i mean, getting back to emily thornberry and wes streeting was out there, but emily thornberry was the most senior labour politician today . and politician out there today. and you can see the political angle that she's taking. as say, it that she's taking. as i say, it is repeat of the election. is a repeat of the 97 election. >> go back to when robin cook >> i go back to when robin cook was labour's shadow secretary of state and at the time i'm i was the vice chairman of the confed, which is like the trade organisation for the hospitals. and there was an election coming and you know, we wanted to kind of be fair and brief everybody. and i remember going to see him and he's chaotic office in westminster and say, you know, would briefing from would you like a briefing from the know? and he the confed? you know? and he said, no, we're just said, no, thanks. we're just going tories make going to let the tories make a mess it pick holes in mess of it and pick holes in what they're doing. and that's sort is that really what sort of what is that really what he said? yeah, yeah. oh yeah. and

i mean, getting back to emily thornberry and wes streeting was out there, but emily thornberry was the most senior labour politician today . and politician out there today. and you can see the political angle that she's taking. as say, it that she's taking. as i say, it is repeat of the election. is a repeat of the 97 election. >> go back to when robin cook >> i go back to when robin cook was labour's shadow secretary of state and at the time i'm i was the vice chairman of the confed, which is like the trade organisation for the hospitals. and there was an election coming and you know, we wanted to kind of be fair and brief everybody. and i remember going to see him and he's chaotic office in westminster and say, you know, would briefing from would you like a briefing from the know? and he the confed? you know? and he said, no, we're just said, no, thanks. we're just going tories make going to let the tories make a mess it pick holes in mess of it and pick holes in what they're doing. and that's sort is that really what sort of what is that really what he said? yeah, yeah. oh yeah. and

emily thornberry , labour's shadow thornberry, labour's shadow attorney general, spoke to journalistsr today. this is what she had to say. >> i think that it doesn't matter how often they reshuffle the jobs or rishi sunak finds another mate to help and to give another mate to help and to give a new job to. the fact is they are just reshuffling the deck chairs. the ship is going down. they don't have any new ideas. there are so many challenges for our country and they have no plans and we need to have a big change in this country. what we needis change in this country. what we need is a labour government . change in this country. what we need is a labour government. i think that grant shapps is a talented politician. i wish him well and i hope that he listens to the advice of the experts who will be in the mod. >> let's get more with our political editor christopher hope, who is in downing street for us, and christopher, a familiar refrain from labour there deck chairs. but there about the deck chairs. but of she have of course, she she does have a point in that going to have point in

coutinho takes over as energy and net zero secretary, replacing shapps shadow attorney general emily thornberry says the changes are a temporary measure . measure. >> it really doesn't matter how many new jobs rishi sunak gives to his friends , it's still to his friends, it's still moving. the deck chairs . there's moving. the deck chairs. there's still a sinking ship. there's country really needs change and the only change that they're going to get is if we get a labour government and we get a labour government and we get a labour government and we get a labour government soon. >> junior doctors and consultants will be taking joint strike action in england for the first time across september and october. they'll walk out for four days in their long running disputes over pay. the british medical association says consultants will strike on september 19th and 20th, with junior doctors also walking out on the 20th of september, followed by strikes on september 21st and 22nd. both consultants and junior doctors will take strike action again on october 2nd, third and fourth. emergency care will cont

thornberry. >> emily thornberry.ot the government on just after 9:00. >> so thanks very much indeed. come back and speak to us again. we'll get some reaction on come back and speak to us again. we'landt some reaction on come back and speak to us again. we'land we'lle reaction on come back and speak to us again. we'land we'll we'lltion on come back and speak to us again. we'land we'll we'll put on come back and speak to us again. we'land we'll we'll put thatn come back and speak to us again. we'land we'll we'll put that to this and we'll we'll put that to you after 7:00. thank you. let's go northern irish go to this northern irish situation. chief constable simon byrne. well have to byrne. he may well have to resign today. the police authority is meeting. let's go to dougie beattie , who will put to dougie beattie, who will put us in the picture here on on this one. this man is in trouble. this is the hardest police force in the land to be in charge of the most politically sensitive dougie and what's his position look

takes over as energy and net zero secretary, replacing grant shapps shadow attorney general emily thornberryays the changes are just a temporary measure . measure. >> it really doesn't matter how many new jobs rishi sunak gives to his friends, it's still moving the deck chairs. there's still a sinking ship. there's country really needs change and the only change that they're going to get is if we get a labour government and we get a labour government and we get a labour government and we get a labour government soon, police officers will be automatically dismissed if they're found guilty of gross misconduct under new government plans , senior new government plans, senior officers will have more powers to sack rogue staff and be able to sack rogue staff and be able to dismiss those who fail. >> vetting checks. the government says the changes could be implemented as soon as next spring. policing minister chris philp told gb news the rules will strengthen the policing system. >> it'll make removal for gross misconduct automatic. it will make sure that specified criminal offences will automatica

when i last interviewed emily thornberry , i interviewed emily thornberry, i asked what are the five five missions she got? about two of them. oh emily, perhaps it perhaps it it is a strategy that's working from the government people can remember that's working from the govfive|ent people can remember that's working from the govfive missionsle can remember that's working from the govfive missions for:an remember that's working from the gov five missions for rishi,nember that's working from the gov five missions for rishi, but ber the five missions for rishi, but they can't really put their finger on the ones are for finger on what the ones are for the party, they can the labour party, but they can also tick them off, can't they? >> and, and hold them to account. >> yeah. yeah >> yeah. yeah >> well, you inflation is >> well, you know, inflation is going there is perhaps going down there is perhaps a silver emerging there and silver lining emerging there and but much are but the boats very much are still so that's that's still coming. so that's that's a cross in that box. >> thank you

. >> shadow attorney general emily thornberry says despite the new plans, the government still isn'ting enough. >> if i think that this is something which should have happened a long time ago and i think that the crisis in public confidence in the police, particularly amongst women, is something that is an absolute tragedy because as our policing system needs to work on the bafis system needs to work on the basis of consent and being able to work with the public and if theyif to work with the public and if they if the public loses confidence in the police, they simply can't do their job properly. believe for properly. we believe that, for example what government example, what the government have today just have announced today just doesn't go far so if doesn't go far enough. so if someone is accused rape or someone is accused of rape or domestic , they simply domestic violence, they simply shouldn't police officer . shouldn't be a police officer. they suspended until they should be suspended until that case has been sorted out at least 70 people have died and more than 40 have been in

now labour figures like emily thornberry wes streeting and even sir keir starmer himself have pointedned expansion of the scheme throughout london. of course it isn't just london is it? we, birmingham, manchester, etcetera etcetera. and now today a back down of sorts. so has sadiq khan seen that the writing is on the wall? khan has expanded the scrappage scheme, so all londoners will now be able to access up to £2,000 to replace their non—compliant cars. but their non—compliant cars. but the last time i checked , the the last time i checked, the cheapest electric vehicle was somewhere in the region of around £20,000, maybe even closer to £30,000. joining me now is the co—founder of the together declaration . it's alan together declaration. it's alan miller. alan thank you very much. great to have you on the show. is this a step in the right direction for motorists everywhere? do we think that it's going to get softer and softer and actually it's going to be scrapped altogether? ulez . well, as you say, patrick, it's a big gap between 2000 or a few thousand more and 30,000 for the chea