400 seats. Does he think were going witness a 1997 style going to witness a 1997 style landslide . Author and landslide . Feminist author and journalist julie bindel will be sharing her thoughts on the arrest, threats facing jk rowling over her gender critical views in scotland, and whether the government has lost its way with trans guidance in schools. And the author, alexander larman, will be speaking about his latest book, power and glory, which looks at britains most royals. Most famous family, the royals. Starting duke of starting with the duke of windsors war time treachery and ending with the coronation of elizabeth ii. Its going to be a full on 90 minutes this morning, so you wont want to go anywhere all right, lets get stuck into the sunday papers. And im delighted to be joined by my telegraph colleague, the columnist and sketchwriter madeline grant this morning, madeleine. Lovely to see you. Thank thank for coming thank you. Thank you for coming in, theres quite a lot to go at, actually. Again, weve got reports on the front of the sunday telegraph. This is james heale. Written an opinion heale. Hes written an opinion piece the newspaper, piece for the newspaper, basically thinks basically saying that he thinks the uk is failing to prepare for war, and he said that ben wallace, the former defence secretary, tried to initiate an exercise where Government Departments would go down and use the bunkers that would be prepared for them in the eventuality war. And eventuality of war. And unfortunately, the government didnt go with it it didnt really go with it and it was scaled down and only defence ministers up of ministers ended up kind of trying this exercise of how trying out this exercise of how it work to be working in it might work to be working in a bunker. Does say in bunker. What does this say in general how were treating general about how were treating the threats against us, from russia, from china and beyond . This nuts, isnt it . This is nuts, isnt it . I you think that the i mean, you think that the whole point of this exercise is the understood it is that the way i understood it is that if putting the country on if youre putting the country on a war footing that will necessarily involve buy in from every single Government Department all sorts of department in all sorts of areas, seems like only areas, and it seems like only the specific defence brief seems to understand the urgency of all this. And of course, i just think that, you know, weve got, i think, compound failure of i think, a compound failure of successive governments failing in their core duty, which is you know, to defend the realm against external threat. If you dont have that, then you have literally nothing else. Yes. You know, and i think reaping know, and i think were reaping what sown, or rather, what weve sown, or rather, weve to. So for, for a weve failed to. So for, for a very long time, was it a mistake, you think, by jeremy mistake, do you think, by jeremy hunt sunak not to have hunt and rishi sunak not to have upped defence spending in the last budget . Yes, i think absolutely was. I mean thats the as i say, i think thats the single most important priority. The as i say, i think thats the sing without important priority. The as i say, i think thats the sing without that rtant priority. The as i say, i think thats the sing without that irtan have rity. And without that you have nothing and think, for nothing else. And i think, for example, way that weve seen example, the way that weve seen in fallout from the russia in the fallout from the Russia Ukraine war, we found that by failing to take a long term view of things like energy, for example, it created massive economic , impacted economic effects, impacted people in their pockets, inflation spiralled. And i think if you dont take that long time view of that, you will find that in all sorts of other areas, bafic in all sorts of other areas, basic functions break down. And its certainly upset great its certainly upset a great deal conservatives, lots of deal of conservatives, lots of conservative privately conservative mps said privately that very disappointed that they were very disappointed that they were very disappointed that front and that that wasnt front and centre the budget. Centre of the budget. Its odd, isnt it . And yeah, its odd, isnt it . And weve liz truss coming out weve got liz truss coming out with her imminently. Ten with her book imminently. Ten years to save the west. Weve got the us elections looming. Got the us elections looming. Obviously youve an election obviously youve got an election in country which polls in this country which the polls are going in are suggesting is only going in one i wonder what you one direction. I wonder what you make of the idea of a trump resurgence and whether , weirdly, resurgence and whether, weirdly, that might settle things down a bit. Maybe maybe. I mean, the thing about donald trump is that no one knew what he was going to do next. Do you remember when he just took out the leaders of the irgc just like that . Iran promised that there would retaliation, but there would be retaliation, but but really. And in but there wasnt really. And in a l but there wasnt really. And in a , i think that that a way, i think that that attitude towards Foreign Affairs can work well if youre can work quite well if youre deaung can work quite well if youre dealing a part of world dealing with a part of the world where i people respond where i think people respond better brute force than than better to brute force than than anything certainly the anything else, and certainly the effect the impact that the effect that the impact that the kind general that joe kind of general aura that joe biden has been exuding is one of weakness. I think that has weakness. I dont think that has helped at all. But equally, i think donald trump well think donald trump might well sell ukraine. Yes, and sell sell out ukraine. Yes, and sell down the river. So its not a its not a good choice that awaits the british people. Sorry. The American People and of the british and the of course the british and the world, you know, what world, because, you know, what america an impact on america does has an impact on all us. America does has an impact on all youre talking about weak youre talking about weak leadership it comes to leadership when it comes to biden israel. Do biden or israel. What do you make foreign secretarys make of the foreign secretarys leadership on this issue . Because weve because obviously, weve had this of banning arms this talk of us banning arms sale israel. David cameron sale to israel. David cameron hasnt really sort of responded fully to that. Hes, as Boris Johnson accused him, actually , johnson accused him, actually, in the week of sort of showing a strange amount of purdah on the issue, not really commenting either way. I feel David Cameron has written this op ed in the sunday times today. We have humanitarian laws. Israel must abide by them. I mean, hes playing a good game of sort of october the 7th bingo in this piece where hes being all things to all men. Is he being strident enough in support of israel, he have point . Israel, or does he have a point . At the moment, netanyahu seems to disproportionately. To be acting disproportionately. Three british aid workers have been week. Three british aid workers have beewell, week. Three british aid workers have beewell, course,ak. The well, of course, that the overall many had the overall many people had the impression that although israel does take steps to minimise civilian casualties, that there was a real they were there was a lack of concern in some quarters for collateral damage, for sure. And of course, this weeks tragic and catastrophic error involving the deaths of three british nationals, i mean, that has very much played into that, that stereotype. Israel has not always made her an easy country for her friends to defend. And i dont buy this idea that you have to be uncritically supportive of everything that goes on in order to be a decent ally. Sometimes you actually have to tell your ally areas where you you think that where you know, you think that their actions are working against them. I mean, to be a critical friend at times, right . True. And israel needs friends. It needs the support of the international community. And of course, there so many people course, there are so many people within who have been within israel who have been highly of netanyahu, highly critical of netanyahu, his management this so his management of this war. So its not israel doesnt its not as if israel doesnt have critics. Have its own internal critics. Mean, we heard no, i mean, we heard criticism morning, didnt criticism this morning, didnt we, the family of of we, from the family of one of the hostage victims blaming netanyahu, basically. Mean, netanyahu, basically. I mean, i think for the original attack on october the 7th, questions are being asked about why bibi didnt see this but also didnt see this coming, but also the handling subsequently really interesting sunday interesting story in the sunday telegraph the british telegraph about the british response to this. Only 1 in 4 british muslims believes hamas committed murder and rape. What else has that survey discovered . Its shocking. Okay, so this this survey was carried out by the Polling Organisation jl partners for the Henry Jackson society, the think tank , and society, the think tank, and they found that about half of british muslims said that they sympathise with hamas. And what i found most interesting actually, is that amongst Younger Generations, younger , Younger Generations, younger, more educated people are more likely to believe conspiracy theories, to believe that hamas was not guilty of committing murder and rape and all of this stuff. So it doesnt bode well for, i guess, the future of integration. The idea ought to be that the more educated you are, more of well you are, the more sort of well you have done in british society. Yes. Less would buy into yes. The less you would buy into these. But the exact opposite is true. Its highly depressing, and we can be brave and i hope that we can be brave enough necessary enough to have the necessary conversation around these findings. Mean findings. Yeah, because i mean too many people to even talk about these findings because when obviously doesnt want to be suggesting that all muslims are supportive of hamas or indeed the people on the marches are by definition, because theyre going the theyre going on the pro palestinian marches supportive of hamas . Many, many muslims supportive of hamas . Condemn� nany, many muslims supportive of hamas . Condemn hamas1any muslims supportive of hamas . Condemn hamas and muslims that condemn hamas and everything done. Funnily everything theyve done. Funnily enough, muslims enough, there are many muslims in condemn in gaza itself that condemn hamas everything hamas and everything theyve done. Difficult done. Yes, but whats difficult with that younger with regard to that Younger Generation is are thinking generation is are we thinking that basically getting that they are basically getting their social media, their ideas from social media, where of the claims made where a lot of the claims made on tiktok beyond are on tiktok and beyond are completely and completely unsubstantiated and actually hamas propaganda . Yeah, im sure that that must be of it. Its tiktok is be a part of it. Its tiktok is extraordinary. I mean, im almost a bit too old to be this kind of tiktok generation, but the gen gen z, the generation below me gets an overwhelming proportion of their news directly tiktok. You know, directly from tiktok. You know, people the legacy people complain about the legacy media what replaces media a lot, but what replaces it might very well be worse. And thats why you get a situation on sort of campuses where people are chanting, from the river to sea, palestine the river to the sea, palestine will be free without actually knowing the implications of that for jewish for for jewish students. For instance, look forjewish students. For instance, look at instance, lets have a look at angela now, the on Angela Rayner. Now, the mail on sunday will not give up on this story, which was originally featured ashcrofts featured in lord ashcrofts forthcoming book. They serialised it and got this line about home. And now serialised it and got this line abo mail home. And now serialised it and got this line abo mail on home. And now serialised it and got this line abo mail on sunday me. And now serialised it and got this line abo mail on sunday is e. And now serialised it and got this line abo mail on sunday is basically w the mail on sunday is basically saying that that they have got evidence that she has lied and that she was living in the house with the husband because they claim that she took photographs, which she posted on social media saying like delighted to saying things like delighted to be was the husbands be home and it was the husbands home, the home that home, not the home that shes claiming her home. Yes, claiming was her main home. Yes, yes, this, yes, its confusing. This, i suppose bigger is, is suppose the bigger issue is, is she becoming liability for she becoming a liability for keir starmer . Well, you know what . I think that this, this, this that what this, this, this particular debacle really speaks to, a feeling of to, i think is the a feeling of labour feeling theyre labour feeling that theyre absolutely unassailable , that absolutely unassailable, that they can they could ride out just about anything now just about anything right now because , you know, theres so because, you know, theres so much contempt for the conservative party at the moment. But i think its it does not well that i think not bode well that i think actually a lot of people would have some sympathy for this. The tax system is notoriously complicated. I mean, i employ an accountant to help me do my accountant to just help me do my tax return small amount of tax return on a small amount of money i make above my other salary because i just said that rain saying my affairs rain is saying my tax affairs are completely order. Are completely in order. Accountancy advice on i had, accountancy advice on this. Ive got nothing to hide. I mean, she hasnt reacted to this mornings revelations and maybe she will, but yes, but i think of people would have think a lot of people would have had some sympathy having, you know, hmrc the know, dealt with hmrc and the difficulty if shed difficulty of that, and if shed just said, look, just come and said, well, look, ive mistake, heres ive made a mistake, heres whats happened and ive now resolved matter, i think it resolved the matter, i think it would gone but would have gone away. But shes defected too much, defected a bit too much, held this line for a long time, and i think probably it will go away because well move on to something will something else. Labour will continue out, but it continue to ride it out, but it does tell you something about the attitude they the attitude that they dont have be accountable in the have to be accountable in the way they have often way that they have often demanded other politicians. Demanded of other politicians. Oh tory wed oh yes, this tory scandal, wed have all over it, have rayner all over it, probably. Has probably. And rayner has demanded that. She demanded that jill for jill mortimer, the mp for hartlepool, publish her tax return. And that just an return. And that was just an ordinary backbencher, you know, more the tories are although the tories are missing trick here, theyve missing a trick here, theyve left it the mail on sunday to fight battle. Have they fight this battle. Have they been their been aggressive enough in their questioning rayner, questioning of Angela Rayner, again, idea of again, you know, this idea of them being a bit too polite when it comes attacks, maybe them being a bit too polite when it com� ratherttacks, maybe them being a bit too polite when it com� rather ttac defenestrate theyd rather not defenestrate angela theyd rather not defenestrate angthey might that if she they might think that if she stays she is, that she stays where she is, that she would be more an asset to would be more of an asset to them, i dont know. Well, she they think that well, she they may think that people that shes kind of, people think that shes kind of, you stalwart of the you know, a stalwart of the harder she claims shes harder left. She claims shes more but maybe more moderate. But maybe that maybe a point. Maybe maybe thats a good point. Maybe shes convenient to shes politically convenient to have this way. Have to be this way. That would the thats that would be the thing. I would say, and thing. I would i would say, and then were looking tories run ragged. Do you see weve done do you see what weve done there William Wraggs name . There with William Wraggs name . Because got our former because weve got our former colleague harry york the colleague harry york in the sunday how he was sunday times saying how he was a victim of westminster honey victim of this westminster honey trapper. Think can trapper. And i think we can both agree there i mean, agree that there is i mean, thats the worst journalist in westminster actually, thats the worst journalist in westmintheres actually, thats the worst journalist in westmintheres no actually, thats the worst journalist in westmintheres no wayactually, thats the worst journalist in westmintheres no way harryly, because theres no way harry york for strange york is falling for strange messages from strange women. First happily married. First of all, happily married. And a too and second of all, a bit too canny for that kind of behaviour. The sunday mirror behaviour. But the sunday mirror is this sting is claiming that this sex sting sting scam, which is easy for me to say, has been going on for a yeah to say, has been going on for a year. So my question would be madeleine sketchwriter. Madeleine and your sketchwriter. So mps close so you see these mps up close and personal the chamber. Not so you see these mps up close and personal, the chamber. Not so you see these mps up close and personal, note chamber. Not so you see these mps up close and personal, not thatamber. Not that personal, not that personally to be but personally to be fair, but should on dating should these mps be on dating apps their exposing apps or their exposing themselves . Happened themselves . This happened because grindr and got because he was on grindr and got contacted by somebody on there. Hes then up these hes then given up these personal numbers. Personal telephone numbers. Should dating apps should they be on dating apps first and what should first of all, and what should happen to wragg . Because happen to