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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

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but to be brutally frank, if the conservatives had won the election under the hunt, sunak sunak huntey would have been looking at doing fairly similar things, because, i mean, we wouldn't have done the deal with the unions. i don't think that would have happened. but, you know, if growth rates are at 0.5, 0.7% even and your public sector expenditure is going up five, six, 7%, you've got to cover that somehow. and if you go to the obr, they will say, you know, ladies and gentlemen of the government, you have to increase taxes. and that and that , i think increase taxes. and that and that, i think was one of the things that we tried to get out of that doom loop that liz truss and i and she called it the doom loop. we tried to get out of that. we had to grow the economy. we have to grow the economy. >> starmer says starmer says his priority is growth. >> yeah, of course he does. it has to be because if you don't grow the economy, all you're going to end up with is rising taxes, which in their turn kill economic growth. so that's the doom loop. it's a vicious cycle . doom loop. it's a vi

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.

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sunak was repeatedly problem.ak was repeatedly told by his justice secretary, alex chalk, that he had a choice. he either overrode local objections and built more prison places, or he agreed to early release. he shamefully did neither and said let the labour party deal with it when they come to power. it's also the case that we had to tackle the riots by early trials and early sentencing. bluntly that was the only way we were going to stop the riots and we did it effectively. so we've had to agree to this . but there are agree to this. but there are safeguards in place that i think can give the public reassurance. >> michael brown, though, you've got maybe some violent thugs being released next month and people being banged up for tweeting or putting remarks on facebook that they say they regret putting there. >> well, look , at the end of the >> well, look, at the end of the day, it's with a heavy heart that i have to agree with what bill has just said. the fact is, the tories in 14 years didn't build any new pri

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

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

, in the absence — election by rishi sunak, in the absence of rwanda which rishi sunak was never— absenceto 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 people come

rishi sunak said stop doing mickey mouse degrees. what's your take? pointless 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.

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

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

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 after 38.that something labour and their supporters are meant to be proud of, or that we should celebrate because that's still 6000 undocumented people, mainly young men, who have arrived in this country illegally. who cares if they came a week or two later under rishi sunak or liz truss? so while this charade continues , who's there to continues, who's there to actually hold? keir starmer and to labour account? his majesty's official opposition, of course, is the labour, the conservative party, rather. but they're proving as useless in opposition as they were in government. at this point, the tories are a totally pointless entity. where is . rishi totally pointless entity. where is. rishi sunak? the 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

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

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

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

and that's why we see, don't we, tom tugendhat, quite a moderate, successor to sunak.ins, he's saying i won't let a foreign court bully push me around . is that withdrawing from around. is that withdrawing from the european convention on human rights kind of. maybe. >> goodness me, it's interesting. >> i was raised by tom harwood there because there's difference here between policy and personality. >> and i suppose it's entirely in line with the strategy of trying to win over reform voters to say , oh, it hasn't. nigel to say, oh, it hasn't. nigel farage put his foot in it and isn't he saying silly things whilst perhaps delivering a policy prospectus in a way that's sort of a carrot and a stick to the voter to say that you should , pop to one side you should, pop to one side rather than the other. i suppose it doesn't necessarily mean that they've sort of thought, we need to go after the labour lock rather than the reform lot. i mean, it could be both. >> it could be both. i mean, the contrast , though, between what contrast, though, between what sunak said, broadchurc

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

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.

, 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

actually, i shouldn't call rishi sunak a boy. kerry. >> yeah. well, so have we got now.he? badenoch, tom tugendhat, do you say tugendhat or tugendhat? >> tugendhat. >> tugendhat. >> tugendhat. >> tugendhat i've learned that parrot fashion. >> i don't know, you definitely don't say tommy, though. >> i say whatever i like. actually, mel stride and tommy two girl, so this is the former home office minister says he's open to capping immigration and wants to reimpose the rwanda scheme, which is i think there's at least two other candidates who are basically going to say the same thing there anyway. it's not going to make him stand out much. i think he needs to, first of all, say a bit more. that makes him stand out. and secondly, tell us how he's going to approach that. any differently to what was said when it didn't work, because otherwise it looks like he's just revitalising it, and it doesn't make much sense. >> the rwanda scheme never made sense. also, i was listening to an interview with dominic cummings today. he said the rwanda thing was always boris just coming up wit

but of course, the previous prime minister, rishi sunak , did go with this tobacco sunak, did go withttes. and that's something that labour are running with. so the conservatives too, you know the conservatives too, you know the previous prime minister was very keen to lessen smoking as well . well. >> you mentioned nigel farage, can i ask you about, a big donor to reform uk, catherine john hall , who was to reform uk, catherine john hall, who was a tory donor backed reform uk in the general election , has now gone back to election, has now gone back to the tories. he seems to be supporting robert jenrick, who of course, has said he wants to put reform out of business. it's a bit of a blow for nigel, isn't it ? it? >> yeah. it's, it's interesting this, isn't it? and of course , this, isn't it? and of course, the conservative leadership campaign, it's been fairly quiet over the summer , but we've got over the summer, but we've got six candidates. that's going to be whittled down to four. then we're going to have a sort of beauty parade at conference, and then the final two will be vote

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

and i just think what starmer is doing, what sunak was trying to do , is they're dealing trying to doaling with something that is legal because they've lost the war on illegal drugs for the time being. >> that is true, i think, but i think the problem is if you legalise it or at least take have a lighter touch. regulation of illegal drugs , more people of illegal drugs, more people will take it because no, no, i agree with that. >> i mean, you know, i worry about the amount of crime that is around drugs, but i do think that's why i wouldn't legalise cannabis, because more people would take it. yeah. >> and then what are they going to progress on to. yeah, absolutely. >> yeah. well i don't know folks. it's a debate that enrages me because i hate big government. i can't stand them telling us what to do. they all go to hell as far as i'm concerned. that's how i've always felt about government. i've always had those libertarian instincts. but i think with illegal drugs, with the obesity crisis, there are many, many alcoholism. there are many, many alcoholism. there are many, many alcoholi

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

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

sunak would have been getting the bullet for it.olitical. 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 going to do, immigration said we'll put them in a

tenure . throes of rishi sunak's tenure.. and he hasn't got an opposition. and parliament isn't sitting . so are things already sitting. so are things already beginning to unravel for keir starmer? i'm joined now by conservative mp greg smith . conservative mp greg smith. greg, thank you very much. so i mean it's all gone a bit pete tong for keir hasn't it. >> yeah it's even surprised me how quickly the wheels seem to be coming off this labour government. but i mean we were all staggered that almost the first thing they did was mess around with pensioners taking away the winter fuel allowance . away the winter fuel allowance. we were then having to pick our jaws up off the floor as they offered these eye—watering pay rises to please their trade union masters. then they managed to get themselves embroiled in a scandal in downing street around labour donors getting passes . labour donors getting passes. the bad news seems to keep on coming. i mean, i'm not sure whether they'd even contemplated that they could win the election,

sunak would have been getting the bullet for it.olitical. 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 going to do, immigration said we'll put them in a

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

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

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

no matter who replaces rishi sunak as leader. that is, to according tory leadership candidate mel stride. mr stride today confirmed that he wouldn't allow him to sit on the conservative benches in the commons. it means that all of the six candidates to replace rishi sunak as leader have declined to work closely with nigel farage. the position is in contrast to sunak, who twice told gb news last year that farage could join the party, saying it was a broad. church. officials say two men found dead in a burned out car in sweden were british nationals. 33 year old juan fuentes and 37 year old farouk abdul razak were reported missing last month after failing to return home from a business trip. the families of both men have paid tribute to two beautiful, innocent, hard working souls. the swedish prosecution authority says its investigation into the deaths is ongoing . in other news, violent ongoing. in other news, violent attacks against women on british railways have more than doubled since 2021, new data shows. the number of crimes

and furthermore, darshini, had rishi sunak waited, he would have had notjust inflation down to 2%, butodcast. by paddy o'connell. well, yes, people said i was ahead on the august cut. there's a rate cut hanging out there, and rishi sunak has delivered these conditions of falling inflation and a rate cut to keir starmer, and now rachel reeves is blaming him for everything going wrong, but actually the economy is growing. it is growing, but ultimately, are we feeling better off? are we going to feel...? of course we're not yet, because there's there's lag and drag. but the economy is growing, and rishi gave that to keir. he did. but are there some challenges coming up that we are going to feel? now, we'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

. 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

this was the first thought of by rishi sunak, with his weird way of banning everything, including vapest's just following through on that. >> i always thought it was silly when sunak had so many pressing problems. they were talking about smoking. so before i get the tweets, i'm not saying i'd literally ban it. i'm just saying it wouldn't be my number one priority because i hate smoking so much and can't even be around it. >> yeah, and one thing on the list if you read the article, i never go out. they obviously the front page is all about banning it in beer gardens don't make any sense. they also want to ban it in kids play areas. and i'm like yeah, yeah okay. like that should have been done. >> yes, they should allow it in beer gardens because i'm not going to be there anyway. maybe after he played football. but that's fine. you're in the open air. so presumably these gardens are outside steve. so that's not so bad, is it? i don't think we should be using the state for this. >> i think we should be using harnessing the power of shame, which is why you don't smoke in a children's play a