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racist comments about diane abbott and sexist comments about the deputy prime minister, angela raynerid: "i deeply regret my badly misjudged comments "and apologise for any offence i have caused." he talked about it being an honour to be in a cabinet with keir starmer. he said he was saddened to be suspended because he has also separately from hisjob in government and suspended from the party. an investigation is now taking place into those conversations on the whatsapp group. the mail on sunday said the whatsapp group was called trigger me timbers and that not only andrew gwynne was on it at more than a dozen labour councillors, party officials, and at least one other mp. all of them are based on the outskirts of manchester. this goes beyond andrew gwynne. i think this is where the problem lies now for keir starmer and his government. we have heard from labour ministers today, they said keir starmer acted decisively and that the language used that has been reported on was completely unacceptable. even yesterday, we had a statement from downing street saying the prime minister is dete

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diane abbott, the first black woman mp to have and it points out that these are incredibly offensivehat he has been sacked. so the paper had approached the labour party and downing and sacked andrew green as a health minister and also suspended him from the labour party pending an investigation. so there has been a statement from number ten, a spokesperson saying that the prime minister is determined to uphold high standards of conduct in public office and he will not hesitate to take action against any minister who fails to meet these standards as he has in this case. now, the labour party says it's going to be investigating these comments made in this whatsapp group, and it says swift action will be taken if individuals are found to have breached the high standards expected of them. so i think the party, downing street, are very keen action. in a statement on x, saying that he regrets those comments and is sad to have been suspended from the party. he is a long standing mp, as i said, but i think, you know, keir starmer has had resignations already in his government. so definitely

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unacceptable, and the prime minister has been very clear from day one of this labour government colleague diane abbott sexist comments about the deputy prime minister, angela rayner. he's since apologised, saying, "i deeply regret my offence i've caused." that was a big whatsapp group with a lot of other labour members on. doesn't take action against everyone in that group and messages sent. rajdeep sandhu, bbc news. some news. i can you that plymouth have can tell you that plymouth have beaten liverpool 1—0, and a bit of background to this, plymouth are doing great when it are not doing great when it comes to the league they are but 77 j but 77 only won ilii, in championship ih ichampiahfzzhip ih in championship in the three and it was in last three months and it was in their last game against west brom, but have beaten brom, but plymouth have beaten liverpool, meaning that brom, but plymouth have beaten liverpool, meaning ti dream is liverpool's quadruple dream is over, and somebody who about this 7 7 ' abbdi this far about this far better me is who joins us than me is gavin whojoins us the bbc spor

of public office, and he's acted decisively to dismiss andrew gwynne for that reason. colleague diane abbottmments but the conservatives want further action, with concerns in the labour party. and messages sent. war on his country. it's winning. his first promise was to fix it within 24 hours. and the whole trump administration to achieve but speaking today i do not see that happening. this will be a much more difficult nut to crack given the interests of the sides in this war, given in russian and ukrainian media and what is said there interesting to that the conversation in notice that the conversation in the media in notice that the conversation in the media both in russian and ukrainian mostly switched to a different angle. are different angle. they are discussing what is to if discussing what is to happen if those peace negotiations to so it gives us an idea 7: 7 both countries do that both countries do anticipate that that is to move. _iii! _iim going to move. about the call which happened or the for the russian spokesperson for the russian :—~: — he can spokesperson for the russian r’

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also alleged that he attacked members of his own party, including making racist comments about diane abbottnd sexist comments about angela rayner. well, housing minister matthew pennycook praised sir keir starmer for acting decisively. >> comments made by andrew gwynne are completely unacceptable, that this is going to be a government that upholds the highest standards of conduct in public life, where a government in service of working people. so we've taken decisive action to dismiss andrew gwynne as a minister. as is the case, there's a live investigation going on in terms of the labour party. he's been. andrew gwynne has been administratively suspended. he's lost the labour whip. i don't know what was said in those whatsapp groups. it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment. >> the parents of two girls killed in the southport knife attack say they are now looking for light in the darkness. speaking to the sunday times, seven year old elsie dot stancombe and six year old bebe kings families remembered their daughters as confident, happy and intelligent. they also opened up about their c

, diane abbott, mother of the house, and sexist comments towards the deputy prime minister, angela raynert's really, he should have thought before he said anything, even if he thinks it. but actually, maybe you don't even want a minister who thinks those things. anyway, in response, a government spokesperson has said we better read this out. the prime minister is determined to uphold high standards of conduct in public office and lead a government in the service of working people. he will not hesitate to take action against any minister who fails to meet those standards, as he has in this case. >> well, let's get the thoughts of the former mayor of middlesbrough, andy preston. andy, thank you for joining middlesbrough, andy preston. andy, thank you forjoining us andy, thank you for joining us live on gb news. i suppose the first question is should he expect or should? should andrew gwynne have expected a level of privacy here, or is everything you write as a member of parliament, a politician in the pubuc parliament, a politician in the public domain, and he's sort of got what was coming

ed miliband blowing £22 billion of your money on a carbon capture scheme, about as effective as diane abbott a maths contest slated this week in a damning parliamentary report. was that carbon capture stuff.7 by the way, this man turns me redder than his politics and everyone's favourite, reasoned supremo. of course, chloe dobbs joins us this week, and i'm very much looking forward to seeing what she has to say. she's like a rottweiler. when she gets started to tell you, you know the drill. each host outlines their argument about a chosen topic. then we all pile in and the fur starts to fly. and of course we want to know your views. do send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. and don't forget your questions for ask the five. no topics are off limits. now, before this descends into total chaos or alex mysteriously returns into the studio like a man suffering deprivation, it's time for your saturday night news with sam francis. >> darren, thank you, and good evening to you. just coming up to 6:05. well, clashes have broken out in london between police and proteste

alleged that he attacked members of his own party, including making racist slights towards labour mp diane abbottnd sexist comments towards deputy prime minister angela rayner. meanwhile, housing minister matthew pennycook praised sir keir starmer for acting decisively. >> comments made by andrew gwynne are completely unacceptable that this is going to be a government that upholds the highest standards of conduct in public life, where a government in service of working people. so we've taken decisive action to dismiss andrew gwynne as a minister. as is the case, there's a live investigation going on in terms of the labour party. he's been andrew gwynne has been administratively suspended. he's lost the labour whip. i don't know what was said in those whatsapp groups. it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment. >> but shadow chancellor alex burghart said andrew gwynn's comments just show sir keir starmer hasn't got a hold of antisemitism within the labour party. >> the worst thing that i've seen mr gwynne say on that group was that one gentleman was too jewish. now keir starmer claims that he's

it's also alleged that he attacked members of his own party, including diane abbott and angela raynermeanwhile, shadow chancellor alex burghart said that andrew gwynne comments show sir keir starmer hasn't got a hold of antisemitism within the labour party. >> the worst thing that i've seen mr gwynne say on that group was that one gentleman was too jewish. now keir starmer claims that he's gotten on top of this problem in the labour party, but he clearly hasn't. we need to know who else was on that group. did they call andrew gwynne out when he said that? if not, what sanctions are going to be taken against them? you know this. we need all of this out in the open as quickly as possible, because otherwise it's the same old laboun otherwise it's the same old labour, same old antisemitism within the left in in this country. and, you know, it shows that labour hasn't changed at all. >> and in sport tonight plymouth have stunned premier league leaders liverpool, knocking them out of the fa cup in a famous one nil victory at home park. ryan hardy's 53rd minute penalty sealed their first win

about diane abbott.o i'm sure you think he's. >> not all bad, however. >> not all bad, however. >> well, i've got the jokes right here, steve, and i've got to say, this is the tamest stuff. i mean, he would be thrown out of any normal whatsapp group for not being like for being too straight laced. this is this is really weird. i mean, you got to understand whatsapp groups aren't you're not declaiming on aren't you're not declaiming on a public platform. this is this is where we have our private jokes and our in—jokes between friends. >> some of them. >> some of them. >> are so toxic. i mean, one where i've had to leave it and rejoin with my burner number. >> because it's just not safe. >> because it's just not safe. >> to be linked to. >> to be linked to. >> that. because you get as soon as a tragedy happens. and we would. >> all be sitting here going, no, it's too soon. yeah. whatsapp is the place where the jokes straight. >> away come. >> away come. >> and. >> and. >> no one. >> no one. >> can ever loo

it's also alleged that he attacked members of his own party, including diane abbott and angela raynerwell, earlier, the shadow chancellor, alex burghart, told us that he thinks andrew gwin's comments show sir keir starmer hasn't got a hold of antisemitism within the labour party. >> the worst thing that i've seen mr gwynne say on that group was that one gentleman was too jewish. now keir starmer claims that he's gotten on top of this problem in the labour party, but he clearly hasn't. we need to know who else was on that group. did they call andrew gwynne out when he said that? if not, what sanctions are going to be taken against them? you know this. we need all of this out in the open as quickly as possible, because otherwise it's the same old laboun otherwise it's the same old labour, same antisemitism within the left in in this country. and, you know, it shows that labour hasn't changed at all. >> a man has been arrested after three people were injured in a suspected knife attack in the north of dublin. two men are in hospital with serious but non—life threatening injuries, while t

alleged that he attacked members of his own party, including making racist slights towards labour mp diane abbottnd sexist comments towards deputy prime minister angela rayner. housing minister matthew pennycook praised sir keir starmer for acting decisively. >> comments made by andrew gwynne are completely unacceptable, that this is going to be a government that upholds the highest standards of conduct in public life, where a government in service of working people. so we've taken decisive action to dismiss andrew gwynne as a minister. as is the case, there's a live investigation going on in terms of the labour party. he's been. andrew gwynne has been administratively suspended. he's lost the labour whip. i don't know what was said in those whatsapp groups. it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment. >> meanwhile, shadow chancellor alex burghart said andrew gwynne's comments just show. sir keir starmer hasn't got a hold of antisemitism within the labour party. >> the worst thing that i've seen mr gwynne say on that group was that one gentleman was too jewish. now, keir starmer claims that he's

it's also alleged he attacked members of his own party, including making racist comments about diane abbott sexist comments about angela raynen sexist comments about angela rayner. well, the housing minister matthew pennycook, praised sir keir starmer's response, saying he acted decisively. >> comments made by andrew gwynne are completely unacceptable, that this is going to be a government that upholds the highest standards of conduct in public life, where a government in service of working people. so we've taken decisive action to dismiss andrew gwynne as a minister. as is the case, there's a live investigation going on in terms of the labour party. he's been andrew gwynne has been administratively suspended. he's lost the labour whip. i don't know what was said in those whatsapp groups. it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment. >> in other news, tonight, the parents of two girls killed in the southport knife attack say they are looking for light in they are looking for light in the darkness. speaking to the sunday times, seven year old elsie dot stancombe and six year old b.b. king's

alleged that he attacked members of his own party, including making racist comments about labour mp diane abbottnd sexist comments about the deputy prime minister, angela rayner. well, housing minister matthew pennycook has praised sir keir starmer for acting decisively. >> comments made by andrew gwynne are completely unacceptable that this is going to be a government that upholds the highest standards of conduct in public life, where a government in service of working people. so we've taken decisive action to dismiss andrew gwynne as a minister. as is the case, there's a live investigation going on in terms of the labour party. he's been andrew gwynne has been administratively suspended. he's lost the labour whip. i don't know what was said in those whatsapp groups. it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment. >> meanwhile, shadow chancellor alex burghart says andrew gwynne's comments show. sir keir starmer hasn't got a hold of antisemitism within the labour party. >> the worst thing that i've seen mr gwynne say on that group was that one gentleman was too jewish. now, keir starmer claims tha