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French police clashed with protesters as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of cities across France to call for more funding for schools. Official figures said 891 schools were closed, and the prime minister suspended classes until Friday to allow head teachers to hold discussions. Protests began with school blockades over too few teachers, large classes, no heating and crumbling buildings; in Paris and Lyon, police used tear gas. Protesters blamed President Macron and his government, while the government blamed Jean-Luc Melenchon and his supporters for some of the violence, ahead of presidential elections next year.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch told Sky News her party would not win a snap election outright now, saying there would be a hung parliament, but she would rather have another election than do a deal with Reform UK. At the Tory conference in Birmingham, she was expected to close with a speech saying the Tories face a battle for the soul of the nation and setting out 'the right way' on public finances, arguing more government costs more in tax and borrowing and that half of every pound saved would go towards cutting the deficit. Polls cited put the Tories on 20, Reform on 22, Labour on 27, and the Lib Dems and Greens on 11.

Sky News sought to interview Green Party leader Zack Polanski after members passed a controversial motion that Zionism is racism, but he was not made available; he did not vote on the motion and had supported amendments to water it down. The deputy leader, Mothin Ali, said Polanski was a fantastic leader with his full support, while the discussion also covered Jewish members' safety concerns and wider issues around the Israeli government, the West Bank and a two-state solution. Separately, 25 small boats used by people smugglers were seized at East Midlands Airport, the first time such dinghies were found in air cargo; each 10-metre boat could carry up to 70 people, and police said efforts had helped halve the number of boats crossing the Channel this year, though there has been a move to bigger boats and longer, riskier crossings.

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Story begins Student protests spread across France over school conditions
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Contested quote Student protests spread across France over school conditions

Follies of tear gas and flashbangs were fired into the crowds. Police made arrests and firefighters went in to put out the fires. Images of the state attacking students is adding to this growing crisis in France. The students and a lot of teachers and a lot of the parents believe that what the students are protesting against is entirely just and that they just want to be able

Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 6 October 2026, 4:22-4:27
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Charged quote Student protests spread across France over school conditions

The problem with the French and with the Europeans in general, and I include us in this, is too many of us are not serious about the gravity of the situation we face. I mean, France is having a hissy fit about extending the retirement age. I mean, it's completely ridiculous. I mean, where do they think the money is going to come from?

Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 6 October 2026, 8:39-8:43
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Story begins Kemi Badenoch rules out Reform UK deal at Conservative conference
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Claim Kemi Badenoch rules out Reform UK deal at Conservative conference

Kemi Badenoch said the Conservatives would not win a snap election outright if one were called at that time.

Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 6 October 2026, 11:46-11:51
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Claim Kemi Badenoch rules out Reform UK deal at Conservative conference

Kemi Badenoch ruled out any deal or outreach to Reform UK, with Conservative delegates backing the stance though some believed the right would eventually need to unite.

Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 6 October 2026, 11:53-11:59
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Charged quote Kemi Badenoch rules out Reform UK deal at Conservative conference

not pre-election, which you've already done, but post-election? I have already said that what I want are Reform voters to come back to Conservatives. The people in Reform are up to their necks in scandal. Post-election as well. I have done this multiple times. We went into a coalition with the Liberal Democrats in 2010.

Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 6 October 2026, 12:45-12:49
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Claim Kemi Badenoch rules out Reform UK deal at Conservative conference

Kemi Badenoch's conference speech would close the Conservative Party conference in 48 hours, on Wednesday.

Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 6 October 2026, 14:19-14:25
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Charged quote Kemi Badenoch rules out Reform UK deal at Conservative conference

for the soul of this nation. Now, if you think that slogan sounds a bit familiar, that's because it is. Battle for the soul of the nation was a phrase almost word for word used by Joe Biden when he was defeating Donald Trump back in the 2020 US presidential election. He used it later on during the midterm elections as well.

Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 6 October 2026, 14:29-14:33
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Charged quote Kemi Badenoch rules out Reform UK deal at Conservative conference

when she closes this conference. John, thank you very much indeed. More analysis from you, no doubt. Yeah, tax doom loop she's talking about, that Labour's in. They think that your income, your pension and your savings are theirs to take and then hand out as they see fit. Thatcherism, do you think, is that what we're hearing from Kemi?

Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 6 October 2026, 16:49-16:52
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Charged quote Kemi Badenoch rules out Reform UK deal at Conservative conference

More analysis from you, no doubt. Yeah, tax doom loop she's talking about, that Labour's in. They think that your income, your pension and your savings are theirs to take and then hand out as they see fit. Thatcherism, do you think, is that what we're hearing from Kemi? I mean, she's basically, I think she's tapping into something

Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 6 October 2026, 16:52-16:58
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Charged quote Kemi Badenoch rules out Reform UK deal at Conservative conference

I mean, she's basically, I think she's tapping into something which is that with Andy Burnham there now, he's a popular guy, he's a personable guy, but he's a big state socialist from what I can see at the moment. I mean, you look at what he said at his conference, he was talking about reform of the triple lock to deal with social care.

Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 6 October 2026, 17:10-17:13
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Story begins Green Party conference faces row over Zionism motion
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Charged quote Green Party conference faces row over Zionism motion

And it's a shame. I mean, this whole idea of, you know, Palestine must be liberated by any means necessary. This is not the language of a party that believes in peace. And what is the Green Party then? I mean, it really, it shows how much the Green Party have become a kind of populist party led by factions,

Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 6 October 2026, 23:27-23:31
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Charged quote Green Party conference faces row over Zionism motion

This is not the language of a party that believes in peace. And what is the Green Party then? I mean, it really, it shows how much the Green Party have become a kind of populist party led by factions, rather than the party that I think they used to be, or a party that has a good chance of one day leading the country.

Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 6 October 2026, 23:37-23:42
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Contested quote Green Party conference faces row over Zionism motion

with Israeli diplomats being expelled from the UK. The UK, right? UK and Israel are meant to be allies. This is serious stuff. The Zionism-racism thing is, like, completely unnecessary, complete sideshow, and just misses the point. There's some serious stuff to discuss about what's happening with the E1 settlement in the West Bank right now,

Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 6 October 2026, 24:33-24:39
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Story begins 25 smuggler dinghies seized in air cargo at East Midlands Airport
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Claim 25 smuggler dinghies seized in air cargo at East Midlands Airport

25 small boats destined for people smugglers in France were intercepted as they passed through the UK.

Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 6 October 2026, 25:25-25:34
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Claim 25 smuggler dinghies seized in air cargo at East Midlands Airport

The seizure was the first time such dinghies had been found in air cargo at a UK airport.

Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 6 October 2026, 25:34-25:40

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