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what has brexit done to and for your party?ess important what it has done to our party than what it has done to our country. that was going to be my next question — what do you think it has done? well, i don't think it's done anything good. if i mayjust reflect on it for a moment, it's made our country weaker, poorer, and that is emphatically not in the interest of our country. the world saw us as a member of the european union. it was a megaphone to magnify our power in the world. so, instead, we are isolated and outside. did it have to be thus? i mean, could brexit not have — if delivered in a different way, could it not have fulfilled the promise of those who advocated it, which is that it would make us richer and more free? well, it's done exactly the reverse, hasn't it? what has happened to all the benefits of brexit that we heard about? well, maybe they're yet to come. well, i don't — i don't recall people saying during the election campaign, "in 10 or 15 years�* time, "maybe 20, we'll have some benefits of brexit." but d

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that's what the awful brexit deal reflects. it'5 the awful brexit deal reflects.'ve got to get rid of them. we've got to change the people in westminster and get in a decent set of politicians who actually are capable , believe in actually are capable, believe in this country and wish to promote this country and wish to promote this country. now if you're just joining us here on gb news, we are waiting to hear from sir keir starmer. >> he is in brussels today. he's beenin >> he is in brussels today. he's been in meetings for most of the day with ursula von der leyen and other top brass at the eu. we're expecting an announcement from sir keir starmer imminently. in fact, he's already a few minutes late . already a few minutes late. perhaps he's having his extra croissant in the canteens there, as we used to do so often, ben. they can't get their nose out of those free buffets once they get going in brussels. >> ben, you could jump the queue. do you remember if you had our badge, you could jump the queue. you certainly could. >> champagne lobsters subsidised bars, t

ultimately, in my view, a brexit betrayal in 2026.y said they wanted to do in their manifesto, is change. every part of the brexit. >> let's assume that jake's right, but that would give him a huge problem with those 4 million labour voters that are quite strong brexiteers. >> yes, it would give a problem unless you can show that you are , unless you can show that you are, cashing in some of the brexit dividend. so, for example, you could change some of the finance regulations in the city. the eu regulations in the city. the eu regulations have stopped the ability for research to be bundled together with investment, which is a complete nightmare for investment because it means you've got to separately decide to pay for the research to know what bit of the investment you want to invest in and what where the trends are, and what where the trends are, and it means you're getting worse kinds of investments. it would give britain a competitive advantage if he were to allow rebundling of that, it would go against the eu rules. but you could

if the uk loses control of brexit?>> rachel reeves is now saying we've got to go back into being a rules taker from the eu . a rules taker from the eu. >> interesting. and organisers of the latest pro—palestine protest vowed to keep marching until israel are sanctioned. but is this just a waste of time and taxpayers money? i'm dawn neesom and this is the weekend. and the weekend starts right here and now . now. so hope you're having a cracking weekend out there. thank you very much for joining weekend out there. thank you very much forjoining me on a precious saturday lunchtime. really appreciate your company because this show is all about you and i say it every week. but my favourite part of the show is talking to you out there, what you're thinking, what you're feeling and what you want us to talk about here as well. it's very easy to get involved in the show. let me know what you're thinking about, what you want to chat about by going to gb news. com forward slash your say and join our conversation. you can be part

>> well, it's not just brexit.queen. >> i think you have a bit of a testy relationship with king charles. did you get on with the queen and prince philip a bit better than? >> no, i think i look i mean, i was certainly fair to say is that i used to see the queen every week, and that was one of the great, great joys of the job, because it was kind of free psychotherapy. yeah. and there was no confession so appalling that, you know, she'd heard it all before. right. >> would you say she had her work cut out with you compared to other prime ministers? i don't know, you'd have to ask. >> well, i don't know. she she was always. look, she was. what i can say is she was always very supportive and kindly and full of, of really good advice. and so she wouldn't she wouldn't, you know, i sort of have a fair idea of what she's thought about. lots of things. but she wouldn't really reveal her hand much. but she would. >> she would indicate that she's a bit brexity. >> no, i wouldn't i wouldn't go into her political views and th

obviously that would go down very badly indeed with brexiteers in the uk, many of whom voted for brexits and actually there are plenty of people in labour who don't like the sound of it ehhen don't like the sound of it either. yvette cooper, the home secretary who is in charge of immigration, has expressed her worries about a scheme like that bringing the overall immigration numbers up . there is also some numbers up. there is also some concern that the eu might demand . concern that the eu might demand. france is very, very keen on this and other eu coastal states are behind it. access to the uk's fishing waters in return for any sort of closer deal on energy, for example. that's something that keir starmer really wants to talk about, and veterinary trades . that fishing veterinary trades. that fishing deal would again go down very, very badly with english coastal communities, particularly fishermen , many of whom voted fishermen, many of whom voted for brexit. so there isn't really an easy solution here for keir starmer today. there's going to be lots more talks over the next few hour

mrjohnson also brexit. mr johnson also reaffirmed brexit.ief in brexit, claiming it has given the uk freedom to act more decisively. and as for the future, well, he insists brexit offers the chance to do things better. take a listen to what he had to say. >> what do you think? if we'd been and reeves are trying to reverse, so if we'd been a rules, this is the key point. >> if we. that's what of course they are. now if we'd been a rules taker. yes. in at the end of 2020, 2021, we would not have been able to authorise astrazeneca and pfizer. no no no. but you keep you keep interrupting this because it's very, very important. and that was how by march 2021, we had vaccinated 45% of the uk population , compared to 10% of population, compared to 10% of your legacy . your legacy. >> a family in lancashire say they are heartbroken after police mistakenly euthanized their xl bully dog, called bruno . their xl bully dog, called bruno. lancashire police admitted the error, saying bruno was put down due to an administration mistake while his owners wer

. >> but he got brexit, brexit, the biggest political movement in our lifetime, was because of nigelh well it was no it was, it was because david cameron chickened out. >> no, this is i feel so strongly about this because i remember how david. >> but just deal with the idea that he was a poster boy through the bbc. that's ridiculous. >> i don't think i don't think the bbc meant to make him a poster boy, but actually listening to sam's argument, there is a point that they did platform him a lot and give him a lot of voice. >> that's what a democracy does. >> that's what a democracy does. >> well, yeah, i mean, was it their duty? i mean, it's a thing to argue about. i don't think we should no platform people. but now that i've understood the point that sam is making, that they gave him a lot of voice through platform. well, i can see the case you're making, whether they should or shouldn't, whether they probably should, but but yeah delivering brexit. oh yeah. >> delivering brexit. >> delivering brexit. >> why i'm bristle because you was it you know it was conservative mps. look david

>> well, my plan is to campaign for brexit to the extent that we have any form of brexit.tting northern ireland back into the union, because i know by doing that i will jettison the eu from our regulatory books , the eu from our regulatory books, get rid of military cooperation, which i think is so damaging for the united kingdom, and take back control to this country. >> and are you still a member of reform? finally, does that mean you are or you're not? >> well, technically, as i started off this interview saying you can't, not you. i mean, i never resign my membership whether or not i was a member, i don't know , but a member, i don't know, but membership doesn't mean anything. if you have a vote. >> yes or no. »- >> yes or no. >> ben, i stand ideologically, shoulder to shoulder with a proud, independent, sovereign and prosperous united kingdom god. >> he's had more words than yes or no . it's been difficult to or no. it's been difficult to get out of here. come on, ben, are you. we're all confused. everyone wants to know. so you are still with reform? yes. as long as r

dunng of brexit related inquiries during the kind of heated moments of the brexit campaign , momentsxit campaign, strange moments. but people have just kind of got through it with a smile and seem to, and it seems to still be happening. >> tell me about your early career. you were playing with two orchestras, the national youth orchestra and the national youth orchestra and the national youth jazz orchestra. if i've got those two right, so you are equally you are equally happy with classical and jazz. >> yeah, i would say probably. i find, you know, the world of classical music and rachmaninoff is probably my biggest musical hero. i've had to resurrect one person. it would probably be him . person. it would probably be him. so yeah, national youth orchestra, but i was on the saxophone. i actually auditioned on clarinet and they put me through to the final audition. and then they said, if you play the saxophone, can you can you bnng the saxophone, can you can you bring it along? and i didn't play bring it along? and i didn't play the saxophone. so i thought, well, maybe if i learn the

in the past, before brexit, british ministers would be in luxembourg every day.ive of the labour government's attempts to try and get the uk closer to the eu. the problem is, there are difficulties. there are clearly structural disagreements. both sides have tried to get an agreement on quite a modest deal to allow students to exchange between the eu and the uk. they have not been able to find an agreement on that because the government at the moment is so fearful of getting into a debate about migration that it doesn't want to get into. there is also the problem that the european side is cautious, it is sceptical. it is thinking, it is nice to have meetings and discussions but where is the substance? what exactly does a reset with the eu mean? then there is the broader problem which is europe itself is fundamentally divided. it is divided over the future of ukraine, divided over david lammy talking about those discussions, are they going to be anything of substance or is itjust be anything of substance or is it just diplomatic be anything of substance or is itju

and so brexit is differently. and so brexit is part of it.p and as you say, you know, why did i get gove back. it's a very, very good question actually because i thought he had he had the drive and the and the ability to, to, to get that project going. he did. he did a very good job. now levelling up is the rational thing for this country . country. >> all right. so it's all quite friendly up to this point. now i have to warn you viewer advisory things get a little bit heated. next as i try and pin boris johnson down over rishi sunak's sneaky behaviour to oust him and how his colleagues felt he was indecisive as a leader, gets a little bit tetchy. do stay gets a little llast tchy. do stay gets a little llast general stay gets a little llast general election if won the last general election if he was still in charge and why. sue gray was a big mistake. we have to appreciate that people watching and listening to this are angry with you, because here's a bloke who delivers an 80 seat majority in 2019. okay, the biggest popular vote share since 1

his brexit _ dynamic. have you won over the young people? his brexit sustainable - people?ng well. who else is going _ really?! yes, reform are doing well. who else is going to _ really?! yes, reform are doing well. who else is going to be _ really?! yes, reform are doing well. who else is going to be that - really?! yes, reform are doing well. who else is going to be that voice? i who else is going to be that voice? frank— who else is going to be that voice? frank reflections from a political operative! good to have you on—board! you may have seen last night's show and the story of the uk ceding the chagos islands to mauritius. paddy spoke to a clearly furious backbench labour mp, peter lamb. i think it's the last vestiges of our colonial policy by the foreign office. i've tried to work with the foreign office on various occasions in relation to the chagossians. i have consistently found them to be unwilling to take seriously the concerns of that community will help address their needs, despite the fact that the state owes them, and here we are yet again ignoring the wishe

>> this bill is in line with the likes of the brexit and the likes of the brexit and the likes of the good friday agreement. >> it's been called the cosmic moment of the century. look out in tonight's skies for comedy three. it's not been visible for 80,000 years. >> can you see the value of separate beds for couples? well, this morning we'll be debating whether sleeping solo is the secret to relationship harmony. >> and later we meet the man who's on a mission to photograph every corner of europe. >> good morning. there was late heartbreak for scotland in zagreb as var denied them an equaliser against croatia. england, meanwhile, have arrived in helsinki ahead of tonight's nafions in helsinki ahead of tonight's nations league tie with finland. we'll look back on the rugby league grand final at old trafford and reflects on another famous dust up in the desert. >> hello. good morning. we're starting the day on a chilly note across the uk. we will see plenty of sunshine during the day itself before rain arrives in the west later. i'll have all the details later on. >> it'sjust the detail

not to prevent parliament discussing brexit and brexit legislation. >> it always kills off bills thatpleted their passage . always. that's why all passage. always. that's why all the private member's bills this was a device to stop parliament carrying on, discussing brexit and but the key thing is this. >> i mean, you explain how when you went to balmoral to get the formal prorogation, that, that hardly anything was said and but the but the question is was there advice behind the scenes possibly from you or from downing street to the queen or to her staff saying, look, this is why we want this prorogation? and did you mislead her and say, we want it because we want it for the queen to write the queen's speech or or did you not say we actually want it because we're fed up of parliament discussing brexit? we're in trouble here. >> capital a advice comes from the prime minister to the sovereign and is not request it is capital, a advice that the sovereign has to follow. it's not in that sense. so discussion. it is the prime minister saying this is the policy of your government. >> so the

, trying to learn about brexit, trying to learn about brexit, trying to get a handle on it and thinkingre the consequences? what does it mean? and i don't want to go through all that. >> i don't want any more buses and all this kind of stuff. but there is an issue here. first of all, this is somewhat moot because keir starmer, who is in power for however many the next five years, has said no, we're not leaving the that's what anyway. but brussels have basically said if you want to talk about having some sort of migration deal, then that is like a non negotiation, like we have to stay in the echr. the ironic thing is that have to stay in the echr. the iron becauseis that have to stay in the echr. the iron because there: have to stay in the echr. the ironbecause there are point. on, because there are point. >> i remember when we were trying to learn about brexit, trying to learn about brexit, trying to learn about brexit, trying to get a handle on it and thinking what are the consequences? what does it mean? and i don't want to go through all that. >> i don't want any more buses and all t

you talked a lot about brexit.orning, that was it, a sunday morning where he was deciding whether he was going to post an article in favour of remain or in favour of leave, and he was on the phone, you know, canvassing opinion that's not showing a man of principle. and in terms of his legacy, why he was pushed out. what is extraordinary is he claims in the interview that he was like two points behind. i looked them up. he was the last four polls were six, nine, 20 and ten. the labour leads before he was at ten, none of which is two. >> well, he may have been looking at more. polling does vary. it does . vary. it does. >> no. they were literally the last four in the in terms of the data order and every single poll in 2022 before he resigned, the whole of that year, labour was ahead. >> up next, we're going to see how boris johnson finally admits dunng how boris johnson finally admits during our interview that rishi sunak played a big part in his removal from number 10. let's take a look . take a look. >> we not only

the uk is to sign a new defence agreement with germany — as it seeks to strengthen post—brexit ties withe. and after their trip to australia, king charles and queen camilla arrive in samoa for a commonwealth summit. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start in the us, where donald trump's presidential campaign has made a legal complaint against the labour party here, for what it claims is illegal foreign contributions and interference in the us election. a statement from the trump—vance campaign says, "the far—left labour party has inspired kamala's dangerous liberal policies and rhetoric. in recent weeks, they have recruited and sent party members to campaign for kamala in critical battleground states, attempting to influence our election." a now—deleted social media post from a senior labour official said there were ten spots available to travel to the us and that the party would �*sort housing for volunteers�*. but labour officials say activists who've been campaigning for kamala harris are doing so in a personal capacity and are not organised orfunded by the party. for some context,

choosing the brexit instinct.ll those years ago and striking exactly the right note , with voters in the right note, with voters in 2019 winning a landslide victory and keeping jeremy corbyn out of number 10. he might not have been good at his job, but he was very good at getting others to do theirs, ultimately deploying lord david frost to get brexit across the line as he releases his memoirs, unleashed , we're his memoirs, unleashed, we're reminded of what we've lost and what we've replaced him with. anyone that's read extracts from the book this week will feel like a contestant on bullseye staring at the speedboat. they could have won or in this case, gave away when he left office in 2022. he deployed arnold schwarzenegger's catchphrase from terminator two hasta la vista, baby! but i think much of the public would rather hear i'll be back . the public would rather hear i'll be back. boris the public would rather hear i'll be back . boris is no the public would rather hear i'll be back. boris is no jesus christ,

i think it is just, you know, the idea that we should be ceding territory because after brexit we need be getting on well with other countries is a bizarre notion to many brits. so we'll be looking at this and thinking, well, we've got a perfectly good strategic location in the indian ocean at a time when geopolitical tensions are rising , china is tensions are rising, china is getting more belligerent, more aggressive. it makes perfect sense for us to retain a strong link and base in that part of the world. we've already given people their compensation. we've already given people their citizenship . why on earth are we citizenship. why on earth are we doing this? it doesn't matter if james cleverly started it or if keir starmer started it. i just think many brits will be scratching their head saying, what is the logic behind this? >> two separate points. they're taking your second point first. there is no strategic element to this. the chagos islands was previously the diego garcia atoll, which is the strategically relevant place, was previously totally controlled by the americans and

choosing the brexit instinct.ose years ago and striking exactly the right note , with voters in the right note, with voters in 2019 winning a landslide victory and keeping jeremy corbyn out of number 10. he might not have been good at his job, but he was very good at getting others to do theirs, ultimately deploying lord david frost to get brexit across the line as he releases his memoirs, unleashed , we're his memoirs, unleashed, we're reminded of what we've lost and what we've replaced him with. anyone that's read extracts from the book this week will feel like a contestant on bullseye staring at the speedboat. they could have won or in this case, gave away when he left office in 2022. he deployed arnold schwarzenegger's catchphrase from terminator two hasta la vista, baby! but i think much of the public would rather hear i'll be back . the public would rather hear i'll be back. boris the public would rather hear i'll be back . boris is no the public would rather hear i'll be back. boris is no jesus christ, but

, you know, trying to stop brexit out.war in ukraine, the energy crisis . so ukraine, the energy crisis. so unfortunately it's not exactly been peace time for the conservative government these last few years. now, can they come back? well, as i said, you know, quite openly, even before the election, i labour's got a big majority now, a massive majority. and i said before the election, somehow both parties need to work together in some loose arrangement as we get closer to an election. otherwise how are we going to get rid of this disastrous labour government? who i'm quite ashamed of? britain with them at the helm. >> so de—man just to kind of press you on that point, jacob rees—mogg talks about those 98 seats where the reform party came second. would you like to see that kind of almost non—aggression pact, let reform have a run at labour in those areas, and perhaps reform let the conservative party have a room where they can't win a kind of behind the scenes deal to ensure that there's an alliance. >> i mean , look, i sor

brexit— his politics at the time. secure bodice and a government that works — bodice and a government that works i— bodice and a government that works. i think he has always been — works. i think he has always been consistent about being a good — been consistent about being a good minister, he served governments and prime ministers loyalty— governments and prime ministers loyally into the very last but realised _ loyally into the very last but realised it could no longer stick— realised it could no longer stick with a failed migration model— stick with a failed migration model that we have now in which case: _ model that we have now in which case, it— model that we have now in which case, it is— model that we have now in which case, it is going to make worse. _ case, it is going to make worse, he is any place that the country— worse, he is any place that the country is _ worse, he is any place that the country is in and i hope members would recognise that. why would kemi badenoch be the wrong person to lead the conser

there was no levelling up there was brexit was frankly, he said he got brexit done.een botched and the whole illegal migration issue hasn't been resolved, which is what they said they were going to sort out. never mind schools and hospitals and waiting lists and hospitals and waiting lists and all that sort of thing, which have all gone mad. >> well, he'd say he got brexit done, vaccine rollout, the quickest in europe. and he did say he didn't get to solve brexit. unfortunately, he does say that in his interview with camilla tominey, which is out on sunday, by the way. yeah, 30. >> and you can catch christopher hope's podcast out today wherever you get your podcasts from. >> okay. >> okay. >> 8:12. let's take a look at some other stories coming to the newsroom this morning. >> well, huge explosions have been seen near beirut airport last night and early this morning. the israeli defence force had issued evacuation orders. the idf has said on x that it has killed a senior hezbollah leader. the lebanese health ministry says 37 people were killed, 151 injured. >> the go

press conference in brussels, where he is meeting european union chiefs with a promise to put the brexit years behind us and form a closer relationship with the bloc. it's his first visit to brussels as prime minister. >> now, of course , there will be >> now, of course, there will be issues which are difficult to resolve and on areas on which we will stand firm. there will be no return to freedom of movement, no return to the customs union, no return to the single market. but we will find constructive ways to work together and deliver for the british people . british people. >> meanwhile, it's emerged sir keir's are paying back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality received since he became prime minister. downing street has confirmed he's covering the costs of six taylor swifts tickets for to the races and a clothing rental agreement with a high end designer favoured by his wife, lady victoria starmer. it comes after sir keir and other cabinet members who vowed to clean up british politics, faced weeks of criticism for accepting tens of thousands of pounds worth of freebies fr

, not brexit.ius story, but it's just amazing that we haven't heard it until how. >> now. >> do you buy this idea that the royal family would have tried to lean on boris johnson to stop harry and meghan from leaving? >> i do think, i think it's unusual for them to take the step to actually deny it. i kind of do. i can imagine boris. i mean, he said it in an act of pomposity. i can imagine him doing it. i mean , one etonian to doing it. i mean, one etonian to another, mano a mano . having another, mano a mano. having a bit of a listen here, old chum. chat. bit of a listen here, old chum. chat . it's whether buckingham chat. it's whether buckingham palace really put boris up to it that i'm a little bit doubtful of, but i can see this moment happening, actually, in a strange way, is there not also something a little bit rum about this? >> i mean, look, you know, boris johnson, we're going to be talking about him a little bit later on, but you're not really supposed to reveal, are you, what conversatio

this ist strengthen its post—brexit ties with europe. this is t scene in central london. including the construction of a new factory in the uk by a german company. of course we are keeping an eye on developments there. it is seen as a key defensive agreement. for uk viewers we will have live coverage of the developments in central london. a bbc investigation has found that russia has expanded its recruitment of prisoners to fight the war in ukraine to include those merely accused of a crime. work undertaken alongside the independent russian website mediazona to compare thousands of dog tags from russian prison recruits with leaked records found a shift from the most serious offenders to those convicted of, or still awaiting trialfor, much lower—level crimes. 0lga ivshina reports. this is andrey perlov�*s olympic medal. his daughter alina is showing it to us because he is in a pre—trial detention facility — facing ten years in prison. he stands accused of embezzling around three million roubles, almost £24,000, from the football club where he was managing director. but the

plus, tonight's top pundits , former brexit party mep pundits, former brexit party mep annunziata rees—moggow farmer neil parish and former labour special advisor paul richards.

. >> i remember when we were trying to learn about brexit, trying to learn about brexit, trying to learnbrexit, trying to get a handle on it and thinking what are the consequences? what does it mean? and i don't want to go through all that. >> i don't want any more buses and all this kind of stuff. but there is an issue here. first of all, this is somewhat moot because keir starmer, who is in power for however many the next five years, has deal is that is deal or kind of deal is that is that britain could stop. we don't why don't we have to have a deal with them. we just we need gunships in the channel which are going to shoot at any boats coming, and it will stop boats coming, and it will stop boats from coming. that's all you need to do. >> a very radical position , louis. >> i didn't say i believed in that, but that's an option. no. >> can i just say something? i'm trying to help this channel. i'm trying to help this channel. i'm trying to help this channel. i'm trying to get advertisers in, get us more money. and louis is trying to get us a big old fine from ofcom. louis, we've got t

we got boris elected and we got brexit done. showed me what i need to do to fix our party machine, upgrade it, making it a modern campaigning organisation with better data and better training so we can have 300 excellent new candidates selected in 18 months, ready to take the fight to labour, the lib dems and reform, and my pledge to you today on candidate selection, no more stitch ups. conference, we need to choose someone to lead us who has already done their apprenticeship and get this party winning again. as foreign secretary, i strengthened her posture on iran. i dealt with putin's nuclear threats. i worked with ben wallace to get tanks delivered to ukraine. and in beijing, i told the chinese foreign minister to his face, "do not invade taiwan..." and i told him directly to lift the sanctions on my parliamentary friends, even those who have decided to run against me. laughter i rejected the advice of foreign office officials and i was the 0ffice officials and i was the first foreign minister to go to israel after the 7th of

press conference in brussels, where he is meeting european union chiefs with a promise to put the brexit years behind us and form a closer relationship with the bloc. it's his first visit to brussels as prime minister >> now, of course, there will be issues which are difficult to resolve and on areas on which we will stand firm , there will be will stand firm, there will be no return to freedom of movement, no return to the customs union, no return to the single market. but we will find constructive ways to work together and deliver for the british people . british people. >> well, it's emerged that sir keir starmer is paying back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality received since he became prime minister. downing street has confirmed he's covered the cost of six taylor swift tickets for to the races and a clothing rental, agreements with a high end designer favoured by his wife, lady victoria starmer. it comes after sir keir and other cabinet members, who vowed to clean up british politics, faced weeks of criticism for accepting tens of thousands of pounds worth of freebies

it comes after the anti—brexit anti—tory pressure group led by donkeys last night called for labour tovists from jail. >> among those currently held in uk jails are five just stop oil activists serving sentences between 4 and 5 years. >> meanwhile , two other >> meanwhile, two other protesters who threw soup on the glass of van gogh's sunflowers have just been sentenced to 20 months and two years in prison. well, now there's a new parliament and a new government led by a man who used to understand the role protest plays in making the uk a better place to live. it's time for labour to remember its roots and reinstate the right to peaceful protest . protest. >> indeed, labour's biggest corporate donor in the run up to the election was none other than climate change campaigner and former just stop oil donor dale vince. so as rumours swirl that the government's anti—extremism tsan the government's anti—extremism tsar, lord walney, is facing the chop tonight, i'm asking has labour caved in to the eco mob? make sure you go to gbnews.com forward, slash your say. tweet me @gbnews. and when you

just reading that introduction brought back memories of brexit negotiations, here we are again.what do you think? an interesting point in time, the trade and co—operation agreement between the eu and the uk is set to be renewed in 2026, but it is a very difficult set of reviews because it is linked to energy and fishing rights, lots of different overtures since the advent of the new uk government, they haven't thought much to the table. lots of interesting ideas, flexible ideas as opposed to hard laws, so it's a difficult environment where this has limited legal room for manoeuvre.- where this has limited legal room for manoeuvre. from the british point — room for manoeuvre. from the british point of— room for manoeuvre. from the british point of view, _ room for manoeuvre. from the british point of view, the - british point of view, the government wants to say, we are going to reset the relationship with europe. so what's the best we can hope for, when sir keir starmer goes over there to schmooze?— schmooze? some fantastic efforts to _ schmooze? some fantastic efforts to engage

tominey, the former prime minister warned it would be a disaster if sir keir starmer tries to reverse brexiton also reaffirmed his belief in brexit, claiming it has given the uk the freedom to act more decisively and do things better. let's take a listen to what he had to say . listen to what he had to say. >> what do you think? >> what do you think? >> if we'd been norma and reeves are trying to reverse. >> so if we'd been a rules, this is the key point. if we that's what of course they are. now, if we'd been a rules taker. yes. in at the end of 2020, 2021, we would not have been able to authorise astrazeneca and pfizer. no no no. but you keep you keep interrupting this because it's very, very important . and that was how by important. and that was how by march 2021, we had vaccinated 45% of the uk population, compared to 10%. >> part of your legacy . >> part of your legacy. >> part of your legacy. >> well, you can watch the full hour long interview with camilla tominey here on gb news tomorrow morning at 930. and finally tonight, the northern lights could soon put on a dazzling display acr

>> i mean, look, what we're seeing with the eu is renegotiating brexit and we're going to see closerhey've already said about students coming over, aren't they on the student visas again . they on the student visas again. and so he doesn't care about sovereignty in my books i'll be honest. >> do you think david lammy has has got any power to do this. >> do you think david lammy has himself has decided any of this unilaterally? i doubt it, yeah, i doubt it, you know. and do you think even keir starmer has done this? i, you know, this, these are talks that has happened for many, many years and various politicians will have come in and out of those talks. but we never talk about the state and who actually the state are , who actually the state are, because the state is still there. when governments come and go . yes. go. yes. >> and so that some people call it the blob, others call it the deep state. some would call it the civil service. >> yeah, well, i call it the state because i'm an anarchist. and i understand that that we don't i call it the blob. we don't i call it the blob. we do

we got boris elected and we got brexit done. and . and and we got brexit done. and.o do to fix our party machine, upgrade it, making it a modern campaigning organisation with better data and better training so we can have 300 excellent new candidates selected in 18 months, ready to take the fight to labour, lib dems and reform and my pledge, my pledge to you today on candidate selection . no today on candidate selection. no more stitch ups . more stitch ups. conference. we need to choose someone to lead us who has already done their apprenticeship and get this party winning again as foreign secretary , i strengthened our secretary, i strengthened our posture on iran. i dealt with putin's nuclear threats. i worked with ben wallace to get tanks delivered to ukraine and in beijing , i tanks delivered to ukraine and in beijing, i told the tanks delivered to ukraine and in beijing , i told the chinese in beijing, i told the chinese foreign minister to his face, do notinvade foreign minister to his face, do not invade taiwan and lift the sanctions . and i told him sanction

we can't have a repeat of the brexit nightmare. we need a result today.d i'm sure chris, hope, for all the drama aside, we're going to get one. and then the big question, chris, as we've been talking about for many, many weeks, is the party itself faces that fork in the road . does it stick with in the road. does it stick with the establishment choice ? james the establishment choice? james cleverly the safer of the two pair of hands, or does it take a gamble on a more right wing and potentially more populist candidate that might take the party in the direction of where the members want? and what do you think will happen? it's almost certain we're going to get cleverly. he's 16 to 1 on to get cleverly. he's 16 to 1 on to get through today. he's nailed on barring a lightning strike. james cleverly is through. so it's going to be cleverly versus one of the two right wingers. and then chris out the party has got a big choice to make . got a big choice to make. >> yes, a huge choice. i think the mps, if you take a step back, martin, have done their job here.

we got brexit done and we stood by ukraine in her hour of need.e. so, friends, i will always celebrate our achievements. but we can't bury our heads in the sand. just as we celebrate those achievements, we need to be honest with ourselves. the countryjust doesn't trust is right now —— trust us right now. we've just suffered our worst ever electoral defeat, we lost more seats and won fewer votes than any government ever. it was a comprehensive defeat and it needs a comprehensive defeat and it needs a comprehensive rethink. so, just as i will defend our achievements, i will be painfully honest about our failings. we failed to deliver the strong nhs, the strong economy and, yes, the strong border that we promised. friends, we must never more tax, more spent, friends, we must never more 1 achievements, , friends, we must never more1achievements, i friends, we must never more 1 achievements, i will will defend our achievements, i will be painfully honest about our failings. we failed to deliver the

can you imagine the joy on the day of the brexit vote?s the best baby i've seen all day. i remember going through the park feeling high, literally high. it wasn't the brexit result that killed the baby, but four weeks later i contracted listeria and i gave birth to a dead baby and i know this may sound ridiculous to a lot of people who are listening, who've never gone through this, but it was quite extraordinary how weird this is a perfect little foetus. i won't show you the photograph, but it is in my box. no, i won't because it's dead. it's a dead foetus. i don't think you'd want to see it, but i got in the i got. if it hadn't been for a charity tommies, i would have had nothing. and yet in four weeks later, it would have been a stillbirth. and then that would have been something different. and i remember going quite ballistic because the woman wrote down it was an embryo and i was like, no, no, no, it was a foetus. and these things, it's extraordinary how these things matter, because actually this was it was a real life. i'll just show

the former prime minister warned it would be a disaster if sir keir starmer tries to reverse brexit.so reaffirmed his belief in brexit, claiming it has given the uk the freedom to act more decisively and do things better. let's take a listen to what he had to say. >> what do you think? >> what do you think? >> if we'd been norma and reeves are trying to reverse. >> if we'd been a rules. let's see. this is the key point. if we. that's what? of course they are. now, if we'd been a rules taker. >> yes. >> yes. >> in at the end of 2020, 2021, we would not have been able to authorise astrazeneca and pfizer. no no no. but you keep you keep interrupting this because it's very, very important . and that was how by important. and that was how by march 2021, we had vaccinated 45% of the uk population, compared to 10%. >> part of your legacy . >> part of your legacy. >> part of your legacy. >> well, you can watch the full hour long interview with camilla tominey here on gb news tomorrow morning at 930. and finally tonight, the northern lights could soon put on a dazzling display across the uk.

i mean, brexit was the key thing. you can argue brexit has been done. some people say it's not. but he was elected on a whole host of stuff that actually didn't happen. so we didn't like rishi sunak. he didn't like rishi sunak. he didn't actually deliver on what was promised now. but you can use covid as an excuse for that. but he hasn't actually got a very good track record in that sense, has he? >> well , sense, has he? >> well, certainly he would argue covid came along, war in ukraine came along all these huge issues that were pretty much all consuming. that stopped us following whatever the sort of brexit that this is the problem, isn't it? everybody had a different idea of what brexit was making the most of those opportunities. but, you know, bofis opportunities. but, you know, boris johnson will say , look, boris johnson will say, look, it's because of brexit that we had the vaccine rollout, we led the world in that we couldn't have done that within the eu . have done that within the eu. so, you know, it's difficult . so, you know, it's difficult. we'll never know what woul