but let's bring jonathan ashworth into the conversation now.r leicester south, as well as being the shadow paymaster general. i'm describing him as labour's resident attack dog because that's what he seems to be these days. mr ashworth, lovely to see you. this is natalie elphicke. defections absolutely backfired , defections absolutely backfired, hasn't it? what on earth was keir starmer thinking? this woman is a rabid right winger who's attacked labour, and now we find out that she's tried to cover up with the help of the former justice secretary, robert formerjustice secretary, robert buckland. her ex—husband's conviction for sexual assault allegations . allegations. >> well, first of all, camilla, i'm a pussycat, as you know, not an attack dog, but more generally, i think the defection reveals the decay and disintegration of the tory government before our eyes. yes, she has said that the interpretation of events is not one that she recognises, that it is nonsense . but i think her is nonsense. but i think her move is as what is happening acr

here is jonathan ashworth.into rafa will be will be _ a catastrophe beyond description. there's a million and a half people there. i there's 600,000 children there. and if that full scale l offensive goes ahead, i do not want to see british—made weapons, _ components that are parts of weapons used in that offensive. so we also know that the government's ruling out the use of british troops taking aid onto the american pontoon from landing craft. and henry, can you can you tell us how much foreign policy is going to influence the general election? laura has told us it's influencing the presidential election in the united states. how much will gaza influence the uk general election? my hunch would be very little, but more than usual. i think in general, when people are polled on what's most important to them, foreign policy is way, way, way down the list. that's true in every election. perhaps some exceptions like when british troops were in action. so perhaps 2005, couple of years after the iraq war, it was a bi

i'm still in shock from jonathan ashworth. not once , but twice, referring to the kamasutra. between you and god . can we between you and god. can we please keep it off daytime television? on a serious point . television? on a serious point. it's day one of the general election campaign. high on rhetoric, short on detail. >> i never knew sir keir starmer dad was a toolmaker. >> i think we might hear a lot more of that over the coming weeks. desperate dad's army stuff on defence. but when is sir keir starmer going to show us his medals on defence? we can't have six weeks of simply attacking the tories on the economy either, saying we're on the brink. it's chaos. but the only detail to date of how to raise money is by taxing private schools. the biscuit tin is empty. how will the labour party going to pay for running the country? plus, i'm being inspired by this this moving new initiative to get kids lonely inner city kids to go fishing and gardening and just being mates with each other on the nhs. is this cuddly stuff gone mad or? actually, i think it's a wonderful directive .

we've got shabana mahmood there in birmingham, ladywood , jonathan ashworth in ladywood, jonathan ashworthr south, rushanara ali in bethnal green and stepney. now at least 2 or 3 of those people who are running against them. jeremy corbyn is described as being close personal friends of. so if he tips up in those seats and campaigns against laboun seats and campaigns against labour, which i reckon he will, thatis labour, which i reckon he will, that is a problem, isn't it? >> well, i think fundamentally there's no way that that group could ever form a government. and so the challenge for voters in this election really is do you want change or do you want more of the same? and the only way that there can be a change of government in this country is for a labour government to be elected. so everything else really is a bit of theatre and a little bit of , pantomime theatre little bit of, pantomime theatre in that particular case. so i think fundamentally the choice that people have to make is not whether or not the labour party is the most perfect political party that they've and stands for ev

labour's jonathan ashworth joins us too.h you and me for the whole show, nadhim zahawi, former cabinet minister who announced this week he's leaving parliament at the election. tina brown — journalism royalty, who knows a lot about royalty herself — the former editor of vanity fair, tatler, and author, now she's on the front line in the battle for the truth. and mp for coventry south, zarah sultana, one of the leading mps on the left, who has more followers on tiktok than any other mp at nearly 500,000. welcome to you all. thank you for being here today. it's the baftas tonight. the actor dominic west, who's hoping for a gong, joins us to talk about playing the king — and the role he really craves. a bond villain would be good. a bond villain? yeah. not bond himself? i'm a bit long in the tooth, i think. really, are you sure? oh, well... you're very kind. don't you fancy it? i think even roger moore was younger than me! and away from the protests at eurovision, we're behind the scenes withjoanna lumley — and announcing the r

and i'd like to know from jonathan ashworth , who's kind of labour's ashworth, who's kind of labour'se policy exchange thinks it's going to put £255 on people's council tax bills. >> yeah, camilla, we covered that story in the paper review earlier, and we were just astonished to believe this, this notion, okay. you know, paying your union dues. if you're a union member to get a result is one thing, but expecting the everyday taxpayer, the rank and file briton who might not sign up to this to cough up for the bill, it's an astonishing thing to expect. is this a taste of what the labour party might be offering us? camilla >> well, who knows, and i'd like to know from jonathan ashworth. i mean, they're often batting off my questions by saying we haven't come up with the manifesto yet, but i mean, he should be able to answer the bafic should be able to answer the basic question, which is, are you going to tax people more to pay you going to tax people more to pay for these big spending plans ? because rachel reeves, the woman who wants to be the first female chancellor herself, has been sa

so we're joined now by shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworth mp. good morning jonathan. sidelines. but your position jonathan, is that waiting times? of course in the gutter. but what are you going to do to sort it out ? it out? >> well, of course, the analysis that we've released today indicate that on virtually all of their targets, in fact, all of their targets, in fact, all of their targets, the vast majority of nhs trusts , that's majority of nhs trusts, that's the organisations who run the hospitals have completely failed to miss their targets on waiting times for operations. to miss their targets on waiting times for operations . and this times for operations. and this is a consequence of 14 years of the conservatives driving our nhs into the ground. so what's labour's solution? we would introduce a proper tax on the very super wealthy non—doms, and we would use the proceeds from that to fund extra appointments. 2 million extra appointments a yearin 2 million extra appointments a year in our nhs , so we can start year in our nhs, so we can start driving those wait

i want to ask jonathan ashworth about i website can apply for asylum. ion — with martyn oates. yes, you can hear the jubilation behind _ with martyn oates. yes, you can hear thejubilation behind me _ with martyn oates. yes, you can hear the jubilation behind me from - with martyn oates. yes, you can hear thejubilation behind me from labour| thejubilation behind me from labour and the prediction i had from a senior tory yesterday that they would be in for a horrible night has come true. you ran through some of this to districts their foot of the other crucial thing is where these wards have changed hands. —— you ran through some of the statistics. labour have controlled the council since last year, they have had one mp in the form of luke pollard since 2017 so all eyes would have been on those boards in the north of the city. in reality, those boards have been gobbled up by labour this evening, so they will feel it augurs well for their prospects in the general election. he also mentioned gary streeter, his seat as a semi—urban one, a big chunk of the eas

i did put this to labour's shadow paymaster general, jonathan ashworth.but wonder if he was trying to gaslight us a little bit by claiming this was no big deal. how many? 16 year olds pay proper tax in this country ? proper tax in this country? >> why are you so worked up about it? >> oh, here we go. no i'm not. i'm asking you to justify. i'm asking you to justify something. no, hang on. that could that could seriously , seriously shape could seriously, seriously shape and change forever . the future and change forever. the future of british politics. so and then you've got rishi sunak's national service initiative. well, we heard mr sunak was taking saturday off to try to regroup after a tough start to his campaign. then on saturday night, wollop national service for all 18 year olds. but on thursday, defence minister andrew murrison said that there were no plans for national service and that it would be a bad idea. service and that it would be a badidea.the service and that it would be a bad idea. the policy was absolutely torn to shreds by young people

is not our problem any more, it does speak to the mutual hypocrisy here, because as you said, jonathan ashwortho, the labour party would have been calling for an urgent investigation, an independent investigation, so conversely labour clearly do have a point, which is, whether all these can people with concerns about natalie elphicke when she was one of their colleagues? nowhere, and that does notjust go for the set of claims, you had conservative mps queueing up to say how, basically how disgraceful it right when she was, that was basically what they were saying on wednesday, thursday, friday. but they didn't seem to mind when she was in there what's at grips. it doesn't show westminster in a great light, the circuit of hypocrisy. in a great light, the circuit of hypocrisy-— in a great light, the circuit of h ocris. . ., ., hypocrisy. and also when someone nets an hypocrisy. and also when someone gets an interview _ hypocrisy. and also when someone gets an interview with _ hypocrisy. and also when someone gets an interview with robert i gets an interview with robert buckland, the question will

wes streeting, we've got shadow justice secretary shabana mahmood, shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworthnara ali, this could be a problem, could it not? dave andrea for the labour party, this is something that the tories are going party, this is something that theitories are going to 7, 7 7 party, this is something that thel do es are going to 7, 77 party, this is something that thel do in are going to 7, 77 party, this is something that thel do in every)ing to 7, 77 party, this is something that thel do in every election 7, 7 7 party, this is something that thel do in every election now, 77 7 7 as i do in every election now, i personally wouldn't have gone now, i've, i, i even said to, the prime minister myself , i now, i've, i, i even said to, the prime minister myself, i met with him recently and i said, we need a major war cabinet reshuffle. get some red meat. true conservatives in there, let's get, you know, a true conservative as deputy prime minister, and then let's have some true conservative policies and let's lower taxes further in the autumn statement, then have an election. >

wes streeting, we've got shadow justice secretary shabana mahmood, shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworthuld it not? dave andrea for the labour party, this is something that the tories are going to have to emphasise, isn't it? >> this isn't could be a problem . it is a problem for the labour party. as i said, look how we bowed to the mob and put pressure on the speaker. that was unprecedented, that is just shows you where his heart is. and as is being called in the media, is being called, on gb news slippery starmer. he is. and the whole , slogan of change. and the whole, slogan of change. but not all change is good. change patrick and i believe a starmer led labour government will not be good change for our country. we've seen this stuff going in scotland, going on in scotland. what went on in scotland. what went on in scotland with the gender stuff and i think we'll see it here. patrick i think you'll see seriously fear a labour led government . government. >> okay. and what what is the what is the thing you fear most? >> i fear , i mean, i think the >> i fear, i mean, i think the prime

shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworth says the government is failing to properly fund britain's. britain's health service. >> this is a consequence of 14 years of the conservatives driving our nhs into the ground. so what's labour's solution? we would introduce a proper tax on the very super wealthy non—doms, and we would use the proceeds from that to fund extra appointments, 2 million extra appointments, 2 million extra appointments a year in our nhs. so we can start driving those waiting times down. so if you're waiting times down. so if you're waiting for a hip replacement or a knee replacement or hernia , a knee replacement or hernia, perhaps a cataract operation you need, you can get your operations on time. too many people are waiting in pain and agony at the moment for an operation. after 14 years of the conservatives the sentence of nottingham triple killer valdo calocane will be reviewed by the court of appeal over concerns that may have been unduly lenient. >> calocane was given an indefinite hospital order for the manslaughter of barnaby webber. grace o'malley kumar a

. >> well, labour's shadow paymaster general, jonathan ashworth, said rishi sunak is planning to rewardin's pensioners for their loyalty by stabbing them in the back, just like he did to boris johnson. and just like he's done to his own mps. so typically making very little sense. there's a lot of politicians are at the moment. well, joining us now is political commentator benedict spence, the former labour adviser scarlett mccgwire scarlett. do you understand what he's talking about, about the fact that he's going to stab pensioners in the back, not quite. i mean, i you didn't write that line for them. >> did not write that line. no. >> did not write that line. no. >> for him. i mean, i do think that that when rishi sunak sort of accuses keir starmer of naked bids for power and then does this, i mean, you know, what? >> why wouldn't he make a naked bid for power? he's a leader of the opposition. that's his job. >> well, precisely. >> well, precisely. >> there's a general election campaign. >> and if this isn't a bribe, i don't know what is. i mean, it's and also, the other thing is, is

. >> i'll also be joined by labour's jonathan ashworth to find out if keir starmer can really stop theudio to discuss whether the former prime minister may still stage a comeback. all that and more with me. camilla tominey from 930 on sunday morning. >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me , darren grimes saturday with me, darren grimes on your tv, online and on digital radio. so now vladimir putin has admitted russia is going through a difficult period dunng going through a difficult period during a speech to celebrate its victory over nazi germany during the second world war. now, of course, russia honours its success every year with victory day. however the parade in moscow only consisted of one tank, a single tank. moscow only consisted of one tank, a single tank . while tank, a single tank. while joining me to analyse and discuss this is the former senior military intelligence officer philip ingram. philip always a pleasure. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> how serious do you think it must be for bad vlad to sort of say to his population , you know, say to his populati

health secretary wes streeting, shadow justice secretary arbana mahmood, shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworthhanara ali. but labour's shadow business and trade secretary jonathan reynolds, didn't seem too concerned about the muslim vote when i asked him last night. >> i take nothing for granted when it comes to any community now. i think in any part of the uk, from the top of scotland to cornwall, labour is the only competitive party. the only party that can say if you want a change from the present government, we're your vehicle to do that. >> but we will take seriously and always take seriously the needs and concerns of every community. >> because, let's be frank, we've had all these opinion polls not a single vote has been cast and will not be cast for a long period of time. so we will take absolutely nothing for granted. but we will campaign for the basis of the change the uk needs. >> well, can i just bring your attention to something that we are seeing right now? and it ties directly into the pro—palestine slash muslim vote. this is an incident that was taking place and i believe is tak

paymaster general jonathan ashworth says the government is failing to properly fund britain's healthce. it is a consequence of 14 years of the conservatives drive our nhs into the ground. >> so what's labour's solution ? >> so what's labour's solution? we would introduce a proper tax on the very super wealthy non—doms, and we would use the proceeds from that to fund extra appointments, 2 million extra appointments, 2 million extra appointments a year in our nhs so we can start driving those waiting times down. so if you're waiting times down. so if you're waiting for a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a hernia, perhaps a cataract operation you need, you can get your operation on time. too many people are waiting in pain and agony at the moment for an operation. after 14 years of the conservatives as rail passengers are facing more travel disruption due to ongoing strikes by train drivers, making it the longest ever dispute in rail industry. >> members of aslef are walking out, affecting services across england, wales and in scotland. the few services that are running will sta

okay, so we started with jonathan ashworth just refusing to bother to try to explain votes for kids ,e for that. he just chose not to bother to make it. had a, labour party activist, former blair advisor on last night who again, didn't really seem content to engage in a discussion about their schools policy . and we did just have a policy. and we did just have a laboun policy. and we did just have a labour, from bencher on earlier on. people can make their own minds up about the approach that she took to that interview. and then you see this now where labour put out, you know, a councillor in a in an advert. i just wonder if they feel as though they've already won this and they don't really have to try. >> i think there's two things going on there. i think in terms of this specific woman, millie hill, i think she i think this is a slightly uncharitable reading because i think what she's saying is i was a lifelong tory voter, centrist tory until the 2019 election. she she wasn't clear enough. and she should have been clearer . but i should have been clearer. but i think she was a tory

that and you say there is a ban on zero—hours contracts and fire—and—rehire and your colleague jonathan ashworthy in that document we _ as they follow a process. we say in that document we will _ as they follow a process. we say in that document we will end - that document we will end fire—and—rehire. but when a company is facing bankruptcy and there is no alternative, they will have to consult with their workers and trade unions. those are very, very limited circumstances. we will end fire—and—rehire, which has seen companies like p&0 sack their staff and try and bring them back on worse contracts, that is deplorable and we will not allow that to happen. you has -- you _ will not allow that to happen. you has -- you have _ will not allow that to happen. you has -- you have said _ will not allow that to happen. you has —— you have said firms can do it if there is restructuring and the general secretary of the unite union sharon graham says she will not support those proposals as they exist and she believes you have broken a promise. she says, how can you justify and roam back your commitment to

labour mps since and said do you backi labour mps since and said do you back i mean, jonathan jonathan ashworthk i said, do you back or condemn what wes streeting says? and he said it was just made in the heat of the moment. well, why is that acceptable ? that acceptable? >> that's not acceptable. angela rayner what was that whole spiel that angela rayner said? homophobic, misogynistic, banana republic etonian and what was it, racist scum? this is ? if it, racist scum? this is? if i use that language on my twitter feed about anyone, i would be fired. i think i'd be fired, wouldn't you? >> you know they wouldn't be cancelled. >> yeah , they'd be talking to me >> yeah, they'd be talking to me seriously about those sort of wordings. i don't get why these labour mps in particular are just getting away with anything. i think one day. >> angela rayner sorry james, i think, i think angela rayner was severely criticised and i think was quite chastened, and she will not be repeating that again. that's for sure. i think that was very ill judged remark and i pretty sure that she deeply regrets it now, but

i'm looking at a story in the mirror and today which has got john ashworth, jonathan ashworth in a bingoss on our program yesterday, bridget, that the conservatives are gambling with your pensions. what's your worry ? >> 7- >> i'm ? >> i'm really concerned 7 >> i'm really concerned that in the last budget , they opened up the last budget, they opened up a £46 billion black hole. when they set out, what they are talking about is their long term plan to abolish . national plan to abolish. national insurance contributions. now, we all know that national insurance contributions are an important part of how people's pension is calculated. and i think pensioners have every right and would and pensioners into the future should be really concerned about what the conservatives have got in store. this is an unfunded commitment. they've had more than 50 days now since they announced this , now since they announced this, to set out their plan for how they're going to pay for it, and they're going to pay for it, and they have failed to do so. and i think it's just reckless and cavalier and is the ver

labour's jonathan ashworth joins us too.