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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

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we're not going to let that happen. >> and finally, former labour mp mike amesbury has been jailed foreks after he admitted punching a man to the ground in his cheshire constituency last october. amesbury pleaded guilty to assaulting 45 year old paul fellows after video footage emerged showing the confrontation. delivering the sentence today, the magistrate said amesbury's unprovoked drunken behaviour was too serious to be dealt with by unpaid work. those are the latest headlines. for now, it's over to patrick. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/advent. >> it is ten weeks in prison. all you get if you're a labour mp who batters one of your constituents in a drunken late night attack. >> stop it, stop it! stop! whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. hey hey hey hey. >> mike amesbury, who is no longer the labour mp but was at the time even admitted to being the time even admitted to being the mp during the assault. >> yes, i am. yes i am. and you won't threaten the mp ever again, will you? oh, is it mike? yes. a

mike amesbury has still not resigned as the local mp. just told you, it looks as though you are still going to be paying his salary even when he's in. nick it's ridiculous, isn't it? at the general election, the runcorn rocky and mike amesbury came first with 52.9% of the vote. the man who came second is reform uk's jason moorcroft , reform uk's jason moorcroft, with 18.1% of the vote. since then, we've seen the labour party embroiled in lord alli donor scandal. cabinet ministers accused of lying on their cv. everyone's energy bills are going up again tomorrow, by the way. they'll go up again. starmer's reaction to the southport massacre. more migrant hotels. the economy is in a mess. i could go on. so if there's a by—election, could reform win? well, i'm very pleased to be joined now by reform's candidate at the last election. it is jason moorcroft. mr moorcroft, thank you very much for joining mr moorcroft, thank you very much forjoining us this much for joining us this evening. great to have you on the show. i suppose the first questi

it's in mike amesbury's hands.eals against the ten weeks in prison he's been given by for pleading for guilty on one count of assault back in january, last month, in january. he then if he appeals and wins the appeal, there won't be a by—election. he can carry on being an independent mp until the next election, but if he doesn't appeal or if he loses the appeal and he does serve some time inside, there will be a recall by petition. if 10% of voters in this seat of runcorn and helsby want a by—election, there will be one probably, i would say around 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

i am sorry about what happened to mike amesbury.one of the gentlest men i've ever come across. clearly, he's not that gentle when he when he's in drink, but i was terribly surprised he behaved the way he did. however, the sentence is right that he should go to prison for something like, what. >> is it, ten weeks? you've got people getting two years for a facebook post. >> yeah, but, but but you can't really compare. why not? well, because you can't compare crimes. no. hang on. you can't compare crimes that the that it for instance that burglary carries a is double the sentence of theft. and that's right because you're not comparing them. you have different sentences for premeditated murder and manslaughter. >> so come on, come on. ten weeks in jail. >> what do you think it was half. >> clumping someone to the ground, repeatedly hitting them when they're down, prostrate on the deck, you know, while intoxicated versus two years for a facebook post. this is more two—tiered justice. >> yeah, but i mean, the way that the justice system w

so should mike amesbury have been banned up for longer, do you think? >> and we're going to fight for it and we are going to win. >> when there's a by—election. will reform win that seat? in other news. >> you want to, as you rightly say, set up great british energy that ought to bring down the household bills by about £400. >> whoopsie. your bills are going up again from tomorrow. is this all because of ed miliband's net zero madness plus. >> dillian whyte. stop! oh! stop it! dei! stop it! >> yeah, a bit more enrichment for you there as the security guard is knocked out cold. you're not safe going shopping anymore, are you? more violent crime at one of britain's busiest shopping centres. meanwhile, though, the pro—palestine brigade. they're at it again. this time they've just ripped up the union flag. >> fatima whitbread. kyrees. >> fatima whitbread. kyrees. >> oh, you're hard on my panel tonight is daily express columnist carole malone. we've got former labour party adviser paul richards and former tory party chairman sir jake berry. oh, and can anyon

the mp mike amesbury is sentenced to ten weeks in prison for punching a constituent last year. and coming up on bbc news... can anyone catch liverpool as a win at manchester city survivors who were in the room during the southport attack have 26 children were taking part in a yoga and dance workshop stabbed themselves. a warning you may find the details of this report distressing. event was organised, a taylor swift—themed yoga and dance this is the first time that anybody who was in that room has spoken publicly. a schoolgirl whose identity we've protected and is supported by her parents, and the yoga teacher, reveal what happened that day. he opened the door and just grabbed a child. and the next child. and that's when i turned. he moved right next to me. and then he got me again. the teachers and their teenage helper knew they had to get everyone to safety. so... we all run towards the door and called 999. of the girls to safety. with her in a toilet. "there's children inside." "go and get the children". leanne sobs. yeah, ijust... i just don't know what else i could have do

i'm talking, of course, about the former labour mp, mike amesbury. ve just been heanng amesbury. you've just been hearing that story in the headlines. i'm sure you all have been familiar with it. he basically lamped a constituent of his early hours of the morning and a bit of a drunken attack. he's been sentenced to ten weeks in prison. absolutely astonishing. if you've been under a rock. this is the clip of where it all happened. but you've probably seen this a hundred times already. it blows my mind. barry gardiner, that this guy hasn't already resigned. he pled guilty, so he's accepted that he did this. this was a member of his area. he was paid to represent him. in fact, actually, this guy was probably a taxpayer paying the mps wages. why has it not gone already? >> punching somebody is no way to resolve an argument. and it doesn't matter whether you're drunk or whether you're sober. it's not the way to behave. and you say he should resign. i think that's right. i think in any case, what is going to happenis any case, what is going to happen is th

i'm talking, of course, about the former labour mp, mike amesbury. ve just been heanng amesbury. you've just been hearing that story in the headlines. i'm sure you all have been familiar with it. he basically lamped a constituent of his early hours of the morning and a bit of a drunken attack. he's been sentenced to ten weeks in prison. absolutely astonishing. if you've been under a rock. this is the clip of where it all happened. but you've probably seen this a hundred times already. it blows my mind. barry gardiner, that this guy hasn't already resigned. he pled guilty, so he's accepted that he did this. this was a member of his area. he was paid to represent him. in fact, actually, this guy was probably a taxpayer paying the mps wages. why has it not gone already? >> punching somebody is no way to resolve an argument. and it doesn't matter whether you're drunk or whether you're sober. it's not the way to behave. and you say he should resign. i think that's right. i think in any case, what is going to happenis any case, what is going to happen is th

. >> well, the suspended labour mp mike amesbury has been jailed for ten weeks. he's in prison after repeatedly punching a constituent, a constituent. but don't worry, he's receiving his full taxpayer funded salary in prison. can you believe that? >> and an accidental world record. is this how you'd imagine a world record marathon runner would look smiling and on crutches? 73 year old chris terrell will join us to tell us all about it. don't miss it. >> and is this the most awkward handshake? emmanuel macron meets donald trump as they declare the ukraine war could be over within weeks. they look like the best of friends here ish. >> as i said, that's not what we said. he's a smart customer, i will tell you that. >> this is our macron in it. yeah. yeah, exactly. trump is saying i'm the boss. i'm the president of united states. i'm the most powerful man in the world. you're just a silly little frenchman. >> it's just a weird power play. and then. >> he puts his hand on his knee. >> he puts his hand on his knee. >> i know, weird, weird. >> i know, weird, weird. >> s

. >> and former labour mp mike amesbury has been jailed for ten weeks after he admitted punching a manto the ground in his cheshire constituency last october. he's now facing calls to quit the commons. amesbury pleaded guilty to assaulting 45 year old paul fellows after video footage emerged showing the confrontation. delivering the confrontation. delivering the sentencing today, the magistrate said amesbury's unprovoked drunken behaviour was too serious to be dealt with by unpaid work. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. it's over to headliners. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/poll. >> jason bradbury. >> jason bradbury. >> hello! >> hello! >> welcome to headliners. you know the score. we got the best of tomorrow's newspapers with the best of today's comedians. first things first, we're going to have a look at the front pages. we have the telegraph, france's nuclear shield for europe, the guardian, trump, putin will accept europe's troops in ukraine after ceasefire and the daily exp

. >> and former labour mp mike amesbury has been jailed for ten weeks after he admitted punching a manto the ground in his cheshire constituency last october. he's now facing calls to quit the commons. amesbury pleaded guilty to assaulting 45 year old paul fellows after video footage emerged showing the confrontation. delivering the confrontation. delivering the sentencing today, the magistrate said amesbury's unprovoked drunken behaviour was too serious to be dealt with by unpaid work. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. it's over to headliners. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/poll. >> jason bradbury. >> jason bradbury. >> hello! >> hello! >> welcome to headliners. you know the score. we got the best of tomorrow's newspapers with the best of today's comedians. first things first, we're going to have a look at the front pages. we have the telegraph, france's nuclear shield for europe, the guardian, trump, putin will accept europe's troops in ukraine after ceasefire and the daily exp

. >> and former labour mp mike amesbury has been jailed for ten weeks after he admitted punching a man to the ground in his cheshire constituency last october. he's now facing calls to quit the commons. amesbury pleaded guilty to assaulting 45 year old paul fellows after video footage emerged showing the confrontation. delivering the confrontation. delivering the sentencing today, the magistrate said amesbury's unprovoked drunken behaviour was too serious to be dealt with by unpaid work. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. it's over to headliners. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/poll. >> jason bradbury. >> jason bradbury. >> hello! >> hello! >> welcome to headliners. you know the score. we got the best of tomorrow's newspapers with the best of today's comedians. first things first, we're going to have a look at the front pages. we have the telegraph, france's nuclear shield for europe, the guardian, trump, putin will accept europe's troops in ukraine after ceasefire and the daily ex