{"id":455365,"date":"2025-09-27T12:47:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T12:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/455365\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T12:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T12:47:15","slug":"labour-minister-left-stuttering-as-gb-news-host-launches-furious-attack-tv-radio-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/455365\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour minister left stuttering as GB News host launches furious attack | TV &#038; Radio | Showbiz &#038; TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Labour minister Josh MacAlister was left stuttering as <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"GB News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/gb-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GB News<\/a> host Anne Diamond let rip on the government&#8217;s current state. MacAlister appeared on the programme ahead of Labour&#8217;s annual party conference, which is kicking off in Liverpool on Saturday. However, the conference is expected to carry a different tone to last year\u2019s event, which took place after their landslide victory in the 2024 general election.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a growing crisis within the Party, as <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/2113150\/andy-burnham-labour-civil-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Burnham has claimed Labour MPs have privately urged him<\/a> to challenge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/keir-starmer\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keir Starmer<\/a>&#8216;s role as prime minister. In yet another blow to the current government, a YouGov MRP poll, based on a 13,000 sample taken over the last three weeks, has confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/nigel-farage\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigel Farage<\/a> is on course to become the next prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Secretary of State for Children and Families, Anne launched a scathing attack on Labour and its lack of progress since taking over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/conservative-party\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tories<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;But are you listening to the people? You saw the results of this mega poll. You are falling way behind in the popularity stakes. People don&#8217;t believe half of what you&#8217;ve promised and there doesn&#8217;t seem to be any progress in 14 months of government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll take your point about public mood,&#8221; MacAlister said before stuttering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &#8220;Reform are really effective at holding up a mirror to problems and saying, &#8216;This is really bad&#8217; and saying, &#8216;Problem, problem, problem.&#8217; We&#8217;re interested in actually solving these problems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/keir-starmer\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keir Starmer<\/a> came under fire following his proposed plans to introduce the controversial &#8216;Brit card&#8217; as part of Labour&#8217;s efforts to tackle illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\"><a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/2113657\/What-is-a-brit-card-digital-ID\/amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Under the scheme<\/a>, anyone starting a new job or seeking to rent a property would need to present this card via a smartphone app. This would then be cross-referenced with a central database of individuals authorised to live and work in the UK.<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">However, <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/2113853\/digital-id-backlash-explodes-petition-keir-starmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a petition demanding the Government abandon the plans<\/a> has surged past one million signatures.<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">The petition, started in July by campaigner Maxine Sutcliff, warns the scheme would open the door to \u201cmass surveillance and digital control\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Labour minister Josh MacAlister was left stuttering as GB News host Anne Diamond let rip on the government&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[97199,152893,42617,77033,43520,807,28564,528,12,31172,152895,152894,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-455365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-digital-id","10":"tag-digital-id-starmer","11":"tag-gb-news","12":"tag-id-cards","13":"tag-keir","14":"tag-keir-starmer","15":"tag-kier-starmer","16":"tag-labour-party","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-starmer","19":"tag-starmer-id","20":"tag-starmer-news","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115276340338669335","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}