now, george eustice was elected to parliament in 2010.der five prime ministers and held high office as environment secretary under boris johnson. a brexit supporter and a former cabinet minister. he's now stepped down and is not seeking re—election . well, george, re—election. well, george, you've had a front row seat for the last 14 years. what has it been like? because it perhaps has been some of the most turbulent political times in modern history? >> yeah, absolutely. i when i first went into politics, one of my jobs was press secretary to david cameron. when he was in opposition. and then, you know, a big story that the media used to get upset about was, you know, whether his driver had taken his suit in while he was riding his bike or whether he'd run a red light. and my word, you know, things. i think it wasn't just the division that we had over the brexit referendum when we were trying to take this really big decision to become a self—governing country again. you then had covid and you had ukraine straight after it, and it's just

the former secretary of state, george eustice, and the journalist and broadcaster zoe grundy. evening to both of you. welcome. we do love a new face on dewbs& co. so you're very welcome tonight, as are each and every single one of you at home. what is on your mind tonight? i want to, of course, talk uk politics. we'll crack on with that in a second. but did you see what went on in europe? the rise of the right, the far right, the extreme right, whatever you want to call it. apparently we should all be concerned about that . are you? concerned about that. are you? i can tell you now, the meltdown that has been occurring is certainly made me chuckle a little bit today. i know that's slightly inappropriate to some of you, but give me your thoughts all the usual ways you can email gbviews@gbnews.com. you can go to the website gb news. com slash yourself. i've been very naughty. i've not said hello to you yet on there, but i will, don't worry. or also you can tweet or x me wherever you are tonight. you are indeed very very welcome. but look , today very welcome. but look, today kic

norman baker, former liberal democrat minister, and george eustice, former environment secretary.ust remind ourselves of some of those key points in the interview. so let's look at what sir ed davey said about the eu. >> first of all, i think we need a trade deal and we need a trade deal really quickly. our economy is being hurt by the awful trade deal is being hurt by the awful trade deal. the conservatives concluded with our european partners, our farmers are being hit, our fishermen are being here, our exporters and importers are being hit. actually, people are being hit by high prices in the shops. so we've got to have a trade deal . we've got to have a trade deal. >> now, george, i know you wanted to come in on that because you're the only, well, the only brexiteer on this panel the only brexiteer on this panel. although i have confessed in columns to supporting the leave side, george, what do you think? i mean, the idea of the liberal democrats sort of trying to undo the referendum result doesn't strike me, as i've said earlier in this show, as either liberal or democratic.

but secretary george eustice.ais say that they are waiting for a labour government before they cross the channel because starmer pledged to scrap the rwanda plan. are the immigration floodgates about to be opened? it is interesting, isn't it? i have spoken to illegal migrants here who tell me that they were very scared of rwanda . if that very scared of rwanda. if that goes then that is the problem. they are also , as again, we they are also, as again, we exposed here on gb news being fast tracked across the continent to calais now. why? because shock horror are european continental friends have just voted to have stricter laws when it comes to deporting people. so britain under keir starmer conceivably could well be an outlier. do you think that labour would open the floodgates to an illegal migrant invasion? is patrick christys tonight we are on gb news. stay tuned. >> for that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news evening. >> welcome to your latest weather update from the met offi

i'm very glad to be joined by the former conservative environment secretary, george eustice. lovely to see you on gb news, is reform onto something? it's a very, very expensive policy and even if it's not terribly unpopular now as those expenses come through, the likelihood is that it will become more unpopular with people. >> well, i think they're wrong to make this point. and the reason for that is, there's a number of reasons why we should move towards net zero. i mean, first of all, climate change is a reality. and although it's true that the uk's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions is relatively modest in the global context, you know, we should do our bit and we should , show our bit and we should, show a leadership role. i think the second thing that's important is we have, you know, very good scientific expertise in this country. and if we apply our minds to this, we can come up with some of the technologies that will help the whole world get there. and so we ought to be taking that leadership role. and then when it comes to the cost, you know, you have to look at

george eustice and steve mccabe keep me company.g you about those tv , tv debates and whether those tv, tv debates and whether or not it's your kind of thing, whether or not there have been a step forward or not. sue says, all of these debates seems to be all of these debates seems to be a massive bore. she says she can't listen to any of them, and they would never influence her voting decision . well, never say voting decision. well, never say neven voting decision. well, never say never, you know, because, i don't know. there's always an opportunity that someone puts their foot in it and perhaps wishes that they did not keep your thoughts coming in. but of course, labour has vowed to create 650,000 new jobs and to help make britain better off. let's listen to keir starmer explain . explain. >> a great british energy is going to be an energy company that will drive our work on renewables, so whether that's floating offshore wind, wind turbines , nuclear, hydrogen, turbines, nuclear, hydrogen, there's a race now for pretty well ever

we're going to be talking to george eustice, who's a former environment secretary for the conservativendidate at this election . and i'm quite this election. and i'm quite interested in polls, not just what the polls are saying, but how they say it. i've got scarlett mccgwire coming on. who is a pollster, and i want to ask her about how the raw data that's collected in a poll is manipulated. yes what happens to it before it's published? for us? and there's a debate, by the way, going on on channel 4 at the moment that's been about immigration and law and order. we'll be reviewing that and seeing whether we can decide who's won. that's going to be with my political panel . and with my political panel. and right at the end, we're going to be looking at whether we care about beautiful architecture. for the example we have is the great controversy about the marks and spencers in oxford street. yes. >> which michael gove has been railing against. >> i believe he did rail against, but michael gove is yesterday's man. >> he is yesterday's man. he stood down to avoid an embarrassing moment at

. >> well, as i discussed last week with the former environment secretary, george eustice, the institutes projected the total cost of achieving net zero by 2050 will be £1.4 trillion, but the savings from the transition will equate to 1.1 trillion. if you take one from the other. the total cost of net zero is on that calculation. 321 billion. so, as mr jones says, such numbers do make the 28 billion originally allocated by labour sound very tiny indeed. i'm joined by james alexander, chief executive of the uk sustainable investment and finance association. welcome back to gb news. thanks very much for being with us, there's been a little bit about climate change during the course of the election , at the course of the election, at a launch the other day of the labour party, jim ratcliffe of manchester united and ineos, laughed out loud at the idea that we could have a green, production of electricity on the on the target, on the timetable that's been proposed. we have had stellantis saying that it may have to pull out of production of vehicles in the united kingdom, because they're going

and i'll be chatting to george eustice, who's stepping down as an mp after 14 years as a former cabinetseat for the last 14 years of conservative led government. also tonight i'll be joined in my studio by my panel, former tory mp neil parish, labour activist aisha allah khan and lib dem federal board member callum robertson, plus former brexit party mep belinda de lucy will be . here. will be. here. >> good evening. it's 7:01. i'm cameron walker here in the gb newsroom. us president joe biden

. >> joining us now, former conservative environment, food and rural affairs secretary george eusticeh. don't know where to start, actually. do you know where to start? so many things just keep going wrong for the tories at the moment. >> well, it's been a difficult campaign for us, there's no doubt about that, and the prime minister really could have done without these arguments and revelations about, you know, potential bets being placed. and it's a very hard thing for a prime minister and a party leader to deal with, because on the you know, on the one hand, there's an investigation going on. so there's a limit to what you can say. there's a limit to what you can do while that investigation is ongoing, because he's a very, very serious allegations. but on the other hand, obviously he's had to signal very clearly that, you know, he's very angry about this andifs know, he's very angry about this and it's and it's very wrong. so it's, it's a very hard one for, for rishi sunak to handle to be honest. yeah. >> but it's i mean the, it just seems like the nail in the coffin doesn't it. be

be a new mp and that is because the incumbent _ be a new mp and that is because the incumbent george eusticeve who has been the mp here since 2010 is standing down. he was a _ here since 2010 is standing down. he was a former— here since 2010 is standing down. he was a former environment secretary. it is was a former environment secretary. it is all— was a former environment secretary. it is all to— was a former environment secretary. it is all to play for. it is also old — it is all to play for. it is also old to— it is all to play for. it is also old to paper because it was historically, cornwall is only three rate marginal in recent history. the constituency boundaries were redrawn in 2010 _ constituency boundaries were redrawn in 2010. before that there was a labour— in 2010. before that there was a labour mp, the only mp in recent history— labour mp, the only mp in recent history between 97 and 2005. then a lib history between 97 and 2005. then a lib mmp_ history between 97 and 2005. then a lib mmp from 2005 to 2010. it is interesting politically. | lib mmp from 2005 to 2010. it is inte