labour. the issue is labour don't want to reopen _ in labour. his issue of - in labour. the issue is labour don't| want to reopen this issue of brexit, as we _ want to reopen this issue of brexit, as we saw— want to reopen this issue of brexit, as we saw in— want to reopen this issue of brexit, as we saw in that _ want to reopen this issue of brexit, as we saw in that interview. - want to reopen this issue of brexit, as we saw in that interview. where| as we saw in that interview. where we are _ as we saw in that interview. where we are as — as we saw in that interview. where we are as a — as we saw in that interview. where we are as a country— as we saw in that interview. where we are as a country with _ as we saw in that interview. where we are as a country with sluggish l we are as a country with sluggish growth _ we are as a country with sluggish growth and — we are as a country with sluggish growth and productivity - we are as a country with sluggish growth and productivity issues, l we are as a country with sluggish . growth and productivit

labour. if the farmers would not be able _ labour. if the farmers would not be able to _ labour. arvest - labour. if the farmers would not be able to harvest all. labour. if the farmers would not be able to harvest all of| not be able to harvest all of their— not be able to harvest all of their fruit not be able to harvest all of theirfruit and not be able to harvest all of their fruit and vegetables, they— their fruit and vegetables, they would not be able to feed their_ they would not be able to feed their own _ they would not be able to feed their own families, they would not he — their own families, they would not be able to pay their local taxes. — not be able to pay their local taxes, they would not be able to contribute back to society. and — to contribute back to society. and if— to contribute back to society. and if we _ to contribute back to society. and if we would have no harvest, _ and if we would have no harvest, our food chain would be disrupted. our fruit and vegetables go all across the country _ vegetables go all across the count . ., ., , country. immigration ha

labour have had a rocky few weeks. — phone call. labour have had a rocky few weeks. is _ phone call. labour, is that fair? _ phone call. labour have had a rocky few weeks, is that fair? i _ few weeks, is that fair? i don't acce -t few weeks, is that fair? i don't accept that. — few weeks, is that fair? i don't accept that, no. _ few weeks, is that fair? i don't accept that, no. i— few weeks, is that fair? i don't accept that, no. ijust - few weeks, is that fair? i don't accept that, no. i just wanted | few weeks, is that fair? i don't. accept that, no. i just wanted to accept that, no. i 'ust wanted to see if accept that, no. i 'ust wanted to if you h accept that, no. i 'ust wanted to see if you agreed — accept that, no. i just wanted to see if you agreed with _ accept that, no. i just wanted to see if you agreed with that! - accept that, no. i just wanted to i see if you agreed with that! labour have had a rocky few weeks, quite a lot of people are suggesting them over freebies and pursue great and so on but imagine what it would have been like if you had had her majesty's opposition not c

labour mp — ciaran from the guardian. the labour mpjas _ ciaran from the guardian. the labour a failing children's care home _ of a failing children's care home. can i ask what reassurances you have sought from — reassurances you have sought from him _ reassurances you have sought from him about that and whether there _ from him about that and whether there was— from him about that and whether there was any conflict of interest when that care home won— interest when that care home won contracts from the council of which — won contracts from the council of which he was the leader? i am of which he was the leader? am not of which he was the leader? i am not across the full details of this, although i have seen the story. what i would say is i would expect anyone in a situation like that to take their responsibilities seriously.— their responsibilities seriousl. , ., seriously. lucy from the financial _ seriously. lucy from the financial times. - seriously. lucy from the financial times. your i financial times. your chancellor has confirmed that she is— chancellor has confirmed t

ageing population, it will be critical to addressing the labour shortage. fix, critical to addressing the labour shortage. a recent re ort labourour shortage. a recent report warns of _ labour shortage. a recent report warns of our - labour shortage. a recent. report warns of ourjapanese companies reinvesting its profits— companies reinvesting its profits overseas but not in japan _ profits overseas but not in japan is _ profits overseas but not in japan. is there anything, that is up — japan. is there anything, that is up to— japan. is there anything, that is up to the private sector, but — is up to the private sector, but is _ is up to the private sector, but is there anything the government or the public sector can do— government or the public sector can do to — government or the public sector can do to encourage that reinvestment of profits? translation: it reinvestment of profits? translation:— reinvestment of profits? translation: , ., ., translation: it is unfortunate that those businesses _ translation: it is unfortunate that those businesses have - that those businesses have decided they are not great opportunities. th

labour _ overcomplicate it. do you think that the labour party, - overcomplicate it. do you think that the labour a working person ahead of wednesday, is that still a work in progress because keir starmer was talking about writing checks, i don't think many people actually write checks any more? they don't. let's be clear. no political— they don't. let's be clear. no political party in the recent past — political party in the recent past in _ political party in the recent past in the united kingdom has defined — past in the united kingdom has defined a working person. it's not to— defined a working person. it's not to say— defined a working person. it's not to say if you go back and recent — not to say if you go back and recent administrations have used — recent administrations have used the _ recent administrations have used the language at least the labour— used the language at least the labour party has and not specified the detail, there will be _ specified the detail, there will be no doubt that after the lrudget— will be no doubt that after the budget on what this means and as lfright— budg

quite strange and white labour people i've been speaking to are pretty bemused this has blown up pretty bemused this has blown up in the way it has. —— why labour people. the labourt secretary, said some of their employees and officials have been volunteering for the democratic party as individuals but that's not the same as the labour party operating for the democrat party. there is also is a precedent for volunteers, in fact conservatives volunteer for the republicans and conservatives who have volunteered in the past for the democrats because of the way the us political spectrum is perhaps all shifted a bit to the right from the uk. 0f the right from the uk. of course there is nigel farage, the leader of the reform party, now a reform mp who has been a big campaignerfor donald big campaigner for donald trump, big campaignerfor donald trump, primarily before he became an mp but he was out there at the republican national convention in the summer relatively recently after he got elected as an mp. if you ask labour people they would say this has just been happening for years. but what hasn't happened before and what hasn't happened before and what hasn't been hap

labour market? it terms of the outlook for the labour market?— labour market? r market? it will be difficult for the _ labour market? it will be difficult for the fed - labour market? it will be difficult for the fed to - labour market? it will be | difficult for the fed to sift through the signal—to—noise ratio, because we will have the effect of the hurricane, the port strike, work stoppage at boeing, and of course also this is the time of year we will have seasonal events with the automotive industry so tomorrow will be the first clean one we get in a while and it will look not only at the bls numbers but also the numbers from states in terms of reports on lay—offs and set up companies, and all the other various ways we track unemployment. this will be the last clear one for some time. thanks to pete earle at the american institute for economic research. to tech now and openai hasjust become one of the most valuable start—ups in the world. the maker of the ai chatbot chatgpt has been run as a �*not for profit�* since it was founded in 2015. according to repor

labour. what annoys me even more, — labour. what annoys me even more. i— labour. even more, i have been in the labour party— more, i have been in the labour party all— more, i have been in the labour party all of— more, i have been in the labour party all of my life, angela rayner. _ party all of my life, angela rayner, who i prefer as labour leader. — rayner, who i prefer as labour leader, the notion we have not broken — leader, the notion we have not broken any rules, we hear the same — broken any rules, we hear the same coming from labour supporters, you have not broken any rules, — supporters, you have not broken any rules, it _ supporters, you have not broken any rules, it is not the point. what — any rules, it is not the point. what you _ any rules, it is not the point. what you have done is disgusting and obnoxious. why is it disgusting _ disgusting and obnoxious. tang is it disgusting and disgusting and obnoxious. “tie"uy is it disgusting and obnoxious? go ahead, please. you is it disgusting and obnoxious? go ahead, please.— is it disgusting and obnoxious?

labour, labour party. when the conservative party. when the conservative party wins again, will the labour party take this happening? well? pt that it's acceptable for conservative politicians to accept any old men by then, i suspect. but will they? >> have they learned their lesson? >> they learnt their lesson because i think not. i think here we've heard it very, very clearly. it's one rule for labour and another rule for everyone else . that's the truth. everyone else. that's the truth. >> do you think that's the point? and also politics, as you know, is about timing. this all came against the backdrop of acts in that winter fuel allowance for £300, £300, a lot of money to 10 million pensioners, apparently six grand, not, not very much money for the prime minister. it's bad timing. it's a bad look. >> i think there is a question about the optics on that, and i'm happy to concede that. and i do think, you know, the fact that the pension is going up because of the triple lock that should have been announced before the calibration of the winter fuel allowance was announced. and that way round, it just looked terrible. i co

tradition and labour protections, ways strong labour tradition and labour line is that we believe in the collective bargaining process and its capacity to create notjust bargaining process and its capacity to create not just the terms around issues like that. issues like benefits and the basic question of pay. these workers went without razors in some recent years, including 2020, a this is business today. many of us have been grappling with the effects of inflation and a cost—of—living crisis, but that has eased substantially in the uk, europe and the us, where the high prices have been tamed thanks to aggressive action from central banks. but spare a thought for businesses and households in turkey, they are also seeing aggressive central bank action and where the main interest rate is sitting at 50% to tackle soaring inflation. is this working? guldem atabay is an independent economist in turkey. this is business today. many of us have been grappling with the effects of inflation and a cost—of—living crisis, but that has eased substantially in the uk, eur

labour party. says _ news? got a statement from the labour party, says that - news? got a statement from the labouresbury has been suspended pending an investigation that means he will also lose the labour whip means he will also lose the labourwhip in means he will also lose the labour whip in the house of commons, the full statement reads, mike amesbury has been assisting cheshire police with their inquiries following an incident on friday night. as these inquiries are ongoing, these inquiries are ongoing, the labour party has administratively suspended mike amesbury�*s membership of the labour party pending an investigation. this follows new video that emerged today seemingly from security camera footage that appeared to show mike amesbury punching a man in the street. two men exchanged words and the labour mp hits the man in the jaw and knocked into the ground. mike amesbury appears to continue to punch him a further five times while he is on the floor before members of the public intervene. that follows separate video footage that emerged yesterday of the altercation, that showed mike amesbury

labour administration. i actually feel sorry for labour supporters, labour voters , supporters, labour voters, labour activistsse it's my view that they've been let down by a charlatan leader in sir keir starmer, who had no plan and is already horribly out of his depth. shall we have a look at some of his greatest hits , allowing a perception to hits, allowing a perception to take hold that those protesting about mass migration are somehow far right after southport handing over strategically sensitive british sovereign territory to a chinese ally . territory to a chinese ally. failing to answer a question about whether the future of the falkland islands are safe in his hands, the same falkland islands that over 200 british servicemen gave their lives to protect . in gave their lives to protect. in 1982, we had the appointment of a supposedly neutral civil servant in sue gray, who laughably investigated the partygate scandal. was potentially interviewed by starmer whilst she was still a pubuc starmer whilst she was still a public servant and who, on entry into downing street, issued an access all areas pass to

one of the fundamental differences between conservatives and labour. labourll become tangible through more investment in public services, but the budget does not in itself boost economic growth in this parliament and the chancellor may have to make more difficult decisions. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. meanwhile, the biggest storm to hit taiwan in nearly 30 years has made landfall on the country's sparsely populated eastern coast, whipping up 10—metre waves, triggering floods and claiming at least one life. super typhoon kongrey is gusting at more than 200 and 50 kilometres an hour and torrential rains are expected as it sweeps across the country. thousands of people living in its path have already been evacuated and schools, businesses and financial markets are closed. hundreds of flights have been cancelled. the defence ministry has put more than 30,000 troops on standby. 0ur asia correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes is in taipei where he says people are bracing for the worst. we are now really getting the full force of the storm, coming through the

that is one of the fundamental differences between conservatives and labour. labourge will become tangible through more investment in public services, but the budget does not in itself boost economic growth in this parliament and the chancellor may have to make more difficult decisions. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. the chancellor insisted again today that a £22 billion black hole was left to her by the conservatives and effectively forced some of those "difficult choices" on tax in the budget. meanwhile, the conservatives claim that the office for budget responsibility, the official spending watchdog, has failed to back up the figure. so, what's the reality? here's ben chu, from bbc verify. the 0br's review into this very question was published yesterday alongside the budget and it is true, as the conservatives say, that it does not endorse in black and white that £22 billion figure, which has been cited by rachel reeves and many other government ministers. however, what it does say is that the 0br asked the treasury back in august to tell it what it didn't te

labour. iwill turn are ready to rescue our country from labour. i will turn us from labour. labour, you cannot afford labour, you cannot afford labour, i cannot afford labour, lord alli cannot afford labour! cheering and applause let us be honest, as a patriot, i want what is best for our country. so i always want our country. so i always want our country to succeed. labour have already shown us who they are. they are the most venal and vindictive administration in decades. keir starmer is not just making pensioners pay for his union paymasters, he is undermining freedom of speech in our universities, he is trashing our border security and instead of keeping us safe, he want to police smoking in beer gardens. he is freeing criminals, not standing up for the police. i know what it is like when a labour government does not have your back. the last labour government left our trips without body armour in iraq and without helicopters in afghanistan and as your prime minister, i will never abandon those on the front line. applause. because, friends... i will always stand up for th

one of the fundamental differences between conservatives and labour. labourt in public services, but the budget does not in itself boost economic growth in this parliament and the chancellor may have to make more difficult decisions. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. to ukraine — where two children are among three killed in a recent russian attack on the city of kharkiv. president zelensky said that moscow dropped a guided aereal bomb on a civillian block of flats — with dozens more injured. rescuers identified the bodies of two boys in the rubble, one of them was believed to be staying with his grandparents. russia denies targeting civillians. ukrainian defence force says it downed two missiles and i7 drones overnight. let's talk more about drones here. used extensively by both the ukrainian and russian militaries, they have changed how the war is being fought. there is increasing evidence that russia is using drones to target civilians. the ukrainian government says that in the past three months there

labour just aren't more up in arms about the fact that the big tech, so big capitalism, which traditionally labour do not like, are basically buying, robbing our children's attention. >> i think. i think it is of concern to the labour's frankly of concern to everybody, the, you know, the impact it has not just on children actually, but on all of us as we as we live in an increasingly online world. i don't think we've got the situation here, which you have in the states where the democratic party and except mr musk , you know, are close to a musk, you know, are close to a lot of other tech interests. you know, that kind of californian vibe. obviously, kamala harris was a californian senator. so i think we don't have i don't i don't think we need to worry that anybody is in is in hock to the tech interests, except that tiktok is clearly a geopolitical risk as well as, you know, making our children. >> i don't think we'll be putting it back on government phones because james is there. >> i mean, i don't know, but it's surely it makes it less likely that the government will regulate against tiktok. no, i think i mean, i think that he won't be involved in, in those discussions. i mean, his job is on strategic comms. it'

labour's time in opposition from 2010 to 2024, there wasn't really that kind of fraction out during the corbyn years. a lot of a lot of the really good people in labour, people like morgan mcsweeney and the labourtogether project, keir starmer, steve reid, these kind of people that really rebuilt the labour party from 2019 to what it is now remains in the party and they thought, you know, we believe in this, we invest in it. and i think the conservative party would probably be better off doing that. >> so we should take a number of votes. people who actually voted corbyn did better in 2019 than starmer did in 2024. but that's not a real we don't have proportional representation, nor do i want it. tim, your sympathetic to the conservative party and would like to see telegraph commentator a government that is broadly conservative. how do you think we best go about it. >> well you know i'm, i'm sympathetic to all furry animals. look, there's a, there's a, there's an attitude around this conference that people are sort of thrilled at how badly things are going for laboun how badly things are going for labour. but the reality is, is that their polling can sink as low. it can go all the way down to t

labour _ of the exchequer. the first budget from labour in _ of the exchequer. the first budget from labourer. the first budget from labour in nearly 15— of the exchequer. the first budget from labour in nearly 15 years - of the exchequer. the first budget from labour in nearly 15 years and | of the exchequer. the first budgetl from labour in nearly 15 years and a reminder if you really mean it, say it three times. the reminder if you really mean it, say it three times.— it three times. the only way to drive economic _ it three times. the only way to drive economic growth - it three times. the only way to drive economic growth is - it three times. the only way to drive economic growth is to . it three times. the only way to - drive economic growth is to invest, invest, invest. drive economic growth is to invest, invest. invest-— invest, invest. investing means spending. _ invest, invest. investing means spending. even _ invest, invest. investing means spending, even if _ invest, invest. investing means spending, even if the _ invest, invest. investing means spending, even if the hope - inve

labour government and what he's done. it might just be that he wanted to be to support this labour government as a senior labour governmentr. what does seem clear from this book, from tim ross, is that he's very closely allied to sue gray. he donated to sue grey's son, who's now a labour mp. of course, his campaign, it looks like the kind of ally, the ally influence on the government was part of sue grey's offering. so maybe with sue gray disappearing off to be an envoy for the nations and regions, he might now move to one side and let people like morgan mcsweeney. he's a replacement for sue gray , run replacement for sue gray, run the show. >> people keep talking about morgan mcsweeney as if he's going to be the saviour who's going to be the saviour who's going to be the saviour who's going to wave a magic wand, and everything's going to be fine. but look at the front page of the times today. number 10 crisis bigger than grey. the guardian saying the same. he's beenin guardian saying the same. he's been in number 10 from the very beginning. he was there in opposition with starmer. he must have known about these freebies.

labour is promising 1-5 million new — homes programme. labour is promising 1.5 million new homes _ homes programme. labour_ homes programme. labour is promising 1.5 million new homes to be _ homes programme. labour is promising 1.5 million new homes to be built. - 1.5 million new homes to be built. it is achievable? tote 1.5 million new homes to be built. it is achievable?— it is achievable? we are starting from a fragile — it is achievable? we are starting from a fragile place. _ it is achievable? we are starting from a fragile place. new - it is achievable? we are starting| from a fragile place. new homes it is achievable? we are starting - from a fragile place. new homes this year, we are looking to deliver about 160,000. that is half of where we need to be in terms of new delivery. it is good to have a big target, 1.5 million homes is the right target, but it's uphill. 0ur right target, but it's uphill. our members are ready to play their part, were ready to deliver one quarter of new homes of the right package. it is about the long—term stable support. package. it is about the long-term stable swoon-

labour— them out again. i wouldn't say the uk. the labour government, i them out again. i wouldn't say the uk. the labour, yes, and people in mauritius are doing what could _ people in mauritius are doing what could be _ people in mauritius are doing what could be things that are being influenced...? could be things that are being influenced. . . ?— could be things that are being influenced...? ~ �* , ., influenced. . . ? weren't these talks started by james _ influenced. . . ? weren't these talks started by james cleverly - influenced. . . ? weren't these talks| started by james cleverly customer yes, after liz truss had a meeting started by james cleverly customer yes, after liz truss had a mee the have traded it away, a base in the indian ocean and we have done a deal, and china could have the island next door. i deal, and china could have the island next door.— deal, and china could have the island next door. i don't want to live in a world _ island next door. i don't want to live in a world where _ island next door. i don't want to live in a world where might i island next door. i don't want to live

labour. this is one unit party. >> the tories, even the independents blaming labour. yeah. why can't you blame labourhey've >> yeah. why. because they've only been around for a couple of months now. i am blaming labour, i blame labour because labour and the tories are exactly the same. they, they hate, they, they hate the country and they're incompetent . they're incompetent. >> balance. that is correct. >> balance. that is correct. >> don't you just blow your mind that they don't know this? i mean, surely there must just be a register or i can tell you how many facebook friends i've got because i just look and it's recorded, but it's like they just don't know . just don't know. >> well, i saw, i saw yes, minister. the tv show, they seem very competent. yeah. >> and i know lewis's request is still pending. just told me she means to accept you soon. by the way, on facebook, let's just quickly do the mirror. actually, not that quickly. let's just do it at the right pace. it's boris johnson apologising for his apology. lewis? >> yes . shameless. apology. lewis? >> yes. shameless. i apology. lewis? >> ye

labour sunporters _ in the past. any individual labour sunporters are — in the past. any individual labourny individual labour supporters are over in _ in the past. any individual labour supporters are over in the - in the past. any individual labour supporters are over in the us - in the past. any individual labour l supporters are over in the us being part of the democratic election campaign and they are there as individuals, they are there in their own time, they are there at their own time, they are there at their own expense and if they have got accommodation out there, that will also be provided by volunteers. this happens in every election, it is commonplace. it is very different to the determination of a labour government to work with whoever the american people elected next month as their president, and just as the uk and the us have a special deep relationship, and have had for decades, that's a relationship that has withstood the political ups and downs on both sides of the atlantic and we are determined to make that work in the future. this is in the middle of an election campa

spring with the foreign labour force which we enter continue also with our ageing population these measures will be critical to addressing the labour shortage. j to addressing the laboure labour shortaae. ., ,, . shortage. i read your recent re ort shortage. i read your recent report in — shortage. i read your recent report in which _ shortage. i read your recent report in which you - shortage. i read your recent report in which you want - shortage. i read your recent i report in which you want about japanese companies reinvesting its profits overseas but not in japan. is there anything, that is up to the private sector isn't it, but is there anything the government or the public sector can do to encourage that kind of reinvestment of profits? translation: �* , profits? translation: �*, ., ., translation: it's unfortunate but those businesses _ translation: it's unfortunate but those businesses have - but those businesses have decided that they are not great opportunities or investment in japan. the solution is simple, we need to make a japan stronger. we need to strengthen our economy further. japan's index is treading was 2.5% higher after end slit in value overnigh

labour and the harris campaign, and requests an immediate investigation into blatant foreign interference with apparent illegal foreign national contributions made by the labour party. the row revolves around efforts by labourteers to the states to help kamala harris. the letter cites this now deleted post on the networking site linkedin, apparently from a senior labour official saying ten spots were available to travel to the us and the party would "sort" housing for volunteers. the trump campaign says that suggests labour is financially supporting volunteers. it is not illegal for foreign nationals to campaign in us elections, but they cannot be paid for it. in a statement, the trump campaign said kamala harris and her running mate tim walz were seeking foreign influence to boost what it called their radical message. donald trump's former ambassador to germany, richard grenell, who is tipped to be part of the former president's new administration, if he wins the election, told newsnight it was a slippery slope for labour. i think it is a really dangerous precedent to have the ruling party of an ally somehow playing politics, getting involved in the actual campaigning with such a short notice. i mean, it i

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labour government of old. they introduced the universal winter fuel payment. there is an argument that because you introduce a triple lock and the labour party have kept it, there is not the same need. you heard the figures from labour's sums that pensioners are going to see their pension increase by. you don't accept that argument. a tory government whenever it may come. absolutely. recommitting to bringing back the winter fuel payment for everyone. >> well, we're sticking by our manifesto pledge. our manifesto pledge was to keep the winter fuel allowance. that was what we were doing. that's why we've opposed this measure that rachel reeves absolutely did not have to make that decision. she was bounced into it by treasury officials. she's doubled down on it. it will save £1 billion a yeah it. it will save £1 billion a year. but the pension credit that they're bringing forward will cost £3 billion a year. so it's just nonsense. >> natalie fleet, christine and christine , please do tell us christine, please do tell us where you're from when you send these messages. we only love to hear where you're from. i do a shout out for your hometown, christine says. natalie feet the gb energy on that issue. my bills haven't gone

labour. pensioners can't withdraw their laboun pensioners can't withdraw their labour. train drivers did withdraw their labourte. they capitulated. pensioners cannot withdraw their labour. so this is why i formed the pensioners. com so that existing and future pensioners can unite together to act in the interests of pensioners. and you know , of pensioners. and you know, martin, politics is all about choices . labour have chosen to choices. labour have chosen to spend , give £11.5 billion to spend, give £11.5 billion to overseas climate aid whilst raiding the accounts of uk taxpayers. so there is a perception, i feel in the country that there's more good being done abroad than there is being done abroad than there is being done abroad than there is being done at home, and you have to ask the question what are they going to go for next? will it be the means testing of the state pension itself? will the retirement age be raised to 70? will free prescriptions to the over 60s in england be? and you know will they end. and you know worst of all the most cynical amongst us are starting to feel that the upcoming ass

labour are the party poopers unless the party's for them. >> you wellchilds 14 years. you can't blame labour for that. >> come on, we was okay with it. i mean, look, we gave lots of support during lockdown as well to the hospitality industry, but the fact is look they've been hammered. if they labour they're proposing. and let's not look at the knock on effect of their not being able to smoke in beer gardens. what they're proposing. >> well, i think they've rowed back from that. and there is a possibility that labour might ban smoking but not vaping. >> they're under fire over last last orders are safe anyway. jacob jacob rees—mogg, welcome without a drink. you've got your show. i haven't got a drink with my beer. thank you. i'll survive sober for my next hour. i've got to ask you about today, jacob rees—mogg. what on earth is going on in your party? >> well, it even silenced you momentarily. and you're the great expert on understanding what's going on in the tory party. i will obviously be talking about this during my programme. what happened? how did james cleverly fall out? who is now the favourite between robert jenrick and kemi badenoch? i've got john redwood with me to discuss that and it's absolutely fascinating that one day's front runner is next days out of the competitio

they all have stands and stalls and i noticed there were labour, friends of israel, labour friends of pakistan, labourfriends of christian christians or labour friends of christians. the christian voice is just not heard. no , just not heard. heard. no, just not heard. although there is a group, christians in the conservative party. there's got to be. and i spoke at their fringe event last week actually, dennis has said, laughing and hand—wringing about illegal immigrants is obviously not the answer . not the answer. >> police our borders effectively, and in turn, all would be illegals indefinitely in spartan accommodation. no hotels ever until they returned where they came from. there should be no exceptions. we're basically in a wartime situation and emergency measures can no longer be delayed. >> don't forget though, the labour government , they're going labour government, they're going to smash the gangs. >> there's not a lot of smashing going on, is there at the moment. let's recap on the story this morning about sue gray has quit. >> she's been fired. >> she's been fired. >> she's been no doubt

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. >> labour party i know you're a labour labour supporter, benjamin, but his the honeymoon penod benjaminut his the honeymoon period is well and truly over. we've seen scandal after scandal donations, we've seen the front bench taking thousands and thousands of pounds in gifts like taylor swift tickets, football tickets . is the football tickets. is the honeymoon period over? >> well, i don't think there was a honeymoon period. i think they knew that before the election. they've made some stupid mistakes. i don't think they've deau mistakes. i don't think they've dealt with what's gone on with gifts and donations very well, but the fact is the country was in such a state that there was never going to be any easy stuff to do. this isn't tony blair, but the idea, i think that they have done something wrong by taking some of these donations. i think it's totally unfair. you know full well someone that's been an mp for a couple of years now , that it is not unusual that now, that it is not unusual that you go and meet people, maybe people relevant to your constituency or to the sector you rep

labour supporter, particularly starmer's decision to hand back 5% of the cash that he's accrued since 2019. >> i mean , i'm more than a >> i mean, i'm more than a labour supporter, just just on papenl labourpaper, i am a paid up member. i have my direct debit every month, but i mean , yeah, i think month, but i mean, yeah, i think the way that alex has been painting it isn't quite accurate. i mean, this isn't just you know, 100,000 or whomever or whatever from one person. it is a few different people in different organisations. so i think it's a bit disingenuous to go, oh, well, he's only given back £6,000 out of the x that he's been given when it's actually all he's given that back to that person. and yeah, i think we are getting kind of bogged down in this six grand means that we're talking about it all over again. >> doesn't that represent his terrible political, you know, poor antenna, his terrible judgement? >> i mean, i'm sure number 10 have made the decision and the reasons that they've made this decision are somewhat beyond my thinking. but, you know, i'm sure that there is a reason behind it. but, you know, at the end of the day, this is all going to blow over like five years ago

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labour. you know this is labour though ben. we've seen it before with labour. well i was there mate. >> yeah. well i was there mate. >> you're a whippersnapper. >> you're a whippersnapper. >> you're a whippersnapper. >> you were there. >> you were there. >> yeah. but come on in 78 we had a marginal rate of income tax, which was do you remember how much it 92%. yeah. and you know, i mean i think a few people said that they wanted to leave the country and set up a little independent island where they pay for everything, but people didn't. we're not going to go and come back to the old days of the 1960s, but we did have a brain drain doom spiral that doom spiral as well, though, where you start to, you know, one person goes and you do that to try and stop the rot, right? >> and it wasn't effective for bofis >> and it wasn't effective for boris johnson. some are arguing it won't be effective for sir keir starmer. it's very early days for people to be speaking in such strident terms about the failure of this government. >> yeah , well look, it's been >> yeah, well l

it's all kind of woke lefty anti—colonialism, making the labour government doing it . making the labour government doing it. surely making the labournment doing it . surely that's not why doing it. surely that's not why the conservative government started the whole process under the prime ministership of liz truss. >> just because you're a conservative doesn't necessarily mean you believe in this nation. that's one of the things we've seen over the last 14 years. and if you're asking me to believe that the people in the fco, in the foreign and commonwealth office and other parts of the civil service believe in in our national community, why is it that, as they went on record afterwards, they consistently tried to do whatever they could to dilute and soften brexit? they never believed in our territorial integrity. they never believed in our national sovereignty. they didn't. they didn't believe that we can be a self—governing, independent nation. much of the state doesn't believe that . now there doesn't believe that. now there are people in this country. there are people in politics, a few people who do believe we can be a self—gov

labour manifesto in the general election for a labour government to increase the employers�* rate of national insurance. now we have a broader question about honesty and whether raising taxes by this amount to fund public services is consistent with the spirit, notjust of labourmer and rachel reeves presented themselves to the public over the last three or four years. public over the last three or four years— four years. explain the headline _ four years. explain the headline that - four years. explain the headline that rachel i four years. explain the - headline that rachel reeves has been saying that this not something that she would want to do again?— to do again? one of the really interesting — to do again? one of the really interesting details _ to do again? one of the really interesting details in - to do again? one of the really interesting details in the - interesting details in the budget is that there is a significant increase particularly in health and education spending in the first couple of years of the five years where spending and fax has been allocate —— tax has been allocated. but then it starts to taper off. beyond those two areas, spending growth isn�*t as big as you would imagine, and there have been various economic experts questioning w

whatever it is that labour's conjuring out of the clear blue sky is going to make any differences for the birds. >> nigel david blunkett, previous labour regimes , they previous labourortation. might yvette cooper develop the same thirst, or is it just very, very different times now? we're just destined to have this as a part of our culture now. no. >> if you've got people in in jail for crimes, then they will be deported. i mean that the only question there is was 11,000 of them. yeah. the only question there is that the countries that are going to be deported to we have to have an agreement to with go and do that. so the people who have goneis that. so the people who have gone is because of that agreement. and when it comes to the, the, the numbers you're talking about, we won't know the numbers of people who are here unless we have a system like they do in the us , where you they do in the us, where you monitor people leaving the country as well as arriving. >> trevor, final word to you? >> trevor, final word to you? >> well, i think that we are unfortunately not able to blame the labour government for this because this is the legacy of 14 years of tory conservat

labour party was. the electorate didn't see how damaging the labour party would be. the electorate absolutely get that now. reform came second in 98 seats and this was a safe blackpool council seat that reform took off. the labour today and reform will be taking many more seats a year ago, just just on the point on by elections a year ago, people used to say, oh well, reform's not performing at bye elections. if it can't do well at by elections, it hasn't got a hope in the general election. now we've got five seats in parliament. people say it's only five seats, but it's a bndgehead five seats, but it's a bridgehead and we're winning by—election seats and we're going to we're going to have a thumping set of results in the local elections next may. and it will be labour and the tories who will be giving up their seats to reform. >> ben, do you seriously think that reform is going to be either forming the next government or the next opposition? >> seriously, i think that reform has it within its grasp to absolutely form the next government. there are many challenges it faces, some from within the party which i've talked about on this show and other channels and some without. and of course, a week is a long time i