we understand alleged thing. we understand alleged electoral law, offences . the electoral law, offences. the paper also says that police are looking into miss rayner's personal tax affairs, on top of allegations that she supplied false information for the electoral register when she lived between her two former council houses in stockport over ten years ago. miss rayner has previously said she'll step down if it's found that she's committed any crime , while committed any crime, while insisting she's always followed the rules . well, in other news the rules. well, in other news tonight, the prime minister has told his israeli counterpart that now is a moment for calm heads as israel considers its response to iran's missile and drone attack at the weekend , drone attack at the weekend, rishi sunak spoke to binyamin netanyahu on a call tonight that had been delayed 24 hours. and yesterday israeli media was reporting mr netanyahu was refusing to take calls from world leaders seeking to influence his country's response. israel has encouraged 32 countries, meanwhile, to impose sanctions on iran's

weapons program after a council of war meeting earlier on this week . it news here at home, week. it news here at home, downing street says the attempt by police in brussels to shut down the national conservativism conference is extremely disturbing. officers arrived while gb news presenter nigel farage was addressing the event, giving everyone 15 minutes to leave the venue. it's understood the order came from the local brussels mayor, amir keir, in a move he said was to guarantee pubuc move he said was to guarantee public safety. belgium's prime minister described the mayor's actions as unacceptable, saying that the belgian constitution has guaranteed the freedom of speech and peaceful assembly in his country since 1830. the education secretary said today. a court ruling dismissing a muslim student's challenge against her school prayer ban now gives school heads confidence in making the right decisions to prioritise

tolerance between those of different faiths. the student had argued that a no prayer fitual had argued that a no prayer ritual policy at a school in north london was discriminatory, but the head teacher argued schools shouldn't be forced to change their approach because a child or a parent decided it was something they didn't like. well the judge upheld the school's position, saying there was a rational connection between the school's inclusive social cohesion and its prayer policy . cohesion and its prayer policy. and just lastly, a portrait of sir winston churchill could fetch up to £800,000 at auction. that's the guess, anyway . the that's the guess, anyway. the houses of parliament had commissioned a british artist to paint a portrait of the wartime prime minister for his 80th birthday back in 1954. well, it's on public display until april the 21st displayed in the room where sir winston was born , room where sir winston was born, actually 150 years ago. it's an oil on canvas. it's going to travel from london to sotheby's

in new york for a period of time, and then in june, it will go to auction with that guide price. we'll keep you up to date on how that goes. that's the news. for the latest stories. do sign up gb news alerts. scan sign up to gb news alerts. scan the code on your or go the qr code on your screen or go to common alerts . to gb news. common alerts. >> yes, a last minute change to the top of tonight's show to that huge breaking news. the police investigation into angela rayneris police investigation into angela rayner is examining multiple allegations and is not merely limited to potential electoral law offences. that's according to reports that have just come out this evening. a source has told the times that at least a dozen officers at greater manchester police are investigating. labour deputy investigating. the labour deputy leader over where she lived in the 2010s and the sale of her former council house in stockport. police are reportedly examining tax matters and other issues , on top of the question issues, on top of the question of whether rayner gave false information for the electoral register when she lived between

two former council houses in stockport in the 2010s. look to hopefully shed a little bit more light on this. i'm joined now by the political correspondent at the spectator is james heale james. look, thank you very, very so what are these very much. so what are these latest developments then? it's just ago . just landed moments ago. >> yes, absolutely. so this is a story the times . and it story in the times. and it reveals that the investigation by manchester police by greater manchester police into angela rayner isn't going to confined to just issues to be confined to just issues around the representation of the people this is the people act. this is the electoral element . and of electoral law element. and of course that's significant because are meant course that's significant be beise are meant course that's significant be be registered are meant course that's significant be be registered and are meant to be registered and investigated 12 months. investigated within 12 months. so we're talking so of course now we're talking about different we don't about different things. we don't know, the kind know, for instance, the kind of exact what they're exact detail of what they're looking into. but one potential issue, involving two issue, if it's involving two different capital issue, if it's involving two differetax, capital issue, if it's involving two differetax, course. apital issue, if it's involving two differetax, course. andil issue, if it's involving two differetax, course. and there issue, if it's involving two di'noetax, course. and there issue, if it's involving two di'no kind course. and there issue, if it's involving two di'no kind of course. and there issue, if it's involving two di'no kind of statutory nd there issue, if it's involving two di'no kind of statutory limitzre is no kind of statutory limit on that, would means that that, which would means that potentially see potentially you could see an investigation and potential criminal offences, being criminal offences, etc, being committed, wouldn't have committed, and it wouldn't have a on it. and so a time limit on it. and so that's what we're really interested i've been interested in. i've just been talking to conservative mps talking to some conservative mps and you know, look

and they say, you know, look it's that really ought to it's tax that really ought to be the that if going to the thing that if it's going to do that's the thing do for her, that's the thing that's going to do for her, because you know, there is no limitation on that. and of course thing that for course that's the thing that for instance, zahawi instance, for nadhim zahawi and some pushing now for some of them are pushing now for an investigation well. an hmrc investigation as well. so is quite so i think this is quite a significant development tonight and that and the times also reveals that at a dozen officers are at least a dozen officers are involved a big involved in this. so quite a big investigation from the sounds of involved in this. so quite a big in patrick. on from the sounds of it patrick. >> yeah very big >> yeah a very big investigation. and look, one would imagine angela rayner denies any wrongdoing. the latest from her latest that we've heard from her is that welcomes the police is that she welcomes the police investigation. it's an opportunity her investigation. it's an opport so ty her investigation. it's an opport so obviously her investigation. it's an opport so obviously have1er name. so obviously we have to leave that her court leave that ball in her court when it to that. and when it comes to that. and however, has she set up however, has she set herself up for fail here? for a potential fail here? because think she said, hasn't because i think she said, hasn't she? look, resign she? well, look, she will resign if any if indeed the police find any wrongdoing. now looks wrongdoing. well, it now looks as the scope of as though the scope of that investigation going be investigation is going to be looking allegations looking at more allegations than we so the chances are we thought. so the chances are higher, presumably. >> i think she had to do it, patrick, if honest you, patrick, if i'm honest with you, like, what she said like, given what she said previously johnson like, given what she said prev defences johnson like, given what she said prev defences there ohnson like, given what she said prev defences there was on like, given what she said prev defences there was the and defences etc, there was the only out for and i only way out for her. and i actually think interestingly, by raising saying,

raising the stakes and saying, i'm resign if i am i'm going to resign if i am found guilty, almost puts found guilty, that almost puts more greater more pressure on greater manchester police because they're pressure to they're now under pressure to basically be really confident in their their case their evidence and their case against her, because they know they're going cause the they're going to cause the resignation person who resignation of the person who basically the next basically wants to be the next deputy minister of this deputy prime minister of this country. going to country. so they're going to make they're 100% make sure they're 100% watertight, in watertight, absolutely sure, in their evidence. and i think rayner's into rayner's response backed into a corner over the past eight weeks, the only thing she weeks, was the only thing she could do. >> actually , literally >> i've just actually, literally this second been provided with a statement from angela rayner. so this has apparently just come through to us, she says. i've repeatedly said that i would welcome the chance to sit down with the appropriate authorities, including the police , to set the police and hmrc, to set out the facts a line under this facts and draw a line under this matter. i'm completely confident facts and draw a line under this nfollowed1 completely confident facts and draw a line under this nfollowed1 c01rulesely confident facts and draw a line under this nfollowed1 c01ruleselyall1fident i followed the rules at all times. always that times. i've always said that integrity and accountability are important in politics. that's why important that this is why it's important that this is urgently looked at independently and without political interference i i may well interference. i look, i may well stand corrected on this, james, but i do believe that that might be a regurgitation of what was

said actually on friday from her. doesn't look like her. so it doesn't look like we've much movement from her. so it doesn't look like we"rayner much movement from her. so it doesn't look like we"rayner camchh movement from her. so it doesn't look like we"rayner camp despite. ement from her. so it doesn't look like we"rayner camp despite. and t from the rayner camp despite. and i will just reiterate our will just reiterate to our viewers now, if viewers and listeners, now, if you joining us, this you are just joining us, this report just landed in report that has just landed in the police the times, angela rayner police investigate multiple allegations. the force is examining tax matters and other issues involving the labour deputy as questions deputy leader as questions continue the council continue over the council house sale . this involves, we sale. this involves, as we understand least a dozen understand it, at least a dozen officers at greater officers now at greater manchester police and it's about where she lived in the 2010s. but it understands and this is the crucial bit, james, that police examining matters police are examining tax matters and issues on top of the and other issues on top of the question whether gave question of whether rayner gave false information for the electoral when she electoral register when she lived between former council lived between two former council houses in stockport in the 20105. houses in stockport in the 2010s. so things have just got more serious for the labour deputy leader, haven't they? yes absolutely. >> this is a more wide ranging investigation than some previously led us to believe. and as you say there, patrick, you know that statement basically is the same thing she said friday. i'm said on friday. i'm not surprised . of course. else surprised. of course. what else could course she's could she say? of course she's

going welcome a police going to welcome a police investigation and ward investigation and try and ward against any political interference. fact interference. but the fact remains, this is more significant some significant than i think some perhaps friday. perhaps were saying on friday. so i wait to see what the so i will wait to see what the investigation does. gmp investigation does. but gmp does seem it seriously seem to be taking it seriously as they really ought to should, given the case given the magnitude of the case involved given the magnitude of the case inv< look, james, i thank >> look, james, can i just thank you very, much for coming you very, very much for coming on notice as well. that on at short notice as well. that is james there, who's the is james hill there, who's the political the spectator, political guru at the spectator, right. look, we keep you right. so look, we will keep you up on any ongoing up to date on any ongoing developments story. developments in that story. like i've has just landed in i've said, it has just landed in front us. now that the police front of us. now that the police investigation rayner investigation into angela rayner appears to be assessing. anyway, more allegations initially. first obviously more allegations initially. first the obviously more allegations initially. first the police viously welcomes the police investigation as she said denies any wrongdoing. we will keep you up date but i will crack on up to date but i will crack on with the as we had planned with the show as we had planned before that. breaking news. so a muslim pupil lost her high court battle against a prayer ban in her school . good. this battle against a prayer ban in her school. good. this is a rare victory for common sense and integration . it is arrogant and integration. it is arrogant and wrong to expect a school to change its rules, to work around you and your faith. now katharine birbalsingh , the

katharine birbalsingh, the founder and head teacher of the michaela community school, took on the mob and won ofsted rates. it as an outstanding school. it gets kids into top universities . gets kids into top universities. it is strict, but it gets results. and crucially, parents sent their children to that school knowing that there was no official prayer room. then one pupil decided to kick up a stink, saying that there right to religious freedom was being offended and it ended up in the high court. but it wasn't just that pupil, okay? an organised militia of hardline ers from outside the school tried to intimidate the school into bending to their religious wishes. now, earlier this year , wishes. now, earlier this year, i went to the michaela academy and i spoke to head teacher katharine birbalsingh doing all kinds of death threats and, we had a bomb scare, the police had to come and search the school, for bombs. we had all kinds of one of my teachers, one of my black teachers was so badly

racially abused, one of my staff, had a attempted break in at her flat, one of my staff had at her flat, one of my staff had a brick through her window. we had bottles thrown into the yard. and all because of the prayer situation . and, so it was prayer situation. and, so it was horrible . and, my staff were horrible. and, my staff were terrified . terrified. >> integration is not about coming to a country and trying to change that country's way of life, or making a country pander to your own religious norms . to your own religious norms. >> this should give thought to how multiculturalism can work. what i find is that the left say, well, multiculturalism and everybody's free to whatever you want. isn't it great? the right say multiculturalism has failed. there's nothing we do about there's nothing we can do about it. think that we all need to it. i think that we all need to actively try and encourage multiculturalism and encourage children to be friends across racial and religious divides , racial and religious divides, and this is why it's common sense. >> if this country is going to

come together, it can't just keep pandering to the loudest people. half of the pupils in that school, apparently are muslim . so what about the other muslim. so what about the other half who would have their education impacted as a result of all of this? >> when people are critical of this, they say, well, what about the children don't to the children who don't want to pray ? what the children pray? what about the children who want to fast? what who don't want to fast? what about the families who are happy with this? now? they might say no, should be able no, but everybody should be able to they want. but to do whatever they want. but that the at that isn't the case at our school, right? our school. we behave very much as a collective. we do not separate children race and children according to race and religion . that was the other religion. that was the other thing that was interesting is that once, prayer stopped , that once, prayer stopped, everything to normal. everything returned to normal. >> that was katharine birbalsingh now talking to me on this show earlier this year. but today the judge ruled that the prayer ban was lawful . it is a prayer ban was lawful. it is a huge victory for common sense. it is a huge victory for integration, and it's a huge victory for britain . let's get victory for britain. let's get the thoughts of my panel this evening. i am joined by

columnist political commentator patrick o'flynn. i've got the deputy chairman of the conservative party, jonathan gullace, and the author and broadcaster amy nicole turner. patrick i will start with you. do you back this decision then? >> oh, definitely. i'm still troubled that legal aid of, i think, up to £150,000 was provided of taxpayer funded, for this vexatious, legal, claim. >> i think katharine birbalsingh is an inspiring headteacher. i think it's really important that the principle that a head teacher gets to set the ethos of a school, is upheld, and i also think when you have, a hard core, you know , islamic core, you know, islamic campaigners taking you on over an aspect of your regime, you know, that's very intimidating given the other things that have happened. >> i mean, bomb threats and all sorts and teachers followed home and all of that. and, jonathan, i think that for me is the wider

issue here because it wasn't actually just this that actually just this pupil that was involved and their parents as well. very, very quick as well. it was very, very quick for mob to get involved and for the mob to get involved and for the mob to get involved and for them take things very for them to take things very seriously. i think seriously. and today i think shuts that down legally. >> one i'll >> well, look, one thing i'll make perfectly as make perfectly clear is, as someone teacher before someone who was a teacher before becoming of parliament, becoming a member of parliament, i've actually been michaela, i've actually been to michaela, i've actually been to michaela, i times twice i think 2 or 3 now, times twice as and once actually as a teacher and once actually as a teacher and once actually as parliamentarian, as a parliamentarian, taking other know catherine other mps. so i know catherine well. i think she's an absolute inspiration. know, is inspiration. you know, this is this is outperforming this school is outperforming some private schools some of the best private schools and schools the and grammar schools across the country a very country because she has a very clear regime, as she laid out. it's not one rule for one and one rule for another. it's a clear and consistent line that all have to abide by. and all pupils have to abide by. and in case, all pupils of all in this case, all pupils of all faiths held to the same faiths are held to the same standard any other student. standard as any other student. it sad that had to go it is sad that it's had to go through the courts, when it's abundantly clear that head teachers are best placed to understand how to educate their children. disgraceful that children. it is disgraceful that extremists are extremists in society are looking the agenda to looking to hijack the agenda to threaten and to intimidate. but it's sadly something that we all see far too often. but i will

say about michaela is they face these intimidations and threats when they first try to set up labour councils and labour mps standing up saying this school was awful, that she was the worst headteacher in the country and behold, it's eating and lo and behold, it's eating humble pie finally for them to face and thank god, like you say, courts had a victory face and thank god, like you saycommon �*ts had a victory face and thank god, like you saycommon sense. a victory for common sense. >> do you think should >> amy, what do you think should have do think the have happened? do you think the judgement was wrong? they should have religious have caved in to the religious wishes of certain pupils, i don't i that the don't think i think that the whole situation hijacked whole situation being hijacked by obviously by extremists is obviously disgraceful by extremists is obviously disgand�*ful by extremists is obviously disgand |jl by extremists is obviously disgand i hate that whole aspect >> and i hate that whole aspect of it. i also really resent the fact that this ended up in the high court. i don't think that should have happened but should have happened at all, but i the i do have sympathy for the muslim do think muslim pupils, and i do think that prayer not an that a prayer room is not an unreasonable demand, like when you take a school and you look at individual pupils at your school and they make requests, you think reasonable and you think what's reasonable and what's and what's not. and i think a prayer room at lunchtime for 25 minutes. it's not that big a deal. and what we're going to see is some pupils at that

school in, say, the loo school praying in, say, the loo cubicle a broom cupboard or cubicle or a broom cupboard or really inappropriate places that aren't acceptable prayer . aren't acceptable for prayer. >> you're second guessing the head teacher of the school. i thought it was really interesting in her reaction today. she said that the group of pupils that was kind of most at risk in their rights was not the observant islamic pupils, but the pupils from other minority faiths. and also she singled out the pupils from muslim backgrounds who were less zealously observant. so if you start those prayer rooms, then i think the implication there was there was going to be a huge peer group pressure perhaps reinforced from zealots outside on those pupils to abandon the secular ethos and get into the he said to me, she said to me, amy, that what she'd noticed was that some muslim pupils were not observing ramadan because they didn't particularly want to, and they were starting be forced they were starting to be forced to pupils. to by other pupils. >> also said the school >> and she also said the school would to if the high would cease to exist if the high court made them impose.

court had made them impose. >> appreciate that, and there >> i appreciate that, and there was also that example of the girl to leave the girl being asked to leave the choir because it was considered girl being asked to leave the choir band|se it was considered girl being asked to leave the choir band those vas considered girl being asked to leave the choir band those types nsidered girl being asked to leave the choir band those types of dered girl being asked to leave the choir band those types of things, haram and those types of things, but that not but i still think that it's not too an to have a too much of an ask to have a simple prayer room. just based on fact that religions simple prayer room. just based on really hat religions simple prayer room. just based on really equal.igions simple prayer room. just based on really equal.igithe way aren't really equal in the way that they so the fact that that they pray. so the fact that a muslim will go onto a muslim will have to go onto the floor means that it's not the floor means that it's not the same as where christian who could head and could pray in their head and that's think it's not that's why i think it's not unreasonable to just have a prayer room. also, it's impossible to have a secular school country school in this country because we're country in the we're the only country in the world that still mandates world that, that still mandates compulsory worship. compulsory collective worship. a certain of the curriculum certain part of the curriculum has to include a christian, an element of christianity still in this country. so it's actually not the case that we have any secular schools. >> well, having been an re teacher, saw all faiths. and teacher, i saw all faiths. and yes, there was element we yes, there was an element we have 50% about have to teach 50% about christianity. i've taught christianity. but i've taught about hinduism and many about islam, hinduism and many other and other world religions, and that's worship that's about educating worship as for, michaela, their lunch times are extremely regimental in a positive way. children walk

in a positive way. children walk in there reciting poetry or reciting important readings and teachings. they have a meal which everyone is having the same amount of food . the kids same amount of food. the kids are cleaning up at the end, and then it's break time. if you start time start mixing in prayer time into that it's going that as well, it's going to mean that as well, it's going to mean that will not that the school will not function. the way it has and the results for itself. results speak for itself. >> school, right? >> it's a state school, right? it's a state so just so. it's a state school. so just so. yeah, send your kids to yeah, so just send your kids to an islamic if you're that. >> and equally, this was the part of judgement i part of the judgement that i found interesting that, found interesting was that, well, can just go to a well, the child can just go to a different school. she's it's different school. she's not it's not infringing freedom not infringing on her freedom because the school. >> i'll send my kid her that >> i'll send my kid in her that child's instead, that's available. >> that parent >> i believe that the parent involved sending another involved is sending another child and in september. >> and the child hasn't the >> and the child hasn't left the school, gone back all school, so she's gone back all right, well, look, katharine birbalsingh has said this hero should is should be free to do what is right for pupils it serves. right for the pupils it serves. >> court's decision is >> the court's decision is therefore a victory for all schools. schools not schools. schools should not be forced and her forced by one child and her mother to change its approach, simply because they have decided they the they don't like something at the school . multiculturalism works school. multiculturalism works at because we've

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conservative conference in brussels featuring nigel farage and suella braverman . and suella braverman. >> oh, i'm sorry, it's before the watershed. i really can't tell you what i think he must be. he. tell you what i think he must be.he.he tell you what i think he must be. he. he must be the most ghastly little person . ghastly little person. >> well, herman kelly of the irish freedom party clashes with deputy leader of the rejoin the eu party, richard morley , on eu party, richard morley, on whether the mayor of brussels, or at least one of them, because there's loads of them, should apologise nigel. that's

next. welcome back to patrick christys tonight. only on gb news now. coming up, who do you think the average labour mp would support between israel and iran? journalist quentin letts joins me live . but first, should a me live. but first, should a mayor of brussels apologise for silencing nigel farage? it's time for tonight's head—to—head . time for tonight's head—to—head. absolutely shocking scenes in brussels earlier today , as the brussels earlier today, as the city's mayor and police attempted to shut down a conservative conference featuring nigel farage and suella braverman, police were summoned to the venue just as farage took to the stage with one local mayor tweeting i issued an order from the mayor to ban the national conservatism conference event to guarantee pubuc conference event to guarantee public safety in etterbeek , public safety in etterbeek, brussels city and san jose. the far right is not welcome. well,

interesting then, that the very same brussels mayor, or i think the person above him actually was happy to host ex—paramilitary iranian official ali reza zakani last summer, despite him being placed under sanctions by the uk . while, sanctions by the uk. while, predictably, nigel was far from happy. >> oh, i'm sorry, it's before the watershed . i really can't the watershed. i really can't tell you what i think he must be. he he must be the most ghastly little person . ghastly little person. >> and the belgian prime minister has since hit back , minister has since hit back, tweeting that the action was unacceptable and that any banning of political meetings is unconstitutional. so tonight i am asking, should the brussels mayor apologise for silencing nigel farage? let me know your thoughts. head to gbnews.com/yoursay or tweet me @gbnews. while you're there, why not vote in our poll? the results will follow very shortly, but first, going head to head on this are the president the irish freedom president of the irish freedom party, and the party, herman kelly, and the deputy leader of the rejoin eu party, richard morley. gentlemen, thank you very much. great have you both the

great to have you both on the show. herman, will start with show. herman, i will start with you nigel farage owed you because nigel farage owed an apology you think? you because nigel farage owed an apoabsolutely.yu think? you because nigel farage owed an apoabsolutely. and ink? you because nigel farage owed an apoabsolutely. and all’ you because nigel farage owed an apoabsolutely. and all the >> absolutely. and all the people of belgium. i attended the event myself today . it the event myself today. it wasn't just nigel farage, suella braverman, who i met, but also, viktor orban, the current prime minister of hungary, the former prime minister of poland . you prime minister of poland. you had a lot of well known democratically elected, politicians who have the right and actually they have the pubuc and actually they have the public mandate to speak up and to voice their opinion and to be called extremist in any way by by a guy actually, who i believe is a gofer for erdogan. and it wasn't just one, mayor, it was actually three mayors because the event was shut down. this was the third attempt at two venues had already been cancelled because of the political pressure of local mayors in belgium . so, yes,

mayors in belgium. so, yes, absolutely. he should apologise to nigel farage and to the people of belgium. >> all right . okay. richard. >> all right. okay. richard. nigel farage described this as something else of the soviet union playbook. i mean, that's what it is, isn't it? send the boys in blue round on the order of a red in the bed . of a red in the bed. >> well, i mean, the mayor of brussels has a perfectly reasonable and proper duty to uphold public order in the city in which he's been elected. you must remember that the brussels mayor is speaking for the people of brussels , and the people of of brussels, and the people of brussels are not happy to have a right wing conference held in their city. you must remember also that europe has actually lived under a fascist government. brussels was occupied by a fascist regime. we in europe know of the dangers that these parties can create far more than the british do. who have never actually experienced it in britain, as it's been experienced here in

europe. can i just ask what what fascism was on display today? >> richard? >> richard? >> oh , it's not that no one is >> oh, it's not that no one is saying that the people that were there at the conference today are fascists in the same way as hitler was. of course not. but the point is, you must remember the point is, you must remember the fear that people have in europe about right wing politicians is very, very deep indeed, born from very bitter experience. and the mayor has a perfect right to prevent public disorder. >> i'm sorry, but that is, if you don't mind me saying a bit stupid, right? because if the people have a fear of something, i mean, like, you know, i've got a fear of spiders, right? but that doesn't stop me being in the same room them. the same room as them. that doesn't stop cohabiting doesn't stop me cohabiting with a flat, does it? a spider in my flat, does it? and you're saying that nobody and if you're saying that nobody there exhibiting there actually is exhibiting fascist is an fascist views, then that is an unfounded fear they need to unfounded fear and they need to grow they? grow up. don't they? >> i don't think so at all. >> no, i don't think so at all. you must remember that this , you must remember that this, bafic you must remember that this, basic conference about basic conference is all about opposing the unity of europe.

it's all about establishing independent nations in europe to try to basically, break up the strength of the european union. now, that is extremely important, far more important than your spiders, because, of course, if europe isn't strong in the face of russian aggression, if europe is divided into lots of little nation states that then feeling warring against each other are going to bnng against each other are going to bring her farage nigel farage will be the first person to oppose viktor orban if viktor orban actually had independence. >> all right, i'll bring you in. i'm just wondering whether or not the mass, the whether or not the mask slips slightly, because actually, that actually, the reality is that that he's saying that that. yeah. okay. you've spoken long enough. go on. hermann. >> can say, it go? >> okay. can i say, is it go? godwin's law is it is like, upper sixth, debate where the first person to mention called your opponent hitler loses . so your opponent hitler loses. so richard, you have lost already. secondly, unlike spiders, the

right to free speech is the foundation of a free and democratic society for people's right to express their opinions and their political opinions in the public sphere is a fundamental right. the public sphere is a fundamental right . and the prime fundamental right. and the prime minister of belgium said that this evening that what happened was unconstitutional because it undermined the right to free speech and free assembly. richard, they are the basic fundamentals of european civilisation . right. civilisation. right. >> so the whole at that point , >> so the whole at that point, whole thing that you are, richard, you are like the japanese soldier who appeared out of the jungle in the islands there. >> i believe it was in, >> i believe it was in, >> all right. let him let him come back. let him come back to that. >> you come back to the brexit referendum, and now you're looking to undermine a fundamental value of free speech. >> richard, you don't care about free speech. that's the

allegation . allegation. >> yes. right. but in this conference, viktor orban was one of the premier people speaking. we all think that this conference was called off because of nigel farage. do not think for one moment that nigel farage has any importance in europe whatsoever. but viktor orban does . now there is a man orban does. now there is a man who has not only suppressed free speech in in hungary, but he suppressed anything which opposes him. and this man is censored to this conference. and thatis censored to this conference. and that is one of the reasons why people were so fearful of this conference, that if that type of politics is allowed to simply run riot, democratically elected i >> richard. richard, i'll just put it to you that you don't like. you don't like views and you want to cancel them. herman, is that the case? >> yes. look, we want to come back to you, richard . back to you, richard. >> you, richard, please. >> unlike you, richard, please. viktor a democratic viktor orban is a democratic elected, and he's got a very large and you also had large majority. and you also had the former prime minister, as was representative from hitler. >> why did he bring up hitler?

>> why did he bring up hitler? >> can i speak, richard ? >> can i speak, richard? >> can i speak, richard? >> because hitler was democratically elected. yeah. just answer me. say because. >> stop, richard! stop! richard! richard, and let richard richard, stop and let richard let let herman finish. it's ridiculous go herman! ridiculous. go on. herman! >> richard . >> richard. >> richard. >> viktor orban is elected democratically elected of his country with a very large majority. as i said, the former prime minister of poland was there a lot of very important and well known political figures were there? do you have a debate on a forum about politics? right when the prime minister of belgium admits that what happened today was against the constitutional , happened today was against the constitutional, against constitutional, against constitutional rights, i think we should wake up and say, do you know what happened when three mayors tried to? they don't have political arguments , don't have political arguments, so they're using the state police to impose their will when their, their flimsy arguments don't work. and you should apologise , richard. apologise, richard. >> okay. all right. yeah. okay. well, i think we're going to get

that, aren't we? we'll be here all night if that was the case. but both of you, thank you very much. proper head to head as we expect, the president the expect, the president of the irish freedom herman irish freedom party, herman kelly, leader kelly, and the deputy leader of rejoin morley. kelly, and the deputy leader of rejoin look, morley. kelly, and the deputy leader of rejoin look, who morley. kelly, and the deputy leader of rejoin look, who do morley. kelly, and the deputy leader of rejoin look, who do iagree. right. look, who do you agree with? the of with? should the mayor of brussels apologise for shutting down conference? down the nat kong conference? your verdict is now in. and i did see the way this was going on on. and you on twitter earlier on. and you do see it. this is do love to see it. this is democracy in action. 49% of you think mayor brussels think that the mayor of brussels should apologise nigel should apologise to nigel farage. say that he farage. 51% of you say that he shouldn't. it's closer, closer than the brexit referendum. well done to everybody. and i do mean everybody who took part in that poll. i know you are still to come. a just stop oil protester who chaos 4000 who caused chaos to 4000 motorists airport on motorists at heathrow airport on the m25, said that she'd do the same again. will quiz same again. i will quiz a supporter of the group and a climate activist, larson, climate activist, ben larson, shortly, plus a parliamentary punch . next i'll reveal what punch up. next i'll reveal what sparked that brawl in the next houn sparked that brawl in the next hour. but next, would labour mps

sooner cheer on iran than israel? >> very real. tens of thousands of deaths and casualties in israel's military attacks and imposed farming conditions have caused in gaza are drivers of regional instability. >> a top daily mail columnist, quentin letts, exposes the labour faces who'd rather slam israel than condemn the despotic iranian regime. he's live in

next. welcome back to patrick christys tonight. coming up. welcome back to patrick christys tonight. coming up . could tonight. coming up. could unrepentent just stop oil? protesters be to prepared wreak havoc on the uk again? but first, after iran's unprecedented missile assault on israel horrified the world, labour leader keir starmer was yesterday swift in his condemnation of the attack. >> there can be no doubt that the attack perpetrated by iranian forces this weekend has left the world a more dangerous place . it targeted innocent place. it targeted innocent civilians with a yeah, but it seems labour's rabble of boisterous backbenchers didn't quite get the message. >> very real. tens of thousands of deaths and casualties. israel's military attacks and imposed famine conditions have caused in gaza are drivers of regional instability. >> will the prime minister confirm with the death of those three uk charity workers working for world central kitchen? has he received a written apology

from the prime minister of israel? >> well, those pathetic performances prompted the daily mail's parliamentary sketchwriter to write we can guess who plenty of labour mps would cheer in an israel iran penalty shootout. well, i'm very pleased to say i'm joined now by the man behind that headline. it's quentin letts himself. quentin. stuff. is quentin. great stuff. look, is this can expect under this what we can expect under a labour government ? labour government? >> the election >> well, hang on the election yet , but, you know, >> well, hang on the election yet, but, you know, sometimes you go to a smart italian restaurant. i'm sure you do, patrick. and, in the foyer, it's all very calm. there's vivaldi music playing. the maitre d is very calm and charming. but behind in the kitchen, it's absolute chaos. and the chefs are all trying to kill each other. and, that's very much the feeling of the labour party at the moment in parliament, the front bench. starmer is , front bench. keir starmer is, you know mr reasonable i'm mr moderate. but behind him are all the natives are jumping up and down and baring their chests. beating their chests, it's almost sort of potemkin moderatism moderation by the

laboun moderatism moderation by the labour, party at the moment in parliament. and that was that was very much the feeling yesterday. >> well, you know, can you answer your own question for us here on gp news? you know, how many labour mps do you think will be cheering iran over israel penalty shootout ? israel in a penalty shootout? >> quite a lot of them. and you saw some of them there. you heard beth winter, from kanan valley, there's a man called mohammed yasin, from bedford who wanted, us no longer to, export arms to israel. hang on. this is our ally, israel that has just taken 300 drone attacks in one night. richard bergen. kim. kim johnson, you also saw , matt johnson, you also saw, matt weston from leamington spa there. i mean, there was an awful lot of them who were, just itching , itching with itching, itching with anti —israel itching, itching with anti—israel feeling. and therefore, you have to ask that if keir starmer, sir keir starmer did become prime minister, would he be able to get his way or would he be pushed around the place like a

supermarket trolley, by the labour movement? and i think there's a very strong suspicion that the latter would be the case. >> do you think that there's a possibility that if keir starmer does become our prime minister in a matter of months and the middle does calm down, middle east does not calm down, which no signs of which it shows no signs of doing, you may well end up doing, that you may well end up relying tories on the other relying on tories on the other side of the chamber to get through things won't get through things that he won't get through things that he won't get through policy. through in terms of policy. >> depends are >> well, it depends if there are any tories. if you listen to the opinion it doesn't sound opinion polls, it doesn't sound like they're going to be many of them. but, the political reality of this, the electoral, the parliamentary reality is that a party leader, a prime minister, is the creature of the backbenches. and has to do what the what the what the parliament, what the party's mps , really want. in the end, there's a limit to how much moderation that sir keir starmer is going to get away with if he becomes prime minister, if we have a labour government, then is it as black and white as to say we would have a middle east

backing government, i.e. say we would have a middle east backing government, le. a more iranian backing government, a more sympathetic to iran government, it would essentially be bad news for israel and dare i say it, israeli supporting jews in britain . jews in britain. >> oh, we've lost it. we'll never know, will we? anyway, it's about time anyway. quentin lannister, thank you very much. daily mail's parliamentary sketch writer quentin wright sketch writer quentin les wright , coming up at 10 pm. is democracy dying in europe? i deep dive into the disturbing scenes from brussels today where a belgian mayor, one of several different belgian mayors , shut different belgian mayors, shut down that conservative conference, while nigel farage and braverman appeared on and suella braverman appeared on stage. we'll have the stage. plus, we'll have the latest copenhagen as the latest from copenhagen as the danish capital suffers its notre dame moment after a historic building went up in flames. but next, this just stop oil protests are disrupted. more than 4000 motorists on the m20 , than 4000 motorists on the m20, five with a nine mile tailback on the sweltering summers day in

july 2022. cambridge educated cressida gethin has vowed to do it all again despite facing prison next month for her original stunt. i speak to a just stop oil member and that's

next. welcome back to patrick christys. tonight on gb news. tomorrow's newspaper front pages are coming up. but first, an unrepentant just stop oil protester who delayed thousands of motorists on the m25 insists that she'd do the same again despite facing a prison sentence for her original stunt in july 2022. we are currently on a gantry above the m25 . gantry above the m25. >> it's very loud up here, it's very windy . we've got a banner very windy. we've got a banner over the edge securely tied that says just stop oil because that is what our government must do.

it must stop new oil and gas licences in the north sea. >> so cressida gethin did cause mayhem to an estimated 4000 people. she scaled those gantries above the busy motorway near heathrow airport. she was convicted in february for causing a public nuisance and faces sentencing next month. the 22 year old told fellow eco campaigner chris packham in the radio times i would do it all again, but there's one thing i'd do additionally and i'm considering it, i'd find some way of meeting with anyone who had affected by what i did had been affected by what i did so they could tell me how they felt . well, even if she wanted felt. well, even if she wanted to, could instead be to, she could instead be languishing jail for her languishing in jail for her efforts just a few weeks, her efforts in just a few weeks, her friend and justin paul friend and fellow justin paul supporter, me supporter, ben larson joins me now. you very much. now. ben, thank you very much. great you on on the great to have you on on the show. an individual missed show. and an individual missed his father's funeral because of that. she says she'd do that. and yet she says she'd do it all again. would you like to apologise , cressida has apologise, cressida has absolutely nothing to apologise

for. i just like to make that very clear from the start. >> missing a father, missing someone's funeral. father's someone's funeral. now. father's funeral . funeral. >> there's going to be a lot more fathers with a lot more funerals. if the government pushes on with their current plans of extracting more. more oil burning more fossil oil and gas, burning more fossil fuels and leaving us all to deal with it's a global death with it, it's a global death sentence for so many people fathers, mothers, children alike. and cressy is one of the few people who's actually willing to put her money where her mouth is and commit to taking avoid this. in taking actions to avoid this. in the first place. >> some people might say it is absolutely unbelievable , highly absolutely unbelievable, highly narcissistic it's narcissistic to think that it's okay that you have the right to force someone to miss their father's funeral , while others father's funeral, while others would say it's unbelievably narcissistic for the government to think that they can continue extracting oil and gas just to get land the pockets of their mates while the rest of us are going to be trapped in a world that's warming at unprecedented rates. >> i mean, this is like there was a cause that i care deeply

about, right? >> if there was a cause that i cared deeply about you cared deeply about and, you know, way know, you were on your way hypothetically . and i don't need hypothetically. and i don't need to know your personal circumstances. i hope this never happens, ben. but hypothetically, to hypothetically, on your way to your funeral, know, your father's funeral, you know, and you from going and i stopped you from going there. probably be bit there. you'd probably be a bit miffed, wouldn't i miffed, wouldn't you? and if i said you, look, i'd like to said to you, look, i'd like to just meet you, i'd do it just meet up with you, i'd do it all again. but i'd meet with all again. but i'd meet up with you afterwards. not think all again. but i'd meet up with you points|rds. not think all again. but i'd meet up with you points|rdssome not think all again. but i'd meet up with you points|rdssome nyofthink that points to some kind of whopping great big sense of entitlement? there >> i think that's between chrissy and that fella, to be honest with you. but she's part of your group. >> ben, you've just that. >> ben, you've just said that. she's. just said she's got she's. you just said she's got nothing apologise nothing to apologise for. >> patrick. excuse >> excuse me. patrick. excuse me. answer your question me. i'll answer your question if you the actions that you let me. the actions that chrissy only are they, chrissy took, not only are they, justified . many, many more justified. many, many more people across the uk are planning to take similar actions this summer. and if you want to be part of it, you can go to just stop oil org. but if you're serious, like you said, if you've got a cause that you care about, if you're serious about

about, if you're serious about about, change, the about, enacting that change, the way to do it is through mass civil resistance . that's the way civil resistance. that's the way politics in this country has changed. it's the way the politics in this country has always changed. okay, the suffragettes didn't get their rights by by waving rights just by by waving a placard outside westminster. you know, if you pick up a history book, is the way that that book, this is the way that that politics change. >> not the suffragettes , >> you're not the suffragettes, ben, are you? let's be honest. i mean, again, is that not just another absolute astonishing level your narcissism level to your narcissism that you yourself the you are putting yourself in the same the same bracket as the suffragettes? i mean, history remembers suffragettes , you remembers the suffragettes, you know, in the know, rather well in the fullness whereas what fullness of time. whereas what you were doing terms of you were doing in terms of annoying and making annoying the public and making them funeral and making them miss the funeral and making them miss the funeral and making them hospital appointments them miss hospital appointments and i'm not and things like that, i'm not really sure that's what you're saying. >> what do you think, patrick? if gb was around at the if gb news was around at the time of the suffragettes, whose side you'd. side do you think you'd. >> have personally >> well, i would have personally definitely side definitely been on the side of women the vote. women having the vote. >> such bollocks, >> oh, that's such bollocks, man. would have man. you would have been a reactionary. just the reactionary. just like the right, this is like the right, because this is like the actions just stop oil are taking

are clearly the socially progressive causes. if you, we're facing mass climate breakdown, we're facing no crops in the ground. i don't know if you followed the news, patrick, but props are literally rotting in the ground at the moment. okay. that's going a okay. that's going to lead to a shortage shelves. that's shortage on the shelves. that's going mothers and going to lead to mothers and fathers. you're talking fathers. like you're talking about being able feed about not being able to feed their . right thing to their kids. the right thing to do is to get do at this point is to get together , get organised. no more together, get organised. no more protesting about around parliament, more waving parliament, no more waving banners and waving placards. if we're facing 40 degrees of heat, if we're facing no food the if we're facing no food on the shelves to get serious shelves, we need to get serious and disrupting the and start disrupting the government. to pay. government. so they have to pay. >> does this end, ben? >> why does this end, ben? because, it. then because, you know, does it. then the stage goes, you know, the next stage goes, you know, it's to political it's justified to kill political decision makers to make even more of stand after the more of a stand after the situation your mind becomes situation in your mind becomes more more extreme, more and more extreme, and we get closer burning point get closer to that burning point , you know, what's the limits of your because your actions, ben? because you're able to you're just you're able to formulate to formulate your own how to complete for complete justification for absolutely going absolutely everything going forward. quite a small forward. it's quite a small leap, actually, start

leap, actually, to start justifying it. other extreme stuff, isn't it? will that stuff, isn't it? so will that happen ? happen? >> you're talking nonsense, i'm afraid. patrick. stop. oil afraid. patrick. just stop. oil is to non—violent is committed to non—violent resistance. think that's resistance. we think that's the most effective way to win change in this country. and it's where the british public are at. >> what's the evidence for >> so what's the evidence for that, is the evidence that, ben? what is the evidence for that? that this is most for that? that this is the most effective way doing it effective way of doing it because hasn't really because it hasn't really massively for you so massively worked for you so far, has may i could i could bore has it? may i could i could bore you with the social social studies i don't think you studies but i don't think you really want to them. really want to hear them. >> oh no. >> oh no. >> go on mate. seriously. because always, every single because you always, every single time on and i say, look, time i come on and i say, look, we've worked to get towards we've worked well to get towards net always tell me the net zero, you always tell me the same which that we same thing, which is that we haven't anything, haven't done anything, which actually means your actions haven't achieved anything, have they? on. what's evidence? >> okay. well, you some >> okay. well, if you want some evidence, couple of evidence, just a couple of months blocked months after cressy blocked this, this motorway, in an unbelievably action, keir unbelievably brave action, keir starmer said starmer came out. said the labour are committed labour party are committed to no new extraction in new oil and gas extraction in the north sea, including in the nonh the north sea, including in the north davos. just a few months. >> we'll just take it from places like iran, won't we, ben?

>> draw a direct line >> you can draw a direct line between those actions. do between those two actions. i do not believe keir starmer would have it wasn't for have done that if it wasn't for the actions of crest. all the brave actions of crest. all right, all right. the brave actions of crest. all rigilook, all right. the brave actions of crest. all rigilook, thank'ight. the brave actions of crest. all rigilook, thank you. the brave actions of crest. all rigilook, thank you very much. >> look, thank you very much. and know have our and i know we have our disagreements, but i do genuinely appreciate you coming on very on the show. so thank you very much. larson, who's much. that is ben larson, who's with right, look, coming with us. all right, look, coming up, coming up. why up, coming up, coming up. why are more migrants are we getting more migrants from vietnam crossing the engush from vietnam crossing the english other english channel than any other nationality? that nationality? stay tuned for that warm inside from boxt warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello and welcome back to the latest update from the met office. some showers will continue overnight, but otherwise it turns drier with clear spells and it turns chilly in places with our air now coming from the north, that's a cold direction with isobars out opening out as well. lighter winds will mean a greater chance of a frost. there will be widespread clear skies across the uk as the showers fade away, although 1 or 2 showers will continue across northern

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gb news. >> it's 10 pm. i'm patrick christys tonight . at least christys tonight. at least a dozen officers are reportedly investigating multiple allegations now against angela rayner , including tax matters. rayner, including tax matters. the electoral register and other issues. what on earth is going on? what's happened? >> oh, ask the marxist that legally held opinions from people who are going to win national elections is no longer acceptable here. >> democracy dies in europe. plus if all freedom means to you is you have the freedom to do what the government tells you you can do, you may as well move to russia or china. freedom of choice dies in britain also.

>> and they tell me that they're promised work here, promised living accommodation. that's going to nice. and then when going to be nice. and then when you speak to people six months, 12 down the line, do 12 months down the line, they do tell different tell a very different story. >> vietnamese >> it's non—stop vietnamese channel migrants and dubai deluge . are the sheikhs really deluge. are the sheikhs really in control of the weather? on my panel tonight it's his ex mep patrick o'flynn. i've got tory deputy chairman jonathan gullace and author amy nicole turner. oh yes. and what caused this parliamentary punch up? that's get ready britain. here we go. is labour on the side of communist mafia tactics? next .

communist mafia tactics? next. >> patrick. thank you. well, the top story from the newsroom tonight. the times is reporting that the deputy labour leader, angela rayner, is the subject of a multiple lead police investigation concerning alleged electoral law offences. the paper also says that police are looking into miss rayner's personal tax affairs, on top of allegations that she supplied false information for the electoral register when she lived between her two former council homes in stockport over ten years ago. miss rayner has previously said she'll step down if it's found she's committed any crime. while insisting she's always followed the rules . well, always followed the rules. well, the other main story tonight is that the prime minister has told his israeli counterpart that now is a moment for calm heads, as israel considers its response to iran's missile and drone attack at the weekend , rishi sunak at the weekend, rishi sunak spoke to benjamin netanyahu on a call that was delayed 24 hours, with yesterday, israeli media reporting that mr netanyahu was

refusing to take calls from world leaders seeking to influence his country's decision. a downing street spokesperson said tonight rishi rishi sunak reaffirmed the uk support for israel on the call . support for israel on the call. well, rishi sunaks rwanda plan has been dealt a series of defeats once again by the peers in the house of lords tonight, further delaying passage of the government's flagship policy through parliament. despite mps in the commons overturning previous changes by the house of lords, peers again pressed demands for revisions to the bill. it aims to remove illegal migrants who crossed the english channelin migrants who crossed the english channel in small boats and send them on to rwanda for processing to act as a deterrent . downing to act as a deterrent. downing street says the attempt by police in brussels to shut down the national conservatism conference is extremely disturbing. officers arrived while nigel farage was addressing the event, giving everyone 15 minutes to leave the

venue. it's understood the order came from the local mayor, amir keir, in a move he said was to guarantee public safety. belgium's prime minister, though, described the mayor's actions as unacceptable , saying actions as unacceptable, saying that the belgian constitution guaranteed freedom of speech and peaceful assembly since 1830, in his country . peaceful assembly since 1830, in his country. now you've peaceful assembly since 1830, in his country . now you've heard of his country. now you've heard of april showers, but what about this in dubai, the desert cities, unusually , rainy weather cities, unusually, rainy weather has blotted out the blue skies . has blotted out the blue skies. it's been hit by torrential rain, thunderstorms and the authorities have said people might as well just stay home. videos that crept up online showed cars swamped with water waves buffeting traffic and roads brought to a standstill. dubai airport also saying it's temporarily diverting flights this evening until those weather conditions improve. but forecasters are saying another wave of unstable weather is on the way. that's the latest news. do sign up to gb news alerts,

scan the qr code on the screen or go to gbnews.com slash alerts i >> democracy is dead in europe. the message from brussels today was loud and clear. if you have views that we don't like, we'll send the police in to shut you down. those views , by the way, down. those views, by the way, are the views of the majority controlling immigration, often putting national interests first, lowering taxes , pushing first, lowering taxes, pushing back on climate lunacy. here are the scenes from the national conservatism conference in brussels . there we go. the old brussels. there we go. the old boys in blue. they were sent in by a red in the bed. the socialist mayor of brussels , on socialist mayor of brussels, on top of a variety of different other mayors around principalities in brussels. but this one is philippe close. now. he actually hosted the ultra radical former iranian parliamentary turned mayor of tehran in belgium's capital last yeah tehran in belgium's capital last year. so we've got good taste, isn't he? this guy certainly

knows what's right and what's wrong. so he's all right with actual fascists, then? people with hardline fundamentally views that man called alireza zakanl views that man called alireza zakani, who was sanctioned by the uk for serious human rights violations and abuses. but he can't stand people like suella braverman nigel farage. well, here was nigel's take at the time . time. >> oh time. >> on three police there. they have an to order close down this event, and when more police gather, that's exactly what they'll do. no alternative opinion allowed this is the updated new form of communism. >> well, he teed off on the mayor as well. >> oh, i'm sorry , it's before >> oh, i'm sorry, it's before the watershed. i really can't tell you what i think. he must be. he. tell you what i think. he must be.he.he tell you what i think. he must be. he. he must be the most ghastly little person . ghastly little person. >> well, even the belgian prime minister has come out against the socialist fanatic, saying what happened at the claridge today is unacceptable . municipal today is unacceptable. municipal autonomy is a cornerstone of our democracy , but can never democracy, but can never overrule the belgian constitution, guaranteeing the

freedom of speech and peaceful assembly. since 1830, banning political meetings is unconstitutional. full stop making reference to the municipal mayors that also all stepped in to try and shut this down. but get this, the labour party in britain, the party that could be about to rule over us for five years, they think the abolition of free speech, cancel culture and sending the police in to clamp down on views they disagree with is absolutely hilarious. >> source close to the right honourable member for fareham who couldn't be here today with us, mr deputy speaker, because she's currently in brussels surrounded the police who are surrounded by the police who are trying to shut down the event she's attending with some far right fanatics with whom has right fanatics with whom she has much in common. she said that she is not a fan of the bill. well, now she knows how the rest of us feel about the right honourable member for fareham to hmm'hmm okay, wouldn't be a laughing matter if it was the other around though, other way around though, would it? >> jonathan >> and labour's jonathan ashworth very ashworth is playing a very dangerous this clip here. >> i think some of the speakers,

from understand, who from what i understand, who have been the website been advertised on the website for conference, have very for this conference, have very unsavoury views and rather surprised braverman surprised that suella braverman has been allowed to go and speak at this event. why rishi at this event. why is rishi sunak not getting a of this sunak not getting a grip of this situation? is he not asking situation? why is he not asking suella braverman to pull out of this because some of the this event? because some of the characters , at least characters involved, at least according their website, have according to their website, have made of comments, made all kinds of comments, which don't think the rishi which i don't think the rishi sunak party would want to sunak tory party would want to associate themselves with. >> well. bingo. hang on a minute, because labour mps are allowed to attend hate marches where swastikas and genocidal chants are common, it's almost like it's one rule for them and one rule for everyone else, isn't it? we've seen it isn't it? but we've seen it before, from the socialists justin canada, justin trudeau in canada, jacinda ardern as well. in new zealand, they behaved like tinpot dictators during covid, revelling in the power smashing, criminalising and demonising anyone who got in their way. look today is a very dark day. there is nothing funny about the fact that if you have the wrong

kind of views in western europe, the ruling elite will send the police round to shut you down. it is soviet style tactics. they are not the good guys. let's get the thoughts of my panel. this evening. i've got columnist and political commentator patrick o'flynn, deputy chairman of the conservative party, jonathan gullace, an author and broadcaster. gullace, an author and broadcaster . amy gullace, an author and broadcaster. amy nicole turner. patrick. deeply concerning stuff this if you have the wrong kind of views, europe will shut you down. >> yes, absolutely. i find it incredible that those two senior labour frontbenchers don't get it. it actually reminds me of when nigel farage blew the whistle on the de—banking scandal, and rachel reeves took the side of the rich woman from from coutts or natwest or whatever. it was just just missing the principle involved here. it's a really chilling moment. i think it's fantastically interesting , by fantastically interesting, by the way, that rishi sunak, who's normally very cautious , has normally very cautious, has issued a really punchy statement

from downing street , after all, from downing street, after all, about another country's goings on.and about another country's goings on. and you might think, well, that's rishi being nice to nigel farage. it isn't. what i think they'd be alarmed at in downing street is there was an event called the national conservatism conference going on, and who is the leading british conservative who's all over the airwaves? it's nigel farage. it's not a member of the conservative party. so i think rishi sunak is trying to get his leg over this alarming story, but that's because panicking . because he's panicking. >> okay. jonathan those labour frontbenchers chuckling away there as conservatism was rounded up by the police in western europe, jonathan ashworth saying, oh, what on earth was she sunak allowing suella braverman to go to those things for? i thought he was playing quite a dangerous game. >> well, i think it's a damn disgrace. i think mask disgrace. and i think the mask has wes streeting has slipped wes streeting can try that try and rewrite history that somehow some sort of somehow he's not some sort of lunatic a trans woman lunatic who thinks a trans woman is actually a biological woman. as wants to try and as much as he wants to try and pretend the past in the pretend what the past is in the past, for them to laugh and

past, and for them to laugh and jonathan the jonathan ashworth to say the nonsense he was saying. who i think head clown in that think is the head clown in that top tent of his that he's performing in when they all try top tent of his that he's pe putning in when they all try top tent of his that he's pe put jeremy when they all try top tent of his that he's pe put jeremy corbyn hey all try top tent of his that he's pe put jeremy corbyn intoall try top tent of his that he's pe put jeremy corbyn into 10 try to put jeremy corbyn into 10 downing street, man who downing street, a man who oversaw party that was oversaw a labour party that was found be institutionally found to be institutionally anti—semitic found the anti—semitic to be found. the only guilty of only other party guilty of institutional racism against a certain people other certain group of people other than and people than the bnp. and these people are lecture us about are trying to lecture us about this conference and laugh and mock for having different mock people for having different views and being shut views for them and being shut down the police. it's a down by the police. it's a disgrace. mayor or whichever disgrace. the mayor or whichever mayor is, particular mayor it is, but the particular mayor it is, but the particular mayor question should be mayor in question should be ashamed appalled himself, ashamed and appalled of himself, and think nigel should and i, and i think nigel should have reminded everyone that these in europe are just these people in europe are just badly bank clerks, as he badly dressed bank clerks, as he once said the once famously said in the european well, it's european parliament. well, it's strong stuff, amy. >> have years of >> we could have five years of people think it's really people who think it's really funny that the police can go in because people different because people have different views to them. >> what they >> i think what they were finding is that finding really funny is that suella braverman is the elected mp for fareham. today is mp for fareham. it's today is quite important bill going quite an important bill going through house of commons through the house of commons and she it hosting a load of she was off it hosting a load of european nationalists, which is

what they are. so if we talk about some of the speakers on the event, so jonathan, you said they views, they have different views, right? there's one that's been investigated for right investigated for far right extremism. another that extremism. there's another that said, christchurch shooter said, the christchurch shooter had legitimate concerns when he entered the mosque and opened fire. there's climate deniers, there's putin sympathisers. it's basically a circus of conspiracy theorists and misinformation, which actually is a threat to democracy rather than policing this event. but i think it should have gone ahead, because if it had gone ahead, everybody wouldn't be talking about it. so really, i think if anything, this nigel farage's absolute this is nigel farage's absolute dream, another dream, isn't it? it's another de—banking i can be the victim. i can say, oh my god, look, they've cancelled me, right, they've cancelled me, all right, all think he all right, all right. i think he called police. called the police. >> jonathan, to come up? >> well, i think you've got a democratic elected senator, jd vance, i is certainly not vance, who i is certainly not far. right. just good far. right. he's just a good fashion republican believes far. right. he's just a good fa:america.ublican believes far. right. he's just a good fasamerica. you've believes far. right. he's just a good fasamerica. you've suellayes in america. you've got suella braverman, former braverman, who is a former home secretary, a democratically elected politician in this country, farage, was country, nigel farage, who was one members of

one of the leading members of the parliament and the european parliament and actually, eventually, actually, obviously, eventually, i think, one the most i think, one of the most influential in british influential figures in british politics, leading politics, essentially leading to the referendum that we had in 2016. people? 2016. how were these people? because it quite odd that because i find it quite odd that we don't allow people to just have views within have different views within conservatism fact, the conservatism. and in fact, the conservative party, we are a broad church. i differing broad church. i have differing views to some of my parliamentary on parliamentary colleagues on certain certain certain aspects and certain things, things things, but with all things there's and there's take. there's give and there's take. but should allowed but the public should be allowed to hear a wide variety of views and themselves to come up and allow themselves to come up with to with their own conclusions as to what at what they like and dislike. at the the day , can i make a suggestion? >> is that if we reassemble in a couple of months time after the european elections european parliamentary elections , and we'll which parties , and we'll see which parties have with their have done best with their publics, and we'll see if they're far right or if, in fact, they are the european mainstream, because i predict it's the left wing, politically correct parties that are going to take an absolute cold bath when the people europe, who when the people of europe, who are still locked into the eu, get to give verdict soon, get to give their verdict soon, right ? right? >> i mean, amy, you know, they seem very quiet to call out

actual genuine fascism such as islamist extremism. >> thing is , if there >> but the thing is, if there was a speaker at an event who was a speaker at an event who was investigation for was under investigation for islamic extremism, you would be the want close that the first to want to close that event down. yet event is event down. yet this event is hosting right wing, someone hosting a right wing, someone that's under that feeds into my point jonathan ashworth. point about jonathan ashworth. >> either you what on >> you know, either you what on earth were doing earth were mps doing your tolerance mps are tolerance or labour mps are going marches where there's going to marches where there's swastikas display where swastikas on display and where there's of genocide and there's chants of genocide and all that stuff, and they keep all of that stuff, and they keep tipping for that, don't they? >> that's a mischaracterisation of marches. talked of the marches. we have talked about many times. there about this so many times. there are with at that, are women with buggies at that, marches , the hate marches, the marches, the hate marches, the hate marches. >> characterisation. sorry, it's hate marches. >.mischaracterisationsorry, it's hate marches. >.mischaracterisation .yrry, it's hate marches. >.mischaracterisation . thist's hate marches. >.mischaracterisation . this is a mischaracterisation. this is just swastika. it's just just a swastika. it's just a picture hitler. doesn't picture of hitler. doesn't matter at all. >> but was that the majority of people there cutting , making people there cutting, making gestures throat of gestures to cut the throat of pro—israeli ? pro—israeli sympathisers? >> those people were those people at this particular event, was amy? yeah was it amy? yeah >> speakers are from >> most of the speakers are from the conservatism the christian conservatism movement. the fact that you've called national called it national conservatives, it's conservatives, it isn't. it's nationalism. most of the speakers, speakers from

speakers, the speakers from belgium were from the far right parties. >> wes streeting parties in france. amy wes streeting the chamber was mocking people who were libertarian, which is only believed because was about believed because he was about the in this case. so the smoking ban in this case. so if mocking libertarianism, the smoking ban in this case. so if he mocking libertarianism, the smoking ban in this case. so if he innocking libertarianism, the smoking ban in this case. so if he in favour] libertarianism, is he in favour of authoritarianism ? because that's authoritarianism? because that's the of that. was the opposite of that. but he was so quick say liberal. you so quick to say liberal. you know, libertarianism is dangerous and silly and nonsensical. so i can only assume he's a fan of assume he's a big fan of authoritarianism, locking people down. know, labour were down. as we know, labour were dunng down. as we know, labour were during telling people down. as we know, labour were durinthey telling people down. as we know, labour were durinthey can:elling people down. as we know, labour were durinthey can and|g people down. as we know, labour were durinthey can and can'typle down. as we know, labour were durinthey can and can't doe down. as we know, labour were durinthey can and can't do for what they can and can't do for nanny state, which they're absolutely obsessed with, telling us, telling himself. telling us, telling us himself. he's a trans woman he's admitted that a trans woman is woman. i should up and is a woman. i should shut up and keep because who am i to keep quiet because who am i to lecture else that i would lecture anyone else that i would know better? but the know better? oh, but the election and i'm on election is coming and i'm on the show. so actually, you the sun show. so actually, you know to just know what? i'm going to just pretend people somehow know what? i'm going to just pretview people somehow know what? i'm going to just pretview dramaticallyomehow know what? i'm going to just pretview dramatically changed my view is dramatically changed in the course of two years. he's a charlatan. he's a fraud. he should embarrassed himself, should be embarrassed himself, is a fraud for is a charlatan and a fraud for saying when was saying constantly when she was home that need to home secretary that we need to clamp democratic clamp down on democratic protest, peaceful protest. >> she's off to >> and now she's gone off to

brussels and she was speaking at a meeting in a conference room in a private venue. a meeting in a conference room in (she/ate venue. a meeting in a conference room in (she wasn'tnue. a meeting in a conference room in (she wasn't spilling out >> she wasn't spilling out onto the streets, lauding her extreme culture and intimidating people of other perspectives. this was a perfectly standard political conference in a venue which was designed for that. and, you know, the various mayors who tried to close it down because it was a threat to public safety, the only threat was from the far left. the belgium antifa people who were ringing up, making making threats. you basically kowtow to them and giving them the right of veto over mainstream right of centre. you did say one correct thing though. >> you did just call suella braverman an extreme, which is no, actually right. you didn't at all are extreme, intimidating rhetoric. >> no, i was referring to the people on the hate marches and their extreme intimidation . their extreme intimidation. >> i mean, i think we can. one thing that i would say about all of this is, look, it may well be soviet style tactics . it soviet style tactics. it certainly incredibly stupid because what's been leading the

news agenda today on pretty much every single channel, it's this event. i'll be completely honest with you. i didn't even know that nigel farage was there until i saw his face on the television getting shut down by police earlier, so it's actually worked farage and co, worked better for farage and co, hasn't it's bad politics at hasn't it? it's bad politics at the very least. anyway, coming up, rayner reportedly up, angela rayner is reportedly facing multiple investigations into of council into the sale of her council house, political editor house, gb news political editor christopher hope has the latest on story that landed just an on a story that landed just an hour and about ten minutes ago, plus, denmark experiences its notre dame moment so . i'll show notre dame moment so. i'll show you that inferno in one of copenhagen's most historic buildings, and the very first of tomorrow's newspaper front pages and next. more channel migrants have come from vietnam than any other nation this year. and this is how we're trying to stop them. >> and they tell me that they're promised work here, promised living accommodation. that's going and then when going to be nice. and then when you speak to people six months,

12 the they do 12 months down the line, they do tell different story. tell a very different story. >> our home secretary made >> as our home secretary made any attempt to actually get involved this, i'll be involved with this, i'll be joined live from ho chi minh city human trafficking city by a human trafficking expert who will lift the lid for you the criminal gangs you on the criminal gangs fuelling this surge in vietnamese don't miss vietnamese migrants. don't miss it

this -- this is patrick christys tonight. only on gb news. coming up. i'll run you through the very first of tomorrow's newspaper front pages with my panel newspaper front pages with my panel. but first, the migrant crisis the channel continues crisis in the channel continues to worsen with record numbers of small boat crossings. so far this year. and after a sudden surge, vietnamese migrants are now making the perilous journey more than any other nationality. we asked the home office for the exact figure they were unable to provide one. well, this paints a very different picture to last yean very different picture to last year, when the vietnamese made up just 5% of small boat crossings. migrants have been travelling to the uk from vietnam for years though, but they apparently now favour small boats over lorries after 39 vietnamese nationals were sadly and tragically found dead in a refrigerated truck back in 2019. the home secretary spent yesterday finalising deals and details of a new agreement with

vietnam to kerb the flow of migrants. but in the meantime, this social media campaign seems to be the best attempt at prevention that he can muster. >> i've spoke to people who've got off a dinghy coming over from calais, and they tell me that they're promised work here, promised living accommodation that's to and that's going to be nice. and then when speak to people then when you speak to people six months the six months, 12 months down the line, a very line, they do tell a very different story. >> yeah. just bear in mind that that's gone out in vietnam and it's in english. yeah i'm delighted to welcome mimi vu, an anti—trafficking and modern slavery expert based in vietnam. mimi, look, thank you so much. great to have you on the show. why are so many vietnamese migrants now crossing the engush migrants now crossing the english channel, thank you for having me on, patrick, the number of vietnamese crossing the channel right now is not related to a direct surge coming from vietnam . what it is, is from vietnam. what it is, is just basically it's it comes and goesin just basically it's it comes and goes in waves. and this is going

on for the last 30 to 40 years. so most of the vietnamese migrants who crossing the migrants who are crossing the channel already been in channel now have already been in europe for a number of weeks, months, or even a couple of years. and it's just a matter of, transport and logistics, actually, maybe some of the numbers other groups have numbers from other groups have decreased or more opportunities for , the smugglers who are for, the smugglers who are smuggling vietnamese have increased. and so that's where you find the surge. and it's a trade. so everything is based on principles of supply and demand. so you know , demand so you have, you know, demand from the vietnam side, right. for vietnamese who would want to go to europe and uk to work, vietnam is one of the top ten countries in the world for remittances, meaning vietnamese people go overseas to work and send back home. so it's send money back home. so it's usually between 4 to 7% of the country's total gdp. and that's quite understand, mimi, if you don't mind me saying that's what i don't quite understand because you know, it's as you just said, it's not uncommon for it's really not uncommon for vietnamese to go vietnamese people to just go abroad legally. abroad to work legally. >> are we seeing so many

>> so why are we seeing so many of them illegally enter britain, take across the take that risk across the channel a small boat, channel in a small boat, and also well, kind of lines also as well, what kind of lines of work are they getting involved with when do involved with when they do arrive not they arrive here, it's not that they are knowingly and willingly entering illegally. it's mostly the end of the road of desperation for them. what is happening , and this desperation for them. what is happening, and this has desperation for them. what is happening , and this has been happening, and this has been shifting over time, is the tactics of the organised crime groups and the human smuggling networks that are all part of a larger transnational, human smuggling, trafficking , smuggling, human trafficking, counterfeit goods, drug production, drug cultivation , production, drug cultivation, transnational business network, essentially, and what it is the vietnamese are going and they often will go through europe first, on legal labour visas because they've been promised work in countries, for example, like poland or romania or slovakia, but they've been charged exorbitant, exorbitant, exorbitant amounts of money from the labour brokers in vietnam who are all part of this larger transnational human smuggling human trafficking network.

>> are they not afraid of being deported at all? are they not afraid of being deported? >> it's not about being deported. what they're afraid of is not being able to repay their debt , when is not being able to repay their debt, when you're vietnam and debt, when you're in vietnam and the thought of repaying a debt of £50,000, for example, it mostly abstract, and you're deaung mostly abstract, and you're dealing mainly with labour brokers who have maybe introduced you to some moneylenders , black market money moneylenders, black market money lenders, when you're already in europe and you've, then taken the risk to go on to the uk because the work that you've been promised in poland or in romania has not materialised, or the salary was lower than you were told or you've been exploited , and then your human exploited, and then your human smugglers and services say that the only way to make more money is to go to the uk, and they are put in further debt. and so you're closer then the you're much closer then to the actual criminal elements that are running the human trafficking smuggling trade. trafficking and smuggling trade. and so then it becomes a fear of not just being deported, but fear being, i mean, was fear of being, i mean, i was

reading some people mimi reading that some people mimi can pay 30,000. i think you might have used the 50,000 number there, but the one i read today was £30,000. in order to end up finally getting into britain, i just think, don't britain, i just think, why don't they just a plane ticket they just book a plane ticket and fly here? >> because it's completely it's very, very difficult for vietnamese to get legal visas as tourists, for example, into europe. in the uk, i mean, the paperwork hurdles that they have to go through, is enormous . and to go through, is enormous. and the other thing also is the lack of information. so, for example , of information. so, for example, there are labour there are severe labour shortages in shortages all across europe. in the uk . and that's where the the uk. and that's where the demand for vietnamese labour comes there's this comes from. and so there's this push pull factor. right. but a lot of the vietnamese and the most of the vietnamese who are being trafficked and exploited and smuggled into the uk come from a handful of provinces from only a handful of provinces in vietnam, and they lack the information. are not information. these are not provinces in the major cities of hanoi hochiminh, and these hanoi or hochiminh, and these are people who lack the information of how to obtain legal work visas in the uk. how

to get there safely. and so they rely on these unscrupulous labour brokers who lie to them and promise them the world and overcharge them and put them in debt bondage. >> well, maybe . thank you very >> well, maybe. thank you very much. really, really, really insightful stuff there. i'm sorry we're a bit pressed for time, but i do have to talk to you soon. that's made you again very soon. that's made me there. thank you very, you again very soon. that's made me much.ere. thank you very, you again very soon. that's made me much. coming nk you very, you again very soon. that's made me much. coming up.'ou very, you again very soon. that's made me much. coming up. well,ry, you again very soon. that's made me much. coming up. well, it very much. coming up. well, it all kicked off in the georgian parliament it? parliament yesterday, didn't it? shin bet . can you guess shin bet shin bet. can you guess what controversial new law caused that punch up? i will reveal all very , very soon. but reveal all very, very soon. but first, my panel there on standby. why? well we've got the very first of tomorrow's newspaper front pages for you. so miss i'll

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for the bravest headteacher in britain. katharine birbalsingh hails landmark court ruling backing her prayer ban. there is also that big picture story there angela rayner police probe multiple allegations will come to that shortly. the sun kyrees a dad for the sixth time. boy number four with annie city ace kyle walker, held her hand. well, i think that's the least he can do. let's go to the guardian. tory divisions exposed as sunak smoking ban moves a step closer. we're going to zone in on that again. very shortly. there was a rebellion, let's go to the daily express . victory to the daily express. victory for all schools as prayer ritual ban is backed. yeah. and let's go to the times. this is the story. police look at multiple allegations over angela rayner. investigation is expected to take weeks . and we are joined take weeks. and we are joined now in an unprecedented move because it's how big the story is with our political editor, christopher hope. christopher, thank you very much. look, thank you very, very much. look, what's then for angela what's all this then for angela rayner ?

rayner? >> well, evening, patrick. >> well, evening, patrick. >> great to on your show. >> great to be on your show. yeah. it's it shows, the yeah. it's me. it shows, the problems labour has got because they've allowed. they've allowed this to drag on and on. we haven't any of the haven't seen any of the evidence, which angela rayner says her innocence. nor says proves her innocence. nor has starmer. that's has sir keir starmer. that's been seen by advisers to sir keir starmer. and i think that's what we're seeing here is now the police are talking in greater manchester. there's been an interview today with, with, stephen watson , chief constable. stephen watson, chief constable. he local radio in he told local radio in manchester number of manchester that a number of assertions knocking about and we're get to the bottom we're going to get to the bottom of what happened. the times reports tonight 12 officers are looking at multiple allegations. it looks, though, the scope of the of the examination of the allegations hasn't changed that much. we know tax matters are being looked at and we know whether angela rayner gave false information for the electoral register when she lived those two. in between those two, those two. in between those two, those two former council houses in stock . ten. so what we do know stock. ten. so what we do know is that is the limit of what

they're looking at, but it does show to me how in politics, as soon as you have , the police soon as you have, the police getting involved, then any kind of control over it disappears. it may be that angela rayner never could control this, but there was opportunity at some point to go to come clean with it all, lay it all out for all to see that hasn't happened. and of course, she does maintain her innocence . she's been very clear innocence. she's been very clear on that. a long statement out from tonight. from labour tonight. >> now rumbles on >> this now, this now rumbles on for weeks, doesn't this for weeks, doesn't it. this rumbles now. it's rumbles on for weeks now. it's expected to least a dozen expected to at least a dozen officers greater manchester officers at greater manchester police investigating police are investigating it. that incredibly that makes it sound incredibly serious . obviously it may all serious. obviously it may all come to nothing. she denies everything. said there everything. as you said there they tax matters they are examining tax matters and issues as well as the and other issues as well as the question of whether rayner gave false information . this is not a false information. this is not a non—story, is it? >> it never was a non—story. i know people on twitter are trying to second guess what the police might be looking at, and whether some offences or that may have been committed , which

may have been committed, which you would deny have been spent. but this to me shows patrick this will go right into the autumn . and that's why i think autumn. and that's why i think what's so interesting, these investigations we saw that with with beergate, keir starmer with beergate, with keir starmer and. , no, no problem and. no, no, no, no problem there. we saw those fines issued in street over covid. it in downing street over covid. it shows to me this now is, is shows to me how this now is, is an issue that will be a shadow, i think, over andrew rayner going forward in the election. she'll want it cleared. she welcomes, of course, the police investigation. she thinks that will mean she can get her name cleared, but now it will happen again. we'll have updates from from greater manchester police. we now and andy burnham, the mayor of manchester, is standing staying outside of all this. but we we have greater we hear we have greater manchester police and stephen watson tell the watson trying to tell the country we will do a good job here. a dozen officers show that serious and it will go on, i think until the eve of the election probably in time scale. >> christopher, you >> oh, christopher, thank you very our political very much. that is our political ednon very much. that is our political editor, christopher hope there pulling us pulling the late shift for us this great look. in a

this evening. great look. in a statement, angela has statement, angela rayner has said, repeatedly said said, i have repeatedly said i would chance to sit would welcome the chance to sit down the appropriate down with the appropriate authorities, down with the appropriate autr hmrc , to down with the appropriate autihmrc , to set out the facts and hmrc, to set out the facts and hmrc, to set out the facts and draw a line under this matter. completely matter. i am completely confident i followed all the rules times. i've always rules at all times. i've always said that integrity and accountability in accountability are important in politics. that's why it's important that this is urgently looked independently and looked at independently and without political interference. we have seen tory party use we have seen the tory party use this before reporting this playbook before reporting political opponents the political opponents to the police campaigns police during election campaigns to distract from their record. i will say , as i did before, if i will say, as i did before, if i committed a criminal offence, i would of course do the right thing and step down. the british pubuc thing and step down. the british public deserves politicians who know apply to them. know the rules apply to them. the raised relate to a the questions raised relate to a time before i was an mp, and i have set out my family circumstances and take an expert tax and legal advice. i look forward to setting out the facts with relevant authorities at forward to setting out the facts witiearliestevant authorities at forward to setting out the facts witiearliest opportunity'ities at forward to setting out the facts witiearliest opportunity .ties at forward to setting out the facts witiearliest opportunity . izs at forward to setting out the facts witiearliest opportunity . i amt the earliest opportunity. i am joined now by my press pack columnist and political commentator patrick o'flynn, deputy of the deputy chairman of the conservative party. jonathan gullet, author and broadcaster amy just sticking

amy nicole turner. just sticking with this, patrick. no one actually welcomes a police investigation. do they ? investigation. do they? >> no, but i think angela raynen >> no, but i think angela rayner, sounding very rayner, they're sounding very confident , isn't she? rayner, they're sounding very confident, isn't she? and rayner, they're sounding very confident , isn't she? and we, confident, isn't she? and we, you christopher you know, christopher hope mentioned beergate . and at the mentioned beergate. and at the time, you know, that was talked up starmer on the brink and up as starmer on the brink and he said he'd resign if he was found have broken law and found to have broken the law and nothing would if i nothing happened. i would if i was conservatives i would was the conservatives i would restrain myself from all restrain myself from putting all youn restrain myself from putting all your, into a police your, your hopes into a police investigation. i think greater manchester police wants to be seen to do a thorough job. it's very important that angela rayneris very important that angela rayner is seen to obey the law of the land. she aspires to be deputy prime minister. she probably aspires to be more than that, actually. just don't that, actually. but i just don't see getting the see this getting the conservative party out of the ditch they're in. >> well, that i mean, you >> well, that's that i mean, you know, argument, jonathan, know, the argument, jonathan, would this, would be with this, that actually, know, is actually, you know, this is a bit and, you bit of a distraction. and, you know, the worst case know, even if the worst case scenario , which angela scenario happens, which angela rayner would, you know, categorically denies even a possibility , it does. they might possibility, it does. they might end up replacing it with end up just replacing it with someone moderate, someone who's more moderate, more popular. >> at the end of the

>> i think at the end of the day, this is making sure day, this is about making sure the apply to everyone and the rules apply to everyone and everyone equally and everyone equally and fairly. and at the day, angela at the end of the day, angela rayner maybe rayner herself has. maybe now she'll some she'll reflect on some of the things said. you know, things she said. but you know, beanng things she said. but you know, bearing in mind that she called on johnson resign for on boris johnson to resign for simply investigated, simply just being investigated, she's obviously used quite unparliamentary language, referring some conservative unparliamentary language, refer as; some conservative unparliamentary language, refer as; scine conservative unparliamentary language, refer as; scin the nservative unparliamentary language, refer as; scin the past'ative unparliamentary language, refer as; scin the past'ati'well. mps as scum in the past as well. so, you know, reap what you so, you know, you reap what you sow the end the day, look, sow at the end of the day, look, i'm to just going i'm just going to i'm just going to on a little to move the story on a little bit because i do want to cover this, and we're a bit pressed for time. again, will for time. and again, i will emphasise that angela rayner obviously denies any wrongdoing or welcomes the police investigation. mp sir investigation. now, tory mp sir jake berry voted against rishi sunak that will sunak smoking bill that will prevent generations kids from prevent generations of kids from ever smoking. apparently he spoke news political spoke to gb news political editor evening. spoke to gb news political edi'we evening. spoke to gb news political edi'we live evening. spoke to gb news political edi'we live in evening. spoke to gb news political edi'we live in a evening. spoke to gb news political edi'we live in a country1g. spoke to gb news political edi'we live in a country where >> we live in a country where the government you what the government tells you what car what central heating car to buy, what central heating you your looks you can have in your phone looks to for misgendering to arrest you for misgendering people. in freedom, people. i believe in freedom, and if you are free as a nation, you. it's freedom to make good choices as well as bad choices . choices as well as bad choices. this is slipping towards a sort of social democratic socialist

country. frankly, if all freedom means to you is, you have the freedom to do what the government tells you, you can do , you may as well move to russia or china . or china. >> all right, braveheart crying about freedom. there quite a lot. amy, are you for or against the, the smoking ban, i'm against smoking , but i'm also against smoking, but i'm also against smoking, but i'm also against this ban because it didn't seem to make sense to me. live and let smoke. i'm kind of convinced that rishi sunak just wants a little legacy. so he can remembered prime remembered for as the prime minister that, stopped minister that that, stopped smoking. really , how would smoking. but really, how would this work in practice? so you'd have a 31 year old and a 30 year old, and would you have to be id'd forever? yeah, yeah. so would you be expected to carry id present shopkeeper id to present to a shopkeeper who's already got enough problems? who's already got enough pro but1s? also, seriously, if >> but also also, seriously, if someone you know, someone approached me, you know, in supermarket park and by in a supermarket car park and by the time when i'm like, 80 and they're 40 or whatever, and i buy them a deck of camel blues, i get nicked. yeah yeah. which is is ridiculous. is which is ridiculous. jonathan, story here really, is which is ridiculous. j

massive divisions here. massive tory divisions here. a revolt apparently odd, massive tory divisions here. a revolt there pparently odd, massive tory divisions here. a revolt there ,parently odd, massive tory divisions here. a revolt there , including odd, massive tory divisions here. a revolt there , including kemi, wasn't there, including kemi badenoch, why ? why on earth is badenoch, why? why on earth is rishi sunak decided to do this? >> well, look, the prime minister made it very clear this is a free vote a genuine is a free vote and a genuine free that allowed people to free vote that allowed people to vote their conscience. vote with their conscience. and i berry and kemi i joined jake berry and kemi badenoch no lobby because badenoch in the no lobby because i felt that the i personally felt that the whilst support the whilst i completely support the ban on, some of these vapes, these disposable vapes in particular that are marketed and targeted at children, i see far too many in stoke on trent, nonh too many in stoke on trent, north sadly using them. i thought came to smoking thought when it came to smoking the fact that potentially even with apart in of with a day apart in terms of being one person being born, that one person would purchase would be able to purchase cigarettes and wouldn't, cigarettes and one wouldn't, would unenforceable. cigarettes and one wouldn't, wotnot unenforceable. cigarettes and one wouldn't, wotnot unenfo have le. cigarettes and one wouldn't, wotnot unenfo have a. cigarettes and one wouldn't, wotnot unenfo have a problem >> not going to have a problem with the that the guy's with the fact that the guy's just appointed to deputy just appointed to be his deputy party chairman wandered party chairman has just wandered straight no lobby. straight into the no lobby. >> know what, patrick? i >> do you know what, patrick? i know doing good job know you're doing a good job stirring, appreciate you stirring, and i appreciate you trying, but what i will remind you a free vote, you of is it was a free vote, and therefore the conservative mps to vote with mps were allowed to vote with their conscience. and joined their conscience. and i joined a number of other colleagues as well some of those number of other colleagues as well who some of those number of other colleagues as well who abstained.f those number of other colleagues as well who abstained. and se number of other colleagues as

well who abstained. and i; number of other colleagues as well who abstained. and i think shows who abstained. and i think at the end of the day, you know, the of course we need stop the of course we need to stop and smoking, we and try and end smoking, but we also at obesity, also need to look at obesity, which also a huge strain. and which is also a huge strain. and i know the of saying that i know the irony of saying that someone got too someone who's got far too much lard their as well, lard around their waist as well, but is, me, bigger but that is, for me, a bigger challenge. we challenge. and actually, we should funding should put more funding into preventative well preventative health care as well as education. >> smokes only anyone smokes, particularly olds. particularly 18 to 24 year olds. i 1% it is naturally falling. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> wipe bottom as well. >> stir, stir the pot as i may. you think you're you know, i think you're probably on the right side of history jonathan, history that one. jonathan, to be patrick, got be fair, patrick, you've got time you on this just time to come to you on this just yet because we've got a couple of other and bobs that of other bits and bobs that i need rattle so. so need to rattle through, so. so let's danish cultural let's do it. danish cultural heritage on fire heritage was set on fire earlier. a look at this earlier. take a look at this historic copenhagen stock exchange, in midst exchange, which is in the midst of up in of a renovation. it's gone up in flames. century borsen flames. the 17th century borsen is the city's oldest is one of the city's oldest buildings, caught in buildings, and caught fire in the hours this morning, buildings, and caught fire in the to yours this morning, buildings, and caught fire in the to the; this morning, buildings, and caught fire in the to the collapse norning, buildings, and caught fire in the to the collapse n0|thisi, leading to the collapse of this iconic 183 foot old spire. residents have dubbed the incident copenhagen's notre dame moment. well as far as we know, no one was harmed and the cause

of the fire is still unknown. but coming up after the damning cash report is published, is labour part of the problem for espousing dangerous trans ideology? we debate that in tonight's greatest britain and union jackass. but first, what has gone on in the georgian parliament that's . has gone on in the georgian parliament that's. i'll explain what sparked that punch up in just a few seconds. don't go anywhere. i love more front pages for you as well

welcome back to patrick christys. tonight it's time for more of tomorrow's front pages . more of tomorrow's front pages. the metro strict heads pray time win and deliver. that's party time. that will be another story. entirely. strict heads pray time win muslim pupil has pray time win a muslim pupil has lost a high court challenge against a ban on prayer rituals. that's katharine birbalsingh . we that's katharine birbalsingh. we heard her on in the heard from her earlier on in the show. the eye. sunak show. sunak in the eye. sunak gives netanyahu a warning from world british prime world leaders british prime minister urges israeli counterparts to show calm head and avoid military escalation with iran. let's go to the telegraph. leadership hopefuls defy sunak over smoking ban. we've just covered that. also, a picture of nigel farage looking rather annoyed as he leaves that eventin rather annoyed as he leaves that event in brussels. they also touch on the prayer ban. they also have a story here. again, angela rayner investigated over multiple claims and frozen russian assets will help fund ukraine as g7 deal nears. i'm joined again by my press pack columnist and political

commentator patrick o'flynn, deputy chairman of the tory party. jonathan gillis mp and author and broadcaster amy nicole now, if you nicole turner. now, if you thought the house of commons benches get unruly, the benches could get unruly, the georgian parliament takes it to a whole new level as mp alecco eliseevichi i'm fluent, failed to control his passions when a bill that he opposed to was passed. >> what i'm bucha tamsin roberts i >> -- >> cani >> can i just m bum >> can i just ask if we could just play that again? does he make the noise? uche as he punches him in the side of the head? and is there any possible for us? let's it. let's for us? yeah, let's do it. let's do it. >> i'm such a cheap. >> i'm such a cheap. >> okay. all right. look, apparently these scenes are not uncommon, after another fist fight broke out over the same bill back in march. now, astonishing pictures , yes, that astonishing pictures, yes, that was what that was. look, patrick, have you ever nearly come to blows?

>> when i was a ukip mep, we >> no. when i was a ukip mep, we had a celebrated altercation between two of my colleagues. but unfortunately, it took place in an ante room. they went out through two separate doors into this ante room to settle their differences . and then one of differences. and then one of them came back through the door quite quickly. so no one's exactly sure. >> but them then >> but one of them then collapsed in a rather public area. >> some hours later, one of them remarkable, wasn't it, sort of fell down. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so i would have to say that was very rare, even for ukip mep meetings where there were lively exchanges you must exchanges of views. you must have wanted to do that a couple of times, jonathan. >> i'm sure there's plenty of people wanted do that people who've wanted to do that to look, i'm to me. patrick, look, i'm all for words having for exchanging words and, having a bit of banter back and a good bit of banter back and forth and noises as well. i like the noise. i i like a bit of yean the noise. i i like a bit of year, year, year on the benches, my colleagues on. but yeah, i look fisticuffs unnecessary, look fisticuffs are unnecessary, but i what i want to do is now is research what this this bill was that's so, so controversial. >> yeah i know, i know smoking

ban . ban. >> smoking ban. yeah. look apparently it's about foreign agents in georgia. so they obviously feel very, very strongly about it. but i mean look we think we have unsafe free political discourse over here beating each other up in georgia. >> exactly . i mean, people like >> exactly. i mean, people like to comment jonathan's conduct to comment on jonathan's conduct within the chamber, but look what you could have. what what's wrong with jonathan's comment ? i wrong with jonathan's comment? i love it, i love it, but a lot of people say, you know, it's the two the jeering and two sides and the jeering and the maybe should two sides and the jeering and the calmer. maybe should two sides and the jeering and the calmer. we aybe should two sides and the jeering and the calmer. we might should two sides and the jeering and the calmer. we might get ould be a bit calmer. we might get more done. but look, more things done. but hey, look, look how bad could get. look how bad it could get. >> bad it could get. at >> look how bad it could get. at least we're not georgia. now least we're not in georgia. now to pictures to show least we're not in georgia. now to here pictures to show least we're not in georgia. now to here from pictures to show least we're not in georgia. now to here from the ures to show least we're not in georgia. now to here from the desert show least we're not in georgia. now to here from the desert cityw least we're not in georgia. now to here from the desert city of you here from the desert city of dubal you here from the desert city of dubai. it's under water. torrential rain and violent thunderstorms caused thunderstorms have caused chaos, with forced to taxi with planes being forced to taxi through flood waters as nearly 50 flights in and out of the city have been cancelled . city have been cancelled. flooding also descended into indoor spaces, including this shopping centre. dubai surpassed its yearly rainfall of 4.7in in less than a day. there we go,

patrick. i mean, this is i mean, our mate, a common body was called with the long hair from just up all at the end of the last hour. but, you know, he's right, isn't he? >> well, i think we've always had extreme weather. and at least in dubai, they've got a few flood few quid to build new flood defences. i think they defences. yeah, i think they need them. >> your is off, >> your holiday is off, jonathan. i'm quite. i'm quite >> i know i'm quite. i'm quite shocked. i didn't think to buy a flood so i really like i'm really bamboozled by what's happened. think london today happened. i think london today has been bizarre. it's gone from sunny torrential rain to sunny to torrential rain to thunder, and then back thunder, thunder and then back to again. i don't know to sunshine again. i don't know where to wear a coat or not half the time. >> at the moment. some would argue. i mean, this is an extreme example of climate change. >> well, yeah, i think it's the extreme weather the extreme weather and the frequency extreme frequency of the extreme weather, isn't it? >> point, the climate >> at that point, the climate change, than just saying, change, rather than just saying, oh, had bit of oh, we've always had a bit of floods. we have, but not as floods. yes, we have, but not as frequently as now. frequently as we do now. >> people point >> and other people also point to that >> and other people also point to does that >> and other people also point to does indeed that >> and other people also point to does indeed try that >> and other people also point to does indeed try t01at >> and other people also point to does indeed try to control dubai does indeed try to control its own weather things like its own weather with things like cloud and that maybe cloud seeding, and that maybe that wrong. but who are

that went wrong. but who are we to comment? it's time now to comment? well, it's time now to comment? well, it's time now to greatest to reveal today's greatest president right. i'm president xi jackass. right. i'm reliably informed this is a lively is your lively one. patrick. who is your greatest please? well my greatest briton, please? well my greatest briton, please? well my greatest actually a greatest briton is actually a female labour mp. >> rosie duffield, who fought the fight the trans the good fight on the trans issue and protecting women's spaces as a lone voice in her party. intimidated, abused by her own colleagues. and this week with the cass review, she's been entirely vindicated. and i say well done, her. it's to easy have an opinion when 90% of your party is on your side. but when you're standing separately and on you need real integrity. >> let's play the clip. >> let's play the clip. >> those who've raised this issue over the last few years desperately concerned about the safeguarding of vulnerable children and young people, are owed a heartfelt apology for being no platformed, ghosted and sidelined and disciplined at the behest of a few extreme groups of activists, some within political parties. >> yes, lloyd russell—moyle very quiet at the moment, isn't he? i wonder where he's gone anyway.

jonathan who is your greatest briton? >> i've gone with victoria atkins, who skewered the charlatan that is streeting charlatan that is wes streeting in house of commons in the house of commons yesterday over his sudden conversion . when it comes to conversion. when it comes to trans and the fact that a trans woman is now a trans woman, not just a biological woman in his eyes, but, you know, sometimes people have to go along the long road to damascus. >> we've got another clip. >> we've got another clip. >> ideology. >> we've got another clip. >> he ology. >> we've got another clip. >> he and y. >> we've got another clip. >> he and his colleagues espoused was part of the problem. >> and does he now have the good grace to apologise to those who have been maligned in public life, including his own female colleagues? >> yes . strong stuff. i mean, >> yes. strong stuff. i mean, they can't hide from the receipts that are about to be served to them. amy, who is your greatest britain >> do you remember blur, yes. right. jonathan do you remember blur? >> no. >> no. >> not really. well, yeah. >> not really. well, yeah. >> this could be the problem then. so say they were then. so they say they were back. albarn was at back. damon albarn was back at coachella in america. >> festival america.

coachella in america. >> big,festival america. coachella in america. >> big, huge,l america. coachella in america. >> big, huge, huge.nerica. coachella in america. >> big, huge, huge. like a. coachella in america. >> big, huge, huge. like the glastonbury of la, maybe. >> yeah, it's very work. no one knew who they were. >> no one knew? no. so i thought this was very sad. so i wanted to nominate damon albarn and friends so that he can feel loved appreciated as he is loved and appreciated as he is here on these shores. >> now, here's what happened. >> now, here's what happened. >> from by jonathan. >> apart from by jonathan. >> apart from by jonathan. >> here's happened >> yes, here's what happened because lost bit because he lost it a bit on stage. no. you know . stage. on no. you know. >> you'll never see us again , so >> you'll never see us again, so you might as well sing it. >> yeah. father diab . >> yeah. father diab. >> yeah. father diab. >> for the bad day. all right. today's greatest britain is rosie duffield mp. well done, rosie, for standing up. although, to be fair, any of those could have win. who's your union jackass? patrick. >> well, it's another labour woman . actually, is woman mp. actually, this is anneliese chair anneliese dodds, the party chair and shadow equalities minister. she came out with this new, crusade today saying that the tory economic policies, which

obviously labour opposes , she obviously labour opposes, she claimed that they'd hit, ethnic minority owned small businesses disproportionately and that labour would come up with a scheme to, to help ethnic minority owned businesses more, i assume , than white owned i assume, than white owned businesses. this is racializing everything thing. we should be trying to get away from racial identity politics. she'll just stir up division. she'll be there for lobby group. she'll be chucking taxpayers money in an entirely counterproductive don't get it. >> what? what kind of people advise these people anyway? jonathan, who's your union jackass? >> i've gone for the brussels bolshevik that is philip. commie. close the mayor of brussels, having tried to shut down democracy , shut down free down democracy, shut down free speech and shown himself to be the head of the big clown tent thatis the head of the big clown tent that is the european union. >> that is our, next ambassador to belgium, jonathan gillis. is that a jackass nomination? amy, here's your union jackass it's

suella braverman mp, for ducking out of today's vote to go and schmooze a load of european nationalists, because that's what the people of fareham need . what the people of fareham need. >> oh, is it what the people of fareham need, jonathan? you know, i mean, well, i think the bills bill itself is passed bills the bill itself is passed through to the next and i through to the next stage and i think braverman more think suella braverman is more than to go than perfectly entitled to go and why you should. and explain why you should. >> then actually >> voters can then actually hold her constituents. how her to her constituents. oh how is we should we not is that should we should we not allow the foreign secretary to go any stage? go abroad at any stage? >> she's foreign secretary. >> okay, so labour go >> okay, so labour mps that go abroad they not abroad any say should they not the fareham. the mp for fareham. >> it makes sense for >> i think it makes sense for the foreign secretary, labour mps gaza. >> should shut up because >> should they shut up because that's use to their constituents. >> it's completely irrelevant to their mp for gaza, know some >> the mp for gaza, i know some of to be a of them want to be a spokesperson hamas. spokesperson for hamas. >> you know, at the end of >> but you know, at the end of the day, not actually the day, it's not actually relevant constituents. relevant to their constituents. what their what matters to their constituents potholes, constituents is potholes, getting running getting filled, buses running on time, way, in time, which, by the way, in stoke is happening stoke on trent is happening thanks conservative thanks to conservative government funding and the conservative led council from 2019 does lanes

>> how does bus lanes and potholes to suella potholes link to suella braverman attending conference braverman attending a conference about about how >> you're talking about how we can a growing that can have a growing economy. that means in public services. >> all right. today's union jack carson the of brussels, carson is the mayor of brussels, philip we go. well carson is the mayor of brussels, philipall we go. well carson is the mayor of brussels, philipall right, we go. well carson is the mayor of brussels, philipall right, guys,a go. well carson is the mayor of brussels, philipall right, guys, thankvell carson is the mayor of brussels, philip all right, guys, thank you done. all right, guys, thank you very much. i got a bit live at the end there, which is, exactly what we're after. so well done. couldn't quite make out what either you saying. so either of you two was saying. so if to apologise to if i need to apologise to anyone, it thank anyone, i'll do it now. thank you. thank you, thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you everyone who watched and you to everyone who watched and listened see you listened at home. i will see you tomorrow headliners next. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello and welcome back to the latest update from the met office. some showers will continue overnight, but otherwise it turns dry with clear spells and it turns chilly in places. with our air now coming from the north, that's a cold direction with isobars out opening out as well. lighter winds will mean a greater chance of a frost. there will be

widespread clear skies across the uk as the showers fade away, although 1 or 2 showers will continue across northern ireland, parts of wales and the southwest, more especially for northeast scotland. north sea coast of the coast as well. some of the showers in northern scotland will be falling as snow because it's going to be night it's going to be a cold night touch frost there. touch of frost here and there. as off wednesday . but as we start off wednesday. but beautiful blue skies for many of us, through this us, particularly through this central swathe of the uk. i think still the north and east of scotland, eastern england seeing a brisk breeze from the north and some showers, also some showers elsewhere from the word go, but generally turning dner word go, but generally turning drier in many places by the afternoon, albeit rather cloudy. northern ireland seeing rain arrive and it will feel cold here. seven celsius not much better elsewhere. 11 to 13 degrees at their highest in the south. but thursday starts off bright once again , chilly in bright once again, chilly in places, and we keep the brightness across the south and southeast well into the afternoon whilst the cloud thickens across the north and northwest, with outbreaks of

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news. the top story tonight. the times is reporting that the deputy labour leader, angela raynen deputy labour leader, angela rayner, is the subject of a multiple lead police investigation concerning alleged election law offences. the paper also says that police are looking into miss rayner's personal tax affairs. on top of allegations that she supplied false information for the electoral register when she lived between her two former council houses in stockport over ten years ago. miss rayner has previously said she'll step down if it's found that she's committed any crime, while insisting she's always followed the rules. excuse me , the prime the rules. excuse me, the prime minister has told his israeli counterpart that now is a moment for calm heads, as israel considers its response to iran's missile and drone attack . at the missile and drone attack. at the weekend, rishi sunak spoke to binyamin netanyahu on a call that was delayed for 24 hours. yesterday israeli media reporting that mr netanyahu was indeed refusing to take calls from world leaders seeking to

influence his country's decision. a downing street spokesperson said mr sunak reaffirmed the uk's support for israel's security and stability . israel's security and stability. the education secretary said today a court ruling dismissing a muslim student's challenge against her school prayer ban now gives school heads confidence in making the right decisions to prioritise tolerance between those of different faiths. the student had argued that a no prayer ntual had argued that a no prayer ritual policy at a school in north london was discriminatory, but the headteacher argued schools shouldn't be forced to change their approach because a child or parent decided it was something they didn't like. the judge upheld the school's position, saying there was a rational connection between the school's inclusivity, social cohesion and its prayer policy . cohesion and its prayer policy. it's soon going to be an offence to create a sexually explicit deepfake image without consent, with those convicted facing a