on social media this posting on social media this afternoon, lady mone suggested she could reveal the civil servants name earlier, the levelling up secretary, michael gove, said he hoped to see a criminal case brought against her, but the main news today is the mother of murdered teenager brianna gee says her daughter's two killers have shown no remorse after being found guilty of her daughter's murder in february . of her daughter's murder in february. brianna was found with fatal stab wounds in a park in cheshire. the pair, identified only as girl x and boy y, both now aged 16 but 15 at the time, had denied murder and each blamed the other for the killing . mrs. justice yip told the defendants i will have to impose a life sentence . west lindsey a life sentence. west lindsey district council is appealing against a high court decision allowing the home office to house migrants on raf scampton , house migrants on raf scampton, the former air base near lincoln is currently earmarked to accommodate 2000 single adult male migrants.

accommodate 2000 single adult male migrants . councillors voted male migrants. councillors voted unanimously to bring the action, saying the site, which was once home of the dambusters, wasn't suitable. raf scampton had previously been earmarked for a landmark £300 million investment plan . the health secretary said plan. the health secretary said today. strikes by junior doctors will force more patients to spend christmas in hospital . spend christmas in hospital. patients have been warned there will be significant disruption to nhs services as staff start a three day walkout less than a week before christmas. this strike will last until december. the 23rd, as part of a major escalation in their dispute over pay - escalation in their dispute over pay . and just lastly , in the pay. and just lastly, in the united states, donald trump has accused president biden of trying to stop him by any means necessary after he was barred from running for president in the state of colorado. mr trump was addressing a rally in iowa after colorado's supreme court disqualified him over his alleged role in the january 6th

capitol hill attacks. the ruling makes trump the first presidential candidate in us history to be deemed ineligible for white house. the trump campaign will now ask the us supreme court to overturn that decision . decision. >> it's no wonder crooked joe biden and the far left lunatics are desperate to stop us by any means necessary . they are means necessary. they are willing to violate the us constitution's at levels never seen before. in order to win this election. joe biden is a threat to democracy. it's a threat to democracy. it's a threat . they're weaponizing law threat. they're weaponizing law enforcers for high level election, interfere because we're beating them so badly in the polls . the polls. >> donald trump, speaking in iowa . that's the news from gb iowa. that's the news from gb news across the uk on tv. in your car and on digital radio on your car and on digital radio on your smart speaker by saying, play your smart speaker by saying, play gb news this is britain's news channel .

news channel. >> good evening. the politics of illegal migration is not just a big story in the united kingdom. it is a huge story across the whole of europe too. in elections in the netherlands, just a few weeks ago, geert wilders topped the poll. he's now trying to put together a coalition government so that he can become the prime minister. that would been unthinkable that would have been unthinkable just ten years ago. and in france, marine le pen is the bookmakers favourite to win the next french presidential election. and right across europe, countries are saying this is outrageous, this is wrong . and in the wake of that, wrong. and in the wake of that, the french parliament last night have passed some new laws. they've been passed by monsieur macron, but very much seen to be a knee jerk towards marine le pen and the european union have themselves thrashed out a deal. this was concluded in the european parliament. it's yet to be voted on. but basically saying they're going to set up centres, close to the mediterranean and that if people have not got the right to be in

the european union, they will be deported. now, i wonder , are the deported. now, i wonder, are the eu finally waking up to reality? give me your thoughts farage at gbnews.com. now i recognised just how important this issue was back in 2015. i felt then it had the ability to change not just the politics of europe , but just the politics of europe, but perhaps in many ways our cities. and i could see the knock on that would come to the uk. this was me speaking in the european parliament in 2015. this policy has no means and no way of filtering out extremists in favour of people fleeing in genuine fear of their lives , and genuine fear of their lives, and as such, we are making a massive mistake. let us follow the example of australia . let us do example of australia. let us do everything we can to reverse the hypocrisy of groups like yours that have voted to make africa poorer. let us do those things . poorer. let us do those things. but if the message is that anybody that comes will be

accepted and we are headed for disaster , well, it seems so disaster, well, it seems so obvious to me that if you literally allow anyone that crosses the mediterranean who sets foot, whether it's in italy or in spain or wherever it may be to stay, which is what they did, that this would have catastrophic consequences and the consequences of that the social consequences of that that have felt in countries that have been felt in countries like have been enormous . like sweden have been enormous. i urge those things on the european union and indeed on the british government because i felt we could have avoided much of problem that we've got . of the problem that we've got. but let's get to the politics of it. i'm joined down the line by peter , journalist, of peter allen, journalist, of course, british journalist based in was a in paris. peter was always a pleasure to have on the pleasure to have you on the program. now this big vote that took place in the assembly last night, just explain to us a couple of the key provisions and just how much macron has had to shift as far as the vote was concerned. >> nigel, it was a massive crisis for macron . he's been crisis for macron. he's been desperate to get a immigration

package through for many, many months. he wants it to define his premiership. he cites it as one of the great issues of our day, almost. you could say it's the key issue for western democracies . now, how to deal democracies. now, how to deal with huge numbers of people who want to come and live in western democracies . so he put his want to come and live in western democracies. so he put his his views, his policies into this package. but they weren't good enough for the for the majority . enough for the for the majority. a lot of mps said that we need a much, much tougher we need a lot more red meat. and there were lots of amendments, most of all, interestingly, by the senate, which is dominated by the republican , the traditional republican, the traditional gaullist party. but in the national assembly, marine le pen's national rally became extremely important. they ended up as the kingmaker of this legislative package. so would you believe it got through last night, nigel? but about 37 renaissance party members, that is macron's own party said no to

it or abstained . and also we've it or abstained. and also we've had the extraordinary scenes today. we've had minister resigning and we've had a number of regions across france saying that they will refuse to implement the terms of this package. so he's in big, big trouble at the moment . package. so he's in big, big trouble at the moment. he's actually on tv as we speak . trouble at the moment. he's actually on tv as we speak. he's live on tv trying to soak it all, saying that he's not governing with marine le pen. that's what he's been accused of. um, but as you absolutely say, nigel, people are extremely angry and upset about the migration situation in france. something's got to change. >> yeah. and i guess really , >> yeah. and i guess really, politically, this is all very good news for marine le pen . good news for marine le pen. >> very good news. she's looking to be third time lucky. she wants to be president in 2027. emmanuel macron has to step down. then you're only allowed two terms in france. that'll be the end of him . there's nobody the end of him. there's nobody really else. mass in the frame

and france's system is very, very strange. you can actually become president of france without a parliamentary majority, without many, um, mps . majority, without many, um, mps. she's only got about 80 mps, but she has a very, very good chance of winning that that election. nigel >> and the same is happening, peter, to some extent across much of the rest of europe, isn't it? i mentioned a moment ago geert wilders in the netherlands and now even the european union, you know , trying european union, you know, trying to put together a package and, and saying, you know, we'll process people near the mediterranean send mediterranean coast, we'll send people who shouldn't be people back who shouldn't be here and will disperse people around europe. but if you don't want to take the migrants, we'll just some money from you. just take some money from you. but. there any real but. but is there any real prospect this eu deal prospect of this eu deal working? it seems to me working? because it seems to me that when it comes to migration across mediterranean in i across the mediterranean in i mean, agrees with with mean, no one agrees with with anybody anymore . anybody anymore. >> think what the >> well, i think what the problems is, there's a lot of very firm measures in place at the moment across the eu to deal

with immigration, but they're not being implemented. we all know and in france as well , know and in france as well, there's all kinds of measures for example, if somebody repeatedly tries to get across to , uh, britain, uh, technically to, uh, britain, uh, technically they should be arrested and they should be taken back to the last country they came into france from. that doesn't happen. um, and lots of people are saying it's, uh , classic french it's, uh, classic french politics in the sense that it's very good in principle. often but not so good in practice. and you could extend that to the eu as well . as well. >> very good as ever, peter , >> very good as ever, peter, thank you for joining >> very good as ever, peter, thank you forjoining us, giving thank you for joining us, giving us that very clear explanation. i'm joined by ivan sampson, immigration lawyer and friend of this program. so it isn't just here, the big debates happening, is it about illegal migration, people crossing in boats. it's happening right across europe . happening right across europe. and i just wonder, you know, there was rishi sunak at the weekend, you know, down in italy and a very conservative sort of get together with giorgia meloni

. is this narrative helpful in some ways to the british prime minister >> it may well be. i mean, there's a huge problem in europe. we've had over a million asylum seekers crossing over into eu borders. that's a million people. we felt some of that who then managed to get down to calais and cross into, into, into uh, across to the uk , into, into uh, across to the uk, but it's a huge, huge problem . but it's a huge, huge problem. um, but i'd like what peter said and we've had this conversation many, many times. we have the powers to do exactly what we can do to reduce the numbers, to remove people quickly , to decide remove people quickly, to decide applications, remove those that are not genuine . um, but we're are not genuine. um, but we're not doing it. we're not implementing the powers we already have. and people are talking about having new powers. well, we have those powers. >> but isn't the fear that we attempt deport people ? and attempt to deport people? and then someone takes a legal case to a british court , and the to a british court, and the judge and the british court quotes, you know, one of the articles, one of the early numbered articles from the echr

and nothing ever happens. >> yes , i think the refugee >> yes, i think the refugee convention is slightly different . we've had again, we've .we've had again, we've had this debate, refugee this debate, the refugee convention is not for convention is not fit for purpose . purpose. >> this is the 1951. it is it was designed out of date. >> it's out of date. it needs updating. and i think the eu had an opportunity look that. an opportunity to look at that. and looking at the and instead of looking at the convention, what can we to convention, what can we do to update it. because you know what it meant for nigel, the it was meant for nigel, the refugee convention, it was meant for agents. yeah uh, for double agents. yeah uh, political ds that's what political renee ds that's what it was. people being persecuted because they weren't being protected by the state. it was never designed for people fleeing war torn situations. >> so we need to convince not just friends in europe, but but but actually the united nations itself in new york, that there needs to be a proper debate on this and a changing of the 51 convention. >> indeed, it means ratification by but and, almost 200 by but 100 and, well, almost 200 members. going to be members. that is going to be difficult. going take difficult. that's going to take time, new eu agreement time, even the new eu agreement needs ratification by all 27

member states that it may never happen. yeah. member states that it may never happen.yeah.so member states that it may never happen. yeah. so yeah, as well as not being workable, it actually might not even get off the ground. but we still come back to this problem that british judges again and again cite echr reason that we cite echr as a reason that we can't deport people. >> yes. so stuck with >> yes. so we're stuck with this. and there is a growing body of opinion in this country. you know, the hell with the echr. sort of brexit echr. this is sort of brexit times two. we need to leave the thing. but course that's not thing. but of course that's not even not straightforward, even that's not straightforward, is no, it's not, because is what >> no, it's not, because is what underpins of the underpins many of the international we international agreements we have. the european have. when we left the european union, the good union, for example, the good friday was built friday agreement, that was built on the back of the echr, underpinning the rights of individuals in northern ireland, and then you've the trade and then you've got the trade and then you've got the trade and agreements and cooperation agreements again, echr underpins again, the echr underpins that. that to be unravelled. that has to be unravelled. there's no reason why human rights legislation can be unravelled from those agreements. and i think europe now is probably more likely to discuss that. this is what i was thinking. >> i think this is what i was thinking, that actually, you

know , we're due to have know, we're due to have a renegotiation of the brexit package anyway in 2025. um, this could be a moment at which a british prime minister now could be a conservative. doesn't look very likely, but he could be laboun very likely, but he could be labour. who knows? but it might be the moment where a british prime minister actually can say to and german to french and german counterparts, i mean, after all, the german president has said we're breaking point. you we're at breaking point. you know, that i once used know, a firm that i once used which much horror, but which caused much horror, but hey, on slowly. hey, it's catching on slowly. uh, may become easier because uh, it may become easier because surely , you know, if countries surely, you know, if countries like france want to deal with this problem , you know, surely this problem, you know, surely then there's going to be some impetus for the echr echr to change. >> i agree with you because the political mood at the moment is that there's a migration problem. yeah. and i think every country shares that mood. and then we've got elections coming up, not just in this country , in up, not just in this country, in france as well, and right across europe, there'll countries europe, there'll be countries having elections and there seems to be that mood in the

population of those countries. as you said, netherlands as you said, in the netherlands and italy and france, that and in italy and in france, that migration look, i'm a human migration is look, i'm a human rights lawyer, but i recognise we cannot accept every person who's fleeing persecution around the world. there's 80 or claiming to be. >> yeah, or claiming to be. >> yeah, or claiming to be. >> and the, the, the, the problem is what do we do with someone who's refused asylum? nobody has come up with a solution for that. what do we do with them? >> well, you know, it was very interesting sort of final thought this that the generic thought on this that the generic resignation interesting as resignation was interesting as immigration minister, because what the what he was saying was the british are more british government are more concerned about international agreements than they are about deaung agreements than they are about dealing with problem . dealing with the problem. >> but on one hand they're >> yes. but on one hand they're saying we've got an international with international agreement with rwanda. law. rwanda. here's a piece of law. we can rely upon this, but we can ignore that. so i think it would be difficult for them not to it's called politics. to i think it's called politics. >> it's called >> yes, i think it's called politics. what ivan shifted my view. we don't need the echr. we're quite capable of having our liberties for our own rights and liberties for people in country. people in this country. >> agree with you. we

>> i look, i agree with you. we need a my view is , and this need a my view is, and this might bold, but we need might be a bit bold, but we need a constitution. need deal a constitution. we need to deal with our own laws on asylum seekers, on human rights. and the judges should interpret british laws. >> well, as a brexiteer , i can >> well, as a brexiteer, i can only agree with that sentiment. ivan thank you for ivan as ever, thank you for coming moment. well, the coming in a moment. well, the most extraordinary but most extraordinary ruling, but took supreme court took place on the supreme court in colorado last night by a margin of four votes to three, to say that donald trump cannot be on the ballot. surely this can't stand. we will talk to one of the lawyers who led that case and ask, is this really what should be happening to american democracy .

economy. it's currently 97.8. that's 2.3% higher than . october that's 2.3% higher than. october >> all the eu and european countries finally waking up to reality. some of your thoughts on laura says i will only on this laura says i will only believe it when it actually happens. the eu are not to be

trusted. no laura, but they could have listened to me back in 2015 and saved themselves an awful lot of trouble, ryan says. it does so remarkably. it it does appear so remarkably. it seems the blair loving macron is more right wing on this issue than our conservative party conservative. they're in inverted commas. quite right too, ryan . and another says how too, ryan. and another says how the hell can france, etc. do an immediate turnaround of illegals and we are left faffing about with waiting months for court decisions, because in europe they interpret law as they see fit. and you know, if it comes to winning elections in france or whatever it may be, they will not cower before before the echr . and yet our judiciary are only too happy to do so now. last night in colorado, something fairly remarkable happened . a fairly remarkable happened. a slim majority of 4 to 3 saw the fully democrat appointed supreme court of colorado vote out using section three of the 14th amendment of the us

constitution, and this despite the fact similar claims have been thrown out in michigan. new hampshire and florida. they have voted to take donald trump off the ballot for the presidential election next year to take away and absolutely fundamental right for people in colorado to vote for people in colorado to vote for him and for him to stand this was donald trump's reaction i >> -- >> it's no wonder crooked joe biden and the far left lunatics are desperate to stop us by any means necessary. they're willing to violate the us constitution's at levels never seen before in order to win this election. joe biden is a threat to democracy . biden is a threat to democracy. it's a threat . they're it's a threat. they're weaponizing law enforcers for high level election interference because we're beating them so badly in the polls. >> well, donald trump and of course, none of this is making trump weaker. now, you may think this has never happened before, but it has . in this has never happened before, but it has. in 1860, as the

country was dividing yet more ahead of that disastrous civil war in 1860 ten, american states forbade abraham lincoln from being on the ballot paper. ten of them did it, and yet he still won and became the president. and all of this, in my view, is making trump stronger. but my worry, i guess, is if colorado have done this , will other have done this, will other democrat states do the same? and what is the role in all of this of the us supreme court? well joining me now down the line from the usa is mike davis, lawyer and a former supreme court law clerk. mike good evening. welcome to the program. mike. it's quite difficult from this side of the pond to believe this side of the pond to believe this is even happening. is there a danger to that other state supreme courts come to the same conclusion ? conclusion? >> well, that is the game plan by these democrat lawyers. and

these democrat activist judges . these democrat activist judges. they wanted to go to a deep blue state of colorado and establish this precedent, this abomination of a legal precedent is clearly wrong, clearly unconstitutional . wrong, clearly unconstitutional. but you have four of the seven left wing judges just going along with this illegal, unconstitutional ruling. and then they want to take this on then they want to take this on the road. they want to use this as precedent and actual swing states like michigan , like states like michigan, like minnesota, like new hampshire , minnesota, like new hampshire, they they fear they cannot beat president trump on november 5th, 2024, after they've impeached him twice for nonsense, indicted him twice for nonsense, indicted him four times for non crimes , him four times for non crimes, illegally gagged him twice , illegally gagged him twice, tried to bankrupt his business and now this is their legal hail mary to just take him off the ballot to disenfranchise millions of american voters . millions of american voters. yeah, yeah. >> i mean, look, the whole thing is just disgusting, but it will 90, is just disgusting, but it will go, of course, necessary at some point . this is a ultimately it's point. this is a ultimately it's

a federal matter, isn't it? rather than a state matter, doesn't this go to the supreme court ? don't the supreme court, court? don't the supreme court, when they look at this, overturn it in the interests democracy ? >> 7- >> yeah, i 7_ >> yeah, i mean ? >> yeah, i mean , even the >> yeah, i mean, even the democrats have said that these four justices went too far. democrats have said that these four justices went too far . they four justices went too far. they jumped the shark and the supreme court of the united states , they court of the united states, they have lifetime tenure. they have pay have lifetime tenure. they have pay protection. they're supposed to be insulated from the politics, and they need to step up and do their job here and up and do theirjob here and reverse this egregiously unconstitutional ruling by these four left wing justices on the colorado supreme court. because this is how we're going to destroy our country. if they don't, well , the worry, of don't, well, the worry, of course, is that if you take away from people the right to vote democratically, they might start to into their own hands. >> and boy, you know, if that happened, really might happened, there really might be a genuine insurrection in america. if is genuinely america. if it is genuinely worrying . now, let me ask you, worrying. now, let me ask you, mike, as someone that's worked at court , how at the supreme court, how quickly could they move on

something like this ? something like this? >> well, they need to move very fast. they just move for expedited briefing on jack smith's extraordinary request to skip the dc. circuit court of appeals and have the supreme court, railroad president trump faster before the election . the faster before the election. the supreme court, if it wants to, could decide this very fast . and could decide this very fast. and it needs to decide this fast because laws colorado needs to print the ballots in january to be ready for the march primary. >> right. okay okay. yeah. so the primaries in march. yeah. they so they will move quickly won't they. surely they will. there'll be demands that they move quickly. well i'll tell you this. >> they have discretionary review. they don't have to take this case. but our country is going to fall apart if democrat operative , including on the operative, including on the bench, think that they can just disenfranchise american voters and they don't get to choose who they want to be their president on november 5th, 2024, final thought, mike, if i can slightly away from the legal side of

things, the rather more emotional side of things , why do emotional side of things, why do they hate trump so much ? they hate trump so much? >> well , it's both they hate trump so much? >> well, it's both parties. >> well, it's both parties. >> the uni party in washington hates president trump so much because he doesn't need them. he's a billionaire. he has a better house. he has a better hair aeroplane. he has a better helicopter. he has a better car. he has better everything. he doesn't need that job and they can't control him. and that's why they hate him. >> well, they certainly >> yeah, well, they certainly do.thank >> yeah, well, they certainly do. thank you very much indeed. mike joining us. and mike davis, forjoining us. and let's that supreme let's hope that the supreme court the court, let's hope that the supreme court move very supreme court do move very, very quickly . supreme court do move very, very quickly. this is very, very worrying. you know, the same people that accused donald trump of damaging democracy are literally trying to take it away from americans. it cannot be allowed to happen . now, in a allowed to happen. now, in a moment, we're back to our friends at the united nations. they put out a new report saying to save the planet, we've all got give eating meat. got to give up eating meat. i will that with a digital will debate that with a digital marketing manager from pesa, who i no doubt would agree with the

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radio. >> well, the global warmists never , ever stop. it seems that never, ever stop. it seems that in order to save the planet or supposedly do so, every aspect of our life must change, including , of our life must change, including, of of our life must change, including , of course, what we including, of course, what we eat . and the united nations are eat. and the united nations are out with a report urging us to pretty much give up meat to save the planet. i think it's bonkers, but there are some who think it's a rather good idea, including margarita zharkova from and you are senior from pesa and you are senior digital marketing manager. so come on then. margarita what is this un report really mean? >> well , good this un report really mean? >> well, good evening nigel, and thank you so much for having me here tonight to talk about this really important report. and, you know, united nations have been long calling on people to stop eating to reduce their stop eating meat to reduce their meat dairy consumption to meat and dairy consumption to tackle effects the tackle the worst effects of the climate crisis. this new climate crisis. and this new report gives us yet another report just gives us yet another reason stop eating meat, as

reason to stop eating meat, as we are risking pollution from nitrogens are risking nitrogens and we are risking decreasing our health, we are risking , uh, biodiversity loss . risking, uh, biodiversity loss. and essentially, in this new report , it's saying that people report, it's saying that people need to eat at least 50% less meat and less dairy to tackle it. yeah, but i would say it's not going far enough. i would say that we need to completely reduce and we our meat consumption and we all need to go vegan. as you know, we are in a climate emergency now. yes. and out of ten cows would agree with us. >> hang on. i want milk in my tea and i want a bacon sandwich. >> i like these things and you can fantastic can absolutely have fantastic vegan milk. >> you can have milk. >> you can have oat milk. you can so terrible it's can have so terrible stuff. it's horrible. it's stuff . horrible. it's horrible stuff. probably. let me take you to lunch , to this fantastic soho lunch, to this fantastic soho gaufier lunch, to this fantastic soho gautier restaurant that has fantastic vegan food . and i fantastic vegan food. and i guarantee that you have change of heart. >> i've never been invited out to a vegan lunch, so i might just take you up on that. but

you know all of it. yes, of course, there are scientists that will say carbon an emissions methane , etc. is emissions methane, etc. is leading to a warming of the planet. there are other scientists who say there's not necessarily a link and that actually, you know, the volcanic activity that's happening in iceland at the moment, for example, far more example, will put out far more c02 example, will put out far more co2 than man can co2 into the world than man can in space of a year. but the in the space of a year. but the fundamental problem here, this is this is being used, isn't it? the climate emergency is being used by international organisations like the un and by governments to control our lives. that's my objection . lives. that's my objection. >> i mean, it's not just united nafions >> i mean, it's not just united nations researchers from the oxford university, way closer to home, say that we need to take personal responsibility. and if you and me stop eating meat and consuming dairy will reduce our footprint by 73. and it will have a higher impact than if we stop flying by plane. and having cows may make no impact at all.

>> well, you know, i know it's definitely having an impact. >> and you watched the >> and have you watched the recent david attenborough documentary when he was saying recent david attenborough docuouritary when he was saying recent david attenborough docuour planet1en he was saying recent david attenborough docuour planet cannot was saying recent david attenborough docuour planet cannot just saying that our planet cannot just sustain below urns of meat eaters, and i know you just came back from australia. haven't you? yeah. do you remember those bushfires that killed thousands of cows for so many people to flee their homes? and this is the result. australia was founded . ipsis. founded. ipsis. >> no no no no no no no no no australia was founded as a country, a country and i go right back to the beginning of australia. it was known as a country of fires. and floods. and we equate every and we cannot equate every weather with global weather event with global warming, proven that the warming, have proven that the planet heating and those planet is heating and those bushfires, they are linked to climate crisis and climate crisis is linked to our diet. >> so every time, three times a day, we can choose between killing our planet or giving our children the same saving animals , the same scientists who in the 19705 , the same scientists who in the 1970s said man's impact on the earth would lead us to the next

ice age. there are facts, and it's not just about climate crisis. it's also about lives of billions of animals who are being subjected to the most horrific death on factory farms. it's piglets who are castrate without any painkillers. we chickens who have their throats slit when they're still fine. but why should this cruel see? how can you justify choosing cruelty over kindness? >> i don't think if you look after animals properly, it's cruel. i think there are farming methods where i agree with methods where i would agree with you. farming. some of you. intensive farming. some of it i find and it i find repulsive and i genuinely genuinely do genuinely do. and i genuinely do . um, and probably eating a bit less meat in our diets might be quite a healthy thing to do, but i want milk in my tea and i'm never going to shift my point of view that. but i tell you view from that. but i tell you what i do . i will take you what i will do. i will take you up on the offer of a vegan lunch. >> then i will see you there. no, i and you tell me what you think. >> i will do it. i never, ever thought folks, i would say that, but i just agreed live on air to go with margherita for a vegan meal. we'll do it in the course

of the first few weeks of the yean of the first few weeks of the year, and i will come back and tell you the experience was tell you how the experience was promised . there i don't promised. there we are. i don't break word. break my word. >> what a way to start a new year with veganuary. >> well, there you are, giving up everything for january. a very senior police and crime commissioner genuinely very senior police and crime commisthatzr genuinely very senior police and crime commisthat we genuinely very senior police and crime commisthat we are ienuinely very senior police and crime commisthat we are in uinely very senior police and crime commisthat we are in danger. warned that we are in danger. our cities are becoming drug ravaged like san francisco because of a surge of super synthetic opioids . is she right? synthetic opioids. is she right? and if she is , is there anything and if she is, is there anything we can do about it. >> i'm patrick christys tonight, 9 to 11 pm. it off on selfish junior doctors striking over christmas and making the most vulnerable in society even sicker. nigel farage is on the show. he's going to discuss whether asylum seekers can survive off £1.25 a day after after a female goalkeeper, mary earps, won sports personality of the year . earps, won sports personality of the year. we're earps, won sports personality of the year . we're joined by the year. we're joined by england's greatest ever goalie, peter shilton, to see if this is

just woke. outrageous tokenism. oh yes , and we're going to be oh yes, and we're going to be talking about whether keir starmer is responsible for some of society's most villainous wrongs being freed from prison . wrongs being freed from prison. 9 to 11 pm. patrick christys. tonight be

i >> -- >> take a look at this extraordinary clip of somebody on the victoria line smoking a crack pipe, smoking class a drugs , and there's everybody drugs, and there's everybody else sitting down, strap hanging, taking absolutely no nofice hanging, taking absolutely no notice of this fella whatsoever . notice of this fella whatsoever. and probably those who might have wanted to intervene would be too scared that perhaps he might be carrying a knife . and might be carrying a knife. and it's actually, you know , i'd it's actually, you know, i'd love to advise people to be, to to be, be public spirited, but i can sort of kind of understand why people are becoming increasingly reluctant to do so. and the back of this, donna

and on the back of this, donna jones, who's been on this programme times and programme many times before, and who and crime who is the police and crime commissioner for hampshire and the of uh, is the isle of wight, uh, but is also of the also the chair of the association of police and crime commissioners, has said that because of surge in super because of a surge in super strength , synthetic opioids strength, synthetic opioids written britain now risks becoming drug ravaged like san francisco. is she right ? i hope francisco. is she right? i hope not, but is she right? and if she is, what on earth are we going to do about it? well, ismail leigh south is director of the salim project and importantly , cultural youth work importantly, cultural youth work consultant , importantly, cultural youth work consultant, and maxwell marlow, director of research at the adam smith institute . shoot ismail. smith institute. shoot ismail. it would have been unthinkable just a few years ago that somebody would sit on the london underground, definitely, and behave that way . yes. think it behave that way. yes. think it was so ? yeah. and was okay to do so? yeah. and nobody else, said dickie bird. yeah. we going down the yeah. are we going down the tubes ? tubes? >> um, we are. if we don't >> um, yes we are. if we don't make drastic action. um because what it is drug taking has

become normalised through music, through the film industry, through the film industry, through society and through entertainment. so we through society and through entertainment . so we need to entertainment. so we need to take a collective account and make changes. as you know the saying, if you're if you're doing something and it's not working and you're carrying on doing something, it's not working. there's a ton of insanity. this is what we insanity. and this is what we see with our advisors to the government and the mayors of london manchester, with london and manchester, with regards enforcement. regards to drugs enforcement. >> acceptance of >> so the sort of acceptance of drugs, a more mainstream drugs, yes, in a more mainstream way cultural. you're way, is kind of cultural. you're making it's coming making the point. it's coming through and popular through music and popular culture. yes. it is tough for us to though, isn't culture. yes. it is tough for us to or though, isn't culture. yes. it is tough for us to or change, though, isn't culture. yes. it is tough for us to or change, ihough, isn't culture. yes. it is tough for us to or change, i believe sn't culture. yes. it is tough for us to or change, i believe there's it? or change, i believe there's ways we could deal with it that, for example, there is a i'm for example, if there is a i'm just rapper, rapper, just saying a rapper, a rapper, an rapping about an mc who's rapping about glorifying promoting drug glorifying drugs, promoting drug use, which they do, use, they do, which they do, which profound effect on which has a profound effect on our people. our young people. >> saying that as youth >> i'm saying that as a youth worker, i'm saying that as a father. i'm saying that as an uncle and a godfather. okay i believe be believe they should be demonetised. are demonetised. and these are the things that the social media companies can do. >> that's powerful point. >> that's a very powerful point. and doable doable.

and doable and doable. >> only that , many of >> and not only that, many of these synthetic drugs sold these synthetic drugs are sold on facebook, instagram, tiktok , on facebook, instagram, tiktok, snapchat, and the social media should. companies should be fined if they're found with these things selling on their social media platforms. they should £50,000. and if should be sold £50,000. and if the government were enforce the government were to enforce that, think that they that, do you think that they would allow all these things to be sold on their platforms and that would be upholding law? exactly. >> ismail makes a very, very strong there, he? strong point there, doesn't he? >> does absolutely. the strong point there, doesn't he? >> is does absolutely. the strong point there, doesn't he? >> is not�*s absolutely. the strong point there, doesn't he? >> is not being»lutely. the strong point there, doesn't he? >> is not being enforced. the strong point there, doesn't he? >> is not being enforced. it's|e law is not being enforced. it's very clear. mean, you talk very clear. i mean, you talk about enough, nigel, with the with the border and, you know, illegal immigration, law illegal immigration, the law is just yeah. just not being enforced. yeah. however on however nigel, you're also on record as you want to record as saying you want to direct plate. no. what? record as saying you want to direlt plate. no. what? record as saying you want to direl saidte. no. what? record as saying you want to direl said tenio. what? record as saying you want to direl said ten years|at? record as saying you want to direl said ten years or? record as saying you want to direl said ten years or 15 years >> i said ten years or 15 years ago was that the war on drugs was being lost every year. and it it still is. and it still is and it still is. and i said what we ought to do is have commission studies have a commission that studies countries that have decriminalised to see decriminalised drugs to see whether that's positive or whether that's at a positive or a negative absolutely. a negative impact. absolutely. yeah. said. yeah. that's what i said. absolutely i kind of still absolutely and i kind of still stand look, i hate stand by that look, i hate drugs. i can't them to see

drugs. i can't bear them to see the effect on the psychological effect on young damage it young people. the damage it does, i drugs, but i also does, i hate drugs, but i also hate the crime that goes with drugs. >> absolutely, absolutely . >> absolutely, absolutely. >> absolutely, absolutely. >> so i was thinking to myself, if you do decriminalise this and sell it in boots, maybe you cut out of the crime. but the out some of the crime. but the evidence that i'm beginning to see countries that have see from countries that have decriminalised is that the situation improved. >> for example, in >> well, for example, in america, do america, where we do see actually quite lot of actually quite a lot of benefits, economically but benefits, much economically but also socially from the legalisation cannabis. for legalisation of cannabis. for example, i was in arizona earlier this year. i went into a cannabis store to, you know, have a look around, see what they've done, see things. we can't have it here. um, and it was like apple store and it's was like an apple store and it's very regulated. and very well regulated. and actually money into actually the money going into organised the stuff, you organised crime, the stuff, you know, causes, the knife know, the causes, the knife crime epidemic, all sorts of secondary market with secondary market effects with drugs, fallen drugs, for example, it's fallen quite okay quite a lot. okay >> we if we legalise >> but if we if we legalise marijuana , as they've done in, marijuana, as they've done in, in those states, is that a step towards legalising other drugs that could be far more harmful?

>> it doesn't have to be, but it could be. i mean, look, i mean, what is the most commonly available drug in the uk? >> cocaine . is it or i don't >> cocaine. is it or i don't know, it's alcohol. >> well yeah it's alcohol which is no no no. and the same with cigarettes as well. they're all, they're sliding they're all it's a sliding scale. no one wants to see heroin legalised. no want to see these opioids these awful synthetic opioids legalised. think there legalised. but i think there should sliding scale of should be a sliding scale of harm. and think cannabis is harm. and i think cannabis is very interesting. >> you know, >> i mean, ismail, you know, i was thinking out loud ago was thinking out loud years ago saying this, i don't where was thinking out loud years ago sstandthis, i don't where was thinking out loud years ago sstand on;, i don't where was thinking out loud years ago sstand on iti don't where was thinking out loud years ago s stand on it now,t where was thinking out loud years ago sstand on it now, quite where i stand on it now, quite frankly, i'm just horrified by the it's doing. does the damage. it's doing. does maxwell have a point? would decriminalising ? decriminalising? >> he does. he might have a point. and because were point. and because we were talking in green room, so talking in the green room, so there's some normally i wouldn't entertain that conversation, but he seems nice man. so he seems like a nice man. so he's soften, my he's kind of soften, soften my heart. but i have to say this, i believe if we really want to do the it needs to be the war on drugs, it needs to be done different. for example, done different. so, for example, i targeting the drug i believe in targeting the drug dealers. a lot of the drug dealers, they fair work more dealers. a lot of the drug dealejailthey fair work more dealers. a lot of the drug dealejail and fair work more dealers. a lot of the drug dealejail and drugvork more dealers. a lot of the drug dealejail and drug people�*re

dealers. a lot of the drug dealejail and drug people or than jail and drug people or abusing drugs. they fair drug rehabs places than the prison. so if someone is caught is a drug addict and they're caught so suddenly, the prison send them to the drug rehab centres. if you see a drug dealer and they're caught their they're caught and their prosecutor has been proven, take away all their cars and away all their their cars and the houses they with the houses that they got with the houses that they got with the drugs. the houses that they got with the harsh. get tough, harsh with >> harsh. get tough, harsh with the drugs. >> and believe people who >> and i believe that people who are the government, are advising the government, advising the mayor, advising the london mayor, advising the manchester mayor, they need to be cleared out. >> and interesting, maxwell >> and it's interesting, maxwell , see from ismael here, , you can see from ismael here, you who a youth you know, who works as a youth consultant. he's really passionate about this and i agree completely. and agree with him completely. and he's scared. yeah, he's very, very scared. yeah, but still very much of a but you're still very much of a school legalise the lower stuff. yeah, but continue school legalise the lower stuff. yeah, against but continue school legalise the lower stuff. yeah, against the it continue school legalise the lower stuff. yeah, against the hard|tinue school legalise the lower stuff. yeah, against the hard stuff. the war against the hard stuff. >> actually fight the war on hard stuff. no but they're both very legitimate points. >> final thought ismail is fentanyl reaching our streets . fentanyl reaching our streets. pardon. is fentanyl reaching us? yes >> is on our streets . >> is on our streets. >> is on our streets. >> i mean the damage the destruction in this american cities that this has caused over 100,000 opioid related deaths

every year. >> yeah. and they said that these these synthetic opioids are just to give the audience a context. it's 50 times more potent than heroin . and that's potent than heroin. and that's potent than heroin. and that's potent heroin because we know a lot of the heroin that's on the street now is being diluted. so it's 50 times more potent than pure heroin. and it's coming from china , coming from china, from china, coming from china, chinese factories. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. hear >> yeah, yeah, yeah. we hear that biden has finally had that joe biden has finally had a conversation with the chinese about should have done it two years ago, but there we are, gentlemen. thank you. thank you for me. indeed. cheers for having me. indeed. cheers now, just sometimes people living doing living ordinary lives, doing ordinary , find themselves ordinary jobs, find themselves becoming historical figures, find themselves at the centre of events that are genuinely momentous . a lady called maureen momentous. a lady called maureen sweeney. it was her 21st birthday. it was june the 3rd, 1944, and there she was on the west coast of county mayo. the westernmost part of ireland, and she worked there with her husband, and she was a

sub—postmistress. but she also was taking readings , whether was taking readings, whether readings from the lighthouse out there on the mullet peninsula at 1 am. on the there on the mullet peninsula at 1a.m. on the 3rd of there on the mullet peninsula at 1 am. on the 3rd of june, 1944, and remember, at this point there were 5000 ships ready, 11,000 aircraft ready, 156,000 men ready to storm the beaches of normandy . but at 1 am. she of normandy. but at 1 am. she she got a barometric pressure reading that suggested the pressure was dropping quickly . pressure was dropping quickly. the wind was picking up to a southwest 34 six. she woke her husband to check the readings. those readings went to dublin, from dublin to the uk and onto the desk of a man called group captain james stagg. he was the chief meteorologist for eisenhower, who had to decide could the d—day landings go ahead? on the 5th of june, as a direct result of what maureen had found d—day did not happen on the 5th of june, and that saved an awful lot of lives , but

saved an awful lot of lives, but it was able to take place on the 6th of june, had the sixth not happened, it would have been another month before the tides and the moon were right. and by then germans undoubtedly then the germans undoubtedly would that normandy would have known that normandy was place . as was the landing place. as maureen had a 100th birthday a few months ago . she's died aged few months ago. she's died aged 100. it is her funeral in ireland tomorrow. we wanted to pay ireland tomorrow. we wanted to pay tribute to her. i'm very pleased to say that joining me is edward sweeney, son of this d—day hero, maureen sweeney. welcome edward, to the program . welcome edward, to the program. i was just saying. i mean, she found herself golf, playing the most extreme mary role in history . she did. history. she did. >> she did indeed, major. and she wasn't aware of it at the time because we were, um, supposed to be a neutral country. some people asked neutral against who ? but, um, we neutral against who? but, um, we were we were supplying the readings to dublin and they were supplying them on to london.

and, uh, as you're aware , and on and, uh, as you're aware, and on d—day, the previous to d—day, there was a lot of controversy going on between your , uh, group going on between your, uh, group captain stagg and the american meteorologists who were , uh, led meteorologists who were, uh, led by a chap called crick . colonel, by a chap called crick. colonel, lieutenant colonel crick and, um , let's put it this way, he wasn't a very good weatherman, mr crick. and uh, he his system of forecasting was you take you look back and if similar conditions existed, they were going to happen again , which we going to happen again, which we all know is a bit crazy when it comes to weather. so this may it came down to , to, uh, eisenhower came down to, to, uh, eisenhower couldn't make a decision and they were arguing about it . and they were arguing about it. and uh, eventually , uh, captain, uh , uh, eventually, uh, captain, uh, stagg he said, right, we'll we'll wait on the next black star forecast and, and, uh, we'll go on that and that's what happened. >> and that's what happened.

well, thank goodness they listened to stagg, because had they had they sailed on the 5th of june, 1944, i think it may well have been something of a complete and utter disaster. so you say that , uh, maureen, your you say that, uh, maureen, your mother wasn't more . maureen mother wasn't more. maureen wasn't aware of the wasn't really aware of the significance of the information she'd found with that, with that pressure. when did she finally realise that realise how important that reading ? reading was? >> uh, it was 20 years later. no but actually, on that forecast, when she sent that forecast, she , um, there was a query came, but it came from london, which was unusual. and they it came twice. they, um, they rang to check the figures. so my dad and, uh, mom had checked them and, uh, mom had checked them and, and an hour later they got another phone call. could they recheck again? so she she wondered why this, um, was the first time this had ever happened. yeah and, uh, she she didn't realise it until later

when the when the station closed down and they were transferring the station to belmullet, which is about ten miles away. the, um , people came down from the head office in dublin and they told her about the, uh , the incident. her about the, uh, the incident. >> so how extraordinary about it until about and she went on she, um, and she went on to live to 100 years old. did she have a happy life? she did, she did, she did . she did. >> and, um, i hope you got her genes because, uh. >> pardon ? >> pardon? >> pardon? >> my dad was 94 when he died, and she was 100, so. >> well, you're in that. >> well, you're in that. >> if that's the case, edward, i think you've got some pretty good, uh, some pretty good dna there. and obviously, all funerals are sad . all funerals funerals are sad. all funerals are sad, edward. but but you're going to be paying tribute to your mother tomorrow, aren't you ? >> 7- >> we are, 7— >> we are, we ? >> we are, we are. and um, 7 >> we are, we are. and um, you know, it's funerals are sad, but there's also celebration of a

long life and her achievements . long life and her achievements. and, uh, she she's become quite famous. well she certainly has. >> and i have been to an irish funeral once out on the west coast. um, and, um, i have to say, after the funeral, uh, it did seem to me the local irish community, um, um, were celebrating someone's life. so i've no doubt there will be a bit of a party after the formalities tomorrow. edward, thank you for coming on, sharing your mum's story. it's a wonderful story. it's an amazing life . and she really is a very life. and she really is a very important piece of history. edward thank you very edward sweeney, thank you very much indeed . okay. much indeed. okay. >> good night, and thank you . >> good night, and thank you. >> good night, and thank you. >> thank well, jacob >> thank you. well, jacob rees—mogg was here. just what a remarkable, remarkable story . remarkable, remarkable story. he's just gosh , wonderful people he's just gosh, wonderful people there were in the war who did so much . much. >> and sometimes, as with this amazing lady, didn't even realise that they'd made that contribution. they just did their duty . their duty. >> we are seeing the passing of the greatest generation, aren't we? the greatest generation, aren't we’:|ndeed. >> indeed. >> indeed. >> quite

>> it's quite sad to see it, isn't it? >> it is. but aren't they obhuanesin >> it is. but aren't they obituaries in the telegraph? wonderful. learn wonderful. where you learn about these people. well funnily enough , edward got in touch with enough, edward got in touch with us a few months ago. >> uh, okay. to say she was 100, right? so we were yeah. right? so we were aware. yeah. and it was one of those stories we kept thinking at some point, we're going now. wish we're going now. i wish we'd done sooner some ways, but done it sooner in some ways, but we've managed celebrate we've still managed to celebrate the event, commemorate her life. and but the fact she didn't realise for 20 years, 30 years, just insignificant. it'd been , just insignificant. it'd been, um, well, the politics, parliament obviously in recess, things closing down. what are your big focuses tonight, jacob? >> well, it's got to be donald trump, your old friend. this is so extraordinary. and it's so unlike our system because of the deep politicisation of american justice. so american democrat judges have found against him . judges have found against him. whereas at least in this country , at least nominally, our judges , at least nominally, ourjudges politics aren't aren't announced. >> 20 years ago, when it was , >> 20 years ago, when it was, you know, the bushes against clinton , it didn't really matter clinton, it didn't really matter because they weren't the great

tribal divides. now there are and they're either these judges at big level, high level political appointees or at lower level. they're actually voted for, know , vote for me. i'll for, you know, vote for me. i'll prosecute trump and all this stuff. and i think the americans need a complete rethink of their judicial need a complete rethink of their judiial need a complete rethink of their jud i ial it's really risky, >> i think it's really risky, actually, because if you take legitimate candidates off the ballot paper, actually, even if you take illegitimi fit candidates off the paper, candidates off the ballot paper, what do? it what else do people do? it undermines democracy. >> well, the danger is they take to the street or they take the law their own hands. right? law into their own hands. right? that enough for this that is enough for me this evening. be live with you evening. i'll be live with you tomorrow. farage at large in birmingham wood. oh birmingham with roy wood. oh i wish it be christmas every wish it could be christmas every day. tomorrow . day. see you tomorrow. >> looks things are heating >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers spot of weather up. boxt boilers spot of weather on gb news is . on gb news is. >> hello. good evening. welcome to your latest gb news weather update from the met office . update from the met office. thursday is going to be a very blustery day for the uk, with a wind warning in force for a

large swathe of the uk. that's as stormy peer, named by the danish met service, will sweep this frontal system across the uk. the strongest winds are expected to be into the north sea, but we will see some very gusty across the bulk of gusty winds across the bulk of northern areas of the uk . before northern areas of the uk. before then, though, we'll see a lot of cloud around through the rest of the persistent drizzly cloud around through the rest of the across3ersistent drizzly cloud around through the rest of the across northern: drizzly cloud around through the rest of the across northern and zly cloud around through the rest of the across northern and western rain across northern and western areas as that rain will give way to blustery showers the to blustery showers across the north by tomorrow north of scotland by tomorrow morning. this. at this morning. and it's this. at this point, winds really point, the winds really strengthen. we could see storm force across the northern strengthen. we could see storm force but across the northern strengthen. we could see storm force but gales ss the northern strengthen. we could see storm force but gales ss thewidelyzrn isles, but gales quite widely where do have that warning in where we do have that warning in force , that rain band sweep force, that rain band sweep southward through the day. so the skies will become clearer. there will be some sunny spells by afternoon, but as said, by the afternoon, but as i said, it to a very it is going to be a very blustery afternoon and there will be some quite intense showers moving in from north showers moving in from the north and southwest will and west. the southwest will hold to the slightly milder hold on to the slightly milder air, more of that air, but a lot more of that cloud and rain through much of the we're likely to see the day. and we're likely to see some delays to that some travel delays due to that wind as friday wind warning as well. friday will calmer but

will likely be a calmer but still windy day, and still quite a windy day, and we'll see a stream of showers still moving in from the north and west. in the southwest, though, a drier brighter though, a drier and brighter day. however, in the far north, with the strong winds and a risk of snow showers, there is a risk of snow showers, there is a risk of blizzards into the weekend, though stay mild and though it does stay mild and windy to windy in the run up to christmas. that's all for now. see you later. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar for sponsors weather on solar for sponsors of weather on

gb news. hello >> good evening. it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation tonight, the united states is facing a democratic crisis. democrat appointed judges in colorado supreme court have ruled donald trump ineligible to run for president in 2024. but the former president has not been convicted of any crime . been convicted of any crime. does this create the risk that

disinfo advising voters leads them to take to the streets? the largest strike in nhs history is upon us and it's deliberately timed to cause the most harm to patients with nhs chiefs saying that they have come at the worst possible time when will the junior doctors compromise ? the junior doctors compromise? the british museum has boldly defied the eco mob in signing a new deal the eco mob in signing a new deal, advertising with british petroleum. so does this simply show that the just stop oil racket has failed in its disruptive agenda to own the ostriches? the ostriches at the bank of england continue to keep their heads firmly in the sand. inflation has fallen to a two year low of 3.9, and yet rates remain at 5.25. is it time for the flightless birds to break the flightless birds to break the mould of bureaucrat groupthink and bring rates down? plus a new euphemism nick time for eating less meat has popped up. demetrian . we thought we'd up. demetrian. we thought we'd ask the people of wakefield what they thought of this folderol state of the nation starts now .