well kemi l jostling played out? well kemi badenoch in _ jostling played out?enoch in the _ jostling played out? well kemi badenoch in the cabinet, - jostling played out? well kemi| badenoch in the cabinet, suella braverman, robertjenrick and liz trust went against the government. and should the conservatives lose the next election they all would perhaps want to contest in the leadership contest. one member of the cabinet asked who went against it and they said to me that is kemi badenoch�*s. penny mordaunt abstained, his colleagues tonight telling the bbc it would be challenging for a cabinet minister to take on the prime minister. and had she voted again that would have been plastering. perhaps she is thinking of kemi badenoch. another want to look at is priti patel. and what they have in common is that there brexiteers but they have diplomatic relations with the left of the party. and after the election, you need to win from the right and the left. that could be what they are thinking. i'm joined now by two conservative mps who voted different ways on tonigh

you're a detractor of kemi badenoch . what is it about kemi badenoch.ut the truth that you don't like? >> i thought you were about to say, benjamin, you're a liar. what do you want to say about this? >> did you just say that part of our economic success is how many sheep we have? >> yes, yes. at the beginning of the industrial revolution, one of reasons of the reasons why the industrial revolution happened in in other in britain and not in other parts of northwest is parts of northwest europe, is because of the abundance of sheep in this sheep that we had in this country, which people had country, which meant people had a wool to spin. and one a lot of wool to spin. and one of inventions that kicked of the inventions that kicked off the industrial revolution was something the was something called the spinning jenny, which was something which allowed people to a much to basically spin wool in a much quicker amount of time. anyway, this quite boring. but this is quite boring. no, but the that , well, you the point is that, well, you said the amount of she

this is kemi >> yes, it is. this is kemi who's my favourite name.which is, she tells badenoch, which is, she tells watchdogs to scrap community company equity quotas. and she gave this big speech at the city uk , which is i guess an uk, which is i guess an organisation in london. and she says, she says basically, you know what? we can't, what did she say? she said, she said basically, basically they want the big there's a big push to institute age, sexual orientation , religion and orientation, religion and ethnicity, diversity, equity and inclusion . who are we going to inclusion. who are we going to hire? and i look at this thing and i think i've got no sexual orientation and i've got no you know what i mean? it's like, where do you put where do you put well, thing where do you put where do you put all well, thing where do you put where do you put all the well, thing where do you put where do you put all the diversity, thing where do you put where do you put all the diversity, equity with all the diversity, equity and dei . and inclusion or dei. >

dougie smith has also been a mentor of kemi badenoch . dougie smith's wife badenoch.all her speeches when she was in the leadership hustings. she is very much the product of dougie smith and munira and you know, she might argue she's a product of herself and well, you know, so i disagree with that point, but i think you can judge somebody by their friends. and when somebody is being pushed into a leadership position, like somebody dougie who somebody like dougie smith, who has at the heart has created chaos at the heart of wes streeting smith for 20 years, well, he's still out of ceylon, isn't he? he's out of number 10 since the plot came out, think rishi out, but i don't think rishi sunak i know sunak quite knew. i know richie's read the book. i don't think sunak quite knew the think rishi sunak quite knew the truth. and depth of dougie's truth. and the depth of dougie's role over 25 years, or that of michael and both have been michael gove, and both have been sidelined , and as well as sidelined, and as well as dominic but, yeah , dominic cummings. but, yeah, he's s

see, mike, is kemi, right?t's cancel culture just i mean, it's cancel culture just literally cancelling common sense . sense. >> i mean, it's an extremely strong, point of view from her, an extremely strong statement. she says in the sunday times this morning launched an extraordinary broadside against politicians of every stripe. the police, the media, the nhs and universities. i mean, that's right across the board. okay. and her actual quote is, she says, the cowardice of those in positions of influence was worse than the ravings of the militants. means by militants. what she means by that that if you get that is that okay, if you get raving militants , they're part raving militants, they're part of our society and they're raving militants. but if people in positions of authority who are running the offices of state are running the offices of state are also condescending to extremist views when it comes to transgenderism, then we've got a real problem . and it's real problem. and it's a terribly strong statem

nister, again, we've seen kemi badenoch, the equalittoday they've|gain, we've seen kemi badenoch, thebadenoch, the equalittoday they've got to be saying today they've got to be more robust in this equalities war. a stop to this nonsense. >> yeah. more of that, more of that after this quick break. >> yeah. more of that, more of that agor this quick break. >> yeah. more of that, more of that ago anywhere.: break. okay. we are joined now in the studio by former labour adviser, matthew laza and author and broadcaster emma woolf . right. morning. >> good morning. good morning. >> good morning. good morning. >> shall we talk about this nhs story, about this banner that shows emma 21 different genders? well, this is important because it shows that anyone that arrives at the hospital is welcome. welcome. if they're on the death bed, maybe they're not bothered being well, bothered about being made. well, just that we recognise just to know that we recognise whose you like to touch whose genitals you like to touch because. i'm sorry. this is about sexuality. >> is? well, about >> it is? well, i

from buying cigarettes. 57 conservative mps voted against the bill, including the business secretary, kemi arguing it was an attack on personal freedoms. here's our political editor, chris mason. smoke hanging everywhere. in bars, beer and smelly clothes. by the time they reach the sixth form, regulations have been relaxed, to the extent that they wear what they want. and never mind what these �*70s sixth formers are wearing, they're smoking at school! and remember, lighting up on a plane was fine, too. but smoking has been slowly wafting from the mainstream to the marginal. take the ban on cigarettes on london's underground in 1984. are you going to be tempted to light up when you shouldn't? _ i know i shouldn't do that but, yes, lam. and the ban on smoking in enclosed public places in 2007 led to strong views being exhaled outside the bingo in stoke. not herd us out here like bloody prostitutes standing on this corner, which is what you feel like when you're standing here with a cigarette in your hand! and so, to today, and these i9—year—olds. smoking is still banned for people under age

be candidates from the right wing of the conservative party, there will be some suela braverman or kemitives of the establishment, and i fully admit there is also an interesting character, well , of course, suela braveron, who has no jewish blood, if i’m correct, yes, yes, she’s from sieur lyon, if i’m not mistaken absolutely right, yes , that is, that’s why you don’t need to pay attention to braverman, that is , everything is fine there, yes, yes, yes, this, this is just like cammy the badanos also come from africa, so, but the point is that david cameron can also try, try his luck, yes, and somehow, if he succeeds, for example, in becoming the leader of the conservatives. to have some kind of contact with trump, because in the past, as we know, cameron and trump had a relationship, well, to put it mildly, terrible, yes, that is, as if cameron did not live up to trump’s presidency for us, of course, but in the spring in the summer of '16 he spoke, spoke, called trump a fool, a man who splits america, is divided by the western world, well, in general, i think that trump, of course, has

kemi badenoch has become the first cabinet minister to reveal she won't be backing rishi sunak's proposal to ban young people from ever smoking. if you're watching on tv, let's take a look inside the comments. nigel referred to it just now. they're still just coming back in from voting. it looks like that tobacco vapes bill is that tobacco and vapes bill is being before those mps being brought before those mps for the very first time, and if it becomes law, it would be an offence sell tobacco products offence to sell tobacco products to after the 1st of to anyone born after the 1st of january 2009. the health secretary , victoria atkins, said secretary, victoria atkins, said today that she denied a ban on tobacco and vape sales would cause a black market boom. that ongoing full updates throughout the rest of the evening right here on gb news. for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen right now or go to gb news. common alerts . news. common alerts. >> good evening. so on january the 30th, 2020, i stood up in the 30th, 2020, i stood up in the euro

a revolt there , including kemi, wasn't there, including kemi badenoch, why ?nak decided to do this? >> well, look, the prime minister made it very clear this is a free vote a genuine is a free vote and a genuine free that allowed people to free vote that allowed people to vote their conscience. vote with their conscience. and i berry and kemi i joined jake berry and kemi badenoch no lobby because badenoch in the no lobby because i felt that the i personally felt that the whilst support the whilst i completely support the ban on, some of these vapes, these disposable vapes in particular that are marketed and targeted at children, i see far too many in stoke on trent, nonh too many in stoke on trent, north sadly using them. i thought came to smoking thought when it came to smoking the fact that potentially even with apart in of with a day apart in terms of being one person being born, that one person would purchase would be able to purchase cigarettes and wouldn't, cigarettes and one wouldn't, would unenforceable. cigarettes and one wouldn't, wotnot unenforceabl

buying cigarettes. 57 conservative mps did vote against the bill, including the business secretary kemi it was an attack on personal freedoms. but the health secretary victoria atkins said, "there's no liberty in addiction." in a moment, hugh pym will look at the implications of any new law for the nhs, but first, chris mason is at westminster. good evening. this is a place normally associated with tribal and noisy party politics but there was less of that today because there was widespread agreement across the parties that the government's idea is a good idea, except when you look amongst the conservative party, and as you mentioned around 60 conservative mps voted against this and around 100 abstain. it was a free vote and they could vote how they wanted but plenty decided they were not going to back rishi sunak and another cabinet minister, penny mordaunt, one of those who abstain, it is being made clear to me that she did that because she opposes this idea. but let's step back from the politics because arguably what really matters here is quite the societal shift. smoke hanging ever

makes that decision, if it does, then any decision about arms sales is made by the business secretary, kemithere is a process here, it won't happen overnight. i think the second point is that although the pressure is clearly growing, there are senior voices in government who talk to me, who say "look, we don't think this is going to happen, it is unlikely. " whether that line is sustainable in the long run, you know, remains to be seen, because obviously politics shift at the moment. some mp his say there is a tension between the foreign office and downing street on this, officials deny this, but i think what there is, is you have got downing street machinery saying all the evidence is mounting up here, and you have a downing street which has a reputation for being a place where decisions go to die, notjust on this issue but a lot of things, and that there is a tension there too. so, you know, we are in a holding pattern, no decision has been made yet. so lots of things in the mix over here, but as the debate rages here in the uk, what about in the us, which of course gives the vast majorit

entrepreneurs, the spark of prosperity that makes the world a better place, the previous summit was held in kemiound to the head. guvd management has so far declined to comment. the raid by traffic police officers continues in the volosovsky district of the leningrad region. and just received a message that today is the executive council. and hi, dear, hi, brother didn’t cut through, ox, no, the cat went out, you scared him away, sorry, my nerves are not of steel. maybe he can tolerate one of his other relatives, but it’s useless , no one will accept him except bori, listen, here the father showed up, he says where he doesn’t want to go into boxing come back, let's take them for ourselves, after a year like this he won't reach the level, he's missed too much. well, let him understand this, if so, you’ll take it, liz, well, i don’t know, well, maybe with a guy partner with a wolf, but at first, don’t let him go, well, that’s my concern, whether you take it or not, why i never i can refuse you anything, but well, probably, because you have an instinct of self-preservation, great, you already know

that is kemi badenoch the business and trade secretary she said that the aims were laudable but she was the enforcement and the effect on businesses which were selling cigarettes and having to enforce this themselves. so we have had some quite big names if you'd like on the conservative benches effectively saying that they don't respect rishi sunak point of view or authority on this issue. in fairness there is a lasting manager change when smoking was banned in pubs and restaurants under the last labour government. there's also a free vote and also cabinet level splits including the deputy prime minister at that time. john prescott voting different way from tony blair and gordon brown. nonetheless i still think this is a sizeable number of people who voted against this, but a big majority nonetheless across the house of commons in favour of bringing in this smoking ban which is to say would affect anyone born on the 1st of january would affect anyone born on the 1st ofjanuary 2009 or later would would affect anyone born on the 1st of january 2009 or later would never be able to smoke le

but kemi badenoch attacks gender cowardice at the nhs, politics and police.in the isn't. this is in the in the result of the cass report , which result of the cass report, which basically said what they're what they doing at the tavistock they were doing at the tavistock centre places with centre and other places with trans children was kind of wrong i >> -- >> and it's more than kind of wrong, very wrong. >> and i'm being i'm trying to moderate myself, but and, and it should definitely stop. they're not supposed to trans kids. unless of course the kids are involved in some kind of study and people are watching them. so bafic. and people are watching them. so basic . basically, the cass basic. basically, the cass report said nothing and kemi badenoch saying that public bodies have been captured. yeah but but the problem is and we've seen this before, when the tories kind of tried to right some of the madness of the last few years, then they put , put some of the madness of the last few years, then they put, put in these, they changed laws. >> but the institute

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sergeant, i'm going to put forward my greatest britain kemi badenoch, she's announcing that she shouldfficiency . inefficiency. >> joanna, your face screwed up, then. >> looks like i'm not a fan of kemi badenoch. no, i know i should have made her mine. all right. >> who are you a fan of? you might agree with those. >> i'm a fan of newcastle united. big fan of newcastle in general. i to newcastle general. i went to newcastle university so i love the geordies, unveiled geordies, and they've unveiled shirts to feel shirts for deaf fans to feel the noise of league, of the noise of premier league, of the premier league match, which is amazing but amazing for inclusivity. but also i actually did level two bsl, i love the deaf, so it's bsl, so i love the deaf, so it's both communities that i love. >> good stuff. oh look, normally i would say newcastle, but a few months one of i would say newcastle, but a few montgender one of i would say newcastle, but a few montgender critical one of i would say newcastle, but a few montgender critical fans one of i would say newcastle, but a few montgender

and just the last kudla minister, a cabinet minister no less kemi badenoch saying she will vote againste last few minutes. chris mason, thank you. as we heard, there is some opposition to the proposed legislation, including from some groups who argue it is an infringement on individual liberty. ros atkins has been looking how this compares with other countries' approach to smoking, and with other previous government interventions here in the uk. ros. sophie, thank you very much indeed. the percentage of adults who smoke in the uk has been going down for years. in 2011, it was just over 20%. in 2016, over 15. in 2022, over 12%. and this fall is connected to government policies — such as increasing health warnings and increasing the price of cigarettes. now, with this proposed ban, the uk is going further than any country. mexico bans smoking on beaches and in parks. portugal is looking to stop bars, cafes and petrol stations selling tobacco products. canada has ruled each cigarette should have a health warning on it. and new zealand, it had planned a similar ban to the uk, but a new gove

>> look, i think kemi badenoch , >> look, i think kemi badenoch, has been the favourite for long enoughvourite. she shouldn't be the favourite. yeah, priti patel has yeah, i think priti patel has been quite clever the been quite clever behind the scenes, she's still popular with the sort of eurosceptic. right. but has kept her nose clean. she's not associated with the sunak part of the government at all, which even suella braverman was degree , and i think was to a degree, and i think she's quite clever at not she's been quite clever at not joining some of the pylons of sunak. she's been a little bit more loyal. so some in the sort of one nation e wing of the party might be, might regard her as more palatable than, than suella think suella suella braverman. i think suella is will have a hard core of support . but whether it's big support. but whether it's big enough to get past all the others , i don't know. i mean, others, i don't know. i mean, penny mordaunt remains the most likely alternative to one of those ladies on the right, i think, because she's to a large degree even now, a bi

and one that kemi badenoch actually made a very good speech and said that most people in the in parliamenturself , just see their job as yourself, just see their job as adding more regulation. but i think a lot of the public like if something goes wrong, they think the government should do something about that without realising that every time that happens, that's another level of regulation , another cost, regulation, another cost, another compliance officer, another compliance officer, another you know. >> but cam is in the same category because she had the ability to get rid of all that european law with the retained eu law bill and she didn't she let the bill be completely watered down. >> well, that's probably true, though she did make a very interesting bit at the end of that speech about where the british got their their money from, and it was not only you'll be happy to know by getting bringing together raw materials from all over the there empire. but what they did is they had abundant cheap energy from coal, so they could use all those raw materials to make interesting things . a

hopefully with doctor cass , and all that's happened cass, and all that's happened recently, with kemiy into gender is the fact that we all sort of come to our senses. >> but there have been so many times over the past few years where i've thought, well, this is it now. you know, when jk rowling first came out and said something, when maya forstater won her case, but i thought, well, that's it, that's it. now that's the end of gender. and it's just rolled on, you know , it's just rolled on, you know, like a steamroller. nothing's really changed. the second feature is where it just triumphs like it has in canada. and you've got like, you know, where it's where it's very actually illegal to say anything. against genderism. so i think we have that, that possibility of going down one of one of those two paths. >> and as you say, it's very bad for news gay rights if we do get down the path of gender ism, because it is it is directly in conflict, isn't it? so do you think that hopefully that that second future won't happen, that actually we will end up in a world where people understand that

and one that kemi badenoch actually made a very good speech and said that most people in the in parliamentyourself , just see their job as yourself, just see their job as adding more regulation. but i think a lot of the public like if something goes wrong, they think the government should do something about that without realising that every time that happens, that's another level of regulation , another cost, regulation, another cost, another compliance officer, another compliance officer, another you know. >> but cam is in the same category because she had the ability to get rid of all that european law with the retained eu law bill and she didn't she let the bill be completely watered down. >> well, that's probably true, though she did make a very interesting bit at the end of that speech about where the british got their their money from, and it was not only you'll be happy to know by getting bringing together raw materials from all over the there empire. but what they did is they had abundant cheap energy from coal, so they could use all those raw materials to make interesting things .

and as kemi trade data. been highlighting over the last 24 hours, we are now the fourth largest exporter in the world, after china, the us and germany. and that's up from seventh in 2021. so it's a big rate of growth. part of the reason why our exports are up is the growth of what we call professional services. they are financial services, legal services , insurance. we've also services, insurance. we've also been very good at exporting , by been very good at exporting, by the way. education. yes. educational services. and on top of that, a big chunk of this increase in exports, tom and emily comes from the fact that the us has been exporting what we call liquefied natural gas, lng, to europe . and it's in lng, to europe. and it's in order to replace russian gas that europe, western europe has been using. and those lng gas exports from america, america , exports from america, america, now the biggest exporter of lng in the world, it's just overtook qatar. they come through the uk because we have better lng d

you kemi badenoch really stands. be able to stand up to people and say, i voted against this. i stood against the government. >> i mean, it's no secret that i am by background, a conservative, and i think of all the things that have made me doubt whether i want to vote conservative again time . it conservative again next time. it has and i'm partly has been this, and i'm partly for some of the reasons that tessa gave that, you know, the, the way that it was produced out of a the that it of a hat, the way that it appeared imitate jacinda appeared to imitate jacinda ahern, people on the ahern, of all people on the globe, and the way that it appears to be completely impractical and thoroughly unconservative. but, you were surprised by the lack of conservative reaction? i think i probably was too. and i just wonder then in the new parliament, i have this theory that when the conservatives are struck down at the next election, that many of the members who will be returned will be in seats that face liberal democrats. they

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kemi >> what a joke to women amy. thatis >> what a joke to women amy. i'm that is what i want to talk about. i'm not that is what i want to talk about . i'm not gonna lock horns about. i'm not gonna lock horns again about trans. >> i just think that's a category of women. so of course they would be included in those statistics. but i think the reason that we need to know these figures is because so many groups are underrepresented in employment, and there's massive inequality. so the idea of scrapping equality, equality quotas at this time, when we have a more diverse than ever society, but we still have an inequality based on gender, social class, disability , vie in social class, disability, vie in the workplace, we have legislation seems really counterproductive . counterproductive. >> i mean, maybe some people are just better at other jobs than others or some demographics have more interest in other fields than others. i mean, the nba is about 95% black. well, are we going to go over there and start kicking off, find out if we if we levelled the pla

senior conservatives, including the business secretary kemi badenoch, and former conservative chairman sir jake berry, voted against the bill. >> i believe in freedom and if you are free as a nation, you it's freedom to make good choices as well as bad choices. and the idea that we are going to create different levels of freedom for our citizens, people talk about this as a ban for a 15 year old. what will happen when they're forget when when they're 40? forget when they're chris. they're going they're 40, chris. they're going to in 3 years time. so in to be 18 in 3 years time. so in three time, we're going to three years time, we're going to say citizens, some of you can say to citizens, some of you can smoke have the freedom to smoke and have the freedom to make decision. they make that decision. i hope they don't. the way, but others of don't. by the way, but others of you never have the you will never have the opportunity so . opportunity to do so. >> street has said >> now, downing street has said tonight the attempt by police in brussels to shut down the national conservativism c

senior conservatives, including the business secretary kemi badenoch, and former conservative chairman sir jake berry, voted against the bill. >> i believe in freedom and if you are free as a nation, you it's freedom to make good choices as well as bad choices. and the idea that we are going to create different levels of freedom for our citizens, people talk about this as a ban for a 15 year old. what will happen when they're forget when when they're 40.7 forget when they're chris. they're going they're 40, chris. they're going to in 3 years time. so in to be 18 in 3 years time. so in three time, we're going to three years time, we're going to say citizens, some of you can say to citizens, some of you can smoke have the freedom to smoke and have the freedom to make decision. they make that decision. i hope they don't. the way, but others of don't. by the way, but others of you never have the you will never have the opportunity so . opportunity to do so. >> street has said >> now, downing street has said tonight the attempt by police in brussels to shut down the national conservativism

anti—woke angle because she was part of the gender ideology , arguably, and gender ideology, arguably, and kemive that pretty much sewn up. so this is her thing . it's like we need more thing. it's like we need more spending. the issues are, first of all, labour is incredibly seen as and i don't say incredibly because i disagree with it. i'm just saying that it's amazing what a huge jump that has happened in this country to see, labour being ahead tories it comes to ahead of tories when it comes to defence matters. the country feels more safe with a labour government, which which may well be true because we haven't been spending enough on our defences. and it would be lovely if we lived in a world where there's 2% and going up now 2.5, but we should be up to three. it was 5% dunng should be up to three. it was 5% during cold war. that kind during the cold war. that kind of could make massive of money could make massive difference people's lives, to difference to people's lives, to people world. but people around the world. but people around the world. but people in the uk to building houses to

equalities minister kemi badenoch also said the ruling was a victory against activists trying to subvert pubuc activists trying to subvert public institutions . the health public institutions. the health secretary, victoria atkins, has denied that a ban on tobacco and vape sales will cause a black market boom. if you're watching on tv, let's take a look inside the comments where the tobacco and vapes bill is being brought before mps for the first time. full discussion going on there. if it becomes law, it would be an offence to sell tobacco products to anyone born after the 1st of january 2009. and just lastly, you've heard of april showers. but in dubai, the desert cities , usually blue desert cities, usually blue skies, have been hit by awful rain. in fact, thunderstorms , rain. in fact, thunderstorms, storms, and the authorities have told people to just stay at home. pictures coming in to us show cars swamped with water waves buffeting traffic, roads brought to a standstill and dubai airport saying it's temporarily diverting flights. this evening until those weather conditions improve

has some strengths, kemi has some strengths .nk there's a lot of reassurance would be needed , on, on some of would be needed, on, on some of these, candidates, but we certainly need centre right, because that is what the conservative voters are all about. that's why they've gone on strike. that's what's happened. they've gone on strike. we need to get them off. strike, to save the country and save party. save the party. >> superb, sir david campbell—bannerman, who says tory strike? and tory voters are on strike? and there's a list of names he believes will get them to go and cross the picket lines. thank you david. always a you very much, david. always a pleasure you on the you very much, david. always a pleasland you on the you very much, david. always a pleasland there'syou on the you very much, david. always a pleasland there's lotsyn the you very much, david. always a pleasland there's lots more show. and there's lots more still come between now and still to come between now and 5:00. has cracked 5:00. rishi sunak has cracke

you saw five or six government ministers voting against the policy, including kemi badenoch, cabinetd work and didn't think you should have different adults with different rights, which would happen in the future under this plan. penny mordaunt, talked of as a potential future successor to rishi sunak, she abstained but it was clear that abstention was because she also doesn't support this policy. when you add together the number of conservative mps who voted against this, just under 60, and those who stayed away or didn't vote at all, you are not far off a 50—50 split within the conservative party. however long rishi sunak as prime minister in years or decades to come, we will look back on today as a very significant moment in public policy. but in the short term it is quite significant for what it says about splits in the conservative party. about splits in the conservative pa . , . ~' , ., heavy rain has battered some gulf states, causing flash flooding across the region and leading to flights into dubai airport being temporarily diverted. several states recorded nearly a year's w

and tonight we're debating kemi badenoch speech on imperialism, rishi sunak's welfare reforms and asking

world's fourth biggest exporter, overtaking france, netherlands and japan, which business secretary kemie concerns that brexit would massively hinder international trade. well, a fantastic good news story and i'm joined now by gb news economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . liam halligan with on the money. liam halligan with on the money. liam well to the show always an absolute joy. i know you love a good news story and you know that i love a great story about post brexit britain. this liam is reason to be cheerful, isn't it? >> i think it is. martin. the uk has always been a very, very significant trading nation, and these latest figures from the united nations for various historic reasons. it's the un which produces the most widely used global trade figures , used global trade figures, demonstrate that britain is, as the trade secretary, says kemi badenoch, continuing to punch above its weight when it comes to sending its goods and services around the world. let's have a look at some of the details , so exporting britain is details, so exporting britain is now

i'll be asking tonight's top pundits, plus the highly respected business secretary kemi badenoch, has slammed her cabinet colleague david cameron for failing to plan for a yes vote on brexit. we'll get reaction on this political row from my mark menzies guest. the sunday times is brilliant political journalist tim shipman, whose latest, unmissable book all about brexit is out now and it might take a ten. the rwanda plan hasn't even started yet, but it's already working, with politicians in dublin complaining that migrants are flocking to ireland to avoid deportation from the uk. so will the government stop the boats after . all.7 two hours of big after. all.7 two hours of big opinion. big debate and big entertainment. i'll see you after the headlines. and ray addison . addison. >> thanks, mark. good evening. let's start with that developing story. the government says it will reject any bid by ireland to return asylum seekers to the united kingdom as the diplomatic row deepens. according to a source, that position will remain until the eu accepts that we can send them back to france .

and the kind of lead contenders in that fight are possibly sort of kemi badenoch and penny mordaunt.why would they want to lead the party now into a massive election loss? i think actually the mistake would be to change leader now put up some sort of hopeless person, when the actual contenders, who were the actual people with kind of ideas who are possibly represent more of the future of the party, would stand aside and have no interest in it. so i don't really see the point at this moment of changing. leader. >> no, i mean, that's supposing that the leadership contenders would themselves have any sort of authority in the matter, which i also rather doubt. james, what do you make of this chaos? and do you think that it might lead to another leadership bid? >> i think that robert conquest's third law of politics, the best way to understand how any organisation works is to assume it's run by a cabal of its enemies, right? if your keir starmer right now, you're keeping your mouth shut. you're watching all of this kind of, pantomime. go on. it's really upsetting. i think part of the prob

kemi badenoch, for example , voted against the for example, voted against the bill and so did suellaraverman and robert jenrick former cabinet ministers, who people are very much eyeing up for the prospect of leadership. the fact rishi sunak decided to make it a free vote, meaning that mps weren't whipped into voting with him. that means that anyone who rebelled from the government side won't be disciplined , so it side won't be disciplined, so it doesn't actually count as an actual, technical rebellion, as it were. but it's not a great sign for rishi sunak's leadership. it's very embarrassing for a prime minister when he's only able to get through big flagship legislation because of votes from the opposition, and that is exactly what happened last night. lots of labour mps voted with the prime minister, so the legislation got over the line pretty easily. but it does speak to a bit of dissatisfaction with the direction that rishi sunak is going in from the tory backbenches. is going in from the tory backbenches . and i think a lot backbenches. and i think a lot depends on what happen