christopher hope, the political in the now. christopher hope, the politic.of in the now.itic.of parliament the now. christopher hope, the politic.of parliament for us. house of parliament for us. chopper going there? chopper what's going on there? i mean, of this keeps mean, the timing of this keeps on flopping, we think there on flip flopping, we think there are votes at 8 pm. are going to be votes at 8 pm. what's you what's going to happen? do you think ? think? >> that's right. hi. hi, camilla. that's right. there's going to be ten votes, ten divisions of the house of commons to overturn ten different attempts by the house of lords to weaken , if you're of lords to weaken, if you're the government or to improve if you're the lords. this rwanda bill and that those should all go through. we'll see. robert buckland being one of the very, very few tory mps to vote against the government. it's on areas as whether areas such as voting whether rwanda , it needs to be called rwanda, it needs to be called a safe country before the first flights can take off. it's other issues a

we're going to be speaking hope speaking to christopher hope chopper house of commons. chopper in the house of commons. he us atmosphere he can give us the atmosphere down and us exactly down there and tell us exactly what's on with that what's going on with that landmark legislation. what's going on with that landmarkwe're legislation. what's going on with that landmarkwe're goinggislation. what's going on with that landmarkwe're goinggislbe on. and also we're going to be debating zero. it the debating net zero. is it the future for a number of different reports, again, saying and warning about the cost to the taxpayer? is it just all we can see a heat pump there on the screen? apparently some people have not very many, may i have them. not very many, may i add. still, people having add. still, people are having far many gas boilers far more many more gas boilers installed than heat pumps. it installed than heat pumps. is it all a lot of hot air? we'll be discussing that a little later on first ever as on the show, but first ever as even on the show, but first ever as ever, here's th

you've held my hand throughout, i'm and this i'm christopher hope, and this has of the nation has beenter me is the weather. i hope it's good. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello and welcome to the latest gb news forecast from the met office. rain spreads east dunng met office. rain spreads east during the next 24 hours. breezy. along with that rain , breezy. along with that rain, but it does turn drier and brighter later on tuesday . brighter later on tuesday. weather fronts responsible attached to this area of low pressure anchored off the west of scotland overnight. and those weather fronts will bring outbreaks of persistent rain to the north and the west initially before transferring east. the rain does turn more showery. it tends to fragment through the night, but still some of those showers will be quite heavy, particularly the north and particularly in the north and the . not much rain reaching the west. not much rain reaching the west. not much rain reaching the south—east at all. in fact, some spells remain here, some clear spells r

christopher hope another day. so christopher hope gb edhon another day.editor. take gb news political editor. take it away. what was the significance of lee anderson's move today evening? >> nigel, it's big, i think, because, lee anderson was the red wall made flesh. to quote your friend nick robinson from the bbc. i mean, he says he was seen by many in the tory party, certainly amongst those grassroots in the south as who are these northern cousins who voted for us suddenly in 2019. and lee anderson, to be fair to him, he put the hours in. he basically went around all of those seats speaking on the rubber chicken speaking rubber chicken circuit, speaking to look , you know, to them, saying, look, you know, we have we were the north we have we were in the north too. north is not where too. well, north is not where it's midlands really. but we it's in midlands really. but we support, the, the, the policy of the tory party like you do. and here i am. and that's why i think it's almost a severing of that connection to the north, i think. and red wall seats,

let's go straight to the palace of westminster and join gb news is political editor christopher hope.er, i mean, in brief , the house of lords are brief, the house of lords are just sending everything back to the commons again . the commons again. >> yeah, i mean, in brief, that's what's happened so far. we've done four votes in the house of lords. we've done four votes in the house of lords . they've all been house of lords. they've all been reversed by majorities of between 30 and 45. these are attempts by the commons, as we know on monday, have said we will reject all of your attempts to weaken the safety of rwanda bill. that is are saying, well, i'm sorry, back with you to the mps and we expect now looking at the voting that all the pattern of voting that all seven will be lost tonight by the government, means the government, and that means it into the house of it goes back into the house of commons maybe as soon as next week. fully expect this to be week. i fully expect this to be resolved now easter. i've resolved now after easter. i've been people in been told by senior people

christopher, a very long, hope. christopher, a very long, exciting night for you .night for you. in the words of george galloway, has the labour leader, sir keir starmer, this morning woken up to his worst nightmare ? well to his worst nightmare? well morning pip, and morning, michael. >> i mean, it is a complete disaster for the labour party. they of course had their candidate on the ballot paper, didn't they? as our ally. but the party itself had disowned him over remarks he recorded in making about gaza back in october, which emerged after the nominations had closed for this by—election. labour, of course, coming in fourth behind the tory party, the governing tory party in third and independent david tully , a lifetime, uh season tully, a lifetime, uh season ticket holder of rochdale f.c. concerned about local hospital issues . he came second in issues. he came second in galloway, of course , first with galloway, of course, first with a near 6000 majority. yes, it would be difficult for him because i think the whole the gaza um, uh, control kc the issue with isra

um, christopher, politico's christopher hope. . um, christopher, politico's christopher hope. goocgood morningl, christopher, politico's christopher hope. goocgood morning to zhristopher, politico's christopher hope. goocgood morning to you. opher, politico's christopher hope. goocgood morning to you. um,r, very good morning to you. um, are you in rochdale, chris? it looks like it . looks like it. >> yeah. it's snowing on me. hi, mark. hi bev. yeah. it's snowing. i'm in a, uh, george galloway is having breakfast about 100 yards away from me at the moment . about 100 yards away from me at the moment. uh, he's tucking into some bacon and eggs after a night he basically put one night when he basically put one across the main parties with labour and the tory party pushed into third and fourth place, uh, george galloway , uh, statement george galloway, uh, statement overnight when he said that keir starmer and rishi sunak are two cheeks of the same backside , cheeks of the same backside, they both got one and surely spanked here tonigh

i'll be christopher. hopee that say what >> we like people that say what they think. no barred, no. they think. no holds barred, no. >> just a state of our >> it's just a state of our society, isn't it, that people feel like they can't actually say what they think, or they might lose a job, they might lose some friends. they might lose some friends. they might lose their space on the dinner party circuit. and it's got worse. party circuit. and it's got worcould imagine a group >> could you imagine a group equivalent the spice girls equivalent to the spice girls today saying that they think margaret is girl power ? margaret thatcher is girl power? it's almost. was okay to it's almost. that was okay to say the early 2000 or the say in the early 2000 or the 90s, whenever they said it, 90s, or whenever they said it, but it's okay to say now. it but it's not okay to say now. it feels like we've got worse as a society on these sorts of issues and these sort of cross ideological friendships. must say. >> i've met hol

but christopher hope, our political edhon christopher hope, our political editor, asked jeremy hunt abouts what he had to say. >> good proposal . i also, by the >> good proposal. i also, by the way, remembered, the sufferings and worries of people of the jewish faith in my autumn statement . so a very good statement. so a very good proposal was made to me by sajid javid. yes. who is a colleague and a friend. and i decided i'd have merit . have merit. >> and the way you framed it, you framed the by saying you framed the answer by saying we extremism and you framed the answer by saying we divisions. extremism and you framed the answer by saying we divisions. afterremism and you framed the answer by saying we divisions. afterremiloss|nd heal divisions. after the loss of life in israel and gaza. will that memorial do that ? that memorial do that? >> i believe it will, because i think it shows what unites us. just as the funding that i gave to the holocaust education trust after the autumn statement did it, it reminds us that on many things , whether it's the things, whether it's the holocaust

, the latest christopher hope, has the latest for trouble here in parliament, where peers have again frustrated attempts by rishi sunak to pass into law his rwanda plan. >> it was first announced two years ago by boris johnson, but still, those flights have not taken off in the uk, carrying illegally arrived migrants to rwanda. here in the house of lords tonight, peers have voted to say that migrants can only be sent to rwanda when all the measures in rwanda treaty have been satisfied, and that could take a while. another amendment passed by the by the peers here, says the bill must have due regard international law. regard for international law. and the ping pong process and so the ping pong process continues . but the government is continues. but the government is very will ensure it very clear it will ensure it will try and force this measure through ensure will try and force this measure throrflights ensure will try and force this measure throrflights can ensure will try and force this measure throrflights can take ensure will try and force this measure throrflights can take off.

, the latest christopher hope, has the latest for trouble here in parliament, where peers have againted attempts by rishi sunak to pass into law his rwanda plan. >> it was first announced two years ago by boris johnson, but still, those flights have not taken off in the uk, carrying illegally arrived migrants to rwanda. here in the house of lords tonight, peers have voted to say that migrants can only be sent to rwanda when all the measures in rwanda treaty have been satisfied, and that could take a while. another amendment passed by the by the peers here, says the bill must have due regard international law. regard for international law. and the ping pong process and so the ping pong process continues . but the government is continues. but the government is very will ensure it very clear it will ensure it will try and force this measure through ensure will try and force this measure throrflights ensure will try and force this measure throrflights can ensure will try and force this measure throrflights can take ensure will try and force this measure throrflights can take off.|sure wi

, christopher hope . o you hope. christopher, why do you suspect leo varadkar has decided at this point in time that he will stand down? >> well and often both, he said it, hasn't he, that he's done it for personal reasons. his race is run , seven years at the top is run, seven years at the top of politics in ireland. we saw this, didn't we, in new zealand when we saw the prime minister resign there, we saw it with nicola sturgeon. it's an increasingly the case. i think, that some leaders are trying to exit politics on their own terms when they're ready to go, rather than being forced we are than being forced out. we are more of the latter. more of a habit of the latter. i think in uk politics it's fascinating. i think who might replace him? i've been talking to colleagues ours in in to colleagues of ours in in northern ireland and ireland today, and helen mccarthy, the justice minister, and simon harris, a former health minister. look, look at the favourites. but of course, it all hinges on whether the ot

is, that christopher hope, that is, that as many as 40 mps could have sent in letters of no . sent in to the 1922 committee chairman, sir graham brady. but the question is, with the tories facing electoral oblivion according to the polls, do they stand any chance of turning the ship around with me now is the former labour minister, ivor capun former labour minister, ivor caplin . ivor, of course you were caplin. ivor, of course you were one of those people who saw the ascendancy of new labour in 1997. d0 ascendancy of new labour in 1997. do you feel that we're for on a similar course as that famous landslide . famous landslide. >> hi tom, it's always good to see you. and i have to say this very clearly. you know, not a single vote has yet been cast in a general election. and that means that for the labour party, whilst we're ready for a general election , we can't be complacent election, we can't be complacent at all. that's. that would be very , very wrong for us to be very, very wrong for us to be like that. and i see this as a very different election than the 1 in 1997, i think 97.

you just heard that exclusive from christopher hope, new christopher hope, a new anti—islam homophobiat sounded as though we need to find somebody who can accurately count the number of angels who can dance on the head of a pin, to get to the right definition. i've always thought, that we have to be very careful with these terms . we need to stop people threatening people , physically threatening people, physically intimidating them. but we also have to be very careful, that we protect freedom of speech and we don't stop people, choosing to worship in whichever way they choose. there are things in the christian bible, in the quran that are, in today's terms, quite extreme, but people choose to, believe the whole works. and putting freedom of speech, freedom of religious worship and protecting people is quite a difficult , task to carry out, think. >> graham, do you worry so just quickly, do you worry that a labour government might broaden the definition of islamophobia? so that it became almost a blasphemy law, that criticism of the ideology and belief system of islam might become a cr

christopher hope downing hope back to you on downing street for update . street for an update. at can you tell . us >> oh, michelle. hello. sorry it's pouring with rain here in downing street on a friday night. yeah, we've had some response so far from ed davey who is the liberal democrat leader. he says the british people will take no lessons from a prime minister and tory party who the division who sow the seeds of division for they're making for years. so they're making quite political. i think this is quite political. i think this is quite interesting here. this is the same prime minister ed davey says, made suella braverman says, who made suella braverman home anderson home secretary and lee anderson as the party's chairman. as the party's deputy chairman. if is serious about if the pm is serious about bringing people together his call, he should call a general election now. people, the election now. so the people, the british public can decide the future of our country. so that kind which the pm was kind of idea, which the pm was trying to get across, reaching across party

she gave an exclusive interview to christopher hope. the echr. we'll have that after this. i'm . have that after this. i'm. martin. a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news afternoon. on. gb news afternoon. >> welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. a few heavy showers around this afternoon , showers around this afternoon, but they're going to fade through this evening. most of us having dry night. fog and having a dry night. some fog and frost the southwest. that's frost in the southwest. that's where we've had clearer where we've had the clearer skies day . still skies through the day. still some showers across the some heavy showers across the south—east. tend to south—east. they'll tend to drift a few scattered drift away. a few scattered showers across parts of scotland, but for most, a scotland, but for most, it's a dry keep quite dry night. we'll keep quite a lot cloud in the east that lot of cloud in the east that will help to keep the temperatures up here, but further th

and we saw it there in the interview with christopher hope.he questions, although some of them were quite, quite tough and quite difficult. and i wasn't wholly his wholly satisfied with his answers , but he certainly looked answers, but he certainly looked as if could deal with the as if he could deal with the situation and, you know, he and angela rayner presenting themselves a united team, i themselves as a united team, i thought was a very successful, campaign launch today. >> do you think his confidence might be boosted by the fact sir john curtice, pollster, are john curtice, the pollster, are saying they, the saying that they, the conservatives, got 1% conservatives, only got 1% chance of the next chance of winning the next general well, general election now? well, christopher hope asked him about that. of he has to. he >> and of course he has to. he has to sort of deny that and disagree curtice and disagree with john curtice and say, of course he's not complacent, i think 99% is a is a very high figure , and i'm a very high figure, and

, about editor, christopher hope, about all of the above. hristopher, i suppose the big new of news today is this , new piece of news today is this, this rounding up of illegal migrants . migrants. >> yeah, not rounding up. that sounds a bit, ominous. i think , sounds a bit, ominous. i think, tom, a writing of letters to a cohort of people who could be on the first flights out. the government clearly wants to get momentum behind what they intend to do. now, votes to to do. now, the votes to overturn the ten changes to the rwanda bill, pushed through by unelected peers start today, probably at 6 pm, not 8 pm, as we thought earlier. 2.5 hours of voting that will carry on today. and then they'll come back to the lords, probably on wednesday , the lords might then to vote reinstate those 1010 changes. it goes back to the commons , and goes back to the commons, and very, very quickly. and this the process called ping pong as like a ping pong ball. this bill goes between the different houses of commons, houses of parliament. and that could mean tha

should we get the thoughts of our political editor , hope, christopher , , christopher hope, christopherat this definition will be and how it will affect. >> yeah, we know what the definition is, don't we? i mean, i think he what i struck by was he named those groups , on the he named those groups, on the right of political campaigning or even society patriotic alternative. the british national socialist movement neo—nazi group amongst on on the left, i suppose you could say the muslim association of britain. cage and men. there are five groups he named there , in five groups he named there, in parliament, of course, with full privilege , allowing him to say privilege, allowing him to say that they'll be looked at under the new extremism definition, and they'll be assessed whether they should face this band called extremists, and they can't get money from, central government. some of those groups have received charitable funding, and that's part of the problem . and it may mean that problem. and it may mean that when you're named. and we'll see more in the detail. but when your names are

lucky you christopher hope. tax affair. council house. >> yeah. hi, tom. hi, amelia. they were asked here in dudley. angela rayner was in the front row of the speech that keir starmer gave. it was to launch the party's , may the 2nd local the party's, may the 2nd local election campaign . but the election campaign. but the questions amongst the journalists soon turned to angela rayner. of course, she's been on the broadcasting rounds today , making clear that she today, making clear that she feels she's done nothing wrong, has taken legal advice, tax advice and whether she owns two things on the sale of this property in greater manchester in 2015. any capital gains tax was that owed because was she living in that property or a different one? and indeed was renee the electoral renee with the electoral register? was was that okay? was that all up to speed? was she in the right house? and greater manchester police are looking again, whether there's been any illegality for sir keir starmer, he's made very clear that

. >> well, let's discuss this further with gb news political editor christopher hope, christopher , thankh christopher, thank you very much for joining us. so rishi sunak forjoining us. so rishi sunak is saying that frank hester, the tory donor, has apologised. therefore, his apologies should be accepted. he's shown remorse, etcetera, etcetera . will that etcetera, etcetera. will that put an end to this ? put an end to this? >> i think it won't. we haven't heard yet from diane abbott. i was surprised she wasn't called , was surprised she wasn't called, in pmqs by the speaker, the pms line is quite clear, mr hester. his remorse should be accepted. time to move on. but £10 million is an awful lot of money. clearly, to give to a charity or back to mr hester, and that's allowed , you know, correctly, allowed, you know, correctly, i think other party leaders to pile in stephen flynn, the snp leader with the sharpest line, i think, saying the pm was putting money before morals. it got quite, quite mucky there. i think at some point with mr sunak trying to throw back attacks on the labour frontb

well, i'm joined now in the studio by our political editor, christopher hope. and it's fair to say she was livid with the labour party about what she said was them talking down the clock and not allowing her debate to get forward, and in particular, protecting girls in same sex toilets. >> she was saying vividly and in terms that she has heard from parents in her constituency whose children can't go to the loo if they're their daughters, because they were the boys are in their boys and boys have cameras. they might take them into the loos. it's a very vulnerable situation to be in, and girls just don't feel safe. you'll hear the anger in her voice if you listen to this clip right labour party right now, the labour party should hang their heads should really hang their heads in shame for what they've in shame today for what they've done stopping a bill that done in stopping a bill that would have actually helped children, young people, children, helped young people, and women. and helped women. >> i've had discussions >> well, i've had discussions with labour mp

our political editor, christopher hope, has more . christopher hope, has more. >> that's right. get. that's right. the tories get another £5 million, reportedly from the race route donor, taking it to total to £15 million, but will he hand any of it back? we'll find out . it back? we'll find out. >> stressed civil servants, employees at britain's official stats body have threatened to go on strike after being asked to work in the office for two days a week, rather than full time work from home. >> drivers are being handed an average of more than 35,000 parking tickets by private companies every day. in britain, mps salaries will increase by 5.5% in april, taking their yearly wage to over £91,000. >> we're asking you this morning, does your local mp deserve that? >> let us know your thoughts on everything, won't you? we've also got this talking point about prince william. prince harry at the diana legacy awards. although they were separate , they were there separate, they were there together. and this issue of meghan launching this lifestyle brand minutes before william turned up

earlier today, christopher hope spoke to the former home secretary, suella braverman, on this.her matters . this. among other matters. >> the solution is actually ultimately to pass a law that is excludes people from making individual claims, excludes the totality of international law. the european convention of human rights, the refugee convention which stymie our ability to control our borders, pass it via emergency measures , i.e. more emergency measures, i.e. more quickly than is currently being done. so we get it on the statute books and we can actually operate analyse flights to rwanda on a, on a, on a large scale with large numbers of passengers and on a regular basis, because that's the only way we get we send the message that coming to the uk on a small boat not to a life in boat will not lead to a life in this country . this country. >> well, i'm joined by my panel, criminal barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes, and the author and journalist michael crick. we need , in suella terms, crick. we need, in suella terms, to operational, is it not a word i particularly l

now, christopher hope, country. now, christopher hope, our political editor.een in westminster. unbelievable a friend of mine reported from number 10. it was like a morgue in there that sunak would call an election on may the 2nd. just to just to get it over with, to end the play. it's all below the waterline . it's all below the waterline. >> so it's not out there in speeches, and it's what we're heanng speeches, and it's what we're hearing from. was sitting hearing from. i was sitting having bowl of soup having my bowl of soup for lunch. and this respected lunch. and it's this respected tory came up to me and told tory mp came up to me and told me the pm is going to call me why the pm is going to call an election wednesday or thursday this thursday next week. this election was about it. election was all about it. there's groups in number 10, election was all about it. tispring groups in number 10, election was all about it. tispring grcand in number 10, election was all about it. tispring grc and an number 10, election was all about it. tispring grcand an au

well, for more on this, let's talk with our gb news political editor, christopher hope, christopher ,e, christopher, this is a pretty large surge in membership i >> -- >> yes, a big number average membership fees can be around £37 each. if you take in, an additional donation on top of the £25, annual membership. so it's a 25 grand boost to the coffers at least of the reform uk party, maybe as much as £37,000 in one single day. now that may not carry on. of course, he's all over the news and front pages of websites, etc. yesterday and today and we'll know how far that goes. but it does show, i think the impact of this mp, joining from the independent benches, joining the independent benches, joining the reform uk party. we are waiting for gb news viewers and listeners to tell them when he's going to cross the floor. when he formally joins his, his bench, the independent benches, with others like george galloway, and from the workers of britain party behind the snp and the lib dems. so there'll be and the lib dems. so there'll be a moment, historic moment in parliament when that happens

cross live to westminster, where political editor, where our political editor, christopher us christopher hopering us up speed. evening. up to speed. good evening. christopher, please tell us all what's this what's going on tonight on this one. please >> hi, michelle. evening and great to be on your show. yeah. the votes have been delayed till 8:00. we had led to believe there were at 6 pm, but they were delayed till 8:00. so they won't come on your show. but there are ten attempts by the house of lords to water down or they would say improve the rwanda bill. ten measures passed by the peers which mps here tonight will try and reverse. just very briefly, they cover things like making sure the bill is fully compliant with the rule of law, which you might expect that to be the case. it's passed by parliament, but anyway, that's one of the measures which the peers put in. they're that's one of the measures which the [checking put in. they're that's one of the measures which the [checking that in. they're that's one of the measures which the [checking that rwandai're also checking that rwanda is a

but let's discuss with christopher hope. uh, christopher hope. y lee anderson. she insists he is absolutely not an islamophobe talking about this, uh, raising taxes on companies that , uh, uh, raising taxes on companies that, uh, that uh, raising taxes on companies that , uh, that recruit uh, raising taxes on companies that, uh, that recruit foreign workers is. that's an interesting one. clearly, she didn't get that through the home office when she was in charge . office when she was in charge. >> yes. i thought you might like that one. that's right. so net migration was 700,000 last year , migration was 700,000 last year, fuelled in part by the ukraine crisis. uh, people arriving here from hong kong, china, from hong kong and hong kong, british nationals from hong kong . but nationals from hong kong. but the number far too big. and the number is far too big. and we've seen measures to control that james cleverly, the home that by james cleverly, the home secretary, on family secretary, recently on family members migrants. members arriving with mi

but our political editor, christopher hope, found out today by asking the prime minister's office, isthrough in this case? and i think there is. we'll have more on that. and you can get your messages to the batley school teacher. batley grammar school teacher. if you send them to me, i will pass them to on him. you can speak directly to him via us. please get in touch. vaiews@gbnews.com. but first it's vaiews@gbnews.com. but first wsfime vaiews@gbnews.com. but first it's time for your latest new headunes it's time for your latest new headlines with polly middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you . well, the top afternoon to you. well, the top story as you've been hearing from the gp newsroom is a world story. it's in the united states where a major search and rescue operation continuing in operation is continuing in baltimore cargo ship baltimore after a cargo ship crashed into a bridge, causing it to simply crumple into the water below. >> take a look if you're watching on television of the moment the vessel hit that bndgeis moment the vessel hit that bridge is calle

and now let's cross to our political editor, christopher hope , who is live on christopher hope, whoright. another blow here, in in parliament, amendment b1 has now been passed by the house of lords. it says that the rwanda will only be seen as a safe country when the arrangements provided by the rwanda rwanda treaty have been fully implemented . this is a fully implemented. this is a further attempt by peers to stop flights off, because flights taking off, because there are all sorts of measures in signed by james in that treaty signed by james cleverly. and what they're saying unless all those saying here is, unless all those measures , measures been measures, measures have been applied, some might take months or cant applied, some might take months or can't any or years. you can't have any flights taking off. a further flights taking off. so a further attempt here to attempt by peers here to frustrate the work of the safety of rwanda bill. and that is why frustrate the work of the safety of theinda bill. and that is why frustrate the work of the safety of the beginningnd that is w

well, i'm still joined by our political editor, christopher hope. this report was, at least in part by her meeting with the batley grammar school teacher himself. that's right. >> as you say, three years ago that happened. and that batley grammar school teacher is in hiding. she me in the hiding. she told me in the interview for gb news that his impact, his family, his children, he suffers from post—traumatic stress disorder because of what happened to him . because of what happened to him. i asked asked her rather i asked him, asked her rather what help has to be from the council or the central government. very little at all. any compensation none any compensation given? none known, is. i think she's known, it is. i think she's shone a light here on pressure, on academics, council leaders, teachers, even journalists from islamists, from those on the right to the far right, putting pressure on people. it chills down freedom of speech. but here's what she had particularly to say about the issue of teachers and whether other other cases of teachers li

editor, christopher hope. >> jeremy hunt, thanks for joining us today on gb news.g back at your budget yesterday, the spring budget, the first announcement you a for you made was a statue for muslims who died in the first and second world war. why do you need a war memorial for muslim soldiers we already have soldiers when we already have one faiths none? one for all faiths and none? >> think it is >> well, because i think it is important recognise the important to recognise the contribution of 170,000 muslims who died defending our freedoms, we have already, as a government supported a memorial to sikh soldiers who died . we supported soldiers who died. we supported a memorial to black and african soldiers who died in windrush square in brixton, and a very good proposal . i also, by the good proposal. i also, by the way, remembered, the sufferings, and worries of people of the jewish faith in my autumn statement . so a very good statement. so a very good proposal was made to me by sajid javid. yes. who is a colleague and a friend. and i decided that had merit . ha

christopher hope. >> that's right.er the weekend, uh, david davis, the former brexit secretary, had been tipped as someone who might do that. that didn't was jeremy didn't happen. was it jeremy corbyn? pictures came to us corbyn? it pictures came to us quite late. i think we could see peter in the corner of peter bottomley in the corner of the chamber. >> like that could >> it seemed like that could have been. i'm just going to get it up for you now, chris. but do continue. yeah >> peter bottomley, of course, is the of the house is the father of the house of commons. the longest is the father of the house of commoimp the longest is the father of the house of commoimp and the longest is the father of the house of commoimp and he longest is the father of the house of commoimp and he probably felt serving mp and he probably felt that he's to welcome the that he's got to welcome the newest who is george newest mp, who is george galloway . um, whether think galloway. um, whether i think jeremy corbyn did it the same, you've

. >> well, to discuss this further, we are joined by gb news political editor christopher hope, chrises group, which is headed up by miriam cates mp and danny kruger, have said, the responsibility lies with the conservative party itself . conservative party itself. >> that's right. hello, tom. hi, emily. that's right. so, though the new conservative group run by danny kruger and miriam cates , they're making it very clear they regret lee anderson's choice to leave the party. it makes the labour government more likely . i mean, literally, of likely. i mean, literally, of course, the party's course, it reduces the party's majority in the house of commons permanently with him joining that party. but also, they feel those two and this group of new conservatives, that it's time to go back to that, the kind of radicalness of 2019 and offer more obvious right wing policies to win back the support in the polls . the reaction in polls. the reaction in westminster has been quite interesting. lots of fury with lee anderson struck by dame jackie doyle's . price's response jackie doyle's. price's

exhausting. >> well, at least that's what dame andrea leadsom said to our political editor, christopher hope63 tory mps have resigned so far, quitting ? will it go more far, quitting? will it go more than. no. not resign? no. they're standing down at the next election. that's a very different matter, christopher . different matter, christopher. the first sorry, chiding me the first. first planned election since 2015. so maybe expected yes or not. or perhaps an indictment of the party's polling ratings. i mean, would it be more than the 75 who went in 97, do you think? >> i mean, i think those standing down this time, it is a function for many people of their time in office. you know, we've seen statistically we've already seen statistically your your lifespan your your sort of your lifespan as mp significantly as an mp is significantly shorter than it used to be. and the reason for that is, of course, the pressures of the job and of course, the hostility of social media, the death threats, the, you know, people genuinely find exhausting. find it find it exhausting. i find it exhausting. mean

. >> well , let's speak with gb >> well, let's speak with gb news political editor christopher hope, istopher, he spelled it out there. george galloway didn't he? this is for gaza. >> that's right. ironically and hello, emily. ironically, of course, that the person who came second in this by—election, david tully, was a hyper local candidate campaigning on issues like the future of rochdale f.c. like the future of rochdale ec. and a new maternity wing for a of a local hospital here. so, so the winner was internationalist , the winner was internationalist, talked about gaza and this is for gaza, not for the people of rochdale. george galloway said second place is one looking at the narrow, the narrow issues here in rochdale, the two main parties in third and fourth place, tories and labour, and the reform party, which has been doing so well in the polls, up to 14% nationally at lunchtime , to 14% nationally at lunchtime, was fewer than 2000 votes here. so completely upended the normal way you think about elections. and no question george galloway is going to make a mark, his mark in pa

>> i don't know, maybe it's a question that can be covered in christopher hope's new podcast at somecal podcast. it's just launched this morning and first up for his superstar guests, holly valance. >> now she talks in this podcast about her despair at the state of the nation , what's going of the nation, what's going wrong on the streets of london and what she's got against greta thunberg. it'll be available at gbnews.com or wherever you get your podcasts. >> i think crime is out of control. all of us have been robbed on kings road in our area. yeah. >> what happened when you were robbed? >> i just had my phone taken out of the pram like she was stealing off. stealing off a mum with her baby in the pram. it's pretty low stuff. no, i wasn't hurt, fortunately, but yeah, i've had friends get belted for their phones and watches and home raids and trying to kick in doors and it's just in chelsea. yeah particularly in chelsea because they know people are walking around with probably a nice watch on. >> yeah. and the police are helpful. they rob me. >> they're in for a nasty surprise. i'm

, who editor, christopher hope, who joins me now, christopher good morning to you.d you choose to write about her at the time , to write about her at the time, i thought what pam represented michael was something important, i think people want where you live is so important to your identity, i was born in liverpool, lancashire, and when i was three, it became merseyside. i'm not sure what. well, i was too young to know, but i think that it matters in this kind of thing. i was struck by a by an omission by michael heseltine, that he had ripped up these historic counties by taking a light aircraft flight across the country and redrawing lines on a map. i mean, if you have an example of a kind of whitehall diktat , just changing whitehall diktat, just changing the identity of where people live, it's that and we're seeing more of that now with the changing in people's street names from names which may seem offensive to some people, to something else. i think what is forgotten about these things in whitehall or town halls, is that where you live? really matters, and you

this is pmqs live on gb news with gloria de piero and christopher hope . and christopher hope. >> justgo head to head at their joust. prime at their weekly joust. prime minister's the minister's questions in the house will full house of commons will have full coverage of every moment, every spit we'll be getting spit and cough. we'll be getting full from environment full reaction from environment minister moore shadow minister robbie moore and shadow education minister catherine mckinnell . mckinnell. >> so let us start with you, catherine mckinnell. so you are the spokesperson here from the labour party today. your leader is got these six questions that he puts to the prime minister. what should your leader be going on at prime minister's questions? >> well, i wouldn't deem to tell him, but i suspect he will want some answers on the government's £46 billion tax cutting promise of national insurance contributions that they made in the budget , but that they have the budget, but that they have not explained at all how they're going to pay for it. will they take it off pensioners? will t

. >> but i'm delighted to say that we can now go live to gb news political editor christopher hope, who by dame sara khan herself, christopher. >> tom, emily, good morning. with me now is dame sara khan, who wrote this report. dame sara, thank you for joining us today on gb news. you say that three quarters people can't three quarters of people can't express . what do you mean? >> so what i describe in my report as this phenomenon called freedom harassment, freedom restricting harassment, which people experience which is when people experience or witness threatening intimidatory or abusive harassment either online or offline, which is then intended to make individuals or institutions self—censor out of fear. and so what our polling shows is that around three quarters of the british public feel that they cannot share their personal opinion in public out of fear of receiving freedom, restricting harassment. and you'll be aware that there's been a lot of debate over the last couple of months, even years, about how parliamentarians and those in pubuc parliamentarians and those in public hav

but let's get the latest with our political editor, christopher hope, because chris, we sort of knewons would strip away those amendments from the lords. but perhaps what's more interesting here is what's going on behind the scenes, the conversations in those corridors of . of power. >> that's right. morning, tom. morning, emily. yes i've been in the meeting, here in whitehall, in westminster with the pm's official spokesman. the lobby meeting. they've been very clear. they are intent on getting bill through . it getting this bill through. it will go back to the commons, to the lords as soon as tomorrow , the lords as soon as tomorrow, when it should. it may well be that these, that many of these these, amendments will be reinstated. certainly peers like lord goldsmith are making very clear they want to rally behind some of and force the of these changes and force the government to water down part of its the its rwanda bill. but the government for its part, i did ask them directly, they think ask them directly, do they think whether the house lords ask them directly, do they think on

christopher hope is still with us. who should i start with?at only benefits people in work. so by virtue fact, pensioners virtue of that fact, pensioners would benefit . but i mean, would not benefit. but i mean, you know, i mean, i care deeply about my mum and the pension, but i did think, gosh, my mum had quite a rise in in april because it was they matched inflation. inflation. yeah the last time the, the, they reviewed the pension increase, the triple lock because it was like and there was speculation about whether because inflation was so high, the was so high, whether the government actually , match government could actually, match it. they did and they're it. but they did and they're committed to keeping it in after the next election. the triple lock labour have said that they will keep it should they win the election. so it's also going up by 8.5% from april last november. so exactly, exactly. >> this is the crucial point about the triple lock, when wages were still low but inflation was high. it went up by inflation. then this year wa

i'm joining the studio by our political editor, christopher hope.it, apart from the content, is that donald trump has been quite clear that he doesn't want to talk to other british media outlets. the sky news, bbc, he's talking to gb news and without blowing our own trumpets . quite a moment. trumpets. quite a moment. >> yeah, here's a moment. the second big interview he's done nigel was nigel farage, i think i was struck the close relationship struck by the close relationship between clearly trump and farage. there's a report in the weekend, mail on sunday i thought was interesting about that. farage, know, open that. farage, you know, is open to an idea of being a link person between the next government, labour or tory, and the donald trump administration in, in the old days, back in december 2016, i wrote stories for the telegraph . then, when it for the telegraph. then, when it was pretty clear some people in government wanted him to be the new uk ambassador america, to new uk ambassador to america, to try and cement that kind of bond between an