to sir keir starmer's equivocation, he has. because they can point to sir keir. equivocation, he has not been able — starmer's equivocation, he has not been able to— starmer's equivocation, he has not been able to see _ starmer's equivocation, he has not been able to see whether- starmer's equivocation, he has not been able to see whether he - starmer's equivocation, he has notl been able to see whether he agrees with the _ been able to see whether he agrees with the labour— been able to see whether he agrees with the labour mayor— been able to see whether he agrees with the labour mayor sadiq - been able to see whether he agrees with the labour mayor sadiq khan l been able to see whether he agreesl with the labour mayor sadiq khan or the labour— with the labour mayor sadiq khan or the labour candidate _ with the labour mayor sadiq khan or the labour candidate in— with the labour mayor sadiq khan or the labour candidate in the - the labour candidate in the seat. those _ the labour candidate in the seat. those issues _ the labour candidate in the seat. those issues

. a lot of reaction to this story. -- cert keir starmer.— a lot of reaction to this story. -- cert keiry — cert keir starmer. yes, those banks are actually doing _ cert keir starmer. yes, those banks are actually doing pretty _ cert keir starmer. yes, those banks are actually doing pretty well, - are actually doing pretty well, probably the —— profitability wise, given the high interest rate, so the percentage drop for natwest is surprising. this reflects the past 2a hours. at 5a0 2p and yesterday we had this statement from natwest, saying that dame alison rose had been the source behind this inaccurate bbc report about why nigel farage had his account closed. the board of the bank said that we have consonant in alison rose to continue leading the bank. nigel farage got his own tv show, and went on that show to say that it wasn't good enough. he said that she broke client conventionality and that she needed to go. a few hours later, there was an emergency board meeting, at1:20pm, —— 1:20am, there was an emergency board meeting, at1:20pm, ——1:20am, a bizarre time to get statements, let a

i world but not when it is sir keir starmer? ., ._ world but not when it is sir keir starmer?fiscal responsibility. what is i starmer? i would say this is not fiscal responsibility. what is it? j fiscal responsibility. what is it? this is playing _ fiscal responsibility. what is it? this is playing to _ fiscal responsibility. what is it? this is playing to a _ fiscal responsibility. what is it? this is playing to a certain i this is playing to a certain selection of the electorate, daily mail readers, whatever they are... people _ mail readers, whatever they are... people who— mail readers, whatever they are... people who would need to vote for labour in order for you people who would need to vote for labour in orderfor you to gain a majority. i labour in order for you to gain a ma'ori . ., labour in order for you to gain a ma'ori . ~ , ., labour in order for you to gain a ma'ori . ~ y., .. ., , majority. i think if you actually exlain majority. i think if you actually explain the — majority. i think if you actually explain the reality _ majority. i think if you actually expla

keir starmer obviously delighted.onight. as natasha kept saying. — case tonight. as natasha kept saying, this felt like more of a national result in selby. and ithink— a national result in selby. and i think that the criticism that we've — i think that the criticism that we've heard about keir starmer over— we've heard about keir starmer over and — we've heard about keir starmer over and over we've heard about keir starmer overand overagain — we've heard about keir starmer over and over again — we've even— over and over again — we've even heard— over and over again — we've even heard it tonight — is there's— even heard it tonight — is there's little enthusiasm for keir— there's little enthusiasm for keir starmer in the country. and — keir starmer in the country. and people have been saying, "well, — and people have been saying, "well, why is he not achieving results — "well, why is he not achieving results like tony blair did in the run—up to 1997?" but that is exactly— the run—up to 1997?" but that is exactly the sor

keir starmer is also well aware of two recent cautionary tales. d in the polls but who squandered their dominance. so is the starmer strategy wise or woeful? we�*rejoined now by lord hain, labour peer and a former secretary of state under tony blair and gordon brown. and with us in the studio is labour councillor frankie leach, who was an advisor to former party leaderjeremy corbyn. welcome to you. frankie leach, do you think keir starmer should be setting out a more radical agenda? he absolutely should be. it was interesting to see my former colleague andrew fisher earlier talking about essentially how the labour party has reneged on what we consider its more radical commitments, whether renationalising energy, trying to end the hostile environment we have seen for immigrants and migrants and asylum—seekers and i think the labour party is right when it analyses the fact we are in a fiscal emergency but what i am concerned about is if we take away the investment from things like public sector and we take away the investment for people who are on th

well, keir starmer was very upbeat. adding the _ say? well, keir starmer was very upbeat.win anywhere. so, he has a very good news story to tell here. he was on a platform a moment ago with his newest mp, keir mather, the youngest mp who will currently sit in the house of commons, aged only 25. labour's deputy leader said that she was in the middle of a kier sandwich. you had a kier senior and key atjunior. the atmosphere here, very much upbeat. labour are pretty much cock—a—hoop at taking this tory constituency, overturning a 20,000 plus majority. you constituency, overturning a 20,000 plus majority-— plus ma'ority. you are local to the area, plus majority. you are local to the area. what — plus majority. you are local to the area, what did _ plus majority. you are local to the area, what did they _ plus majority. you are local to the area, what did they do _ plus majority. you are local to the area, what did they do to - plus majority. you are local to the area, what did they do to secure l area, what did they do to secure this huge historic victory? how do they win it?

keir starmer seemed very pleased — swing to them.keir starmer seemed very pleased so i _ swing to them. keir starmer seemed very pleased so i can't _ swing to them. keir starmer seemed very pleased so i can't blame - swing to them. keir starmer seemed very pleased so i can't blame him. i l very pleased so i can't blame him. i think it would be unwise for him to be a little bit too smug and let me explain why. at the time of tony blair when he was leader, we saw many conservative voters switching and voting labour, new labour for tony blair. that hasn't happened this time. what happened this time in all three constituencies is no switching but in fact people deciding who are conservative to stay home and not vote. that's not good because clearly it means is not good because clearly it means is not good for the conservatives and allows labour to win in the north and lib dems to win in the west and also i think there was a little bit of tactical voting and why not? why not amongst the opposition parties, lib dems voting for labour when

it is an issue for a keir starmer.itments the party should have,in what commitments the party should have, in what way, to climate change, two green policies. it is also a question about devolution, about the london mayor being allowed to do what he wants, even though he is the same party as keir starmer. it is a difficult issue for keir starmer, it is not clear what the answer is. the conservatives won that by—election by a very narrow margin, what have they had to say about that by—election results? 500 odd seats in the end. it was much needed for the conservative party. they would not have wanted to lose all three by—elections, it would have been very dispiriting. what some have taken from it, if you read the uk newspapers this morning, there is a lot of spinning, a take on this from some within the party who think what this shows is the government needs to roll back, to pull back on some of its green policies, particularly when it is hitting people in their wallets come at a time when the cost of living is rising a

and a 12% swing would give keir starmer an overall majority.atives. we said last night — watch out for signs of tactical voting. there s lots of evidence of that. and i also said — keep an eye on turnout. it was low in all three races. it seems some tory voters stayed at home. would that be replicated when the choice of government — notjust of local mp — is in the balance? rishi sunak has been prime ministerfor nine months. and if he delays the election as long as he can — to january 2025 — he s still only a third of the way through. so he has a maximum of 18 months before crunch time. and all the signs are that his task is not just about stopping the boats, but turning an oil tanker of public opinion. and nowjoining us to discuss the next steps for the parties the guardian's aubrey allegretti and founder of the kraken strategy and former conservative special adviser, salma shah welcome to you both. aubrey, postmortems the starting tonight, what do you think are going to be the key policy areas that people are looking at in the wake of these re

keir starmer is life. secretary who also wanted to be the prime minister kemi badenochjoins us from new zealand where she's just signed us up to one of the biggest trading blocs in the world. and forget wimbledon — what about the women's football world cup? we'll talk to a matilda, sarah walsh, former football star and a host of the tournament. morning — for the last time this summer, welcome to you and to my panel. dame sharon white, chair ofjohn lewis, oli dugmore, from social media publisher politics joe, and dame andrea leadsom, former conservative cabinet minister. why have one game if you could have two? let's start with what is making the news. the papers have different takes. the sunday express has £12 trillion brexit trade boost. the mail on sunday says george can skip stint in armed forces. the sunday times reports on defence secretary ben wallace saying he won't stand at the next election and warning of war on three fronts. and the observer has starmer telling the labour party, we can't spend ou

this is part of keir starmer's big pitch— this is part of keir starmer's big pitch to — this is partering home _ pitch to voters, very much hammering home the _ pitch to voters, very much hammering home the message of economic responsibility when it comes to any labour_ responsibility when it comes to any labour government, but also more messaging — labour government, but also more messaging around this party being ready— messaging around this party being ready for— messaging around this party being ready for government and wanting to brin- ready for government and wanting to bring the _ ready for government and wanting to bring the party and the place of being _ bring the party and the place of being ready electorally credible as a party— being ready electorally credible as a party for governments. of course, we are _ a party for governments. of course, we are about — a party for governments. of course, we are about to go into three cruciai— we are about to go into three crucial by—election test for labour that they— crucial by—election test for labour that they are keen to make sur

but still ahead, i will be having my say on keir starmer. not going on keir starmer. to lessons from to be taking rac lessons from that know. but that man. i'll let you know. but coming up next on new presenter ben leo will be launching a broadside and lewis hamilton will be the unwitting victim. ben best known, of course, ben is best known, of course, for his role on dan wootton tonight, where he likes to cause mischief streets. let's mischief on the streets. let's take a look. there's a home office scheme where can office scheme where you can house migrant. house a migrant. >> you like to sign up for that? >> oh, if i had space. >> oh, if i had space. >> you don't have space. >> you don't have space. >> no, no. what's your flag about? >> so this is the extinction rebellion logo, right? >> do you know what% of global emissions the uk responsible emissions the uk is responsible for? know the for? i don't actually know the figure the top of my head. figure off the top of my head. i'm afraid. yeah, yeah, yeah. don't speak to gb news speak in an chamber where we hear an

bannau on suella letter to keir starmer . this the she starmer.al wing. well, the political wing. well, the political wing. well, the political wing of just stop oil and that he should sack any of his ministers who have been talking to them . who is this? talking to them. who is this? this is alison. she says suella was right to send that letter. keir starmer was on bbc this morning and condemned the actions just stop oil. the actions of just stop oil. the labour associated with them labour mps associated with them are therefore going rogue. good point. richard has written in. he says she was right to send the letter. sir keir is two faced and a hypocrite . faced and is a total hypocrite. no one knows what he thinks. he was trained a barrister and was trained as a barrister and will angle to will argue from every angle to try and his own case. try and win his own case. i think that is quite a broadly held view actually, that we don't exactly what keir don't know exactly what keir starmer for , although you starmer stands for, although you might ar

the labour with keir starmer in a majority i with keir starmer in a majority government.e resignation honours. . ., ., ., , performance. the resignation| honours-— lt performance. the resignation honours. . ., ., , it looks honours. a labour ma'ority. it looks that wa , honours. a labour ma'ority. it looks that way. but— honours. a labour ma'ority. it looks that way. but we _ honours. a labour majority. it looks that way, but we have _ honours. a labour majority. it looks that way, but we have been - honours. a labour majority. it looks that way, but we have been wrong l honours. a labour majority. it looks| that way, but we have been wrong in predictions again. you remember 2015 everyone thought the tories would lose and they didn't.— what's going on at europe's largest nuclear power station — zaporizhzhia in ukraine? tonight the ukrainian army has posted on its telegram channel a warning of a possible attack on the plant which was taken over by russian soldiers in march last year. they say "foreign objects similar to explosive devices" have been placed on the roof of th

we all know what keir starmer thinks about stop nonsense. ir sta|the thinks about stop nonsense. we all know what keir sta|the thinks that it stop nonsense. we all know what keir sta|the thinks that pretty stop nonsense. we all know what keir sta|the thinks that pretty much oil. the thinks that pretty much the same as the rest of us. a bunch narcissistic egomaniacs bunch of narcissistic egomaniacs . nonh bunch of narcissistic egomaniacs . north sea oil, what . and as for north sea oil, what we're talking about here is actually transit running from the industry industrial the current industry industrial situation. people in the situation. the people in the nonh situation. the people in the north sea to new jobs slowly over time. by 2030. and let's never get the situation we had before where the pits were closed down and the miners were shut out. and to this day, those coalfield communities are suffering. keir starmer being suffering. keir starmer is being sensible, , articulate sensible, pragmatic, articulate and forward thinking. suella brodm

i feel like keir starmer is always ping feel like keir starmer is always ping pong.t he's pledging for this country. i feel like he's always this pendulum that's swinging. he doesn't want to have a fixed position and he's done the same thing with the ulez as well. he's done the same thing. you have two thing. how can you have two different ideas about the ulez? hang on. >> when it comes to sunak. this is the man who who skips pmqs more than anyone else on in history and same period of time who actually ducks parliamentary debates and votes on things. things like the partygate report . he's a he's a man who who's terrified of scrutiny . terrified of scrutiny. >> okay, paul, we've got some more footage now because there was another u—turn by keir starmer yesterday when he was interrupted by labour interrupted by some labour students. a look at that. >> people want not just economic barriers . barriers. >> reinstate your pledge for 28 billion per year. >> i gave my on the mission on green power. >> we did that last one. we've done that one. will you just which side are

and also keir starmer, not keir starmer sadiq khanis starmer, not keir starmer sadiq khan is giving freegovernment's job to feed our children? but next up, i'll be deaung children? but next up, i'll be dealing with huw edwards many people to move on. well, people want us to move on. well, i'm not moving on. it's not going happen. are so going to happen. there are so many that remain many questions that remain unanswered. on unanswered. i'll be focusing on huw edwards after this . see you huw edwards after this. see you in to the temperature's rising boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on gb news . weather on gb news. >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. i hope you were able to enjoy your weekend. it has been a rather blustery one for many us, we to many of us, but as we come to the end sunday, low pressure the end of sunday, low pressure is way off towards is pushing its way off towards scandinavia and those scandinavia and allowing those isobars widen out and the isobars to widen out and the winds be easing throughout

we are expecting the labour leader, sir keir starmer along with the victorious labour candidate, the , keir mather. the next ten minutes or so. the site of big keir andy little keir !. i don't think he will be appreciating being called a little keir but we will leave that for now. tell us about the significance for labour, overturning a 20,000 seat majority, the biggest swing in a by—election since the war. the biggest swing in a by-election since the war.— since the war. yeah, it is a big swina. since the war. yeah, it is a big swing- you — since the war. yeah, it is a big swing. you don't _ since the war. yeah, it is a big swing. you don't have - since the war. yeah, it is a big swing. you don't have to - since the war. yeah, it is a big swing. you don't have to look| since the war. yeah, it is a big i swing. you don't have to look far since the war. yeah, it is a big - swing. you don't have to look far up the a19 from here, richmond constituency, rishi sunak, he has a bigger majority but not that much bigger. he is bound to be worried about what happened in his back yard. here in l

keir starmer, do you think? >> well , he's keir starmer, do you think?en to him and he's listening to him. i mean, he'd be mad not to, you know, this is. this is labour's most successful ever prime minister our three time election winner. i mean, if keir starmer didn't listen to him, then he would need his head examining. but tony has also set up this tony blair has also set up this institute, which is which is producing really high quality and useful work for any government that wants to pick it up. >> and you know, keir starmer ought to make sure he gets there first. but the climate change issue is fascinating because it divides both parties. >> we've the tories at odds >> we've seen the tories at odds on it too, because it is a very, very big issue. how do you get to net zero and how much is it going to cost? >> yeah. and nigel joins us again. nigel nelson i mean, you've heard what john said there about starmer would be mad not to listen to. absolutely. tony blair you would agree with that? >> i would indeed. >> i would indeed. >> yeah. i mean, i thin

the leader keir starmer decides to sit on the fence-— leader keir starmer decides to sit on the fenceon the fence. the mixed messaging is an issue for all _ on the fence. the mixed messaging is an issue for all of _ on the fence. the mixed messaging is an issue for all of the _ on the fence. the mixed messaging is an issue for all of the parties. - an issue for all of the parties. when it comes to clear messaging, when it comes to climate change. it has been an issue here. people are confused as to where the labour party stands on it. keir starmer�*s stance is an issue. the labour party have not been as clear until now about where they stand, and are almost taking a step back from sadiq khan and his vision to expand the ulez into this area. it is an issue. and it is going to have to be something that is cleared up if the general election is called next year. because, climate change, as we know, is present, it is here, it is now, it is being felt by everyone, but, it might not be the thing that people want at the top of their agenda when we are in a cost of living crisis, and people ar

and taking that seat is 25 year old keir mather and who we are going to see very shortly is sir keir starmer of course, they are both named keir because of sir keir hardie. yeah and just reflect on somerton and frome down in the west country. >> a tory majority again overturned there with an 11,000 majority. now for the liberal democrats with sarah. so as well as labour versus conservative, of course liberal democrats coming into the various assessments of what might happen in a general election with sir ed davey saying that basically they are back in terms of the west country, what would that mean for a general election vote? well, an indication perhaps that there have been a lot of tactical voting in terms of going to the liberal democrats would that still happenin democrats would that still happen in a general election? lots questions still to be lots of questions still to be answered as to how this will be interpreted well maybe interpreted come. well maybe a year or 18 months time for the big vote. >> yeah, a year is not a long time at all. but people are saying, analysts are saying tha

we have and this is l absurd keir starmer's fifth of five missions as he describes them. —— sir keir ucation. circular will describe this as his core purpose and personal goals and at the centre of what he will say is the idea that someone's prospects in life shouldn't be determined by whether they come from and the life which they are born into, he will talk about a pernicious sense that working—class children often face that something isn't for them. he will talk about putting academic along with vocational studies on an equal footing and he will talk about smashing what some people describe as the ceiling. so it is not a hugely new or radical idea and it is what you might expect sir keir starmer to stay to appeal to a large base of the labour party's supporters, historically, but it is an important moment for him to talk in some detail about his plans for reforming the education system, the westminster government has responsibility for that largely in england as opposed to the rest of the uk. but we will hear today some pretty broad priorities set out from sir keir starmer rather t

this is a difficult issue for keir starmer and it's not clear what the answer is.ives won that byelection by a very narrow margin. what have they had to say about that by—election result? yeah, 500 odd seats, in the end, it was you know, it was much needed, i think, for the conservative party. they wouldn't have wanted to lose all three by elections. it would have been very dispiriting. what some have taken from it, if you read the newspapers, uk newspapers this morning, there's quite a lot of sort of spinning and a take on this from some within the party, you think what this shows is the government needs to row back, to pull back on some of its green policies, particularly when it's hitting people in their wallets at a time when the cost of living is rising. i have to say, i don't think that's a particularly widespread view. it's certainly not what we're hearing from downing street and the message there is, yes, we need a sharper agenda in the months to come. they're really going to try and sort of distinguish themselves from labour on things like migrant boats an

so it's up to you how long you want the minister. you want the prime minister. >> keir starmer. >> keirr. >> mr speaker, i'm the >> mr speaker, i'm sure the whole house is pleased that he's graced us with his presence today , but we don't get any more today, but we don't get any more answers when he's here than when he's not. he knows the answer . he's not. he knows the answer. for 7.8 million people currently on the waiting list. prime minister, that's the highest it's ever been. it means that since he stepped foot into downing street, 260,000, 100,000 people have been waiting in daily agony for things like hip and knee replacements . while he and knee replacements. while he boasts has he figured out why , boasts has he figured out why, after nine months, dozens of gimmicks , umpteen broken gimmicks, umpteen broken promises , his government is promises, his government is failing more patients than ever before . before. >> mr speaker , again, i don't >> mr speaker, again, i don't think we heard an answer to the question right. so . and also , i question right. so. and also, i don't want

that was the message of its leader keir starmer today. make voters see labour as a party of economic responsibility. the challenge: convincing voters you're different enough from government on the big issues of the day. union chanting. he refused to say if labour would offerjunior doctors a higher pay offer to end strikes. we would be around the table negotiating and settle this dispute. many people would say, why has it taken this long even to have one step towards progress? many people have had their operations cancelled, people have been deeply affected by these strikes. he refused to say whether labour would spend more money on public services. i would also be laser—focused on reforming our public services to make sure that we take the weight off our public services. unions and some in the party have said labour must do more to differentiate itself from its opponents. keir starmer and his team have got to show some clear water, some clear red water between themselves and the daily mail and the telegraph and themselves and the conserva

�*s labelled party. party is lagging behind sir keir starmer's labelled party. armer's labelled party. jonathan, thank you very much. just - starmer's labelled party. jonathan, thank you very much. just a - starmer's labelled party. jonathan, i thank you very much. just a reminder to our viewers. there are 17 candidates standing for election in uxbridge, and you can find the full list of all of the candidates on our website. a by—election is taking place on thursday, july. just a reminder before we go, the prime minister has given his condolences and response after that crash into a school building in south london earlier today in which an eight—year—old girl die. do stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. temperatures have been a little bit below average for the first week ofjuly. however, things are set to get a lot hotter as we look at the forecast for tomorrow — more on that in a second. today, many of us have had dry weather with some spells of sunshine and some showers, though, for scotland and some heavy rain in northern ireland, all tied in with this

keir starmer. the fifth and final of sir keir starmer's _ keir starmer.ir starmer's missions, his i sir keir starmer's missions, his priorities for government, it is about opportunity. many face barriers, he said, because of the life they are born into, and pledged that labour would work to change that. to that labour would work to change that. ., . , that labour would work to change that. ., ., , , ., ., that. to fight at every stage for every child. _ that. to fight at every stage for every child, the _ that. to fight at every stage for every child, the pernicious i that. to fight at every stage for every child, the pernicious idea j every child, the pernicious idea that background equals destiny. that your circumstances, who you are, where you come from, who you know, might shape your life more than your talent, your effort and your enterprise. talent, your effort and your enterprise-— talent, your effort and your enterrise. �* ~ ,, ~ , talent, your effort and your enterrise. �* �* ,, ~ , ,, . enterprise. applause. as the speech went on a protest _ ent

in gelling, keir starmer| working. in gelling, keir starmer said he wanted _ working.armer said he wanted to tear— working. in gelling, keir starmer said he wanted to tear down - working. in gelling, keir starmer - said he wanted to tear down barriers to home. more children must reach early learning targets, he said, snobbery must go. alongside his albeit broad vision for the economy, the health service, energy and crime, he said... 50 the health service, energy and crime, he said...— crime, he said... so too will i introduce _ crime, he said... so too will i introduce a — crime, he said... so too will i introduce a curriculum - crime, he said... so too will i introduce a curriculum fit - crime, he said... so too will i introduce a curriculum fit for| crime, he said... so too will i i introduce a curriculum fit for the digital age. introduce a curriculum fit for the digitalage. so introduce a curriculum fit for the digital age. so too will i fight for vocational training to be respected as much as university education, so too will i drag our education system into the f

, _ how will we go, but with keir starmer, i_ how will we go, but with keir starmer, ijust don't think we hit our main objectives for the next election. we hit our main ob'ectives for the next election.— we hit our main ob'ectives for the next election._ our| next election. your pledges. our led . es, next election. your pledges. our pledges. yes- — next election. your pledges. our pledges. yes- i— next election. your pledges. our pledges, yes. i have _ next election. your pledges. our pledges, yes. i have to - next election. your pledges. our pledges, yes. i have to say, - next election. your pledges. our pledges, yes. i have to say, i i next election. your pledges. our. pledges, yes. i have to say, i don't trust the conservative _ pledges, yes. i have to say, i don't trust the conservative party, - pledges, yes. i have to say, i don't trust the conservative party, and i | trust the conservative party, and i don�*t respect their view, a lot of their views, and i cannot condone their views, and i cannot condone their behaviour, and it�*s notjust one or two people, and it�*s notjust one

they need to do more and we need keir starmer to pick that— do more and we need keir starmer to pickrt sadiq khan in what he is doing. he is doing the right thing for air— doing. he is doing the right thing for air quality and by doing that he will protect thousands of peoples lives which will protect our nhs which _ lives which will protect our nhs which is — lives which will protect our nhs which is having to take the burden. we will— which is having to take the burden. we will have to leave it there. thank you so much for your thoughts this evening. the man who orchestrated a coup in niger, gen abdourahmane tchiani, has appeared on television to declare himself the country's new leader. it this action is based on the desire to preserve our homeland after the deterioration of the situation in our country. the foreign authorities have failed to give a real solution and have provided poor economic and social government. the provided poor economic and social government-— provided poor economic and social government. was elected two years ago in niger's first—ever democratic transition

— your response lives to sir keir starmer? ., , ., starmer?bitious _ starmer? i thought he settled a clear and ambitious vision - starmer? i thought he settled a clear and ambitious vision for i clear and ambitious vision for schools and i think therefore things that resonated with me as a school leader. the first one was a focus on early years, getting children off to the best art, which we know from research is the most important time to start narrowing the gap. the focus on speaking fluently, i think is important, and focus on schools, schools have been doing and emphasising that, making sure we do more of it is a good thing. just emphasising that, making sure we do more of it is a good thing.— more of it is a good thing. just to “um in more of it is a good thing. just to jump in there. — more of it is a good thing. just to jump in there, david _ more of it is a good thing. just to jump in there, david johnson - more of it is a good thing. just toj jump in there, david johnson was more of it is a good thing. just to - jump in there, david j

but you know, this is the issue for the labour party and for keir starmer . i don't he has. >> emma, you're shaking your head, the public don't take head, but the public don't take kindly all of these u—turns . kindly to all of these u—turns. >> that's probably true , >> that's probably true, although frankly , mark, you've although frankly, mark, you've been going at at keir starmer about this issue for quite some time. and i agreed with you and now he's changed his mind and that's great and shouldn't that be celebrated rather than castigated ? and my biggest castigated? and my biggest problem is, as someone who does know what a woman is , is that i know what a woman is, is that i don't think you do need testicles. the testicles. neil to run the country . country. >> no, no, not. >> not woman. no definitely not. >> so , frankly. >> so, frankly. >> so, frankly. >> well , i >> so, frankly. >> well, i agree >> so, frankly. >> well , i agree with you, >> so, frankly. >> well, i agree with you, emma. >> well, i agree with you, emma. >> well, i agree with you, emm

good morning, sir keir starmer. my question— good morning, sir keir starmer.lution? firstly, if your mortgage has one solution? firstly, if your mortgage has gone up _ solution? firstly, if your mortgage has gone up £1300 _ solution? firstly, if your mortgage has gone up £1300 i _ solution? firstly, if your mortgage has gone up £1300 i have - solution? firstly, if your mortgage has gone up £1300 i have every i has gone up £1300 i have every sympathy for you because so many people are suffering with extra mortgages. what we said should happen is not a voluntary scheme but should be mandatory for those providing mortgages to allow you and others to change onto different schemes without any harm to yourself, as it were, in terms of credit standing. whether that is to have a longer scheme, go on to interest only for a while. so that is what we would do right now, andy. but i think it is important to recognise that many mortgages have gone up because of the damage this government has done to our economy. most people who were not on a fixed term mortgage last autumn

is, he has to show that he _ as keir starmer is, he has to show that he is— as keir starmer is, he haside of working --eole. ., , ., , , that he is on the side of working oneole, ., , ., , ,., people. conservative ministers also are due to rising _ people. conservative ministers also are due to rising prices _ people. conservative ministers also are due to rising prices mean - people. conservative ministers also are due to rising prices mean that l are due to rising prices mean that now was not the time for tax cuts big spending. when we are focusing on bringing down inflation that is on bringing down inflation that is on the most impact on peoples disposable income. the liberal democrats say they will invest in the nhs, schools local services to give people a better deal. with by elections next week, a general elections next week, a general election expected next year, the pressure to make expensive moves will grow. keir starmer thinks it's right to make sure the economy improves but it's a hard message for those who want answers to the problems they face now. let 5 get some of the da

but you know, this is the issue for the labour party and for keir starmer . i don't he has. >> emma, you're shaking your head, the public don't take head, but the public don't take kindly all of these u—turns . kindly to all of these u—turns. >> that's probably true , >> that's probably true, although frankly , mark, you've although frankly, mark, you've been going at at keir starmer about this issue for quite some time. and i agreed with you and now he's changed his mind and that's great and shouldn't that be celebrated rather than castigated ? and my biggest castigated? and my biggest problem is, as someone who does know what a woman is , is that i know what a woman is, is that i don't think you do need testicles. the testicles. neil to run the country . country. >> no, no, not. >> not woman. no definitely not. >> so , frankly. >> so, frankly. >> so, frankly. >> well , i >> so, frankly. >> well, i agree >> so, frankly. >> well , i agree with you, >> so, frankly. >> well, i agree with you, emma. >> well, i agree with you, emma. >> well, i agree with you, emm

neither rishi sunak or keir starmer _ the time. -- those.r starmer made a . the time. -- those. neither rishi - sunak or keir starmer made a speech but the prime minister did carry out a reading from the bible. we are expecting him to speak later this afternoon about the nhs and a downing street spokesperson has also issued a statement about hospital waiting lists, seeming to acknowledge that they could grow further. it reads... that comes after an influential group of nhs think tanks wrote to the leaders of the uk cosmic political parties saying the nhs had suffered a decade of underinvestment and warning it is in a critical condition —— uk's political parties. the prime minister is expected to speak later today and we will bring you what he has to say. a man from county londonderry has been jailed for 18 years for setting his wife on fire as she was trapped inside her car. katrina rainey was a mother of six and she was preparing to go to work in october 2021 when thomas rainey attacked her. he admitted her murder. schools in england are fa

but would say with any but would anybody say with any confidence keir starmer can confidence that keirugh to get a big enough majority to form government right now? form a government right now? actually, think actually, i'd say no. i think we're headed hung we're headed for a hung parliament that, parliament territory and that, i'm sort of a victory i'm afraid, is sort of a victory given where the tories are coming from. >> britain ready for >> gosh, is britain ready for another hung parliament? remember coming remember the last one coming up in question on be in the big question on i'll be joined by top political joined by a top political heavyweight is rishi sunak back joined by a top political hethe veight is rishi sunak back in the you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> well , an radio. >> well, an interesting email from megan mark at cbnnews.com. >> it's not megan in california by the way, but megan in the united kingdom. megan, how are you? thank you. for the first email of the show, megan says, mark, the turnouts were well down in somerset. labour i got a tiny vote. they

but would say with any but would anybody say with any confidence keir starmer can confidence that keirugh to get a big enough majority to form government right now? form a government right now? actually, think actually, i'd say no. i think we're headed hung we're headed for a hung parliament that, parliament territory and that, i'm sort of a victory i'm afraid, is sort of a victory given where the tories are coming from. >> britain ready for >> gosh, is britain ready for another hung parliament? remember coming remember the last one coming up in question on be in the big question on i'll be joined by top political joined by a top political heavyweight is rishi sunak back joined by a top political hethe veight is rishi sunak back joined by a top political hethe race? is rishi sunak back joined by a top political hethe race? we'll;hi sunak back joined by a top political hethe race? we'll debate|k back you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> well , an radio. >> well, an interesting email from megan mark at cbnnews.com. >> it's not megan in california by the way, but megan in the uni

avintia from keir starmer what he thinks about— from keir starmer what he thinks about this, — from keirler swing. they could. some of them require — much smaller swing. they could. some of them require smaller _ much smaller swing. they could. some of them require smaller swings. - much smaller swing. they could. some of them require smaller swings. in - of them require smaller swings. in the 2019— of them require smaller swings. in the 2019 results, _ of them require smaller swings. in the 2019 results, the _ of them require smaller swings. in the 2019 results, the liberal- the 2019 results, the liberal democrats _ the 2019 results, the liberal democrats - _ the 2019 results, the liberal democrats — there - the 2019 results, the liberal democrats — there was - the 2019 results, the liberal democrats — there was not i the 2019 results, the liberalj democrats — there was not a resurgence — democrats — there was not a resurgence that _ democrats — there was not a resurgence that was - democrats — there was not al resurgence that was expected democrats — there was not a - resurgence that w

so what a perfect pair to get into this tonight because keir starmer , he's had so much keir starmer,h to say across all different aspects of educational reforms. i've got to say the list of them are longer than about three of my arms put together, and we do go off air at 7:00. so we've picked a few to draw out when it comes to what is missions actually are. let's have a look . right. are you ready? sitting comfortably. everyone he wants to end private schools, charitable status. he reckons that that will save 1.7 billion in tax revenue . this money will in tax revenue. this money will be used to recruit 6500 extra teachers in shortage subjects such as maths . it also will be such as maths. it also will be compulsory for new teachers to have a formal teaching qualification or be working towards one. they also plan to give teachers £2,400 retention payments to stop them quitting and there'll be a consult on scrapping ofsted's grading system. also, they want to provide free breakfast clubs for all primary pupils , but they all primary pupils, but they ruled out universal free school mea

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if you want to keir starmer, if you home of free speech. to you'reeir starmer, if you home of free speech. if you want to you're definitely', if you home of free speech. if you want to you're definitely voting| think you're definitely voting for me a line, by for him, do drop me a line, by the way, because this is a the way, because this show is a broad church . uh, last but not broad church. uh, last but not least, now, mandy says, dear least, for now, mandy says, dear mark, you say a spring election. a election will spring a spring election will spring this into life. this country back into life. i think you're kidding yourself or you're . this country you're drunk. this country is finished . it's a joke. too much finished. it's a joke. too much immigration. finished. it's a joke. too much immigration . without the funds immigration. without the funds to our schools , to support it. our schools, hospitals, housing. cetera , hospitals, housing. et cetera, are getting worse by the day. we are getting worse by the day. we are finished here. a

if you want to keir starmer, if you home of free speech. to you'reeir starmer, if you home of free speech. if you want to you're definitely', if you home of free speech. if you want to you're definitely voting| think you're definitely voting for me a line, by for him, do drop me a line, by the way, because this is a the way, because this show is a broad church . uh, last but not broad church. uh, last but not least, now, mandy says, dear least, for now, mandy says, dear mark, you say a spring election. a election will spring a spring election will spring this into life. this country back into life. i think you're kidding yourself or you're . this country you're drunk. this country is finished . it's a joke. too much finished. it's a joke. too much immigration. finished. it's a joke. too much immigration . without the funds immigration. without the funds to our schools , to support it. our schools, hospitals, housing. cetera , hospitals, housing. et cetera, are getting worse by the day. we are getting worse by the day. we are finished here. a

is that going to be a problem for keir starmers labouh problem for keir starmers labour, which remember that quite so true? the other potential issue for keir starmer is that it sounds like quite a lot of tactical voting went on in those two by elections in selby , where labour elections in selby, where labour won so convincingly managing to overturn that 20,000 tory majority . see, the lib dems came majority. see, the lib dems came in last place, a sort of 2 or 3% of the vote right behind all of the smaller parties . and in the smaller parties. and in somerton, where the lib dems won so decisively, a 29 point swing over to the lib dems, labour came in pretty much last place . came in pretty much last place. now that implies that perhaps what was going on was that there were people the activists on the ground in each of those constituency constituencies were persuading people to vote anything but tory well, persuading people to vote anything but tory well , that's anything but tory well, that's doable in a by—election when you've only got a small number of people to deal with and you ca

, . ., keir starmer. why they bring in the bi nuns? , ., ., ., ., keir starmer.they are going forward how tona. for big guns? they are going forward how tong- for the — big guns? they are going forward how tong. for the two _ big guns? they are going forward how tong. for the two main _ big guns? they are going forward how tong. for the two main parties, - big guns? they are going forward how tong. for the two main parties, the l tong. for the two main parties, the frontrunners, desperate to defend our 20,000 majority. frontrunners, desperate to defend our20,000 majority. labour, look at the prize _ our20,000 majority. labour, look at the prize they've got if they comport. it would be a major statement. comport. it would be a ma'or “amend comport. it would be a ma'or statement. , , ., ., , , statement. given this ma'ority is sizable, 20,000, fl statement. given this ma'ority is sizable, 20,000, to _ statement. given this majority is sizable, 20,000, to overturn - statement. given this majority is sizable, 20,000, to overturn it i sizable, 20,000, to overturn it wo

policies currently the cliff edge which keir starmer"with. cies currently the cliff edge which keir . that's whyly the cliff edge which keir starmer"with. that's why places threaten with. that's why places like the orkneys are unlikely to embrace the labour position, notwithstanding the fact the snp is less popular now north of the border. it's not just the fact that 200,000 jobs invested that 200,000 jobs are invested in oil and gas industry in in the oil and gas industry in this country, which you might think traditionally the labour this country, which you might think cared onally the labour this country, which you might think cared about.the labour this country, which you might think cared about. butlabour this country, which you might think cared about. but moreover party cared about. but moreover , specifically in the orkneys, they get a they get a financial benefit that they will be depnved benefit that they will be deprived of by a cliff edge rather a gradual decline, rather than a gradual decline, which generation which which another generation of would permit of licences wo