Evening. Also tonight should Buckingham Palace come clean about the health of king charles and princess catherine to stop rumours and speculation. And as rumours and speculation. And as spice girl geri halliwells husband, finds himself in hot water over alleged messages to a female colleague, is flirting at work, a sackable offence . This is friday night live with me, mark dolan. Bring your own dnnks. Mark dolan. Bring your own drinks. The admission is. Drinks. The admission is. Free. Yes, indeed. On tonights show, yes, indeed. On tonights show, my friday friends , star my friday friends, star historian David Oldroyd b bolt and fearless political commentator peter emma burnell. Commentator peter emma burnell. Yes, indeed. Also tonight weve got former government minister Edwina Currie with her reaction to rishi sunaks speech tonight and tv news legend Nicholas Owen, plus essex expert liz brewer on flirting in the workplace. My friday big opinion is on the way. My first reaction to the events of the last 24 hours and what it means for the country, plus my reaction to rishi sunaks remarkable speech. Lots to get through a busy hour. First, the News Headlines and sam francis. Mark, i am so sorry to disappoint you. This is the top story from the tv newsroom. The Prime Minister says islamist extremism aims to drain us of our confidence in ourselves as a people addressing the nation outside downing street this evening, he vowed to back Police Taking action against problem protests and said universities must do more to crack down on extremism on campuses. Rishi sunak says islamist extremists are spreading a poison in a statement, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has backed the Prime Ministers message, calling for unity in the country. The Prime Minister signalled the government will unveil what he called a robust framework for dealing with the growing problem of extremism. Growing problem of extremism. I want us to doubt ourselves , i want us to doubt ourselves, to doubt each other, to doubt our countries history and achievements. They want us to achievements. They want us to accept a moral equivalence between britain and some of the most despicable regimes in the world. Let us prove these extremists wrong and show them that even when we disagree, we will never be disunited from our common values of decency and respect means all whilst addressing the nation. Rishi sunak said the rochdale by election result was beyond alarming. Thats after it was alarming. Thats after it was won by George Galloway , the uks won by George Galloway, the uks leading Jewish Organisation has described the work as party leader as a conspiracy theorist who brings division and hate to every place hes ever stood for parliament. During his career, galloway has also presented programmes for both the russian and Iranian State broadcasters. And Iranian State broadcasters. Labour leader sir keir starmer says hell stoke fear and division. Division. Galloway only won because labour didnt stand a candidate. Labour didnt stand a candidate. I regret that we had to withdraw our candidate and apologise to voters in rochdale , but i took voters in rochdale, but i took that decision. It was the right that decision. It was the right decision and when i say i changed the labour party, i mean it. Obviously we will put it. Obviously we will put a first class candidate, a unifier before the voters in rochdale at the general election. The general election. Well, an investigation has now been launched after three people were injured in south london following a reports of a shooting around 5 00 this afternoon. Police said they were chasing a moped that failed to stop for them when a shotgun was fired from it at clapham common. Police say two people sustained pellet injuries. A third was pellet injuries. A third was injured by the moped itself. The injured by the moped itself. The suspects fled the scene. Suspects fled the scene. Emergency crews say they treated three people at the scene and took two to hospital. None of the injuries are thought to be life threatening , and the cost life threatening, and the cost of the governments rwanda scheme could soar to half a billion pounds, plus hundreds of thousands more for each migrant sent there. An investigation by sent there. An investigation by the public spending watchdog found. The millions in additional spending includes £11,000 for each migrants plane ticket. There will also be an ticket. There will also be an extra £20,000 paid to rwanda for every Asylum Seeker whos relocated , with more than relocated, with more than 150,000 per person to cover ongoing costs. This for the latest stories you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. Or you can go to gb news. Common shirts. Now its back to. Mark shirts. Now its back to. Mark my thanks to sam francis and his stunt double, tatiana sanchez. Stunt double, tatiana sanchez. Welcome to friday night live. Your weekend starts here. Is the Prime Minister right . That extremism is now a threat to our democracy. Ill bring reaction to rishi sunaks unexpected, extraordinary and arguably historic speech made live outside 10 downing street earlier this evening. Also, earlier this evening. Also, should the palace come clean about the health of king charles and princess catherine to stop rumours and speculation, is it any of our business . Also know as spice girl, geri halliwells husband finds himself in hot water over alleged messages to a female colleague, is flirting at work a sackable offence . All of work a sackable offence . All of that, plus much more on friday night live with me. Mark dolan. Lots to get through. Let me tell you, including my friday friends. But first, my friday big opinion. We didnt expect big opinion. We didnt expect this from the Prime Minister today, but with hate speech spewed out on a weekly basis at those so called peace marches and with racist slogans projected onto our great public buildings , his unprecedented buildings, his unprecedented intervention tonight was welcome. Better late than never, rishi. Want us to doubt ourselves to doubt each other, to doubt our countries history and achievements. They want us to achievements. They want us to accept a moral equivalence between britain and some of the most despicable regimes in the world. And let us prove these extremists wrong and show them that even when we disagree, we will never be disunited from our common values of decency and respect. At last, a bit of respect. At last, a bit of leadership from sunak and the Prime Minister had harsh words for the newly elected mp George Galloway, a man whos had more comebacks than Fleetwood Mac and abba combined. But hes no super trouper. This armani suited, lexus driving lothario , a man with driving lothario, a man with more ex wives than you and i have had hot dinners, returns to the house of commons in the previously safe labour seat of rochdale. So what were the rochdale. So what were the issues at play . The cost of living spiralling rents, a lack of gp appointments, a dearth of school places, litter on the streets, anti social behaviour streets, anti social behaviour in streets, anti social behaviour in the park, potholes, god forbid. And yes indeed. Gone are forbid. And yes indeed. Gone are the days when issues that mattered to ordinary people featured in the political conversation. No, bizarrely, conversation. No, bizarrely, this by election was about a war several thousand miles away in which the United Kingdom is not participating in a decisive number of british muslim voters in rochdale were likely motivated to support George Galloway, given that he was the only candidate making a clear commitment to an immediate and permanent ceasefire between israel and hamas in gaza. Now israel and hamas in gaza. Now thatis israel and hamas in gaza. Now that is democracy in galloway argues that he is the duly elected member of parliament with a popular mandate, and he rejects sunaks criticism. But rejects sunaks criticism. But galloways success tells you that as demographics change in the years to come, religious and cultural battles will shape not just the National Conversation but the very makeup of our parliament. Its my view that galloway has manipulated the war in gaza for his own political ends and in my view , the pm was ends and in my view, the pm was right to call him out. And thanks to the likes of galloway, just as Northern Ireland politics has been dominated by political sectarianism, the rest of the uk in time may have to get used to the same thing. The tories and reform uk were non existent in rochdale , but non existent in rochdale, but thats not the story. The story thats not the story. The story is one of triumph for political jack in the box, galloway and a nightmare for sir keir starmer because whilst galloway is only one mp, hes one of the most gifted public speakers of his generation and he will use every moment in the house of commons between now and the next election to expose and exploit labours divisions over gaza. Labours divisions over gaza. Dont forget, it was only outrageous lobbying of the speaker of the house of commons that saw an outright vote on a ceasefire scrapped to avoid labours blushes , under the labours blushes, under the guise of the safety of labour mps and alleged threats from islamic extremists. Again, islamic extremists. Again, something referenced by sunak in front of number 10 earlier this evening. Should that ceasefire evening. Should that ceasefire vote have gone ahead, a swathe of labour backbenchers would have voted against their own party and likely frontbench resignations would have followed. Now George Galloway will be exposing and exploiting labours weaknesses in the months ahead. It will be months ahead. It will be entertaining for the neutral but stomach churning for starmer and his supporters. Still reeling after having to chuck the official labour candidate in rochdale out of the party for claiming the horrific october the 7th attacks, which killed over 1000 jews, were planned by israel. Now, to be over 1000 jews, were planned by israel. Now, to be fair to starmer, he has held the line on israel and for that i give him great credit. But how long will it last . You tell me. But one things for sure after mob rules saw the scrapping of a house of commons vote and for a religiously charged conflict abroad to be having such a direct impact on the outcome of a uk election, we are in worrying territory. At last, worrying territory. At last, however, were seeing the kind of strong leadership on extremism from sunak that many have craved for a long time. Im cunous have craved for a long time. Im curious to see how sir keir starmer, probably our next Prime Minister, responds. Will he be as firm . I wont hold my breath. And as for George Galloway, his nickname is gorgeous george, but theres nothing gorgeous about this result in rochdale. In this result in rochdale. In fact, british politics is turning ugly. On tonights show , turning ugly. On tonights show, my turning ugly. On tonights show, my friday friends, star historian David Oldroyd bolts and fearless political commentator emma burnell emma, were you inspired by the words of the Prime Minister . I thought, i agree with pretty much everything he said. Pretty much everything he said. I think it was quite hard before and i very, very, very rarely say that i agree with that a meme. Absolutely. I know ill never ill never live it down. The bbc wont have you back. The bbc wont have you back. They have me in im not sure they have me in the first place, but i also kind of felt a bit meh at the end of it. I didnt feel like there was something that came out of that speech that made me feel, i know why i tuned into on my television, and this unprecedented moment at 540 on a friday night, 540 friday friday night, 540 on a friday night for the Prime Minister to bnng night for the Prime Minister to bring out his podium make bring out his podium and make a speech usually they make an speech is usually they make an announcement. And didnt hear announcement. And i didnt hear announcement. And i didnt hear an announcement in that speech. So again , i am one of the so that i again, i am one of the i am a partisan , an lefty. I and i am a partisan, an lefty. I and when i say lefty i do not include George Galloway in that. Include George Galloway in that. And you want a Labour Government, i want a Labour Government. But i feel its important in moments like this that when i believe the Prime Minister is right, i say so because i think thats how we restore trust in politics, is not just simply saying, well, if theyve said it, its wrong. And if theyve said it is right, you have to take things on an issue by issue basis. But i as i said, i agreed with the sentiment of the speech wholeheartedly. I just didnt feel there was that much there. There now, David Oldroyd, bolt, i know you were not bowled over by the speech, but this is stronger and more powerful than anything. We keir starmer, we would get from keir starmer, who our next who will likely be our next prime. Prime minister. To say i was not bowled over is a massive understatement. It was rather like someone standing outside a Burning House and saying, were aware a problem saying, were aware of a problem with rising heat in the sitting room. This is the most pressing issue public order and issue of public order and safety, and it has for safety, and it has been for many,. The fact is many, many years. The fact is that the tory party and the labour party are equally afraid of considering why this happens, why it is such a danger, and how it is possible to go about ameliorating that danger. I dont think there is any difference in keir starmer and rishi sunak in this, because theyre both equally afraid of theyre both equally afraid of the reality would, and i totally agree. And of course its a bit of a talking shop at the moment and we need action, dont we . But i cant imagine keir starmer making a speech like that because he was so afraid of offending british muslims. Well, quite. T his t his client vote and he knows his client vote and hes going to piss them off hes not going to piss them off is thats the i mean i think is he. Thats the i mean i think that you accept. That would you accept. I think thats unfair. We no, i think thats unfair. We saw the clip of him being incredibly and rightly rude about galloway and his about George Galloway and his division minister. Keir division Prime Minister. No keir starmer during starmer we saw his clip during tatianas bit too. So actually he they were he was i think they were speaking one hymn sheet, speaking from one hymn sheet, and i think thats important. And i think again, i come back to i was saying, if we to what i was just saying, if we as who believe in as people who believe in democracy want to the democracy want to stop the extremists either end extremists from either end taking to not make taking over, we have to not make this false equivalence between where keir starmer and rishi sunak may sit somewhere on there, roughly agreeing tracks and then and stop trying to say, oh, keir starmer is a friend of his client. We really shouldnt his client. We really shouldnt talk like that. Talk like that. If youre going to talk about false equivalence, there is no equivalence between the threat of the far right and the threat of the far right and the threat of islamism. And i use the word islamism specifically to define it against the normal, everyday decent population this decent Muslim Population of this country. We in the past 20 country. We in the past 20 years, how many attacks on pubuc years, how many attacks on public figures . Well, one. Public figures . Well, one. And she was my friend. Yes and she was my friend. Yes and she was my friend. Yes and that was one. It was appalling and tragic. But how many have been from the islamist threat . Seven over seven threat . Seven over seven bombings. The London Bridge attacks, the killing of david amess. This is not an equivalent. Well, okay. But go back further. Youve got the lord admiral bombing. Got the lord admiral bombing. That was far right bomber. The that was a far right bomber. The bombing, the nail bombs in brick lane point im trying lane that the point im trying to lets say m15 arent to make is, lets say m15 arent worried the right, worried about the far right, even though a concern. Even though its a concern. Varne. Theyre worried about islamism, right to islamism, and they are right to be about the extremists. Be worried about the extremists. But what im saying, is there a moderate islamist . Islamism is, by definition an extremist, a violent and an unreasonable. Again, they are a small portion of the vast, very peaceful Muslim Population who we and we just need to be really, really careful with. Our rhetoric on this proportion is not germane. What is germane is that they are aggressive and they have a hatred for everything that makes our society. But if i said that that bomber or the person killed but if i said that that bo coxr or the person killed but if i said that that bo cox is,r the person killed but if i said that that bocox is, ishe person killed but if i said that that bocox is, is endemic, killed but if i said that that bocox is, is endemic, is killed jo cox is, is endemic, is indicative of everybody whos right wing politics. I disagree with, youd rightly pull me up on that. And rightly pull me up on t