the custodial sentence handed to the runcorn rocky, sorry, the runcorn rocky, sorry, the runcorn andsby mp means voters in his constituency can remove him from his seat. now with a recall petition now, could this be a major knockout blow for prime minister sir keir starmer and indeed an opportunity for the gloves to come off and to get one straight on the chin for nigel farage's reform party. many, many more boxing puns will follow, i guarantee you. now we can speak with gb news political editor chris hope. i'm also delighted to say i'm joined in the studio by the political editor at the independent, david maddox. dave, great to see you've been waiting too long, my friend. but, chris, let's start with you. we expected this to go to court. obviously we expected, i think, a custodial sentence. we may find that mike amesbury appeals. we may find he doesn't go to prison. but certainly an astonishing statement from the labour party came out. will there be a by—election.7 well, there be a by—election.7 well, there doesn't necessarily have to be. of course, he's now former labour and it see

at the general election, the runcorn rocky and mike amesbury came first with 52.9% of the vote.who came second is reform uk's jason moorcroft , reform uk's jason moorcroft, with 18.1% of the vote. since then, we've seen the labour party embroiled in lord alli donor scandal. cabinet ministers accused of lying on their cv. everyone's energy bills are going up again tomorrow, by the way. they'll go up again. starmer's reaction to the southport massacre. more migrant hotels. the economy is in a mess. i could go on. so if there's a by—election, could reform win? well, i'm very pleased to be joined now by reform's candidate at the last election. it is jason moorcroft. mr moorcroft, thank you very much for joining mr moorcroft, thank you very much forjoining us this much for joining us this evening. great to have you on the show. i suppose the first question is, are you going to be standing at this by—election then? >> there's no there's been no decision made yet. so and then the actual election has not been called either. so we're just wait and see. >> would you want to though? >> wou

the mp for runcorn, they're calling the runcorn rocky.admitted to punching a man to the ground constituents dunng man to the ground constituents during a night out in his constituency. now the labour party have disowned mr amesbury, suspending him from the party and releasing a statement today saying that the people of runcorn deserve better in the form of a new labour mp. the custodial sentence has opened the door for a recall petition, which would trigger a by—election if 10% of his constituents were to sign it. however, shouldn't amesbury do the decent thing and simply resign? well, that's the first topic in tonight's show, and i'm joined by gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson and the former spokesman for reform uk, gordon taylor. gentlemen, welcome to the show. nigel, i'm going to start with you. isn't it ironic how sir keir starmer said at the weekend it's reform uk who are dangerous. it was a labour mp who chained a constituent into the ground. he punched him four times when he was down and now he's behind bars. >> yea

at the general election, the runcorn rocky and mike amesbury came first with 52.9% of the vote. came second is reform uk's jason moorcroft , reform uk's jason moorcroft, with 18.1% of the vote. since then, we've seen the labour party embroiled in lord alli donor scandal. cabinet ministers accused of lying on their cv. everyone's energy bills are going up again tomorrow, by the way. they'll go up again. starmer's reaction to the southport massacre. more migrant hotels. the economy is in a mess. i could go on. so if there's a by—election, could reform win? well, i'm very pleased to be joined now by reform's candidate at the last election. it is jason moorcroft. mr moorcroft, thank you very much for joining mr moorcroft, thank you very much forjoining us this much for joining us this evening. great to have you on the show. i suppose the first question is, are you going to be standing at this by—election then? >> there's no there's been no decision made yet. so and then the actual election has not been called either. so we're just wait and see. >> would you want to though? >> would