matthew laza. before we get started though, let's get your latest news headunes. headlines. >> thanks, nana. good afternoon. it's 3:00. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . huge crowds are the gb newsroom. huge crowds are marching through central london and glasgow demonstrating against the war in gaza. thousands of people taking part in the palestine solidarity campaign protest, demanding an immediate ceasefire in london. the gathering has reached the us embassy, where a stage has been set up for speeches. earlier, officers warned a robust plan is in place to tackle hate crime after the counter—terror sa said the capital has become a no go zone for jews . the capital has become a no go zone forjews . the met police zone for jews. the met police says the protests in london have cost the force more than £32 million over the past five months. the meanwhile, the head of foreign affairs committee has accused israel of blocking aid, getting into gaza humanitarian suppues getting into gaza humanitaria

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former labour party matthew laza and again to my panel. nd again to my panel. former labour partybroadcaster andyv laza and again to my panel. former labour partybroadcaster and columnist also broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy. well, i've obviously got to start with lizzie cundy on a royal story on the royals. what the hell were people talking about? this one. poor all she's done poor catherine, all she's done is put out a picture, a genuine, heartfelt picture . what the hell heartfelt picture. what the hell was going on this week? >> it was crazy. >> it was crazy. >> it was a storm in a media teacup. it really was. and look, catherine, we know she's had surgery. she's been , you know, surgery. she's been, you know, hasn't been seen since december. so when, you know, everyone saw this picture, they just went into a frenzy about it and then found 16 mistakes. as i said , found 16 mistakes. as i said, then i should have done the photoshopping for her. i'd have done a much betterjob, but look, everyone photoshops or done a much betterjob,

i think i'll start matthew laza. abour well, you're from the labour party. get rid of party. you want to get rid of the rwanda plan, but then they don't have any other. don't appear to have any other. >> have got a plan. >> we have got a plan. >> we have got a plan. >> no, no. so answer to your >> no, no. so my answer to your question, of time question, in terms of is it time to plug on rwanda is to pull the plug on rwanda is a very yes. but of course very definite yes. but of course you well, it's been you would say, well, it's been an use taxpayers an outrageous use of taxpayers money and an outrageous distraction from really distraction from what we really should mean, should be doing. i mean, you said plane has should be doing. i mean, you said off plane has should be doing. i mean, you said off with plane has should be doing. i mean, you said off with asylume has should be doing. i mean, you said off with asylum seekers is taken off with asylum seekers is absolutely because absolutely right, partly because of par

we've got lord bailey and ex—labour advisor matthew laza.h, and terrestrial telly is indoctrinating our kids. >> i'm a boy, but my body's all wrong. and how am i supposed to tell my parents.7 >> i'll help you in whatever way ican? >> not creepy at all. get ready britain, here we go. you will not believe what archbishop justin welby has done this time. next. >> good evening. from the newsroom. i'm sam francis, a quick look at the headlines. at just after 9:00, government ministers are challenging labour to set out its own funding plans after it backed the government's decision to cut national insurance. the non—dom tax status will be scrapped with the aim of raising revenue to make up for the £0.02 cut, though figures suggest any benefits for the taxpayer are likely to be cancelled out by an expected rise in council tax. earlier, jeremy hunt told gb news that his budget is proof that the government, he says, is making their fiscal plan work. >> we want to end the unfairness, the direction of travel we've gone is to reduce national insurance b

oh, party adviser matthew laza. oh, and women, is this okay? these are the days of girls. >> these are the days of girls. >> get ready britain, here we go

we've got conservative peer lord bailey and ex—labour advisor matthew laza ., advisor matthew laza. suzanne, i'll start with you. is welby just crying crocodile tears? >> do we think, oh my goodness, yes. i mean, you summed it up beautifully there, patrick. you know, he lives in a palace. he works in a palace. he's scared. how does he think the rest of us feel facing this terror threat? and been a disaster for the and he's been a disaster for the church of england, i think ever since he was appointed . really? since he was appointed. really? you this week talking you know, this week he's talking about about hate about people talking about hate speech. you know, last week it was wanted billion for was he wanted £1 billion for reparations slave trade. reparations for the slave trade. before it was denying, as before that, it was denying, as you said, fact the you said, the fact that the church facilitating illegal church was facilitating illegal migration through these fake conversions. he was conversions. before that, he was opposing the illegal migration bill.

oh, party adviser matthew laza. oh, and women, is this okay?hese are the days, these are the days. >> these are the days of girls . >> these are the days of girls. >> these are the days of girls. >> get ready britain, here we go has angela rayner just has angela raynerjust lit has angela rayner just lit a fuse that will blow the labour party to pieces . next? party to pieces. next? >> good evening from the gb newsroom at 9:00. your top story this hour. the prime minister has ruled out holding a general election on the 2nd of may, amid speculation he could choose to go to the polls early. in an interview with itv, rishi sunak was asked if there would be an election on the same day as the local elections, which takes place on the 2nd of may. he replied there won't be a general election on that day . michael election on that day. michael gove has named some of the groups to be investigated under a new definition of extremism, which he says will mean the government can express more clearly than ever who poses a risk to britain. some of the groups i

it's matthew laza allison . do it's matthew laza allison.s or not so much? >> yeah, i think they should take him off air. i mean, listen to the way they were mocking the impartiality just then. i'm not sure nihal twigged that sure if nihal has twigged that a lot white people pay the lot of white people pay the licence fee. they his salary licence fee. they pay his salary , he's dripping with contempt for ordinary people the way he refers to gb news viewers. gb oh, this people really need to watch this series on empire because obviously they're so thick and racist . because obviously they're so thick and racist. he's throwing around insinuations that people are racist. let me tell you something, patrick. not only is gb news a very diverse channel, as everybody watching will know, this channel has diversity of class, social class, the people on the bbc who of whom he's a part. they don't have diversity of social class, which is why contemptuous , condescending contemptuous, condescending views like that are allowed on the air at the bbc, and w

tessa dunlop, alex and matthew laza from alex dean and matthew laza from the people of rochdale. be elections in tehran. i'll be joined by an iranian expert who can interpret the results of parliamentary elections in the islamic . and he says islamic republic. and he says that the regime is being emboldened to more aggressive emboldened to be more aggressive towards israel and the united states. europe . welcome back to the program. despite keeping the polls open for an extra two hours, turnout in elections in iran was at a record low officially on friday of 40. the regime of the islamic republic, which carefully manages the electoral process, prefers to have high turnouts to live optimise its rule. nonetheless, it's believed that the elections will serve to entrench a new generation of islamist hardliners and to encourage iran's bellicose foreign policy. i can speak now to kasra aarabi, who is director of research into the iranian revolution guards corps at the united against nuclear iran organisation and also a non—resident scholar at the middle east institute . um, middle east

. >> we're joined by former labour adviser, matthew laza writer adviser, matthew laza and writer andst and columnist emma woolf in the sthatthew, you first and columnist emma woolf in the sthatthew, good you first and columnist emma woolf in the sthatthew, good morning.;t and columnist emma woolf in the sthatthew, good morning. we've of matthew, good morning. we've got you about the got to ask you about the humiliation labour in humiliation for labour in rochdale. go well did it? rochdale. didn't go well did it? >> no, it didn't go well. i mean, you know, to it mean, you know, to put it mildly. i mean, i, you know, like a of labour people, i'm like a lot of labour people, i'm very we let the very upset that we let the people of rochdale down. rochdale deserves a lot better than on thursday. it than it got on thursday. it deserves better the deserves a lot better than the mp on thursday by mp who won on thursday by a message of divisiveness. um, but he and all i can say is he did win and all i can say is one big and he. well he won big because he won 37% the vote. because he won 37% o

i've got conservative peer lord bailey and ex—labour party adviser matthew laza. yes that's right. cheltenham ? it's up to there at cheltenham? it's the best of british. that is the best of british. get ready, britain, here we go. oh, nearly 2 million palestinians about to move to britain . next. britain. next. >> good evening from the gb newsroom at 10:00. your top story this hour. the prime minister has ruled out holding a general election on the 2nd of may, amid speculation he could choose to go to the polls early. in an interview with itv, rishi sunak was asked if there would be an election on the same day as the local elections , which as the local elections, which takes place on the 2nd of may. he replied there won't be a general election on that day . general election on that day. michael gove has named some of the groups to be investigated under a new definition of extremism , which he says will extremism, which he says will mean the government can express more clearly than ever who poses a risk to britain. some of the groups included are alleged to have islamist views, wit

oh, party adviser matthew laza. oh, and women, is this okay?s. >> get ready britain, here we go has angela rayner just has angela raynerjust lit has angela rayner just lit a fuse that will blow the labour party to pieces . next? party to pieces. next? >> good evening from the gb newsroom at 9:00. your top story this hour. the prime minister has ruled out holding a general election on the 2nd of may, amid speculation he could choose to go to the polls early. in an interview with itv, rishi sunak was asked if there would be an election on the same day as the local elections, which takes place on the 2nd of may. he replied there won't be a general election on that day . michael election on that day. michael gove has named some of the groups to be investigated under a new definition of extremism, which he says will mean the government can express more clearly than ever who poses a risk to britain. some of the groups included are alleged to have islamist views, with others described as neo—nazi . today's described as neo—nazi. today's new extremism

we've got lord bailey and ex—labour advisor matthew laza.ut my body's all wrong. and how am i supposed to tell my parents? >> i'll help you in whatever way ican? >> not creepy at all. get ready britain, here we go. you will not believe what archbishop justin welby has done this time. next. >> good evening. from the newsroom.

amber gill and ex—labour advisor matthew laza. oh yes. and what happens next here. get ready. . next. crashing down. next. >> patrick. thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story from the gb newsroom tonight is that the uk's largest water company has been left racing to secure funding after its investors withdrew a £500 million lifeline that was due at the end of this month. it's after thames water handed out millions of pounds worth of dividends to shareholders and bonuses top executives. now bonuses to top executives. now bosses have admitted their cash crisis could lead to the firm's emergency nationalisation and to plug emergency nationalisation and to plug the major funding . gap plug the major funding. gap shareholders, which include foreign wealth funds from china and abu dhabi, want to increase customers bills, something the regulator has so far pushed back on. well, the water giant is also backlash from also facing a backlash from campaigners , who said there are campaigners, who said there are mind boggling quantities of untreated sewage discharging into t

we've got lord bailey and ex—labour advisor matthew laza.ating our kids. >> i'm a boy, but my body's all wrong. and how am i supposed to tell my parents? >> i'll help you in whatever way ican? >> not creepy at all. get ready britain, here we go. you will not believe what archbishop justin welby has done this time. next. >> good evening. from the newsroom. i'm sam francis, a quick look at the headlines. at just after 9:00, government ministers are challenging labour to set out its own funding plans after it backed the government's decision to cut national insurance. the non—dom tax status will be scrapped with the aim of raising revenue to make up for the £0.02 cut, though figures suggest any benefits for the taxpayer are likely to be cancelled out by an expected rise in council tax. earlier, jeremy hunt told gb news that his budget is proof that the government, he says, is making their fiscal plan work. >> we want to end the unfairness, the direction of travel we've gone is to reduce national insurance by one third. the fact that labour are

evenin and matthew rson, shaun got a rock star panel this evenin and matthew laza.shaun bailey and matthew lazallent, and i wonder whether home office wonder whether the home office will them all £3,000 will give them all £3,000 when they've illegally to they've come here illegally to go rwanda . that's coming up go to rwanda. that's coming up after weather. i'll be back after the weather. i'll be back on monday at 8:00. i'm jason jacob rees—mogg. has been jacob rees—mogg. this has been state the nation and i shall state of the nation and i shall shortly be motoring down to somerset , i'm shortly be motoring down to somerset, i'm looking somerset, and i'm looking forward there as the forward to heading there as the weather improves incrementally mile by mile. furlong by furlong until finally i reach those broad, sunlit uplands that are known as god's own county of somerset , where known as god's own county of somerset, where king known as god's own county of somerset , where king alfred, of somerset, where king alfred, of course, worked out how to defeat the danes. >> a brighter outlook with bo

former labour adviser matthew laza. good morning from broadcaster emma woolf. good morning.orning. we've edge of we've all been on the edge of our seats. will lee anderson joined uk. we've had joined reform uk. we've had it confirmed that he will. and there'll press conference there'll be a press conference in minutes about it. in ten minutes about it. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> this is lee's >> well, look, this is lee's third it's still third third party. it's still it's me it's quite strange for me because to knock on doors because i used to knock on doors with comrade anderson for the labour ashfield, for labour party in ashfield, for gloria of this parish, gloria de piero of this parish, he was her agent. he was her agent. in the 2017 campaign, agent. and in the 2017 campaign, basically, lee and i were shoulder to shoulder getting gloria at re—elected , along with gloria at re—elected, along with all the local party members campaigning jeremy corbyn to campaigning for jeremy corbyn to be prime minister. well, i, gloria and i were knocking on doors and saying, can i

is the former labour adviser matthew laza, without his tie.olf. what happened to your labour tie that you labour party? red tie that you always were. >> i it to a friend for his >> i lent it to a friend for his labour selection conference last yean labour selection conference last year, gave it back year, and he only gave it back a year, and he only gave it back a year later, and it's a stain year later, and it's got a stain on it. so the cheeky whatnot tells you everything to tells you everything you need to know about that. >> candidates. yeah. >> labour candidates. yeah. >> labour candidates. yeah. >> only have one task. >> and you only have one task. >> and you only have one task. >> on here, andrew. >> i put it on here, andrew. i have a whole selection at home and i will look smarter next week, and i will look smarter next weeyou look smart enough. >> you look smart enough. >> you look smart enough. >> you. and you look >> thank you. and you look absolutely wonderful always. absolutely wonderful as always. bev, commenting bev, darling, i'

. >> jonathan matthew laza party, patrick, because they used all of yesterday vote of yesterday to votea who have entered country illegally people to rwanda who have entered simply ntry illegally people to rwanda who have entered simply what.legally people to rwanda who have entered simply what they.ly people to rwanda who have entered simply what they love is because simply what they love is open borders and free movement. okay. >> all right . so okay. >> all right. so jonathan's mentioning the labour party there. forget that one mentioning the labour party the|he. forget that one mentioning the labour party the|he. may forget that one mentioning the labour party the|he. may and get that one mentioning the labour party the|he. may and we'veat one mentioning the labour party the|he. may and we've got1e mentioning the labour party the|he. may and we've got we've did he. may and we've got we've got nicole turner's amy got amy nicole turner's amy nicole turner's union jack has now got it's the cat in the hat. >> so he said he won rochdale. this is for gaza but today failed to turn up to th

in the next hour, broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy and also former labour party adviser matthew lazafternoon to you. it is 3:00 here in the gb newsroom. the russian president is continuing to link ukraine to last night's attack in moscow, which killed attack in moscow, which killed at least 133 people. the united states says it believes the attack was carried out by a branch of the

joining me today, broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy and also former labour party adviser matthew laza

. >> so joining me in the next houh >> so joining me in the next hour, former labour adviser matthew lazaeek with presenter of the saturday five on gb news darren grimes, which , of course, you grimes, which, of course, you can catch later at 6:00 after my show. but before we get started, let's get your news let's get your latest news headlines. >> nana. thank you. the top stories from the gb newsroom . stories from the gb newsroom. two of the uk's biggest supermarket chains, tesco and sainsbury's, have been hit with technical issues . thousands of technical issues. thousands of shoppers won't get their online groceries delivered as a result. both have said their it systems have suffered technical issues, meaning they can't fulfil their onune meaning they can't fulfil their online orders. sainsbury's say that some shops are also affected due to issues with contactless payments, and they're

. >> we're joining the studio now by former labour adviser, matthew laza and author and broadcaster wolfin the studio. to you studio. good morning to you both. let's start both. right. let's start with this shakespeare week. woke warnings. i almost know what warnings. yes i almost know what you could about. >> yes. it's almost as if it's been written by a sort of chatgpt. for the culture wars. yeah. so shakespeare's globe, has , is offering on its on has, is offering on its on website for people who go to book tickets for plays like richard the third, the comedy of errors, or the taming of the shrew. warnings over shrew. it now has warnings over the content, including misogynistic themes, racism and offensive language, violence and death . i mean, you think by the death. i mean, you think by the title of taming of the shrew, you'd get the misogynistic thing and you think people might sort of have clue because of have a vague clue because these been around for these books have been around for 400 but 400 years. exactly. but of course, the defence, the course, in the defence, the globe wou