you mentioned nimbys and the nimbys. i mentioned. i mentioned to you bananas. you know what a banana is? build anywhere i'd gone. absolutely nothing . anywhere absolutely nothing. anywhere near anyone. banana. are you a banana, russell? >> that's the liberal democrats. i think you're referring to. >> okay. and there was also a video going around after the king's speech of them all chumming up , king's speech of them all chumming up, kissing each other on the cheek, shaking hands, being best pals. look, not quite kissing on your screen. >> i better say who's there for the viewers? so you've got there rishi sunak with his opposite number, the prime minister. speaking. then oliver dowden stepped in. sir oliver dowden sorry, got knighted at the dissolution honours. don't forget on night they went down like a cup of cold with angela rayner and behind him over mr sunak's shoulder. you'll see jeremy hunt, the former chancellor, with the current chancellor, with the current chancellor, rachel reeves. this kind of thing divides the nation . kind of thing divides the nat

a nimby.ah and i mean, if they're going to have any sort of credibility, they have to be not just yimby , but yeah, not just yimby, but yeah, brutally yimby she did. >> she did say in this speech several times, we've got tough decisions to make. there will be tough choices. there will be difficult decisions. but will she be strong enough to make them? alex, i admire the ambition and funnily, you get people who we're both yimbys. >> i mean, i very much agree in more on more development, but actually labour suddenly got a clutch of rather leafy edge of town seats where they've got mps sometimes for the first time, sometimes for the first time, sometimes for the first time in a long time, who are not going to want development and they're going to want to hang on to their seats. so it's not just labour confronting tory, lib dem councils, it's going to be labour confronting its own backbench because some of their new mps are going to be thinking, well, i didn't just get elected for one term, i want

do you consider yourself to be a nimby? — do you consider yourself to be a nimby?is from sky news. thank you. chancellor, congratulations, it is a watershed moment, — congratulations, it is a watershed moment, the first female chancellor, but dare _ moment, the first female chancellor, but dare i— moment, the first female chancellor, but dare i say not the first chancellor who has promised economic growth _ chancellor who has promised economic growth. perhaps every previous holder — growth. perhaps every previous holder of — growth. perhaps every previous holder of your office has come into office _ holder of your office has come into office saying there will be economic growth _ office saying there will be economic growth. could you be more specific about— growth. could you be more specific about this, — growth. could you be more specific about this, when can people, particularly those nervous about having _ particularly those nervous about having all — particularly those nervous about having all this building happening, when _ having all this building happening,

hang on, my backyard. >> well, the nimby, well, nimby, nimby is, i don't know, nimby is quite a loadedterm. i think people are right to be defensive about nice neighbourhoods. it's not about not wanting any building to go ahead, it's about wanting it to be sympathetic architecturally and to also sort of have some kind of integration with the existing town, isn't it? that kind of stuff. no, they just don't like. no, some people don't like it. but the truth is, most new build stuff is cheap and tacky and mass produced. i mean, i've said for a long time, if just spend a bit more and just go, we're going to rebuild bath. but in the middle of northumberland or something. >> i mean, they've been big on this, hasn't he? >> it was so easy. there are so many lovely towns of all sizes. yeah, yeah. >> and just say i live in a new town and my neighbours are complaining about new areas being built in it. what did you expect? this is where they are. >> which one are you in? >> which one are you in? >> stevenage. >> stevenage. >> oh, okay. >> oh, okay. >> old town , i mean, i used to >> old town, i m

have the nimbys been overtaken by the nimbys ? and overtaken by the nimbys?bling for more sensational material as publishers are craving to release a paperback copy of spare. could more dirt be dished ? spare. could more dirt be dished? that's all coming in your next hour. houn hour. what's the show? always a pleasure to have your company also coming in around about 15 minutes time. i'll speak to lee evans from facts4eu's .org. an astonishing new report has just been released exclusively to gb news that details the staggering levels of illegal immigration into 27 european union member states , a cataclysmic failure to states, a cataclysmic failure to control the outside borders of the eu means that all those people are being funnelled towards the french coast and our illegal immigration integration system is being pummelled because of the eu's inability to control its own borders. you will not believe the numbers we will not believe the numbers we will not believe the numbers we will not believe the size of this problem waiting over the horizon. get in touch,

yeah, you used that phrase nimby — and for the uninitiated, "not in my back yard," isn't it?tant, because you talk about honest decisions, tough decisions as well. and maybe that's been part of the problem, hasn't it, about, who is making the decision and why are they making them? do you think the decisions that have been made thus far have always been in the interests of the country? no, i think that's been the problem, is that we've made poor decisions and we've not made decisions. we've very rarely made the right decision. and i think that's self—evident to everybody. what are the hurdles? what is holding the uk back? we've talked about honest conversations. yes. we've talked about the need for difficult decisions. what are the hurdles that need to be overcome? ambition. i think we start with ambition. you know, if your ambition is mid—table of the championship — you know, that's not do you think this country can see the opportunity? commercially, we're miles behind, and the ability. i think we should call and help from the tech companies who of the uk. microsoft has an en

labour to a nimby and a yimby. halve serious violence over the next decade, with shoplifting at an all time high. will they succeed in bringing back more bobbies on the beat? and the prime minister has even resurrected rishi sunak's smoking ban bill, preventing those born after 2009 from smoking in their entire lifetime. however, the next generation's liberties simply gone up in smoke . gone up in smoke. >> good evening. the top

labyrinthine planning system , with suggestions they system, with suggestions they could defy the nimbys and build on the green belt if elected. but could that really be the end of the housing crisis? plus, marine le pen has wiped out emmanuel macron's party in the first round of the french parliamentary election. so what does this mean for the future of europe? find out shortly. state of the nation starts now . of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by my panel in the studio. former labour mp stephen pound and associate comment editor at the telegraph, moutaz ahmed . that's all coming moutaz ahmed. that's all coming up after your latest headlines with polly middlehurst. >> tom, thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story from the gb news room tonight is that rishi sunak says a victory for labour in this week's election would see britain's borders become the soft touch of europe . soft touch of europe. campaigning in oxfordshire today, the prime minister insisted that flights to rwanda are an essential deterrent for illegal migrants coming to britain , and warned that o

and after that, the nimbys have gone mad.construction of a road near stonehenge. we'll be examining the story and why they so so desperate to it. well, the male dogs have been firing in after our discussion on islam in britain. and alan says. on islam in britain. and alan says . why is the emphasis always says. why is the emphasis always on increasing wages rather than lowering prices in the shops? surely higher wages only means either prices will go up further or workforces will shrink. and juue or workforces will shrink. and julie says a 20% wage reduction for foreign workers is nothing more than modern slavery. and tony says and stella will be back shortly. make no mistake, stella is one of the best things that happened to gb news. well, when she's back for the next section, i will tell her that shocking, shocking new statistics show that out of 10,000 thefts, 99% went unsolved. the metropolitan police failed to identify even a single suspect for the crimes across over 160 areas of the caphal across over 160 areas of the c

because older people, the nimbys block housing development.here and say that young people have no idea what they're talking about. we are facing an economic reality, but we're not talking about young people. >> we're talking about childless adults going into politics. >> yeah, so do you think i mean, there is a flip side to this reem, which is do politicians who don't have kids have more time and more energy? >> yes, they probably do have more energy. and i definitely got more energy, actually . they got more energy, actually. they can actually concentrate on the job. well, look , i think, job. well, look, i think, i think that there's a balance here that many people that do have children, of course, they end up having a greater sense of responsibility. >> and i and i think that having a family, the nuclear family is a family, the nuclear family is a brilliant thing. we should propagate. >> last word about female politicians. i've been saying this. it's in my book that i wrote ten years ago called the maid. it's called the bird and the beeb. o

a war over - the green belt as rachel reeves vows to take on the nimbys.ore must be spent on defence. this is about the series of devastating missile strikes across ukraine, in particular on hitting a children's hospital in kyiv. the front page of the times, pressure on starmer to increase defence spending. a photograph of the children's hospital in the capital of ukraine hit by a russian missile today, more than 150 people injured. the death toll is rising. the guardian, labour toll is rising. the guardian, labour to fix the front door of the nhs by diverting billions to local surgeries. the daily telegraph, jk rowling attacking the pm over the new women's minister. that's it from us tonight. thank you dehenna and luciana. i don't know if we'll see you, dehenna, before you go off for your unite —— for your new life in brazil. if not, good luck. your unite -- for your new life in brazil. if not, good luck.- brazil. if not, good luck. thank ou. brazil. if not, good luck. thank you- so. _ brazil. if not, good luck. thank you- so. i'm — brazil. if not, good l

green nimbys are disgraced, just like i find labour. disgrace. it's so selfish for people to say i don't want this built in my backyard. they would. you're essentially saying when you say that, well, i'd rather people be homeless. i'd rather people be homeless. i'd rather people be homeless. i'd rather people not be able to afford a home, not have a good quality of life. all of these things that previous generations just had and maybe took for granted. younger generations now can't have because we can't build anything because of the planning system and then also, there just seems to be this attitude in britain that we don't want anything to change. we're having a conversation about the expanding the national grid at the moment, because we need energy. this whole studio is kept alive by energy. people are watching television because of energy, and people are saying they don't want pylons built. well, how do you think the energy is going to get from the power station to your house? >> you can put wires underground. >> it's 5 to 10 times m

labour to a nimby and a yimby.us violence over the next decade, with shoplifting at an all time high. will they succeed in bringing back more bobbies on the beat? and the prime minister has even resurrected rishi sunak's smoking ban bill, preventing those born after 2009 from smoking in their entire lifetime. however, the next generation's liberties simply gone up in smoke . gone up in smoke. >> good evening. the top stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, has promised national renewal after 14 years of what he called tory chaos, as mps debated the king's speech in the house of commons today. it comes after king charles officially opened the new session of parliament, setting out the government's planned programme of new laws. in total, 40 pieces of legislation were announced, with promises to get britain building, deliver greater devolution and a plan to tackle organised immigration crime. the government also announced a new child poverty taskforce, but the prime minister is facing pres

if that makes me a nimby, then i'm nimby. >> well, listen, nimby, do you ever take an aeroplane and flyke you and isabel, my colleague here, need to see that this country is basically green, but they're not going to put houses in those places. >> they have to be near london. they have to be near the jobs. and what they're doing is paving over every last bit of greenery. >> the whole country is green or brown or grey, and you people like you can go on and talk about don't build , not in my about don't build, not in my back yard, whatever, whatever. >> but we have got. yesterday the figures were 600,000 people, in terms of migration, are extra people in the country. >> why don't we try and control migration rather than pave over our green and pleasant land? and also, what about farmland ? much also, what about farmland? much of this green and pleasant land you see from the air is our food security. it's how we eat. that's how we manage to provide for our wellbeing. if we get rid of our farms and turn those into housing developments, what kind of country will we have? i think our planning

i mean, i hate to use the word nimby because it's such a cliche, but that is the reality. >> but hang, stephen, and i'll bring mr sinner because the issue necessarily isn't people objecting to local development within their area. i mean, that's rational. that's in the self—interest of people, their own perceived self—interest. and it happens in every country around the world. the issue particularly is in the united kingdom, we give more power to these veto players than any other country does. it's much more easy to prevent development here than it is elsewhere. so perhaps it shouldn't be about smashing the nimbys, but about rebalancing the veto system. >> exactly. and you have to take more power centrally. you know it. the government should be able to build whatever it wants in the national interest anywhere. >> hang on, hang on, hang on. what if what if a newt might lose its habitat ? surely we lose its habitat? surely we can't have a new nuclear power station. >> crested newt? >> crested newt? >> i'm sorry, newt. sorry, but look, if you go to one of these council meetings, you reali

because that, i think will help override some of the concerns of the nimbys . concerns of the nimbys.think that's a really good point, things have to be built to a proper standard, i don't think it's just about building houses. i think very often when people object to a housing development, it's partly because it's just housing. they want to know, where's the gp surgery going to be? where is the primary school going to be? where is the bus route going to be? so we have to think about things in terms of a whole community. and i do also want to say to your viewers, because i've done quite a few interviews on this this morning, we are still in favour of brownfield. first, we are still in favour of the priority for housebuilding being in those parts of built up areas which don't have housing on it. at the moment. for example, in my own city of wolverhampton , we've got a lot wolverhampton, we've got a lot of derelict factory sites that have been lying there for decades without things built on them. those sites should be the first priority for housebuilding and they will be. >> we're fast

they talked | about housing, but what they are trying to defeat is nimby is. how is this going to work for big installations of solar panels? this gb ener: installations of solar panels? this gb energy doesn't _ installations of solar panels? “in 3 gb energy doesn't exist in isolation. we had very early on, when labour took office they were trying to reduce the barriers to renewable energy projects, the opposition that people sometimes have two having these projects in their back yard. now not requiring, still requiring community involvement but maybe not preventing or restricting these projects because of one complaint here or there, but making sure that process is speeded up a little bit more. this is one of a number of packages or policy changes that the labour government are looking at to accelerate the delivery of renewable energy projects. accelerate the delivery of renewable energy proiects-_ accelerate the delivery of renewable energy proieets-_ energy pro'ects. what is the scale of energy projects. what is the scale of investment _ energy projects. wh

nimby means yes, in my backyard.ry targets yet. and we will. we have to see whether or not they are going to really draw a line in the sand and say, we absolutely, legislatively, legally require you to build x number or not. >> michael gove wanted to do that, and he found himself backtracking massively because of his backbenchers. and labour might well find that they have a similar problem, because when you have this huge majority, you're obviously representing different constituencies than what you're used to , many of what you're used to, many of whom have a rural outlook and might be very concerned about this. >> yeah. and the similarly for liberal democrats as well, who are also in quite rural conservative areas now. so they actually might find themselves with a little bit of a struggle. they'll definitely have the numbers, but they might get a little bit of pushback. so be really interesting, >> now, alex, alcohol though, we were talking about tea sales and whatever, but alcohol may be on the decline and that is

reeves was ready for war over the uk's green belt, as she vows to take on nimbys.d finally, the daily star. i got 99 problems, but a ain't one. those were your front pages. ain't one. those were your front pages . so ain't one. those were your front pages. so we're going to begin with the guardian. josh >> yeah. >> yeah. >> labour to fix front door of nhs by diverting billions to local surgeries , local surgeries, >> of the 165 billion that the nhs receives, less than 10% presently goes to gp's, wes streeting, has, has come in and said he wants more of that money to go to gp's more of that money or some new money. >> no, i don't think there will be new money. i think he's been talking quite clearly about not putting more money into it and actually just trying to fix with what they have. >> i'm sure it's a huge organisation 165 billion. >> there's going to be some wastage in there that i'm sure he can deal with always. >> yeah. new government comes in. how are they going to find wastage inefficiencies. so yeah people are waiting. >> you know more than a couple of we

i'm a bit of a nimby in that way. of course, at the same time, i recognise we haven't built anywhere near enough homes. but also we brought in, of course, far too many people. >> so 5 million people, i think under under the last tory government. >> so we could sort that bit first, then probably only need about ten homes after that and finishing this section with the mirror. >> nick, what have they got? chancellor i'll make every brit better off. >> which is, of course, rachel reeves with her very brilliant barb and her sort of wonderful robotic ways. i mean, we need an autistic chancellor because that's who we need to. i'm not saying she's technically autistic. i'm not making that claim. but because i haven't really read the story, i'm just adding some comedic effect. there's nothing to read. it's just one little box. i don't know, so i don't know exactly what she's going to do, but she's going to have to do. she's going to given a situation and it's going to be higher taxes or austerity or really both. >> i mean, it'

if somebody said to you, "you'rejust being a nimby, you just don't want houses in your back yard."e need affordable houses, but not to the blight... ..not to blight the people who live here already. lichfield's seen a fair amount of development. across england, the government wants to see more, saying people will have a say over how homes are built, but not if they are. councils will have targets, but there is some concern about the control communities will have, not least in rural areas. the government says it will streamline the planning process to get more homes built, they say, in the right places with infrastructure to keep communities on board. but the tension could come when they run into local objections, and the question is, what will labour mps who now represent constituencies like lichfield do then? lichfield's new mp was in westminster today. when i talk to people across lichfield, burntwood and the villages, their major concern isn't just about what's being built. it's what's being built and the lack of infrastructure to support that. so i think, as a government, when

and residents that live there aren't nimbys. they've welcomed the development. i really hope that, you know, the, the, the planning committee there, which is overseen by mayor lutfur rahman, will push back on that because it's wrong for local residents. so i'm for this. and across the country, we need to be doing this. we need to be building building houses. but i'm just hoping that we have intelligence in how we approach this. it's got to be done smart, because obviously things like the traffic for residents. >> exactly, a queue at the bus stop, like a mile long sunlight, all these things that impact upon, you know, children's mental health and all these things. >> and i'm just like, you know, keir starmer said, hasn't he the best people to make decisions? are local people, local elected people. and so i just think you can't just take one idea and like smash it across the country. so i'm hoping for areas like the isle of dogs , which has like the isle of dogs, which has seen, you know, record amount of development that they don't just push through developments

. >> but tom here hates nimbys . so >> but tom here hates nimbys.e it more likely the process will succeed because people actually have a say in where things are built and how they're built? >> well, it also gets to the nature of the planning system. and tom and i have talked about this before, our current system is very weird. it's a bit of an outlier in international terms, andifs outlier in international terms, and it's very, very discretionary. >> and most of the decision making takes place at the end of the process on a case by case bafis. basis. >> that is a nimbys charter. >> that is a nimbys charter. >> what? >> what? >> i think it's fair to say the previous government. i hope this current government, i believe so are trying to do is create more certainty in the local plan, >> so that more of the decision making takes place then systemically, which should be locally democratic. >> i think that's what i heard from secretary of state today, and then if you're within the carapace of that, anything that fits within that, you know, you can get thr

because older people, the nimbys block housing development.people have no idea what they're talking about. we are facing an economic reality, but we're not talking about young people. >> we're talking about childless adults going into politics. >> yeah, so do you think i mean, there is a flip side to this reem, which is do politicians who don't have kids have more time and more energy? >> yes, they probably do have more energy. and i definitely got more energy, actually . they got more energy, actually. they can actually concentrate on the job. well, look , i think, job. well, look, i think, i think that there's a balance here that many people that do have children, of course, they end up having a greater sense of responsibility. >> and i and i think that having a family, the nuclear family is a family, the nuclear family is a brilliant thing. we should propagate. >> last word about female politicians. i've been saying this. it's in my book that i wrote ten years ago called the maid. it's called the bird and the beeb. okay. and they made a gre

if somebody said to you, "you'rejust being a nimby, you just don't want houses in your back yard."t not to the blight... ..not to blight the people who live here already. lichfield's seen a fair amount of development. across england, the government wants to see more, saying people will have a say over how homes are built, but not if they are. councils will have targets, but there is some concern about the control communities will have, not least in rural areas. the government says it will streamline the planning process to get more homes built, they say, in the right places with infrastructure to keep communities on board. but the tension could come when they run into local objections, and the question is what will labour mps who now represent constituencies like lichfield do then? lichfield's new mp was in westminster today. when i talk to people across litchfield in the villages, their major concern isn't just about what's being built. it's what's being built and the lack of infrastructure to support that. so i think, as a government, when we're trying to push that through, makin

they talked | about housing, but what they are trying to defeat is nimby is.ar panels? try 3 gb energy doesn't exist in isolation. we had very early on, when labour took office they were trying to reduce the barriers to renewable energy projects, the opposition that people sometimes have two having these projects in their back yard. now not requiring, still requiring community involvement but maybe not preventing or restricting these projects because of one complaint here or there, but making sure that process is speeded up a little bit more. this is one of a number of packages or policy changes that the labour government are looking at to accelerate the delivery of renewable energy projects.

as _ classic nimby behaviour? not at all, it is practicality. as i _ classic nimby behaviour?news. let's turn for the _ you are watching bbc news. let's turn for the next _ you are watching bbc news. let's turn for the next little _ you are watching bbc news. let's turn for the next little while back to the euros. all eyes on england as they take on spain in the finals in berlin. aston villa's ollie watkins was the hero of the semi final with that last minute goal he's been talking in the last hour at an england news conference. have a listen. it's been an unbelievable feeling, to be honest. born i was taken back by the goal, but also i wasn't shocked i did that because i have for belief in myself so i knew i was going to score, i manifested it, i had worked hard. it has been an amazing feeling but i'm not shocked. he said he manifested the goal, he knew he was going to come on and score. let's speak to nigel whittle a dedicated fan who will be heading to watch the game in person on sunday. i was going to ask you, do you have tickets for sunday? i i was going to ask you, do yo

and when they've been nimbys themselves in their own backyard.'ve got no, no real meat on the bones there and, you know, talking and releasing prisoners. i mean, who'd have thunk it? in the first week, the labour government are trying to release business. they're supposed to be tough on crime. in their manifesto, it's the total opposite. so what you see from sir keir starmer is one thing, but what you're actually going to see from the labour government is something quite different. >> peter bleksley well, the labour government are saying that the necessity to release these prisoners is because of these prisoners is because of the shambolic state that the tory party got the prison estate into . either way, it's very bad into. either way, it's very bad news. so violent offenders will not be eligible for the early release, nor will sexual offenders. i understand that. so in all likelihood the people that are going to get released are the lower level thieves as they might be called. i don't think there's any low level crime because i've never met a l

so i'm not ashamed of being a nimby.king and queen are on the second day of their tour of the channel islands, but their visit to jersey was cut cut short yesterday due to a security alert. >> our royal correspondent cameron walker has the story. >> what happened , the moments >> what happened, the moments the queen was hastily ushered to safety following a security alert in jersey's capital, saint heuen >> she and her husband king charles, forced to cut short an engagement showcasing the island's industries and net zero targets in an open air location. royal sources have now confirmed . royal sources have now confirmed. after every precaution was taken, which appears to include taking cover in a nearby hotel . taking cover in a nearby hotel. the small issue of concern turned out to be a false alarm, and their majesties resumes the day as normal . the king and day as normal. the king and queen are on a two day visit to the channel islands, their first since charles's accession, and represents the special relationship the

if somebody said to you, "you'rejust being a nimby, you just don't want houses in your back yard."try. we need affordable houses, but not to the blight... ..not to blight the people who live here already. lichfield's seen a fair amount of development. across england, the government wants to see more, saying people will have a say over how homes are built, but not if they are. councils will have targets, but there is some concern about the control communities will have, not least in rural areas. the government says it will streamline the planning process to get more homes built, they say, in the right places with infrastructure to keep communities on board. but the tension could come when they run into local objections, and the question is what will labour mps who now represent constituencies like lichfield do then? lichfield's new mp was in westminster today. when i talk to people across litchfield in the villages, their major concern isn't just about what's being built. it's what's being built and the lack of infrastructure to support that. so i think, as a government, when we're

and he's now taken on the nimbys. okay. all right. of the greatest britain is indeed alfie hewett, who won not once but twice at wimbledon. well done alfie, who is your union jackass please, carol. >> i'm still on football. i can't believe it because i don't much like football. anyway, it's gareth southgate after last night's defeat. he just said, you know, that england had played fantastically well, were really in it until the 82nd minute. i don't know what he was watching, is the saying i don't know much about it, but i can say they were playing bad. you know, i think football is about winning another gareth southgate. they've not won anything. so i think that probably has to be his last tournament. you know, he said he was saying stuff i get that he wants to support his players. i get all of that. but you're not doing them any favours by telling them they're fantastic when they're not. >> yeah. i'm very i'm very conflicted about southgate. well, just purely because. well, because i think you know, he's a, he's a nice bloke, he's a

labyrinthine planning system , with suggestions they system, with suggestions they could defy the nimbyst if elected. but could that really be the end of the housing crisis? plus, marine le pen has wiped out emmanuel macron's party in the first round of the french parliamentary election. so what does this mean for the future of europe? find out shortly. state of the nation starts now .

rachel reeves gave her first major speech as chancellor earlier today, and vowed to take on nimbys ing again. ms reeves want 1.5 million new homes built by the next election, which means local councils must allow building to go ahead in order to meet targets. here's what the chancellor had to say. >> we will reform the national planning policy framework, consulting on a new growth focused approach to the planning system. before the end of the month, including restoring mandatory housing targets. and as of today , we are ending the as of today, we are ending the absurd ban on new onshore wind in england. we will also go further and consult on bringing onshore wind back into the nationally significant infrastructure projects regime, meaning decisions on large developments will be taken nationally, not locally. >> labour will also encourage building on the so—called grey belt or low quality green belt land and relax planning restrictions. so are you are not in my backyard or are, yes, in my backyard. like our new chancellor? well, i'm joined now by nicholas boys smith , founder by nichol

paul goodman and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson, do you think they're just being nimbyslly, this is not the right way place for prison? >> i have no idea about whether it's the right place or the wrong place because i haven't seen it. but i do know how all this works, which is if you are dave's mp, dave comes to you and says supporters said opposing this, you will do it because if you james cleverly, if you quite and if you didn't if you james turley was home secretary , he turley was home secretary, he was. and if you didn't, if you didn't, you would have the liberal democrats on your back and the opposition in back. and that's the way it works. but here's the thing. the prisons, sooner or later have got to go somewhere, unless we're going to be like bane in the dark knight rises. throw them all open. and in that famous scene in the dark knight rises, they all come out in orange jumpsuits, waving machine guns while bane is saying, gotham is yours. do as you please. now, unless you're seriously going to do that, you're going to need more prison capacity , and it's got to

labyrinthine planning system , with suggestions they system, with suggestions they could defy the nimbyst if elected. but could that really be the end of the housing crisis? plus, marine le pen has wiped out emmanuel macron's party in the first round of the french parliamentary election. so what does this mean for the future of europe? find out shortly. state of the nation starts now . of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by my panel in the studio. former labour mp stephen pound and associate comment editor at the telegraph, moutaz ahmed . that's all coming moutaz ahmed. that's all coming up after your latest headlines with polly middlehurst. >> tom, thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story from the gb news room tonight is that rishi sunak says a victory for labour in this week's election would see britain's borders become the soft touch of europe . soft touch of europe. campaigning in oxfordshire today, the prime minister insisted that flights to rwanda are an essential deterrent for illegal migrants coming to britain , and warned that other britain, and warned th

i'm actually going to be nimby ing away. >> i mean, i was pps to jenrick when he was housing minister secretary and that's what i found. we had people like claire coutinho who had something like 97% green belt, who was had so much nimbyism. and i'd be saying, look, we need to build houses. i've got 1% green belt in my area. we need to be protecting where we've got 1% green belt now. but the issue where i've got nigel is the fact that the doubling, the cost to apply for planning permission for the regular household and again, like the doing with private schools, the dumbing down on those who are doing the right thing. >> one of the ironies will be for labour, one of the problems that the conservatives came up against, and i spoke to developers on this is a whole raft of eu environmental law, particularly nutrient nutrient neutrality . and at one point neutrality. and at one point gove was very keen to get rid of all of this stuff. but they never did. how can a party committed to staying close to the eu rulebook? how will it overcome the court case? well it's also it's a part of the env

sir robert peel must be spinning in his grave, and nimby zealots opposing a new road near stonehengeut the problem is it's already been done by flanders and swan. state of the nafion flanders and swan. state of the nation starts now