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in the last hour, it's been announced that the conservatives have suspended their mp lucy allan withuk candidate in the seat she's vacating. before that, rishi sunak had been defending his plan for mandatory national service for 18—year—olds. the prime minister, visiting a football club in buckinghamshire, said it was a "bold" proposal which would foster a culture of service and strengthen the country's security. our political correspondent ione wells is travelling with the prime minister on the campaign trail. he has been complaining today in chesham — he has been complaining today in chesham and amersham. this seat was once a _ chesham and amersham. this seat was once a rock—solid tory seat, when they— once a rock—solid tory seat, when they never— once a rock—solid tory seat, when they never thought they would have to fight _ they never thought they would have to fight for —— campaigning. but in that shocked by—election in 2021, it was lost _ that shocked by—election in 2021, it was lost to— that shocked by—election in 2021, it was lost to the liberal democrats, this is— was lost t

she'll be put out to seed. >> i wouldn't think lucy allan would be. really care because, you know, she stood and was elected for a conservative party that she believed in and she like millions of us, feels betrayed by them. >> and she's saying she's calling allan adams the next member of parliament for telford. do you think she'll campaign or help fundraise even? >> it does sound like it, doesn't it? it does sound like she's absolutely foursquare behind the reform candidate, who i don't know, but i believe is a very , very good chap. look, you very, very good chap. look, you know, the fact is , the fact is know, the fact is, the fact is we're in a bizarre situation . we're in a bizarre situation. the vast majority, i mean, 70% of conservative voters want it pretty much a freeze on immigration or numbers down to very, very low numbers. and what they've got is a government giving us giving us three quarters of a million a year. and i mentioned yesterday that trevor interview that the other i mean, my really biggest part of the interview, we are living t

we also had lucy allan, who is an outgoing conservative mp. already said that she's going to stand down at the next election, but until parliament is dissolved on thursday, she is still a conservative mp. she has backed the reform candidate in the upcoming election . now that upcoming election. now that means she's been immediately suspended as a conservative party mp. there is also growing mutiny on the conservative back benches from mps who feel that they just were not given enough time for this election. they all thought that the election was coming in the autumn , and they coming in the autumn, and they just say that they haven't raised the money yet and they haven't yet buttered up their constituents enough to be able to fight this campaign. they are really, really annoyed and they are briefing that annoyance to journalists like me that rishi sunak decided to go to the country early and that he didn't get mps involved at all in that decision . in fact, even when he decision. in fact, even when he went to his cabinet, he said that it was a

yes, conservative mp lucy allan suspend for backing reform uk candidate alan adams.d she's been instantly kicked out . she's been instantly kicked out. but she was going to quit anyway. she's going to quit. yeah. she was just like woohoo to go reform as i'm out the door and, that's obviously a bit of a blow for starmer for, well, whichever one. so she is the sitting, yes , she is the sitting, yes, she is the sitting, yes, she is the sitting, she's the sitting mp for telford and she is recommending that the people of telford vote, vote for them. and it was, it was , it was it's it was, it was, it was it's interesting to see that the numbers for that, precinct. it was in two thousand and seven, 15. it was she had a majority of 730. yeah. then in 2017 it went to 720. but then with corbyn it went to like 11,000 nearly. so it was a massive jump. the interesting thing will be now, of course, whether this splits the vote, having the reform and the vote, having the reform and the conservative that will allow labour to sneak through or whether they're just going to get throug

surely she'll be booted out of the party for that just to quickly repeat, if you're joining us, lucy allane calls telford's next mp, as she calls him, and for reform. allan adams. yet more bad news for rishi sunak. we'll have more on that throughout the show, of course. now to our big interview with sir keir starmer, the labour leader has told gb news that tackling the small boat crisis would be a priority if they win the next general election . sir keir also told our election. sir keir also told our political correspondents katherine forster, the voters can trust the labour party . can trust the labour party. >> sir keir starmer in 2019, labour had their worst result since 1935. you've taken them now to a 20 point lead. you may well be prime minister in six weeks, but you did campaign for jeremy corbyn to be prime minister twice. you did support a second referendum. so what do you say to people who maybe voted for brexit, who were scared of jeremy corbyn being prime minister now to convince them that they can trust you? >> we have changed this labour party. the labour party now is unrecog

i mean, it's extraordinary, the contribution from lucy allan, the outgoing mp for telford, endorsing thing for a conservative mp, albeit with days left with that title, mp to go. really, really quite something. steve baker, the northern ireland minister, making some less—than entirely on—message remarks about the national service idea. and yes, as far as the prime minister is concerned, and those remarks from zach goldsmith, the prime minister's been talking to on itv news tonight and says that he's not going to california. he is proud to be based here and to have a future here, whatever the outcome of the election. he was talking about his beloved southampton, returning to the premier league. so, he was saying — i don't have his exact words — but the bit was, "i'm not going anywhere regardless of what happens in the election." which makes me wonder what he would have said to southampton had not been promoted. but we never know, that's a parallel universe! first minister of scotland, john swinney has been in dumfries, and ed davey has been hanging out with alexander cole hamilton. th

looked at all the mps who are standing down and we've got stuart andrew, bob stuart, bob neil, lucy allancaroline lucas, lisa cameron, trudy harrison, sajid javid, andrew percy douglas ross, theresa may, joe gideon. all people who have surnames that could also be a first name. and we worked out that that is probably 19% of the mp who are standing down have so called reversible names. that's massive. i mean, that's what we spent our morning doing. we're like broadcasting to the nation, holding people to account. we werejust going through a list of names. 0h. "do you know anyone called harrison with the first thing and then. that's amazing. can ijust pick you up on one? i mean, i'm really impressed. please do. people will think that transparency. theresa may. yeah. do we know many people with the surname theresa, other than mother? no, no, but it's... i think it's more. i don't know if that was her surname. no, but it's just i thought because obviously. no, i think it's more that it's surnames you can have as a first name rather than... oh, truly, truly, 100%. well, that's a different game,

and isabel webster campaign chaos says retiring tory mp lucy allan is suspended for backing reform while the prime minister tries to shift focus to his economic credentials, declaring the state pension will never be taxed . taxed. >> keir starmer gets personal, declaring himself a socialist who will always put his country first as labour sets to show off their business credentials . their business credentials. >> humanitarian heartbreak in rafah as world leaders condemn the israeli air strike on sunday, which killed 45 people, now described by benjamin netanyahu as a tragic mistake . netanyahu as a tragic mistake. >> and president biden has intervened to keep prince harry's visa documents secret . harry's visa documents secret. >> and in the sport this morning, the managerial merry go round is still spinning. where it stops, nobody knows. we'll find out who's on and who's off, 37 year old and 4014. i gave him far too many 14 times. winner rafa nadal is out of possibly his last french open, losing in the first round and england's cricketers play their second t20 against pakistan today. bu

looked at all the mps who are standing down and we've got stuart andrew, bob stuart, bob neil, lucy allan, wayne david, caroline lucas, lisa cameron, trudy harrison sajid javid andrew percy douglas ross theresa may. all people who have surnames that could also be a first name. and we work out that that is probably 19% of the mp who are standing down have so called reversible names. that's massive. i mean, that's what we spent our morning doing. we're like broadcasting to the nation, holding people to account. we werejust going through a list of names. can ijust pick you up on one? i mean, i'm really impressed. please do. people will think that transparency. theresa may. yeah. do we know many people with the surname theresa, other than mother? no, i think it's more that it's surnames you can have as a first name rather than... well, that's a different game, then! you know, some days newscasters, it's all very well, like 18% of us might do on a tuesday or wednesday. we've got a new fact check strand on my programme on sunday mornings. i thought you were going to say, do you know anyone who'

it's extraordinary, the contribution from lucy allan, the outgoing mp for telford, endorsing reform.h days left with that title, mp to go. really, really quite something. steve baker the really, really quite something. steve bake— really, really quite something. steve bake ., ., steve baker the northern ireland minister, making _ steve baker the northern ireland minister, making some - steve baker the northern ireland minister, making some less - steve baker the northern ireland minister, making some less than steve baker the northern ireland i minister, making some less than on message remarks about the national service idea. yes, as far as the prime minister is concerned, and those remarks from zach goldsmith, the prime minister has been talking to on itv news tonight and says that he's not going to california. he is proud to be based here and to have a future here, whatever the outcome of the election. he was talking about his beloved southampton, returning to the premier league. he was saying - i to the premier league. he was saying — i don't have his exact words — but the bit wa

uk candidate in the telford seat she is vacating, lucy allan, who is standing down at the general electionsaid on social media she'd be supporting allan adams to be the town's next mp. a spokesman for the conservative party said miss allan had been suspended from the party with immediate effect . for the latest immediate effect. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. slash alerts. now it's back to . tom. back to. tom. >> thanks, theo. now this unexpected election campaign has thrown one bold idea to the forefront of the nation's mind. the tories pledged to reintroduce a form of national service. however, the announcement . since the announcement. since the announcement, there has been much confusion over what this actually means , as national actually means, as national service traditionally meant. according to the national army museum, a standardised form of peacetime conscription which was introduced in 1947 for all able bodied men between the ages of 18 and 21. the young men would then spend four years on a reserve lis

outgoing tory mp lucy allan was suspended from the party she endorsed reform today and, speaking to gb former tory minister michael portillo had some strong words for those mps who are looking to desert him as a parliament got elected because they have, constituent associations that have worked very hard to them and given them tremendous loyalty. >> i think it is the most profound discourtesy to give up your seat when the election is announced. if you want to leave, you should. >> we do also for what it's worth, have steve baker, the tory mp as well, who has decided to campaign on from greece. yeah, that's right . to campaign on from greece. yeah, that's right. i mean what's going on here calvin? it's chaos. well i honestly i blame sunak in the first instance he springs july the 4th on everybody, including his own side. >> they feel very irritable . >> they feel very irritable. loads of people are heading for the door. personally, i, i'm pleased a number of them are going to be fair, but the whole thing doesn't seem to have a core to it, to the point where conservative central office a

theresa may of course james keeping, robert halfon , james keeping, robert halfon, richard bacon, lucy allani aitken, adam afriyie , graham aitken, adam afriyie, graham brady, george eustice, mike freer lots and lots of names that will be familiar to many watching brandon lewis there as well. interesting to know what you make of this. well. interesting to know what you make of this . 64 you make of this. 64 conservative mps, deciding you know what? don't fancy running again . i'll stand down before again. i'll stand down before the general election. is it because they suspect that perhaps they may not, win their seat or do you take a generous view that perhaps, you know, they've done some good work and they're on to the next thing? >> well, people like theresa may and sir graham brady have been there since the 1990s. they've done a long stint and they might think, you know, i've reached the end of my career, but there are some people here in their 30s. there's one in her 20s, i believe had enough, had enough. >> well, joining us is gb news political correspondent , olivia political correspon

. >> your former mp, lucy allan, has told people to back reform.ovement . conservative movement. >> well, on july 5th, one of two people is going to be prime minister keir starmer or me. so the question for voters is on the question for voters is on the issues that they care about, whether it's illegal migration or a more sensible approach to net zero that prioritises people's bills and our energy security, or cutting taxes and rewarding hard work on all of those issues. we're the ones that are prepared to take bold action. we're the ones that have got a clear plan, and that's how we'll deliver a secure future. that particular topic of illegal migration is a case in point. we've got a bold plan, the rwanda scheme, to ensure that if you come here illegally, you will not be able to stay and you will not be able to stay and you will be returned. that's how you create a deterrent. the penny is dropping across europe that that is the right approach. but in contrast, keir starmer is going to scrap that plan , let out to scrap that plan, let out everyone