Saul Staniforth

Sarah Wakefield (the Green candidate in Makerfield): "We need more council houses.. [and] end right to buy"

Audience member: "What we actually need is more council housing" 🎯

Audience member to Reforms candidate: "How are we to trust that you & your party wouldn't sell this off to the highest bidder when you have got a leader.. who will say 'up the IRA' for £80" Bruce: "I have to say I have no idea if he said up the IRA for £80.... apparently he did"

Robert Kenyon (Reforms candidate in Makerfield) is asked about comments he's made about women. Sarah Wakefield (the Greens candidate) then asks him if he'll apologise. He doesn't Sarah goes on to point out Reforms policies on women (e.g. scrapping the equality act) are shocking

Sarah Wakefield (the Greens candidate in Makerfield): "The fundamental problem we have.. is that we're building on 40yrs of deindustrialisation topped off by 15yrs of austerity.. we're all feeling it.. we should be looking at the massive inequality in this country.."

"What do you offer.. ?" Burnham: "An end to 40yrs of neo-liberalism.. services that work for you, not for the private vested interests" How serious is this from someone who won't even commit to nationalising water (a policy supported by the vast majority of the public)?

Karen Newman from the Board of Deputies: ".. they're just about to say they're Jewish.. then they look up & see a Palestinian flag on the uniform, thats not a safe moment" This isnt about tackling antisemitism. Its about cracking down on any display of support for Palestinians

Blueskys chief operating officer: "We live in a world now where about 3 to 5 corporations control speech"

Hind Khoudary: "There was an attack on a house.. which killed a whole family, a family of five.. this family was burnt to death after the Israeli forces attacked their apartment"

"The Israeli military has launched a wave of air strikes on Gaza city, killing at least 9 Palestinians, five were members of the same family. Overnight strikes targeted residential apartments with no prior warning as people were asleep"

"NHS staff could be barred from wearing.. pro Palestinian symbols on their uniforms.. [this] is one of several recommendations in a review into antisemitism.. within the NHS" This isnt about tackling antisemitism. Its about cracking down on any display of support 4 Palestinians

"Can you tell us when and how exactly you learnt about this decision [to ban you from the UK]?" Cenk Uygur: "... the Times piece came out saying that I'd been banned basically for criticising Israel which I thought was curious because I wasn't going to Israel"

Govt minister Lucy Rigby is asked about Darren Jones's tweet & she says its not great but Jones has been clear about how he feels about Epsteins victims. So in public he says one thing (for our consumption) and in private he says what he really thinks. Got it.

After Lord Mandelson was sacked as the UKs ambassador to the US over his links to a billionaire paedophile its reported that Darren Jones messaged him to say: "You've been doing such a great job & you worked wonders with Trump. I'm so sorry about today"

Jeremy Scahill from @dropsitenews.com : "What makes it more likely [Iran would pursue nuclear weapons] is the fact they're being attacked by 2 nuclear powers.. no-one ever talks about the fact that its Israel that does have nuclear weapons"

Jeremy Scahill from @dropsitenews.com : "The Iranians.. fought back against the US & fought them to a ceasefire standstill.. the deal that Trump is going to make is going to be largely on the terms that Iran wants.. its very clear that its Trump that desperately needs an off ramp.."

Taj Ali: "When we have politicians like Nigel Farage claiming that white people have less rights than ethnic minorities I find that quite bizarre. This is the language actually - 'rights for whites', that was used by the BNP in the 90's & early 2000's.. it caused real damage"

Taj Ali: "We've seen a general increase in racist hate crime across Britain.. there's a lot of people in the community who fear that further division, the irresponsible rhetoric of politicians, could make things a lot worse in the community"

@kimjohnsonmp.bsky.social is right, Palantir should have no role in the NHS (or any other UK public service). Lets kick them out.

"The British oil giant Shell continued operating a major overseas pipeline for years even though it knew it was causing widespread pollution"

Susanna Reid "Can I establish some facts.. the blade.. that wasnt covered by any religious exemption, was it?" Sarah Jones ".. you have a potential defence if you are carrying that blade for the purposes of religion" "An 8inch blade?" "Yes" Jones doesn't seem to know the facts of the case

Does Wilfred Frost check that white MP's condemn white murderers?

"6 people killed in an Israeli air strike just outside of Tyre.. those were farmers.. there were strikes that targeted two paramedic facilities in 2 different locations.. a paramedic was killed in one of those attacks.." Obaida Hitto reporting on some of Israels latest attacks

".. after the attacks the Lebanese civil defence in Tyre received threatening phone calls from Israeli officials ordering them to abandon their command centre" Israel is a terrorist state.

"I thought Nigel Farage crossed the line in that pre-recorded statement" Kevin Maguire on people exploiting the murder of Henry Nowak #GMB

One from the archives. While Gaza was being flattened & thousands were being killed, Labour refused to call for a ceasefire.

Kwasi Kwarteng says Nigel Farage is politicising the death of Henry Nowak & Kevin Maguire says the Reform leader is race baiting.

Israel has flattened a residential building right next to the hospital in Tyre, causing significant damage to the medical facility. Obaida Hitto reports.

Zeina Khodr reports that Israel is continuing to bomb southern Lebanon.

Wilfred Frost: "If a boss.. text's you you might just agree with them because it makes your life easier. So sometimes we'll be giving an MP grief today cus they agreed with what Peter Mandelson said, but they might not have felt it" So Peter Mandelson was the boss? Got it.

Daniel Levy: "every day Israeli senior officials still tells us what their intentions are.. displacement, eradication.. & unless & until there is a serious pushback against that, in terms of holding Israel accountable, in terms of not allowing Israeli impunity.."

Muhammad Shehada explains that Israel refuses to allow the disposal of the giant piles of garbage in Gaza and is blocking the entry of essential items into the strip, including toilets, water filters, crutches and wheelchairs.

Cenk Uygur talks to @nojusticemtg.bsky.social on @novaramedia.com about being banned from the UK for criticising Israel.

"South West Water is due to be sentenced today after admitting supplying water unfit for human consumption" A YouGov poll last month showed that 82% want water in public ownership, but the govt won't do it because they're on the side of the profiteers, not us.

"The US is only known to operate 8 of these in the world. They're called THAADs, which are designed to detect & intercept missiles & drones. They cost more than £1bn to make, & it appears at least 3 THAAD systems have been damaged" A report on Iranian attacks on US military targets

Richard Gizbert: "... with every story of Palestinians killed that they fail to cover, news organisations are doing their part in letting the Israeli state get away with murder" 🎯

"Haneen is a mother of young children and is battling breast cancer while facing displacement, scarce resources & the ongoing insecurity. This is her story in her own words"

@agnescallamard.bsky.social on the rise of authoritarianism around the world. Sophy Ridge finds it difficult to understand how a country can be authoritarian when they have elections, & Wilfred Frost takes umbrage at bracketing the US with Russia.

Kevin Maguire: "Chris Philp emphasises the con in Conservative" #GMB

According to BBC Breakfast, Israel is "pushing" into Lebanon in an "incursion". Did Russia push further into Ukraine in a deep incursion, or did they invade? And as for Yvette Coopers statement. Its just words, while the UK govt continues supporting & arming Israel.

"Heavy air strikes have hit residential areas in the southern city of Tyre, damaging apartment buildings & a religious complex. At least 8 people have been killed in a day of attacks.. an air strike near a hospital has injured at least 13 medical workers.."

Sarah Vine: "[Wes Streeting] realises that the country thinks that this particular govt has been far too left in its policies"

In her attack on Sturgeon, Rosena Allin-Khan declares of herself & fellow panellist Jeremy Hunt, "for hard working MPs like myself & Jeremy.. trustworthy, reliable" Hunt, who as a Tory cabinet minister exploited a Tory tax loophole to buy 7 luxury flats & then didn't declare it.

Page 45 of Labours 2024 manifesto stated: "Labour will also remove the discriminatory age bands so all adults are entitled to the same minimum wage" Pat McFadden is asked, when are you going to do this? McFadden says its not up to the govt to do it.

One from the archives.

Bell is asked about people running out of water. He says its a disgrace But the govt refuses to renationalise water. Instead they're siding with the profiteering private companies that've been ripping us off for yrs & they're going to let them keep ripping us off for yrs to come

Ibrahim al Khalil: "The situation remains dire here in the Gaza strip. Over the past couple of weeks we've been witnessing a noticeable escalation in the pattern of forced evacuation orders.. marking a renewed phase of displacement on a wider & more systematic scale"

Netanyahu says Israels occupation of Gaza will increase step by step. Israel occupies 60% of Gaza & the Israeli PM has announced the next step will be to increase that to 70% Will the UK govt take any action against Israel or will Yvette Cooper simply say shes very concerned?

"The UN has added Israel entities to its annual global blacklist of perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict zones. Israels prison service will be included in the 2026 report" Nida' Ibrahim reports on the story from the occupied West Bank

Mustafa Barghouti explains that Israel has violated the Gaza ceasefire 3,000 times, has killed 930 Palestinians, is still restricting the entry of aid, & is occupying 60% of Gaza (soon to be 70%) when the ceasefire agreement says they should be withdrawing.

"Andy Burnham.. this is a glimpse of how he might govern.. 'what the country needs is strong public control of transport, energy, water..'" No. We need to kick out the profiteers and return to public ownership & its telling that Burnham is deliberately not promising that.

So the solution is public provision of childcare for all, universal free school meals, restoring accountability by bringing all schools under local govt oversight/control, ending outsourcing, funding councils to build & operate things like youth services, expanding FE, right?

"Israeli air strikes are continuing.. at around 3.30am Israel issued more forced evacuation orders.. there was panic yesterday.." Obaida Hitto reporting from Lebanon

Alex Crawford: ".. much of the south of Lebanon is devastated by Israeli air strikes.. there are huge swathes of the south which are uninhabitable.. the entirety of the south.. has been told to leave their homes or they face dying.. for the people of Lebanon.. its a terrifying situation"

Alan Milburn: "The social contract is built on a very simply basis.. each generation should do better than the previous generation. That's a contract that's been broken"

Wilfred Frost asks a guest, about Lebanon: "When you hear these evacuation orders, guidance coming from the Israelis..." Evacuation orders aren't 'guidance', they're threats. Its the forcible transfer of civilian populations.

Alan Milburn is introduced as a former health secretary who's done a lot of work on social mobility Milburn was a pro outsourcing health secretary who went on to make a fortune advising private companies profiting from his health 'reforms'. I wonder why Ridge didnt mention any of that?

"In effect on the ground there is no ceasefire. There are daily multiple bombings primarily across the south, Israeli troops are occupying dozens of villages & towns in the south" Alex Crawford reporting from Lebanon

Yesterday Israel ordered the inhabitants of Nabiteh to leave (population of 100,000) They then ordered the inhabitants of Tyre to leave (pop of 200,000). Now they've ordered the entire south to leave - up to 300 towns & villages. Alex Crawford reporting from Lebanon today

Ridge "I actually think [Alan Milburns] done some really serious thinking here.. [young people] have been crippled by social media & phones & what are we going to do about that. These are big questions we need to put" Serious thinking would require acknowledging the role played by austerity

"there will be some people who really need their PIP payments" *some*. A Labour peer leaning into the narrative of the deserving & undeserving Hazarika then talks about welfare to work. Except PIP isn't related to employment & plenty of disabled people on PIP do work

"Who'll do this if we don't, he told us.. it was only weeks later that Mahdi too was killed in a triple tap attack" Part of a report by Alex Crawford on the paramedics being killed in Lebanon. As Dr Mina Najib from MSF says, they are being systematically targeted by Israel

"More than 20 medics have been killed during whats meant to be a truce. The Lebanese health ministry says they're being deliberately killed" Alex Crawford reports on the paramedics in Lebanon.

"An unprecedented forced evacuation order, more like a threat.." Israel is terrorising the entire population of Tyre, the fourth largest city in Lebanon.

@fletchjack.bsky.social : "We have faced some of the largest pay erosion in the public sector. Yes.. the deal that was done in 2024.. was a good start to the reversal of that decades worth of pay erosion.. what we're saying is, lets continue that journey.." Solidarity

An 18 year old high school student in Gaza is preparing to take her exams & she tells the BBC about the challenges she faces.

🔹90% of schools damaged/destroyed. 🔹700,000 children out of school for 2 academic years 🔹88,000 HE students have had to halt their studies 🔹95% of universities have been damaged/destroyed 🔹In 2024 UN experts accused Israel of deliberately destroying Gazas education system

"This is BBC News, the headlines. At least 31 people were killed in Lebanon on Tuesday as Israel intensifies its attacks, despite a ceasefire between the two countries" So is there in fact a ceasefire?

"The worry in.. British govt circles is that should there ever be.. open war between Britain & NATO on the one hand & Russia on the other, its these data cables that will be some of the first things to get attacked" If there's open war I don't think we need to worry about data cables

"Israel occupies about half of Gaza in the yellow line.. which we all knew was going to become a fairly permanent line, & they've actually gone over that line so they're now occupying more than 50% of Gaza & that's not going to change anytime soon"

"There is of course a ceasefire although as we know there have been transgressions constantly by both sides" Israel continues to bomb, starve and kill, & Palestinians continue to die. Thats what Adam Parsons is bothsidesing.

"Dozens of people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on Lebanon after Israel confirmed its expanding its ground operations beyond areas its already occupying. Meanwhile 3 people have been killed in air strikes in Gaza city.." Israel claims its ceased firing in both places.

"Israel also says it has killed the new head of Hamas's military wing in Gaza, despite the ceasefire there" At what point will the BBC start reporting that there is in fact no ceasefire in Gaza.

Nick Robinson: "Its unusual because Tony Blair himself has chosen not to intervene very often"

Yesterday Israel murdered at least 31 people in Lebanon. They also blocked paramedics & rescue crews from rescuing people trapped under the rubble.

Tony Blair attacks Any Burnham. I don't suppose Burnham minds that at all.

Dan Tomlinson says the govt won't be rolling out a universal scheme to help everyone with their energy bills. Instead it'll take targeted steps. The interviewer asks him who'll receive the targeted help & when it will be available. Dan refuses to say

The head of Ofgem (whose predecessor was on over £300,000/year) gives some helpful tips on how people can reduce their bills. The presenter then asks, what about the rising profits of the energy companies? Nothing to do with us, the head of Ofgem says.

Sophy Ridge: "There is an argument that the Starmer project started with a political project, which was to expel what they would describe as the far left from the Labour party, right?" When its safe to start noticing things.

@faizashaheen.bsky.social : "Who do you see on those boats? You see people from Iraq, Sudan, Iran, Afghanistan.." Kwasi Kwarteng: "There are legitimate ways.." "There aren't legitimate ways, thats the problem. You don't see Ukrainians because they can apply on safe routes" Well said Faiza

@faizashaheen.bsky.social : "Firstly on Blair, he should be held accountable for what he did with the Iraq War, when he lied to all of us, I just find it shameful that he can come out & expect to give us advice on anything" Spot on.

@faizashaheen.bsky.social : "We have to take getting to net zero very seriously, but what we can do is look at the extreme profits that are being made by the likes of Shell & BP.. to make sure that the companies creating the harm, that money goes back into cutting bills for people"

Don't look up.

Laura Tobin: ".. the thing at play here is obviously climate change.. its still spring.. a reminder of where we should be for the time of year & where we actually are. At least 16 degrees warmer than where we should be for the time of year" Don't look up.

"The criminal investigation into the PO Horizon IT scandal could be delayed by 5yrs unless it receives millions.. in extra funding" As one scandal victim explains, many of the victims are elderly & the longer the delays the less likely they are to see any accountability/justice

"He lays into some of Keir Starmers key policies on things like improving workers rights, increasing the minimum wage" Tony Blair, a former *Labour* prime minister.

"Israels PM said his country was again at war with Hezbollah which has continued to target Israeli soldiers who have invaded the south of the country" So Israel is bombing Lebanon because Hezbollah is targeting Israeli soldiers who are occupying Lebanon.

Anna Turley, the chair of the Labour party, is asked why the govt won't cap childcare costs like they cap energy bills.

Labour Party chair: ".. the British people.. want us to focus on the cost of living, which is what we're doing with our announcements today on childcare" The announcement is asking the Competition and Markets Authority to look at it.

"The acts of torture carried out by the IDF are real.. broken ribs, broken arms, broken legs, broken noses.. also many cases of sexual abuse experienced by both women and men" An Indonesian returning home after being kidnapped by Israel in intl waters recounts what happened.

"Lebanese authorities have said Israeli strikes have killed more than 3,100 people since earlier March"

Australians returning home after being kidnapped by Israel in international waters speak about the abuse they suffered - punched, kicked, fractured bones, sexually assaulted, beaten, stamped on.

Israel continues killing Palestinian children.

Israel occupied southern Lebanon between from 1982 to 2000 and during that time they operated the Khiam torture complex. During the current occupation they've demolished what remains of the detention centre.

"Poverty is the leading cause of all ill health.. so austerity had a major role to play in spiralling mental illness since 2010" Natasha Devon on the hypocrisy of the Tory leader blaming social media for a surging mental health crisis.

Natasha Devon: "This is about Palantir. I think there's probably a limited amount that I have time to say & can say on air about Palantir" Palantir, the US surveillance company that supplies ICE & the IDF among others, should be kicked out of all our public services.

Alex Crawford: "Those being mourned are increasingly medics.. the Lebanese govt says they're being deliberately targeted. They call them double taps, & this one was caught on camera. The video we're going to show you is shocking..."

Jenrick: "..those people who are doing a 40hrs/week & then choosing to do extra hours to look after their family.. those people can do those hours without paying any money to the tax man" Why not address the fact that people working 40hrs/week can't look after their families?

Reform trying to out compete Restore. When I was a kid the National Front were on the streets. Now they're on the Sunday morning politics shows.

Robert Jenrick claims Reform is for workers Reform voted against the Employment Rights Bill because they back zero-hours contracts & fire/rehire If you really were the party of workers you'd be asking why someone working 40hrs/wk cant afford to pay their bills in the 1st place