also, i hear geoffrey cox he's done a geoffrey cox and he's done a superb for chopper's superb interviewt apocalyptic, superb interview for chopper's pocvision apocalyptic, superb interview for chopper's pocvision for apocalyptic, superb interview for chopper's pocvision for future alyptic, superb interview for chopper's pocvision for future of'ptic, superb interview for chopper's pocvision for future of the, his vision for the future of the tory it looks like one of tory party. it looks like one of complete evisceration. >> commenting survation >> commenting on this, survation poll last a few a few poll from last about a few a few last late last year, forecasting 190 labour 190 seat majority for labour party, the tories get 149 seats, he was saying that's bad for democracy. the tory party has no right to exist and it mustn't take it for granted . here's what take it for granted. here's what he had to say on my podcast, chopper's political podcast . chopper's political podcast. >> you can't afford that kind of self—indulgence. you know, the conservative party represents a cluster of impo

but what geoffrey cox is trying to say is it's all achievable., the party is still the majority party in parliament, but despite that, he is saying, we can do let's is saying, we can do this. let's find a some new ideas, some new visions. where are the secretary of state with their new ideas? let's refresh the party. the reason the reason why the tory party is so successful, of course, is it? it does refresh its leadership and its policies when needs to. okay. when it needs to. okay. >> very much indeed, chris. >> well, it's all going on in the world of politics, and i think we can cross now to speak to the shadow attorney general, emily thornberry . oh, yes. yes. emily thornberry. oh, yes. yes. you're there. very good morning. thanks very much for joining us. my goodness. as i said, there's an awful lot going on in politics. we just heard an admission there, really an acknowledgement geoffrey acknowledgement from geoffrey cox be cox that, they could be annihilated at the next general election and that labour could get an absolute landslide victo

the headlines this hour , sir geoffrey cox says this hour, sir geoffrey cox says that labour's projectedpposition. the former attorney general is warning that a possible win for sir keir starmer would leave the conservatives without a frontbench, calling it a very dangerous thing for democracy. well, in a gb news exclusive, the mp said that rishi sunak is a serious administrator but suggested the prime minister needs to reveal more of himself to sway voters. >> hundred seat majority 80 seat majority is big, but the proposal at the moment, the suggestion that labour might win a 200 seat majority, effectively annihilates any credible opposition. that's bad for democracy , but on our part, we democracy, but on our part, we need to show why . need to show why. >> the home secretary has vowed to crack down on spiking by updating the law to hold. he says. perpetrators to account. legislation in england and wales is being changed to make it clear that it's a crime. the most recent figures show more than 560 spiking offences are reported every month involving food, drink, needles and modified va

they're the best. >> in other news, sir geoffrey cox says labour's projects cox says that labour's projectscould, he says, annihilate a credible opposition. the former attorney general is warning that a possible win for sir keir starmer would leave the conservatives without a frontbench, and called it a very dangerous thing for democracy. in a gb news exclusive , the mp in a gb news exclusive, the mp said that rishi sunak is a serious administrator , but serious administrator, but suggested the prime minister still needs to reveal more of himself to win voters 100 seat majority 80 seat majority is big but the proposal at the moment, the suggestion that labour might win a 200 seat majority, effectively annihilates any credible opposition. >> that's bad for democracy. but on our part, we need to show why i >> -- >> the 5mm >> the home secretary has vowed to crack down on spiking by updating the law to hold perpetrators to account. legislation in england and wales is being changed to make it clear that it is a crime. the most recent figures show more than 560 spiking offences are reported ever

. >> well, that's a gb news exclusive where conservative mp sir geoffrey cox warns of the dire consequences

and as sir geoffrey cox , 286.cal editor chris hope a week or so ago on his podcast, it's not necessarily great thing for any democracy for a party to have such a huge majority, because parties often will make bad decisions. and if you have a massive majority, you can get pretty much anything through . pretty much anything through. but if this comes to pass, there will be no conservative mps in scotland or in wales . and scotland or in wales. and looking at the map of this poll, even england, where you've normally got large swathes of blue in rural areas and down south, it's pretty much red in most places. rishi sunak may or may not cling on in his north yorkshire seat. the chancellor to both within the margin of error. but lots of very big beasts who might like rishi sunaks job after the conservatives lose, assuming that they do. people like penny mordaunt, leader of the house of commons, people like james cleverly, the home secretary, people like , grant shapps, the people like, grant shapps, the defence secretar

i've interviewed sir geoffrey cox on my podcast tomorrow.ss that tomorrow on the program , brexit was an program, brexit was an opportunity, i think, for people in this country , officials, mps in this country, officials, mps to take back control of a third of laws that were decided and dean of laws that were decided and dealt with in brussels to the, to the, to whitehall and westminster. yes there's been the covid pandemic that started a month, a month after we left the european union in january 2020. yes, there's a brief pause and then the then the ukraine invasion russia that prompted invasion by russia that prompted an energy shock. there's a lot of happening, but i think of things happening, but i think brexit worked. brexit has not worked. and there's the there's a feeling that the people voted in 2016 for change and hasn't been grasped by and it hasn't been grasped by the people who run this country. it looks like road is it looks like the road is running out this party. running out for this tory party. i've from the i've had a text h

i mean, like last week, sir geoffrey cox was even saying that it could be 200 seats at the labour getemocratic process moving forward? little or no resistance or opposition ? there could be or opposition? there could be a huge change of legislation with the tory party just standing by and watching powerless . and watching powerless. >> well, to be honest, it's been fairly clear for some time that the conservative party was potentially staring at its worst ever defeat in democratic politics, and that, yes, that's not necessarily good for parliament, because it will mean that we may have a inexperienced labour government that, led by an inexperienced labour prime minister who doesn't have a great deal of the way of opposition. it may well be an opposition. it may well be an opposition that's spending more time arguing amongst itself than it facing the government. and it is facing the government. and at end of the day, good at the end of the day, good government relies in part on effective opposition. so while, of course, those who support the labour party would doubtless welcome a 200 m