in done and we stood by ukraine in her hour of need, we led europe in the defence of ukraine. so friends, i will always celebrate our achievements. but we can't . our achievements. but we can't. we can't bury our heads in the sand just as we celebrate those achievements. we need to be honest with ourselves. the country just doesn't trust us right now. we've just suffered our worst ever electoral defeat. we lost more seats and we won fewer votes than any government ever. fewer votes than any government ever . it was a comprehensive ever. it was a comprehensive defeat and it needs a comprehensive rethink . so just comprehensive rethink. so just as i will defend our achievements , i will be achievements, i will be painfully honest about our failings . we failed to deliver failings. we failed to deliver the strong nhs, the strong economy and yes, the strong

border that we promised . border that we promised. friends, we must never fail our people again . and the truth is people again. and the truth is this if we are going to change this if we are going to change this party to restore the trust and the confidence of the people , and the confidence of the people, if we are going to tackle together the immense challenges our country faces, we are going to have to build something new, a new conservative party. that is what i call for today. a new conservative party. nothing less than that . built on the rock of than that. built on the rock of our proudest traditions and noblest values, but a new conservative party. and if i am your leader , that is what your leader, that is what together we will build a new

conservative party. now you know that i loathe empty rhetoric , that i loathe empty rhetoric, big words and little action. thatis big words and little action. that is part of the reason why we are where we are . you know we are where we are. you know that i will take a stand. you saw me take a stand last year. and frankly, it is the only reason why i won my seat of newark at the general election against all the polls and the pundits. the only seat that our party won in the whole of nottinghamshire and derbyshire, because my constituents, to whom i owe so much, knew that i took a for stand them, for the country, for the change we need. so today, let me set out five changes that this new conservative party must make. five stands that this new

conservative party will take. and let me begin with this one. we must take a stand to secure our borders. we must secure our borders . renee 120,000 borders. renee 120,000 people have entered our country on small boats, on our watch, 99% of them are still here, costing us billions. frankly, there is no future for this party unless we take a stand to answer this problem and the way to do that, we all know, is to detain and swiftly deport everyone who comes into our country illegally .

comes into our country illegally. but we will never do that . we but we will never do that. we will never do that. it is impossible unless we leave the european convention on human rights and we free ourselves from tony blair's human rights act. these institutions , these act. these institutions, these institutions are creating an arsenal of laws by which illegal entrants frustrate their removal. we have to change that. you can't ignore the european court. we're a common law nation. you can't reform the european court. it requires unanimity. 46 countries, from iceland to andorra to hungary. it's a fantasy . the choice it's a fantasy. the choice before us is leave or remain . before us is leave or remain. i'm for leave . i'm for the i'm for leave. i'm for the country. i am for the country of

magna carta, of the habeas corpus, of the bill of rights, defending our own freedoms and liberties. i am for finishing the job that we started with brexit and restoring to our people and our parliament its sovereignty . so under my sovereignty. so under my leadership, the new conservative party will stand for a new great reform act, one that leaves the echr repeals tony blair's human rights act and writes a british bill of rights that that is how. thatis bill of rights that that is how. that is how my friends. bill of rights that that is how. that is how my friends . that is that is how my friends. that is the only way that we get the foreign terrorists, the criminals off our streets and out of our country. that is the only way that together we will end illegal migration for good. and the age of mass migration that must end too . it's not that must end too. it's not making us any richer. it's putting immense pressure on our

housing, our hospitals, our roads. and if we're honest with ourselves, the sheer scale and the lack of integration is sapping at our culture and our national cohesion. if i am your leader , i will fight for the leader, i will fight for the effective freeze in net migration. our country needs, and this time we will cast it in iron . we will do it with a vote iron. we will do it with a vote in parliament so that each and every one of us can look the british public in the eye and say, we mean it. we're going to do it this time. and if we do that, we give our country the effective breathing space that we need. will we be open to the best and the brightest? yes, absolutely. will we be open to the world and his wife and all their extended family? no. not anymore. and under my

conservative party, never, ever again . thank you . and secondly , again. thank you. and secondly, secondly, we must take a stand on zero net since 2001, energy pnces on zero net since 2001, energy prices in our country have quadrupled , factories have quadrupled, factories have closed, families have suffered. and this is all because we have become so reliant on expensive forms of energy like offshore wind . now, ed miliband wants to wind. now, ed miliband wants to phase out gas over the next five years. now, in 2015, we knew that putting ed miliband and power together was a very bad idea. how right we were . we have idea. how right we were. we have to oppose his plan . it's going to oppose his plan. it's going to oppose his plan. it's going to send energy prices sky high,

but we also have to oppose the root of the problem. the serious issue . and that's not the issue. and that's not the principle of net zero, but the crazy interim binding targets put into law by gordon brown. it's the mad targets, the carbon budgets that don't take any account of innovation. that's driving the mad policies. so i say that with our new conservative party, we will stand for cutting emissions, but we will never do it. never on the backs of working people. and by further deindustrialising our great country . and we must all great country. and we must all we must also take a stand to get britain building again. our country needs more homes, we need more industry and infrastructure. so i have a hard message for all of us today. if

we want to be the party of low tax, of growth, of business as i do, and i know you do too . we do, and i know you do too. we also need to be the party of fixing the broken system that stops us building the homes, the factories, the data centres, the roads, the trams, the trains , roads, the trams, the trains, the investment that britain desperately needs. we love this country. we will protect its beautiful countryside. we will ensure that local people have their say. but our new conservative party will stand alongside the scientists in need of lab space. it will stand alongside the town in need of better roads. and yes, it will stand alongside the 20 and 30 somethings trapped in their childhood bedrooms , dreaming of childhood bedrooms, dreaming of a home of their own, dreaming of getting on in life, waiting for their lives to begin. that's what we will do as a party. we will build . our party. our party

will build. our party. our party will build. our party. our party will stand for the most ambitious programme of urban densification and regeneration in our country's modern history. we will stand for getting britain building again. we will stand for getting britain building again . and? and britain building again. and? and we will also take a stand for a small state that actually works, not a big state that fails. look, the last election was as much a referendum on our health service as it was on our borders. we have 20% more money, more doctors, more nurses in the nhs today than we had five years ago. and yet our hospitals barely treat any more patients. our courts, our prisons, our police, our universities, our welfare system. none of this is working as it should . now. working as it should. now. labour isn't going to fix any of this. the unions won't let them. we know that . but the new

we know that. but the new conservative party can and should. we need to do for all our public services what we did for schools in the 2010s empower the good leaders, kick out the bad ones, be relentless in driving up standards and having zero tolerance for failure . that zero tolerance for failure. that must be at the core of our mission as a party. look, i am proud when i look around this hall today at the conservative family and i see the small business owners like my mum and dad, i see the entrepreneurs. i see the business leaders. but where are the teachers, the doctors, the nurses? where are the prison officers and the police officers ? we must stand police officers? we must stand with them as well. we must stand for them. our new conservative party will stand for building a state that actually works , and state that actually works, and the public services that every

briton deserves . briton deserves. >> and finally, and finally, we must for stand our nation and our culture, for our identity and our way of life. >> why is it that so much of the british establishment seems to put britain last? i'm told that we only have enough munitions to last a few weeks in war, and yet our country is giving foreign aid to parts of the world richer than our own. so if i am your leader, i will stand for cutting our bloated foreign aid budget and for spending 3% of gdp on our defence. finally doing finally doing what government is

meant to do. the first duty of any government keep the british people safe . and what of our people safe. and what of our culture? well, how have we come to the point where a teacher from batley remains in hiding? because in a class on free speech, of all things , they speech, of all things, they showed a cartoon of muhammad . showed a cartoon of muhammad. how have we come to the point on our watch in which the nhs has facilitated thousands of children to have life changing, life altering surgery ? how have life altering surgery? how have we come to the point where the raf, the royal air force , has raf, the royal air force, has chosen pilots on the basis of race and gender? well, i say our new conservative party, we will

be tolerant, but we will for stand never tolerating any of this ever again. thank we. we are. we are the lucky inheritors of unparalleled national identities. british. welsh scottish, northern irish, engush scottish, northern irish, english and our new conservative party will stand for carrying the torch for these identities and handing it on to our children and our grandchildren with pride, with passion and with pride, with passion and with purpose . so my friends , with purpose. so my friends, securing our borders by leaving the echr and a cap in parliament to end the era of mass migration. yes to net zero, but no to ed miliband's mad plans

getting britain building again , getting britain building again, defending our nation and our culture, building a small state that actually works. not a big state that fails. five changes that our new conservative party will make . five stands that this will make. five stands that this new conservative party will take as your leader. i will take a stand. the new conservative party will take a stand. stand up for what is right. stand up to those who are wrong. stand alongside the hard working men and women of this country who make britain great and can make her greater still. our party is at its best when we friends are the trade union of the working people of this country, from our seaside resorts to our rural outposts, from our industrial heartlands to our village greens, from world class cities

like this one, to the towns that i grew up in. and i'm proud to represent , britain rises when represent, britain rises when all our people rise, all of them. so let's help them to rise again . 1974, 1974, 2024 a again. 1974, 1974, 2024 a country facing huge challenges . country facing huge challenges. a labour government already out of answers, an opposition, a conservative opposition facing a big choice to go along with a failed consensus that is driving our country into the ground or to have the courage to summon the courage to change course, to unite around the practical solutions to the challenges that we face and to change, really change. i want to lead that change. i want to lead that change. i want to lead that change. i want to be that change. i want to be that change. so come with me. join me, work with me in this new

conservative party and together, let's take a stand for the country that we love. thank you, thank you conference. >> thank you . okay. >> thank you. okay. >> thank you. okay. >> and now with emily carver on good afternoon britain. >> that was of course, robert jenrick the tory leadership hopeful we're going to turn to. i still have stephen pound and also mike parry in the studio with me, who will be giving their reaction to that speech. but let's turn to birmingham where tom harwood, my partner in crime is tom. whilst we wait for kemi badenoch to take to the stage. what did you make of that performance? it seemed quite assured . assured. >> absolutely fascinating . >> absolutely fascinating. robert jenrick is trying to rebrand the conservative party here. we've heard for the first time repeatedly this phrase, the new conservative party, new conservatives, the new

conservatives, the new conservative party. this is what robert jenrick has been saying for the first time here. what does that remind you of ? well, does that remind you of? well, tony blair's new labour party . tony blair's new labour party. tony blair's new labour party. tony blair's new labour party. tony blair knew the labour party's brand was broken in the 19805 party's brand was broken in the 1980s and early 1990s. in order to make that brand winnable, he had to change that brand , almost had to change that brand, almost change the name of the party as well as the substance of the party. bring it back to the centre ground to what middle england could buy into . this is england could buy into. this is clearly what robert jenrick is trying to do here. a change to the name of the party to underline the changes he wants to make to the substance of the platform. will it work? that is a big question, but it was an assured performance. >> now it's very interesting indeed. those parallels you draw with tony blair and new labour just very quickly. he did set out five key stands. i believe he called them sort of policies as such securing our borders,

leaving the echr no ifs , no leaving the echr no ifs, no buts. an effective freeze on net migration, taking a stand against net zero. and i believe the last one was to build . the last one was to build. >> yes, that's right. and people will remember when robert jenrick was community secretary, housing secretary he proposed pretty sweeping planning reform that then got ditched by boris johnson. but i think it's those first three that really will make the mark today really strong stands on immigration, on illegal migration and on the echr these are going to be some of the biggest points of discussion at this contest. >> very interesting indeed. thank you very much. tom harwood. we'll check in check in with you in a little bit, but a quick word from my panel here. thank you very much for staying around. stephen pound your view. three words. go on, pound shop nigel farage. right. okay mike parry. >> very confident, very inspiring. i've seen something there that i didn't think i was going to see. and i love the

fact that he focused on core tory values, because the first two today didn't. and he has kemi badenoch has got a big job on our hands now. >> right. okay. talking of kemi badenoch, she is up now . she's badenoch, she is up now. she's got the microphone . got the microphone. >> it is time to tell the truth. the truth about our party. the truth about our politics. the truth about our politics. the truth about our future . for too truth about our future. for too long, politicians have been scared of the truth. for too long, politicians have hidden behind spin for too long, politicians have told the public what they wanted to hear. and then done their own thing. well i say enough . it's time to

i say enough. it's time to remember who we are, what we for , remember who we are, what we for, stand and what we want our country to be. seven years ago, i stood on this stage so proud to be a conservative member of parliament. we had just lost our majority, but our party was still in government and that was all that mattered . but i am no all that mattered. but i am no longer a bright eyed, bushy tailed backbencher. i am a veteran of four government departments and a former cabinet minister. i have seen the system from the inside. ladies and gentlemen, the system is broken . gentlemen, the system is broken. it is not enough just to be in government because you can be in

government because you can be in government and not have power without a plan to fix the system. you end up just announcing policies, doing media and waiting for something to happen, and then you run into trouble. as this labour government are quickly finding out . for us, government are quickly finding out. for us, it led to a reckoning, a historic defeat worse than 1997. a defeat that could extinguish the conservative party. we have to get this right. we have to renew and then we can regain the trust of the british people. otherwise, the left will get more time to ruin our country. and they've started quickly, haven't they ? i actually thought haven't they? i actually thought it would take them longer to fall apart, but it is clear that this labour government will leave a mess behind. we will not

manage that decline. the conservative party does not manage decline. the conservative party reverses decline . our party reverses decline. our country needs us. we must not let it down for this to work, we need to go back to first principles. why are we conservatives? so much of what made me a conservative came from my parents. my late father was full of wisdom. he used to say , full of wisdom. he used to say, never take your spouse for granted . he also said , never run granted. he also said, never run for fun because you'll get bad knees. for fun because you'll get bad knees . but . oh, but he also

knees. but. oh, but he also taught me responsibility. he would say 80% of what happens to you is down to you. he was right. and as a gp, he taught me how to solve problems. he would say, if you get the diagnosis wrong, the treatment won't work. i miss my dad . he taught me the most dad. he taught me the most important lesson of all never be afraid to do the right thing. no matter what people say about you , matter what people say about you, just do the right thing. my father taught me not to be afraid . i was born afraid. i was born here, but i grew up in a place where fear was everywhere. you cannot understand it unless you've lived it triple checking that

all the doors and windows are locked. waking up in the night at every sound. listening as you hear your neighbours scream. as they are being burgled and beaten and wondering if your home will be next. when you've experienced that kind of fear, you're not worried about being attacked on twitter . you attacked on twitter. you appreciate how rare and precious it is to live in a country with security , democracy, equality security, democracy, equality under the law and above all else, freedom . free speech. free else, freedom. free speech. free enterprise . free markets. enterprise. free markets. conservative freedoms . conservative freedoms. conservative freedoms. conservative principles . i am conservative principles. i am not a conservative because i studied politics at university. i am an engineer. i am not a

conservative because my family always voted conservative. i am always voted conservative. i am a conservative because i have seen what happens when a country loses sight of those principles. and that must not happen . here. and that must not happen. here. but if conservative principles are so great, why aren't we in government anymore ? the truth government anymore? the truth is, we lost faith and stopped acting like conservatives. we stopped being leaders and became managers. we spoke right and governed left. and when we went after labour votes, we lost our own . there is no greater own. there is no greater example than net zero. we set a target with no plan on how to meet it.

just so politicians could say we were the first country to do so. now we have a net zero strategy. addicted to state subsidy, making energy more expensive and hurting our economy . i am not hurting our economy. i am not a climate change sceptic, but i am a net zero sceptic. i did not become an mp to deliver an agenda set by ed miliband . agenda set by ed miliband. promises must come with a plan. plans must be based on principles. that is the conservative way . but in conservative way. but in government we did not always keep our promises. government we did not always keep our promises . we promised keep our promises. we promised to lower taxes. they went up. we promised to lower immigration. it went up. why? because the

treasury said high immigration was good for the economy. but we knew it was not good for our country, and we did not always defend our values. we did not defend our values. we did not defend capitalism. capitalism does not mean corporatism. it does not mean corporatism. it does not mean monopolies. it means free markets and competition. we didn't always protect those principles like laboun protect those principles like labour. we raised taxes on business, corporation tax , business, corporation tax, capital gains tax, we tax dividends and we regulated like laboun dividends and we regulated like labour. so instead of encouraging people to start and grow a business, it got harder and harder . grow a business, it got harder and harder. economics is not just some technical exercise. it's about people, their hopes and their aspirations. it's how we help the poorest in society. in the 80s, our party gave this country a golden age of wealth creation. where is that now? look at the hypocrisy of keir

starmer and rachel reeves, who target savers and wealth creators while taking money from a millionaire . the conservatives a millionaire. the conservatives have to be the party of wealth creation. wealth is not a dirty word. it supports jobs and families . it word. it supports jobs and families. it pays for our schools and our health service. we should defend it and encourage it. we . we need to encourage it. we. we need to stop being afraid of defending our beliefs. those beliefs are needed now more than ever. they are needed now, more than ever because a new political force has risen, something i have been fighting all my political career . fighting all my political career.

identity politics like the 19705. identity politics like the 1970s. we face a battle of ideas against the left and its desire for ever greater social and economic control. it is socialism, returned socialism in a suit . the british public knows a suit. the british public knows that socialism doesn't work. they know . but if you give it they know. but if you give it a new label, you can sneak it in you. you can promote class warfare under the banner of equality. you can take freedom and choice away from families by telling them that ofsted inspection reports are unfair. if you call communism environmentalism, you can close down businesses and block the roads and stop people going to work. this new politics has made us afraid. afraid to defend the people who need us. like young

conservatives, they tell me they are afraid to share their politics with other students because they will be attacked, that they are marked down by lecturers because of their beliefs . we have let young beliefs. we have let young conservatives down. we need to defend them, champion them and give them a party they can be proud of . proud of. but other people need too , us but other people need too, us like women for too long, government stayed silent as women were sacked for saying that a man cannot be a woman. i fought for them while labour called them bigots , and it called them bigots, and it wasn't until the snp put a sex offender in a women's prison that they understood the fight i was leading. we won that battle,

nicola sturgeon has gone and labour now accepts our arguments . labour now accepts our arguments. we are conservatives elected to conserve what is great about our country . thank you . we cannot country. thank you. we cannot sit by as the left denigrates our history and pull down our monuments. we must not be afraid as we were in batley. we must not be afraid to get involved. where a teacher was driven into hiding by islamist thugs , or hiding by islamist thugs, or when the very worst crimes were committed, when young girls were groomed and raped for years in rotherham and rochdale and nothing happened . and nothing

nothing happened. and nothing happened because those in charge were scared of being called racists. and then the system hid behind the human rights act and failed to deport the child abusers and allowed them to walk the streets where their victims live well enough . i am not live well enough. i am not afraid . afraid. of this stealthy poisoning of our society needs to stop . and let's face it, the to stop. and let's face it, the liberal democrats are not going to defend our country. unlike the left, we know right from wrong, but we allowed ourselves to be bound by aggressive identity politics, by a treasury whose rules were written by gordon brown and a legal system re—engineered by tony blair. you may think blair and brown were defeated in 2010, but the truth is, the left never left. it's

time to make a. change. ministers need to be able to make decisions that aren't endlessly challenged in the courts. if people don't like those decisions , there are those decisions, there are elections. if the law says the government can't deport a foreign child abuser , then the foreign child abuser, then the law is . an. law is. an. and it means it's time for politicians to change it . and politicians to change it. and when the government relies on economic modelling, which doesn't grasp the realities of immigration, we know it's time to make a. change. so here is what we are going to do. we are going to rewrite the rules of the game . if i become leader, we

the game. if i become leader, we will immediately begin a once in a generation undertaking the sort of project not attempted since the days of keith joseph in the 1970s, a comprehensive plan to reprogramme the british state to reboot the british economy, a new blueprint for the great machine of our country, one that goes far beyond the relationship with the eu or the echr a plan that considers every aspect of what the state does and why it does. it . and why it does. it. a plan built on the principles and priorities of our nation. a plan that looks at our international agreements at the human rights act the equality act, at judicial review and

judicial activism at the treasury and the bank of england, at devolution and quangos at the civil service and the health service , at how we the health service, at how we use power to give power to the british people . british people. we will rewire , reboot and we will rewire, reboot and reprogramme. nothing is more exciting to me. i am an engineer and engineers do not hide from the truth . this work cannot the truth. this work cannot be the truth. this work cannot be the work of just one woman. it has to be the work of a huge team. a team that goes way beyond westminster. our party is

not a club or a clique. we are not a club or a clique. we are not just the erg, the erg or one nation. we are one conservative party. we are a movement, a conservative movement . and conservative movement. and i will always defend that cause some people say i like a fight. i can't imagine where they got that idea, but it's not true. i do not like to fight, but i'm not afraid to fight . i don't not afraid to fight. i don't fight for the sake of fighting, but i do fight for you . every but i do fight for you. every day of the last parliament, i fought for conservative values. i fought for them. even when i was told it wasn't in my interest . i fought for women's interest. i fought for women's rights to safe spaces and children's rights to grow up in

their own time . i fought against their own time. i fought against those who seek to divide our country based on race. i fought for the future of my three children and for your children. i will always fight against left wing nonsense . wing nonsense. i'm sad to be in opposition , but i'm sad to be in opposition, but there's a part of me that's excited because opposition is an opportunity, an opportunity to make angie uncomfortable , to make angie uncomfortable, to make angie uncomfortable, to make rachel wriggle and make starmer sweat. we are going to have fun . they thought that have fun. they thought that all they had to do was get us out. but they don't have a plan. they are not up to the job. they will let our country down and we must be ready to replace them . my

be ready to replace them. my campaign is not about me. it's about all of us. it's called renewal 2030 because we have to renewal 2030 because we have to renew and 2030 is likely the first full year we could have in government. we have it in our power to make the 2030s a golden decade , a time of renewal and decade, a time of renewal and growth, not just growth in gdp or gdp per capita, but growth that most people can feel . that most people can feel. growth in our party and our country, an age that will leave a meaningful legacy for the british people, for decades to come . and a renewal based come. and a renewal based on personal responsibility, family sovereignty and capitalism as trade secretary, i saw it all over the world. capitalism trade

and enterprise reduce poverty . and enterprise reduce poverty. socialism creates poverty . the. socialism creates poverty. the. government prides itself on growing the economy , but growing the economy, but government does not create growth . business creates growth. growth. business creates growth. government needs to get out of the way . any government that the way. any government that forgets that will start to think it knows better than business. it will allow ed miliband to build things like a great british energy company . well, british energy company. well, i've had a look at it. it doesn't produce energy. it's not a company. and there's nothing great about it . the government great about it. the government needs to be the servant of the market, not its master. it needs

to protect fair play and proper competition. but the wealth of the country comes from the people who work in it, not the people who work in it, not the people who work in it, not the people who live off it . it comes people who live off it. it comes from the businesses built by the brilliance of those who put in the time and take the risks. we will help them to shoot for the stars . we will help a new stars. we will help a new generation to build families and homes, to build careers and businesses, acquire capital, property, investments and security. we will take the shackles off the economy so that it can fly and take the country with it . after we have picked with it. after we have picked and unpicked the damage done by this labour government, my

vision for beyond 2030 is this for britain to be a country where people can find a shared identity, four nations, but one united kingdom ? a country where united kingdom? a country where being a british citizen means more than just having a british . more than just having a british. passport. a country where people can be committed to each other irrespective of their religion or what they look like . or what they look like. a britain that is friends with its neighbours but will always proudly protect its national interests. a britain at ease with itself. a britain that believes in itself and that sort of britain can only come about because of renewed conservative

principles . and the time to principles. and the time to start that renewal is right now . >> well, there we go. the final of the four leadership contestants. that was kemi badenoch giving her speech a standing ovation there for her. she kept it relatively short and sweet compared to some of the other candidates. we're going to go to tom harwood, who's in birmingham for us? tom, what did you make of that speech? light on detail, but some strong themes, light on detail, but an assured performance. >> i think kemi badenoch team

will be happy with how she came across there. the real question is how does it compare to all the other speeches? i have to say listening to all four of them, the one that most surprised me was that of james cleverly. he perhaps had more to prove and had the audience in the palm of his hand. perhaps tom tugendhat underperformed a little bit because of his sky high expectation. he had a very, very good interview with christopher christopher, with christopher christopher, with christopher hope the other day. and so perhaps the idea of him making a no notes and groundbreaking speech, the expectations were set very high. but i think kemi badenoch will be happy with the performance that she had there in front of the crowd. the standing ovation, clearly a very meaningful response. but was there enough there in terms of detail? that's still an open question. >> yes. i mean, it's difficult. they'll be speaking not only to

members and their colleagues, but also to the country and the big challenge is to restore trust in the party. and they all seem to acknowledge that the conservatives had have let people down to some extent, at least . least. >> yes. and one former conservative member of parliament texted me during that speech saying that kemi was right to point to the failures of the last government, particularly on tax and regulation, but also noted that she was business secretary under the former government. in fact, this is the difficulty of all of these candidates. they have all been ministers either at cabinet or attending cabinet level under the last government. and to some extent, the record of the last government is also on their shoulders. how do they then make that pivot? one more thing that i felt was particularly interesting about kemi's speech. we finally learnt what renewal 2030 means. that's the name of

her campaign. rather than the other campaigns which are based on the names of their candidates . on the names of their candidates. she's named her campaign renewal 2030, and she said in her speech 2030, and she said in her speech 2030 will be if the conservatives win the next election, which could either be in 2028 or 2029. the first full year of government, of the in 2028 or 2029. the first full year of government , of the next year of government, of the next government. so we we've learned what 2030 means, because it's not the next year of the next election. >> that's not awfully obvious, tom, but thank you very much indeed for clarifying that for us. again tom. we'll leave it there. tom harwood, thank you very much indeed. we're going to take a very short break and then i'm going to reintroduce my wonderful panel. i'll introduce them now. mike parry and stephen pound, they'll be with us also. please do get your views in. did any of those speeches do it for you? let me know. i'll read out some of our views very shortly indeed. stay

us. welcome back. you're watching listening to. good afternoon britain. it is now 1249, and there were a few themes that stuck out in all of the speeches, really renewal, growth, cutting, migration. they all played centre stage. all four tory leader contenders have now set out their stall to become the leader of the opposition, and watching all of their speeches was mike parry and stephen pound. thank you very much indeed for sitting through all of that. they were longer than we expected. we weren't expecting them to be so long, but you can understand why they decide to go on for these things. it's their one chance, isn't it? really, lots of people have been getting in touch, some quite impressed by kemi , quite impressed by kemi, actually, mike, what do you think? >> well, i started to despair a bit halfway through and i thought, she's not really hitting, you know, the central points properly. i wonder whether she had to revise what she was saying and the order in which she said it, because genenc which she said it, because generic speech, in my view, is

the most impressive one. and she had to think, i've got to reshuffle this a bit. however, in the second half i thought she got stronger. i thought she came out with the policy. she looked very assured. i do think she's the best performer of the four. her diction is brilliant. you know what i mean? so she's a great communicator, very clear minded. i was very impressed. and now i'm split between genenc and now i'm split between generic and kemi badenoch. >> well, this is what they're up against, isn't it, stephen? because zarian here says a fine speech. mr generic but we don't believe you. we never will ever again. winning back that trust from people who abandoned the conservatives at the last election. difficult. >> well, that's not necessarily an anti—gender statement. that's an anti—gender statement. that's a sort of anti—conservative statement. oh yes, he's probably written it about all of them, i think. but i honestly think that kemi badenoch will be a very effective minister in robert jenrick first cabinet, because watching that , i think tom watching that, i think tom tugendhat desperately underperformed. and i think it was and i think james cleverly, they had good points. he was ponderous and there was a

certain absence of detailed policy. their generic certainly has tacked massively to the right. when i was in the house with him, i don't remember him ever being quite so robust and on the right wing. >> well, he says that it was his time in the home office that made him that way, that his eyes were opened. some say he was radicalised by what he saw in the home office. he says he just had his eyes open. i mean, brian says the best line of the day is from stephen pound in the studio. jenrick is a pound shop nigel farage. so there you go. that's certainly what they're saying. but mike, so who do you expect to come out on top from those speeches? i think how much do these matter ? do these matter? >> well, significantly at the end kemi badenoch got a standing ovation. now, we all know that the membership she is still favourite with the membership. whether enough has been done today by jenrick to sway that . today by jenrick to sway that. and just that comment you've got there, stephen said. that's come from somebody who's anti conservative, but there is this amazing reformation in thought that jenrick suddenly inherited . that jenrick suddenly inherited. could it be because he was at the home office, he saw the blob close up for the very first time and realised how much of this

country is run by faceless civil servants? is he determined to try and change that around again? i think jenrick and badenoch, it's between those two for me and i do think she'd be a great minister to jenrick if she's not leader , but whether she's not leader, but whether she's not leader, but whether she would be able to do that in light of her ambitions, i don't know, but i mean the home office does terrible things to a person when i was with hazel blears as her pps and certainly, you know, she she used to come out shaking, but the thing she said to me one day she said, if you think the home office is bad, look at the treasury. >> if you think the treasury is bad. look at the cabinet office. if you think the cabinet office is bad, look at the look at the senior civil servants. so the blob, as you know, in michael gove's speech, is actually rolls down the whole of whitehall. and remember, it was, you know, years and years ago we said that the home office is not fit for purpose. >> i mean, just like there is a labour minister very quickly because we're running out of time, this talk about the market, how the government shouldn't be, should, should , shouldn't be, should, should, shouldn't, should be the servant

to the market and not the master, etc. does that go down well with the general public? >> well, i think so because because to me it means freedom. the markets dictate economic policy, not politicians in my view. so that means it's the freedom of the democratic constitution of business in this country and not putting red tape on business. so i like that very much. >> yeah, it's tricky though, because of course she's been making headlines about maternity pay making headlines about maternity pay now. also minimum wage people are talking about it. people are talking about it, talking about it. >> andrea leadsom, when she stood against andrea leadsom, stood against andrea leadsom, stood against andrea leadsom, stood against theresa may. she lost it by saying, you should vote for me because i've had children. i think that may be the andrea leadsom moment. >> right? okay thank you very much indeed. mike parry and stephen pound, this is good afternoon britain on gb news. we've got lots more coming up on today's show. we are of course, going to be turning our attention to the middle east as well, with mark white, our home security editor . security editor. >> a nice bright morning will

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>> well good afternoon britain. it's 1:00 on wednesday the 2nd it's1:00 on wednesday the 2nd of october. i'm emily carver well , we've now heard from the well, we've now heard from the four conservative leadership contenders james cleverly kemi badenoch, tom tugendhat and robert jenrick, who will now come out on top. and israel invades israeli troops have launched a ground invasion into southern lebanon in what the israeli military calls a limited, localised and targeted ground operation. this, as we will bring you the very latest from the region . right, okay. from the region. right, okay. and we're going to be bringing you lots more, including updates

on the acid attack from yesterday. and please do get in touch throughout the show and post your comments. visiting gbnews.com forward slash your say. but let's get the news headunes say. but let's get the news headlines with tatiana . headlines with tatiana. >> good afternoon. the top stories from the gb newsroom and all four tory leadership candidates have given their speeches on the final day of the party conference in birmingham, shadow security minister tom tugendhat saying the tories have led the fight for freedom . the led the fight for freedom. the conservative candidate said he's had enough of the lack of principle and clarity. mr tugendhat said the general election was bruising and that the tories need to restore trust, as he set out his pitch to be the party's next leader. >> the leadership is not about empty promises, it's not about cheap rhetoric or government by management consultancy . it's not management consultancy. it's not about managing decline and it's

not about talking our country down. leadership is about making choices that serve our country and our people best. i promise you that as your leader, i will serve our country. i will lead with conviction. i will act decisively. my mission is the prosperity and happiness of the british people. together we can win . win. >> james cleverly opened his speech at the conservative party conference with an apology to members, adding that the parliamentary wing of the party had let them down. >> sorry on behalf of the conservative parliamentary party, who let you down and we have to be better , much better . have to be better, much better. and under my leadership we will be the british people are never wrong . the british people told

wrong. the british people told to us go and sort ourselves out. let's not make them tell us again . again. >> robert jenrick said the tories need to create a new conservative party that's built on the rock of our proudest traditions and noblest values, he said. mrjenrick also said we must stand for our nation, our culture, our identity. >> why is it that so much of the british establishment seems to put britain last? i'm told that we only have enough munitions to last a few weeks in war, and yet our country is giving foreign aid to parts of the world richer than our own. so if i am your leader, i will stand for cutting our bloated foreign aid budget and for spending 3% of gdp on our defence and kemi badenoch

has vowed to make the chancellor wriggle and the prime minister sweat as she rounded up the speeches today, adding young conservatives had been let down by the party. >> a new political force has risen, something i have been fighting all my political career identity politics, like the 19705. we face a battle of ideas against the left and its desire for ever greater social and economic control. it is socialism, returned socialism in a suit. >> in other news, israel will reportedly launch a significant retaliation to iran's missile attack within days that could target oil production facilities. that's to according the us based news site axios. last night, the israeli prime minister said iran had made a big mistake with its attack and will pay for it. both the uk and the us have confirmed they've supported israel in shooting down over 180 iranian missiles headed for the country. defence

secretary john healey said forces played their part to prevent further escalation in the region. mr healey is visiting cyprus to meet troops who are preparing for the possibility of evacuating british citizens from lebanon. now the attack came in retaliation to israel's air and ground operation in lebanon against iranian backed terror group hezbollah and the assassination of their leader on friday. in a televised address last night, the prime minister, sir keir starmer, publicly supported israel's right to self—defence utterly condemn this attempt by the iranian regime to harm innocent israelis. >> it cannot be tolerated . we >> it cannot be tolerated. we stand with israel and we recognise her right to self—defence . self—defence. >> the prime minister travels to brussels today in a bid to improve relations with the eu and bolster the security, the safety and prosperity of the british people. sir keir starmer will visit for talks with european commission president

ursula von der leyen about resetting britain's relationship with the european union. he aims to push for a better trading relationship and greater cooperation on defence and security measures. but he's also under pressure to agree to brussels call for a deal on youth mobility to allow young eu citizens greater freedom to come to the uk to study and work. right. we're going to take you to the prime minister, sir keir starmer, who is in brussels giving talks and meeting with the eu president, ursula von der lie—in. >> our alignment on global affairs provides a good foundation for our bilateral relations and we have set a solid. we have a set of solid agreements in place. we should explore the scope for more cooperation while we focus on the full and faithful implementation of the withdrawal agreement and the windsor framework and the tca. so, in short, we have a lot to discuss

today, and i'm very much looking forward to working with you and to continue to strengthen our relations . relations. >> thank you president. thank you ursula. it's really fantastic to see you again so soon after our meeting in the un in new york. and it's a real pleasure to be here today for these sets of meetings that we have this afternoon. i firmly believe that the british public wants a return to pragmatic, sensible leadership when it comes to dealing with our closest neighbours. to make brexit work and to deliver in their interests to find ways to boost economic growth, strengthen our security and tackle shared challenges like irregular migration and climate change. we will, as you have already indicated , discuss other already indicated, discuss other wider issues like the crisis in the middle east. and can i join you in condemning the attack by iran just recently? we stand

with israel, recognising her full right to security and to self defence. we do need to pull back from the brink and to encourage all parties to find a way to de—escalate for and a political solution to the to the very many fronts of the crisis in the middle east and, of course, foremost in our minds are the hostages still held after such a very, very long time? they should be released immediately and unconditionally. in dangerous times, we also look at the war in ukraine and stand with ukraine in the face of russian aggression. as we said at the united nations last week , at the united nations last week, russia's actions are completely outside and contrary to the charter of the un, which we all uphold . and in the ongoing war uphold. and in the ongoing war in ukraine, we work ever more closely with our allies in dangerous times. we have a duty to work together to preserve

stability and security. so i'm looking forward to a productive set of discussions today with ursula of course, and later with the president of the european council and the president of the european parliament. we are determined to put this relationship back on a stable, positive footing that i think we all want to see. thank you . ursula. >> thank you very much. so here, can i take you along? of course. >> thank you . >> thank you. >> thank you. >> right. okay. that was the prime minister in brussels with ursula von der leyen there delivering a speech. we will be turning to tom harwood, who is in birmingham, to react off the back. he is with mark francois, a member of the erg. tom, thank you very much indeed. would be fantastic to get some reaction to what we just heard .

to what we just heard. >> yes, i'm here with mark francois, the chairman of the european research group, conservative mp, of course , mark conservative mp, of course, mark keir starmer is in brussels today trying to perform a reset with the european union. what did you make of it? >> i'm very wary of this. i've always said that starmer remains always said that starmer remains a remainer. i sat in parliament week after week for over two years and what starmer conspire with people all around the to house try and keep us in the eu at almost any cost. so he now goes over there to talk about a reset. i'm worried that that might go beyond the mandate that the british people gave us to leave the european union in 2016. remember, starmer was the one who called night after night for a second referendum. so i think we're right to be a bit cautious about this. >> are you saying you don't believe the prime minister when he says that he believes that we should be out of the single market, out of the customs

union, but have a closer relationship with europe outside of its institutions? >> one of the things i learnt from bitter experience is on anything to do with the european union . you always have to read union. you always have to read the small print, be it the lisbon treaty or the trade and co—operation agreement or the withdrawal agreement or whatever. so if he's talking about a reset, i want to see what that says in writing and what that says in writing and what legally it actually means. so we haven't seen that yet. but i think we should remain cautious. >> what do you think the optics are of keir starmer being in brussels today, having a very friendly press conference with ursula von der leyen , as we've ursula von der leyen, as we've just seen. how do you think that thatis just seen. how do you think that that is going to play? >> well, it's not unusual for a british prime minister to go to, to brussels . it's not unusual to brussels. it's not unusual for them to have have high level meetings. nothing on one level unusual about that. the reason for my caution is based on what i saw with my own eyes in the

house of commons, week after week , for a couple of years. week, for a couple of years. here's a man who desperately wanted to have a second referendum because he didn't like the result of the first one, and i'm worried that he is the person who's now talking about a reset with the european union. >> now, mark, i must say we've got some cheers in the hall here. people might be able to hearit here. people might be able to hear it from our microphones . hear it from our microphones. this is a level of electricity here at this conference. whenever a candidate appears , whenever a candidate appears, orchestrated or otherwise, there are big, big rounds of applause and whoops . what did you make of and whoops. what did you make of the four speeches that we heard earlier today? of course you're supporting robert jenrick. yes. well, look, i mean, you've made the point. >> there's a lot of energy here, you know, going around the bars and bazaars. it didn't feel like and bazaars. it didn't feel like a party that had just been clobbered in the general election. i mean, we accept the result, but actually , the mood result, but actually, the mood was quite upbeat today. i was in the hall for all four speeches.

we had four very high quality speeches. so that's reassuring. and whoever we pick, we've got four good candidates. the job of the mp5 , like myself, is to the mp5, like myself, is to whittle that down to a final two, and it's not going to be an easy choice . i thought robert easy choice. i thought robert did very well. he had five particular points. you know, he was the he was the man with the plan, if you like. and i thought that came across very well. and i thought he got a very positive reaction in the hall. but to be fair, you know, the others performed well as well . but i performed well as well. but i thought maybe rob pipped it. >> robert clearly strong performance. what the markets are saying. the betting markets have very much shortened the odds on james cleverly. i've been speaking to his campaign just before coming on air. they're pointing me to betting exchanges where people have put a lot of money on james cleverly after his speech . clearly a very after his speech. clearly a very strong performance and a standing ovation. >> well, they they all got

standing ovations of varying degrees , after the events of the degrees, after the events of the last few months, any politician has got to be a bit wary about talking about political betting, right ? you know, probably just right? you know, probably just best to be a little bit cautious on that. but no, i mean, jvt james gave a good performance. one thing i thought was interesting , all four candidates interesting, all four candidates invoked the spirit of margaret thatcher. yeah. >> as someone who's always been a great fan of the iron lady, i just thought it was interesting that all of them wanted to draw on her, on her heritage . on her, on her heritage. >> no, james gave a good performance. they all did. i hope and believe robert will be in the final, not taking anything for granted, but he's led the mp ballot in two rounds. i think he'll probably get into the final. then the question will be who's he going to be up against? >> yes, and that's the big, big question. i can see a plausible path to all of them. i think we've just been hearing cheers for tom tugendhat during this conversation. he has apparently 60 members of staff with him at

this conference. the operations are huge. the free gifts are huge. robert jenrick has been making the joke all conference that there are so many free gifts being given out by all of the different candidates. it's a it's a wonder the prime minister hasn't turned up. >> yes, if you were short of a pen when you turned up, you're not short of a pen. now >> no, but here's the question. does robert jenrick get through to the final and against whom? at the start of this contest, it seemed like kemi badenoch was a shoo in. now it's perhaps more plausible that it's going to be a cleverly generic race. >> well, it's certainly you're quite right. a few months ago, many of your colleagues in the media, not saying it was you, tom, but many did. they were writing up that it was a shoo for in kemi, i don't think no disrespect to her, but i don't think anyone is writing that now. i think that the buzz among the media is this now is now genuinely a very competitive contest, and let's just see

where we end up. we haven't we haven't got long to wait. but but i think i think if i'm honest, i thought my, my man did pretty well today. >> and you'll be voting on tuesday. >> absolutely. yeah. i wouldn't want to miss that. >> there we go. tuesday and wednesday are the days of the next rounds of voting to narrow these four candidates to down two. back to you, emily. >> thank you very much indeed. and to mark francois as well. very interesting stuff to get his take. also on keir starmers trip to brussels. he, of course, wants to kick start negotiations on a new post—brexit deal. but what exactly does that mean, and what exactly does that mean, and what will the european union demand in return? let's speak now to gb news political correspondent olivia utley. thank you, tom. olivia, thank you very much. you're in brussels and that question to you, really that we know that the prime minister wants to kick start these negotiations for a new post—brexit deal, get closer to the european union in a way. but what are the european union likely to demand in return ?

likely to demand in return? >> well, i think that's a very good question. ursula von der leyen is already lowering expectations. she said that this is just the very beginning of a conversation. the eu is at the moment saying that the ball is in the uk's court and what exactly could any deal entail? well, there is still talk about a youth mobility scheme, i.e. something like the erasmus scheme, where young people could come to and from the eu to the uk to live, work or study. now of course, that would go down very, very badly with brexiteers and there are actually plenty of people within the labour party, including the home secretary, yvette cooper, who worry about the effect that would have on overall migration figures. there is also a worry that the eu, there is this ongoing argument about fishing and energy. these two issues are sort of intrinsically linked under the terms of the withdrawal deal, and it could be that britain would have to give the eu access to british fishing waters in

order to get some sort of energy deal order to get some sort of energy deal. now, of course, that would really, really anger and upset british fishermen, many of whom voted for brexit. so starmer is going to have to. it looks as though if he is going to get anywhere with this reset of relations, he will have to give some ground and that is ground that he doesn't really want to give. and he knows that the country doesn't really want him to give either. at the moment it's all smiles, it's all handshakes, it's all warm words. eu diplomats saying that they would like to see britain and the eu reset their relationship. but even if this , the current eu but even if this, the current eu commission, feels more warmly to keir starmer than they did towards the previous conservative government, it doesn't really change the harsh facts. >> yes, it does appear as though there's a little bit of a charm offensive going on. we have seen some some cosy pictures of ursula von der elianne with keir starmer. so two issues here. a potentially a youth mobility

scheme. that's what the eu would like to see. also access to british waters as you say very controversial. that was something that was one of the reasons why so many people voted for brexit, at least one of them, but also talk of a new migrant returns deal whereby the united kingdom would have to accept potentially thousands of migrants from the european union in order for them, the european union, to take back some of the small boat migrants is that right ? right? >> well, that is something that has been discussed. keir starmer has been discussed. keir starmer has so far denied that . that's has so far denied that. that's something which he would seriously consider of course, in that situation you could end up in a place where the where the uk is actually accepting far more migrants as a quota of eu migrants than it would be able to send back . so it doesn't seem to send back. so it doesn't seem to send back. so it doesn't seem to be a particularly favourable deal for brits. and that's the problem that britain keeps coming up against when it tries to reset these relationships with the eu . these warm words with the eu. these warm words are all very well, but when it

comes to it, the eu is a very, very tough negotiating partner. as david cameron learned to his cost back in 2013. and unless we take a quota of migrants or else open our borders to a youth mobility scheme, or else open our waters to eu fishermen, all of which were hugely controversial issues over the brexit referendum and all of which, as you say, emily, are reasons why people voted brexit in the first place. then it doesn't really look as though anything tangible is going to happen. but let's see. let's see how the next day plays out. keir starmer has a very , very busy starmer has a very, very busy day of meetings in brussels today, and at least the warm words might be a bit of a step forward. >> well, thank you very much indeed. olivia utley. our political correspondent there in brussels, where keir starmer is meeting with european officials, including of course, ursula von der elianne. so there you go. will we make concessions on migration, fishing and potentially a youth mobility scheme? would that be a betrayal of brexit? this is good afternoon britain on gb news.

we've got lots more coming up on today's show. we are going to be our home security editor, mark white, who's going to

next. okay. good afternoon britain. it is now 123 and fears are mounting that the middle east is on the cusp of an all out war after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu swore iran will pay for the large scale missile attack it launched on israel yesterday evening. now, whilst many of the missiles were shot down, the size of the attack nevertheless represents a significant escalation in this conflict. western countries in particular are now scrambling to prevent it from escalating further. defence secretary john healey, he's in cyprus today as the uk steps up preparations to evacuate british civilians from lebanon. he also confirmed that british forces were involved in efforts to defend israel from iran's ballistic missile barrage

last night . well, with me in the last night. well, with me in the studio is gb news home and security editor mark white. the scenes overnight quite extraordinary. if that iron dome had not been there to protect israel, it could have been flattened . flattened. >> yes, indeed. the missile defence system that israel has, the iron dome is one part of that. they have medium and long—range missile defences as well. all were engaged in taking down these targets, ballistic missiles, many more than were fired back in april when iran fired back in april when iran fired missiles and drones towards israel at that point on this occasion , they were aiming, this occasion, they were aiming, according to israel's uk ambassador for civilian locations. now what we're looking at at the moment is beirut and lebanon, and we should say, while all eyes understandably have been focused on what happened last night with these ballistic missile attacks into israel in the north of

israel, into lebanon , very israel, into lebanon, very intense fighting and airstrikes continuing there, and we are receiving breaking news that the first israeli military casualty has been reported. a commander of a company of soldiers killed in fierce fighting in a border town in southern lebanon. hezbollah, indeed , the terror hezbollah, indeed, the terror group saying that they are engagedin group saying that they are engaged in fierce fighting in one particular border town. so that initial incursion very limited in nature, it looks like that will have to expand because the policy of the israeli military here is to push this terrorist organisation further back , to create a buffer zone so back, to create a buffer zone so that they can't fire the missiles and artillery. right over the border into northern israel, because remember, emily,

for the last year now we have had more than 70,000 israeli civilians who were in homes in these border communities who have not been able to return to their homes , who have been their homes, who have been evacuated and who have been living in hotels and other accommodation in haifa and other parts of israel. the israeli military, the israeli government say that is just intolerable. they can't accept that any longer. and that's why we're seeing this operation to take out hezbollah. but clearly going back, of course, to the images there, the ballistic missiles that came in a very, very concerning scenes, because quite a few of those ballistic missiles impacted the ground. now, what we understand happened, emily, is the sophistication of the aerial array defence system is such that it can track the trajectory of these missiles, and those that they know and believe are

going to land in open areas away from populated areas. they will often let those missiles impact. so that's what we were seeing there. >> and there are those who celebrated and will continue to celebrated and will continue to celebrate what iran did there, attacking israel with those missiles. there will be those in the west who have celebrated that and want to see more attacks on israel. the israeli state. we understand that there were two explosions at the israeli embassy in copenhagen. we also heard from alicia kearns, the shadow foreign minister, that potentially there could be iranian sleeper cells , could be iranian sleeper cells, terrorist sleeper cells. let's have a little listen to what she said . said. >> but also at home, we need to take note of what is happening. over the last 24 hours, hezbollah have said that they are now considering launching international terror cells around the world to harm friends

of israel. that does mean the uk, the home office, is to make sure that we are making sure that what is taking place in the middle east does not cause blood on our streets. >> okay, well, that was alicia kearns saying that potentially this has raised the terror threat over here in the west and in the united kingdom. >> well , there's no doubt about >> well, there's no doubt about that, because, you know, the conflict may be thousands of miles from the uk and other western nations, but the tentacles of the iranian regime and its related terrorist groups spread far and wide. and it's not just the terror threat. they are absolutely , potentially is are absolutely, potentially is that you mentioned those apparent attacks on the israeli embassies in denmark and in sweden last night . we've seen sweden last night. we've seen attacks in france, in germany, here in the uk, in hartlepool, in which lives were lost that have been linked to the conflict in gaza. so every reason to believe that the same issues

could arise with a widening conflict that now takes in iran directly. and then there's the other issues, emily, that people back home really need to consider. and that's the economic shockwaves from this conflict. we're already seeing a surge in the oil price. we've seen two commercial ships in the past 24 hours struck by another iranian terror group, the houthis in yemen. and that's forcing these commercial shipping companies to reroute their vessels instead of going through the most direct route to europe, through the suez canal, they're rerouting right around africa, adding thousands of miles to the journey and many thousands of pounds extra costs in transportation that will ultimately be borne by, of course , hard pressed consumers course, hard pressed consumers here in the uk and elsewhere in europe who are already facing a cost of living crisis, we could

see a resurgence of inflation that we've just got back down to the target level. >> absolutely. see this impact the pound in our pocket, just lastly, where does israel go from now? we're hearing that, of course they will fight back, take this to iran. they will retaliate. what might that look like? >> well , interestingly, the >> well, interestingly, the again, the israeli ambassador to the uk, tzipi hotovely, has been saying today there will be a very severe response from israel to ensure that iran can no longer fire its ballistic missiles at israel. she said quite clearly that civilians who were preparing for the jewish new year were targeted by iran in this ballistic missile strike overnight. so we await to see just what that level of response will be from israel, because we've already heard from iran that if israel responds, they are going to hit back even harder. and that is the real concern here that we enter this downward spiral into a very real

hot war between iran and between israel. they're already at war in in many senses anyway, because it's iran's aligned terror groups that are fighting israel. you know, as proxies of iran. now, if there's a direct conflict, it won't just be iran, but the proxies that are in syria, that are in iraq, of course, in lebanon , in gaza, all course, in lebanon, in gaza, all will be involved in the fighting against israel. >> and of course, it's not long till that anniversary of the hamas terror attack, just five days, just five days at a time. so the security service, i'm sure will be working overtime. thank you very much indeed . mark thank you very much indeed. mark white, our homeland security edhon white, our homeland security editor. we'll speak to you again later in the show. well, this is good afternoon , britain on gb good afternoon, britain on gb news. stick with us. we've got a lot more coming up, but let's get the headlines with tatiana.

>> emily, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories. well, all four tory leadership candidates have given their speeches on the final day of the party conference in birmingham , party conference in birmingham, shadow security minister tom tugendhat saying the tories have led the fight for freedom. the conservative candidate said he's had enough of the lack of principle and clarity. mr tugendhat said the general election was bruising and that the tories need to restore trust as he set out his pitch to be the party's next leader. >> leadership is not about empty promises. it's not about cheap rhetoric or government by management consultancy . it's not management consultancy. it's not about managing decline . and it's about managing decline. and it's not about talking our country down. leadership is about making choices that serve our country and our people best. i promise you that as your leader, i will serve our country. i will lead with conviction. i will act decisively. my mission is the

prosperity and happiness of the british people. together we can win well. >> kemi badenoch has vowed to make the chancellor wriggle and the prime minister sweat. she rounded up the speeches this afternoon, adding young conservatives have been let down by the party. >> a new political force has risen, something i have been fighting all my political career. identity politics, like the 19705, we face a battle of ideas against the left and its desire for ever greater social and economic control. it is socialism , returned socialism in socialism, returned socialism in a suit. >> and in other news, sir keir starmer says he wants to put the uk, eu relationship back on a stable, positive footing as he met european commission president ursula von der leyen in brussels. von der leyen said the close alignment on international matters was a good foundation for talks on the

uk—eu relationship. the prime minister is in brussels to meet european union chiefs with a promise to put the brexit years behind us, he said, and form a closer relationship with the bloc. he aims to push for a better trading relationship and greater cooperation on defence and security measures. it's his first visit to brussels as prime minister. >> i firmly believe that the british public wants a return to pragmatic , sensible leadership pragmatic, sensible leadership when it comes to dealing with our closest neighbours. to make brexit work and to deliver in their interests. to find ways to boost economic growth, strengthen our security and tackle shared challenges like irregular migration and climate change. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm tatiana sanchez, more for me in half 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

>> well good afternoon britain. it is now 138. now of course, all four conservative leadership contenders have now made their final rallying calls to the voters to their fellow mps entering the stage. first was tom tugendhat. he chose to focus on creating a conservative revolution to drive growth, stating migration has cost us too much in the last 30 years because we haven't invested enoughin because we haven't invested enough in home grown talent. he even adopted david cameron's famous £100,000 cap at £100,000, £100,000, 100,000 cap on net migration got there in the end. next, shadow home secretary james cleverly. he was keen to make sure party members were proud of the conservatives record in office, including his own, of course, attacking reform uk for being, in his words, a pale imitation of a great party.

he reminded conference the tories delivered brexit and he himself cut migration well, not everyone was as positive. front runner robert jenrick admitted the country does not trust the conservatives, saying they should never fail their people again and build a new conservative party. as we heard that a lot. new conservative party he went out to set out his main policies, including securing our borders by leaving the echr. he said if there's a choice between leave and remain, he's for leave . and to close the he's for leave. and to close the show was kemi badenoch. she renewed her calls for renewal by taking the shackles off the economy and making britain believe in itself once again. by next week, only two will be left. they'll then go head to head here on gb news on october the 17th, before the conservative membership decides who will become the new leader of the conservative party. so there you go. well, let's go live now to tom harwood. who's in birmingham for the conference. that was a little summary i gave of the various speeches. you're in birmingham. you heard it all first hand. >> absolutely. and i'm with

chris hope, who was in the room. and chris, you've been to talking party members. what did they make of it? >> yeah. so a random people leaving the hall, tom. about a dozen or so . ten, i reckon, were dozen or so. ten, i reckon, were backing james cleverly. some had jumped from tom tugendhat and robert jenrick. fascinating. i think he definitely won the room . think he definitely won the room. maybe not to be unexpected. he's a former party chairman. he knows to how push the buttons of his party. he also spent the most money in their £10 billion axing of stamp duty to get the property market moving. he wants to increase defence spending to 3%. i think another candidate said that too, but he spent the most money in the hall, wasn't sure about how how he'd pay for that. that may occur if he gets to the final two in the hustings, but he definitely won. maybe it was the podium. what won it? he was the only candidate who chose to have the podium. it gave him authority on a big stage. the other three looked a bit lost from where i was standing. >> that's very interesting. you're saying that people who had come into the room supporting other candidates switched to james cleverly in the course of this, this

afternoon, and what this means is interesting because next tuesday, the mel stride votes in the last round go to get farmed out amongst the candidates, probably benefiting cleverly, not tom tugendhat. >> it now looks like tom tugendhat was the weakest today. i wonder whether he might drop out in the next round, and that will further cement cleverly into the final two next thursday morning. the question now for me is it cleverly versus , kemi is it cleverly versus, kemi badenoch or robert jenrick? >> that is really interesting because at the start of this contest, i think a lot of people were thinking kemi badenoch is a shoo in, but she's had a few errors of this. well, she came across as a kind of truesight. >> she talked to the treasury . >> she talked to the treasury. she i think she's offering revolution for a party, which is a bit scarred by revolution. post the liz truss 40 days premiership. so it's a kind of kind of attack on the blob, the state, everything . and does this state, everything. and does this party want more drama or do they want the comfort of a former home secretary? party chairman , home secretary? party chairman, foreign secretary who can just steady as she goes. but what how

much trouble is this party in, tom? 121 mp5 does it need? steady as she goes. leader. who can get them over the line in the next election or a complete reboot? and that's what jenrick was offering as well. >> that's really interesting because if we look at what the bookies are saying, it's now cleverly's. odds have been slashed . jenrick still out slashed. jenrick still out ahead. it could be a generic, cleverly run off, perhaps that's the central prediction. yes, but it's easy to see kemi getting in there too. but that that would be a very interesting comparison. either one cleverly offering this almost boris johnson like positivity on the stage. >> who channelled reagan, didn't he? >> but as you said, with these, with these spending pledges and tax cuts , where's the detail? tax cuts, where's the detail? >> also question marks about some of his views on trans issues. he gave an answer yesterday, overlooked by many journalists about he sounded quite penny mordaunt. and i think when it comes down to the kind of final two, if he's there, those areas will get

pulled out. we don't really know where he stands on those areas. he's never been asked before about them. i think we might see him quite socially liberal on areas base may not areas which the base may not like, that's that's to come, like, and that's that's to come, i think. but yeah, to me, i think the mp5 really should offer a left and right candidate for the membership . and it's for the membership. and it's looking increasingly like cleverly against one of jenrick or kemi badenoch , which is or kemi badenoch, which is fascinating because i think if you speak, if you were to speak to james cleverly, he wouldn't cast himself as a left winger. >> he he's the only one of the four to have backed brexit. >> he's he's been a decline and early boris in 2008 early boris declares himself a thatcherite. >> i mean is there that much ideological difference between these candidates or are they more presentational? >> well, it's what's the prescription? so you've got kemi badenoch, she's going to shake up everything. you've got this new conservatives idea, the five plan from robert jenrick. they want to really kick the tires of this whole party. cleverly is saying, i think it's okay. let's just be bold about what we want to do and be proud of that. the question is how and how much

trouble is it in? is a cleverly prospectus enough to get over 170 seat majority, or do you need to have a proper root and branch reform, which might take two terms? >> were you surprised by james cleverly's performance today? >> i wasn't after chairing the four hours i had to sit with these people, including cleverly. yesterday afternoon, he got the only standing ovation he got the only standing ovation he knows how to push the right buttons for the members here, i think he has. he has won the conference. it's been he's had the best conference james cleverly without question. i think, kemi badenoch. she doesn't like all the press hassle, but nor do other spokesmen or mp5 have been asked about maternity pay when ? why is about maternity pay when? why is that even an issue when it shouldn't be? after that interview on the radio on on sunday. so i think she's had a questionable one. tom tugendhat has faded away. i think he was weaker today for some reason, although he's good in front of the in the q&a with members and jenrick held his own. so that's the order i would if i was ranking them at the end of four days, i would say james cleverly robert jenrick, kemi badenoch, tom tugendhat in that order. >> really interesting stuff.

chris, thank you so much for talking us through that. from your expert perspective in the hall and of course, having spoken to all four of them at length over the last couple of days. back to you, emily. >> yes, he's probably spoken to them more than he has his own family at this stage. and christopher hope , very christopher hope, very interesting to get that inside perspective though. this is good afternoon britain on gb news. we've got lots more coming up on today's show. a christian school worker claims she was dismissed unfairly because of her christian beliefs. we'll have the very latest on that. and also we'll be turning our back to brussels as keir starmer launches his charm offensive with the eu

well good afternoon britain. it is now 149 and now the court of appeal will hear the case of christy hicks, a christian school worker who claims she was unfairly dismissed for gross misconduct after posting facebook messages criticising

lgbt+ lessons in primary schools . lgbt+ lessons in primary schools. now higgs, who says her christian beliefs were unlawfully discriminated against. she's appealing after a previous tribunal ruled in favour of the school. now the appeal could set a precedent for religious freedom in the workplace. well, to find out more, i have gb news reporter adam cherry with me. adam thank you very much indeed. can you tell us a little bit more about this intriguing case? >> yeah. so the hearings been ongoing for the last three hours. we're expecting to hear a verdict sometime tomorrow, but i'm joined now by one of christie's supporters . who is christie's supporters. who is felix? felix, you're to here support the case, but also you have a similar story of your own. can you tell us a little bit about that and why you're here? >> well, yeah, my case goes far back , as in 2015, when i was back, as in 2015, when i was expelled from the university of sheffield, mainly because i took part in a debate where i expressed my christian views. i was eventually expelled from the

university of sheffield, went through the court system, court of appeal. i went to the court of appeal. i went to the court of appeal and i won my case. so i went back to the university of sheffield and i completed my social work course. and immediately i completed the course, i found a job, went to the interview and my interview was good and i was offered the job, but a couple of months later, the job offer was, they withdrew the job offer , and i withdrew the job offer, and i found that that is because they came across the debate that i had online and my case with the university of sheffield. so, took them to court , and we had took them to court, and we had a ruling not too long ago, but we've appealed that ruling, and i'll be back to court again at some point. >> do you yourself have also appealed a ruling they ruled against you as well, right. do they give any justification for that? what do they say? >> well, my case was, a little bit complex in the sense that i

one part of my case and i lost part of it, but i still felt that based on the comments made by the judges , it still has far by the judges, it still has far reaching implications in terms of freedom of speech for christians. >> so this is really a question of religious freedoms and freedom of speech in the country. do you think we have a serious problem in this country? would you like the government to adjust their tack on this in any way? >> well, absolutely. we have a serious problem in this country. and of course, you understand why i wasn't born in this country. i was born in cameroon, in west africa . and before in west africa. and before i came to this country, i looked up to the uk as a beacon of democracy. you come here, you see your mind as far as you do it respectfully, you shouldn't get into trouble. but you know , get into trouble. but you know, now i know that's not really the case, we hear of inclusivity, but it doesn't really. you're not part of that process if you have different views. yeah >> well, thank you for joining

me. i appreciate it. your time on gb news with us, emily. the court, the appeal will wrap up, as i say, sometime tomorrow. it's been going on for quite some time already today. and as felix said, it's a real question of religious freedoms and the tension with freedom of speech and businesses reacting to those comments. >> yes, it's very interesting indeed. we see quite a lot of this people being dismissed and then challenging it on the basis of freedom of speech , freedom of of freedom of speech, freedom of religious belief and so on. well, we'll check in tomorrow and see what exactly happens there. adam cherry, thank you very much for being outside the high court, justice for us. thank you very much indeed. well, lots of you have been getting in touch about your views on starmer's trip to the european union. i think it's fair to say that quite a few of you are worried that keir starmer essentially wants to take us closer and closer to the european union, almost back into the european union. brian, for example, he says the gameplay over the past 30 years has been labour taking us into the eu and signing treaties that take our freedoms away. then they're

placed by the conservatives who carry on the status quo while pretending to believe in brexit. then labour get voted back in and sign more treaties that take us back into the eu and the cycle continues. angela says keir starmer should sort out our country instead of swanning and hiding in europe. okay and elizabeth says, what part does starmer not understand that we are no longer in the european union. he thinks he's a great leader. all he's doing is selling this island down the river. she goes on to make her comments known about her, make her views, known about her. ursula von der elianne, so there we go. keep your views coming in, because it does look like the eu will demand rather a lot of concessions from us if we are to rearrange this post—brexit deal to rearrange this post—brexit deal, we're going to have more on that. we're going to be in brussels in just a few moments after this short break and see exactly what sir keir starmer is up to. stay with . us. up to. stay with. us. >> there will be a light breeze in the morning leading to a warm

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eastern coasts, not really dying away until the overnight period. but across northern ireland, scotland once again, northern parts of england plenty of late evening sunshine before it goes down. however, as the sun does start to go down, it is going to be feeling quite cold overnight, likely to see some frost , likely to see some frost, particularly in northern parts of the country and in rural spots as well, likely to see some mist and fog overnight too, which might just be a little bit slow to clear by the time we reach the morning, that cloud across the south will eventually ease away. and those showers too. but you might still just catch the odd 1 or 2, particularly across parts of east anglia. but as i say , east anglia. but as i say, generally a cold night overall, particularly in the north, where we're likely to see that frost by the time you wake up in the morning. now, generally, though , morning. now, generally, though, thursday is the better day. we've got high pressure building, which means lots of fine and dry weather across the country. still a slight breeze around coastal areas, which might just add on to the wind chill there and still just the possible possibility of the odd shower across east anglia, but otherwise another fine dry day

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well. >> good afternoon britain. it's 2:00 on wednesday the 2nd of october. i'm emily carver and i'm tom harwood as the conservative party conference wraps up, it seems that maybe, just maybe , james cleverly has just maybe, james cleverly has had a surprising moment. interesting. elsewhere, benjamin netanyahu warns iran it will pay for last night's missile attacks on israel. this as the idf sends more troops into southern lebanon . how will israel lebanon. how will israel retaliate and has this latest escalation raised the domestic terror threat here in the uk? and keir starmer, he's in

brussels to kick off his bid to reset britain's relationship with the european union. but at what cost? the eu is reportedly demanding concessions on migration, fishing and even freedom of movement for young people . people. well, tom, you say now that the momentum is with james cleverly , momentum is with james cleverly, i wouldn't have thought that this morning. >> i wouldn't have thought that going into this conference several days ago. but i have to say it's almost uniformly accepted that the standout performance of those speeches earlier this morning and this afternoon was james cleverly. he had the audience in the palm of his hand. he had the most people standing up of the standing ovations. he clearly dominated the stage at across all of all

four candidates. and that's surprising . i would have thought surprising. i would have thought that perhaps tom tugendhat, a very assured performer, would have done better than he did . i have done better than he did. i would have thought that perhaps kemi badenoch, who is such a loved contestant amongst the membership, would have had the audience, react in a stronger way than they did. but no, it was james cleverly who came to the fore surprising for some, but a big boost to his campaign. >> very interesting indeed. we did know that robert jenrick was a little ahead in that polling that's taking place. perhaps things will change. perhaps things will change. perhaps things will change. thank you very much indeed, tom. we will check in with you in a little bit, but we should get the news headunes bit, but we should get the news headlines with tatiana . headlines with tatiana. >> emily, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories, all four tory leadership candidates have given their speeches on the final day of the party conference in birmingham, shadow

security minister tom tugendhat saying the tories have led the fight for freedom . the fight for freedom. the conservative candidate said he's had enough of the lack of principle and clarity. mr tugendhat said the general election was bruising and that the tories need to restore trust, as he set out his pitch to be the party's next leader. >> leadership is not about empty promises. it's not about cheap rhetoric or government by management consultancy . it's not management consultancy. it's not about managing decline. and it's not about talking our country down. leadership is about making choices that serve our country and our people best. i promise you that as your leader, i will serve our country. i will lead with conviction. i will act decisively. my mission is the prosperity and happiness of the british people. together, we can win. >> james cleverly opened his speech at the conservative party conference with an apology to

members, adding that the parliamentary wing of the party had let them down. >> sorry on behalf of the conservative parliamentary party, who let you down and we have to be better , much better . have to be better, much better. and under my leadership we will be the british people are never wrong . the british people told wrong. the british people told to us go and sort ourselves out. let's not make them tell us again , robert jenrick said. again, robert jenrick said. >> the tories need to create a new conservative party that is built on the rock of our proudest traditions and noblest values. mrjenrick said proudest traditions and noblest values. mr jenrick said we proudest traditions and noblest values. mrjenrick said we must stand for our nation, our culture, our identity . culture, our identity. >> why is it that so much of the british establishment seems to put britain last? i'm told that

we only have enough munitions to last a few weeks in war, and yet our country is giving foreign aid to parts of the world richer than our own. so if i am your leader, i will stand for cutting our bloated foreign aid budget and for spending 3% of gdp on our defence. >> kemi badenoch has vowed to make the chancellor wriggle and the prime minister sweat. she rounded up the speeches today, adding young conservatives have been let down by the party. >> a new political force has risen , something i have been risen, something i have been fighting all my political career identity politics, like the 19705, we face a battle of ideas against the left and its desire for ever greater social and economic control. it is socialism , returned socialism in

socialism, returned socialism in a suit. >> in other news, the keir starmer says he wants to put the uk eu relationship back on a stable, positive footing as he met european commission president ursula von der leyen in brussels. von der leyen said the close alignment on international matters was a good foundation for talks on the uk—eu relationship . the prime uk—eu relationship. the prime ministers in brussels to meet european union chiefs with a promise to put the brexit years behind us and form a closer relationship with the bloc. he aims to push for a better trading relationship and greater cooperation on defence and security measures. it's his first visit to brussels as prime minister >> utterly condemn this attempt by the iranian regime to harm innocent israelis. it cannot be tolerated . we stand with israel tolerated. we stand with israel and we recognise her right to self—defence. >> well, that was the prime minister, sir keir starmer, speaking last night in a televised address, saying that he publicly supports israel's

right to self—defence and that says israel will reportedly launch a significant retaliation to iran's missile attack within days that could target oil production facilities . that's production facilities. that's according to the us based news site axios . last night, israel's site axios. last night, israel's prime minister said iran had made a big mistake with its attack and will pay for it both the uk and the us have confirmed they've supported israel in shooting down over 180 iranian missiles headed for the country . missiles headed for the country. the uk defence secretary, john healey, said forces played their part to prevent further escalation in the region. mr healey is visiting cyprus to meet troops who are preparing for the possibility of evacuating british citizens from lebanon. the attack came in retaliation to israel's air and ground operation in lebanon against iranian backed terror group hezbollah, and the assassination of their leader on friday. and a metropolitan police marksman is due to go on trial over the fatal shooting of

chris kaba . 40 year old martin chris kaba. 40 year old martin blake is accused of the murder of 24 year old mr kabir in south london in september. two years ago, mr carver died after being shot once in the head through the windscreen of an audi car in stretham. blake has denied the charge against him. his trial is expected to go on for up to three weeks, and those are the latest gb news headlines for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. i'll have more news in half 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. >> welcome back to good afternoon britain. it is now 2:08. now, as we've been discussing the prime minister, sir keir starmer. he's in brussels for key talks with eu leaders. he wants to reset our

relationship with the european union. but what exactly might brussels demand in return? well, i'm joined by gb news political correspondent olivia utley, who is in brussels for us. olivia, bnng is in brussels for us. olivia, bring us up to date. >> so we've heard very warm words from both sides. after the meeting between keir starmer and ursula von der leyen this morning, they've both said that they are keen to reset relations andifs they are keen to reset relations and it's sounding from the eu side as though they're happier to have conversations with this government than they were with the last conservative government. all of that said, when push comes to shove, it's going to be about the negotiations. and as we know well as david cameron found out back in 2013, the eu is a very, very tough negotiator indeed. warm words will only get keir starmer so far. what the eu would like to see is, in the first instance, a youth mobility scheme between the uk and the eu. that would mean that young people under the age of 24, i think it is, would be able to

travel between the eu and the uk to work, live or study quite similar to the sort of erasmus scheme. obviously that would go down very badly indeed with brexiteers in the uk, many of whom voted for brexit in to order take back control of the borders and actually there are plenty of people in labour who don't like the sound of it ehhen don't like the sound of it either. yvette cooper, the home secretary who is in charge of immigration, has expressed her worries about a scheme like that bringing the overall immigration numbers up . there is also some numbers up. there is also some concern that the eu might demand . concern that the eu might demand. france is very, very keen on this and other eu coastal states are behind it. access to the uk's fishing waters in return for any sort of closer deal on energy, for example. that's something that keir starmer really wants to talk about, and veterinary trades . that fishing veterinary trades. that fishing deal would again go down very, very badly with english coastal communities, particularly fishermen , many of whom voted fishermen, many of whom voted for brexit. so there isn't really an easy solution here for

keir starmer today. there's going to be lots more talks over the next few hours. he has all sorts of meetings coming up, ending with a q&a with journalists this afternoon. so let's see where we get to by 6:00 today. at the moment, we're heanng 6:00 today. at the moment, we're hearing lots of smiles, lots of warm handshakes, but very little actual concrete progress. >> yes, there has also been, well, rumours, i suppose, for the last few weeks that perhaps ursula von der leyen might demand that we join their migrants return deal in one way or another, which could potentially see some kind of quota when it comes to asylum seekers from the european union. is that something that is formally being talked about ? formally being talked about? >> well, that is a rumour that's been going around for the last sort of six months or so. keir starmer has denied that it is something that he would consider, and it is hard to see why the uk would accept a deal like that . because yes, we have

like that. because yes, we have a large number of small boat migrants . we talk about it on gb migrants. we talk about it on gb news a lot, but that is dwarfed in comparison to the number of migrants coming to the whole of the eu. and as quite a populist country in the eu, the quota of migrants that we would have to take if we joined up to that return deal would be large and would probably eclipse the number of small boat migrants who are coming over here. so in my mind, it's relatively unlikely that keir starmer would accept something like that. that said, he has built up expectations quite high. he said over and over again during the campaign that one of his goals as prime minister would be to reset relations with the eu. and it is possible that if that is the only deal that the eu would take, that keir starmer might go for it. but i think we could expect a pretty big backlash across brexit voting communities, communities, if he were to go for it. >> yes, i can imagine so. olivia utley, thank you very much indeed for being in brussels for us, our political correspondent there. yes. how would you at

home feel if we were to hand fishing licences back to the european union, or indeed to accept some kind of youth mobility scheme, or indeed take part in some kind of quota system when it comes to asylum seekers and migrants within the european union , would that be a european union, would that be a complete betrayal of leaving the european union? a betrayal of brexit? i'm sure many of you would see it as such. do let me know . get in touch. know. get in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to do so. but let's turn back to birmingham where four conservative leadership contenders, all of them have made their final calls to voters. entering the stage was tom tugendhat. first, he focused on creating a conservative revolution to drive growth. he stated migration has cost us too much in the last 30 years. he even adopted david cameron's famous 100,000 cap on net migration. >> but a cap alone won't work. this is about visas, not about foreign courts. let me tell you something that my opponents

probably won't . this isn't probably won't. this isn't simple . we issued the visas simple. we issued the visas because businesses need the staff for our care homes and our hospitals to look after our families . so hospitals to look after our families. so how do we square this circle? well, we need to fix migration by fixing the gaps in education and skills in transport and in housing, so that we can recruit at home and not abroad. >> but one man was quite proud of the conservative party legacy. shadow home secretary james cleverly. he reminded conference that the tories delivered brexit, and he wanted to make sure everyone remembered his record in government . now, his record in government. now, not everyone was as positive about the past . front runner about the past. front runner robert jenrick admitted the country doesn't trust the tories , country doesn't trust the tories, saying we should never fail our people again and build a new conservative party. he went on to set out his main policies, including securing our borders, and to close the show was kemi badenoch. she called for renewal by taking the shackles off the

economy, and she said she wasn't happy with the direction the country is going in. so where do we stand? by next week, only two will be left. they'll then go on head to head here on gb news october. the 17th is the date. put it in your diary before the conservative membership decides who will become the new leader of the conservative party. okay, so that's out of the way . let's so that's out of the way. let's go live now to tom harwood, who's in birmingham for the conference. tom, thank you very much indeed. i believe you are with our political editor, christopher hope. take it away . christopher hope. take it away. >> i am indeed, and christopher hope was there in the hall for those speeches. what was your reaction? >> yes, i was all for. i think that in order we had tom tugendhat started slowly and didn't really make much of an impression . i thought robert impression. i thought robert jenrick was better, more energetic. i thought james cleverly won the day. he got most of the audience on their feet, but a third of the audience on their feet. but most biggest reaction and kevin badenoch was was interesting , badenoch was was interesting, exciting. maybe for some people,

maybe a bit too truesight for a party still traumatised by by the drama of liz truss's time in government. >> now you've also been speaking to people as they left. yes. what did you find that was really striking? >> so i basically randomly chose people as they left. well, we'll see shortly, but i did about a dozen interviews, virtually all for james cleverly. let's listen to who won james cleverly hands down what what charisma, what leadership. >> he's got to be the future. >> he's got to be the future. >> who won i mr cleverly for me. >> who won i mr cleverly for me. >> and were you a cleverly person before you came in who are you backing? >> before i was tom moore or kemi, but i definitely made it switching from tom tugendhat , switching from tom tugendhat, from kemi to james cleverly . from kemi to james cleverly. very impressive i felt. and why is that? well, he was clear. he was statesmanlike and he said all the things that i wanted to hean >> oh i'll tell you what, they're all great candidates. i love them all as individuals. and i think james got the crowd.

but kemi is so clever. i just it's so difficult. >> can i say to . yes. >> can i say to. yes. >> cleverly and kemi james cleverly did so well. the standing ovation was so much. he talks with so much confidence and was much liked by many. >> but james, i just think he has the stature of a future prime minister today. >> definitely. james cleverly, as you see, i don't wear any of them . i haven't made my mind up them. i haven't made my mind up yet, but he actually did very well today . well today. >> i think it was hard to say, but i think overall i think it's maybe i think robert jenrick i think he overall came across, i think he overall came across, i think as the best sort of overall candidate. i thought . overall candidate. i thought. >> really interesting stuff there, chris. and these were randomly selected members of the party. >> yes. i mean, there's obviously teams around the campaigns, but they weren't involved. that was me just selecting random people leaving the hall and all but 2 or 3 were for james cleverly. so clearly in the hall he won the audience.

maybe it's no surprise he's a former party chairman. he knows how to push the right buttons, and maybe on the tv screens, maybe kemi badenoch did quite well . we're hearing anecdotally well. we're hearing anecdotally off social media. she was quite good when the cameras right on her. i wonder tom, whether it was something as basic as the podium. what won it because he had a podium? james cleverly stood behind it, planted himself there, had the authority of being at home. former home office home secretary, foreign secretary party chairman. so it goes on. the other three wandered around waving their hands on a big, big, big platform. but like like david cameron did in 2005. and david davis then had a podium. cameron won it, but david didn't. maybe it's a reversal of the of the debate then. >> and it was a very different stage in 2005. you were there. i wasn't, but it was in the round wasn't, but it was in the round was it not. >> yes, i think it was that maybe it's in the round. i think it was actually in the same hall. okay. but no question about it then. yeah. david cameron with a more informal chat with no notes did. well i think, but i think yeah, i mean in the hall james

cleverly won and looks increasingly likely. i think that cleverly could be in the final two if support goes from the mel stride votes in the last round towards cleverly. and then maybe if it looks like tom tugendhat drops out next time. those are those are two centrist tory mps cleverly like to benefit . he'll be there. and who benefit. he'll be there. and who will he take on? kevin badenoch or robert jenrick both offering a dramatic reboot of the party, i think kevin badenoch has the most, most drama in her. you talk then about fighting against left wing nonsense. i mean , it left wing nonsense. i mean, it was pure. some of the language was pure. some of the language was pure. some of the language was pure. liz truss , does this was pure. liz truss, does this party want more drama like that? they've got more. they've got more time to think about it. and there's no jeopardy. they can't crash the economy. not being in government. so maybe what they do need is a reboot with a kind of kemi energy. against that, you've got robert jenrick with new conservatives, new labour rethinking how this movement works. so both of them are offering some change, both from the right. so if the mp5 get it right, they can offer some someone from the left and someone from the left and someone from the right, and then we'll see members choosing.

>> history shows us that generally the party faithful do back the right candidate rather than the left candidate. liz truss won over rishi sunak. bofis truss won over rishi sunak. boris johnson won over jeremy hunt. it's won over, ken clarke. that's right . although david that's right. although david cameron did. after three elections, david davis who was a right winger. yes, yes. >> so these guys here, this party has to work out what is the problem and what's the answer. >> and big, big interesting revelation there. perhaps it was the podium. what won it. wandering around on stage, perhaps not working as well for these candidates as it did for david cameron. gosh 25 years ago. well, 20 years ago, 25 years ago, 20, 21 years ago. that's it. that's yes. emily, back to you. >> tom, i was just thinking , >> tom, i was just thinking, 2005. i'm surprised you weren't there. you know, reporting the keen bean. you are. that would have been very funny indeed. i must also say, on the labour side, the government side, the big breaking news is that rachel

reeves has apparently changed her hair and adopted red. so there you go. she's chosen the right colour, i say. anyway, so that's just dropped. >> you've inspired her. emily. >> you've inspired her. emily. >> i've inspired her. of course, of course, of course. thank you very much indeed. tom harwood, you're in birmingham for the conference that is now pretty much wrapped up. well, this is good afternoon, britain on gb news. we've got lots more coming up on today's show. we are, of course, going to bring you the very latest from israel. as israel iran that it will fight

okay. well, it's now 224. you're watching listening to good afternoon britain . now, in the afternoon britain. now, in the last few moments, police in denmark have confirmed that an explosion outside the israeli embassy in copenhagen was caused by hand grenades. now, this comes as fears are mounting that the middle east is on the cusp of an all out war. after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu swore iran will pay for the large scale missile

attack it launched on israel yesterday evening in the studio we have mark white our homeland security editor, to bring us the latest. what is the latest from copenhagen then? >> well, an investigation was launched after these twin explosions that took place outside the main israeli embassy building in copenhagen. on examining the fragments from that explosion, now , the police that explosion, now, the police in the city of copenhagen are confirming that the objects that were thrown at the embassy apparently were hand grenades, two hand grenades, it seems. now, this follows explosions or loud bangs that were heard at the israeli embassy in stockholm , the israeli embassy in stockholm, sweden, last night as well. this was all happening around about the same time as the ballistic missile strikes on israel, and that particular incident, the

bangsin that particular incident, the bangs in stockholm. according to swedish police , were caused by swedish police, were caused by gunfire aimed towards the israeli embassy there as well . israeli embassy there as well. so this just heightens the concern that police and security agencies across across europe will be worried about really now, in the aftermath of what happened last night. and of course , what israel's response course, what israel's response to the ballistic missile attacks will be. we're already hearing from the israeli ambassador to the uk that there will be a severe response from israel to these ballistic missile strikes. >> yes. and these incidents in denmark and sweden, certainly highlight how things can escalate here when they do so in the middle east, we can see the repercussions in the west, of course, as, as well, we know that it course, as, as well, we know thatitis course, as, as well, we know that it is rosh hashanah, the jewish new year, a holy day , a

jewish new year, a holy day, a day of celebrations to the jewish community in the west, and particularly in this country, as well, ramping up security. i understand . security. i understand. >> yes, indeed. and on that point about the new year, we heard from the israeli ambassador to the uk, sipping hot hotovely, who said that the she believes that the ballistic missiles that came over from iran were targeting israeli civilians as they prepared for this jewish holiday , she has not this jewish holiday, she has not heard, but the israeli military has also confirmed the first casualties. so the israeli population mourning the death of an israeli soldier , captain an israeli soldier, captain eytan oster , who was part of a eytan oster, who was part of a commando force. i think we have a picture of that commander who was part of this, commando force

that was moving into southern lebanon as part of the, the operation to push through some of these villages that are described as hezbollah strongholds. and you can see the image of him there. he was killed along with a number of other israeli israeli soldiers injured in fierce fighting. we're told, between the idf and hezbollah terrorists up there in these border villages. >> now, israel has promised , >> now, israel has promised, well, it's warning iran that it will retain it strongly. there will retain it strongly. there will be a strong response. what might that look like ? might that look like? >> well, i think it will be of a magnitude greater than the response that we saw in april. you'll remember that there was a missile and drone strike from iran on israel then, and that was seen of course, as

unprecedented. that had never happened before. so there was a great deal of concern about the potential for the israeli response there. but pretty much all of those 99% of those missiles were shot down. and president joe biden urged benjamin netanyahu to take the win to, you know, not respond. well. in the end, they responded, but it was pretty limited around a number of sites in iran. and that was viewed, i think, by the iranian regime at the time, as not being of a significant enough magnitude that they would then feel obuged that they would then feel obliged to launch another attack in response to that. this time around , it could well be around, it could well be different. i think this time around, all the mood music coming out of israel from both governmental and military , governmental and military, circles seems to suggest that it will be a more significant

strike on iran. >> okay. well, thank you very much indeed. mark white, our homeland security editor. well, let's get some more reaction from security expert and former police officer chris phillips. chris, we're being told that perhaps the terror threat will be on the increase. we've seen explosions in both sweden and copenhagen since this latest escalation in the middle east. >> yeah. good afternoon, it is very naive to think that we won't have repercussions across not only the west, but actually across the world. i think jewish communities right across the world will be a bit concerned about what's going on, and we'll be putting, putting themselves at a higher state of alert. i think from our perspective, we don't know actually how many sleeper cells there are, in the uk or across europe. and of course , iran may decide to make course, iran may decide to make use of people that they've sent over here to, to carry out attacks. >> well, this is the problem, isn't it ? iran's influence is

isn't it? iran's influence is very much global and very much in the west as well. have we taken this threat seriously enough over the years? >> well, we've known about it , >> well, we've known about it, but have we taken it seriously? clearly not because we've allowed lots and lots of people to come over unchecked. and of course, iran operate worldwide and they operate in a way that they know that they can bring people over, not necessarily even to commit offences themselves here, but actually to encourage others. so we don't know what's going to go on. i think it is a time that we all need to be very alert to, particularly in the jewish community. but actually right across, right across the west, right across the world. >> yes. and of course, as we come up to the one year anniversary of the hamas attack in israel, things will be heightened, won't they? the security services, presumably, will be working overtime to prevent any potential terror attack in line with that

anniversary . anniversary. >> yeah. the intelligence systems operate really well. but of course, you know, if the iranians are as we believe, actually have infiltrated into our country and into other countries, then they will also have, be operating in a way that would be difficult to catch . i would be difficult to catch. i think, you know, fingers crossed this this war actually blows over to some extent because there is big problems right across the world with the potential terror threat that these people pose . these people pose. >> well, absolutely. thank you very much indeed. chris phillips, to great get your insight on this security expert. and of course, a former police officer, too. thank you very much indeed. well, this is good afternoon, britain on gb news. we've got lots more coming up on today's show. there is yet another blunder when it comes to the government's early release scheme in our prisons. i'll reveal what exactly after the break, after the news headlines .

break, after the news headlines. >> emily. thank you. the top stories all four tory leadership candidates have given their speeches on the final day of the party conference in birmingham. shadow security minister tom tugendhat saying the tories have led the fight for freedom. the conservative candidate said he's had enough of the lack of principle and clarity . mr principle and clarity. mr tugendhat said the general election was bruising and that the tories need to restore trust as he set out his pitch to be the party's next leader . the party's next leader. >> the leadership is not about empty promises, it's not about cheap rhetoric or government by management consultancy. it's not about managing decline and it's not about talking our country down. leadership is about making choices that serve our country and our people best. i promise you that as your leader, i will serve our country. i will lead with conviction. i will act decisively. my mission is the prosperity and happiness of the

british people. together we can win . win. >> kemi badenoch has vowed to make the chancellor wriggle and the prime minister sweat. she rounded up the speeches today, adding young conservatives have been let down by the party. >> a new political force has risen, something i have been fighting all my political career , fighting all my political career, identity politics, like the 19705. we face a battle of ideas against the left and its desire for ever greater social and economic control. it is socialism, returned socialism in a suit . a suit. >> in other news, sir keir starmer says he wants to put the uk eu relationship back on a stable, positive footing as he met european commission president ursula von der leyen in brussels. von der leyen said the close alignment on international matters was a good foundation for talks on the uk—eu relationship. the prime minister is in brussels to meet european union chiefs with a

promise to put the brexit years behind us and form a closer relationship with the bloc. he aims to push for a better trading relationship and greater cooperation on defence and security measures. it's his first visit to brussels as prime minister >> i firmly believe that the british public wants a return to pragmatic, sensible leadership when it comes to dealing with our closest neighbours to make brexit work to and deliver in their interests, to find ways to boost economic growth, strengthen our security and tackle shared challenges like irregular migration and climate change. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez, more in half 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

>> this sunday, join me camilla tominey for an exclusive interview with one of the most controversial , influential and controversial, influential and unique political figures of our time. >> boris johnson will be in studio discussing his new memoir, unleashed, the gripping story of how he dealt with plotting politicians, problematic princes and a pandemic. from boris bikes to brexit and everything else in between. this sunday at 9:30 am. only on gb news, the people's channel. britain's news channel. >> well, you won't want to miss that interview with camilla tominey and boris johnson certainly this sunday 9:30 am. anyway, we're going to turn our attention to the government's early release scheme because it turns out that almost 60 criminals freed from scottish jails over the summer as part of this scheme have already

reoffended and are back behind bars. yes, a total of 477 inmates were released early after the scottish government enacted emergency laws to ease pressure on the country's dangerously full prisons, but it's now emerged that 57 of these prisoners have been sent back to jail after committing further crimes. okay, well, to discuss this further, i'm joined by retired prison governor and author vanessa frey . vanessa, we author vanessa frey. vanessa, we know that many people, when they come out of prison, do go on to reoffend, but this seems an alarmingly high number of people who were given their freedom under an early release scheme to then be behind bars so soon. yeah >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> i mean, we were all waiting for this to happen, weren't we? we haven't got the figures released in england and wales yet, but i would imagine that there'll be similar, we're looking at 1 in 10,1 there'll be similar, we're looking at 1 in 10, 1 in 12, you know, committing further offences or not adhering to their licence conditions. and, you know, if you're going to have an early release scheme,

then the most important thing is that you've got to manage it properly and clearly there are serious failings here in particular, you know, housing, homelessness, is known to be a link to repeat reoffending and we just haven't got it right. and you know, it is a worrying time . it's a worrying time for time. it's a worrying time for victims. and it's a worrying time for, for prisons. but you know , reoffending is not our , know, reoffending is not our, our, forte really. we, we as a, as a country, we lock up, you know, more prisoners than western europe. and we have the worst reoffending rates in, in western europe. so, you know , western europe. so, you know, clearly many of these prisoners that were released were not ready to be released. and that is a that is a serious issue, think. >> well, yeah, that's that's pretty clear considering the number who are now back in prison. i was reading that there have been cases where prisoners who've been released early have

committed crimes or gone to the police in order to then be put back in prison simply because they don't have anywhere to live or their life prospects are so hopeless now that they're back in freedom, i guess that they want to go back to prison. is that really the case? >> well, yeah, i think, you know, i've seen i've seen myself, prisoners returning and returning because they've got nowhere to go, nothing to do, no support systems on the outside. they return to drugs or alcohol and, you know, in prison, they get a bed, they get a three meals a day, and they're looked after . and, you know, it's not after. and, you know, it's not it's not that prisons are cushy, i hasten to add. it's that, you know , the system has failed them know, the system has failed them because one of the most important things apart from, you know, keeping those in custody and keeping the public safe, is to address offending behaviour, to address offending behaviour, to help these people, you know, turn their lives around and lead

better lives and, and be part of society. and, we just can't seem to get that right. >> also, vanessa, i'm just thinking now, the cost of this as well to the to the taxpayer having , well, as well to the to the taxpayer having, well, imprisoning people, they go through the criminal justice system, they get sentenced, they get put in jail , then released early jail, then released early through a scheme wrongly released early, go on to commit another crime straight back through the criminal justice system, straight back into into prison. and the cycle continues hugely draining. >> yeah, it's very draining on resources. it's draining on, you know, people's tax, you know, when you think a prisoner costs around £50,000 per prisoner place per year? absolutely. it is a drain on our financial, cycle. and once prisoners get on that, you know, crime round about it is very difficult to get them off it, and i think you know, when we look at the probation service again, another overstretched service that has

been, you know, poorly funded over the years, you know, there's something like 2000 probation officers short. i was chatting to one the other day and she said, you know , her and she said, you know, her workload literally trebled. on the release of prisoners in her area . and, you know that that's area. and, you know that that's an awful lot to put on somebody who is already struggling to cope with their workload. and i think you know, unless you manage these people properly, you are going to get them reoffending. >> i mean, i must say i've been working in a prison. it's got to be one of the most stressful jobs you can have working with people who are extremely difficult, possibly violent, possibly addicted to drugs, all sorts going on. it's a it's a difficult job. do we value people who work in our prisons enough? >> no, i don't think we do. and i don't think we have, you know, once, once prisoners are behind that 12 foot wall, they're they're forgotten about by society. as long as society is

happy that they're locked up and keeping the public safe, that's all society is bothered about. look, you know, we need to look and have the political will to change what's going on in our prisons , because otherwise, you prisons, because otherwise, you know, every week i'll be on here about reoffending rates and prisons overcrowded and shortages of staff and, you know, corrupt staff and incidents in prison and escapes, etcetera , etcetera. because, you etcetera, etcetera. because, you know, there are definitely people that should be locked up to protect society . but there to protect society. but there are an awful lot of those that shouldn't be locked up. that better community services would better community services would be would be more apt for them than languishing in in cells and then being released, you know, to no, no home, no support systems. and going back to addictions. yeah. >> and perhaps in some cases we're simply locking up the wrong people, the wrong people are being let out early and the wrong people are being put in prison, perhaps in some cases.

vanessa frake , thank you very vanessa frake, thank you very much for continuing to come on to talk about these sometimes rather depressing stories, but very important to highlight. nonetheless, thank you very much. retired prison governor and author vanessa frake. well, just before we move on, as the four remaining candidates for the tory leadership finished their speeches. gb news presenter andrew pierce got the thoughts of the former chancellor george osborne. remember him on who made the best pitch for the top job. >> i think there was a clear winner actually, and by the way, i'm not signed up to any of these candidates. i thought james cleverly did the best speech and had the best audience reaction and that's interesting because i think anyone observing the contest would say he probably came into the conference maybe in third or fourth place. whether that translates into votes from mps, which is the critical next stage , which is the critical next stage, who knows? but i think he delivered the goods. and i also thought the format worked. i guess! thought the format worked. i guess i was a bit it was a question i had on the train coming here this morning, which is does the device of giving everyone the chance to give a speech, going to work in the same way it did 20 years ago

with the conference in which cameron got elected, or got himself in a position where he was the front runner? and the answer is i think it did work. and the strengths and weaknesses of all the candidates was on display. >> very interesting there to get the perspective of george osborne, the former chancellor there at the conservative party conference, still very much involved, very interested, as you can see, in what's taking place. james cleverly is the one for him. we're hearing more and more about james cleverly, aren't we? it does seem as though people in the room liked what he was saying, whether the pubuc what he was saying, whether the public need to like what he's saying as well, if he's going to do well and win that leadership as well as go on to become prime minister, is his hope. of course, this is good afternoon britain on gb news. we've got lots more coming up on today's show. we are going to very quickly turn our attention to prince harry. he's been south africa, i believe, saying all sorts are revealed

break. okay, well, to end the show, we're going to see what prince harry has been up to. he's embarked on another solo trip, this time to south africa , this time to south africa, continuing his charity work following a brief visit to the uk for the wellchild awards. i don't believe he met with his father or indeed his brother, but the duke of sussex in south africa met with prince seeiso of lesotho to discuss the charity's progress , focusing on supporting progress, focusing on supporting young people affected by hiv. okay. well joining me now is royal commentator richard fitzwilliams. richard prince harry showing his charitable side . side. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> he's always had an affinity, a very special affinity with africa. and indeed, in 2004, dunng africa. and indeed, in 2004, during his gap year, he spent a while in lesotho, a landlocked african kingdom, and two years later he and prince seeiso, who you mentioned in honour of their mothers, founded the charity

sentebale. it means in soweto a forget me not, which was diana's favourite flower. and this is a trip again, his solo. and he has. >> it's been very, very interesting in the last period because of course, as you know, in new york, he for several days was involved in charitable activities, all of them soho, then solo, then he was in london for the world child awards. >> he's been involved with that for 15 years. it was rather like old times to see the way he acted, so to speak. so naturally with the children, with the families and so forth. >> so, i mean, i'm reading here that he said he said the people from the top need to start listening. who is he referring to there? is he referring to governments? >> well, clearly he wants more support for sentebale. i mean, the idea is to expand it

somewhat to help the young who are needy, but most specifically the hiv aids situation has been so terrible in the suit, so clearly he's well, he's very well placed. no one else has his royal status . and it's because royal status. and it's because of this. he's so well placed to make a push for a very worthy cause. >> richard, he's doing quite a bit on his own, isn't he? at the moment, as we are all noticing with great interest. >> you're absolutely right. and i think all these events have gone off tremendously well. they've been uncontroversial . he they've been uncontroversial. he hasn't given any interviews which have caused offence, and there's absolutely no doubt about it. perhaps something is being planned that we are unaware of. his next, docu series for netflix on polo apparently doesn't feature him much, so what we're waiting to see is how this will be developing in the weeks and months. will there be some more tours? they've been, of course,

tours? they've been, of course, to nigeria and he and meghan, most recently to latin america. so is this part and parcel of a new strategy? whereas meghan develops her cooking side, say on netflix, and perhaps harry does more solo? >> well, thank you very much indeed, richard fitzwilliams as even indeed, richard fitzwilliams as ever. lovely to speak to you and get your insight. thank you very much indeed. well thank you for watching. good afternoon britain. i think it's safe to say that starmer's trip to brussels is the subject that really got you going today. lots of concerns that potentially starmer is trying to take us back in. although, to be fair, he does say that absolutely not. we will not be returning to the single market nor the customs union. but it does look as though brussels will demand some concessions if he's going to get some new and improved flashy new deal with the european union anyway, don't go anywhere. it is. martin daubney up . next. is. martin daubney up. next. >> despite the morning rain,

it'll be a nice, warm, cosy day ahead. >> boxed heat pumps sponsors of weather on gb. >> news . >> news. >> news. >> hello, good afternoon and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well we've got a cold night ahead with some frost and fog in places, but as we head into tomorrow, plenty of fine and settled for weather many. the south will have to wait though for that as we head into this afternoon. still plenty of cloud here as low pressure dominates, but as high pressure builds from the north, that's bringing us that fine and settled weather. as i say though, as we head into this evening, there will still be some cloud across the south and southeast, and still a few showers feeding into some east and southeastern coasts, but these will generally ease away as we head overnight, and this leaves plenty of clear skies overnight as well. so it is going to be turning cold and we're likely to see some fog, particularly in northern rural spots, and likely to see some frost by the time we wake up tomorrow as well . so to start tomorrow as well. so to start tomorrow, as i say, most of that cloud generally breaking through the course of the night. but

still some showers just feeding in to the south—east coast still by the time we reach tomorrow morning. but elsewhere plenty of clear skies, so plenty of fog patches in places and it will be feeling chilly with some frost in places too, but generally largely dry just away from those showers just feeding into the southeast coast tomorrow as well. we've got high pressure building and that means generally a better day for all. largely dry and settled with plenty of sunny spells around, as i say. still the odd shower just moving into the south—east coast , but just moving into the south—east coast, but you'll probably be unlucky if you catch any of those generally dry just perhaps a build of higher cloud just moving into western parts of scotland, northern ireland later on into the afternoon, but with much lighter winds, generally feeling more pleasant where you do catch the sunshine as we head into the evening as well. that cloud will continue to build in the west. perhaps some light rain here at times, but overall generally another dry night. plenty of clear spells, so more mist and fog to come and feeling cold once again too. and we are

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