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-- labor policynder jeremy corbyn.ou first of all, you could say it was a baptism of fire for keir starmer although he was -- public prosecutions in 2011 when you were in government. how well do you think he survived that test? >> i think he survived that test very well indeed. he applied exactly the same process that was applied in 2011 namely the absolute necessity of bringing rioters to justice quickly and dealing with them in a way that sends a clear deterrent message to other people not to repeat the behavior and i think it has worked. i think it is quite clear that has happened. from that point of view, the immediate problem has been dealt with. it still of course leaves wider issues behind these rights and what to do about them. it seems to me he acted entirely probably and the government rallied. not withstanding via criminal justice system in this country is in pretty bad state but they were able to pokestops out. . in my view it was successful in bringing rioting to an end. >> do you share that view? it was p

i'm intrigued by that comparison with jeremy corbyn.rse, keir starmer win without the corbynistas we've had with jeremy corbyn having been kicked out of the party. so that could be the case. but i think the, the, the you need i mean, we heard from henry hill earlier a 1% swing to the tories gives them 50 seats from labour. so it's all to play for so marginal, so marginal in the next election. i mean that is not hasn't really been priced into conversation yet. you've spoken to well yesterday you spoken to well yesterday you spoke to both mel stride and tom tugendhat. >> what do you get the sense that they they think they can win this? i, i sort of look at mel stride and think he's not trying to be leader. he's auditioning to be chancellor or shadow chancellor. and i look at tom tugendhat and why he's up for it. >> he nearly replaced jeremy hunt, didn't he? well, exactly. >> because because of course, he was the treasury select committee guy for a long time. and knows his numbers. i mean, i also look at tom tugendhat and i think, is he re

joining me now to get stuck into this in the studio is former adviser to jeremy corbyn.eider, broadcaster and tv personality precious muir, and communications officer at the iea reem ibrahim panel. good evening. hello. thank you. >> hello. how are you? >> hello. how are you? >> yeah. not bad. a bit tired. i've been up since 4 am. second show of the day. >> it's a friday night. show of the day. >> it's a friday night . you need >> it's a friday night. you need a drink? >> quick word on the king first. so he's again. he's spoken out about the riots of the past couple of weeks. he previously asked for an update from the government to what was going on. what do you make of his intervention, reem? >> yeah, i think it's really interesting just from the riots on that perspective, i think that you're absolutely right. everything you said in the monologue specifically about the hypocrisy, there are figures like sadiq khan that are effectively there saying that, you know, they have taxpayer funded security. they are obviously protected and rightfully so . however, there rightfully

do you remember jeremy corbyn was his friend and then he'd never been a friend with jeremy corbyn.ndum? oh, the movement to free shamima begum. he changed his mind on that. he's now flip flopping on the question of honour and integrity. it's reminiscent of this glorious moment in the 1942 classic casablanca . classic casablanca. >> everybody is to leave here immediately. this cafe is closed until further notice. clear the room at once . room at once. >> how can they close me up on what grounds? i'm shocked. >> shocked to find that gambling is going on in here. >> your winnings, sir. >> your winnings, sir. >> oh, thank you very much. everybody out at once. >> like captain rayner. like captain rayner. sir keir starmer was shocked. he even used the word in his speech earlier today at what he discovered. he was shocked in that same squeaky tone of voice that indicates he knew what was going along all the time first all, thank so melanie, first of all, thank you so much forjoining me. and you so much forjoining me. and you put this i thought very clearly in your article in the times thi

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sun, kelvin mackenzie and james schneider , the former james schneider, the former adviser to jeremy corbynvening gents. you're both very welcome. especially you, kelvin, because viewers at home, what you won't realise is that every time i see kelvin, he makes me laugh. you know, there's a lot of depressing stuff going on in the world. you just have to take one look at kelvin's feet and it is just enough to cheer a lady up. you go through some strange kind of midlife crisis. >> yeah. i'm like, i'm going very, very odd. i'm going back in time. >> i am took some pictures of some of the footwear that he actually comes to work in. i can't even believe what he wears in one of these days. i will shame him by showing you them. but not tonight. you'll be pleased to know. you know the drill. it's all about you guys at home as well tonight. get in touch all the usual ways you can email me gbviews@gbnews.com, or you can go to the website gbnews.com slash yoursay and talk to me there. or of course you can tweet or text me, but you're very welcome tonight, look, before we get stuck into law and order, l

jeremy corbyn has been pictured speaking surrounded by communist flags at may day parades in the pastn my eyes, he is a communist. the article also bizarrely claims that oasis are a bad rock band because they don't do fast songs. yes they do. morning glory is 137 beats per minute. that's as fast as my heart when i log on to try and buy tickets. the whole article is pete guardian. there's open hatred for the working class. there's a tubby, middle aged , joyless, tubby, middle aged, joyless, non—binary gimp with a face like a slap bum. there's policing of other peoples people's enjoyment, there's a ton of cultural elitism, and there's a fence. archaeology. digging back 30 years through the brothers tweets and comments to find something to get outraged about. of course, the guardian hate oasis. they're the wrong kind of working class. the guardian weren't working class people to be miserable and poverty stricken. liam and noel are full of swagger and say what they think. they're too big to cancel. they don't agonise over making sure they've got the approved opinions, and they're a remind

now keeping me company this hour is former adviser to jeremy corbyn, james schneider and leader of the heritage party, david kirton. but before we get stuck into today's stories, here's the news with tatiana sanchez . news with tatiana sanchez. >> darren, thank you and good afternoon . the top stories from afternoon. the top stories from the gb newsroom. king charles has called for mutual respect and unity following riots across the country, speaking out for the country, speaking out for the first time since the unrest began. he thanked the police and the emergency services for their efforts to restore peace and welcomed how communities have countered the violence. this comes after prime minister sir keir starmer said the police should remain on high alert, going into the weekend, despite the violence easing , police the violence easing, police forces across the uk are on stand by over the weekend, with cabinet office minister nick thomas—symonds saying the government is in a state of high readiness for the prospect of further disorder. thousands of officers will be on duty as the met

rate higher than keir starmer as well as jeremy corbyn did, at one point rate higher than keirtarmer and jeremy corbyn's performance in the 2017 general election, actually saw a labour winning a bigger share of the vote than keir starmer won in the last election. but because of the way first past the post works, that doesn't matter too much. >> i mean, .keirstarmer is >> i mean, .keir starmer is currently making jeremy corbyn look like donald trump. frankly, in terms of politics, from what i can see. and a big part of that, olivia, is free speech. and we're getting this picture now of labour basically hunting out ideologies to clamp down on. and i'm talking specifically this morning about this idea that misogyny could become a terrorist offence. what's been happening? >> well, we always thought that, you know, because labour have massively painted themselves into a corner economically. they've said that they're not going to be raising any taxes on working people. so vat national insurance or income tax, that means that they can't they can't really change the conservatives plans

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your old mate jeremy corbyn's allotment and dig up a magic money tree?e inevitable? tax rises? >> well, what we don't do is adopt your mate liz truss's policies, which are car crash the economy and cut taxes for the economy and cut taxes for the rich . what you do is the the rich. what you do is the absolute reverse of that. you have make the rich pay their fair taxes closed down the tax loopholes, make them pay and let's let's get this straight, because you seem to have skipped over the fact that these drivers hadnt over the fact that these drivers hadn't had a pay rise in five years. you seem to skipped over the fact that inflation in that time comes to 30%. so it's not an above inflation pay raise. it's a it's a half the inflation pay it's a it's a half the inflation pay rise. so it's only half of what inflation is. so they've taken a 15% cut in real terms even with this deal. and we're now in this ridiculous situation that you're trying to pass it off as this year it's a bumper pay off as this year it's a bumper pay rise. it's not a bumper pay rise.

having said that, let's not forget that labour won the election without the support of jeremy corbyn.. that could be the case. you don't maybe don't need to talk to farage. that's quite a risk because the middle ground is a contested area. you were a former brexit party mep. nigel farage was your leader. how will he react to this? >> i think he'll be delighted because i think this now gives an absolute binary choice . if an absolute binary choice. if you stand for the policies of the reform party, which are cutting immigration down, the number one issue, the echr net zero rowing back on that, you've got a clear choice. now, this to me doesn't just say no to nigel. it says no to the policies, the direction of travel, those policies you mentioned. >> there are ones which are adopted by these candidates. mel stride wants to get immigration down to tens of thousands. they want to be. >> david cameron said that. >> david cameron said that. >> i know it never happened. and he thinks he's going to be halved by september down to 250,000 or so. but he thinks they can get there. so you might ha

if that's not two tier policing, i don't know what is, let alone throw an egg at jeremy corbyn, go tont at me. >> nothing happens at all. but absolutely, exactly at the moment we're going to talk about winter fuel payments and how if you're one of the 10 million about to lose your winter fuel payment, how can you get onto pension credit? and we'll talk about the 243 question form. we'll also talk about drax, that massive power station up yorkshire that burns north american forests so 10 million people will lose a winter fuel payment of either 2 or £300. unless you can get onto pension credit. i am. i must confess, i didn't know this before today, but the pension credit application form online of course. but we've printed one off here is 243 questions. the last one of which is what is your national insurance number, which i thought might have been the first question. is this being deliberately designed to stop pensioners getting on pension credit? well, one man has got a very strong opinion on this is frances moore, aged 67, from salisbury in wiltshire, and he joins me live down the li

goodwin, the pollster and academic, also alongside me, james schneider, the former adviser to jeremy corbyn. good evening gentlemen, you're both very welcome tonight . and you very welcome tonight. and you know, the drill is not just about us three here. it's very much about you guys at home as well. what is on your mind tonight? how are you feeling today?i tonight? how are you feeling today? i mean , if you're today? i mean, if you're anything like me, you will have seen lots of footage of horrendous things unfolding across the country this weekend, how does it make you feel? i'm going to spend the next hour focusing on exactly this. the state of the nation. we've had protests , riots, you name it. protests, riots, you name it. police have been horrendously assaulted. we've had innocent members of the public being innocently , horrendously innocently, horrendously assaulted. you've had hotels housing migrants being set fire to, and you've even had , just to, and you've even had, just the most just i don't even know where to use it, really. people looting. i mean, in my hometown of hull, i'

you might as well have let jeremy corbyn. thatis well have let jeremy corbyn.ou would say it was unconservative to do that. well that all right. okay. we it wasn't necessarily that conservative at all. no. because look at the, the what was it the corporation tax was going to be was going to be returned to the level it was before rishi raised it. fine. right yeah. but i mean, it's not that radical, you know, it was just keeping it what it was for the last ten, 15 years with the promise to take it down further when they could growth. >> yeah, fine. >> yeah, fine. >> but then also when you're not answering the fundamental point here, which is that that was going to cost what, 50 billion, 60 billion into this energy crisis by everything that had happened.the crisis by everything that had happened. the means test it. >> so we had a problem means testing costs more. there are not many people with swimming pools at home. >> well, we're finding out that the means testing is a real problem for rachel reeves winter fuel allowance. scrapping because there are many people

and it's not a matter of saying you're a good friends with jeremy corbyn or somebody like that and theng no, no, no, you were never friends with that. which the reverend starmer also did. no, democracy is a far bigger issue than that. and sir keir took a dramatic u—turn on the question of whether the largest democratic exercise in british history should be heeded or not. and now he wants you to believe him when he said this today with german chancellor olaf scholz, we sit with europe, a reset with the eu. >> that does not mean reversing brexit or re—entering the single market or the customs union, but it does mean a closer relationship on a number of fronts . fronts. >> oh, a reset, that's the new weasel word that we can add to our vocabulary of weasel words. this new treaty that is being signed attempts to enhance trade with germany. it's a fascinating thing to try and do because trade is an eu competence. so germany has no legal ability to sign trade deals. so even the reset isn't actually honest because it's resetting something that the counterparty doesn't have the authority to rese

broadcaster liz kershaw, former conservative party special adviser charlie rowley and former adviser to jeremy corbyn james schneider, all that and more coming up. but first, your news headlines with sam francis . sam francis. >> ben, thank you very much. and good evening to you. 8:02 and the top story tonight, the sister of hannah lynch has described her as an angel and a star after her body was recovered from the wreckage of a superyacht that sank in sicily. the 18 year old was the last struggles this winter greater struggles this winter andifs greater struggles this winter and it's a direct result of our country's exposure to international gas markets that are controlled by dictators. and thatis are controlled by dictators. and that is a legacy left to us by the last government. that's why this government has a plan to do something about it. our mission for clean , home—grown power that for clean, home—grown power that we control in this country. >> ed miliband there, speaking earlier. well, in other news, today , elsie dot stancombe today, elsie dot stancombe teacher told her funeral service she

broadcaster liz kershaw, former conservative party special adviser charlie rowley and former adviser to jeremy corbyner, all that and more coming up. but first, your news headlines with sam francis . sam francis. >> ben, thank you very much. and good evening to you. 8:02 and the top story tonight, the sister of hannah lynch has described her as an angel and a star after her body was recovered from the wreckage of a superyacht that sank in sicily. the 18 year old was the last person to be rescued by divers and her

broadcaster liz kershaw, former conservative party special adviser charlie rowley and former adviser to jeremy corbyn, james schneider, all that and more coming up. but first, your news headlines with sam francis . sam francis. >> ben, thank you very much. and good evening to you. 8:02 and the top story tonight, the sister of hannah lynch has described her as an angel and a star after her body was recovered from the wreckage of a superyacht that sank in sicily. the 18 year old was the last person to be rescued by divers and her father, the tech tycoon mike lynch , also died. the mike lynch, also died. the family have released this photo that was taken shortly before they took that trip. esme, the sister, says that she brought boundless love and was endlessly caring . the energy secretary has caring. the energy secretary has admitted the price cap rise will be deeply worrying for many families amid concerns more people could fall behind on their energy bills. the price cap is going up by 10% from october for millions of households across england, scotland and in wales, they face an average annual bill

it's not jeremy corbyn who's in power, it's keir starmer, a former director of public prosecutions.ust look at his response to the riots. nearly a thousand people have now been arrested and the sentences that are being handed down, he doesn't control those. but the sentences being hand down handed down are very stiff. so i think we're we're probably going to see a tough law and order response on the part of the prime minister. i would just i just do want will we though, because of course there is this perception that when it comes to rioters, white working class rioters, white working class rioters, yeah, justice is swift. >> yes. and when it comes to other acts of criminality, we've seen more lenient sentences and justice taking longer to be delivered. >> asian men who are involved in the riots have also been arrested and sentenced. so i just i just want to throw that in. i take that point and some people might feel with regards to knife crime, why why couldn't you do this? why couldn't you do what's been done with the rioting, with knife crime? why is it that in the past can't bla

it's not jeremy corbyn who's in power, it's keir starmer, a former director of public prosecutions.t look at his response to the riots. nearly a thousand people have now been arrested and the sentences that are being handed down, he doesn't control those. but the sentences being hand down handed down are very stiff. so i think we're we're probably going to see a tough law and order response on the part of the prime minister. i would just i just do want will we though, because of course there is this perception that when it comes to rioters, white working class rioters, white working class rioters, yeah, justice is swift. >> yes. and when it comes to other acts of criminality, we've seen more lenient sentences and justice taking longer to be delivered. >> asian men who are involved in the riots have also been arrested and sentenced. so i just i just want to throw that in. i take that point and some people might feel with regards to knife crime, why why couldn't you do this? why couldn't you do what's been done with the rioting, with knife crime? why is it that in the past can't blame

. >> and when it was a lot higher was when jeremy corbyn was leader.'s fault. they changed it so that, you know, you get a become a member, get a vote and the corbyn happened because so many people of that political group thought let's get someone like corbyn in. yes keir starmer. he's not going to be going, oh no, come back. he must be so grateful that these people who love some corbyn are no longer involved in the party. this is win win for him. is he missing the money? not so much because actually they've had some big donations in there as well. so i don't think he's reeling. >> you know what, steve, i just don't i haven't met anyone who is enthusiastic about keir starmer and i've met his wife. what do you think, nick. yeah. >> great point, yes, i think he's very unpopular. steve's going to deny it. i do think that some of this is due to that thing where under corbyn, they let everyone in every single nutter in for a quid or whatever. so some of it will be a result of that. but he does seem very unpopular. on the left is unpopular because of the win

joining me today in the studio is former adviser to jeremy corbyn, james schneider , broadcaster andadcaster and tv personality precious muir, and communications officer at the institute of economic affairs

and keir starmer, he actually got less votes than jeremy corbyn. how is that possible?e don't we don't live in proportional representation. you know the in the 2017 and 2019 elections the stakes were seemingly quite a lot higher for a lot of the electorate. you know, brexit was a real contentious issue and the government really did decide which way brexit was pursued. so i think it's hard to compare those two. but again, we don't live in proportional representation. >> back to you now, is this the worst start ever for a labour prime minister? >> it's pretty bad. i think. it's certainly the worst start i can remember in my lifetime. i remember tony blair in 97 got off to an extremely good start. this is this is a very different story now. politicians have never really been trusted. if you look at polls going back, even, you know, to after the second world war, that's true, but now i think i really do sense a very much a disillusionment. i think that's partly to do with the fact that we had that resounding vote for brexit that was kicked into the long grass year after yea

jeremy corbyn gets in. >> yes.happening, when i interviewed yusuf earlier, for gb news, he wouldn't write or even disclose this detail on the channel even disclose this detail on the channel, but we will see detail of that emerge next month. and i fully expect there'll be thresholds of a certain number of mps to, to, to force a vote of mps to, to, to force a vote of no confidence or councillors or even of, of members. you need to have that those, those limits to have that those, those limits to ensure you have a degree of stability for the leader looking at the tory party, they're in a similar mass at the moment, but at some point we're going to see some evidence of this party growing up and that's what it needs to do if it wants to have any chance of going further at the next election. >> as you said. chris obe a mountain to climb. but zia yusuf, are you impressed with him as an individual? >> i was, and i've met a number of these people around. nigel farage, in recent years . i can farage, in recent years. i can

you've got sort of martin lewis, the financial guru, you've got john mcdonnell, jeremy corbyn's formerfits. he's come out and said that they need to change their minds. then you've got the conservatives tabling an early day motion. it's called essentially trying to push the government into having a debate about this in the house of commons. and i expect if this rumbles on, which it probably will, particularly as there's not that much going on in politics at the moment, you could end up in a situation where there are more labour mps who are prepared to rebel over this. so i think we will see some sort of fudge in the coming weeks, because people can't believe that this policy has come from a labour government. >> and you look at the pay settlements that have been made with the public sector workers, with the public sector workers, with the public sector workers, with the unions, and it does make people think, who are you prioritising here? >> well, rachel reeves and keir starmer have really painted themselves into a corner over themselves into a corner over the election campaign because

then you've got people like john mcdonnell, jeremy corbyn's shadow chancellor, who's now been suspendedy but was was a labour mp until very recently. he's calling on rachel reeves to, to change her mind too. so there is a lot of political pressure coming from all sides. you might think that given that keir starmer has just won this enormous majority, it doesn't really matter. he can just push through whatever unpopular, unpopular policy he likes. but that isn't quite true because although he did have this huge parliamentary majority, his vote share wasn't that high at all, and his personal popularity ratings aren't great either. which means that labour mps feel empowered to sort of rebel against him. and so you could find yourselves in a situation where, you know, you've got labour mps pressing down on keir starmer and rachel reeves. rachel reeves ends up doing a sort of half u—turn, which could be the worst of both worlds, because, as we say, you know, we're not known for our kind of nimble state, quick way of doing things we're not particularly efficient. could be you're spending so m

figures show that labour have around 370,000 members, which is nearly 200,000 lower than when jeremy corbynet's talk to political commentator ammon bogle, who thinks labour do have a problem, and political commentator andy williams, who doesn't agree with that. a man what's the issue here, do you think? >> well, good morning, steve and allie. good to be on the show. well, i think it's very clear, a lot of these now, former labour members have realised what a lot of us realised very quickly after the general election, and thatis after the general election, and that is that this is a two tier care prime minister who promised to govern for all and yet has gone on to label vast swathes of the country as far right for having genuine concerns about immigration. he promised to clear up politics, and yet he's gone on to appoint a labour party donors and advisers to senior positions in the civil service. and, of course, let's not forget rachel reeves promised no tax rises and yet they've gone on to steal pensioners winter fuel payments and bumper bonfire of people's hard earned money. coming up now

i mean, jeremy corbyn's a good example of that.ed him over his brother. people would look at that and say, actually, they probably got rid of the new labour leader. >> we never had. there you go. >> we never had. there you go. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> well there you go. that's the unions fault isn't it. so you know. yeah. >> right. we've got time for one more probably. where should we go? what do we think? should be vapes? let's do some vapes. yeah. this is a worrying story, nicky. >> so we hear so much about children and vapes. and in particularly the amount of illegal vapes that come into this country from heathrow, you know, they're they're full of all kinds of kind of dangerous metals and substances and we've known about that for a long time. but this is a really shocking turn. it's an investigation done by the daily mail. and it's saying that the rise in child victims of vapes laced with drugs like spice, for example, it has gone up sevenfold in the past couple of years, and let's just remind ourselves spice is an

other than what deal was done to ensure that starmer was the leader and the backstabbing of jeremy corbynhat. >> okay, jonathan, yet again, you look pained by this. >> i just think it's such a ridiculous conversation. i think david lammy is one of the best labour people in parliament, actually. look, i've, i've interviewed i've interviewed him. i've found him extremely intelligent and engaging. we had a conversation about all kinds of political and foreign policy issues for magazine, for several hours. i was really interested, and i'm not impressed by every mp i meet. i can guarantee that . mp i meet. i can guarantee that. patrick, i think it's interesting, though, because emily thornberry, for instance, was snubbed of a cabinet role because she was the rumours that she was seen as a bit ditzy, a bit unqualified, and all of that. >> i actually think emily thornberry has on many occasions been a lot more impressive than david lammy. so i don't understand this. >> it's not either or apart from she doesn't think either or british and also and also i will tell you that he wrote a brilliant bo

. >> keir starmer, at one point when he was talking about his comments on jeremy corbyn's manifesto,ted that he'd say anything in order to get elected. he said something like, well, i said that because i wanted to get elected. so is this not just a case of them saying, oh, well, we won't. we promise we won't put up taxes knowing that probably they will have to. >> but it comes as a surprise to absolutely no one. if their slogan is change. well, they're not really changing from the old politics of the corbyn era, so i don't think they can hold any moral high ground. >> and also, surely they're going to have to spend, spend, spend anyway because they've already agreed to this massive pay already agreed to this massive pay rise for junior doctors. and the junior doctors want more, and there's going to be a gold rush from all the other public sector workers who also want pay rises. they're going have to spend money on that, too, because the unions have got a gun against their heads. >> it's gps. it's going to be radiologists, it's going to be paramedics. it's going to be every man and hi

then you've got people like john mcdonnell, who was labour's shadow chancellor under jeremy corbyn, saying. plus people like martin lewis, the financial guru, etc, there's going to be a lot of pressure on rachel reeves about this over the next few weeks. i think we might end up in a kind of semi u—turn position where she says that she will scrap it, but perhaps later on, or maybe she'll look at the threshold so fewer pensioners have to have to have this scrapped. but it is a really, really tough issue for the prime minister and not what he wants when he has promised economic growth. >> for a start, is it is it fair to pitch this price cap hike as an attack on pensioners? and also what could they have done differently? >> it's i mean, it's not really fair to pitch the hike as an attack on pensioners because obviously, you know, these energy companies are at the mercy of the markets. the war in ukraine raised oil and gas pnces ukraine raised oil and gas prices as we know. plus, you just have an enormous demand for gas worldwide. at the moment, everyone is trying to transition away from fossi

jeremy corbyn today is not a labour member of parliament.he ceasefire question why are you so despondent or i would say, why are you so down on i'm not down on keir. >> i'm i'm anxious. i want to see what he's going to do. and i think he needs to be firmer on the fact that israel is our ally, you know, and that this is this is a war that we should this is a war that we should this is a war. this is not a genocide. and he has to stand up firm against those, those, those, when people are saying that, let's put that to matthew , that, let's put that to matthew, doesit that, let's put that to matthew, does it strike you that, jewish voters, amongst others, amongst many others, may be anxious about what the labour government's position is going to be vis a vis israel because of the complexities within the labour party. >> well, i can certainly understand why people, you know , understand why people, you know, reflect on those complexities. and it is it is a complex situation. and i think there's a bit of it would be wrong if anybody would read ov

. >> keir starmer, at one point when he was talking about his comments on jeremy corbyn's manifesto,d that he'd say anything in order to get elected. he said something like, well, i said that because i wanted to get elected. so is this not just a case of them saying, oh, well, we won't. we promise we won't put up taxes knowing that probably they will have to. >> but it comes as a surprise to absolutely no one. if their slogan is change. well, they're not really changing from the old politics of the corbyn era, so i don't think they can hold any moral high ground. >> and also, surely they're going to have to spend, spend, spend anyway because they've already agreed to this massive pay already agreed to this massive pay rise for junior doctors. and the junior doctors want more, and there's going to be a gold rush from all the other public sector workers who also want pay rises. they're going have to spend money on that, too, because the unions have got a gun against their heads. >> it's gps. it's going to be radiologists, it's going to be paramedics. it's going to be every man and his

you did say about the optics as well, joanna, and the optics are the reality is, you know, even jeremy corbynis, by the way, but to point out the hypocrisy here, labour are still happy to fund weapons to israel, but they want to go and have this rhetoric while they're in palestine. so we want a peace deal palestine. so we want a peace deal, but we'll give you weapons. it doesn't match up to me. so the labour party again , me. so the labour party again, no democracy. >> they want their cake and also eat it . but also, >> they want their cake and also eat it. but also, you >> they want their cake and also eat it . but also, you know, they eat it. but also, you know, they have to be really careful when it comes to this because have we not learned any lessons when it comes to following our allies into war and almost being guilty by association? we obviously know what happened with iraq and afghanistan. so we have to be very careful when it comes to this . this. >> and, john, just quickly on this because you've you've seen a lot of , you know, foreign a lot of, you know, foreign secretaries come a

and i can tell you that because i can tell you what it was like under jeremy corbyn.siness event at the labour party was pretty empty. and under keir starmer, it's packed. >> i do i do hate to do, i do hate to do this to you because this is, this is really, really shocking timing. and you were not to know this. and i had just checked twitter in the break and did see this. so i do apologise to you, but the front of city am tomorrow is city sounds alarm over tax plans. expert warned that tax hikes will hit growth as the pm hints at pain to come. so they might have been all right with him in the run up to the election, but i think he has lost them now. >> i mean, ijust don't lost them now. >> i mean, i just don't agree with that. sorry, i just don't i think you know what lost them. what lost them was liz truss and kwasi kwarteng and they disastrous budget that sent the pound nosediving, you know, which we you know, it's really important you guys talk a lot about working people. working people pay the cost of that. i know people with mortgages, people that haven't had hol

try to reverse the brexit referendum with the suggestions of a second referendum when he was jeremy corbyn'swith so many more on the continent. i should, while i'm on, just tell our viewers i was pre—emptively stopped from broadcasting earlier by a german official, but it was all fine. the germans didn't want me to carry on speaking . while sir carry on speaking. while sir keir starmer and olive schultz walk past . but it's all fine walk past. but it's all fine now. how. >> now. >> gosh, i have to hear it. >> i like that little insight, christopher. thank you. i wonder when keir starmer is in paris whether he's going to talk to macron about the arrest of pavel durov, the guy that runs telegram of course, amazing defender of free speech, russian born left russia when putin asked him to control the content and sent a telegram and he said no, i believe in free speech. and guess what? the french have arrested him. >> i wonder if, though chris will also get a question in either of these press conferences, because number 10 yesterday gb news boycotted again by the prime minister. fourth time that'

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