and signatures. now, obviously. yes, i know it's not going to happen, but i do want to look at what all of this tells us about the level of satisfaction or dissatisfaction when it comes to our politics and our politicians. also speaking of politicians, rachel reeves says never again read tax rises on businesses. do you believe her.7 and businesses. do you believe her? and did you see that horrendous shooting in london which saw an eight year old child get hit? what is going on across the streets of britain? and an nhs

whistleblower has spoken out about her concerns. read just how deeply embedded radical gender ideology is within the nhs now . surely if there's one nhs now. surely if there's one place where literal biology should trump all. it would be in a health service. no. that is all to come and lots more. but first, let's get the 6:00 news headunes. headlines. >> michelle, thank you very much. and good evening to you. it's just after 6:00 and apologies if i am a slowly sinking in my chair as i bring the news to you. well, it's being reported in egypt that two british tourists have been rescued and two are still missing. the foreign office says it's supporting several british nationals and their families. the vessel was carrying 31 tourists and 14 crew when it went down near marsa alam. the cause of the sinking is still unclear , but the authorities in

unclear, but the authorities in eqypt unclear, but the authorities in egypt had been warning of high waves. rescue efforts are still ongoing being led by the military there and local officials. 28 people have been rescued so far here. a major incident has been declared in northamptonshire after heavy rain triggered severe flooding across the country, billing aquadrome holiday park is at the centre of the crisis , with 1000 centre of the crisis, with 1000 residents affected and some still stranded in an area cut off by flood waters . emergency off by flood waters. emergency teams, including fire and police services, have been rescuing people by boat and had expected operations could continue for hours. the environment secretary says uk flood defences are in the worst condition on record. but steve reid says the government has pledged £2.4 billion to upgrade them. >> well, i've been kept updated throughout the weekend on the situation that's going on and i've just come out of a meeting, an emergency meeting with the environment agency. first thing to say is i want to offer my sympathies to everybody who's been affected , affected by these

been affected, affected by these floods and how devastating it is. if your home or your business in particular get affected in this way. but i'd also like to offer my thanks to the emergency services on the ground who have been out there straight away this weekend, making sure people are kept safe . making sure people are kept safe. >> the chancellor, rachel reeves, has been defending her budget, telling business leaders it's brought stability to the economy. speaking at the cbi conference earlier, she said difficult decisions were needed to draw a line under the inheritance from the previous government . rachel reeves also government. rachel reeves also ruled out further borrowing or tax hikes, saying public services must now live within their means. take a listen . their means. take a listen. >> we have now drawn a line under the inheritance that i faced. public finances are now on a firm footing, and also our pubuc on a firm footing, and also our public services are funded in a proper way, and we've now set the envelope for those public services for the rest of this parliament, which means we're not going to have to come back for more. >> and the defence secretary has

said the uk's security starts in ukraine and warned that if vladimir putin prevails there, he won't stop. speaking alongside leaders from five european nations, john healey condemned russia's efforts to destabilise democracy and vowed to bolster ukraine's defences as it now heads into its third winter at war. well, it comes after reports from french media this week have suggested britain and france may be considering sending troops to ukraine as part of a so—called european coalition . and a man has been coalition. and a man has been arrested after a bomb hoax outside the us embassy in london. police were called to nine elms last friday after reports of a suspicious package. it was safely dealt with, though, in a controlled explosion. daniel parmenter was arrested two days later and officers had searched his home. he appeared in court this morning and will now remain in custody until his hearing next month . and if you've been month. and if you've been eagerly awaiting the annual presidential turkey pardon? well, peach and blossom are safely are now safe for the

holidays. the turkeys from minnesota travelled to dc and even stayed in style at the willard intercontinental hotel. they're pardoning by president biden is a white house tradition, complete with puns earlier from the president and kicks off the countdown to thanksgiving. that tradition dates back to abraham lincoln in 1863. and if you're really that interested, you can catch it all on a live stream. those are the latest headlines for now. now it's back over to tubes . it's back over to tubes. >> thanks for that. i'm michelle dewberry and i'm with you till 7:00 tonight alongside me, my panel 7:00 tonight alongside me, my panel. i've got matt goodwin, the pollster and academic, and jonathan lis , the political jonathan lis, the political commentator. good evening gents. you're both very well. good evening. tonight, as are each and every single one of you at home. what is on your mind? this evening? there is a lot that we need to discuss, and you can get in touch and join the conversation all the usual ways. you can email me gb views @gbnews. com you can go to the

website gbnews.com/yoursay. or of course you can tweet or x—men if you're desperate to go out and do whatever it is you're doing tonight, don't worry, you can take me with you on your radio. but look, i'm sure you might have seen this. now we've got a situation where there's been an online petition that has been an online petition that has been commenced. and get this over 2.3 million people now have signed it saying that they want a general election. they talk about things like broken promises from labour. now, i have to say, don't worry, everybody . i'm not have to say, don't worry, everybody. i'm not daft. i'm not sitting here thinking, you know everybody. i'm not daft. i'm not what? because of a petition online, there's going to be a general election tomorrow. brenda from bristol. you can relax. it's not going to be another one. i'm not suggesting that that is what's going to happen. but what i do want to do is get into what's going on underneath all of this. in this country. there's something that's making people turn out and put their name and details to these kind of petitions. what is it? i mean, keir starmer, he was asked about it today. so let's listen to what he responded.

>> look, i remind myself that very many people didn't vote labour at the last election. i don't i'm not surprised that many of them want a rerun that isn't how our system works. there will be plenty of people who didn't want to sit in the first place. so look what i focus is on is the decisions that i have to make . that i have to make. >> lots. then for us to discuss and i do want to involve you in this conversation because when i saw jess phillips, she was asked, why do you think people are signing this petition? she said, well, i don't know. i'm not one of these people that have signed it. you'd have to ask them. and i was screaming at my screen, ladies and gents, i was thinking, how can you not know? how can you not know what is driving people to do this? honestly, i despair, but you can tell me why. if you signed it, why did you get in touch? what do you think's going on matt goodwin? >> well, i think it's reflecting the complete disillusionment among millions of people in the country with this government. i actually disagree with keir starmer. i mean, he's right in one respect. this isn't how the system works in terms of how you

produce an election. but the metrics for this labour government across the board are terrible. starmer's popularity, his net ratings are —38. he's one of the most unpopular new prime ministers that we've had in british history. labour the labour party's ratings have fallen through the floor. they're getting smashed apart in local by elections and there was no mass public mandate for this labour government, which is a cunous labour government, which is a curious thing to say given the size of the majority. but what we saw in july, remember, was a punishment election. people were punishing the tories. they weren't welcoming labour with open arms. so the wheels have come off very quickly. and yes, there's a winter fuel payments. yes, there's smashing family farmers. yes, there's not solving the illegal migration crisis. yes, there's the dismal reaction to southport and the two tier policing. and yes, there's keir starmer , 1505 00:08:51,61