katharine birbalsingh. coming up next, dave andrea jenkyns is going to be joining me.ey show only on gb news. stay tuned. we'll be back in just a jiffy. >> i. >> i. >> can't wait to get in that sea. >> lovely and warm. >> lovely and warm. >> just like the feeling of having great travel insurance. >> allclear travel insurance sponsors gb news travel destinations forecast. >> you may well be thinking of escaping the cloudy skies of the uk and heading to the mediterranean, though it is rather mixed out there at the moment. there are some heavy showers and thunderstorms across parts of malta and sicily, though recent snowfall across the alps should hopefully help with some skiing conditions. perhaps the most settled conditions across parts of southern iberia, portugal and spain, though there is some showery rain pushing into parts of madeira as well. generally it is going to be the west that holds onto the most settled conditions during this week as >> allclear travel sponsoi's sponsors gb news >> welcome back to the camilla tominey show on gb news. joining me now is the f

i'm glad you're here in person, because i want you to address some of the concerns that katharine birbalsingh, the headteacher of the community school in wembley, raised with us a couple of weeks ago and i wanted to give you a right of reply, because there's been this war of words between you. she claims you're a marxist. what's your reaction to that? i mean, do you consider that to be an inqu do you consider that to be an insult first of all? >> well, i think it will be a surprise to people that know me well. certainly a surprise to me. i've never really had my politics characterised in that way. i think what i would say, just generally, is i think that she has done a tremendous job, and i want to hear from school leaders across the country who have driven up standards in their schools and are really focused on the best life chances for children. i meet with school leaders every day. i really appreciate the chance to have quite open, frank conversations about what's working, what needs to change. but i also think that's done best on a basis of behind closed doors and on a private basis. >> a

i'll also be joined tonight by britain's strictest headteacher, katharine birbalsingh, following the publication of a very hard hitting open letter to labour education secretary bridget phillipson. we'll be hearing her views about what is going wrong in our education system. and as donald trump is busy tearing up the international liberal consensus, i'll be speaking to world leading geopolitics expert ed husain about trump's controversial plans for the middle east. plus, as the bank of england cuts interest rates, its new report spells out an alarming forecast for the year ahead as the government faces a growing crisis of confidence. that's state of the nation tonight with me, matt goodwin starts right now. now i'll also be joined tonight by my top panel founder of novara media, aaron bastani and political commentator charlie downs. as ever, let me know your views at gbnews.com/yoursay and hit me up on x at goodwin mj. now it's time for the news bulletin with mark white. >> good evening. the latest headunes >> good evening. the latest headlines from the gb news centre . conservative

going to be asking her about her ongoing war of words with britain's strictest headteacher, katharine birbalsingh. shadow defence secretary james cartlidge will be here to discuss defence spending under the tories and whether british troops should be sent to ukraine. i'm also going to be speaking to israel's deputy foreign minister, sharren haskel, to discuss the bbc's coverage of the conflict in gaza and the appalling murders of an israeli mother, toddler and baby in hamas captivity. as ever, we have got a cracking 90 minutes of punchy politics lined up for you this morning, so don't even think of going anywhere. >> olivia pratt—korbel. >> olivia pratt—korbel. >> but first with me now to review the sunday front pages is my fellow gb news presenter, andrew pierce, the consultant editor of the mail. good morning. how lovely to see you on this bright and breezy sunday morning. it's not a bright and breezy set of papers. it's heavy duty stuff because a lot of coverage of, of course, the defence spending situation. ukraine. front page of the telegraph. starmer does seem to be minded to plough more mo