all spending is and so kevin maguire , the prime minister, sees this as an open goal that labour won'tt to 2.5. they're hedging around whether they can afford it or not. >> yeah. and he played this card just before the local and regional elections. and who now represents the home of the british army in aldershot, rushmoor council . it is labour rushmoor council. it is labour taking it for the first time. well, well what. >> that's one snapshot election. >> that's one snapshot election. >> but nigel you know you know our labour committee. >> it's confusing. >> it's confusing. >> yeah. but nigel i do know the policy but you know, the conservatives are spending less on defence as a share of the national income than they did labour did in 2010 when it was 2.5. now labour adopted 2.5% as a goal. the nato the nato figure is 2. it's over 2.3 now adopted 2.5 before rishi sunak did . now 2.5 before rishi sunak did. now he's put a timetable on it which labour haven't. you're quite right. yes, but he did that in order to set a trap for labour. but he set a trap for himself because where is he goi

absolutely my old chum kevin maguire, associate editor of daily mirror, is plugged in to labour better'none? kevin. they've made a mess of this. >> they have keir starmer was former director of public prosecutions. he said he wants to speed up justice when he becomes prime minister if he becomes prime minister if he becomes prime minister if he becomes prime minister, well, he needs to speed it up in the labour party. but i can't, won't see why it wasn't sorted within months . and then. yeah. and then months. and then. yeah. and then two. that's it. and two, if she is, she has the whip restored . is, she has the whip restored. why it can't be up to her local party in hackney north and stoke newington, whether they want her as their candidate or not. plus herself. now she is 70. she is in poor health. she has been worn down by this . she's had worn down by this. she's had problems with her son, which some people will actually remember. there's a big row, i think a justified row over him, over her educating him privately . but the way this is all handled, private education. yes. i mean tha

i don't i don't argue with my old sparring partner, kevin maguire from the mirror.so anti—immigration? because the country is full up. there's no room. we don't need any more. we've got millions of people on benefits who could be doing jobs that migrants are coming here and doing. that's what we should be doing. yeah, getting more people back to work. >> in terms of immigration, i think what we're all seeing are particular in london is there are no public services which can support this number of people. absolutely not. i'm okay with immigration. if i can see my gp, i'm okay with immigration. if there are great schools that we can all send our kids to. i mean that i'm okay with immigration. if i can drive my car down the road and not be bumper to bumper for three hour round trip to do six miles like i was yesterday, find the council house that you perhaps hoping you your mates were going to get has gone to a family of migrants. exactly and the trouble is, we've got the worst of both worlds. we've got enormous immigration in, and we have no resources to support the p

. >> my old mate kevin maguire saying nine year old girl whose birthday who cares?t, i was always a little bit ambivalent, but i think you get it with age, don't you? and also they are our british identity and we lose them up there. >> they're a bit of escapism too. >> and don't we need it? >> and don't we need it? >> and don't we need it? >> and they're cute. those kids they are. >> and i like the fact that they miss, but the boys misbehave at the photoshoots. >> i love louis, i have a real soft spot for louis. well, we've had this picture released this morning of princess charlotte on her ninth birthday, and our royal correspondent cameron walker joins us to bask royal correspondent cameron walkerjoins us to bask in the walker joins us to bask in the glow of a nine year old girl having a birthday. go on. cameron >> absolutely. happy birthday to princess charlotte of wales. of course. kensington palace released the photograph in the last hour on their social media channels. it was taken by the princess of wales, princess charlotte's mother, in the grounds of windso

former adviser to the labour party as well , kevin former adviser to the labour party as well, kevin maguireare you, james, you heard the reaction there and you were on an hour ago, talking about things . what do you think about things. what do you think has got people going ? has got people going? >> well, i think really, i suppose it's the difference between the kind of rhetoric of the politicians and actually the kind of state the country is in. and i think that really it's quite a pretty depressing time, i think, for the uk in terms of the last few years of the post covid growth rates. so i think it's going to be about the challenge about who can lead us on to the future. i think rishi sunaks whole pitch is going to be about, you know, look, we may have got into a bit of a mess right now, but i'm the person who can take us out of it, and he's going to be trying to sort of frame it as sort of against two different parties and different visions for britain, and i think keir starmer, on the other hand, will say, look, the tories have had their time, let's give change a chance. >> well, let'

so it was great fun to take the mick out of people like kevin maguire, who, you know, our dear friendom full of your genuine, your your friends. i think it's fair to say people that you've known for many, many years. yeah, which is not always the case when you're at showbiz dos. >> i think you're you're the extracts that i've read anyway, of your book shows that these friendships, these sort of political and journalist and mp friends you've kept close for years. >> so amanda patel obviously was there because she was the one who knocked on my birth mother's door and said, guess who? jane moore, who found her? carole malone, and carole malone, of course, went to the wrong club. she went to the garrick club and caused a scene when they said, there's no andrew pierce pottinger stephen barclay was there, cabinet minister with him. >> nice guy. very attractive, isn't he ? isn't he? >> oh, he's very charismatic. >> oh, he's very charismatic. >> yes he is, yes, he is. >>— >> yes he is, yes, he is. >> well, we had a few ministers there, which is always nice. and a few people from the labour si

rob and kevin are going to need bigger trophy cabinets. john maguire, bbc news, leeds.l badge but it brings with it a lot of weight-— you can see the full episode of blue peter tonight on cbbc and after the show on bbc iplayer. you're watching breakfast. still to come this morning. in around half an hour we'll meet aurora — she's the first hippo to be born in the uk for seven years. chatting away there in her little bar. i bet she's saying, i love this! and after a rocky start to life she's making great progress. they are very cute. they are when the are they are very cute. they are when they are that _ they are very cute. they are when they are that size, _ they are very cute. they are when they are that size, less _ they are very cute. they are when they are that size, less so - they are very cute. they are when they are that size, less so when i they are that size, less so when they are that size, less so when they get bigger, then they are just scary. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. hundreds of border

our first presenter is kevin kenny, who is glucksmann, professor of history at new york university. his books include making of the mogae, molly maguires get american irish a history peaceable kingdom lost the pakistan boys and the destruction of william penn's holy experiment. diaspora. a very short introduction and. the problem of immigration in a slaveholding policing mobility. in the 19th century united states, for which he received two awards yesterday. professor kenney is, a distinguished lecturer of the organization of american historians, and he served as president of the immigration ethnic history society from 2021 to 2024. our next presenter will carl lindskoog, is always associate professor of history ireton valley community. he's the author of detain and punish haitian refugees and the rise of the world's largest immigration detention system is also written. sanctuary is justice, resilience and ingenuity. in the sanctuary movement. since 1986, a chapter in whose america us immigration policies 1980 aided by maria cristina and me our next presenter will be yale. thank you. shaker is a he. she's a historian of law and policy