find. >> to find. >> to find. >> any peace whatsoever? >> any peace whatsoever? >> and a. developing story this. emergency services have been called to the palace of. >> westminster. >> westminster. >> or big. >> or big. >> ben, as we call it, where a man has. >> scaled one of the buildings. >> scaled one of the buildings. >> big ben. i know. >> big ben. i know. >> that's the bell. >> that's the bell. >> we will keep you up. >> we will keep you up. >> to date on that. >> to date on that. >> latest story, and. >> latest story, and. >> who will be crowned top dog. crufts 2025. >> takes place in birmingham. >> takes place in birmingham. >> our reporter. >> our reporter. >> jack carson will be there with. >> the latest. >> the latest. >> no. >> no. >> we haven't. >> we haven't. >> entered him. he's reporting. >> entered him. he's reporting. >> on it. >> on it. >> well, here is the. here is the beautiful flight who's already won first prize in her class. she's one of 24,000 dogs taking part in crufts. and as you can see, very excited indeed. >> oh. >> oh. >> how cute was that? i'm dawn neesom. >> i'm not. >> i'm not. >> that cute. >> that cute. >> and the weekend. starts right. >> here and now.

>> here and now. >> so happy international women's day, girls. >> hope you're having a good. time out there. that's why i'm wearing purple, by the way, for. >> the suffragette. >> the suffragette. >> colours. >> colours. >> which i've had to. >> which i've had to. >> explain to every boy. >> explain to every boy. >> i bumped. >> i bumped. >> into, they just. >> into, they just. >> didn't get it. >> didn't get it. >> okay. try harder gents. >> okay. try harder gents. >> okay, but we're. >> okay, but we're. >> talking about whatever. >> talking about whatever. >> you want to talk about today. >> you want to talk about today. >> to be honest. >> to be honest. >> with you, because this show is nothing without you and your views. >> so let me know your thoughts on all the stories we're doing today. including that idiot who's. currently at big ben. i know it's the palace. >> of westminster. da da da da. >> of westminster. da da da da. >> but we call it. >> but we call it. >> big ben, so we'll be talking about him and. >> letting you know what's happening there. >> because blocking the bridge that leads to saint thomas's hosphal that leads to saint thomas's hospital. in any case, a gbnews.com/yoursay and join in the conversation. whatever you want to chat about, to be honest with you, because that's what we're going to be doing. and keeping me company to do that is political commentator andy williams and social policy analyst. i love that it's very posh. rakib the seine, thank you very much for joining posh. rakib the seine, thank you very much forjoining me, gentlemen. obviously dressed in

suffragette colours. no. but before we get stuck into today's stories, let's get the news with lewis mackenzie, who's not wearing suffragette colours. theni wearing suffragette colours. then i give up. here he is. >> i could only apologise. dawn. good afternoon. it's just after 12:00. i'm lewis mackenzie here in the gb newsroom. let's go to that breaking story now. a man has climbed big ben draped in a palestinian flag. at least nine emergency service vehicles are on bridge street at parliament, with crowds looking on from beyond a police cordon. a met police spokesperson says officers are at the scene working to bring the incident to a safe conclusion. they are being assisted by london fire brigade and the london ambulance services. it's reported that the incident started at around 8 am. this morning. a pro—palestine protest is set to begin outside the bbc offices at 1 pm. today. it's currently

unden 1 pm. today. it's currently under. it's currently unclear if the two events are related. we'll of course bring you the very latest as we have it. at least 12 people have been injured during a shooting at a pub in toronto. four victims have non—life threatening injuries, but the other conditions are yet unknown. toronto police say the suspect was wearing a black balaclava and was seen fleeing in a silver car, and is still at large. the reform mp rupert lowe has been suspended from the party amid allegations he made physical threats against the party chairman, zia yousef. mr yousef confirmed the party had also received complaints from two female employees about serious bullying in mr low's parliamentary and constituency offices. in a statement, mr low said he was disappointed but not surprised to learn of what he said were false allegations. he also says that the allegations

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we got to get them. well, as dawn mentithed earlier, today we got to get them. well, as dawn mentithe intense, today we got to get them. well, as dawn mentithe intense rainfall has warned the intense rainfall could lead to flash flooding as the major storm moves further inland. authorities in the united states have confirmed that the hollywood actor gene hackman died of natural causes a week after his wife, betsy, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. it's been claimed that hackman was not aware his wife had died because of his advanced alzheimer's. their bodies were found in their home in new mexico last week, along with the body of a pet dog. and finally, some good news for european brown bears at whipsnade zoo have woken up from hibernation. the bear's manor, mini inaya and of course, cinderella have finally gotten out of bed after three months of deep slumber, signalling the start of spring at the uk's largest zoo. very nice. those are your latest gb news headlines for now. more from me in half an hour's time. but now it's back to dawn. 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. >> thank you very much. i'm confused by that. why is one of those bears called cinderella? shouldn't it be goldilocks at the very least? i mean, is that. that's right, isn't it? it was goldilocks and the three bears. my goldilocks and the three bears. my pal looked at me like a completely bonkers. in any case, let's get straight into today's story, shall we? rempe rupert lowe has been suspended from reform uk amid allegations he made physical threats against the party chairman, zia yousef. their chief whip, lee anderson, says they now have a monumental task on their hands, saying that he bears, quote, no malice toward rupa and to remove the whip was a deeply painful thing to do. but delivering for our country must come first. and no man is bigger than our party. mr

lowe replied, saying, lee, what you have said is simply not true. there's no credible evidence to say i have not cooperated. it's false, he added . cooperated. it's false, he added. launching this vindictive assault is, quite frankly, pathetic. wow. strong words. let's see what our political commentator and reform uk member tim scott says about this one. tim, good to see you this morning. thank you forjoining morning. thank you for joining me. it's afternoon already. blimey, tim. >> yes it is. yes. it's literally just afternoon. >> dawn isn't it. thank you. >> dawn isn't it. thank you. >> i'm not. >> i'm not. >> sure what's happened to. >> sure what's happened to. >> march either. >> march either. >> or indeed i do. >> or indeed i do. >> do i qualify for suffragette covers? >> i ish, i'll make an exception for you because you've got a tough time on your hands. at the moment, you are a member of reform. i mean, this fallout is a massive own goal for the party. they're topping all the polls at the moment. >> well, yes. >> well, yes. >> dawn, great to be on. >> dawn, great to be on. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i mean, i, i have a foot in the reform camp and a foot in

the reform camp and a foot in the conservative camp. i go to the conservative camp. i go to the events of both. >> there's people. >> there's people. >> i like in both parties. i was very involved in ukip. i've been a long term farage and richard tice fan . and i you know, tice fan. and i you know, i would say that i'm not a, you know, these days i'm straddling both parties and trying to see the best in both. and i'm not an insider as, as i was in as i was insider as, as i was in as i was in ukip. so a bit difficult to, you know, comment on some of these, you know, specific allegations. but i mean, i think suffice to say, you know, i think everybody firstly, everybody deserves some credit here. i think i mean, rupert low, very successful businessman, has chaired a premiership football club. he's been great in parliament, you know, really a very, very effective mp. it would be sad to lose him. but i think also, you know, richard tice deserves great credit for keeping reform going. and so does not, you know nigel coming back has really

taken reform to the next level. so you know, i think i think this is this is unfortunate for reform. and i hope it can be resolved one way or the other very quickly. >> so we heard earlier on that no man is bigger than the party. that doesn't appear to be true, though, does it? i mean, it does appear that nigel farage is indeed not only bigger than party, but is the party. >> well, nigel is the boss. and, you know, i remember back in my ukip days, it was very much nigel is the boss. and, you know, i think reform is very fortunate to have a, a big charismatic, you know, well—known speaker. he's a and leader. he's a man of action. i mean, he's very well known. he's certainly better known than kemi badenoch and ed davey. so i but if you're going to be in nigel's party, i think, you know, you have to acknowledge that nigel is very much the boss. he he leads his party. i know him a little bit. we were both at the cpac conference in washington.

him as a speaker, me as a humble delegate. we had a drink together. so i. i'm very grateful to nigel. we would we would never have had the brexit referendum without him, for example. but you know, there is there is that factor that, you know, he is a strong, very capable leader. and he does you know, he does lead his party and he he is very much the boss. >> there is there's being the leader of the party, i mean, but both rupert lowe and ben habib before him said farage. his strong point is not actually having policies. and out of the 30 people in westminster, they've only got one person working on the actual policies for reform. so is this is this just ego that's gone wrong here, or is it about policy? i mean, the timing of all this, to be honest with you, stinks to high heaven, doesn't it? >> well, it is unfortunate, particularly because you've got local council elections coming up for those for those councils that haven't cancelled their

elections, partly because i suspect they don't want to face reform and nominations close the first week of april. so, you know, there's not a lot of time left for people to come along and get their get their nominations in. i mean, i hope reform do put up a strong slate of candidates. i'm expecting them to win some seats. i mean, rupert, to be fair, he has said, you know, please don't leave the party over this. and i, you know, if anyone's watching and you know, they're thinking of just chucking their, their, you know, toys out the pram or whatever the phrase is. you know, i think reform is well worth staying with. and i, i noficed worth staying with. and i, i noticed your poll, your poll on the earlier show, i think. yeah. with, with anne diamond and stephen dixon that by 3 to 1 your polls said that they didn't think this would adversely that this row and it is a row. let's be honest that this row would adversely affect reform long term. >> so if the party could only keep one of these two men briefly. tim. and finally, which

one should they keep? should it be nigel farage or should it be rupert lowe? >> well, it has to be nigel dawn. i mean, he he is the man who has led them after richard tice fantastic job of keeping the party going. nigel has really taken reform into the 20s, often leading in the opinion polls. and, you know, we do need reform, much as i hope the conservatives will sort of sort themselves out. i personally think they should have chosen jenrick. but but there you go. and i think we do need reform to give the two establishment parties that are so let our country down a good run for their money. >> okay. brilliant. that's tim scott there. political commentator and reform uk member. thank you very much, tim. okay. well let's see what my panel can make of this one. one of them has just been sitting there shaking his head the whole time through that in the whole time through that in the corner of my eye. it was so dramatic i couldn't avoid it. would that be you, andy williams? did it need to be a drama queen? >> must have. >> must have. >> a neck ache by now. so what were you shaking your head about? >> well. >> well. >> look, i mean, i'm. on the record as saying reform is a joke. political party. i don't

think it's serious. they've only got five mps. well, now they. >> have four. 25%. >> have four. 25%. >> of the parliamentary party has been in prison for domestic violence. it's the nigel farage party. >> let's be clear. tim scott just. >> said it there. it's all about farage. >> nobody's voting for richard tice. >> nobody's voting for lee anderson. these are not. serious people. >> this is. >> this is. >> not a serious party. >> not a serious party. >> it's a. »- >> it's a. >> protest party. it's a. protest vote. >> and then people have been people have been. >> the election on a protest vote against the conservatives. >> they won 418 seats. it was an almost record majority. >> how many people turned out on that? i'm not i'm not saying. i'm just pointing out that it was a protest vote. it wasn't voting for labour, it was voting extinct. >> well, i don't i don't think. >> well, i don't i don't think. >> well, i don't i don't think. >> we know that. but but look, reform is it's an embarrassing collection of small men. there are. >> no women involved, by the way, at. >> all in the party. >> all in the party. >> at any level. er. mayor of lincolnshire, is it? i mean, whatever female she is, she is. >> and i actually quite like andrew. >> i think she's much more sensible. >> than, than the rest of them. >> than, than the rest of them. >> but it's. >> but it's.

>> the nigel farage. >> the nigel farage. >> party and you can't get away from it. and if he left tomorrow, all of the people who are supporting reform, do you think they'd stay with reform or do you think they'd follow nigel? they'd follow nigel. >> that tim did imply that would be the case. rakib what do you make of it? >> well, i. >> well, i. >> just find. >> just find. >> it incredible that you have a parliamentary party there of. well, five. now. >> now four, now four. >> now four, now four. >> which seems to have descended into some sort of civil war. i think that's quite remarkable, really. and it's a shame from a reform perspective, because they were performing quite impressively in recent polls. but i totally agree with andy that this is a one man party. it's a. one man show. and i think that was what i think rupert lowe was trying to get at with these comments , that you with these comments, that you need to have a solid. >> team and you. >> team and you. >> need to have you need to have strong policy ideas, and we're not seeing any of that, never mind. >> from reform. >> from reform. >> but from the british political right in general. so i think that what it really shows is that they're trying to make this effort to professionalise the party. and i'm talking about nigel farage and also zia. >> yousef. >> yousef. >> the party chairman. but this is bad press for the party.

there's no two ways about it. and i think that the one thing you want to see from a point which is riding as high as that in the polls, is that they're able to maintain some form of party stability and cohesion. and this episode does very little on. >> those fronts. and there's a pattern. there is a pattern of. >> nigel farage. >> nigel farage. >> throughout his whole political career falling out with people. he always falls out with people. he always falls out with people. he always falls out with people. and when people i mean, i've been on with ben habib many times and we don't agree, but i think ben is. a smart guy and they've fallen out dramatically and now he's fallen out with rupert lowe. when nigel farage feels threatened or challenged, he doesn't like it. we don't know about the substance of these allegations, so we can't comment on that. but interesting. >> what do you make of the timing? because, i mean, this allegation of a physical alteration altercation happened in december. rupert lowe gave an interview to the daily mail on thursday. and then. suddenly on friday, yeah, to andrew pierce. and then suddenly on friday, all these allegations come out and he's suspended from the party. what do you make of the timing? suspicious. >> odd isn't it?

>> odd isn't it? >> it's suspect, to say the least. >>