Daubney’s coverage vividly illustrates the cutthroat nature of parliamentary survival, where party loyalty is merely a byproduct of electoral success. It serves as a blunt reminder that in Westminster, the greatest threat to a leader is rarely the opposition, but their own backbenchers.
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West Freing fances the swing, but his leftwing opponents have claimed he'd be lucky to outlast a lettuce. Plus, we'll show exactly why Andy Bernham's rocky roots power would launch a bloody allout war from both reform and the Greens to lock the Manchester mayor out of the race.
And also today, GB News is in the prime minister's constituency to find out exactly there what people think of this ongoing political farce.
Well, more and more ministers and MPs are having their say. But here in Sakir Dharma's constituency, we are hearing from those who voted for him and those who now say they want him to go.
Throughout today's show, we bring you all the very latest news on the prime minister's almighty fight to save his embattled premiership. Can Sakias Dharma survive? That's all coming up on today's show.
A prime minister on death row facing the fight for his very political survival as ministers drop like flies with more resignations expected surely throughout the rest of this unmissable afternoon here in Westminster. The prime minister continues his almighty fight to save his premiership as the number of ministers who have resigned from government has now risen to three amid the ongoing row over his leadership. Alex Davis Jones, Jess Phillips, and Miata Funbele all announced that their their roles as Saki Starmer tries to quell a mounting Labor backlash after his party's dring in last week's local elections.
Let's now speak with GB News's deputy political editor Tom Harwood live there on Downing Street and it's fast turning into a nightmare on Downing Street for skimmer. Tom, >> it certainly is Martin and I've got to say that over the course of the last 24 hours, this has been the time when everything has really gathered pace. It was during your show yesterday, Martin, that we started to see the uh occasional uh member of parliament say that the prime minister should go turn into a steadier drum beat. And by the end of your program, it did really feel like there was something a foot in Westminster. That of course continued into the evening and we saw uh resignations from the uh uh government payroll vote. those those six uh parliamentary private secretaries declaring they had no confidence in the prime minister. Now today, as you've been saying, three ministers of this government resigning their roles, some with the most scathing things to say about the prime minister. And this does feel like it is the beginning rather than the end of what is a foot in Westminster today. Behind me, we've seen senior figures in the prime minister's team head into Downing Street in order to no doubt conduct crisis meetings and help coordinate the prime minister's rear guard action. His response to what feels like a an unstoppable force that feels like that the sands in Westminster have been shifting. And in the words of Boris Johnson as he stood outside the building behind me in July 2022 saying these words, "When the herd moves, it moves." It feels like the Labour herd has moved. It's getting on for a 100 Labor MPs who have said they have no confidence in the prime minister. It's hard to see how he'll see out this term in parliament even if he does manage to survive the coming few days. But will he be able to survive those coming few days? All eyes are on what the cabinet might do. Reportedly, Wes Streeting tried to speak to the prime minister face to face after the cabinet meeting today. In the cabinet meeting, the prime minister said, "We're not talking about leadership here. We can do that one-on-one." and then where streeting tried to do that one-on-one and was rebuffed and the prime minister refused to hear from him. That's according to reports from another broadcaster. Now, if that is indeed the case, the prime minister has gone into bunker mode, refusing to listen to criticism and only talking to those who are going to shore up his position. That is not a healthy place for the prime minister to be in. And clearly things may well go south fairly quickly.
>> Thank you very very much indeed, Tom Hob. We'll be back to you, of course, throughout the rest of the show as the breaking news undoubtedly continues to come in. Back to the studio now for some analysis. I'm delighted to be joined by GB News's senior political commentator Nigel Nelson and the Conservative shadow policing minister Matt Vickers.
Gentlemen, welcome Matt. Let's start with you. Admit it, you're probably really enjoying this meltdown on you. It seems now Saki Star is clinging on to power by his fingernails. I mean, it's a disaster, but this isn't this isn't a today job, is it? This has been going on now for months. Ultimately, it's got a lot hotter in the last 48 hours, but for months now, we've had a prime minister whose entire priority has been whether he can survive another day, another week, another month in Downing Street, and then a gang of people around him in the cabinet who are looking at whether they can get in to Downing Street. Uh the end result is they're not concentrating on the priorities of people out there. His one uh priority is his survival. You should be con consider you know worrying about what people at home are worrying about the cost of living about the fact that unemployment is rising about the fact that graduates who are leaving university can't get a job about the fact that we have some of the highest energy prices in the country instead all eyes are on what's going on and who's got the keys to number 10 that is not good for this country it's not good for the Labour party it's not good for anybody actually do you think there's a bitter irony in the fact that in opposition the leader of the opposition ski was continually polishing his halo uh anyone from the Conservative Party should resign over any and every minor indiscretion. Yet when now he's prime minister, he's clinging on to power like like a dog onto a postman's.
>> Well, the the problem is he was whiter than white, he knew better. He was, you know, of such high moral standard.
There's some killer script out there.
There's a bit of video footage of him at the dispatch box talking about the fact, will it be his ministers and his MPs who get rid of him? Will it be the public?
Will he give them the opportunity? Or will he just resign and do the right thing? I think he's probably reached that point now. Looking at the damage that's been done to the country, the damage that's been done internationally for people who looking at an an ambassador, he pointed the highest most prestigious diplomatic post this country has to offer. H given to a man who'd been sacked from government twice, who was linked to one of the most vile pedophiles ever toward the earth. His judgment's been undermined. The the the the things he's inflicted on the country. Uh totally damaging. But the one thing that is interesting is you've got all these Labor MPs coming out now saying it's the right thing to do for him to go. It's it's terrible. He's lost the confidence of the country. Where were they when he was removing the Winterfuel allowance from those pensioners? Where were they when they had to walk through those lobbies and vote against the grooming gangs inquiry?
Where were they when we saw all the debate around the Northern Ireland uh veterans bill and protecting those brave people who put their lives on the line for this country? They didn't really care about holding the prime minister to a standard now. But now their jobs are on the line. Now they've seen election results that could cost them their role in parliament next time. All of a sudden they've grown some backbone and some spine and they're willing to stand up to this man. It's tragic. It's really tragic. But when reality bites, Matt Vicers, you know, every Labour MP on this list that I've looked at today and I'm running this through some software to get this confirmed.
There are about 12 MPs on this list that could hold their seat if there's a general election tomorrow. The vast majority of these MPs are dead men and dead women walking. They know it. They know if Saki Storma is their boss, they are toast. A lot of these people, about half of them, Matt, are first termers, the first ever time as a as an MP. Two years ago, they they were they they were the the of the hoop. They they were they were local legends. Now they're getting doors slammed in their face in just two years. That's a rude awakening.
You can't blame them, can you, for abandoning the prime minister?
>> If if you arrive in parliament and the minute you arrive there, you do things that are completely against the the the perspective that you claim to stand for.
The idea that you're going to stand up for the vulnerable, you're going to stand up for the pensions. You're going to you're going to stand up for our veterans. You're going to stand up for all these groups of people. And actually, at every single opportunity, you you failed to stand up to a prime minister who is doing untold harm. The reality is that this government has had real consequences for people out there.
We've got businesses going at the wall at the fastest rate since the world economic crash. 17 18% more people unemployed. Graduate recruitment rates alltime low. That isn't that isn't a surprise. It hasn't happened by magic.
It's happened because of increases in taxes in business rates. It's happened because of the NI increase. It's happened because of the the employment rights bill. The only people who are better off are the unions and those people who don't work. People who work hard and do the right thing are so much worse off. And it's not paying for public services. is there's less police on the streets. Prisoners are getting released early. That money is all being spent on welfare. It's all being spent giving the unions what they want from all sorts of negotiations. It is a disaster for this country. This thing has to end.
>> Okay. I'm going to ask you for a prediction, Mystic Matt. How long has he got?
>> I'm not sure. I'm really not sure because there is not many better options in the mix. We are sat here, you know, I've heard people out there celebrating the fact they think he's going.
>> It doesn't get any better with West Street. It doesn't get any better with Angelina. Certainly doesn't get any better with Ed Milliban. But that's the choices that this country is going to No, in fact, it's the choices the Labour Party is going to face and get to make without without the the permission of the great British public.
>> Nigel Nelson, since we were last on air, it's got worse for Skarmmer unimaginably, rapidly, horrifically.
There's no way of surviving this. No way. He's a dead man walking. He's finished.
>> Well, um, not quite. Um and I uh when Matt was talking about uh the fact that the the Labour party are no longer thinking about cost of living energy and all the various other problems. That's the one thing Kestan wants to get back on. He doesn't he doesn't want to be spending his time fighting his back benches or losing ministers.
The if Kestama survives the day and I do put an if on this um uh it'll mean that he he has got another chance. At the moment, the only way he will go is if a number of cabinet ministers resign. They might this afternoon. There's a lot of twoing and throwing we can see going on in Downing Street at the moment. It's possible that'll happen. If it doesn't happen, we look forward to to tomorrow and the king's speech. What then uh he will outline is the legislative program for this parliament. The idea of that is it puts his words from yesterday, the speech that didn't quite do it, the the comeback speech. Uh but it puts that puts those words into action and his backbenches will have a better chance of judging whether or not the Labor government is going in the right direction. A lot of the names on this list. Um again, I'm going through this data now. That's why I'm somewhat distracted. So so interesting that the vast majority of the of the parliamentarians who turned on skimmer are set to lose their seats to reform UK. And I wonder actually if that was precipitated by what many people think was a disastrous speech yesterday where once again he said it's time to go closer back to Brussels. It's time to more or less abandon Brexit. The Brexit voters voted most viferously against the Gears Dom last Thursday.
land is still alive and kicking and he got a kicking from the prime minister and now the kicking back at him. He's totally abandoned the working. Now it's payback time.
>> Don't set up a narrative that that we are going back over Brexit. Brexit is done and dusted. We're not going back.
You're in the same bubble as the prime minister. Brexit land, the the values, the abandonment, the the wages, uncontrolled immigration, the white working classes being at the bottom of this of the heap is very much alive and kicking. This party's forgotten it and maybe you have too.
>> I'm not saying that that that uh we're forgetting Brexit land. What I'm saying is that the the idea of getting closer to Europe is not about is not about rejoining Europe. It's not about abandoning Brexit. It's not about paying them a billion pound a month for the privilege.
>> Well, first of all, >> we left the European Union. First of all, that figure >> we pay a billion pound a year, you don't get a a voice or a veto that figure to be negotiated. It's an estimated figure based on what Switzerland pays uh for single market access and and >> you think we get a free lunch out of Brussels if you won't get a we won't get we won't get a free lunch. It's a negotiation, but the idea of throwing a billion pounds around now uh is pointless because it is part of that negotiation and it's based on this estimated figure because Switzerland's is a third of the size of Britain. Matt Vickers, let's bring you back in now. I I think I I sincerely think this is about a political class and and I think we need to lay some blame at the conservatives, door, who have just abandoned and forgotten the working class, treated them as far right, not your government, but certainly this one, the far right. You're far right. You disagree with immigration. You're far right if you agree with protecting our culture, our patriotic values, and the metropolitan inner city zone one folding Brmpton bike mindset that's gripped this this this government has finally come home to roost today. I think and that's what this is about.
Look at the names on this list. They know and irrespective of of of their policy policies irrespective Matt fig if they're if they're if they're political enemies of yours they're people with jobs with constituents with w with with with responsibilities and they signed up in good faith and not many of them will believe as those counselors did lost their jobs by the thousands on Thursday night they feel that their boss has abandoned them and now it's payback time. Well, it's I mean the thing is it's you hear about oh well the government's going the wrong way. It needs to change direction. It's been going the wrong way for 18 months.
People have been losing their jobs.
Things are going in all the there's less police on the street. Things are all going the wrong way under this government actually. And it has real world consequences. People are angry about immigration. The right to be angry about immigration. They're also angry about their inability to make ends meet.
People are losing their jobs as a result of the decisions Rachel Reeves and Kam.
That is their lives. That's their ability to look after their children.
However bad the last government was, we had near record levels of employment.
People could go get a job, get on in life. Actually, we I mean, look at look at gas and oil. We we're we're refusing because of some ideological position to drill it in the North Sea. That is costing people in my part of the world, their jobs. 200,000 jobs rely on that.
Instead, we're importing it from abroad.
We're taking the emissions and the e the the environmental impact that comes with that. We're taking the price spikes that come back come with that for people who want to fuel their family car and go somewhere or actually the businesses who want to create jobs and deliver economic growth. It is a disaster for all sorts of reasons. This government's didn't start going in the wrong direction on Thursday. It's been going the wrong direction for 18 months and perhaps if these MPs had stood up to him a bit sooner, they wouldn't end up in the situation they are and people in my constituency wouldn't be suffering like they are.
>> Okay. Thank you very much indeed, Matt Vicers. Pleasure to have your company.
was an incredibly busy day in politics.
Nigel Nelson, we're expecting ministers to continue to resign throughout the rest of the day. You know, there's aerial mood on Downing Street ahead of the king's speech. And what an embarrassment that'll be, you know, a king's speech w with a government which is a zombie government now.
>> Well, the king, >> it's a total embarrassment.
>> The king's speech goes ahead. Um so, uh we will see see the program that's being set out. Um obviously the case of the king may not be quite so pleased to find a government in quite such disarray at the moment but what Karma has said is he's going to carry on he's going to carry on governing the country and on the basis of that is quite right that the king's speech should go ahead so we can see what the program is for this coming parliament.
>> I think it's an embarrassment to the king to be dragged into this tordry bunfight. Yeah. The king is the monarch.
He should be doing his job, not worrying about would this prime minister, you know, live longer than Larry the cat.
>> Well, I mean, I mean, I mean, seriously, Larry's 15 years old, so I'm just having he goes on for a bit longer. Um, the king is just doing his constitutional duty. He has to come in and make that speech. That is only part of it. Um, he he's not involved in the policy. So, uh, it is his government, not his prime minister, who is giving them that speech. That is what he will he will do tomorrow.
>> All right, let's look at the maneuvers today. Jess Phillips is the biggest name so far to fall. Not a full-blown cabinet minister, but a minister nevertheless, a safeguarding minister, of course, very heavy heavily criticized over her involvement in the rape gangs inquiry.
You know, she had a very bruising general election campaign. A lot of misogyny directed towards her by Gau or independents. She's been very, very outspoken all these years. She's also a long-term ally and close friend of a certain Wes Streeting. Is her resignation do you think of a special interest? Because this now might be the beginnings of a movement to back that man on our screens there west streeting as the key of replacement. Well, um, one can one can look at signals and try and extrapolate things from them. Um I would give you a counter one that one of the cabinet ministers who came out today in support of Karma was the business secretary Peter Kyle. He is West Streeting's best friend in politics. So what does what does one interpret from that? Do you say then oh maybe Wes isn't thinking of going to to run or not? I the situation that that someone like like um Jess Phillips, she's a very principled woman. I think she's had a very hard time dealing with the um uh the rape gang inquiry. Um so and also she's had Harriet Harmon come in who we would be but like a lot of this government she continually over the years refused to call out Muslim rape gangs because it was racist. And that's another thing that I'm I'm saying is coming back to haunt this government at the moment. An abandonment of the working classes. I think it runs through the heart of the failure of this government and they've abandoned the the working classes over Brexit this past week yesterday. Do you not find it astonishing?
>> Well, first of all, they haven't abandoned the working classes over Brexit as we keep talking about immigration.
>> Brexit is rape gangs.
>> immigration is what is >> calling everyone far right who disagrees with with children being murdered.
Immigration immigration as we can disagree with an asylum hotel in their community >> is a difficult one for any government to deal with. The last government couldn't deal with it. Reform a variety of policies on immigration which are completely and utterly unrealistic and should they come into government you'll soon find out that they aren't able to control immigration any better than than the previous governments. Okay, Katherine Forser joins us in the studio now. You've been on Downing Street since sunrise. So, welcome to the studio. can rest your your tired teeth.
>> It's very nice to sit down. I can't tell you how nice it is to sit my bottom down here.
>> Chief political correspondent Katherine Forer. You were saying what an incredible start to the day. A marching band practicing for the hugely important ceremony tomorrow of the king's speech.
Meanwhile, in the background, MPs marching into Downer Street carrying out this pantomime.
>> I just find it so surreal. I arrived at 5:30. Uh, I couldn't get right to Downing Street because so many roads are closed for the King's Speech tomorrow.
So, walking through St. James's Park, uh, marching band playing out loudly, absolutely fabulous for the King's Speech. And yet, I'm standing in Downing Street from 6:00 in the morning. Uh, the cabinet meeting comes and goes. Cabinet ministers come out and say supportive things about the prime minister. Now, I've stood in Downing Street often enough to know that cabinet ministers don't do that. Cabinet ministers, we shout at them and they ignore us. They came across, they had a chat, they said all the right things. But then we discover that actually the prime minister said in that meeting, I'm not here to talk about the election results.
I'm not here to talk about the leadership. Uh if you've got concerns about that, uh talk to me individually.
proceeded to talk about Iran, the straits of Hormuz, uh the economic fallout from that and the king's speech tomorrow. Now, apparently some including Wes treating then tried to speak to the prime minister. That wasn't happening.
Uh Wes treating very very quiet. He's normally quite happy to chat to the media. Uh will he move? We are now what are we are well over 80 MPs who have called publicly for the prime minister to go. Symbolically that's important because that's over a fifth of the parliamentary Labor party. uh three ministers including as you've said uh Jess Phillips the safeguarding minister big ally of West treating al also Alex Davies Jones um also uh victims minister but what happens next because the prime minister seems to be digging in and they've done exactly what the Tories uh did when they started to move against Boris Johnson but they don't have an agreed plan in place. And this is a government that got elected less than two years ago, promising the country to stop the chaos and to bring stability and an end to the infighting. I find it just staggering that here we go. Uh again, >> all eyes on the potential success. So, of course, West Streeting is rumored to be behind a lot of this uprising and people like saying, "Well, do you want the job or not, mate?" I mean, he's got to declare. I mean, we have the numbers to trigger a potential leadership candidate, right, going out there, but they've got to put themselves forward.
Does West Streeting want it or not?
Surely, if he doesn't put himself up now, he's finished. Because if there's a reshuffle, Storm will send him to political not Siberia.
>> Yeah.
>> This is it. The time is nine.
>> Yes, you would think so. I spoke to one of his uh allies very early this morning and they said look uh Wes hasn't asked anybody to go over the top for him. Uh but he has told the prime minister that he won't be the first to move but if the prime minister clearly cannot stay uh then he's ready to go and he's got the numbers and at least West Streeting is being honest. But the difficulty now is that the prime minister is saying I am standing firm. I am going nowhere. If West Streeting decides to move, a lot of people will be very angry with him.
They'll also regard it as a sort of stitch up to try to keep Andy Burnham out. And there's so many people in Labour that don't want Wesreeting that the left are bound to put up a candidate. Uh Andy Burnham on a train to London, last spotted in Houston, supposedly has got somebody lined up to give his seat to trigger a bi-election for him to come back. Would he win?
Would the NEC block him again? So many questions. But yes, this might be the time for West Streeting to uh put up or >> shouldn't.
>> Yeah, don't know if I should say that this afternoon, but exactly that.
>> I think people are probably saying far worse things than that in Downing Street. Catherine said, Enough of that.
Thank you very very much for joining us.
>> Nigel Nelson, let's get back to you. So look, and Andy Burnham as if by magic has walked into Houston. Um who' you'd have thought? I think he had a conference down here which I'm not sure he's attending or not but anyway he was here for here for other purposes >> but he might have other business now that's more important but here's the thing he was blocked in the GO and Denton violation >> which was a wrong a wrong decision >> probably for good reason he he he could well have won >> well he might have won yes >> and if he' have won he'd have been the prime mover against Karm now but many people when you look at the popularity polls look let's be honest Angela Raina polls terribly with the public She can't even stand at the moment. She's still being probed by the tax man. You know, West Streeting does well with the centrist. But nationwide, let's be frank is not popular with Labour members who were who are the ones who would have the ultimate vote.
>> In fact, the Labour left today have been saying if West were to stand, he'd last he'd last less time than a letter.
>> This I think is the danger. And one of the things that we were talking about yesterday and I still think is that um what the Labor Party should do is try and calm down and look at this whole thing reasonably and the best answer would be to allow W Street sorry to allow um um uh Andy Burnham the time to get back into parliament. Now um if Andy Bernham can't get back into parliament because he can't find a safe Labor seat, you've pointed out there probably isn't one in the country any longer. And I think that's probably right. If he can't get into parliament, that's the we've got the answer. Um that Andy Bernon would not be part of a leadership challenge. Until we've actually sorted that out, he is. So the danger is that that uh if you panic now and elect a new leader, say we're streeting, you would find Andy Burden coming back at some point and probably challenging that leader. we be back into the same situation the tries found themselves in constantly changing the prime minister and that does not inspire public confidence. Now, if you're joining us, just in note, we are expecting there to be further ministerial resignations this afternoon. We are hearing this is just getting warmed up. A brief respite after Jess Phillips, the most senior person to resign thus far, but we are very much hearing this is a story with much more legs in it yet today. There is that resignation from Jess Phillips. She was scathing in her resignation letter. I think you're a good man fundamentally, she said of the prime minister Kisto, who cares about the right things.
However, I've seen firsthand how that is not enough. She said decency is vital.
Calm curiosity is also needed, but so too are fight, push back, make arguments, bring people along. Standing up and being countered can't always be workshopped. A clear dig here at the guy a lot of people think has got the the personality of of a photocopier.
>> No, I mean I mean Jess is making making a lot of good points in her resignation letter. Um and we can understand that Jess Phillips going or three other junior ministers going isn't enough.
You've that it's got to be uh ministers at cabinet level if they've really lost faith in the prime minister and we know from the people who spoke out this morning half the cabinet haven't at least half the cabinet. If those that have start resigning, then we're we're in a different situation. If they don't by the end of today, we're going to go ahead with the king's speech and probably we're coming out of the immediate crisis. The only way uh that can be triggered again is if if those 88 MPs agree on a candidate, the candidate agrees to stand and they have a leadership election. Okay, let's bring in my next guest now in the studio here in Westminster is the politics and economics editor at City AM and that's Mauricio Alen Car. Hope I didn't get your name wrong there. Mauricio, welcome to the studio. It's a pleasure to have your company. Do you want to start with the politics or the economics? Let's do the economics. The markets don't like change anywhere ever and they certainly don't like the change if it's going towards a leftwing government that's going to start borrowing loads of money and taxing the electorate to the hills.
They're spooked, aren't they? the markets >> they are slightly spooked today. So what we've seen is a 10 basis point rise across the guilt curve and that's effectively 2 billion pounds more in borrowing costs added on because of that speculation that fear of a left would turn and more borrowing in the markets.
So it's a sort of city traders are effectively disciplining the government or disciplining the Labour party into a scenario where you don't really want to sort of meddle with the fiscal rules as sort of presented by the chancellor.
>> Okay, just got to interrupt you there if I may because we've got some breaking news for you now and it's this. There's going to be a lot of breaking news today. Brace yourselves. A planned meeting between the prime minister and union leaders meant for today has been cancelled. Leaders of the unions affiliated to the Labour Party, the so-called Tulo group, had been invited into Downing Street for a late afternoon meeting, but a few hours before it was due to be held, the meeting has now been cancelled. A significant move there because of course the unions were getting very wobbly about backing Saki Starma as recently as last week. Just to repeat that breaking news for you, a planned meeting between the prime minister and the union leaders meant for today has been cancelled. leaders of the unions affiliated to Labor, the so-called TULO group, had been invited to Downing Streets for a late afternoon meeting. But a few hours before was due to go ahead, it was cancelled. Now, we've got some more breaking news for you now. There's going to be a lot of it. Get ready for it. Get yourself a drink. Sit down. More than 100 Labour MPs have now signed a statement saying this is no time for a leadership contest. So, there we go. A fight back.
We believe now the scores on the doors, it's hard to keep up. The scores on the doors, 88 MPs thus far have come out against the prime minister saying it's time to stand down. 100 loyalists have just written a statement. We'll get that for you in a short moment's time. Try and get it on the screen. Written a statement saying it's no time for a leadership contest. Mauricio Alan, let's get you back in. Here we go. We expected a loyalist movement to turn up. Took him a while to get going. It was seriously did. All the rebels came out first. It's taken several hours for the loyalists to show their hands.
>> Yeah. It's like a football match, isn't it? It's, you know, it's 180 or 185, isn't it? Cricket.
>> Um, you know, it's it's a Yeah, cricket.
I mean, it's quite sort of it's weird what's going on Labor Party, that sort of factionalism that's breaking down the sort of soft left and the sort of star rights um on the slight sort of center left of the party as well. Um, you know, I I've spoken to a few MPs, some of which are sort of scared about the sort of fiscal and bond market reaction. Some MPs saying that fiscal rules need to be maintained. And what I found quite interesting today is you have two groups of Labor MPs. one is a sort of far the sort of left-wing the tribune group of MPs and the Labour growth group both coming up with policy packages and already sort of setting up pictures for how the Labour party might be governed for the coming months. So there's already these ideas being flown around obviously these letters coming in these real fears about Kier Stalman's leadership and um I you know we'll have to wait to see how it pans out. I think the power ultimately lies with the cabinet and whether a cabinet minister comes out and speaks.
>> Marson, quickly get you in about the significance there of that cancellation of the union meeting. Who controls the unions, who the unions desire to back will surely be key in the next phase of all of this. Um they want to back somebody who's more to the left. You think their natural bed fell would be somebody like Andy Burnham. Am I right in saying that? And is there a significance in this meeting being last minute canled like this? Is it is this further bad news for the prime minister?
>> Um yes it is. We don't know who's actually actually canceled on this one.
Certainly the unions asked for a meeting with the prime minister uh to discuss the situation. As far as their their effect on any leadership election goes.
It's not what it used to be. The unions that now that you have a one member one vote uh the unions can't influence it in the in the way that they did before. But of course the unions are important. The unions are important for donating money to the party um uh supporting labor and if they had their choice it would be Angela Raina who would be leader.
the amount of money that the the unions give to the Labor Party is still hugely hugely important and without the financial lifeline, without the backing of the grassroots, nobody can effectively lead the Labor Party, can they? And yet, you know, the Labour party bang on all the time about Nigel Farold getting donations, but without the unions that they're dead.
>> Well, the unions unions are are very important for finance. Not as again, not as much as they as they used to be. An awful lot of unions have um uh uh nonaffiliated from the Labour Party.
>> Okay, very quickly, Mauricio Alan Carr, before we let you go, the markets don't like change and they're not liking the feel, are they, of of a socialist government potentially. And we learned today that the the price of borrowing for Britain is has has rocketed. Was having to pay much more to borrow money than, for example, France or Germany.
The markets don't like the direction of travel.
>> Yeah. And the fear is always about inflation. So the prospect of inflation already surging after the Iran war is already coming. So borrowing costs are higher already because people are pricing in that interest rate hike that you know makes people's mortgages more expensive. Um and now with this political turmoil and the fear of borrowing more and more bonds going out into the market, you know that that's a real fear for traders who effectively where the government goes to for for borrowing.
>> Okay, thank you very much for joining us in studio. Appreciate your time. That's the politics and the economics editor at City A.M. Mauricio Alan Card. Very busy day. Appreciate your time. Now, please stick with us. Still to come throughout the rest of today's breathtakingly quick show. We're bringing you all the very latest on the prime minister's almighty fight to save his premiership. How many more will resign today? A uni meeting has just been cancelled at Downing Street. And now the fight back begins from the loyalist 100 writing a letter supporting their under fire PM. Don't go anywhere. This is GB News.
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It's a similar theme across well much of England and Wales, across Northern Ireland and also across parts of Scotland, but in Scotland some of those showers could have a wintry element to them. So, I mean there could be a bit of sleet and snow over the higher ground in particular. And generally, there could be a bit of hail around as we go through tomorrow, even to some lower levels.
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Got some breaking news for you now in these past few moments as the prime minister battles for his survival. More than 100 loyalist Labour MPs have now signed a statement saying this is no time for a leadership contest. And the statement reads, "Last week we had a devastatingly tough set of election results. It shows we have a hard job ahead to win back trust from the electorate and that job needs to start today with all of us working together to deliver the change the country needs. We must focus on that. This is no time for a leadership contest. We're going to quickly try and get maybe Nigel Nelson, you can have a quick look for that. See whose names are on that list. We need to go through this. It's just happened in real time. Who are the big beasts backing the prime minister? Breaking news. More than 100 Labour MPs have now finally, it took them long enough, they finally backed the prime minister. They signed a statement saying, "This is no time for a leadership contest." The statement reads, "Last week we had a devastatingly tough set of election results." It shows we have a hard job ahead to win back trust from the electorate, and that job needs to start today with all of us working together to deliver the change the country needs. We must focus on that. to repeat this is no time for a leadership contest. Well, let's now speak with GB News's national reporter Charlie Peters who joins us from the Prime Minister's constituency there in Hoburn in North London. Charlie Peters, the prime minister at least has been thrown the first lifeline of the day from 100 loyalists um in his own party. But still, we're expecting resignations later on today. The unions have pulled out of a meeting at Down Street. Very, very much still a stormy day ahead for the prime minister. Well, yes indeed, Martin, as you refer to that fresh letter from 100 Labor MPs supporting the prime minister, we've had echoes of that sort of language here in his constituency today as well. Many local residents telling GB news that they support the prime minister, they support Sakir Stalmer, but interestingly quite a few of them were not willing to go on camera to share that perspective.
Let's listen to what people said earlier today.
We'll get that picture. We can just hasn't come through right now. But what I can tell you and those people, they did tell me uh that they wanted to support the prime minister. They were concerned about the people who were challenging him and wanted more of an opportunity for change.
actually really angry not at the prime minister but um at people that don't seem to have the patience. We had 16 years of Conservatives running this country into the ground and we can't even give the Labor Party and the and the government two years to try and sort it out. He doesn't have the charisma. He should stay. I mean he so far he's doing he's been doing a reasonable job but they haven't given him time. It it takes time for change especially when it was in such chaos.
>> So appealing to the right is the most heinous thing that he's done. I think he was a good man. I think he was a decent backbencher. I I just think he's not a leader. It's not about small boats. It shouldn't be about small boats. People are right to be angry but they're being angry at the about the wrong thing.
As you can see, a range of perspectives there from constituents in the prime minister's St. Pancress unhoping constituency. Some saying that he had moved too far to the right, others saying that he need to stay the course and that those calling for change were disrupting his process. I just want to bring you very quickly a perspective I've heard from a reform voter in secure Starmmer's constituency saying that Karma is doing more damage to this country than Boris Johnson and Tony Blair did. And the longer this goes on, the worse things uh will get for as long as people can't tell themselves the truth, the worse things are going to get. And that reform vote is saying that that message is about those at the top of the Labor Party. So, a broad range of perspectives here, Martin. Some saying the prime minister needs to stay the course, but plenty of others saying that he needs to go. But it's very interesting how many of the people who said they had previously supported him and were now moving away from the prime minister said they were now supporting the Green Party. And that could be one of the reasons why we've heard so many ministers and MPs come out today now saying that the prime minister needs to move on because of his lack of radicalism and his move to the left.
That concern they say is all about uh leftwing concerns >> right Peters. Thank you very very much there for valiantly soldiering on for us there in Hoburn the prime minister's constituency. Appreciate your time. Back to the studio. Still joined by Nigel Nelson. Nigel Nelson this this letter has gone out from 100 supportive MPs.
And I asked you I think a basic question who signed it and the answer is we don't know.
>> We don't know. They've not they've not publicly named themselves which is weird frankly. Um it doesn't seem to be a specific group of MPs. So, we can't even look up uh the membership of a of a group. I don't know whether those MPs are on the left or the right or the center. Um it does seem peculiar to suddenly bring this intervention in without actually identifying yourselves or even the person who organized it, who's actually behind this. Um what it does show is civil war within the Labour Party. At the moment, we've now looks like we've got three factions operating.
these 100 MPs who don't want Kia Starama to go at all, don't want any leadership contest, want to just get on get on with life as normal. You've then got the the the team who want to get um uh Andy Bernham in. They want anything to be delayed to give him time to find a common seat to come back into parliament and therefore be able to challenge the PM. And then of course you got your W Streeting supporters who want the whole thing to happen now to give him a chance of getting in before Andy Burnham arrives.
>> It just seems very very strange that um the people who are asking for Ski Sama to go or putting public letters forward on parliamentary paper.
>> Yes, it does.
>> Putting their name to it. You know, it's it's it's official. It's correct. It's procedural. That's how things are done.
and we got this cabal of 100 anonymous loyalists.
>> Well, I would I rather I rather hope that at least one of those 100 is watching us at the moment um and they will now give us the names because it is that while it's significant 100 MPs say don't have the leadership contest. We don't want civil war in the party. Um I do think that they actually have to identify themselves and show who they are. I it is bizarre that they haven't done so already.
>> Okay. Hey, if you are out there, if anybody from the offices of those any of those 100 Labour party MPs are watching or listening or anybody from down street is listen, we know down street listens because you tell us off when we get things wrong. If you're listening, we'd just like to know who are the 100 MPs who have put their name to a supportive list for the prime minister. We'd be very very keen to get any of them on.
Come on the show, tell us why you think the prime minister should remain in office. Still to come throughout the show, we bring you all the very latest on the prime minister's almighty fight to save his premiership. Now, as 100 of his backbenches sign a statement backing him, don't go anywhere. This is GB News.
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>> Welcome back. Your time is 10 to 4 with me, Martin Dorney, here on GB News. Now, I got some breaking news for you now on this break neck day on Downing Street.
More than 100 Labour Party MPs have now signed a statement saying this is no time for a leadership contest. And the statement reads, "Last week we had a devastatingly tough set of election results. It shows we have a hard job ahead to win back trust from the British electorate and that job needs to start today with all of us working together to deliver the change the country needs. We must focus on that. This is no time for a leadership contest. Let's now speak with the chief political commentator at the Independent, John Rental. John, welcome to the show. It's a pleasure to have your company. At last, 100 loyalists stand up and be counted. But we can't for the life of us find out who these 100 loyalists are. Can you shed any light on the the mysterious 100 supporters of the prime minister?
>> Uh no, but I imagine they will be publishing their names shortly. Uh I mean the point is that clearly uh there is a majority uh in the parliamentary party I think for uh keeping things as they are for not having a leadership contest u but but it only takes uh a fifth of them which is 81 uh to unite behind a single candidate in order to launch a a leadership election. That's the that's the threshold that that number 10's worried about. Um whether 81 MPs are going to line up behind a single candidate. I mean, so far we've had 90 uh calling for Kama to go, but they come from all different parts of the spectrum. So they they're not they're not a a deadly threat yet.
It just seems a bit strange because if you recall when Anna Sawa was effectively encouraging a rebellion a few weeks ago, the front bench, the ministers, more or less as if on quue on mass, they sent out more or less cut and paste tweets in support of the prime minister. We knew who they were very very quickly. It just seems farical, John. The 100 MPs are supporting the the prime minister, but they won't even say who they are.
No, but I think it what was what was more significant possibly was that some of the cabinet ministers came out of the meeting this morning and spoke to the TV cameras to declare their support for the prime minister. Not all of them. Uh in fact only four I think or no in the end it was a lot more than four wasn't it?
But I mean it was initially initially four led by Steve Reed and uh there was Peter Kyle uh Liz Kendall and Pat McFaten. Um I mean quite important that they they stood by the prime minister.
They've they've helped sort of tilt the uh the mood uh in the prime minister's direction. But then then we've had the resignations from uh from uh from various ministers. Um okay, we've lost John Ren's connection there. It's a shame. Let's get back to studio. Nigel Nelson. I just want to continue this investigation. I just find it, you know, yeah, today is a day a firm conviction required, you know, rally the the wagons around the prime minister and and protect him. Instead, we get this anonymous list of god knows who.
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>> I'm sorry. I'm I'm completely sort of gobsmacked by this because you don't do it this way. Uh what you do is if you've done a letter, you all sign that letter and so you know exactly who's behind it.
>> Okay. Thank you very very much. What a day in downstream. We all hearing. We're expecting further resignations this afternoon as a storm clouds gather over Downing Street. It's turning into a nightmare on Downing Street for the prime minister. Can he survive the day?
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That's brought a bit of rain, a bit of cloud, but it's also bringing cooler showery air down from the north. As a result, we do have quite a lot of sunny skies through the evening across the bulk of England and Wales. And then we'll have clear skies to start the night. But with that colder air and the clear skies, chilly start to the night before the showers and the blustery conditions in the north become more widespread. And as a result, our temperatures are actually going to lift in quite a few places as we go through the early hours of tomorrow morning. As a result, it's not going to be especially chilly, especially when you compare it to some recent nights. But there will be a bit of a chill in the air first thing tomorrow morning and plenty of showers around. Yes, there will be some sunny spells in between those showers, but worth bearing in mind the showers could be a bit blustery and they could be heavy at times as well.
It's a similar theme across well much of England and Wales, across Northern Ireland and also across parts of Scotland, but in Scotland some of those showers could have a wintry element to them. So, I mean there could be a bit of sleet and snow over the higher ground in particular. And generally, there could be a bit of hail around as we go through tomorrow, even to some lower levels.
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Welcome to the Martin Dorman Show here on GB News. Broadcasting for you until 6:00 p.m. And here's what's coming up on today's actionpacked show. Today's Karma, the prime minister, is clinging on to power by his fingernails as three ministers have now quit the government.
At the weekend, Kalma claimed he wants to be prime minister for 10 years, but with other ministers expected to resign this afternoon. Will the prime minister survive the next 10 hours?
>> Crisis talks in the building behind me.
The prime minister has clearly told senior allies that a rear guard action must be organized. The letter is circulating amongst Labor MPs in favor of the prime minister, but it's competing with those who say he should go. A number that keeps climbing.
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Are you still >> And some cabinet ministers finally rallied around the prime minister and moments ago. More than 100 anonymous so far. Labor MPs has signed a statement saying this is no time for a leadership contest. But will it be enough to save the embattled premier? And if he does resign, who could replace him? Well, West Streeting fances the swing, but his left-wing opponents have claimed he'd be lucky to outlast a lettuce with echoes there of Liz Truss. Plus, we'll show exactly why Andy Bernham's rocky routes back to power would launch a bloody allout war from both Reform UK and the Greens to lock the Manchester Mayor out of the race.
And throughout the show, we'll bring you all the very latest on the prime minister's almighty fight to save his premiership in a huge dramatic day in British politics here on GB News.
It's turning into a nightmare on Downing Street for the prime minister. Um there are now almost a hundred MPs coming out against him. 100 have just come out in favor of him, but we don't know who they are. And the latest farle twist, the MPs who support the prime minister haven't even put their names on this list. If you're watching, any of you out there, please get in touch. We'd love to know who you are. We'd love to know why you're supporting your Prime Minister Saki Storma today. Please get in touch with us here at GB News. And so can you, our viewers and listeners. Do you think the prime minister will survive the week? The king's speech is tomorrow. Is his place in the king at the center of this huge political scrap? Is that a constitutional embarrassment? Get in touch.com/you says the way to do so or scam the QR code on your screens now. But now at last, here's your headlines with Sophia Wler.
>> Martin, thank you. Good afternoon. It's just gone four o'clock. Your top stories this hour. Three ministers have now resigned from Saki Star's government as the prime minister fights for his political future. Alex Davies Jones, Jess Phillips, and Miata Fanbula all announced they were quitting today as Saki tried to quell a mounting Labor backlash against his leadership. Siki Starama is defying the calls for him to quit, telling a meeting of his cabinet earlier today that the Labour Party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered and insisted he would continue governing. More than 80 Labor MPs have so far urged him to resign immediately or draw up a timetable which also includes the Home Secretary Shabbana Mahmood. Meanwhile, sources say more than 100 Labor MPs have signed a statement saying this is no time for a leadership contest. The statement urges colleagues to start working together. Steve Reed has urged Labour colleagues to back Saki Dharma.
While technology secretary Liz Kendall said the prime minister had her full support, adding there's a process to challenge the leader. No one has made that challenge.
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Thank you Sophia. Now breaking news top of this hour. The prime minister Karma continues his almighty fight to save his premiership as the number of ministers who have resigned from the government now rises to three. Alex Davis Jones, Jess Phillips, and Miata fun. They've all announced they're quitting their jobs as AI Starmer tries to quell a mounting Labour Party backlash after his party's dring in the last week's local elections. And in this past hour, some somewhat mysterious breaking news. More than 100 Labour MPs have signed a statement saying this is no time for a leadership contest. But we don't know who they are. They don't seem to have put their names to it. If anybody's out there watching from the Labour Party, we'd love to get in touch. Who are the 100 loyalists? And more to the point, why haven't you gone public with your support for that man on the screen, Saki Starmer, who is battling for his political life? Well, let's now get to Downing Street to speak to GBN News's deputy political editor, Tom Harwood.
Tom, the latest twist in what's becoming rapidly a farce. Why are a 100 LBs backing the prime minister, but they're not putting their names to this letter?
Yes, this is curious, isn't it? It's clearly an organization by Downing Street attempting to show that the Labour Party isn't wholly obsessed with getting rid of this prime minister. And yet, if we look at the numbers, roughly a hundred have said that the Prime Minister should go. Roughly 100 are saying the prime minister should stay.
And that leaves around 200 Labor MPs who are yet to make a comment on this.
either in private to Downing Street or in public to the press. That leaves a huge amount of uncertainty in terms of what's going to happen over the coming hours and indeed days. Clearly, there are a lot of people sitting on their powder, keeping it dry ahead of what is going to happen because so many Labor MPs, indeed an absolute majority of Labor MPs, are yet to come down from one side of the fence or the other. And that leads uh this sort of strange situation where we find ourselves now. Crisis talks in the building behind me. Uh the prime minister's top team uh trying to organize a rear guard action. That letter being a primary spot of focus for them. And yet yes curious that they are not putting out the names uh on that letter as of yet. I would be surprised, frankly, Martin, if they did not release the names uh in the coming hours because it would start to look like they are unable to cajul their own MPs to support their own prime minister. That begins to look terminal. But clearly, we have also seen public declarations from members of parliament, not just from one faction or another, but from the left of the party, from the right of the party, the some even careerists within the party. I mean we are seeing individuals across the length and breadth of the Labour party saying it's time for Karma to go. Those names are public. Many more are saying as such behind the scenes. Still more have uh clearly not decided what to do yet. So much of politics is a game of guessing where the uh uh crown is going to land and and in doing so try to advance uh your own position within the government. And clearly no one knows where the crown is going to land if indeed it will fall off the prime minister's head. And this is all in the context of of course the proged parliament as it is today. MPs not all in Westminster returning tomorrow of course for the king's speech and the uh days of debate that will come ahead um after the king's speech on the uh government's agenda. Could it really be that we start to see the movings of a leadership election while that process is ongoing? Well, possibly. As you say, Martin, three ministers resigning today.
That's on top of the six p parliamentary private secretaries who resigned yesterday. And we're getting on for a 100 members of parliament of the Labour Party saying it's time for Kharma to go.
Clearly, things are in a level of crisis.
>> Okay, thank you very much indeed, Tom Mor. That's that's the understatement of the century. Tom Hold there joining us live from Danry. Back to studio now and joined by GB News's chief political correspondents Katherine Forester and GB News's senior political commentator Nigel Nelson. Nigel, I'll come to you first because again there's some mystery surrounding um a cancellation of a union meeting between Downing Street the prime minister and Saki Star that was meant to take place today canled at shore. Notice now a lot of people will be saying straight away well that is that the unions falling out with ski dharma um they've been dissatisfied been a lot of pressure on the unions to to to a lot of pressure from the prime minister on the unions and vice versa are they pulling away from the prime minister because they got their eyes on a more leftwing candidate they prefer to back instead >> well it depends on who canceled it and if it turns out it was the prime minister who canceled and I think he doesn't want to talk to them at the moment uh about his future he's not very keen on talking to cabinet ministers is at the moment about his future. Bear in mind, a lot's been cancelled today.
Rachel Reeves pulled out of a speech today. Uh Andy Burnham's pulled out of one tomorrow. So, at the moment, there's an awful lot going on behind the scenes and those who are behind the scenes don't want to get in front of them to talk to us about it.
>> Katherine For, let's get over to you now. Um Oh, there's Larry the cat. know what one of the great constants at least >> the most popular resident of Downey Street I would say >> who's been through six prime ministers and he may end up going through a seventh >> yeah seventh prime minister that cat we'll see and that cat's long in the tooth Katherine for let's talk about Andy Burnham now in terms of the scores on the doors you know you know west street in can fancy his chances and rain might like a nibble but the electorate say different let's be absolutely blunt the candidate who's the most popular with the electorate is Andy Bernham That's absolutely the case. And we know that uh Andy Burnham was due to appear at an event tomorrow. He's pulled out of it. He was spotted on a train. He's been seen at Houston station. And we're wondering what is going on. The reason I think there is such chaos at the moment is because a lot of Labour MPs have had a collective nervous breakdown. But in fact, their favored uh replacement for the prime minister amongst many of them isn't ready because it's Andy Bernham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, and he doesn't even have a seat. But just looking at some polling um from uh they conducted polling of uh the general public, if uh Laborhip uh Labour leadership contrast were to take place, who would be your preferred choice to become the next uh prime minister? Andy Burnham way out in front nine uh sorry 15% first preference with the general public uh the next was like literally down at 5% for Angela Raina and if you look at Labour members even more 42% of those saying he would be their first preference uh the next most popular Angela Raina and Wes Streeting tied on 11 for first preference but he is the runaway favorite and the final um poll that I just want to mention is it says about the public in general would you feel more or less favorable towards the Labour party if this person uh became prime minister and you vet Cooper Westing 3% maybe 2 3% bump Ed Milliband Angela Raina takes you down uh 3 or 4%.
19% of the public say that they would be more favorable towards uh a Labour party led by Andy Bernham. That is a whopping number and that is why I think uh so many MPs think that this is absolutely the wrong time to move because Andy Bernham is popular and yet he's currently not in the running.
Latest news line out. The defense minister Luke Pollard has said he will not be resigning from his role because the defense portfolio he says needs a steady hand but doesn't offer his backing of the prime minister on X. He's sad whatever is happening elsewhere in British politics national security is the first responsibility of government and something I take very seriously. But he doesn't talk he doesn't recognize Kan by name but he but he does he says he recognizes the decision his colleagues are making about the leadership of our party. I too wants bold leadership to deliver the change our country needs.
That's the defense minister there Luke Poll very much sitting on the fence.
Nigel Nelson let let's talk about Andy Bernham. Andy Bernham's been he's top of the polls. A lot of people would like him back. The markets are getting a bit spooked by the thought of a socialist in control. I digress.
>> To the left.
>> Well, but you know, to the markets, it's it's a swoop to the left that the electorate didn't vote for. And that that's a change that makes them flighty.
That's just the way politics is. But there's no guaranteed route back for Andy Burnham anyhow. There's no such thing as a safe seat. There wasn't for the Conservatives before they got kicked out of power. And it's the same now for the Labour Party. A couple of seats though have been mentioned and I wanted to hear to dig into your heritage and expertise. A name that keeps coming up, a supporter of Burnham, somebody who might be up for retirement is Clive Betts. Yeah, Clive Betts is 76. I would imagine he is doing his last last uh uh parliament parliament uh before retiring. So um there is a possibility there, but it also depends on whether he wants to serve out that last term uh rather than give up seat. An awful a lot of MPs back Andy Bernard. They're not so quick as a key when they're asked about whether or not they they'll actually vacate their seat for him.
>> Yeah.
>> Now, when we look at Sheffield, is it Sheffield Souththeast? Is it his seat?
>> Um Sheff Sheffield Southeast. And when we look at that in terms of the metrics because I'm obsessive. There it is on our screen. You can see that the Labour parties a 44% chance of winning. But still the Greens are on 25, Reform are on 27. Now this is the point Nigel Nelson. If this is the route that Burnham sees back to power, you can bet your bottom dollar, Reform UK and the Green Party will throw the kitchen sinkers violation to keep Burnham out.
>> You would expect that. Um, I think it may it may well be that had he been allowed to uh contest Gordon and Denton as the NEC should have done, I said so at the time, that he should have been allowed to stand, he may have won that.
That was in his backyard. Much more difficult next time round. Um, and yes, you're right. Is there such a thing as a safe Labor seat now after what we've seen last Thursday? Um, can Andy Bernham get back? The important thing is that that he's got to be allowed to try. the NDC have got to remove any objection to him because we need to to answer this question.
>> Okay, superb, sir. Thank you, Katherine.
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>> Welcome back. Time is 4:22. You're with me, Martin Dorby, here on GB News. Now, let's take a deep breath and bring you up to speed on an incredible day in British politics. the breaking news in this past hour. More than 100 Labour Party MPs have now signed a statement, a supportive statement to Saki Star, pardon me, saying this is no time for a leadership contest. But here's where the mystery intensifies, where the plot thickens. We don't know who the 100 Labour MPs are. They haven't put their name to it. We still can't understand what on earth is going on. Seems Farico, if you recall, Katherine Forser and Nigel Nelson in the in the minutes after Anna Sawa went up the ladder, what appeared to be encouraging somebody to rise up and mount a leadership challenge against Saki Sama before the local elections. Nobody went up the ladder.
That leadership challenge didn't precipitate.
But if but if you recall that there was almost a cut and paste tweet went out from all the ministers as if orchestrated on Q. So the support came thick and fast and the report the support was named. But today we've got this incredible situation where there's a letter gone out with no one's put their name to it.
>> A letter that's gone out that seems to be organized by backbench MPs rather than number 10. And I think what it shows is a sort of vacuum perhaps at the heart of the number 10 operation because the level of churn that there has been has been off the chart. We've had uh I think we're on the third chief of staff at the moment. They've got joint chiefs of staff because we had Sue Gray, then we had Morgan Mitsui. We've had at least four directors of communications. Um so many allies of the prime minister have been in number 10 are now are not there any longer and he is looking incredibly isolated. I I did feel that there was clearly a concerted effort uh after the cabinet. The prime minister tried to stamp his authority basically saying to the cabinet uh I'm not talking about local elections. Uh I'm not talking about leadership. Come and see me afterwards if you want. And then when they tried to see him afterwards he wouldn't talk to them. um and those supportive noises, but behind the scenes clearly uh there's plenty of people want him gone because they think they're going to lose their seats. And there's also plenty of people thinking, "What are you doing?"
>> Okay, Catherine, we got to cut across you. Let's get now to GV News's deputy pers live from down street. Tom Hold I believe somebody else has quit.
>> And just very quickly, >> that's right, Martin. There has been a fourth ministerial resignation today.
Dr. Zubar Ahmed now he was a minister in the health department seemed to be close to Wes streeting he has now resigned from his position and called for karma to go it's notable that he was a minister in the health department that he has been seen as a close ally of Wes Streeting and that he is the next individual named minister to to go over the top to say that Star must stand down. this is beginning to look like we could be inching towards a move where where streeting himself might say something. A number of those associated with him of course throughout the uh latter part of yesterday and today have been those who have been calling for the prime minister to go not exclusively where streeting allies of course there have been people from all across the Labour party calling for him to go.
However, in the most recent couple of resignations in terms of ministers, these are people that are seem to be slightly closer to Wes Streeting. And of course, the received wisdom here in Westminster is that a shorter contest, one that is brought about sooner favors Wes Streeting as opposed to one that drags on longer, favoring Andy Burnham, giving him time to return to those green benches. But just to repeat, we have now had the fourth ministerial resignation from this government. We have yet to hear any replacements for the ministers who have themselves resigned. There are more and more holes now opening up in this government and it will become harder and harder for the prime minister to plug them.
Tom Harwood. Um, when you mentioned this particular health minister, Zubia Ahmed, I noted earlier, of course, Jess Phillips, a long-term friend, colleague, associate, very close with West Streeting herself, of course, in her 2020 leadership campaign. Cash your minds back. Let Jess Phillips was actually in that leadership campaign.
She personally appointed West Streeting as her parliamentary campaign chair.
They go back a long time. Is this to you Tom Hwood starting to feel like a coalescence of pro- streeting allies forming a rub?
>> Hi.
>> Now I would be careful to say that this is exclusively a Wes streeting operation because clearly we've seen people from a very different wing of the Labour Party than was streeting. We've seen um people on the far left wing of the Labour Party call for the prime minister to go. We've seen uh many other uh different moves from people that aren't clearly associated with Wes Streeting. But I would say that in the latter part of this afternoon, it does begin to feel like more of an operation that is uh close to Wes Streeting. As you mentioned, uh Jess Phillips there uh of course now uh with Zuber Ahmed uh the uh the health minister working directly beneath Wes Streeting in his department.
We also saw uh Wes Streeting's parliamentary private secretary yesterday being not the first but one of the first uh PPS's to resign from this government as well. It is building a picture. Now I I would say if this was exclusively a W streeting operation, it wouldn't be at the level that it is now.
And of course, we would be uh not talking about the almost 100 Labor MPs who have called for this prime minister to go. There's clearly more to it. I don't think many people expect that Katherine West is herself a Wesreeting acolyte. And yet she was the first person to sort of instigate what has become this putitive leadership election. And yet that all being said, clearly it would favor Wes Streeting for more to happen sooner. So it could be that people that are seen closer to Wes, whether they've arrived at this uh independently or perhaps more likely uh that this is coordinated, this is now rolling on. Something is a foot and I would expect that Wes treating will have to say something in the coming hours or days given that this is now rolling at a pace. I mean the fact of the matter is Tom Hard a lot of people have been saying um it's now or never. You know West Streeting has been nakedly ambitious of his desire to be the premier of this country. Surely if he doesn't move quickly he loses that advantage. He allows others to group.
This is the moment. When can we hear from him?
>> Uh that's exactly right Martin. Uh history is uh littered with uh chances not taken. In fact, there's a there's a curious superstition in Westminster that uh he who wields the knife does not wear the crown. And and that sort of superstition that has uh uh sort of been around all of these different parties and their different leadership elections have prevented people from making moves in many cases. It prevented David Miband making a move in 2007. Even though we laterally learned that in 2007 David Miband met with Tony Blair to ask for advice on whether he should challenge Gordon Brown. In the end, he ducked that challenge and Gordon Brown became prime minister unopposed. We also saw it uh much much later with many other individuals uh throughout the times that the Tory party was in office. people that could have perhaps launched a uh a fight against Theresa May at various points of her premiership and refused to do so. Going back to the 1990s, we saw Michael Portillo miss his moment in 1995 when he had uh phone lines uh uh put in at his uh potential campaign headquarters and then not challenged John Major. That was potentially his missed chance. Of course, he never became party leader or prime minister after that. So perhaps where streeting must think to himself now that yes of course there's this superstition of of going first in a contest that that might uh hold someone back as a candidate but my goodness me someone is going to be held back so much more if they never go for it at all. There are many many more examples of people who miss their moment in political history. Of examples of people who could have gone who could have challenged the prime minister and step back from the brink and then never get to that top job that they could desire. So potentially where streeting will now be thinking it's now or never.
>> Thank you very very much indeed Tom Hwood for bringing us up to speed and dramatic there. Suspect the drama is far from over. Thank you. There Tom Hwood live from Daring Street. Just to add um Zubia Amed um the under secretary for health. He was he sat in that very chair. Catherine Forcer last week I interviewed him for the the Ja News Tonight stars and he gave his unconditional loyalty to Skia Starmer.
Funny old game, isn't it? Politics.
There we go. So I'm going to go over a recap of where we are so far and I think today it's just going to keep on getting more and more dramatic. Let's get the latest on screen of those who have resigned so far today. Can we get that and call for the prime minister to go?
You can see on your screens there, we have Tom Rutland MP. He was a parliamentary um private.
Uh we got Joe Morris, we got Naba Khn, we got Melanie Ward, Sally Jameson, we have Gordon McKe and others. And the the list simply keeps growing. And we're trying to get hold um of one of the 100 MPs supporting Sakista to come onto the show. Do think we have one teed up. I'm hoping so because that's the missing part of this equation. Everybody who's going against the prime minister is happy to be named sending official letters going up the ladder in the normal manner. Katherine Forser just seems more and more curious by the minute. Now the 100 mystery Labour MPs aren't prepared to be named.
>> It does. And you do think uh why why are the names not out there? Maybe they will be soon. But just to update you on uh what the prime minister is actually up to because of course we're all obsess obsessing about west treating and what Andy Burnham's doing. Uh the prime minister is currently trying to sort of keep calm, carry on and he's out and about. I knew there was going to be a visit this afternoon. I was wondering if in fact it would have been pulled but uh he has been at the London South Bank Technical College talking about apprenticeships as was originally planned. He's back now, which is why I can tell you about it, but we'll get pictures soon. So, number 10 are still trying to project the we're getting on with doing what we need to do to run the country amidst the chaos. But I mean, there is nothing normal about the atmosphere on Downing Street. I've only uh been on that street. I've I've been on that street dozens of times, but only uh once or twice before uh that it's felt like today. One of those days was the day that um Liz Truss went uh another day of course Boris Johnson >> Liz Truss of course who didn't last as long as could today well just be the tip of the iceberg for Sakir star still to go all the very latest in the prime minister's battle for survival the battle to save his premiership as the fourth minister now resigns from government the pressure mounts on ski armor this is GB Hello again. Very good afternoon to you.
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Welcome back. Time is 4:38 with me Mos Dorby here on GB News. Now, breaking news in these past few minutes, the health minister Zubia Ahmed has resigned from the government. The fourth minister now to go, citing a lack of valuesdriven leadership. Of course, that makes him the fourth minister to resign today.
Let's now speak with the former Labor advisor, Danny Shaw. Danny, the ministers are dropping like flies. This does not bode well for scared armor.
>> It feels like death by a thousand cuts, doesn't it, Martin? It's a a really dismal day. Um I do think that matters are coming to a head and you know I remember back in the day when John Major's premiership was brought into question um in the 1990s when he had a party that was riven by splits after he took over from Margaret Thatcher and remember he came out and he sort of made a speech and said put up or shut up and um you know I I I do think that's what it really requires. I honestly think that it requires K star to come out and say if you want to challenge me come out now and challenge me mount a challenge and we'll you know we'll have a contest but if you don't then get behind the government support um your prime minister support the ministers let's try and do a better job of governing in the in the next year than we have done in the past two years. And you know that's what it feels like. That's what leadership really should entail. And we didn't get that yesterday from that speech.
You know, Danny Shaw, when you look at what Zubia Almed said in his resignation letter, it's it's it's it's just brutally truthful. And it's something we've heard a lot, and that is during the local election campaigns. You know, you have the rude awakening of being face to face with the electorate. You know, you're not in Westminster anymore.
You're copying it. You're copying it on the doorstep. and Z and um he said this Zubier Ahmed it was clear from recent days that the public across the UK now irretrievably have lost confidence in you as prime minister the Glasgow Southwest MP continues it was apparent in the recent Scottish Parliament elections where on door after door after door your name was specifically cited as a reason that people are being driven away from the Labour party Danny Shaw we've heard that from so many parliamentarians across the Red Wall, across the north, across the northeast and across Wales and across Scotland.
The personal baggage of the prime minister is so toxic. That's why they're all saying has to go.
>> No one's doubting what those people are saying and what people's experiences and views are at all. I can absolutely believe it. My question would be, what do you do um when you're in this situation? Do you just um jettison the leader that brought you this historic election victory that actually brought the party from the depths of despair after 2019 and managed to mount uh a credible alternative to the Conservatives and win a stomping majority at the election? Do you just jettison them after less than two years or do you stick with them um and try and see it through and try and make some improvements and make some headway because what are you going to do in a year's time when you've got a new leader and also you go on the doorsteps and they're you know as unpopular as this one are you going to get rid of them as well? I mean really people have to get real. Governing is really really difficult and yes this government has not made a good job of it so far by and large but really is this what you do after less than two years? I mean this this isn't you know this isn't a soap opera.
>> This isn't you know a a a drama show.
This is reality wars going on in the Middle East and Russia Ukraine. You have a prime minister that has stepped up on the international really think people should think about that >> Danny. It's worse than a soap opera.
It's a farce. It's an abject force. We have a prime minister who had a very shallow majority. We had an electorate who just wanted change. They voted for what they were told. Calm chaos. The adults are back in control. The polished haler sanctimony opposition. The demand that everybody resigns for the tiniest of indiscretions. And in power, Sikism has been all of those with trial on top.
It's about hypocrisy. It's about double standards. It's about the same old spery, the same old Westminster naval gazing nonsense. And on last last Thursday, the electorate withered the Labour party. That is why these parliamentarians now are saying we can't carry on this. The these parliamentarians are guaranteed to lose their seats. I've been crunching the data. 55% of these these parliamentarians are going to lose to Reform UK, 31% to the Green Party, 8% to the SNP. There are one or two one or two that will hold their seats if a general election were held today. That's the point. You know, you got a hundred people here looking at going going back on the dole queue. That's not their fault. It's the prime minister's fault.
>> There's a lot of time before the next election. Uh as as you well know Martin um you know a week is a long time in politics. Uh over three years is a hell of a long time in politics. In 2020 2021 uh the Labour party in Sakir Stalmer was at rock bottom. Few years later they were in government with a big majority.
And we can talk about how they got that.
We can talk about how shallow it was.
And I'm absolutely not defending the record of the of the premiership or the uh this government in terms of a lot of the things they've done. What I'm saying is think really seriously about whether this moment May 2026 with all the crisis internationally 3 years plus away from a general election.
Is this the moment to change leader when you don't even know what your who your leader is going to be, what they want to do, what their program is, how they're going to do things differently, buffeted by the financial headwinds that that are coming down the track, already coming down the track because of uh the Middle East crisis and so on. Um, you know, I just think people have have got to, you know, have have a little bit of sort of stomach for the fight. I know it was a disastrous result last week, the local elections, but I don't think right now is the time to be having a leadership contest.
>> Well, a lot of people disagree >> and it's growing absolutely on our screen on our screen now. People who who are clearly staring down the barrel of political oblivion. Their constituents are telling them in no uncertain terms is toxic. Tom Rutland, Joe Morris, the Sharaa Khn, Melanie Ward, Salony, Sally Jameson, Gordon McKe, Miata, Fun, Ballet, Jess Phillips, Alex Davis, Jones, Zabir, Amed in these past 15 minutes. The list is growing. We expect it to grow further and further and further. Surely now, Danny, it's only a matter of time before a leadership challenge steams in.
>> Look, uh, you you may absolutely be right, Martin. Um, you know, I I'm I'm not naive. I can see the way the wind is blowing. Um, I can see that all those resignations, the pressure is piling up, but I would just say to the leadership contenders. Put your money where your mouth is. You know, there's a lot of plotting behind the scenes. Then come out and make the challenge and make the case and make us understand why you are going to be better than the current person in charge. You know, that's that's the thing that really gets me is sort of lack of guts and a lack of um a lack of honesty about it. It knows all very well to have your little plans and your plots um you know behind the scenes. If you really think that you are you can do a better job than the PM, come out, make the case, make a challenge. I think I think on that we can all agree Danny Shaw, thank you as ever for your expertise. I appreciate your time.
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Let's now speak with the economist and the former economic advisor to the government, Vicky Price. Vicky, you've heard it all there. The government hates uncertainty and that's the name of the day today.
Well, the markets don't like it at all.
Neither does business more generally.
And of course, households don't like it too. They don't really know whether they're going to have jobs in the future or not if they see that there is likely to be turbulence. The ones who do like it are of course the traders. And you've seen of course with the great volatility we've had in both in oil prices and also um what is going on with the tariff front and what's happening with equities that um those traders investment banking arms or banks have done incredibly well.
But the rest of us unfortunately not.
And you're quite right, markets don't like this type of insecurity um that we've got right now in terms of what's what the outcome is going to be of all those discussions now and all these ministers indeed resigning. So indeed uh we've seen the Footsie go down today not hugely but go down and indeed the pound has also fallen but it hasn't gone below 1.35 to the dollar. It's still managing to keep a certain amount of stability mainly because the markets also think that because of the inflation um increases that we're seeing and we're lucky to see rates may stay high interest rates.
>> Okay, Vicky Price, thank you very very much. Sh but sweet, thanks for joining us on the show today. Let's get back to the studio some more reaction. Nigel Nelson, you've got a line for us on Zubia Ahmed. Seems he's very close to Westita.
>> He is indeed. Yes, I've just been talking to a to a friend of Zubia Armed.
Um, and it doesn't mean that uh that that something is actually about to happen. What I think is going on is that people are positioning themselves. And what uh this friend tells me is there's no way he would have um have quit without Wiz's approval. So it's quite clear that there that there is is something going on going on here. Uh he's a new MP. He became a PPS to Wes Streeting immediately got into parliament. So these two are very close.
and Jess Phillips earlier on of course a close associates quickly if we could Nigel is this starting to feel like streeting loyalists going up the first maybe paving the way for the big man himself west streeting >> I think what's happening is it is positioning and so in the event that there will be a leadership race then um west street will be will be first off the starting blocks >> and it seems absolutely bizarre does it not to think that the prime minister geome is carrying on as normal today down at the South Bank Center talking about apprenticeships. Apparently a learn from Catherine Force who didn't even tell the media about that. So going under the wire carrying on as normal, the bureaucrat as ever. Meanwhile, chaos in Downing Street. 100 parliamentarians supporting the prime minister have signed a letter supporting him, but they haven't put their names to it. Who are these Scarlet Pimpanel parliamentarians?
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>> Very very good afternoon to you. It's 5:00 p.m. Welcome to the Martin Dorman show here on GB News. We're broadcasting for you for the next hour until 6:00 p.m. Chaos on Downing Street. And here's what's coming up on today's show. Kalma is now clinging on to power by his fingernails as this afternoon a fourth Labor minister has now quit. The Labour government at the weekend, K Dalma claimed he wanted to be prime minister for 10 more years. But with other ministers expected to follow suit and resign this afternoon, can the prime minister even survive the next 10 hours?
With governing >> Zubir Ahmed makes the 10th government resignation just in the last 24 hours.
First we had four six parliamentary private secretaries now four ministers.
The question is who's next?
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>> What was the mood like in cabinet?
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>> Is he putting party over country? What's the mood like in cabinet today, sir?
>> Are you still behind the prime minister?
>> There we see some cabinet ministers rallying around the prime minister. But in this past hour, more than 100 mysterious Labour MPs to sign a statement saying this is no time for a leadership contest. But for the life of us, we can't find out who these 100 scarlet pimpanel parliamentarians are.
Then put their name to a letter. They seek them here. They seek them there.
They seek these Labour MPs everywhere.
If any of you listening, please phone in. We'd love a little chat. Anyway, if Suki Sama does resign today, who could replace him? Well, Wes Streeting fances a swing. And in fact, a lot of his loyalists are now resigning. But his leftwing opponents have claimed he'd be lucky to outlast a lettuce. And of course, that's of course bringing back memories of Liz Truss. Just the tip of the iceberg. All the tribles here for a gear storm. Plus, we'll show exactly why Andy Bernham's rocky route to power would launch a bloody allout war from both Reform UK and the Green Party to lock the Manchester Mayor out of power.
Now, throughout the show, we bring you all the very latest reaction, all the very latest breaking news on the Prime Minister's almighty fight to save his M battle premiership. It's a nightmare on Danry for Saki Star.
Welcome to the show. It's a pleasure to have your company. Second is carrying on as normal. He's down at the South Bank Center in one of those parliamentary photographs we've come to be so familiar with. He's in his suit as a geyser in a hard hat, lay some bricks, talk about apprenticeships at the South Bank Center, but the media weren't even told.
The media weren't even told he'd be there. perhaps um fearing the press pack asking him questions he simply doesn't want to answer. Meanwhile, a 100 parliamentarians have come out in favor of the prime minister, but we don't know who they are. Seems to be beyond the wit of them to publish a letter with their names on. We'd love to speak to one of them. Please get in touch.
genews.com/yousay is the way to do so or scan the QR code on your screens now. We're hearing more resignations could be imminent this hour. Don't go anywhere. first. So here's your headlines with Safia Wesler.
Martin, thank you. Your headlines at 3 minutes past 5. Four ministers have now resigned from Saki Starama's government as the prime minister fights for his political future. An ally of West Streeting, Health Minister Zub Ahmed is the latest to quit, telling him it is clear from recent days that the public across the UK has now irretrievably lost confidence in you as Prime Minister. It comes after Alex Davies Jones, Jess Phillips, and Miata Fambula all announced they were quitting today. Saki Dharma is defying mounting calls for him to leave, telling a meeting of his cabinet earlier that Labour Party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered and he insisted he would continue governing.
More than 80 Labor MPs who have so far urged him to resign immediately or draw up a timetable which also includes the home secretary Shabbana Mahmood.
Meanwhile, sources say more than 100 Labor MPs have signed a statement saying there is no this is no time for a leadership contest. The statement urges colleagues to start working together.
Earlier, Steve Reed urged Labour colleagues to back sec while technology secretary Liz Kendall said the prime minister had her full support.
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And then there were four four ministers now have quit the government. The health minister Zabir Ahmed is the latest. He's resigned from the government citing a lack of valuesdriven leadership making him now, as I said, the fourth minister to leave Saki Stalmer's government today. However, in more positive news for the underfired prime minister, more than 100 Labour MPs have signed a statement saying this is no time for a leadership contest. But is it is currently however something of a mystery as to who actually signed this letter.
But I I can put you out of your misery.
We have one of them waiting to speak to us in a moment's time. I'll be delighted to introduce Luke Ahurs MP or if he was a boxer elusive Luke Aurse MP. He'll join me shortly to find out why he signed the list supporting the prime minister. But for now, let's get to Downing Street live and speak to Gene News's deputy political editor Tom Harwood. Tom, the psycho drama that we were told would be over once the Labour Party got into power is simply getting more and more psychotic and more dramatic by the minute. What's the latest?
>> It certainly is, Martin. And um I have to say I'm fully expecting that we will see another ministerial resignation in the next 60 minutes or so. The pace has been that and we've seen of course four ministerial resignations today. That's on top of the six parliamentary private secretary resignations we saw yesterday uh late afternoon and evening. And we are getting over 90 now Labor MPs saying it's time for the prime minister to go.
It's really not that different in terms of looking at different groups of Labor MPs. Around a hundred privately saying that the prime minister should say over 90 publicly saying that he should go.
What's really interesting is that leaves just over 200 Labor MPs who have not committed either to this letter that the Prime Minister's allies are putting around that's been cooked up in the building behind me or indeed to the response to the call of Katherine West what feels like 100 years ago, but was actually only yesterday afternoon when Katherine West wrote to MPs saying that she is not herself going to stand in the upcoming contest, if indeed there is a contest, but she was encouragingly Labour MPs to write to the prime minister or indeed simply uh to to to publicly uh put out a statement saying indeed that they wished the prime minister were no longer in that position that it's time for him to move on. Well, since she made that call, more than 90 of her colleagues have followed it. But crucially, what we've started to see now in the latter part of today is a slight change from what we've seen perhaps over uh the broad uh stroke of yesterday, which was yesterday a uh almost nonfactional approach to uh those coming forward and saying the prime minister it's time to go. You saw people who are thought to be supporters of Andy Bernham, people are thought to be supporters of of Wes Streeting and those who are thought to not really support either of them. They have all declared today latterly it is seemed to be that it is people close to Wes Streeting who are now making the moves who are now resigning. All eyes on the health secretary.
>> Thank you very much indeed Tom Holland.
Once again Larry the cat behind you there. Will he outlive his seventh prime minister? We'll be back to you later in the show, Tom Horde. Now, I'm delighted now to speak with the Labour Party MP for North Durham, Luke Akurst. Luke, welcome to the show. I'm so chuffed we've got hold of one of the 100 MPs who I believe have signed this supportive letter to Sakir Star. Luke, you're one of them. Tell us why you're back in your PM today.
She has a mandate to serve for four years and uh and I I just think it is completely destabilizing for people to be sending in letters asking for him to to to stand down. Uh they're not even going through the appropriate process to cause a leadership election. If you want to change the leader of the Labour Party, you need to announce that you're a candidate and get 81 people to nominate you and then we can have a leadership election. But actually, I'm skeptical that there's anyone out there with 81. I think that's why we're getting this kind of drip drip drip which um is damaging and it needs it needs to end. We've got the king speech tomorrow. really, we're going to have people carrying on with with w with with with these antics while the king is literally reading out the legislative program for the Labor Party for the rest of the parliament. Um, I'm I'm not impressed. Uh, I get that people are hurting after the local elections, but I think I think this needs to stop and we need to get on with the business of governing.
Luke, could I ask you a question I've been asking um for the past hour and a half since it broke that there are 100 supportive Labor MPs?
Why the mystery? I mean, there's no list of the 100 being published. I mean, is it not is it not beyond the wit of 100 Labor MPs to put a letter out with your names in it so we actually know who they are? I if you were a boxer, I'd be calling you elusive Luke Akhurst.
Well, politically I used to be known as Luke the Nuke, but that got stolen by a darts player. Um, so um the um the the the names are going to be published. The number is going up all the time. It's actually Tom said it was cooked up in Down. It's not. It's being organized by Shaun Woodcock and Peron Moon who are backbench labor MPs who you may not be aware of, but they're on the show. I'm I'm impressed by what they what what they've been doing today to uh to contact uh colleagues and that that list is going to be put up and it's it's ticking up as as we speak.
>> So Sean Woodcock, Perin Moon, yourself that's three >> and at least another hundred others but the number might have gone up uh since it was initially reported.
>> At least another 100. Okay.
>> Yeah.
almost entirely backbenches and PPS's.
They've not asked ministers to sign it.
>> Okay. Can can you give us an indication of of of who who else is on this this mysterious list?
>> No, you you you you'll get the list.
It's going to be published. But loads loads of us have been um putting out statements or in my case an entire article because I can write quite fast.
So, uh loads of us have been putting out stuff or doing media. There are, you know, there's plenty of of evidence of of of who quite a large component of that 103 plus names are going to be uh but the list the list is going to be put online and you can all uh have the opportunity to scrutinize it. Uh yeah, there are good colleagues that have taken all kinds of different positions on this. Uh but I'm proud to be part of that large group that are saying actually the prime minister needs to be given the space to do his job and get on with changing the country. Okay, Luke, I wonder um when you look at the the other 88 and rising now who are demanding that skilmer steps down. When you look at where they sit and who they would be losing their seats to, 56% of them would lose their seats to reform UK. This is red wall. It's across the north. places perhaps like Durham where you are the Green Party 31% would take would be would lose their seats to the Green Party 8% to the S&P you know on this list there's maybe seriously one or two or three or four Labor MPs that would even hold their seat now isn't that the point yesterday delivered a speech saying Brexit is basically dead it's cozing back up to Brussels your your constituents didn't vote for that we we got a prime minister who's in Brussels and damn Brexit land.
>> Yeah. Well, I I I I'm I'm I think people who have signed it thinking it's going to say, you know, getting rid of K will save their seat need to be careful what they wish for because what is the outcome of a leadership contest is someone that says, well, actually, we're going to ignore the moderate platform that we that was in our manifesto that people actually voted for and we're going to veer off to the left. If say it was Andy Bernham or Angela Raina, they're signaling they want a more leftwing Labor party. I can't quite understand the maths or the logic of how that is a sensible response uh to reform taking all your council seats. I don't get people in in North Durham saying to me they want an incredibly more left-wing Labor party. I get people saying that they want the Labor government to push ahead with the immigration reforms uh that Shabbana Mammud has been proposing and they want us to tackle the cost of living stuff that you know people's lives are miserable because that people don't have enough money in their pockets. They want us to do the basics around that not kind of retreat into our comfort zone. Luke, if I can interject, I'm just hearing reports right this moment that it's been reported that Angela Raina is telling Labour MPs that she is ready to launch a leadership campaign against Sakir Star.
What's your take on that?
>> At least that has an honesty to it that people just vague calls for him to go doesn't. So, it' be interesting to see uh if that actually happens, if she actually gets the 81 nominations and then I I I will support Kia if there's a contested election. All the signals are from K that if if someone actually triggers a leadership election, he he will fight it against it could be more than one opponent and I think he would stand a very good chance of winning. I think the the communications I'm seeing online and that I'm getting uh by email from from from ordinary members of the Labour party uh they they are not impressed by this attempt to bundle him off the stage and uh and they also don't want to create a scenario where a change of leader means that we come under people are like well that isn't who we elected in 2024 and we come under immense pressure to have a snap general election. I don't think that's going to help the Labour party at all.
>> Okay. Thank you very much for joining us and look forward to the rest of that list being published later on today, Labour Party MP for North Durham, Luke Akhurst. Thank you very much indeed.
We're tonight to be joined in the studio by the Conservative Councelor Elliot Kek and G News chief political correspondent Katherine Fer. Gene News senior political commentator Nigel Nelson. The newly minted councelor Elliot Kek, I should come to you first. You weren't in Westminster I believe. Congratulations on that. Can I first get your take on what is clearly now a psycho drama on on Downing Street?
>> Yeah, and the echoes from the psycho drama of the Conservative Party, my party experience a couple of years ago are really really profound, aren't they?
Except one big difference is that in 2022, all of it was all the people that wanted Prime Minister to go that were doing it privately and in secret.
Whereas now, it's all the ones that want the prime minister to stay are the ones doing it privately and in secret and not having their names published. I mean, Luke there said that the um the list will be published. I mean, let's wait and see. Uh, I think it's possible that one of the reasons why they're not publishing the list is because they want to see how, you know, how things go over the next few hours. If the prime minister does come out and announce his resignation, if he does read the runes, they probably don't want to have their names on paper as being people that call for him to stay. So, yeah, listen, it's very interesting.
>> Latest latest minister to resign there, of course, is Zubia Ahmed. It says there on screen is clear from recent days that the public across the UK has now irretrievably lost confidence in you as the prime minister. Nigel Nelson, let's bring you in here. You have an an inside line on this. Mr. Ahmed is a key supporter of the certain West Street.
Well, more than that, they're actually they're actually, according to a friend, uh very very close bets that um when he became became MP for Glasgow Southwest in the 2024 election. He's a new MP, he was immediately given a government post by West Streeting as his his his parliamentary uh private secretary.
Since then, West Streeting has promoted him to be a minister. And what I'm being told is there is absolutely no way he would move like this without Wes Streeting's approval. And he certainly would have told Wed Streeting if he even if he didn't have that uh and was actually making up his own mind.
Katherine Forcer Tom Hol said there he's he's more or less certain there's going to be another resignation within the next hour. And we've been trying to search around, haven't we, for the mysterious um signitaries of this list of 100 supportive Labor MPs. I can't think why they're so shy about coming forward with their support. Um Luke Ahurst there did mention two others, Sean Woodcock and Perin Moon. I believe another one of these Scarlet Pimpanel has come to light.
>> It's very very weird, isn't it? But yes, uh John Whitby, he is the uh Labour MP for Darbisha Dales. He only came in 2024. It was a secret creator back in uh 2010. A lovely part of the world, the Peak District, Matlock Buckston uh was conservative and he has well I don't know have we got the clip. Can we throw to the clip?
>> No, >> I think we're still working on that. So >> what he says in the clip is basically uh we're not even two years in. It is not time to panic. The problem is that following those catastrophic uh election results in England, in Wales, in Scotland, uh many Labour MPs are absolutely panicking and they are just going the PM has got to go despite the fact that there is no clear plan for who replaces. Also, there is speculation that Shabbana Mammud, the home secretary that we know told the prime minister yesterday he should set out a timetable for his departure, is on resignation watch, though uh her spokesman has said no, absolutely not. She's getting on with the job.
>> Councelor Elliot Conseria, is it best sometime in politics just not to interrupt your opponents when they're making so many mistakes?
>> Yeah, I think that's a generally a pretty good insight. I mean, listen, you know, speaking for the election last week, um I was elected an area of essentially Paddington the water's called Hide Park. It's basically Paddington and every single politician that represented the the area and every single layer of government was a Labor one. So, you had Labor from councils to London to uh government and people were just fed up. They were fed up with Labour council. They were fed up with the Labour mayor and they were fed up with Labour prime minister and we felt that just conveying that message of change on the doorstep, conveying that message that you'll have a conservative council and conservative counselors to stand up to these guys uh is going to make a big difference. Uh, I think that's probably what you saw at other places in the local elections last week.
Let's take somewhere like Barking and Dagnham, right? Somewhere that had had not elected an opposition counselor. I think for 20 years, I think it was 2006 the last time. An incredibly unhealthy thing to do in a local democracy. And actually quite a number of residents went out and voted reform and I think reform got seven, eight, nine councils last week. So yeah, I think it is really interesting.
>> Without getting me into trouble, what kind of things were the electorate saying about Ktorm specifically? I think they felt deeply let down. Uh I think they felt like they really did believe that he was going to be a different kind of politician, that he was going to be decent, honorable, truthful, uh that he was going to do what he said he was going to do. Uh and they just felt deeply let down. They felt tricked. They felt that actually they'd been conned by another slippery politician. Actually, interestingly, what we found on the doorstep in the last few months, people are seeing chem very differently. Kemi actually has come up very positively. I can't speak for the rest of the country, but where I am, Kem has come up very positively on the doorstep in the last few months. Ed, superb newly minted counselor for Westminster. Thank you, Katherine. Thank you, Nigel. More of you throughout the rest of the show. Still to come, all the very latest in the prime minister's battle to save his premiership as a fourth minister now resigns from government. But 100 of his MPs back him even though there's still a mystery as to who they are. And there could be another ministerial resignation before the end of this show. This is GB News.
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with me Martin Dorney here on GB News.
The health minister Zubia Ahmed has resigned from the government as the fourth minister to quit today, citing a lack of valuesdriven leadership, making him the fourth minister, as I said, to leave Sakir Stormer's government today.
10 resignations now within 24 hours.
However, in more positive news for the under fire prime minister, more than 100 Labor MPs have signed a letter, a statement saying this is no time for a leadership contest. But it's currently remaining something of a mystery as to who actually signed this letter. And breaking news for you now, the Home Secretary Shabbana Mammud will not resign from the cabinet. We've just learned and is cracking on with her job.
A spokesman has just announced, just to repeat that, the Home Secretary Shabbana Mammud will not resign from the cabinet and is cracking on with her job. And I believe Katherine Forser, there is a line. Quickly if we could before I get to my guest Lib Dem for North Norfolk Steph Aquaron. There's a line from Buckingham Palace of course about the king's speech tomorrow.
>> Yes, Politico are reporting that Buckingham Palace privately asked whether the king should proceed as planned with the king's speech scheduled for late tomorrow morning. We've seen the practicing going on. The roads around Westminster are all closed. says people familiar say the king's team made clear the importance of protecting the monarch from any impression that he is being used for political ends. Clearly the timing of this is incredibly difficult and risks the king looking well very embarrassing to outline a legislative program if indeed the prime minister looks like he's about to be toppled.
>> Okay, let's bring in my studio guest now. the Liberal Democrats MP for North Norfolk, Steph Aquaron. Steph, can I get your reaction first? Two pieces of breaking news there about Shabban Mammu.
But first, let's turn turn to this this private statement from Buckingham Palace. An astonishingly told episode that the king's been dragged into this mess.
>> Well, I was going to agree with you calling it a psycho drama and say it's a psycho drama on repeat, but this is certainly a new development in this particular series, which I I thought we'd seen the door to when the Conservatives lost power, but this is quite unprecedented. But I was wondering on my way down today, because I'm obviously I'm here ready for the king's speech tomorrow, what would happen if the king ended up announcing the sorts of things his government might be doing over the coming years without actually knowing who would be doing them. That does feel ever so slightly less likely in the last half hour. But if that's what Buckingham Palace has indicated is being concerning them, um there's a real question mark over what happens now next tomorrow as well as what happens today with Karma's leadership. Let's get to that question now because of course Angela Raina has announced apparently she is she is up for the idea of preparing for a leadership challenge. We hear she's also saying she's supportive of the idea of supporting other candidates. We just heard there Shabbana Mammu the home secretary is saying that she will not resign. So she will stand firm by the prime minister for now where streeting I mean where where's Wes where's where is Wes? You you have to ask, don't you, who is the candidate that is going to actually challenge the prime minister? Because you've got Andrew Raina, fine, very much a left-wing uh alternative with streeting.
He's got a very small majority that would make an interesting campaign at the next general election. And Bernham's a concept. He's not a candidate in this race. So, we're left at the moment not knowing really who's behind these attempted purges. Maybe there won't be enough people to do it. So I guess the problem is that I know from knocking on doors for the last few months in North Norolk, these are not questions that are going to be of much use to the people in my constituency who are struggling with the cost of living, desperate to hear some sort of vision and plan for the country and this is just taking us further away from having a plan.
>> Is isn't the point here is that in in opposition was was we were almost blinded by his his halo. He was he was so sanctimonious. was so holier than thou demanding people resign for every minor indiscretion yet now he just doesn't seem to want to take accountability for anything that happens. I have some sympathy for that. I also think though that you know to be fair to him. I think he's an honorable man. I think he's made some fairly significant mistakes. The largest of which is not having a vision and a plan uh for this country. But I don't think he brought this about. This is backbench squabbbling within the Labour Party trying to work out what it stands for. Is it a party of the left?
Is it a party of the center? Is it the party that, you know, did win a large majority at the last general election?
Because surely the alternative leadership candidates that are being put forward are going to detract quite significantly from what the country voted for back then.
>> Okay, Steph Aaron, thank you very much for popping in to see us here in Westminster. I do hope that King speech goes ahead tomorrow. You get to enjoy it. Thank you very much indeed, Steph.
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Four ministers have now resigned from Saki Starama's government as the prime minister fights for his political future, telling his cabinet earlier he would continue governing. Meanwhile, Home Secretary Shabban Mammud will not resign from the cabinet and is cracking on with the job. That's according to her spokesman.
Some breaking news. A man has been shot dead by police after presenting a weapon during an armed standoff in Bedford. The force has made a mandatory referral to the police watchdog, which has launched an investigation.
US President Donald Trump has said the month-long ceasefire between the US and Iran is on massive life support. He told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that while the ceasefire remained in place, it was unbelievably weak.
France's health minister has warned that it still isn't known whether the circulating strain of Hivirus has mutated or not. It comes as the last passenger has now left the virus hit cruise ship as authorities confirmed three new positive cases linked to the deadly outbreak.
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>> Welcome back with me, Martin Dorney, here on GB News. Your time is 5:38. Now, the health minister, Zubia Armed, has resigned from the government, citing a lack of values-driven leadership, making him now the fourth minister to leave Sakia Stalmer's government. However, in more positive news for the for the under fire prime minister, more than 100 Labour MPs have signed a statement saying this is no time for a leadership contest. But in a further plot twist, it's currently remaining a mystery as to who has actually signed the letter. I had one of the parliamentarians on a short while ago on the on the on the channel. Um, and this is Luke Ahurst, the North Durham Labor MP. And I said, "Well, who else is on the list?" He said, "Well, you'll find out shortly."
We found out Shan Woodcock is on it.
Perin Moon. These are all Star Loyalists, but the remaining 97. We haven't got a Dicky book. We haven't got a clue. We haven't got a Scooby-Doo.
Who's on it? Just another fast school day in British politics. Two quick points. First book in Paris. And then Shabbana Mammu. So Shabban Mammud, the home secretary, she has come out these past 20 minutes and she said that she will not be stepping down. So, so far no cabinet ministers have stepped down.
It's the strata below. Some people saying that she was being seen as a as as an outside runner, as a sort of right-wing candidate. Now, confirming that will not be the case.
>> Yeah, I that's really significant. Um the only way K starry is actually going to go in in the very near future is if cabinet ministers resign. Uh it looking like they're not. A number of cabinet ministers have actually come out publicly with their support. Business Secretary Peter Carl, close close friend of West Streeting, Liz Kendall, the technology secretary, Steve Reed, the housing secretary, and Pat McFaden. So, people are coming out in his favor. No cabinet resignations. We're still waiting to hear from Wes Streeting, Ed Milliband, and some of the others.
>> The question of the day is where's Wes?
You know, supporters of his including Zibia and Jess Phillips who quit earlier on. They're both streeting long-term associates. Angela Raina this past 20 minutes said that she she is up for a leadership challenge but she'd also be supportive of others. I think we know that means Andy Bernham. They're all on maneuvers. They're all at it.
>> Of course they are. And as one treating ally said to me early this morning at least West treating is being honest about it. There's plenty of people uh would like the prime minister's job. But he was clear that uh West treating hadn't asked anyone to go over the top for him. Although I must say it does look increasingly coordinated with these ministers that are allies of Wes treating and you know if Wes treating goes this may be his best moment. Uh but if he goes there's no way that the left of the Labour party are just going to let him wal in. Somebody else will stand. Now that could be Angela Raina.
It could be Ed Ed Miban. Now, both of those people would really prefer it to be Andy Bernham, but the problem is he doesn't have a seat. And for all that we keep hearing that he's got a seat nailed down. I mean, I hear all these names and then you look on X and you find that a name that you've just been told that person has said absolutely categorically uh they're not going.
>> And bear in mind, the West Union is only 43. He's got a he's got plenty of time to go for the top job. Okay, bear with me um guest because I want to get to my next online guest now is the member of the House of Lords and a former Labour Party MP and that is Lord Wally. Lord Wally, it's always a pleasure to have your company. Thank you for joining us.
It It's a nightmare on Downing Street.
The bodies are falling thick and fast.
10 resignations in 24 hours. Four ministers going today alone. Can Saki armor survive this latest well psycho drama?
>> Yeah, I I think probably not. But the the Labour Party is a strange beast and and it its rules and its culture do tend to snap behind the leader if that leader is prepared to to dig in. I hope that KIA will uh will reflect on this and and I hope that he will ultimately be able to swallow the really hard truth which is there is just no way back uh in in the eyes of of of the public from this.
They are not going to change their view on him.
>> Okay, Lord. Lord Molly, I need to interrupt you because I think there's been a more dramatic development at Downing Street. Tom Harwood mandate from the British people for five years. He has my full support. And what I'd say to colleagues is look, let's just step back, take a breath. Let's remember that we have the king speech. We are in government to do a job of work. It's been 24 hours now and nobody has come forward to put themsel forward in the processes that exist in the party. No one seems to have the names to stand up against K star. And for those who are uh suggesting that he should stand down, they should say which candidate would be better. Let's get on with the business of running this country and government.
That's what I've been doing today.
That's what the prime minister's been doing and I urge colleagues to step back and not benefit Nigel Farage and reform >> said deputy prime minister.
>> Well, that was David Lammy, the deputy prime minister there, saying that the moves that almost a hundred of his parliamentary colleagues have made calling for the prime minister to resign only benefits Nigel Farage. He said that in the processes that the Labour Party has to replace a uh prime minister, none of those have been triggered, that those who have come forward haven't been backing a specific candidate when they have come forward. And he also said that no one no one has offered themselves as a candidate in this process so far. He said that really everyone should take a step back. He urged his colleagues to stop what they're doing. He referenced the king's speech, which is going to happen tomorrow. And this was a plea from the deputy prime minister, we can only assume, speaking on behalf of the prime minister, saying that this should stop, urging his colleagues to think again. Will they listen to him? Perhaps it's all too late.
>> Thank you very much indeed, Tom Hold.
There dramatic breaking news. David Lammy speaking there in defense of the prime minister's skimmer. Can we get my previous guest back? Lord Walley, sorry to cut across you there, but we had to go for and get that breaking news. I wonder if I get your reaction to that.
David Lammy basically saying time to take a breath, keep calm and carry on.
Don't hand the keys to number 10 to Nigel Farage. But it's not as simple as that.
>> No. Well, on one on one level, it is deeply unsurprising that David Lammy uh will will do whatever the um leadership tells him to do. Um I I I suppose it's more notable that this is a signal that for the time being at least Garma does want to to battle on and there is a possibility that he may well be able to stay the the if he really really wanted to do that. The Labour Party rules are such that he could be he he could guar he guarantees himself on the ballot in in any leadership contest and and Labour Party members do tend towards loyalty to a belleaguered leader. But and but the the wide the bigger question here is can he look at this situation and and understand what is really difficult for for any individual to accept that there is no way back with the public for him personally. They despise him. They are they are full of a deep sense of contempt and he may think that is that is unfair but he does not have the political skill or the communication skills to dig himself out of this hole.
So while he stays as Labor leader of the Labor Party, there is no hope for the Labor Party being reelected. And for all the very good reasons that people who like Karma and some who don't like Karma can put forward as to why a change is dangerous, it is turbulent. The the the ultimate truth remains that Labour are finished while he remains the prime minister.
>> Okay, Lord War, thank you very much for your forthright opinion. Thank you very much indeed. Now coming to stick with us all the very latest in the prime minister's desperate battle to save his premiership as a fourth minister now falls and another one might go before the end of the show. This is GB News.
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I think I think it's very sad and I think the shoplifting thing has got completely out of control. I mean one of the stories for Gregs I mean it's the 3G story. It's Gosling Gregs in Greenford.
I mean a particular man that went in and 38 times I believe in about six weeks went in and robbed the same Greg store and then actually he only went away for he got a four month suspended sentence and I think then you were you were talking about you know Costa and Press and that putting in extra cameras sainsbury's extra cameras body cams in Marks and Spencers. Yes. I mean, it's it's happening right across the the board and and I think they have to be taking their precautions, but it's a very very sad state of affairs we've got ourselves into. I think the police are reporting now something like 1,500 shoplifting offenses a day. And actually, the retailers associations are suggesting they're underplaying it by 20 to 40 times. You've got to give people in the country hope. And people in the country need to see there is an economic strategy. there's an upwards um you know there's an opportunity where they're going the horizon looks better than it is now so they don't feel desperate and I think that goes >> why do you need to do that not to steal I I I think that we've got one of the most repulsive repellent governments we've had in in an awfully long time but that doesn't make me want to go I mean maybe I should pop across to the Marks and Spencers across the road and you know get myself a bottle of shampers cuz you know I'm annoyed about star >> well they certainly wouldn't be able to do anything about it Christo because uh well as you said under 200 >> keep hold the fort I'm off I'm off to get A little bit of shampers that probably be lovely this afternoon in the sunshine.
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Moments ago, speaker from Downing Street, the deputy prime minister, David Lambi, insisted that the underfire prime minister had his full support. Well, that'll come as a blessing to him. I'm joined in the studio by the former deputy leader of the Green Party, Shahar Ali. Welcome to the studio. I wanted to talk to you um about Andy Bernham. Andy Bernham will see himself as a savior of the left, but Reform UK have come out this last hour saying wherever Burnham stands, if he does, they will throw the kitchen sink at him to try and stop it.
I'm assuming that Green Bossy will do precisely the same.
>> They will and they've already shown they can do it.
>> Um, in Bern in the one constituency where Bernham had a fighting chance of winning it, that opportunities are already gone. Mhm.
>> And probably Hannah Spencer and the Greens, they could have won that regardless of appealing to the Islamic block vote. So he's they've got a real problem here cuz there is no such thing as a safe seat in the UK. Now the Greens have got real momentum behind them. Not just after the bi-election, but extraordinary results last week in the local elections and across London. All those connivations where Labor is supposed to be doing well, they've been in meltdown. you know whether it's Lewisham uh Hackne um everywhere Wales now and Scotland there is no Labour heartland there is no safe street for Burnham to go to what would happen now I mean we've heard speculation um about Clive Lewis standing down in North South again a fairly strong green neighborhood >> 74% likely that it would fall to the green >> absolutely so they would throw the kitchen sink at that they've got a student population there student population there they'd win that Bernham would be Bernham and the Labour party would be left without uh a seat without they'd lose a seat a Labour seat and they'd lose probably the the Manchester Malty in addition and they've already lost two meies in London and so and so the Green Party could be king makers king breakers they could finish Bernham's career if he stood and the Green Party shook the mail >> yeah I mean I think the best thing for Labour to do at the moment is to hold out a bit we're not going to discuss um Palansky's latest local difficulties but he does potentially have some uh problems looming which could present a major problem to his leadership credentials as well. But ultimately, we're talking about a very high stakes um it's not just party politics, it's personality politics and always has been. So what Zach has effectively done positioning himself on the left and the far left uh as a energetic uh leader who wants to make things happen with urgency. They're going to have to find an alternative who can meet that match and they haven't got anybody. Okay. Shar Ali, thank you very much. Former deputy leader of the green pods. We have to leave there short but sweet. Now coming next is Dubeno. A nightmare on Downing Street could still await the prime minister. Keep calm and carry on, says David Lamarry. The last thing is happening today is anything remotely calm. It's been a total and utter false nightmare on Down Street. Judes and go up next. Jews, what's on your menu?
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