earlier on, crispin blunt, i me he's basically�*re just tuned earlier on, crispin blunt, i me he's basicallyed: tuned earlier on, crispin blunt, i me he's basically outed himself in, he's basically outed himself as the tory mp that's been arrested for rape. and you know, i'm not going to pre—empt the outcome of that investigation. i shall leave it there. but as christopher hope was saying , it christopher hope was saying, it is quite unusual for people to kind take that step and kind of take that step and proactive to say it's me removing the suspicion . et removing the suspicion. et cetera. and wondering from cetera. and the wondering from everyone else, wondering what's gone on. lots of my viewers tonight got in touch and tonight have got in touch and said, matt, could you ask sorry, michel, ask matt what is michel, can you ask matt what is the situation with nick brown ? the situation with nick brown? >> so, nick brown, who was >> yes. so, nick brown, who was the formerly the labour chief whip both gordon and whip, both for gordon brown and tony currently tony blair, is currently suspende

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crispin blunt arrested for rape.cusations and he made the unpressed indented step of tweeting yesterday , making it clear that yesterday, making it clear that the mp, who had been arrested was him. now, this is the statement that he tweeted. it's been reported that an mp was arrested yesterday in connection with an allegation of rape. i am confirming that mp was me. the fact of the arrest requires a formal notification of the speaker and then my whip . speaker and then my chief whip. i been interviewed i have now been interviewed twice connection with this twice in connection with this incident. the first time three weeks initially weeks ago when i initially reported concern over reported my concern over extortion. second time extortion. and the second time was this morning under was earlier this morning under caution following arrest. the arrest unnecessary. as arrest was unnecessary. as i remain ready to cooperate fully with investigation. and am with the investigation. and i am confident that i am confident will w

we know from the conservative party tonight that crispin blunt has had the whip removed but he will stillom while this investigation is going. it is worth just pointing out that the conservative party has set a number of allegations of a similar nature over the past few months. yes, they are different, they are not all the exact same but there is an mp called peter bone suspended from parliament this week for six weeks for bullying and sexual misconduct as was found by a parliamentary inquiry. he denies all the wrongdoing but has been suspended from parliament is possibly facing a by—election in his seat. another conservative mp remains on bail after being arrested for a number of things including rape. it has been a bit of an issue with this over the past four years in parliament. with crispin blunt himself, he has been arrested, he is on bail, he says this is confident —— he is confident this will not lead to charges. when the taliban took charge of afghanistan in 2021, the fate of thousands of afghans who worked for the british government was uncertain. thousands were given a place on

shortly after, crispin blunt said he was the mp in question. first time three weeks ago. he says he then reported concern over extortion. the second time he was interviewed was this morning, following that arrest. and mr blunt went on to say, "that arrest was unnecessary as i remain "ready to cooperate fully with this investigation, that "i am confident will end without charge." he says he doesn't intend to comment further, until the police have completed their inquiries. crispin blunt is a senior conservative mp, formerjunior minister. he has represented reigate in surrey since 1997. he has now had the conservative whip withdrawn which means he is no longer a conservative mp here. he will sit as an independent, and he has been asked to stay away from the parliamentary estate while the police conduct this inquiry. it's also worth saying that this is the latest in a series of allegations involving sexual misconduct that now the conservative party. to india now. eight at that citizens have been sentenced to death after being arrested there last y

it was confirmed this afternoon that crispin blunt, confirmed that it was him.extortion, and he was confident that this wouldn't lead to any charges. since his statement came out, we understand that he has been suspended by the conservative party, he is had the whip suspended. so that basically means he will remain an mp but he won't sit as a conservative mp for the time being. he's also been asked by the conservative party whips to understand to stay away from parliament while police investigate. but at the moment, he remains unconditional bailfrom but at the moment, he remains unconditional bail from surrey police. . ~ unconditional bail from surrey police. ., ~ unconditional bail from surrey police. ., , police. 0k, nick, thank you very much. now to another developing story: us presidentjoe biden has called again for a ban on assault weapons, following a mass shooting in the state of maine — the deadliest such attack in the country this year. 18 people were killed and 13 others injured after a gunman opened fire at a bar and bowling alley on wednesday. a manh

talking to crispin blunt, the conservative - years ago. just talking to crispin blunt, the conservativeg to crispinl blunt, the conservative mp about years ago. just talking to crispin - blunt, the conservative mp about the uk government and its involvement in this, perhaps not doing enough to call for restraint from israel. what did you make of what he was saying? there is a valuable point. if we are to stand anything, it is about having higher standards. that is right. the reality of doing these situations on the ground is incredibly difficult for commanders, politicians, policymakers, decision—makers. it is easy to state and intent of, we will destroy this group and prevent it from happening again. it is practically impossible to do. how do you take those competing priorities and the need to try to do the best you can forcibly and in highly kinetic, as we call it, armed conflict when there is a huge amount of destruction taking place? this is the real complication of war in this century, we have seen it again and again and sadly something we will see a lot more of in coming decades.

another development in the last few minutes — we are told crispin blunt has had the conservative whipnt and he has been asked to stay away from westminster. he has been the mp for reigate in surrey since 1997. he is a former junior minister. it is also worth saying that this is just the latest in a series of sexual misconduct allegations that are facing the conservative party.— allegations that are facing the conservative party. the government has laid out a list of worst—case scenarios should artificial intelligence get out of control in advance of an international summit about al which the uk is hosting next week. here's our technology editor, zoe kleinman, with more. this was a difficult message for any leader to deliver. rishi sunak laid out some truly terrifying potential threats from the most advanced forms of ai, such as making it easier to build chemical or biological weapons, increasing the risk of terrorism, and in a bleak but highly unlikely scenario, humans potentially losing control of ai completely. so after that, you might wonder, should this list be keeping you up awak

the conservative mp and former minister crispin blunt has been arrested on suspicion of rape and the ied himself as the man surrey police detained on wednesday. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has the latest from westminster — alex. yes, reports first emerged on two newspaper websites this afternoon that a conservative mp had been arrested and then surrey police confirmed, as you say, he had been arrested on suspicion of rape and possession of a controlled substance and released on bail. shortly after, crispin blunt said he was the mp in question. he released a statement on social media in which he said he had been interviewed twice by police. the first time three weeks ago. he says he then reported concern over extortion. the second time he was interviewed was this morning, following that arrest. mr blunt went on to say that arrest was unnecessary as i remain ready to cooperate fully with the investigation that i am confident will end without charge was that he says he won't comment further. he is a senior mp, formerjunior minister. he has represented reigate in surrey since

thank you very much for talking to us, crispin blunt, - talking to us, crispin blunt, conservative mpst and ceo, sibylline. to pick up on ti possible just to pick up on the point about a possible ceasefire, we are seeing images all the time about israeli tanks massing on the border, a possible ceasefire feels a long way off? i possible ceasefire feels a long way off? ., , possible ceasefire feels a long way off? ~' , ., ., , possible ceasefire feels a long way off? ~' , ., ., off? i think very far off for israel. this _ off? i think very far off for israel. this could - off? i think very far off for israel. this could all- off? i think very far off for israel. this could all stop | off? i think very far off for - israel. this could all stop very quickly because if the population of gaza or hamas itself decides to surrender, and back hospice and sees its operations but i think we all know that is incredibly unlikely to happen —— hand back hostages. one of the potential motives for the action by the group with the fact they are losing control of gaza so certainly not universally popular

crispin blunt it upon himself to blunt took it upon himself to release a statement.nnise blunt took it upon himself to rel(wouldn't|tement. othennise blunt took it upon himself to rel(wouldn't|tement. (ablewise we wouldn't really be able to talk this any sort of talk about this in any sort of detail . whereas on the other detail. whereas on the other side of the of the green benches, there are some mysterious suspensions of members of parliament, something that often pops up is why on earth has the labour mp nick brown not been in parliament for the best part of? well, it's over a year now . there are some over a year now. there are some sort of curiosities on the other side that perhaps aren't as open. >> i think, i mean i think >> yeah, i think, i mean i think that's true. i mean actually funnily i actually saw funnily enough, i actually saw nick in parliament nick brown in parliament yesterday, think. really? yesterday, i think. oh, really? so. has definitely is so. so he has he definitely is in because in parliament because i literally passed him on the escalator

crispin blunt was detained by surrey police yesterday and then released on conditional bail.e'll cooperate fully with the ongoing investigation and he says he's confident he won't be charged . this is gb news across charged. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to mark and . pip now it's back to mark and. pip tatiana thanks and welcome back to the live desk . to the live desk. >> let's update you now with the latest from tel aviv, where at least three people have been injured after the latest injured and after the latest rocket there the south rocket strike there on the south of city, a residential of the city, a residential apartment block being hit either by directly a rocket or perhaps the debris or shrapnel from a rocket being intercepted by one of the iron dome rockets. >> meanwhile, in gaza, the united nations relief and works chief says aid trucks going through an egyptian crossing point so far have provided only crumbs to palestinian people as logistical and political challenges

crispin blunt has revealed he has been arrested in connection with a rape allegation.many other mp5 who have been arrested in recent years, unlike them, crispin blunt, as you say, has outed himself, named himself as a parliamentarian in the headlines. putting a statement online including these words. he has said, "i have now been interviewed twice in connection with this incident. the first time three weeks ago when i initially reported my concern over extortion. the second time was earlier this morning under caution following arrest. the arrest, he says, was unnecessary, as i remain ready to cooperate fully with the investigation that i am confident will end without charge. i have not been able to get through by phone to crispin blunt this evening, so it is not possible to understand what he means by those words, my concern over extortion, but i think it is clear that he does not deny the —— does deny the allegations, and he seems to have initiated contact with the police. some would argue that this is particularly very crispin blunt because he is brutally honest. he

well, the top story on gb news tonight is that the mp, crispin blunt, has been arrested on suspicion of rape and the possession of controlled substances . the member for substances. the member for reigate identified himself on social media earlier on this afternoon as the man surrey police detained in horley yesterday morning. surrey police confirmed a man was released on condition on police bail pending their further inquiries . mr their further inquiries. mr blunt has been removed from the conservative party and he's been asked to stay away from parliament. but the former minister said he'll cooperate fully with the ongoing police investigation and he said he's confident he won't be charged . confident he won't be charged. charged. meanwhile in other news today, the uk's border force is in egypt with the prime minister confirming officers have pre—positioned themselves to help british nationals escape gaza when the border reopens . as gaza when the border reopens. as cabinet ministers held an emergency cobra meeting this morning to address the escalating crisis in the middle east.

crispin blunt said the man was him.s had the conservative whip were made, meaning he will now sit as an independent mp. he has been asked by the chief whip of the conservative party to stay away from parliament. of party to stay away from parliament. of course without a plan in place that will not be binding.- of course without a plan in place that will not be binding. thank you for takint that will not be binding. thank you for taking us _ that will not be binding. thank you for taking us through _ that will not be binding. thank you for taking us through that. - "serious failings" were made by natwest in its treatment of nigel farage when it closed down his bank account. an independent review has found the closure with the former ukip leader did not follow the bank's policies but that the closure was lawful. natwest — which owns the private bank coutts where mr farage had his account — apologised and the bank's chief executive dame alison rose resigned. a charter flight carrying afghan refugees, who worked with or for

british lawmaker crispin blunt has named himself as the mp arrested on suspicion of rape.ed the incident with police three weeks ago because he was concerned about extortion. he represents the seat of reigate in surrey and said he was confident he would not be charged. he has been suspended as a tory mp. uk prime minister rishi sunak has announced the uk is creating the world's first artificial intelligence safety institute to test new types of ai and new types of risk. he said ai would bring new opportunities for economic growth, but that it would be easier to build chemical and biological weapons. a major manhunt is under way in maine as police searched the home of the gunman suspected of a mass shooting which left 18 people dead and 13 injured. police consider ao—year—old robert card to be armed and dangerous. he was a sergeant at the nearby us army reserve base, and law enforcement officials say he was temporarily committed to a mental health facility over the summer. local residents are under shelter in place orders and our reporters on the scene say lewiston has beco

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any of my colleagues time is a down spoke with crispin, blunts. he's the director of the international center of justice with palestinians and a member of parliament with a new case governing conservative party. he says the world means to cut out the potential war crimes happening in gaza on demand as the 5 prime minister of foreign secretary have not understood that this off to that israel appears to be about to visit on itself left to learn other crimes. and he's already created you guys to publish thing and on which it appears he's going to more than double down on. and i was so i quite understand why the british prime minister is doing every appearance of standing solidly with the people of his ride off the terrible atrocity of the settings up type. what happened then didn't come out of nowhere. and the united kingdom of all nations, to understand the history and the context in which this also conflict has now gone on 4452 known. and if we are not saying to the is really government, there must be a c fall. now, this must stop. you want a new g

well, any of my colleagues, somebody say down spoke with crispin blunt. he's from the international sense of justice with palestinians. he says the world needs to call out the potential war crimes happening in gaza on demand to see 5 prime minister and the 4 on secretary have not understood that as auster, that israel appears to be about to visit on itself. letter like the crimes he's already creating against the palestinians on which it appears he's going to more than double down on. and the last, i quite understand why the british prime minister is doing every appearance of standing solidly with the people of his right off of the terrible atrocity of the 7th uptake of what happened then didn't come out of nowhere. and the united kingdom of all nations should understand the history and the context in which this awful conflict has not gone on for far, far too long. and if we are not saying to the israeli government, there must be a sci fi now. this must stop. you are only going to make masses infinitely worse. if you proceed with a current minute trip tha

here, the mp crispin blunt is suspended by the conservative party after he was arrested in connectionh an allegation of rape. a gunman described as "armed and dangerous" is on the loose in the us state of maine — after killling at least 18 people, in at least two locations. more now from the middle east, where a united nations official has warned that nowhere in gaza is safe for civilians. israel's bombardment has continued. this, the scene in khan younis earlier, following an israeli strike. the hamas—run health ministry says more than 7,000 people have been killed in gaza since the start of the war. it's released a document it says lists the names and id numbers of all those killed — after president biden cast doubt on its casualty figures. un aid workers in gaza say they've begun to scale down their operations because fuel is running out there. 0vernight, the israel defense forces carried out a "targeted raid" in northern gaza using tanks which, they say, resulted in no israeli casualties. the israeli and palestinian ambassadors to the united nations have made passionate speeches a

name case of crispin blunt, the name is in public. is out there in public.d . been arrested but not charged. he has been suspended , but he is he has been suspended, but he is allowed access to the palace. he's been he's had the whip taken away on the conservative party , but he's allowed access party, but he's allowed access to the palace. i mean, should we say that if somebody has been accused of something, i suppose, in particular a sexual crime, that should be allowed that they should not be allowed into palace of westminster anymore? >> i think a very, very >> i think it's a very, very difficult question because this isn't ordinary so the isn't an ordinary job. so the rule, not just rule, because you're not just there to turn up and a job, there to turn up and do a job, you you're not, know, you know, you're not, you know, stamping or stamping pieces of paper or making something, you're actually of actually voting on behalf of your constituency, both your entire constituency, both those who voted for you and those who voted for you and those vote you. t

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gladly i spoke with crispin blunt, he's the director of the international center of justice for palestinians and a member of parliament. the case governing conservative policy. he says the u. k. government needs to call out the potential war crimes happening in gauze or in demand. the seas fine ah, prime minister of foreign secretary, have not understood that is off to that israel appears to be about to visit on itself left to learn other crimes. he's already competing against the palestinians on which it appears he's going to more than double down on. and the last, i quite understand why the british prime minister is doing every parents are standing solidly with the people of his right off of the terrible atrocity of the settings on the table. um, what happened then didn't come out of nowhere. and the united kingdom of all nations should understand the history and the context in which this also conflict has not gone on for far, far too long. and if we are not saying to the is really government, there must be a see fall. now, this must stop. you are only going to make masses infinitely worse

we'll leave it that crispin blunt. it will have continued special coverage of the long galls or as it enters it's full teen stay the color that it remains very hot across the good parts of south america. we have got some violent stones rumbling away just around that is the sort of power required pushing down towards uruguay southern past all for sale, further south mid twenties, that full point of service between these 2 full re, uh the super, into the mid thirty's that and my mouse gets rid of showers up towards the north west of the continent. more of the same as we go on 3 sides. david will change the conditions really, if the truth be told. meanwhile, we have to tropical systems affecting the carrot band. we have a little bit of wet weather just making his way towards the wind was pushing across into the lee with barbados, just taking a glancing blow from tropical storm making his way in from the atlantic. it is late in the season to get named storms pushing for it, but this is what we have. we have trouble still,

crispin blunt, a conservative backbench mp, has claimed the uk could be complicit in war crimes if israel support to the state of israel — statements repeated by the prime minister yesterday. and i'm uncertain that they fully understand the implications of the developments of international law, whereby if you are encouraging a party to undertake a war crime, you become complicit in that crime itself. and it's absolutely clear now that what is happening in gaza does amount to a war crime because it is disproportionate and it does not distinguish the targets it is taking out, hence the terrible number of children that have been killed. a forced transfer of 1.2 million people is an absolute crime under the laws of war, you are simply not allowed to do it. as indeed is the collective punishment of the people of gaza, with the siege and the imposition of no food and no water and no electricity. the state of israel's response has to be proportionate, distinct, with precaution and humanity at its heart. that is a requirement of international law. it is crystal clear that the siege of gaza, where

what would you say to crispin blunt and people on your own backbenches as well? spoken to crispin about this issue. he is a long standing opponent of israel's actions. i fundamentally disagree . i fundamentally disagree. i fundamentally disagree. i fundamentally disagree with his assessment of this situation in terms of the uk and how many britons might be out there in israel and gaza. >> do you how many brits are actually being held hostage by hamas? are there any at all? >> so we don't know precise numbers as the nature here of israel as a state, particularly as a haven forjewish as a haven for jewish communities around the world, means there are very large number of dual nationals with british dual nationals, but who regard themselves as israeli regard themselves as israeli regard israel as their permanent home and even be serving the israeli defence forces. so the precise numbers excuse me , precise numbers excuse me, excuse me. so the precise numbers of british people , numbers of british people, british nationals that we need to support is unclear. we know

this week, downing street rebuked claims from conservative mp crispin blunt, who claimed that uk couldk could be complicit in crimes committed in in war crimes being committed in gaza. in war crimes being committed in gaza . the allegations follow gaza. the allegations follow israel's warning for the 1.2 million people living in the gaza strip to move to the south ahead of a ground invasion. well, i'm now joined by lynn. thank you very much for coming in.thank thank you very much for coming in. thank you for having me. it's always a pleasure . israel it's always a pleasure. israel has the right to respond in a need to respond in self, doesn't it? that's broadly common ground of commentators in the uk . of commentators in the uk. >> yeah, of course they have a right to defend itself. but at what point do we still see it as defending oneself if, say, for example , if i have had a fight example, if i have had a fight with you and i've punched you, you have a right to defend you? of course not. but just as an example, and i punch you to beat you up, so to speak, only with my hands. and you

we have also seen tory mps crispin blunt, for instance, asking quite rightly again in my view that weempts to pressurise israel to be mindful of the humanitarian crisis that is unfolding in gaza and in the last half an hour or so, just before we came on air, we've seen very nasty warnings coming out of iran. we've seen anthony blinken, the american secretary of state not now going back to america, as had been planned, but going on to amman in jordan. and i didn't realise to my shame and ignorance that because of the impasse that is happening in washington , america doesn't washington, america doesn't actually have an ambassador to israel at the moment, nor does it have anybody in charge of counterterrorism within the middle east because they're stuck in their their own sort of stagnated state in the senate. so you know, this is got wider ramifications than what is happening in britain . this has happening in britain. this has got the possibility of bringing people in from around the region and coming into a full scale war. but, you know, at the heart of this is a full scale war. >> wh

this week, downing street rebuked claims from conservative mp crispin blunt, who claimed that uk couldk could be complicit in crimes committed in in war crimes being committed in gaza. in war crimes being committed in gaza . the allegations follow gaza. the allegations follow israel's warning for the 1.2 million people living in the gaza strip to move to the south ahead of a ground invasion. well, i'm now joined by lynn. thank you very much for coming in.thank thank you very much for coming in. thank you for having me. it's always a pleasure . israel it's always a pleasure. israel has the right to respond in a need to respond in self, doesn't it? that's broadly common ground of commentators in the uk . of commentators in the uk. >> yeah, of course they have a right to defend itself. but at what point do we still see it as defending oneself if, say, for example , if i have had a fight example, if i have had a fight with you and i've punched you, you have a right to defend you? of course not. but just as an example, and i punch you to beat you up, so to speak, only with my hands. and you

our top story, the mp crispin blunt has been arrested on suspicion of rape and the possession of controlled on social media this afternoon as the surrey man police had detained in horley yesterday say. well, surrey police have confirmed that a man was released on conditional police bail pending their further enquiries . bail pending their further enquiries. mr blunt has already been removed from the conservative party and asked to stay away from parliament. the former minister said he will cooperate fully with the police investigation and is confident he won't be charged . and in he won't be charged. and in international news today, the uk's border force is currently in egypt with the prime minister confirming officers have pre—positioned themselves to help british nationals escape gaza when the border reopens . gaza when the border reopens. cabinet ministers held an emergency cobra meeting this morning to address the escalating crisis in the middle east. the government's pushing for a pause in fighting east. the government's pushing for a pause infighting, for a pause in fighting, rejectin

>> issue among tory mps cultural issue among tory mps after crispin blunt arrest it.of this lately. blunt, a former justice minister and the mp for reigate was arrested by police on wednesday suspicion of on wednesday on suspicion of rape possession drugs rape and possession of drugs before said in before being bailed. he said in a statement that he expected to be and made reference to be cleared and made reference to an of extortion in an allegation of extortion in that previously reported that he had previously reported to police. so that's ongoing due process . we don't know what's process. we don't know what's going that , process. we don't know what's going that, but going to happen with that, but there's been lots of similar situations recently, including peter bone, julian knight, chris pincher there's about eight of these. and some of them are these. so and some of them are actually convicted . actually convicted. >> yeah. and chris pincher had to because of his it to do it because of his name. it just funny. he had to go just was too funny. he had to go with

crispin blunt was detained by surrey police yesterday and then released on conditional bail . releasedconditional bail. he's been removed from the party and asked to stay away from parliament. the mp says he will cooperate fully with the ongoing investigation and he says he's confident he won't be charged at this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to . back to. patrick >> welcome along. i start with some huge breaking news and it's about us. well actually, it's about us. well actually, it's about something that we have gone and done for you this is a massive announcement that will send shockwaves through the british media, upset the delicate broadcast ecology that other people have done so much to inflict on you for decades . to inflict on you for decades. we are the people's channel. we know what the people want. we know what the people want. we know what the people want. we know what you want and we know who you want . know what you want and we know who you want. high >> hi, folks. boris johnson

my hero is conservative mp crispin blunt for reminding everyone that if we continuously only supportm so happy that he brought out the fact of breaking international he the civilians. >> he that the prime >> he said that the prime minister, sunak, risks minister, rishi sunak, risks being , rooted for his being prosecuted, rooted for his support israel. the moment support of israel. at the moment , what's happening , yeah, because what's happening is away from this. is we're moving away from this. >> they have a right to defend themselves, which israel absolutely . but when the absolutely do. but when the politicians, especially like rishi and the defence secretary, are asked questions, okay, what about usage of like about the usage of like phosphorus? about you phosphorus? or what about you know, no water, no electricity to gaza? they're kind of to the gaza? they're kind of skirting around it. they should absolutely any form of absolutely condemn any form of international breakage of law, but at the same time they can support and should support israel able to defend israel being able

but also there's some pressure, i think, inside the tory party from people like crispin blunt, the mpsthe palestinian cause. so i think that, you know, the idea that we can give a blank check that our leaders can give a blank check to israel is going to come under scrutiny from within their own party. >> i mean, i guess the nub of theissue >> i mean, i guess the nub of the issue is, i mean, i think virtually everybody, virtually everybody that israel has everybody agrees that israel has a right to defend itself. that's not statement. not a controversial statement. the the the question i think the question is what is a proportionate response from israel? that's where israel? and that's where obviously people have a obviously lots of people have a different about what is different opinion about what is proportionate , totally what proportionate, totally what we're absolutely i think i mean, referring to the news, i mean, it's great to see that aid trucks are going in because i think that, you know, the continued lack of aid was becoming was making it difficult for a lot of people who wan

crispin blunt is a conservative mp . blunt is a conservative mp.indful of what they say in terms of he. he warns about them falling on the wrong side of international law in saying support for israel is unequivocal no matter what israel does, they will be foursquare behind them. but of course, none of us understand what it's like to have gone through what israel went through last week. do we know and i mean, there was you know, they talked about it being their 9/11, didn't they ? 9/11, didn't they? >> and actually, when you put it in, because i thought at the time, well, that 911 was was so extraordinary. but actually, when you put it into break it, break it down, three, 4000 people killed in the initial part of 9/11 in the united states, out of a population of i don't know how many million, there's 9.3 million people in israel and they lost 1300 proportionately. it's huge . proportionately. it's huge. >> it is huge. and it's the biggest loss of life of jewish people since the holocaust, isn't it? >> i think we have to remember that, don't we? >> s

. >> and you'll be aware that senior conservative colleague of yours, crispin blunt, has been warningd well be being complicit in war crimes in the support of israel, in all of this. what is the government's response to that? because, you know, he's making some pretty serious allegations . he said making some pretty serious allegations. he said uk could be complicit in war crimes. colleagues in westminster may not be aware of legal peril not be aware of the legal peril that in. that they are in. >> and yes, i mean , i think that >> and yes, i mean, i think that we are acutely aware that in a situation like this is we need to be honest with israel about our expectations . but to be our expectations. but to be frank, israel is a democracy. israel is a responsible actor. they have given notice to the population portion of gaza. it is israel that is trying to get the civilian population out of harm's way. it is hamas who is insisting that they remain. but it's the united nations who have said that those notifications are impossible and horrific. >> but i just want to ask you about what la