1 May 2025

UK: Local elections, Net Zero row, Kneecap fight

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 1 May 2025
Móglaí Bap, Dj Provaí, and Mo Chara of Kneecap attend the "Kneecap" Premiere during the 2024 Tribeca Festival at Village East Cinema on June 09, 2024 in New York City.

Belfast band Kneecap is being criticised over comments made about killing MPs. Photo: Michael Loccisano / Getty Images for Tribeca Festival / AFP

UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to talk about Sir Keir Starmer's first big test with voters since the general election - with signs local elections may not go his way.

Former Labour PM Tony Blair has weighed into contemporary politics with a report arguing that trying to eliminate fossil fuels in order to reach Net Zero is "doomed to fail".

Belfast band Kneecap are being condemned across the political spectrum for their videos which show them saying MPs should be killed and supporting Hamas and Hezbollah.

And two men are on trial for cutting down a 100 year old tree on Hadrian's Wall. 

Hugo Gye is Political Editor of The i Paper