Ex leader announces hell stand as an independent candidate. But after 40 years representing islington north, could he win without the red rosette and locals rally outside a north london cinema after it was vandalised by suspected pro palestine activists. The cinema was due to screen a documentary about the horrors of october the 7th. Well speak to one man who stood up to the anti israel mob and killing our spirits as pubs gear up for the fa cup final tomorrow. Drinkers are being urged to demand top ups at the bar to avoid being short. Changed. And get this im not sure if youve seen the news. Its breaking in the last few moments that, the Boris Johnson ally, david frost , that, the Boris Johnson ally, david frost, has been banned from standing as a tory candidate at the general election. Whats all this about . Well, he was Boris Johnsons main brexit adviser. First worked for boris in the foreign office, was brought in to number 10 when boris became Prime Minister. He did all the work of trying to unpick what theresa may had negotiated and get something that looked a bit more like a full fat brexit. Through the line. He then was, through the line. He then was, ennobled, became a member of the house of lords, but has been very critical of the direction of the government under rishi sunak. And theres been a lot of speculation that some of the polls that we saw that the telegraph reported that had comment alongside from lord frost might well have been part of an operation to get rishi out. So it seems that this might be payback from rishi saying that david frost cant stand as an mp in this election because theres much, much speculation that david frost was working, even though hes he said hes not doing that anymore, but was working to get rishi sunak out of number 10. I mean, he does stick the bootin i mean, he does stick the boot in quite often, doesnt he . He writes, many columns for the telegraph newspaper. Well, hes slamming government policy and the like so but i think perhaps what, what the house of commons needsis what, what the house of commons needs is more independent minded, principled people not not going to stick to the party line at every single opportunity i youre going to say what they think, well , youre going to say what they think, well, do you youre going to say what they think, well , do you know what think, well, do you know what i mean, when blair was in power and corbyn was on the backbenches of the labour party occasionally, you know, hitting out at the that wasnt that wasnt such a bad thing. Well, there you go. What do you make of that . Boris johnson, key ally banned from standing by rishi sunak. Well gbnews. Com yoursay get in touch on everything were talking about. But lets get the headunes about. But lets get the headlines with arron. Its 12 03. Headlines with arron. Its12 03. Good headlines with arron. Its 12 03. Good afternoon to you. Im Aaron Armstrong. The Prime Minister says the lowering of the price cap shows his plan is working as both parties look to make Energy Policy an electoral dividing line. Speaking in belfast as part of his whistlestop tour of the uk, rishi sunak says the economy has turned a corner and hell be telling voters over the next few weeks how the conservatives plan to secure britains future. To secure britains future. Inflation has fallen back to normal levels. The economy grew faster than all our competitors at the beginning of this year. Today weve had the news that energy bills are falling again and wages have been rising faster than prices for almost a year now, and thats why its the right time to turn to the future. And the world is sadly, a more uncertain place than its beenin a more uncertain place than its been in decades. And thats why been in decades. And thats why what the country needs is leadership that can provide bold action. And that has a clear plan, because thats how we will deliver a secure future for everyone in our country. Well, sir keir starmer says only labour can stop the chaos and turn the page as he outlined plans to cut bills and boost energy security. The Labour Energy security. The labour leaders campaigning in scotland today, where hes pledged to bnng today, where hes pledged to bring down costs with a new publicly owned green power company, labour, which has just two mps in scotland, is hoping to make electoral gains. There after years of dominance by the snp. Sir keir says now is the time for change and whether youre a family thats been struggling with the cost of living for grinding month after month after month , whether month after month, whether youre a business thats been struggling against the odds for a very, very long time now, or serving your communities, this is for you. Because this is an election about change and scotlands voice is vital. Voice is vital. Jeremy corbyn has confirmed hell stand as an independent candidate in the general election against the party he once led. As a result, hes automatically been expelled as a member of labour, which suspended him in 2020 over claims complaints of anti semitism in the party had been, in his words, dramatically overstated for political reasons. The former labour leader says hell run as a voice for equality, democracy and peace in islington, north, which hes represented since 1983. I believe in democracy. I want our Political Parties to be democratic, but members of islington north labour have been denied the right to choose their own candidate. And alongside that, the community as a whole has been disempowered because of that. So we have to stand up, we have to stand up and say, were not taking this anymore. We will assert our rights. The number of people sleeping rough has doubled since 2010, despite the conservative partys promise to solve the crisis, the government published a strategy to tackle the growing problem two years ago, which was a restating its manifesto commitments from the last general election. But figures show there were nearly 4000 people sleeping rough across england on a single night in february last year. Thats more than twice the recorded figure from 2010, when the conservatives came to power. Conservatives came to power. Housing organisation shelter says homelessness is a Political Choice and called on mps to do more to tackle it. The former more to tackle it. The former boss of the post office has admitted she made mistakes in her handling of the horizon scandal , and her handling of the horizon scandal, and says her handling of the horizon scandal , and says theres no her handling of the horizon scandal, and says theres no one else to blame, giving evidence for a third day at the post Office Inquiry in london, Paula Vennells became emotional as she admitted she hadnt recognised the imbalance of power between the imbalance of power between the institution and the individual. She said she had to rely on colleagues who were experts and had no reason not to take their advice, but miss vennells denied accusations. She let the post office through deception. Four people have been deception. Four people have been killed and at least 17 injured after a building collapsed on the Spanish Island of majorca. A the Spanish Island of majorca. A two storey restaurant collapsed on the beach in palma de mallorca, a popular tourism hotspot in the balearic islands. They were taken to a number of hospitals across the island. Emergency crews say their finalising search and rescue operations and are securing the area , and more than two thirds area, and more than two thirds of beer and wine served in british pubs and bars are being short measured. A new survey from the trading standards found 77 bars and pubs were serving around 70 less than the prescribed quantity required for the average beer drinker, it equates to the loss of £1. 70 every week, and the average wine drinker is £2. 20 worse off each week. The survey comes as drinker is £2. 20 worse off each week. The survey comes as a drinker is £2. 20 worse off each week. The survey comes as a cost week. The survey comes as a cost of a pint and other drinks hits all time highs. Well, for the latest on all of our stories , latest on all of our stories, you can get gb news alerts. Scan the qr code on your screen. The the qr code on your screen. The details are also on our website gbnews. Com. Slash alerts. Now back to tom and. Emily. Back to tom and. Emily. Right. Well, its 1208. Youre watching good afternoon britain. Now as the general Election Campaign really kicks off, the tories have slammed sir keir starmer, accusing him of being spineless over his apparent decision to decline weekly head to head, head to head televised debates with the Prime Minister in the weeks leading up to the poll. Yeah, the labour leader responded by saying his priority is to be out on the road, heanng is to be out on the road, hearing from voters committed to two tv debates, he committed to pnor two tv debates, he committed to prior to election date on july the 4th. Why these Television Debates couldnt be on the road, im not quite sure, but should we better, when theyre on the road even . Yes. Yes. I mean, anyway, lets speak to our Political Correspondent, olivia utley. I suppose it makes olivia utley. I suppose it makes sense. Always is the case in elections , as the guy whos out elections, as the guy whos out in, out ahead doesnt want the debates, the person whos behind does want the debates. Twas ever thus. Well, exactly. We saw the same thing in 2019, when Boris Johnson was so far ahead in the polls , and he did not want to polls, and he did not want to join in with these election debates. Keir starmer has said debates. Keir starmer has said that he will do two tv debates, which is pretty standard. But rishi sunak has upped the ante, saying hed like to do six tv debates now. Its quite an interesting move from rishi sunak here. His personal popularity ratings are quite low, actually very low indeed , low, actually very low indeed, lower than Boris Johnson when he left office, or Margaret Thatcher when she left office. But he seems to be turning this into quite a president ial debate. He wants to make it less about the conservative vote versus labour and more about rishi sunak versus keir starmer. Now, with low popularity ratings, that might seem a little bit odd, but it is true to say that actually, Keir Starmers personal ratings are lower than the labour partys. So perhaps its a sensible strategy. As for what rishi strategy. As for what rishi sunak wants to make these tv debates about, it seems to be the economy and immigration. Well, on the economy, its a pretty mixed bag in terms of sunaks record. Hes managed to halve inflation. Hes actually done a lot more than that. Its now down at 2. 3. But whether thats down to him is a matter for economists to debate. But for economists to debate. But gdp per capita is not very impressive at all. Which means that hes failed really in his pledge to get growth going. And i think thats something that keir starmer will pick him up on. As for immigration, well, he definitely hasnt managed to stop the boats. The rwanda plan isnt even off the ground yet. Isnt even off the ground yet. But that said, it sounds from our gb news poll today as though people dont really trust either party on immigration. So perhaps this is sunaks chance to get a get ahead a little bit. This is sunaks chance to get a get ahead a little bit. Hes probably not going to get his six debates. Keir starmer did an interview this morning on a Radio Programme and didnt do particularly well. He failed. He sort of floundered on answers, on questions where he should have had set answers, like Natalie Elphicke joining the party. Rishi sunak probably thinks that he has the edge when it comes to media debates, but hes got a long, long way to go if he wants to make a dent in that 20 point majority. And i dont think even six debates would do it. Well, of course, the invitation is very much open for sir keir starmer to take part in a gb news Peoples Forum. Thats certainly the case. So thats a little invitation again, from a good afternoon, britain. But lets be frank, this is going to be britains most boring political tv debate series. If political tv debate series. If there is six and keir starmer and rishi sunak , they dont set and rishi sunak, they dont set the world alight necessarily when it comes to that debate and that charisma. That charisma. I think that is a fair enough assessment. Emily. Im not even sure i would want to watch six election debates between rishi sunak. Are there enough channels, olivia . And its very much my job. Well, thats a very good question , yeah. I wonder good question, yeah. I wonder how far rishi sunak is going to push starmer on this. I mean, i remember looking back to the, leadership contest of 2022 between rishi sunak and liz truss. Sunak wanted to do lots of debates. Truss. Sunak wanted to do lots of debates. Hes truss. Sunak wanted to do lots of debates. Hes always very of debates. Hes always very prepared for these things. He has all his documents in front of him, everything is colour coded and ready to go. Hes always apparently the first into the office, the last out in the evenings. He knows what hes doing, but actually he didnt come across too well in those debates. He sort of people thought he was being a bit patronising to liz truss, sort of laughing at her, talking her down. And lots of people say thats why he ended up losing thats why he ended up losing that leadership election. So he has a lot of confidence in these tv debates. Weve started to hear rishi sunak Say Something that perhaps would pull well if he had said this from the start of his premiership, which is that dunng premiership, which is that during those tv debates with liz truss, he said liz , if you go as truss, he said liz, if you go as fast and as far as youre saying youre going to do , if you cut youre going to do, if you cut taxes at a time of high inflation, this is what will happen. One, two, three, i mean , happen. One, two, three, i mean, yeah, he seemed patronising and he seemed smarmy , but i suppose he seemed smarmy, but i suppose he seemed smarmy, but i suppose he was right to anyone watching. They might think, hang on, maybe he had a point. Well, i think there is a very good argument that rishi sunak has probably been vindicated by history since 2022, but unfortunately for him, elections, you dont know whats going to happen in the future. Going to happen in the future. Optics is so, so important and that his tone in those debates just seemed to strike the wrong note for so many people. I wonder what its going to be like against keir starmer at the despatch box. I would say that probably theyre quite similar performers. I would say starmer performers. I would say starmer probably just about has the edge, but that might not translate into a tv debate. Well have to wait and see. Now we want to talk to you a little bit later about Jeremy Corbyn being , expelled from the corbyn being, expelled from the labour party, standing as an independent candidate. But thank you for now, olivia. Well speak to you in a little bit, im sure. But we can go live now to doven sure. But we can go live now to dover, because a boat approaching there. Yeah. These are live pictures. Live pictures of a boat approaching that could, be taking , the 10,000th illegal taking, the 10,000th Illegal Migrants out across the channel. This is a big moment. Migrants out across the channel. This is a big moment. We think this is a big moment. We think today, if there are enough migrants on board this boat, its going to pass that 10,000 mark for migrants across the channel this year. Yes. And as you can see, its quite a sunny, relatively calm day there in the channel 10,000. Were going to be speaking to mark white in a little bit because hes there monitoring this all for us. But 10,000 this is not the news that rishi sunak will want. On the second day of his Election Campaign ,10,000. His Election Campaign, 10,000. This could be the boat carrying that 10,000 migrant, not the news. And frankly, not the image ehhen and frankly, not the image either. After all, what a stark reminder that this is the Ferry Service laid on by the british taxpayer to pick people up halfway across the channel and not turn them around and bring them back to france, because the french dont let us do that, because we dont have a returns agreement with france, despite the tens of millions of pounds that we send france every single year to try and stop the boats getting in the water. But once the boats get in the water, well, then we cant take them back to france. Despite the amount of money that we pay the french. This is a Ferry Service and it does just smack of incredibly bad optics. We can incredibly bad optics. We can see a couple of people wearing life jackets just on the front of that boat. No doubt therell be some more, inside as well. But we think. We think this is the boat carrying the 10,000th migrants, Illegal Migrants across the channel. Stark contrast to the Prime Ministers pledge, of course, to stop the boats. This may well stop the boats. This may well hold this boat. The 10,000th migrant of the year. So there you go. Well bring you updates you go. Well bring you updates as we get them. In other news, nigel farage has raised eyebrows this week after revealing he will not be standing in the general election, implying hed rather focus on the upcoming us president ial election. Yes, he caused a further stir yesterday by saying that although he wont stand for reform, he will campaign for them , as well as claiming that them, as well as claiming that he was mere days away from launching an election bid. Its all interesting, however , the all interesting, however, the deputy leader of reform uk, ben habib, seemed unaware of such plan. Is there a bit of a split in reform uk . Lets take a listen. It has decided not to stand as a candidate, but telling tom harwood on his show last night that