>> it's 9 pm. on patrick christys tonight. >> does every single officer in the south yorkshire police force now understand that in no circumstances at all can a girl under the age of 16 give consent to sexual intercourse. >> you will not believe this. i reveal the true extent of the pakistani muslim grooming gang. cover up. >> well, look, ethnicity is important and nothing should get in the way of investigating prosecuting child sexual exploitation. but if you look at the overall figure, that is a relatively small element of it. >> find out how keir starmer was involved and should he resign. plus, breaking tonight, englishman nigel, don't talk about me. illegal immigrants are

skipping the nhs queue and getting preferential treatment. seriously? it's happening. i'm going to reveal all. >> plus, we celebrate every different culture. like black history month, different festivities of different religions. >> well, talking to the nhs, actually, the bill for nhs managers is now £1.1 billion. isn't it a good job they celebrate blm? >> and is it transphobic to say only women have a cervix? but is it transphobic? yes or no? >> look, i is it is it transphobic. look , are transphobic. look, are chancellor rachel reeves there are now 41 labour mps have just claimed council tax on their second homes, on expenses. >> they've made you pay for that. remarkable. this is an animal farm government isn't it everybody. >> plus i've got 30s to tell you

about great british energy, our new publicly owned energy company is going to be ace. >> it's going to cut bills, it's going to create good jobs. it's going to create good jobs. it's going to create good jobs. it's going to give us energy security, and it's going to tackle the climate crisis. how? >> by investing. it's going to be ace. you will not believe how much money taxpayers will spend on heat pumps thanks to read ed miliband. oh, and rory stewart. well, you know, he stood for leader. everyone thought he was a total weirdo. he said he'd bet £100,000 on kamala harris winning the election. he got spanked, didn't he? well, now he spends his days sitting on alastair carpet bombed baghdad campbell's knee. and now he said this. >> i think he's a genuine fascist. i think that he is somebody who loves the idea of being connected to stirring up a massive political movement. he loves the propaganda tool. and he. >> well, who do you think he was talking about there anyway? it's quite funny, though, isn't it? because i'm about to take you live now to a reform event very

shortly. >> well, it's all well and good saying sewer, but you have to prove actual harm. she hasn't harmed us. she's given us tens of thousands more members . of thousands more members. >> on my panel tonight. it's political strategist and former conservative special adviser lauren mckevitt. we've got the director of the centre for migration and economic prosperity, stephen wolf, and journalist and broadcaster jj anas sarwar. bebe o arade dam. you'll never guess why starmer was getting booed here. get ready britain, here we go. we go live to farage and longy next.

>> very good evening to you. it's just gone 9:00. well, the top story tonight. nigel farage has rejected any links between his party and tommy robinson. after elon musk threw his support behind the jailed activist. a reform uk conference in leicester. earlier, farage made it clear that robinson, who is currently serving time for contempt of court, isn't someone his party needs. that's despite mr musk calling him a hero for standing up to grooming gangs. well, our political editor, chris hope, asked farage earlier if elon musk had become a political risk to reform uk. >> britain's been terribly badly led and that the grooming scandal, the mass rape scandal, which has resurfaced and transcripts of what was said in court have been online and i recommend you at home. don't read them. you won't sleep at night. and so, yes, he is attacking the leadership in britain. he's very supportive of me. he's very supportive of the party. >> elon musk's comments on grooming gangs have been slammed today by the home secretary

health secretary, rather as misjudged and misinformed, the billionaire accused sir keir starmer of inaction and said safeguarding minister jess safeguarding ministerjess phillips deserves prison over her comments of exploitation in oldham. the conservatives have also criticised musk for sharing what they described as factually inaccurate claims, and warned against distracting from survivors needs. but wes streeting has hit back, urging musk to help tackle rape gangs. >> look, when it comes to tackling the serious issue of child sexual exploitation and abuse, i do think that online giants, social media companies have got a big part to play in helping us to identify and prosecute perpetrators of child sexual exploitation and abuse. so whether it's elon musk or anyone else, if those leaders of those giants want to work with this government, we're willing to work with tech giants to make sure that we keep young people safe, online and free from exploitation. >> flu cases in hospitals across

england have quadrupled in a month, with over 5000 patients treated just last week alone. nhs chiefs are warning of intense pressures as the virus pushes hospitals to breaking point amid what's expected this weekend. a cold snap health officials are urging vulnerable people to stay warm and ensure medications are on hand, with just 37% of people deemed at risk vaccinated so far. emergency department waits are also worsening, with over 12,000 patients stuck in ambulances for an hour or more last week. hospitals are adding beds and support, but nhs leaders say the system remains in national vulnerability and luke littler is on the brink of history. tonight, just one win away from becoming the youngest dance world champion ever. the 17 year old has already raced to a40 lead over michael van gerwen in tonight's thrilling showdown between dance rising star and one of its all time greats. those are the latest headlines. i'll be back with you in an

houn i'll be back with you in an hour. now that it's over to patrick 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/alerts. >> welcome along everybody. so nigel farage has just spoken at reform uk's east midlands conference this evening in leicester. ahead of that speech, gb news political editor christopher hope spoke to nigel about something very interesting really, because it doesn't matter which way you look at this, it doesn't matter whose side you're on. this is going to be one of the key political battles of modern times. so this is nigel farage's view on elon musk's support for tommy robinson. >> he's very supportive of me. he's very supportive of the party. he sees robinson as one of these people that fought against the grooming gangs. but of course, the truth is tommy

robinson is in prison. not for that, but for contempt of court for the third occasion. different human beings have different points of view on different points of view on different things. that's fine. i'm relaxed about it, he says. >> he's relaxed about it. okay. all right. fine. the problem for nigel, maybe, is that he's going to continue to be asked about it, and he's going to have to come up with an answer, i suppose, at some point. and maybe some of his supporters would be more favourable to having tommy robinson in the fold than not. but maybe that's not the best political move. christopher hope, our political edhon christopher hope, our political editor, joins me now with former conservative mp and new reform member marco longhi. so, joe, thank you very, very much. could we just deal with first things first, you had your interview there, didn't you? with with nigel? what kind of mood was he in? and also you've got marco alongside you there and he's he's the latest one to jump ship isn't he. >> yes. hi, patrick. welcome to leicester here where nigel farage has just spoken to about a thousand party members for reform uk. the event sold out in

in two days. he could have filled it many times over. his team are saying. and yeah, no question he felt. i thought he was quite upbeat, quite excited and energised by what's to come in 2025. but the hall here was silenced, i think, by the arrival on stage of marco longhi. he's a conservative for 40 years, a councillor in walsall for 20 years, an mp for the tory party for the past five years till the election, just gone. and he said on stage something quite emotional. he talked about how the fact he felt the party he supported had lost its soul and had moved away from him. and marco longhi joins me now on your show for his first interview since defecting to reform. how are you feeling, marco longhi? you're emotional on stage, i felt, yes, it's a mix of emotions. >> of course it is. when you're part of a movement, part 1525 00:09:47,152 -