gb news. good afternoon. >> 3:00. i'm martin daubney. welcome to the show. this is gb news. >> i'm with you for the next three hours. >> we got an epic show coming up that only be one story in that can only be one story in town. the tories are revolting. last night, suella black rishi's plan saying that the tories face electoral wipe out quickly. after that. robert jenrick the immigration minister dramatically quit this morning. rishi said it's my way or the highway, but the tory right aren't buying it and now the tory left say the plan may contravene the human rights of those sent to rwanda. you couldn't make it up. it's complete bedlam in the conservative party. second story, boris faced his second day of light grilling at the covid inquiry he denied he wanted to let the virus let rip through the population . and he through the population. and he also said partygate was a million miles away from the reality. and for the second time he turned on the waterworks. we'll have all the latest updates on that next story.

oliver dowden, deputy prime minister, this morning warned that britain is under risk of a hostile cyber attack from russia. and guess what.7 they could ruin our trains and turn off our power. aren't we doing that anyway to ourselves? and finally , vote remain for nigel, finally, vote remain for nigel, the king of brexit is still in the king of brexit is still in the race. in fact, more than that, his biggest critics , that, his biggest critics, french, fred and nelly, have got the chop. whisper it quietly . mr the chop. whisper it quietly. mr brexit could be crowned king of the jungle and we can make it happen. that's all coming up in the next hour . it's fair to say the next hour. it's fair to say it's absolute and utter bedlam within the conservative party. they cannot decide on anything. but the big question is this is this rwanda bill, this revised bill, this v2, legally robust ? bill, this v2, legally robust? in this show, we'll have an expert. he'll take the rbs out of barristers and he will tell

us the absolute truth. what do you think about it all? it's complete chaos as far as we're concerned. but do they deserve your vote? do they deserve a second chance or will this sink sunak that's all coming up in this next hour. but your first is your news headlines with sam francis . francis. >> martin, thank you. good afternoon. it's 3:02. i'm sam francis in the newsroom . the top francis in the newsroom. the top story this hour, russia's federal security service, the fsb , has hacked high profile mps fsb, has hacked high profile mps and what the government says was and what the government says was a sustained effort to interfere in british politics. the deputy prime minister says peers, civil servants, journalists and non—governmental organisations have been targeted. it's understood politicians had had their personal email accounts compromised. oliver dowden says the cybersecurity attack is a clear pattern of behaviour by russia and those responsible will be held accountable . will be held accountable. >> i can tell you that a unit

within the russian federal security service, known as centre 18 has been behind sustained hostile cyber operations aimed at interfering in parts of the uk's democratic processes . this has included processes. this has included targeting members of parliament so civil servants think tanks, journalists and ngos. >> the first vote on the new emergency, rwanda legislation will be put through parliament on tuesday. the prime minister has defended the government's plan, describing it as the country's toughest anti—immigration law. rishi sunak has acknowledged that some people are upset by the bill, but he says it addresses concerns brought up by the supreme court. the prime minister insists the government will get flights off the ground , will get flights off the ground, but bill blocks every single reason that has ever been used to prevent flights to rwanda from taking off. >> as the rwandans themselves

have made clear , if we go any have made clear, if we go any further, the entire scheme will collapse and there is no point having a bill with nowhere to send people to. but i am telling you now we have set the bar so high that it will be vanishing rare for anyone to meet it . rare for anyone to meet it. >> interview a source close to a people smuggling operation across the channel has told gb news that the government's rwanda policy has become the butt of jokes amongst migrants. we asked the minister if we asked the prime minister if he's that his he's concerned that his government's being laughed at. >> the proof is in the pudding right? talking. right? i'm not about talking. i'm about action. the numbers of people from exactly people crossing from exactly where were the uk are where you were to the uk are down by a third. they quadrupled in last few years and in the last few years and they're up everywhere else. so that you. tell me that should tell you. tell me and the country that what and tell the country that what we're is we're doing is working. it is making difference , but we've making a difference, but we've got finish the job. that's got to finish the job. that's why legislation so why this legislation is so important . why this legislation is so important. that's why this legislation is so important . that's why we've important. that's why we've worked so hard on it. i'm absolutely confident that it's the approach. it's the

the right approach. it's the toughest it will toughest ever approach. it will close the avenues that close down all the avenues that people in the past and people have used in the past and crucially as said, it is the crucially, as i said, it is the only approach which double child murderer and rapist colin pitchfork has been denied parole i >> -- >> the board ruled that the killer cannot be released from prison because he remains a risk to the public. he was jailed for life with a minimum term of 30 years for raping and strangling 15 year old lynda mann. and dawn ashworth in leicestershire in the 1980s. he was freed in september 2021, but recalled after two months for approaching young women in the street . an young women in the street. an external review has found that itv made considerable efforts to uncover the truth about an alleged relationship involving phillip schofield and the report says that the broadcaster was aware of rumours circulating in 2019, but it was unable to uncover the relevant evidence until the tv presenter made an admission in may of last year. 48 people were interviewed , but 48 people were interviewed, but the review author says that phillip schofield reluctantly

declined to take part because of the risks to his health. boris johnson has told the covid inquiry. he denies ever wanting to let the virus rip during the pandemic. it's after he was presented with extracts from the former chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance's diary. the former prime minister says when the idea was discussed that it was because he wanted to challenge the consensus. he told the inquiry his strategy was to save lives at all ages, and that is what we did. he said the inquiry has confirmed rishi sunak will appear at the hearing on monday . sunak will appear at the hearing on monday. the bbc licence sunak will appear at the hearing on monday . the bbc licence fee on monday. the bbc licence fee is increasing to £169.50 next yeah is increasing to £169.50 next year. it follows a two year price freeze . it was due to rise price freeze. it was due to rise in line with inflation. but it will instead be based on september. consumer prices index , making it £20 cheaper than it would have been . the national would have been. the national union of journalists said it will leave the bbc with a £90 million funding gap. the culture secretary also confirmed the

launch of a review into the licence fee model to help ease future price rises . british poet future price rises. british poet and writer benjamin zephaniah has died at the age of 65. on a social media post it was confirmed his wife was with him when he passed away. the birmingham born poet described as a true pioneer and innovator , as a true pioneer and innovator, was diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks ago . this is tumour eight weeks ago. this is gb news across the uk on your tv, in your car, on digital radio, and on your smart speaker . now, though, more from . martin . now, though, more from. martin >> thank you, sam, top lad. okay, there's only one place to start today. and of course, that's the total chaos in the conservative party. rishi sunak is facing outright revolt over his emergency legislation to stop the boats. but less than 24 hours after his immigration minister, robert jenrick , quit, minister, robert jenrick, quit, the minister said they've the prime minister said they've gone as they can and

gone as far as they can and insisted the new bill will work. >> government has introduced the toughest anti—illegal immigration law ever. this bill blocks every single reason that has ever been used to prevent flights to rwanda from taking off. as the rwandans themselves have made clear, if we go any further , the entire scheme will further, the entire scheme will collapse and there is no point at having a bill with nowhere to send people to. but i am telling you now we have set the bar so high that it will be vanishingly rare for anyone to meet it . rare for anyone to meet it. >> well, the tories are revolting indeed. and i'm joined now by our political editor , now by our political editor, christopher hope. chris extraordinary. 24 hours we've gone from suella warning of electoral oblivion . robert electoral oblivion. robert jenrick quitting shortly after that, rishi saying it's my way or the highway. that, rishi saying it's my way or the highway . the tory that, rishi saying it's my way or the highway. the tory right, saying this won't stand up to scrutiny. now the tory left the liberal wet end of the party

saying it might even contravene the human rights of those deported to rwanda. it's utter bedlam . the big question, bedlam. the big question, though, chris, is will this sink sunak. >> wow. well summarised, martin, absolutely right . i mean, >> wow. well summarised, martin, absolutely right. i mean, on tuesday, next week, the second reading of this rwanda bill. that bill of course, is meant to ensure that the government can legally deport migrants arriving here illegally to rwanda for processing . it's all about the processing. it's all about the numbers. now, can will the government get enough mps to support its measure? and a big vote at £0.07 pm on tuesday evening on the right of the party. there's the groups call the common sense group, the european research group of tory mps. the new conservatives. they've hired some lawyers , some they've hired some lawyers, some mp lawyers to they call himself the star chamber. they're running a rule this, over running a rule over this, over this bill published last night to see whether they think it will work in allowing these flights to take off for the first may. as the pm first time in may. as the pm plans they think it can take

plans if they think it can take off, they'll support it. if not, they may not. they may abstain and try and amend it as it goes through parliament. as suella braverman, the former home secretary was suggesting today in a bbc interview on the left of the party, you've got the one nafion of the party, you've got the one nation around 100 tory nation caucus around 100 tory mps. going to give their mps. they're going to give their verdict on this bill. but over the , if they say this is the weekend, if they say this is going to breach elements of the human rights act, we're not happy they might support it, happy they might not support it, all to all of which hands a gift to laboun all of which hands a gift to labour, course will labour, who of course will oppose it. and we could see a government defeat on tuesday, which would be a complete disaster for rishi sunak's government and could hold him below water line for the pm. below the water line for the pm. thoughi below the water line for the pm. though i asked him earlier, i mentioned the reporting of our colleague mark white from calais. when mark found out migrants saying they were laughing at the uk government's rwanda policy. i asked the pm if they were right to laugh. is the policy a joke? is your government a laughing stock ? he government a laughing stock? he gave a full answer. he is on. he

knows he backs his his idea here. he thinks it will work in prepared, prepared remarks, he told us as a child of immigrants, he knows the appeal of britain, but also fair play matters and jumping the matters and not jumping the queue and that's the queue and that's why the government crack government is trying to crack down southern border down on these southern border crossings . as is, we are crossings. as it is, we are going back towards a feeling that many of the cast on either side of this debate in the tory party those are fighting side of this debate in the tory partybrexit,ose are fighting side of this debate in the tory partybrexit, whether are fighting side of this debate in the tory partybrexit, whether ae fighting side of this debate in the tory partybrexit, whether a soft hting side of this debate in the tory partybrexit, whether a soft or ng over brexit, whether a soft or hard brexit. it does feel that way . we're not quite the way. we're not quite at the existential stage. martin the pm says that next week is not going to be a confidence vote. so if mps don't support the government , they won't lose the government whip, which is a start. but labour of course are saying it is a de facto confidence vote. if the government loses, you never they try and never know. they might try and call confidence the call a confidence vote in the government jeremy government like jeremy corbyn did first brexit government like jeremy corbyn did back first brexit government like jeremy corbyn did back .irst brexit government like jeremy corbyn did back. in brexit government like jeremy corbyn did back . in late

silent night out, even though many of us are celebrating christmas at the moment. well christmas at the moment. well chris hope continuing that brexit christmas theme. >> i think you're right. this brexit christmas theme. >> i think you're right . this is >> i think you're right. this is brexit with baubles on. the big question is will theresa may sorry, will rishi sunak get the theresa may treatment? will he end up getting the high jump ? end up getting the high jump? >> i mean for the pm's point of view, he thinks that this is the furthest they can go with rwanda . on getting this deal across the collapsing the the line without collapsing the whole no way whole thing. there's no way that rwanda going to agree with a rwanda was going to agree with a carte dis disapplication carte blanche dis disapplication of human rights of anyone who's going there. it has to be on individual cases. the pm made clear that they're one inch from going too far and rwanda collapsing the deal. they've gone as far as they can as the pm's words. he knows that the win here and it could be a big win here and it could be a big win if they get this right is that labour haven't got an answer at all on illegal migration and their idea is to work more closely with

enforcement bodies on the continent to do maybe some some more bilateral deals like the deal with albania. but that's about it. and net migration , about it. and on net migration, there's virtually no answer from there's virtually no answer from the party. we're not sure the labour party. we're not sure where sit many those where they sit on many of those areas unveiled by james cleverly just monday. get just on monday. so if they get this can get this this pass, they can get this pass. the parliament or the commons, i should say, before christmas. there's a real chance. but the battle is going to in the house of lords to be in the house of lords because they need majority because they need a big majority in to peers to in the commons to force peers to accept is ticking accept it. the clock is ticking for may's may deadline for first plane to take off. >> martin okay, chris, live from downing very downing street, thank you very much. and joined now by liam much. and i'm joined now by liam nicky, mp nicky, who's a conservative mp for great grimsby. thanks for coming on the show, liz. always a pleasure. there's no doubt about it. it's a bit of a nightmare day for the conservatives . once again, the conservatives. once again, the old brexit rifts of yesteryear are coming back divide the are coming back to divide the party, this time over rwanda. the right of the party saying this won't muster this simply won't meet muster suella saying you're going to face electoral oblivion. robert jenrick quits in agreement and

today the one nation conservative saying this could contravene the human rights of those we deport to rwanda. it's complete and utter bedlam , isn't complete and utter bedlam, isn't it ? it? >> well, i mean, it's about debate, isn't it? >> i think you know, it's a shame that people will come straight out and react to things i >> -- >> we've got to be we need to be balanced. >> the public want us to to be take this seriously , talk with take this seriously, talk with each other, make sure we're debating it properly. >> the reality is, is this comes to down really technical legal jargon that unless you are a lawyer , then it's very, very lawyer, then it's very, very difficult to be able to navigate through. >> but what what we're doing now, as i've just just said earlier, the star chamber, who are an independent group of lawyers, are looking at this to see where they think it will work and where it won't work. the reality is, whatever happens , this has got to work. otherwise there's no point in the bill going through .

the bill going through. >> yeah, and that's the point, isn't it? will the bill work? will legal muster? will it pass that legal muster? we've people have look we've had people have a look at it it won't because it and they say it won't because rishi, he says there's a vanishingly small number of people who can claim that being deported to rwanda will contravene their human rights. but that in itself gives an opportunity gives opportunity that gives a loophole , the same loophole loophole, the same loophole that's existed along . and that's existed all along. and surely without loopholes surely without all loopholes being closed, this is dead in the water. >> well, i mean, that's some of the discussions i've been having having with my learned colleagues. >> they're concerned as well, is about obviously individual claims to the echr, but also an open door forjudicial claims to the echr, but also an open door for judicial review, which could actually hold anything back for months, if not potentially years. in certain cases. cgses. >> cases. >> so this has got to work. this is this has got to work. >> i'm sure the prime minister knows that . i spoke to one of knows that. i spoke to one of his team last night about it. he understands the seriousness of

this and that we need to be seen to getting this done, because frankly, labour are not interested in getting this done. this is great fodder for them politically and also it suits their own policies because the labour party do not want to have any migration controls on legal or illegal migration. they just want to do deals with the eu and they want to make sure that they are getting as many people through legal routes. >> but from from illegal routes as well. >> i mean, they're they're talking about, you know, recounts , people saying that recounts, people saying that that, you know, that people will be reclassed died doing deals with the eu to take eu quota . with the eu to take eu quota. >> i mean all of this is horrific and that's what the pubuc horrific and that's what the public need to understand, no matter what happening in the matter what is happening in the conservative party, we are actually having really robust conversations with each other last night. if the public could see the kind of conversations that were going on, they would be very happy that they were being properly represented by

their mps and their conservative mps and labour are just looking for every loophole they can, not because they are listening to the public, but because actually they find the whole thing distaste ful and all they're distasteful and all they're interested in is trying to get into power to get all of this stopped. >> leo i wonder if blaming >> okay. leo i wonder if blaming the labour party or saying it be worse the party is worse than the labour party is going to cut the mustard anymore. i think that did work in think it's in 2019. i don't think it's going work to going to work again, to be honest, you guys honest, to be fair, you guys have been in power for 13 years. to say it will be worse the to say it will be worse than the laboun to say it will be worse than the labour. wonder much muster to say it will be worse than the labourgoing1der much muster to say it will be worse than the labourgoing1decarry. much muster to say it will be worse than the labourgoing1decarry. but:h muster that's going to carry. but here's question you, leo. here's a question for you, leo. let's to attention that let's come to our attention that a number of mps have put in no confidence prime confidence votes in the prime minister, rishi sunak, this afternoon. of them ? afternoon. are you one of them? no i am not. you're not? but are you aware that that's happening? are you aware that at the moment rwanda has the potential to strike a new leadership campaign , a new leadership campaign , i , a new leadership campaign, i don't think will be helpful . don't think will be helpful. >> well, i've never put in a

letter against any prime minister, but i do know that some colleagues always put letters in and yet again, you know, the public want to see that we're not spending our time as a parliamentary party, navel gazing. they want us to get on with the job. so frankly, we this isn't about who's the leader and who isn't the leader. this is about getting a bill through that is going to work and going planes off and is going to get planes off to deter people from to rwanda to deter people from coming for us to coming here illegally for us to be to say and control we be able to say and control we are a sovereign country, we should be able to say who is coming here and who stays here. that's the bottom line that people want to see sorted . people want to see sorted. >> okay. lee and nikki, tory mp for great grimsby, thanks very much for joining for great grimsby, thanks very much forjoining us on the show much for joining us on the show this and we're going this afternoon. and we're going to on to get to swiftly move on now to get labour's this chaos. and labour's take on this chaos. and i'm by steve mccabe, labour's take on this chaos. and i'm the by steve mccabe, labour's take on this chaos. and i'm the labourve mccabe, labour's take on this chaos. and i'm the labour mpiccabe, labour's take on this chaos. and i'm the labour mp foribe, who's the labour mp for birmingham selly oak . thanks for birmingham selly oak. thanks for joining us on the show, steve. you must be enjoying this. all we to do is get you deck we got to do is get you deck chairs out and enjoy the car

crash, which well, does feel crash, which well, it does feel a that . a bit like that. >> if it so serious in >> if it wasn't so serious in terms of the country, i think it would be tempting to see as you almost describe it yourself a bit of christmas chaos . bit of christmas chaos. >> yeah, but the fact of the matter is the tory party the answer they seem to have is that the labour party will vote against this. you have no plan to stop the boats. you have no plan to make things any better. what would you what would you say in response to that ? say in response to that? >> that's the kind of >> well, that's the kind of emperor's new clothes routine. i mean, put up something that nobody thinks has got any value and then try to blame someone else for not supporting it. it's complete nonsense . look, this is complete nonsense. look, this is a problem made in the tory party by the tory party. it's about the tory party. they stopped worrying about the country, the public, everything else. this is about who scores, what hits on what tory colleagues. it's unbelievable . unbelievable. >> bill and steve, we're hearing

rumours of no confidence letters going in to rishi sunak. is that the kind of thing you'd welcome ? the kind of thing you'd welcome? >> well , as i the kind of thing you'd welcome? >> well, as i say, i feel utterly devoid from it. i mean, l, utterly devoid from it. i mean, i, i heard rumours that were letters like that going in that he was made prime minister and nothing about it surprises me. this is a party at civil war or it's too busy fighting amongst itself to try and govern . itself to try and govern. >> okay. steve mccabe, labour mp for birmingham, selly oak. thank you very much for joining us for birmingham, selly oak. thank you very much forjoining us on you very much for joining us on the show this afternoon. keeping it in this of the it punchy in this part of the show . later hour, we'll show. later this hour, we'll bnng show. later this hour, we'll bring more on that bring you the more on that migrant how and migrant crisis, how home and security mark white has got security to mark white has got an exclusive from calais an exclusive report from calais where key close the where a key source close to the people smuggling operation has told the government's told him that the government's rwanda become rwanda policy has become the butt joke amongst channel butt of joke amongst channel migrants and you will not want to miss that . now it's day two to miss that. now it's day two of boris johnson's covid in crying, grilling more of a light flambe if you ask me. and he's hit out at what he's called the

absolutely absurd characterisations of partygate . characterisations of partygate. i'm martin daubney on gb news and this is britain's news channel.

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farage is going from strength to strength. meanwhile, in the jungle down under. stay jungle down under. and stay tuned out how you can tuned to find out how you can help become king of the help him become the king of the jungle. needs you jungle. your country needs you now. borisjohnson jungle. your country needs you now. boris johnson has complained to what he called absolutely absurd characterisations of partygate as he defended his handling of the latter stages of the pandemic during the second day of his covid grilling, the former pm has said he was not reconciled to covid deaths or thought it wise to let it rip in the autumn of 2020. well, let's speak now to our political correspondent olivia lee, who's been at the inquiry all day . been at the inquiry all day. olivia, day two and the second time boris turned on the waterworks. can you give us an update of what happened today ? update of what happened today? >> well, we're seeing a very different boris johnson to the man who was prime minister when he was in office, the former prime minister was exuberant . he prime minister was exuberant. he used lots of flowery rhetoric. he was a bit of a joker. today, we've seen a very sombre boris,

a serious boris. he keeps thanking his questioners for their questions and he keeps talking about how seriously he took the disease. he almost burst into tears when he was talking about just how seriously he took it, particularly after being in intensive care with the virus himself. perhaps the trickiest moment so far of the day for the former prime minister was when hugo, keith, kc , who is questioning read out kc, who is questioning read out extracts from patrick vallance diary where patrick vallance said that at the start of a meeting in downing street, boris johnson opened by talking about the possibility of letting the virus rip . now, boris johnson virus rip. now, boris johnson made the argument that it was not he did not want to let the virus rip. he wasn't immune to two fatal cities across the nation, but he felt that it was his job to push back against the consensus and to raise as an alternative to lockdown , even if alternative to lockdown, even if it was just for the sake of

having a full and frank discussion on whether that line will hold . and there are lots of will hold. and there are lots of bereaved families here today, and there are plenty of campaigners who've been outside the room all day. they didn't seem happy with that line. it'll be interesting to see what the pubuc be interesting to see what the public makes it. perhaps the public makes of it. perhaps the other moment for the other tricky moment for the former prime minister was when he was asked about the timing of the second lockdown when talking about the first lockdown, he explained that he was on the back foot from the beginning. and so was everyone around him. so the scientists and civil so were the scientists and civil servants around him they servants around him because they were with a once in were dealing with a once in a lifetime pandemic, once in a lifetime pandemic, once in a lifetime situation . and by the lifetime situation. and by the time the virus resurged again in the autumn of 2020, that excuse no longer really worked . and no longer really worked. and there were some really tough questioning about the timing of that lockdown . that lockdown. >> the phrase let the virus rip . >> the phrase let the virus rip. and the notion that you as a government would let the virus

rip was your own phrase , was it rip was your own phrase, was it not? you were obliged to reject the advice of your advisors that there would be a circuit breaker, know that there be no national lockdown until the last possible moment? no. and that you would try a tier system? no, i think, frankly , it is it does i think, frankly, it is it does not do to justice the what we did, our thoughts, our feelings, my thoughts, my feelings to say that we were remotely reconciled to fatalities across the country. >> all that i believe that that it was acceptable to let it rip . it was acceptable to let it rip. got to do so that was probably the former prime minister at his touchiest all in all, it's been two very difficult days for the former prime minister. >> and i'm sure he'll be looking forward to getting out of that room at 430 this afternoon .

room at 430 this afternoon. >> okay. thank you, olivia utley for that update. boris, second and final day at the covid inquiry and now some shocking news. it's been revealed that russia's federal security service has led a sustained and hacking campaign against british politicians and the political process . his victims, who have process. his victims, who have been told but aren't at this stage being named , include a stage being named, include a large number of high profile mps from multiple parties . russia's from multiple parties. russia's embassy in london said that there is no reason to trust in insinuations about cyber attacks on britain's democracy, as there is no concrete evidence. what they would say that, wouldn't they would say that, wouldn't they ? well, i'm joined now by gb they? well, i'm joined now by gb news charlie peters . news reporter charlie peters. this is serious stuff. this is basically putin's agents digging around in our democracy. but what's game? the what's their game? well, the allegations are that a group inside the fsb called centre 18, a well known cyber espionage group, has been targeting high profile politicians. >> journalist sites and also ngos and think tanks linked to british democracy. hundreds it's

been claimed, have been targeted in these spear phishing attempts. that's why that's how kind of spies online cyber attacking spies will gather information by understanding what a person is looking at onune what a person is looking at online and leaving in malware and links in emails or on online onune and links in emails or on online online distributions which they might access, and then lead them into kind of dodgier paths that can then be exploited by hostile actors such as russia. but the claims today come at the context with the national cyber security centre. last month saying that britain was dealing with a new threat from non—aligned state actors, whereby groups would be kind of siphoned out by agencies such as the fsb to do their dirty work on their behalf. and that's some of what we're heanng that's some of what we're hearing about today and the allegations that we're hearing , allegations that we're hearing, of course, rejected by the russian embassy in london today is that they actually successfully made contact with so many people online but didn't get the information they needed

through these spear phishing attempts. but it comes in the context, of course, where the threat is likely to increase next year with an upcoming general election and also those us elections . so deputy prime us elections. so deputy prime minister oliver dowden coming out this morning, i think making this statement to disrupt the russian espionage by exposure to bnng russian espionage by exposure to bring attention to what's going on so that down the line it might not happen. so clearly, again, much , much maybe also to again, much, much maybe also to distract rwanda . distract from rwanda. >> me a cynic and there's >> call me a cynic and there's lots come. now lots more still to come. now between 4:00 in few between now and 4:00 in a few minutes, bring you an minutes, i'll bring you an exclusive report calais exclusive report from calais where are laughing at where migrants are laughing at the rwanda plan. the government's rwanda plan. but first, your latest but first, here's your latest news headlines sam francis . news headlines with sam francis. >> martin thank you. good afternoon . it's 331 in russian afternoon. it's 331 in russian hackers have targeted the uk with the government describing the security breach as a hostile and sustained effort to interfere in british politics.

it's understood groups linked the country's security service, the country's security service, the fsb , compromised the the fsb, compromised the personal email accounts of mps, journalists and civil servants. the government has summoned the russian ambassador and sanctioned two spies. the first vote on the new emergency rwanda legislation will be put through parliament on tuesday. the prime minister has defended the government's plan, describing it as the country's toughest anti immigration law. rishi sunak acknowledged that some people are upset by the bill, but he says it does address the concerns brought up by the supreme that boris johnson supreme court that boris johnson has told the covid inquiry that he denies ever wanting to let the virus rip during the pandemic. it's after he was presented with extracts from former chief scientific adviser sir patrick vallance's diary, the former prime minister says when the idea was discussed , it when the idea was discussed, it was because he wanted to challenge consent bias . an challenge the consent bias. an external review has found that itv made considerable efforts to uncover the truth about an

alleged relationship involving phillip schofield. it said the broadcast order was aware about rumours circulate in 2019, but was unable to uncover the relevant evidence until the tv presenter made an admission in may of last year. 48 people were interviewed, but the report's author says phillip schofield reluctantly declined to take part because of the risk to his health and the bbc licence fee is increasing . to £169.50 next is increasing. to £169.50 next yeah is increasing. to £169.50 next year. it follows a two year price freeze . it was due to rise price freeze. it was due to rise in line with inflation but will instead be based on september's consumer prices index , making it consumer prices index, making it £20 cheaper than it would have been. £20 cheaper than it would have been . the culture secretary says been. the culture secretary says a review into the licence fee model has been launched to help ease future price rises and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com . gbnews.com. >> for stunning gold and silver

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even greater numbers . in this even greater numbers. in this exclusive interview, he told our homeland security editor mark white that it's the people smugglers themselves who are responsible for the reduction in numbers crossing this year in to order increase demand on the boats and push up prices . just boats and push up prices. just days after french police cleared thousands of migrants and tents from makeshift camps around calais and here along the rail track south of dunkirk , they're track south of dunkirk, they're back this time much further into the woodland multiple campsites far away from the spots, the police regular raid. >> we've spoken to a key contact who works in and around these camps and who has intimate knowledge of the people smuggling operations. he agreed to speak on the understanding we protect his identity. there are, he says, more people waiting to cross to the uk , both here and cross to the uk, both here and at locations further inland than

at locations further inland than at any time since the small boat crisis began . and far from crisis began. and far from deterring crossings, the uk government's rwanda plan is a source of great amusement in these camps . these camps. >> as mentioned, rwanda and the people here in the camps just laugh. it's become a bit of a joke. the threat hasn't put them off because no one here thinks for a second they're heading back make it back to rwanda. if they make it to uk. to the uk. >> he's adamant the reason >> and he's adamant the reason the number in small the number crossing in small boats bit lower than last boats is a bit lower than last yearis boats is a bit lower than last year is down to the people smugglers themselves. controlling the flow of small boat launches drives up the pnces boat launches drives up the prices , and the gangs have prices, and the gangs have become much more sophisticated in knowing when to launch . in knowing when to launch. they've now linked into the met office data on weather patterns and tidal flows. >> if there's a weather window of a few hours, they know that and he says they've even adopted the organised crime groups drug smuggling methodology where

criminals will tip off authorities about one drugs mule to ensure others on the same route get through . they'll send route get through. they'll send ten boats out, leaked the location of 1 or 2. the french police seize them and everyone's happy. they tell the brits to stop in the boats on these beaches. meanwhile, a bulk of those are getting through near dunkirk . dunkirk. >> we filmed as this group of migrant s boarded a bus to accommodate provided by the regional government further inland . but these migrants will inland. but these migrants will be back as soon as they get the nod from the smugglers that it's their turn to board a small boat and you just need to head to the rail station in calais for evidence of more migrant arrivals . police on the arrivals. police on the platforms can do little to stop them . this group of young men them. this group of young men tell me they're from afghanistan . iran just off the train from belgium. they plan to camp around calais as they wait for

their turn on a small boat region . politician philippe region. politician philippe emery is adamant the migrant crisis is worse now than it's ever been, and the regular police raids are simply theatre. >> it's only a policy of a appearance. two, three, four months. we clear the place and the migrants are coming, coming back again . for me, it's worse back again. for me, it's worse than ever . than ever. >> and just like the migrants here, he's completely dismiss lviv of the british government's rwanda scheme. >> i think rwanda the joke . >> i think rwanda the joke. >> i think rwanda the joke. >> it's a joke . >> it's a joke. >> it's a joke. >> only a joke. only a joke . >> only a joke. only a joke. >> only a joke. only a joke. >> with the winter weather, the frequency of launches from these beachesis frequency of launches from these beaches is reducing , but the beaches is reducing, but the numbers in the camps will continue to swell until the next set of police raids . part of the set of police raids. part of the never ending cycle of uk bound migrants flowing through northern france . and you will

northern france. and you will keep trying to get to london. >> london? yes i go to london in our next report. >> the other route to the uk as thousands of mainly african men who can't afford the price of a place on a boat risk their lives trying to clamber aboard lorries. mark white gb news calais wasn't a superb report from mark white, who joins me now in the studio. >> mark, earlier on christopher hope, our political editor, said to rishi sunak at that press conference, smugglers conference, the people smugglers are our country and are laughing at our country and it hurt. rishi, why do you think it hurt. rishi, why do you think it hurt. rishi, why do you think it hurt him? >> yeah, i mean, it's clear that the government certainly outwardly at least , is saying outwardly at least, is saying that this policy of trying to stop the boats is having an effect and when you hear these reports from inside the camps that people actually think this policy is ridiculous , then policy is ridiculous, then clearly the government is smarting from that. now when bofis smarting from that. now when boris johnson actually announced this to begin with, the there

was some concern around the camps. i've been told, where people were anxious about the potential for being sent to rwanda. but the more this has really just rumbled on, martin month after month, year , year month after month, year, year after year. now it seems people just don't think it's ever going to happen and they're not at all worried about it. and part two tomorrow, astonishing coming via lorries still . lorries still. >> i mean, everybody surely thought that was over. >> it's not over. and we saw real stark evidence of that in and around calais with many, many people , mainly from the many people, mainly from the african continent, people that can't afford a ticket on the boats coming across. no other choice but to try and get on the lorries . and they're there and lorries. and they're there and lorries. and they're there and lorries pulling up to junctions, lorries pulling up to junctions, lorries in lorry parks just, you know, trying the doors. even getting on the top of one of the

lorries while it was moving. we filmed that as well . filmed that as well. >> associative excellent as always . mark white, thank you. always. mark white, thank you. look forward to part two tomorrow. excellent stuff . right tomorrow. excellent stuff. right now, how many recycling bins have you got? one, two, maybe three, like me. well, spare a thought for the poor blighters three, like me. well, spare a th

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news britain's news channel. welcome back. it's 345. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now at 4:00, we'll have the latest on the turmoil in the tory party it's complete and utter bedlam , but complete and utter bedlam, but some good news for the uk's housing market now as house pnces housing market now as house prices rose for the second month in a row in november, up by 0.5, according to halifax. mortgage approvals are also on the rise, but the mortgage lender says the market will remain under pressure in 2024. well, joining us now is our economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . so it's with on the money. so it's always a double edged sword. this one good news if you're sitting pretty. not so good if you try and get your foot the you try and get your foot on the ladder and we know so many young you try and get your foot on the ladder and people �*w so many young you try and get your foot on the ladder and people into many young you try and get your foot on the ladder and people into middle'oung adults and people into middle age desperately want to be homeowners, don't want to pay someone else's mortgage by paying paying rent. >> the security of >> they want the security of home and they just home ownership and they just can't get and is the can't get it. and that is the story, particularly today's story, particularly of today's young know, 25 young generation. you know, 25 to olds. martin they're

to 34 year olds. martin they're now less likely to own a house than any generation since the 1930. and if they're renting or paying 1930. and if they're renting or paying their mortgage, on average, they're paying more for their housing again, than any generation since the 1930. so with that caveat in mind, let's have a look at the halifax, of course, a huge building society, very authoritative house price survey. they're saying that house prices rose for the second month in a row. as you say, in november. there rose 0.5% between october and november. having up 1.2% between having gone up 1.2% between september and october. so the typical home now . costs typical home now. costs £283,615, £283,615. that is down slightly from november last yeah slightly from november last year. but guess what? it is 44 grand. more than it was at the start of 2020. so house prices have gone down a little bit. they're now going up a little bit. but the bigger picture is that house prices have gone up a lot since 2020. so the trend is

up.and lot since 2020. so the trend is up. and that's great news if you're sitting on your own home and you can downsize to a smaller place, bank some cash as you get a bit older, but it's not good news if you're trying to get on the housing ladder, particularly if you haven't got help haven't help as so many people haven't from of mum and dad and from the bank of mum and dad and it's astonishing much this it's astonishing how much this hasi bought a house in >> i mean, i bought a house in london back in the late 90s >> i mean, i bought a house in lpaid1 back in the late 90s >> i mean, i bought a house in lpaid like :k in the late 90s >> i mean, i bought a house in lpaid like 901 the late 90s >> i mean, i bought a house in lpaid like 90 odds late 90s >> i mean, i bought a house in lpaid like 90 odd grand)0s >> i mean, i bought a house in lpaid like 90 odd grand and i paid like 90 odd grand and that's the stuff of dreams. now, you'd never, ever be able to. i don't understand how young people even to in people can even afford to buy in london, period. people can even afford to buy in lonand period. people can even afford to buy in lonand indeed, and not just >> and indeed, and it's not just london, know, when i was london, you know, when i was a young journalist in the mid 90s, i bought a house in london with my partner. we both young my partner. we were both young journalists. we weren't investment or lawyers. investment bankers or lawyers. we young journalists. and we were young journalists. and journalists don't get particularly well paid the particularly well paid in the main you know. but it's not main as you know. but it's not just london and the south east. this of youngsters not this issue of youngsters not being able to buy of many being able to buy homes of many first time buyers, being helped by the bank of mum and dad, which of course isn't available to lots people, it's a story to lots of people, it's a story in the north—west. it's a story

in the north—west. it's a story in west country. it's in the west country. it's a story many, parts of the story in many, many parts of the uk. it's not just london and the south east and it strikes me that house prices are likely to continue to rise. martin not least because we're probably now in a situation where interest rates have peaked 5.25. i suggest, unless there's a complete spike in energy prices , complete spike in energy prices, is because of geopolitical issues. the opec exporters cartel , all issues. the opec exporters cartel, all restricting all supply . you know, big problem on supply. you know, big problem on european gas markets. if russia and ukraine escalates again, i'd say that notwithstanding, if we avoid that, then it strikes me that the next move in interest rates around spring next year will probably be down. and once interest rates start coming down again, the housing market's going to crank up even more because tell because people will tell themselves able to themselves they're able to afford to borrow more, which means can bid higher prices means they can bid higher prices as they try to get one of what is increasingly the scarce supply of homes. that's the

issue. we just haven't built enough homes in this country , as enough homes in this country, as some of us have been saying for many, many years. >> and that's unlikely to change with net migration of 745,000 a yeah with net migration of 745,000 a year. we've got minute, year. we've got one minute, got a on consumer a quick blast on consumer spending for me. spending habits for me. >> so consumer spending >> yeah. so consumer spending habits, this is quite interesting thing. we had our gb news don't kill cash campaign five years ago. half of all transaction were cash, right ? transaction were cash, right? it's now 19% of all transactions were cash. that's according to the british retail consortium. but guess what? that was in 2022. that's up from 15% in 2021. so the amount of people using cash over the last year has gone up. why because a lot of people , particularly at the of people, particularly at the lower end of the income scale , lower end of the income scale, they want to use cash because they want to use cash because they want to use cash because they want they can budget with cash more easily. when you're spending on smartphone or spending on your smartphone or digitally, harder to keep digitally, it's harder to keep track of what you're actually spending. i'd say it's really important. i know the government recognises this, that banks still make cash available. a lot of people want to use cash,

particularly the elderly . they particularly the elderly. they don't smartphones and this don't have smartphones and this is a question of freedom in my view . and so hopefully we can view. and so hopefully we can keep cash for as long as people want it. >> thank you, liam. and of course, probably raiding the piggy course, probably raiding the piggy bank a bit like me. now, if you dread having to your if you dread having to put your recycling numerous recycling into numerous bins each thought for each week, spare a thought for the residents in the residents of clifton in bristol. separate bristol. we'll have to separate their rubbish into different their rubbish into 13 different bin and containers. bin bags boxes and containers. it's bonkers . bristol city it's bonkers. bristol city council has the uk's best recycling record, but residents say it takes a long time to sort . and the streets are an utter eyesore . south west england eyesore. our south west england reporter has the reporter jeff moody has the story . story. >> the proposal that we should force you to have seven different home. different bins in your home. i've scrapped it . i've scrapped it. >> the prime minister caused consternation when he made this announcement . who has seven announcement. who has seven different bins? people asked . different bins? people asked. people who'd never been to clifton in bristol . all. they clifton in bristol. all. they don't have seven bins. they have 13 elianne. >> it takes a lot of time. yeah, a lot of time, a lot of my week

sorting it out. and then i'd say it's a good like ten, 15 minutes on bin day in the pouring rain most time taking it out. most of the time taking it out. it's tedious, tedious but it's a bit tedious, tedious but necessary, the council , and necessary, says the council, and they've got an excellent record to back up. to back it up. >> bristol city council recycles 46% of its waste. the highest in the country as well as boxes for cardboard, glass, plastic boxes for used batteries , for clothes, for used batteries, for clothes, for used batteries, for clothes, for shoes . residents are for shoes. residents are confused. my issue is really is how arbitrary it seems in the way that we do the sorting and that there's very little guidance . guidance. >> so i don't understand why it's okay to put glass and papers together and plastic and tins together and then i get concerned that we're not doing it correctly. so all the different types of plastics , am different types of plastics, am i sorting those correctly ? am i sorting those correctly? am i supposed to wash them? not wash them? do they need to be clean? and then if i'm doing it wrong, how does that then get sorted? and i do it wrong, does that and if i do it wrong, does that then that whole batch

then mean that that whole batch can't be recycled and ends up in a landfill somewhere? >> a statement, bristol city >> in a statement, bristol city council said for a decade or more we've been doing the kerbside collection where all the recycling is separated by households. it engages the residents in the recycling process because you've got to do a little bit more to present your waste, but they don't mention the mess it does get messy on the streets. >> so when you're walking up and down the pavements outside the houses, you do to navigate houses, you do have to navigate the wheelie bins. >> when don't get taken >> and when they don't get taken in a while, can be a bit in for a while, it can be a bit frustrating. pavements frustrating. and the pavements are quite narrow, so you do have to little bit. to dodge them a little bit. >> there's the issue of >> and then there's the issue of mistakes. one mistakes. it only takes one passer a can into passer by to throw a can into the wrong container and the council refuses to take the container in container at all. residents in clifton say they're proud to be at the forefront of recycling, but current measures are a step or 2 or 13 too far. but current measures are a step or 2 or 13 too far . jeff moody or 2 or 13 too far. jeff moody gb news is just that you laughing at that with liam halligan it's just this is the

definition of too much time on your hands. >> 13 bins. it could even bin bomb neighbours by chucking bomb your neighbours by chucking a the wrong bin. it's a tin in the wrong bin. it's utterly bristol got to utterly crazy. bristol got to say, get a life now. moving on. my say, get a life now. moving on. my colleague nigel farage, of course, currently starring in i'm a celebrity and the odds on the king of brexit becoming the next king of the jungle are tumbling with the bookies. and i'm glad about that because i've got tenner 14 to got a cheeky tenner in at 14 to 1. anyway, nigel's got this message you . message for you. >> i'm asking you to vote. remain no, seriously, vote for me to remain in the jungle. now the easiest way to do it is to get the imacelebrity app that gives you five free votes . or gives you five free votes. or you can phone or text . you can phone or text. >> now, if you want to register to vote for farage, you need to grab your smartphone now and scan the qr code that's on your screen and download the imacelebrity app as nigel just said, you can vote for him five five times per day. so get clicking. your country needs you. let's have a huge upset.

down under. it would be music to our ears . now rishi sunak is our ears. now rishi sunak is facing outright revolt over his emergency legislation to stop the boats. but the prime minister has told his mps that they've gone as far as they can with the new rwanda bill. but the tories are in open revolt. those on the right say it doesn't go far enough and that those on left say it could those on the left say it could even contravene the human rights of deportees . you couldn't of the deportees. you couldn't make up. i'm martin daubney make it up. i'm martin daubney on this is britain's on gb news and this is britain's news channel >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello, welcome to the latest gb news weather update from the met office. heavy rain will continue for many of us through the afternoon with surface water potentially a problem , but it potentially a problem, but it will turn drier from the west. that says this area of low pressure pushes this weather front eastwards and behind it things will clear for a time

before another unsettled day on friday. so weather warnings still in force through into the evening. staying with sticking with the heavy rain across northeast and scotland, a drier interlude for a time from the west that could develop some mist and fog and low cloud across eastern coasts and that means it will be a much milder night than last night will be frost free across the country, could be as high as ten degrees to start on friday morning, but it will another unsettled day it will be another unsettled day through showers will through friday. showers will rattle in from the west , rattle in from the west, particularly across northwestern areas and then into the southwest later on in the afternoon. while there could be afternoon. while there could be a risk of thunderstorms with that as well. so quite a lot of rain to still in the west rain to come still in the west and east, a drier day with a and the east, a drier day with a bit more sunshine around. temperatures around 11 temperatures around 10 or 11 degrees, will be a breezy degrees, but it will be a breezy afternoon wherever you are on friday afternoon . then on friday afternoon. then on saturday, we see the next area of rain push in and sweep across the country. it'll continue to introduce that mild air. by the afternoon. we could see a bit

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gb news. >> good afternoon. welcome to the show. it's 4 pm. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news keeping your company for the next two hours with action next two hours with an action packed hour ahead. of course, there's story in town. there's only one story in town. the tories are revolting. yesterday suella braverman warned the tories faced electoral wipe out if they push ahead with rwanda v2. they did. robert jenrick, immigration minister, dramatically quit this morning. rishi said it's my way or the highway. the tory right say it doesn't go far enough . say it doesn't go far enough. and dramatically this afternoon the tory wet are saying it may contravene the human rights of those they deport. you couldn't make it up. but the big question is will this sink sunak. make it up. but the big question is will this sink sunak . other is will this sink sunak. other top story, of course , boris top story, of course, boris johnson's second and final day at the covid inquiry. he denied he wanted to let the virus rip. he downplayed partygate and he even shed a tear, would look back at his performance. how did he do ? and phillip schofield ed he do? and phillip schofield ed itv this morning, the scandal that rocked television, fresh

revelations runs out today. wait for it. phillip schofield refuse to be interviewed for itv's internal investigation in case it upsets his mental health. another story you just couldn't make it up. and finally , farage make it up. and finally, farage in the jungle. mr brexit lives to fight again another day. and guess what? his main opponents have been kicked out. the show . have been kicked out. the show. so nelly and french, fred are history and dare to whisper it. could nigel be crowned the king of the jungle? i think so. that's why i got a cheeky tenner in. we need to make it happen. stay tuned. we've got all that coming in the next hour. i want to know from you, what do you make of this bedlam that's going on in the tory party? the same divisions that seem to rock them dunng divisions that seem to rock them during brexit are haunting them again, it seems like the same two wings of the party are at civil war, this time over rwanda. who's in control? what are you vote for every election since 2010 to take back control.

do you feel like we've got control back? and in this next hour we will have an expert legal analysis of this bill so you can be fully up to speed. you won't want to miss that. that's after your that's all coming after your latest polly latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> martin, thank you. >> martin, thank you. >> good afternoon to you. >> good afternoon to you. >> and a top story from the gb newsroom . russia's federal newsroom. russia's federal security service, the fsb has hacked high profile mps in what the government is describing as a sustained effort to interfere in british politics. >> the deputy prime minister says peers as civil servants , says peers as civil servants, journalists and non—governmental organisations have also been targeted. it's understood politicians had their personal email accounts compromised and oliver dowden says the cyber attack is a clear pattern of behaviour by russia and those responsible will be held to account . account. >> i can tell you that a unit

within the russian federal security service known as centre 18 has been behind sustained hostile cyber operations aimed at interfering in parts of the uk's democratic processes. this has included targeting members of parliament, civil servants, think tanks , journalists and think tanks, journalists and ngos . ngos. >> as oliver dowden speaking there. >> now the first vote on the new emerging rwanda legislation will be put through parliament on tuesday . the prime minister has tuesday. the prime minister has defended the government's plan, describing it as the country's toughest anti—immigration law. he acknowledged some disapprove of the bill, but he says it addresses concerns brought up by the supreme court and insists the supreme court and insists the government will get asylum flights off the ground . flights off the ground. >> this bill blocks every single reason that has ever been used

to prevent flights to rwanda from taking off as the rwandans themselves have made clear , if themselves have made clear, if we go any further, the entire scheme will collapse and there is no point having a bill with nowhere to send people to. but i am telling you now we have set the bar so high that it will be vanishingly rare for anyone to meet it . meet it. >> rishi sunak well, in an exclusive interview , a source exclusive interview, a source close to people smuggling operations across the channel has told cbc news that the government's rwanda policy has become the butt of jokes amongst migrants. we asked the prime minister if he's concerned that his government is being laughed at. >> the proof is in the pudding right? i'm not about talking. i'm about action. the numbers of people crossing from exactly where you were to the uk are down by a third. they quadrupled in the last years and in the last few years and they're everywhere else. so they're up everywhere else. so that tell you. tell that should tell you. tell me. and that what and tell the country that what we're doing working. is we're doing is working. it is making a difference , but we've

making a difference, but we've got finish the job. that's got to finish the job. that's why so why this legislation is so important . why this legislation is so important. that's why this legislation is so important . that's why we work so important. that's why we work so hard on it. i'm absolutely confident right confident that it's the right approach. it's toughest ever approach. it's the toughest ever approach. it's the toughest ever approach . will close down all approach. it will close down all the avenues that people have used past and crucially, used in the past and crucially, as i said, it is the only approach. >> rishi sunak well, in other news today, double child murderer and rapist colin pitchfork has been denied parole . the board ruled that the killer can't be released from prison because he remains a risk to the public. he was jailed for life with a minimum term to serve of 30 years for attacking 15 year old lynda mann and dawn ashworth in leicestershire . in ashworth in leicestershire. in the 80s, he was freed in september 2021, but recalled after two months for approaching young women in the street . an young women in the street. an external review has found itv made considerable efforts. they say , to uncover the truth about say, to uncover the truth about an alleged relationship between tv presenter phillip schofield and a junior member of staff.

the report says the broadcaster was made aware of rumours circulating . in 2019 but was circulating. in 2019 but was unable to uncover the relevant evidence until mr schofield made an admission in may last year, 48 people in total were interviewed, but the review author says daytime tv presenter reluctantly declined to take part in the review because of the risk to his health. if boris johnson has told the covid inquiry , he denies ever wanting inquiry, he denies ever wanting to let the virus rip during the pandemic. it's after he was presented with extracts from the former chief scientific adviser , former chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance. diary the former prime minister says when the idea was discussed, it was because he wanted to challenge the consensus. he told the inquiry his strategy was to save lives at all ages and that is what we did. the inquiry has confirmed rishi sunak will appear at the hearing on monday. the bbc licence fee is increasing to £169, £0.50

annually next year. it follows a two year price freeze as it was due to rise in line with inflation, but will instead be based on september's consumer pnces based on september's consumer prices index. the national union of journalists says it will leave the bbc with a £90 million funding gap. the culture secretary also confirmed the launch of a review into the licence fee model itself to help ease future price rises . and ease future price rises. and lastly, the british poet and writer benjamin zephaniah has died at the age of 65 on social media. it was confirmed that his wife was with him when he passed away. the birmingham born poet, described as a true pioneer and innovator, was diagnosed with a brain tumour. just eight weeks ago . you're with gb news across ago. you're with gb news across the uk on tv , in your car, on the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel .

this is britain's news channel. >> thank you, polly . now, of >> thank you, polly. now, of course, there's only one place to start, and that's the total and utter chaos in the conservative party. rishi sunak is facing outright revolt after his emergency legislation to stop the boats. but less than 24 hours after his immigration minister robert jenrick, dramatically quit the prime minister said they've gone as far as they can and insisted the new bill will work. >> government has introduced the toughest anti—illegal immigration law ever. this bill blocks every single reason that has ever been used to prevent flights to rwanda from taking off as the rwandans themselves have made clear, if we go any further, the entire scheme will collapse and there is no point having a bill with nowhere to send people to. but i am telling you now we have set the bar so high that it will be vanishing rare for anyone to meet it. van

achingly rare. >> okay, well, let's find out about that because i'm joined now by the barrister and writer stephen barrett , a guy who takes stephen barrett, a guy who takes the bs out of the barrister system . stephen, i always rely system. stephen, i always rely on you to cut through the grease, analyse things , grease, analyse things, apolitically and get to the truth . let's start with the very truth. let's start with the very obvious question is the bar set so high it's vanishingly rare that anybody will be able to contest it if they're deported or are there still sufficient loopholes to allow the lawyers to play havoc and stop the flights getting off the ground? if this bill were to pass ? if this bill were to pass? >> so firstly , just thank you >> so firstly, just thank you for the faith that you put in me and i want everybody to know i do take that very seriously and that's why i do have to give my honest opinion on things . honest opinion on things. >> i'm afraid that i think that there are too many holes in this bill and that it will once again fail . and i think that there are fail. and i think that there are put the areas into two different categories. so there are there are drafting errors, things that

think just in the ordinary course of a bill, you can you can just make better and then there are series real substantive issues on the drafting issues . i substantive issues on the drafting issues. i mean, substantive issues on the drafting issues . i mean, there's drafting issues. i mean, there's an issue with how they deal with the fact that rwanda is a safe place, which is what they want to assert. and just the way that they've written it, i think it will lead to challenge. and i think needs toughened think it needs to be toughened up. drafting . and there's up. on the drafting. and there's an ouster clause in there, which is you if you to is, you know, if you want to be tough the courts, that tough with the courts, then that is a good thing. but is that is a good thing. but i think the ouster clause needs a bit of toughening up our bit of toughening up in our domestic the likely domestic courts. the most likely challenge is over over the challenge is over is over the fact . but then they've fact issue. but then they've also decided not to remove the opportunity for a declaration of incapacity . rmt so it seems incapacity. rmt so it seems inevitable that some group will rush off and try and get a declaration of incompatibility . declaration of incompatibility. the home secretary has had to say that this doesn't comply, so it's quite likely that a court will say this , give will say this, give a declaration that the bill does not comply with human rights

law, which, whilst it has no legal effect, will have a big political effect. mean, political effect. i mean, imagine that the headlines after that was listening to commercial music radio yesterday and one of the few things that cut through onto their brief news bulletin was was the idea that the bill might be illegal in some way. and if there's a declaration of incompatibility by a court, then i suspect that's going to be quite a big a big issue. i think the government is inviting to be publicly shamed by by not excluding that clause. and i think that's just, again, put that at the drafting level. so largely the courts can be fixed as issues can be fixed at the drafting level. there's a very serious issue with the european court of human rights, and you can see this because the prime minister had to return to it again today. he had is conceded that the european court shouldn't be able to interfere by interim measures. that's absolutely right. and i don't even think that the court has legal powers to have interim measures. but there we are. that's right.

that's absolutely right. but interim temporary. interim just means temporary. just listeners to just for your listeners to understand, if i'm running a case, then it goes from beginning to end. and if i do anything in the middle, then that's interim and have that's interim. and we have interim which are in interim hearings which are in the middle, but we still have that hearing. have that end hearing. we still have that end hearing. we still have that final point . the that that final point. and the echr, european court can echr, the european court can just expedite its processes if it wants to cause mary havoc, it can just have a really fast process from start to end and then say, well, we considered it all in full. here we are, you know, we say you can't send planes and so the issue that issue is obvious. and that's why the prime minister was sort of, um, addressing it. but you can't solve a legal problem with political threats . just, just political threats. just, just as, you know , we do have to pull as, you know, we do have to pull the two apart. and i'm afraid that that is a gaping hole in the bill. another one has come up, was made aware of it by a group in northern ireland. should i should credit them for their for noticing? i'm not i'm not claiming to be, you know, an absolute everything. absolute genius on everything. but because of the windsor framework withdrawal

framework and the withdrawal agreement there are there agreement act, there are there are said to be fundamental laws applying in northern ireland which are the preserve of the european union . now, does european union. now, does anybody trust the european union's court, which is, by the way, a court which has never knowingly said it doesn't have power , it's never power over anything, it's never knowingly resisted, it's never done that thing that gandalf does they all does with the ring, they all know is not for know actually, this is not for me. know, this court's much me. you know, this court's much more gollum like goes for it goes for power like like nobody's business. do we really trust court of trust the european court of justice to not simply say , oh, justice to not simply say, oh, well, in northern ireland, our fundamental that fundamental rights mean that this apply , which this law doesn't apply, which which again a gaping wound. i which again is a gaping wound. i mean, that will be that will be catastrophic for any british government. that government. were that to go through. i think those two through. and i think those two to the european court of human rights and the issue, they rights issue and the issue, they seem to me to be the fundamental ones, the substantive ones . ones, the substantive ones. >> okay. so, stephen, the £155 million question, because that's what this has been spent on, this rwanda plan so far in a

nutshell, is this rwanda v2? doesit nutshell, is this rwanda v2? does it mean that british law is sovereign? does it mean that british law is supreme, or is it still at the mercy of european law and therefore is it doomed to fail ? to fail? >> well, although is sovereign , >> well, although is sovereign, but our politicians are not choosing to behave as though it's sovereign , still refusing it's sovereign, still refusing to stand up and assert that we are a supreme and sovereign state, which which we are. i mean , that's not a political mean, that's not a political statement . that's a legal statement. that's a legal statement. that's a legal statement. and we've been very clear when i make political statements or when i make legal statements or when i make legal statements and it needs now our politicians, if they wish to do that, they wish to stop illegal immigration by small boats, then they need to recognise and admit that they are sovereign, that parliament is sovereign, and to actually stand up and do things as said, the courts. if they solve some drafting issues, don't think the courts will, will, will cause hell. i mean, they don't want to we thank

goodness have courts that just do law . but the european court do law. but the european court of human rights now the of human rights and now the european court of justice , their european court of justice, their ability to meddle in this is very troubling indeed. and is a is an open wound. it's like having a castle and just not completing the wall. you know, this is the big gap and it's someone's going to march through it. that's my fear. >> and stephen, that's before this even goes through the laws, because for sure, as night follows day, the laws will water this down. they will tinker with that. they did that with v one. they tried do it with brexit they tried to do it with brexit and round and we go ground and round and round we go ground hog again in your expert hog day again in your expert opinion , this rwanda v two it opinion, this rwanda v two it seems , is doomed if they will seems, is doomed if they will stand up if our members of parliament, if our government will stand up and admit they are sovereign and be tough , then sovereign and be tough, then they can force things through they can force things through the lords. >> we mechanisms for doing >> we have mechanisms for doing it. we've had constitutional issues before. know, we the

issues before. you know, we the house of lords, has a tendency to turn into a chamber full of rich people who think they know best. it doesn't really best. and it doesn't really matter 19th matter whether that's 19th century or , you know, century landowners or, you know, the people who are it today. the people who are in it today. that's that's the very nature of the beast. so, of course, we have constitutional mechanisms to push through. but again, it requires will. and all requires political will. and all i can ever do is to the i can ever do is say to the politicians, well, look, you've got you know, i'm got the power, you know, and i'm not because i'm not saying use it because i'm not saying use it because i'm not the rwanda not endorsing the rwanda plan. i take position at but, take no position at all. but, you want to use you know, if they want to use it, they can and they should. but it's about time for somebody to something, to actually do something, because otherwise, if this bill gets watered and goes gets watered down and then goes through then fails in a through and then fails in a court, few years from now, court, a few years from now, think that could be catastrophic for the country. >> and so , stephen, even before >> and so, stephen, even before this is watered down in the this bill is watered down in the lords, let's do some role play here, shall we? just say you are a barrister, a lawyer , a lefty a barrister, a lawyer, a lefty lawyer, whatever you want to call them , who's been assigned call them, who's been assigned to attack this legislation to make sure it goes down, or specifically to make sure that

your clients, an illegal immigrant to the uk, can contravene it. get around it. how easy is this legislation for you as an expert to attack in its current form ? its current form? >> you'd have routes through the courts . you'd have routes courts. you'd have routes through the european courts, both of them , and you'd use you both of them, and you'd use you would use all those options. i mean , i do this all the time. mean, i do this all the time. this is why i don't take political positions. i'm quite often, you know, could be instructed by either side in something. i need to remain neutral. and then part neutral. and then and then part of my job is to play devil's advocate think, well, what of my job is to play devil's advthe e think, well, what of my job is to play devil's advthe arguments;, well, what of my job is to play devil's advthe arguments on ell, what of my job is to play devil's advthe arguments on the what of my job is to play devil's advthe arguments on the other are the arguments on the other side? at the side? and i'm afraid at the moment in its current moment in its in its current form and, you know, the prime minister is right, it is the toughest seen, minister is right, it is the tougit'st seen, minister is right, it is the tougit's just seen, minister is right, it is the tougit's just got seen, minister is right, it is the tougit's just got holes seen, minister is right, it is the tougit's just got holes in seen, minister is right, it is the tougit's just got holes in iten, but it's just got holes in it that people will exploit. so, you , some some of those can you know, some some of those can be fixed. but yeah, at the moment i'm determined lawyer acting behalf of their acting on behalf of their client, a perfectly non—political one would use all the options that this bill represents and there are there are many. this is not watertight as it is. and it could well get

worse. and it needs toughening up . up. >> well, stephen barrett, barrister and writer, thank you as ever, for a full, frank and honest and i think quite harrowing overview of this bill. it's got holes in it. it can be attacked. it's like building a castle without building the walls. there you go . i think walls. there you go. i think once again we are marching towards inevitable disaster. it just feels like history is repeating itself. stephen barrett, thank you as ever. it's always a pleasure. never a chore. now, moving on, what's labour's take on this whole mess 7 labour's take on this whole mess ? well, shadow cabinet member pat mcfadden spoke to before pat mcfadden spoke to us before rishi sunak news conference and told us the tories have simply run out of road. >> anyway, that's all change and i'm afraid is if we if we get an election because imagine going on with five more years of this chaos over this and who really believes anything else would get better if they carried on ehheh better if they carried on either. we've sent more home secretaries to rwanda than we have asylum seekers and we spent

£140 million and probably more. they're going to bring out more figures next year, but they won't tell us at the moment. so we've spent a lot of money on this and that money could have been used to go after the criminal gangs who are organising this activity in the first place. so about the labour party just cannot believe their luck. >> we'll have lots more on that tory chaos and what's going to happen next with the migrant crisis there's crisis at 5:00 and there's plenty of coverage on our website. and you website. gbnews.com and you helped make it the fastest growing national news website in the country so thank you very the country. so thank you very much . now it's day two of boris much. now it's day two of boris johnson's covid inquiry grilling and he's hit out at what he's called the absolutely absurd characterisations of partygate by martin daubney on gb news. and this is britain's news channel.

isabel monday to thursdays from. six till 930 . six till 930. >> welcome back . 423 you're >> welcome back. 423 you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news later this houh daubney on gb news later this hour, i've got alarming news about a cyber attack by russian spies on high profile mps. and of course, nigel farage is going from strength to strength in the jungle down under. stay tuned to find out how you can help him become the king of the jungle. now boris johnson has complained of what he called absolute absurd characterisations of partygate as he defended his handung partygate as he defended his handling of the latter stages of

the pandemic. during the second day of his covid grilling, the pandemic. during the second day of his covid grilling , the day of his covid grilling, the former prime minister has said he was not reconciled to covid deaths or thought it wise to let it rip in the autumn of 2020. well, i'm joined now in the studio by our political correspondent olivia utley, who's nobly been stood outside there all day. so boris , i think there all day. so boris, i think that's about ten minutes go. that's about ten minutes to go. it's winding down. do you it's just winding down. do you think he got away a bit lightly dunng think he got away a bit lightly during this so—called grilling? >> i think the morning it >> well, i think the morning it was hugo keith kc who's been doing all the questioning on behalf of the inquiry as a whole, giving him some pretty tough questions on specific the timing of the second national lockdown, boris johnson's defence about his behaviour dunng defence about his behaviour during the first lockdown was that and i can see where he's coming from. it's understandable that the government and everyone around the government was essentially taken by surprise with covid. was a once in with covid. it was a once in a century event. no one had any idea it was coming and the pandemic preparations in place simply weren't sort of stringent enough for the second time, the

virus surged in september 2020. that argument doesn't really hold true so much. we had seen exactly what happened in the first wave of covid. so a lot of the questions this morning focussed on whether boris johnson should have introduced the tiered system. if you remember the different restrictions different parts restrictions for different parts of country based on the of the country based on the prevalence virus, if he prevalence of the virus, if he should introduced that prevalence of the virus, if he should earliertroduced that prevalence of the virus, if he should earlier andjced that prevalence of the virus, if he should earlier and therebyt system earlier and thereby avoided a second national lockdown, which obviously came into place in november of 2020, bofis into place in november of 2020, boris johnson's defence was essentially that he had to try. he had to try allowing freedom to sort of reign for a while. the whole purpose of the first lockdown was to allow people to go about their normal lives. once a period of suppressing the virus had been in place. so he had to give that a go. he had to give tiered system go. give the tiered system a go. there then a long there was also then quite a long discussion partygate. discussion about partygate. we've all before we've all heard that all before rehashing old ground. in rehashing old ground. so in that respect get off respect i suppose he did get off pretty the afternoon pretty lightly the afternoon soon well. i would say did

soon as well. i would say he did get lightly. there get off quite lightly. there were lviv speaking on were represent lviv speaking on behalf all of the different behalf of all of the different groups affected by covid. so we heard from the northern irish group, victims group, scottish victims , the long covid victims group, the long covid group, and the problem problem with that, can see why the with that, i can see why the covid inquiry testimony covid inquiry included testimony from these different from all of these different victim groups obviously, victim groups. obviously, these groups campaigning to groups have been campaigning to have this inquiry for long have this inquiry for a long time. have their time. they want to have their voices but essentially it voices heard, but essentially it was much more about getting those aired than actually those voices aired than actually grilling the prime minister. the former prime minister, and actually get any real actually trying to get any real around clock bit. was around the clock a bit. it was more about having more about about having some sort time than getting sort of air time than getting some real answers which might be sort the sort of cathartic for the victims. a good victims. and maybe that's a good enough itself, but it enough reason in itself, but it isn't instructive for what isn't very instructive for what to do in future pandemics . to do in future pandemics. >> and he turned on the waterworks or he came waterworks again or he came close. he downplayed partygate and he said barnard castle was a bad moment. well, that's underplaying it. >> he did say barnard castle was a bad moment. partygate said a bad moment. partygate he said that what had come out in the media was quite interesting

really, this the media was quite interesting realltime this the media was quite interesting realltime we'vethis the media was quite interesting realltime we've actuallye media was quite interesting realltime we've actually heard first time we've actually heard bofis first time we've actually heard boris sort version boris johnson's sort of version of with partygate out. of events with partygate out. everything heard everything that we've heard before about his handling before was about his handling of partygate afterwards in that inquiry the inquiry into inquiry that the inquiry into his conduct in parliament that was all about the his behaviour. this was about partygate itself and what boris johnson said was that the version that we saw in the media was a million miles from events which actually took place. >> okay, olivia, thank you very much for that roundup. superb now, it's been revealed that russia federal security service has led a sustained hacking campaign against british politicians and the political classes with victims who have been told but aren't at this stage being named include a large number of high profile mps from multiple parties. russia's embassy in london said that there is no reason to trust insinuations about cyber attacks on britain's democracy , as there on britain's democracy, as there is no concrete evidence . well, is no concrete evidence. well, i'm joined now by melanie garson, who's a cyber policy lead for the tony blair institute. thanks for joining us, melanie . how seriously

us, melanie. how seriously should we be taking these sorts of threats ? we hear about them of threats? we hear about them often times . and more to the often times. and more to the point, what's putin's goal ? point, what's putin's goal? >> thank you . what we should >> thank you. what we should always take these threats seriously and particular one that's been thoroughly investigated is this one. >> this was an announcement in conjunction with the five eyes alliance. >> it is one that actually labuschagne like. this is not done lightly. so they don't level these events. they're very sure of the scale and the scope of the attack. it's led to the russian ambassador being called in to russia and to being added to the cyber sanctions list. so this is a serious set of allegations and attributions with confirmed evidence against the group that has been prevalent in the system that we've known about since about 2015. these types of campaigns, cyber espionage attacks like this are driven on for a long

game approach, usually to try and get as much intelligence and information as possible , both to information as possible, both to achieve geopolitical ambitions, but very much for potential disinformation campaigns and interference campaigns going forward . so it is very much forward. so it is very much viewed , as we heard today , viewed, as we heard today, potentially threatening to the quality of our democratic resilience and interesting moeen ali apparently they've hacked senior politicians private conversations, while if the covid inquiry whatsapp messages are anything to go by, the michael kill get much intelligent information out of that anyway . indeed, that could that anyway. indeed, that could be the case. but we know that even going back as far as the 2016, this same group, star blizzard, previously known as seaborgium, was linked to a hacking attack of the emails of former mi6 head richard dearlove in earlier in 2023. we know that

that scottish national parliament mp stuart mcdonald also reported that there had been interference from his emails from the same group and we know that it was, you know, liam fox in particular, some of when he was trade minister, there was interference with the leak and amplification of the information from his emails that jeremy corbyn then cited in his electoral campaign. so whilst you know , it's a quality of the you know, it's a quality of the information that can be used, but also the way it can be then used to sow mistrust within the political system, that's exceptionally dangerous and is their ultimate game to sort of interfere with the electoral pi'ocess. >> process. >> we heard a lot of that around brexit. it was all disproven, of course, but is that their game? they want to try to interfere with gets or it with who gets elected or is it not quite nefarious as that? not quite as nefarious as that? >> it's always possible. the way that russia suella campaigns have been associated in the past and we have these allegations,

particularly also in 2016 with with a the democratic party in the united states the way that this can be used is in particular to provide a quick insight as to the type of thinking and understanding within in uk society, how messages can be amplified and distorted, how to polarise within the uk and can can absolutely be used to try and achieve russia's gains in this. but this is not a new tactic. it's not a new tactic . even it's not a new tactic. even pnor it's not a new tactic. even prior to the internet age as a sort of russians mission objectives in the way that they interfere and intervene within states . yes. states. yes. >> okay. molly garson, who is the cyber policy lead for tony blair institute, thanks for joining us, gb news thank you very much. superb stuff. thank joining us, gb news thank you very now,i. superb stuff. thank joining us, gb news thank you very now,i. superlotsrff. thank joining us, gb news thank you very now,i. superlots more ank you. now, there's lots more still come between now and

still to come between now and 5:00. in a minutes, i'll 5:00. in a few minutes, i'll bnng 5:00. in a few minutes, i'll bring you revelations about the phillip but phillip schofield scandal. but first, news first, here's your latest news headunes first, here's your latest news headlines middlehurst headlines with polly middlehurst . martin thank you. >> the top stories this hour. russian hackers have targeted the uk, with the government describing the secure city breach as a hostile , sustained breach as a hostile, sustained effort to interfere in british politics. it's understood groups unked politics. it's understood groups linked to moscow's security service , the sfb, compromised service, the sfb, compromised the personal email accounts of mps, journalists and civil servants. the government has summoned the russian ambassador and sanctioned two spies as the first vote on the new emergency rwanda legislation will be put through parliament on tuesday . through parliament on tuesday. the prime minister has defended the government's plan, describing it as the country's toughest anti—immigration law . toughest anti—immigration law. rishi sunak acknowledged some people are upset by the bill, but says it addresses concerns

brought up by the supreme court. and boris johnson has told the covid inquiry he denies ever wanting to let the virus rip dunng wanting to let the virus rip during the pandemic. it's after he was presented with extracts from the former chief scientific adviser , sir patrick vallance. adviser, sir patrick vallance. his diary , the former prime his diary, the former prime minister, says when the idea was discussed, it was because he wanted to challenge the consensus and an external review has found itv made considerable efforts to uncover the truth about an alleged relationship involving phillip schofield with a junior member of staff. it said the broadcaster was aware of rumours circulating in 2019, but was unable to uncover the relevant evidence until the tv presenter made an admission in may last year. in total, 48 people were interviewed for the review, but the report's author says schofield reluctantly declined to take part because of the risk to his health. and the

bbc licence fee is increasing . bbc licence fee is increasing. to £169.50 next year. it follows a two year price freeze . it was a two year price freeze. it was due to rise in line with inflation, but will instead be based on september's consumer pfices based on september's consumer prices index. the national union of journalists says it will leave the bbc with a £90 million funding gap . more on all those funding gap. more on all those stories by heading to our website, gbnews.com . thank website, gb news.com. thank website, gbnews.com. thank you, pauline. >> now, more than six months after philip's schofield left itv, a review has found that they made considerable efforts to find out the truth about alleged relationship between the presenter and a younger male colleague . if you recall, colleague. if you recall, schofield quit this morning in may. itv bosses have said both schofield and his former lover repeatedly denied allegations of a relationship until the star resigned and formally apologised. well, i'm joined now in the studio by gb news

presenter pip tomson for an update on this. so this story rumbles on, but this fresh allegation . schofield basically allegation. schofield basically refused to be interviewed . refused to be interviewed. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> you say he refused. the report says he reluctantly declined . declined. >> right, because of the risk to his health, youth and the kc who's been leading this external review . she said that she's review. she said that she's since been informed that philip schofield's mental health has deteriorated . i mean, we've deteriorated. i mean, we've hardly seen him, have we? 61 years old, he was, you know , a years old, he was, you know, a broadcasting, a broadcasting legend , if you like. legend, if you like. >> i mean, i remember watching him on television in the broom cupboard when i was a kid. >> then he went to on going live and then he he presented he was at the helm of this morning for more 20 years. and his more than 20 years. and his career certainly as of now is over.i career certainly as of now is over. i mean, career certainly as of now is over . i mean, we've hardly seen over. i mean, we've hardly seen him in public. so he reluctantly declined to take part in this external review. >> and neither did person x, the

individual who we know was a runner on this morning who phillip schofield admitted having an on off relationship with, said it was unwise but not illegal. >> well, he also said he didn't want to take part. he's moved on with his life. >> but there were 55 interviews carried out by by this lawyer and she found that itv just couldn't uncover any relevant evidence that proved this relationship had taken place. >> and of course, we know that it all blew up. it all became clear back in may when phillip schofield admitted it two points. >> there. first of all, this is like you're marking your own homework and you don't find any wrongdoing. that's that's a fair thing that people would assume. secondly it's an external >> well, it's an external review, though, so not review, though, so it's not someone did the someone within itv that did the review, without its review, but a trial without its two star witnesses , which is

two star witnesses, which is what they were, is a show trial. >> this is not any form of real trial, is it? >> you could say, well, it wasn't a trial, though. it was it was a review. and there's obviously a couple of big holes there. >> if those two individuals haven't taken part . haven't taken part. >> but, i mean, what has also come out is that itv did offer% x a lot of support. >> there was no pay off. that person had moved to a new job within itv daytime after leaving this morning. >> and also so there is no toxic culture. the review found within itv . and the review said that itv. and the review said that there's no doubt that senior management at itv are absolutely wedded to the importance of an open culture. >> but that's not filtering down to junior employees and what they think needs to needs to happen that junior mps happen is that junior mps employees should be confident enough to be able to speak out about any concerns without

feeling that they're going to lose their jobs. feeling that they're going to lose their jobs . and, you know, lose their jobs. and, you know, as somebody who's worked in this industry for a long, long time, i worked at itv for 20 years, martin, i was there for a long time during this. you know, i know broadcasting know within the broadcasting industry, in, i imagine with industry, as in, i imagine with lots industries, people are lots of industries, people are worried speaking worried about speaking out if they any concerns. they do have any concerns. >> pip johnson , thank you very >> pip johnson, thank you very much. great update . okay. and much. great update. okay. and let's cross now to the chaos in the tory party. a day after immigration minister robert jenrick resigned. we've got chopper hope, our chopper christopher hope, our political editor, on the line. chris, i understand you've got some fresh for news us. yeah there's been a briefing here from 10 downing street. >> the prime minister's spokesman made very clear the pm is intent on pushing through the these plans here to deport migrants to rwanda . we had migrants to rwanda. we had a briefing from officials there in the home office. they're very clear that this should shut down the narrow down the routes to be able to use the human rights act, for example, the family, if

you want to apply to the human rights to say family is rights act, to say my family is here, to rwanda , then here, i can't go to rwanda, then that would have to be transferred to rwanda to be heard rwanda. the heard in rwanda. so the government is doubling down on this rwanda bill. they are not supporting. and of course , then supporting. and of course, then they wouldn't. the positions taken by either suella braverman or robert jenrick, they were very clear that this is a bill which can make these planes take off with with migrants on them in the spring next year. the timing is so very tight, though, because they've got to get this through the parliament. the key vote on tuesday, martin, we know by that, don't we? the government won't not government won't see that, not as confidence vote, as a no confidence vote, probably they probably because they know they can't and can't necessarily win it and they afford to lose a they can't afford to lose a vote. one confidence vote. seen as one of confidence because down because that could bring down the government. so we the entire government. so we are going to the kind of brexit going back to the kind of brexit situation where a of situation where we a group of right wing tory mps, the star chamber reviewing the content left. we have the one nation, the caucus there looking at it over this weekend is a key weekend phone calls are going in

right now from whips to mps on the on the on the backbenches . the on the on the backbenches. it's not looking good. according to a westminster source has told me for gb news they're doing a ring round right now. if the star chamber the group of right wing tory lawyers gives gives it the thumbs down, they're in real bother. so it's a very tense weekend for the government. what they can offer is they may they may making offers the may be making offers over the weekend to tory mps, maybe a knighthood if you support this and the next and you stay until the next election, sorts of baubles election, all sorts of baubles will dangled . martin the will be dangled. martin the real nuts bolts of politics will nuts and bolts of politics will happen behind closed doors . happen behind closed doors. >> well, chris, since we last spoke steven bartlett, spoke, steven bartlett, a barrister, spoke to us and he's been through this bill with a fine tooth comb. and he says it's like building castle it's like building a castle without a wall. any decent lawyer will be able to pick a hold in this and cause terrible, terrible problems for this government. and the echr will be super team. it seems to me they've made a bad plan, but they've made a bad plan, but they've decided to stick with it

. yes that's what the critics say, martin. >> the government would say in reply as the pm, mr sunak said to me today at this press conference that they are inches away from going as far as they to can avoid rwanda collapsing the whole deal . they can't. they the whole deal. they can't. they couldn't do a blank hit exemption for echr for anyone sent to rwanda. there are some very narrow specific cases when there's a risk of serious harm to that person, that could stop someone being sent to rwanda. that's the point they're trying to be very clear about. and make and show that they are doing all they they can't they can. they can't do everything want. almost everything they want. almost that me they mustn't let the reminds me they mustn't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. that's what mr gove might say this certainly say about this and certainly says the brexit says enough about the brexit deal stop so pure deal and stop being so pure about it the government about it. the government is saying, this done saying, let's get this done because benefits the tory because the benefits the tory party this happens, are a lot party if this happens, are a lot are profound because labour hasn't got an answer on, on on migration. they want to work more closely with authorities on

the continent , maybe do some the continent, maybe do some more bilateral deals with third countries. but that's about it. so i think there's a chance here for to to do a for the tories to find a to do a real make some real ground on the on against labour in these polls reverse that 20 point polls and reverse that 20 point polls and reverse that 20 point poll lead . but not everyone poll lead. but not everyone agrees going and agrees is going to work. and i think tories in the right field, if government, let's if you're in government, let's do . be not let's not do it properly. be not let's not go for half measures. i mean, in government, the pm says they can't do that. i did raise those issues earlier with the report raised by mark white, our colleague in calais today , about colleague in calais today, about why are migrants laughing at the uk, laughing at rwanda plan . uk, laughing at the rwanda plan. i said him, do you think i said to him, do you think we're international laughing we're an international laughing stock? the prime minister. but he very, very robustly. he responds very, very robustly. he believes this plan can work. time will tell. >> martin okay, chris, thank you for that latest from downing street . thank you very much. street. thank you very much. now, nigel farage is going from strength the strength to strength in the jungle. not jungle. and you might not believe camp mates believe this, but his camp mates have have have actually managed to have a grown up chat with them about brexit miracles never cease brexit miracles will never cease our news.

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sunday mornings from 930 on . gb news. >> welcome back. 446 you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now at 5:00, we'll have the latest on that terrible turmoil in the tory party. it's epic. terrible turmoil in the tory party. it's epic . and i'll bring party. it's epic. and i'll bring you an exclusive report from northern france where migrants are laughing at the government's rwanda plan. now it's news that

we broke earlier this afternoon and the parole board has ruled that the child rapist and murderer colin pitchfork will not be released from prison . not be released from prison. pitchfork was jailed for life in 1988 for raping and strangling 15 year olds. linda mann and dawn ashworth in leicestershire. he was released in september 2021. but recall to prison two months later for breaching his licence when he approached a lone woman while litter picking. well i'm joined now by alberto costa, who is the conservative mp for south leicestershire. thank you very much for joining us on the show this afternoon. an alberto. now i know this is the case you've campaigned on for many years, so can you explain to gb news viewers this afternoon the feelings you must be going through upon this announcement ? right. announcement? right. >> , thank you, martin, for >> well, thank you, martin, for giving me this opportunity. >> a look at the very forefront of all our minds should be done . of all our minds should be done. >> ashworth and lindemann , who >> ashworth and lindemann, who lost their lives as young women back in the 1980s.

>> i'm in my early 50s and don and linda would be around about my age today if they hadn't been so brutally murdered by colin pitchfork this case highlights the importance of ensuring that we remember the victims of men that commit appalling sexual offences against young women . offences against young women. and my case all along this whole matter has been pushed out, rightly by the people of south leicestershire who have given me comfort and strength as their mp to keep the momentum going on, reminding government and reminding government and reminding the parole board of our duties to those victims that suffered at the hands of colin, pitchfork and this campaign has been going on for years . martin been going on for years. martin the parole board wrongly ruled on two separate incidents back

in 2021. and again earlier this year to release mr pitchfork and ihave year to release mr pitchfork and i have consistently argued that it would be wrong to release mr pitchfork , not least because he pitchfork, not least because he is not proved to the authorities that he is safe to be released in public. so i'm very glad indeed that the parole board has finally listened to me and to the people of south leicestershire and decided that now is not the time to release mr pitchfork and indeed, he should remain not in an open prison, but in a closed prison where he belongs behind bars now , alberto, there is still a 21 day window during which pitchfork could appeal against this. >> and indeed, dawn mother barbara ashworth has decided not to comment until that is out of the way for understandable reasons . but she simply said reasons. but she simply said pitchfork is where he needs to

be. do you think he will appeal , be. do you think he will appeal, or are you confident that he will remain where he belongs ? will remain where he belongs? >> well, there's one thing certain, martin, is i've absolutely no idea what goes on in the head of mr pitchfork . i in the head of mr pitchfork. i would have thought that a man thatis would have thought that a man that is genuinely remorseful about brutally raping an and murdering two young women would not be seeking parole at an early age. let's not forget that mr pitchfork was 681, only 61 when he was released this is a man of working age . he's not man of working age. he's not some elderly individual well, or a person suffering from terminal illness. look most people believe in a properly functioning, fair parole system . functioning, fair parole system. but i think most of your viewers would also agree with me that there is something wrong with there is something wrong with the system that permits somebody at the age of 61 to be released. having committed these appalling crimes against innocent women

in. so i think that the message must be if mr pitchfork is listening to do the decent thing, accept the ruling of the parole board and show some remorse for the appalling crimes that he commits did to these two innocent ladies . innocent ladies. >> okay. thank you very much for joining us, alberto acosta, conservative mp for south leicestershire. as the case is campaigned on for many years, colin pitchfork denied parole. now farage is still going now nigel farage is still going great guns in the jungle and for putting up with lots of bitter comments some of his camp putting up with lots of bitter comme he's some of his camp putting up with lots of bitter comme he's finallyne of his camp putting up with lots of bitter comme he's finally managed camp putting up with lots of bitter comme he's finally managed to np mates. he's finally managed to have a sensible conversation about brexit. had a chat about brexit. nigel had a chat with this morning presenter josie gibson and the former boxer bellew . boxer tony bellew. >> am i right? and then can you actually don't the houses actually don't sit in the houses of parliament or do you? no, no. i was in the european parliament 21 i'm now . what's 21 years. i'm out now. what's the being in the european the job of being in the european parliament? laws. they were parliament? make laws. they were i mean, when we were members of the they helped to the eu, they they they helped to shape the british parliament.

>> didn't like some of >> and you didn't like some of the that were made? the laws that were being made? >> i didn't like the way they were made. well were being made. well once something once something had passed through the european legislative was legislative system, there was nothing parliament nothing the british parliament could it. nothing. could do to change it. nothing. so the main concern in so what were the main concern in european laws that were european laws that you were frightened of? i we frightened of? well, i think we should laws should make our own laws on farming, , financial farming, fishing, financial services. know, the services. you know, the insurance industry . we should insurance industry. we should make our own laws on environmental law. we should be in charge our country. in charge of our own country. that's point . and once we're in charge of our own country. thcharge point . and once we're in charge of our own country. thcharge ,point . and once we're in charge of our own country. thcharge , itint . and once we're in charge of our own country. th charge , it doesn't! once we're in charge of our own country. thcharge , it doesn't guarantee 'e in charge, it doesn't guarantee things are better , but it means things are better, but it means we're in charge . but now the we're in charge. but now the pester power up the wall. what? they've got it. they haven't used it that well. i agree, but. but. but we do have that power. >> the costs that we've incurred since leaving the european union is just astronomical. >> well, i'm a savings to we've saved a lot of money, too. we're not saying that, but as far as the general people outside, we aren't seeing savings . aren't seeing these savings. that's people are about. so that's what people are about. so we were promised x amount going to the nhs. i think it did, to be honest. but a bottomless

be honest. but it's a bottomless pit, afraid . pit, i'm afraid. >> do think things would >> do you think things would turn out differently if you hadnt gone turn out differently if you hadn't gone down? hadn't have gone down? the migrant or no i think not. >> controlling your borders was the biggest reason we won. >> but if we if we ever, you know, is that changed or because. >> well, this is the problem. no, it hasn't. >> so why do they feel about you then, the european parliament? >> oh, if take on the >> oh, if you take on the establishment, did , you establishment, as i did, you know, they they don't exactly come out with a gin and tonics for you. >> well , you for you. >> well, you might call himself a boxer, but he couldn't land a glove on nigel, could he? and the odds on king of brexit the odds on the king of brexit becoming of the jungle becoming the king of the jungle are tumbling with bookies are tumbling with the bookies and message you. >> i'm asking you to vote. remain no, seriously, for remain no, seriously, vote for me to remain in the jungle. now the easiest way to do it is to get the i'm a celebrity app that gives you five free votes . or gives you five free votes. or you can phone or text. now if you can phone or text. now if you want to register to vote for nigel farage, you need to grab your phone and scan that qr code on your screens. >> and download >> now and download the

imacelebrity . and as nigel imacelebrity app. and as nigel just said, you can vote for him five times per day. now rishi sunak facing outright revolt sunak is facing outright revolt over emergency legislation over his emergency legislation to stop the boats. but the prime minister has told his mps that they've gone as far as they can with the new rwanda bill, but will it be enough or will the tories be in open revolt? we'll have all of that coming up in the next hour. i'm martin daubney on gb news. and this is britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello, welcome to the latest gb news weather update from the met office. heavy rain will continue to for many of us through the afternoon with surface water potentially a problem , but it will turn drier problem, but it will turn drier from the west. that says this area of low pressure pushes this weather eastwards and weather front eastwards and behind it, things will clear for a time before another unsettled

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news >> good afternoon. it's 5:00. i'm martin daubney this is gb news. i'm here for the next hour to keep you company. thanks for joining us. loads coming up today, including top story, we can only be this, of course, the tories revolting . rishi's tories are revolting. rishi's rwanda plan causing chaos. suella braverman yesterday they said the tories face electoral wipe outs robert jenrick the immigration minister dramatically quit those on the tory right say this rwanda plan will not go far enough. and get this the tory liberal left are saying it may contravene the human rights of people they try to deport to rwanda . you to deport to rwanda. you couldn't make it up. but the big question is this could rwanda sink sunak next topic. the covid. we're a laughing stock abroad. apparently our immigration policy is a joke. mark wyatt did a special report when he spoke to a guy on the ground there who's in charge and the people smugglers are laughing at us and that was put to rishi sunak today by christopher hope. our political

edhoh christopher hope. our political editor. and he took it very, very badly. it's a fantastic report. and tomorrow, part two, they're still coming over in the backs of lorries as next story . backs of lorries as next story. it's the final day. it's just finished. boris at the covid inquiry how did he get on? he denied that partygate was as bad as the media made out. he said barnaul castle was a bit of a bad moment. you could say that, but how did he fare? did reputation come out of it intact, or is he the pantomime villain at the covid inquiry ? villain at the covid inquiry? we'll have a full analysis . now. we'll have a full analysis. now. another kick in the teeth for hard pressed brits as the bbc licence fee goes up. an inflation busting 6.6% to £169.50. but as a bbc presenter gives the public the finger, should we give the licence fee, the finger ? and finally he's the finger? and finally he's made it. he's made it through the next round . the king of the next round. the king of brexit. could he become the king

of the jungle? they can't lay a glove on him down under. i've got a tenner on him at 14 to 1 and we're going to help you vote for nigel. you know, it makes sense . that's all coming up in sense. that's all coming up in the hour. sense. that's all coming up in the hour . it's all about the next hour. it's all about rwanda, of course, at the top of the show. and we spoke to a top barrister early on who's been through rishi's rwanda plan v two, and he said it's like building a castle without a wall. there are holes in it left, right and centre that any lawyer could pick apart. he thinks it's not fit for purpose. rishi e is doubling down. will it pull the party apart? you let us know that. vaiews@gbnews.com. that's all coming up. but first is your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> martin thank you and good evening to you. our top story from the gp newsroom is that russia's federal security service , the fsb, has hacked

service, the fsb, has hacked high profile mps in what the government is describing as a sustained effort to interfere in british politics. the deputy prime minister says peers civil servants, journalists and ngos have also been targeted and it's understood politicians had their personal email accounts hacked . personal email accounts hacked. oliver dowden says the cyber attack is a clear pattern of behaviour by russia and those responsible will be held to account . account. >> i can tell you that a unit within the russian federal security service s known as centre 18, has been behind sustained hostile cyber operations , is aimed at operations, is aimed at interfere ing in parts of the uk's democratic processes . this uk's democratic processes. this has included targeting members of parliament. civil servants think tanks, journalists and ngos . ngos. >> oliver dowden meanwhile , the >> oliver dowden meanwhile, the first vote on the new emergency

rwanda legislation will be put through parliament on tuesday. the prime minister has been defending the government's plan, describing it as the country's toughest anti—immigration law. rishi sunak acknowledged , and rishi sunak acknowledged, and some disapprove of the bill. but he says it does address concerns brought forward by the supreme court . the prime minister court. the prime minister insists the government will get asylum flights off the ground this bill blocks every single reason that has ever been used to prevent flights to rwanda from taking off as the rwandans themselves have made clear, if we go any further, the entire scheme will collapse and there is no point having a bill with nowhere to send people to. >> but i am telling you now we have set the bar so high that it will be vanishing rare for anyone to meet it. >> rishi sunak speaking there, but in an exclusive interview , a but in an exclusive interview, a source close to people smuggling operations across the channel has told gb news that the

government's rwanda policy has become the butt of jokes amongst migrants. we asked the prime minister if he's concerned that his government is being laughed at. >> the proof is in the pudding, right? i'm not about talking. i'm about action. the numbers of people crossing from exactly where you were to the uk are down by a third. they quadrupled in the last few years and they're everywhere else. so they're up everywhere else. so that should tell you tell and that should tell you tell me and tell the that what we're tell the country that what we're doing is making a doing is working. it is making a difference we've got to difference, but we've got to finish job. that's this finish the job. that's why this legislation so important. legislation is so important. that's worked hard that's why we've worked so hard on absolutely confident on it. i'm absolutely confident that it's the right approach. it's toughest ever approach. it's the toughest ever approach. it's the toughest ever approach. it down all it will close down all the avenues that people used in avenues that people have used in the past . and crucially, i the past. and crucially, as i said, it is the only approach . said, it is the only approach. >> rishi sunak well, in other news today, double child murderer and rapist colin pitchfork has been denied parole . the board ruled the killer can't be released from prison because he remains a risk to the public. he was jailed for life with a minimum term to serve of

30 years for attacking 15 year old lynda mann and dawn ashworth in leicestershire in the 80s. he was freed in september 2021, but recalled to prison after two months for approaching young women in the street . an external women in the street. an external review has found itv made considerable efforts to uncover the truth about an alleged relation between the television presenter phillip schofield, and a junior member of staff. the report says the broadcaster was made aware of rumours circulating in the industry in 2019, but was unable to uncover the relevant evidence until mr schofield made an admission in may last year , 48 people were may last year, 48 people were interviewed . but the review interviewed. but the review author says the daytime tv presenter himself reluctantly declined to take part because of the risk to his health at the covid inquiry today. boris johnson has rejected claims that he didn't care about the

suffering inflicted on the country during the pandemic. the former prime minister was answering questions once again today at parties about parties at number 10, during lockdown. he says the idea of mass rule breaking within downing street is a million miles away from the truth . he also admitted that truth. he also admitted that a trip to barnard castle in 2020 by his former chief adviser, dominic cummings, was a bad moment . a campaign to improve moment. a campaign to improve cemeteries across the uk has reached downing street. today a letter was delivered to the prime minister calling for more investment and tougher legislation to force local councils and local authorities to do more to maintain sites. campaignerjohn gilmore says graveyard neglect is a nationwide problem . nationwide problem. >> lots of councils are not investing in cemeteries as they should be because they're financially struggling . financially struggling. >> that's happening in the city where i live in birmingham. >> obviously the council has terrible , a terrible deficit , so

terrible, a terrible deficit, so it's a real worry and all these people that are laid to rest have all contributed to the country we live in. >> they've paid their taxes, they've contributed to society . they've contributed to society. >> the bbc licence fee is increasing to £169, 50 annually next year . it follows a two year next year. it follows a two year price freeze and it was due to rise in line with inflation, but will instead be based on september's consumer prices index. the national union of journalists says it will leave the bbc with a £90 million funding gap. now the culture secretary also confirmed the launch of a review into the licence fee model to help ease future price rises . that's the future price rises. that's the news from gb news across the uk on your tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news this is britain's news channel .

this is britain's news channel. >> thank you, pauline . there's >> thank you, pauline. there's only one place to start this houh only one place to start this hour, of course, and that's the total and utter chaos in the conservative party rishi sunak is facing outright revolt over his emergency legislation to stop the boats. but less than 24 hours after his immigration minister, robert jenrick, dramatically quit . the prime dramatically quit. the prime minister said they've gone as far and insisted the far as they can and insisted the new bill will work. government has introduced the toughest anti illegal immigration law ever. >> this bill blocks every single reason that has ever been used to prevent flights to rwanda from taking off. as the rwandans themselves have made clear, if we go any further, the entire scheme will collapse. and there is no point having a bill with nowhere to send people to . but i nowhere to send people to. but i am telling you now we have set the bar so high that it will be vanishingly rare for anyone to meet it . meet it. >> well, i'm joined now by political editor christopher hope at downing street.

vanishingly rare chopper. that sounds like the chance is of getting tories to agree on this be a good plan or not. we've seen the right of the party saying it won't meet their metrics and amazingly, the liberal wet end of the party this afternoon declaring that this afternoon declaring that this may contravene the human rights of those we deport to rwanda and a barrister we spoke to earlier on in the show said in terms of the legislation, it's about as safe as building a castle without a wall around it. any lawyer worth their mettle will kick this to shreds. it's another day, another total turmoil in the tory party and choppeh turmoil in the tory party and chopper. it does feel like brexit all over again . those brexit all over again. those same old divisions coming back to haunt them . yeah we are to haunt them. yeah we are seeing, aren't we, martin? >> the right is picking over the entrails of this bill published last night, the star chamber. it's called, of lawyers appointed by the common sense group of tory mps, the erg , the

group of tory mps, the erg, the european research group , group of tory mps, the erg, the european research group, and of course, the new conservatives. they're looking into it now. bill cash is chairing that. they'll come back before next tuesday evening's vote with their thumbs up or thumbs down for this this this bill. and that will go a long way to deciding when it gets whether it gets through the house of commons. if enough tory mps vote against it , commons. if enough tory mps vote against it, as as 30, it against it, as many as 30, it will sink it because labour and the of the opposition the rest of the opposition parties parliament will parties in parliament will certainly against. on the certainly vote against. on the other side, on the wet side of the left side of the party, the one nation caucus will decide by this weekend if they approve of it or if they if they're worried that it disregards elements of the human rights act and it makes unhappy. it's makes them unhappy. so it's a very path. pm's going very narrow path. the pm's going along was with him for gb along. i was with him for gb news in the press conference earlier. he made very clear he's gone as as he can with this. gone as far as he can with this. he's short of making the he's an inch short of making the whole collapse because whole deal collapse because rwanda not accept a rwanda would not accept a blanket exemption for anyone being sent to from the uk to the

to rwanda from from human rights laws only in particular cases , laws only in particular cases, we're told those numbers are vanishingly small . all we've had vanishingly small. all we've had home office officials briefing journalists in downing street today saying that they think that the previous ways to avoid being sent to rwanda through family, the right to a family life and the rest won't apply. and can go to rwanda. so and they can go to rwanda. so the proof will be in the pudding. but right now it's all about twisting and deals about arm twisting and deals behind closed doors . what behind closed doors. what promises can whips make the tory mp to make them vote for this deal next tuesday? the government big government needs a very big majority to persuade peers not to mess it all up when it goes to mess it all up when it goes to the house of lords in in the spring, in january, february or march, if they got a big majority, the majority, it's very hard for the for the peers to try and stop it, stop going through and it, stop it going through and frustrate so there's frustrate the pace. so there's lots of deals being done right now . so hearing from sources now. so i'm hearing from sources telling me that it's not looking goodif telling me that it's not looking good if the star chamber goes south, they're in real bother.

that comes from what comes from one westminster source. but the pm's come out fighting rishi sunak. pm's come out fighting rishi sunak . he has said that he's sunak. he has said that he's a child of immigrants. he recognises the value and the attraction of this country . attraction of this country. that's why so many people want to come here. that's to our credit. but also recognises credit. but he also recognises that for to behave that the need for to behave fairly and to queue and join the queue. don't jump the queue, don't pay money to across don't pay money to cross across the english channel. that's what he trying to appeal to that he he's trying to appeal to that sense fairness and try to sense of fairness and try to make it work. and if they can get this through, if the tories can make this happen. martin and it's is in balance it's not it is in the balance right can happen, right now. if it can happen, then a real chance then they've got a real chance of putting one on the of putting one over on the labour have got no labour party who have got no answer they want answer on this. they they want to bilateral they want to do bilateral deals. they want to do bilateral deals. they want to do bilateral deals. they want to do further enforcement, whether continent, continental to do further enforcement, wheenforcement|t, continental to do further enforcement, whe enforcement ,, continental to do further enforcement, whe enforcement , but1tinental to do further enforcement, whe enforcement , but nothing law enforcement, but nothing more than that. so if this gets through the tories, they through for the tories, they should benefit in the polls and that's the prize. but it's by no means guaranteed. martin here's a big question for you, though, chris, is the only thing that

got done by brexit really was theresa may >> and i see a resplendent christmas tree behind you there. a santa is in the air. well, sunak get the sack . sunak get the sack. >> well, the night before christmas is always quite a difficult time in any household for anyone with children will know that it won't be silent night. let's put it that way. for you, to carry on for you, martin, to carry on with with metaphor, with your with your metaphor, i think it's be difficult think it's going to be difficult , going to be , but it's going to be an interesting christmas. we've got a vote on tuesday, probably the report amendments report stage when the amendments are tabled following week. are tabled the following week. it's to be of those it's going to be one of those interesting christmas . stay interesting christmas. stay tuned gb news. tuned at gb news. >> okay, chris, thank you. joining us live from downing street. well, join me now in the studio is denis macshane, of course, former labour course, is the former labour minister for europe. thanks for coming in, denis. mean, you coming in, denis. i mean, you must loving just must be loving this just watching motion car watching this slow motion car crash all over crash. it's like brexit all over again, know , i really am not again, you know, i really am not the great financial times writer martin wolf said the other day that in 1950, britain was rome a

dominant power in the world. >> we're now italy . italy, as it >> we're now italy. italy, as it then was actually quite well governed in the last few years. we're just a joke. nothing works. literally nothing works. our investments are disappearing. tuc the great tourist airline is de—listing from london, moving probably to america and so on. and so on and so on. and i feel very , very so on. and i feel very, very sorry for rishi sunak. >> it's very interesting. he rarely invokes his immigrant background . but don't forget background. but don't forget enoch powell , who was a great enoch powell, who was a great guru and hope of the right of the tory party. when rishi sunak parents arrived, he said they should all be repatriated back to africa and that old tory party and rishi himself, obsessed with people coming into britain. but hang on, we're talking about illegal immigrants coming here on dinghies. >> we're not talking about sending everyone back. let's not conflate the two things. >> dennis all right. let's though fair enough. but we were

promised by rishi and by theresa may and by boris johnson and who have the other prime ministers. i've lost count liz truss that if we all voted for brexit, immigration would cease to be a problem. we could control our borders. what have we got? we've got just south of 1 million people coming in last year , people coming in last year, brought in by the tories from africa, from india , with their children. >> what's that got to do with brexit? they're coming from africa and india. >> well, because we kicked out the care home workers and the construction workers and the hospitality workers and the drivers were from different drivers who were from different european countries , often with european countries, often with their families back home. a short plane ride away and didn't insist that everybody had to come to britain to be educated. some did. all right. come to britain to be educated. some did. all right . anyway, some did. all right. anyway, that's what let's get back on point about, about illegal immigration and rwanda and more in particular, we have get in particular, we have to get this question out there. >> what would the labour party do? the moment they do? because at the moment they can by and watch this

can just stand by and watch this car crash slow motion. but car crash in slow motion. but they have a plan. yes they need to have a plan. yes they do. >> hope somebody working on it >> i hope somebody working on it because there at the end because i was there at the end of the john major government. i was there at the end of the gordon brown government. and if you come power without you come into power without a real plan , you are in great real plan, you are in great trouble. that really was david cameron's problem in 2010. he had rely the liberal had to rely on the liberal democrats who haven't had a single original thought other than what was in last year's guardian comment. page and as a result we had no policy for immigration and we're now paying a very, very serious price. i can run you through things that could and should be done. we haven't got to be fair to gb news you have here on this quite a lot different excellent presenters. and i've just said get the staff to send them home quick. that's the most important thing. but suella braverman priti patel , theresa may didn't priti patel, theresa may didn't do any of that, but that won't stop the boats that would be a pull factor. well, that that , pull factor. well, that that, that will not you won't do that

without a megacorporation on the french coastline . we're sending french coastline. we're sending some money to build some kind of centre in 2012, £1 billion a year we give them. then we just build it in 2028. it's just going to be a bit of new infrastructure. look look at the plight. just look at the tvs , plight. just look at the tvs, shots from gaza. if you think a single person there , there is single person there, there is going to stay at home to be massacred, killed , butchered massacred, killed, butchered their families in by by all sides. it's all the fault of hamas, in my view. that's a different argument. and they'll be put off coming to britain and getting on a little dinghy to cross channel because cross the channel because there's some chance they might be to africa, the israeli. be sent to africa, the israeli. >> don't don't >> but you don't you don't think for that that for a minute that that palestinians be allowed palestinians should be allowed into britain ? into britain? >> no, no, that's not the >> no, no, no. that's not the answer. could be hamas. no, answer. it could be hamas. no, not that's not argument. the not that's not the argument. the argument on the argument is that on rwanda, the israelis have lots of african illegal immigrants. israelis have lots of african illegal immigrants . they cut the illegal immigrants. they cut the same deal with rwanda . they all same deal with rwanda. they all went to rwanda , got stayed for went to rwanda, got stayed for two weeks and left and came back

to israel. and if you think anybody is going to walk around with machine guns or shooting dead, anybody who a dead, anybody who leaves a hostel a accommodation camp hostel or a accommodation camp and head back north through africa, but you , my guest, this africa, but you, my guest, this is what every tory mp knows. and if you think that the house of lords and actually the british people want to tear up winston churchill's finest post—war creation in the european convention. >> but that was but that was a convention for a very different time. that was in a post war zone. now, many would say it's a convention that's being abused by traffickers. by people traffickers. >> it's not at all. it is a >> no, it's not at all. it is a convention that stands test of convention that stands a test of time. didn't have that before time. we didn't have that before 1939, and we saw what happened. and that is why churchill, who wasn't really a lovey dovey guardian reading softy, said britain must take the lead in saying around the world we have to respect human rights. i'm not getting into the debates . many getting into the debates. many things have changed. there are different views i have on how to slow this down because mass

people movement, i promise you. martin i track europe is stable , martin i track europe is stable, rising every country destabilising britain, france , destabilising britain, france, spain, germany , italy. some of spain, germany, italy. some of these european countries are proportionately taking far more than we are. >> okay. but back to britain. what the labour party do to stop the boats or don't you want to keir starmer voted against it every single time. well don't every single time. well i don't think a significant think there's been a significant proposition think there's been a significant pro i've:ion think there's been a significant pro i've not yet seen a single >> i've not yet seen a single home secretary say i'll get rid of the backlog. that would be the way i will do what the biggest way i will do what they in a number of other they do in a number of other sensible european countries not left wing ones by the right. left wing ones run by the right. i would allow people to work to contribute so they're not having to stay in and you never stop the boats. >> you would open the floodgates. >> you wouldn't. and above >> no, you wouldn't. and above all, above all, i start all, above all, i would start treating people on processing them, if you like, on french soil and yeah, increase macron. macron doesn't like this. he's got i macron doesn't like this. he's goti can macron doesn't like this. he's got i can tell you the problems macron is facing. he doesn't need this. you've got lots of

french police officers going around with very standing around with very sharp standing knives slitting zodiac. knives slitting the zodiac. macron doesn't want these people to france . he doesn't to stay in france. he doesn't it's not a problem. he doesn't want to be source of transit want to be a source of transit through france either. but you're right. through france either. but you're right . you're right. they you're right. you're right. they come here. why? because they've got family here. they've got friends here. they've got people who've got residents here. they everybody from speaks the language. the meantime , our language. in the meantime, our big immigration pressure is coming because the tories have opened the doors to anybody from india, from africa , nigeria, india, from africa, nigeria, pakistan. i'm not against it, but it's a tory decision to turn britain out into a huge immigration immigrant reception centre. >> yeah, okay. on that we can agree. denis macshane, thanks for joining us on the show. feisty and fun debate. now later this bring you more this hour, we'll bring you more on crisis, of course on the migrant crisis, of course , our home security has a mark white got an exclusive white has got an exclusive report calais a key report from calais where a key source the people source close to the people smuggling operations told him that the government's rwanda policy become the butt of policy has become the butt of jokes amongst channel migrants.

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that i knew had dewbs& co weeknights from six on state of the nation tonight at 8:00, the prime minister comes out fighting on immigration after a tough week. >> here's rishi sunak's plan destined to fail or does it just need a bit of faith to succeed ? need a bit of faith to succeed? >> and lord cameron is on a diplomatic mission to reaffirm us support for ukraine after republicans opposed president biden's aid package. >> will his charm and charisma do the trick in keeping the american right on course? >> today , boris johnson is once >> today, boris johnson is once more grilled in front of the covid inquiry and the book club returns with a former senior number 10 adviser, samuel kasumu , giving us a first hand account of being the outsider tune in tonight at 8:00 . tonight at 8:00. >> welcome back. it's 527. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now

in a few minutes, i'll tell you why migrants think the uk is an utter laughing stock. and nigel farage is going from strength to strength down under in the jungle. tuned to find out jungle. stay tuned to find out how you help him become the how you can help him become the king the jungle. now, boris king of the jungle. now, boris johnson has complained of what he called absolutely absurd characterisations of partygate as he defended his handling of the latter stages of the pandemic during the second day of his covid grilling, the former prime minister left the covid inquiry a few minutes ago after giving evidence for his second day. he said he wasn't reconciled to covid deaths or thought it wise to let it rip in the autumn of 2020. well he's let the virus rip and the notion that you as a government would let the virus rip was your own phrase, was it not? >> you were obliged to reject the advice of your advisers that there be a circuit breaker. no >> that there be no national lockdown until the last possible moment ?

moment? >> no. and that you would try a tier system? >> no . i think, frankly , he it >> no. i think, frankly, he it is it does not do . justice to is it does not do. justice to what we did. our thoughts, our feelings, my thoughts, my feelings, my thoughts, my feelings . feelings. >> to say that we were remote , >> to say that we were remote, fully reconciled to fatalities across the country. all that i believe that that that it was acceptable all to let it rip . acceptable all to let it rip. okay let's speak now with political commentator peter spenceh political commentator peter spencer. good afternoon, peter. welcome to the show as always. it's a pleasure to i want to ask you a broader question rather than the detail of what boris talks about, he said barnard castle was wasn't a high moment. that's understated it. he turned on the waterworks a couple of times, but on the whole, looking back, do you think he was rigorously grilled enough or do you think he got away quite lightly? it felt to me like it

was quite performative and i wonder if we got the answers that we wanted and well , wonder if we got the answers that we wanted and well, i mean, the interesting thing is that when he was when he was in front of a commons committee before he got jolly cross, this time, he actually had considerable display of contrition. >> and i think that did quite a lot to defuse a lot of the hostile questioning. >> and he said all the right things. >> he said, look, you know, i take responsibility. >> i'm really sorry. >> i'm really sorry. >> also, interestingly , to note >> also, interestingly, to note at the end of his hearing, then then the chair of the inquiry said, look, i'm sorry, this must be rather hard for you. >> and he said, actually, i'm rather sorry it was all over and then you find yourself wondering how he felt about what's going on.and how he felt about what's going on. and remember, this is a man who who's been the prime minister for a while, loves a bit of attention . and so there bit of attention. and so there he was in the in the limelight for a couple of days, albeit in fairly hostile circumstances. >> and you also sort of wonder,

you know, there was robert jenrick resigning and completely taking attention away from his evidence . evidence. >> and you wonder whether he sort of rather regretted that . sort of rather regretted that. >> do you think, peter, that one of the big things about the covid inquiry is the questions that aren't being asked. for example , they're arguing about example, they're arguing about when we should have locked down sooneh when we should have locked down sooner, longer . when we should have locked down sooner, longer. but sooner, harder, longer. but nobody's actually saying, well, should done it all or should we have done it at all or should we have done it at all or should have actually just should we have done it at all or shoulmore have actually just should we have done it at all or shoulmore like�* actually just should we have done it at all or shoulmore like sweden?just should we have done it at all or shoulmore like sweden? should we been more like sweden? should we have defended the vulnerable, the elderly and let the healthy and let economy go on as it and let the economy go on as it was? those kind of questions aren't i wonder aren't being asked. and i wonder if that sense, if this inquiry is kind of self fulfilling. they already agree that lockdowns were a good thing and the big question is simply aren't being asked question is simply aren't being ask no, mean, there's quite an >> no, i mean, there's quite an interesting point there. i mean, i that mind, the i think that to my mind, the only thing that really validated this entire inquiry is the idea that they will come out of it

with a set of sort of blueprint for better governance in future. because what we already know this for heaven's sake, that the government was like so many rabbits caught in their headlights when the time came and they became deeply dysfunctional and deeply disorganised . everyone and quite disorganised. everyone and quite often fairly misogynistic and everyone was everyone's throats . everyone was everyone's throats. but we knew that anyway . and the but we knew that anyway. and the important the important thing is to find a better way for the future. i just add one final thing, which is the fact that at the time , the only thing that the time, the only thing that that the way they handled the covid crisis didn't really dent the government's popularity . the government's popularity. see, there's one aspect that did , and that was the partygate cover ups. and you can see why. remember that johnson yesterday said, look , i'm sorry about, you said, look, i'm sorry about, you know , people dying and stuff and know, people dying and stuff and people in people sort of sort of in the gallery or wherever were shouting, well, you're a murderer . do

shouting, well, you're a murderer. do you see what i mean? what i'm getting at here is the fact that that he that mistakes were made , ed, and they mistakes were made, ed, and they those who couldn't get to see their loved ones in their final moments feel real deep pain and no closure at the same time , no closure at the same time, people in downing street were breaking the very rules that they were abiding by. >> okay, peter spencer, thanks for joining us. always a forjoining us. always a pleasure. and lots more pleasure. and there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00. whether we could 6:00. and asked whether we could be to end of the be about to see the end of the bbc licence fee. let us know what you think about that. but first, here's latest news first, here's your latest news headunes first, here's your latest news headlines middlehurst headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> martin, thank you. the top stories this hour. russian hackers have targeted the uk, with the government describing the security breach as a hostile , sustained effort to interfere here in british politics. it's understood groups linked to moscow's security service, the fsb , compromised the personal

fsb, compromised the personal emails of mps, journalists and civil servants. the government has summoned the russian ambassador and sanctioned two spies as the first vote on the new emergency . rwanda new emergency. rwanda legislation will be put through parliament on tuesday next week. the prime minister has defended the government's plan, describing it as the country's toughest anti immigration law. rishi sunak acknowledging some people are upset by the bill, but saying it addresses concerns raised by the supreme court and an external review has found itv made considerable efforts to uncover the truth about an alleged relationship involving phillip schofield with a junior staff member. it said the broadcaster was aware of rumours circulating in 2019, but was unable to uncover the relevant evidence until the tv presenter made an admission himself in may last year, 48 people were interviewed, but the report's author says phillip schofield had reluctantly declined to take part himself because of the risk

to his health. and a quick warning, some flashing images. now, boris johnson has rejected claims that he didn't care about the suffering inflicted on the country during the coronavirus pandemic . the former prime pandemic. the former prime minister was answering questions at the covid inquiry about parties at number 10 during lockdown . he says the idea of lockdown. he says the idea of mass rule breaking within downing street is a million miles from the truth . admitting, miles from the truth. admitting, though, that a trip to barnard castle in 2020 by his former chief adviser dominic cummings, was a bad moment. the bbc licence fee is increasing to £169, 50 next year. it follows a two year price freeze. it was due to rise in line with inflation, but instead will be based on september's consumer pfices based on september's consumer prices index. the national union of journalists says it will leave the bbc with a £90 million funding gap . those are the top funding gap. those are the top stories. more on all of them by heading to our website at gbnews.com .

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african nation had not deterred people from trying to reach the uk. and they're continuing to arrive in northern france in even greater numbers . in an even greater numbers. in an exclusive interview, he told our home and security editor mark white that it's the people smugglers themselves who are responsible for the reduction in numbers crossing this year in order to increase demand on the boats and push up prices . boats and push up prices. >> just days after french police cleared thousands of migrant ice and tents from makeshift camps around calais and here along the rail track south of dunkirk , rail track south of dunkirk, they're back this time much further into the woodland, much multiple campsites far away from the spots. the police regularly raid . we've spoken to a key raid. we've spoken to a key contact who works in and around these camps and who has intimate knowledge of the people smuggling operations. he agreed to speak on the understanding we protect his identity. there are,

he says, more people waiting to cross to the uk. both here and at locations further inland than at locations further inland than at any time since the small boat crisis began. and far from deterring crossings, the uk government's rwanda plan is a source of great amusement in these camps. mentioned rwanda and the people here in the camps just laugh. >> it's become a bit of a joke. the threat hasn't put them off because no one here thinks for a second they're back second they're heading back to rwanda. it the rwanda. if they make it to the uk. >> and he's adamant the reason the number crossing small the number crossing in small boats than last boats is a bit lower than last yearis boats is a bit lower than last year is down to the people smugglers themselves selves controlling flow of small controlling the flow of small boat launches drive up the pnces boat launches drive up the prices and the gangs have become much more sophia participated in knowing when to launch . knowing when to launch. >> they've now linked into the met office data on weather patterns and tidal flows. if there's a weather window of a few hours, they know that. >> and he says they've even

adopted the organised crime groups drug smuggling methodology where criminals will tip off authorities about one drugs mule to ensure others on the same route get through . the same route get through. >> they'll send ten boats out, leak the location of 1 or 2. the french police seize them and everyone's happy. they tell the brits to stop in the boats on these beaches. meanwhile, a bulk of those are getting through near dunkirk. >> we filmed as this group of migrants boarded a bus to accommodation provided by the regional government. further inland. but these migrants will be back as soon as they get the nod from the smugglers that it's their turn to board a small boat . and you just need to head to the rail station in calais for evidence of more migrant arrival as police on the platforms can do little to stop them . this do little to stop them. this group of young men tell me they're from afghan khan, just

off the train from belgium. they plan to camp around calais as they wait for their turn on a small boat . regional politics. small boat. regional politics. philippe emery is adamant that the migrant crisis is worse now than it's ever been, and the regular police raids are simply theatre . theatre. >> it's only a policy of appearance two, three, four months weekly. the place and the migrants are coming, coming back again for me, it's worse than ever. >> eveh >> and just like the migrants here, he's completely dismissive of the british government's rwanda scheme. >> i think rwanda is a joke. >> i think rwanda is a joke. >> it's a joke, only a joke, only a joke. with the winter weather, the frequency of launches from these beaches is reducing , launches from these beaches is reducing, but launches from these beaches is reducing , but the launches from these beaches is reducing, but the numbers in the camps will continue to swell until the next set of police raids. part of the never ending cycle of uk bound migrants

flowing through northern france . flowing through northern france. and you will keep trying to get to london or london. >> yes, i go to london in our next report, the other route to the uk as thousands of mainly african men who can't afford the price of a place on a boat or risk their lives trying to clamber aboard lorries . clamber aboard lorries. >> mark white gb news calais. >> mark white gb news calais. >> a superb piece of journalism there from mark white and keep them peeled for part two tomorrow. now you have to cough up even dosh to watch the up even more dosh to watch the bbc next year. after the bbc from next year. after the government its licence government announced its licence fee go up to £169, 50 fee will go up to £169, 50 following a two year price freeze . the government is even freeze. the government is even planning to launch a review to help with future price rises. but look on the bright side. it's based on september's consumer prices index. instead of being in line with inflation. so it's actually £20 cheaper than it was meant to be. but one person seemed to see seem to sum

up person seemed to see seem to sum up how we all felt about it quite well. have a look at this . quite well. have a look at this. yet. the bbc newsreader was accidentally caught flicking the middle finger as you do just before her bulletin. well she's since apologised, but let's go back to that licence fee increase. joining us now to discuss it is journalist and broadcaster danny kelly. danny, always a pleasure to have you on the show. and here we are again. it's not quite as bad as we expected, but still £170 a year. that's going to stick in the craw of people struggling to make meet . make ends meet. >> i think that news anchor was summing up how a lot of the people feel about this £10.50 price hike . price hike. >> martin and yes, it does . >> martin and yes, it does. >> martin and yes, it does. >> it sticks in the craw, 170 nicker is a lot of dough for a lot of people. >> and you get a lot of left wing luvvies who say, well, it's the price of a cup of coffee every day. >> if you go to coffee shops and they try and break it down, that way, well, the people who can't

afford couple of afford to go for a couple of quid of cappuccino every quid worth of cappuccino every day just don't life like day just don't live life like they do. >> em- em— emu—- >> and £170 and another ten and a half pound. >> martin, really is a bit of a kick in the teeth for a lot of people . and really feel sorry. people. and i really feel sorry. martin for older licence fee payers, back in 2020, the government ordered that the bbc now pick up the bill for over 75 seconds. >> and when i was a regional broadcaster for the bbc in birmingham , i used to do a phone birmingham, i used to do a phone in show and surrounded by by pop music. >> and i was always told that if we had someone who wanted to voice their opinion and they sounded old, that my boss at the time would rather we played another record than have someone who was old sounding on the radio. >> and reason they do that. >> and the reason they do that. martin and this is why i feel martin and this is why i do feel sad the seconds. sad for the over 75 seconds. >> reason they do that >> the reason that they do that is they don't want to put is that they don't want to put off the next generation of licence payers. off the next generation of liceand payers. off the next generation of liceand psticks in my craw on >> and that sticks in my craw on a basis. it really does a personal basis. it really does that. 75 and that. if you're over 75 and you're not on pension credit, which you're the which means that you're the poorest when it poorest of the poorest when it comes being on pension, you

comes to being on pension, you still get it free. but if still you get it free. but if you're if you're not that you're if you're not quite that pooh you're if you're not quite that poor, you've got pay poor, you've still got to pay hundred nicker. hundred and 70 nicker. and that's sadly okay danny that's what's sadly okay danny kelly to a kelly we'll have to have a short, short blast. >> leave it there today. thank you and i totally you very much. and i totally agree, that agree, danny, it seems that the people likely to people who are most likely to watch likely pay watch the bbc most likely to pay their licence fee are the ones who to be the who seem oftentimes to be the most and that's most denigrated. and that's the glorious of this glorious pensioners of this fine nafion glorious pensioners of this fine nation moving on, nigel farage nation. moving on, nigel farage is going from strength to strength in i'm a celebrity and you can help him to become the king of brexit. we'll become the king of brexit. we'll become the king of brexit. we'll become the king of jungle. i'm martin king of the jungle. i'm martin daubney gb news britain's daubney on gb news britain's news .

to 11 pm. only on gb news the people's channel. >> britain's news channel earlier with eamonn and isabel. >> so today we're asking about lockdowns. do you think that they did more harm than good? you can't have no plan in place. >> you can't suggest that we had a pandemic plan. >> they a pandemic >> they had a pandemic plan. they we should have they ignored it. we should have protected . protected the vulnerable. >> ben habib, what do you make of the situation? >> people's smugglers are >> the people's smugglers are not deterred at all by any of the measures, including obviously, rwanda. >> if i was in parliament and i could say, right, isabel webster is the queen of sheba, a total nonsense. >> very good idea. >> very good idea. >> i don't know what the queen of would actually think of sheba would actually think about that. >> mcfadden , we say good >> pat mcfadden, we say good morning him. >> pat mcfadden, we say good morninggot him. >> pat mcfadden, we say good morninggot milk in the fridge >> i've got milk in the fridge that can last longer than some tory ministers and it's no way to run a country. >> breakfast with eamonn and isabel monday to thursday . from

isabel monday to thursday. from 6 am. >> welcome back. it's 548. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now my colleague nigel farage is of course currently starring in i'm a celebrity and the king of brexit wants to become the king of the jungle. he's got this message . message for you. >> i'm asking you to vote. remain no, seriously, vote for me to remain in the jungle. now. the easiest way to do it is to get the imacelebrity app that gives you five free votes . or gives you five free votes. or you can phone or text and if you want to register to vote for nigel farage, you need to grab your phone and scan that qr code on your screen right now and download the app. >> just said, you can >> as nigel just said, you can vote him five times per day. vote for him five times per day. get your country needs get to it. your country needs you. joining me now you. well, joining me now is showbiz takyi . showbiz reporter steph takyi. so, steph, nigel lives to fight again. another day. he avoided eviction and this time there was

an argument about brexit. of course, with tony bellow calling himself a boxer , but he couldn't himself a boxer, but he couldn't land a glove on the brexit heavyweight champion of the world. >> no, he couldn't think. you know what? as we've seen in this series, nigel has been whipped through all these anti—brexit people on the show who just really want to get into an argument with nigel. but he is a man who knows his facts. to be honest, i'm quite surprised that this argument with tony bellows just at this stage just happening at this stage because when tony was signed on to the series, a lot of people because when tony was signed on to ththat'ies, a lot of people because when tony was signed on to ththat him a lot of people because when tony was signed on to ththat him and of people because when tony was signed on to ththat him and nigelople because when tony was signed on to ththat him and nigel were said that him and nigel were definitely going to heads. definitely going to butt heads. so finally happened. but so it's finally happened. but you know, this stage, you you know, at this stage, you know, nigel is in it to know, think nigel is in it to win it. he's basically home, nearly done the home run and is set to reach the final . and to set to reach the final. and to be honest, i think with these little arguments, i think, you know, campmates they do know, other campmates they do love nigel. so there's no doubt about that. martin think about that. martin but i think a lot people are still clashing lot of people are still clashing with his views on brexit and immigration. but what i've loved about this series is that

they're all learning that, yes , they're all learning that, yes, you can be a lover and you can have a different view, you have a different view, but you can like nigel as a can still like nigel as a person. and what makes person. and that's what makes nigel winner in this show. nigel a winner in this show. >> steph what i think is >> steph here's what i think is going all of the going on. i think all of the brexiteers britain are voting brexiteers in britain are voting out these remainer balls from the given the jungle. they're given a clear way for nigel steam clear way for nigel to steam through he's now through the middle and he's now third favourite 8 to 1. got third favourite at 8 to 1. i got him at 14 1. i reckon he's him at 14 to 1. i reckon he's going to win it. >> i do think he is. i think he's definitely going to be in the final. i think nigel's big competition will be sam thompson from in chelsea . he seems from made in chelsea. he seems to be a lovable character with the younger generation. but what i've found interesting this i've found interesting with this pattern who've left, pattern of people who've left, all people who argued with all the people who argued with nigel been the ones that nigel have been the ones that have voted out. so tonight have been voted out. so tonight we may see tony bailey receive a knockout blow and be evicted from the jungle. >> steph takyi , thank you very >> steph takyi, thank you very much for joining >> steph takyi, thank you very much forjoining us for >> steph takyi, thank you very much for joining us for our regular update. down under. thank very much. now i'm thank you very much. now i'm joined by well, i'm actually in a legend sandwich here. i've got

patrick christys. that's it. i'm the and the legend the meat and the legend sandwich. i've got jubes one side christys on side patrick christys on on the other. first. you've other. pat, to you first. you've got to tell us about got something to tell us about tonight's show. yes, i'll keep got something to tell us about tovery:'s show. yes, i'll keep got something to tell us about tovery brief. yw. yes, i'll keep got something to tell us about tovery another yes, i'll keep got something to tell us about tovery another exclusive eep got something to tell us about tovery another exclusive fory got something to tell us about tovery another exclusive for us tonight. >> nine till p.m. tonight. >> nine till pm. on gb news. >> nine till 11 pm. on gb news. >> nine till 11 pm. on gb news. >> and white has got >> and mark white has got another bit of information that will lid off will kind of blow the lid off again , rishi sunak claims at again, rishi sunak claims at that conference today. that press conference today. >> and it's about albanians. >> and it's about albanians. >> of the albanians >> the number of the albanians on might be down by on the boats might be down by 90. but make mistake, they're 90. but make no mistake, they're still arriving still coming. they're arriving and hiding in the back of the trucks. they'll be gang seek out willingly. you'll be polish lorry pay them to lorry drivers. they pay them to smuggle them across europe and then in the then across the channel in the back their vehicles. back of their vehicles. >> go. so this idea >> there we go. so this idea that deterrent for albanians that the deterrent for albanians is working when it comes to small boats, it's not necessary. true, because they're utilising different routes which we expose later tonight. >> and it's an astonishing piece of journalism and it was put to the prime minister earlier on by christopher hope that the world is laughing at us. and i could

tell it was like he got punched on world is on the chin. the world is laughing us. laughing at us. >> well, i mean, this >> pat yeah, well, i mean, this is thing. is the thing. >> and every time when rishi sunak comes out says, oh, sunak comes out and says, oh, you my deterrence is working or >> my deterrence is working or the are down, or the small boats are down, or that afraid of being that people are afraid of being sent to rwanda just turn sent to rwanda and we just turn up prove that that isn't up and prove that that isn't true. up and prove that that isn't tru i think, frankly, it does weaken position somewhat. >> i think, frankly, it does wethe position somewhat. >> i think, frankly, it does wethe pknow1 somewhat. >> i think, frankly, it does wethe pknow this,|ewhat. >> i think, frankly, it does wethe p know this, which . and he must know this, which is the there is he the implication there is, is he being the public good? >> and that's exclusive >> and that's an exclusive tonight tonight, tonight on your show tonight, 9 tonight on your show tonight, 9 to p.m. patrick christys to 11 pm. patrick christys tonight. my second legend tonight. now to my second legend in studio dewbs& dewbs& co. in studio dewbs& co dewbs& co. you're of course, straight you're on, of course, straight after you always after the show. you always walking when nigel's got some part hanging out . part of his body hanging out. >> to get your kicks >> i've got to get your kicks where you can get them these days get to my age, where you can get them these days frankly, get to my age, where you can get them these days frankly, i'met to my age, where you can get them these days frankly, i'm not my age, where you can get them these days frankly, i'm not evenige, quite frankly, i'm not even going to lie that. yeah, going to lie about that. yeah, i do sneak in to craftily tried to steal nigel. steal a glimpse of nigel. i missed last night. missed the show last night. i had a very rare night out. but no, didn't see any bits no, i didn't see any bits of flesh there. i don't think from nigel. i'll have to try again. >> rewind >> we can always, always rewind it what's on it for you anyway. what's on your anyway? yes. your mind, anyway? yes. >> of nigel's bits your mind, anyway? yes. >> be of nigel's bits your mind, anyway? yes. >> be onf nigel's bits your mind, anyway? yes. >> be on my gel's bits your mind, anyway? yes. >> be on my show bits your mind, anyway? yes. >> be on my show tonight, but will be on my show tonight, but i do want to look at this whole

second day of boris. anything second day of boris. is anything going inquiry? going to come of this inquiry? it waste of money. it was all a big waste of money. of course we should sunak's press conference today. do press conference today. what do we is the fella at we make? so that is the fella at a now. why are a crossroads now. and why are the tories constantly doing this to massive civil the tories constantly doing this to going massive civil the tories constantly doing this to going on massive civil the tories constantly doing this to going on withinassive civil the tories constantly doing this to going on within thate civil war going on within that party? are to are they basically just want to self what's wrong self harm? what's wrong with them in cornwall, them also as well in cornwall, almost half of their streetlights to streetlights are going to be turned to try and save money turned off to try and save money on the night. so between midnight 5 am, is this midnight and 5 am, is this a shape things to come? it's shape of things to come? it's not. is it very safe to be wandering the streets the wandering the streets in the pitch after midnight? and pitch black after midnight? and also, last not least, it also, last but not least, it was also, last but not least, it was a day strike for a national day of strike for schools and universities as schools and some universities as well in support of palestine. this ties into that poll i mentioned on my show yesterday , mentioned on my show yesterday, where so many young people now apparently regard hamas as freedom fighters and not terrorists. so i want to look at that proof. >> they've been brainwashed. i say a mate of mine went to a christmas party last night and he gave this little leaflet. they've stopped putting the explosive crackers explosive of snap and crackers because can't recycled. because it can't be recycled. they're taking out of

they're taking the snap out of christmas. these green brigades i to do with palestine . i got to do with palestine. >> i missing? >> what am i missing? >> what am i missing? >> talked about christmas parties. >> yeah. banning christmas . >> yeah. banning christmas. >> yeah. banning christmas. >> do with palestine? >> nothing to do with palestine? no i just they are. no i just think they are. >> they just desperate to >> they are just desperate to try suck out of everything. >> aren't they? >> aren't they? >> almost killed the >> they all almost killed the end of my own show. they're not to dewbs& co to worry. we've got dewbs& co coming right this. coming up right after this. >> it back? >> you pulled it back? >> you pulled it back? >> we did. pulled a cracker. and of patrick christys of course, patrick christys tonight, 11 with tonight, 9 to 11 with the albania back. albania exclusive. i'll be back. same for same time tomorrow. thanks for joining show, dewbs& joining me on the show, dewbs& co after break patrick co right after the break patrick christys 9 11. thanks for christys 9 to 11. thanks for joining us. cheers >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello, welcome to the latest gb news weather update from the met office. heavy rain will continue for many of us through the afternoon with surface water potentially a problem , but it potentially a problem, but it will turn drier from the west. that says this area of low pressure pushes this weather front eastwards and behind it

things will clear for a time before another unsettled day on friday. so weather warnings still in force through into the evening. staying with sticking with the heavy rain across northeast and scotland, a drier interlude for a time from the west that could develop some mist and fog and low cloud across eastern coasts and that means it will be a much milder night than last night will be frost free across the country. could be as high as ten degrees to start on friday morning, but it unsettled day it will be another unsettled day through friday. showers will rattle in from the west, putting xl bully across northwestern areas and then into the southwest later on in the afternoon. while there could be afternoon. while there could be a risk of thunderstorms with that as well. so quite a lot of rain to come still in the west. in the east, a drier day with a bit more sunshine around. temperatures around 11 temperatures around 10 or 11 degrees, be a breezy degrees, but it will be a breezy afternoon wherever you are on friday afternoon . then on friday afternoon. then on saturday, we see the next area of rain push in and sweep across the country. it'll continue to

introduce that mild air by the afternoon . we could see a bit afternoon. we could see a bit more in the way of drier weather, but there'll be more rain to come on sunday, particularly across the northwest. but monday is looking a little bit drier by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on

we really learned lessons . and we really learned lessons. and crucially, will anything change going forward? and did you see this morning rishi sunak give what i would say was quite a terse press conference, basically imploring his mps to get behind his rwanda plan . of get behind his rwanda plan. of course, off the back of the shock resignation of his immigration minister last night. is it all make or break now for rishi sunak and over in cornwall? they are literally turning off the lights to save money. yes more than half of their street lights will soon be off from midnight to 5 am. is this the future ? and are you this the future? and are you back? move and today has back? this move and today has been deemed a national day of school university strikes in school and university strikes in support and support of palestine. and according to a poll, many young

people