i do like kemi badenoch.omething about her, but when she launches her campaign tomorrow, will that to be more of the same new face, same failed approach ? sorry guys. failed approach? sorry guys. continuity, conservatism won't wash anymore. the tories deserved to be chucked out of power and right now they're making no credible to case get back. making no credible to case get back . in. making no credible to case get back. in. tories an utter disaster. they haven't changed their rhetoric or their tone since july the 4th. they haven't listened. they haven't heard. so your reaction gbnews.com/yoursay. first up, tonight's top pundits. i'm delighted to have former conservative mp and farmer neil parish, also journalist and communications adviser, the brilliant linda jubilee and broadcaster, political commentator and labour party adviser susie stride. well, susie, hello, this is like christmas for you, isn't it? the tories? i don't detect even a scintilla of recognition of what happened earlier this month from the

i do like kemi badenoch.ething about her, but when she launches her campaign tomorrow, will that to be more of the same new face, same failed approach ? sorry guys. failed approach? sorry guys. continuity, conservatism won't wash anymore. the tories deserved to be chucked out of power and right now they're making no credible to case get back. making no credible to case get back . in. making no credible to case get back. in. tories an utter disaster. they haven't changed their rhetoric or their tone since july the 4th. they haven't listened. they haven't heard. so your reaction gbnews.com/yoursay. first up, tonight's top pundits. i'm delighted to have former conservative mp and farmer neil parish, also journalist and communications adviser, the brilliant linda jubilee and broadcaster, political commentator and labour party adviser susie stride. well, susie, hello, this is like christmas for you, isn't it? the tories? i don't detect even a scintilla of recognition of what happened earlier this month from the to

she has got the signatures, kemi badenoch, - suella braverman.braverman. she has got thej signatures, kemi badenoch, and is intending to come forward. she is currently the shadow housing secretary. we are expecting to hear from herfairly secretary. we are expecting to hear from her fairly shortly, secretary. we are expecting to hear from herfairly shortly, nominations close tomorrow. suella braverman had been long contended as a leadership contender, she ran in the race to replace borisjohnson but we haven't heard anything from her in recent days. it's unclear at this stage whether or not she will put herself forward. �* ., ,, ., whether or not she will put herself forward. �* ., ., , forward. before you go, 'ust remind us of the process. h forward. before you go, just remind us of the process. leadership - us of the process. leadership elections in the uk take some time because then they go for party membership. just take us through the diary in the next few months. everyone is different. each time they have the leadership contest, it's up to th

two senior politicians in kemi badenoch and suella braverman making different decisions.uella braverman saying she will, suella braverman saying she will, suella braverman saying she won't. what are the reasons these two women gave for their decisions. tiara reasons these two women gave for their decisions.— reasons these two women gave for their decisions. two figures both on their decisions. two figures both on the riaht of their decisions. two figures both on the right of the _ their decisions. two figures both on the right of the party _ their decisions. two figures both on the right of the party as _ their decisions. two figures both on the right of the party as well, - the right of the party as well, so the right of the party as well, so the reasons they've given to start with, kemi badenoch was always widely expected to run in this leadership race, she ran in the contest to succeed borisjohnson, contest to succeed boris johnson, she has long been tipped as want to watch. she's come out this evening with leadership bid where she's taken a swipe at other candidates t

so, i mean, i'm a big admirer of kemi badenoch . i admirer of kemi badenoch. like me too. but i think she's maybe a bit too feisty to be the unifying force of the conservative party needs. well, she's been saying that unity isn't enough, which i'm not sure what that means. >> what else do you need? >> what else do you need? >> yeah, it's like a word. >> yeah, it's like a word. >> unity would be a good start, i think. >> yeah, it would be a bit of a fly these years, wouldn't it? it really would be. >> well, rachel reeves, the chancellor is going to tell us today there is a massive hole in finances. not only do we not have any money, but we have even less than we ever thought we had in the which comes as a surprise. >> this honestly, i mean, this comes as a surprise to absolutely nobody because we had several official reports saying neither the conservatives nor the labour party. your financial sums up add up. there is a black hole that you both need to fill . hole that you both need to fill. and now we've got rachel reeves, who's the chancellor going. well, no

kemi badenoch has set out more of a stall.hich way the party wants to go. that will be a question of which way the party wants to go-_ party wants to go. that is it, because kemi _ party wants to go. that is it, because kemi badenoch - party wants to go. that is it, because kemi badenoch is i party wants to go. that is it, - because kemi badenoch is more to party wants to go. that is it, _ because kemi badenoch is more to the right, tom tugendhat is multilateral to be difficult decision for the party to make. to be difficult decision for the party to make-— to be difficult decision for the party to make. yes, and i think it de-ends party to make. yes, and i think it depends what — party to make. yes, and i think it depends what the _ party to make. yes, and i think it depends what the party - party to make. yes, and i think it depends what the party takes - party to make. yes, and i think it i depends what the party takes from the voters —— tom tugendhat is mortally— the voters —— tom tugendhat is mortally left. they give a re

so that is the news kemi badenoch hasjoined ballot.allot. so that is the news kemi badenoch has joined the race to ballot. so that is the news kemi badenoch hasjoined the race to be the next leader of the conservative party. let's turn to one of our main stories today — the olympics. this report from paris. the sun is shining. it's absolutely beautiful. we had two days of solid rain. it had a huge impact on so much. for example, the opening ceremony was a bit of a washout. i mean, it was a success, but it was very wet indeed. then, of course, we had some news in terms of the triathletes. their training session, which was due to take place today, has been cancelled. now, authorities say the river is too dirty for them to swim in, but they're hoping that at some point, potentially, it'll get better and that by tuesday, it will be back to normal pollution levels and the triathletes can swim. now, it's been a really big day in terms of sport today. we've had action at the tennis. rafael nadal, for example, won his first—round match, and th

kemi badenoch has become the sixth mp tojoin the kemi badenoch has become the sixth mp to join the race for leader of the conservative party. hello. the chancellor, rachel reeves, is set to announce immediate cuts worth billions of pounds, aimed at plugging a £20 billion black hole in the finances, when she addresses mps today. ms reeves is said to be "genuinely shocked" by some of the findings, which she blames the previous tory government for, but she will not suggest at this stage that tax rises will be required. let's speak to thomas pope, deputy chief economist at the institute for government. thanks for being with us. explain this financial _ thanks for being with us. explain this financial shortfall? _ thanks for being with us. explain this financial shortfall? it - thanks for being with us. explain this financial shortfall? it sounds i this financial shortfall? it sounds like what rachel reeves is going to outline is spending so far this year is running ahead of what the government had budgeted. the budget for this year, they were set at the spending review in 2021. they have re

kemi badenoch is very much top. got suella braverman on 16, tom tugendhat, jeremy hunt, james cleverly, robert jenrick, priti patel and victoria atkins bringing up the rear. but andrew mitchell , who essentially used mitchell, who essentially used to stand in for david cameron as foreign secretary, wants him to wait until at least october and the tory party conference until they decide , well, they can put they decide, well, they can put they decide, well, they can put the names out now. >> but the critical thing is the party conference so that the whole party can have a good look at them. >> right. okay fine. but in the meantime, we could have labour announcing a new budget, a new foreign policy, a new immigration policy, a new relationship with the eu votes for 16 year olds. and goodness knows what else. as it stands, we have an elected dictatorship and that is bad for britain. let's get the thoughts of my panel let's get the thoughts of my panel. now i'm joined by the director of the popular conservatives, mark l

kemi badenoch, - definitely stand. i think we have a graphic. kemi badenoch, victoria| graphic.ross across his face. who would you go for? bi cross across his face. who would you no for? �* . . ., cross across his face. who would you . o for? �* , , ., ., �* go for? at this stage i wouldn't because i _ go for? at this stage i wouldn't because i haven't _ go for? at this stage i wouldn't because i haven't heard - go for? at this stage i wouldn't because i haven't heard their i go for? at this stage i wouldn't - because i haven't heard their pitch. we need _ because i haven't heard their pitch. we need someone right now who can unite _ we need someone right now who can unite the _ we need someone right now who can unite the conservative party, unite the different elements of voters who deserted _ the different elements of voters who deserted us to try and win them back but come _ deserted us to try and win them back but come up — deserted us to try and win them back but come up with a pitch for the country— but come up with a pitch for the country that is positive, optimistic and

first of all, tennant says that he wishes kemi badenoch didn't exist anymore . more. what does that mean? if she didn't exist anymore, she would be dead, wouldn't she? is her view that there are two biological sexes which can be confirmed by any gcse biology textbook, so egregious that she should be snuffed out magic away in a time machine to a galaxy far away where she can't pollute the earth with her common sense views . mr tennant says that views. mr tennant says that i wished no ill on her, but the previous sentence was that he would like her not to exist anymore. this inescapably dark remark reflects the underlying coercive violence of the so—called be kind crowd, who were anything but. how do you think kemi badenoch family in particular her young children, feel about the fact that one of britain's best paid and most famous celebrities wants their mum not to exist anymore? for the great crime of wanting girls to have their own toilets? can you imagine if a male celebrity on the political right had made these comments about a woman and a woman of colour? i mi

kemi badenoch is saying that is not enough.says that means going right back to first principles and reconfirming some of those. things like their belief in the nation—state that serves its own citizens above all else. she is putting forward that pitch this evening. suella braverman is saying that she is not running. she has written for the telegraph this evening and in a piece that she has written, she claims she did have the numbers to get on the ballot tomorrow, every candidate needs the support of ten conservative mps. she claimed she had those ten, but she says there is no point her being on the ballot because she says most mps in her party disagreed with her diagnosis and prescription. they don't want the things she is saying said out loud. she says instead that platitudes about unity of fashionable and she warned that is not honest. for that reason, she says she is bowing out. but i think there had been some speculation in recent days about whether she would run. certainly, herteam, recent days about whether she would run

kemi badenoch, we are anticipating, will.e forward. she is the former business secretary, currently the shadow housing secretary. we are expecting to hear from her fairly shortly — nominations close tomorrow. suella braverman had long been touted as a leadership contender — she ran in the race to replace borisjohnson — but we haven't heard anything from her in recent days. so it's unclear at this stage whether or not she will put herself forward. before we let you go, just remind us of the process. leadership elections in the uk take some time because then they go out to the party memberships. so just take us through the diaries of the next few months. each one is different. every time they have one of these leadership contests, it's up to the party to set the rules. this particular time, they have gone for a much longer contest than what we saw, for example, when the conservatives replaced borisjohnson. that was a much shorter, truncated contest. this time, nominations close tomorrow to get on the ballot. then the candidates

and one of the things that kemi badenoch is suggested to have said in this almost verbatim transcripteakdown. to which she responded online, saying does she really think i'm having a nervous breakdown? and to which lots of seasoned tory observers went, oh, not again. can we notjust please have this row in private? and so at the moment, the tories have not yet been able to agree how long the leadership race should be. there are two schools of thought. 0ne says do it quickly so you can get somebody installed so that the labour government doesn'tjust get to completely run away with blaming us for everything in history forevermore, and they essentially go unchallenged until christmas. there's another school of thought that says, let's take our time. we have to get this right. we have to have a proper diagnosis about what went wrong, and we have to have a proper testing period of the potential new leaders. somebody whispered to me, what all the other candidates want is enough time to make sure that the members have a really good look at kemi badenoch, because or else they're worried that s

kemi badenoch is being tipped as the favourite.support in the party and she sort of looks more like the future, i think. suella braverman obviously was sacked and then returned to her role as home secretary. i don't know if she's really got the. has that lost her credibility, do you think? well, ijust don't hearfrom mps that she's their pick. i think they're looking to the future. kemi badenoch has has set out more of a stall. you'll have others on the left. you'll have tom tugendhat who will run and it'll be a real question of which, which way the party wants to go. because that's it. because kemi is more to the right, tom's more to the left. it's a difficult decision, isn't it, for the for the party to make, lizzie? yeah. and i think it depends also, you know what kind of message that the party actually takes from the voters. you know, the voters have delivered a resounding verdict that they didn't want the conservatives. and so hopefully you would hope that mps will go away and think about that and think about what the voters we

and who leaked kemi badenoch comments from the shadow cabinet, because that is really bad form.ave to take some responsibility. all conservatives take some responsibility for the defeat. it's not just rishi's fault , but it's not just rishi's fault, but leaking is the first thing you do. how is that going to help the party reform and debate maturely the problems that we have faced ? have faced? >> absolutely fascinating and fascinating to how both suella braverman and kemi badenoch are now going at each other online, on social media over these leaks. >> that's very interesting, isn't it? that's not necessarily the best way to win support, ehhen the best way to win support, either. in the house of commons or in the country at large. before we go, can i thank you for standing in for me during the election campaign? far too many people said you were better than i was, which is very dispiriting. >> it was just it was just the content was ever, ever more fascinating. well, it's jacob next, after your weather looks like things are heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

. >> okay, let's get on to a bit of the westminster soap opera kemi badenoch. tory leadership hopeful is facing bombshell accusations of bullying and traumatising staff as she attempts to become the next tory party leader. earlier, the guardian exclusively dropped at least three officials. sorry, at least three officials. sorry, at least three officials. sorry, at least three officials. found her behaviour so traumatising that they felt they had no other choice but to leave sources claimed. already kemi has hit back, saying let's be clear, these allegations are smears from former staff who i sacked after they were accused of bullying behaviour, lying about other colleagues to cover up their own failures and general gross incompetence. intolerable behaviour is something i would not for . stand she went on to not for. stand she went on to say. the business department has confirmed to the guardian there were no complaints about me and no investigations. it is all utterly false . well, is kemi utterly false. well, is kemi badenoch in trouble? could this impact her

is it kemi badenoch ? it kemi badenoch?although favourite is actually, although he was rather down low on the list . robert jenrick the former list. robert jenrick the former immigration minister who actually showed integrity by resigning from the government, not wishing to work with james cleverly, who might also stand by the way because he didn't believe that we were making tough enough decisions and tough enough rules about stopping immigration into the uk. >> so personally, who are the people i'd go for? robert jenrick priti patel i don't think she actually, showed up in the thing. tom tugendhat, a personal friend of mine, but he may be a little bit too moderate, for the general membership of the party personally , i'll be surprised if personally, i'll be surprised if kemi badenoch or, suella are actually in the final two, but i could be wrong . could be wrong. >> michael, do you think whoever wins is somebody that would be willing to do business with nigel farage? >> the trouble is, with nigel farage, be willing to do

no. >> and what do you guys think about kemi badenoch as the as the favourite.o you have any thoughts about her. >> well she's almost odds on i don't have any. i think the person that really wants the job, i don't have any thoughts about, well, i'm friendly with david tennant so i shouldn't speak about kemi, i just but i think the person that really , think the person that really, really, really wants it is braverman. yes. so i think if they were to say it's interesting, you know, if they were to go around in the cloisters bar and say, listen, we're giving this away for free with the next gin and tonic, she'd go make mine a double, give me the job. >> she is hard and she means business. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> no, she's she's not messing here. but, i mean, i personally think kemi badenoch is a very effective communicator. she was on top of these issues. certainly the gender, gender ideology stuff , but i just ideology stuff, but i just i guess people don't know that much more about her. if she's as sensible about her economic policies or whatnot. but i guess we're

so in an astonishing leaked memo to the times, it's emerged that kemi badenoch npped emerged that kemilunders. his decision to leave d—day early. the shadow housing secretary, who's seen as a front runner now for the tory leadership contest, also said that colleagues like penny mordaunt would still be mps today if he'd stayed in france longer. she also said that suella braverman appeared to be having a very public nervous breakdown and finally she emphasised that shadow cabinet discussions should not be leaked. well, that went well, didn't it? i'm joined now by former lbc political editor theo usherwood . theo. so it's kicked off? >> yes, it has kicked off. it's an extraordinary leaking. and of course, it seems to be that kemi badenoch is now running the conservative party. she's taken over from rishi sunak. de facto going by, going by the shadow cabinet meeting, saying that, craig williams, who of course, was the pps to rishi sunak caught up in that betting scandal, was described in as behaving like a buffoon. and then, of course, taking aim at rishi sunak. i mean, he must be wondered

former business secretary kemi badenoch became the sixth tory to join the race at the weekend , promisingrefocus weekend, promising to refocus the party on britain's sovereignty and revive confidence in capitalism. she says well, it comes after suella braverman ruled herself out of the race, saying there's little point in her standing because the party's branded her. she says mad, bad and dangerous. her predecessor in the home office, priti patel, is also standing with the backing of devon and cornwall police and crime commissioner alison hernandez . commissioner alison hernandez. >> you take pretty anywhere people want to talk to her, they recognise her. >> she stands for something i think people believe in, which is that unity element. she is someone who is a no nonsense but absolute compassionate conservative. and i think for me we are supposed to be the party of law and order and someone who's got a real understanding of law and order should be someone who takes us to the next stage. >> one of the uk's top gps is warning that planned strikes would bring the nhs to a standstill. the br

so now kemi badenoch has become the latest to throw her hat in the ring. leader of the conservative party promising a renewal of conservative values . conservative values. >> however, in a surprise to some, suella braverman has announced she will not be running to replace rishi sunak despite having the backing that she needed. at least that's what she's claiming . writing in the she's claiming. writing in the telegraph, the former home secretary said there was no point in running when most mps disagree with my diagnosis and prescription. >> now let's discuss this with gb. news, national reporter charlie peters , congratulations charlie peters, congratulations on your promotion to national news reporter. >> it's week three now, so the congratulations will keep rolling in. >> so let's start with, with suella braverman because obviously she did have the nominations to run, including from from sirjohn hayes. but she obviously doesn't have the support of the party. they're not quite as conservative as she is. >> and that's the move they have to make. they've go

the former immigration minister and as of last night kemi badenoch, the former business secretary.hich he says that calls for unity are not enough — the tories need to know what they are going to be. she says they are going to be. she says they need to reconfirm their belief in the nation's state and the sovereign duty it has to serve and the sovereign duty it has to serve its and the sovereign duty it has to serve its citizens. and the sovereign duty it has to serve its citizens. she said: definitely not running — suella braverman. a potential rival on the right. the former home secretary claimed she had the backing of ten mps which is needed to run but said there was no point because most of the parliamentary party did not believe in her diagnosis and prescription and did not want to hear it. instead, she said platitudes about unity were palpable. all candidates will have august two campaign. throughout september, mps will whittle them down. first to four candidates and then finally to. in october, conservative party members will vote online to choose the winner and on november t

kemi badenoch, who seems to be playing a bit of a blinder.pped into a more positive form of campaigning, sort of, rather than, getting rid of, lots of people who might vote conservative. she's trying to bnng conservative. she's trying to bring them back into the fold. yes. what is she saying today? because she is worried about losing some of her colleagues. >> yes. so she she's saying that voting for reform is going to ensure a conservative wipe out for decades, saying all of our lives depend on it. now is the time to vote conservative. and i don't know whether this headline, i mean, the viewers can see this headline here actually has the opposite effect to what they think it is. if i think if you are someone who's thinking of voting for reform or thinking of voting for reform or thinking of voting for reform or thinking of voting for labour, and you're looking at the two, actually you're telling you're telling your voters, if you want to get rid of me, here's how you do it. so i actually think it has the opposite effect. but let's not forget

but right now, the betting markets are kemi badenoch is going to walk it.i do think the problem with jenrick is he's such a terrible housing minister. i mean, really terrible, messed up so many things on legislation and, and made it so much more difficult for renters. and you know, i think the housing crisis is, is so substantial in people's minds that they haven't quite forgotten about that. and then on the other hand, with kemi badenoch, you know, she she's just so much on equalities and thatis just so much on equalities and that is just such a hot button issue for tory party members. you know, the war on woke. so i can see her being more appealing. >> the one thing suella braverman and many , many viewers braverman and many, many viewers and listeners and please do keep your comments coming in, have commented on is that suella was was a tough talker on immigration and in particular the small boats which we've seen more crossing. we've had more lives lost and people are saying, well, what are labour going to do? we're hearing a lot of rhetoric. we're not

reports suggesting kemi badenoch has castigated the former prime minister for not informing the cabinet the election. but all of those in government surely must share the blame. former home secretary suella braverman exclusively told gb news this earlier. >> this is a crisis for our party and if we don't realise the enormity of the problem and fundamentally change, we will have no chance of fixing it. >> tonight we'll be bringing you part of our interview from us correspondent steve edgington with the former home secretary. and it was as explosive as ever. and it was as explosive as ever. and now, with a labour government in charge, we face the possibility of david lammy as a foreign secretary during a trump presidency. tonight we'll have a look at some of mr lammy's colourful comments about the presidential candidate. plus a royal first, as buckingham palace opens its east wing to the public for the first time to walk in the footsteps of the royal family. i'll be speaking to someone who was there for the opening. state of the nation starts now. i'll be joined by my panel historian and

you know, >> so this is a story about, kemi badenoch. >> who's.'s launching her leadership campaign, having got her ten backers now, and she says, i'll turn the tide of liberalism. liberalism. and then she added, and drown them all. hahaha she didn't say that, but that was in her head, you know. yeah >> liberalism. she really means illiberalism . because, you know. illiberalism. because, you know. well, classic liberalism is about freedom and free markets and all the rest of it. whereas she she , she is very much in she she, she is very much in favour of freedom and free speech. >> so she's trying to turn the tide to liberalism. yeah. okay. yeah from liberalism. yeah. maybe turn the wheel of liberalism. yeah. i dunno, i don't like these metaphors straight away. the trouble is all these terms get used in so many convenient ways, and they change over time until we no longer know what any of them mean. i mean, i think we know what she means. >> she means, you know, this rampant soft communist leftism that's that's encroached onto all our public insti

i think kemi badenoch is the one that people are betting on. she's the bookies favourite.e's an exceptional communicator. james cleverly again, a fantastic individual, a really good political communicator and i wouldn't discount, i think the outside chance in this election is dame priti patel, i think pretty stands quite a good chance. she's very popular with the membership. i think it could be any of them. >> well, some of your membership, will be watching this programme tonight. what do you make to those timelines and who would you like to see as the next leader? and what about this whole notion of what went so wrong then for the tories? how would you surmise it? and what do you think they should be positioning themselves as going forward? your thoughts, ellie, what do you think? >> i don't think that a new leader is going to solve the deep existential crisis within the conservative party, which is that, you know, probably with the exception of kemi badenoch, most of the conservatives, to my mind. and i'm not a conservative, have forgotten what it means to be a conservat

and now suella braverman is tweeting, kemi, saying i'd be interested in knowing whether kemi badenochpublic nervous breakdown because apparently kemi said that in this meeting of the shadow cabinet, i mean, they're just doing this all out , but this is doing this all out, but this is why people didn't vote for. >> but emily, this is this is this is christmas for the parliamentary conservative party. it's what they've been waiting for the past six months. they've had absolutely no interest in winning the general election or romanian government. in fact, most of them, i think, are longing to be out of government so they could get back to doing what they enjoy most, which is tearing each other's throats out and that's what they do because they have they believe in nothing and they have no, no substantial purpose. all they can now pursue is their own personal ambitions, and it will be ludicrous and off putting, as most of what they do is mean. and anybody who had any serious hopes for conservative policies in this country ought by now to have laid them to rest, because there aren't any. i

reports suggesting kemi badenoch has castigated the former prime minister for not informing the cabinet the election. but all of those in government surely must share the blame. former home secretary suella braverman exclusively told gb news this earlier. >> this is a crisis for our party and if we don't realise the enormity of the problem and fundamentally change, we will have no chance of fixing it. >> tonight we'll be bringing you part of our interview from us correspondent steve edgington with the former home secretary. and it was as explosive as ever. and it was as explosive as ever. and now, with a labour government in charge, we face the possibility of david lammy as a foreign secretary during a trump presidency. tonight we'll have a look at some of mr lammy's colourful comments about the presidential candidate. plus a royal first, as buckingham palace opens its east wing to the public for the first time to walk in the footsteps of the royal family. i'll be speaking to someone who was there for the opening. state of the nation starts now. i'll be joined by my panel historian and

we also understand that kemi badenoch, who has not _ understand that kemi badenoch, who has not officiallyer business secretary and scene — was the former business secretary and scene is quite popular within the party~ — and scene is quite popular within the party. there's also suella braverman, who we have not heard from, _ braverman, who we have not heard from, former home secretary. she has not yet _ from, former home secretary. she has not yet declared but as somebody who has speculated about quite a lot. so at the _ has speculated about quite a lot. so at the moment, we have five candidates. the deadline is tomorrow at 230 _ candidates. the deadline is tomorrow at 230 for— candidates. the deadline is tomorrow at 2.30 for conservative mps to get their nomination papers in and to make _ their nomination papers in and to make sure — their nomination papers in and to make sure they have those ten signatures supporting them. so we won't know — signatures supporting them. so we won't know until _ signatures supporting them. so we won't know until november - signatures supporting them. so we

then we're going to move to on the express now and kemi badenoch is turning agony aunt. so kemi badenoch warns angela rayner she's been stitched up by labourin rayner she's been stitched up by labour in a brutal speech. so she tore into labour's housing proposals, warning angela rayner that she's been set up as a fall guy by keir starmer. there's already this sort of rivalry between starmer and rayner, coming into play here. but laboun coming into play here. but labour, you know, got into power. they said we're going to build 1.5 million new homes. that's 800 new homes a day. over the course of their of the course of their, they're being in government. >> can you build a home in a day? it's almost like an amish. oh, it's an average. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> no, they did it in that film. witness the all the amish people. they'll probably just get some amish builders. >> good for them. >> good for them. >> over. yeah, it'll be a different kind of, bearded people coming into the uk, but. but, yeah, basically they're under they're, they're saying, yeah, they might leave us. you

kemi badenoch is now shadowing angela rayner on housing and levelling up.just levelling up. but it's not yet clearjust how long these new clear just how long these new appointments will hold. as rishi sunak confirmed last week, he's intends to resign. well, the new labour government has admitted the summer will be challenging as the first boat full of migrants since the general election crossed the english channel this morning. the group of 64 illegal migrants was intercepted by border force officials and taken to a migrant processing centre in dover harbour. and then this afternoon, another boat also attempted to make the same crossing from france. it brings the total number of migrants so far this year to more than 13,500. that's up 12% on the same period last year. and it comes after sir keir starmer announced the rwanda scheme is dead and buried, claiming he's not to prepared continue with gimmick politics. well, the new chancellor of the exchequer outlined her plan to get britain building again at a news conference this morning, rachel reeves announced

and then we're waiting for kemi badenoch. ihope we're waiting for kemi badenoch. and kemi is still the favourite, isn't she? she does declare kemi will be still the favourite. >> yeah, i was just, i was going to say with kemi badenoch. it's difficult isn't it, because i think she's incredibly bright. she's one of those people. you listen to a speech and she's, she's saying a lot , whereas with she's saying a lot, whereas with priti patel it's probably unfair, but i always feel she's very, very much like liz truss . very, very much like liz truss. she's saying not a lot, really, in a lot of words. i've listened to speeches of priti patel where it's literally word salad, she's she's spent ten minutes not answering the question and really not saying a lot. so i don't think, i suppose that i think kemi is bright, but that's not what a leader needs to be. bright needs to unite the party. >> yeah, i suppose a lot of the time when she was home secretary was having to, there were a lot of times where she's been criticised, things where there was no thing to say other than,

of course , but kemi badenoch robert course, but kemi badenoch robert jenrick , suella braverman, tomenrick, suella braverman, tom tugendhat, james cleverly are you leaning towards any of them? well, the party is full of talent. >> i think amongst those names there are people like tom, whose politics are very much politics, that i find a great affinity with. we need to give them the opportunity to show to our volunteers, to our party members, to members of parliament and to the wider pubuc parliament and to the wider public that they've got the ability not just to develop good policies, but to communicate those effectively in a way that the voters will warm to. so i think this is an opportunity for all of them to do that, and all of us, regardless of the outcome, to get behind the leader that emerges, keeping your cards close to your chest. >> david simmons, thank you very much for joining >> david simmons, thank you very much forjoining us this >> david simmons, thank you very much for joining us this this morning. really, really appreciate it. well, coming up, we're going to be spea

do you think this supermajority argument from from kemi badenoch and rishi sunak and others?> i'm not sure the supermajority argument is cutting through, i think what is cutting through, i think what is cutting through, i think what is cutting through is some of the mistakes that reform have made and some of the issues that continue to plague nigel farage as he as he tries to lead into the election , i think he the election, i think he personally has he's got great popularity. and if you look at the rally yesterday, it was extraordinary to watch. and similarly, the scenes in, clacton, that that there is a groundswell for him. but the problem he's had with his candidates, the, you know, racist slurs , all of this, racist slurs, all of this, i think, is going to turn off a lot of moderate conservatives who were simply, absolutely fed up with the conservatives, but aren't, i don't think, necessarily going to go for reform in this. however, it's definitely going to put the conservatives on notice. i mean, his entrance into the political fall already has done that. and i think wha

whether it's tom tugendhat , mel stride james tom tugendhat, mel stride james cleverly, kemi badenochbadenoch, robert jenrick or priti patel, suella says she'll be there to support them. so look, she's loyal. no doubt. but when even she admits her party brands her mad, bad and dangerous, why on earth is she sticking around? a defection to join nigel farage on all star right wing ticket would certainly give the tories food for thought, but let's get the thoughts of my panel now. daily express columnist carole malone , express columnist carole malone, former labour minister bill rammell and former chairman of the conservative party sir jake berry , carole malone, let's berry, carole malone, let's start with you and all star, right wing ticket suella to reform. is it going to happen? no, it's going to happen naturally in years. >> i mean, she actually said today in the piece she did in the telegraph that the farage destroyed us. so she's still calling herself another tory. but she said, i think, carole, sorry to be a pain. >> your mic is off. we're going to sort it out. but oh really, bi