uncomfortable. >> yes. as freebie gate rages on, is the keir starmer fit to be prime minister? we'll hear from both sides on that in our head to head. expect sparks to fly. >> i didn't do anything wrong with that room that courtesy wasn't extended to me . it's just wasn't extended to me. it's just simple as that. and it could have been so easily because there were pockets of moments when that did happen. >> a crisis for the bbc as the scandal hit, strictly come dancing apologises to one of its biggest stars over abuse allegations. we'll bring reaction to a situation that has rocked the corporation is this show i or 2 dance moves away from being axed. >> i wanted somewhere safe and quiet for my son to do his gcse preparation. i needed it to be secure because of the situation we were in. >> there you go. is it game over for labour? have they already lost the next general election?

meanwhile, harry arrives in the uk today, the seventh day in a row without his wife meghan. is there trouble in paradise? i'll be asking . legendary former be asking. legendary former newspaper editor kelvin mackenzie . and on my panel mackenzie. and on my panel tonight, daily express columnist carole malone , journalist and carole malone, journalist and broadcaster benjamin butterworth , broadcaster benjamin butterworth, and former chairman of the conservative party sir jake berry, currently my options are tom cleverley and kemi badenoch. yes, in my monologue at ten. you won't want to miss this. i'll be dropping some truth bombs as they gather for their annual party conference. the conservatives are in total denial about the threat of nigel farage and reform uk. here's a question for you. would a young margaret thatcher support this modern conservative party today? would she even choose to lead it? i'll be answering that question at ten, and my answer may shock you .

may shock you. so much to get through. we'll find out how patrick is getting on with that pint. straight after the headlines with sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> mark. thank you. good evening. it'sjust >> mark. thank you. good evening. it's just gone. 9:00. these are your headlines. the foreign secretary has responded to reports that israel is launching a potential ground assault on lebanon with troops reportedly positioned for an incursion . meanwhile, reuters is incursion. meanwhile, reuters is reporting that hezbollah has attacked israel using a ballistic missile. it comes after the lebanese prime minister said that i million people have been displaced as fighting between israel and the terror group continues. mr lammy has spoken with his us counterpart antony blinken, and reiterated the need for a ceasefire . ceasefire. >> we both agreed the position

that we had at the un last week that we had at the un last week that the best way forward is an immediate ceasefire. i have been urging since coming to office in july for british nationals to leave lebanon, notwithstanding that, of course, we've sent a rapid response team, 700 troops are in cyprus. we will do all we can to assist people to get out, and we have secured places on commercial flights that are flying tomorrow so that uk nationals can get out . nationals can get out. >> now. back in the uk, tory leadership contender kemi badenoch has now said that we should find a way to make life easier for those who are starting families. miss badenoch was speaking at an event with the conservative women's organisation and said people are scared to have families. this comes fresh off the back of comments she made over the level of maternity pay being excessive. miss badenoch has

since gone back on this, saying her comment was part of a longer discussion about maternity pay is quite important and this was actually a long discussion. >> we were having about the role of the state in deciding what businesses should do, but we need to decide who's going to be leader of the party. not the left, not the guardian, not the bbc, just conservatives. i was interrupted as i was answering a different question. the point i'm making is that if we lighten the burden on business, they will be able to help solve these problems rather than what kate was asking me should the government increase it? should the government do this or that? there is too much government already. things aren't getting any better. maybe we should try something else . something else. >> and in other news, former this morning presenter phillip schofield has blamed his brother for his departure from itv, saying he was fired for someone else's crime. his 54 year old brother timothy was convicted in april 2023 of ii sexual offences involving a child, including two of sexual activity, with a

child, in the final episode of channel five's castaway, schofield revealed he would neverin schofield revealed he would never in a million years decide to return to daytime tv. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in an hour 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 . forward slash alerts. >> well, i've got some home truths for the conservative party at ten. you won't want to miss it, but patrick christys is at the gb news party at tory party conference in birmingham . party conference in birmingham. patrick, what are the vibes? what's the mood like out there in in birmingham ? in in birmingham? >> okay. all right. so look, just behind me here is where the actual conference proper is. and everyone thinks that's where the real action takes place. >> but it's not because if you

follow me, we're under a lovely little walkway here. this is going to be rammed full of people from all well , doors people from all well, doors technically are at 10:00 pm. but , doors people from all well, doors technically are at 10:00 pm. but let me give you a little preview . let me give you a little preview . let me give you a little preview. okay? so this is going to look let me give you a little preview. okay? so this is going to look radically different in about radically different in about half an hour's time. we've got half an hour's time. we've got we've got the bar area here. my we've got the bar area here. my pint is my pint is waiting for pint is my pint is waiting for me. so that's great. thank you me. so that's great. thank you very much. cheers for that. very much. cheers for that. hello mate. you're right. hello mate. you're right. there's going to be a big buffet there's going to be a big buffet in here. i think we can just see in here. i think we can just see where the where the old buffet where the where the old buffet is going to be, and if i bring is going to be, and if i bring you on round here, we've got the you on round here, we've got the best in the business. they're best in the business. they're going to be doing the going to be doing the entertainment for us tonight. it's belem sterling. how are entertainment for us tonight. it's belem sterling. how are you, chap? how are we, patrick? you, chap? how are we, patrick? good. what's on the setlist good. what's on the setlist tonight, then? tonight, then? >> well , what >> well , what tonight, then? >> well, what is on the tonight, then? >> well , what is on the setlist? >> well, what is on the setlist? well, obviously we wrote the tonight, then? >> well, what is on the tonight, then? >> well , what is on the setlist? >> well, what is on the setlist? well, obviously we wrote the sven—goran eriksson years ago. we wrote that song. patrick was sven—goran eriksson years ago. we wrote that song. patrick was a big fan. he was a big fan of a big fan. he was a big fan of that one, i still am. good. i that one, i still am. good. i love that. so we might do a love that. so we might do a little bit of sven sven sven, little bit of sven sven sven, but we're going to do a load of but we're going to do a load of sort of marvin gaye, stevie sort of marvin gaye, stevie wonder, get this party going, get this party going. wonder, get this party going, get this party going. >> so this is going to be >> so this is going to be absolutely chock a block from absolutely chock a block from about 10 pm. it's going to be about 10 pm. it's going to be spilling out all the way around spilling out all the way around here as well. we are expecting here as well. we are expecting all four tory leadership candidates to make an appearance all four tory leadership candidates to make an appearance

as well as several people from the shadow cabinet and some top media figures as well. but just to get the party going at the moment anyway, i am joined, of course. cheers. cheers by the wonderful robert howe, former education minister. how are you? yeah. >> very good. i'm loving conference. actually. i think there's a bit of a vibe this year because it's exciting, because, you know, you've got all the leadership candidates. you know, it's quite a good atmosphere. >> i'm going to ask you straight off the bat if that's okay. who are you backing. >> so i genuinely haven't decided yet i want to wait till i see them on the platform on wednesday, see what they say. what is their platform? because a lot of people have said, we know what the problem is, but i want to know what their solutions are. so i think i'm going to make i think each of them have got really good qualities. and so i'm going to make up my mind by the weekend. >> well, there were a lot of undecideds actually in the conference hall today. and some of the big issues doing the rounds are whether we should be in or out of the echr your thoughts . thoughts. >> so i'm in two minds about it because i think kim is right

candidates set out what they're going to do, not just diagnose the problem, but what they're going to do. >> and just very finally, look, you've got here early and thank you've got here early and thank you very much. i'm just wondering if we can just do a bit of a cheers here. are you going to be bang up for this gb news party then from about 10:00 pm, it's going to be chock a block. >> this is the great british bash. this is going to be the best bash of conference. i mean, i'm very lucky to be here and i'm very lucky to be here and i'm so excited. i came here an hour early. yeah. >> good stuff. and just shapps as well. cheers to you all you got here. very, very early. i mean, so not technically on the guest list, but hoping if they hang around long enough, no one will ask them to leave. you'd love to see it. that's straight out of my playbook. that. so look, we're going to have it all tonight. like i said, some of the tory big hitters, a lot of good fun media types as well . good fun media types as well. and the and the main event as well. belem sperling they're going to be performing. so it's back to you in the studio a heck of a lot to go out. cheers mark. >> there you go. enjoy that pint, patrick. we'll catch up later in the evening. patrick live in birmingham from tory party conference. but here's a question. can the conservatives ever win back power? let's get the views of tonight's top pundits. daily express columnist

carole malone, journalist and broadcaster benjamin butterworth and former chairman of the party, no less, sir jake berry. party, no less, sirjake berry. so, jake, can the conservatives form an overall majority again by themselves? yes, absolutely. >> we can. i mean, the first thing is i'm really pleased to be on this panel, but i'm missing the best party at conference. i've come back to london, especially to talk to you tonight. well that's it. >> we're going to have a party here tonight, although it's a bit sober. >> we party hard. can we win back a majority? absolutely yes. this conference is about the conservative party being doctor who, like and regenerating itself. and that's why we're heanng itself. and that's why we're hearing from all of the candidates. all four of them. brilliant conservatives, about how they can take the party forward. but we do also have to accept that unless we unite the right of politics in this country, unless reform voters and conservative voters and former conservative voters who stayed at home and people who didn't vote come back together , didn't vote come back together, we are going to be stuck with a stormageddon forever. we have basically an elected socialist dictator in this country who has got such a big majority. he can

do whatever he wants and what he wants to do is take £1,500 away from pensioners over the next five years, seeing them literally freeze in their own homes and people want to see the end of that, because i certainly do. we all need to come together. >> well, he can't be a dictator if he's just won an election with a but he's an elected dictator. >> he is. he's in such a powerful position, had a very good election result then. in fact, he doesn't have to care about what the opposition parties say. if the conservative party, the liberal party and all the other parties banded together, which they never would because they don't agree about anything , he cannot be defeated. anything, he cannot be defeated. thatis anything, he cannot be defeated. that is what i mean. that's when we spoke about a supermajority dunng we spoke about a supermajority during the general election. he cannot be defeated. when boris had a majority of 80, he could be defeated. but you cannot defeat someone with a majority that big. and that's the power that big. and that's the power that the british people gave to keir starmer and the labour party. and i think there's a lot of buyer's remorse coming in now . of buyer's remorse coming in now. >> what do you think about this, carol? because i'm racking my brains as to what this party conference is for other than the election of a leader. >> well, jake has just run the

party line there, and i'm just going to take him on over that because this conference is the most important in the tory party in a generation. you know, the tories won just an election. it was the biggest defeat in the last 200 years. they've got they've got a long way to go and i don't see what they do do. i think if an election was called tomorrow with all the ups that labour have made in the past two months, do i think if an election was called tomorrow, the people would go back to the tories? not in a million years. the votes would go to reform and they'd go to the lib dems. i'm not saying that's right, but that's what would happen because people have not forgotten the covid contracts. they have not forgotten the sex scandals, they have not forgotten everything that went on under the tories. the partygate , all of that. the partygate, all of that. they've not forgotten it. and what the tories and i thought this conference would be a time for them to regroup and to to, crack on. we've seen already with badenoch and jenrick setting his attack dogs on kemi badenoch to defeat her to make a fool of her over this. what she said about maternity pay. this is not the tories reuniting to get the trust back of the british people. you're going to have to convince them that you're a serious party again,

you're a serious party again, you're going to have to stop the infighting and the backbiting and the fighting among each other. you know, you're saying that they can't lose 116 majority. that is true . and majority. that is true. and starmer is losing popularity. but the bottom line is the tories aren't gaining it. it's not being reflected in tory popularity right now. and i don't think it will be until the tories show the british people that they can be trusted again with some serious policies with, you know, with a leader that they can all get behind and not be trying to knock spots off. and that's what that's what jenrick's crew was trying to do oven jenrick's crew was trying to do over, over that maternity stuff. >> before i come to benjamin, can i pick up on carol's point there? do you think that jenrick is playing dirty and damaging his own party by throwing kemi badenoch under the bus in such manner? >> well, first of all, let's deal with kenny's comments. i think she just misspoke. i think she is a brilliant politician, a fantastic conservative, and she just made a mistake. and i don't think we should jump on that. and it was an answer to a wider question about too much red tape on businesses. and she just threw well, she maternity cover

and things like that. >> well, she used maternity cover when she played a role in the digital department of the spectator magazine. so she didn't refuse it, did she? >> she resigned, so she didn't take it. i'm not quite sure she was on, but look, i think, no, no, you can't just say she was saying she was misinterpreted in the same way thatcher was over social. >> she was talking about how, you know , how this, this you know, how this, this maternity pay can affect it. she was talking about how it can affect people and how the stuff that goes around the maternity pay- that goes around the maternity pay. i forgot one. >> well, look, i think the point is this you cannot misinterpret if you're live on a radio programme and you say something that can't really be misinterpreted because you're being held to account for what you said, i think the point is it was a wider answer about business administration and all the challenges that we face. that's actually what i said. >> it was a wider answer, dirty and damaging his own party. >> look, we shouldn't be surprised that i don't think jenrick is playing dirty. i haven't heard him say one thing about it, but we shouldn't be surprised that we shouldn't be surprised that we shouldn't be surprised that we shouldn't be surprised that in the latter throes of a leadership election,

all these ambitious people who really, really, they're reaching for the same prize, you know, try very hard to get it. i haven't heard any of the candidates brief against each other. i don't know what their teams are doing. >> dirty tricks from jenrick. >> dirty tricks from jenrick. >> i do think, you know, jenrick supporters have got the slogan is get kemi, you know that it's not. >> their slogan is we want bobby jay. well yes, but that's what they've got on their hats. benjamin is about to tell us what it means. >> yeah, exactly. i wouldn't hold my breath. i've been married a lot of years. benjamin, let me put a spanner in the works here. based upon keir starmer's performance in the last couple of months, i think that labour will lose the next general election . and next general election. and therefore it's all to play for, for the tories. >> well, i think anybody making predictions about an election five years away, you know, if anything we've learned from the last couple of years, it's nonsense to try and predict that. i think carole malone is for once, she's absolutely right. >> the depth of the thank you so much depth after three years, the depth of the disdain for the tory party is very real. >> and i think what we've not seen in this leadership election

is a depth of ideas or of understanding of what needs to change. >> and theresa may wrote a comment piece in the times at the weekend where she said that she thinks that all four candidates are basically off the mark because they're obsessing over the reform voters when they lost what, 70 seats to lib dems? and they would be wiser to think about that. and we've heard nothing. right. and may i just point out , there's only 4000 point out, there's only 4000 tory members at conference. that's the same as reform had, or this isn't the country. >> well, let me tell you, we'll be discussing the threat of reform at 10:00, and i'll be posing a simple question in my 10 pm. monologue. would a young margaret thatcher join the conservative party in its current incarnation? you might be surprised by my answer. that's at ten. but next up, the weather is turning, the nights are drawing in, and you still have plenty of time to grab an autumn cash boost of an incredible £36,000 in cash. it is the biggest cash prize of the year so far, and it could be yours. here's how you get it. >> there's still plenty of time to grab your chance to win a

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next. would a young margaret thatcher join the modern day conservative party? i'll be giving my verdict at ten. but first, the head to head. at ten. but first, the head to head . do you love that bell? head. do you love that bell? now, after a flurry of sleaze allegations, can sir keir starmer survive as prime minister? there are now even concerns about his temperament following these concerning remarks from sky news political editor beth rigby about her experience interviewing the prime minister last week i was trying to say is, do you understand how it looks when you present yourself as one thing and then you allow a perception to build that you're just like the others. >> you're taking freebies. at one point i said to him, some people might think this is continuity junction. you're taking freebies from rich friends. he looked. he was absolutely furious with me. it was really uncomfortable . was really uncomfortable. >> really uncomfortable. words.

there from beth rigby with no deep well of support within the party for this ailing premier and with respected mp rosie duffield having quit labour in fury, could he be gone by christmas? and here's a question for you. is sir keir starmer fit to be prime minister? let me know your thoughts gbnews.com/yoursay or tweet us @gbnews. first up, let's get the views of labour party activist and writer ayesha ali khan and former conservative mp and minister andrea jenkyns. ayesha to good have you on the programme. is sir keir fit to be prime minister? >> absolutely. he's only been in office not even a full three months. let's give him a proper chance. yes, we've had a few really uncomfortable headlines. >> myself included, in that uncomfortable crowd. but look, we've only just been returned to power after 14 years. it's been a long time. there's a lot of things to do, a lot of cleaning

up to do, and i think we need to give him a proper chance, these kind of things that obviously have come to light, i wish they hadnt have come to light, i wish they hadn't because it just makes everybody quite uncomfortable, there was no need for, say, for example, the freebie clause. and so on, but i think let's just give him a chance , there's a lot give him a chance, there's a lot of work to do, and i have my full, total faith in him in rachel reeves and the rest of the party right now. >> aisha, statistically, sir keir starmer is the greediest member of parliament, £110,000 worth of goodies since 2019. and he's been angry with a very senior female political reporter at sky news and made her feel uncomfortable . i don't think uncomfortable. i don't think this guy has got the right temperament for the job or indeed the right character. does he ? he? >> well, first of all, i agreed , >> well, first of all, i agreed, with what beth was saying. it was he should have just apologised. he should have got upset. he should. he should not have got angry, >> and he made her

uncomfortable. it's a mistake. >> well, this is this is exactly what i'm saying, you know, in any given circumstances, in any given circumstance , the person given circumstance, the person you know who is leading a country right now, he should have just said, look, i'm sorry i made a mistake , let's work i made a mistake, let's work together to make sure it doesn't happen. together to make sure it doesn't happen . and in many aspects, he happen. and in many aspects, he has done this right now. he's already apologised for the clothes. he's already said that's not going to happen anymore. so there are things that he's doing. he's making amends and moving on, obviously. look, i wish that these headunes look, i wish that these headlines have had lots of people contact me and say, what's going on here? you were out there campaigning and so on. this doesn't look good. and i absolutely agree. i absolutely agree it doesn't. but i'm saying it's only been three months. not even proper three months. let's give him a chance. let's see what's going on. there's been so many positive things that have already happened in the last 12 weeks or so, and i'm really confident that we are definitely going to have much more, many more positive, positive things that are going to happen. >> well, i think you've aisha,

you've got common sense and you're absolutely right that an apology is the answer. i don't think we've had an apology from sir keir starmer and dame andrea jenkyns. i think that's because of his temperament and his attitude. i think he's arrogant and i think he might have a problem with women. >> i mean, i think it's what, a disastrous three months for any prime minister in office. normally they have a bounce in the polls, normally they have a honeymoon period, but he has not had that whatsoever. i think it actually stinks because he is so sanctimonious. he's sanctimonious. he's sanctimonious. starmer is so hypocritical and quite frankly, he's had an easy ride with the other mainstream media. mark, not gb news gb news have been fair on both sides. you always get like like you can see you've got aisha on today, but let's face it , sky news have quite face it, sky news have quite given him an easy ride. so he was actually probably shocked

that they're actually challenging for once. and i think i think his mask slipped and we saw this other side to him. >> mark, do you think it's appropriate that the prime minister should make a senior television journalist feel, and i quote very uncomfortable? >> no, of course it's not. not whatsoever. and let's face it, beth has been doing, sky for years and years, and she's interviewed so many people for to her feel uncomfortable. she's quite a strong cookie. it must have been a difficult situation for aisha. >> diane abbott has said that keir starmer treated her like a non—human and rosie duffield, labour mp who has now renounced the labour whip and left the party in the commons, said she was ignored by starmer whilst she received rape and death threats for pointing out there are two biological sexes. does keir starmer have a problem with women? >> absolutely not. no, no way. i think these obviously, individuals like diana have so much respect for diane, and

obviously rosie as well. i think these are the circumstances in both those situations. absolutely did not agree with diane abbott being ignored. she was suspended, she complained. she tried to get hold of the keir starmer and the office. did it happen for a long time? absolutely wrong. i will actually call out if there's something that's wrong, i will call out. i will not stay quiet and agree and nod my head. absolutely not. again, rosie just resigned over the weekend and she again penned a letter saying she wasn't happy. but my position is this we have waited 14 years, as soon as we've returned to power, we've made started making massive changes. i am a classroom teacher. i've already seen a massive change in what's going on in schools. >> do you want 14 years with a dup in charge? let's face it. you know it is incompetent. why would you want to keep him there ? would you want to keep him there? >> i don't think keir starmer is incompetent. i think he's showing. obviously he's moving forward. he's got quite a tricky, start to, to his leadership. there's been a £22 billion self—inflicted though. >> let's face it , self—inflicted

>> let's face it, self—inflicted though, that the 20 the £22 billion was under your watch was under the tories watch. >> and that's another massive issue that we half half of that went to train drivers and junior doctors. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> sorry i missed that . half of >> sorry i missed that. half of that 20 billion went to train drivers and junior doctors. >> that's not i don't accept that all i think if you're on the net zero agenda, what miliband's pledge to. but this is something that boris johnson himself introduced. these are the policies that were basically introduced under the conservative leadership. >> are you saying there's no difference between labour and conservative? we may as well continue. >> i think what you'll find, what you'll find, there's a lot more transparency and a lot more willingness to put your hand up and put your hands up and say, we've done wrong. i mean, look, we're still trying to find 15 billion from the covid. what happened to that money? >> all right. well, listen, let me tell you, i said i did say that sparks would fly. aisha, what a delight to have you on the program. i hope you'll join us again in the near future. my

thanks to aisha ali khan and also delighted once again to see former conservative mp and minister dame andrea jenkins. so what are your thoughts on this? is sir keir starmer unfit to be prime minister? adam onex says he is fit to be prime minister. keir starmer will be pm for ten years. i'd love to have a drop of what he's been on, alex says. absolutely. he has exposed himself as a complete hypocrite and liar , no better than the and liar, no better than the tories. adrian onyx says he was never fit to be an mp, much less pm, and your verdict is now in. 90% of you believe that sir keir starmer is unfit to be prime minister, 10% say he's doing a good job. okay, folks , next up, good job. okay, folks, next up, a crisis for the bbc as the scandal hits. strictly come dancing apologises to one of its biggest stars over abuse allegations. is the show now 1 or 2 dance moves away from being axed? we'll find out next. in the company britain's best

well, in a huge embarrassment for the bbc, a investigation into the scandal hit strictly come dancing has upheld several serious complaints about professional dancer johnny peniche's behaviour on the show. although the corporation has upheld some but not all, of the

complaints made against the italian dancer, they have apologised to the sherlock actress amanda abingdon, who spoke of the mental health and physical trauma suffered at the hands of her dance partner on the show. now, in a statement , the show. now, in a statement, she said the following. she said i've been accused of being a liar, a troublemaker and of being mad and unstable. she claims that the apology from the bbc has vindicated her decision to speak out. so what's next for the bbc's biggest entertainment show? i'm going to speak to a top showbiz guest in a moment. can i give you my two pennies worth about this? i think the bbc has a problem of its culture, how it manages things. this is the same organisation that allowed huw edwards to be the face of its news operation. whilst serious allegations were floating around about his behaviour. i'm not just talking about what happened to me and what turned out to be the egregious crime of images of child sexual abuse on his phone . child sexual abuse on his phone. long before that, there were

concerns about edward's behaviour with colleagues, creepy text messages , all the creepy text messages, all the rest of it. and now strictly, which appears to have put several of its dancing stars through absolute hell ptsd, physical and mental trauma. and now they've had to apologise . so now they've had to apologise. so what is going to happen to strictly? is it 1 or 2 dance moves away from being axed? let's get the views of one of the best connected showbiz journalists in the country, sarah—louise robertson sarah has jon rahm giovanni pernice been thrown under the bus here? >> i think he has a little bit mark, to be honest with you. i mean, what's really interesting from this is that today the bbc has come out and said that actually they can't find any wrongdoing against him apart from the fact that he swore, a couple of times at, at amanda. she says she's taking this as she's been vindicated in her complaints and she's taken it that she has had her complaints

upheld because the bbc has given her an apology, for this, and saying that it should have had a bit of a more robust procedure. but i just think it's absolutely disgraceful for because this has dragged on. mark for such a long time, really, really has. it's been over six months. and really when you look at it, he was originally accused of the allegations which were serious allegations which were serious allegations of bullying , of allegations of bullying, of abuse, of threatening behaviour which could have cost him his livelihood and his dancing career . and livelihood and his dancing career. and it ended up that he wasn't selected to come back onto this year's this year's show. and now he's having to work in, in, in italy, he's managed to get a job on the. >> sarah louise, i'm going to interrupt you because sarah

louise, i've got to interrupt you because the line is not great. i'm afraid i wish we had longer, but we'll definitely reconnect on this story because it's not going to go away. i think it's an example of bbc incompetence at management level. let me tell you, i know these people i've worked with these people i've worked with these people. they're on a fortune, right? middle managers swanning around in armani suits and frankly, letting down the british licence fee taxpayers. look more on the bbc shambles shortly, but let's head back to birmingham and patrick christys is at the gb news party. patrick, what's going down? >> well, the warm up has started. >> the queue is building outside. i've got a non—alcoholic beer on the go. i know how to live . belem know how to live. belem sperling. behind me are going to be the entertainment and they've told me that they've just rewritten their famous sven song especially for me. so lads, go on with it. >> yeah. ready yeah. patrick. patrick. patrick. >> patrick christie's. >> patrick christie's. >> he's a lovely geezer, but watch him around you, mrs.

>> right. cheers, lads. all right. well on that. let's have a little look around. let's have a little look around. let's have a little look around. let's have a little look around , so here we a little look around, so here we go. it's amazing how you bump into at the bar. this is our political editor, christopher hope, who looks at his wit's end. >> just leave me alone, patrick. i'm exhausted. >> what are you doing? >> what are you doing? >> everything going okay? >> everything going okay? >> yeah, well, it's kind of this party conference meant for a pre—election conference and said it's like, you know , they're out it's like, you know, they're out of government. there's like 20, 121 mp5. it's of government. there's like 20, 121 mps. it's like , what is the 121 mps. it's like, what is the point of it all? but never mind. we follow around four of these candidates. one of them might be the leader, and then they do nothing for four years. >> yeah, i mean, i did see i did see a poll that just landed before i came to you, which is that apparently the public prefer rishi sunak's government than they do to this government. i mean, is there a feeling of that here? because actually i was expecting it to be very miserable. but i mean, all joking aside, it's actually relatively buoyant in there . relatively buoyant in there. >> it is because the weight of government has been released from their shoulders and they seem quite jolly. i'll give you one fact i think is interesting. so boris johnson won in 2019. okay. he won on a promise of getting rid of brexit. the problem of brexit and getting

rid of the issue of jeremy corbyn. that happened on day two, or day or day or day 40, about january after the election. and then that was it. no ideas. this government i think, said we're not the tory party but what are we. and it's not answered yet. and that is seen by the polling. yeah. >> lots of undecideds though. again i'll just say to you over the course of this evening, we're supposed to be getting, you know, quite a few of the leadership candidates, hopefully some of the big hitters around, certainly some of the people who are backing their respective candidates as well. patrick they want to be they want to meet you. well, they want to be at the gb news party because it is the gb news party because it is the hottest ticket in town. we've even got things set up here. these will be all lit up shortly, won't they? the g and the b. there we are. we've got the b. there we are. we've got the gb news shop around the corner for people as well. and the q i think if you just slightly see through those doors here, can we have a very quick look a very quick look i think. hang on. come on. one second, one second. follow me out. oh yeah. here we go. it's starting already . there we go, lads. already. there we go, lads. thank you very much. you can have a little shot. the doors don't even open for another. oh, what is it, 45 minutes. but already people are out there waiting. so there we go. back to you in the studio .

you in the studio. >> i tell you, you are the life and soul of the party, patrick. we'll catch up later. now next, following the sleaze row, have labour already lost the next general election? kelvin mackenzie joins me live in the see you

have labour already lost the next general election? i'll be asking kelvin mackenzie in just two minutes time. but let me tell you that patrick christys is live in birmingham at the tory party conference and the gb news party. and i believe you're in very gilded company. patrick >> oh, absolutely. yes. so the stage is set quite literally, but i'm going to bring in now. andrew rosindell, how are you? i'm well. patrick, how are you? i'm well. patrick, how are you? i'm very well indeed. and in fact, we've laid it on for you. so there you go. cheers, my good man. yeah. so this is really the

place to be. they're already queuing up outside. it's going to kick right off in here for the next few hours. and you've got a generic for leader badge bobby j. >> why absolutely . because we >> why absolutely. because we need someone that's going to stand up for true conservative values. party lost its way for goodness sake. we should be conservative and we lost the plot. and i think robert has got the right ideas on immigration, on law and order, getting out of the echr making sure that brexit is properly done. all these things are what the british people want. so i think he's the conservative to take us forward and to get labour out at the next election. >> and there is genuinely a sense here that labour could be a one term government, despite that massive majority. >> yeah, well, i hope so because we can't afford decades of socialism. we know the damage that socialism does to any country, but particularly in britain, there's only margaret thatcher that rid us of socialism before. we don't want it again, but we need to unite the right. so i say, shame

nigel's not here tonight because i think conservatives and reform really we're on the same page on most things. and i think if the conservative party moves towards reform the conservative party and reform together can knock labour out next time. that's what we need to do. okay. >> all right. fantastic. so you're going to be here. are you for here the duration? are you the whole time. >> yes. this is i'm coming to party for conference 42 years. first one was 82 and mrs. thatcher the falklands years. so it's always great to be here and great to be here with gb news. >> absolutely. 100%. it's very much the place to be. well, cheers. are you going to be heanng cheers. are you going to be hearing a fair bit more from this wonderful chap here? if we could just pan up above the bar there the gb news lights have kicked in, which is a nice thing. like i said, doors are at 10 pm, so expect that to happen if you just follow me around here quickly. i'll just, give our staff a little chance to get out of the way there. and this is going to be the gb news shop. so we're getting we're getting set up here. so if you want a gb news umbrella, which is much needed actually in the weather, in birmingham at the moment, you

can you can have your mug, you can you can have your mug, you can have all sorts. we're touting our wares here. but this place is going to be absolutely jumping. let's whizz it back round. so there are a few things on everybody's lips here. leaving the echr. that is a big dividing point. that is a massive one. the other one is how on earth they factor in the threat of nigel farage. there's big talk about whether or not the tory party should stand aside in certain seats for reform, and vice versa, so that's all up for grabs . that's all up for grabs. >> and it's buy you lunch . yeah. >> and it's buy you lunch. yeah. >> and it's buy you lunch. yeah. >> brilliant stuff. patrick. keep up the good work. lots more surprises and treats on the way from patrick up in birmingham. but following the ongoing row over freebies and sleaze to not mention feared tax rises in the budget and the removal of the winter fuel allowance for 10 million pensioners, have labour already lost the next general election? let's get the views of legendary former newspaper editor and the founder of talksport radio, kelvin mackenzie. kelvin is sir keir starmer's goose already cooked,

>> well, i think it's half cooked.i >> well, i think it's half cooked. i mean, you'd be a genius to forecast what was going to happen in five minutes time in politics, let alone five years. but what is clear is that he is, starmer has poor political antennae . he's cunning , political antennae. he's cunning, and he's not. i mean, i find it impossible to understand why somebody who makes as much money as he does and a leading lawyer, why does he need 32,000 quid's worth of suits if you bought them at m&s? top of the range grey suit, not dissimilar from your own right? grey suit, not dissimilar from your own right ? yes, primark. your own right? yes, primark. >> how dare you . >> how dare you. >> how dare you. >> he that that would be £150. that means he would buy 200 suits. so he clearly didn't do that. he probably bought ten from savile row right now he's talking to the quotes poor all day long. this is what he thinks of the poor. he says actually

you're poor and you're old. we're going to take £300 off you this year. and by the way, we're going to do it every year for the five years we're in power. so he has lost the old vote, the old vote in this country as cameron worked out, which was the only decent legacy, is massively important. so i would say that he he will continue to make mistakes. but come october the 30th he will be working because he will have been surprised at the massive pushback on this. so he will be working. and rachel thieves will be also working very hard to make sure that they don't do anything more to aggravate the poor and the and their their , poor and the and their their, their labour base. the reality is , with social media, there is is, with social media, there is no chance at all of labour being re—elected with anything like this. if they have any majority in five years time, i'll be absolutely astonished , and absolutely astonished, and reform will be looking across europe right now and watching whether it's in netherlands or

in austria or in the some of the german states, they will be. and france they will be. he will. so i'm nigel farage, i am saying to myself, this is my time and the tories should be very, very careful who they pick . because careful who they pick. because if they pick somebody a tugendhat, for instance, honestly, they will not only be a centrist figure. >> yeah, not a wet one nation tory. >> yes. if they do that , they >> yes. if they do that, they will be out. not for five years. they will be out for the ten that they fear. >> now, sir keir starmer, it will be very clear that he hasn't broken any rules. no law hasn't broken any rules. no law has been broken. and of course rachel reeves has to have that rather brutal budget because of the financial hot mess left by the financial hot mess left by the conservatives. but kelvin, you know, fleet street inside out now, there's no deep well of goodwill towards keir starmer within the labour party . we've within the labour party. we've seen that now with the defection of rosie duffield, the left can't stand him. hashtag keir out is often trending on twitter. so i think the party movement of labour doesn't particularly love keir starmer .

particularly love keir starmer. what about the press? is there a well of goodwill towards keir starmer in fleet street ? starmer in fleet street? >> no, i mean one of the more bizarre and more ridiculous and a huge mistake by rupert murdoch was to say, i want you to beat back the i want you to back starmer. i'm not sure how to spell his name, but i really want him out. and in doing so, that was a huge error. the first thing that happened was their sale collapsed. right. and they didn't have many anyway. i mean, this is not like the old days under that bloke kelvin mackenzie. 4 million plus. it's now about it's about four. so you know that was a huge error. but what starmer was doing was something cunning. what he was doing was holding leveson two over them. i won't bother going into the details of it, but it would be a catastrophe for a free press if leveson two came in. and so , so, so the sun and in. and so, so, so the sun and the and the idiots who decided this decided to go for starmer . this decided to go for starmer. they will not believe in starmer. right. >> well of course the sun would argue they picked the winner, but i'm not so sure that's going

to age . well, do you think that to age. well, do you think that fleet street have got more on keir starmer? is there more to come? because i've been shocked by what we've seen so far. >> well, they seem is there is there a campaign now? >> you know , are they out to get >> you know, are they out to get him? have they drawn blood because you know how journalists work. >> yes . well, they're all >> yes. well, they're all looking . they're all looking for looking. they're all looking for any piece of information which will, which will damage him. and if you go on to the online world, go into social media, which i'm not particularly advocating on this subject, there are all kinds of allegations left, right and centre. what puzzles me about this is why it is that starmer hasn't acted against these allegations. there's a load of there's a load of rather crappy lawyers out there who will be could jump on all this, but they need they need the prime minister's go ahead and, and some of the stuff is quite raw. >> do you think he's in serious

trouble? could he be gone by christmas if this continues? if the bad headlines keep coming, he won't be gone by christmas unless one of the allegations i've seen on social media turns out to be correct. >> so i would say i would say there's a load of rubbish online, and if there's if there's an element of truth, then he will be in trouble. >> let's talk about prince harry. he's landed in the uk. the prodigal prince has graced us with his presence for a charitable cause. seventh day in a row. in the absence of his wife, meghan. is there trouble in paradise ? in paradise? >> well, if there is, he hasn't told me anything about it, i must say. as as distinct from some of those royal editors who seem to be who seem to know what's going on from 6000 miles away. all i would say is she clearly doesn't want to be here. right. and actually, funnily enough, the people in this country don't want to hear. i think they probably like to see harry's grandchildren, harry's children. and but this is a

long, drawn out kind of war, which all families have these issues, all families have these issues, all families have these issues . the thing i would most issues. the thing i would most like to see is actually harry, to go and see kate wright and see whether something could be done, then it's unlikely to be done, then it's unlikely to be done with the brother . i mean, done with the brother. i mean, the father's got cancer. the sister in law has got cancer. it is incumbent on harry to make the first move. right. he's the one who is not ill and it's pathetic to see this kind of warfare played out in public. >> there you go. a bit of tough love from the legendary kelvin mackenzie. kelvin, catch up soon. looking very well. what a sharp whistle you're wearing tonight . sharp whistle you're wearing tonight. blimey, i can smell the money from here. now as they gather for their annual party conference. the tories have got it from lord alli . you did? it from lord alli. you did? yeah, well, at least you paid for it, the tories are in denial about the threat of nigel farage. would thatcher join the tories today? i'll be answering that question next. and you may be surprised by my answer .

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gb news. >> always . >> always. >> always. >> it's10:00. this is patrick christys tonight with me, mark dolan. all the latest from tory party conference as we head live to birmingham and our very own patrick christys. who is there for us? >> yes, i am indeed. and just have a little look at this queue. so far, we've already got them backed up all the way over there. there we go. and all the way back down here as well. bucha. come on, let's have a

look now. is everybody ready for a gb news party? gb views . party. >> brilliant stuff , patrick, but >> brilliant stuff, patrick, but i'm afraid i'm going to be a party pooper. because as they gather for their conference this yean gather for their conference this year, it's my view. the conservatives are in total denial about the threat of nigel farage and reform uk. here's a question for you. would a young margaret thatcher support this modern conservative party today? would she join? would she lead it? i'll be answering that question in my monologue in two minutes time. and my answer may shock you. on the panel tonight, reacting to the big stories of the day, including more bad headunes the day, including more bad headlines for labour, we've got daily express columnist carole malone, journalist and broadcaster benjamin butterworth, and housewives favourite, former chairman of the conservative party sir jake berry . busy the conservative party sir jake berry. busy show. let's go .

berry. busy show. let's go. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines just after 10:00. the foreign secretary has responded to reports that israel is launching a potential ground assault on lebanon, with troops reportedly positioned for an incursion. meanwhile, reuters is reporting hezbollah has attacked israel using a ballistic missile. it comes after the lebanese prime minister said up to 1 million people have been displaced as fighting between israel and the terror group hezbollah continues . terror group hezbollah continues. mr lammy has spoken with his us counterpart, antony blinken, and reiterated the need for ceasefire. >> we both agreed the position that we had at the un last week that we had at the un last week that the best way forward is an

immediate ceasefire. i have been urging since coming to office in july for british nationals to leave lebanon . notwithstanding leave lebanon. notwithstanding that, of course, we've sent a rapid response team. 700 troops are in cyprus. we will do all we to can assist people to get out, and we have secured places on commercial flights that are flying tomorrow so that uk nationals can get out and back in the uk. >> prime minister sir keir starmer has thanked the cabinet secretary, simon case, for his support and years of service to our country after it was announced that he will step down at the end of the year on medical grounds. cabinet secretary mr case, who has been undergoing treatment for a neurological condition , told neurological condition, told colleagues whilst the spirit remains willing, the body is not. in other news now police have named an eight year old boy who died after being shot on a farm in cumbria. as jay cartmel

of frizington, cumbria police, said they were called to reports of the boy being injured by a firearm on saturday. he was taken to hospital and sadly died overnight, having suffered injuries to his head and face. a man has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligent manslaughter and has been bailed. the bbc has apologised to former strictly come dancing contestant amanda abbington, saying it has assessed and upheld some, but not all, of her complaints about giovanni pernice behaviour during the time on the show. bbc management have upheld six out of 17 allegations, some of which are for the professional dancers use of swear words . in a statement of swear words. in a statement this afternoon, mr pennis said he was pleased the bbc had not found any evidence of threatening or abusive behaviour by him. now the duke of sussex is in the uk today to celebrate the achievements and resilience of seriously ill youngsters and their families.

of seriously ill youngsters and theirfamilies. prince of seriously ill youngsters and their families. prince harry of seriously ill youngsters and theirfamilies. prince harry is their families. prince harry is attending the wellchild awards ceremony in london in his role as the charity's patron, a position he has held for more than 15 years. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in an hour 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 sophia. good evening. as they gather in birmingham for their annual conference, if the tories think it's business as usual, select a new leader and be in the running for power at the next election, they can think again. this once great party which gave us winston churchill, who defeated hitler and saved the free world, and margaret thatcher, who

liberated the working class and turned britain into a global military, diplomatic and economic superpower. well, that same party is now in a death spiral. but speak to any corduroy clad conservative today over a large gin and tonic, and they'll bore you to tears about how the tory party is the most successful political movement in the history of modern democracy. well, they were, but not any more. that was then. and this is now. margaret thatcher would be spinning in her grave if she saw what her party had become. do you think she would have signed up to legal net migration of a quarter of a million people a year? do you think she would have signed up for the highest tax burden since the war? would margaret thatcher have inflicted those illiberal, authoritarian and ruinous lockdowns on the country, which even boris johnson, in his bombshell new book, has admitted didn't work? do me a favour. would margaret

thatcher have tolerated the left wing ideological capture of our pubuc wing ideological capture of our public institutions? all of which happened on the watch of the conservatives, with kids having their private parts chopped off in the name of inclusion schools and universities teaching our children that this country is shameful. and the words mother or woman removed from nhs literature about the menopause or pregnancy. she might have had a pair of balls, but margaret thatcher would have killed this trans madness stone dead. do you think the margaret thatcher, as a trained scientist would have signed up for net zero, given the experimental nature of these new technologies, the enormous economic and societal cost, and the fact that half the world isn't even doing net zero. a half of the world that includes china, a hateful totalitarian regime who seek to be the dominant economic superpower of the future. now, the

conservative party is an iconic institution and has done infinitely more good than bad, and it may do so again. i hope it does. but right now the tory party is a hollow shell of its former self. i've got to tell you, at this stage, for the conservatives, it is now damage limitation because the reform uk genie is out of the bottle and it's not going back in whilst labour for all of their problems, are predominantly the main party of the left in this country, the tories must now share votes on the right with one nigel paul farage. they've done this to themselves, of course, over 14 long years of broken promises, squandered opportunities and a noticeable and inexplicable shift to the left. the tory party is now the party of centrist dads , party of centrist dads, blairites and glorified liberal

democrats. their legacy in power , democrats. their legacy in power, a bloated welfare bill, a profligate but ever worsening health service, a worklessness crisis, low growth, low productivity, cheap foreign laboun productivity, cheap foreign labour, overflowing prisons, lawlessness on the streets, the boats, no houses . it's boats, no houses. it's a shambles. it tells you everything you need to know that the truly abysmal. theresa may began britain's reckless adventure with net zero, even though her then chancellor philip hammond, warned her that it would cost at least £1 trillion. this is the same theresa may who recently declared that she's proudly woke. well, this complacent party needs to wake up. the first step is to elect a leader who is a true conservative, who will police the borders, reduce legal immigration, and get legal immigration to a level that serves the economy but doesn't destroy society. a leader who accelerates rishi sunak's

sensible move away from the worst excesses of net zero. a leader who gets taxes down, supports businesses and grows the economy. and the new leader is going to have to build a relationship and form a soft political coalition with nigel farage and reform uk, because the tories are now like an ailing business that will only survive with a merger. why? well, because the maths just don't add up with reforms. 4.1 million votes at the last election , which i promise you election, which i promise you will grow. the conservatives have no hope of forming an overall majority without reform support. a sobering thought as the tories fill the bars and nightclubs of birmingham this evening . i've got no doubt that evening. i've got no doubt that margaret thatcher will be celebrated at party conference this year, as she is every year and rightly so. but would a young margaret thatcher now join

this current conservative party? it's my honest view that the iron lady would probably be a reform uk supporter. she would probably for vote reform. she would probably campaign for them , would probably campaign for them, and she would likely seek to serve them as leader if she were around today and that is truly. love them or hate them, reform uk are looking like the real conservatives now. it may be their party conference this week, but the party's over for the tories . now folks, i'll get the tories. now folks, i'll get reaction from my top pundits in just a moment. but live in birmingham is patrick christys himself, and he's at the gb news party. what are the vibes? what's going down, patrick? what's going down, patrick? what's the goss ? what's the goss? >> well, you just said that the party is over. it's certainly not over here. come with me. the queueis not over here. come with me. the queue is absolutely massive for us here. back it up. so i mean, this is the hottest ticket in town. and if you don't believe me, you can tell that because even the bbc are here. let's

keep on walking down for us. we've got a chat from the spectator. we've got christian cowley, some fan favourites here. are you up for the party? >> we were up for whatever. what do you want? >> preferably a party. sounded a bit more sinister than i was hoping for. keep on coming, keep on coming , lads. are you all on coming, lads. are you all right? fabulous stuff. are you all right for the party? >> i am, i'm just not allowed to dnnk >> i am, i'm just not allowed to drink any alcohol. kidney failure. okay. fair enough. >> good. what about you, mate? >> good. what about you, mate? >> oh, well, i'm up for the party. and in terms of leadership, don't know yet. two, it looks like he's gained momentum. whether i go , i don't momentum. whether i go, i don't know, i simply don't know. >> who are you voting for? >> who are you voting for? >> i'm not allowed to say because i'm the treasurer, one of the treasurers of the party. so i have to remain neutral. but what i can tell you is that the mood here in birmingham, we are upbeat. we have come together as a party and we are the phoenix from the flames. we're going to win the next general election. and you heard and you heard it here first. >> it's a jubilant there's some robert jenrick people there supporting jenrick. >> i'm really really. >> i'm really really. >> yeah he's he's the best one okay. >> all right i think it might be time for us to get into this

party. so let's come on through. good to see you elliott. all the great and the good are here. all of the grandees. right. let's get through the door here for us because we've just about got set up.and because we've just about got set up. and all of those wonderful people. let's spin it round and see what waits for them. yes. here we go. come on down. so everyone's having a fantastic time already. as you can see, the bar is already flowing. let's see if we can find some people familiar faces. darren grimes. oh, you've . grimes. oh, you've. >> you've found me, patrick. you found me. >> what are you drinking, sir? >> what are you drinking, sir? >> oh, well, this is a gin and tonic. very english. >> look, who are you thinking is going to win the tory leadership based on what you've seen at conference today? >> look, i'm thinking that actually kemi badenoch has made actually kemi badenoch has made a mistake. this morning talking about maternity leave. i actually think robert jenrick has the momentum at this conference. patrick. >> well, you heard it here first. keep carving with me down here. now, this is where you get to see some gb news reporters in the wild. we have got katherine forster. what are you drinking ,

forster. what are you drinking, catherine? oh i'm drinking. >> it's the it's the gb news welcome cocktail, which is whisky, angostura bitters . whisky, angostura bitters. >> okay. apple juice and something else. it's my only alcoholic drink because i will be live on gb news bringing you the latest from 6 am. tomorrow. i'm hoping to get maybe four hours sleep. >> okay. good stuff. well, thank you very much, everybody. olivia, you're not getting away with this . olivia utley is also with this. olivia utley is also out and about in the wild. so how have you found the tory conference so far? the mood seems quite upbeat. yeah, it's pretty cheerful. >> more cheerful, weirdly, than laboun >> last week i thought, i think they're kind of quite excited not to be in power anymore . not to be in power anymore. >> don't really feel any responsibility. i also think it hasn't really. >> they haven't really clocked quite how much no one's interested in what they're saying anymore. >> so it's a sort of sweet spot for them in between losing power and realising how irrelevant they are. so quite a good time for them. i'd say. >> well, there we go and i'll tell you what, there's another familiar face. come with me. this way. it's the one. come on.

here we go. let's get on through. it's lord bailey, lord bailey, how are you finding conference so far? conference has been great. >> it's been much more peppy than i thought it would be. >> i think there's two reasons for that. >> last week, labour didn't have the best week, which has made people feel a bit better. >> but more importantly, i think because the leadership is happening, it's giving us a real focus and people are focused on that. >> so that's helped the spirit come up. >> do you know who you're backing yet? >> i'm going to back kemi because what's brilliant is all four of them could do the job, but i think kemi has the right combination of that pushy nature. not embarrassed about being a conservative. very clear narrative for us all and will bnng narrative for us all and will bring us together because we do need to rebuild, rethink who we are and go back out to the public. and i think she's capable of that, because some people would say that she puts her foot in it from time to time, like with the maternity pay time, like with the maternity pay comment. again, that was something that was taken out of >> jeremy's got the stuff. it's back to you in again,|dio >> jeremy's got the stuff. it's back to you in again, that was pay comment. again, that was something that was taken out of comment because the left fear comment because the left fear her. because if there's one her. because if there's one thing i know about kemi, she is thing i know about kemi, she is brave. she will say what needs brave. she will say what needs to be said. and part of the to be said. and part of the reason the country is in a, in a reason the country is in a, in a

in a in the pickle we're in now, in a in the pickle we're in now, we have too many sacred cows we have too many sacred cows that we won't discuss publicly. that we won't discuss publicly. kemi is fearless and will kemi is fearless and will discuss them all. okay. discuss them all. okay. >> all right, let's just follow >> all right, let's just follow me around. let's just see if we me around. let's just see if we can find let's see who we can can find let's see who we can find here. so this is where this find here. so this is where this is where bell and sterling are is where bell and sterling are going to be singing from there. going to be singing from there. so there we go. i'm going to so there we go. i'm going to bnng so there we go. i'm going to bring us round here now because bnng so there we go. i'm going to bring us round here now because i can see our political editor, i can see our political editor, christopher hope . he's propping christopher hope . he's propping christopher hope. he's propping up the bar. he's had a very christopher hope. he's propping up the bar. he's had a very long. i'm going to go for our long. i'm going to go for our deputy political editor , tom deputy political editor , tom deputy political editor, tom harwood. tom. deputy political editor, tom harwood. tom. >> hello. hello, patrick. how's >> hello. hello, patrick. how's it going? that's all right. it going? that's all right. >> any excuse for a party, tom? >> any excuse for a party, tom? so, how are you finding this? so, how are you finding this? oh, it's a dog. okay. all right, oh, it's a dog. okay. all right, well, let's just apologise for well, let's just apologise for the language there and come on the language there and come on back round here. so we're live on gb news. this man is an actor and a tory candidate. >> and he's alex clarkson. >> and he's alex clarkson. >> and he's rather glamorous and rather interesting. >> who are you ? who are you backing? >> do you know what it was? priti patel to begin with? cleverlys amazing. jenrick's got the stuff on echr. >> jeremy's got the stuff. it's back to you in the studio

next. as they fill the bars and nightclubs of birmingham for their party conference, are the tories in denial about the threat of nigel farage and indeed reform uk? and would a young margaret thatcher now join reform rather than the conservatives? are reform the real conservatives? let's get the views of my top pundits this evening. daily express icon carole malone i've gone . carole malone i've gone. >> i've gone to an icon that's soon to be icon. >> he's working on it. he's definitely the eye candy tonight. he is journalist and

broadcaster benjamin butterworth, who only needed about 30s in makeup because he's naturally he had the only seconds that were available. >> but anyway. >> but anyway. >> and then let me tell you, this man doesn't need any adjectives because he's a knight of the realm . he is sir jake of the realm. he is sirjake berry, former chairman of the conservative party. i've got to come to you first. jake is your party in denial about the threat of nigel farage and the small matter of 4.1 million votes in july. >> so i thought the really interesting thing about the vox p0ps interesting thing about the vox pops that we just saw from the amazing gb news party, and it would reflect my experience of being in birmingham the last few days, is i do think there is a bit of a problem that the conservatives have come together feeling good, because keir starmer is doing badly. that is not the same thing as us doing well, and i think that's a bit of an issue . but we can't solve of an issue. but we can't solve thatissue of an issue. but we can't solve that issue until we have a new leader to unite behind him. picking up on something, karl said right at the top of the show about this should be a conference to end all conferences . we have all sorts conferences. we have all sorts of announcements. you simply cannot have those without a new

leader in place. so query the logic of dragging the leadership election out more. you know, longer than all the episodes of the last of the summer wine put together, dragging the leadership election out till the day before the american presidential election. that probably wasn't the smartest thing to do, but we are where we are , and so we are having a good are, and so we are having a good debate about who should be leader . but debate about who should be leader. but there are no policies, there's no announcements, there's no direction , there's no one to direction, there's no one to follow. and i don't think that's a good spot to find yourself in. >> you're the former party chairman. would you have moved the date forward? i mean, there was speculation in the mail this weekend that it could happen in the last week of october. is that going to happen? would you have pushed for that? >> well, i'm pretty sure it won't happen. it strikes me as somebody absolutely should happen, but i'm fairly sure it won't. i'm out, so i've got no influence on it . but, it seems influence on it. but, it seems to me bizarre that rishi sunak is going to respond to the budget and then, i guess, no longer be on the frontbench just a matter of days later. it would

be an amazing opportunity for whoever he or she may be. the new leader of the conservative party to get their out of in front, in front of keir starmer and give him a really difficult time over what's clearly going to be a very difficult budget for everyone in the country, not least the labour party. >> benjamin, you're on the left, but as an observer, do you identify reform uk as the true conservatives now? >> well , i conservatives now? >> well, i think the conservatives have spent all summer. if anyone's been paying attention, and i'm not sure they have, but they keep talking about immigration. and actually i'll compliment sir jake with saying this in a in an ad break. but if they're saying that you need someone that's going to be tough on immigration, well then that's going to send people over to reform rather than to the conservatives. and i think that they're they're trying to be a right wing party rather than a centre right party, which is the only position they've ever won from , however, i think reform from, however, i think reform doesn't have the organisation. still, i'm not convinced it has the discipline. but if you look at those red wall seats, about 80 of them, they came second to

laboun 80 of them, they came second to labour. so i think what you're seeing and sirjohn curtice said this over the weekend, is that the death of the two party system is what the last election revealed. and i think it makes it a really complicated job for whoever's going to be tory leader . now, whoever's going to be tory leader. now, i would disagree with what has just been said, because i actually think they should have a long leadership election as they are, because, look, it doesn't matter what political points you score at this point in a five year parliament, it's frankly irrelevant . it's not going to irrelevant. it's not going to change the result at the next general election. what might change it is if they have a serious conversation about what the tory party means, but they haven't had that labour are lucky they don't have the equivalent of reform biting at their ankles, do they? >> do you think the tories are in denial, >> yes, i do, and i think they've got to stop talking about reform kemi badenoch today said reform aren't real conservatives . nobody thought conservatives. nobody thought they were. and she said they're not serious people. stop talking about them. stop looking to them, making them important. yes, fix your own party first and leave them alone. stop criticising them because it makes you look weak. it makes them, makes reform look like a

threat. and the tories think they're a threat. i mean, you asked a question before about, you know , would maggie thatcher you know, would maggie thatcher go to reform, if she was alive today? and i don't believe she would, because i believe the tories wouldn't be in the mess they are in today. if margaret thatcher, she wouldn't have let the tories sort of drift into. she would not have allowed the infighting that has destroyed the party, the infighting that is still happening today and has been happening over the past two days with jenrick and badenoch and badenoch was saying she's been, you know, she's been misinterpreted , misquoted all misinterpreted, misquoted all the rest of it by jenrick's crew. so you know, i think i think thatcher would not have let all these factions split within the tory party. and if a young margaret thatcher, age 22, was stuffing envelopes , now, was stuffing envelopes, now, would she be stuffing them for the conservatives or reform or should be stuffing them for the conservatives? she was. she was about as conservative, rather wokeist . wokeist. >> i mean, for a start, i think she'd probably be sending emails these days. we have even the conservative party has moved on. >> she wouldn't have liked sort of vegan plant based, sort of

woke tory party 2.0, would she? >> well, i think what margaret thatcher did when she came into conservatives, she came into power and the conservative party was actually a much more centrist party than it was under her leadership. she came in and said, actually, i don't think this party is right. i think britain wants something different . and as our first different. and as our first female prime minister, she transformed the conservative party and britain in her own image, and it took her about five years to. well, it did, didn't it? so i think she i think that's a bit, but it's not it's not right to compare what the conservative party was like while she was prime minister, or as she stopped being prime minister. it's much better to say, you know, you had a party, frankly, in a mess, reeling from a series of bad election results. and an amazing leader came in and transformed it and, you know, transformed britain. and that can happen again. that can happen again . can happen again. >> what you don't have now, jake, is the thatcher in the wings. well it's because none of those four well, no one knew margaret thatcher would be the margaret thatcher would be the margaret thatcher would be the margaret thatcher that she was until she became, until she became leader. >> this is clearly heating up.

so what we're going to we're going to come straight back to this because benjamin feels strongly about it. would margaret thatcher now vote reform uk? is that the party that she'd rather lead? but patrick is at the tory party conference. he is in birmingham. patrick, who have you got for us? >> oh my gosh, this is absolutely amazing. everybody just firstly have a little look at this here. look at this wonderful crowd. now i'm going to try something i'm not sure this is going to work, but let's give it a go . hello everybody. give it a go. hello everybody. can we get . on three gb news can we get. on three gb news 123. fantastic. back to dancing there we go. now the wonderful jacob rees—mogg is right here. here he is. >> come on, jacob, how are you? all the better for seeing you okay. now how do you think the conference is going. so far? >> the best question i had today was from somebody who watches gb news to see me as your warm up act. >> so tory members have their right order of priorities, and i'm glad to be helping the warm

up as your warm up act again today. that's brilliant. who do you think is the favourite for the leadership now? >> very hard to say, >> very hard to say, >> i think robert jenrick and kemi have made the most noise so far, but if you watch tom and james cleverly are really working the conference hard. >> so you think there's a good four to choose from? jacob. thank you. come with me. come with me through the conference here. through the conference, through the party. and james heale is sipping on something nice. what's your tipple, james? >> party lager. anything. i'm getting this place. honestly, first rap i got, i grabbed it. >> how does the gb news party rank compared to the sky news party that's going on next door at the same time? well, i haven't been there yet, so i'll get it all. james. it says it all. now look, you're a political hack. you are so, you know, on the pulse. you just perform open heart surgery in the house of commons every single day. who's going to win the tory leadership race right now? >> i reckon the favourites robert jenrick. okay why? i think that he's managed to lock down the right of the vote, and he's going to get the 40 mps necessary to advance the final two. fantastic.

>> now i'm just going to whiz us oven >> now i'm just going to whiz us over. i've got time for one more. this is david mad dog maddox, who was formerly at the express who's now at the independent. here he is now. you were double parked the last time i saw you, but you've seen off one of them. how do gb news party going for you? so far? >> it's great, it's great. it's like a great reunion after the election. disaster really ? but election. disaster really? but no, it's good to see everybody here. best party in town. >> gavin, how are you? i'm very well, thank you. i'm very well . well, thank you. i'm very well. how are you finding conference so far? >> well, i think there's an incredibly positive atmosphere. >> i think when people look at the four amazing leadership contestants, they realise that every single one of those four. >> i bet the keir starmer they say. >> they say that you're the power behind the throne. you know, you are the kind of almost, if you don't mind me saying this, the pseudo machiavellian figure . so come machiavellian figure. so come on, who's strings are you pulling this time ? pulling this time? >> you're all just very cynical sometimes, and you just want to make sure that the very best person rises to the top, takes the battle to labour, make sure that there's a strong

conservative voice in parliament. >> who's going to win? come on. who's going to win? >> oh, whoever the members vote for, i mean , you are one of the for, i mean, you are one of the very best political journalists anywhere in the country, and you are able to give your, your, youn are able to give your, your, your, your viewers the best lowdown on this. >> i hope you have fun at the gb news party and flattery will get you everywhere. so thank you. thank you for having me . take thank you for having me. take care. it's back to you. how are you doing? >> there you go. what a scoop, patrick. there you go. former education secretary gavin williamson pretty much sitting on the fence in terms of who leads the party. next. more excitement conference.

okay, folks , it's, 1034. let's okay, folks, it's, 1034. let's have a look at tomorrow's newspaper front pages . and we newspaper front pages. and we start with the metro. strictly abuse report revealed at last. vindicated actress amanda

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vindicated actress amanda abbington hastoldi of vindicated actress amanda abbington hastold sir keir that they had told sir keir starmer that they had told sir keir daily mail middle east on brink world holds breath as israel set to invade lebanon. guardian israel has begun ground attacks on hezbollah inside lebanon, says us. also pm urged to help energy users as price cap rises and the sun strictly results are in. i've won amanda joy at bbc apology. now she will sue and giovanni is cleared of violence in fudged report in which, in my view, it looks like there are no real winners. certainly not the bbc. let's have a look at some of those stories. benjamin butterworth, do you think that james cleverly is right that the conservatives should not have used the expression stop the boats pre—election? >> well, based on the result they got in the election, i'd say, yeah, the evidence is pretty clear on that. you know, they managed to stop the boats,

not stop the boats. the thing is, you know, expectation management i think is one of the hardest things about being a politician and about being in government. and if you're promising something that quite obviously was very difficult, if not impossible to deliver, then you are only going to trip yourself up, you know? rishi sunak had those five pledges. i think inflation when he hit. i'm not sure if he hit any of the others. and so yeah, clearly it was a mistake. and i think, you know, the labour government's been a bit wiser. you know, for example, it didn't offer a number of, of immigrants that could come over in a year because you'd seen repeated tory leaders say that. and then fail. and it's, you know, but they said benjamin , they had a plan said benjamin, they had a plan to stop the boats, a cast iron plan to stop the boats they put into operation. >> this security force, which the tories already had in force. and it was working and that didn't work. they can't get a person to head that force. so they've done absolutely nothing. and we're here to remember one of the other pre—election promises was that they weren't going to have migrants in hotels anymore. now we discover that migrants will continue to be housed in hotels for up to three

years, because the asylum backlog will take longer to deal with than labour expected. hello. we knew it couldn't be dean hello. we knew it couldn't be dealt with. >> we knew it, we knew it, we knew. we said it all along. jake, briefly, if you can. do you think that the next tory leader should stop using the expression stop the boats? >> well, i think rishi's five pledges was just really bad politics on the day he announced that. i read them and just thought, you've just written your own, you know, suicide note politically because he pledged to do all sorts of stuff that he couldn't control, like reduce nhs waiting times to stop the boats to reduce inflation, which ben correctly says he did do. i mean, clearly it was him or the bank of england. i'm sure that, you know, politicians like to take credit for it . and, you take credit for it. and, you know, the golden rule in politics is you only promise you're going to do something when you know you can actually achieve it , when you know you can actually achieve it, or you have some control over it. and let's not forget, as he set himself a one year timetable at the end of that speech , which i read over that speech, which i read over and over again because i couldn't believe that, frankly, he'd done something so stupid. he finished it with saying, judge me by what i do. i will

never make a promise i can't keep. and then i looked at the list and thought, there's four things on there that you probably can't keep. why have you promised to do them? it was just very dumb and i think cleverlys exact same cleverlys right to ditch it. all right, interesting stuff. >> well, listen, folks, let's head back to tory party conference. patrick is at the gb news party in birmingham at a very nice hostelry, which is buzzing right now . patrick, buzzing right now. patrick, what's happening ? what's happening? >> absolutely. this is the definition of buzzing. anyone who's anyone is here. the sky news party is going on at the same time. no one's there. we've got a queue of about 400 people outside. it's well, let's be honest, we're not actually enforcing a particularly strong border . so there we go. however, border. so there we go. however, i am joined today by some fantastic people. one of them is lord ranger. how are you? >> very well. i'm very pleased to be here tonight. patrick this is the party to be at at the party conference. >> exactly . so you are, you >> exactly. so you are, you know, really desperately hoping that the tories get this right now. do you think if you get it

right this could be a one term labour government? >> well, look, we've seen the government now in charge for a while and they've had challenges. that's the price of being in power. what we have to do is make sure that we get the right leadership, the right opposition and the right proposition to the country, to say the conservative party deserves your vote at the next election. >> yeah, indeed. any idea who that person is for you? >> look, i have to be absolutely honest. a lot of the leadership candidates are friends of mine. i've been in the party a long time. and what i'm really pleased about is the calibre of our leadership candidates, whether it's tom, whether it's james, whether it's kemi or whether it's robert. these are all quality candidates, each one who could be leader of the conservative party or prime minister. and regardless of that, there will be great in a cabinet as well. so what the pubuc cabinet as well. so what the public should take away from this , which, let's be honest, this, which, let's be honest, it's a conversation with the conservative party is that there is real strength and quality of a next generation of conservative politicians, and everyone here is upbeat. >> you're having a good time. everyone's having a good time now. i'm aware that you've got a

train to catch. thank you for hanging around for us. you take care. if you follow me, i'll move it on here because i know a lot of our gb news viewers and listeners like law and order. and here is the wonderful donna jones, who's of course, the pcc for hampshire, is that right? and the isle of wight and the isle of wight, lest we forget, the isle of wight. now, i know we were talking a bit earlier. you've been quite surprised at what a bad job keir starmer has done already , haven't you? done already, haven't you? >> i think, well, most governments get that honeymoon period. >> this has been an absolute car crash for labour and actually it's made the conservative party conference quite buoyant. we need the government to be effective. but what has happened with the labour party? i think it's the sheer hypocrisy that your viewers are going to absolutely see, you know, the 300 £0 on spectacles talking about sausages rather than hostages, talking thousands of pounds of football tickets, clothing. it's been a disgrace. and of course, that's without even mentioning sue gray and the fact that she single handedly is now becoming a story in her own right. >> oh well, there we go. right now, just before i send it back to us, let's back up here

because i want to get back on stage. and if, if you could join me , uche, just to give a view of me, uche, just to give a view of the sheer scale of what we're deaung the sheer scale of what we're dealing with here at the gb news party, it really is the place to be. if you're not here, you're missing out. mark >> i've got to say, it looks like you're having a whale of a time there. patrick, keep the party going. i'm sure there'll be some tunes, maybe people doing shots, a yard of ale. it's all happening at the gb news party, at tory party conference. we'll go patrick back to patrick very shortly. plus bombshell news for the bbc. they're about to be sued by one of the stars of strictly come dancing. that's right. a major headache for the bbc. this after having to cancel top gear after nearly killing a famous cricketer. and of course, the huw edwards scandal as well. so more bad headlines for the bbc, plus more front pages. don't go anywhere

okay, let's have a look at some more front pages. and we have the daily mirror. here's what they lead with bbc apology to amanda. strictly the verdict the bbc has apologised to amanda abbington over giovanni pernice behaviour in the strictly bullying row . also the daily bullying row. also the daily star. if that's the next paper that we've got, thank you very much. arc troubling news from the daily star's fifth favourite boffin in the whole world, the matrix is real and the bible proves it . proof that we're all proves it. proof that we're all living in a matrix style, ai generated simulated world has been found in the bible. according to an actual boffin at an actual university. well if we are living in some kind of ai generated universe, i think they could improve the software, couldn't they? how about the times now warning to iran as israeli forces gear up to invade

lebanon and migrants to be stuck in hotels for three years, migrants will continue to be housed in hotels for up to three years because the asylum backlog will take much longer to clear than labour expected. there are nearly 30,000 migrants living in more than 250 hotels, at a cost of £4.2 million a day. kemi badenoch on maternity row i know how thatcher felt, but let me take you up to speed on a developing story, and it's really bad news for the bbc because the sun newspaper are reporting that amanda abbington, of course, an actress famous for that role in sherlock , among that role in sherlock, among other tv hits, is to sue the bbc for loss of earnings and damages after the corporation was forced to apologise to her over her experience on strictly come dancing . so carole malone, this dancing. so carole malone, this is really bad news for the bbc. they've had to cancel top gear

because of the freddie flintoff almost died and former star of top gear chris chris harris, has said that he warned the bbc that the stunts on top gear were dangerous. then that accident happened. we've got the complete disaster around huw edwards and now this. >> yeah, and i and i read today that ratings on strictly are plummeting as we speak. you know , plummeting as we speak. you know, people aren't bothering to tune in to the show, but, you know , in to the show, but, you know, for amanda abbington, this has been a long, hard road for her. you know, she's had, you know, the investigation upheld six of her 17 complaints, which doesn't sound like a lot, but it is a lot because what their complaints they upheld were verbal bullying and harassment. but apart from that, she's had to face terrible abuse. and threats on social media for the simple reason that she complained she's had rape threats, she's had murder threats, she's had murder threats, she's had murder threats, she had to stop working. she didn't work for months and months and months . months and months and months. the stress of this whole thing, the bbc have dragged their feet for months over this. maybe they hopedit for months over this. maybe they hoped it was going to go away, you know, and for giovanni to,

you know, and for giovanni to, you know, and for giovanni to, you know , we're supposed to be you know, we're supposed to be grateful that he didn't physically abuse her. you know , physically abuse her. you know, they're saying he was cleared of physical abuse. well, so he should be there shouldn't have been any question of that. but it's been a terrible thing for her. and i think the bbc have been they're always slow to react to crises. they should have nipped this in the bud at the very start. an investigation doesn't have to take the number of months that this one has. and you know, who knows how much this is going to affect her acting career as well. you know , acting career as well. you know, she was she was labelled as mad and unstable on social media. so this will affect her her her proper job this will affect her her her properjob if this will affect her her her proper job if you this will affect her her her properjob if you like. and i feel very sorry for her. and even now there are people still abusing her over this. but you know, this was a show. she went on in good faith to dance. and that didn't happen. >> no , it's definitely benjamin. >> no, it's definitely benjamin. do you think the franchise is in trouble now ? strictly? trouble now? strictly? >> first of all, i'm pretty sure i watched top gear on sunday evening, so i don't think it's been cancelled. >> i think that was that's the last series. >> oh is it. »- >> oh is it. >> yeah, i they're certainly not making any more. they make it abroad but not here in the uk, >> i also watched strictly just

before it and i have to say it's a great series because what they've done is they've picked a load of celebs that are quite funny and quite light hearted, andifs funny and quite light hearted, and it's the most amusing series of strictly i've ever seen because they know how much this damage them. they know the accusations of the professionals being inappropriate, being aggressive, taking it too seriously was ruining the format. i, you know, i admire amanda abbington so much for having the tenacity to expose this. now, if you read the story, it says that , you know, story, it says that, you know, she's not started suing them. she's just considering her options. but if she does, it will be for what carol just said , will be for what carol just said, for the loss of earnings and for the for the mental health damage and the damage to her wellbeing she's experienced. >> it's interesting . she said >> it's interesting. she said today she had been asked into the bbc for a conversation, and that will probably be about settling out of court. if they think she's going to sue, they're probably going to offer her something. i don't know what, but she said there's no defence, is there? >> there's no defence. their own investigation has found that all of the allegations that amanda abbington correctly made are

true or not quite all of them, but lots of them anyway. so there's no defence, but actually more widely and in relation to the bbc, it's a media organisation. why is it so bad at its own communications then? why does it not know how to deal with crises like the strictly crisis, like the huw edwards crisis? i mean, it's an absolute disgrace. is it because they they kept paying him his salary wagons to protect their own reputation? they do, i think so it's a it's a siege mentality, isn't it? right. so, they are in big trouble. this is one of many things that have hit them. and i think people are turning right. >> well, look, sirjake, i hate to interrupt you because patrick think people are turning right. jake, i hate >> well, look, sirjake, i hate to interrupt you because patrick is in birmingham at tory party is in birmingham at tory conference with a couple of vips . conference with a couple of vips. >> absolutely, yes. well, i'm still on the old non—alcoholic been still on the old non—alcoholic beer. firstly look at the nosh that we are serving here. that is top drawer. >> are you enjoying it? yes. it's lovely. >> fantastic. now here we go. so this is a fan favourite @gbnews it's donovan. are you having a good time? i'm having a good

time . time. >> i've stuffed my face before. you got me on camera so i don't have an ed miliband bacon sandwich moment. >> thank god i saw you do that. you're gonna have heartburn all night. are you enjoying the tory party conference? do you think this could be a one term labour government? >> i do believe it could be a one term labour government. as long as we select robert jenrick to be the leader of the conservative party. >> okay. all right, so there you go. that's strong stuff. just come with me here because i've got one more person to get to. this is steve tuckwell, who you will remember, won boris johnson's old seat of uxbridge and then sadly lost it. steve, come here and rob halpert, can we get over there? hello, mate. how are you? take that. if you want. i'll hold it for you. >> right. >> right. >> how? how are you going to win back boris's old seat of uxbndge? >> well, it's going to be incredibly hard work, but you know, i'm there. i'm in the community. i'm embedded in the community. i'm embedded in the community. and i'm going to take the seat back that i lost to a wafer thin majority. >> what leader helps you win it? >> what leader helps you win it? >> well, we've got four great leaders that are in the mix. you know, i'm looking forward to heanng know, i'm looking forward to hearing what they've got to say over the next couple of days. and whoever it's going to be, there are going to be the person that's going to unite this great party. so we are going to take

back, you know, not just uxbndge back, you know, not just uxbridge and south ruislip, but also take back the government. >> okay. all right. well thank you very much. i'm going to take that back off you, if that's all right. it's non—alcoholic anyway. i'm afraid so. you wouldn't have had much fun with it. but look, as it's been a as you can see, it's been a fantastic, fantastic chopper. christopher hope is here with us. there you go. hello, patrick? >> yeah, robert jenrick is over there . so. there. so. >> yeah. where is he? >> yeah. where is he? >> he's right at the back. >> he's right at the back. >> i've only got one minute, but unfortunately, i'm not going to be able to meet you. but what? what's he said to you? >> he's happy to be here. patrick, what do you expect, a party? i mean, he's not going to to interrupt you because patrick is in b imingham at tory to interrupt you because patrick is in b i mean,im at tory to interrupt you because patrick is in bi mean, he's tory to interrupt you because patrick is in b i mean, he's noty to interrupt you because patrick is in b i mean, he's not going to party? i mean, he's not going to say anything. he's not going to give us the budget in his first say anything. he's not going to give us the budget in his first term as prime minister, is he? term as prime minister, is he? but he's excited to be here. and but he's excited to be here. and it's wild. i mean, it's the it's wild. i mean, it's the classic gb news party, which classic gb news party, which we're lucky to be at, aren't we? we're lucky to be at, aren't we? >> we have absolutely the most >> we have absolutely the most fun ever. now, just to finish us fun ever. now, just to finish us off, the band are about to take off, the band are about to take to the stage here. so, they will to the stage here. so, they will be playing long into the night be playing long into the night and i would just like to thank and i would just like to thank all of the wonderful gb news all of the wonderful gb news viewers and listeners and all of viewers and listeners and all of you for filling in for me marker you for filling in for me marker back in the studio, so i'll back in the studio, so i'll throw it back to you. the night throw it back to you. the night is young. thank you . is young. thank you . is young. thank you. >> patrick, take care and be is young. thank you. >> patrick, take care and be

safe out there. listen, patrick, safe out there. listen, patrick, you smashed it right. you smashed it in birmingham. he's back tomorrow at nine.

you smashed it in birmingham. he's back tomyright.at nine. you smashed it in birmingham. he's back tomyright. myine. you smashed it in birmingham. he's back tomyright. my thanks >> absolutely right. my thanks to benjamin, sir. >> jake, you got to choose winner. >> lovely. carol i'm going to give it to british industry. boom. because it's our only hope for the future. that's right. if we're going to have good public services, if we're going to have great schools, teachers , safety great schools, teachers, safety on the streets, we've got to pay for it somehow. how do we do that ? for it somehow. how do we do that? national income. >> mine was the only one that's alive. >> and maggie smith, hello. we're disputing that. we're calling it lizard. >> patrick is back tomorrow at nine. i'll see you friday at eight. thanks to the team. i'll see you . soon. see you. soon. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hi there. welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. the next 24 hours stays damp and blustery in the east, but it does dry up elsewhere. brighter skies coming along in the west later on

tuesday . finally a drier period tuesday. finally a drier period to give us all a respite from all the rain. but it is going to take its time as this low slowly clears eastwards. it's still going to bring further rain to northern england into parts of the midlands overnight. east anglia, as well as north wales. now that rain does turn more showery in the west, the north and the northwest, seeing plenty of clear spells overnight under those clear skies , temperatures those clear skies, temperatures falling into the single figures. but it's blustery elsewhere as we start off tuesday and there's certainly more rain to come across parts of east midlands into east anglia and down that nonh into east anglia and down that north sea coast. now we've got a few showers across aberdeenshire into the great glen, but otherwise plenty of bright weather across much of northern and western scotland. northern ireland a lovely start to the day. blue skies here, just 1 or 2 mist patches. likewise for nonh 2 mist patches. likewise for north west england, but for wales and the southwest areas of cloud floating about and a few showers. nevertheless, it's the eastern side of england where we

continue to see a strong wind , continue to see a strong wind, gales for some exposed north sea coasts and further spells of rain, the rain tending to become lighter through the day. but it's going to stay feeling miserable, i think, under that wet weather and with a lot of low cloud, along with the brisk breeze, temperatures of 12 or 13 celsius in the east, whilst further west, where we do get some sunshine 15 to 17 degrees. now into wednesday there'll be yet more showers coming in on a north easterly breeze across parts of east anglia into the southeast , but elsewhere much southeast, but elsewhere much brighter skies. scotland northern ireland, northern england, west wales and the southwest seeing plenty of sunshine. those sunny skies transfer east through thursday and into friday, so a few days at least of drier and brighter weather that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather

gb news. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines at 11:00. the uk government has chartered a commercial flight out of lebanon on wednesday to assist british nationals wanting to leave the country. it comes as the foreign secretary has responded to reports that israel is launching a potential ground assault on lebanon with troops reportedly positioned for an incursion. meanwhile, lebanese media are reporting heavy artillery fire in border towns in southern lebanon and reuters

is reporting hezbollah has attacked israel using a ballistic missile. it comes after the lebanese prime minister said 1 million people have now been displaced as fighting continues. mr lammy has spoken with his us counterpart antony blinken, and reiterated the need for a ceasefire. >> we both agreed the position that we had at the un last week that we had at the un last week that the best way forward is an immediate ceasefire. i have been urging since coming to office in july for british nationals to leave lebanon . notwithstanding leave lebanon. notwithstanding that, of course, we've sent a rapid response team. 700 troops are in cyprus. we will do all we to can assist people to get out, and we have secured places on commercial flights that are flying tomorrow so that uk nationals can get out. >> now, back in the uk, prime minister sir keir starmer has

thanked the cabinet secretary,