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New: Farage
Thursday 1 October 2026 · 19:00 BST · 1h · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 46 of 60 min on news stories (76%)
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The bulletin led with breaking news that a 27-year-old dual British-Iranian national had become the sixth person arrested over a suspected terror plot near RAF Fairford, detained in Westminster on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, with a second man questioned under caution and two properties searched. Five other British nationals in their 20s arrested near the Gloucestershire air base over the weekend remained on police bail; counterterror officers called the case hugely complex and were pursuing possible foreign state involvement. It then reported that around 700 prisoners were released early in England and Wales, the first of about 4,500 due to be freed in ten waves by next June, including people convicted of fraud and domestic abuse. The Justice Secretary said they would face strict licence conditions and electronic monitoring, while victims' representatives questioned whether safeguards were enough. It also reported Tennessee's governor suspending executions and ordering an independent investigation after death row inmate Christa Pike survived two lethal-injection attempts, the state's second failed execution this year, and Benjamin Netanyahu saying a co-pilot accused of trying to crash a Dubai flight had undergone Islamic radicalisation and that the attack could have become another 9-11.
In discussion of the prison releases, Ian Acheson, former head of security at HMP Wandsworth, said technology would not stop reoffending and warned probation was short of 1,500 officers and overwhelmed. A released prisoner from HMP Brixton was shown saying he had 360 convictions and expected to steal again. Lord Glasman and Michael Ellis debated public trust, whether prison works, secure NHS detoxification and the RAF Fairford arrests, with questions raised about suspects being on bail. The programme then examined migration, contrasting Shabana Mahmood's speech a year ago proposing indefinite leave to remain after ten years, work and language tests, with her recent remarks about balancing fairness and opening capped safe and legal routes, including for Afghan women and girls and Palestinians who had fled Gaza. Discussion focused on the scale and cost of the Boris wave and claims that the reforms represented a surrender.
The broadcast also covered the case of former SAS soldier Soldier B over actions in 1991. A lawyer described intelligence that the IRA planned to kill a civilian in Coagh; the soldier took the man's place, IRA men arrived in a car adapted as a firing platform, and Soldier B fired eight rounds in one to two seconds. A coroner's inquest found the killing lawful, an appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland, and legal aid had now been granted to seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. Panellists criticised the continuing case and called for the Troubles Bill to require compelling new evidence before new reinvestigations. It also showed an Imam at a London mosque registered as a charity saying a woman could be disciplined by being hit lightly to show who was in charge; the Charity Commission said it had opened a regulatory compliance case. Finally, it reported the 30-year gilt rate had broken 6%, the highest since 1998, with warnings over mortgages, borrowing costs, market panic and a possible bailout; Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg said debt interest could reach £180 billion a year if all government debt were at 6%, compared with about £120 billion at present.
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Claim Hundreds of prisoners freed early as scheme becomes law
Some inmates due to be freed under the scheme had been convicted of domestic abuse or violent offences.
GB News, New: Farage, 1 October 2026, 2:10-2:14
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Claim Hundreds of prisoners freed early as scheme becomes law
About 5,000 inmates are expected to be released over the next year.
GB News, New: Farage, 1 October 2026, 2:14-2:21
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Claim Hundreds of prisoners freed early as scheme becomes law
The government and Ministry of Justice said released prisoners would face strict supervision, including expanded electronic tagging, restriction zones, conditions on movement, and a say for victims in licence conditions.
GB News, New: Farage, 1 October 2026, 2:27-2:36
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Charged quote Hundreds of prisoners freed early as scheme becomes law
Yeah, this didn't help me. I'm gonna have to go. What are you gonna do now? What's your plan? I don't know, I'm gonna go stealing again. I'm gonna go stealing so I'm gonna go back in, because they haven't helped me this time. What are you gonna steal? Whatever I get, whatever I get. On the one hand, utterly appalling,
GB News, New: Farage, 1 October 2026, 6:56-7:00
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Claim Mahmood opens safe refugee routes and signals climbdown on ILR
The government will allow charities and non-profits to sponsor refugees through safe and legal routes and reopen the UK resettlement route with the UN.
GB News, New: Farage, 1 October 2026, 25:30-25:41
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Contested quote Rising bond yields and debt interest costs pressure UK finances
Well, what on earth is he wasting our evenings talking about this for? Well, I tell you what, I promise you, as I've said it before to you, the chickens are coming home to roost. Let's have a look at the interest rate, what the government needs to do to borrow for 30 years. So there's the graph. And remember, we're back down in this 2018, 19, 20, 21, 22
GB News, New: Farage, 1 October 2026, 47:23-47:27
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Claim Rising bond yields and debt interest costs pressure UK finances
UK 30-year gilt yields reached over 6%, the highest since the late 1990s.
GB News, New: Farage, 1 October 2026, 47:46-47:54
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Charged quote Rising bond yields and debt interest costs pressure UK finances
What does that mean for you at home? Well, if you've got a, let's say you've taken out a loan on your business, you've got a mortgage, your kids have got a mortgage. This is really, really going to hurt. But the worst bit, the worst bit is the markets, when they get to this situation, can sometimes go into panic mode.
GB News, New: Farage, 1 October 2026, 48:02-48:06
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Charged quote Rising bond yields and debt interest costs pressure UK finances
I can't predict a market meltdown, Michael, but you know, having lived for years with rates down at base rates at half a percent, this situation is very, very serious. There are red lights flashing. These are no longer amber warning signals. There are red lights flashing and people need to understand,
GB News, New: Farage, 1 October 2026, 48:41-48:42
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Charged quote Rising bond yields and debt interest costs pressure UK finances
but you know, having lived for years with rates down at base rates at half a percent, this situation is very, very serious. There are red lights flashing. These are no longer amber warning signals. There are red lights flashing and people need to understand, the government needs to understand that this is how money is borrowed by the government.
GB News, New: Farage, 1 October 2026, 48:42-48:45
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Charged quote Rising bond yields and debt interest costs pressure UK finances
on its borrowing, will end up with a sort of bailout situation of one sort or another, which will actually mean that international bureaucrats will end up running the country's economy, which will be a disaster. This has happened with Greece. It's happened with other countries in recent years. The reality is...
GB News, New: Farage, 1 October 2026, 49:20-49:21
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Charged quote Rising bond yields and debt interest costs pressure UK finances
and in the sense that not wanting to conserve resources, but to spend resources, because that's how you win votes. And this is a problem for the West. And it's, you know, it's leading to a total calamity. It's very worrying. A very, very worrying thing. I think, Maurice, it's interesting, because actually
GB News, New: Farage, 1 October 2026, 49:47-49:52
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Charged quote Rising bond yields and debt interest costs pressure UK finances
They won't be able to do it without the support of number 10. This number 10 is extremely left wing, and they are addicted to spending on welfare. It's no longer the Labour Party, actually, Maurice. It's the welfare party. And it's the opposite of Labour. It's indolence. And the reality is, not in all cases, of course,
GB News, New: Farage, 1 October 2026, 52:14-52:16
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Charged quote Rising bond yields and debt interest costs pressure UK finances
and they are addicted to spending on welfare. It's no longer the Labour Party, actually, Maurice. It's the welfare party. And it's the opposite of Labour. It's indolence. And the reality is, not in all cases, of course, we've got to have a welfare state, but it's run out of control. And in the same way, we've lost control of defence spending.
GB News, New: Farage, 1 October 2026, 52:17-52:19
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Charged quote Rising bond yields and debt interest costs pressure UK finances
You can see danger at the end of the day. Think about the Liz Truss, and the Kwasi thing, and the panics... Yes. ..that ensued there. This is way worse than that. Yeah, and it can be extremely contagious and move extremely quickly. So that's why it's absolutely necessary to lay out a clear direction.
GB News, New: Farage, 1 October 2026, 52:52-52:54
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