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The Camilla Tominey Show
Sunday 18 October 2026 · 18:00 BST · 1h · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 34 of 60 min on news stories (57%)
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The broadcast reported that Donald Trump had blamed unrest in France on immigration and called for France to close its borders, before noting that Emmanuel Macron would address the nation after mass protests over the education system and cost of living turned violent, with more than 500,000 marchers, over 2,000 arrests, hundreds of police injured and one protester dead after a cardiac arrest. It also reported that four service members had died and dozens were seriously injured in a fire at a Canadian Forces base in Wainwright, Alberta, according to Prime Minister Mark Carney, and that more than 1,000 US personnel are stationed there. Further items included Trump endorsing Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israeli elections; the BBC pausing civil-service placements after a Telegraph investigation and confirming the scheme was suspended; a police officer being treated after being shot in the foot in Nottingham city centre, with two suspects fleeing and a firearm recovered; Pope Leo speaking publicly for the first time since lung cancer surgery five days earlier; and reported plans for £100 fines for vaping or dropping rubbish on buses under an antisocial-behaviour crackdown.
In interviews, Labour MP Alex Ballinger was questioned about defence spending, the commitment to 3% of GDP by 2030 and John Healey’s earlier resignation, as well as Brexit, Russian interference and relations with the EU; he said defence spending had risen and pointed to a spending review next year. Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whately discussed youth unemployment, Conservative proposals to halve the jobs tax for young people, cut welfare spending and restore face-to-face assessments, and was asked about marriage and family policy.
Reform UK board member Gawain Towler was asked about an undercover ITV documentary, party vetting and comments by representatives, and about possible returns to the party. Labour MP Henry Tufnell discussed calls for more North Sea drilling and a pragmatic approach to carbon taxes to support industry. Former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng then discussed the October 28 budget, likely tax rises, defence spending, higher debt-interest costs, wealthy individuals leaving the UK and a report finding four in five new jobs had gone to foreign workers since 2010.
On air
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Helen Whately, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary
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Gawain Towler, Reform UK board member
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Henry Tufnell, Labour MP for Mid and South Pembrokeshire
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Claim Labour MP Alex Ballinger says Brexit deal is not working and seeks closer EU ties
GB News coverage said the current Brexit deal was not working for businesses, migration or the cost of living, with manufacturers, farmers and supermarkets among those struggling.
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 18 October 2026, 11:50-11:57
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Claim Labour MP Alex Ballinger says Brexit deal is not working and seeks closer EU ties
GB News reported a UK-EU steel trade dispute with tariffs increasing costs and costing jobs.
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 18 October 2026, 13:44-13:53
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Claim Labour MP Alex Ballinger says Brexit deal is not working and seeks closer EU ties
A GB News guest rejected the idea that closer EU relations were binary and cited Norway, Switzerland and Turkey as non-EU models.
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 18 October 2026, 15:19-15:27
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Claim Badenoch pledges tax cuts for young workers and family homes, rules out Reform deal
Whately stated that 1 million young people were not in employment, education or training and that youth unemployment had risen by 174,000 under Labour.
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 18 October 2026, 19:45-19:52
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Claim Badenoch pledges tax cuts for young workers and family homes, rules out Reform deal
Badenoch announced a cut to employer national insurance for workers aged 21 to 24.
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 18 October 2026, 20:24-20:34
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Claim Badenoch pledges tax cuts for young workers and family homes, rules out Reform deal
The Conservatives claimed to have identified £71 billion in savings, including a substantial amount from welfare.
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 18 October 2026, 20:56-21:07
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Claim Badenoch pledges tax cuts for young workers and family homes, rules out Reform deal
The Conservatives claimed to have identified £71 billion in savings, including a substantial amount from welfare.
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 18 October 2026, 20:56-21:07
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Charged quote Badenoch pledges tax cuts for young workers and family homes, rules out Reform deal
because it was quite a seismic piece of work. And one of the statistics which I found particularly staggering, and let's not forget this was under coalition and Tory rule, and that's that four in five new jobs went to foreign workers since 2010. Four in five. That was on your watch. This is something that has to change. I still speak to businesses in areas where there is high
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 18 October 2026, 24:41-24:49
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Charged quote Badenoch pledges tax cuts for young workers and family homes, rules out Reform deal
opportunities up. We've got to make sure that our welfare system works in a way that it makes sense to work and work should always pay. We cannot do what has happened in the past, which is import foreign workers to do jobs that British people should be doing. This has to change. Finally, there's an interesting report by the Marriage Foundation that's out this morning
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 18 October 2026, 25:20-25:25
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Claim Reform UK suspends activist over Islam remarks as undercover film exposes vetting failures
Gawain Towler stated that he had been filmed while attempting to help a staff member who had been sacked.
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 18 October 2026, 29:43-29:54
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Contested quote Reform UK suspends activist over Islam remarks as undercover film exposes vetting failures
As a voluntary role that I took because I tried to be decent to people. All right. So let's look at the documentary as a whole. I mean, there is an argument for saying Channel 4, now ITV. I'm sure there'll be more. Is reform victim of a witch hunt? I'd point out that Dominic Cummings quite rightly identified that you were going to be under
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 18 October 2026, 31:52-31:57
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Charged quote Reform UK suspends activist over Islam remarks as undercover film exposes vetting failures
the party needs to rise above, right? The party needs to make sure it's, for want of a better phrase, whiter than white. And then you get, unfortunately, these people expressing really quite vile racist remarks. I mean, what's your evaluation of some of the comments that have been made? Utterly grim, some of them. Utterly grim. And happily,
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 18 October 2026, 32:16-32:22
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Claim Reform UK suspends activist over Islam remarks as undercover film exposes vetting failures
Gawain Towler said Reform attracts more scrutiny because it threatens established interests.
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 18 October 2026, 33:12-33:20
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Claim Reform UK suspends activist over Islam remarks as undercover film exposes vetting failures
Footage showed a local Reform party chairman advising a potential candidate to delete Tommy Robinson posts.
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 18 October 2026, 34:17-34:24
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Claim Reform UK suspends activist over Islam remarks as undercover film exposes vetting failures
Gawain Towler likened Reform's rapid growth to a corner shop expanding into a Morrisons.
GB News, The Camilla Tominey Show, 18 October 2026, 36:09-36:14
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