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over ten years ago, we know from this book by lord ashcroft, the former former tory donon he ashcrofte clear that he found that she could have been living in a different address to the one she said she was living in on the electoral register. and when and where therefore, when she sold was sold that property, was any capital tax due? this is capital gains tax due? this is nothing to do with gains nothing to do with capital gains tax. simply the police investigating whether she had misled the electoral register by living in a place she wasn't actually living in. and this comes after the police have been pressured local tory mp james pressured by local tory mp james daly. he's also a deputy chairman of the tory party at the heart of this, it goes to transparency. ever since these first these claims first emerged by michael ashcroft, lord ashcroft, the former tory donor, she's made very, very clear angela rayner. she's done nothing wrong. she's commissioned some advice from tax experts, legal experts, her words being taken by sir keir starmer and nothing wrong here. he is not asked to se

a new poll from lord ashcroft has apparently revealed that labour is now trusted more than the tories major issue, including defence and national security. however, the poll also said that 45% of voters do not want a starmer government . so is the government. so is the conservative and unionist party my party, a lost cause or is there still hope? well, considering labour is polling higher for issues they've not yet announced policies on, perhaps there is something else at play with me to discuss. this is my most intellectual panel. gb news senior political commentator nelson , and commentator nigel nelson, and the journalist and conservative peer goodman . nigel, this peer paul goodman. nigel, this fascinating poll because the straight polls have labour storming to victory. yes. and now 45% of people say they don't actually want a labour government, and 37% say they don't like the tories, but they'd much rather have a tory government. >> yeah, well, they'd prefer a tory government. i don't think they're saying they're much rather the way the rather one, that's the way the daily mail w

a new poll from lord ashcroft has apparently revealed that labour is now trusted more than the tories major issue, including defence and national security. however, the poll also said that 45% of voters do not want a starmer government . so is the government. so is the conservative and unionist party my party, a lost cause or is there still hope? well, considering labour is polling higher for issues they've not yet announced policies on, perhaps there is something else at play with me to discuss. this is my most intellectual panel. gb news senior political commentator nelson , and commentator nigel nelson, and the journalist and conservative peer goodman . nigel, this peer paul goodman. nigel, this fascinating poll because the straight polls have labour storming to victory. yes. and now 45% of people say they don't actually want a labour government, and 37% say they don't like the tories, but they'd much rather have a tory government. >> yeah, well, they'd prefer a tory government. i don't think they're saying they're much rather the way the rather one, that's the way the daily mail w

. >> lord ashcroft.to defend himself. >> i'm only quoting ian hislop on have i got news for you? >> oh, the arbiter truth. >> oh, the arbiter of truth. >> oh, the arbiter of truth. >> absolutely. >> yes, absolutely. >> yes, absolutely. >> careful. >> he's very careful. >> he's very careful. >> anybody's >> i don't think anybody's raising about raising any questions about whether ashcroft has whether or not lord ashcroft has broken law. he hasn't. no, broken the law. he hasn't. no, he has other that you he has other people that you could but he has. could go to, but he has. >> won't why hasn't sir keir >> why won't why hasn't sir keir starmer, a top lawyer, asked to see evidence? because see this legal evidence? because then he could say, look, i've read happy. read it and i'm happy. >> suspect then if he's >> well, i suspect then if he's giving renee legal giving angela renee legal advice, sort it's advice, then it's sort of it's no sort a party no longer sort of a party matter. and wouldn't it then be m

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some polling out overnight done by lord ashcroft, published in the daily mail, suggests his personalet approval rating is now —59. give you some context of what that means. that puts him on an equivalent of where john major was back in the mid 1990s, but more interestingly , he almost more interestingly, he almost exactly where jeremy corbyn was on the eve of the 2019 general election. but there's something even worse than that in this polling. it suggests that on defence, taxation, migration and brexit. and think about those four, because they're all areas that historically would have been stronger for conservatives and for the labour party in all four of those areas. we find labour are now more trusted. keir starmer's labour party , keir starmer's labour party, more trusted than rishi sunak's conservative, lives now. the one thing we can also say through this and much other polling, is there is no great enthusiasm for keir starmer, no great love of keir starmer, no great love of keir starmer, no great love of keir starmer. keir starmer, no great love of keir starmer . this is not 1

two tories have been central to amplifying this row — former donor lord ashcroft and deputy party chairjameshlighted to police reports that neighbours of angela rayner say she wasn t living at vicarage road. she hit out at the conservatives in her statement tonight saying, "we have seen the tory party use this playbook before, reporting political opponents to the police during election campaigns to distract from their record. i will say as i did before, if i committed a criminal offence, i would of course do the right thing and step down. the british public deserves politicians who know the rules apply to them." history, however, suggests the chances of prosecution are small. it was a minor issue forjohn major when in 1968 he stood for and won a council seat that he shouldn t have. that is because mister major was my eligibility as a candidate rested on an incorrect entry in the electoral register. the 1960 at register shows him at 1a templer st in lambeth. and remember the 2017 stoke by—election? when police concluded there was "insufficient evidence" of criminal activity after ukip s paul

i think it was lord ashcroft's poll.e tories had fallen behind labour on every single area of policy in terms of public trust , whether it's of public trust, whether it's defence, law and order. but shockingly, labour now trusted. more on brexit. and yet you're clearly not trumpeting these success stories loudly enough. i appreciate you're on with us today, which is great, but why aren't why isn't the government shouting from the rafters the successes of brexit? >> yes , i mean, i've been in >> yes, i mean, i've been in this job a year, so >> yes, i mean, i've been in thisjob a year, so i'm minister this job a year, so i'm minister for exports and i have to tell you , it is all i see is a strong you, it is all i see is a strong recovery and good news. and we have to get this message out loud and clear , there is a one loud and clear, there is a one part of our, one part of our pie chart is 24% of our 850 billion of exports, 24% is manufactured goods to the eu, where there has been friction, no doubt. okay. the other 76%

she got married in 2010, sold it in 2015 and it follows some reports in a book by lord ashcroft thate of that, she may have actually underpaid a little bit of tax. she strongly denied all of that. she says she's had tax and legal advice to that effect. the other allegation is that she might have provided inaccurate information on documents at the time, relating to that council flat. at the time, relating to that councilflat. the police that at the time, relating to that council flat. the police that there were no grounds for investigation but then james daley who represents the constituency of greater manchester got involved and gmp have said in the last hour or so they are now looking at whether a crime, and events, might have been committed here, following that reassessment of that information provided byjames daley. angela rayner, has protested her innocence. she's faced lots and lots of questions about it. she says she is prepared to hand over that tax and legal advice to the authorities, should they require it. she says she will not put it into the public domain because it conta

in lord ashcroft's forthcoming book.erialised it and got this line about home. and now serialised it and got this line abo mail home. and now serialised it and got this line abo mail on home. and now serialised it and got this line abo mail on sunday)me. and now serialised it and got this line abo mail on sunday is e. and now serialised it and got this line abo mail on sunday is basically»w the mail on sunday is basically saying that that they have got evidence that she has lied and that she was living in the house with the husband because they claim that she took photographs, which she posted on social media saying like delighted to saying things like delighted to be was the husband's be home and it was the husband's home, the home that home, not the home that she's claiming her home. yes, claiming was her main home. yes, yes, this, yes, it's confusing. this, i suppose bigger is, is suppose the bigger issue is, is she becoming liability for she becoming a liability for keir starmer? >> well, you know what? i think that

lord ashcroft , okay, issue. famous guy did a big poll and the majority thought the rwanda idea was nuts . idea was nuts. >> well, we'll have to see how it all turns out, but denis macshane, thank you very much for joining us and talking us forjoining us and talking us through your perspective . through your perspective. >> coming up very soon, we're heading to dartford, where plenty of people are celebrating all things english for saint george's day. you're with good afternoon britain on . gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:24. now, some breaking news just in our royal correspondent, cameron walker is here with us now because , cameron, there's now because, cameron, there's been an update from the royals. what is it there has tom. >> yes. kensington palace in the last few moments has released a new photograph of prince louis to mark his sixth birthday. i can tell you that it was taken by the princess of wales in the last few days in the grounds of windsor castle. i'm also assured that this photograph i

and yet they say they think labour the tories and crunching ashcroft's crunching to lord ashcroft's numbersdeal with taking brexit forward, brexit forward. and yet keir starmer was the labour spokesman, the shadow brexit secretary under corbyn, secretary under jeremy corbyn, who put forward a plan not once but twice for a second referendum to spike and scupper brexit. and yet he's ahead. >> astonishing >> he's astonishing and rishi sunak. >> he's astonishing and rishi sunak . let's not forget he's sunak. let's not forget he's a true brexiteer. yeah, he he was an brexiteer . i know an original brexiteer. i know people associate with an original brexiteer. i know peopisunak associate with an original brexiteer. i know peopisunak . associate with an original brexiteer. i know peopisunak . they. ate with an original brexiteer. i know peopisunak . they. and with an original brexiteer. i know peopisunak . they. and so with an original brexiteer. i know peopisunak . they. and so it's:h rishi sunak. they. and so it's bizarre that keir starmer is more trusted on brexit. i think ultimately look k—iso

but if we look at the ashcroft polling, there's not actually a good appetite for starmer.le are saying to me they don't want to vote for laboun they don't want to vote for labour, but give me a reason to vote conservative. well, i mean, you'd say a lot of the tory votes are going to reform. i mean, the labour polling isn't really up from the corbyn era, is it? so what do the tories do about reform? because actual about reform? because in actual fact, asking me, fact, if you're asking me, i don't think they particularly care much about winning don't think they particularly care i much about winning don't think they particularly care i think:h about winning don't think they particularly care i think they)ut winning don't think they particularly care i think they just/inning don't think they particularly care i think they just wantg don't think they particularly care i think they just want to seats. i think they just want to obliterate the tories. >> look, richard >> well, i mean, look, richard tice has said that and, you know , other of their members have also said that. but

and now it's the poll by lord ashcroft. >> i also think that behind. >> i also think that behind. >>. they cannot be doing all of the cyber crime stuff and all of the cyber crime stuff and all of the cyber crime stuff and all of these thousands of demos that, sorry, thousands of demonstrators every weekend, as well as doing bread and butter, things like attending burglaries, which they're not doing, don't do that. bothering with shoplifting , which they're with shoplifting, which they're not doing. so they are the sort of on the streets bobby stuff is has been completely abandoned . has been completely abandoned. it seems to me you don't see police officers on. >> and what's quite interesting is, of course, we have in may coming up in just 3 to 2, two and a half weeks time. we have elections across england and wales for police and crime commissioners, one of the tories big initiatives. who knows who exactly. so i'm not sure if it's still current labour policy, but when i was there, it was labour's policy to get rid of them and spend the money on bobbies on the beat. >> would anyone n

. >> ashcroft hasn't done >> lord ashcroft hasn't done badly i talk about this?r inbox is full of this, this is a group of this, this is about a group of paediatricians. stephen saying that be to that we shouldn't be able to smack own because smack our own children because it violence and mental it leads to violence and mental health problems in later life. are they right? health problems in later life. are i hey right? health problems in later life. arei thinkght? health problems in later life. are i think you've health problems in later life. arei think you've got health problems in later life. are i think you've got to health problems in later life. arei think you've got to work >> i think you've got to work out. the hell do mean out. what the hell do you mean by smacking? mean, it's a slap by smacking? i mean, it's a slap on the legs. if the on the back of the legs. if the child is completely of child is completely out of control, understand taking control, i can understand taking the belt to a child. no. absolutely not. hitting an absolutely not. hitting wit

i mean, what's interesting is that lord ashcroft writes a whole biography of angela rayner, and that'san find that possibly nobody knows that she owes £1,500 in capital gains tax. and you know, it's between, i mean, her and hmrc, the tax people are sorting it out. i mean yeah, i think i think frankly that in politics most things are fair game, and that's been trying to pull a fast one or not. >> no. >> no. >> look, this happened as he's over ten years ago. she wasn't an mp. >> she wasn't anything that doesn't matter if this was something to do with boris johnson, and it was to do with like years ago. and i was sitting here saying to you whatever it was. oh, but scarlett, it was years ago. and you would be having none of it. no i haven't gone and no i mean, i haven't gone on and on about all, all the on about all, all, all the things that boris has done wrong over the years. >> look what i've said is it's fair game, right? it's fair game that investigate. that they investigate. >> they're just >> they're looking they're just pulling one. no, don't pulling a fast one. no, i don't think s

after lord ashcroft, his facts. after lord ashcroft, his book, former tory donor.ut it . she's gone after the it. she's gone after the messenger, not the facts. and now it's up to the police. >> okay, well, that news about angela rayner certainly angela rayner has certainly overshadow the big announcement angela rayner has certainly overslabourthe big announcement angela rayner has certainly overslabour leader announcement angela rayner has certainly overslabour leader an|keircement from labour leader sir keir starmer today, who's promised that the uk's nuclear deterrent is safe in his hands. and sir keir has spent today in barrow in furness, where his party has said all four new dreadnoughts nuclear submarines would be built under a labour government. now, of course, this is a huge shift in policy from the jeremy corbyn years because corbyn was famously opposed to the use of any nuclear weapons. but sir keir says the labour party has changed commitment i've made here today is really important. >> i think i'm the first labour leader to come here to the shipyard, he

came out in the michael ashcroft book the red queen. >> yeah.e this, i'm made a mistake about this, i'm going it out. and going to sort it out. and because the great because during the great expenses scandal, matthew, you remember number expenses scandal, matthew, you remewhor number expenses scandal, matthew, you remewho flipped number expenses scandal, matthew, you remewho flipped their number expenses scandal, matthew, you remewho flipped their properties mps who flipped their properties to capital gains tax. and to avoid capital gains tax. and i can remember the mp for , she i can remember the mp for, she was a labour minister, used to ride a motorbike . bazball is ride a motorbike. bazball is hazel blears waving a cheque for about £13,000, saying i'm off to hmrc to my bill. hmrc to pay my bill. >> i'll see what i think's happened absolutely. happened is absolutely. and i think so one of the think that this so one of the issues of dispute is angela says she's tax and advice and she's had tax and advice and that's told her that doesn't that's

to coin the phrase of lord ashcroft, the red queen. >> is she terrified of just >> why is she terrifiedst coming about the electoral coming clean about the electoral roll? well, roll? suzanne? well, because your on the reason she's your views on the reason she's not coming if indeed is not coming clean if indeed is his is being portrayed, his as is being portrayed, which, let's honest, she's which, let's be honest, she's innocent guilty. innocent until proven guilty. >> she's >> it's because she's technically criminal technically committed a criminal offence. that's why offence. yes. so that's why we've be very careful we've got to be very careful here. >> look, $— here. >> look, carol's already >> but look, carol's already used the h word, and it's a word i hate hypocrisy. it's the one thing i can't stand. and this has got hypocrisy written all overit has got hypocrisy written all over it in red ink and capital letters. benjamin, this was letters. benjamin, if this was a conservative you would be conservative mp, you would be crawling all over this. you would be saying it was as much a

stories , and he's done this at a stories, and he's done this at a time when they were poll by lord ashcroftast week showing unbelievably that labour are now ahead of the tories on who you trusted most on defence. extraordinary. well but where will this money be spent? is it on extra soldiers? do we need extra soldiers? do we need more people to operate drones and cyber warfare isn't that where it's all at now? >> and it's research and development. grant shapps was saying this morning, i don't know, i don't feel very reassured by research and development, just kind of really like a lot more bombs, please. or somebody to stop them, drop some way of them being dropped on us, andy has said, i don't think the conservatives can do anything to save themselves. now. i don't think anyone i don't actually think anyone thinks labour will be any better, but people just want change. >> and to be honest, and again, at that reception last night, that's what people were saying. well, we know that labour won't be much better, but we're just sick to death of the tories. >> that's right, keep your messages co

with all laws at the time, because according to this new book, which has been published by lord ashcroftg completely forthcoming about house was not being completely forthas|ing about house was not being completely forthas livingyout house was not being completely forthas living int house was not being completely forthas living in at house was not being completely forthas living in at timese was not being completely forthas living in at time .5 she was living in at the time. she had one house where she registered the electoral registered it on the electoral registered it on the electoral register . and yet at the same register. and yet at the same time, she also appearing to time, she was also appearing to be at another place. be living at another place. according to local residents in manchester. and therefore this has sparked a whole row, with the conservatives now demanding that forthcoming that she be very forthcoming about advice she about the tax advice she received and rayner has been going out, saying the tax going out, saying that the tax advice received suggests advice she's re

that latest poll you're talking about was, by law, lord ashcroft, although although 45% of people weren'tt certain that labour will get a majority of the election. quite how much we'll have to see. i don't think the tories will wiped out, as polls will be wiped out, as the polls suggest . suggest. >> w a @— >> is angela rayner a problem for , it's not a good look, for them, it's not a good look, i mean, no one wants to be investigated by the police, which is what angela rayner is facing. i don't think it'll actually make a huge difference in the polls. and what she said is, if she's convicted of a criminal offence , that she will criminal offence, that she will quit, i think that would be a pity quit, i think that would be a pity , but we'll have to have to pity, but we'll have to have to wait for the outcome of the police investigation in to see where this one goes next. >> meanwhile, it's a game of ping >> meanwhile, it's a game of ping pong, not just rwanda, but with amount of sort like, with the amount of sort of like, controversies , i think controversies, i think is the polite of pu

and the other thing i would say to caveat this poll is that it is conducted by lord ashcroft.it of trying to undermine sunak. i think, undermine rishi sunak. i think, let's be honest, that's the purpose of this poll . but to not purpose of this poll. but to not be leading on any area whatsoever , even on those whatsoever, even on those traditional and also this isn't an outlier poll that you know, most of the polling for the last two years. >> don't think tories have >> i don't think the tories have been on any published poll been ahead on any published poll for over two years. and the problem with this is that it sets the narrative. you have a sense, which is that actually the conservatives can't do anything the anything right. and the only the only psychological issue is if a number of voters think, oh, well, actually it's not worth me voting then, because it's obviously going to a labour obviously going to be a labour landslide therefore i don't landslide and therefore i don't have vote. that's the only have to vote. so that's the only thing labour might to thing that labou

emanated basically so this story emanated from of her written from a biography of her written by lord ashcroftty chair, treasurer, now, this this came out recently, maybe the last month or two. and in that there is a lengthy statement from her reacting to the comments. now, they were obviously would have gone to a long, long time ago when the book was being written. and that is locked her into is almost locked her into a position. you know, that as we've said, it's always been about i've done wrong. about i've done nothing wrong. it's above the book, all it's all above the book, all above and you have above board, and you just have to take on it. so to take my word on it. so there's no it's difficult for her to back on that without her to roll back on that without being accused of a of a u—turn. but you're right, would be but you're right, it would be much easy. and we're not much more easy. and we're not talking of here. talking millions of pounds here. it's £1,500. and think people it's £1,500. and i think people would fair play to would have said fair play to you. made little you. you know,