the lib dems say the bi est and themselves. the lib dems say the biggest failure — and themselves.t failure here _ and themselves. the lib dems say the biggest failure here is _ and themselves. the lib dems say the biggest failure here is the _ and themselves. the lib dems say the biggest failure here is the backlog - biggest failure here is the backlog of asylum claims yet to be processed. of asylum claims yet to be processed-— of asylum claims yet to be rocessed. , ., ., , processed. there is one thing worse than this cut — processed. there is one thing worse than this cup and _ processed. there is one thing worse than this cup and bottle _ processed. there is one thing worse than this cup and bottle are - than this cup and bottle are incompetent position, which is the blaming of the consequences of that incompetent on the probable people incompetent on the probable people in the world. the incompetent on the probable people in the world-— in the world. the issue of asylum seekers in _ in the world. the issue of asylum seekers in general— in the world. the issue of asylum seekers

but, while the lib dems may be taking aim at the government, voters here are weighing up local issuesle at the moment. graffiti and litter, and all those things affect me the most. - housing, obviously, is very important. . local environment, building, schools, the nhs, where they can help. coming to traditionally conservative, relatively rural areas like this part of hertford5hire shows the lib dems are increasingly confident about winning over former tory supporters in the local elections across england. but, for a party on the margins at westminster, the challenge is to be the most attractive option, as voters make up their minds. jonathan blake, bbc news, hertford5hire. a patagotitan dinosaur, is about to go on display at the one of the biggest animals ever to walk the earth, a patagotitan dinosaur, is about to go on display at the natural history museum in london. its huge bones were discovered more than 10 years ago in argentina. it's a replica skeleton that will be on show, but that means the public will be able to touch it, and walk beneath it. 0ur science editor, rebecca more

daisy cooper, that is deputy leader the lib dems. i'm leader of the lib dems. to a tory backbenchen do going to go over to a tory backbencher. do make backbencher. what do they make of budget? there of jeremy hunt's budget? there are really whatever are rumours that really whatever it is true really that one of the opposition the main points of opposition to this could come from tory this budget could come from tory backbenchers and conservative mp for laura farris joins for newbury, laura farris joins me we go laura. me now. yes, there we go laura. good thank you very. what good stuff. thank you very. what do you make of this budget? well, not going of well, i'm not going be one of the complaining backbenchers . i the complaining backbenchers. i was on the was lobbying hard on the childcare stuff, actually. i went jeremy it a couple went to see jeremy it a couple of times , a proposal for him of times, a proposal for him with other mp. i think one of them's just been on on gb news this afternoon. so i've said i'm very, very pleased with what's been announced o

collins, political commentator and lib dem spin doctor joe. phillips. dem spin doctorjoe. phillips.t, so an interestingly written list that talked to these people about this and some have this is going to start rolling nights from listening to start with you. rebecca ryan defund the bbc. talk to me rebecca your thoughts on this was bbc right to suspend gary absolutely he was wrong to suspend gary the bbc is obliged under the terms of its charter to , be impartial and to the to, be impartial and to the country. that's what it is actually legally obliged to do in order that it can tax the british people for watching any live from broadcast tv. this is a fundamental tenant of how the bbc is funded that was really disturbing that gary lineker and all of his extremely privileged colleagues that understand the bafic colleagues that understand the basic tenant on which the bbc funding is built and if they want to carry on the not free speech that i'm a great supporter of. free speech absolutely should be able to do that on a commercial broadcast. but he can't do that but you know, he can't

so the former lib dem damage.ormer lib dem leader , sir vince cable, joins leader, sir vince cable, joins me now. good morning, servants . me now. good morning, servants. are you with. are you with theresa may on this that modern slavery victims will become collateral damage of this policy ? yes, i am. and i think she made some very good points. i mean let's be very clear. i mean, theresa was a very tough home secretary for five years. i actually with her strongly on some of her anti—immigration measures , particularly things measures, particularly things like trying to keep our overseas students about the. the point she is making yesterday the legislation is likely to not to be effective as well as closing you know quite serious human rights problems . i mean points rights problems. i mean points were very well made and she speaks from experience . she speaks from experience. she also, of course, events , you also, of course, events, you well know, was the home secretary that created the hostile environment for m

lifelong lib dem leader.shed the economy. denmark has discovered a mystery object near stream two pipeline in the baltic sea . danish energy in the baltic sea. danish energy agency says the object appears to be a maritime smoke buoy and does not represent a safety risk. salvage took place at a depth of 73 metres. the pipeline was last year sabotaged and the investigation is still ongoing . investigation is still ongoing. the and queen consort have been with full military honours in berlin in germany during their state visit. the pair will also attend a banquet hosted by germany's president. it's charles and camilla's first foreign visit as heads of the royal family. but the king's ninth trip to germany , king ninth trip to germany, king charles and president steinmeier planted a tree on the schloss bellevue palace grounds in recognition of future climate agenda talks. with those are your latest news headlines have half past back to . half past back to. patrick yeah welcome back everybody . yeah welcome back e

well the lib dems would well actually the lib dems would have in dems have lived in the lib dems richarde they richard. and of course they don't get a look you. no they had they completely squeezed had so they completely squeezed out as third out the nature as to third party. think. what are we party. do you think. what are we expecting to sort of expecting him to do any sort of windfall tax on these fuel companies like you say they're going to supplemented, bill going to keep supplemented, bill effectively is but there effectively what it is but there a of people say, well, a lot of people would say, well, hang we don't want hang on, maybe we don't want a taxpayer to funding this. taxpayer to be funding this. we've got massive profits we've still got massive profits with companies. with the oil and gas companies. the government to the the government point to the windfall already. windfall taxes already. i don't suspect see windfall suspect we'll see a new windfall tax today in fact, if anything, the government, you know, it's being budget for being billed as a budget for growth chancell

so the lib dem nominating.today waiting the crossing over we've got see this we've got to take this it's so bad . got to take this it's so bad. i want . to oh just all could go want. to oh just all could go embarrassed for him i'm so embarrassed for him i'm so embarrassed for him that was no bofis embarrassed for him that was no boris moment. embarrassed for him that was no boris moment . adam brooks, your boris moment. adam brooks, your nominee. my nominee is sir keir starmer because everything he says at the moment and over recent months has been filled with he poxy and you know he he's lying so you have to that you lost your nomination my nominee is dominic raab for confusing paul o'grady and calling him paul and haven't lot grayson's pretty bad yeah yeah thank you i'd like to agree with him and paul grayson was incredible comic, but he also . incredible comic, but he also. but but but paul o'grady. but but in terms of really yeah that was awkward but i'm actually going to go with the liberal democrats becaus

lawrence, the actors liz hurley and sadie frost, eltonjohn and his husband david furnish and the former lib demsy accused associated newspapers, the publisher of the daily mail titles, of a range of things including bugging cars and homes, listening to telephone calls, paying police officials and obtaining medical records. the crucial development today was that a reporting restriction was imposed by the court which means that we will be limited on what we can report about this case. associated newspapers vehemently denies the claims. people who vandalise public spaces will have to repair the damage they cause within 48 hours of being given an order under new government plans unveiled by the prime minister this morning. speaking at a boxing club in chelmsford in essex, rishi sunak today set out plans to improve community policing including banning possession of laughing gas, saying he wants to deal with the small minority of people who are disprutive. yetunde yusuf reports. a plan to clean up our streets, from graffiti to nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas. out on the beat today in essex

it's the lib dem. yes. okay now , now i understand. okay.divide over times now and it's divide over gender identities . josh. yeah, gender identities. josh. yeah, 1 am. for gen z. adults use genderless pronouns. so they did a poll , a genderless pronouns. so they did a poll, a couple of thousand people. it turns the 18 to 24 year olds just under half have their pronoun within their email signatures or social profiles, but also a of them identify with non z and it's like they in them. yeah a quarter of them have no personal ity. yeah. interesting. you know i'm so glad we didn't have twitter when i was because i was 1824. i guarantee would have been one of those they would you. yeah. i did some gender studies at university. was convinced university. i was convinced that we male and female we didn't need male and female at all. it was all i can spare to say. i don't feel that way. no. thing that if you had no. the thing is that if you had an adult, did you see the viral video that young who video of that young woman who talks yeah. she was talk

the government is keen to be seen at least two begin this process but the lib dems say they would notu need to make sure that these refugee and asylum applications are processed really, really quickly, and then if they passed that test, these people can go and work and contribute to society and actually play their part, and if they fail the test, then they should be deported. rishi sunak sa s then they should be deported. rishi sunak says this _ then they should be deported. rishi sunak says this pledge to stop the small boats is not something which can be achieved quickly, but he will hope to prove that the tide is at least turning by the time of the next election. iain watson, bbc news. satisfaction with the nhs across england, scotland and wales is at its lowest level since public surveys began a0 years ago. according to the british social attitudes poll, just 29% said they were satisfied with the health service last year, with waiting times and staff shortages the biggest concerns. the survey showed the public most valued the nhs being free at the point of use, and the quality of

it's the lib dem. yes. okay now , now i understand. okay.divide over times now and it's divide over gender identities . josh. yeah, gender identities. josh. yeah, 1 am. for gen z. adults use genderless pronouns. so they did a poll , a genderless pronouns. so they did a poll, a couple of thousand people. it turns the 18 to 24 year olds just under half have their pronoun within their email signatures or social profiles, but also a of them identify with non z and it's like they in them. yeah a quarter of them have no personal ity. yeah. interesting. you know i'm so glad we didn't have twitter when i was because i was 1824. i guarantee would have been one of those they would you. yeah. i did some gender studies at university. i was convinced did some gender studies at uni didn't. i was convinced did some gender studies at uni didn't needs convinced did some gender studies at uni didn't need male iinced did some gender studies at uni didn't need male andd did some gender studies at uni didn't need male and female we didn't need male and female at

the lib dems say a ban will do more harm than good, but labour accused the tories of not going far enoughti—social behaviour to be a political battleground right up to the general election and beyond. mark easton, bbc news, essex. a man suing the 0scar—winning actor gwyneth paltrow is giving evidence in her trial related to a sticky crash six years ago. he claims he suffered life altering injuries when she skied into him. ms paltrow has denies she caused the injuries and has countersued. in a utah court farfrom has countersued. in a utah court far from the slopes, it was the turn of the man accusing a hollywood star of a hit and run on the snow. more than seven years after they collided, terry sanderson was in the court to give his version of that day in one of america's most exclusive ski resorts. i of that day in one of america's most exclusive ski resorts.— exclusive ski resorts. i remember everything _ exclusive ski resorts. i remember everything was — exclusive ski resorts. i remember everything was good, _ exclusive ski resorts. i remember everything was good, and - exclusive ski re

, opposition parties, conservatives, labourand lib dems, are opposition parties, conservatives, labours no different with serious problems as he knows because his currentjob as health secretary. other policy areas such as education proving tricky. he also faces a big challenge in uniting the party. his chief rival kate forbes said this tweet saying to have secured 48% of the vote from a standing start on maternity leave in a short contest, making a case for change is remarkable. she might have added making a hash of her campaign on a couple of issues, not least angering some party members on theissue least angering some party members on the issue of opposition to same—sex marriage. and some saying she went too far in her attacks on humza yousaf. but with those issues in her campaign, she secured almost half the vote. so humza yousaf will need to find a way to bring a divided party together and to try to succeed where nicola sturgeon failed and come up with a route map towards a credible plan towards independence. protests are continuing in several israeli cities despite the country�*s

you're disillusioned with all the parties, really flirting with the lib dems who have that conferencestly, i must i think that kwasi came across really well. and unlike his contrition and acknowledgement and i'd also like to say that he was also not in favour of the rise in corporation tax, which is great, but as far as as far as my own views on politics are concerned, living abroad, i haven't voted for a long, long time. always been tory and yes, would i vote for tory now? i'm not so sure. i'd like maybe a breath of fresh air coming in. i know that you know the lib dems aren't going to be a powerful, you know , the to be a powerful, you know, the strong party to be able to lead the party. they'll possibly a coalition if they get together, but i think i think some change of direction would be would be beneficial to country at the beneficial to the country at the moment. thank you. so i'm generally quite impressed with kwasi kwarteng and admitting that some mistakes were made and stressing the need for unity. but the jury's out on how this particular people's panel will be voting in th

so the lib dem leader ed davey partook in really embarrassing speech last month today waiting the crossings so bad. i want . to oh just all could go want. to oh just all could go embarrassed for him i'm so embarrassed for him i'm so embarrassed for him that was no bofis embarrassed for him that was no boris moment. embarrassed for him that was no boris moment . adam brooks, your boris moment. adam brooks, your nominee. my nominee is sir keir starmer because everything he says at the moment and over recent months has been filled with he poxy and you know he he's lying so you have to that you lost your nomination my nominee is dominic raab for confusing paul o'grady and calling him paul and haven't lot grayson's pretty bad yeah yeah thank you i'd like to agree with him and paul grayson was incredible comic, but he also . incredible comic, but he also. but but but paul o'grady. but but in terms of really yeah that was awkward but i'm actually going to go with the liberal democrats because it wasn't as quit as ed davey's campaign launch up a great launch laws up what a great debut the show than

every that labour snp, lib dem.ote for reform is, a vote for change, it's a vote for saving the union, it's a vote for doing properly and for making britain and they all the comments, they're all completely the more votes we get then the more power we will have in terms of being able to shape influence and to say to people reforms everywhere, including presumably think closer to the election when . they can serve the when. they can serve the existing conservative mps starts seeing the polling reality presumably at that you think you might get some high profile defections. let's wait and see. are you talking to anyone? let's wait and see. that's i'm wait and see. that's all i'm going to okay, richard going to say. okay, richard tice, have you, the tice, great to have you, the leader of reform uk. thank so much. coming in on cancelled much. but coming in on cancelled with bins comic with donation bins to comic relief pauline yet again in has david rage at so—called david lammy rage at so—called white saviours a damagi

majority where the lib dem and, the party much, much the labour party are much, much more, will nohis bill. the question is how many tory mp who voted for the second reading would also be willing to back various lib dem or party amendments from the lords right . theresa may is the . even if theresa may is the sort of flag waver for that particular issue in terms of modern slavery, so on, so tom, thank you for that. and we'll update you, of course, on what's happening with suella braverman in the commons, but let's update you on the other political news. it's breaking this afternoon. the saying it will vote the dup saying it will vote against this against the government in this week's vote week's first parliamentary vote on deal, week's first parliamentary vote on deal , the on the new brexit deal, the so—called framework . so—called windsor framework. prime minister sunak, of prime minister rishi sunak, of course, that the course, has agreed that with the eu. month, dup sir eu. last month, the dup sir jeffrey acknowledging jeffrey donaldson acknowledging , that significant progress

every that labour snp, lib dem.or vote for reform is, a vote for change, it's a vote for saving the union, it's a vote for doing properly and for making britain and they all the comments, they're all completely the more votes we get then the more power we will have in terms of being able to shape influence and to say to people reforms everywhere, including presumably think closer to the election when . they can serve the when. they can serve the existing conservative mps starts seeing the polling reality presumably at that you think you might get some high profile defections. let's wait and see. are you talking to anyone? let's wait and see. that's i'm wait and see. that's all i'm going to okay, richard going to say. okay, richard tice, have you, the tice, great to have you, the leader of reform uk. thank so much. coming in on cancelled much. but coming in on cancelled with bins comic with donation bins to comic relief pauline yet again in has david rage at so—called david lammy rage at so—called white saviours a da

coming in this is a real pleasure to have swinson he is one of the most thoughtful members of the lib—demsuished former cabinet minister. very distinguished former cabinet minister . but david cabinet minister. but david lammy, let me know what you think. again, it's male margaret gbnews.uk and after the break. it's tick tock goes the clock for a popular chinese owned social media company. you won't want go anywhere . welcome back. i'm still rees—mogg and this is state the nation. you've been getting in touch your thoughts jim. pay attention because think i covered this nobody ever seems to talk about the very generous pensions the public servants receive when they go on strike for higher pay. they are subsidised the taxpayers. i just think gave the figures earlier think i gave the figures earlier perhaps you sent the message in before i started but jacob the government spends other people's money. excellent, but has been listening . taxpayers government listening. taxpayers government doesn't any money of its own. so when we see our money funding migrant hotels , health and migrant hotels

it certainly didn't feel like a conservative one or labour one were lib dem one one anything one.t didn't sound like it was conceived by a at all. it was the sound of , the establishment the sound of, the establishment talking to itself , juggernaut, talking to itself, juggernaut, trying to convince the they were getting something for nothing by some witchcraft or sleight of hand parents were getting comrade care for free. despite the pr uk having the highest tax burden since the last great war , it is something very unnatural about this position as motherhood , fatherhood and motherhood, fatherhood and parenthood more broadly denigrated and benefit belittled like never before. the clock begins to take for some women of a certain age, scowling at the patriarchal unfairness of it all as birthrates and the population cannot or will not replace itself . and yet, by every metric itself. and yet, by every metric , children thrive with two present parents in their lives . present parents in their lives. but our collective narcissism and the defiance of patriarchal oppression leaves us s

we have tremendous brains and i'm sure even the labour and the lib dems have some ideas.eas over the last, i don't know, seven years or so, none of them have worked. right. in fact, what's happened is we've than ever and we've got more than ever and i imagine this summer will be even more because the smugglers actually say, look they're actually say, look what they're doing you better get over there quickly. going to quickly. so what are we going to do? only to do it is to do? the only way to do it is to cut the head of the snake, which actually to capture . i have actually to capture. i have suggested another thing . suggested another thing. everyone goes mad immediately. i say , is capture the smugglers say, is capture the smugglers themselves . the french seem themselves. the french seem incapable of doing it. doing it. the belgian police seem incapable of doing . and yet incapable of doing. and yet everybody knows who they are . everybody knows who they are. because i, i heard one guy saying they apparently they saying that they apparently they will round rather big w

it certainly didn't feel like a conservative one or labour one were lib dem one one anything one.t didn't sound like it was conceived by a at all. it was the sound of , the establishment the sound of, the establishment talking to itself , juggernaut, talking to itself, juggernaut, trying to convince the they were getting something for nothing by some witchcraft or sleight of hand parents were getting comrade care for free. despite the pr uk having the highest tax burden since the last great war , it is something very unnatural about this position as motherhood , fatherhood and motherhood, fatherhood and parenthood more broadly denigrated and benefit belittled like never before. the clock begins to take for some women of a certain age, scowling at the patriarchal unfairness of it all as birthrates and the population cannot or will not replace itself . and yet, by every metric itself. and yet, by every metric , children thrive with two present parents in their lives . present parents in their lives. but our collective narcissism and the defiance of patriarchal oppression leaves us s

the government is keen to be seen at least two begin this process but the lib dems say they would notum applications are processed really, really quickly, and then if they pass that test, these people can go and work and contribute to society and actually play their part, and if they fail the test, then they should be deported. rishi sunak knows his pledge to stop the small boats is not something which can be achieved quickly, but he will hope to prove that the tide is at least turning by the time of the next election. atime a time lapse from a ccd camera shows this volcano throwing smoke —— into the sky. the plume eventually went about a mile above the volcanic crater. it's a very active volcano — and perhaps because of that, people tend to keep their distance, and there were no reports of any injuries or damage. a five kilometre exclusion zone has been put into place just in case. hello there. compared to the cooler conditions we saw earlier in the week it does feel much milder out there today, even with grey skies overhead. indeed, much of central and western europe, the deeper ora

it was supported by the snp, by labour by the snp, supported by labour by the lib dems and the dup of so the unknown at the moment. well of course the labour party and supported it because and the snp supported it because it brussels as it's good, they're going say it's they're always going to say it's good. you know, i the good. look, you know, i mean the terms of trade we were left with were abominable. you know, after january 31st, 2020. and we january the 31st, 2020. and we know that there's no point going back might question back on it. we might question bofis back on it. we might question boris johnson's , but there's boris johnson's, but there's no point. are where we are. he point. we are where we are. he ogmore eating at the moment. do you think they will genuinely take their lead from the dup or do you think even their. take their lead from the dup or do you think even their . a do you think even their. a number of them have won be over? i thought steve baker was particularly in the way in which he praised this deal. yes baker perhaps the most biggest critic of where we've be

the government is keen to be seen at least two begin this process but the lib dems say they would notthe test, then they should be deported. rishi sunak knows his pledge to stop the small boats is not something which can be achieved quickly, but he will hope to prove that the tide is at least turning by the time of the next election. iain watson, bbc news. joining me now is the uk's shadow home secretary, yvette cooper. thanks forjoining us. this all sounds very familiar, talk of potentially putting people who are waiting for asylum decisions potentially in vessels off the coast. didn't the labour government propose something similar in the 905? propose something similar in the 90s? ., ., g , propose something similar in the 90s? ., ., ., . propose something similar in the 905? ., ., . , propose something similar in the 90s? ., ., . 90s? today's announcement is an admission of— 90s? today's announcement is an admission of failure _ 90s? today's announcement is an admission of failure by _ 90s? today's announcement is an admission of failure by the - admission of failure by the governm

lib dem leader ed won't appear. is now calling on bbc chairman richard sharpe to resign whilst . labour leader sir resign whilst. labour leader sir keir starmer says the corporation is in the wrong . the corporation is in the wrong. the bbc is not acting impartially by caving in to tory mps who are complaining about lineker. they've this one badly wrong and now they're very badly exposed , now they're very badly exposed, as is the government, because at the of this is the government's failure on the asylum system . failure on the asylum system. and rather than take responsibility for the mess they've made, the government is casting around to blame anybody else. gary lineker , the bbc else. gary lineker, the bbc civil , the blob, what they be civil, the blob, what they be doing is standing up, accepting , broken the asylum system and tell us and telling us what they're going to do to actually fix it. not whingeing on about gary lineker , the chancellor gary lineker, the chancellor told gb news that he wants britain h

don't think that would have been a fair nickname but did it was him the lib chap wasn't him and the lib demasn't it. escapes me it. whose name escapes me briefly. were the only two briefly. who were the only two david. yeah. vince cable saw david. yeah. vince cable who saw it says is this is it it coming. he says is this is it again. is a lehman brothers again. this is a lehman brothers moment on the of course moment on the hand? of course that might be just because he wants on the front pages wants to be on the front pages again. has effect on again. he has a funny effect on people. is a worry, isn't it? people. it is a worry, isn't it? it is worry. and in fact, it is a worry. and in fact, probably big in the probably other big story in the telegraph is about sleep telegraph which is about sleep a lot of people are going to be losing sleep over this and okay and and what this is saying and what and what this is saying is so much the is that it's not so much the quality quantity of sleep quality the quantity of sleep i.e. we always about i.e. we always talk about 8 hours about the quality c

high of 45,000 is not working and it's about time government recognised the and the leader of the lib dems sir davey says the plan deport migrants to plan to deport migrants to rwanda isn't viable the suella braverman bill is a yet another expensive and worker bill solution to the problem which is doomed to failure . we've seen doomed to failure. we've seen a number of these from the conservatives before and they just don't do the thing. and in facti just don't do the thing. and in fact i think they're trashing traditional british former chancellor kwasi kwarteng accepted he and liz truss made mistakes with their mini last autumn, which triggered turmoil. in an exclusive with gb news, he says chancellor jeremy hunt done a good of stabilising the economy . i a good of stabilising the economy. i think a good of stabilising the economy . i think jeremy perhaps economy. i think jeremy perhaps has adopted cautious approach given what happened last winter . and he's also very much, i think , looking at the markets, think, looking at the markets, looking at what treasury officials are doing and t

you've got the lib dems calling for an investigation on it. so yeah, it's not me.rely debating the goings on of the day . anyway, keep your the day. anyway, keep your thoughts coming in. many, if you've been getting in touch about the civil servants, a million, says one person. alan says whatever the number is, the answer should be about half of it . philip says, you're asking it. philip says, you're asking the wrong question. i don't care how many are employed. i'd like to know many of them are to know how many of them are actually doing work. actually doing any work. christine, you are absolutely spot don't believe spot on and are don't believe that googled that you haven't googled that because obscure because it's quite an obscure figure. it down to figure. you've got it down to the to the exact sir i think you might google no one else has got it right so far. i'll tell you a bit later on what the answer is now. i'm not a principal scholar and gentlemen, that was the words we are up in the show with. we are about did with. we are talking about did you johnson an

and he leader of the lib dems and he said that he agree gay said that he didn't agree gay marriage kind and that kind of thing because christian because of his christian beliefs. he i would beliefs. but he said i would never impose that onto the party. don't think you can. party. i don't think you can. and fully trust somebody and can you fully trust somebody is who's got like is somebody who's got like really beliefs. really fervently held beliefs. like a haircut from like if you got a haircut from a, you might be thinking, well, this know he's just going to cut my hair. not. but then you my hair. he's not. but then you get there's a swastika get home, there's a swastika carved of your head. carved in the back of your head. you know, things you know, these things can happen happened to you. happen as that happened to you. it a personal. it sounds like a personal. i think that my excuse. yeah think that is my excuse. yeah wouldn't you aware would. wouldn't you be aware you would. you a terrible you know, it is a terrible analogy. think it's terrible especially at the end of especially b

and he leader of the lib dems and he said that he agree gay said that he didn't agree gay marriage kindnd that kind of thing because christian because of his christian beliefs. he i would beliefs. but he said i would never impose that onto the party. don't think you can. party. i don't think you can. and fully trust somebody and can you fully trust somebody is who's got like is somebody who's got like really beliefs. really fervently held beliefs. like a haircut from like if you got a haircut from a, you might be thinking, well, this know he's just going to cut my hair. not. but then you my hair. he's not. but then you get there's a swastika get home, there's a swastika carved of your head. carved in the back of your head. you know, things you know, these things can happen happened to you. happen as that happened to you. it a personal. it sounds like a personal. i think that my excuse. yeah think that is my excuse. yeah wouldn't you aware would. wouldn't you be aware you would. you a terrible you know, it is a terrible analogy. think it's terrible especially at the end of especially bec

don't think that would have been a fair nickname but did it was him the lib chap wasn't him and the lib demasn't it. escapes me it. whose name escapes me briefly. were the only two briefly. who were the only two david. yeah. vince cable saw david. yeah. vince cable who saw it says is this is it it coming. he says is this is it again. is a lehman brothers again. this is a lehman brothers moment on the of course moment on the hand? of course that might be just because he wants on the front pages wants to be on the front pages again. has effect on again. he has a funny effect on people. is a worry, isn't it? people. it is a worry, isn't it? it is worry. and in fact, it is a worry. and in fact, probably big in the probably other big story in the telegraph is about sleep telegraph which is about sleep a lot of people are going to be losing sleep over this and okay and and what this is saying and what and what this is saying is so much the is that it's not so much the quality quantity of sleep quality the quantity of sleep i.e. we always about i.e. we always talk about 8 hours about the quality c

universities in england, is currently being debated today in the of lords and often the response of various lib deme conservative peers, even some conservative peers, is that there is no speech crisis in britain's universities . it's a figment of universities. it's a figment of the imagination of right wing culture warriors and daily telegraph columnists . and yet telegraph columnists. and yet claire fox was able to stand up in the house of lords today and say, hang on a second, it's not a figment of anyone's imagination. it happened to me two at royal holloway two weeks ago at royal holloway and for a completely ridiculous , spurious reason. so the timing of the case is good from that point of view, but it's absolutely absurd that this kind of thing is still happening all the time. and be clear, everyone at this not isolated at home, this is not isolated incident claire by any incident about claire fox by any stretch , but that is the most stretch, but that is the most recent example of it. so hence i'm using that spin this too. i've got to say, james, when i hear this or so—and—so said this thing

but labour and lib dems so are bashing tories the head with this because they're meant to be on top ofe tories. sure over the last few years they pulled the money that was invested getting how this was how was happening. and then when they that then coincidentally suddenly all of the sewage stuff started going up into our rivers . so they're calling for the resignation of kofi, the environmental minister. resignation of kofi, the environmental minister . and environmental minister. and these are coffee tories go yeah . and just saying she's not been doing her job properly. and doing herjob properly. and again it's just how this gone on for long. gone on for so for so long. it's gone on for so long because the because this country built the most advanced sewer system the entire world at one time, they just didn't think 100 years in the future to build a to build the what do they call that the drain for wastewater runoff water. yeah, but the thing is, they have this thing called which is what this companies done. they'd companies have not done. they'd have a completely separate have buil

and tories and the lib dems and austerity, the government then made it harder to claim disability . disability. see benefit without proof. you are disabled, it's harder to . do that with harder to. do that with depression, isn't it? well, it and but it isn't magically recognised condition and it certainly does. but is it being gamed by that. by some people . gamed by that. by some people. well i dare say it, it must be now everybody. yeah. how many comments on social workers are offset with stress for months on end. exactly and if you look at different parts of the public sector, they got different rates of sickness. but if you look the jobs that they do, you can't really correlate the difference in in in the figures. i mean , i in in in the figures. i mean, i heard astonishing figures about how nurses are on long term , how nurses are on long term, again, due to mental health issues. well, i mean, nurses do have stressful jobs, obviously, if they're understaffed and overworked . and that takes its overworked. and that takes its toll eventually. but not everybody's in that condition

and tories and the lib dems and austerity, the government then made it harder to claim disability . disability. see benefit without proof. you are disabled, it's harder to . do that with harder to. do that with depression, isn't it? well, it and but it isn't magically recognised condition and it certainly does. but is it being gamed by that. by some people . gamed by that. by some people. well i dare say it, it must be now everybody. yeah. how many comments on social workers are offset with stress for months on end. exactly and if you look at different parts of the public sector, they got different rates of sickness. but if you look the jobs that they do, you can't really correlate the difference in in in the figures. i mean , i in in in the figures. i mean, i heard astonishing figures about how nurses are on long term , how nurses are on long term, again, due to mental health issues. well, i mean, nurses do have stressful jobs, obviously, if they're understaffed and overworked . and that takes its overworked. and that takes its toll eventually. but not everybody's in that condition

but of course, there wdems, the snp, it was s, the lib dems, the snp, it was a the lib dems, the snp,ty, the labour party wanted it to be locked down even longer and the down for even longer and the whole of the media jumped on board. no, it was gb news. and good morning and welcome to the point on gb news. with me, andrew piers. i'm bev turner. so this morning, former prime minister boris johnson said, of course, that the accusations he misled parliament are complete non since. did you watch much of that yesterday. 3 hours of it. did you believe him? does it even matter ? i'm not sure it even matter? i'm not sure it does anymore. rishi sunak, you serve a backbench revolt by tory hardliners. those backbench rebels included boris johnson. so is brexit now finally done ? so is brexit now finally done? and and of course it is three years to the day since boris johnson announced that we were going into a national lockdown to apparently keep us safe from the coronavirus let me know your thoughts as we reflect on three years of change. and it's pretty bad news and rates, i'm afraid. the us

now, obviously labour opposed to it, the lib dems, the snp but amongst the conservatives quite a few but some on the right think it doesn't go far enough some like caroline nokes chris skidmore very concerned about what it means for potentially detaining and deporting children or , families. now i understand or, families. now i understand that no unaccompanied children will detained or deported, but lots of concerns there as well. but the really is in a hurry because last week they had the first reading already that we're on to the second reading. rishi sunakisin on to the second reading. rishi sunak is in a rush to get this through possible by september through possible by september through all stages of course the three readings, the of commons reports committee then to the house of lords where it's going to get apart and he desperately needs to show some results hasn't he. yeah because he's hitched this to , you know, hitched this to, you know, success at the next election. stop the boats and so far the numbers have just been going up and up and up. well, they have been going up.

, tory and lib dems are all saying they're very happy with the situation. nicola sturgeon's out the way that the snp is going to lose are probably right. lose seats are probably right. nicola was a class act. nicola sturgeon was a class act. let's face it, she was there for many, years won many, many years and won legislation for elections. however new guy, humza however and this new guy, humza yousaf , has been hardly a yousaf, has been hardly a success at his three portfolios health, justice and the transport. the interesting thing about the snp is if you dig into the snp, they are a very, very broad church. they're full of people who are very, very left wing and the only thing they have in common is that they want scottish independence. and once you take away, beyond you take that away, look beyond that. are like cats in that. then they are like cats in the sack. the nicola sturgeon held them all together, but it was guy humza yousaf was was the new guy humza yousaf was going to do that and i must say it's not a very encouraging start. the first thing he

however there is still a huge gap to labour, while the lib dems greens and reform party are .ll below 10% and in a somewhat shocking but unsurprising statistic , two in unsurprising statistic, two in five people don't know which party they'd prefer to manage brexit. okay let's break some of that down then with the journalist and authorjulie journalist and author julie cooke , who's here. good morning cooke, who's here. good morning to you. can we kick off first and foremost with. away from the poll? actually slightly. but sue gray being appointed keir starmer's, chief of staff. yeah i mean, it's the big story, isn't it? i mean, it's quite cheap. isn't it? i mean, it's quite cheap . let's go back. she was cheap. let's go back. she was appointed to investigate partygate, wasn't she , by boris partygate, wasn't she, by boris johnson? she was a very suspected civil servant. everyone said she was the best person for the job and she did the partygate investigation . but the partygate investigation. but now she's been rewarded with a very high chief of staff job in the labour party.

stranglehold over scottish politics, that it's very difficult for the likes of you and for labour and the lib dems and i think devolution works because i like to see, you know, decisions being made as close to home as possible. and i think when you look at, you know, areas such as, you know, the nhs , our education, you know, being able to to, provide and public services , although those areas services, although those areas have not been well maintained under the snp , i think that has under the snp, i think that has potential and where we can invest in these areas and actually bring in really good policy that can be you know, for example , scotland's education example, scotland's education system, world class again and we can, you don't improve and the state of an nhs and also offer those vital public services that people local communities people in local communities really need. so i think devolution in that respect can work, but i think the snp have certainly abused that in recent years and have tried to use that to their advantage to further their own selfish obsession of independence . so i t

potentially going set a hugely dangerous because actually just in recent weeks you have to at ed davey the lib demer the labour lead there are examples of them recklessly misleading house now that they're going to be hauled before emergency committee. and the danger here is that prime ministers will now get up in parliament and say no , i can't comment on this. we've got an official got to wait to an official investigation . and so actually investigation. and so actually this could be used to stop being held to account . yeah, it's not held to account. yeah, it's not about boris misleading or recklessly misleading the house of parliament or what this is aboutis. of parliament or what this is about is . the globalists wants about is. the globalists wants it really sunak in power. they wanted a coup. they got coup. and now they want to make sure that boris johnson does not come back because he still could back into number 10. he's still a threat. they want to finish him off, you said. i mean look off, like you said. i mean look at they treated tony blair at how they treated tony blair warmonger, cri

potentially going set a hugely dangerous because actually just in recent weeks you have to at ed davey the lib demer the labour lead there are examples of them recklessly misleading house now that they're going to be hauled before emergency committee. and the danger here is that prime ministers will now get up in parliament and say no , i can't comment on this. we've got an official got to wait to an official investigation . and so actually investigation. and so actually this could be used to stop being held to account . yeah, it's not held to account. yeah, it's not about boris misleading or recklessly misleading the house of parliament or what this is aboutis. of parliament or what this is about is . the globalists wants about is. the globalists wants it really sunak in power. they wanted a coup. they got coup. and now they want to make sure that boris johnson does not come back because he still could back into number 10. he's still a threat. they finish him threat. they want to finish him off, you said. i mean look off, like you said. i mean look at how treated tony blair at how they treated to

with the exception of the dup the lib dems. would the nationalists would whatever.re nationalists would whatever. how many greens. there are only anyone at the moment they would and i think the likely outcome is you will get a starmer government but i don't think it's all certain. a lot it's at all certain. a lot depends on scotland, of course, because know whether because we don't know whether the demise of nicola sturgeon , the demise of nicola sturgeon, the demise of nicola sturgeon, the demise of the snp . i mean at the demise of the snp. i mean at the demise of the snp. i mean at the moment labour's only got one seat in scotland and the labour party is, you know, next to dead frankly in scotland. that frankly in scotland. well that it may be revived partly on who is elected leader tomorrow . so is elected leader tomorrow. so there's so many imponderables . there's so many imponderables. but i wouldn't write off the they finally the conservatives got the serious politician and a serious chancellor of the exchequer, whereas there were so many jokes figures over t

with the exception of the dup the lib dems. would the nationalists would whatever.re nationalists would whatever. how many greens. there are only anyone at the moment they would and i think the likely outcome is you will get a starmer government but i don't think it's at all certain. a lot depends on scotland, course, depends on scotland, of course, because don't know whether because we don't know whether the demise of nicola sturgeon , the demise of nicola sturgeon, the demise of nicola sturgeon, the demise of the snp . i mean at the demise of the snp. i mean at the demise of the snp. i mean at the moment labour's only got one seat in scotland and the labour party is, know, next to dead party is, you know, next to dead frankly in scotland. that frankly in scotland. well that it may be revived partly on who is elected leader tomorrow . so is elected leader tomorrow. so there's so many imponderables . there's so many imponderables. but i wouldn't write off the they finally the conservatives got the serious politician and a serious chancellor of the exchequer, whereas