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 ocean 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 via the shipping routes, confirming the royal navy destroyer hms diamond will be joining the new task force . be joining the new task force. there's to be a new 45% tax band for higher earners in scotland, the deputy first minister, shona robison, set out her new package of measures to raise funds in the first scottish budget. the new 45% band will affect those earning between 75 and £125,000 a year, and they're predicted to raise around £15 billion for scotland's finances next year. you're being asked to give blood this christmas to help the nhs deal with the busy winter season. an appeal has been launched by the government, with the health minister saying christmas is not only a time to get together, but also a time to help others . appointments are help others. appointments are still available at 25 permanent

blood donor centres across england , and on average, 4300 england, and on average, 4300 blood donations are needed every day to cope with demand from the nhs . ukraine's president has nhs. ukraine's president has taken to the stage at his end of year news conference as his country's war with russia nears the two year mark. volodymyr zelenskyy, expressing gratitude to ukraine's allies for providing financial backing and thanking his soldiers for their continued fighting to get ukrainian territory back. it comes after a top ukrainian general warned military operations were being scaled back due to a drop off in foreign aid. but zelenskyy said russia had failed to secure victory and welcomed the decision to open eu membership talks with ukraine. just lastly, iceland met office has warned there could be possible gas pollution later on tonight or tomorrow morning after a large volcano show in the south—west of the country erupted last

night. let's show you live pictures. if you're watching on television , that is of the lava television, that is of the lava continuing to bubble and burst out of a two and a half mile long fissure in the earth's surface in the southwest of iceland, the government there saying it doesn't pose a direct threat to life. nearby towns have been evacuated, but there are some flight delays and, they warn curious sightseers must stay away . that's the news on gb stay away. that's the news on gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . news channel. >> hello and welcome to headliners, your first look at wednesday's news papers. >> i'm your host, simon evans. joining me tonight to comedic

compiled raise leo says leo kearse. >> and steve n allen i thought it said leo hearst for a minute. i that's the trouble i've managed to lose my glasses at an early evening cocktail party, so there be interesting there could be some interesting typos this do you think typos this evening. do you think he .7 he might? >> i mean, i remember your real name. i didn't know if they name. i just didn't know if they were with a joke. were teeing me up with a joke. >> right. yeah, like my >> all right. yeah, like my obituary. yeah exactly. >> think um. >> yes. i think it, um. >> it. >> wouldn't it. >> wouldn't it. >> great headliners >> what a great headliners that'll be dope. >> going. >> the show keeps going. >> the show keeps going. >> so do think it might >> so do you think it might change your comic persona if you squint somewhat? >> yes. >> yes. >> that would be so of >> that would be so out of character. >> that would be so out of chaif:ter. >> that would be so out of chaif you thought i'd been >> if you thought i'd been squinting until now. >> let's look at >> let's have a look at wednesday's front pages . wednesday's front pages. >> through the prism of a middle aged man. >> now his glasses. daily mail i'm actually going to read them from the newspapers. >> kemi teaching children. you can be in the wrong body is can be born in the wrong body is harmful. extraordinary that such a headline needs saying the guardian. >> pressure on israel rises as gaza deaths near 20,000 and a

picture of the sports personality of the year. >> we'll be covering that and ru grope case bombshell . uh, fairly grope case bombshell. uh, fairly straightforward . the times straightforward. the times elderly will bear brunt of strikes at christmas i news m16 security alert over flat owned by russian neighbours. daily star. as ever, often a tangent in between a james by monkey terror. those were your front pages. >> so leo, i will ask you as even >> so leo, i will ask you as ever, what's on the cover of the telegraph, but with more urgency than usual, as i genuinely can't see. right. >> so the big story is that the us is drawing up plans for strikes on houthi rebels . uh, strikes on houthi rebels. uh, the rebels in yemen , they've the rebels in yemen, they've been firing drones and missiles at ships in the red sea and stopping ships going up there. so they've got to go around the cape of whatever is. yeah cape of whatever it is. yeah good hope. or maybe it's the

other obviously other one. uh which is obviously affecting. to south affecting. it's going to south african the south african one. >> yeah. that is good hope. >> yeah. that is good hope. >> is it good hope. cape horn is, is uh, is the argentine. uh, but right. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> right. yeah >> right. yeah >> patagonia. right. >> right. yeah >> right.>nia. right. >> right. yeah >> right.>nia.you. t. other >> right. got you. but the other big that that we're big story that we're, that we're focusing is that keir starmer focusing on is that keir starmer helped helped to free dangerous prisoners, including an arsonist who his former who terrorised his former girlfriend's family. he girlfriend's family. was he driving the getaway or be? driving the getaway car or be? he might as well be. so he was a you know, he used to be a top lawyer and he was head of the cps for a for a while, didn't have a of a spotless record ehhen have a of a spotless record either. you've got to play the ball as it lands. that's the truth. yeah. fair enough. but yeah, he's helped violent fire yeah, he's helped a violent fire starter twisted fire starter and a child sex offender for a twisted sex offender . a child sex offender for a twisted sex offender. um, that was a pretty b side. yeah, he was a pretty b side. yeah, he was working as a working as a barrister. twisted barrister. so he's secured the release on a legal technicality of this arsonist who terrorised the family after the home office had tried to keep him in jail. i

know, i know that lawyers are supposed to use, you know, every angle of the law that they can, but, you know, to use a legal technicality this who's technicality for this guy who's obviously was obviously evil. and then he was entitled to compensation. as entitled to compensation. so as well as freeing this well as as well as freeing this violent criminal, then violent criminal, the state then had this tax payers had to well, we this tax payers had to well, we this tax payers had pay. guy then had to pay. and the guy then went on to be jailed. anyway for trying after trying to purchase hand that probably hand grenades that he's probably going same going to throw at the same people. >> that's never sign, >> that's never a good sign, is it? >> that's never a good sign, is h? hand it? trying to purchase hand grenades? red flag in grenades? that's a red flag in any unless you're zelenskyy. >> i mean, i suppose the, uh, there is an argument if you're going release violent going to release violent criminals, going to release violent crinthem as well. going to release violent crirso em as well. going to release violent crirso that s well. going to release violent crirso that they're not, you >> so that they're not, you know, so that they're not induced. they're not what do you think, stephen is this is unreasonable think, stephen is this is uanssonable think, stephen is this is uanssona story not lawyer was >> is this story not lawyer was lawyer. >> yeah. exactly to do it >> yeah. it's exactly to do it to tony blair's wife a lot as well, didn't they? >> on other you know, well, didn't they? >> cfair other you know, well, didn't they? >> cfair inother you know, well, didn't they? >> cfair in love you know, well, didn't they? >> cfair in love war)u know, well, didn't they? >> cfair in love war andiow, all's fair in love and war and anything you could smear people with. suppose that's the game, with. i suppose that's the game, isn't it? with. i suppose that's the game, isn'yeah, at the same time, >> yeah, but at the same time, we the system requires we are the legal system requires that in the that the lawyer acts in the interest their client. interest of their client. >> it. interest of their client. >> we it. interest of their client. >> we don't mind that until it's

starmer and he's releasing these people. >> it speaks more the bias >> so it speaks more to the bias in has rather than in the newspaper has rather than the actual story. >> the you have is the >> the problem you have is the legal system, not starmer. >> yeah, but that's what worries me because starmer me now, because now starmer is going charge the going to be in charge of the immigration system. going immigration system. he's going to our immigration to be applying our immigration laws laws laws or our immigration laws were the 1950s to deal were built in the 1950s to deal with completely different with a completely different world, and they're now being gamed nefarious gamed and exploited by nefarious lawyers . yeah, that's certainly lawyers. yeah, that's certainly true. >> and starmer is if nothing else, he is a product of the system. >> that does seem to be determined to maintain that kind of opportunity. i of gaming opportunity. right? i mean, you can say that. mean, i think you can say that. would that he's not would you say that he's not a lawyer anymore, though? would you say that he's not a lawso anymore, though? would you say that he's not a lawso anyideae, though? would you say that he's not a lawso anyidea that ugh? would you say that he's not a lawso anyidea that it'll? would you say that he's not a lawso anyidea that it'll just >> so the idea that it'll just simply stick the of the simply stick to the rule of the law out of it, though. >> a sausage from that >> he's a sausage from that factory, he? >> he's a sausage from that factyou he? >> he's a sausage from that factyou can he? >> he's a sausage from that factyou can quote me on that . steve. >> what are the i leading with mi6 >> what are the i leading with m16 alert over flat m16 security alert over flat owned by russian neighbours. >> should we be shocked ? it's >> should we be shocked? it's a flat in london. of course. >> it's owned by a russian . >> it's owned by a russian. >> it's owned by a russian. >> because they. they all are. >> because they. they all are. >> but it's right next to m16, which is a worry because has which is a worry because it has

a navy is meaning m16 a russian navy is meaning m16 neighbours not a tv show. no >> yes. it's not a tv show. no broadcast in russia never. >> mr mengel , you must fall from >> mr mengel, you must fall from this window . this window. >> but the problem is you've got great line of sight. you can have a good look in there from this flat. >> they've got a nice location on on the south bank. can't on on the south bank. it can't be that secret. >> it's about 100 films. >> it's been in about 100 films. >> it's been in about 100 films. >> mean, it's surely >> yeah, i mean, it's surely james fires it on a james bond fires out of it on a sort of speedboat, isn't there? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and if there's anything secret, but then secret, i'm not a spy. but then again, spy would again, that is what a spy would say. but you'd keep them away from the wouldn't you? from the windows, wouldn't you? >> got curtains. >> yeah. curtain technology. curtains. >> they curtain technology. curtains. >> they probably:echnology. curtains. >> they probably:echn(nets. curtains. >> yeah.probably:echn(nets. curtains. >> yeah. mustn't :echn(nets. curtains. >> yeah. mustn't they.:nets. >> yeah. mustn't they. >> yeah. mustn't they. >> just so they can look because that's part of the job i imagine the biggest is the the biggest problem is that the newspaper found by newspaper found this by searching publicly available databases and the intelligence services . services never had a look. >> it's of the one thing >> it's kind of the one thing they sit doing all day they sit around doing all day searching isn't it? searching for stuff, isn't it? >> it's almost too on the nose, isuppose >> it's almost too on the nose, i suppose , isn't it? they go or i suppose, isn't it? they go or they a flat next they wouldn't rent a flat next doon they wouldn't rent a flat next door. that would too be obvious. >> like those guys who, as they say, went to salisbury cathedral

i >> -- >> yeah, yeah. on the nice. >> yeah, yeah. on the nice. >> they've hacked the wi—fi by now at that distance. >> it does. that >> sure it does. sure that britain's too soft and britain's a bit too soft and a bit open when it comes to bit too open when it comes to this thing. yeah, this kind of thing. yeah, i still don't like the fact that mi6 still don't like the fact that m16 has prestigious headquarters. >> in a shabby >> it should be in a shabby office overlooking cambridge >> it should be in a shabby office (like ooking cambridge >> it should be in a shabby office (likeooithe cambridge >> it should be in a shabby office (likeooithe goodiridge >> it should be in a shabby office (like ooithe good old |e circus. like in the good old days. >> $- ? they're the real >> well, maybe they're the real hq and big buildings, the hq and the big buildings, the mi7 . mi7. >> what are the daily mail >> so what are the daily mail got, leo. >> so this story here, the picture there of old guy and picture there of the old guy and the woman or, uh , is it a woman? the woman or, uh, is it a woman? uh, this british british intelligence are assisting ecuador police in hunt for kidnapped businessmen. this is the british consul in ecuador who's been who's been kidnapped ? who's been who's been kidnapped? colin armstrong. he's 78. he was dragged from his ranch on saturday morning and taken captive by lost tiger cronies , captive by lost tiger cronies, who are salsa band in in south london. and no, they're not there are there are gangs. so they believe that mr armstrong was snatched by los guaranies. he's to be tigers he's going to be the tigers right after , i guess. yeah.

right after, i guess. yeah. i never even thought that . it's never even thought of that. it's after to pay them a after he refused to pay them a monthly protection fee . so this monthly protection fee. so this is ecuador is like now , is what ecuador is like now, apparently. and elaborate apparently. and the elaborate kidnap involved more than kidnap plot involved more than 15 bundled him and his 15 men who bundled him and his partner into a black bmw , who partner into a black bmw, who was found was actually later found abandoned near the scene. and i'm not saying that los guaranies are transphobic, but it does turn that that she it does turn out that that she is transgender was born alberto santos. so this is this, this headune santos. so this is this, this headline has got everything. this is the lady on the front page here, the one he's cuddling with. >> yeah, she's trans and he's 78. >> she's putting effort >> she's putting more effort than is that fact. than he is or that is a fact. yeah that's a fantastic story that does have everything. >> want map going >> i want a map that's going to be adaptation . be a netflix adaptation. >> yes. >> yes. >> my wife, they wouldn't even need crowbar in transgender character. >> there's already one there. the question will whether the question will be whether they cast trans, they whether they cast trans, maybe maybe they just maybe they cast, maybe they just cast a bloke. >> they just got keep it to >> they just got to keep it to the to the poor the one to the left. poor old eddie get uh, he eddie doesn't get his, uh, he didn't brighton mp slot, didn't get the brighton mp slot, by the way. >> about that. yeah, >> very sorry about that. yeah, your woods. yeah, your neck of the woods. yeah, absolutely .

absolutely. >> he was willing to make it his main home. where do you think he's to go next? main home. where do you think he"mark to go next? main home. where do you think he"mark drakeford next? main home. where do you think he"mark drakeford is|ext? main home. where do you think he"mark drakeford is that he's >> mark drakeford is that he's going to slot in behind there. >> could be very >> i think he could be very plausibly welsh. >> he so coming up >> he is so good at coming up with let's with backstories. uh, let's finish the times as finish off with the times as many on the front page. many things on the front page. >> but it's the picture really. this is about sports personality of the year . this is about sports personality of the year. you this is about sports personality of the year . you know, it's this is about sports personality of the year. you know, it's an old joke, but i love it. i love it, it's called sports personality. and none of these people know, um, which tends people do know, um, which tends to but it's england she is to be. but it's england she is partly for for, partly well known for for, swearing during swearing very visibly during a key wasn't she? key match, wasn't she? >> she has a bit that. >> so she has a bit of that. that's often what stands for personality swearing. yeah >> mean she's >> yeah. no i mean she's actually the interesting actually got the interesting backstory, but about the kit not being sold. whoever being sold. right. whoever was making being sold. right. whoever was makiwhatever you call it. and nike whatever you call it. and they went for you could buy all of but not the goalkeeper. of them, but not the goalkeeper. and played a blinder and then she played a blinder dunng and then she played a blinder during follow sport. during a i don't follow sport. >> did penalty. i was >> she did save a penalty. i was sitting it was during the edinburgh festival. i was sitting um, know sitting in the um, i didn't know she edinburgh she played for the edinburgh festival. on festival. yeah, they was on a sunday morning and they it sunday morning and they had it up on a screen. i do

up on a big screen. i do remember watching, otherwise up on a big screen. i do remithen r watching, otherwise up on a big screen. i do remithen r wat missed otherwise up on a big screen. i do remithen r wat missed obecause and then they missed out because they would have sold some good, good they would have sold some good, gooyeah. yeah i mean woi'i. >> won. >> didn't win did we. >> we didn't win did we. >> we didn't win did we. >> we didn't the world cup >> we didn't win the world cup did we sport we didn't. did we sport i really we didn't. >> the final. >> we lost in the final. >> we lost in the final. >> all right. because i did here i was all excited. i was like, oh is doing the oh england is doing well in the world i found out world cup. and then i found out it's women's world cup. and it's the women's world cup. and i was like, that's not the same. >> it's been i mean, it has >> and it's been i mean, it has been think a lioness years been i think a lioness two years in it, who's in a row now hasn't it, who's won and feels a bit won it and kind of feels a bit like fix is in, doesn't it? like the fix is in, doesn't it? >> before it was emma >> and before that it was emma raducanu. oh, right. so yeah, i think we're seeing the tail end of white men and poor of like no white men and poor old ronnie o'sullivan. >> he's a member of all >> i mean, he's a member of all kinds parties and kinds of minority parties and marginalised he, marginalised people, isn't he, do you some some sympathy do you think some some sympathy here the picture that here because the picture that they've front they've gone with on the front of she's clearly of the times, she's clearly just been wedgied. >> so it's not that easy being a sports is pretty sports person is a pretty extraordinary it? extraordinary outfit, isn't it? >> to decide whether >> she needs to decide whether she's going out staying in. she's going out or staying in. yeah i don't know. >> smacks of >> it looks it smacks of onlyfans to me. and actually the bottom looks as if bottom half almost looks as if it's coloured in with

it's been coloured in with a sharpie just to kind of get. that's enough. we cannot . yeah, that's enough. we cannot. yeah, like i need the times to remain on bottom shelf. like the on the bottom shelf. like the saudi arabian tv version, right? that's for the front that's enough for the front pages coming up. we've got junior doctors. hey, old people , junior doctors. hey, old people, the snp hate rich people. sadiq khan hates londoners. what's new? we'll find out after the

given that not a single person has gone there. >> you're listening to . gb news. >> you're listening to. gb news. >> you're listening to. gb news. >> and welcome back to headliners where we will have some fun with tomorrow's newspaper. today i'm simon evans, still here with me are leo luscious lips, curse steve, normal lips and allen not. i think that's unfair to be honest . yeah, i think you're pretty equally endowed in the lip department. anyway leo, good news for those of us on tenterhooks for the coming clash of the titans the of the titans in the independent. so yeah. >> so the rishi sunak has confirmed that the next general election will be 2024, ruling election will be in 2024, ruling out the prospect of a january

2025 contest contest . which is 2025 contest contest. which is the furthest, you know, that's that's the last possible date he could possibly do, but obviously it's not going to happen in january 2025 because then they'd be throughout be campaigning throughout christmas. you imagine be campaigning throughout chrismuch you imagine be campaigning throughout chrismuch we'd you imagine be campaigning throughout chrismuch we'd all you imagine be campaigning throughout chrismuch we'd all hate imagine be campaigning throughout chrismuch we'd all hate everyone how much we'd all hate everyone if they if they ruined christmas with speech, would with the king's speech, would have political have to be a political broadcast. yeah, yeah, yeah . um, broadcast. yeah, yeah, yeah. um, i think and also it would look desperate, wouldn't it? >> it would look desperate. >> it would look desperate. >> like clinging the >> yeah. like clinging onto the fingernails instead of just desperate. >> come on. »- >> come on. >> yeah. there is that thing that, know, the longer he that, you know, the longer he waits because know, waits because you know, starmer's lead the starmer's got such a lead at the moment, like points moment, it's like 21 points or something. longer he something. so the longer he waits, the more chance something could you could happen. you know, you never in politics. um, but never know in politics. um, but i think he's going to try and time with inflation i think he's going to try and timeinterest with inflation i think he's going to try and timeinterest rates with inflation i think he's going to try and timeinterest rates cominglation i think he's going to try and timeinterest rates coming down. and interest rates coming down. you maybe in autumn next you know, maybe in autumn next next , but it's not going to next year, but it's not going to make any difference. i think. i think i don't think it is. >> i mean, you would have to have a massive overhaul of the tax system start. mean, tax system for a start. i mean, everyone feeling the

everyone is really feeling the squeeze at moment. the only squeeze at the moment. the only thing he could do would thing i think he could do would be earlier. still and be go a bit earlier. still and try in the good try and get in on the good weather. i mean, look this weather. i mean, look at this nice weather. >> you nice weather. >> we brought you. >> we brought you. >> is because the >> but the reason is because the old do tend to vote tory old folk do tend to vote tory regardless of what's actually happened. of happened. they have a sort of they oil tankers . they they are like oil tankers. they it quite a long time for it takes quite a long time for them to turn around and register, change. >> don't let there be another >> so don't let there be another cold it might cold winter because it might trim few of their base exactly. >> or they just don't go out. they won't go out. i mean, you know, that is reasonable when you're cold you're 87 and there's a cold november you're 87 and there's a cold novembei mean, in terms of the >> yeah, i mean, in terms of the five pledges, his key priorities, there's only one of them that not in charge them that he's not in charge of, which inflation. just which is inflation. that's just kind of happens without him. and certainly the bank of england have that's have more say in it. and that's the only doing well at have more say in it. and that's th

to see a massive spike in net migration go to migration just before we go to the polls. >> another massive spike i, i yeah, who more than yeah, people who know more than i do are saying that's what to expect. >> so i don't know if that looks bad for the tories. look how you failed they'll then promise. failed or they'll then promise. look number. we'll look at this big number. we'll get won't . get it down. starmer won't. >> i mean, at this >> do you think? i mean, at this point sunak must have been point rishi sunak must have been considering his options. and he has of mean , has plenty of them. i mean, assuming the tories people will, he will he will basically leave, won't he? i mean, he will certainly resign from prime minister. would minister. and then i would imagine he will go and take up a job or job with goldman sachs again or whatever job with goldman sachs again or whateve uh, musk, the >> um, uh, elon musk, the interview that he did elon interview that he did with elon musk a job interview musk was more of a job interview where our prime minister was asking for a job. >> similar the >> please. yeah. similar to the one uh, golf one that nick, uh, played golf with. facebook. okay let's with. facebook. yeah. okay let's have look at the times now. have a look at the times now. miserable news from them as well. still well. junior doctors still hanging for hanging in there for a traditional nhs christmas. hanging in there for a tra(yes.|al nhs christmas. hanging in there for a tra(yes. elderly christmas. hanging in there for a tra(yes. elderly patients|s. hanging in there for a tra(yes. elderly patients at risk >> yes. elderly patients at risk in junior doctors christmas strike. um, this is unfortunate because there's no way the government could give in because itake government could give in because i take the argument. they have the doctors have had a bad time

in terms of sub inflation pay increases over the last decade , increases over the last decade, and there's no way a 30% is going given other parts of going to be given other parts of the nhs settled less , the nhs have settled for less, which saying, which rishi sunak's been saying, which rishi sunak's been saying, which if you give 30% to which means if you give 30% to junior they'll they'll junior doctors, they'll they'll go back on strike again. yeah, there's no there's no way even starmer could do this when eventually he gets the job, why not a strike. not over not do a strike. not over christmas though, i reckon you could get more headlines if you said we're upset. we're striking on no one's going to on a day when no one's going to be impacted. all we're striking and often and turning up. quite often these strikes about getting these strikes are about getting people the issue. people to talk about the issue. you could get more newspaper people to talk about the issue. you coulcbyzt more newspaper people to talk about the issue. you coulcby not ore newspaper people to talk about the issue. you coulcby not doing wspaper people to talk about the issue. you coulcby not doing it;paper people to talk about the issue. you coulcby not doing it three coverage by not doing it three days before christmas. yeah, a few afterwards. time few days afterwards. at a time when get drunk when people fall over, get drunk and get ill, you don't look good. >> no, i tend to agree with that. it's odd, isn't that. but it's odd, isn't it? how don't to do how people don't tend to do things look, that things that would look, that would with good pr ? would provide them with good pr? it's extraordinary. yeah, it's been of trend been a kind of real trend lately. yeah. >> look at isis. and you >> look at look at isis. and you know, people like there's know, people like that. there's so people they could go so many people they could go after no, after and we'd be like, no, you've point there. yeah. you've got a point there. yeah. no, instead, you know, no, i mean instead, you know, they do like the, the, the most

vulnerable children and stuff like most people who like that. the most people who shouldn't killed. but shouldn't be, uh, killed. but yeah, that shouldn't be, uh, killed. but yeahad that shouldn't be, uh, killed. but yea had lockdown, that shouldn't be, uh, killed. but yea had lockdown, you hat shouldn't be, uh, killed. but yea had lockdown, you know, we had a lockdown, you know, a lot of the problems in the nhs , lot of the problems in the nhs, the on the nhs the excess strain on the nhs and the excess strain on the nhs and the of that we can the lack of funding that we can put the nhs because of put into the nhs is because of lockdown, which was save lockdown, which was to save old people and now they're junior doctors are going to let them die anyway . it's, it's horrific die anyway. it's, it's horrific and the figures have really and the figures have been really bad the couple of >> over the last couple of years, you know, of, of lots of excess deaths and so on, you know great know as anticipated, no great surprise. us, uh, surprise. leo takes us, uh, north of the border with the telegraph , where the snp are telegraph, where the snp are determined soak rich and determined to soak the rich and indeed, even remotely indeed, even the remotely solvent . solvent. >> yeah, not as many of them in scotland. so the scottish national party are going to hit high and middle earners with a triple tax hike. it's insane. there's going to be a new £0.45 band on salaries above £75,000. uh, but that's that's not all. they're also increasing the top rate of tax in scotland by one p to £0.48. uh, and that's £0.03 in the pound higher than the top

rate in england. so if you are working in scotland try and get registered. you know, buy a flat in northumberland and just get registered that you're living there. largest there. yeah and in the largest uh of all, there's uh tax grab of all, there's going to be a £307 million stealth tax. they're going to freeze the salary threshold for the £0.42 tax rate instead of increasing it with inflation. so the £0.42 tax rate instead of then more people, you know, as wages rise with inflation they'll get drawn into that into that trap. and they've got six rates. whereas england's only got three rates. so it's overly complicated. scotland is going to have an effective tax rate of nearly 70, 69.5, which is just insane. there's no incentive for anybody, any high earner , to go anybody, any high earner, to go out and do those that extra work, do extra shifts, you know , work, do extra shifts, you know, go and do an extra gig, do a corporate or whatever. it's ridiculous . corporate or whatever. it's ridiculous. it corporate or whatever. it's ridiculous . it stifles the ridiculous. it stifles the economy. you know, how we put taxes on cigarettes to stop people smoking? yeah. the snp are taxes working. are putting taxes on working. what's do for what's that going to do for work? we need especially the

richest in society. we need them to work rich because they're to work the rich because they're the productive. yeah. the most productive. yeah. >> and >> absolutely. right. and especially as you say, given that is effectively no that there is effectively no border. would be perfectly border. so it would be perfectly trivial just live the other trivial to just live the other side of carry working side of it and carry on working and edinburgh and coming into edinburgh or whatever and give some pushback if like. if you like. >> yeah, of course they should pay >> yeah, of course they should pay more they get free pay more tax. they get free universities. prescriptions universities. the prescriptions are maybe scottish are free. maybe the scottish should, should, they should should, they should, they should probably slightly higher probably have a slightly higher tax board. tax rate across the board. >> seem to be >> but this does seem to be punitive, you say, on punitive, as you say, just on the earning. punitive, as you say, just on the it's earning. punitive, as you say, just on the it's also ning. punitive, as you say, just on the it's also the|. punitive, as you say, just on the it's also the timing that >> it's also the timing that doesn't work because it's easy to make the argument of lower tax more tax. tax brings in actual more tax. that linear that can't be a linear relationship because zero tax bnngsin relationship because zero tax brings in none and 100% brings in none. so there's some sort of curve you've got work curve you've got to work out where of that. curve you've got to work out wheithere'll of that. curve you've got to work out wheithere'll be of that. curve you've got to work out wheithere'll be other of that. curve you've got to work out wheithere'll be other factors at. curve you've got to work out wheithere'll be other factors to and there'll be other factors to do gdp and whatever. but do with gdp and whatever. but right biggest right now it's the biggest tax burden we've had since the second world war. that's the catch throw catch phrase. people throw around. adding to yeah. >> that's yeah. >> so that's yeah. >> so that's yeah. >> adding not be >> so adding two it might not be the thing to do. right now. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> not the express now. sadiq >> yeah. >> niisthe express now. sadiq >> yeah. >> niisthe expr> yeah. >> niisthe expr

quaint a quaint in a way. >> yes. he he sits next to them and asks for money. yeah um, no, he's is about council he's this is about a council tax hike . this is tory london mayor hike. this is tory london mayor candidate susan hall has led a furious reaction to sadiq khan's eye—watering council tax hike. it says here he wants to increase his share of the council tax to a by 8.6. this is, on average a £200 increase since he started, since he got power . this follows the ulez power. this follows the ulez charge in people and also a few weeks before we get bus and tube pnces weeks before we get bus and tube prices go up. so with all of these going on, it very much does feel like you're being pickpocketed, obviously pickpocketed, which obviously many feel like you're many things feel like you're being pickpocketed. yes. if you, susan being pickpocketed. yes. if you, susthat's also, of >> that's right. and also, of course, actually living in london, you are actually are london, you are you actually are being octopuses. mean, it being octopuses. yeah i mean, it does an does feel like there's an extraordinarily hostile atmosphere in london at the moment towards people live moment towards people who live there visit in your there or even visit in your car and as well. i mean, it's and so on. as well. i mean, it's just i mean, this is my hobby horse. a motorist, you horse. but as a motorist, you know. you just constantly know. yeah, you just constantly feel like are running the feel like you are running the gauntlet camera , gauntlet of some kind of camera, which is to trap you in a

which is going to trap you in a yellow box or a bus lane , or yellow box or a bus lane, or going a street, which is going down a street, which is recently been designated . and, recently been designated. and, you know, it's sucked all the joy you know, it's sucked all the joy out of, you know, driving around london. >> not that it was ever a particularly fun thing to do. >> no, but it's extraordinarily stressful. >> you know, it's really stressful. and it's funny. we talk about, know, the talk about, you know, the suicide going up. and, you suicide rate going up. and, you know, it's i don't know, i don't think it's i don't think know, think it's, uh, you know, because don't talk the because men don't talk about the feelings or anything like that. in i think men in fact, i don't think men should feelings should talk about the feelings at all. weird. but think at all. it's weird. but i think what is, death by what it is, it's death by a thousand cuts. yeah. you're constantly being watched by cameras that are fining cameras that are then fining you. you you. if you know, you drive into, know, bus lane by into, you know, a bus lane by accident whatever. accident or whatever. >> yeah. if >> absolutely. yeah. yeah. if you that is being you need a satnav that is being updated hour updated on on the hour virtually. i just to virtually. well, i just want to add in as well. >> i it's fascinating . >> i think it's fascinating. it's £20 billion. it's something like £20 billion. sadiq access to all the sadiq khan has access to all the funds that his way to be in funds that come his way to be in charge of thing. we were charge of the tax thing. we were just scotland just talking about scotland raises 40 million. wow so raises about 40 million. wow so not 307 million for the, uh , but not 307 million for the, uh, but just the increase based on that , just the increase based on that, the increase that they're

bringing in because it says in the article there aren't that many who will be many rich people who will be paying many rich people who will be paying get extra many rich people who will be paymillion get extra many rich people who will be paymillion from get extra many rich people who will be paymillion from that. at extra 40 million from that. >> and especially not >> yeah. and especially not after they bring it in battle. >> the council tax >> yeah. but the council tax hike, think i can't remember hike, i think i can't remember what it was. 70% has gone up over of his time, 70% over the course of his time, 70% increase in khalife. >> £200. yeah. on >> that was the £200. yeah. on average that is pretty painful as well. >> you know. >> you know. >> and not getting >> you know. >> servicesd not getting >> you know. >> services for not getting >> you know. >> services for it not getting >> you know. >> services for it either. getting the services for it either. >> and if people seeing >> and nor if people seeing their that their house prices go up that much, often offsets it much, which are often offsets it psychologically. of, much, which are often offsets it psy(know, cally. of, much, which are often offsets it psy(know, grind of, much, which are often offsets it psy(know, grind your of, much, which are often offsets it psy(know, grind your teeth f, much, which are often offsets it psy(know, grind your teeth what you know, grind your teeth what we're doing. actually we're doing. okay. but actually it's been that to be it's not been that great to be a homeowner. the sun now leo, homeowner. now the sun now leo, it sounds like finally we're going get the most going to get to see the most notorious list of notorious christmas card list of recent years. >> yes, jeff epstein's 177 high profile pals are to be named in prince andrew accuser lawsuit, as papers are unsealed in 2024. apparently it's going to happen in january the second next year. so this american judge, loretta preska , has, uh, has asked for preska, has, uh, has asked for these names to be unsealed, ordered the unsealing of

hundreds of files. so she's obviously going to hang herself over christmas that i've seen these names by the way, they circulated online shortly afterwards. well, that was the black book. but i think this is a this is a separate. oh, is it a this is a separate. oh, is it a separate thing. >> yeah. yeah. so what are these people. >> uh, so i'm not i'm not entirely they are, but entirely sure what they are, but this um, is high profile. this is, um, is high profile. >> another contacts list, right? >> another contacts list. i don't these were the don't know if these were the people who are actually, you know, that, know, let through that, uh, you know, let through that, uh, you know, curtain. know, that that velvet curtain. oh, know, that that velvet curtain. 0h, mean, know, that that velvet curtain. oh, mean, the people oh, okay. but i mean, the people he's on island, you he's had on his island, you know, his private jet, you know, on his private jet, you know, on his private jet, you know, prince andrew, bill clinton, gates but then, clinton, bill gates but then, you know, what's the point of getting rich and powerful if you can't exploit of the can't exploit one of the interesting , know, interesting things, you know, um, , who was it who talked um, uh, who was it who talked about, uh, eric weinstein, wasn't it? >> who? you know, eric weinstein is, uh , peter thiel's kind of is, uh, peter thiel's kind of like , uh, boffin head boffin . a like, uh, boffin head boffin. a very bright guy. brett weinstein's, uh, brother. and he presented a whole monologue talking about he met epstein like, years ago, before he was even famous. and he said he

immediately suspected that he was construct. called him was a construct. he called him essentially. he was, uh , essentially. he said he was, uh, installed by foreign powers, probably mossad . he believed, probably mossad. he believed, um, order to, um, you know , um, in order to, um, you know, uh, institute blackmailing opportunities. but but the and that's all fairly sort of, you know, that's been out in the open what he thinks it was, was his real target was mainly scientists. he would scientists. although he would have people like clinton and trump it was people trump and so on. it was people like i mean, the surprising thing uh, steven thing was, uh, steven pinker, for instance , or, what's for instance, or or, uh, what's his name? the guy in the wheelchair, uh, one, uh, hawking. hawking, right? yeah these people were being targeted because, weinstein's view , because, in weinstein's view, they would likely feel underappreciated by their own nafion underappreciated by their own nation , an they would have felt nation, an they would have felt i've made extraordinary contributions to national prosperity, you know, and to increasing our prestige in the world of science. and yet you never recognition you never get the recognition you deserve. this guy's deserve. suddenly this guy's taking an island and taking you to an island and surrounding beautiful surrounding you with beautiful girls. on a bond movie or girls. like on a bond movie or something. suddenly feel something. and you suddenly feel finally somebody understands how

important we scientists are. and and then you get the kind of, uh, access , you know, so it's uh, access, you know, so it's not so much like, like, uh, being able to bribe presidents and so on. it's a kind of cumulative basis. so i think a lot of these names are going to be less like the, uh, you know, the usual wef forum, kind of surely you can check that, though, by seeing how though, just by seeing how wheelchair accessible the paedophile wheelchair accessible the paewell, le wheelchair accessible the paewell, that's true, yes, of >> well, that's true, yes, of course . coui'se. >> course. >> well, maybe he was carried. maybe that was part of the deal. >> interesting >> it's interesting you mentioned that which suggest that, would that, you know, there would be a reason to be nobbled in reason for him to be nobbled in jail the ruling also jail because the ruling also suggests will jail because the ruling also suggito s will jail because the ruling also suggito jean—luc will jail because the ruling also suggito jean—luc brunel, will jail because the ruling also suggito jean—luc brunel, who. refer to jean—luc brunel, who died under eerily similar circumstances to epstein in february 2022. he also hung himself in prison. i'm doing air quotes for anybody on the radio because, you know, from the top that's about five chances. yeah yeah, your legs tuck your heels out. >> if you want. >> if you want. >> yeah. you really got to be going for it. while awaiting trial sex crimes was trial for sex crimes and was also have abused , uh, also alleged to have abused, uh, giuffre. she's called giuffre. i think she's called who's the. who's one of the. >> there's no jean—jacques

brunel stranglers. brunel from the stranglers. that's different jean—luc that's a different jean—luc brunel. jean—luc brunel , kingdom brunel. >> that was one of top >> that was one of our top scientists. >> get your brunel's in order. well, well done for making it halfway some crackers halfway. we've got some crackers coming including trans halfway. we've got some crackers cominggettingzluding trans halfway. we've got some crackers cominggettingzludiof trans halfway. we've got some crackers cominggettingzludiof hand, plans, getting out of hand, inclusivity , excluding people. inclusivity, excluding people. some gb classics . we'll some other gb classics. we'll see you in

they're sitting on, on on tectonic plates. >> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back to headliners, steve. we will kick off this half with the daily mail, who are warning that things are coming to a head between schools and parents over who actually owns children. >> indeed . so it says activist >> indeed. so it says activist schools are already threatening to flout new trans guidance being issued that warns that you must tell parents about it. so that's one of the big issues in here that if your child says, i want different proper noun, different then you different pronoun, then then you should the parents and should tell the parents and different proper noun. >> you mean name ? >> you mean name? >> you mean name? >> i'm matching up >> yeah. okay, i'm matching up my nouns. okay. >> yeah. proper noun pronoun.

yeah. >> fits isn't it? because that's what you change your what it is. you change your name, your pronouns name, you change your pronouns are two things. should are the two things. and should you the you tell the parents? look the only tell the only time you shouldn't tell the parents you suspect parents is if you suspect there's some sort of at there's some sort of abuse at home will worse, in home that will get worse, in which case you should be telling someone else about that. yes, absolutely. fixed it. absolutely. i just fixed it. that's right. let's another that's right. let's do another one. within same one. uh, within. within the same thing. apart from thing. this education apart from from can't say from education. can't even say it. department for education information as is, information guidance as it is, says should says there should be a presumption against children says there should be a presumpt gender nst children says there should be a presumpt gender nst school. en changing gender at school. but later it says, later in the article, it says, uh, unless an exceptional uh, unless it's an exceptional circumstance , it's actually what circumstance, it's actually what we're talking this a we're talking about. this is a circumstance where mathematically, at least, it's exceptional as i've solved another one. so i think actually it's, uh, i can't believe after years of discussing this, i've managed to put some sense in this story just dissolved this story you've just dissolved all knots. this story you've just dissolved all yeah.1ots. haven't had to >> yeah. you haven't even had to cut the gender ideology >> yeah. the gender ideology stuff not stuff really worries me. not just because i've got but just because i've got a kid, but like just gender like just the way gender ideologies in school. uh it ideologies work in school. uh it just sounds like they sound a bit like you know, jimmy savile. they're all like, this is

they're all like, oh, this is our little secret between you and me. don't your parents our little secret between you ancthat don't your parents our little secret between you ancthat don't stuff.ur parents our little secret between you ancthat don't stuff. andirents our little secret between you ancthat don't stuff. and also; all that kind of stuff. and also they're know, the they're saying, you know, the next step, they're saying next step, um, is they're saying if the can consent if the kids can consent to transitioning well, else transitioning, well, what else can they consent to? so the whole thing, is, is just whole thing, like, is, is just weird. like people, weird people with hair into schools with green hair go into schools and between and drive a wedge between parents like, parents and children. like, i don't know, i'm not saying we need like, you put them need to like, you know, put them on or something, but on a fire or something, but like, definitely out like, definitely keep them out of think there was there's >> i do think there was there's a there's a difference in this country parts country compared to some parts of know that of america. and i know that whole of libs tiktok whole kind of libs of tiktok thing some kind thing where you see some kind of, as you say, genuinely green haired, pierced septum, kind of whatever are kind whatever teachers that are kind of going to of going, yeah, i'm going to groom your kids. i mean, i think the who's in kevin sexton, the guy who's in kevin sexton, executive of executive head teacher of chesterfield executive head teacher of chesterfifld were to encounter suspect if we were to encounter him, he would strike us as a sort of normal that's reasonably sane individual. they're the more they in more sinister. well, they are in a way. do remember a way. but i do remember something that stayed with me from early days of lockdown, when uh, a zoom when there was a, uh, a zoom discussion among teachers and head teachers and . department head teachers and. department teachers and so on, which

somehow got leaked and got shared online on where they were discussing the fact , the problem discussing the fact, the problem that kids going that because kids were now going to home going to be to be at home and going to be schooled online on laptops, their would to see their parents would get to see what it was they were saying to them . right? i mean, they them. right? i mean, they literally said that, you know, and this is going to be a problem. and how are we going to work around know, and work around it? you know, and i think of it was possibly think part of it was possibly that they were worried they that they were worried that they were history in were teaching english history in a way they was more a way that they thought was more balance decolonised balance and fair and decolonised thing. it wasn't necessarily about grooming or about trans, you know, but it really struck me that there was this kind of there was this obviously widely shared. it wasn't like an uncomfortable admission. it was the assumption was there was going to be consensus on this call. yeah, that parents weren't to be trusted. yeah. with with the agreed curriculum as set by teachers. yeah. >> that's terrifying. and also if you're going to let gender ideologists go in and indoctrinate kids, why not christians? why liberty christians? why not liberty unions? not? you know, why unions? why not? you know, why not neo—nazis go in? i mean,

not let neo—nazis go in? i mean, it's , you know, do you stop? >> i think we have, you know, exposed a bit of a culture under a rock, haven't we? yeah telegraph now, leo, an too all familiar bit of weaselly evasion in the dismal world of employment tribunal rules now. >> yeah. so wanting to hire fewer white men for a job is not discrimination . according to an discrimination. according to an employment tribunal . i'd like to employment tribunal. i'd like to point out that this employment tribunal took place in 2023 and not in 2025, by which case these people will be facing some sort of nuremberg trial for their obvious discrimination and anti—white racism. so this employment tribunal dismissed an unsuccessful job. seekers claim that it was rejected because he was a white man. but i don't understand how. so he went for this job at a financial services company worth 80 grand, he'd company worth 80 grand, so he'd be lot of tax in be paying a lot of tax in scotland, he was told that scotland, and he was told that his job interview that the company to hire fewer company wanted to hire fewer white men . so this seems like white men. so this seems like pretty obvious . yeah. sexism and pretty obvious. yeah. sexism and

racism , like open, overt racism. racism, like open, overt racism. they don't know that they're being sexist and racist. uh, you know, they don't hide it. i mean, because they they don't realise it's bad, but they've created this kind of weird form of where kind of go of words where they kind of go that a general aspiration of that is a general aspiration of the company. that is a general aspiration of the but1pany. that is a general aspiration of the but itany. that is a general aspiration of the but it should be should >> but it should be not, should not assumed this not be assumed that this was this you weren't hired. not be assumed that this was timean, you weren't hired. not be assumed that this was timean, yeah,(ou weren't hired. not be assumed that this was timean, yeah, i u weren't hired. not be assumed that this was timean, yeah, i supposet hired. not be assumed that this was timean, yeah, i suppose asired. not be assumed that this was timean, yeah, i suppose as much i mean, yeah, i suppose as much as part of me just thinks, why even mention it? >> be like the old school racists and just do things secretly, but well, thank you very much for coming in. >> yes. >> yes. >> but to that though, >> but to that point, though, he was job of head of was going for the job of head of hr, so his remit would have been to employ fewer white men. oh, okay. >> right. >> right. >> so that's they excuse it by saying, no, we weren't saying we're to employ you. we're not going to employ you. we're if you the job, we're saying if you get the job, you can't employ this we're saying if you get the job, you bei'l employ this we're saying if you get the job, you be the nploy this we're saying if you get the job, you be the uncomfortable this will be the uncomfortable conversation that you'll be having here. >> oh, well, maybe he's better off there. to the off out of there. over to the british now, steve, with british museum now, steve, with the guardian. a controversial sponsorship protect sponsorship deal to protect the controversial artefacts in the controversial institution. it's proving controversial . proving controversial. >> british museum's bp

>> yes. british museum's bp sponsored sponsorship deal astonishingly out of touch , say astonishingly out of touch, say people who don't like it. so campaigners have criticised this £50 million tie up. um, but they say it's all about greenwashing , say it's all about greenwashing, changing your reputation to make you look like a greener company. firstly, i don't think that happens. said, happens. no one's ever said, well, bp can't be a fossil fuel place. they sponsor that museum. make any sense? you could change behaviour, but i don't think in this case, like, if you you could don't have a betting could say don't have a betting company sponsoring you, people might one's ever might bet more. no one's ever thought wasn't to burn thought or wasn't going to burn petrol don't petrol today. but i don't see a great or indeed i mean, great advert or indeed i mean, i think i mean, obviously it works i >> -- >> they're not stupid. they wouldn't shut £50 million at, you a pit. but i have you know, down a pit. but i have never chosen any petrol never actively chosen any petrol station over any other petrol station over any other petrol station . i just go, i'm out of station. i just go, i'm out of petrol . yeah. oh there's petrol. yeah. oh there's a petrol. yeah. oh there's a petrol station or if there is one connected to supermarket . one connected to a supermarket. >> this down to just, >> but this boils down to just, it's campaigners not liking it's the campaigners not liking bp reason to bp because there's no reason to be angry with it. i'm in favour of from really of taking money away from really rich and giving it to rich companies and giving it to the arts, rather than making

museums know museums poorer. and you know what? spending the money museums poorer. and you know what? museum.ending the money museums poorer. and you know what? museum. i'mng the money museums poorer. and you know what? museum. i'm going money museums poorer. and you know what? museum. i'm going fossily on this museum. i'm going fossil free fossil fuel free. so free of fossil fuel free. so literally these campaigners are trying to get them burning more fossil is i mean, fossil fuel and it is i mean, they are upgrading building. they are upgrading the building. >> overhauling, you they are upgrading the building. >> a overhauling, you they are upgrading the building. >> a crumblingauling, you know, a crumbling infrastructure, which sure infrastructure, which i'm sure will need insulation. >> disgusted but i've got >> disgusted by it. but i've got i've got a reason to be disgusted by it. i've got shares in bp and i don't want them wasting company resources by, you money to you know, giving money to artists mental artists artists mental that artists don't need money. they're artists. better when artists. they're better when they're starving. it was also they're starving. it was also the sorry. the old sorry. >> go on. yeah, well, yeah. also like, these people like, you know, these people are like, you know, these people are like, bp shouldn't like, uh, bp shouldn't be funding bud. funding this, uh, bp or bud. >> don't let use any >> don't don't let them use any fossil stuff. people like fossil fuel stuff. people like that be denied of that should be denied the use of any fossil fuel stuff . no any fossil fuel stuff. no petrol, , no petrol, no plastics, no electricity . nothing. no, no electricity. nothing. no, no modern life. clean. no no. no vaseline . use k—y jelly. vaseline. use k—y jelly. >> i do remember when jp's , for >> i do remember when jp's, for instance, used to sponsor racing cars, and that was i could understand that there was some concern because concern there because it glamorised tobacco right ?

glamorised tobacco use right? you one cars going you saw formula one cars going around this seems like around this seems to be like completely the other end of completely off the other end of the it? that's the scale, doesn't it? that's the scale, doesn't it? that's the behaviour. the scale, doesn't it? that's the you behaviour. the scale, doesn't it? that's the you see behaviour. the scale, doesn't it? that's the you see enouthr. the scale, doesn't it? that's the you see enough smoking >> like you see enough smoking adverts, smoke, but no adverts, you might smoke, but no one's i think i'll one's going to be. i think i'll drive worse. yeah. >> finally, this section we >> finally, in this section we have in the have what's happening in the current iteration the opium wars. >> steve, uh, tiktok allowing under 13 to keep accounts. evidence suggests i'll make this really quick. ready tiktok. say, if you're under 13, you can't be on there. there are under 13 on there. bosh um, it's as simple as that. i mean, people will end up saying it's hard to police, but because it's hard but it's not because it's hard to police under eighteens buying alcohol shops. but we alcohol in corner shops. but we do a little sting do it with a little sting operation, set up an account, say if you say you're under 13. if you don't find tiktok. don't get banned, find tiktok. yeah, bosh i'm solving yeah, yeah. bosh i'm solving them right and centre. them left, right and centre. >> get rid of tiktok. absolutely. know it's absolutely. you know it's digital wasting money digital content on there that nobody watches fentanyl. content on there that nobody watand fentanyl. content on there that nobody watand you fentanyl. content on there that nobody watand you shouldn'tyl. content on there that nobody watand you shouldn't be putting >> and you shouldn't be putting content on it. but they say so the moderators say that, uh, they've got these loopholes . they've got these loopholes. they've come up with themselves. they've come up with themselves.

the regulators even come up with them. a parent is in them. they say if a parent is in them. they say if a parent is in the background of a seemingly underage video, can underage video, then they can allow, like teachers rule. allow, like the teachers rule. yeah, yeah . yeah, yeah. >> or an inflatable parent or convincing . silhouette. convincing. silhouette. >> if you're under 13, you shouldn't be on social media because people that age call me a boomer and i'm not. i'm a generation x, and you point generation x, and if you point that they call you boomer. >> should be sticking >> again, it should be sticking with talkies until with walkie talkies until they're 16. with walkie talkies until the ate 16. with walkie talkies until the at least one section to >> at least one more section to go stick around for bare knuckle brawlers. good news they finally solved . well,

well come back to headliners for the final section . this is where the final section. this is where it gets feisty . we jump back in it gets feisty. we jump back in with the daily star now, and a story about a female bare knuckle fighter. i'm more of a moose knuckle man. personally but . i'd say moose knuckle man. personally but. i'd say so, moose knuckle man. personally but . i'd say so, yeah, moose knuckle man. personally but. i'd say so, yeah, i'm a female bare knuckle fighter.

>> i punch concrete slabs to train, but men still think i'm soft. but enough about me. there's uh, this story. danny ashfield, 32. she recently signed a pro contract , so she's signed a pro contract, so she's she's doing really well at the bare knuckle boxing. is that pro? >> pro actually pro. that's a thing. >> fighting for money in bare knuckle. >> i thought it was sort of bare legal bare knuckle boxing. >> it's. no, no, it's, uh. no ifs— >> it's. no, no, it's, uh. no it's legally , it's it's not barely legally, it's fully professional . covered. fully professional. covered. >> what about bear baiting ? >> what about bear baiting? >> what about bear baiting? >> there's definitely something's illegal. >> bear baiting, boxing . um, >> bear baiting, boxing. um, but, yeah, she took up bare knuckle fighting after her autism prevented her from being able boxing gloves. able to wear boxing gloves. i didn't realise autism could affect like that. no. affect your hands like that. no. >> that's extraordinary. well, she. it like a kind of she. is it like a kind of claustrophobia or something? >> yeah. she. >> yeah. she. >> being able >> is it? yeah. not being able to see her hands caused her. wow anguish. so made anguish. so if they'd made transparent boxing she'd transparent boxing gloves, she'd have right. transparent boxing gloves, she'd haerah right. transparent boxing gloves, she'd haerah . right. transparent boxing gloves, she'd haerah . just right. transparent boxing gloves, she'd haerah . just bigt. transparent boxing gloves, she'd haerah . just big bubbles. yeah. >> yeah. just big bubbles. yeah. >> yeah. just big bubbles. yeah. >> and she's fine with her. with her smashing into her gloves smashing into somebody's face. >> so once said it's >> so she once said it's rational, all she wants. >> so she once said it's rati she, all she wants. >> so she once said it's rati she wants1e wants. >> so she once said it's rati she wants more tls. >> so she once said it's rati she wants more women to take

>> she wants more women to take up knuckle fighting . i up bare knuckle fighting. i mean, yeah, just mean, i'm not sure. yeah, just just wait. just wait a decade. i'd know, maybe just wait. just wait a decade. i'd would know, maybe just wait. just wait a decade. i'd would be know, maybe just wait. just wait a decade. i'd would be the.w, maybe that would be the. >> because they're going to be struggling to get another lioness win. sports lioness to win. sports personality of the next personality of the year next yeah personality of the year next year. but maybe a female bare knuckle . are you knuckle boxer. are you interested in this kind of. well, i mean, again, it's a sport, but it's not even in defence of men. >> i know the manly brain. so when i see this story saying that punches slabs, that she punches concrete slabs, my goes, what's your my brain just goes, what's your mix cement sand? mix between cement and sand? yeah, that's the yeah, because that's where the tensile comes from . tensile strength comes from. yeah. article yeah. although in the article she says she goes she actually just says she goes and punches she doesn't and punches it but she doesn't break you think it's sort of >> do you think it's sort of east european kind east european 1986 kind of concrete? is this concrete? i think this is this is rack in school. is the rack in school. >> i win fight. i'd >> i could win that fight. i'd go around schools and punch them. do my them. that's what i do in my spare time. >> back to the daily mail. now. it monkeys give in to it turns out monkeys give in to peer and didn't peer pressure and they didn't even instruments . peer pressure and they didn't eve uh, instruments . peer pressure and they didn't eveuh, monkeys instruments . peer pressure and they didn't eve uh, monkeys succumb ments . peer pressure and they didn't eve uh, monkeys succumb toents . peer pressure and they didn't eve uh, monkeys succumb to peer >> uh, monkeys succumb to peer pressure, just like humans. study , which is why they study finds, which is why they smoke much. that can't be smoke so much. no, that can't be it. um, it says in the article, giving into your friend's nagging drink nagging for just one more drink

at christmas party might not at the christmas party might not just thing. bear that just be a human thing. bear that in mind when we realise this is research that finds social research that finds that social animals social. now the animals are social. now the useful grant if a monkey moved from one group, it acts more like the second group to try and blend in and again stop using that an example of you that as an example of why you stayed at christmas stayed around at a christmas party drunk too late. party and got drunk too late. yeah, obvious. don't yeah, that's obvious. you don't want up by other want to be beaten up by other monkeys, you blend in. i'm monkeys, so you blend in. i'm amazed. this is research. >> is interesting though, >> it is interesting though, that beings are that human beings are essentially just, and primates generally incredibly generally are incredibly reflective of one another's behaviour . reflective of one another's behaviour. and but humans are the most reflective . that's the the most reflective. that's the interesting we're the interesting thing. we're the least of being least capable of being individuals bizarre ways . do individuals in bizarre ways. do you know this experiment? if you have, and have, like, a toddler and a toddler chimp or a toddler gorilla , you know, and you put gorilla, you know, and you put them together in an enclosure with a load of toys, the toddler will want the toy that the chimp has not the other way round. right so the toddler is like wants, wants to take its lead from the. yeah, quite weird. >> and they do that. there's

that experiment where, um , that experiment where, um, they'll get 20 people in a room and one person's not in it, and everybody will refer to like a mug and then mug as a spoon. yeah. and then that will call it a spoon that person will call it a spoon as well, humans are just as well, because humans are just simpletons . simpletons. >> they're cowards, aren't they? >> they're cowards, aren't they? >> the of >> well, if you're the kind of human your toddler in a human who puts your toddler in a cage a you have to cage with a chimp, you have to get ready to get it out quickly. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> harambee , buzz >> r.i.p. harambee, buzz lightyear . lightyear. >> yeah, the arms come off onto the daily star, and apparently lots of us will use our phones while eating christmas dinner. i prefer the traditional knife and fork, but you know , uh, yeah. fork, but you know, uh, yeah. >> ebay, turkey and tiktok. half of us will use the phone. i hate people who get upset about phone use because if you are not as interesting as the phone, expect people to look at the phone. it's honestly stop guilting people into having interaction . people into having interaction. phones are fun. >> to this . my wife >> we have to do this. my wife and i to have a conversation now. we did it literally last night in the kitchen. we were

sort of talking other sort of talking to each other and were sort of checking and we were sort of checking out, just scrolling our out, just scrolling through our phones, know, phones, and i said, you know, okay, two, three phones okay, one, two, three phones down. quickly the down. and very quickly the conversation picked and conversation picked up and we had you know, had a meaningful, you know, but you to sort take a deep you have to sort of take a deep breath aside, think breath and put it aside, think about out on on about what you missed out on on the internet so much, but i love the internet so much, but i love the stats. the internet so much, but i love the 53% s. the internet so much, but i love the 53% of people think fine >> 53% of people think it's fine to mobile phone at to use your mobile phone at dinner, other dinner, whilst the other 47 probably to tut. probably think it's fine to tut. yeah, what's worse really? uh, and survey of three and then it's a survey of three 3000 amazon workers. amazon 3000 uk amazon workers. amazon workers. they're just grateful to no to have a toilet break. no wonder they multitask wonder they have to multitask and phone at the well. and use their phone at the well. >> they're also aware most >> they're also aware that most of shopping done of their shopping gets done by people table. people quickly under the table. >> don't don't trust >> yeah, i don't i don't trust this, survey at all, this, uh, this survey at all, this, uh, this survey at all, this amazon workers that's not a representative gonna representative survey. i'm gonna ask got, you ask some people who've got, you know, other jobs. >> generational >> it's a massive generational divide, and i, divide, though, isn't it? and i, at probably right the at 58 and probably right on the cusp wife is only six cusp of it, my wife is only six years younger than but she's years younger than me, but she's a lot more of a digital native. you daughter, 19, you know. and our daughter, 19, is has to be is basically it has to be literally physically levered away know, literally physically levered awa want know, literally physically levered awa want to know, literally physically levered awa want to talk know, literally physically levered awa want to talk to know, literally physically levered awa want to talk to her. know, you want to talk to her. finally, in wednesday's mail, a story good look

story about getting a good look at uranus. dreadful at uranus. ha ha, dreadful gag. and at the apollo and i've done live at the apollo twice, for god's sake. >> anyway, when was >> anyway, yeah, when it was good as well. >> right. >> yeah. that's right. >> yeah. that's right. >> yeah. that's right. >> yeah. so see, uranus like never nasa releases never before. nasa releases a stunning uranus showing stunning photo of uranus showing its rings , pubic hair and tag its rings, pubic hair and tag nuts in incredible detail. so yeah, the thing about uranus is that, um, the actual story of uranus is vastly more offensive, vulgar, crude , you know, about. vulgar, crude, you know, about. >> you've not seen mine ? no. we >> you've not seen mine? no. we start casting aspersions. >> so go on. is it worth seeing this picture? should be on the headline. >> i don't see the point. >> i don't see the point. >> i don't see the point. >> i would say if you want to see the pictures, they are beautiful. but do type it in. don't use google voice search because to show me a because i asked it to show me a close of uranus and its close up of uranus and its fings close up of uranus and its rings. showed me a picture of some jewellery. you see, i did the pun on ring. the pun on the ring. >> show is >> very nice. this show is nearly take another nearly over. let's take another quick look wednesday's quick look at wednesday's front pages. doubt uranus pages. i doubt uranus is on their teaching their daily mail. kemi teaching children you can be born in the wrong is harmful. guardian wrong body is harmful. guardian

pressure on israel rises as gaza deaths near 20,000. sun andrew grope case bombshell avoiding all possible verbs. the times elderly will bear brunt of strikes at christmas . eye news strikes at christmas. eye news mi6 security alert over flat owned by russian neighbours of mi6 , not of each other. daily mi6, not of each other. daily star in between oj, my monkey terror, we never did find out and those were your front pages . and those were your front pages. that's all we have time for. thank you to my guest leo kearse and steve n allen. i'll be back tomorrow at 11 pm. with josh howie and paul cox. if you're watching stay tuned watching at 5 am. stay tuned for breakfast. otherwise, thank you very much having your you very much for having your company sleep company this evening. sleep well. good night. company this evening. sleep well. brighter|ht. company this evening. sleep well. brighter 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 overnight 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 bnng rest of the week. that will bring a swathe of showers to parts of northern ireland, much of scotland and into northern england north wales. by the england and north wales. by the end night, these could end of the night, these could fall over hills of 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 that will allow temperatures to fall away, will be a colder night than last night here, with a grass frost by a risk of grass frost by tomorrow morning and across eastern morning will eastern areas, the morning will be much brighter than this morning. tomorrow however, the cloud towards cloud will thicken towards lunchtime as the warm front arrives northwest. that arrives from the northwest. that will introduce quite a lot of persistent drizzly rain to western areas, as well as hills and some quite dull cloud. temperatures will rise as a result though, so it will a result though, so it will be a milder afternoon tomorrow afternoon. however, the winds will strengthen as well, so it will strengthen as well, so it will turn quite windy. the winds

strengthen on strengthen even more on wednesday there is a wednesday night and there is a wind warning out for many northern the country northern areas of the country through thursday, northern areas of the country througsee thursday, northern areas of the country througsee wind thursday, northern areas of the country througsee wind gusts'sday, northern areas of the country througsee wind gusts in ay, northern areas of the country througsee wind gusts in 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 in the run to quite unsettled in the run up to christmas by. >> looks like things are heating up sponsors of up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news .

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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 .