gb news. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> it's 3:00. >> welcome to the show . >> welcome to the show. >> welcome to the show. >> i'm martin daubney. >> i'm martin daubney. >> this, of course, is gb news. i'm keeping you company for the next three hours. >> we've got a cracking show coming company coming up to keep you company over festive period. over your festive period. >> story can the tories turn >> top story can the tories turn the tide.7 >> yesterday, jeremy hunt announced april 6th as the spnng announced april 6th as the spring budget date, effective firing the starting pistol for the next general election . the next general election. >> they're all in election mode now. most of the pollsters, most of the pundits have of keir starmer, a shoo in for the next prime minister. >> but by getting tough on immigration and getting generous on taxation, can the tories still turn the tide .7 still turn the tide.7 >> can they turn it around next

story. yesterday on this very show, we announced for the first time since records began in 2018, there was zero zero illegal immigrants arriving to britain via dinghies. it was the weather we proclaimed . but that weather we proclaimed. but that didn't stop james cleverly from taking the credit. we look , has taking the credit. we look, has this guy mastered the art of controlling the weather? next up , uk has been voted a pioneer on the global stage. our net zero minister proclaiming we should feel proud amongst the g20 countries. we are leading the way on net zero. but is that something you think we should be proud of, or do you feel net poorer and net colder? and if a party came along, kicking net zero into touch would you vote for them? that's all coming up in the next hour . so is it in the next hour. so is it curtains for the conservatives or can they still pull a rabbit out of the hat? are you a

conservative who wants them to lose? wants them to get wiped out? so they reset and become an actual conservative party again? or it's christmas. do you believe in miracles? can they turn it around? or is starmer simply got this in the bag? let me know what you think. all the usual ways gbviews@gbnews.com and we'll talk about that all through the next hour. but first is your news headlines with aaron armstrong . aaron armstrong. >> good afternoon. it's 3:02. i'm aaron armstrong . rishi sunak i'm aaron armstrong. rishi sunak is being urged to convene an emergency cobra meeting to deal with the aftermath of storm garrett . the liberal democrats garrett. the liberal democrats say of people in say hundreds of people in greater manchester have been say hundreds of people in greaterintorchester have been say hundreds of people in greaterinto chaoser have been say hundreds of people in greaterinto chaos following en thrown into chaos following a suspected tornado, which damaged around 100 properties in stalybridge . a police declared a stalybridge. a police declared a major incident after roofs were pred major incident after roofs were ripped from houses and many residents were forced to leave their homes. no injuries have been reported. homeowner gareth moody described the moment his house was hit by the wind.

>> my youngest son in the front bedroom, he was sat under his cabin bed when the ceiling came through, the bed has saved through, so the bed has saved his life and my, uh, my other son at the back, he was a son at the back, he was on a computer chimney stack son at the back, he was on a compthe' chimney stack son at the back, he was on a compthe neighbour's|ney stack son at the back, he was on a compthe neighbour's house.|ck son at the back, he was on a compthe neighbour's house. has from the neighbour's house. has come through our bathroom decimated that, uh, and it's literally missed him by inches. and lucky be alive . and he's lucky to be alive. >> further north, thousands of homes are still without power in parts of scotland. strong winds and heavy snow damaged the electricity network. it travels also been disrupted , with rail also been disrupted, with rail services suspended or cancelled and roads closed because of the weather. there are calls to reduce jail sentences to help ease pressure on prisons. the house of lords committee says overcrowding has reached crisis point and ministers are now being urged to make better use of community sentences. the peers say short prison terms are providing a university education in crime. however, former police detective peter bleksley says the proposals won't work . the proposals won't work. >> criminals turn up to take part in these sentences, be it

graffiti removal, litter picking or something a bit more useful and creative, and what they do is they turn up late, they don't turn up at all. they are in greater numbers than those people running the courses. and they quite frankly intimidate them. and they say , i'm here. them. and they say, i'm here. you put a tick against my name and i'm off and if those kind of things are not challenged, then these community sentences , these community sentences, whilst looking good on paper in practice, are just a complete waste of time. >> three quarters of britain's fastest growing fraud is committed exclusively from overseas. figures show more than 400,000 advance fee offences were committed between 2022 and 23. that's when fraudsters promise a large sum of to money victims in return for a small upfront fee. it's up almost seven fold since before the pandemic . last month, the pandemic. last month, the government announced a new onune government announced a new online fraud charter to combat internet scams . but shadow internet scams. but shadow attorney general emily thornberry says international

gangs are feasting on britain. >> we lose the equivalent of the amount of money we spend on the national health service, and another when it comes to another quarter when it comes to fraud, it's a massive problem fraud, so it's a massive problem . 40% of crime at the moment is fraud, and it's expanding because nobody ever gets caught . because nobody ever gets caught. and three quarters of it comes from abroad . and people just the from abroad. and people just the government just shrugs its shoulders and says, there's nothing that be done . nothing that can be done. >> a electrical goods >> a small electrical goods could be collected from the could soon be collected from the pavement outside home. the pavement outside your home. the proposal is part of government's plans to boost recycling , and plans to boost recycling, and would be paid for by manufacturers of items like toasters and kettles. the retailers would also be obliged to pick up white goods when delivering replacements. some 155,000 tonnes of small electrical goods thrown away electrical goods are thrown away every year. the new scheme could come into force by 2026. a new vaccine to protect babies against a seasonal virus could reduce hospitalisations by more than 80. a single dose will offer immediate protection

against rsv, which affects 90% of children under the age of two, and most kids experience mild colds. but it can lead to pneumonia or bronchitis. more than 30,000 under—fives are hospitalised because of it every year. hospitalised because of it every year . over the counter, cash year. over the counter, cash withdrawals from the post office hit an all time high. it was on the last friday before christmas and more than £62 million was withdrawn on the 22nd of december, beating the previous record by more than 10 million. the last friday before christmas was also the busiest day for atm withdrawals , with around £460 withdrawals, with around £460 million being taken out . million being taken out. commemorative coins celebrating so instant churchill buckingham palace and the rnli will be launched next year. they're among five new designs unveiled by the royal mint celebrating key events and anniversaries with a £5 coin for buckingham palace . the annual set will also

palace. the annual set will also celebrate future events like the 2024 paris olympics and the paralympic games , and police in paralympic games, and police in texas have resorted to extreme measures to apprehend a driver who wouldn't stop or get out of his lorry . a swat team used his lorry. a swat team used specialist tire spikes to bring a motorway pursuit to an end, before breaking through the cabin with an armoured battering ram. the gas canisters and a police dog were also used to subdue the driver . now it's subdue the driver. now it's still unclear what started the chase. police say he was acting erratically . we are live across erratically. we are live across the uk on tv, on digital radio. if you want us on your smart speaken if you want us on your smart speaker, just say play gb news now it's over to . martin. thank now it's over to. martin. thank you aaron. >> now 2024 will be one of the biggest election years . in biggest election years. in history, with elections here in america and in india, among many others . and with a date now set

others. and with a date now set for the budget. and that's the 6th of march, speculation is rife about a spring election happen. so which party will lead the country for the next five years? our political correspondents katherine forster takes a look ahead to what to expect in the uk this time next yeah >> who will be living in number 10? rishi sunak or sir keir starmer ? after 13 years of the starmer? after 13 years of the tories , is it finally time for tories, is it finally time for a change? we don't have a crystal ball, of course, but we do know that there will be a general election next year. the conservatives could have dragged it out till the end of january 2025, but last week the prime minister ruled that out . rishi minister ruled that out. rishi sunak thought he could turn the government's fortunes around , government's fortunes around, but the conservatives are still languishing, 20 points behind labourin languishing, 20 points behind labour in the polls . languishing, 20 points behind labour in the polls. here's pollster joe twyman labour in the polls. here's pollsterjoe twyman . pollster joe twyman. >> rishi sunak is behind keir starmer and by some distance, when it comes to the question of who is the better leader and

crucially, when it comes to the question of which party is best to deal with the economy the most important issue going into the election next year, we see that labour have held a lead of around about sort of 10 to 15 points. now consider for months and months , sir keir starmer and months, sir keir starmer says labour are ready. >> i've had my whole team on a general election footing for some time now. um, i think that given the complete state of failure now in the country, there's a real sense that everything is broken. nothing is working, that the sooner that election comes, the better . election comes, the better. >> plenty of conservative mps think the next election is already lost, but formerjustice already lost, but former justice secretary sir robert buckland is more hopeful. >> i think that things will narrow. >> i think people will start increasingly to ask questions of this. labour opposition and realise that, like the emperor, they have no clothes, they're not ready for government, they're not fit for government . they're not fit for government. if the prime minister and the chancellor carry on the chancellor carry on in the right track, reducing inflation,

deaung track, reducing inflation, dealing the cost living , dealing with the cost of living, helping to grow our economy, then i the british public then i think the british public will say we more that, please. >> and despite the polls, joe twyman labour face a huge twyman says labour face a huge task to win. >> they need to gain 124 seats. it's estimated , at the next it's estimated, at the next election, in order to get a majority of just two. the only person who's ever achieved larger gains than that was tony blair in 1997. so when are we likely to go to the polls? >> may or next autumn. >> may or next autumn. >> so i think that the most likely option is probably october or november time, perhaps late november , so as not perhaps late november, so as not to clash with the us presidential election at the start of that month. but we can't may either. can't rule out may either. ultimately, we don't know . ultimately, we don't know. neither does rishi sunak. the usa will elect its next president on november the 5th. >> whether that's biden , trump >> whether that's biden, trump or someone else. we'll look sedate in comparison . but what sedate in comparison. but what issues will dominate the election year? immigration, legal and illegal? the nhs

crime? here's twyman again. and it's rare that simply one subject dominates the election. >> but if you ask people what's the most important issue facing them and their family, or indeed, what's the most important issue facing the country ? the cost of living country? the cost of living comes top and by some distance , comes top and by some distance, rishi sunak hopes that with inflation down and tax cuts coming , inflation down and tax cuts coming, people will start to feel better off next year. >> he hopes to go for flights to rwanda . we don't know what 2024 rwanda. we don't know what 2024 will bring, but we do know that on one day we, the british public, will get to choose who runs the country. katherine forster . gb news. forster. gb news. >> that's it and they're off. we're gearing up now for the next general election . the last next general election. the last one was won and lost in the red wall. so let's go now to south derbyshire and speak to conservative mp heather wheeler, who joins us now . heather, thank who joins us now. heather, thank you for joining who joins us now. heather, thank you forjoining us over the you for joining us over the festive period. so now all eyes are on the next general election . and a lot of people and perhaps even yourself will be

asking how did we get to a position where an atc majority has been squandered so quickly and practically every and now practically every pollster and pundit in the land is saying keir starmer is most likely going to be the next prime minister, except we do believe in miracles, especially at the christmas time. heather, how can the tories turn this around? yes i think, um, it's ridiculous that , uh, things have ridiculous that, uh, things have got to the stage where, uh, punditry is the king on this when you're actually out on the doors. >> if you're, um, at the bus stops or in the queue at the butchers or in the pub or wherever, then, you know, you just don't get the same feeling that everybody else does that this narrative is there and people are annoyed with us because, uh, some of our base are annoyed with us because we don't have a majority of 80 anymore, because this has happened and that's happened. and something else has happened and wasteful . i and that's that's wasteful. i completely agree you on completely agree with you on

that. uh, there is no love that. but uh, there is no love for starmer out there. what so ever. >> eveh >>i eveh >> i wonder if, though heather , >> i wonder if, though heather, we don't have corbyn as your opponent this time. corbyn was the tories 12th man on the bench last time . abc anyone but corbyn last time. abc anyone but corbyn did you a favour. starmer, however , doesn't quite pose the however, doesn't quite pose the same risk to national security . same risk to national security. the kind of issues that must be talked about in the red wall in your constituency in south derbyshire . immigration must derbyshire. immigration must feature very , very highly. and feature very, very highly. and yet the tories have presided over record legal immigration. 745,000 no sign of stopping the boats. the only thing that stopped the boats was the weather over christmas . a lot of weather over christmas. a lot of people are saying , heather, with people are saying, heather, with all due respect, they would vote for a conservative party if they actually felt like they were being conservative. live well of coui'se. >> course. >> but again, with respect , if >> but again, with respect, if the pundits actually explained that you can't get the flights off because of the courts and so we have to put an act through to

make sure that the judges actually understand that parliament is the number one deliverer of , um, legal deliverer of, um, legal arrangements for this country. >> and it's not the courts making up their own minds. thank you very much. then at least we will be able to get the flights off. so i know it's really easy to flights last to say no flights went last yeah to say no flights went last year. no flights went last year because through year. no flights went last year bec court through year. no flights went last year bec court time through year. no flights went last year bec court time after through year. no flights went last year bec court time after time 1rough the court time after time after time have to stop that time. so we have to stop that nonsense . and exactly nonsense. and which is exactly what going to do. um, what we're going to do. um, secondly, you're right, um, people are absolutely furious about it. uh, the vast numbers of immigration, whether it's legal or illegal immigration. and again, come january , um, and again, come january, um, there's going to be a cap on, um, students coming in that do not, will not be able to bring their, um, off spring anymore or their, um, off spring anymore or their, their wives or husbands or whichever way round it is. so things like that will have an absolute impact. by february, the numbers will be completely different to how they were in january. >> okay. and how the people are

going to be helping for a handout. it's the economy, stupid . as clinton tax . stupid. as clinton said, tax. ation looming. you have to make a tax cut now, don't you? 24 straight tax rises. the highest taxation policy since world war two. a lot of people out there thinking they voted boris and got jeremy corbyn. it's time for a tax break. surely >> well, fortunately they've already had one. with the reduction in the national insurance contributions. uh, two points that which is going points off that which is going to make a huge difference. that's 27 million people who will getting tax cut. so will be getting a tax cut. so thank allowing me to thank you for allowing me to remind everybody that the tax cut on its way. but you're cut is on its way. but you're right, it's public money. people understand and that actually they spend it better than government does. so as a proper conservative understand that. conservative i understand that. i've known that since i was 14. so you know, we will get back to that and we will start spending the public's money in a better way. >> okay . heather wheeler, thanks >> okay. heather wheeler, thanks for joining mp for south forjoining us. the mp for south derbyshire and a very merry christmas and happy new year to

you. forjoining now you. thanks forjoining us. now the home has declared the home secretary has declared there were no boat there were no small boat arrivals over christmas for the first time since they started in 2018. he's right, but there's a hint of celebration in james clavell's james clavell's tweet. dare i say smug in that since he's taken over suella braverman role , that's been ten role, that's been ten consecutive days with no recorded migrant arrivals . well, recorded migrant arrivals. well, i said on this very show yesterday that politicians try to take credit for the weather because that is what's actually stopping the boats. whatever next? well, joining us now to discuss this is belinda deluise, former brexit party mep. always a pleasure and a merry festive penod a pleasure and a merry festive period to you, belinda. you know , call me mystic meg. but yesterday i said here we go . yesterday i said here we go. there have been straight wins in the channel for ten straight days, over 25 miles an hour. sometimes gusts of 80 miles an houh sometimes gusts of 80 miles an hour. even the people smugglers took christmas off. and not because they're devout christians , obviously. and yet

christians, obviously. and yet here we are , james cleverly here we are, james cleverly taking credit for the weather gods. >> oh my goodness, it's so embarrassing. >> i mean, voters do not like being conned . being conned. >> they don't like being deceived , misled, and they deceived, misled, and they certainly don't like being taken for idiots. >> what is james cleverly playing at to use the weather? >> um, you know , it's quite clear. >> it's that gale force winds, uh , storms, you know, dover uh, storms, you know, dover boats weren't leaving from dover because of the weather. for james cleverly to take any type of response ability for the drop in numbers is it's embarrassing andifs in numbers is it's embarrassing and it's a sad reflection as well. >> on a party that's so deeply out of touch, they don't really connect with their voters. >> they don't understand that their voters can see clearly what is going on, and they're not willing to be fobbed off again on the cost isn't misleading information the conservatives hand out to the electorate like thin gruel, like

breadcrumb aims to try and pull in the stockholm syndrome voters to vote for them once again. it's clearly the weather and the idea that this album , an idea that this album, an exchange deal that they've got going to return albanians back to albania, is something to be proud of. >> the uk was so late to the table with returns albanians, countries like germany and sweden had zero tolerance for albanians for years before we did. >> that should have been the bare minimum and i think the electorates fed up of receiving the bare minimum from the conservative party. do you remember martin back in 2018 when javid cut short his when sajid javid cut short his houday when sajid javid cut short his holiday because there were a couple of hundred boats that came to england shores during that whole year, and he cut short his holiday because there was an emergency. have was an emergency. they have known for five years that they have had no control over our borders . they've done diddly borders. they've done diddly squat about it . they've paid the squat about it. they've paid the french half a billion for nothing. that's taxpayers money. they've rwanda would have they've known rwanda would have taken years to go through the

courts . they have been courts. they would have been surrounded experts . surrounded by legal experts. they that no they would have known that no flights have been able to flights would have been able to take for they're take off for years. they're doing there's doing nothing because there's no political will to up to political will to stand up to the bad, international, outdated law. under at the moment. law. were under at the moment. >> now, belinda , um, they seem >> now, belinda, um, they seem to have given up the ghost, um, a king canute type figure of trying to stop this tide is how rishi is coming across. rishi sunak is coming across. but briefly, if we could, will it get any better under labour? >> no. i think labour will ensure there are far more safe routes, far more ways for asylum seekers to come to this country than there are now . so i think than there are now. so i think we'll see a huge number increase under labour, even more so than we do now. um, i also think that they will lower the bar for who can claim asylum. i think they will accept claims refugees as well . i will accept claims refugees as well. i mean, i think it will be of course far worse under

labouh of course far worse under labour. um, and the sad state of affairs for the british electorate is, is who do you vote for if you want to control immigration, not the tory party. they've proved they do not trust them on immigration, not the labour party. they've proved the same. this is why i'm i'm standing um, i'm a spokeswoman for reform uk martin. because they're the only party out there with a serious plan to reduce immigration and to stop the boats because we will always put country before party. >> okay. belinda. lucy. thank you for joining >> okay. belinda. lucy. thank you forjoining us on the show. you for joining us on the show. always a pleasure. let's see what happens now . there's going what happens now. there's going to become an immigration election for sure. who do you trust? do you trust any of them? do think any of them say the do you think any of them say the right and mean another? right thing and mean another? they've all seemed to add more positions the positions on this than the kamasutra. let me know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.com and of course we'll have lots more on that story throughout the show, and plenty coverage and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gbnews.com, and you've helped make that the you've helped to make that the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank

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sunday mornings from 930 on gb news news . news news. >> welcome back. it's 326. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news got some breaking news for you now . some breaking news for you now. and firefighters have been called to a blaze at the historic blackpool tower. flames were spotted and a metal section close to the top of the lancashire seaside resort . lancashire seaside resort. iconic landmark. people have been told to stay away from the area. we hope they get that under control as soon as possible . now jeremy hunts possible. now jeremy hunts announcement of a march to sixth budget has the conservatives on a firm general election footing. the tories have all been written off in the next general election, with labour boasting a 17 point lead in the polls. but is it really too late, or can the tories come out swinging in 2024 to prove that they are

worth voting for after all? well, i'm joined now in the studio for the by the conservative mp for shrewsbury and atcham, daniel kawczynski . and atcham, daniel kawczynski. thanks for joining and atcham, daniel kawczynski. thanks forjoining us daniel, over this festive period, a lot of people seem to have written the conservative off. a lot of people are are praying that the conservative will actually become conservative in 2024, particularly on things like immigration, 745,000 legally stopping the boats seems like a pledge that failed. taxation seems like we voted boris and got corbyn. what can you guys do to turn the public mood around? >> well, of course people, um , >> well, of course people, um, are contemplating the here and now, but i'm very proud that when we came into office in 2010, we inherited a deficit of £180 billion after after the financial crisis, we've reduced the deficit every single year for the first nine years of the administration. >> labour called it austerity . >> labour called it austerity. we called it living within your

means . and can you imagine the means. and can you imagine the state that we would be in now if in the first nine years we hadnt in the first nine years we hadn't balanced the books, we got down the year before covid, in 2019, got down to running in 2019, we got down to running a balanced budget . that's the a balanced budget. that's the first time this country has run a balanced budget since margaret thatcher. of course, as we said earlier, covid has blown a massive hole in the state of the pubuc massive hole in the state of the public finances. it's forced the conservative government to increase taxation in. we're now at the highest levels of taxation for 70 years, as you mentioned earlier in your show, that's very counterintuitive for conservative voters. they don't like a conservative government raising taxes. but now that sunak has managed the economy effectively over the last year, it's halved inflation. they expect tax cuts and so do we. tory mps. and so the result of the next general election will will very much be predicated on on the spring budget because , on the spring budget because, um, inheritance tax has been mooted , that only affects a mooted, that only affects a small percentile 4% or maybe

seven if you if you work it out to their relatives to people want an income tax cut, don't they. >> the 2% hi cut seems like thin gruel against the backdrop of 24 consecutive tax rises , council consecutive tax rises, council tax rises cost of living tax rises. it's time. it's time to pull that rabbit out of the hat, isn't it? you have to give the pubuc isn't it? you have to give the public something. >> oh, absolutely. and you know, no, feel feel inheritance tax no, i feel feel inheritance tax although by only 4% of the although paid by only 4% of the electorate, something electorate, is something that many feel is many people out there feel is unfair for that you are being taxed after death and so they expect that to be abolished or reformed. what i'd like to see is an increase in the threshold to when you start paying 40% tax, because there are many people who have now been dragged into that fiscal drag, fiscal drag and so whatever the chancellor can do and whatever headroom that he has to make sure that those people who have been dragged into the 40% tax threshold and, you know , that threshold and, you know, that thatis threshold and, you know, that that is lifted, that something

is done on the inheritance tax , is done on the inheritance tax, and all of those things are extremely important to help people the of living people with the cost of living crisis. end of the crisis. but at the end of the day, biggest problem that we day, the biggest problem that we have is that there has been an exodus of wealth creators from this country . exodus of wealth creators from this country. some of them, some of my most successful friends from university have left to go to singapore, dubai , monaco and to singapore, dubai, monaco and others where taxation is much lower . and the problem that lower. and the problem that i say to your listeners is if the answer is sir keir , that will answer is sir keir, that will have a massive counter intuitive impact on our economy . he wants impact on our economy. he wants to get rid of non—dom status. he doesn't want these wealth creators coming into the united kingdom. and let's not forget, we get 30% of all taxation collected from the top 1. so we need to maintain that top 1% of brits in this country and attacked and attract the disproportionate number of foreigners who are wealth creators as well. >> and briefly , is the answer >> and briefly, is the answer for the conservatives just to

become conservative again? it seems like you all agree on the things on net zero. it seems like a uni party, open borders. we effectively have that now. is it enough to say it'll be worse than the labour party? >> of course we want a conservative government, but and that's why we are campaigning and that's why we will fight to the very last minute . but what the very last minute. but what i would say to you is even a conservative government sometimes after a once in a lifetime pandemic, which closed the economy down for a year and a half , has to the economy down for a year and a half, has to has had to be increased taxation. but watch out for the spring budget. we've had many discussions with jeremy hunt and we're very , very hunt and we're very, very hopeful will be now in a hopeful that he will be now in a position to finally start reducing taxation to help businesses and to help individuals. >> okay , daniel kawczynski, >> okay, daniel kawczynski, thank you for joining >> okay, daniel kawczynski, thank you forjoining me in thank you for joining me in studio. people live in hope and i admire your optimism. thank you very much for joining us i admire your optimism. thank you very much forjoining us in the studio over this festive period. now there's lots more still and still to come between now and 4:00. the uk has been hailed as a world leader tackling

a world leader in tackling climate is that climate change, but is that really a victory to be celebrated or is it time to stop the destructive march towards net zero? lowest perry is ready and raring to tackle that surely . first, latest news . but first, your latest news headunes . but first, your latest news headlines with aaron armstrong . headlines with aaron armstrong. >> it's 331. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. let's begin with some breaking news. far fighters are battling a blaze at blackpool tower. a footage on social media shows a fire spreading through the top of the iconic landmark , which has been iconic landmark, which has been evacuated . the metal section evacuated. the metal section police are also at the scene. people have been told to stay away from the area it's developing , of course, so we'll developing, of course, so we'll bnng developing, of course, so we'll bring you more as soon as we get it here news rishi sunak it here on gb news rishi sunak is being urged to convene an emergency cobra meeting to deal with the aftermath of storm gareth. the lib dems say hundreds of people in greater manchester have been thrown into chaos suspected chaos following a suspected tornado, damaged around tornado, which damaged around 100 properties in stalybridge .

100 properties in stalybridge. police have declared major police have declared a major incident after were ripped incident after roofs were ripped from houses and many residents were forced to leave their homes. no injuries though , have homes. no injuries though, have been meanwhile been reported. meanwhile hundreds homes scotland hundreds of homes in scotland remain power after the remain without power after the storm damaged the network's electricity provider have warned some customers could be without supply into friday. the bad weather is also continuing to disrupt travel, with some roads in scotland closed. multiple rail services have been cancelled or delayed . two men cancelled or delayed. two men are still being questioned after are still being questioned after a car crashed into a crowd, killing a 46 year old man in sheffield yesterday. a cordon has been in place but that has just been lifted where several other people were also injured , other people were also injured, with one person in a serious condition in hospital. emergency services were called to the scene following reports of violence and disorder around 2:00 yesterday afternoon . a 23 2:00 yesterday afternoon. a 23 year old was arrested on suspicion of murder. a 55 year old on suspicion of attempted murder and allowing more criminals to avoid jail

sentences could help cut crime and ease pressure on prisons. that's according to a house of lords committee, which says overcrowding has reached crisis point and ministers should make better community better use of community sentences . the peers say while sentences. the peers say while prison terms sometimes prison terms are sometimes necessary, jail sentences necessary, short jail sentences are providing a university education in crime and we'll have more .atthe top of th e next have more .at the top of the next houh have more .at the top of the next hour. or there's more right now on our website, gbnews.com . on our website, gbnews.com. >> thank you. aaron now, new figures recorded by many of the uk's largest police forces show the number of anti—semitic hate crimes have jumped sharply following the outbreak of the hamas—israel conflict on october the 7th. just yesterday , the 7th. just yesterday, stamford hill's jewish community was rocked by an alleged racist attack and anti—semitic graffiti was scrawled on a bus stop and

pro—palestinian protesters disrupted boxing day sales in london, forcing shops to close whilst the north of the capital has seen a series of anti—semitic incidents over the past few weeks as well. joining us now to discuss this is the chairman of the national jewish association, gary mond . gary, association, gary mond. gary, thank you so much for joining association, gary mond. gary, thank you so much forjoining us on the show. hope you're having a lovely festive period . we've a lovely festive period. we've seen a boom in anti—semitism since the war broke out in gaza , since the war broke out in gaza, 1,350% in london. then the following two weeks showing no signs of this going away. can you tell us how concerned and the jewish community are by this? >> i think the jewish community has become very fearful since october 7, since we started to see a spike in jew hating incidents . and by the way, incidents. and by the way, i call them jew hating rather than pro—palestinian, because that's what they actually are. if people were actually supporting

the palestinians , they would the palestinians, they would have demonstrated when tens of thousands were massacred thousands of them were massacred by al—assad's regime by bashar al—assad's regime in syria. it's only now syria. but no, it's only now that they're demonstrating and they are essentially jew haters and yes, there's tremendous concern the jewish community concern in the jewish community in at present. in the uk at present. >> and gary is a part of this feeling. there was a poll recently saying that like 60% of the jewish community in britain don't feel that the police are on their side. we've seen two tier policing at protests where the palestinian mob are allowed to pretty much do what they want, and yet a gentleman with an israeli flag at trafalgar square was told to remove it and is that part of the problem? you don't feel that the police have got the back of the jewish community? i think that the police are perceived as doing their best, but there is certainly an element of a feeling of that. >> they're not actually doing as much as they could do, and one has to question whether they've got the resources they need to do everything. some jews in the

jewish community certainly feel there's an element of bias that they're taking action against they're taking action against the pro—israeli demonstrators and taking far less action against the jew hating elements. indeed there was an incident some weeks ago when a group of pro—israel christians wanted to hold a march and were essentially discouraged from doing so by the police , and it doing so by the police, and it had to be rescheduled . had to be rescheduled. >> and gary, there's also been alarming incidents of the jewish community saying they have lost faith in the media, particularly the bbc, who seem to be quite. for example, they weren't happy about calling hamas terrorists and it took quite a lot of provocation for them to get around to that. and yet they always seem to take a pro—hamas viewpoint on things like hospital bombings. is that part of the problem? there's a mindset that pervades the media, which seems anti—semitic . which seems anti—semitic. >> it most definitely is part of the problem. the bbc is not seen to be supportive of israel at

all. it never has been . this is all. it never has been. this is not new, but it's been accelerated during the period . accelerated during the period. since the 7th of october. my organisation , the national organisation, the national jewish assembly, organised a demonstration outside the bbc protesting against their bias and protesting against their refusal to actually identify hamas as terrorists, which the government themselves did identify them. in 2021 and designated them a terrorist organisation. and gary, however , organisation. and gary, however, unprepared to do so. >> and gary, what's been particularly concerning and heartbreaking for anybody looking on, let alone the jewish community, see our stories of jewish children too afraid to wear the insignia on their blazers to go to school of schools themselves being targeted by vandalism. this is the next level to target children seems utterly abhorrent , and it is utterly abhorrent, as you say. >> but it's all part and parcel of the same thing . i don't know of the same thing. i don't know whether the police have sufficient powers to take

action. we saw also the incident in east london when there was a demonstration led by, um, what allegedly pro—palestinians outside a school because a, um, a palestinian child had been actually wearing political insignia and calling for free palestine . and that is something palestine. and that is something that the police have been trying to crack down on and need to crack down on much more effectively. and if they haven't got the powers to do so, then legislation needs to be changed to make sure they do have the powers to do so. and it's irrelevant whether it's a conservative a conservative government or a labour in labour government in this matter. jewish population matter. if the jewish population wants feel comfortable living wants to feel comfortable living in we need to see in this country, we need to see action taken. the police need to take action. and if say take action. and if they say they can't take action for various reasons , then they various legal reasons, then they need given the legal need to be given the legal powers to do so and protect the jewish community. >> okay, gary eamonn, chairman of the national jewish association, you much of the national jewish assjoiningl, you much of the national jewish assjoining us you much of the national jewish assjoining us from you much of the national jewish assjoining us from new much of the national jewish assjoining us from new york. uch for joining us from new york. and i wish a peaceful 2024.

and i wish you a peaceful 2024. now, coming up, as damning research shows , hospital car research shows, hospital car parking fees have sky rocketed by an astonishing 50, is it fair to rip off hospital patients going for treatment or to visit their sick relatives? is it a price worth paying to fund the nhs? will former lib dem mep and home office minister norman baker weighs in? live next. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

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>> britain's new. channel. >> britain's new. channel. >> welcome back. it's 344. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now new analysis by the lib dems shows hospital car parking fees have risen by a staggering 50, with patients and visitors now forking out a whopping £146 million to park their motors at hospitals last year. million to park their motors at hospitals last year . the royal hospitals last year. the royal college of nursing is warning the government and the nhs the nhs must rethink, saying the soaring costs are leaving nursing staff out of pocket, calling it wholly unfair. and who could argue with that? well, let's discuss this now with former lib dem minister norman bakeh former lib dem minister norman baker, who joins us on the line. norman always a pleasure. thanks for joining us over the festive period, lib dems clever bit of press here. did a bit of digging around £146 million on car parking fees , a massive 50% rise parking fees, a massive 50% rise in just 12 months. it seems.

bang out of . order. bang out of. order. >> well, martin, it's not simply a 50% rise over the last year. >> it's three times what it was in 2021. and that's for, um, visitors and patients who go into hospital, use hospital car parks. we don't know whether or not they, um, have got arrangements in the park in a car park where they pay in advance or whether they pay on exit, if they pay in advance, then they have going out then they have to keep going out to feed the metre or risk getting a ticket. so the getting a parking ticket. so the situation is deeply unpleasant and unhelpful. um, and as far as staff are concerned, the staff actually paid £5.6 million in 2021. there's nurses and hospital staff , and that's gone hospital staff, and that's gone to 46.7 million, a nine times increase in a year. and the conservatives of course, promised to end have a crackdown on unfair hospital charges. looks like they've put petrol on the flames. >> okay , norman, where i think

>> okay, norman, where i think we may start to diverge in our opinions here, is that you've called this a tax on caring. the tories have been accused of imposing these taxes, whereas you and i both know, in actual fact, nhs trusts sublet out their car parking to private companies, often for hundreds of thousands of pounds for the privilege of the contracts alone. this isn't the tories that are doing this . this is nhs that are doing this. this is nhs trusts. so perhaps your chagrin should be with them . should be with them. >> well, the thing about car parking charges generally is that car parking charges, um, if you're in a town centre, can, in theory be avoided because you can get a bus or a train into the town centre or a tram to many hospitals in this country are nowhere near public transport. i'm thinking of, are nowhere near public transport. i'm thinking of , for transport. i'm thinking of, for example, the princess royal in haywards heath, near where i am. you can only get there by private transport, so effectively you are compelling people, both patients and those who work in the nhs, to use a

car park, and then you're charging them what to charging them what you want to pay charging them what you want to pay it and that's not pay for it and that's not satisfactory . satisfactory. >> i totally agree that the war on the motorist is a part of this, particularly if you're disabled or infirm, disabled or elderly or infirm, or even if you mrs. is pregnant . or even if you mrs. is pregnant. you know, let's face it, you want door to door service and a car is a part of that. but aside from the broader war on motorists, how do we sort this out? because if nhs trusts are trying money of trying to make money out of every have presumed every asset they have presumed to be selling off their car parking contracts is just the part of it. so how do we try and get a grip on that situation? norman >> well , look, we have to have >> well, look, we have to have an arrangement in society whereby you encourage use of pubuc whereby you encourage use of public transport. i think that's right. i've always believed in that. and you can do that where there is a public transport alternative and therefore there's a legitimate case as to whether or not car parking charges and say middle of charges and say the middle of brighton be quite high or brighton should be quite high or they shouldn't be because people can they've can do something else, they've got service got a brilliant bus service locally here and brilliant

locally here and a brilliant train but but i come train service, but but i come back to the point martin hospital are often situated on greenfield sites. a long way from population centres, and there's no public transport access. there's no public transport access . so you're effectively access. so you're effectively caning people who've got no alternative. that's what i object to on this. yeah >> norman baker, i wholeheartedly agree . thanks for wholeheartedly agree. thanks for joining us on the show. it's always a pleasure. fantastic to always a pleasure. fantastic to a liberal here, a liberal democrat sticking up for motorists isn't it. but i do think that their beef shouldn't be with the conservative but with trust. let's face with the nhs trust. let's face it, making money it, they're just making money out their car parks and out of their car parks and selling off the contracts. and those private companies are boshing the punter by passing those costs on, they should go to trusts , not with to war with the trusts, not with the that's just my the tories. that's just my opinion . moving on the uk opinion. moving on now, the uk has been hailed as a world leader in tackling climate change. hurrah after we became the first country in the g20 to halve its carbon emissions, according to the data updated last month, uk emissions from fossil energy production were

319 million tonnes in 2022, down from 660 million tonnes in 1971. so how does a world leader in tackling climate change really need to press on with their destructive plan towards net zero? well, the director of cop26, lois perry, joins me now in the studio to discuss this. thank you for joining in the studio to discuss this. thank you forjoining us in the thank you for joining us in the studio . now, it's one of those studio. now, it's one of those things that politicians are are over the moon about the fact that we're cutting our emissions. but one thing we hear all the time is, of course, that that the consumer, on that impacts on the consumer, on the customer , and generally the customer, and that generally lowest higher bills. lowest means higher bills. >> it does mean higher >> well, it does mean higher bills. >> and during the second world war, of the war, or the purpose of the second world war, the fuhrer wanted two things for britain. he annihilation of he wanted the annihilation of our industry. so the de—industrialized nation of the uk and the complete annihilation of our empire. uk and the complete annihilation of our empire . the net zero of our empire. the net zero fanatics have succeeded with us in terms of deindustrialisation where he failed. and isn't it?

isn't there an irony, martin, in the globalists being anti our empire? you know, there is definitely a but this is this is a war on the working class. in fact, this is a war on every class, even the middle class primrose hill and notting hill people will suddenly realise they can't go anywhere where they're not allowed to drive their heating bills are too expensive even for them in their inherited homes. you know, this is really, really, really is a race to the bottom. there's a reason why the other countries aren't doing it, martin. it's because it's a load of nonsense, unnecessary and part of these figures, of course, is that we offshore our production . offshore our production. >> china makes all of our stuff. we don't have an industrial base anymore. they make our steel increasingly concrete . we're increasingly our concrete. we're importing gas , we're importing importing gas, we're importing oil, we're importing things we could be self—sufficient in sending it elsewhere. and yet we don't have any political party challenging this. it seems to be like a new religion. >> it is a new religion . it is like a new religion. >> it is a new religion. it is a cult. unfortunately it's a cult

that has captured all of our leaders all at the same time. and, you know, as you say, we're just it's like having it's like having a baby and getting a nanny to look after it. there's no problem with doing that. but the baby's still being looked after , you know, we're just after, you know, we're just sending it elsewhere . and this sending it elsewhere. and this is it's really , i think slightly is it's really, i think slightly more insidious though, because as if every time our , uh, co2 as if every time our, uh, co2 emissions are lower , it means emissions are lower, it means that our growth is lower , our that our growth is lower, our industry is lower, our productivity is lower. it's directly proportional unit. and as you say, it's just going elsewhere, which means less tax revenues for us, more expense of bills. our source sitting at home looking at screens. oh, and you're not allowed to go anywhere either, because your cars apparently polluting. what a load of rubbish . a load of rubbish. >> a lot of people, though, lois would clean air is a would say clean air is a desirable thing. having less emissions is a desirable thing. we don't want to go back to the 19705 we don't want to go back to the 1970s and be burning coal and being the dirty old man of europe , do europe, do we? >> well, actually, are >> well, actually, we are importing thing. are

importing thing. we are importing thing. we are importing gas across the oceans in on ships, using diesel from into drax and then burning it. you know, we're importing gas, we're importing wood chips, which we're making into electricity , the purest and electricity, the purest and cleanest form of energy is to get it out of the ground and actually utilise it from its primary source. if you turn it into electricity first, you are burning more co2. if you import it on ships across the atlantic ocean, you're using diesel, you are using burning. you know you're creating more co2 . the you're creating more co2. the jury you're creating more co2. the jury is very much out on co2 being an issue or not. but even if you believe that co2 is a problem, you should be supporting fracking. you should be supporting clean coal . you be supporting clean coal. you shouldn't be using ridiculous wind power, which only benefits people who probably made nice healthy donations to whatever political party is in at the time . you know, which doesn't, time. you know, which doesn't, which increase the cost which actually increase the cost of our electricity and energy by eight times. they pay eight times less in america for than us. but i think , you know, and i

us. but i think, you know, and i can be called a conspiracy theorist. this is deliberate. that there is a plan. it doesn't reduce , as you say, the amount reduce, as you say, the amount of co2 emissions in the world. what's the point ? apart from, what's the point? apart from, you know, making our country penniless and not great sea , penniless and not great sea, they're winning. when the fuhrer didn't. >> yeah, but but a lot of people say that climate change is happening, and the climate's always changed. but. but man made climate change is a factor. so i just want to put the point across again. going back to the 19705 across again. going back to the 1970s of being dirty and burning coal, that's not where we should be going. >> no. absolutely not. but technology has come on a million fold since then and actually ice vehicles, internal combustion engine vehicles, modern ones are much less emissions than electric cars because the electric cars because the electric cars because the electric cars you can't recycle them. they only last as long as them. they only last as long as the battery, which isn't that long. and, you know, they're heavier. you have particles heavier. so you have particles from the tires, which is actually the biggest pollutant that actually people. that actually affects people. you , and who can afford you know, and who can afford them . so nobody i mean, oh , you

them. so nobody i mean, oh, you know, the people that poodle around , you know, that most of around, you know, that most of the have electric the people that have electric cars have another proper car when into the when they're going into the countryside to their other house at weekend. load of rubbish. >> okay, lois, perry, i think we know where your opinion lies on this. lois perry, director of cop26 thank forjoining us cop26, thank you for joining us for debate. well, lots for a lively debate. well, lots of you have been getting in touch thoughts about touch with your thoughts about voting for the election. voting for the next election. just the just get in touch after the break. we'll be back right after this. i'm martin daubney on . gb news. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. good afternoon. on. gb news. good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update from the met office. we'll see a cold wind developing across the far north of scotland through tonight and into friday, and a continued risk of some quite blustery showers. those blustery showers have brought mainly this have been brought mainly by this weather been weather front that's been pushing through the pushing eastwards through the day , and that bring a more

day, and that will bring a more persistent area of heavy rain into southern counties of into more southern counties of england, to parts of kent and sussex through few sussex through the next few hours, behind that, though, it should clearer and drier. should turn clearer and drier. however, in the far north we'll continue to see some really heavy and blustery showers. these falling as and these falling as sleet and snow across the high ground of scotland. but as that cold northerly wind develops through tonight, we'll see some snow to lower of northeastern lower levels of northeastern areas of scotland. but for many of us it will be a windy night, so temperatures will be held up . so temperatures will be held up. that air sink a little that cold air does sink a little bit southwards through bit further southwards through the of friday, we'll the course of friday, and we'll see showers pushing in from the west once again. the winds will be a little bit lighter, but across coastal areas it will probably still feel quite windy. however, in the east, with the best of any sunshine, particularly through the morning, it'll be a bit more of a start to the day, so a pleasant start to the day, so not bad time to be getting out not a bad time to be getting out and about . however, will be a and about. however, it will be a little bit colder than today. now on saturday we're looking like we're going to see some more unsettled weather. wet and

windy weather moving in for the bulk the uk. so it's worth bulk of the uk. so it's worth keeping up to with the keeping up to date with the details one. from details on that one. but from sunday into monday see sunday and into monday we'll see more weather as more settled weather arriving as well as temperatures starting to drop . you later. drop a little. see you later. >> looks like things are heating up . up. >> boxt boilers spot answers of weather on gb news .

news. good afternoon. >> it's 4:00. i'm martin daubney welcome to the show on gb news. i'm keeping you company for the next two hours. we've got a cracking show ahead to keep you company during your festive cracking show ahead to keep you compartoering your festive cracking show ahead to keep you compartop storyyour festive cracking show ahead to keep you compartop story can festive cracking show ahead to keep you compartop story can the ive cracking show ahead to keep you compartop story can the tories period. top story can the tories turn the tide? with most pollsters having keir starmer as a shoo in for our next prime minister can the tories pull a rabbit out of the hat by finally getting tough on immigration and generous on taxation? do you believe in miracles at christmas , or is it too late? can the tories pull a victory from the jaws of defeat? next story. now the crown has finished. the next historical figure to get the treatment on netflix is maggie thatcher. but the big question is this with criticisms of netflix going woke will they do the iron lady justice? or will they set out to destroy her legacy? and more to the point

what would thatcher do about the mess the tories are in today ? mess the tories are in today? we'll speak to somebody from the maggie thatcher fan foundation for inside skinny on that for the inside skinny on that one, and here we go again. wouldn't you know it, a trans gay black doctor who trans pronouns for aliens, mastectomy surgery on the bbc and gary flaming lineker. surgery on the bbc and gary flaming lineker . a new study flaming lineker. a new study proves what we've suspected all along. the bbc is feeding us a constant diary of woke drivel, including weekly articles about the slave trade, all of that coming in the next hour. the slave trade, all of that coming in the next hour . can the coming in the next hour. can the tories turn it around now? the starting gun for the next general election has been fired march the 6th. will there be a may election, or is that too soon? why would turkeys vote for christmas ? will it go full time?

christmas? will it go full time? can they even turn it around in the first place? let me know what you think about the state of the conservative party. it's amazing they had an 80 amazing to think they had an 80 seat majority and now they're facing of facing down the barrel of wipe—out . let me know. wipe—out. let me know. vaiews@gbnews.com. all of that coming in an action packed hour. first, your latest news headunes first, your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> martin. thank you and good afternoon to you. let's update you first on the latest from lancashire where in blackpool fire and rescue teams are continuing to tackle a blaze at blackpool tower. >> let's show you footage on social media. >> if you're watching on television showing those flames spreading through the top of the iconic tourist attraction, which has been evacuated, we know lancashire fire and rescue service is saying six fire engines are at the scene there on the promenade, along with drones working with them and a specialist climbing team

assisting those fire crews. >> police also on the scene and people have been told to stay away. we'll keep you up to date on that story. of course, as more detail comes to us now . in more detail comes to us now. in other news today, rishi sunak is being urged to convene an emergency cobra meeting to deal with the aftermath of storm garrett, the liberal democrats say hundreds of people in greater manchester have been thrown into chaos following a suspected tornado, which damaged around 100 properties in stalybridge . police declared a stalybridge. police declared a major incident after roofs were pred major incident after roofs were ripped from houses, with many residents being forced to leave their homes . residents being forced to leave their homes. no injuries reported though, so far, one home owner, gareth moody, told gb news the moment his house was hit by high winds. >> her youngest son in the front bedroom, he was sat under his cabin bed when the ceiling came through , so the better saved his through, so the better saved his life and my, uh, my other son at the back, he was on a computer at the chimney stack from the neighbour's house has come through our bathroom. decimated

that, uh, and it's literally through our bathroom. decimated that, thimd it's literally through our bathroom. decimated that, thim by's literally through our bathroom. decimated that, thim by inches. lly through our bathroom. decimated that, thim by inches. and he's missed him by inches. and he's lucky be alive . lucky to be alive. >> well, further north, thousands of homes are still without power in highlands of scotland. strong winds and heavy snow damaged the electricity network there yesterday . travel network there yesterday. travel has also been disrupted , with has also been disrupted, with rail services suspended or cancelled and roads closed because of the weather. now way from the weather, there are calls to reduce jail sentences to help ease pressure on britain's prisons. a house of lords committee says overcrowding has reached crisis point and ministers are now being urged to make better use of community sentences . peers of community sentences. peers say short prison terms are providing a university education in crime. former met police detective peter bleksley says the proposals just won't work if criminals turn up to take part in these sentences, be it graffiti removal, litter picking or something a bit more useful and creative, and what they do

is they turn up late, they don't turn up at all. >> they are in greater numbers than those people running the courses. and they quite frankly intimidate them. and they say , intimidate them. and they say, i'm here. you put a tick against my name and i'm off and if those kind of things are not challenged , then these community challenged, then these community sentences , whilst looking good sentences, whilst looking good on paper in practice, are just a complete waste of time. >> peter bleksley three quarters of britain's fastest growing fraud is committed exclusively from overseas figures are showing more than 400,000 advance fee offences were committed in 22 to 23. that's when fraudsters promise a large sum of money to victims in return for a small upfront fee. it's almost seven fold up since before the pandemic . last month, before the pandemic. last month, the government did announce a new online fraud charter to combat internet scams, but the shadow attorney general, emily thornberry, says international gangs are feasting on britain. >> we lose the equivalent of the

amount of money we spend on the national health service and another quarter when it comes to fraud. massive fraud. so it's a massive problem. 40% of crime at the moment is fraud , and it's moment is fraud, and it's expanding because nobody ever gets caught. and three quarters of it comes from abroad . and of it comes from abroad. and people just the government just shrugs its shoulders and says, there's that be done there's nothing that can be done over the counter. >> cash withdrawals from the post office hit an all time high on the last friday before christmas. more than £62 million was withdrawn on the 22nd of december, beating the previous record by more than £10 million pounds. the last friday before christmas was also the busiest day of the year for atm withdrawals , as around £460 withdrawals, as around £460 million was taken out. perhaps as presents commemorate coins celebrating sir winston churchill. buckingham palace and the rnli will be launched next yeah the rnli will be launched next year. they're among five new designs unveiled by the royal mint celebrating key

anniversaries with a £5 coin for buckingham palace . the annual buckingham palace. the annual set will also celebrate future events like the 2024 paris olympics and paralympic games. and if you're watching on tv, take a look at this. police in texas resorting to extreme measures to apprehend a driver who wouldn't stop or get out of his lorry. let me describe for you, if you're listening on radio, that a team used radio, that a swat team used specialist tire to bring specialist tire spikes to bring a motorway pursuit of a lorry and cars to an end before breaking through the cabin of the armoured breaking through the cabin of the ram armoured breaking through the cabin of the ram . armoured breaking through the cabin of the ram . gasmoured breaking through the cabin of the ram . gas canisters battering ram. gas canisters then deployed and a police dog to subdue the driver. unclear what started the chase. police say the driver was acting erratically and only in texas . erratically and only in texas. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker. this is britain's news channel . this is britain's news channel. >> thank you paulie. now 2024

with one of the biggest election years in living memory, with elections here in the uk over in the usa and india among others, and with a date now set for the budget, the 6th of march special session is rife about a spring election in britain. so which party will lead the country for the next five years? our political correspondents katherine forster takes a look ahead to what to expect in the uk this time next year. >> who will be living in number 10? rishi sunak or sir keir starmer ? after 13 years of the starmer? after 13 years of the tories , is it finally time for tories, is it finally time for a change? we don't have a crystal ball, of course, but we do know that there will be a general election next year. the conservatives could have dragged it out till the end of january 2025, but last week the prime minister ruled that out . rishi minister ruled that out. rishi sunak thought he could turn the government's fortunes around. but the conservatives are still languishing. 20 points behind labourin languishing. 20 points behind labour in the polls. here's

pollster joe twyman. >> rishi sunak is behind keir starmer and by some distance, when it comes to the question of who is the better leader, and, crucially, when it comes to the question of which party is best to deal with the economy will be the most important issue going into the election next year . we into the election next year. we see that labour have held a lead of around about sort of 10 to 15 points now , consistently for points now, consistently for months and months . months and months. >> sir keir starmer says labour are ready. >> i've had my whole team on a general election footing for some time now. um, i think that given the complete state of failure now in the country, there's a real sense that everything is broken , nothing is everything is broken, nothing is working that the sooner that election comes, the better . election comes, the better. >> plenty of conservative mps think the next election is already lost. but formerjustice already lost. but former justice secretary sir robert buckland is more hopeful. >> i think that things will narrow. i think people will start increasingly to ask questions of this labour

opposition and realise that, like the emperor , they have no like the emperor, they have no clothes, they're not ready for government, they're not fit for government. the prime government. if the prime minister the chancellor minister and the chancellor carry right track, carry on in the right track, reducing inflation, dealing with the living , helping to the cost of living, helping to grow , then i think grow our economy, then i think the british public will say we want that, please. want more of that, please. >> despite the polls, joe >> and despite the polls, joe twyman says labour face a huge task to win . task to win. >> they need to gain 124 seats. it's estimated , at the next it's estimated, at the next election in order to get a majority of just two. the only person who's ever achieved larger gains than that was tony blair in 1997. >> so when are we likely to go to the polls? may or next autumn. >> so i think that the most likely option is probably early october or november time, perhaps late november. so as not to clash with the us presidential election at the start of that month. but we can't rule out may either. ultimately, we don't know . ultimately, we don't know. neither does rishi sunak. the usa will elect its next president on november the 5th. >> whether that's biden, trump

or someone else. we'll look sedate in comparison . but what sedate in comparison. but what issues will dominate the election here? immigration legal and illegal? the nhs crime. here's twyman again . here's twyman again. >> and it's rare that simply one subject dominates the election. but if you ask people what's the most important issue facing them and their family, or indeed , and their family, or indeed, what's the most important issue facing the country? the cost of living comes top. and by some distance, rishi sunak hopes that with inflation down and tax cuts coming, people will start to feel better off next year. >> he hopes . two for flights to >> he hopes. two for flights to rwanda . we don't know what 2024 rwanda. we don't know what 2024 will bring, but we do know that on one day we, the british public, will get to choose who runs the country. katherine forster gb news. >> well, the starter's gun as fired and they're away. it's going to be a general election coming soon. i'm joined now by the former conservative adviser, claire pearsall to discuss this lovely tinsel behind there, lovely tinsel behind you there, clare. festive touch. i

clare. nice festive touch. i appreciate that , but will there appreciate that, but will there be any tinsel on the tory offering ? because a lot of offering? because a lot of people are now saying this is effectively a shoo in for storm and astonishing position to think about it. claire, 2019 and 80 seats majority . but do you 80 seats majority. but do you still believe in miracles , still believe in miracles, particularly at christmas ? could particularly at christmas? could the tories still turn it around? and if so, how now? >> you always have to have hope, martin. and that's one of the things in politics that things change so incredibly quickly . change so incredibly quickly. >> and i think that labour really do have a battle ahead of themselves to prove that they are competent with the economy. >> they need to look strong on immigration, which at the moment they're flip flopping around on whatever their policy might be at moment. at that moment. >> for the conservatives to >> so for the conservatives to come back stronger in 2024, they need to come together as a party, stop the infighting and look at the economy, look what they can do, because conservatives do well when they are in charge of the economy and they have some strong plans to

take it forward. >> so let's see. >>— >> so let's see. >> hopefully chancellor has >> hopefully the chancellor has some for us at the some good news for us at the beginning tax beginning of march, because tax cuts that cuts would really give that boost to the country that we need. yeah >> and 2% national insurance feels like thin gruel against a backdrop of soaring inflation and the cost of living crisis. 745,000 legal migration feels like open borders to many people . when the tories promised to take back control and in particular on taxation . claire, particular on taxation. claire, a lot of people feel after 24 straight tax rises we voted for bofis straight tax rises we voted for boris but we got corbyn. surely the tories have to pull a major rabbit out of the hat now. it surely do or die time. >> they absolutely do and it's all very well to look at inheritance tax. but that doesn't affect that many people for percent. but you need to look at things that would help individuals get on the housing laddeh >> and i think looking at stamp duty would be a real vote winner. it would be for winner. it would be great for the economy, great for younger

people the housing people getting onto the housing ladder moving, ladder and get that moving, but also income to also just cutting income tax to put more money back the put more money back into the pocket, which will help boost the economy. >> people will have little bit >> people will have a little bit more security and they have more security and they will have a easier time affording a much easier time affording just the basic choice in life. >> i'm not even talking about luxuries and that will make it better. he really does have better. so he really does have to tax cuts out of to pull these tax cuts out of the hat. >> on the 6th of march. >> on the 6th of march. >> and i don't see there's any other way forward. >> anything >> you cannot raise anything else . else. >> i g i think else. >> i think that inheritance >> and i think that inheritance tax such in the water idea. >> he needs to be a lot more progressive than that. >> and claire quickly, if we could um, people are now talking about a spring election because of course, if we go from , um, a of course, if we go from, um, a positive tax break spring budget to a local election cycle in may and the tories do badly, they'll lose most momentum. is that your feeling or do you think this might go full turn? we've got an election in america in november. will the tories nip in before that? think i think may that? do you think i think may looks to be the strongest time

to have an election because as you've just said, we have a set of local elections up. of local elections coming up. >> foolish to endure >> it would be foolish to endure the losses that we saw last year at local elections . carry on at local elections. carry on those people. you need to be out there supporting and putting leaflets through doors and knocking on doors and being generally out there putting the message around and they're not going feel going to do that if they feel let down. so i think with the budget being set for the beginning march, gives beginning of march, it gives a couple really ahead of beginning of march, it gives a cotelection really ahead of beginning of march, it gives a cotelection to really ahead of beginning of march, it gives a cotelection to say, 'eally ahead of beginning of march, it gives a cotelection to say, comeahead of beginning of march, it gives a cotelection to say, come on,ad of an election to say, come on, this party that we are. this is the party that we are. and if you leave it any longer, you better weather, you do risk, the better weather, more boat crossings. if you have got no plans to sort that, then i you're much more i think you're in much more dangerous so i think dangerous territory. so i think may slightly more may seem slightly more advantageous in advantageous to the party in power at the moment. >> claire pearsall, thank >> okay, claire pearsall, thank you for your with added you for your opinion with added tinsel. very much appreciated. enjoy the rest of your festive penod. enjoy the rest of your festive period . now moving on. the nhs period. now moving on. the nhs could be set for more strike chaos in the new year after the royal college of nursing warned the, quote revolution they believe is needed, failed to

materialise. pat cullen the unions militant general secretary, said this year's walkouts only led to modest progress in pay and staffing levels and more action is needed. and, she added 2024 is a general election year and every party will be challenged by the rcn to demonstrate clear vision and hard cash for nursing. the nhs and social care . let's make nhs and social care. let's make sure we again push ministers further than they want to nhs england said. a whopping 1.2 million appointments had been axed due to industrial action since last december , and nurses since last december, and nurses actually accept . a 5% pay rise actually accept. a 5% pay rise earlier this year. well, to discuss this, i'm now joined in the studio by lovely nurse sarah jane palmer and sarah. interestingly, these strikes clearly they're pat cullen saying it's an election year. let s make ministers go further. this is becoming nakedly political . political. >> mhm. >> mhm. >> yeah it is. and i think it's

just unfair on the patients because clearly we've got 7.7 million on the waiting list . and million on the waiting list. and as you say so many appointments were axed due to strikes. i just don't think it's in the best interests of the patients to strike. morally wrong. strike. and morally it's wrong. >> people would agree >> a lot of people would agree with but of nurses , with that. but of course nurses, um, many would watching um, many would agree. watching this are underpaid, this show are underpaid, undervalued and deserve more. do you think we should go as far as outlawing strike action for nurses? i think so, yeah, to be honest, because they've done that with the army, haven't they? >> so why not with nurses? nurses are essential to the care of patients . you can't really of patients. you can't really make staffing safe if nurses go on strike. i mean, there was a us study that found that the mortality rate rose by 19% when nurses walked out and they had apparent safe staffing set in place. i think the so—called safe staffing is having the absolute skeleton bare minimum staffing, and they'd usually be agency nurses that don't even know the patients. so, um, yeah ,

know the patients. so, um, yeah, i think that it should be outlawed . i just don't think outlawed. i just don't think it's right to do that. >> but if you if you, um, think that way, how will you ever get a fair pay deal if you don't down tools and make them listen? presumably if you play along with, you know, being mrs. mr and mrs. nice guy, the government will just take advantage infinitum . advantage ad infinitum. >> mean that's a good point. >> i mean that's a good point. and but i also and that can happen. but i also think about nhs think it's about how the nhs itself structures its, its pay for all of its workers. i think there are too many band eight managers sitting, looking at spreadsheets and, and there are too many managers. i think if they reorganised things a bit, maybe they'd have more money to give to the nurses. and think give to the nurses. and i think maybe at the maybe they can look at the current pay scale the current pay the pay scale the way, the way that it's done and, and um, yeah, just reorganise things. they've got so many back office manager and things. so yeah , a lot of people i'm sure yeah, a lot of people i'm sure watching this will be crying out in agreement with you. >> they'd like to see more nurses the wards saying nurses on the wards saying they'd see coppers they'd like to see more coppers on beat pen

on the beat and less pen pushers. do you feel that that's a morale issue too, amongst the working nurses on wards, they feel there's just too much money being frittered away on top brass. yeah yeah, i think so. >> i think, yeah, a lot of nurses not only are they nurses feel not only are they underpaid, but there's low job satisfaction when there satisfaction when you see there are eights getting are so many band eights getting paid a of and then paid a lot of money. and then there are the nurses at the lowest end of band five are probably working the hardest out of everyone one. so i have true empathy with them and i think they . but think they deserve more. but i think strike action can't be the strike action just can't be the way get it because it's not way to get it because it's not safe. really in my opinion, even though they've said it is so and what more could be done, do you think in, in as far as attracting nursing, um, people to the profession in the first place, would you like to see free bursaries, particularly for the working classes, for the lower earners? absolutely. i think if the think i'm not sure if the bursary right now, but bursary system right now, but when did it, it was means when i did it, it was means tested. at one point. it was just a universal bursary. i think do just a universal bursary. i thi much do just a universal bursary. i thi much hard do just a universal bursary. i thi much hard work do just a universal bursary. i thi much hard work that do just a universal bursary. i thi much hard work that they) so much hard work that they should be for it. there's

should be paid for it. there's a drop rate from unis of drop out rate from unis of i don't know, i think it's about 50. as 50. when i, when i trained as a nurse, about 50% of my course dropped out. there's such a high dropped out. there's such a high drop rate. think that drop out rate. and i think that partly is because you're working basically for free in some cases, you're getting cases, or you're getting a bursary that's very so bursary that's very low. so there's there there's not much incentive there to actually go into the profession. i also think bullying is a massive issue and that's cost the nhs. um they found in 2019 that due to staff absenteeism , um, as a result of absenteeism, um, as a result of bullying , there was a cost to bullying, there was a cost to the taxpayer of 2.3 billion. and matt hancock had said that he would address the bullying issue in the nhs. but of course, then the pandemic happened got in the pandemic happened and got in the pandemic happened and got in the that. so i think the way of that. so i think there's a cultural issue not only caused by, know , the only caused by, you know, the pay only caused by, you know, the pay but it's actually the pay issue, but it's actually the morale of the staff caused by an issue with bullying among every grade of staff. and it's quite rife among the nurses in particular, from my experience. superb. >> well, thanks for joining us on the show today. sarah jane palmer. wonderful points. very, very well made . thanks to you.

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neil gardener, joins me live next to tell us what the great leader, the iron lady, would do in this situation to try and save the tories . in this situation to try and save the tories. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

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leashes on the bbc's woke obsession shortly. but before that, with netflix drama the crown set to finish this month , crown set to finish this month, fans might on the might be on the lookout to fill the void . the lookout to fill the void. and this major new biopic of margaret thatcher could be just the ticket. it's understood filming for the big budget series called thatcher and by the team behind poldark, is set to begin next year. once casting has taken place . thatcher was has taken place. thatcher was the first female uk prime minister of course, 1979 and 1990, overseeing the falklands war and holding a hard line dunng war and holding a hard line during the miners strikes, which my father took place in. both events, are sure to be shown in any new series . events, are sure to be shown in any new series. but events, are sure to be shown in any new series . but the events, are sure to be shown in any new series. but the big question is this what would maggie do with the mess we're in now ? well, let's now head to now? well, let's now head to washington and speak to foreign policy analysts and former aide to maggie thatcher herself, nigel gardiner. nigel, thank you so much forjoining us on the so much for joining us on the show. it's always a pleasure in

dark times, we always look to our legendary leaders for inspiration . what do you think inspiration. what do you think maggie thatcher would be doing right now with the state of the conservative party looking down the barrel of wipe—out ? uh the barrel of wipe—out? uh martin, thanks very much for having me on the show. >> uh, today and i was just actually in london a few days ago, uh, talking to many senior conservative figures. i have to say , the current state of say, the current state of affairs is very grim. uh, for the conservatives lives, uh, they have squandered a huge lead . and i think that the outlook looks incredibly bad. unless the conservative are willing to really return to thatcherite principles and policies. i think that's very hard. of course, for them to do that with, uh, rishi sunak as the, the prime minister, there is a lot of talk.i minister, there is a lot of talk. i think, of a of a leadership challenge , uh, to the leadership challenge, uh, to the pm ahead of the of the next pm even ahead of the of the next election . um, but i have to say, election. um, but i have to say, the outlook looks exceedingly

grim and this is the result, i think, of the conservative party really abandoning a lot of its core conservative, uh, principles and a failing to deal principles and a failing to deal, for example, with the large scale migration , uh, large scale migration, uh, crisis that that i think is being devastatingly bad for the conservatives is a failure to implement a, a, um, a low tax pro—growth strategy also, i think has been very damaging for the for the conservatives uh, also the pursuit of net zero, the this sort of extreme green agenda, i think is also undermined . and the undermined. and the conservatives significantly and a large number of conservative voters , i think, have abandoned voters, i think, have abandoned the party. they no longer recognise it. the conservative party has to return to conservative policies , conservative policies, principles, values , the very principles, values, the very ideas, of course, that margaret thatcher espoused. but i have to say , we don't really see that say, we don't really see that right now. uh, with the present leadership of the of the conservative party and the removal , i

conservative party and the removal, i think, of liz conservative party and the removal , i think, of liz truss removal, i think, of liz truss and earlier of boris johnson. uh, absolutely. uh, disaster , i uh, absolutely. uh, disaster, i think for the, for the conservatives. okay >> so if you think rishi is not the answer, who is the thatcher in waiting? is anybody out there that calibre that that could come to rescue of the come to the rescue of the conservative party >> i think most likely there's going to be a battle for the heart and soul of the party after the next election, whether that's in may or october or november. um, that is when i think you're going to see, uh , a think you're going to see, uh, a number of key figures on the right, uh, manoeuvring, uh, to lead the, the party. i do think that, uh, priti patel, uh, suella braverman , for example, suella braverman, for example, will be strong contenders to lead the conservative party i think kemi badenoch will also be another , uh, strong contender. another, uh, strong contender. you cannot rule out a potential return at some stage by boris johnson . uh, and after all, the johnson. uh, and after all, the ousting of boris johnson, i think really was the catalyst for the, the downfall of the conservatives that were seeing, uh, seeing right now. but i would say this , that the main

would say this, that the main thing the conservatives have going for them right now is the, the opposition , the labour the opposition, the labour party, i think would be absolutely disastrous , uh, for, absolutely disastrous, uh, for, for britain , uh, a socialist for britain, uh, a socialist takeover of , of uh, of the uk takeover of, of uh, of the uk would be, i think, a catastrophe . and i think that the best hope for the conservatives are that a lot of voters are going to have cold feet about voting for, uh , cold feet about voting for, uh, for the labour party, which remains a very left wing party. and i do fear for the future of brexit under labour. also though, they have no idea whatsoever for dealing with the migration crisis, it's going to get worse under labour. i suspect the economy going to suspect the economy is going to be a lot worse. uh, the labour party, i will run britain party, i think, will run britain into uh, i mean , no into the ground. uh, i mean, no doubt, of course, the conservatives eventually conservatives will eventually return they lose the return to power if they lose the next election. but you could have five years of a far left socialist , uh, have five years of a far left socialist, uh, rule. uh, that that i think would be extremely dangerous for britain's future. and so a lot of lot of voters, i

think, would be very nervous about putting labour back in power. uh, and i do think labour offers anything constructive whatsoever actually for the british people. okay nigel, um, you're talking, uh, words that a lot of people watching this will be nodding along vociferously with. >> would they be room in this reborn conservative party that was actually conservative? do you think for somebody like nigel farage? >> well, nigel farage, of course, is an extremely popular figure among, uh, conservative voters . uh, figure among, uh, conservative voters. uh, in figure among, uh, conservative voters . uh, in fact, he was at voters. uh, in fact, he was at the conservative party conference in manchester recently where he was treated like a superstar, actually. and so i do think he's a very popular figure. but there's no indication, i think, that nigel farage wants to go to the conservative, uh , party. conservative, uh, party. certainly not now anyway. but the reality is he is a hugely popular figure among conservative voters. and nigel farage, i think, represents in

many ways a more thatcherite approach than the current leadership of the conservative party. and that that , uh, uh, party. and that that, uh, uh, does say a great deal . party. and that that, uh, uh, does say a great deal. i think about the current leadership of the conservative party. they've they've lost their way . they they've lost their way. they there's no sense of direction. uh, farage certainly uh, nigel farage certainly understands what conservative voters , uh, believe in what they voters, uh, believe in what they want to hear. uh, and, and i think that, uh, you know, his messaging is actually a lot more popular , uh, than that of the, popular, uh, than that of the, uh, the prime minister >> rishi sunak and nigel finally and briefly, if we could, do you think that to reset the party back to its actual conservative roots and to get away with the wets, as some may call them, the net the pro—immigration net zero, the pro—immigration often those who don't seem that conservative, they seem more augned conservative, they seem more aligned to the liberal democrats. perhaps you think there be some necessary there might be some necessary pain in an election defeat to allow the party to rebuild? hopefully into something more conservative, bigger, stronger and better ? and better? >> yeah, i'm in no doubt. i

think the conservative party will rebuild itself, uh, post election and it will move to the right. i think you will see a another thatcherite revolution within the conservative party that that will be of great positive the conservatives positive for the conservatives at the same time, however, i do worry a great deal about the damage that labour will inflict upon the country in the 4 or 5 years that they would be in power. uh, and, and i think the damage that labour could inflict on the migration front , on the on the migration front, on the economic front, but also on the brexit uh, front, could be extremely dangerous for britain. uh, and let's not forget, the vast majority of labour mps hate brexit. uh, and you'll have a labour leadership that is fundamentally anti—brexit actually. and so there's no end to the damage that they could cause with regard to the brexit issue. so we have to be very, very cautious and careful about it. the course britain takes it. uh, the course britain takes in next few years, but there in the next few years, but there will conservative will be another conservative thatcherite revolution and the

conservative think that conservative party. i think that is inevitable. >> okay . now, gordon, thank you >> okay. now, gordon, thank you for the show. it's forjoining us on the show. it's always pleasure. former always a pleasure. former aide to thatcher herself to margaret thatcher herself dreaming future dreaming of a future conservative government. maybe with a spice, a hint of thatcherism . um, now there's thatcherism. um, now there's lots more still to come between now and aliens with now and 5:00. aliens with pronouns and colonial symbolism in an agatha christie adaptation. of course, it can only be a bbc take on the force feeding their viewers a diet of wokery. and that's the view of some campaigners and recent uk's jess gill unleashes on the woke bbc next. but first, your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> martin thank you. well, we start this update with some breaking . news and it is an breaking. news and it is an extraordinary update from lancashire. we now know that reports of a fire at blackpool tower were a false alarm in the last few minutes. lancashire police have confirmed that what was seen at the top of the tower

was seen at the top of the tower was orange netting. the top of blackpool tower is currently closed for renovation and difficult to access, but a police helicopter we understand, flew over the iconic landmark and police have now confirmed this was indeed a suspected fire that wasn't a fire, it was orange netting. one man has been arrested on suspicion of breach of the peace and is being transported into custody . transported into custody. another headline for you rishi sunakis another headline for you rishi sunak is being urged to convene an emergency cobra meeting to deal with the aftermath of storm garrett. the liberal democrats say hundreds of people in greater manchester have been thrown following thrown into chaos following a suspected tornado, which damaged around 100 properties. roofs were ripped from houses. residents were forced to leave their homes but no injuries were reported. meanwhile thousands of homes in scotland remain without power today after the storm damaged electricity networks. providers have been warning some customers could be without a power supply into friday. the bad weather also continues to

disrupt travel, with roads in scotland closed and multiple rail services have also been cancelled or delayed , and small cancelled or delayed, and small electrical goods could soon be collected from the pavement outside homes . the proposal is outside homes. the proposal is part of the government's plans to boost recycling and would be paid for by the manufacturers of items like toasters, hairdryers and kettles. retailers would also be obliged to pick up white goods when delivering replacements. 155,000 tonnes of small electrical goods are thrown away every year. the new scheme could be introduced by 2026. those are the headlines . 2026. those are the headlines. more on all those stories by heading to our website, gbnews.com . for stunning gold gbnews.com. for stunning gold and silver coins, you'll always value rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . a quick snapshot for you

report. a quick snapshot for you of today's markets. the pound buying you $1.2761 and ,1.1507 is the price of gold . is is the price of gold. is £1,627.11 an ounce, and the ftse 100, currently standing . at 7723 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> thank you polly. now campaigners say the bbc has breached its own impartiality rules whilst giving viewers a diet of woke bias. the new series of doctor who was slammed recently after this cringeworthy scene. >> i promise i can help him get home and then you'll never see me again. >> you're assuming he, as a pronoun true? >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> sorry. good point. are you he or she or they ? or she or they? >> my chosen pronoun is the definite article. i am always the me.

>> oh , i do that. >> oh, i do that. >> oh, i do that. >> give me strength. we're paying >> give me strength. we're paying for this. the bbc has also been criticised for linking colonialism with the new agatha christie thriller murder is easy. of course , and of course easy. of course, and of course gobby gary lineker has been making a mockery continually of their import reality rules, all flaming year. well host of reason uk jess gill joins me now. jess, welcome to the show. always a pleasure . in many ways always a pleasure. in many ways this this report confirming that we're being fed a constant diet of woke by the bbc is about as surprising as a report concludes that water is wet . that water is wet. >> i mean, it goes beyond impartiality. >> they're teaching opinions as fact. >> for example , with the doctor >> for example, with the doctor who thing, when they when they presented isaac newton as a person of colour , when and in person of colour, when and in fact, he was a white man , or for fact, he was a white man, or for example, with the horrible histories when they depicted , histories when they depicted, um, british history as not so

british history , saying that it british history, saying that it was more ethnically diverse for the sake of wokeness . the sake of wokeness. >> i think the bbc is putting forward, um, wokeness in exchange for sacrificing , um, exchange for sacrificing, um, entertaining . and that's why we entertaining. and that's why we see viewing figures plummet. the bbc is actively anti—british , bbc is actively anti—british, and to the british people, i just think they hate us. >> yeah . and their comedy , um, >> yeah. and their comedy, um, is about as funny as a prostate examination. have i got for news you? for example, have i got news for you? nobody watches it because all all they ever do is denigrate britain. and it's no surprise, jess, that the bbc news website is running at least an article every week about slavery that is quite shocking . slavery that is quite shocking. >> i mean, it's no surprise that there's an active demand to defund the bbc. personally, i've not watched the bbc in years. the memories i had with, like my grandma, for example, watching horrible histories, they've been completely ruined watching doctor who completely ruined

these staples of british these were staples of british culture, of british, um, entertainment. and now they've just been crushed by wokeness . just been crushed by wokeness. yes, there's no surprise that viewing figures have plummeted. and to anyone out there, i'd say get rid of your tv licence. it's an absolute waste of money. >> yeah. jess, um, the previous series of doctor who, which i watched with my kids, where we had the doctor as a time travelling feminist, crushing the patriarchy and unearthing system . historic racism on system. historic racism on behalf of the british public. where does this guff come from? is it is it people that go to bad universities , cities who are bad universities, cities who are taught bad ideas, who think it's then their mission to go out and re—educate and reprogramme the whole nation ? whole nation? >> think so, i think >> i think so, i think universities actually played a massive part of it. these university graduates who have just graduated, who don't have a real sense of the real world, and taught by their and they're taught by their university britain university lectures that britain is extremely racist, sexist , is an extremely racist, sexist, uh, transphobic country . and

uh, transphobic country. and then they go and produce media like this. they're depicting this false narrative based on what they've been taught in lessons, rather than seeing the actual beauty, the actual history and culture of britain. >> and jess , if we were to ask >> and jess, if we were to ask an alien their pronouns, do you think the first thing they'd do is probably just eviscerate the entire planet ? entire planet? >> absolutely . it's such >> yeah, absolutely. it's such it's such a joke. it's such a mockery of i don't even know. i think leftist would even be, like, shocked by this . it's so like, shocked by this. it's so silly . silly. >> do you think it's ever going to go away or. this is just now the mindset. it's the it's the it's the ethos of the entire organisation . we can complain organisation. we can complain all we like, but it's never, ever going to change. is it? >> i don't think so. i think it's only going to get worse. and i think it's just going to get more radical. going to get more radical. it's going to get more radical. it's going to get pro—trans. going get more pro—trans. it's going to anti—white. to get more anti—white. and the only stop it is to get only way to stop it is to get rid of your licence. we need rid of your tv licence. we need to bbc, because if to defund the bbc, because if netflix , as we've with netflix, as we've seen with netflix, as we've seen with netflix, go go broke , as netflix, go woke, go broke, as we've all these other we've seen with all these other organisations go

organisations like disney, go go broke , they need respond to broke, they need to respond to the because the bbc the market. but because the bbc is because the state is captured, because the state supports it, it's immune to that. and i think the only way forward is defunding the bbc. >> okay, well, strong words spoken there. the host of reason uk, jesse gill, thank you for joining us with your no nonsense opinions . joining us with your no nonsense opinions. now coming up with untold chaos on our railways. not enough to kerb soaring pnces not enough to kerb soaring prices renationalisation of prices is renationalisation of our rail network the only solution option? well, the former editor of the daily mirror, paul connew, has his say shortly. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

mornings from 930 on gb news whose ? whose? >> welcome back. it's 447. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news now those among us that use trains might find they spent a good percentage of this year suffering at the hands of the railway chaos. i certainly have from strikes working from home culture, the soaring cost of tickets , we can't keep track tickets, we can't keep track putting attended of the never ending line , no pun intended, of ending line, no pun intended, of issues . where's the peace of issues. where's the peace of mind to be able to travel from a to b? so today i'm asking an age old question, but one that seems more pertinent than ever. is it time to renationalise the railways to put them right ? railways to put them right? well, let's speak now to paul conway , the former editor of the conway, the former editor of the sunday mirror. this right sunday mirror. is this the right

solution ? paul solution? paul >> the public seemed to think so because the last opinion poll showed that 68% of the public favour renationalisation and that 78% of labour voters and 63% of conservative voters. >> so that seems to be a cross—party agreement there. >> i mean, i remember the days of national rail, national rail sandwiches were a byword. that was for prison food. they the trains never ran on time. they weren't exactly very, um, efficient. all timely then. so why would things be any different second time around? paul >> well, interestingly enough, it's always a joke, which which, if you like the private the privatisation sector about rotten sandwiches and that's probably true. but the railway research shows they ran more efficiently. >> they weren't they weren't as efficient as you would like, but but they ran more efficiently than they are running now. >> and the crazy thing about

about this event, martin, is the fact that in the last couple of years, we've had to nationalise or renationalise in effect four, and very shortly it'll be five rail companies because of their poor performance and that they're now being run by government that, uh, employed experts, if you like, from the pubuc experts, if you like, from the public sector. >> and they're running more, more efficiently and the crazy thing about it is that rail is a is a natural monopoly . the is a natural monopoly. the trains run better in italy , trains run better in italy, france, even in ireland and in switzerland , which has the most switzerland, which has the most highly rated rail service in europe, they're all publicly owned and bizarrely 70% of britain's railways are foreign owned, which and are returning money to foreign to foreign

investors and what a lot of people don't realise is the government actually subsidise the private rail companies to the private rail companies to the tune of, on an average of £11 billion a year. that's £1,300, £1,300. you know, for every taxpayer in the country, this doesn't make sense. >> yeah, i think you've got a fair point, you know, and they're ran. so badly at the moment. how much worse could they get? paul connew, thanks for on that for joining us on that fascinating debate . now moving fascinating debate. now moving on. labour has called for an urgent review of britain's defence capabilities , stressing defence capabilities, stressing concerns over the uk's vulnerabilities to rogue missile attacks. shadow defence secretary john healey says recent conflicts in the ukraine and the middle east should be a wake up call to ministers after years of under under investment in defence. and i'm joined now by major general chip chapman, who's the former head of counter—terrorism at the mod . counter—terrorism at the mod. chip, thanks for joining us on the show . it's always a pleasure

the show. it's always a pleasure . are we paying the price, chip, for four decades of underinvestment ? when you look underinvestment? when you look back to 1984, 5.5% of total gdp was spent on defence. um, now it's a piffling 2.3. why is it that we just don't seem to think defence is warranted to be taken seriously anymore ? ah, well , seriously anymore? ah, well, there are opportunity costs in defence and if you're going to apply defence and if you're going to apply 5.5% or something of that in the future , then something in the future, then something else has to give elsewhere in the economy, which is not growing. >> um, we do have the fifth largest defence budget in the world, and it's also got potentially weaknesses in, uh , potentially weaknesses in, uh, uh, missile defence in the uk. we are part of a nato integrated alliance and a&e integrated missile defence is a nato responsibility . we provide a lot responsibility. we provide a lot of the warning from raf fylingdales, along with the american system, which warns our all our allies, the dutch and

the netherlands, have patriot missiles, for example, and our only ballistic missile defence is the type 45 destroyers. that is the type 45 destroyers. that is a potential weakness. if they're deployed, it's a choice. they're between either carriers or london, or the critical national infrastructure feature, along with the critical national infrastructure in the north sea and baltic region. they are doing something about that with the multi—role ocean surveillance ship, which came onune surveillance ship, which came online in 2023. so they are looking at the vulnerabilities, but i think it would be right if there is a new government of a different hue to have a look at whether the character of war has changed with what has happened in both israel and ukraine, because although the nature of war doesn't change, that is it's visceral, it's terrible, and people get killed in often large quantities. the character does . quantities. the character does. change with warfare , uh, drones change with warfare, uh, drones and things of that ilk. loitering, munition. so it's worth looking at whether we have the right structures, the right functions for the future. yeah

>> chip, your audio was taken out there. maybe by that explosion. um, is it fair to say that it seems to be the case that it seems to be the case that we spend an inordinate amounts of money on the defence of ukraine and billions of pounds to the tune of, whereas we don't seem to be spending money domestically and as a consequence, leaving ourselves vulnerable to outside hostile actions . actions. >> well, the hostile action would be from russia as the persisting threat in europe. so it's actually pretty good use of money. i think we're applying about 2.3 billion a year to support , uh, ukraine. and if you support, uh, ukraine. and if you can wear down your most persistent threat without having any other boots on the ground from your own side, same for the americans and all the nato countries. that's actually a pretty investment for the pretty good investment for the future. we would say is future. so what we would say is that russia still is the persistent threat. china is the pacing threat . pacing threat. >> okay, chip chapman, we'll have to leave it there. thanks for joining us on the show and

forjoining us on the show and enjoy the rest of your festive period. now, should teachers have to pass gcse maths to qualify to step into the classroom ? um, well, you'd think classroom? um, well, you'd think that's exactly what needs to be done except get this one. university dean thinks we should dumb down britain by getting teachers into the classroom who can't even pass gcse maths to make it easier to recruit teachers. they mean it will be that they will be exam failures . that they will be exam failures. is this the world gone mad ? are is this the world gone mad? are we getting stuck into that with a maths teacher right after this? i'm martin daubney on gb news and we are britain's news channel. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news is . news is. >> good afternoon . >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> welcome to your latest gb news weather update from the met office. we'll see a cold wind

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good afternoon. >> it's 5:00. i'm martin daubney on gb news. thank you for joining us. i'll be keeping you company for the next hour. we've got action juicy red got an action packed juicy red meat coming up for the meat platter coming up for the next hour, including top, top story. can the tories turn this around now? the starting pistol has been fired on the next general election for the march. the sixth spring budget. that means everyone is planning for an election win. can the tories finally be generous on taxation ? finally be generous on taxation? can they finally get tough on immigration and pull a victory from the jaws of defeat? or is it simply too far gone to turn around? that's our top story this hour . around? that's our top story this hour. next, a central part of that election is going to be immigration. do you trust keir

starmer on that topic? after all, on brexit day in january 2020, he said he would like to bnng 2020, he said he would like to bring back freedom of movement. but now he's talking tough on immigration. unless we forget yvette cooper is most likely home secretary as a refugees welcome type, do you trust labour on immigration or like brexit? have they got as many positions as the commission ? positions as the commission? tara, i'll be speaking to a debate with a former tory mp versus as a former labour mp, that should be a great old ding dong. we've got that coming up. and finally you are not adam and eve. it 50% shortfall in teacher recruiter and some bright spark at the independent schools council thinks the answer is teacher don't even have to pass 9 teacher don't even have to pass g gcse maths. the most basic mathematic qualification in the land to make it easier to attract teachers. now to me that

simply does not add up and i'll be discussing that with a maths teacher . bobby seagull all of teacher. bobby seagull all of that coming up in your next hour . well, it looks like the tories are throwing away an 80 seat majority and immigration is sure to be a huge key issue in the next election. do you trust keir starmer? do you trust the labour party? they're talking tough. they're making the right noises to win over the crucial red wall seats. but do you believe a word they say? that's the big debate coming up in this hour. that's all. after your latest news headunes all. after your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> martin, thank you and good evening to you . well, police evening to you. well, police have revealed that reports of a fire at blackpool tower were a false alarm . this is breaking

false alarm. this is breaking news. bringing to you here on gb news. what was presumed to be flames was in fact orange netting blowing in the wind at the top of blackpool tower. videos on social media did appear to show flames at the top of the iconic landmark, and firefighters were called in. they said. six fire appliances rushed to the scene in responding to what they thought had been a fire. but in a statement in the last hour, lancashire police cleared lancashire police have cleared everything there everything up, saying there helicopter tower helicopter flew over the tower and confirmed there was no fire. one man has been arrested on suspicion of a breach of the peace. we'll bring you more details on that. of course, as they come to us in other they come to us now, in other news rishi sunak being news today, rishi sunak is being urged emergency urged to convene an emergency cobra to deal with the cobra meeting to deal with the aftermath of storm garrett. the liberal democrats say hundreds of people in greater manchester have been thrown chaos have been thrown into chaos following a suspected tornado, which damaged around 100 properties in stalybridge . roofs properties in stalybridge. roofs were ripped from houses. many residents were forced to leave their homes but no injuries were

reported. one homeowner, gareth moody , described the moment his moody, described the moment his house was hit. >> youngest son in the front bedroom. he was sat under his cabin bed when the ceiling came through, so the bed has saved his life and my, uh, my other son at the back, he was on a computer at the chimney stack from the neighbour's house has come bathroom come through our bathroom decimated. that. and decimated. did that. uh, and it's literally missed him by inches. to be inches. and he's lucky to be alive . alive. >> well, further north, thousands of homes are still without power in parts of scotland. strong winds and heavy snow in the scottish highlands damaged the electricity network yesterday. travel's also been disrupted, with rail services suspended or cancelled and roads closed because of the weather. there are calls to reduce jail sentences to help ease pressure on prisons , a house of lords on prisons, a house of lords committee says. over crowding has now reached crisis point and ministers are being urged to make better use of community sentences . peers say short sentences. peers say short prison terms are just providing

a university education in crime. former met police chief detective peter bleksley said proposals would not work. >> criminals turn up to take part in these sentences , be it part in these sentences, be it graffiti removal , litter picking graffiti removal, litter picking or something a bit more useful and creative . and what they do and creative. and what they do is they turn up late, they don't turn up at all. they are in greater numbers than those people running the courses , and people running the courses, and they quite frankly, intimidate them. and they say, i'm here. you put a tick against my name and i'm off. and if those kind of things are not challenged , of things are not challenged, then these community sentences , then these community sentences, whilst looking good on paper in practice, are just a complete waste of time. >> peter bleksley three quarters of britain's fastest growing fraud is committed exclusively from overseas. new figures show more than 400,000 advance fee offences were committed in 2022 to 23. that's when fraudsters

promise a large sum of money to victims in return for a small upfront fee . that is up almost upfront fee. that is up almost seven fold since before the pandemic . last month, the pandemic. last month, the government did announce a new onune government did announce a new online fraud charter to combat internet scams , but the shadow internet scams, but the shadow attorney general, emily thornberry , says international thornberry, says international gangs are feasting on britain. >> we lose the equivalent of the amount of money we spend on the national health service, and another quarter when it comes to fraud, so it's a massive problem . 40% of crime at the moment is fraud, and it's expanding because nobody ever gets caught . because nobody ever gets caught. and three quarters of it comes from abroad . and people just the from abroad. and people just the government just shrugs its shoulders and says, there's nothing that can be done. shoulders and says, there's not emily1at can be done. shoulders and says, there's not emily thornberryione. shoulders and says, there's not emily thornberry a ne. shoulders and says, there's not emily thornberry a over the >> emily thornberry a over the counter cash withdrawals from the post office an all time the post office hit an all time high on the last friday before christmas . more than £62 high on the last friday before christmas. more than £62 million was withdrawn on the 22nd of december, beating the previous record by more than £10 million. the last friday before christmas

was also the busiest day of the year for atm withdrawals , with year for atm withdrawals, with around £460 million taken out . around £460 million taken out. commemorative coins celebrating sir winston churchill at buckingham palace and the rnli will be launched next year. they're among five new designs unveiled by the royal mint celebrating key anniversaries with a £5 coin for buckingham palace . the annual set will also palace. the annual set will also celebrate future events like the 2024 paris olympics and paralympic games , and police in paralympic games, and police in texas have resorted to rather extreme measures. shall we say, to apprehend a driver who wouldn't stop or get out of his lorry if you're watching on television, you can see here a swat team using specialist tire spikes to bring this motorway pursuit to an end before breaking through the cabin with an armoured battering ram. gas canisters were then deployed, then a police dog, all used to subdue the driver. it's unclear what started the chase, but police say the driver was acting erratically . this is gb news

erratically. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . thank you polly. news channel. thank you polly. >> now labour has been warned against dancing to the tory tune by looking at offshore asylum claims, saying it would be a dangerous path to go down. the labour leader said this month he'd look at offshore schemes where migrants are processed in a third country, usually en route to their country of destination . but though the destination. but though the decision has caused alarm among charities and drew criticism from rivals , sir keir from political rivals, sir keir starmer has declined to rule out adopting such a policy. but here's the big question can we trust labour on immigration? well, let's discuss this with our guests now. david campbell—bannerman , former campbell—bannerman, former conservative mep , and bill conservative mep, and bill rammell, former labour party mp.

bill, let's start with you. can we trust labour? and here's what i'll put to you january 31st brexit day 2020 kia starmer i would bring back eu freedom of movement after brexit last week. keir starmer rules out a return of freedom of movement between britain and eu. and now it's moving towards offshore containment, a very diet tory position. i put it to you, this guy will say whatever it takes to get elected . can he be to get elected. can he be trusted ? trusted? >> he can be trusted and, uh, we've made clear that we accept that the brexit referendum result . but we will work to make result. but we will work to make it work more effectively for british people. >> and , you know, don't judge >> and, you know, don't judge politicians by what they say. >> judge them by what they do. >> judge them by what they do. >> i was a minister in the last labour government where we did look at offshore processing , but look at offshore processing, but it was processing of the claims overseen by british officials and not just sending people permanently to a country that was unsafe .

was unsafe. >> if we also had a real focus on reducing asylum claims , i on reducing asylum claims, i don't claim we got everything right . right. >> but from about 2003 onwards, we significantly reduced the numbers . numbers. >> and we did that because we had sound , sensible policies had sound, sensible policies that were legally on proof and really coordinated ministerial efforts. >> so i was at the foreign office. >> i, i met on a weekly basis with beverley hughes, my counterpart in the home office, and we met with respective teams of officials going through the numbers, going through the processes on a weekly basis to drive the numbers down and that's what you need, not the kind of stunts we've seen, like the rwanda policy, which was never going to work and won't work. >> david, you're shaking your head there. >> what's your response? >> what's your response? >> well, all i hear from labour, to be honest, is about processing, not about stopping a legal migrants or containing legal migrants or containing legal immigration, either. >> um, it's, you know, i find it

very scary. i don't really understand how labour measures will work in terms of actually . will work in terms of actually. uh disincentivizing people. i think it will incentivise them. more and more will come . uh, and more and more will come. uh, and if, uh, starmer is, um, if he actually signs up to eu plans, which he's talked about, actually signs up to eu plans, which he's talked about , then which he's talked about, then it's going to be even worse. we're going to get set quotas from the eu , just as poland and from the eu, just as poland and hungary have done. and they're kicking off about it, quite rightly so. i don't see any solutions from labour. i just see a sort of processing initiative , which is welcome in initiative, which is welcome in part, but doesn't solve the problem. and it's about trust, isn't it ? isn't it? >> everything boils to down trust, bill and can people trust starmer in the red wall? people don't. didn't trust him on brexit, perhaps with good reason . he headed up the people's vote campaign reverse brexit for campaign to reverse brexit for three years and now insists we'll brexit done. that we'll get brexit done. is that the problem ? there's a legacy of the problem? there's a legacy of

trust . people want to believe trust. people want to believe him, but the legacy is, he says, whatever it takes to get elected , well, look at the polls. >> people don't agree with you, martin. uh, they trust labour far more on this issue than they do the conservatives. you know , do the conservatives. you know, net migration is three and a half times higher than it was when the labour party left office. >> um, and i hear this talk about we're just focussed on process. >> process is really important. so we need to remove the incentives to come to this country. >> and one of the biggest of those is the tories have allowed unprocessed asylum claims to dramatically increase compared to when labour was in office. that acts as a green flag for asylum seekers to come to this country because they think even if my case isn't sound, do you know what? >> i'm going to stay in the system and be able to go and work the black economy for work in the black economy for years and that attracts years and years? that attracts people country . we also people to this country. we also need an enhanced unit in the national um crime agency , kc, to

national um crime agency, kc, to focus on tackling, uh, the, uh, people smugglers upstream . and people smugglers upstream. and that will mean cooperation with europe so that we can intervene earlier. we also need a thousand more staff working on returns, because you know, all we left the european union. i'm not saying we go back to that. but before we left the european union, we didn't have the number of people in the channel because we had effective returns agreements . okay. what we need agreements. okay. what we need to put in place. and, you know, ihear to put in place. and, you know, i hear what's said about a focus on process, a focus on process has been absolutely lacking for the under the the last 13 years. under the current government. the last 13 years. under the curiokay,)vernment. the last 13 years. under the curiokay, bill.ment. the last 13 years. under the curiokay, bill. andt. the last 13 years. under the curiokay, bill. and also, david, >> okay, bill. and also, david, um, let's put a picture on the screen now of yvette cooper shadow home secretary. she'll most likely be in charge of this business. if labour win. you can see her sign there saying hashtag refugee. she's welcome. these kind of things, gentlemen. they get remembered. and i wonder if part of the problem is politicians say whatever it

takes to get elected of all political stripes. but when push comes to shove, is there heart really in it? dave campbell—bannerman, do you believe that the labour party's heart is really in controlling our borders ? our borders? >> no, i don't , i'm afraid. >> no, i don't, i'm afraid. let's just remember our population in britain was 58 million for 15 years. it was stable before tony blair came in, opened the doors in 2004 and it's gone up 7 million since 2004. 7 million. so it's equivalent of all of ireland and a lot of scotland moving to england , actually. um, so england, actually. um, so i don't trust them. i'm afraid they're still very keen. i know bill was very pro eu, but i mean they're still very keen on working with the eu and if that means, you know , yet more, uh, means, you know, yet more, uh, cosying up to them and allowing more , uh, immigrants in, i don't more, uh, immigrants in, i don't i think that's wrong. i would say genuine refugees are welcome, but, you know, not economic migrants. and that is

what we're up against. and that is what, you know, these illegals coming over, many of them are not genuine asylum seekers. you know, they're there for a better life, which you can under stand and a human level. absolutely but, you know, we cannot accept huge numbers of people coming into this country and system. you and overloading the system. you know, people can't see their gp's , they can't see, get gp's, they can't see, uh, get school places because they can't get into hospital . um, that is get into hospital. um, that is what's happening . and i'm afraid what's happening. and i'm afraid i don't trust labour. i don't see any controls. i i just see process. okay david, that's a fair point. >> but it's fair to say that the conservatives have been at the helm for 13 years, 745,000 legal net into the country last year. so a lot of people might say, well, a plague on both of your houses. so i put it to you again. i put it i put it to you again, bill, if you are most likely to be in control after the next general election, can you make a pledge that we can trust the labour party? people want to be trusted. they want to trust our elected

representatives . representatives. >> they do. and i think trust is really important. and i make the point again. net migration today is three and a half times higher than it was under the last labour government . and what labour government. and what i think the public want from politicians is not stunts, not gimmicks like the rwanda scheme, but serious work and serious thought out policies which are about process, which are deterring people coming to this country, which is about organised cooperation through europol to tackle , uh, the europol to tackle, uh, the people smugglers upstream, clearing the backlog of asylum claims , because that acts as claims, because that acts as a serious incentive for people to come here and much more substantive returns agreements. david that about process. but it's a process that actually leads to results, not stunts and looking to pick fights all over the place to absolve yourselves of responsibility. it's not a stunt disincentive , guys.

stunt disincentive, guys. >> uh, you know, people smugglers who disincentivise those risking their lives crossing on small boats . um, i crossing on small boats. um, i think it's far more than that. >> it's advised by home office lawyers that at most, the rwanda scheme has got a 5050 chance of working . you've spent £300 working. you've spent £300 million of taxpayers money on the scheme. that's work. and even if it does work, it's going to involve very small numbers of people . people. >> this is the problem with labouris >> this is the problem with labour is that you are very close. a lot of these human rights lawyers. cherie blair was a rights lawyer, is a a human rights lawyer, is a human you know, human rights lawyer. you know, the , is you like this the problem is, is you like this system in many ways and i'm afraid, you know, it's just not afraid, you know, it's just not a human rights laws. you would never leave the echr the european convention of human rights, would you? i mean, we would consider that suella braverman been brave enough to say she would . there is this say she would. there is this whole the refugee convention, which again, suella braverman mentioned quite rightly , there's mentioned quite rightly, there's not a human rights laws that is

has made our record as a bad as well . i has made our record as a bad as well. i admit that the conservative party it needs to do a lot better and that is why we're going to have a hell of a row in the new year about the rwanda bill to actually make sure that we have a whole sure that we don't have a whole succession lawyers landing, succession of lawyers landing, you up , up, uh, succession of lawyers landing, you up, up, uh, to, you know, lining up, up, uh, to, to keep people in this country, even with their murders and rapists . rapists. >> okay, gentlemen. gentlemen, i'm afraid i'm going have i'm afraid i'm going to have to call time this the only call time on this one. the only way to probably get way we're going to probably get an to this is at the an answer to this is at the general david general election poll. david campbell—bannerman, former conservative mep, and bill rammell , former labour mp. thank rammell, former labour mp. thank you much for joining rammell, former labour mp. thank you much forjoining us on you very much for joining us on the show with a hearty debate. that's what we like on this channel. both people, both sides getting of whip. getting a fair crack of whip. gents, thank much. now gents, thank you very much. now rishi travelling back rishi sunak is travelling back south from his yorkshire constituency he's constituency today, but he's being greeted in westminster by tory calling for tax cuts as tory mps calling for tax cuts as we head into an election year. reports are swirling that jeremy hunt is considering slashing inheritance tax in half in a bid

to woo voters . will this be to woo voters. will this be enough ? that's the big question. enough? that's the big question. and to answer that now , as and to answer that now, as conservative mp nick fletcher, who joins me to discuss this , who joins me to discuss this, nick, thank you for joining who joins me to discuss this, nick, thank you forjoining me nick, thank you for joining me on the show. there's an election coming. we need a tax cut. many people believe the tories must deliver a tax cut. we've got the highest tax regime since world war two. 24 straight tax rises. a lot of people believe they voted for boris johnson and got jeremy corbyn. what are you going to offer to the tory beleaguered voters to tempt them back to go blue? >> well, i believe , uh, jeremy >> well, i believe, uh, jeremy hunt, the chancellor , in the hunt, the chancellor, in the autumn statement , was definitely autumn statement, was definitely making a moves in the right direction. 27 million people will benefit from the 2% national insurance . um, cut as national insurance. um, cut as of january the 6th. so that is definitely a step in the right direction , and i hope we'll see direction, and i hope we'll see more of that come march. >> do you think inheritance tax

is the right route to go down? because it's a surefire vote winner with a small minority of wealthy people , 4% pay that 7. wealthy people, 4% pay that 7. if you look at the estates wider ramifications , but does it send ramifications, but does it send out the wrong message that the conservative party is a party that protects the rich? only >> well, i think any tax cut is a good it's a good thing i'm a low tax tory. >> i think we should have a small state. >> uh, big family. and i think we should, uh, let people spend their money how they to their money how they want to spend their i think spend their money. i think they're than they're much better at that than they're much better at that than the government is. uh, the than any government is. uh, so , uh, pushing for so i'm always, uh, pushing for lower taxes , but i believe lower taxes, but i believe personally, income tax, national insurance , or maybe even cuts in insurance, or maybe even cuts in vat would, would be a better way to go forward . to go forward. >> now, nick, we just had a debate. um a hearty debate about immigration. and can the labour party , can keir starmer be party, can keir starmer be trusted on immigration? um i'll put that question to you. can they be trusted? >> no, not at all. 100.

>>— >> no, not at all. 100. >> no, not at all. 100. >> no . if labour get in, >> no. if labour get in, unfortunately they will open the floodgates and the population of this country will increase vastly. the services will not be able to cope. we won't have the housing to cope with and as we know their history . housing to cope with and as we know their history. um, on economics is appalling. so i'm afraid if labour do get in then this country will be in an extremely sorry state. >> but but don't you think nick, a lot of people might say, well, the conservative party have been in power for 13 years, and we had net legal migration of 745,000 last year under you lot . 745,000 last year under you lot. we've already got the situation that explaining that you're explaining. >> the prime minister >> well, the prime minister earlier on just before christmas announced some measures to reduce that. and i've been campaigning for that too. the illegal migration is down considerably on what it was last yeah considerably on what it was last year, and we need to continue pushing forward this. >> we need to get immigration under control, and at least we're going in the right direction like we are with tax

cuts. >> unfortunately, if labour get in, the taxes will rise, the population will rise and the country that we know and love will disappear. country that we know and love wiliyeah.)peah country that we know and love wiliokay.ypeah country that we know and love wiliokay. nick fletcher, tory mp >> okay. nick fletcher, tory mp for the don valley, thank you very much for joining for the don valley, thank you very much forjoining us on the very much for joining us on the show and i wish you show today. and i wish you a peaceful, festive period and a happy year. now get lots happy new year. now you get lots more on our more on that story on our website. thanks to you website. and thanks to you gbnews.com website. and thanks to you gb news.com fastest website. and thanks to you gbnews national fastest website. and thanks to you gbnews national newstest website. and thanks to you gbnews national news website in growing national news website in the country . it's got breaking the country. it's got breaking news and all the brilliant analysis you've come to expect from gb news. so thank you for making that happen. now you can start your new year with £10,000 in cash, a £500 shopping spree and a brand new iphone. sounds amazing right? well, here's how you could make all of those pnzes you could make all of those prizes yours as time is ticking on your chance to become the very first winner of the great british giveaway and grab cash, tech and a ton of treats, there's a stunning £10,000 in tax free cash . tax free cash. >> what would you spend that on? we'll also give you a tech update with the very latest iphone 15 pro max. and finally ,

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dewbs& co weeknights from six. >> welcome back. it's 527. you're watching or listening to me. martin daubney on gb news. now a university dean is arguing that aspiring teachers shouldn't need to have passed their maths gcse to qualify . the university gcse to qualify. the university of buckingham's barnaby lennon says waiving this requirement could help solve the teacher recruitment crisis, but is this

dumbing down britain ? well, i'm dumbing down britain? well, i'm joined now by maths teacher bobby seagull, who says we need to have minimum requirements for teaching. and bobby, i think few would disagree. this is madness. i had to check it wasn't april the first when i saw this. so because we have a 50% gap in the recruitment process or a shortfall of teachers , the shortfall of teachers, the answer is to lower the bar. please tell me that won't ever happen. >> i hope it never happens on my watch as a maths teacher. >> and what's perhaps cynically, the university may be in question is thinking how can they get more numbers of people through teacher training through their teacher training programmes standards. so maybe it's a cynical ploy >> so maybe it's a cynical ploy to boost their revenues, but thinking about the bigger picture educator , writer picture as an educator, writer and teacher, how can we tell our students, you've got to your students, you've got to get your maths english four? so maths and english grade four? so the old see progress to the the old see to progress to the next of your academic next stage of your academic studies and tell teachers studies and yet tell teachers they don't need the same qualifications. think it qualifications. i think it smacks of double standards, but on picture , in a nation on a bigger picture, in a nation that we need people be both

that we need people to be both literate , we're literate and numerate, we're telling people that are going to be educators, our teachers, be our educators, our teachers, that to that they don't need to be numerate. i think that's the wrong send out. and wrong message to send out. and i know, there some know, martin, there are some people there watching gb people out there watching on gb news they've people out there watching on gb new brilliant they've people out there watching on gb new brilliant teachers they've people out there watching on gb new brilliant teachers that hey've had brilliant teachers that weren't good at maths. yes, weren't very good at maths. yes, weren't very good at maths. yes, we all have had teachers that are and that are brilliant and you know that almost robin almost like that, um, robin williams you know, williams film where, you know, the teacher on the, on the teacher stands on the, on the teacher stands on the, on the english the table shouting out english rhetoric. are rhetoric. of course there are exceptions, but the exception is not rule we need. again, if not the rule we need. again, if we're trying to a nation we're trying to have a nation that's educated, literate and progressing 21st century, progressing in the 21st century, we to be competent we need people to be competent and especially our and numeracy, especially our teachersbobby, i'm getting a bit >> and bobby, i'm getting a bit political . well, missus political. well, um, my missus is a ta. i play football with a lot of teachers. lots of teachers are leaving the profession, and they're not getting the profession, not getting into the profession, not because gcse maths, but because of gcse maths, but because of gcse maths, but because of gcse maths, but because of the pay and the stress and the conditions. so surely rather than lowering the bar on educational attainment, we should be making it more appealing to get teachers through the door in the first place?

>> yes, completely agree there because i think if the measure of trying to remove the maths qualifications to try to increase people into the profession , you ask people. i've profession, you ask people. i've been teacher now for a decade been a teacher now for a decade and i asked my friends who've left the teaching profession. the majority say it's for other things, things things, like they'll say things like i think teaching like pay again. i think teaching pay like pay again. i think teaching pay reasonable pay is reasonable when it starts, it doesn't starts, but it doesn't really progress much as other progress as much as other equivalent professions. um, there's bureaucracy there's issues about bureaucracy . again, think there's a lot . again, i think there's a lot of pressures from of marking. again pressures from ofsted, maybe that they can look at changing that. but also i think one issue, which we've discussed few times, martin, discussed a few times, martin, before, schools. before, is behaviour in schools. again, that's one of the most tough teacher tough things that a teacher can face. , lots of face. you know, lots of teenagers again, teenagers are unruly. and again, there's issues about there's other issues about society breakdown there's other issues about sociytrust breakdown there's other issues about sociytrust there. breakdown there's other issues about sociytrust there. but breakdown there's other issues about sociytrust there. but i)reakdown there's other issues about sociytrust there. but i think own and trust there. but i think they're the big issues that people focusing on not people should focusing on not removing barrier when removing the maths barrier when it better quality, it needs to be better quality, not worse quality. >> i totally agree, but why do you think that the people you think it is that the people esteemed learned colleagues in positions power, think the positions of power, think the answer is to lower the bar? to me, bobby, it simply beggars belief. >> yeah, again . again, as a

>> yeah, again. again, as a mathematician, statistician , if mathematician, statistician, if you're trying to increase the pool of teachers. yes if you reduce the entry requirement, remove maths gcse, remove engush remove maths gcse, remove english gcse, you'll have more people that can become teachers. but then the question is, are these people equipped to teach our people? i'd the our young people? i'd say the answer is no to that superb bobby seagull your your opinions always for joining bobby seagull your your opinions always forjoining us on gb >> thanks forjoining us on gb news once again. have happy news once again. have a happy news once again. have a happy new mate . happy new new year! thanks mate. happy new yeah new year! thanks mate. happy new year, there's still lots year, right? there's still lots more to come between and more to come between now and 6:00. seven more to come between now and 6:0c be seven more to come between now and 6:0c be referred seven more to come between now and 6:0c be referred to seven more to come between now and 6:0c be referred to the seven more to come between now and 6:0cbe referred to the nhsyen still be referred to the nhs transgender clinic for gender identification treatment? a trans youth support charity ? of trans youth support charity? of course, mermaids think so, but i'll speak to transgender trend director stephanie davis awry. but first, here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . martin middlehurst. martin >> thank you. the headlines this houh >> thank you. the headlines this hour. police have revealed that reports of a fire in lancashire at blackpool tower were in fact

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delaying a child's already long waiting period further and effectively means that no one under the age of 11 will be seen by the gender service. it's worth pointing out that more than 70 children aged three and four more have reportedly been sent to the gender identity development service over the past decade . well, let's speak past decade. well, let's speak to stephanie davis, rac, now director at transgender trend . director at transgender trend. what about this, stephanie? a lot of people will be very alarmed by the fact that over 70 children aged three and four are being involved in having their gender reassigned and or changed. do you think those fears are founded ? fears are founded? >> yes, i do , i that age. it's >> yes, i do, i that age. it's ridiculous that any child would need to , uh, attend a gender need to, uh, attend a gender clinic because children are children and they will go through phases. it's not, you know, it's not greatly uncommon

for a child to believe they're the opposite sex for a while. um, we know from historical studies, from all the studies i've ever done, actually, that about around 85% of those children will grow out of it dunng children will grow out of it during or or by the end of puberty. but of course , if you puberty. but of course, if you block puberty, that is much less likely to happen . so the idea of likely to happen. so the idea of but i think it's an active created thing that now parents are thinking, oh my child, you know, my little boy likes playing with princesses and barbie dolls. there's a problem . barbie dolls. there's a problem. uh, he might be trans. he might be a really. he might be a little girl. so that's been this idea that children have this sort of innate gender identity that overrides their biological sex. you know, it's got no scientific backing for that concept at all. but that idea that's been pushed by activists is making parents worry more now just because their child is not

conforming to stereotype . conforming to stereotype. >> and stephanie, when these figures first came out, um, there was a backlash against mermaids . and people i think mermaids. and people i think were rightly horrified. preschoolers were among 382 of youngsters aged six and under who were referred to the gender identity development service , identity development service, and when the backlash came , and when the backlash came, mermaids say, well that should not be changed. they doubled down. is the problem here that mermaids themselves are so dogmatic they simply refuse to listen? and what should be done about this ? about this? >> mermaids is a political activist group. they promote the ideology of gender identity and they believe in the gender affirmative approach , which is affirmative approach, which is essentially, if a boy says , i'm essentially, if a boy says, i'm a girl, that you agree with him and say, yes, you are. and so , and say, yes, you are. and so, so from mermaids point of view , so from mermaids point of view, the earlier the child is referred to the tavistock, the more likely they are to be seen at the tavistock in time to get

puberty blockers , which mermaids puberty blockers, which mermaids still says are irreversible. now this is chemical castration . this is chemical castration. these are drugs that actually block the sex hormones that are critical for that stage of growth in puberty , that affect growth in puberty, that affect those sex hormones at puberty, affect every part of the body, not just the secondary sex characteristics. so if you if you're giving advice to parents, like get your kid on the on the waiting list as soon as as early as possible, then you're setting that pathway. you're you know, psychologically, those parents are set on that pathway. and will be communicating that to the child that the child is right in their belief and their feelings. and that the journey, the gender journey as they call it, is on its way. as soon as you tell that first lie, it sets in motion that progression on towards that medical pathway . towards that medical pathway. and stephanie needs . and stephanie needs. >> stephanie, we saw last week new guidance , a new framework new guidance, a new framework was brought in by the

government. kemi badenoch speaking very strongly about protecting . girls toilets, about protecting. girls toilets, about protecting. girls toilets, about protecting girls in contact sports , keeping biological men sports, keeping biological men out. but of course , the problem, out. but of course, the problem, stephanie, is this is merely guidance. schools can and no doubt will ignore it, as will unions and as will parents. what do you like to see done particularly about the teaching of this ideology in british schools? >> i would like gender ideology to be taken completely out of schools, because this is part of the problem that schools now are teaching children gender identity as fact that you're a boy or a girl based on your inner feelings and not on your on the biological reality of your sex. so that should be taken out of schools completely . taken out of schools completely. it's an ideology and it should not be taught. but of course, now you can't put that now you can't really put that genie back the bottle, genie back in the bottle, particularly teenagers are getting, you know, online on social media platforms.

absolutely saturated with trans propaganda, teaching children this, this idea. propaganda, teaching children this, this idea . so i think you this, this idea. so i think you do need to actually help children in school to become critical thinkers of, you know, the sort of social media consumption of really bad and false information they children need to be able to critically analyse it. and, uh , you know, analyse it. and, uh, you know, because at the moment there's nobody saying, you know, it's there online, it's on tiktok and it's reinforced in the classroom that , you know, if you, if you, that, you know, if you, if you, you , if you're any in any way, you, if you're any in any way, um, you don't meet the stereotype that's expected of you for your sex, then you might be the opposite sex. and that's, you know, you actually can't change sex and it's not kind to pretend to children that you can. okay >> stephanie davis, aroy director at transgender trend, thank you for joining director at transgender trend, thank you forjoining us on the thank you for joining us on the show today and giving us a hefty

dose of common sense and happy new year to you. now with election looming on labour, celebrating too soon because could the tories still turn it around ? and we'll discuss this around? and we'll discuss this with the man who seen it all coming up next on gb news with me. martin

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labour are currently seven points ahead of the tories in recent polls, with many thinking the election result is already a done deal. it's in the bag for starmer, however, with sunak getting a handle on inflation and promising to send migrants back to rwanda , is there enough back to rwanda, is there enough time for the tories to turn things around, or are they simply too far gone to turn around ? well, let's speak now to around? well, let's speak now to journalist michael crick about this. michael, thank you for joining us on the show. hope you're having a great festive period. michael, i wanted to get you on the show today because you're a terme observer of you on the show today because you're many terme observer of you on the show today because you're many generalobserver of you on the show today because you're many general elections.f many, many general elections. you've seen them come, you've seen them go. and i wanted to say to you, everyone's assuming that that starmer's got this in the bag. do you think that's necessarily the case? >> well, i think it would be dangerous for labour to assume that. dangerous for labour to assume that . i think dangerous for labour to assume that. i think the dangerous for labour to assume that . i think the government that. i think the government probably will eat into labour's majority in the polls over the

coming months , over the next coming months, over the next nine, ten months before , in my nine, ten months before, in my view, the general election is called next autumn. >> um, and everybody in the labour party, well, the ones who are old enough, remembers what happenedin are old enough, remembers what happened in 1992 when they all thought was in the thought the election was in the bag. what happened? uh john bag. and what happened? uh john major back and with a 6.5% major came back and with a 6.5% lead over over labour. >> so there is the possibility of slipping back. >> i reckon it's about 85, 90% chance starmer will be chance that starmer will be prime minister this time next year. yeah >> uh, but they know they've got to be careful. they are being cautious. they're not celebrating now. in fact, in my view, they're a little bit view, they're being a little bit too uh, watering too cautious, uh, watering down some policies and some of their policies and selecting a very boring list of candidates. really trying to avoid anything on which the conservatives can attack them, or indeed, the press can attach, can attack them. >> and michael, can attack them. >> and michael , there's been >> and michael, there's been a great period where keir starmer hasn't really had to do anything. he's just watched the conservatives slowly implode under their steam . but under their own steam. but surely soon he's going to have

to up a few more to step up with a few more concrete policies , put some meat concrete policies, put some meat on the bone so can see some on the bone so we can see some clear blue water between the two parties. >> indeed, i mean, labour's worry that if there's too worry is that if there's too specific about their policies , specific about their policies, um, then the conservatives simply steal them. and that's happenedin simply steal them. and that's happened in a few cases. um, so they've got to be careful. on they've got to be careful. on the other hand, they can't carry on this right up until on like this right up until election setting out election day without setting out some more detail. >> so inevitably we will get more detail over the coming months . months. >> i think you know more of it towards the summer rather than than now, but already they're sort at things that sort of hinting at things that they might do. there's been briefings the press, uh, that briefings to the press, uh, that have made splash front page stories because it's a very quiet period otherwise for politics. >> but , uh, politics. >> but, uh, overall labour i think, are being very cautious. however, uh, i mean, i look back at history and there are certain events that take place in politics that are real, you know, game changers . know, game changers. >> i mean, like devaluation for

labourin >> i mean, like devaluation for labour in 1967 or black wednesday for john major in 1992, uh, or the three day week for, for labour in the late 70s. and i think with events as big as that, then the public opinion suddenly turns against the government and won't go back . government and won't go back. and i think that's what's happened to the conservatives uh, time , i think what uh, this time, i think what shocked the british public was the events of last autumn. uh the events of last autumn. uh the liz truss government, the financial crisis that occurred , financial crisis that occurred, uh, the conservatives, you know, like to have a reputation for , like to have a reputation for, uh, financial common sense . but uh, financial common sense. but suddenly interest rates were going up and everybody was having to pay more on their mortgages. and i don't think the pubuc mortgages. and i don't think the public will forgive the conservatives that , or conservatives for that, or indeed for forgive the conservatives. remember, it was dunng conservatives. remember, it was during this parliament that we had partygate and all the hypocrisy, frankly. yeah, but a government telling everybody that they couldn't go to their. but mike funerals, they couldn't

socialise . socialise. >> but michael, michael all the time in downing street. >> it's also fair to say michael though that the electorate has very short memories. >> for example, um, theresa may was eviscerated over her position on brexit almost cost the party a whole generational wipe—out in that summer. that may 2019 election. and yet a mere seven months later, an 80 seat majority with a change of leader . seat majority with a change of leader. people have short memories is what i'm saying. and we've seen quite often as well that polls have failed to that the polls have failed to call the big elections. the 2015 coalition. no one saw that come in brexit. the polls didn't call donald trump . they didn't call. donald trump. they didn't call. um, the 80 seat majority wasn't called. so if there was a last minute reprieve, if there was a big juicy tax cut thrown out, so many elections. michael, my point is, or one in the last short period , is there still short period, is there still time for a miracle ? time for a miracle? >> well, there is there is time for a miracle. and i mean, of

course, what happened with theresa may is the conservatives got rid of her and they installed boris johnson, who, uh, the public uh, caught the public imagination. well, there isn't a bofis imagination. well, there isn't a boris johnson figure that the conservatives have right now. i can't see who they could replace. rishi sunak with, who would actually, uh, make any difference in the polls. and you're right about opinion polls. they are less reliable than they used to be, simply because a lot harder to do because it's a lot harder to do opinion polls these days because most people don't have landline phones, only have mobile phones, they only have mobile phones, they only have mobile phones , you telephone phones, and you can't telephone people at random at home in the way that you used to. so it's much harder to put together accurate, uh, samples. but having said all that, i can't see how rishi sunak turns this one round. um, and, uh, he may. well, uh, it narrow the gap in the polls . it may well be that the polls. it may well be that he reduced labour to a minority government , that he means that government, that he means that starmer doesn't have a majority in parliament. he has to rely on the liberal democrats, possibly ,

the liberal democrats, possibly, uh, the scottish nationalists, to govern. and that would be something of an achievement, actually, if sunak was to do that , um, in actually, if sunak was to do that, um, in the same way that gordon brown did, in a way with, uh, reducing david cameron to having to go into coalition with the liberal democrats back in 2010. so there is a lot to play for. but i think that, uh, almost certainly , uh, keir almost certainly, uh, keir starmer will be our prime minister for, uh, 12 months from now. okay >> michael crick, thanks for giving you giving us your expert opinion and have a great and happy new year. thanks for joining now lots of you have joining us. now lots of you have been getting touch with your been getting in touch with your thoughts about your voting intentions election. intentions at the next election. i've you the i've been asking you for the whole you blue? whole show, will you go blue? have you had enough? and do you trust immigration? and trust labour on immigration? and they've been flying in left, right your right and centre with your opinions. and here's one from haf this after voting haf who says this after voting conservative all of my life since the 1970s, i just cannot vote for this non—conservative party. and i just could not vote for sunak. i could, however ,

for sunak. i could, however, vote if jacob rees—mogg , suella vote if jacob rees—mogg, suella braverman or miriam cates and the like were the leaders and that was a poll yesterday on conservative home, echoing that the true blues are more popular than ever, keith says this the conservatives are done because they are not conservatives , they are not conservatives, labour or unelectable . the labour or unelectable. the reform party have the right ideas and talk a lot of common sense , but they won't stand sense, but they won't stand a chance under the current election format. so i will not be voting for any of the above , be voting for any of the above, sadly. and finally, david says this the only way the tories can win the election is to get the navy and all other official boats and ships in the middle of the channel and turn the boats back, as well as slashing legal migration to under 100,000. now, i think stranger things have happened, but that would be a true miracle at christmas . so true miracle at christmas. so that's your opinions. thanks for sending them in. now i've been joined in the studio by dawn neesom dawn, looking resplendent in red. >> we're playing matchy matchy,

aren't . we? aren't. we? >> you're doing the blue for the boy. i'm doing the sort of red pinky stuff for the girl. >> but are you in red because you can trust labour you think you can trust labour on immigration? i've been asking the all none of the punters all day. none of them to labour them seem to trust labour on immigration them seem to trust labour on immigratiotrust any of them on >> i don't trust any of them on migration, do you? >> point. i'm entirely >> fair point. i'm not entirely sure any on anything, to sure i trust any on anything, to be with you. be honest with you. >> um, but what's on your menu tonight? >> because you're standing in for jubes 67. >> are? >> we are? >> we are? >> we've cracking >> yes. we've got a cracking show um, do you have show coming up. um, do you have faith police? yes. faith in the police? yes. >> good question. >> good question. >> another headline, >> it was yet another headline, the saying the second this year saying police should do job shock. >> were already >> thought they were already trying also, the trying to do that. also, are the bbc awok joke? >> we know the answer to that. >> we know the answer to that. >> yeah, exactly. because the only thing that people really watch king's speech, only thing that people really watch was king's speech, only thing that people really watch was abouting's speech, only thing that people really watch was abouting'sonlyech, only thing that people really watch was abouting'sonly thing which was about the only thing people enjoyed. new year's honours. outdated? honours. are they outdated? nonsense uh , churchill is nonsense and, uh, churchill is a hero or a zero? >> i think that's a great question, because that's a constant point of reinvention, and particularly from the bbc. he was a war criminal. he was a racist. all the graffiti that came out, they had to apologise once, didn't they, for branding

him literally a racist. >> and i think that's apologised for it. >> you have a rich vein to tap into. they we were asking our punters about the bbc. they can't stand it. >> well, i mean, you know, the irony is martin, of all the irony is martin, out of all the christmas programmes, the bbc got top nine out of ten on got the top nine out of ten on christmas day. so they're obviously doing something right. but viewing figures are very, very down. so no, but that's because everyone's watching us on news obviously. yeah. on gb news obviously. yeah. >> wouldn't you. and >> and why wouldn't you. and they're asking aliens their pronouns in doctor who. so stick around . dewbs& co with john dawn around. dewbs& co with john dawn neesom the break. six till neesom after the break. six till seven. i'm back the time seven. i'm back the same time tomorrow . i've been martin tomorrow. i've been martin daubney. for all your daubney. thanks for all your opinions. been a cracking opinions. it's been a cracking show. time tomorrow. see show. same time tomorrow. see you evening . you there. have a good evening. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> good evening, i'm annie shuttleworth and this is your latest gb news weather update. there'll be some sunshine on friday, it will be still

friday, but it will be still quite breezy, but little bit quite breezy, but a little bit calmer it has been calmer than it has been recently. low pressure still in charge though, and that will be pushing through this weather front evening. front throughout the evening. that bring a more that will bring a more persistent spell heavier rain persistent spell of heavier rain to that should to southern areas that should clear through the second part of the it's further the night, but it's further north see most north where we see the most persistent rain. still some heavy, blustery heavy, gusty and blustery showers come through showers to come through throughout of the night . throughout much of the night. we've also got a northerly wind bringing in colder air to the far north of scotland, so we'll see over the hills at see some snow over the hills at first, but to lower levels across by across the north—east by tomorrow . further south, tomorrow morning. further south, though, will and though, it will stay clear and dry , but breeze will hold dry, but the breeze will hold temperatures mild temperatures up to another mild start see start tomorrow. we could see some sunshine, mainly across central and eastern areas throughout morning on throughout the morning on friday, so not a bad day to be getting out and about through the morning, but cloud will thicken the afternoon as well thicken by the afternoon as well as showers developing as some heavy showers developing from west. that could be from the west. that could be quite persistent coastal quite persistent across coastal areas northern areas areas as well as northern areas of the north of of england and the far north of scotland. very scotland. staying very cold. a cold feel tomorrow, particularly in the wind. i think it'll be a

cold start to saturday as well, but cloud thicken through but cloud will thicken through the next spell of wet the day as the next spell of wet and windy weather arrives from the that wet and the west. and as that wet and windy weather pushes up into northern scotland, it will bring some sleety snow northern scotland, it will bring sona sleety snow northern scotland, it will bring sona time sleety snow northern scotland, it will bring sona time on sleety snow northern scotland, it will bring sona time on saturday. .leety snow northern scotland, it will bring sona time on saturday. so ty snow northern scotland, it will bring sona time on saturday. so somew for a time on saturday. so some more unsettled weather to come on blustery day on on saturday. a blustery day on new year's eve. but new year's day looks a little bit drier but colder. you later on. colder. see you later on. >> warm feeling inside from >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler . boxt boiler. >> as sponsors of weather on .

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