we're growing or otherwise, about productivity in this country, and about the direction of travel, and therefore about how much money they have available to spend? and i think a lot of people would say the pretty clear answer that is no. and john caldwell, the billionaire who founded and made lots of money from phones for you, was on our panel this morning. and really interesting, he gave lots of money to borisjohnson. he's basically now takes a very dim view of rishi sunak. he has had entreat

and therefore their argument as well as we heard stephen flynn making this morning, look, if you wantntive change, significant change, and you want a party that will hold both labour and the tories to account on delivering substantive change, then you need to vote for someone else. now, you can get into a whole load of detail or debate about whether that's a credible position and whether the snp or any other party will deliver change. but i wonder if it doesn't all come back to the same thing, which is, are our politicians, all of them, being honest about the state of the economy, about how well we're growing or otherwise, about productivity in this country, and about the direction of travel, and therefore about how much money they have available to spend? and i think a lot of people would say the pretty clear answer that is no. and john caldwell, the billionaire who founded and made lots of money from phones for you, was on our panel this morning. and really interesting, he gave lots of money to borisjohnson. he's basically now takes a very dim view of rishi sunak. he has had entreat

stephen flynn _ much later on. yes, the 19th. stephen flynn said _ much later on. yes, the 19th.y have given up? i at the campaign, does it look like they have given up?— at the campaign, does it look like they have given up? i think what was strikin: they have given up? i think what was striking was — they have given up? i think what was striking was that _ they have given up? i think what was striking was that what _ they have given up? i think what was striking was that what we _ they have given up? i think what was striking was that what we heard i they have given up? i think what was striking was that what we heard from stephen flynn in the debate and in your interview this morning was not really necessary the same as we are hearing from john swinney in news conferences and campaign events in terms of independence. john swinney has been mentioning independence quite a lot for ——. they have advanced in these set piece interviews, half of the argument from the smp perspective which is, britain isn't working, they will say it is low growth, low productivity, high inequality and

stephen flynn.a conspiracy of _ part of the debate? because there's a conspiracy of silence, _ part of the debate? because there's a conspiracy of silence, the - a conspiracy of silence, the language he used, around westminster parties and the way they operate, meaning brexit has been accepted despite the harm. it's not in labour�*s aim to raise it. it's not in the tories's interest to raise it because it exposes how bad it was. stephen flynn was the only one saying this has done harm, don't damage and we shouldn't be accepting it. he will be pleased with the performance, as will be snp, because his goal was to position the others as being the same, arguing with each other. he did that really well. david, he said don't believe what this snake oil salesman, nigel farage, is offering you. brexit has been an unmitigated disaster. he is incorrect. been an unmitigated disaster. he is incorrect- we _ been an unmitigated disaster. he is incorrect. we haven't _ been an unmitigated disaster. he is incorrect.

flynn, a scottish quy- was stephen flynn, a scottish guy.ng wearing a suit? why isn't he in a kilt and waving a claymore? absolute warrior type and little nigel farage. did anybody else realise how small nigel farage is? and he's the only one with, with bad teeth . he obviously with bad teeth. he obviously doesn't go to a dentist, nhs or otherwise. i thought penny mordaunt to be a little more serious. did extremely well on what must have been extremely difficult day . a really tough difficult day. a really tough wicket to come in on. she was quite clear on the issue of where rishi should should have been yesterday and then she batted extremely well and, yeah , batted extremely well and, yeah, i think she scored a century. i thought she did excellently. i'm so sorry to interrupt you, jess. >> please don't go anywhere. we want to go back. just stay right with us. i want to go back to christopher hope, who's in the spin room, for us, because i believe that he is with lisa nandy. good evening. chris. good evening. what's lisa got to say about to

the snp�*s stephen flynn wanted more honesty about the economy. cuts baked in which neither the labour party nor the conservative party are being honest about. instead, they're having the worst of westminster argument between them tonight instead of being honest with you. the debate also covered the nhs. we're going to fix the front door . to the nhs with 8,000 more gps, giving you a guarantee _ of an appointment within seven days. we're going to put an end to dental deserts. - we'll have a mental health community hub in every single community. - and there were clashes too on immigration. let's change the tone! applause. let's change the tone of the debate on immigration. you know, too much of it is framed around, frankly, the bigotry of people like nigel farage. is that the best you can do? plaid cymru will stand up to nigel farage. open doors, anyone can come! of course we need... everyone come! after an hour and a half there were handshakes and smiles, but the serious race for your vote goes on. helen catt, bbc news. with me is our political co

flynn, a scottish quy- was stephen flynn, a scottish guy. wearing a suit? why isn't he in a kilt and waving a claymore? absolute warrior type and little nigel farage. did anybody else realise how small nigel farage is? and he's the only one with, with bad teeth . he obviously with bad teeth. he obviously doesn't go to a dentist, nhs or otherwise. i thought penny mordaunt to be a little more serious. did extremely well on what must have been extremely difficult day . a really tough difficult day. a really tough wicket to come in on. she was quite clear on the issue of where rishi should should have been yesterday and then she batted extremely well and, yeah , batted extremely well and, yeah, i think she scored a century. i thought she did excellently. i'm so sorry to interrupt you, jess. >> please don't go anywhere. we want to go back. just stay right with us. i want to go back to christopher hope, who's in the spin room, for us, because i believe that he is with lisa nandy. good evening. chris. good evening. what's lisa got to say about toni

here's the snp�*s westminster leader, stephen flynn.it matte very i don't frankly think it matters very much, because the tories are finished. everyone knows they are finished. everyone knows they are finished. you can promise everything under the sun — he's not going to be the prime minister injust a the prime minister in just a few weeks' time, he'll be back off to california. what we need to do is therefore shine a light on what keir starmer�*s positions are. he believes in the continuation of £18 billion worth of public sector cuts and breaks it, which has crippled the scottish economy, and he believes in the continuation of very many policies which have impacted people in scotland on a daily basis. that's not good enough, and that's why we need snp mps in westminster putting scotland first. 0nly we can provide that in this election. scotland's parties have their leaders debate in around an hour here on the bbc news channel. the snp, the scottish conservatives, scottish labour, scottish liberal democrats, and the scottish greens wil

that's one of those where _ stephen flynn. that's one of those where you — stephen flynn.the deputy leader of the liberal democrats — she surprised me, she's arrived _ democrats — she surprised me, she's arrived being — democrats — she surprised me, she's arrived being greeted here outside broadcasting house by the director ofjournalism, jonathan munro, and also hillary— ofjournalism, jonathan munro, and also hillary o'neill, from our westminster team. also hillary o'neill, from our westminsterteam. daisy also hillary o'neill, from our westminster team. daisy cooper is the deputy leader from the liberal democrats representing the liberal democrats representing the liberal democrats during this debate that we have got— democrats during this debate that we have got here today at broadcasting house _ have got here today at broadcasting house. she is not only the party's deputy— house. she is not only the party's deputy leader, but also their spokesperson for health and social care, _ spokesperson for health and social care, elected an mp back in 2019. so she will_ care, elect

yours, replied carla denyer for the greens and stephen flynn from the snp.le and expensive rwanda flights. we need safe passage into this country and we need to realise that we need immigration for the interests of our. health system, our care system and our economy. whether they're coming here, fleeing violence and persecution as asylum . seekers, or whether they're coming here to work in many of our- understaffed sectors like health and social care, if you meet- a migrant in the nhs, _ they're more likely to be treating you as i was the last time i saw a gp than that, - than being ahead i of you in the queue. there's also a conspiracy of silence on one other issue, and that's brexit, because brexit has impacted the economy more than the covid pandemic. it has put your food bills up completely unnecessarily, it has been an unmitigated disaster for the economy, and... it's really interesting to hear them all together like that because we were talking about at the beginning, obviously the uk national debate is dominated by labour and the tories and they are b

he's the snp uk, stephen flynn. he's the snp westminster leader.denyer from the green party and rowan , from the green party and rowan, who is the plight leader, for many viewers watching bbc tonight, these will be the first time they've seen many of them in action. but each individual candidate has got risk attached to their appearance. you look at penny mordaunt, she of course, is a cabinet minister. she's the she's a candidate in portsmouth and all she she'll be challenged immediately about the prime minister's decision yesterday to come home early from the d—day commemorations. was that right, was that right or not? and will she will she defend the prime minister, or has she got half an eye on the future when there might well be a tory leadership campaign starting afterjuly the 5th? if the tories lose and she'll be a candidate in that , she'll be a candidate in that, she'll be a candidate in that, she'll try and drive home the £2,000 tax tax increase for individuals if labour win the election. that's her idea . and election. that's her idea. an

. >> not everyone believes stephen flynn thinks that's shameful. >> oh well, that's stephen flynn's pointut look, the uk has made the decision on brexit. we respect the outcome of the referendum. look we can make improvements to the relationship with europe because the trade deal that boris johnson signed up to left lots of inadequacies in the system. and some of us, some of that's now being experienced and we can improve that trading relationship. but we'll do that as a friend and an ally as a third country, not by rejoining the european union. >> your party tonight has started to attack nigel farage. is that because he is now the official opposition to the labour party in the sense of in the polls? >> no, there's only two people who are going to become prime minister on july the 4th. it'll either be keir starmer or rishi sunak. but look, it's quite remarkable that nigel farage was so honest about the fact this evening that he felt the national health service, as we know it, should no longer exist. and i think people deserve to know that. >> well, darren jones, thank you for joining us t

westminster leader stephen flynn will make the case for the scottish national party.en party, their leader -- and nigel is there for reform u.k. after he recently became the party leader. discussing that in more detail, rob olson is with us. this debate has only just become -- begun. what are the main highlights? it has been remarkably -- >> it has been remarkably civilized. what do i make of it? all -- follows around the predictable path that they are given this public form on bbc television. the smaller parties have essentially been trying to make the case none of the above when it comes to labor and conservative. which you would expect. if you want things to change, don't vote for the two main parties as they say. you would have never have expected penny morton representing the conservative party. a mighty hammering over the way in which public services in this country have really been stretched over the last few years. nigel farage recently returned to center stage of politics with reform. he has been saying it should be an election all about immigration. interest

the snp�*s stephen flynn wanted more honesty about the economy.ked in which neither the labour party nor the conservative party are being honest about. instead, they're having the worst of westminster argument between them tonight instead of being honest with you. the debate also covered the nhs. we're going to fix the front door . to the nhs with 8,000 more gps, giving you a guarantee _ of an appointment within seven days. we're going to put an end to dental deserts. - we'll have a mental health community hub in every single community. - and there were clashes too on immigration. let's change the tone! applause. let's change the tone of the debate on immigration. you know, too much of it is framed around, frankly, the bigotry of people like nigel farage. is that the best you can do? plaid cymru will stand up to nigel farage. open doors, anyone can come! of course we need... everyone come! after an hour and a half there were handshakes and smiles, but the serious race for your vote goes on. helen catt, bbc news. here's more reaction to last night'

>> well, i'm no fan of the snp, but i thought the one with no hair, stephen flynn.he had spend longer in makeup. i thought stephen flynn did quite well because he got his point across. >> he's a good debater and i think he's very much definitely a future leader of the snp. it's not going be a great election. he's their leader in westminster, but i think he'll be their leader in holyrood in years to come. so i think he, you know, he, he had he had a reasonable night, but you know, they've got to stop shouting over each other. well they interestingly have you seen the minutes michelle hussein did a reasonable job in terms of the minutes because it was roughly within a minute of each other. they all got the same, which is i felt that it was dominated by penny mordaunt and she had two minutes more. yeah. and then but the others were all about about ii. 11. >> i'm sorry. 11.— >> i'm sorry. i 11. >> i'm sorry. i think seven is too much because no one gets a chance to put their policies forward and get their view. tony blair brought this in, by the way, to have seven. did

flynn, who is the snp�*s westminster leader, and he got quite good reviews for his performance, he saidnary tax rises, but they're not telling you about their plans for spending cuts, which are kind of baked in to all those numbers after the next election." and what's interesting for me is, the last few days, the conservatives, with their, like, classic daily policy announcement, they've been spending quite a lot of money. so yesterday on friday, it was saying, "oh, do you remember when george osborne said if you earn over £50,000, you're going to start losing your child benefit?" which was a huge news story back in the 2010s. "oh, we're going to lift that limit so that loads more people can get child benefit." ok, that's going to cost money. the thing the tories are talking about today, about making permanent that stamp duty holiday for first time buyers when they buy a property, that's going to cost money as well. labour say, well, when they announce things like that, "we can fund this from cracking down on tax avoidance." but listening to more or less on radio 4 a couple of days ago,

the snp's stephen flynn wanted more honesty about the economy.n worth of cuts baked in which neither the labour party nor the conservative party are being honest about. instead, they're having the worst of westminster argument between them tonight instead of being honest with you. the debate also covered the nhs. we're going to fix the front door . to the nhs with 8,000 more gps, giving you a guarantee _ of an appointment within seven days. we're going to put an end to dental deserts. - we'll have a mental health community hub in every single community. - and there were clashes too on immigration. let's change the tone! applause. let's change the tone of the debate on immigration. you know, too much of it is framed around, frankly, the bigotry of people like nigel farage. is that the best you can do? plaid cymru will stand up to nigel farage. open doors, anyone can come! of course we need... everyone come! after an hour and a half there were handshakes and smiles, but the serious race for your vote goes on. helen catt, bbc news. let's speak to ou

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flynn — earlier he answered questions regarding their campaign. the snp is the main challenger, but there has been a surge in popularity for the labour party as well. is there a focus on what they can do to seats in this region? it's pretty clear that the snp is the challenger to the conservatives in all of the seats in the north—east of scotland where they hold those constituencies. the numbers speak for themselves. and of course, people in the north—east of scotland will be watching the labour party in horror as they set out plans that will result in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs in the north sea oil and gas sector. jobs that we need to protect to support that sector and also to enable our transition to net—zero. so i think people in the north—east can see through the empty promises about gb energy and they can see the reality of those commitments, which are that they will inflict significant damage on the economy of the north—east of scotland. and voting snp is the way to avoid that. the oil and gas industry has been critical of snp ene

here in aberdeen south, it is currently an snp constituency held by snp westminster leader stephen flynncafe here, which is well known for dolphin watching. as you may be able to see, there is also evidence in the harbour behind me of the city's oil and gas industry, a very important issue for voters in this area. but mr swinney�*s message today is that his party is best placed to remove conservative mps from power in scotland. and as we have been hearing today from the conservative party, this expansion of the levelling up funding, some 30 towns across the uk set to receive £20 million if the conservatives are elected back into government, mr swinney said the snp has already invested significantly in communities across scotland, including on a major road project, the aberdeen bypass, which was completed in 2018. we spoke to mr swinney a short time ago, and he said he is here to talk about the damage done by what he has described as the triple whammy of austerity, brexit and cost of living which he says has been caused by damage done by westminster. 0n the oil and gas situation, and at t

flynn, who is the snp's westminster leader, and he got quite good reviews for his performance, he saidey're not telling you about their plans for spending cuts, which are kind of baked in to all those numbers after the next election." and what's interesting for me is, the last few days the conservatives, with their, like, classic daily policy announcement, they've been spending quite a lot of money. so yesterday on friday, it was saying, "oh, do you remember when george osborne said if you earn over £50,000, you're going to start losing your child benefit?" which was a huge news story back in the 2010s. "oh, we're going to lift that limit so that loads more people can get child benefit." ok, that's going to cost money. the thing the tories are talking about today, about making permanent that stamp duty holiday for first time buyers when they buy a property, that's going to cost money as well. labour say, well, when they announce things like that, "we can fund this from cracking down on tax avoidance." but listening to more or less on radio 4 a couple of days ago, the real tim harford d

flynn, who is the snp�*s westminster leader, and he got quite good reviews for his performance, he saidthey're not telling you about their plans for spending cuts, which are kind of baked in to all those numbers after the next election." and what's interesting for me is, the last few days, the conservatives, with their, like, classic daily policy announcement, they've been spending quite a lot of money. so yesterday on friday, it was saying, "oh, do you remember when george osborne said if you earn over £50,000, you're going to start losing your child benefit?" which was a huge news story back in the 2010s. "oh, we're going to lift that limit so that loads more people can get child benefit." ok, that's going to cost money. the thing the tories are talking about today, about making permanent that stamp duty holiday for first time buyers when they buy a property, that's going to cost money as well. labour say, well, when they announce things like that, "we can fund this from cracking down on tax avoidance." but listening to more or less on radio 4 a couple of days ago, the real tim harfor

laura will be interviewing the premise rishi sunak as well as miss adam, stephen flynn in westminsterper, lib dems deputy leader. that is in a special extended programme starting at nine o'clock in the morning tomorrow on bbc one and bbc iplayer. much more also on our website as well. from the uk election let's turn to the us election. president biden has come under more pressure to stand down from the race for the white house with an editorial in the influential new york times newspaper, calling on him to drop out, saying it's in the best interests of america. it followed his widely criticised performance in thursday's tv debate with donald trump — when he stumbled over words, and at times seemed to lose track of what he was saying. mr biden remains defiant — at his first campaign rally since the debate, he told supporters in north carolina that the us itself was at stake in november's election — calling his opponent, "a genuine threat to democracy". directly addressing concerns about his age, mr biden told the rally, "he'd been knocked down but would get back up". frank sesno is a f

flynn for the snp, the green party's carla denyer, rhun ap iorwerth for plaid cymru, and nigel farage about an hour to go then? that's right. and _ about an hour to go then? that's right. and this — about an hour to go then? that's right, and this is _ about an hour to go then? that's right, and this is the _ about an hour to go then? that's right, and this is the spin room, | right, and this is the spin room, the debate itself shortly to get under way in a studio just nearby. so watching very closely, viewers watching closely, but who will also be watching closely? it's all the parties, the mps who have been watching the campaign so far will be here to give their spin on it. and we have some advance spin for you. we have david davis for the conservative party —— david davies. spin aside, we've had today the labour party launching there manifesto — i'm wondering if you actually are slightly envious in a way that the labour campaign seems to be rolling along without too much disruption. are you thinking they are doing a betterjob then you're parties? are doing a better “ob then you're

also on the show: pat mcfadden, labour's campaign co—ordinator; stephen flynn snp leader in westminstereader. that's in a specially extended programme at nine oclock tomorrow morning on bbc one and iplayer. let's turn to the us now — president biden has come under more pressure to stand down from the race for the white house — with an editorial in the influential new york times newspaper, calling on him to drop out, saying it's in the best interests of america. it followed his widely criticised performance in thursday's tv debate with donald trump — when he stumbled over words, and at times seemed to lose track of what he was saying. mr biden remains defiant — at his first campaign rally since the debate, he told supporters in north carolina that the us itself was at stake in november's election — calling his opponent a genuine threat to democracy. directly addressing concerns about his age, mr biden told the rally he'd been knocked down but would get back up. frank sesno is a former white house correspondent and cnn washington bureau chief. as the fallout of mr biden�*s performance con

stephen flynn from the snp. harry farley has more.lies i think we've seen in this election. it's been quite interesting that most of the parties have gone for quite stage managed kind of events that we've seen in the campaign so far. nigel farage, speaking at a big rally in birmingham, promising his party will be the voice of opposition, or the real voice of opposition, in his words. and he said that thursday, the polling day on thursday would just be the start of what he wants to build as a mass movement. he described a mass movement across the uk and, as you say, criticising both the conservatives and labour. i think what will be interesting to watch out for on thursday, though, is not only how many seats reform win, but how many votes they get because they're not expected to win many seats across the westminster election. but it'll be interesting to see what proportion of the vote they get. and nigel farage, as he says, hoping that they will not not only win some seats but also show that they can be a real political force in years

. >> well, the snp's stephen flynn criticised labour's hesitations over the unfolding humanitarian crisisin gaza. >> it took four and a half months and the death or injury of almost 100,000 civilians in gaza for the labour party to back a ceasefire on day one of a labour government, will you end arms sales to israel? >> well, if we were in government, we would immediately review, as we've been asking the conservatives, the legal advice on arms sales to israel, and we will comply with international law. thank you. >> well, you may remember from the previous seven way debate that the plaid cymru leader wasn't impressed with the main parties ambitions and it would seem nothing's changed this election. >> you'll hear me talking a lot about ambition. where is the ambition from either of the westminster main parties to invest in allowing us in wales to make the most of our natural resources through devolving the crown estate, allowing us to invest in transport and connectivity through giving us the billions we round are owed as a result of hs2 rail in england. that's the ambition that we need.

here's the snp�*s westminster leader, stephen flynn.the sun — he's not going to be the prime minister in just a few weeks' time, he'll be back off to california. what we need to do is therefore shine a light on what keir starmer�*s positions are. he believes in the continuation of £18 billion worth of public sector cuts and breaks it, which has crippled the scottish economy, and he believes in the continuation of very many policies which have impacted people in scotland on a daily basis. that's not good enough, and that's why we need snp mps in westminster putting scotland first. only we can provide that in this election. nigel farage has posted a video on social media in which a man appears to throw objects at his campaign bus in barnsley. nigel farage thanked south yorkshire police after they arrested a 28—year—old man. the leader of the reform party said he will "not be bullied or cowed". our political correspondent, hannah miller, joins us live from westminster. conservatives focusing very much on tax cuts and the manifesto for the

stephen flynn from the scottish national party. let's stick with elections.france's parliamentary elections is under way. the current president emmanuel macron has just been seen at the polling station with the first lady brigitte macron. and this is the far—right leader marine le pen casting her ballot. her eurosceptic, anti—immigrant national rally party was a long—time pariah but is now closer to power than it has ever been. earlier we've also seen the leader of the national rally voting, jordan bardella, the 28 —year—old is seen as a protege of marine le pen. his party is expected to come first, but it's unclear whether they'd command an overall majority. the second round of voting will be on the seventh ofjuly. the surprise election, called by president emmanuel macron, has thrown french politics into disarray. support for the anti—immigration and eurosceptic national rally party has surged despite president macron�*s pledges to stop its rise. let's speak to our correspondent, mark lowen, in paris. what have voters been saying? it has been a very — what

plus, stephen flynn tries to impress his mates in the snp in scotland . in the snp in scotland. >> iswill you support england in the euros ? no. >> all right then we'll stop paying >> all right then we'll stop paying your wages then. all right . but up next, was keir right. but up next, was keir starmer wrong to say less ? starmer wrong to say less? >> i don't use private health. i use the nhs, okay. well, anarchist lisa mckenzie goes head to head with journalist lowri turner, both of whom have interesting experiences about the nhs. it's patrick christys tonight. we're gb news. welcome back to patrick christys . tonight. coming up, reform uk's lee anderson gives his take on the westminster whispers, predicting further defections from the tories to reform. and also that news that apparently reform is now just two points behind the conservatives in the polls. but first, should you pay for private health care if you can afford to, it's time for tonight's head to head . well, tonight's head to head. well, this all stems from sir keir starmer shocking the electorate at last night's leader'

and his representative in westminster, stephen flynn, also told that launch event today that a vote for for scotland, and police have made 56 arrests following the champions league final last night, as some football fans tried to force their way into the stadium and others invaded the stadium and others invaded the pitch. thousands were at wembley to watch real madrid beat borussia dortmund . the vast beat borussia dortmund. the vast majority of those arrested are still in custody. most of the arrests were for attempts to breach security, but five were made after people got onto the pitch. for the latest stories , pitch. for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the qr code. there on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts . news .com/ alerts. >> thank you sam. well, it is officially summer and we've got a brand new summer giveaway £15,000 in cash, which could make your summer spectacular. it also a brand new iphone, airpods , and £500 that you could spend on a uk attraction of your choice. so if you love theme parks, if you love visiting stately homes or ju

plus, stephen flynn tries to impress his mates in the snp in scotland . in the snp in scotland. >> isll you support england in the euros ? no. >> all right then we'll stop paying >> all right then we'll stop paying your wages then. all right . but up next, was keir right. but up next, was keir starmer wrong to say less ? starmer wrong to say less? >> i don't use private health. i use the nhs, okay. well, anarchist lisa mckenzie goes head to head with journalist lowri turner, both of whom have interesting experiences about the nhs. it's patrick christys tonight. we're gb news. welcome back to patrick christys . tonight. coming up, reform uk's lee anderson gives his take on the westminster whispers, predicting further defections from the tories to reform. and also that news that apparently reform is now just two points behind the conservatives in the polls. but first, should you pay for private health care if you can afford to, it's time for tonight's head to head . well, tonight's head to head. well, this all stems from sir keir starmer shocking the electorate at last night's leader's

flynn, the plaid cymru and green party co—leaders.hey'll be here later and we'll be bringing you all the best action from the spin room after earlier. of course, we're up in manchester, where i am now for this launch of this manifesto by sir keir starmer, and i was able to ask him some questions at crewe alexandra football club in his battlebus in the car park. i asked him about would you want to bring down inflation, immigration and to what level? he wouldn't give us a figure. i also chucked in a question at the end, which i was surprised about, when he was laughed at last night for saying his dad was a toolmaker and a factory worker. he gave me an answer i wasn't expecting directly. >> addressed you on that. my dad worked in a factory all his life . he felt people disrespected him , and that's not happening him, and that's not happening with a laughing. >> i do want to see this through because it actually hit a nerve last night. yeah, because he felt that in the usual conversation, when someone says, what do you do for a living when

meanwhile, stephen flynn from the snp said that brexit had put up food prices and claimed it's been anparty co—leader caladenia attacked the conservatives and labour over their climate policies . also appearing were policies. also appearing were redknapp yorwerth from plied comrie, reform uk's nigel farage and daisy cooper from the liberal democrats, who claimed that the current government has, she says, broken the public's hope. well, the row over the prime minister's decision to leave d—day commemorations early yesterday rumbled on in the opening minutes of tonight's debate, cabinet minister penny morden joined the criticism, saying that rishi sunaks decision to return home for a tv interview was completely wrong and that he has been right to apologise. rishi sunak has admitted it was a mistake, but said that people should judge him by his actions when it comes to supporting the armed forces . to supporting the armed forces. >> reflection. that was a mistake and i apologise . i think mistake and i apologise. i think it's important though, given the enormity of the sacrifice made, tha

stephen flynn went on to say that labour don't believe in new licenses and that the conservatives hade taking a look at some of the figures behind those conservative pledges. and the leaders of five scottish parties will take part in a televised debate this evening. you can watch it on bbc one scotland at eight o'clock, and it'll be available on the bbc iplayer. the us secretary of state antony blinken has repeated his calls for hamas to accept the terms of a ceasefire deal in gaza. the plan — proposed by president biden — would see more hostages released, and was backed last night by the united nations security council. mr blinken was speaking on a visit to israel after meeting relatives of some of the us hostages still being held. everyone's vote is in except for one vote, and that's hamas. and that's what we wait for. it is on hamas to move forward with this proposal or not. our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. yolande, what's the likelihood of all parties agreeing to the deal? imean, i mean, diplomatically what we can say in the past 2a hours is that there h

applause and we can talk to stephen flynn, the party's leader at westminster.th the labour party and the conservative party, a choice that they are making at this election. we of course oppose that. we believe there should be investment in public services, investment in our nhs, and we need to get away from this race to the bottom one austerity that exist in westminster. it doesn't work, it has broken the fabric of society over the last 1a years. why keir starmer would want to continue with that, knowing the damage it has caused, is beyond me, and that is why we need scottish national party mps in westminster putting scotland's interests first. and when it comes to the iss, i don't know if you have noticed, but they also looked at the snp manifesto, and the £30 billion which we believe could go back into the treasury could be invested into public services as a result of rejoining our friends and neighbours in the european union, something which they deem to be reasonable. again, the labour party don't want to be in the single market, they don't want to be in th

daisy cooper, liberal democrat deputy leader, will make her party's case, as will stephen flynn for the plaid cymru's leader, rhun ap iorwerth, and nigel farage will take part after becoming leader of reform uk earlier this week. meanwhile, the two main parties are still putting out policies ahead of their manifesto launches. labour says if it wins power, it will make permanent an existing government scheme designed to ensure first—time buyers can access low—deposit mortgages through the state acting as a guarantor for part of the loan. the conservatives have put forward plans to allow high earners to keep more of their child benefit. the party says if it continues to govern, the threshold at which parents start to lose child benefit through a tax charge will double to £120,000. and it's committed to a previously announced proposal to assess claimants as a household rather than an individual. plenty still to be digested and scrutinised as political parties continue to vie for votes. leila nathoo, bbc news. donald trump has taken part in his first campaign rally since he was convicted of

meanwhile, stephen flynn from the snp said that brexit had put up food prices and claimed it's been an unmitigated disaster for the economy. green party co—leader caladenia attacked the conservatives and labour over their climate policies . also appearing were policies. also appearing were redknapp yorwerth from plied comrie, reform uk's nigel farage and daisy cooper from the liberal democrats, who claimed that the current government has, she says, broken the public's hope. well, the row over the prime minister's decision to leave d—day commemorations early yesterday rumbled on in the opening minutes of tonight's debate, cabinet minister penny morden joined the criticism, saying that rishi sunaks decision to return home for a tv interview was completely wrong and that he has been right to apologise. rishi sunak has admitted it was a mistake, but said that people should judge him by his actions when it comes to supporting the armed forces . to supporting the armed forces. >> reflection. that was a mistake and i apologise . i think mistake and i apologise. i think it's important though,

flynn snp, rheen ap yoreth from plaid cymru.. it all starts at 7.30. we will have post debate analysis with faisal on newsnight. let's talk to conservative peer lord goldsmith, zac goldsmith, former climate minster who resigned from the government last year accusing rishi sunak of being "simply uninterested" in the environment. welcome the newsnight. i wonder what you think, first of all, about the fact that thus far in this election campaign, the global climate has barely featured.— campaign, the global climate has barely featured. mine it is not that surrise, barely featured. mine it is not that surprise. it — barely featured. mine it is not that surprise, it has _ barely featured. mine it is not that surprise, it has been _ barely featured. mine it is not that surprise, it has been such - barely featured. mine it is not that surprise, it has been such a - barely featured. mine it is not that surprise, it has been such a busy l surprise, it has been such a busy time, so many big things that have happened, and if you, if you ar

there will also be representatives from the snp, represented by their westminster leader stephen flynnding, the desk where mishal husain, who will have the job of trying to keep everyone under control, will be trying to moderate the debate, make sure that the audience get to ask their questions and get real answers. the parties, of course, will be looking to get their messages across and also to get those moments that really work on social media. but the most important people tonight are you, the audience at home, the audience here in the radio theatre, as the parties try to get their messages across to you and look at what you take away from the whole evening. you can watch all of the build—up to tonight's debate the 90—minute debate starts at 7.30 on bbc one and iplayer, and there will be full live coverage on the bbc news website, too. labour is reportedly directing its activists to help campaign in areas that it won by significant margins in 2019. these are seats with large muslim populations, that may be disaffected with the party's position on the war in gaza. our religion editor

stephen flynn, the westminster leader has been campaigning in gordon and buchan today at a farm shop,i have made very clear to you. i have concerns as i'm sure the public does, of what is coming out of westminster at the moment. we have got prospective candidates betting on themselves to make a quick buck, and tory mps apparently betting on the election time, i don't think that paints politicians in a good light. ithink that paints politicians in a good light. i think the public will look very unkindly upon it. 50. light. i think the public will look very unkindly upon it.— very unkindly upon it. so, very clear on where _ very unkindly upon it. so, very clear on where he _ very unkindly upon it. so, very clear on where he stands i very unkindly upon it. so, very clear on where he stands on i clear on where he stands on politicians betting on elections or other democratic events. talking about potentially supporting a change in the rules if he thinks thatis change in the rules if he thinks that is necessary. also talking about how this constituency here, in his view, is a fight between

. >> well, stephen flynn, the snp leader, i'm not sure if you saw the other day, but he was asked whether he would support scotland. sorry, england. when scotland. sorry, england. when scotland weren't playing. do you know what he said? what did he say. no. oh which i think is a vast contrast to most england fans.i vast contrast to most england fans. i think you know, i've got, i hope scotland do well or hope other host nation teams do well if and when they're playing in tournaments. but for some reason, when it's scotland against england, for example, or the welsh, they don't seem to like us. >> well, no, not all of them. a lot of them. yeah, i hear you anyway. >> scotland, germany tonight. england, serbia, tomorrow or sunday. so yeah , big tournament sunday. so yeah, big tournament ahead. and also that big interview with barnaby webber's mum emma coming later in the show, one year anniversary of the nottingham attacks. all that. plenty more to come on top of that as well. but before anything else, here's your news headunes anything else, here's your news headlines with sofia. >> ben. th

pat mcfadden, stephen flynn i which will be on bbc one on iplayer if you're watching here in the uk.and we'll be hearing from the leader of the labour party, said keir starmer, who is at a campaign event which is just getting under way. let's turn to the us now — president biden has come under more pressure to stand down from the race for the white house (ff gfx)— with an editorial in the influential new york times newspaper, calling on him to drop out, saying it's in the best interests of america. it followed his widely criticised performance in thursday's tv debate with donald trump — when he stumbled over words, and at times seemed to lose track of what he was saying. mr biden remains defiant — at his first campaign rally since the debate, he told supporters in north carolina that the us itself was at stake in november's election — calling his opponent a genuine threat to democracy. directly addressing concerns about his age, mr biden told the rally he'd been knocked down but would get back up. our north america correspondent david willis reports. this what do you think will be ha

. >> i thought the most impressive person yesterday was stephen flynn, someone people. >> i'll be. >>ssive people. >> a lot of people would have never heard him speak before. he made some salient points. he seemed like a sensible politician. meanwhile, you've got penny mordaunt pointing a finger, shouting over people. it was just kind of chaotic. >> stephen flynn, just to be clear, is the, snp representative in westminster and a lot of people have been saying online that they thought he was, oh, there you go. he was quite yet not so funny now is it? >> twitter isn't real life is what i would say. >> however, not many of us can vote for him to be true. >> so exactly. i almost thought when it came to the parties that were there plaid cymru by the snp, i don't really know why they were there , because you they were there, because you can't vote for them unless you are in wales or or unless you are in wales or or unless you are in wales or or unless you are in scotland. >> i think really the focus of the debate was on angela rayner, penny mordaunt and nigel farage. of course, this was his

the snp's stephen flynn wanted more honesty about the economy.n worth of cuts baked in which neither the labour party nor the conservative party are being honest about. instead, they're having the worst of westminster argument between them tonight instead of being honest with you. the debate also covered the nhs. we're going to fix the front door . to the nhs with 8,000 more gps, giving you a guarantee _ of an appointment within seven days. we're going to put an end to dental deserts. - we'll have a mental health community hub in every single community. - and there were clashes too on immigration. let's change the tone! applause. let's change the tone of the debate on immigration. you know, too much of it is framed around, frankly, the bigotry of people like nigel farage. is that the best you can do? plaid cymru will stand up to nigel farage. open doors, anyone can come! of course we need... everyone come! after an hour and a half there were handshakes and smiles, but the serious race for your vote goes on. helen catt, bbc news. we'll speak to ou

stephen flynn went on to say that labour does not believe in new licences and the conservatives havef the reform party said he will "not be bullied or cowed." plenty more on our election coverage through the course of the day. head to the bbc live page, where there are regular updates from all of our correspondents who out there with the teams. rishi sunak there at the launch of the conservative party manifesto a little earlier. fill analysis on the website and bbc news app. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has repeated his calls for hamas to accept the terms of a ceasefire deal in gaza. the plan — proposed by president biden — would see more humanitarian aid delivered and hostages released, and was backed last night by the united nations security council. mr blinken was speaking on a visit tojerusalem after meeting relatives of some of the us hostages still being held. all of the hostages, but especially eight our american families who have loved ones in gaza, we are determined to bring them home. the proposal that president biden put forward is the best way to do that. as