Tories to stand down include former Pm Theresa May and former Health Secretary matt hancock. Health secretary matt hancock. Rishi sunak has been greeted by a group of pro Palestine Protesters as he visited a college in the West Midlands this afternoon. The situation was described as tense as the pm arrived at south Staffordshire College in cannock. The last stop on his uk tour. College in cannock. The last stop on his uk tour. Police stop on his uk tour. Police officers formed a guard for mr sunak as his entry to the college was delayed and he was quickly ushered into the building as the crowd surged around him. Whilst inside , around him. Whilst inside, activists with banners and flags chanted free palestine labour chanted free palestine labour has ruled out any deals with the snp after the election , even in snp after the election, even in the event of a hung parliament. Sir keir starmer has been campaigning in the east of glasgow today. Thats one of the seats hes hoping to take from John Swinneys party. Sir keir said the snps only ambition is to break up the uk and there would be absolutely no deal with the scottish nationalists. Gb the scottish nationalists. Gb news can reveal that more than 10,000 channel migrants have crossed illegally to the uk so far this year. The milestone figure was reached today after another 154 people arrived in doven another 154 people arrived in dover, having crossed in three small boats this morning. Its a blow to rishi sunak on his second full day of election campaigning. Campaigning after campaigning. Campaigning after he promised that his government would stop the boats. The former boss of the post office has been accused of living in la la land over her role in the horizon scandal. Paula vennells again becoming emotional on her third day of evidence , she admitted day of evidence, she admitted making mistakes and accepted that there was no one else to blame. But she claimed that she didnt know why Important Information hadnt reached her. Sam stein kc described that as absolute rubbish and suggested that miss vennells had failed to ask the right questions. And finally, the documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock has died at the age of 53. He came to prominence with his oscar nominated film super size me in 2004, which tracked his health while he ate nothing but mcdonalds for a month. The film was credited with prompting a broad conversation about how fast food and rising obesity was impacting society. Mr spurlock impacting society. Mr spurlock passed away in new york due to complications from cancer. Well, for all the latest headlines, sign up for gb news alerts. Simply scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news slash alerts. Now, back to. Mark. Alerts. Now, back to. Mark. The election has only just been called and already we have a winner. Its not rishi sunak si king, starmer, ed davey or whoever that new bloke is up in scotland. It is disgraced former post office chief paula vennells, who would likely be making headlines for her disastrous handling of the honzon disastrous handling of the Horizon Software scandal. But thanks to the news of a july election, vennells is largely out of the spotlight, which is why she should use her multi Million Pound payoff from the post to office send rishi sunak a thank you box of cadburys celebrations. Not celebrating our 344 tory mps. Who are the turkeys that not only did not vote for christmas, but may now be getting stuffed six months early, backbenchers would have eked out a few extra months of salary before the inevitable visit to the job centre, the parliamentary Hewlett Packard laser printer has been working overtime time turning out p45s to members of parliament in previously safe seats. So why did rishi sunak call an early general election. 7 call an early general election . Has the economic revival already peaked . Will the small boats continue arriving throughout the summer whilst he trying to ward off an 11th hour leadership mutiny . Well, some in the recesses of twitter are speculating that a war with russia is coming and sunak doesnt want to be a wartime pm. Although, lets be honest, the invasion of ukraine looks like a minor skirmish compared to doing battle with andrea jenkyns, Suella Braverman and jacob rees mogg. Others are suggesting rees mogg. Others are suggesting that the pm wants to take a top job in the united states, where he has a californian home. And of course, that notorious green card. Keen observers point out that american schools dont start until early september, which means an easy transition for him and his kids should they decide to head stateside. But politics is a funny old business. Im not sure that i believe the polls. Who the hell is going to be honest and tell a 21 year old woke graduate with a clipboard on the street that theyre voting tory. After all, labour have their own problems polling suggests that the momentum behind labour is to do with the publics fatigue in regards to the tories, not enthusiasm for starmers bill of goods, but not being leader of the conservatives may be enough to get starmer across the line. To get starmer across the line. The labour offer seems to be a simple one to provide an alternative but not scare the horses by suggesting any controversial policies. In other controversial policies. In other words, we will deliver change. But not too much change. If you get my line of reasoning , a get my line of reasoning, a labour victory is highly likely, but that presents sunak with an opportunity. The most dangerous opponent, after all, is the one with nothing to lose. Rishi with nothing to lose. Rishi sunak could promise to pause immigration altogether. He could promise to drag us out of the European Convention on human rights. He could scrap inherited tax, he could promise an oasis reunion and get the gallagher brothers together. He could promise a new series of the office with david brent. What office with david brent. What about this one . Where are those pictures, folks . There you go. Pictures, folks . There you go. Worth the wait. Its friday night. Weve all had a drink and what about this one . Free beer for everyone on a wednesday . Sunak can roll the dice big time as he has done with the election date. The truth is, its all to play date. The truth is, its all to play for. Each party has its merits and its downsides. And if were honest, millions dont know who theyre going to vote for. In fact, a dont know Prime Minister leading a dont know government made up of dont know mps would probably be the most Popular Administration in 100 years. But when it comes to the keys for number 10, it is starmer versus sunak. One of them will prevail. But in either case, im not sure the country wins. So for reaction to the big wins. So for reaction to the big political story of the week, which is an election on the 4th of july, lets speak to my top punst of july, lets speak to my top pundits this evening. Jo anne nadler mike parry and aidan magee joanne, let me start with you. Were you surprised by this you. Were you surprised by this news of a july poll . I was surprised, i think everybody was slightly taken by surprise, but not quite as much as it would appear if she sunak was surprised by his own news. He seems to have been a rabbit in the headlights all week, hasnt he . Yeah. But has it given him control of the narrative . Is he now in the driving seat . The fact that hes surprised everyone . Isnt that already a feather in his cap . Well i think weve got to wait and see what happens with the manifesto launches, because up to this point, id have to say it doesnt appear to be the case. It looks more like he calculated that his options were running out, that, as you suggested in the monologue , that suggested in the monologue, that we could have more small boats arriving over the summer, that the good news that there has been on the economy may stall. Been on the economy may stall. We might have reached a high point that he wouldnt have been able to offer any tax cuts before an election. So, in essence, i think hes just cut his losses and gone. Do you think hes sick of being Prime Minister has he had enough . Hes had enough of steve bray down the road playing loud tunes as he had enough of 24 over seven security and living in that flat at number 11 . Well, quite a bit overrated being Prime Minister, i think its i mean hes hes obviously a very serious minded individual. Hes a very , hes interested hes a very, hes interested in detail, isnt he . But he doesnt see the school swot doesnt see the school swot doesnt seem. Is it with you at school . Hes the kind of pupil that gets the homework in early. Sits at the homework in early. Sits at the front of the class with thick glasses listening to teacher. I think the issue is, is he a bit like mike parry . Is he a politician . Is he a politician . That was a great scholar. That was a great scholar. Does he have that kind of burning passion to change things, to improve things, to be a kind of really sort of, read into and claw, but blue blooded conservative. And weve not seen any evidence of that really, or weve not seen enough evidence of it. Hes toyed with it. Will you see him as more a technocrat and administrator rather than a politician . Yes. And hes probably very goodin yes. And hes probably very good in that role. Well, mike, what about keir starmer . I mean, keir starmer is, is, is really a lawyer by nature isnt he. Well keir starmer has now been put on the spot. I totally admire what rishi sunak is doing. I think he just had enough of people saying, you know, letters might be going in there might be another challenge to your supremacy. We might need to your supremacy. We might need another leader before the autumn election. I think he just got election. I think he just got a morning. He said, ive had enough of this. I told you, im going to do ive got nothing to lose. Im going to go out there and im going to announce an election. Oh, Prime Minister its raining, i dont care. Ive got my £1,000 suit on, but i dont care. Im going. Im going to announce it. And he announced it. And hes made an absolutely direct plea to the british people, both when he announced the election and the following mornings interviews. Ive got mornings interviews. Ive got a plan. Keir starmer hasnt got a plan. Keir starmer hasnt got a plan. So when you just ask the plan. So when you just ask the questions, my colleague joanna here is he thought of being Prime Minister. No, i think he wants to be Prime Minister with his own backing, with the people voting for him because his campaign is going to be president ial. Ive got a plan. Starmer hasnt and starmer is now going to have to very, very rapidly come up with a plan because so far he doesnt need to come up with a plan. Hang on. So far, so far ive seen rishi say ive done this, ive done that, weve done this, were going to do that. And he has he has brought down inflation jam tomorrow. Tomorrow. No isnt it. No isnt it. No, no its not, its not the economy going to be recovered. Its not jump tomorrow. What about inflation coming down. What about the fact that energy pnces what about the fact that Energy Prices are coming down. What. And the fact he couldnt get people to leave in a coat. No. The biggest cheer. The biggest cheer. No. Immigration is up at 635,000. No. Excuse me us, us. Keir starmer what . His plan is to stop the boats coming in. He doesnt need one. He doesnt need one. He doesnt need one. He hasnt got one. He hasnt got one. Default command. Default command. Sorry. Say again. Sorry. Say again. Central border command. Central border a brand new bureau which is going to crush the criminal gangs. Yes, thats right. He says were going to as rishi as rishi sunak has pointed out, were going to as rishi as rishi sunak has pointed out , the sunak has pointed out, the tories are already doing all of that. It was just it was just a reiteration of whats already happening. No, i like the way that rishi has come in. What i think hes done is i think he said, do you know what i couldnt care less anymore. Im going to go for it. And if i lose . So what . The gloves are off. Excuse me . The gloves are off. Excuse me . The gloves are off. The gloves are off. Im going to take on keir starmer because hes a pretend politician and im a real politician. Ive got nothing to lose. And by the way, if i do lose, i will go to california. Im busking my half billion pound fortune with my wife. Why not to get there quickly . Thats an eight. And funny you should mention miami vice, because youre very much rocking the crockett and tubbs look tonight. I had a long time correct. I had a long time correct. I had a long time correct. I had a long time correct. I hope its only sartorial and not chemical. Yeah, definitely. Definitely sartorial. Good, good. Well do sartorial. Good, good. Well do a blood test after the show. Although gbnews. Thats brave. Aidan magee. Yeah, many would argue that this snap election reeks of desperation and disorganisation. I think its bravery that sunak is already lost before he started. Well, yeah, i think so. I mean, its either hammering now or hammering in november. It doesnt really make that many that much of a difference. Having said that, you look at the campaign and lets assume that 48 hours ago the campaign was underway in earnest, never mind to talk about tv debates, which would come on later, come on to later on, of course. But this campaign so far is an absolute disaster. If you look at his team. Yes, it is. If you look at his team, theyre either imbeciles or theyre trying to do him down. Theyre putting pictures of him out in front of an exit sign on a plane. They sent him to wales to ask him about the football. When wales havent even qualified for the euros. He didnt say that. Yes, well, he asked. He said he looked forward to the football. Everybody knows wales arent qualifying. Hang on, he said. Are you looking forward to the football . He didnt say. Are you looking forward to wales competing in the european championships . No he didnt. People in wales watch football where the wales are in it or not. Whats your man . Whats your man . Mikes inspired me here to look at this counterintuitively, because actually i wonder where theyre getting rained on on thursday will engender public sympathy. It humanises rishi sunak. Hes out there. Hes got the loudspeaker from steve bray. Just on the other side of the number. Couldnt they . Could his team control that . Right. But isnt isnt this in a way, in the spirit of john majors campaign in 1992, the soapbox getting heckled exactly. Soapbox getting heckled exactly. Getting sort of eggs thrown at him. Perhaps this is a good look for the multi millionaire rishi sunak. I think it is. I think it is. I think hes got to hope that within a few days weve all forgotten about the launch. And we may well have done because things move on very quickly dunng things move on very quickly during an election campaign. But i dont think its a great look to say i want people to feel sorry for me. Thats not exactly he didnt. He didnt. There was no way that image wouldnt. Some people say that it humanises him. Its like this quys humanises him. Its like this guys got hes got cojones. Guys got hes got cojones. There he is. Hes on number 10 in front of britain. Hes in front of britain. Hes getting pissed on with the rain. People said people. People said people. People said people. People said to him, Prime Minister mike, if i may ask, weve all had i mean , i think weve all had i mean, i think the problem for him was that he didnt react to the circumstances. Well, how could he reacted . Well, how could he reacted . No, because he could have he could have could he have said, oh, its raining. Im going inside, joe. Im going inside, joe. Unfinished. Unfinished. He should have ad libbed around that things can only get wetter. Yeah, Something Like that. You know, he should have yourself. It was very curious the way he appeared to be completely impervious to everything that was going around him, going on around him. And i think that that that made him seem not somebody to sympathise with, but somebody that seemed a little inhuman and a little sort of divorced from. I dont think he was impervious. I think he was absolutely focused he was saying, im addressing the british people. Im going to call an election. Ive got a plan. And keir starmer hasnt. And i dont even care, michael. I dont even care if its raining. Hes sukh material must be really good because that rain still looked good on his shoulders. It didnt even crease at all. So he must be spending a few bottles on sunak. Michael, i youre youre a man of letters. I am indeed, and man of letters. I am indeed, and ive got no doubt that youve read the art of war the art of war, as well as a couple of jilly cooper paperbacks on holiday. Ive never ive never read a jilly cooper paperback. Thank you. Thank you. I know you like a bodice pren i know you like a bodice ripper, but michael , the art of ripper, but michael, the art of war says always have the element of surprise. And sunak has of surprise. And sunak has achieved that this week. He has absolutely keir starmer hasnt got a plan. The other thing keir starmer hasnt got by the way, i know hes got he hasnt got much at all. Hang on, he hasnt. He has. Well come to that. Well come to that. He hasnt got a shadow cabinet. He has not. Keir starmer has got a shadow cabinet. He got a shadow cabinet. He got a shadow cabinet. No. Apart from Rachel Reeves who does an impersonation of Claudia Winkleman with her hair and well wes streeting cant seem to make his mind up. David lammy shadow foreign secretary david lammy cant make his mind up on whose side hes on. Im now a reformed rightist. No, im an extreme leftist. Its a shambles. I dont believe the british people will be fooled by the nonsense. Now starmer , labour have a plan. In fact, they rather fortuitously publish their plan last week with the six point manifesto. So actually the timing has been perfect for keir starmer. In fact, they published it some time ago and it was written by gordon brown. And it basically explains how labour. But all of this disaster, what youve done now is youve passed a pall of sadness over , passed a pall of sadness over, over the should be sad about it because its really worrying. Because its really worrying. All of this is a huge distraction, constantly saying that keir starmer and labour doesnt have a plan means were no