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The Wrap With Gillian Joseph
Sunday 25 October 2026 · 22:00 GMT · 30m · 4 stories · 15 annotated moments · 28 of 30 min on news stories (92%)
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The broadcast led with disruption from Storm Bulow. Police Scotland confirmed a 60-year-old man was killed by a falling tree in Dumfries and Galloway, and more than 160,000 people were without power across the UK as the Met Office urged people to stay indoors. A report from Largs described sea flooding, damage to businesses, gusts of up to 84 mph on Scotland's west coast, cancelled ferries, submerged train lines and disrupted flights, with flood warnings in place.
The Prime Minister opened the door to potentially allowing freedom of movement with the EU and called for an honest discussion about a new relationship with the bloc. The idea was criticised by the Conservatives and Reform UK; Angela Rayner said there should be a conversation but the manifesto was not changing, and Jon Craig noted the 2024 manifesto ruled out a return to the single market, customs union or freedom of movement. In France, Marine Le Pen launched her presidential campaign in Orleans a day after more than 400,000 people joined nationwide cost-of-living protests, calling for a new renaissance and presenting National Rally as a mainstream party focused on law and order and France first; she was ahead in polls and proposed tighter immigration, citizenship restrictions and taking back powers from the EU.
In Serbia, long-serving leader Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat in an election against a diverse student-led opposition movement that had protested against his government for two years. Sky News also reported that the Duchess of Sussex sent a letter to her father banning him from seeing his grandchildren after allegations that he possessed child sex abuse images. Authorities in the Philippines said a forensic investigation was under way after a computer was seized from his home, while Thomas Markle denied possessing such images and sleeping with underage girls; the Met Police said it received a letter in January 2019, forwarded it to Meghan but did not share it with other law enforcement agencies, and may refer itself to the police watchdog.
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- 6:24
Angela Rayner, Housing Secretary
- 6:37
Andy Burnham, Prime Minister
- 9:31
- 9:45
- 15:52
Marine Le Pen, right-wing leader
- 18:23
Jordan Bardella, party president
- 1:29
- 2:19
Charged quote Storm Bulow shuts schools and disrupts Scotland travel
The road into Largs showed all the scars of this wild weekend. The gale force winds and the sideways rain hit millions of us. But this is where the sea invaded the town centre. The damage is devastating. I've been here for 26 years. And you've never had anything this bad? No. Never. The high tide here was up to two metres higher than expected.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 25 October 2026, 2:19-2:24
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Charged quote Storm Bulow shuts schools and disrupts Scotland travel
Yeah, we really do. Every time this happens, there's an outrage on social media, the media, local authorities, but nothing happens, nothing changes, nothing's done. All they could do was watch, and this is the travel agents where Shona is looking at the damage this morning. Your floor is ruined Shona.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 25 October 2026, 2:47-2:51
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Charged quote Storm Bulow shuts schools and disrupts Scotland travel
Yeah, transport systems are affected, I think it's something like 50 flights couldn't take off yesterday, people advised not to take trains also, I mean we just don't seem to have the infrastructure to be prepared for these extreme weather events. No, there was also an amazing report of one flight that had actually been moved from Glasgow to Edinburgh with a couple of hours notice,
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 25 October 2026, 4:49-4:57
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Claim Prime Minister calls for honest discussion on EU free movement
Andy Burnham called for an honest discussion about a possible return to free movement with the EU and said the status quo was not good enough for Britain.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 25 October 2026, 6:01-6:09
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Claim Prime Minister calls for honest discussion on EU free movement
The Prime Minister's comments to the Sunday Times raised the prospect of freedom of movement between the UK and the EU.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 25 October 2026, 6:01-6:09
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Contested quote Prime Minister calls for honest discussion on EU free movement
… a summit coming up very soon, and we've got a ten year plan that the Prime Minister is currently in the middle of drafting. He's saying we should have a conversation about what that means. I think that's just pragmatism. It's about saying what is the best deal for Britain. It's what is the best deal for Britain, and therefore that's what he's asking the public to look at, the facts, how can we make …
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 25 October 2026, 6:50-6:55
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Contested quote Prime Minister calls for honest discussion on EU free movement
… coming up very soon, and we've got a ten year plan that the Prime Minister is currently in the middle of drafting. He's saying we should have a conversation about what that means. I think that's just pragmatism. It's about saying what is the best deal for Britain. It's what is the best deal for Britain, and therefore that's what he's asking the public to look at, the facts, how can we make things better.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 25 October 2026, 6:50-6:55
- 7:58
Claim Prime Minister calls for honest discussion on EU free movement
Labour's 2024 general election manifesto promised not to rejoin the EU, the customs union or freedom of movement.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 25 October 2026, 7:58-8:10
- 8:46
Claim Prime Minister calls for honest discussion on EU free movement
Andy Burnham called for an honest discussion about a possible return to free movement with the EU and said the status quo was not good enough for Britain.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 25 October 2026, 8:46-9:00
- 9:37
Charged quote Prime Minister calls for honest discussion on EU free movement
Kemi Badenoch says this is yet another example of Burnham's foot in mouth syndrome. Most people who voted for Brexit did so because they didn't want free movement. And Nigel Farage has said that he says it's a Brexit betrayal. He says this is a total betrayal of Brexit Britain. We will fight this dishonesty. Honest discussion? Well, certainly a lively debate already.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 25 October 2026, 9:37-9:45
- 15:11 Story begins Marine Le Pen launches French presidential campaign
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Claim Marine Le Pen launches French presidential campaign
Le Pen's campaign launch came the day after nationwide cost-of-living protests involving an estimated 400,000 people, with reports of violent unrest over public services, rising debt and failed budgets and more than 1,000 arrests.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 25 October 2026, 15:11-15:23
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Claim Marine Le Pen launches French presidential campaign
Polls put Marine Le Pen more than 15 points ahead of Jean-Luc Melenchon, with other candidates around 13 per cent, recent street violence boosting her momentum and a possible far-left versus far-right second round.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 25 October 2026, 16:44-16:53
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Charged quote Marine Le Pen launches French presidential campaign
His speech was interrupted by protesters. As a scuffle broke out, he suggested the crowd sing the national anthem. It's expected Bardella would be Le Pen's choice of prime minister. Everybody can feel that France is on the edge of the abyss, somewhere between bankruptcy and resignation. We can say it solemnly to the French people,
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 25 October 2026, 18:15-18:19
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Charged quote Marine Le Pen launches French presidential campaign
the choice you will make in this presidential election is the most important one in the history of the Fifth Republic. As France is convulsed by protest, Le Pen's opponents accuse her of discriminatory and xenophobic policies. She wants tighter immigration and restrictions on citizenship. She's also promising to take back powers from the EU.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 25 October 2026, 18:32-18:40
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Charged quote Marine Le Pen launches French presidential campaign
I can solve all of this, I'm the solution to the failings of Macron. She's perfectly well placed right now and I think the last couple of weeks, the protests have been an absolute gift to her. She gets to pose there as the moderate, as the champion of law and order, as the standard bearer of the Fifth Republic.
Sky News, The Wrap With Gillian Joseph, 25 October 2026, 19:46-19:48
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