i >> -- >> good morning . it's 930 on >> good morning. it's 930 on friday 16th of february. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, ben leo and pip tomson people of wellingborough have spoken for britain. >> this is a stunning victory for the labour party and must send a message from northamptonshire to downing street . street. >> well, that's jen kitchen , >> well, that's jen kitchen, labour's new mp , celebrating her labour's new mp, celebrating her by—election overnight . our by—election overnight. our political editor christopher hope, brings you more . hope, brings you more. >> a record collapse in tory support at hearing wellingborough caps a double by—election defeat for rishi sunak. labour mark john and reform uk do quite well to, i think , um, that we won the think, um, that we won the election on our own back by working hard and getting a good message out there to the voters of kingswood and the pain didn't

stop there. >> for rishi sunak, newly elected labour mp damian eagan. they're also overturned an 11,000 tory majority to win the by—election in the constituency of kingswood. our reporter jeff moody is there . yeah it's a moody is there. yeah it's a dramatic night here in kingswood and a dramatic morning to the new mp has just left the park where he was gathered with all of his supporters and labour activists who have been up over the last few weeks and months campaigning on the streets here. >> we'll have the full analysis of those figures a little later in the programme . in the programme. >> and encouraging night for reform uk in kingswood. they have 10% of the vote and 13% in wellingborough for reform . uk wellingborough for reform. uk leader richard tice says this is a sign of things to come. >> it's not our job to help the tory party. our job is to put tory party. ourjob is to put put forward different policies that we believe, frankly will save britain .

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is the nhs broken? do you struggle to see your your doctor ? >> 7- >> yes. 7_ >> yes. good ? >> yes. good morning. 7 >> yes. good morning. an absolutely jam packed show for you this morning by elections. nigel is on the show prince harry causing a stir. it remains to be seen what he said exactly in that interview. has he come to london? spent 40 minutes with his ill dad and then rushed back to give her a two, three hour, um, interview with good morning america or did they just ask him the question and he , you know, the question and he, you know, as he should have done, batted it off. yeah >> what you saw there was the teaser. as much as you, teaser. we know as much as you, but to be analysing but we are going to be analysing it. let us know what you think about this about all our stories this morning. to get down morning. so much to get down into so let's get your headlines first. here you go with sofia . first. here you go with sofia. >> thanks, pip. good morning.

it's 933. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. labour scored a double win in by elections overnight , inflicting overnight, inflicting a devastating blow to the conservative party. jen kitchen snatched wellingborough with 45.8% of the vote, the second largest by—election swing from tory to labour since the second world war. the stunning result came just two hours after labour's damian egan won kingswood with just under 45. it was a miserable night for the tories, with the party now having lost more by elections in a single parliament than any government since the 1960s. labour's new mp for wellingborough says it's clear that people want change. >> i am delighted to be stood here as the newly elected labour mp for wellingborough . i am mp for wellingborough. i am honoured that local people have placed their trust in me and the labour party under keir starmer, but i also know from the thousands of conversations i

have had during this campaign how desperately people want change and a fresh start for our country . the people of country. the people of wellingborough have spoken for britain. this is a stunning victory . victory. >> meanwhile, the reform uk party saw its best result yet in a by—election, grabbing 13% of the vote in wellingborough . the the vote in wellingborough. the party also secured more than 10% in kingswood reform . in kingswood reform. wellingborough candidate ben habib hailed the results as remarkable, but conservative party chairman richard holden said the party's failure to win more seats was disappointing and labour's new kingswood mp, who was quick to blame what he called rishi's recession for helping deal a double blow to the tories. damian egan said that 14 years of conservative government have sucked the hope out of the country. his comments come as official figures show the uk slipped into recession at the uk slipped into recession at the end last year, with the the end of last year, with the economy shrinking 0.3% in december . economy shrinking 0.3% in december. and for the economy shrinking 0.3% in december . and for the latest december. and for the latest stories , sign up to gb news stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code

on your screen or go to gb news. carmelites now . now it's back to carmelites now. now it's back to pip and ben . pip and ben. >> good morning . this is >> good morning. this is britain's newsroom. we've got plenty to talk about here today on gb news with ben and pip, and it is a disaster for the tories as they suffer that double by—election defeat at the hands of labour in the last few moments, there has been a comment from the prime minister, rishi sunak, who says the circumstances surrounding the by elections were in his words, particularly challenging. >> yeah , it was a bloodbath last >> yeah, it was a bloodbath last night. the tories lost their majorities in wellingborough and kingswood and it means the party suffered more by—election losses in a single parliament than any administration since the 1960s. but the reform party gave a strong performance , securing its strong performance, securing its best ever by—election result in wellingborough and their candidate ben habib spoke to gb news. >> we've done really well, you know, look at reform, reform is

an insurgency. it's a new business, isn't it? we started three years ago, three months ago, we did 5% in tamworth, slightly less than that in mid bedfordshire. today we've done 10% in kingswood where people were saying we were going to lose deposit. we've done 13% lose our deposit. we've done 13% here, is more than our here, which is more than our national polling. this is a staging post in the growth of reform uk's recognition in the growth people's understanding growth of people's understanding of what we stand for and. >> well, joining us now is our gb news political editor, christopher hope, who is in wellingborough in northamptonshire for us this morning. and our south west of england reporterjeff moody morning. and our south west of england reporter jeff moody is in in gloucestershire . in kingswood in gloucestershire. chris, let's come you first. chris, let's come to you first. those comments that we're getting the prime getting now from the prime minister, saying minister, rishi sunak, saying the circumstances surrounding both by elections were particularly challenging . what particularly challenging. what do you make of that reaction from the prime minister >> i mean, what else could he say? there's no there's no surprise he's saying that the pm didn't come here to campaign in

wellingborough. he didn't go to kingswood and campaign . both kingswood and campaign. both those elections were those by elections were triggered , uh, for embarrassing triggered, uh, for embarrassing reasons , for the party in reasons, for the party in kingswood . the mp, chris kingswood. the mp, chris skidmore, quit a seat that was being, uh, wound up and shut down at the next election, eight months early, to seek a career outside of parliament. here in wellingborough. peter bone, the long serving tory mp brexiteer, was pushed out amid a degree of a concern about his private life. um, so the these byelections were not wanted by the prime minister and that's what he means. that's why there's no real campaigning here at they weren't seen here. at all. they weren't seen here. and we can see why 28.5% and now we can see why 28.5% swing to labour. um, that's the second biggest on record behind dudley dudley in 1994. the biggest collapse in support ever for a tory party as you said there, his biggest run of by—election defeats in one parliament since 1960s. it gets worse and worse and the problem the tory party has got is its supporters are not getting out

and voting. they are not. they're sitting on their hands almost in at what they almost in protest at what they see how the government's been see as how the government's been run, beyond rishi run, going back beyond rishi sunak mr sunak has sunak. i mean, mr sunak has brought of stability brought in a degree of stability in the last two years, but the memories run deep. the party's beenin memories run deep. the party's been in charge 14 years. been in charge for 14 years. concerns about cost of living crisis, roads jen crisis, mending roads jen kitchen, the 28 year old new labour mp for wellingborough , labour mp for wellingborough, said earlier in her interviews that she's feeling a lot of calls about potholes. why can't the government fix them? and she'll be picking up the cudgels on behalf of her new on that on behalf of her new constituents , even though that's constituents, even though that's actually not a government issue, it's council issue . people it's a council issue. people here to blame the here want to blame the government. shouldn't government. and why shouldn't they? charge. they? they're in charge. and that's of problem. that's part of the problem. reform though habib , reform uk though ben habib, they're well they're they're saying how well they're doing post. said doing a staging post. he said didn't 13 points. are didn't he. 13 points. they are now delivering on their national poll numbers locally . that's poll numbers locally. that's a big step forward. that party as the brexit party didn't even fight the 2019 general election in kingswood or wellingborough, and they've gone from nothing to

10.1% in kingswood and 13.4% here in wellingborough. so they are doing well . um, the big are doing well. um, the big challenge, i think , for the tory challenge, i think, for the tory party is how can they get the vote out of the general election? that's all that counts. they're banking on this idea all, idea that don't risk it all, don't a recovery by backing don't risk a recovery by backing starmer . stick with the tory starmer. stick with the tory party. well, right now people here in wellingborough are not doing chris will sir keir doing that. chris will sir keir starmer be feeling a bit relieved this morning after what's been a fairly torrid week? >> he's been dealing with anti semitism. rao's u—turn ons of course, the latest on the £28 billion green pledge. will he be thinking, you know thank goodness for that . totally right ben. >> and it just shows to me i think how often we in westminster get you know, we see a narrative , we exploit it, a narrative, we exploit it, write about it , deal with it. write about it, deal with it. last week , the £28 billion last week, the £28 billion u—turn on spending on green green pledges in the back end of the first parliament of a labour government this week, the ugly face of claims about anti—semitism rising again in

the labour party that looked difficult for sir keir starmer . difficult for sir keir starmer. i mean, they've had to suspend or they've withdrawn support for a candidate in a by—election coming up, but instead here in wellingborough didn't count wellingborough that didn't count for much because people are worried about things worried about other things too. and get we see and they we do get we see narratives i think in narratives in, i think in the bubble in westminster, which out in the country aren't often seen that and that'll be in the country aren't often seen tirelief and that'll be in the country aren't often seen tirelief for.nd that'll be in the country aren't often seen tirelief for sir that'll be in the country aren't often seen tirelief for sir keir that'll be in the country aren't often seen tirelief for sir keir starmer. be a relief for sir keir starmer. he of course, is at the funeral today of tony wright, the former rochdale he's not really rochdale mp. so he's not really out and he needs some, out and about. he needs some, some earlier . out and about. he needs some, some earlier. but in some interviews earlier. but in terms the big celebration , terms of the big celebration, we're expecting a different kind of minister in of minister here in wellingborough shortly. >> okay christopher thank >> okay. christopher hope, thank you bringing latest you for bringing us the latest there wellingborough in there from wellingborough in northamptonshire. talk to northamptonshire. let's talk to jeff moody now who is in kingswood road now. that was a 16.4% swing. geoff and what's interesting about people in kingswood is that they've almost always voted for the party that has actually won power. that's been the case, i think, except

for in 1992. yes it has exactly. >> it's very telling, isn't it? i think there are three things that we can take from this by—election if we want to look at those figures. first of all, it's the issues themselves , the it's the issues themselves, the voters on the streets and on the doorsteps have said the big issue is the cost of living crisis. that's what this was fought on and that's what this has been won on from the labour party. but yes, that swing is very interesting, isn't it? the conservative share of the vote fell from 56% at the 2019 general election to just 35% now, so they've lost 21, whereas labour has jumped from 33% to 45. so a significant loss in support for the conservatives, but not a massive rise in support for the labour party . support for the labour party. that's very interesting. we've been saying this for weeks and months, haven't we, that people have lost faith in the tories ,

have lost faith in the tories, but they haven't necessarily turned droves to labour turned in their droves to labour and now the labour share of the vote here is, although it's been a successful day for labour, it's still significantly less than it was in 1997, significantly less than it was in 2001 and less than it was in 2005. five. and sir keir starmer said some time ago and he's he said some time ago and he's he said continually over the last couple of years , if labour is to couple of years, if labour is to win in, in any sizeable, meaningful way later this year , meaningful way later this year, they have to have a bigger swing than they had during 1997. that large swing hasn't happened here. so maybe that's a little sliver of good news for the conservatives but it's certainly only a tiny bit of good news because, yes, for rishi sunak, it's been a pretty devastating night, particularly looking at that rise in reform. now the third party here, the liberal democrats who lost their deposit, their always regarded

as the champions of the southwest. they haven't done well here at all. but reform has. if reform hadn't fielded a candidate , and if everyone that candidate, and if everyone that voted reform had voted conservative instead , then we'd conservative instead, then we'd be talking in a very different story. now. there would be a conservative mp up here, but they didn't reform form is definitely eating into that right wing vote and it's causing huge headaches for rishi sunak this morning. >> okay, jeff moody in kingswood , appreciate your efforts. thank you. i also enjoy the conservative optimism off the back of wellingborough and king's wood, so will remain to be see how they perform in the general election. >> let's take a listen to the labour leader, sir keir starmer. he's giving his reaction he's giving his first reaction to that double by—election win . to that double by—election win. >> we're very pleased with the by—election results from last night. i think it's very clear that people are crying out for change across the country. um, they think that the tories have failed. they can see that most

things are broken. they look at the labour party and see a changed party. and last night people who hadn't voted labour before went out and voted laboun before went out and voted labour. so i'm very pleased with both of those results . but there both of those results. but there is more work to do. there's a long way to go and there's every football fan knows you don't win the league by a good result in february, so we've got a fight like we're five points behind in the polls . got to earn every the polls. got to earn every vote as we go forward . vote as we go forward. >> and you may not be the whole way there, but does this make you confident more confident, um, that you'll be the prime minister after the next election ? >> what i 7 >> what i take from these ? >> what i take from these by elections is that repeatedly now, voters are being clear with the government that they want change. we've seen not just these two by elections, but previous by elections. the same bafic previous by elections. the same basic message coming from the electorate. we're fed up. nothing's working. we want change. after 14 years, the tories can't provide that change because they failed . they look,

because they failed. they look, therefore to the labour party . therefore to the labour party. they see a changed labour party . they see a changed labour party. that has got an answer to their issues. the cost of living crisis , the nhs, the broken crisis, the nhs, the broken pubuc crisis, the nhs, the broken public services and they're prepared to put their vote behind the labour party. so that vindicates the hard work we've donein vindicates the hard work we've done in the last four years to change the labour party, now unrecognisable from the party that lost in 2019. but we've got to fight for every vote we've got to make sure that we understand there's more work to be done. a long, long way to go and obviously last night's results successful for you . results successful for you. >> um, it comes on the back of a of a difficult week . does labour of a difficult week. does labour still have a problem with antisemitism in the party? >> anti—semitism must be fought wherever it is in every organisation. and i said when i was elected labour party leader , was elected labour party leader, the very first thing i said is that i would route antisemitism out by my take antisemitism out by its roots. and that's why i did something this week which no

leader of a labour party has ever done before, which is to remove a candidate in the middle of a by—election, a labour candidate in a labour seat. um, when he couldn't be replaced and that's on the back of other work i've done on this issue, because the fight is never over. but this labour party is a change. labour party from the party that fought in 2019. so how confident are you then that there are no other candidates or prospective candidates that don't share the views of mr ali? i've put in place in the labour party a robust due process exercise for every single candidate. every candidate goes through that process. now in this particular case, there was a private conversation that couldn't be picked up by due process . conversation that couldn't be picked up by due process. um, so i'm satisfied with our processes, but , you know, we processes, but, you know, we must continue to fight antisemitism wherever we are in organisations , in political

organisations, in political parties. you've seen what happened with the tory party. um, you know, earlier this week in relation to their mayor, see what's happened in relation to the bbc. all of us have a duty to fight against antisemitism is never over . but to fight against antisemitism is never over. but i think anybody can look at the labour party now and not say that is a fun , and not say that is a fun, totally different party to the party that lost in 2019. and the evidence the best evidence of thatis evidence the best evidence of that is that last night, um, people , all tory voters in the people, all tory voters in the past never voted for the labour party before , came out and voted party before, came out and voted for the labour party because they can see that we've changed and they can see that we've got and they can see that we've got a plan that actually addresses the that they're facing the issues that they're facing on basis . on a daily basis. >> okay, so that was the labour leader , sir keir starmer, giving leader, sir keir starmer, giving his reaction . we will be looking his reaction. we will be looking at that very shortly . but also at that very shortly. but also more reaction coming in from the prime minister, rishi sunak, after those two by—election defeats. he is saying, which i think he said before that a vote for anyone except the conservatives is a vote for sir

keir starmer. we will bring you the very latest on all this and much more, including christian horner protesting his innocence in the face of allegations that he acted inappropriately towards a female colleague at oracle red bull racing . bull racing. >> you're with britain's newsroom on gb news

us. welcome back. let's get some sports news now from our man in the studio, paul coates. now a defiant christian horner from red bull racing . the formula one red bull racing. the formula one team. uh, he is under pressure at the team to well there's been at the team to well there's been a complaint about him. the specifics on all their appropriate behaviour. inappropriate behaviour. no. what does that mean horner. he's won six world titles with the team . paul, what's on at team. paul, what's going on at red bull? >> inappropriate controlling >> inappropriate and controlling behaviour. there's the controlling word there as controlling word in there as well. that's all that's being said . and so this was said. and um, so this was a couple of weeks ago, a week ago. so was the meeting

so last friday was the meeting with independent lawyer. uh, with the independent lawyer. uh, that had happened that was very carefully positioned as it's not a hearing thing, it's just a meeting . it went on for eight meeting. it went on for eight hours. but the thing is, we're now getting towards the start of the season. so this is when the new cars will be released and everybody's doing that. and red bull have gone, uh, bull seem to have gone, uh, after everybody else. >> christian horner, he has >> so christian horner, he has spoken now . yes. for the first time. >> well , he time. >> well, he has, because time. >> well , he has, because the >> well, he has, because the thing is made. well when, when the car comes out and then you'd expect now christian horner expect now is christian horner being he going being the principal, is he going to or isn't he. now to be there or isn't he. now you're damned do. and you're damned if you do. and you're damned if you do. and you're damned if you do. and you're damned don't. so you're damned if you don't. so he in front of the he was put in front of the press. the were told, press. the press were told, don't asking those questions. don't be asking those questions. you about the car. don't you can ask about the car. don't and i what you two would and i know what you two would have straight and have done straight away. and they've exactly so they've done exactly that. so everybody same everybody was asking the same questions. the questions. and these are the quotes said. the quotes support. he said. the support overwhelming. it's support is overwhelming. it's business as usual. it's actually i mean, this is obviously very well because knew well rehearsed because he knew what they what was going to happen. they fully allegations. fully denies the allegations. this team this all brings the team

together . so it's all quotes. together. so it's all quotes. >> he did call distraction. >> he did call it a distraction. and starts in a few and the season starts in a few weeks in bahrain, the bahrain gp. you've got testing starting next week. yeah think why gp. you've got testing starting nexaweek. yeah think why gp. you've got testing starting nexaweek. that's think why gp. you've got testing starting nexaweek. that's so think why gp. you've got testing starting nexaweek. that's so successfulvhy for a team that's so successful they won the championship last yean they won the championship last year, drivers year, the world drivers championship and the constructors in emphatic fashion. why has this come fashion. why why has this come out now? >> this is where we start looking back at the business. and he was very close to the man that founded red bull, who's no longer with us, by the way, he died months now died about 18 months ago. now then at the power then you look at the power struggle within company struggle within the company in austria. more at austria. now, is there more at play austria. now, is there more at play and what's the power when austria. now, is there more at plcomes what's the power when austria. now, is there more at plcomes torat's the power when austria. now, is there more at plcomes to red the power when austria. now, is there more at plcomes to red bull)ower when austria. now, is there more at plcomes to red bull racing, 'hen austria. now, is there more at plcomes to red bull racing, ton it comes to red bull racing, to go with red bull, the business? it's a lot more involved in this . here is a man with a lot of power. maybe in our best power. maybe it's in our best interests. horner power. maybe it's in our best in'moved horner power. maybe it's in our best in'moved of homer power. maybe it's in our best in'moved of the horner power. maybe it's in our best in'moved of the way. 1er is moved out of the way. obviously ignore the obviously you can't ignore the allegations , but it's very allegations, but it's very interesting that they came from red bull and then we're going to see happens. i'm sure see what happens. i'm sure there's people that are within there's people that are within there like to see him there that would like to see him elbowed politics scheming elbowed politics and scheming everywhere. it's everywhere. oh, absolutely. it's what like. what it sounds like. >> great thanks, paul >> pleasure.

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gb news way. >> very good morning to you. it is 10 am. on friday the 16th of february. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with ben leo and pip tomson. people of wellingborough have spoken for britain. >> this is a stunning victory for the labour party and must send a message from northamptonshire to downing street . street. >> yes, that was the new labour mp for wellingborough, jen kitchen , celebrating her kitchen, celebrating her election victory overnight. our political editor christopher hope, has more . hope, has more. >> a record to fit a record collapse in support here in wellingborough. caps a double by—election disaster for rishi sunak labour march on and reform uk are doing well to, i think that we won the election on our own back by working hard and

getting a good message out there to the voters of kingswood. >> yeah , the pain didn't stop >> yeah, the pain didn't stop there for rishi sunak. >> newly elected labour mp damian egan also overturned an 11,000 tory majority to win the by—election in the constituency of kingswood. our reporter jeff moody is there . moody is there. >> yes, the people of kingswood have now woken up to the news that they have a labour mp and that they have a labour mp and that they've delivered a heavy blow to sunak . but it's blow to rishi sunak. but it's not just the labour party that's causing problems for the conservatives here. i'll have a full report a bit later in the programme. yes prime minister rishi sunak is disappointed and said the circumstances are, quote , not ideal. quote, not ideal. >> you think . but sir keir >> you think. but sir keir starmer praised the results as fantastic. let's hear his first reaction to the news. >> we're very pleased with the by—election results from last night. i think it's very clear that people are crying out for change across the country. um,

they , they think that the tories they, they think that the tories have failed. they can see that most things are broken a gma exclusive prince harry the all new interview on his life today with meghan . with meghan. >> how his father, the king is doing and on his passion for supporting wounded warriors . supporting wounded warriors. tomorrow on good morning america , prince harry is set to discuss king charles qatar diagnosis. >> that's later in the us on good morning america. we bring you the latest here on gb news as . as. >> yes, an absolute bloodbath for the tories in the by elections last night . so keir elections last night. so keir starmer, a man once dubbed the human bollard by boris johnson. he looks pretty bullish there this morning. and you have to say he's going to be pretty relieved after what's been a torrid week of anti—semitism claims. criticism for the u—turn on policies such as the £28 billion green pledge and also

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miserable night for the tories, with the party now having lost more by elections in a single parliament than any government since the 1960s. labour leader sir keir starmer welcomed the results, but says the party will continue fighting . continue fighting. >> we're very pleased with the by—election results from last night . i by—election results from last night. i think it's very by—election results from last night . i think it's very clear night. i think it's very clear that people are crying out for change across the country . um, change across the country. um, they think that the tories have failed. they can see that most things are broken. they look at the labour party and see a changed party and last night people who hadn't voted labour before went out and voted laboun before went out and voted labour. so i'm very pleased with both of those results. but there is more work to do. there's a long way to go . long way to go. >> meanwhile , the reform uk >> meanwhile, the reform uk party saw its best result yet in a by—election grabbing 13% of the vote in wellingborough . the the vote in wellingborough. the party also secured more than 10% of the vote in kingswood reforms. wellingborough candidate ben habib hailed the results as remarkable , while

results as remarkable, while party leader richard tice told gb news it's proof that time is up for the tories. >> it's not our job to help the tory party. our job is to put tory party. ourjob is to put forward different policies that we believe, frankly will save britain. i've been predicting the recession when that was announced yesterday . since the announced yesterday. since the beginning of the year. i was right on that. you can't grow an economy with the burdens of record high taxes, record high wasteful government spending, mass immigration, mass low skilled immigration, and the vast cost of net zero. and i've been saying this and sadly, i've been proven right. and that's the policies that sadly, i've been proven right. and tigoing he policies that sadly, i've been proven right. and tigoing to policies that sadly, i've been proven right. and tigoing to put cies that sadly, i've been proven right. and tigoing to put to s that sadly, i've been proven right. and tigoing to put to the at we're going to put to the people. completely different plan . we this is the plan. and we say this is the only you can grow the only way you can grow the economy the country back only way you can grow the ecctrack' the country back only way you can grow the ecctrack . the country back on track. >> but conservative party chairman richard holden poured cold water on reform celebrations, saying the party's failure to win more seats was disappointing . disappointing. >> it's quite disappointing >> it's quite a disappointing result for reform, you know, i was remember being back on the by—election campaign with reform's predecessor , his reform's predecessor, his predecessor ukip , back in the

predecessor ukip, back in the 20105. predecessor ukip, back in the 2010s. you know, when there , you 2010s. you know, when there, you know, in rochester or in clacton, they were getting , you clacton, they were getting, you know, 45, 50% of the vote in some of these by elections, with much with better turnouts. and these ones and labour's new kingwood mp was quick to blame what he called rishi sunak recession for helping to deal a double blow to the tories. >> damian egan said that 14 years of conservative government have sucked the hope out of the country . his comments came as country. his comments came as official figures show the uk supped official figures show the uk slipped into a recession at the end of last year, with the economy shrinking 0.3% in december over two boys, both aged 15, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenager was stabbed in bristol last night . teenager was stabbed in bristol last night. the 16 year old victim died in what police described as a sickening attack by two assailants who were allegedly wearing masks. it comes just weeks after the deaths of teenagers mason wrist and max dixon, who were also stabbed in bristol. police and max dixon, who were also stabbed in bristol . police now stabbed in bristol. police now have enhanced stop and search

powers across the city as investigations continue . around investigations continue. around 700,000 households will start receiving a cost of living payment today, it's for those who receive tax credits and no other qualifying payments. more than 7 million eligible uk households have already received the £299 payment. it's the third of three payments totalling up to £900. the money will be paid directly and those eligible do not need to do anything to receive it. a spike in consumer spending has seen retail sales bouncing back after a dismal christmas shopping period . christmas shopping period. january recorded the largest recovery in sales since april 2021, defying forecasts and suggesting britain's economy may be on the mend. despite slipping into a recession in december . into a recession in december. the strongest result was seen in food retailers, with sales increasing by nearly 3.5% and the duke and duchess of sussex are continuing their canadian tour today. prince harry and meghan markle have been spending time with sporting champions in

whistler village ahead of the invictus games , despite invictus games, despite controversy brewing over reports that prince will discuss his father's health on us television today, harry appeared to have fun with the athletes despite the freezing temperatures. the invictus winter games will take place in vancouver next february . and for the latest story , sign . and for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to pip and ben . now it's back to pip and ben. welcome back. >> it's 10:08. welcome back. >> it's10:08. you're welcome back. >> it's 10:08. you're with pip and ben on britain's newsroom on gb news. still to come in the show do you struggle? i'm sure you do. to get a gp appointment. well, alone. as more well, you're not alone. as more than 17 million people had to wait than a month to see wait more than a month to see a doctor a record high. doctor last year, a record high. i know part of that i want to know what part of that , uh, has got to play in our record excess deaths last year. and also , why is nobody linking and also, why is nobody linking mass migration to our ailing pubuc mass migration to our ailing public services? going to

public services? we're going to have that in just have more on that in just a little . little bit. >> first, well, it's a bit >> but first, well, it's a bit of a for the tories , is of a disaster for the tories, is it not, as they suffer a double by—election defeat at the hands of labour? >> yes. they surrendered their majorities in wellingborough and kingswood and it means the party has now suffered more by—election losses in a single parliament than any administration since the 1960s. here's what the chairman of the conservative party, richard holden, told gb news a little earlier. >> it's quite a disappointing result for reform. you know, i always remember being back on the campaigns with the by—election campaigns with reform's , his reform's predecessor, his predecessor , back in the predecessor ukip, back in the 20105. predecessor ukip, back in the 2010s. you know, when they're, you know, in rochester or in clacton, they were getting . you clacton, they were getting. you know, 45, 50% of the vote in some of these by elections, with much with better turnouts. and these so say on, on these ones. so i'd say on, on that, you know, if you're polling 10% on a, on a 35% turnout, you know, i think the and also the assumption you're making in your question is that

everybody who voted for them came the conservative side came from the conservative side of things. i'm not sure that's strictly true either. so, you know . but, you know, know. but, you know, disappointing results for us overnight . overnight. >> let's delve into this with the deputy editor of conservative home, henry hill, who is here in the studio. henry, what are your overriding thoughts this morning? >> well, i think the first one is that this is a pure signal, no noise series of by elections when the conservatives won that seat. when the conservatives won that seat . in when the conservatives won that seat. in uxbridge and south ruislip by a couple of hundred votes, i think it did far too much to muddy the narrative of how much damage the government was you know, was in there, like, you know, one, you know, lost one. >> now this is just two very solid defeats. i think wellingborough is the heaviest conservative defeats conservative by—election defeats since 1994. so it's very clear what picture is, what the overall picture is, which is the conservative party is trouble think is in real trouble. i think the second one, i will second one, which i think will come is i think some come on to is i think some people in danger of people are in danger of overinterpreting the reform result. it was a very good result. it was a very good result finally result for them. they finally shown they can post double digit

vote seats that's vote shares, but in seats that's one leave one of which voted 60% leave only to get a 10% 11% vote share. i think in a by—election condition, the turnout was quite low, wasn't it? >> yeah, but vote rather >> yeah, but vote share rather than turnout. >> yeah, but vote share rather tha right. turnout. >> yeah, but vote share rather tha right. so turnout. >> yeah, but vote share rather tha right. so that'st. >> yeah, but vote share rather tha right. so that's a share of >> right. so that's a share of the people who turn out. the people who did turn out. >> wasn't the case in >> wasn't it the case in wellingborough, that if wellingborough, though, that if all reform had all the reform voters had gone to conservatives, would to the conservatives, they would have held the seat? >> think kingswood >> i think that's kingswood of the but that is the two. um, but that is the case about votes and case by about three votes and it's i it's a stretch it's i think it's a stretch to suggest that single reform suggest that every single reform voter to the voter would have gone to the conservatives well. conservatives as well. >> making that >> nigel farage was making that point saying the point yesterday saying in the case certainly brexit case of certainly the brexit party and ukip in 2015, when they won 4 million votes, the myth um, myth was, he said, that, um, a lot of ukip votes came from lot of the ukip votes came from the when actual the conservatives when in actual fact of labour fact there was a lot of labour red wall voters. >> think ukip was >> yeah, i think ukip was actually, a lot of those actually, because a lot of those labour did end voting labour voters did end up voting conservative but conservative in 2019. but i think actually ukip was think actually what ukip did was really it? really interesting. is it? it gave to gave them an opportunity to break lifelong of break the lifelong habit of voting having to voting labour without having to go tories. and go straight to the tories. and it's do that journey it's easier to do that journey in the tories, in two stages. the tories, though are in trouble. though they are in trouble. >> oh yeah, a lot it .

though they are in trouble. >> oh yeah, a lot it. uh, and >> oh yeah, a lot of it. uh, and they're losing votes now at both ends. they're losing the votes to reform and they're losing the votes to labour. and yet rishi sunakis votes to labour. and yet rishi sunak is trying seems , sunak is trying to, it seems, bat away these results to some extent by saying, well, the circle distances of both by elections were particularly challenging . challenging. >> there are always individual circle losses in by elections. right they're always unique contests. and you do need to be slightly careful about how much you any one you extrapolate from any one result. the overall signal, result. but the overall signal, as the beginning, as i said at the beginning, is perfectly two perfectly clear. this is two thumping back of thumping defeats on the back of a thumping defeats, a string of thumping defeats, which entirely in with which are entirely in line with the national so no , the national polling. so no, these elections do these these by elections do augur, these these by elections do augur , think, currently very augur, i think, currently a very heavy the heavy defeat for the conservative party. it's understandable that the prime minister play that minister would want to play that down. he can. he can barely just stand you know stand up there and go, you know what, the jig's up. what, guys? yeah, the jig's up. um, but do you think it could change of the general election? >> now? >> now? >> potentially not in >> potentially not. not in and of basically rishi of itself. basically rishi sunak has to go along. has said he wants to go along. there's of reasons for him there's lots of reasons for him personally to go long personally to want to go long into for the into october, november for the party. it would be best that he

goes because goes goes in may because he goes at the as the as the same time as the local as the same time as the local as the elections. that saves the local elections. that saves a bunch tory councillors and a bunch of tory councillors and it means that of tory it also means that lots of tory councillors activists who councillors and activists who may enthused may not be particularly enthused about will be about rishi sunak, will be out campaigning patches campaigning in their own patches anyway. be if anyway. so it might be that if things continue get really things continue to get really bad, looks at the summer bad, he looks at the summer and he thinks rwanda bill bad, he looks at the summer and he thiwork. rwanda bill bad, he looks at the summer and he thiwork. there'llia bill bad, he looks at the summer and he thiwork. there'll be)ill won't work. maybe there'll be another crossings, another summer of crossings, maybe would actually be maybe it would actually be sparing my blushes. >> say for sake sparing my blushes. >>the say for sake sparing my blushes. >>the party, say for sake sparing my blushes. >>the party, smight sake sparing my blushes. >>the party, smight call;ake sparing my blushes. >>the party, smight call an; of the party, he might call an election may. but what about election in may. but what about for of country? who for the sake of the country? who wants government wants a zombie government walking much walking towards pretty much guaranteed electoral, you know, a, defeat ? uh, absolute a, uh, defeat? uh, absolute wipe—out. we could have wipe—out. when we could have a new government to in get the ball rolling, get their policies in play. they're wasting in play. they're just wasting time, aren't they? for the sake of the country. shouldn't well, i mean, every party, every party does this right with the exception of when we had the fixed parliaments, like fixed tum parliaments, like every government, every every party in government, the always the last parliament is always five normally you after four >> normally you go after four years major brown in years and major in 97, brown in brown in 2010. they all kind of just a bit because the just cling on a bit because the party government can, can, party of government can, can,

can that the, can scarcely say that the, the, the would be better off the country would be better off with the opposition. right. have an and say, oh an early election and say, oh yeah. think it's time the yeah. no, i think it's time the other guy had a go like that's politically it politically impossible. but it is tricky because even is very tricky because even with the the world, the best will in the world, there's only about six, there's now only about six, seven, months left. that's there's now only about six, sev> well i mean i think that's the key test you were talking about. if there was anything that could move the election forward. i think jeremy hunt forward. i think if jeremy hunt managed with managed to come up with something quite early something in this quite early budget that clearly with budget that clearly landed with people narrative people and shifted the narrative that might something that might have been something where government where the government was like, because themselves where the government was like, becauit's themselves where the government was like, becauit's enough emselves where the government was like, becauit's enough in selves where the government was like, becauit's enough in march time. it's early enough in march that they would have time for a six week campaign, but he's already he's backing away already if he's backing away from to from it, he's left himself to fiscal between now and an fiscal events between now and an october election. if he's backing away doing anything

backing away from doing anything bold this one, i suspect that bold in this one, i suspect that means he's saving all his gunpowder for that later one, which almost which means we're almost certainly autumn election. >> can frank, why >> and we can i be frank, why don't just get it? don't the tories just get it? people. people will prioritise migration when we've got uncontrolled mass migration. a city the size of birmingham every two years we've got an illegal problem with the boats 50 odd thousand a year, which they still can't sort out. um, and they just the government said the other day it was projected that over the next, i think, ten years, we're going to have something akin to 400,000 a year legal migration in. we are under so much pressure, public services. mentioned services. we just mentioned there about gp appointments, migration in some would argue, is the key factor. and a lot of this country's problems. why don't the tories get that and commit to sorting out? commit to sorting it out? because it would be argued because you it would be argued that that overnight would boost their poll numbers quite significantly. mean, significantly. well so i mean, illegals uh, they are trying to do stuff on the problem is they're running into they're running into an issue that you can't really do much more about

the in our the illegal situation in, in our current commitments to the the illegal situation in, in our currerand commitments to the the illegal situation in, in our currerand others. mitments to the echr and others. >> don't well, they >> and they don't well, they don't don't don't currently. they don't currently have the they don't currently. all that currently. i think all that would is they'd would happen there is they'd lose election that. and would happen there is they'd lose labourction that. and would happen there is they'd lose labourction spend and would happen there is they'd lose labourction spend thei would happen there is they'd lose labourction spend the next then labour would spend the next 20 they're lose it anyway. >> well, the public have endorsed too many endorsed the echr on too many people. there many mps in >> aren't there too many mps in the in the. >> yeah, there's no there's leaving. >> i don't want to ditch the echr leaving the leaving the echr is like, yeah, they're losing their seats anyway. >> like >> leaving the echr is like brexit. but brexit. you need to win. but legal is interesting legal is more interesting because legal immigration because yeah, legal immigration is three is astonishingly high. three quarters people. quarters of a million people. yeah. quarters yeah. three quarters of a million people last year. but the problem is that want the problem is that if you want to this is what to really bring and this is what none governments none of the governments have done, really to done, if you really want to bnng done, if you really want to bring down legal migration, you have the have have to tackle the why we have so right? that means so much of it right? that means facing off with big business who want hire people the want to hire people on the cheap. means taking cheap. that means taking on the cbi, big tory donors. it means potentially some potentially letting some universities now universities go to the wall. now universities go to the wall. now universities are often of universities are often ways of basically public basically laundering public subsidies for left behind towns with are with no other economy. there are all kinds of problems like and the knows this the the treasury knows this the problem conservatives have problem the conservatives have always had is that they have

treated as if it's treated immigration as if it's something. it can be solved in isolation. you the home isolation. you put the home secretary say , tough secretary in, they say, tough stuff dealing with stuff about dealing with immigration. and the same immigration. and at the same time, treasury department time, the treasury department for for for education and department for business continuously lobby for higher want higher numbers. if you want to genuinely immigration higher numbers. if you want to genuthey immigration higher numbers. if you want to genuthe long immigration higher numbers. if you want to genuthe long terme, immigration higher numbers. if you want to genuthe long terme, you nigration higher numbers. if you want to genuthe long terme, you need:ion higher numbers. if you want to genuthe long terme, you need tor over the long terme, you need to reform higher education. you need reform industrial need to form reform industrial training. to have the training. you need to have the entire government brought on to that, also the big one, that, and also the big one, someone's going to need to pay all of these pensions that we're currently ratcheting on currently ratcheting up year on year years. now, year for the next 20 years. now, if british people aren't having enough kids they're not, enough kids and they're not, then you need young workers from somewhere the to somewhere either to keep the to keep the tax base topped up right. unfortunately , many right. and unfortunately, many of who complain right. and unfortunately, many of high who complain right. and unfortunately, many of high immigration, complain right. and unfortunately, many of high immigration, evenilain about high immigration, even when you when put when you when you put in measures proposed measures to make easier to make it easier for people to have you get this are have kids, you get this are people. they kids. can people. they have kids. they can afford. frankly , you need afford. and frankly, you need young people. >> what young people. >> do you know what long tum for the regardless the conservatives? regardless of what this election what happens, this election cycle, for the cycle, long terme for the conservatives. young people aren't people aren't buying houses. people aren't buying houses. people aren't kids . the aren't buying houses. people aren't kids. the birth aren't having kids. the birth rate collapsing. they're rate is collapsing. they're going people going to have nothing to. people

will nothing to conserve in will have nothing to conserve in generations to come. so not only are they facing , you know, a are they facing, you know, a decade out of power, it could be decades. >> yeah, all of the things that used to make somebody more conservative got older. conservative as they got older. right. stake right. like you acquire a stake in acquire a bit of in society, you acquire a bit of capital a place of your own. capital in a place of your own. you a family, which capital in a place of your own. you your a family, which capital in a place of your own. you your outlooknily, which capital in a place of your own. you your outlook on , which capital in a place of your own. you your outlook on various changes your outlook on various things. of these are things. none of these are happening not just happening for. and it's not just like people don't want like some people don't want to do that's absolutely do that. and that's absolutely fine. change, do that. and that's absolutely finethere change, do that. and that's absolutely finethere are change, do that. and that's absolutely finethere are an change, do that. and that's absolutely finethere are an awful:hange, do that. and that's absolutely finethere are an awful lot|ge, do that. and that's absolutely finethere are an awful lot of, but there are an awful lot of people my age who want start people my age who want to start a want to settle a family, who want to settle down, won't do it down, but they won't do it because too expensive. because it's too expensive. they're renting so they don't because it's too expensive. they'that nting so they don't because it's too expensive. they'that security. they don't because it's too expensive. they'that security. and don't because it's too expensive. they'that security. and ifin't because it's too expensive. they'that security. and if the have that security. and if the conservatives had delivered for those people, i think there's a huge future huge dividend for a future conservative that huge dividend for a future conservisquarely that huge dividend for a future conservisquarely on that huge dividend for a future conservisquarely on those hat focuses squarely on those voters. the moment, the voters. but at the moment, the party offers nothing essentially to people under 55. >> what doesn't help is the party is so divided anyway with all these different factions, which to voters is not attractive. and in light of this latest drubbing, both by elections, do you think there will be a resurgence in those people who want to replace rishi

sunak as leader, even if we are months before a general election ? >> 7. >>i ? >> i think the 7 >> i think the factions are a real problem, but the factions are. the factions are basically because rishi sunak has not provided any intellectual leadership to the conservative party. sunak ism, party. there's no sunak ism, right? are generally right? tory mps are generally pretty good at following the leader, no project leader, but there's no project at heart of this government at the heart of this government at the heart of this government at don't think at the moment. but i don't think people to want to people are going to want to replace sunak just replace rishi sunak just because. be because. if you want to be leader the conservative leader of the conservative party, if you're an ambitious tory mp, you to over tory mp, you want to take over after the general election, you want you to want to take over, you want to and then you want to win the battle to define defeat. battle to define that defeat. and in a position and you want to be in a position to in you to attack labour in 2029. you don't want over now, you don't want to take over now, you know, why would you seize the crown the head is know, why would you seize the cr(the the head is know, why would you seize the cr(the guillotine? head is know, why would you seize the cr(the guillotine? right? head is know, why would you seize the cr(the guillotine? right? liked is in the guillotine? right? like all your all that would happen is your name in as the name goes down in history as the one that suffered what's probably going to be a very heavy i that's heavy defeat. so i think that's actually what's keeping rishi safe the safe at the moment is all the really who really ambitious people who want to leader are getting ready to be leader are getting ready for an october, november, december contest? henry, excuse being >> henry, excuse me for being maybe naive, maybe too simplistic and naive, but the case that a lot but isn't it the case that a lot of tory voters said at the time

that rid boris that by getting rid of boris johnson, scenario was johnson, this scenario was always should they always on the cards? should they shouldn't rid of boris, shouldn't have got rid of boris, shouldn't have got rid of boris, should they? >> boris johnson >> i mean, boris johnson resigned >> i mean, boris johnson re historically >> i mean, boris johnson rehistorically high number of a historically high number of resignations literally resignations and he literally couldn't staff a government. i think that for all that many people are fans of boris johnson and definitely the party has done very badly since . it's done very badly since. it's important to remember that his poll when he wasn't poll rating when he left wasn't fixed would probably fixed like it would probably still down. imagine still have gone down. imagine the covid inquiry with boris johnson downing street. johnson still in downing street. imagine hard that imagine how much more hard that would hit government. would have hit the government. but ultimately , if the but ultimately, if the parliamentary party parliamentary conservative party wasn't prepared to serve in his government ministers, government as ministers, that's it. been prime minister. >> and actually, suppose >> yeah. and actually, i suppose the argument that he he the argument is that he he u—turned a lot of his original conservative policies. he went down net path. he down the net zero path. he created the immigration policy that's record immigration. >> this the amazing thing >> this is the amazing thing about johnson. on >> this is the amazing thing abo right johnson. on >> this is the amazing thing abo right of johnson. on >> this is the amazing thing abo right of the1son. on >> this is the amazing thing abo right of the conservative on the right of the conservative party are like, oh, we love boris. never got boris. we should never got rid of was high of boris. he was high immigration, pro public spending, the sugar spending, brought in the sugar tax like he basically way tax like he was basically a way of progressivism to tory voters. >> and they to

voters. >> and they to me, they >> and they say it to me, they say, yeah, but he had a personality . kc. personality. kc. >> well that's well that's fine. i people who like boris i mean, people who like boris johnson campaigner is johnson as a campaigner is absolutely i am always absolutely fine. but i am always baffled people who baffled by people who self—identify like the baffled by people who self—wingify like the baffled by people who self—wing of like the baffled by people who self—wing of the ike the baffled by people who self—wing of the tory the baffled by people who self—wing of the tory party and right wing of the tory party and then really love then they really love boris johnson. just like, johnson. and i'm just like, did you in you see what he did in government? like was not government? like he was not a right prime minister right wing prime minister >> okay. henry hill, deputy edhon >> okay. henry hill, deputy editor, a deputy of editor, a deputy editor of conservativehome. pleasure. >> thank you much. >> thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> maybe pip, we'll see >> maybe pip, maybe we'll see some conservatism some proper conservatism in the future the conservative future in the conservative party. who knows? >> your breath. still >> don't hold your breath. still to well, everyone's to come. well, everyone's favourite couple. or maybe not harry meghan vow they will harry and meghan vow they will not broken after criticism of not be broken after criticism of their rebrand and prince their royal rebrand and prince harry, he's speaking about his father's cancer diagnosis on good morning america later. >> this is britain's newsroom on gb news. stay with .

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newsroom. >> it is coming up to 10:25. uh, this is ben leo and pip tomson. now we're joined. good morning to you both. former editor of the daily star. dawn neesom and political commentator russell quirk in the studio one to start, actually. and of course , start, actually. and of course, we are going to talk about by—election, but just something completely different. and this is prince harry is the news is that prince harry has done an interview with good morning america and he has been asked about charles's king, charles's cancer diagnosis. dawn, we don't quite know what his reply is. no we don't. we're being kept waiting . um, suspense being kept waiting. um, suspense is building because his interviews coming out in the next couple of hours , they have next couple of hours, they have run a sort of promo. i don't know whether we have that, whether our viewers whether we can play our viewers and that . but what and listeners that. but what would what do you think? well, there's would what do you think? well, the prince harry is going talk >> prince harry is going to talk about his family. i mean, what a shock. knock down a shock. knock me down with a feather, mean, what else feather, pip. i mean, what else has about? no has he got to talk about? no one's in harry or one's interested in harry or

meghan. the only thing he's meghan. it's the only thing he's got to talk about, about his family. and no wonder king charles and william , um, try to charles and william, um, try to spend as little time as possible with him. because before you know it, it'll be a new series on netflix or we do have that, uh, probe . uh, probe. >> so let's let's just let's just listen to what we know so far tomorrow morning, a gma exclusive prince harry, the all new interview on his life today with meghan , how his father, the with meghan, how his father, the king is doing and on his passion supporting wounded warriors . supporting wounded warriors. >> tomorrow on good morning america . america. >> russell, isn't it the case that he. harry he rushed over to for london his dad's cancer diagnosis. he spent 45 minutes. he spent a reported 45 minutes with him and he's now gone back to plug invictus games. with him and he's now gone back to plug invictus games . and you to plug invictus games. and you would have thought before he sat down with good morning america that they would have said, harry, to you harry, we're going to ask you about your dad. so he could have told them, don't ask me. about your dad. so he could have tol(|t'sam, don't ask me. about your dad. so he could have tol(|t's almost 't ask me. about your dad. so he could have tol(|t's almost 't asithez. about your dad. so he could have tol(|t's almost 't asithe only >> it's almost as if the only reason that he flew over from america minutes

america for 45 minutes was because wanted able to because he wanted to be able to talk the fact that he'd talk about the fact that he'd flown from america. talk about the fact that he'd flothen'sfrom america. talk about the fact that he'd flothen's hen america. talk about the fact that he'd flothen's he goingerica. talk about the fact that he'd flothen's he going to a. talk about the fact that he'd flothen's he going to learn to zigi? >> well, look, i mean, to be let's be fair about this. >> know that he was asked >> we know that he was asked about king charles's cancer diagnosis. what diagnosis. we do not know what he said in response. and he's diagnosis. we do not know what he rgoing response. and he's diagnosis. we do not know what he rgoing to sponse. and he's diagnosis. we do not know what he rgoing to give ;e. and he's diagnosis. we do not know what he rgoing to give muchi he's diagnosis. we do not know what he rgoing to give much away anything. >> w- w— >> he's not going to give much away medical terms, is he? away in medical terms, is he? i'm sure. but wouldn't it be nice actually says nice if he actually says something his family? something nice about his family? >> members >> absolutely. but other members of family have, you of the royal family have, you know, for their know, thanked people for their well he well wishes. it might be that he says as. says something as. >> are are obsessed, >> but we are we are obsessed, aren't we? i mean, the fact that, you know, he is just who he he's being followed he is and he's being followed around america he is and he's being followed aro several america he is and he's being followed aro several days. america he is and he's being followed aro several days. obviouslynerica he is and he's being followed aro several days. obviously it's ca for several days. obviously it's part think, part of the promotion, i think, isn't with regard to isn't it, with regard to invictus games, which in fairness to he's founded fairness to him, he's founded and he's carried on with, fairness to him, he's founded and there 1e's carried on with, fairness to him, he's founded and there 1e'acarried on with, fairness to him, he's founded and there 1e' a carriei dollop th, fairness to him, he's founded and there 1e' a carriei dollop of but there is a huge dollop of self—promotion here, isn't there? fascinated. we there? but we are fascinated. we hang every word. we want hang on his every word. we want to his life with to hear about his life with meghan, want hear meghan, and we want to hear about he's say about about what he's got to say about his father. i suspect what he's going to say is, you know, i love father. this is love my father. this is terrible, hope he gets terrible, and i hope he gets through it. >> care about his life

through it. >> meghan.e about his life through it. >> meghan. i about his life through it. >> meghan. i really his life through it. >> meghan. i really don'tfe through it. >> meghan. i really don't care with meghan. i really don't care about meghan. the fact about him or meghan. the fact that sells that he constantly sells his family that's he's family because that's all he's got about. got to talk about. >> not a good look at his >> that's not a good look at his website. pardon have website. dawn. pardon have you not a look his website? >> i poke my eyes out a new one is this sussex.com or whatever it is isn't it. >> where i've been i've >> where where i've been i've been and been saying this for months and months months where use months and months where they use their they're now months and months where they use their them they're now months and months where they use their them to they're now months and months where they use their them to the they're now months and months where they use their them to the they' and»w months and months where they use their them to the they' and my giving them to the kids. and my point russell, uh, meghan point is, russell, uh, meghan got then meghan got her name, then meghan has gone on for years about how she wanted kill herself when wanted to kill herself when in the she the royal family, she was treated miserably. suffered treated miserably. she suffered severe treated miserably. she suffered sever> well, that kind of person is the uses the the person that then uses the royal to make as much royal family to make as much money out of them she. money out of them as she. >> possibly my being >> possibly my just being cynical. no no. cynical. no no no no no. >> i you reflect most >> i think you reflect what most people is, you people believe meghan is, you know, this is someone know, this is this is someone that know, has has looked that you know, has has looked probably all of her life be probably all of her life to be in wants in this situation. she wants to disparage to disparage certain things, but to use disparagement to make use that disparagement to make money, you know, i wonder if they're for good they're being paid for this good morning mean, morning america thing. i mean, i suspect probably suspect they probably are, aren't suspect they probably are, areidawn, had many tweets

>> dawn, i've had so many tweets and morning saying, and emails this morning saying, please talk harry and emails this morning saying, plea meghan.talk harry and emails this morning saying, pleameghan. exactly. harry and emails this morning saying, pleameghan. exactly. please! and meghan. exactly. please don't them any sign. but don't give them any sign. but it's the front of man it's the front page of man online. top news online. all the top news stories. they're trending on twitter, to twitter, so people do want to hear don't they? twitter, so people do want to heawell, don't they? twitter, so people do want to heawell, i don't they? twitter, so people do want to heawell, i mean, don't they? twitter, so people do want to heawell, i mean, the 't they? twitter, so people do want to heawell, i mean, the fact ey? twitter, so people do want to heawell, i mean, the fact that >> well, i mean, the fact that they're on good morning america, which show. which is a highly rated show. i mean, that on that mean, so the fact that on that is have to talk about them. is we have to talk about them. but i really would rather not, to with don't to be honest with you. i don't care. i want to talk care. i mean, i want to talk about king charles and wish him all best and likewise catherine. >> don't people now are >> but don't most people now are talking harry and meghan talking about harry and meghan in terms? i saw in negative terms? i mean, i saw something other day that 95% something the other day that 95% of americans, even now, just see them as a bit of a joke, a bit of a parody. so yes, we're talking about them, but i think 2 or 3 years ago, many people were talking about them quite positively were positively because they were quite now quite interesting and so on. now i think they're they're i think they're having they're being going very >> i'm going to give a very resilient sources close to them say that they are not broken and they carry doing. they will carry on doing. i don't them. they will carry on doing. i dori: them. they will carry on doing. i dori don't them. they will carry on doing. i dori don't want them. they will carry on doing. i dori don't want to them. they will carry on doing. i dori don't want to th anything >> i don't want to do anything with don't care, but with them. i don't care, but i were going to give some balance to this debate debate

to this debate here, debate this conversation, going to this debate here, debate this converthe)n, going to this debate here, debate this converthe bobsleigh going to this debate here, debate this converthe bobsleigh thing going to this debate here, debate this converthe bobsleigh thing wasg to say the bobsleigh thing was good. was jealous of him. good. i was jealous of him. >> harry whizzing the bobsleigh. >> harry doing bobsleigh, >> harry doing the bobsleigh, i, i i would like to think that >> harry doing the bobsleigh, i, i willjld like to think that >> harry doing the bobsleigh, i, i will care ke to think that >> harry doing the bobsleigh, i, i will care aboutthink that >> harry doing the bobsleigh, i, i will care about dawn that >> harry doing the bobsleigh, i, i will care about dawn is|t >> harry doing the bobsleigh, i, i will care about dawn is gp's you will care about dawn is gp's and patient waits because nearly you will care about dawn is gp's armillionnt waits because nearly you will care about dawn is gp's armillion ,t waits because nearly you will care about dawn is gp's armillion , nearly because nearly you will care about dawn is gp's armillion , nearly 18:ause nearly you will care about dawn is gp's armillion , nearly 18 millionzarly 8 million, nearly 18 million people waiting four or more people are waiting four or more weeks to see a gp. 28 days. it's the highest on record and accounted for more than 1 in 20 of almost 348 million appointments. that gp team delivered in 2023. now, i haven't seen my gp for three years, so i think if you've got a four week wait, you're doing quite well , to be honest with quite well, to be honest with you. >> why he avoiding you, dawn? >> why is he avoiding you, dawn? >> why is he avoiding you, dawn? >> it's it's a she or >> well, it's a it's a she or i think it was last time i checked. i don't know um, but i just can't get to them. and just can't get to see them. and i live in a particularly poor part london, like part of london, so, like everybody around everybody else that lives around me, what we doing, if we me, what we are doing, if we have a minor issue, we are either the chemist either going to see the chemist and a mate the and he's a good mate of the husbands rolls his husbands and he just rolls his eyes because he's eyes at the moment because he's snowed under, can't with snowed under, he can't cope with the we go to a&e and the workload or we go to a&e and this problem. this is a problem. we're burdening a&e when we shouldn't be doing we should able

burdening a&e when we shouldn't be see ng we should able burdening a&e when we shouldn't be see our we should able burdening a&e when we shouldn't be see our gp's. should able to see our gp's. >> it's another demonstration, isn't broken nhs isn't it, of how broken the nhs is. course, if had is. and of course, if we had someone the here, they'd someone on the left here, they'd now be talking about how we need loads course loads more money. of course it's £190 what it costs to £190 billion is what it costs to fund nhs. it's record fund the nhs. it's record funding, by the way, going into the organisation is the nhs now, bad organisation is not symptom of lack of cash. not a symptom of lack of cash. russell, you're not allowed to say that. >> that breaks the rules. know >> that breaks the rules. i know the pedestal yourself the nhs on the pedestal yourself on the pedestal and so on. >> this the >> and how about this on the basis, how this? basis, how about this? >> a moment. okay. >> tell us in a moment. okay. >> tell us in a moment. okay. >> i'll hold it. >> i'll hold it. >> the news headlines. we must bnng >> the news headlines. we must bring them you now because we are getting told are late and we're getting told off. is sophia wenzler. off. so here is sophia wenzler. >> thanks, pip. it's 1031. off. so here is sophia wenzler. >> thanks, pip. it's1031. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. labour scored a double win in by elections overnight, inflicting a devastating blow to the conservative party. jen kitchen snatched wellingborough with 45.8% of the vote. the second largest by—election swing from tory to labour since the

second world war. the stunning results came just two hours after labour's damian egan won kingswood with just under 45. it was a miserable night for the tories, with the party now having lost more by elections in a single parliament than any government since the 1960s. labour leader sir keir starmer welcomed the result but says the party will continue fighting. >> we're very pleased with the by—election results from last night. i think it's very clear that people are crying out for change across the country. um, they think that the tories have failed. they can see that most things are broken. they look at the labour party and see a changed party. and last night people who hadn't voted labour before went out and voted laboun before went out and voted labour. so i'm very pleased with both of those results . but there both of those results. but there is more work to do. there's a long way to go . long way to go. >> meanwhile, prime minister rishi sunak says the circumstances facing his party are challenging but insists labour doesn't have a plan for midterms. >> by elections are always

difficult for incumbent governments and the circumstances of these by elections were, of course, particularly challenging . now, particularly challenging. now, i think if you look at the results, very low turnout and it shows that we've got work to do to show people that we are delivering on their priorities. and that's what i'm absolutely determined to do, but also shows that there isn't a huge amount of enthusiasm the of enthusiasm for the alternative. live in keir starmer party , starmer and the labour party, and they don't and that's because they don't have don't have a plan. and if you don't have a plan. and if you don't have plan, can't deliver have a plan, you can't deliver real and when the real change. and when the general comes, that's real change. and when the gen message comes, that's real change. and when the gen message i'll comes, that's real change. and when the gen message i'll be nes, that's real change. and when the gen message i'll be makingt's the message i'll be making to the message i'll be making to the . stick with our plan the country. stick with our plan because starting to because it is starting to deliver that the deliver the change that the country and needs. country wants and needs. >> the reform uk >> meanwhile, the reform uk party its result yet in party saw its best result yet in a by—election, grabbing 13% of the vote in wellingborough . the the vote in wellingborough. the party also secured more than 10% of the in kingswood of the vote in kingswood reforms. wellingborough candidate hailed the candidate ben habib hailed the results as remarkable, while party leader richard told party leader richard tice told gb it's proof that it's gb news it's proof that it's time for the tories is up . and time for the tories is up. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or

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how many companies do you know that export? >> 65% of what they make ? >> 65% of what they make? >> 65% of what they make? >> andrew watts export market being like for you this year ? being like for you this year? >> it's really held up well. >> it's really held up well. >> the export market has grown . >> the export market has grown. >> the export market has grown. >> um, so we've had a nice growth on that point, but also we've had good sustained business on on a uk basis as well. >> now, obviously you've been a uk company for over 40 years, so what's it been like through them years? >> everybody's had their ups and downs and we're no different. but since the oh eight crash we're we're right back up to the same sort of figures, if not more. so we've had certainly really good growth over the last certainly ten years. >> so what's this year been like for you? >> good good good. >> good good good. >> we've we've seen some some work certainly coming from the

defence side of things with the political situation as it stands at the minute, there's been spending on on defence this year and that will certainly continue into the future . and obviously into the future. and obviously we've talked about how much you export. so what work do you actually do and what industries do you work in. it's all basically petrochemical, refinery three uh, nuclear with hinkley point coming on. uh coming on soon. that's been good for us. there's hopefully going to be sizewell c coming up. and that should be good for us as well. now just last question. obviously there's a lot of bad news in uk manufacturing. >> but how are you finding it as a business owner? it's been it's been difficult . been difficult. >> certain things have have given us some challenges, but i think those challenges are the same the world over. i think you know, generally uk manufacturing is in a fairly good.

radio. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom with ben leo and pip tomson the prime minister, rishi sunak. tomson the prime minister, rishi sunak . he has been speaking, sunak. he has been speaking, giving his first reaction to the double by—election defeat . let's double by—election defeat. let's listen to what he had to say . listen to what he had to say. >> midterms by elections are always difficult for incumbent governments and the circumstances of these by elections of course, elections were, of course, particularly . now, particularly challenging. now, i think if you look at the results, very low turnout and it shows that we've got work to do to show people that we are delivering their priorities. to show people that we are deliithat's their priorities. to show people that we are deliithat's whateir priorities. to show people that we are deliithat's what i'm)riorities. to show people that we are deliithat's what i'm absolutely and that's what i'm absolutely determined but also shows determined to do, but also shows that amount that there isn't a huge amount of enthusiasm for the alternative starmer and alternative in keir starmer and the labour party. and that's because don't a plan. because they don't have a plan. and have a plan, and if you don't have a plan, you can't deliver real change. and general election you can't deliver real change. and that's general election you can't deliver real change. and that's the feral election you can't deliver real change. and that's the feral elec'i'll comes, that's the message i'll be making to the country. stick with because it is with our plan because it is starting the change with our plan because it is startthe the change with our plan because it is startthe country the change with our plan because it is startthe country wants change with our plan because it is startthe country wants and ge with our plan because it is startthe country wants and needs that the country wants and needs are concerned about are you more concerned about reform uk or labour? reform uk or about labour? a vote for anyone who isn't the

conservative candidate, whether that's reform or anyone else , is that's reform or anyone else, is just a vote to put keir starmer in power. that's the actual choice at the general election between and between the between me and him, between the conservatives and labour. now, i believe working at believe our plan is working at the start of this year. we're heading in right direction. heading in the right direction. taxes coming down, inflation taxes are coming down, inflation is falling and if we stick with that plan, we can deliver everyone a brighter future. give them the peace of mind that that is there them and their is there for them and their families. have families. they can have a renewed sense in our renewed sense of pride in our country. and the alternative, as we've past week, country. and the alternative, as wea re past week, country. and the alternative, as wea labour past week, country. and the alternative, as wea labour party past week, country. and the alternative, as wea labour party who ast week, country. and the alternative, as wea labour party who don'teek, country. and the alternative, as wea labour party who don't have is a labour party who don't have a can't tell you what they a plan, can't tell you what they would that would do differently, and that means no change. >> think that this >> people think that this government failing. isn't government is failing. isn't it the that now the truth that you're now staring down the barrel of a major election defeat major general election defeat whenever ? whenever it arrives? >> we've clearly been >> but we've clearly been through over past through a lot over the past couple a country , couple of years as a country, but believe at the but i genuinely believe at the start that start of this year that we're pointing in the right direction. now. we're not out of the woods yet, across all the yet, but across all the priorities i set out, we are making progress. inflation has been halved, been more than halved, the economy outperformed

expectations last year. debt is on track to fall. we've cut the number of illegal migrants coming by a third. and we're making longest making progress on the longest waiters in the nhs. now i know that there's work to but if that there's work to do, but if we with our plan, i can we stick with our plan, i can give everyone the peace mind give everyone the peace of mind that brighter future that there's a brighter future ahead election. ahead and that general election. the is labour the alternative is the labour party. keir starmer, can't party. he, keir starmer, can't tell you what would do tell you what he would do differently, and that's because he a plan. and if he doesn't have a plan. and if you don't have you you don't have a plan, you can't deliver how can you deliver any change. how can you cut taxes in a recession ? well, cut taxes in a recession? well, because plan to halve because of our plan to halve inflation, which has been successful over the past year, and because economic conditions have improved, we have already been able to start cutting taxes for delivered a for people. we delivered a significant tax cut at the start of this year, cutting the rate of this year, cutting the rate of national from 12% of national insurance from 12% to 10. now that means that someone an average earnings someone on an average earnings of about £35,000 is seeing a tax cut worth £450. that hit their payslips in january. now that will benefit everyone in work. it demonstrates that our plan is working and if we stick with

that plan, i can give everyone peace of mind that there is a better future for them and their families ahead, and we can all have a renewed sense of pride in the country without reform. >> picture, you might >> in the picture, you might have of these by have won one of these by elections. what has that elections. what lesson has that taught the conservatives? yeah a vote who isn't vote for anyone who isn't a conservative candidate, including just a vote including reform, is just a vote to put keir starmer in power. >> and won't deliver any >> and that won't deliver any change on the people's priorities because he doesn't have a plan. in contrast, we do have a plan. in contrast, we do have a plan. in contrast, we do have a plan, and that plan is starting to work now. of course, we're out the woods yet, we're not out of the woods yet, but seen inflation but we've seen that inflation has than halved. has been more than halved. the economy expectation economy outperformed expectation last of illegal last year, the number of illegal migrants crossing is down by a third. but these are people's priorities. we're making progress on them. and if we stick with the plan, then there's a brighter future ahead. >> okay, well, you've got to appreciate let's appreciate the optimism. let's get editor , get our political editor, christopher to christopher hope's reaction to that. wellingborough christopher hope's reaction to that. good wellingborough christopher hope's reaction to that. good wellingto rough christopher hope's reaction to that. good wellingto youh christopher hope's reaction to that. good wellingto you . um, chris, good morning to you. um, sunak's a pleasant guy. he's a nice chap. but it reminds me that clip there of chemical ali

dunng that clip there of chemical ali during the gulf war. saddam's information minister. everything's fine. the tanks aren't here. the economy was amazing last year. aren't here. the economy was amazing last year . we beat amazing last year. we beat expectations. what is he kidding himself, or does he know that the game is up? >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> you mean comical ali. >> you mean comical ali. >> comical ali. sorry >> comical ali. sorry >> lots of chemicals in play. well baghdad. well, baghdad was exploding behind him. he said we're winning the war. it's not quite that bad, i think, because if you look at the numbers from last night , a if you look at the numbers from last night, a lot of tory supporters, as they have done all last year, sat on their hands now, can get more hands. now, if you can get more tory voters out, there's a real chance tory party can chance that the tory party can eat this rampant eat into this. this rampant labour party at the moment, at the polls and the only place they're going to if they're not, if they are voting, they tend to be towards the reform be going towards the reform party, which in here in wellingborough 0 to wellingborough went from 0 to 13% because of course, they didn't fight the last election in 2019 a brexit party. and in 2019 as a brexit party. and in 2019 as a brexit party. and in kingswood to 10% from in kingswood to 10% again from zero, having not fought it in 2019. so the idea is that stick

with the plan. i'm turning the economy around, says mr sunak. stick with me. i'll make the cost of living crisis better for you, saying that the day after figures show we are slipping into a recession . i mean, the into a recession. i mean, the figures don't really bear up what mr sunak is saying, and that's part of the problem. he's fundamentally a decent man. he does believe in tax cuts. he believes in stopping the boats. we that the gb news people's we saw that the gb news people's forum on monday, the problem is that the, the, the mood music is changing in the country. and people, if they're not listening to politics, they're only listening to labour. they've turned the tory party down to zero on the volume knob and that's problem . that's part of the problem. >> chris. overall, what can we take away from these by—election defeats then? is it that the conservatives lives are in even more trouble, or is it that labour are charging even more ahead ? i think it's the same as ahead? i think it's the same as last year. >> pip in the sense that you've

got the labour party who are offering at least talking about change. although if you look at the detail of what they're offering, it's not a lot different to what party different to what the tory party is earlier we had pat is doing that earlier we had pat mcfadden on channel talking mcfadden on the channel talking about a year. well about 300,000 homes a year. well that's broadly the tory that's broadly where the tory party wants to get to. there are about 250,000 at the moment, so about 250,000 at the moment, so a lot the ambition of the a lot of the ambition of the labour party isn't that great. not or certainly not not talked about as great. the gb energy ideaisnt about as great. the gb energy idea isn't really worked out. the 28 billion was their major plan for spending on green projects that hasn't really that's altogether . that's been dropped altogether. they're to do bits of it, they're going to do bits of it, but all of it. um, in a but not all of it. um, in a sense, the labour party is saying we are we are a different cast people , but policies cast of people, but the policies aren't different themselves aren't that different themselves . that's all . and i think, um, that's all they can offer is a new idea . they can offer is a new idea. i'm not sure that's a great prospectus for government, but they see the voters right they really see the voters right now are listening to labour, not to the tories. and how they break that , that, break through that, that, that, uh, um, inertia. i've break through that, that, that, uh, um, inertia . i've been uh, um, inertia. i've been talking to, um, reform party

figures here in wellingborough and they are talking to me privately that there are, um, groups of tory mps who may try and come across from the tory party to reform before the election. now, i, i discounted defections , really, but if the defections, really, but if the reform party keeps growing in the polls and starts challenging the polls and starts challenging the tory party, unbelievably for second place in the polls, that could become a reality . and then could become a reality. and then then it could become a full blown crisis for mr sunak. >> christopher hope, our political editor. thank you very much, sir. um up next, this has caused quite a stir, hasn't it, prince harry, he's set to discuss his father's cancer diagnosis in public for the first time american breakfast first time on american breakfast television. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. stay

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on gb news with me, ben leo and pip tomson. prince harry has ignored advice to behave during a trip to canada this week as he's taken part in a new bombshell interview on his father's cancer diagnosis . yes, father's cancer diagnosis. yes, let's take a look at the preview to the good morning america clip tomorrow morning. >> a gma exclusive prince harry the all new interview on his life today with meghan . how his life today with meghan. how his father, the king is doing and on his passion supporting wounded warriors . tomorrow on good warriors. tomorrow on good morning america . morning america. >> joining us now is former royal correspondent at the sun charles rae. good morning charles. uh, let's get to it. he spent 40 minutes with his ill father in london. he, uh, raced back to america within 24 hours, and he's arguably spent even longer with this film crew from good morning america . when's good morning america. when's harry going to learn to keep his mouth shut? >> well, it's very, very interesting , ben. interesting, ben. >> i mean, i saw that promo , uh, >> i mean, i saw that promo, uh, that you've just shown, but i can tell you that there's an

extra two paragraphs of , uh, extra two paragraphs of, uh, words from harry in which he says, apparently, look , i love says, apparently, look, i love my family. >> the fact that i was able to get on a plane and go and see him and spend any time with him, i'm grateful for that. and then he's asked if an illness in a family could have a reunification, unifying effect. and harry then says, yeah , i'm and harry then says, yeah, i'm sure throughout all these families , i see it on a daily, families, i see it on a daily, day to day basis. the strength of the family unit coming together . i of the family unit coming together. i think any illness, any sickness brings families together. now i don't know whether this guy is completely living in cloud cuckoo land , but living in cloud cuckoo land, but according to one report, when he was over here for the 30 minutes that he saw his father, he he made it clear he would not step into a room where his stepmother , camilla, was . into a room where his stepmother , camilla, was. uh, and remember, he he completely criticised her, calling her wicked witch in his book, 'spare' he makes no mention at all. it has not made any mention at all of the, um, the abdominal

surgery that his sister in law has had, which he was one, one time. he was supposed to be very close to. he's made no mention at all about his brother, saying, i want you know, saying, i want to, you know, bury anything bury the hatchet or anything like that. it's going to be very interesting when we actually see this you're this full interview. and you're quite right . this full interview. and you're quite right. he spends more time with this camera crew than he has with father. and it has with his father. and it makes i listen to makes you think i listen to russell quirk and dawn neesom earlier makes you earlier on, and it makes you think that the reason he flew over was just so that he could do this. good morning america interview. he must have known he was going to do it. >> yeah . it will be interesting >> yeah. it will be interesting to see or hear what the reaction from the palace will be, will it not? to this interview if he has , uh, given those sorts of comments, i doubt very much will see will hear anything from the palace. >> they'll they'll not want to fuel any any row any row at all. but we're following a pattern now with harry and meghan. and

thatis now with harry and meghan. and that is , uh, i don't want to be that is, uh, i don't want to be part of this family that a racist family. uh, they made life hell, you know, mental health issues with meghan and everything yet they everything else. yet they continually want to be linked to them, as we've seen with them, as we've just seen with their new, uh, website. uh or could, sorry, could it be, charles, that that harry might, might be regretting some of the stuff that he has said and done? it could , it could be, but he it could, it could be, but he shows no sign of any regret at all of saying anything. you see, he's not he's not a caught between a rock and a hard place. he's got to support his wife, um, because, you know , it's his um, because, you know, it's his wife and you tend to support your wife rather than other members of your family. but what they have done is completely criticised his the family. so much so fancy calling your own family a racist family? i mean, it's we're going to have to we're going to have to cut you short, unfortunately. >> thank you for your expertise. as appreciated as ever. um,

harry and meghan, bang on about compassion. but yeah, they went and jamaican and cavorted with the jamaican prime his father prime minister when his father was ill. more to come in the next is on next hour. nigel farage is on standby. with us is standby. stay with us now. is your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello again. very good day to you. alex burkill here with your latest gb news, weather forecast there is some heavy rain on the cards as we go through later tomorrow, time being tomorrow, but for the time being it's largely dry . that's because it's largely dry. that's because we have a brief ridge of high pressure across the uk. however a weather system is waiting out to the west of us and it's this that's going to bring the rain tomorrow as we go through the rest today, though, yes, rest of today, though, yes, there scattering of there are a scattering of showers around, particularly across parts of northern england, ireland across parts of northern engiscotland. ireland across parts of northern engiscotland. towardsireland and scotland. but towards the south here it's actually looking largely dry and many of us will see some bright, if not even sunny spells developing . it sunny spells developing. it won't quite as mild as won't be quite as mild as

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>> say . >> say. >> say. >> good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> it's 11 am. on friday, february the 16th. this is britain's newsroom with me, ben, leo and pip tomson. >> people of wellingborough have spoken for britain . this is a spoken for britain. this is a stunning victory for the labour party and must send a message from northamptonshire to downing street . street. >> the new labour mp for wellingborough, jen kitchen, celebrating her by—election victory overnight . victory overnight. >> but the pain that we won the election on our own back by working hard and getting a good message out there to the voters of kingswood , there we go. the of kingswood, there we go. the pain didn't stop there though, for rishi sunak, newly elected labour mp damian eagan also overturned an 11,000 tory majority to win the by—election in the constituency of kingswood i >> -- >> prime minister rishi sunak has given his reaction in

midterms, by elections are always difficult for incumbent governments and the circumstances of these by elections were, of course, particularly challenging . particularly challenging. >> now, i think if you look at the results, very low turnout and it shows that we've got work to do . to do. >> here he is, sir keir starmer praised the results as fantastic. we're very pleased with the by—election results from last night. >> i think it's very clear that people are crying out for change across the country. um they think that the tories have failed . they can see that most failed. they can see that most things are broken . things are broken. >> morning, a gma exclusive prince harry, the all new interview on his life today with meghan. how his father, the king is doing and on his passion supporting wounded warriors. tomorrow on good morning america. >> yep. prince harry is set to discuss king charles's cancer diagnosis later in the us on good morning america , and he's good morning america, and he's

on standby. >> gb news presenter nigel farage threatens to scupper natwest share sales unless there's a culture change in the wake of his de—banking scandal. it comes on the morning that the bank appointed paul thwaite as its permanent chief executive. nigel with us shortly nigel is with us shortly. >> some interesting lines now coming out of that interview that prince harry has done on good morning america . he's good morning america. he's spoken about, uh, cancer diagnoses among all families, bringing them closer together. >> you know, i've seen the family. >> yeah, yeah. uh, we will be watching that interview comes out next hours . we've out in the next few hours. we've also had lots of thoughts from you long takes . to you about how long it takes. to get to a gp appointment. some of you are waiting at least four weeks and mentioned it a weeks and i mentioned it a bit earlier. >> what's the link >> i said, what's the link between that and migration? a lot you went wild in the lot of you went wild in the inbox and on twitter saying, why is nobody talking about this?

continue know your continue to let us know your views on that. on the by—election on harry's new interview at interview as well. gb views at gb news.com. but first, here's your sofia . your news with sofia. >> thanks, ben. good morning. it's 11:02. i'm sophia >> thanks, ben. good morning. it's11:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . your top in the gb newsroom. your top story this hour. labour scored a double win in by elections overnight, inflicting a devastating blow to the conservative party jen kitchen snatched wellingborough with 45.8% of the vote. the second largest by—election swing from tory to labour since the second world war. the stunning result came just two hours after labour's damian egan won kingswood with just under 45. it was a miserable night for the tories, with the party now having lost more by elections in a single parliament than in any government since the 1960s. labour leader sir keir starmer welcomed the results but says the party will continue fighting i >> -- >> we're lam >> we're very pleased with the

by—election results from last night. i think it's very clear that people are crying out for change across the country. um, they think that the tories have failed. they can see that most things are broken. they look at the labour party and see a changed party. and last night people who hadn't voted labour before went out and voted laboun before went out and voted labour. so i'm very pleased with both of those results . but there both of those results. but there is more work to do. there's a long way to go . long way to go. >> meanwhile, prime minister rishi sunak says the circumstances facing his party are challenging, but insists labour doesn't have a plan . labour doesn't have a plan. >> midterms by elections are always difficult for incumbent governments and the circumstances of these by elections were , of course, elections were, of course, particularly challenging . now, particularly challenging. now, i think if you look at the results, very low turnout and it shows that we've got work to do to show people that we are delivering their priorities. delivering on their priorities. and absolutely and that's what i'm absolutely determined do, but also shows determined to do, but also shows that huge amount that there isn't a huge amount of enthusiasm for the alternative starmer and alternative in keir starmer and the party. and that's the labour party. and that's because don't have plan.

because they don't have a plan. and don't have a plan, and if you don't have a plan, you can't deliver real change. and the general election and when the general election comes, that's message comes, that's the message i'll be country. stick be making to the country. stick with because it is with our plan because it is starting deliver the change starting to deliver the change that country needs i >> meanwhile, reform >> meanwhile, the reform uk party best result yet in party saw its best result yet in a by—election, grabbing 13% of the vote wellingborough . the the vote in wellingborough. the party secured more than 10% party also secured more than 10% of vote in kingswood of the vote in kingswood reforms. wellingborough of the vote in kingswood reforms. vibenigborough of the vote in kingswood reforms. vben habingh of the vote in kingswood reforms. vben habib hailed the candidate ben habib hailed the results as remarkable , while results as remarkable, while party leader richard tice told gb news it's proof that time is up for tories. it's not our up for the tories. it's not our job to help the tory party >> our job is to put forward different policies that we believe, frankly, will save britain. i've been predicting the recession that was announced yesterday, since the beginning of the year. i was right on that. you can't grow an economy with the burdens of record high taxes, high wasteful taxes, record high wasteful government spending, low government spending, mass low skilled immigration, and the vast cost of net zero. and i've been saying this and sadly, i've been saying this and sadly, i've been proven right. and that's the policies that going to the policies that we're going to put to people. completely put to the people. completely

different . and we say this different plan. and we say this is the way you can grow is the only way you can grow the economy the country back economy and get the country back on but conservative party >> but conservative party chairman richard holden poured cold water on reform celebrations , saying the party's celebrations, saying the party's failure to win more seats was disappointing . disappointing. >> it's quite a disappointing result for reform, you know , i result for reform, you know, i was remember being back on the by—election campaign lanes with reforms predecessor's predecessor. you ukip back in the 2010s. you know when they're you know, in rochester or in clacton, they were getting, you know, 45, 50% of the vote in some of these by elections with much with better turnouts and these ones and labour's new kingwood mp was quick to blame what he called rishi's recession for helping to deal a double blow to the tories. >> dame john egan said that 14 years of conservative government had sucked the hope out of the country. his comments came as official figures show the uk supped official figures show the uk slipped into recession at the end of last year, with the economy shrinking 0.3% in

december and prince harry will reportedly discuss his father's health in an interview with a us television today. promos for the good morning america program suggest the duke of sussex will speak about the king's cancer diagnosis, with the program's correspondent, will reeve . it correspondent, will reeve. it would be the first time harry has discussed his father's health publicly. a tv crew has been following the prince and meghan markle as they visit sporting champions in whistler village ahead of the invictus games next year , and greece has games next year, and greece has become the first country with a christian orthodox majority to legalise legalise same sex marriage . many lgbt camps owners marriage. many lgbt camps owners struggled to contain their emotion as they watched. the result unfold from the galleries. the changes will also see same sex couples given adoption rights. in a rare show of parliamentary consensus. despite objections from church officials . and for the latest officials. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news.

com slash alerts now it's back to pip and ben . to pip and ben. >> all right, so it's 11:08. you're with ben leo and pip tomson on britain's newsroom on gb news. should we get stuck into some emails, some views? >> yeah. thank you for all of you who have contacted us far you who have contacted us so far . rod. good morning. you're saying in the general election, i'm likely to write nota none of the above on my ballot paper. this all feels like a waste of time. jackie. hello the results of the two by elections show it's of the two by elections show wsfime of the two by elections show it's time for a change from first past the post to a form of proportional representation. and rogen proportional representation. and roger, voter apathy is the tories biggest enemy . why not tories biggest enemy. why not use the extra day in our calendar 29th of february to reward the public with an extra day's bank holiday ? if 85% of day's bank holiday? if 85% of voters turn out to vote in the next general election. roger thatis next general election. roger that is a very novel idea. whether or not it will happen. i

think it won't. >> i've got one from david here. just very briefly. the subject title is ben leo. the nhs is not broken. it works just fine for me. in my area. we ring the doctors clinic any time during the day and we get an appointment. well that's good for david. good stuff. i'm for you, david. good stuff. i'm pleased you. but there's pleased for you. but there's a record waiting of record waiting list of 7.7 million probably million people and probably growing, i suspect. and also, there's excess deaths crisis. there's an excess deaths crisis. 50,000 odd people died before their year . 50,000 odd people died before their year. and also, their time last year. and also, as discussed, no one can as we've discussed, no one can get a gp appointment within a month. to differ that month. so i beg to differ that the nhs a bit of trouble. >> well, let's go back to the by—election because this is what the minister said little the prime minister said a little earlier midterms earlier this morning. midterms by elections are always difficult incumbent difficult for incumbent governments, the governments, and the circumstances these by circumstances of these by elections were, of course, particularly challenging. >> , i think if you look at >> now, i think if you look at the results very low turnout and it shows we've got work to it shows that we've got work to do show people that are do to show people that we are delivering priorities. delivering on their priorities. and absolutely and that's what i'm absolutely determined also shows determined to do, but also shows that a huge amount that there isn't a huge amount of for the of enthusiasm for the alternative keir starmer and

alternative in keir starmer and the labour party. and that's because don't plan. the labour party. and that's becéif;e don't plan. the labour party. and that's becéif you don't plan. the labour party. and that's becéif you don'tn't plan. the labour party. and that's becéif you don't have plan. the labour party. and that's becéif you don't have a plan. the labour party. and that's becéif you don't have a plan,in. and if you don't have a plan, you can't deliver real change. and when the general election comes, that's the message i'll be country . stick be making to the country. stick with our plan because is with our plan because it is starting the change starting to deliver the change that the country wants and needs i >> joining us now is contributing editor for novara media. michael walker. michael our labour on a charge here. although i do question what keir starmer is saying because he has admitted last week was bumpy, uh, which, which we know it's ended on a great note for them, but he's insisting labour is a changed party and i don't think everybody is going to believe that with this ongoing investigation . investigation. >> uh, i mean, anti—semitism . >> uh, i mean, anti—semitism. >> uh, i mean, anti—semitism. >> i wonder if you don't mind. go briefly back to what rishi sunak just said, because i do think it's funny as a defence to say everybody absolutely despises they're not despises us, but they're not exactly other exactly inspired by the other guys. know, if you're sort guys. you know, if you're sort of standing front of the of standing up in front of the cameras and that's record, cameras and that's your record, they don't they hate us, but they don't like those guys that much. like them. those guys that much. now, say, know, i now, i would say, you know, i think the last has got

think the last week has got a bit out of proportion when bit blown out of proportion when it comes the labour party. it comes to the labour party. i think people, when go think most people, when they go to going to care to the polls are going to care more about the fact that we're in recession than to mps got in a recession than to mps got suspended for things. they said, well, is it? >> it's a deepening row. we still know. there's lot still don't know. there's a lot of information come out of information still to come out about exactly was at that about who exactly was at that meeting when? well, one of the guys comments meeting when? well, one of the guys made. comments meeting when? well, one of the guys made. i'm comments meeting when? well, one of the guys made. i'm sayingnents meeting when? well, one of the guys made. i'm saying isnts were made. what i'm saying is it's over. this still it's not over. this is still ongoing. starmer to ongoing. so for keir starmer to insist labour is a changed party, well, he's getting a little of himself. little ahead of himself. so i think what keir starmer is, is right i'm not inspired right about and i'm not inspired by labour leadership. by this labour leadership. >> i don't think they're particularly inspiring. party offering a dramatic alternative for country. but thing for the country. but one thing they successfully is they have successfully done is make scared them. make people not scared of them. right. that's real right. and i think that's a real big for the conservative big problem for the conservative cause, because the conservatives, you know, running up election, up to the next general election, they to offer they don't have much to offer people. what they're people. so what they're going to be do is, is feeding be trying to do is, is feeding loads of scare stories loads and loads of scare stories to the newspapers about the labour party and say, you labour party to try and say, you might like but other might not like us, but the other guys keir guys are even scarier. and keir starmer, i think his strategy of being incredibly man,

being an incredibly boring man, you might find you know, you might not find him inspiring, you find inspiring, but if you don't find him then you're him scary, then if you're a tory, might just at him scary, then if you're a tory, right?]ht just at him scary, then if you're a tory, right? because at him scary, then if you're a tory, right? because theyt him scary, then if you're a tory, right? because they want home, right? because they want to the they want to raise the stakes. they want to raise the stakes. they want to this was to say, oh, this was a by—election people like bash by—election people like to bash the in a by—election. the government in a by—election. but when it comes to general but when it comes to a general election, they'll know this is a serious choice and then they'll turn they, you turn out well, given they, you know, two have the turn out well, given they, you know, foreign) have the turn out well, given they, you know, foreign policy, have the turn out well, given they, you know, foreign policy, the ve the turn out well, given they, you know, foreign policy, the samee same foreign policy, the same fiscal policy. to be fiscal policy. who's going to be particularly scared of a labour government this point? government at this point? >> argument >> yeah, i mean, the argument is that it's just the so—called uni party. both the tories and labour on net zero, labour are obsessed on net zero, both migration . but both pro mass migration. but michael, to just pick michael, i want to just pick you up. back to this up. going back to this anti—semitism row labour, you anti—semitism row in labour, you said blown out of said it's blown out of proportion. referred to it proportion. you referred to it as a thing, really. it's as just a thing, really. it's not thing because we not just a thing because we still which labour still don't know which labour mps in meeting. and mps were in that meeting. and also what's coming down the line, what's in the closet , line, what's in the closet, which is threatening to derail labour's ambitions for power? well, i mean graham. >> so graham jones was the second guy who got suspended. and it's important not and i think it's important not to just say alleged anti—semitism the anti—semitism to say what the person actually said. right. because otherwise

person actually said. right. bec.end otherwise person actually said. right. bec.end up otherwise person actually said. right. bec.end up in otherwise person actually said. right. bec.end up in a otherwise person actually said. right. bec.end up in a biterwise person actually said. right. bec.end up in a bit of/ise person actually said. right. bec.end up in a bit of ae person actually said. right. bec.end up in a bit of a moral you end up in a bit of a moral panic situation. graham jones said israel . he said effing israel. and he said that who join that people who go and join a foreign army and fight in what the international court of justice are potentially justice says are potentially genocidal war should go to prison. neither those genocidal war should go to prisremotely neither those genocidal war should go to pris remotely anti—semitic. se genocidal war should go to pris remotely anti—semitic. and are remotely anti—semitic. and so i do think to be so i do think we have to be careful here. let's talk about what people actually said now, what people actually said now, what , neither what the candidate, neither of those the candidate those what the candidate in rochdale has rochdale said, i mean, has tinges of anti—semitism . yes, tinges of anti—semitism. yes, that conspiracy theory. that was a conspiracy theory. >> let's just remind viewers >> but let's just remind viewers what he said. >> he said thought >> so he said that he thought that netanyahu, degree, that netanyahu, to some degree, let october 7 happen as an excuse to. >> he says egypt tips israel off and they didn't do much about it. and it. >> well, so well, i mean, the element truth there is that >> well, so well, i mean, the elerisraelis truth there is that >> well, so well, i mean, the elerisraelis did h there is that >> well, so well, i mean, the elerisraelis did havere is that >> well, so well, i mean, the elerisraelis did have a is that >> well, so well, i mean, the elerisraelis did have a bunch of the israelis did have a bunch of warnings about the 7th. warnings about october the 7th. now, he went further and now, i think he went further and said ignored said they deliberately ignored those have those warnings so as to have a chance invade gaza. i would chance to invade gaza. i would say they ignored warnings say they ignored those warnings because , oh, you because they assumed, oh, you know, this is quiet now. know, gaza, this is quiet now. we can ignore these people and they clearly don't have the capacity to mount that. >> but point is, those >> but the point is, those comments made in a in

comments were made in a, in a in a meeting where we still don't know labour know which other mps or labour types in the meeting. and types were in the meeting. and if that's the case, why isn't it those mps or those candidates if that's the case, why isn't it tho seats's or those candidates if that's the case, why isn't it tho seats in)r those candidates if that's the case, why isn't it tho seats in the 1059 candidates if that's the case, why isn't it tho seats in the future ndidates if that's the case, why isn't it tho seats in the future raise tes for seats in the future raise the alarm. it's not just azhar ali's comments that are a concern, it's who was there and who didn't raise the alarm. well, this is incredibly hypothetical. >> who might have been in that meeting? know, don't know. well, you haven't answered >> well, you haven't answered the question. >> is it important? i mean, i really don't think that electors are the polls at are going to go to the polls at the general election. and the next general election. and say, haven't had, know, say, we haven't had, you know, we're but we've we're in a recession, but we've actually a recession for we're in a recession, but we've a

complacency. we could the issue not a bizarre issue? not be just a bizarre issue? >> keir starmer pledged root not be just a bizarre issue? >> anti—semitismedged root not be just a bizarre issue? >> anti—semitism within root not be just a bizarre issue? >> anti—semitism within the yot out anti—semitism within the party, and there are signs , party, and there are signs, signs that he hasn't actually done that. now >> i mean, ijust think done that. now >> i mean, i just think this is not that big a deal. you know, i would also say that i think the reason we're having this, you don't think anti—semites ism is a big deal. well, i don't think someone's saying effing israel is a deal. really don't. is a big deal. i really don't. and reason let's and i think the reason let's focus the i think and i think the reason let's focheason the i think and i think the reason let's focheason we the i think and i think the reason let's focheason we are he i think and i think the reason let's focheason we are talking1k and i think the reason let's focheason we are talking about the reason we are talking about this part because this here now is in part because there is currently what looks to many genocidal going many like a genocidal war going on this to me just on in gaza. and this to me just seems like a massive distraction. obviously, real anti—semitism but anti—semitism exists, but someone bit of someone who has a bit of a cranky what cranky theory about what happened october the happened on october the 7th, it's a deal. it's not that big a deal. >> well, could be a >> well, there could be a plausible case. >> exactly. that's big deal. >> exactly. that's a big deal. that to me, a big that to me, is a very big deal. >> that still doesn't >> right. but that still doesn't excuse . excuse anti—semitism. >> well, that's jews. >> well, no. that's jews. >> well, no. that's jews. >> he right. was >> i mean, he was right. he was he right to suspend. he was right to suspend. >> right to suspend azhar >> it was right to suspend azhar ali. he was right ali. i don't think he was right to graeme jones. to suspend graeme jones. >> israel's indiscriminate bombing. seeing the bombing. i hate seeing the

numbers, true numbers, whether they're true or not. being bombed not. one child being bombed or killed by they are. they are true. >> those numbers are accepted by the israelis and will argue there from hamas there some there from hamas and there some would. but these are all sort of talking which think talking points, which i think are essentially distractions from on from what's actually going on on the but michael, that's a minor >> but michael, that's a minor point. my point is, regardless of what israel are doing how of what israel are doing or how they're anti—semitism the excuse anti—semitism in the labour . and there's still labour party. and there's still big as to who's big questions left as to who's in who raise in the meeting, who didn't raise the azhar ali's the alarm about azhar ali's comments? keir starmer has tried to shrug off the connection and his support to jeremy for corbyn years insists years and years, and he insists that that. clearly he hasn't. >> think t" >> well, i think he's been incredibly inconsistent the incredibly inconsistent on the issue one issue of anti—semitism. so one thing know , somewhat thing i'm, you know, somewhat perturbed by, right. he's suspended andy mcdonald. everyone says, alleged everyone says, oh, alleged anti—semitic remarks. andy anti—semitic remarks. what andy mcdonald everyone living mcdonald said is everyone living between river the sea , between the river and the sea, israelis palestinians should israelis and palestinians should be able to live in peace and harmony. that is not in any way what so ever anti—semitic. so i think keir starmer is using the anti—semitism issue to kick out his factional opponents . and his factional opponents. and what this weekend and what happened this weekend and why crisis is why he was in a crisis is because people who weren't

because some people who weren't his opponents ended his factional opponents ended up finding subject to finding themselves subject to accusations of anti—semitism. >> . so if we if we come >> okay. so if we if we come back to the by—election now , are back to the by—election now, are labour on a charge towards towards victory? how much are these by—election results? a sign of what's going to happen in a general election? yeah, absolutely. >> well, i mean, you know, by elections in general, you can't necessarily say, well, if labour won a by—election, they're going to win the general election. people vote different ways. >> the turnout wasn't great. >> and the turnout wasn't great. >> and the turnout wasn't great. >> but wellingborough by—election, >> but wellingborough by—biggesti, >> but wellingborough by—biggest or second the biggest or the second biggest since second biggest swing since the second world weren't just world war. so these weren't just ordinary the low ordinary by elections. the low turnout interesting . so turnout is interesting. so i think the low turnout, you know, on rishi sunak is on one level rishi sunak is right. everyone hates the conservatives, they don't conservatives, but they don't love labour much, which to love labour that much, which to me will be a low me spells it will be a low turnout general election. i can't what the tories are can't see what the tories are going of bag that going to get out of the bag that suddenly oh, these people suddenly says, oh, these people that turning out for the that aren't turning out for the tories the tories are going to do it the next general election. >> and briefly, what's your >> and just briefly, what's your thoughts on reform? they performed in line performed pretty much in line with national polling. with their national polling. >> i think of

>> yeah, i mean, i think lots of people thought was people thought that that was maybe artefact of maybe a sort of artefact of polling clearly polling methods and but clearly there for reform there is real support for reform . has got to . i mean, rishi sunak has got to make a decision now. i mean, is he try and make a deal he going to try and make a deal with farage richard with nigel farage and richard tice next general tice before the next general election? i think potentially, you thinking you know, they were thinking about absorbing those people after election. after the next general election. do they want to do it beforehand? yeah. >> the only way you >> is that the only way you see that save that the tories could save themselves? that the tories could save the wellyes? that the tories could save the well they can't do it. i mean >> well they can't do it. i mean none their policies are none of their policies are working. can't keep working. you can't just keep saying working. you can't just keep sayi hope that people vote and hope that people will vote for yeah and hope that people will vote for michaelh and hope that people will vote for michael walker, novara media. >> michael walker, novara media. thank for your thank you very much for your thoughts. and we thoughts. this morning. and we must candidates must tell you, the candidates standing in the royal rochdale by—election are azhar ali, laboun by—election are azhar ali, labour. well, that's on the ballot paper. >> but he is labour. he can't come off the ballot. >> yeah but he okay. he will be labour on the ballot paper. >> he's not getting the support from. >> he will be an independent. mark coleman, independent simon danczuk reform uk ian donaldson, liberal democrat. paul ellison, conservative. george galloway, workers party of britain michael

howarth, independent william howarth, independent william howarth , independent. guy otten, howarth, independent. guy otten, green party gavin roden, sebby's corner, official monster raving loony david tully , independent loony david tully, independent okay, great stuff still to come. >> there's quite a strange rail breaking out in the world of darts, so you won't believe what darren webster accused his dutch opponent of. >> here's a clue. there's a very strange or unpleasant smell in here. hep spotted this story this morning. >> she said this is a great one because it cracked me up. >> why. >> that's why. >> that's why. >> ben, me give you a clue. >> ben, let me give you a clue. it's going to cause a stink. >> with britain's >> you're with britain's newsroom on .

radio. welcome back. >> it's 1122. you're with ben leo and pip tomson on britain's newsroom do you think then almost forgot our names. then i need another coffee, please. >> that was to me all the time at morning, we're at 3:00 in the morning, we're joined by former of the joined by former editor of the daily dawn neesom and daily star. dawn neesom and political commentator russell

quirk studio. hello again quirk in the studio. hello again to you both, russell, let's talk about british gas. to you both, russell, let's talk about british gas . what's this about british gas. what's this story, then ? they've been told story, then? they've been told to slash their prices . liz. to slash their prices. liz. >> well, this is the disparity between wholesale prices, which have dropped significantly over the year or so, and the the last year or so, and the fact that generally hasn't fact that that generally hasn't been on the consumer. been passed on to the consumer. um, of course, this doesn't um, now, of course, this doesn't just to british gas. this just apply to british gas. this is companies, electricity is petrol companies, electricity companies it's companies and so on. um, it's very interesting when you start to at profits some to look at the profits of some of businesses, fact of these businesses, the fact that profits that those profits have increased significantly because it is alleged they have not proportionately reduced their costs . the consumer, as costs. the consumer, as wholesale prices have dropped. now, i do wonder where the competition and markets authority are now. this is the body that's supposed to have been set up to stop. uh, come companies, um, advantage , companies, um, taking advantage, shall we say, of and even ofgem. >> yes. >> yes. >> it seems that, you know, >> and it seems that, you know, whether it's petrol companies, electricity companies, gas companies, we our these companies, etc, um, we our these savings in wholesale costs have not been, uh, been passed on.

uh, nobody seems to be saying much about it. but in fairness, the front of the daily express is today and i think this is a particularly deal because as is today and i think this is a pacourse,.y deal because as is today and i think this is a pacourse, particularlyecause as is today and i think this is a pacourse, particularly withse as of course, particularly with water, you , for instance, don't water, you, for instance, don't have any choice. but to buy your water from one place. so an water from one place. so it's an absolute monopoly. think absolute monopoly. and i think this scrutinised better. >> dawn, i to better. >> dawn, i used to work. oh, sorry i you jump. are you okay? >> sorry woke me up there. >> sorry you woke me up there. i'm sorry. ben. yes, ben? yes. i remembered your name in, uh, in yesteryears i was a wee yesteryears when i was a wee lad. still look like a wee >> and i still look like a wee lad, but to work at an lad, but i used to work at an energy company, their energy company, and their argument bringing argument for not bringing down pnces argument for not bringing down prices because prices quick enough is because they wholesale bulk many, they buy wholesale in bulk many, many advance. and many months in advance. and that's but but when that's your excuse. but but when you wholesale prices, you look at wholesale prices, which from pretty much which dropped from pretty much august last year from record highs year they've highs the year before, they've been for a long, long time. been flat for a long, long time. and yet british people already cash strapped, are still paying hundreds and hundreds of pounds a month. >> it's profiteering . it's basic >> it's profiteering. it's basic profiteering, isn't it? it's happening all time now. and happening all the time now. and as it's ordinary as you say, ben, it's ordinary people that are suffering. once again. up. again. our bills are going up. we we're not

we can't afford it. we're not getting any help anymore, are we? basically the we? so it is basically the bonuses bonuses. it's bonuses and the bonuses. it's like water companies pip, like the water companies pip, isn't you know, job, but isn't it? you know, one job, but isn't it? you know, one job, but isn't it? you know, one job, but isn't it enough to take it away when come down? when wholesale costs come down? >> very, very slow to >> they're very, very slow to reduce as soon as reduce them. but as soon as wholesale up, as they wholesale costs go up, as they did at the beginning the did at the beginning of the ukraine ago, ukraine war two years ago, immediately energy immediately those energy companies immediately those energy compan russell, like the >> but russell, it's like the interest isn't it's interest rates, isn't it? it's like, you know, they put your mortgage rate up straight away, like, you know, they put your moryourz rate up straight away, like, you know, they put your moryour savings» straight away, like, you know, they put your moryour savings rate ight away, like, you know, they put your moryour savings rate takes way, like, you know, they put your moryour savings rate takes aay, but your savings rate takes a little get little bit longer before you get any gas. >> chris o'shea , he >> boss chris o'shea, he pocketed a £45 million a year bonus or salary package from the company , and he wants the company, and he wants the government to set up a social tariff. so hard up consumers pay less for gas and electric. well, chris, my friend, just lower your prices. don't ask the government to do it, but they don't have to take less bonus. >> can't have that. >> ben. we can't have that. i mean, how can you get by on less than £45 million a year? come on. struggling, aren't >> we're struggling, aren't we, russell? be honest >> we're struggling, aren't we, russyyou, be honest >> we're struggling, aren't we, russyyou, i be honest >> we're struggling, aren't we, russyyou, i do be honest >> we're struggling, aren't we, russyyou, i do find be honest >> we're struggling, aren't we, russyyou, i do find itye honest >> we're struggling, aren't we, russyyou, i do find it a honest >> we're struggling, aren't we, russyyou, i do find it a bit1est >> we're struggling, aren't we, russyyou, i do find it a bit oft with you, i do find it a bit of a struggle, but i'm coping wonderfully this one. i'm sure. >> ben, my friend, that chris

heard you. >> i'm he did. i i wonder >> i'm sure he did. i i wonder what kind house lives in. what kind of house he lives in. you whilst you know, whilst whilst you won't behind won't see it, it'll be behind such high gates, you won't be able it. and also by the able to see it. and also by the way, let just say a serious way, let me just say a serious point. chris you point. whilst chris is, you know, pocketing a know, pocketing £4 million a yeah know, pocketing £4 million a year. you chris. the year. good for you chris. the plebs having their prepay plebs are having their prepay metres houses metres installed, their houses broken into, vulnerable customers to metres customers forced on to metres that have extraordinary high tariffs compared to, say, direct debit so if you ask me debit tariffs. so if you ask me it stinks . it stinks. >> and on that stinking note i say let's talk about dart game out. >> well you know, we were debating whether we could actually use that word . and we actually use that word. and we just have we just had. yeah about that. >> apologies if anybody's offended but i think it's she did she did . did she did. >> yeah. so we're talking our own smells another own bad smells of another of another here. this our, another link here. this is our, um, darts um, in in in a new farting storm. i didn't know there was an old one, to be honest with you. this is two time world championship quarterfinalist darren webster has his dutch rival, who has accused his dutch rival, who he lost to . i think might he lost to. i think there might

be grapes involved here. be sour grapes involved here. uh, of stinking the stage uh, rival of stinking the stage out by going on stage there. you can see pictures of them there going on stage and at and passing wind. basically. >> i think he's trying to say, isn't darren webster that he isn't he, darren webster that he was off. this was actually was put off. this was actually a purposeful diversion, a distraction technique almost, which like it worked on which sounds like it worked on the basis that it didn't. but this, this begs the question, can you on cue? >> we need know so dart players. >> evidently. if it was >> evidently. so if it was a cunning plan to go up there on the oqui just to shoot and then have a little, you know, past week, i mean, i haven't i've never been to big darts game. never been to a big darts game. >> it's quite, isn't it, >> i mean, it's quite, isn't it, quite a smelly experience. anyway everybody's anyway because everybody's throwing anyway because everybody's throwinone of the sports where >> it's one of the sports where it is like literally like it is like literally it's like a party everyone's party central. everyone's dressed up, everyone's drinking pints pints of and so pints and pints of beer. and so i mention a lot of gas i should mention a lot of gas being generated . being generated. >> so you're not really selling it. guys. i must admit, i'm it. you guys. i must admit, i'm like, i've never been to one. and unlikely ever i and it's unlikely i ever will. i slept basis. slept on that basis. >> have a dart board >> i used to have a dart board in my bedroom as a kid, i did

that's a whole different. >> a whole different story. >> @ here's a question >> i love it. here's a question for whose face would on for you whose face would be on your dart board today? >> couldn't possibly comment. >> come on. one, i you know what i rishi surely not i rishi sunak surely no, not rishi you know, rishi sunak. no. um you know, i don't know. i really don't know. >> russell rishi sunak i think he resign, you know, in he should resign, you know, in days resign? days gone by. resign? >> course should >> of course he should stage thisyeah, absolutely. absolutely >> yeah, absolutely. absolutely seriously? so they seriously? absolutely. so they have an election have to call an election by january. got 11 months. january. so we've got 11 months. i think there's still to i think there's still time to get conservative leader i think there's still time to getas conservative leader i think there's still time to getas prime conservative leader i think there's still time to getas prime minister|tive leader i think there's still time to getas prime minister to e leader i think there's still time to getas prime minister to turn|der in, as prime minister to turn the around. who's your the fortunes around. who's your pick, for probably pick, russell. for probably suella right . suella braverman right. >> would she want to want to do it though? yes. i think if the tories trapped, they have no tories get trapped, they have no chance whatsoever they chance whatsoever if they actually but you actually want. but would you actually want. but would you actually to be the actually be the want to be the person the into person leading the party into that election ? that election? >> if i was to get if i was a conservative, as i am a genuine conservative, as i am a genuine conservative i thought that conservative and i thought that that would enable get back that would enable me to get back to base, the conservative to the base, the conservative vote base and turn this around so that our conservative party and conservative government actually starts and actually starts looking and feeling conservatives ,

feeling like conservatives, then? about what about then? yes. what about what about reform? look, reform did fantastically tories. well, reform? look, reform did fisuspectilly tories. well, reform? look, reform did fisuspect if/ tories. well, reform? look, reform did fisuspect if they tories. well, reform? look, reform did fisuspect if they wones. well, reform? look, reform did fisuspect if they won some.l, reform? look, reform did fisuspect if they won some seats i suspect if they won some seats in the general election and they perhaps if it was a hung parliament, even could parliament, even they could become that become kingmakers. i mean, that might a bad look. look might not be a bad look. look how they did look how well how well they did look how well ben wellingborough. ben habib did in wellingborough. 13% the way, 13% of the vote, by the way, everyone talking this morning about labour doing fantastically well. got well. you know, they hardly got a more yesterday a single vote. more yesterday than they did in 2019. so this whole labour kind than they did in 2019. so this whyyou labour kind than they did in 2019. so this whyyou know labour kind than they did in 2019. so this whyyou know , labour kind than they did in 2019. so this whyyou know , absolutely kind of, you know, absolutely trouncing the tories this wasn't a this was conservative. >> people weren't voting for laboun >> people weren't voting for labour. people were voting against the conservative party. but i think the last thing we need now, russell, is another prime minister. can we just please, though, mention the liberal ? please, though, mention the lib> i mean, they haven't been mentioiof the vote won't be >> 4% of the vote won't be mentioned because they're exactly the vote. exactly 4% of the vote. >> elections, >> and in both those elections, both kingswood and wellingborough they their wellingborough, they lost their deposit. liberal democrats, deposit. and liberal democrats, the so—called third party, i mean, they're gone . they're mean, they're gone. they're finished. ed davey. finished. well done. ed davey. congratulations >> are the third >> well, reform are the third party. the party. but what about the green party considering about party considering what about issues something issues? ah, so something we're all caring about and we're

paying all caring about and we're paying bills they paying higher bills for. they disappear completely as well. >> thing interesting disappear completely as well. >>mention, thing interesting disappear completely as well. >> mention, actually, |teresting disappear completely as well. >> mention, actually, |te that1g to mention, actually, is that it's kingswood, isn't it, that that although . no. um, uh, that although. no. um, uh, damian egan, i think it is one for labour that constituency is going to be abolished , right? going to be abolished, right? yes. and reshaped at the next election with the boundary changes. >> yeah, yeah. so it's kind of almost irrelevant. it's a shame. it costs so much money to run the election yesterday then isn't it. >> e“- t.- >> but but the one person it will affect is gb news will it will affect is gb news jacob rees—mogg because it will affect his constituency . see, so affect his constituency. see, so where the by—election just been will fall under jacob rees—mogg. >> maybe it means to have more time spend with us and our time to spend with us and our lovely crossed. lovely viewers fingers crossed. maybe opinion . maybe not. in jacob's opinion. um, got more coming um, we've got lots more coming up, farage. up, including nigel farage. he's on don't miss him. he's on standby. don't miss him. he's going to about going to talk about the by—election last night and the latest his de—banking scandal latest on his de—banking scandal with first, here's with natwest. but first, here's your sofia . your news with sofia. >> thanks, ben. it's 1130.

your news with sofia. >> thanks, ben. it's1130. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . i'm first we bring you newsroom. i'm first we bring you some breaking news. jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny has died. that's according to the prison service of the yamalo—nenets region, where he had been serving his sentence. he was moved to a penal colony more than a thousand miles north—east of moscow in december. it's seen as one of the toughest jails in russia. we will bring you more as get it. labour scored as we get it. labour scored a double win in the by elections overnight , inflicting overnight, inflicting a devastating blow to the conservative party. jen kitchen snatched wellingborough with 45.8% of the vote. the second largest by—election swing from tory to labour since the second world war. the stunning result came just two hours after labour's damian egan won kingswood with just under 45. it was a miserable night for the tories, with the party now having lost more by elections in a single parliament than any government since the 1960s. labour leader sir keir starmer welcomed the results but says the party will continue fighting i >> -- >> we're lam

>> we're very pleased with the by—election results from last night . i by—election results from last night. i think it's very by—election results from last night . i think it's very clear night. i think it's very clear that that people are crying out for change across the country. um they think that the tories have failed . they can see that have failed. they can see that most things are broken . they most things are broken. they look at the labour party and see a changed party. and last night people who hadn't voted labour before went out and voted laboun before went out and voted labour. so i'm very pleased with both of those results . but there both of those results. but there is more work to do. there's a long way to go and we can now take you live to wellingborough, where labour's deputy campaign coordinator, ellie reeves and winning candidate jane kitchen are due to speak. >> we also spoke to people who had voted conservative. there entire lives but were switching their vote to labour. they told me that they were fed up of 14 years of failing public services, fed up of rule breaking sleaze and scandal, and fed up of the mismanagement of the economy that has to led

people paying hundreds of pounds more a month in their mortgages and rishi's recession, meaning that working people are paying more and getting less . instead, more and getting less. instead, things will be different under a changed labour party free breakfast clubs in every primary school , 2 breakfast clubs in every primary school, 2 million more nhs procedures and appointments, and a publicly owned clean green gb energy . the result last night energy. the result last night shows that we can win in wellingborough and seats like wellingborough, up and down the country, but there's no room for complacency . we fought for every complacency. we fought for every vote here and we will fight for every vote at the general election . ian, and you know, election. ian, and you know, these past few months, it feels like the government have been fighting the general election, one by—election at a time . well, one by—election at a time. well, i say to rishi sunak, get on and call a general election . yes so call a general election. yes so the public can vote for the

change that they desperately need and vote for a changed labour party that will rebuild britain . so jen, once again, britain. so jen, once again, congratulations and i can't wait to see you in parliament on monday . well i'm delighted to monday. well i'm delighted to stand here as the newly elected mp for wellingborough. >> yeah . i still it still hasn't >> yeah. i still it still hasn't quite . quite. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom on gb news. we want to bnng newsroom on gb news. we want to bring you nigel farage very shortly. we are going to be speaking to him, but we are getting this breaking news coming that the jailed russian opposition leader , alexei opposition leader, alexei navalny, is dead now. that is coming from the prison service in the in the area where he's been serving his sentence . now been serving his sentence. now he is a fierce critic of

vladimir putin. he was last seen in january last month when he was moved to a russian penal colony in the arctic circle . um, colony in the arctic circle. um, he was seen in court via video link . but he was seen in court via video link. but that he was seen in court via video link . but that is he was seen in court via video link. but that is the news that we are getting. reuters is reporting this, and the kremlin is saying we have no information on the cause of death of navalny, which indicates that it has been confirmed. the kremlin says they're making all the checks regarding his death. we are going to be bringing you more on that breaking news very shortly . stay

gb news radio show . gb news radio show. >> in the last few moments we brought you some breaking news that the jailed russian opposition politician alexei navalny has died in prison . navalny has died in prison. that's coming from the country's prison service. charlie peters is with us, charlie. already there's going to be speculation

about his death, isn't there ? about his death, isn't there? who could be behind it? he was in prison in the arctic circle, serving a jail sentence of nearly 20 years. and he's been a huge critic of vladimir putin. >> and he was only moved to this prison on christmas day, just under two months ago. >> the penal colony, no information has been released about the cause of his death, but we have heard from the russian prison service today. this morning, confirming the death of alexei navalny. >> since a conviction in 2014, he's been in and out of prison in russia since that time. >> the lead opposition leader to the reign of president vladimir putin. >> he was poison ed in 2020 and went to berlin for emergency treatment . treatment. >> it's understood that that poisoning was the nerve agent novichok , which of course we've novichok, which of course we've seen deployed on the streets of britain by fsb agents , fsb, the britain by fsb agents, fsb, the heirs of the kremlin, the follow

to the kgb in russia. they were also implicated in the poisoning of navalny in germany when he returned from germany in january 2021. he was, of course, then imprisoned once more and he's been stuck in that system ever since. >> there is some sorry, ben, just some extra information that's coming out from the federal penitentiary service for jamal . i federal penitentiary service for jamal. i think it is. and they are saying in a statement that navalny felt ill after a walk and almost immediately losing consciousness . this and almost immediately losing consciousness. this medical workers arrived immediately. ambulance teams were called resuscitation measures were carried out and ambulance doctors say the causes of death are well still to be established. so we know who he is. dead but he is somebody who was not likely to get released dunng was not likely to get released during putin's lifetime. >> no, it was either his life or the political career of vladimir putin, as he once put it. >> and since 2011, his life has

really been in a state of grave concern , an ever since he led concern, an ever since he led with calling united russia the party of vladimir putin as a party of vladimir putin as a party of vladimir putin as a party of crooks and thieves. >> that attention was then, of course, focussed by that poisoning. in 2020, with that medical care delivered in berlin , concerns for his life and his safety have been continuous throughout his opposition to the putin regime, and those attentions will, of course, be redrawn now, especially with this information we're hearing in the last few moments that he felt ill, that this was a concern of his personal health before resuscitation measures were carried out. of course, we'll wait for further information from the prison service as we continue our coverage. >> great stuff. charlie peters, thanks much. let's get more thanks very much. let's get more on now from m news on this now from m gb news presenter nigel farage, is presenter nigel farage, who is with standby . nigel, good with us on standby. nigel, good morning. we'll get to you on natwest story in a second. and also your reaction to last night's the night's tory bloodbath in the by elections. all, elections. but first of all, this story , uh, russia comes this story, uh, in russia comes pretty days tucker

pretty much days after tucker carlson's, , incredible carlson's, uh, incredible interview with vladimir putin, where his argument, tucker, was that russia just wants peace. and, you know, they're trying to behave like a normal state. what does this do for the optics of vladimir putin and russia? well it's appalling, but it's unsurprising , you know, all the unsurprising, you know, all the reports about conditions in this penal colony , the way people penal colony, the way people were being treated, you know, hosed down with water in freezing conditions, etc. >> um, so it's not a big surprise. it's dreadful . and you surprise. it's dreadful. and you mentioned tucker carlson . now, mentioned tucker carlson. now, tuckeris mentioned tucker carlson. now, tucker is a friend of mine , but tucker is a friend of mine, but ihave tucker is a friend of mine, but i have to say, not even to ask a question about navalny was i think, the biggest failing of his interview. and i thought that at the time. now it looked like very, very poor judgement on tucker's, uh, you know, that question had to be asked if there are elections coming up in russia . russia. >> i mean, to tucker's credit, he did ask about the jailed american journalist and he asked for for to take him american journalist and he asked for in for to take him american journalist and he asked for in fact. to take him american journalist and he asked for in fact. but ake him american journalist and he asked for in fact. but putin,n american journalist and he asked for in fact. but putin, um, home, in fact. but putin, um, interestingly, in the last couple days has come out and

couple of days has come out and said i was surprised at how soft tucker carlson was . he didn't tucker carlson was. he didn't ask challenging questions ask me any challenging questions , pretty criticised , and he pretty much criticised him such a soft touch . him for being such a soft touch. >> yeah. i mean, look, you know, he did ask about the jailed journalist , to which putin, of journalist, to which putin, of course, had a very strong answer, which we caught him answer, which is we caught him red . mar—a—lago now you red handed. mar—a—lago now you can you can can believe that. you can disbelieve that. to have disbelieve that. but not to have asked the state of asked about the state of democracy in russia, not to have asked about navalny was a major failing of the interview . and failing of the interview. and now, in light of what's happened today, yeah, it does look like tucker failed, frankly. yeah. okay >> should we should we speak to you, nigel, about your latest natwest scandal? of course. you were de—banking for wrong thing for holding the incorrect thoughts. according the thoughts. according to the establishment, uncovered establishment, you uncovered subject requests that, subject access requests that, um. well, for example , the um. well, for example, the throws of their staff called you an awful human being. they criticised the facts you criticised the facts that you were engineer of brexit. were an engineer of brexit. what's the latest now you're calling for this proposed sale of natwest in the summer , of natwest shares in the summer,

to be halted before they properly or properly changed their culture. can you just explain more about what you want from natwest and jeremy hunt? >> i mean, >> well, absolutely. i mean, look, we've had the natwest profits this morning and they're very good figures. that's not surprising gap between surprising given the gap between rates borrow lend rates you can borrow and lend with the and the fact that with the bank and the fact that rates higher . with the bank and the fact that rates higher. uh, with the bank and the fact that rates higher . uh, they have rates are higher. uh, they have announced a permanent ceo, fourth rate, who was an insider and a professional. fourth rate, who was an insider and a professional . and that is, and a professional. and that is, of course, a disappointment . um, of course, a disappointment. um, and i cannot see any evidence that there's been a culture change within the bank of any kind at all. it's as if, let's put the nigel farage behind this. let's give out £350 million in bonuses to the very people that those subject access requests through didn't just say horrible things about me, but actually threatened violence. you know, they'd like to push me out of a moving car. i mean, it was truly appalling. and the idea that now in june , natwest

idea that now in june, natwest shares will be sold to millions of people rather like the great privatisation going back to the 19805. privatisation going back to the 1980s. well, given that actually many of those people who might buy shares will have political opinions and social opinions, very , very similar to mine , i very, very similar to mine, i think would be wrong, almost fraudulent to sell shares to people who they hold in contempt. so i want to see two things. number one, a promise that the culture and the bank has changed and that people should not be unfairly de—banking. and believe you me, there are plenty of us number two, an admission that the travis smith report, the so—called inquiry , was a so—called inquiry, was a complete whitewash acknowledgement that that actually was not looking for the right things. and number three, you know, i racked up huge legal bills through the course of all of this , suffered reputational of this, suffered reputational damage as a result. much of what was said. and they should settle with me as well. if they don't do those things , i will lodge do those things, i will lodge

papers in the court and will have this out, uh, sometime over the course of the next few months. and, and that would mean it's almost impossible for this sale to go ahead now, jeremy hunt wants this sale to go ahead. he wants this to be a big moment his chancellorship, moment of his chancellorship, and something he's going to and it's something he's going to announce, i think, formally in the budget on the 6th of march. so natwest settled debts so natwest settled your debts with me and come clean with the british public. has your culture changed or hasn't? and nigel, in one very, very, very short sentence, your reaction to those two by elections overnight, our reform, a big player now at the general election last night reform uk came of age up until that point they'd struggled to mobilise us in by elections. we got a couple of scores there, the average of which is above our national vote share. uh yeah. no, no, the party is now on the up and it's gaining presence. it's gaining recognition . uh, yeah. i think recognition. uh, yeah. i think reform are very pleased indeed.

>> nigel farage very much appreciate your, um , attendance appreciate your, um, attendance with us this morning. thank you so much for your expertise. as always , stay with us. always, stay with us. >> still, much more to come , >> still, much more to come, including that interview that prince harry has done to good morning america. speak to you again

radio. >> welcome back, prince harry has opened up about his father, king charles's cancer diagnosis in an interview on american television. this is the teaser trailer tomorrow morning, a gma exclusive prince harry the all new interview on his life today with meghan. >> how his father, the king is doing and on his passion supporting wounded warriors. tomorrow on good morning america i >> -- >> well, m >> well, that's caused a stir, hasn't it ? >> well, that's caused a stir, hasn't it? this morning. let's get some more from royal broadcast rafe heydel—mankoo ralph, let's be frank here. he

spent 40 minutes reportedly with his cancer stricken father in london. went back within 24 london. he went back within 24 hours to california , and hours to california, and seemingly he spent hours and hours much longer than he did with his dad. the king, with american breakfast tv . shouldn't american breakfast tv. shouldn't he learn to zip it? >> yes. well, look, you know , i >> yes. well, look, you know, i mean, one of the reasons prince william doesn't want to meet with his brother and didn't meet with his brother and didn't meet with him his recent trip to with him on his recent trip to the u.k, is, quite simply because he doesn't trust harry. >> you know, prince william has always been fearful that any private conversations will be made public in a or a tv made public in a book or a tv interview, as has happened in made public in a book or a tv intepastl, as has happened in made public in a book or a tv intepast withhas happened in made public in a book or a tv intepast with his happened in made public in a book or a tv intepast with his book, ned in the past with his book, 'spare' or interview or or the oprah interview or netflix documentary. and the fact that is now going to fact that harry is now going to appear on television days, as you say , after meeting the you say, after meeting with the king, think might make prince king, i think might make prince william think that he was right to be now we have to to be cautious. now we have to say, of course, yet say, of course, we don't yet know harry is going know what prince harry is going to be that to say. it may actually be that he reveal anything. he doesn't reveal anything. >> actually, ralph , sorry to >> actually, ralph, sorry to jump >> actually, ralph, sorry to jump in, but we are getting some lines what he said. um,

lines about what he said. um, which includes that he hopes the cancer diagnosis can heal his rift with the royals. he says he loves his family. rift with the royals. he says he loves his family . uh, and he was loves his family. uh, and he was grateful to get on a plane and go and spend go and see him and spend any time with him . spend any time with him. >> well, that's actually good and encouraging, isn't it? because no one actually wants a family be constantly at family to be constantly at loggerheads. we know full well that the king has hoped that prince harry would prove to be a prodigal son, and for that very reason, he's always kept a door open to him. and so if this is an opportunity for that , that's an opportunity for that, that's great, at least between father and son, you know, the chances of any, uh, healing of the rift between the two brothers is, i think, something which is impossible to see happening. definitely in the short to medium time, perhaps even the long terme. now, i don't know what else is being said in the in this discussion. in this interview you. i would hope that he's comment the he's limited his comment to the words have just heard

words that we have just heard you say, because we have to remember this is a discussion about person's public about another person's public health, and prince harry wants everyone to respect his privacy . everyone to respect his privacy. and so i hope that in this interview, he is actually going further to respecting his father's privacy , too. you know, father's privacy, too. you know, prince william has also spoken about his father's condition, but in a very limited context. all he said was that he expresses his gratitude to the pubuc expresses his gratitude to the public for their messages of support for his wife, who's also undergone surgery , and for his undergone surgery, and for his father. so i would very much hope that that's the model that prince harry has chosen to also follow in this interview. >> do reckon that, >> ralph, do you reckon that, um, father or the palace um, his father or the palace knew about this interview and what do you think their reaction will be? >> well, i mean, going by past past precedents. um, i'm not i wouldn't be certain that they know all. they may know about it at all. they may well learnt about from well have learnt about this from the ways that we've learnt the same ways that we've learnt about um, but certainly, you about it. um, but certainly, you know, would hope there know, you would hope that there was indication was at least some indication from of seeking permission from harry of seeking permission to speak about his father's

health in this way. >> right. it's like the old, uh, the famous south park episode of harry and meghan few months harry and meghan a few months ago we want privacy. we ago saying, we want privacy. we want privacy . but yet they're want privacy. but yet they're happy beans about happy to spill the beans about their opportunity. their family at any opportunity. ralph rafe heydel—mankoo, thank you much forjoining us. but you so much forjoining us. but maybe just maybe, i love maybe just maybe, saying i love my family. >> grateful to have spent time with my father. it might go one step healing , who knows? step towards healing, who knows? but thank you for your company. it'5 but thank you for your company. it's been a busy one, hasn't it ? it's been a busy one, hasn't it? you have been with britain's newsroom it of back newsroom it is, of course, back next but up next is good next week. but up next is good morning britain. have a great weekend . weekend. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> yes , it's just >> yes, it's just me. >>— >> yes, it's just me. >> today, after harwood , uh, >> today, after tom harwood, uh, very long election show overnight. but as we've just heard, the most vocal and persist potent critic of vladimir putin has been declared deadin vladimir putin has been declared dead in prison. what does this mean for the state of democracy in russia and of course, for the rest of us and crucially, ukraine? two and also we will be reflecting as well on prince

harry's interview with good morning america. what exactly did he say and what does it mean for the royal family . looks like for the royal family. looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news . gb news. >> hello again. very good day to you alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather forecast there is some heavy rain on the cards as we go through later tomorrow, but for the time being it's largely dry . that's because it's largely dry. that's because we a brief ridge of high we have a brief ridge of high pressure across the uk. however a weather system is waiting out to the west of us and it's this that's going to bring the rain tomorrow the tomorrow as we go through the rest of today, though, yes, there scattering there are a scattering of showers particularly showers around, particularly across parts northern england across parts of northern england , and , wales, northern ireland and scotland . but towards the south scotland. but towards the south here it's actually looking largely dry and many of us will see bright , if not even see some bright, if not even sunny spells developing . it sunny spells developing. it won't quite as mild as won't be quite as mild as yesterday, still yesterday, but still temperatures above average for the year. highs around

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gb news way. >> good afternoon britain. it is 12:00 on friday the 16th of february. jailed russian opposition politician alexei navalny and fierce critic of president vladimir putin has died. that's according to the prison service. there procedural checks on his death have now been initiated. we'll bring you the latest and prime minister in denial after suffering two historic by—election defeats , historic by—election defeats, rishi sunak insists the very low turnout shows there is no great enthusiasm for keir starmer. turnout shows there is no great enthusiasm for keir starmer . but enthusiasm for keir starmer. but with reforms surging , is he with reforms surging, is he leading his party to electoral extinction and i love my family. prince harry tells good morning america he is grateful he could spend any time with king charles, and that he hopes the cancer diagnosis can heal his rift with the royals