evening and >> a very good evening and welcome to patrick christys. tonight i'm craig brown. gaining much needed support . a victory much needed support. a victory against the woke transgender mafia, infiltrating schools . but mafia, infiltrating schools. but what is this landmark new government guidance? and do we need a new law to protect children and parents from dangerous gender ideology ? plus, dangerous gender ideology? plus, bbc race baiter in chief nihal arthanayake is back. he says it's not racist to say that white people give him mental health issues and he won't shut up, but should . that's our head up, but should. that's our head to head. meanwhile national treasure esther rantzen announced yesterday that she'll go to dignitas to end her life. but are her own family happy with this decision? i'll be joined live by esther's daughter to get her reaction. we'll also be discussing having your fingerprints taken at the airport and italy. gazumping our migrant deal with the albanians with our very own nana akua on my panel tonight is political

commentator suzanne evans, tory mp ronald jayawardena and broadcaster extraordinaire rebecca reid. this is patrick christys tonight. here we go . christys tonight. here we go. email me now gb views or gb news.com. are schools indoctrinating kids with trans nonsense? oh, and see if you can guess what happens next here. a woman pushing a pram down a street near a road . everything's street near a road. everything's fine . or is it? i'll see you fine. or is it? i'll see you after the headlines . after the headlines. >> patrick. thank you and good evening to you. well, a political development in the last half hour or so to tell you about a by—election is definitely going to take place now in wellingborough, in northampton shire, after voters there petition tonight there signed a petition tonight to mp peter bone,

to oust their mp peter bone, from his constituency , the from his constituency, the wellingborough mp was suspended from the commons for six weeks in october after an inquiry found he'd subjected a staff member to bullying and sexual misconduct . member to bullying and sexual misconduct. mr bone member to bullying and sexual misconduct . mr bone describes misconduct. mr bone describes the allegations as completely untrue. mr bone has been a sitting mp as an independent after losing the conservative whip in the aftermath of that ruling. so to just recap for you, a by—election taking place in wellingborough , we understand in wellingborough, we understand mr bone will be commenting. he says in the new year on that. well, the other main news today on gb news is that the foreign secretary has said the uk won't be tolerating attacks on shipping lanes in the red sea as trade analysts have suggested this evening that continued disruption could impact prices in the uk in all sectors. disruption could impact prices in the uk in all sectors . as in the uk in all sectors. as britain is joining an international maritime coalition dubbed operation security. guardian to protect ships in the area after a recent spate of

attacks by houthi rebels there. allied apparently with hamas to terror group. the government says much of the uk's supply of uquefied says much of the uk's supply of liquefied natural gas is imported via to these vital shipping routes , confirming the shipping routes, confirming the royal navy destroyer hms diamond will be joining the new task force. lord cameron said the royal navy's presence will send a strong message to those who've been targeting commercial shipping . shipping. >> there's a very clear message to the houthis in yemen who've been launching all these attacks that, you know, these attacks will not be tolerated and we will not be tolerated and we will defend ourselves against them. and it's very important that shipping keeps moving. >> lord david cameron , the new >> lord david cameron, the new foreign secretary there . so foreign secretary there. so there is to be a new 45% tax band for higher earners in scotland. the deputy first minister, shona robison robison, rather set out this new package of measures to raise funds in her first scottish budget . the her first scottish budget. the new 45% band will see those .

new 45% band will see those. earning between 75 and £125,000 a year are predicted to raise around £15 billion for scotland's finances next year. meanwhile the welsh government has announced a wave of public spending cuts after hitting pubs, shops and restaurants with a tax rise. business rate relief brought in during the coronavirus pandemic for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors is going to be reduced from 75% to 40, meaning much higher bills in the hospitality sector in wales as you've been hearing, teachers and pupils in england won't be compelled to use a child's preferred pronouns under new guidance from the government, schools and colleges should make parents aware if a child requests to change their gender for, except in the very rare situation where parental involvement may raise a significant risk of harm to the child, schools and colleges in england have been told they should take a cautious approach

when considering gender transition requests . this and transition requests. this and just lastly for you, iceland's met office has warn of possible gas pollution later tonight or even tomorrow morning after the volcano on the southwestern peninsula of the country erupted last night . peninsula of the country erupted last night. if you're watching on television, we can bring you these live pictures of the lava content going to spew and bubble out of a two and a half mile long fissure in the earth's surface. the government in iceland saying it doesn't pose a threat to life nearby towns have been evacuated, but of course there will be flight delays and cunous there will be flight delays and curious sightseers have been warned to stay well away . that's warned to stay well away. that's the news on gb news, on tv, online, dab+ radio and the tunein app. this is britain's news channel . news channel. >> i've got a firecracker of a show lined up for you tonight,

but i'm going to start with this. we need to do more to stop rhiannon jones in the education system, warping young minds with trans trampling trans nonsense, trampling all over rights , and over parental rights, and putting young children at risk to progressive woke to fulfil their progressive woke agenda. to fulfil their progressive woke agenda . for years teachers agenda. for years now, teachers have felt the need to tell kids that they might have been born into the wrong they have into the wrong body. they have felt to books to felt the need to read books to young children, emphasising this. like this. but all books like grandad's pride, which included an man in bondage gear. an elderly man in bondage gear. schools, felt the need to sack teachers for refusing to play along with a child's desire to be known by a different name, gender or their wish to be allowed a different allowed into a different changing room. teachers like kevin oxford, who kevin lister from oxford, who had an 18 year, unblemished record , trashed when he was record, trashed when he was turfed out for gross misconduct. his crime wanting to make sure that a child who suddenly wanted to socially transition had parental support. or one case in nottingham where the now ex teacher said are being teacher said teachers are being bullied not to question trans affirming policies when evidence shows result of

shows that the actual result of the approach put the the approach is to put the welfare of children at serious risk. in fact , the one thing risk. in fact, the one thing teachers and schools didn't feel the need to do was tell parents about their child wanting to socially transition. conceivably, turn conceivably, parents would turn up parents evening and up to a parents evening and found out that samuel now found out that samuel was now samantha had been changing samantha and had been changing with before netball with the girls before netball practice the last six practice for the last six months. oh, talking of months. oh, and talking of sports, schools colleges sports, schools and colleges have need to have not felt the need to protect girls from blokes turning up and beating them, sometimes literally we do. we want in a situation want to end up in a situation like they had in massachusetts, where player where a male hockey player knocked the teeth out of a female . well, today female player. well, today has seen a giant leap in the right direction. the government has published non—statutory guidance for gender questioning children. what does this really mean? well, the guidance states that single sex facilities must always remain in place and that it is categoric that children of

the opposite sex must never be able to use those spaces. schools should ensure competitive sport is fair , which competitive sport is fair, which will almost always mean distinct boys and girls teams. will almost always mean distinct boys and girls teams . sleeping boys and girls teams. sleeping facilities like dormitories and tents on school trips, etc. will be based on biological sex and alternative arrangements should be considered for children questioning their gender, but not if it compromises the safety of others. gender questioning children will have to wear the uniform assigned to their biological sex, the most important one for me, though, is this schools should fully consult parents every step of the way , but i don't think it the way, but i don't think it goes far enough . it's just goes far enough. it's just guidance and teachers are threatening to simply ignore it. this needs to be made into a cast iron law to ensure that children are protected. i'm not surprised that so many people on the left are kicking off about this. they can see the door that allows them to, in my view, indoctrinate children being slammed shut in their faces. but let's thoughts my let's get the thoughts of my panel let's get the thoughts of my panel. commentator panel. political commentator suzanne former suzanne evans. we've got former environment secretary ranil

jayawardena . it's going to be jayawardena. it's going to be interesting when we talk to you later about sadiq khan's latest jaunt and author journalist jaunt and author and journalist rebecca reed. suzanne, i will start you do need start with you. do we now need a caste iron law to protect kids from a perceived transgender agenda ? agenda? >>i agenda? >> i think it would be good that these were more than guidelines, that they were enshrined in legislation make sure that legislation to make sure that children protected. so as children were protected. so as far as i can tell, these guidelines following guidelines are following the direction of the cast review by doctor hilary cass, who was a paediatrician, and she concluded that allowing children to socially transition in to a preferred gender wasn't a neutral act, but it was something that could cause them extreme psychological distress further down the line. so we've got common sense here that review is reflected in this legislation , as you say, by, by, legislation, as you say, by, by, by not accepting that children can transition before they're adults. really single—sex spaces, all of that. so i think it's good. it would be good to be better than guidelines. but i think this is a start. >> well, it would because, rebecca, i'll come to you. last

runner rebecca, you know, runner up rebecca, you know, woke teachers are just to woke teachers are just going to ignore woke teachers are just going to ign�*they have to guidelines >> they have to be guidelines because will be situations because there will be situations where some people's parents would be violent towards them or would be violent towards them or would them to would perhaps not allow them to live at home anymore if they were transitioning. so you have to for teacher to leave space for a teacher to make which says you make a judgement which says you wouldn't be safe at home if your parents knew you were parents knew that you were transitioning. you can't transitioning. so you can't make it rule. do we trust it a cast iron rule. do we trust teachers with that? >> these are surely we >> i mean, these are surely we are the same teachers that want to read books blokes in bondage. >> if you again these are those are vanish hinckley rare examples that have examples of things that have happened almost never. and also whenever of those whenever you read one of those stories who's stories about somebody who's been in paragraph been struck off in paragraph three, says there was always three, it says there was always something three, it says there was always sometihappened mention that auntie happened to mention that blah blah was a and blah blah blah was a sin. and you were to burn in hell. you were going to burn in hell. there always more to those there was always more to those stories. that that is stories. my that that is absolutely of those absolutely true of all of those examples. specifically examples. it's specifically to this the best thing you can do with children who want to transition way when transition is the same way when we say we want to vegetarians we say we want to be vegetarians or we're teenagers, or goths when we're teenagers, you okay, fine. a of you go, okay, fine. a lot of these absolutely

these children are absolutely ridiculous. lot of these ridiculous. not a lot of these people are. social transition is completely reversed. >> a vegetarian. >> i'll be a vegetarian. you just go. they don't end up being allowed special allowed into a special vegetarians changing room that happens contain all the. happens to contain all the. that's not happening as well. and referred to and then they get referred to a doctor their bits doctor and they cut their bits off. okay. >> so to start with, nobody is cutting under 18 cutting anything off an under 18 year nobody should be, year old and nobody should be, but should be giving but nobody should be giving hormones an under 18 year hormones to an under 18 year old. you make it impossible old. if you make it impossible for anybody under 18 any for anybody under 18 to have any medical intervention, then there is risk to social transition. is no risk to social transition. the majority of the time. these are troubled, mixed up, unhappy children giving them a and this is giving them a reaction. you make somebody feel that they're victim. that they're they're a victim. they to do it more. they will want to do it more. >> runner what do you make of this? does go enough? this? does it go far enough? >> first of all, i'm sorry >> well, first of all, i'm sorry to say that rebecca's missed the point here. and this is actually about parents about making sure that parents get over the way that get a say over the way that their children develop. and i think knows children think if anyone knows children best, must be parents. best, it must be their parents. absolutely don't absolutely i don't i don't i don't buy the argument. it's not i don't buy the argument that teachers should able teachers should be able to opt out think the left,

out of this. i think the left, the loony left that i'm afraid has infiltrated too many parts of sector will try of our public sector will try and find loopholes like that to undermine good guidance. so undermine this good guidance. so i agree susanna. i think i agree with susanna. i think we've got to go further. i agree with what you say that this is a start, but mustn't be the end and know teacher. hang on, and you know a teacher. hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. carefully to on. i listen very carefully to what you say, you know this what you say, but you know this actually all started in 2019 when may made compulsory when theresa may made compulsory rsa, meant that those rsa, a law that meant that those books could be read in books and so on could be read in classrooms could classrooms and parents could say absolutely about it. absolutely nothing about it. i was one of only 21 mps at the time who voted against that. i was absolutely pilloried by the left, who whipped up huge amounts of support against against me, by me and oh, thank you. and so , you know, that's you. and so, you know, that's the starting point and what do you tell would you have would you tell would you have would you tell would you have teachers telling people that their child was gay? >> if two boys were dating, would you have the parents told they absolutely. would you have the parents told the parents, absolutely. would you have the parents told the parents, you absolutely. would you have the parents told the parents, you would :ely. to >> parents, you would like to know these things. i'm know these things. and i'm afraid this kind it's

afraid i hate this kind of. it's basically rooted in this marxist communist idea that the state is better than better at everything than parents. not. parents. no it's not. >> teachers. it's >> we're not teachers. it's educators trained people. why should we? >> teachers, more than >> your teachers, more than parents? some these parents? i mean, some of these teachers fruitless. teachers are so fruitless. >> why teachers involved >> why are teachers involved with in the first place? with this in the first place? >> what qualification is there to have a baby? trust me, i have one. nothing. quiz, no education. >> why should a be a teacher? >> why should a be a teacher? >> to a high level >> you have to have a high level of education and training. who do fundamentally do you trust fundamentally more about your own child? >> you or their maths teacher? >> you or their maths teacher? >> would >> you or their maths teacher? >> somebody would >> you or their maths teacher? >> somebody with would >> you or their maths teacher? >> somebody with child, ld >> you or their maths teacher? >> somebody with child, ii say somebody with my child, i would say both of us should be trusted us should trusted and both of us should have rights. >> rebecca, i do you trust yourself, right? >> one because we're going >> one set because we're going to hear from kemi badenoch, of course, who's been very, very forthright through forthright in bringing through this hear this guidance. so let's hear from and then we'll some reaction. >> because a child doesn't >> just because a child doesn't conform to gender stereotypes doesn't mean that they are the opposite sex. we shouldn't assume because boy likes assume that because a boy likes pink a girl likes football, pink or a girl likes football, that they are the opposite that they are of the opposite sex. we need make that sex. we need to make sure that schools understand is going schools understand what is going on, that is what this

on, and that is what this guidance to achieve. guidance is there to achieve. >> this been part of the >> this has been part of the problem time, though, problem for a long time, though, hasn't a boy turns hasn't it? because a boy turns up school says that they up at school and says that they like pink, all a sudden like pink, all of a sudden they're in a girls they're playing in a girls football team and change their changing room? >> you know, when was >> yeah. you know, when i was growing wanted to be a growing up, i wanted to be a boy. i was very much a tomboy, and was a natural thing for and that was a natural thing for me i do worry me to do. but i do worry patrick. was where patrick. that was i where i child now. and i expressed an opinion like that. somebody might push me a particular line. >> nobody is, nobody is. >> nobody is, nobody is. >> a playgroups, i'm at >> i'm at a playgroups, i'm at playgroup every day. am around playgroup every day. i am around children babies day. children and babies every day. nobody oh, look, nobody is saying, oh, look, she's got an action man. >> time, one at >> probably not one time, one at a time. >> come on, you say. >>— >> come on, you say. >> mean the lgb alliance. >> i mean the lgb alliance. these are people who founded stonewall in the first place, but forced to leave but have been forced to leave that organisation because they felt no longer represented felt it no longer represented them. actually them. they have actually articulated, really, articulated, i think, really, really young autistic really well that young autistic lesbian in particular are lesbian girls in particular are being led down this path by people who should know better . people who should know better. and that's the problem with having teachers and other

so—called professionals running this rather than parents. >> all right. so let me confront you with the situation, right. that your child, you know, goes to school and then you turn up at a parents evening. >> however, going to >> however, i'm not going to speculate to speculate about what happened to my child trans. my child was trans. >> no, not >> i wouldn't do that. no, not ask that. ask you about that. >> well, i kind of am, though. i mean, because it applies though, for anyone, even if hypothetically, don't have hypothetically, i don't have kids. able answer kids. but i'm able to answer this question, which is if you found teacher had found out that a teacher had known something personal known something deeply personal about that about your child and held that back would not be back from you, would you not be angry that? angry about that? >> are reporting systems >> there are reporting systems in place. so there in place. so if there was a weird situation a child weird situation where a child had close relationship had a very close relationship with the teacher, and the teacher keeping secrets just teacher was keeping secrets just between them, that is a safeguarding issue that would not to in not be allowed to happen in a school a child brings school if a child brings anything teacher is anything to a teacher that is absolutely, absolutely true. if absolutely, absolutely true. if a brings to a a child brings anything to a teacher private and teacher that's private and personal, to escalate personal, they have to escalate it the slt and into a it through the slt and into a record internally. nobody record of it internally. nobody is saying teachers should have weird little secrets. we're saying kept saying that it should be kept between trained professionals. if risk that the

if there is a risk that the parents will behave badly about it. >> i've done safeguarding training in schools. >> i've done safeguarding trai there�*n schools. >> i've done safeguarding trai there�*n scirule. >> i've done safeguarding trai there�*n scirule that says >> there is a rule that says if a child to you and says, a child comes to you and says, can tell you something in can i tell you something in confidence? and you promise you won't anything, you cannot won't tell anything, you cannot give guarantee. give that child that guarantee. >> say if there is >> no, you can say if there is anything worrying or scary or dangerous it, i will have dangerous about it, i will have to somebody else. to tell somebody else. >> that's the answer. >> that's the answer. >> i look at some of the people who most by this who are most annoyed by this kind and some of the kind of stuff, and some of the people who are, you know, loosely associated with your stonewall raise stonewall types. and i raise serious questions they stonewall types. and i raise seri so; questions they stonewall types. and i raise seri so desperate; they stonewall types. and i raise seri so desperate to they stonewall types. and i raise seri so desperate to get they stonewall types. and i raise seri so desperate to get into they are so desperate to get into the minds young children. minds of young children. sometimes bothers me. well exactly. >> and i'm afraid that that, you know, say, theresa know, i'm sorry to say, theresa may government allow may and that government allow allowed these organisations to infiltrate department for infiltrate the department for education to therefore infiltrate schools and local authorities infiltrate schools and local autho think it is has been a way and i think it is has been a way of changing fundamentally the way that children are thinking . way that children are thinking. and it's to their detriment. they have they seem to have a total objection to the basic fundamental structure of the family society. family in society. >> i think that's that's >> and i think that's that's that's why they want the state final.

>> rebecca, final word. >> rebecca, final word. >> you can be trans and have a family, but also a lot of the time this is just people trying on identity. they will grow out of it if they're allowed to grow out of it. >> okay. >> okay. >> rip roaring start. thank you very probably one the very much. probably one of the most controversial topics you can off to a can pick. so we're off to a flyer still to come. dame flyer now. still to come. dame esther ransome has signed up for assisted swiss assisted dying through the swiss clinic she clinic dignitas. but does she actually have the support of her family? iconic family? daughter to the iconic tv wilcox will tv presenter rebecca wilcox will join very soon. join me live very, very soon. but next in the head to head but up next in the head to head five live presenter nihal arthur knicker the bbc for knicker slammed the bbc for being too white. well now he says he won't be silenced and he won't because reignited won't be because he's reignited this hasn't this whole race. storm hasn't he? but is this racism okay? should listen a word he should we listen to a word he has to say? gb news favourite leo kearse is fired up and he takes on social commentator joanna jarjue. one of our viewers who could be watching right now though, is guaranteed to win shopping vouchers , a to win shopping vouchers, a brand new iphone and ten grand in cash to spend on anything they like. but you've got to be in it to win it. here's how you

can enter the great british. >> this is your chance to win cash, and tech in our cash, treats and tech in our very first great british giveaway, totally tax giveaway, there's a totally tax free £10,000 cash up for grabs. cash which would help make 2024 a whole lot better . we're also a whole lot better. we're also going to send you shopping with £500 worth of vouchers to spend in the store of your choice. what would be on your shopping list? if it's a new iphone? we've also got that covered too, with the latest iphone 15 pro max, which you'll also receive for another chance to win the iphone.the for another chance to win the iphone. the vouchers and £10,000 cash. text gb news in to 84 902. text cost £2 plus one standard network rate message , or post network rate message, or post your name and to number gb zero one, po box 8690. derby . de19 one, po box 8690. derby. de19 jvt, uk only entrants must be 18 or over. lines close at 5 pm. on friday. the 5th of january. full terms and privacy notice at

gbnews.com. forward slash win good luck . good luck. >> well yeah, it could be you. but up next, after being accused of anti—white racism, bbc five live presenter nihal arthanayake has promised that he won't stay quiet but should

weekend at 3 pm. on gb news the people's channel, britain's news channel. >> welcome back. now dame esther

rantzen's daughter is on next to discuss her mother's decision to join the assisted dying clinic dignitas. very controversial decision , as always. is she decision, as always. is she really on board with it? but first, it is time for our head to head . and bbc radio five live to head. and bbc radio five live presenter nihal arthanayake has bizarrely chosen to reignite his own race row. last month, he told a journalism diversity conference that an overwhelmingly white working environment at the bbc was affecting his mental health and despite coming under widespread criticism, nihal snapped back on social media yesterday, writing i saw lack of diversity in my workplace over a long period of time. it affected me and it was isolating and lonely. yet all these gb loving types made me to be an anti—white racist. if a single one of them think i'm going to keep quiet, then they're even more stupid . so they're even more stupid. so he's raking in a lucrative salary funded by the taxpayer , salary funded by the taxpayer, and he's calling members of the

pubuc and he's calling members of the public like gb news viewers stupid. somewhat ironic given that his tweet had a glaring grammatical error there, of course. yep, spelling affected wrong. still, though, nihal promised that he would not be silenced , so we invited him onto silenced, so we invited him onto the show to speak out. of course we have been met with silence. funny that , but should it stay funny that, but should it stay that way? should nihal just shut up? let me know your thoughts. email me gbviews@gbnews.com tweet me at gb news while you're there , go and take part in our there, go and take part in our poll. bring you the results poll. i'll bring you the results very but to debate this very shortly. but to debate this now, i am joined by comedian and gb presenter leo kearse and gb news presenter leo kearse and social joanna social commentator joanna jarjue. leo, i will start with you should nihal keep quiet? >> yeah, should keep quiet before he keeps quiet. he should apologise for his egregious racist . um, he apologise for his egregious racist. um, he said apologise for his egregious racist . um, he said that working racist. um, he said that working amongst white people made him feel uncomfortable . imagine if, feel uncomfortable. imagine if, uh, if the roles were reversed and this was a white person saying they didn't feel comfortable . and wherever they comfortable. and wherever they lived, you know , perhaps it was lived, you know, perhaps it was

a formerly white place that is now predominantly ethnic minority. they worked with minority. or if they worked with a lot of ethnic minority people and they said it made them feel uncomfortable, person, they uncomfortable, that person, they wouldn't hounded from wouldn't just be hounded from their job. be wouldn't just be hounded from theirjob. be paraded theirjob. they'd be paraded in theirjob. they'd be paraded in the to the streets, they'd be sent to jail. so it's absolutely disgusting that nihal can can behave in the most, you disgusting that nihal can can behave in the most , you know, in behave in the most, you know, in a way that would that would get somebody else condemned . and, somebody else condemned. and, and he seems to be proud of it as well. it seems to be someone he's doubling down on. he doesn't see the error of his ways at all. okay. >> i'm sure neo would deny that he was being egregiously racist, but don't know. joanna. has he but i don't know. joanna. has he been? and should he keep quiet? >> first of all, i don't >> well, first of all, i don't think that, um. nihal should keep quiet on the subject of diversity. and when he did make his comments, he was. we have to look at context here. he was at a diversity conference, so he was about what it feels was talking about what it feels like to be a minority within the bbc, where i do think that he's gone is, and i'm quite gone wrong is, and i'm quite surprised as somebody who basically a living , i

basically talks for a living, i would that he would would think that he would be a lot careful with his words lot more careful with his words and something and know that something like that get message that can get the message completely lost. i think completely lost. but i think that other ways that he that there's other ways that he could have phrased he could could have phrased it. he could have you know what have said, you know what? what it feel like when it makes me feel like when i walk in and i don't see any of the faces that like me, he the faces that look like me, he didn't necessarily need to reference faces . and i reference white faces. and i think interesting, actually think it's interesting, actually , mentioned , um, that it was mentioned about. , if a white about. oh, well, if a white person said this about that, you know, people that happens person said this about that, you kncthe people that happens person said this about that, you kncthe time. people that happens person said this about that, you kncthe time. andle that happens person said this about that, you kncthe time. and if that happens person said this about that, you kncthe time. and if it1at happens person said this about that, you kncthe time. and if it wasiappens all the time. and if it was actually done on this programme where somebody london where somebody says london is like and london is like londonistan and london is like, you know , um, not british like, you know, um, not british anymore, not english anymore, because there's too many brown faces . a lot of people would faces. a lot of people would still defend that, especially on this programme. so i think it's really funny now that it's convening that a brown person has said something similar on the everybody you the reverse, everybody is, you know, outraged all president. >> all right, leo, come back to that then. >> well, london, london used to be a white city. i mean, up until relatively it was until relatively recently it was a predominantly white city,

despite uh, the bbc's despite what, uh, the bbc's false reporting of history would have you have you believe . but i have you have you believe. but i think, you know, it's interesting that nihal was at a diversity conference and seeing this, you know, being being racist against, against white people because we know that people because we all know that diversity mean diversity doesn't really mean diversity. it anti—white diversity. it means anti—white racism and, you know, if we're looking if we're talking about diversity in the bbc, where are the right wing comedians? where are ers? these are are the brexiteer ers? these are the these are the people are the these are the people who are really society . really marginalised in society. ah, certainly. certainly in the bbc. >> joanna, if nihal is taking a taxpayer funded wage, at least partly anyway , why should he be partly anyway, why should he be able to make comments like this , able to make comments like this, do you think? and he's a bbc employee, at least in part. you know. do you think that's the kind of thing that people should be doing? i mean, some people have accused of stoking have accused him of stoking a race war. >> well, again, i'll go back to the facts that i said that it's about the context as well of where he was talking. he was talking about diversity. he

didn't just wake up one day and say you know , and said say that, you know, and said that white people make him that all white people make him feel uncomfortable. and i'd actually the actually take issue with the fact was as fact that he was quoted as saying uncomfortable. not saying uncomfortable. i'm not sure that he actually said that he another word. um that, he used another word. um that, you know, his mental health. >> said, yeah. >> he said, yeah. >> he said, yeah. >> he said that it affected his mental when you when mental health. but when you when you reference it like uncomfortable , it makes it seem uncomfortable, it makes it seem as if he's saying that white people him or people make him squirm or something. i think, you know, using right words to give using the right words to give him mental health issues, to be fair. >> yeah. i mean, you just kind of they they give of saying they they give him mental issues. i'm not mental health issues. i'm not sure any better. is it sure if that's any better. is it really, joanna? >> well, i mean, when you say uncomfortable, usually when, if somebody was to say that black people uncomfortable, people make them uncomfortable, obviously look at it obviously you would look at it in context. i think in a different context. i think talking about his mental health being diversity being affected due to diversity is anyway , i do is different. but anyway, i do think that when this is, you know, flipped on its head a lot of people defend this. if somebody had said this about black people, you black and brown people, you would saying, well, would all be saying, oh, well, they're race card they're playing the race card all a sudden because nihal

all of a sudden because nihal has exactly same thing. has done exactly the same thing. >> a little bit of, i >> there's a little bit of, i think i think it's a little bit unfair. >> i think it's possible to have discussions, do here discussions, as we often do here on this show and at this channel, about like channel, about things like diversity, things like diversity, about things like immigration, things immigration, about things like multiculturalism, without being egregiously multiculturalism, without being egr

be treated equally. i think, you know, martin luther king asked for leo, i'll stick with you and >> leo, i'll stick with you and then i'll give you the final word. word to joanna. but leo, then i'll give you the final wonknow,i to joanna. but leo, then i'll give you the final wonknow, ifo joanna. but leo, then i'll give you the final wonknow, if nihal na. but leo, then i'll give you the final wonknow, if nihal does ut leo, then i'll give you the final wonknow, if nihal does think , you know, if nihal does think that a lot of the pushback here is, quote, sun quotes, you know, gb's shapps and he thinks gb's time shapps and he thinks that basically anyone that you know basically anyone who with him, from that you know basically anyone who i with him, from that you know basically anyone who i can with him, from that you know basically anyone who i can gatherh him, from that you know basically anyone who i can gather from , from that you know basically anyone who i can gather from his)m what i can gather from his tweets, anyone who disagrees with is, you know, a thick with him is, you know, a thick right can't help right wing gammon. i can't help but wonder or that right wing gammon. i can't help but 'presenter or that right wing gammon. i can't help but 'presenter has or that right wing gammon. i can't help but 'presenter has just that right wing gammon. i can't help but 'presenter has just insulted bbc presenter has just insulted the majority the the vast majority of the country, because that does seem to amount of people who to be the amount of people who have that are pushing have the views that are pushing back him here. back on him here. >> yeah, absolutely. and i mean, he's own he's really displaying his own prejudice what, he's really displaying his own prej know, what, he's really displaying his own prej know, he what, he's really displaying his own prej know, he should what, he's really displaying his own prej know, he should have/hat, he's really displaying his own prej know, he should have been you know, he should have been talking about at the diversity conference. he should have been talking gbs or talking about how gbs or whatever wants whatever, whatever he wants to whatever, whatever pejorative terms he wants wonderful wants to describe the wonderful viewers channel as he viewers of this channel as he should be talking about how they're against. they're discriminated against. and with regards to the comparison london saying, you comparison to london saying, you know, say, well, know, some people say, well, london's changed, london has changed. the i mean, nihal is complaining that something hasn't changed enough for his

liking. it's like me going to sri lanka and saying, well, you haven't imported three thousands and hundreds of thousands of white people to make me feel comfortable. that's the comfortable. so that's the difference. london has changed. nihal that nihal is complaining that somewhere hasn't changed. all right, joanna, do you think nihal should continue to double down on this? >> because is the way he's >> because that is the way he's going at moment, i think. going at the moment, i think. >> think that nihal should >> i think that nihal should continue about continue talking about diversity, think diversity, but i think that he should careful, you should be very careful, uh, you know, other i know, offending other people. i do think sometimes it goes do think that sometimes it goes both and. but the thing both ways, and. but the thing that i'm uncomfortable with is that i'm uncomfortable with is that when other that i feel like when other people stuff about black and people say stuff about black and brown, people and people have a problem with it, and they're offended, you're offended, they say, oh, you're playing card all of a playing the race card all of a sudden nihal said it. sudden because nihal said it. you everyone's up in arms. you know, everyone's up in arms. i feel like usually defends this thing. we all thing. i think we should all respect each from respect each other from both sides um, know, and that's sides. um, you know, and that's the way that we should live. but it's just a shame that when it's the way people say the other way around, people say it's the race card and don't take seriously it's on take it seriously till it's on their doorstep. all right. >> both of you thoroughly

enjoyed another rip roaring head >> both of you thoroughly en head another rip roaring head >> both of you thoroughly en head anoth> both of you thoroughly en head anoth

speech. absolutely free speech. look, coming up, the clocks ticking for the shambolic government. but according to rishi sunak, there isn't a firm date now for stopping the boats. who'da thunk it? gb news star nana akua lets rip on the pm very very shortly and she'll have a word or two to say about keir starmer as well. but first, legendary tv presenter dame esther rantzen has revealed that she's signed up for assisted dying, family face dying, but her family face criminal prosecution if they were to be present in her final moments, it's deeply moving and to be honest with you, quite bizarre story dame esther's daughter joins me to speak about that unimaginable dilemma she's live in just a few moments

monday to thursdays from six till 930. >> wow , look, obviously rishi >> wow, look, obviously rishi sunak can't commit to a date to stopping the boats . stopping the boats. >> i will get live reaction from nana akua very very soon. but first let injury tv presenter dame esther rantzen has been all over the front pages today after announcing that she had lung cancer earlier this year, dame esther has now revealed that she signed up for dignitas, the assisted dying clinic in switzerland. here she is speaking to bbc radio four. >> i have joined dignitas. i have in my brain an thought, well, if the next scan says nothing's working, i might buzz off to zurich . but you know, it

off to zurich. but you know, it puts my family and friends in a difficult position because, as they would want to go with me , they would want to go with me, and that means that the police might prosecute them. so we've got to do something. at the moment, it's not really working, is it ? is it? >> indeed assisting or encouraging another person's suicide is illegal in england, wales and northern ireland, and one of dame esther's family members, her daughter rebecca wilcox , joins me now to discuss wilcox, joins me now to discuss their dilemma. wilcox, joins me now to discuss their dilemma . rebecca, thank their dilemma. rebecca, thank you very, very much. i'm sorry to talk to you under such distressing circumstances , but i distressing circumstances, but i think a really important think it's a really important issue, of people. think it's a really important iss can of people. think it's a really important iss can i of people. think it's a really important iss can i just of people. think it's a really important iss can i just ask, of people. think it's a really important iss can i just ask, are people. think it's a really important iss can i just ask, are you�*ple. think it's a really important iss can i just ask, are you on. so can i just ask, are you on board with your mum's decision then. board with your mum's decision then . i have gone back and forth then. i have gone back and forth about it a lot. >> obviously i want her to live forever. it's what she originally promised us. her parents lived to 90 and 93, so ? parents lived to 90 and 93, so? so we thought we had another decade with her. she has always made brilliant decisions, not necessarily the easy ones, and i

think this is another brilliant decision . i support her choice decision. i support her choice to make this decision. it's a very difficult words . to be able very difficult words. to be able to get away with because you need to be able to say what you feel without incriminating yourself, and how ridiculous is that? >> well, just expand and if you can a little bit about that for me. so do you face criminal prosecutions? if you don't like wrestler off a plane to zurich, essentially, i don't think i'd have to go that far. >> and um, also , she's smaller >> and um, also, she's smaller than me, so i definitely win . than me, so i definitely win. but i think , i think it's i've but i think, i think it's i've heard that family members have said goodbye to each other at airport because they cannot get on the plane with them and they cannot go to dignitas or whichever place it is. and i think the fact that, i mean, my mum's a terrible traveller. she's ever so nervous . so doing she's ever so nervous. so doing that journey , she by herself and

that journey, she by herself and that's, that's just an impossibility for me . that's, that's just an impossibility for me. um, that's, that's just an impossibility for me . um, but if impossibility for me. um, but if i or my sister or brother or anyone else sat by her and held her hand , went to the place with her hand, went to the place with her, held her hand, waited for the awful moment, and then stayed with her till afterwards, and then transported her body home. we would most likely be arrested . and not everybody gets arrested. and not everybody gets prosecuted. and the crown court say that it's a ridiculous situation, and these people shouldn't be prosecuted, but they have to under uk law because because there are a few people out there who are evil and willing to manipulate these situations for their gain and not to sound ridiculous about it, but they're ruining it for everybody because we all live the lives that we want to live to a point . why can't we die the to a point. why can't we die the way we want to die? >> look , obviously a very, very

>> look, obviously a very, very difficult thing to discuss, but as your mum, given any kind of indication about the kind of time frame involved here, so you can prepare a family, i'm asking because i think decisions like this are going to become increasingly common, and i know first hand that people's families do talk about this kind of thing. right and you're now maybe in a position to articulate that yourself. so what's kind situation in what's the kind of situation in the family at the moment? >> well, we're horribly open family, which is quite shocking for visitors. we talk about everything and there's no line . everything and there's no line. sometimes people wish there was a line . um, so, you know , a line. um, so, you know, politics, sex, death. we've talked about it all. uh, i know exactly where i was conceived. i wish i didn't, but but, um, so this is this is the latest taboo that we are discussing. um we have all marched into every single oncology appointment with mum, my brother , sister and i, mum, my brother, sister and i, we, we go as a group. she feels

a bit embarrassed by it and introduces us as her entourage. um, but so we all know as much as she knows about what's going on, which is at the last scan , on, which is at the last scan, it was okay. she has stage four lung cancer, which means that it is in several different places, which means it's untreatable, which means it's untreatable, which means it's terminal. but at the moment there's a little pause. so that's what we know. and when we've asked about timings, it's all been quite fudged because there are so many variables involved that they're not able to give us actual specifics. so her oncologist said, well, i expect you to die between now and ten years, which is useless information when you want to plan for these things . want to plan for these things. but that's the other problem with somewhere like dignitas is you have to be of sound mind to be able to go. you have to be able to have the faculties to be able to have the faculties to be able to have the faculties to be able to get yourself there, which means that she would technically have to go before

she was ill enough to do such a thing. like assist her own death so it would cut off. i mean, as this wonderful lady, doctor davis said, who? who supports assisted dying? she said, we're outsourcing death to switzerland, and they don't do it very well over there . it very well over there. >> do you wish she could do it. here >> the difference between her travelling to this place by herself, going to this building which looks grey and drab and cold and is in an industrial estate , going into this room estate, going into this room where you're sort of hurried through a process . there's through a process. there's nothing. yes, it's £20,000, which is a huge amount of money, but there is nothing glamorous or elitist or wonderful or luxurious about the process . it luxurious about the process. it is a cold, almost conveyor belt of death. so the difference between that death and her in her home, ideally surrounded by us all, sharing jokes, sharing

words , scores, talking about the words, scores, talking about the latest gossip and her gently, gently, gently falling asleep . gently, gently falling asleep. which is how, um , how many which is how, um, how many consultants have described the possible death she could have and that's the one that we would want for her. obviously, we don't want her to die. um, we want her to live forever . she's want her to live forever. she's managed break many glass managed to break many glass ceilings. mortality. unfortunately not. >> no, indeed . morally are you >> no, indeed. morally are you all right with it ? all right with it? >> am i all right with assisted dying? um i'm all right with a person's right to choose . as person's right to choose. as long as that is their choice and there is no , no outside there is no, no outside influence that that every single possible method of sustaining life has been taken. i don't think that it should be for people who are depressed . it people who are depressed. it i don't think it should be for mental illness. i am not an

expert on this. this is literally just my opinion. i think if you have a terminal diagnosis of a physical illness and you are facing a terrible death , like motor neurone , why death, like motor neurone, why wouldn't you take a kinder, gentler death? hmm >> no. i know a lot of people will agree with you and rebecca. can i just round off by asking you a question that i actually really think i should have led in with? how is your mum? and i can see you well within herself and gearing up for christmas and things. yeah >> the most >> i mean, it's the most difficult everyone difficult question everyone always, me this and always, always asks me this and it's answer one it's really hard to answer one because, private because, um, she's so private about this . and for somebody about this. and for somebody that's so honest and open that's been so honest and open and been on all the reality shows where you bare your soul, um, she's very, very private about how she is . so basically, about how she is. so basically, as i said, um , we live scan to as i said, um, we live scan to scan. she's okay. it's not great living with cancer is not. it's

not fun. it's tiring knowing that you have cancer. it's tiring physically living with cancen tiring physically living with cancer. she has been the person with more energy than i have ever known in my whole life. and it is interesting and awful to see this stage of her life . but see this stage of her life. but we have got a christmas we never thought we were going to have. when she was diagnosed back in january, we thought she wouldn't make it to christmas, so we've gone nuts for christmas. i've got trees and lights and baubles and fur. and presents and stars and fur. fake fur, you know, tree for, um, everywhere. every where. father christmas is leaving many stockings. we've got three elves on the shelves and it's all going nuts. and it's all for her. and i can't wait . her. and i can't wait. >> oh, well, rebecca, thank you very, very much for coming on and talking about it. it's incredibly moving stuff. i wish you and your mum and the entire family all the best to what is a very, very difficult and testing

time. but it's to great chat to you and hopefully we can talk again in the future. under slightly less bleak circumstances. but as rebecca wilcox, very, wilcox, thank you very, very much. gosh. well, there we much. okay gosh. well, there we are. well, look, coming up, another episode of eco hypocrisy, where the engineer of ulez sadiq khan agrees to promote an airline in return for business class seat . so is the business class seat. so is the mayor of london or any of the world leaders to be trusted when it comes to climate change? standby for a searing monologue, but next migrant crisis what migrant crisis? rishi sunak let the cat out of the bag, saying there's no firm date for stopping the boats. is that a bit unfair, though? how can we put a firm date on it and what's sir to? so does this put sir keir up to? so does this put the on borrowed time? the pm on borrowed time? and would you have your fingerprints taken at the airport? because those plans, the one those are the new plans, the one and only nana akua offers her unfilled entered political analysis . stay tuned

loads coming up we talk about more climate hypocrisy. we're also going to go live to iceland because that volcano issue is intensifying to say the least . intensifying to say the least. and we'll have all of tomorrow's front pages today for you. but the prime minister has been facing a grilling from parliament's liaison committee today , made his galling today, as he made his galling admission about his pledge to stop the small boats. >> there isn't a firm date on this because i've always been clear from the beginning you said the said you'd gone to stop the boat, so i just want to know we will keep going until we do. but this is not one of these things where precise where there's a precise date estimate date. well i'm joined estimate a date. well i'm joined now gb news superstar nana now by gb news superstar nana akua you very, very much. >> thank you very, very much. i mean, you think that's fair mean, do you think that's fair enough, though? how could he put a on it? a firm date on it? >> well, he was stupid enough to sort foolish enough to say sort of be foolish enough to say that he going to stop the that he was going to stop the boats. he should have known that. have that. perhaps he should have been sort of less exact been a bit sort of less exact about what he was going to do, because it's quite clear, it's quite difficult to stop the

boats. and yeah, got to boats. and yeah, you've got to literally question why he thought would be thought that that would be realistic language , and you've realistic language, and you've got to question his judgement in saying but no, i didn't saying that. but no, i didn't think he was actually going to be actually stop the be able to actually stop the boats. i hoping that they'd boats. i was hoping that they'd come some things come up with some things that might passed through the might get passed through the houses and that houses of parliament, and that something might happen, but sadly, we're in a sadly, um, well, we're in a stalemate there stalemate because i think there are many vested interests are too many vested interests that want boat that don't really want the boat stopped at all. >> i'm inclined to agree >> yeah, i'm inclined to agree with there is a of with you. there is a heck of a lot of money being made out of the crisis. a heck of a the migrant crisis. a heck of a lot money, and i just wonder lot of money, and i just wonder if that is having a bit of an impact behind the scenes. nana >> hmm. seems that >> hmm. well, it seems that there different. there there are different. there are lawyers involved in this. i mean, look, you've seen how embarrassing come across embarrassing we've come across with rwanda. can't get it with rwanda. we can't get it past our own people. so let alone even starting the process of actually bothering the thing of actually bothering the thing of stopping the boats or sending people elsewhere. so so obviously albania kind of got bored waiting for us because

they probably thought that, well, nothing's going to happen with the united kingdom. they're too busy arguing with themselves. so who would take us seriously anyway ? and think seriously anyway? and i think this seen we've this is why you've seen we've been gazumped by giorgia meloni, who's now to processing who's now going to be processing and sending migrants there. it's just doesn't surprise me at just it doesn't surprise me at all. you've seen the way they've behaved. >> yeah. we've been gazumped on a migrant deal with albania by italy, who right the italy, who are right at the forefront i suppose the forefront of it. i suppose the one out of that that one positive out of that is that if that deters people from going to that might, in a to italy, that might, in a roundabout deter people roundabout way, deter people from look, from coming here. but look, moving now british moving on now, now, now british holidaymakers set face holidaymakers look set to face even chaos later. even more travel chaos later. next this new next year. so this new post—brexit control post—brexit border control kicks in. undergo in. brits will undergo fingerprint checks and face scans every time they travel to europe , with eu countries like europe, with eu countries like slovenia and austria warning that the new process could take up to four times longer. no, no. what on earth is going on here? this just seems absolutely ridiculous like ridiculous, almost like an infringement on human rights. >> well , i infringement on human rights. >> well, i mean, they're just i think a lot of people might

think a lot of people might think that they're being bitter because we've left successfully. left not properly, we have left not properly, but we have successfully disjointed ourselves from them. uh, but in terms of travelling there, so i think they are it would appear they're making it as almost difficult as possible to for us to go but in the end, you to go there. but in the end, you know it's as soon as know what it's like as soon as they to lose the british they start to lose the british pound and our money stops flowing through the eu, because most people won't be able to be bothered for bothered by waiting for ridiculously long queues, then they start to they might they might start to change their but if change their mind. but if anything, it'll well direct anything, it'll may well direct people away from eu countries and we might find places to travel on holiday that will be far more welcoming, i think. >> no, exactly . exactly that. i >> no, exactly. exactly that. i mean, a couple of things there. if about the climate if they cared about the climate crisis, they'd want crisis, surely they'd only want us eu countries and us flying to eu countries and not going on long haul flights. the other is, now. now, i the other thing is, now. now, i think they're wound think they're just so wound up because been because brits have been told about these post—brexit about all of these post—brexit travel queues. i'll honest travel queues. i'll be honest with have sailed through with you, i have sailed through every single i've gone every single time i've gone travelling. non—existent travelling. it's non—existent and they're to and now they're just trying to make worse for us. well

make it. even worse for us. well i would say they are trying to make worse for us, but it make it worse for us, but it might it bad might actually make it so bad that we don't want to go to their the countries within the eu they'll losing money. >> that's how it often goes in the end. they end up retracting and begging literally to and begging us literally to come back. honest, most back. look, to be honest, most people are too busy with the cost of living. um, people cost of living. um, most people can't holiday can't afford to go on holiday right anyway, i know i right now anyway, i know i can't. i think there's probably a people out there who a load of people out there who just well, so what? it's just think, well, so what? it's not going affect me because not going to affect me because i'm. i can't afford go out i'm. i can't afford to go out anyway. yeah absolutely. i'm. i can't afford to go out anylook,(eah absolutely. i'm. i can't afford to go out anylook,(eah aithankzly. i'm. i can't afford to go out any look, (eah aithank you very >> look, nana, thank you very much. great as always. gb news presenter sure presenter nana akua make sure you out over the you check her out over the weekend. coming how do weekend. now coming up, how do weekend. now coming up, how do we famous barge that we save the famous barge that took winston churchill on his final journey across the thames? i've an exclusive i've got an exclusive interview with telling with the barge's owner telling me it's me about whether or not it's destined be sold abroad, so destined to be sold abroad, so that should be really insightful stuff, it's stuff, actually. but next, it's one they and another one rule for they and another for as ulez sadiq khan for me. as mr ulez sadiq khan promotes an airline company in exchange for business class tickets. rich and tickets. are the rich and powerful hypocrites that warm

feeling inside died from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news . gb news. >> hello. welcome to your latest gb news weather update from the met office. rain will continue to clear through this evening, bringing many of us clearer skies over night. tonight. that's because we've seen a cold front sweep south eastwards across the country that's clearing off tonight . and behind clearing off tonight. and behind it we see this brisk north westerly wind direction developing for the rest of the week. that will bring a swathe of showers to parts of northern ireland. much of scotland and into and north into northern england and north wales. by the end of the night. these could fall as snow over the scotland for the hills of scotland for a time. further east, though it will and clear for much will stay dry and clear for much of night, and that of the night, and that will allow temperatures to fall away, will night last will be a colder night than last night risk of grass night here, with a risk of grass frost by tomorrow morning and across eastern areas, the morning much brighter morning will be much brighter than this morning. tomorrow however, cloud will thicken however, the cloud will thicken towards lunchtime as warm towards lunchtime as a warm front arrives from the

northwest. that will introduce quite of persistent quite a lot of persistent drizzly rain to western areas as well as hills and some quite dull cloud . temperatures will dull cloud. temperatures will rise as a result though, so it will a milder afternoon will be a milder afternoon tomorrow however, the tomorrow afternoon. however, the winds will strengthen as well, so it will turn quite windy. the wind strengthened even more on wednesday night and there is a wind warning out for many northern of the country northern areas of the country through thursday , we through much of thursday, we could wind gusts in excess could see wind gusts in excess of as some quite of 70mph, as well as some quite blustery showers pushing in from the north and west. there's a continued risk of some snow showers in the north, but for many us, it's likely to stay many of us, it's likely to stay quite unsettled in the run up to christmas by. >> looks things are >> it looks like things are heating up boxt boilers as sponsors of weather on gb news .

>> welcome along. its 10 pm. and this is patrick christys tonight. yeah, two wrongs don't make a right. >> i'll agree with that. but desperate times call for desperate times call for desperate measures. >> unfortunately, patrick, um, why are our political elite such climate hypocrites? >> london mayor sadiq khan endorsed an airline company in return for business class seats . return for business class seats. but i hold a so—called blade runner to account for their criminal behaviour when it comes to vandalising ulez cameras. >> and we shall fight on the beaches. we shall fight on the landing grounds . we shall fight landing grounds. we shall fight in the fields and in the streets i >> -- >> it is d—day for sir winston churchill's funeral barge. the man who is being forced to sell this iconic ship will join me exclusively this hour. and it's going to . blow. me as we going to. blow. me as we cross

oven going to. blow. me as we cross over, live to iceland to find out what's happening. as a giant volcano is currently erupting in fact, i think they are there live pictures. good grief, that is live shots of that icelandic volcano. we will have the latest from a man who is just a few minutes away from that to keep us i've got all of us updated, i've got all of tomorrow's front tomorrow's newspaper front pages today in my press pack, today for you in my press pack, and we'll be getting stuck into whether or not mps deserve a pay rise, which will be particularly interesting one member my interesting for one member of my panel we got political panel. we have got political commentator suzanne evans, tory mp ranil, flush with cash, awarded her and broadcaster rebecca reid this is patrick christys tonight. let's do it . christys tonight. let's do it. ronald lives a very humble existence. now email me what should happen to winston churchill's barge. that's what i want to know from you. i need your help. okay. what should

happen to winston churchill's funeral barge? gb views ng news.com? oh, yes. of news.com? oh, yes. and of course, will you what course, i will tell you what happens as a car is happens next. here as a car is hurtling towards pushing hurtling towards a woman pushing a seconds from disaster. a pram seconds from disaster. what does happen next? i'll see you after the headlines . you after the headlines. >> patrick. thank you and good evening to you. well, the news tonight is that a by—election will definitely take place in wellingborough in northamptonshire. after voters tonight signed a petition to oust the mp peter bone from his constituency, the wellingborough mp was suspended from the commons for six weeks in october after an inquiry found he'd subjected a staff member to bullying and sexual misconduct. mr bone describes the allegations as totally untrue and without foundation, and within the last 20 minutes, the former home secretary suella braverman, has called peter bone a thoroughly decent man, saying that the witch hunt against him is a source of national shame .

is a source of national shame. um, well , in is a source of national shame. um, well, in other news is a source of national shame. um, well , in other news today, um, well, in other news today, the foreign secretary says the uk won't tolerate attacks on shipping in the red sea , as shipping in the red sea, as trade analysts suggest that continued disruption could impact prices in all uk sectors. britain is joining an international maritime coalition dubbed operation security guardian, to protect ships in the area after a recent spate of attacks by houthi rebels . the attacks by houthi rebels. the government says much of the uk's supply of liquefied natural gas is imported by these vital shipping routes , confirming the shipping routes, confirming the royal navy destroyer hms diamond will be joining the new task force. there is to be a new 45% tax band for higher earners in scotland, deputy first minister shona robison set out her new package of measures designed to raise funds in her first scottish budget . the new 45% scottish budget. the new 45% band will affect those earning between 75 and £125,000 a year,

and are predicted to raise around £15 billion for scotland's finances next year. meanwhile the welsh government has announced a wave of public spending cuts after hitting pubs, shops and restaurants with a tax rise. business rate relief brought in during the coronavirus pandemic for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors is going to be reduced from 75% to 40, meaning much higher bills . and michael gove higher bills. and michael gove today put council planning departments on notice, saying slow approach ovals won't be tolerated in a speech on planning reform, the housing secretary said there is resistance to a handful of new developments in many parts of the country , so he's going to the country, so he's going to crack down on lengthy planning applications with some councils given three months to improve or risk having their powers stripped away . people are being stripped away. people are being urged to help the nhs deal with the busy winter by donating

blood this christmas. an appeal has been launched by the government , with the health government, with the health minister saying christmas is not only a time to get together, but also a time to help others. there are still appointments available at the 25 permanent blood donor centres across england. the campaign manager says on average, 4300 blood donations are required every day to cope with demand from hospitals as and a rather silly final story to end on, but true nonetheless . humans have wiped nonetheless. humans have wiped out twice as many bird species than previously thought, scientists say the arrival of people in places like hawaii, tonga and the azores has ultimately led to deforestation, overhunting and the introduction of invasive species . these, they of invasive species. these, they also believe almost 12% of bird species have died out over modern human history. humans wiping out birds. modern human history. humans wiping out birds . who knew this

wiping out birds. who knew this is gb news across 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 . britain's news channel. >> loads to get through this houn >> loads to get through this hour. we start with this is sadiq khan, a whopping great big climate grifting hypocrite. well, questions are being asked after the mayor of london and green clean air fanatic has been outed as signing an agreement to promote united airlines in exchange for business class tickets during another pointless foreign trip . i imagine he knows foreign trip. i imagine he knows this is a bad look because apparently city hall has previously denied this. but reports today say he advertised the fact united airlines flies into heathrow airport 22 times a day in exchange for business class travel on six flights. please lecture me more on the climate emergency . mayor khan, climate emergency. mayor khan, here's the supposedly damning tweet . we can bring a bit of tweet. we can bring a bit of that up for you. there he is.

yes, london is an unrivalled location to visit and invest in. i'm excited to take this message to new york, san francisco and los angeles and showcase our amazing city to america. first up nyc with united, who are now flying 22 times a day from heathrow to the us right ? there heathrow to the us right? there was a report that came out in october last year accusing sadiq khan and his team of racking up the equivalent of 14 round the world trips . that's 360,000 air world trips. that's 360,000 air miles, apparently . this guy miles, apparently. this guy loves flying so much i'm surprised he hasn't qualified as a pilot. presumably that's his dream, which is why we here at gb news have decided to make that dream come true. yes, that's right. there he is. there you go , sadiq. you look good. you go, sadiq. you look good. you look good in that uniform. i wonder whether this guy will publicly endorse the icelandic volcano eruption if he got a free weekend in reykjavik. so he has visits to india and has been on visits to india and pakistan. it's a new york for climate summit, obviously to dubai for another climate summit

. he's been on some completely pointless trips, like one to a cannabis farm in los angeles. it led to headlines like this, sadiq khan's four day us tour, including trip cannabis farm, including trip to cannabis farm, cost british taxpayers 34 grand, including stay at £235 a night. four star hotel and new york business flights . it might be business flights. it might be nice if he was back here sorting out knife crime, but no , he's out knife crime, but no, he's got more important things to do . got more important things to do. all the while he's slamming taxpayers with green policies like ulez, a freedom of information request revealed that ulez generated and i am probably going to struggle to get this number right. £224,000,633. that'll do in 2022. 924,000,633. that'll do in 2022. an £224,000,633. that'll do in 2022. an average of £187 million a month. a number so big that it million a month. a number so big thatitis million a month. a number so big that it is quite literally blowing my mind. okay, the greater london expansion reportedly generated £26 million in its first month alone . where in its first month alone. where is all of that money going now? it has to led a group of

criminal vigilantes known as the blade runners, committing criminal damage by trashing ulez cameras. this is obviously criminal behaviour. it cannot and will not be condoned . and and will not be condoned. and but it is happening. and will not be condoned. and but it is happening . earlier but it is happening. earlier today i spoke with one of these so—called blade runners. i did put it to him that people would say that their response to the ulez situation is wrong, and maybe should be stopped. maybe they should be stopped. >> probably majority of >> probably the majority of them people we should stopped people say we should be stopped or majority are probably the or the majority are probably the same who just same people who support just stop . um, and i don't see stop oil. um, and i don't see them complaining about just stop oil super gluing themselves to the road or , or, uh, causing the road or, or, uh, causing criminal damage to buildings and everything else. >> so , um. yeah two wrongs don't >> so, um. yeah two wrongs don't make a right. i'll agree with that. but desperate times call for desperate measures. unfortunately, patrick. and in london at the moment, we've got we're were in a bit of a we're in a bit of a state. >> i also asked if he was concerned that the actions of the blade runners could lead to more extreme behaviour in the

future, and actually, he was future, and actually, if he was encouraging people the encouraging people to break the law when ask anybody to do what we do, because i know the dangers that are involved in it, unfortunately we're in a situation in london at the moment where it's hard to live if i was to encourage anybody, i would encourage them to protest peacefully in a way that the guys are doing it, uh, with the dinosaur cars and everything else . i want reiterate again , else. i want to reiterate again, gb news does not condone the actions of the blade runners. sadiq khan isn't the only one at it though. justin trudeau in canada takes multiple canada reportedly takes multiple private jet trips a month in the us . john kerry, the old climate us. john kerry, the old climate tsan us. john kerry, the old climate tsar, had private humza tsar, had a private jet humza yousaf in scotland, flew to cop 28 at a climate conference in new york. nine snp ministers took limousine to the cop 26, which i do believe was actually held in scotland . the government held in scotland. the government flew an mp back from cop 28 to vote in the house of commons on the rwanda deal. they are all at it and that's before we started on the old lovey celebs like

emma thompson and co in all of our combined lifetimes , there is our combined lifetimes, there is absolutely no way that we could ever be responsible for the kind of climate footprint that this group of elites leave behind them, and they ask us to change our lives , to make changes to our lives, to make changes to the way we live our lives. but it appears that when sadiq khan was confronted with the choice between sitting in economy class for a few hours or promoting an ozone destroying airline , he ozone destroying airline, he chose the promo . he just brought chose the promo. he just brought back shades of this for me. that time, the g7 leaders, after imposing draconian lockdown rules on us all, met up together for a barbecue, maskless on a beach. for a barbecue, maskless on a beach . like everything, it seems beach. like everything, it seems that there's one rule for them and one rule for us. and frankly , it sticks in the craw in a statement about ulez camera vandalism, previously, a spokesperson for mr khan said it is deeply disappointing to see opposition to a policy being used as an excuse for criminal damage. this petty vandalism of london's essential transport

infrastructure is completely unacceptable . people are, of unacceptable. people are, of course, entitled to show their opposition policies opposition to policies peacefully and lawfully, but causing damage is never causing criminal damage is never acceptable and to respond now, i'm joined by panel political commentator suzanne evans , commentator suzanne evans, former environment secretary ranil jayawardena and author and journalist rebecca reid. ronald, i think you are ideally placed really to kick us off on this one, former environment secretary. i mean, a lot of them just grifting here. politics is. >> so, look, i mean, i actually have some sympathy with sadiq khan me say that khan you won't hear me say that that you know, it is that often. you know, it is important that people get out and counterparts and about and meet counterparts around there's around the world, and there's nothing compares meeting nothing that compares to meeting someone face face, seeing someone face to face, seeing the whites eyes. and whites of someone's eyes. and i know before i was at know that before i was at environment, britain's environment, i was britain's trade minister, was doing trade minister, and i was doing trade minister, and i was doing trade deals for this country to get those things it was get those things done. it was crucial people face to crucial to meet people face to face. so been on my fair face. so i've been on my fair share of flights too. and so i just to say that just want to say that in defence. yeah, enough. but defence. yeah, fair enough. but what and this is defence. yeah, fair enough. but whéproblem, and this is defence. yeah, fair enough. but whéproblem, it's and this is defence. yeah, fair enough. but whéproblem, it's not|nd this is defence. yeah, fair enough. but

whéproblem, it's not the this is the problem, it's not the flights, it's not even the endorsement of united, though i happen i'm not a big fan, happen to say i'm not a big fan, that it's the hypocrisy, be that with hand he will take with one hand he will take those flights and he will support an airline the other. he will airline with the other. he will make it very difficult for people to get anywhere his people to get anywhere in his own city. know, that's the own city. you know, that's the truth. they want control truth. they want to control where when they go where people go when they go somewhere and how they go somewhere. that's what the left want. and it's the hypocrisy of sadiq khan that's jarring the people. >> yeah. and again, look, i think one of the main points about news, am not from about gb news, i am not from london that, you know, we are london is that, you know, we are not london centric. i think it's just really, is just an example really, which is that the of london has that the mayor of london has done and why we're done this and that is why we're talking about it. i'm keen not to make it too london centric, but but suzanne, you some but but suzanne, you know, some politicians in general who appear to be very willing to hit taxpayers the pocket for taxpayers in the pocket for their green policies whenever they are confronted with a situation you know, they situation where, you know, they have change their have to maybe change their lifestyle usually lifestyle choices, they usually seem to just ignore the climate emergency. >> well, it's interesting. i recently watched an interview with gates and he asked

with bill gates and he was asked precisely this question. you know, your carbon footprint is huge, to huge, and his answer to summarise basically, well, summarise was basically, well, i'm i can to pay i'm rich, i can afford to pay carbon offsetting. therefore i can what i like. i mean, it's can do what i like. i mean, it's just the arrogance of this. and of course, let's not forget this is the same sadiq khan. it's not just about his flights. this is the same khan been the same sadiq khan who's been filmed across london filmed travelling across london in a three vehicle gas guzzling convoy just to walk his dog. and how many times have we seen the rich, the famous , the ones that rich, the famous, the ones that lecture us endless getting out of their private jets and then their gas guzzling 4x4 is driven right up to the plane steps so they can carry on their journey in a way that they tut at the rest of us and turn their noses up at the rest of us and say, you little people, all, you're not allowed to do the only thing i will say in his defence, go on. >> and i am not a fan, is that he does use an electric 4x4. >> so he's also because he's got a diesel in a petrol, he's got a vast amount of money so he can have a convoy that is, that is

carbon neutral. >> um, i have so many issues with khan. up in with sadiq khan. i grew up in london. i'm a londoner by birth. i here and the things he i love it here and the things he has done with the low traffic neighbourhoods is disgusting. he has i have personal has made an i have a personal thing i call thing about this. i had to call an ambulance for my daughter when she was a newborn and when the arrived the ambulance arrived she stopped people stopped breathing and the people who came the ambulance said who came with the ambulance said if wasn't ltn, we would if it wasn't an an ltn, we would have here about four minutes have got here about four minutes faster been faster and that could have been the difference between and the difference between life and death. these ltns are not. death. so these ltns are not. and is i like green and my issue is i like green policy, but ltns, um, low traffic neighbourhoods aren't a green they make people green policy. they make people drive longer, more round the houses is the same houses and ulez is the same thing. people end taking thing. people end up taking silly they end making silly routes. they end up making silly routes. they end up making silly because they're silly decisions because they're trying having to trying to get around having to pay- trying to get around having to pay. these aren't green. pay. these things aren't green. they money for they are about making money for sadiq. no, for london. sadiq. well, for no, for london. >> well and controlling where people what they do people go and what they do and how get there. you know, how they get there. you know, it's shift from private it's a shift from private transport to government controlled transport. that's what controlled transport. that's whtand public transport, >> and we love public transport, pubuc public transport is amazing, but it's for everybody. it's not usable for everybody. the remember the

the i can't remember the statistic, but the majority of the is not the london tube network is not step you cannot use it in step free. you cannot use it in a wheelchair. you cannot use it if you're very elderly. you cannot with pram. cannot use it with a pram. >> you think about >> what do you think about politicians in general doing this of rebecca. this kind of stuff? rebecca. right. you know, i do right. because you know, i do think there is a parallel with, you know, maskless g7 you know, the maskless g7 barbecue on a beach where they went, there loads went, oh, well, there was loads of sorry, there were of there was, sorry, there were only 30 people that i'm sorry of there was, sorry, there were onlyzoomaople that i'm sorry of there was, sorry, there were onlyzoom oute that i'm sorry of there was, sorry, there were onlyzoom out on1at i'm sorry of there was, sorry, there were onlyzoom out on1at i' picture. you zoom out on that picture. the of staff, the amount the amount of staff, the amount of thing we've been shackled to. chris radiator chris whitty's radiator metaphorically for last metaphorically for the last however long you know, it's like a scene beirut. a scene out covid beirut. >> if you had if cop28 >> i think if you had if cop28 meant countries such as meant that countries such as like some of the middle eastern countries have pretty countries that have a pretty staggering footprint, staggering carbon footprint, sit down from down across the table from somebody they're in somebody and because they're in the room, actually the same room, you can actually make them behave better in future. does offset everybody future. it does offset everybody got to there, but got a plane to get there, but also the optics are terrible and really is excuse for really there is no excuse for flying private or first class. >> no, very quickly because you you a of private you are you a fan of the private jet? wait, you need a private jet? wait, do you need a private jet? wait, do you need a private jet or do you go first class? >> i've never been on

>> sadly, i've never been on a private but i think the private jet, but i think the point is, you know, state control of transport cuts both ways. people should be able to go want, how they go where they want, how they want, want. that want, when they want. and that includes but it's includes private jets. but it's around preaching to other around not preaching to other people not travel. >> is there standard when mps >> is there a standard when mps travel for being an mp? >> is there a standard? you always business, go always go business, always go first by case? first or is it case by case? >> it depends on the length of the journey because we're going to to draw a quick to have to just draw a quick line under this. >> i think there be >> but i think there might be some front pages some more on the front pages later. um, city hall spokesman said london said promoting london at home and here is and abroad. crave. here we go is and abroad. crave. here we go is a key of the mayoral t and a key part of the mayoral t and sadiq makes no apologies for clearly to us clearly for travelling to the us last saving taxpayers last year and saving taxpayers money on the flights in order to reduce visit, reduce the cost of the visit, city hall secured an agreement for with for a group flight package with united airlines, where only taxis and were payable. taxis and fees were payable. thank you sadiq, coming up, we will cross live to iceland where a gives his a local journalist gives his first hand account of these explosive scenes. that's it. so this right? this is iceland right now. so this is the volcano which i will not try and pronounce. and it's, uh. well, it's kicking off, isn't it? so

the scene taken a little bit the scene has taken a little bit of a twist in the last hour or so, but more evacuated so, but more people evacuated from area. we're from a greater area. we're hopefully to speaking from a greater area. we're ho someone to speaking from a greater area. we're ho someone twell,;peaking from a greater area. we're ho someone twell, about1g from a greater area. we're ho someone twell, about an to someone who, well, about an hour just minutes hour ago was just 15 minutes away. he's on the move away. whether he's on the move now or not, i'm not sure we will find out live on what could find out live on air what could go wrong. but first we must fight on the barges. yes. fight them on the barges. yes. this that took this is the vessel that took churchill on his final journey along the thames, and boris johnson has given a rallying cry to it from being sold to stop it from being sold abroad. exclusive abroad. in an exclusive interview , its tells me interview, its owner tells me what must happen to keep the barge on british soil. before that time for the great british giveaway, obviously. and why not treat yourself and enter a draw to win ten grand in cold, hard cash, a new iphone and a £500 shopping spree. you can have all of that in time for the new yeah of that in time for the new year. how this is your chance to win three amazing prizes that will get your new year to off a great start. >> first, there's a terrific £10,000 in cash to won . be £10,000 in cash to won. be imagine what you could do with

that. imagine what you could do with that . we'll also give you a tech that. we'll also give you a tech update with the very latest iphone 15 pro max , plus £500 iphone 15 pro max, plus £500 worth of shopping vouchers to spendin worth of shopping vouchers to spend in your favourite store . spend in your favourite store. the retail therapy could be on us for another chance to win the iphone.the us for another chance to win the iphone. the vouchers and £10,000 cash text gb win to 84 902. text cost £2 plus one standard network rate message all post your name and number two gb zero one, po box 8690. derby . d e won one, po box 8690. derby. d e won nine double t, uk only entrants must be 18 or over. lines close at 5 pm. on friday the 5th of january. full terms and privacy nofice january. full terms and privacy notice at gbnews.com. forward slash win . good luck . slash win. good luck. >> up next, we speak to the owner of winston churchill's barge and why he is having to sell it. don't miss our exclusive interview

fun. every weekend at 3 pm. on gb news, the people's channel, britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> now the clamour to save the great winston churchill's barge appears to be falling on deaf ears . the appears to be falling on deaf ears. the famous havengore appears to be falling on deaf ears . the famous havengore took ears. the famous havengore took churchill on his final journey along the thames after his sad passing in 1965, but despite trying to find a british buyer for 18 months, lowering the price of the barge from £2 million to £800,000, and an

intervention from former prime minister boris johnson, its owner chris island, is still sitting on the vessel and while mr island is quite devastated that it has come to this churchill's barge may have to be sent to foreign shores. well, i'm delighted to say that the owner himself, chris wilson, joins me now, hopefully to bring us some better news. chris, thank you very much. so look, what's what's going on here. how can we keep patrick? good to talk to you. good talk to you talk to you. good to talk to you as well. so firstly i mean it's an amazing thing that you own. it's um, it's a remarkable. well, um, what's are we up what's going on? where are we up to with the sale this barge, what's going on? where are we up to witiwell sale this barge, what's going on? where are we up to witiwell iale this barge, what's going on? where are we up to witiwell i mean, this barge, what's going on? where are we up to witiwell i mean, as; barge, what's going on? where are we up to witiwell i mean, as you�*ge, what's going on? where are we up to witiwell i mean, as you say, then? well i mean, as you say, i've been looking for a british owner for the last 18 months. >> um, and, um, it's been very slow . slow. >> and, um, as a result, and, and i think it's probably generally known i'm not in great health. i'm 75. yeah. and we really need to bring this to a head. really need to bring this to a head . and so, um, she has been head. and so, um, she has been put on sale with a yacht broker ,

put on sale with a yacht broker, uh, and could go anywhere . but i uh, and could go anywhere. but i have to say , my real passion is have to say, my real passion is to keep her in london. uh, which is what i've done for the last 16 years. i restored her, and i've moved her to london and that's where she's been. >> but for all this time that i've owned her. >> so , i mean, how much would it >> so, i mean, how much would it mean to you to keep this barge in london? why is it so important to keep it in london? what are you really hoping happens here? well, i mean , she happens here? well, i mean, she was built on the thames. was she was built on the thames. >> um, she she was designed to operate on the thames. we very proudly . we have the havengore proudly. we have the havengore london as her port of registry . london as her port of registry. she, um, she she was operational in these waters for 40 years as london's number one launch. and obviously there was the churchill funeral, which is, you know, one of the most amazing events in, in, uh, and, and it was right at the start of

satellite broadcasting and it was actually watched by 350, um, million people worldwide . um, million people worldwide. um, which, which was one tenth of the world's population at the time. well it's remarkable, um, would you be willing to accept some kind of crown funded fee for the barge? >> yeah , i would, patrick, i >> yeah, i would, patrick, i would , but what it really needs would, but what it really needs is somebody with the resources is somebody with the resources is not just. >> i mean, i'm just looking for pretty much what i paid for it back in 2006. now um, but what it really needs is somebody with the passion and maybe a group of people, but to take it on and, and have the resources to to, keep her operational because she is one of the last old operational vessels on the thames. and that's one of the glories actually, she goes up and down, you know . and down, you know. >> yes. >> yes. >> um, so look , look, look, >> um, so look, look, look, what's the upkeep here? so let's just hypothetically say , you just hypothetically say, you

know, people crowdfund a hundred grand or so, maybe a bit more for you and, and they can get it for you and, and they can get it for you. all right? they get it off you or what's the kind of upkeep and general maintenance and cost going forward? >> mean, depends, >> well, i mean, it depends, patrick, because she's a very old girl. yeah. and occasionally she will need things done to her significant things done to her. i mean, we do a programme of, um , uh, of, uh, corporate events . , uh, of, uh, corporate events. so we do defray a very , very so we do defray a very, very significant amount of the cost of the, the running costs. but as i say, you know, she she was built in 1954. she needs maintenance. she needs support . maintenance. she needs support. and occasionally things will happen. so you know, it needs it needs resource . needs resource. >> fair enough. look, shouldn't the government be stepping in here or like the british museum or there must be churchill museums out there . i'm amazed museums out there. i'm amazed that not patrick patrick. >> we we've tried the government, uh, on several

occasions in the past. i don't want to be too negative, but we are actually as a nation, rubbish at looking after our maritime heritage. we are actually rubbish at it. and you wouldn't believe it. but i went to see the only surviving british built battleship and it's in japan , man. it was built it's in japan, man. it was built for the japanese navy. it's called the makassar. it's in, uh , harbourjust outside tokyo. , harbour just outside tokyo. it's the only surviving british battleship . for goodness sake. battleship. for goodness sake. we were the number one maritime power in the world. where's it all gone ? all gone? >> no, it's. no, that's it's actually really taken me aback that to think about it. look, could you give a little message now to the government? you know, i know you said you tried to consult them before. i know they will see this clip. they have gb news on in downing they news on in downing street. they have on in downing have gb news on in downing street. might street. right. so they might even watching. on, even be watching. now, come on, give them a little message. give them a kick up backside. give them a little message. give the well> well this is an artefact of british history that really deserves to be retained in

britain on the thames and the government should really take a major, uh, role in organising its future . its future. >> all right. now, chris, thank you for coming on. can i ask you a little favour? all right. i'd like to keep right on top of this story. this story has got gb news written all over it. okay? know it's going to okay? and i know it's going to be hurried be some some hurried conversations the scenes be some some hurried conve|this)ns the scenes be some some hurried conve|this barge. the scenes be some some hurried conve|this barge. i the scenes be some some hurried conve|this barge. i think scenes be some some hurried conve|this barge. i think the nes about this barge. i think the idea that this barge could end up in, you know, of the up in, you know, just out of the country its rightful country and not in its rightful place, especially especially given probably given the history for probably the man country the greatest man this country has produced after has ever produced. after yourself. sir yourself. absolutely, sir winston , um, i'd really like to winston, um, i'd really like to stay, uh, on top of this with you . so i'd to chat to you you. so i'd like to chat to you again some point. chris, again at some point. chris, i hope good care of hope you take good care of yourself. you said you yourself. and you said you weren't the best of health. weren't in the best of health. you seem in fine fettle tonight, and to it so all and we'd love to see it so all the you, chris. good the best to you, chris. good luck mate, we'll luck to you, mate, and we'll stay touch. thank ireland. stay in touch. thank ireland. thank you patrick care thank you patrick take care mate. the owner of churchill's funeral barge something's funeral barge right. something's got to be done about this barge, isn't up next, my isn't it? coming up next, my press primed for their press pack are primed for their

unrivalled of unrivalled analysis of tomorrow's newspaper front pages. ask a top tory mp. pages. i will ask a top tory mp. is he being paid too much? okay all right. plus we will be crossing live to iceland to hear from that is live from iceland right now on the volcano and a massive crack in the ground near it are spewing lava into the sky. we're going to hear from a local journalist who's been close to the most as today's astonishing volcanic eruption. the next 30 minutes are about to get fiery

way to deal with the issues which these cases raise. >> you're listening to . gb news. >> you're listening to. gb news. >> you're listening to. gb news. >> let's bring you tomorrow's news tonight. now, in what is promising to be a sensational pay per promising to be a sensational pay per view because i've just seen the front pages and you will surprised some will be surprised by some of them wow wow. so the metro ipso them. wow wow. so the metro ipso nine friends named on january the first ticking time bomb for paedophiles associates documents naming dozens of convicted sex trafficker jeffrey epstein's associates will be released on

new year's day , a judge has new year's day, a judge has ruled. let's go over to the i mi6 security alert over flat owned by russian neighbours. really weird headline their spy chiefs urged to investigate penthouse overlooking london hq of secret intelligence service . of secret intelligence service. after an eye investigation . after an eye investigation. there we go. the guardian pressure on israel rises as gaza death toll near 20,000. um, so there we are also a picture of, uh, world cup star, uh, mary earps, winning sports personality of the year. we go to the sun and this is another big front page. andrew, grope case bombshell accuses court claims to be made public. so prince andrew faces fresh scrutiny over his jeffrey epstein links as a us judge ruled that evidence from an accuser will be made public. johanna sjoberg has previously claimed andrew groped her breasts at epstein's new york mansion in march 2001, when she was 21 years old. she has also

backed claims by virginia giuffre . now we go right, okay, giuffre. now we go right, okay, so we are going to be chatting about this now with my panel. i've got political commentator suzanne evans, former environment secretary ranil jayawardena and author and broadcaster and journalist rebecca reid. um, suzanne , i'll rebecca reid. um, suzanne, i'll start with you. um the sun prince andrew facing nightmare after judge ruled evidence from accuser who claimed royal groped her can be made public. >> yes, but it's not just her. so what's happened is this judge has said that the names of jeffrey epstein's associates, who presumably are going to be accused of sexual abuse as well, and some of the victims can be made public next year. so i think there are around 117 names on that list . um, one of them is on that list. um, one of them is this girl who's this woman now who has accused prince andrew, but this is interesting because i think a lot of us have felt for quite some time. so ghislaine maxwell, who was the sex trafficker, is spending 20 years in jail. but i think

there's been growing public discontent while has discontent that while she has been jailed, epstein's associates are out there walking free. they've been named. free. they've never been named. they're going to be men. and it's like, the woman's it's like, well, the woman's been convicted, but what about all guys as so i think all the guys as well? so i think this to be something this is going to be something that's be that's well, it's going to be absolutely cataclysmic . when absolutely cataclysmic. when those come out. those names come out. >> is . and to back to >> it is. and to go back to what's front of the what's on the front of the metro, rebecca as well, i mean, it ties epstein friends named it ties in epstein friends named on january the 1st. so apparently paedophiles apparently the paedophiles powerful friends, including prince andrew, says here will be sweating her over christmas. um, documents naming dozens of convicted uh, of his, uh , convicted uh, of his, uh, friends will be released. what do you make of this? >> i'm with suzanne. i think i found it very frustrating that ghislaine is the only person who seems have done anything seems to have done anything for this. from all of this. and we know from all of the that there was the accounts that there was a chain procurement. so all of chain of procurement. so all of the women would be brought in and end up bringing and they would end up bringing more was more women in. and ghislaine was part and while part of that. and while obviously much obviously she was very much culpable she

culpable of what she did, she was enthralled in very was also enthralled in a very complicated relationship, as were of women. of were many of those women. all of those women had a very difficult, complicated experience. the people who were procuring those experience. the people who were prociwere those those experience. the people who were prociwere those young women who were using those young women and sexually and in some cases sexually abusing those women. they are the who seem to have got the ones who seem to have got away it scot free. and it away with it scot free. and it is so unfair and so frustrating for you know, some of for the most, you know, some of the formerly powerful for the most, you know, some of the forrprobably powerful for the most, you know, some of the forrprobably stillwerful for the most, you know, some of the forrprobably stillwethe people probably still in the world, you being world, you know, being associated with with jeffrey epstein. associated with with jeffrey eps i zin. associated with with jeffrey epsi mean , this really be >> i mean, this really could be quite cataclysmic for people. i think the best case scenario for these people is that all the names out in once, and names come out in once, and therefore are so many to therefore there are so many to look that people sort of get look at that people sort of get watered down. i mean, i am just going to say this right? and obviously it remains seen obviously it remains to be seen exactly don't exactly what comes out. we don't want to any conclusions. want to jump to any conclusions. >> about what you're >> so worried about what you're about to say. >> either side of this, >> no on either side of this, which is, you know, it's easy to make against make allegations against somebody and, you know, prince andrew has had an andrew obviously has had an interesting past when it comes to this. and you to things like this. and you know, i think potentially the pubuc know, i think potentially the public should reserve an element of judgement runoff .

of judgement runoff. >> yeah. i mean that's a really important point that particularly in public life, but it must be true everywhere for people be innocent until people should be innocent until proven guilty. and there's got to be the correct process followed. you know, the 177 people in this people involved in this potential, um, release of documents, you know, they deserve the same basis under the law as we all do. and of course, they can appeal whether these documents are released at all as well. so we will have to see. okay. >> all right. just quickly, because i want to talk about this one. so calls have been made for westminster's spending watchdog we go watchdog to step in. here we go after mps are to be awarded after mps are set to be awarded after mps are set to be awarded a whopping £6,000 pay rise from next year . this will bring mps next year. this will bring mps salary to over £90,000, a 7.1% pay salary to over £90,000, a 7.1% pay increase, which is more than the 5% negotiated with frontline health workers this year. that's the kind of headline that you don't really want if you're a politician, i suppose. so we sent reporter , will hollis, sent our reporter, will hollis, to reaction . to get some reaction. >> i think they get more than enough already for doing a lousy

job. >> i don't think they should get anything really any more , but anything really any more, but because they claim everything on expenses anyway, so that's counteracts any pay rise. >> in my opinion. think >> that's in my opinion. i think it's much. it's a bit too much. >> you have to put it politely . rhino. >> why are you worth 90 odd grand? >> well, i've always been very clear since i got elected that it's not for me to decide how much i should be paid. ipso. it's totally independent. was it's totally independent. it was brought after expenses brought in after the expenses scandal behave scandal where people did behave appallingly and they decide this. decided this. this hasn't been decided yet. they'll decide in yet. they'll decide it in january . and, you know, think january. and, you know, i think tom harwood from this fine station did say that actually, overall this is below inflation. if you look at the index since 2010. >> yeah, i mean , there is a case >> yeah, i mean, there is a case to say i'll go with you and the mps do need to be paid more if we're going to attract the best and the brightest, we need to start paying them good, very good you know, what struck me >> but you know, what struck me about it came out about this is that it came out on the same day that deputy on the same day that the deputy governor the bank of england governor of the bank of england said that wage growth is not slowing for interest

slowing fast enough for interest rates to be cut. so you could argue that mps argue that our own mps are helping fuel inflation and mortgage misery. >> there's only 650 of us in a country of 67 million. >> yeah, influence of the >> yeah, the influence of the whole country very quickly. >> rebecca, i have issue with >> rebecca, i have no issue with them a great deal them getting paid a great deal of would even to 100, but >> i would go even to 100, but they should not be allowed to make money from anything they should not be allowed to mak> that's all right. >> uh, right. okay, look, we do cross iceland, and, cross live now to iceland, and, uh, is the live footage uh, so this is the live footage of a volcano. it's erupted after weeks seismic weeks of intensive seismic activity wrenching open two activity wrenching open a two mile earth . activity wrenching open a two mile earth. it's mile crack in the earth. it's spewing out enough lava to fill an swimming pool every an olympic swimming pool every 30s. i'm not quite 30s. although i'm not quite sure. uh, the poor bloke who has to go there and calculate that amount of lava. but the icelandic government has said the volcanic eruption not the volcanic eruption does not present and present a threat to life. and it's not expected to affect critical infrastructure. but i'm very pleased to say i'm joined

now by herman gunnison, who's a journalist at the morning newspaper , iceland's oldest newspaper, iceland's oldest newspaper, iceland's oldest newspaper . herman, thank you newspaper. herman, thank you very, very much . look, what's very, very much. look, what's the situation on the ground ? are the situation on the ground? are you all okay where you are ? you all okay where you are? >> yes. we're okay. >> yes. we're okay. >> uh, i'm in my office in reykjavik about, uh, 40km away from the eruption, but, uh, i think most icelanders are thinking about the people of grindavik who had to evacuate their town over a month ago and as said, we just as you rightly said, we just received a lava models received a new lava flow models that suggest that critical infrastructure should be safe in the next week or so, at least. >> and the lava is flowing away from the town of grindavik. thankfully >> i mean, there must be a lot of concern because this is , you of concern because this is, you know, a very big incident that's taking place at the moment. i mean, the images are so striking. look, i don't know, are the people of iceland used to stuff like this? is it just us here britain get us over here in britain that get shocked it ? shocked by it? >> you know, iceland is

>> well, as you know, iceland is a is a country of fire and ice. but, uh , we're perhaps not as but, uh, we're perhaps not as used to the eruptions coming so close to our towns. and so regularly. this is the fourth eruption in three years on the reykjanes peninsula. so that's a bit unusual. but i would say , bit unusual. but i would say, uh, at the moment, as long as infrastructure is safe, as long as the people are safe, that's the only thing that really matters as of this moment. >> and what kind of impact is this having on people's lives? you've mentioned that some people have obviously had to move out from within the vicinity of that volcano . i vicinity of that volcano. i mean, are there still flights coming in and out of iceland ? coming in and out of iceland? are you guys being, you know, given regular security updates, is life carrying on as normal for the most part , yes. for the most part, yes. >> iceland is still open . >> iceland is still open. everybody can come here. so but the thing is, there's a town called grindavik that's only about three kilometres away from this eruption . that town was this eruption. that town was evacuated over a month ago. the

roads towards the volcanic site are closed. but, uh , as far as are closed. but, uh, as far as that concerned. but, uh , most of that concerned. but, uh, most of icelanders are living their day just regularly, just watching the news, watching the spectacle , uh, of this volcano , of this , uh, of this volcano, of this volcano . volcano. >> look, can i just say thank you very, very much for coming on? i mean, stay safe. obviously thankfully, at the moment, it looks like there's no threat to human life. and i hope that it absolutely stays that way. herman, i'm sure i'll probably talk to you in the next couple of days if he's still available for the herman gudnason . i mean, for the herman gudnason. i mean, i'll what, though. i'll tell you what, though. i mean , if you there, it must mean, if you were there, it must be the one of the most awe inspiring things to see. as long as stays alive. can as everybody stays alive. can you imagine as close you imagine being as close as safely to that and safely possible to that and seeing that in real life? just the force of nature? anyway, i'm getting by my getting shouted out by my producers, and rightly so. coming up, the government publishes long awaited trans guidance are guidance for schools. are ministers finally taking the

threat extreme gender threat of extreme gender ideology seriously? find out when we crown tonight's greatest britain union jackass. but britain and union jackass. but up loads more. tomorrow's up next loads more. tomorrow's newspaper front pages. they've been explosive, say the been explosive, to say the least. . i'll be with least. so far. i'll be with you very, shortly. plus can you very, very shortly. plus can you believe happens next in believe what happens next in this ? okay, so walking this clip? okay, so lady walking with pushchair next to a busy with a pushchair next to a busy road. everything seems fine. i'll reveal all in just a.

tick. it's tick. wsfime tick. it's time to return now to the liveliest pay per view anywhere on the telly. more front pages are half the press , right? i've are half the press, right? i've got the daily mail cami teaching children you can be born in the wrong body is harmful. that ties into something we spoke about a lot at the top of the show. ministers cracking down on the spread of gender ideology in schools. picture schools. interesting picture story as well. police in story here as well. police in ecuador questioned lover of

kidnapped 78 year old british consul. so yes, a 78 year old wealthy british individual is believed to be kidnapped in ecuadon believed to be kidnapped in ecuador, moving on. we go to the telegraph . us draws up plan for telegraph. us draws up plan for strikes on houthis royal navy ships join international coalition to protect red sea shipping . there's a story at the shipping. there's a story at the bottom here. starmer helped free some of uk's most dangerous prisoners. that is something that we will no doubt be talking about sir keir starmer about tomorrow, sir keir starmer helped to free some of britain's most dangerous prisoners in a move described by one of their victims as ruining life. victims as ruining her life. this includes a variety of different violent and sexual, uh, thugs, including a satanist who sexually abused a gang of children. so grief, right? i think i'll remember on wednesday at the times elderly will bear brunt of strikes at christmas as uk age uk raises fears as a&e

unit shuts amid walkout. yeah, it's that kind of strikes hitting the most vulnerable. the hardest, isn't it? we go to the daily express as pm's battle cry . we've got more, sorry, we've got to move on from high taxes. upbeat rishi sunak has declared that now is the time to look for aid, as he vowed to put money back into voters pockets that we get. obviously the snp have just announced tax hikes, haven't they? in scotland ? uh, so there they? in scotland? uh, so there we go. i am joined as ever, by my panel. uh i do my wonderful panel. uh i do have, uh, suzanne evans. i've got ronald jayawardena and i've got ronald jayawardena and i've got author and journalist as well. rebecca read and look this story jumps out to me straight away. starmer help free dangerous prisoners, including an terrorised his an arsonist who terrorised his former girlfriend's family. an arsonist who terrorised his former girlfriend's family . she, former girlfriend's family. she, um. what's what's going um. suzanne, what's what's going on here? >> um, the headline is absolutely shocking. however i firmly believe that everyone is entitled to a fair defence. and if keir starmer was barrister at the time and he was hired to defend someone, then that's what he's got to do to the best of

his ability. so with the best will in the world, it's appalling that these people were released. was his job. released. but that was his job. i so criticise him really . i am so criticise him really. >> i have worked for the telegraph for many years and i love them as a paper, but i think is absolutely think this is absolutely horrific. headlining this makes it sound like he them like it sound like he freed them like manually or like he campaigned for being for them. his job was being a lawyer. he got people he represented people. everyone deserves a defence. it's a very weird thing to start combing oven weird thing to start combing over. did he defend back in over. who did he defend back in the when that his job? the day when that was his job? >> the trouble is that it just follows on from the wider sentiment that starmer is sentiment here that starmer is soft on crime, he wants to soft on crime, that he wants to be soft on crime. if he ever got the keys to number 10 and, you know, you can see on immigration likewise that he wants an open door policy. he's voted against tightening asylum rules 14 times. abstain 22 times. there's wider sense, i think here that this just proves. so what should we have done? >> let me let me read out some of the details. so a legal case brought by sir keir in 2006

resulted in a further 15 dangerous criminals, as well as a called paul stiletto who a chap called paul stiletto who racked up 36 convictions for 171 offences. um i've got here, uh, that apparently there was a case involving , uh, a revenge involving, uh, a revenge firebomb attack on a family of an ex—girlfriend , and there was an ex—girlfriend, and there was an ex—girlfriend, and there was an unconditional release . i an unconditional release. i think i'm writing saying that keir. sir keir successfully argued having served three quarters of a ten year sentence, this individual should be allowed out, uh, human rights barristers, suggesting that the vast majority of cases he acted for were killers , sex offenders for were killers, sex offenders and terror suspects because he was very high grade and very good at job. good at his job. >> was supposed to do, i >> what was he supposed to do, i suppose, would be that somebody has somebody has has to rank, somebody has somebody has to. >> do you do? that is the >> what do you do? that is the whole way that our legal system is based. somebody to is based. somebody has to represent . this insane represent you. this is an insane thing talk about. thing to talk about. >> so the damage this is a quote in the telegraph, the damage he did was devastating. no, no. >> the legal system, he did the

damage. >> the legal system, he did the dar exactly. the jury system. >> exactly. the jury system. >> exactly. the jury system. >> lord. but the system. >> but the problem is that he wants to wants more of that. he wants to have more relaxed rules. >> you wants more >> you think he wants more fireball thing? wants. he fireball thing? he wants. he wants to have rules. wants to have lax rules. >> he wants to lax rules. >> he wants to have lax rules. and that on the and we can see that on the asylum side that he's voted against tightening the rules asylum side that he's voted ag times. ghtening the rules asylum side that he's voted ag times. that's1g the rules asylum side that he's voted ag times. that's that'sthe rules asylum side that he's voted ag times. that's that's the �*ules problem. >> i agree with you false equivalence. >> i agree with you on the bombings, someone's house and being about being open minded about immigration two very immigration are two very different things. >> all right. >> okay. all right. >> okay. all right. >> to draw a line >> we're going to draw a line under that now because i've been teasing this clip for little teasing this clip for a little while. so a mother while. all right. so a mother and her baby daughter narrowly escaped death last less than a week before christmas. so that clip looks astonishing, right? it looks shocking. it looks horrendous, right. car horrendous, right. the car swerved . into a pavement and swerved. into a pavement and nobody involved has suffered life threatening injuries. so i mean, that look how close that was to absolute disaster. oh my gosh, it doesn't bear thinking about does it? so yes . grief a

about does it? so yes. grief a moment to reflect on the sanctity of human life i think. well um, it's time to reveal today's greatest britain and union jackass . we've got some union jackass. we've got some good ones today , suzanne. who's good ones today, suzanne. who's your greatest? britain? so my greatest britain is a jewel . greatest britain is a jewel. >> uh, greatest britain. it's the llandudno pubwatch and the west conwy pubwatch i love. >> can i just quickly ? >> can i just say quickly? >> can i just say quickly? >> i love how sometimes how obscure these things are . but obscure these things are. but carry on. go on. >> let me tell you it's >> let me tell you why. it's because banned mark because they banned mark drakeford from their pubs . the drakeford from their pubs. the leader the welsh assembly. leader of the welsh assembly. and about 90 pubs and they and it's about 90 pubs and they banned him after the huge damage he by going massively he caused by going massively overboard on lockdown and pretty much ruining the pub business. and of course he's teetotal as well, so that's another good one, believe so, and one, is he? i believe so, and a vegetarian or vegan? >> believe . >> i believe. >> i believe. >> oh wow. >> oh wow. >> okay, go on ronald, who's your greatest briton? >> again another >> so again another organisation, lgb alliance organisation, the lgb alliance at personal cost to at great personal cost to themselves. these guys have founded stonewall have stood against their ideological fixation . and they've now begun

fixation. and they've now begun to win. and good luck to them in continuing the fight. >> yeah i mean two absolute crackers there. >> rebecca. >> rebecca. >> mine is the pope. >> mine is the pope. >> uh oh. it's only one other catholic. >> i like to keep him involved. um, he has now said that we can bless same sex unions if they're active parishioners and church goers, think is lovely. goers, which i think is lovely. >> know what i just thought? >> you know what i just thought? >> you know what i just thought? >> heck have i supposed >> you know what i just thought? >>vote heck have i supposed >> you know what i just thought? >>vote against:k have i supposed >> you know what i just thought? >>vote against the ave i supposed >> you know what i just thought? >>vote against the pope? upposed to vote against the pope? >> it's a good point, but i have done. >> i've done for. >> i've done for. >> for i've done llandudno. well, can we pubwatch. yeah, great britain right. very quick now. can union jackass please. >> so again it's another organisation. >> it's ofgem . uh, ofgem were >> it's ofgem. uh, ofgem were brought in to prevent a rip off energy bills 70. they've gone up since they were brought in in 2018. and now they want to add another further whack to our bills. >> very quickly. >> very quickly. >> british rowing, the latest sporting organisation to refer to as athletes who to women as athletes who menstruate . menstruate. >> okay. >> okay. >> oh, gosh. all right . >> oh, gosh. all right. >> oh, gosh. all right. >> sadiq khan, we covered it earlier . earlier. >> yeah. you win as well. so >> yeah. and you win as well. so there go . don't mess

there we go. don't mess about tonight . there we go. don't mess about tonight. union jackass is sadiq khan gone. all right. so look, can i just say a whopping great big thank you to my wonderful panel? i've thoroughly enjoyed tonight's panel? i've thoroughly enjoyed t0|g01t's panel? i've thoroughly enjoyed t0|go back and watch any of it to go back and watch any of it again , you absolutely can. and again, you absolutely can. and we've crackers in we've had some crackers in there. we spoke to there. of course. we spoke to esther daughter about there. of course. we spoke to estidifficult daughter about there. of course. we spoke to estidifficult decisionghter about there. of course. we spoke to estidifficult decision to :er about there. of course. we spoke to estidifficult decision to go about there. of course. we spoke to estidifficult decision to go t0)ut her difficult decision to go to dignitas. when the time comes . dignitas. when the time comes. we also spoke to the chap who is looking to sell, forced sell. looking to sell, forced to sell. really churchill's really winston churchill's funeral barge . go have a funeral barge. go back, have a little look those clips little look at those clips there. i think i think we can do something about this barge. all right. see you tomorrow at right. i'll see you tomorrow at nine. right. i'll see you tomorrow at nin�*a outlook with boxt >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. welcome to your latest gb news weather update from the met office. rain will continue to clear through this evening, bringing many of us clearer skies over night tonight. that's because we've seen a cold front sweep south eastwards across the country. that's clearing off tonight. and behind it we see

this brisk north westerly wind direction developing for the rest of the week . that will rest of the week. that will bnng rest of the week. that will bring a swathe of showers to parts of northern ireland. much of scotland and into northern england. and wales. the england. and north wales. by the end night , these could england. and north wales. by the end as night , these could england. and north wales. by the end as snowight , these could england. and north wales. by the end as snow over these could england. and north wales. by the end as snow over the se could england. and north wales. by the end as snow over the hills uld england. and north wales. by the end as snow over the hills ofi fall as snow over the hills of scotland for a time. further east, though it will stay dry and clear for much of the night, and clear for much of the night, and allow temperatures and that will allow temperatures to will be a colder to fall away, will be a colder night last night here, with night than last night here, with a risk of grass frost by tomorrow morning across a risk of grass frost by tomorro areas ning across a risk of grass frost by tomorro areas the| across a risk of grass frost by tomorro areas the morning)ss a risk of grass frost by tomorro areas the morning will eastern areas the morning will be brighter than this be much brighter than this morning tomorrow, however, morning. tomorrow, however, the cloud thicken towards cloud will thicken towards lunchtime a warm front lunchtime as a warm front arrives from the northwest. that will introduce quite a lot of persistent drizzly rain to western areas as well as hills and quite dull cloud and some quite dull cloud temperatures will rise as a result though, so it will be a milder afternoon tomorrow afternoon. however where the winds will strengthen as well so it turn quite windy. the it will turn quite windy. the winds even more on winds strengthen even more on wednesday night there is wednesday night and there is a wind out for many wind warning out for many northern areas of the country. through of thursday, we through much of thursday, we could gusts excess could see wind gusts in excess

of 70mph, as well as some quite blustery showers pushing in from the north and west. there's a continued risk of some snow showers in the north, but for many of us, it's likely to stay quite unsettled up to quite unsettled in the run up to christmas by that warm feeling inside. >> from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on gb news .

>> good evening with gb news. the top story tonight a by—election will take place in wellingborough in northamptonshire , after voters northamptonshire, after voters tonight signed a petition to oust the mp peter bone from his constituency . the wellingborough constituency. the wellingborough mp was suspended from the commons for six weeks for six weeks in october after an inquiry found he'd subjected a staff member to bullying and sexual misconduct . mr bone sexual misconduct. mr bone describes the allegations as totally untrue and without foundation , and the former home foundation, and the former home secretary, suella braverman, has tweeted in the last hour that mr boneis tweeted in the last hour that mr bone is a thoroughly decent man and the witch hunt against him is a source of national shame . is a source of national shame. well, also, the news today , the well, also, the news today, the foreign secretary said the uk won't tolerate attacks on shipping lanes in the red sea, as trade analysts suggest continued disruption there could impact prices in all uk sectors . impact prices in all uk sectors. britain is joining an

international maritime coalition dubbed operation