he's written two pat mcfadden 60 times.- thanks to kevin. he's written two pat mcfadden 60 times.e it since when _ pat mcfadden 60 times. i mean, mps do take it since when people write - do take it since when people write to them, — do take it since when people write to them, italy and have letters they don't _ to them, italy and have letters they don't usually receive, them because that's— don't usually receive, them because that's when— don't usually receive, them because that's when they note there is a proper— that's when they note there is a proper ground swell. but this is going _ proper ground swell. but this is going to — proper ground swell. but this is going to be a major point in the life of— going to be a major point in the life of the — going to be a major point in the life of the labour government, the first series — life of the labour government, the first series rebellion, obviously not enough to be defeated but there will be _ not enough to be defeated but there will be mps in marginal seats who will be mps in marginal seats who will feel— will be mps in marginal

pat mcfadden, who is a senior — sitting at the moment?a senior cabinet minister, - who is a senior cabinet minister, did some interviews yesterday where he defended lord alli having had a pass but also terrified that he has since given it up, which i think was their attempt to try to defuse the story. but keir starmer is giving a big speech tomorrow, that is actually the pre—released excerpts of that speech, are what i think the government would like us to be talking about right now, rather than that, and that is where this becomes a distraction for them, because in the speech tomorrow, we are told keir starmer is going to decry the rubble and ruin left by the conservative government, need a decade to fix what he has inherited, but i am pretty sure that in the question and answer session after the speech, people will be asking questions about passes.— the speech, people will be asking questions about passes. thank you very much. — questions about passes. thank you very much. henry _ questions about passes. thank you very much, henry zeffm

anyway, pat mcfadden said , quote, but he mcfadden said, quote, but he does lord ali.e does bring a huge amount to the labour party. he was an important part of the election campaign. in other words, pat mcfadden couldn't see anything wrong in lord ali being given a pass normally reserved for civil servants and political people. because he was and members of parliament, i should say, because he had done so much for the labour party. in other words, just like tony blair saying the labour party is the political arm of the british people for pat mcfadden and i suspect for the majority of the cabinet and for keir starmer , cabinet and for keir starmer, there is no distinction to be made between party and government and that is terrifying . that is, that is the terrifying. that is, that is the that is, you know, that is has the seeds of a totalitarian attitude to government , attitude to government, >> so what are they doing about this ? because starmer made this? because starmer made a great song and dance about improving the powers of ethics within downing street . and wi

ok, pat mcfadden, — when we came into office. ok, pat mcfadden, thank _ when we came into office. winning when - pre-empt you. but you can. we are so used to joe root winning when we - used tojoe root winning when we need to. but this was different, nervy and edgy and just over 200 runs to reach and we thought it would be a wobble and at one stage they may not get there but credit to joe root in particular because it was a fine effort and he dug in and he got england over the line and a shout out for smith as well and ollie pope who begins his captaincy. england have a 1—0 lead in their test series against sri lanka. 0llie pope started his temporary captaincy with a hard fought win at old trafford but the tourists have shown they won't be pushovers going into the rest of the series. a century from kamindu mendis meant england had to chase 205. and it was not straightforward, they lost five wickets and needed an unbeaten 62 from joe root to get them there. the second test starts on thursday at lords. credit to sri lanka, i think the way they played, they really pushed on. at other

correspondent: pat mcfadden, a senior cabinet minister, did some interviews yesterday where he defendedaving had a pass, but also clarified that he has given it up, which i think was their attempt to diffuse the story. but keir starmer is giving a big speech tomorrow. that is the pre-released excerpts of that speech what the government would like us to be talking about right now rather than that, and this is where it becomes a distraction for them. in the speech tomorrow, it keir starmer is going to decry the rubble and ruin left by the predecessor conservative government. he will say they need a decade to fix what he has inherited. but i am sure in the crusher -- question and answer session, people will be asking questions about passes. anchor: thank you very much. that is our chief political correspondent. we will have coverage of that speech tomorrow here on bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. much more to come. announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman founda

have a listen to the senior cabinet minister, pat mcfadden, a little earlier.ted an economic problem. we've inherited a society problem too. there's a lot of work to do, but the speech will also say that progress will be made. itjust won't be made overnight. and i think it's refreshing candour compared to some speeches from politicians that we get that pretend there's a magic wand that can solve everything overnight. he's taken a very different approach. he's levelling with the people. he's saying we will get there, but it will take time. labour, of course, elected on the promise of change. so very much the idea that, look, people hungry for change will have to wait a bit longer. the conservatives, for their part, sort of defending their record, saying that in fact, labour have inherited an economy in far better health than they are admitting. accusing them of fabricating a financial black hole and sort of preparing the ground for tax rises. now, there has been a lot of discussion about what rachel reeves, the chancellor, is going to do in her budget, which we

this is pat mcfadden.c problem, we've inherited a society problem too. there's a lot of work to do but the speech will also say that progress will be made, itjust won't be made overnight. and i think it's refreshing candour compared to some speeches from politicians that we get the pretend there's a magic wand that can solve everything overnight. he's taking a very different approach, he's levelling with the people, he's saying we will get there but it'll take time. labour elected on the promise of change, so very much the idea that people hungry for change will have to wait a bit longer. the conservatives are defending their record saying that labour have inherited an economy and better health than they are admitting, accusing them of fabricating a financial black hole and preparing the ground for tax rises. this been a lot of discussion about what rachel reeves is going to do in her budget at the end of october, she asserted made one of what she calls asserted made one of what she calls a difficult choic

in analysing things can only get worse, comma, pat mcfadden appeared on last sunday and he himself contrastedhings can only get better. i think it's very fair at the end of six days to say that we've seen the cut of their jib. they're smashing us on the chops with tory failure, disaster, catastrophe, nightmare, it's all appalling, i can't believe it, it's awful. but it is proven that the british public do expect a prime minister to laugh. now, i'm sorry if that scene is impartial, but that is what the british public like to see. and you have to stop that. oh, but i'm allowed to laugh. yes, and they need a smile probably. but maybe over the next few months we will see a little bit more, i don't know about laughing, but we will but i suppose there is a sense of honesty. there are a couple of things i have an issue with, in terms of some of the things that they have had to react to. one is the the rows over cronyism, for example, because labour have wanted to paint themselves as completely different to their predecessors — the madness is gone, we are going to be honest, we're going to be transpa

and we were told by pat mcfadden that this is not unusual at all. why has he handed the pass back? well, quite. what did he needit back? well, quite. what did he need it for in july? i think there's some suggestion. there was . he there's some suggestion. there was. he organised some garden party or something. i want to hear a lot more from the labour party about this, because they could not have been on a higher horse when the conservatives were in power on this sort of stuff. this would be the sort of stuff. this would be the sort of stuff that angela rayner would have gone absolutely hectic about. so i at least want an explanation very strange to give a major donor with no official role a pass to number 10 downing street. matthew well, i can't i'm not here in the capacity for the government defending the government, right, or wrong, if anything wrong has been done, then i will join everyone else in condemning it. >> so we may need to hear a bit more from keir starmer. but let's not forget that lord alli is a peer so he is a labour peen he is a pe

this senior cabinet minister pat mcfadden, at has been talking about that.ght. and i think it's refreshing candour compared to some speeches from politicians that we get the pretend there's a magic wand that can solve everything overnight. he's taking a very different approach, he's levelling with people, he's saying we will get there but it'll take time. kier starmer expected to talk about having to make unpopular decisions. is under pressure already about one of those unpopular decisions, the decision to mean says the winter fuel allowance, something conservatives are attacking the government on today. conservatives are more broadly talking about this speech, the idea that things are so bad at being a ruse, in their view, for rachel reeves wanting to put up taxes in the budget in the autumn. it is clear that the labour government does want to do a bit of expectation management as we go into this next parliamentary session and delete up to the budget.— this next parliamentary session and delete up to the budget. nasa says two astronauts who went into space

so they sent pat mcfadden their best spinner, out on sunday, to sort of play down.>> yeah, exactly. yeah. 6 or 7 weeks ago, i believe. tom. i mean, in the past, in the past. all these things are very relative, aren't they, tom? so i think the danger is, is this story i don't think is not that substantive in itself. it's a kind of cumulative thing which is really adding up for labour, which is this the story about the jobs morale, the fact that in caulfield for instance, who was a top labour donor, has now had to step down from his job, i think that will really kind of paints a picture at a time when the new government has a short window to try and define themselves. it's the worst possible thing for the labour party. >> yes, indeed. well, thank you very much. james heale, political correspondent at the spectator. great to have you on to talk about all of that. i just love that soundbite. >> oh, he had it in the past in the mists of time. a week ago. >> gosh, don't you sometimes just hate politics? there are lots more coming up on today's show. now, of course, those

but interestingly this morning a uk cabinet minister, pat mcfadden, said he is very concerned or thearns that major war in the middle east is a real danger. >> yeah. i mean , i, i think we >> yeah. i mean, i, i think we all know that and i think what we need to be mindful of are all of the sort of rebel groups that also get in on the act. they start to fire rockets, missiles across the place and look to point the blame at everybody else. so i think it's a really complicated region. it is incredibly difficult for us sitting here in london for the safety of the united kingdom. i mean, it is it is it's a dangerous area. it is complicated . and egypt's holding complicated. and egypt's holding talks, i think is a very good thing. you need that kind of state to be onside, but it's never going to be easy. it's not going to stop for a long time, i don't think i think we're going to see periods of quiet, but then it just takes one small spark and it sets it all off again , again, >> interestingly, nigel, just quickly, israeli spokesman has just said, you know, the usual terminology that iran

. >> so the duchy of lancaster, pat mcfadden, today admitted that lord alli had been given a pass, sayinge. i don't think he's got one any more and i don't think it's unusual for people to have passes to attend political meetings. if they need to do so. downing street wouldn't confirm why alli was given a pass or who authorised it. i mean, they why he was labour could clear this up straight away by just explaining, you know, if it was honest. absolutely. >> they've got to speak out. got to tell the truth. >> yeah okay. interesting. right. more papers to come in. just a tick. i think we've got have we got this this video guys. powers that be in my head. all right. we're going to break. okay. stick with us. we've got more newspaper front pages coming right up. and this funny video i have in store tick. welcome back to ben liu tonight only on gb. news. more newspapers have just dropped hot off the press. let's take a look at the guardian. it leads with airstrikes on hezbollah. not the end of the story, says benjamin netanyahu, the israeli leader . netanyahu, the israeli leader. and that's ju