Nationalists, whose Party Conference starts today in aberdeen, are employed coding, which could ease labours path to victory next year. What future for the conservatives if they were to find themselves ousted from power in a years time . The influential onward think tank has published the first of several papers urging the party to reject liz trusss brand of libertarianism that seems to have such a hold on the membership. Ill speak to the membership. Ill speak to the reports co author. Aside from reports co author. Aside from politics and trains , as im politics and trains, as im probably best known for my love of wagner, but do i perhaps overlook a golden generation of engush overlook a golden generation of english composers who led the world in Classical Music at the beginning of the last century . Thats the view of historian and journalist simon heffer , who journalist simon heffer, who will join me to extol the lesser known sir arthur bliss , the known sir arthur bliss, the subject a new biography and subject of a new biography and another titan of englands cultural life. Stefan kyriazis will be here to tell me what theatre we should be buying later in the programme. A darling of londons society will be in the studio. Henry conway be in the studio. Henry conway will give us a glimpse of the high life and offer practical advice on how to throw the perfect party. But before all of that, here are your latest news headunes that, here are your latest News Headlines with Elizabeth Callaghan. Callaghan. Good morning. Its a few good morning. Its a few minutes past 11 00. Im Elizabeth Callaghan in the newsroom. Thousands of newsroom. Thousands of palestinians continue to flee south as the israeli Prime Minister tells his troops the next stage is coming. Its military is attacking hamas by sea and air in gaza and preparing for a ground offensive. There are reports from the Israeli Defence force saying hamas is stopping civilians from leaving. It comes as the hamas leader met with irans foreign minister in qatar, where they agreed to continue to cooperation. The us president , joe biden, has reiterated his unwavering support to israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. Minister benjamin netanyahu. Speaking last night, the us president said hate had caused the conflict. A week ago we saw a hate manifest test in another way in the worst massacre jewish people since the holocaust. People since the holocaust. More than 1300 innocent lives lost in israel, including at least 27 americans children and grandparents alike, kidnapped , grandparents alike, kidnapped, held hostage by hamas. The held hostage by hamas. The humanitarian crisis in gaza is innocent palestinian families , innocent palestinian families, and the vast majority have nothing to do with hamas. Nothing to do with hamas. Theyre being used as human shields. The Foreign Office is shields. The Foreign Office is telling british nationals in gaza to be ready in case the rafah Border Crossing is opened. Its currently the only route out of the territory. A third out of the territory. A third government charter flight carrying britons from the country has departed. Prime minister rishi sunak has vowed to always stand with israel. Foreign secretary James Cleverly told gb news the uk government are doing everything they can to get british nationals trapped in gaza. Get british nationals trapped in gaza. A safe passage out. Gaza. A safe passage out. We have been liaising very, very closely with the israeli government, with the Egyptian Government, with the Egyptian Government, and we know that there have been talks to try and reopen the rafah crossing. Now, thatis reopen the rafah crossing. Now, that is the Border Crossing between Southern Gaza and egypt at the moment. That is the only credible exit route for people from gaza. We will continue to work to try and get that crossing reopened, although at the moment it is not open and that is, of course, making humanity korean and consular support into gaza incredibly difficult. Difficult. Meanwhile, the shadow foreign secretary has said the rise in anti semitism in the uk is abysmal and schoolchildren should feel safe to go to school. David lammy , whose school. David lammy, whose constituency has a large jewish community, told gb news they should feel safe and be protected by law. He also said the advice from police is that jewish schools can open. Jewish schools can open. The rise in anti semitism is abysmal. We must stand up to this hate. The idea that there this hate. The idea that there are schoolchildren not attending school through fear , not wearing school through fear, not wearing uniform through fear, people taking off the star of. David taking off the star of. David hiding, pretending that they are not of jewish faith is entirely unacceptable. Bill and i stand unacceptable. Bill and i stand in soledar charity with jewish communities at this time who must have the full protection of the law onto some Entertainment News now and madonna has kicked off her delayed celebration tour in london following a Serious Health scare. The 65 year old had to postpone on the start date from july after she was admitted to intensive care with a near fatal bacterial affection. She told the audience she didnt think she was going to make it and credited her children with helping her to recover. 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This is gb news across the uk, on tv, in your car, on digital radio, and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news now its back to michael. Now its back to michael. Thank you. Elizabeth callaghan. Sir keir starmer was under pressure to deliver a morale boosting speech and a rallying cry as he appeared at his maybe last Party Conference before next years general election. The labour leader stylishly breezed through a glitter bomb attack from a left wing activist by removing his blazer , rolling up his sleeves blazer, rolling up his sleeves and projecting a can do spirit that hell want voters to remember as they step into the polling stations. But is itjust polling stations. But is it just a shimmery projection or can he change the effectiveness of government in this country to deliver for people not least by building the million and a half homes hes promised . The homes that hes promised . The scottish nationalists are in a mess. Theyve been routed in a house of commons by election and one of their westminster mps has defected tories, of defected to the tories, both of which are oddly good labour. Which are oddly good for labour. The first minister, hamza yusuf, has travelled to aberdeen while his law are stuck in his parents in law are stuck in gaza. Party conference is gaza. His Party Conference is meant to resolve whether the snp will claim after the westminster general election a mandate for another independence referendum to reflect on the politics of the moment. Ive got a Superstar Panel of aubrey allegretti, senior Political Correspondent at the guardian. Alice denby , at the guardian. Alice denby, who is author and editor of who is an author and editor of the capex website. And charlie rowley, who worked government rowley, who worked in government as a special adviser to michael gove. Welcome back to all three of you. Alice as i think most people think that the National Health service doesnt work , the Health Service doesnt work, the trains dont work, the prisons dont work. Nothing can be built in this country. Was it satisfactory that keir starmer did not have a plan for fundamental reform of the Public Sector . Yeah, absolutely. I think it was a case of all that glitters is not gold. For speech, is not gold. For his speech, i thought he did a very good job of of stepping up the of sort of stepping up to the moment. Certainly moment. I think he certainly sounded Prime Ministerial, but beneath the detail there was really little substance really very little substance to what mean, think what he said. I mean, i think its welcome that hes its very welcome that hes pledging 1. 5 million pledging to build 1. 5 million more succeeds , that more homes if he succeeds, that will brilliant. But wheres will be brilliant. But wheres the detail how hes going to the detail of how hes going to do if look what do it . And if you look at what policies announced, hes policies he has announced, hes got non dom tax and vat on got a non dom tax and vat on private school fees, both of which fairly which i think are fairly unlikely to raise much unlikely to raise as much revenue claiming. Im revenue as hes claiming. So im afraid this is just back to old labour spend. Labour tax and spend. Alex, of course, one understands opposition understands that an opposition an expose itself an doesnt want to expose itself too policies an doesnt want to expose itself too attacked policies an doesnt want to expose itself too attacked. Policies an doesnt want to expose itself too attacked. But policies an doesnt want to expose itself too attacked. But i policies an doesnt want to expose itself too attacked. But i thinkicies an doesnt want to expose itself too attacked. But i think my; get attacked. But i think my fear is not so much that they havent worked out the detail of this or that, but that labour has no idea of the scale of the challenge. A mess this challenge. What what a mess this country is in. Think is true. And i think this is true. And when at nhs, again, when you look at nhs, again, a very welcome words about reforming and about looking again model. But really again at the model. But really it complete overhaul , it needs a complete overhaul, not boosting capacity and not just boosting capacity and tackling the waiting lists. And i dont really see any evidence that that labour has that that labour really has going to up to that moment going to step up to that moment and that. And do that. You were up there in charlie, you were up there in liverpool. And youve told me by liverpool. And youve told me by message that you thought it was a pretty successful conference, but successfully in what sense . Successful in that theyre on the way to victory or successful in the sense that they know whats country . Whats needed for the country . Both you know, the i think both you know, the atmosphere was buoyant. Atmosphere was buoyant. Everybody was enjoying themselves. Did feel like a themselves. It did feel like a party that was ever more closer to getting back into power after 13 years of opposition. And i think i agree with alex. You know, the narrative in terms of what keir starmer put out what sir keir starmer put out there to right. It there seemed to be right. It seemed the seemed to chime with the country. Articulated country. He articulated the problems , but we didnt really problems, but we didnt really see solution. So, you know, see the solution. So, you know, 1. 5 million homes, thats all very government very well. Well, this government committed 1 homes by committed to 1 million homes by the the parliament. Its the end of the parliament. Its achieved you know, is achieved that. So you know, is there much between the two parties . Sir keir starmer then unpacked that housing policy a bit over the coming days by saying that hed ride roughshod over communities to just over local communities to just build. How will that impact build. Now, how will that impact on the by election in mid bedfordshire tamworth mid bedfordshire and in tamworth where local where youve got local communities local communities and local authorities are responsible authorities who are responsible for approving those for effectively approving those planning permissions and where local people might not want the housing in place. Well housing thats in place. Well have to wait and see how that plays least mentioned at least starmer mentioned housing. Rishi sunak i think did not. And we know that so many young people are quite rightly obsessed with housing. But not only people, their only the young people, their parents their grandparents parents and their grandparents as starmer steal as well. So starmer did steal a march on the tories there. Do you think . You think . I think it did. And i think look , sir keir obviously thought look, sir keir obviously thought that this was the speech of his life. It could be the last time that the country sees him before a election on a national a general election on a national stage. Platform set stage. Having a platform to set out and labours out labours view and labours narrative of how they would govern. But i think govern the country. But i think what well see what i hope what well see from what i hope well sunak over what well see from what i hope weiweeks sunak over what well see from what i hope weiweeks and sunak over what well see from what i hope weiweeks and months1nak over what well see from what i hope weiweeks and months ahead er what well see from what i hope weiweeks and months ahead in the weeks and months ahead in the weeks and months ahead in the up general election the run up to a general election is of policy is the drumbeat of policy announcements that the announcements that when the pubuc announcements that when the public engaged , public become more engaged, because i think theres still a lot political apathy out because i think theres still a lot at litical apathy out because i think theres still a lot at the al apathy out because i think theres still a lot at the minute, iy out because i think theres still a lot at the minute, people there at the minute, people arent engaged in whats happening so in a happening in politics. So in a drumbeat until the general drumbeat up until the general election, well see more election, i think well see more announcements from the Prime Minister and the conservative party like party that addresses things like housing, the cost of housing, child care, the cost of living, might just be living, and that might just be at when public are at a time when the public are engaged think twice engaged and might think twice about voting for conservatives again. Again. Aubrey have my bee in aubrey do you have my bee in my bonnet about the need for fundamental reform . Is it do you think theres a body of Public Opinion that thinks that both parties of missing the parties are kind of missing the point at moment, that so point at the moment, that so much wrong, so much needs to much is wrong, so much needs to be put right and nobody seems to have that. Have any answers to that. He certainly i think he certainly diagnosed right problems. Diagnosed the right problems. But when you look , for example, but when you look, for example, at that word cloud that he was presented people presented with of what people think about him, which was dominated word nothing, dominated by the word nothing, you cannot in 12 months time have that out as the sort of first thing that people think about you going into a general election. So you have election. So you do have to start braver and bolder start being braver and bolder and advocating detailed and advocating more detailed policy. Now, obviously, labours and advocating more detailed policy worried jbviously, labours and advocating more detailed policy worried that usly, labours and advocating more detailed policy worried that the, labours really worried that the conservatives could potentially steal some of their policies and i think the conservative us know that certainly issue that certainly on an issue like planning , they it a very planning, they find it a very thorny topic, but it is something theyre going to inevitably have to address if they attract younger they want to attract younger voters. Whether or not keir voters. But whether or not keir starmer really of keep starmer can really sort of keep his party in line, i thought this conference showed he absolutely can, which gives him the base to be able to build and be of bolder, more be that sort of bolder, more articulate version of what hes going because as you going to do. Because as you rightly as well, some of rightly said as well, some of the policies, the sort of spending policies, the sort of spending policies, the about the money the stuff about the money theyre to be able to theyre going to be able to recoup wide scale recoup to pay for the wide scale pubuc recoup to pay for the wide scale Public Service reform that you talked that still isnt at talked about that still isnt at the scale required. The scale required. No, mean, labour does look no, i mean, labour does look like hungry for like a party thats hungry for power, is a very necessary power, which is a very necessary precondition. Theyre showing precondition. So theyre showing the discipline that would enable them take office. In your them to take office. In your sense, where are we now . Are we talking about how big the labour majority might be . Or are we talking about whether they would have an majority at all . Have an overall majority at all . Where do you think labour thinks it is . Theres a lot that can so theres a lot that can change in the next of 12, change in the next sort of 12, 13 months obviously we have 13 months and obviously we have all to january 2025 all the way up