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that rishi sunak wanted, he got. whether it was his smoking ban, whether it was the windsor framework, though, he got it through parliament at the first stage of parliament. >> yes. but it wasn't passed into law. no, exactly. >> but he got the key vote. the key vote was passed. it wasn't obstructed by tory rebellion or, you know, critics. >> so essentially it was lost as soon as as soon as he became leader, because he never reversed that 20% poll lead, did he? he became leader of the party. it was like wet cement had hardened. and that was your. yeah. >> yeah. so it was a very difficult innings that he had to play. >> and you're very understanding of him i think more than i thought. well, listen, i, you know, i think we've got to be dispassionate and fair and things are not black and white and they're not all good or bad. there's good and bad about people's leaderships. and it's a very hard job and increasingly close how hard he worked and he was a very, you know, but he blocked your plans on net migration. >> didn't

that rishi sunak wanted, he got.w, whether it was his smoking ban, whether it was the windsor framework, though, he got it through parliament at the first stage of parliament. >> yes. but it wasn't passed into law. no, exactly. >> but he got the key vote. the key vote was passed. it wasn't obstructed by tory rebellion or, you know, critics. >> so essentially it was lost as soon as as soon as he became leader, because he never reversed that 20% poll lead, did he? he became leader of the party. it was like wet cement had hardened. and that was your. yeah. >> yeah. so it was a very difficult innings that he had to play. >> and you're very understanding of him i think more than i thought. well, listen, i, you know, i think we've got to be dispassionate and fair and things are not black and white and they're not all good or bad. there's good and bad about people's leaderships. and it's a very hard job and increasingly close how hard he worked and he was a very, you know, but he blocked your plans on net migration. >> didn

sunak did rishi sunak rishi sunak the reason why i'm bringing him up?kwasi i'm not doing it. >> i'm not. i'm not bringing a i'm not bringing an up to avoid the issue. the reason why i'm bringing it up is because people who will be watching this will be seeing a completely different way of dealing with this protest from the way that we dealt with the pro—palestine protest. so the pro—palestine protest. so the problem with freedom of expression, martin, is that it has to appeal to everyone and what the right wingers are realising, right now is that they have spent the last few months demonising muslim people, demonising muslim people, concerned about the deaths of muslims. >> same thing when you're saying all the right wingers do the worst thing, you're not talking about the issue, you're not addressing the issue. >> the issue is three young girls were killed and robbed of their lives by a knife crime. it's not about the right. >> so let's address the issue. >> so let's address the issue. >> oh, forgive me or the muslims or anything like that. we've got t

this is for rishi sunak . sir keir starmer's rishi sunak.is on going after the people smugglers, who have now sent thousands more migrants across the channel since labour came to power. but the former head of border force says tackling international criminal gangs will be extremely difficult without full co—operation from many other governments. it is a very, very big ask, i think, to expect the uk to be able to smash the gangs if you like, without some form of international collaboration where powers can be used by other countries on their jurisdictions to bring people to justice to and prevent people and goods crossing borders, etc. rather than the uk being able to do this on their own. tony smith says there is no indication so far that the appetite of the smugglers and their customers has been in any way diminished since labour came to power. >> this is a hugely lucrative business. there is an unending supply of migrants pervading the eu border, many of whom are in various member states very keen to get across to the uk who are prepared t

sunak did rishi sunak rishi sunak the reason why i'm bringing him up?wasi i'm not doing it. >> i'm not. i'm not bringing a i'm not bringing an up to avoid the issue. the reason why i'm bringing it up is because people who will be watching this will be seeing a completely different way of dealing with this protest from the way that we dealt with the pro—palestine protest. so the pro—palestine protest. so the problem with freedom of expression, martin, is that it has to appeal to everyone and what the right wingers are realising, right now is that they have spent the last few months demonising muslim people, demonising muslim people, concerned about the deaths of muslims. >> same thing when you're saying all the right wingers do the worst thing, you're not talking about the issue, you're not addressing the issue. >> the issue is three young girls were killed and robbed of their lives by a knife crime. it's not about the right. >> so let's address the issue. >> so let's address the issue. >> oh, forgive me or the muslims or anything like that. we've got to

former prime minister rishi sunak has backed proposals for a commons vote.se are the latest gb news headlines for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> .com. forward slash alerts . >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> cheers very much tatiana. it's saturday night, my friends, and you're with the saturday five. i'm darren grimes, and i can promise that you're in for a very lively show. lots of people commenting saying welcome, dame andrea, and what a cracking panel it is. so i won't tell benjamin butterworth or he'll, he'll, he'll not sleep the night. we're going to crack on with tonight's first debate. it isindeed with tonight's first debate. it is indeed me abusing the position of the chair. now folks, i want to talk to you about what i've seen happening on our streets. i think it's been, frankly, a total farce. people getting longer sentences than paedophiles for facebook posts, de facto blasphem

sunak, in the absence — election by rishi sunak, in the absence of rwanda which rishi sunak was neverir starmer to do. will talk after the break about his speech tomorrow and the focus on the economy on both sides, and here in london and in washington. in this proposal that keir starmer is pushing about repairing potholes and making more schools available in more places available so more can get a doctor's appointment comes at the best way to deal with some of this frustration that is out there in society? l this frustration that is out there in society?— in society? i should think so. if ou look in society? i should think so. if you look at _ in society? i should think so. if you look at 2016 _ in society? i should think so. if you look at 2016 brexit - in society? i should think so. if- you look at 2016 brexit referendum, one of the reasons why people voted to leave the european union was exactly that, there were not enough places and schools in the can i get appointments with the doctors and i was also the responsibility of the labour government earlier when that came because more

sunak and olaf scholzjust that rishi sunak and olaf scholz just to get that rishi sunak and olaf scholzjust back sometime as finance ministers. then of course you talk to the third political party in the liberal democrats and they say keir starmer did have a plot for the uk to rejoin. starmer did have a plot for the uk to rejoin-— uk to re'oin. how important does uk to rejoin. how important does germany, _ uk to rejoin. how important does germany, how- uk to rejoin. how important i does germany, how important uk to rejoin. how important - does germany, how important is this to germany and to france? important. it was very interesting to hear the positive words from olaf scholz. i'm not sure about the translation but he came through as reset and welcoming the uk reaching out in a different sort of relationship. really trying to fix the post—brexit relationship in the run—up of course to a time in the next year or so when that initial exit agreement will be looked at again, in terms of how it works. both france and germany really seeing it as in everyone's interest to develop better relations

rishi totally pointless entity. where is. rishi sunak? last i saw he was rubbing shoulders with keir starmer and angela rayner. as you can see here, the day after the election, and having a right old laugh about it in parliament, then he trotted off to california for frozen yoghurt by the pacific. >> we have 48 hours to save britain from the danger of a labour government. we have got to make sure that britain does not sleepwalk into this. it is our job. not sleepwalk into this. it is ourjob. it is our duty to spend our job. it is our duty to spend the next 48 hours waking everyone up to the danger of a labour government . labour government. >> rishi warned us about the calamity labour had in store. then he disappeared when it mattered the most. so is it a surprise that people think politics is just one big game, one big club that you and i aren't a part of? as camilla tominey eloquently puts in tomorrow's newspaper, the sunday telegraph, the useless tories are betraying the british public once again. keir starmer is looking for more thing

dishy rishi fishy rishi sunak , dishy rishi fishy rishi sunak, by the way, where has he been?ition, have we? >> nice restaurant in beverly hills. >> he does. he lives. he's looking for his new position in silicon valley. i can tell you he's on holiday. a pizza restaurant, $30 a pizza. that's where he's been bargain. >> all right . where he's been bargain. >> all right. sounds where he's been bargain. >> all right . sounds cheaper >> all right. sounds cheaper than ibiza. and talking of ibiza, i was there last week for a couple of nights, but angela rayner has turned full blown raver on the party island . doof raver on the party island. doof doof doof . but is this really doof doof. but is this really a good look for a deputy prime minister? we'll debate that after the break. this is friday night live with me, ben. back in a tick. welcome back. friday night live with me. ben. leo now, just days after her boss warned the nation of a painful autumn budget, deputy pm angela rayner has been spotted raving in ibiza without a care in the world. i think since we said that we would stil

so rishi sunak twice told past.for gb news in october last year and december that the tory party is a broad church. when i said can nigel farage join this party? your party, don't forget farage himself was mobbed at the tory party conference when he was a presenter when he appeared, went to cover that conference last october as a presenter for gb news now. of course, he's an mp for reform uk and the leader of that party of five mps in parliament. the big question , though, for the tory, question, though, for the tory, the six tories to replace sunak is what to do about farage and indeed the 4 million people who voted reform uk at the last election, many of whom i would say the majority of whom are tories who have just been left homeless by the almost the leftward lurch of the tory party under sunak. after after liz truss left office of course, and that's what i think is so interesting. why are these leaders who want to be replaced ? leaders who want to be replaced? sunak saying, well, of course i'll talk to farage.

| but i think you should credit rishi sunak— but i think you should credit rishi sunak somewhat _ but somewhat for the - but i think you should credit rishi sunak somewhat for the wins - sunak somewhat for the wins framework, _ sunak somewhat for the wins framework, which _ sunak somewhat for the wins framework, which is - sunak somewhat for the wins framework, which is a - sunak somewhat for the wins framework, which is a big - sunak somewhat for the wins - framework, which is a big moment for resetting _ framework, which is a big moment for resetting relationships, _ framework, which is a big moment for resetting relationships, and _ resetting relationships, and actually— resetting relationships, and actually boris _ resetting relationships, and actually borisjohnson - resetting relationships, and actually boris johnson and i resetting relationships, and i actually boris johnson and mr resetting relationships, and - actually boris johnson and mr sunak who were _ actually boris johnson and mr sunak who were really _ actually boris johnson and mr sunak who were really strong _ actuall

do you think if rishi sunak had waited until the autumn, you might still be an mp?ruth is we'll neven >> i mean, the truth is we'll never. well, i would still be an mp now , certainly. but more mp now, certainly. but more importantly, would i be an mp after october? for what it's worth, i always thought october was was was the best date to do it. we'll never know is the is the honest answer because things could could have got worse. but but i if i had to, you know, come down on one side or the other, i would come down and say, yeah, we should have waited. partly because our own party was was slightly wrong footed by going early . so footed by going early. so i think we would have done better in october than we did in july. >> well, what's your instinct about why he did decide to go early? was it that he was worried about sort of farage being able to get his ship in order by october? obviously back in the summer it looked as though reform weren't very organised. do you think that was it, or was he worried about big numbers of small boats crossing the channel over the

but the economy is growing, and rishi gave that to keir. he did.'ve been talking about social unrest, right, in the last 15 minutes, and a lot of that reflects what's been happening in the economy. people aren't feeling better off. they're not seeing their public services improve. is that going to change in the coming months? we've got a budget coming up in october. and for all that sort of, you know, tussling in the house of commons this week, we have heard nothing yet about how they're going to tackle that looming problem of the fact that the budget for public services — take away inflation, take away population growth — it is going to be very squeezed over the next few years. so if you're banking on seeing an improvement to some of those public services, it ain't happening yet. and dharshini, i do want to ask you about the consequences, but first i want to ask paddy what he had for breakfast this morning. that was like the gettysburg address, complete with, like, a little bang of your fist on the arm of the chair. i'm excited by... the public fi

but rishi sunak , labour do now.ng down what you call irregular migration, some people would call illegal migration in terms of bringing down immigration and particularly the backlog. he could claim some success there, couldn't he , to take that figure couldn't he, to take that figure of legacy asylum backlog from 98,000. so that was anybody waiting more than two years to 1900. that feels like a win. tell us why you think it might not be so much of a victory , not be so much of a victory, >> obviously any backlog, you know, is a disaster as negative. whatever you think of immigration or asylum seekers generally. so of course we want to have low figures. we want to have less people waiting in limbo for months and years. so of course, but i mean, firstly because one of the reasons i said they were so desperate to meet that pledge that they just got rid of applications and what that meant was implicit withdrawals, which basically means someone didn't answer to the home office phone call. someone missed an appointment, s

rishi sunak said stop doing mickey mouse degrees. what's your take?ointless degree? >> well, there are some degrees that are, that don't meet the figour that are, that don't meet the rigour and standard and when the assessment comes around, they get quite rightly axed. and that does happen from time to time. but what is a degree for. i think there are two kinds of degrees. there's a very small number of professional degrees that if you want to go into that career and it's probably going to be the career for you, the rest of your life, you've got to do the degree. medicine is the easiest one. law is probably another one engineering. there are a few that directly or indirectly give you a qualifications to go and work in that sector. the vast majority of degrees have never been like that. physics, you know , general that. physics, you know, general physics is not like that kind of chemistry. on its own is not like that. they are very useful. and in fact, most of our industrial base is based on those people. but it's not a direct degree to job situation. a

that was really where rishi sunak was.est. the reason why all this matters is because we are facing the decision point for mps is 120 or so tory mps. they've got to work out how to whittle down the six to just a two for the membership. and all starts this weekend . we've got a starts this weekend. we've got a big rally from robert jenrick on the weekend and next week , the weekend and next week, monday and tuesday. a lot of these other campaigns start to launch. these other campaigns start to launch . we'll have all that launch. we'll have all that covered for viewers and listeners live on gb news so it might seem why are we talking about the tory party now? they are now deciding who will go lead this party, the opposition, into the next election. so it's quite important we cover it properly. >> chris, when push comes to shove, it all boils down to two words competence and trust. all of them are highly competent. they've all been ministers. we know that. they've performed at the highest level. the key point is trust. can p

she's one of six candidates running to replace rishi sunak . the replace rishi sunak.g week, but that it does support flexible working options. labour says it's focused on compressed hours, instead allowing employees to work longer over fewer days. not though , reducing fewer days. not though, reducing total hours. the conservatives have criticised any proposed changes to working arrangements, claiming businesses are concerned about potential costs . concerned about potential costs. and the foreign office says it is worried about the risk of instability in the occupied west bank. it's calling on restraint from israel, which says it has killed a hamas commander there. the idf says it was targeting a terrorist cell, while the militant group has not yet commented those are the latest headlines. for now, i'm sam francis sophia wenzler. we'll have your next update in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash >> good afternoon britain.

this is for rishi sunak . sir keir starmer's rishi sunak.mugglers who've now sent thousands more migrants across the channel. since labour came to power . but the the channel. since labour came to power. but the former head of border force says tackling international criminal gangs will be extremely difficult without full cooperation from many other governments. >> he's a very, very big ask, i think, to expect the uk to be able to smash the gangs. if you like, without some form of international collaboration, where powers can be used by other countries on their jurisdictions to bring people to justice to and prevent people and goods crossing borders, etc. rather than the uk being able to do this on their own. >> tony smith says there is no indication so far that the appetite of the smugglers and their customers has been in any way diminished since labour came to power . to power. >> this is a hugely lucrative business. there is an unending supply of migrants pervading the eu border, many of whom are in various member states very keen to get

rishi. rishi. rishi sunak or whatever. rishi.you say, he vows to take all necessary action apart from actually listening to people with a different set of ideas . with a different set of ideas. and his inflexible ness makes him look bad because it's there has to be someone, you know. there's a lot of people working for him and advisers, and surely someone could sort of step in and just go, you know what, keir? there's actually some legitimate concerns here. of course, violence is wrong. and we know that and there's no justification. but maybe we should sort of throw a bone to some of the underlying causes here. yeah. and it's really affecting a yougov poll, says that 40 by 49% to 31% britons think that keir starmer is handung think that keir starmer is handling the riots badly. >> i mean, that's a pretty which percentage by 49%, 49% of all britons. right. so basically half of all britons think that he's handling it badly. yeah, 31% think that he's handling it well. >> yeah . it's well. >> yeah. it's i mean i think most people the

courtesy ofjeremy hunt and rishi sunak? , g courtesy ofjeremy hunt and rishi sunak?growth are labour growth, it | of tory growth are labour growth, it is slightly cold growth.— is slightly cold growth. timing is eve hinu is slightly cold growth. timing is everything in — is slightly cold growth. timing is everything in politics _ is slightly cold growth. timing is everything in politics and - is slightly cold growth. timing is everything in politics and the - everything in politics and the politics were bequeathing a growing economy? politics were bequeathing a growing econom ? . , politics were bequeathing a growing econom ? ., , ., ~ economy? that is true and i think the conservative _ economy? that is true and i think the conservative party _ economy? that is true and i think the conservative party received . economy? that is true and i think- the conservative party received more opprobrium than it should have done and therefore would not have been honest when growth arises. the trend is not as high as we all want. however, jeremy is right. i think rachel reeves a

in fact labour will bring back rishi sunak's one.n after the 1st of january 2009 will never be able to buy cigarettes. so there's a slight problem about the cut off point. but obviously if you were born on new year's eve , you would on new year's eve, you would still be able to smoke. but if you were born on new year's day, you were born on new year's day, you wouldn't. so there are sort of issues with that. obviously this is slightly different because because this is banning outdoor smoking and particularly in pubs. i mean, what it strikes me is that, this should really be be a decision for pub landlords . so as part of, say, landlords. so as part of, say, the licensing application, they say how they cater for both smokers and non—smokers so they can actually drink side by side. >> i mean, i wonder with this, i mean there is room in this proposed legislation, isn't there, for, smoking areas. it's just the saying you can't do it in the pub garden. >> well , yes, in the pub garden. >> well, yes, i suppose you could. you can look at it

that is mainly because of a deal that rishi sunak agreed with the albanians. asylum is actually at an all time high. so a really, really mixed bag on illegal migration there. on legal migration too. it's not all straightforward. yes. keir starmer is probably going to be able to meet his target for legal migration, perhaps sooner than expected because of the work that that conservative government put in. but as you mentioned in our introduction there, patrick, those numbers, they've come down from an unbelievable high over the last couple of years. last year, over 700,000 legal migrants to the uk arrived. but they are still much, much higher than those 2019 figures. so there'll be plenty both on both the labour and the conservative benches and of course, reform, who now represent quite a big proportion of the country who will be saying it's not yet enough. so it's a long way to go for keir starmer. i think one thing that that's worth mentioning is i would to love know how rishi sunakis would to love know how rishi sunak is feeling today about his decision to ca

we had to wait wait longerfor rishi sunak office.rishi sunak to come to berlin, so germans do appreciate the gesture. given the constraints _ appreciate the gesture. given the constraints about - appreciate the gesture. given the constraints about the - appreciate the gesture. given the constraints about the uk| the constraints about the uk being outside of the european union, what do you think is realistically achievable in terms of the change, the rebalancing of this relationship? rebalancing of this relationshi - ? . , rebalancing of this relationshi? . , ., relationship? headlines after the ress relationship? headlines after the press conference, - relationship? headlines after the press conference, the - the press conference, the french are between... the friendship between keir starmer and 0laf sholz, it is obvious they are allies so this was a plus. fora they are allies so this was a plus. for a lot of germans, britain leaving the european union was a traumatic experience because there is a strong emotional bond to the country

sunak , in which rishi sunak and sunak, in which rishi sunak and olaf scholz were talking about increasedn, the challenges of the middle east, ukraine working together, supporting businesses. germany is our second biggest trading partner and here we go again. but of course , what is clear is but of course, what is clear is that this prime minister wants to go further in his closer relations with the eu, because of course, rishi sunak campaigned to leave. sir keir starmer campaigned to stay. and then when the country voted for brexit, spent a lot of time as shadow brexit secretary campaigning for a second referendum. now he's done apparently a complete about turn in that. now they say no going back, no going back to customs union and single market. the european union . but they very european union. but they very clearly do want to improve relations. and this treaty that they're talking about, they'd like to get it done and dusted by christmas. they're talking about security , defence, about security, defence, business, ai, climate change, all the rest of it . but business, ai, climate chan

i mean, you know, we saw this with rishi. i mean, i made the point at the start.relevant who wins the elections. the, you know, we know what's good for you tendency from both parties is very strong, isn't it? >> it is. especially with the more centrist wing of the conservative party. but to me, i mean, i don't smoke, i've never smoked, never even tried it. i think you made a valid point earlier, actually, nigel, why we're not tackling the major drug problem in the country. >> we're not even discussing drugs. no, i can't believe it. >> and also, i just feel that. read starmer's at it again to assert control over the nation. i mean , i believe in freedom. i mean, i believe in freedom. and if people want to smoke, that's up to them. and i can't see any problem with people smoking in a pub garden. but hang on a second. >> you were a conservative member of parliament under a prime minister who wanted to make anybody under the age of 14 neven make anybody under the age of 14 never, ever, ever legally be able to buy the product. >> no, but look, i'm when you're in a poli

rishi sunak took us into a more, you know, competent space.appened under liz truss and boris johnson's legacy. nevertheless, it's very easy for labour to show some form of unity in opposition. it's much tougher to govern. it's much tougher to govern. it's much tougher to govern. it's much tougher to make those decisions when you're in office. and that's what we're seeing with keir starmer and labour now. they've got to, you know , now. they've got to, you know, make some very awkward decisions, very difficult decisions, very difficult decisions about finances and so forth. and where is this going to take them? it's not easy to govern and they're now realising that it's very tough as to what they're having to do. yeah. >> easy to shout from the sidelines indeed. tobias ellwood, thank you so much for joining me and staying up late. very much appreciate it and hopefully speak to you again soon. let's get the thoughts of my panel now. journalist and commentator benedict spence , commentator benedict spence, anarchist and academic lisa mckenzie, an

if that young lad had killed those three kids the month before , rishi sunak would month before, rishi getting the bullet for it. and i've never been political. i've never voted in my life. i've never trusted any of them. because if you if you have a group of dishonest people at the top of your food chain, how do you expect the people below to behave? right? and they're dishonest. >> so you would say for example, david cameron's government when they said, we'll get immigration down to the tens of thousands last year, 700,000, same government. yeah. >> and all they do is they use smoke and mirrors. and i'll take you back to when i joined in 1984, my first encounter, 1986, with illegal immigration, stopped four guys in the car because they were driving lawfully, pulled them out. no id, no passports, no driver's license, no documents. took them to hammersmith police station. i was on my own. booked them in, rang immigration. what's the score? well, i've got these four guys. what? they're saying their names are. gave them the names. oh, yeah, they're definitely illegal. i said what we're g

this is for rishi sunak.ir keir starmer's focus is on going after the people smugglers, who've now sent thousands more migrants across the channel. since labour came to power. but the former head of border force says tackling international criminal gangs will be extremely difficult without full cooperation from many other governments. >> these are very, very big. ask i think, to expect the uk to be able to smash the gangs. if you like , without some form of like, without some form of international collaboration where powers can be used by other countries on their jurisdictions to bring people to justice to and prevent people and goods crossing borders, etc. rather than the uk being able to do this on their own. >> tony smith says there is no indication so far that the appetite of the smugglers and their customers has been in any way diminished since labour came to power . to power. >> this is a hugely lucrative business. there is an unending supply of migrants pervading the eu border, many of whom are in vari

if that young lad had killed those three kids the month before , rishi sunak would month before, rishi getting the bullet for it. and i've never been political. i've never voted in my life. i've never trusted any of them. because if you if you have a group of dishonest people at the top of your food chain, how do you expect the people below to behave? right? and they're dishonest. >> so you would say for example, david cameron's government when they said, we'll get immigration down to the tens of thousands last year, 700,000, same government. yeah. >> and all they do is they use smoke and mirrors. and i'll take you back to when i joined in 1984, my first encounter, 1986, with illegal immigration, stopped four guys in the car because they were driving lawfully, pulled them out. no id, no passports, no driver's license, no documents. took them to hammersmith police station. i was on my own. booked them in, rang immigration. what's the score? well, i've got these four guys. what? they're saying their names are. gave them the names. oh, yeah, they're definitely illegal. i said what we're g

because the first thing that popped into my mind is i thought that was rishi sunak's legacy, not thisut to do with smoking so that the younger generation wouldn't be legally allowed to buy cigarettes. i then wondered, is it to do with their health prevention strategy. is it to do with their general approach of we are going to sort of try and build a healthier nation to try and put less cost and burden on the nhs, invest more into public health. but this is a pretty direct way of doing it. i noticed already, of course, there have been up in arms on the sort of libertarian side and freedom, but i also heard a discussion on another radio programme about, well, absolutely, it's the right thing to do. why should people be allowed to smoke outside and disturb people's enjoyment of sitting, having their meal, sitting in a pub garden, for example. but on the other hand, drinking is also quite a serious sort of social ill, if you like. but it's legal. it costs the nhs a lot of money. you can be a little prurient about these sorts of things, so i'm interested in the motivation and what politici

for his predecessor rishi sunak, it took 18 months and that is a signal of what london wants to achieves a strong signal that the uk is now open for business with germany. he is very serious about pushing forward quite concrete bilateral agreements, particularly on defence. i think that is something the two countries are keen on working together on. what they cannot really do much is when it comes to trade because that is within the responsibilities of the eu. but when it comes to closer cooperation between the uk and the eu in general, what olaf scholz can promise is really talking about preparing the way for more talks between london and brussels. and thatis between london and brussels. and that is clearly what keir starmer wants to do, to get germany on side in order to really talk to the eu in a broader sense. so we have in order to really talk to the eu in a broader sense. is we have in order to really talk to the eu in a broader sense. is the have in order to really talk to the eu in a broader sense. is the first meeting, but this is the first official visit —— visit of the prime

do you think people are kicking themselves, including rishi? rishi?mer isn't up to much stuff than it isn't up to much stuff than it is about pining for rishi sunak and even though some of these indicators are good in comparison to some of the some of our international partners and whatever, we're kind of grading on a curve to a certain extent here. this isn't boom time by any stretch of the imagination. and i think that was one of the things that did it for rishi sunak, which is that you can't just appear to manage decline or to just kind of get us back slowly to where we might want to be. there's got to be a kind of broader vision for the country. and now i don't think he had whatsoever. >> i disagree, if you look at the other european nations, especially as we were, we always knew, even though i voted for brexit, we knew there was going to be a divorce. painful period, and for us to still be ahead of the other countries saying, oh, you'll never go it alone. oh yeah, also blown all that nonsense apart. exactly also, i think people don't consider tha

i think you know, we can talk about rishi sunak's government, rishi sunak's government overwhelming priority on inflation. it was a voteless recovery. we got inflation down from 11% down to 2%. and yet the danger is under labour with these pay rises, which are very generous. of course they could actually help fuel that going up. >> but labour not see pay rises as inflationary. they just see them as an overwhelmingly good thing because it's all for the worker. but is there any consideration for the consequences, not least for small and medium sized businesses who, let's be honest, have had a terrible time during covid? they've had 6% shaved off their profit margins with the increase corporation tax. so increase to corporation tax. so if the public realise, if do the public realise, i suppose, james, that if wages go up , if somebody's working in up, if somebody's working in your local cafe is suddenly put on 12 or £13 an hour, that the cost of a coffee is going to go from £3 to £5, i hope so, i think it's incumbent on people to make that argument and point that out, and that offering free mon

absolutely, absolutely. >> and we last met didn't we, on the day that rishi sunak called that electione weren't , including people weren't, including yourself, i think because you had hoped to fight a november general election. but frankly, july was too soon after. what happened to you last last year? >> yeah , very much so. i mean, >> yeah, very much so. i mean, it would be a tough election as it would be a tough election as it as it would have been. mine would have been classed as a marginal seat. it would have had to be one of those elections. you've really got to fight tooth and nail for. and it is not an easy task running elections. and, you know, realistically, even being an mp, even if you were lucky enough to get re—elected, it's not an easy job. we're talking 80, 90 hour week of work, constituency work and all the rest of it. i may have been kidding myself that i'd have been ready in november, but the ball would have been in my court to give it a little bit more time to consider it. and it would have been nice to have had those few months in parliament to pursue, some of the i

absolutely, absolutely. >> and we last met didn't we, on the day that rishi sunak called that electione weren't , including people weren't, including yourself, i think because you had hoped to fight a november general election. but frankly, july was too soon after. what happened to you last last year? >> yeah , very much so. i mean, >> yeah, very much so. i mean, it would be a tough election as it would be a tough election as it as it would have been. mine would have been classed as a marginal seat. it would have had to be one of those elections. you've really got to fight tooth and nail for. and it is not an easy task running elections. and, you know, realistically, even being an mp, even if you were lucky enough to get re—elected, it's not an easy job. we're talking 80, 90 hour week of work, constituency work and all the rest of it. i may have been kidding myself that i'd have been ready in november, but the ball would have been in my court to give it a little bit more time to consider it. and it would have been nice to have had those few months in parliament to pursue, some of the i

rishi sunak and the conservatives though ratings haven't changed since the election . the tories deputy election. the tories deputy chairman, matthew vickers, has resigned. he's stepped back from the role to support robert jenrick as the next conservative leader. he says jenrick is the standout candidate with a compelling vision for rebuilding the party. and the democratic national convention kicks off in chicago later today, where kamala harris will be officially announced as the party's nominee for the us presidential election last month. donald trump was confirmed as republicans pick just a few days after surviving an assassination attempt . an assassination attempt. americans will head to the polls in november . americans will head to the polls in november. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> welcome back. now there's been a slew of stories

sunak . replace rishi sunak. now it's clear that the protests that have been taking place across the country in the last few days, the last few nights, have , caused a big response from have, caused a big response from number 10. but the question we're asking today was , did it we're asking today was, did it strike the right tone? >> yeah, i think many people will be feeling that. it's sort of overlooking the very legitimate anger that many people feel. they don't want to be called , you know, disparaged be called, you know, disparaged in some way or associated with the far right just because they're feeling angry about the murder of three children. and i think it might be number 10, or particularly keir starmer marie antoinette moment. you're telling the people to eat cake whilst holed up in versailles. i think the reaction to his going and laying flowers and not responding to those who heckled him hasn't gone down particularly well across the country. >> it's a big question. should he have? yes, of course conde

rishi sunak, in fact, he said he was going to stop the boats, didn't he? and he failed to do so .nd i think the reason to do so. and i think the reason he failed to do so is because it is much easier than you guys in reform would like to suggest. it is. i think if you found yourselves in government, i don't think you'd be doing anything different because the french wouldn't put up with it. and my understanding is it requires the cooperation of the french to make that work. >> no it doesn't. i'm going to come back to you. it doesn't. it requires a government with a backbone, with a political spine to say we're not having this. we're not having thousands of undocumented young men coming into our country. some of these go on to commit horrific crimes. this is a great country, and we've always prided ourselves on having , you know, border having, you know, border security, a great navy. we should pick these people up in the channel, rescue them like we did a few weeks ago and take them back to france. we can't some backbone. we can't do it without doing that, sir. we can do it. >> the

where is rishi sunak? >> yeah, he's got they've got the difference with the left.f 168, 167. and they are going to use that to change the government into their to this country, into their vision of how it should look. whereas the tories had a majority of 80 and squandered it, which is why you're seeing all these political appointments in the civil service. they are going to get their way because they've got a majority of 168, and he's in a hurry. yeah, well why net zero. the race to net zero even faster agenda. >> he's absolutely on message. agenda 2030. it's all there in the document. if you want to read it. this is where we're heading. control, control, control. you can't make decisions about your own life. >> now moving on. a report by the institute for public policy says regional wealth gaps are growing and the tax system inherited by the government undermines its levelling up ambitions. this is the new government. >> so northerners are projected to have £210,000 less than those in the south—east by 2030. >> well, let's talk to financial expert hilary salt, who

is it rishi sunak? which is why he went for the early election.ean things have changed over 20 years. there are less people with mortgages than before. and of course the majority of people are actually depositors. but, you know, as old people like me sitting there with our money on there, you know, haven't been earning money on a deposit account for a lot. in fact, you've been losing money only now you see it going up. you're getting a bit of a return, but still against inflation really not making a lot. so therefore actually what you've got is those people that the next generation coming through, finding themselves in a position where they cannot afford to buy, they can't afford this, this level of debt. the debt systems themselves, there's enough money around. what they need to be able to do is actually use some more initiative in terms of the services provided , for instance, services provided, for instance, as we've seen in america, long term debt, 30 year lifetime mortgages or even family mortgages or even family mortgages going across the ge