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so the study focused on three very specific places within bradford.le from many different backgrounds live, but it does have a large pakistani community. in pakistan, i don't have any figures of how often cousin marriages are taking place there, but it is practiced more widely than here in the uk, and over there, when it takes place, it's seen to keep land in the family and cement family ties. and just behind me you can see an article on the bbc website looking at cousin marriages. in that article are anecdotes of people sharing their experiences. one woman saying that she had a cousin marriage in the 19805 and on her wedding day, that was the first time that she properly met her husband. she says her children won't be going down that route. and another person who had a cousin marriage talks about why, for them, they see it as a valuable tradition. so lots of thoughts and opinions on that bbc article, and you can listen to born in bradford on bbc sounds. the pop singer, taylor swift, says she's devastated by the death of a fan, before one of her shows

a new "virtual ward" service being trialled in bradford for end—of—life patients is already halving ther of unplanned hospital bed days among those it sees. the marie curie react service is being piloted over three years and is a collaboration between bradford teaching hospitals and the charity. jamie coulson has more. so we've got 100 patients in the department at the moment and there's about five of those who look to be in the last year of life, and those are the patients that we really want to help. at bradford royal infirmary, dr claire raymond is part of the react team in a&e that specialises in palliative and end—of—life care. hi, michael. their role is to help patients who might be able to go home and avoid a hospital admission if the right support is put in place. have you been coughing any more than normal? michael lives with the lung condition copd and was brought in with breathing problems. one minute, you can be you can be fine and talking normal, and then the next thing, you can be out of it because you can't breathe. for most people, if you ask them if they knew that they

and bradford west, bradford east and bradford west, which are my two neighbouring seats . mean, perfectlysurely, that local mps are going to want to represent mainstream opinion represent the mainstream opinion in their constituencies. i mean, presumably that's not about being on the hard left or whatever it might be. it's simply a question of reflecting the views of their constituents. so yeah , absolutely. so yeah, absolutely. >> and we've got to be very careful with that. you know, constituency mps have to be able to represent their constituents as you, you know, don't need to tell guys, but this tell both of you guys, but this is what the leader of the party needs to very cautious about. needs to be very cautious about. his prime his voice is to be the prime minister. it's very , very minister. it's a very, very different role. know, he different role. you know, he needs able to operate needs to be able to operate on the all the the world stage with all the caution that that requires. caution that that that requires. and know, the constituency and you know, the constituency mps need a

district police chief bradford.chief inspector wood of bradford inspector paul wood of bradford district police said that they are aware of those videos circulating on social media and they say that they are understandably distressed to those locally and they have they have out more officers have brought out more officers in that local area to try and reassure the community. now it seems to be birmingham, where these mice attacks are happening , that those specific attacks, of course , have not spread of course, have not spread elsewhere in the country. but keighley is a different kind of attack that attack on that starbucks, course, starbucks, of course, is criminal damage. it's vandalism that those the people in those videos were doing smashing those glass panes. so that is a different kind of protest. we know in bristol there was protests gathered outside the mcdonald's . and so there's lots mcdonald's. and so there's lots of different community protests that all around of different community protests thaicountry

for this fall in cousin marriages in bradford. partner. and particularly rejecting the idea of cousin marriages. the research talked about other possible reasons as well, staying in education longer is influencing young people because my choices and tougher immigration rules mean it is harder to bring a husband or wife over to the uk. so the study focused on three very specific places within bradford. it is a place where people from many different backgrounds live, but it does have a large pakistani community. in pakistan, i don't have any figures of how often cousin marriage is taking place there, but it is practised more widely than here in the uk. and over there it is seen to keep land in the family and cement family ties. and just behind me you can see an article on the bbc website looking at cousin marriages. and in that article, there are anecdotes of people sharing their experiences. 0ne anecdotes of people sharing their experiences. one woman saying that she had a cousin marriage in the 19805 and on her wedding day, that w

, in >> he's an mp in bradford, in bradford george bradford in 2012, george galloway famous gallowayin that seat because it's got a very large muslim constituency party muslim constituency with a party called respect and he was standing a on a party standing on a on a on a party pledge of get the troops out of afghanis. it was afghanis. khan and it was a famous by—election victory. i'm sure mr hussain is very sincere, but he's looking at his majority and but that's and thinking, blimey, but that's part and thinking, blimey, but that's part joy and thinking, blimey, but that's part joy democracy. part of the joy of democracy. >> it is who we are. and look, if he's got that sincere belief, all to him for the all credit to him for having the courage conviction to do courage and the conviction to do something about just giving up a ministerial car. something about just giving up a mirand'ial car. something about just giving up a mirand'ial carnext year, >> and so for next year, i disagree with him, but i respect his judgement and courage in his judgement and his courage in doing his judg

yesterday. incidents in bradford yesterday. by west yorkshire police about his possible involvement. of course , possible involvement. of course, in those attacks. and of course around the country. it's also bristol as well, where we've seen protests outside of mcdonald's. no mention of mice, no stick insects actually going into the mcdonald's. but protests outside the mcdonald's, thatis protests outside the mcdonald's, that is because of course, as you mentioned, emily, mcdonald's, israel talking about their , of course, free meals to their, of course, free meals to idf soldiers, despite cuts to security forces. but mcdonald's themselves , a spokesperson for themselves, a spokesperson for themselves, a spokesperson for them did say, of course, that they were deeply concerned about they were deeply concerned about the incidents that a resulted, they say disinformation about their conflicts in the middle east. and they say they are not funding or supporting any governments involved in this conflict. and any actions, they say, fr

omani have married people in bradford's pakistan ocousin have married people in bradford's pakistantan ocousin has decreased over married people in bradford's pakistan ocousin has decreased over the rried a cousin has decreased over the last decade , and the change has last decade, and the change has been put to down higher educational attainment changes been put to down higher edimmigrationainment changes been put to down higher edimmigration rules�*nt changes been put to down higher edimmigration rules and changes been put to down higher edimmigration rules and new ges in immigration rules and new family roles. the bbc was absolutely , utterly jubilant absolutely, utterly jubilant about this fact and touted it as , you know, oh, look at this. good news story. i thought , it good news story. i thought, it ain't good news that over 40% of people are still marrying their cousin. well, i'm sorry, darren. >> that is a vicious attack on our late monarch . very very, our late monarch. very very, very distant. >> that's not that's not the same. >> it was almost 100 years ago as well. >> o

omani have married people in bradford's pakistan ocousin have married people in bradford's pakistantan ocousin has decreased over married people in bradford's pakistan ocousin has decreased over the rried a cousin has decreased over the last decade , and the change has last decade, and the change has been put to down higher educational attainment changes been put to down higher edimmigrationainment changes been put to down higher edimmigration rules�*nt changes been put to down higher edimmigration rules and changes been put to down higher edimmigration rules and new ges in immigration rules and new family roles. the bbc was absolutely , utterly jubilant absolutely, utterly jubilant about this fact and touted it as , you know, oh, look at this. good news story. i thought , it good news story. i thought, it ain't good news that over 40% of people are still marrying their cousin. well, i'm sorry, darren. >> that is a vicious attack on our late monarch . very very, our late monarch. very very, very distant. >> that's not that's not the same. >> it was almost 100 years ago as well. >> o

finally, bradford is falling.ood news. this is finally, some good news. this is bradford, isn't it? the uk city where locals where loads of locals marry their cousins. but the number is starting to fall. we know this is one of those traditions that i was talking about the clash of cultures and all that. but apparently the new generation basically is less interested . and also that's not interested. and also that's not forget there's more mobility . so forget there's more mobility. so they rebel against the arranged marriages and oftentimes these arranged marriages are marriages between cousins. we're talking about especially people or maybe exclusively, i'd hope so. people of south asian descent or background. so i'm amazed. pakistanis west country joke actually , i think it's still do actually, i think it's still do you want to make one near your people there i want to gig in that area so i don't want to alienate people. yeah they're saying like staying longer in education. about education. the knowledge about th

cities like birmingham, bradford and wakefield would be very different places, wouldn't they? be continuously removing the word christmas from christmas events just in case. dunng christmas events just in case. during the reference to the birth of jesus christ, we happen to offend or exclude people talking of christmas, the kensington event has been cancelled this year due to security fears and i'll just leave that there. so so to summarise, keir starmer has managed to release a video that's as popular as a in a lift, and in doing so he's annoyed pretty much everybody from every different pocket of society . absolutely mega result . society. absolutely mega result. well done, sir keir, but let's get the thoughts of my panel. we've got author and broadcaster christine hamilton. we've got businessman and activist adam brooks and the former labour party adviser, matthew laser. matthew, i will start with you. >> i thought you might. >> i thought you might. >> yeah. your leader's cocked it up. >> oh, no, no. i mean , i've sat >> oh, no, no. i mean, i've sat in the lead of the oppos

finally, bradford is falling.his is finally, some good news. this is bradford, isn't it? the uk city where locals where loads of locals marry their cousins. but the number is starting to fall. we know this is one of those traditions that i was talking about the clash of cultures and all that. but apparently the new generation basically is less interested . and also that's not interested. and also that's not forget there's more mobility . so forget there's more mobility. so they rebel against the arranged marriages and oftentimes these arranged marriages are marriages between cousins. we're talking about especially people or maybe exclusively, i'd hope so. people of south asian descent or background. so i'm amazed. pakistanis west country joke actually , i think it's still do actually, i think it's still do you want to make one near your people there i want to gig in that area so i don't want to alienate people. yeah they're saying like staying longer in education. knowledge saying like staying longer in edu sortyn

against. the ceasefire resolution, which was few days ago, you prominent again amongst them, the bradford mp, miss naz voted, or the touting mp, dr. khan, she voted, lot of muslim mps, whether conservative or labor, look, the reality is that these are short-term politicians, they are really looking that when am i going to become a minister, like you quite rightly pointed out, because that's his sort of modest operand. if you like that when he actually becomes the foreign minister he doesn't want you know for what common so they only look at how much power they have, how much sort of status they have, and therefore they will compromise whatever needs to be compromised in their own, but i don't understand how calling for a cessation of violence is a hot take, how is this controversial? because the... want to give the zionist entity as much time as possible to destroy what their aim is to hamas, but really at the end of the day they're not going to destroy the resistance, they know it very well, their sort of intelligence forces, the military know that it's an ideology, it's a way of it migh

the colony governor william bradford. but the one at berkeley was the one that was official because it was ordered by england and it was to be done perpetually and annually, which it was. so that makes a difference between the thanksgiving at berkeley, how that's different from the pilgrims and mass jesus and other thanksgivings at the time. plus, it was two years earlier in those days, thanksgivings were prime eerily a part of the new england lifestyle. there was also a lady burton by the name of sarah josepha hale. she was a 73 year old magazine editor, and she had been trying for 15 years to get one of the presidents of the united states to listen to her. she was very well thought of in the united states in those days and quite influential. well, eventually, after 15 years, abrinco did listen to her and designated the official thanksgiving day. it was five days after he met with her that he did that. so he was it is said in a washington post article i just read recently that she may have had some influence on him with

worse at the rate it is now, people are not going to have homes to go to in primrose hill or in bradford0 years time. but in the meantime , weather conditions meantime, weather conditions that we they're not to going no one's saying they're not going to have homes in bradford or primrose hill in time. >> this is a this is sheer >> and this is a this is sheer alarmism. is very unlikely, alarmism. this is very unlikely, if alarmism. alarmism. this is very unlikely, if thelarmism. alarmism. this is very unlikely, if the weather the weather has >> the weather the weather has been progressively been getting progressively worse. everybody has worse. and everybody has experienced this . and we are experienced this. and we are going to be getting. but you're from manchester. the weather's always bad. >> they have especially bad . the >> they have especially bad. the ipcc report said there'd be no more hurricanes in the united states in recent years and no hurricanes that you could attribute to global warming. >> you will find >> well, i think you will find there are other people who would disagr

voted against the ceasefire resolution, which was few days ago, you prominent again amongst them the bradford mp, miss naz voted, or the touting mp, dr. khan, she voted, lot of muslim mps whether conservative or labor. look, the reality is that these are short-term politicians, they are really looking that when am i going to become a minister, like you quite rightly pointed out, because that's his sort of modest operandi, if you like that when he actually becomes the foreign minister, he doesn't... want you know for what you uh, so they only look at how much power they have, how much sort of status they have, and therefore they will compromise whatever needs to be compromised in their own, but i don't understand how calling for a cessation of violence is a hot take, how is this controversial? because they want to give the zionist entity as much time. as possible to destroy what their aim is to hamas, but really at the end of the day they're not going to destroy the resistance, they know it very well, they sort of intelligence forces, the military know that it's an ideology, it's a way of it m

will decide whether they allow the ambulance to enter the body. of life nasasra to the village of bradford or not in al-quds palestinians were not able unfortunately to pray friday prayers at the mosk, israeli soldiers had stationed at the entrances of the mask and also in the roads leading to the old town, only 4000 palestinians succeeded to pray at them. this is very sad number as palestinians are saying, the majority of those who were allowed to inter alamas were only elderly and women. people decided to pray in the in several neighborhoods around the al-aqsa most and around the old town, but in the neighborhood of wadi aljows, israeli soldiers fire gas canisters and the skunk water in order to force the people leave the earth and not even pray inside the al-quds city, the the holy city of al-quds number of... palestinians had been wonded as well while the israeli soldiers had attacked the people. overall we can say that 183 palestinians were killed since the beginning of the israeli war on the gaza strap, unfortunately the number of palestinians who had been detained continues to askly

imran hussain, who has been an mp in bradford since 2015, said a ceasefire was essential to ending theto labour's agenda but his view on gaza differed "substantially" from the position sir keir had adopted. sir keir has called for humanitarian pauses in gaza but has not supported calls for a ceasefire at this time. to the united states now. voters in ohio have approved a constitutional amendment, which guarantees the right to abortion in the state. ohio is the seventh state to back the right to abortion, following the supreme court's decision last year to remove it nationally. there have been elections across several states. the "deep red state" of kentucky, where donald trump won with a 26—point lead in 2020, has re—elected its democrat governor, andy beshear. and in philadelphia, cherelle parker has become the first woman mayor of the city. the votes are a chance for the major parties to test the public mood ahead of next year's presidential election. so live now to los angeles to can speak to our correspondent, peter bowes. hello to you, peter. just take us through what's happened o

there is a letter but also the bradford mp was very clear in the house of commons that she would be votinglls for longer humanitarian pauses to get fuel as well as food into gaza but stopped short of calling for a ceasefire. the snp motion, which people are voting on right now, as we speak, is the one which calls for an immediate ceasefire so she fully expects to be sacked. to front bench colleagues medically in the house of commons that they, too, are backing a ceasefire and the expectation is there will be voting also with the snp and polar biker, another shadow minister, has said in the past few minutes that she is backing a ceasefire as well and has sent out a letter. so perhaps only two formal resignation letters from the house of commons, we think that number is currently at five but also from sources i been speaking to in the labour party the expectation is that number will rise when we start looking at the voting rolls, looking at the record of how people are voted. some others that may not have been vocal in saying that they are distancing themselves from kier starmer�*s motion, n

they go by the bradford house, which was the scene of terrible fighting. on the second day they go by bell made. and they look out from the trenches and see an alicia macklin's home, the wealthiest lady in tennessee, probably in south. she inherited from her second husband, 8700 acres here, 50,000 acres in texas. louisiana stocks, bonds 750 slaves married three times, died on a shopping trip in new york in 1887. belmont was her summer home, had a zoo and gardens. it was part of the outer line. brandon hewlett talked about, and it was thomas wood's headquarters. some of the roads in nashville were good, but lo and behold, pat thomas is in nashville. thomas had his problems with grant, but he was sherman's most trusted subordinate and sherman sent him to nashville to get nashville, ready for the fight. as brian had told you in the previous speech nashville was the third most fortified city in the united states, d.c. and richmond. i say ten or 11 miles of trenches around nashville, impregnable to assault. who knew this from spies? but hearing it and seeing it

they go by the bradford house, which was the scene of terrible fighting. on the second day they go by bell made. and they look out from the trenches and see an alicia macklin's home, the wealthiest lady in tennessee, probably in south. she inherited from her second husband, 8700 acres here, 50,000 acres in texas. louisiana stocks, bonds 750 slaves married three times, died on a shopping trip in new york in 1887. belmont was her summer home, had a zoo and gardens. it was part of the outer line. brandon hewlett talked about, and it was thomas wood's headquarters. some of the roads in nashville were good, but lo and behold, pat thomas is in nashville. thomas had his problems with grant, but he was sherman's most trusted subordinate and sherman sent him to nashville to get nashville, ready for the fight. as brian had told you in the previous speech nashville was the third most fortified city in the united states, d.c. and richmond. i say ten or 11 miles of trenches around nashville, impregnable to assault. who knew this from spies? but hearing it and seeing it

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the bradford mp imran hussain said a ceasefire is essential to ending the bloodshed in gaza. 0ur political the labour front bench over this issue of whether the party should be backing a ceasefire. remember, about a third of the parliamentary party wants labour to support a ceasefire, including about 15 other shadow ministers and there have been dozens of resignations among councillors across the country over this. but i think the question is whether his resignation will prompt a wave of others from the labour front bench and i think the answer to that, from talking to mps privately, is that it won't. rememberthe talking to mps privately, is that it won't. remember the official labour position is a ceasefire would only serve to freeze the conflict, as it is in their words leaving hamas with the infrastructure to carry out future attacks. they see humanitarian pause as being the best and most realistic way they say to address the humanitarian emergency in gaza. keir starmer so far resisting pressure to change course. without wanting to get into the weeds of commons procedure, imran hussain

the mp for bradford east was explicit in condemning hamas attack on october seventh, but said the situationn gaza was horrific. he says sir keir starmer should be calling for a ceasefire a war memorial in rochdale's being guarded by police after protesters sprayed free palestine graffiti across the base. greater manchester police said the cenotaph was vandalised and poppies were removed yesterday afternoon and it's currently a crime scene. the force and rochdale council have condemned the vandalism as criminal disrespect act and totally unacceptable . reports to totally unacceptable. reports to a uk police counter—terrorism hotline have more than doubled since hamas launched its attack on israel. police say the hotline received just over 1300 reports between the seventh and the 25th of october, more than twice the number of contacts compared to the same period last yeah compared to the same period last year. the national counter—terrorism squad that monitors material online has also seen a rise in referrals , also seen a rise in referrals, with almost 2000 made by the pubuc with almost 2000

the northern lights lit up the sky behind me in bradford yesterday evening, but they were seen from northern of frost in eastern scotland, but the showers are pestering northern western parts of scotland coming into the central belt, passing over the pennines, coming across northern ireland and one or two elsewhere as well. but temperatures for the time of year around par, 11 to 13 or 14 degrees celsius. but they will dip away overnight despite those showers, as you can see, continuing even into the central belt of scotland where we see the clearer skies here. we'll see touch of frost, probably some mist and fog as well. and it'll be slightly chillier further south, particularly across eastern areas. further west, likely to keep a bit more breeze and a few more showers, which takes us into another day of sunny spells and showers tomorrow. for tuesday, yes, there'll be some frost and some fog to get rid of, particularly in the north. but as the day goes, a little ridge of high pressure will tend to ease the shower activity across northern ireland and western areas as well. so perhaps a few mo

of course, he's the mp for bradford east. all eyes right now in parliament are this.ent to the queen's the king's speech that went down overnight right so far in man hussein's name is not on it. however, there are names of however, there are 15 names of labour mps on it going formally against the party's position. this amendment calls for the government to urgently press all parties to agree an immediate ceasefire to and to the ceasefire to and to end the total siege of gaza. this is not where the labour party is at the moment and it's a problem, as you there. that you say there. pippa, that goes back to the interview which sir keir gave to lbc a few keir starmer gave to lbc a few days after original attack days after the original attack by israel . and he said by hamas on israel. and he said then that israel a right to then that israel had a right to defend itself and said that in suggested disputed what suggested and is disputed what he by this, that the water he meant by this, that the water could to people in in could be denied to people in in in gaza. and of cour

i'm now joined by naz shower, the former shadow home office minister who represents our bradford seatber, i am clear that from the facts, the people on the ground, and watching what is happening, a child dying every ten minutes. since those reports we have had more children dying. as one of my colleagues, afzal khan, put it, if we had had a ceasefire yesterday 144 children would not have died. every speech in the chamber today was very poignant about why we need to ceasefire. we are not alone in asking for a ceasefire. in addition to the pope, the archbishop of canterbury —— canterbury, emanuel macron has asked for it, many people, so we are not alone in asking for a ceasefire.- people, so we are not alone in asking for a ceasefire. your speech was very powerful, _ asking for a ceasefire. your speech was very powerful, talking - asking for a ceasefire. your speech was very powerful, talking about i asking for a ceasefire. your speech l was very powerful, talking about the bombing of mosques, schools, it was a very emotional time, but behind—the—scenes in terms of practical discussions

the ground here, wisner able to break a tackle, another one, finally cut down at the 49 by tony bradfordant texas go for it here and they will. >> dusty: put the game away a week ago running out the clock. going back to week two against alabama, running out the clock. first down on this fourth down, if they go for it. could ice this game away. >> dave: three minutes away from being one step closer to the first big 12 championship in 14 years, still in position to play for the national championship. got a conversion with manning throwing on target to cain. picking up first >> dusty: nice, clean pocket for arch manning, cushion on the outside for cain, and strike for the conversion. >> tom: he's got a strong arm. >> dusty: he does. >> dave: already saw the athletic ability. would be fun to watch. quinn ewers, all indications are he plans to return for junior season for texas, but three years removed from high school. maalik murphy started a couple of games this year. wisner, nice move, finally ripped down inside the 20. >> dusty: everything steve sarkisian's dialed up tonight has been good

but of course, the worry is after that stick insect attack in in bradford , that attack in in bradfordare possible copycats, attacks that might well be happening across the country soon. >> indeed. jack, thank you very much. jack carson there outside of mcdonald's in small heath in birmingham. i just want to point you in the direction of something. i'm going to be talking the talking about throughout the course show. so is course of this show. so there is an event scheduled to take place on 11th of on saturday the 11th of november. being organised november. it's being organised by of al—aqsa , a by the friends of al—aqsa, a peace in palestine. i'm going to read to you here the event. read out to you here the event. so saturday, the 11th of so on saturday, the 11th of november, we will march again for in london, the for palestine in london, the last march in london, we made history as half a million people marched through the capital. we have hired coaches go down to have hired coaches to go down to london leicester for anyone london from leicester for anyone who wants to join the demon

why the pilgrims abandoned common ownership for private property, and it talks about how william bradford saw after a year or two, they were just dying on the vine. they would have failed. he realized it's because they all were commonly storing everything and sharing everything. it was wonderful, but he found there was laziness. >> do you have a question? >> yes, i would love to know, does he see whether there is a trend in the party or even in a new party where there is education and there is campaigning and even just the policies that are being established, the legislation that is going forth to change that trend? do they care. that's my question. do the democrats care? do the republicans care? >> all right, let's go ahead and let cenk respond. go ahead. >> there's two different parts of the statement slash question. on socialism, there's so much fear mongering, and i'm not a socialist. i call myself a democratic capitalist. what are we talking about? north korea or finland? because use know, north korea is communist, not socialist, but even if you say venezuela and it's a socialist, th

he is the labour mp for bradford east and he said he was standing down because he wants to be able toe 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 the labour party over the middle east. keir starmer has given unequivocal support for israel, but increasingly has focussed on the need for israel to abide by international law. and he , like the government, and he, like the government, like the united states, is calling for a humanitarian pause that that's very temporary and what many people in labour are calling for and what many people want, including the general secretary of the united nations, is an actual ceasefi

thank you, bradford. stealing thuer of all of my notes here. you're iroductn. but i think that that sam's book is so rich that we'll have lots to talk about, especially with yourarticipation. i know many of you were sam's students, and i. i'm sure that i'll try to call on you if you, you know, stick that hand really high. we'll talk for about 25 or 30 minutes before we open it up to questions the audience. let me say that brad skipped over something really quickly he mentioned sam's ninether books. that's ne other books. this is a very prolific writer and reporter wh's written about contemporary american life. soany different facets. i'm really honored to have spent the last three weeks in the rnings reading your book, sam. soongratulate shands for bringing thistory really to life. a story that is full of surprises. i usually or oftensk an author what was the biggest surprise you? but i'm gog to fp that before i hand the the mic over to you and tell you whatas the most to me and. that is something we just heard at the very end of the introduction, which is e rt

one of the names that that leapt out at me, steve, looking at that list, shah up in bradford, she shepainfully aware, of course, that back in 2012, a certain george galloway stood for a respect in a by—election in her bradford constituency. she wasn't the mp then and won a stunning victory and he was standing on a pledge to get british troops out of afghanistan is the spectre of george galloway and other independent muslim candidates haunting the labour party today ? haunting the labour party today? well as you say, nigel had a very tough by—election up in bradford. >> i think the difficulty, as i see, is that it's easy to misread the kind of pressure that mps are being subject to. i mean, if i was to treat seriously the things that i'm heanng seriously the things that i'm hearing myself , uh, seriously the things that i'm hearing myself, uh, in my seat where i actually have a relatively small muslim population , then, you know, i population, then, you know, i would assume that i've got no chance of winning in the next election. i think the difficulty is that the people who purport to

bradford, east mp and shadow minister imran hussain resigned from the shadow front bench so that herebellious mps could soon get their wish because the snp has tabled an amendment to the king's speech calling for an immediate truce in the war. >> and if selected, it will force labour mps to show their hand and could expose the extent of the divisions within sir keir starmer's party. well, in this question and answer session that i was just mentioning, sir keir starmer has reiterated his call for a humanitarian pause to allow medicines and food into gaza. he says it is the only realistic option in the face of a desperate situation . a desperate situation. >> ian but of course a pause is not a ceasefire and that's where the division within the labour party lies . let's get more now party lies. let's get more now from gb news political correspondent katherine forster. and catherine, this is a crucial distinction. there is speculation that potentially hundreds or at least over 100 labour mps disagree . p with sir labour mps disagree. p with sir keir starmer on his position. how likely i