well, it's been aaron bastani. of events, quite a dramatic turn of events, but let's start with but ben, let's start with you. the today's on the front of today's mail on sunday spooked . as bugged phones sunday spooked. as bugged phones to nail jailbreak spy. huge evidence, actually, of progressive counter terrorism operations centre making its first big arrest doesn't this show actually that british policing works when it needs to i really encouraged i mean i was really encouraged to see this. >> was in an equal measure as >> it was in an equal measure as impressive they impressive in the way that they caught him, that it was unimpressive he unimpressive in the way that he was to escape. but, you was allowed to escape. but, you know, i i'm delighted to see know, i am i'm delighted to see it you the it because you get the impression enforcement impression that law enforcement in falling apart. >> but actually, can act and >> but actually, it can act and it act incredibly well when it can act incredibly well when t

aaron bastani , got time for. aaron bastani, thank you very much for your company .nk you as well for yours. very importantly , thank you for importantly, thank you for watching and for listening tonight. i appreciate it, as always. do not go anywhere, richard tice. up next, nana , the richard tice. up next, nana, the temperature's rising . temperature's rising. >> boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey with your latest gb news weather forecast provided by the met office . storm agnes is met office. storm agnes is continuing to provide some quite blustery, very strong winds . blustery, very strong winds. those winds really peaking throughout this evening through the irish sea. still potential for 65, 75 mile an hour winds along some very exposed coastal areas and over hills . so do areas and over hills. so do continue to take care it will be accompanied by some heavy pulses of northern of rain pushing across northern england into scotland, england up into scotland, generally elsewhere across northe

quentin letts alongside me, as is aaron bastani . listen, some is aaron bastani.o pull their kids out of a school. why? because long story short, concerned about anti—social behaviour in the toilets . behaviour in the toilets. they've now put cctv , not in the they've now put cctv, not in the cubicles. everyone worry not, but more in the kind of, you know, the areas outside the cubicles. they saying that a lot of people requested this because of people requested this because of anti—social behaviour and all the of some parents the rest of it. some parents completely support others completely support it. others obviously not. what do you obviously do not. what do you think cctv has got any business in toilet? >> no , certainly not. kids >> no, certainly not. kids toilets. not kids in the cubicle? >> no. >> no. >> for goodness sake, these are children and i can see maybe in a high, high spec prison, this might be desirable. i loathed cctv cameras. we never used to have them. we used to survive perfectly well. and i would willingly snip their cables, castrate the cam

david starkey and the founder of novara aaron bastani and novara media, aaron bastani and can you defendt the moment or do you feel that having put himself in a position where he was beginning to look seriously electable , all he's seriously electable, all he's now done a couple of things which have undermined that cautious prudential approach ? cautious prudential approach? >> well, i would add he's still seriously electable. i mean, if the polls are to be believed, he's got a polling lead of between 15 and 25 points, depending on what day of the week and who's asking thing i'd push back on something you said in to europhile to in regards to his europhile to which of course for me was probably cornerstone probably one of the cornerstone articles of faith for tony blair. he didn't have many. this was a gentleman who wants to take us into the euro and was basically stopped by gordon brown. so go on migration on closer alignment to the eu. frankly, i don't think labour will take back into the eu. will take us back into the eu. you probably too. you probably think that too. i actually see t

david starkey and the founder of novara aaron bastani and novara media, aaron bastani and can you defender at the moment or do you feel that having put himself in a position where he was beginning to look seriously electable , all he's seriously electable, all he's now done a couple of things which have undermined that cautious prudential approach ? cautious prudential approach? >> well, i would add he's still seriously electable. i mean, if the polls are to be believed, he's got a polling lead of between 15 and 25 points, depending on what day of the week and who's asking thing i'd push back on something you said in to europhile to in regards to his europhile to which of course for me was probably cornerstone probably one of the cornerstone articles of faith for tony blair. he didn't have many. this was a gentleman who wants to take us into the euro and was basically stopped by gordon brown. so go on migration on closer alignment to the eu. frankly, i don't think labour will take back into the eu. will take us back into the eu. you probably too. you probably think that too. i actually s

well, i'm delighted to be joined by the founder of novara media, aaron bastani , and novara media, aaronby representative of the telegraph, daniel hardy, to discuss this important matter. and isn't the eu just having a laugh? it's £32 million that they just want to get off us and they just want to get off us and they can because we've left. >> well, this is a really interesting because like >> well, this is a really inte say, 1g because like >> well, this is a really inte say, the because like >> well, this is a really inte say, the original use like >> well, this is a really inte say, the original findings you say, the original finding was in 2018. and then of course, one might argue there was this very ambiguous period with regards to liabilities and compliance because , of course, compliance because, of course, we were leaving the eu and i suppose if you weren't being generous , the british generous, the british government, you could say it's a bit like not paying a parking fine and fine for several years. and of course means things up. course that means things add up. what i find int

but we can go back to aaron bastani. aaron try aaron bastani. aaron we'll try again. there .he very heart of our parliament. >> well, i'm just going to ask how you're doing this morning. very well, thank you. very good . yeah, it's really extraordinary. look, we've spent the best part of a week discussing daniel leaf and that gentleman . by comparison, this gentleman. by comparison, this is very much amateur hour. obviously, these just remain allegations. nothing's been proven. i don't believe he's been charged with anything. but it would be very, very significant for china to have an espionage asset working at westminster in close proximity to politicians who have a particular interest on policy relating to china. paradigmatic example being tom tugendhat seen as something of a china hawk and this particular individual is said to have had some proximity to him, wasn't working for him, but connected with mr tugendhat pnor but connected with mr tugendhat prior to him running for the tory leadership . so that is tory leadership. so that is really significant and it would show ac

david starkey and the founder of the socialist novara media, aaron bastani.rom you. it's the most important part of the programme. email me mail. margaret gbnews.com but now it's time for the news of the with polly middlehurst . the day with polly middlehurst. >> jacob thank you . good >> jacob thank you. good evening. well, the main news tonight is that russell brand's tour promoter have announced his three remaining charity fundraiser . shows have been fundraiser. shows have been postponed . that comes after the postponed. that comes after the metropolitan police this afternoon confirmed it had received a report of an alleged sexual assault involving the comedian, saying it's about an incident which happened 20 years ago. four women have accused the 48

i am not a regular commentator here, but you aaron bastani, who is so you get aaron bastani, who is sowing. bless aaron. i love him, but he's so far to the left, he's almost over the horizon. an you'll get people to the right, you'll get people in the right, you'll get people in the centre, get people, the centre, you'll get people, you know, a bit nutty you know, a little bit nutty maybe we say , and i think that maybe we say, and i think that is brilliant. is what is brilliant. that is what you want a broadcaster to want from a broadcaster to platform, a range of views , and platform, a range of views, and you are not going to get that in the bbc. and if they do bring someone on, it's because they want tear down, want to tear them down, mock them, them look stupid. but them, make them look stupid. but here's the thing. the reason they're doing it is because they're doing it is because they're terrified, because they are haemorrhaging viewers and listeners day after day after day. i do a monthly comedy night where i do new material along with some people from headliners as well. there