>> hello. >> hello. >> good evening, it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation . rees—mogg on state of the nation. tonight reform uk has come top of a national opinion poll overtaking the labour party. i'll be renewing calls for a tory reform electoral pact and discussing it with gb news viewers favourite and indeed, elon musk's favourite rupert lowe. could the labour party be on the brink of a green rebellion? as backbenchers rage over reports suggesting the government will give approval to the rosebank oil field? the government is also set to create an islamophobia advisory council headed by angela rayner. will this be a back door to an islamic blasphemy law for the uk? plus, i'll be joined by one of the great historians of our time, professor nigel biggar, now raised to the peerage on his scathing new report on the church of england's reparations plan, which would hand over £100 million. state of the nation starts now.

i'll also be joined by my most pugnacious panel. the former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie, and the journalist and author michael crick. as even and author michael crick. as ever, it's a crucial part of the programme. let me know your views, mailmogg@gbnews.com. but now it's your favourite time of the day. the news bulletin with aaron armstrong. >> i thank you very much, jacob. good evening to you. our top stories. around ten people have been killed after a shooting at an adult education centre in sweden. a warning viewers may find the following footage distressing. >> oh my god. diogo jota oh my god. >> the shooting took place at campus ribarska in the central city of orebro, which is attended by students aged 20 and above. this footage shows students hiding under desks while the attack took place

well. police believe the male perpetrator is amongst the dead. we don't know his identity or age or indeed any potential motive. police, though, say they don't expect any further attacks and they don't believe there is and they don't believe there is a terror motive. swedish prime minister ulf kristersson has described it as the worst mass shooting in the country's history. the family of a teenager who was stabbed to death at a school in sheffield have paid tribute to their beautiful boy. harvey willgoose died after the attack at all saints catholic school yesterday. his family say they are utterly heartbroken and their lives will never be the same again. harvey's mother, caroline and other family members visited the school earlier, where flowers, balloons and cards have been left for the popular pupil, a 15 year old boy arrested on suspicion of murder remains in custody. a panel of international medical experts has concluded. lucy letby did not murder any babies after

outlining significant new evidence. letby serving 15 whole life prison sentences after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others in 2015 and 2016. now the case is to be reviewed by a commission that investigates potential miscarriages of justice. after holtby's lawyers applied for her case to be reviewed, a chair of the panel, doctor shoo lee, says there are alternative explanations for each of letby convictions. >> we did not find any murders in all cases, death or injury were due to natural causes or just bad medical care. in our opinion, the medical opinion, the medical evidence does not support murder in any of these babies, just natural causes and bad medical care. >> and sir keir starmer is to push ahead with his deal to cede sovereignty of the chagos islands. that is, according to the prime minister of mauritius,

amid reports the new terms on the indian ocean archipelago have been agreed. the pm is currently hosting his danish counterpart this evening, where they are expected to discuss european security and migration. the meeting comes amid a diplomatic row between denmark and the united states over donald trump's claims he wants to acquire greenland. the donald trump, incidentally, may still veto sir keir starmer's controversial plans to hand the chagos islands over to mauritius. those are the latest gb news headlines. more from me just after 9:00. >> 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 back to state of the nation. is nigel farage. the new

and improved roy jenkins? is he breaking the mould of british politics in the way the sdp tried to 40 years ago? certainly the two party system is under strain, with a new yougov poll showing reform in the lead for the first time and the tories in third place. yougov has reform on 25%, labour 24, and we're on 21% of the popular vote. this may be within the margin of error, but one thing is clear reform is now a force to be reckoned with. the poll also reveals something, perhaps even more telling. 1 in 5 tory voters from the last election would now vote for nigel reform is stealing the conservative party's clothes. it has various ideas from which the tories ought to be drawing inspiration on immigration, both legal and illegal. the much needed net zero migration, as well as on the economy, on law and order, and of course, on the crazy net zero plans. the last election shows that the british voter is out of love with the status quo. there was no enthusiasm for sir

keir. the reverend starmer's labour party has shown, by its low vote share in the last six months, have made the socialists even less popular. labour's majority may be huge, but it's on a surprisingly small share of the vote. the reason it achieved such a big majority was because of the split right leaning vote. yet if the right remains split, it could potentially do the same yet if the right remains split, it could potentially do the same again in 2029. so what's the again in 2029. so what's the solution? in a first past the solution? in a first past the post electoral system, each wing post electoral system, each wing of politics needs to unite. of politics needs to unite. otherwise it will lose. as i otherwise it will lose. as i covered last year's tory party covered last year's tory party conference, a majority of conference, a majority of conservative members support a conservative members support a tory reform pact. indeed, 70% of tory reform pact. indeed, 70% of tory reform pact. indeed, 70% of tory voters support closer tory reform pact. indeed, 70% of tory voters support closer relations with nigel farage. one relations with nigel farage. one poll has reform uk winning 114 poll has reform uk winning114 poll has reform uk winning114 seats on current trends, and seats on current trends, and this is hugely impressive this is hugely impressive considering it's only got five considering it's only got five seats at the moment, but it seats at the moment, but it isn't remotely close to a isn't remotely close to a majority where you need about majority where you need about 325. if we enter the next 325. if we enter the next

election in split, election in this three horse race without a pact, we may well see labour keep its majority and just look how badly they're governing. it's the one outcome neither the tories nor reform want. but if a pact were made, it could be devastating for the socialists, wiping out its majority and paving the way for a truly conservative coalition, a truly conservative coalition, a government that could do things as trump is showing us, can be done. we don't always have to be ruled by the blob. our members want the same things. we have the same vision for the future of the uk, and we both want the labour party out. it's time to give the people what they want. a tory reform non—aggression pact. as ever. let me know your views via email @gbnews. com but now i am joined by, as i said, elon musk's favourite reform mp rupert lowe. i think elon wanted rupert to be leader as well as my pugnacious panel leader as well as my pugnacious panel. former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie and the journalist and author michael craig. rupert, thank you for coming in. >> good evening jacob. >> good evening jacob. >> between the two of us, there

is very little policy that we actually disagree on. i address lots of conservative associations, and conservative members are where we are. don't we have to try and bring our two parties together? otherwise we end up with another labour government? >> well, let me first of all say, jacob, if i sat here a year ago and say we'd be polling 25%, people would have thought i was coming from a different planet. so i actually think this is the beginning of a really seismic change in british politics. i think this is a once in 100 year event. so you can say that there should be some form of alliance of the right. but really, is the tory party a tory party? that's the question i think you've got to ask yourself. and having had an 80 seat to ask yourself. and having