now, though, let's get straight back to ben liri. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphonegn up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> thanks, sam, and good evening to you at home. do you remember the lawyer from the manchester airport police assault? >> a ct scan has revealed there is a cyst on his brain. >> there he is. well, he's back today because after narrowly failing last year to become an mp and before that, the mayor of birmingham, akhmed yakoob, is now creating a new islamic political party. >> we are going to put up candidates in every ward in birmingham. we have mentioned it before, now is the time to take action. we are going to launch independent candidate alliance and all other candidates will be under that umbrella. for far too long, the labour. >> party and its councillors and members of parliament have reaped the rewards on the back of our communities and, rather than represent them, have misrepresented them no more. >> it's because the councillors and the members of parliament are subservient to their leadership, rather than

we are live across the united kingdom on gb news with ben liri and me. >> nana akua morning to you.e you're well. thank you for your company. nana. first questions first. rachel reeves disaster. is the clock ticking? >> the clock is ticking. she looks like one of those lego pieces, actually. or a bit like twiki in buck rogers. mega mega mega. mega mega. look. okay. keir. all i'm thinking here is that the things that she put in place. so of course high inflation. this is stagflation. stagflation is characterised by high inflation. you've got low economic growth. and then of course you've got unemployment rising. now all the things she's put in place to help unemployment. well the national insurance hike on private employee employees is madness. she even said it herself. that is not going to help. so everything she's done inflation, inflation busting pay rises to pubuc inflation busting pay rises to public sector workers, a lot of them paying it off. 8 billion, apparently out of the so—called £22 billion black hole. again, another unwise move. and then of course, low growth business r

it's just gone. 6:00 i'm ben liri. >> i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast. so coyte, how would nellie and dudley feel about going on a vegan diet.7 >> i don't think. >> i don't think. >> they coyte dogs, by the way. >> they coyte dogs, by the way. >> yes. well, yes. i don't think they mind too much. >> really. >> really. >> i don't. well, they wouldn't bother. they'd just eat anything. i bet they're double the price, though, aren't they? >> do you not think that's a bit cruel? >> do i think it's. >> do i think it's. >> cruel dogs to eat vegan food? >> cruel dogs to eat vegan food? >> shoo lee in the wild. they'll just eat meat. they'll hunt. >> no, they're not wolves. it's a cocker spaniel. they're not far off, though. actually, yes. remember the. well, the thing is, dudley, because he's had pancreatitis. so i have to be careful what i give him. broccoli. he has broccoli for his treats. >> does he like broccoli? >> does he like broccoli? >> he loves broccoli. so the problem is, it's like 330 in the morning when i'm getting up and i'm going downstairs and he'