and that is mike amesbury, the mp for runcorn and helsby.l continue to receive his £91,000 salary. but there will presumably be a recall petition in these weeks and months to come. do you fancy your chances in his seat? reform uk? >> well, we'll certainly be going for it big time and working very, very hard. we won't take anything for granted. nothing's easy. and indeed, nor should it be, of course. but we will go for it as soon as the by—election is announced. doesn't it tell you something about labour politicians that here's a man who punched and thumped some one of his constituents has been sent to jail, but he doesn't have the moral decency or integrity to resign and accept that he can't be paid by the taxpayer. i mean, honestly, in no private sector business would that be allowed to continue? but if you're a labour politician, just keep taking the shilling from the taxpayer, even when you're in jail. i think that tells us a lot about the complete collapse in integrity amongst socialists. >> richard tice we'll leave it there. thank you v

if 10% of voters in this seat of runcorn and helsby want a by—election, there will be one probably, iund may time. i'm guessing the local elections could have the local elections could have the same. looking at the timescale about then we have this whole period takes six weeks to run a recall election. kwasi could stand down, quit as an mp. we don't know what he's going to say yet. we're waiting to hear what he wants to say. yet he admitted the charge back on the 16th of january. to remind viewers and listeners it was back in october 2024 that labour suspended him. and when he punched a man in cheshire and reportedly said you won't threaten the mp ever again, will you? threaten the mp ever again, will you.7 apparently, threaten the mp ever again, will you? apparently, seeing the footage now of it happening, there we are again. we can't hear the footage on that, i think with some some shouting. but that was happening there. it was a row, i think, over a local road or a local bridge 1528 0

it's i'm very passionate about the area of runcorn, helsby, frodsham and nothing nothing would be greater the powers that 1

it's i'm very passionate about the area of runcorn, helsby, frodsham and nothing nothing would be greater to the powers that be. >> yeah. i mean, look, what do you think about this guy's sentence? ten weeks in prison. probably be back out in five. what do you make of that? >> well, when i first saw it, i was appalled by it. you know, we've been campaigning to get the streets of frodsham and runcorn safer at night. and then for mr amesbury to go and commit assault was bad. so by his own testimony, i think he said he was wanting stronger sentences. so i'm a little bit surprised that it was only ten weeks. >> and apparently we're still paying >> and apparently we're still paying his wages whilst he's banged up. i mean, that seems a little bit rum, doesn't it? >> yeah, it does indeed. it's our taxpayers money. and he's sat in jail and he's earning a nice coin for doing it. >> do you think the reform can really win? i mean, i mentioned the share of the vote that you got last time, but i suppose the situation, the political landscape has shifted quite significantly since then. so, you know, wou