>>a >> a very good morning to you. it's 930 on the 10th of november. this is britain's newsroom. and my name is tom harwood. coming up on the show today , braverman on the brink. today, braverman on the brink. the prime minister faces pressure to sack his home secretary for going off script over protest politics is suella braverman's job under tenable and labour ceasefire row . sir and labour ceasefire row. sir keir starmer claims a humanity dnven keir starmer claims a humanity driven pause in hostilities in gaza would alleviate suffering. but our political correspondent has more . for keir starmer is has more. for keir starmer is standing firm on his line on israel, but he's already lost

one frontbencher. >> can he really afford to lose any more .7 any more.7 >> prince of prince sc a judge is expected to give decision on whether prince harry and others privacy case against the daily mail publisher will go any further . mail publisher will go any further. we'll have mail publisher will go any further . we'll have the mail publisher will go any further. we'll have the very latest . and protest poppy latest. and protest poppy sellers. that's the message from defence secretary grant shapps, who has told pro—palestinian protesters to put politics aside this weekend . this weekend. and of course, we want to know your thoughts on all of the issues that we're covering today, particularly on this issue of poppy sellers . this issue of poppy sellers. would you feel safe.7 would you feel not intimidated to go and sell some poppies at a train station or in your local high street? have you done we want to hear gbviews@gbnews.com. but

before we get to all of that and more, let's have your very latest news update with tatiana . latest news update with tatiana. >> tom, thank you very much and good morning. this is the latest from the newsroom. breaking news in the last few minutes , trade in the last few minutes, trade unionists opposed to the israel—gaza war have blockaded a weapons factory in chatham kent. police are on the scene outside the bae systems factory where dozens of people are gathered under banners reading workers for a free palestine and stop arming israel . an organiser has arming israel. an organiser has said the weapons manufacturers providing components for military aircraft being used in the bombardment of gaza . rishi the bombardment of gaza. rishi sunakis the bombardment of gaza. rishi sunak is facing calls to sack the home secretary after she defied the home secretary after she defied downing street by posting an article accusing the police of bias in the times yesterday , of bias in the times yesterday, suella braverman accused the metropolitan police of playing favourites with pro palestinian

protesters. ms braverman claimed right wing protesters were rightly met with a stern response , but what she called response, but what she called pro—palestinian mobs were largely ignored . it's ahead of a largely ignored. it's ahead of a planned protest in the capital on remembrance sunday number 10 says it didn't sign off on the article, but the prime minister had full confidence in the home secretary . he the uk economy secretary. he the uk economy failed to grow between july and september , according to new september, according to new figures . september, according to new figures. many september, according to new figures . many analysts september, according to new figures. many analysts had been predicting a 0.2% fall for the quarter. but september was stronger than expected . the ons stronger than expected. the ons says the latest figures showed a subdued picture across all sectors , with a decline in the sectors, with a decline in the services sector balanced out by growth in manufacturing. chancellor jeremy growth in manufacturing. chancellorjeremy hunt says chancellor jeremy hunt says reducing inflation is the best way to grow the economy . natwest way to grow the economy. natwest is reportedly preparing to block most of dame alison rose's multi—million pound payout over her role in the nigel farage de—banking scandal. the former chief executive was in line for

an exit package of more than £10 million, but the board of the partly taxpayer owned banking group now reportedly expected to dock some of that. the gb news presenter says dame alison didn't deserve to get the payout . he's especially pleased about the decision on the duke of sussex will find out whether his privacy case against the daily mail publisher will go any further in the high court, prince harry brought action against the sophia hated newspapers limited alongside sir elton john. baroness doreen lawrence and four others. they all claim it carried out unlawful information gathering, including hiring private investigators to place listening devices on them and recording private phone conversations, which the news group has denied . which the news group has denied. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com. now it's back to . gbnews.com. now it's back to. tom thank you, tatiana, and

welcome to britain's newsroom. >> with me, tom harwood . now at >> with me, tom harwood. now at the top of the show, we asked have you been selling poppies? have you felt intimidated? and already the emails have come flooding in. john has written in to say, my wife is a poppy seller. poppy sellers are nervous . fortunately, she's only nervous. fortunately, she's only got one more stint to do, but she'll be pleased when it's finished , which is a bit of a finished, which is a bit of a sad indictment of the state of the country. and susan has written in to say, intimidation is part and parcel of walking round oldham. that's what sue has to say. so keep those thoughts coming in. but of course, the big story this morning is one that is related to poppy morning is one that is related to poppy selling. it's one that's related to palestinian protest to rishi sunak is facing calls to sack his home secretary now writing in the times yesterday , suella braverman not yesterday, suella braverman not only accused the police of giving pro—palestinian demonstrator posters special treatment, she apparently did so

without the prime minister's approval . labour have been approval. labour have been piling on the pressure for the pm to sack his home secretary here's what sir keir starmer said yesterday day. >> he must know that this isn't the way in which a home secretary should behave. he must know in himself that the role of responsible government is to reduce tension and to support the police in difficult decisions that they have to make. he's got a home secretary who's out of control, and he is too weak to do anything about it. that's the worst of all combinations . and that's why combinations. and that's why across the country , repeatedly, across the country, repeatedly, people are coming up to me and saying, we just need change now. we've just had enough of this. >> well, that was sir keir starmer. let's speak now to a conservative mp and of course, gb news presenter, friend of the programme, philip davies. philip what is the mood on the conservative benches? because we've heard one of your colleagues at least yesterday saying that suella braverman should be sacked. but of course

we've heard lots of other of your colleagues saying that she's almost a standard bearer for right of the party. yeah for the right of the party. yeah look, i mean there's two separate things here. >> i think that's that are getting conflated. the first thing is about what suella braverman said police braverman said about the police and demonstrate actions and and the demonstrate actions and whether they were given different treatments to different treatments to different whatever. different groups or whatever. i actually think most people, whether it's on the conservative benches in the benches or actually out in the country, what country, agree with what she's saying share those views. i saying and share those views. i actually think prime actually think the prime minister what she's minister agrees with what she's saying concerns saying and shares those concerns too. and suella bravermans position is under threat because of what she's been saying, which is what keir starmer's view is that she should be sacked for what she's said. that isn't the issue, not on the issue, certainly not on the conservative don't conservative benches and i don't think prime minister think with the prime minister ehhen h think with the prime minister either. it seems to me either. the issue it seems to me , is around whether or not she's doing things without getting approval beforehand from number 10, effect, sort of flying 10, in effect, sort of flying solo in a in a role where solo and in a in a role where you need collective responsibility and you need discipline in a team, you know,

it's very difficult when somebody's going off just doing their own without seeking their own thing without seeking approval of course, approval first. and of course, if you don't do something about that, nothing to that, then there's nothing to stop else from saying, that, then there's nothing to stop if else from saying, that, then there's nothing to stop if that's else from saying, that, then there's nothing to stop if that's the e from saying, that, then there's nothing to stop if that's the iffrom saying, that, then there's nothing to stop if that's the if that'saying, well, if that's the if that's the way it goes , we'll all have the way it goes, we'll all have a at so i think a go at this. so i think whoever's advising suella braverman doing a very bad braverman is doing a very bad job stop job and she should stop listening whoever's advising job and she should stop list> well, i don't know. i'm

pretty sure that you lobbied . pretty sure that you lobbied. journalists would be criticising the prime minister's spokesman if he said something that wasn't true. and then then no doubt they'd be piling in. >> so i suppose i would suggest that's happened past. that's happened in the past. that's those things that's he's one of those things that probably can't do right that you probably can't do right for wrong. that you probably can't do right for but wrong. that you probably can't do right for but look, ng. that you probably can't do right for but look, you know, i don't >> but look, you know, i don't think if she didn't seek approval , i think if she didn't seek approval, i don't think you can blame the prime minister for that or the prime minister's spokesman. that's her responsibility, that she should have puts the prime have done. and it puts the prime minister very difficult minister in a very difficult position. think she position. and i don't think she should the prime should be putting the prime minister that kind of minister in that kind of position. >> is a very difficult >> and it is a very difficult position because there's position because if there's something labour party something that the labour party has yesterday , of course has dug up yesterday, of course the code article the ministerial code article eight which that for eight of which says that for media of which you media interventions of which you could argue writing for the times is a media intervention, you have to get approval from the prime minister's press office. now, if what number 10 said yesterday is true , is that said yesterday is true, is that not a breach of the ministerial code? >> well, i don't know the kind

of i'm not as as somebody who isn't a minister. i'm not privy to the kind of regime that the prime minister and his team run in number 10. and what they allow and what they don't allow and what they consider to be a major intervention and what they don't consider be major don't consider to be a major intervention. i don't know. i can't that. but can't comment on that. but i think the sad is, is that think the sad thing is, is that whilst a of people will whilst a lot of people will agree suella braverman agree with what suella braverman said and i think she raised some very legitimate about very legitimate concerns about how made how the police have made decisions past and how decisions in the past and how they're making now. they're making decisions now. they're concerns they're very genuine concerns and share them and i agree and i share them and i agree wholeheartedly with what she's saying. the way she's saying. i think the way she's gone about it is unfortunate to say the least. and i think the sad part is, is that it's overshadowing her, making some very points that very reasoned points that i suspect the prime minister also shares. >> now, your colleague, sir bob neill, of course, called neill, has, of course, called for home secretary to go . is for the home secretary to go. is that a sentiment that's widely shared on the conservative benches ? benches? >> no, i don't. i don't think it is widely shared in the sense that, you know, bob neill comes

from a very different wing of the party to either me or is this factional infighting it is this factional infighting it is this one one side of the this just one one side of the left side of the party wants her out, right side of the party out, the right side of the party wants her in. you you always get a in politics. a bit of that in politics. absolutely me i'm so i'm in a slightly difficult position because agree what she's because i agree with what she's saying. i think she's saying. but i think she's she's gone about it all in completely the wrong way. and i think that's what makes the prime minister's very minister's decision very difficult, whichever way difficult, because whichever way he going get he goes, he's going to get slated . if he sacks her, he'd be slated. if he sacks her, he'd be everyone would say, oh, you know, he's a lefty. he doesn't agree with all these things. well, i don't think that's true at if doesn't sack her, at all. if he doesn't sack her, he's to accused of he's going to be accused of presiding free for all presiding over a free for all where ministers do they where ministers can do what they like. she's him in a very like. she's put him in a very difficult position. and i think thatis difficult position. and i think that is unforgivable, really, that is unforgivable, really, thatis that is unforgivable, really, that is a strong to use . that is a strong word to use. >> because i >> unforgivable because i suppose there is the risk that rishi sunak is thinking if rishi sunak was in a stronger position, he could get rid of her. position, he could get rid of hen he position, he could get rid of her. he would have probably got rid last night if he was

rid of her last night if he was worried but of worried about discipline. but of course, braverman course, if suella braverman returns the backbenches , she returns to the backbenches, she is someone with a strong following, not perhaps in parliament, but certainly in the country . she, of course, came country. she, of course, came second last in the last leadership contest. but out there in the country, she represents a very strong strand of thought that if the prime minister were to lose, well, there would be no way that he'd win the next election. >> well, this is why she's put him in a very difficult position. and you know, i genuinely don't think he would want to get rid of in terms of what she believes in and what she's saying. and i mean, he he appointed her knowing full well what she believes so i don't what she believes in. so i don't think that's don't think think that's what i don't think the minister would to the prime minister would want to get of because of what get rid of her because of what she believes in. and i think that's this. and that's the tragedy of this. and i doesn't come to that. i hope it doesn't come to that. i hope it doesn't come to that. ihope i hope it doesn't come to that. i hope they can find way i hope they can find a way forward they iron out forward and they can iron out the difficult days and agree a way forward where everybody is happy. the ideal happy. that will be the ideal solution. but she has she has

put a difficult position put him in a difficult position and i think whoever's advising put him in a difficult position and myink whoever's advising put him in a difficult position and myink wh(is'er's advising put him in a difficult position and myink wh(is suellavising put him in a difficult position and myink wh(is suella willg put him in a difficult position and myink wh(is suella will be her, my advice is suella will be stop to their advice. stop listening to their advice. >> now, we >> interesting. now, just we have a little moment to talk about protecting poppy sellers. your colleague, shapps your colleague, grant shapps has been they feel been saying that they feel intimidated that poppy sellers should protected across the should be protected across the country . is this what you found country. is this what you found talking people in the talking to people in the last few weeks poppy sellers few weeks have poppy sellers felt of intimidation felt this level of intimidation this year that perhaps hasn't been there in previous years without a doubt. >> people i've spoken to in >> the people i've spoken to in my who out my constituency who go out selling poppies, they've certainly nervous selling poppies, they've certairbeing nervous selling poppies, they've certairbeing out nervous selling poppies, they've certairbeing out there vous selling poppies, they've certairbeing out there and which about being out there and which is i mean, i mean, it's is i mean, it's i mean, it's tragic, isn't it? i mean, to be perfectly honest, it's absolutely tragic. and you know, we we can't allow we can't we can't we can't allow we can't allow continue . you allow that to continue. you know, of it may may be more know, some of it may may be more perception than reality. but still, the perception is bad enough. >> now, i want to show you some live pictures now. kent police are on the scene outside the by systems factory where dozens of people have gathered under banners reading workers for a

free palestine and stop arming israel . the banners are quite israel. the banners are quite crude. they're spat hard with images of blood . and you see images of blood. and you see palestinian flags there waving above that bae systems factory. an organiser says the weapons manufacturer is providing components for military aircraft being used in the bombarding of gaza. philip your your reaction there ? there? >> well, look, i mean, from what i can see from those pictures, it's a peaceful demonstration and people are holding up banners . they're not doing banners. they're not doing anything more that. and you anything more than that. and you know the right protest is a know, the right to protest is a is a is a key freedom in our country, whether i agree with them happens, i them or not. as it happens, i don't with them. but from don't agree with them. but from what i can see there, they're making a peaceful protest. they're their and they're making their point. and i've got no problem with that. >> that's interesting. so when it's sort of peaceful, static it's sort of a peaceful, static demonstration, that's no issue. of slightly of course, it's slightly different protests different when these protests turn skirmishes. this

turn into skirmishes. if this protest were to block the entrance or exit of vehicles, that would presumably cross a line. yeah, that would be that would be different. >> people should be have to. the thing is, the freedom to protest is but people also have a is fine, but people also have a freedom to go about their daily business unimpeded . freedom business unimpeded. the freedom to protest doesn't trump everybody my everybody else's freedom, in my opinion. you know, it's a balance. but if people are making their point, making a protest peacefully, not causing any problems anybody else, any problems for anybody else, as as i'm concerned, that's as far as i'm concerned, that's why agree them. but why i don't agree with them. but they're able, in my they're perfectly able, in my opinion, right to their opinion, and right to make their make their point. >> all right. well, philip davies, that was a very reasoned response. that response. and let's hope that they blocking they don't start blocking vehicles look vehicles because it does look like just outside those like they're just outside those those gates. but let's hope it remains peaceful and that people can make reasoned points can make their reasoned points in ways . philip davies in reasoned ways. philip davies there. now, sir keir starmer has said that a humanitare pause in hostilities in gaza should be delivered , but he stopped short delivered, but he stopped short of calling for a full ceasefire . of calling for a full ceasefire. the labour leader said that the

splits within his party over calls for a ceasefire stemmed from a common desire to end the loss of innocent life . well, loss of innocent life. well, just how deep do these splits go? joining us from westminster is our political correspondent olivia uttley. and olivia, my last count, it was 17 shadow ministers who are defying the word of sir keir starmer. ministers who are defying the word of sir keir starmer . well absolutely. >> and this is proving a big problem for keir starmer at the beginning we were hearing from labour party members and there were councillors who resigning. i think we got up to 60, see labour councillors of about 2500 resigning. now we've seen the resignation of a frontbench shadow minister. he was the shadow minister. he was the shadow minister. he was the shadow minister for the new deal for working people. so we don't urgently need a replacement for him. it's not going to be catastrophic for keir starmer, but it does show the extent of feeling within the party. there are now 17, as you say , shadow are now 17, as you say, shadow ministers calling for a ceasefire which goes directly

against what the labour party line is. the labour party line is exact , the same actually as is exact, the same actually as the conservative party line , the conservative party line, which is that we need a humanitarian pause to help the situation in gaza to help victims to escape, but that a ceasefire fire isn't fair on israel , that israel has a right israel, that israel has a right to defend itself. keir starmer has used some soothing words. you quoted some of them there in your introduction. but fundamentally he has stood by what he said right at the very beginning, that israel has a fundis beginning, that israel has a fund is a fundamental right to defend itself and he will not be calling for a ceasefire any time soon. now, it feels as soon. for now, it feels as though the tensions within the labour party have cooled a little bit. yes, he's lost quite labour party have cooled a li'junior:. yes, he's lost quite labour party have cooled a li'junior shadowz's lost quite labour party have cooled a li'junior shadow minister,1ite labour party have cooled a li'junior shadow minister, but we a junior shadow minister, but we aren't hearing the rumours that we were hearing last week that someone keir starmer's someone senior in keir starmer's top was was set to resign. top team was was set to resign. so it could be that the worst of this storm, if you like, has now passed. but of course the weekend is yet to come. and with tensions is rising over that weekend , keir starmer could be

weekend, keir starmer could be in hot water again come next week. >> certainly it's fascinating to see that perhaps the modernisation moderation projects that sir keir starmer has been trying to deliver for his party. that's certainly changed the way the leadership speak , but looking at just how speak, but looking at just how many backbench mps indeed shadow ministers as well have been defying him on this line, i suppose one could argue that many, many of sir keir starmers labour mps are taking jeremy corbyn's line on the issue of the ceasefire to rather than sir keir starmer's is . keir starmer's is. >> well, yeah, i mean keir starmer has been highly praised over the last three years for managing to sort of cut the rot of the hard left, if you like, out of the labour party. jeremy corbyn is no longer a labour mp. diane abbott is no longer a labour mp. those people who were right at the top of the labour team jeremy corbyn's team under jeremy corbyn's leadership have been completely ousted from the party. they feel

like history and lots of people who were at the labour conference earlier this month, last month now said that they felt as though the change in dynamics at the conference would just absolutely phenomenal. a couple of years ago you would have had delegates left, right and centre calling for a free palestine, even justifying hamas's attack on israel. this time we saw none of that. it was very slick, it was very raw and it was very keir starmer. now though , it seems as though those though, it seems as though those cracks are beginning to show. has keir starmer managed to really cut out the corbynite wing of the party as decisively as it seemed ? perhaps not as it seemed? perhaps not meeting point because of course we've seen this in the past when the labour party sort of at the top appears to change its spin change, change how it speaks . change, change how it speaks. >> it sometimes then snaps back to sort of what the core of the party has been in the past. it

of course went more centrist under harold wilson, snapped back to the left under michael foot. it went more centrist. of course, under tony blair snapped back to the left under jeremy corbyn. i wonder, is it possible to change the labour party or will they only ever be changing how it sounds, how it looks at the top when beneath bubbling beneath will be this core of a party that that perhaps finds it much harder to . change much harder to. change >> well, i think the problem for keir starmer is that there is always a real lag. he might be affecting change at the top, but jeremy corbyn made some really fundamental changes to the labour when he was labour labour party when he was labour leader and actually before leader and even actually before he labour leader, there he became labour leader, there was system for electing was a new system for electing new leaders, which meant that lots and lots of sort of entryists, you like, to the entryists, if you like, to the party, joined people who were not, their nature, sort of not, by their nature, sort of the party type. they were the labour party type. they were far, far to the left of the labour party, but joined the

party in order to elect jeremy corbyn as leader. there were other fundamental changes to the structure of the labour party made under jeremy corbyn, which keir has tried to keir starmer has tried to change. but it does take a while . he can change the people at the top. he can change the direction at the top, but it will take a long time for those changes to filter through into the rest of the labour party. if indeed they ever do. as you say , indeed they ever do. as you say, there tendency for the there is a tendency for the labour to sort of snap labour party to sort of snap back to its hard left core as time goes on. >> no, absolutely fascinating. olivia utley , thank you very olivia utley, thank you very much for joining olivia utley, thank you very much forjoining us there olivia utley, thank you very much for joining us there from our westminster studio. philip davies is still in the studio with us and phil, i suppose it's very easy to forget how recently the 2019 election in grand terms was so much has happened since brexit covid war in europe, all the rest of it, but fundamentally you were elected in 2019, all of your colleagues bar a handful of by elections were elected in 2019. the almost

all labour mps were elected under that corbyn manifesto . under that corbyn manifesto. yes, the team at the top has changed, ed, but it's all the same faces beneath. >> yeah. no, i mean, i think keir starmer has done a good job actually of the people he's got available in the parliamentary party, the, the shadow cabinet, he's picked from it, he's, he's very carefully picked and i think he's probably picked well you don't have to go very much below the shadow cabinet levels to find that labour party's to find that the labour party's very, different, not just very, very different, not just in country but in the in the country but in the parliamentary party. many of those people were elected for the under jeremy the first time under jeremy corbyn. they came into the party with jeremy corbyn really . and with jeremy corbyn really. and so know, i think that the, so you know, i think that the, you know, he's done a good job at trying to mask that and hide that and cover that up. but lots of these people when, when the when the election , if labour do when the election, if labour do win the election , he'll have to win the election, he'll have to he'll have ministerial posts he'll have 100 ministerial posts to won't just have to fill. he won't just have a top 20 in the shadow cabinet and you're going to have a lot of

people are very sympathetic people who are very sympathetic to jeremy corbyn in ministerial positions in labour positions in any labour government, suppose. positions in any labour govsirment, suppose. positions in any labour govsir keirt, suppose. positions in any labour govsir keir starmerose. positions in any labour govsir keir starmer would say to >> sir keir starmer would say to that he's going to win that that he's going to win maybe 100, maybe 200 more mps who might be of a more centrist starmer bent than the 200 that they have today who might be more in that? jeremy corbyn mould, or at least a significant proportion of them. what do you say to that argument whereby the labour leadership might be saying, well, the next election might be a chance to change the parliamentary makeup in that way that may or may not be true. >> i don't really i don't really have the analysis of all the labour candidates. i suspect there many who weren't there are many who weren't campaigning the campaigning for labour in the 2019 or the 2017 2019 election or the 2017 election who were standing for parliament next general parliament in the next general election . but look, even if election. but look, even even if that true and i'm sceptical that were true and i'm sceptical because i think most of these people were trying to jeremy people were trying to get jeremy corbyn well . even if corbyn elected as well. even if that true, they come that were true, they can't come straight ministers . straight in and be ministers. the pool of people. he's got to become government if

become government ministers. if keir starmer were to win the election will be the people who are now . and like i say, are there now. and like i say, there's a there's a there's a very small number at top who very small number at the top who might fairly moderate, but might be fairly moderate, but there's underbelly there's a big underbelly of people are less moderate i >> -- >> that is a really, really interesting point. and i think it's one that's under discussed. really, loves to latch really, the media loves to latch on to what the people at the very top say and not look that that that level or two that at that level below or two rungs about what might be rungs below about what might be coming philip coming in the future. philip davies, thank so much for davies, thank you so much for talking through that issue with us today. now next, we're us today. now up next, we're expecting the of whether expecting the result of whether or not prince harry's privacy claim against the daily mail. the publisher of the daily mail can go ahead. that's coming up in next few minutes. so in the next few minutes. so don't go anywhere. we'll find that result. has prince won harry or lost? this is britain's newsroom . newsroom. >> good morning. i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. a bit of a chilly one out there today. most

of us seeing some sunshine, but there are some heavy showers around, now around, particularly right now across of england, across the south of england, seeing some downpours through across the south of england, seeing so andiownpours through across the south of england, seeing so and some ours through across the south of england, seeing so and some verythrough across the south of england, seeing so and some very gustyh the night and some very gusty winds south—west. they, winds in the south—west. they, too , are starting to ease so too, are starting to ease so many places turning dry and bright, just a sprinkling of showers over northern scotland and through northern ireland. and this afternoon, we may and later this afternoon, we may see returning to see some showers returning to north northwest north wales and northwest england. temperature bit england. temperature wise, a bit chilly. of chilly. first thing, pockets of frost across parts of scotland, but temperature is by this afternoon, mostly single figures in 11, maybe 12 in the north, 11, maybe 12 across the south. quite quickly this evening, temperatures will dip . we'll more showers dip. we'll see more showers coming into wales and western parts england and we'll keep parts of england and we'll keep them going through the night across scotland. but across northern scotland. but for it'll be and for many, it'll be dry and clear. could some mist and clear. could be some mist and fog certainly be a bit more frost around tomorrow morning. anywhere midlands anywhere from the midlands northwards spots and northwards in rural spots and even further south we could see a few pockets mist and fog could take a few hours to clear on saturday, should clear saturday, but it should clear out and most will have a fine day. then with good spells of

sunshine, a few showers sunshine, still a few showers across far north across the far north of scotland, 1 or 2 could just clip north coast. it'll turn a north sea coast. it'll turn a bit hazy. the sunshine in the southwest later on, but for most it's bright. tomorrow it's dry and bright. tomorrow good looking day again. 8 or 9 across 11 or 12 across the north, 11 or 12 further south. be a cold further south. it will be a cold start sunday with frost and start to sunday with frost and fog patches once more. bye for now

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it's 10 am. on the 10th of november. and this is britain's newsroom here on gb news. my name, tom harwood. and here's what's coming up today. braverman on the brink. the prime minister faces pressure to sack his home secretary for going off script over protest politics. but is the home secretary's job now untenable ? secretary's job now untenable? prince of privacy ? the decision prince of privacy? the decision of whether prince harry's privacy claim against the publisher of the daily mail can go ahead will be made in the next few seconds. our royal correspondent cameron walker will be with us imminently with an update from the royal courts of justice . roses reduced payout of justice. roses reduced payout boots. natwest had said it will not pay £7.6 million in potential payments to the former chief executive dame alison rose. that's after she left the company in july amid the fallout over the de—banking row with

nigel . nigel. farage and all this morning i'm asking you, would you feel safe? stand with our poppy sellers this weekend? have you been selling poppies in the last couple of weeks? have you felt intimidate kid on the streets of britain ? kid on the streets of britain? the defence secretary, grant shapps, has said that people should feel safe selling poppies. we want to hear your stories . vaiews@gbnews.com is stories. vaiews@gbnews.com is the address to get in touch . but the address to get in touch. but before all of that, here's your latest news headlines with tatiana . tatiana. >> tom, thank you very much and good morning. this is the latest from the newsroom. breaking news. natwest says it will not pay news. natwest says it will not pay £7.6 million in potential payments to former chief executive dame alison rose over her role in the nigel farage

de—banking scandal. the former chief executive was in line for an exit package of more than £10 million, but the board of the partly taxpayer owned banking group has decided to pay her £1.7 million. dame alison says she's pleased the bank has cleared her of misconduct . trade cleared her of misconduct. trade unionists opposed to the israel gaza war have blockaded a weapons factory in chatham . i weapons factory in chatham. i believe that we will win . believe that we will win. >> i believe that we will win . i >> i believe that we will win. i believe that we will win . i believe that we will win. i believe that we will win. i believe can. >> police are on the scene outside the bae systems factory where dozens of people are gathered under banners reading workers for a free palestine and stop arming israel . an organiser stop arming israel. an organiser says the weapons manufacture is providing components for military aircraft being used in the bombardment of gaza . rishi the bombardment of gaza. rishi sunakis the bombardment of gaza. rishi sunak is facing calls to sack the home secretary after she defied the home secretary after she defied downing street by posting an article accusing the police of bias. suella braverman

accused the metropolitan police of playing favourites with pro—palestinian protesters . it's pro—palestinian protesters. it's ahead of a planned demonstration in the capital on remembrance sunday number 10 says it didn't sign off on the article and the prime minister has full confidence in the home secretary. but shadow financial secretary james murray says she should go suella braverman it just feels out of control . just feels out of control. >> you know, she's using language which i don't think the home secretary should be using. i think it's inflaming community tensions . i think it's not tensions. i think it's not helping the police to do their job in a sensitive situation. you know what she should be doing is supporting the police to go after those who perpetrate a hate crime or extremism, not the right person to be doing this job. and rishi sunak probably knows that . what it probably knows that. what it also shows is that he's he's a weak prime minister because he doesn't agree she's doesn't agree with what she's saying should sack her. saying he should sack her. >> it comes as one of the uk's most senior officers says police

chiefs must be able to operate without political interference. nats national police chiefs council chair gavin stevens says policing could be undermined if pubuc policing could be undermined if public debate is allowed to influence decision making . it's influence decision making. it's after the head of the metropolitan police refused to ban tomorrow's propane . stein ban tomorrow's propane. stein protests in central london, despite public pressure from the prime minister and the home secretary he . president joe secretary he. president joe biden says military operations pauses in gaza. aim to get up to 150 aid trucks to daily increase the flow of food, water and medicine into the region. the white house has said israel agreed to pause military operations in parts of the north gaza for four hours a day. over 12,300 people have been killed on both sides as israeli troops continue their offensive in gaza . the uk economy failed to grow between july and september. the office for national statistics says gross domestic product ,

says gross domestic product, which measures the value of goods and services produced, stagnated many analysts had been predicting a nought point 2% fall for the quarter. but september was stronger than expected. the ons says the latest figures showed a subdued picture across all sectors , with picture across all sectors, with a decline in the services sector balanced out by growth in manufacturing. chancellor jeremy hunt says reducing inflation is the best way to grow the economy. >> this economy is much more resilient than many people predicted . of course there's an predicted. of course there's an impact as we bring down inflation, as we start to win that battle against inflation, we will be taking measures to unlock the long term potential of the economy with measures to help people get back to work, to reform the planning system, to support our manufacturers. and when we that in the next when we do that in the next couple of weeks , you will see an couple of weeks, you will see an autumn statement for growth . autumn statement for growth. >> hundreds of scottish water workers to walk out today in what marks the first day of a four day strike following a pay and grading dispute around 500

workers from the unite a unison and gmb trade unions are set to start strike action as part of the rail. the unions have planned 48 additional strike days over the next three months. first minister humza yousaf says he hoped the strikes could have been averted and unite branded talks a waste of time . thousands talks a waste of time. thousands of households will receive a £300 autumn cost of living payment from today. around 840,000 households who received tax credits and no other qualifying benefits will receive their autumn cost of living payment to help with everyday bills. the hmrc is making the payments between now until the 19th of this month . the rac says 19th of this month. the rac says the number of breakdowns due to potholes has reached a record high due to some standard roads. the car services company received nearly 6000 call outs caused by poor road surfaces between july and september. that's the most for that period since records began in 2006.

it's estimated it would cost £14 billion to bring local roads in england and wales up to scratch . england and wales up to scratch. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car , on digital radio tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now back to . tom >> thanks , tatiana, and welcome >> thanks, tatiana, and welcome back. it's 10:07. you're with britain's newsroom here on gb news. with me, tom harwood. and we kick off with some breaking news. the court has today handed down judgement in claims brought by prince harry and others. privacy case against the daily mail publisher. let's go live now to our royal correspondent , now to our royal correspondent, cameron walker, outside the royal courts of justice. cameron, what is the verdict ? cameron, what is the verdict? well this is a very positive step for prince harry, elton john, baroness lawrence and the other claimants in this case

against the publisher of the daily mail. >> the judge has ruled that their case can continue against their case can continue against the publisher. so that means a full on trial will be held here at the high court in london in trying to decide whether or not on the balance of probabilities , on the balance of probabilities, the claimants were victims of unlawful information gathering via the daily mail. publisher now, associated newspapers is who owns the mail. mail on sunday have firmly denied the allegations made against them. so let's rewind here. back in march, there was preliminary heanngs march, there was preliminary hearings here in the high court where prince harry unexpectedly turned up to listen to those heanngs turned up to listen to those hearings and bumped into a photographer on the way into the building behind me at the allegations are that prince harry and six other claimants are victims of unlawful information gathering through the use of private investigators to place listening devices inside cars , so—called blagging inside cars, so—called blagging for private information and records and recording private

phone conversations as i said, associated newspapers, firms deny the allegations and during those preliminary hearings in march asked the judge to rule in their favour without a trial because associated newspapers believe that the claims have been brought far too late. but the judge has ruled that he dismisses that application by associate newspapers limited and therefore , for their case can go therefore, for their case can go to a full on trial because the because associated newspapers did not deliver in those preliminary hearings. and i quote a knockout to blow dismiss any of the claimants allegations. so now we do not know exactly when the trial is going to go ahead, but it looks like a full on trial like we've seen with the other litigation cases involving prince harry, beanng cases involving prince harry, bearing in mind he has six civil cases going through the british courts here in london. it's going to be a long legal battle

to come for prince harry and the other claimants as six cases, he's going to need to set up a tent outside the high court. >> this is a this is quite extraordinary. but, of course, this i remember back in march heanng this i remember back in march hearing some of this evidence that was presented before the jury. this has been so going on for such a long time. no doubt this will go on into next year as well. i suppose i can see why associated newspapers was trying to kibosh this close. it down. do we have any indication when this might come to a conclusion . on >> my guess will be a very long time to come. the reason i say thatis time to come. the reason i say that is because prince harry's privacy case against the sun, newspaper news group newspapers is a trial is expected for that in january 2025. and a judge ruled earlier this year that that could go to a full blown trial. so that's like two years away, isn't it? so the fact that the judge has just ruled that this separate case for prince

harry and the other claimants, including elton john and baroness lawrence, can go to a full trial today, as in november 2023, suggests to me that it's going to be a while yet . before going to be a while yet. before we get to that trial period. as i said , associated newspapers i said, associated newspapers have firmly denied all the allegations against them. they said the lawyers in the preliminary hearing that there was no real prospects of the claimants succeeding. it looks like today the judge disagrees and that and prince harry's lawyers, david sherborne, etcetera, have said that the reason that all their cases were brought so late this litigation was brought so late is because they were thrown off the scent and not aware they were being targeted because they believed associated newspapers, absolute categorical denials that they were victims of unlawful information gathering . so a long information gathering. so a long time to come. tom >> goodness me. well, we know that you'll be following every twist and turn of this tale. cameron walker outside the royal courts of justice, thank you very, very much. it's always interesting how they how they phrase stuff, isn't it?

phrase this stuff, isn't it? unlawful information gathering? well, to you and me, that means phone hacking. that phone hacking. perhaps that would be a more sensationalist way to paint it all. but let's move on now because the prime minister, rishi sunak , is facing minister, rishi sunak, is facing calls sack his home calls to sack his home secretary, writing in the times yesterday, suella braverman not only accused the police of giving pro—palestinian demonstrators special treatment , demonstrators special treatment, but she apparently did so without the prime minister's approval. now downing street said yesterday that the prime minister had full confidence in his home secretary, but of course , that's what prime course, that's what prime ministers always say until they no longer have full confidence in their ministers. but some senior conservatives have said today that she has gone too far and is out of control. today that she has gone too far and is out of control . so is the and is out of control. so is the home secretary out of control or is she speaking for a huge chunk of britain? joining me in the studio is the co—deputy leader of reform uk, ben habib, and ben , i suppose you're in a difficult position here, i suppose reform uk would love

rishi sunak to sack suella braverman because quite a few conservative voters might then jump conservative voters might then jump across to your party. >> well, i'm sure including perhaps suella braverman herself. you never know. but i mean, what reform uk want for what it's worth is for the country to be run well . and it country to be run well. and it doesn't look good, does it? when a home secretary is patently telling the truth and number 10 or other forces that are trying to shut her down. and i think, by the way , i think her article by the way, i think her article did go to number 10 for approval. they made some comments on her parallel between the marches in london and the marches that used to place marches that used to take place in northern ireland. and it was that bit of parallel that they wanted removed and she didn't remove it. i think the rest of the article, including the criticism of the met, actually went through number 10 and was approved . but i think what we're approved. but i think what we're seeing with suella braverman is

a politician who is obviously bound by collective responsibility, but desperately wants to do the right thing. she's been making this case a number of cases. for example , number of cases. for example, stopping illegal migration and cutting back legal migration quite forcefully for a long time. and she was at that new conservative conference forum , conservative conference forum, whatever it was, in march this yean whatever it was, in march this year, making a speech that you wouldn't expect a home secretary to making. and i think she's to be making. and i think she's at of her tether. she at the end of her tether. she wants the government to act. but but did she have to push back number 10? >> did she have to go against the orders of number 10 to take out that inflammatory line about northern ireland in her speech, if indeed that is what they suggested that she should do? yeah. if if she why would she need to ignore that? or is there something deeper going on here? does she want a row between herself and the prime minister? does that serve her own

political interests to say, if i were in the cabinet in rishi sunaks cabinet, i would have resigned by now because i don't think he's running the country competently. >> and one of criticisms of >> and one of my criticisms of suella braverman is that she has allowed herself to be become part a cabinet, which frankly part of a cabinet, which frankly is functionless as far as the country is concerned. you know, there he is advocating that people do algebra till the age of 18 and that we have rolling progressive ban on smoking is 14 year olds get older. that's not where the crux of the problems of this country lie. you know he'd be best to go back to the five points he set out in january and deliver them now , i january and deliver them now, i suppose the prime minister would say to that inflation is coming down. >> it's expected that it will be halved by the end of the year. the number of small boats coming across the channel is down by, what is it, a fifth compared to last year on of these last year on all of these points, there are , i suppose, points, there are, i suppose, chinks of light, moments of progress . is that not something progress. is that not something that the prime minister can say? look, he's sort of plodding

along with these policies? >> well, with the illegal migrants, i mean, was migrants, i mean, there was a win. absolutely. when he had the returns agreement albania, returns agreement with albania, and was that's what's and that was that's what's caused reduction in illegal caused the reduction in illegal crossings. but in all other respects , problem continues. respects, the problem continues. and i see no end to it. as far as inflation coming down as he hasn't hit his targets. but we are half of inflation will are not half of inflation will not halved the end of the not be halved by the end of the yeah not be halved by the end of the year. was about 11% when he year. it was about 11% when he made the promise. >> don't think it'll get >> you don't think it'll get down 5.5? down to 5.5? >> no, i don't think so. i think he's going to miss it. i mean, where i agree with you in principle, you know, the numbers come is not come down. the economy is not growing jeremy hunt just growing the way jeremy hunt just claimed you claimed this morning. when you do gdp , when look at gdp per do gdp, when you look at gdp per capha do gdp, when you look at gdp per capita which is the which is capita, which is the which is the important one or gdp per hours the important one or gdp per hour's work, which is productivity, economy is in productivity, the economy is in real . we've been in real trouble. we've been in recession quite recession for quite a considerable period of time on those metrics . we're getting those metrics. we're getting poorer nation . that's why poorer as a nation. that's why we're having to import people to do these jobs. you know, forever cheaper wages , because we can't

cheaper wages, because we can't fill the jobs domestically because as the economy's not growing and we've got into this vicious circle a downward spiral out of which the kind of socialist policies being pursued by the government and jeremy hunt will not get us. and so just going back to suella braverman, she is part of a government that is failing . and government that is failing. and this is a government that will lose office almost certainly will lose office in the margin of the loss is yet to be determined. >> is it's interesting, ben habib, you're sounding quite a lot like keir starmer in some respects . you're seeing this respects. you're seeing this downward . he has the downward spiral. he has the phrase a doom loop of lower growth and higher taxes and all the rest of it. there was a there was a poll out this morning that suggested more brits now believe the labour party would tax less than the conservative lviv party. well, they are probably mistaken. >> the labour party couldn't tax us much more than the conservatives have. we're already at a post world war two tax take, you know, about 35% of

gdp now, which is an extraordinary amount of tax. the government's collecting from us. national borrowing is at a limit. it's over 100% of gdp and that, too, is at a post—world war two high. and this government sees its job through state intervention when it sees the state as being a key component of economic growth, and therefore it wishes to tax wishes to borrow and wishes to spend. when you listen to jeremy hunt, he never talks about the importance of tax cuts, but they are vital . a tax cuts are are vital. a tax cuts are critical to our economy right now. and the reason i say that is, unless we cut taxes on the working and middle classes, unless we cut taxes on businesses, we are going to remain in this doom loop. and we've got a broken labour market. we've got 6.2 million people claiming universal credit to a greater or lesser extent . to a greater or lesser extent. and we've got a broken labour market because it doesn't pay to work. if he cut the taxes on working middle people working middle classes, people would work . we would go back to work. we wouldn't rampant wouldn't need the rampant immigration that we've got. you'd see wages go up, you'd see

growth go up . if he business growth go up. if he cut business taxes and you'd get the economic machine revived. the problem with compelling case, of course, jeremy hunt would say the biggest tax cut he could deliver was to reduce inflation. >> i know you'd i know you'd disagree. and that it was his it was his government. it's his it was his government. it's his it was his government that delivered us into high inflation. ben habib i'm afraid we've of our we've run to the end of our time, it's been a wide time, but it's been a wide ranging discussion. i'm really glad to a thorny glad that we got to a thorny policy issues there as well as just the top level of politics, which often these discussions involve. they're the involve. ben habib. they're the co—deputy leader of reform uk . co—deputy leader of reform uk. now the bank natwest has said it will not pay £7.6 million in potential payments to former chief executive dame alison rose. that's after she left the company in july amid the fallout over the de—banking row with nigel farage. well joining me to discuss this is the former adviser to the bank of england, dr. roger gewolb, and, roger, i

suppose they could do very little other than this. there was a huge sort of consternation in the media about this, almost £8 million golden handshake , as £8 million golden handshake, as they're sometimes known . um, why they're sometimes known. um, why was this proposed in the first place? >> that's really hard to say. tom but i think you're right. there was a groundswell of pubuc there was a groundswell of public opinion against this. i mean , after all, we still own mean, after all, we still own having bailed out natwest from its latest disaster. we still own 40. and i'd any activist investment fund, any hedge fund that owned that pursue footage of a bank like this would be telling them what to do. probably every morning at a breakfast meeting. so we certainly are entitled to have our voice heard. and that is why i said on gb news recently that if dame alison takes a very large payout , i

if dame alison takes a very large payout, i would if dame alison takes a very large payout , i would expect to large payout, i would expect to her make a public statement herself or through her representatives to us about why she's doing that . she has not she's doing that. she has not spoken. i guess she's got nothing to say. i therefore suppose that the board thought we better not do this and they have decided not to make that giant payoff to her. >> now, of course, they've said they will not pay the full, what is it, 7.6 million? they haven't said what they will pay. i suppose that we could end up in a situation where she still does get a couple of million quid for having messed up so spectacularly . spectacularly. >> well, that's a question you're absolutely right. that's a question of whether . by the a question of whether. by the way, apparently hear she she way, apparently i hear she she doesn't need the money and she's so upset with nigel farage starting all this, having called it a sick joke that somebody told me she's going to pay that money to elon musk to put nigel into outer space. yeah. >> so , um, you know, she she

>> so, um, you know, she she gets that couple of million or not, depending on whether she has breached her employment contract. >> and that's really a question for the lawyers who know the terms of that contract and the actual facts here. it's not a matter on which we can really second guess. so if she does get that, it's probably that she has not formally breached her contract. >> now, i've been looking at the reason why some of these big ceos tend to get a lot of money when they leave, when they've done something wrong, they seem to get more money than when they do something right. and i found some interesting analysis by the american accounts association. they've done research that says we find if managers receive a sufficiently large payout in the event of being dismissed , that event of being dismissed, that they no longer delay , say, the they no longer delay, say, the disclosure of bad news. it's almost like an incentive of for ceos if there's been something that's going wrong to not cover it up, to come forward , to put it up, to come forward, to put their hands up. because if they

don't get this sort of payment, they might then cover up what's been going on in their organisation. do you agree with that sort of analysis as well? >> it's a really it's a really it's a great point. it's a very good point, but it depends which way it cuts. tom i think depending on what the actual wrongdoing. mr reasons, malfeasance, whatever is, they may want to go that route and ensure that it's properly disclosed or they may want you know what, you've probably heard a lot more often than that is they may want an nda, a non—disclosure agreement signed, a gagging order where the person is paid off, is paid hush money, if you will, to shut up and, you know, shut their gob and never talk about it to anyone. it depends on the circumstances . depends on the circumstances. >> dr. roger gewolb, i'm afraid we've run to the end of the segment, but thank you so much for your analysis. it's a fascinating conundrum that i suppose natwest find themselves

in. still to come on the programme , we're going to go programme, we're going to go back to cameron walker for a more in—depth breakdown of prince harry's legal case. precisely why it's taken so long and if he's going to win or if he's going to lose. you're with britain's newsroom here on gb news,

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harwood. and let's cross now back to this breaking news about prince harry, our royal commentator , cameron walker, our commentator, cameron walker, our royal correspondent , rather, is royal correspondent, rather, is outside the royal courts of justice. and cameron, we were speaking a moment ago when this news broke back and you were saying just how many cases prince harry is winding up within the courts, how many court cases is prince harry involved with now . involved with now. >> six civil cases, tom. so he has four cases against british newspapers. the one we're discussing today, which is now going to go to a full blown trial against associated newspapers, which is a publisher of the daily mail over alleged unlawful information gathering. he has another one against the same newspaper group over libel , same newspaper group over libel, a libel issue. he has a case against the mirror group newspapers for unlawful information gathering, case against the sun publisher, which

is news group newspapers for again unlawful information gathering. and then the final two cases he's having brought through the courts are two against the home office. the british government, the first of which is for not providing him with the same degree as of police protection when he stepped back as a working member of the royal family. and the second is for not allowing him to pay for it. the police protection himself. so it's it must cost a lot of money to pursue with all these cases in the court, tom, but it just shows that by prince harry taking the decision to step back as a working member of the royal family, it's given him the freedom which he didn't have as a working member of the royal family because remember, the royal family's motto is never complain, never explain. keep everything private . and prince everything private. and prince harry has spoken about in the past being incredibly frustrated that he's had to keep silent, who couldn't correct the record. and of course he can. so i and now, of course he can. so i think that's why we're seeing

this absolute avalanche of court cases. and he is determined to really drag these newspaper groups and indeed, the home office, it looks like, through the courts and try and succeed. >> cameron i was diligent jotting down my notes as you were were reading there. were as you were reading there. the against home the court case against the home office not police office for not police protection, for not allowing him to himself for not taxpayers to pay himself for not taxpayers paying to pay himself for not taxpayers paying as paying police protection as well. associated well. sun mirror associated newspapers, libel gathering of information. this man is addicted to litigation . well addicted to litigation. well i suppose you could put it that way, tom. >> i think prince harry would certainly say that it's he sees it as his life's work to change the way that the british media operates. he clearly is very affected by what happens to his mother, diana, princess of wales, when she tragically died in paris in 1997. being chased by photographers and newspaper intrusion , which he believes she intrusion, which he believes she received . and of course, we know

received. and of course, we know now through we know through the leveson inquiry, etcetera, that prince harry and others were victims of phone hacking . victims of phone hacking. however, we do need to also remember here that all newspaper groups that prince harry is taking to court have denied the allegations against them . and allegations against them. and thatis allegations against them. and that is why we've got to the point now, now where we're in this trial period. so a couple of months ago, prince harry was in a court just around the corner from where i am, giving two days of evidence against his case, against mirror group newspapers for unlawful information gathering . mr information gathering. mr justice fancourt the high court judge in that case, was still waiting for his decision on that. whether prince harry was on the balance of probabilities. victims of a victim of unlawful information gathering. the case here today is against the publisher of the daily mail associated newspapers , and that associated newspapers, and that will go to a very similar trial as to whether or not, on balance

of probabilities, prince harry was a victim or not. but it's not just prince harry, is it? there are several high profile celebrities and figures involved in each of these litigation cases. so, for example , the one cases. so, for example, the one today against daily mail, we've got elton john burrell , baroness got elton john burrell, baroness lawrence, we've got sadie frost as well. david furnish. there's seven who are jointly suing the publisher of the daily mail for what they see as them being victims of unlawful information gathering by daily mail. publisher denies all the allegations as well. >> cameron walker , thank you so >> cameron walker, thank you so much. a walking, talking encyclopaedia idea all things encyclopaedia idea of all things royal. i had no idea there were quite so many legal cases there. cameron walking, giving us the very latest on this prince harry versus associated newspapers judgement. well still to come, give her the sack sunak. the prime minister give her the sack sunak. the published an expose massive article accusing the met of political bias. drunk dialling

smartphone app can tell you if you're too drunk with 98% accuracy. that's by listening to your voice as you recite tongue twisters. so that and much more to come after your morning news with tatiana . with tatiana. >> tom, thank you very much and good morning. this is the latest from the newsroom. the duke of sussex's privacy case against the daily mail publisher can continue in the high court. prince harry brought action against associated newspapers limited alongside sir elton john. baroness doreen lawrence and four others. they claim it carried out unlawful information gathering and says the legal challenges against it have been brought far too late. but mr justice nicklin says the claimants have a real prospect of demonstrating that the news group concealed relevant facts that would have allowed them to bnng that would have allowed them to bring a claim earlier. now natwest says it will not pay 67.

£6 million in potential payments to former chief executive dame alison rose over her role in the nigel farage de—banking scandal. the former chief executive was in line for an exit package of more than £10 million, but the board of the partly taxpayer owned banking group has decided to pay her 1.7 million. dame alison says she's pleased the bank has cleared her of misconduct . trade bank has cleared her of misconduct. trade unionists opposed to the israel gaza war have blockaded a weapons factory in chatham kent. police are on the scene outside the bae systems factory, where dozens of people are gathered under banners reading workers for a free palestine line and stop arming israel . an organiser says arming israel. an organiser says the weapons manufacturers providing components for military aircraft are being used in the bombardment of gaza . the in the bombardment of gaza. the uk economy failed to grow between july and september, according to new ons figures. many analysts had been predicting a 0.2% fall for the

quarter, but september was stronger than expected . the ons stronger than expected. the ons says the latest figures showed a subdued picture across all sectors, with a decline in the services sector balanced out by growth in manufacturing. chancellor jeremy growth in manufacturing. chancellorjeremy hunt says chancellor jeremy hunt says reducing inflation is the best way to grow the economy . for way to grow the economy. for more on all of those stories, you can visit our website, gbnews.com . gbnews.com. >> for stunning gold and silver coins, you'll always value. rosalind gold price sponsors the gb news finance report. >> here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2212 and ,1.1443. the price of gold £1,599.86 per ounce. and the ftse 100 is at 7380 points. rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news

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and people that i knew had dewbs & co weeknights from . six & co weeknights from. six welcome back to britain's newsroom. >> my name is tom harwood and it's 1039. now, we've been asking people this morning would you go out and sell poppies? the

defence secretary, grant shapps , defence secretary, grant shapps, has said that some poppy sellers have been feeling intimidated over this issue and he doesn't want to see anyone intimidate . want to see anyone intimidate. started when selling poppies across the united kingdom. well, linda has got in touch to say my late dad was a veteran and always used to sell poppies since his passing in april, i was going to carry this on in his memory , but decided to not his memory, but decided to not this year due to seeing on the news poppy sellers being intimidated. that's really, really sad. linda. i hope i hope next year you will be able to go out on the streets and sell those poppies. luke has got in touch to say the poppy also represent it's all the muslims who fought and died for the allies in the two world wars. and that's a very good point. we often those fought often forget those who fought for the british empire for the allies, not all of whom originated in the united kingdom , of course. and susan says , can , of course. and susan says, can anyone tell me why, poppy sellers are being intimidated

and feel nervous? i thought these marches were pro—palestine, not anti remembrance day. and anti poppy sellers. and that's a good point. i think there is a way to protest in in in favour of palestine without being intimidating and without sort of surrounding poppy sellers stools as we saw in one of the london train stations only a few days ago . it's sad that it's come to ago. it's sad that it's come to come to this and particularly sad, linda , please, please find sad, linda, please, please find some friends to sell those poppies. feel don't, don't feel too intimidated. let's let's stick together on this one. but let's move on to our news review. suella braverman is on the brink, and i'm joined by author and broadcaster emma wolf and political commentator matthew stadlen and matthew , matthew stadlen and matthew, let's start with you on this. there's been a lot of discussion about what a tricky position rishi sunak is. does he sack the home secretary or does he keep her? >> yeah, he's in a very sticky

place because some within his own party are desperate for him to sack her, for not heeding calls from number 10 to edit the piece that she wrote in the times, which i thought and many thought was highly inflammatory. there are probably similar numbers of people who don't think it was inflammatory and was but there are other was spot on, but there are other people within own party who people within his own party who think he should hold to her think he should hold on to her and a really damaging and this is a really damaging and this is a really damaging and difficult split for the conservative tvs for various reasons. one is because starmer has been facing some degree of rebellion within his own ranks, but perhaps is actually coming out looking strong for resisting those rebellions is and it's also an important time and very damaging because the conservatives have been languishing in the polls 2020 points behind labour for a considerable amount of time. we're almost certain, aren't we, that we're going to get a general election next year. so if sunak holds on to his home secretary at the same time as alienating a lot of tories and huge swathes of the public,

that's difficult. but if he sacks her as well, that's challenging as well. either way, he jumps, he's, he's not in a happy place now. >> emma wolf are we holding the prime minister and the home secretary to a different standard to that which we're holding sir keir starmer to? and i say this because the labour party says that the home secretary should be sacked because because she disagrees with the with the prime minister. she went against the word the prime minister in word of the prime minister in publishing but we publishing this article. but we know than a dozen know that more than a dozen shadow ministers have gone against sir keir against the word of sir keir starmer on this issue of a gaza ceasefire. we holding ceasefire. the are we holding these two things to a different standard? >> a very, very divided >> it is a very, very divided picture across both and picture across both parties. and i is absolutely i think matthew is absolutely right. terribly sticky right. it's a terribly sticky position. do you keep your position. does do you keep your friends close and your enemies closer? he keep suella closer? does he keep suella inside the camp does he risk inside the camp or does he risk it by sacking his home secretary, which doesn't look good with a few months to 12 months to go until the next election and sort of detaching that right wing of the

conservative party, which is then dangerously conservative party, which is then out dangerously conservative party, which is then out there, |ngerously conservative party, which is then out there, it's rously floating out there, it's a really difficult position for sunak. and are we holding them to a different account? well, you know , of course have to. you know, of course you have to. when have prime minister when you have a prime minister the to be the prime minister needs to be authoritative. needs to show authoritative. he needs to show leadership. think leadership. and i think sunak sadly, very, very sadly, has been very, very lacking in that kind of that kind of leadership, that kind of authority. a few authority. he doesn't a few weeks saw one of his weeks ago, we saw one of his suspended mps, peter bone, out campaigning. know, he campaigning. you know, he doesn't have same doesn't seem to have the same thing this drift over the thing with this drift over the over armistice the over the armistice day and the pro—palestinian protests . is he pro—palestinian protests. is he going do something? he going to do something? isn't he can he speak directly to the police? can he come up with something? it just seems to drift. and i think sunak is looking pretty the moment. >> i happen to think that starmer on starmer got it wrong on israel—palestine to with. israel—palestine to start with. israel—palestine to start with. i he would speak out i hoped that he would speak out in favour restraint and be in favour of restraint and be clearer on the message of international law. he got in that tangled into about whether or not israel should be allowed to sort of put gaza under siege. but regardless of what i personally thought but regardless of what i personallythought indeed personally thought or indeed many thought, think

many others thought, i think he is now seen increasingly is now being seen increasingly as strong leader and indeed, as a strong leader and indeed, i think he gave an interview in the last few days to esquire magazine . it have been magazine. it may have been another magazine which another magazine in which he said, be leader, said, sometimes to be a leader, you need be ruthless. you need to be ruthless. >> but has he been ruthless >> but he has he been ruthless because have so many because there have been so many shadow ministers who have said we should go for a ceasefire. >> they haven't been sacked. one has resigned. and but he hasn't sacked anyone. has resigned. and but he hasn't sackethink'one. has resigned. and but he hasn't sackethink'one perception at >> i think the perception at least that he's been very least is that he's been very strong ridding the party of strong in ridding the party of the legacy of corbynism that that toxicity that meant that at a cost, doesn't he? >> he's got that problem of so many millions of muslim votes that hasn't really it feels a bit unfinished because we know the war is going to unfortunately go on and on. it feels as though what is starmer's plan about that muslim contingent about his muslim, if it could be credibly careful not to just block either jews or muslims together and say that they in one direction they all vote in one direction or another? they all vote in one direction or (we've'? they all vote in one direction or (we've got some very prominent >> we've got some very prominent muslim conservative mps just

just think of sajid javid, for example, who has held some very high ministries of state in terms of the ruthlessness of starmer. i think that he is beginning to be seen as a strong leader because a lot of that corbyn toxicity has been expelled from the party just look at what he did to jeremy corbyn himself. i mean, this is unthinkable in the past that someone who was the labour leader the party into leader leading the party into two elections. now two general elections. he is now no to run as no longer able to run as a labour mp. there are lots of labour mp. there are lots of labour mps who do take corbyn's line on the ceasefire. >> we had that amendment proposed to the king's speech, signed by so many labour backbenchers, some former shadow cabinet ministers signing up to that as does sir keir that as well. does sir keir starmer actually have this iron grip over the party or is it just the very top layer that he controls? >> this is a very important question and it's certainly a very divisive issue and allowing allowing to stick up for allowing people to stick up for the innocent lives that are being lost in gaza at the same time as maintaining party discipline. if you can manage

those two things together, that's very important. just quickly on sunak, i don't think he is being seen as decisive or strong because everyone can see whether they agree with suella braverman or not. everyone can see that she is acting without the prime minister's consent. in other words, she is out of control i believe , and i may control and i believe, and i may be wrong, that sunak appointed a reappointed her days reappointed herjust six days after she been forced to after she had been forced to resign under the liz truss administration. he reappointed her as home secretary because he thought politically he needed her as home secretary because he thou he politically he needed her as home secretary because he thou he was tically he needed her as home secretary because he thou he was toolly he needed her as home secretary because he thou he was too weak needed her as home secretary because he thou he was too weak not ded her as home secretary because he thou he was too weak not tod her. he was too weak not to appoint her then and i think he's too weak to sack her now. emma are we witnessing the break—up of the conservative party? break—up of the conservative parwell , i think we're certainly >> well, i think we're certainly witnessing a very, very i mean, it seems to be the end of cabinet unity at the moment. >> it's very divided party on the conservative on both the conservative side on both sides. the conservative sides. but on the conservative side, think very side, i think it was very unhelpful the former prime unhelpful of the former prime minister. always unhelpful minister. it's always unhelpful when minister when a former prime minister weighs boris johnson weighs in. but boris johnson yesterday the tories yesterday saying, oh, the tories are drifting under sunak, they're defeat. they're drifting towards defeat. i damning. i mean, that's pretty damning. but that's i think

but i think that's i think i think boris johnson but i think that's i think i think borisjohnson right. think boris johnson is right. and think that, i was and i think that, as i was saying, it's lack of saying, it's this lack of authority, lack of command authority, a lack of command that sunak seems have. i that sunak seems to have. i mean, it's not when you have a home secretary who goes rogue like this. >> i mean, we're hearing the mysterious voice boris mysterious voice of boris johnson all johnson looming large over all conservative party, louis johnson. >> it's like alexa. he suddenly starts to to us soon to be starts to talk to us soon to be soon to be found in the news studio. >> very soon. very soon. >>— >> very soon. very soon. >> we saw pretty much nothing apart from self—driving buses and oil and gas in the and a bit of oil and gas in the king's speech i sunak king's speech i think sunak needs with something needs to come up with something in the autumn statement. his chancellor under a lot of chancellor is under a lot of pressure give some pressure to give to give some something voters tax cuts. something to voters tax cuts. i think needs to turn things around. >> just on this question of the division you ask tory division that you ask the tory party, are we witnessing it split? i mean, we've had these questions conservatives questions about conservatives for and for decades, haven't we? and we started have under started to have them under corbyn with labour, which is why started to have them under cthink with labour, which is why started to have them under cthink with starmer,nhich is why started to have them under cthink with starmer, whetherwhy i think that starmer, whether you with his you happen to agree with his politics or not, has done a reasonably job dragging reasonably good job of dragging the back into the the labour party back into the mainstream back into a mainstream and back into a position of serious electability. >> suppose. we often talk

>> i suppose. also we often talk about these issues. in about these these issues. in 2019 said, can the labour 2019 we said, can the labour party survive in 2017? party possibly survive in 2017? we said, can the conservative party possibly survive? in 1997? >> everyone thought the tory party would these two sort of falling apart parties and but it's been the case for decades. >> in 1983, we thought that the labour party would never govern again . you know, it's i suppose again. you know, it's i suppose there's always this ebb and flow and events, but over the next 12 months, while that's absolutely well, that's absolutely right . well, that's absolutely right. >> and the talk the talk because of our political the of our political system, the talk demise of either of talk of the demise of either of the behemoths, that's always premature. almost always hyperbolic. i would say hyperbolic. but i would just say on division fraser on this division point, fraser nelson, someone don't often nelson, someone i don't often agree wrote a piece in the agree with, wrote a piece in the telegraph today about the dissolution the tory party, dissolution of the tory party, the tory parliamentary party, and some and there were some extraordinary phrases there extraordinary phrases in there that he'd got from that i think he'd got from various tories. one was that the next tory king's speech will be given by another in other given by another king. in other words, the tories will be out of power for a long time. and yet

another was that the tory party is a corpse without a cause. what does it stand for? now you could equally ask perhaps, what does keir starmer stand for? the problem for sunak is that he is the head of a party and a prime minister of a ruling party that has been in power in one shape or another years, and or another for 13 years, and thatis or another for 13 years, and that is the that is the crucial thing. >> that's the length of time that new labour was in power. >> exhausted. >> exhausted. >> but we do need to move on because we did tease this little story minutes ago. story just a few minutes ago. this this new smartphone app, which can tell if you're too drunk with 98% accuracy. see, emma, i'm going to throw this one to you . apparently, it one to you. apparently, it listens to your voice as you recite tongue twisters . recite tongue twisters. >> yes, that's absolutely ludicrous. i hate all these devices that listen to you. you walk into the room and you're talking to your three year old and starts talking at you and alexa starts talking at you and alexa starts talking at you and telling asking you and then telling asking you whether onto whether you want to add it onto your shopping or whatever. your shopping list or whatever. just as for just odd things. as for assessing you're too assessing whether you're too drunk, mean, wrong with

drunk, i mean, what's wrong with the old the old fashioned try walking straight try walking in a straight line, try taking your jeans off or taking your your jeans off or whatever standing up. whatever while standing up. well, have listen well, just have a human listen to say a tongue twister. to how you say a tongue twister. >> point of this? >> i think it's to try to adjust it in time device eventually to those who don't quite know when we're about to go over the limit. don't mean driving limit. i don't mean driving limit, but just sort of socially acceptable limit. the thing that i find really useful my i would find really useful in my earlier days when i would occasionally drink too much or binge i never my friends binge drink, i never my friends would i don't drink would tell you i don't drink very but there would very much, but there would be friday saturday where friday or saturday nights where i'd drink too much and i'd sometimes drink too much and once found myself in a scrap with a bouncer, which is something should avoid. with a bouncer, which is somit's ng should avoid. with a bouncer, which is somit's that should avoid. with a bouncer, which is somit's that moment;hould avoid. with a bouncer, which is somit's that moment when avoid. but it's that moment when because i think a delay, because i think there's a delay, isn't when you drink, isn't there? when you drink, you don't the don't immediately feel the effects. that's the thing, effects. and that's the thing, because then if if you're effects. and that's the thing, bec feeling an if if you're effects. and that's the thing, bec feeling drunk, if you're effects. and that's the thing, bec feeling drunk, then ou're effects. and that's the thing, bec feeling drunk, then you; not feeling drunk, then you then sometimes keep sometimes wrongly, you keep drunk get really, drunk and then you get really, really drunk. >> your perception of whether you're not, your you're drunk or not, your ability perceive that ability to perceive that probably decreases the more drunk get. drunk that you get. >> need to sober >> and you need to be sober enough to hang on enough to think, hang on a minute. i, you am i way

minute. am i, you know, am i way out of line here? and i'm not sure that you're actually going to to app and start to go to an app and start reciting. also, tongue twister is difficult sober is a difficult anyway, sober or drunk. you can get drunk. you know, you can get them drunk. you know, you can get the this is true. do you know any >> this is true. do you know any tongue twisters off the top of your head? >> peter parker. peter. peter piper. piper. peter piper piper. peter piper. peter piper picked a peck of pepper. picked a peck of pickled pepper. >> very good. very good. >> very good. very good. >> it quickly. >> now say it quickly. >> now say it quickly. >> no, no, no. well now we're going to find out if this is water or if this is gin in my. >> in my glass. she sells seashells on the seashore. >> sells seashells on the >> she sells seashells on the seashore. look we've. seashore. look i think we've. >> i we've all passed >> i think we've all passed sobriety test, so that's that's very, very good. >> one extra >> let's get one little extra story in because matthew northern becomes northern waitrose booths becomes the supermarket go the first uk supermarket to go back fully staffed. back to fully staffed. >> this is a brilliant story and i is the sort of i think this is the sort of thing really resonates with thing that really resonates with people across people right up and down across the country. >> is a the which is >> this is a the booths which is self described or is described by others as a northern waitrose and bases its whole approach on friendliness. i think it feels that these are self check ins are not friendly and i think

they're absolutely right. first of it's nice to be able to of all, it's nice to be able to greet another human being when you're checking out of a shop. it's the human it's part of the human experience as our experience and as our experiences and more experiences become more and more digitised strips us digitised, i think it strips us of something of our humanness. but the other thing is as well, i don't know about you, emma, or you tom when i go into supermarket , i you tom when i go into supermarket, i still find you tom when i go into supermarket , i still find those supermarket, i still find those self checkouts little bit self checkouts a little bit tncky self checkouts a little bit tricky a bit scary. ten tricky and a bit scary. ten years on or whatever it is, so i'd far prefer if there's one person who's doing the checkout, i that say, please i go to that person say, please will my best? will you do my best? >> do you go to the. no, >> but do you go to the. no, i don't find them tricky at all. >> i'm okay with that. i can just about with those. just about cope with those. i can it really quickly and can do it really quickly and whatever, but i think it's brilliant bringing brilliant that they're bringing back think that for back tills. i think that for older there's a lady who older people, there's a lady who lives from us, old lives downstairs from us, an old lady, only contact lady, her only social contact every day, her daily thing is to walk and buy a paper and walk out and buy a paper and a pint of milk, you know, and she'll buy a small amount. and that's daily thing is to go that's her daily thing is to go into supermarket and talk to someone. >> such an important story. >> one widely with i with the

march artificial intelligence >> one widely with i with the mar> one widely with i with the mar> one widely with i with the mar> one widely with i with the mar> one widely with i with the mar> one widely with i with the mar> i also think it'll be great for shoplifting and things. i mean, huge rise great mean, the huge rise great against shoplifting? against. >> yes. >> yes. >> yeah. i mean, the retail >> yes. yeah. i mean, the retail crime for smaller but crime for smaller shops, but also supermarkets also the big supermarkets because one in also the big supermarkets bec shop. one in the shop. >> yes. yes. well you have people at tills have to the people at tills have run to the end the hour. but emma and end of the hour. but emma and matthew, thank you so much for a wide ranging discussion there. everything of everything from the future of political parties self political parties to self checkouts now coming up, does political parties to self cheyprime now coming up, does political parties to self cheyprime minister|ing up, does political parties to self cheyprime minister need p, does political parties to self cheyprime minister need to does political parties to self cheyprime minister need to doea the prime minister need to be a braver what we did braver man? see what we did there fire home there and fire his home secretary would be secretary or would that be a very silly thing to do? well, we're gb news and we're going to discuss that more after this. hello again. >> aidan mcgivern here >> it's aidan mcgivern here from the the gb news the met office with the gb news forecast showers continue the met office with the gb news foresome;howers continue the met office with the gb news fore some of wers continue the met office with the gb news fore some of us's continue the met office with the gb news fore some of us today, continue the met office with the gb news foresome of us today, butinue the met office with the gb news fore some of us today, but fine for some of us today, but fine and bright for many others and the will as well as the winds will ease as well as an area of low pressure slowly moves that's been bringing moves away. that's been bringing some to south and some heavy rain to the south and southwest earlier. also

southwest earlier. that also moves from the far moves away from the far southeast head into the southeast as we head into the afternoon. the winds then easing, enough of easing, but still enough of a breeze to bring further showers into the far scotland into the far north of scotland and parts of and northern ireland. parts of west wales and the south—west otherwise, many, bright otherwise, for many, a bright day a lot of day to come. still a lot of cloud cover towards the south—east. not far south—east. temperatures not far from the seasonal average. we're looking at eight to 11 or 12 celsius, then heading into the evening, we've got a bit of a north to northwesterly breeze. that's bringing some colder air in. so showers over the in. so the showers over the scottish mountains will be falling also where falling as snow. but also where we do have some spells, we do have some clear spells, temperatures will fall away. it's going to be a frosty one tonight for many places with temperatures dipping close to freezing for some towns and cities in the south and a little below freezing in some sheltered spots in the countryside . so spots in the countryside. so a chilly start to saturday, but a bright start for many. it's a dry and clear morning . we've dry and clear morning. we've still got some areas of cloud, especially towards the east of england, northern scotland, as well. will break up well. but this will break up into the afternoon. and then for many, it's actually a fine,

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for a very good morning to you. >> it is 11 am. on the 10th of november. and this is britain's newsroom here on gb news. my name is tom harwood and let's see what's coming up for the rest of the show . braverman on rest of the show. braverman on

the brink. the prime minister faces pressure to sack his home secretary for going off script over protest politics. but is suella braverman's job now untenable ? prince of privacy? untenable? prince of privacy? the courts have decided to move forward with prince harry and others. privacy case against the publisher of the daily mail. further hearing for the case will be held on the 21st of november this year. stealing british jobs. see what we did there. thousands of jobs could be lost at british steel's scunthorpe plant with ministers now coming under pressure to protect employment and guarantee ni steel can continue to be made in the uk . in the uk. and of course all this morning we've been talking about poppy selling the defence secretary, grant shapps , has said no one

grant shapps, has said no one should feel intimidated to not sell poppies up and down the country and we have heard some heartwarming stories from brave gb news viewers who have gone in day out, day in to sell those poppies, people who stood with them. and even one tragic story of someone who's decided not to sell due keep keep those stories coming in gb views at cbnnews.com. but before all of that, let's get your news update with tatiana . with tatiana. >> tom, thank you . good morning. >> tom, thank you. good morning. this is the latest. natwest says it will not pay £7.6 million in potential payments to former chief executive dame alison rose over her role in the nigel farage de—banking scandal while she was in line for an exit package of more than £10 million. but the board of the partly taxpayer owned banking group has decided to pay her 1.7 million. dame alison says she's pleased the bank has cleared her

of misconduct . the duke of of misconduct. the duke of sussex's privacy case against the daily mail publisher can continue in the high court. prince harry brought action against associated newspapers limited alongside sir elton john. baroness doreen lawrence and four others. they claim it carried out unlawful information gathering and says the legal challenges against it have been brought far too late. but mr justice nicklin says the claimants have a real prospect of demonstrating that the news group concealed relevant facts that would have allowed them to bnng that would have allowed them to bring a claim earlier. trade unionists opposed to the israel gaza war have blockaded a weapons factory in chatham . i weapons factory in chatham. i believe that we will win . believe that we will win. >> i believe that we will win . i >> i believe that we will win. i believe that we will win. kent police are on the scene outside the by systems factory where hundreds of people are gathered under banners reading workers for a free palestine and stop

arming israel . arming israel. >> an organiser says the weapons manufacturers providing components for military aircraft being used in the bombardment of gaza. being used in the bombardment of gaza . rishi sunak is facing gaza. rishi sunak is facing calls to sack the home secretary after she defied downing street by posting an article accusing the police of bias. suella braverman accused the metropolitan police of playing favourites with pro—palestinian protesters. it's ahead of a planned demonstration in the capital on remembrance sunday. number 10 says it didn't sign off on the article and the prime minister has full confidence in the home secretary. but shadow financial secretary james murray says she should go suella braverman just feels out of control. >> you know , she's using >> you know, she's using language which i don't think the home secretary should be using. i think it's inflaming community tensions. i think it's not helping the police to do their job in a sensitive situation . job in a sensitive situation. you know, what she should be doing is supporting the police to go after those who perpetrate

hate crime or extremism, not the right person to be doing this job. and rishi sunak probably knows that. what it also shows is he's he's a weak prime is that he's he's a weak prime minister because he doesn't agree with what she's saying. he should sack her. it comes as one of the uk's most senior officers says police chiefs must be able to operate without political interference. >> now national police chiefs council chair gavin stevens says policing could be undermined if pubuc policing could be undermined if public debate is allowed to influence decision making. this after the head of the met police refused to ban tomorrow's pro—palestine protest in central london, despite public pressure from the prime minister and the home secretary . israel says tens home secretary. israel says tens of thousands of gazans are moving to the southern part of the gaza strip. the israeli defence forces claims it's opened an evacuation corridor, but the united nations says any pauses in airstrikes need to be coordinated with them, which hasn't happened . well, that is

hasn't happened. well, that is president joe biden says military pauses in gaza aimed to get up to 150 aid trucks daily to increase the flow of food, water and medicine into the region. the white house has said israel agreed to pause military operations in parts of north gaza for four hours a day, over 12,300 people have been killed on both sides as israeli troops continue their offensive in gaza . to the uk and the economy failed to grow between july and september, the office for national statistics says gross domestic product, which measures the value of goods and services produced, stagnated. many analysts had been predicting a 0.2% fall for the quarter. but september was stronger than expected . shadow chancellor expected. shadow chancellor rachel reeves says labour would bnng rachel reeves says labour would bring back stability to the uk economy . chancellor jeremy hunt economy. chancellor jeremy hunt says economy. chancellorjeremy hunt says reducing inflation is the best way to grow it. >> this economy is much more resilient than many people

predicted and of course there's an impact as we bring down inflation, as we start to win that battle against inflation, we will be taking measures to unlock the long term potential of the economy with measures to help people get back to work to reform the planning system, to support our manufacture errors. and when that in the next and when we do that in the next couple of weeks, you will see an autumn growth . autumn statement for growth. >> this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on your digital radio and now on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now back to . tom news. now back to. tom >> thanks , tatiana. >> thanks, tatiana. >> thanks, tatiana. >> now it's 1106. my name >> thanks, tatiana. >> now it's1106. my name is tom howard and you're with britain's newsroom here on gb news. now let's have a look at what you've been saying at home, particularly on this question of poppy particularly on this question of poppy selling. colin in west yorkshire has written in to say, i've been selling poppies with the hartshead service station on the hartshead service station on the m1 62 recently and have had

nothing but friendly experience . nothing but friendly experience. audiences, particularly from ex—services personnel, but also from a wide cross—section of travellers. i'm constantly amazed by the generosity of the general public. a good news story. there david has said he cannot imagine any normal service cumstances situation. safer than being a poppy seller. it's just dreadful. what we've come to. and lynn agrees, saying, can i just say that actually having to ask the question about safe poppy selling is an absolute disgrace. and there's another david as well, who said it's all very well, who said it's all very well grant shapps the defence secretary, saying that nobody should be frightened to sell poppies. but what's he going to do about it ? david adds suella do about it? david adds suella is right, and there's just one more comment that i want to come to before we get into the meat of the show, and that's from ken, who has quite rightly written in to criticise his my mispronunciation on ken has said now tom's at it again. the word

is privacy, not privy persie. we're english, we're not american. well, we're british at least. but but yes. no, ken, you're absolutely right. slapping myself on the wrist for that privacy. not privacy. but let's get on to the big, big story that is, of course, driving the day. rishi sunak facing these calls to sack his home secretary suella braverman has been accused of saying that the police have given pro—palestine demonstrators special treatment, but also perhaps more damningly doing so without the prime minister's approval. labour say that's a breach of the ministerial code , breach of the ministerial code, but more than a thousand police officers have been drafted in to keep these protests under control this weekend . so just control this weekend. so just how big of an operation will this really be for the police and can they possibly keep us safe? can they keep the marching pro—palestinian protesters

separate from those who are wishing to deliver quiet contempt , elation and reflection contempt, elation and reflection 7 contempt, elation and reflection ? on the 11th of this month ? ? on the 11th of this month? well, joining me in the studio is security specialist will geddes and will, i know that you have run security operations in the westminster area before. how difficult is it to ensure that these events go by safely and securely ? securely? >> well, the first thing that you do, tom, is you do your risk assessment. you look at all the component parts as to what will happen on the day or the evening of that particular event. you look at the number of people potentially anticipate potentially that you anticipate turning look at what turning up. you look at what resources have, which are resources you have, which are going borrowed or lent by going to be borrowed or lent by the metropolitan police . and the metropolitan police. and then other security then what other security measures there could in place measures there could be in place that you potentially make that you can potentially make sure goes without sure that the event goes without any kind of interruption or the concern i have. and i mean, and i ran, for example, the farewell or the sorry, the farewell to brexit party in westminster in

westminster square. and there was 250,000 people january 20th, 20, when the uk left the eu . 20, when the uk left the eu. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> and there were a lot of high profile people that came along to speak. my politics are inert. i'm apolitical. you know , i i'm apolitical. you know, i don't fall to any one particular side, but obviously i have to consider what i'm planning. something like all the something like that. all the various elements that may want to along disrupt it. to come along and disrupt it. now, got this weekend now, what we've got this weekend is unprecedented situation . is an unprecedented situation. you know, only a thousand police officers being drafted in doesn't sound like an awful lot. it may sound lot to a lot it may sound like a lot to a lot of people, but we have a number of people, but we have a number of different factors which are going come play. you going to come into play. you have that want have obviously those that want to , obviously, to commemorate, obviously, armistice day and want to armistice day and they want to show respects and that show their respects and that will many, many people from will be many, many people from the community. you have the veteran community. you have those that are now going to be turning propane, mark turning up for propane, mark steyn although steyn marches. and although that's located that's going to be located elsewhere, we will see cross—contamination on both sides. we're going to see those those that are perhaps with a more victorious or vigilant

agenda into grating potentially within those at the cenotaph and vice versa . vice versa. >> do you think there will be people on both sides actively looking for trouble tomorrow? >> yes, there will be. i think i can say that and i don't think that comes as a huge surprise to anybody. you have always agitators in large groups. they hide in plain sight. agitators in large groups. they hide in plain sight . they can hide in plain sight. they can use the camouflage of innocent protest fighters or innocent members of the general public to hide amongst. members of the general public to hide amongst . you have also and hide amongst. you have also and i've certainly been getting a lot of intelligence about far right groups that want to turn up with nationalist pride up with some nationalist pride that they believe is their driving force to potentially prevent pro—palestine agitators from interrupting or disrupting . from interrupting or disrupting. obviously, the commemorations at the cenotaph, you have members of the military that are very, you know, a lot of emotions are running very, very high right now. >> people will have lost friends recently. will have recently. people will have lost friends. years they'll friends. many years ago. they'll want be quietly want to be be quietly contemplative , particularly at

contemplative, particularly at 11:00. yeah, i suppose that could be a flashpoint. >> oh, yeah, big time. but also it's the irony. the irony which i find quite remarkable, is the fact that our commemoration of armistice day and remembrance weekend is for those that fought before us and fought for our freedoms in this country and the liberties to be able to protest . liberties to be able to protest. now, although we have the right to protest, we don't necessarily have the right to protest where we so choose. and this is really the key factor here. and it's down to the metropolitan police to try and corral and ensure that we don't have this cross—contamination. but i think i feel sadly , that there will be i feel sadly, that there will be clashes tomorrow of those that literally are out there simply to cause disruption . to cause disruption. >> if that's your assessment, why then has the metropolitan police said , we don't think that police said, we don't think that there'll be significant disruption. that's why we're going allow this march to go going to allow this march to go ahead. going to allow this march to go ahead . yes, about an hour after ahead. yes, about an hour after the 11:00 poignant moments , i the 11:00 poignant moments, i believe, is when the big march

is scheduled for. that has been permitted by the met police because the met police commissioner has said he doesn't believe that there is a significant risk to disturb the peace. do you disagree with his assessment? >> i do. i do. i mean, i've got a lot of great respect for mark rowley. think he's he's rowley. i think he's he's an excellent commissioner. i think he's under lot of he's coming under a lot of fire right unnecessarily . he right now, unnecessarily. he only certain laws that he only has certain laws that he can utilise and execute in terms of obviously the safe keeping of members of the general public. but having said that , they do but having said that, they do need to show some some levels of robustness tomorrow . they really robustness tomorrow. they really do. i have a lot of good friends who are in the metropolitan police. i have a lot of friends within the military community and veteran community and and the veteran community and the in the police is the morale in the police is incredibly low right now. really really low. and if you imagine you as a police officer, say, for example , tom, you returning for example, tom, you returning to family in the evening to your family in the evening after policing a pro—palestine demonstration, which showed a lot of hate towards the police, you would feel very despondent .

you would feel very despondent. and therefore, mark rowley has to allow his officers to really exercise their discretion , but exercise their discretion, but also their common sense in terms of policing these events to make sure and this is on both sides, this isn't just on pro—palestine. this is also on those that are coming up to protect the commemoration of armistice day and the remembrance. >> there will be some who do so solemnly and properly , but there solemnly and properly, but there might be some elements who do so aggressively well without wishing to sound too crude, you know, you're going to a lot know, you're going to get a lot of squaddies will and of squaddies who will have and many friends who will come up. >> obviously, if the commemorations , they will be in commemorations, they will be in the pub all day, you know, and obviously, once alcohol starts fuelling and emotions start running higher , you have all running higher, you have all these other fragmented , far these other fragmented, far right extremists. the crucial element police to element is for the police to keep these two groups apart to stop palestinian protests is stop the palestinian protests is mixing with those who are showing their respect . showing their respect. >> how would they go about doing that? >> well, the only way that you can do this is really to make

sure there's as much distance as possible. those that break away from either of those groups to come together clash. you want come together to clash. you want to and them into to try and keep them into a sterile environment to a certain extent. and when say sterile extent. and when i say sterile environment, is a location environment, that is a location where general where members of the general pubuc public won't be affected collaterally by any kind of flashpoint situations . so it flashpoint situations. so it will be about keeping them as separate as possible. and then respecting those parameters and those boundaries within which they can then undertake whatever it is that they want to undertake . undertake. >> gosh, it sounds like a very serious situation could unfold. obviously, this is all speculation, but do you think that the comments of the home secretary in the last two days have made things harder ? have made things harder? >> it's a good question, tom. it's a really good question. i don't think she'll get kicked out. i don't think rishi has got, you know, the backbone for that. got, you know, the backbone for that . i think got, you know, the backbone for that. i think she's going to be left she is. i think she's left as she is. i think she's only saying what a lot of people are thinking right now. we've also to speculate that she's also got to speculate that she's may more

may be party to more intelligence and more information than necessarily information than is necessarily released domain . released into the public domain. so think suella. yes i think so i think suella. yes i think a lot of us are behind her. she seems to be the one person, perhaps in the tory party right now that has actually showing any kind of backbone. some kind of some kind of of spirit, some kind of resilience to what's going on. and certainly i think we've just got bear in mind that got to bear in mind that emotions are running high. hers probably , whether this probably equally, whether this is own little crusade that is her own little crusade that she's on, i don't know . is her own little crusade that she's on, i don't know. but i think certainly she's probably reiterating echoing what reiterating or echoing what many, people are thinking many, many people are thinking right now. >> mentioned the thoughts >> you mentioned the thoughts of those the those members of the metropolitan police who are going to have to go back to their families after whatever happens takes place. happens tomorrow takes place. and secretary right and was the home secretary right to criticise the police ? s to criticise the police? s whether it was as individuals or as an institution for having what she termed as a sort of two tier level of, of, of policing ? tier level of, of, of policing? >> i think it's irresponsible when she should be more than aware that the morale is very,

very low and you don't kick a good man when he's down. and i think mark rowley again, he has only certain parameters within the law that they can execute their duties and they can arrest their duties and they can arrest the mp, danny kruger termed it as a sort of unconscious bias that police are more likely to perhaps find it easier to go after far right groups than they are to find it easy to go after the perhaps individuals espousing islamism on the streets of london. >> do you think he has a point there? i i don't know. >> i mean, i think to be honest, too, i know some people who've been up to the west end recently who are not far right, who are simply patriotic, who wanted to protect of the statues that protect many of the statues that we've been abused in we've seen have been abused in the week or so. and they've the last week or so. and they've been turned away by the police. and were low hanging fruit. and they were low hanging fruit. they of they were easy sort of individuals to target, to prevent obviously coming closer to any of the statues or potentially into contact with pro—palestine supporters . but pro—palestine supporters. but having said that, there has to it can't be arbitrary. it has to be fair across the board . and i

be fair across the board. and i think, again, using the interpretation of jihad as a fairly loose and ambiguous term , fairly loose and ambiguous term, ispent fairly loose and ambiguous term, i spent a lot of time in the middle east, in iraq, afghanistan and various other parts of the middle east. jihad has a very clear message. we know exactly what that means. and i don't think there's any ambiguity there. >> finally, what would >> so very finally, what would be advice to members of the be your advice to members of the pubuc be your advice to members of the public who might want show public who might want to show their respect for british service personnel, show their respect for who have respect for those who have fallen protect our freedoms ? fallen to protect our freedoms? what should they do? this weekend? should they go out to those memorials and pay those war memorials and pay quiet, solemn respect? or perhaps should they stay at home? >> well, i think, again , it's >> well, i think, again, it's a difficult one. i don't want to deny anybody in this country of free will that we have here from potentially going up there and showing respects . we showing their respects. we can all the two minute all adhere to the two minute silence wherever we are the silence wherever we are in the world right even for world right now. so even for those are serving overseas those who are serving overseas or operations overseas, or on operations overseas, they can't turn up in can't obviously turn up in central london, but they can obviously their respect with obviously do their respect with their two minute silence

wherever they are . but having wherever they are. but having said that, i think members of wherever they are. but having saicgeneral think members of wherever they are. but having saicgeneral public nembers of wherever they are. but having saicgeneral public have ers of wherever they are. but having saicgeneral public have to of wherever they are. but having saicgeneral public have to be wherever they are. but having saicgethatl public have to be wherever they are. but having saicgethat they lic have to be wherever they are. but having saicgethat they are1ave to be wherever they are. but having saicgethat they are1ave to [into aware that they are coming into aware that they are coming into a potential flashpoint situation . say exercise . so i would say exercise caution. and if you do go , make caution. and if you do go, make sure that you are within easy sight and easy reach of any uniformed police officer, because as they are there, as our protector is to look after ourselves , be careful where you ourselves, be careful where you you position yourself . you position yourself. >> will geddes thank you so much with that message. exercise caution . something that we can caution. something that we can all adhere to . well, still to all adhere to. well, still to come, thousands of jobs could be lost at british steel's scunthorpe plant after the chinese owned company confirmed that it was planned to replace those blast furnaces with two electric arc versions. more on that in the details in just a few minutes .

michael portillo gb news britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> welcome back . now, thousands >> welcome back. now, thousands ofjobs >> welcome back. now, thousands of jobs could be lost at british steel's scunthorpe plant , with steel's scunthorpe plant, with ministers now coming under pressure to protect employment and guarantee steel can continue to be made in the uk. now the chinese owned company confirmed that it planned to replace blast furnaces with two electric arc versions , which can run on zero versions, which can run on zero carbon electricity . it's still carbon electricity. it's still waiting for, quote, appropriate support from the uk government. well, our reporter anna riley has the story . british steel has

has the story. british steel has been the heartbeat of scunthorpe for 160 years, creating employment for the local community. >> but times have changed. now it's blast furnaces are set to go electric to make steel production here greener by recycling scrap steel . and that recycling scrap steel. and that could cost 2000 people their jobs as well as leaving the uk without the ability to produce its own virgin steel . with its own virgin steel. with ministers pushing for reassurances, if the government is to finance the scheme . is to finance the scheme. >> if we're going to give hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayer money to british steel, we have to ensure that we protect steel jobs and that we retain a blast furnace steelmaking capability in scunthorpe . we can't do anything scunthorpe. we can't do anything without steel as a nation. nobody can. >> if thousands of jobs are lost at the plant in scunthorpe. this will have a huge knock on effect to the local economy, which

relies on trade from steelworkers and businesses like beck bakery , who sell the beck bakery, who sell the majority of food to staff from the plant . the plant. >> most of our trade is from the workers from either the british steel or the contractors that work on british steel . i would work on british steel. i would say 90% of it is people here have faced years of uncertainty around the steelworks. >> their used to cuts, but this feels different. the blast furnaces are the steelworks. we make the best steel in the world. >> we always have them tircoed, rail and everything . and it's a rail and everything. and it's a steel industry. i don't know how you can go green with a steel industry. >> scunthorpe will be like a museum . it'll be no good at all. museum. it'll be no good at all. it's been british steel and it's been here donkey's years , you been here donkey's years, you know, and it's we're down to the last one. >> we're down to the last steelworks here, and that's that'll be the end of it then. >> it's inevitable. the

steelworks have got to move forward and it's progress . forward and it's progress. >> and unfortunately, sadly for jobs , that's what's happening. jobs, that's what's happening. >> steel , jobs, that's what's happening. >> steel, along jobs, that's what's happening. >> steel , along with the >> british steel, along with the council, have also announced plans for an advanced manufacturing park on part of the steelworks site, which could create thousands of green jobs such as in hydrogen. >> it seems a little bit callous to think that you'll try and redesign new jobs and all at the same time as other people are going to have to change theirs. but we've got to have a solid future for kids in this area to want to stay in area . we want to stay in this area. we want to stay in this area. we want better paid jobs and high engineering you that engineering jobs, you know, that sort and that's what sort of stuff. and that's what we for the future, for we want for the future, for local people. >> british steel's proposals will by external will be reviewed by an external specialist on behalf trade specialist on behalf of trade unions if plans go ahead. the blast furnaces will remain operational until electric arc furnace installation from late 2025. anna riley gb news scunthorpe . scunthorpe. >> well, thanks to anna for that report. i know how how close to

the heart the issue of british made steel is to so many people and i'm delighted to be joined by our own expert business and economics editor liam halligan, who's with me in the studio now. liam frankly , it is more liam frankly, it is more expensive to make steel in the uk than in other parts of the world. why is that? >> a lot of it is because our energy prices are very, very high because of the way our energy market works. >> but let's just park that for a minute because i just want to talk about these gdp numbers and then we'll course, we'll talk about the context of that. >> i agree. a really good package there from anna. she really that part of the really knows that part of the country well. great get country well. and great to get those local those voices on gb news of local people. look, gdp, this is people. so look, gdp, this is the size of the economy the most important sort of data point in our sort of political and public life. and we've got the new numbers out this morning. new numbers out this morning. new numbers came out this morning. i was on gb news bright and early 7 am. this morning when they came out. let's have a look at

some of the numbers on a graphic here. so gdp fell nought point 6% compared the month 6% in july compared to the month before. are month on month before. these are month on month numbers 0.1% in numbers and it rose 0.1% in august. really, really tiny changes. and it grew by changes. and then it grew by 0.2% in september. that was the number out this morning and that amounts to the whole of what we call the third quarter of the yean call the third quarter of the year, july to september. number of total of nought of a grand total of nought percent third quarter growth. that to september. so that is july to september. so the is stagnating, but so far the uk is stagnating, but so far we're avoiding recession , we're we're avoiding recession, we're flatlining recession. of course , flatlining recession. of course, as you know well, tom, is to successive quarters of negative growth at the moment. we've got no quarters of negative growth. so we are avoiding recession. unlike germany and unlike some other major economies in the world. so it's interesting, the uk not doing very, very well, but not doing as badly as we could be doing. >> so hanging in there, resilient and you know, we've had 14 interest rate rises since december 2021. >> the bank of england estimates

about half the impact of those rises has hit the economy. so that monetary tightening will work through the system. erm beanng work through the system. erm bearing down on bank lending. banks won't want to lend and companies because borrowing costs are higher. they want to what we call de—lever. that means , you know, get rid of means, you know, get rid of their debts, pay off their borrowings so they're not borrowings so they're not borrowing they're not borrowing to invest, they're not expanding . and this what's expanding. and this is what's undermining growth . all these undermining growth. all these interest rises . but we're interest rate rises. but we're not yet in recession. and maybe we'll avoid it, certainly, since it's the bank of england held interest rates for the second month in a row earlier this month in a row earlier this month at 5.25. the chief economist of the bank of england and almost the governor of the bank england both bank of england have both indicated think indicated they probably think that have peaked. that interest rates have peaked. the very august think tank, the national institute for economic and social research, said earlier think earlier this week they think interest so interest rates have peaked. so we get some more growth. we may get some more growth. >> so let's zoom in now to steel because i suppose one of the big, big problems, as you mentioned at the start of this interview with regard to making

steel in is interview with regard to making this in context. look, the chinese, they make about and it's in many ways it's a kind of less advanced process. and so what you may say, well,

here's why. if a country can't make its own steel , it can't make its own steel, it can't build its own buildings , it build its own buildings, it can't build its own railway, it can't build its own railway, it can't build its own infrastructure. and given that the chinese already own british steel jinhui , the big steel jinhui, the big conglomerate, took british steel overin conglomerate, took british steel over in march 2020, when everyone was focussed on lockdown. and of course , tata lockdown. and of course, tata control our other big steel making plant in port talbot . but making plant in port talbot. but then, you know, these commanding heights of the british economy , heights of the british economy, these extremely strategic industries are completely foreign owned and foreign controlled. now that may be okay or it may not be okay. certainly our relations with china have become a lot less warm and cuddly in recent years . did you cuddly in recent years. did you know, tom, that panda diplomacy has stopped? we're sending back pandas back the edinburgh pandas to china because, yeah, we're sending back the pandas. panda diplomacy has stopped. that is a kind of bellwether, if you like, liam, i expect a lot of things from you when we have these discussions. i expect if you

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general, it's not only very, very strategic. those jobs are often in the red wall. you've still got 30, 35,000 people employed by the british steel industry. do you really want that industry to cease to function in any meaningful way? that's a very big political question for a centre right. prime minister. >> huge questions. liam halligan thank you so much for taking us through all of that economics news. now still to come, ageing crisis. england's chief medical officer, professor chris whitty , officer, professor chris whitty, warns that the uk faces an ageing crisis and health care must step in. that and britain on the edge as tension rises ahead. on the edge as tension rises ahead . the protests this weekend ahead. the protests this weekend do you feel safe? that and so much more after your morning news with tatiana . news with tatiana. >> tom, thank you very much. this is the latest from the newsroom. tens of thousands of gazans are moving to the

southern part of the gaza strip as israeli defence forces opens an evacuation corridor. the passage is open to fleeing civilians until 2 pm. uk time. but the united nations says any pauses in airstrikes need to be coordinated with them, which they say hasn't happened . two they say hasn't happened. two teenagers have been charged with racially aggravated criminal damage for spraying free palestine graffiti across the base of the cenotaph in rochdale. one has also been charged with theft for taking poppy charged with theft for taking poppy wreaths from the base . poppy wreaths from the base. detective chief inspector stuart round said i understand the emotional distress that's being caused in the local community by the damage and our team will continue working tirelessly to hold those responsible to account . a third woman has been account. a third woman has been charged with a terrorism offence after displaying an image of a paraglider at a pro—palestinian protest . 27 year old naomi protest. 27 year old naomi olayinka taiwo was charged under section 13 of the terrorism act .

section 13 of the terrorism act. it's after two women from south london, al hayek and pauline ankunda were charged a week ago for the same offence. they're accused of carrying or displaying an article to arouse suspicion. they're supporters of the terrorist group hamas. they'll all appear in court today. they'll all appear in court today . the duke of sussex's today. the duke of sussex's privacy case against the daily mail publisher can continue in the high court. prince harry brought action against associated newspapers limited alongside sir elton john, baroness doreen lawrence and four others. they claim it carried out unlawful information gathering. mrjustice nicklin says the claimants have a real prospect of demonstrating that the newsgroup concealed relevant facts that would have allowed them to bring a claim earlier. for more on all of those stories, you can visit our website at gbnews.com . for website at gbnews.com. for exclusive limited edition and rare gold coins that are always

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and people that i knew had dewbs & co weeknights from . six & co weeknights from. six >> back to our top story now, suella braverman is on the brink. the prime minister, rishi sunak , is facing calls to sack sunak, is facing calls to sack his home secretary after she accused the police of giving pro—palestinian demonstrator offers special treatment. all that without the prime minister's approval . well, minister's approval. well, joining us now is the labour mp for selly oak, steve mccabe. and steve, we saw the labour party yesterday point to the ministerial code and specifically section eight of that code that says ministers must seek prime ministerial approval before media

intervention . is that the basis intervention. is that the basis on which the labour party is calling for the resignation of the home secretary ? well it the home secretary? well it seems that number 10 are saying that she didn't have a full authorisation and that would effectively be a breach of the ministerial code and the normal processes that a minister who has breached the code should go. the reason i bring this up, of course , is that we know that course, is that we know that there are over a dozen shadow ministers who are going against what, sir keir starmer says on the issue of a gaza ceasefire. so by that logic of not seeking approval from the party leader , approval from the party leader, if you're a shadow minister or a minister before making an intervention , should sir keir intervention, should sir keir starmer not be sacking some of his own shadow ministers as well ? >> well, 7- >> well, of ? >> well, of course we saw 7 >> well, of course we saw just earlier this week that imran

hussain , who is a shadow or was hussain, who is a shadow or was a shadow minister, did exactly that. a shadow minister, did exactly that . he a shadow minister, did exactly that. he resigned. he did the decent thing. he couldn't agree with the leadership line and he resigned. so you know, i would say we've set an example . say we've set an example. >> there are others who, of course , haven't, though, course, haven't, though, resigned despite having called for a ceasefire . for a ceasefire. >> yes. >> yes. >> well, i think here is made it clear that he understands why, you know, people are getting themselves hung up on this. i think he understands why people are calling for that . what they are calling for that. what they want is for this to end. and i think we all want that . um, but think we all want that. um, but i'm not aware that there is anyone who is occupying a position on the shadow front bench who has actually opposing the leadership line. but if they are, then yes, of course they should go as well . should go as well. >> interesting. this whole situation seems to be driving, dividing lines through both party his we've had issues with

labour mps attaching their names to an amendment to the king's speech, almost said queen's speech then a habit of a lifetime. king's speech but also of course we saw sir bob neill last night, the conservative mp called for the home secretary to go. so is this just very tricky territory for all political parties ? parties? >> well, i think there are two different things happening here. i think one is that the israel hamas situation is so difficult and people are trying very hard to strike the right balance. i think the home secretary's problems are that she is straying way out of line in terms of government policy. i think the reference to homelessness and people in the streets being a life choice is yet another example. too often the home secretary doesn't seem to be in line with the rest of the government. >> why do you think that is? >> why do you think that is? >> well , if it >> why do you think that is?

>> well, if it was >> why do you think that is? >> well , if it was down to >> well, if it was down to michael, i would say that this is i think we concealed leadership bid and she's grabbing attention wherever she can. >> what would you say to those? and we've got many emails in this morning of people saying that they agree with the home secretary. they think that she speaks for a certain section of the country, perhaps speaks more for people in sort of red wall seats than cosy seats in the south—east of england. may might a cynic wonder if the reason the labour party wants the home secretary to go is that the home secretary to go is that the home secretary might well attract some of those votes in some of those red wall seats that the labour party is hoping to win back. >> well , i actually don't accept >> well, i actually don't accept that. >> well, i actually don't accept that . i think >> well, i actually don't accept that. i think the reason we're calling for her to go is because there's a real question about her competence . yes, i think her competence. yes, i think that's the fundamental problem . that's the fundamental problem. there will obviously be some people that her views will resonate with, but i think the

vast majority of people in this country believe that the home secretary's job is to try and support the police and to help them when they're dealing with very difficult situations . i very difficult situations. i don't think cheap shots at the police help anyone in. >> well, steve mccabe , we thank >> well, steve mccabe, we thank you very much for your perspective this friday morning. labour mp for selly oak . of labour mp for selly oak. of course. mccabe. thank you course. steve mccabe. thank you for your time, but now let's move on to a big, big story. ah, britain's towns being abandoned and that's the worry of the chief medical officer, chris whitty. he says that a double edged sword is coming on the ageing crisis and a health care crisis, leaving many people spending their later years in life in bad health. well, author and broadcaster dr. emma wolf and broadcaster dr. emma wolf and political commentator matthew stadlen are with me and, emma, where do you stand? and on this, clearly we're an ageing society and clearly that presents some problems. >> yeah, and it's great news

that we're all living longer. of course it is. but that comes with a whole raft of issues. and i'm really glad that you highlighted the geography nature of actually ageing highlighted the geography nature of not actually ageing highlighted the geography nature of not equal actually ageing highlighted the geography nature of not equal ageing|ally ageing highlighted the geography nature of not equal ageing when geing highlighted the geography nature of not equal ageing when you're is not equal ageing when you're wealthy in home adapted for an older person with good health care, with friends family care, with friends and family around very, very different around is a very, very different experience to ageing. you experience to ageing. when you are somewhere with no transport links, friends and links, with no friends and family, isolated family, maybe socially isolated in , very poor area, in a very, very poor area, people are not ageing at the same rate. we're now living with conditions cancer that you conditions like cancer that you would died of, know, would have died of, you know, like obesity, which is a massive crisis in this country. people are living longer longer, are living longer and longer, but they're living in sort of often their years , often in their later years, isolated, ill , very, you isolated, very ill, very, you know, just unable to get out and about, unable to live full lives. so i think that's what chris whitty is highlighting that ageing isn't isn't equal and that it's it brings a whole host of, of, of other issues around it. >> it's a really, really profound point. >> matthew . >> matthew. >> matthew. >> it's very important that our health care system cater for

people wherever they are in the country and that it is properly spread out and that clearly can raise issues and challenges. if you're in a big metropolis , this you're in a big metropolis, this it might be easier for health care workers to reach you than if you are in a remote rural or perhaps seaside community. and i very recently was caring for my dying father and we were blessed by the help we got from the nhs. round the clock care for 8 to 10 weeks really quite extraordinary. and it would have been very difficult to cope without that help. it's very, very important. it goes without saying that that should be available to everybody wherever they live in the country . we they live in the country. we know, don't we, that a lot of elderly people do tend to retire on the seaside around britain and perhaps to some extent in rural communities as well. and they need to be given the sort of end of life care that we might expect in a big city. and emma, when we talk about an

ageing society, we it's not that there are lots of people getting old. >> there are lots of societies where that's happening. it's that we haven't really replenished the people who came before, if you see what i mean. there are fewer young people as a percentage of the population than old people. and that's not just about the health care problem. that's about funding the health care as well. >> exactly. and there are big demographic issues at play in the uk the moment. i'm the uk at the moment. i'm looking schools looking at primary schools for my old. there's my three year old. there's a falling birth rate where i am in london. falling birth london. there's a falling birth rate london, but also rate across london, but also a huge numbers of young families have moved out of london. so primary schools are closing have moved out of london. so primarthereyols are closing have moved out of london. so primarthere are are closing have moved out of london. so primarthere are all closing have moved out of london. so primarthere are all these|g have moved out of london. so primarthere are all these other down. there are all these other issues of go with issues that kind of go with this. as you say, you know, this. and as you say, you know, we're replenishing ageing we're not replenishing ageing the younger the younger age group. who's fund group. so who's going to fund the you can't just let the older? you can't just let people and on and people live on and on and on and extend it indefinitely. >> sadly , the way that >> and sadly, the way that pensions have been up, pensions have been set up, everyone believes that there's this people have this sort of pot people have paid that's it paid into. that's not how it works at it's current works at all. it's current expenditure the money comes expenditure that the money comes from example, is built

>> stock, for example, is built for stock designed for housing, stock is designed around families . but around young families. but that's when you think that's crazy when you think there older people there are older people that can't upstairs don't can't get upstairs that don't want to live in houses. for young families. so it's an example we example of kind of how we haven't here's haven't really here's a controversial, perhaps divisive point. >> not intended to be >> it's not intended to be divisive, but something that we lost left the european lost when we left the european union. there were all sorts union. and there were all sorts of good reasons you might argue for. about to say for. you're about to say migration migration an migration. well, migration is an important why we need important point. why we need people after young people to look after young people, to look after the elderly . elderly. >> isn't it? >> isn't it? >> it e e! healthy as a >> isn't it more healthy as a society you're having society if you're having the right or having at least right number or having at least replacement levels of children for people to have babies, you can't force to have babies. >> right. but we do do know >> right. but we do we do know that encourage it, but you that they encourage it, but you can't force it. and we need a lot. >> we do know and there's been some this very some work done on this very recently. do know that recently. we do know that women's fertility in pensions are replacement, but are about replacement, but fertility below. fertility outcomes are below. >> like they >> people feel like they can afford it or i mean, being a young well, i'm not young myself anymore, sadly, 43 years old, but i've got a 13 month old and

i was so naive going into it. >> i wouldn't swap it for the world. it's very expensive world. but it's very expensive and childcare is too expensive for the vast majority of families up and down this country. the point i was going to make about eu migration is that some of it was transient, so young people would come to this country, they'd stay for here of course some here a while. of course some would and set up families would marry and set up families and have children and so and have british children and so forth. would go back, forth. some would go back, some would send back as well. would send money back as well. those were critical for those people were critical for our social care system, for our nhs. and people might say in response, well, what about hospitals? hospitals hospitals? how could hospitals keep, keep, keep in line with the rising numbers of people in this country? well, people in their 20s and 30s who'd be looking elderly , looking after our elderly, looking after our elderly, looking sick would looking after our sick would probably not use nhs very probably not use the nhs very much because when they're in their 20s 30s, they don't their 20s and 30s, they don't have the same of needs as have the same sorts of needs as when people are older. so the withdrawal of britain from the european withdrawal withdrawal of britain from the euthatan withdrawal withdrawal of britain from the euthat ,1 withdrawal withdrawal of britain from the euthat , that withdrawal withdrawal of britain from the euthat , that transientithdrawal of that, that transient workforce may have had very

significant impact on our ability to look after our weak and vulnerable of course, migration is higher post leaving the european union than it was before leaving the european union. >> we've got large numbers of young people coming in from all over the world as a deliberate policy choice of the government. i think it has been in the last couple of years or so. >> i haven't got the figures in front of me. i'm sure that front of me. i'm not sure that was have new statistics was we have new statistics actually out in the next actually coming out in the next week or so. and if that is true, and these people are then and if these people are then filling in relevant filling holes in the relevant services. nhs, in services. so in the nhs, in social care , then that social care, then that strengthens position . what strengthens our position. what i'm to say is we can i'm trying to say is we can dream about more children dream about having more children and less. we're actually replenishing our british born population . we will need to have population. we will need to have immigration. otherwise when we get to an old age, our standard of living will plummet. >> yes, and there won't be the tax take to for it all. tax take to pay for it all. emma, i do want to move on to an interesting story in the i this morning saying that women can still than still do more housework than men, changing .

men, but something's changing. >> yes. well, no. around three quarters, 72% say they quarters, 72% of women say they still feel they do most of the housework. they do. they washing clothes, ironing, cleaning, tidying, cooking, making the bed, social admin, bed, vacuuming, social admin, washing the dishes and pet care. but interestingly , 18% of washing the dishes and pet care. but interestingly ,18% of men but interestingly, 18% of men disagree and they say no, they do. most of the. oh, interesting. yes, most of the housework. >> so do you remember when theresa may and philip may went on a morning chat show and theresa may was slated for saying girl jobs and boy jobs. you know, philip puts out the bins and theresa did the washing up or whatever. even in the most equal of partnerships. >> i think that women tend to be more they're across things more aware they're across things they're of ten they're thinking of ten different things. they're thinking fact that the thinking of the fact that the kids need stuff in kids need this stuff in their school well as fact school bags as well as the fact that they need. i think that's true a wash i think true that a wash on i think before go out because then before you go out because then it'll later. they are it'll be dry for later. they are thinking about the shopping list as well and thinking about the things ironing that everything. >> i insight into every >> i have an insight into every household country.

household in the country. of course i don't. but i would be. i wouldn't be surprised the i wouldn't be surprised if the bottom line most households bottom line in most households is the woman is the female is that the woman is the female partner, net. so partner, is the safety net. so i do a lot of childcare. i try to do a lot of childcare. i try to do housework and all the rest of it. feel like we've got an it. i feel like we've got an equal relationship. my wife and i. the never runs out i. but the milk never runs out for the baby. and that's not because of me. it's because of my wife and i think that will change as we move through the generations because the models that when we were growing generations because the models thawere when we were growing generations because the models thawere were men we were growing generations because the models thawere were the we were growing generations because the models thawere were the mennere growing generations because the models thawere were the men wentjrowing generations because the models thawere were the men went outing generations because the models thawere were the men went out toi up were were the men went out to work and women more often stayed at home. but i suspect at the moment as men, got moment we're still, as men, got a of catch to do. a bit of catch up to do. >> i'm afraid we've run >> well, i'm afraid we've run out of time for the rest of it. we didn't get to the scourge of pothole. have save that pothole. we'll have to save that up another time. but up up for another time. but up next, gb news live with pip next, it's gb news live with pip tomson christopher hope. tomson and christopher hope. what's today? what's coming up today? >> there. >> hello to you there. >> hello to you there. >> suella braverman, she >> well, suella braverman, she is ground, isn't she? is on shaky ground, isn't she? >> home secretary's future >> the home secretary's future remains in. we will be remains uncertain in. we will be discussing that with christopher hope, who is with me today. also, we'll be talking to a

former met police officer . just former met police officer. just how worried are they about potential trouble tomorrow , potential trouble tomorrow, though? and do you remember that former natwest boss dame angela alison rose ? well, there's news alison rose? well, there's news about her. we'll be speaking to nigel farage for his reaction. >> gosh. well a big, big guest coming up there . we'll look coming up there. we'll look forward to it. but just on a final note from me, you might be wondering where ellie costello is. she's usually with me on fridays. well, she's away on houday fridays. well, she's away on holiday and has got some very exciting news. she's become engaged this morning. so so enjoying a wonderful holiday with her. now, fiance . and many, with her. now, fiance. and many, many congratulations to ellie. well, that's it from me today. thank you to emma. thank you to matthew. and indeed, thank you for watching at home. up next of course, chris, chris hope and pip tomson, britain's newsroom is back on monday at 9.3. >> hello again . it's aidan >> hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast

showers will continue for some of us today, but fine and bright for many others and the winds will ease as well as an area of low pressure. slowly moves away. that's been bringing some heavy rain south and southwest. rain to the south and southwest. earlier that also moves away from the far southeast as we head into the afternoon. the winds then easing , but still winds then easing, but still enough of a breeze to bring further showers into the far north of scotland. northern ireland, parts of west wales and the southwest. otherwise, for many, a bright day to come. still a lot of cloud cover towards the south—east. temperatures not far from the seasonal average. we're looking at eight to 11 or 12 celsius, then heading into the evening, we've got a bit of a north to northwesterly breeze. that's bringing some colder air in. so the showers over the scottish mountains will be falling as snow. but also where we do have some clear temperatures some clear spells, temperatures will fall away. it's going to be a frosty one tonight for many places with temperatures dipping close freezing for some towns close to freezing for some towns and cities in the south and a little below freezing in some

sheltered spots in the countryside . so chilly start countryside. so a chilly start to saturday, but a bright start for many. it's a dry and clear morning. we've still got some areas of cloud, especially towards the east of england, northern as well. northern scotland, as well. but this break up into the this will break up into the afternoon. and then for many, it's actually a fine, crisp autumn day with plenty of blue skies around still 1 or 2 showers for the north of scotland and highs of 12

>> good afternoon. it's 12:00 on your watching and listening to gb news live with me , gb news live with me, christopher hope and pip thompson coming up this hour, suella is on shaky ground. >> the home secretary's future remains uncertain as the prime minister weighs up whether or not to sack her. following that article ahead of tomorrow's pro—palestinian armistice day rally . rally. >> and more than half a million people are expected to march in london tomorrow. this is the planned route well away. we're told, from the cenotaph. but how concerned are police about potential violence ? we'll speak potential violence? we'll speak to the next met police officer. >> and success for the duke of sussex. prince harry wins his bid for a privacy trial against the publishers of the daily mail. so will we see him in the witness box again . in and we'll witness box again. in and we'll also be talking about a store

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