matthew, for rishi sunak to accept that these i rishi sunak to accept that these alleged — rishi sunakcept that these - alleged remarks were indeed racist. and i_ alleged remarks were indeed racist. and i guess — alleged remarks were indeed racist. and i guess the _ alleged remarks were indeed racist. and i guess the other— alleged remarks were indeed racist. and i guess the other question - alleged remarks were indeed racist. and i guess the other question is i and i guess the other question is the extent— and i guess the other question is the extent to _ and i guess the other question is the extent to which _ and i guess the other question is the extent to which pressure - and i guess the other question is the extent to which pressure will| and i guess the other question is i the extent to which pressure will go on about— the extent to which pressure will go on about the — the extent to which pressure will go on about the money, _ the extent to which pressure will go on about the money, the _ the extent to which pressure will go on about the money, the donations| on about the money,

no photo op with rishi sunak. ~' ., } ~' °°me to you- no photo op with rishi sunak. ~ ., , ,, �*, sunakotocol. because barack obama is _ a matter of protocol. because barack obama is not a head of government, not a _ obama is not a head of government, not a current— obama is not a head of government, not a current head of state it might look a _ not a current head of state it might look a hit _ not a current head of state it might look a bit funny if he is they're getting — look a bit funny if he is they're getting the full red—carpet treatment so i'm sure wasn't personal— treatment so i'm sure wasn't personal budget protocol. | treatment so i'm sure wasn't personal budget protocol. i thought we had the chance _ personal budget protocol. i thought we had the chance of— personal budget protocol. i thought we had the chance of another- personal budget protocol. i thought we had the chance of another big i we had the chance of another big story. but you have both raised my hopes and then dash them at the last minute. leon, leigh ann, thank you both to you. plenty more from our panel coming

is rishi sunak my take at ten. is rishi sunak an underrated prime minister?t minister ann widdecombe . and your reaction to widdecombe. and your reaction to my take at ten? >> well, mean , i've never >> well, i mean, i've never heard such rock talk, you know , heard such rock talk, you know, per millisecond, for a very, very long time. i mean, i agree with you that you know, replacing him with mordaunt or with anybody else for that matter would be fatal for the tories. >> that that agree with the >> that that i agree with the idea rishi sunak is even idea that rishi sunak is even a quarter competent as prime minister i mean, leaves me really you chose two examples which actually show him at his worst , which you seem to think worst, which you seem to think by shows him in a good light. the first was rwanda hasn't happened and there hasn't been a plan b. and so now, you know, for a couple of years we've had people piling into this country trying to beat the rwanda deadline. no sign of rwanda and no plan b to deal with it. and then you mentioned the windsor fra

sunak's political 'udgment. henry, thank ou sunak's political 'udgment.ank you very much. _ now, could the economy be on its way out of the shallow recession that it's fallen into? gdp — or gross domestic product, a measure of all the economic activity in the country — grew slightly by 0.2% injanuary, according to the latest official figures. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david is here. thank you. are things going to get better, because between high interest rates and costs all round it has been a tricky couple of years. but things are looking a bit better this month. january is largely down to a rise in retail sales. my went to visit small business in south london to find out exactly what is driving that. everything we buy is more expensive. designing, producing and selling his own leather goods is painstaking work for noureddine. but profits aren't in the bag. like many, he's had to run an unusually big january sale to shift christmas stock. with the sale injanuary we need to make big sale compared to the year before. because usually befor

rishi sunak. all much indeed. rishi sunak.he newspapers this morning reporting that this is a massive day, a massive week, and of course, a massive month for him in terms of, attempting to turn around his fate at the polls. how is it looking? does he stand a chance in hell of turning this around ? around? >> well, look, never say never, but , you know, all of the polls, but, you know, all of the polls, i think, at the minute are pointing to a conservative wipe—out at the next general election . election. >> i think, you know, we're about to host a local elections briefing, and i was reflecting on the one that we hosted last yean on the one that we hosted last year, and it seemed like this time last year, there was a semblance of things starting to turn around for rishi sunak, you know, labour polling know, the labour lead in polling tended to be in the low teens. the conservative vote share was consistent above 30 points, our, our latest voting intention this year shows, you know, a 17 point lead. we've had 18 point leads, for

sunak.t's put it into a bit of context, shall we? sir keir starmer has lost the feminist vote to appease the trans community. he lost the working class brexiteers to appease remainers. he lost a lot of normal people when he took money from climate lunatics. he lost the jewish vote to appease vast swathes of the muslim community, and now he's lost them . who's he and now he's lost them. who's he got really ? where's his solid got really? where's his solid base? who are they? keir starmer's worst nightmare is about to walk back into parliament. keir starmer , this parliament. keir starmer, this is for gaza . labour have been is for gaza. labour have been absolutely silent on galloway andifs absolutely silent on galloway and it's very , very telling and it's very, very telling isn't it? compare that to what sunak had to say today and it is beyond alarming . beyond alarming. >> at last night, the rochdale by—election returned a candidate who dismisses the horror of what happened on october the 7

for rishi sunakthis— minister, rishi sunak. for rishi sunak this morning, _ minister, rishi sunak.nak. for rishi sunak this morning, it was - minister, rishi sunak. for rishi- sunak this morning, it was business as usual, small business specifically, as he told an audience of people who run them that the economy was about to bounce back. our plan is starting to work. inflation, more than halved and falling fast. growth, higherthan anyone expected. debt, on track to fall. �* , , ., anyone expected. debt, on track to fall. �* , , fall. but his visit to warwickshire to announce _ fall. but his visit to warwickshire to announce £60 _ fall. but his visit to warwickshire to announce £60 million - fall. but his visit to warwickshire to announce £60 million of- fall. but his visit to warwickshire to announce £60 million of newl to announce £60 million of new funding for apprenticeships comes against a backdrop of deep unhappiness with his leadership among his own mps. there is speculation that they could even move to replace him with a fourth new leader in five years. i’m move to replace h

sunak.not rishi sunak. do you worry that rishi sunak is a _ not rishi sunak. do you worry that rishi sunak is a loser? _ not rishi sunak. do you worry that rishi sunak is a loser? the - not rishi sunak. do you worry that rishi sunak is a loser? the reason| not rishi sunak. do you worry that | rishi sunak is a loser? the reason i put it like that is it doesn't seem to matter what he tries, whether it is scrapping hs2 or telling tory party conference he is the change candidate or the tax cut in the budget, it doesn't change the dial, it would appear? it budget, it doesn't change the dial, it would appear?— budget, it doesn't change the dial, it would appear? it would help with all of our colleague _ it would appear? it would help with all of our colleague said _ it would appear? it would help with all of our colleague said to - it would appear? it would help with all of our colleague said to the i all of our colleague said to the country, these are the things the prime minister is doing. he is

we've got a cracking show for you now , rishi sunak. show for you now, rishi sunak.have seen it has claimed that democracy is under threat from extremism in the wake of hamas's october seventh attack on israel . in a speech to attack on israel. in a speech to the nation, he also said there are forces here at home trying to tear us apart. let's have a listen. >> life here that our great achieve in building the world's most successful multi—ethnic , most successful multi—ethnic, multi—faith democracy is being deliberately undermined and on too many occasions , as recently, too many occasions, as recently, our streets have been hijacked by small groups who are hostile to our values and have no respect for our democratic traditions, threats of violence and intimidation are alien to our way of doing things. they must be resisted at all times . must be resisted at all times. those who are so exciting, isn't it right joining me now is gb news senior political commentator, nigel nelson. >> nigel, hello, good afternoon, happy weekend, etc. etc. so glad i'm talking to you. hon

that surely means sunak imminent. means rishi sunak is imminent.expecting and this highly anticipated statement from the prime minister. jus what's on your menu . what's on your menu. >> so of course we will have the absolute latest on this rishi sunak speech. we'll be picking up the second that he finishes . up the second that he finishes. christopher hope will be looking at that with me also as well. i'll be talking to iain duncan smith. i want to talk to mike freer as well. of course, the mp that said he won't run that said that he won't run again because because of intimidation also well, intimidation and also as well, we see on that crest there we can see on that crest there on that lectern, i think now it's looking pretty clear that we not expecting an we are not expecting an announcement election announcement about the election in, um, yeah, i've got professor matt goodwin keeping me company tonight . matt goodwin keeping me company tonight. ella matt goodwin keeping me company tonight . ella whelan. so we'll tonight. ella whelan. so we'll b

maybe for sunak to time.g in. of course got issues course he's got his own issues with mps his own with his own mps and his own authority those mps. at moment. >> okay, superb. so thanks for joining us, chris and lloyd joining us, chris hope and lloyd russell—moyle. pleasure joining us, chris hope and lloyd ruhave—moyle. pleasure joining us, chris hope and lloyd ruhave—moin. pleasure joining us, chris hope and lloyd ruhave—moin. have)leasure joining us, chris hope and lloyd ruhave—moin. have lotsure to have you in. we'll have lots more that story at 5:00 and more on that story at 5:00 and there's plenty of coverage on our gb news. com and our website, gb news. com and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you much . vladimir putin you very much. vladimir putin has won a fifth terms as russian president by a landslide victory. what a surprise of 87. but of course, he faced absolutely no credible opposition. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news chan

uh rishi sunak.o what rishi sunak had to say is some kind of. >> he's got a point. kind of. >> he's got a point . we need to >> he's got a point. we need to get all together. we need to get all together. all together and be united. and these these things which we can see at the moment are happening in parliament, are happening in the protests happening. and these are dividing us. we have to get together . they're very together. they're very important. he's message. message is you be united, be united. of course , i haven't heard all of course, i haven't heard all of it. be united. let's get together and let's, let's let's let's work on the, uh, multi culturalism. let's work on the interfaith. let's work be together and united. and this united division between us is damaging us all, damaging the muslim, damaging the jews, damaging christian, damaging, damaging christian, damaging, damaging . therefore, we need to damaging. therefore, we need to take all the all the phobias , take all the all the phobi

mr sunak was asked about the speculation earlier. here's what he had to say. the future of our country and that is what i'm squarely focused on. that is what i get up every morning working as hard as i can to deliver, whether it is cutting people's taxes, increasing the state pension, today increasing the number of apprenticeships and talking to small businesses. those are the things that matter to people. and as we have seen over the last few weeks, our plan is working, inflation is coming down, wages are growing and the economy is back to growing again, and if we stick to this plan i can deliver a brighter future for everyone in our country. that is what i'm doing. that was the prime minister a little earlier. in the last few minutes, let you play you the pictures again if you missed them, this is barack 0bama walking up downing street. he went into number ten about 15—20 minutes ago. few questions shouted out to the former us president. but no rishi sunak actually on the doorstep to greet him, but you see barack 0bama turn out, a quick wave, a smile and ins

i rishi sunak was trying to achieve with this speech.— rishi sunak was trying to achieve with this speechly he was trying _ with this speech. i think that sadly he was trying to — with this speech. i think that sadly he was trying to turn _ with this speech. i think that sadly he was trying to turn the - with this speech. i think that sadly he was trying to turn the issue - with this speech. i think that sadly he was trying to turn the issue of. he was trying to turn the issue of division in the country, which is real, is real in our politics, he is ranked in that into a campaign issue, what we call in politics a wedge issue, to distinguish himself from the government at, from the labour party. i thought it was a shallow speech, very low politics, i think he took a jet, an rafjet from aberdeen to come down and make a content free speech, and it seemed quite contemptuous of the people of rotherham, to be honest, they chose to vote for george galloway, the conservative party were crushed in that by—election, so were labour, and to make a speech basically attacking them as dupes, as... i am

rishi sunak seems to have ruled that out.it is possible that these elections could be the last opportunity for people to cast their vote ahead of the general election. turnout could be low, but it would give an indication of the result. ed davey is in hertfordshire because he says his party are best placed to beat the conservatives in the so—called blue wall seats which were traditionally conservative, but then the liberal democrats made inroads in by—elections. for example, in west hertfordshire, the liberal democrats won that last year at the expense of the conservatives. they will target parliamentary seats as well including the new harpenden and berkhamsted seat. so he is saying that this is somewhere that is not only easy for him to reach from westminster, but is also the type of area where the liberal democrats believe they can make progress at the next election. but he is also hopeful that they could do well across a swathe of south—east and south—west england, all the way to dorset and cornwall. that is the scale of h

but also i think that rishi sunak smart enough rishi sunak is smart enough to understand rishi sunak, that you just like a quick fix, that you just turn off it comes turn the tap off when it comes to net migration. this is legal migration a big chunk migration and even a big chunk of that as well is students. and the income that this country gets students in gets from students is in billions. you've got billions. and then you've got things like he's saying about, you know, reskilling workers that takes time. then who that takes time. and then who pays isit that takes time. and then who pays is it going to pays for that? is it going to be the companies? then prices go up. of us, up. for the rest of us, it's going taxpayers. it going to be the taxpayers. it needs strategy at the needs the full strategy at the right time. and sunak right time. and rishi sunak understands he's understands that. whereas he's chasing soundbites while he's chasing soundbites while he's chasing . chasing soundbites. >> okay. i do think it is deeply concerning and potentially quite surprising for a lot of peo

i'll also be joined by sunak. i'll also be joined by the shadow paymaster general, labour's jonathan ashworth, and stop the press. actually have stop the press. we actually have a liberal democrat on the show this morning. the party's chief whip , wendy chamberlin, will whip, wendy chamberlin, will join from spring join us from their spring conference and author and commentator rob henderson will join me to chat about his new book, troubled, a memoir of foster and social foster care. family and social class. don't go anywhere because we've got 90 minutes of fun packed politics coming right up. this . well, to go through the this. well, to go through the papers this morning, i'm delighted to be joined by australia's former high commissioner to the uk, the former minister former foreign minister alexander downer, who's now chief not chief chief chair, actually not chief chair policy exchange chair of the policy exchange think tank. nice to see you this morning, thanks morning, alexander. thanks for joining me, i kno

this sunaks position.kend, penny story. at the weekend, penny mordaunt killed it by mordaunt could have killed it by going on the record and saying i'm nothing to do i'm having nothing to do with this. hasn't done this. she hasn't done that. she's friends of who she's got friends of hers who are briefing the media collective. cabinet responsibility is virtually broken mean , grant broken down. i mean, grant shapps was talking about 3% of gdp being spent on defence the week after the budget. the prime minister's got no authority. and i think the biggest example this afternoon, unbelievably, number 10 were briefing that penny mordaunt shouldn't be leader of the tory party because she's going to lose her seat at the general election. she's got a 16,000 majority. >> now we're break into >> now we're going to break into that news from the that with the news from the house commons chamber, where that with the news from the hous have zommons chamber, where that with the news from the hous have zomm<328:hamber, wh

president barack obama turned up for undisclosed talks with rishi sunak.s leaving number 10, described as a courtesy call while he was in the country. we know nothing about the discussions. mr. obama of course has visited before during his term in office. david cameron was prime minister when he was at the white house. still to come on the world today, let me put in's victory lap. the russian president addressed his supporters after h landslide victory granting him a fifth term. and we g on -- and we go on board one of the warships sent to the red sea to protect merchant fleets from houthi rebels. around the world and across the u.k., this is the world today on bbc news. ♪ maryam: president putin has been addressing supporters in moscow's red square after his landslide win in russia's presidential election over the beacon. he won more than 87% of the vote, but with no real opposition. the rally was held to mark the tent in a verse three of russia's illegal annexation of crimea. standing alongside the three loyalist candidates who were allowed to run agains

this individual, rishi sunak should order that money to be paid back.ht a leading member of one conservative pressure group suggested it could be used to promote ethnic minority groups. i would hope that actually hq would use that money to invest in grassroots. there are so many bame activists in the conservative party, there are bame groups and forums, and i think that actually, so many of them are so under supported, that it would be a perfect opportunity to actually improve that engagement. diane abbott has described the alleged comments as frightening, and reported them to the police unit tasked with investigating alleged crimes against mps. but for rishi sunak, a prime minister who stood in downing street and warned against racism and extremism in politics, questions remain about the language used by some of those who support him. hannah miller, bbc news. speaking to bbc breakfast this morning, the post office minister, kevin hollinrake, said he would accept another £10 million donation from frank hester — — and that he is not a racist. we are not

rishi sunak sparks and honours . raw. sunak sparks and honours. raw. after awarding a gong to a top tory donor, the chair of the labour party, anneliese dodds, gave her reaction earlier. >> of astonishment . you >> wave of astonishment. you know you're either would feel that perhaps rishi sunak is so arrogant that he doesn't mind any more of what the public think. or perhaps he's demob happy. believes on happy. he believes that he's on the way out. anything, it the way out. if anything, it demonstrates yet again his weakness demonstrates yet again his weialso s under, levelling >> also going under, levelling up >> also going under, levelling up secretary michael gove has blasted the water company after bosses asked to raise bills by a staggering 40% to avoid nationalisation. the answer is for the management team to look to their own approach and ask themselves why they're in this difficult situation. >> and of course, the answer is because of serial mismanagement >> and of course, the answer is becwhich»f serial mismanagement >> and of course, the answ

sunak should order that money to be aid back. , ., ~ , sunak should order that money to be aid back.e abbott has now re orted paid back. diane abbott has now reported frank _ paid back. diane abbott has now reported frank hester's - paid back. diane abbott has now reported frank hester's alleged | reported frank hester's alleged comments to the police. so, chris, mr hester has donated £10 million to the conservatives — some are suggesting they should give it back? what are the chances? the questions are cranking — what are the chances? the questions are cranking up _ what are the chances? the questions are cranking up along _ what are the chances? the questions are cranking up along those - what are the chances? the questions are cranking up along those lines - are cranking up along those lines because there are further developments and the guardian reporting this evening that frank hesterjoked at a crowded staff meeting that there was no room for the indians and suggested staff should climb on a train roof. they quote him as saying that, i make a lot ofjokes about racism, about our

in the uk, what's next for sunak?inisters are telling conservative mps to stop speculating about the future of the prime minister. we'll look at what the latest polls are saying. donald trump cannot raise the money for a bond for his court case. and how's your commute today? in two years' time we could look like this. welcome to the programme. we will start with russia. presidential election results give six more years of vladimir putin and there has been plenty of reaction. in the us, they say... they said the vote took place amid systemic internal repression. canada criticised the process was flawed and undemocratic. in the indian prime minister offered warm congratulations. we will look at where russia goes from here. first here is stephen rosenberg in russia. vladimir putin! after the landslide came the love. vladimir putin portrayed by the kremlin as a national hero. at a concert marking ten years since russia annexed crimea. "long live russia," he cried. cue the national anthem and some kremlin choreography to m

sunak on the this is for gaza. sunak on the charge . and it is beyond charge.ht the rochdale by—election returned a candidate who dismissed the horror of what happened on october 7, who glorified hezbollah and is endorsed by nick griffin, the racist former leader of the bnp . and leader of the bnp. and >> thank you . who has mass >> thank you. who has mass immigration ruined britain? >> like nigel farage says ? also, >> like nigel farage says? also, yes . shame on you. yes. shame on you. >> shame on you . for find out >> shame on you. for find out why students are revolting on my panel tonight is the spectators james heale x bbc political chief

but rejects sunaks criticism.ccess tells you that as demographics change in the years to come, religious and cultural battles will shape not just the national conversation but the very makeup of our parliament. it's my view that galloway has manipulated the war in gaza for his own political ends and in my view , the pm was ends and in my view, the pm was right to call him out. and thanks to the likes of galloway, just as northern ireland politics has been dominated by political sectarianism, the rest of the uk in time may have to get used to the same thing. the tories and reform uk were non—existent in rochdale , but non—existent in rochdale, but that's not the story . the story that's not the story. the story is one of triumph for political jack in the box, galloway and a nightmare for sir keir starmer because whilst galloway is only one mp, he's one of the most gifted public speakers of his generation and he will use every moment in the house of commons between now and the next election to expose and exploit lab

rishi sunak is rossel by—election.ishi sunak is due to make a speech from downing street, we'll bring you that. calls for an independent investigation grow after more than 100 palestinians died during an aid delivery in northern gaza. and pint fit for a prince — william heads to wrexham football club to kick off wales national day. hello, i'm lucy grey, welcome to verified live — three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been buried at a cemetery in moscow. he was laid to rest, two weeks after his death was announced in the arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19—year sentence for "extremism". his parents were there, but not his wife yulia and children, who are abroad. or his brother, who has been put on a wanted list. earlier a funeral ceremony was held on the other side of the moskva river, at the church of the icon of the mother of god, in the maryino district, where navalny used to live. there was a heavy police presence outside t

he said that rishi sunak was squatting in number ten said that rishi sunak was squatting in numbertenmber ten and urge the prime minister to call a general election, evenjoking the date minister to call a general election, even joking the date was the one thing that the prime minister can control. he said it was time for rishi sunak to go to the palace. he argued that his was the only party to offer what he called transforming change, he said tinkering around the edges and steady as she goes isn't going to cut it. so ed davey said that once was labour and conservatives offering, he said that the system needed change pointing to the system needed change pointing to the first past the post system committing proportional representation would be fairer. he got a round of applause when he said first past the post has to go. he got put the nhs at the heart of this speech, setting out what he called big, bold reforms to make sure people can see a gp, dentist community pharmacist when they needed to. he said labourfailed in wales and in scotland and getting the nhs to work the patient. he sai

mr sunak was asked about the speculation earlier. here's what he had to say.n't matter. what matters is the future of our country. and that's what i'm squarely focused on, that's why i get up every morning, working as hard as i can to deliver whether it's cutting people's taxes, increasing the state pension. today, increasing the number of apprenticeships and talking to small businesses. those are the things that matter to people. and as we've seen over the last few weeks, our plan is working. inflation is coming down, wages are growing, the economy is back to growing again. and if we stick to this plan, i can deliver a brighterfuture for everyone in our country. that's what i'm doing. let's speak to our political correspondent helen catt. —— hannah miller. we have been talking about this for a while now and yet it does not like there's any clinical momentum within the conservative party or any appetite for another leader before a potential election, is there? that's the question. _ potential election, is there? that's the question, really _ potential election

but it's not looking rishi sunak. i looking good for rishi sunak.ng a spanking if i am, to quote the likes of george galloway , likes of george galloway, because of course you'll know what's happened today. weren't you george galloway ? he has been you george galloway? he has been sworn in as an mp at the house of commons. listen . i swear. by of commons. listen. i swear. by almighty god that i will be faithful and bear true allegiance to his majesty king charles, heirs and successoi’s. >> successors. >> according to law. so help me god . god. >> i'll tell you now, right? he sent so many people into a spin. just remind ourselves, because we've had a couple of sleep since then, haven't we? just remind ourselves, um, of what he was saying when he got elected last keir starmer this is for gaza >> keir starmer this is for gaza . you have paid and you will pay a high price . a high price. >> and you want to remind ourselves as well of how rishi sunak responded to that win. listen . and it is beyond listen. and it is beyond alarming that last night the ro

well, sunak do in your view? well, sunak do in your view?sunak was recategorizing people , sunak was recategorizing people, general people and the majority of people who have been on these protests are not muslims. at least 80% are non—muslims who have been on these pro—palestine. there are pro—palestine. and there are plenty plenty of plenty of there are plenty of white middle class girls on these etc. understand these marches, etc. i understand plenty in these marches. >> i very much doubt that i've stood with them. >> very much doubt that you're >> i very much doubt that you're welcome to to the next one. welcome to come to the next one. >> yeah. think if i, if i >> oh yeah. i think if i, if i turned know, in jewish turned up, you know, in jewish kid, not i'd be very kid, i'm not sure i'd be very welcome. you know as well as i do some of the chanting, some of what's been said has been vile and openly racist. >> and exactly what our >> and that's exactly what our police have been police force have been contending they've contending with. t

rishi sunak will be looking for - real ballots into real boxes. fl si sunak will be looking for a realys all payments to it and from it to other building societies and banks are delayed. it says direct debits and standing orders are working normally. money can still be moved between nationwide accounts. in a statement on its website it said it was "sorry for any problems this may cause." sales in shops stagnated in february after rising more than first thought in january, according to official figures. the office for national statistics said sales of clothes were strong, but that was offset by falls in other areas. the wettest february on record has been blamed for dampening shoppers' enthusiasm, and leaving retailers disappointed after what had been a strong start to the year. the new leader of plaid cymru will tell his party's conference today that voters wanting a future different from the past should back plaid at the uk general election. rhun ap iorwerth has been in charge of his party now for nine months, and is in the final year of a three—year co—operation agreement with labour

sunak, dowden, the cabinet...d use that phrase... and tom deserves credit. that is my point, i will never make sweeping generalisations about conservatives because of the actions of this man. but the failure to take action should shame sunak, should shame dowden and, by the way, i wish tom was a proper member of the cabinet rather than attending cabinet. i hear your argument about islamophobia and anti—muslim hatred butjust going back to that argument that what lee anderson said was racist, why was it that? well, let's go back a stage... and he denies that it was. let's go back a stage in relation to what we are talking about. we are talking about a context where, you know, lam of pakistani origin, the previous two mayors weren't, and would he have said those things if either of the previous two people were mayor? that is the first point. second point is, we know, since october 7th, you know, emotions are running high in all our communities. i have tried really hard to bring our communities together over the last

now more on speculation about the position of uk prime minister, rishi sunak.ing about replacing him as prime minister to "stop it" and "end the psychodrama". there had been reports about some tory politicians wanting the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt, to lead them into the next general election. in the last hour, mr sunak was asked about the speculation. here's what he had to say. i'm not interested in all westminster politics. it doesn't matter. what matters is the future of our country and that's what i'm squarely focused on. that's what i get up every morning, working as hard as i can to deliver, whether it's cutting people's taxes, increasing the state pension, today increasing the number of apprenticeships and talking to small businesses. those are the things that matter to people. as we've seen over the last few weeks, our plan is working. inflation is coming down, wages are growing, the economy is back to growing again. if we stick to this plan, i can deliver a brighterfuture for everyone in our country. that's what i'm doing. i mean, y

rishi sunak today.'ve heard from today, all on the same side. and this is the day before the england and brazil match taking place at wembley tomorrow. normally on days like today, we're talking about who's going to be featuring. are there any injuries? even though it is any injuries? even though it is a match, it's a big a friendly match, it's a big game when some of england's best players together and players come together and they'll be facing a mighty brazil with players who are playing some of the best teams across the world. but of course , across the world. but of course, the story today is that flag a new colours on it, some saying it shouldn't have changed at all, and others actually all, and others saying actually it's representative the it's representative of the society in today . here's society we live in today. here's what some of the people we've spoken to have had to say this afternoon. >> england is england, you know, you start changing its colours, you start changing its colours, you c

i listen to rishi sunaks speech , unelected rishi sunaks speech, unelected rishi sunaks speech, unelected sunaks speech, unelected rishi sunak and its background music of someone nearby and howling some or other anger. his words, if they were his words and not the product of chatgpt and not the product of chatgpt and chatgpt , give me a ten and chatgpt, give me a ten minute speech that makes me sound patriotic and like i'm the champion of democracy and the common people . honestly, he common people. honestly, he said. britain is home to a democratic society with a proud past , a democratic society with a proud past, a reasonable country and a decent people, he said. we are a country of great achievements and enduring values and building britain together. talk about a brass neck where was this sort of rhetoric from? sunak or any other sock puppet? when for decades spokesmen and women, for communities up and down the country reported lives torn apart and for their troubles were labelled by the establishment as racists and fascists, whereas the talk of a proud past when statues were torn dow

and i think rishi sunak and this is my demand for rishi sunak.ing. my demand to rishi sunakis this morning. my demand to rishi sunak is name the date i'm sure he's quaking in his boots. >> jonathan. but we reports today that ceasefire talks between hamas and israel have stalled and labour looks set to continue tearing themselves apart. don't they, over this war in the middle east and yesterday george announced he george galloway announced he will support candidates to stand against right across against labour mps right across the country, including deputy leader angela rayner. so who would a may general election actually benefit more tories or labour? let me know your thoughts by emailing me gb views at gb news. com tweet me at gb news. and while you're there, go and vote in our poll. i'll bring you the results very shortly to debate this. now i'm joined by the former environment secretary ranil and former ranil jayawardena and former labour speechwriter james mathewson. ranil is there going to be a may election and who will it benefit more if th

johnson to liz truss to rishi sunak . um, now is the time for sunak. and we mustn't put personal ambitions ahead of what we, uh, aspire to for our country. and we mustn't put personal ambitions ahead of what we wish for the best for our party. i believe as firmly as i know that tuesday comes after monday, that this country is better off under a conservative government than it would under the labour would be under the labour party. and whatever an and we all know whatever an individual piece of polling research shows . however, no research shows. however, no matter how interesting divide , matter how interesting divide, parties elections . if parties don't win elections. if we go to the polls squabbling about who is leading us, then we make our situation even worse . make our situation even worse. >> but alex, if we put all that to one side and just simply look at data, look the at the data, look at the metrics, look at the way the runes a poll came runes are falling. a poll came out 7 pm. last night. the conservatives on their lowest polling in 46 year

. ♪ christian: also on the program tonight, rishi sunak says forces in britain are trying to tear thery apart. steps from downing street tonight, the prime minister promised he would lead the fight against the poison that is dividing us. was the botched aisle election a free and fair election or did it quantify the nature of the political debate? also, despite the threats in moscow, an extraordinary turnout for the funeral of the opposition leader alexei navalny, and washington will airdrop humanitarian aid into the gaza strip. that is where we are going to start. there is growi international pressure for a full investigation tonight into what went wrong in gaza yesterday, as the aid convoy arrived. the israeli army has acknowledged that its soldiers opened fire at one point, but said most of the deaths were caused by a crush of lorries running people over. bbc verify has spent the day piecing together more details of what happened. this report contains some distressing images. >> shots cracked through the night. people start to move, then run to get away. in this section of the crowd

it's pretty much the only thing left that rishi sunak controls . he that rishi sunak controls.he certainly doesn't control his party, certainly not his cabinet, certainly not the health care crisis or the economy . economy. >> cracking bit of sand up there a. joining me now is gb news political correspondent olivia utley, who is holding a aching sides and explaining exactly what is going on with the lib dems today . dems today. >> well, it's the lib dems spnng >> well, it's the lib dems spring conference today. this is the sort of meeting of the party faithful. >> it was a very exciting hall full of people who've come up and down the country to watch ed davey in terms of what he was talking about. there were a lot of attacks specifically on the conservatives. i thought it was quite notable how he pretty much laid labour and keir starmer laid off labour and keir starmer all together, which might get tongues that there could tongues wagging that there could be some sort of pact between the lib dems and labour later down the line. there were a couple of moments where it seemed as

i simply rishi sunak himself. just projecting an image think image of incompetence. i think everything that he and his team put out there, along with, jeremy hunt, whether it's, you know, a part of the budget or it's a sort of a social policy or an immigration policy. nothing is received particularly positively. people don't trust. >> people don't trust >> i think people don't trust the tory party generally, but they certainly don't trust him to actually follow through with any pledges. to actually follow through with any thenledges. to actually follow through with any then the jes. to actually follow through with any then the question does >> so then the question does have be, is it you have to be, is it are you actually risking that much damage, rid of him at damage, getting rid of him at this stage? whereas this late stage? whereas actually, need actually, you know what you need , even if you're not anticipating a much anticipating getting in a much better leader than him. what you needis better leader than him

so some tough rhetoric from rishi sunak.ng this phrase mob rule that was threatening democracy and careful to reference both of islamophobia, both anti—monthly —— anti—muslim and anti—semitism and islamist and far right extremism as two sides of the same coin. so an attempt to try to talk about not letting people hijack democracy, but also, he found himself in an uncomfortable position taking aim at a newly elected democratic mp. ihla a newly elected democratic mp. no response —— in response he said i despise the premise or into his message to the prime minister is the skins are under you. he message to the prime minister is the skins are under you.— skins are under you. he sees this as a hue skins are under you. he sees this as a huge two — skins are under you. he sees this as a huge two fingers _ skins are under you. he sees this as a huge two fingers up _ skins are under you. he sees this as a huge two fingers up to _ skins are under you. he sees this as a huge two fingers up to the - a huge two fingers up to the main par

rishi sunak says islamist and far—right extremists are "two sides of the same coin".asking the country to "stand together" to "combat the forces of division" voting ends in iran's parliamentary elections. officials say the turnout was about 40% — the lowest since the islamic revolution in 1979. these are the first elections since anti—government protests were held in 2022 the united nations says its team visiting gaza's largest hospital has met many people wounded by gunshots as they crowded around an aid convoy on thursday. there have been international calls for an investigation into the incident, in which more than a hundred palestinians were reported killed. our special correspondent fergal keane, working with bbc verify, has been piecing together more details of what happened. and just a warning his report contains some distressing images.

rishi sunak is under offences.he tories £5 million was then awarded a knighthood and in shocking scenes that have really got you going out there today, 300 kids ran amok in a shopping centre in milton keynes, as you can see on your screens now, simple question is this what on earth is going on in our country or our children totally out of control and the great easter getaway has well and truly started. and for some drivers it's very, very slow going indeed. carmageddon on the roads. that's all coming in your next hour . once the show, i'll next hour. once the show, i'll be having a cracking easter. so for this video in milton keynes is really , really affected you is really, really affected you out there today. hundreds and hundreds of emails, including loads from people living in and around milton keynes who are just telling me the whole place has gone to the dogs in recent years. it's socially changed, becoming an overspill for social problems from outside the area , problems from outside the area, children runni

another repeated worry here sunak. looking here for mr sunak.gues here gb news at my colleagues here gb news the sheer numbers of byelections has been 12 since october 2022. that's about one every 6 or 7 weeks. would you believe it on average? of course. some held on the same days the tories have lost six of them, so history says this will be a seventh for the tory party and you spoke earlier to saira khan . earlier to dame saira khan. that's right. dame saira khan has got this review out today on on social resilience and cohesion , i think it's cohesion, i think it's fascinating. i think she's really going into an area which gb news viewers do care about. let's listen to what she said earlier to me. >> so what i describe in my report as this phenomenon called freedom restricting harassment, which when people experience which is when people experience or witness threatening intimidatory or abusive harassment either online or offline, which is then intended to make individuals or institutions self—censor out of fear. and so what our polling shows