sir keir starmer and his pro—brexit labour party have gone into this campaign asking the population atarge to endorse their manifesto. the fact is that the snp has consistently stood on manifestos pledging that scotland's future should be in scotland's hands, not that of a westminster government we didn't elect. the challenge for us here is to ensure that the labour party and indeed the conservative party actually respect democracy in scotland, because if they don't i suspect they'll get rather short shrift from an electorate, that, with every passing day of this campaign struggles to see much difference between them. mr linden, looking at some of the polls they suggest that your party could halve the number of seats at westminster. of course they are just polls and we won't know until the actual vote next week, but if those polls are to believed then the clout that you might have to persuade whoever the next government is to call for independence, that is going to go, isn't it? the only poll that matters is the one that takes place next thursday between 7am and 10pm. the snp is fighti

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people want to reject that £18 billion of public sector cuts posed by keir starmer and his pro—brexit labour partysf has looked at the snp manifesto and says that it ignores the big fiscal challenges. it says on their own figures, the snp proposals would also lead to additional borrowing so they said it doesn't quite add up. fine additional borrowing so they said it doesn't quite add up.— doesn't quite add up. one of the thins doesn't quite add up. one of the things when _ doesn't quite add up. one of the things when you _ doesn't quite add up. one of the things when you look _ doesn't quite add up. one of the things when you look at - doesn't quite add up. one of the things when you look at what - doesn't quite add up. one of the | things when you look at what the doesn't quite add up. one of the i things when you look at what the is saysis things when you look at what the is says is they have been crystal clear there is a conspiracy of silence taking place between labour and the conservatives. the snp has been upfront about the challenges we face in terms of the fiscal environment and what that m

austerity, want to see investment in our public services, and sir keir starmer and his pro—brexit labour party whole range of what they are saying. he was asked questions today and he had the answers. ihe saying. he was asked questions today and he had the answers.— and he had the answers. he didn't have those — and he had the answers. he didn't have those answers. _ and he had the answers. he didn't have those answers. the - and he had the answers. he didn't have those answers. the institute | have those answers. the institute for fiscal studies, not the snp, has spoken about a conspiracy of silence between the two main parties about their cuts agenda. we have a pro—brexit labour party led by circuits, who is committed to lifting bankers m�* bonus cap than the two child support. you can watch nonstop coverage of the election campaign now, until the results are called — and beyond — on bbc iplayer. just look for election 2024 live. some other important stories. new nhs figures for england show that the waiting list for routine hospital treatment has risen for the first time in seven months. th

brexit? i party is a pro-brexit party, of brexit? , ., , party is a pro-brexit party, of brexit? , . , . ., party is a pro-brexit party, of brexit? , ., , . ., ., brexit? i sit here as the chair of the labour brexit? i sit here as the chair of. the labour movement for europe brexit? i sit here as the chair of- the labour movement for europe and i think we don't know what the single market look like. europe is cutting a review of the single market because it doesn't work for them. we have to talk what we see in front of us and what is in front of us, what we can do now. i am worried about the british businesses who don't have time for treaty negotiations. we are champing at the pan—european mediterranean convention, a series of clues about rules of origin. you are talking about manufacturing, that would make a big difference to those creating goods to import and export them and that is something we could negotiate quickly. as part of the conversation, 0k, we voted to leave the european union, a decision the british public made. but did they vote for the problems that have come with that or are there things we can do within the confines of that vote that would make a tangible difference to p

of northern end of middle england who, you know, is terrible cliches used to like the labour party, voted for brexitinto rugby league, i mean total cliche territory, but as a voting group was seen as completely critical, people who had been labour for most of their life, they lived in a kind of labour part of the world and they might be tempted to vote for boris johnson's party, partly because they'd been brexiteers, but they were interested in borisjohnson's political offer to use a terrible piece of politicaljargon. so this time, this campaign, i would say the equivalent that's been put forward by a different political research group is whitby woman, that wonderful seaside town on the north coast, because what we've seen in some of the research suggests that it is conservative tending women who are the ones who have potentially swung away. there may be older in age, there may be interested in the kind of socially conservative policies that we see in the tories already come outwith. so whitby women i think has already become this year's workington man. but to be honest, as everybody knows, because

peel away support from the conservatives, or people who perhaps would've voted the labour party pre—exit, pre—the brexit be attracted to the reform uk party at this time around with a charismatic figure, always ready with the equipment and put down of his political opponents, so that is something that might make conservative mps even more jittery than they were before, and it is something which the labour party might not publicly say but privately will certainly be heaving a big collective sigh of relief that nigel farage himself and not the less charismatic richard tice will be the standard barry of the reform uk party, and he has confirmed drug you know the aware that party stands aside for the conservatives, there will be fighting the conservatives pretty robustly across any seats in the country. here is the list of candidates we know about so far standing in the clacton constituency. the bbc news website will have a complete list, once they're all confirmed. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says if he becomes prime minister, he would be prepared to use nuclear weapons to defend the uk. at a camp

leader nigel farage declares his party the opposition to labour after a new poll shows the brexit architect'sead of prime minister rishi sunak or conservatives -- rishi sunak's conservatives. let's check the markets. it was tech boosting the highs of the s&p. adobe and broadcom and tesla lifting the s&p. european futures pointing to up .3% but there's been a diverging picture. ftse 100 futures showing gains of .3%. the s&p looking to gain modestly. nasdaq futures higher but .2% that higher by .2% -- higher by .2%. you have further evidence that inflation is starting to cool in the u.s. that is playing into expectations that the fed can go at least once this year with a cut, with producer prices following the most in seven months. the u.s. 10-year at 4.26%, below 4.30%. the japanese yen under pressure, down .6% on less than hawkish comments coming from the boj. brent trading lower in the session. let's cross over to asia. avril hong standing by in singapore. april? avril: yeah. the focus is on the japanese currency as we wait to hear what the governor has to say. after april, in his presser, h

conservative policy was great —— get brexit done, — conservative policy was great —— get brexit done, the labour partyith that, and when a - along with that, and when a manifesto is launch like today, you have all the scrutiny of costing, but there is a noise in politics at the moment and when you listen to voters they would often say that all parties promised all sorts of things but they are not telling us how they would pay for its, quite often these things do not actually come to fruition, that is some of the real difficulty in terms of trying to convince people, isn't it? absolutely, and the liberal democrats are really focus in this election about getting the conservatives out. we are running a super targeted campaign and most of our target seeds are conservative facing, and it is about persuading voters that if you like to see a change, and his face it, we were not form the next government, but what we would provide is a real opposition to whatever government is formed next. opposition to whatever government is formed next-— formed next. that's a problem, thouuh, formed next. that's a problem, t

labour supporters, supported, brexit as conservatives. we saw that in the red wall seats. that's why , traditional labour that's why, traditional labour seats went to conservative because we were the partyts labour as as much as it affects the conservatives. but overall , the conservatives. but overall, jul, when you look at the polls and when you look at the local election results , it doesn't election results, it doesn't materialise into seats and we know that from our system that sometimes you can have, and it's happened to the conservative party in the past, a significant majority of the votes. that doesn't always translate into seats. okay and so all it will do is split the brexit vote and let keir starmer into number 10. >> okay. maria caulfield, we have to leave it there. thank you very much for joining us, giving us your immediate reaction to nigel farage's announcement. and now, as you've just heard, nigel farage will stand as reform uk's candidate in clacton . and here is a full in clacton. and here is a full list of those who have declared their candidacy. so far in that constituency. jovan owusu, nepal labour party natasha osborne, green party giles watling , green party gil

labour party. they want to blame things like brexit, austerity, the cost of living crisis, they are the things they. they want to blame all of those things on the conservative party but very keen to point out they don't believe there is enough space on those issues between the conservatives and between the conservatives and between labour. no doubt that is something labour will be watching with keen eye when they listen to that speech. with keen eye when they listen to that speech-— that speech. john swinney very critical of the _ that speech. john swinney very critical of the conservatives - that speech. john swinney very critical of the conservatives in l critical of the conservatives in scotland. but they have expected perhaps more criticism their way? how would rishi sunak have reacted to what he has heard this afternoon? as we expected, john swinney didn't speak a huge amount about independence. it was there throughout the speech but he didn't begin with it. it was not the main element of it. the main element felt like he was trying to say various things that he doesn't like, that he thinks th

and so both the tories and the labour party are not talking about brexit for different reasons. bour get in, then after they've done the first few things that they'd said they would do, there's probably going to be a lot of businesses, a lot of pressure groups, whether it be youth, whether it be whatever sector of society to say we need to work better with our neighbourhood. and then it's it'll be interesting to see how labour respond to that. >> i was going to ask you that, mike. i mean, are you looking at the prospect of a labour government as somebody in the pro—european movement and rubbing your hands together with glee, thinking to yourself, right, well, we now restart that campaign. we want to rejoin the eu, so we will exert as much influence as we can on a potential labour government, and particularly those ministers who we know are secretly on our side, even if for politically political expediency. they don't admit to it. >> no, because i don't like lobbying . i mean, yeah, i mean, lobbying. i mean, yeah, i mean, essentially we want to make the argument for rejoining beca

and so both the tories and the labour party are not talking about brexit for different reasons. bour get in, then after they've done the first few things that they'd said they would do, there's probably going to be a lot of businesses, a lot of pressure groups, whether it be youth, whether it be whatever sector of society to say we need to work better with our neighbourhood. and then it's it'll be interesting to see how labour respond to that. >> i was going to ask you that, mike. i mean, are you looking at the prospect of a labour government as somebody in the pro—european movement and rubbing your hands together with glee, thinking to yourself, right, well, we now restart that campaign. we want to rejoin the eu, so we will exert as much influence as we can on a potential labour government, and particularly those ministers who we know are secretly on our side, even if for politically political expediency. they don't admit to it. >> no, because i don't like lobbying . i mean, yeah, i mean, lobbying. i mean, yeah, i mean, essentially we want to make the argument for rejoining beca

labour in? and that's why the brexit party did not stand in lots of conservative seats in the last general electionnd then you've hit the nail on the head ofjust the general political theory, which is called vote efficiency. and actually, laura, you and i have talked about this a few times in terms of the labour party, because in the olden days people would say, "0h, labour pile up votes in the cities, but that's where they were going to win anyway. what labour needs to do to win a majority is to spread their electoraljam and butter more evenly across the country". and there's lots of theories that actually behind the scenes, that's what the labour strategists have been doing. and just one other thing. i don't know what you guys have been doing to relax during this election campaign. i've been reading a book about canadian politics in the �*90s because lots of people are saying, "oh, the reform party is explicitly based on the reform party in canada, which demolished the canadian conservatives in 1993". but what's interesting there is the reform party in canada had a big regional base, which was th

and this is talking about the labour party and its position on brexit.hat this paper is claiming is that from the inside, within the eu, your ambitions are cloud cuckoo land. it's a unicorn sort of version of brexit that you're trying to sell people. and if this was possible, surely it would have been done . been done. >> it's certainly true that since the botched brexit deal was put in place, many of our businesses exporters of food, fish, agricultural products in particular have really struggled with the additional paperwork that's come from that botched deal that's come from that botched deal. what labour has set out is our ambition to have a veterinary agreement with the eu. that's an agreement that new zealand has with the eu that removes the paperwork on food and drink exports. now, that would make a substantial difference to fishers and farmers, right across the united kingdom. it's really important that we remove that . well, sunak that we remove that. well, sunak has chosen not to offer and not to negotiate a veterinary agreement. he chose to no

brexit has hardly been mentioned. >> no party wants to talk about brexit and the labour party doesn't want to talk about it because itant to lose the red wall seat. the tories don't want to talk about it because they kind of invented it. >> lib dems ought to be talking about it but aren't, but the snp is. >> i'm going to disagree, norman, if i may. of course, the reason they're not talking about it, the conservatives aren't talking about it because they have failed to deliver on it. that's right, labour is not talking about it because they want to integrate us further. and you know, the i think the bulk of the bulk of the british pubuc bulk of the bulk of the british public aren't in in either of those spaces. >> no, i think that's probably right. but actually, what this is a dishonest election in some ways, because, all these parties are promising not to put up taxation. they're also promising to improve public services and normally enormously . those two normally enormously. those two things don't add up together. i mean, the public sector is in a shambles. look at the state of our roads, of potholes. look at the n

the party has also cold for a rural visa pilot scheme, to tackle what it cold "severe labour shortages" which it blames on brexitepresentatives from the five most prominent political parties in wales have clashed in a live debate. they discussed everything from the nhs to tackling immigration and the cost of living. here's our wales correspondent hywel griffith. welcome to the bbc wales general election debate 202a. ready for kick—off, five leaders lined up for what's also now a regular fixture on our screens. an election debate, this time focused on wales. we have 29% of our children are poor. 29% child poverty. and my challenge to the conservatives and to labour, if they're in power, is will you abolish the two—child cap on our benefits? labour's been the party of devolved government here for a quarter of a century — its record under scrutiny. we've had the mismanagement of the nhs by labour for 25 years. you know, an election is full of weird and wonderful sights, but to me, one of the most bizarre sights of the past couple of weeks was wales' health minister holding up a placard saying, "let's modernise the

the funniest thing, because the british conservatives when they voted for brexit, the british popular liberals and the labour partyurope. and now europe is turning right, so i don't really know where they're going to go. rachel: i'm super fascinated about a ukraine. so this has really big consequences for america and our funding of the war. so -- >> that's right. rachel: -- what is the right position in europe and in france at this moment? >> so a couple of things. one, the french president has immense amount of power compared to u.k. or the u.s. the french parliament is turning right, so essentially what's going to happen is they're going to enter a phase called cohabitation where the parliament, essentially the senate in the french system, will have all the powers. and the french right has already mentioned that they are going to stop the budget, that that they're going to have budget constraints on macron, and they're not going to spend so much money on ukraine. so france, traditionally one of the most hawkish countries on ukraine in europe, is going to have to turn mellow. and that, in turn, will have an effec

but up next, as the eu's former negotiator michel barnier warns, a brexit renegotiation with the labour partyee movement. will keir starmer sign us back up to free movement again? former labour minister bill rammell goes head to head with former mep stephen woolfe. and yes, i've also got some stuff about why black cab drivers have been banned from flying the saint george's flag. stay tuned welcome back to patrick christys tonight. only on gb news now, coming up one week after a mysterious he vanished. will cross live to tenerife. for all the latest on this bizarre hunt for jay slater. but first we'll labour water down our exit deal from the european union. will they reintroduce free movement ? they reintroduce free movement? it's time now for our head to head. it's time now for our head to head . so the eu's former brexit head. so the eu's former brexit negotiator michel barnier, has thrown keir starmer's plans to renegotiate britain's deal with the bloc into total chaos, after he told the telegraph there will be no renegotiation without a return to freedom of movement. speaking to the telegr

elements of the brexit deal or the brexit deal in its entirety, that the uk could enter in what was perhaps a theresa may style chequers agreement, under the labour partyspirit by rachel reeves . rachel reeves. >> well, absolutely. rachel reeves has talked about potentially reopening the brexit negotiation in order to negotiate specifically about chemical regulations. now, that would be in to order give, she says, a better deal to the city of london. of course, that has got tongues wagging across westminster . the idea that westminster. the idea that labour might reopen, that negotiation suggests to some people, particularly brexiteers, that there might be some sort of route for england , britain to be route for england, britain to be end up rejoining the single market, something which brexiteers are obviously very, very reluctant to see happen. now rachel reeves and keir starmer have again and again ruled out britain rejoining the single market. and they've said that, you know, we have left that, you know, we have left that , that etc. but if rachel that, that etc. but if rachel reeves begins to open that can then who knows how many worms could come s

back in 2010, 2015, you know, it was first, you know, a vote for ukip is a vote for labour, then a vote for the brexit party for vote reform is a vote for labour. but nigel's right. a vote for tory is a vote for labour. almost in the same way that, well, what are the conservatives doing? are they doing anything conservative? are they doing anything better than what a labour government would do, especially on migration? in fact, it's pretty obvious to me that compared to the blair and brown governments, the conservatives have been ten times worse on immigration. so it's almost why would you be scared of a labour government in that way if they're actually supposedly going to be better for you than than the supposed right wing alternative? it doesn't make any sense. >> well, well, to be fair, though , if you look at the though, if you look at the voting structure, though, it's the first past the post system that we have, some would argue that we have, some would argue that it's very unlikely that reform will be able to to, push through that because of the system. so even if you think that they are the greatest

majority because he lied about brexit and because he was up against let's not reheat brexit because your party, labournot wanting to talk about brexit. i agree i am though, because keir starmer was the architect of the second referendum, which you agreed with. >> well, i think i was more of an architect than he was because he took a long time to persuade him to back it. >> but you talked about truth and integrity. isn't part of the problem. people like you, when you were spin doctors have brought in to mould the message. years ago, we didn't have all these spin doctors. you were part of the problem. >> you know, i just i really don't buy that. we. when i was doing the job of, i was always more concerned about the public than the media. the media in our democracy, particularly if you're from the left of centre, there a real obstacle to getting stuff done because they're out to get you the whole time. and what i was determined to do was to make sure that tony blair did not go the same way as neil kinnock in terms of getting absolutely destroyed by the media. much more important was the strategy. and wha

labour. the brexit party helped the tories in 2019. now they can return the favour. that's fair.d farage should be welcomed back into the conservative fold. 45% of you say he shouldn't. a lot closer than i thought . coming up, has than i thought. coming up, has emily thornberry let the cat out of the bag when it comes to labour's private school tax raid, and if we have to, in the short term, have have larger classes, we have larger classes, you know, the, the fleet street legend kelvin mackenzie is in the studio to react to that cock up. >> and labour's plans to give every school kid a free breakfast. but next, there's been a right wing surge in the european elections. so if the polls are to be believed, why is britain swinging the way? we've been for you, so don't go anywhere. we'll patrick christys. tonight with me. ben. lio on gb news coming up. is it the state's responsibility to give your kids breakfast? but first, a surge in support for right wing parties. at last night's eu elections has sent shockwaves through the continent , with france's continent, with france's preside

500 seats and he's going to have to unite and keep together various factions within the labour party. perhaps brexitwhich really is the dog that hasn't barked during the campaign, will be the first major issue in which he's going to need to hold his ground, if indeed he wants to. in left wing economists saying that perhaps, you know, our economy would boom were we to re—enter the customs union, were we to re—enter the single market. >> that gdp is down 4% because of brexit. >> and there's a counterargument to that that we can't get into now. but i'm just wondering whether we want to reopen this can of worms. annabel. >> well, i think it's also predicated on the idea that we'd get a better deal. yes. what incentive is there for the european union to offer the uk something which isn't membership , but which gives us all of the perks, if not more? i think we have to accept that in addition to all the time and energy and resource that would need to go into renegotiating with the european union, the outcome is highly unlikely to be better than what we had in 2019. so, we've got about 30s left. >> no, i k

labour party? as the campaign, orindeed labour party? as the campaign, or indeed as their government might progress? well with me to discuss this is the former brexitnnunziata rees—mogg and the author and broadcaster amy nicole turner. amy angela author and broadcaster amy nicole turner . amy angela rayner nicole turner. amy angela rayner is being a bit bold in this election campaign, first with diane abbott, second with nuclear deterrence. she's a showing keir up . showing keir up. >> not at all. have you read that quote in full, she makes it clear whilst the threat exists, we are fully committed to our trident programme. but in the future the aim would be international, multilateral designer that with her saying nothing has changed, who wouldn't want to aim for multilateral disarmament in a in in a utopian world? of course we all would. but she's saying for now it's very clear that labour have a complete commitment to defence, that a nuclear deterrence that is quite clearly a change, because in 2016, along with roughly 40% of labour mps, she voted against renewing trident. be fair, she would face disciplinary action had she not. >> there wasn't a

i mean, don't forget, during the brexit party election 2019, one, i took part in the red wall. loads and loads of labourped into the brexit party. it's not just a situation where a conservative is flipping into reform , this is every voter for grab. >> i remember meeting you on the bus in dudley. yeah, when they were flocking around. they're cheering for farage. and you were there, but part of the farage team. and it was a striking, i think. and i was the only journalist with him all that period covering it for the telegraph at the time. but i think yeah, definitely, i think there's a, there's a, there's a feeling i think and he was saying wasn't he. not at farage they're polling shown in the red wall. they are the party of opposition to labour. so he's always said he thinks he can hoover up some of those votes that jonathan can say that i'm not entirely sure it's right. >> jonathan reynolds says, james, do you think this, interesting flip of the conversation that nigel farage threw out there last night? he's he's he's judo thrown the line back of a vote for reform is a vote for sir keir starmer . back

is keir starmer over and over again, that it is absolutely not labour party policy to rejoin the single market. but of course, brexiteersed up again, and worry that this could signal sort of the beginning of the end of the brexit that they voted for. that's the message which the tories are going to try really hard to ram home today. but as you say, no one's really listening to the government of the day anymore. yeah. you know, we expect to see those polls narrowing at this point in the electoral campaign cycle . it's electoral campaign cycle. it's not happening. will that change? thank you very much, olivia . on thank you very much, olivia. on the battle bus and catherine in westminster . now to royal westminster. now to royal matters. today is ga today. it means the king and queen will attend the annual service to mark the oldest british order of chivalry. and of course , we have chivalry. and of course, we have sent our royal correspondent, cameron walker, to to windsor bnng cameron walker, to to windsor bring us up to date on all of this. so we get to see all of the royals out and about again today. cameron >> good m

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brexit has wiped a0 billions pounds worth of tax receipt out of the uk economy. you did it because you were terrified of nigel farage. the worrying thing for me is the silence of the labour party provided. let's get the reaction from _ will provided. let's get the reaction from some - will provided. let's get the reaction from some of- will provided. let's get the l reaction from some of other will provided. let's get the - reaction from some of other parties. here in an independent capacity, not talking for the snp is. and the deputy leader of reform uk. thank you for coming. we were hearing from stephen flynn. on that specific issue, why do you think it's not part of the debate?— issue, why do you think it's not part of the debate? because there's a conspiracy — part of the debate? because there's a conspiracy of _ part of the debate? because there's a conspiracy of silence, _ part of the debate? because there's a conspiracy of silence, the - a conspiracy of silence, the language he used, around westminster parties and the way they operate, meaning brexit has been accepted despite the harm. it's not in labour�*s aim to raise it. it's not in the tories's interest to raise it

brexit thing. what is so interesting is that we've had a conversation on newscasts before, adam, about the fact that there's been a sort of criticism levelled at the main parties in gb, so labourr, that they've been quite quiet on the brexit question during the course of this election campaign. and if you think back to 2019, when it was right at the front and centre of the campaign, it was the biggest issue. this time round, it hasn't been. i mean, there are other smaller parties like for example, reform uk or the green party or the snp who want to talk about brexit. but there's been a sort of suggestion that the bigger parties don't, whereas in northern ireland it is still something that's so much an active part of the political debate in this campaign. and more broadly, it's a really interesting distinction. we've had a question from the newscaster called b, who says, "do you think sinn fein may abandon their abstention position if labour win" ? sara, i'll get you to theorise about that. and of course, when we're talking about abstention, this position, that's the fact that sinn fein don't take up their seats at westminster. no, in a word. i don't think it matters whether it

into changing the labour party , where changing the labour party, where the labour party, you know, are trying to win back votes, you deserted them in 2019 because they wanted to get brexity policies or ideas, but the themes of taking back control of your money, borders and laws from the eu. the idea that there is someone from the labour party , a spokesperson clearly attached to the labour party, sort of suggesting to expats that if you vote labour, yes, we can try and we'll reopen the negotiations to see that you can have more freedom of movement and come to the uk and go back to france or spain or whatever, outside of that 90 day period that i think you now have. if you're not resident there. but that's a quid pro quo, because the reason relating to antagonise the labour leadership is because that means that you open to free movement of more people coming into the uk that are not uk citizens. so it does play are not uk citizens. so it does play havoc with the messaging . play havoc with the messaging. it distorts it slightly. it is not the end of the world. i would probably suggest, as a political analyst rather than a conservative party card carrier, but it is still

former brexit party mep turned conservative annunziata rees—mogg and the author and broadcaster amy nicole turner. and theatre. the labourg into a bit of a bind over education policy. not that it will affect the general election, but it might affect the governance of the country. >> i, i don't know that they've got any idea what they're doing. >> keir starmer, you just saw quoting the ifs who happened to have also said that by getting rid of private schools, which was, after all, what they were saying in that clip, you just showed would cost 4 billion in tax receipts and 3 billion with extra pupils going to state schools and causing these larger classes that emily thornberry wasn't meant to admit to. we all know it's clearly going to be true if private schools go bust , true if private schools go bust, if parents can't afford the fees, they can't send their children there. they're going to send them to state schools and it will be swallowed up with extra pupils. >> amy nicole turner, is this class war like the pun? well i think i think the messaging on this is getting really confused and i don't think emily thornberry re

brexit referendum. this weekend, business secretary kemi badenoch, tipped by many to be a future leader of the conservative party, says that labourxit if it wins the general election. meanwhile, liberal democrats deputy leader daisy cooper said this today at some point, longer term and then obviously we'd want to see the uk return to the heart of europe. >> but we're very clear that in this election we can see that families are really, really struggling , families are really, really struggling, many families really on the brink. that's why we're campaigning so hard to save our nhs and social care and tackle the cost of living crisis. >> there you go. well, will we still have brexit in five years time? let's get the views of former lib dem adviser pablo ohana. pablo, lovely to have you on the show. how do you think labour are going to handle brexit if they win the election, as is predicted ? as is predicted? >> well, i was, i was slightly confused about kenny's comments because, labour has ruled out any form of meaningful relationship with the eu and their manifesto, so i'm not actually sure what she's referring to. >> they, they

brexit is damaging the economy. the labour— brexit is damaging the economy. the labour party says that that represents a change.ion? what i am going to say is that there is a _ next election? what i am going to say is that there is a basic - say is that there is a basic democratic point. the scottish parliament was elected in 2021 and the majority of members within it committed to having a referendum independence and warning a democratic state to be established. that should be respected. if we get to the _ that should be respected. if we get to the point in the united kingdom where _ to the point in the united kingdom where we — to the point in the united kingdom where we just had a casual attitude to respecting the democratic outcomes of elections, i think we are in— outcomes of elections, i think we are in really, really dangerous territorv _ are in really, really dangerous territory. so i would... what i want to see _ territory. so i would... what i want to see happen is respecting of the mandate — to see happen is respecting of the mandate that has been given by the people _ mandate that has been given by t

brexit negotiator. my old sparring partner michel barnier , sparring partner michel barnier, has hinted that any future deal the labour partyee movement of people. will a sir keir starmer government slowly unravel brexit? that's all coming up in your next hour . your next hour. morally repugnant, nosy hating, ahistorical drivel. a kremlin propagandist, boris johnson, blasted nigel farage over the weekend. mr farage blasted back, calling boris a liar and a hypocrite and today, adding the worst prime minister in modern british history, a criticism he used to level at theresa may dunng used to level at theresa may during the brexit years. is this the war of words? is it? is it damaging everybody? is it necessary? whose side are you on in the battle of the brexit heavyweights? team boris or team nigel farage? let me know. gbnews.com for your say. before we kick off the next hour, your headunes we kick off the next hour, your headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> martin thank you. and the top stories from the gb newsrooms today. britain's next government is going to face big decisions on taxes and the size of the state. th

is brexit safe, under the labour party, we're told it is by a sir keir starmer they won't try and renegotiatemarket. you're someone who knows how the workings of government work. is it safe or do you worry about it? >> well , the first thing to say >> well, the first thing to say is ikea was my opposite number. remember when i was brexit secretary and he obviously hated brexit? you know, he hated the fact that it had happened and he was very nervous about taking it on because after all, it's the people's choice. it's not not the government's choice to have brexit, and he wants to he thinks he's going to get a sort of cheap, easy new deal with europe . and it's not going to by europe. and it's not going to by the back door and it's not going to happen. the european have already started to put the price on the table of any changes at all. i mean, he wants to do something like bring the chemical industry back inside the european regulatory regime. well, that's not that important as long as you don't give them the control over it. but what is important is they're going to ask for a new variant of

brexit. and the conservative and labour parties have both condemned that incident involving nigel farage.ebate of the general election campaign this evening . the liberal democrats evening. the liberal democrats have been campaigning on social care while the home secretary, james cleverly, says a future conservative government would give mps a vote on the number of migrants who will be allowed uk visas . in migrants who will be allowed uk visas. in other migrants who will be allowed uk visas . in other news, operations visas. in other news, operations and blood transfusions have been cancelled at a number of major nhs hospitals in london after a cyber attack struck an it service provider . staff at service provider. staff at king's college hospital and guy's and saint thomas's , guy's and saint thomas's, including the royal brompton and their primary care services, have been told that their sites have been told that their sites have been told that their sites have been hit by a major incident. some sources calling that a ransomware attack and world tennis number one novak djokovic has bee

labour party, so go to wales. nigel farage said wales has had a labour government for a long time. his predecessor party, the brexitme second in the old seat of in 2019. we mentioned the seats. merthyr tydfil and aberdare. the new and you can see the candidates on the bbc web—site. here's nigel farage speaking at his "contract" launch this afternoon. and we want to have an absolutely radical rethink of the way in which our public services are run and, yes, that does include the national health service. it's been very, very difficult to have any conversation about the nhs over the course of the 25 years that i have been involved in politics without someone pointing _ and screaming, "you want to privatise it". all we want is an nhs that is free at the point of delivery that actually works and how we get there, frankly, i don't think most people could give a damn about. let's talk to the co—deputy leader of reform uk, ben habib. thank you for talking to our audience on newsnight. your promise to wipe out the 7.5 million cases on the nhs waiting list in england in two years. can you explain how? the --rincial two years

labour party's support for generations. or until 2019. many of the former mining towns led their support to the torys in the debate over brexit.gue has been in lee and now she is in cheadle so you'll forgive her hear finishing her day at the pub there. but a good night to pounce on a captainive audience, yes? >> indeed. yesterday i was in the debate surrounded by politicians. today it's been all about the voters. as you say i had breakfast in a solid conservative place. and then moved to lunch to bottommable west, which is a bellwether seat. i've just had dinner here in cheadle. one of the things that struck me mountain three seats i've been today is just how fed up people are in this part of the world with the political class in westminster. they're don't think that anyone has done anything for them. a lot of people in bolton west said they're not going to vote. they don't think that any of the leaders have anything to offer. cheadle is held by the conservatives but it's a target for democrats and we may have a picture we can show you yesterday with his blue dieng rhode island pants saying he's going to topple the wall. allis

statement in response contained a reference to brexit, brexit is the issue would they dare not speak its name because neither the conservatives nor the labour partyin england who drove this through. nigel farage is one of the main architects of brexit. these in a comfortable position because he didn't implement it, he didn't negotiate the deal, the settlement, he just says basically we ended up with the wrong type of brexit and we've ended up with the type of brexit that still enables immigration to continue. critics, if they were able to say so without attracting concern from the voters, would say what would you expect if you argued for moving britain from the single market when you argued for the hard brexit that has come about. but they cannot say that, the tories cannot say that, they have to take ownership of the project which in many ways it is not going particularly well because the opportunities they talk about for brexit are down the line. the challenges that arise from brexit including a forecast cut in the value of the british economy are happening right now.— value of the british economy are happening right now. jessica, the headfine h

party is held to the flame about brexit. what progress did you make this morning? 0n brexit, we asked labourthis morning, on brexit, there is the overwhelming consensus from economists and of course there is a big range here, but the consensus is that brexit has made it harderfor the uk to make ends meet in the long term. that is the economic consensus. the obr said it and all sorts of experts have said it. mr sunak�*s old boss said it. one of his friends said on the radio the other day, it has made trading more difficult. rishi sunak did not want to touch that with a barge pole and i mean a very long and spiky barge pole. he did almost everything he could to avoid addressing that point. we were not trying to get him to say, it was a terrible thing. but would he acknowledge the economic consensus now that brexit has made it harderfor the uk to trade around the world. he of course, came back with evidence of new trade deals that he says they have signed. he was citing recent statistics that the uk has been doing better recently than other eu countries. but neil got in touch to say, "this inte

party is held to the flame about brexit. what progress did you make this morning? 0n brexit we asked labouron brexit, there is the overwhelming consensus from economists and of course there is a big range here, but the consensus is that brexit has made it harder for the uk to make ends meet in the long term. that is the economic consensus. the 0br said it and all sorts of experts have said it. mr sunak�*s old boss said it. one of his friends said on the radio the other day, it has made trading more difficult. rishi sunak did not want to touch that with a barge pole and i mean a very long and spiky barge pole. he did almost everything he could to avoid addressing that point. we were not trying to get him to say, it was a terrible thing. but would he acknowledge the economic consensus now that brexit has made it harderfor the uk to trade around the world. he of course, came back with evidence of new trade deals that he says they have signed. he was citing recent statistics that the uk has been doing better recently than other eu countries. but neil got in touch to say, "this interview is pain

party is held to the flame about brexit. what progress did you make this morning? on brexit we asked labourng, on brexit, there is the overwhelming consensus from economists and of course there is a big range here, but the consensus is that brexit has made it harder for the uk to make ends meet in the long term. that is the economic consensus. the obr said it and all sorts of experts have said it. mr sunak�*s old boss said it. one of his friends said on the radio the other day, it has made trading more difficult. rishi sunak did not want to touch that with a barge pole and i mean a very long and spiky barge pole. he did almost everything he could to avoid addressing that point. we were not trying to get him to say, it was a terrible thing. but would he acknowledge the economic consensus now that brexit has made it harderfor the uk to trade around the world. he of course, came back with evidence of new trade deals that he says they have signed. he was citing recent statistics that the uk has been doing better recently than other eu countries. but neil got in touch to say, "this interview is