Has Angela Rayner just has Angela Raynerjust lit has Angela Rayner just lit a fuse that will blow the labour party to pieces. Next . Party to pieces. Next . Good evening from the gb newsroom at 9 00. Your top story this hour. The Prime Minister has ruled out holding a general election on the 2nd of may, amid speculation he could choose to go to the polls early. In an interview with itv, rishi sunak was asked if there would be an election on the same day as the local elections, which takes place on the 2nd of may. He replied there wont be a general election on that day. Michael election on that day. Michael gove has named some of the groups to be investigated under a new definition of extremism, which he says will mean the government can express more clearly than ever who poses a risk to britain. Some of the groups included are alleged to have islamist views, with others described as neo nazi. Todays described as neo nazi. 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The future king said grown ups were also guilty of excessive time and of excessive screen time and said weve all got to get better at managing it. He also poked fun at his apparent lack of artistic skills as took part artistic skills as he took part in decorating biscuits, in decorating some biscuits, saying wife is the arty saying that his wife is the arty one. And for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now its back to. Patrick. The reality of what a car crash, a Labour Government would be is now unfolding before our eyes. They are getting away with things in opposition that will rip them apart in government. Labour put a muzzle on deputy leader Angela Rayner for around 42 days while she was fending off a housing scandal. The second shes back, she says, personal. I would like to see diane abbott back in the Labour Party Group if it has to follow procedures. Yesterday mr abbott asked starmer directly and he ignored her. This is what he said to journalists today. Said to journalists today. The comments that have been made about diane abbott by the tory donor hs2 are abhorrent, theyre racist, theyre misogynistic. There is a separate issue, which is about the investigation into diane abbott herself. Diane abbott has suffered an incredible amount of abuse over many, many years, and we must support her. But the two issues are separate. Are separate. There is a gaping wound in the labour party here. Other labour politicians want the mp for hackney north and Stoke Newington back to apsana. Begum said it loud and proud on the bbc last night. Absolutely she should have the whip restored, she is a trailblazer and Jess Phillips has told skys beth rigby for it to end in this sort of sticky horror where everybodys fighting just seems a real shame. So i would much prefer to see diane abbott have the whip restored. Remember that diane abbott lost the whip for what many regarded as racist remarks about jews and travellers she used to support the ira. Reportedly, shes praised chairman mao. She loves Jeremy Corbyn. Starmers deputy leader wants her back. So does the labour left. What does he do . He cant say. Its a changed labour party with abbott back. Thats a problem. Yesterday labour tried to sneak andy macdonalds return under the radar after his riveted the sea remark. Starmer caved into pressure from the left. There thats a problem. But labour are divided over gaza and i dare say Foreign Policy in the middle east in general. Thats another problem. Nearly thats another problem. Nearly 100 mp5 thats another problem. Nearly 100 mps would have rebelled over the gaza ceasefire. Starmer got the gaza ceasefire. Starmer got a massive let off, not being hauled before the Privileges Committee for allegedly leaning on lindsay hoyle. He was on speaker lindsay hoyle. He was very lucky. There was old beer korma. One day the teflon will wear off trans issues. Starmer wants to ban men and womens sports, but hes got prominent backbenchers like angela eagle saying stuff like this. Saying stuff like this. Labour will offer the country to pick up legislating to protect the Lgbt Community with a comprehensive , trans inclusive a comprehensive, trans inclusive ban on conversion therapy. I would have liked to get it done soonen would have liked to get it done sooner. It will happen. We just have to make progress and its very sad that , as honourable very sad that, as honourable friend said, it has taken longer than the brexit negotiations. Than the brexit negotiations. Thats a problem for him. Labour dropped its £28 billion green pledge. Massive disquiet on the backbenches. Theyve got a problem on the climate. The likes of clive lewis were up in arms about it. Economic competence. Theres no money really for labour to spend if they get into government. Rachel they get into government. Rachel reeves has just made a massive clanger in her tax calculations. Clanger in her tax calculations. There will be a rebellion when mps see that they are just another austerity party. Massive problem and who will these mps be . And this is the Crucial Point for me. If labour does win a landslide, who will the new mps be . A load of student activists and froot loops. Whats the vetting process . New labour mp in wellingborough and kitchen university. Local councillor, charity worker. New councillor, charity worker. New labour mp for mid bedfordshire Alastair Strathern linked to greenpeace. Who can forget Charlie Rowley in rochdale as well . Anti semitic conspiracy theories there. The new labour theories there. The new labour mp for kingswood, damien egan, is so obsessed with identity politics he changes his accent depending on where he is. Depending on where he is. If were celebrating lewisham small businesses, our borough is lucky that weve got one of the highest number of small independent businesses in the whole london. To our whole of london. I went to our lady lourdes and went to lady of lourdes and went to hanham high i was young. We hanham high when i was young. We were homeless and lived in were made homeless and lived in temporary accommodation. Were made homeless and lived in tenif rary accommodation. Were made homeless and lived in tenif keir accommodation. Were made homeless and lived in tenif keir starmerodation. Were made homeless and lived in tenif keir starmer is ation. Were made homeless and lived in tenif keir starmer is struggling if keir starmer is struggling to control his party now, hows he going to manage it when hes got 400 or so student activists, Charity Sector eco fanatic, anti israel pro, trans labour mp sitting behind him who would rather Angela Rayner was in charge . That is a problem. Lets get the thoughts now of my panel get the thoughts now of my panel. Ive got Daily Telegraph columnist allison pearson, conservative peer lord bailey and former labour Party Adviser matthew laser. Allison, ill start with you. Angela rayner has blown another gaping hole in the labour party today. I think she i think we can see that we focus a lot, dont we, on the terrible fissures and the tory party. But this absolutely shows the cracks in the labour party. You have got keir starmer holding the line on, on diane abbott. I mean, its a very strange situation isnt it, patrick, where diane abbott undoubtedly has been the victim of racism. What the tory donor, frank hester said was, i mean, absolutely horrible. Lets face it, saying that diane abbott made him want to hate all black women, so that was pretty dreadful. But then to then start people in the party to start claiming that you get diane abbott back, who was herself, delivered racist remarks in november, saying that jews were not the victim of racism, even though 6 million of them died in the concentration camps because the concentration camps because the nazis didnt like their race. So its a very fraught situation, i think that, you know , its putting pressure, as know, its putting pressure, as you said, every issue now puts pressure on starmer, whos trying to hold the blairite line. But youve got Angela Rayner, and particularly youve got some of the fruitcakes on the backbenches who come out and put shes going to have potentially like hundreds more of them. This is a thing for sure. This is a thing for sure. Look, the reason you wont be able to hold a line, this is not like when blair took over. Blair took over in a very different environment. Starmers took over in a very different enviro over1t. Starmers took over in a very different enviro over is starmers took over in a very different enviro over is the starmers took over in a very different enviro over is the labour starmers took over in a very different enviro over is the labour party|ers taken over is the labour party that was built by the likes of corbyn to become labour mp. Corbyn to become a labour mp. What do, you go to what you do, you go to a selection and you display how much hate tories. Much you hate the tories. And one ways to do that one of the key ways to do that is to talk about some very fringe issue that you believe tories couldnt support. In tories couldnt support. And in you problem about you come. But a problem about that now built up a that hes now built up a coalition of disgruntled people who be who will continue to be disgruntled. And say this as disgruntled. And i say this as a mark of respect. Labour mps are brave. Theyve decided brave. They once theyve decided im not going to get a job, lets be clear, one of his real control mechanisms is youll never be a minister once theyve decided they dont want that job. They are very brave. You take diane abbott, she said many of whom disagree with. But she of whom i disagree with. But she said shes out and said them. Shes come out and said them. Shes come out and said them. Shes come out and said them and he will find that he group of people sat he has a group of people sat behind him who are mouthy beyond belief. Yeah matthew, youve got the deputy of the labour deputy leader of the labour party now with load of other party now with a load of other people coming in over the top with her saying, give diane back the well, thats not what, thats not what Angela Rayner said. What Angela Rayner says is that shed like to see diane back, but the process needs to run its course. Look, this has been awful week for politics, been an awful week for politics, lets not forget away from the fact that the conservative party have at least £10 million have taken at least £10 million from who makes comments from a man who makes comments that minister that the Prime Minister describes would describes as racist. Sean, would you happy to deliver you are you happy to deliver leaflets are paid for by leaflets that are paid for by this guy . Actually, i the money actually, i think the money should should support should stay and should support black so yes, i do. Black candidates. So yes, i do. Okay, well, well, thats not what thats not what theyre doing. Theyre paying for leaflets to attack the tories. So people cant so look people people cant forget this this tory forget the, the this this tory donor that diane abbott donor said that diane abbott should should die. Should be shot. Should die. Okay. Just let me finish. Patrick so what he said that patrick so what he said is that he thinks that diane should he thinks that that diane should be so therefore, heart be shot. So therefore, the heart of peoples of the labour party, peoples feelings use feelings of comradeship to use a very labour word towards very labour party word towards diane running high this diane are running high this week. Effectively want to week. People effectively want to give diane a hug. What diane said her comments were crass said in her comments were crass and wrong, but didnt call and wrong, but she didnt call for to be shot. So what for anybody to be shot. So what angela said today what keir angela said today is what keir has well , is angela said today is what keir has well, is that the has said as well, is that the labour partys Disciplinary Procedure needs to take its course so that her crass and wrong comments can be dealt with. Theres things that keir theres two things that keir starmer trying time. Starmer is trying to buy time. So diane has, retired, so diane abbott has, retired, stepped you know, before stepped off, you know, before before this happens. Thats the real and lets talk about real thing. And lets talk about paying real thing. And lets talk about paying donations. Youve paying back donations. Youve had Major Party Donors had Major Labour Party donors who called hamas, freedom who have called hamas, Freedom Fighters who. Yeah. Del vince. There you go. Del. Vince. He said, one mans, terrorist. He hasnt he doesnt. Del vince does not support hamas. Never was even asked to pay the money back. Lets talk about Just Stop Oil then. He supports them wholeheartedly. Theyve been absolutely devastated. Theres a difference between supporting just stop and supporting Just Stop Oil and calling for death of an mp. Calling for the death of an mp. Not really. Really. When not really. Not really. When youve, you know, really when youve, you know, really when youve hamas youve called hamas Freedom Fighters, afraid. No. So he fighters, im afraid. No. So he did not that he did. He said did not say that he did. He said one man. Yeah. Thats its a well known phrase he didnt say known phrase that he didnt say that he thought they were freedom that he thought they were freewell, ill tell you something well, ill tell you something now , thats people read now, if thats how people read that the point is, that statement. The point is, you a labour mp much more you take a labour mp much more seriously. If when they messed up, for money seriously. If when they messed up, not for money seriously. If when they messed up, not when money seriously. If when they messed up, not when toriesey seriously. If when they messed up, not when tories did. Back. Not only when tories did. I its been. I think its been. I think its been a one reason its been not been spoken about really. Been about really. Its been a dreadful week, matthew said, dreadful week, as matthew said, but been dreadful because but its been dreadful because its on these its going on and on these people racism, racism, racism, diversity, diversity, inclusion, inclusion, identity, diversity, diversity, inclusion, inclusiothis identity, diversity, diversity, inclusion, inclusiothis allidentity, diversity, diversity, inclusion, inclusiothis allidentitgoing politics this is all were going to weve got a country to get. Weve got a country where cant get medical where you cant get a medical appointment. You know, our Energy Security is rubbish. Our military apart. And military is falling apart. And all things they argue about all the things they argue about the time is racist. The whole time is racist. Absolutely. The tories could have this down by sending have closed this down by sending the spending the money back or spending or sending it to a charity. Not even a particularly racist. Nobody said that. Nobody said that. Nice country. But its every you turn on news . You turn on any news . But, alison, you said it yourself. Mean, what he said yourself. I mean, what he said was absolutely abhorrent. And the the tories the tour, remember the tories defended for 12 hours, sean. Defended it for 12 hours, sean. Its defended they its always defended it. They did. Come on. They went out on Tuesday Morning defended Tuesday Morning and defended it. Enough . Did they act quickly enough . No, run out and no, i would have run out and said is a racist. Exactly. Said this is a racist. Exactly. But lets be very clear. If you want talk racism, even diane want to talk racism, even Diane Abbotts own case, shes in this position racist position because she made racist comments. Where was the argument . Comments. Where was the argumen suspended her and she they suspended her and she remained suspended. Its not even arguably just that about diane abbott as well. I stuff she said about i mean, the