tonight's show. it's majority on tonight's show. it's labour running scared from nigel farage and reform. the party is facing a backbench rebellion on migration. but tonight we will reveal the top labour seats that are facing an existential threat state of the nation with me. matfacing win starts right now. state of the nation with me. matfacing winexistentialt now. state of the nation with me. matfacing winexistential threat from reform, as the government are facing an existential threat from reform, as the government is revealed to be planning a new is revealed to be planning a new islamophobia definition. i'm islamophobia definition. i'm going to be asking tonight the going to be asking tonight the free speech union founder, toby free speech union founder, toby young, what this means for the young, what this means for the future of free speech. i'll also future of free speech. i'll also be speaking to the former home be speaking to the former home secretary, suella braverman, secretary, suella braverman, about the government's plan to about the government's plan to press ahead with the disastrous press ahead with the disastrous chagos surrender. plus, chagos surrender. plus, following the killing of a following the killing of a swedish anti—islam activist. swedish anti—islam activist. we're going to be going live we're going to be going live tonight to sweden, revealing how tonight to sweden, revealing how it has been utterly transformed it has been utterly transformed by mass immigration. that's by mass immigration. that's state of the nation with me. state of the nation with me. matt goodwin starts right now. matt goodwin starts right now.

state of the nation with me. matt gbetweentarts right now. state of the nation with me. matt gbetween rudakubana w. state of the nation with me. matt gbetween rudakubana and points between rudakubana and pubuc points between rudakubana and public services, including prevent and the police. over the years. also today, the families of the three nottingham attack victims have demanded a full statutory inquiry, saying names must be named after an independent review has revealed killer valdo calocane fear of needles prevented him from taking anti—psychotic medication before the killings. barnaby webber, grace o'malley—kumar and ian coates were murdered in the summer of 2023 by calocane. health secretary wes streeting says it's clear there were failings in how the care provided to calocane was managed at every level. grace's father, doctor sanjoy kumar, says for the loss of our beautiful, brave daughter grace, there must be change. barnaby webber's mother has called for a meeting with the prime minister. and the prime minister locked heads with kemi badenoch in prime minister's questions this

lunchtime over the chagos islands deal. the conservative party leader challenged sir keir starmer on the money being spent, accusing labour of spending money that belongs to our children and their children, labelling it an immoral surrender. the prime minister hit back by arguing that legal certainty was needed over the status of the islands and the strategically important diego garcia military base. metropolitan police sources have told gb news that no action will be taken over allegations that sir keir starmer broke covid lockdown rules in 2020 by meeting with a voice coach. a metropolitan police spokesman said in a statement the specific legislation that would be used by police forces dealing with alleged offences during covid has a three year deadline for initiating proceedings, as this alleged incident falls outside of this timeframe, no action will be taken. and finally, his majesty the king has visited the poush majesty the king has visited the polish social and cultural

association today, viewing a newly opened art exhibition and attending a reception with members of the polish community in the uk. his visit comes exactly one year on since his cancer diagnosis was announced by buckingham palace. during the reception, his majesty heard from staff, volunteers and community members about the centre's significance and its vital work in strengthening the poush vital work in strengthening the polish community. those are the latest gb news headlines. now let's go back to matt. >> 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 nafion >> welcome back to state of the nation tonight with me, matt goodwin. so is the labour party running scared from nigel farage and reform gb news? political editor christopher hope

highlighted this question from today's prime minister's questions in parliament. check it out. >> the honourable member for clacton says that his party is, and i quote, open to anything. the prime minister open to anything when it comes to changing our nhs and open to an insurance based system. >> what a contrast with reform, whose leader has said that those whose leader has said that those who can afford to pay should pay for our healthcare. under laboun for our healthcare. under labour, the nhs will always be free at the point of use for anyone who needs it. >> that was rugby mp john sunger >> that was rugby mp john slinger asking a lightly planted question as a means of trying to rattle reform. here was nigel farage's question today as well. check this out. >> if i can assure the honourable member for rugby that reform want healthcare to be free at the point of delivery. >> yeah, yeah. shame, shame.

nonsense. the nhs. there appears to be some panic on that side of the house. i'm not surprised. yeah. >> and let's be honest, the labour party should be panicking about the rise of reform. up until now, the government's policy on reform has been to effectively pretend that it doesn't exist and deflect criticism towards the conservative party. but that strategy no longer works. reform uk, as we've seen in the polls over the last week, is now number one. it's just poll 25% , number one. it's just poll 25%, with yougov to labour's 24% and the tories way back on 21%. the government today is now panicking because it senses that the real opposition isn't coming from the official opposition party, the conservative party, but is coming instead from reform. and today's events in parliament barely scratch the surface. the guardian, for example, has reported today that a backbench group of labour mps are now applying pressure on keir starmer and his government to get immigration under control because their seats are under

threat from reform. indeed, the guardian reported today that downing street has dispatched data and strategy experts to advise labour mps on issues that are resonating with reform voters. now look, if you take a look at the top ten seats that are under threat from reform and i've shown this in my own analysis, they go all the way to the top of the labour party. they include people like energy secretary ed miliband, defence secretary ed miliband, defence secretary john healey, health minister stephen kinnock, even home secretary yvette cooper. so what are the key issues reform voters really care about? well, we know that they really, really care about immigration. they want legal immigration lowered and they want illegal immigration stopped. so what has labour promised on these issues? well, look at legal immigration. the answer is very little beyond a few platitudes about bringing the numbers down without mentioning a cap at all and reducing reliance on foreign laboun reducing reliance on foreign labour. but what has labour promised on illegal migration?

well, the answer is we covered last week is that actually they've decriminalised illegal migration. they've opened the floodgates. they've given people more incentives to come to the uk illegally. the key point here is that labour simply doesn't have the will to resolve the issues that matter to reform voters, that matter to the country. in other words, a reform party isn't going anywhere any time soon, and it only shows signs of continuing to lead the national polls and change the national conversation. now, as ever, let me know your views at gbnews.com/yoursay or tweet me at x at goodwin mj. but right now i'm joined by the trade unionist, trade unionist, pardon me and the writer paul embery. paul me and the writer paul embery. paul, you have an intimate understanding of the labour party and the people who have been moving from the labour party over the last decade or so, over to nigel farage to ukip, the brexit party and now reform. let me just ask you a very simple question. do you think after all that time, after

the last 15 years or so, do you think the labour party really gets the scale of the threat that's about to come to the labour party at the next general election, from nigel farage and reform? reform ? >> reform? >> well, good evening matt. i think some of them do. we've seen this red wall caucus of mps who i think have correctly identified the threat from reform in their constituencies. they know it's important to get immigration numbers down. they know it's important to get economic growth. they understand the importance of reducing nhs waiting lists, tackling the housing crisis and so on, making sure there's a fair transition on net zero. so i think it's heartening for somebody on the left like me to know that there are people within the labour party who get that. but look, let's not make any mistake. there are lots of people in the party and the wider labour movement, including the trade unions, who are very

uncomfortable with all of this stuff. they reject what they see as, you know, this sort of right wing agenda, as they would call it. but unfortunately, wing agenda, as they would call it. but