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To get in touch with the commoner. People like me, probably. But is she turning into labours Worst Nightmare . Well they deny any wrongdoing, but now the police are involved. The heat is being turned up. Well look at that. Will that impact the fact that keir starmer is absolutely to me, positioning himself as a tony blair . Mark two its almost things can only get better. Weve got the union flags, weve got defence spending, weve got positions on trident that put a world of difference between him and Jeremy Corbyn. And yesterday wes saying theyre wes streeting saying theyre going to part privatise the nhs is the labour party a government in waiting, or will Angela Rayner rain on that parade . Well, i want to hear from you. And theres a new way to get in touch with us. Send your views and comments by and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com your say. Get in touch. Before all of that, its time to kick off the show with your headlines. And its sam francis. Its sam francis. Martin, thank you very much and good afternoon from the gb newsroom just after 3 00. And we start with that story there start with that top story there that martin was mentioning. Sir keir starmer is keir starmer says he is confident that Angela Rayner has not any rules after not broken any rules after Greater Manchester police launched an investigation into her tax affairs. Its over. The sale of her Council House in stockport a decade ago. Questions have been asked about whether she paid the right amount of tax and if it was her main home. Angela rayner, though, denies any wrongdoing. Though, denies any wrongdoing. The labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the investigation by police will reveal the facts. We welcome this investigation because it will allow a line to because it will allow a line to be drawn in relation to this matter. I am fully confident that Andrew Rayner has not broken the rules. She will broken the rules. She will cooperate with the investigation as you would expect , cooperate with the investigation as you would expect, and its really a matter for the police. Really a matter for the police. Staying with that story, defence secretary grant shapps has accused Angela Rayner of double standards and welcomed the launch of the investigation. The launch of the investigation. I think the double standards have been extraordinary, Angela Rayner herself has spent her political career calling people out for exactly the thing that she seems to be doing now. Its not acceptable to ignore it and its not acceptable for keir starmer to say he wont even read reports into it. This is something which is a serious matter. Its something which is a serious matter. Its important that its looked into properly, and i welcome the idea that the police are doing that. In other news, today , the in other news, today, the former managing director of the post office has admitted he should have known that there was a deliberate plan to use charges of theft as what have been described as a sledgehammer , to described as a sledgehammer, to crush subpostmasters into submission. Speaking at the submission. Speaking at the horizon inquiry this morning, alan cook also admitted that he didnt know the organisation was itself prosecuting subpostmasters in about two thirds of cases. It comes as new documents revealed that mr cook had suggested in an email from 2009 that subpostmasters, he said, chose to blame technology when they were short for cash. When they were short for cash. Sir keir starmer has committed to boosting the uks Defence Defence budget to 2. 5 if he becomes Prime Minister that matches the current governments target. The labour leader is visiting a shipyard in barrow in furness, where Nuclear Submarines are being built, and he says that britains Nuclear Deterrent is the bedrock of labours plan to keep the country and said his Party Country safe and said his party was making what he called a generational commitment to defence. The government, though, described as described the plan as a distraction. A man who attacked distraction. A man who attacked and killed another man with a serrated hunting knife in a cornwall nightclub has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 23 years. Jake hill, also injured four others in just 20s outside the eclipse nightclub , causing fatal wounds nightclub, causing fatal wounds to 32 year old Michael Riddiough allen, who intervened to protect others. The judge in the case praised his bravery, calling him a man of exceptional qualities. 22 year old tia taylor also received a three year sentence for manslaughter , and 23 year for manslaughter, and 23 year old Chelsea Powell was jailed for 15 months for perverting the course of justice. And in other news, a 23 year old man has denied murdering a Good Samaritan who died as he was trying to help a stranger, 46 year old Chris Marriott was on a post christmas walk with his wife and two Young Children when he stopped to help a woman who was unconscious in the street. He was then killed when a car ploughed into a small crowd following a disturbance in the burngreave area of sheffield. Burngreave area of sheffield. Hassan jahangir denied the murder and manslaughter of mr marriott, but pleaded guilty to causing his death by dangerous driving. There are serious driving. There are serious shortcomings in the bank of englands Economic Forecasting methods. Thats according to a report by former chair of the Us Federal Reserve, ben bernanke. It found that staff were using out of date software with functions that could be automated, often performed manually. It comes after several of the banks forecasts were repeatedly inaccurate during a penod repeatedly inaccurate during a period of economic turbulence. Period of economic turbulence. Gatwick has been ranked britains Worst Airport for flight delays. Data from the Civil Aviation authority shows that departures were nearly 27 minutes behind schedule, on average in 2023. Luton airport had the second poorest record, with an average delay of almost 23 minutes, and in third place was manchester at almost 22 minutes. And finally , before we minutes. And finally, before we hand back to martin in westminster, concerned children around the world are breathing a sigh of relief today after its been confirmed that the cartoon dog bluey will return for another season. The future of tvs biggest childrens show was in doubt recently, when the fictional heeler family put their queenslander house up for sale, but the series executive producer has told australias abc radio that an upcoming extended episode is intended as a test for a possible feature film. Bluey was the second most streamed show in the us last yean streamed show in the us last year, just behind us drama suits. Good news for us all. Well, for the latest stories , you can for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code there on your screen or go to gbnews. Com alerts. Now though, its back to. Martin. Thanks, sam. Now lets kick off todays show with the Massive Development in the Angela Rayner affair, and labours deputy leader is now being investigated by police over whether she broke the law when she sold her Council House in 2015. Greater Manchester Police had previously said it would not be investigating the allegations against rayner, but they have acted following a complaint from tory deputy chairman james daley. Well, im joined now in our westminster studio by our Political Editor, chris hope. Chris, welcome to the studio. Always a delight. This has been rumbling on and on and on. But now the old bill are involved and its taken a different turn. It certainly has. It goes back ten years ago, when Angela Rayner had this house, which she sold in 2015, and she and she had a house round the corner with her then husband. But was she living in that house originally in the part of originally in the early part of the decade . And if so, did the last decade . And if so, did she break law by she break electoral law by saying she was living there when in fact shes living round the corner . And this entire corner . This and this entire debate relates to has she not not say where she was living on the on the electoral register . James daly mp hes a local tory mp. Hes been pressing for the police to investigate the reports, in newspapers today that neighbours havent been grilled or spoken to by the police , and they are now the police, and they are now the Greater Manchester police are now saying theyre investigating whether any offences have been committed. Thats big committed. And thats a big deal committed. And thats a big deal, because it means deal, i think, because it means the party having sense the labour party having a sense lost control of this one rather than laying the than laying out all the information had. Angela information they had. Angela rayner and said advice rayner and said shed had advice saying no tax laws are saying that no, no tax laws are broken if it was a second home should she paid Capital Gains tax also a advice tax and also a some advice on whether laws were broken elsewhere that thou is now with the police, it will just take its course, and it could be months and months before we find the labours the end of it. For labours point, should say. They are point, they should say. They are saying that. Angela, welcome to the chance to set the record facts the police. We remain facts with the police. We remain completely confident angela facts with the police. We remain comcomplied� nfident angela facts with the police. We remain comcomplied� nfidethe angela facts with the police. We remain comcomplied� nfidethe rules1gela facts with the police. We remain comcomplied� nfidethe rules atela has complied with the rules at all , and its now all times, and its now appropriate to let the police do its work. Starmer in its work. Keir starmer in barrow. Big deal talking about his commitment the nuclear his commitment to the Nuclear Deterrent, hes had to say we welcome and it will welcome this and it will allow a chance for a line to withdrawn. Number 10 is saying Angela Rayner must come clean. About this grant the thing about this grant shapps said it today. Weve shapps have said it today. Weve been saying this for been saying it on this show for weeks. Feels like a case of weeks. It feels like a case of double standards because here is somebody. Angela rayner somebody. Angela rayner screaming from the rooftops for peoples heads on the conservative side of the house. If they break rules or laws. And yet i found it astonishing when you spoke to keir starmer last week, he said, i dont need to know the details. Youre a barrister. Taken her word. Hes hes taken her word. Hes taken her word for it. And then theres this blended family shes family business. Oh, shes a northern been northern woman. Theres been a feeling that different rules apply. David lammy said apply. David lammy even said that. Apply. David lammy even said that. And yet, clearly, in the that. And yet, clearly, in the eyes of law, they dont. And eyes of the law, they dont. And whats happened here, theyve now lost control of the narrative. Narrative. Thats right. I mean, keir starmer last week when we asked him , didnt we, have asked him, didnt we, have you asked to this written to see this, this written evidence from the tax advice or the other expert advice to show that Angela Rayner is innocent . I didnt to see that id i didnt need to see that id take her word. David take her at her word. David lammy the weekend saying lammy at the weekend saying it, said a northern said criticism of a northern woman is not fair on her. We had Rachel Reeves. I was asking her questions tuesday, she said. Rachel reeves. I was asking her querbacked tuesday, she said. Rachel reeves. I was asking her querbacked angela ay, she said. Rachel reeves. I was asking her querbacked Angela Rayner, ;aid. Rachel reeves. I was asking her querbacked Angela Rayner, etc. She backed Angela Rayner, etc. And today keir starmer has been asked three times should Angela Rayner quit if shes found to have broken the law over the house . He wouldnt say. Have broken the law over the house . He wouldnt say. Wouldnt house . He wouldnt say. Wouldnt answer that question three times. And course, people on times. And of course, people on twitter that when twitter are saying that when angela after Angela Rayner was going after the on breaches of the tory party on breaches of dunng the tory party on breaches of during the partygate investigation, parties when they werent allowed during the covid pandemic, saying how can pandemic, she was saying how can he stay . How can Boris Johnson, for example, stay as Prime Minister just to repeat, of course, just to repeat, angela has completely Angela Rayner has completely denied. Labour denied all allegations. Labour party saying they welcome the chance to set out the facts with the police. Anyway, news the police. But anyway, the news about has about Angela Rayner has certainly big certainly overshadowed a big announcement certainly overshadowed a big aaneir ement certainly overshadowed a big aaneir starmer , whos promised sir keir starmer, whos promised that uks Nuclear Deterrent that the uks Nuclear Deterrent is safe in his hands. And sir keir has spent today in barrow in furness, where his party has said all four new dreadnoughts Nuclear Submarines would be built under a Labour Government. And its a huge shift in policy from the Jeremy Corbyn years, of course, where he was famously opposed to the use of Nuclear Weapons. But sir opposed to the use of Nuclear Weapons. But sir keir opposed to the use of Nuclear Weapons. But sir keir says the weapons. But sir keir says the labour has changed its ways. Commitment ive made here today is really important. I think im the first labour leader to come. Here to the leader to come. Here to the shipyard, here to see the building of the submarines for 30 years and to make a very important general national commitment, which to commitment, which is to the dreadnought submarines, to the continuous dreadnought submarines, to the co the uous dreadnought submarines, to the co the upgrade that are needed to the upgrade that are needed over time. And, of course , over time. And, of course, theres aukus in there as well. So this is a generational commitment. So chris obe still with me in the studio. See the rayner announcement has rained on the parade here because this i felt appears to be the labour party. Sir keir starmer position themselves as centrists, as blairites, as people who care about things that the conservatives perhaps should care about. More like privatising partially the nhs and defence. Hard to find any its very hard to find any real difference between the major parties. Increasingly, labours going on to turf. Labours going on to tory turf. 2. 5 on 2. 5 commitment of gdp spent on defence when its affordable. Thats commitment. Thats also a tory commitment. Owls with keir starmer in estonia for gb news i asked him a question would you Fire Nuclear Weapons this Nuclear Weapons to protect this country . He made clear that the point of a deterrent you point of a deterrent is you dont when use it, but dont say when youd use it, but he it if necessary. He would use it if necessary. Thats Jeremy Corbyn thats what Jeremy Corbyn wouldnt asked wouldnt say when hes asked that question on that very same question on the bbc after became bbc shortly after he became leader, in, in in leader, back in, back in, in in 20 2015. So i think they are clearly trying to show how different they are to the tory party. We had wes streeting on the channel didnt we. Just yesterday he was saying we willingly use the private sector to clear entire backlog of to clear the entire backlog of operations required 7 million or so. Thats never going to happen. But it shows intent. Theyre not going to hide behind dogma to get the best answer for people voters. And people who the voters. And thats they are desperate to thats why they are desperate to win power. Certainly seems like and it certainly seems like they sounding they are increasingly sounding more like the more and more like the conservatives. Talk conservatives. And lets talk about them now, because im joined the former joined by the former conservative neil parish. Conservative mp neil parish. Neil, welcome to the show. Always delight to have you on. Always a delight to have you on. So in 1997, it was things can only get better and it has to be said neil parish, that sir keir starmer is starting to sound a lot like tony blair. Yes, i think he is. I think hes positioned himself in the right place actually, because , right place actually, because, you know, taking politics aside with the russian aggression in the ukraine, with the situation in the middle east, we really do need the labour party to be clear on our Nuclear Deterrent, both to replace the dreadnoughts , but and also to, to actually use the Nuclear Deterrent because i, you know, fought the 2019 election when Jeremy Corbyn said, well, ill keep the Nuclear Deterrent, but i wont necessarily use it, i mean, thats what actually deterrent if youre not you. So therefore, i think, you know, i very much welcome this. Of course, its not only good for the country , not only good for the country, keir starmer says its good for the labour party because hes positioning himself clearly in the middle ground. Hes hes promised also 2. 5 of gdp on defence. I suspect thats going to have to even go higher , to have to even go higher, especially if the russians dont stop in ukraine. So, you know, keep attacking ukraine and driving forward. Were going to need even more spend on defence, i suspect. And so neil parish, we find ourselves in an extraordinary position here where you say, yeah , starmers ideas are good. Yeah, starmers ideas are good. Thats should doing thats what we should be doing in the country. Has he completely stolen the march on the conservative party . Hes sounding more and more like a tory every day. Yesterday we had wes streeting saying yes , lets wes streeting saying yes, lets look at a partial privatisation method of the nhs. Nigel farage thinks that should happen. The thinks that should happen. The labour party are saying it have the conservative party missed a tnck . The conservative party missed a trick . Have they been out . Taunted by sir keir starmer . I think on the Health Service, of course, its always easier for labour move easier for labour to move towards privatisation than it is the tories, because of course its always a call from the left to the labour party that the tories are privatised , the tories are privatised, the Health Service when blatantly we have and so labour in a way have not and so labour in a way are in a position to say, well if we need to use the private sector, we will and probably wont frighten the unions. You can imagine what the unions would do with the tory government if we had suggested such a thing. So, in a way, it gives him an opportunity to look even more like the tories than the tories. Now, whether youve got the capacity in the private sector to be able to deliver this, i dont know. Sector to be able to deliver this, i dont know. But it is a step in the right direction. And who can blame, keir starmer and the labour party , for the labour party, for positioning himself in the Centre Ground when the tories are scrapping, and sort of moving to the right, hes moving into Centre Ground all the time. And of course , the tories are and of course, the tories are trying to go for this mythical vote thats further and further on the right, which i dont think be enough to win them think will be enough to win them the general election. And so keir moving from the keir starmer is moving from the left, towards the centre, towards the right. And of towards the right. And of course, that in, you know, in manoeuvring terms in politics is probably exactly right for him and the labour party. But on the defence i do welcome it because, you know , as a man who believes you know, as a man who believes in defending country , and in defending our country, and most people do, i think, you know, we do need this assurance and it sends a clear message to russia , to iran, to all of these russia, to iran, to all of these people who are threatening the west , okay. West, okay. Nick. Neil, its chris hope in the studio with martin. Ive got to ask you a question. Youre a former tory mp. You sound like youre about to vote labourin sound like youre about to vote labour in next election. Labour in the next election. Will labour . Labour in the next election. Wilprobably labour . Labour in the next election. Wilprobably not,our . Labour in the next election. Wilprobably not, but labour in the next election. Wilprobably not, but its probably not, but its probably not damning with faint praise. Its tempting because, you know, i, i think i very much a supporter of rishi sunak, actually. But, i really dont like the behaviour of many of my colleagues because its sort of a Self Destruct button. So, i, we got a good local candidate standing where i live in somerset, so i will probably be able to vote for him, and then hold my nose with the rest of the party. But, i can see many tories, who are sort of one nafion tories, who are sort of one nation type tories, who will be, looking at labour, i suspect, quite. And some of them will quite. And some of them will most definitely vote for them. Most definitely vote for them. Thatis most definitely vote for them. That is what keir starmer is doing, but like i said, who can blame him . But like i said again , i repeat as far as defence is concerned, i welcome his position. Wow, youve been watching a Party Political broadcast for the labour party by neil parish. The labour party by neil parish. Only joking captain, but you have to. They havent paid me for my, my, my. But i think i was trying to be absolutely fair. My, my. But i think i was trying to be absolutely fair. You see, to be absolutely fair. You see, today thats the idea. And thank you, chris, as well. You, chris, as well. Astonishing stuff. Okay. Always pleasure to have you on the show especially on a happy friday. Was neil parish. Astonishing. Yeah. Hold my nose. Some tories might have to hold their nose and vote for the labour party, says former tory mp neil parish. And i wonder how many voters will be echoing that sentiment. Chris, always pleasure and chris, always a pleasure and have on sir keir have lots more on sir Keir Starmers pitch to be the next prime throughout the Prime Minister. Throughout the show, theres plenty of show, and theres plenty of coverage website, coverage on our website, gbnews. Com. Youve helped to make it the Fastest Growing National Website in the National News website in the country, so thank you one and all. Now brace thyselves because its all. Now brace thyselves because wsfime all. 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Well, hopefully he will stick around. You want to win few around. If you want to win a few bob ggs now. The uk bob on the ggs now. The uk economy grew 0. 1 in february. Whoopeei according to the office for national statistics, suggesting signs that britain is creeping slowly out of that dreaded recession. Well, dreaded recession. Well, chancellor jeremy dreaded recession. Well, chancellorjeremy hunt said chancellor jeremy hunt said today that the figures show the economy is turning a corner, but shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says the low growth is a sign of conservative economic failure. Well lets now speak to the director of the popcorns in the studio. Joining me, mark littlewood. Thanks for joining us in the studio. So 0. 1. Its an upturn of sorts. Its a bit an upturn of sorts. Its a bit of a small firework, but its good news. It is good news. Look we are now probably out of recession , now probably out of recession, we will need to wait for the march figures, but if in january, february and march we burst through nought percent, then officially the recession will be over. But heres the point, martin. Im not blaming you or the media at large, but we get fixated about are we just in going backwards at in recession going backwards at sort of 0. 001 . Or are we just out of recession and growing and Going Forwards at 0. 1 . And the sad truth is actually, basically, since we bounced back from the lockdown, the economy has been flat lining has basically been flat lining either just above 0 or just below it. And thats a problem below it. And thats a problem because for jeremy hunt below it. And thats a problem because forjeremy hunt and because for jeremy hunt and rishi sunak, their hope was that we would see the, you know, a nice recovery start to kick in about now and in time for an election, probably in november. And there was more encouraging data yesterday from the that the United Nations saying that britain the fourth britain is now the fourth biggest exporter in the world. So the green shoots are there. The big question is, mark, will it be enough because rishi sunak almost seems to be betting his house on the economy, doing that lovely upward trajectory in time for whenever the general election is called . Is there enough stimulus here to get the voters excited or is it just a bit of a damp squib . Yeah, it is a little bit of a damp squib. I mean, i was hoping to see much higher numbers than this. Glad as i say, that this. Im glad as i say, that were no longer recession were no longer in recession mathematically, that doesnt matter. But its politically difficult if difficult for the government if were in a technical were actually in a technical recession. I think what rishi sunak hoping for more sunak will be hoping for more than the gdp figures will be when surveys about when we see surveys about confidence, because it might be that not getting that that youre not getting that much richer over the next few months, you can see that months, but you you can see that there are brighter days ahead that you expect 2025 and 2026 to be a lot better. So its a bit of on a wing and a prayer, a bit of on a wing and a prayer, a bit of a hope there rather than actual cash your pocket. Actual hard cash in your pocket. But start feel that but do people start to feel that confidence that will help the government . Is there still time for a booty bonus chancellor booty bonus from the chancellor of exchequer the next of the exchequer before the next general election . Is there still a giveaway, so, what a tax giveaway, and if so, what would you like to see . Because youre a low tax conservative, mark. Whats needed . Well, i would like to cut tax across the board. Hes going to across the board. Hes going to argue that he got the argue that he hasnt got the fiscal to do it. And fiscal headroom to do it. And that the Office Fiscal headroom to do it. And tha budget the Office Fiscal headroom to do it. And tha budget responsibility ffice fiscal headroom to do it. And tha budget responsibility will for budget responsibility will effectively veto any such plans. But i think weve got to get tax down on the things that we welcome. You know, income would welcome. You know, income would be an obvious one. Corporation tax , which the liz truss tax, which the liz truss government tried to get down, has flipped back up, probably not raising any revenue and dampening business growth. The worst of both worlds. Sometimes your taxes can be so high that they dont just deter Economic Growth , but they dont bring any growth, but they dont bring any additional money into the exchequer. Id like him to exchequer. So id like him to look at Corporation Tax and income know theres a lot income tax. I know theres a lot of pressure on inheritance tax. People would that well. People would like that as well. That relatively that could be done relatively cheaply. And the other one i really to look at is really want him to look at is stamp duty. Stamp duty clogs up whats already housing whats already a broken Housing Market, so hes going to be desperate sure that he desperate to make sure that he has for manoeuvre desperate to make sure that he hathe for manoeuvre desperate to make sure that he hathe autumn for manoeuvre desperate to make sure that he hathe autumn budget. Nanoeuvre desperate to make sure that he hathe autumn budget. Nanothate in the autumn budget. And that will essentially be the conservative partys to conservative partys pitch to the likely poll in, the nation. In a likely poll in, say, november isnt part of the problem. Now, mark, that on the nhs reform on nuclear, on gdp of defence spending this week the labour party was saying they want to cut Business Rates and rejuvenate the high streets. The partys feel same. And for partys feel the same. And for the labour party you can understand that pitch. This is blairism , its the Centre Ground blairism, its the Centre Ground again. Want and again. They want to win and theyre almost ditching the bad old of the left. But where old days of the left. But where does conservative does that leave the conservative party . Party is party . If the labour party is basically party in basically the tory party in disguise . Basically the tory party in dingrse . Basically the tory party in dingr is basically the tory party in dingr is the tory party the or is the tory party the labour party disguise . Right. Labour party in disguise . Right. We got back , we seem to have got back, strangely, consider strangely, in what we consider to political to be such Divisive Political times, to pretty much a consensus between the front benches of the major parties. Very different. If you start looking at the back benches of the major parties, but the front benches , were back to some sort benches, were back to some sort of 1970s consensus where everybody a managed everybody wants a managed economy. Arent really economy. There arent really plans or deregulation plans to get tax or deregulation down. There more than a down. There are more than a cigarette tory and cigarette paper between tory and laboun cigarette paper between tory and labour, but probably not a whole cigarette between the two of them. Unfortunately, think them. And unfortunately, i think if trajectory , if we stay in this trajectory, these sort of 0. 1 per month growth will be what we growth rates will be what we face for the years to come. That was going my and that was going to be my final question mark final question to you, mark littlewood. Theres not littlewood. If theres not a great difference in great deal of difference in terms it means for the terms of what it means for the pounds the pence my pounds and the pence in my pocket voter, i just pocket as a voter, i just want some. Want for change. Some. I want to vote for change. Then and isnt that the tories problem . Unless they do something quickly, Something Dynamic quickly, theyre in hot water. Yeah. Look, i think its always difficult for political always difficult for a Political Party office for party thats been in office for longer decade. There are longer than a decade. There are sort natural political sort of natural political cycles. Tried. I cycles. Rishi sunak tried. I dont think he did it very successfully position successfully to position himself as candidate at the as the change candidate at the conservative conference conservative Party Conference last that last october. I think that really rishis pitch is going to be steady as she goes and things are Getting Better and dont trust labour. Its going be trust labour. Its going to be basically oddly, basically that. But oddly, they dont have landed dont really seem to have landed too blows on the labour too many blows on the labour party over this angela party even over this Angela Rayner so i would rayner fiasco. So i would actually like to see the conservatives come out swinging. Not just on the economics, where id be a lot id like them to be a lot bolder, the politics too. Bolder, but on the politics too. I think a lot of people may coiicui. Concun always pleasure have always a pleasure to have you in and in the studio and mark littlewood, the littlewood, of course, the director popular director of the popular conservatives, director of the popular consen me es,westminster. Now, joining me in westminster. Now, theres to theres lots more still to come between and 4 00. And between now and 4 00. And theres great news our theres great news for our veterans government veterans as the government launches a scheme aimed at helping back into helping them to get back into high paid jobs. Superb stuff. But first time for your latest News Headlines. And its tatiana sanchez. Martin thank you. Martin thank you. The top stories this hour. The top stories this hour. Sir keir starmer says hes confident Angela Rayner has not broken any rules after Greater Manchester police launched an investigation over her tax affairs. Its over the sale of her Council House in stockport a decade ago. Questions have been decade ago. Questions have been asked about whether she paid the right amount of tax and if it was her main home. Angela rayner denies any wrongdoing. The labour leader says the investigation will reveal the facts. The former chief facts. The former chief executive of royal mail says hes surprised that the post Office Former managing director didnt know that he was the head of a prosecuting authority. Adam of a prosecuting authority. Adam crozier told the horizon inquiry this afternoon that the former post office boss gave the impression of someone who was very much in control of his brief. It comes as new documents reveal alan cooke suggested in an email from 2009 that subpostmasters chose to blame technology when they were short for cash. Scotland is proposing for cash. Scotland is proposing an alternative funding method to host the Commonwealth Games in 2026. The plan is described as Cost Effective and would reportedly not require significant public investment, with money instead coming from ticket sales and broadcasting rights. It comes after scotlands Commonwealth Games body commissioned a Feasibility Study , after the australian study, after the australian state of victoria pulled out of hosting the event. A final decision is due next month and concerned kids around the world are breathing a sigh of relief after it was confirmed that the cartoon dog bluey, will return for another season and possibly a movie. This series executive producer has told australias abc radio that an upcoming extended episode is intended as a test for a planned feature film. Bluey was the second most streamed show in the us last yean streamed show in the us last year, just behind us drama suits. For the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts. Just scan the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews. Com. Alerts. Alerts. 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Say by commenting, you can be part of a live conversation and join our gb news community. You can even talk to me bev turner or any of the members of the gb news family. Simply go to gbnews. Com your say i 2020. For a battleground yean 2020. For a battleground year, the year the nation decides. As the parties gear up their campaigns for the next general election. Who will be left standing when the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives . Who will rise and who will fall . Lets find out together for every moment. The the lows , the the highs, the lows, the twists and turns. Well be with you for every step of this journey in 2024. Gb news is britains election. Channel. Welcome back. Its 338. Im Martin Daubney and this is gb news. Now, later in the show, ill tell you why. One of the Great British institutions, the steam , could soon be steam train, could soon be extinct thanks to health and safety madness. Now its six months since the governments controversial barge, the bibby stockholm, first opened its doors to migrants. Since then, tensions among locals have been running high. One of the main sources of frustration amongst portlanders is a luxury Free Bus Service that ferries Asylum Seekers around town. While locals are often left out in the cold. Now southwest england reporter jeff moody has been to portland, where he found a Community Just as angry and just as divided as ever. Reporter when the bus comes in portland, not everyone can get on it. On it. If they travel on the bus with the local community, there could be some sort of integration because a lot of people are confused of why theyre here, and maybe a little chat on the bus, because thats where people do talk, because i meet people on the bus every day and you ended up chatting. Wouldnt this be a very great way integrate . Way to integrate . Theyre separate , kid. And how come the local community move forward if theyre always kept in isolation from us . For some, there are echoes of segregation, and its leading to resentment, resentment at the special buses, resentment at the health care, the bibi residents receive, resentment at the wet weather gear for hiking that Dorset Council provides. Six Dorset Council provides. Six months on from the arrival of the first residents on the bibby stockholm, the feeling of the local community is just as strong, just as divided and just as passionate as it always has been. And while a community that didnt ask for this argues and accuses the sheer cost of the bibby stockholm sticks in their throat. £34. 8 million. Throat. £34. 8 million. If you break that down into figures , that works out at figures, that works out at capacity at about 4500 pounds per month per head. And i mean, if you do a little bit of investigation , you can rent investigation, you can rent a really plush house in sandbanks for that money or an apartment in chelsea. Each or or, you know, you may as well just send them on, a caribbean cruise for a month, all inclusive, because thats, what, 4500 pounds a month will get you for your money. They were sold the idea the barge was cheaper on the taxpayers pocket than asylum hotels. But in an investigation by the National Audit office into the National Audit office into the home offices asylum policy , the home offices asylum policy, it was revealed not only is this more expensive than hotels at the time of commissioning, the barge , the home office had not barge, the home office had not even estimated costs. They were flying blind. Im shocked really. I mean , im shocked really. I mean, the home office blatantly lied, they told us that the bibby stockholm was to offer value for the taxpayer for housing Asylum Seekers. And we now know from seekers. And we now know from the National Audit Office Document that was released at the end of march that its not just a little bit more expensive, exorbitantly expensive, its exorbitantly more its more expensive. I mean, it its obscene the cost, the money that is being thrown at this barge. In a statement, the home office told gb news we have always been clear that the use of asylum hotels is unacceptable and thats why we acted swiftly to reduce the impact on local communities by moving Asylum Seekers onto barges and former military sites. While the National Audit offices figures include set up costs, it is currently better value for money for the taxpayer to continue with these sites than to use hotels, but the taxpayers in portland dont feel theyre getting value and they dont feel valued either. And its starting to be a problem. Jeff moody, gb news is. Moody, gb news is. Seeing what we could do with £34. 8 million in a community such as portland. Astonishing. Now sinn fein councillors have voted against the building in Northern Ireland, being named after the late Queen Elizabeth. What on earth is going on . Well find out after this. Im Martin Daubney gb britains daubney on gb news, britains news channel welcome back. Its 346. Im Martin Daubney, and this is gb news now. 4 00. Ill have news of a new Police Investigation into labours deputy leader, Angela Rayner. But before that, a council in Northern Ireland has been told it cannot name its town hall after the late Queen Elizabeth the second. Mid and east Antrim Borough Council wanted to change its name from the braid, but the Cabinet Office said the building did not have a Strong Enough royal connection. Well, two sinn fein councillors, james mccann andian fein councillors, james mccann and ian friary, voted against the name change. We went out and aboutin the name change. We went out and about in ballymena early today to find out what the locals thought about this decision. Thought about this decision. Ridiculous. Its ridiculous really. As hard to believe. Really. As hard to believe. Its very disappointing. Its very disappointing. Its very disappointing. I wasnt aware of that. I dont know what the problem would be. I think it would have been great for the town. It would be a great tribute to the late queen. Shes a great lady it be a nice lady and it would be a nice tribute to her. I dont think it will matter what called. Matters what its called. It matters about thats it. About the people thats in it. Thats what it thats thats what i think it matters about the souls thats running it. Not not no matter what called. Running it. Not not no matter whtyou called. Running it. Not not no matter whtyou know alled. Running it. Not not no matter whtyou know ,|lled. Running it. Not not no matter whtyou know , ifed. Running it. Not not no matter whtyou know , if theyre doing you know, if theyre doing a good job, then im for it. Good job, then im all for it. Know . You know . Emma emm well, there we go. An astonishing there. But astonishing decision there. But lets move on to this next story now, because theres some good news today for those brave men and put their lives on and women who put their lives on the line keep us safe. The the line to keep us safe. The government launching a plan government is launching a plan which pledges to help veterans secure high paid jobs after they leave the armed forces. Well, leave the armed forces. Well, rishi sunak met veterans in london earlier today to launch the scheme, which will be backed by £2. 1 million in new funding. By £2. 1 million in new funding. Well, im joined now in our westminster studio, delighted to say by gb News Reporter charlie peters. Charlie, welcome to the studio on this beautiful friday afternoon. So the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer, today setting out his tanks on torys lawns, making a big play on defence, 2. 8 gdp plus pledges to go nuclear. Rishi has also been out and about. Pledges to go nuclear. Rishi has also been out and about. Whats also been out and about. Whats his pledge. Well this £2. 1 million is part of a new drive called op prosper. Operation prosper and its about connecting employers with veterans to secure them in new high paid roles. Theres not a lot of clarity on what that actually means, but theyre talking about pathways and connecting with connecting businesses with veterans. In 2022, the government announced a National Insurance tax relief for any company that that employed veterans in their first role after service. We do know theyre going to extend that deal to those employers to help bnng deal to those employers to help bring more of that work to be done, but theyre pointing about needing veterans to get into areas of work where theyre not typically associated. And one of the industries theyve listed is professional services. Thats now biggest now one of the countrys biggest exporters. Britain became the exporters. Britain became the fourth largest exporter in the world week, according to world this week, according to the un, with professional services making up £185 services now making up £185 billion. Quite a significant billion. So quite a significant drive from the government here. Labour and reaction have said the shadow veterans minister, steve mccabe, has said that this is a step in the right direction, not criticising the move , but he did say that it move, but he did say that it comes as the tories have failed the veteran community for the last 14 years, and pointed to them halving funding for veteran support. This comes on the back of several packages that the veterans minister, johnny mercer, has announced in the last few years. There is operation courage in 2021, which was Mental Health support was a Mental Health support drive. 30,000 signed up that drive. 30,000 signed up for that and last year there was also operation fortitude about ending veteran homelessness. And we attended one of their launch events in aldershot. When that came about, however, the government pledged to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2023. Certainly havent achieved that, with figures actually rising on the last yeah okay, charlie peters, an excellent summary as ever. Lets get now the thoughts of the former British Army Officer Patrick Benham crosswell, who joins us. Patrick, welcome to the show. Always a pleasure. So the show. Always a pleasure. So rishi sunak pledging £2. 1 million today to help veterans find well paid work. My question to you is simple. Is find well paid work. My question to you is simple. Is it is it to you is simple. Is it is it enough or is it too little, too late . Late . I think its , there are about i think its, there are about 50,000 people leave the armed forces every year, so £2. 1 billion is £140 ahead, well, that doesnt change anything. I mean, it looks to me like a government, trying to find a nice headline, about a group who rightly or wrongly viewed as being perhaps its natural supporters. Most veterans leave the armed forces with skills very much in demand, and they move seamlessly into employment. There is a Culture Shock , on the way things Culture Shock, on the way things are done in the commercial world as opposed to the military. And that cuts both ways, you know . I mean, lets not forget that 25,000 servicemen, thats 15 last year were found to be living in, substandard accommodation by housing inspectors. So you know, theres not a huge problem for most veterans in getting employment. And indeed many firms , i and indeed many firms, i wont read off the names of many firms, actively seek them , and firms, actively seek them, and you find that, you know, if you google for job a veteran, separately, operation courage the veterans who are, either suffering Mental Health issues or obviously being disabled as a result of combat. Yes, of course they need help, operation courage, i think got million over three years, got 18 million over three years, another million another 2 million in. Might been there might have been a better but wouldnt better idea, but that wouldnt better idea, but that wouldnt be headline. Be such a good headline. Think that part of the do you think that part of the issue that we seem to be issue is that we seem to be crying for skills that crying out for the skills that veterans can offer, but not just in areas that like tech and all the rest of it. But what about like, Police Officers . I mean, the discipline, the physical fitness that veterans bring, theyd be excellent Police Officers. And yet now we seem to place so much , kind of prowess place so much, kind of prowess upon academic qualifications as they did. I mean, its always, cuts, you know, the mismatch between military qualifications , which military qualifications, which can be quite narrow, and, those in the wider community, but there are a number of Armed Forces Veterans in most of most of the services. Of the services. The police are medics, fire service , you know, these are service, you know, these are capable, capable guys and they dont necessarily want to take a job that, comes with perhaps the stress of being a policeman, some of , not not a stress of being a policeman, some of, not not a job i would ever want. I think were living in a world of gesture politics. And i think thats impacting adversely on policy across, you know, across the board. I mean, you know, the your earlier piece on the, you know, the barge in portland bill, you know, £54,000 a year to, house an illegal immigrant or £140 a year to get a job and get a job for veteran. You know, where the priorities are. Yeah, i think that will resonate with a lot of people. And thanks for joining us on the show. And thats former british army Patrick Benham army officer Patrick Benham crosswell. Joining crosswell. Thanks for joining us. Now weve us. Always a pleasure. Now weve had a load of your essays in youve been commenting on this top story of sir keir starmer and his Nuclear Pledge and 2. 5 gdp on defence and a common theme that keeps emerging is trust. Do you trust sir keir starmer . It might sound good on papeh starmer . It might sound good on paper, but do you trust him to deliver . Well, a lot of people out dont seem to do that, out there dont seem to do that, alison says this would trust alison says this would i trust the this and the labour party with this and theres about 16 question marks. She says. Well, having watched Jeremy Corbyn saying ban the bomb and the armed forces, bomb and bam, the armed forces, i dont think so. Robert adds this storm, his commitment to spend 2. 5 of gdp on defence. I wouldnt trust him to put my wheelie bin out a bit harsh. Rob. Anyway bernard says this starmer was fully co operative. Dont forget of corbyn when he was against Nuclear Weapons and now hes all for it all. Politicians should have to sign a contract with the electorate , a contract with the electorate, that they cannot change their mind on what they thought they, they would have fought their election on to get elected. And election on to get elected. And adrian quickly adds this. Starmer so called Nuclear Plans are already in place and underway. So the issue is trust. And early on we said you cant put a cigarette paper. Now between the parties, both between the two parties, both talking on defence, both talking tough on defence, both talking tough on defence, both talking tough on defence, both talking tough nuclear, where talking tough on nuclear, where is the difference between the two . But do people simply want to vote for change now theres a new way for you to get in touch with me, send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com your or say get gbnews. Com your say or say get in touch now. The big story next, labours deputy leader Angela Rayner is being investigated by police. Im investigated by police. Im Martin Daubney on gb news, britains news channel. Its your weather, its burkill. Your weather, its alex burkill. A brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on. Solar, sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello again. Heres your latest gb news weather update in association with the met office. Looking ahead to the weekend and its going to turn fresher with showers for many of us. But for the time being its still warm and largely settled across southern areas due to High Pressure here a different story further north, frontal systems pushing , bringing the pushing through, bringing the focus for some outbreaks of rain and the rain could be heavy at times across parts of scotland overnight, watch overnight, and do watch out for some , gusty winds towards some strong, gusty winds towards the drier the north west. Two a drier further south, though some murkiness, some low cloud, some coastal fog could develop around engush coastal fog could develop around English Channel coast. Not English Channel coast. Its not going chilly night, going to be a chilly night, temperatures generally holding up single figures or up in high single figures or double digits in some towns and cities go through cities as we go through tomorrow. Then any mr murk towards the far south should clear away quite quickly, and in the southeast actually the southeast its actually going largely fine going to stay largely fine through a big chunk of the day across northern and western parts of england and wales, the cloud some outbreaks parts of england and wales, the cl rain some outbreaks parts of england and wales, the cl rain more some outbreaks parts of england and wales, the cl rain more unsettled outbreaks parts of england and wales, the cl rain more unsettled acrossaks of rain more unsettled across parts of Northern Ireland and in particular scotland , some heavy particular scotland, some heavy downpours some particular scotland, some heavy downp gusty some particular scotland, some heavy downp gusty winds some particular scotland, some heavy downp gusty winds at some particular scotland, some heavy downp gusty winds at times. E strong gusty winds at times. Temperatures still above average for of year, though not for the time of year, though not quite as high as weve seen today. As we look towards sunday, its going to be a fresher day for all of us. Plenty of showers towards the northwest. Some them could northwest. Some of them could be heavy, thunder and heavy, could be some thunder and hail mixed in to drier picture heavy, could be some thunder and hail mixthe n to drier picture heavy, could be some thunder and hail mixthe southeaster picture heavy, could be some thunder and hail mixthe southeast. Picture heavy, could be some thunder and hail mixthe southeast. But ure heavy, could be some thunder and hail mixthe southeast. But into towards the southeast. But into the early part of next week, the showers to become more showers are going to become more widespread is going widespread and it is going to feel fresher than it feel markedly fresher than it has done of late. Thats it for me. Ill see again soon. Me. Ill see you again soon. That feeling inside from that warm feeling inside from boxt , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. A very good afternoon to you on this glorious friday. Its 4 pm. And welcome to the Martin Daubney show on gb news. Broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. On todays show, Greater Manchester police are now formally investigating Angela Rayner over the sale of her Council House. And while the labour party deny any wrongdoing, the timing couldnt be any worse for sir keir starmer because today the labour leader has gone nuclear on defence, promising to spend 2. 5 of gdp. And while sir keirs positioning labour as a blair style government in waiting will reina rain on his parade . And reina rain on his parade . And this week the echr dramatically ruled that the swiss government had failed its citizens on Climate Change. But that sent the leader of the swiss Independence Movement, cuckoo, and later on the show , hell and later on the show, hell tell us all about his plan to make a legal challenge against the echr and how are the new scottish hate crime laws getting on well, so well, the police have been given a guide on to how defend first minister humza yousaf, because theyre getting so many complaints. Theyre now given a script thats all coming up in your next hour. Given a script thats all coming up in your next hour. Yeah, that up in your next hour. Yeah, that ruling earlier this week by the European Court of human rights in switzerland , they were in switzerland, they were effectively saying the swiss government didnt do enough to protect its citizens from Climate Change. Well the swiss independent movement, who who put swiss sovereignty above all, just as we did with brexit, they are not taking this lying down. A dramatic legal intervention is on the way , with implications on the way, with implications for us in britain. If the swiss can tell the echr to do one, why cant we . Well have the leader of that movement, the president , on the show in about 20 minutes. Time for some inspiring way to give us to fight back against the echr so get stuck in, send your comments. I want to hear from you. And of course, theres a new way to get in touch with us. Send a new way to get in touch with us. Send views and post us. Send your views and post your by visiting your comments by visiting gbnews. Com your. Youll say gbnews. Com your say. Youll say im logged on, keep it clean and ill read out a few of the best before the end of the but before the end of the show. But before the end of the show. But before all of that, its time for your latest News Headlines. And tatiana sanchez. And its tatiana sanchez. Martin, good afternoon and thank you. The top stories this houh thank you. The top stories this hour. Energy minister Graham Stuart has announced hes standing down from his cabinet role to focus on local issues. The beverley and holderness mp said he plans to focus on issues such as making roads safer, broadband delivery and increasing the number of defibrillators in his constituency. He said hes proud to have served in government over the past eight years until fully supports the Prime Minister from the backbenches. Minister from the backbenches. Sir keir starmer says hes confident Angela Rayner has not broken any rules after Greater Manchester police launched an investigation over his tax affairs. Its over the scale of affairs. Its over the scale of her Council House in stockport a decade ago, questions have been asked about whether she paid the right amount of tax and if it was her main home. Angela rayner denies any wrongdoing. The labour leader says the investigation will reveal the facts. We welcome this investigation because it will allow a line to because it will allow a line to be drawn in relation to this matter. I am fully confident that Angela Rayner has not broken the rules. She will cooperate with the investigation, as you would expect, and its really a matter for the police. Defence secretary grant shapps has accused Angela Rayner of double standards and welcomed the launch of the Police Investigation. Investigation. I think the double standards have been extraordinary, Angela Rayner herself has spent her political career calling people out for exactly the thing that she seems to be doing now. Its not acceptable to ignore it, and its not acceptable for keir starmer to say he wont even read reports into it. This is something which is a serious matter. Its important that its looked into properly and i welcome the idea that the police are doing that. Are doing that. The former chief executive of royal mail says hes surprised that the post offices former managing director didnt know that he was the head of a prosecuting authority. Adam crozier told the horizon inquiry this afternoon that the former post office boss gave the impression of someone who was very much in control of his brief. It comes as new documents reveal alan cooke suggested in an email from 2009 that subpostmasters chose to blame technology when they were short for cash. A passenger on a tram for cash. A passenger on a tram who was involved in a struggle with a knife wielding attacker has been told he will not Face Criminal Charges , police say. Criminal charges, police say. Kyle knowles, who was 32, was armed with a knife when he boarded a tram in nottingham in june last year. He then launched an unprovoked attack on a passenger, causing serious knife wounds. However, the alleged attacker was himself fatally stabbed during the struggle. Stabbed during the struggle. Nottinghamshire Police Arrested the passenger on suspicion of murder shortly after the tram came to a stop. Theyve now concluded that he acted in self defence. A man who attacked self defence. A man who attacked and killed another man with a serrated hunting knife in a cornwall nightclub has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 23 years. Jack hill, also injured four others in just 20s outside the eclipse nightclub , causing fatal wounds nightclub, causing fatal wounds to 32 year old michael. Video to 32 year old michael. Video allen, who intervened to protect others the judge praised the victims bravery, calling him a man of exceptional qualities. 22 year old tia taylor also received a three year sentence for manslaughter , and 23 year for manslaughter, and 23 year old Chelsea Powell was jailed for 15 months for perverting the course of justice. There are serious shortcomings in the bank of englands Economic Forecasting methods. Thats according to a report by former chair of the Us Federal Reserve ben bernanke. It found staff were using out of date software which, with functions that could be automated, often performed manually. It comes after several of the banks forecasts were repeatedly inaccurate during a penod repeatedly inaccurate during a period of economic turbulence. Period of economic turbulence. Gatwick has been ranked britains Worst Airport for flight delays. Data from the Civil Aviation authority shows departures were nearly 27 minutes behind schedule on average in 2023. Luton airport had the second poorest record, with an average delay of almost 23 minutes, and in third place was manchester at almost 22. And concerned kids around the world are breathing a sigh of relief after it was confirmed that the cartoon dog bluey will return for another season. The future of tvs biggest childrens show show was in doubt recently, when the fictional heeler family put their queenslander house up for sale , but the series executive sale, but the series executive producer has told australias abc radio that an upcoming extended episode is intended as a test for a possible feature film. Bluey was the second most streamed show in the us last yeah streamed show in the us last year, just behind the drama suits. For the latest stories, suits. For the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. Or go to gbnews. Com alerts. Now back to. Martin. Thank you tatiana. Now we start with a Massive Development in the Angela Rayner affair thats been rumbling on now for donkeys and labours deputy leader is being investigated by police over whether she broke the law when she sold her Council House in 2015. Greater Manchester Police have previously said it would not be investigating the allegations against mrs. Rayner, but they have now acted following a complaint from tory deputy chairman james daley. Complaint from tory deputy chairman james daley. Well, im chairman james daley. Well, im joined now in our studio in westminster by our Political Editor , chris hope, and also editor, chris hope, and also down the line by former down the line by the former editor labourlist , peter editor of labourlist, peter edwards. Hell be joining us in a start with you, a bit. Lets start with you, chris. Today was meant to be the day where sir keir starmer pitched to the nation a blairite vision of things going to get better on defence. Yesterday wes streeting saying were going to partially look at privatising the nhs, a Prime Minister in waiting and all of a sudden rainer raining on his parade. Yeah , yeah, its been a yeah, yeah, its been a problem going going for a number of weeks now for Angela Rayner. Questions, questions, questions about home that she sold in about this home that she sold in 2015. There are two issues there. One about should she have paid Capital Gains tax if it wasnt actually her, her, her Main Residence . She said it says it was and indeed was. She not living there when she said she was. And thats what the police are looking at. The neighbours havent spoken greater havent been spoken to. Greater Manchester Police now say they are looking into investigation over whether that had happened, and looking whether offence and looking whether any offence had been committed as result had been committed as a result of maybe not declaring of her, and maybe not declaring what she should have declared onto the electoral register. Onto the electoral register. Labour say that angela welcomes the out the facts the chance to set out the facts with the police. We remain completely confident that angela has complied with the rules at all times, and is now appropriate let police do appropriate to let the police do their work keir says. Their work, keir starmer says. We lets a line we welcome it. Lets draw a line under the tory says under this. The tory party says theres sir theres questions to answer. Sir keir , interestingly, keir starmer, interestingly, wont say today three times asked should angela asked directly should Angela Rayner quit her role as deputy leader if she found guilty of any breaking any laws . That was obviously something which was was around at the time of the partygate situation , when Boris Partygate situation, when Boris Johnson had those drinks, when they be in breach of covid they may be in breach of covid rules. In they were in rules. In fact, they were in breach. Police that breach. The police found that he didnt resign, so lots of kind of saying the tories of rayner saying what the tories should that. Why should resign over that. Why wont starmer say the same wont keir starmer say the same thing let keir starmer thing here . Let keir starmer Andrew Gwynne of course maintains innocence maintains complete innocence over this. Whats been astonishing about this is the level i think of mismanagement grant shapps saying this appears to be saying today this appears to be double standard from Angela Rayner , and that has to be borne rayner, and that has to be borne out because shes been very critical, very open of those who fallen rules, fallen foul of rules, particularly partygate in particularly around partygate in the conservative party. Weve seen said to seen sir keir starmer said to you last week, i found it astonishing. We said i dont need to see the evidence. This is whos meant to be is the guy whos meant to be forensic, driven, kc is the guy whos meant to be forenslammy, driven, kc is the guy whos meant to be forenslammy, saying, kc is the guy whos meant to be forenslammy, saying she c is the guy whos meant to be forenslammy, saying she had david lammy, saying she had a blended family. David lammy, saying she had a blended family. Shes a northern blended family. Shes a northern woman. Things are different. Isnt the issue . The labour isnt that the issue . The labour party could have jumped on this grenade a time but now grenade a long time ago, but now the old bill are involved and now lost control of it. Now theyve lost control of it. Now is so what will happen now is the investigate. It the police will investigate. It can months. Can take months and months. There result coming out can take months and months. Th big announcement from labour leader starmer today, leader sir keir starmer today, who, as weve just said, hes promised the uks nuclear promised that the uks Nuclear Deterrent is safe in his hands. And sir keir spent today in barrow in furness, where his party has said that all four new dreadnoughts Nuclear Submarines would be built under a Labour Government. Now this is a huge shift in policy from the Jeremy Corbyn years of course, because corbyn years of course, because corbyn was famously opposed to the use of Nuclear Weapons. But sir keir says the labour party, well, its changed commitment. Ive made here today is really important. I think im the first labour leader to come here to the shipyard, here to see the building of the submarines for 30 years and to make a very important generational commitment, which is to the dreadnought submarines, to the continuous at sea deterrent and to the upgrades that are needed over time. And of course, theres aukus in there as well. So this is a generational commitment. So we talked there about the change. Chris between the corbyn years, corbyn, a pacifist who basically had no interest in defence or worse, was seen as somebody who was actively opposed to britain taking a stance on the international stage. Sir keir starmer sounding every inch the conservative. Whats striking me about this is that is the very that this is the very conservative pledge, 2. 4 gdp on defence, nuclear deterrence, safe. Its things can only get safe. Its things can only get better. Its wrap ourselves in union flags. So much so early on union flags. So much so early on we spoke to neil parish and he basically endorsed it. Neil parish being a former tory mp. Still, we assume a tory tory mp. Still, we assume a tory member. He tory mp. Still, we assume a tory member. He was saying he knows of tory tories who will hold their nose and vote labour, which is extraordinary. He, he which is extraordinary. He, he said he would vote for his local candidate where he lives in the west country. But yeah, that was quite striking. Of course, no quite striking. Of course, no longer an mp but keir starmer there, you very there, you said very conservative. These are actual conservative. These are actual conservative policies, 2. 5 gdp is the tory goal at the moment, when economic circumstances allow the same kind of, small print attached to the tory pledge, yeah. Labour are doing pledge, yeah. Labour are doing all they can to show to tory voters theres no risk with us. Its the same policies youd have with the tory party. The difference is new, fresh eyes on, problems which we all on, on on problems which we all know about. The thing about when parties you cant put a cigarette. People between their their policies, people think, well, lets go for some change. But can sir keir starmer be trusted to deliver . Because weve had loads of messages here, loads of your surveys coming in, chris, and people are saying, lets not forget sir keir starmer backed Jeremy Corbyn when his position was correct sir was the opposite. Correct sir keir starmer wanted to have a second referendum now. Now he wants to back brexit. Is there going to be an issue of trust, of believability , of, well, you of believability, of, well, you change your minds to flip flop and all those cliches . Or is it simply the case now, do you believe, chris, that the appetite so, so appetite is just so, so browbeaten the last few browbeaten by the last few years . Want change. Years . People just want change. I think there is a feeling that people are not listening to the party, earlier the tory party, even earlier this week had those. The this week we had those. The now uk fourth biggest uk is a fourth biggest exporter in up from in the world. Now up up from seventh. Moment. Seventh. Thats a great moment. No, real coverage of that, no, no real coverage of that, the pm rishi sunak is out and about today. No real coverage of that. He was with veterans in hendon. There was some coverage of the announcement, but otherwise no coverage of what he had to there. Yeah, had to say up there. Yeah, theres of time for theres a feeling of time for change, think no question change, but i think no question that at election that the tories at the election will looking at what did will be looking at what he did in sir starmer, in the past. Sir keir starmer, hes most of those in hes junked most of those in quotes student politics, which he elected. Thats he did to get elected. Thats a quote from his ally Jenny Chapman on choppers chapman to me on choppers political podcast a couple of weeks junked all those weeks ago. Junked all those almost. Say wherever he almost. Hell say wherever he needs say get elected. Needs to say to get elected. That tory attack on that will be the tory attack on him. Okay. Well, i can speak with well, i can now speak with the editor of labourlist, the former editor of labourlist, peter peter, welcome the former editor of labourlist, pet blair to me. You, this feels very, very tony blairto me. Its lets you, this feels very, very tony blair to me. Its lets talk about defence. Lets talk about partial privatisation of the nhs. Yesterday wes streeting saying nigel farage esque type movements on the nhs. It feels to me very much like tony blair has been advising on this. This feels centrist. It feels popular and this week it feels like sir keir starmer has finally just turned his back on the left. Turned his back on the left. Well, i wouldnt put it in those terms at all, first of all, everyone left, right or in the middle wants britain to keep safe. And thats why keir starmer has rightly renewed labours commitment to trident, the defence. The nuclear defence. Bear in mind that has been labour policy for decades, despite Jeremy Corbyns equivocating, it has been labour policy and then your other i mean, ill take it as a joke. Wes streeting and nigel farage are not separated by a fag paper. Farage are not separated by a fag paper. Theyre separated by several tennis courts. Theyre on the other spectrum. On the other spectrum. Peter, im in the studio here with martin. Chris hope here. Do you worry, though . Theres no real difference between your party and the tory party because, you know, theres so many areas now. You you. I did a blind taste test, wrote down policies on a piece of paper. Youd be hard pressed to say if some of them were tory or labouh well, i mean, generally pointing to the fact that the government have nicked 1 or 2 labour policies. And that might labour policies. And that might tell couple things. Tell you a couple of things. One, good ideas. One, that theyre good ideas. But secondly, are out but secondly, the tories are out of i dont want to of ideas. Now, i dont want to make everything partisan because thats boring. But chris, thats boring. But but chris, you the point that you made the point that the government knackered government looks a bit knackered and that comes across in a very low key rishi sunak Party Conference speech when he led on cancelling high speed two. And then jeremy hunt led his budget on nicking some labour ideas. So labour has to be positive and take that as a compliment rather than be screwed to the ground. On it. But it is fair to say, though, peter, that i mean the position on nuclear today is just you talk about a tennis court. This is like, you know, an indoor astroturf mega centre away from Jeremy Corbyn. I mean, who was all against anything to do with nuclear. Likewise, the dallying with the partial privatisation of the nhs that is something that nigel farage has been eyeing up for a long time. Wes streeting said it yesterday. Our jaws were on the table wes streeting said it yesterday. Ourjaws were on the table. This our jaws were on the table. This is a very, very different labour party throwing away from the left at a rate of knots. And in fact today its been momentum. Its guardian its been the guardian whove been critics sir been the biggest critics of sir keir. Keir starmer. Well, momentum has well, i think momentum has been keir starmer been a critic of keir starmer since day one, but id imagine hell sleep fairly easily on that front. Remember, for people who dont follow every cough and spit, but momentum is, you know, the corbynite wing, remember they have no formal relationship with labour party. Theyre with the labour party. Theyre not affiliated trident. Its not affiliated on trident. Its really for anoraks really important for anoraks like me to point out trident has been labour policy for about half a century. It was a Labour Government that brought in the Nuclear Program and for all, of course, was trident course, corbyn was trident sceptic and nuclear sceptic, but it remained labour policy as affirmed by conference during that time, as did our support for nato. For nato. But peter, just do you worry, though, that the critics will say that starmer will do anything to get elected, as martin was saying earlier, he, of course, backed Jeremy Corbyn and a second referendum and backed a second referendum on the european union. He came to power on on a lot of leftist policies described as student politics by Jenny Chapman and his key adviser. Now junked. And now hes moved right into the Centre Ground where the tories are. Do you think that it are. Do you think that that it risks credibility because risks his credibility because hes seen to say anything to get elected . Elected . Well, you only win from the Centre Ground. And i think i Centre Ground. And i think i might have said that at my first appearance on on your channel to 2 or 3 years ago you 2 or 3 years ago and you generally cant, cant win, from, from the right or left. So i dont worry about that. But but it comes back to this point about, is starmer in tune with the values of the british people and think it is. You know, i was and think it is. You know, i was a labour candidate in the elections past, and i certainly didnt agree with everything that corbyn said. But but you campaigned for the party that youve supported your whole life i peter, ill quickly ask you the question. Theres been rumours. What we know that that, rumours. What we know that that, tony blair has been advising behind the scenes. This to me feels very blairite. How involved is tony blair in advising sir keir starmer . Advising sir keir starmer . I suspect not very much. Hes got no formal role, but but theres only a one person, alive in the whole of the world. Only one person alive won whos a general election for the labour party. So you can either slam down the phone down on him and tell him to go away, or maybe have a quick cup of tea and see if got any ideas how to if hes got any ideas for how to win elections. Win three general elections. Sounds to me very much like this the of blair this has the whiff of tony blair all it. Edwards, all about it. Peter edwards, always have you on always a pleasure to have you on the thanks for your the show. Thanks for your insight. Wow now insight. Great stuff. Wow now its insight. Great stuff. Wow now wsfime insight. Great stuff. Wow now its time for the Great British giveaway and our biggest prize. So far. Ten grand cold tax so far. Ten grand in cold tax free cash , Luxury Travel items free cash, Luxury Travel items and a £10,000 2025 all inclusive greek cruise on top. And thats all courtesy of us here at gb news. Do you want the chance to trouser that lot . Heres how you can get on board. 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Please check the closing time if listening or watching good luck. Watching on demand. Good luck. Great stuff. Now coming up, ill be speaking with the leader of the swiss Independence Movement about the echr dramatically ruling that the swiss government has failed its citizens on Climate Change, and he has gone cuckoo. In fact, he has gone cuckoo. In fact, hes launching a legal challenge against them. Its going to kick against them. Its going to kick off and were gonna have it on the show right after this. Im Martin Daubney on gb news, britains channel welcome back. Its 425. Im Martin Daubney, and this is gb news. Now, later on the show, im going to speak to a horse racing expert whos going to tell us whos going to win tomorrows grand national. Honest, guvnor. Hopefully hell find the winner and all trouser a few bob and well all trouser a few bob on the ggs. Now, before that , on the ggs. Now, before that, this week, the echr dramatically ruled that the swiss government had failed its citizens on Climate Change. But not all swiss citizens are happy with some even planning a challenge to the echr itself. And one of to the echr itself. And one of them is steve redecker, president of the pro schweiz. He joins me now. Welcome to the show, steve. Many of us, steve, in the uk were gasping in disbelief when the echr ruled against switzerland, telling you that you werent doing enough on Climate Change and you were even less happy. Tell me, what do you have planned . Have planned . Well, first, thank you for having me. Its a great pleasure , well, we were gasping in disbelief as well , at first disbelief as well, at first glance, you know, this sounded ridiculous and ludicrous, when we spoke to our lawyers, they are contemplating ways to use this ruling, to have Sustainable Energy supply. So we could also argue that we have a human right. You know, to build nuclear plants, because this is the only means to really guarantee, a sustainable, energy supply. So this could go well supply. So this could go well against these people , but at against these people, but at first glance, this is ridiculous. And it will apparently have an effect on other, other European Countries as well. Well, that was going to be my next point , steve, because many next point, steve, because many will be inspired by what youre doing here because so few have stood the echr. But your stood up to the echr. But your specifically talking, are you about a legal case where you can go to the echr and say, how dare you tell us as an independent sovereign nation , what to do sovereign nation, what to do about our Energy Policy . About our Energy Policy . Well, we could do that, or we could just disregard the ruling, which i understand. Other, other countries are doing. I understand the eu has actually not signed , the agreement and not signed, the agreement and theyre disregarding the rulings. So we need to look into all options. What makes the most all options. What makes the most sense . And actually, im very happy to get support from the uk. As you know, im in touch with the, seb gorka organisation that went against brexit. So were in close contacts exchanging our views and supporting each other. And im very happy to get that kind of support and understand that there is a great deal of sympathy in the uk for the swiss, position. Swiss, position. Yeah, because for those who dont know, switzerland has a has a referenda based policy, right. You guys get to vote on all big changes. We had one referendum in the uk. The government probably would never allows another another one because they didnt get the result. Want. But swiss result. They want. But swiss people are very, very integrated and very bought in to your democratic process. It must particularly stick in the crawl. Then. Steve, when the echr wrap you over the knuckles like this, well, its a total breach of our democratic rights. And i mean, its a total joke, we just, got , you know, joke, we just, got, you know, the information that greenpeace was behind this whole process, and they actually paid, this group of grandmothers, you know , group of grandmothers, you know, i dont mean to be disrespectful to the ladies, but they got paid for, you know, going to, to strasbourg and to go through the process because per se, greenpeace had no, position to go against the swiss government. Go against the swiss government. And this is proof, isnt it, steve, that the echr has become politicised, external ngos, charities, very well off, very influential , rallying citizens influential, rallying citizens around to make a point against an independent sovereign nation. This is precisely the kind of thing that infuriates patriots, infuriates people such as yourself, the leader of pro schweiz, pro switzerland, and you are going to fight back. Well, were going to fight back on the other hand, were going to show the swiss people, you know, as probably you know, were in the process of negotiating a so called Framework Agreement with the european union. And and, they, the european union, basically sees this as a, you know, a contract where switzerland needs to go for the full submission , to go for the full submission, which, of course, we dont accept. And we can now show the swiss people what could happen if we signed such a contract, you know, so thats exactly whats to happen. The whats going to happen. The European Courts will have to say, and not the swiss people. Say, and not the swiss people. And we firmly believe, you know, in the people having the in the swiss people having the final say so, we will fight vigorously against all kinds of contracts, agreements and changes like that. And, and of changes like that. And, and of course was very we were very adamantly watching, you know , adamantly watching, you know, the whole brexit process. And i do sincerely hope that this was a positive outcome for the uk. Well, it certainly was in the eyes of many people. And were also very happy, if thats been partially the inspiration behind you, Steve Redeker getting on a front foot and taking it to the echr Steve Redeker, president of pro schweiz pro switzerland. And pro schweiz pro switzerland. And thats switzerlands independence. Pro Independence Movement. Taking that court case to the echr, getting on a front foot. Superb stuff. Now theres lots more still to come between now and 5 00, and it could be the end of the line for britains steam trains, which are disappearing are at risk of disappearing following a row over door locks on 60 year old carriages. Well be going full steam ahead into that debate. Dont go anywhere but first, its time for your latest News Headlines, and its tatiana sanchez. Martin. Thank you. The Top Stories Energy minister Graham Stuart has announced hes standing down from his cabinet role to focus on local issues. The beverley and holden mp said he plans to focus on issues such as making roads safer, broadband delivery and increasing the number of defibrillators in his constituency. He said hes proud to have served in government over the past eight years, and hell fully support the Prime Minister from backbenches. Minister from the backbenches. Sir keir starmer says hes confident Angela Rayner has not broken any rules after Greater Manchester police launched an investigation over her tax affairs. Its over the sale of her Council House in stockport a decade ago. Questions have been decade ago. Questions have been asked about whether she paid the right amount of tax and if it was her main home. Angela rayner denies any wrongdoing. The labour leader says the investigation will reveal the facts. The former chief executive of royal mail says he doesnt know if any money paid by subpostmasters who were wrongly accused of stealing was recorded as profit. Adam crozier told the horizon inquiry this afternoon that he assumed the money was accounted for by the companys financial team, but admitted that he couldnt be sure. 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If they travel on the bus with the local community, there could be some sort of integration , because a lot of integration, because a lot of people are confused of why theyre here. And maybe a little chat on the bus, because thats where people do talk , because i meet people do talk, because i meet people do talk, because i meet people on the bus every and people on the bus every day, and you chatting. Wouldnt you ended up chatting. Wouldnt this be a great way to integrate . But no , theyre separated. But no, theyre separated. But no, theyre separated. And how come the local community move forward if theyre always kept in isolation from us . For some, there are echoes of segregation, and its leading to resentment and resentment at the special buses. Resentment at the health care. The bibi residents receive resentment at the wet weather gear for hiking that Dorset Council provides. Six months on from the arrival of the first residents on the bibby stockholm, the feeling of the local community is just as strong, just as divided and just as passionate as it always has been. And while a community that didnt ask for this argues and accuses the sheer cost of the bibby stockholm sticks in their throat, £34. 8 million. If you break that down into figures , that works out at figures, that works out at capacity at about 4500 pounds per month per head. And i mean, if you do a little bit of investigation , you can rent investigation, you can rent a really plush house in sandbanks for that money or an apartment in chelsea. Each or or, you know, you may as well just send them on a caribbean cruise for a month, all inclusive, because thats what 4500 pounds a month will get you for your money. They were sold the idea the barge was cheaper on the taxpayers pocket than asylum hotels. An investigation hotels. But in an investigation by the National Audit office into the home offices asylum policy, it was revealed not only is this more expensive than hotels at the time of commissioning, the barge , the commissioning, the barge, the home office had not even estimated costs. They were flying blind. Im shocked really. I mean, the home office blatantly lied, they told us that the bibby stockholm was to offer value for the taxpayer for housing Asylum Seekers. And we now know from seekers. And we now know from the National Audit Office Document that was released at the end of march that its not just a little bit more expensive, exorbitantly expensive, its exorbitantly more its more expensive. I mean, it its obscene the cost, the money that is being thrown at this barge. In a statement, is being thrown at this barge. In a statement , the home in a statement, the home office told gb news we have always clear that the use always been clear that the use of asylum hotels is unacceptable and why we acted swiftly and thats why we acted swiftly to reduce the impact on local communities by moving Asylum Seekers on to barges and former military sites. While the National Audit offices figures include set up costs, it is currently better value for money for the taxpayer to continue with these sites than to use hotels, but the taxpayers in portland dont feel theyre getting value and they dont feel valued either. And its starting to be a problem. Jeff moody, gb news is just astonishing, isnt it . £34. 8 million spent on the bibby stockholm , and today £2. 1 bibby stockholm, and today £2. 1 million is found for our Armed Forces Veterans. Just makes you wonder sometimes where the priorities lie in this nation. Now moving on. How the new scottish hate crime laws getting on so well. That call handled call handles handlers are deaung call handles handlers are dealing with incidents that have been given a script defending the first minister, humza yousaf and Police Scotland staff have issued an emailed guide advising them on lines to give in response to claims that yusef gave a racist speech at holyrood at the height of the black lives Matter Movement in june 2020. Well, i can now speak with the co director of four women scotland, susan smith. Susan, welcome to the show. So when these new laws came in, they were meant to stamp out hate crimes. Whats happened instead , crimes. Whats happened instead, susan . As the helplines have been inundated with people complaining about the Scottish First minister, it started on april fools and lo and behold, its turned into an absolute joke. Joke. It really has. And, it was inevitable and predictable, the only person who didnt seem, seemingly didnt seem to think this would happen was humza yousaf its a farce , it yousaf himself, its a farce, it was a farce before it started. It was made worse by things like the hate Monster Campaign and now we have this. Now, you know, i would never encourage people to make stupid or vexatious complaints, because i think the police have got enough to deal with. But, it was almost inevitable that this was going to happen because the law was so poorly explained. Poorly explained. And whats happened here is theyve been given a crib sheet because ostensibly , there are so because ostensibly, there are so many complaints and they dont want anybody on the complaints hotline to say anything wrong, because doubt people are because no doubt people are recording that too. It just makes you wonder, you know, if the whole thing was worth it. I mean, scotland is meant to be the home of free speech, and now it has some of the most draconian laws in the world. It does. And, you know, one of the things we were promised when we went in to give evidence at committee three years ago was that they were going to have guidance, and they were going to have examples written into the guidance of things guidance of the kind of things that were not hate crimes. And we obviously thinking from we were obviously thinking from our point of view of things that women, womens rights campaigners were saying in the run up to the gender recognition reform bill. So we were promised that we would all get together and we would be able to give examples of the kind of thing that was not a hate crime, and that was not a hate crime, and that could be then written into the guidance, would go that could be then written into th campaign , if people say campaign saying, if people say nasty things to you, say things that make you upset, that might be a hate crime. So its on them. Okay. Susan smith, co director for women scotland, thank you very much for joining us on the show. Appreciate it. Now. Sorry to throw you off track, but very shortly well be going full steam ahead, finding out these trains could be out why these trains could be under threat. Those glorious steam trains im Martin Daubney on gb britains news on gb news, britains news channel im Patrick Christys every weeknight from 9 00, i bring you two hours of unmissable, explosive debate and headline grabbing interviews. What impact has that had . What impact has that had . 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And joining me now to discuss this is james shuttleworth, commercial manager of west coast railways. Welcome to the show, james. A lot of people will be scratching their heads at this steam engines or part of our treasured transport heritage, wonderful organic things. And now it seems modern health and safety may see the back of them. Well thats right, thank you martin, i mean, we are subject at the moment that the we are the last operators of hinge door stock and, i see youre theyre playing flying scotsman, one of the locomotives we have been using over a number of years. The issue we have at the moment is that the, the exemption, we had to use these using , stewards to lock doors using, stewards to lock doors has come to an end, and the rail regulator does not wish to renew our, exemption, we have put forward a strong case as to why we consider we should still consider operating in this way. And , while were discussing and, while were discussing that, we put in an application to the regulator. We, we expected that we should be able to have some coveh should be able to have some cover, at least temporarily , cover, at least temporarily, while the matter is discussed. And at the moment they have refused to do that. That means that we are weve been unable to run the jacobite up at fort william, as you refer to, in association with, harry potter and hogwarts, although we are hoping to run a limited Service Using a small number of coaches that we have that are fitted with, secondary, centrally controlled secondary door locking. However, having said that , it is not the said that, it is not the experience we would entirely wish to provide and we are hoping that the regulator will see a test of reasonableness because were not asking them about safety, were asking them about safety, were asking them about fairness. There are other companies that are using , companies that are using, Rolling Stock with, doors which are merely locked out, locally by stewards , and unfortunately, by stewards, and unfortunately, they have well , the difference they have well, the difference is they have agreed to fit central door looking at a point in the future and were seeing the images on our screens there. James, of these magnificent machines, theyre a part of our heritage. Many people cherish them. And if this ruling passes, perhaps we wont see them again. Is this modern health and safety gone mad . I mean , if people are gone mad . I mean, if people are going to be stupid enough to open a door while a train is in motion, perhaps a good Old Fashioned of darwinism might fashioned bit of darwinism might do us all good. Well, what are they going do rope off they going to do next . Rope off cliffs. Rope off the sea . Well, i mean, that is a fair point. I mean, were not i mean, nobody is trivialising safety here, i mean, the events or the record speaks for itself, there have been no incidences of people falling out of charter trains , certainly in the last 30 trains, certainly in the last 30 years, you know, mechanical, remotely controlled mechanical devices can also bring their own faults into play. Its not as faults into play. Its not as straightforward as it may seem, but , you know, we have a robust but, you know, we have a robust system in place, and its our opinion that it is as safe as fitting a central door locking system. And we are hoping, you know, i have been lobbying through the various members of parliament that perhaps that the minister of transport, hugh merriman, can at least bring some pressure to bear, to say, lets some common sense and lets have some common sense and a measure, a degree of measure on this. Its very well, even by the oris own acceptance, it is it is a low level safety issue. Okay. We have to leave it there and i wish you the very best with this ruling, because, look at those pictures on the screen there. James shuttleworth im sure a lot of people will be feeling their heartstrings to the , these the glorious sight, these magnificent steam machines. They must not be allowed to go. Surely. Now then, well be back in just a moment. Before that, its got a quick email here, this this is about the echr. Keith says this. Lets get out of this now. Farcical judicial stranglehold. Our Supreme Court is much Better Qualified to, to deal with real legal issues which affect britain. We do not need to be in the echr back in a moment. Im Martin Daubney on gb news. But first, heres your weather with alex burkill. Weather with alex burkill. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello again. Heres your latest gb news weather update in association with the met office. Looking ahead to the weekend and its going to turn fresher with showers for many of us. But for the time being its still warm and largely settled across southern areas due high southern areas due to High Pressure here a different story further north, frontal systems pushing , bringing the pushing through, bringing the focus for some outbreaks of rain and could heavy at and the rain could be heavy at times across parts of scotland overnight, watch for overnight, and do watch out for some strong, gusty winds towards the drier the north west. Two a drier further south, though some murkiness, cloud, murkiness, some low cloud, some coastal fog could develop around engush coastal fog could develop around English Channel coast. Its not going to be a chilly night, temperatures generally holding up high single figures or up in high single figures or double digits in towns and double digits in some towns and cities as we go through tomorrow. Then any mr murk towards the far south should clear quite quickly. And clear away quite quickly. And in the southeast actually the southeast its actually going to largely fine going to stay largely fine through of the day through a big chunk of the day across northern and western parts and wales, the parts of england and wales, the cloud bring some outbreaks cloud will bring some outbreaks of unsettled of rain more unsettled across parts Northern Ireland and in parts of Northern Ireland and in particular scotland. Some heavy downpours possible and some strong gusty winds. At times. Temperatures above average temperatures still above average for the time of year, though not quite for the time of year, though not quhe as for the time of year, though not quite as weve quite as high as weve seen today. Quite as high as weve seen today. As we look towards today. As we look towards sunday, be sunday, its going to be a fresher day for all of us. Plenty of showers towards the northwest. Be northwest. Some of them could be heavy , could some and heavy, could be some thunder and hail a drier picture hail mixed into a drier picture towards the southeast. But into the early part next week, the the early part of next week, the showers are going to become more widespread is going to widespread and it is going to feel markedly fresher than it has late. Thats it for has done of late. Thats it for me. You again soon. Me. Ill see you again soon. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Away. A very good afternoon to you on this glorious friday. Its 5 pm. And welcome to the Martin Daubney show on gb news. Broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. All across the uk. On todays show, Greater Manchester police are now formally investigating Angela Rayner over the sale of a Council House, while the labour party deny any wrongdoing, the timing couldnt be any worse for sir keir starmer because today the labour leader has gone nuclear on defence, promising to spend 2. 5 of gdp. Sounding very much like the conservatives. And while sir keirs positioning labour as a blair style government in waiting will reina rain on his parade and the worlds most famous horse race, the grand national, takes place tomorrow and im going to be joined by a man who has won the race himself, and he is going to make all shedload of money make us all a shedload of money by telling us whos going win by telling us whos going to win tomorrow. Thats the plan tomorrow. Well thats the plan anyway. Honest, guvnor. And thats up in your thats all coming up in your next hour. Welcome to the show. Next hour. Welcome to the show. Always an absolute joy to have your company. Isnt that strange yellow thing in the sky. Nice to see you. Havent seen that since christmas. It feels like it. Hope youre having a wonderful afternoon. I want to hear from afternoon. I want to hear from you. And theres a new way to get in touch. You send get in touch. You can send your views post comments by views and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com. Accuracy. Youll see my ugly mush is in there. You can interact, drop some comments, keep them clean , some comments, keep them clean, and ill read out a few before the end of the show. Do you the end of the show. Do you think that the labour party is a government in waiting . Theyre starting to sound a lot like tony blair. Theyre getting strong on defence. Yesterday wes streeting contemplated a partial privatisation of the nhs. Thats something nigel farage wants to do. All the parties now, all the do. All the parties now, all the same. And the big question is this do you trust sir keir starmer or is he simply saying whatever it takes to get elected . Gbnews. Com forward , elected . Gbnews. Com forward, slash your say. But before all of that, its your headlines and its tatiana sanchez. Its tatiana sanchez. Martin thank you. The top stories. The former chief stories. The former chief executive of royal mail says he doesnt know if money paid by subpostmasters who were wrongly accused of stealing was recorded as profit. Adam crozier told the honzon as profit. Adam crozier told the horizon inquiry this afternoon that he assumed the money was accounted for by the companys financial team, but admitted that he couldnt be sure. He also said he was not aware that lawyers within the Royal Mail Group conducted prosecutions , group conducted prosecutions, and conceded that subpostmasters should have been treated as should not have been treated as thieves. Sir keir starmer says hes confident Angela Rayner has not broken any rules after Greater Manchester police launched an investigation over her tax affairs. Its over the sale of her Council House in stockport a decade ago. Questions have been asked about whether she paid the right amount of tax and if it was her main home. Angela rayner denies any wrongdoing. The labour leader says the investigation will reveal the facts. Welcome this investigation we welcome this investigation because it will allow a line to because it will allow a line to be drawn in relation to this matter. I am fully confident that Angela Rayner has not broken the rules. She will broken the rules. She will cooperate with the investigation as you would expect, and its really a matter for the police. Really a matter for the police. Defence secretary grant shapps has accused Angela Rayner of double standards and welcomed the launch of the Police Investigation. Investigation. Listen, i think the double standards have been extra ordinary. Angela rayner herself has spent her political career calling people out for exactly the thing that she seems to be doing now. Its not acceptable to ignore it, and its not acceptable for keir starmer to say he wont even read reports into it. This is something which is a serious matter. Its important that its looked into properly , and i welcome the idea properly, and i welcome the idea that the police are doing that. That the police are doing that. Energy minister Graham Stuart has hes standing down has announced hes standing down from his cabinet role to focus on local issues. The beverley and holderness mp said he plans to focus on issues such as making roads safer, broadband delivery and increasing the number of defibrillators in his constituency. Justin tomlinson now takes on the role of minister for energy and security and net zero. A passenger on a tram who was involved in a struggle with a knife wielding attacker has been told he will not Face Criminal Charges, police say. Karl knowles, who police say. Karl knowles, who was 32, was armed with a knife when he boarded a tram in nottingham in june year. He nottingham in june last year. He then launched an unprovoked attack causing attack on a passenger, causing serious wounds. However, serious knife wounds. However, the alleged attacker was himself fatally stabbed during the struggle. Nottinghamshire Police Arrested the passenger on suspicion of murder shortly after the tram came to a stop. Theyve now concluded that he acted self defence. A man who acted in self defence. A man who attacked and killed another man with a serrated hunting knife in a cornwall nightclub has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 23 years. 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Hassan janga denied the murder and manslaughter of mr marriott, but guilty causing but pleaded guilty to causing his driving. His death by dangerous driving. There are serious shortcomings in the bank of englands Economic Forecasting methods. Thats according to a report by former chair of the Us Federal Reserve, ben bernanke. It found staff were using out of date software with functions that could be automated, often performed manually. It could be automated, often performed manually. It comes after several of the banks forecasts were repeatedly inaccurate during a period of economic turbulence , and economic turbulence, and scotland is proposing an alternative funding method to host the Commonwealth Games in 2026. The plan is described as Cost Effective and would reportedly not require significant public investment, with money instead coming from ticket sales and broadcasting rights. It ticket sales and broadcasting rights. It comes ticket sales and broadcasting rights. It comes after rights. It comes after scotlands Commonwealth Games body commissioned a Feasibility Study after the australian state of victoria pulled out of hosting the event. A final decision is due next month. For the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews. Com alerts. Now back to. Martin. Thank you very much, tatiana. And we start with a Massive Development in the ongoing Angela Rayner affair. And Angela Rayner affair. And labours deputy leader is now formally being investigated by police over whether or not she broke the law when she sold her house in 2015. Well, Greater Manchester police had previously said it would not be investigating the allegations against mrs. Rayner, but they have today acted following a complaint from tory deputy chairman james daley. Well, im joined in our studio by our Political Editor, chris hope. Chris lets have another chat about this. The situation could have been nipped in the bud a long time ago. I was astonished last week when sir keir starmer said to you, i dont need to see the evidence. And then we heard from lammy , oh, she had a from david lammy, oh, she had a blended family. Oh, shes a northern woman. And whats northern woman. And whats happenedisifs northern woman. And whats happened is its rumbled on so long now james daly has steamed in and now the old bill are involved. And thats when things involved. And thats when things change. It means theyve lost yes, it means theyve lost control of it, martin. Because originally, when Angela Rayner control of it, martin. Because orig always when Angela Rayner control of it, martin. Because orig always maintained rayner control of it, martin. Because orig always maintained nothing has always maintained nothing wrong here, it was my Main Residence. I was a registered to vote there when i sold the property. There was no Capital Gains tax because its my Main Residence and shes got she says she has proof of that. Shes had some tax advice and had other advice. Hasnt published it. Keir starmer has said i dont want to see it. I believe angela, which is interesting because lawyer. Why because hes a top lawyer. Why wouldnt you to see legal wouldnt you want to see legal advice what or advice if thats what it is, or tax maintains, tax advice, she maintains, theres wrong here that, theres nothing wrong here that, you know, she says that the labour party says that they welcome the chance for angela to be able to clear her name , set be able to clear her name, set out the facts of the police. Theyre confident has theyre confident and has complied with the rules at all times. And appropriate that times. And its appropriate that the work. Keir the police do its work. Keir starmer laos let starmer says well laos let a line drawn under it. Starmer says well laos let a line drawn under it. Number line be drawn under it. Number 10 a question to 10 say theres a question to answer. Though , answer. Interestingly, though, keir starmer in barrow in furness emphasising the furness today emphasising the labour backing for the Nuclear Deterrent, wouldnt say three times whether ms rayner should resign if she gets some kind of police fine or some kind of crime of some kind of, punishment from, from the, from the after this investigation. So its not going to play out over the next few months. I do expect it to come back. It can be maybe october, november on the eve of the general election, if it happens so where as happens in november. So where as there which there was a point at which they could disclosed everything , could have disclosed everything, get it all there, full get it all out there, full transparency, hasnt transparency, that hasnt happened. Theres happened. Its meant theres a head of steam behind it. That meant pressure appears to meant that pressure appears to have led to the Police Looking at it again. Now at it again. And now investigating. Isnt this an issue double standards . Issue of double standards . Fact, shapps today in fact, grant shapps today said precisely that because angela spent Angela Rayner has spent her political career, according to him, people him, calling people out and demanding , she more demanding transparency, she more calling for heads to roll. If the conservatives put a foot wrong, particularly Boris Johnson, partygate and all of that and yet there is theres been kind denial about been this kind of denial about this to the point now where its simply become too big to ignore. My simply become too big to ignore. My question is this Angela Rayner was meant to be one of sir Keir Starmers best assets. Shes got the common touch. She can touch the electorate in a way that he cant. Is she now becoming one of the partys biggest well, shes biggest liabilities . Well, shes not yet. Shes well liked. Polls shes well liked. She polls very like her, very well. People like her, people in the red wall crucially think shes authentic. There was think shes authentic. There was a chance when she could have said, well, heres what happened. You know, rightly or wrongly. And said anything. And she hasnt said anything. Shes merely said shes gone after not the after the messenger, not the facts. After lord ashcroft, his facts. After lord ashcroft, his book, former tory donor. He had the original allegations. The daily mail went after it. The tories have been talking about it. Shes gone after the it. Shes gone after the messenger, not the facts. And now its up to the police. Okay, well, that news about Angela Rayner certainly Angela Rayner has certainly overshadow the big announcement Angela Rayner has certainly overslabourthe big announcement Angela Rayner has certainly overslabour leader announcement Angela Rayner has certainly overslabour leader an|keircement from labour leader sir keir starmer today, whos promised that the uks Nuclear Deterrent is safe in his hands. And sir keir has spent today in barrow in furness, where his party has said all four new dreadnoughts Nuclear Submarines would be built under a Labour Government. Now, of course, this is a huge shift in policy from the Jeremy Corbyn years because corbyn was famously opposed to the use of any Nuclear Weapons. But sir keir says the labour party has changed commitment ive made here today is really important. I think im the first labour leader to come here to the shipyard, here to see the building of the submarines for 30 years and to make a very important generational commitment, which is to the dreadnought submarines, to the continuous at sea deterrent and to the upgrades that are needed over time , and of course, over time, and of course, theres aukus in there as well. So this is a generational commitment. Commitment. So there we go. And the big question im asking today is this are labour really ready for government . Well, Christopher Hopeis government . Well, Christopher Hope is still with me. Im also joined by the former labour Party Adviser Matthew Lazor and political commentator chloe dobbs. Political commentator chloe dobbs. Why dont we start with dobbs. Why dont we start with you, matthew . This to me feels very, very blairite , right . It very, very blairite, right . It feels almost like things can only get better. It feels like union jacks being flown, just waiting for d ream to steam in, getting big on nuclear, getting big on defence, getting big on on partial privatisation of the nhs. And the big question is, is the party ready for government or are there still time for mishaps as weve seen with Angela Rayner . Well, i mean look, there were know, look, there were you know, a week time in politics. Week is a long time in politics. Well, months before an well, six months before an election long in election is a very long time in politics. You politics. So there can be, you know, can fall off know, wheels can yet fall off the but in terms of defence but in terms of the defence issue, i mean, whats quite interesting is Jeremy Corbyn never change the never managed to change the defence never managed to change the defythe remain committed the labour remain committed to submarine all the to the Trident Submarine all the way through, not least because there thousands there are tens of thousands of unionised there. Unionised workers there. Also important and its also important its the only labour msp in scotland is where they end up, labour directly elected msp is an msp is where they end up. Jackie baillie, whos the deputy leader. Didnt to leader. So he didnt manage to change but keirs change the policy. But keirs been his been re emphasising it with his visit today, because visit to barrow today, because he literally is putting the test tanks on the lawn. Tanks on the torys lawn. Hes now confident about defence. In a way. In a way. Frankly, even tony blair wasnt. This is even the days wasnt. This is even in the days of blair. Labour pulled it of tony blair. Labour pulled it often would get there or thereabouts with tories. But thereabouts with the tories. But now, its now, for the first time, its polling trusted by the polling as more trusted by the pubuc polling as more trusted by the Public Defence than the public on defence than the tories. You think blairs tories. Do you think blairs involved advising sir keir involved in advising sir keir starmer . This, to me, feels like blairs are all blairs fingerprints are all over it. I mean, i think that, yeah, i think he talks to tony, but do you think he talks lots of you think he talks to lots of people i mean, you people as well . I mean, you know, mandelson always know, lord mandelson is always somewhere in the, in the background offering, offering his advice, sometimes inappropriately. Its about his weight but when he said he weight loss. But when he said he should lose a few which should lose a few pounds, which probably endear him , probably didnt endear him, maybe werent returned maybe his calls werent returned for weeks. But yeah, maybe his calls werent returned f know, we are in a and, you know, we are in a very 1997. I very changed world from 1997. I get worried they get a little bit worried they havent in the last 48 havent done it in the last 48 hours when they of say, oh, hours when they sort of say, oh, well, lot to learn well, theres a lot to learn from and things. Youve from thatcher and things. Youve got 50 to got to be a voter over 50 to ever for thatcher. So ever voted for thatcher. So they need be little need to just be a little bit careful. Isnt 1997, careful. This isnt 1997, but yes, are of good yes, there are lots of good things to take from the blair years. One of those years. And one of those is reiterating labours commitment to defence. And its interesting that in his article today for the has it in the mail, he has done it in terms labours historic terms of labours historic support for nato and the post war Labour Government, which line for which is quite a clever line for the party. W e song, i feel the party. Theres song, i feel the party. Theres more song, i feel the party. Theres more chance i feel the party. Theres more chance of eel the party. Theres more chance of your like theres more chance of your hair rishi hair growing back than rishi sunak next general sunak winning the next general election to election. Lets move on now to political commentator chloe dobbs the dobbs. Chloe, welcome to the show. That show. One of the words that keeps coming up in the ulez inbox at gb news here is trust. Inbox at gb news here is trust. And, people keep saying that sir keir starmer dont forget he backs Jeremy Corbyn on nuclear when he was leader, he wanted a second referendum. Do you think that this is a government in waiting . Sir keir starmer , a waiting . Sir keir starmer, a Prime Minister in waiting or is he a shapeshifter . He simply he a shapeshifter . He simply says whatever it takes to get elected , he absolutely is elected, he absolutely is a shape shifter. I dont think he really has that much of a moral compass. I think hes a fairly dry lawyer. Hell just say whatever needs to be said to win the election. And he gets that nickname. And he gets that nickname. And he gets that nickname. Keir flip flop starmer for a reason, as you just said. He previously supported corbyn and then realised that that wasnt going to be good in terms of election prospects. So now hes trying to pretend that he never even said that hes doing various things to try and separate himself from, the corbyn years. Like he is doing with the Nuclear Deterrent here, like he is trying to do with, the anti semitism issue. But i think that we are seeing more and more often now , seeing more and more often now, that were seeing the cracks and we are seeing that maybe the party is not going to be completely united behind him. You saw that with the saga with the rochdale election , where he the rochdale election, where he tried to separate himself from azhar ali. I know its a completely different topic to the Nuclear Deterrent, but its just one example that shows that maybe not a changed labour maybe its not a changed labour party and its just a changed keir starmer. Then had, keir starmer. You then had, Labour Party Members still going out and, campaigning for out and, and, campaigning for azhar ali because clearly the problems had not solved in problems had not been solved in the party. So, and with all these things, he just says ill give more money to this. Ill give more money to this. Ill give more money to this. Ill give more money to this. But, you theres magic you know, theres no magic money tree. Saw that 28 tree. And as we saw with that 28 billion pledge, had them billion pledge, which had them all like headless all running around like headless chickens the money all running around like headless chicnecessarily the money all running around like headless chicnecessarily all he money all running around like headless chic necessarily all thereyney all running around like headless chic necessarily all there once not necessarily all there once they start crunching the numbers. Yeah. Fascinating stuff. Chloe dobbs and chris hope, we spoke to neil parish, conservative mp of course, earlier, and you and i were both astonished by the fact that now there is so little between the parties that even , even mr parties that even, even mr pansh parties that even, even mr parish seems to be quite wooed by sir keir. By sir keir. Thats right. Martin, i mean chloe. Chris opened a studio here. Yeah, we spoke to neil pansh here. Yeah, we spoke to neil parish earlier. Hes a former tory course, quit tory mp of course, quit parliament over an issue his parliament over an issue in his private but the way hes private life. But the way hes talking, he is saying that tories are now going to vote labouh tories are now going to vote labour. Heres what to labour. Heres what you have to say. Tory mp, you sound like say. Tory mp, you sound like youre about to vote labour the next election. Will you vote labour . Probably not, but its probably not damning with faint praise. Its tempting because , praise. Its tempting because, you know, i, i think i very much a supporter of rishi sunak , a supporter of rishi sunak, actually. But, i really dont like the behaviour of many of my colleagues because its sort of a Self Destruct button. So, i, a Self Destruct button. So, i, we got a good local candidate standing where i live in somerset, so i will probably be able to vote for him, and then hold my nose with the rest of the party. But i can see many tories as, who are sort of one nafion tories as, who are sort of one nation type tories , who will be, nation type tories, who will be, looking at labour, i suspect. And some of them will most definitely vote for them. That is what keir starmer is doing, but like i said, who can blame him . Him . Chloe, thats neil parish. Theyre saying some will vote tory, some will vote labour. Whats your view on that . Whats your view on that . I think it depends what wing of the party people are on. Youre going to have. Well, tons of people are, upset with the tories and their incompetence, of people will move of course. And people will move to reform plenty of them. But im sure you have some people who feel like reform is too right wing for them and might vote labour. I think the vote for labour. I think the main shift voting for labour is not, lifelong tory voters. Not, say, lifelong tory voters. Youre about people who youre talking about people who lent their vote to the conservatives for the first time, in 2019 and gave them a one chance, and they blew it. So theyre going to go back to labouh theyre going to go back to labour, thats where youre going to see the real big shift. I dont you may get some cases where theres a really good local candidate for labour where someone switches, but i think the Real Movement is to reform the Real Movement is to reform the polls. That gap in the polls is just closing and closing , i is just closing and closing, i dont think that the polls will exactly mirror what happens on election day , because youre election day, because youre going to have some people who say, im going to vote reform just looking at the national picture, but then they look at the candidate that is put forward and they dont think that competent enough that theyre competent enough and they on the side safety, and they on the side of safety, but nevertheless , i think that but nevertheless, i think that reform will get big of reform will get a big chunk of the share at this election. The vote share at this election. Well, chloe, i wonder if thats the case. Matthew i want to that to you. Wonder to put that to you. I wonder that everyone win that this everyone knows you win from ground. Yeah, from the Centre Ground. Yeah, tony that . Jeremy tony blair got that . Jeremy corbyn fundamentally failed to grasp the grasp that. And look at the election results. It speaks for itself. This is a big swing towards the centre on defence. I was astonished yesterday about this partial privatisation model of the nhs. So did nigel farage has championed. Is this the labour party moving into that ground that reform might occupy . All thats missing now is a big ground that reform might occupy . All piece missing now is a big ground that reform might occupy . All piece on ssing now is a big ground that reform might occupy . All piece on immigration. A big set piece on immigration. Well, and i think will well, and i think you will see an immigration intervention , see an immigration intervention, as somebody remembers the ed as somebody who remembers the ed miliband immigration pledge we did , ive got did in great yarmouth, ive got the on my back that. The scars on my back from that. I id the mugs, which i wish id got the mugs, which sell lot on ebay, sell for quite a lot on ebay, about immigration pledge. Sell for quite a lot on ebay, aboutthinkmmigration pledge. Sell for quite a lot on ebay, aboutthink what ration pledge. Sell for quite a lot on ebay, aboutthink what youre 3ledge. Sell for quite a lot on ebay, aboutthink what youre seeing but i think what youre seeing is its not saying its a privatisation, its saying its saying that are going to use privatisation, its saying its sayiprivate are going to use privatisation, its saying its sayiprivate sectora going to use privatisation, its saying its sayiprivate sector to oing to use privatisation, its saying its sayiprivate sector to deliver use the private sector to deliver for people, and its that its that blairite thing of talking about delivering the tories wouldnt saying wouldnt get away with saying that accused of that they werent accused of Political Capital and use it. If youve the political youve got the political caphal youve got the Political Capital, definitely capital, you should definitely use why i mean, use it. And thats why i mean, i think great what think whats great about what wes week is hes wes has said this week is hes looking to how a Labour Government going government is actually going to deliver not just deliver in office and not just make he make promises. So if he promised, easy say no promised, itd be easy to say no privatisation, keep the left happy, he happy, keep the unions happy. He might from might get another check from from he from unison, but actually he knows to clear knows that hes going to clear that away those waiting lists and labour victory. That away those waiting lists and hes labour victory. That away those waiting lists and hes going labour victory. That away those waiting lists and hes going lhave victory. That away those waiting lists and hes going lhave vi use i. Then hes going to have to use the private sector. We go. Stonking stuff. There we go. Stonking stuff. Thank matthew, thank you very much. Matthew, chris the line. Chris and chloe down the line. 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Now the uk and spain are holding crunch talks about the future of gibraltar and were not going to give up a country thats been out for more than 300 years, are we . Rule britannia . Im martin we . Rule britannia . Im Martin Daubney on gb news, britains news channel. Welcome back. Its 526. Im Martin Daubney, and this is gb news. Now, later this houh this is gb news. Now, later this hour, ill talk about meghans latest attempt to stay relevant by launching a new Netflix Series about that most working class of sport polo. But before class of sport polo. But before that, foreign secretary lord David Cameron is having talks with spain over the future of gibraltar. And there are various gibraltar. And there are various sticking points following brexit. And one of them is that the spanish want greater management of gibraltars airports. Well, im joined now by historian and broadcaster by the historian and broadcaster Rafe Heydel Mankoo rafe. Always an absolute joy to have you on the show. Now, a lot of people might say its just a small rock off the coast of spain. Why does that matter . Youre about to tell arent you . Why . Its tell us, arent you . Why . Its very , very important british very, very important for british sovereignty. Sovereignty indeed. Well, gibraltar came into british possession in 1704 dunng british possession in 1704 during the war of the spanish succession, and ever since the treaty of utrecht of 1713, britain has had rights , full britain has had rights, full ownership of the territory, which is one of our British Overseas Territories and unlike, say, hong kong, which we leased from china for 99 years, britain has a never ending ownership of this. It is an ultimate ownership and theres no chance of it ever being ceded back to spain. Despite spains claim to ownership of the territory and importantly , since 1969, the importantly, since 1969, the constitution , well, the people constitution, well, the people of gibraltar have asserted that only when they agree to go to spain will there ever be any possibility of a secession of sovereignty over the territory and they last held a referendum on this very topic in 2002, and the overwhelming majority of gibraltarians, said that they wanted to remain, part of part of britain, well , you know, in of britain, well, you know, in overseas territory, although there have been calls actually for gibraltar to actually apply to become part of the united kingdom, which which would, of course, secure its future. But course, secure its future. But thats, thats a discussion for, for another time and rafe, brilliantly put by a great history lesson, as ever from you. But in terms of, giving away sovereignty, for example, watering down of airspace, rules of freedom of movement , rules of freedom of movement, rules across the border, this is getting into the territory of brexit, of watering down our International Borders and our relations. And that is the thin end of the wedge. Where could it end of the wedge. Where could it end next . The Falkland Islands . Youre quite right. Yes, youre quite right. Well, you know, i would advise anyone who goes into negotiations with the spanish on this issue to remind this sort of an issue to remind them that they have their own enclaves in morocco, in africa there are two areas of, of africa which are in the eu , and africa which are in the eu, and those are the spanish enclaves of ceuta and melilla. And they of ceuta and melilla. And they have been owned by spain, to the moroccan chagrin , for even moroccan chagrin, for even longer than weve had gibraltar. So once theyre willing to have discussions with the moroccans about ceding sovereignty over their territory, then perhaps well allow them to come back and have some discussions with us about about gibraltar. But youre quite right. But there are serious issues here for gibraltarians because they werent included in the 2020 brexit deal that was done between the uk and the eu, and they were terrible scenes. Just a couple of years ago at the gibraltar border, where the spanish authorities were denying entry into spain from gibraltar to british nationals, if they couldnt prove that they had Hotel Accommodation or tickets for onward journeys. So there are serious issues being caused for gibraltar here. Much like Northern Ireland, although in many ways its a much more, present issue for gibraltar, given that the eu is their only border, they dont have a access to the uk as Northern Ireland does. So there does need to be some sort of agreement here. Im told in the last few minutes, the, the, the premier of gibraltar has said that theyre within kissing distance of an agreement, but importantly , this agreement, but importantly, this is a decision not even for the british people. This is a decision for gibraltarians to make. And whatever the gibraltarians agree with, the British Government will go along with an excellent history lesson. Superb film , full of data superb film, full of data filled, full of passion, a true patriot Rafe Heydel Mankoo , patriot Rafe Heydel Mankoo, thank you so much for joining patriot Rafe Heydel Mankoo, thank you so much forjoining us on the show. This afternoon. I thoroughly enjoyed that. Now theres lots more still to come between now and 6 00. And ill talk about meghan and harrys newfound love for polo as Prince William on the other hand, does what a proper dad does. He takes his lad to a football game. Now thatis his lad to a football game. Now that is a proper sport and that is a proper dad. But first, your latest News Headlines and its time tatiana sanchez. Time for tatiana sanchez. Martin. Thank you. The top stories this hour. The former chief executive of royal mail says he doesnt know if money paid by subpostmasters who were wrongly accused of stealing was recorded as profit. Adam crozier recorded as profit. Adam crozier told the horizon inquiry this afternoon that he assumed the money was accounted for by the companys financial team, but admitted he couldnt be sure. He also said he wasnt aware that lawyers within the Royal Mail Group conducted prosecutions , group conducted prosecutions, and conceded that subpostmasters shouldnt have been treated as thieves. Sir keir starmer says hes confident Angela Rayner has not broken any rules after Greater Manchester police launched an investigation over her tax affairs. Its over the her tax affairs. Its over the sale of her Council House in stockport a decade ago. Questions have been asked about whether she paid the right amount of tax and if it was her main home. Angela rayner denies any wrongdoing. The labour leader the investigation leader says the investigation will reveal the facts. Energy minister Graham Stuart has announced hes standing down from his cabinet role to focus on local issues. The beverley and holderness mp said he plans to focus on issues such as making roads safer , broadband making roads safer, broadband delivery and increasing the number of defibrillators in his constituency. Justin tomlinson now takes on the role of minister for energy, security and net zero, and there are serious shortcomings in the bank of englands Economic Forecasting methods , according forecasting methods, according to a report by former chair of the Us Federal Reserve ben bernanke. It found staff were using out of date software with functions that could be automated, often performed manually. 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And talking of which, if you want to back the winner of tomorrows grand national, stay grand national, then stay tuned, because whos going grand national, then stay tuned, becaus us whos going grand national, then stay tuned, becaus us exactly whos going grand national, then stay tuned, becaus us exactly whosrvhos going grand national, then stay tuned, becaus us exactly whos goingjoing to tell us exactly whos going to tell us exactly whos going to well, least thats to win. Well, at least thats what im hoping for anyway. But before the sussexes are in before that, the sussexes are in the spotlight once again as they announced that two new non fiction are in non fiction series are in production at netflix now , production at netflix now, meghan is set to celebrate the joy5 meghan is set to celebrate the joys of cooking and gardening , joys of cooking and gardening, entertaining and friendship, whatever that means. While prince harry opens the door to the aesthetic and social world of polo. Well, joining me now to share the details is the former royal correspondent michael cole, and the present day legend michael. Always a joy to have you the show, especially on you on the show, especially on a friday difference friday afternoon. The difference between the two families couldnt be more stark , could couldnt be more stark, could it . You have the sussexes droning on about flower arranging and polo, and you have Prince William taking Prince George to the aston villa match. Yes, indeed, good afternoon, martin, prince harry and his lovely wife are going to have to start singing for their supper. Theyve got a five Year Contract worth 100 million with netflix and netflix want their pound of flesh. So, as you say , shes flesh. So, as you say, shes going to be doing a lifestyle and cookery streaming service at and, hes going to do a program all about polo, not water polo, but polo with ponies, hockey on horseback. Which with the exception of ocean going racing in yachts, which was once described as, standing under a cold shower, ripping up £550 notes, must be the most expensive sport and hobby in the world because if youre playing polo, you need at least two ponies, preferably four, at least one groom, preferably two. And you need a polo ground. I dont think there are many polo grounds in watts and compton. And the other area of, of south los angeles, where ethnic communities tend to live, more basketball courts there, of course, let us say that prince harry is a splendid sportsman and he is, and was a very, very good equestrian, a very good rider, much better than his brother william. But i think william does win hands down, taking his son, his oldest son, Prince George, to the aston villa game last night, as he should now he is the he is the president of the fa and he really believes in all this. He loves it and he choses his team. Aston villa not the most fashionable side in the country, but one of the most historic. And he sticks with that. And he sticks with that. Prince harry went for arsenal and it was rumoured that the late queen liked arsenal too , so late queen liked arsenal too, so i think anybodys entitled to support any club, preferably the one nearest to them. I mean, i would like it if everybody supported fulham as i do , but supported fulham as i do, but everybody has their own tastes in these matters. But i think thumbs up and hats off to Prince William and quite clearly Prince George, who gets very excited. He sometimes comes to the norwich city games when hes at sandringham to see them play aston villa and others. He really gets into it and i think its a great thing to do. My think its a great thing to do. My father took me for my first football match when i was 12 years old, and ever after. We always had something to talk about when youve got nothing to say to your father when a teenager. When youre a teenager. We had fulham to talk we always had fulham to talk about. Was bonding with me, about. He was bonding with me, although known about. He was bonding with me, altho that known about. He was bonding with me, altho that expression known about. He was bonding with me, altho that expression meant and aston villa, one. And aston villa, one. Yeah. Of course, yeah. Although of course, michael , it yeah. Although of course, michael, it can be a blessing in disguise. In fact, a curse getting your son into football. My getting your son into football. My father got me into Nottingham Forest in the glory years of two european cups, and now were facing down the barrel of relegation. I in terms relegation. I digress in terms of relatability and in terms of looking like a man of the people, a royal you can relate to. This is game, set and match to. This is game, set and match to Prince William, isnt it . To Prince William, isnt it . Absolutely it is. Polo is a rich mans sport and in america its a very exclusive sport. If youve all seen pretty women with pretty woman with richard gere and julia roberts, you remember when this, lady of the night of dubious morals goes to the polo match in a brown, polka dot dress with a lovely hat, and shes mixing with the hoi polloi and shes carrying it off as his escort in america. Its a snobby sport, as i say, its not going to go down well in their constituency that they want to cultivate across all the ethnic groups in the country. But having said that , lets just but having said that, lets just see how good a teacher he is. He speaks well when hes speaking publicly, if he can teach people, if he can bring some youngsters into the joy of working with horses and riding them as expertly as he does, and he he does. And ive seen him ride many times, and hes very good at it, well see. But it doesnt send the right signals. But i think it really shows martin, apart from anything else, they have to earn their living now. Theyve got a very expensive lifestyle, their security arrangements around the clock, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. That burns through a lot of money very, very quickly. So theyve got to keep the income stream going rather like a shark. They have to keep Going Forward to live. Forward to live. And that means earning money outside the royal family. Its a hard world and it will be remain to be seen whether the public take to these things , their take to these things, their popularity has waned in america. Popularity has waned in america. Over here, people have their own views of them and its it will be interesting to see whether they can carry off this lifestyle, a sort of programs. I lifestyle, a sort of programs. I think it will be interesting to see it. I wouldnt hold my breath that its going to be a huge hit, then netflix need huge hit, but then netflix need to be repaid. Theyve invested a lot in them and theyve got to get a payback. Yeah. Michael cole, thank you for joining us. As ever. Ill be forjoining us. As ever. Ill be washing my hair maybe even washing my hair or maybe even watching forest watching a Nottingham Forest dvd of glorious. Very of the glorious. Thank you very much us on the show. Much for joining us on the show. Now moving onwards, its six months the governments months since the governments controversial royal barge, the bibby stockholm, first opened its doors to migrants, and since then among locals have then tensions among locals have been running sky high one of been running sky high in one of the sources of frustration the main sources of frustration amongst portlanders is a luxury Free Bus Service that ferries Asylum Seekers around the town , Asylum Seekers around the town, while locals there are left out in the cold. Now southwest of england, reporterjeff in the cold. Now southwest of england, reporter jeff moody has been to portland , where he found been to portland, where he found a Community Just as angry and just as divided as ever. When the bus comes in portland, not everyone can get on it. If they travel on the bus on it. If they travel on the bus with the local community, there could be some sort of integration because a lot of people are confused of why theyre here, and maybe a little chat on the bus, because thats where people do talk, because i meet people on the bus every day and you ended up chatting. Wouldnt this be a very great way to integrate . But no, theyre separated. Theyre separated. And how come the local community move forward if theyre always kept in isolation from us . For some, there are echoes of segregation , and its leading to segregation, and its leading to resentment, resentment at the special buses, resentment at the health care, the bibi residents receive, resentment at the wet weather gear for hiking that Dorset Council provides. Six Dorset Council provides. Six months on from the arrival of the first residents on the bibby stockholm, the feeling of the local community is just as strong, just as divided and just as passionate as it always has been. And while a community that didnt ask for this argues and accuses the sheer cost of the bibby stockholm sticks in their throat £34. 8 million. If you break that down into figures that works out at capacity at about 4500 pounds per month per head. And i mean, if you do a little bit of investigation , you can rent investigation, you can rent a really plush house in sandbanks for that money or an apartment in chelsea. Each or or, you know, you may as well just send them on, a caribbean cruise for a month, all inclusive, because thats, what, 4500 pounds a month will get you for your money. They were sold the idea the barge was cheaper on the taxpayers pocket than asylum hotels. But in an investigation by the National Audit office into the National Audit office into the home offices asylum policy , the home offices asylum policy, it was revealed not only is this more expensive than hotels at the time of commissioning, the barge , the home office had not barge, the home office had not even estimated costs. They were flying blind. Im shocked really. I mean , im shocked really. I mean, the home office blatantly lied, they told us that the bibby stockholm was to offer value for the taxpayer for housing Asylum Seekers. And we now know from seekers. And we now know from the National Audit Office Document that was released at the end of march that its not just a little bit more expensive, exorbitantly expensive, its exorbitantly more its more expensive. I mean, it its obscene the cost, the money that is being thrown at this barge in a statement, the home office told gb news we have always been clear that the use of asylum hotels is unacceptable and thats why we acted swiftly to reduce the impact on local communities by moving Asylum Seekers on to barges and former military sites. While the National Audit offices figures include set up costs, it is currently better value for money for the taxpayer to continue with these sites than to use hotels, but the taxpayers in portland dont feel theyre getting value and they dont feel valued either. And its starting to be a problem. Jeff moody, gb news, has. Jeff moody, gb news, has. Now, loads of you have been getting in touch today using our new web page, gbnews. Com your say , and im going to read out a say, and im going to read out a few of those in a few minutes on sir keir starmer on veterans and on the echr. Im Martin Daubney on welcome back. Its 551 on the final furlong. And as i said, i was to read out some of youh said, i was to read out some of your. Your essays. You can get into a new way. Gbnews. Com your say. Loads of you have been getting in touch on rishi sunak veterans package today. £2. 1 million announced to help veterans get into Productive Work. And its fair to say youre youre pretty sceptical about the scheme. Chris says this its a total insult. £2. 1 million when were spending £8 million when were spending £8 million every day on hotels for migrants, what has this country come to . Paul adds this point if the government is serious about looking after veterans, why cant they find accommodation on bases for them and find them work as groundsmen or Women Security or cleaners, or even doing the place up, fitting them out, making them have Productive Work . Surely thats better than letting our veterans sleep rough on our streets. Youve also been on our streets. Youve also been getting in touch about is labour a party in waiting for government . Michael says this because we talked about tony blair. Is tony blair behind this . I was saying earlier on, it seems were only short now of dream coming in and singing. Things could only get better. Theyre talking tough on nuclear, talking big on defence, even toying with the idea of partial privatisation of the nhs. And michael adds this on tony blair. He is all over this general election. In my opinion. He is the puppet master pulling sir Keir Starmers strings ban as this sir Keir Starmers commitment to spending 2. 5 of gdp on defence as soon as resources allow that to happen , resources allow that to happen, he says. Well, heres my question to him where will he get the money . There is no magic money tree left. Ray says this because we talked about nuclear, Nuclear Power and nuclear war. Sir keir starmer committing that all four dreadnoughts in barrow in furness will be built under a Labour Government. Were going to move on quickly. We have a to move on quickly. We have a guest. Grace of tomorrow is the day when even people who dont care about horse racing sadly become experts. Yes, its the grand national, the most famous horse race on the planet, and im joined now by a man who knows exactly what its like to win the grand national. Brandon powell road rhyme and reason to victory in 1988. Brandon, welcome to the show. Youre a winner. Whos going to win tomorrow. Good afternoon. Tomorrow. Good afternoon. Yeah, i think its a very tough race. Grounds going to be very testing, but not as bad as i thought it might be, it stayed dry the last few days , and most dry the last few days, and most horses were finished in today, and. And the times werent bad, so i think its okay, in my personal favours, last years second vanilla, Gavin Cromwell trains, which Sean Flanagan riding , he trains, which Sean Flanagan riding, he got a bit trains, which Sean Flanagan riding , he got a bit outpaced riding, he got a bit outpaced last year, stayed on very well and i think hes been trained specifically like most horses obviously for this race. But, i do like him and quickly, if we could. Brendan, it must be the most amazing feeling in the world to win the grand national. Was win the grand national. What was it . It like . Yeah, it was, a long time ago. Now, my memory is not the greatest, but, i can remember it. Days, there it. And, in those days, there were no mobile phones. So you didnt get all well wishes didnt get all the well wishes or it was cards and or everything. It was cards and letters, ive still got letters, which ive still got them but brilliant them all but look. Brilliant feeling something always feeling something youve always wanted and, no, wanted to do from a kid and, no, it was just. Its just something to live with you for the rest of your life. Grace of an brendan powell. I believe you got a horse in tomorrows race. Dorado. Tomorrows race. El dorado. Allen 1. I like a long allen at 100 to 1. I like a long shot. Have a nibble with shot. I might have a nibble with myself. Best luck you myself. Best of luck to you tomorrow. Joining us tomorrow. Thanks forjoining us on thanks for on the show. Well, thanks for joining ive been joining me today. Ive been martin next is dewbs co Martin Daubney next is dewbs co with bev turner. But first its time for your weather and its alex burkill. Have a great weekend. Weekend. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello again heres your latest gb news weather update in association with the met office. Looking ahead to the weekend and its going to turn fresher with showers for many of us. But for the time being, its still warm and largely settled across southern due high southern areas due to High Pressure here, a different story further north, frontal systems pushing through , bringing the pushing through, bringing the focus for some outbreaks of rain and could heavy at and the rain could be heavy at times across parts of scotland overnight, watch for times across parts of scotland overni strong watch for times across parts of scotland overnistrong , watch for times across parts of scotland overnistrong , gusty atch for times across parts of scotland overnistrong , gusty winds for times across parts of scotland overnistrong , gusty winds towards some strong, gusty winds towards the drier the north west. Two a drier further south, though some murkiness, some low cloud, some coastal fog could develop around engush coastal fog could develop around English Channel coast. Its not going be a chilly night, going to be a chilly night, temperatures generally holding up high single figures or up in high single figures or double digits in some towns and cities go through cities as we go through tomorrow. Then any mr murk towards south should towards the far south should clear away quite quickly, and in the southeast actually the southeast its actually going stay largely fine going to stay largely fine through chunk day. Through a big chunk of the day. Across northern and western parts of england and wales, the cloud will outbreaks cloud will bring some outbreaks of rain more unsettled across parts and in parts of Northern Ireland and in particular scotland, some heavy downpours possible and some strong, gusty winds at times. Temperatures still above average strong, gusty winds at times. Tentheatures still above average strong, gusty winds at times. Tenthe times still above average strong, gusty winds at times. Tenthe time oftill above average strong, gusty winds at times. Tenthe time of year, iove average strong, gusty winds at times. Tenthe time of year, thougherage strong, gusty winds at times. Tenthe time of year, though not; for the time of year, though not quite as as weve seen quite as high as weve seen today. Look towards today. As we look towards sunday, its going to be a fresher day for all of us. Plenty of showers towards the northwest. Some could be northwest. Some of them could be heavy, some thunder and heavy, could be some thunder and hail a drier picture hail mixed in to a drier picture towards southeast. But into towards the southeast. But into the early part of next week, the showers to become more showers are going to become more widespread is going to widespread and it is going to feel fresher than it feel markedly fresher than it has done of late. Thats it for me. Ill see again soon. Me. Ill see you again soon. 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