gb news. >> good morning. it's 930 on wednesday, the 2nd of august. this is newsroom on gb news with bev turner and tom harwood. >> and today, donald trump has been charged with attempting to overturn the 2020 election in the former us president faces four criminal counts . but trump four criminal counts. but trump has hit out saying that the charges are politically motivated and the prime minister told gb news that he's going to end the use of migrant hotels . end the use of migrant hotels. >> but delays to moving asylum seekers onto a barge in dorset are ongoing. ongoing is the government getting tough enough on illegal migration? we're going to hear from former tory leader iain duncan smith . leader iain duncan smith. >> tough enough. that reminds me of ed miliband. well, a

by—election has been triggered in scotland after constituents voted to remove a formerly snp mp who sensationally broke covid rules a few years ago . the seat rules a few years ago. the seat now becomes a key battleground and for the future of the snp . and for the future of the snp. and a former coronation street actress who tried to get free cake s and then got humiliated because of it on social media. >> you don't want to miss that. first of all though, here is your latest news with ray addison . addison. >> thanks, both. good morning. >> thanks, both. good morning. >> 931. here's the latest from the newsroom and our top story. donald trump will appear in court in washington, dc tomorrow after being charged on four counts over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 us election.

one prosecutor will outline the charges against him and a judge will decide any bail conditions . as former us president who has previously denied the allegations , may then enter allegations, may then enter a plea. it's the third time in four months that mr trump has been criminally charged as he campaigns to regain the presidency , the energy security presidency, the energy security secretary is holding talks with major energy companies at downing street later , grant downing street later, grant shapps will emphasise the government's commitment to home grown energy sources and support for north sea oil and gas. he's expected to encourage them to invest in renewables and carbon capture and storage projects . a capture and storage projects. a home office source has told gb news that migrants will not be moving into the bibby stockholm barge today . we understand it barge today. we understand it could now be next week before any asylum seekers arrive. the source also says the delay was not caused by fire safety concerns. rather, issues surround the health and safety of port workers . us and the

of port workers. us and the government is set to publish police guidance on dealing with low level crimes. the code will allow first time offenders who admit their offence to receive cautions instead of court sentences . offences such as sentences. offences such as shoplifting and minor thefts are among those eligible but more serious offences like possession of bladed weapons will be excluded . this is gb news across excluded. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now back to tom and . now back to tom and. bev good morning . good morning. >> it's 933. thank you for joining tom and i this morning. now. donald trump is facing charges relating to attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election . election. >> yes, the four counts include conspiracy to defraud the united states and follows an inquiry into those riots on january the

6th. >> but in a statement, the trump campaign said that the charges were ridiculous and accused president biden of election interference . so the former interference. so the former adviser to both clinton and bush administration, steve gill, he told gb news breakfast out this morning that the timing of this, a day after congress heard the testimony of the biden family corruption story, is not coincidence. >> it's no coincidence that these charges were dropped by joe biden's chief political persecutor one day after hunter biden's close business associate and friend throws them not under the bus, but also runs back and forth over them, testifying that joe biden was involved in at least 20 conversations where hunter was selling access, not really to joe biden, but access to him because of his access to his daddy. and i think it's not a coincidence that this comes one day after that killing testimony on on joe biden .

testimony on on joe biden. >> well, joining us now is leader of reform uk, richard tice. richard, good morning . tice. richard, good morning. good morning. is this all happening purely because trump is standing or wants to stand again for election? >> you know, it's hard to keep up, isn't it, because you've got both sides slinging all sorts of allegations , us court cases, allegations, us court cases, litigation against i think pretty quickly the american people and voters will just zone out of all of this and focus on who they want to be the next president. i just think it's you can't keep up with what's going on. it's utterly extraordinary. and of course, in a sense, the fact that donald trump could become president from a prison cell. yeah is so ironic. it actually proves that all of this look, the law is the law. they can go through the process. yes. but i think republican trump supporting voters, they will just double down on this stuff . just double down on this stuff. the key question, though, is actually which i don't think enough people are focusing on, who's to be ballot who's going to be on the ballot papen who's going to be on the ballot paper. everyone assumes it's going trump. going to be trump. if one assumes to joe

assumes it's going to be joe biden , could neither of biden, it could be neither of them absolutely. that's you know, still know, that is still a significant possibility. who would be more likely that biden will be on it? will not be on it? >> who would you like to see on it? >> who would see on >> who would i like to see on it? who do you think would do a good job for america? i think that i think desantis would do a good but good job for america. but i think interestingly, in think trump, interestingly, in foreign even his foreign policy terms, even his enemies admit in his last enemies had to admit in his last year or so as president last time round actually , he was time round actually, he was making some real achievements on the foreign policy stage. so from a foreign policy perspective, in terms of ukraine, russia, china, i suspect trump actually could be the strongest and the most beneficial. >> no one can deny that the abraham accords were a signal vacant step forward for peace in the middle east. but it does seem that the framework that was laid for afghanistan withdrawal seems to be a pretty black mark against it. >> yeah, but i don't think trump would ever have allowed the withdrawal to go ahead the way it did because clearly the

taliban breached all of the conditions of that agreement. so i trump would have said, i think trump would have said, enough's we circle back to this >> should we circle back to this court case that will be happening tomorrow? we don't know yet if donald trump is going walk into this going to walk into this washington, dc court person washington, dc court in person or he'll appear by video or if he'll appear by video link, but it's the first time that these charges have been brought as opposed to brought federally as opposed to just in one state. it's a different level of seriousness . different level of seriousness. although beforehand, when we heard those charges about sexual assault and all the rest of it in new york, trump's approval rating amongst republicans rose and , what do you think will and rose, what do you think will happen regard to these happen with regard to these federal charges? >> expectation is that he >> my expectation is that he won't appear on zoom, for heaven's sake. i think he'll rock court. he'll make an rock up in court. he'll make an even greater drama out of the whole thing. and i suspect that his numbers will go up. but we've still got a long way go we've still got a long way to go in this whole process. but he will use this to play to his in this whole process. but he will |to�* this to play to his in this whole process. but he will |to play to play to his in this whole process. but he will |to play to hisy to his in this whole process. but he will |to play to his fundraising base to play to his fundraising and everything that we've seen. so far. this has done exactly

the opposite of what his enemies have hoped for, his statement and statement from the trump and the statement from the trump campaign was obviously doesn't hold back anything that comes from that team doesn't. >> and they say the election interference, that's what it's about. interference, that's what it's about . the lawlessness of these about. the lawlessness of these prosecutions of president trump and his supporters is reminiscent of germany in the 1930. i mean, the fact that they even went there. but as you say, it doesn't seem to do anything but galvanise his base to support him even more when he uses words like that completely i >> -- >> and we would never use words like that over here. but look , like that over here. but look, he is galvanising the base that is clear. and as i say, we've got i mean, we've still got about 15, 16 months to go. if this is the level of noise and rhetoric now, i mean, imagine where this escalates to. it will be an absolute crescendo through the whole of next year. >> we've got gregg swenson from republicans overseas in the studio a bit later, and he's been hanging out with ron desantis this week actually, so it'll how

it'll be interesting to see how he talk about things he went. let's talk about things closer richard, you're he went. let's talk about things closera richard, you're he went. let's talk about things closera press richard, you're he went. let's talk about things closera press conference you're doing a press conference tomorrow, about the economy? >> we're doing a press conference tomorrow on the economy very economy because we are very concerned. obr concerned. we think the obr forecast, are woefully forecast, frankly, are woefully complacent. in their complacent. the idea in their forecasts that inflation in in the next three years after this current year is going to be around 1% is for the birds. that's what the forecasting no one's properly picked up on it. the implications for debt are really significant. we'll be putting out some some quite shocking numbers and forecasts and what this unless the government changes course and changes course urgently we told them what to do a year ago. they haven't done it. we're heading into a very bad place. how are you seeing different numbers to into a very bad place. how are you government?ent numbers to the government? >> are your people? mean, >> who are your people? i mean, you're saying you're looking at different they different numbers. surely they can you all economists can see what you all economists look at different numbers. >> frankly , we anybody with >> but frankly, we anybody with with any common sense knows that we haven't had in living memory see a period of three years where inflation has been at or

below 1. i mean that's for the birds. you don't need to be a rocket scientist to realise something's fundamental wrong there. when you think that inflation currently it's in the 7 to 8% mark, drifting down. but the idea that it's going to be down at 1% from next year onwards, absolutely. for the birds, their growth numbers are way optimistic. the way too optimistic. the implication is for the debt in this country . terrifying. this country. terrifying. >> okay. don't go anywhere , >> okay. don't go anywhere, richard. we're going to talk to you back to you migration you about back to you migration in a minute. >> cheery, though. cheery in a minute. >> to cheery, though. cheery in a minute. >> to startary, though. cheery in a minute. >> to start the though. cheery in a minute. >> to start the morning.heery in a minute. >> to start the morning. let's way to start the morning. let's let's move on briefly now because the prime minister, of course, has vowed to stop housing illegal immigrants in hotels as the home office hints that asylum seekers won't be moved onto a barge off the coast of dorset until next week. >> speaking to our economics >> so speaking to our economics edhon >> so speaking to our economics editor, liam halligan rishi sunak said yesterday that the current system of migrant housing is not fair. >> what's going on currently is completely wrong. we've got a situation which is unfair. british taxpayers are forking out £6 million a day to house

illegal migrants in hotels and other accommodation . that's other accommodation. that's clearly wrong. it's clearly unfair and that's why i want to put an end to it. now in the short term, we're finding alternative sites like the barges that we're bringing in, which are ways with which are new ways to deal with this no one else this problem, which no one else has i've but has done. but i've done. but fundamentally, to fundamentally, if we want to stop this, got to stop stop this, we've got to stop people in first people coming here in the first place. that's why stopping place. and that's why stopping the of my five the boats is one of my five priorities. why we passed the boats is one of my five priotoughest why we passed the boats is one of my five priotoughest lawnhy we passed the boats is one of my five priotoughest law thatrve passed the boats is one of my five priotoughest law that any assed the toughest law that any government has passed, government has ever passed, which help us that. which will help us do that. >> well, inexplicably , that was >> well, inexplicably, that was rishi talking about rishi sunak talking about illegal migration though it's illegal migration as though it's not very much not his problem. it's very much his problem. our south—west of england. reporter jeff moody england. reporterjeff moody is in this morning in portland this morning where months protests about the months of protests about the bibby stockholm barge have been causing . any reaction causing problems. any reaction down there , jeff, to what rishi down there, jeff, to what rishi sunak was saying yesterday? he admits it's a problem, but he doesn't seem to come up with any sort of solutions . well no, absolutely. >> and the plot really thickens as to why they're not here now. they were supposed to they're

supposed to be about 50 of them arriving yesterday . they the arriving yesterday. they the protesters were out in force yesterday. it was their big day . the press were down here. we were waiting. was were all waiting. there was a welcome to party no migrants. now, the reason for that , we now, the reason for that, we were originally told it was because of fire safety concerns. we were then told that those concerns had been addressed and that they would start arriving today. that's what we heard. then late last night, the home office did a complete and utter u—turn and said, look, there are no fire safety concerns. that's a complete red herring. the reason they haven't arrived yesterday was because the port doesn't want to start a new project on a wednesday . hey, can project on a wednesday. hey, can you believe that? they said no. let's start it on monday when we got a new team on rosters . et got a new team on rosters. et cetera. et cetera. we'll do it on monday instead. nothing to do with fire safety, but we're not sure that's true , because the sure that's true, because the guardian has reported noted that the that there are serious concerns and the fire brigade

union has written to the home office to say they really don't want them on here at all because of all sorts of fire safety issues. the corridors are very narrow. and don't forget, they're they're going to be housing around 3—3 times the amount of people on the barge that were that it was designed for. and the corridors are really narrow. the fire escapes aren't adequate. the smoke alarms aren't adequate. all sorts of fire and safety issues haven't been addressed. and then to add to that, in the independent today, they're saying that the asylum seekers themselves who received their letter, most of them are now in hotels in bournemouth, but they received a letter a couple of days ago telling them that they had to come to the bibby stockholm home. they have now written through lawyers written letters through lawyers to home office saying they to the home office saying they don't want to come . they're don't want to come. they're refusing come to the bibby refusing to come to the bibby stockholm because they're heanng stockholm because they're hearing just safe hearing that it just isn't safe for them . so what the truth is, for them. so what the truth is, whether it's a rotor issue in the harbour , whether it's a fire

the harbour, whether it's a fire safety issue , we don't know. safety issue, we don't know. what we do know is none are expected here. this week. we start again back here on monday. thank you, geoff. >> richard tice . we're both >> richard tice. we're both looking at each other and shaking our heads here. >> this is an abc absolute outrage and a complete red herring. this issue of fire is a complete red herring by the liberal leftists . that's what it liberal leftists. that's what it is. let's remember, this barge has been used for some 30 years for asylum seekers , for british for asylum seekers, for british construction workers in their hundreds right. it is a perfectly decent , functioning perfectly decent, functioning barge. in fact, some people who've been on it said that it's better than some of the hotels that the migrants are currently occupying. and if it was genuinely very genuinely about for a very simple solution , okay, if you simple solution, okay, if you don't room , put one don't want to in a room, put one in which it's previously in a room which it's previously been used for last time round, that's it proves it's that's still 220. it proves it's use. the fact they're not doing that absolutely proves my point. this has got nothing to do with fire safety regulations . that is fire safety regulations. that is a complete and utter whataboutery stitch up because

these people want to stop it . these people want to stop it. and but let's remember, it's only a day's worth anyway, whether it's 220 or 500 hours, it's so interesting what jeff moody was saying there, because first we were hearing it was the fire, then it's something to do with health and safety and working practises now. >> it's something to not >> it's something to do with not wanting project wanting to start a project mid—way week to mid—way through the week to start a monday. no start a project on a monday. no doubt when monday comes around they'll yet another excuse they'll be yet another excuse found . at some point you have to found. at some point you have to ask question is there sort ask the question is there sort of institutional resistance to this? >> this is this is just institutional resistance . they institutional resistance. they don't want it to happen. they constantly want to embarrass the government and it may well be that in a sense it never does actually happen. the home office is incompetent. i've is utterly incompetent. i've been saying it for ages, frankly. you've just got to start again. need a whole new start again. we need a whole new department start again. we need a whole new defwhy ent start again. we need a whole new defwhy have the germans and the >> why have the germans and the dutch to use this dutch been able to use this barge? exactly. and the brits simply can't. >> because. because as our institutions over by institutions are taken over by the woke liberal lefties, the do

gooders, the human rights lawyers who don't want this to happen, i'll tell you , if this happen, i'll tell you, if this is good enough for british construction workers building offshore projects , it's offshore projects, it's absolutely enough for these absolutely good enough for these illegal migrants. >> know what i keep >> and you know what i keep thinking just the thinking about is just the businesses down in portland, businesses down in in portland, in area , in that harbour, in that area, in that harbour, that uncertainty for the community down there. do people go a day out because they go for a day out because they like it or, you know, it will it will put people off for tourism at of course it will. >> and that's happening all over the whether it's the country, whether it's whether portland , whether it's in portland, whether it's in portland, whether in llanelli, whether it's in llanelli, whether it's in llanelli, whether it's in llanelli, whether it's coastal whether it's in coastal towns all the country, tourism is all over the country, tourism is being decimated . no one talks being decimated. no one talks about the tens and tens of thousands hotel workers thousands of hotel workers who've all been redundant, who've all been made redundant, many may now be on many of whom may now be on benefits on unemployment at the taxpayer's expense. i mean, the ramifications of this government's utter failure to stop the boats, this will not stop the boats, this will not stop until you pick up and safely take back to france. that is our key reform uk policy. that's the only thing that will work. we know it works because

it's what australia does. >> just briefly though, richard, the french wouldn't accept that there repercussions. there would be repercussions. they under they don't have a choice under international treaties. >> tom i've the treaties . i >> tom i've read the treaties. i know clauses . so, know exactly which clauses. so, you know, it's under the 1974 solas act treaty. it's under the 1982 un convention at sea act. i know the clauses i've read them. what you need is competent lawyers that believe in the cause of secure borders. and if the french don't like it, fine. take us to an international court. that'll year. i'll court. that'll take a year. i'll tell you, if i was in charge this stop in 2 to 3 weeks. this would stop in 2 to 3 weeks. because you take the people back and business model and the whole business model stops over. and the whole business model stops do over. and the whole business model stops do your. and the whole business model stops do you what do you say >> what do you what do you say to because, of course, to that? because, of course, what office is if what the home office says is if they did this, they they did this, if they antagonised the the antagonised the french, the french get the european french would get the european commission the trade commission to disapply the trade and cooperation agreement that we'd suddenly have. it's exactly the europe. the opposite of europe. >> proper leadership >> this shows proper leadership that then you use in the that then you can use in the mediterra danian, where sadly hundreds people are dying hundreds of people are dying every week, every month. so that's the right sort of

leadership that we should show by the courage to do by having the courage to do that. eu leaders say we'll that. eu leaders could say we'll do the mid then lots do that in the mid and then lots of these problems start to reduce dramatically. of these problems start to red candramatically. of these problems start to red can i'amatically. of these problems start to red can i'ama ask ly. of these problems start to red can i'ama ask you >> can i just ask you a different topic, richard, while you're here? this is the front page of telegraph today. you're here? this is the front pageisf telegraph today. you're here? this is the front pageis a telegraph today. you're here? this is the front pageis a change graph today. you're here? this is the front pageis a change tonph today. you're here? this is the front pageis a change to ourtoday. you're here? this is the front pageis a change to our which is this is a change to our which is the of justice the ministry of justice basically going publish the ministry of justice basic code going publish the ministry of justice basic code ofioing publish the ministry of justice basic code of practise)lish the ministry of justice basic code of practise today draft code of practise today aimed at governing how police works level offending aimed at governing how police worktime level offending aimed at governing how police worktime offenders offending aimed at governing how police worktime offenders .ffending aimed at governing how police worktime offenders . n0|ding aimed at governing how police worktime offenders . no prison, first time offenders. no prison, no charges , just a caution. what no charges, just a caution. what do you think? what do you make? low level , low level offenders? low level, low level offenders? >> what a cheek of the ministry of justice to describe theft and burglary as low level to a to an independent shop owner or someone like the co—op who are seeing shoplifting numbers absolutely soar? this is their business. it's their livelihood. it's not low level. it's really serious . and what happens is if serious. and what happens is if there's no deterrence, then guess what? the criminals will increase. they will carry on with gay abandon . and so it goes with gay abandon. and so it goes on. it's utterly absurd. you need exactly the opposite. you need exactly the opposite. you need a broken windows firm to

fence off you go to jail , you fence off you go to jail, you will learn the lesson and you won't do it again. >> on equivocal richard tice as usual, good to see you. >> thank you for coming in this morning. now a by—election has been triggered in the constituency of rutherglen and hamilton west after mp hamilton west after the mp margaret ferrier, lost her seat following successful recall petition , if you remember, petition over, if you remember, her of covid rules . her breach of covid rules. >> be the start of >> so could this be the start of a the snp ? will a downfall of the snp? will those polls bear out ? well, our those polls bear out? well, our political correspondent olivia utley joins us now in the studio. good morning, olivia. we were expecting this, weren't we? >> we were expecting this . it >> we were expecting this. it was pretty extraordinary really the in which the circumstances in which margaret has had to margaret ferrier has had to leave parliament. flagrant leave parliament. she flagrant she broke the covid rules . is she broke the covid rules. is she broke the covid rules. is she at the time when we were in full lockdown and leaving the house with covid was illegal, she went down on the train from london to glasgow . so we were london to glasgow. so we were expecting this and the percentage was exceeded. you need 10% for a recall petition. it was 14% of constituent in the

area who voted to recall her, which means that we are going to have a by—election. now, this really is the first big for test laboun really is the first big for test labour. what happens with labour in scotland will determine the result of the next election. basically, we know that labour is far ahead of the conservatives in the polls, but there's a theory in westminster that that support for labour is sort of miles wide. but inches deep, anything could deep, and could anything could happenin deep, and could anything could happen in the run up to the election. is possible that election. so it is possible that although labour is leading by such long way , we could end such a long way, we could end up in hung parliament in sort of hung parliament territory. of that territory. now all of that changes if labour do really, really well in scotland . at the really well in scotland. at the moment has won just seat moment labour has won just seat in scotland, but a poll for the sunday last month sunday times last month suggested they could win 26 seats next election. now seats at the next election. now thatis seats at the next election. now that is a increase and that is a huge increase and really could be the difference between a hung parliament and an overall majority for labour. so what happens here really, really matters now , this seat, matters now, this seat, rutherglen was won by the snp in

2019, seen , but obviously given 2019, seen, but obviously given the extraordinary circumstances that margaret ferrier has gone under there, it is quite likely that labour could win it back. labour had it before 2019 and of course we know that the snp is generally in quite a lot of trouble at the moment over their finances, over the conduct of nicola sturgeon and her husband, peter so it does seem peter murrell. so it does seem quite likely that labour could snatch from the snp snatch this seat from the snp and that really would be a key test of what's to going happen in the next election, possibly far more important than by far more important than the by elections saw a couple elections that we saw a couple of weeks ago. >> and this be first >> and this will be the first test yousaf leadership test of humza yousaf leadership in so in scotland. there's been so many and so many stories many polls and so many stories and various arrests and then releases, my goodness . but this releases, my goodness. but this will be the first electoral event all of those event since all of those shenanigans. what does it mean for humza yousaf? >> it's really, really >> it's a really, really important yousaf. important test for humza yousaf. humza has got off to humza yousaf has got off to a really very bad start and it's one sort of has to feel sorry for the man. whatever his politics, he took over this seat

a few days later , the nicola a few days later, the nicola sturgeon, he he said that he was the continuity candidate for nicola sturgeon. and a few days after he a few weeks after he became the snp leader, nicola sturgeon got arrested . so it sturgeon got arrested. so it really was a pretty murky way that he inherited the seat . and that he inherited the seat. and of course there were big, big divisions in the snp even before he took over the other two candidates were very popular. kate forbes in particular was very popular. she was standing for something which was very, very different from what humza yousaf was standing within the snp tradition. there snp tradition. and so there was a of a of splits there a lot of a lot of splits there and it feels as though humza yousaf really been yousaf just hasn't really been able to build sorry, humza yousaf has built the sort of track that he was intending to build . it's quite tricky for him i >> -- >> no, i -_ >> no, i do. i do have to say that it does seem that keir starmer is the luckiest man in politics. not because he's a particularly brilliant politician, because politician, but because his enemies to be just enemies seem to be just imploding all around him. >> ducks are falling >> his ducks really are falling

into . into line. >> well, olivia, thank you so much for running us through that there. an interesting there. it will be an interesting one for the coming one to watch for the coming weeks and indeed months. i think it's or so. it's six weeks or so. >> in touch this morning. >> gb views at gb news dot com is the email address. do you think it was right that margaret ferrier go at this time? ferrier had to go at this time? you what? i think about all you know what? i think about all that. think there that. obviously, i think there should amnesty any should be an amnesty on any of that covid ridiculousness. now >> the rules that covid ridiculousness. now >> everybody the rules that covid ridiculousness. now >> everybody voted the rules that covid ridiculousness. now >> everybody voted for; rules that covid ridiculousness. now >> everybody voted for the .es and everybody voted for the rules everybody lost rules because everybody lost their minds. rules because everybody lost the and nds. rules because everybody lost the and there was just a >> and there was just a unanimous fear of speaking out at the time, wasn't there? but but i do think it's interesting. i'm interested listening to you both then about considering who who her gone because of who wanted her gone because of what about covid and who what she did about covid and who wanted her gone because they wanted her gone because they want of her in that want to get rid of her in that particular and as you say, particular seat. and as you say, hand seat, possibly to hand the seat, possibly to laboun hand the seat, possibly to labour. i think that's quite interesting. know your interesting. let us know your thoughts home. thoughts at home. vaiews@gbnews.com. still to come we're going come this morning, we're going to on donald trump and to have more on donald trump and those over the those four charges over the efforts to whether he attempted to overturn the 2020 election.

>> yeah, just to run through those conspiracy those charges. conspiracy to defraud the united states, conspiracy obstruct congress, conspiracy to obstruct congress, certification of that election, obstruction in general, and conspiracy against the rights to vote. we'll be hearing those in washington, dc tomorrow . so this washington, dc tomorrow. so this is britain's newsroom on gb news people's channel. >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. with the gb news forecast persistent rain for many of us this morning and continuing in places this afternoon . heavy showers afternoon. heavy showers replacing rain in some replacing the rain in some areas. and all of this accompanied strong wind accompanied by a strong wind gusting around 50 to 60 miles. an hour around exposed southern and southwestern coast . that and southwestern coast. that could cause some impacts, particularly if you're taking particularly if you're taking part in outdoor activities or camping, for example , not the camping, for example, not the kinds of winds you'd expect early august. now, once the rain clears out of the way, we've got

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6 pm. monday to friday on. gb news a very good morning to you. it's 10 am. on wednesday, the 2nd of august. and this is britain's newsroom here on gb news. with me tom harwood and bev turner. >> good morning. thank you for joining donald has joining us. so donald trump has been attempting to been charged with attempting to overturn the 2020 election. the former american president faces four criminal counts, but trump has hit out saying that the charges are politically motivated. >> covid and the prime minister's told gb news that he'll end the use of migrant hotels. but delays to moving asylum seekers onto a barge in dorset are ongoing . is the dorset are ongoing. is the government getting tough enough on illegal migration? we'll hear from the former tory leader iain duncan smith . duncan smith. >> and a by—election was of course triggered in scotland after stituents voted to remove an snp mp who broke covid rules. the seat now becomes a key battleground for the future of the snp .

the snp. and please do get in touch about those stories. >> we want to know what you're thinking about our big issues of the day. gb views at cbnnews.com is the address to email. >> first of all though . good >> first of all though. good morning. >> it's 10:01. morning. >> it's10:01. i'm ray addison in the newsroom. and our top story this morning, donald trump will appear in court in washington, dc. tomorrow after being charged over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 us election. the indictment accuses him of conspired to defraud the us by preventing congress from certifying joe biden's victory . certifying joe biden's victory. the former us president has previously denied the allegations . it's the third time allegations. it's the third time in four months that mr trump has been criminally charged as he campaigns to regain the

presidency . the energy security presidency. the energy security secretary is holding talks with major energy companies at downing street later , grant downing street later, grant shapps will emphasise the government's commitment to home grown energy sources and support for north sea oil and gas. he's expected to encourage them to invest in renewables and carbon capture and storage projects . he capture and storage projects. he told us the uk will still meet net zero targets despite tight new oil and gas licences being granted. >> i think everyone supports this country's transition to net zero, but you cannot get there by telling people we're simply going to stop using oil and gas . well, the only way to do that would be to tell people, don't put your gas boiler on, don't drive a petrol car and do that almost instantaneously unless you do that . what you're really you do that. what you're really saying is, oh, we're not going to dig our own oil and gas. we'll import it instead. and that's basically labour's policy on this. and the problem with importing it comes with

importing it is it comes with four times the amount of embedded carbon . embedded carbon. >> well, gb news was speaking earlier to shadow women's and equalities secretary anneliese dodds. equalities secretary anneliese dodds . she told us labour dodds. she told us labour doesn't support new oil and gas licences where licences have already been agreed. >> we will not go back on those. thatis >> we will not go back on those. that is important, not legally to provide certainty , but we to provide certainty, but we will not be granting new licences. and that's because is granting new licences right now is going to keep people's bills high. it's going to prevent us winning that race for new jobs for our country and it's against our country's economic interests i >> -- >>a -- >> a home office source has told gb news migrants will not be moving into the bibby stockholm home barge. today we understand it could be next week before any asylum seekers arrive. the first group was originally scheduled to move into the controversial accommodation in portland, dorset yesterday . a source also dorset yesterday. a source also says the delay was caused by issues surrounding the health and safety of port workers, not

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place for southern parts of england until 6 pm. meanwhile a yellow thunderstorm warning is in place until 7 pm. for parts of england and wales met office say that thunderstorms could bnng say that thunderstorms could bring lightning and hail with the rac urging holidaymakers to drive safely . this is gb news drive safely. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now let's get back to tom and . to tom and. bev >> good morning . it's 1006. to tom and. bev >> good morning . it's1006. to >> good morning. it's1006. to our top story, former us president donald trump has been charged with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election . presidential election. >> yes, the four counts include conspiracy to defraud the united states and conspiracy to obstruct the certification of those 2020 elections. it follows this inquiry into the riots on

january the 6th. >> so we are joined now by the chairman of republican overseas, mr greg swenson, who joins us in the good greg. the studio. good morning, greg. great you . are great to see you. what are the implications this for trump implications of this for trump now? talk us through the potential steps. >> think in the near term, >> i think in the near term, nothing changes because he's already got a great bump from the alvin bragg indictment and from the document indictment. so that these indictments help president trump. and he's he's done well in the polls because of the democrat votes and of them. the democrat votes and the and the media in the us, they know that they want trump to be the nominee. that's why they're with they're going to continue with it. trump to it. if they didn't want trump to be nominee , they would have be the nominee, they would have stopped the indictments or at least for a while. least paused them for a while. so this will him in the so this will help him in the near term, and it has so far with the with the prior indictments, question is, indictments, the question is, what for general? what will it do for the general? and it hurts him in the and i think it hurts him in the general election because he's polling with polling very poorly with independents. will independents. and this will not help independents. and this will not heli suppose majority of >> i suppose a majority of americans do not believe that the election was the 2020 election was a fraudulent election. and unlike previous indictments focusing on

hush money sex workers and hush to money sex workers and all the rest of it, that which i suppose was already priced in with trump focusing on with donald trump focusing on the fact that he appears to have tried to knowingly overturn an election . this could be election. this could be different from previous it might be. >> unfortunately, they couldn't connect any actual crime to, you know, they couldn't connect him to the proud boys or the other kind of lunatic fringe groups that were actually planning this. and so that was that was what what really would have been a problem for president trump. but in this case, it's not that it's not that strong of a case in my view. mean i'll let the lawyers figure that figure that out. but you know to claim that he was trying to overturn the election, that's protected political speech. i mean , you political speech. i mean, you know, hillary did it in 2016 and al gore and george bush were fighting each other over this in 2000. if you believe jack smith and these indictments , that and these indictments, that you'd actually find that both al gore and george bush were

violating the rules. so it's a little grey. >> i just find your theory about this so interesting, greg. the idea that this is manipulation by the democrats to build a base behind trump because they believe that in the fullness of time, he wouldn't win an election. that's the strategy you think is at play as opposed to stopping him standing in the first place. >> they're playing a chess game now. i would rather they let the electorate decide. i'd rather they if they want to they let. and if they want to choose impeachment, they choose impeachment, which they did work. but did, didn't quite work. but that's impeachment a that's impeachment is a legitimate remove legitimate way to remove a president from office. he doesn't to commit doesn't have to commit a crime. you remove a president for you can remove a president for just gross negligence or misbehaviour. and that's what they tried to do. and i wasn't necessarily opposed to that the second impeachment, but to use the criminal justice system to affect an election that's never good for anybody. and i think but they know that they can help him in the near term. they want him in the near term. they want him to be the nominee. and that's that's i think, pretty obvious to me. >> there are some some difficult

areas in this for donald trump. none n areas in this for donald trump. none it specifically new none of it is specifically new to the media. but seeing it all compiled there and particularly attached to this to this charge of conspiracy to obstruct congress , certification of the congress, certification of the election . i mean, there is mike election. i mean, there is mike pence on record about yes, there are great people who were within donald trump's inner circle who are saying this is precisely what he was trying to do. it does seem that that would be a hard one, that specific of the four counts, that will be a hard one for him to defend, possibly. >> and i think most most republicans agree that the election you know, you election was, you know, you couldn't election couldn't prove that the election was wasn't enough was stolen. there wasn't enough evidence. some merit evidence. and there's some merit to you also have to that. but you can also have the other opinion. and is that criminal to have that opinion? they're to prove they're trying to prove that trump was false and yet trump knew it was false and yet still went ahead with it. but, you know , challenging elections you know, challenging elections happens all the time. you know, the russia collusion hoax in many ways was a challenge to the 2016 election, which , of course,

2016 election, which, of course, the left called illegitimate . the left called illegitimate. and so this is not i'm not suggesting that it's healthy, but it's legal. and so that's what i think the challenge here is, did he do anything criminal? he did some things that were, you know, wrecked, reckless and destructive. but not necessarily criminal. >> so the person obviously, that the democrats do not want to stand is your mate, ron desantis i >> -- >> that is 5mm em >> that is that is true. >> that is that is true. >> that's the theory. >> that's the theory. >> how is he? you've been hanging out with him this week. >> i wouldn't say hang out, but i did. >> i did meet him a few weeks ago when i was in the us at a fundraiser. he is campaigning, you know, non—stop shop. he's a fund machine . pay no fund raising machine. pay no attention to the press that says these are disappearing. these donors are disappearing. that's true. he had a that's just not true. he had a spending he spending problem. he was spending problem. he was spending little too quickly spending it a little too quickly . he's fund raising . but he's he's fund raising quite well. and i think you'll see him to continue to do that. and doing a retail and he's doing a lot of retail politicking, especially in iowa and hampshire and south and new hampshire and south carolina , which is important.

carolina, which is important. so, this this little so, you know, this this little misstep he had in the campaign, that happens happened to john mccain he ended mccain in zero eight. he ended up you'll see up bouncing back. you'll see you'd rather have these missteps early than later in the campaign. and i think he's he's rebounded well. granted, rebounded quite well. granted, the polls aren't reflecting that yet, but they will. >> why? >> why? >> you know, i think part of it is that only real political junkies are paying attention at this point in the cycle. it's still early. the first first primary is not until january, late so, you know, late january. so, you know, we're especially in the we're the and especially in the summer, the electorate's not really paying attention when i think when they start focusing and they see the six indictments you know, maybe maybe this will backfire on the know , on the democrats. >> is there a risk that this sounds a lot like what was going on in 2016? >> trump was ahead through the long summer. everyone that long summer. everyone said that this it'll go away. this is sort of it'll go away. what this there are many what happens this there are many different sort of different examples of sort of more in more fringe candidates in previous elections, 2012 was a good example but but good example of this, but but that just didn't disappear that lead just didn't disappear . and he just kept on winning

those primaries. >> tom, it's a great point. if there's 12 candidates running against very against him, he could very possibly again. there has to possibly win again. there has to be consolidation. and i be some consolidation. and i think republicans learn think the republicans will learn from happened to the from what happened to the democrats in when it was democrats in 2020 when it was clear biden was not going clear that biden was not going to candidate , bernie to be the candidate, bernie sanders going the sanders was going to be the candidate . and biden came in candidate. and biden came in fourth iowa, fifth in new fourth in iowa, fifth in new hampshire. know, they got in hampshire. you know, they got in a filled room and decided a smoke filled room and decided joe biden is going to be the candidate. have candidate. all you lot have to drop , i don't that drop out now, i don't know that the republicans have that rainmaker that can do that because the voters decide. but i think the voters will start seeing that president trump cannot win the general election. >> are we expecting any debates 7 >> are we expecting any debates ? yes, any time soon, because that could be an inflexion point. >> i think so. you have the fact that the debates start august 23rd. you're seeing some focus on the desantis and others campaigning . but these trump campaigning. but these trump indictments just take away from the other candidates and that's, again, why the democrats and the

left are doing this. >> greg, we spent a lot of time here talking about illegal migration in the uk. asylum seekers . the at the seekers. the problem at the moment us makes us look moment in the us makes us look like amateurs and i'm surprised it isn't in more of the mainstream talking about mainstream press talking about this . was mainstream press talking about this. was rescinding this. this was about rescinding title 42, wasn't it? which was part of the immigration legislation put temporarily legislation put in temporarily for covid under trump, which meant that they couldn't actually they just kicked him. they just sent them back right on the southern border. and now that that's gone, hundreds of thousands of are coming through. >> and this a very deliberate >> and this is a very deliberate biden policy. and i think as much as there's talk about impeaching biden , i think the impeaching biden, i think the first impeachment should be mallorca's the homeland mallorca's. who's the homeland security commissioner? i mean, this is outrageous. security commissioner? i mean, this is outrageous . they this is outrageous. they literally the border and literally opened the border and said, come in, we've got some images, i think, from new york because particularly in manhattan at the moment aren't there are quite shocking scenes of . predominantly 99% young there are quite shocking scenes of. predominantly 99% young men who are effectively pending.

>> we're looking at some pictures here. and this is because the mayor of new york allowed the city to become a sanctuary. what does that mean, sanctuary. what does that mean, sanctuary city means that generally it means you're welcoming to illegal immigrants. >> but but more specifically and technically , it means that if an technically, it means that if an illegal immigrant is stopped for another crime, you know, even a simple misdemeanour blowing a stop sign or shoplifting or something that the police cannot call immigration services, they're restricted . they're they're restricted. they're prohibited from turning those those illegal immigrants over to immigration. so it's basically saying to illegal immigrants, come to our cities, you'll be fine, you'll be protected. and so san francisco, chicago and new york, all the blue state liberal cities are sanctuary cities . and eric adams was cities. and eric adams was bragging about this several months ago or since he started his term . but finally he his term. but finally he capitulated and finally said, i can't take it anymore. >> why? >> why?

>> why? >> why is biden deliberately what would what's his logic behind deliberately allowing these people to be there? >> one perverse theory is that they'll be reliable democrat voters in five years if they become citizens, which is, you know, potentially true. but you know, potentially true. but you know, the best thing the republicans can do is win over those voters ultimately, i suppose it's not down to biden as well. >> it is those individual cities and those individual states that control the policy. i wonder if he actually. but it's feds he actually. but it's the feds who what's going on. who like what's going on. >> of the cities don't. >> a lot of the cities don't. and it's especially hurts arizona and texas where most of the crossings are. and the border crossings are. and that's why saw greg abbott that's why you saw greg abbott and ron desantis and others moving the immigrants to other places. now, the federal government was doing the same thing. so to say that you're using these immigrants as pawns, no, they're doing the same thing. they're shipping them to sanctuary they're also sanctuary cities. they're also shipping they're shipping them well, they're shipping them well, they're shipping them shipping to just to spread them out because the border towns are being devastated . and the last being devastated. and the last thing biden wants is news photos

of tent cities on the texas border or the arizona border. so they've done a you know, he was flying immigrants to new york in the middle of the night. so the press wouldn't pick it up. i mean, it's really shameless. and so why is he doing it? it's future voters. but also, they they have no problem with disruption and dumas ing everything that trump didn't do or the other way around . so or the other way around. so because trump had a successful border policy, it didn't build the wall, but still successful by most measures. they just wanted to flip that. and it's really outrageous . really outrageous. >> greg, thank you. what an interesting time in american politics. you're only going to get interesting, it, get more interesting, isn't it, in the next. >> and there some parallels, >> and there are some parallels, i suppose, in united i suppose, in the united kingdom. be talking kingdom. we will be talking about issues about migration and our issues with the english channel in a little . sir ian duncan little moment. sir ian duncan smith next. smith will join us next. >> and much more after smith will join us next. >> this and much more after smith will join us next. >> this isnd much more after smith will join us next. >> this is gb nuch more after smith will join us next. >> this is gb news,nore after smith will join us next. >> this is gb news, that after smith will join us next. >> this is gb news, that warm this. this is gb news, that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. >> proud sponsors of weather on

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gb news it's 1023 and gb news it's1023 and you're gb news it's 1023 and you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with me tom harwood and bev turner. >> so the prime minister has vowed to stop housing illegal migrants in hotels. i wish i had a pound for every time i've said that as the home office hints that as the home office hints that asylum seekers won't be moved onto the barge off the coast of dorset until next week. >> yes, speaking to our economics editor, liam halligan rishi sunak said that the current system of migrant housing not fair. housing is not fair. >> what's going on currently is completely wrong. >> we've got a situation which is unfair. >> british taxpayers are >> the british taxpayers are forking out £6 million a day to house illegal migrants in hotels and other accommodation.

>> that's clearly wrong. it's clearly unfair, and that's why i want to put an end to it. now, in the short term, we're finding alternative like the alternative sites like the barges bringing in, barges that we're bringing in, which are new ways to deal with this problem, which else this problem, which no one else has but done. but has done. but i've done. but fundamentally, want to fundamentally, if we want to stop this, we've to stop stop this, we've got to stop people in the first people coming here in the first place. and that's why stopping the is of my five the boats is one of my five priorities. that's why we've passed toughest law any passed the toughest law that any government passed, government has ever passed, which do that. which will help us do that. well, was rishi well, that was rishi sunak speaking yesterday. well, that was rishi sunak spe let's yesterday. well, that was rishi sunak spe let's now :erday. well, that was rishi sunak spe let's now speak to the former >> let's now speak to the former conservative party leader, iain duncan . sir ian, thank you duncan smith. sir ian, thank you for joining this duncan smith. sir ian, thank you forjoining this morning. duncan smith. sir ian, thank you for joining this morning. it forjoining us this morning. it does like it's a bit of a does seem like it's a bit of a shambles , this barge situation. shambles, this barge situation. yes, it's only going to house 500 or so migrants, but they were supposed to get on at the start of this week and three days later, no sign is the government simply incompetent on this ? this? >> no. i think the key is, first of all, it's right to do this. and i suspect this is the start of many that will be coming on to barges . the second bit of it,

to barges. the second bit of it, of course, is they've just been held up because the fa regulation crowd had observations to make and they've said that basically there needs to be some changes to the security and protection on these barges, which they're going to do, which will take them, you know, as you say, a week to get done. then they pass done. and then when they pass the inspection, then they'll be able them on. able to start putting them on. so talking about at so we're talking about a week at most. that's what i think. so the key thing is why do you why do to do it on two do we want to do it on two barges? because we've got to start making it categoric that coming illegally coming over here illegally is not place to be not a comfortable place to be and therefore you're not going to end up just sitting around in some smart hotel somewhere in in the united kingdom , possibly to the united kingdom, possibly to get away, to a job, all that get away, to get a job, all that sort of stuff. and so all of this makes it much more difficult for people when difficult for people to when they paying the they think about paying the traffickers well, what traffickers to say, well, what are paying for? that then are we paying for? and that then coupled with the legislation, which is critical that has now passed, but i'm afraid, as you know, problem is always with

know, our problem is always with the courts and with the court of human rights. but the reality is that those who here that then those who are here illegally, then either illegally, then get sent either back their home or a third back to their home or a third country, or in this case, to rwanda. so i think this is a combination of two things not comfortable to be here. and at the same time, you'll be going somewhere very quickly. we somewhere else very quickly. we had have to get this . had we have to get this. >> we the leader of the >> we had the leader of the reform richard in reform party, richard tice in here earlier . reform party, richard tice in here earlier. he reform party, richard tice in here earlier . he casting here earlier. he was casting doubts on whether there was even any truth to the fact that there was a fire safety issue with the boat. and he believed that had been manufactured by the lawyers who fighting for these who were fighting for these asylum who are now using asylum seekers who are now using it to not get on it as an excuse to not get on the boat they're saying the boat because they're saying it's dangerous . where do you it's too dangerous. where do you stand and if it is true stand on that? and if it is true that a proper risk assessment wasn't followed out, which seems like a very basic requirement, that's deeply embarrassing for the home office , well, i suspect the home office, well, i suspect a proper risk assessment was carried out , but somebody a proper risk assessment was carried out, but somebody has objected to this. >> and the fire and safety

people come in, looked at this and said there are things that need to change. the fact is they obviously clearly not major things because they're going to be ready within the week. and that's important feature. so that's the important feature. so this isn't really if it is a case of the lawyers, the lawyers have no and nothing to argue about here because these will be categorised exactly the same as if they staying on land. so if they were staying on land. so there no question here. the there is no question here. the key is we've got to get key thing is we've got to get this running. i know the this up and running. i know the government is determined to do that. i had my own criticisms of the policy in the the of government policy in the past. reality i think past. but the reality is i think this a start of very this is a start of a very visible sign to those that are in france who think that coming over here is worth the money, worth the risk , terrible risk, worth the risk, terrible risk, as many have died in the channel as many have died in the channel as you know, and then you start to make this a disincentive . and to make this a disincentive. and then that coupled, which is critical with the flights back to some other place or to rwanda, then start to make that money that they would have spent on this, not worthwhile at all. after all, they're sitting in

countries that have huge human rights protections. et cetera. so there's absolutely no need for them to be moving over the channel to come here. and so you have to make that decision a very, very big and dangerous one. and at point, very, very big and dangerous one. and at point , then one. and at that point, then people actually say it's people will actually say it's not worth me spending that money and i might as well try and sort myself out over here. >> of course, stopping the >> now, of course, stopping the boats is one of the prime minister's five main priorities. liz and about liz and he's been out and about speaking this morning in the media before he jets off to california for his summer holiday. and i just wonder one of the things that the prime minister said this morning is it's unlikely we're going to see an in first of an election in the first half of next year kicking the can down the road, potentially, potentially an october or a november election. i believe the last time that an election could possibly be is january 20th, 25. is an indication that the is this an indication that the prime minister is recognising that his five pledges are just quite far from being fulfilled at this stage ?

at this stage? >> george well, i think , you >> george well, i think, you know, frankly, we have a five year term. we can choose in the uk constitution to go earlier for if the government wishes to. but i don't believe that the government will want to do that. i mean, i know it sounds like we're just going to hold on. it's actually. i think it's not actually. i think there's a lot of there's got to be a lot of things going on at the moment which are really difficult. but things going on at the moment whiyfirste really difficult. but things going on at the moment whiyfirst thingly difficult. but things going on at the moment whiyfirst thing is,iifficult. but things going on at the moment whiyfirst thing is, oficult. but things going on at the moment whiyfirst thing is, of course,jt the first thing is, of course, the first thing is, of course, the whole of the war in ukraine has meant an energy crisis. that energy affected every energy crisis has affected every country in europe country in the world, in europe particularly. an extent particularly. and to an extent here in the uk. and then if you add to that the issues around food pricing and food and food pricing and inflation. we've got a cost inflation. so we've got a cost of living problem. we have to try get that down try and get that down to stabilise that people are stabilise it so that people are actually off and not actually better off and not suffering as they are at the moment. and that will take a little bit of time. so it's five pledges are based on the fact that we get and win this battle on inflation on of on inflation and on cost of living. to do living. i think we have to do that. but, you know, the reality is we've got the five years, we might as well use them to govern. all, you know,

govern. after all, you know, you're for five years. you're elected for five years. why not govern five years? why not govern for five years? it strange it always seems to me a strange argument we didn't go argument that we didn't go earlier five given. earlier than the five given. >> that you've given >> given that you've just given the how much there is to the list of how much there is to deal with and what a busy portfolio and a very packed desk. rishi sunak has at the moment, think a lot of our moment, i think a lot of our viewers listeners would viewers and listeners would be saying time to saying is this the right time to be off on a two week be jetting off on a two week family holiday to california? most of the country at the moment barely afford moment can barely afford their shopping end of the shopping bill at the end of the week, mind a two week trip week, never mind a two week trip to it look a to california. does it look a bit deaf? bit tone deaf? >> i leave those decisions >> look, i leave those decisions up individuals parliament. up to individuals in parliament. you a pretty you know, it's a pretty pressured time in parliament and sometimes you don't see your family most of family pretty much for most of the certainly sometimes the week, certainly sometimes not the weekends because not even in the weekends because of constituency that of the constituency work that you the is you do. so the reality is that for somebody a youngish for somebody with a youngish family he wants to family with him, he wants to take a holiday and i'm not going to you know, with regard i'm not going in judgement on the going to sit in judgement on the prime minister of his decision on a family matter. on that. that's a family matter. and just think, frankly, i'm and i just think, frankly, i'm not a comment not going to make a comment about but it's to him.

about that. but it's up to him. but certainly deserves a holiday. >> fair enough. no, i oppose. let's stick with comment on jetting whether it's jetting off to meet whether it's disneyland or individuals. this is sorry, is a terrible segway. i'm sorry, sir but of course, you have sir ian, but of course, you have been critical of the foreign office. minister marie trevelyan, and her meeting with an individual who's been accused of overseeing forceful return to china of dissidents living in the united kingdom. this seems like a pretty contentious meeting , but like a pretty contentious meeting, but most like a pretty contentious meeting , but most scandalously meeting, but most scandalously it's been reported that you've said the foreign secretary said that you just have to get used to it. these meetings with unsavoury individuals overseas , unsavoury individuals overseas, is that really what the foreign office , what the foreign office, what the foreign secretary said to you ? secretary said to you? >> well, first of all, let's put this in context. i'm sanctioned by chinese government by the chinese government because raised i set an because we raised i set up an organisation called the inter—parliamentary alliance on china and found out through china. and we found out through the a called the documents in a man called professor zenz that there was a genocide taking place in xinjiang genocide where

xinjiang, a genocide where they're eradicating an ethnic group and they're doing in group and they're doing it in plain sight. they also do plain sight. but they also do that, the way, for other that, by the way, for other groups as well. they're cracking down hong kong dissidents and down on hong kong dissidents and they're threatening they they're threatening taiwan. they are danger are a single biggest danger and threat that the west faces. and i think the uk needs to do more to face up to that rather than rushing over there too often to try and get business deals and turning a blind eye to some of the most egregious abuses that we haven't seen in a way on the scale that they are since the before the second world war. so my point here is that i argued that we shouldn't be sitting down with people whose job in life is to get forcibly, if necessary, those dissidents out of countries like the uk by threatening them, by showing them their families, by threatening their families, by getting them to go back, and then to arrest them and stick them in jail as they have with jemmy lai, for example, the owner of apple daily who faces life imprisonment. now he's a british citizen, we've done british citizen, and we've done next about that. next to nothing about that.

frankly, won't declare him as frankly, we won't declare him as a british citizen. we the a british citizen. we use the horrible chinese mantra that he's a dual citizen, which they don't so this meeting don't recognise. so this meeting that , this was quite that took place, this was quite unnecessary . and i'm not blaming unnecessary. and i'm not blaming her particularly for it because i think a lot of this is foreign office failure to a office failure to brief a minister properly about the person they are actually person that they are actually going to meet. and i have a suspicion that that was the case here. shouldn't have been here. she shouldn't have been sitting with him. raised sitting down with him. i raised this foreign secretary this with the foreign secretary and i don't know why, but and i talked about us not seeing these sort of people. stand by my sort of people. i stand by my comment that his comment was, well, you better used to it well, you better get used to it . that's a reality. sir ian , big . that's a reality. sir ian, big issue about that, because i confirm secretary confirm the foreign secretary said to just get used to said to you to just get used to it . well, yeah, because the it. well, yeah, because the point he was making, i think is the policy that we have at the moment, which is i think it's called robust pragmatism, which i think a sort of a classic i think is a sort of a classic sort of yes minister term , sort of a yes minister term, frankly. and you refer we frankly. and also you refer we now sorry , we now refer to china now sorry, we now refer to china as a as a as an epoch defining

challenge. actually they're a threat. we know they're a threat . and the problem we've got right now is that they will infiltrate every single agency that we've got . they're already that we've got. they're already infiltrating our universe , as infiltrating our universe, as many of our technology outlets. they're trying to seize technology through the uk, either through purchase, which we don't stop. i mean, just a whole range of things that we're up to. so my answer, sir, we're going to have to it there. going to have to leave it there. >> we've got to the news. >> we've got to get to the news. but is an extraordinary, but it is an extraordinary, extraordinary story. and thank you for highlighting it for us there, you for highlighting it for us the doug smith there. now, still >> doug smith there. now, still to one soap star has been to come, one soap star has been criticised blag criticised over trying to blag free from an independent free cake from an independent bakery. quite bakery. it's all quite embarrassing, actually. we're going of that after going to have more of that after your morning's news with . ray your morning's news with. ray >> 10:34. i'm ray addison in the >>10:34. i'm ray addison in the newsroom. and our top story this morning, donald trump will appearin morning, donald trump will appear in court in washington, dc tomorrow after being charged over alleged efforts to overturn

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to good morning. >> you go, tom. >> you go, tom. >> well, i was just going to say, if it's 40 minutes past 10 or 15 minutes past, more conventional words, 20 minutes to 11. but there we go. it's the morning. anyway. welcome to

britain's newsroom on gb news. >> now we're delighted to be joined in the studio by former labour mp stephen pound, common sense society director of the uk, webb . good morning to uk, emma webb. good morning to you both. you don't often get common the same common sense in the same sentence my name. sentence as my name. >> do you know this is true? >> do you know this is true? >> this is true comedic sense. maybe case. stephen maybe in your case. stephen right. do you want to talk right. what do you want to talk about i think we about first, guys, i think we want talk the bibi want to talk about the bibi stockholm, absolute fiasco stockholm, this absolute fiasco . rishi sunak been . rishi sunak has been interviewed on a on interviewed this morning on a on an media outlet in an inferior media outlet in which he that it isn't which he said that it isn't a shambles. said, we are going shambles. he said, we are going to people on it and we're to get people on it and we're trying to something trying to do something different. it he right? trying to do something diffi'm|t. it he right? trying to do something diffi'm sorry, he right? trying to do something diffi'm sorry, delusional. i >> i'm sorry, delusional. i mean, if anybody took one look at this idea and they thought this isn't going to work, this simply isn't going to work, because only because don't forget, not only is pretty tasty and quite is it pretty tasty and quite luxurious, that creates a luxurious, so that creates a huge problem anyway. you know what? gym, rooms, you what? gym, steam rooms, you know, but the on there know, but the people on there can wander around can wander off and wander around portland. you know, used portland. bill you know, it used to execution dock in the to be the execution dock in the navy my day, actually. but navy in my day, actually. but don't, don't give him i'm going to there's a punchline on

to say there's a punchline on there somewhere. who is it? >> who's notes? >> who's taking notes? >> who's taking notes? >> don't go there. but, >> well, don't go there. but, you of course, you know, my idea, of course, was, know, it's called was, you know, it's called the bibby well, we bibby stockholm. yeah, well, we just rename it the bibby stockholm. paint it pink, and then none of those albanians would robert jenrick would go near it. robert jenrick would go near it. robert jenrick would not be. >> would putting up. oh, ho. 110. >> no. >> sort of paint on any sort of bake. >> this man, prime minister should perhaps the oppenheimer, stockholm would be would be. >> been explosive. >> that's been explosive. >> that's been explosive. >> me. it's >> goodness me. it's only supposed be hazard. supposed to be a fire hazard. not an explosion hazard . not an explosion hazard. >> didn't say it gets on >> didn't you say it gets on fire? you dunk. was that i fire? you dunk. it was that i thought was leo suggesting. thought was leo kerr suggesting. >> can something >> yeah. well how can something catch if it's when it's on catch fire if it's when it's on the water. >> water. but i was interested i don't know whether you heard our interview smith interview with ian duncan smith just break. and just just before the break. and he said, you know, shows that he said, you know, it shows that we're something. and we're doing something. and i thought, quite thought, well, that's quite revealing. is revealing. is it because it is a statement. it is an image. it is a symbol that they're doing something. but actually 500 people, barely day's people, it's barely a day's worth inaya as symbols go worth of inaya as symbols go and gestures probably not gestures go, it's probably not the most powerful one because i think unhappy think so many people are unhappy about as if it's

about it and it seems as if it's i mean, lots of people have thought that isn't a this thought that this isn't a this isn't to work. thought that this isn't a this isn'and to work. thought that this isn't a this isn'and now work. thought that this isn't a this isn'and now we)rk. thought that this isn't a this isn'and now we see that plans >> and now we see that plans have been delayed to move the migrants board what migrants on board and what a surprise that is. who would have seen that coming? i think it's the we've with, you the same as we've seen with, you know, plan there as know, the rwanda plan there as with the activist who with the activist lawyers who are to try and find are always there to try and find ways stop people from being ways to stop people from being deported in this case, it's a fire safety risk, but there are always going to be these issues . and i think the bibby stockholm idea was always going to be a problem from the start. and if you're living in an area like portland and you don't know who these people are coming into your area, you're obviously not going to be happy about this. they don't have of the local facilities to deal with this influx of people. and gb news only the other day covered this great story . mark white on great story. mark white on housing migrants in chelmsford . housing migrants in chelmsford. but it's also i think it's only been about a week since gb news covered this. the story of a veteran who can't find adequate

housing. so there are plenty of people in chelmsford and all across the country who can't get adequate housing. they can't get affordable families affordable housing. families that are homeless. and yet we have people coming in and being housed luxury apartments and housed in luxury apartments and being given this accommodation at taxpayer expense when the first thing they've done entering onto our shores is an illegal act of entering illegally . and it's just frankly illegally. and it's just frankly unjust . and so if they want to unjust. and so if they want to make a gesture, if they want to do something that's even symbolic of the fact that they're really serious about doing something about this, they need make sure that the need to make sure that the policies that they enact are not unjust. fundamentally unjust. >> don't. the real problem >> don't don't. the real problem here, one the curses of here, it's one of the curses of modern politics. and you to know this as well as anybody is govern haste, repent at govern in haste, repent at leisure. oh, we've leisure. when you say, oh, we've got do something, when the got to do something, when the dangerous came, we've dangerous dogs act came, we've got something. result got to do something. result chaos little chaos and all these little ideas that coming are just so that are coming up are just so when everybody sees the solution is the face, sort is staring you in the face, sort out the home office because, you

know, if it's only 10% of know, maybe if it's only 10% of these actually we these people are actually we want there situation want we expect there situation and accept them and we will accept them into this country because we're a decent welcoming country then they working living they won't be working living off they won't be working living off the they want the taxpayer. i know they want to isn't it extraordinary to work. isn't it extraordinary if look at economy if you look at every economy like the 1860s, you like america in the 1860s, you know, drove the expansion know, what drove the expansion was energy emigration. was the energy of emigration. and similarly, this country, and similarly, in this country, after national after the war, the national health supported after the war, the national he people supported after the war, the national he people from supported after the war, the national he people from the supported after the war, the national he people from the commonwealth, by people from the commonwealth, it's coming it's the energy of people coming in. the stupid thing is in. and yet the stupid thing is we're throwing out the baby with the bathwater. we've got these we're throwing out the baby with th and i think most i think most right people are happy right minded people are happy to see of immigration to see some level of immigration to this we just feel this country. but we just feel like hospitals aren't like when the hospitals aren't working, the schools aren't working, when the schools aren't aren't we can't any transport. >> absolutely. put a finger on it. because this builds up a it. and because this builds up a huge resentment, that huge resentment, but that resentment then transfers translates into something rather more and thing more sinister. and next thing you got a split in

you know, you've got a split in the country. >> absolutely not. getting control this is unjust in control of this is unjust in another because are another way because there are people we were people around the world. we were covering story on calvin covering a story on calvin robinson about a ethnic robinson show about a ethnic conflict and the violence against christians in india at the moment, there are people all around the world who do need to seek asylum. but if the system is clogged up using resources for who are just economic for people who are just economic migrants safe migrants coming from a safe country then you country like france, then you can't actually help those that you need to. so unjust to you need to. so it's unjust to the who are here it's the people who are here and it's unjust the people who really unjust to the people who really need right? unjust to the people who really nee should right? unjust to the people who really neeshould we it? unjust to the people who really neeshould we should we do a >> should we should we do a complete and utter gear change? let's do that. >> that. >> let's do that. >> let's do that. >> boris johnson. tom, he's going into. i'm well, he's going to go into. i'm well, he's not let me just rephrase this is this is the point. he's this is the whole point. he's been to i'm a been asked to go on. i'm a celebrity and office has celebrity and his office has said no. >> stephen pound, have you been asked go on? i'm a celebrity asked to go on? i'm a celebrity >> they me to do celebrity >> they asked me to do celebrity shark remember, which shark bait. i remember, which was fun. no, i've was quite good fun. no, i've done university done celebrity university challenge abbott challenge with diane abbott on my was my team, which was an interesting result. >> very >> is it very far? >> is it very far? >> well, moving on. no, it is. i

mean, you say this has been ruled out. i wouldn't rule it out because there's no bar low enough for boris johnson, you know, to actually get under. i think in many ways, as soon as he finds out you get an enormous pile wedge and then, of pile of wedge and then, of course, got people course, you've got people showering under waterfalls in the the jungle. you the middle of the jungle. you know. i know. know. so i know. >> well, it does say that his people have held talks with itv . who knows what that means? >> that's what the mirror is claiming. but. but the sun, i believe, yesterday reported that they basically were asked and said no. >> well, they said that he's been offered an amount of money that would the 400,000 paid to matt hancock . that would the 400,000 paid to matt hancock. emma, that would the 400,000 paid to matt hancock . emma, does he have matt hancock. emma, does he have a price? do you think, boris, to go in the jungle? >> i mean, the from the reports and it does seem like it's a non story it seems like he's been asked and it is august by the way. but it's from the reports it seems that he would prefer to continue doing the speaking circuit earning circuit and his earning sufficient funds that sufficient funds from that problem . shaun bailey i mean, problem. shaun bailey i mean, almost everybody has their

price, don't they? and to go on, i'm a celebrity. i think if anybody can pull it off, it's bofis anybody can pull it off, it's boris johnson. and you know, seeing hancock eating god seeing matt hancock eating god knows is one thing, but knows what is one thing, but bofis knows what is one thing, but boris johnson manage to boris johnson would manage to make victory also like make a victory of it. also like father, son, his dad's been father, like son, his dad's been on show and unlike matt on the show and unlike matt hancock, who this while he hancock, who did this while he was office, neglecting his was in office, neglecting his constituents boris now constituents wants boris is now looking to the future for a future outside of politics. and so, i mean, i can't see why he he wouldn't do it at some point but but boris johnson sort of trades off the fact that will he won't he could he return to politics? >> might he sort of re—enter the fold and because there's that uncertainty there with him, he can charge £1 million for a half hour speech. and i just find it very hard that to believe that i'm a celebrity we could pay him more than £1 million for every half an hour he devotes . half an hour he devotes. >> you know, he'd probably win it if he went on it, though, he would probably, know, mind would probably, you know, mind you, he wouldn't just eat the kangaroo's. eat the whole kangaroo's. he'd eat the whole flipping but flipping kangaroo. i think. but

he probably it £21,000 he would probably win it £21,000 an something that. an hour or something like that. >> be it could be >> but it may be it could be that, you know, considering that, you know, he's considering whether or not going on i'm a celebrity drive on celebrity would drive down on the because brand the speaker fees because brand bofis the speaker fees because brand boris it less likely that boris make it less likely that he that he'd he appear less likely that he'd go into politics. go back into politics. >> yeah and in fact we had stanley johnson >> yeah and in fact we had stanleyjohnson yesterday >> yeah and in fact we had stanley johnson yesterday who stanley johnson on yesterday who did infer might did actually infer that he might be minister again one day, be prime minister again one day, didn't he, when he certainly believes his son could believes that his son could potentially return fold. potentially return to the fold. >> i after all, the person >> i mean, after all, the person that boris johnson is supposed to himself upon, to sort of base himself upon, winston churchill had his decade in the wilderness. well after holding of state holding great offices of state leaving office, travelling around america for a bit and then coming back sensationally. >> but even more so, you know, he came into parliament as a tory, then he switched and sat as and then he went as a liberal and then he went back to the tories. you know, he didn't get a rat. he ratted and famously johnson the famously boris johnson at the oxford a tory, stood as oxford union as a tory, stood as the sdp and then became tory again. >> yeah, but let's talk about just stop oil >> we love talking about them. don't we? they are now boasting

that their tactics have shaped labor party policy. stephen are their medals. >> i'm sorry, the malevolent bunch of narcissistic , bunch of narcissistic, self—serving, so—and—sos, absolute rubbish. have you never really think , well, i'm sorry. really think, well, i'm sorry. this entitled people who usually tend to be retired vicars or librarians wandering down the street causing mayhem, stopping people taking their relatives to hospital and they're also precious. oh, we're just doing it the sake of the world. it for the sake of the world. no, you're not. you're actually turning off good turning people off a very good cause.if turning people off a very good cause. if they say they influence party policy, influence labour party policy, they've heard the words ed they've never heard the words ed miliband was miliband or ed miliband was talking about 15 years ago, talking about this 15 years ago, and party policy has and labour party policy has always same way as always been in the same way as it in america. it's not just it is in america. it's not just about zero. it's about plus about net zero. it's about plus jobs. about transition jobs. it's about the transition as we move from our present jobs. it's about the transition as we |dependentour present jobs. it's about the transition as we |dependent industriest jobs. it's about the transition as we |dependent industries to carbon dependent industries to a modern industry. that's modern industry. and that's that's really important thing. >> but i wonder if actually just stop oil might be influenced the conservative party's policy more than the party's policy than the labour party's policy in that believe that in that. do you believe that rishi would have granted rishi sunak would have granted 100 oil and gas licences if

100 new oil and gas licences if he couldn't go around saying we're smashing, just stop oil as he couldn't go around saying wresultnashing, just stop oil as he couldn't go around saying wresult ?|shing, just stop oil as he couldn't go around saying wresult ? well,, just stop oil as he couldn't go around saying wresult ? well, yes.: stop oil as a result? well, yes. >> i mean, i think firstly the labour party doesn't need any help to come up with bad eco policies or any bad policies , policies or any bad policies, but think i do think that but i do think i do think that i mean , when i saw that news, mean, when i saw that news, i did think this is obviously a reaction because, you know, the parties cannot be seen to be bowing to this this these sort of guerrilla tactics , tactics of guerrilla tactics, tactics from just stop oil, because that only encourages them to escalate, which is what they have said themselves in response to this. you know , position that to this. you know, position that they now seem to take that they've influenced labour party politics. not go for it politics. so why not go for it all guns blazing? you all guns blazing? because you know, there'll be know, then there'll be more likely influence other likely to influence other policies. and i don't think all guns blazing is going to appeal to a bunch of milquetoast pacifists, the pacifists, you know, from the home counties. >> we've just got couple >> well, we've just got a couple more potato just in the more potato guns just in the last minutes. let's last couple of minutes. let's talk sunaks trousers talk about rishi sunaks trousers . been criticised by . so he's been criticised by fashion people . fashion people. >> a wonderful twitter account. yeah >> showing the fact that rishi

sunak bizarrely wears trousers , sunak bizarrely wears trousers, which are ankle skimmers. stephen powis. they're more than i've got a theory about this. go on. >> they make his legs look longer. that's not going to help. >> it'll have the opposite effect, wouldn't it? what he should be wearing is a great big bellbottoms. >> they're too short for him. >> they're too short for him. >> checking, but it makes >> just checking, but it makes it look like his legs are longer, surely, but it just looks. hang second. looks. but hang on a second. don't forget was wearing don't forget he was wearing those that cost a couple those sliders that cost a couple of hundred quid, you remember? and mrs. sunak also and of course, mrs. sunak also her course. should her name. of course. i should remember infosys. remember that from infosys. yeah, murthy, i mean yeah, but mrs. murthy, i mean she's downgrade she's actually downgrade her wardrobe it was wardrobe from what it was incredibly expensive. i mean, it's difficult being it's so difficult being a billionaire in the modern world, but he always looks, emma, to me , like it's the end of the summer term and his mum's waiting new uniform waiting to buy his new uniform from september. >> i have, you know, my son is seven like that by the time he got to july, every single year because you're looking and you're i'm not to you're going, i'm not going to buy new pair of trousers buy you a new pair of trousers till september. why does do it? >> definitely adds to the deputy

head boy doesn't stick, doesn't it? mean, maybe he's doing it? um, i mean, maybe he's doing it? um, i mean, maybe he's doing it just because that's what he likes to wear. ankle grazes might make your leg look longer, but than ankle but these are more than ankle grazes. like capri pants. >> these are long bermuda shorts i >> -- >> cut him 5mm hum >> cut him off at the calf, makes him look like it's a long, long time since everyone was saying long time since everyone was say rishi, since he was the >> rishi, since he was the heartthrob of the nation. i mean, did he presumably he wears the now as he did the same clothes now as he did in 2020? the same clothes now as he did in zdo 0? the same clothes now as he did in zdo you remember gordon >> do you remember when gordon brown for brown was being upbraided for never holiday and never taking a holiday and gordon said, well, i think gordon brown said, well, i think i'd have to a holiday? and i'd have to take a holiday? and she's on the norfolk broads wearing tweed jacket, cavalry wearing a tweed jacket, cavalry twill check shirt twill trousers, a check shirt and tie. yeah, i'm holiday. and a tie. yeah, i'm on holiday. >> you okay with rishi and a tie. yeah, i'm on holiday. >> he'sykay with rishi and a tie. yeah, i'm on holiday. >> he's just with rishi and a tie. yeah, i'm on holiday. >> he's just announced today sunak? he's just announced today he's california this he's going to california this afternoon couple weeks. he's going to california this afternoholidays.ouple weeks. family holidays. >> okay. think the world will >> okay. i think the world will be better place for it. but be a better place for it. but don't forget, he came up with this one. good joke when he when he leadership to liz he lost the leadership to liz truss he said, you know, truss and he said, you know, people i'm going to be people say that i'm going to be going off to california on monday. fares are monday. i denied the fares are much on tuesday. okay. much cheaper on tuesday. okay. >> say, i was i was

>> i have to say, i was i was speaking to the prime minister two weeks ago about his holiday. >> you say that ' 7 m. again? >> i was at a at again? >>iwasataata again? >> i was at a at a party at his place in the hotel lobby. >> are not worthy, but but >> we are not worthy, but but but but he was saying he actually hadn't had a break in four years. >> he went beach with his >> he went to a beach with his family when he lost the leadership election and then had to within 12 hours to turn around within 12 hours because away. because the queen passed away. >> suppose he's going >> you don't suppose he's going to holiday? to see the holiday? >> sorry. to see the holiday? >> i sorry. to see the holiday? >> i don't ry. to see the holiday? >> i don't suppose he's going to see the sussexes in california. that would be a . that would be a. >> should he be holiday? yes >> should he be on holiday? yes or no? >> allowed holiday. >> he's allowed a holiday. i mean, you're going to do your mean, if you're going to do your job well, you have to have a break. not when the country's prime is very when break. not when the country's princountry is very when break. not when the country's princountry iscrisis,y when break. not when the country's princountry iscrisis, sohen the country is in crisis, so long he's able and willing to long as he's able and willing to turn around come back, if turn around and come back, if there's something he really there's something that he really needs here then he needs to be here for, then he should remember. >> boris in the camper weekend in have a lovely country >> he can have a lovely country weekend. think should weekend. i don't think it should be what do you be on holiday. what do you think? that gbnews.com. think? gb views that gbnews.com. still come this morning. still to come this morning. thank both. going thank you both. we're going to have donald trump and have more on donald trump and those over efforts

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gb news. >> good morning. it's 11:00 gb news. >> good morning. it's11:00 on wednesday, the 2nd of august. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with bev turner and tom harwood this morning . harwood this morning. >> hello. good morning. donald trump has been charged with attempting overturn the 2020 attempting to overturn the 2020 election. the former us president faces four criminal counts in a federal court, but trump is saying that these charges are politically motivated and the prime minister told gb news that he'll end the use of migrant hotels. >> but delays to moving people onto a barge in dorset are still going on. what can be done to clear the backlog of asylum seekers in the uk will be getting labour's take on it from mp khalid mahmood and a

by—election has been triggered in scotland after constituents voted to remove a former snp mp who broke covid rules . who broke covid rules. >> the seat now becomes a key battleground for the future of the snp . the snp. >> and we've been so busy we barely got to your emails. but we have been reading them. we have a huge pile on the and have a huge pile on the desk and we them. we will get to them. vaiews@gbnews.com is the email address . first though, is address. first though, here is your latest news with ray your very latest news with ray allison . allison. >> good morning. it's 11:01. allison. >> good morning. it's11:01. our top story . donald >> good morning. it's11:01. our top story. donald trump is facing four new criminal charges will appear in court tomorrow . will appear in court tomorrow. he's accused of conspiring to defraud the us by preventing congress from certifying joe biden's victory after the 2020 election. prosecutors are also

trying to link the former president to the capitol hill riots. it's the third time in four months that he's been charged as he campaigns to regain the presidency. steve gill is a former adviser to the clinton and the bush administrations. he says it's an issue of free speech, which the charges are really very scant, though, when you look at what what there's actually contained in these four indictments, they're trying to create donald trump's freedom of speech to question the veracity of this election, the credibility of that election . that election. >> and that's his free speech, right, to do so, trying to criminalise that is beyond anything us law does . anything that us law does. >> the energy security secretary is holding talks with major energy companies at downing street this morning. grant shapps will emphasise the government's commitment to home grown energy sources and support for north sea oil and gas. he he's expected to encourage them to invest in renewables and carbon capture and storage projects . he told us the uk will projects. he told us the uk will still meet net zero targets

despite new oil and gas licences being granted and everyone supports this country's transition to net zero. >> but you cannot get there by telling people we're simply going to stop using oil and gas . well, the only way to do that would be to tell people, don't put your gas boiler on, don't drive a petrol car and do that almost instantaneously unless you do that . what you're really you do that. what you're really saying is, oh, we're not going to dig our own oil and gas. we'll import it instead. and that's basically labour's policy on this. and the problem with importing comes with importing it is it comes with four times amount of four times the amount of embedded carbon . embedded carbon. >> well, shadow women's and equalities secretary anneliese dodds told us labour does not support new oil and gas licences where licences have already been agreed. >> we will not go back on those. thatis >> we will not go back on those. that is important legally to provide certainty, but we will not be granting new licences . not be granting new licences. and that's because granting new

licences right now is going to keep people's bills high. it's going to prevent us winning that race for new jobs for our country and it's against our country's economic interests . country's economic interests. >> the number of people missing payments on essential bills like energy, phone and water is as high as it was over the last winter . consumer watchdog, which winter. consumer watchdog, which found that 1.5 million households missed a bill in the month to july 13th mean, while 770,000 failed to make their mortgage or rent payments. more than 16.7 million households had to cut back on essentials, dip into savings or sell their possessions . a home office possessions. a home office source has told gb news that migrants will not be moving into the bibby stockholm barge today. we understand it could be next week before any asylum seekers arrive. the first group was originally scheduled to move into the controversial accommodation in portland, dorset yesterday . the source dorset yesterday. the source also says the delay was caused

by issues surrounding the health and safety of port workers, not fire safety . the government is fire safety. the government is set to publish police guidance on dealing with low level crimes. the code will allow first time offenders who admit their crimes to receive cautions instead of court sentences. offences such as shoplifting and minor thefts are among those eligible but more serious crimes like possession of bladed weapons will be excluded . and weapons will be excluded. and explosions hit the ukrainian capital kyiv early this morning as russian drones were shot from the . sky anti aircraft units the. sky anti aircraft units protected the city with debris falling in three districts. but causing no injuries. a non residential building was damaged with emergency services responding . air raid alerts were responding. air raid alerts were lifted for the capital and most other parts of the country following the attacks . a following the attacks. a preliminary study has found that

al tools may be able to help in ai tools may be able to help in the fight against breast cancer. researchers found that computer aided detection could spot signs of the disease in mammograms at a similar rate to two radiologists in the study. ai supported screening detected more cancer cases than standard screening without generating a higher number of false positives. the nhs is now looking into how it can use this technology in its breast screening programme. wind and thunderstorms are battering england and wales today. a yellow warning for wind is in place for southern parts of england. that's until 6 pm. meanwhile, a yellow thunderstorm warning is in place until 7 pm. for parts of england and wales. met office say that thunderstorms could bring lightning and hail with the rac urging holidaymakers to drive safely . this urging holidaymakers to drive safely. this is gb news urging holidaymakers to drive safely . this is gb news across safely. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car , on the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news.

now it's back to tom and . now it's back to tom and. bev >> it's 1106. now it's back to tom and. bev >> it's1106. thank you for joining tom and i this morning. you've all been getting in touch this has said this morning. andy has said after years the after spending 22 years in the british army and completing eight tours . i british army and completing eight tours. i had eight operational tours. i had to the most unhygienic to live in the most unhygienic conditions ever. nobody cared about us. we just got on with it. see the problem it. i can't see the problem with the and pamela has the barges and pamela has written in talking about our exclusive liam halligan interview with the prime minister saying, listening to him, listening to sunak. >> hard to believe that >> it's hard to believe that he's been control for 13 he's been in control for 13 years. he like it's a years. he speaks like it's a complete that we've got complete shock that we've got migrants, suppose that is migrants, and i suppose that is a pertinent point. >> what said. >> that's what i said. he's talking as though he's talking about it as though he's detached whole detached from the whole experience and says, experience. and ken says, i agree bev. you, ken. agree with bev. thank you, ken. we'd be if we got a pound we'd be rich if we got a pound for that for every time we'd heard that migrants moving out of the migrants are moving out of the hotels . bill for migrants are moving out of the hotels. bill for me, tom and

bev, this is a fire safety thing. it'sjust bev, this is a fire safety thing. it's just another excuse. >> trish sums it up by >> and trish sums it up by saying this country has completely lost the plot. in my view . i completely lost the plot. in my view. i don't completely lost the plot. in my view . i don't know what that is view. i don't know what that is specifically to, specifically referring to, but it oh, so many things. it could be, oh, so many things. but my one of favourite but my one of my favourite views, that's come in is actually we were talking about the trousers, the prime minister's trousers, the prime minister's trousers, the the the length of his trousers, the size of his clothes and chris has written in with an interesting theory just, interesting theory that i just, i really like. chris i really, really like. chris says , easy, no vat on children's says, easy, no vat on children's clothes. so perhaps that's, that's the reason because he's wearing trousers, which are way too small for him. >> and he isn't a tall man , as >> and he isn't a tall man, as we can see on those pictures. and bernard said it's the norman wisdom look . yeah. now we read wisdom look. yeah. now we read that tom and had no idea who norman was. >> bev had to teach me about norman wisdom. now, in my defence, he was big in the 60s and that was before i was born and that was before i was born and before i was born. >> although, to be fair. but of course he's an icon of british comedy. yes, right. thank you. keep your views coming this morning. former president,

morning. a former us president, now been now donald trump has been charged with plotting to overturn the 2020 overturn the results of the 2020 presidential . presidential election. >> now, the counts include >> now, the four counts include conspiracy to defraud the us and to obstruct congress's certification of the 2020 election. this is all after the inquiry into the january sixth riots. >> so we're joined in the studio now by the labour mp for birmingham perry barr. khalid, khalid mahmood and former adviser to michael gove. charlie rowley. thank you both, gentlemen , this morning for gentlemen, this morning for coming in to talk about this. khalid let's come to you first, if i may . is khalid let's come to you first, if i may. is this all just a witch hunt , if i may. is this all just a witch hunt, as donald trump says, or do you think he's genuinely swinging on a bit of a hook here? >> look, i think trump has broken all laws and rules as he does, because he has no respect for any of this. and you expect him to do this. but i think the way that it's been handled has handed him a martyrdom certificate . and when you hand certificate. and when you hand somebody a martyrdom certificate in politics, that was always done for them. and i think it

will make it very difficult for the democrats to keep him up because he's getting more and more support by doing this. and i think it should done a lot i think it should be done a lot earlier and sorted out. >> see, greg swenson earlier and sorted out. >> republicans greg swenson earlier and sorted out. >> republicans overseas'ywenson earlier and sorted out. >> republicans overseas ./enson earlier and sorted out. >> republicans overseas . the)n from republicans overseas. the theory the republican theory within the republican camp the democrats are camp is that the democrats are doing this in order to make trump more popular , to get the trump more popular, to get the candidacy. but they don't believe that he would win an election , which is a dangerous election, which is a dangerous strategy. >> a high risk strategy, >> it is a high risk strategy, hugely strategy that's hugely dangerous strategy that's paying hugely dangerous strategy that's paying a price. >> i don't think so. >> i don't think so. >> i don't think so. >> i think they'd really >> i think they'd be really foolish and that foolish to do that. and that would on them would backfire on them significantly . as i say, once significantly. as i say, once you start to make somebody into a politically, they will a martyr politically, they will gain that. and i think if they got stage, then there got to that stage, then there would to do that. got to that stage, then there wotbut to do that. got to that stage, then there wotbut charlie to do that. got to that stage, then there wotbut charlie rowley, do that. got to that stage, then there wotbut charlie rowley, i) that. got to that stage, then there wotbut charlie rowley, i suppose got to that stage, then there wotblischarlie rowley, i suppose got to that stage, then there wolbiis a|arlie rowley, i suppose got to that stage, then there wolbiis a|arlie rherey, i suppose got to that stage, then there wolbiis a|arlie rhere that, ppose there is a theory here that, yes, this makes donald trump more popular with the republican base, but you can't win an election with your base alone. you need to reach over the aisle and get some independents as well. so whilst this might make it wins the it more likely that he wins the nomination , it might make it nomination, it might make it

less likely wins the less likely that he wins the general less likely that he wins the gerwell, it's a dangerous >> well, it's a dangerous strategy from the democrats because if they had strong because if they had a strong candidate themselves , then it candidate themselves, then it might a strategy that works. might be a strategy that works. but as it happens, you know, we've sort but as it happens, you know, wetake sort but as it happens, you know, wetake a sort but as it happens, you know, wetake a few sort but as it happens, you know, wetake a few tumbles sort of take a few tumbles politically physically and, politically and physically and, you know, he doesn't appear to be the most strongest or credible so it will credible candidate. so it will be a contest between donald be a real contest between donald trump. secures the trump. i think if he secures the nomination and president biden. so it is a very risky so it is a very, very risky strategy the democrats if strategy for the democrats if they're play the sort strategy for the democrats if th

crooked joe, as i think he referred to him at his last rally that saw just a few rally that we saw just a few very kennedy and very surprised if kennedy and biden even debate. >> i mean , robert kennedy seems >> i mean, robert kennedy seems to be in the low single digits and biden's just so far ahead at the moment . the moment. >> at the moment. but i just think you can't write him off. he has the whole establishment, the american establishment behind against him, he's behind against him, but he's certainly an outlier. and if you look at how popular he is on social media, he might not be cutting through to the mainstream, but he is incredibly popular on social media and the younger demographic. >> and you've to bemina you >> and you've got to bemina you can't joe can't rule anybody out. but joe biden, for biden, when he was running for the behind four the nomination, was behind four years ago. so and you had a very sort of low polling at hampshire, i think, and pennsylvania . but obviously came pennsylvania. but obviously came came, came back. >> so anything could happen, i suppose. >> so anything could happen, i suppose . khalid mahmood in some suppose. khalid mahmood in some ways we like to compare britain and america , but in other ways and america, but in other ways we're very , very different. we're very, very different. american less than american inflation is less than half of the united half that of the united kingdom's inflation growth in the states is near the the united states is near the top of the g7 . growth in the

top of the g7. growth in the united near united kingdom is near the bottom of the g7. the economy actually isn't. isn't that bad for america right now. i suppose that will help joe biden. >> will help joe biden. >> that will help joe biden. i think economy a lot think the economy is in a lot better state than we are in, and i think there's lessons i think there's some lessons for us as well, us to learn in that as well, because thing you do is because first thing you do is put right. and put your economy right. and unfortunately, the conservatives haven't which gives haven't done that, which gives the chance , gives the labour a huge chance, gives us chance and to secure us a great chance and to secure be number 10. be in number 10. >> not help joe biden >> did it not help joe biden that america was not impacted so much by energy crisis much by the energy crisis because they produced so much of their own oil and gas and looking at labour's policy on oil and gas, on having no new exploration option, would that not make the economic challenges this country faces worse in the future? no i think what we've doneis future? no i think what we've done is paid a huge amount of money at the moment. >> the profits of the gas companies are getting absolutely astonishing. and i think we've got deal that and we're got to deal with that and we're going invest in going to make them invest in more which is what more storage, which is what we're to that. we're looking at to do that. and they're so what

they're not doing that. so what they've do is fulfil the they've got to do is fulfil the need they have. a need that they have. this is a service they for the service they provide for the people of the united kingdom and they've up to that they've got to live up to that service. a service. they're not just a private , which private company, which is what they're the moment. >> just stop. oil have been saying last day or so saying in the last day or so that been writing labour that they've been writing labour party . are they right? party policy. are they right? >> they're not. and this is >> no, they're not. and this is a that parties looked at. a policy that parties looked at. we've had a policy conference. we've had a policy conference. we've also got a national conference coming up in september, with september, and we'll deal with those think it's those policies. and i think it's the right move forward if the right way to move forward if we're looking at the climate changes, do to changes, we need to do that to that. that's exactly that. and that's exactly what sir shadow team has sir keir and the shadow team has done. and it's a positive, a sensible way to forward. and sensible way to go forward. and that's to do, that's what we need to do, make those deliver those private companies deliver for the people. >> just checking your >> just checking that your orange isn't a nod and orange tie isn't a nod and support to stop support to just stop this morning. support to just stop this mo no. 3. >> no. >> no. >> yeah, just wanted to clear >> yeah, we just wanted to clear that up. and are entangled that up. and you are entangled if look very the if you look very smart, by the way. thank you. thank you yourself to the death. >> yeah, just. >> yeah, but just. >> yeah, but just. >> tell us at the moment, >> just tell us at the moment, like, mood like in like, what's the mood like in the labour party right now ? is the labour party right now? is the labour party right now? is the just keep our heads the strategy just keep our heads

down. don't mess up. we've got this in the bag . just wait for this in the bag. just wait for the conservatives to blow it. >> we are very buoyant in the labour party . we want to get out labour party. we want to get out there. i went up, up, up north to selby to campaign with a number of people that we went up there. we are there because we want ourselves a chance want to give ourselves a chance to get into government. that's what keir wants. we're going what sir keir wants. we're going to and we're to try and do that. and we're we're our down. we're not keeping our head down. we're working we're going out there working hard sure we hard as we can to make sure we get the get into 10. get into the get into number 10. >> adviser to two >> as a former adviser to two politicians, charlie , is that politicians, charlie, is that what you'd be telling labour to do? be buoyant. i'd be telling him, just keep your head down do? be buoyant. i'd be telling him,keep keep your head down do? be buoyant. i'd be telling him,keep keep nose head down do? be buoyant. i'd be telling him,keep keep nose clean down and keep your nose clean and don't any trouble. well don't get into any trouble. well that good defence of their that was a good defence of their lead, you know, lead, but it was look, you know, just obviously fund the just stop oil obviously fund the labour just stop oil obviously fund the labyou know, has met >> you know, his team has met with stop oil. so it's, with just stop oil. so it's, you know, when you get into these kind that the actually kind of issues that the actually really resonate with the public. you can you know it can cause it can cause in cause problems. and we saw in uxbndge cause problems. and we saw in uxbridge ruislip that uxbridge and south ruislip that you know, ulez policy that uxbridge and south ruislip that y0lthe)w, ulez policy that uxbridge and south ruislip that y0lthe motorists, policy that uxbridge and south ruislip that y0lthe motorists, hiticy that hit the motorists, that hit working people . that's policy working people. that's a policy and area where labour really and an area where labour really do gains win

do need to make gains and win those of of people back. >> sir keir said on that that he's prepared to at that he's prepared to look at that policy . i have written at the policy. i have written at the weekend in the but he weekend in the news, but he can't his mayor. can't even tell his mayor. >> to mayor. >> he's got to tell the mayor. i actually written the actually written in the newspaper ulez. actually written in the nevand )er ulez. actually written in the nevand ier ulez. actually written in the nevand i think ulez. actually written in the nevand i think whatez. actually written in the nevand i think what we have to >> and i think what we have to look actual figures that look as the actual figures that relate to that and we're not what having what we're doing is having a passionate about clean, passionate debate about clean, clean air. and we should need to be really looking at the figures. i wonder, khalid mahmood, if the labour party is trying stand in two trying to sort of stand in two ways on this, sir keir is saying one sadiq khan one thing on ulez sadiq khan saying a different thing on ulez and morning with the new saying a different thing on ulez and oil morning with the new saying a different thing on ulez and oil andyrning with the new saying a different thing on ulez and oil and gasg with the new saying a different thing on ulez and oil and gas licencese new saying a different thing on ulez and oil and gas licences , new saying a different thing on ulez and oil and gas licences , they 100 oil and gas licences, the labour party is saying they wouldn't grant any new ones. >> these ones >> they oppose these new ones being granted, but they wouldn't reverse it. the party reverse it. if the labour party win the next election. isn't that trying to have your cake and it? that trying to have your cake ancwell,t? because what you >> well, no, because what you have is deal the have to do is deal with the economy when economy as you have it. and when those licences have been issued, trying them will cost trying to retract them will cost you amount of money, you a huge amount of money, which we haven't got, which the government hasn't made available. isn't growing available. economy isn't growing enough. can't pull back enough. so you can't pull back at the detriment of everything

else. what we've got to do is else. so what we've got to do is live the book that we're live with the book that we're given by the conservatives. some people that's people might say that that's you sort of signalling to environmentalists that you wouldn't them, then wouldn't grant them, but then you're the you're happy to take all the money oil that's money from the new oil that's been granted, that there's nothing here. what we're nothing here. what what we're doing working on the doing is working on the principles this government principles that this government leaves and a party leaves us with. and a party coming to in into government has to take what the government leaves you. and that's what we're to going do is build on and make we have a proper and make sure we have a proper government growth policy in green which what green energies, which is what we're move we're looking at and move forward that. forward on that. >> sunak said this morning >> rishi sunak said this morning he's to california today, he's going to california today, charlie, of charlie, for a couple of weeks with all with his family. i'm not all right with are you? right with that. are you? >> am, yes. are you? i do. >> oh, i am, yes. are you? i do. i look, look, look. >> think how busy his >> i think i think how busy his desk the moment. there's desk is at the moment. there's so much to do. and also the fact that california. that he's going to california. could to cornwall? and he's. >> well, he's been and about >> well, he's been out and about all he i think took all week. and he i think he took some this some telephone calls this morning callers some telephone calls this morning else. callers some telephone calls this morning else. and callers some telephone calls this morning else. and lookallers some telephone calls this morning else. and look , lers some telephone calls this morning else. and look , iers somewhere else. and look, i think has had a tough job. think he has had a tough job. and over the last eight months,

he's come in under under the economic and political turmoil. he's come in and he's sort of steadied the ship. i think he's i think what want from our i think what we want from our political mean, as political leaders, i mean, as long doesn't go long as he doesn't go on a walking holiday wales i walking holiday in wales and i think, there's nothing think, you know, there's nothing wrong with walking, there's nothing wrong with. but i think i prime minister i think a former prime minister once went walking in wales and came called came back and called a general election i election quite soon after. so i think, know, california think, you know, california probably where probably is far away from where are you all right him going are you all right with him going on holiday? >> i mean, look at the huge issues terms of the issues we've got in terms of the crisis on the refugees and the migrants that are coming through. look at the issue of students overstaying here. look at the economic issues that are there. there's a huge desk full. the prime minister's job isn't a normal job. and when you take that it's a very serious that job on, it's a very serious job. and of course, we all want holidays to take place, when holidays to take place, but when you're you've holidays to take place, but when you're be you've holidays to take place, but when you're be there, you've you've got to be there, you've got to be accessible and being over in a different continent , it a different continent, it doesn't you accessible . doesn't make you accessible. take here and keep take a holiday here and keep your feet under the table. >> isn't also the of >> isn't it also the choice of location, fact that location, charlie, the fact that he's california, it he's going to california, it

just into the idea that he just plays into the idea that he is a silicon valley technocrat, that will live is a silicon valley technocrat, thathis will live is a silicon valley technocrat, thathis life. will live is a silicon valley technocrat, thathis life. he's will live is a silicon valley technocrat, thathis life. he's gotwill live is a silicon valley technocrat, thathis life. he's got a ll live is a silicon valley technocrat, thathis life. he's got a house out his life. he's got a house there. it makes you wonder whether about whether he's that bothered about this country. >> think it's a >> well, i think it's a conversation we'll have >> well, i think it's a conveiand)n we'll have >> well, i think it's a conveiand)n be we'll have >> well, i think it's a conveiand)n be gone have >> well, i think it's a conveiand)n be gone tomorrow today and it'll be gone tomorrow because we just want our political at political leaders, people at the very running very top that are running this country the country to be running the country to be running the country best as they possibly country as best as they possibly can, refreshed and as can, to be as refreshed and as charged energetic as they charged and energetic as they possibly that you can't take decisions that you can't take your off the ball. your eye off the ball. >> think think man's >> i think i think the man's entitled holiday. entitled to a holiday. >> what? if he >> and you know what? if he wants short as wants to wear short trousers as well, whilst we're well, by the way, whilst we're at if i was if i at it, by the way, if i was if i was if i was at number 10, if i when become prime when you become the prime minister, number 10, minister, if i was at number 10, you've at me. you've got to look at me. if i was at number advising the was at number 10 or advising the prime i would be prime minister, i would be saying show a little to saying show a little ankle to the prime minister. saying show a little ankle to the on, prime minister. saying show a little ankle to the on, you prime minister. saying show a little ankle to the on, you know,�* minister. saying show a little ankle to the on, you know, get1ister. saying show a little ankle to the on, you know, get outr. come on, you know, get out there, ankles, what there, show ankles, show what you're it's you're up to. and i think it's perfectly have perfectly entitled to have a holiday. must this holiday. well we must draw this conversation a close, but conversation to a close, but just need just finally, we do need to squeeze a question the squeeze in a question about the bibby squeeze in a question about the bibwe've been about >> we've been talking about this barge i'm little bit barge today. i'm a little bit unclear on labour unclear on what the labour party's on whether party's position is on whether this barge should be used to house migrants. >> i personally , i don't think

>> i personally, i don't think it should be used at all. the conditions good enough . i conditions aren't good enough. i know have said, oh well, know people have said, oh well, i've when i've been i've done this when i've been serving the old people live serving the old people who live on those sort of things. they live for short periods of time. on those sort of things. they live fcaniort periods of time. on those sort of things. they live fcan moveeriods of time. on those sort of things. they live fcan move outis of time. on those sort of things. they live fcan move out the time. on those sort of things. they live fcan move out the space just they can move out the space just to move is not there. the fbu at the moment are looking at whether it's safe to do that and putting many people putting cramming so many people in is what home in there is not what the home office needs is home office cinema , but what the home office cinema, but what the home office needs to do. >> i'll save you the government and the home office needs to do is cases is to process these cases quickly as possible, not leave them there when they become totally difficult. >> to trace, get it done >> then to trace, get it done properly won't need properly and you won't need these expenses . that's these sort of expenses. that's where is. this where the problem is. and this is students is the issue of the students anses is the issue of the students arises well , because the arises here as well, because the numbers going because arises here as well, because the numiencompass)ing because arises here as well, because the numiencompass parts because arises here as well, because the numiencompass parts of)ecause arises here as well, because the numiencompass parts of the use arises here as well, because the numiencompass parts of the home office. >> but if you if you use the barge we've said , look, barge and as we've said, look, it's going to one day's worth it's going to be one day's worth of immigrants go on of immigrants that can go on there. people day roughly, there. 500 people a day roughly, is it you won't because the home office clear them. office don't clear them. >> we know that they don't do that. >> but why are not doing

>> but why are they not doing that? labour do differently? >> well, all, we >> well, first of all, what we do have policy of do is have a better policy of people through this people not coming through this way. starmer way. we because as keir starmer has said, what we need is we need better forces bordering controlling looking controlling our borders, looking at what's going on, putting money. theresa may, when she came half of the border came in, cut half of the border force. that's of the reason force. so that's of the reason why they're coming through. force. so that's of the reason why thyhaven'tning through. force. so that's of the reason why thyhaven'tningthoseigh. force. so that's of the reason why thyhaven'tningthose half £1 billion. >> we need to have a better relationship with french relationship with the french to make they that make sure that they deliver that and deliver that. and they should deliver that. >> the problem. it's >> and that's the problem. it's no keeping giving >> and that's the problem. it's no to keeping giving >> and that's the problem. it's no to people)ing giving >> and that's the problem. it's no to people)ing githey money to people when they can't deliver contract you deliver on the contract that you want they should want them to do that they should be that. but we've be delivering that. but we've got this humanely. we're be delivering that. but we've got to this humanely. we're be delivering that. but we've got to have is humanely. we're be delivering that. but we've got to haveis hu|people we're going to have right people coming are coming in, those that are entitled in should be entitled to come in should be allowed to do that through safe passages. and we're going to create in in conjunction create them in in conjunction with the united nations to maritime law. >> we are allowed to take boats out and turn them back in the middle of the ocean , take them middle of the ocean, take them back in middle of back to france in the middle of the can, but not, not not once >> we can, but not, not not once across once. one across the line, but once. one line across the line. >> before that line. >> but but before that line. why aren't that? >> but but before that line. why areibecause that? >> but but before that line. why areibecause thifrench waters. >> because that's french waters. >> because that's french waters. >> richard tice. and the reform

party very clear on party are very, very clear on this. like ben habib is one of the advisers, and they are saying again that saying time and time again that they convinced they are absolutely convinced that for the that the law is on side for the british to turn . british authorities to turn. >> with ben and >> i disagree with ben and richard . i've spoken to richard richard. i've spoken to richard many i know ben, but many times. i know ben, but i think they've got certain particular policies they particular policies that they want don't think want to follow. i don't think we should along that. should be going along with that. >> shouldn't ambiguity should be going along with that. >> that,|ouldn't ambiguity should be going along with that. >> that,|ouldn't shouldiguity about that, though, should there? it should be clearly clear , clear this french clear, clear where this french waters they have. >> have international >> we don't have international space that just taking space between that just taking that read and parking that that as read and parking that for second. for a second. >> can't turn back >> if we can't turn back the boats, good more border boats, what good are more border force going to do if the force agents going to do if the labour party wants more people on the border force but they can't back the boats? what can't turn back the boats? what are going are they there for? you're going to are coming in. >> you need to tell the french what's happening. you need to make they're make sure that they're delivering their part of the contract. going at contract. we're going to look at as people are coming through through doing through that method of doing that, that. that, we need to control that. we safe areas, safe we need to have safe areas, safe passages coming through so we can control the people can control the real people who are with and then are dealing with that. and then we it, we can dissolve we can turn it, we can dissolve everything else again, have a real dealing with the

real strong dealing with the french authorities. and we're real strong dealing with the frerdoingthorities. and we're real strong dealing with the frerdoing that:ies. and we're real strong dealing with the frerdoing that at.. and we're real strong dealing with the frerdoing that at the d we're real strong dealing with the frerdoing that at the moment. not doing that at the moment. let's sit down properly let's have a sit down properly with the french. >> why we that? >> why aren't we doing that? >> why aren't we doing that? >> charlie? you. kelly. >> why aren't we doing that? >> caren't’ you. kelly. >> why aren't we doing that? >> caren't’ aren'tr. kelly. >> why aren't we doing that? >> caren't’ aren't whylly. >> why aren't we doing that? >> caren't’ aren't why aren't why aren't why aren't why aren't the conservatives doing that in a manner over a more efficient manner over there a more efficient manner over the well, everything kelly >> well, everything that kelly said exactly what the said is exactly what the government is doing. there government is doing. so there is more france, as more money going to france, as you border you say, there are more border force coming stream. you say, there are more border force are coming stream. you say, there are more border force are c01people stream. you say, there are more border force are c01people to :ream. you say, there are more border force are c01people to deal. there are more people to deal with of people there are more people to deal with are of people there are more people to deal with are into if people there are more people to deal with are into this ople that are coming into this country but as country illegally. but look as uncomfortable it is. and look, i've initial i've had some initial uncomfortableness of uncomfortableness about sort of people know , people in barges and, you know, you about rwanda, but you can think about rwanda, but ultimately it's sending a signal that the that it is not the responsibility of uk responsibility of the uk taxpayer people that taxpayer to fund people that come country illegally come into this country illegally for days, months, weeks on end in hotels. that is costing the taxpayers £6 million a day and some. and so you've got to make sure that you have robust migration policies that deal with this kind of problem. and i think, look, it's a small setback health and setback because of health and safety on on the barge. safety concerns on on the barge. but a daily remind order but it is a daily remind order of difficulties the of the difficulties and the challenges country of the difficulties and the challewhen country of the difficulties and the challewhen it country of the difficulties and the challewhen it comes country of the difficulties and the challewhen it comes tomtry of the difficulties and the challewhen it comes to illegal faces when it comes to illegal migration. and it is the right approach deter people approach to deter people even further. on

further. but to get people on that not them into that barge, not let them into this them and this country, process them and deport people, i don't think the this country, process them and deponis eople, i don't think the this country, process them and deponis ayple, i don't think the this country, process them and deponis a deterrent.�*t think the barge is a deterrent. >> i don't think it would be a deterrent deterrent in any way. >> draw this >> we do have to draw this conversation to a close. but charlie khalid charlie rowley and khalid mahmood, so much for mahmood, thank you so much for being us the wide being with us for the wide variety of topics there. really interesting to come this >> right? still to come this morning, be morning, there will be a by—election scotland by—election in scotland after covid breaker mp margaret covid rule breaker mp margaret ferrier lost her seat. >> so is this the beginning of the end for the snp? well, more on that in just

right. good morning. it is 11 over 27 and this is britain's newsroom here on gb news. with me tom harwood and bev turner. >> so a by—election has been triggered in the constituency of rutherglen and hamilton west after the mp margaret ferrier, lost her seat following a successful recall petition over her breach of covid rules . her breach of covid rules. >> so could this be the beginning of the downfall of the snp? it's the first big challenge for humza yousaf , the challenge for humza yousaf, the new leader of that party. well, gb news scotland reporter tony maguire is on the streets of rutherglen for us now . and tony, rutherglen for us now. and tony, good to see you this morning. it seems like it's nicer weather in rutherglen than it is in london, so that's good news. but but what's the mood on the ground in this constituency? they've effectively been without an mp for years . for years. >> yeah, that's correct . you >> yeah, that's correct. you know, i think we need to go back several years when margaret

ferrier boarded that fateful train knowing full well that she had a positive test for covid, which then triggered a sequence of events which have lasted since rural years. and i think rutherglen here where i am today , is pretty much tired of the whole thing. and now certainly that on monday , we know that the that on monday, we know that the recall count closed and then yesterday around 5:15 pm, we got notification that margaret ferrier had indeed lost her seat a by—election would be called here, which is scotland's first recall, believe it or not. and in doing so, within about 15 minutes, scottish labour had put out an op note to alert the press that today was going to be immediately an introduction of michael shanks, scottish labour and labour. indeed, new mp for rutherglen and hamilton west .

rutherglen and hamilton west. now i went along to his launch this morning and certainly if you look at the recent history of labour in this constituency , of labour in this constituency, it's clear to anyone to see how much labour want this . whether much labour want this. whether or not this is the first constituency for them or whether or not this is just the foothold for the next election. but i spoke to michael shanks this morning and i asked him about how he felt about bearing that responsibility . city scottish responsibility. city scottish labouris responsibility. city scottish labour is throwing quite a lot at rutherglen and hamilton west . do you feel the weight of that burden? you know, it's quite tangible , even for members of tangible, even for members of the public, how much they want to win this by—election. >> now the way feel is from >> now the way i feel is from people i talk the people who i talk to on the doorsteps who just totally people who i talk to on the doo upeps who just totally people who i talk to on the doo up eps w politics, |st totally people who i talk to on the doo upeps wpolitics, who tally people who i talk to on the doo upeps wpolitics, who feel fed up with politics, who feel like the parties have like all the parties have deserted there deserted them. and we are there talking to them about a fresh start. it's start. that's possible. it's been since margaret been three years since margaret ferrier brought us this ferrier brought us into this mess refused to resign, even mess and refused to resign, even after in court . after pleading guilty in court. so here rightly feel so people here rightly feel frustrated i feel is

frustrated. so the way i feel is about trying to people about trying to go to people across constituency and across this constituency and offer something better so offer them something better so that they have something to go and vote for. on the 5th of october, when this by—election must spoken to must be held. so we've spoken to about people in the last must be held. so we've spoken to ab0|months. people in the last must be held. so we've spoken to ab0|months. we've le in the last must be held. so we've spoken to ab0|months. we've got] the last must be held. so we've spoken to ab0|months. we've got 60,000in few months. we've got 60,000in the left to the constituency left, left to speak to. people are telling us first and foremost, they're just fed politics. so it's fed up with politics. so it's trying rebuild trust in trying to rebuild their trust in politics as for good, politics as a force for good, but also about issues the but also about issues like the cost crisis and cost of living crisis and locally community locally about local community services that are being cut to the bone snp government the bone by an snp government that year year that has slashed year and year and south and year. again, south lanarkshire budget. lanarkshire council's budget. those are the practical issues that people are bringing up here, but more than that, they just want an mp that's fighting their than the their corner rather than at the moment, governments that are moment, two governments that are hopelessly . hopelessly distracted. >> somebody should perhaps tell just stop oil. that they got the wrong postcode yesterday when they they painted the front of holyrood red because certainly michael shanks and scottish labour will be hoping that that will be the colour that they will be the colour that they will be the colour that they will be painting. rutherglen

later on in the year. it's believed around october, october 5th is the estimated date for the by—election, but we won't know for certain until parliament is returns from the break. >> well, tony mcguire, thank you so much for bringing us all that and that interview with the labour candidate. perhaps the next mp for rutherglen , michael next mp for rutherglen, michael shanks. there we were talking about excuse me, talking about bofis about excuse me, talking about boris johnson before and the fact that his people have been apparently in talks i'm apparently in talks about i'm a celebrity >> i think he said no at the moment, don't panic. but linda said you've no popular said you've no idea how popular bofis said you've no idea how popular boris the real world boris is out in the real world outside little outside of your silly little bubble. win any bubble. he would win any election came back. election if he came back. i don't think we're in a silly bubble. seems a little harsh. >> linda and tricia said on the same subject. insulting . same subject. how insulting. asking boris into the asking boris to go into the jungle. no one asked cameron or blair shows unmitigated hate for boris. there's something boris. i think there's something in to come this in that right still to come this morning, soap star has been morning, one soap star has been criticised trying blag criticised over trying to blag free from an independent bakery. >> in exchange for social media. love. it's a little bit embarrassing. we'll be talking about that after morning's

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and you're with britain's newsroom here on gb news with me tom harwood and bev turner. >> so energy , energy industry >> so energy, energy industry leaders gathered at downing leaders have gathered at downing street for talks with net zero minister grant shapps about investment the sector. investment in the sector. >> morning energy >> this morning the energy secretary , the energy secretary, the energy security secretary, say , is secretary, i should say, is meeting companies, including edf, sse, shell and bp . they edf, sse, shell and bp. they collectively have multi—billion pound plans to invest in low and zero carbon projects. so let's go to gb news economics and business editor liam halligan who is in downing street with more. >> what's going on? liam well, grant shapps recently emphasised to me, bev, that his actual title is the energy security and net zero secretary in that order. >> he stressed to me and that's what this debate is about today, this summit of big business bosses from the energy sector inside downing street talking to mr shapps are the likes of shell and bp also co edf, the french state owned company that's building hinkley point, europe's

biggest construction project. that's a big nuclear power station in somerset, edf actually manages most of our nuclear power here in this country, which provides around 15% of our energy. but what mr shappsis 15% of our energy. but what mr shapps is at pains to emphasise today is that this is about consumer end prices , keeping consumer end prices, keeping energy prices low for hardworking families, but also energy security. we need to send the message loud and clear, says mr shapps, to the likes of russian president vladimir putin. that we will never again be held to ransom with energy supply. the companies i'm meeting in downing street today are at the heart of that. of course , this is the height of course, this is the height of summer, but ministers , ideal summer, but ministers, ideal minds political strategists minds and political strategists are thinking about the autumn and winter . when it's going to and winter. when it's going to get colder. will we have a relatively winter like we relatively mild winter like we did last winter, which kept energy prices while they were sky high, lower than they otherwise have been ? or otherwise could have been? or will cold snap , which will there be a cold snap, which is government feels is the british government feels will more bargaining will then give more bargaining power to vladimir given

power to vladimir putin, given the importance still hugely around the world of russian gas and oil exports. >> okay. thank you, liam. i'm sure you will have the latest this afternoon on what comes out of that summit right now. emma and stephen pound are back with us in the studio. we've been trailing story all morning trailing this story all morning , actually. coronation street actress having a 40th birthday party and her people , whoever it party and her people, whoever it is, her assistant , contacts is, her assistant, contacts a local bakery to say would you like to give some free cakes to catherine tilsley in return for a shout out on instagram ? yeah. a shout out on instagram? yeah. >> so cupcakes , let us tell you >> so cupcakes, let us tell you what happened. >> here's a little video about it . cake gate . what it. cake gate. what >> so ? >> so? >> so? >> so? >> so i had no idea those emails were being sent. i'm not working with the lovely okay magazine on anything that i'm aware of and

netherland are an amazing company. they've supplied me with performer in the past. there insane. and they've been completely misrepresented in this matter here. um utterly bizarre . don't really know what bizarre. don't really know what to say . i bizarre. don't really know what to say. i mean, i hope the bizarre. don't really know what to say . i mean, i hope the cake to say. i mean, i hope the cake lady got the exposure she was craving . whilst i've got craving. whilst i've got journalists knocking on my front door while my kids are playing in the front room dead. nice. that bodes . thanks for coming . that bodes. thanks for coming. >> well, that's. that's former coronation street actress catherine tyldesley there talking about this row because, of course , there were emails of course, there were emails sent by representatives of catherine tyldesley to this local bakery, three little birds bakery, saying give us free stuff. they said no . but in stuff. they said no. but in quite an amusing way it went big on social media. and now and now. catherine tyldesley there is denying she knew anything about it. but it is, i think particularly it sort of sticks in the throat because this is a little independent bakery that

is struggling at the moment. the email in response included references to mortgage payments and you can't pay mortgage payments with tweets and all the rest of it. so it's a funny one, though, emma, isn't it? >> because sign of our >> because this is a sign of our times now there influencers times now there are influencers who trying to grift for free who are trying to grift for free stuff in exchange for publicity, and the mickey out and it's taking the mickey out of companies. >> absolutely. taking the mick. and thought was really and i thought that was really quite unpleasant, actually, she said the bakery. the woman said about the bakery. the woman who bakery getting the who owns the bakery getting the craving publicity she craved. well, actually, she didn't crave any publicity. she was contacted and she declined because she didn't it. because you didn't want it. because you don't mean. yes of course, if don't i mean. yes of course, if someone who's got a huge amount of followers, sometimes companies will to companies will go to an influencer and do brand deals with them and they will advertise it on their social media and that will bring business to the company. media and that will bring business to the company . that media and that will bring business to the company. that is a that some a business model that some companies use and the influencers use it in order to fund their lifestyles . but it's fund their lifestyles. but it's another thing to go to a small independent company and take the

mick by asking for a hundred cakes plus a small birthday cake in exchange for an instagram post plus something in ok! magazine on whether or not she knew that this was happening. somebody thought that that was acceptable. it is a sign of the times, and i don't think it's necessarily a terrible thing if people have brand deals, if that's their business model . that's their business model. well, but you can't take the mick and i think that there are a lot i mean, i've seen this in other cases as well. you know, influencers the by influencers taking the mick by expecting get expecting that they will get things for free just because they have lots of followers. when need to pay their mortgage. >> i must if greggs would >> i must admit, if greggs would like touch me, like to get in touch with me, i'm but but. but. i'm perfectly. but but. but. i think there's a problem here. >> sponsored by greg. >> sponsored by greg. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> well, i used to poundland might more appropriate. might be more appropriate. >> shops >> that would be. shops are available. >> that would be. shops are avaarele. sure? actually >> are you sure? actually advertise my if advertise the top of my head. if anybody itin advertise the top of my head. if anybody it in the house anybody wanted it in the house of said space. of commons. i said this space. but interesting but look, the other interesting thing this and thing is that this baker and i have say, rebecca, the woman

have to say, rebecca, the woman from the three little birds sounds sensible, sounds a sane, sensible, intelligent woman, but she's based yorkshire based in keighley in yorkshire and far as i remember , and as far as i remember, coronation street is pretty much a lancashire thing. much a lancashire thing. very much so. you know, it's a bit awkward. >> what did you say? >> what did you say? >> a bit awkward . oh, come on. >> a bit awkward. oh, come on. >> a bit awkward. oh, come on. >> but i think. >> a bit awkward. oh, come on. >> but i think . i've just been >> but i think. i've just been out pond out. >> something like that can just blow up. like she said she's got journalists outside of her house today and all. anyway that's her response. right. moving on emma. we all like a lion at the weekend. i know. i do . but weekend. i know. i do. but apparently it's not very good for us. >> i this this sort of thing always interests me. apparently, if you wake up 90 minutes later on weekend , you that on a weekend, you that a scientists have found this study has found out that you're more likely to have gut bacteria that's linked to heart attacks , that's linked to heart attacks, strokes and obesity than your normal weekday. >> hang on. wait, is there is there a correlation, causation thing here? >> this probably just is it just not the case that if you're the kind slob who sleeps in for

kind of slob who sleeps in for an extra hour and a half, i feel lucky have a sedentary lucky to have a sedentary lifestyle therefore it's correlation. >> it's a definition of, well, isn't it? >> they they even in the article, they go into this in a bit more detail. so i imagine the study is a bit more complex bit more detail. so i imagine the sjust is a bit more complex bit more detail. so i imagine the sjust implyingnore complex bit more detail. so i imagine the sjust implying that complex bit more detail. so i imagine the sjust implying that there'sx than just implying that there's a causation. a direct causation. >> but was happy this >> but i was happy to read this because remember, traditionally hippies used to have a love in and unionists have work and trade unionists have a work in politicians used to have in and politicians used to have a lie in. >> it's very good. >> it's very good. >> it's very good. >> it's to do with your circadian rhythms being disrupted and i mean there already studies that show that there are links between how much sleep you get and your glucose levels and all sorts of hormones . so i just find this very interesting thing. if you can sleep for 90 minutes less at the weekend and it decreases your chance having a stroke or chance of having a stroke or a heart attack, wouldn't heart attack, why wouldn't you? >> is this is >> well, because this is this is later at the weekend, don't you? there's sleep. there's also deep sleep. you know, this whole rem business about, apparently if about, you know, apparently if you eight hours, you sleep for eight hours, you're actually you're only actually getting really from really getting the benefit from about it. yeah. about 40 minutes of it. yeah. and this thing and they've done this thing which not your second

which is not not your second favourite but . favourite band, but. >> tommy, tommy, tommy. >> tommy, tommy, tommy. >> said before, tommy is >> as i've said before, tommy is basically a robot in handsome human . and you, you wear human form. and you, you wear one of those watches, don't you? so you can analyse sleep. so you can analyse your sleep. >> sleep every single >> i track my sleep every single night. i know how much night. i know exactly how much rem, and how much rem, how much core and how much deep i get night. and deep sleep i get each night. and it's really useful to know exactly how well i've slept. >> no. couldn't you just get an implant watch? >> i will. he's dead when >> oh, i will. he's dead when one he's desperate one comes about, he's desperate to be safe. >> that data, tom? >> is that data, tom? >> is that data, tom? >> is that data, tom? >> is it secure data? >> is it secure data? >> well, it's with apple , so >> well, it's with apple, so phones are available. >> you need to be able to you need to be able to tap into sponsorship opportunities , tom, sponsorship opportunities, tom, and not on on a watch , you know? >> well, i know it's your favourite topic. actually in favourite topic. i actually in fact, just talk about fact, let's just talk about al because story in the because there is a story in the paper this morning about how ai is doing as good is apparently doing as good a job as humans at identifying doing. you would that breast doing. you would say that breast cancer cases via x—rays and scans . scans. >> stephen what's going to happen to the radiographers? >> thank you. well, that's what i was saying beth.

i was saying to beth. >> if one radiographer can oversee me some ai programs and see hundreds of women rather than dozens of women in a day, that's a step change in efficiency for the nhs . efficiency for the nhs. >> but interestingly, back in 1890, wrote a book 1890, oscar wilde wrote a book called the soul of man under socialism , and he's talking socialism, and he's talking about robots taking over about where robots taking over the he said the boring, mundane. and he said the boring, mundane. and he said the country be the whole country will be involved poetry and artistic involved in poetry and artistic things. the media things. and i think the media and entertainment will be the areas that will actually up areas that will actually sop up some jobs. but some of these jobs. but initially, going be initially, it's going to be very, painful because it's very, very painful because it's going you rightly going to be, as you rightly say, an change, an economic step change, particularly in employment practise emma, particularly in employment practiseemma, isn't particularly in employment practise emma, isn't this particularly in employment practiseemma, isn't this a good >> but emma, isn't this a good thing programs that thing that programs that can detect things that the human eye can't see really early stage breast cancer being seen, early intervention, saving lives , intervention, saving lives, saving money for the nhs? surely this is good news? >> i think medical technology , >> i think medical technology, medical technology improving of course is a good thing. but what icannot course is a good thing. but what i cannot do, and this is not just with respect to this , but just with respect to this, but in general, i cannot make human judgements , is it doesn't have

judgements, is it doesn't have the power of judgement that human beings have that very often avert disasters. for example . um, often avert disasters. for example. um, and so i think that we are wrong to put too much faith in medical technology. i think that there's a risk associated with that. i personally , i think that we personally, i think that we should take the risks of ai should take the risks of a! very, very seriously. but of course, you know, advancements in medical technology, if it saves lives, of course there is a benefit to that . so i think a benefit to that. so i think it's an ethically complicated thing. >> now, bev, i want to show you a video. okay. we've got a video of something going on in niger , of something going on in niger, in africa. i believe people watching on television will be able to see this now. and it's a coup. it's a coup. it's the seventh coup in the last three years, storming the country. >> look at that. so if you're listening on the radio, there's thousands of people taking to the streets as drone footage. actually very sophisticated footage of this. why why footage of this. but why why does this why is this relevant , does this why is this relevant, tom? why look at the thousands of people there.

>> very relevant . >> it's very relevant. >> it's very relevant. >> why is it relevant, stephen? >> why is it relevant, stephen? >> look, look. >> well, look, look. >> well, look, look. >> you look very carefully >> well, look, look. >>this you look very carefully >> well, look, look. >>this crowd, .ook very carefully >> well, look, look. >>this crowd, you very carefully >> well, look, look. >>this crowd, you can carefully >> well, look, look. >>this crowd, you can see afully in this crowd, you can see russian flags . now, in this crowd, you can see russian flags. now, this is a crucial point because the ukrainians yesterday they said that this looks like a classic russian operation. now you're quite right to ask, why should anyone care? okay. it's a small country in africa. do we country in africa. why do we mind government's mind that the government's changed? 15% of the changed? well, 15% of the uranium that france needs to keep the lights on for its nuclear power stations comes from niger. so is this a question mark, i suppose, for the for the panel? is this russia trying to shut off western power supplies ? western power supplies? >> well, there's a couple of extraordinary things. firstly it's not just easier. it's guinea—bissau, it's mali. and this the wagner group. this this is the wagner group. this is russia's proxy war fighting out there. and the fact that if you the signs that were you saw the signs that were actually there, arbour actually there, it said arbour la vive putin, you know, la france, vive putin, you know, down france. long live down with france. long live putin. extraordinary putin. and this is extraordinary . but you're absolutely right. france is energy dependent on nuclear as you know, they're

building are hinkley down building are hinkley point down in probably jacob rees—mogg's in probably in jacob rees—mogg's constituency i know, constituency for all i know, it's down that somerset it's down that way. somerset somewhere. supply somewhere. and so if this supply falls, where we get falls, where else do we get uranium ? and there's uranium from? and there's nowhere has deposits nowhere that has deposits of uranium quite as they uranium quite as rich as they are africa . but so are in west africa. but so i think important on 2 think it's very important on 2 or different levels. firstly, or 3 different levels. firstly, increased instability in west africa. is a domino effect. africa. this is a domino effect. secondly energy security for the west because france and the uk trade backwards and forwards. and wagner group if and thirdly, the wagner group if theyif and thirdly, the wagner group if they if they're out of ukraine, where will they go next? so south africa, i reckon, is this putin not content with turning the lights on with oil and gas? >> going some nuclear >> he's going some nuclear now, too. >> well, when we had all of that instability gas, instability around oil and gas, the said the first thing everybody said was we should looking to was we should be looking to nuclear as a way to ensure that we have energy security. but this shows that actually energy security is guaranteed . uh, security is not guaranteed. uh, and you know, you were mentioning this sort of proxy war. i think that we need to in, in of global political in sort of global political terms, to recognise that terms, we need to recognise that both and china have both russia and china have

activities in, in countries throughout the world and that that has a destabilising effect when it comes to our security andifs when it comes to our security and it's not security as we normally think of it. and so 70% you said 15% of the uranium that france uses comes from niger, 780% of france's electricity comes from nuclear. that is hugely disruptive. and so if putin does have an eye on disrupting uranium supplies, i think we need to be thinking in a much more nuanced way about what geopolitical security actually means in the current climate. we've come to the end of the show, guys emma and stephen, superb as always . stephen, superb as always. >> tom and i will be back tomorrow. britain's newsroom will be here at 930 tomorrow morning. up it's the live morning. up next, it's the live desk and pip. pip what desk with mark and pip. pip what have on today's show? have you got on today's show? hello much to get through over >> so much to get through over the three bev, he the next three hours. bev, he wants to get back into the oval office. it is just extraordinary . this tomorrow night, 9:00 our time. former president donald trump will be in court of trying

to overturn the 2020 election result. he's accused of it. it's a never before seen scenario. but will he get a fair trial? plus unseasonably strong winds , plus unseasonably strong winds, heavy rain. it's only august in britain, but could the weather be about to turn next week? we'll be filling you in. also for millions of people around the world, can barely believe it. the chinese zoo that's denying one of its bears is a human in. we'll be showing you the pictures . let us know what the pictures. let us know what you think. now, though , here is you think. now, though, here is that grim weather that rather grim weather forecast , that warm feeling forecast, that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news >> hi there . it's aidan mcgivern >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. with the gb news forecast persistent rain for many of us this morning and continuing in places this afternoon. heavy showers replacing the in some areas replacing the rain in some areas . and all of this accompanied by a wind gusting around 50 a strong wind gusting around 50 to 60 miles an hour around and

exposed southern and southwest western coasts. that could cause some impacts , particularly if some impacts, particularly if you're taking part in an outdoor activities camping, activities or camping, for example , not the kinds of winds example, not the kinds of winds you'd expect early august . now, you'd expect early august. now, once the rain clears out of the way, we've got heavy showers, slow moving thunderstorms across central parts of the uk. thunderstorm in force central parts of the uk. thundcausen in force central parts of the uk. thundcause some in force central parts of the uk. thundcause some problemsce central parts of the uk. thundcause some problems on the could cause some problems on the roads. example, the driest could cause some problems on the roadbrightest mple, the driest could cause some problems on the roadbrightest weathere driest could cause some problems on the roadbrightest weather likelyst and brightest weather likely towards north—west the towards the north—west by the end northern end of the day. northern scotland, northern ireland and southeast scotland, northeast england sees the persistent rain continuing into the evening before eventually fizzling out and pushing south into east anglia. by dawn and elsewhere, a few showers about , but by few showers about, but by thursday, well , a lot of drier thursday, well, a lot of drier and less windy weather starts to appear

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