Tax pledge is different. It isnt connected to the conservative party. It is a direct pledge from me and my constituents in rossendale and dannen and to the british people that i will not vote to put taxes up. Its for keeps. It is taxes up. Its for keeps. It is a pledge that i will stick to as long as i am a member of parliament. The family of the school coach driver who died in a crash on the wirral yesterday have described him as a loving husband father. They say husband and father. They say Stephen Shrimpton suffered medical issues at the wheel of the coach. The 40 year old was a father to two children. The 15 year old Jessica Baker also died in the crash and four other children were taken to hospital , including a 14 year old boy whose injuries are said to be life changing. The aslef union life changing. The aslef union has denied todays train strikes were politically motivated after the government said it was planned to coincide with the conservative Party Conference. Train drivers at 16 operators in england walked out in their long running dispute. England walked out in their long running dispute. Another strike running dispute. Another strike is planned for wednesday when the conference ends and many parts of the country had no service at all. And those that did run finished earlier than usual and hundreds of demonstrate voters lined the streets of london to protest against the rosebank offshore development earlier. Theyre demanding the government reconsider approval for the Controversial Oil field located 80 miles west of shetland. It is the uks largest untapped field and is estimated to contain up to 300 Million Barrels of oil. To 300 Million Barrels of oil. Now, that is it. From the moment from the gb newsroom. Now it is time for headliners. Time for headliners. Hello and welcome to headunes. Headlines. Im Stephen Allen and im joined by mad dog Lewis Schaefer and big dog nick dixon. We have a lot of dogs here, but no foxes. How are we both doing . We managed to get not quite through the weekend yet. Halfway through the were halfway through the weekend. Far. Weekend. Survived so far. Its a great time for you, steve. Its a time to be its a great time to be a moderate lefty with an interest in science because i cant i cant see that really going wrong i mean, its wrong for you. I mean, its mainly for next mainly career wise for the next couple weeks, but personally, couple of weeks, but personally, its to be on its not a great place to be on the scene. It wasnt good the dating scene. It wasnt good back day. Yeah, dont put back in the day. Yeah, dont put dont in your tinder bio. Dont put it in your tinder bio. Let them find out gradually. Yeah can i be a moderate lefty with science . With an interest in science . Id love you to try , but id id love you to try, but id somehow. I dont think it would land. As i said last night, i did a i did a chat gp2 and asked if i was a right wing comedian and they said no. Chatgpt so it must be true. It must be true then. So if the only people who think youve got reasonable views are computers or something, well, fair enough. Lets move on to the front pages and get along to the and see how we get along to the observer. Education ministry observer. Education ministry keeps secret files on critics of schools policy. Well talk about that later. The sunday telegraph that later. The sunday telegraph shapps to send uk troops to ukraine. The sunday times badenoch piles pressure on sunak to quit echr the sunday express. £1 billion lifeline for derelict high streets. The sunday mirror. The baby who cant cry and the daily star sunday goes with socks maniac. Sunday goes with socks maniac. And those are your front pages. And those are your front pages. All right. Kicking off this in depth look at sundays front pages. Lets go to the sunday times. Lewis, what have they got . Well, it says badenoch piles pressure on sunak to quit echr. Pressure on sunak to quit echr. I dont know whether its piling pressure on us. She did an interview with the sunday times. This woman, Kemi Badenoch , who this woman, Kemi Badenoch, who im finding out more about and the think whats happening the way i think whats happening is, is sunday times is kind is, is the sunday times is kind of her to the new of positioning her to be the new replacement for rishi sunak because as shes coming out with all these great ideas and shes just the latest person whos and i think because shes a person of colour, she was born in nigeria , india. She actually nigeria, india. She actually grew up in america. And then she grew up in america. And then she moved back here. So its quite possible she could represent three countries and someone who left america because their career needed it. Youve got a lot in common with this. Is that. Yeah, i think i think with her its going to work out better than its worked out for me. Yeah. Nick, you all know about this. Look, people about this. Look, some people think rishis benefiting think that rishis benefiting from having people around him saying cant get from having people around him sayin with, cant get from having people around him sayin with, saying cant get from having people around him sayin with, saying , cant get from having people around him sayin with, saying , c his get from having people around him sayin with, saying , c his the away with, saying, but his the core voter might like to hear any any weight to that point. There is something in there. I mean you could you could argue why why is rishi not able to with it if were to get away with it if were saying can saying that suella and kemi can get with them . Get away with them . Because are you suggesting its of racial grounds its because of racial grounds or something . No. Well for the stuff people heard stuff the people ive heard opining podcasts, opining about this on podcasts, its that wants be its more that he wants to be not with some not associated with some of these he can these points of view so he can still garner the votes from the more moderate electorate, but still to the people who still appeal to the people who like these. Suppose when like these. I suppose when youre of such a youre the leader of such a broad as conservative broad church as a conservative party, an element party, you have to do an element of that. You have to appease both sides of your party. I think reasonable. Think its totally reasonable. Kemi sort of kemi is seen by the sort of remainer professional managerial class sort of extremist, remainer professional managerial clas actually sort of extremist, remainer professional managerial clas actually shes of extremist, remainer professional managerial clas actually shes just extremist, but actually shes just very sensible she points out that but actually shes just very senspolicy she points out that but actually shes just very senspolicy is she points out that but actually shes just very senspolicy is sensible. S out that but actually shes just very senspolicy is sensible. Theres at this policy is sensible. Theres nothing extreme , she says, about nothing extreme, she says, about changing something thats, you know, laws that were made 100 years ago. Thinks its years ago. And she thinks its perfectly reasonable, much as with zero, she its with net zero, she thinks its perfectly reasonable to amend with net zero, she thinks its perfe of� reasonable to amend with net zero, she thinks its perfe of these nable to amend with net zero, she thinks its perfe of these things. amend with net zero, she thinks its perfe of these things. She end with net zero, she thinks its perfe of these things. She talks some of these things. She talks about it needs updating and reviewing the echr law. And i think thats completely reasonable. I dont see whats wrong really. Okay. Wrong with that really. Okay. And we can almost stick with kind stories. We go kind of the same stories. We go to telegraph. Nick, to the sunday telegraph. Nick, what they got their what have they got on their front almost linked. What have they got on their front so almost linked. What have they got on their front so story st linked. What have they got on their front so story is linked. What have they got on their front so story is sunak. Yeah. So linked story is sunak set ignore european judges set to ignore european judges blocking plan . And the blocking rwanda plan . And the idea sunak could get idea is that sunak could get around this legally. This attempt to ground the deportation flights using the new illegal migration act, which always sounds to me like theyre saying the act itself is illegal, theyve just got illegal, like theyve just got it but its the it through somehow. But its the illegal act suella illegal migration act and Suella Braverman block any braverman could also block any future injunctions. The idea future injunctions. Is the idea. And again, i see this as a perfectly positive why perfectly positive thing. Why should european body get to should this european body get to ground our flights . And you know , do they really have a higher standard of rights and freedoms than it, since we than us . I doubt it, since we invented most of this stuff. So thats my thought on that. I dont if you want to say dont know if you want to say more about or go the more about it or go on to the shap story anything on that shap story or anything on that slice lewis well, think slice of it. Lewis well, i think i think is, is its like i think what it is, is its like i think what it is, is its like i they passed a law. I think they they passed a law. Got this right, they if i got this right, they passed a law recently called the small boats bill, but its called Something Else which says they can basically disobey the European Court of justice of human rights. European court of justice of human rights. And so what human rights. And so what theyre saying is they might just say, well, were not going to listen to the European Court or were not to going let them stop us. Is this just without getting too much down the rabbit hole, is this one of those things where every so often theres a law where because you dont like it, you like the idea of being able go europe like the it, you like the idea of being able rightseurope like the it, you like the idea of being able rights act pe like the it, you like the idea of being able rights act was ke the it, you like the idea of being able rights act was usede it, you like the idea of being able rights act was used to human rights act was used to manage being manage to stop someone being deported like deported to america. We like that one. We didnt like the idea of america nicking our hackers. Is one those hackers. So is it one of those laws where you only like it when it you, dont it disagrees with you, you dont like be Something Like it . It could be something in i mean, but what in that. Yeah, i mean, but what do you think . Mean, if we do you think . I mean, if we cant such a simple basic cant do such a simple basic policy few people cant do such a simple basic po rwanda, few people cant do such a simple basic po rwanda, is few people cant do such a simple basic po rwanda, is that few people cant do such a simple basic po rwanda, is that really people workable . Its not a people. Its not a few people. Theyre talking about tens of thousands of people. Theyre doing it. I mean, the problem with rwanda, touch with you about rwanda, in touch with you about it know what they it yet, you know what they should ask me . Let me into the i mean, they let me into the country, not going to country, so theyre not going to listen. The problem the listen. I think the problem the problem is, is that is that Everybody Knows its a form of punishment. Everybody knows its a form of punishment. And were against any kind of punishment in this country or america, any more. They dont want to punish people. And they know being sent to rwanda is not going to be fun for them. For them. Before we take up too long on this, lets move on to what is probably the biggest story on the front page of telegraph. The front page of the telegraph. Yeah, shapps to yeah, a big story. Shapps to send to ukraine. Send uk troops to ukraine. Obviously is a Development Obviously this is a development because the army would in because the army would now in this military this train zelenskys military on the ground and the navy might move into the black sea. So this is escalation as im sure you is an escalation as im sure you know. So and it depends if you think its a good or a bad thing. I suppose if leo was here, hed be shouting about why its a great thing, im sure. But people will see as but some people will see this as an escalation britain an an escalation of britain getting involved we getting more involved than we have suppose counter getting more involved than we have be suppose counter getting more involved than we have be ifuppose counter getting more involved than we have be if it pose counter getting more involved than we have be if it puts counter getting more involved than we have be if it puts more nter might be if it puts more pressure russia and ends the pressure on russia and ends the war thats another war sooner. Thats another argument. Will argument. But some people will see not a good thing. See it as not a good thing. This is a this is a horrendous thing that , first of horrendous thing that, first of all, not bringing all, theyre not bringing theyre not putting troops. Exactly. Training. The exactly. Theyre training. The troops. Theyre bringing the troops. Theyre bringing the troops home. Theyre bringing theyre bringing theyre sending british to the ukraine to british troops to the ukraine to be trained there. So were sending trainers. Thats exactly what happened in vietnam. Thats how it all started with kennedy sending trains , people. I dont sending trains, people. I dont know whether you remember that, you know, because you dont remember it, but this is thats what happened. So thats a huge problem. Are prone problem. The russians are prone to missiles that are to to sending missiles that are to going kill those british troops. Once those british troops are killed, britain is in killed, boom, britain is in it. So a nightmare. And but but so its a nightmare. And but but the way before you go on, the big way before you go on, the big way before you go on, the nightmare is, is the biggest nightmare is, is right now and nobody knows this , winning. They are , russia is winning. They are winning. The problem isnt getting russia to stop doing what its doing. The problem is getting ukraine say, getting the ukraine to just say, okay, were going to accept things the they are and the things the way they are and the way the russians are winning is they off all they basically blocked off all of the grain from leaving the country black sea. Country through the black sea. Well, thats russian side. Well, thats the russian side. But through through whatever that area is over there. And so they cant get the grain out. Its the first time ive heard you say anything positive about eating carbs. Well, it feeds it feeds the it feeds it feeds the ukraine and theyre in deep trouble. And if we send our ships there, whats going to happen is the is the russians are to going attack those ships and then well be in a state of war with with russia. The positive at least said he was going to probably increase defence spending and ruled out diversity quotas in the military. I only have one line on story, but i already on that story, but i already know thats a good thing. Yeah moving on the sunday express moving on to the sunday express. Are they going with . Well, rishi sunak levelling with . Boost rishi sunak levelling with . Boost forhi sunak levelling with . Boost for forgotten. Evelling with . Boost for forgotten towns1g with . Boost for forgotten towns. J with . Boost for forgotten towns. I up boost for forgotten towns. I mean, hes trying to get re elected, so hes spending money doesnt have on money that he doesnt have on situation its a £1 situation that he. Its a £1 billion lifeline for derelict high streets and basically he caused the problem or the other guy Boris Johnson the tories caused the problem because they they locked down the entire country causing rampant inflation. Well, let me jump in there a little bit. The high streets problems werent caused by the lockdown. They slowly being lockdown. They were slowly being vacated years by high rates, vacated for years by high rates, by high rates. By high rates. Id say. Whats killed the high street . High and no high street . High rates and no parking. Basically parking. Theyve basically eviscerated the parking from from the high street. So everybody went off to tescos and sainsburys where there was parking. This has been a war on Small Businesses and sending a Million Pounds is not going to help the high street its billion billion £1 billion. Nick £1 billion. Where is he going to get the money . He could get it from all of that misspent ppe contract. No, wait a minute. Ppe contract. No, wait a minute. Theyre that. Theyre not looking into that. Its else would its a shame. Where else would he money . Yeah, well, he get the money . Yeah, well, i dont hes going to dont know where hes going to get its going the get it from. Its going to the north, it cant be north, though, so it cant be bad. I think ive heard its going to holland. Sandwell could be get some be wrong. Im sure ill get some tweets, is. Its good tweets, but it is. Its good that hes doing it because boris, on boris, after all, won on a mandate of levelling up. So eventually were that eventually were back to that and before and a cynic will say just before the election, hes trying to win back seats. But of back red wall seats. But of course, not cynic, so id course, im not a cynic, so id never that. Yeah, fair never say that. Yeah, fair enough. Then finally, we enough. And then finally, we move the daily move on to the to the daily star. Nick, are going star. Nick, what are they going with one here. With and why . A big one here. Its maniac. So england its socks maniac. So england star tackle out, which star gets his tackle out, which is a of pun for romp but is a kind of pun for romp but refuses to take off his not very romantic ankle warmers. So a randy england footie ace. Are there any other kind of footie ace . I there any other kind of footie ace . I sometimes wonder scored with a model. Another pun, but insisted on keeping his socks on the whole time. So. But luckily it was all over in minutes anyway. So its classic daily star. Im almost surprised. Weve covered that because, you know, want highbrow know, we want to be highbrow here, but weve here, steve, but weve not quite. Short of quite. Thats fallen short of our standards, i