it's penny mordaunt.t was my it was my first week in the job. >> so on the monday i was a junior trade minister, tuesday i was promoted . wednesday we tried was promoted. wednesday we tried to have a meeting with the queen, and then on the thursday she passed away and on the saturday we were doing the accession council . accession council. >> yeah. we've got some fascinating insights for you there. this is patrick christys tonight. we're only on gb news. welcome back to patrick christys tonight. only on gb news and it's tonight. only on gb news and wsfime tonight. only on gb news and it's time now for part two of my exclusive interview with penny mordaunt, senior tory mp, leader of the house of commons and lord president of the privy council. it is quite the cv and after our sit down interview, penny mordaunt showed me some iconic and ceremonial royal artefacts that only a select group of people get to see and even touch . it's a fascinating insight into how the privy council works, and mordaunt reflection

>> well, there's penny mordaunt speaking exclusively to patrick here.rom 9:00. >> yes, indeed. we cover a lot of ground , actually. really of ground, actually. really interesting. i felt like, i've not seen her in that light before, so maybe some of our viewers will be intrigued by it. i certainly hope so. yes, indeed. >> but, every senior member of the royal family has seen a bit of a boost in popularity since the coronation. i must say, apart from the duchess of sussex . that's according to a new poll. patrick isn't so surprised about that one, 56% believe the king is doing a good job, compared to 49% a year ago. well, that's quite the boost. that's quite the boost. and of course, that, is, very different from, the average politician, a no politician, politicians are always in the negative. >> could you imagine? >> could you imagine? >> always in the negative. >> always in the negative. >> always in the negative. >> a politician on 56% approval rating. >> i mean, good grief, rating. >> i mean, good grief , they'd be >> i mean, good grief, they'd be in

>> well, i think penny mordaunt had played a fantastic role at the coronation and all that effort sheept the sword straight , paid off. the sword straight, paid off. and she was very dignified and did the job brilliantly . did the job brilliantly. >> i'm afraid we have to leave it there. >> i'm going to rush home and watch this. >> okay, gentlemen. thank you very much, jacob. we'll be back tomorrow at 8:00, and i'll be back at 3 pm, as usual, till six. i'm martin daubney, and this has been state of the nation. but now it's time for your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest weather for gb news. it's becoming drier over the next 24 hours, but with light winds we could see some fog patches tonight developing. and that's thanks to an area of high pressure moving in, which then stays with us for much of the week. temperatures rising, particularly by the end of the week into the weekend. highs of 24 or 25. in the best of the sunshine in this evening time. still some heavy thundery showers easing away. the rai

. —— penny mordaunt.e possible compensation scheme and gave it to the government two years ago, and the government two years ago, and the purpose of that was that we were all going to know what we were going to do and how it would be achieved two years ago but the government did nothing with it and put that on a she” nothing with it and put that on a shelf and left it there. the inquiry process got hold of it and they looked at the robert francis report and effectively he rubber—stamped it, and this time last year he produced an interim report dealing with a compensation in which he pretty much adopted the robert great francis report. —— robert francis. his direction was that the report should be the subject of a working compensation scheme by the autumn of last year. we know that did not happen, and he did not happen by christmas or the spring and it still hasn't happened yet. what we have todayis hasn't happened yet. what we have today is basically a lot of paperwork, doing not much more than reprinting

we've also got penny mordaunt. also got kemi badenoch, claire coutinho, mel stride , there's gillian mel stride, there's gillian keegan, mark harper, david davies and victoria prentice, esther mcvey, andrew mitchell and johnny mercer. they would all go to labour by the way. alex chalk and michael tomlinson would apparently both lose to the liberal democrats. ulster jack would lose to the snp and simon hart to plaid cymru, another big name would be sir jacob rees mogg . apparently he jacob rees mogg. apparently he would go as well. now a lot can change in politics. there are weeks to go in this election campaign and that poll was concluded on may the 27th. but those results are stark . i'm those results are stark. i'm joined now by the man behind the poll. it's the founder and ceo of electoral calculus, martin baxter. martin thank you very, very much for joining baxter. martin thank you very, very much forjoining us here on patrick christys tonight. those results are absolutely astonishing. can you shed some more li

so there's a plot to oust rishi sunak and replace replace him with, possibly penny mordaunt, possibly spoon with a face painted on it. i mean, any of them would be would be better options. possibly. but, but yeah, they've decided to . not and we're a few decided to. not and we're a few months away from the general election. there's not much point like, you know, swapping in. and also who'd want to who'd want to be prime minister forjust a couple of months? >> then you get the paycheque forever, though, if you've been liz truss. yeah. do you get the paycheque forever? once you've been in. so let's say you get in, you sneak in just before you know the end game. >> well, humza yousaf's going to get that pension is he gets a pay get that pension is he gets a pay off some like 50 grand a year forever or something, doesn't he? >> which is a lot in scotland. >> which is a lot in scotland. >> it's a lot in scotland. yeah, yeah it's huge. i mean, i saw this, post or ex post or tweet from steven swinford. he said it looks like rishi will survive because none of these three things happened. so t

i do think penny mordaunt and kemi badenoch. that's a good shout.to their office. right. he's the prime minister. so he's the most suitable to talk about anything to do with the country . to do with the country. >> you've got a veterans minister here amy, who's who's saying basically paraphrasing. but you know we need to see the pubuc but you know we need to see the public need to see less of rishi sunakin public need to see less of rishi sunak in order for the tories to do better. >> but apparently we need to see more of his bare feet. >> i want, i want to smell, but do you remember when you had that video of somebody clipping their toenails? >> oh yeah. and you couldn't see their face? was it johnny? >> was it johnny? >> was it johnny? no, >> was it johnny? no, it >> was it johnny? no, it wasn't johnny. >> to be fair, i think he's making that line because kemi and penny are more attractive than rishi. >> do you think this is a looks thing? >> of course. but good looks always works in politics. >> good luck. look at boris . >> good luck. look at bo

penny mordaunt. ve party. they want a she's the left of the snp on that. now she is to the left of the snp. but i think it's interesting because labour's escaping scrutiny, aren't they. because they've still got a lot of these hard left momentum types hanging around. they've got the sort of gaza brigade, haven't they, with the old stripy scarves and so on. so they are, i think, i don't think that the electorate is yet focusing on what, what what they are being pushed out. >> pushed out of there. >> pushed out of there. >> alison. >> alison. >> what are your views on this? because for a lot for a lot of our viewers and listeners, obviously immigration is the big thing, right? and if people are saying like on the front of the mail that they can't, they can't be trusted on it. labour you don't think will make too much of a difference to them, well, national issues is another . national issues is another. >> well, it's a question we put, for example, in all our questionnaires when we do, researches and it

and that he was taking too much of the focus in campaigning and that other colleagues such as penny mordaunt of not quite a happy family in the conservative party.- quite a happy family in the conservative party. quite a happy family in the conservative pa . :, ~ , :, , conservative party. thank you very much indeed- _ there's growing international condemnation of an air strike near rafah in gaza, which palestinian officials say killed at least 45 people — including women and children — at a refugee camp. the israeli government says the initial findings of its investigation are that an air strike against a hamas compound nearby set off a fire which killed the palestinian civilians. egypt has called on israel to implement the order by the international court ofjustice to halt its military offensive in rafah. french president emmanuel macron says he is outraged by the israeli strikes on rafah and qatar says it could hinder reaching a ceasefire deal. dan johnson reports. explosions. this was israel's air strike late last night in southern gaza — it says, targeting senior hamas figures with prec

penny mordaunt has put out her little manifesto for her area, saying it's been decided as ever by local, we've already got, just a couple of hours in, you've got prominent ministers and prominent figures basically saying, "don't look at the brand, look at me, don't look at the party, "don't look at the prime minister, look at me. "i do my own saying", and i think that's very, very telling. but, you know, campaigns can change things. we were all there in 2017 and the world could look very different in 100 days' time. 43 days' time. that's what i meant to say. it's 100 days long election campaign is what we call it, but each other by then, we're all friends here. i'm going to let you go. lovely to catch up with you. see you soon. bye, everybody. have fun. right, let's listen to sir keir starmer, labour leader who was inside on the 11th ofjuly, you have the choice. and together, we can stop the chaos. we can turn the page. we can start to rebuild britain and change our country. - the video and social media was actually even in the sunshine outside. so another contrast, although that social

penny mordaunt, the leader of the house of commons, tabled proposals which would mean that mps wouldnly be excluded once they've been charged by the police. but many mps think those plans don't go far enough — and that the ban should instead come into force when a member is arrested. here's some of that debate. at the heart of this is our responsibility to ensure that everyone in parliament has a safe working environment and that we uphold the holders two highest standards and expectations. that is a far cry from where we were in the recent past. issues of serious wrongdoing or harassment or bad culture and workplace have been a constant cloud over this place. the headlines bring the entire house into disrepute and add to the erosion of trust in parliament and in politicians. it erosion of trust in parliament and in politicians.— mp's were not whipped on which option to choose. clearly quite a heated debate. in the end the house plumped for the amended version of the bill. it means mps face being barred from attending parliament if they are arrested for serious sexual or violent offe

penny mordaunt, for example, would have could have become mayor, would have been a popular choice and i reckon could have beaten sadiq khan with the proper support . and i with the proper support. and i think susan hall's team are right to feel a bit bitter about the lack of support. i mean, there was none, really. yeah. >> good point. and yeah, as bev was alluding to earlier, i just l, was alluding to earlier, i just i, i've not met anybody in london who's admitted to voting for sadiq khan. i just wonder who is voting for him. well, i think count binface he got 24,000 votes and that says something when he didn't even come last. >> so when the silliest candidate does that well, it shows some things amiss. >> yeah, right. thank you both . >> yeah, right. thank you both. keep your thoughts coming this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay we will be looking at them during this quick break. but next. yes. >> up next single sex lose. they're going to be required in all new restaurants and offices under new government plans. this is rishi sunak allegedly lurching to the right. what do you think abou

and here is the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt . all, can i reassure the honourable gentleman that i am not about to defect to the opposition benches? they wouldn't be interested in me. i'm too left wing. >> so tonight i'm asking how sir keir starmer made a huge mistake by allowing natalie elphicke into the labour party, going head to head on this. our labour councillor brendan chilton, and former labour speechwriter james matthewson shapps. thank you very much. great to have you both on, james, i'll start with you. is this a massive, massive mistake from starmer ? mistake from starmer? >> i don't know if it's a massive mistake, but i do think it's misjudged , urged patrick, it's misjudged, urged patrick, because at the end of the day, we are seeing the likelihood of defections increase and that's good news for the labour party. it shows that the labour party has done a lot of work and a lot of self—reflection in recent years, something i'm sure me and brendan will both agree on, and i think that that idea that the party's become mo

>> greatest britain, penny mordaunt. right. unusual in a way for me to suggest that she does it.ou know, are you plotting or are you working with the plotters? and she said she did not want to be installed at number 10 like a new boiler. >> well , actually, john, i number 10 like a new boiler. >> well, actually, john, i must say that brings me on quite seamlessly to the fact that i've done a little sit down interview with penny morden, which will be going out afterward. >> fingers crossed. on, monday. yes so more details about that to follow. but go on. >> who's your. >> who's your. >> so my greatest britain is the person i really hope. fingers crossed tomorrow will become our new mayor of london. susan hall. she's been magnificent. she's gritty, she's down to earth. she's actually saying things that people want to hear. she's got the common sense. we need to be mayor. and i really hope that we get good news tomorrow. and she becomes our new mayor of london. >> i can tell you she won't. she'll lose. well she might run it close, though. >> okay. >> okay. >> all right. wait and see

this now i know why it was so i could hold that sword at the coronation, an exclusive live with penny mordauntonation plus down now people. >> people decided 100 university lecturers and staff take part in a pro—palestine protest and breaking tonight. >> yes, those are live shots. as israel begins its invasion of rafah after rejecting a ceasefire deal from hamas. we will keep you up to date on that. >> also kick off clarence castle, take off. clarence we received some information regarding a bomb threat , a regarding a bomb threat, a pilot's ice cold reaction to a bomb threat on board, and what he needs to do to salvage this dire situation is to accept the enormity of the problem. >> these terrible results . >> these terrible results. >> these terrible results. >> nigel farage reacts live to suella coming out swinging on my panel tonight. it is express political guru christine cowie, founder of global britain and an anarchist, lisa mckenzie. oh yes. and can you guess what happens. next? yes. and can you guess what happens . next? oh, yes. okay. happens. next? oh, yes. okay. you know what? can

so this was all commissioned by penny mordaunt.look at, look at this and identify some of these areas. i think i can actually pop up onto the screen a chart at the moment . i have to carry out this. as i've just said, this was created by the antisemitism policy trust. that might explain in some ways why they've firmly put anti—semitism at the root of some of this stuff. they talk about , some of this stuff. they talk about, covid—19 some of this stuff. they talk about , covid—19 chemtrails, the about, covid—19 chemtrails, the great reset, 15 minute cities, the great replacement theory, the new world order, and so on and so forth . firstly, they call and so forth. firstly, they call all of those things, conspiracy theories, and then secondly, they somehow linked them all back to anti—semitism. what do you make either to the fact that some of these things are being regarded as conspiracy theories and or the link then to that central point , i and or the link then to that central point, i think that it's reasonable to make a link betw

guy was the doctor the other week, but it's i do wonder if they can go too far with this other penny mordauntp in parliament today. did you see that? she said she's she's not going to defect. she's too left wing for labour. that's funny. the problem is she actually probably is. i mean, she's so left she's probably agreed. so i'm not sure it kind of works if you really are just a woke lefty. that's witty. it was witty, but sort of too accurate for me. but anyway, that's my little beef. but let's do the telegraph then. and i hate to shock anyone watching at home, but it turns out banks do pretty much whatever they want. josh? >> yeah, banks are law unto themselves. as mortgages rise and savings rates drop, themselves. as mortgages rise and savings rates drop , this is, and savings rates drop, this is, this this month's announcement that the rates are going to stay the same. this is the sixth month in a row, there was this expectation that mortgage rates would start dropping at some point because saving rates have been dropping. and there is a discrepancy between the two banks will go, oh no, it

it would have been penny mordaunt holding. it would have worked perfectly.don't know why they didn't think of that. that would have been ideal on her cape. yeah, that would have been amazing. but so that was that was ridiculous and just pathetic. and you could barely. it's like a guy trying to you're like, i'm trying to listen to the song here. who's this guy talking over? i'm trying to listen to derek ream. >> anyway, he for some time has reminded me of the rat in flushed away. you know that the people aardman animations rat. >> no, but we'll say roland rat that was actually trending clearly is a rat of some sort. >> but anyway, flushed away rat actually gets soaking wet because he has to go through the sewer. so today it was kind of he really lent into the rat rat thing. >> you've made me even feel bad for him now. but i mean, look, so. but why now? i mean, there's a few possible answers as well. one, one, there's many reasons, but one, you can catch labour off guard a little bit because they haven't even got their manifesto ready. they don't have any poli

and my goodness, what a moment it was. >> and, you know, penny mordaunt's named here.ential next? >> she's got a decent majority, though, hasn't she, penny? >> not enough. she's under risk. not enough to feel safe. yeah. yougov poll. but i think it's also depending on how what kind of campaign they run, how local is it for your mp? because what we saw in the mayoral elections, in local elections was that actually, you know, sometimes the leaflets weren't even blue for the tory candidates. they just wanted to be your local representative. so if they dis themselves from the national disaster and say, i have been a good local mp, then that's that might be a more effective message. >> just in 30s. >> just in 30s. >> why would starmer be the most dangerous left wing prime minister since the 1970s? according to the mail? >> according according to this, bofis >> according according to this, boris johnson has said this he's come out with an excoriating attack on keir starmer. i mean, there's some brilliant lines in here, he talks about starmer wrapping himself so tightly in the

, her seat is penny mordaunt, her seat is already looking in danger.avourite. she's seen as somebody who could perhaps unite the party. i think that's a pretty tough ask . but that's a pretty tough ask. but she is also likely to go. so who might they be left with? >> the katherine forster. thank you for stepping in there. and we will go back to tom lubbock after the news. he will rejoin us. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00. i get the latest from france, where at least two prison guards have been shot dead after heavily armed men ambushed a prison van to free an inmate who's believed to free an inmate who's believed to be a drug lord. but first is your latest news headlines. it's sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much. good afternoon from the newsroom. it'sjust good afternoon from the newsroom. it's just after 3:30, and we will start with the story leading the news this afternoon, angry scenes continuing in georgia with riot police now moving into the nation's parliament after protesters there broke through the exterior barriers

penny mordaunt as lord president of the privy council.health and social care affairs. alister jack, secretary of state for scotland , secretary of state for scotland, and lord true, the leader of the house of lords. but and lord true, the leader of the house of lords . but effectively house of lords. but effectively the cameron. >> i'm going to have to interrupt. interrupt you. sorry john swinney, the leader of the snp, is launching the snp's election campaign in the mainstream of scottish public opinion and they define my leadership of my party and our country . country. >> they are why i believe so passionately in independence, because when decisions are taken in scotland, for scotland, we can bring about a better country. >> they are also why i'm asking you to vote snp in this election to unite, to bring about that better country that we all want to see. that starts by seeing the back of rishi sunak and his government, the challenger for every tory seat in scotland is the scottish national party. so by voting snp you can get rid of thi

and even penny mordaunt got involved . involved. >> and she says these people deserve to be recognisedntion. people have done and it's taken away attention from the royal navy who are heroes, quite frankly. so you know, people of colour like myself because they liberated people know it's wise words. >> they're saying, you're right, penny mordaunt, who's the constituency mp for this area, has in fact been trying to fundraise to get a statue built to have it paid for. it seems that will hit the buffers because landsec the landowners, they just won't allow it . thanks they just won't allow it. thanks for joining us as a political forjoining us as a political commentator. always a delight to have you on the show. now, if you want to see rishi sunak looking like mickey mouse or a baby ruining a photo opportunity for sir keir starmer, then you're in luck. i'm about to show you the best and the worst images from the first full week of the general election campaign. brace yourselves, martin daubney on gb news, britain's news welcome back. time is 546. i'm martin daubney . it's gb news. one of

. >> we're predicting it could be penny mordaunt. we're predicting it could be kemi badenoch, etc, etc. but i think for it to be a portillo moment, it's someone that was never thought about. i mean, that would have to be what rishi sunak , perish the thought. rishi sunak, perish the thought. >> right. michael's going to stay with me because we're going to talk in a moment about the lib dem threat to the conservatives. and we're also going to be talking about independents like jeremy corbyn and whether they may affect the labour vote. back in a sec welcome back to the camilla tominey show on gb news. now, we had hoped that we might have a liberal democrat to represent the party, to represent the yellows on the show, but unfortunately, they weren't putting anyone forward for the show this weekend. so instead, what we're going to do is have a look at what sir ed davey, the liberal democrat leader, said yesterday in chichester when he explained the difference between the lib dems and the labour party. >> listen, the liberal democrats hav

the only real possibility is penny mordaunt, and looking at the polling at the moment, penny mordauntction. and obviously it would be hugely, hugely embarrassing for the conservative party if they were to if their leader were to lose their seat of the prime minister, were to lose her seat at a general election. so most mps seem to be keeping their counsel for now. but it could get increasing difficult over the coming days and weeks. one aspect of these shattering local election defeats is that the conservative party is going to lose all sorts of volunteers, those all important people who go and knock on the doorsteps , go and knock on the doorsteps, go and knock on the doorsteps, go and knock on the doorsteps, go and deliver the pamphlets, etc. quite a lot, quite a lot of them are local councillors, and a lot of those councillors have now lost their seats and are feeling pretty disillusioned with the conservative party as a whole. i think it will be also be really interesting to see what andy street does next. he was furious with rishi sunak and the conservative government in westmins

secretary, penny mordaunt, the leader of the is, jeremy— mordaunt, the leader of the is, jeremy huntit was an excellent set results for labour, the flip side of what happened to the conservatives. the really key thing for labour is if you look at the local elections, they are doing well in the areas that they really need to do well in for a general election, they are over performing in the kind of areas where they are competitive against the conservatives, the kind of areas that the conservatives won in 2019 when borisjohnson won that very big majority of 80, in seats that were more likely to vote to leave in 2016, which shows the scanner power of brexit is kind of waning in politics, and they are also doing better in seats that have got a sort of lower than average graduate population. so i think what that shows is that in the seats that really count for a general election, labour is putting on boats. it is also true to say labour is losing votes, and that is partly as a result, i think there are some disaffected muslim voters as a result of the way keir starmer has handled the isra

and the tory party we have penny mordaunt, who herself is, sounds just like any other trans rights activistlso really hopeful that if it is an election issue, which it undoubtedly will, that it will be seen as the important issue, that it be seen as the important issue, thatitis be seen as the important issue, that it is not just about a tiny number of trans identified people that only affects that that number of people, but an issue that affects 51% of the electorate, of course, which is women, my perception was that with the publication of the casp report, there was a certain amount of scuttling to new political positions going on in across the parties, even the scottish national party was affected by the casp report, particularly with its change of leader. so the things that you've just described, are they the up to date positions of the political parties, would you say? >> well, i wouldn't know . i >> well, i wouldn't know. i mean, we have obviously we've lost two, leaders in scotland, the snps that were again capitulating to the greens on their absolutely bonkers , their absolutely bon

well then, do you agree with, with penny mordaunt that keir starmers are going to start endorsing peoplesoon? i don't understand that question. what do you mean? >> well, what do you think? >> well, what do you think? >> do i think what do i think? >> do i think what do i think? >> starmers labour endorsing into the enoch powell territory? i mean, they're moving into traditional conservative party territory. territory. >> the tories, they just they just they just announced they just they just announced they just announced , they just just announced, they just announced a stop the boats policy, which is basically an amnesty for the 90,000 migrants that crossed the boat. >> since that crossed the channel since the small boat, the nationality and borders. >> what alex is talking about is multiple examples. for example, the use of the union jack again on all their election propaganda flag, union flag, union flag, apologies . flag, union flag, union flag, apologies. the use of flag, union flag, union flag, apologies . the use of the flag, union flag, union flag, apologies. the use of the unio

i think penny mordaunt will probably lose her seat.as got too many enemies and a bit of a temper, i'm told, to really want to be a successful leader, and she carries the baggage of this bunch.so carries the baggage of this bunch. so we've got to look to the future. i think nigel farage not standing has helped the tories helped the conservatives immensely because there's no doubt at all if he did stand, it would be good. but david frost has said today in the daily telegraph that he would like to stand as an mp. it's up to the party. i hope they grab him and give him a safe, a safe as he can get seat because we need him for the future, because the day the labour party get in is when the labour party get in is when the british people will realise what a terrible mistake they've made because sadly , made because sadly, traditionally people vote against things for not it and everyone's fed up with the conservatives. >> what do you think the big themes are going to be? we're looking very much ahead there, but between now and july the 4th, pi

it would have been penny mordaunt holding. it would have worked perfectly.een ideal on her cape. yeah, that would have been amazing. but so that was that was ridiculous and just pathetic. and you could barely. it's like a guy trying to you're like, i'm trying to listen to the song here. who's this guy talking over? i'm trying to listen to derek ream. >> anyway, he for some time has reminded me of the rat in flushed away. you know that the people aardman animations rat. >> no, but we'll say roland rat that was actually trending clearly is a rat of some sort. >> but anyway, flushed away rat actually gets soaking wet because he has to go through the sewer. so today it was kind of he really lent into the rat rat thing. >> you've made me even feel bad for him now. but i mean, look, so. but why now? i mean, there's a few possible answers as well. one, one, there's many reasons, but one, you can catch labour off guard a little bit because they haven't even got their manifesto ready. they don't have any policies. no. and starmer says this is power returns to you, wh

could penny mordaunt get through? she won't . oh no, it's through? she won't.prime minister there's a there's almost a sort of similar sort of, vein here that perhaps many people within the snp, they want a quick transition, they want a quick transition, they want it to be tidy. they don't want it to be tidy. they don't want the mess of a leadership election. >> so there we go. good for scotland. another continuity candidate in the place of first minister. let us know what you think this is. good afternoon britain. we're on gb news. britain's election . channel. britain's election. channel. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello again. here's your latest gb news weather brought to you by the met office. northern parts will stay dry as we go through the rest of today, but further south we have some thundery showery rain and that's in association with a front that's trailing across central parts at the moment. that's trailing across central parts at the moment . and we do parts at the mome

penny mordaunt and can be beaten or could be could lose their seats to labour still on this.make the general election, would make things much better for the conservatives than they have been expecting. >> so in a bleak night of results, this might give them some fag end of comfort in number 10. >> absolutely, yes, the strategists , the number 10 will strategists, the number 10 will be quite pleased with this. >> and you're working all this out in real time on your spreadsheet there. >> absolutely great stuff. >> absolutely great stuff. >> that's why we got you here. now we can now cross live to nottingham , where gb news nottingham, where gb news reporter will hollis is joined by labour's claire ward, who has become the first ever mayor for the region, just announced her victory. will, i'll hand you over. >> oven >> yes, well, with around 180,000 votes here in the east midlands for the very first time, claire ward, the labour candidate, has been elected as the brand new mayor. congratulations how are you feeling? >> well, i feel very honoured, very privileged to be the very f

another penny mordaunt's seat. ah!as was the case last year, if you look at the tactical situation at ward level, and it is the water level where the tactical situation operates in these local elections, what you do discover is beginning to be fairly consistent evidence that the conservative party is at risk of suffering from anti—conservative macro tactical voting, and if you want to know why we are saying that it looks like the conservatives to lose 500 seats, it is, a, because of the rise of anti conservative tactical voting, and b, because it is losing ground most heavily in wards where they were previously strongest. again, something else that was in evidence last year, and it was those two patterns last year that delivered 1000 conservative losses, and it may be those two patterns that this year also ensures that the forecast of 500 losses also proved to be pretty close to the truth. sir proved to be pretty close to the truth. ,, . ., proved to be pretty close to the truth. ,, g ., . proved to be pretty close to

hearing for many, many weeks as those leadership rumours, those challenges were going in with penny mordaunt, repeatedly rattle her sabre, saying it's time to get those letters in. and then, of course, no, no, no, we must be a unhed course, no, no, no, we must be a united party. but as you said, will this be a united party if many of those tory mps might be saying, hang on a minute, i don't want an election, i think the thing now is it's presented as a fair accompli, which is that you've got six weeks, right? >> we've called the election, we've gone to the monarch. this is what they've said. and then you've just got to fight or die. and so i think it's almost sort of blindsiding the party and pushing them into the summer election. and we'll wait to see how they do. >> okay. superb. james heale, the political correspondent at the spectator. thanks for joining us. please stick around. and now let's head back to mark white. mark, we are moments away, ten minutes away from this dramatic press conference rishi sunak set to address the nation outside 10 downing street. >> it's incredible, isn't it

the leader of the commons penny mordaunt said there was a clear desire to see that happen. of evictions where your landlord can evictions where your landlord can evict with no reason, that is not going to bars. we understand the tobacco and vapes bill which would have stopped anybody bought from 2009 to ever legally be able to buy cigarettes, creating what rishi sunak called a smoke—free generation. labour sources say they would have backed the last bills but government sources said the problem with the renters reform bill was amendments in the lords from crossbench peers, who are independent, that they say meant there was not enough time, and on there was not enough time, and on the tobacco and vapes bill they point out from conservative mps, it was a free vote and there had been opposition from some conservative mps and they say they ran out of time but insist rishi sunak is committed to the idea of a smoke—free generation and point to the fact he talked about it when announcing the election on wednesday in downing street as evidence of that. we can pick up about business