i've got my panel, alex dean, the conservative commentator, and aaron bastani, the co—founder of novaraa. good evening gentlemen . good evening to you. gentlemen. good evening to you. welcome. tonight, as are each and every single one of you at home to what is on your mind tonight. you can get in touch with me all the usual ways you can email me gb views @gbnews. com you can tweet or me or of course you can go to the website gbnews.com/yoursay. but as i said , you're very welcome said, you're very welcome tonight. there is lots i want to discuss with you. but of course, last night we did a whole hour on this story. the situation, the escalating situation in the middle east. let me cross live to our home security editor, mark white. mark good evening to you. bringing the viewers and listeners up to speed, if you will, with the developments over the course of today . the course of today. >> well, today we really await what the israeli response will to be that intense ballistic missile attack on israeli centres of population and, of course, air bases that , course, air bases that, accordin

the most important part keeping me company this hour is contributing editor at novara media, michaellker and deputy editor at conservativehome henry hill. two great guests for you. it's going to be a fiery debate, but before we get into today's stories, let's get the news headunes stories, let's get the news headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> dawn, thank you and good afternoon to you. it's 12:02. the top story. we start in the middle east, where british nationals are still fleeing lebanon with the final and fourth flight set for sunday. tomorrow amid the escalating conflict across the region, over 250 people have already evacuated back to the uk on government chartered flights and the foreign secretary, david lammy, is warning others to register now. he says as future flights aren't guaranteed, it comes as israel intensifies its airstrikes hitting beirut and hezbollah targets, while hezbollah targets, while hezbollah in response has fired 100 rockets into israeli territory . meanwhile, the uk has territory. meanwhile, the uk has sent £10 million in aid to leb

supposedly is much more blue laboun supposedly is much more blue labour, i suppose, which is what the novarawd would therefore call a tory. but but you know, realistically, what does that mean? i doubt very much that we're going to be seeing any of the sort of the flagship policies that rachel reeves has been sort of floating in the budget taken off the table or anything like that. it's still a bad time for growth, a bad time for free speech. it'sjust growth, a bad time for free speech. it's just hoped, hoped that things are going to go a little bit more smoothly is i think the what we have to look forward to. >> but benedict to weave these two stories together, i mean, do the tories really want to be narrowing down their leadership options? it seems that without a leader, without the focus on the conservative party, there's been rather a focus on the labour party, on the new government, on the sleaze, on the scandal and on the mismanagement, frankly, behind that shining black door to number 10, perhaps the conservative party would be better off not having a leader for a little while longer.

i've got ben habib, the former deputy leader of reform uk, and aaron bastani, the co—founder of novaraedia. but first up, let's get tonight's 6:00 news headlines . 6:00 news headlines. >> good evening. the main headunes >> good evening. the main headlines from the gb news centre. the chancellor has tonight defended her budget, which amounts to the biggest tax hike in a generation. rachel reeves told gb news that the £40 billion a year in extra tax was a one off. it would, she said, fix the fiscal black hole and provide a shot in the arm for the public services. >> this is a one off budget. it is to wipe the slate clean and fix the foundations. after the black hole, we were left by the conservatives, but we're not going to need to come back in another budget and do anything like this again. we have now taken the action to get our pubuc taken the action to get our public finances on a stable path, and chris, we've set the spending envelope for the rest of this parliament, so we don't need to come back for more. and indeed, we've moved to annual budgets rather than having them twice a yea

the co—founder of novara media, aaron bastani. good evening to both of you. very welcome.are each and every single one of you at home tonight. what is on your mind? there is a lot we need to discuss before 7:00, so get in touch with me all the usual ways you can email me gb views @gbnews. com. you can go to the website gbnews.com/yoursay. or of course you can tweet or text me if you're going out as well. worry not. you can take us with you because of course we are on your dab radio as well. but look, let's talk shall we? this topic really gets everyone going, doesn't it ? the amount of money doesn't it? the amount of money that we spend on overseas aid , that we spend on overseas aid, is it enough? is it too much? what should be incorporated as part of that? and so on and so forth. also, when it comes to the budget, there is a lot of speculation as to what is going to be included in that. well, now it seems that the labour party are planning to slash the amount of money that we spend on overseas aid. i've got to say, a lot of people will say, well, that makes common sense,

jacqueline foster, the former member of the european parliament, and aaron bastani, the co—founder of novaraia. good evening to both of you. good evening. and you know the drill. as well, don't you? it's not just about us three. it is about you guys at home as well. what's on your mind tonight? get in touch with me. all the usual ways. you can email me gbviews@gbnews.com. you can go to the website gb news dot com, slash yourself. or of course you can tweet or text me wherever you're watching or listening. you're very welcome tonight. now, of course, everyone will be familiar with the very sad news of the very unexpected, sad passing of alex salmond at the weekend. now, there's been lots of conversation about how to bring him home, essentially, and whether or not the raf should have been involved in chartering a flight actually to bring him back. david davis, actually the mp jacqueline, he was one of the prominent voices that was actually saying the raf should have done this. well, they've decided now they're not going to. a private individual has chartered a jet to bring alex salmond home. w

keeping me company on today's show is contributing editor at novara media. michael walker. give us a wolf whistle. pretty good. and writer and journalist emma woolf as a proper wolf. >> i'm not going to wolf whistle. i think there's nothing wrong with a little murmur or an appreciative glance in the street. >> appreciative glances. okay, stephen. appreciative glances are fine . but before we get are fine. but before we get stuck into today's stories, let's get the news headlines with tatiana sanchez, who everybody wants to wolf whistle because she's gorgeous. here she is . is. >> dawn, thank you very much. the top stories this hour. the king says he is greatly saddened by the sudden death of alex salmond, former first minister of scotland. the alba leader died yesterday afternoon, aged 69, from a suspected heart attack during a trip to north macedonia . mr salmond had made macedonia. mr salmond had made a speech at the institute for cultural diplomacy forum and is understood to have collapsed at lunch in a crowded room. members of the public in scotland have been reacting t

keeping me company on today's show is contributing editor at novara media, michael walker, and writerd journalist emma woolf. thank you very much for joining me on a sunday lunchtime . joining me on a sunday lunchtime. but before we get into today's show, here's the news headlines with the very, very gorgeous tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> donna, thank you very much. and good afternoon. the top stories. well, the king says he's greatly saddened by the sudden death of alex salmond, former first minister of scotland. the alba leader died yesterday afternoon, aged 69, from a suspected heart attack dunng from a suspected heart attack during a trip to north macedonia . during a trip to north macedonia. mr salmond had made a speech at the institute for cultural diplomacy forum and is understood to have collapsed at lunch in a crowded room. members of the public in scotland have been reacting to the news. >> his passing is a great shock and i think for most scots, whatever their opinions, it's sad. he's a he was a pillar of the independence movement. >> i think he'll be remembered as