a 2026 holyrood win, with labour scottish leader anas sarwar as first minister there. speaking just a few moments ago at a scottish labour fringe event, the prime minister has claimed that change has already begun. however, the latest issue at the labour conference is due to start tomorrow, with the labour leadership gearing up for a major conference showdown . major conference showdown. that's over cuts to the winter fuel payment, that of course, has caused a number of issues among the labour party. let's take a quick listen to what sir keir starmer had to say at that fringe event. just a few moments ago. >> we've only just got started. there's so much more to do. a real living wage. we've told the low pay commission to take account of the cost of living a modern industrial strategy. remember them? the sort of thing that gets the economy going. we're going to have a modern industrial strategy. and then of course, the biggest levelling up

of workers rights in a generation under this labour government . government. >> sir keir starmer there, speaking a few moments ago. well, as i said, the speech there follows the labour leadership's gearing up for a major conference showdown over those cuts to the winter fuel payment. trade unions now demanding a u—turn on the policy, which removes payments from 10 million pensioners across the country. unite has launched a billboard campaign and is set to hold a protest outside the conference in liverpool, calling the cuts politically inept. chancellor rachel reeves, though, insists the move is necessary to fix a £22 billion shortfall in the government's budget. in other news, 31 people across the uk have been arrested in nationwide crackdowns by the home office on people smuggling gangs. the three day operation involving the national crime agency, police and international partners targeted locations including belfast, liverpool and luton. over £400,000 of cash and ten fraudulent identity

documents were seized during checks at ports, airports and road networks. the minister for border security says the government is cracking down on criminal gangs , exploiting criminal gangs, exploiting vulnerable people and risking the lives of those in despair . the lives of those in despair. two men have been arrested over what police have described as the shocking kidnap of an 87 year old man in oldham. the pensioner was dragged into a black car, attacked and then dumped miles from his home, suffering reportedly serious injuries. greater manchester police say he found help by knocking on a door after the ordeal. the two men, aged 24 and 39, have been arrested on suspicion of kidnap. one of them has already been released on bail. turning to news in the middle east and the foreign secretary here has said the needs there needs to be an immediate ceasefire between israel and hezbollah, following what he's called a worrying escalation. david lammy says the ongoing hostilities are in nobody's interest and advised british nationals in lebanon to leave. it comes as hezbollah's

deputy leader said the terror group is now in an open ended battle of reckoning with israel. he made those comments during a funeral for a top hezbollah commander who was killed on friday. and finally , they've friday. and finally, they've always been there for . us. well, always been there for. us. well, for the last three decades at least. that's because today marks the 30th birthday of one of the most iconic series of all time. yes, it's friends. the show premiered for the first time in 1994, fast becoming one of tv's most watched programs and lasting for ten series. those are the latest headlines for now , a full round up again for now, a full round up again at 10:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> a busy show , lots to get >> a busy show, lots to get through ann widdecombe waiting in the wings . plus, mohamed al in the wings. plus, mohamed al fayed's, biographer and mark dolan exclusive a shocking, shocking tale of scandal and abuse. lots to get through as i say. but first, my big opinion . say. but first, my big opinion. good evening. as the brilliant andrew neil points out in the mail newspaper this weekend in 1997, tony blair's honeymoon penod 1997, tony blair's honeymoon period lasted four years. well, i don't think sir keir starmer has had four minutes after entering number 10 with negative poll ratings and a paltry 34% of the popular vote, with 3 million fewer people supporting starmer than his predecessorjeremy than his predecessor jeremy corbyn. in 2017. and as they prepare for their annual conference, which should be a huge cause for celebration, their first since winning power ,

their first since winning power, it's more likely to be a wake, given that this new government is mired in sleaze allegations. anger around 10 million pensioners stripped of the winter fuel allowance and worries that their high tax , worries that their high tax, high regulation policies, alongside bumper public sector pay alongside bumper public sector pay rises will tank an economy that, under the tories sat at the very top of the g7 for economic growth. this has to be the worst start for any administration in living memory with fury, even in labour circles, that the prime minister has received over £100,000 worth of freebies since 2019. the largest amount claimed by any mp in the house of commons by a distance closely followed by his colleague in the cabinet, lucy powell. so the socialists, quite like money after all, don't they? meanwhile, the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, took time out of her busy schedule , time out of her busy schedule, tearing down portraits of her male predecessors at number 11

and stripping out urinals to receive 7500 pounds for fancy new clothes from a labour donor, lord waheed alli. with both reeves and deputy leader angela raynen reeves and deputy leader angela rayner, who received a similar amount declaring the posh frocks as office support, now the less charitable would call that cooking the books. i would never make such an accusation. a labour election candidate, liam conlon also received £10,000 from lord waheed alli to support his successful campaign in july of this year. now this is the same liam conlon who just happens to be the son of labour's chief of staff, sue gray, who was instrumental in the granting of an access all areas pass to number 10 for lord alli. now that's probably just a crazy coincidence, although alli has since been stripped of the pass. i can't imagine why. foreign secretary david lammy

took a £10,000 donation from a saudi supporting pr executive. even though his new job involves taking a neutral position on the world stage, particularly in the hot mess that is the middle east. education secretary bridget phillipson, who backs a policy of taxing elite education, how that helps the country is anyone's guess, has admitted to receiving £14,000 from, you guessed it, labour donor lord waheed alli. and that money helped pay for events to mark her 40th birthday. isn't that nice? we know about the taylor swift concerts, the five grand for mrs. starmer's dresses, and the 20 grand for keir starmer's accommodation, his suits and his spectacles. but this short sighted administration has demonstrated further myopia , with revelations further myopia, with revelations that the aforementioned deputy prime minister angela rayner, didn't declare that a friend joined her on a luxury christmas

trip to new york city. at the aforementioned labour donors, $2.5 million apartment in manhattan. and don't get me started on the ongoing confusion about just where angela rayner was living 15 years ago, when she seemed to have more addresses than a colombian gangster . addresses than a colombian gangster. now, politicians are notorious for enjoying a freebie, and boris johnson received a small fortune for posh wallpaper. and received a small fortune for posh wallpaper . and partygate posh wallpaper. and partygate was a disgrace, which ultimately sank the tories. but the reason this is a particular political problem for the prime minister is that he spent four years as leader of the opposition, railing against tory sleaze , railing against tory sleaze, promising to clean up politics and help the nation. instead, he looks to have been helping himself, and many of these freebies are politically compromising, such as the free private box at the arsenal football stadium worth £8,000 a game, and at spurs last weekend,

all whilst drawing up plans to regulate the football industry with their polling through the floor. the public has fallen out of love with this new government before it's even started. strap yourselves in for a long and painful five years as labour embark on their first party conference in power. it's far from a party atmosphere . your from a party atmosphere. your reaction ? gbnews.com/yoursay. reaction? gbnews.com/yoursay. first up, tonight's top pundits. i'm delighted to have journalist and broadcaster linda jubilee maverick former tory mp who can now be honest with all of us. michael fabricant and i will. well, i'm glad to hear it. ethnographer, broadcaster and academic doctor lisa mckenzie. great to see all three of you. linda, a hot mess for this new labour government. i can't believe it. >> i've been permanently depnved >> i've been permanently deprived of the power of speech for most of this week. let me

just give you one example. i watched on tv and archive footage of angela rayner walking across the lobby in a pair of trousers, which is £25 more than the winter fuel allowance for an old age pensioner. >> really? it's trousers worth over £300, 325 to be precise. >> extraordinary , extraordinary. >> extraordinary, extraordinary. >> extraordinary, extraordinary. >> michael, you must be gloating . >> michael, you must be gloating. >> michael, you must be gloating. >> i am gloating a little, i must confess. i mean, it's incredible. when you had labour saying during the election they were going to take care of pensioners and the vulnerable, and they didn't quite the opposite. and, you know, when labour was elected and you said quite rightly, it was 34% of the popular vote, but so many people stayed at home and didn't vote. and in fact, out of the total number of people who could vote, labour won with just 21% of people who could vote voting for labour and starmer wasn't popular then. he was —16. but

he's now —45 on the approval rating. but he's not alone. i've got the figures here. rachel reeves , —36 and angie rayner reeves, —36 and angie rayner —23. i'm surprised it's only minus 23. >> that's worse than antarctica. i mean, michael, >> that's worse than antarctica. i mean, michael , the issue is, i mean, michael, the issue is, though, that no rules by and large were broken. and when it comes to sleaze, your lot were far worse. >> in many ways we were. but do you know what? this is the point that keir starmer makes. you know what? this is the point that keir starmer makes . and that keir starmer makes. and this is why keir starmer just doesn't get it. he says no rules were broken. but what he doesn't understand is what he did break was the people's trust. those people, those few people that 21% who actually did for vote him, i'm just going to say, because i'm sure that lisa is bursting to jump in here, but it's not just about we've stayed within the rules . within the rules. >> we. so what? >> we. so what? >> i've heard prominent

broadcasters with that excuse. >> no, honestly, they all say the law wasn't broken. >> it's the spirit of the rules that they talk about . that they talk about. >> so annoying. because what really matters is perception. the perception of the public here, that's what actually matters. and the fact is, just because you massage things around a little bit and you manage to push them in behind one rule or another, that makes no difference to the public. the pubuc no difference to the public. the public are clearly outraged at this, and it has traction . this this, and it has traction. this has legs. >> however, lisa, you could argue it's a storm in a teacup. a westminster village story . the a westminster village story. the freebies don't affect my viewers and listeners ability to heat their homes this winter. but you know , put petrol in the car to know, put petrol in the car to pay know, put petrol in the car to pay their bills, keep a roof over their heads. no. >> isn't it trivial? >> isn't it trivial? >> it's it is. it's both. it is trivial, you know, in the fact that , you know, trivial, you know, in the fact that, you know, and it's also decadent. so it's two it's two things. it's sort of, you know, is it a westminster story? yes. it is. are the daily mail and the telegraph loving this? yes

they are, but also it screams of decadence and sort of marie antoinette ness. >> that's what i thought. marie antoinette. yeah, that's double standards. >> that's the problem, isn't it? >> that's the problem, isn't it? >> double standards. but i mean, i'm going to be honest, i'm not surprised at all. i didn't think, you know, this is this is i actually thought this is what politicians do, whether they are laboun politicians do, whether they are labour, whether they are whether they are labour or tory or whatever, you know, they are in a system that is corrupting, you know, i'm not disappointed. i'm not shocked. i just think that, you know, we're at the sort of our democracy is part of . our democracy is part of. >> it's not just shocking, but our democracy is part of. >> it's not just shocking, but it's not just the telegraph and it's not just the telegraph and the daily mail. it's the daily the daily mail. it's the daily mirror , it's the guardian. mirror , it's the guardian. mirror, it's the guardian. >> and of course, it's actually mirror, it's the guardian. >> and of course, it's actually figures within the labour party figures within the labour party who are absolutely furious . who are absolutely furious . who are absolutely furious. >> which takes me to the next who are absolutely furious. >> which takes me to the next story, because developing story, because developing tonight, a top labour mp tonight, a top labour mp launches a vicious attack on launches a vicious attack on keir starmer. so is our new keir starmer. so is our new governing party descending into governing party descending into civil war. and can sir keir civil war. and can sir keir survive this extraordinary survive this extraordinary political storm? i'll be asking political storm? i'll be asking

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rachel marshall's tweet tell us about the current state of the labour party ? labour party? >> well, very little to be honest, mark. >> i mean, i'm here in liverpool and it i there's a real sense of unity. there's a sort of resolution. it's a it's a party getting down to business of change. and we're talking about the national health service education. we're talking about getting growth in the economy. and you know, it's a it's a business like atmosphere. here. >> is the story trivial? is it a storm in a teacup? paul i think it's a little bit of a storm in a teacup. >> i mean, i would say there is some of the optics as we're always obsessed with in politics, aren't we? they do look bad. but, you know, politicians have always accepted gifts. and as long as they declare them, then those are the rules. churchill took money off big donors . disraeli had a whole big donors. disraeli had a whole country estate bought for him by a donor. and unless you want the taxpayer picking up the bill,

then i don't think you do. then it's to okay have gifts as long as you declare them. >> why has keir starmer accepted so many freebies since 2019? is he a tightwad ? he a tightwad? >> well, i think he enjoys his football and it's okay for him to go and see the arsenal if that's what he chooses to do . that's what he chooses to do. but he can't do it in the stands anymore where his season ticket is. so he has to do it in a in a box where the security is and that's if he was in the stands. you know, we would have to have extra security and that would cost the taxpayer even more. so he's saving us money by doing that, i mean, you might say he could have got his glasses off the internet, the same as the rest of us. you know, i get five pairs for a tenner, but. but they do look great. i saw him last night, and they do look great glasses. and if somebody said, did you want an expensive pair of glasses as a mate, you'd probably say yes, wouldn't you? >> i take the point about the box and security, but why can't sir keir pay for it? he's a man of means .

of means. >> well, if the club offers heanng >> well, if the club offers hearing this and or a donor or whatever it is, i think, well, why shouldn't he? you know, people are allowed to take gifts . people are allowed to take gifts. >> starmer said he was going to clean up politics. he attacked bofis clean up politics. he attacked boris johnson for the sleaze that dogged the tory years, and now he's number one on the top recipients of freebies within parliament. by a distance, you're not. >> you're not actually comparing. i hope, with the ppe scandals and the fast tracking of people selling that stuff that didn't work during covid with some glasses and some taylor swift tickets. >> well, i think that that graph that demonstrates just how many freebies keir starmer has had is rather. the public are angry about it, and the labour party are angry about it, too. i mean, rachael maskell is a pretty level headed and reasonable politician, but she's really gone for starmer. so isn't this the start of a civil war? the civil war?

>> it's not. i mean, rachel is waging a campaign on the issue of the winter fuel payments. and i mean, you have to see it in that context. so she's having go. >> she thinks the freebies are not a storm in a teacup. she's not a storm in a teacup. she's not happy about the freebies, ehhen not happy about the freebies, either. she said it's against the spirit of the labour party and keir starmer is the leader. >> mark, i, i'm not glossing over this and i would say there is a lot of anger and i know gb news viewers and others are very angry about it, but i would just ask people to look at the actual rules, you know, which is that unless you want the taxpayer paying unless you want the taxpayer paying for this stuff instead, then they can take gifts, declare it . it's all declare it. it's all transparent. it's out of the open. we're debating it now. and if you want a different system, fine. you know where they're not allowed to have any of these things. but someone's going to have to pay that bill. and i don't want it to be the taxpayer ehhen >> and what about the character of keir starmer? because i think you could argue that he's a bit like boris johnson, a sort of dishonest, duplicitous,

self—serving man focused only on the achievements of power . isn't the achievements of power. isn't that what starmer is all about ? that what starmer is all about? is all about? >> no, he's a very decent man who is trying to reform our national health service. he wants to get our schools sorted out. he wants to get growth in every part of the economy. and that's what he's in the business of politics to do. and don't forget, as a top lawyer, he could be earning four times this than he's earning as prime minister. our prime ministers are badly paid compared to big salaries. you know, media executives, people that run newspapers and those sorts of people. so, you know, he's not in it for the money. he is in it for the public service. >> what do you make of the dire poll ratings? most keir starmer. now, paul is less popular than rishi sunak, i would argue. bnng rishi sunak, i would argue. bring back rishi. all is forgiven. all is forgiven . forgiven. all is forgiven. >> i think it shows actually there's a real volatility in our politics and i think labour here in liverpool recognises this landslide they've been given by people, you know, has to be

delivered on. we are now on nofice delivered on. we are now on notice and we do have to deliver the things we said because you know what the gods of elections can give, they can take away. so i think we're in a very different political system now where this landslide is not, you know , a solid basis. it's know, a solid basis. it's something we've got to get on with it . with it. >> briefly, paul, my take at ten is a keir starmer special and i'm focusing on his judgement as well as his character. do you not think finally on the freebies that it was a misjudgement to accept these gifts ? even if it was legal, it gifts? even if it was legal, it was above board. it was all declared. was it a misjudgement ? declared. was it a misjudgement? was it a judgement? >> well, like i say, it was all within the rules. and i mean, journalists have been looking at this now for days and days and there's absolutely no sense of whatsoever of impropriety or anyone, you know, getting favours because of this gift and so on. and lord alli, i have to say, who i've known for 30 years is just a kind say, who i've known for 30 years isjust a kind and say, who i've known for 30 years is just a kind and generous. and as it happens, very wealthy man who likes to share his wealth

around you know, he's not got anything out of this other than being shoved into the public eye, which he hates. >> did lord alli take you shopping for that rather smart beige jacket you're wearing tonight? >> may's jacket? >> may's jacket? >> well, you know full well i got this from. i got this off vinted. >> oh, there you go. >> oh, there you go. >> listen, talk about that now. that's proper labour principles. recycled good for the planet. and you're brilliant for the show. paul. we love having you on mark dolan tonight. can't wait to get you back on the sofa on your return from liverpool. thanks for making the time. get back to the bar and sink another pint. my thanks there to paul richards, former top labour adviser. and next up is tory leadership hopeful robert jenrick , right that the boats crisis is the door to terror. find

next. i've got to say that some are arguing that the labour sleaze row is a storm in a teacup . will row is a storm in a teacup. will not viewers of mark dolan tonight or listeners, let me

tell you, jill says under laboun tell you, jill says under labour, as in labour, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. it seems , it it goes on, poorer. it seems, it it goes on, i'll tell you know, some of them are un unbroadcastable because you are so angry, but there you go. well, look , folks, i'll get go. well, look, folks, i'll get back to more of your thoughts on that very shortly. gbnews.com/yoursay. but in a deeply chilling intervention, tory leadership hopeful robert jenrick has said that terror suspects have waltzed in on small boats, arguing that individuals linked to islamic state and al—qaeda were among those who had arrived on our shores illegally, claiming to be refugees. now, writing in the sunday telegraph, the former immigration minister has said that dozens of terror suspects have crossed the channel in recent years, and his time in charge of immigration policy had made him realise that the state was not doing everything it can to protect the public. so is the small boats crisis opening the

door to terror? lisa mckenzie, >> i mean, i don't know. i'm going to be honest. i don't know whether it is or not, but do i think that, porous borders where you can. it's almost like the survival of the fittest. those that can get to calais, those that can get to calais, those that can get on a boat and those that can get on a boat and those that can get on a boat and those that can actually get to the other side. it seems a bit hunger games survival of the fittest. and obviously , i think fittest. and obviously, i think what really troubled me and bothers me is every time people do die in the sea, it's very often women and children, and you don't often see them getting off the boats. so it seems that women and children are not getting to calais in large numbers. and actually they are yet again at the most risk every time. >> but if you don't know who's coming into the country, by definition they could be terrorists. >> of course they could be criminals. >> so i've mentioned this before. i've always been a journalist for a brief period of time after the fall of kabul, i

worked with afghan women. i did that for about two years, and i was unusually , a journalist was unusually, a journalist working inside the hotels with the evacuees and sometimes asylum seekers . and i can tell asylum seekers. and i can tell you right now, there is a percentage of those people who are a problem for this country because of their criminal backgrounds in other countries and because of the security risks they are in terms of being potential terrorists. that's true or it's correct. in my estimation. but also we neglect to say something like what afghan is a very. afghanistan is a very fractured country. there are 14 tribes. there are two main groups of people. there's so much infighting between those two groups. and we have imported that conflict into this country. now what do we expect to happen? >> it is suggesting that some people who are entering the country illegally, could be of a terrorist nature or link to terrorism. is that dog whistle politics, michael? >> it may be dog whistle politics, but sadly, i think

it's the truth. look, robert jenrick, when he was immigration minister, he said that up to 2022, something like 1000 people were known to have criminal records who came into the uk. but a lot of them who come here throw all their identification stuff into the english channel, arrive either saying, you know what, we're only 16 or 15. subsequently doctors have said no, they're actually in their mid 20s. others are saying, you know, we're escaping from, from, from persecution. but they're not because they're not actually coming from countries where there is , isn't it? there is, isn't it? >> isn't it? >> isn't it? >> and one has to ask a why are they coming here? and b some of them are escaping their own police because of crimes they've committed. and, you know, you made a very interesting point about struggles going on in afghanistan and different people. you might remember much worse than the public. yeah, but

you might remember a few years back in the east end of london, legally, people here of pakistani and bangladeshi origin were killing each other because they were different sects. we in they were different sects. we in the muslim religion led to suggestions that multiculturalism isn't working properly in this country, but that's the least of our worries. >> if there are people coming into the country illegally unked into the country illegally linked to isis or al—qaeda, if it's one person that's got terror links, it's one person to say that's too many, because one person can cause no, no, i agree, and i think what we need to do is start to think is really question what's happening when they get here. >> because, you know, we read so many headlines about people who have been arrested, you know , have been arrested, you know, and then we found out that they've done something in spain or germany, but we don't seem to be deporting, actually. and i think that's one of the issues that we've got to do that i don't i mean, i think because

they won't take other countries before. >> is it, human rights lawyers? >> is it, human rights lawyers? >> it's human. so if you don't mind my saying, it's a human rights lawyers. and the point is that other countries in europe won't take them back. so you had you had starmer saying starmer, who's got no plans for anything, which is another reason, by the way, why he's so unpopular. >> he'd argue he's going to smash the gangs. >> yeah, i know, but i'm tired of that. i mean, we're all we're all going to smash the gangs. >> it's that easy, isn't it? >> it's that easy, isn't it? >> over the last few years, the gendarmerie , the police gendarmerie, the police nacional, the german police have been all trying to do that and failed. and starmer. so let me just finish. starmer isn't actually doing anything different from what the previous conservative government did. no, but the point is that the one thing that actually was deterring people from coming here, which was the rwanda thing, even though not a single actually one person i think voluntarily went to rwanda, but nevertheless it acted as a deterrent . he's got rid of that deterrent. he's got rid of that and he's offering he is making

this country open to not only division, but also are you . division, but also are you. >> well, the tories did that, but the court but the conservatives did that as well. >> and i should argue and say that labour would argue that rwanda was an expensive white elephant . rwanda was an expensive white elephant. but rwanda was an expensive white elephant . but anyway, what's elephant. but anyway, what's your view? >> i've spoken to several ex—senior, very senior police officers who think all of this talk about we must destroy the gangs, we must get to the gangs is totally unrealistic. now, i'm not saying he shouldn't try, and i've been listening to yvette cooper talking on this subject a lot over recent weeks, but it's much, much harder than imagine. >> they're mobile. they've got resources, they've got money, they've got transport, they've got the internet, they've got onune got the internet, they've got online networks. and of course when they go, if they are smashed, they're replaced by another gang overnight. yeah. >> can we all so can we also just say can we also just say as well that that refugee and migration is now a multi—billion dollar industry . so you've got

dollar industry. so you've got smugglers, you've got hoteliers, you're making money, you've got human rights lawyers who are making money, you've got charities who are making money, and security firms that are making money. everybody is making money. everybody is making money. everybody is making money out of this. it is a growing industry. >> it's racist to worry about the small boats crossing. >> no, i mean, i don't think it is. i mean , i'm i am i have got is. i mean, i'm i am i have got concerns about it, and you know, i'm seeing i'm you know, as sort of on the left and i've got concerns about it. the reason i've got concerns about it is because you know, i have concerns over what is happening in communities. you know, what what happens when the people are then dispersed? i live in, you know, the red wall area of the country where for many, many years now we've had the dispersal programmes, you know, london has sort of they seem to have dispersed a lot of the refugees. this would be like plonking, a migrant hotel. >> well, that's what they'd be doing in newquay, for example. yeah. >> well, that's what they have.

i mean, you know , that's what i mean, you know, that's what has been happening where, where i live that if you're going to have social cohesion, you've got to make a plan and you've got to make it work. >> and that's. yeah. >> and that's. yeah. >> and that's not what's been happening. >> the first duty of government is the safety of the people, and they're jeopardising you telling us in the studio that. >> and why are you telling our viewers and listeners, given that you've been in power for 14 years, if the conservatives had stopped the boats, you'd still be in parliament and rishi sunak would still be prime minister. >> there goes rishi sunak, who was stupid enough in my opinion, to actually say, we're going to stop the boats. we could never, ever stop the boats completely. but of course, but at least we had a plan. you say it's a white elephant. we didn't actually get it ongoing and that was rwanda. >> irish government said on record that rwanda was already working before it started, because they were leaving england to go to ireland, and people were worried to be in england. >> starmer got rid of that. >> starmer got rid of that. >> okay, well, let me tell you that my fantastic panel of lisa, michael and linda return at

10:00 for a take at ten special, all about the character and judgement of our new prime minister, keir starmer. but next up, in a mark dolan tonight exclusive, i'm joined in the studio by mohamed al fayed's biographer following allegations that the former harrods owner assaulted more than 100 women in assaulted more than 100 women in a reign of terror that lasted decades. it's a shocking story. we'll get inner workings of this evil man's mind from tom

next. in a take at ten special, i will be dealing with prime minister keir starmer and raising serious concerns about his judgement and his character. that is a take at ten special in just 15 minutes time. i recommend you don't miss it now. a bbc documentary has led to dozens of women coming forward to say that they were raped or sexually assaulted by former harrods and fulham fc owner mohamed al—fayed , the owner mohamed al—fayed, the crown prosecution service has

said it twice considered bringing charges against al—fayed, but concluded there was no realistic prospect of a conviction. it's now feared that the number of alleged victims could run into hundreds in what is claimed was a several decades long reign of terror. well, in a mark dolan tonight exclusive, mohamed al fayed's biographer tom bowerjoins me live in the studio. tom, it's very good to see you again. you wrote fayed the unauthorised biography in 1998. before we get to the allegations of rape and sexual assault, what kind of a picture does the book paint of this man? >> a gangster, a monster , a man >> a gangster, a monster, a man who ran around london corrupting police , buying off lawyers, police, buying off lawyers, intimidating people who'd complain about him, whether in innocent or not. >> the women, the employees of harrods , a man who had literally harrods, a man who had literally lied his way into buying harrods and lies throughout his whole life. and it was a total crook. >> did he have any ethics? did

he have any moral compass in your assessment? >> absolutely not. he didn't. morality meant what was good for fayed. i mean, he was a deeply, deeply unpleasant man, but had this great act of giving money out, giving presents out, appearing like a cuddly bear. but in fact, he was a very sinister bad man. >> and how did he amass this great fortune , this empire and great fortune, this empire and this position of power? >> well , he cheated a this position of power? >> well, he cheated a man called tiny rowland out of harrods, using the money from the sultan of brunei , which rowland didn't of brunei, which rowland didn't realise was going to happen, and that he did improve harrods a lot. he rebuilt it and made a lot. he rebuilt it and made a lot of money out of that, but he also had lots of businesses on the side. but he did business in an extraordinary way. i mean, he'd blackmail and threaten people and get business in that way. and he was a really a thoroughly al capone type businessman. and made his fortune. >> did you think twice about choosing him as a subject for biography? >> no. well i only did it because i knew him very well when i wrote a biography of tiny rowland, who was his great

enemy, and he loved the book because it painted rowland bad. every counter in harrods had the book on show. then he took me to paris. when diana died 24 hours later, and in the ritz in paris, i saw the reality of fayed's way of running business, which was bugging and blackmailing and threatening and that's when i decided to write the book. >> and did he ever threaten you in the course of your writing the book or following its publication? oh absolutely. >> during the writing of the book, first of all, he offered me around about £400,000 to write his book, which was his bribe. and i said no. then i heard from some private investigators he'd sent people out to break my fingers so i couldn't type. and then his head of security, a man called john macnamara, set me up to be arrested for buying stolen goods. it was a long, complicated story, but in the end, of course, i realised what he was up to. >> was there any evidence of this predatory sexual behaviour which has been alleged when you were researching al fayed? >> oh, overwhelming. and it's in the book . i mean, the women the book. i mean, the women complaining about fayed were

legion, but, you know, his whole attitude, his whole operation was to pick vulnerable women, obviously women who were employed by him. and he'd forced them into all sorts of things . them into all sorts of things. no, no, it was well known 30 years ago. i mean, it was exposed. the first time in 1995. but the problem was that he bnbed but the problem was that he bribed and blackmailed his way across london. the police, the prosecutors, his victims. so. and the media. the media was supine. and even on his death, the bbc ran on the night of his death. instead of saying in the interview i gave them, there was a pimp, a blackmailer, a crook and a gangster. they cut that out and ran . michael cole, his out and ran. michael cole, his former spokesman, saying that fayed was a lovely, wonderful family man who gave fortunes to charity and never did a bad thing in his life. in terms of al—fayed's alleged crimes and the bbc's handling of that story, do you think there are parallels with jimmy savile? well, you drop the word alleged. he was a criminal. he's dead now, so don't worry. of course.

i mean, worse than savile because he was accepted not only by the palace for a long time, but by politicians. he he ran a whole empire in london and worse than savile, he corrupted the london police. he bribed them to turn a blind eye to all the rapes and all the rest of it. the cps under keir starmer was in itself corrupted because we're useless prosecutors and the real thing really awful thing, was that the journalists who tried to tell the truth were not protected in the courts. so the libel actions were always very threatening. the costs were huge and his methods to intimidate witnesses were just al capone. i mean, he was literally he and his henchmen were just very, very dangerous people. and they had a free reign across london, just back to the bbc's coverage of the al—fayed story following his death . death. >> of course, you know, they would argue someone's just died. a public figure, and they didn't have any tangible evidence about that. of course, they had tangible evidence. >> the 30 years the book was out,

they knew very well. and repeatedly i was asked, do you want to make a documentary about face for the bbc? but the bbc was rejected it because they were too pusillanimous. >> so why do we think? >> so why do we think? >> why do you think that the bbc withheld that some of the material that you gave them? >> well, it wasn't some it was a lot. well, well, because first of all, i think they thought he was an arab. you can't attack an arab. then they did a natural fear that it mustn't be nasty about a living man. >> weren't they worried that it wasn't true what you said? >> no, because it was published. and there were all those witnesses, all these women who've come forward now aren't talking about something that happened five years ago. 15 years ago? >> well, we approached the bbc, tom, earlier today and they told us the following. as our powerful coverage has shown this week, there has long been suggestion a rumour in relation to mohamed al fayed, but it is only now because of the brave testimony of survivors and many months of investigation, that the true horror of his actions have been publicly revealed. we then asked if they investigated tom bower's claims about al—fayed at the time. they have

so far refused to respond. your reaction? >> well, it's not true. there were a documentary on itv, a documentary channel 4, where women denounce fayed for sexual offences . so there's a hole offences. so there's a hole there already happened. it'd beenin there already happened. it'd been in print as well. it's just not true. i mean, the bbc had an attitude and it really because they are a weak organisation, they are a weak organisation, they didn't want to challenge a powerful man. that was it. they felt intimidated. >> al—fayed threatened to break your fingers. a particularly egregious thing to do to to a a bestselling author. do you think fayed was responsible for violence in the course of his business activities? >> oh, absolutely. >> oh, absolutely. >> people were hurt, physically attacked by by his heavies. >> well, he had always walked around london with four armed guards, i mean, which was in itself illegal. whether i found anyone who actually had been physically beaten up, the threat was always enough. i mean, the point about people who worked in harrods, they weren't very physically strong people . the physically strong people. the women weren't strong. so just the threat enough was to

terrorise them. and it worked. >> indeed . so i'm reading >> indeed. so i'm reading between the lines. there must have been enablers that helped al fayed commit these crimes, including people on his payroll. >> oh yeah, the people on his payroll 100%. they most of them knew what was happening, but they were threatened themselves not to denounce him . and they not to denounce him. and they didn't have the support of the police who were being paid by fayed and mcnamara, especially those chelsea police station and other places. the lawyers always helped fayed suppress the truth. you know, the system was corrupt. the system the british system helped fayed all these years until his death to get away with all these pimping and blackmail and rape and everything else. when you say pimping , can everything else. when you say pimping, can you give me the sort of detail of that? >> well, well, what he did was to seduce someone into a business deal. >> he'd provide them with girls. he was obsessed with hiring. he had a whole army of prostitutes in 60 park lane who were always available for him and for his business operations. i mean, this is a man who is absolutely

revolting. >> he owned harrods. he owned fulham fc. he actually started a radio station. my first job in the media. 963 liberty, you're compromised. there you go. he was one of my first bosses. i did meet him a couple of times and didn't find him particularly warm. personality, and of course, he was the father of dodi fayed who was in a relationship with princess diana when she died. this is a man who craved to be a member of the establishment but never achieved it. >> no, never achieved it because tiny rowland, his great nemesis, would run constantly. a campaign exposing fayed as a liar. and in the end it percolated to the palace, who withdrew from the windsor horse show and various other institutions. the home office wouldn't give him a passport, jack straw said no, but on the whole, they didn't do what was the right thing to do was prosecute him and put him behind bars. >> he didn't get his passport. that was his dying wish. wasn't a uk passport. >> i would have thought at the time it was a great wish. but you've got to compare london with new york. there's harvey

weinstein, there's jeffrey epstein, prosecuted with great vigour, sent to jail or they commit suicide. in london, fayed got away with it and it's because in london there was corruption at the highest level which let him get away with it. and you're the only station, i'll tell you who's prepared to let me say the truth. >> and that you say that you think fayed's crimes, that he might have been worse than savile? >> oh, gosh. yes, because he corrupted the system. it wasn't just sex. i mean, there was a real, you know, a blackmailer, a cheat, a crook , a man who was cheat, a crook, a man who was really besmirched. london and london didn't bring him to book tom moore always a privilege to have you in the studio. >> my thanks to you. i would argue. britain's most feared biographer, tom bower, whose book about mohamed al fayed has stood the test of time. it's aged pretty well, let's be honest. it is called fayed. the unauthorised biography. now in a take at ten special, the events of the week raise serious questions about the prime minister, keir starmer's character and judgement. so i'm

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the conservatives only hope a merger with reform uk. i'll be asking former tory government minister and now reform uk spokesman ann widdecombe . spokesman ann widdecombe. plus, tonight's top pundits , plus, tonight's top pundits, journalist and political consultant linda jubilee , consultant linda jubilee, maverick former conservative mp sir michael fabricant and academic and self—proclaimed anarchist. i think we all are these days. lisa mckenzie . plus these days. lisa mckenzie. plus tomorrow's newspaper front pages and ann widdecombe waiting in the wings. a packed show, lots to get through, a take at ten special all about the character and judgement of our new prime minister. and i'm not pulling my punches. first, the news headunes punches. first, the news headlines and the insuperable sam francis .

sam francis. >> mark, thank you and good evening to you. it's just coming up to 10:02. the top story from the newsroom tonight, the labour conference has wrapped up for the day after speeches from the deputy prime minister and foreign secretary, david lammy, opening the afternoon session in liverpool. cabinet minister darren jones called for labour to hold power for five terms and make it the natural party of government. well, earlier, the deputy prime minister, angela rayner , declared now is labour's rayner, declared now is labour's moment, promising to bolster workers rights, build high quality homes and strengthen communities. >> there will be no complacency. we've seen where that leads. don't forget what they did partygate, covid contracts, the lies divisions , scapegoating and lies divisions, scapegoating and the unfunded tax cuts for the richest that crashed our economy. don't forget any of it. the tories failed britain and they tried to cover it up. a crater in the heart of britain's

economy, a puncture in the pocket of every working family and a £22 billion black hole. >> it could also be trouble for sir keir starmer elsewhere in the uk, as the snp's westminster leader, stephen flynn, has said today that the new prime minister is failing to deliver on the change that he promised scotland in the general election. he claims that despite the snp being willing to work with labour, that sir keir starmer is completely out of touch with scotland and the issues the country is facing. it comes after the prime minister's already faced criticism over cuts to the winter fuel allowance and his acceptance of clothing donations. well, earlier, our scotland reporter tony maguire asked the people of glasgow if they feel that sir keir starmer is delivering in three months, give or take, this labour government. >> how do you think they are performing for scotland? >> one out of ten. really? yeah again, i'm a pensioner. they've taken my winter fuel allowance andifs taken my winter fuel allowance and it's wrong. >> i had high hopes for keir

starmer and now it's all gone. has there been any. >> i haven't really noticed much to be honest. >> i'm ashamed to say i'm a glaswegian. really. when i see the state of the place and i've watched 13 years of snp, we're in big, big trouble. well, no, no , we might be out of the no, we might be out of the trouble now with the labour run, i don't know. just a matter of wait and see. >> elsewhere in politics, the reform leader, nigel farage, sat down with gb news political editor christopher hope at their party conference yesterday and, speaking on chopper's political podcast, mr farage said that in order for reform to make an impact at the local elections in may, the party will have to complete ten years of evolution in just the next six months. however, that hasn't stopped him from setting quite the target. >> we've got enough people to have 2300 candidates. the question is, are they the right 2300 candidates? because we will be held to a higher standard than everybody else. and i'm aiming in those elections to win

hundreds of seats. >> and you can hear that full podcast interview wherever you catch your podcast . just search catch your podcast. just search for chopper's political podcast. i've done it again and said podcast far too many times. in other news, the commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the battle of arnhem have continued in the netherlands today. earlier veterans, armed forces personnel and the princess of royle gathered at the oosterbeek war cemetery for the oosterbeek war cemetery for the airborne memorial service, with that event closed by a fly—past from the battle of britain memorial flight. earlier, her royal highness princess anne gave a reading to mark the 80th anniversary of operation market garden. >> he that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the almighty . i will say of the the almighty. i will say of the lord, he is my refuge and my fortress , my god. in him will fortress, my god. in him will i trust . trust. >> that's the latest from the newsroom. for now , back over to

newsroom. for now, back over to mark dolan for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you. sam is a reform slash alerts. >> thank you. sam is a reform with, i should say, a merger with, i should say, a merger with, i should say, a merger with reform uk. is that the only with, i should say, a merger with reform uk. is that the only hope that the tories have of hope that the tories have of winning the next election? i'll winning the next election? i'll be asking . former tory be asking . former tory be asking. former tory be asking. former tory government minister and reform government minister and reform uk spokesperson ann widdecombe. uk spokesperson ann widdecombe. she's waiting in the wings. she's waiting in the wings. plus, my top pundits are ready plus, my top pundits are ready with tomorrow's papers at 1030. with tomorrow's papers at 1030. but first, a very special take but first, a very special take at ten. i had profound concerns at ten. i had profound concerns about the character of sir keir about the character of sir keir starmer when he campaigned for starmer when he campaigned for arch socialist jeremy to corbyn arch socialist jeremy to corbyn become prime minister, which become prime minister, which would have been an economic and would have been an economic and

national security disaster for national security disaster for the country. he called jeremy corbyn a friend and sought to place into downing street a fringe figure from the left who presided over rampant anti—semitism and who refused to say on record that he would press the nuclear button if this country was invaded . i had country was invaded. i had profound concerns about the character of sir keir starmer and his contempt for democracy, when he effectively campaigned for a second referendum after brexit. i had profound concerns about the character of sir keir starmer when he blindly supported the ruinous and, in my view, completely failed, experiment of lockdowns. in fact , experiment of lockdowns. in fact, he called for more . i had he called for more. i had profound concerns about the character of sir keir starmer when, after the appalling riots in southport in july, he allowed a perception to take hold that anyone concerned about mass legal or illegal immigration was

far right . and his nickname, two far right. and his nickname, two tier keir, was not earned by accident with his willingness to condemn some forms of hatred and disorder as seen during those riots in july, but not the so—called peace marches every weekend, which the editor of the jewish chronicle called a festival of it was to protect

though he said it was to protect mps from being attacked . i had mps from being attacked. i had profound concerns about the character of sir keir starmer when he ignored labour mp rosie duffield for months on end, whilst she suffered horrific abuse and attacks from within her own party, eventually having to avoid going to labour party conference altogether for fear of her own safety. no support from starmer, no condemnation for those attacking her when she took the perfectly sensible view his main qualification for power is thitheis mother worked in his main qualification for power is thithe perfectly worked in that you can't change your his main qualification for power is thithe perfectly sensible n his main qualification for power is thithe perfectly sensible view took the perfectly sensible view that you can't change your biology and that there are two biology and that there are two sexes. but then this is a man sexes. but then this is a man who said that the statement only who said that the statement only women have a cervix is not women have a cervix is not right, and something that you right, and something that you shouldn't say. i had profound shouldn't say. i had profound concerns about the character of concerns about the character of sir keir starmer when he failed sir keir starmer when he failed to focus on policy during those to focus on policy during those tv leadership debates with rishi tv leadership debates with rishi sunak. he seemed to think that sunak. he seemed to think that his main qualification for power his main qualification for power is that his mother worked in is that his mother worked in the

nhs and yes, his father was a toolmaker. at one debate when he mentioned the toolmaker lie—in for the millionth time, the audience naturally just burst into laughter. now, later showing his in my view, devious nature, he claimed that it was an individual laughing not most of the crowd. and he said that they were mocking his father for having a lowly job. that's not true. that was a deliberate and dishonest interpretation of what happened. and now it emerges that sir keir starmer took over £100,000 worth of freebies. with this graph showing that he has taken the most donations by a huge distance of any member of parliament since 2019. in spite of being a millionaire himself. this champion of women's rights took down a portrait of one of the greatest politicians of the 20th century, margaret thatcher. he claimed that that's because he actually doesn't like to be

in an office where there are portraits looking down on him, except that following a freedom of information request, it turns out that his house of commons office was full of political portraits. so is he a liar? i don't know. i couldn't possibly say. but what does this next clip on itv news tell you about sir keir starmer's character ? sir keir starmer's character? >> a great british energy already up and running and making decisions. >> so we're making the legislation for great british energy hasn't been passed yet. >> no. >> no. >> oh dear. that's awkward, isn't it? i had profound concerns about his character when asked in a tv election debate with rishi sunak that if his family were seriously ill and it was the only option, would he go private? and he said no. which is either incredibly heartless or a flat out lie. you decide. so what will sir keir starmer's legacy be? well, i dread to think, as we've got

another four and a half years of this to go. this doesn't feel like a country at the moment so much as a hostage situation. i wonder how many of us will come out in one piece as this new regime taxes us to oblivion, assaults business with red tape and extra costs, sends millionaire wealth creators abroad, taxes, elite education allows unchecked wokery in our pubuc allows unchecked wokery in our public institutions. gives everyone in the public sector an unaffordable pay rise and bets the house on flaky renewables and he's on the run today with no tv interviews. at the very beginning of his party's conference. that is unprecedented. instead, sir keir has sought to distract us from

thoughts, iggs sought to distract us from thoughts, your reaction so your thoughts, your reaction please. gbnews.com/yoursay. for many years now, all those years in opposition have had my doubts about the character and judgement of sir keir starmer. backing the wrong horse in every race. attacking brexit. trying to reverse it. brexit's been a success, let me tell you. i'm a remainer that's telling you brexit has been a success. we are number one in the g7 for economic growth at the moment. we're doing brilliantly but look, what's your view? gbnews.com/yoursay. tonight's top pundits are the brilliant broadcaster and journalist linda jubilee, former conservative mp and now a man free to speak his mind . the one and only sir mind. the one and only sir michael fabricant and mind. the one and only sir michael fabricant and ethnographer and academic doctor ethnographer and academic doctor lisa mckenzie. great to see all lisa mckenzie. great to see all three of you. now i will say to three of you. now i will say to you , doctor lisa mckenzie, that you , doctor lisa mckenzie, that you, doctor lisa mckenzie, that i don't like to attack people on you, doctor lisa mckenzie, that i don't like to attack people on the basis of personal qualities. the basis of personal qualities. i think you play the ball, not i think you play the ball, not the man, as it were . but i think the man, as it were . but i think the man, as it were. but i think that someone's character and the man, as it were. but i think that someone's character and

judgement is central to their judgement is central to their job as. the one and only sir job as prime minister. and that's why i'm really worried about sir keir starmer being in number 10. >> no, and i agree with you. i've been worried about him for a long time. 2011 i was doing research as an academic and i did some research on the 2011 riots, which is when kit sir keir starmer started to pop up. you know, when he was opening courts for 24 hours and making sure that people who had stolen water went to prison for two and a half years. so he . he. keir a half years. so he. he. keir starmer does what he's always done. starmer does what he's always done . he's protecting the status done. he's protecting the status quo. that's what he does. and as a working class

>> well, she's a very popular figure within the labour movement. >> i'm sure she is. well, not with me. she's not. today, you know, today there was an interview with her where she sort of said, well, the reason why i've been given clothes and the reason why i've taken this is because i'm a working class woman. that is an absolute disgrace for every working class woman in this country, because working class women don't get an easy ride. they don't get things given to them. the very fact that they are working class and a woman means that their lives are difficult. angela rayner is representing nobody but herself and her own career interests, and her own career interests, and that really represents this labour government for me. >> supporters of sir keir starmer would argue there's not too much wrong with his judgement. he's prime minister with a landslide. >> well, even his supporters have had a lot of trouble justifying recent events. that's for sure. i mean, in fact, one of the things that is a standout for me in the last few days is that it's his supporters that have been the issue. they have

come out with these woolly words, these kind of mealy mouthed explanations about what has gone on. and starmer have done more harm than good. right. >> and starmer digging in, which means you're not just an expert on politics and business, but pr as well. i mean, labour's handung as well. i mean, labour's handling of this has left a lot to be desired, hasn't it? >> yeah, absolutely. on every level they have failed to get ahead of the narrative. and in fact they shouldn't have to get ahead of the narrative. they wouldn't have to have had to do this if they hadn't made unforced errors. but the fact is , unforced errors. but the fact is, having done that, you need to get ahead. and they're not doing it. they're just massaging things around so that they can say, we've ticked this box. transparency ticked, and actually the great british pubuc actually the great british public aren't so much interested in. has it been transparent? is should it have been done in the first place? yes, michael. >> of course, boris johnson, when he was prime minister, was limped from one disaster to another. and ultimately that cost him his political career, particularly partygate and the

chris pincher scandal. how would you compare starmer's alleged crimes? because many would argue that no rules have been broken here. >> i think it's all about the difference in character and ability between the two. look, bofisis ability between the two. look, boris is not a manager. never claim to be a manager. he's like ronald reagan . really? a man ronald reagan. really? a man full of ideas. what he wasn't doing, which ronald reagan did do, is surround himself with able people who could control him. but the problem with keir starmer is he's devoid of ideas. he came into government with no plan. he i've seen him in the house of commons. i mean, let's be honest. >> i mean, they've they've sorted out the industrial action which rishi sunak wasn't able to do.the which rishi sunak wasn't able to do. the strikes are now over a deal with the junior doctors, a deal with the junior doctors, a deal with the train drivers. they're getting on with running the country and fixing a tory mess. >> they're acting like robin

hood and they're , they're hood and they're, they're they're stealing from the pensioners to give to train drivers. the average wage of a train driver is £74,000 a year. aren't they having. >> aren't they having to do the cuts to the winter fuel allowance because of the tory economic mess that they inherited for six months, the labour government have had full access to the treasury books. >> they knew what the situation was at the time of the election. they said there wouldn't be any cuts and they needn't have been cuts and they needn't have been cuts because the amount of money given to junior doctors, who still say , by the way, that they still say, by the way, that they will go on strike and the amount of money they've given to the train drivers and others, it's easy to surrender. that's not negotiation. his mind. isn't it fair to say that labour have made progress on some key issues already, pushing forward the green agenda, getting britain to be sort of, you know, energy independent? >> well, so far they're talking

what actually has happened . what actually has happened. that's quite difficult to do. but one thing i will say is that what i think has been a mistake by keir starmer is this drip feed of information about how we all need to work hard, we all need to try harder. it's going to get harder before it gets better again. it will take ten years to turn the nhs round now that simply according to this week, i listened to, mohamed el—erian , the chief economist el—erian, the chief economist from allianz, and he's saying, you can't drip feed that kind of information into the public arena , destroy the economy, arena, destroy the economy, destroy it. >> it's frightening what we're going to do, because feelings are running very high in the studio. >> we're going to come back to this with the papers, because let me tell you that it is all over the front pages. tomorrow, labour civil war mps at conference absolutely furious with their own prime minister will sir keir starmer, will he survive this political storm? will he still be leader of the

party at the next election? that's with the papers at 10.30 and my all star panel. but next up is the conservatives only hope merger with reform uk. i'll be asking ann

next. now i'll get to more of your messages at 1030 with the papers . messages at 1030 with the papers. but next up, reform uk have concluded their annual conference in birmingham , conference in birmingham, celebrating five new mps in the house of commons and 4.1 million votes achieved at the election. and it wasn't only their leader, nigel farage, who made a splash on the conference floor. >> how can a nation be sovereign if it cannot immediately and at its own expense and at its own wish, replenish the control of its borders as and when

necessary ? necessary? >> a characteristically brilliant performance i'm delighted to say that former conservative government minister and now reform uk spokesperson ann widdecombe joins me, and we'll come to your speech in just a moment. reform uk know how to throw a party and they know how to organise a conference. but what is the plan long term ? what is the endgame long term? what is the endgame of the project ? of the project? >> well, the end game of the project is to become the government. >> and whereas i think when we started this, we were saying, oh, well, you know, it might take ten years because of the huge progress that we made in the last election, because of the last election, because of the way that the membership is growing daily, thousands since last friday, the way that membership is growing daily, we're now very confident indeed that we can win in 2029. >> and logistically , how do >> and logistically, how do reform uk win at the next election? take take me through the numbers. an >> well, very straightforwardly

of course. we now have branches, constituency organisations which this time last year we didn't have you know we're making that progress. we've got a constitution, we've become a party and therefore we will have a huge fighting apparatus at the next election. an organised apparatus, which i think is very necessary . and we came second, necessary. and we came second, in something like 78 constituencies last time, in addition to those that we won. so we've already got a base. now we've got to do is build on that. and i think there's only one thing we do know clever stuff. we're just very straightforward. we're the only ones with the answer to immigration. we're the only ones with the answer to the collapse of the justice system. we're the only ones who actually believe in delivering the benefits of brexit. rather than smudging it and sucking up to the eu. you know, all these things are unique to reform. that's the message we have to get over between now and the next election . no gimmicks, just give election. no gimmicks, just give them the message.

>> however, there is a key barrier to reform uk winning the next election and that is the existence of the conservative party. so how do you how do you square that circle, ann? >> well, they want such a barrier last time were they. we proved to be a nemesis for them. and i think that next time it will be very different indeed because people have seen something which they didn't believe before, they've seen we can win seats , they've seen that can win seats, they've seen that we can actually get a higher share of the votes than the lib dems, for example. they've seen that we can come in with a third in the national share of votes. they've suddenly seen that we can do what we were always telling them we could do. and i think a lot of people will understand that. had a few more of them, had the courage to do what for in excess of 4 million did, we would have even more seats. and if enough of them find the courage, we can win , we find the courage, we can win, we can actually do it. every couple of hundred years. there's a quiet revolution in british politics. this is the time.

>> there's no love lost, is there? between tory leadership hopeful kemi badenoch and nigel farage, she said she was pretty nasty to him. pre—election, he doesn't speak highly of her. however, i think robert jenrick would be amenable to some kind of conversation with nigel and reform uk . so is robert jenrick reform uk. so is robert jenrick somebody that reform could do business with, do you think? >> oh, as far as i'm concerned , >> oh, as far as i'm concerned, the tories have first got to prove themselves. you know, i am not interested in doing deals with the with the hopeless mob that they were before the general election. i think they've got a great deal to prove before they talk to us. and we're not talking about becoming part of them. they can become part of us if they want to, but, you know , just to, but, you know, just understand this reform is interested in what reform is promising to do. and unless the tories can match that , not tories can match that, not really very interested in it. >> and let's have another listen to your barnstorming speech from conference this week.

>> how can a nation be sovereign if it cannot immediately and at its own expense and at its own wish, replenish the control of its borders as and when necessary ? necessary? >> and many would argue that reform uk is a specialist in back of the packet policies. how are you going to stop the boats ? are you going to stop the boats? >> well, we've already said it several times. first of all, before anybody says that you can't turn the boats around and send them back to france, let's just remember what australia did. let's remember what belgium did. let's remember what belgium did. it's not impossible, but it does require a will. and it also requires a proper border force. and that was the point that i was making there. so of course we can do that. but what we can also do is to provide an extra deterrent on top of that, which is to say that, well, if you do get through and some will, you

know, we're not fools. some will, if you do get through, you're not going to be put in hotels, you're going to be detained in secure reception centres while we process your claim. and because you are an unlawful migrant, that claim will be refused and then you will be refused and then you will be refused and then you will be sent back . will be sent back. >> and always the highlight of mark dolan tonight on a sunday evening, catch up in a week's time. my thanks to ann widdecombe there, who made quite a splash at at the reform uk party conference. let me tell you that form is temporary and class is permanent. okay folks, the papers next full pundit reaction. and it's all about

pretty. it' s pretty. it's just gone 1030. time for this . tomorrow's front pages. this. tomorrow's front pages. and we start with the guardian. to labour investigate £600 million covid contracts given under the tories rachel reeves

will announce tomorrow that she's ordered investigations into more than £600 million worth of covid contracts awarded under the conservatives, as labour struggles to get on the front foot over questions of ethics . hezbollah enters battle ethics. hezbollah enters battle of reckoning with israel is the other story . daily telegraph other story. daily telegraph rachel reeves uk must accept hard times or risk ruin britain faces economic ruin unless the pubuc faces economic ruin unless the public finances are stabilised. rachel reeves will argue tomorrow amid a winter fuel rebellion. at the labour conference. addressing delegates for the first time as chancellor, reeves will insist that tough decisions on spending and taxation are necessary to bnng and taxation are necessary to bring about economic growth. her speech will further raise fears of a raft of tax rises in next month's budget. a million people wrongly classed as too sick to work, up to a million people have been wrongly categorised as too sick to work when they're willing and able to get a job.

the study by the centre for social justice has found that joblessness in britain is nearly twice as high as official figures suggest, owing to a surge in so—called hidden unemployment . okay, lots more unemployment. okay, lots more stories to get through. how about this? the daily express? and why was monster al fayed not prosecuted ? and pensioner prosecuted? and pensioner protest aims to shame starmer into u—turn at party conference. even labour's union backers want fuel cuts scrapped keir starmer faces a showdown tomorrow with his union backers, who accuse him of picking the pockets of pensioners by axing the winter fuel payment. retired members of unite will protest at conference in liverpool in a bid to force a to vote scrap what union boss sharon graham described as cruel and an embarrassing misstep. i newspaper reeves urged not to return to austerity as labour faces winter fuel revolt . metro faces winter fuel revolt. metro sleaze row overshadows starmer's

victory parade. red flags at labour conference. that's quite a good headline, isn't it? i think you'll agree. now rayner defends herself as freebies anger keeps growing. and last but not least, for now, daily star trump mars colony the future is orange. make me president and i'll sort it with musk. it'll be one small step for a man baby, another leap for mankind . donald trump says he'll mankind. donald trump says he'll colonise mars with musk if he becomes president . becomes president. >> i love the star. >> i love the star. >> the first to buy my tickets to relocate to another planet. because things are quite challenging here, aren't they? but luckily on the planet, we do have my top pundits this evening linda jubilee, sir michael fabricant, no less, and doctor lisa mckenzie. lots of stories to sink our teeth into. and let's have a look at this one in the daily express. even labour's union backers, linda jubilee, want fuel cuts scrapped. do you think that starmer and reeves are going to have to move on this pensioners issue ?

this pensioners issue? >> yeah, that's quite difficult to say because they're they're very, very close, i think, to doing some kind of u—turn on this. but i do sense that they're intransigence will stop them ultimately from doing it because they just want to they won't want to give in. they won't want to give in. they won't want to send that signal. so i think at the at the end of the day, that that removal of the day, that that removal of the winter fuel allowance will, will, will remain. >> michael, why have they done it? >> they've done it because they feel that they i think they've made the wrong judgement to put it frankly, they've done it to pay it frankly, they've done it to pay for a political mistake. obviously a political mistake, but they've done it partly to pay- but they've done it partly to pay. as i said earlier on, pay off the doctors, pay off the train drivers. >> but it doesn't. but it's a small amount. >> it doesn't pay off anybody. >> it doesn't pay off anybody. >> it's a drop in the ocean. >> it's a drop in the ocean. >> and of course, this is the almighty mess they've inherited from the tories. >> oh, well, that's what they claim. but as i said earlier, you know, they've known exactly what the situation in the

country is broken. why they say it's not broke, as you quite rightly, we have economic growth, we have economic growth. >> and i think that's down to some excellent policies in the last 18 months. but what we have is a deficit. don't we? >> more is going out in the united states has got a huge deficit. france has got a deficit. france has got a deficit as a percentage of its gdp that is greater than that of the uk. so is germany. look, you know, covid affected every country. but only only the labour party is deciding that they're going to bring back austerity. and one of the reasons is rachel reeves. i often say this is like sharon white, who's sharon white, she was the lady who bust john lewis and waitrose and had to be got rid of. normally she would have beenin rid of. normally she would have been in office for ten years. she in fact got was got rid of after four years. she and rachel reeves have a number of things in common. one of them is they chose to be civil servants. they were good as civil servants, but

civil servants are not entrepreneurs. they don't know how to make money. all they know aboutis how to make money. all they know about is how to cut. >> cut. i think liz truss is no entrepreneur, is she? >> look what happened to interest rates when she was prime minister. >> well, it's been said actually recently that interest rates surged all over the world at that time. it went up in the united states , france and united states, france and germany. i don't actually think she helped in the uk. oh no. they went up everywhere she was, i think, i think i think rachel reevesis i think, i think i think rachel reeves is more like george osborne, actually. >> she's cruel. i always found that george osborne was a cruel person, the way that his language, the way that he spoke about people, the sort of dismissal of actually genuine people's struggles. and i think that's what rachel reeves is. >> hasn't rachel reeves had her arm , her arm forced on this one? arm, her arm forced on this one? you know , she's got to make some you know, she's got to make some tough decisions because she thinks the country won't solvent. >> no. we have in the last in

the in the in the austerity government in george osborne's government, there was a very good argument that was made by economists. all over the world. thomas piketty, mario masca , thomas piketty, mario masca, really excellent economist that austerity is a political choice and that that the country's budget is not like a household budget. it doesn't matter. yeah it doesn't matter how many times you say this. it's not true. so this argument about austerity is already being made. and so it is already being made. and so it is a political decision. it was a political decision when osborne and cameron did it. political decision when osborne and cameron did it . and it is and cameron did it. and it is now a political decision. >> i think she's doing it, though, is extraordinary that a labour chancellor is doing this. why is she doing it? >> well, i think it was. >> well, i think it was. >> it was a signal. it was saying i am strong, i am not taking you know, i'm not i'm not a soft person. i'm not a soft government. >> isn't it because michael, she wants to stop the country going bankrupt? yeah. the headline in the daily telegraph. the uk must accept hard times or risk ruin.

she's talking about what she's saying. >> that's what she's saying. that so many politics. >> yeah. i think economics. >> yeah. i think economics. >> no i agree with you, mark. it is prudent . but this goes back is prudent. but this goes back to what i said earlier. she she's peddling this line and it is inconsistent and it's drip feeding that actually we must accept hard times and they will get harder before they get better. otherwise we risk ruining what to drive away investment is, is she will be i agree. >> she will forecast. she will create the very situation i know that she's trying to avoid . that she's trying to avoid. >> she will. she is doing this and it is the politics of fear. but it but it's badly done . and but it but it's badly done. and that means you've got she's frightening people and a lack of confidence in the economy, political courage and a bit of tough love for the economy. >> i mean, we are broke, aren't we? and she's trying to cut so that we can probably have sunnier uplands in five years. >> time to take away. >> time to take away. >> she doesn't explain that. >> she doesn't explain that. >> no, but but to take away chancellor. what? to take what to take away this winter fuel

allowance. it was the wrong thing at the wrong time. it was the wrong decision. and actually, if the amount of pensioners claim pension credit that that need it and can and can claim it, if they do that it wipes out the saving. so what were they thinking ? are they were they thinking? are they hoping that pensioners just die i don't know yeah that's right. >> or is it a callous. >> it's callous. it's callous. and cruel. and that's why it reminds me of george osborne. >> well, now they're saying, of course, that a million people who are on sickness benefits shouldn't be. >> so we've had the pensioners screwed. now we're going to have sick people screwed under this caring labour government. >> can i ask you about keir starmer's position? obviously he achieved that remarkable landslide victory on the 4th of july only because they hated us more than they hated a lot of your supporters. >> a lot of your supporters stayed at home. yeah. absolutely. right. >> or voted for reform. >> or voted for reform. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> but notwithstanding his

electoral success, how secure is sir keir? because the party is not happy. yeah. the movement, the unions aren't happy. you've got mps sending angry tweets on x on day one of conference. so you know there's no guarantee instability stays the instability stays the instability that they face is this. >> and i speak as someone who was a government whip for a number of years, a lot of the membership of the parliamentary labour party are brand new people, brand new mps panic easily. yeah if nothing has improved after a year or two, he will. and i'm talking about improved as in polling because i'll tell you what, if there was an election tomorrow, he wouldn't win. there'd be a coalition of some sort if they think they're not going to win the next general election, he will be out and he knows it, but he'll get to the end of this term. >> i don't know, i don't know. >> i don't know, i don't know. >> i don't know, i don't know. >> i anneliese whether in two years time the polling is

looking better for him. >> i have never known, i have never known. i live like i said, i live in the east midlands. it's far away from nottinghamshire. yeah, yeah, it's far and away from westminster and islington and people hate him in a way that is surprised me . surprised me. >> left leaning labour supporters. >> yeah, these were people that have voted labour most of their life . they've probably stopped life. they've probably stopped in the last sort of eight years. >> nine years. why do they hate starmer so much? >> because he's an authoritarian that's disconnected from them. >> that's the problem. it's the disconnection. >> well, listen, let's talk about that after the break. >> can sir keir starmer survive this political firestorm ? will this political firestorm? will he still be the leader of the labour party at the next election? i've got to say it's all up for grabs . plus more all up for grabs. plus more trouble for angela rayner. another political headache. that's

next. okay folks, more front pages. and we start with the daily mirror and they lead with the following labour war on tax cheats. we will get your money back. a tax dodgers will be hunted down and forced to pay up in a new drive to claw back billions in public services and daily mail. now rayner hires £68,000 vanity photographer angela rayner, deputy pm, is billing the taxpayer for thousands of pounds for a vanity photographer to boost her image.

the mail can reveal that the deputy pm, who's been mired in controversy over freebies from labour donors and could face a sleaze inquiry, has risked a fresh storm by appointing the personal photographer on a salary of £68,000. although downing street has employed photographers to record the prime minister for some years, miss rayner is the first deputy pm to be awarded her own photographer. so it's quite extraordinary. let's get reaction now from my top pundits. we've got the linda jubilee journalistic icon, we've got a fantastic former tory mp, the wonderful sir michael fabncant the wonderful sir michael fabricant and doctor lisa mckenzie , academic and general mckenzie, academic and general intellectual . well, look, your intellectual. well, look, your reaction to this. another bad headune reaction to this. another bad headline for angela rayner and therefore the prime minister, keir starmer. lisa. >> yes. and i just want to sort of be fair to angela rayner. i am not saying the reason i am angry with her is because she has used this thing about being

working class for a long time. she has ridden on that. she has been saying, i'm, you know, i was a single mum and she's done it. and actually what she's doing now is she's behaving like marie antoinette and, you know, and this i can't get my head around that, you know, she's coming on the wave of being working class and now sort of like let them eat cake, you know, where's, where's, where's my wardrobe? >> she wants to build more houses for working class people. she wants to level up. she wants to improve . to improve. >> so why mess it all up? >> so why mess it all up? >> these are all these are all bona fide labour policies, aren't they? >> yeah, well i've not. well actually, what i've not heard from this is how are they going to do this. so she's saying this i've seen some memes today on twitter which says we're going to build houses. i've not seen any any policies. i've not seen any any policies. i've not seen any laws going through. i've seen some memes and i've seen angela rayner sort of standing there and trying to use her working class credentials, which actually is upsetting and

annoying when i live in a community, in an area where working class women are struggling and why i cannot understand is why she. >> why she's so unaware , unself >> why she's so unaware, unself aware that she is emotional intelligence. that's right. >> we should do what i do and get my phone out and do a selfie. >> yeah, well that's it . >> yeah, well that's it. >> yeah, well that's it. >> i mean, actually, you broke the internet with a selfie the other day. james, if you get a second, see if you can jump on michael's twitter. >> oh, god, i know what you're going to do. >> do we have your permission to put it on national tv? >> permission. there you go. >> permission. there you go. >> so. well john paul, michael's twitter and you'll find a very a very attractive photograph of michael, mike, nigel, michael on holiday, >> she's not self—aware. >> she's not self—aware. >> she cannot see how bad this looks. and even if people around her say, well, it doesn't matter how bad it looks, because that's just, you know, the facade, facade, if you like. that's just the comms. but perception is everything in politics, and i

cannot understand why someone and this goes back for weeks now, dancing in an ibiza nightclub just as the prime minister says, we all have to have it tough for years and years until it gets better. >> she's entitled to a holiday we're all entitled. >> disagrees with that. but what about your emotional intelligence? what about your grasp of timing? and what about your judgement when it comes to how you are being perceived by the voter? >> yeah, i mean, this figure, i find it quite unreal. 68,000 unbelievable a year for your own personal photographer. i genuinely can't believe my eyes. this might be the worst of the sleaze allegations so far. lisa. >> again, what it is, it's trivial, but it's trivial and decadent at the same time. yeah it's trivial and decadent. let them eat cake. you know, you know, it's she's she's not spending you know, she's not spending, you know, money on perhaps researchers or whatever. it's photographers and clothes she's spending money on office

supplies. >> but we now know that to be clothes and, you know, the office supplies, in inverted commas at least, was given by a private person. >> yeah. this is money coming out of our money. >> michael, you were in the house of commons for a long time. >> two years. >> two years. >> well, that's exactly right. so you've seen administrations come and go. is this just teething problems ? tomorrow's teething problems? tomorrow's fish and chip paper and eventually we'll all move on. >> this is what labour mps are hoping. it'sjust >> this is what labour mps are hoping. it's just that . but i hoping. it's just that. but i don't think it is. i think that the prime minister, i think angela rayner , lacked judgement. angela rayner, lacked judgement. as i said, they came into all this with no plan. it's a complete vacuum. it's a complete void. well, wait a minute. and the plan is to invest in schools, hospitals. >> they say it all, you know, they say it all in prisons. >> but you know, law and order on the streets. >> so the mirror says we will get your money back. this is now rachel reeves from all the people who are tax dodgers. but they say it, but they don't say,

how do you think the hmrc hasn't been trying to do that for years, for years and years and years. and it's like they never got says it's like when starmer's. that's why i go abroad. >> you'll stay rich. you can afford your own clothes. >> but you know it's like when starmer says you know, we're going to solve like that. if we get elected, getting the boats over because, you know what we're going to do? we're going to stop the people smugglers. see the what the hell do they think? am i five and everybody else has been doing? >> what do you think the problem with this kind of behaviour is? >> it might sound trivial or flippant, but it's indicative of a mindset that's. >> and what is that mindset? >> and what is that mindset? >> well, the mindset is that the mindset is don't it's do as i say, not as i say, not as i do. >> or now we're in power. >> or now we're in power. >> let's take advantage of it. >> let's take advantage of it. >> is there an element to which labour have been out of power for over a decade, and that they

just need to get back into the groove of government, and that they'll iron out these issues? >> no, no, that's their job. >> no, no, that's their job. >> they've been on the other benches. clearly they have. they not been learning anything. apparently they've been out in the communities to talking people, finding out about things , people, finding out about things, stadium, enjoying the all inclusive bar. yeah, i mean, that was quite funny actually. i saw somebody on twitter saying, that with keir starmer he's frightened to be in the emirates stadium and he's like, what's going to happen? is he going to be gotten by graphic designers, which which is sort of, you know, this is who supports arsenal nowadays . arsenal nowadays. >> yeah. okay. >> yeah. okay. >> now listen, if you're thinking about hiring a personal photographer, why don't you employ the person that took this lovely picture of michael fabricant, sir michael fabricant on holiday ? where were you, on holiday? where were you, michael? >> i was actually in west wales. >> i was actually in west wales. >> there you go. listen. now we're going to flash it up on the main screen in just a second. but let me tell you that you are a man that belies your years. you're still in excellent physical nick, and it doesn't cost. >> yes. >> yes. >> the man boobs, i must say, got more views. 1.2 million than

the average page three girl. >> here comes harry. >> here comes harry. >> won't let us down. he's actually asked for a personal signed copy of this photograph. >> oh, michael, you look very well . oh, god, what a view. and well. oh, god, what a view. and i'm not talking about the mountains. >> i'm going to get a sports bra. >> i'm going to get a sports bra. >> don't do yourself down a gorgeous figure, david gandy. >> eat your heart out, can i thank my amazing partner tonight? first of all, i think you'll agree. a five star debut from sir michael fabricant. so, michael, do come back down. you know, you're still keeping it real up in litchfield because you still love your ex constituents. >> yeah, i'm living with lisa. >> yeah, i'm living with lisa. >> always a joy. fabulous. linda as well. the one and only linda jubilee. folks, i'm back on friday at 8 pm. keep it gb news breakfast. of course. eamonn is back tomorrow. don't miss it. headliners is next. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello there. good evening.

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likes of dumfries and galloway, but we will start to see some rain arriving into very far north of scotland during the day, and that will continue to push its way southwards into the likes of the highlands of lewis and harris. later on, those outbreaks of rain will continue on and off for much of wales central and north eastern parts of england during the day, with a few brighter spells trying to poke their way through across the south—east. still, though, with a few showers here, temperatures in that sunshine managing to climb towards 21 c, but elsewhere generally feeling cooler between 15 or 16 c. the low pressure that is bringing this area of heavy rain will gradually move its way off eastwards as we do head into tuesday, so things will be turning drier and a little bit calmer for wales and england on tuesday itself, though still relatively cloudy and very many bright spells fairly limited . bright spells fairly limited. we'll also see that rain gradually push its way southwards across more areas of scotland, with some brisk winds around at times, and those northerly winds will start to feed in some cooler air as well. so things are set to be turning colder for many of us as we head over the forthcoming week. by >> looks like things are heating

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of three professional comedians. don't laugh . you're not supposed don't laugh. you're not supposed to laugh. >> why did you laugh? why? what was that? what does that mean? >> no reason that we should be besmirched with accusations of amateurishness. i'm simon evans. tonight we have paul cox, the people's gammon of course, and kerry marx, the people's mohamed al fayed. >> how the hell did that happen? who wrote that? what on earth inspired someone to write that? >> it's your yacht. where? i guess. i think that might be it. anyway, how are you both? you're well? good, good. thank you. >> i wouldn't mind if you went with the harrods rather than to acknowledge the gift of a tie. >> so this tie. i was once again being sent a lovely gift. this time it was gifted to me at one of my. my comedy clubs that are run by chris and louise. it's saint piggies. now, louise went into labour this week, and i know they've had a bit of a troubled week, so i my understanding is they're both doing okay and i just wanted to wish them well. thanks ever so much for the gift. thank you guys for what it's worth, i was a very hard labour. apparently

and look how i turned out. yeah, exactly. let's take a look at our front pages. we have the guardian leading us off to labour investigate £600 million covid contracts given under the tories guardian, desperately trying to claw back the moral high ground mail. now rayner hire, £68,000 vanity photographer. that's more like it. telegraph reeves uk must accept hard times or risk ruin the mirror. we will get your money back , the ai reeves urged money back, the ai reeves urged not to return to austerity as labour faces winter fuel revolt. and finally, the star. the future is orange. i believe that's a trump musk collaboration. those were the front pages . so, paul, we'll front pages. so, paul, we'll start with the cover of the daily mail. yeah, let's do this now. rayner hire 68 k vanity photographer. so this is the deputy prime minister of course simon. angela rayner and on the taxpayer. she's now got herself

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