michael portillo, back to you.ou were a defence secretary in the 19. 1990s when the ira were doing their attacks on mainland britain. was there a big debate then what call the ira then about what to call the ira a terrorist group? we're told the bbc didn't call them a terrorist group at time. the bbc didn't call them a terrthe. group at time. the bbc didn't call them a terrthe biggestrt time. the bbc didn't call them a terrthe biggest debate me. the bbc didn't call them a terrthe biggest debate was was at >> the biggest debate was was at a time when the bbc was giving a voice to those who were speaking on of the ira and the on behalf of the ira and the conservative government , of conservative government, of which i was a member, as i recall, legislate to that recall, legislate to make that illegal. and what the bbc then did was to get around the law by by continuing to show the pictures of the people who were speaking on behalf of the ira and their political parties. but they would voice over with an actor's voice

. colleague michael portillo. us this morning. lovely to see you, tom. extraordinary by elections on thursday night, almost unprecedented , the scale almost unprecedented, the scale of these majorities , almost of these majorities, almost 25,000 vote majority in mid bedfordshire overturned in an instant . instant. >> but sorry , both those by >> but sorry, both those by elections had swings of more than 20, which is catastrophic. and we have seen in this parliament some of the greatest swings against the conservatives that have ever been recorded in our history . that have ever been recorded in our history. now, this is important because labour, to win the next general election, needs an extraordinary swing, even more than tony blair achieved in 1997. it needs to gain, i think, 124 seats in order to be the party with an overall majority . party with an overall majority. see now what these by elections are telling labour is that this is possible . well, and what it's is possible. well, and what it's telling the con

up next is michael portillo, going is michael portillo, who's going to all sorts of to be discussingorning as we stroll protected from the falling leaves by a canopy of arts culture. good debate and conversation turn to politics first. has the devastating conflict in the middle east affected the fortunes of sir keir starmer? the labour leader is facing his most concerted internal challenge yet over his response to the war between israel and hamas and is now facing serious pressure to call for a ceasefire. separately as another member of parliament is accused of sexual misconduct.

and welcome to sunday with michael portillo . a sunday with michael portillo. set for the conservative party conference in manchester today, but not by the prime minister so much as by the home secretary, suella braverman, arguably the most cabinet minister, most outspoken cabinet minister, has interventions on has launched interventions on the refugee convention. multiculturalism and the european court of human rights. is she charting a course for the future of conservatism or bidding to lead her party? thankfully, england's messy entanglement with europe is a good deal less than it used to be. lord jonathan sumption will join me in the studio to talk about the hundred years war, which encompassed the battle of agincourt and joan of arc. his fifth volume on the war titled triumph and tragedy, concludes over 40 years of work by the former supreme court justice and history scholar and describes the collapse of english power in france . the fruits of english france. the fruits of english soil were tragically despoiled in northumbria . and this week, in northumbri

good morning and welcome to sunday with michael portillo with the clocks set back. join me on this autumnal morning as we stroll protected from the falling leaves by a canopy of arts culture. good debate and conversation turn to politics first. has the devastating conflict in the middle east affected the fortunes of sir keir starmer? the labour leader is facing his most concerted internal challenge yet over his response to the war between israel and hamas and is now facing serious pressure to call for a ceasefire. separately as another member of parliament is accused of sexual misconduct. would it be right for mps who face such allegations earns automatically to be banned from the parliamentary estate ? i'll the parliamentary estate? i'll discuss those matters with a panel of canny observers in ukraine. the russians are accused of committing war crimes and on the highly specific charge of abducting of children, the international criminal court hasissued the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for vladimir putin, a new documentary, ukraine's sto

our very own michael portillo . very own michael portillo. >> but first, here's the news headunes >>irst, here's the news headlines with pip tomson . headlines with pip tomson. >> good morning . it's nearly >> good morning. it's nearly 1032. let me bring you the latest headlines from the gb newsroom now. we're getting reports coming in saying that the united states is working with israel, egypt and qatar to open the rafah border crossing in southern gaza. now, that would be to help egypt , but get would be to help egypt, but get palestinians out of gaza and for them to get humanitarian aid in. they are working to open that corridor from 12:00 till 5:00 this afternoon. soon now, there are also new aid flights arriving in egypt's sinai peninsula. relief material is they are being held until they can be safe passage to get that delivery into the nearby gaza strip , the southern gaza strip, strip, the southern gaza strip, because there are over a million people fleeing these israeli airstrikes . and of course, this airstrikes. and of course, this ground offensive , a massive ground offen

>> good morning and welcome to sunday with michael portillo. a two hour sprint through arts, culture, politics and world affairs. we begin today with the shocking events unfolding in and around israel . israelis in the around israel. israelis in the south of the country woke up to find that towns have been infiltrated by hamas terrorists who unleashed a torrent of killings and kidnappings. meanwhile thousands of rockets were israel . how were fired across israel. how were fired across israel. how were the israeli defence forces caught off guard? and what is the prospect now for that historic diplomatic deal between israel and saudi arabia ? by israel and saudi arabia? by coincidence, a new film about golda meir, once israeli prime minister , recalls how israel was minister, recalls how israel was caught unawares exactly 50 years ago by the joint egyptian and syrian invasion on yom kippur in 1973, the movie's screenwriter, nicholas martin, will join me in the studio. so eral weeks ago we reported on another corner of the middle east where armeni

this is the second hour of sunday with michael portillo. we celebrate history, travel and good debate , the government has good debate, the government has scrapped the birmingham to manchester leg of the hs2 railway , but the thorny question railway, but the thorny question remains of what do with all remains of what to do with all the land that was compulsorily purchased for the route, the times reported this week that the treasury plans to sell it off at £100 billion loss to the taxpayer, a decision variously described as spiteful and scorched earth by those who hope that the line might still be completed at some point in the future. we'll debate that yesterday was trafalgar day, a commemoration of the astonishing feat of arms that allowed britannia to rule the waves, thwarting a napoleonic invasion of england . what reserves of of england. what reserves of courage and resilience must it have taken for nelson's sailors to make the royal navy ruler of the high seas ? one man who might the high seas? one man who might know is will sovereign

by by >> by >> hello and welcome to sunday with michael portillo. the program which aims to be a perfect bridge from sunday morning to afternoon , striding morning to afternoon, striding through arts culture, politics and world affairs . through arts culture, politics and world affairs. in a few minutes, we'll have three top notch political pundits who will analyse the fallout from the labour party conference. last week , a glittery performance week, a glittery performance from sir keir starmer has given a fresh boost to the opposition. meanwhile the scottish nationalists, whose party conference starts today in aberdeen, are employed coding, which could ease labour's path to victory next year. what future for the conservatives if they were to find themselves ousted from power in a year's time? the influential onward think tank has published the first of several papers urging the party to reject liz truss's brand of libertarianism that seems to have such a hold on the membership . i'll speak to the membership. i'll speak to the report's co—author . a

gb news, britain's news channel . me, michael portillo, gb news, britain's news. me, michael portillos . channel britain's news. channel >> welcome back. it is 3:47. you are watching and listening to me patrick christys right here on gb news. now in a few moments time i will tell you about the restaurant that is charging £900 for a steak. i am more concerned about the idiots that walk through that restaurant's doors and then buy that steak. is it any establishments right to charge whatever they want for anything ? if you're anything? but if you're stupid enough then that's enough to buy it, then that's your but at 4:00, your own fault. but at 4:00, i will also have more on the government plans the government plans to cut the number of migrant hotels to accommodate migrants and that big shamima begum discussion. will she actually be coming back to britain? her appeal is back in the courts, which, by the way, paying way, you might be paying for with we'll come with legal aid. but we'll come on rishi sunak on to that now. rishi sunak celebrates as prime celebrates a year as prime ministe

when it comes to labour me, michael portillo gb news britain's news. me, michael portillo gb news britain's liverpool. the labour party conference here with me patrick christys now gb news understands that more than 300 migrants crossed the channel to uk the last two days to the uk in the last two days alone . it continues to pile the alone. it continues to pile the pressure rishi sunak, who's pressure on rishi sunak, who's pledged with the crisis, pledged to deal with the crisis, has a critical point, as has reached a critical point, as is rwanda plan has faced the supreme court. today, the court of appeal ruled in june that the scheme to deport illegal migrants to the african country was unlawful , lawful. i'm joined was unlawful, lawful. i'm joined now by by ray addison, who is , now by by ray addison, who is, of course, our reporter who's outside the supreme court for us today . ray, what's the latest, today. ray, what's the latest, please ? please? >> good afternoon, patrick. yes, well , we know that sir james well, we know that sir james eady, who's representing the home office, has s

well, he was a tory, at least former defence secretary michael portillo gb news, presenter from 11. er from 11. now, michael, i'd just like to ask you, first of all, what do you make of what mark harper had to say, this transport in the north plan has gone horribly wrong, hasn't it? i i got used to the idea that britain is now not able to build anything competently. >> i hadn't yet got my head around the idea that the civil service ministers were service and ministers were unable a unable to put together a document competently. you absolutely him on the ropes absolutely had him on the ropes on that one. i mean, it really is pathetic. by the way, on my programme i will be asking the question is it that britain question how is it that britain just build any large just can't build any large projects today? when you think back used to be in back to what we used to be in victorian times, it's pathetic. >> and let's have your reaction , please, the events in , please, to the events in israel . sir michael it's hugely israel. sir michael it's hugely concerning . we've got netanyahu concerni

stay with michael portillo, gb news, britain's news. michael portillo, gb news, britain's news .nel >> welcome back to the live desk. let's update you with the latest situation in israel and in gaza as well. we've got the latest shot here of the skyline of gaza where, of course, up to 200 hostages are believed to still be held and more information now from the idf that has said that the majority of the hostages are alive or that from information they've published earlier, specifically more than 20 believed to be children under the age of 18, between 10 and 20 are over the age of 60. >> yes , the idf does say it is >> yes, the idf does say it is acting in full transparency with the hostages family and is constantly communicate with them about every update that can be shared. so the families of the hostages will have this new information. let's also remember that two of those hostages are understood to be british nationals . nationals. >> is the idf stressing what it saysis >> is the idf stressing what it says is the extreme complexity that comes with locating information about the

that's it for the first hour of sunday with michael portillo. be asking what would we did stop oil would happen if we did stop oil or indeed, where would we be today without oil? stay with us. >> hello there. greg >> hello there. i'm greg dewhurst welcome to your dewhurst and welcome to your latest weather forecast. latest gb news weather forecast. we in the forecast we do have rain in the forecast over coming days, but over the coming days, but there'll bright spells there'll be some bright spells at temperatures at times too, and temperatures generally warm side, generally on the warm side, particularly we head towards generally on the warm side, parti weekend. we head towards generally on the warm side, parti weekend. low1ead towards generally on the warm side, parti weekend. low pressureirds next weekend. low pressure generally the generally dominating the pressure the next pressure pattern over the next few . days, bringing spells of few. days, bringing spells of rain, but eventually . high rain, but eventually. high pressure should start t

now, i'm joined now by the former secretary, former defence secretary, michael will be michael portilloting his gb news show, as usual after show from 11. usual after this show from 11. now, i recall, michael, i think you were a defence secretary, i.e. the time of the i.e. around the time of the signing of oslo accords, signing of the oslo accords, about ago . could you about 30 years ago. could you have envisaged then in what is now happening in israel now ? now happening in israel now? >> well, israel has always been in this unstable position, surrounded by very hostile forces and has had to arm itself to the teeth and indeed prevent terrorists from entering its territory. and the prevention of terrorists entering its territory is what is characterised by others as being the repressing of the population . in those places where the people are restrained behind fences and walls . so i suppose, fences and walls. so i suppose, yes , i mean, one could foresee yes, i mean, one could foresee a reigniting of violence . there reigniting of violence. there was a period when israel was very succ

. >> michael portillo and that's right . right. >> and it's so bad economics , >> and it's so bad economicsailways since the 19th century, so it seems a little bit strange to sort talk about 19th to sort of talk about 19th century romanticism. >> we haven't >> the problem is we haven't replaced those railway lines. crossrail, crossrail, crossrail, i mean, crossrail, yeah but underground. i yeah, but that's underground. i mean, was great. that mean, crossrail was great. that was something everyone was something that everyone complained the time and complained about at the time and now in always busy. now it's in place always busy. everyone i think everyone loves it. i think the idea constantly start idea that constantly we start these then cancel these projects and then cancel them saying , look, them instead of saying, look, sometimes you've got to spend a bit will reap sometimes you've got to spend a bit benefits will reap sometimes you've got to spend a bit benefits in will reap sometimes you've got to spend a bit benefits in the will reap sometimes you've got to spend a bit benefits in t

but fatima whitbread after michael portillo, gb news, britain's news channel . gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua andits on digital radio. i'm nana akua and it's now time for this week's difficult conversation . week's difficult conversation. now fatima whitbread is a former javelin world champion who is a as a baby was abandoned in a flat in london and left to die when neighbours heard her cries. the police were called and she was sent to hospital to recover from malnutrition and dehydration. after her recovery, fatima spent her childhood in a children's home. but when she was only 11, she was raped by a man staying in the flat. however, fatima did not let that abuse take over once she was adopted. whitbread began training the former world training hard. the former world champion would train three times a day for seven days a week. in 1979, fatima whitbread was crowned european junior champion , becoming the first british woman hold the title. and woman to hold the title. and after career , the sports after her career, the sports personal

michael portillo gb news britain's news . channel britain's news. channel >> wow.body. yes. now england bosses have hit out after world rugby's decision to close an investigation into the alleged racist slur at last saturday's semi—final game, obviously involving england. now world rugby did not continue investigations into the alleged verbal abuse this was directed at tom curry from lamborghini bambi due to insufficient evidence. it is an unexpected development to say the least, actually, because the rfu revealed that it disclosed to the inquiry that curry had also been the victim of the same abuse from the same player. when the rivals clashed at twickenham last november . so there was last november. so there was a bit of history here. now i, for obvious reason, cannot repeat and would not want to, by the way. exactly what was allegedly said to tom curry. but it was i mean, unequivocally racist. and let's be honest with you , if it let's be honest with you, if it was anything if there was a whiff of a suspicion that something like this had happened the other way r

because he wants to avoid of portillo to avoid quotes of portillo a moment you remember when michael portilloinister a tory leadership candidate , he lost his seat in candidate, he lost his seat in enfield southgate in north london to stephen twigg, who then became a labour education minister. and that was kind of among labour types. were you still up for portillo ? that was still up for portillo? that was the iconic image of the 1997 election, or certainly one of them. jeremy hunt , some people them. jeremy hunt, some people say wants to avoid losing his seat. he's got a relatively small majority, but the hunt's friends and allies and him on the record, they deny this. they say, no, he is going to stand. he is going to stand, though, of course, there's still quite a lot of time when he could change his mind. but certainly jeremy jeremy hunt will not like these numbers. he'll glad that the numbers. he'll be glad that the that the unemployment is steady. but because economy is now but because the economy is now flatlining, these pmi numbers , flatlining, these pmi numbers, there's going to be

so do stay with . with me, michael portillo gb news, britain's news channel .d ellie costello. >> now a 57 year old woman has died after being swept away in a river as storm babet batters scotland . scotland. >> and the met office has issued a rare red weather warning in aberdeenshire and angus . aberdeenshire and angus. >> let's go live now to gb news, scotland reporter tony maguire , scotland reporter tony maguire, who is in brecon for us this morning. what's the situation on the ground, tony? >> hey, good morning . well, >> hey, good morning. well, certainly the emergency crews here are have been working hard and we just saw a shift change about an hour ago where there is about an hour ago where there is a mix of coastguard search and rescue, fire engine and the police as well. the flooding seems to be most severe, as we would imagine, down by the banks of the south river esk . of the south river esk. certainly behind me, you can see that there's some trees that we've already seen in the last hour shifting as they have fallen into the water as that bank comp

sundays on gb news with me, michael portillo gb news britain's new charleton . you're with britain's newsroom here on gb news with emily carver and me. tom hannood yes , you may me. tom hannood yes, you may have seen comedy legend john cleese new series trailed on the channel over the last few weeks. >> but in case you missed it, let's have a quick look here for the show. >> what you we're filming a television show . this is a television show. this is a mediaeval castle , you silly man. mediaeval castle, you silly man. it's for besieging and swordfighting . it's not for some swordfighting. it's not for some so—called television program . so—called television program. but we made arrangements . but we made arrangements. strange person. i am bored. are you? you're your auntie. soiled her knickers and said your mother was a vacuum cleaner who let us in a spit on your gonads. you caught a wicked son of a cabbage hunter . you caught a wicked son of a cabbage hunter. is you caught a wicked son of a cabbage hunter . is there someone cabbage hunter. is there someone els

this is britain's news channel me, michael portillo gb news britain's news channel .news with me patrick christys bringing you all the very latest until 6 pm. now. >> yes, we are going to talk about one of the most bizarre situations when it comes to a defection, a political defection. certainly one of the weirdest ones that i can think of anyway. a member of parliament for kilbride parliament for east kilbride strath and les mcgough strath haven and les mcgough leaves , which i should have leaves, which i should have practised obviously, before coming on air. lisa cameron has quit the scottish national party and to the and defected to the conservatives . she that conservatives. so she said that she quit because the toxic she quit because of the toxic culture the party in culture in the party in westminster and said that she had received support from mr sunak after mental sunak after her mental well—being deteriorated in recent weeks, but had no contact from the snp leadership . the from the snp leadership. the prime minister welcomed her to the a brave the party, cal

and it was michael howard who was the two, michael was the other two, michael portillo one other whosename escapes me to say john rec billd. name escapes me to say john rec bill cash. >> bill cash. >> bill cash. >> bill cash. yeah. >> bill cash. yeah. so >> bill cash. yeah. so and >> bill cash. yeah. so and that the europe bedevilled the issue of europe bedevilled the issue of europe bedevilled the tory party for the best part of 15 until cameron got of 15 years until cameron got the referendum and it came up with answer didn't with the answer he didn't expect. with the answer he didn't epreah, well , he's exactly the >> yeah, well, he's exactly the same problem . his problem is same problem. his big problem is that he is desperate for the labour party not to be seen to be anti—semitic , and that was be anti—semitic, and that was a slur that stuck. i mean, there was some evidence for it, but it really stuck. so he's now gone under corbyn in particular. you mean under corbyn? he's now gone the doesn't want the other way. he doesn't want anti—semitism at price. but anti—semitism at any p

michael portillo has got nothing on me. >> you have the hs2 anorak, your honoun >>ido. >> i do. >> i >> if they're right to get shot of this, aren't they? >> i'm afraid as an economist, i've been really sceptical of hs2 since the outset, as is indeed the man who bought the hs2 company into law. then transport secretary alistair darling , who transport secretary alistair darling, who in 2009 transport secretary alistair darling , who in 2009 created the darling, who in 2009 created the hs2 company. he said to me last week, yeah, but i didn't think there'd be bleep stupid enough to do it . there you go . it's there'd be bleep stupid enough to do it. there you go . it's an to do it. there you go. it's an amazing little former chancellor that's going in my little little scoop for you. there look amazing. the cost benefit analysis of high speed rail in a small country where distances are short in the uk has never stacked up all the international evidence of high speed rail in spain and in france shows us that what it does, it draws more and more business to the big cities and less and les

gb me, michael portillo gb news britain's news channel . christys on gb news live shots that have stood out in southern israel, which as we can see is currently got smoke billowing from above it all action in israel at the moment . moment. >> israeli troops building up on the west bank as well as the fallout from yesterday's massive explosion at a hospital in gaza. each side blaming each other. israel and now the president of the united states, joe biden, who we heard from just a few moments ago, coming out and saying that their intelligence suggests that was by an suggests that it was fired by an islamist terrorist group from within and that a rocket within gaza and that a rocket misfired and has killed scores of people at that hospital. but closer to home, nobody cares. nobody cares about stopping the boats. there is absolutely be no deterrent to being one of the larger human traffickers in the world, as evidenced by the latest example of justice. so soft it could have been handed down feather. chap down with a feather. a chap called hiwa

i'll see you in a me, michael portillo gb news britain's news channel .trick >> well, hello, it's patrick christys. here i am in brighton for the gb news poppy appeal. we had an idea a couple of days ago in light of the kind of very tense atmosphere that's taking place in the country at the moment to try to show a little bit of patriotism and show a bit of love for the people who made the sacrifice or who the ultimate sacrifice or who are to make are prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for our great nation, as, course, our dear nation, as, of course, our dear veterans. set a just veterans. so we set up a just giving page, just giving.com/page, fonnard slash gb news poppy. and we found out that it's becoming increasingly difficult , apparently for people difficult, apparently for people in certain areas at the royal british find british legion to find volunteers to go out and do that. appeal. so we that. poppy appeal. so we thought we'd basically take the appeal them. one of those appeal to them. one of those areas brighton, which is why areas was brig

patrick christys news gb news with me, michael portillo, gb news, britain's news channel .r listening to me patrick christys on gb news now the king and queen have flown to kenya for a five day state visit today . but amongst visiting today. but amongst visiting nairobi national park, a meeting, kenyan marines buckingham palace says the trip will acknowledge the painful aspects of uk and kenya's shared history. his majesty will take time to deepen his understanding of the wrong suffered by kenyan people. apparently so . so there people. apparently so. so there are calls for him to apologise. i'm just going to very quickly, straight off the bat and go to one of the emails that i've had in so far from chris in cambridge. i sincerely hope his majesty does not apologise to kenya for the past on my behalf. that's chris's view. get those views coming in gbviews@gbnews.com. so should the king apologise? will he? who better to talk to about this than royal correspondent and fan favourite ? here at gb news is favourite? here at gb news is michael cole. michael, thank you very, very

patrick christys gb news business news show michael portillo gb news britain's news channel .l, at 4:00 we will cross live to israel. what you're looking at there is gaza city where there has just been an explosion, of course, and after hamas said that an israeli airstrike has killed one of the terror group's top officials. so it had been previously quite a quiet day so far in gaza and israel. i mean , by their israel. i mean, by their standards, let's be honest. but now we are seeing a plume of smoke above gaza, which indicates there has just been a rather large explosion. more on that as we get it. but actors, including steve coogan and oscar winner tilda swinton , have been winner tilda swinton, have been criticised after they condemn israel's military action in gaza. but did not mention hamas's terror attacks . so more hamas's terror attacks. so more than 2000 artistes, actors and musicians signed a letter from a group calling itself artists for palestine uk . the letter says palestine uk. the letter says our governments are not only tolerating war crimes but aiding and ab

michael portillo gb news britain's news channel who is it? we're here for the show . for it?come to the dinosaur hour . >> welcome to the dinosaur hour. >> welcome to the dinosaur hour. >> i was married to a therapist. >> i was married to a therapist. >> and you survived. >> and you survived. >> i thought we were getting hugh laurie second best. >> i'm bellissima. >> i'm bellissima. >> you interviewed saddam hussein. >> what's that like? >> what's that like? >> i was terrified. >> i was terrified. >> i'm playing strip poker with these three. >> oh , no, thank you. >> oh, no, thank you. >> oh, no, thank you. >> my cds need to be put in alphabetical order. >> oh, are you going to be problematic again ? problematic again? >> the dinosaur, our . sunday the >> the dinosaur, our. sunday the 29th of october at 9:00 on . gb news. >> welcome back. >> welcome back. >> it is 3:45. you are watching or listening to me. patrick christys on gb news at four as rishi sunak continues his tour of the middle east, i will ask if his future as prime minister is in doubt after the tories got an abs

this is britain's news me, michael portillo gb news britain's news channel .45. you are watching or listening to me. patrick christys on gb news now. six rotherham councillors are facing deselect action after a gb news investigation into a 2005 seminar about the town's sex abuse gangs tragedy. more sources close to rotherham labour group, including former labour group, including former labour councillors , told gb news labour councillors, told gb news that the party's head office in london had directly intervened to commence the process to deselect. several councillors . deselect. several councillors. we of course know a heck of a lot about rotherham, we talk about it a lot on this show. we talk about it a lot on this channel, don't we, the channel, don't we, about the grooming that grooming gang scandal that took place, there, right place, not just there, but right across joining us across the country. joining us now our investigative now is our investigative reporter, peters. reporter, charlie peters. charlie, very much. charlie, thank you very much. right.

gb views me, michael portillo news, britain's news channel . just britain's news channel. i'm nana akua don't forget you can stream forget as well. you can stream the on youtube now. the show live on youtube now. we've got lots to get through in this hour, it's time now for this hour, but it's time now for the i'm the great british debate i'm asking couple giorgio asking will power couple giorgio maloney rishi sunak or as maloney and rishi sunak or as i like to call them , m&s, will like to call them, m&s, will they be able to solve the migrant crisis now? giorgio maloney and rishi an maloney and rishi sunak an alliance with shared concerns over illegal migration could potentially reshape europe's approach to this very concerning issue. now they're collaborating issue. now they're collaborating is proving instrumental as they successfully influenced the european policy on illegal migration in co—chaired meetings and secured deals with multiple nafions and secured deals with multiple nations , their joint efforts nations, their joint efforts have yielded an eight point plan

don't go anywhere me, michael portillo gb news britain's new . channel britain's new.nana akua. this is gb news. we are the people's channel. it's time now though, for the great british debate this hour. and i'm asking , this hour. and i'm asking, should dame alison rose get her big payout after the farage de—banking scandal? now the former natwest boss is up for a payout of worth 2.4 million. that's after she stepped down following a row over the way she the way the bank closed nigel's accounts. well sort of thing. but she sort of broke the banking code as well. so that's sort of what happened there. dame also set to dame alison is also set to benefit and share benefit from bonuses and share awards, push the awards, which could push the amount up to nearer £10 million, which has been branded as a bit of a sick joke by the former ukip leader. yesterday, an independent review revealed that the closure of farage account did not follow the bank's policies, but the .decision was lawful for predominantly commercial reasons. the gb news presenter was described as described t

michael portillo gb news britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> good afternoon. channel. and it's time now for the great british debate this hour. i'm debate this hour. and i'm asking, car asking, is the electric car dream over? now, motoring industry bosses are warning that the price of electric cars could increase by a further £6,000. that's rishi sunak fails to that's if rishi sunak fails to reach a new deal with the eu on tariffs. now, the prime minister is reportedly pushing the european commission to delay the implementation of new post—brexit trading rules due to come out into force in january 2024. however brussels has so far shown no signs of budging. that's leaving british car manufacturers facing the prospect of 10% tariffs on exports. now that's something the trade commission says could cut ev production by up to 480,000. this follows rishi sunak decision to delay the ban on all new petrol and diesel cars until 2035, a decision critics argue will harm the electric car industry . so for electric car industry. so for the great british debate, this houn

with me, michael portillo gb news britain's new . channel is news britain's new.gb news. we are the people's channel. i'm nana akua . and in some breaking news, prime minister rishi sunak has just speaking out about the just been speaking out about the atrocities israel . the scenes atrocities in israel. the scenes that we've seen in israel over the past 36 hours are truly horrifying thing. >> i want to express my absolute solidarity for the people of israel . now is not a solidarity for the people of israel. now is not a time for equivocation and i'm unequivocal. >> hamas and the people who support hamas are fully responsible for this appalling act of terror , for the murder of act of terror, for the murder of civilians for and the kidnapping of innocent people, including children. >> i've just spoken with prime minister netanyahu to assure him of the uk's steadfast support as israel defends itself against these appalling attacks. >> we will do everything that we can to help terrorism will not prevail . prevail. >> um . >> um. >> um. >> what information do we hav

this is michael portillo gb news britain's news channel .fter 5:00. this is gb news. i'm nana akua . now it's time for the nana akua. now it's time for the great british debate. this hour. and i'm asking you, who is the greatest threat to global stability? is it is it the is it not the uk but is it america? is it china? is it russia? is it iran? we're living in a very cruel society. the conflict between israel and hamas continues to spiral, as reports say 700 palestinian continues to spiral, as reports say have 700 palestinian continues to spiral, as reports say have reportedly stinian continues to spiral, as reports say have reportedly been] children have reportedly been killed in gaza. the war between russia and ukraine nears to 600 days and seems to be no closer to conclusion than the it to conclusion than the day it started hidden in news started hidden in the news agenda due events elsewhere, agenda due to events elsewhere, of course. and meanwhile, russia . of course. and meanwhile, russia , iran continue to , china and iran continue t

sundays on gb news with me, michael portillo gb news britain's new . channel britain's new.re the people's channel. don't forget as well. you can stream the show live on youtube. i'm nana akua and it's time for the great british debate. this hour and i'm asking suella braverman that migrant braverman saying is that migrant crossings an invasion. crossings are an invasion. but do agree with her wording do you agree with her wording more half of britain's back more than half of britain's back the home secretary has choice of words used to describe the arrival of 109,000 illegal migrants via small boats since 2018. that is according to a poll of nearly 2000 people. in addition , the survey by people addition, the survey by people polling found that an ovennhelming 52% of the public believe that channel migrants should be considered a security threat, whereas only 20% did not believe they represented a threat at all. so for the great british debate this hour, i'm asking suella braverman says, that migrant crossings are an invasion . do you agree with her? invasion. do you agree

patrick christys here on gb news, we are britain's news michael portillo gb news britain's news channelall kicked off so far here at conservative party conference, hasn't it? >> you are watching or listening to christys on gb to me. patrick christys on gb news live here in manchester. more now on the future of hs2 in about 20 minutes. before my show started , i had a running order. started, i had a running order. we had it all best laid plans and all that because got and all that because it got pred and all that because it got ripped up when announced, oh, ripped up when it announced, oh, hang could we hang on a minute, could we have a of a leg of hs2 ? hang on a minute, could we have a ofaleg of hs2?a a scrapping of a leg of hs2? a senior government source has now told gb news that no decision has been made about whether the northern leg of that railway line will be scrapped. but after a speculation , it's been a week of speculation, it's been reported, , insiders reported, though, insiders sources say the rishi sunak has decided to ditch the high speed rail link between manchester and