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. are was in whitehall.re at some good people was in whitehall. so there are at thanke good people was in whitehall. so there are at thank you good people was in whitehall. so there are at thank you very od people was in whitehall. so there are at thank you very much,ple on it. thank you very much, marco . coming up next, it's the marco. coming up next, it's the piers people. it's piers versus the people. it's the chamber debates. the the upper chamber debates. the second the rwanda second reading of the rwanda bill. but will heed the will bill. but will it heed the will of people? plus is banning of the people? plus is banning smoking vapes the smoking and single use vapes the most issue facing the most serious issue facing the country currently . radio. >> welcome back. i'm still jacob rees—mogg and this is still state of the nation. we've been discussing the government's sabotage of government's defferre's, sabotage of brexit. and you've been sending in your views. paul says it's amazing we can stop an co

john maguire, bbc news, whitehall. christian laanmae and her incredible memories there.e they live so far north that for weeks on end they see no sunlight whatsoever until now. this spectacular sunrise was the first they have seen in 30 days. the people there hold a sunrise festival to celebrate. people there hold a sunrise festival to celebrate-— people there hold a sunrise festival to celebrate. after the dark months and the sun — to celebrate. after the dark months and the sun returning _ to celebrate. after the dark months and the sun returning it _ to celebrate. after the dark months and the sun returning it is - to celebrate. after the dark months and the sun returning it is really - and the sun returning it is really exciting to have the light come back. having all different, it's really awesome as well. it’s back. having all different, it's really awesome as well.- back. having all different, it's really awesome as well. it's a good time to reflect _ really awesome as well. it's a good time to reflect on _ really awesome as well. it's a good time to reflect on ho

. are was in whitehall. at some good people was in whitehall. so there are at thanke good people was in whitehall. so there are at thank you good people was in whitehall. so there are at thank you very od people was in whitehall. so there are at thank you very much,ple on it. thank you very much, marco . coming up next, it's the marco. coming up next, it's the piers people. it's piers versus the people. it's the chamber debates. the the upper chamber debates. the second the rwanda second reading of the rwanda bill. but will heed the will bill. but will it heed the will of people? plus is banning of the people? plus is banning smoking vapes the smoking and single use vapes the most issue facing the most serious issue facing the country currently . radio. >> welcome back. i'm still jacob rees—mogg and this is still state of the nation. we've been discussing the government's sabotage of government's defferre's, sabotage of brexit. and you've been sending in your views. paul says it's amazing we can stop an comi

tens of billions of pounds of your hard earned taxes are being wasted in whitehall, the chief of thetehall, with the chief of the national audit office warning mps about government inefficiency. comes after inefficiency. this comes after the revelation that the mayor of london has spent over £100 million on pointless schemes, including police personality tests and beach parties. state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by most rambunctious panel this evening. recalcitrant journalist and author michael crick, and the alleged barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes. alleged barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes . as always, tory mp jerry hayes. as always, i want hear from you. as you know, it's a crucial part of the programme. email me mailmogg@gbnews.com . but now mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now what? you've all been waiting for the news with polly middlehurst. >> jacob, thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story from the gp newsroom tonight is as you've been hearing, parliamentary amendments tabled to strengthen the government's rwanda bill were defeated in th

tens of billions of pounds of your hard earned taxes are being wasted in whitehall, the chief of the whitehall, with the chief of the national audit office warning mps about government inefficiency. comes after inefficiency. this comes after the revelation that the mayor of london has spent over £100 million on pointless schemes, including police personality tests and beach parties. state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by most rambunctious panel this evening. recalcitrant journalist and author michael crick, and the alleged barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes. alleged barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes . as always, tory mp jerry hayes. as always, i want hear from you. as you know, it's a crucial part of the programme. email me mailmogg@gbnews.com . but now mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now what? you've all been waiting for the news with polly middlehurst. >> jacob, thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story from the gp newsroom tonight is as you've been hearing, parliamentary amendments tabled to strengthen the government's rwanda bill were defeated i

john maguire, bbc news, whitehall. we'll take a short break. mp who sits on the compensation burden has been campaigning on this for years. and we will get news live from ecuador, the dramatic pictures of the armed gang taking over a live tv studio and the declaration of war from the president on those armed gangs. all coming up on the programme in the next few minutes. after the weather with stabs ineos. —— stav danaos. hello there. we'll see the best of the sunshine, i think, across more southern parts of the country. but here again, we have more of that easterly breeze taking the edge off the temperatures. further north,a bit more cloud around. big area of high pressure dominating the scene. around it we're getting some clouds in off the north sea. that's affecting northeastern parts of the country, so this is where we're seeing the cloudier skies through the rest of today, north and east scotland and eastern england, maybe thick enough for the odd spot of light rain or drizzle, a little bit of wintriness over the high ground. best of the su

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john maguire, bbc news, whitehall. amazing woman!er james clayton has been to see what the future could look like. there's a lot of weird tech at ces. take this hyundai prototype carthat, crab—like, moves sideways into parking spaces. 0r drone soccer, where the goal is to fly a drone through a doughnut—shaped goal, which is harder than it looks. now start using the left stick, and start moving. 0oh! engines whirr. as you can tell, it takes a little bit of practice to fly. ok, so how would you how would you rate that out of ten? that was about a two. but the big theme of ces this year is al. it's everywhere. this is samsung's section, and probably more than any other company i've seen, they have gone fully on board with al. they have ai fridges, ai vacuum cleaners, even an ai washing machine. now, when you turn it on, you're going to see the ai... oh, so there's like an ai function? exactly. right. and so here, once you go into a different type of flooring, give itjust a second and you'll see that it's going to change. so it's definit

john maguire, bbc news, whitehall. time for a look at the weather. here's stav daneos.unshine around. you can see the high pressure to the north of scotland. slightly less cold air moving in from the north sea and gradually feeling down into northern and eastern parts of the country so turning a little less cold later in the week. cloud across much of the north of the uk. some glimmers of sunshine for west wales and northern ireland and western scotland. but eastern scotland and north east england seeing the thickest of that cloud and some drizzle.

still 39 in south whitehall. 34 degrees in reno and 36 now in truckee around the state, though. here's a look at the averages as far as snow pack is going remember last year we're talking about 200% of normal in many spots. but right now we're looking at 28% of normal in the northern sierra 27% of normal in the central sierra. only 19% of normal in the southern sierra so far. so if you're headed up there, though, we do have winter storm warning going up. heaviest snow is a real possibility of some very gusty winds to date inches expected at lake level, maybe a foot, maybe a foot and a half above 6,000 feet. so you can expect some major delays and driving a as you're headed up there. so you can see the areas shaded in red here. these are the winter storm warnings that have gone up and we'll watch that snow level dropped a nice problem to start out around 5,000 feet and then quickly drop down about 4,000. maybe 3500 feet by tomorrow morning. and so a lot of snow coming our way. there are more storms lined up behind that, too. so if you plan ahead to the high country, tomorrow is g

victoria there is a strong expectation in whitehall that we will be hearing from president biden in theurs, there is a belief that could well be at midnight tonight. now, when a president makes a statement in those circumstances, that is not usually to say what they might do, it is usually to say what they have already started to do. should say i have not had that confirmed. i am not a white house correspondent but thatis not a white house correspondent but that is the strong belief, all the action tonight would suggest we are heading in that direction, so as you say, rishi sunak had a cabinet conference call, thenjohn healey the shadow defence secretary and sir lindsay hoyle the speaker, they were called in for a briefing in whitehall, keir starmerjoined that remotely, what do they have in common? they are privy counsellors and that means they could be briefed and that means they could be briefed and would have been briefed on confidential terms, the current plan is not to recall parliament, but the next sitting will be on monday, and you would expect a prime ministerial statement at t

it is a complete whitehall. it is a complete disgrace. is understood now disgrace.ow by itv government. it has taken disgrace. that is understood now by itv drama ment. it has taken disgrace. that is understood now by itv drama toent. it has taken disgrace. that is understood now by itv drama to put it has taken disgrace. that is understood now by itv drama to put viewers ken disgrace. that is understood now by itv drama to put viewers inn an itv drama to put viewers in the shoes of people accused of wrongdoing. we've written about it, repeatedly, talked about it, raised it as journalists, but frankly took a drama to make that happen. sir ed davey , i that happen. sir ed davey, i should say, has told gb news today not be today that he will not be handing back his knighthood. of course, was given course, he was given a knighthood he stood down knighthood when he stood down from government from the government in 2015 after but was after the coalition. but he was post minister 2010 2012. post office minister 2010 2012. he turned fire on the post office itself . office

tens of billions of pounds of your hard earned taxes are being wasted in whitehall, the chief of thef the national audit office warning mps about government inefficiency. comes after inefficiency. this comes after the revelation that the mayor of london has spent over £100 million on pointless schemes, including police personality tests and beach parties. state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by most rambunctious panel this evening. recalcitrant journalist and author michael crick, and the alleged barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes. alleged barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes . as always, tory mp jerry hayes. as always, i want hear from you. as you know, it's a crucial part of the programme. email me mailmogg@gbnews.com . but now mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now what? you've all been waiting for the news with polly middlehurst. >> jacob, thank you and good evening to you.

they the treasury, whitehall.ck, want 5/6 of the money back, a complete, complete rethink. >> we ran a feature night >> we ran a feature last night on town up in on bakewell market town up in derbyshire, last bank about derbyshire, the last bank about to is the usual problem. to close is the usual problem. liam. nice the cup of tea as liam. nice for the cup of tea as well. yeah, well, it was well. yeah yeah, well, it was adam our correspondent well. yeah yeah, well, it was ada|there. our correspondent well. yeah yeah, well, it was ada|there. it our correspondent well. yeah yeah, well, it was ada|there. it was r correspondent well. yeah yeah, well, it was ada|there. it was quiteespondent well. yeah yeah, well, it was ada|there. it was quite amusingt was there. it was quite amusing but i again the small but i mean again the small business, the market trader, he's taking five as antennas. he's now got a 25 minute drive to bank his cash. all of that stuff . another bombshell today stuff. another bombshell today from .

the government legal service, the whitehall machine, which gives enormously powerful.power because of the advice that it gives to the to government. we to to the government. we need to specify every home specify explicitly to every home office every lawyer , office official, every lawyer, every court that that what parliament wishes is that people who are arrive here illegally shall be removed. and then there is opportunity ministers is no opportunity for ministers to believe the to overrule that. i believe the prime minister says that prime minister when he says that he overrule the european he would overrule the european court, very court, because he said so very clearly to ensure clearly, and we need to ensure not just he, but any subsequent leader that we need to govern for the long terme , we need to for the long terme, we need to future this bill. it future proof this bill. it should not be the case that a judge in strasbourg can overrule the british government that needs law. needs to be put into law. >> that's the treaty that we've signed is what signed up to,

tens of billions of pounds of your hard earned taxes are being wasted in whitehall, the chief of thef the national audit office warning mps about government inefficiency. comes after inefficiency. this comes after the revelation that the mayor of london has spent over £100 million on pointless schemes, including police personality tests and beach parties. state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by most rambunctious panel this evening. recalcitrant journalist and author michael crick, and the alleged barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes. alleged barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes . as always, tory mp jerry hayes. as always, i

uh, or at least a cabinet office briefing in whitehall this evening .ese evening. uh, we don't get these short notice, uh, cabinet. uh call arounds unless it is an issue of national importance . issue of national importance. this has been telegraphed of course, by the defence secretary , grant shapps, and his counterpart in the us over a number of days. uh, because of what is clearly an escalation out of yemen, we had the biggest single attack involving 21 drones and missiles that were fired from yemen on tuesday night, and hms diamond, the type 45 british air defence destroyer , was engaged in that action. it had to shoot seven of those drones down that were heading in the direction of that royal naval vessel, the us of course, as well, with its aircraft carrier, the us . uh, dwight carrier, the us. uh, dwight d eisenhower and supporting ships is out there, took part in the tuesday night action that was . tuesday night action that was. though, a defensive action that took place , uh, to defend took place, uh, to defend shipping and of course, defend th

we don't like being told what to do by whitehall . we have our rights by whitehall.protects those rights is the law and the law includes european convention on human rights. so if we were to pull out and we won't , we to pull out and we won't, we won't. it'sjust to pull out and we won't, we won't. it's just it's just decoration for some commentators to go on about how how butch they are. well, let's talk to one. >> one of those, one of those butch commentators ourselves, kelvin mackenzie . oh, not you, kelvin mackenzie. oh, not you, tessa kelvin mackenzie . and remember this, this boat issue is a convention. is basically a comparatively new thing to have happened. comparatively new thing to have happened . it's happened over the happened. it's happened over the last 4 to 5 years. prior to that, we didn't face these kinds of issues. so the issue i'm so sorry. >> i'm sorry. obviously they came on lorries before brexit. >> well you didn't you don't know that. >> we didn't see you're guessing that what we know a is that what we know for a fact is that what we know for a

we don't like being told what to do by whitehall . we have our rights by whitehall.hat protects those rights is the law and the law includes european convention on human rights. so if we were to pull out and we won't , we to pull out and we won't, we won't. it'sjust to pull out and we won't, we won't. it's just it's just decoration for some commentators to go on about how how butch they are. well, let's talk to one. >> one of those, one of those butch commentators ourselves, kelvin mackenzie . oh, not you, kelvin mackenzie. oh, not you, tessa kelvin mackenzie . and remember this, this boat issue is a convention. is basically a comparatively new thing to have happened. comparatively new thing to have happened . it's happened over the happened. it's happened over the last 4 to 5 years. prior to that, we didn't face these kinds of issues. so the issue i'm so sorry. >> i'm sorry. obviously they came on lorries before brexit. >> well you didn't you don't know that. >> we didn't see you're guessing that what we know a is that what we know for a fact is that what we know fo

joining me now is lucy fisher, whitehall editor at the financial times.much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on the programme. good to be with you. what is your— the programme. good to be with you. what is your take _ the programme. good to be with you. what is your take on _ the programme. good to be with you. what is your take on what _ the programme. good to be with you. what is your take on what we - the programme. good to be with you. what is your take on what we have . what is your take on what we have heard from rishi sunak. in what is your take on what we have heard from rishi sunak.— what is your take on what we have heard from rishi sunak. in some ways can i feel today _ heard from rishi sunak. in some ways can i feel today doesn't _ heard from rishi sunak. in some ways can i feel today doesn't really - heard from rishi sunak. in some ways can i feel today doesn't really move i can i feel today doesn't really move the dial most westminster watches have been predicting t

john healey, and the speaker of the commons, the house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle, arriving at 70 whitehalle road from here. i understand they were briefed by senior government officials and sir keir starmer, the labour leader, alsojoined those sir keir starmer, the labour leader, also joined those conversations remotely. now, the uk government by convention can act militarily without wider consultation, but where possible the convention is to speak to seniorfigures where possible the convention is to speak to senior figures like the leader of the opposition and the speaker of the house of commons. those conversations have concluded this evening and the expectation is that the uk government is poised with international allies to be involved in military action as soon as tonight. involved in military action as soon as toniaht. , involved in military action as soon as tonight-— as tonight. chris, we'll be back to ou ve as tonight. chris, we'll be back to you very shortly _ as tonight. chris, we'll be back to you very shortly but _ as tonight. chris, we'll be back to you very shortly but in _

um, why are you saying whitehall savings as whitehall would have savings as a reducing this. a result this. it could people could lead to people getting their money back. i'm not quite sure that's even sure how or whether that's even the but um, really it's the point, but um, really it's people go work nowadays and people go into work nowadays and sit there discussing about how, how they really need to get more diversity. how they really need to get more diveiyour job, quit your job, quit your job, quit your job, and then tell black people they can have it and that's it. if you yourself you if you say hate yourself that that's what we're that much and that's what we're really seeing, this kind of self—flagellating self lighting, uh, going on throughout self—flagellating self lighting, uh, workplace>ing on throughout self—flagellating self lighting, uh, workplace now )n throughout self—flagellating self lighting, uh, workplace now where ughout the workplace now where everything . the minister of everything. the minister of justice, gender equality network claimed that in many societies

um, why are you saying whitehall savings as whitehall would have savings as a reducing this. a resultng this. it could people could lead to people getting their money back. i'm not quite sure that's even sure how or whether that's even the but um, really it's the point, but um, really it's people go work nowadays and people go into work nowadays and sit there discussing about how, how they really need to get more diversity. how they really need to get more diveiyour job, quit your job, quit your job, quit your job, and then tell black people they can have it and that's it. if you yourself you if you say hate yourself that that's what we're that much and that's what we're really seeing, this kind of self—flagellating self lighting, uh, going on throughout self—flagellating self lighting, uh, workplace>ing on throughout self—flagellating self lighting, uh, workplace now )n throughout self—flagellating self lighting, uh, workplace now where ughout the workplace now where everything . the minister of everything. the minister of justice, gender equality network claimed that in many societi

whitehall's project read before.ect sushi fujitsu sushi sought to block fujitsu from contracts in 2010, so the uk are we all. we all know a lot about the scandal. the post office scandal. this is just a new, uh, little extra piece of, uh, information about this. so the uk government actually tried to the software to block the japanese software company, implicated implicated in the post office scandal from new public it contracts in the early in a drive early 2010s. in a drive nicknamed project sushi project sushl nicknamed project sushi project sushi, because it's a japanese company . and they were being company. and they were being cute. >> yeah, we get , we get. >> yeah, we get, we get. >> yeah, we get, we get. >> so let me explain . in japan, >> so let me explain. in japan, they cook fish . it's they don't cook fish. it's delicious. yeah. so the cabinet office pushed formally office pushed to formally exclude fujitsu other exclude fujitsu and other companies. . but companies. um, basically. but that didn't work an

whitehall's project read before.ject sushi fujitsu sushi sought to block fujitsu from contracts in 2010, so the uk are we all. we all know a lot about the scandal. the post office scandal. this is just a new, uh, little extra piece of, uh, information about this. so the uk government actually tried to the japanese to block the japanese software company, implicated implicated in the post office scandal from new public it contracts in the early in a drive early 2010s. in a drive nicknamed project sushi project sushl nicknamed project sushi project sushi, because it's a japanese company . and they were being company. and they were being cute. >> yeah, we get , we get. >> yeah, we get, we get. >> yeah, we get, we get. >> so let me explain . in japan, >> so let me explain. in japan, they cook fish . it's they don't cook fish. it's delicious. yeah. so the cabinet office pushed formally office pushed to formally exclude fujitsu other exclude fujitsu and other companies. . but companies. um, basically. but that didn't work a

whitehall's project read before.oject sushi fujitsu sushi sought to block fujitsu from contracts in 2010, so the uk are we all. we all know a lot about the scandal. the post office scandal. this is just a new, uh, little extra piece of, uh, information about this. so the uk government actually tried to the software to block the japanese software company, implicated implicated in the post office scandal from new public it contracts in the early in a drive early 2010s. in a drive nicknamed project sushi project sushl nicknamed project sushi project sushi, because it's a japanese company . and they were being company. and they were being cute. >> yeah, we get , we get. >> yeah, we get, we get. >> yeah, we get, we get. >> so let me explain . in japan, >> so let me explain. in japan, they cook fish . it's they don't cook fish. it's delicious. yeah. so the cabinet office pushed formally office pushed to formally exclude fujitsu other exclude fujitsu and other companies. . but companies. um, basically. but that didn't work

as you | say, there are contracts that have been given out across whitehall to fujitsu. government is under a huge amount of pressure to look at reviewing the contracts going forward. i think that we are going to be hearing over the next few days, particularly in the light of this evidence from fujitsu, about exactly what the government proposes to do. but we are talking about hundreds of millions of pounds worth of contracts in several government departments. fujitsu has a very big footprint when it comes to public service delivery. just to remind you, the horizon system was first given the go—ahead under tony blair's government back in 1999. that is how long this has been going on for. but we will be hearing a lot more about that next week. lets focus now _ more about that next week. lets focus now on _ more about that next week. lets focus now on the _ more about that next week. lets focus now on the public inquiry today. let's listen n.— focus now on the public inquiry today. let's listen n. evidence from mr bradshaw _ today. let's listen n. evidence from mr bradshaw

it was another stage at the other end of this, a government district for whitehall in trafalgar square. i'm at that stage is where i'm, i just it was talking jenna, it's a of the countdown to see star group. jenna, you up at your foxtrot. talk to me about the atmosphere a bad today. the atmosphere was absolutely incredible. i mean, the class goes up very, very quickly. they've been there for only 10 or so minutes and this web filled up and everyone's really excited reading. you know, this tom saying they cut it was incredible. just beyond the 1st national say of action of this. yeah. but the 7 since october 7th i you have to listen to this because, and i've spoken about a wide range think that it's also a global day of actually isn't sense. and on that i think you were particularly impressed by that particular move by that. yes, definitely. i mean outcome hanes come down to the 5 star people, the new. yeah. so it's the largest global coal for sci fi in history. and people who are really looking forward to i'm like, really felt the urgency of pulling up, bringing in the new. yeah. my co

shadow defence secretary labour and also sir lindsay hoyle, the leader of the commons, arriving in 70 whitehallwhich is the cabinet office that adjoins downing street and that the connecting corridors all lead through as if it is effectively one building. we also saw the foreign secretary, lord cameron, going into downing street. the expectation in situations like this, when time allows comets that senior opposition figures such as keir starmer, who we think has probablyjoined a call to be briefed as well, as well as the defence secretary and the house of commons speaker, would be briefed, where time to allow and it would appear in this instance that there is time because, as we understand it, no military strikes have happened as yet. the uk government always has the capacity to respond without consulting either the opposition or wider parliament, but convention would normally point in the direction of that happening when it could. the fact that that has happened paints a pretty clear picture, i think, happened paints a pretty clear picture, ithink, that happened paints a pretty clear picture,

say save £5 in every £100 spent by whitehall . every £100 spent by whitehall.arty has got as an as ukip had before that, and the brexit party is it doesn't know where voters live. the legacy parties have records knowing where exactly its supporters live, and that's why it can. so often these big parties get the votes out and it's very hard for reform. they're hoping that noise on channels like gb news and others , and also on social media, can be enough to get over the line. the party was second in 20 2015 general election in wellingborough. that's the last comparable election . and they're comparable election. and they're hoping to do better than at this time. all the questions, though, martin, were about nigel farage time. all the questions, though, martitherere about nigel farage time. all the questions, though, martithe journalist. nigel farage time. all the questions, though, martithe journalist. nigel weree time. all the questions, though, maiintentionslalist.nigel weree time. all the questions, though, maiintentions ?list.nigel weree time. all the questi

whitehall remark that often. and influence budget outcomes. so particular departments get more money. but no one is saying that what the department of work and pension forecasts are pointing to isn't a real issue . and the to isn't a real issue. and the real issue is because we've got an ageing population, because there's a lot more emphasis on mental health, the amount of money we're going to spend on disability benefit is going to go disability benefit is going to 9° up disability benefit is going to go up a huge amount. it's going to go up by about 50% between now and 2030, according to the dwp. that's from £31 billion a yean dwp. that's from £31 billion a year, up to £48 billion a year, which is sort of getting on for what we spend on defence. believe it or not 5.5 million people will currently claim sickness and disability benefit. martin. that's going to go up by 2030, according to these department of work and pensions internal forecasts, which somehow saw the light of day to 7.6 million people, that will b

is it the whitehall insider or somebody who's already on the post office board and has been and seen more of the whole whole story ? more of the whole whole story? um, certainly some mps are saying that there's been a overtly or too cosy relationship between government and whitehall and fujitsu . lucy allen, the mp and fujitsu. lucy allen, the mp for telford, just up the road from me here in shropshire, she's been saying that this relationship is too cosy, that fujitsu and the government are far too reliant on each other, and that's part of the reason this scandal was allowed to happen. we know we've had people like the dem leader ed davey like the lib dem leader ed davey has said that he believed what the office and fujitsu were the post office and fujitsu were telling him. we now know wrongly. so so there you go. there's this row. obviously somebody's heads have had to roll and it's henry staunton's that's gone. >> it's part of the part of the thing when you're in at the top, isn't it? um, suzanne, good to see you. this morning. thanks very much indeed. i'm sure you've got a view o

look, i'm quite sure the lsr is absolutely part of the remainer obstructionist bloc that we have in whitehall it all goes to show again and again and again. this government are overegging the pudding with statistics , the pudding with statistics, which i think is rather stupid of them. now we don't hear much about the liberal democrats, which is surprising in one way, because they are the by—election specialists. they've won over the course of the last 18 months for pretty spectacular by elections from the conservative party. yet in the national opinion polls, they're not really moving. they're stuck at around 7 or 8, and they appear to be going nowhere. but their leader, sir ed davey, was out in guildford today. they're attacking the tory blue wall and here he was wearing a hi viz orange jacket pointing to his next poster . and here it is. ed next poster. and here it is. ed davey's tory removals times up. um i don't know what you think about that. i think it's really pretty cringe making and pretty ghastly. and yes, ed davey might be trying , but he's really very be trying, but he's really v

there with a labour government, there are massive concerns about what's going on right at the heart of whitehallour civil service. so so bosses which will come as a shock, but also not a shock to people chose, quote , a change of chose, quote, a change of government as one of their top wishes for 2024. this is part of a world cloud activity. the general election was the other most popular response from the civil servant , most popular response from the civil servant, and these are the people who were supposed to be enacting the wishes of a government. okay, any government without favour. this is without fear or favour. this is the civil service that the same civil service that nearly gibraltar to nearly handed gibraltar back to the spanish , then dominic the spanish, then got dominic raab because he got a bit raab sacked because he got a bit angry about that. stonewall. a number of departments signed up to a year. diversity to £5,000 a year. diversity schemes. office also schemes. the home office also claimed that she had to home office official claim that she had to work ten times harder than w

to labour. books in whitehall to labour.sh this month for access civil this month for access to civil servants say, right, you servants and say, right, you know , if we are having a may know, if we are having a may election about six out election about six months out from election, we are allowed from an election, we are allowed as the opposition to into, as the opposition to go into, into at for into whitehall, look at for civil servants to weigh up and cost their plans. now that now can't happen, tom and emily, or won't happen, i doubt until the summer assuming a november election. i did say for gb news on this channel, i think november the seventh as my election date . that looks a bit election date. that looks a bit more likely. tom and emily. >> mhm. >> mhm. >> interesting stuff. perhaps one of your predictions coming true, but also you've been following keir starmer today . following keir starmer today. what have we learned ? well what have we learned? well that's right, we had a wide ranging speech today keir starmer.

the paper says the decision followed a day of "frenetic behind—the—scenes activity in whitehall".k's goal of protecting food shipping through the red sea. the daily mirror leads with a picture of rob burrow and kevin sinfield being presented with cbes by the prince of wales. he praised theirfundraising efforts for motor neurone disease and is quoted telling the pair, "we are all so proud of you". the east coast of england has been battered in the recent storms, with strong winds, heavy rain and high waves contributing to coastal erosion. large chunks of the cliffs at danes bike near bridlington have fallen onto the beach below, and much of the area remains unstable. our reporter leanne brown has more. quick, quick! a few rocks start to fall. then onlookers witness a dramatic scene. come on! 0h. oh, my god! a huge piece of the cliff here at danes dyke crashes to the floor. i heard a strange cracking sound and with that a lot of mud came down, like a huge mudslide. just really shocking because you don't expect to see that. and there's more to come, as people watch in amazement. it w

cannot have a secretary of state for health trying to manage every single hospital in this country from whitehallo need to look at the structure of the nhs. >> but are you saying we should pay >> but are you saying we should pay tax, or are you saying pay more tax, or are you saying you should go over to my system? well, having insurance we well, having the insurance we can democratic can learn from social democratic systems in systems like you see in scandinavia where actually co—pays is a feature. >> dirty word. >> it's not a dirty word. >> it's not a dirty word. >> it's not a dirty word. >> i been i have actually >> i have been i have actually stayed stockholm. had to go stayed in stockholm. i had to go and my doctor and i had to and see my doctor and i had to pay pay £50. >> yeah, i'll tell you what else we could do. you know, there are employees have got private employees who have got private health who have health care who currently have to they've already to pay tax when they've already paying to pay tax when they've already paying tax into the nhs. they pay paying tax into the nhs. they p

the government has announced plans to crack down on activism in whitehall , but will workshops whitehallwill workshops and a new minister for common sense solve the problem then? should conservatives cut inheritance or income tax ? inheritance or income tax? chancellor jeremy inheritance or income tax? chancellorjeremy hunt is chancellor jeremy hunt is weighing up the pre—election giveaway, and i'll be asking which one do you think he should be? should be cutting? which one should tories prioritise at? should the tories prioritise at? and is your money safe with sir keir starmer? although labour say they have no plans for new taxes will all their big taxes, will all their big spending pledges uh, can can keir starmer be trusted with the treasury ? and of course the bbc? treasury? and of course the bbc? are they in any position to counter disinformation as the corporation finds itself guilty of violating its own editorial standards? should we take any lectures from them that's coming up in the next hour? as ever, tell me what you think on everything we're discussing. email gbviews@gbnews.

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parliament number 10, whitehall. parliament number 10, even just chose not to believe people.. they believed advisors . they they believed advisors. they didn't listen to sub postmasters and subpostmasters in all the communities that we serve at gb news are people who are pillars of their community, community, who are out there , um, who are out there, um, supporting, helping pensioners get their pensions. there are people who are widely respected and for them to be ignored for so long, and hundreds of people here complaining about the system being wrong and not being believed, then tory believed, and then the tory government gave vennells government gave paula vennells a cbe when she stood down in 2019 as the ceo of the post office. after scores of these convictions have been quashed in a court of appeal. it beggars belief there's no question that ed davey has got questions to answer, he was, of course, a post office minister 2010 to 2012, and he says, well, i did what i was told, but why didn't he challenge officials more? he is not off the hook on this, but i think there's

so why are they still getting whitehall contracts?firm demand that fujitsu, the it firm at the centre of the post office scandal, blocked any new scandal, is blocked from any new deals as it's shown they've been given worth . 6.7 given 200 hundred worth. 6.7 billion over the last decade, including the most recent emergency alert thing that happened. >> that was a huge success, wasn't it? that was a huge success, just a terrible waste of money. >> but that was £5 million. you know what? >> if there was going to be a terrible emergency, the last thing i would want the thing i would want is the government for government being responsible for telling it. telling me about it. >> true. >> that's true. >> that's true. >> i'd rather just out the >> i'd ratherjust go out in the street hear screams and street and hear the screams and work way from their work your way from their post—apocalyptic nightmare. >> do well. you're >> i think you'd do well. you're quite robust. you the boat. quite robust. you got the boat. you this far . you survived t