. >> good morning and welcome to the camilla tominey show here on gb news. i'm delighted to be joined in the studio by education secretary bridget phillipson. today i'm going to be asking her about her ongoing war of words with britain's strictest headteacher, katharine birbalsingh. shadow defence secretary james cartlidge will be here to discuss defence spending under the tories, and whether british troops should be sent to ukraine. i'm also going to be speaking to israel's deputy foreign minister, sharren haskel, to discuss the bbc's coverage of the conflict in gaza and the appalling murders of an israeli mother, toddler and baby in hamas captivity. as ever, we have got a cracking 90 minutes of punchy politics lined up for you this morning, so don't even think of going anywhere. the education secretary, bridget phillipson, joins us now in the gb news studio. lovely to see you in the flesh. minister, thank you for coming in. i'm glad you're here in person, because i want you to address some of the concerns that katharine birbalsingh, the headteacher of the