andy burnham, thank you. thank you. andy burnham, thank you. thank you.ater manchester. we are just waiting for the cortez st to arrive. we talked about his playing career, what he has done for manchester united, but we were just touching on what he did for the city of manchester, even though he was a north—east lad, how he worked with the council on those 0lympic bids, had an ambassadorial role, the fact that his name trans fat —— transcended manchester united across the game, what he had done with england as well, was known worldwide. we will hear from another manchester united legend. you fear throwing the word legend is a brand too loosely because we are talking about perhaps the greatest player of all time, notjust manchester united, but a few months ago i spoke to bryan robson, the former manchester united captain, for his memories of sir bobby. it is a sad day for the family, for manchester united, but also for football because it was a fantastic player. for a player to win the world cup, when the champions league and have such a long and successfu

andy burnham and _ afforded that opportunity. andy burnham and some _ afforded that opportunity.m, outlining how he felt communication could have been improved based on his experience. i could have been improved based on his experience.— his experience. i started to make more public _ his experience. i started to make more public comment _ his experience. i started to make more public comment on - his experience. i started to make l more public comment on pandemic policy nationally, having been secretary of state in a global pandemic. ifelt i had something secretary of state in a global pandemic. i felt i had something to contribute. it was meant to be helpful. i remember the day when i saw an article from health minister appear behind a pay wall. ijust thought myself, this isn't right. we are not getting this right. people need information at this moment in time, we cannot have articles behind pay walls. i kind of went public that day with a long thread of tweets, kind of being honest about my experience as secretary of state in the swine flu pandemic, and we made many mistakes

less listening and see what else andy burnham has to say. i listening and see what else andy burnhamtch espace on your patients. this _ burnham has to say. i watch espace on your patients. this is _ burnham has to say. i watch espace on your patients. this is going - burnham has to say. i watch espace on your patients. this is going in . on your patients. this is going in relation to whether the tier system was going to work. and isn't it right you had a meeting on the 14th of october with jonathan right you had a meeting on the 14th of october withjonathan van tam and junior ministerfor of october withjonathan van tam and junior minister for health there was expression. you asked whether the tier system would be effective, wooded address rise in cases. what wooded address rise in cases. what was the response? _ wooded address rise in cases. what was the response? we _ wooded address rise in cases. what was the response? we were sceptical about— was the response? we were sceptical about the _ was the response? we were sceptical about the tier system because we had been under— about t

a few moments ago, the mayor of greater manchester andy burnham was sworn in.s afternoon, andy burnham talked about the early part of the pandemic in which he said he convened a committee of local political leaders and public health types will stop he said he did not need to, but thought it was a good idea. he criticised central government and said he did not have very many instructions are indeed guidance from central government at the time. i think we will hear more this afternoon. you may remember, andy burnham is very much at public loggerheads with government later on in the pandemic in october 2020, when manchester found itself in stricter restrictions than the rest of the country when we got to the tier system. he felt the government didn't offer enough of an economic package either to the local economy or individuals tied up in that. so plenty more for this afternoon. thank you very much. two 16—year—olds have gone on trial in manchester accused of murdering a teenage girl in a park in cheshire. 16—year—old brianna ghey was found with fatal stab wounds

. —— andy burnham. thank you for attending today, and providing you statements, which we have seen.rm that statement is true to the better your knowledge and i can. you have a long political career, you are a member of parliament is between 2001 and 2017? you held a number of ministerial roles in government during that period, including but not limited to, minister of state for health in 2006, chief secretary to the treasury from 2070 2008, and you held two cabinets roles, between 2008 and 2010, first the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, and then, perhaps more relevant for our purposes, you were secretary of state for health, from 5th ofjune 2009, to 11th of may 2010. you'll come back to that in due course, that's relevant, during that time you were secretary of state, during the swine flu pandemic. i walked into the department of health in earlyjune 2009, three days later a global pandemic was declared, and i have always said to the former secretary of state, alan johnson who was walking out the door on the other direction, he was a master of political timing always

as you say, yesterday we heard from regional mayors, from sadiq khan, the london mayor, andy burnham,r, where the general theme was that the sense was that the government was too centralised, basically decisions were not being made on a local level and those local voices were not being heard. last week we heard from a load of scientists, the main scientists at the time, top scientists advising the time, top scientists advising the government, and the general theme from them was this idea that theme from them was this idea that the government was a match at the time off following the science had become, quote, a millstone around their necks. they felt controversial decisions were being blamed on a scientist but it was the role of the politicians. weeks and weeks before that we heard time and time again this idea of chaos and confusion at the centre of government and number ten and in the cabinet office, which is the department that basically helped number ten in coordinating and making key decisions. michael gove was heading up that department. i think we will hear those three main the

andy burnham said manchester was treated appallingly.ly in terms of their being _ not necessarily in terms of their being a — not necessarily in terms of their being a public health need for this intervention, but in terms of the process— intervention, but in terms of the process by— intervention, but in terms of the process by which manchester was placed _ process by which manchester was placed under restrictions, the debate — placed under restrictions, the debate about the fiscal support given— debate about the fiscal support given and the speed at which it was done _ given and the speed at which it was done in _ given and the speed at which it was done. in brief, do you accept that criticism — done. in brief, do you accept that criticism of— done. in brief, do you accept that criticism of the covid 0 local restriction process insofar as magister— restriction process insofar as magister was concerned or not? it magister was concerned or not? [it was magister was concerned or not? was broader magister was concerned or not? it was broade

the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham has also begun giving evidence to the inquiry.mproved based on his experience. i started to make more public comment on pandemic policy nationally, having been secretary of state in a global pandemic, ifelt i had something to contribute. that was meant to be helpful. i remember the day when i saw an article from a health minister appear behind a pay wall and ijust thought to myself, this is not right. we are not getting this right, people need information at this time, you cannot have articles behind pay walls. i went public that day with a long thread of tweets, kind of being honest about my experience as secretary of state in swine flu pandemic. we made many mistakes on communications, it is hard communicating in a pandemic and i tried to share that openly and honestly. i called actually for a daily briefing. i said that there should be, and i said there should be a briefing that is not led by politicians because a mistake i had made in swine flu was giving out information which always then was seen politically and then it goes

from andy burnham you hear the ideas of restriction set that wouldn't have been, and parents in the area, greater manchester remains, the virus remains high and restrictions were tied. he said some other restrictions they faced would never have been faced in the south or south—east of england. you got this row of exactly those decisions and he was taking them, central government in london, but not really thinking of the broader picture. one element worth mentioning for viewers wondering, the glaring question of scotland, northern ireland and wales, this inquiry will move to devolved nations later on, early next year. this is very much about the devolved power to the english cities. we've heard from those two mayors. what comes next? we will hear from steve rotherham, mayors. what comes next? we will hearfrom steve rotherham, the metro mayor for liverpool, another picture of how he felt and possibly similar anecdotes. sadly khan and andy burnham and steve rotherham are all labour mayors, but they kept party politics out of bed. it was a sense of pulling together. we will hear from him. la

s andy burnham did to a degree.ly playing politics dunng was clearly playing politics during the pandemic from scotland, but looking beyond that, i think the more serious point is that right through the world of public health, there was a sense that they could have they were ready to contribute, wanted to contribute, but were being prevented from doing so by an overcentralised response from whitehall . what do you think whitehall. what do you think we'll see or learn from perhaps michael gove today? >> what was his role specifically and what sort of light do you think he can shine on on what happened during the pandemic ? pandemic? >> well , pandemic? >> well, given that michael is a has been an advocate of a more localised approach, i hope that the inquiry will put to michael gove the point that i've just been making that the government missed a trick during the in particular the early stages of the pandemic by trying to reinvent a public health infrastructure for when there was a perfectly good one that existed an

andy burnham, thank you very much. _ that will be the case. andy burnham, thank you very much.e teams and players who are not getting paid, they have tojuggle training around their dayjobs, can they get time off to play in the fa cup? you have got the innocence of that level. i am sure it is ok for them to have a birthday party, it will not affect their possession. there's a lot of speculation about how this latest issue will help mood in camp, and whether the manager still has the full backing of his players, as manchester united try to put a difficult week behind them when they kick off at fulham this lunchtime. it follows two 3—0 defeats in a row. and add to that, the tension following the fall out, surrounding marcus rashford's birthday celebrations after the manchester derby defeat last sunday. the england striker going to a nightclub to toast his birthdayjust hours after that loss at old trafford, and it's really got i spoke with him about it. it's unacceptable. i told him, he apologised, and that is it. that is case closed? no, for the rest it is an internal matter. he m

andy burnham, the mayor of greater manchester.r on today we are going to hearfrom steve rotherham, who is the mayor of liverpool city region. dominic raab and michael gove and others are expected to appear at the inquiry later on in the week. we can go live now to the inquiry, our reporter is there for us as we wait for it to get under way. we heard from advisers to the government last week, didn't we?— week, didn't we? that's right, we had a week _ week, didn't we? that's right, we had a week of _ week, didn't we? that's right, we had a week of scientific _ week, didn't we? that's right, we had a week of scientific evidence, j had a week of scientific evidence, if you like, last week, sir patrick vallance, the former chief scientific adviser, professor sir chris whitty, still the chief medical officer, and we had quite a lot from medical officer, and we had quite a lot from them, medical officer, and we had quite a lot from them, really, medical officer, and we had quite a lot from them, really, about medical officer, and we had

manchester, andy burnham.you remember ha(veryt. >> do you remember the very celebrated stand off with boris johnson where he actually did a press conference in the street with the mayors and with all the other mayors and they all had to stand so many feet brought they all had to stand so many feet more brought they all had to stand so many feet more restrictions. brought in yet more restrictions. was it tier three? >> remember those? you >> remember those? do you remember when they wouldn't allow manchester to be go into a lesser tier? >> when and andy burnham was fighting furiously to have the people of his city released from their in imprisonment and he won. >> he i forgot he won the stand off. >> yeah i think he did because he did. >> he's a clever telegenic communicator. yeah. so we'll keep you up to date with what's happening there in the covid inquiry >> it's hard to make out because, you know what they do. >> use ten >> lawyers will never use ten words when they can use a thousand words. >> say, drag it

we've heard from sadiq khan now andy burnham is in the chair . in the chair. >> yeah, well, andy burnhamey broke chair for about five, ten mirlunch. before they broke chair for about five, ten mirlunch. so before they broke chair for about five, ten mirlunch. so we'llre they broke chair for about five, ten mirlunch. so we'll hearey broke chair for about five, ten mirlunch. so we'll hear moreke for lunch. so we'll hear more from him this afternoon. but as you khan spoke you say, sadiq khan said spoke this said that he this morning and he said that he felt he was left in the dark when the very stages of when the very early stages of the pandemic. so in february and the pandemic. so in february and the beginning of march, he tried to invited to attend some of to get invited to attend some of these meetings . but it these cobra meetings. but it wasn't until the 16th of march when he was finally able to attend one. and he said it left him how him feeling winded at just how severe the problem was, particularly in london. so we've got a clip that we can play to you now, that of him speaking ear

so too andy burnham, manchester's mayor, who was angered at times by the tiering system of restrictions at the inquiry as political leaders are questioned on their key decisions and potentially even bigger when borisjohnson and rishi sunak make their appearances next month. hugh pym, bbc news. for more than a decade, rex has attended fires and helped put criminals behind bars, which is impressive for a labrador. he's britain's longest—serving fire investigation dog, and retired earlier this year. now, he's been awarded for his outstanding work, as abigail smitton reports. fire investigation dog rex closing down for the final time, over. today, fire investigation dog rex is headed for retirement. after 11 years on the job, injuly rex earned himself a rest and the chance to put his paws up. the uk's longest—serving fire investigation dog, rex racked up some impressive figures, attending more than 500 fires and helping find evidence that's led to more than 250 years behind bars for convicted offenders. so he's trained to detect ignitable liquids so that is things like petrols, white spirit

later, the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, said covid decisions had been too london—centric you know, the gla, the mayor of london and we weren't around that table. i think lives could have been saved if we were earlier. this is a new infrastructure we built in this country, of combined authorities and mayors, and in a situation like this, it can add huge value to the national response to a pandemic. it was largely bypassed. there are signs of a breakthrough tonight in the long running bitter dispute between the government and doctors in england. senior doctors — consultants — have walked out over nine days sincejuly, heaping yet more strain on hospitals and record waiting lists. now the government has agreed to put more money towards their pay in return for reforms to the way consultants work. our health editor hugh pym reports. empty operating theatres and cancelled is surgical procedure your the impact of doctors strikes in england. now there is a plan aimed at reforming the pay of consultants and ending walk outs. me at reforming the pay of consultants and ending walk ou

and nor is andy burnham or the other people who or some of the other people who have ceasefire.e. so it's completely wrong to characterise as corbyn characterise that as the corbyn threat there. threat is still there. >> yet, “0, threat is still there. >> yet, no, i will >> it isn't. and yet, no, i will see in the cities like see you in the cities like manchester and the manchester and london, the people for the people responsible for the policing labour mayors. policing are labour mayors. >> yeah, exactly . and no >> yeah, exactly. and it's no surprise that you're seeing these huge demonstrations taking place , far left demonstrations place, far left demonstrations under, place, far left demonstrations under , of course, labour under, of course, labour leadership in london and in manchester. sadiq khan, i think has been a huge disaster, frankly, in terms of his lack of leadership in london. you do not see sadiq khan condemning these protesters. he's taking no action at all. and the weak kneed police response that we're seeing is in large part due to sadiq khan's approach and th

and nor is andy burnham or the other people who or some of the other people who have ceasefire.e. so it's completely wrong to characterise as corbyn characterise that as the corbyn threat there. threat is still there. >> yet, “0, threat is still there. >> yet, no, i will >> it isn't. and yet, no, i will see in the cities like see you in the cities like manchester and the manchester and london, the people for the people responsible for the policing labour mayors. policing are labour mayors. >> yeah, exactly . and no >> yeah, exactly. and it's no surprise that you're seeing these huge demonstrations taking place , far left demonstrations place, far left demonstrations under, place, far left demonstrations under , of course, labour under, of course, labour leadership in london and in manchester. sadiq khan, i think has been a huge disaster, frankly, in terms of his lack of leadership in london. you do not see sadiq khan condemning these protesters. he's taking no action at all. and the weak kneed police response that we're seeing is in large part due to sadiq khan's approach and th

yesterday for example we heard from some of the metro mayors, we heard from andy burnham, the mayor of manchester, we heard from steve rotherham, from liverpool, and also from sadiq khan, the london mayor. basically the general theme there was that the local mayors felt that they were not listened to, that they were excluded from decision—making, and that basically they weren't able to give their input on how decisions were made and obviously that sort of thing would come through the cabinet office, michael gove's name came up, it was said that he did facilitate some communication if you like but not enough was done. the other issue i think we will hear an awful lot about was obviously last week was a science week, we heard from some of the top scientists and again the general theme there seemed to be the scientists�* frustration with this government mantra of following the science which they said basically meant that scientists were used as scapegoats for controversial decisions that politicians were making. and then of course the general thing which has been bubbling along over the l

central london and rejoin the covid inquiry, where we understand the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnhamdence as part of those proceedings.— evidence as part of those ”roceedins. ., ., ., proceedings. you met a “unior minister mi proceedings. you met a “unior minister in the i proceedings. you met a junior minister in the department i proceedings. you met a junior| minister in the department for transport _ minister in the department for transport at that time in relation to funding — transport at that time in relation to funding as public transport. the second _ to funding as public transport. the second meeting was on the 12th of march, _ second meeting was on the 12th of march, one — second meeting was on the 12th of march, one of more relevance perhaps. _ march, one of more relevance perhaps, the first meeting with robert — perhaps, the first meeting with robertjenrick, then secretary perhaps, the first meeting with robert jenrick, then secretary of state _ robert jenrick, then secretary of state for— robert jenrick, then secretary of state for the ministry of housing, communities an

alliance £50,000 through the royal foundation , through the royal foundation, with the city's mayor, andy burnham funds will be used to create an employment skills and training programme for young people at risk of violence . this is gb risk of violence. this is gb news across the uk on television in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now let's get back to . martin get back to. martin >> thank you, ray. top man. now we start with the disgraceful scenes in central london last night, which saw pro—palestine protesters scale a first world war memorial while police stood by and simply watched the prime minister's official spokesman says the incident was an affront which will have appalled the public. you don't say? well, viewers on gb news can see there were still poppy wreaths on the royal artillery memorial at hyde park corner, but that didn't matter to these yobs who with police simply watching on scrambled all over a memorial dedicated to almost 50,000 soldiers from the royal artillery who were killed during world war i. but today , the world war i. but t

also have mayors from the north—west of england, steve rotherham, liverpool, greater manchester, andy burnhamuple of elements there, remember, there were restrictions brought in on a hot dry basis initially in the autumn of 2020 to effectively try to play wacko mole as hotspots popped up. that then gave way to a more structured tiers system which was supposed to solve some of the regularities and standardise the procedure across the country. i suspect we will get into a lot of that, plus other questions like sadiq khan in his written evidence, some of which has emerged already submitted to this inquiry, has spoken about the fact he wasn't invited to some of the key meetings, the cobra emergency meetings, early in the pandemic, given the outbraked in the pandemic, given the outbraked in london he felt he should have, i suspect we will be getting into some of that with the evidence this morning. 3 of that with the evidence this morninu. �* , ., of that with the evidence this morninu. �* , . ., , morning. a big name that we will be heafina morning. a big name that we will be hearing from — mornin

he's talked about a decade of renewal being in power for ten years andy burnham for ten years as andys of people say that there's a lot of people say that there's a lot of people say that the next labour leader should be a because i've never had a woman because i've never had a woman. yeah, but it's going a woman because i've never had a we bein. yeah, but it's going a woman because i've never had a we be angela, but it's going a woman because i've never had a we be angela rayners going a woman because i've never had a we be angela rayner either|oing a woman because i've never had a we be angela rayner either is ng it. >> that's, that's the trouble. i mean i think angela rayner is very talented, very good, but women like her most people women don't like her most people are her. i mean are frightened by her. i mean i'm about the, i'm talking about the, the general populace there and general populace out there and i feel sorry for her because it just ain't going to happen for her, think. her, i don't think. >> but there are other >> no, but there are other i mean, she's the only woman.

labour mayors sadiq khan, andy burnham , sadiq khan, andy burnham, scottish labour leader anas sarwar the same, despite the fact that that is not the position of the leadership . we've also had about leadership. we've also had about 50 local councillors resigned, but late last night just after 11:00, we got the first resignation from a shadow frontbencher on this issue, imran hussain. frontbencher on this issue, imran hussain . he is the labour imran hussain. he is the labour mp for bradford east and he said he was standing down because he wants to be able to passionate campaign for a ceasefire in gaza and he cannot do that in his current role as a minister for new deal for working people . so new deal for working people. so bad news for keir starmer, who has since becoming labour leader, done quite an incredible job of presenting a largely unhed job of presenting a largely united front and rooting out anti—semitism , which was such anti—semitism, which was such a massive problem under jeremy massive problem underjeremy corbyn. but it is very clear that there are deep divisions within

andy burnham talked about manchester couldn't go to the football but you could in london, you could puter there. , ., , , , , . there. is there a sense the public were being _ there. is there a sense the public were being taken _ there. is there a sense the public were being taken for _ there. is there a sense the public were being taken for phil's? i there. is there a sense the public. were being taken for phil's? loads of stuff didn't _ were being taken for phil's? loads of stuff didn't make _ were being taken for phil's? loads of stuff didn't make sense to i of stuff didn't make sense to people _ of stuff didn't make sense to people. people are having to make a lot of— people. people are having to make a lot of decisions, bus companies were having _ lot of decisions, bus companies were having to _ lot of decisions, bus companies were having to say, do we leave a teenager— having to say, do we leave a teenager stranded on a lonely road because _ teenager stranded on a lonely road because she doesn't have a mask or the elector— because she doesn't have a mask or the elector on the bus?

manchester peace together alliance £50,000 through the royal foundation with the city's mayor, andy burnhamthe same. the funds will be used to create an employment skills and training programme for young people at risk of violence . this people at risk of violence. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now let's get back to . michelle get back to. michelle >> thanks for that rare that story about that £11,000 roaming bill. >> very fascinating listening to the explanation, the headlines there, wasn't it? what was the end outcome, though? i hope that fella is paying back every single penny of that. i'm sure that he will be, isn't he? you tell me . anyway, hello. good tell me. anyway, hello. good evening to you. i am michelle dewberry, of course, till seven. and alongside me tonight, i've got daniel moylan , a got daniel moylan, a conservative life peer in the house of lords, and a new face, everybody. we like those, don't we, dr. richard johnson, a senior lecturer at queen mary university of london. good evening .

so too andy burnham, manchester's mayor, who was angered at times by the tiering system of restrictions it's brutal, to be honest, isn't it? this isn't a way, this is no way to run the country in a national crisis. so it's a big week at the inquiry as political leaders are questioned on their key decisions and potentially even bigger when borisjohnson and rishi sunak make their appearances next month. hugh pym, bbc news. metro bank shareholders are to vote later on whether to back a rescue deal aimed at securing its future. metro has warned that if the plans are rejected, it might be deemed unviable by the bank of england and then put into a process for managing failed banks. the tobacco company, bat, is calling for more stringent regulations on vaping, including a ban on flavours based on desserts or sweets that could appeal to children. it says the products should be licensed in the same way as alcohol or cigarettes. the government is already considering regulations because of concerns that many young people are vaping. a new independent adviser has been announced to provide better su

with labour london mayor sadiq khan , labour greater sadiq khan, labour greater manchester mayor andy burnhamor a ceasefire and were putting pressure on sir keir directly, contradicting his initial stance. he later called for a humanity pause, sort of struggling to work out the difference, but either is unlikely as hamas official has stated, that they wish to repeat the october 7th massacre and now our dear friend gary lineker has piped up, making a mockery of the bbc's social media policy. he sparked a fresh political row after he backed pro—palestinian protests, planning a march through london on armistice day . through london on armistice day. so he's quite happy to condemn suella braverman's language, calling it germany in the 30s. but silence when the actual massacre of jews took place on reigniting the conflict. and in a chatham house speech this week , sir keir rejected that there were divisions over the party's position in gaza. but poppy gate is a big clue . is a big clue. >> and while i understand led calls for a ceasefire at this stage, i do not believe that it is the correct posit

we've andy burnham, we've we've got andy burnham, we've got in got the leader of labour in scotland ,adow who's been the first shadow frontbencher they've frontbencher to resign. they've all got it wrong . all got it wrong. >> look, i respect those different views, but but i do think the position that is the labour party position is the right one and i think i can understand why people seeing those awful human, human suffering, the human tragedy thatis suffering, the human tragedy that is the part of any horrible conflict like this. i understand why people , you know, advocate why people, you know, advocate a ceasefire because it sounds like a way of stopping that violence. but don't think it is the but i don't think it is the right position. i don't i think a humanitarian pause gets the aid quickest. it's a aid in the quickest. it's a realistic option that could be delivered. think the kind delivered. but i think the kind of that manifested itself of threat that manifested itself to on october seventh has to israel on october seventh has to israel on october seventh has to be diminis

so andy burnham from greater manchester, london, and london, sadiq khan and liverpool's steve rotherhamry. so that's looking at core political decision making during the pandemic when decisions were made on what restrictions to impose the country . and now impose on the country. and now the mayors are likely to be questioned about communication with government during the pandemic these restrictions pandemic as these restrictions were put in place. if you remember back, it was the different tiers tier one, different tiers of tier one, tier tier three, each tier two, tier three, each having their own different set of restrictions being placed on various parts of the uk over the penod various parts of the uk over the period of the pandemic. mr burnham in particular was involved in intense talks with downing street in october 2020 excuse me . that's when we saw excuse me. that's when we saw cases soaring in manchester. and at the time there was a ten day, almost like a stand off between bofis almost like a stand off between boris johnson and mr burnham, where. mr mr johnson wanted to impose

we've also heard today from andy burnham. he was he's the mayor for greater manchester.hat he repeatedly asked to attend cobra meetings, but he wasn't invited to a single one. he said that he and other mayors had nowhere to go to voice concerns or to share information , so they resorted to information, so they resorted to communicating with people through the media. he said that the london centric decision making had negative consequences , and an example he gave is that he believes that manchester was taken out of a lockdown too soon, and that was because manchester hadn't quite reached the peak that london had. and he said therefore that left manchester with the higher rates of covid infection for the rest of covid infection for the rest of 2020. he also said that asking government for financial help and support for people who are self—employed at the time who needed to self—isolate but couldn't because they needed to go out and work, he said, asking for advice on that was like shouting he's shouting into the abyss. so he's he's continuing to give evidence now to the i

we know senior l members of labour including the mayor of london, andy burnham in greater manchester, dissent. does it make sense to you? _ to shut down dissent. does it make sense to you? look, _ to shut down dissent. does it make sense to you? look, you _ to shut down dissent. does it make sense to you? look, you cannot - to shut down dissent. does it make. sense to you? look, you cannot look at the horrendous scenes of suffering of women and children caught up in rubble, dying in the numbers we are seeing, and not in your right mind want to see a cease to this fighting. but there was a ceasefire before october the 7th. it had lasted many many months and years. it meant people were crossing gaza and working in israel. it meant money was flowing through qatar into gaza and supporting the population. the ceasefire was broken on october the 7th. despite wanting it, it is unlikely we will bring it about after just three weeks. unlikely we will bring it about afterjust three weeks. i say that because hamas are still firing rockets into israel and because the hostages are still being kept

in greater manchester, where i represent the new chief constable there under the leadership of andy burnhamhe whole way. they're policing so that every crime gets looked at, every crime gets looked at, every crime is getting looked at and i mean, how bizarre that that's that's even a thing that that we would be here talking about whether crimes should be even investigated . and i'm afraid investigated. and i'm afraid thatis investigated. and i'm afraid that is the woeful record of this government . and yes i that is the woeful record of this government. and yes i think we would all agree that that sentence is should mean the sentence is should mean the sentence that they are given. and we want to see that happen. but as i say, just a couple of weeks ago in parliament, we were weeks ago in parliament, we were we were asked to go with the government who wanted to free many other prisoners early because, frankly, the prisons are full. so, you know , you're are full. so, you know, you're sort of robbing peter to pay paul here. and i think i just don't think the government have got the record on