nigel nelson.ir starmer, he said to talk about bulldozing red tape to get building. do you believe him ? building. do you believe him? >> he didn't really say very much today. >> and they did say that they've been all over the place on planning. >> and it's an entire sort of dossier on labour politicians in the commons standing up for the rights of local communities to defend their neighbourhoods . and defend their neighbourhoods. and starmer's made this relatively recently. so i think they're in a bit of a muddle here. on the whole, the speech didn't really say much. >> nigel, nigel is right. >> nigel, nigel is right. >> what oppositions tend >> this is what oppositions tend to the point to to do. but he's the point to say it's worse than that. >> actually, the opposition voted against the government's intention to try and free up planning consents for about 100,000 new homes, and the opposition , they against opposition, they voted against it. opportunity to it. that was an opportunity to get and

let's cross then to nigel nelson . what do you make nigel nelson.e then to some of the goings on of then to some of the goings on of the day? well i think they've all gone mad . all gone mad. >> um, at the moment the conservative, the tories or all of them . oh, i think the thing of them. oh, i think the thing the tory party they seem to be ripping themselves apart. that that are that , um, that these are things that, um, almost make it guarantee they won't win the next election unless they were told their unless they were told by their election , isaac levido election guru, isaac levido dunng election guru, isaac levido during the week , divided parties during the week, divided parties don't win elections . this is a don't win elections. this is a completely divided party, like a political polling guru. >> two point that out because if my three year old could speak better, he'd probably be able to articulate that to them. that is just absolute basics. >> yes. i mean, your year >> yes. i mean, your three year old actually talked old hasn't actually

uh, commentator nigel nelson. uh, peter says michel , commentator nigel nelson.'m a fan of yours and i usually agree with yours and i usually agree with you 100, but tonight i'm getting so cross with you, he says. for the first time. you are so wrong. your panel is so right. you might not be a minority of one, michel, but anyone who agrees with you on your stance about the red sea, etc. is wrong , he says. in capitals. that's peter. well, that is me told, uh, but i've got to say, uh, chris, you agree with me? sandy you say yes, michel, you raise a very important point. there was a default position on that. if there is any political disagreement and nobody seems to want to negotiate it to avoid war, we rush straight in. dave says, i agree with you on this one. um, and john says, trust your instincts, michel, because you're always right. thanks, dad . uh, right. should england and wales, basically. and northern ireland follow northern ireland in having an old people's commissioner ? i'm asking. i commissioner? i'm asking. i don't know why i looked natural. my don't

gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson, and the editor of conservative home and former tory mp paul goodman. as , you know, i want to as always, you know, i want to hear from you. it's a crucial part of the programme. email me, mail gb news. com but now it's what all been waiting mail gb news. com but now it's whéthe all been waiting mail gb news. com but now it's whéthe news ll been waiting mail gb news. com but now it's whéthe news ll ithei waiting mail gb news. com but now it's whéthe news ll ithe day ting mail gb news. com but now it's whéthe news ll ithe day with for. the news of the day with polly middlehurst . jacob thank polly middlehurst. jacob thank you and good evening. >> will. the top story tonight is that the prime minister is indeed the house indeed calling on the house of lords do the right thing and lords to do the right thing and pass bill. rishi pass his rwanda bill. rishi sunak, wants to control the sunak, who wants to control the uk's borders, spoke to officials at airport this at gatwick airport this afternoon to highlight. he said the importance of bor

sunday mirror, nigel nelson. a politician stood up and said the security services have told me there is this serious risk and therefore i must do this thing that you wouldn't otherwise want me do wouldn't otherwise want me to do , politician would not be , that politician would not be believed . yes. and that seems to believed. yes. and that seems to me to date back tony blair. me to date back to tony blair. if margaret thatcher had said that even people didn't like that even people who didn't like her have she was her would have thought she was telling there's telling the truth. and there's this they this feeling that over iraq they said weren't aiming for a said they weren't aiming for a regime change when they obviously said obviously were. they said there were mass destruction were weapons of mass destruction , the there weren't. , and in the end there weren't. and a very corrosive and that's had a very corrosive effect on trust in politics and is one of the worst of the blair legacies. >> yes. i think that's

sunday mirror, nigel nelson. a politician stood up and said the security services have told me there is this serious risk and therefore i must do this thing that you wouldn't otherwise want me do wouldn't otherwise want me to do , politician would not be , that politician would not be believed . yes. and that seems to believed. yes. and that seems to me to date back tony blair. me to date back to tony blair. if margaret thatcher had said that even people didn't like that even people who didn't like her have she was her would have thought she was telling there's telling the truth. and there's this they this feeling that over iraq they said weren't aiming for a said they weren't aiming for a regime change when they obviously said obviously were. they said there were mass destruction were weapons of mass destruction , the there weren't. , and in the end there weren't. and a very corrosive and that's had a very corrosive effect on trust in politics and is one of the worst of the blair legacies. >> yes. i think that's

gb news is senior political commentator nigel nelson and the editor of conservative home, paul goodmano you first on this. if there is a statutory obugafion on this. if there is a statutory obligation to house people, what can the government do to prioritise one group against another? well, it can't , uh, not another? well, it can't, uh, not under existing equalities laws , under existing equalities laws, laws anyway. >> so i just don't know where this is actually coming this idea is actually coming from or where it can, where it can go.i from or where it can, where it can go. i think it's the language i don't like, sort of, um, british homes for british, for british workers is effectively it happens that way. anyway, nine out of ten across the country. you mentioned london, which is the exception, but across the country nine out of ten homes do have uk citizens in there. but if somebody is given refugee status , has got given refugee status, has got access to the benefit system , access to the benefit system, how you stop them getting how would you stop them getting housing on the back

nigel nelson, thank you very much for bringing us up to date on that story. nigel reassured afternoon, has nigel reassured you? i'm concerned about this story myself. lots of you quite clearly are as well. but let us know what you're thinking. gb news at gb views at gb news. has what nigel said reassured you that this is okay? i'm not sure. let me know what you're thinking n0w let me know what you're thinking now and for all of the best analysis opinion on that analysis and opinion on that story go the story and many more, go to the website . now let's website gb news.com. now let's move on, shall we? this hour we're going to talk about british education. we've heard this week that the new head of ofsted says behaviour at some schools is so bad . there are no schools is so bad. there are no go areas for staff and teachers have locked themselves in classrooms for safety at lunchtime. what on earth is going on here? and while we're on the topic of discipline, a second school has been accused of islamophobia this week and may be forced to close its doors after i

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um, gb news is senior political commentator nigel nelson and the editor conservative home, editor of nigel what can a uk government not do? how far can it go to protect these shipping lanes? >> we'll have to see after the cabinet meeting. we'll get we'll get some sort of indication of just how far rishi sunak wants to go. um, as chip was saying, one would rather hope we don't get embroiled in another foreign war, that would a surgical war, that it would be a surgical strike. quick . it'll do strike. it'll be quick. it'll do the job and protect the shipping. um, the danger obviously, is the is the whole, um, is extending the war from gaza further and further afield . gaza further and further afield. it looks like iran would actually stay out of it. but we don't know. iran is quite happy to back the houthis, back hezbollah. but not get directly involved. let's hope it stays that way. >> and we've always got hangovers , the spectre of iraq, hangovers, the spectre of iraq, haven't we? of a uk government getting involved in something that got out control and that then got out of control an

but now my panel senior political panel gb news senior political commentator and the commentator nigel nelsonhe editor home editor of conservative home and former paul goodman, former tory mp paul goodman, nigel labour needs to come up with something serious between now and the election, doesn't it? yes but i mean, the you've been a bit sort of cavalier about the detail that they have actually up with. actually come up with. >> you were rubbishing >> um, so you were rubbishing the idea of the of tackling the people smugglers. i mean, the detail is to use the detail behind that is to use the rwandan money for a dedicated police unit within the national crime agency embeds some of those officers with europol and get back the data sharing back into the databases that we, um, had before brexit. so there is some detail there about how they would actually do it. and the most interesting part i think, is the settlement scheme at the moment you have to be on british soil to claim asylum. if we had a resettlement scheme for people who've got relatives in the uk, we could process them somewhere else. b

um, gb news is senior political commentator nigel nelson and the editor conservative home, editor of what can a uk government not do? how far can it go to protect these shipping lanes? >> we'll have to see after the cabinet meeting. we'll get we'll get some sort of indication of just how far rishi sunak wants to go. um, as chip was saying, one would rather hope we don't get embroiled in another foreign war, that would a surgical war, that it would be a surgical strike. quick . it'll do strike. it'll be quick. it'll do the job and protect the shipping. um, the danger obviously, is the is the whole, um, is extending the war from gaza further and further afield . gaza further and further afield. it looks like iran would actually stay out of it. but we don't know. iran is quite happy to back the houthis, back hezbollah. but not get directly involved. let's hope it stays that way. >> and we've always got hangovers , the spectre of iraq, hangovers, the spectre of iraq, haven't we? of a uk government getting involved in something that got out control and that then got out of control and prov

nigel nelson? for may >> uh, groundwork being laid for majthat's my view. >> that's my view. >> elm- >> do you believe he's still going early as may? going to be as early as may? >> will provided you can >> it will be provided you can get a flight off to rwanda. no chance. get chance. well, if we can get a flight off to rwanda, um, if there are tax cuts in the march budget, it will be. and people will insurance will have the national insurance cuts pay packets for cuts in their pay packets for three yeah. softening cuts in their pay packets for three up yeah. softening cuts in their pay packets for three up thatah. softening cuts in their pay packets for three up thatah. softe date. them up for that election date. >> be interest >> and there'll be an interest rate cut. >> need to move on, but we >> we need to move on, but we will find out you. will find that out from you. tanya think the tanya when you think the election going to in our election is going to be in our next but still to come next sec

author broadcaster political commentator nigel nelson reed)r broadcaster political commentator nigelter political commentator nigel nelson reed and former adviser rebecca reed and former adviser to david cameron. philip blonde. i'm going to start with you , i'm going to start with you, blondie. i'm teasing philip, blonde . what do you think? is it blonde. what do you think? is it time bring national time to bring back national service ? service? >> well, i think it's time to bnng >> well, i think it's time to bring back some sort of service and i think national service can be part of that. >> i don't think i think we should have a civic service, a national civic service, of which service in the army should should be one option. >> i think that the needs across the uk are so multiple that that if we were able to get young people involved in meeting those needs, it would be of enormous benefit to the nation. >> i don't think the army wants , >> i don't think the army wants, um, enormous numbers . it um, enormous numbers. it couldn't cope with them, couldn't cope with them, couldn't tra

me our very , very studio with me our very, very happy anniversary couple claire pearsall and nigel nelson. um, what what? this is another scandal, isn't it, nigel? for the conservative party. i mean, the conservative party. i mean, the rules are quite simple. how do getting rules do they keep getting the rules so that's the point, >> well, that's the point, really? have >> well, that's the point, really? the have >> well, that's the point, really? the rules have >> well, that's the point, really? the rules that have >> well, that's the point, really? the rules that they 'e >> well, that's the point, really? the rules that they are . known the rules that they are. um, they're very straightforward. cannot use straightforward. you cannot use any money for campaigning any public money for campaigning purposes. is as simple as that. as an mp , you can't even use as an mp, you can't even use a piece of piece of house of commons notepaper for campaigning purposes that can only be used for doing your your your duty as an mp . um, so your duty as an mp. um, so certainly he should know it, know wha

, and commentator, nigel nelson, and the editor of the conservative home magazine and online website, i , paul goodman. don't forget, i want your views. email me melmo at gbnews.com but first up, it's time for the news of the day with polly middlehurst . with polly middlehurst. >> richard. thank you and good evening to you, will. the top story from the newsroom tonight is the prime minister has indeed confirmed he's working towards a general election in the second half of this year. both labour and the liberal democrats have been pushing a spring

let's go through some of the headlines this morning with our senior political commentator, nigel nelson , mrs. nelson , do you ever or, uh, mrs. nelson, do you ever go or, uh, mrs. nelson, do you ever 90 by or, uh, mrs. nelson, do you ever go by mrs. nelson? >> i do in my private life , my >> i do in my private life, my passport and things like you've just outed them. outed them as a married couple? no, i no, i think two sides already. >> two different sides of the political spectrum. but, uh, on the same marital bed . lovely. the same marital bed. lovely. >> that's quite right. the bed. uh, claire, the mirror. >> um, skipping school. uh, claire, the mirror. >> um, skipping school . school? >> um, skipping school. school? >> um, skipping school. school? >> yeah. now, this is quite interesting. and on the surface, you can think, well, what's interesting. and on the surface, you can think, well , what's not you can think, well, what's not to like about this idea? the level of absentee ism in children is increasing and has done since the pandemic , and we done since the pandemic, and we ne

let's get straight into the newspapers now with nigel nelson , gb news senior political commentator. he's also the former political editor of the sunday people and the sunday mirror. good morning nigel. good morning you. let's talk about morning to you. let's talk about the red standoff then we've the red sea standoff then we've got sunday telegraph. lord got the sunday telegraph. lord cameron's written for the newspaper. we've sent an unambiguous message to the houthis. have to houthis. your attacks have to stop . he seems to be threatening stop. he seems to be threatening further action. >> nigel, i think it's explicit . >> nigel, i think it's explicit. he's saying that if they don't stop that , he certainly will. we stop that, he certainly will. we certainly will authorise further action. uh, president biden said the same thing. so really, the whole the ball is now in the houthis court. if whole the ball is now in the houthis court . if they stop, houthis court. if they stop, then we stop . if they don't, then we stop. if they don't, then we stop. if they don't, then these attacks

nigel nelson, tony buxton, good to see you as always . um, right. that you as always. um, right.ritain's newsroom. up next, it's good afternoon britain with tom and pip this afternoon. we'll see you tomorrow. >> see you then. >> see you then. >> the post office scandal rumbles on. >> we'll be speaking to victims and members of parliament as the government scrambles to find a solution to this crisis. >> potentially this very week. also dogs are off the dinner plate in south korea. >> the country has voted to ban the dog meat trade . a number of the dog meat trade. a number of dogs actually have been rescued and adopted into this country , and adopted into this country, including my own two canines. but what really is the difference between eating dog and eating cows , pigs and sheep ? and eating cows, pigs and sheep? looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. for most, it's another dry cold one out there today , many of us out there today, many of

and joining us today, our senior political commentator nigel nelson, and former conservative adviser e adviser, or as we like to call her, mrs. nelson claire pearsall . good to nelson claire pearsall. good to see you both this morning. my favourite husband and wife duo. >> oh, yes. >> oh, yes. >> uh, nigel, let's start with you, shall we? the front page of the mail. andrew gwynne of the papers today. actually, uh. no way prince andrew. no way back for prince andrew. no i mean, more for prince andrew. >> uh, what's happened? is that the closed files on the epstein case in america have been open. now now, this was a from the miami herald. managed to actually force them to be opened. and of course, now a lot of names are tumbling out of them, including andrew, who turns out to get mentioned 69 times. so so the argument now is that the any chance he had of coming back to proper royal dufiesis coming back to proper royal duties is that's disappearing completely . he um and it looks completely. he um and it looks like i mean, if you if the mail is to be believed that he's going to lose his n

. >> nigel nelson boxt >> nigel nelson and tanya boxt boilers nigel, you know lot boilers nigel, youhink boilers nigel, you know a lot of thmore leaders. i think boilers nigel, you know a lot of thmore trade leaders. i think boilers nigel, you know a lot of thmore trade unioniers. i think boilers nigel, you know a lot of thmore trade union leaders1ink boilers nigel, you know a lot of th more trade union leaders were if more trade union leaders were like if more trade union leaders were uke even if more trade union leaders were like even i'd be like dave ward, even i'd be supporting them. a lot more. oh good. supporting them. a lot more. oh goo because what's to you? >> i've always thought i've always thought dave ward talks a lot sense. yeah, i mean, lot of sense. yeah, i mean, i think that he does, but an awful lot of trade union leaders do not them i appreciate, not all of them i appreciate, but a lot them, which doesn't. >> well, you see, think mick >> well, you see, i think mick lynch really good. um, that lynch is really good. um, that mick mick well he succeeded. >> the agreeme

>> well, we are now joined in the gb senior the studio by gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson and former conservative mp jerry hayes . conservative mp jerry hayes. well, we covered a lot there where to begin? >> well, she didn't rule out conscription, did she ? conscription, did she? >> she didn't. >> she didn't. >> she didn't rule it out. >> she didn't rule it out. >> that's interesting of course it's a mad idea, but she didn't rule it out. what do you think they're buttering us up for war? no i think it's a lot of scare talk. you think it's a lot of scare talk? >> the army have always been against subscription conscription, they? conscription, haven't they? >> been. they? >> yeah, because they want a professional army . professional army. >> they don't teach people to read and write. >> always, always been small. in the united kingdom, the navy on the united kingdom, the navy on the hand, we had press the other hand, we had press gangs taking drugs out of pubs and putting them onto 17th century warships. oh go back there. >> do you know? >> do you know? >> perhaps not. >> pe

gb news is senior political commentator nigel nelson and the editor of conservative home and former tory always, you know this. i want to hear from it's a crucial hear from you. it's a crucial part of the programme. me part of the programme. email me melmo but now melmo at gbnews.com. but now what? you've been waiting what? you've all been waiting for news of the day with for the news of the day with polly middlehurst. >> jacob thank you and good evening. will. the top story from the gb newsroom tonight is that the sun of murdered caretaker ian coates says nhs mental health services and the

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gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson, and the editor of conservative home and former toryow, i want to as always, you know, i want to hear from you. it's a crucial part of the programme. email me, mail gb news. com but now it's what all been waiting mail gb news. com but now it's whéthe all been waiting mail gb news. com but now it's whéthe news ll been waiting mail gb news. com but now it's whéthe news ll ithei waiting mail gb news. com but now it's whéthe news ll ithe day ting mail gb news. com but now it's whéthe news ll ithe day with for. the news of the day with polly middlehurst . jacob thank polly middlehurst. jacob thank you and good evening. >> will. the top story tonight is that the prime minister is indeed the house indeed calling on the house of lords do the right thing and lords to do the right thing and pass bill. rishi pass his rwanda bill. rishi sunak, wants to control the sunak, who wants to control the uk's borders, spoke to officials at airport this at gatwick airport this afternoon to highlight. he said the importance of border security. well the third

conservative adviser claire pearsall and our senior political commentator , senior political commentator, nigel nelsong to you both. good morning . um, you both. good morning. um, what's going on? the guardian , what's going on? the guardian, nigel? um has he actually what disturbs him more than anything else is someone . is it disturbs him more than anything else is someone. is it sir disturbs him more than anything else is someone . is it sir john else is someone. is it sirjohn curtice has used the phrase dull as dishwater. >> exactly. when it should be. ditchwater. yes yes. the headune. headline. >> no, that. yes. i've always had dishwater. >> no, no, i mean, because because obviously ditchwater is stagnant and horrible. yeah. basically um. and what the guardian have done is they've put ditchwater correctly in the headune put ditchwater correctly in the headline , but then quoted john headline, but then quoted john curtice as saying dishwater. yeah. either way, corrected him by the sound of it. yes, that's right . either way, what is what right. either way, what is what is arguing? is that one of t

so i had put this question to my guest nigel nelson earlier. we've had john labour john healey, your labour counterpart speak, talking counterpart so to speak, talking about the fact that our armed forces have been hollowed out, the fact that we can't deploy hms queen elizabeth to the red sea does suggest that our defences are woefully underfunded, under—resourced . underfunded, under—resourced. we're not in a great position, are we, to be involving ourselves in these affairs in the middle east? well thanks, camilla, it's a pleasure to be on your programme. >> and just to be absolutely clear, there is no truth whatsoever the suggestion whatsoever in the suggestion that we cannot deploy the carrier. pleased to confirm carrier. i'm pleased to confirm both carriers are in both our carriers are in portsmouth. they are at readiness and they are available to be deployed if needed . if the to be deployed if needed. if the operational decision is that thatis operational decision is that that is the appropriate response . um, just just to highlight beca

. >> nigel nelson's here, antonio, because we love them. it's 1039.rner. >> are delighted, as >> so we are delighted, as andrew be joined by our andrew says, to be joined by our guests morning. guests this morning. nigel. antonia. go to antonia. but let's go first to a hotel in newquay has hotel in newquay which has launched scheme launched a groundbreaking scheme where anyone is out and where anyone who is out and about night and feeling about at night and feeling vulnerable could be directed to a space can seek a safe space where they can seek refuge and call for help. >> schemes being rolled out across of newquay. across the whole of newquay. very of the world, of very nice part of the world, of course, with the aim of turning it the country's first safe course, with the aim of turning it town. ountry's first safe course, with the aim of turning it town. ourry's first safe course, with the aim of turning it town. our south st safe course, with the aim of turning it town. our south weste space town. our south west england, england england, south wes

i've got lord moylan and so they've got and nigel nelson.e fabulous robbie fabulous news about robbie burrows love that guy, burrows as well i love that guy, the rugby legend. he's a the rugby legend. he's got a cbe. so yes a little bit of positivity. looking at positivity. i'll be looking at that well. so superb stuff. >> dewbs& co six till seven. going to be a cracker as ever now as promised , we can now as promised, we can now bnng now as promised, we can now bring you lots more from bring you some lots more from our exclusive interview with suella braverman. she told our political editor , christopher political editor, christopher hope minister could hope the prime minister could face another tory revolt if face yet another tory revolt if serious changes are not made to that rwanda bill. >> suella braverman . why won't >> suella braverman. why won't this rwanda bill stop the boats? >> well , christopher, whilst >> well, christopher, whilst there are some welcome elements in this third piece of legislation that the government has put thro

nigel? presumably not a shock you. not a shock at all. >> you know, when you talk to fraser nelson, for example, who very connected and,d, you know, there he is, the editor of the spectator, and he's totally unconcerned by this. um, and they all live in london. um, they're based in london. most of these people, they're quite well off. uh, they like mass immigration. you see, the big multinational companies that back and them want back them and sponsor them want as much cheap labour as possible and if you're wealthy, mass immigration is good. it keeps wages down, down. it's cheaper nannies and cheaper chauffeurs. >> yeah, indeed . and the other >> yeah, indeed. and the other allegation is that rishi sunak doesn't want to do anything to leave echr because he's leave the echr because he's worried destroy worried that it would destroy his dinner party his legacy on the dinner party circuit. thoughts ? circuit. your thoughts? >> i thought the jenrick resignation was interesting. for one thing, he made it clear that the government had a higher priority to the international order, such as the un and the echr, than it had to d