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let's figures like diane abbott. let's hope she brings her calculator . hope she brings her calculator. the tories have been a disaster for in recent years. i'll give you that . i like sunak, but the you that. i like sunak, but the party he not so much . so perhaps party he not so much. so perhaps it's party he not so much. so perhaps wsfime party he not so much. so perhaps it's time for a change. but my fear is that it's a change for the worst . your reaction market the worst. your reaction market gb news.com. we'll get to your thoughts shortly, but my top pundits, former mep annunciato rees—mogg, gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson and former advisor to bofis nelson and former advisor to boris johnson , lord kulveer, boris johnson, lord kulveer, ranger annunciator. let me start with you. the bottom line is many people might like keir starmer's policy platform. he seems to have shifted to the right in recent days , but none right in recent days, but none of it may happen . of it may happen. >> it m
let's figures like diane abbott. let's hope she brings her calculator . hope she brings her calculator. the tories have been a disaster for in recent years. i'll give you that . i like sunak, but the you that. i like sunak, but the party he not so much . so perhaps party he not so much. so perhaps it's party he not so much. so perhaps wsfime party he not so much. so perhaps it's time for a change. but my fear is that it's a change for the worst . your reaction market the worst. your reaction...
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. >> nearly had diane >> i mean, we nearly had diane abbott, home secretary, abbott, the home secretary, would with her would have got better with her mathematics . mathematics. >> s you know, the tensions within the labour party better than i do , and does as well. than i do, and he does as well. and know that even some of the and i know that even some of the policies that have already been announced, they've been challenged. yeah. rwanda scheme is going to be abandoned. whatever happens , we never going whatever happens, we never going to see the fruits of any success if there is any . and i'm afraid if there is any. and i'm afraid that once labour, the labour party are in power, they will find how difficult it is and indeed what the anchors are that weigh them down when it comes to the proper right immigration policies that we need. if we're going to reduce the rates and scale of immigration that we've got at the moment. oh, it's massive and from sir keir starmer, when he talks about tackling illegal migration is we're going to smash the gangs. >> what does that mean? >> what does th
. >> nearly had diane >> i mean, we nearly had diane abbott, home secretary, abbott, the home secretary, would with her would have got better with her mathematics . mathematics. >> s you know, the tensions within the labour party better than i do , and does as well. than i do, and he does as well. and know that even some of the and i know that even some of the policies that have already been announced, they've been challenged. yeah. rwanda scheme is going to be abandoned....
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difference was tony abbott meant it. i don't believe the prime minister did. and here's why i've had sight of an internal home office document from pretty much the same time. i'm going to call it the rwanda files . i'm i'm going to call it the rwanda files. i'm going to give you the details of this over the course of the next few days. but this is what the internal home office report tells us. it tells us that the united kingdom's detained in capacity is limited to just 1000 beds. there's the prime minister saying he will be detained actually on the busiest days. a couple of summers ago, more than a thousand a day were coming. so he might have been able to detain one day's worth. yet he told us that everybody would be detained. that just 12% of illegal arrivals would be removed each year in. and i quote the home office document, the best case scenario , prime the best case scenario, prime minister, at exactly the same time telling us you won't be able to stay. and here's the really big one. i think that a maximum of 500 deport asians could happen to rwanda in
difference was tony abbott meant it. i don't believe the prime minister did. and here's why i've had sight of an internal home office document from pretty much the same time. i'm going to call it the rwanda files . i'm i'm going to call it the rwanda files. i'm going to give you the details of this over the course of the next few days. but this is what the internal home office report tells us. it tells us that the united kingdom's detained in capacity is limited to just 1000 beds. there's the...
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>mean, don't forget diane but i mean, don't forget diane abbott in the labour abbott is still in the labour party. actually lost party. she's actually lost the labour still labour whip, but she's still probably stand as probably going to stand as a candidate. haven't haven't candidate. we haven't haven't knocked that yet. knocked her off of that yet. yeah. but what this is yeah. but what what this is really here is this really indicative here is this thread, that's running thread, this vein that's running through society. through british society. and it goes the back. back goes right the way back. back hundreds thousands of hundreds if not thousands of years. think that years. and i think that is profoundly agree profoundly worrying. but i agree with about the with mike. what is it about the jewish people that is so terrifies others? i don't know why is there so much hatred against them? >> do honestly think that, >> and i do honestly think that, you the jewish community you know, the jewish community is mostly all white. so think is mostly all white. so i think there's racism involv
>mean, don't forget diane but i mean, don't forget diane abbott in the labour abbott is still in the labour party. actually lost party. she's actually lost the labour still labour whip, but she's still probably stand as probably going to stand as a candidate. haven't haven't candidate. we haven't haven't knocked that yet. knocked her off of that yet. yeah. but what this is yeah. but what what this is really here is this really indicative here is this thread, that's running thread, this vein...
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, a republican, is one of abbott, a republican, is one of those who's trying to battle with this issue. and i wanted to see some of the work that he and others have doing others have been doing there. and what we might be able to learn from it. back home in the uk. and one of the things i saw, which supported in which i strongly supported in the past, is the use of physical infrastructure, like buoys that can blockade rivers like the rio grande. i implemented those as immigration minister on the canals and the estuaries of northern france, and i think thatis northern france, and i think that is something that we should take up now on a much bigger scale with the french putting them in the shallow waters off them in the shallow waters off the beaches of northern france to stop the boats in a humane way from ever getting into the engush way from ever getting into the english channel and the other thing i was very struck by here in the united states, particularly from the republicans who are seized with this issue, is the fact that they, like me , treat this as a they, like me, treat this
, a republican, is one of abbott, a republican, is one of those who's trying to battle with this issue. and i wanted to see some of the work that he and others have doing others have been doing there. and what we might be able to learn from it. back home in the uk. and one of the things i saw, which supported in which i strongly supported in the past, is the use of physical infrastructure, like buoys that can blockade rivers like the rio grande. i implemented those as immigration minister on...
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diane abbott was suspended for saying people , jews and saying irish people, jews and travellers not experience travellers did not experience racism and the list goes on and on. kate osamor and there was another one this afternoon and we'll come to that in a moment. but has the labour party changed? well, you know what? it has changed a bit, but it can't afford to change completely because my view is if they were to suspend get rid of to suspend and get rid of everybody that was deeply critical israel, i think critical of israel, i think there wouldn't be almost anybody left the modern day labour left in the modern day labour party. love to hear your party. but i'd love to hear your views. farage at gbnews.com. well, i'm joined matthew well, i'm joined by matthew lars, former senior adviser to lars, a former senior adviser to the labour party leader the former labour party leader ed miliband, and max young , ed miliband, and max young, reporter the guido fawkes reporter at the guido fawkes news website who've been very involved with a story today about the labour party. i now think t
diane abbott was suspended for saying people , jews and saying irish people, jews and travellers not experience travellers did not experience racism and the list goes on and on. kate osamor and there was another one this afternoon and we'll come to that in a moment. but has the labour party changed? well, you know what? it has changed a bit, but it can't afford to change completely because my view is if they were to suspend get rid of to suspend and get rid of everybody that was deeply critical...
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. >> the only hope the conservative party has is of diane abbott doing something completely mental and sink in the entire labour party on her own . that's it. that's all own. that's it. that's all they've got. and they have pretty much neutralised her at this point. >> the daily star to finish with lewis good news is lewis daily star good news is great news, great news i don't know paul chuckle who's one of the chuckle brothers. >> i don't remember this. this is . don't is before my time. i don't know when the when he was on the tv. >> a legend. you have >> he's a legend. you have a little respect that little bit of respect for that man . you much. man. thank you very much. >> bit respect for >> a little bit of respect for him. childhood him. part of my childhood and, uh, brother? him. part of my childhood and, uh, murdered brother? him. part of my childhood and, uh, murdered other rother? him. part of my childhood and, uh, murdered other brother. he murdered the other brother. >> other died. he >> the other brother died. he did . did die. >> did they? >> yeah. did they? >> yeah. did t
. >> the only hope the conservative party has is of diane abbott doing something completely mental and sink in the entire labour party on her own . that's it. that's all own. that's it. that's all they've got. and they have pretty much neutralised her at this point. >> the daily star to finish with lewis good news is lewis daily star good news is great news, great news i don't know paul chuckle who's one of the chuckle brothers. >> i don't remember this. this is . don't is...
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and i also think abbott's think that diane abbott's comments she's still comments today, when she's still a labour party, a member of the labour party, referring starmers referring to keir starmers motion weasel it's motion as weasel words. it's very, look, very, very unhelpful. look, every human being with a every single human being with a drop of humanity in their body wants horror in gaza. wants to end the horror in gaza. but you honestly think that but do you honestly think that benjamin netanyahu is going to say, we're going to pull the troops out of rafah because there's the house troops out of rafah because thuse troops out of rafah because th> well, whole world is >> well, the whole world is changing mind isn't it? changing its mind now, isn't it? on uh, on the hamas situation. i mean , initially oc
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. >> that's why they won't do it, which is what happened with tony abbott did in abbott when they did it in australia 11 years ago, and it upset a few of the lefties and the un and the international bodies. >> but guess what? years >> but guess what? 11 years later, boats are still not later, the boats are still not coming to australia. both coming to australia. and both parties political parties of either political persuasion that persuasion have continued that policy. rocket policy. this stuff isn't rocket science it's so science and why it's so important is that people are dying the english channel. dying in the english channel. we've at we've already sadly lost at least year. thousands least five this year. thousands are dying the mediterranean are dying in the mediterranean every with this level of every year with this level of leadership, almost leadership, those deaths, almost all stop . i think all of them would stop. i think that's the kind and compassionate to do. compassionate thing to do. >> i agree, people are dying >> i agree, and people are dying here some people who ar
. >> that's why they won't do it, which is what happened with tony abbott did in abbott when they did it in australia 11 years ago, and it upset a few of the lefties and the un and the international bodies. >> but guess what? years >> but guess what? 11 years later, boats are still not later, the boats are still not coming to australia. both coming to australia. and both parties political parties of either political persuasion that persuasion have continued that policy. rocket...
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other mps we know, get death on regular death threats on the regular jess diane abbott, jess phillips, diane abbott, plenty mps have of mps plenty of mps have of mps buttons installed in their homes, and michael gove is being kept in the grace favour of kept in the grace and favour of park house, which could be the foreign because park house, which could be the foreisame because park house, which could be the foreisame assassin because park house, which could be the foreisame assassin was ause park house, which could be the foreisame assassin was outside that same assassin was outside his own house. >> seven times. >> seven times. >> it is remarkable . i don't >> it is remarkable. i don't think we rest on the fact enough that in the last eight years, two members of parliament have been killed by extremists. yeah, it's a really, really serious issue. and it is perhaps little doubt that when some members of parliament are thinking , gosh, parliament are thinking, gosh, what am i going to do next year or even later this year ? am or even later this year? am i going to stand again? or am
other mps we know, get death on regular death threats on the regular jess diane abbott, jess phillips, diane abbott, plenty mps have of mps plenty of mps have of mps buttons installed in their homes, and michael gove is being kept in the grace favour of kept in the grace and favour of park house, which could be the foreign because park house, which could be the foreisame because park house, which could be the foreisame assassin because park house, which could be the foreisame assassin was ause...
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you also have diane abbott , who constantly seems to abbott, who constantly seems to get death threats , mainly get death threats, mainly online, i believe. but still very scary indeed . there is very scary indeed. there is a question about what this means for our democracy. if people are fearful of standing for office because they become targets from extremists , from extremists , extremists, from extremists, yes, there really is. >> and somebody like alicia kearns, who's chair of the defence select committee, says that she feels less safe on her own streets than she does going abroad . it's really quite abroad. it's really quite astonishing, isn't it? now, mike freer puts a lot of blame at the door of social media because , of door of social media because, of course, it's 24 over seven. he hasn't been on twitter for a long time , but as many people in long time, but as many people in the public eye know, if you are on twitter or social media, you may well be subject to absolutely horrific abuse by people who don't know you. make judgements about you and of course, social media feeds
you also have diane abbott , who constantly seems to abbott, who constantly seems to get death threats , mainly get death threats, mainly online, i believe. but still very scary indeed . there is very scary indeed. there is a question about what this means for our democracy. if people are fearful of standing for office because they become targets from extremists , from extremists , extremists, from extremists, yes, there really is. >> and somebody like alicia kearns, who's chair of the...
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. >> so abbott, mcdonnell, mcdonald to be expelled from the labour party. would you like to see them back in then? >> of course. i mean, so if there's a sort of left wing caucus that tries to challenge starmer either now or , or if he starmer either now or, or if he becomes prime minister will you lend them your support ? lend them your support? >> would you like to depose starmer? >> it's not a question of deposing starmer. it's a question about . starmer has been question about. starmer has been elected on a radical programme thatis elected on a radical programme that is completely ditched now. he fooled everyone , untruthful. he fooled everyone, untruthful. the reality is what kind of labour government do we want? we want one that changes for the good of ordinary labour government that was proposed by jeremy corbyn was spectacular . jeremy corbyn was spectacular. >> nearly annihilated in the 2019 el tel. >> don't rule out, don't rule out 2017 . 13 million people out 2017. 13 million people voted for corbyn. more people, camilla, more people wanted bofis
. >> so abbott, mcdonnell, mcdonald to be expelled from the labour party. would you like to see them back in then? >> of course. i mean, so if there's a sort of left wing caucus that tries to challenge starmer either now or , or if he starmer either now or, or if he becomes prime minister will you lend them your support ? lend them your support? >> would you like to depose starmer? >> it's not a question of deposing starmer. it's a question about . starmer has been...
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. >> diane abbott probably. >> diane abbott probably. >> she's not in the labour party anymore. >> oh, no, she i don't think she. well, let's see what you've been saying because a lot of you've getting in touch. you've been getting in touch. >> claire says how could >> uh, claire says how could the mod be so stupid and incompetent? recruitment must be carried out in—house and to the same security standards that they previously used . and gary they previously used. and gary says inclusion is says diversity and inclusion is destroying it touches destroying everything it touches . armed forces are just one . the armed forces are just one aspect of it, a totally unknown addition to society . debbie says addition to society. debbie says the armed forces should recruit whoever passes the process. it should have nothing to do with race. i agree with you completely and they should also be trying to recruit people in this country because they don't appear to want to do that . appear to want to do that. they're abroad for that. they're looking abroad for that. well, you're with i'm nana. well
. >> diane abbott probably. >> diane abbott probably. >> she's not in the labour party anymore. >> oh, no, she i don't think she. well, let's see what you've been saying because a lot of you've getting in touch. you've been getting in touch. >> claire says how could >> uh, claire says how could the mod be so stupid and incompetent? recruitment must be carried out in—house and to the same security standards that they previously used . and gary they...
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because that means that the hard left of the party, the corbyn ites, people like john mcdonnell and diane abbott, rebecca long—bailey potentially will hold the balance of power. they'll be the equivalent of erg . i'm not sure. >> you know, i really i mean, these sort of reds under the beds , i don't think they're beds, i don't think they're they're on on bed they're on they're on the bed for visa . for visa. >> i mean, listen, listen there jeremy corbyn had that party in his hands and all those supporters for five years and lost it because he was incompetent. >> but his legacy remains because the parliamentary party is now a lot less centre ground than it was. don't you think? >> over the last you look at it, since starmer has said since october, starmer has said to his mps, you will not go on these palestine marches . these palestine marches. >> and guess what? they haven't gone. >> but why? >> but why? >> are they quiet ? >> why are they all quiet? because win because they want to win a general election. once they've won general election, it's won a general election, it's going to be totally
because that means that the hard left of the party, the corbyn ites, people like john mcdonnell and diane abbott, rebecca long—bailey potentially will hold the balance of power. they'll be the equivalent of erg . i'm not sure. >> you know, i really i mean, these sort of reds under the beds , i don't think they're beds, i don't think they're they're on on bed they're on they're on the bed for visa . for visa. >> i mean, listen, listen there jeremy corbyn had that party in his hands...
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um last year, diane abbott was suspended from the party for saying that the jewish people suffered no more racism or criticism of people with ginger hair. the year before that, it was corbyn, the year before that, it was chris williamson. it is. it is now. you know, starmer keeps telling us that he's dealt with this problem. he clearly hasn't dealt with problem , and he with this problem, and he certainly deal with the certainly didn't deal with the problem week enough problem last week quickly enough . he waited whole day after . he waited a whole day after after the comments that were made , and only the clamour made, and only when the clamour of disgust got so loud did he act. he he wanted to make it so that that ali stayed in position to fight the by—election we can't talk there. i'm going to stop about it there. so. >> so what about anti—semitism? i mean, why is anti—semitism ? i i mean, why is anti—semitism? i mean, this has been tracked back to october the 7th, not israel's response to the hamas attack that started on october seventh, on the day that hamas launched that
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there are at least 12, at least 12 other republican governors that have proposed support to governor abbott in this ongoing battle with the federal government over this immigration fight. >> now, we know that next week, the us senate is actually expected to bring comprehensive immigration reform to the floor. and this is going to be a battle that's taking place here in washington just as much as it's taking place right there on the us southern border. and already we're seeing not only air or are is the governor of texas in defiance of a supreme court order that actually allows for federal troops to actually engage on the southern border? but what we're seeing here is this is becoming a major crisis that's now pitting the us government against a number of key states along the united states . states. >> and eric, an astonishing he's basically sending the national guard from his own state to texas to help them put up barriers to help them put up barbed wire . and this is all barbed wire. and this is all stuff that joe biden has ordered to be removed. can i ask you, as a brit, how big an issue
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between texas and the it's literary between texas and the wsgmg literary between texas and the it's greg abbott there, the governor of texas who's in a standoff with president biden. national guard has been sent in from from florida. um ron desantis is sending his national guard to help in texas, things are getting so bad. 25 states republican states in america have pledged allegiance with texas to send their national guard if necessary, to try and stop the chaos in the border. we had greg swenson , the chair of had greg swenson, the chair of republicans overseas , on the republicans overseas, on the show earlier this week, saying as many he reckons could be as high as 20 million of come over the border . the official figure the border. the official figure is between 8 to 10 million. the truth is they don't know how many people have come over the porous border, the unstoppably porous border, the unstoppably porous border, the unstoppably porous border on america's border with mexico . trump said border with mexico. trump said this. so clearly ramping up the rhetoric now ahead of that election,
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you know we had month ago kate osamor had just a month ago kate osamor last year we had diane abbott the year before that we had jeremy corbyn. of these jeremy corbyn. all of these people suspended year before people suspended the year before that, chris williamson anti—semitism is bubbling under the surface of the labour party, and starmer is nowhere near got it control. and the fact it under control. and the fact that taken a full day to that he's taken a full day to actually withdraw support from this shocking. and it this guy is shocking. and it just shows he cares more about political expediency than he does about principles, does about his principles, because the only reason he didn't attack the guy this morning was because he knows that that he's got muslim support and a lot of up and coming election by elections. he doesn't upset them. doesn't want to upset them. >> well, you're banging trouble at labour party . at labour party. >> i mean, keir has been absolutely clear and categorical on out anti—semitism in on rooting out anti—semitism in the labour party since he bec
you know we had month ago kate osamor had just a month ago kate osamor last year we had diane abbott the year before that we had jeremy corbyn. of these jeremy corbyn. all of these people suspended year before people suspended the year before that, chris williamson anti—semitism is bubbling under the surface of the labour party, and starmer is nowhere near got it control. and the fact it under control. and the fact that taken a full day to that he's taken a full day to actually withdraw...
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how quickly they booted diane out the labour diane abbott out of the labour party after wrote party hours after she wrote a letter in the observer published on which on the lechlade observer, which keir didn't like. she keir starmer didn't like. she was hours. yeah was out within hours. yeah >> right. by >> and i think that's right. by the and hadn't been the way. and if this hadn't been in the middle of a by—election where you couldn't change anything, if this guy had been anything, if this guy had been an had been he'd had an mp, he'd had been he'd had been immediately. been out immediately. >> okay, well, we just need to, uh , tell people the candidates uh, tell people the candidates the other candidates that are standing rochdale standing in the rochdale by—election azhar ali, by—election alongside azhar ali, who expected now to be who was expected now to be independent. mark coleman, independent. mark coleman, independent simon danczuk reform uk ian donaldson, lib dem paul ellison, conservative. george galloway, workers party of britain michael howarth, independent. william how
how quickly they booted diane out the labour diane abbott out of the labour party after wrote party hours after she wrote a letter in the observer published on which on the lechlade observer, which keir didn't like. she keir starmer didn't like. she was hours. yeah was out within hours. yeah >> right. by >> and i think that's right. by the and hadn't been the way. and if this hadn't been in the middle of a by—election where you couldn't change anything, if this guy had been...
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jeremy corbyn is no longer a labour mp, nor is diane abbott. and there are pretty quite a lot of labour councillors who have been struck off for being anti—semitic and too much sort of the corbyn mould. if you like this throws a spanner into the works . on spanner into the works. on monday, keir starmer was forced to withdraw support for the rochdale by—election. accountant azhar ali after it was revealed that he made these comments about israel , which were deemed about israel, which were deemed to be anti—semitic . and now keir to be anti—semitic. and now keir starmer has had to drop another candidate, graham jones, from the parliamentary candidate. candidates list for the general election because of these comments he made about israel . comments he made about israel. now, the issue for keir starmer is that this could be the tip of the iceberg. there are plenty of labour councillors, labour backbench mps who have made contentious comments about israel and some of them were at the meeting where these comments by jones and ali were made
jeremy corbyn is no longer a labour mp, nor is diane abbott. and there are pretty quite a lot of labour councillors who have been struck off for being anti—semitic and too much sort of the corbyn mould. if you like this throws a spanner into the works . on spanner into the works. on monday, keir starmer was forced to withdraw support for the rochdale by—election. accountant azhar ali after it was revealed that he made these comments about israel , which were deemed about israel, which were...