see his tortoise. >> but happily, mr speaker , it >> but happily, mr speaker, it was actually your tortoise that i got to see. he was eating merrily on the terrace. and may i say that your decision to add giant cats and other creatures to this already odd place is very welcome . i listened very welcome. i listened carefully to what his majesty the king had to say earlier . it the king had to say earlier. it is customary to be jolly in seconding a speech, but we all know that these are difficult times to hear that the government's focus is on security challenges, both domestic and international, was extremely important. thereafter i can get behind all actions to increase economic growth and help our constituents with day to day pressures or injustices . to day pressures or injustices. by to day pressures or injustices. by way of an example, stroud constituents should not be npped constituents should not be ripped off by rogue property management companies. i commend the campaigning of local people and the honourable members for north east bedfordshire and westminster to get leasehold reform and protections for home owners on the agenda. the king's comments about putting people in control of their future and a

focus on town regeneration give me hope for high streets businesses and fantastic areas like berkeley and stroud town. and with the pm gripping ai and new technology, we're poised and ready to fly with innovation on renewables. hydrogen ice and in nuclear and many other stem fields. the government's long term nhs workforce programme has to get lift off if we are to help stroud maternity midwives. i've long campaigned for more apprenticeships as well, so let's get rid of all barriers in further education. yeah, yeah . further education. yeah, yeah. yeah. excellent friend and constituency neighbour. the right honourable member for cheltenham is clearly going to have a lot to do in justice, but i still hope that he will look closely at family law reform to keep cases involving children out of the court system and while i was not expecting new childcare announcements, i urge all of the government to get behind the chancellor's investment in families by urgently boosting the early years workforce. now his majesty the king said the government

will lead on action to tackle biodiverse city loss. prime minister with cop 28 approaching this means that you should get familiar with th slimbridge is flamingos in my patch. i will take all the help i can get to get a dedicated domestic wetlands team and wetlands strategy in defra and if not persuaded , flamingos are persuaded, flamingos are absolutely marvellous for that wonderful instagram account that you have the king is also wwt president and wetlands can genuinely help reach our net zero targets. so i said earlier that public service was a privilege and i genuinely meant that it gives us the chance to change things for everyday families and champion those who deserve or need our support. it also allows the hardest working prime minister. i have known and i've known quite a few recently. at one point my baby was three months old. i think she'd three met three prime ministers at the same time . but he shows the

same time. but he shows the country week in and week out how we can bring long term change against global headwinds . and i against global headwinds. and i second this loyal address to the . house >> the question is that the humble address be presented to his majesty as follows his most gracious sovereign. we are your majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects. the commons of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. in parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to your majesty for the gracious speech which your majesty has addressed to both houses of parliament. i now call the leader of the opposition, keir starmer . starmer. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> and before i turn to the address, i am sure the whole house would like to join me in paying house would like to join me in paying tribute to his majesty the king on the occasion of his first gracious address as our

sovereign . of course, he did sovereign. of course, he did give the address last year and he has for some time enjoyed the best view in the house on how it should be done. but nonetheless, yes, this is a new chapter for him and our country. so we pay tribute to him on that. him and our country. so we pay tribute to him on that . let me tribute to him on that. let me also congratulate both the mover and the second for their fantastic speeches just a moment ago . the right honourable member ago. the right honourable member for scarborough and whitby, once again showed us his deep love for his constituency and delivered a truly great speech. he has been a good servant and well respected across this house, but he is now wanted again on his farm and i can inform the house that he is also one of these. the country's leading steam engine enthusiasts. the proud owner of a fowler k5 ploughing engine ,

a fowler k5 ploughing engine, not a tractor, but but nonetheless a beauty machine which on a good day when the right honourable member really steps on, it can still give the transpennine express a run for its . money but. but transpennine express a run for its. money but. but i warn him he should be careful . there are he should be careful. there are some weird and wonderful details on all those network north announcements and the prime minister might commonly cheer his fowler for illustrative purposes only. of course . it was purposes only. of course. it was also great to hear the honourable member for stroud again give a really powerful and great speech to this house. it's only right that the prime minister selected someone with good sense to second the

gracious address . and so of gracious address. and so of course he had to turn to a working class lawyer with a connection to camden . and i can connection to camden. and i can say from personal knowledge and from many people in camden that as a camden councillor, she was respected across parties as as she is here now. a year ago , the she is here now. a year ago, the honourable member rightly pointed out that, and i quote that there are many ways to boost domestic energy security using nuclear power, solar, marine energy and onshore wind and argument, mr speaker, which shows exactly why she has a bnght shows exactly why she has a bright future within her party. it's a shame that instead of choosing her to second the address, the prime minister didn't ask her to write the energy section. instead . mr energy section. instead. mr speaker , we are lucky enough not speaker, we are lucky enough not

to have lost any members of this house since the last address . house since the last address. but as we approach the end of this cycle , it is only right this cycle, it is only right that we once again remember those who we all still miss so much and who left us earlier in this parliament and on these benches as our beloved friend jack dromey, a champion of working people for the ages , working people for the ages, says, and on the benches opposite dame cheryl gillan, james brokenshire , and of course james brokenshire, and of course sir david amis, who was taken from us in the most vile and cruel of circumstances on these benches. we still mourn the loss of jo cox, one of our brightest lights seven years ago now in similar fashion. so we reach out across the aisle and say, as does the plaque put up just over

there . in the recent weeks , his there. in the recent weeks, his light remains as mr speaker, it's also customary to welcome new members to this house, though i have to say, given your a stickler for parliamentary time limits , this could be time limits, this could be difficult . but i do welcome all difficult. but i do welcome all 11 new members to the first of these debates this one for the party opposite to for the party that sits over there and eight on these benches . victories on these benches. victories which show without question that britain is ready for change, victories that have reduced the party opposite now nearly 14 years in power to the desperate spectacle of claiming it offers change away from itself . if

change away from itself. if today is address shows just how ridiculous that posturing is because what we have before us is a plan for more of the same, more sticking plasters , more more sticking plasters, more division, more party first country, second gimmicks and no repudiation of the utterly discredited idea that economic growth is something the few to hand down to the many. in fact today we reached something of a new low because they're not even pretending to govern anymore. they've given up on any sense of service as they see our country's problems as something to be exploited, not solved . and to be exploited, not solved. and in doing this, they underestimate the british people because what britain wants is for them to stop messing around and get on with the job. people

want action, not inaction. siln nafion want action, not inaction. siln nation to real problems, not the imaginary ones that haunt their party's imagination . a party's imagination. a government committed to the national interest, not desperately trying to save their own skin . our schools are own skin. our schools are crumbling . waiting list rising crumbling. waiting list rising rivers and streams dying , rivers and streams dying, infrastructure cancelled . infrastructure cancelled. violent criminals released early . their mortgage bombshell blowing up the finances of millions whose growth set to be the lowest in the g7. next year. taxes high than at any time since the war. he raised them himself 25 times. five. the tory recipe for british decline low growth . high tax crumbling growth. high tax crumbling pubuc growth. high tax crumbling public services with a prime minister serving up more of the same . now, of course , there are same. now, of course, there are steps we can welcome jade's law. martin's law, an independent

regulator in football and we have said on smoking and public health, he can count on our votes. we will always serve the national interest. and that is why this house has stood united in our support for ukraine since the start of putin's aggression . the start of putin's aggression. and we must never lose our resolve or focus . the address resolve or focus. the address also mentions the terrible events in israel and palestine . events in israel and palestine. it is now one month exactly since the senseless murder of jews by the terrorists of hamas and the taking of hostages on october the seventh. and every new day in gaza now brings with it more pain , more suffering, it more pain, more suffering, more agony. hostages still held. thousands of civilians dead in including so many innocent women and children. millions

struggling for the basics of life, food , water, sanitation , life, food, water, sanitation, medicines and fuel . we cannot medicines and fuel. we cannot and we will not close our eyes to their suffering. we need a humanitarian pause now . allow humanitarian pause now. allow the hostages to be released now . the hostages to be released now. israel has the right and duty to defend herself if. but it is not a blank check. it must comply with international law and this house must commit to do whatever it can to keep alive the light of peace. so we welcome the addresses, clear commitment to support the two state solution in. but, mr speaker, returning once more to their plans for britain, the biggest question is how they think this is anywhere near good enough. after all the chaos they've unleashed after

levelling up, no rules were broken. we're all in it together. and all the other broken promises of the last 13 years. this this is the plan they put to the working people of this country and say, trust us. we've changed. it's laughable . they can't see laughable. they can't see britain . that's the only britain. that's the only possible conclusion. the walls of this place are too high. but let me assure the house, as britain sees them and britain sees today , that they offer no sees today, that they offer no change on public services, no change on public services, no change on public services, no change on the cost of living crisis and no change to the economic model that has failed to give working people the security and opportunity that they deserve . a because, mr they deserve. a because, mr speaken they deserve. a because, mr speaker, that is the change that britain needs . and today was a britain needs. and today was a missed opportunity . 80 we needed missed opportunity. 80 we needed a king's speech that would draw a king's speech that would draw a line under 13 years of tory decline in a king's speech for

national renewal and a serious plan for growth. but instead we have a party so devoid of leadership it is happy to follow a home secretary who describes homelessness as a lifestyle choice . and believes that the choice. and believes that the job of protecting us all from extreme missed the most basic job of government is legitimate terrain . for her divisive brand terrain. for her divisive brand of politics. mr speaker, as director of public prosecutions, i worked closely with the police and counter—terrorism forces. their job is hard enough already theirjob is hard enough already without the home secretary using it as a platform form for her own ambitions . as so i say to own ambitions. as so i say to the prime minister, think so. think very carefully about what she is committing your

government to do and think very carefully about the consequences of putting greater demands on pubuc of putting greater demands on public servants at the coalface, of keeping us safe. because without a serious home secretary , there can be no serious government and he cannot be a serious prime minister. homelessness is a choice. it's a political choice . constant political choice. constant u—turns on no fault evictions are political choices , not are political choices, not facing up to the blockers of aspiration on those benches is a political choice , and it's not political choice, and it's not that there aren't better choices on these benches. we have a plan to build 1.5 million homes across the country with a reformed planning regime that will unlock our potential because you can't fix homelessness without increasing the supply of housing. you can't

boost growth and let workers have homes they need and you can't escape the cost of living crisis unless there's more affordable housing. we all know why he finds himself in this position, but if he's prepared to stand up to the blockers, if he shows he can radically improve the supply of housing by bringing back national housing targets, then yes , he can count targets, then yes, he can count on labour votes because, mr speaker , that is what this speaker, that is what this country needs most. a credible plan for growth . a britain where plan for growth. a britain where growth comes from the grass roots, where growth serves, the grass roots with higher living standards in every community and ambition that can only be delivered if we roll up our sleeves and get building . at the sleeves and get building. at the moment, just to get a tunnel built in this country can require a planning application. 30 times longer than the

complete works of shakespeare. thatis complete works of shakespeare. that is why today we needed a planning bill to strip out the red tape and get britain building. we also needed a bold commitment to train the next generation with new technical colleges. apprenticeship levy reform expert teachers in every classroom, giving british businesses the skills they need . businesses the skills they need. and we needed a modern industrial strategy on a statue free footing with a bill to match and a signal of intent to the world that we are serious about fighting for the jobs of the future . we needed an the future. we needed an employment bill time and again , employment bill time and again, this bill has been promised time and again. it fails to materialise when we could be scrapping fire and rehire , scrapping fire and rehire, ending zero hour contracts, making work pay with a real living wage and saying unambiguously that strong workers rights are for good growth . what we got instead is

growth. what we got instead is an exercise in economic miserablism an admission that his government has no faith in britain's ability to avert decline . take the oil and gas decline. take the oil and gas bill announced today a bill that everyone in the energy sector knows is a political gimmick and even the energy secretary admits will not take a single penny off anyone's bills . now, i don't anyone's bills. now, i don't know which of his seven bids. the prime minister chucked her meat tax in, but this one will follow soon nonetheless , it is a follow soon nonetheless, it is a gimmick that tells a story, a king's speech with no concern for the national interest wallowing in a pessimism that says the hard road to a better future isn't for britain. it's been this way for 13 years now. a failure to seize the opportunities, perhaps even to see the opportunities for working people hit because they

didn't build the gas storage, they didn't invest in clean british energy. they scrapped home insulation and they're doing it all again, moving the targets back, passing it on to the next generation. even as costs rise and rise . the costs rise and rise. the sticking plaster politics is an approach as riven through the foundations of our security. as the crumbling concrete in our schools. the never ending cycle of tory britain party first country, second drift state agnate decline . we have to turn agnate decline. we have to turn the page on this. mr speaker , the page on this. mr speaker, they are wrong about clean energy. it is cheaper , it is energy. it is cheaper, it is british and it can give us real security from tyrants like putin. but more importantly, they are wrong about britain. we can win the race for the jobs of tomorrow. we can work hand in glove with the private sector and invest in the critical

infrastructure, the gi gafactories, infrastructure, the gigafactories, the new ports, the clean british steel that could once again light the fire of renewal in britain's industrial communities. of renewal in britain's industrial communities . today industrial communities. today was the day we could have struck the match on that light embraced a new sense of mission and tackled the cost of living crisis with a new plan for growth. it was a chance to get britain building again, take back our streets, get the nhs back our streets, get the nhs back on its feet, deliver cheaper bills with real energy security , and tear down the security, and tear down the barriers to opportunity . but mr barriers to opportunity. but mr speaker , for the 14th year in speaker, for the 14th year in a row , the government passed it up row, the government passed it up , severed its relationship with britain's future, and gave up on the national interest . because the national interest. because what this address shows us with ever greater clarity is that the only fight left in them is the fight for their own skin . a fight for their own skin. a government that has given up dragging britain down with them ever more steadily towards

decline. a day when it became crystal clear that the change britain needs is from tory decline to labour renewal. thank you , mr let us call the prime you, mr let us call the prime minister . minister. >> this is . the >> this is. the >> this is. the >> mr speaker . this is the first >> mr speaker. this is the first king's speech in 70 years and the first of his majesty's reign, a reign that has already defined by the same wisdom, grace and compassion that marked a long record of service. so can itake a long record of service. so can i take this opportunity on behalf of the whole house to express our admiration and gratitude to his majesty , the gratitude to his majesty, the king? mr speaker, before we get into the traditional debate, let me first address the situation in israel and gaza . all of us in in israel and gaza. all of us in this house care deeply about the suffering of innocent people and the scenes we have witnessed and we abhor the way that hamas use

innocent palestinians as human shields . it is right that the shields. it is right that the united kingdom is doubling our aid funding for palestinian civilians , and we have been civilians, and we have been consistent throughout out in our calls for humanity , korean pause calls for humanity, korean pause as soon as possible to get aid in and hostages and foreign nationals out. but a unilateral and unconditional ceasefire would simply allow hamas to entrench its position and continue its attacks against israel . only last week , hamas israel. only last week, hamas reiterated its intentions, stating clearly, we will repeat the october 7th attack time and again until israel is annihilated . faced with such annihilated. faced with such a threat, no country could be reasonably expected not to act . reasonably expected not to act. last week, i spoke with prime minister netanyahu to reiterate the united kingdom's backing for israel's right to defend itself

if it is the first duty of any government . i also stress the government. i also stress the need to allow more aid into gaza to take all possible measures to minimise civilian casualties and to avoid inflaming tensions in the west bank, where settler violence must stop . i can update violence must stop. i can update the house that now well over 100 british nationals have been able to leave gaza thanks to our diplomatic efforts to reopen the rafah crossing and the development minister will make a full statement to the house tomorrow. but let me also reiterate this we will not stand for the hatred and anti —semitism. for the hatred and anti—semitism. we have seen on our streets . it sickens me to our streets. it sickens me to think that british jews are looking over their shoulder in this country , that children are this country, that children are going to school, covering up their school badges for fear of attack . this government will do attack. this government will do whatever it takes to keep the

jewish community safe , just as jewish community safe, just as we will do whatever it takes to keep every community city safe. and we will fight hatred and extremism in all its forms and wherever it is found today, tomorrow and always , we are the tomorrow and always, we are the world's most successful, multi—ethnic and multi—faith democracy . and we will protect democracy. and we will protect our democracy from all threats to it . mr speaker, this our democracy from all threats to it. mr speaker, this king's speechis to it. mr speaker, this king's speech is about what this government is about taking long term decisions to build a brighter future for our country. >> it builds on foundations that were far stronger than they were just a year ago . just a year ago. >> inflation falling and on track to be halved and an economy now growing faster than france and germany. national debt on track to fall . more debt on track to fall. more support for the nhs. this winter. and we are stopping the boats with crossings this year

down by over a fifth as we ensure that it is this government and not criminal gangs who decide to come to our country . now that we country. now that we strengthened the foundation is this king's speech turns to the future for taking long term decisions with a single objective to change our country for the better . a change objective to change our country for the better. a change in our economy with new legislation to improve our energy security. join a huge trade pact with the fastest growing region in the world and prepare to seize the opportunities of a new technological age . change in opportunities of a new technological age. change in our society with new protections for leaseholders and renters. a bill to safeguard the future of football clubs and fans and the historic legislation that will finally create the first smoke free generation and change to keep our nation secure and our community safe with tougher sentences for criminals, more powers for the police and security services , and tough new security services, and tough new action to clamp down on antisocial behaviour . what will

antisocial behaviour. what will all this mean for the british people? mr speaker? more jobs, more investment and higher growth. more police on the streets with stronger powers to keep us safe. places people are proud to call home a country strong at home, confident abroad , and with a better future ahead for all our people . that is the for all our people. that is the change that this king's speech and this government will deliver . mr speaker, his majesty's gracious speech was brilliantly proposed by my right honourable friend, the member for scarborough and whitby . now i scarborough and whitby. now i will always be grateful to him because when i was first selected as the conservative candidate for richmond, my right honourable friend took a call from a prominent farmer in my local community who had expressed some consternation about the revelation that i didn't eat beef. quick as a flash , my right honourable flash, my right honourable friend replied, don't worry, he's the perfect candidate. there'll be more for me in the and as a proud, as a proud

yorkshireman. my right honourable friend has a reputation asian for being very careful with money. just the other day he went shopping for a new pair of shoes when the shopper assistant tried to throw away the old pair, he said, hang on a second, i want to keep those laces. there's still life in them yet. and i've often regarded myself as a trainee. yorkshireman and it turned out with him. i was also a trainee fiscal conservative and that's why i asked my right honourable friend to apply his same zeal for savings to efficiencies that we could make across whitehall. he came back with a great list . he came back with a great list. yorkshire tea bags are perfectly fine for another 3 or 4 goes the depher thermostat was set far too high at 17 degrees and seven bins are simply far too many. my right honourable friend , my right honourable friend, my right honourable friend, my right honourable friend is probably the only member of this

house who is the proud owner of his own graveyard , and his own graveyard, and apparently he even does some of the digging himself off. and no wonder he's such a staunch supporter of the government's plan to protect renters because the fully supports the right of his tenants to be left undisturbed over the very long, long term. now now, in his maiden speech, my right honourable friend proudly boasted that whitby and his constituency was voted number one weekend holiday destination by the readers of saga magazine . by the readers of saga magazine. well, i am delighted as my honourable friend retires and lifts his gaze from his own copy of saga that he already finds himself in the home of blue skies , blue waters and blue skies, blue waters and blue rinses . whitby is, as he rinses. whitby is, as he reminded us, where dracula made landfall . that shadowy, pale , landfall. that shadowy, pale, haunting figure age beyond his years. and that's what two decadesin years. and that's what two decades in this house can do for

you, mr speaker. but as a government whip, a minister in four departments and a dedicated constituency mp, my right honourable friend has had an extraordinary career. among his many achievements, i would particularly highlight at his introduction of the first ever road side drug tests . before road side drug tests. before that, we had no way of clamping down on dangerous drug driving. this was a landmark policy that has saved untold numbers of lives . it is a legacy he should lives. it is a legacy he should be proud of and a reminder of the good that politics can do. my right honourable friend is a great parliamentarian , an i'm great parliamentarian, an i'm proud to call him a friend. his speech was in the finest traditions of this house and his wit, integrity and sound . good wit, integrity and sound. good sense will be much missed on all sides now, mr speaker, continuing the north yorkshire theme, the gracious speech was brilliantly seconded by someone also born and bred in god's own county who is today the

honourable member for stroud and i'm sure the whole house will join me in paying tribute to our fantastic nhs and sending our very best wishes to her daughter, tilly . now some may daughter, tilly. now some may think of my honourable friend as a shy , retiring and studious a shy, retiring and studious type. after all, as she said today, she often prefers to be in the library. today, she often prefers to be in the library . but we are in the library. but we are discovering another side. to my honourable friend. we've now heard about her time in the naughty corner. we've heard about the spice girl platforms and i can also today reveal that back in the 1990s she won the prestigious fiercely contested crown of yorkshire rock n roll dancing . queen and in a rich and dancing. queen and in a rich and varied career. mr speaker, my honourable friend was also a highly regarded yoga teacher , so highly regarded yoga teacher, so when she read in the times that the shadow cabinet were being encouraged to take up yoga in the office, she was waiting for the office, she was waiting for the phone call, but it turns out

that no conservative, not even one, a supremely talented , as my one, a supremely talented, as my honourable friend can teach the party opposite anything when it comes to constantly changing from one contorted position to another . very good. another. very good. >> very good. >> very good. >> my honourable friend. my honourable friend also mentioned today taking advice and inspiration from a certain parliamentary sketch writer. well, if she's hoping that one day he might make her the target of his acerbic wit. day he might make her the target of his acerbic wit . well, mr of his acerbic wit. well, mr speaken of his acerbic wit. well, mr speaker, i would just say be careful what you wish for. i have been called many things in my time, but i'm not sure i will ever forget being branded the titch in vacuum packed underpants . but on titch in vacuum packed underpants. but on but on a serious note. but on a serious note, my honourable friend has already made a huge impact on her short time and her short

time in this place , nowhere more time in this place, nowhere more than in her fantastic campaign to improve childcare provision , to improve childcare provision, inspiring my right friend the chancellor, to announce 30 hours of free childcare a week for under fours in england in the march budget . under fours in england in the march budget. this is a landmark policy that will make an enormous difference to millions of families up and down the country. and my honourable friend should be incredibly proud of her part in making that happen. proud of her part in making that happen . she overcame great odds happen. she overcame great odds to reach her place today, growing up on free school meals , growing up on free school meals, she left home as a teenager and worked her way up as a family lawyer without attending university before becoming the first female mp of stroud in 2019. sometimes people ask me what being a conservative is all about. i can think of no greater example than that. mr speaker, my honourable friend is a remarkable person. a dedicated mp , someone with a huge future mp, someone with a huge future ahead. and her speech was in the finest traditions of this house. now mr speaker, let me also

thank the leader of the opposition for his contribution to this debate and indeed his first u—turn of it . as a former first u—turn of it. as a former republican , he used to think republican, he used to think this country shouldn't even have a king's speech, but at least thatis a king's speech, but at least that is one new term. the whole country will welcome. now the right honourable gentleman is prone to changing his position. but in fairness, his speech did strike consistent notes. strike a few consistent notes. higher inflation, more strikes, more immigration and higher borrowing . the party opposite's borrowing. the party opposite's plan to unnecessarily borrow . plan to unnecessarily borrow. £28 billion more every year and give in to inflation busting play give in to inflation busting play demands from their union paymaster masters is dangerous. inflate and the british people would pay the price in higher interest rates and higher taxes . interest rates and higher taxes. now, in truth, mr speaker , now, in truth, mr speaker, labour will borrow anything people's money, people's ideas , people's money, people's ideas, and it now turns out that it's copy and paste. chancellor is very happy to borrow other people's work to . but she's not.

people's work to. but she's not. but she's not the only member opposite to get unstuck by a book. earlier this year, the leader of the opposition had to abandon writing his own book, returned the deposit . it was returned the deposit. it was supposed to be his vision for britain, but his publishers discovered what the british people already know. he simply doesn't have one. while he stands for the same old ideas , stands for the same old ideas, we are focussed on the long term decisions that will provide a better and brighter future for everyone and that's what this king's speech will deliver. mr speaken king's speech will deliver. mr speaker, mr speaker, that change starts with changing our economy. we've already delivered the largest fall in inflation since the 1980s. a faster recovery from the pandemic than germany, france and japan and tens of billions of pounds of new investment from around the world. we believe the role of government is to create the conditions for the private sector to thrive . that's where sector to thrive. that's where new growth and new jobs come from. that's why we've given

business a £27 billion tax cut on investment , business a £27 billion tax cut on investment, launched 12 freeports around the uk to create jobs and investment and introduce legislation in this king's speech so that we can confirm our membership of the cptpp - confirm our membership of the cptpp . a huge trading pact with cptpp. a huge trading pact with the fastest growing region in the fastest growing region in the world. now, of course, now i hear from the party opposite says that make no difference. we can only do that because of our new freedoms outside of the european union . freedoms that european union. freedoms that the leader of the opposition wants to abandon and instead lock the united kingdom into a new european deal that would tie us into eu rules and regulations that we'd have no say over and open our borders to 100,000 additional eu migrants every single year now, as well as failing to secure our borders , failing to secure our borders, the opposition would also fail to secure our energy supplies . to secure our energy supplies. now we know that economic growth requires energy security . we've

requires energy security. we've already invested record amounts in renewables like offshore wind. we backed sizewell c, the first new nuclear in decades . first new nuclear in decades. and the king's speech introduces new legislation for north sea oil and gas supporting hundreds of thousands of british jobs and compare and contrast with the opposition energy policy . opposition energy policy. corporate controls , people have corporate controls, people have the right to intervene . the right to intervene. >> no. if the prime minister wishes to give way, that's up to the president. if he wishes not to. that's also fine . to. that's also fine. >> the prime minister allows prime minister no compare and contrast . contrast. >> that's good. >> that's good. >> the prime minister's don't give him way. prime minister. >> compare and contrast with the opposition's energy policy . opposition's energy policy. there's one word for it. now leave. not my word , mr speaker,

leave. not my word, mr speaker, but that of their own union paymasters . i'll happily give paymasters. i'll happily give way to the honourable gentleman. >> i'm very grateful to the prime minister, bearing in mind that a very significant proportion of people who sleep rough are army veterans and people who've had acquired brain injuries , as does prime injuries, as does the prime minister agree with the home secretary when says that secretary when she says that homelessness, sleeping rough is a lifestyle choice and if he doesn't , will he sack her? he mr doesn't, will he sack her? he mr speaken doesn't, will he sack her? he mr speaker, i saw the link from that to energy security. >> but what i can tell him is that thanks to the efforts of the member for plymouth moor view veterans homelessness at view veterans homelessness is at record low levels in this country and in fact, rough sleeping overall is down by around a third since the peak. mr speaker , thanks to the mr speaker, thanks to the actions of this government and in particular the landmark homelessness reduction act passed by this government, which has helped relieve or prevent

over 640,000 old peoples homelessness. mr speaker , but homelessness. mr speaker, but but returning to energy security, the party opposite want to ban all new oil and gas licences, risking us becoming even more dependent on putins russia for our crucial supplies of energy. but what's even more absurd about their policy , mr absurd about their policy, mr speaken absurd about their policy, mr speaker, is this it's the honourable gentleman isn't against oil and gas. all oil and gas . he's just against british gas. he's just against british oil and gas . and yes, mr speaker oil and gas. and yes, mr speaker , unlike the opposition who want to pursue net zero within ideological zeal going even faster and further, no matter what the cost or the disruption, we on this side of the house are cutting the cost of net zero for working people , saving british working people, saving british families . five, ten, £15,000. families. five, ten, £15,000. and that's the choice , mr and that's the choice, mr speaken and that's the choice, mr speaker, between happily give way to. >> yeah, i'm grateful to him for giving way and i want to ask him

when he's going to start being straight with the british public because you know, he pretends that new oil and gas licences will guarantee our will somehow guarantee our energy when he knows energy security when he knows that that oil and gas is sold on international the international markets to the highest bidder. >> he pretends it's to going get people's bills down. yet own people's bills down. yet his own secretary energy secretary of state for energy has said it will not get has said that it will not get people's bills down. so when is he going to stop governing by gimmick and when is he going to start actually the start actually rolling out the home insulation programme that will get people's bills down? >> mr speaker, the honourable lady talked about being straight. this party and straight. it's this party and me that straight with the that was straight with the british people about the of british people about the cost of getting to net zero, something that her and the party opposite would to follow. and would do well to follow. and because we've been honest and transparent and have cut transparent and we have cut those will save those costs, we will save british families five, 10 or £15,000. >> i mr prime minister, just just a second. he gave way to you. at least give the courtesy of hearing the answer. the prime minister . minister. >> ms

>> ms >> speaker. and that's the simple choice. a government on the side of hard working people or an opposition and the honourable lady on the side of the eco zealots. mr speaker. but, mr speaker , if we want to but, mr speaker, if we want to truly change our country , we truly change our country, we need a stronger society . and need a stronger society. and that's why this king's speech introduces a landmark bill to create the first smoke free generation . it will prevent generation. it will prevent deaths, improve people's lives and free the nhs to support others. it is the most significant public health intervention done by any government for generations . a government for generations. a historic change from a historic king's speech. but that's not all we're doing for the nhs. mr speaken all we're doing for the nhs. mr speaker, the government has invested record sums , created 50 invested record sums, created 50 million more primary care appointments, brought more beds, more ambulances and through the nhs, first ever long term workforce plan, we will recruit more doctors, nurses and dentists than ever before. that is what the nhs needs, not the damaging strike action that labour refuses to condemn , even

labour refuses to condemn, even though it is adding tens of thousands of people to waiting lists every single day. the party opposite also opposed our plans to provide a minimum safety level during the strikes. now does the party opposite and the honourable member opposite think that vulnerable patients don't deserve life saving health care ? or are they just too weak care? or are they just too weak to stand up to the unions? either way, the conclusion is clear you simply can't trust labour with the nhs. mr speaker . labour with the nhs. mr speaker. now, mr speaker , let me turn to now, mr speaker, let me turn to the most important part of a stronger society education of all that we've achieved since 2010. this is what i am most proud of under the party opposite only two thirds of schools were rated good or outstanding. now it is around 90. they took us down the international league tables as we are now soaring up them. they devalued apprenticeships . we're devalued apprenticeships. we're investing in them. they backed rip off degrees and we are

ending them and we're introducing the new advanced british standard so that everyone will study maths and engush everyone will study maths and english to 18, learn a broader range of subjects with more hours in the classroom and finally break down the barriers between academic and technical education. more teachers, higher standards and more apprenticeships . on this side of apprenticeships. on this side of the house, a stronger society is an opportunity society and this conservative government is delivering . but we can only delivering. but we can only build that stronger society with stronger communities. and that's what this king's speech does. we're reforming the housing market to empower leaseholders, to give renters more security, establishing a new independent football regulator to give fans a greater voice in their clubs, and delivering our promise to level up with record investment in local areas . we're building in local areas. we're building a million more homes, all while protecting the green belt. unlike the charter for sprawl that we see from the party opposite and mr speaker, that

bnngs opposite and mr speaker, that brings me to transport every single penny that would have been spent on hs2 are repeatedly delayed . expensive project that delayed. expensive project that failed to meet people's real needsis failed to meet people's real needs is now being invested in the north in the midlands and right across the country. £36 billion of investment in projects that people really need and actually want. network north is without question the most ambitious scheme for northern transport. any government has developed ever . yet. first, the developed ever. yet. first, the leader of the opposition was against it, then he was for it . against it, then he was for it. now he's not really sure . but now he's not really sure. but one thing is for sure you simply can't trust a word he says. now mr speaker, none of those important changes will mean anything if people don't feel safe in their communities . and safe in their communities. and the facts are clear . it is this the facts are clear. it is this government that is on the side of law and order. this king's

speech introduces legislation to better support victims as well as new measures to combat the scourge of antisocial behaviour. all building on a proud record of tackling crime. 20,000 more police officers on the streets , police officers on the streets, more police on the streets than ever before. and we've heard a lot about 13 years, well, since 2010, crime halved. violent crime halved, burglary. also halved and anti—social behaviour . down by 70. tougher sentences for rapists and sex offenders , for rapists and sex offenders, something that the party opposite voted against, mr speaker and for the worst offenders. life final only means life, all while all the leader of the opposition in the front bench campaigned to stop the deportation of dangerous foreign criminals . now, mr speaker, criminals. now, mr speaker, we're just days away from remembrance sunday, so let me close by paying tribute to our armed forces at this moment, over 7000 service men and women

are deployed overseas from the frozen wastes of the high north to the streets of kosovo. they are the best of us. we owe to all our veterans a lifelong debt of gratitude. now, i'm proud of our work led in cabinet by my right honourable friend, the member for plymouth moor view, to make this the best country in the world. to be a veteran in. and that's what you get with this government. we're the this government. we're on the side armed forces. side of britain's armed forces. we're investing record amounts in defence. we're an unwavering ally to the ukrainian people and we're proud to be one of the largest contributors to nato. but in contrast, mr speaker, what do you get with the party opposite? they tried to install . opposite? they tried to install. they never liked being reminded about it, but they tried to install as prime minister a man who wanted to abolish the armed forces , withdraw from nato and forces, withdraw from nato and back the uk's enemies over its allies. labour can't be trusted with our nation's security. mr speaker . now, mr speaker, this

speaker. now, mr speaker, this king's speech builds on the strong foundation of economy. well on its way to recovery . it well on its way to recovery. it rejects big government and instead backs people and businesses to thrive. it strengthens society with historic measures to support the nation's health and education. it secures our streets and borders with tougher sentences for criminals and powers for police, and above all this, king's speech delivers change. changein king's speech delivers change. change in our economy, change in our society. change in our communities. it takes long term decisions for a brighter future . decisions for a brighter future. and i commend it to this house. stephen flint, the leader of the snp . snp. >> okay. there we have it. they're fighting like rats in a sack as you'd imagine. welcome to the patrick christys show with me. martin daubney here till 6 pm. picking over the political fallout out of the king's speech. there keir starmer things off. rishi starmer kick things off. rishi sunak replied. i'm joined in the studio katherine forster to studio by katherine forster to go over the points . well,

go over the main points. well, dramatic stuff as you'd imagine. starmer saying that this is the government that's dying , it's government that's dying, it's dying out and they are sticking plaster politics, gimmicks, rishi talking about more strikes , more immigration, more crime under labour. what your takeaway points from the speeches is they both painted a very gloomy picture of life under the opposition, didn't they ? opposition, didn't they? >> so we had keir starmer saying that under the conservatives you had low growth , high tax, had low growth, high tax, crumbling public services and sure , our growth has been pretty sure, our growth has been pretty anaemic . we've had hardly any of anaemic. we've had hardly any of it over the last 13 years. we have got the highest taxes since the second world war. public services are not in a good state. and then we have rishi sunak saying that under labour you'd have higher inflation, higher borrowing , more strikes, higher borrowing, more strikes, more taxes , union paymasters , more taxes, union paymasters, but both above all trying to say

we are the change obviously much easier for keir starmer because of course they would be a change. conservatives have been 13 years in power, but rishi sunak finishing by saying he is the change. he said he's the change for communities, for the economy . they're the change. economy. they're the change. that's a very difficult sell, though, isn't it, really? and the thing is, people do want change. i'm sure the polls will narrow as there's more and more scrutiny on labour, but the worry is keir starmer was talking about long term decisions for a brighter future . decisions for a brighter future. so they've only got just over a year to turn things around . year to turn things around. othennise they're going to be out of office and all these long term things they'd like to do may well happen . may well not happen. >> and i wonder if that's a fair point. this idea of starmer said it's sticking plaster politics. it's by gimmicks, it's governing by gimmicks, because this is a government, because if this is a government, it's banning zombie knives. but is it zombie parliament? a parliament on its last legs ? is parliament on its last legs? is this king's speech with

foundation or is itjust pure foundation or is it just pure performance ? performance? >> well, there's a lot of these things that no doubt they will get through. but all the stuff on crime , which of course, on crime, which of course, they've made a real centrepiece on this, they're saying crime has halved since 2010. all these measures that they're going to bnngin measures that they're going to bring in that they're sure will be very popular, as i'm sure they will be. but the criminal justice system is in crisis . our justice system is in crisis. our pnsons justice system is in crisis. our prisons are overflowing ing. it's all very well saying we're going to do this, we're going to do that. where are they going to put people ? so i think put these people? so i think i don't think this is a game changer today. let's see what happens. and in the autumn statement. but the problem is the conservatives don't have very long to get people enthused with them. and i was talking to a very prominent member of the government a bit earlier today, and he was saying, no, he doesn't the next election doesn't think the next election is he said, we've got is lost. he said, but we've got to annoying voters. and he to stop annoying voters. and he doesn't still that they're doesn't feel still that they're giving people enough of a

positive to vote positive vision to vote conservative and, you know, rishi, there was saying crime halved, violent crime halved, anti—social behaviour , 70% down. anti—social behaviour, 70% down. >> starmer voted against this. they're playing tough on crime that will please their base. can we believe them? i mean, we saw last week four jihadists released early . they can't even released early. they can't even seem to stop a protest in london. that seems like it's going to kick off. is this all just bluster? will people fall for this or is it very much the dying embers, the end game, 13 years, people just want change. >> i think there is a lot of that and that is why rishi sunak is very keen to say i'm the change. i'm the change. although clearly he's only been in office for a year, but we've had 13 years of conservative government in various iterations . i mean, in various iterations. i mean, yeah, they've, they've got 20,000 more police officers, but thatis 20,000 more police officers, but that is replacing the 20,000 police officers that they cut since 2010. so they will play

with figures , of course, but with figures, of course, but i think it was interesting, wasn't it, that rishi sunak finished paying it, that rishi sunak finished paying tribute to the armed services, especially given what's coming this weekend, remembrance sunday armistice day. the very real worries about whether the pro—palestinian protest, which is currently still going ahead . okay, still going ahead. okay, supposedly later, supposedly in different places, is going to cause problems on saturday. >> okay, katherine forster thank you very much. and of course, the economy was a large part of the economy was a large part of the king's speech covering securing britain's economic future, ensuring energy security. course , security. and of course, bringing inflation. well, bringing down inflation. well, gb news business and economics editor liam halligan joins me in the as well. liam, let's the studio as well. liam, let's start on the oil . the energy start on the oil. the energy plan . rishi saying starmer's an plan. rishi saying starmer's an eco zealot promising to save british households. five, ten, £15,000 a year. it didn't go into any detail, but nevertheless a clear wedge issue

. british energy sovereignty going for more licences and more or less saying that starmer is the political equivalent of just stop oil . just reacting to what stop oil. just reacting to what catherine said, she's right. >> of course, we've grown on average by 1.2. the economy since 2010, which is pretty anaemic growth as she rightly said, and the tories are running out of time. interestingly, though , the deputy governor of though, the deputy governor of the bank of england today said that interest rates might start falling from mid 2024, which is much earlier than the bank of england was suggesting last last week. but you're right, on this oil and gas issue, labour have said they won't issue any new oil and gas licences in the north sea. there are currently 300 odd licences operating , but 300 odd licences operating, but around half of them expire by 2030. we still get 75% of all our energy needs from the north sea. by the way, it's really, really serious. so what the reason it's a wedge issue , as

reason it's a wedge issue, as you rightly say, is because a lot of people in scotland want that new oil and gas licences and of course labour needs to win in scotland in order to enter downing street. you know, oil gas is easily scotland's oil and gas is easily scotland's biggest industry. aberdeen is easily the and gas capital easily the oil and gas capital of europe . so that is really of europe. so that is really going to play into the tories favour in scotland. and of course a lot of the trade union movement, particularly the gmb , movement, particularly the gmb, which is the third largest union, they really want these licences because thousands of their members work in the oil and gas industry and even the climate change committee itself, the government's in—house green watchdog says we're going to be using oil and gas for at least half energy needs by 2040. half our energy needs by 2040. so use our own oil and gas. do you if import lng, you know if you import lng, liquefied natural gas from the us and use that rather than using north sea gas? it's six times more carbon emissions using us to compress it and ship it. so you know, let me use a technical term, right, as an ofcom regulated economics expert to not use your own oil and gas

is nuts . yeah, itjust is nuts. is nuts. yeah, it just is nuts. it doesn't make any sense at all because we need oil and gas at least until 2050, according to the climate change commission. >> and liam hints quickly of a brexit bonus. the world's fastest growing economic bloc, the cptpp . the cptpp. >> yeah, if i'm if i'm going to be limited, i've got no time. i should just mention the leasehold bill. a lot of young people will be happy about that . people will be happy about that. leaseholds will be extended. 999 years. the standard which will help people. it's a pretty feudal system. they're banned on new builds . the renters reform new builds. the renters reform bill is going to be put fonnard , bill is going to be put fonnard, but the implementation will be delayed . those no fault delayed. those no fault evictions until the courts can actually handle tenants and landlords rights. there's massive , massive backlogs and as massive, massive backlogs and as you say, the cptpp, the comprehensive, massive partnership on on trade. it's an 11 nation bloc which the uk is joining. it couldn't do that under the eu membership, of course, because we can't cut our

own trade deals now. we can a lot of people have said, oh, who cares about the cptpp, tpp? well, it's all the pacific rim countries, which are where all the growth is going fonnards. a little statistic for you. if you get nations, the 11 get the cptpp nations, the 11 and add the uk, that's 16% and you add the uk, that's 16% of global economy , it'll be of the global economy, it'll be 25% by 2020. >> we have to leave it there. we're going to come back to you in the next hour. i'm sorry. >> we're in the middle of saying we have to go. it in the time anyway. >> we've got to go to a break. don't go anywhere. lots more reaction analysis as what reaction and analysis as what was included in the king's speech. morton daubney gb speech. i'm morton daubney on gb news.

welcome to the patrick christys show with me martin daubney loads coming up in the next two hours, including the king's speech came out today . does it speech came out today. does it get the royal seal of approval or was it a right royal load of hot air? next, rishi promising to clamp down on crime. life means life grooming, gangs at last, getting the attention it deserves. but trouble is, do we believe him? next up, of course, the great unwashed took some time out from glueing themselves to pavements and they turned up protest , voting against not my protest, voting against not my king. we'll have all the latest on that. and finally, as we go towards armistice day and the protests still look like they're going ahead as it emerges. half of the organisers back hamas. we're asking, is it time to ban

them . and of course, this is them. and of course, this is your show. please get in touch with all of your views and comments . vaiews@gbnews.com. comments. vaiews@gbnews.com. get them to me. i'll read out the best ones. but first, here's your news update with polly middlehurst . martin. middlehurst. martin. >> thank you and good afternoon to you. well, the top story today is following the king's speech in parliament today . speech in parliament today. >> mps have been debating what's been said in the commons and the labour leader, sir keir starmer, said the only fight left in the government was the fight for their own skin. in reaction that comes as king charles outlined the prime minister's legislative agenda included agenda earlier on. it included bills tougher sentences for bills on tougher sentences for murderers and a ban on leaseholds for new houses in england and wales. but sir keir starmer said the conservatives were severing britain's future and that the change the country

needed was from tory decline to labour renewal . labour renewal. >> today was a missed opportunity . we needed a king's opportunity. we needed a king's speech that would draw a line under 13 years of tory decline in a king's speech for national renewal and a serious plan for growth. but instead we have a party so devoid of leadership it is happy to follow a home secretary who describes homelessness as a lifestyle choice. but the prime minister has been hitting back, saying the king's speech will change the king's speech will change the country for the better. >> this king's speech is about what this government is about taking long term decisions to build a brighter future for our country . country. >> it builds on foundations that were far stronger than they were just a year ago. inflation falling and on track to be halved . halved. >> in other news, wales's first minister says whatsapp messages

between welsh government officials relating to the pandemic may have been deleted. mark drafod was answering questions after messages on the platform between ministers at westminster emerged at the covid inquiry. there's been some controversy in scotland as the former first minister there, nicola sturgeon's message data had also been deleted. mr drakeford admits a deletion may have taken place, but said he never deleted any himself, as he does not use the messaging app international news and the government is due to hold an emergency. cobra meeting very soon to discuss the impact of the israel—hamas conflict on the united kingdom . today marks a united kingdom. today marks a month since the hamas terror attack in israel on october the 7th, hundreds of people gathered outside downing street in london and joined major cities across the world, hosting a memorial vigil for those who lost their lives in the conflict. it and

israel's defence forces, meanwhile, have released footage of the destruction of a tunnel in gaza, which they say was a hamas structure. it says its forces have surrounded gaza city , now home to a third of the enclave's 2.3 million people. meanwhile video has been released of palestinians holding white flags walking south in gaza city, the israeli military has said it's allowed them safe passage to go on somewhere else . passage to go on somewhere else. now, captain sir tom moore's daughter has lost an appeal against the demolition of an unauthorised spar at her home. hannah ingram—moore and her husband had appealed against the demolition order by central bedfordshire council . they used bedfordshire council. they used the captain tom foundation name on the first proposal, all but revised plans were then turned down. the organisation, which was founded in june 2020, in honour of sir tom, is currently being investigated by the charity commission . grocery charity commission. grocery

price inflation has fallen to single digits for the first time in 16 months. mark research group kantar says it's the eighth consecutive decline since the figure peaked in march. however, customers are only seeing year on year price falls in a number of categories, including butter, pasta and milk and uk house prices rose for the first time in six months. in october, marking the first monthly increase since march , monthly increase since march, according to the halifax , the according to the halifax, the average house price jumped by around £3,000 month on month, the mortgage lender saying pnces the mortgage lender saying prices rose by 1.1% on average, compared to a fall of 0.3% in september. for the typical uk home was valued at almost £282,000 in october. that's up by £3,000 on the previous month . by £3,000 on the previous month. now a breakthrough drug is being offered to thousands of women in england to reduce their risk of developing breast cancer. the nhs says around 300,000 postmen

pausal women in england who are at moderate or high risk will be offered. the drug anastrozole trials of the drug have shown it reduces breast cancer cases by 49% over 11 years. among eligible women. that's the news. 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. this is britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> thank you, polly. so to our >> thank you, polly. soto our top story this hour, the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, keir starmer, have clashed over what was revealed in the king's speech earlier today. king charles set out the government's plans for the coming year, which included higher jail terms for serious offenders and a plan to stop children from smoking. when debating rishi sunak debating the speech, rishi sunak told the commons that his government was about taking long term decisions to build a brighter future for this country. but the labour leader,

sir keir starmer, accused the prime minister of putting party first, the country's second, in the plans he set out in the speech. the plans he set out in the speech . well, joining us now is speech. well, joining us now is our political editor, christopher hope . christopher, christopher hope. christopher, high drama , the throwing mud at high drama, the throwing mud at each other, as you'd imagine . each other, as you'd imagine. starmer saying britain is ready for change and rishi warning the labour government means higher inflation, more debt, more strikes , higher immigration and strikes, higher immigration and closer ties to the eu. what were your takeaways from today's events ? events? >> that's right. we're back to politics as usual to a degree, aren't we? i think, martin, i mean, there was calls there for the pm rishi sunak to fire suella braverman. of course , the suella braverman. of course, the remarks over the weekend when she said that having a tent if you're homeless was a lifestyle choice. certainly wound up the left. probably what suella braverman was not unhappy do braverman was not unhappy to do because she because of course she she retweeted article saying she retweeted an article saying she might doing that the might be doing that in the king's about king's speech nothing about that. areas, though, that. there are areas, though, about tackling anti—social social behaviour, allowing

police to move on, people who are aggressive are homeless stop aggressive begging. far it begging. that's as far as it goesin begging. that's as far as it goes in of there. but goes in terms of there. but i think overall , goes in terms of there. but i think overall, all this is 21 bills. a quarter of bills. we're seeing a quarter of them. saying the criminal them. of saying on the criminal justice space. that's interesting. i think the government has got a good story to tell about cutting crime to its level . i think. its lowest level. i think. i think, you know, the areas there, the criminal justice bill, to tackle bill, new powers to tackle a complex economic crime grasp the nettle on short sentences, no more people being jailed for less than 12 months. now, that's an area which successive labour and tory administrations have not gone there. they are trying to do this and to the credit that the government, they are trying to tackle these big issues, looking beyond issues, looking almost beyond the take on these the election and take on these areas which other other governments to governments have, have failed to do. want to bring all do. they do want to bring all these 21 bills onto the statute book before next election . i book before the next election. i think what we are seeing here is a clear indication that he's going go quite long. the pm, going to go quite long. the pm, mr sunak into late next year, maybe as late as january 2025, before having this general

election. he's trying to put as much distance as he wants as he can do. martin between the chaos of the truss administration 14 months ago and when he goes to the country. so i wonder whether you are seeing the first indication that we could be facing january 20, 25 general facing a january 20, 25 general election. yeah you probably expect them to delay. >> i mean, what kind of turkey would vote for christmas at the moment? but on the particular issue of crime , this will issue of crime, this will resonate, of course, with a lot of gb news viewers . tough on of gb news viewers. tough on crime. life means life . but then crime. life means life. but then starmer, quick to point out that actually, you know, the tory government there has lots government there has seen lots of early of violent of early release of violent criminals. in fact, chris, we saw four jihadists. that's criminals. in fact, chris, we saw fourjihadists. that's right saw four jihadists. that's right . released last week. do . quietly released last week. do you think this will wash with the electorate or is it just red meat to throw out and hope they buy it? >> yeah, i think the government is saying they they're trying to deal with it with a booming jail population, the jails were full a couple of weeks ago. if you remember. so they're looking, aren't with a sentencing

aren't they, with a sentencing bill. trying make bill. they're trying to make sure life for sure that life means life for the serious offenders. the the most serious offenders. the most murderers , most serious rapists, murderers, terrorists, particularly terrorists, and particularly when there's measures of sadism or sexual abuse involved, when they can actually say, well, you can't come out even half to half your term is served. there's a victims and prisoners, bill, of course, allowing ministers to be tougher on early release on parole. big problem there because ministers often get blamed when you have criminals that released too that are being released too early . there's a bill called the early. there's a bill called the terrorism protection and premises bill, the martyn's law, to try to make sure that big venues can protect people if there's a terrorist attack after those manchester arena attacks in 2017. i think there's a government here trying to do the right thing. maybe i mean, you heard the new keir starmer talking about the lack of giving up on public service. he says sticking plasters, more division . davie liberal democrat leader saying it's tired government saying it's a tired government run out of ideas. but this is a two part play for me. you've seen today that look nothing of

surprise in today's legislation plan. they're looking into late next year. that's a long period of more of the of rishi sunak prime minister. the second part of that play is going to be the autumn statement in two weeks time. will there be any space over tax cuts? what is the red meat he might try. try and throw to gb news viewers. can learn about who vote the next about who to vote for the next election. i think that's what we're one, we're seeing today is part one, but part could be quite but part two could be quite meaty indeed . meaty indeed. >> was quick to go >> and starmer was quick to go on the attack there. 25 straight tax rises, he pointed out, under starmer, under beg your starmer, under rishi, beg your pardon. christopher , another pardon. but christopher, another thing out was brexit. thing that came out was brexit. rishi playing hard on that, saying government is saying a starmer government is closer ties to the european union. he talks about the spectre of an additional 100,000 immigrants per year. of course , immigrants per year. of course, under that eu returns deal . so under that eu returns deal. so do you think brexit will still resonate out on the doorsteps in the next general election, or is this kind of put to bed ? this kind of put to bed? >> what they were doing with

brexit is quite interesting. they're using that expression take back control, but applying that to everyday public services, they're applying the language of that vote in 2016. martin and applying it to giving people more control over their local planning laws or other areas. and that's why i think there's almost a redefining of what the vote was about. what the brexit vote was about. but they are they trying to but they are they are trying to do are trying to give this do they are trying to give this deliver this brexit dividend. the government there's a there's the and the trade comprehensive and progressive agreement for the trans partnership, progressive agreement for the transterm partnership, progressive agreement for the transterm that's:nership, progressive agreement for the transterm that's an'ship, progressive agreement for the transterm that's an act), progressive agreement for the transterm that's an act that long term that's an act that will allow the uk to get access to new markets in canada, japan, peru , malaysia and brunei and peru, malaysia and brunei and allow asia pacific countries to bid more work in in the uk. bid for more work in in the uk. and this idea of being a global country and also there's a ban on live animal exports. another issue which you feel you couldn't the european couldn't do within the european union . future, animals union. in future, all animals will be slaughtered in the uk and not and not many. only a few thousand of these live animal exports. but that stop as exports. but that will stop as as things stand under these measures. so there is an attempt

here by mr sunak to try and find the benefits from brexit because many people who voted for brexit back 2016 do feel this back in 2016 do feel this government has to grasp government has failed to grasp his opportunities. government has failed to grasp his okay tunities. government has failed to grasp his okay ,jnities. government has failed to grasp his okay , chriss. government has failed to grasp his okay , chris hope, live from >> okay, chris hope, live from westminster, very much westminster, thank you very much for now, of course, for that update. now, of course, the large part of the economy was a large part of the economy was a large part of the speech covering the king's speech covering securing britain's economic future, security future, ensuring energy security and bringing down inflation. i'm joined again in the studio now by gb news business and economics halligan . economics editor liam halligan. and liam, we touched upon energy security and the trade deal with the tpp before the break. what else caught your eye today? >> well, to just finish off on the cp tpp. this is a big comprehensive trade deal with 11 countries around what we call the pacific rim , the asia, the the pacific rim, the asia, the sort of citadel of future global growth where all the population growth, a big chunk of it is going to be in the future. and when we can only sign these trade deals because we're outside the european union, of course, inside the european union, brussels negotiates our trade deals . and when you've got

trade deals. and when you've got 27 countries, there's no way they're going to sign a trade deal with a complex organisation like the tpp. too many competing interests, but kemi badenoch , interests, but kemi badenoch, our trade secretary, pulled it off. she's been derided, saying it's not important, but it is important, i would say. and to just let me just finish telling gb news viewers and listeners about the size of the tpp area, the cptpp , 11 nations they the cptpp, 11 nations they currently account for . if you currently account for. if you add the uk to them now 16% of the world economy of global gdp , the world economy of global gdp, which is the same as the european union, the 27 countries in the european union . so we're in the european union. so we're now part of a bloc the size of the european union . and having the european union. and having said that, the european union, by 2050, according to the world bank, they'll go from 16% of global gdp to just 10% of global gdp because europe isn't growing very fast at it's the slowest growing continent in the world apart from antarctic. and but the cp, tpp, 11 nations plus the

uk, we're going to go from 16% of global gdp to 25% of global gdp. so a 15 percentage point . gdp. so a 15 percentage point. >> but i read in the guardian , >> but i read in the guardian, liam, that this deal was piffling . it was tiny. we were piffling. it was tiny. we were cutting off our own noses by not doing a deal with the eu. and this one in comparison is small been >> well, we have done a deal with the eu. we have a tariff free, quota free deal with the eu, is a pretty amazing eu, which is a pretty amazing deal eu, which is a pretty amazing deal. it's there are some frictions in it, but that's why our exports to the eu are higher now than they were when we were in the eu. and a lot of people that voted remain don't want to hear that. but it's axiomatically true for the office of budget responsibility has admitted it in some fine print in the last couple of days, but they're still predicting that there's going to be a massive fall off in trade because we're members of the european union over the next 10 to years. i don't quite know to 15 years. i don't quite know how they're going to work that one so it strikes me that

one out. so it strikes me that even we're outside the even though we're outside the european uk trade is european union, uk trade is doing pretty well and the prime minister wanted to stress that because of course we need an act of parliament join the cptpp. of to parliament join the cptpp. that's part of the that's why it's part of the queen's, king's speech. so queen's, the king's speech. so easy to get that wrong, isn't it? and just on real estate, the property market at leasehold reform , that's really, really reform, that's really, really important. you're not going to be allowed to do a new build and put a leasehold on it. it has to be freehold. that's absolutely fantastic news. i've personally been campaigning on that for many, many years . you've had many, many years. you've had a lot of people buying new builds. they have these doubling things on so your ground rent doubles every five years until your house becomes worthless because the is more the the ground rent is more than the mortgage completely useless . so mortgage completely useless. so i'm glad that's been done. and also, you your lease also, when you renew your lease rather than another 100 rather than getting another 100 years or something, you're now going to get a standard. another 999 years. that's good news. so that means your leasehold effectively becomes a freehold.

so two things there. i do think the oil and gas thing is the headune the oil and gas thing is the headline economically. the fact that the government is going to have an annual round of new oil and gas licences in the north sea.the and gas licences in the north sea. the north sea is still incredibly important to i incredibly important to us. i don't think can just end don't think you can just end north sea oil and gas there are 300 licences operational . half 300 licences operational. half of expire by 2030. we still of them expire by 2030. we still get martin, 75% of our energy from oil and gas in this country. and we get huge shares of our oil and gas from the north sea . north sea. >> storm was very quick to point out, though, this doesn't mean a penny off of british bills, whereas as rishi was claiming, this new deal will save us up to 15 grand a year. where's the truth? >> well, the truth is, it depends, doesn't it? you can expect an economist to say if you have your own home—grown oil and gas , you know you're not as and gas, you know you're not as exposed to the mercy of global markets as you othennise would be in a very tight sort of geopolitical situation in. and i think also it's worth saying so

you would think that in the end , you would think that in the end, oil and gas from the north sea is likely. i mean, there are global markets for these things, but if you've own oil but if you've got your own oil and when the russians and gas, when the russians aren't pumping gas and opec aren't pumping gas and the opec exporters cartel is limiting oil suppues exporters cartel is limiting oil supplies could turn supplies and it could turn really nasty, see what really nasty, let's see what happens middle happens in the middle east between and hamas. it between israel and hamas. it does make sense economically to use your own home—grown oil and gas, and it absolutely makes sense from a carbon emissions point of view . and if we import point of view. and if we import gas , liquefied natural gas from gas, liquefied natural gas from the us and put it in a diesel fuelled tanker that crosses the 3000 odd miles across the atlantic compared to taking gas out of the north sea, that gas from the north sea compared to the liquefied natural gas from america . the lng from america america. the lng from america has six times the carbon emissions of the home—grown gas , emissions of the home—grown gas, but using the lng from america means we can tell ourselves , oh, means we can tell ourselves, oh, we're not pumping oil and gas. but actually in terms of the environment, it's much better to use north sea gas rather than

importing gas 3000 miles away. >> and we import. liam 19.6 billion quid's worth of gas every year. on what planet is it a good idea to import it when we could make our own? >> well, we are we are a net oil and gas importer. we have been for a number of years a lot of our imported gas comes from nonnay, which is lot less nonnay, which is a lot less carbon. it's the same field . carbon. it's the same field. it's well, there's similar fields. it's part of the north sea, but it comes through the langland pipeline. comes into langland pipeline. it comes into the it's the longest the north—east. it's the longest undersea pipeline the undersea gas pipeline in the world that doesn't take any carbon because, of course, you're pumping the gas. it's when you convert the gas into liquid and cross the atlantic . liquid and cross the atlantic. that's what is really carbon intensive . and since the war intensive. and since the war between russia and ukraine, we've been importing huge amounts of gas from the us and indeed on ships. indeed from qatar on ships. that's what's really carbon intensive . and if you are an intensive. and if you are an environmentalist and i've got a lot of sympathy with their cause , just understand it's much less carbon intensive to use our own gas than to import it on ships

from around the world. >> liam halligan excellent as even >> liam halligan excellent as ever. thank you. great analysis. well, not everyone in westminster was enjoying the p°mp westminster was enjoying the pomp and pageantry as king charles opened parliament. anti—monarchy group republic have been demonstrating today. gb news london reporter lisa hartle was in westminster to tell us more. >> there are about 300 protesters from the campaign group republic earlier all around here on the corner of parliament square. and that was as the king and the royal procession came down past us, they had banners saying not my king and placards, and they were chanting things like down with the crown and not my king. now, this group is calling for what they say is to get rid of the monarchy. and they want everybody that's in the parliamentary system within the system in this country to all be elected. i spoke to the ceo, graham smith of the organisation this morning, and this is what he had to say . he had to say. >> well, the big difference we would make is shifting power

from government to parliament and from parliament to people. so, the country would so, you know, the country would be more democratic. everybody in the elected be more democratic. everybody in the representative elected be more democratic. everybody in the representative and elected and representative and accountable, and would have accountable, and we would have a head of state who could represent us, who is of us represent us, who is one of us and by us and accountable and chosen by us and accountable to us. just makes our to us. and that just makes our democracy better and it makes decision it decision making better and it shifts the hands shifts more power into the hands of voter. of the voter. >> so this organisation has been going they're also going for 40 years. they're also calling the to scrap the calling for the to scrap the house of lords as well . they say house of lords as well. they say they want everybody that's in they want everybody that's in the system to be elected , so the system to be elected, so that means you wouldn't have any. >> people have got jobs, no doubt they'll be glued themselves to pavements tomorrow where watching and where you're watching and listening up listening to gb news. coming up in moment, we'll be in just a moment, we'll be discussing the prime minister's crime crackdown with the former met detective. i'm martin crime crackdown with the former met onietective. i'm martin crime crackdown with the former met on gb ctive. i'm martin crime crackdown with the former met on gb newsi'm martin crime crackdown with the former met on gb news standingn crime crackdown with the former met on gb news standing in daubney on gb news standing in for patrick christys. and this is britain's news

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be forced to face their victims families in the dock. are those like jordan mcsweeney and thomas cashman can also expect to serve their day of sentencing . well, their day of sentencing. well, i'm joined now by former metropolitan police detective peter bleksley . my favourite peter bleksley. my favourite common sense copper. it's always a pleasure to have you on, gb news peter. so you've probably heard this many, many times before over the years, haven't you? prime ministers , you? prime ministers, politicians talking tough on crime . do you believe rishi will crime. do you believe rishi will actually do it? >> well, course the tory >> well, of course the tory party built their reputation over many decades of being the party of law and order. and back when margaret thatcher was prime minister, that was a claim. i think that they could actually hang on to and say, yes, we are that mantle has slipped a lot in recent years , but i'm pleased to recent years, but i'm pleased to hear today that there will be another look at this whole life orders and who will be eligible for them. and we hear that it's

to going be murderers with a particular sadistic element to the killing or a sexual element. well that, of course, would mean the mcsween dodi, who unbelievably had his sentence cut this week , which would cut this week, which would probably have got a full life term. so that has to be welcomed together with people like colin pitchfork, a name that's been in the news recently . he raped and the news recently. he raped and murdered two teenage girls in separate incidents , and he has separate incidents, and he has beenin separate incidents, and he has been in front of the parole board. i'm sure that if this legislation finds its way onto the statute book, then killers like pitchfork will serve a whole life term . and i'd be very whole life term. and i'd be very supportive of that . supportive of that. >> and peter plans as well, promises to clamp down on grooming gangs. promises to clamp down on grooming gangs . and a lot of grooming gangs. and a lot of people watching this show will think that is long, long overdue i >> -- >> it most certainly is. and there's an awful lot of senior police officers who need to hang their heads in shame because they were too scared to confront

they were too scared to confront the uncomfortable truth. they were too timid and frightened to be accused of racism because they would not go into particular communities that had a penchant for this revolting disorder busting behaviour whereby they plied young girls with drink drugs, groomed them, raped them sexually abused them for years and got away with it for years and got away with it for years, sometimes forever even for years, sometimes forever ever. so beefing up the legislation option, having a political will that will put a size 11 up the rear end of any senior police officer who can't be courageous enough to confront the uncomfortable truth. has to be a good thing. >> but doesn't that bring us to another problem that we face in policing, or at least in the college of policing? peter we talk about this often, and that is it's talk tough. it's is it's okay to talk tough. it's okay to say let's put a boot through door or worse. the through a door or worse. but the fact the matter is it seems fact of the matter is it seems that the policing establishment has consumed wokery

has been consumed by wokery the kind in fact, that kind of wokery, in fact, that means that cops and lawmakers are too afraid to be called racist to actually do any of this stuff . and they're not this stuff. and they're not actually putting it down on the beat. whose fault is that ? is it beat. whose fault is that? is it the or is it or is it the bobbies or is it or is it the bobbies or is it or is it the orders coming down to them from the top brass ? from the top brass? >> martin, the carpenter >> well, martin, the carpenter daubney has just hit the nail firmly on the head. there is a liberal woke kind of pseudo intellect attitude that pollutes so much of senior policing . and so much of senior policing. and that, of course, filters down because any other cop who aspires to be senior in policing has to buy in to the whole mantra, to the whole mindset . mantra, to the whole mindset. and of course, the senior police officers are so disconnected from the frontline, from the rough and tumble of response policing and other frontline specialisms that they live quite cloud quite clearly in cloud cuckoo land, and that is that the public are not daft. the

pubuc the public are not daft. the public know this , they realise public know this, they realise it and they want policing to be robust, to be professional, to be firm, and so that we try and stem this ever increasing tide of lawlessness , which is just of lawlessness, which is just irritating so many people and creating so many victims of crime . crime. >> and peter, as i have you here, of course, all eyes now on armistice day, the planned protest, the palestinian mob turning up on saturday. astonishing scenes last night. the metropolitan police asking them to reconsider , asking them them to reconsider, asking them nicely to postpone . if you were nicely to postpone. if you were in control, what would you do this saturday? >> kindly bear with me because i may give you an answer that might surprise you somewhat, sir. mark rowley could not have handled this any worse. i actually would have allowed the march to take place as unsafe as that may seem, it is scheduled to start after the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month.

it's not going anywhere near whitehall , the cenotaph, whitehall, the cenotaph, parliament square . and i would parliament square. and i would rather have a mob where i knew they were going to be where i could. police them properly. if this march does get suspended, postponed by, and whatever it may be, we quite potentially would be confronted in london with mobs of people and the police having no idea whatsoever where they're going to go. rowley has managed to cheese everybody off here. he's cheesed off the far right who have had a notorious leader call people to arms on saturday with is cheesed off the protesters and quite frankly, this is a dreadful situation . now, if he goes to situation. now, if he goes to the home secretary and asks her to ban this march, then i have got serious concerns. as to what might happen in london on saturday. >> okay, peter bleksley, thank you once again for speaking common sense. if we have people like you in control, mate, we

might have more than half a fighting chance. okay, you're watching and listening to gb news. more come before news. lots more to come before 5:00, including vigil mark 5:00, including a vigil to mark a since hamas terror a month since the hamas terror attack on israel has been held outside have outside downing street. we have an update on the conflict live from tel aviv mark white. from tel aviv with mark white. but first, here's your news headunes but first, here's your news headlines polly middlehurst headlines with polly middlehurst i >> martin, thanks very much indeed. well, let's bring you up to date with events in the commons today. and i can tell you mps have been debating the king's speech today , say amid king's speech today, say amid great pomp and ceremony that beganin great pomp and ceremony that began in the house of commons. then of course it was as the first king's speech in 70 years. the king outlining the government's plans for the year ahead, including tougher sentencing for the country's most serious offenders and a ban on leaseholds for new houses in england and wales. his majesty also set out legislation to mandate annual oil and gas

licencing in the north sea, stating that new fossil fuel sites will support the country's transition to net zero. well, the government is due to hold an emergency. cobra meeting today that's going to be charged , that's going to be charged, chaired rather, by the deputy prime minister oliver dowden. they'll discussing the impact they'll be discussing the impact of the israel—hamas conflict on the uk today , of course, marking the uk today, of course, marking a month since the october the 7th hamas terror attack on israel and hundreds of people have been gathering outside downing street today as london joined major cities around the world, all holding a memorial vigil for those who've lost their lives in the conflict . and their lives in the conflict. and israel's military has released footage of the destruction of a tunnel in gaza, which they say was a hamas structure. it says its forces have now surrounded gaza city, home to a third of the enclave's 2.3 million people. meanwhile video has been released as well of palestine holding up white flags walking south in gaza city . the israeli south in gaza city. the israeli military saying it's allowed

them passage to move to safety . them passage to move to safety. more on all those stories by heading to our website, gbnews.com . gbnews.com. >> and thanks for that update, polly . welcome back. you're polly. welcome back. you're watching and listening to martin daubney on gb news filling in for patrick christys bringing you all of the latest news debate analysis. right. and debate and analysis. right. and through £0.06 pm. now through till £0.06 pm. now israel says it's open to a pause in gaza fighting to allow for humanitarian aid. benjamin netanyahu says israel will consider tactical little pauses to let aid in and allow for the exit of hostages. but the israeli leader reiterated his country's rejection of a ceasefire without the release of all people being held captive and hinted at in—depth unit control of gaza . control of gaza. >> i think israel for will, an

indefinite period , will have the indefinite period, will have the overall security responsibility because we've seen what happens when we don't have it, when we don't have that security responsibility. what we have is the eruption of hamas terror on a scale that we couldn't imagine i >> well, gb news security adviser mark white is in tel aviv and joins us now live. so, mark, some good news there in terms of some brief humanitarian pauses , but netanyahu adamant pauses, but netanyahu adamant that if this were to go through , that if this were to go through, he wants to take control of palestine of gaza . palestine of gaza. >> yes . which i think will be of >> yes. which i think will be of concern even to those who are determined to try to stop israel reoccupying gaza. but that seems to be the upshot of what benjamin netanyahu was suggesting there, that they would have overall control of the security in gaza going fonnard, at least for the medium term, and perhaps into the long

term, and perhaps into the long term, depending on what they can do to try to sort the governance of gaza out . do to try to sort the governance of gaza out. but it's do to try to sort the governance of gaza out . but it's likely of gaza out. but it's likely that in trying to control all the security in gaza, it will be a very difficult operation going fonnard because there will whatever are the avowed aim of israel , is there will still be israel, is there will still be at the end of this some remnants of hamas left in gaza. there will be among some of the population radical ization through what they've gone through what they've gone through in recent weeks . and so through in recent weeks. and so they will effectively be fighting a low level insurgency while trying to control gaza. it is a very difficult operation, i think, for the israelis going fonnard. but i think they probably view it as the lesser of two evil, not not to be in gaza and controlling the security situation in means that effectively whatever is left of hamas at the end of this would be allowed to regroup and rearm

and try to attack israel again. and that's why benjamin netanyahu is insistent that you know, there will be control of the situation in gaza once this war is at an end . war is at an end. >> and, mark, we've seen some very moving tributes from within israel , all to very moving tributes from within israel, all to mark very moving tributes from within israel , all to mark the fact israel, all to mark the fact it's one month on since hamas terrorists invaded israel and conducted their atrocities . we conducted their atrocities. we also saw similar scenes at downing street. what's the mood amongst the israeli public on this? this is important anniversary of one month on since that invasion . i well, since that invasion. i well, certainly at the outbreak of this war, when the events were very raw indeed. >> i mean, they still are raw, of course they are, but even more so now. a few weeks ago, there was ovennhelming support for the israeli military to go in and take out hamas. however, the hostage situation

complicated matters and a recent poll that was carried out suggested that as many as half the israeli population would have preferred a pause. but we are where we are. the military has gone in. they are determined to apply pressure on hamas. that's the way they see as ultimately securing the release of those hostages is so they're pushing fonnard. they have encircled gaza city and at some point in earnest, they will push in in that operation to take on the hamas in its stronghold . i the hamas in its stronghold. i should say, though, when the people of israel were pausing at 11:00 this morning to remember the horrific events of the 7th of october, then true to form, hamas lobbed more rockets over into southern israel right at 11:00. clearly timed just to coincide with that minute's silence . silence. >> and mark, we've just heard from rishi sunak in parliament,

reflecting after the king's speech and he announced that the pubuc speech and he announced that the public the fantastic news that over 100 british nationals have now got out of gaza via the rafah crossing. so, alas, some some fantastic news for british citizens . citizens. >> it is. but we've got to temper that with the knowledge that around 100 at least british national are still trapped in gaza. national are still trapped in gaza . and it's a very precarious gaza. and it's a very precarious situation down on the border with egypt, with that rafah crossing being closed for quite a bit of the weekend because the israeli is and the egyptians were very concerned about hamas using these ambulance convoys, taking severely injured citizens to egypt to treat them , was to egypt to treat them, was being commandeered, effective by hamas to put its fighters across into egypt. so that led to the closure of the crossing. again and we know that there was about

100 or so just under who were on a list to go over the weekend and who didn't make it through that day. so they've obviously been rescheduled for other days. it's hoped that if they can keep the crossing open, that in the days ahead , they will be able to days ahead, they will be able to get the remainder of those british and thousands british nationals and thousands of other foreign nationals that are in gaza out as well. and all of the while, the aid trucks are coming in not to the degree that the aid agencies would want them to. it's averaging , we're told, to. it's averaging, we're told, about 33 a day at the moment, which is way below the 500 a day when there wasn't a war raging . when there wasn't a war raging. >> okay. mark white, live from tel aviv on the one month anniversary of the hamas invasion of israel. thanks for joining us. now, coming up, 78 year old jim henderson , an army year old jim henderson, an army veteran in the royal corps of signals, was reportedly pushed and punched as he tried to pack up the poppy scotland stall .

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story that has really left many, many people feeling ashamed of how britain is becoming. can you bnng how britain is becoming. can you bring us up to date on the events? and if we found out has anybody been apprehended for this yet ? this yet? >> hey, good afternoon. well certainly i'm just going to answer your last question first, because that was the first thing that that came to my mind this morning. and indeed, we've reached out to british transport police to find out as the investigation undergoing , is investigation undergoing, is anybody even suspect? are they working perhaps with national rail? of course, this incident took place at waverley station just over to my side here on saturday afternoon. it was around 3:30. and jim henderson had been selling poppies there . had been selling poppies there. quite a few people online, actually saying that they'd bought poppies from him only a couple of days before, you know, nice guy minding his own business seems to be the general consensus of people who have been speaking to and then, of course, as one of eight protests

that were happening around scotland that day, protesters piled in. and as he tried to make his exit, as you say, he was pushed backwards. he split his toe when someone stood in his toe when someone stood in his foot and he was punched, not once, but twice. not exactly the way to treat a veteran . way to treat a veteran. >> yeah, and here's a veteran who served in northern ireland, served his country. and by the way, thank you for your service, mr henderson. but seriously , mr henderson. but seriously, this happened in a place where presumably, if you use the wrong pronoun, if you said the wrong thing, the cctv image must be of the highest quality. in fact , the highest quality. in fact, tony, it's made the front page of the daily mail today. the individuals , the perpetrators individuals, the perpetrators are easy to identify . why, are easy to identify. why, surely, and this is precise , the surely, and this is precise, the kind of hate crime that humza yousaf should be clamping down on. after all, he's obsessed with hate crimes. so long as the right sort of hate crimes, we must surely see some swift . action >> indeed. certainly humza

yousaf from from his is speaking to the press in the last week or you know, he seems to be in favour of peaceful protesting . favour of peaceful protesting. obviously he has very close connections with some gazans as well as obviously the saga with his wife's family having just got out of there via the rafah crossing. but yet , you know, i crossing. but yet, you know, i think that a lot of people will be saying, wait, there's a line we need to respect the peaceful protest and actually poppyscotland will they released a statement and they said something exactly the same effect. they said that, you know, while they respect the rights of people to protest within the law, the safety and welfare , welfare of their welfare, welfare of their volunteers is of paramount importance . and of course, then importance. and of course, then they go into the details of that alleged assault on saturday. but they did add that our volunteer, jim, he's safe and well and we thank those who took the time to look after him because, of course, three staff members at

waverley station will. they were there on hand. and to be honest, martin, that was the thing that struck me was of the hundreds of protesters, there were it was three railway staff at national rail at waverley station that actually helped him get out of that rather scary sounding situation . situation. >> well, thank you to those rail workers and thank you to everybody. checked on mr henderson , the very best of henderson, the very best of british, a veteran selling poppies to raise money for the royal british legion as patrick christys indeed has done to be shoved around like that. and he said , i've never seen anything said, i've never seen anything like it. they blame the british government the british people and the jews. this is disgusting . surely these people must be apprehended and brought to justice because this is the kind of thing that really divides our society . thank you, tony maguire society. thank you, tony maguire from joining us there from edinburgh station . moving on edinburgh station. moving on now, human rights body amnesty international has called for the government to prevent a ban on this saturday's pro—palestinian

march on armistice day . well, march on armistice day. well, this comes as the metropolitan police says the march is inappropriate and risks violence . it's been uncovered that one of the groups protesting is led by a former hamas chief, mounting pressure to cancel the event. oliver dowden , alongside event. oliver dowden, alongside other mps, will chair an emergency cobra meeting to assess the impact of the israel hamas conflict in the uk , hamas conflict in the uk, potentially banning the planned march. well i can now speak to the former head of counter—terrorism at the ministry of defence, chip chapman. hello to you, chip. always a pleasure. this is the march that's causing huge consternation . we're seeing the consternation. we're seeing the division it's causing there with the assault on a poppy seller, a former army veteran. my question to you is this with this fresh information emerging in the daily telegraph today, that half of the groups organising this march have links to hamas, including mohamed suella. he's a former hamas chief who was

granted right to remain in britain. does that give the powers necessary to ban this march ? march? >> no, i don't think so . >> no, i don't think so. ex—members and the 2014 government report into one of these members in the group that he's a member of said that there was no reason that they had anything to say. he was other than extreme . and of course, the than extreme. and of course, the definition of extremism is a very loose one. they tried in 2016 to have a commission for countering extremism and come up with a definition, and it floundered, as did, for example, the definition of islamophobia , the definition of islamophobia, which we should not go down the route of because we'd have backdoor blasphemy. now, of course, the thing about all these marches, one has to remember is that the public order act 1986 pertains and that is six days in advance. they have to give notice of the route , the time and what they're what they plan to do. the march on saturday is actually separated

in time and space from all the events of the weekend. so i'm not normally one of these people about the free speech wing of the free speech party. but the only event on on saturday is the two minute silence on the 11th houn two minute silence on the 11th hour, 11th day, 11th month. the march palestinian march is two hours later. so i'm not i'm against banning it for that reason. the main celebration is actually on sunday the 12th, the national service of remembrance at the cenotaph organised by the rbl, where the annual veterans march forming up on horseguards parade that is on the sunday. so they're separated in time and space. so unless there is evidence in the next few days through encrypted cloud based apps or social media chat rooms or things like that , that there or things like that, that there is going to be significant violence . s then i would at the violence. s then i would at the moment take the view that this should be allowed to go on with any caveats that the police may put upon it, which they can also do under further sections of the

pubuc do under further sections of the public order act 1986. well chip, that begs two responses. >> first of all, do we believe or trust the organisers to follow the route and follow the timings ? and even if the timings? and even if the organisers say that we can't control the entire mob and the legislation you mentioned there, the public order act gives power to cancel gatherings as if they have the potential to cause serious public disorder, serious criminal damage or serious disruption to the life of the community. well, we've seen a 650% rocket in anti—semitism in this past month. we saw 29 arrests at the weekend , arrests at the weekend, including for racially aggravated comments. we've seen assault on police officers. we saw death threats issued across the cenotaph. what more do we need ? need? >> well, i agree with all that . >> well, i agree with all that. but you can't link all those things to a march. so we know that at least five things always pertain when you have these massive events , such as going massive events, such as going going on in the middle east. we know that there's a rise in islamophobe phobia. we know there's a rise in anti—semitism.

we know there's a rise in counter—terrorism, internet, extremist referrals , you know, extremist referrals, you know, onune extremist referrals, you know, online content. we know that there is more people who are given credence into the channel program . that's the government's program. that's the government's prevent programme. and we know that there are people who are reported to terrorist command for extreme views which may lead to a link with what we call key information store records . that information store records. that is, those who have a file kept by m15 all those things are true at the same time. of course, there might be some disruption at the weekend, and that is what the met police yesterday were saying. they'd like people to look the route and turning look at the route and turning out. for that reason. i don't think at the moment the scale of that potential dissent is enough to cancel it . you know you know, to cancel it. you know you know, i don't want there to be any violence. i'd expect there to be a bit of violence, but not necessarily from the organisers. okay. >> thank you. chip chapman. we have to leave it there. you're

watching and listening to gb news. coming up, we'll have all the latest to the the latest reaction to the king's from king's speech, including from a shadow member. shadow cabinet member. i'm martin gb news and martin daubney on gb news and this is britain's news channel. hello again, i'm burkill hello again, i'm alex burkill with weather with your latest gb news weather update. >> whilst have been quite >> whilst there have been quite a showers around and a few showers around today and there come there will be more to come this week, first we have a spell of wet and windy weather that's going but going to arrive overnight, but that's coming from a frontal system currently waiting in system currently waiting out in the a brief the atlantic. we do have a brief ridge high pressure trying to ridge of high pressure trying to build across the uk and that is going ease and clear away going to ease and clear away some showers with clear some of the showers with clear skies time skies developing for a time dunng skies developing for a time during start the night. during the start of the night. that allow it to turn quite that will allow it to turn quite chilly. perhaps patches of chilly. perhaps some patches of mist it will mist and fog, but then it will turn cloudy, and windy as turn cloudy, wet and windy as this makes its way in this system makes its way in from that will then from the west. that will then lift temperatures so after an initially chilly start to the night, should be relatively night, it should be relatively mild when most people on mild when most people wake up on wednesday morning, but will mild when most people wake up on weaiesday morning, but will mild when most people wake up on wea wetay morning, but will mild when most people wake up on wea wet and orning, but will mild when most people wake up on wea wet and orning start will mild when most people wake up on wea wet and orning start foriill be a wet and windy start for many heavy rain, many of us. heavy rain, particularly for western parts of and north—west of scotland and north—west england. but that rain does sweep its way eastwards as we go

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by the afternoon . the afternoon. >> 5 pm. welcome to the patrick christys show with me martin dalby tonnes coming up in the next power hour . top of the show next power hour. top of the show the king's speech tough on crime ban on smoking ban on zombie knives and drilling for oil. doesit knives and drilling for oil. does it get the royal seal of approval or is it right old royal load of hot air? next up, all eyes, of course, are now on armistice day as as palestinian protesters plan to march in london with details emerging today. that's half of the groups organising these marches have links to hamas. organising these marches have links to hamas . we're asking, is links to hamas. we're asking, is it time to ban them next? of course, the poppy seller , jim course, the poppy seller, jim henderson, who was attacked by that same mob at edinburgh

station captured on cctv. yet still the perpetrators at large will have all the latest live from edinburgh. and finally , from edinburgh. and finally, some great news for italy as they plan an offshore offshore containment centre in albania to send the illegals straight offshore for processing. isn't that a great idea ? should we be that a great idea? should we be doing the same all of that and more to come . doing the same all of that and more to come. of course. doing the same all of that and more to come. of course . this is more to come. of course. this is your show. please get in touch. vaiews@gbnews.com. especially on armistice day. should we ban those protests and the disgrace of jim those protests and the disgrace ofjim henderson , the those protests and the disgrace of jim henderson , the army vet of jim henderson, the army vet shoved around the poppy seller by protesters. leszno what you think all of that get in touch. but first, here's your news headunes but first, here's your news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> martin thank you and good evening to you. well, our top

story from the gb newsroom is that the labour leader has criticised the first king's speech to parliament in 70 years by saying the only fight left in the government is the fight for their own skin . earlier, king their own skin. earlier, king charles outlined the prime minister's legislative agenda for the year ahead amid traditional pomp and ceremony. the speech included measures on tougher sentencing for murderers and a ban on leaseholds for new houses in england and wales. sir keir starmer said the conservatives were severing britain's future . britain's future. >> today was a missed opportunity. we needed a king's speech that would draw a line under 13 years of tory decline , under 13 years of tory decline, a king's speech for national renewal and a serious plan for growth , but instead we have growth, but instead we have a party so devoid of leadership it is happy to follow a home secretary who describes homelessness as a lifestyle choice .

choice. >> well, the prime minister hit back, saying measures announced in the king's speech will change the country for the better. >> this king's speech is about what this government is about taking long term decisions to build a brighter future for our country. it builds on foundations that were far stronger than they were just a year ago . inflation falling and year ago. inflation falling and on track to be halved and rishi sunak well away from the commons i >> wales's first minister says whatsapp messages between welsh government officials relating to the pandemic may have been deleted . mark drakeford was deleted. mark drakeford was answering questions after messages on the platform between ministers at westminster emerged at the covid inquiry. ministers at westminster emerged at the covid inquiry . there's at the covid inquiry. there's been controversy in scotland too, as the former first minister there, nicola sturgeon , minister there, nicola sturgeon, and her message data has also been deleted . mr drakeford been deleted. mr drakeford answered questions on the matter in the senate . in the senate. >> a fairer way of putting it is

the deletion may have taken place. i know in my case i've never had any deletion arrangements on the phone because i would have no idea how to make it happen. so. so but i don't use whatsapp either. so i think all i what i what i, what i don't want to say is that they were not some people working in the welsh government and working on covid who didn't have pre—existing arrangements, which continued after covid began . continued after covid began. >> when mark drakeford , now the >> when mark drakeford, now the government is due to hold an emergency cobra meeting to discuss the impact of the israel—hamas conflict on the uk . israel—hamas conflict on the uk. today marks a month since the october the 7th. hamas terror attack on israel and hundreds of people gathered outside downing street earlier as london joined major cities around the world, holds a memorial vigil for those who've died in the conflict . who've died in the conflict. meanwhile, israel's defence forces have released footage of the destruction of a tunnel in gaza, which they say was a hamas

struck air. it says its forces have now surrounded gaza city , have now surrounded gaza city, also saying they've hit hamas mortar shell launchers overnight, as well as attacking hamas targets from the sea. mean meanwhile video has been released of palestinian holding white flags walking south in gaza city. the israeli military saying they have allowed them to move to safety . here captain sir move to safety. here captain sir tom moore's daughter has lost her appeal against the demolition of a spa built without planning permission in the grounds of her home. hannah ingram—moore and her husband had appealed against the demolition order handed down by central bedfordshire council . all the bedfordshire council. all the captain, tom foundation name was on the first planning proposal with revised plans later turned down the organisation , which was down the organisation, which was founded in june 2020 to honour sir tom is currently being investigated by the charity commission uk house prices rose for the first time in six months

last month , marking the first last month, marking the first monthly increase since march, according to the halifax , the according to the halifax, the average house price jumped by around £3,000. the mortgage lenders saying prices rose by about 1% on average, compared to about 1% on average, compared to a fall of 0.3% in september. a typical uk home was valued at almost £282,000. now a breakthrough drug is being offered to thousands of women in england to reduce their risk of developing breast cancer. the nhs says around 300,000 postmenopausal women in england who are at moderate or high risk will be offered the drug. it's called anastrozole and trials have shown the drug reduces breast cancer by 49% over 11 years. among eligible women . years. among eligible women. that was the news. this is gb news 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. this is britain's news channel .

news channel. and thanks for that, polly. >> so to our that, polly. >> soto our top story this houn >> soto our top story this hour, the prime minister and the leader of the opposition have clashed over what was revealed in the king's speech earlier today. king charles set out the government's plans for the coming year, which included higher jail terms serious higher jail terms for serious offenders plan to stop offenders and a plan to stop children smoking . when children from smoking. when debating the speech, rishi sunak told the commons that his government was about taking long term decisions to build a brighter future for this country . but the labour leader, sir keir starmer , accused the prime keir starmer, accused the prime minister of putting party first and the country second and the plans set out in that speech. well, joining us now is our political editor christopher hope. hello to you again, chris. so all kind of all this fur was flying as usual. starmer saying britain is ready for change.

this is not a government that's even pretending to govern anymore. rishi hit back saying a future labour government will mean more strikes, more inflation, more immigration and closer ties to the eu . what were closer ties to the eu. what were your takeaways from today ? your takeaways from today? >> what a dreadful choice you're presenting. martin they might be more positive about it, but yeah, that's right. i mean, clearly for me, this king's speech was one of 21 bills long, a quarter of those were about criminal justice. that's an area which the government thinks they've got a good story to tell. is down, apart from tell. crime is down, apart from shoplifting and small shoplifting and other small areas. but mainly it is down the ons . so they want to boast about ons. so they want to boast about that and talk about that. new measures there to make mean life will mean life for the most serious criminals. but notably, will mean life for the most seyous criminals. but notably, will mean life for the most seyou getminals. but notably, will mean life for the most seyou get ainals. but notably, will mean life for the most seyou get a sentence notably, will mean life for the most seyou get a sentence ofntably, will mean life for the most seyou get a sentence of less i, if you get a sentence of less than 12 months in prison, you won't go prison. that'll be a won't go to prison. that'll be a suspended that that is suspended sentence that that is a problem for tory a problem for the tory party because reputation on because given its reputation on crime and whether whether it can survive under pressure from survive that under pressure from laboun

survive that under pressure from labour, wait and see. labour, we'll wait and see. other measures i think are interesting to try interesting new measures to try and domestic, domestic and tackle domestic, domestic and tackle domestic, domestic and economic forgive me, complex and economic forgive me, complex and crime . i'm and economic forgive me, complex and crime. i'm also and economic crime. i'm also allowing victims to ensure that criminals do hear their sentence in court. previously, we saw with lucy letby, didn't we, earlier this year how she avoided hearing her sentence in court that annoyed lots of victims. these other measures, too, about the victim and prisoners bill that will ensure that the parole system is tightened up so that if very dangerous criminals can't just walk out because a parole board says so , ministers can step in. says so, ministers can step in. i think it was an attempt here to grasp about the agenda for rishi sunak. i see it as the first of a two act play. really in here in westminster. this is the long term vision going beyond the next election on. but the real meat i think will come in autumn statement in two in the autumn statement in two weeks time. that's what we might see enough see some leg if there's enough fiscal headroom cuts and fiscal headroom for tax cuts and that's i think mr sunak that's what i think mr sunak wants to get towards. but the fact got these 21 bills, fact they got these 21 bills, they want push them through

they want to push them through before next election, that before the next election, that for says first time it's for me says the first time it's a signal, i think from a real signal, i think from number that are now number 10 that they are now looking at going long, maybe number 10 that they are now lookjanuaryoing long, maybe number 10 that they are now lookjanuary 2025 ong, maybe number 10 that they are now lookjanuary 2025 for|, maybe number 10 that they are now lookjanuary 2025 for|, m.next into january 2025 for the next general election. that's general election. and that's what's so interesting, think what's so interesting, i think about the of about it, about the scale of what done, the what mr sunak has done, the criticism , we heard it from criticism, we heard it from other critics saying that it's quite thin legislative quite a thin legislative programme. well, it's quite thin back in 2014, that was the last time we had a guaranteed election date of 2015. while the election date of 2015. while the election must be held by january 2025. so i think that's why he is giving, i think doing what he can to try and cement a kind of sunak legacy if there is going to one. but other areas to be one. but in other areas too, there will be measures. there's that in there's things that aren't in there. we seen any there. we haven't seen any measures to crack down on charities giving out tents to homeless it on homeless people. i've had it on very authority just quite very senior authority just quite recently well recently that that could well come back in the criminal come back in in the criminal justice bill because they are looking measures to cut looking at doing measures to cut back cut down. i should back on on cut down. i should say, police powers to say, or giving police powers to cut down on aggressive begging. and that sort of thing. so that hasn't completely.

hasn't gone away completely. but there are areas which haven't been, aren't that we been, aren't there, that we generally think is what they could do given the time allowed. and also some measures are hanging over from the last parliamentary session. >> chris, crack down on >> and chris, a crack down on crime, especially violent crime and murder , a crackdown on and murder, a crackdown on grooming gangs that will play well with the tory faithful , as well with the tory faithful, as no doubt will divergence from net zero. let's drill for britain and reduce energy bills byipso britain and reduce energy bills by ipso a £15,000 per person in total, he said. also a ban on zombie knives . but the question zombie knives. but the question is this is this a zombie parliament? is there enough in this to turn the tide or is there enough time even to turn this around? or do you think this around? or do you think this is basically too little, too late for rishi? >> well, he's done what he said he'd do. he's restored the calmness in the markets after the chaos of the liz truss government. but 14 months ago now he's trying to set out what he can do in the next 12 months.

this is why i think the idea of a may june election is now disappearing and we're looking now into late next year as i say, as far as january 2025. the idea was was not denied by oliver dowden, who's the deputy prime minister in in weekend interviews. and i wonder whether that's where the government's going because they want to try give much they to can give as much time as they to can try and allow any tax cuts try and allow for any tax cuts in the march budget next year to allow plan allow for the rwanda plan to work small if it can work on small boats if it can work. of course, numbers are down by 20% because a deal down by 20% because of a deal with albania, but that's it. so far, to build far, they're trying to build a record delivery from rishi record of delivery from rishi sunak. course you go sunak. but of course if you go quite long into next year, you're stuck with events. you can't than can't go any further than january. we could be in the middle of an nhs winter flu crisis. things might crisis. other things might happen can't get happen which they can't get around. one power around. so it's the one power he's got is when he goes he's got really is when he goes to the country try and renew to the country to try and renew this administration, this this tory administration, this tory think he's tory government. i think he's going go long next year. going to go long next year. martin, to buy the time for the plans out today. plans set out today. >> chris hope from westminster,

thank i totally thank you very much. i totally agree. always this baby agree. i always felt this baby was to full term . a was going to go full term. a january 20th, 25 election. at the moment, what tory would vote, what turkey would vote for christmas. that's what i think. it's to all the way. it's going to go all the way. moving now, also in the moving on now, also in the king's speech introduce king's speech plans to introduce a to stop children who turn a law to stop children who turn 14 year and those younger 14 this year and those younger from ever legally buying cigarettes or tobacco in england. yet following on from rishi sunaks announcement back at the conservative party conference, the government plans to prevent those born in 2009 or later from ever buying tobacco products in a law emulated in many ways from down under in new zealand. well, i'm joined now by simon clarke, director of forest, which is a smokers rights organisation to talk about this. so thanks for joining us on the show. simon the first thing i would say to you is this how how would this be policed? it seems entirely arbitrary that somebody who's born in 2009 can never buy and somebody born a day before can

buy them for life ? buy them for life? >> well, absolutely . and of >> well, absolutely. and of course, in ten years time, you'll have somebody who's aged 24 will be prohibited from buying cigarettes and somebody who's a few days older , aged 25, who's a few days older, aged 25, will be allowed another ten years on from that. >> a 34 year old won't be able to won't be able to buy cigarettes, but a 35 year old will. and it'll continue. i think what will actually happen is that even the anti—smoking lobby in ten years time will say, look , this is an absolutely say, look, this is an absolutely farcical situation. people are having to produce id when they're in their mid 30s in order to buy cigarettes. so of course, at that point, the anti—tobacco lobby weren't saying, oh, let's repeal this law. they'll say, let's go to the next logical step as they see it and let's just ban the sale of cigarettes to all age groups. so no adult will be able to smoke. i mean, this is the worst form of nanny state regulate fashion because it treats consenting adults like children. now in my opinion, if you're old enough to vote, drive

a car, you're old enough to vote, drive a can join the army and buy alcohol, you're plenty old enough to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products. yes. >> now, simon, of course , as >> now, simon, of course, as those who support this, including rishi sunak, and it was to see keir was interesting to see how keir starmer said this would starmer said that this would this would get his vote. this policy would get his vote. so we seem to have a unanimous take on this across all of the parliamentary groups. they would say smoking damages the say that smoking damages the health of the nation and it costs us a lot of money, of course, my point to you course, but my point to you would this prohibit has never would be this prohibit has never worked. it didn't with worked. it didn't work with alcohol in fact , alcohol in the 1920s. in fact, it drove crime. it drove it drove serious crime. it drove contraband. and in this instance , surely it would lead to a black market in cigarettes. if a government can't stop illegal immigrants getting into the country, how on earth would it stop getting stop illegal cigarettes getting into ? yeah absolutely. >> by declaring war on tobacco like this, it's going to drive future generations of adult smokers to the black market. as you say. i mean, it's not going to stop people smoking. it's not even going to stop children smoking because the reality is

we already have laws in place that are designed to stop people under the age of 18 buying cigarettes . so why do we need cigarettes. so why do we need any new laws? what we've got to do is enforce existing laws. let's give trading standards officers more money so they can have more officers on the beat checking out illicit traders, checking out illicit traders, checking out illicit traders, checking out shops that are illegally selling to people under 18. we certainly don't need a new law and as for keir starmer, supporting this, i mean, it's absolutely hilarious that we've got a major policy being introduced by a conservative prime minister and he's going to need the support of labour mps in order to get this through parliament because there are a lot of conservative mps who are very concerned by this policy . the tories have this policy. the tories have always stood for freedom of choice and personal responsibility and this policy completely u—turns on that because as i say, it treats adults like children. and you

know , they're going to be know, they're going to be treated like children forever more. and people have to ask themselves and non—smokers have to ask themselves, what's going to ask themselves, what's going to be next? because we know the pubuc to be next? because we know the public health lobby never stops. they're always looking for the next logical step and the next logical step will be to introduce similar restrictions on vaping. maybe not now, but certainly in a few years time. they're going to tighten the laws . on buying alcohol . they're laws. on buying alcohol. they're going to target junk food . i going to target junk food. i mean, this is just absolutely relentless and ultimately people have to stand up and say enough is enough. once you're an adult, once you're 18, an is enough. once you're an adult, once you're18, an adult in the eyes of the law, you must be allowed to make decisions about your own lifestyle and about your own lifestyle and about your own lifestyle and about your own health. is not your own health. this is not a pubuc your own health. this is not a public health issue. it's a private health issue. public health issue. it's a prikaay,>alth issue. public health issue. it's a prikaay, simon sue. public health issue. it's a prikaay, simon clarke, director >> okay, simon clarke, director of forest, thank you for that impassioned defence. superb stuff. okay. now, like the smoking ban, the proposal to award licences for oil and gas projects in the north sea annually has been controversial . annually has been controversial. the government hopes that the policy will enhance the uk's

energy strategy and draw a political dividing line with the labour party. well, join me now is the shadow secretary of for state environment, food and rural affairs , steve reed. rural affairs, steve reed. steve, hello to you mate. you're always a great sport on this. so the fur was flying and the fur was flying in the commons earlier for your leader saying that the labour, the tory party is a party that doesn't even want to govern. it's not even pretending to govern anymore . pretending to govern anymore. what were your takeaways from today's speech in parliament and in particular to this idea of drilling for energy security, being central to rishi's strategy, whereas sir keir starmer seems to basically think we should just stop oil well, you know, first of all, looking at the package as a whole, i think all of us would astonished and i'd say this on both sides of the house, really just how little there was in there. >> got a country crying >> we've got a country crying out for change and yet the government up this

government opening up this legislative for the for legislative agenda for the for the for the final term of parliament. there's parliament. and there's practically nothing in there. you know, this rishi sunak's you know, this is rishi sunak's first ever king's speech, his first ever king's speech, his first show us who he first chance to show us who he is. and perhaps in a way, he did show us who he is and what he stands because there's stands for, because there's nothing nothing nothing here literally nothing you this this this you could get this this this legislation through parliament in we could in a few weeks and then we could get election. well, in a few weeks and then we could gethat's election. well, in a few weeks and then we could gethat's all election. well, in a few weeks and then we could gethat's all he'selection. well, in a few weeks and then we could gethat's all he's interested ell, if that's all he's interested doing let's it, because doing, let's do it, because change is clearly not going to come from this failure, failed conservative can conservative government. it can only with a general only come with a general election and the election of a labour government faux pas based on a decade national renewal. on a decade of national renewal. now, the point you now, on the on the point you make and gas make about the oil and gas licences , the conservatives are licences, the conservatives are saying they're going keep saying they're going to keep giving licences to drill giving more licences to drill north sea oil. what labour is saying is we won't we won't take away any of the licences that have been given, but we need to move away , away from move away, away from fossil fuels, oil and gas, which fuels, from oil and gas, which have proved themselves so insecure to so expensive. they're the reason that

household bills have gone up so high. if we really want to cut people's household energy bills, we have to transition to more sustainable forms of energy that we can develop here at home. in the uk . take back control of our the uk. take back control of our energy, if you like, with wind, wave, solar , nuclear, longer wave, solar, nuclear, no longer dependent on foreign tyrants like vladimir putin for our energy. but we make our own here at home and it less . and at home and it costs less. and perhaps thing about perhaps the worst thing about what the conservatives have have said is their own energy secretary has admitted it would not take their plans, would not knock a single penny off household energy bills, because whether you drill the oil in the north sea or whether it's imported from further afield, it costs the same because the energy prices are set globally. so not a penny in savings. further further pumping out emissions that will damage our work to address climate change. but perhaps worst of all, for the british people, no dent in their household bills. they'll keep paying record prices until we get a labour government committed control committed to taking back control of more of our of energy and making more of our own at home in

own energy right here at home in the . the uk. >> few people might be >> steve a few people might be smiling home hear you say smiling at home to hear you say take back control. and in fact i've heard sir keir starmer saying control . of saying take back control. of course, for three years. he headed people's vote headed up the people's vote campaign cancel brexit. and campaign to cancel brexit. and one the things that rishi one of the things that rishi sunak today was that a sunak threw out today was that a labour means closer labour government means closer ties the eu . it means ties to the eu. it means accepting 100,000 more immigrants per year from the quote to the returns quota with the eu and it means closer alignment back with the european union. what do to that? union. what do you say to that? well you know, the referendum is dumb . dumb. >> we've left the european union, brexit happened. we have to make brexit work , which has to make brexit work, which has been something this conservative government has failed to do. you know, one of the things they promised was that you promised us was that you mentioned immigration there, promised us was that you mentheyd immigration there, promised us was that you mentheyd immigratimmigration that they would cut immigration if they had control, actually illegal immigration has gone up by record amounts since we left the european union because the conservatives lost control conservatives have lost control of our borders. so they say these things, but don't these things, but they don't have clue how to deliver them. have a clue how to deliver them.

the that we're going to the only way that we're going to get change people are get the change that people are crying to switch a crying out is to switch to a labour government and on on our relationships european labour government and on on our relati01you)s european labour government and on on our relati01you know, european labour government and on on our relati01you know, i european labour government and on on our relati01you know, i in european labour government and on on our relati01you know, i in my opean labour government and on on our relati01you know, i in my current union. you know, i in my current role as shadow environment secretary, i represent farmers and the farming community. they're currently not able to export good quality, high quality british meat to our european, to their european customers anymore in the way that they were promised they would, because this conservative government won't agree a veterinary agreement that will allow our good british meat through those european through into those european markets. now, why should farmers be left of pocket because of be left out of pocket because of this government's broken promises incompetence . promises and incompetence. labour prioritise getting labour will prioritise getting that agreement so british farmers sell their products farmers can sell their products across europe and that benefits farmers, benefits our country . farmers, benefits our country. >> steve, that sounds like >> so steve, that sounds like that proposing fresh that you'd be proposing a fresh farm in deal with the eu . farm in deal with the eu. >> no, you just have to do it through a veterinary agreement. that's what the farming farmers are crying out for. no one's going to renegotiate the

withdrawal agreement. it comes up, it comes up review in up, it comes up for review in 2025. anyway, we clearly need to lower that lower trade barriers that are damaging british industry, stopping british producers selling their goods to our nearest neighbours that vast continent right on our doorsteps . why would you tie the hands of british producers behind their backs? it's of the ways the backs? it's one of the ways the conservatives have slowed economic growth. we've had the worst of worst decades worst one of the worst decades for in our for economic growth in our history that's led to the history, and that's led to the worst decade for wage growth since the great depression in the 1930. if you want to make work pay, if you want to put more in british people's more money in british people's pockets, you've got to grow pockets, then you've got to grow the economy one way we can the economy and one way we can do down the chains do that is take down the chains that conservatives have put that the conservatives have put on manufacturers producers. >> steve read, thanks for >> as steve read, thanks for joining take control of joining us. take back control of our dawkins maybe gets our code and dawkins maybe gets the for quick job. the red lion for a quick job. okay watching and okay you're watching and listening news plenty more listening to gb news plenty more to come in. just a tick. i'm martin

and people that i knew had dewbs & co weeknights from . six & co weeknights from. six >> welcome back. now, the government's emergency cobra meeting is currently meeting to consider the domestic impact of the hostilities in the middle east. deputy prime minister is chairing the meeting, which is expected to discuss the planned pro palestinian march which coincides as this year, of course, with armistice day. well, comes as the well, this comes as the metropolitan police say the march inappropriate and risks march is inappropriate and risks violence. but human rights body amnesty international has called for the government to prevent a ban on saturday. well, joining

me now is stuart crawford, political commentator and former snp member. thanks forjoining us on the show. so there's lots of tension around this, stuart , of tension around this, stuart, especially today as it emerged in the telegraph that half of the groups organising this march have links to hamas with that in mind, do you think the march should be banned . should be banned. >> good evening, martin. it's a difficult question actually for everybody, difficult for the government, difficult for the metropolitan police force, and difficult for me to answer. in many ways. i'm a great believer in freedom of expression , as in freedom of expression, as long as it doesn't call for harm being visited on others . and i being visited on others. and i think that while i quite understand the calls for the march to be banned , i think that march to be banned, i think that all the options for de—conflicting the march from other activities should need to be explored first, and we have to sort of differentiate between the pro—palestinian an

demonstrations on saturday and the remembrance parade past the cenotaph on sunday. as i understand it, on neither of those days do the pro—palestinian demonstrators plan to march down whitehall. so that has to be taken into consideration as well. however, if i may just say that the problem with the large demonstrations being planned is that nobody has over overall control of the many and varied groups which will turn up. and we know that that there is an element in society call it rent a mob, call it what you like, who will turn up and not really care what the occasion is as long as it provides them with an opportunity to confront the police and cause mischief. so it's a difficult one and made more difficult by the possibility that far right groups will come up and counter demonstrate . right? so the met demonstrate. right? so the met police has got a major headache to deal with. >> you talked about the mob

being uncontrollable. that bnngs being uncontrollable. that brings me quite neatly to my next point where you are now in edinburgh on saturday we saw jim henderson, a 78 year old army veteran , shoved around selling veteran, shoved around selling poppies. he claims allegedly he was punched and the crowd was shouting at him . they blamed it shouting at him. they blamed it on the british government the british people, the jews . how british people, the jews. how does that make you feel , this does that make you feel, this mob getting out of control and taking out their frustrations and fairly on an army veteran who served this country, simply trying to raise money for the royal british legion ? well as royal british legion? well as you'd expect as a as an army veteran myself, i think it's just appalling . just appalling. >> and there's no excuse for it whatsoever. i think the people who are demonstrating have to remind themselves that the reason they can do so is because people like jim henderson were prepared to go and do their bit wherever that may have been to protect the liberties that we

enjoy in a free liberal democracy. and for him to be pushed around and possibly punched and assaulted is totally unacceptable. and itjust shows unacceptable. and it just shows that people have lost or some people have lost all sense of proportion in expressing their views . views. >> and as far as the apprehension of these thugs, stuart , the cctv footage is stuart, the cctv footage is clear as a bell. it was fact. it was on the front page of many national newspapers today. would you back the swift apprehension of these thugs ? of these thugs? >> oh, absolutely. i don't think that there is any doubt that the police who may have become soft in their approach over the past ten, 20 years need to take off the kid gloves when dealing with the kid gloves when dealing with the reprobates like those who may have assaulted a 78 year old man. she's just doing his bit for remembrance sunday. so i'm very much of the opinion that the police have to they'd have

to take the kid gloves off. as i said, and deal with these people robustly but fairly . robustly but fairly. >> stuart crawford, thank you for joining us on gb news. forjoining us on gb news. that's a fourth right opinion and one i'm sure many people out there will heartily agree with. you are watching and listening to gb news still to come, italy's plan will see italy's migrant plan will see asylum seekers sent to clear and centres offshore and albania . centres offshore and albania. and could that be the way for the uk to go? but first, here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst. your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . the headlines polly middlehurst. the headlines this hour. >> sir keir starmer says the only fight left in the government is the fight for their own skin. the labour leader was speaking shortly after the king's speech earlier on today, which included tougher sentencing for criminals and a ban on leaseholds for new houses in england and wales. meanwhile, wales is first minister says whatsapp messages between welsh government officials relating to

the pandemic may have been deleted . there's also been deleted. there's also been controversy in scotland with the former first minister there, nicola sturgeon, and her message also deleted from whatsapp and the government's holding an emergency cobra meeting right now regarding the impact of the israel hamas conflict on the uk. and today marks a month since the october the 7th hamas terror attack on israel. hundreds of people gathered outside downing street earlier for a memorial vigil. for those who've died in the conflict. those are the headlines. more on our website by heading to gbnews.com . for by heading to gbnews.com. for a valuable legacy, your family can own. >> gold coins will always shine bright. rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> a quick snapshot of the markets for you and the pound buying you $1.2279 and ,1.1497.

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getting this wrong. if the march on sunday did erupts, that's actually saturday disrupts the remembrance parade, it will be put it will relations back put it will put relations back in country by 50 years. and in this country by 50 years. and i think a lot of people would agree. that's why this shouldn't i think a lot of people would ag|allowed's why this shouldn't i think a lot of people would ag|allowed to why this shouldn't i think a lot of people would ag|allowed to go this shouldn't i think a lot of people would ag|allowed to go ahead iouldn't i think a lot of people would ag|allowed to go ahead or|ldn't be allowed to go ahead or certainly near the certainly anywhere near the cenotaph. richard says this after the king's speech. keir starmer spouting his garbage , starmer spouting his garbage, which simply means that he promises everything but delivers nothing . if you want even higher nothing. if you want even higher taxes, more wasting of public funds, the unions running the country and the country going bankrupt, then vote labour. you should speak your mind a bit more, mate. sitting on the fence, a bit like sir keir starmer. natasha says this a more martin daubney as a presenter . please natasha, presenter. please natasha, that's actually your my mum. well, the missus anyway, he's moderate nonsense moderate but asks no nonsense questions on the topics the bbc fails to cover. thank you very much. the check is in the post. it now moving on. italy are set to build two centres in albania housing tens of thousands of illegal migrant boats. italian

prime minister giorgia meloni says they are due to be up and running next spring and process up to 36,000 migrants a year. but the plan will only apply to migrants rescued at sea by italian boats, whereas join me now is italian political commentator paola diana , a commentator paola diana, a friend of the show . this seems friend of the show. this seems like common sense . it's almost like common sense. it's almost like common sense. it's almost like if you stop people coming to your country , you can take to your country, you can take them offshore in this case, a deal with albania. i want to ask you this. how come italy are able to do this? you're a member of the european union. you're a member of the european court of human rights. you can do it. yeah, we try and do it. we're not allowed. >> i know what giorgia meloni just did is remarkable . and we just did is remarkable. and we know she was planning it since last summer when she met the albanian prime minister. when she was on holiday. she kept it silent because she knew that

eventually the far left in europe would have not let her do that. but we know that what she's doing is right because she's doing is right because she's really saving italians from this hoard of illegal migrants that are coming every day on on the island. and in terms of the actual mechanics of it, there are two centres, italy is paying for them to be built, but the security will be organised by albania . organised by albania. >> presumably they'll be some kind of exchange of money. but you know , we pay £500 million to you know, we pay £500 million to france every year. that doesn't seem to have any impact . france every year. that doesn't seem to have any impact. in the uk. we spend £8 million a day on hotels . that doesn't seem to hotels. that doesn't seem to have any impact. my hotels. that doesn't seem to have any impact . my question to have any impact. my question to you is this how has this been received by the italian public? because meloni was elected on a ticket also of stopping the boats? >> absolutely . well, the italian >> absolutely. well, the italian pubuc >> absolutely. well, the italian public loves giorgia meloni. we see the percentage of likely hood of her party rising constantly. so we know the

majority of the people in italy are fed up about these illegal migrants coming every day. and we also know that the far left are, you know, part is they are criticising with just a yeah. >> give us an indication if you can, paola, about the numbers coming to italy and have you seen a change in the fabric of italian society or a change, for example in crime and things like that? how impactful has the numbers been on italy? >> well, we know that last year in italy they arrived . 159,000 in italy they arrived. 159,000 illegal migrants from africa to lampedusa. that is a huge number. and we also know that unfortunately, to be politically correct, we can't even say that certain crimes are committed by a certain type of people . we a certain type of people. we know that, of course, italians, they can commit crime as well. but there are certain types of crimes like rape or burglary that eventually or drug as well that eventually or drug as well that are committed by poor

people who come and they have no other means. we want to help as much as we can, but we can't realistically help the whole poor people coming from africa. it's impossible . it's impossible. >> and you mention about resistance from the far left. we see a similar thing in the uk. do they say the same things here? is that your racist? if you oppose this, you're against multiculture ism. you're a bad person. how febrile , how person. how febrile, how poisonous is this debate in your country? >> it's not that poisonous nowadays , thankfully, because i nowadays, thankfully, because i think italians reached a certain level of understanding of the subject. so i'm sure in the uk eventually in the future people will understand as well. and we know that they're concerned about security. so it's not about security. so it's not about being ideological or being racist. it's just wanting to be secure and safe in our country. >> now, rishi sunak has been courting not literally courting giorgia meloni in terms of her

ideas, talks of a partnership about how the uk could learn from this . but there seems to be from this. but there seems to be a bit of a lack of political will or there is resistance from the lawyers , from the charities, the lawyers, from the charities, from the ngos. what would you say to rishi sunak? what would you say to the british public? what do we learn and why should we hold our reserve and push on with a plan like maloney's? >> i think rishi sunak should go on with this plan. and if it's not possible to do it in rwanda, let's choose another country, albania, tunisia albania, as an example. tunisia or libya. find the way because there are many countries who need the money to bolster their own economy and they're happy to create these centres . and also create these centres. and also we can use artificial intelligence to start processing the asylum demands much quicker . the asylum demands much quicker. >> superb. that's a great thing . >> superb. that's a great thing. okay, paladino, thank you for joining us today on gb news. i wonder what you think out there because sunak been because rishi sunak has been saying for long time he wants saying for a long time he wants to the boats. maybe the to stop the boats. maybe the offshore in albania

offshore containment in albania is the answer. if the italians can do it, can't we? okay, can do it, why can't we? okay, moving now. a scottish poppy moving on now. a scottish poppy vendor was the vendor in edinburgh was the alleged an on alleged victim of an assault on saturday after an anti—war protest occupied edinburgh's waverley station. 78 year old jim henderson was reportedly pushed and punched as he tried to pack up the poppy. scotland's stall after protesters swarmed into the station to tell us more on this concerning story, one that's really upset a lot of people out there is our scotland reporter, tony maguire. so, tony, this happened on saturday. the cctv images have been splashed all over the front pages of many newspapers. the first question i've got for you is, has anybody been apprehended for this yet ? for this yet? >> well, that's a very , very >> well, that's a very, very good question, martin, and certainly it was the first thing that i thought when i looked back at this story a little earlier today and i'd reached out to british transport police. and so far haven't heard anything concrete , but given the anything concrete, but given the outcry, given the sheer weight way that so many people have

reacted to this situation on saturday, 78 year old jim henderson , he was essentially henderson, he was essentially attacked . right. allegedly here attacked. right. allegedly here in waverley station after being pushed. someone had stood in his foot. he told the daily mail. and then he was punched twice as he was trying to clear up his stall. certainly i've spent a wee bit of time here today in and around the station, particularly up in the garden of remembrance here in edinburgh, talking to people and they are quite shocked. one person i spoke to, well, he said he had actually bought poppy off actually bought his poppy off him. and on friday and another had come out and said that, you know, he's quite often him know, he's quite often seen him standing you know, a ten standing with, you know, a ten collecting change now poppy scotland for who? mr henderson was collecting from. he said that they had put out a statement today to say that while they respect the rights of people who protest within the law, that the safety and welfare of volunteers is of their

paramount concern . they also paramount concern. they also added that he is safe and well and would like to extend their thanks to the three station staff members who actually helped him get away. that's right. of the hundreds of people that were there at the moment of the incident, it took three station staff to help mr henderson clear the area. >> okay, tony maguire, live in edinburgh. thank you for that update on that. concerning story. let's hope somebody gets apprehended soon. you get loads more on that story on our website and get this gbnews.com website and get this gb news.com is the fastest growing national website in the country news website. it's got the best analysis and opinion as well as all the latest breaking news. so thank you for helping it to be so successful. you're watching and listening to gb news. still to come, still to come, multiple vr checks saw five goals disallowed and two players sent off in the spurs v chelsea clash last night. does that mean this technology is working or is it time to kick var out of

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injured. and the game also saw five goals disallowed as chelsea boss potosino tottered return was topped off with a hat trick from blues striker nicolas jackson. well join me now is sports journalist ben jacobs. ben once again, we've got a football match where all we're talking about is var eight, var 21 minutes of stoppage. it was absolute bedlam. and where i watched this last night in a pub, everybody was complaining about var, let's face it, it was meant to make the game to be less controversial. it's done the opposite. var needs to be kicked out of football now. well i think the funny thing about this is there are a lot of times where was necessary, but it was also a very atypical premier league game with plenty of drama. >> so some say mayhem, some >> so some will say mayhem, some will say box office. but i don't think var got anything think that var got anything wrong in game necessarily . wrong in the game necessarily. >> perhaps romero before he was sent off, leading to the penalty for chelsea should have gone originally , but then he ended up

originally, but then he ended up being sent off anyway. >> so tottenham can't necessarily many necessarily have too many complaints either of the complaints about either of the sendings off. but the big question is, as ange postecoglou said, is var to the forensic. if we're getting to the right decision. but it's taking, for example, in that first half, 12 extra minutes, is that slowing down the game? and when people are standing around and waiting. do managers , the players, are standing around and waiting. do coachesagers , the players, are standing around and waiting. do coaches and; , the players, are standing around and waiting. do coaches and ofthe players, are standing around and waiting. do coaches and of course,yers, are standing around and waiting. do coaches and of course, the the coaches and of course, the fans know what's going on inside the stadium? and if they don't, then var might come to the right decision the expense of decision, but at the expense of the rhythm and the speed of the game. and i think that that was postecoglou's point, not that var wrong , but that var got anything wrong, but that we're too forensic and as we're being too forensic and as a consequence it's slowing down the game. >> it's certainly true to say that sometimes watching in premier league football now feels like watching there feels like watching nfl. there are there are so many breaks, but there are so many breaks, but there are clear instances, ben, where var has got it spectacularly wrong. the newcastle arsenal match recently there were three clear areas it seemed to everybody watching that apart

from the var guys, the ball was out of play. there was a shove in the back. the liverpool spurs offside. klopp called that embarrassing . there are simply embarrassing. there are simply too many errors now, no real transparency , see? and yet who transparency, see? and yet who are the people that are doing it? because it seems they don't really understand the sport? >> well, what you have is somebody in the var room and it's being overseen by howard webb. and i think again, postecoglou night and postecoglou last night and others mikel arteta, you others like mikel arteta, as you referenced , have stated that referenced, have stated that everything is in hands of everything is in the hands of somebody miles away in a video assistant's room and even if they come to the right decision, it's too it's too painful, it's too slow, it's too painful, and maybe the rhythm of the game should allow the control for the referee on the field. even if a mistake is made , because mistake is made, because football ultimately is in the eyes of the referee. and that's what we're used to. so actually, the newcastle goal against arsenal, arsenal fans and mikel arteta will say is wrong because of the three things that you

mentioned. but if you actually look at it in real time, it's impossible to tell whether the ball was out. that was the first one because the ball is spherical and then as it comes in, there is probably in my opinion, on gabriel. but opinion, a foul on gabriel. but it's subjective . and then the it's subjective. and then the offside with the angles available is too tight to call as well. so the more you look at that, the more you can argue that, the more you can argue that maybe var actually were not able overrule the on field able to overrule the on field decision, but trying to they decision, but in trying to they were under pressure to get a decision made and that's problematic. and there was no communication and it took too long. so var can't win sometimes because even if they get the right result, if it takes too long and there's no clear communication, they're always going to criticism. and going to get criticism. and again, it may go against the rhythm of that we're rhythm of the game that we're used to so being right is one used to. so being right is one thing, but if it's at the expense of being stop start, then a good thing ehhen >> but you miss the good old days though, ben, where we just argued what the referees argued about what the referees did. >> no. i mean, the irony

>> yes and no. i mean, the irony of this is there has been games this season where var has not beenin this season where var has not been in play , where calls have been in play, where calls have seemingly been missed on the field and there is the same level of criticism. so if you take away, then there will be fans and managers that say, where was the technology? we've been robbed . and if you use the been robbed. and if you use the technology to the point where you're over forensic, then people that's too people will say that's too extreme as so we need extreme as well. so we need a balance. but if you look balance. but i think if you look at mls, if you look at australia technology is used better, it's used panic. sometimes used with less panic. sometimes the in sport is also the audio in sport is also shared in real time. we've seen that in australia. i'm going to just call it soccer for the sake of it so as not to confuse people. but we've also seen it in football and we've in american football and we've seen it in rugby. so i think this is confusion all of this is the confusion in all of this. is it so panicked? why this. why is it so panicked? why is it so time consuming when other able to use other sports are able to use this in a way that is this technology in a way that is more calmer seemingly more effective? >> okay, ben jacobs, one of to blow the time whistle blow the full time whistle on that joined in that because i'm now joined in the studio by michelle dewberry dewbs& co of course, massive

show coming up. what's the menu? >> definitely not football, i've got to say. although i did watch that match last night and it was a good one. well, it was it was gripping. >> it was bedlam. >> it was bedlam. >> well , i've got to say, i >> it was bedlam. >> well, i've got to say, i did watch it and some of it i heard actually, rather saw actually, rather than saw because kitchen and because i was in the kitchen and it was just drama after drama after drama after drama, sending off. and all didn't it off. and it all didn't it penalties . off. and it all didn't it penalties. i'm not a massive football person. i've got to confess. but even i was quite into that game last night. but anyway, talking about anyway, i'm not talking about that got that off that tonight. i've got that off my chest with you. i've got a fascinating show coming up. very excited it because it is a excited about it because it is a massive day. course, massive day to day. of course, in parliament with the new in uk parliament with the new agenda set by the king. agenda being set by the king. i'm wondering as well, do we even all kind of pomp even need all this kind of pomp and apparently in and ceremony or apparently in a cost living crisis? of cost of living crisis? of course, one month on from gaza as well. my panel, kelvin mackenzie, james schneider, uh, they pretty much they don't agree on pretty much anything. to be anything. it's going to be a lively one. >> and that's why it's going to be okay, that's it be a corker. okay, that's it from i'm back tomorrow from me today. i'm back tomorrow on patrick christys show.

on the patrick christys show. dewbs& right after this. dewbs& co right after this. >> hello again. i'm alex burkill with your latest news with your latest gb news weather update. been update. whilst there have been quite around today quite a few showers around today and more to come and there will be more to come this week. first we have spell this week. first we have a spell of wet and windy weather that's going overnight. going to arrive overnight. that's coming a frontal that's coming from a frontal system waiting out in system currently waiting out in the atlantic. we do have a brief ridge pressure trying to ridge of high pressure trying to build uk that is build across the uk and that is going and clear away going to ease and clear away some of the showers clear some of the showers with clear skies a time skies developing for a time dunng skies developing for a time during of the night. during the start of the night. that will allow it to turn quite chilly. patches chilly. perhaps some patches of mist fog, then it will mist and fog, but then it will turn cloudy, wet and windy as this system its way in this system makes its way in from west. will then from the west. that will then lift temperatures. after an lift temperatures. so after an initial to the initial chilly start to the night, should be relatively night, it should be relatively mild when people wake up on mild when most people wake up on wednesday it will wednesday morning, but it will be wet and windy start for be a wet and windy start for many heavy rain, many of us. heavy rain, particularly for western parts of scotland and north—west england. that does england. but that rain does sweep its way eastwards as we go through its time through the day, taking its time to parts of the east and to clear parts of the east and south—east. so staying wet here well into the afternoon. something brighter something drier, brighter

following also following in behind. but also blustery for parts of blustery showers for parts of scotland and northern ireland and temperatures a little bit lower than across northern lower than today across northern parts. single figures parts. highs in single figures here as we look towards thursday , it's another showery day. it will be breezy at times, particularly around coast . particularly around the coast. and watch for some heavy and watch out for some heavy showers, particularly towards southern to the southern coastal areas to the showers will continue as we go into friday, starting to ease a little bit. and at the moment, saturday does look like will saturday does look like it will be but no real change to be drier, but no real change to our

process here in london have links to hamas. you literally could not make this stuff up, should you? i can tell you now. my should you? i can tell you now. my panel have very different views as to whether or not this match should be allowed to happen. where are you on that? and a massive day for uk politics today. the state opening of parliament what a big

grand ole affair it was. with all the pomp and pageantry surrounding the king's speech but hang on a second. i thought there was a cost of living crisis. do we really need all of this? and what about the policies as well? there was an awful lot unpack. we're going awful lot to unpack. we're going to through it all and ask to get through it all and ask how the government got the priority right . yes priority parties right. yes indeed.| priority parties right. yes indeed. i can tell you it's going to be a lively next hour. i've got james schneider and kelvin mackenzie getting into all of that before 7:00. but now let's cross live to polly mackenzie for tonight's latest headunes. headlines. >> michelle, thank you. well, good evening to you. our top story is that the labour leader has criticised the first king's speech to parliament in 70 years by saying the only fight left in the government is the fight for their own skin. earlier king

charles outlined the