>> very very good afternoon to you. it's 3:00 pm. >> welcome to the martin daubney show here on gb news a broadcasting for you live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show, across the uk. on today's show, a new poll that puts the reform across the uk. on today's show, a nev\on>ll that puts the reform across the uk. on today's show, a mum 25%,3t puts the reform across the uk. on today's show, a mum 25%, just its the reform across the uk. on today's show, a mum 25%, just 1%the reform across the uk. on today's show, a mum 25%, just 1% behind»rm party on 25%, just 1% behind labour and 3% ahead of the conservatives, has been hailed as the dawn of a new era in british politics. could nigel farage's upstart british politics. could nigel farage's ujisiai’l british politics. could nigel farage's ujis first past the history, or is first past the post simply too big a barrier? >> elsewhere today, the opportunity to make working people off by making britain better off. that is the mandate that this government had, has, and this is what we will deliver. >> the pound is on track for its sixth drop in a row. mortgage rates are set to rise after a surge in borrowing costs. yet today in parliament, the under—fire chancellor rachel reeves, still blamed 14 years of

tory failure. and, you've guessed it, the £22 billion black hole. is rachel reeves simply running out of road, and that a gb news exclusive tour leader kemi badenoch has slammed rape gang perpetrators. >> where do these abusers come from? very, very poor sort of peasant background. very, very rural. >> more reaction to this throughout the show and labour's new workers rights bill could mean that pubs are forced to ban punters for telling offensive jokes about trans people because they offend workers philosophical beliefs. is this a shot of common sense, or is it last orders for free speech? that's all coming up in your next hour. comet strikes earth the labour party blamed the £22 billion black hole. they blamed the conservatives. seriously guys, when are you going to stop

blaming the last lot? and when are you going to start coming up with something a bit more positive? talking of which, do you think that this breakthrough poll that's that's been hailed as a fresh era, a new dawn in british politics, placing the reform party on 25%? the labour party and the conservatives haemorrhaging votes to nigel farage's upstart outfit. is this the beginning of a new dawn, or is first past the post simply designed to keep new parties out of power? or have we reached a tipping point? get in touch. can the system be beaten, or is it always going to keep the uniparty in power? get in touch gbnews.com/yoursay. now your headunes gbnews.com/yoursay. now your headlines though, and here's sam francis. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. >> it's just after 3:00. the top story this afternoon. rachel reeves has faced a grilling from mps in the commons as she delivered a statement on her

recent trip to china, criticised by political opponents for coinciding with a week of financial turmoil. shadow chancellor mel stride slammed rachel reeves for disappearing on that trip and updated the chancellor on the mess. he said that she has left behind, calling the economic situation a crisis made in downing street. mr reeves defended her position, though, and hailed agreements she reached during her visit to asia. >> the opportunity to make working people off by making britain better off. that is the mandate that this government had, has and this is what we will deliver. >> rachel reeves speaking earlier. well, despite calls for her sacking, sir keir starmer has insisted rachel reeves will stay in post until the next general election. but mr stride finished his questioning earlier, referring to the chancellor's situation to shakespeare's hamlet, saying the british people deserve better. >> to go or not to go, that is now a question . the prime

now a question. the prime minister will be damned if he does, but he will surely be damned if he does not. the british people deserve better. chancellor of the exchequer. >> a gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal is said to be on the brink, with talks resuming in doha today to finalise the details. president joe biden says the agreement, which includes a surge of aid to palestinians and phased hostage releases, is closer than ever, starting with three hostages freed on day one. hamas is reported to have accepted the deal reported to have accepted the deal, but qatari

reported to have accepted the deal, bu�*onatari reported to have accepted the deal, bu�*on aari reported to have accepted the deal, bu�*on a far right bandwagon jumping on a far right bandwagon or i'm just doing it for politics. this is something that i've been talking about for a while. i said it in my big leadership speech. this was something i wanted to look at, but if you look at it, there is a systematic pattern of behaviour, not even just from one country, but from sub communities within those countries. people with a particular background, particular background, particular class background, work background. >> what background is that? >> what background is that? >> you know, people very, very poor sort of peasant background, very, very rural. this is about those victims who deserve justice, the survivors who

those victims who deserve deserve justice. >> in other news, the people of los angeles are bracing for stronger winds as wildfires continue raging there, with at least 24 people now known to have died. more than 100,000 people under evacuation orders. mayor of la karen bass said urgent preparations are being made ahead of near hurricane force winds predicted to peak today, and authorities also announced nine people were arrested for looting and one for arson. host of the people politics podcast, los angeles paul duddridge, said residents are braced for more winds overnight. >> the actual expression i'm heanng >> the actual expression i'm hearing from the met. the met office or the equivalent over here is we can expect tonight explosive fire growth. that's what the potential is, explosive fire growth. so just when you think things are perhaps getting a little bit better overnight, now we are due 70 mile an hour winds which will fuel a fire thatis winds which will fuel a fire that is still only 14% contained. after a week back

here, two women have been charged with criminal damage after just stop oil protesters spray painted charles darwin's grave in westminster abbey yesterday. >> the climate activists marked the slogan slogan rather 1.5 is deadin the slogan slogan rather 1.5 is dead in chalk paint. on the 19th century biologist's grave. the met office. the met police said 66 year old alison lee, 66, and 77 year old diane bligh will appear at westminster magistrates court later this month. and the princess of wales has made a surprise visit to the royal marsden hospital to thank staff who looked after her dunng staff who looked after her during her cancer treatment. princess kate also met other patients at the london hospital, and the visit marks the first confirmation of where she was treated. a kensington palace spokesperson said the princess wanted to make the journey to both show her gratitude to the incredible team and also highlight the world leading care and treatment that marsden provides. catherine is now becoming the hospital's joint

royal patron with her husband, prince william. and the comedian and actor tony slattery has sadly died at the age of 65 following a heart attack, his partner has announced this afternoon. slattery appeared on the channel four comedy show improvisation show whose line is it anyway? and comedy shows have it anyway? and comedy shows have i got news for you. he was the former president of the improvisation group cambridge footlights, and has recently been touring a comedy show in england. well, those are the latest headlines. i'll be back with you in half an hour. now, though, it's over to martin. >> thank you. sam. now, don't we need some positive news? and could it be this. could we be entering a new era of british politics? well, a new poll done by yougov today has put reform uk within one point behind sir keir starmer's labour party, suggesting that the uk could now have entered a new era of three way party politics. and, of course, that will bring to an

end the long dominant two party political system. nigel farage's party is also three percentage points ahead of kemi badenoch conservatives. and all this means that sir keir starmer is going to have to fight off two right wing parties for the duration of this parliament. well, let's talk about this new dawn now with gb news political edhon dawn now with gb news political editor, chris hope. chris, welcome to the show. always an absolute pleasure. so we talk about momentum a lot, you and i. momentum, it seems to be something is going on with nigel farage his outfit. this new poll puts them one point away from the labour party. and crucially, it's the labour party and the conservatives that are both haemorrhaging votes. this is not a story anymore about splitting the vote on the right. the big question is, though, can this be enough to break that two party dominance? is it enough to ever defeat first past the post? >> hi martin, yeah, great

question. of course, we're outside 10 downing street waiting for the iraqi prime minister to arrive here, but that polling has set the cat amongst the pigeons. the first yougov poll since the election in july last year. it was carried out on the 12th 13th of january. the numbers are dramatic and difficult for labour and of course, good news for the reform uk party. labour