live from >> christmas special. live from birmingham. please welcome your host, nick st giles' farage. >> evening everybody. i'm here live in birmingham with an audience. they're wildly enthusiastic . enthusiastic. >> we're going to have a great show . we'll talk local show. we'll talk local birmingham . politics we're going birmingham. politics we're going to give out some christmas pnzes to give out some christmas prizes to people have done great work the community and we're work in the community and we're going to have local lads. roy woods, legendary figure whose woods, a legendary figure whose record 50 ago i wish he record 50 years ago i wish he could be christmas every day and he'll be on that stage with his band playing it later. >> for of that comes after >> for all of that comes after the . news the. news >> nigel. thank you. good evening. i'm sam francis in the gb newsroom. the headlines at seven emergency services in prague say more than 14 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a prague university. dozens more are wounded . the

dozens more are wounded. the gunman's body has also been found in the area. czech police are reporting that the suspect's father was also found dead earlier today. officers responded to reports of a shooter at around 2:00 uk time this afternoon . we understand he this afternoon. we understand he opened fire from a roof in the downtown area of the city, reports say the shooter was a student at the faculty of arts at charles university. he well, here in the uk, a murder investigation has been launched after a four year old boy died following a knife attack in east london. the metropolitan police say that they received a call just before 11:00 last night, raising concerns for the welfare of a child at a property in hackney. the boy was found with knife injuries and was taken to hospital , where he knife injuries and was taken to hospital, where he died. a 41 year old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder. year old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder . an on suspicion of murder. an inquest into the death of the asylum seeker aboard the bibby stockholm barge has found he died from compression of the neck caused by hanging. the albanian asylum seeker was found

unresponsive aboard the barge on the 12th of december. the coroner said there weren't thought to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of the 27 year old, and a pre—inquest review is to be held on the 9th of july. well, meanwhile , ministers appear to meanwhile, ministers appear to have stepped back from their plans to increase the minimum income requirement for migrants. the home secretary, james cleverly, had told the commons earlier this month that the threshold would rise from £18,600 to £30,700 by next spring. that was in a bid to tackle rising net migration, but instead of immediately increasing the threshold , increasing the threshold, documents released by the home office today suggest it will now rise to the lower figure of £29,000. we're waiting for confirmation on a possible timeline to be set out for when the higher amount will be introduced . the labour leader introduced. the labour leader says there's a real and constant threat to europe from russia as he visits british troops in estonia . sir keir starmer has estonia. sir keir starmer has

been watching training sessions on a nato base bordering with russia. he's there to show his commitment to the military alliance and has thanked servicemen and women for their courage integrity, their courage and integrity, their loyalty and professionalism. but sir keir starmer warned that the west lose sight of west must not lose sight of moscow's threat to europe . i'm moscow's threat to europe. i'm here to say thank you to our troops here in estonia who are based on the border pretty much with russia for the work they're doing keeping us safe, the work they're doing for nato, but also so to reaffirm our unshakeable commitment for nato and our unshakeable commitment to ukraine and to remind everybody that russia is a constant threat, not just now, but into the future . and winds of up to the future. and winds of up to 115 miles an hour are causing travel chaos as storm pier continues to sweep across parts of the uk . one man has been of the uk. one man has been taken to hospital after a tree fell on his car in derbyshire .

fell on his car in derbyshire. meanwhile, british airways flights have been disrupted and national rail is reporting that routes across scotland , parts of routes across scotland, parts of england and wales are also affected. weather affected. a yellow weather warning is in place in scotland until 9:00 this evening, and it also covers belfast, newcastle and manchester. well, this is gb news. we're across the uk on your tv in your car, digital radio and on your smart speaker. now though, it's back to birmingham with . birmingham with. nigel so good evening. >> i'm here in birmingham. we've got a very big audience and they're very enthused and this is my last gb news show of the yeah >> i'm going to be back on new year's day, and it's a time in many ways for us all to reflect on the year that's gone by. i have to say, personally, i've had a pretty cracking year and i've just come back from a

little trip to australia and this audience have seen a lot of me in fact, the country has seen an awful lot of me for some reason. itv thought my naked showering was something that should be shared with the nation, but i thoroughly , nation, but i thoroughly, thoroughly. oh well. there are some fans of it here, i have to say. doing the jungle was a really good thing to do. it was a chance to reach out to a younger audience and a chance for me as a person to try and conquer my fears. if you'd said to me a couple of months ago that i would lie down in a darkened box, six feet under the ground, where many in the european parliament had always wanted to put me . and then to wanted to put me. and then to cover me with 20 snakes, i wouldn't have believed it. but i learnt 1 or 2 tricks of the mind. i've learned, actually, all of us can overcome any fears that we have. it's just about getting in mind. in the right place. the jungle was place. so the jungle was a really big moment for me. i was

thrilled to reach the final and 23 nights in the jungle. you think about it, no tea , no think about it, no tea, no coffee, no salt, no sugar, no pepper, no alcohol . and i've pepper, no alcohol. and i've come back thinner and fitter than i've been ever since i was at school. so that was been a really good, good thing for me to do this year. and of course, the middle of the year was dominated covid by the de—banking there where de—banking scandal. there where i was for 43 years a loyal customer of the natwest group, banks , with coutts, one of their banks, with coutts, one of their wholly owned subsidiaries . and wholly owned subsidiaries. and for no reason i could find at all, i finished up being told that all my accounts would be closed, and i can't tell you how terrifying it is to think you're going to be d banked. i went out onto the high street. i met the big many of the big clearers, many of the private banks, ten other banks refused to do my business. it just shows you the extent to which the whole woke culture has overtaken even the

big corporates in our country and across the western world. well, of course i could have just gone away quietly . not just gone away quietly. not kicked up a fuss, but i thought, no, i'm going to take the so and so's arm. and they got rid of me because they didn't like the views that i stood for. legal democratic, perfectly reasonable views . but i was to be debunked views. but i was to be debunked because of that. so i fought them and we managed to get rid of the ceo of coutts and the ceo of the ceo of coutts and the ceo of natwest , dame alison rose, of natwest, dame alison rose, who said, i didn't have enough to money have a bank account at coutts. if she'd known i was going in the jungle, she might have changed her mind . and . have changed her mind. and. ever since ever since the day it launched, i've loved being part of gb news. it seemed to me for

years the establishment it needed to be challenged and a real highlight. earlier this year was winning that tric award as news presenter of the year. and i did that because people like you voted for me. support me, and it was so to great go up on the stage and be booed by the rest of the industry . mind you . rest of the industry. mind you. i did, um , i did tell him i did i did, um, i did tell him i did tell him probably that all lose their jobs, tell him probably that all lose theirjobs, so perhaps it's not a great surprise they got terribly upset. another highlight was the tory conference. i hadn't been to one for 30 years, and even though i was there as a gb news presenter , treated like , i was sort of treated like the prodigal son returning. so it's been really great 2023. now, been a really great 2023. now, whether rishi sunak would say that 2023 had been a phenomenal yeah that 2023 had been a phenomenal year, i'm not too sure. of course, we've had the famous five pledges, one of them, he is succeeding with and that is, of course , that inflation is course, that inflation is rapidly coming down. but given

the contraction of the money supply, i genuinely worry that we could be in recession in 2 or 3 months time . and as for stop 3 months time. and as for stop the boats , we're being told to the boats, we're being told to celebrate it, that the numbers are down. only 30,000 young men have crossed the english channel this year. what? i'm sorry. i'm not going to be celebrating . as not going to be celebrating. as i say, i don't think he's had quite such a good year. i'm not sure the conservative party have had quite such a good year. i wonder whether gary sambrook, conservative member of parliament birmingham, parliament for birmingham, northfield , you've been in post northfield, you've been in post since 2019 on a conservative in a built up part of birmingham has not been a very common thing over the last 20 or 30 years, and welcome the thank you very much for the programme, very good to have you here. now you got in in 2019. you were part of that red shock . a majority that red wall shock. a majority of 80 and you of course, gary south down man brexiteer all the

way through. and you got elected on this ticket of getting brexit done. be honest with me. how disappointed you feel . disappointed you feel. >> i don't feel disappointed at all. and you know today i visited a school in my constituency , turves green boys constituency, turves green boys school , a constituency, turves green boys school, a challenging school which has been in special measures and i remember spending at least the first two years of my time in parliament with the left labour party and the left and labour party and the snp moaning about brexit, etc. left and labour party and the snpthings ng about brexit, etc. left and labour party and the snpthings like bout brexit, etc. left and labour party and the snpthings like thet brexit, etc. left and labour party and the snpthings like the erasmusztc. and things like the erasmus scheme and how it was going to deny generations of children to come. opportunities. well, i'm afraid erasmus was basically for middle class kids with parents afraid erasmus was basically for mid(had lass kids with parents afraid erasmus was basically for mid(had got kids with parents afraid erasmus was basically for mid(had got sharpvith parents afraid erasmus was basically for mid(had got sharp elbowsants afraid erasmus was basically for mid(had got sharp elbows ,1ts who had got sharp elbows, elbows. today i heard about how dozens of children from a working class community in birmingham are basically going around the world finding new experiences, having those opportunities to them and learning new skills on the back of brexit. and i think that's a very proud thing. but we can all be very proud of and we are delivering it. everyone always had different visions of what brexit would be. it wasn't necessarily size fits all,

necessarily a one size fits all, but think we have delivered it but i think we have delivered it and i think it's also making sure that we're delivering for people they people on the promises that they wanted from brexit. wanted to see from brexit. >> gary one the >> well, gary, one of the promises control our promises was to control our borders. yeah. we have had borders. yeah. and we have had illegal immigration and indeed legal immigration running at numbers that nobody in this room would have believed even possible a few years ago. possible just a few years ago. and you know, you yourself were one the early mps saying that one of the early mps saying that bofis one of the early mps saying that boris the country down. boris had let the country down. i majority . so i mean, an 80 seat majority. so much good change could have been put in place. be honest, it's been squandered a bit. >> i don't think it has. if you look at the events which have happened last couple of happened over the last couple of years policies, always say years of policies, always say events dear had some events, dear boy. we had some fairly curve balls. fairly serious curve balls. three months into this we three months into this job, we shut country because of shut the country down because of covid, that was a big. covid, right? that was a big. >> it down again >> and you shut it down again and again again. and again and again. >> i didn't vote. didn't vote >> i didn't vote. i didn't vote for all the measures i hastened to add, because i thought sometimes it slightly sometimes it went slightly beyond necessary. beyond what was necessary. and we'll see from the covid inquiry whether handled well or whether that was handled well or wrongly, a covid that we

wrongly, a covid inquiry that we won't get the results of until about 2027, also , about 2027, and also, unfortunately, it's unfortunately, i think it's focusing on focusing primarily on personalities rather than on policy want inquiry to policy. i want the inquiry to tell me whether we made the right decisions, not about the who said, who said, etc. no, i agree with them. no, i agree with that, gary. >> you know, it's going to be a tough job for you. there's an election year. you know election next year. you know it's going to be a tough for it's going to be a tough job for you. are problems you. are the problems that birmingham has birmingham local council has been maybe thing been undergoing maybe one thing that you? well, that could help you? well, i mean, an absolute disgrace. mean, it's an absolute disgrace. >> what we've seen happened at birmingham city council for months known the months now. we've known that the city and city council is bankrupt and labour councillors not been labour councillors have not been making tough decisions, but making the tough decisions, but they've been they've needed to and been kicking the road kicking the can down the road for £18 million. every month is added on to the debt in birmingham when they don't make a decision on pay and here a decision on equal pay and here we in december, three we are in december, three months, four months after the announcement made and we're announcement was made and we're still step closer to still not a step closer to making that decision. it's could that to save gary that issue to save gary sambrook, his seat ? well, sambrook, his seat? well, there's something i'm going to campaign also i to campaign on. but also i want to

talk positive things that talk about positive things that i've if you come i've been doing. if you come down my patch and go to down to my patch and go to longbridge, where mg rover stood for 100 years, that for nearly 100 years, etc, that is which is going is a place which is going through transformation. through massive transformation. the i've been able to get the money i've been able to get there, where going to get there, where are we going to get 5000 jobs on west works? and the proudest i always look at, proudest thing i always look at, because i around corner because i live around the corner from when past from there, and when i go past it and walk the dog and i see it and i walk the dog and i see a new manufacturing unit on that site bringing manufacturing jobs back mg rover site back to the old mg rover site for the first time since 2005. i'm deeply proud that. i'm deeply proud of that. >> you've good local >> if you've got good local stuff on, all i can say is stuff going on, all i can say is you're to need it in that you're going to need it in that general election. but for now, very, very supportive cracker happy and one happy happy and you one happy christmas . excellent christmas. excellent >> in a moment i'm going to be giving out some awards to people in the local community who've done great. >> well for now it's thanks to gary. thanks to the crowd. back with you in a couple of minutes .

radio. so it is christmas . radio. so it is christmas. >> it is the time of the year when you want to give out presents to people. but we also want to reward people. >> and there are in this community, people that have done really good things , really really good things, really decent things, and it's our moment as to gb news reward them. and i'm very, very pleased to say amazing, them. and i'm very, very pleased to say amazing , really. but to say amazing, really. but santa himself has come to join us this evening, so let's get cracking with our prizes for people in the local community that have done great things and deserve to be rewarded. now we're going to start right at the very front here because i'm going to say hello to mark and anita. good evening . anita. good evening. >> hello. >> hello. >> evening, nigel. nice to meet you. >> you're looking very, very elfie, i must say. i must say now, this is really a nice story

because , anita, you're a because, anita, you're a retired. you didn't know this was coming, did you? no, i didn't know. no no no no no , he didn't know. no no no no no, he didn't know. no no no no no, he did it. mark did it. so anita is a retired police officer. and a few years ago, four years ago, she came across an army veteran in sheltered accommodation and he was going to be on his own, having a microwave christmas dinner. and not about you, but i think so many too many of our ex—servicemen find themselves in difficult circumstances, find themselves homeless. but anita decided she'd do something about it and she invited him round for christmas lunch . and he's now christmas lunch. and he's now been coming for christmas lunch for the last four years. and anita visits him every week and buys his shopping . how about buys his shopping. how about that ? that? >> what he's watching tonight, nigel. so, hello to him, right? anita. hi. is actually watching

this program now , are you? this program now, are you? >> usually goes to bed early, but he is staying up tonight to watch his program, so i'd like to say a huge hello to selwyn . to say a huge hello to selwyn. >> selwyn, there we are very good. now, mark. mark you sent this in? i mean, it it is. she's clearly a very kind hearted woman. >> truly kind . >> truly kind. >> truly kind. >> she's she's bankrupted . us >> she's she's bankrupted. us >> she's she's bankrupted. us >> she's she's larger table for christmas dinner and everything. we've had to buy a larger table for christmas dinner. and he has three the he eats like three courses. the he eats like a king on christmas day, and he has a pint of john smith's as well. nigel. so nothing wrong with that. >> no, nothing wrong. no, nothing wrong with that. >> and i send him home and he has got about 20 presents under the christmas already, and the christmas tree already, and we christmas special. brilliant. >> well, we think, anita, you deserve to rewarded . deserve to be rewarded. >> to that, santa >> and according to that, santa is here to present you with a

christmas present . very well deserved. >> absolutely , absolutely, very , >> absolutely, absolutely, very, very good. very good. >> well done anita. very, very good. now now, in line with the fact that it is christmas and we have to give out presents. and some people make unusual requests. and james here, james here, your stepson jenson has had an unusual christmas request. i understand he did. >> he had a very unusual request for christmas. he wanted a nigel farage life size cardboard cut out . wow out. wow >> um, jenson , is this because >> um, jenson, is this because of the junk mail or because of politics? >> i've just always loved year. oh well, there isn't much i could megxit there isn't much i can very there really isn't much i can say to that. >> so you're a long time supporter? i am, yes. very good. well, i'll tell you what. there's quite a few new ones who quite enjoyed me in the jungle.

well, did you think your request was going to get granted? >> it was very hard to find, to be honest. so no, i was really going to struggle. >> is here for >> santa, though, is here for jenson. where is santa? we're looking for santa . looking for santa. >> oh, here comes santa . oh ho >> oh, here comes santa. oh ho ho . absolutely brilliant . well, ho. absolutely brilliant. well, there we are. we better sign it, i suppose, hadn't we really ? i suppose, hadn't we really? >> are you embarrassed , jenson ? >> are you embarrassed, jenson? well, you probably ought to . be. well, you probably ought to. be. here we go. come on. a quick look. >> there we go. there we are. >> there we go. there we are. >> all yours. happy christmas. jenson very good. thank you very . now at christmas time, we tend

to get bond bombarded. we get bombarded by requests to give money to charities . and the big money to charities. and the big charities are well organised and well funded. but sometimes it's the smaller charities that maybe struggle to raise the money. and we've picked a local charity that we want to try and help if we can possibly here on gb news and we have picked the birmingham dogs home. well. and we have picked the birmingham dogs home. well . and birmingham dogs home. well. and they were founded , they've been they were founded, they've been going . since 1892. going. since 1892. >> uh, here we are, here we are now. i am joined by rachel haley i >> -- >> but more importantly , i'm >> but more importantly, i'm joined by reva and betty . now, joined by reva and betty. now, they say never do live television with dogs, but i don't care now, ladies, it was said years ago, a dog's not just for christmas, but actually it's the pandemic, isn't it? so many people buying puppies in the pandemic . and as i understand pandemic. and as i understand it, the number of dogs that

you've had to take in and try and rehouse has gone through the roof. >> yeah, it definitely has. we've had over 2100 already this yeah we've had over 2100 already this year. december we're still getting them in. we have been full to capacity throughout the year year since last year this year since last december. so we just want to say thank everyone does thank you to everyone who does support us. support local charities like us. but know, with reva and but you know, with reva and betty, i mean, presuming only once been seen once they've been seen on television, will come television, people will come forward want to them forward and want to give them a home, hopefully. yeah. so if anyone looking for dog, you anyone is looking for a dog, you know, out your local know, check out your local charity, check out our website. but if you're not ready for a dog, you want to help us in a different ways. just support us by donating what you can. >> you what, >> well, i tell you what, i haven't got santa for you because i think you should use this and this opportunity to try and get people to help you. so there's no of chocolates, there's no no box of chocolates, there's no flowers. to help the flowers. but we want to help the birmingham dogs home. if people want help, what you're doing, want to help, what you're doing, what and i understand what do they and i understand you've even got a christmas record out , right? and those record out, right? and those watching this on television can

see where to go on the screen. we'll just remind people, what can they do if you want there, if they really want to help you. >> so we always ask for donations of anything of dog items and things as simple as washing powder. we wash a lot of bedding every day. um, money donations . you can donate donations. you can donate through our website . you can pop through our website. you can pop in and visit us, um, and come and see our dogs and offer your support. that way. >> and what's the website? >> and what's the website? >> so it's birmingham dogs home. org .uk birmingham dogs home.org .uk couldn't be simpler. >> thank you very much both of you for what you do and these very well behaved dogs deserve a round applause . round of applause. >> thank you . thank you. now . >> thank you. thank you. now. one of the biggest stresses and one of the biggest strains at christmas , of course, is on the christmas, of course, is on the person in the house that has to cook , because everybody's got cook, because everybody's got really high expectations of what the christmas lunch is going to

be. >> i yesterday went to a little cookery school with famous italian chef, i should say famous temperamental italian chef dino aldo zilli. been around for decades and there, having never done it before , and having never done it before, and i had to make homemade pasta and make a tiramisu. i had to make homemade pasta and make a tiramisu . and over the make a tiramisu. and over the course of the next few minutes, you'll see how i got and what he thought of me . after the madness thought of me. after the madness of the jungle, i'm now about to subject myself to another bushtucker trial . this time it's bushtucker trial. this time it's with the famous aldo zilli . how with the famous aldo zilli. how are you today ? so, as are you today? so, as i understand it, this is weird. i've been thrown into this and i am going to be your sous chef this afternoon. is that right? yes yes, there's a lot to do. is there? okay. off i go. off you go. >> see you in a minute. let's make some pasta, shall we? have you made pasta before? >> never .

>> never. >> never. >> okay. uh . no. no, don't >> okay. uh. no. no, don't squashit >> okay. uh. no. no, don't squash it down. >> well, hang on, hang on. i needit >> well, hang on, hang on. i need it without squashing it like you're making. >> um, have you ever made cakes or no dough or so ? you never or no dough or so? you never made a dough? no you got plenty of it, though. i >> that's what the papers say . >> that's what the papers say. >> that's what the papers say. >> sorry. cuts . >> sorry. cuts. catch up. lift up. show it to the camera. >> there we are. we have now some brand new shoelaces. better known as fettuccine fett . known as fettuccine fett. >> zucchini farted . nigel farage >> zucchini farted. nigel farage never done that before. >> that looks amazing. >> that looks amazing. >> this is what i'd like you to do. hmm. >> okay. >> okay. >> not too close to your jacket.

yeah, i need that for another staff later. okay >> right. so there you go . >> right. so there you go. >> right. so there you go. >> that. nigel. no >> that. nigel. no >> where are you going? >> where are you going? >> i've got to go forwards. up. now. shall we go ? now. shall we go? >> i can't believe you find that difficult. that's really the simplest thing you've done today. >> show me again. >> show me again. >> there you go. there you go. nigel. >> bravo , bravo, nigel. dunnett >> bravo, bravo, nigel. dunnett >> bravo, bravo, nigel. dunnett >> good, good i knew good. i just knew you . just knew you. >> again and again. just knew you. >> again and again . yeah. that's >> again and again. yeah. that's it, that's it . it's >> again and again. yeah. that's it, that's it. it's very delicate . very, very good. delicate. very, very good. senior. nigel, ma'am . me again. senior. nigel, ma'am. me again.

pasta buenisima. i love that. beautiful. oh yeah. it's a gift in italy , people. gift. in italy, people. gift. panettone every christmas. you see them every where. we're going to make a little boozy one. >> right. good. okay now just pipe >> right. good. okay now just pipe all the way around. >> yep. and cover the whole thing. >> so outside and outside in. >> so outside and outside in. >> yeah. bravo . nigel so it's >> yeah. bravo. nigel so it's a great dessert to have in the fridge . yeah. fridge. yeah. >> as a and you can pre—make it, leave it in the fridge. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> you'll say it's absolute rubbish. i know it will, but keep going nigel. >> wow. look at that . nigel, is >> wow. look at that. nigel, is that all right? i'm sorry, but i have to give him a compliment here. now he's mucked it up. look, i just as soon as i said that. oh, my god , nigel, i was that. oh, my god, nigel, i was just about to give you compliment. >> okay. >> okay. >> all right. it's a bit of sugah

>> all right. it's a bit of sugar. yeah >> bravo, nigel. bravo nigel. tiramisu. >> the best i've seen in a long time. let me give you a kiss. >> mwah. it's amazing over there. >> this is amazing. >> this is amazing. >> i tell you what, that looks like christmas. that really does look good. >> well, that was huge fun. no real arguments. no 1 or 2 criticisms. but you know, making pasta . i'd never thought about pasta. i'd never thought about it in my life. i can see those first couple of steps. you've got get right. but with got to get right. but with practice would. in the practice you would. and in the end, a beautiful product, easy practice you would. and in the en cook. eautiful product, easy practice you would. and in the encook. andiful product, easy practice you would. and in the encook. and |jl product, easy practice you would. and in the encook. and i meaniuct, easy practice you would. and in the encook. and i mean ,icl, easy practice you would. and in the encook. and i mean , that asy practice you would. and in the encook. and i mean , that looks to cook. and i mean, that looks amazing, doesn't it? >> and guess what? >> and guess what? >> you've passed the test. >> you've passed the test. >> so you've moved from blue to black. ah . what what cat. that's executive. >> i say. >> i say. >> there you go. my new executive chef. there we are. >> i always thought gb news would sack me at some point. it was never going to take long. i've got a new job. i start monday, no problems anymore. >> get really good, great fun, >> i get really good, great fun, very good. thank you . and, uh,

very good. thank you. and, uh, really great guy aldo. >> and it's funny , i think the >> and it's funny, i think the problem with cooking is just just about what to do. >> most of the time. >> most of the time. >> now, after the break, it'll be one of our regular features. it'll be barrage de farage with audience members here. i've absolutely no idea what they're going to ask me. barrage de farage coming the .

>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. well, farage the farage has been a regular feature of our broadcast. >> we've done them all kwasi three of these farage at large events, so there's no reason to make any exception here in birmingham. >> and first up, first up, i have got to barrage me. peter be kind. >> yes, nigel. i have a question for you. would you rather rejoin

the eu or spend christmas with rishi sunak and keir starmer ? rishi sunak and keir starmer? what a question. >> what a question. uh christmas with keir starmer . oh, go . with keir starmer. oh, go. >> sorry, i'm not feeling too good.iit >> sorry, i'm not feeling too good. i it wouldn't be a rip roarer, would it. no christmas with rishi. i can see one very big stumbling block to my christmas with rishi. he's teetotal . total i don't think teetotal. total i don't think that's going to work for me on christmas day. and you know what do you know what? it's an easy question because thank goodness we've left the eu. thank goodness. we've left the eu. thank goodness . and what a, you know, goodness. and what a, you know, an epic battle. >> it was um, it was an epic

battle . battle. >> um, but let me reverse it. which would you rather do? >> well, i know i'd rather spend it with them, because it will just confirm that i don't want to vote for them. my sister's watching, she said, you need watching, and she said, you need to stand so we've got to stand as mp. so we've got someone vote for. someone to vote for. >> well, thank you very much indeed.thank >> well, thank you very much indeed. thank very much indeed. >> you're very, kind. >> you're very, very kind. you're kind. second up, you're very kind. now second up, faye, are second up on faye, you are second up on barrage. >> the floor is yours. >> hello, lovely to meet you. >> hello, lovely to meet you. >> christmas in a few >> merry christmas in a few hours it will be the winter solstice and the days start to get longer. solstice and the days start to get it's ger. solstice and the days start to get it's aeh solstice and the days start to get it's a great day many >> it's a great day for many people, including me. what's your favourite day of the year? well well. >> favourite day of the year? i mean , christmas day is special, mean, christmas day is special, there's no question about that. it is special for all of us and it is special for all of us and i think it doesn't matter how old we become, our memories of being i think at christmas being kids. i think at christmas is something live with is something that will live with for us ever. but birthdays are also important and so i'm going for us ever. but birthdays are alrchoose rtant and so i'm going for us ever. but birthdays are alrchoose birthdays so i'm going for us ever. but birthdays are alrchoose birthdays because)ing for us ever. but birthdays are alrchoose birthdays because i've to choose birthdays because i've got birthday up on got a birthday coming up on april next year, 21 april the 3rd next year, 21 again, going be 60. again, and i'm going to be 60. i'm going to be 60. but you know

what? i've had a few scrapes in my life. i've survived an aeroplane crash, a major car crash, serious illness . so i'm crash, serious illness. so i'm not depressed at getting 60. i'm going to have a mega party. do you want to come? >> yes. my birthday . so not my. type >> tell me . >> tell me. >> tell me. >> does does the solstice stand out for you as really the most important day of the year? >> yeah, because we just get a bit more daylight and it just makes everyone a bit happier, doesn't it? >> i think you're right. >> i think you're right. >> spring is on the way. >> spring is on the way. >> what a lovely thought. splendid. thank you very much indeed. you. and indeed. thank you. okay. and lastly , lastly. right lastly, lastly, lastly. right lastly, the last question, this is going to be the tough one, rob i know it is. welcome to the program . it is. welcome to the program. what are you going to barrage me with? >> barrage was a very complex question. you might need some help from santa claus, but if

you could have anything in the world for christmas, what would it be? >> be anything in the world for christmas that is. well, it depends whether you choose it. i guess, for yourself or whether you choose it. you know , more you choose it. you know, more broadly for the country or for the world. if i could have anything for christmas and it would never be possible, because of the way human beings are . and of the way human beings are. and given the state the world's in, whether we look at what's happening in ukraine or we look at what's happening, you happening in ukraine or we look at what's happening , you know, at what's happening, you know, in and gaza and goodness in israel and gaza and goodness knows where we might be in with taiwan in a couple of years. just the idea that we had peace and we somehow became better human beings. but, you know, it's funny, the turn of the century when the beginning of the 20th century, the times read a big article saying that because we were now in the 20th century, human beings would be kinder to each other. and you think how awful the 20th century was and how badly the 21st

century is going. i think i'd century is going. so i think i'd say peace is the one thing. if i could have anything in the world, because i'd benefit from it. but every single other person living on the planet would from but would benefit from it. but it's not going happen. and it not going to happen. and if it was a personal, know, what was a personal, you know, what would i personally like more than anything in the world? uh, very simple . and that is that very simple. and that is that all four of my children could live long, healthy , productive live long, healthy, productive lives. i can't think of anything else i'd rather have than that . else i'd rather have than that. >> um, but let me let me turn the tables . the tables. >> let me turn the tables. what would you choose? >> well, it's been on my christmas list for many years, and that is a helicopter and a nice big yacht. but sadly , nice big yacht. but sadly, they've never turned up . they've never turned up. >> well, you should get a job in the public sector. and you might find these days it might be very different. >> well, look , we've clearly, >> well, look, we've clearly, clearly see the christmas

special barrage is we're a little bit less political than they normally are, but that's because it's this time of the yeah >> we're trying to have fun. and in a moment we're going to have the most enormous amount of fun. i'm going to be joined on talking pints in a moment by a local lad. done. good. yep roy wood going to be me and wood is going to be with me and we're to talk about a we're going to talk about a variety of things, including that record. never going to variety of things, including the away. rd. never going to variety of things, including the away. and never going to variety of things, including the away. and i never going to variety of things, including théaway. and i wishr going to variety of things, including théaway. and i wish itgoing to variety of things, including théaway. and i wish it couldto variety of things, including théaway. and i wish it could be go away. and i wish it could be christmas every day. you christmas every day. and you never know, even talk never know, i might even talk him into singing it. you never, ever know. i'll see you in just a moment

it's my favourite part of the show. it is talking pints with roy wood. happy christmas roy. oh, i've lost again. never mind. ladies and gentlemen , it's ladies and gentlemen, it's a check.

ladies and gentlemen, it's a check . for £2,059. check. for £2,059. >> roy wood, local lad. >> roy wood, local lad. >> you're from these parts and l, >> you're from these parts and i, you know, looking at your life and your career, it's been music. it's been forming bands. it's been striving to make new music. yeah. and you've done so well. you've now got your own star on the birmingham walk of stars . yes. how good is that? stars. yes. how good is that? >> that's great. yeah, yeah. it reminds you the builders have beenin reminds you the builders have been in since and he got, he got smashed up . they've taken it smashed up. they've taken it away and it's going to be replaced hopefully i'm sure it will be. >> now you're 14 years old, full of musical ambition . and you of musical ambition. and you form the falcons don't you. yeah. what was the aim ? yeah. what was the aim? >> uh, i don't know, just to. >> uh, i don't know, just to. >> i when i was 12 years old, um, i went to see, i mean, the, the shadows were my favourite, uh, band and i went to, i got on a number 14 bus, went into birmingham , saw the shadows at

birmingham, saw the shadows at the birmingham town hall, and they were just totally amazing. uh hank marvin, guitar sammy like it had been dipped in dettol . you know, it was just so dettol. you know, it was just so marvellous and clean and, uh, i knew then that, uh, that's what i wanted to do . and, uh, i never i wanted to do. and, uh, i never gave my parents a minute's rest since, you know, and they got me a guitar on the on the, on the knock. >> and incredibly , incredibly >> and incredibly, incredibly would ignore that incredibly early , incredibly the falcons early, incredibly the falcons when you were 15 played in this very venue . very venue. >> yes. >> yes. >> that's pretty amazing . >> that's pretty amazing. >> that's pretty amazing. >> what a thing. yeah. pretty amazing . amazing. >> and without without wanting to reveal your age. >> we can't really. what year would that have been . would that have been. >> oh i usually go i'll let you know later. >> it was a long time ago. >> it was a long time ago. >> long time . yeah. >> long time. yeah. >> long time. yeah. >> but you see sort of through

your musical career, it's almost as if you sort of a bit of a serial founder of bands. is it that somehow you're always striving for the big new idea ? striving for the big new idea? >> i think so, yeah. i've, i think i've maybe i've always been more of an ideas person than a, a musician, really. i love moving forward and people over the years have, uh , you over the years have, uh, you know, got in touch with me and asked me to reform wizzard or the move or any of that, and i don't like looking back, you know , i want to go forward and know, i want to go forward and do something new. but you like writing songs, too? oh, yeah. yeah, i love it. i've been doing some stuff recently because i haven't been touring for a while . done a few odd . uh, but i've done a few odd gigs with alfie, beau is a is a real good bloke. he should get him on this. he's a really great bloke and, uh. yeah. uh, i've written a song for alfie and we're going to be doing some recording in the new year, so that's a new thing to look at. >> your creative side. i mean,

you know, the move again, something that you, roy wood, are behind what amazing are behind and what amazing little of history, you little piece of history, you know, 1 rachel reeves know, radio 1 rachel reeves whatever 1. yeah, yeah. whatever on radio 1. yeah, yeah. because been pirate radio. whatever on radio 1. yeah, yeah. bec been been pirate radio. whatever on radio 1. yeah, yeah. bec been caroline. pirate radio. whatever on radio 1. yeah, yeah. bec been caroline. it'ste radio. whatever on radio 1. yeah, yeah. bec been caroline. it's beenio. it's been caroline. it's been all these different things. and tony blackburn in 1967 spins the first disc. and i remember my mum being really excited about radio 1 and the first blooming record they play is flowers in the rain from the move. correct. written by r wood. that must have been huge . have been huge. >> yeah, i haven't got a clue . >> yeah, i haven't got a clue. at the time there was only a young bloke, you know, there was only like 18, 17, 18 or something. uh but uh , yeah, when something. uh but uh, yeah, when you're actually on the road, your feet don't touch the ground, you know, and you don't realise what's going on until you hear your record on the radio and you go, yeah, great. >> and on it goes. you know, you helped to co—found elo and, you know, electric light orchestra, and you move on to wizard and all these remarkable things. >> but through this, you

>> but all through this, you know, musical side of your life , know, musical side of your life, you've also had a few opinions of your own about politics and the world. um, i was just reading just reading some of your stuff. i mean, you were a ukip member. you were a brexit party member. and that headline in the birmingham post, for those that don't know it, you were the one that read it . i were the one that read it. i wish it could be brexit every day. >> it's a shame it didn't work out as we would have wanted it to. >> no, well, it's not perfect, but it is done at least. yeah, yeah it's done and you and you and you were against it right from the very start. you know, you always believed it was a mistake, us getting involved in a political union with europe. >> yeah. definitely. >> oh, yeah. definitely. yeah. yeah a strange thing at the yeah it's a strange thing at the moment because i don't think, um, most of the general public

are comfortable with anything that's going on, and they don't really know who to vote for. >> it's like, hold your nose and hope for the best, you know? yeah and i think you must think that way too. >> i do, and i yeah, i think >> oh, i do, and i yeah, i think the level of dissatisfaction is enormous. nicely high. you know now time. it's now it's christmas time. it's the 21st of december and there are some record is some christmas records that stand out , some christmas records that get played every year. they are perennials . and if i had to sit perennials. and if i had to sit down and write, you know, eight, ten of the most well known christmas records, there is one that absolutely would be on the list. and of course, it was you with the group wizzard at the time. and it's exactly 50 years ago , the 50th anniversary this ago, the 50th anniversary this yeah ago, the 50th anniversary this year, this year , that song. year, this year, that song. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and what was the what was the inspiration behind it? how did it come about? >> well, um, when i wrote it, it, um, i, i got some ideas for a christmas song that i'd had in

the folder for a long time anyway. and, um, christmas hits before that . there's only one before that. there's only one that i could remember rock and roll. one which was, uh, rockin around the christmas tree with brenda lee and christmas songs. after that were all sort of weird comedy kind of ones, you know , and there have been no know, and there have been no rock and roll christmas hits. so i thought, yeah, now's the time. and i wrote it in, uh, may, and we recorded it, uh, in the august when it was , it was august when it was, it was bright sunshine and, um, i, uh , bright sunshine and, um, i, uh, i went in the studio early with the road crew, and we put up some fans in the corners of the studio and some blue lights and all that, and left it on for an houh all that, and left it on for an hour. and it was it was really cold.i hour. and it was it was really cold. i phoned the band up and said, turn up with your overcoats and scarves and bobble hats and all that, which they did , and we recorded it like did, and we recorded it like that in the freezing cold. and that's just to get the atmosphere. and we put trimmings up in the studio. what a hit.

and, uh, there's a tree in the in the control room and all that. and then we went for a bit of a break around 5:00 for a sandwich, opened the doors and it was blazing sunshine. and about a week later , we got some, about a week later, we got some, uh , schoolchildren down from uh, schoolchildren down from from birmingham on a coach and, uh, which is great. it was, it was a school project for them. and, uh, i explained to them how a song got from a microphone onto . a disk, if you know what onto. a disk, if you know what i mean. and i showed them how the disk worked in the studio and all that. and by the time we got to the point where where they were doing their little bit, they'd lost all their inhibitions and we went in there. they did it first or second time, and it sounds beautiful, brilliant, and all the atmosphere and it's there and it. and we all know it. >> folks, do you think we >> and folks, do you think we should get roy to do it tonight? yeah. do it for us, roy? >> well you've been a great

talking points guest and please make everybody's christmas go and do it roy, would everybody . and do it roy, would everybody. >> well . that and do it roy, would everybody. >> well. that is going to be a real treat . real treat. >> 50 years since it first came out it's never going to go away roy local lad. done. good. great guest on talk and pints. and i guess now we look ahead for a moment to 2024. what's going to come . it's going to be a general come. it's going to be a general election year in this country. it's going to be an epic general election year in america. whether it'll . be trump, trump whether it'll. be trump, trump v biden. what it's going to be. none of us actually quite know. one thing i do know is that gb news has made the most enormous strides over the course of the last year. we've established ourselves fully as a new media organisation. i'm very proud to be a part of it, and i look forward to 2024, and i want to wish all of you at home a very

merry christmas, a very happy new year, and i absolutely can't wait. i'll be back in the studio on the 1st of january, but now folks stand up, turn around. roy would take it away . would take it away. on its own and praise the song where the church by by. >> no. for the baby found uns the finest baby . bobby seagull the finest baby. bobby seagull of beth lee kuan yew either of your hand . but you like to dance your hand. but you like to dance it on the cheeks. and i love the way , the way i wish it could be way, the way i wish it could be christmas. every day . oh, when

christmas. every day. oh, when the keir starmer sandie vara . the keir starmer sandie vara. begins to bahr. the keir starmer sandie vara. begins to bahr . and oh, i wish begins to bahr. and oh, i wish it could be christmas . every day it could be christmas. every day . let the bells ring out for love, love the one with me and you faux pas. when the storm affected by you. you've already changed. by the merry way . down changed. by the merry way. down the path it goes. appeared a life charleton upon me . so will life charleton upon me. so will i be the man who sleeps in my small way . come on. when i wish small way. come on. when i wish it could be christmas. every day . hey i'm where the game starts singing and the band begins to

play singing and the band begins to play . one, one i'll wish it play. one, one i'll wish it could be christmas. every day . could be christmas. every day. let the bells ring now for christmas . love . there's no matthew laza snow . there's no matthew laza snow. what is your smile like? you know looks like things are heating up . heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsor of weather on . gb news.

weather on. gb news. >> hello. very good evening to you. i'm alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather forecast. whilst there may be a bit hill snow across northern bit of hill snow across northern parts through the next 24 hours or it's a milder story or so, it's a milder story elsewhere still have elsewhere and we do still have some winds and some rain some strong winds and some rain around, even though deep around, even though the deep area pressure we saw area of low pressure we saw earlier has now cleared earlier today has now cleared away so away towards the east. so a blustery picture as we go through this evening and overnight, some outbreaks of rain likely. hill is rain quite likely. hill snow is an across some northern an issue across some northern parts, particularly for shetland . could see something of . here we could see something of an risk as we go through the an ice risk as we go through the night into friday morning. and for increasingly for many, turning increasingly cloudy those cloudy overnight. and with those blustery temperatures blustery winds, temperatures not dropping places in dropping much, some places in the south staying in double figures, chilly further north across scotland could across parts of scotland could be of frost here first be a touch of frost here first thing on friday morning. otherwise though, through the day it is going to be largely cloudy for many of us. there will be further outbreaks of rain. to blustery rain. it is going to be blustery at times and some more snow, perhaps ice is likely perhaps some ice is likely across parts of scotland. two some developing across parts of scotland. two some southwest developing across parts of scotland. two some southwest and developing across parts of scotland. two some southwest and here loping across parts of scotland. two some southwest and here it'sng in the southwest and here it's

still going to be relatively mild, albeit temperatures a little down compared to little bit down compared to today. towards today. as we look towards saturday. it's a wet picture saturday. and it's a wet picture across northern areas, across many northern areas, particularly western particularly scotland, western parts likely to see some heavy rainfall totals building up a bit more snow around again, bringing risk of some icy bringing the risk of some icy patches picture patches to a drier picture further south. but quite a cloudy one with a few spots of rain possible. that rain then does gradually make its way southwards as we go through christmas eve, eventually clearing through go into clearing through as we go into christmas brighter christmas day. by a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsor. >> ease of weather on .

gb news. >> hello. good evening. >> hello. good evening. >> it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation tonight, in yet more persuasive evidence that it's time britain ought to leave the european convention on human battle of the

human rights, the battle of the boyne returns in a courtroom drama, ireland has drama, as southern ireland has decided to take the united kingdom to court in a challenge to our own domestic law, the troubles immunity bill. but in another battle, this time the battle of the boilers, the tory temperature as temperature is rising as backbenchers are mobilising against the prime minister's plans for a net zero boiler tax will the prime minister stick to his own promise? one tucker carlson over in the united states of america , has spread states of america, has spread the mistruth that winston churchill put the opposition in prison with their families dunng prison with their families during world war ii. tonight, i will be suggesting he corrects the record and big brother is watching more of you than ever before as a new law will enable the police to run facial recognition of 50 million britons using their driving licences . but isn't britons using their driving licences. but isn't this a sps authoritarian measure? plus as death duty receipts hit £5.2 billion, the controversial tax is expected to be a key battleground at the next election. surely it's time to axe the tax state of the nation

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