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New: Farage
Tuesday 29 September 2026 · 19:00 BST · 1h · 4 stories · 15 annotated moments · 37 of 60 min on news stories (62%)
Broadcast overview
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In the bulletin, Andy Burnham delivered an emotional speech at the Labour Conference setting out a radical plan to transform Britain and confirming he wanted to end the pensions triple lock from 2030 to fund an NHS-style care service. He blamed austerity and Brexit for Britain's decline, vowed to take the country back to the 1970s, said the country was not where anyone would like it to be, and pledged to bring energy, water and housing back under stronger public control. The bulletin also said no improvised explosive devices had been found in three vans in a suspected terror plot targeting RAF Fairford, although counter-terrorism police said petrol had been recovered as an accelerant and five men detained on suspicion of terrorism and explosive offences had been released on police bail while remaining under investigation. It reported that Vikram Digwa, convicted of murdering Henry Nowak in Southampton, had been given permission to challenge his minimum 21-year sentence at the Court of Appeal, and that Manchester City had been found guilty of all charges over Premier League financial rule breaches between 2009-2010 and 2017-2018, which the club said it would appeal.
In the programme's discussion, highlights of Burnham's speech included a plan for Great British Grid, a new publicly owned branch of Great British Energy to challenge private sector operators, and a National Commission on Electoral Reform with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system. Guests debated whether the speech amounted to a general election manifesto, with one former Cabinet minister predicting an election in 2028 and discussion of social care, Brexit, debt, welfare and short-term pressures such as energy bills. The programme also returned to the Fairford case after Marco Rubio said a foreign actor was involved and that some releases on bail had disturbed people; discussion covered US-UK intelligence cooperation, British government comments, fears about Iranian agents entering the UK across the Channel or in lorries, Ed Miliband's meeting with Iran's foreign minister, the proscription of the IRGC, and whether the UK was doing enough to protect itself.
Later, the programme examined the triple lock, noting it guarantees the state pension rises by the highest of inflation, average earnings or 2.5 percent and has been in place since 2012. It said Andy Burnham had promised to keep it unchanged in this parliament and to adjust it from April 2030, with the pension continuing to rise by at least prices or 2.5 percent; Iain Duncan Smith said the change could mean about £5,000 less a year for pensioners and around £9 billion of savings today, while other guests debated whether ending it was fair and how to fund adult social care. The broadcast then covered President Milei of Argentina threatening legal action over oil exploration in British territorial waters around the Falklands, Wes Streeting saying Argentina lacked the ability to take the islands and the UK could defend them, and a retired officer describing current UK defences and Argentine limitations. It also discussed a remark by Labour minister Jenny Riddell-Carpenter that liking pubs, real ale and black Labradors amounted to a far-right fantasy.
On air
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- 2:19
Lawrence Taylor, Head of Counter-terrorism Policing, Assistant Commissioner
“And we can confirm that no improvised explosive devices have been found.”
- 4:52
Andy Burnham, Prime Minister
“Britain has been on the wrong path for a long time.”
- 8:30
Shaun Woodward, former Cabinet Minister under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and regular on this program
“I don't know what the election timing is likely to be.”
- 13:17
Jo Phillips, journalist and former press secretary to Paddy Ashdown and now gardener director of the Margaret Thatcher Centre for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation
“I have no confidence in his idea about you know a grid that's run by the government”
- 24:27
Marco Rubio, secretary
“suffice it to say that what happened what almost happened what could have happened in the uk over the weekend is a very serious situation”
- 48:50
Chip Chapman, major general who was in the Falklands in 1982 an officer in 2 Para
“i think he is so we talk about a thing called the davison window for 2027”
- 1:10
- 1:15
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
Burnham is considering reforming the triple lock to fund social care after the next election, causing a Labour row.
GB News, New: Farage, 29 September 2026, 1:15-1:21
- 1:54
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
Andy Burnham will set out plans for greater state control of water, energy and housing, saying the state should take more control of the basics in the home.
GB News, New: Farage, 29 September 2026, 1:54-2:09
- 2:09
- 7:08
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
Burnham is considering reforming the triple lock to fund social care after the next election, causing a Labour row.
GB News, New: Farage, 29 September 2026, 7:08-7:27
- 31:13 ~16 min without annotations
- 47:28
Charged quote Argentina threatens legal action over Falklands oil as UK rejects demands
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GB News, New: Farage, 29 September 2026, 47:28-47:40
- 47:28
Claim Argentina threatens legal action over Falklands oil as UK rejects demands
Argentina threatened legal action against the UK unless it stops work on an oil project off the Falkland Islands within two weeks.
GB News, New: Farage, 29 September 2026, 47:28-47:52
- 47:40
- 47:40
Charged quote Argentina threatens legal action over Falklands oil as UK rejects demands
so you'll always know your chances of winning play today from as little as one pound or render for free by post.co.uk the argentinian president he keeps on going he's now threatening companies that go for oil exploration inside british territorial waters around the Falklands and he's talking about legal action etc but Wes Streeting has said this isn't 1982 the
GB News, New: Farage, 29 September 2026, 47:40-47:45
- 47:45
Claim Argentina threatens legal action over Falklands oil as UK rejects demands
Wes Streeting said the situation is not like 1982 and that Argentina lacks the ability to take the Falkland Islands while the UK can defend them; Major General Chip Chapman agreed with the defence assessment.
GB News, New: Farage, 29 September 2026, 47:45-48:04
- 48:04
Charged quote Argentina threatens legal action over Falklands oil as UK rejects demands
argentinians lack the ability to take the Falkland Islands and we have the ability to defend the Falkland Islands well do we let's just have a little comparison between 1982 and now just have a look at the massive 48 percent reduction in rn and royal marines personnel let's have a look at destroyers we had 11 we've got six ref personnel absolutely collapsed down 61 percent
GB News, New: Farage, 29 September 2026, 48:04-48:12
- 48:12
Charged quote Argentina threatens legal action over Falklands oil as UK rejects demands
Falkland Islands well do we let's just have a little comparison between 1982 and now just have a look at the massive 48 percent reduction in rn and royal marines personnel let's have a look at destroyers we had 11 we've got six ref personnel absolutely collapsed down 61 percent the number of frigates down 87 percent we've still got a couple of carriers and submarine numbers
GB News, New: Farage, 29 September 2026, 48:12-48:19
- 48:12
Claim Argentina threatens legal action over Falklands oil as UK rejects demands
GB News reported sharp cuts in UK military numbers since 1982, including a 48% reduction in Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel, destroyers down from 11 to 6, frigates down 87%, and submarines down 68%.
GB News, New: Farage, 29 September 2026, 48:12-48:32
- 48:32
Charged quote Argentina threatens legal action over Falklands oil as UK rejects demands
the number of frigates down 87 percent we've still got a couple of carriers and submarine numbers down by 68 percent well let me ask major general chip chapman who joins me down the line who was in the Falklands in 1982 an officer in 2 Para and he would be horrified i think by the thought that we would lose the Falkland Islands given the way the
GB News, New: Farage, 29 September 2026, 48:32-48:39
- 52:05
Charged quote Argentina threatens legal action over Falklands oil as UK rejects demands
uh and uh it is my view that uh although there are some divisions within the trump administration i believe ultimately president trump will side with the united kingdom but it would be helpful of course yeah uh if the labour government ditched this awful horrible Chagos surrender deal which the the americans simply cannot understand in any in any way because it makes no sense
GB News, New: Farage, 29 September 2026, 52:05-52:10
- 52:36
- 52:36
Claim Jenny Riddell-Carpenter faces backlash over far-right fantasy comments
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter is a Labour MP for Suffolk Coastal and minister for nature.
GB News, New: Farage, 29 September 2026, 52:36-52:53
- 52:48
Claim Jenny Riddell-Carpenter faces backlash over far-right fantasy comments
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter characterised liking pubs, real ale and black Labradors as a far-right fantasy.
GB News, New: Farage, 29 September 2026, 52:48-52:58
- 53:20
Claim Jenny Riddell-Carpenter faces backlash over far-right fantasy comments
A GB News panel said the remarks showed that Westminster does not understand rural and coastal communities.
GB News, New: Farage, 29 September 2026, 53:20-53:30
- 54:32 ~5 min without annotations
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