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Cheltenham relatively cheltenham for two relatively old football managers. And arsenals ben white signed a new contract but will not play for england. Morning out for a bit morning watch out for a bit of thunder today and also a touch of frost tonight. Ill touch of frost tonight. Ill have more details in the full forecast coming up. Forecast coming up. Morning to you. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im anne diamond and this is breakfast on news. Breakfast on gb news. I just want to kick us off a bit of normality. Sort of Window Cleaning. Cleaning. What about Window Cleaning . What about Window Cleaning . Well, theres a woman here. This is in the mirror this morning. And shes the worlds fastest female window cleaner. Alicia burrows, shes 33. She cleaned three Standard Office windows in 16. 13 seconds. Wow. Wow. Wow. With a squeeze. Shes a natural with a squeegee and a dad. Terry has held the world record for a man for 29 years. Why would it be gender specific , do you think a window cleaner . Yeah, it shouldnt be. Really . I wouldnt have thought so. 50. So. No, i mean, some men are taller than some women, but i wouldnt have thought there wouldnt have thought there would be much difference between a male and a female window cleaner. No, i wouldnt really. No, i wouldnt really. The man who comes round does our has one. Im our windows has got one. Im unbelievably long are thing. Now, heres the thing. Because this is what i get as well. And is it where they used ionised water and a brush . Yes. And a squeegee. I prefer it and not a squeegee. I prefer it when they have a squeegee because you sort of think, well, theyre dirty stuff because you sort of think, well, theyarent dirty stuff because you sort of think, well, theyarent they. Dirty stuff because you sort of think, well, theyarent they. Does stuff because you sort of think, well, theyarent they. Does that because you sort of think, well, theyara 1t they. Does that because you sort of think, well, theyara difference. Does that make a difference. Theyre made for very to theyre made for very hard to reach places i suppose. Yeah. But least it means your but at least it means your windows are cleaner than they would be otherwise. You do the insides. I hate doing windows because is so because mainly because it is so difficult it right. Yeah difficult to get it right. Yeah i mean, basically you need elbow grease, you . It takes grease, dont you . It takes a lot work get it to you lot of work to get it to you know, to get it looking good when you have windows fitted and they then clean them before you once its all done , they use once its all done, they use vinegar because i said to them, well, how do you get you know, i bet you get asked this all the time, but how do you get the windows . So theres only a young lad. He said, its. Oh, vinegar, vinegar want to try vinegar and water. I want to try that myself , but i hate cleaning that myself, but i hate cleaning the of them. The inside of them. Yeah, then your room yeah, but then your room would of vinegar, wouldnt would smell of vinegar, wouldnt it . Probably. Would smell of vinegar, wouldnt it . Pididnll. Would smell of vinegar, wouldnt it . Pididnt notice at the time. I didnt notice at the time. I they were nice i just thought they were nice and clean. Sort of vinegar, and the sort of vinegar, i suppose, streak free. Thats the point, isnt it . And theres nothing than badly nothing worse than a badly done window, the window, because then when the sun you see it. Dont sun comes out, you see it. Dont you see all the marks . Yeah. So if what i want to know this morning is if youve got top tips for cleaning got any top tips for cleaning windows, cleaning windows. In there theres a song in there somewhere, isnt there . Ive tried it all. Is there . Ive tried it all. One of those vacuum suction things, magic cloths, that things, the magic cloths, that you can get where you just use water. Yeah, yeah. And its like. Like the rubber. Like the rubber thing. You the squeegee. Yeah. But youve always got to wipe it every time. And if you notice professional window cleaners do that, they it. They that, they do it. They do the thing they every thing and then they wipe every time. Thats the difference. But at the end of the day youd rather somebody else did it wouldnt you. Its just one of those jobs. Yeah. Yeah. Like like cleaning the like its like cleaning the sink. Hate that oh dear. Sink. I hate that too. Oh dear. Yeah ive got a white butler. Oh yeah. Yeah, so you have to keep it looking nice dont you. Silly isnt yeah but you do. Yeah. Isnt it. Yeah but you do. Yeah. I cleaning the sink. Yeah, i hate cleaning the sink. Yeah, yeah. No, dont mind cleaning the no, i dont mind cleaning the sink, windows me mad. Sink, but windows drives me mad. Whats your favourite job . Housework. At home. But some housework. Job at home. But some people like tidying up and cleaning, dont they . Yeah, some cleaning, dont they . Yeah, some people me. But anyway. Right. Should we but anyway. Right. Should we crack on with what is some slightly concerning news . Because the Royal Air Force , has because the Royal Air Force, has launched, a Major Mission to find cyber hackers from russia who jammed a plane carrying the defence secretary. Yeah, the whole incident lasted about 30 minutes. They reckon. And the attack took out reckon. And the attack took out one of the primary navigation systems. As the raf jet flew close to the russian enclave of kaliningrad in the baltic sea. Well, it took place just after our reporter, ray addison, was given exclusive access to a nato Training Exercise in poland i they move from room to room , they move from room to room, breaching , clearing. These nato breaching, clearing. These nato soldiers may not speak the same language , but they are fluent in language, but they are fluent in the art of urban warfare , the art of urban warfare, working together to neutralise the enemy. And as the tip of the the enemy. And as the tip of the spean the enemy. And as the tip of the spear, theyre ready to roll against russia in a matter of hours. Lieutenant colonel ben hours. Lieutenant colonel ben hawes is in command. My major observation is soldiers are soldiers and no matter what language they speak, we all understand the nato drills that we have to go through, and weve been able to, after a very short period of practice, execute some very complex operations. This is just the latest exercise involving british troops. Defence secretary grant troops. Defence secretary grant shappsis troops. Defence secretary grant shapps is here to show his support. I would say back home most people are unaware here of this enormous nato exercise. Not just large, the biggest since the cold war. Cold war. 20,000 are taking part in operation steadfast defender, with another 70,000 from all 32 nato allies. Its designed to send a very clear message to the russian president dont push us too far. Putins end game is to carry on expanding russia. You dont have to take my word for it. Its what hes said himself many times. Nato isnt trying to expand into other peoples territory. We are simply here to territory. We are simply here to defend our values of freedom and sovereignty and democracy. We should be proud of what these guys have been doing here, making sure we can exercise together. Most importantly of all, sending a very clear signal to putin or any other despotic leader that we will stand up for ourselves and dont try it on. With russias war in ukraine now in its third year, the defence secretary is urging western allies not to get fatigued, but to treat putins ongoing invasion as a wake up call, a message that we must have the resolve to spend what is required on defence, if not, it will only embolden those who may wish to test our resolve. Meanwhile, these nato forces stand ready to deploy within 48 hours. Though no nato country wants war, putins illegal invasion of ukraine has reminded the west that it can never show weakness and there is certainly strength in numbers. Ray addison gb news. Well, lets get the thoughts now of robert fox , defence now of robert fox, defence editor for the evening standard. Robert, a very good morning. Robert, a very good morning. Thanks for joining robert, a very good morning. Thanks forjoining us. This incident that happened with the jamming of certain signals reaching that raf plane , is that reaching that raf plane, is that a shock to you or is it just a very difficult bit of airspace , very difficult bit of airspace, theres not much of a shock to me. Ill bet this goes on quite a lot. But it shows you russias prowess as what . What is known as Electronic Warfare , it was as Electronic Warfare, it was flying close to a bit of russian territory, which is the tongue of land of around kaliningrad. Its a bit between , lithuania its a bit between, lithuania and the polish border, which is and the polish border, which is a russian base, it did temporarily upset the communications with shapps plane , but, there was a backup system, its, rather embarrassing for the brits to. Because although shapps has made a big bid for improvement in the defence budget, which, a lot of his remarks was about, one of the weaknesses is in the area of communications, strangely enough i yeah. I mean, youve got to ask because were told a Major Investigation is now underway. Is this dangerous . Is this being seen as a threatening action . Yes. Its hot. Its hostile. Without really being bringing us to the edge of war. They were. Excuse me . They werent going to shoot the plane down or anything like that. But it emphasises an like that. But it emphasises an undergoing a serious point of worry about vulnerability, of communication in this country, not just raf , support jets, not just raf, support jets, there was a falcon 900 daso, passenger passenger plane , but passenger passenger plane, but this goes on day in, day out with really big Cyber Attacks from different sources , not just from different sources, not just from different sources, not just from russia, china has been involved. Its part of the new involved. Its part of the new reality. And its interesting reality. And its interesting that this should happen now at the time, within a matter of days or hours of the polls opening for, putins, in inverted commas, fifth, fifth election to be president and Supreme Leader of the russian federation. Federation. So are there lessons to be learned, do you think from this incident . Well, i think the lessons will have been learned already and the vulnerabilities would have been known, i dont think this would have come as quite a surprise as it may appear from the daily mail, headline ins, but i do think that it will stress an underlying concern. But grant shapps message, by the way, in the piece, as you know , way, in the piece, as you know, is that hes asked for 3 of Gross Domestic Product to be paid on defence in this election year. Paid on defence in this election year. Look back paid on defence in this election year. Look back just a few paid on defence in this election year. Look back just a few days year. Look back just a few days to jeremy hunts budget statement. How much did he mention about defence . Said it was quite a good thing and we were doing jolly well. And the biggest european contributor to ukraine. Not true, overtaken by germany now i dont think in number 10, downing street theyre actually getting out the memo pads and the tablets and saying, gosh, weve got to change, our budgetary program on this, because there its we would like to spend more on defence, but only when we have got the opportunity and the conditions of the british economy allow. But if this sort economy allow. But if this sort of thing goes on that weve seen there and there has to be further commitment to ukraine because theres a weakening in support for from america, this may well become inadvertently an election issue because what this does emphasise is the defence all the way around, particularly cyber defence, will have to go into the election manifestos. Now i think neither major party really wants that very much. Really wants that very much. No. Well, as you say, itd be interesting to see. Robert, thanks very much indeed and very interesting talk about what interesting to talk about what will and will not become election issues, because when will that election be . Now . The Prime Minister has ruled out holding a general election on the 2nd of may, amid speculation that he could choose to go instead to the polls very early. Well, that all comes as the labour party have urged number 10 to call an election next week , which is pointless because the timing for that would mean may the second, which is now ruled out. Keir starmer claiming the Prime Minister needs to get a backbone. Well, the Prime Minister is required to hold a general election by at the latest january 2025. Yeah, very good to be very interesting finding out. Lets see if olivia utley is around and she can tell us what the likelihood is now , i dont know likelihood is now, i dont know about you, im sort of slightly disappointed because i was hoping for a may general election. That was we get a move on with it. And ill bet you a lot of people in the country feel that. So what is the next most likely date, do you think, olivia . Well, i think thats a really interesting question. Obviously, interesting question. Obviously, theres of fevered theres been sort of fevered speculation that speculation for months now that rishi sunak was planning to hold a election at start a general election at the start of may. That would tie in with the local elections and the logic behind that we would logic behind that was we would get out of the way that for get it out of the way that for essentially things are looking pretty bad for the conservatives why get it all over and why not just get it all over and done with on the 2nd of may . We now know that that is not going to but rishi sunak has to happen. But rishi sunak has also out having an also ruled out having an election in january 2025. The biggest clue that hes given us is that it will be in the second half of this year. So we assume either october or november. Now, ive spoken to downing street staff whove been wargaming for the possibility of a early november election, which would tie in with the American Election. There are some worries in downing street and beyond that, an election coinciding exactly with the American Election could lead to some sort of security risks. If specifically if donald trump is elected president , there could be a bit of global uncertainty for a few weeks, possibly months after that election. And would it be sensible to hold an election exactly at the same time . Number 10 think that that might be a possibility, but my bet would be on an october election. Just jump the gun and get in there before the us election. Now, the logic behind election. Now, the logic behind that for the conservatives is that for the conservatives is that rishi sunak is telling us over and over again that his plan for the uk is working and actually there are some signs that it is. Inflation is down. Rishi sunak managed to get well, inflation was halved. Whether it was sunak doing or not is a question for debate. But inflation is now down at 4 and it looks like its going to keep getting lower. Meanwhile, Interest Rates, although they are frozen at the moment, look as though they will start to fall over the course of this yeah fall over the course of this year. So sunaks hope is that by october or november, the cost of living crisis will be starting to abate and peoples mortgages wont be under so much strain. So thats his logic in waiting. But how long is he going to wait . Yes, well, well find out eventually. Alvydas thanks very much indeed. Gosh, yeah, i just i just wonder how people are just going to get fed up with it now. Yeah i do think that also i mean, you could say that hes going to play could say that hes going to play for time so that hopefully he can make it look as though things are improving before he goes country. But doesnt goes to the country. But doesnt it give for the tory it also give time for the tory rebels try oust him rebels to maybe try and oust him as minister . Yeah, well, rebels to maybe try and oust him asdoes minister . Yeah, well, rebels to maybe try and oust him asdoes , minister . Yeah, well, rebels to maybe try and oust him asdoes , itiinister . Yeah, well, rebels to maybe try and oust him asdoes , it does. R . Yeah, well, it does, it does. Which would of course guarantee defeat , which would of course guarantee defeat, wouldnt which would of course guarantee defeat , wouldnt it . Guarantee defeat, wouldnt it . I cant see there would be any appetite at all for another as people would view it on elected leader in that. In that sense i would thats and who has got who has got what it really takes to turn things around that quickly anyway, i mean, is there a superstar would be Prime Minister in the offing . Can you think of somebody whos got it . Whos got that mad charisma or or knowledge or experience to be able to turn things around . I just dont see it happening. I cant see it. You might have a view if you do gb views at gb news. Com well, meanwhile, to keep you entertained when you havent got gb on in the background , gb news on in the background, our Political Editor Christopher Hopeis our Political Editor Christopher Hope is launching a new podcast that actually just went live 17 minutes ago. Choppers political podcast has Just Launched and first up as a guest is superstar Holly Valance. Holly valance. Now she talks about her despair at the state of the nafion despair at the state of the nation , whats going wrong on nation, whats going wrong on the streets of london, and what shes got against greta thunberg. Its going to be available at gb news dot com. It is now or wherever you get your podcasts. Podcasts. I think crime is out of control. All of us have been robbed on kings road in our air. Yeah. What were you robbed . What were you robbed . I just had my phone taken out of the pram like she was stealing off the ceiling. Off a mum with her baby in pram. Mum with her baby in the pram. Its stuff. No, i its pretty low stuff. No, i wasnt hurt, fortunately, but, yeah, ive had friends get belted for their phones and watches and home raids and trying to kick in doors, and its , its in chelsea. Yeah. Its, its in chelsea. Yeah. Particularly in chelsea because they know people are Walking Around with probably a nice watch on. Yeah. And the police are helpful. And the police are helpful. They rob me. Theyre in for a nasty surprise. Im usually in a swatch down the street. No offence to swatch then, the and one of the police who were very helpful, they they dont really turn up. You can call them, but i dont ever see a bobby. Its like kids point and stare now and you see a policeman on the street. Look, mum, a real live street. Look, mum, a real live police person. Person. So pc police person. Person. So pc policeman meant two person police. Police first. Give me a break. Policeman officer. Yeah. Yes. Well, they are the government. The government, uk government. The government, uk government is investing more in police in england and wales. Maybe meant to be maybe so theyre meant to be more reassure it would more around to reassure it would be nice to. I think its a deterrent at the very least. And i also dont understand how in this day and age, such technology, age, with such cheap technology, for cctv, so for instance with cctv, so anyone a ring camera anyone can stick a ring camera anywhere for £150, why , for anywhere for £150, why, for instance, our high street doesnt have any cctv cameras. Doesnt have any cctv cameras. Now, im not a big person that wants a lot of cameras around, but on a high street where everyones being robbed blind , everyones being robbed blind, it might be a nice idea. And it doesnt cost much. So then why . Why dont we have that . Yes you. Are you a backer of the tories or reform . Where are you politically . So last time i voted conservatives. Voted conservatives. Next time ill be voting reform. Really yeah. You are. Youre youre youre. Well, i think the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome. And im sure as hell not going to labour. So thats probably where im at. So were speaking to we go away. Lee anderson across the floor just shortly short a short distance from where were sitting and became the reform uks first mp. You support that. Yeah he was i mean i support anybody that sort of sticks to what they believe in and doesnt isnt a turncoat , doesnt do isnt a turncoat, doesnt do a million flip flops and u turn so i can have respect for that, even for like nutters on the other side, if you stick to what you believe and you keep reiterating that over years and years, i can always respect that, might not agree with that, i might not agree with you, but i get that more than the changing the minds and the flipping around and never having any conviction, not being like sort of staunchly for or against something confusing to something thats confusing to people. And i think people are sick that. Sick of that. Yeah. Certainly yeah. And he certainly believes things he believes of some things that he feels doesnt anymore. Yeah. I mean, lees moved from labour to conservatives now to reform. Its really weird because there was this reform party in canada in 1993 that ditched the tories in canada as well, got rid of the, blew them to smithereens, which is probably whats going to happen here. Its not that i think that were necessarily going to have a reform government. No, but its to the next chapter its a means to the next chapter of what things will look like. I devoured his mind when he saw the party. Yeah, were sure it is. It is. Its interesting to get her perspective , whether you agree perspective, whether you agree with it or not, that she was talking about the police there as well. In the first part of that clip, the metropolitan police have said in reply to that, continue to dedicate that, we continue to dedicate our resources into tackling robbery, and taking robbery, knife crime and taking weapons off our streets in westminster and kensington and chelsea , officers are regularly chelsea, officers are regularly deployed into known hotspots , deployed into known hotspots, using innovative tactics and conducting high visibility patrols to keep the community safe. Safe. Oh 621 no, youre not. Youre not really across Oliver Laurence no, im not. No. I wonder if a lot of people at home are thinking, who is she . Yeah, its a generational thing. She i mean, she was a she was she was in neighbours and then she was in, she had a pop career and all that sort of thing. And shes married to a very candy very influential mark candy or something rich Something Like that. Very rich and influential man , yeah. And influential man, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Well, thats yeah. Okay. Well, thats i know now. Yeah. There you go. You should be a guest on shoppers. Well, and podcasts have my political say, i dont know, a bit like her, though. I wonder now how i would vote if there were a general election tomorrow. I wonder. I have no idea. That could be quite honest with you. I have no idea. And its the first time ive felt like that. Is it the first time you have . Yeah, yeah. Normally i think a lot of people watching probably feel exactly the same. Watching probably feel exactly the lame. Watching probably feel exactly thei normally have an idea in i normally have an idea in the run of this. This sort of time. Yeah. The minute i havent got a clue. Normally you have an well, normally you have an interest, dont you . Know, interest, dont you . You know, maybe youre, buying maybe youre, youre buying a house you know, house or you, you know, youve just children youre just got children and youre looking childcare or looking to childcare or something that. You have an Something Like that. You have an interest which interest and you know which party is therefore for party is therefore looking for your and saying the your support and saying the things something things that mean something to you. Now i just dont know. You. But now i just dont know. They seem flip they all seem to be flip flopping all over the place, dont they . Do. Dont they . They do. Its confusing. Means its very confusing. It means the be the turnout is going to be really if thats the really low. And if thats the case, thats so bad for democracy. Very. Very. And well lead to an unhappy nation. And dont vote, you and if you dont vote, you get the government that somebody else not you else wanted. And not you necessarily. Thats not necessarily. And thats not a very thing either. So its very good thing either. So its going to be difficult. Were going to have to campaign out. Campaign to get people out. Voting what voting doesnt matter what you vote in sense, but you vote for in the sense, but you should have your say. Whoever you support. You support. The politicians should be but the politicians should be doing that. Should be doing that. They should be stirring us, shouldnt stirring it inside us, shouldnt they . Be they . The interest should be coming from them. And the trouble is, so of them are trouble is, so many of them are just turning everybody off. Oh, anyway, i hope you dont turn off. With us, 623 were off. Do stick with us, 623 were going to talk about the royals now theyre all over the now because theyre all over the papers the duchess of sussex. Papers to the duchess of sussex. Thats meghan to you and me has launched a new lifestyle brand entitled wait for it. American riviera orchard. Oh, its very, riviera orchard. Oh, its very, very montecito. Yeah. Isnt it . Apparently shes going to sell a variety of household items. Variety of household items. I wish you bluebirds in the spnng i wish you bluebirds in the spring to give your heart a song to sing. And then a kiss. But more than this, i wish you love. Well, there you go. That tells us nothing at all, does it . Absolutely its all grainy and out of focus. Very strange music, though. Yeah, yeah, but that must be the sort of theme of the brand. Of the brand. Yeah, its a bit like Gwyneth Paltrow trying to do the goop thing on you, isnt it . Yes. Sell you anything . Basically buy one of her candles, would, you know. Anyway, critics have slammed meghans poor timing. Why, you may ask . Because she why, you may ask . Because she launched the site just minutes before Prince William took to the stage to honour his mother for the diana legacy awards. Yeah, and if you remember , yeah, and if you remember, also, prince harry was also attending the awards , but on attending the awards, but on video. And he they didnt even do it at the same time. His video came on after Prince William had already left the whole ceremony. Whole ceremony. Yeah. Lets talk to royal expert pandora forsythe, who joins us now. Good to see you, pandora. What do you make of all of this morning . Yeah. Bad timing. I thought that soon as it happened last that as soon as it happened last night, i thought surely this would be an event in both of their calendars. Lets say that they dont talk and they dont share calendars anymore because theyre not two separate royal households. Would thought households. I would have thought that the diana awards and the diana award last night diana legacy award last night would have just been something that would have been crossed over. That would have been crossed over. Im that would have been crossed over. Im really, that would have been crossed over. Im really, really over. Im really, really surprised at this because harry was also involved in it and has been involved with it for many years. I mean, it was only a few years. I mean, it was only a few years ago he was up on stage with his brother william. I mean, changed. Mean, how times have changed. Hey, yeah , really bizarre hey, but yeah, really bizarre timing, and we know that she was going to be launching a lifestyle brand in terms of what it might have been then. Well, i guess now we know you can you can buy homeware items and cookery items if you so wish, and this will tie in to, netflix as well, where well probably be seeing meghan cooking if that takes your interest to so i mean, you said poor timing, but was it deliberate , a big project was it deliberate, a big project like this would have had a date in the diary for many , many in the diary for many, many months. And i just do not see in the sussex world how that wouldnt have come up with a bit of an amber flag going, no, this is this is the date for the diana awards, which i just find really strange how that would have passed to. Harry im have passed to. Harry im honestly, im quite shocked by it, to be honest, because it was not just the fact of, a Kensington Palace gig. This is this is dianas legacy. So im really, really surprised. Really, really surprised. And yes, it never looks good. Does it, at the moment and the sheer fact that harry and, william were both at the awards , william were both at the awards, but, you know, a world apart and even the timing there was interesting in that harrys video didnt come up until william had already left. It really doesnt , it doesnt look really doesnt, it doesnt look good at all, does it . It looks very unhappy. Very unhappy. It doesnt feed into the rumours of the rift, does it, the fact that william didnt want to stick around for harrys speech and actually had to leave the building before he started speaking, and he was on a Virtual Event , you know, its, Virtual Event, you know, its, you know, he could have just left the room for a few minutes and come back when the speech was done. But he made a point of leaving the building and harry spoke. I think its a very, leaving the building and harry spoksad think its a very, leaving the building and harry spoksad state1ink its a very, leaving the building and harry spok sad state ofk its a very, leaving the building and harry spok sad state of affairs very, leaving the building and harry spok sad state of affairs at ry, leaving the building and harry spok sad state of affairs at the very sad state of affairs at the moment, i just dont even moment, and i just dont even see how theyre going to get past this, because this is to do with their late mother. And if they cant agree on this, then how are they going agree on how are they going to agree on on . On virtually anything . Yeah. Yeah. Its just its just seems very odd. And just all seems very odd. And i say and the fact that all this happens when shes, its where are they getting the advice from on this pandora. Because, because anyone with the tiniest ounce of common sense would say, well, launch this the next day and its, you know, its not going to be as its not going to be as controversial. I mean , be as controversial. I mean, maybe they wanted to make sure that they were hitting headlines. I mean, that is one way of doing it. And people say, you know, all press is good press to a certain extent, but i dont think they would have wanted it this badly. Surely surely. I mean, you wouldnt. I mean, if you were a pr adviser, it doesnt look in very good taste, doesnt look in very good taste, does it . I understand wanting to distance yourself from the royal family, actually family, and i actually understand why meghan has launched this brand. Because they be independent. You they need to be independent. You know, she had the tig before this, before she met harry and then shut it down, when she was going to marry harry. So im not surprised. The lifestyle brand has. I am has been launched. I am extremely surprised at the timing. Im very surprised at the fact that that the advice that theyve been given that you should do this at this time, even if it was to create headlines, which it has, because were speaking about it, just doesnt look in good taste. Doesnt look in very good taste. I even if youre in a hate i think even if youre in a hate to but the harry and to say it, but the harry and meghan camp, even you can, can surely be come on, this surely be like, come on, this really doesnt look very good, doesit really doesnt look very good, does it , it really doesnt. Does it, it really doesnt. Pandora. Thanks very much indeed. Well if youre desperate to buy something, you have got no luck. This is the website so far. Well, thats it, thats it. Theres nothing else on it. But you can enter your email and join the waitlist or waiting list. List. To you and me, its a strange way to do it, isnt it . To launch a lifestyle brand, but not with nothing to show for it, apparently, yes. Cookware and i dont know, marigolds or something that you can buy as a. They need a cameraman who knows how to actually get focus, dont they . Because why it dont they . Because why is it all wobbly of focus . All wobbly and out of focus . Its the style, isnt it . Its the style, isnt it . If youre watching at home, please dont throw anything at the set because not us, the tv set because its not us, its them, these lifestyle brands. Im very cynical of whoever does, does them. Does, whoever does them. Actually, i find them in the whole whats the face . Whats she called again . Oh. Gloop. Woman. She called again . Oh. Gloop. W0|oh,. She called again . Oh. Gloop. W0|oh, a, Gwyneth Paltrow, oh, a, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gwyneth Paltrow , all that. Gwyneth paltrow, all that. Very odd. Very odd. Its very strange, but theyre very into that in america, arent they . Theyre buying. You buy a lifestyle, dont you. It can make you a fortune if you do it right. Well see how it goes down with meghan. But they do need to put stuff on the website if they want to sell. Yeah, i just want to know how much stuff costs. Will you join the waitlist . Will you join the waitlist . No, no. Right. See no, no. All right. Lets see what weathers going do what the weathers going to do for alex. For you. Is alex. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning. Heres your latest gb news weather from the met office. It has been a pretty mild week , but were actually mild week, but were actually likely to see a touch of frost in some places tonight. Before then, though, its a showery day for many of us. Perhaps some more persistent rain across parts of southern scotland, Northern England, but that will clear towards the as clear away towards the east as we through day. We go through the day. Elsewhere, some bright or sunny spells, but also few spells, but also quite a few showers and some of these could turn heavy, possibly even thundery towards the thundery down towards the south east. Still mild south east. It is still mild at the moment. Temperatures reaching highs of around 15 or 16 so well above 16 celsius, so well above average for time year, average for the time of year, but towards the north as but cooler towards the north as we go. Later on, we are actually going to see a ridge of High Pressure building thats going to quieten our weather down. So most the showers ease most of the showers will ease and and clear away and die out and clear away towards the east. And so its going to turn mostly dry overnight we have some overnight and we will have some clear result. Were clear skies. As a result. Were going see temperatures taking going to see temperatures taking a of a dip. Most places a bit of a dip. Most places turning a bit chilly. Across some northern parts could see some northern parts we could see a frost as temperatures a touch of frost as temperatures fall a little below freezing fall a little bit below freezing in we wake up in prone spots, so we wake up saturday but saturday morning a chilly but mostly start. Maybe a few mostly fine start. Maybe a few pockets fog around, staying pockets of fog around, staying generally with decent generally dry with a decent amount sunshine towards the amount of sunshine towards the north but across north and east, but across southern here, southern and western parts here, clouds push its way clouds going to push its way in. Some outbreaks initially some outbreaks of rain initially turning we go through turning heavier as we go through the temperatures will the afternoon. 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Shall we find out what paul is going to be talking about in sport . That would be nice. Im back talking dam cheltenham. That is just cheltenham. Nice, the 100th just cheltenham. Nice, the 100th anniversary cup. Is anniversary of the gold cup. Is this afternoon. There was european football last night and also the tennis match that was interrupted by a swarm of bees very shortly i right. The time is 636 now. Eight xl bully dogs and more than 600 weapons, including guns , nunchucks and knuckledusters have been seized in a week of police raids on county lines. Drug gangs . Yeah, almost 1900 suspects were arrested right across the country. Lets talk to former detective chief inspector mike neville, who joins us now. Mike, i mean, this seems to signal a significant series of raids, a significant series of raids, a significant intelligence operation as well. Positive in some respects, but will it go any way to solving the county lines problem . Lines problem . Yes. Youre right, stephen, its a very coordinated, series of raids. And i congratulate the police on their marriage of drugs and weapons that theyve seized. However, as youve just highlighted , will it solve the highlighted, will it solve the problem . No, because the drugs trade is like the greek story of the hydra. You cut one head off and two more grow in its place. And whats really frightening with county lines is how they use children. And the reason they use children is because the police were very successful with undercover officers who were obviously adults. And so the drug dealers dont trust anybody. They dont know whos anybody. They dont know whos an adult, but they well know that the police are not allowed to use children as some kind of undercover agent. So theyre always going to be safe using children, and they will abuse these kids by giving them money and other things and get them to courier drugs and carry weapons for them. And like, so thats the really frightening thing about county lines. I think it is. And the fact that just in one week of raids , so many weapons week of raids, so many weapons and, and those bully dogs as well were uncovered, it just makes you wonder how youd ever beat this sort of level of crime i yeah. Theres it. It calls for real debate on how we fight drugs. I was a detective sergeant in charge of a drug squad at, brixton. And what you squad at, brixton. And what you do, you close one premises down and you simply give the opportunity for somebody else, to deal drugs. And theres to deal drugs. And theres always, customers there. And as ive highlighted , its not 25 ive highlighted, its not 25 years ago when i was doing that sort of work, its now when these, people are utterly ruthless. Theyve got better communication with mobile phones. But the real challenge, as we keep saying, is about this use of children and literally abuse of children. Its how we manage that. How do we move away from this, war on drugs, onto how to deal with drugs and manage the fact that they do exist in society, and somebody will always want to take them. Yeah, indeed. Okay. Mike short but sweet. Thanks very much indeed. Appreciate your time this morning. So lets catch up with the sport is terrible, isnt it . Lets catch up with the sport. Paul lets catch up with the sport. Paul, tell us more about the bees. Oh, i dont know whether were ready for the bees. Weve got bees in, in tennis, in california, in indian wells. So ill tell you about that in a second. Theyre swarming and everything. Its absolutely frightening. Terrible it is. Its awful. But cheltenham, cheltenham little football cheltenham and a little football as a bit of as well which im a bit of Football League very Football Europa League very important. To important. So rangers lost to benfica, means theyre out benfica, which means theyre out of league. West ham of the europa league. West ham beat freiburg which beat freiburg of germany, which is actually a very important result as far as the Champions League is concerned. Ill try and explain this very quickly. Its all about the coefficient. Its all about the coefficient. Its all about the coefficient. Its all about the coefficient for next year. Its all about the coefficient for next year. Well, basically for next year. Well, basically for next year. Well, basically for Champions League next year is a new Champions League, which is a new Champions League, which is 36 teams. So therell be two extra places for other teams from different countries. Now, whatever country does best in europe this year will get an extra place for the Champions League next year. Okay, what do you think . So no sense. Very impressed a bit. Very impressed a bit. Not understanding what on earth hes talking about. Anyway, its good for aston villa, its good for spurs. Or maybe manchester united. So if you to place this you get to fifth place this yean you get to fifth place this year, theres chance therell year, theres a chance therell be place in the champions be a place in the Champions League. To fifth league. If you get to fifth instead of just the top four. Okay white. Ben white. Ben white. Oh, bentley. Ben white oh, bentley. Yeah. Ben white signed new contract with signed a new contract with arsenal, ben white said arsenal, but ben white has said that he does not want to play for england now. Isnt it . Extraordinary isnt it . Extraordinary isnt it . Find this very bizarre now , i find this very bizarre now, he away during the he did walk away during the world in qatar for personal world cup in qatar for personal reasons. And this is the big announcement for, for arsenal saying, oh, he signed a new contract. But this happens on the same day that Gareth Southgate has announced his new squad for these friendlies, which coming up, and ben which are coming up, and ben white said that doesnt white has said that he doesnt want it. Didnt want part of it. He didnt actually to gareth actually speak to Gareth Southgate. It edu who is at southgate. It was edu who is at x who is working at x play who is working at arsenal, spoke to , gareth arsenal, spoke to, Gareth Southgates assistant. Its like our people will speak to your people and city wont play. Do these two men not get on well . This is this is this is the thing Gareth Southgate has said there is no problem. There is rumours that there were a few difficulties with ben and the coaching staff, said coaching staff, but he said thats not and its bizarre thats not true and its bizarre because you would think its the pinnacle footballers pinnacle of any footballers career represent their career to represent their country. Dont know the country. Now we dont know the exact reason why he doesnt want to do it, but its one of those things. Is it pretty ill advised to be able to say , you know to be able to say, you know what, i dont fancy playing in this. I dont want to play in these friendlies. And also for this. I dont want to play in therforeseeable. And also for this. I dont want to play in therforeseeable future,lso for this. I dont want to play in therforeseeable future, io for this. I dont want to play in therforeseeable future, i dont the foreseeable future, i dont want country, want to represent my country, which is extraordinary which is it is extraordinary because, know, weve got you because, you know, weve got you know, weve euros coming know, weve got the euros coming up the summer. So hes not up in the summer. So hes not going be there. Now. Going to be there. Now. Whilst would love to talk whilst i would love to talk about further, i dont want about it further, i dont want to run of time so that you to run out of time so that you cant about the bees. Do cant tell us about the bees. Do we the ready . We have the bees ready . Do i believe we have. Do we . I believe we have. Do we . I believe we have. Oh we dont, we dont. Oh weve got pictures that well have it for later. Have to save it for later. But i will tell you about the bees. Zverev and alcaraz. We do have. Oh, there we go. We do. Oh, there we go. We do. Thank goodness theres no confusion thank goodness theres no conindian wells is indian wells, indian wells is indian wells, this happened a few hours this happened just a few hours ago. Look at this. Ive ago. Now look at this. Ive never known game of tennis or never known a game of tennis or any sport that has been postponed because of a swarm of bees. You bees. Look at that. Do you remember bees. Look at that. Do you ren do ber bees. Look at that. Do you ren do you bees. Look at that. Do you rendo you remember film do you remember that film youre listening the radio . I youre listening on the radio . I mean, honestly, there are bees everywhere. All the everywhere. All over the cameras, all over the. Oh, literally. Cameras, all over the. Hi, literally. Cameras, all over the. It isliterally. Cameras, all over the. It is allally. Cameras, all over the. It is all over the of it is all over the lens of the cant so the camera. You cant see. So whats happened the players . Whats happened to the players . So players around staff this. Im not going to take any bee puns during the section. I just will not allow it. So anyway, all these bees swarming all these bees started swarming mostly alcaraz , carlos mostly around alcaraz, carlos alcaraz, then get stung on the forehead. Hes trying to swipe his tennis racket around to try and get rid of these things. Its full of holes. So its full of holes. So its full of holes. Is. You know. But listen, it is. You know. But listen, if youre good, youre good. Rice is good. In fact, he topspins one of them into the tramlines. So anyway, they the umpire had to announce , were umpire had to announce, were going to postpone the game or hes american. Due to bee invasion. Yes. So. And everybodys hiding around because of these bees. Its unbelievable. But then eventually alcaraz did come out and won in two straight sets, even though he did have even though he was stung. Yes. Yes. Good on him. Very brave boy. Good on him. Very brave boy. Hes a beast. Hes a very nasty i know, very nasty. Nasty thing. I know, very nasty. Okay, right, paul. Thank okay, be right, paul. Thank you, you. See you little you, thank you. See you a little bit later weve got the bit later on. Weve got the papers heading your in just papers heading your way in just a moment. 645. Time for the papers this morning with our senior political commentator, nigel nelson. And former government adviser claire pearsall. Good morning to you both. Good morning to you both. Good morning. All right, nigel, lets kick off with the times. And this, extremism, thing that was launched yesterday. Yes. Yes. I dont quite know how to describe it. No, the thing is about. Right. Actually it is. Yeah. I mean, its caused a lot of controversy, and im not surprised a lot of it was actually rather weird. Its quite good. The new definition is a bit more precise than the old one. The old one came from had been used by prevent since 2011 and bits were a bit vague. 2011 and bits were a bit vague. It was things like not undermining british values. It was things like not undermining british values. And undermining british values. And obviously theres a question mark of what are british values. Mark of what are british values. Yes. I mean im not against them but but but each but then youve got to define them. If each of us have a different sort of view of its a lot better of that. So its a lot better there. But what michael gove was doing trying to, to say, doing was trying to, to say, right, certain are right, certain groups are extreme. Well define them. Its a subjective thing rather than objective, and once weve defined them, they wont have any contact with government or get any government funding, which sounds great. Then he names a few of them, so one of them was the was patriotic, patriotic alternative, a neo nazi patriotic alternative, a neo nazi group. Another was the british socialist movement, british socialist movement, British National socialist movement. Theyre sort of white movement. Theyre sort of white supremacists. Well, i assume that theyre not getting any government funding anyway, or have any contact with government at all. So it just seems a bit peculiar for him to name groups like that, because it doesnt seem to fit the criteria that he was laying down. Oh claire, i think theres also the worry that there is no transparency on the Decision Making process being used. So none of us know exactly why some organisations are deemed to be such a risk. I think we can all hazard a guess with some of them, but you do worry that others will then get added on. You dont know why you dont know what the factor dont know what the risk factor is there is no real means of is and there is no real means of appeal. So if you were an organisation, say if you were an Environmental Organisation who were of were deemed to fall foul of Michael Goves scheme, there isnt any sort of way of appealing that the only way you could do it is the judicial review system, which is incredibly expensive and very long. So i think the detail of it is a little vague. It was announced in a very polite manner, as michael gove always does, but using parliamentary privilege to do it without any details, just it all feels a little bit like they dont quite know what what it is they want to get out, and you wonder whether he just named those organisations that he felt safe in naming . In naming . Yeah, well he was. The real detail comes later and will be more controversial. We are waiting for that. Were waiting for the entire list. Able to list. I mean, he was able to name i mean, it would be name them. I mean, it would be i would would have been would it would have been libellous had he named them outside house commons. So outside the house of commons. So he privilege he used parliamentary privilege to, them muslim to, to name them the muslim organisations he named. All say they go to court to they will go to court to challenge what he what hes saying, and there will be a much bigger list coming up in the future. But and so well see whos whos on that. But its got hes, hes got sort of cross party benefits from because lord from this. Well because lord Walney John Woodcock yeah. Was was the key adviser on this. And he obviously think hes independent now isnt he. Cross cross bench. But he was laboun he was a labour mp. He was a labour mp. Yeah. Yeah. I mean yes hes had plenty of advice going in there. And obviously the criticism is some people say it doesnt go far enough. Some doesnt go far enough. Some people say it goes too far. I think we probably have to wait and see exactly how this works out. Out. But will he use parliamentary privilege to announce the rest of the list . Well, because otherwise hell lay himself open again to if theyre able to able to prove that they werent extremist and theyve been branded extremist, theres absolutely right, so it may well be that by that time there will actually have the facts laid out about why these people are extremist , which should it get extremist, which should it get into a into a court, they can uphold. Yeah. Again, it just makes the lawyers rich as far as well. Well just see streams of court cases wont we. Yeah, yeah, claire on the front of the telegraph this morning, whistleblowers raising concerns about the nhs and its strategy. Yes now, this is the nhs in its net zero drive. Right, including and, you know, pardon the pun, here for ambulances. So the drive to, to have an electric ambulance out there, now you can look at this and say in, in a city areas, electric vehicles probably quite sensible if you live in a rural area with no charging facilities, i would be concerned. That said ambulance wouldnt make it either to you or to the hospital or , you know, or to the hospital or, you know, break down somewhere along a dark country road and the nhs is investing an awful lot of money into looking into the green agenda , when it realistically agenda, when it realistically should be looking at how its going to reduce the waiting lists and make hospitals more efficient and treat patients. Efficient and treat patients. And there is a process 135 question process to ensure that any decisions or services that they maintain or take on are within the green agenda. Well, look, i mean, its sensible for some things if you if you can be green without compromising anything, then great. But when it when it comes to ambulance and the like. But this is also its got to be bottom of the list hasnt it. I would have thought green ambulance. I would have thought so. And because because its the nhs, its now come with a team of, individuals who will take on this job with a combined salary bill of £3 million a year. Yeah. Joking. Joking. Joking. No, thats the problem, isnt it . And thats, thats somebody is in charge of this. There are departments within hospitals or trusts. Yeah, but they are in trusts. Yeah, but they are in charge this. Charge of this. This sort of relies on all this sort of relies on when you actually think, think its we should be its right that we should be going as society. Going green as a society. If thats of travel, thats the direction of travel, we going in. I mean, we should be going in. I mean, the nhs is the uks largest employer with 1. 7 Million People there, and the idea that an organisation like that should find different ways of being more environmentally friendly seems like to me, seems like a goodidea seems like to me, seems like a good idea on the ambulances front. I mean, im assuming theyre not going to send ambulances out, theyre not going to send ambulances out , to go to go and ambulances out, to go to go and run out of electricity , be run out of electricity, be somewhere in some rural area. But you dont know that. But you dont know that. And yes, its sensible to have a look at, im assuming that really your green credentials, but i dont think it demands a whole separate department to be set up, costing millions of pounds when procurement in the nhs is appalling anyway. Yes, its a huge organisation. There are enough people in it to be able to take that on as part of their job. Procurement is an enormous department. It doesnt do a particularly great job, but surely there are people there that could look into the green agenda without being part of another team, is three. Another team, which is three. Yes, a separate green department. Yeah. Well, i go see i go for that. I think that this is i mean a lot of companies are doing the same kind of thing. It goes back to and i know this is controversial, but if we want to get to net zero by 2050, these are all the things you must do. And you you must then manage it. And you you must then manage it. And therefore youre going to need hire to do need people to hire people to do just that. Oh no, youve already got oh no, no, youve already got the people there. Thats no one likes this. No, no, i mean, youre just employing more people to do a job that actually the existing departments who buy, its an extra job. Its an extra job. Its an extra job. Its an add on to the job. You cant suggest that looking at the Green Alternatives to some bandages , plasters, some bandages, plasters, medication requires another person on top of the person. There are Green Alternatives to bandages. Well, i dont know because but there are covers absolutely everything. But but there would be for things like waste. I mean if youre able to actually save water, for instance , save water, for instance, save energy, those are the kind of things that ordinary companies are doing now thats got got a benefit that will actually save money, but youre going to need a team of people there to identify why it £3 million. But youre saying on one hand its going to save money and thats a good thing, which i dont disagree with, but youre adding on another layer of people and another of people and another set of salaries. So going to salaries. So its going to negate savings that you negate any savings that you potentially going make. Its potentially going to make. Its going be swallowed up in the going to be swallowed up in the vast. Tell you what. Vast. Ill tell you what. Lets everybody watching lets ask everybody watching at would you rather at home, what would you rather they the £3 million on . They spend the £3 million on . I think you might have lost that one, nigel. Thank stephen. Yeah, well thank you stephen. Yeah, well thank you stephen. Know touchy, i know well, i know touchy, i know well i sort of do. I mean, im with claire. I just, i think entire procurement departments, theyll be waste departments. Theyll be everything else. Just build it into their agenda. But its a huge organisation. And although doctors and nurses not giving up priority, theyre giving up. No, you do need managers, but at least your arguments are very polite. Polite. And weve only got a minute, nigel. I just want to. Well for both of you, the mayor looking at rishi sunak, ruling out us may 2nd election. Labour still calling for one. Yeah i mean well its been a labour sort of trope really to, to say that must have won on may the 2nd. If he doesnt have one, hes frightened of the electorate and so on. Running away. Running away. Well, i think theres a validity to that, isnt there, this something they this was something that they that planning at the that they were planning at the end of last year. They hoped the budget would work. They hope planes taken off rwanda. Planes are taken off to rwanda. None things have none of those things have happened. 20 happened. Theyre more than 20 points polls go points behind in the polls to go to the country now would be wipe out the tories. Out for the tories. But on the other hand, is it going to get any better throughout the rest of the year . I think the longer leave it, i think the longer you leave it, the this gets. The worse this gets. Oh, thats interesting from a tory. Yeah. And thats how i see it. Weve now got to that point where it is all going horribly wrong, you cant trust mps wrong, and you cant trust mps to themselves week to to behave themselves week to week. I think that if you week. So i think that if you drag this out to the end of the year or january 25th, i think that we are going to be toast. Okay. Claire. Nigel thank you very indeed. Heres very much indeed. Heres your weather forecast. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Heres your latest gb news, weather from the met office. It has been a pretty mild week, but were actually likely to see a touch of frost in some places tonight. Before in some places tonight. Before then, though, its a showery day for many of us. Perhaps some more persistent rain across parts of southern scotland, Northern England , but that will Northern England, but that will clear the east as clear away towards the east as we through the day. Elsewhere we go through the day. Elsewhere some or spells, but some bright or sunny spells, but also a few showers and also quite a few showers and some of these turn heavy, some of these could turn heavy, possibly thundery down possibly even thundery down towards south east. It is towards the south east. It is still at moment. Still mild at the moment. Temperatures reaching highs of around celsius, so well around 15 or 16 celsius, so well above average for the time of yean above average for the time of year, but cooler towards the north as we go. Later on, we are actually going to see a ridge of High Pressure building thats going to quieten our weather down. So of the showers down. So most of the showers will ease and die out and clear away towards east. Away towards the east. And so its mostly dry its going to turn mostly dry overnight we will have some overnight and we will have some clear skies. As a result. Were going to see temperatures taking a of a dip. Most places a bit of a dip. Most places turning bit chilly across some turning a bit chilly across some northern parts. We could see a touch as temperatures touch of frost as temperatures fall bit freezing fall a little bit below freezing in prone spots. So we wake up saturday morning but saturday morning a chilly but mostly fine start, maybe a few pockets staying pockets of fog around staying generally dry decent generally dry with a decent amount of sunshine towards the north but across north and east, but across southern western parts here, southern and western parts here, clouds push its in. Clouds going to push its way in. Some outbreaks rain initially some outbreaks of rain initially turning as we through turning heavier as we go through the afternoon. Temperatures will the afternoon. Temperatures will pick chilly start, so pick up after a chilly start, so again, likely to highs again, were likely to see highs in celsius. Rain again, were likely to see highs in push celsius. Rain again, were likely to see highs in push throuthelsius. Rain again, were likely to see highs in push through assius. Rain again, were likely to see highs in push through as we. Rain again, were likely to see highs in push through as we gorin will push through as we go through saturday into through saturday night into sunday, once that clears, sunday, but once that clears, sunday, but once that clears, sunday looking mostly dry for sunday is looking mostly dry for many of us. Sunday is looking mostly dry for ma byof us. Sunday is looking mostly dry for ma by bst. Sunday is looking mostly dry for ma by by looks like things are by by looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. A very good morning to you. This is breakfast on gb. News it is 7 00 on friday, the 15th of march. Today, russia jams, signals on an raf plane carrying the defence secretary and a group of journalists, including our very own ray addison. Our very own ray addison. The Prime Minister, rishi sunak rules out a may the 2nd general election as keir starmer urges number 10 to have the backbone to call one as early as next week. Next week. Yes, after months of fevered speculation, the Prime Minister has finally ruled out a spring election. But when will he bite the bullet . Find out more with me. Very soon. The duchess of sussex has launched a new lifestyle brand, but controversially, she did it just moments before Prince William took to the stage to honour his mother at an awards ceremony. Police crackdown on county line gangs arresting 1800 suspected drug dealers and seizing eight xl bully dogs. Pensioners are hitting out at generation z, claiming youngsters have become lazy. Youngsters have become lazy. Well, a couple of oldsters in sport Harry Redknapp and Alex Ferguson. The toast of cheltenham yesterday. Its the 100th gold cup today, a relatively good evening in europe for british teams in European Competition last night and the england footballer, who doesnt want to play for england i morning. Watch out for a bit of thunder today and also a touch of frost tonight. Ill have more details in the full forecast coming up. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im anne diamond and this is breakfast on gb news. Are you a nervous flyer . Are you a nervous flyer . Well, i didnt used to be. Ive sort of started to become a little bit more nervous. I dont know why ive. You know, i read too many stories of things going wrong. I know that statistically, its the safest form of travel. Theres no doubt about it. But if it goes wrong, it goes very wrong. Yeah, thats the trouble. Yeah, thats the trouble. Yeah, thats the trouble. Yeah, well, are you nervous . Yeah, well, are you nervous . No, ive never really thought about enjoy it about it. I dont enjoy it particularly, i dont particularly, but i dont really think it. Just get on think about it. I just get on with it once youre up in the air. I mean, obviously its the its the going up and the coming down, isnt it . Thats difficult. But once youre up in the air, you can it. The air, you can forget it. Really . E can em yeah. Well can you. Yeah. Well can you. You would think. Yeah. But so you would think. Yeah. But its slightly worrying with this, with news, with this this, with this news, with this rafyeah. This, with this news, with this rafwith. This, with this news, with this rafwith them because just with them because you just dont goes. Theres dont know what goes. Theres all stuff goes on. You dont all the stuff goes on. You dont know. And know this is know. And i know this is slightly it slightly different because it was plane it was was an raf plane and it was carrying the defence secretary and rest of it. But its and all the rest of it. But its still worrying as to what it all means. Anyway, this all because the Royal Air Force has now launched a investigation launched a Major Investigation to cyber hackers to find russian cyber hackers who signals to who jammed the signals to a plane carrying grant shapps, the defence secretary. The whole incident lasted about 30 minutes and took out one of the primary navigation systems. As the raf jet flew close to the russian exclave of kaliningrad in the baltic sea. Well, it took place just after our reporter, ray addison, was given exclusive access to a nato Training Exercise in poland i they move from room to room , they move from room to room, breaching , clearing. These nato breaching, clearing. These nato soldiers may not speak the same language, but they are fluent in the art of urban warfare , the art of urban warfare, working together to neutralise the enemy. And as the tip of the the enemy. And as the tip of the spear, the enemy. And as the tip of the spear , theyre ready to roll spear, theyre ready to roll against russia in a matter of hours. Lieutenant colonel ben hawes is in command. My major observation is soldiers are soldiers , and no soldiers are soldiers, and no matter what language they speak, we all understand. And the nato we all understand. And the nato drills that we have to go through. And weve been able to, after a very short period of practice, execute some very complex operations. This is just the latest exercise involving british troops. Defence secretary grant troops. Defence secretary grant shappsis troops. Defence secretary grant shapps is here to show his support. I would say back home most people are unaware of this enormous nato exercise , not just enormous nato exercise, not just large, the biggest since the cold war. Cold war. 20,000 are taking part in operation steadfast defender, with another 70,000 from all 32 nato allies. Its designed to nato allies. Its designed to send a very clear message to the russian president dont push us too far. Putins end game is to carry on expanding russia. You dont have to take my word for it. Its what hes said himself many times. Nato isnt trying to expand into other peoples territory. We are simply here to territory. We are simply here to defend our values of freedom and sovereignty and democracy. We sovereignty and democracy. We should be proud of what these guys have been doing here, making sure we can exercise together. Most importantly of all, sending a very clear signal to putin or any other despotic leader that we will stand up for ourselves and dont try it on. With russias war in ukraine now in its third year, the defence secretary is urging western allies not to get fatigued but to treat putins ongoing invasion as a wake up call, a message that we must have the resolve to spend what is required on defence. If not, it will only embolden those who may wish to test our resolve. May wish to test our resolve. Meanwhile, these nato forces stand ready to deploy within 48 hours, though no nato country wants war, putins illegal invasion of ukraine has reminded the west that it can never show weakness. And there is certainly strength in numbers. Ray addison gb news. Well, earlier we asked the defence editor for the evening standard, robert fox , if this standard, robert fox, if this kind of thing was to be expected i much of a shock to me. Ill bet this goes on quite a lot, but it shows you russias prowess as what what is known as Electronic Warfare, it was flying close to a bit of russian territory, which is the tongue of land around kaliningrad. Its of land around kaliningrad. Its a bit between, lithuania and the poush a bit between, lithuania and the polish border , which is polish border, which is a russian base. But, it did russian base. But, it did temporarily upset the communications with shapps plane, but, there was a backup system. Its, rather embarrassing for the brits to. Because although shapps has made a big bid for improvement in the defence budget, which , a lot of defence budget, which, a lot of his remarks was about, one of the weaknesses is in the area of communications , strangely enough. Yeah. I mean , youve got to yeah. I mean, youve got to ask because were told a Major Investigation is now underway. Is this dangerous . Is this being seen as a threatening action . Yes. Its hot, its hostile without really being bringing us to the edge of war. They were. Excuse me . They werent going to shoot the plane down or anything like that. But it emphasises an like that. But it emphasises an undergoing a serious point of worry about vulnerability, of communications in this country, not just raf , support jets, not just raf, support jets, there was a falcon 900, a daso , there was a falcon 900, a daso, passenger passenger plane. But this goes on day in, day out with really big Cyber Attacks from different sources, not just from different sources, not just from russia , china has been from russia, china has been involved. Its part of the new reality. And its interesting that this should happen now. At the time , within a matter of the time, within a matter of days or hours of the polls opening for, putins , in opening for, putins, in inverted commas, fifth, fifth election, to be president and Supreme Leader of the russian federation. Federation. So are there lessons to be learned, do you think from this incident . Well, i think the lessons will have been learned already. And the vulnerability is would have been known, i dont think this would have come as quite a surprise as it may appear from the daily mail, headlines , but i the daily mail, headlines, but i do think that it will stress an underlying concern. But grant shapps message, by the way, in the piece, as you know, is that hes asked for 3 of Gross Domestic Product to be paid on defence. I do find it worrying. Defence. I do find it worrying. It may be just a shot across the bows as it were, rather than a serious attack in that sense, but just the fact that theyve done it, its worries me. Yes but when you. But on the other hand, its not surprising, isnt it, because we are capable of i mean, technology has moved on so far since the last big war, that if another war dont, we dont wish it at all. But it will include lots of cyber stuff, wont it . Yeah. You wouldnt want to get in a plane anywhere if all that kicks off. No, right. So whats happening over here, then, in this country . Because theres enough controversy as it is. But one thing we know isnt going to happenis one thing we know isnt going to happen is may the 2nd election now, the Prime Minister now, because the Prime Minister has it out, and of course, has ruled it out, and of course, the labour party are urging number 10 to call one immediately next week, even with keir starmer claiming that the Prime Minister needs to get a backbone, Prime Minister sunak is required to hold a general election by january 2025. Thats up to our Political Correspondent olivia utley, who joins us now. So at least we have a little bit more clarity. Bit more clarity. Well, we have a little bit more clarity, yes. Rishi sunak has already said that he would, that his working assumption was that his working assumption was that a general election would be in the second half of this year. He doubled down on that yesterday , ruling out an yesterday, ruling out an election on may the 2nd. But eagle eyed viewers have noticed that beyond that very, very specific phrasing, he hasnt really shed any more light on the situation. Technically, there could be an election on may the ninth. That said, its quite a logistical challenge organising local elections and general elections and holding them too close together would probably be a bit too difficult. Probably be a bit too difficult. So we are now thinking that an election will probably be in october or november. The very latest. It could be as january 2025, but sunak has already said that he isnt looking at that october or november. Can we say any more . Certainly than that . Any more . Certainly than that . Well, of course, the American Election is going to be at the beginning of november. And there are those who say that it would be a potentially the could be security risks with having the two elections at the same time. And also there is the risk that our election could be overshadowed by potentially a new donald trump presidency. So my best guess by sort of process of elimination is probably october of this year, by which point rishi sunak hopes the cost of living crisis will have started to abate. Interest rates started to abate. Interest rates will be going down, peoples mortgages will be getting cheaper , and maybe things will cheaper, and maybe things will be looking a little bit better for conservative party for the conservative party now, you wanted to tell us something about the an announcement about benefits and Mental Health. Yeah. Well, theres a really interesting story in the times today, which ive been looking into as well for the last few days, about the number of people who are now claiming incapacity benefits for Mental Health. Weve known for a long time now, that there are lots of people who are claiming benefits with Mental Health problems. But the figures from the dwp today show the amount of people who are actually out of work because of Mental Health problems. It now stands at 873,000 people, of whom half a million have been deemed unfit to look for work in the near future. We know that the near future. We know that the cost of benefits has been rising ever since the start of lockdown, due to people out of work on long tum sick leave, but we didnt realise the extent of which these problems were down to Mental Health problems. 69 of those claiming incapacity benefits are claiming them for Mental Health problems. Now that is obviously a huge problem for britain. The benefits bill for this country is getting bigger and bigger by the year, and predictions suggest that over the next parliament we could be looking at billions of pounds spent on people of working age out of work for long term Mental Health problems. That is an unsustained situation. Jeremy hunt talked about it a little bit in his budget, but this seems to be a massive growing problem. Oh yeah, it does. Olivia, thanks very much indeed. I dont know whether to think about that, that its we have a growing Mental Health issue in the country. Or is it that its an easy way. We havent got an easy way. We havent got enough of a backbone. You know, there are two. Its not to say there are two. Its not to say there arent people who need that time off because of Mental Health issues, because that was perfectly valid. But are too many people saying, i cant cope andifs many people saying, i cant cope and its then they get signed off or whatever because its just easy to do. But i mean, the huge issue is olivia said there is it at that level, its unsustainable. We simply cant afford it. But what do you do about it . I dont know, maybe its a question that can be covered in Christopher Hopes new podcast at some future time choppers political podcast. Its Just Launched this morning and first up for his superstar guests, Holly Valance. Now she talks in this podcast about her despair at the state of the nation , whats going of the nation, whats going wrong on the streets of london and what shes got against greta thunberg. Itll be available at gbnews. Com or wherever you get your podcasts. I think crime is out of control. All of us have been robbed on kings road in our area. Yeah. What happened when you were robbed . I just had my phone taken out of the pram like she was stealing off. Stealing off a mum with her baby in the pram. Its pretty low stuff. No, i wasnt hurt, fortunately, but yeah, ive had friends get belted for their phones and watches and home raids and trying to kick in doors and its just in chelsea. Yeah particularly in chelsea because they know people are Walking Around with probably a nice watch on. Yeah. And the police are helpful. They rob me. Theyre in for a nasty surprise. Im usually in a swatch down the street. No offence then the and offence to swatch. Then the and one of the police who were very helpful, they , they dont really helpful, they, they dont really turn up. You can call them , but i you can call them, but i dont ever see a bobby. Its like kids point and stare now and you see a policeman on the street. Look, mum, a real live police person. Person. So pc policeman to person 2030. Police, police person. Give me a break, please. Policeman. Officer. Yeah yes. Well, they are the government. The government, uk government. The government, uk government is investing more in police in england and wales maybe. So theyre meant be maybe. So theyre meant to be more around reassure. More around to reassure. It would be nice to. I think its a deterrent at the very least. And dont least. And i also dont understand how in this day and age, such cheap technology, age, with such cheap technology, for so for instance with cctv. So anyone can stick a ring camera anywhere for £150, why . For instance, our high street doesnt have any cctv cameras. Now, im not a big person that wants a lot of cameras around, but on a high street where everyones being robbed blind, it might be a nice idea. And it doesnt cost much. So then why . Doesnt cost much. So then why . Why dont we have that . Yes you are. Are you a backer of the tories or reform . Where are you politically . So last time i voted conservatives. Next time ill be voting reform. Really . Yeah. You are. Youre youre youre. Well, i think the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome. And im sure as hell not going to labour. So thats probably where im at. So were speaking to we go where the anderson across the floor just shortly short a short distance from where were sitting and became the reform uks first mp. You support that. Yeah. He was i mean i support anybody that sort of sticks to what they believe in and doesnt isnt a turncoat, doesnt do a million flip flops and u turn. So i can have respect for that even for like nutters on the other side, if you stick to what you believe and you keep reiterating that years and reiterating that over years and years can always respect years, i can always respect that, not agree with you that, i might not agree with you , but i get that more than the changing the minds and the flipping around and never having any conviction, not being like sort of staunchly for or against something confusing something thats confusing to people. And i think people are sick of that. Yeah. And he certainly believes of some things he feels his doesnt anymore. His party doesnt anymore. Mean, moved yeah. I mean, lees moved from labour conservatives now from labour to conservatives now to. Its really weird to reform. Its really weird because there was this reform party in canada in 1993 that ditched the tories in canada as well, got rid of the blow them to smithereens , which is to smithereens, which is probably whats going to happen here. Its not that i think that when necessarily have when necessarily going to have a reform no, but its reform government. No, but its a means to the next chapter of what things will look like out his mind. And when he saw the party. Yeah, were sure it is. Well, in response to her criticisms, the met police have issued a very wordy statement. We continue to dedicate our resources into tackling robbery knife crime and taking weapons off our streets in westminster and kensington and chelsea. Officers are regularly deployed into known hotspots using innovative tactics and conducting high visibility patrols to keep the community safe. Safe. Well, if you want to hear more about what Holly Valance has to say, you then download that podcast. You can listen to the whole thing. In the meantime, lets see what the weathers going to do for you today with alex. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Heres your latest gb news weather from the met office. It has been a pretty mild week, but were actually likely to see a touch of frost in some places tonight. Before then, though, its a showery day for many of us. Perhaps some more persistent rain across parts of southern scotland, Northern England, but that will clear the east as clear away towards the east as we through the day. We go through the day. Elsewhere, some bright sunny elsewhere, some bright or sunny spells, quite a few spells, but also quite a few showers and some of these could turn possibly even turn heavy, possibly even thundery towards the thundery down towards the south east. Still mild at south east. It is still mild at the moment, temperatures reaching highs of around 15 or 16 celsius, so well above average for time of year , average for the time of year, but cooler towards the north as we later on we are actually we go later on we are actually going see a ridge high going to see a ridge of High Pressure building thats going to weather down. So to quieten our weather down. So most the showers ease most of the showers will ease and and clear away and die out and clear away towards the east. And so its going to mostly dry going to turn mostly dry overnight will have some overnight and we will have some clear a result. Were clear skies as a result. Were going see temperatures taking going to see temperatures taking a of dip, most places a bit of a dip, most places turning bit chilly. Across turning a bit chilly. Across some northern parts. Could some northern parts. We could see frost as see a touch of frost as temperatures a little bit temperatures fall a little bit below in spots. Below freezing in prone spots. So wake up saturday morning so we wake up saturday morning a chilly but mostly fine start, maybe few of maybe a few pockets of fog around. Generally dry around. Staying generally dry with amount sunshine with a decent amount of sunshine towards the north and east, but across southern and western parts. Clouds to parts. Here, clouds going to push way some outbreaks push its way in, some outbreaks of initially turning of rain initially turning heavier we through the heavier as we go through the afternoon. Temperatures will pick chilly start, so pick up after a chilly start, so again, were to see highs again, were likely to see highs in mid teens. Celsius rain in the mid teens. Celsius rain will through as go will push through as we go through saturday into through saturday night into sunday, clears, sunday, but once that clears, sunday, but once that clears, sunday is looking mostly dry for many us. That warm many of us. By by that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on. Gb news. 7 20. Time for our Great British giveaway and your chance to win gadgets, a shopping spree and £12,345 in cash. Youve got to be in it to win it. So heres how. Want to be a winner . Want to be a winner . Youve won £18,000, nick. Youve won £18,000, nick. I dont know what to say. 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Now the lib dem. Spring conference kicks off today. Theyre announcing plans , theyre announcing plans, amongst other things, to bring in sewage tax to force Water Companies to clean up their discharge. Discharge. Oh, well, thats one way of putting it. Should we get the thoughts, then, of the deputy leader of the lib dems who can join us now . Daisy cooper, a very good morning to you. Thanks very good morning to you. Thanks very indeed for joining very much indeed forjoining us. Before we on to sewage. And before we get on to sewage. And i know its very big issue, i know its a very big issue, one feel quite strongly one which we feel quite strongly about it . Yeah. About actually, isnt it . Yeah. What about timing of the what about the timing of the general as you go into general election as you go into your spring conference . You might have thought this is the time sort of get ready for time to sort of get ready for a spnng time to sort of get ready for a spring election, but it is not going to happen, is it . Well, i think rishi sunak is running scared, isnt he . And i think its a real shame because people around country are people around the country are sick tired of this sick and tired of this conservative and conservative government. And when knocking doors, when i go knocking on doors, what hear people is they what i hear from people is they feel like absolutely everything has broken has been broken by the conservatives, whether its access or dentists or the access to gps or dentists or the cost of living crisis or child care , whatever it is, people are care, whatever it is, people are really, really frustrated. They want to have their say in the ballot box. I think rishi sunak is running scared that. Is running scared of that. Why is then . And its not why is it then . And its not that that the Water Company issue not a significant thing issue is not a significant thing that needs to be looked at, but its not. What is top of peoples agenda when youre knocking on, doors are popping, popping knocking on, doors are popping, popping down the local. So why is it that youre focusing on that . Well, a couple of reasons. I mean, the first is that its an absolute environmental catastrophe. Whats been catastrophe. Whats been happening over the last few years and ed davey and the liberal democrats have have really been leading this debate in westminster , drawing in westminster, drawing attention to it. So it is a big environmental catastrophe. But i environmental catastrophe. But i think theres also another element of this, which that element of this, which is that at time people feel at a time when people do feel like everything broken, the like everything is broken, the nhs and the cost of living, they look at the fact that Water Companies have able to Pump Companies have been able to pump sewage our rivers and onto sewage into our rivers and onto our beaches impunity, and our beaches with impunity, and it feels like absolutely it just feels like absolutely nothing is sacred. And thats why the democrats are why the liberal democrats are calling today for a specific sewage tax and that money to sewage tax and for that money to go towards , cleaning up our go towards, cleaning up our rivers and waterways and rivers and our waterways and also to employ a new raft of environmental journalists and environmental journalists and environmental reporters at the local level who can look at these issues and make sure that they dont go under the radar ever again. I mean, it does, matter where you live , doesnt it . I dont you live, doesnt it . I dont know if you if you are in a particular area where there are real concerns about pollution and about sewage in rivers and all the rest of it, but in some areas it really is appalling. And isnt it even worse that the people at the top of our Water Companies just keep earning enormous salaries and give themselves bonuses as well . Thats exactly it. I mean, its really shocking that, Water Company profits have almost doubled since 2019, and at the same time, these are Water Companies who say they havent got the money to fix rusty pipes. They havent got the money to do the proper monitoring and reporting of sewage dumps, even when they measuring those when they are measuring those sewage dumps , often theyre when they are measuring those sewage atmps , often theyre when they are measuring those sewage at the , often theyre when they are measuring those sewage at the numbertheyre when they are measuring those sewage at the number of yre when they are measuring those sewage at the number of hours, looking at the number of hours, but overall volume. And but not the overall volume. And as you say, this has a really, really impact. I mean, really big impact. I mean, instant i am. We instant opens where i am. We have beautiful chalk stream, have a beautiful chalk stream, the ver , the sewage, the river ver, the sewage, theres sewage in my theres not so much sewage in my constituency, downstream as constituency, but downstream as the progresses, there the river progresses, there is sewage in that area. But it wasnt that long ago that i popped wasnt that long ago that i popped into my local hospital for a blood test, and the person i was sitting next to to i was sitting next to said to me he there get a blood test he was there to get a blood test because hed part, in because hed taken part, in a triathlon on a beach, on the south coast, and hed got really, really ill as a result of swimming in the sea. And his doctor thought it could have been because of sewage dumping, that its just not an acceptable situation for our country to be in. These companies in. Thats why these companies that billions of that are raking in billions of pounds profits really ought pounds in profits really ought to coughing the money, to be coughing up the money, paying to be coughing up the money, paying a new tax and cleaning up our rivers and waterways. I noticed that you mentioned ed and the liberal ed davey and the liberal democrats. Is that some sort of democrats. Is that some sort of rebrand . Is it ed daveys, liberal democrats now . Because isnt he still a toxic figure after the post Office Scandal and not whatever happened at the time when he was in office, but the fact that he still hasnt and when he did it on camera would not issue that apology. Would not issue that apology. That still sticks in the craw for an awful lot of britons. That still sticks in the craw for an awful lot of britons. Is he not a toxic leader for you . He not a toxic leader for you . Ed davey is a fantastic leader. The liberal democrats and on that particular issue he did say sorry and said also that he regretted not, you know, the fact that he was lied to by the post office. But lets remember that, you know, ed davey was a climate secretary. Hes responsible for almost tripling Renewable Energy in this country. Hes talked very openly and passionately about his experience as an unpaid carer, putting the experience of unpaid carers at the heart of our health and care policies in parliament. And hes led the way on exposing this enormous sewage scandal. So hes shown exceptional leadership. He was exceptional leadership. He was the First Party Leader to call for a windfall tax when the cost of living happened as well. So time and time again, hes shown that liberal that he and the liberal democrats lead and win the democrats can lead and win the battle ideas. Battle of ideas. Okay, weve got to leave it there. Daisy cooper good to talk to you. Hopefully well see you again soon in the run up again pretty soon in the run up to this election, whenever it may thanks very much indeed. May be. Thanks very much indeed. My brother in law ive got my brother in law goes running lot in the goes out running a lot in the early mornings, and he always posts on family whatsapp, posts on on the family whatsapp, pictures beautiful pictures of beautiful sunrises. Oh, occasionally oh, lovely. But occasionally he posts of revolting posts pictures of revolting sewage being poured out into the sea on the south coast. And it is utterly, utterly disgusting and something has got to be done about it. Yeah, theres absolutely no excuses there. All right, lets see whats happening in the world sport. What have you world of sport. What have you got for us coming up paul. The climax of thats the climax of cheltenham the gold cheltenham with the gold cup this afternoon, 100th gold this afternoon, the 100th gold cup, like the fifth cup, it looks like the fifth place in the premier league will get Champions League place get a Champions League place next well find more next year. Well find out more about and gareth about that. And also Gareth Southgate said that Ben Southgate has said that ben white play white from arsenal will not play for 734. Paul coyte is here. Giddy up i beg your pardon. I beg your pardon. I beg your pardon. I beg your pardon. I beg your pardon. You and your horsey talk. I know cheltenham talk , isnt it . Know cheltenham talk, isnt it . Thats what youre doing with me. Cheltenham talk, football at cheltenham. Well, well, two legends confuse me. Two legendary managers. Sir Alex Ferguson and a friend of his, the great Harry Redknapp , both the great Harry Redknapp, both had wins at cheltenham yesterday. Theres harry, look at harry looking so happy. You know what it this brings more joy know what it this brings more joy to Harry Redknapp i believe, than football does. Hes got a horse called shake him up harry. Oh often with horses theyre like one long word. And you think what on earth is that . And then you realise its a phrase thats all done in one word. And the reason the horse is called shake them up, harry, harry says, when was says, is that when he was a manager west ham, there was a manager at west ham, there was a guy manager at west ham, there was a guy used to sit behind him guy that used to sit behind him when he managing and hed go when he was managing and hed go shake up. Harry shake him shake him up. Harry shake him up. And shake him up. Harry shake him up. And he used to say all the time. Some reason harry time. So for some reason harry thought, ever going thought, well, if im ever going to horse, thats what im to have a horse, thats what im going to name it. Dash. Dash. True. So shake him up. Its true. So shake him up. Harry won the trust of trader plate yesterday. So it harry plate yesterday. So it was Harry Redknapps first look at redknapps first win. Look at him. Him with the plate. Him. Thats him with the plate. And theres shook him up and theres harry. Shook him up and and also sir alex and he won. And also sir Alex Ferguson whos been going to cheltenham years. Thats cheltenham for 20 years. Thats him left. Cheltenham for 20 years. Thats hinis left. Cheltenham for 20 years. Thats hinis that left. Cheltenham for 20 years. Thats hinis that sam. Cheltenham for 20 years. Thats hinis that sam allardyce. Is that sam allardyce. Is that sam allardyce. Sam allardyce correct. With. Yes. Alex getting in on yes. With sir alex getting in on the i know. Very good. The i know. Yes. Very good. Well they know how to enjoy themselves dont they. Can you anybody they do. Can you name anybody else fight. They do. Can you name anybody els they do. Can you name anybody els they do. Can you name anybody els they do. Can you name anybody els they do. Can you name anybody els no no no no not yet. But anyway well done there to sir Alex Ferguson since you began years. And he said began for 20 years. And he said like london then two come like london buses then two come along 40 minutes. So along within 40 minutes. So anneliese monorail and then protektorat ryanair chase. Fabulous. Fabulous. Sadly, its the end of the race for you, paul. Well, it was a very short. Well, it was a very short. Was a very short canter it was a very short canter wasnt it . It was. It was. But we will see you in the next hour. Excellent. Thanks very much indeed. Because weve got to go to politics. We have. Got to go to politics. Its have. Got to go to politics. Its interesting actually. Juue its interesting actually. Julie has been in touch. Morning. Julie says dreading morning. Julie says im dreading an but this an election, but i want this mess stop all mess to stop with them all playing childish games. Im not going tory for first going to vote tory for the first time in life. Im not going time in my life. Im not going to. But labour getting in absolutely terrify life out absolutely terrify the life out of oh, interesting. Of me. Oh, interesting. Lets talk to labours well, lets talk to labours Deputy National Campaign Coordinator, the mp ellie reeves, joins now. Good reeves, who joins us now. Good to you this morning. How do to see you this morning. How do you begin combat people like you begin to combat people like julie, says shes terrified julie, who says shes terrified of getting in . Of labour getting in . Well, im sorry to hear that from julie. It was interesting that she said that shed always voted conservative and that she wont be this time. And, you know, i speak to voters up and down the country. You know, weve had a number of recent by elections in wellingborough, in kingswood before that, in mid bedfordshire in tamworth. And voters tell us time and time again that they want change after 14 years of conservative government and 14 years of failure, cost of living crisis that they want change. And thats why its so disappointing, actually, that rishi sunak has said there wont be a general election on the 2nd of may because people deserve to have choice. They have. Have that choice. They have. They have the, you know, they deserve able to vote for deserve to be able to vote for the change that they want. Has it been for you rating. Has it been for you to that were not to actually learn that were not going a spring election . Going to get a spring election . Well, what i say to rishi sunak is, look, theres still time to call it. He could call an election up until the 26th of march to take place on the 2nd of may. So, you know, just get on and call it the 2nd of may is the right time in the electoral cycle to have an election. Weve got council and mayoral elections in on that day. You know, whats whats he running scared of. Its time to give the pubuc scared of. Its time to give the public a say. And hes still got time to call it. I know that there are labour has concerns over National Insurance. Weve had that reduction again another 2 of National Insurance from the chancellor, but also that indication he may want to scrap National Insurance. All together. It does beg the question that people dont seem to be asking is, well, what do we do with that big shortfall . Yeah, i mean, theres a £46 billion black hole in the chancellors proposals. He says that he wants to scrap National Insurance, but that means either borrowing has to go up or we see cuts to pensions or to the nhs or further tax rises elsewhere. And i think it needs to come clean with where this 46 billion is going to come from. If its more borrowing, its yet another unfunded spending commitment from this government. We saw what happened in liz trusss mini budget when they made unfunded spending commitments that crashed the economy, and people are still paying the price of that through higher mortgage costs. Its reckless by this chancellor to make these sorts of unfunded spending commitments. I suppose, given that were probably going to face an election in the latter half of this year, that gives you in labour more time to figure out how youre going to fund some of your ideas, because of course, that was scuppered just recently by the Prime Minister announcing that it was the non dom status. Is going to be, gotten rid of, as it were , which was one way as it were, which was one way that you were going to help fund some of your plans. So it gives you a bit more time to sort that out, doesnt it . Well, weve been calling for non dom status to be ended for several years now. And, you know, its great that the government decided to steal our policy does beg the question, why did it take them so long that money could have been put into our nhs and Public Services over the last couple of years , over the last couple of years, theyve stolen our policy. It is ourjob now theyve stolen our policy. It is our job now to theyve stolen our policy. It is ourjob now to go through theyve stolen our policy. It is our job now to go through the budget, go through the figures and make sure that everything we put forward is fully costed. But we are committed to reducing nhs waiting lists through those extra 2 million appointments and procedures. Were committed to the free breakfast clubs in primary school, giving every child the best possible start to the day and enabling parents to get out to work. So well be going through the numbers really carefully and ive got every confidence in our shadow chancellor, rachel reeves. Were going that and working chancellor, rachel reeves. Were going those that and working chancellor, rachel reeves. Were going those can and working chancellor, rachel reeves. Were going those can bed working chancellor, rachel reeves. Were going those can be funded. G out how those can be funded. After government stole our after the government stole our policies. Its almost back to but you its almost back to my first point. Mean , as my first point. I mean, as deputy coordinator, Deputy Campaign coordinator, youve an awful lot of work youve got an awful lot of work to do, havent you . Because the one thing the labour party isnt doing is actually coming out with a great deal of ideas. Now, admittedly , you know, youre not admittedly, you know, youre not going to do that before the manifesto is out. And we all know exactly what you stand for. Youre worried about other parties nicking your ideas. We know how it works politically , know how it works politically, but people arent inspired to for vote labour. They may be inspired not to vote for the tories at the minute, but what are they voting for with the labour party, apart from, as you say . Well, they just want change. Well, theres plenty of more policies of ours that the conservatives could steal , for conservatives could steal, for example, ending tax breaks for private schools and putting an immediate injection into our state schools where the vast majority of children attend. So recruiting 6500 new specialist teachers, putting Mental Health support workers in every school. Support workers in every school. You know, these are the sorts of things we do also reform of planning so that we can get britain building again, 1. 5 million houses in the course of the parliament and the First Parliament and a National Wealth fund to create good jobs. The jobs of the future in things like electric vehicle manufacturing, Carbon Capture of storage. Weve had capture of storage. Weve had such low growth in this country for so long. Growth has stagnated under the conservatives. Weve now got rashes, recession, working. People are worse off. Were facing the highest tax burden in 70 years. So weve got a plan for growth and a plan to invest in our failing Public Services. Thats the difference between labour and the conservatives okay. Well well leave it there for the moment. Thank you very much indeed forjoining us. Thats ellie reeves there. Deputy National Campaign coordinator for labour. And well be talking to her and members, every members of every political party, a lot over the next few months, wont we . Yes, maybe right through to october, november , we shall see. October, november, we shall see. But we need to know what they all stand for. And how theyre going to make a decision. Well funding it. Yeah. Big question, still to come for you, a news agency has said Kensington Palace is no longer a trusted source. Thats longer a trusted source. Thats because of that picture. It is 746. There you go. Lets see whats in the papers this morning with our senior political commentator, nigel nelson and former government adviser claire pearsall. Morning to morning. Straight to you both. Morning. Straight to you both. Morning. Straight to on the telegraph. Claire. Why is the national highways telling us to decorate our bathrooms . Its all to do with the m25. Its all to do with the m25. Its all to do with the m25. It is all to do with the m25. Theres a full weekend closure between junctions nine and 11. So thats the southbound surrey stretch. Yes, it is sort of woking and areas like that, because theyre demolishing the bndge because theyre demolishing the bridge that goes over. Its the a3 bridge. That junction has a3 bridge. That junction has been up for improvement for some time, but they are now closing it. So this is the first time in sort of the 38 year history of the m25, that its going to be closed for an entire weekend. Now that in itself causes enormous problems. To compound it, by making a stupid comment about decorate your bathroom, its like, okay, people may need to get to work. People may need to get to work. People may need to attend appointments, they might want to an airport. Might want to go to an airport. Considering that thats the route , towards the m23 to route into, towards the m23 to gatwick. Yeah. So dont be ridiculous. It is. It is flippant. And then hes suggesting that people can travel through by other means, you know, must go if you must travel, travel by train, walk or use a bicycle. I dont mind, really. We havent got a bike. We havent got a bike. And you know , you said that, and you know, you said that, though. Who is it . Who is it . This is the chief of national highways. Highways . Highways . So hes going to be out of a job by monday. He absolutely is. How about just a little bit of apology saying this is unavoidable . Were very for any were very sorry for any inconvenience. This will make your i dont yourjourneys better. I dont want to be told what to do. The last thing i want to do is actually go and decorate the bathroom. Precisely. Precisely. This is i want to fishing this is i want to go fishing or tiddlywinks or something or play tiddlywinks or Something Like any of those like that. But any of those would have been reasonable suggestions. I just the say i just want the man to say im terribly sorry. We know the m25 awful a regular basis, m25 is awful on a regular basis, and is going to make it and this is going to make it worse. Im sorry. Lets worse. Im very sorry. Lets hope be better in the hope hell be better in the future. Thats all want to future. Thats all i want to heat future. Thats all i want to hear. Dont want to told to hear. I dont want to be told to get on my bicycle or go get get on my bicycle or go decorate my bathroom. Think thats rude. Actually dont you think, though, that sometimes, we get these headunes sometimes, we get these headlines quotes and headlines or these quotes and its person has its because the person has been asked question, in asked a question, probably in a very offhand way as well. Very silly offhand way as well. And why come out and thats why they come out with equally flippant remark. And thats why they come out withthats|ually flippant remark. And thats why they come out withthats the. Y flippant remark. And thats why they come out withthats the remark|nt remark. And thats why they come out withthats the remark that� mark. And thats why they come out withthats the remark that makes but thats the remark that makes the headline. Could be. But you still it could be. But you still think somebody in his position would maybe not would think, maybe this is not such a idea to actually such a good idea to actually say, here, because it does say, say here, because it does sound flippant. Yeah, no. Nigel sound flippant. Yeah, no. Nigel to the times, 20,000 people a month off work with poor Mental Health. Yeah. And i mean, i mean, this isnt isnt flippant that, they amount, sort of two thirds of incapacity benefit claims and obviously that the one of the things that was coming into the budget is, is how you get these, these kind of, this kind of money down and you cant do it until you get nhs waiting list down. So youve got 2. 5 Million People waiting for hospital treatment, there are people who could otherwise work. If they did work, the economy could be boosted by 18 billion. But were still in a situation where were we havent got the waiting list sorted out. And that is what jeremy hunt should have spent that non dom money on, that he decided to give away and give away in tax cuts if hed used it for what labour would have used it for, or that would have would have created 2 million more operations i operations a year. I just i dont know, nigel, in that there are people with Mental Health problems that need hospital treatment and all the rest of it, and that can be very serious. But are we are we really seeing an escalation with that . I mean, marians been in touch and says, im afraid Mental Health is a new bad back, but not working cant be disproved. Im sure there are genuine people with Mental Health problems, but there are also a lot of people use it as an excuse. Excuse. I mean, it may well be some people do and you may be right about the bad, bad back thing, but theres no question that Mental Health in this country has been deteriorating and some of people will be of these people will be seriously of these people will be seriandy of these people will be seriand the trouble is, yes, i and the trouble is, yes, i mean, i mean, there are people with serious Mental Health problems, talk it we talk problems, but we talk it we talk about it a lot, but im not sure we do anything about it. The real help is not out there. So maybe its easier to sign them off on an incapacity benefit and just of get rid of the problem. I think thats half the and i think thats half the problem. What, what worries problem. And what, what worries me were now going to me is that were now going to look with a serious look at somebody with a serious mental problem going Mental Health problem is going to with the, oh, to be lumped in with the, oh, you must be work shy if you start overdiagnosing people, which i do think there is a tendency do, those who tendency to do, then those who really suffer get diluted in all of that, and they just sort of lumped in and people assume that theyre, you know, swinging the lead and they should be out. But the biggest, the worrying rise is, almost quarter of 17 to is, is almost a quarter of 17 to 19 year olds, younger people. Whats going what is whats going on . What is bringing on an epidemic of bad Mental Health that age group . Mental health in that age group . Why we looking at the why arent we looking at the reasons behind it again . Is it over diagnosing a problem if somebody is just not coping because life is a bit difficult at as it sometimes is, at that age, as it sometimes is, are they just feeling a bit sad and stressed, or do they actually have a proper Mental Health problem . And i dont think understand enough about think we understand enough about it. So the figures themselves arent helpful when it. So the figures themselves arent want helpful when it. So the figures themselves arent want to helpful when it. So the figures themselves arent want to look pful when it. So the figures themselves arent want to look forl when solution. No, i think it needs to be a bit a little bit more specific on it all. Dont we, can we have a look at Angela Rayner, who is, adamant that she is not a tax dodger . Yeah. This has been rumbling on now for some time. And this is, Angela Rayner, who had, bought her ex Council House perfectly within rights to do so. And this was in sort of two thousand and seven and then sold it for a profit. It was the profit she made was 48,500 pounds. None of this on the surface, looks as though shes done anything wrong. However, done anything wrong. However, she was registered also living at another address, she married her husband, had children. The address. That she put down was address. That she put down was was his address, which was in the same city up the road. So there is some question about the property that she sold. Was it her main principal residence or was it indeed second home . And was it indeed a second home . And if it was a second home, then there is extra paid. There is extra tax to be paid. So have got away with so she could have got away with not paying £3,000 in tax. And i think the problem, because she has gone incredibly quiet over this, everybody thinks that there now is some kind of problem with it. I dont know if there is or there isnt , but she there is or there isnt, but she needs to face it really. She ought to face up to this now, because several weeks from this story, first breaking and were still talking about it. And now shes asking for privacy. Yeah. I mean, its they do keep sort hounding angela keep sort of hounding Angela Rayner on this particular issue. As claire just said, nothing wrong at all with making a profit on selling your Council House. I mean, its not something that would have been a labour policy. It was a Margaret Thatcher policy. But while it exists, you avail exists, you take you avail yourself of that. Yes. But has she played the rules . Well, always that well, shes always said that that was her that that property was her principal residence and therefore she didnt have Capital Gains tax to pay on it when, when she sold it, the police had a look at it. Theyre taking no further action. It does feel like something that really interestingly, its in the mail again, which is has been been after her. But it does sound like something now that could be put to bed. Put to bed. Well it could only be put to bed if there is actual proof that it was indeed her principal residence. And i dont think this is people having a go this is people just having a go at its quite serious at her. Its quite serious Capital Gains tax, any tax, we all have to pay it and we all get hounded. If we dont, well its not so its not on the onus for her to prove shes innocent. Its on the owner. Its on the owner. Well it is now isnt it. Well it is now isnt it. On somebody else to prove that shes guilty . Well what she said is innocent because, said is she is innocent because, she between the two she moved between the two houses, but her principal residence was the she sold. Houses, but her principal resthat e was the she sold. Houses, but her principal resthat e was 1be she sold. Houses, but her principal resthat e was 1be cut she sold. Houses, but her principal resthat e was 1be cut and sold. Houses, but her principal resthat e was 1be cut and dry,i. So that should be cut and dry, but not husband and but not where a husband and children living. No, i children were living. No, i mean, her husband was living elsewhere, so. Her children, but that does her children, newborn tend newborn children. You dont tend to from your to live separately from your newborn children, especially when. I mean, youd be a bit suspicious of that. Yeah i mean, its a legitimate to ask the question. Well, its a legitimate to ask the question and shes answered it. So unless youve ask the question and shes ansevidence so unless youve ask the question and shes ansevidenceso ulshesyouve ask the question and shes ansevidenceso uishes shes� got evidence that shes shes not truth, it does not telling the truth, it does seem to me that this one really could die a death. Oh, well, let us know what you think that. You think about that. No, side believes that. No, that side believes that. No, that side believes that. No. Well, no. Well, no. Right. Claire. Nigel thank you very much indeed. Well see you very much indeed. Well see you a bit later on. You a little bit later on. Lets catch up with the weather. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning. Heres your latest gb news. Weather from the met office. It has been a pretty mild week, but were actually likely to see a touch of frost in some places tonight. Before then, though, its a showery day for many us. Perhaps some for many of us. Perhaps some more rain across more persistent rain across parts scotland, parts of southern scotland, northern will parts of southern scotland, north away will parts of southern scotland, north away towards will parts of southern scotland, north away towards the will parts of southern scotland, north away towards the eastvill parts of southern scotland, north away towards the east as clear away towards the east as we go through the day. Elsewhere, bright or sunny elsewhere, some bright or sunny spells, quite few spells, but also quite a few showers and some of these could turn heavy, possibly even thundery towards the thundery down towards the south east. Still at south east. It is still mild at the moment. Temperatures reaching highs of around 15 or 16 celsius, so well above average for the time of year, but cooler towards the north as we go. Later on, we are actually going to see a ridge of High Pressure building thats going to quieten our weather down. So most showers will ease most of the showers will ease and clear and die out and clear away towards the and so its towards the east. And so its going turn mostly dry going to turn mostly dry overnight we will have some overnight and we will have some clear skies. As a result. Were going see temperatures going to see temperatures taking a dip. Most places a bit of a dip. Most places turning a bit chilly. Across some northern parts we could see a of frost as temperatures a touch of frost as temperatures fall freezing fall a little bit below freezing in so wake up in prone spots. So we wake up saturday morning chilly but saturday morning a chilly but mostly start, maybe a few mostly fine start, maybe a few pockets of fog around, staying generally dry with a decent amount of sunshine towards the north and but across north and east, but across southern western parts here, southern and western parts here, clouds to push way in. Clouds going to push its way in. Some outbreaks rain initially some outbreaks of rain initially turning as we go through turning heavier as we go through the temperatures will the afternoon. Temperatures will pick start, so pick up after a chilly start, so again, see highs again, were likely to see highs in celsius. Rain in the mid teens celsius. Rain will push through as go will push through as we go through saturday into through saturday night into sunday, but that clears, sunday, but once that clears, sunday, but once that clears, sunday looking mostly for sunday is looking mostly dry for many brighter outlook many of us by a brighter outlook with sponsors of with boxt solar sponsors of weather on including our own rae addison. Including our own rae addison. Prime minister rishi sunak rules out a may the 2nd general election, as keir starmer urges number 10 to have a backbone and call one as early as next week. Yes, after months of fevered speculation, the Prime Minister has finally categorically ruled out a spring election. But he out a spring election. But he hasnt been any clearer than that. Find out more with me very sooii. 500. Soon. The duchess of sussex launches a new lifestyle brand, moments before Prince William takes to the stage to honour his mother at an awards ceremony. Cameron walker has the latest. Cameron walker has the latest. Yeah, Prince William says he and catherine focus on dianas legacy every day. But of course, happening at the same time that the duchess of sussex launches her new lifestyle blog. More details shortly. Details shortly. Police crack down on county line gangs arresting 1800 suspected drug dealers and seizing eight xl bully dogs. Also coming up for you this houn also coming up for you this hour, pensioners hit out at generous z, claiming youngsters have become lazy. Well debate that this hour. And the sport. Good evening for europe. For west ham , for europe. For west ham, liverpool and aston villa. Rangers and brighton knocked out. Gold cup day at cheltenham with trainer Willie Mullins looking for his fourth win in six years. And listen, were better buzzy stinky better than buzzy and stinky punsin better than buzzy and stinky puns in the tennis. A swarm of bees halts play at indian wells morning. Watch out for a bit of thunder today and also a touch of frost tonight. Ill have more details in the full forecast coming up. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im anne diamond and this is breakfast on gb news. On that lifestyle thing that that meghans lodge. I dont understand this whole lifestyle thing meant to buy into it. Shes just selling stuff. Stuff . Household gadgets and kitchen things. Yeah, i mean fine. Yeah, i mean fine. Oh, itll go down well. It oh, itll go down well. It will go down well, especially if its got her brand on it or Something Like that. Itsjust Something Like that. Its just the idea that people do. People actually think theyre i dont theyre there. I dont understand it. I dont know , understand it. I dont know, just go to the shop and buy a bowl if you want a bowl. Yeah, no, but its not like that. Youre buying aspiration, arent you ive got arent you . You know, ive got a kitchen just like meghans. Itll itll go down very itll be itll go down very well. Ill bet itll do well well. Ill bet you itll do well and shell make quite bit of money. I always think emperors new clothes with stuff like that. Its just kitchen its just. Its just a kitchen bowl whatever it may be. A bowl or whatever it may be. A pair of marigolds, whatever the fact, its. Its meghans marigolds or or people will. I mean , look how well gwyneth i mean, look how well Gwyneth Paltrows goop has done anything. Goop, not gloop. I was saying gloop. No, no, its goop soup. But i mean, i made her an astonishing amount of money and its because people just want the sort of stuff that she sells on it. Its a bit weird and wacky and but its got the cachet of her name. Ive got more money than sense. Of course they have. And thats buying into it, it . Buying into it, isnt it . But amandas been in touch. Morning. Amanda if meghan but amandas been in touch. Moriharrykmanda if meghan but amandas been in touch. Moriharry wantda if meghan but amandas been in touch. Moriharry want to if meghan but amandas been in touch. Moriharry want to improveieghan but amandas been in touch. Moriharry want to improve theirn and harry want to improve their image, they need to stop waging war launching image, they need to stop waging war new launching image, they need to stop waging war new project launching image, they need to stop waging war new project william1ing their new project as william starts talk at the diana starts his talk at the diana awards sickens me. They gaslighting us. I do think its very odd timing. Whoevers advised them. Yeah, that was very unfortunate because it looks bad, even if they didnt mean it to be. Actually, it looks disrespectful to diana as well. I mean, we obviously we know how devoted to his mother harry is. So i dont understand how hes sort of signed off on that. If you like. You like. But would we be talking about her new lifestyle thing if they hadnt, if it hadnt happened . Theyve gone for the controversial launch. Maybe theres it, by the theres nothing on it, by the way, the moment. Weve been way, at the moment. Weve been on the website, havent we . Yes. Yes. Its just yes. Itsjust and its just its just a and its just what youre seeing now. Its sort of blurred pictures her sort of blurred pictures of her in and some roses. In a kitchen and some roses. Yeah. All looking very yeah. And its all looking very revere era. Its called riviera orchard. But you can join the waitlist. Yeah. Yeah. Waitlist. That must be american. Yeah. Its like when you go on to amazon, you want a book andifs on to amazon, you want a book and its not out yet or something. And you can prepay or something. And you can prepay or something you can order. And i always wonder why people do that. Oh, so you know, you get it on the day of release. I guess. On the day of release. I guess. Well, what you can do well, thats what you can do with meghans lifestyle. Well, thats what you can do witiwerehans lifestyle. Well, thats what you can do witiwere going. Ifestyle. Well, thats what you can do witiwere going to style. Well, thats what you can do witiwere going to sty|talking were going to be talking about that a little bit later on. Meanwhile, lets look on. Meanwhile, lets have a look at the Royal Air Force, should we, launched major we, whove launched a Major Investigation find Russian Investigation to find russian cyber jammed a plane cyber hackers who jammed a plane carrying the defence secretary . Whole incident yes. The whole incident lasted about 30 minutes and took out one of the primary navigation systems. As the raf jet flew close to the russian exclave of kaliningrad in the baltic sea. Well, it took place just after our reporter, ray addison, was given exclusive access to a nato Training Exercise in poland i they move from room to room , they move from room to room, breaching , clearing. These nato breaching, clearing. These nato soldiers may not speak the same language, but they are fluent in the art of urban warfare, working together to neutralise the enemy. And as the tip of the the enemy. And as the tip of the spear, the enemy. And as the tip of the spear , theyre ready to roll spear, theyre ready to roll against russia in a matter of hours. Lieutenant colonel ben hours. Lieutenant colonel ben hawes is in command. My major observation is soldiers are soldiers , and no soldiers are soldiers, and no matter what language they speak, we all understand. And the nato we all understand. And the nato drills that we have to go through, and weve been able to, after a very short period of practice, execute some very complex operations. This is just the latest exercise involving british troops. Defence secretary grant troops. Defence secretary grant shappsis troops. Defence secretary grant shapps is here to show his support. Support. But i would say back home most people are unaware of this enormous nato exercise, not just large , the biggest since the large, the biggest since the cold war, 20,000 are taking part in operation steadfast defender, with another 70,000 from all 32 nato allies. Its designed to send a very clear message to the russian president dont push us too far. Putins end game is to carry on expanding russia. You dont have to take my word for it. Its what hes said himself many times. Nato isnt trying to expand into other peoples territory. We are simply here to territory. We are simply here to defend our values of freedom and sovereignty and democracy. We should be proud of what these guys have been doing here, making sure we can exercise together. Most importantly of all, sending a very clear signal to putin or any other despotic leader that we will stand up for ourselves and dont try it on. With russias war in ukraine now in its third year, the defence secretary is urging western allies not to get fatigued but to treat putins ongoing invasion as a wake up call, a message that we must have the resolve to spend what is required on defence, if not, it will only embolden those who may wish to test our resolve. Meanwhile, these nato forces stand ready to deploy within 48 hours, though no nato country wants war, putins illegal invasion of ukraine has reminded the west that it can never show weakness. And there is certainly strength in numbers. Ray addison gb news. And its not a great look, is it, that on his way back grant shapps plane came under this sort of cyber attack, joining us now is the former nato commander and ministry of defence director general, chris parry. Good morning chris. I mean, how much how much danger do you think grant shapps plane was in and why was this allowed to happen . Why was this allowed to happen . Good morning. Anne, he was in no danger, gps , gps, global no danger, gps, gps, Global Positioning system jamming is something the russians do all the time, particularly in the baltic and in eastern europe. Theyve got very powerful jammers. I should stress. Its jammers. I should stress. Its not a cyber attack. Its actually a direct jamming where you put more electronic noise into the air than the gps signal can handle, we see it all the time, and the raf and other allied navies and air forces have the means to actually use alternative systems for navigation, so its not really a problem. Why do it then . Is it a shot across the bow, stephen, were in a phoney war with russia right now, i think people have been saying it for some time, you and i have spoken before , you and i have spoken before, is, trotsky said, you know, you might not be interested in war, but war is interested in you. And right now, the russians are always probe military aircraft that are passing kaliningrad or going through the baltic, or indeed, the black sea. I think the British Public doesnt really know the strength of hostility that russia is showing towards the armed forces of our allies and ourselves, and this is just typical, what we have to be really careful about is that we do have alternative systems that can operate in case gps is jammed. And of course, whats happening is the russians are probing to see if, for example , probing to see if, for example, grant shapps, plane had to divert, because they were so effective with their jamming. So because it didnt divert, we can take encouragement from that, that other systems were brought straight into play , brought straight into play, absolutely. You know, i was actually trained to navigate aircraft without actually using any Electronic Systems at all. So if necessary, you just revert back to , you know, normal back to, you know, normal navigation, its rather like in your car instead of using, your, your car instead of using, your, your, your car instead of using, your, your , your phone or indeed your, your phone or indeed tomtom, you just get a map out. Its as simple as that, right . Oh, they might have to start employing you to be his plane driver , lovely. Chris, good to driver, lovely. Chris, good to see you. Thanks very much indeed i take care. Interesting that, isnt it . In a it makes huge headunes isnt it . In a it makes huge headlines as, but maybe its not the story. The big news story that it looks at first sight. No, but it is interesting that they, that theyve, theyve, theyve done it and knowing it would make headlines i mean, as i say, its a show of strength, isnt it. As, as much as anything else. Yeah. Phoney war were in already. Thats interesting. Thats interesting isnt it. It is interesting isnt it. It is interesting. Interesting. Yeah, certainly the daily mail have seen fit to make it their front page lead, their russia attacks. Shapps raf jet by jamming gps signal. Right, lets go to politics over here, because the Prime Minister has ruled out now holding a general election on the 2nd of may. Its very specific. He could go to. I mean, theres all been all the speculation. You could go to the polls early. He still could. But not on that particular just because he said it will not happen on the 2nd of may doesnt mean that it couldnt happen any time. On any time really soon. Yeah. Well, earlier on we spoke to the Deputy National Campaign Coordinator labour, ellie coordinator for labour, ellie reeves, and deputy leader of the lib dems as well, daisy cooper on this subject. She sunak is running scared, isnt he . And i think its a real shame because people around the country are sick tired the country are sick and tired of conservative government. The country are sick and tired of when1servative government. The country are sick and tired of when iervative government. The country are sick and tired of when i go ative government. The country are sick and tired of when i go knockingzrnment. The country are sick and tired of when i go knocking on nent. The country are sick and tired of when i go knocking on doors, and when i go knocking on doors, what i hear from people is they feel absolutely everything feel like absolutely everything has broken by the has been broken by the conservatives, its conservatives, whether its access or dentists or the access to gps or dentists or the cost of living crisis or child care, whatever it is, people are really, really frustrated. They want to have their say in the ballot box. And i think rishi sunakis ballot box. And i think rishi sunak is running of that. Ballot box. And i think rishi survoters unning of that. Ballot box. And i think rishi survoters unni us of that. Ballot box. And i think rishi survoters unni us and that. Ballot box. And i think rishi survoters unni us and time voters tell us time and time again they want change. Again that they want change. After 14 years of conservative government and 14 years of failure, cost of living crisis , failure, cost of living crisis, that they want change. And thats its so thats why its so disappointing, that disappointing, actually, that rishi sunak has said there wont be a general election on the 2nd of may because people deserve to have choice. They have. Have that choice. They have. They they they have the, you know, they deserve to vote for deserve to be able to vote for the change want. The change that they want. Lets to our political lets talk to our Political Correspondent, olivia utley. Correspondent, olivia utley. Ill you what is ill tell you what is interesting, olivia, is that whatever reasons this, interesting, olivia, is that wha weer reasons this, interesting, olivia, is that wha we can reasons this, interesting, olivia, is that wha we can understand this, interesting, olivia, is that wha we can understand them, but and we can understand them, but the running scared tag is going to be a difficult one to lose. To be a difficult one to lose. Well, absolutely. And it has been, you know , rumoured for been, you know, rumoured for months that rishi sunak was planning to hold an election at the beginning of may. He suggested earlier this year that actually he was looking more at the second half of this year. But labour have been bigging up the of the may may the the prospect of the may may the second election. Well, thats pretty electioneering from pretty savvy electioneering from labour because, as you say now, there have been those rumours about 2nd election. The about a 2nd may election. The very that hes ruled it out very fact that hes ruled it out makes it look as though hes a bit scared. Well might he be a bit scared. Well might he be a bit scared. Well might he be a bit scared of a general election . The conservatives are trailing points behind trailing about 20 points behind in the polls. The reason why hes now looking at the second half of this year is probably because he is hoping that things will pick up, and perhaps he has good reason to. The economy looks a little bit like its getting back on track. Inflation is falling. Its down at 4 now and falling still further. And Interest Rates look likely to go down over the course of this yeah down over the course of this year. So sunaks hope perhaps its a bit of a desperate hope is by october or november, is that by october or november, the cost of living crisis will be starting to ease and people will be looking a bit more kindly the conservatives kindly on the conservatives oh well, time will tell. Olivia, thanks very much. Yeah a lot of people might think as well. It gives the tories time to get a leader. I mean, get a new leader. I mean, honestly, there are many honestly, they there are many rumours swirling around, arent there . There are. But would that be the kiss of death . I have thought so. But i would have thought so. But who knows . Knows what who knows . Who knows what magical could come up magical name they could come up with. Can you think of one . No, not at the minute. Not thats going to inspire that sort hope turn things sort of hope and turn things around quickly. The almost around that quickly. The almost impossible. Have thought impossible. I would have thought. Thats what. Anyway, boris, thats what people will say. Yeah, hes got to get elected, hasnt it . Yeah. Youd have to get a seat. Yeah, i dont know. Its all very, very maidenhead and windsor. Its very messy. Its all very messy, mind you. It means theres lots for theres lots and lots for christopher to about Christopher Hope to talk about on new podcast, which on his new podcast, which launched morning choppers launched this morning choppers political called political podcast. Its called its and running. And his its up and running. And his first guest is the pop and acting superstar Holly Valance. Yes. And in the podcast, she talks about her despair at the state of the nation, whats going wrong on the streets of london and what shes got against greta thunberg. It will against greta thunberg. It will be available at gbnews. Com for you wherever you get your you or wherever you get your podcasts. I think crime is out of control. All of us have been control. All of us have been robbed on kings road in our air. Yeah. What happened when you were robbed . I just had my phone taken out of the pram like she was stealing off. Stealing off a mum with her baby in the pram. Its pretty low stuff. No, i wasnt pretty low stuff. No, i wasnt hurt, fortunately, but yeah, ive had friends get belted for their phones and watches and home raids and trying to kick in doors and its, its just in chelsea. Yeah. Particularly in chelsea. Yeah. Particularly in chelsea because they know people are Walking Around with probably are Walking Around with probably a nice watch on. Yeah. And the police are helpful. They rob me there in for a nasty surprise. Im usually in a swatch down the street. No offence to swatch. Then the and one of the police who were very helpful. They they dont really turn up. You can call them but i dont ever see a bobby. Its like kids point and stare now and you see a policeman on the street. Look a policeman on the street. Look mum, a real live police person. Mum, a real live police person. Person. So pc policeman person police, police first. Give me a break please. Policeman officer. Yeah. Yes. Well, they are the government. The government, uk government. The government, uk government is investing more in police in england and wales. Maybe theyre to be maybe so theyre meant to be more reassure it would more around to reassure it would be nice to. I think its a deterrent at the very least. And i also dont the very least. And i also dont understand this day and understand how in this day and age, such cheap technology, age, with such cheap technology, for instance with so for instance with cctv, so anyone can a ring camera anyone can stick a ring camera anywhere £150, why , for anywhere for £150, why, for instance, our high street doesnt have any cctv cameras. Doesnt have any cctv cameras. Now, im not a big person that wants a lot of cameras around, but on a high street where everyones being robbed blind , everyones being robbed blind, it might be a nice idea. And it doesnt cost much. So then why . Why dont we have that . Yes you are. Are you a backer of the tories or reform . Where are you politically . So last time i voted conservatives , next time ill be conservatives, next time ill be voting reform. Really . Yeah. You are. Youre really . Yeah. You are. Youre youre youre. Well, i think the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome. And im sure as hell not going to labour. So thats probably where im at. So were speaking to we go where lee anderson across the floor just shortly short a short distance from where were sitting and big and became the reform uks first mp. You support that . Yeah. He was mean i support he was i mean i support anybody that sort of sticks to what they believe in and doesnt isnt a turncoat, doesnt do a million flip flops and u turn so i can have respect for that, even for like nutters on the other side, if you stick what other side, if you stick to what you believe keep you believe and you keep reiterating that years and reiterating that over years and years, can always respect years, i can always respect that, might not agree with that, i might not agree with you, but i get that more than the changing the minds and the flipping around and never having any conviction , not being like any conviction, not being like sort of staunchly for or against something thats confusing to people. I people are people. And i think people are sick that. Sick of that. Yeah. He certainly yeah. And he certainly believes that believes of some things that he feels party anymore. Yeah. I mean, lees moved from labour to conservatives now to reform. Its really weird because there was this reform party in canada in 1993 that ditched the tories in canada as well, got rid of the, blew them to smithereens, which is probably whats going to happen here. Its not that i think that were necessarily going to have a reform government. No, but its a means to the next chapter of what things will look like. Nigel farage his mind. And when he saw the party. Yeah, were sure it is. Well, well, responding to her criticisms, particularly of the police, the met issued this very wordy statement. We continue to dedicate our resources into tackling robbery, knife crime and taking weapons off our streets in westminster and kensington and chelsea, officers are regularly deployed into known hotspot locations using innovative tactics and conducting high visibility patrols to keep the community safe. Safe. Now lets turn our attention to the royals. Should we . Because the duchess of sussex has launched a new lifestyle brand and its called american riviera orchard, where shes going to sell a variety of household items. I wish you blue household items. I wish you blue birds in the spring to give your heart a song to sing, and then a kiss. Kiss. But more than this, i wish you love a very feel good. Critics, however , have critics, however, have slammed meghans poor timing, having launched the site just minutes before Prince William got up and started speaking at this engagement. That was meant to be paying tribute to their mother, diana. Mother, diana. Yeah. So to our royal correspondent Cameron Walker, whos here. Look, shes entitled to do what she likes. I mean , i to do what she likes. I mean, i dont get this whole lifestyle thing. Its beyond my ken. Thing. Its beyond my ken. However, she wants to do it. Great. The timing seems very hard. It is very suspicious, isnt it . I mean , to be fair to it . I mean, to be fair to meghan, she is very good at lifestyle blogs because before she met prince harry, she launched the tig , which was very launched the tig, which was very successful for her commercially. Her and harry decided to leave the royal family so they could pursue commercial endeavours. And thats exactly shes and thats exactly what shes done, very glossy , done, and it looks very glossy, doesnt it . But as you say, stephen, the timing. It was stephen, the timing. It was about an hour before Prince William arrived at the Science Museum for the diana legacy award. Bearing in mind its not just william who there, it just william who was there, it was also meghans husband harry, virtually, they were virtually, although they were very separate obvious very much separate for obvious reasons , and it had the reasons, and it had the potential to overshadow that event, which was the whole point of was paying tribute to the legacy of Princess Diana. Could it have been accidental . Quite possibly. Quite possibly. And of course, theyre never going to say, oh yes, we deliberately timed this to coincide with with that. Diana legacy awards. But because prince harry was also taking part, they would have known that it was happening. So i think if it was happening. So i think if it was happening. So i think if it was just Prince William, i would have said, oh, maybe. Clearly theyre not coordinating archewell and Kensington Palace, clearly theyre not coordinating arcitheyl and Kensington Palace, clearly theyre not coordinating arcithey obviouslysington palace, clearly theyre not coordinating arcithey obviously knewn palace, clearly theyre not coordinating arcithey obviously knew because but they obviously knew because prince was going be prince harry was going to be there. Could just be there. But it could just be a coincidence as well. Youre right. On other youre right. On the other hand, we wouldnt talking hand, we wouldnt be talking about checking about and name checking that particular meghans about and name checking that part launched. Meghans about and name checking that partlaunched. We meghans about and name checking that part launched. We wouldnt hans about and name checking that part launched. We wouldnt even Just Launched. We wouldnt even be giving very much time at be giving it very much time at all it not for the all were it not for the controversy caused. Controversy its now caused. Possibly. And well, quite possibly. And also, other thing to point also, the other thing to point out that says on the out is that it says on the front, meghan, duchess of sussex. Is a royal. Of course, that is a royal title bestowed her the title bestowed to her on the queen by the queen following her wedding prince harry in 2018. Wedding to prince harry in 2018. Shes not technically capitalising on that title because shes capitalising on the american riviera orchard park part of it, but it will. I think her critics will say it doesnt sit right with with them. However, i think fans of harry and meghan will say, look, theyve left the royal family. Theyre not getting any money from the royal family or the british state. They have to make money somehow. Meghan is. Money somehow. And meghan is. That of skills, doing that is one of her skills, doing these lifestyle blogs that is one of her skills, doing these it lifestyle blogs that is one of her skills, doing these it will lifestyle blogs that is one of her skills, doing these it will be estyle blogs that is one of her skills, doing these it will be asyle blogs that is one of her skills, doing these it will be as successful where it will be as successful as tig. Have to wait as the tig. Well have to wait and see. But theres not a lot of information. All weve got is that one glossy video to Nancy Wilsons i wish you love. Yeah, and theres no so yeah, and theres no product on on the website or anything like that at the moment. No, know what moment. No, i dont know what sort things theyre going to sort of things theyre going to be selling. We just told sort of household items. Were getting it. Yes. Well were getting it. Were a hint in were getting a hint because in that see meghan doing a that video we see meghan doing a bit shes arranging bit of cooking. Shes arranging some as roses some flowers such as roses and hydrangeas all these hydrangeas as well, all these kind montecito kind of yummy mummy montecito kind of yummy mummy montecito kind things. So it will kind of style things. So it will be interesting to see what she does it. But i think to be does with it. But i think to be honest, at the moment, meghan appears getting appears to always be getting criticism does. Criticism for whatever she does. Yeah, can see theres yeah, and i can see theres certainly a Strategy Change beanng certainly a Strategy Change bearing mind shes got bearing in mind shes just got a new agent, wme, which is starting strategize her starting to strategize her commercial , starting to strategize her commercial, you starting to strategize her commercial , you know, her commercial, you know, her commercial, you know, her commercial stuff, and theyre moving meghan moving away. Harry and meghan from the victim. We from playing the victim. We havent a lot of that for havent had a lot of that for a while. Apart from meghan talking about trolling she when about the trolling she got when she pregnant last week. But she was pregnant last week. But i think shes starting move i think shes starting to move on to commercial stuff and philanthropy and improve philanthropy to try and improve her polling ratings, which are could do awfully well. Could do awfully well. I mean, if you remember, do you remember martha stewart, the lifestyle made billions lifestyle guru who made billions from this sort of thing, from selling this sort of thing, from selling this sort of thing, from becoming a lifestyle expert . She was she was like a delia smith type, wasnt she . Yeah. Oh, more, so much more. Oh, even more, so much more. So theres oversaturated so theres an oversaturated market theres so many market as well. Theres so many people similar things. People doing similar things. Gwyneth for example, Gwyneth Paltrow, for example, hasnt Gwyneth Paltrow, for example, has shes very Gwyneth Paltrow, for example, hasshes very big name. Shes got a very big name. Shes got a very big name. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Well, theres says at well, theres clive says at least found something least meghans found something to than better to do better than better that shes rather than shes busy rather than interfering with us. Well, well, thats one way of putting yeah. Mean, putting it. Yeah. I mean, rearranging and rearranging flowers and hydrangeas, bit of cooking. I know youre a big fan of hydrangeas, cameron. Yeah, good on her. Yeah, good on her. If she can make it work without, as you said, without badmouthing the royal family. Thats fine, it . Thats fine, isnt it . Well, yeah. Well, yeah. Like, get with it. I say like, get on with it. I say its just the time. Just the timing not comfortable with. Timing im not comfortable with. But right. Lets but anyway. Right. Lets see what the weathers to do what the weathers going to do for today. Wherever you are for you today. Wherever you are in country, heres alex. In the country, heres alex. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Heres your latest gb news weather from the met office. It has been a pretty mild week, but were actually likely to see a touch of frost in some places tonight. Before then, though, its a showery day for many of us. Perhaps some more persistent rain across parts southern scotland , parts of southern scotland, Northern England, but that will clear the east clear away towards the east as we go through day. We go through the day. Elsewhere, some bright or sunny spells, quite a few spells, but also quite a few showers these could showers and some of these could turn possibly even turn heavy, possibly even thundery down towards the south east. Still mild at south east. It is still mild at the temperatures the moment. Temperatures reaching highs of around 15 or 16 so well above 16 celsius, so well above average for the time of year, but cooler towards the north as we go. Later on, we are actually going to see a ridge of High Pressure building thats going to quieten our weather down. So most the showers will ease most of the showers will ease and die and clear away and die out and clear away towards the east. And so its going to mostly dry going to turn mostly dry overnight we have some overnight and we will have some clear skies. As a result. Were going temperatures taking clear skies. As a result. Were g fall bit freezing fall a little bit below freezing in we wake in prone spots. So we wake up saturday morning but saturday morning a chilly but mostly fine start, maybe a few pockets of fog around staying generally decent generally dry with a decent amount the amount of sunshine towards the north but across north and east, but across southern and western parts here, clouds to its way in. Clouds going to push its way in. Some outbreaks of rain initially turning go through turning heavier as we go through the afternoon. Temperatures will pick start, so pick up after a chilly start, so again, likely to see highs again, were likely to see highs in the mid celsius. Rain in the mid teens celsius. 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Yes, and apparently pensioners are slamming generation z or generation z, whatever you want to call them , whatever you want to call them, for being lazy and relying too much on benefits. Much on benefits. However, youngsters say covid has left them without social skills and theyre now struggling to find a job. So were asking today is gen z lazy . And just so you know, apparently gen z or gen z is anything from age 11 now to age 26. Basically people who were born between 1997 and 2012. Its a big generation, actually, isnt it . So from age 11 to 26, isnt it . So from age 11 to 26, are they a lazy lot of softy snowflakes . I said it as snowflakes . I said it as a pensioner, it might be a bit harsh to sort of tar them all with the same brush. Anyway, lets talk to the founder of pimlico plumbers, charlie mullins, and political commentator alex petropoulos. Good to see both. This good to see you both. This morning. Alex, are you as an says , a lazy snowflake , no, i says, a lazy snowflake, no, i dont think i am a lazy snowflake, and i dont think my generation are lazy snowflakes. Generation are lazy snowflakes. I think that my generation, gen z, gen z are probably some of the most hard done in terms of having access to opportunities, having access to opportunities, having access to the sorts of environments that people had growing up. I think its not right to blame them for not working when its the british economy that has failed them. In my opinion. Yeah, that still means that youre trying to blame somebody, i suppose, doesnt it . I suppose, doesnt it . Yes, yes, definitely. But i think that the british economy for the last ten years have failed to do certain things. And, look, the job market is very competitive for young people , but theres a reason for people, but theres a reason for that. One of those reasons, housing ridiculously unaffordable for young people, that where people can that limits where people can move, that limits where people can work, that makes things more competitive if youre trying to apply job. Another reason apply for a job. Another reason transportation. Even you live transportation. Even if you live in nottingham you want to in nottingham and you want to get job leeds or get a job in leeds or manchester, the infrastructure isnt manchester, the infrastructure isnt you manchester, the infrastructure isnt you to do that. Isnt there for you to do that. And these are systemic effects in the british economy that are making things harder for young people to find jobs. People to work to find jobs. These are decisions that were made ten ago that are now made ten years ago that are now hurting. People are now hurting. Young people are now hurting. Young people are now hurting british so hurting the british economy. So yeah, point blame. Yeah okay. Hey, charlie, its all down to political decisions made decades ago. What do you think . Decades ago. What do you think . Well, well, i mean, i totally disagree with what hes saying is i think Something Like 3 million youngsters are claiming benefits undoubtedly theres benefits and undoubtedly theres a of laziness here. Theres a lot of laziness here. Theres a lot of laziness here. Theres a people just cant be a lot of, people just cant be bothered to go to work. Theyre theyre blaming, blaming the covid situation. My take that covid situation. My take is that anybody that genuinely needs to be on benefits that are sick or incapable or, you know, disabilities or looking after somebody, then theyre genuine cases. But all the rest of them need to get up and go to work and start contributing to the tax system. Were making it too easy for them and, you know, the new excuse now is they come up with is a Mental Health idea as well, which obviously the doctor cant detect. I think gps need to it up and not keep to step it up and not keep allowing people to walk in. Theyre out. Theyve got theyre making out. Theyve got the making that. The bad back making that. Theyve health theyve got Mental Health issues, know, you know, issues, you know, you know, i havent heard anybody yet say that theyre benefits because that theyre on benefits because theyre but we all know theyre lazy. But we all know probably 50 them that are on probably 50 of them that are on benefits just lazy, bone benefits are just lazy, bone idle work, layabouts. Idle work, shy layabouts. Weve got to be careful, though, charlie, havent we, that we dont. You know, just discredit an entire generation. I never i discredit an entire generation. I neveri said discredit an entire generation. I never i said some of them. Yeah. Because you you must employ some, some young plumbers yeah. Because you you must empthings. 1e, some young plumbers and things. Course do. Theres of course we do. Theres loads youngsters that want loads of youngsters that want work. Unfortunately, the work. And unfortunately, the apprenticeship isnt Apprenticeship Scheme isnt geared up to give them work. But theres loads of people that dont want work and some of these that have up these figures that have come up with the highest areas are kensington, chelsea, where the wealthy are not going wealthy people are not going to work. A case of work. So im not a case of attacking people. Im being attacking people. Im just being factual. And, you know, somebody needs up and like these needs to stand up and like these pensioners are and saying enough is and a of these is enough. And a lot of these people are just lazy, work, shy. Theyre contributing. Theyre not contributing. Theyre not contributing. Theyre taking more out of the pot what people putting pot than what people are putting in. How much longer can the in. And how much longer can the country put with it . Country put up with it . Yeah, alex, to that. Yeah, alex, respond to that. Yeah, alex, respond to that. That quite ironic i find that quite ironic coming from a group that does take out more from the country than they in pensioners. Than they put in pensioners. And, you know, im not going to say thats necessarily and, you know, im not going to say thing. s necessarily and, you know, im not going to say thing. s niveryarily wrong thing. Its very appropriate a certain appropriate that after a certain point, should stuff point, people should get stuff in state. But is worth in the state. But it is worth pointing that pensioners pointing out that pensioners take out more than they put in, much more young people. But much more than young people. But moving away from moving things away from pensioners to young pensioners and back to young people. I think really people. I think its really important to if the right important to say if the right jobs existed, if there high jobs existed, if there were high paying, jobs existed, if there were high paying, well benefited jobs that treated you well in the country, young people would be taking them. The reason that young people, many of them are people, so many of them are sitting on their bums and not working is because the right jobs arent there for them. Its because were living in a situation where all of our costs are going up, including housing, transport, for forgive me for jumping in. Were really were out of time. So im getting yelled at. But but its. You said the right jobs job. Its about doing a job. I mean, if i was a ive got to be honest, if i was out of work, id do any job to pull in some money. No, i wouldnt hang about waiting for the right job. Well, you see, lots of people whove graduated who are should be going really high skill, be going into really high skill, high graduate jobs, but the high paid graduate jobs, but the country just made enough country just hasnt made enough of. And so a sense of of them. And so a sense of entitlement, surely . Yeah. Entitlement, surely . Well. Entitlement, surely . Well , a lot of entitlement, surely . Well, a lot of you entitlement, surely . Well , a lot of you lot entitlement, surely . Well, a lot of you lot think youre entitled to it. Thats thats the problem with this. Thats the problem with this. Theres jobs out theres a million jobs out there. If you if they stop there. And if you if they stop there. And if you if they stop the benefits, you lot would stop watching of watching netflix most of the night the morning night and get up in the morning and work contribute to and go to work and contribute to society. Society. Yeah. Right. On that note, we have to leave it. Im afraid have got to leave it. Im afraid. Yeah, yeah. Charlie. Alex, thank very much indeed. Thank you both very much indeed. Im view on im sure youve got a view on that at news. Com. That gb views at gb news. Com. Oh, yes. That gb views at gb news. Com. Oh, please keep those views please keep those views coming in because that will get you its got us going, you going. Its got us going, actually. Yeah. Quite all right, sport youre quite all right, sport. In just moment. Its got going as well. Its got me going as well. Cheltenham gold cup day today, also. Oh the bees at the also. Oh yeah. The bees at the tennis in america will tell you about that in just a second. And belgiums new football shirt is dedicated to the most famous belgian of them all. Whoever that could be. 840 coming up to his final fence. Its paul coyte. Fence. Its paul coyte. Yes. Onto my last furlong. Yes. Onto my last furlong. You know, jack carson has been fantastic. Jack carson has been fantastic. Jack carson has been going to cheltenham. But the thing is, jack just looks like he fits in with everybody. Oh, well, he does. Oh, well, he does. Jack, what on earth are you wearing today . Oh, look at that. There we are. Honestly, its like looking at lord oaksey. Well, one for the kids. Well, it is one for the kids. Well, its gold cup day of course here at cheltenham. So i had to put the gold tie on to really get into the full spirit of, of course this is the big one of the isnt it . And one of the week, isnt it . And its even extra special this year because of course its 100 years the gold cup. Red years of the gold cup. Red splash was the first winner back years of the gold cup. Red sp 1924, as the first winner back years of the gold cup. Red sp 1924, but he first winner back years of the gold cup. Red sp1924, but who rst winner back years of the gold cup. Red sp1924, but who is winner back years of the gold cup. Red sp1924, but who is goinger back years of the gold cup. Red sp1924, but who is going t0 ack years of the gold cup. Red sp1924, but who is going to be in 1924, but who is going to be the today . Of course have the winner today . Of course have been studying odds as of been studying the odds as of now. A horse expert it now. Become a horse expert it seems over the last week and of course knew we spoke on course we knew we spoke on monday, didnt we, about the favourite deschamps. Favourite galloping deschamps. But who cares the but who cares about the favourites . All about the outsider, i know, outsider, isnt it . I know, paul outsider, isnt it . I know, paul, dont like the paul, you dont like the favourites. Who really and favourites. So who really is and could be, making of course, those big inroads and that big surprise today. I spoke surprise today. Well, i spoke earlier about jungle earlier in the week about jungle boogie on monday for the boogie back on monday for the gold cup. He 50 to 1 this gold cup. He was 50 to 1 this morning. Hes already dropped down 1. So maybe that down to 33 to 1. So maybe that is your outside bet. And of course corick rambler who won the National Last year 18 to 1 at the moment. So maybe you fancy him as the outsider because champs because galloping des champs 1 to the moment. So not the to 1 at the moment. So not the best bet. But of course all around here in the stadium and the racecourse, going be the racecourse, its going to be absolutely packed were absolutely packed and were right the side of right here by the side of the racecourse as well. Weve got the final couple of hurdles here where have failed at the final couple of hurdles here whefinal have failed at the final couple of hurdles here whefinal hurdle, have failed at the final couple of hurdles here whefinal hurdle, and ave failed at the final couple of hurdles here whefinal hurdle, and a e failed at the final couple of hurdles here whefinal hurdle, and a surprise at the final hurdle, and a surprise winner come of it this week, winner come out of it this week, but Willie Mullins, course, but Willie Mullins, of course, no surprise that on wednesday we talked and he was going talked about it and he was going to big talk of the week. To be the big talk of the week. Of course, he got his century of victories here on wednesday. He got a treble on that day. Hes the to get 100 wins the first person to get 100 wins at festival. So hes had a at this festival. So hes had a fantastic week and he was also had a fantastic week. Sir Alex Ferguson and Harry Redknapp as well. Those, their well. Both of those, their horses alex horses won varne yesterday. Alex ferguson waited 20 ferguson said hes waited 20 years for some wins and then two came along in 40 minutes. But the atmosphere im sure later here at the gold cup is going to be absolutely fantastic and well it for all you here. Well have it for all you here. Great stuff. I mean, i dont know about you, but it reminded me episode peaky me of the episode on Peaky Blinders over blinders where they took over one the racecourses. Looking one of the racecourses. Looking at theyre very similar. At jack. Theyre very similar. Yeah very, very similar. Yeah theyre very, very similar. Though. Got into it though. Got into it though. He really has. Yeah, i think were going to him probably were going to lose him probably to the races. So yeah, its a racing tv is where hes going to go. Good. Well listen ive got one for and i did one one more for you. And i did mention that and thats belgium, a countries releasing a lot of countries are releasing their strips and new kits their new strips and new kits for euros. And belgium for the euros. And now belgium have. Done it as have. Well, theyve done it as a tribute to of their tribute to one of their favourite sons. Any famous belgians . Theres famous belgians . Theres that famous game where you try and come up with many famous belgians as with as many famous belgians as you can. Poirot, hercule you can. Ukip poirot, hercule poirot Rene Magritte is another one, hercule or one, or hercule poirot or anybody else, any cartoon that you can think of, herge , the you can think of, herge, the adventures of tintin, tintin , adventures of tintin, tintin, look at this. Theres now , can look at this. Theres now, can you tell which ones which . Theres the strip there on the left. So the brown shorts with the blue top. And that is dedicated to tintin, the most famous belgian of them all. I dont know whether the away kit is captain haddock. Oh fake beard or something, but. But anyway, i love it. Isnt that great . What was his dog called. Snowy, snowy, snowy. Snowy, snowy, snowy. Yes. And the thompson twins. The band the thompson twins were named after the thompson twins. I did not know that. I did not know that. Yeah. There you go. Yeah. There you go. Yeah. There you go. One for you. You oh, heres one for you. You might to for the might want to stay for the papers. Coming up next, paul, because asking, you because were asking, would you want snow like meat . Want to eat snow like meat . Apparently environmentally apparently its environmentally friendly. Is. Well go friendly. Probably is. Well go through it the papers in just through it in the papers in just a should we go through the papers with our senior political commentator, nigel nelson and former government adviser claire pearsall. Morning to you both. Pearsall. Morning to you both. Morning. Morning, nigel. Were starting with the, Kensington Palace. No longer being a trusted source. No, this is this is from the picture. Well, the news agency afp, who obviously wouldnt run the pictures of kate. Its a bit the pictures of kate. Its a bit extreme, really saying that the, the household is now now can be compared to north korea as far as the agency. Well i agree with you. I think thats going far too far unnecessary. I mean, the whole point about this is that , whole point about this is that, kate isnt a professional and but however , that shes got but however, that shes got a lot of professional advisers around her, so theyre either being incredibly naive when they let this this picture go out or they were being incredibly stupid. Stupid. She only had a little tweak. She only had a little tweak. Well, we dont know was we never saw the original picture. And this is really the problem in these days of, i you dont you can create a completely new picture which looks absolute bloody, genuine. But apparently there is clarification on that. There were all in the same place that the picture was taken of them all at the same time, right . Because of reflections in their eyes and things which theyve managed to. So its not like theyve been all just mean, if theyve been all just i mean, if youre well, i mean, in youre doing well, i mean, in fact, thats actually thats nothing that, known nothing new that, ive known throughout that weve throughout my career that weve airbrushed pictures in airbrushed pictures out in newspapers the wife of newspapers that the wife of a Prime Minister asked me once to airbrush out her double chin. And im not going to tell you who which which wife it was. Oh, go on, and youll be unfair on her, but she did. The whole point of doing this was that she didnt have a double chin. It was the way the picture was taken that gave one. So we taken that gave her one. So we were manipulating the picture, but fact, it more real but in fact, making it more real than it would have been if youd let the original go through. Let the original go through. Itsjust let the original go through. Its just a let the original go through. Itsjust a bit let the original go through. Its just a bit rich for this particular agency to talk in the in these ways, and to say Kensington Palace is no longer a trusted its just adding trusted source, its just adding fuel the fire, isnt it . Fuel to the fire, isnt it . Is. I mean, this has been it is. I mean, this has been blown out of all proportion. I mean, the photograph is just badly photoshopped. Think badly photoshopped. And i think that that has a teenager that anybody that has a teenager in household will you can in the household will you can learn how to use it. You can do it properly. There have been a few mistakes. It shouldnt have gone out there, and it shouldnt have taken so long for them to admit that it was manipulated have taken so long for them to admit tbut it was manipulated have taken so long for them to admit tbut to nas manipulated have taken so long for them to admit tbut to suggestipulated have taken so long for them to admit tbut to suggest itsated have taken so long for them to admit tbut to suggest its now image, but to suggest its now becoming like north korea, i think is taking this far, too far over one photograph. Its ridiculous. Ill tell you what shouldnt be out there. Emily blunts dress. Oh, see, now , this is this is oh, see, now, this is this is a corker. And its kind of like that whole thing that money cant buy you style. Because cant buy you style. Because this dress probably would have cost an absolute fortune. And it is a beautiful dress , however, is a beautiful dress, however, that the designer has put wife fronts on it. Yes. Yes. Now, if you remove the y fronts then it looks beautiful. I dont understand why anybody in their right mind would design something thats got a pair of sort of Tighty Whities on the front of it. Its difficult to see from the photographs that were showing. In the showing. Actually the one in the mail it much more. It does mail shows it much more. It does bluntly, its. Bluntly, it its. Yes, but why was she here all week . Ladies . Week . Its ies . Week . Its an . Week . Its an absolutely gorgeous dress. She dress. And the designer she pirelli has just put sequin y fronts on front of it. Y fronts on the front of it. But shes been doubling down on social media. Anybody that has gone her instagram has gone on to her Instagram Page criticising the dress shes fought back really by saying that this was her design and it was entirely up to her how she did it. And, you know, then sort of personal insults on the people that are questioning her. Really . Designer. Yeah. I mean, its caused quite a quite a storm in the sort of fashion instagram world. But i dont also understand the, the straps themselves. Yes. Her shoulder straps. Yes. Her shoulder straps. Yes. Yes. Standing an inch above her shoulders. Yeah. And it just sort of looks like one of those plastic sort of playmobil characters that you slot on an outfit. Yeah, maybe. Yeah, maybe. Yeah, maybe. Yeah. Yeah. So youve got a view, nigel. So youve got a view, nigel. Well, i havent worn, worn y fronts since the 1970s, so made such a fuss. Yes. They werent on the outside of your clothing. No, no, its not super banned i commanded it, mind you. Commanded it, mind you. What are m s doing . What are m s doing . M s now . This. I have spent sort of my entire life trying to make my bottom smaller and m s are sending a pair of pants that are sending a pair of pants that are £15 that look like cycling shorts with padded bit in the bottom to give you a larger derriere. Sort of a kim kardashian. Yeah, im sorry, i just cant. I cant get my head around that. Why any woman would want to actually look like that is beyond me. Well, its the kardashian behind, isnt it . It is. People have bum lifts. I mean, i suppose as a positive. Then you could say you have those and dont have surgery to put implants in and, and all of that stuff. But i just dont i dont understand it because as i say, my generation was always told have a smaller bottom. Its much better. Yeah. And what if the padding slips so youd be wearing a really nice tight dress and they would slip round and youd look like youve got an enormous hole to sit down in them. Thatd be comfortable. Thatd be comfortable. Itd be more no, i dont. Would you have your own cushioned cushion . Might be great these it might be great for these seats. I buy a pair myself seats. I might buy a pair myself. Meanwhile, nigel, lets have a look what our future eco diet look at what our future eco diet should be. Yeah , the idea is snakes. Yeah, the idea is snakes. Yeah, the idea is snakes. Actually snake meat, and one of the arguments is that it can be farmed nice and cheaply. Easier to raise than chicken and cows, so the question is whether or not you would actually feel like eating snake meat. I mean, they eat rats, dont they . They do eat rats. Yeah. I mean, theres always but i think that some of the animals that we do eat, eat an awful lot of things that we perhaps wouldnt, wouldnt find very sort of, appetising, any particular sort of snake. Theyre recommending . Theyre recommending . No, its just snakes in general , i suppose you sort of, general, i suppose you sort of, you know, create your own monty python pie out of a out of a snake meat. Well, according according to the sun, you could have corn on the cobra. There you go. Yeah there you go. Yeah hits and chips and chips , hits and chips and chips, venom drizzle cake , followed by venom drizzle cake, followed by a pint of snake bite. A pint of snake bite. Yes. Yes. Of course. I mean, its apparently this is meant to help the environment because they say snakes eat less food. Theyre cold blooded. So they dont need to eat as much. And theyll sort of survive on one rat a week. I suppose we eat snails, dont we . Without. Without. And thats okay. You might, but no. Well, i eat snails. Well, i eat snails. No, i mean, ijust find this bizarre. I think if you offered up a sort of snake curry, people are just going to look at you as if youre mad and i, you know, slice of snake on the barbecue in the summer. Im not getting it. Apparently it tastes like chicken. Chicken. But then they say that about absolutely everything. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, its apparently its almost if it were minced up. So you didnt see, you couldnt see that its snake. Yeah. But you it was be yeah. But you know, it was be on the menu wouldnt it. Snake mince i mean would you actually go you saw it on the menu. Go if you saw it on the menu. Would oh i must would you say, oh yeah i must have snake tonight. Have the snake tonight. Not. Definitely not. No. No. A dollop of shepherds pie made with snake. No, all. No, not at all. No, not at all. Think its very odd, no, i think its very odd, but, know, for the environment. So maybe greta will be having it. Do you think so . Do you think so . Go veggie. Go veggie. Dont go shepherds pie. Dont go shepherds pie. Them shepherds pie. Them shepherds pie. Yes, yes. Excellent. Lovely. Yes, yes. Excellent. Lovely. Its been a joy you to clare. Its been a joy you to clare. Nigel. F 5 very much indeed. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you very much indeed. Now its time for the weather. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning. Heres your latest gb news weather from the met office. It has been a pretty mild week, but were actually likely to see a touch of frost in some places tonight. Before then, though, its a showery day for many of us. Perhaps some more persistent rain across parts southern scotland , parts of southern scotland, Northern England, but that will clear the east clear away towards the east as we go through day. We go through the day. Elsewhere, some bright or sunny spells, also quite a few spells, but also quite a few showers could showers and some of these could turn possibly even turn heavy, possibly even thundery down towards the south east. It is mild at south east. It is still mild at the moment. Temperatures reaching highs around 15 or reaching highs of around 15 or 16 so well above 16 celsius, so well above average for the time of year, but cooler towards the north as we go. Later on, we are actually going to see a ridge of High Pressure building thats going to quieten our weather down. So most the showers will ease most of the showers will ease and die and clear away and die out and clear away towards the east. And so its going to mostly dry going to turn mostly dry overnight we will some overnight and we will have some clear a result. Were clear skies. As a result. Were going see temperatures taking going to see temperatures taking a a most places a bit of a dip. Most places turning a bit chilly across some northern see northern parts. We could see a touch of frost temperatures northern parts. We could see a touca of frost temperatures northern parts. We could see a touca little st temperatures northern parts. We could see a touca little bit temperatures northern parts. We could see a touca little bit below3eratures northern parts. We could see a touca little bit below freezing fall a little bit below freezing in spots. So we wake up in prone spots. So we wake up saturday morning but saturday morning a chilly but mostly fine start, maybe a few pockets fog around staying pockets of fog around staying generally decent generally dry with a decent amount towards the amount of sunshine towards the north but across north and east, but across southern western parts here, southern and western parts here, clouds push its way in. Clouds going to push its way in. Some outbreaks of rain initially turning go through turning heavier as we go through the temperatures will the afternoon. Temperatures will pick start, so pick up after a chilly start, so again, likely to see highs again, were likely to see highs in the mid celsius. Rain in the mid teens celsius. Rain will through as we go will push through as we go through saturday night into sunday, that clears, sunday, but once that clears, sunday, but once that clears, sunday looking dry sunday is looking mostly dry for many by warm feeling inside. From boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. Are very good morning to you. Are very good morning to you. It is 9 00 on friday, the 15th of march. Today, russia jammed signals on an raf plane carrying grant shapps and a group of journalists, including our own ray addison. Ray addison. Prime minister rishi sunak rules out a may the 2nd general election as keir starmer urges number 10 to have the backbone to call one as early as next week. Week. Yes, after months of fevered speculation, the Prime Minister has ruled out an election on the 2nd of may. But when will he bite the bullet . Find out more with me. Very soon. The duchess of sussex launches a new lifestyle brand just moments before Prince William takes to the stage to honour his mother at an awards ceremony. Cameron walker has the latest. Prince william says he and catherine honoured the legacy of Princess Diana every day. But Princess Diana every day. But meanwhile, within an hour, meghan, duchess of sussex , meghan, duchess of sussex, launches her lifestyle blogs and more detail shortly. More detail shortly. Pensioners hit out at generation z or z, claiming youngsters have become lazy. Youngsters have become lazy. Morning watch out for a bit of thunder today and also a touch of frost tonight. Ill have more details in the full forecast coming up. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im anne diamond and this is breakfast on gb news. Lots of you getting in touch on that gen z or gen z debate that we had, not very long ago, claire says the young man, alex petropolis. And this. How dare this man complain that pensioners are taking more out of the benefit system than they putin . Of the benefit system than they put in . I didnt think that at the time. I thought that no two pensioners are putting all their lives well. I think a lives well. I think thats a very valid point, actually, barbara says get a grip. Stop blaming everybody else. You have the same opportunities, and probably more than we ever had. Yeah, sandra says where is parental responsibility regarding getting their children to work and have an attitude of working hard . My first job was a saturday job, aged 14, and jackie says the biggest problem is exactly what your young chap said. Youngsters are waiting for the right job because they think normal jobs are beneath them. I think i think there is something in that, mind you. Ive got to say, ian, says im a pensioner with a 23 year old son. He can only get short time jobs this week he applied for 13 and hes had a first and second interview but never got the promised callback. So not all in his age group are lazy. I think thats very true. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. Very valid point. Very valid point. Yeah, theres coming yeah, theres steam coming out ears, isnt out of peoples ears, isnt there . Jenny says. How dare that young accused of young man accused pensioners of taking than they taking out more than they contributed. Worked time contributed. I worked full time for never drawing for 50 plus years, never drawing any and any benefits whatsoever. And paying my any benefits whatsoever. And paying my taxes. And im not paying all my taxes. And im not on own this. And there on my own doing this. And there are plenty of pensioners still working tax. And for working and paying tax. And for his information, im still contributing tax. So contributing by paying tax. So there you go. Well, angry people out there. Valid points. Out there. Valid points. I have to out there. Valid points. I have to say, valid points. I have to say, look, our main news this morning, the Royal Air Force has launched Major Investigation launched a Major Investigation to Russian Hackers who to find Russian Hackers who jammed a plane carrying the defence secretary. The whole incident was apparently about 30 minutes long and took out one of the primary navigation systems. As the raf jet flew close to the russian exclave of kaliningrad in the baltic sea. Well, it took place just after our reporter, ray addison, was given exclusive access to a nato Training Exercise in poland i they move from room to room, breaching , clearing. These nato breaching, clearing. These nato soldiers may not speak the same language, but they are fluent in the art of urban warfare, working together to neutralise the enemy. And as the tip of the the enemy. And as the tip of the spean the enemy. And as the tip of the spear, theyre ready to roll against russia in a matter of hours. Lieutenant colonel ben hours. Lieutenant colonel ben hawes is in command. My major observation is soldiers are soldiers, and no matter what language they speak, we all understand the nato drills that we have to go through, and weve been able to after a very short period of practice, execute some very complex , operations. Complex, operations. This is just the latest exercise involving british troops. Defence secretary grant shappsis troops. Defence secretary grant shapps is here to show his support. I would say back home, most people are unaware of this enormous nato exercise, not just large, the biggest since the cold war. 20,000 are taking part in operation steadfast defender , operation steadfast defender, with another 70,000 from all 32 nato allies. Its designed to nato allies. Its designed to send a very clear message to the russian president dont push us too far. Too far. Putins end game is to carry on expanding russia. You dont have to take my word for it. Its what hes said himself many times. Nato its what hes said himself many times. Nato isnt trying to expand into other peoples territory. We are simply here to defend our values of freedom and sovereignty and democracy. And sovereignty and democracy. And we should be proud of what these guys have been doing here, making sure we can exercise together. Most importantly of all, sending a very clear signal to putin or any other despotic leader that we will stand up for ourselves and dont try it on. With russias war in ukraine now in its third year, the defence secretary is urging western allies not to get fatigued but to treat putins ongoing invasion as a wake up call, a message that we must have the resolve to spend what is required on defence, if not, it will only embolden those who may wish to test our resolve. Meanwhile, these nato forces stand ready to deploy within 48 hours, though no nato country wants war, putins illegal invasion of ukraine has reminded the west that it can never show weakness. And there is certainly strength in numbers. Ray addison gb news army. Well, back home, the Prime Minister has ruled out holding a general election on the 2nd of may, amid speculation that he could choose another date, maybe the first or the third . Who knows . Who knows . Yes. Something around the second. You never know. Well, that says the labour party have urged number 10 to call one next week, keir starmer saying the Prime Minister needs to grow a backbone. Well, the Prime Minister is required to hold a general election at the latest by january 2025. Well , by january 2025. Well, earlier on we spoke to the Deputy National Campaign Coordinator for labour, thats ellie reeves and the deputy leader of the lib dems, daisy coopen well, i think rishi sunak is running scared, isnt he . And i think its a real shame because people around the country are sick and tired of this conservative government and when i go knocking on doors, what i hear from people is they feel like absolutely everything has been conservatives been broken by the conservatives whether its access to gps or dentists the cost of living dentists or the cost of living crisis or childcare, whatever it is, people are really, really frustrated. They want to have their say in the ballot box. And i think rishi sunak is running scared of that. Voters time and time voters tell us time and time again that they want change. After of conservative after 14 years of conservative government and 14 of government and 14 years of failure, cost of living crisis, that want change and thats that they want change and thats why so disappointing, why its so disappointing, actually, has actually, that rishi sunak has said there wont be a general election on the 2nd of may because people deserve to have that they have. They that choice. They have. They have know, they deserve have the, you know, they deserve to vote for the to be able to vote for the change that they want. Talk to political lets talk to our political reporter, olivia utley lee, who joins us now. I mean, the fact that he has so specific that he has been so specific about may the 2nd olivia. I mean, does that mean, quite literally, we could have it on may the 9th . Well, definitely has got well, it definitely has got tongues wagging in westminster. Theres been speculation for months that there is going to be a may election. Now. Rishi sunak has, it seems, quite deliberately ruled out an election on the 2nd of may. Specifically. That said, personally , i think it is quite personally, i think it is quite unlikely that there will be an election, you know, a week later, 9th may or Something Like that, purely because logistically getting a general election local elections election and local elections done at the same time would be very, very difficult indeed. I mean, im inclined to take rishi sunak at his word. He has said that he is. The working assumption is that he would like to hold a general election in the second half of this year, so i think its probably likely to be october or november, potentially likely october. Potentially more likely october. So it doesnt clash with the us election in november. But of course i could be proved wrong at any minute. Does that mean we are going to go on and on like this . Weeks and weeks, months and months of speculation. Unfortunately, i think it probably does. The final deadune probably does. The final deadline for a may election was is next week, the 26th of march, if rishi sunak doesnt call one, then , which were not expecting, then, which were not expecting, then, which were not expecting, then the speculation will continue. Although i think a general election over the summer is very, very unlikely. Weve never had one. So if it isnt in may, then i think we can probably hold off the speculation a little bit, at least until the autumn. Okay, olivia, thanks very much indeed. Well, if you want much indeed. Well, if you want to get stuck into everything political, got a new political, weve got a new podcast is launched today podcast which is launched today from Christopher Hope, our political its called Political Editor. Its called choppers political podcast. And first up on the guest list is Holly Valance. Now, if you want to listen to it, itll be available at gbnews. Com or wherever you get your podcasts. I think crime is out of control. All of us have been robbed on kings road in our air. Yeah. What happened when you got robbed . I just had my phone taken out of the pram like she was stealing off the ceiling. Off a mum with her baby in the pram. Its pretty low stuff. No, i wasnt hurt, fortunately, but. Yeah ive had friends get belted for their phones and watches and home raids and trying to kick in doors and its just in chelsea. Yeah. Particularly in chelsea because they know people are Walking Around with probably a nice watch on. Yeah. And the police are helpful. They rob me. Theyre in for a nasty surprise. Im usually in a swatch down the street. No offence to swatch then. The and one of the police who were very helpful, they they dont really turn up. You can call them, but i dont ever see a bobby. Its like kids point and stare now and you see a policeman on the street. Look, mum, a real live street. Look, mum, a real live police person. Person. So pc police person. Person. So pc policeman , animal person, pet policeman, animal person, pet policeman, animal person, pet police person, police person. Give me a break. Policeman. Officer yeah. Yes. Well, they are the government. The government, uk government. The government, uk government is investing more in police in england and wales. Maybe so theyre meant to be more around to reassure. It would be nice to. I think its a deterrent at the very least. And i also dont understand how this day and understand how in this day and age, cheap technology, age, with such cheap technology, for , cctv, like for instance, with cctv, like anyone stick a ring camera anyone can stick a ring camera anywhere for £150, why , for anywhere for £150, why, for instance, our high street doesnt have any cctv cameras. Now, im not a big person that wants a lot of cameras around , wants a lot of cameras around, but on a high street where everyones being robbed blind , everyones being robbed blind, it might be a nice idea. And it doesnt cost much. So then why . Doesnt cost much. So then why . Why . Why dont we have that . Yes you. Are you a backer of the tories or reform . Where are you politically . So last time i voted conservatives. Voted conservatives. Next time ill be voting reform. Really . Yeah. You are. Youre really . Yeah. You are. Youre youre youre. Well, i think the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different outcome. And im sure as hell not going to labour. So thats probably where im at. So were speaking to we go where lee anderson across the floor just shortly short a short distance from where were sitting and became the reform uks first mp. You support that. Yeah. He was i support anybody that sort of sticks to what they believe in and doesnt isnt a turncoat , doesnt do a million turncoat, doesnt do a million flip flops and u turn so i can have respect for that even for like nutters on the other side, if you stick to what you believe and you keep reiterating that over years and years, i can always respect that, i might not agree you , but i get that agree with you, but i get that more than the changing the minds and the flipping around and never having conviction, not being like sort of staunchly for or something thats or against something thats confusing to people. And i think people are sick of that. Yeah. And he certainly believes of some things that he feels party doesnt anymore. Yeah mean, lees from i mean, lees moved from labour conservatives to labour to conservatives now to reform. Its really weird because there this reform because there was this reform party in canada in 1993 that ditched the tories in canada as well, got rid of the, blew them to smithereens , which is to smithereens, which is probably whats going to happen here. Its not that i think that were necessarily going to have a reform government. No, but its a means to the next chapter of what things will look like. I devoured his mind when he shut the party. Yeah, were sure it is. It is. Well, look, in response to her criticism of the police , the her criticism of the police, the met have said we continue to dedicate our resources into tackling robbery, knife crime and taking weapons off the streets in westminster and kensington and chelsea. Officers are regularly deployed into known hotspots using innovative tactics in conducting high visibility patrols to keep the community safe. And now lets talk about the royals. They are, as they say, the gift that keeps on giving, all over the newspapers again today. Because the duchess of sussex, thats meghan, has launched a new lifestyle brand called american riviera orchard, where shes apparently going to sell a variety of household items. I wish you bluebird birds in the spring to give your heart a song to sing and then a kiss. But more than this, i wish you love well. If you need a new mixing bowl, you know where to go. Marigold. Household gloves i just dont get it. Anyway, critics have slammed all of this, and its not necessarily that shes trying to flog this stuff to people who have more money than sense. Its have more money than sense. Its the fact that the timing is very poon the fact that the timing is very poor. Because she launched the site just minutes before Prince William took to the stage to honour his mother at the diana legacy. Legacy awards. Prince harry it was, of course, also there, but on video , and he didnt make his appearance until after Prince William had actually left. Yeah, lets see what Cameron Walker, our royal correspondent , walker, our royal correspondent, makes of it all. As i say, if she wants to do all of this fair play she wants to do all of this fair play to her. You know, lots of celebs do it. But it is the timing which raises a lot of questions. It is very suspicious timing. It was literally an hour before Prince William arrived at the Science Museum for the diana legacy yesterday, that legacy awards yesterday, that this and this Instagram Account and website launched website unexpectedly launched with meghans new lifestyle blog, something which she has done before. Actually, before she was engaged to prince harry, she was engaged to prince harry, she launched the tig, named after one of favourite after one of her favourite wines. A very successful lifestyle blog, hasten to add, lifestyle blog, i hasten to add, and course meghan is free now and of course meghan is free now to pursue commercial endeavours, which doing. But which is what shes doing. But yes, stephen, the timing was quite significant. So i think quite significant. So i think critics of her would say it was aimed to overshadow the awards paying aimed to overshadow the awards paying tributes to the legacy of diana, princess of wales , but i diana, princess of wales, but i suppose but that is her thing, isnt it . She wants to launch a lifestyle blog. Shes got a brand new agent, wme , a very brand new agent, wme, a very prestigious Hollywood Agency whos going to be helping her with commercial endeavours and with a commercial endeavours and perhaps rebranding to her perhaps rebranding her to her Approval Ratings on both sides of the atlantic are kind of rock bottom at the moment. Its only Prince Andrew whos really lower than her, and thats something that be keenly, keenly that she will be keenly, keenly aware of and will want to improve. Its interesting, one of our viewers, mary monie, mary says youre right about youre absolutely right about the her new company. The timing of her new company. Why promote a company the timing of her new company. Why got promote a company the timing of her new company. Why got nothing omote a company the timing of her new company. Why got nothing to ote a company the timing of her new company. Why got nothing to sella company the timing of her new company. Why got nothing to sell yetmpany thats got nothing to sell yet except to try and upstage Prince William . A bit of cooking william . Yeah, a bit of cooking videos, rearranging flowers, White Flowers , roses. White flowers, roses. It looks very californian, doesnt it . Rather than very royal, it says meghan, duchess of sussex, on the title, but of course shes capitalising on the american riviera orchard brand , american riviera orchard brand, so well have to wait and see how well it does. But i think a lot of people are questioning the timing this morning, particularly the fact that prince harry, her husband, was also in diana also taking part in the diana legacy yeah, okay. Legacy awards. Yeah, okay. Cameron, thank you very much indeed. Yeah. Yeah. Jane says, why is she dressed up like Queen Victoria in a black dress well she black dress as well as if she wanders around montecito dressed like maybe like that . Very weird. Maybe everybody like that . Very weird. Maybe eve maybe the thing. Anyway, maybe its the thing. Anyway, look, want a great fancy look, if you want a great fancy dress, maybe you need to get involved the great involved in the great spring. British giveaway. 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On friday the 29th march. Full terms and Privacy Notice at gbnews. Com. Forward slash win. Gbnews. Com. Forward slash win. Please check the closing time if watching or listening on demand. Good 921. Its lovely to be with you, but only for another few minutes. However, theres something very important to talk about right now, because new rules are going to give staff at nhs england paid leave if they suffer a miscarriage. Following extensive campaigning by groups right across the country. Yeah, any of the nhs England Staff who miscarry in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy will be able to take ten days paid leave, their partners can take five. Well, were lucky enough right now to be able to speak exclusively to the founder of georges law and National Baby loss campaigner, kelly langthorne, a very good morning to you, kelly. First of all, its called georges law because its called georges law because it is a major step forward. And thats one of your sons names, isnt it . Yes it is. And yes, i lost my son. Unfortunately. George, two years ago, he was stillborn at 23 weeks, i was flabbergasted after having george to know that i was required by law to return straight back to work the next day. So under current legislation in the uk, if you give birth to a baby under 24 weeks, the law says you should be going back to work the next day. So, for instance, i left george at the mortuary on a thursday evening, had a midwife coming to stock my milk on a friday. But the law says i should be in work. The next day. I mean, absolutely i mean, its absolutely crackers, mean, this crackers, isnt it . I mean, this clearly a victory, but a clearly is a victory, but a victory sense. Victory for common sense. Yeah, de man. And yeah, it is de man. And i think its like i say, its such an archaic way of working now. And dont know why we are not and i dont know why we are not following the new model. Following the new zealand model. And law and allowing and changing law and allowing employees to three days paid leave. So under legislation in new zealand, all employees get three days paid leave in the event of a miscarriage under 24 weeks. And it is it is so, brilliant to see the nhs sort of taking a stance there. The uks biggest employer at 1. 7 million employees and their the space that theyre on their knees in terms of financial hardship. But terms of financial hardship. But if the, if the nhs can do this, i dont know why others cant. Yeah. Yeah. And you make the interesting point as well that although it is now there for nhs workers, they may have to face sending home bereaved parents who havent got that right. Exactly. Yeah exactly. So theyre sending home these women who and men. And in a situation who and men. And in a situation where weve got more women in working than ever before, weve got were encouraging men to do more about their Mental Health. But we still havent got this statutory protection. And im pleased that some of the pleased to see that some of the big this week. So john big players this week. So john lewis, santander, tesco , lidl, lewis, santander, tesco, lidl, theyre all following suit with theyre all following suit with the nhs. But more needs to be done and the government doesnt. Doesnt it just show that we as a state look upon miscarriage as a state look upon miscarriage as just some sort of feminine problem and they dont see it as the terrible bereavement that it is . Yeah and rishi sunak the business secretary say take it sick, leave this is not sickness. No. Okay. And we need to do more for maternal bereavement care. And i think this needs to be the stepping stone to the government taking action and putting in proper statutory protection, changing parental and changing the parental and bereavement act and making georges loss, making georges law a law. Yeah. Well, look, as you say, first step. Lets hope theres more to come. Keeley, good to talk to you this morning. Yeah. Talk to you this morning. Yeah. Well done. Much indeed. All right, ellie and pip are up next with britains newsroom. Morning. You too. Morning. Plenty morning. Weve got plenty on the menu today. Mps deserve that pay rise . Do mps deserve that pay rise . Some might think they deserve a pay some might think they deserve a pay cut. And this also comes as we hear that mps in the commons do a shorter day, shorter 25 than in 25 years. Oh so its an interesting talking point. Does your own mp deserve a pay rise . Let us know what you think. Yeah let us know. Also, would you buy Meghan Markles jam . Is that what shes going to be flogging on this one . Well lots of different things. An but jam spreads, glasses, homeware that kind of thing new lifestyle thing on this new lifestyle blog. Question blog. But our question this morning coincidence morning was was it coincidence or calculated that or was it calculated that it was an hour before diana legacy award . Yeah, its an interesting one, ladies. Shall see you in just we shall see you in just a couple of minutes. Lets get a check on your weather. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Heres your latest gb news weather from the met office. It has been a pretty mild week , but were actually mild week, but were actually likely to see a touch of frost in some places tonight. Before then, though, its a showery day for many of us. Perhaps some more persistent rain across parts of southern scotland , parts of southern scotland, Northern England, but that will clear towards the east as clear away towards the east as we through day. We go through the day. Elsewhere, some bright or sunny spells, also quite a few spells, but also quite a few showers could showers and some of these could turn possibly even turn heavy, possibly even thundery down towards the south east. Is mild at south east. It is still mild at the moment. Temperatures reaching highs around 15 or reaching highs of around 15 or 16 so well above 16 celsius, so well above average for the time of year, but cooler towards the north as we go. Later on, we are actually going to see a ridge of High Pressure building thats going to quieten our weather down. So most ease most of the showers will ease and and clear away and die out and clear away towards east. And its towards the east. And so its going to turn mostly dry overnight we will have some overnight and we will have some clear result. Were clear skies. As a result. Were going see temperatures taking going to see temperatures taking a most places a bit of a dip. Most places turning a bit chilly across some northern we could see northern parts. We could see a touch of frost as temperatures fall a little bit freezing fall a little bit below freezing in prone spots. So we wake up saturday a but saturday morning a chilly but mostly few mostly fine start, maybe a few pockets fog staying pockets of fog around staying generally dry with a decent amount sunshine towards the amount of sunshine towards the north east, but across north and east, but across southern parts here, southern and western parts here, clouds push its way in, clouds going to push its way in, some outbreaks of rain initially turning we go through turning heavier as we go through the will the afternoon. Temperatures will pick chilly start, pick up after a chilly start, so again were likely see highs again were likely to see highs in mid teens celsius. Rain in the mid teens celsius. Rain will push through as we go through night into through saturday night into sunday, once clears, sunday, but once that clears, sunday, but once that clears, sunday looking mostly dry for sunday is looking mostly dry for many by by looks like many of us. By by looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Good morning. Its 930 on friday, the 15th of march. This is britains newsroom on gb news with pip tomson and me. Ellie costello. Costello. Meghan markle launches a new lifestyle brand moments before Prince William takes to the stage to honour his mother, Princess Diana. Coincidence or Princess Diana. Coincidence or calculated . Our reporter Cameron Walker has more. Prince william says he and catherine focus on the legacy of princess