it's a shame, with natalie elphicke? it's a shame, with natalie being _ natalie elphicke?phicke? it's a shame, with natalie being further to _ natalie elphicke? it's a shame, with natalie being further to the - natalie elphicke? it's a shame, with natalie being further to the right - natalie being further to the right than me i would be surprised if she finds a home with the labour party. if you look at the things she has said on— if you look at the things she has said on the _ if you look at the things she has said on the past, her criticism of labour— said on the past, her criticism of labour on — said on the past, her criticism of labour on the policy on the boats, it seems— labour on the policy on the boats, it seems incompatible with her position— it seems incompatible with her position now. it�*s it seems incompatible with her position nova— it seems incompatible with her. position now._ any position now. it's up to her. any words to offer _ position now. it's up to her. any words to offer her— position now. it's up to her. any words to offer her must - position now.

in it will be more likely because of natalie elphicke.— natalie elphicke. elphicke. in 100 days or three months we _ natalie elphicke. in 100 days or three months we can _ natalie elphicke. in 100 days or three months we can take i natalie elphicke. in 100 days or three months we can take awayj natalie elphicke. in 100 days or- three months we can take away the majority and actually call a general election. the rate at which people are defecting from the tory party to the labour party, it is a government thatis the labour party, it is a government that is in decay, a party indicates. tim, what is the logic here, that natalie elphicke can have the whip but diane abbott can't? diane abbott should have the _ but diane abbott can't? diane abbott should have the whip _ but diane abbott can't? diane abbott should have the whip restored, i i should have the whip restored, i have said that since last year. is this a strategic mistake and why is keir starmer not allowing the whip to be restored? i keir starmer not allowing the whip to be restored?— to be restored? i

natalie elphicke blamed party.sion on what she called the broken promises of rishi sunak's tired and chaotic government. it is the latest in a dramatic drop in the government's working majority since the last general election , since the last general election, from more than 80 seats to less than 50. miss elphicke says there's a brighter future under a labour government . a labour government. >> in 2019, the conservatives stood on a manifesto that was very much centre ground. but under rishi sunak they've abandoned the centre ground and broken many election promises. meanwhile, under keir starmer, labour have changed and i think that change is going to bring a much better future for our country. and that's why i'm so keen to join the labour party and play my part in bringing that important future forward . that important future forward. >> and two other news scotland's new first minister has appointed kate forbes as his deputy. the former finance secretary says she's deeply honoured to accept the invitation. miss f

natalie set out.lors and mayors across the country and it is a party that is on its last legs. it is out of road and ideas. that is why i genuinely think the mood of the country and natalie has picked up on this is for change. and a general election. and that is why nobody can understand why the prime minister is clinging on by his fingernails powerfor as prime minister is clinging on by his fingernails power for as long as prime minister is clinging on by his fingernails powerfor as long as he can. you should do the decent thing, read the room and college general election. thank you. john read the room and college general election. thank you.— read the room and college general election. thank you. john from the mirror. election. thank you. john from the mirror- do — election. thank you. john from the mirror- do you _ election. thank you. john from the mirror. do you think— election. thank you. john from the mirror. do you think safe - election. thank you. john from the mirror. do you think safe and -

yesterday, natalie elphicke jumped ship . natalie elphicke jumped ship.ing the 64th conservative mp to declare they will not stand again at the next general election. every day there's a fresh battle front for rishi sunak at the moment. >> it really feels like it . >> it really feels like it. nadhim zahawi obviously had to resign under a cloud, when it was when it emerged that he had been investigated by hmrc from for his tax affairs and had tried to cover that cover up. that investigation . all of that that investigation. all of that aside, he was actually considered a very competent minister when he was in government and is well liked as an mp. he also has an impressive back story. a boy who came over from baghdad with almost no english, who went on to found yougov and then to go on to be the chancellor of the exchequer. that sort of calibre of mp rishi sunak can't really afford to lose the fact that the number is now up to 64 conservative mps . now up to 64 conservative mps. to put that in perspective, before the 1997 labour landslide , 75 conservative

_ to natalie elphicke. do you agree with them? robert, _ to natalie elphicke.th them? robert, thanks. on l to natalie elphicke. do you agree i with them? robert, thanks. on this question about the past and the future. i'm not standing here pretending that everything has been perfect about the last 14 years, of course not. but i'm incredibly proud of our record in government, and some of the most difficult circumstances that any government has faced since the end of the second world war, not least starting with our country that was bankrupt. whether you look at the economy, the transformation in our schools, the strengthening of our defence, all these things, how we have progressed as a society in inclusiveness, it is her record to be proud of. of course there were areas that were far from perfect. you talk more recently about the last few years. those are global shocks, the pandemic didn't just happen to the uk. the war in the ukraine impacted energy bills notjust in the uk. what is happening in the middle east isn't just something that concerns the united king

i would you have picked natalie elhicke? , ., would you have picked natalie elhicke? , . elphicke? must admit i said something — elphicke? i must admit i said something like _ elphicke? i must admit i said something like core - elphicke? i must admit i said something like core blimey i elphicke? i must admit i said - something like core blimey when i saw this happen at prime minister's questions, looking down from the press gallery. some remarks from labour and conservative mps were rather more fruity than that. it's fair to say that actually her politics is more nuanced from the key you have heard from some conservative mps who have been joshing with labour mps are saying she is more right—wing than most of the conservative party because on some issues may be that is reasonable but another is perhaps not. the big picture here is that if you had watched the news the last couple of weeks you might think people swap sides every fortnight but it is actually pretty rare. going back a couple of years, christian wakeford swapped from the conservatives to labour. prior to that you have to

good afternoon, any words for natalie elphicke?ame, with natalie being further to the right than me, i would be surprised if she finds a home with the labour party. if you look at the things she has said on the past, her criticisms of labour on the policy on the boats, it seems incompatible with her position now. it's up to her. any words to offer her? i only go through dover for the ferry. natalie elphicke became an mp in 2019, replacing her then—husband charlie elphicke after he was charged with sexually assaulting two women. he was later convicted and jailed, at which point she announced that their marriage was ending. tonight, labour will hope the focus is on the big picture — two defections from the conservatives in less than a fortnight. natalie elphicke today, after this man, dan poulter, a week last sunday. let's speak to adam fleming, who joins us from the newscast podcast studio. adam, good to see you. timing is everything, isn't it?— everything, isn't it? yes, that thin of everything, isn't it? yes, that thing of unveili

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natalie.lphicke been very, very critical of sir keir starmer, basically saying he favours open borders now. hey presto. suddenly, on the eve of a general election , she defects a general election, she defects to a party. she's done nothing but criticise for years and years. do you buy this? is this an onorable defection or is something fishy going on down there in dover? what's her career about to head off the white cliffs of dover? thelma and louise style. and this is about a dramatic way of making her seem like one of the good guys, not one of those who's spectacularly failed to control our borders for all of these years. get in touch. as you can tell, i'm hyped. i hope you are too. get in touch gbnews.com/yoursay say. but before all of that is your headunes before all of that is your headlines and it's tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories from the gb news room. the conservative mp for dover stunned her colleagues this afternoon, crossing the floor and joining the labour pa

natalie elphicke was elected _ colleagues? natalie elphicke was elected in 2019. keir starmer is the solution to the problem is collective she has the bravery to stand _ collective she has the bravery to stand in — collective she has the bravery to stand in that seat against a conservative candidate to make the case for _ conservative candidate to make the case for why she thinks labour's no plan to— case for why she thinks labour's no plan to stop — case for why she thinks labour's no plan to stop the boats is good for her constituents when it means more people _ her constituents when it means more people coming across, more people clogging _ people coming across, more people clogging up photos, more nhs places bein- clogging up photos, more nhs places being pressured. and of course, she isn't going _ being pressured. and of course, she isn't going to come she is running scared _ isn't going to come she is running scared which mean she hasn't got a very strong — scared which mean she hasn't got a very strong record to defend. jonathan _ very strong record to defe

conservative mp natalie elphicke has switched to laboun natalie elphicke has switched to labour, accusingishi sunak of breaking promises. in another blow for the prime minister some of sir keir starmer's mps aren't impressed because of her previous criticism of labour's policies. downing street, though, has brushed off questions about whether rishi sunakis questions about whether rishi sunak is concerned and following now the second defection in under a fortnight, dan poulter made the same switch over the under a fortnight, dan poulter made the government's handling of the nhs. but number 10 has reaffirmed the prime minister's focused on the priorities of the british people . the russian british people. the russian embassy in the uk says new measures against its officials are groundless, and that the reasons given for them are ridiculous. moscow's defence attache is being expelled over claims he's a spy. several russian diplomat premises are also being shut while there will be new restrictions on diplomatic visas. the home secretary says britain is trying to dismantle the kremlin's intell

natalie, as anna is saying, the are game. natalie, as anna is saying, they are the _ game.as anna is saying, they are the underdogs, but - game. natalie, as anna is saying, they are the underdogs, but you | game. natalie, as anna is saying, i they are the underdogs, but you will not be taking anything for granted, surely? flit not be taking anything for granted, surel ? . ., , not be taking anything for granted, surel ? .., , ., not be taking anything for granted, surel ? _, , ., ., ., not be taking anything for granted, surel ? , ., ., ., ., surely? of course not, tottenham are a aood surely? of course not, tottenham are a good side- — surely? of course not, tottenham are a good side. their _ surely? of course not, tottenham are a good side. their manager— surely? of course not, tottenham are a good side. their manager is - surely? of course not, tottenham are a good side. their manager is a - a good side. their manager is a great manager. it is going to be difficult, they have beaten manchester city and we have beaten chelsea, we have had to be bigger teams to get there. s

from natalie have the words from natalie elphicke that you can bring us?at midday, just as mps were preparing for prime minister's questions, just as the prime minister got to his feet. natalie elphicke said today i announced that i have decided to join the labour party and that i will sit in parliament as a labour mp. when i was elected in 2019. the conservative party occupied the centre ground of british politics. the party was about building the future and making the most of the opportunities that lay ahead for our country. since then, many things have changed. the elected prime minister was ousted in a coup led by the unelected rishi sunak under rishi sunak, the conservatives have become a byword for incompetence and division. the centre ground has been abandoned and key pledges of the 2019 manifesto have been ditched. she goes on to write about how the labour party has changed from the leadership under jeremy corbyn, and changed from the leadership underjeremy corbyn, and points to what she sees as policy failures from the conservative party on migrat

natalie elphicke., as she she walked the floor yesterday . but of course floor yesterday. but of course is this damaging for keir starmer. he is facing a bit of a backlash. anyway this is what natalie elphicke had to say . natalie elphicke had to say. >> i don't really know her to be honest . she's very much >> i don't really know her to be honest. she's very much on >> i don't really know her to be honest . she's very much on the honest. she's very much on the more of the right wing of the party. i mean, i know all parties are a broad church, but she was kind of an erg member and, big liz truss supporter, i believe so, i don't really know her personally very well. i mean, whilst it's disappointing to see colleagues go, this one does not look like a good fit. i mean, i think most people are very, very surprised. it seemed to come to a surprise to most mps. and yeah, it shows really a real lack of principle . st real lack of principle. st giles, well, obviously that was the education secretary, there we

natalie, is the great escape on for you? i natalie, is the great escape on for ou?'s highly unlikely. i'm going to _ you? i think it's highly unlikely. i'm going to get _ you? i think it's highly unlikely. i'm going to get excited - you? i think it's highly unlikely. i'm going to get excited about i you? i think it's highly unlikely. | i'm going to get excited about it because — i'm going to get excited about it because why wouldn't i? we've got nothing _ because why wouldn't i? we've got nothing else to play for. but i'm also not — nothing else to play for. but i'm also not naive and i'm very much aware of— also not naive and i'm very much aware of the _ also not naive and i'm very much aware of the tasks ahead of us. the thing _ aware of the tasks ahead of us. the thing that's — aware of the tasks ahead of us. the thing that's been disappointing for me as _ thing that's been disappointing for me as every single time we've been geared _ me as every single time we've been geared up _ me as every single time we've been geared up for a game that we must win and _ gear

i'm delighted to welcome natalie elphicke to the labour party. a strong track record on issues such as housing, she is on the front line when it comes to the crisis of small boats, and the reason that she is given forjoining the labour party is very, very important, because i think she speaks for very many tory voters in saying that the tory party has changed, it's left the centre ground, but equally the labour party has changed. we are very clearly the party of the national interest, country first, party second, and i look forward to working with her on the mission to deliver the real change that this country desperately needs. are there more mps that might be defecting? i think there are very many tory voters who genuinely feel that the party that they may have voted for many, many times in some places, is no longer the tory party that they see, and i say to every tory voter who feels that they want to be part of a national mission to change our country for the better that the project we've built here in this changed labour party is a project t

natalie elphicke in natalie elphicke has been absolutely natalie elphicke made a speech in the house ago about housing, where she criticised the government completely for its retreat on the landlords bill. that's the thing she's going to be advising the party on, okay? he hasn't changed. he hasn't changed one policy because of natalie elphicke. her politics have have changed because she sees what a failure the conservative government is. and the rats are leaving the tory sinking ship. >> can i can i say something right. most people in the country are not going to say, oh, well done, natalie, you know a lot about housing. that's the right thing to do. what they're going to say is keir starmer should have shown a bit of class and said, thank you for your support. but no, because you're very, very, very far away from where we are and where we're going. but the reason he didn't say that, because he doesn't have one particular direction of travel, that's the difference. matthew, most people are not sat at home with a, with a with an excel sheet looking at policy. what they're looking at i

natalie, and i was saying the are to it. natalie, and i was saying they are the — to it.g they are the underdogs but. to it. natalie, and i was saying| they are the underdogs but you to it. natalie, and i was saying - they are the underdogs but you will not take anything for granted? ihla. not take anything for granted? no, of course not. _ not take anything for granted? mfr, of course not, tottenham are a good side and we have respect for their manager, he is a great manager. it will be difficult, they have beaten manchester city and we beat chelsea. we had to beat bigger teams to get there so i am really not worried, but cautious of spurs, it will be a tight game and the last time we played them it was a 2—2 draw. i am going to back my team and everyone on the bus is backing the team. everyone on the bus backing the team. natalie, when you are travelling down the move must be buoyed up when you are travelling down together?— buoyed up when you are travelling down together? yes, we have about ten to 15 coaches _ down together? yes, we have about ten to 15 coaches and _ d

let's get back to natalie elphicke. tell us _ benches. let's get back to natalie elphicke.g she succeeded charlie elphickjohn are you note the same surname, he was her husband but he stood down from parliament because he was charged later and convicted of serious sexual offences. they have subsequently divorced, but that is the back story to natalie elphicke succeeding him in the constituency. she's only been an mp since 2019 and was on the right of the conservative party. if you'd asked me as an exercise this morning to draw a list of the 100 conservative mps i thought would be most likely to defect to the labour party, natalie elphicke would have been nowhere near it. she is on the right of the conservative party and a big supporter of borisjohnson's leadership and in her statement announcing her defection she vents her frustration at rishi sunak for an unelected leader replacing an elected leader. it is a statement of defection to the labour party which extols her support for boris johnson which extols her support for borisjohnson which is extols her support for boris jo

good afternoon, any words for natalie elphicke?ing further to the right than me i would be surprised if she finds a home with the labour party. if you look at the things she has said in the past, her criticisms of labour on immigration policy, on the boats, it seems completely incompatible with her position now. pfft, it's up to her. any words to offer her? i only go through dover for the ferry. natalie elphicke became an mp in 2019, replacing her then—husband charlie elphicke, who she's seen talking to here. he was charged with sexually assaulting two women, and later convicted and jailed, at which point she announced that their marriage was ending. tonight, labour will hope the focus is on the big picture. two defections from the conservatives in less than a fortnight. natalie elphicke today, after this man, dan poulter, a week last sunday. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. john swinney has become the seventh first minister of scotland. his appointment was rubber—stamped by the king before he wa

natalie elphicke and her dirty laundry— natalie elphicke and her dirty laundry said _ natalie elphickenoon for a three hour rehearsal because you have to get everybody in line, you have to then link up all the countries, 36 countries, 25 countries, whatever it is. you've got to get all the presenters in place. you've got to go, "hello, are you there?" in your special language. you've got to hold up a piece of paper to say that you can hear them, all that, and then on your block and then come back. then you've got to do an afternoon show! so the rehearsal was recorded, then we come on to the evening, you mustn't drink a drop because you're going to be speaking and you're going to be representing our country. it's been fascinating. and to see the love and the work and the detail of all these performers going into it — i've loved it. i've talked too long for your show. laura, look, we love you — we respect and love you — but your show is a little bit dull compared to the eurovision. 0k, cheers, sweetie, thanks. i can't top that — thank you tojoanna. thank you to my trio at the desk and to

natalie elphicke?>> yes. >> well, it's very curious , >> well, it's very curious, isn't it, because, they're mystified , frankly, because she mystified, frankly, because she was seen as being really right on the right of the party. >> she was a member of the european research group. she supported liz truss. so really, the last person that you would have expected to go over to laboun have expected to go over to labour, particularly as, as a conservative mp for dover up until wednesday, she spent plenty of time rubbishing keir starmer and his plans, or lack of a plan to stop the boats. but now she's suddenly gone about some sort of conversion and says that rishi sunaks plan isn't going to work and that she puts more faith in keir starmer. now lord cameron today has been saying that this is naked opportunity. opportunity pardon me by labour as much as anything. lots of tory mps mystified and not very impressed. and i have to say, with labour mps, a lot of them are pretty horrified at the fact that she's b

natalie elphicke crossed the floor last week, and the paper reported through gabriel pogrund that inshe had had a conversation with then justice secretary robert buckland asking him to intervene in the court case of her then husband charlie elphick facing sexual assault allegations of which he was convicted. and here's how gabriel pogrund summed it up. as i understand it, having spoken to two people - who were in the room, she said, number one, she said she did not think it was furtherl that it was being held - at southwark crown court, where it would get a lot. of publicity, the first to be held after lockdown, _ and she also felt that a very senior judge would throw the book at him, and she felt that, i am not sure i'm| allowed to say these words... you cannot use words out of context that are swearwords, but you can use words in context that are swearwords. well, with that, i'm going to say that she allegedly said - that she thought the judge, . ladyjustice whipple would be hard—arse and would be unfair on her husband. i there is a word you don't hear often enough on radio 4. henr

natalie elphicke cross last week, and story? natalie elphicke cross last week. and the — story?oss last week, and the paper _ story? natalie elphicke cross last week, and the paper reported - story? natalie elphicke cross last. week, and the paper reported that story? natalie elphicke cross last - week, and the paper reported that in 2020 _ week, and the paper reported that in 2020 she _ week, and the paper reported that in 2020 she had had a conversation with thenjustice _ 2020 she had had a conversation with thenjustice secretary 2020 she had had a conversation with then justice secretary robert buckland asking him to intervene with her— buckland asking him to intervene with her husband charlie elphick's sexual_ with her husband charlie elphick's sexual assault allegations he was then facing and has since been convicted _ then facing and has since been convicted of.— then facing and has since been convicted of. , ., , convicted of. number one, she said she did not — convicted of. number one, she said she did not think— convicted of. number one, she said she did not think it _

and in comes natalie elphicke, who sat with the erg and was one of the key proponents of brexit.s itself to the criticism of keir starmer that he is creating new labour. he might say that to win elections you need to have a broad church, but i wonder how people to the left of him feel about it. guest: it's not just people to the left, there are more mainstream centrists in the labor party that i have spoken with today, people who would be very happy to be aligned with the new labor project who are still bemused and slightly concerned, some of them, about natalie elphicke's arrival to the party because of her past views not just on immigration, but criticizing manchester united football at marcus rashford and his food and poverty campaign and for her criticisms of labour. just last year she wrote an article in which she called keir starmer sir softie, that derisive label that rishi sunak often applies to him. she a cute labour of having no plan of tackling illegal migration and of wanting open borders. so it is different of her to now go to saying that labour is this party of the

natalie: yeah.aw recently was the dea and the doj coming out and saying, we've looked at the review that was sent to us by hhs, and we are recommending a reschedule. people get to comment on that . there might be some legal challenges to that. and so when the dust settles, there would need to be some big changes or big challenges for the dea to change its mind on that. it is likely to be a reschedule, but then that reschedule is also likely to get challenged in the courts. which means, in the end, this might be up to the court system. amna: it's so fascinating too, when you take a look back and you see the america in which this is all unfolding, we can now say there's a study published in the journal addiction last month that showed marijuana use now surpasses daily alcohol consumption in the u.s. for the first time in history, and americans have very different views when it comes to pot right now. you look at the latest gallup from a poll last year found some 70% of adults now support legalization.

this is natalie elphicke. backfired , defections absolutely backfired, hasn't it? what on earth was keir starmer thinking? this woman is a rabid right winger who's attacked labour, and now we find out that she's tried to cover up with the help of the former justice secretary, robert formerjustice secretary, robert buckland. her ex—husband's conviction for sexual assault allegations . allegations. >> well, first of all, camilla, i'm a pussycat, as you know, not an attack dog, but more generally, i think the defection reveals the decay and disintegration of the tory government before our eyes. yes, she has said that the interpretation of events is not one that she recognises, that it is nonsense . but i think her is nonsense. but i think her move is as what is happening across the country with people who have been conservative all their lives or perhaps shifted their lives or perhaps shifted their vote from labour to conservative in more recent years, are shifting now to the labour party, led by keir starmer, be

now, of course, one reason for that is natalie elphick's politics.ight of the conservative party she's been a huge proponent of the rwanda bill. if anything , it rwanda bill. if anything, it sounded as though she didn't think it went far enough . but think it went far enough. but also, of course, there was this huge, huge controversy over her backing. her husband, the former mp charlie elphicke, when he was convicted for sexual offences. after that conviction, she said that the reason he was being punished for being attracted and attractive to women. now, that's not the sort of comment you expect to hear from any politician, let alone a female labour politician. so i think it's not really surprising that quite a lot of labour mps. it sounds as though jess phillips is leading the charge, aren't happy about the newest member of their benches at all. >> it seems to me, olivia, that keir starmer took this decision with a small cabal of advisers he didn't consult widely at all, which doesn't augur well for the future, does it? and even the chief whip, who

they've got natalie elphicke.r security guard, which is partly what we already do anyway. yeah, apart from maybe the involvement of m15. but i thought they would get involved if necessary. and by talking about this and then accepting natalie elphicke, people are now looking at all the scandal around natalie elphicke and not sort of dissecting sir keir starmer's policies, which makes him a very astute politician , him a very astute politician, frankly. and somebody i wouldn't want to play chess against. >> yeah, but why would she want to put herself in that position? >> she must have known that all this dirt will be dragged out. i mean, it had been put to bed and it's all out in the open again. she's having everything sort of gone through with the forensic comb, and i just cannot see what, what she would get out of this. >> well, you could also . well, i >> well, you could also. well, i suspect because it seems as in that book , mayor of that book, mayor of casterbridge, i don't know whether you ever read it, but t

then comes natalie elphicke. she was one of the key performance of brexit.starmer within his own party that he's creating new labour too. his own party that he's creating new labourtoo. he might his own party that he's creating new labour too. he might say that there's nothing wrong with that. i wonder how people in the left feel about that. it’s wonder how people in the left feel about that. �* , ., , wonder how people in the left feel about that. �*, ., , , wonder how people in the left feel aboutthat. �*, ., , ., about that. it's not 'ust people to the left. i would _ about that. it's notjust people to the left. i would say _ about that. it's notjust people to the left. i would say there - about that. it's notjust people to the left. i would say there are - the left. i would say there are more of mainstream centrist with the labour party, people who would be very happy to be aligned with the new labour project, who are still the muse to concern them about natalie elphicke arriving into the party. because of her past views, notjust party. because of her pa

. >> and the day after natalie elphicke crosses the floor.n, a bit of a brutal day for the leadership. >> oh, totally. i mean, natalie elphicke came in second in a fortnight or whatever it is. i mean , i to use, lady bracknell mean, i to use, lady bracknell here to lose one mp, looked like misfortune to lose two looks like carelessness and who knows how many more are going to follow. but but to go back to zahawi zahawi himself. i mean , zahawi zahawi himself. i mean, he's had a pretty a starry role in parliament. he served in so many of the great offices, and i suspect his real motivation is, look, we're going to get utterly slaughtered in the general election. do i really want to be languishing on, on, on the opposition benches ? and i've opposition benches? and i've known plenty of mps in my time who have found themselves, particularly tory mps after the blair landslide, who were in a state of clinical depression and remained in that for a considerable length of time. >> it's worth saying, peter , >> it's worth saying, peter, that, were to

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do you think natalie el-hicke impact. do you think natalie elphicke is — impact.atural fit for the labour party?— the labour party? i think we are seeini the labour party? i think we are seeing many — the labour party? i think we are seeing many people, _ the labour party? i think we are seeing many people, natalie i the labour party? i think we are - seeing many people, natalie elphicke and many others... let’s seeing many people, natalie elphicke and many others. . ._ and many others... let's talk specifically — and many others... let's talk specifically about _ and many others... let's talk specifically about natalie - and many others... let's talk- specifically about natalie elphicke. is she a good, natural fit for the labour party? i is she a good, natural fit for the labour party?— is she a good, natural fit for the labour party? i believe she is. you can see that _ labour party? i believe she is. you can see that in _ labour party? i believe she is. you can see that in her— labour party? i believe she is. you can see that in her statement - labour party? i

with natalie being further to _ this. with natalie being further to the _ this.is. with natalie being further to the right of i this. with natalie being i further to the right of me, i'd be surprised if she finds a home _ be surprised if she finds a home with a labour party. mrs elphicke was elected to her seat in 2019. she is the second tory to change to labour in the past two weeks. last month, conservative mp dr dan poulter announced he was leaving the party. you're live with bbc news. a new poll out of the battleground us state of wisconsin gives a slight edge to us presidentjoe biden in the upcoming presidential election. the poll from quinnipiac university shows mr biden leads the presumptive republican nominee — former president donald trump — 50% to aa% in a head—to—head matchup in the state. the poll shows mr trump leads on issues such as international conflict and the economy, while mr biden is ahead on abortion and preserving democracy. president biden spoke in wisconsin on wednesday, where he announced plans to build a $3.3 billion data centre that's

so that's the tory mp natalie elphicke from dover and deal. natalie elphicke from dover and deal .to say, i don't deal. i've got to say, i don't actually agree with this . i actually agree with this. i think crossing the floor in my view, because it suits you as an individual and what you perhaps want to achieve in your future is pretty damn shameful, actually, because it it's a snub to all of those people that turned out and gave you the cross in the box. and yes, i can hear you now saying, oh, michel, educate yourself. we vote for the person , not the party. well, the person, not the party. well, that's fascinating, but we put the parties on there. and of course, those people are selected to represent said parties and all of the policies that go with it. so if you ask me, my humble opinion, i would say that, any defection should trigger a by—election. and yes, i'm not biased in that view. i apply that whichever side you're moving from to. and and yes, i would involve and include people like lee anderson in that as well. what says you at home? but aaron, what do you say? >> well,

ben baker he says natalie and davey were passionate missionaries who love the kids of haiti. >> natalieif you look at her pictures and her interactions with the kids, they loved her. she just beamed with joy doing what she was doing. i sp said many conversation abot all the violence in the situation and how dangerous it was. but it never really faze her. >> representative baker said they are still trying to learn all the details of what happened. he said natalie and davy were leaving a church service with the missions in haiti children going to gang ambushed them and stole the nonprofits cars. there are no reports of any of the children being hurt. baker said natalie, and davy and they were hiding in a house when they were shot and killed. >> it davy and ann natalie, if nothing else they were perfect example of selflessness. that was they cared more about the people. they cared more about others than they did their own lives. that was ultimately what they gave for those people. >> baker said they are in the process of trying to get an natalie and davy's bodies safely back home. the situ

natalie elphicke, who was too.mly on the right of politics and once mocked sir keir starmer as sir softy , has keir starmer as sir softy, has defected to labour. i'll be giving my view. israel has launched its long expected rafa offensive and vowed to eliminate the remaining hamas battalions in the city. i'll be joined by an israeli mp who also attended the oxford pro—palestine protests today and like the prodigal son, it seems the king's schedule is too busy. state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by a particularly pugnacious panel this evening historian and broadcaster doctor tessa dunlop and the founder of the new culture forum, peter whittle. as always, as you know, i want to hear from you. it's a crucial part of the programme. email me mercy muroki gbnews.com. but now it's what you've all been waiting for. the news of the day with sam francis.

natalie.ents she's made, but there's no suggestion robert buckland did anything wrong here. he was approached if his story straight. he said, there's no way i can touch this. but natalie elphicke would have done something very seriously wrong. if this is true, she was trying to use her lobbying power to affect the judicial, but would it just be inappropriate rather than anything more serious than that? >> i think it's a parliamentary standards issue , you know. standards issue, you know. >> do you know what i'm thinking? i'm thinking about people in nottinghamshire where i live. and would they care about this? no, they will not. they will care about the bus service. they will care about the health service. this will be this will people will not care about that. >> would that be a headline? they just gloss over until the next? >> do the people that you know who are the people that matter? it's my viewers and listeners. do they care about diversity? because in the sunday telegraph, lisa, civil s

>> jude was a pastor who now leaves behind a wife and two young children. >> and natalie and davy had joined the mission after they got married two years ago, joining me now is natalie lloyd's father ben baker, who i should notice also a state representative in missouri and her mother, naomi and first off, i think it's probably difficult for anyone right now watching to even understand the pain that the two of you must be feeling. and i just want to thank you for being willing to come on and talk about this and ben, natalie was just 21 years old. can you tell me about your daughter natalie was special she was a very loving person. >> she was very talented she's a very good senior pick, plays the piano but she was also very determined and very organized person. >> she she's she loved davy and their relationship was beautiful to watch play out it's been very difficult for us to cope with this. now really the only reason why we're doing this is because we feel like their story is where the big told because of who they were and what they represented. and their selfless service to people.

natalie elphicke has been the mp for dover in kent since 2019. chief political correspondent henry zeffmanjoins me from the houses of parliament — henry, was this a surprise? it was a shock. if you had asked me before this afternoon to list 100 conservative mps most likely to defect to the labour party, natalie elphicke would have been nowhere near that list. and i think that was reflected in the faces of conservative mps at prime minister's questions, as keir starmer announced at the start of his question that he wanted to welcome her to the labour side. mps had not noticed her there, and they were expressing to bewilderment to each other. natalie elphicke's announcement will hurt rishi sunak, because she goes for him on an issue that is central to his attempt to recover his political position. she accuses him of failing on small boats. remember, that is one of his five priorities, and she is the mp for dover and deal in kent, where some of these crossings happen. so that will sting. the conservative party pointing out in response, hang on a sec

of course, what he didn't say was natalie . elphicke was was natalie.ppily ensconced in the tory party for all those years to . party for all those years to. >> yes, it is interesting. it sort of does feed a little bit into this narrative that we've been hearing time and time again from rishi sunak that labour has no plan. we're going to, i suppose, hear a lot more about that in the coming months and weeks. but chris, it's interesting seeing rishi sunak taking on a foreign policy speech. he's traditionally been a very domestic policy focused person. of course, his portfolios before becoming prime minister were all economics related, were all domestic . this related, were all domestic. this is almost new territory for him, but i suppose it's crucial in order to create that dividing line with keir starmer . line with keir starmer. >> yeah, he is that kind of individual who's globally facing. he's got a house in california. don't forget he's married to a wife who's part of a of a of a almost a first family in india. given the given that given their wealth

and i wouldn't have taken on natalie elphicke., that's a better word. >> yes, that's a better word. >> but anthony , what a boring speech. >> yeah, yeah. so he's suggesting that was written by i. >> why doesn't he resign and put in someone who believes in conservatism ? conservatism? >> well, i got to tell you, estimate being made of good speech. and i think he'll get the most coverage. why would it be the prime minister or would it be estimate of a or would it be keir starmer meeting his mayors in the west midlands ? i mayors in the west midlands? i reckon esther will get the most coverage. >> do you think so. >> do you think so. >> yeah. well she had something. she said i'm going to stop spending on these woke diversity schemes in, in, in government. and that's great news. although why has it taken so long i don't know. >> and also why did all of this happen on their watch as they're supposed to be conservative? aren't they. well listen, loads more still to come. do not go anywhere. this is britain's newsroom >> by popular deman

hannah was the woman who was defrauded and natalie was her sister.nformation about tim. she finally found an ex—girlfriend on facebook who said this guy is a con man. unfortunately for the family it was too late because hannah and her mother had lent him between ten and hannah had become pregnant by him. i will play you a clip not of hannah. you will first hear her sister natalie talking about the impact it had when they find what they were dealing with. it was shocking. as a family, we have never been around anybody like this, so it was completely alien to us. we were quite innocent to the fact that this could actually happen. you see these things happen on tv, you never believe it's going to happen to you, but, believe me, it can. when your family came to you and, natalie, as you said, we took this information to you. what was it like hearing that? oh, i felt my world l had just fallen apart. i just thought, how am - i supposed to deal with this? i'm used to a family unit. i wouldn't have brought a baby up without it, i or without it feeling like a

natalie elphicke _ and make a difference, i hope. thank you.er he was convicted of sexual assault. so more on that in the next hour. next, a campaign is being launched in england to find more people to volunteer at local sports clubs. research by sport england suggests the sector has a deficit of 2.1 million volunteers, compared with five years ago. gary lineker is fronting the drive. along with former england netball international, geva mentor. i don't know why, but i think it is really important, this initiative, to encourage more people to volunteer, it's a massive reduction in numbers, over two million, fewer volunteers, extraordinary. the big help out can encourage people to volunteer for sports right across the country. sports communities are so, so important, sporting is important because it's great for your health and you fitness, and for your mental state, as well. it's great to encourage young people to play sport, but they need help. well, i think seeing people perhaps improve, get better at sport under their stewardship, that would

so is natalie the boats. so is natalie elphicke.defect to reform or to labour? >> i would never defect to either of them. and you know, i am a conservative to my core. and yes, of course i have disagreements with my own party and i've spoken out on some of these issues . but, you know, these issues. but, you know, perhaps it's just my own perception. but personally, i think i have the conservative point of view on these on these positions, on family , on on positions, on family, on on culture and those kind of things. and, you know, the conservative party is a very broad church. and personally, i think it's too broad a church . think it's too broad a church. and that has actually stopped us from implementing some of the legislation and some of the changes that we should have been able to do . but i am absolutely able to do. but i am absolutely able to do. but i am absolutely a conservative to my core, but you were, natalie, i would have thought, are similar kinds of conservative. >> you know, you're not on the opposite side of the c

natalie, i think the line is breaking up slightly, i'll try again, natalie. team? first trephy in five _ could this mean for the team? first trophy in five years, _ could this mean for the team? first trophy in five years, i _ could this mean for the team? f “st trophy in five years, i want this to be the first of many.— be the first of many. the first of many and _ be the first of many. the first of many and we've _ be the first of many. the first of many and we've seen _ be the first of many. the first of. many and we've seen obviously the women's game going from strength to strength even though tottenham didn't lift the cup, i imagine it had loads of supporters in the stadium. what do you think this means for the game, the amount of support that women players are getting at the moment? yet. support that women players are getting at the moment? yet, so this is the second — getting at the moment? yet, so this is the second time, _ getting at the moment? yet, so this is the second time, wimberly - getting at the moment? yet, so this is the second time, wimber