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been set up in local communities affected their providing hot food and drinks overnight to customers. travel was also disrupted across scotland today . disrupted across scotland today. rail services suspended or cancelled and all because of the weather. and on top of that, a supercell thunderstorm has moved across the north—west of england. tonight, just hours after a localised tornado pulled roofs from houses in greater manchester. it's thought around 100 properties were damaged in stayley bridge on tameside. no injuries were reported, but one resident, gareth moody, told gb news his children had had a very lucky escape . lucky escape. >> the sun 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 from the the chimney stack from the neighbour's has come neighbour's house has come through decimated. through our bathroom decimated. that a good samaritan trying to help a stranger who died after a car hit a crowd in sheffield yesterday .

yesterday. >> excuse me, has been named by south yorkshire police. police say 46 year old christian marriott saw a woman lying unconscious on the street after an altercation between a group of people in burngreave , leaving of people in burngreave, leaving his wife and two young sons. he attempted to give first aid to the woman before a car hit them, then him and then the woman. two men were arrested yesterday in relation to that incident and three men who were inside a 4x4 vehicle that plunged into a river in north yorkshire have died after the river levels rose following storm garrett. firefighters pulled the vehicle from the river esk on the north yorkshire moors this afternoon when another man who attempted to help the victims was pulled to help the victims was pulled to safety from the river and has been receiving medical treatment . three quarters of britain's fastest growing fraud is committed exclusively from overseas 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 . return for a small upfront fee. it's up almost seven fold since before the pandemic . last month, before the pandemic. last month, the government announced a new onune the government announced a new online fraud charter to combat internet scams , as that's the internet scams, as that's the news on gb news across the uk on tv, in your car and digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> hello and welcome to headline is your first look at friday's newspapers . i'm is your first look at friday's newspapers. i'm simon evans and this is my christmas hat. joining me tonight are headliners savoury staples steve n allen and occasional sweet treat jonathan coogan. sweet

treat jonathan coogan. sweet treat you are . you're a sugared almond. >> i'm a sugared almond. a sweet treat that you bring up to a hotel. that's. that's like a sweet treat. that's like a no, no, no. >> you're thinking of sex crimes now you.7 well, now again, are you? well, i think about them frequently. yeah, a coke and yeah, i think a coke and a sugared does sugared cogan. that does actually something sugared cogan. that does actu might something sugared cogan. that does actumight get. something you might get. >> a rude one of >> probably like a rude one of those things that would be left over after buffet. over after a buffet. >> have look >> anyway, let's have a look at those pages. the daily those front pages. the daily mail us police give up mail kick us off. police give up on crimes a minute and holly on for crimes a minute and holly willoughby , or possibly willie willoughby, or possibly willie holloway is back on, uh, skating on ice or something. telegraph half of police not probing crime properly. similar story lady in a hat to offset that now the guardian has doctors raise alarm over moral distress from nhs overstretch and their photograph is of that wind damage we heard about earlier. the times civil service uh, beats wage freeze by over promoting which is a scurrilous way to do it. i news get on with it johnson hits out

at sunak over nuclear power delays and finally the daily star. no boffins today. it's who wolfed all the pies. those were your front pages . so let us your front pages. so let us begin with the daily mail. steve, you're right. >> there is the picture of holly willoughby. she's presenting dancing on ice and good, because i was worried about her not having any work. she's got that lifestyle website called wolf moon, which i've checked it moon, which i've not checked it at recently . it could have at least recently. it could have been touch up your been mainly how to touch up your cv because she's wolf cv advice because she's wolf moon. called wolf moon. i think it's called wolf moon. i think it's called wolf moon like goop is moon is that it's like goop is it like a lifestyle blog? >> sort of. >> is it a sort of. >> i've read it that deeply. >> i've not read it that deeply. okay it's goop that's okay it's like goop and that's a reason to avoid it. she's using really. >> jollibean is a sort of woolly hill. i can never remember it. i once get on that woody once i get started on that woody harrelson he she harrelson would he is she woolly? hillaby >> sense. woody >> yeah, that makes sense. woody hill she's wolf in, um, hill was so she's a wolf in, um, in, uh, in unusual clothing. yeah. sometimes . yeah, yeah. well, sometimes. yeah, i've seen that picture. please give up on four crimes a minute.

>> that's what they think is the most important story. >> that's what they think is the mo well,»ortant story. >> that's what they think is the mo well, probably)ry. >> that's what they think is the mo well, probably in >> that's what they think is the mo well, probably it is for >> well, probably it is for certain. people certain. well, for four people a minute, some minute, i imagine this is some bad news. police abandon investigations four crimes investigations into four crimes every tots to every minute. this tots up to nearly 250,000. nearly an increase of 250,000. it's about 2 million investigations that were reported . and most of it comes reported. and most of it comes down to evidential problems. but the debates will have about this. we'll all go down the same route . and i think it's flawed. route. and i think it's flawed. we'll saying well, we'll start saying, well, what you is police be looking you want is police to be looking in real crimes, not online crimes. but they wouldn't in real crimes, not online crime up but they wouldn't in real crimes, not online crime up in but they wouldn't in real crimes, not online crime up in these they wouldn't in real crimes, not online crime up in these they if)uldn't show up in these stats if anything, pretend there's anything, if you pretend there's anything, if you pretend there's an online crime you pursue an online crime and you pursue it, a crime that you've not it, it's a crime that you've not dropped due to evidential problems. >> you by problems. » you >> you mean by online crimes, you social media? yeah. you mean social media? yeah. >> non—crime hate incidents. that's that show up that's yeah, that won't show up here. so >> no, but what people are worried about was burglaries is a major isn't it? people worried about was burglaries is a m.that isn't it? people worried about was burglaries is a m.that burglaries:? people worried about was burglaries is a m.that burglaries are zople worried about was burglaries is a m.that burglaries are note feel that burglaries are not investigated any kind of investigated with any kind of serious intent to ever track down criminal. you're down a criminal. you're basically off onto the basically palmed off onto the victim unit . victim support unit. >> we're left to our own devices. have to paint devices. we have to get paint cans on string throw them cans on string and throw them at

burglaries devices. burglaries to your own devices. >> they're ones >> and they're the ones that have you're you're have been nicked. you're you're in other one, in trouble. and the other one, of is, is, uh, you know, of course, is, is, uh, you know, violence. other violence. that's what other people about , violence. that's what other people about, isn't people are worried about, isn't it? there are no bobbies the it? there are no bobbies on the beat and there is a beat anymore. and so there is a sense that the streets are no longer safe. but of course, there everywhere , there is cctv everywhere, literally, which should sort out the side it. the evidence side of it. >> i thought that the evidence side of it. >> be i thought that the evidence side of it. >> be the i thought that the evidence side of it. >> be the flip ought that the evidence side of it. >> be the flip side.: that the evidence side of it. >> be the flip side. thet would be the flip side. the upside to having been surveilled all my life is that if anything happens, surely there's some footage. so you actually need someone to look into it. the other thing that this story gets close to the problem to do close to is the problem to do with, shop shifting. yeah. with, um, shop shifting. yeah. but again, won't show in but again, that won't show up in these so it's good to these stats. so it's good to kind separate what we're kind of separate out what we're actually here. actually talking about here. i don't good that don't think it's good that police giving up on for police are giving up on for crimes minute. crimes every single minute. >> but notice that >> i can't help but notice that saying four crimes minute >> i can't help but notice that saying aur crimes minute >> i can't help but notice that saying a bit rimes minute >> i can't help but notice that saying a bit like s minute >> i can't help but notice that saying a bit like fourninute >> i can't help but notice that saying a bit like four candles. sounds a bit like four candles. doesn't got that same doesn't it? it's got that same 24 crimes. four crimes? maybe it's four crimes. can't it's four crimes. they can't think rhyme for four. think of a good rhyme for four. and you could surely and on that you could surely help jonathan, i'll join help them. jonathan, i'll join us after the break for my rhyme walk. >> crime . >> crime. >> crime. >> uh, let's have a look at your

newspaper, which is the times . newspaper, which is the times. >> yes, the times. so civil service beats wage freeze by overpromoting. um so civil servants are being over promoted to get around a whitehall pay squeeze? analysts suggest so . squeeze? analysts suggest so. grade inflation, as it's called in whitehall, is costing 1.5 billion a year and resulting in less qualified staff doing senior jobs. less qualified staff doing seniorjobs. the institute for government has warned. now this is very funny to me. this is people who are not qualified for a job, being promoted to jobs they shouldn't to get they shouldn't be doing to get round that's round a wage squeeze. that's quite like it's quite funny. that'd be like it's let's say i was just the producer of the show, and then they sort of put me on panel just people. just so i could get people. wouldn't that be ridiculous? >> to avoid actually, >> in order to avoid actually, uh, registering that would uh, registering that you would not being correctly not being paid correctly exactly. own job. there is exactly. your own job. there is supposed something supposed to be something that operates civil service, operates in the civil service, traditionally called the peter principle. are you familiar with that? not peter that? i am not the peter principle, uh, which is a sort of theory management, but of theory of management, but particularly the particularly applies to the civil that civil service, says that everyone is promoted ultimately to at which they to the position at which they are no longer at their are no longer competent at their job, never get in a

job, or they never get in a further in hollywood, further back in hollywood, people get fired upwards. >> exactly. >> yes, exactly. >> yes, exactly. >> yes, exactly. >> if that >> yeah. i don't know if that still mean, still happening, but i mean, it's been it's always it's always been the it's always been the, uh, the petri dish for analysing dysfunctional of analysing the dysfunctional of any sort of large organisation. >> why do they call it the blob? >> why do they call it the blob? >> blob is because it >> well, the blob is because it suffocates the ambitions of, of government , isn't it. because it government, isn't it. because it just sort of encloses them and dissolves them. but it is also i mean, the admiralty was you're familiar with parkinson's law . familiar with parkinson's law. um, work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion. that was based on a study of the admiralty , which study of the admiralty, which following ii, much following world war ii, had much less work to do than it had in the build up to world war two. it far fewer ships look it had far fewer ships to look after work to do. after and far less work to do. and yet the civil service department, the admiralty, continued to expand and their budgets didn't go down. no, of course, because all it was, it was a function of people was simply a function of people wanting subordinates work for them. >> actual story here still >> this actual story here still looks a little bit cheeky. i know it's sneaky. uh, promoting people to give them a pay rise, but you know what you've got? but do you know what you've got? these who are for pay

these mps who are voting for pay rises themselves . if all of rises for themselves. if all of a sudden we link the civil service's pay to mps pay service's pay rise to mps pay rise, there'd be a rise, then there'd be a difference of opinion. instead rise, then there'd be a diigoing,e of opinion. instead rise, then there'd be a diigoing, oh opinion. instead rise, then there'd be a diigoing, oh ,)pinion. instead rise, then there'd be a diigoing, oh , sorry,1. instead rise, then there'd be a diigoing, oh , sorry, we|stead rise, then there'd be a diigoing, oh , sorry, we our|d of going, oh, sorry, we our hands are tied , we'll take an hands are tied, we'll take an 11. what are going to do 11. what are we going to do about it? are you telling me people own interest? people serve their own interest? steve? is that what you're saying? around time of year saying? around this time of year difference with being an mp? saying? around this time of year difftheree with being an mp? saying? around this time of year difftheree witseveral an mp? saying? around this time of year difftheree witseveral important >> there are several important differences with being an mp. one is, course, one of them is, of course, there's only odd of them, there's only 650 odd of them, where there are million tons where there are a million tons of all of civil servants crawling all over secondly, if an over the place. secondly, if an mp is, uh, not paid adequately, they tempted to take all they are tempted to take all sorts bribes. thirdly , sorts of bribes. and thirdly, they have the most insecure role of any senior person in all of those three points dictate the amount that they should be paid, not how much the pay rise should happen year. happen each year. >> should paid more >> they should be paid more because of those three factors. but if they're getting a nice tidy the end of tidy 11% increase at the end of the why should the people the year, why should the people they're the they're working with not get the same? why shouldn't anyone? same? well why shouldn't anyone? >> haven't rise >> i haven't had a pay rise since 1996. >> guys get paid? >> you guys get paid? >> you guys get paid? >> not on this job. >> yeah. not on this job. obviously. this is just window shopping it shopping anyway. no. what's it

called? window dressing. that's right. exposure. right. yeah. do it for exposure. let's a look at the let's have a look at the guardian. >> they are going with doctors. raise distress raise alarm over moral distress from nhs overstretch and you know, if you didn't have the phrase moral distress in here, it's a much easier to understand story doctors don't story that the doctors don't like the that service like the fact that the service they in some they provide might be in some way harm to patients way causing harm to the patients . you're going to want to .you're not going to want to do that. fact that you've that. the fact that you've called it moral distress does make a bit like, oh no, make it seem a bit like, oh no, they're all upset. and that they're all upset. yes. and that it's look, i'm not it's horrible. look, i'm not going about nhs. going to moan about the nhs. i've me, i've recently i've look at me, i've recently got scar from got the old scar from my operation . oh, right. two weeks operation. oh, right. two weeks ago. they to ago. yeah, but they meant to do ago. yeah, but they meant to do a the. know, they a toenail. the. i know, but they went in a long way. >> and, uh, tattoo removal. right. >> remember when, >> i remember actually when, when, lump , but, when, uh, i know a lump, but, um, what's his name? tony blair. when blair problem when tony blair had a problem with throat or something. with his throat or something. oh, no, it heart oh, yeah. no, it was a heart thing. and they went in the vein oh, yeah. no, it was a heart thithe and they went in the vein oh, yeah. no, it was a heart thithe groynezy went in the vein oh, yeah. no, it was a heart thithe groyne and ant in the vein oh, yeah. no, it was a heart thithe groyne and you n the vein oh, yeah. no, it was a heart thithe groyne and you do 1e vein oh, yeah. no, it was a heart thithe groyne and you do thinkn in the groyne and you do think that's didn't like in the groyne and you do think tha policy? didn't like his policy? >> oh, some of these things they can long can do extraordinarily long winded of getting in. yeah. winded ways of getting in. yeah. aren't yeah yeah. aren't they. yeah yeah. >> thankfully didn't >> thankfully they didn't go that look that way through me. but look you want an nhs that

you don't you want an nhs that can do job. want the can do the job. you want the doctors they doctors to feel that they can provide job, don't just provide the job, but don't just do says they're do a survey that says they're feeling because it doesn't feeling sad because it doesn't get me on board. >> absolutely. moral >> no, absolutely. their moral distress them, distress is a matter for them, isn't take isn't it? yeah, possibly. take a couple of aspirin. let's, uh, finish off with the star jonathan, have, of course. jonathan, who have, of course. um, got another exclusive. yeah. >> this is some hitting >> this is some hard hitting journalism. 73% of dogs need journalism. so 73% of dogs need to after xmas blow outs. who to die after xmas blow outs. who will die ? uh, pardon? will die? uh, pardon? >> 76% of dogs need to die. diet. oh, diet. sorry. diet >> okay, maybe a few of them need to die. that's just if they get into the chocolate. so who with the so this is a with all the pies? so this is a story how dogs have been story about how dogs have been overfed during the festive season. your dogs been season. have your dogs been overfed? couple of. overfed? you've got a couple of. >> labradors. he is , >> we have one labradors. he is, uh, moderate exercise . uh, he gets moderate exercise. he gets little bit of goose he gets a little bit of goose fat, you know, around christmas time. but he's swimming the channel cat, however, channel the cat, however, has been actual channel the cat, however, has beerby actual channel the cat, however, has beerby the actual channel the cat, however, has beerby the vet actual channel the cat, however, has beerby the vet recently actual channel the cat, however, has beerby the vet recently . actual diet by the vet recently. catkins old. yeah. the is catkins old. yeah. the cat is a eunuch, of course. and you know what like. we didn't what they're like. we didn't want a female what they're like. we didn't wantthe a female what they're like. we didn't wantthe cats a female what they're like. we didn't wantthe cats picked a female what they're like. we didn't wantthe cats picked it. a female what they're like. we didn't wantthe cats picked it. theemale cat. the cats picked it. the kids picked out a female kitten

from when went to from a basket when we went to the and when we went the breeder. and when we went to collect like, here it collect him was like, here it is. this is it. and we took it to the vet who did the switcheroo it spayed. switcheroo to get it spayed. and he said, i can't spay it, but i can castrate it. oh, so yeah, we'd been given male cat we'd been given a male cat against wishes. so against our best wishes. so we've had castrated because we've had it castrated because obviously want a tom we've had it castrated because obv there want a tom we've had it castrated because obvthere prowling want a tom we've had it castrated because obvthere prowling wantnight.| we've had it castrated because obvthethe)rowling wantnight.| we've had it castrated because obvthethe neighbourhood|ight.| we've had it castrated because obvthethe neighbourhood of1t.| not in the neighbourhood of hove, can imagine, but hove, as you can imagine, but as a they put on a lot of, a result, they put on a lot of, uh, they put on a lot of weight. well, the films, well, you've seen the old films, you they're hanging you know, when they're hanging around that's around the harem. yeah, that's what like now, anyway. steve. >> anyway, fat dogs. um, yeah. then. >> anyway, fat dogs. um, yeah. then . maybe they shouldn't be so then. maybe they shouldn't be so fat. it's barely, barely touches the sides of it. being a story , the sides of it. being a story, does it? um. but no, i understand dogs. they're understand the dogs. they're really good at having that face that you go, like, oh, that makes you go, like, oh, give us particular dogs. >> is a pug, isn't it? >> that that is a pug, isn't it? that's there. they've that's yes. there. and they've been anyway, been all but outlawed anyway, haven't people haven't they? i think people said we can't. yeah. breathing thing anymore. thing have them anymore. >> much >> we're feeding them so much that normal american bullies are becoming xl's . so becoming american bully xl's. so thatis becoming american bully xl's. so that is a triple xl. >> yeah. that's right. i remember in florida you couldn't

even the top of the even count the x's on top of the garments. were many of garments. there were so many of them, like a film them, yet it was like a film in roman numerals. >> end . >> at the end. >> at the end. >> well, is it for the >> well, that is it for the first section. that's the front pages. section we pages. down in section two, we have on the have christmas armistice on the channel. bargy on the channel. argy bargy on the barge, and a crackdown on naked revellers in moscow. that sounds fair . alarming. we'll see you

>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> and welcome back to headliners i'm simon evans, still here with steve n allen and jonathan no middle initial hogan we start. is that a was that a thought crime. >> yeah it was. it cannot be donei >> yeah it was. it cannot be done i thought went through every word in the break. >> you trying to use i steve >> are you trying to use i steve we start with james cleverly in the so often and the daily mail as so often and his miracle . his christmas miracle. >> yes. well he reveals that british french officers british and french officers stopped migrant crossing stopped migrant boat crossing the was all on the channel. but it was all on this boasted that there no this boasted that there were no christmas crossings for the

first time to sir christmas miracle. you boy, head to the shop and buy me an absolute no christmas crossings is a weird carol name crossings and it doesn't feel like it's a particularly sort of christian sentiment, does it? >> it is surely >> but also it is surely correlates with the other story we've already covered about people having their roofs blown off. you know, not very much further north. >> it here people >> it says here that people onune >> it says here that people online pointed the weather, online pointed out the weather, not yeah, not just weather a storm. yeah, a that is, as you say, a storm that is, as you say, removing roofs. so maybe it's a case of, uh, he's taking credit for the weather, doing something like when the missus tells me to wash the car and it rains. i take the credit for that. >> absolutely. if i carry an umbrella and the weather is good, take for that. good, i take credit for that. but is it not? um, is it not possibly that this is a way that we could stop we could actually stop the boats? by creating bad boats? well, by creating bad weather, the perfect. weather, this is the perfect. >> the jews. do >> my people, the jews. we do try it, but try our best to control it, but we don't actually ofcom. this is the perfect overlap of people who don't like, uh, migrants and people who don't want to do anything about climate change. yeah. times . absolutely.

yeah. good times. absolutely. >> we could put in a whole solves of we've i mean, solves of we've got, i mean, outside of brighton now we've got a huge wind bank. did you say a whole raft of, it was say a whole raft of, uh, it was an actual raft, but a wind farm just off the just about eight miles off the shore but it could shore of brighton. but it could if you could them and if you could just pivot them and blow back as well. at blow the boats back as well. at the same time, if any come over, maybe could. maybe he could. >> blame it more on the >> well, i blame it more on the fact um, i mean, previous fact that, um, i mean, previous years over years people have had it over here in christmas, but the offerings from bbc, tv wise offerings from the bbc, tv wise were it. yeah, were just not worth it. yeah, and that's probably the other thing. would thing. that same overlap would love complain with satellite. >> doesn't really matter. satellite. >> with)esn't really matter. satellite. >> with the 't really matter. satellite. >> with the mail, ly matter. satellite. >> with the mail, jonathan. staying with the mail, jonathan and the latest from floating and the latest from the floating ikea bibby stockholm. well, if you these two >> well, if you think these two groups fighting, groups were already fighting, don't do flatpack don't let them do flatpack furniture together. that's that's the daily that's for sure. so in the daily mail, fears grow sectarian mail, fears grow of sectarian violence shia violence between sunni and shia muslim migrants. >> sunni, but >> it's pronounced sunni, but did i say sunni? >> oh, sorry. uh, i'm sunni or shia muslim migrants of bibby stockholm . as authorities are stockholm. as authorities are told, processions should be segregated . uh, so for context, segregated. uh, so for context, the split between the two main

sects of islam is a major cause of conflict in the middle east, and it can lead to unrest at sites where migrants are being housed in the uk. according to a home equality impact home office equality impact assessment. seems to be assessment. so here seems to be assessment. so here seems to be a bit of a religious tribalism causing conflict at at uh centres for migrants . and i centres for migrants. and i think it's i don't know what does that say if two groups are within the same religion, are brutally beating each other to death, to be fair, in extremely horrible . yeah, uh, scenario horrible. yeah, uh, scenario circumstances have been that's the greatest schism in world religion for the last 1200 years. >> i mean , you know, who has the >> i mean, you know, who has the right to claim the prophets? yes lineage, legacy, the, um, this is not like the quakers and the methodists or something. you know, there's a there's a fairly there's a fairly civilised and there's a fairly civilised and the ashkenazi, you put them on a boat, be better off having either christians or either sunnis and christians or shia together, either sunnis and christians or shiathe together, either sunnis and christians or shiathe one together, either sunnis and christians or shiathe one separated in and the other one separated in terms of, in terms of rouse kicking off, would you not say? >> yeah. but you know, me, >> well, yeah. but you know, me, me religion, they'll look at

me and religion, they'll look at this, this is religion bringing people together again. well done. maybe i've not taken this story seriously enough, because done. maybe i've not taken this sto i'veeriously enough, because done. maybe i've not taken this sto i've written enough, because done. maybe i've not taken this sto i've written down h, because done. maybe i've not taken this sto i've written down h, be is use all i've written down here is don't baby. um, all i've written down here is don not baby. um, all i've written down here is don not sure baby. um, all i've written down here is don not sure maybe baby. um, all i've written down here is don not sure maybe playing m, all i've written down here is don not sure maybe playing that i'm not sure maybe playing that song would help. >> i mean, you go >> i mean, you know, i go further than you, steve. i would probably this as an probably regard this as an urgent, like, de—nazification program. like program. i would just like to see completely eradicated. >> know, religions . >> you know, all the religions. >> you know, all the religions. >> the. well, on the >> yeah. all the. well, on the prison know, would prison ship, you know, i would just to take an just like you to take that as an opportunity reprogramme them opportunity to reprogramme them entirely. opportunity to reprogramme them ent yeah, then opportunity to reprogramme them entyeah, then i wouldn't >> yeah, but then i wouldn't want to upset the scientologists because around. because they follow you around. >> some electronic >> it just needs some electronic pillows they have in brave pillows like they have in brave new where, you know, the new world, where, you know, the truth be muttered to them truth can be muttered to them while ah and soma, while they snooze. ah and soma, that delicious . anyway, that sounds delicious. anyway, steve, the ukraine and steve, what were the ukraine and then it's been a while then gaza. it's been a while since we heard from rocketman overin since we heard from rocketman over in north korea, but the telegraph are are, um, optimistic that may be optimistic that that may be about to change. >> yeah. north korea's kim, they're calling kim. they're just calling him kim. these uh, these days. best mates. uh, orders military to accelerate war preparations. um, this is countering the unprecedented confrontation moves by the us.

he did not offer further specifics. it says here. oh, yes, that would be because this is. you could call this story. hey, don't forget me. i'm a bad guy, too. don't forget about me. >> billowing trousers have been not enough lately. >> look, i kind of >> yeah, and look, i kind of understand that , understand that need for that, uh, if you uh, propaganda. because if you are in charge of a nation where people are starving look people are starving and you look so you look like like so tasty, you look like you like buttery , then you does look buttery, then you does look delicious. imagine all the cheese. apparently he was crime. he was addicted . yeah, yeah, but he was addicted. yeah, yeah, but you said earlier you'd be hungry again in hour, which is not acceptable. >> you know, more seriously, he has been. i mean, there is credible that he has credible reports that he has beenin credible reports that he has been in close contact, regular contact with putin. yes. he has been supplying weapons in return for other military knowhow or guidance whatever. guidance or whatever. and i think some reason to think there is some reason to believe they be believe that they could be forming . you know, the axis of forming. you know, the axis of evil could be on the move a little bit. >> yeah. it's a team up. it's a it's a justice league suicide squad. time exactly i don't i squad. to time exactly i don't i mean i don't claim fully mean i don't claim to fully understand but i could the understand it, but i could the feeling that that chapter, the

russian chapter could russian ukrainian chapter could be moving towards a conclusion in the 3 to 6 months, in the next 3 to 6 months, hopefully . how do you think it's hopefully. how do you think it's going play going to play out? >> in the way that of us >> not in the way that any of us would two years ago. would have hoped two years ago. to honest, i think to be absolutely honest, i think a settlement on to be absolutely honest, i think a cards settlement on to be absolutely honest, i think a cards becausezment on to be absolutely honest, i think a cards because ukraine's»n the cards because ukraine's demographics do not support an, you know, year of you know, another year of fighting. but if that is the case, then i think we probably do have to sort of look and see whether the bipolar world has really while, you really sized itself while, you know, the curvature know, during the curvature of smoke and fog. >> my hope is that the north korean, you know, how they have these fake shops full of fake food for cameras . i hope food for the cameras. i hope that's same with their sort that's the same with their sort of military weapons. they're just cardboard. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> tanks . meanwhile, >> inflatable tanks. meanwhile, down korea, they down in south korea, they were doing test drills to see what would happen if someone from nonh would happen if someone from north korea nipped over to seoul for wouldn't take for an attack. wouldn't you take that an opportunity to insult for an attack. wouldn't you take that like opportunity to insult for an attack. wouldn't you take that like we're �*tunity to insult for an attack. wouldn't you take that like we're pretending sult them like we're pretending that someone from north korea is attacking. got lost. they attacking. they got lost. they can't they to can't use satnav. they went to the tried to attack the sea and tried to attack a fish that's normally fish because that's normally where missiles. where they aim their missiles. that's kind of thing that's the kind of thing i'd have yes. have done. that's pr yes. >> well we'll have donald

have done. that's pr yes. >> willell we'll have donald have done. that's pr yes. >> will be we'll have donald have done. that's pr yes. >> will be back have donald have done. that's pr yes. >> will be back inive donald have done. that's pr yes. >> will be back in charge ald trump will be back in charge fairly soon anyway. and so that, you rivalry, you know, the old rivalry, the banter restored, which banter will be restored, which we missed. be honest, we have all missed. be honest, independent. news independent. now jonathan, news of crackdown on near—naked gay of a crackdown on near—naked gay revellers in a moscow nightclub. it seems crackdown might be an unfortunate regard . unfortunate turn in that regard. >> are partygoers >> but yes, these are partygoers have taken a pounding. so, uh , have taken a pounding. so, uh, rapper at almost naked party jailed in russia as part of putin anti—gay crackdown. so a russian rapper has been jailed after attending an almost naked party, which sounds like a lot of fun, i must say, in a moscow nightclub putin down nightclub. as putin cracks down on rights. a presenter on gay rights. so a tv presenter and nastasia evolving through a private, almost naked party which went viral after pictures of it began circulating social media. so this seems to be a part of putin's rather intense, i would say far right crackdown on, uh, non traditional relationships. traditionally it's not far right, which wants to support traditional christian families and encourage people to have eight, eight children. yes. so that's quite a lot. >> whereas these people, eight children. you know,

>> whereas these people, eight childr are you know, >> whereas these people, eight childrare your you know, >> whereas these people, eight childr are your alternativesw, >> whereas these people, eight childr are your alternatives at >> whereas these people, eight chilmoment. r alternatives at >> whereas these people, eight chilmoment. i alternatives at >> whereas these people, eight chilmoment. i did rnatives at >> whereas these people, eight chilmoment. i did see ives at >> whereas these people, eight chilmoment. i did see the at the moment. i did see the photographs. didn't look photographs. they didn't look nearly me. it looked nearly naked to me. it looked like a perfectly ordinary sort of centre in evening of centre spread in the evening standard. to be honest. yes. >> a lot them were >> well, a lot of them were quite dressed. mean, the lady quite dressed. i mean, the lady in question had little metal flecks like she'd flecks all over. look like she'd just the final of just come out of the final of crystal whereas the crystal maze. yes. whereas the bloke in the story had a bloke in the story had just a sock. we've all bloke in the story had just a sock. that we've all bloke in the story had just a sock. that hockey we've all bloke in the story had just a sock. that hockey sock. e've all bloke in the story had just a sock. that hockey sock. the all done that hockey sock. the chilli peppers. done that hockey sock. the chiichilli pers. done that hockey sock. the chiichilli peppers? yes exactly. >> chilli peppers? yes exactly. yeah. >> chilli peppers? yes exactly. yeaand he was , he was not far >> and he was, he was not far right. was straight down right. he was straight down anyway. but hang a little to the left. the yeah this. i love left. the uh. yeah this. i love the idea that this is in any way threatening societies. if someone's man someone's going to see a man with around his business someone's going to see a man withgo, around his business someone's going to see a man withgo, do around his business someone's going to see a man withgo, do you und his business someone's going to see a man with go, do you know s business someone's going to see a man with go, do you know what?1ess someone's going to see a man with go, do you know what? less and go, do you know what? i wasn't before, but i think wasn't gay before, but i think i'll crack this. i'll have a crack at this. >> on other hand, the actual >> on the other hand, the actual i've got it written down here and going it. the and i'm going to find it. the fine was fined 200,000 fine he was fined 200,000 rubles, which is £1,716, which, fine he was fined 200,000 ruibes, which is £1,716, which, fine he was fined 200,000 ruibe honest, is £1,716, which, fine he was fined 200,000 ruibe honest, ismean,, which, fine he was fined 200,000 ruibe honest, ismean, youich, fine he was fined 200,000 ruibe honest, ismean, you would to be honest, i mean, you would probably that for probably pay that for a well—fitting sock in moscow. >> weather like you >> cold weather like that, you wouldn't. for wouldn't. you pay that for a thermal, steve? >> first, the burning of the reichstag. now the blackpool tower false flag. tower is a false flag. >> this is a great story. uh,

blackpool tower fire in quote marks was actually orange netting flaps in the wind. was it a near naked sex party? the. yeah. to get the wrong sock on a strong, strong, windy day. um, the those fake candles the remember those fake candles that turn up and you see them andifs that turn up and you see them and it's a little piece of fabnc and it's a little piece of fabric flapping around? >> an outside >> yes, yes. off an outside nightclub. yeah >> so someone probably took one of careless and it of those. was careless and it spread, it all spread, um, and it made it all the up there. one man was the way up there. one man was arrested breach arrested on suspicion of breach of the peace. we don't know what he didn't set he did. i mean, he didn't set a fire. know that much. it fire. we know that much. it sounds more like piece of the sounds more like a piece of the bridge. he goes bridge. it's hey, he goes christmas! i this story christmas! but i love this story because on, like, um, because i got it on, like, um, push alerts, like breaking news alerts so it was alerts on my phone. so it was like, tink, what's this? blackpool towers on fire. bring the fire brigade. turn up. oh, it's someone was it's orange netting. someone was trying to catch tower. it's trying to catch a tower. it's probably just attempt to probably just an attempt to promote between promote the tower in between episodes of strictly, isn't it? it it's all. it's all for it works. it's all. it's all for pr. i mean, this is such a silly story. so do think he was story. so do you think he was deliberately trying get to deliberately trying to get to waste? know, emergency waste? um, you know, emergency responders well, responders time or is it? well, he's so i would

he's been arrested, so i would not at all speculate. do you? oh fair enough. requirements. i don't know the rules. >> people who arrested >> most people who are arrested after a is on after reporting a fire is on suspicion of having started it, isn't because the isn't it? because that's the psychology arsonists. psychology of arsonists. apparently, psychology of arsonists. appithen .y, psychology of arsonists. appithen they go, oh, better and then they go, oh, i better call the fire brigade. that call in the fire brigade. that happened to me once when i was 12. >> you start a fire. >> you start a fire. >> and my mate were >> i, me and my mate were walking past a, um, a unitarian church in saint albans, and we saw went round the church in saint albans, and we saw and went round the church in saint albans, and we saw and the went round the church in saint albans, and we saw and the fire went round the church in saint albans, and we saw and the fire park,|t round the church in saint albans, and we saw and the fire park, andjnd the back and the fire park, and there was a skip on fire, and we phoned old bill from phoned the old bill from the, uh, from phone box and on uh, from the phone box and on the from the which the way back from the pub, which we too young to have we were a bit too young to have been possibly, uh, there been to possibly, uh, there there were two brigades, there were two fire brigades, uh, engines there, and uh, two fire engines there, and quite significant of, quite significant amount of, uh, you know, first responder activity. them activity. and we went up to them and we did that. uh and said, oh, we did that. uh called it in. yeah >> choice of words. yeah >> choice of words. yeah >> visited at home the >> and i was visited at home the following day by, um, by this officer. yeah. my mother watched closely for signs of guilt and sweating, and i pulled it off anyway , the show is half done. anyway, the show is half done. in the next section, we have the woke bias of the bbc. carol

vorderman and johnny mercer rolling around in the mud and the real purpose of off log . see the real purpose of off log. see you in

radio. and welcome back to headliners. >> so jonathan, we kick off this section with good news from the express. our sworn enemies are on the ropes. >> yes. uh, gary lineker is in his bunker in berlin as we speak . so bbc backlash over feeding viewers a diet of bias in major breach of impartiality rules. so the bbc has been accused of confronting viewers with a diet of woke bias after new research suggested the corporation was failing to uphold its impartiality plan. the survey looked at the licence fee funded broadcasters drama and news output, campaigners output, and its campaigners claim it showed bias when covering issues race and covering issues around race and gendenl covering issues around race and gender. i shocked i am beyond gender. i am shocked i am beyond this is this is after they promised to do better though they had a ten step they did. they had a ten step plan that they this tim davie who said enough who came in and said enough of the nonsense. the woke nonsense. >> it wasn't.

the woke nonsense. >> it wasrindeed . yeah. >> it was indeed. yeah. >> it was indeed. yeah. >> mean the they have >> so i mean the do they have any examples? i'm thinking doctor going feature. any examples? i'm thinking docyeah going feature. any examples? i'm thinking docyeah that'sgoing feature. any examples? i'm thinking docyeah that's right. feature. any examples? i'm thinking docyeah that's right. featu so >> yeah that's right. indeed so they said on the news they said so on the news website. average of one website. an average of one story a was found been a week was found to have been published on the slave trade. a week was found to have been putwell,i on the slave trade. a week was found to have been putwell, it>n the slave trade. a week was found to have been putwell, it isthe slave trade. a week was found to have been putwell, it is aboutave trade. a week was found to have been putwell, it is about time ade. a week was found to have been putwell, it is about time we. >> well, it is about time we ended that on time, i'd say. >> and in the children's >> i'd say and in the children's series doctor who, it was implied traveller could series doctor who, it was imjgayi traveller could series doctor who, it was imjgay . traveller could series doctor who, it was imjgay . i'd traveller could series doctor who, it was imjgay . i'd say traveller could series doctor who, it was imjgay . i'd say doctorller could series doctor who, it was imjgay . i'd say doctor who :ould series doctor who, it was imjgay . i'd say doctor who is|ld be gay. i'd say doctor who is a little bit gay. >> doctor who? the current doctor the show. he's doctor who is no, the show. he's actually isn't he? actually gay, isn't he? is he? well, the actor is gay, well, i mean, the actor is gay, isn't he? the new one? i haven't watched the new episode, but i believe isn't right? believe so. isn't that right? >> i'm say yes. >> well, i'm going to say yes. >> well, i'm going to say yes. >> there's >> definitely. there's definitely uh, definitely a trans like, uh, sidekick or something. sidekick or ally or something. >> was an alien who >> well, there was an alien who they if they should have they asked if they should have gendered also bit worried people are also a bit worried about christie having about agatha christie having been repurposed for the 14th time a row. time in a row. >> oh, really? >> oh, really? >> once again, i mean, i mean, anyone who's spent enough time watching the bbc will be obviously bias watching the bbc will be obvi(you' bias watching the bbc will be obvi(you' some bias watching the bbc will be obvi(you' some people grow and, you know, some people grow weary of it. and then here we are. >> we're going to come on later again to of their ex again to one of their ex employees who discusses news employees who discusses gb news future terms.

future in glowing terms. but steve, um, the bbc has said that the examples have been cherry picked they definitely have. picked and they definitely have. >> good ones >> and there's some good ones in there, like the thing that happened about not happened on radio four about not having balance when discussing, uh, that needs uh, jk rowling. yes, that needs to it's to be looked at. and it's against their guidelines that you you should have you should have. you should have balance doctor balance on there. but the doctor who this a this who thing so this is a this article is arguing about impartiality. right. so saying doctor who questions whether whether a time lord could be gay in one of the episodes. yeah. so you're arguing that some. where was the voice of someone sat there saying, did you time there saying, did you say time lord, can't be gay? lord, time lords can't be gay? oh it's gallifreyan not gay. >> yes. okay. uh, >> location is. yes. okay. uh, doctor is, course, you doctor who is, of course, you could make him gay. although, to be fair , there have a be fair, there have been a number different iterations number of different iterations over which doctor over the years in which doctor who clearly who was quite clearly not gay. and to retcon quite and you have to retcon it quite seriously for him not seriously in order for him not to, though. but no, that's that's a perfect it that's not a perfect that's it works in this case. >> no. all the different >> no, no, no. all the different doctors are different. >> no, no, no. all the different doc no; are different. >> no, no, no. all the different doc no fiction, ferent. >> no, no, no. all the different doc no fiction, just it. >> no, no, no. all the different doc no fiction, just because >> no fiction, just because it's not does have some not real does have to have some sort coherence. sort of coherence. >> because it's >> it's fiction because it's this being used. >> is being used as

>> if fiction is being used as a vehicle through which to push an endless litany of progressive, radical, woke , whatever you want radical, woke, whatever you want to call them ideas. and there is no balance elsewhere. if doctor who was swiftly followed by little house on the prairie or black beauty or something which was dispensing older, timeless, traditional wisdom about a solid family life and going to church on a sunday morning that would be fine. but it isn't ever the bbc endlessly promotes the same kind of mindset through its fiction, through its drama, through its panel games. all of that constantly, and you never get the alternative point of view, even if what they're saying, even if that point is true, it doesn't mean that you can't ask a question about a time lord. >> reason point that it's >> the reason i point that it's fiction is because it's a changeable character. who fiction is because it's a chanto able character. who fiction is because it's a chanto say character. who fiction is because it's a chanto say what|cter. who fiction is because it's a chanto say what the. who fiction is because it's a chanto say what the nextwho gets to say what the next iteration of character is? gets to say what the next iter.not1 of character is? gets to say what the next iter.not that character is? gets to say what the next iter.not that you character is? gets to say what the next iter.not that you have cter is? gets to say what the next iter.not that you have to r is? it's not that you have to suspend beliefs to grieve. >> he's buying. that's not what they did. they say this they did. they didn't say this current is. they said he current one is. they said he originally was, but we don't even what the original even know what the original you say one. say in the first one. >> yeah. they read william hurt

to say his origin. >> no, my is not >> anyway. no, my point is not what did specifically with what they did specifically with doctor it's that there is doctor who. it's that there is no whole of no balance within the whole of the drama comedy, its the bbc's drama comedy, its entire output is either neutral as towards these issues , or it as towards these issues, or it promotes the woke side of it. would you agree with that, jonathan? >> i would generally agree. certainly in the mainstream shows, that that you do have . shows, that that you do have. um, they did do a thing, a show called non—safe space on radio. yeah, i was on it. yeah. >> oh, there you go. john holmes produced. yeah. yes. they do. >> oh, there you go. john holmes pro ijced. yeah. yes. they do. >> oh, there you go. john holmes pro i mean,eah. yes. they do. >> oh, there you go. john holmes proi mean, iah. yes. they do. >> oh, there you go. john holmes proi mean, i know;. they do. >> oh, there you go. john holmes pro i mean, i know there hey do. >> oh, there you go. john holmes proi mean, i know there has do. >> oh, there you go. john holmes proi mean, i know there has been >> i mean, i know there has been an attempt to try and get more kind of free speech orientated humour stuff like that, or humour and stuff like that, or even humour. humour and stuff like that, or evethere humour. humour and stuff like that, or evethere was humour. humour and stuff like that, or evethere was hu attempt. >> there was that attempt. >> there was that attempt. >> that that >> yeah. yeah. that was, that was did it work steve. was the one. did it work steve. >> uh, time a twitter >> uh, time for a little twitter tittle tattle now. and the one off between vorderman off love match between vorderman and mercer is the ropes and mercer is on the ropes again. they just going again. when are they just going to will they won't they. to do it, will they won't they. >> they will. uh, >> i don't think they will. uh, tory mercer out at tory johnny mercer lashes out at carol sweary rage carol vorderman in sweary rage for promise. for raising broken promise. look, a beep. i'm going look, there's a beep. i'm going to say beep because it covers one the words. yeah, he said

one of the words. yeah, he said that had beep. lonely that she had a beep. lonely life. but looking life. yeah. but looking at the tweet, no between tweet, there's no comma between beep it's not beep and lonely. so it's not your lonely. it's your beep annual lonely. it's this of beep lonely, your beep annual lonely. it's this i of beep lonely, your beep annual lonely. it's this i guess of beep lonely, your beep annual lonely. it's this i guess meanseep lonely, your beep annual lonely. it's this i guess means you lonely, your beep annual lonely. it's this i guess means you only.y, your beep annual lonely. it's this i guess means you only use which i guess means you only use the toilet on your own. >> just fortifying, uh, >> it's just a fortifying, uh, you know, it's an enhancing adjective, it? yeah. adjective, isn't it? yeah. >> is >> general. so this was is labour fred labour election rival fred thomas some figures labour election rival fred thomiveteran some figures labour election rival fred thomiveteran homelessness s labour election rival fred thomiveteran homelessness . about veteran homelessness. carol vorderman retweeted it and that's got all the players in. and then mercer then goes and then johnny mercer then goes on a personal attack. argue the point, the person. this is point, not the person. this is the thing where surely if you are proud of your tory status, are a proud of your tory status, you what you should be remembering what margaret about margaret thatcher said about this. attack one this. if they attack one personally, they have personally, it means they have not political argument not a single political argument left. so don't. true tory left. yes so don't. no true tory would do that. >> i, mercer and vorderman are as bad as each other in this. i tend to agree with you and i will never, ever forgive mercer for throwing scrutiny under the bus. when i do think that bus. but when i do think that vorderman has, you made vorderman has, you know, made herself a valid target for this kind of thing as well. >> well, i'm wondering, when did twitter spats become news? i know you know, ten a day know that, you know, ten a day or a million a day.

>> they're just hopeless. >> they're just hopeless. >> yeah, absolutely >> yeah, really absolutely hopeless. >> yeah, really absolutely hopeles as you say, it's not the >> and as you say, it's not the important should important thing. and we should be discussing whether not, be discussing whether or not, you know, homeless you know, these homeless veterans, uh, have it's just you know, these homeless veteranbeen have it's just you know, these homeless veteranbeen ha�*down just you know, these homeless veteranbeen ha�*down by;t you know, these homeless veteran been ha�*down by the people been let down by the government on government or people dunking on each the news has become. >> did seem that in the >> it did seem that in the story, i am slightly confused about what the nature of homelessness statistical homelessness is for statistical purposes, actually homelessness is for statistical purp about actually homelessness is for statistical purp about a actually homelessness is for statistical purp about a number actually homelessness is for statistical purp about a number of:ually homelessness is for statistical purp about a number of 2000 said about a number of 2000 households said about a number of 2000 housethink household is and i think if a household is affected that affected by homelessness, that suggests have suggests that they have a different of what different idea of what homelessness is i homelessness is than i do. >> household was >> well, the household was a bench. so that bench. so if that counts. >> yeah, suppose so. what do >> yeah, i suppose so. what do you think? >> yeah, no, i think and that's the that should be argued. the point that should be argued. johnny look, johnny mercer was saying, look, his when talks johnny mercer was saying, look, his homelessness talks johnny mercer was saying, look, his homelessness about about homelessness is about people street on a people living on the street on a cold yeah. can cold night. yeah. so you can have that argument and all of that without just that can happen without just without saying. that can happen without just witii)ut saying. that can happen without just witii mean, ng. that can happen without just witii mean, nglot of >> i mean, a lot of homelessness. this is where shelter isn't is shelter come in, isn't it? is their includes people their definition includes people who are maybe staying in somebody room, somebody else's spare room, but don't to don't have a legal right to remain they change remain there if they change their perfectly their mind. jonathan perfectly valid about local valid story now about local government in the daily mail. but interested to but i was mainly interested to learn that there a watchdog but i was mainly interested to learn toff there a watchdog

but i was mainly interested to learn toff blog. a watchdog called off blog. >> sounds like another piece >> it sounds like another piece of furniture. >> it sounds like another piece of yeah,|rniture. that should >> yeah, a thing that we should all do occasionally, suppose. >> yeah, a thing that we should all d> yeah, a thing that we should all d> yeah, a thing that we should all d> yeah, a thing that we should all d> yes. oh, log off or yeah, toilet . toilet. he went on. toilet. toilet. he went on. carol vorderman does it on her own. yeah she off locked herself. so, uh, councils are going bust due to bad management, not lack of funding. says watchdog . so lord morse, says watchdog. so lord morse, chair of the office of local for local off log , local government, off log, dismissed the idea that that the worrying number of effectively bankrupt was down to bankrupt town halls was down to a of money. he insisted a shortage of money. he insisted it that it was quite definite that failures in management or failures in management or failures in management or failures in governance were behind that behind the cases that had emerged far . behind the cases that had emerged far. so now, when emerged so far. so now, when i think of local government, council, a bastion of council, i think of a bastion of efficient spending well efficient spending and well thought out planning that it just makes efficient use of the resources given. but it turns out not. out it's not. >> it's always thinks >> it's not always thinks otherwise. um, what do you think, steve? >> mean, it does check out, >> i mean, it does check out, doesn't a lot doesn't it? it does make a lot of the one thing would of sense. the one thing i would throw there is that places throw in there is that places like have declared like nottingham have declared themselves reason they like nottingham have declared them to ves reason they like nottingham have declared them to ves isreason they like nottingham have declared them to ves is legally,�*|ey

like nottingham have declared them to ves is legally, they have to do it is legally, they have to do it is legally, they have balance their books. so have to do it is legally, they hethey balance their books. so have to do it is legally, they hethey ifialance their books. so have to do it is legally, they hethey if they're their books. so have to do it is legally, they hethey if they're goingiooks. so have to do it is legally, they hethey if they're going to ks. so have to do it is legally, they hethey if they're going to come if they if they're going to come in they have issue in shy, they have to then issue a section 114 notice. but the government to do it a section 114 notice. but the gcitzrnment to do it a section 114 notice. but the gcit had ent to do it a section 114 notice. but the gcit had the to do it a section 114 notice. but the gcit had the same to do it a section 114 notice. but the gcit had the same rules,to do it if it had the same rules, wouldn't it? >> that's true. we all we >> yes. that's true. we all we everything in western world everything in the western world apparently france is the worst. >> the. well that's good. at least in least there's some good news in this story. >> independent. now, steve, a surprising the left. uh surprising call for the left. uh sorry. i'll read that again. a surprising call from the left leaning paper for a return to corporal and capital punishment rather than custodial sentences. >> that's one way to solve it. yeah. um, cell street. repeat. thousands of prisoners are being set up to fail with the release into homelessness and the definition of this is very much the that we understand. yes. the one that we understand. yes. yeah. the streets yeah. i suppose on the streets nobody them. yeah and nobody will have them. yeah and it's leave it's about 600 people leave prison every month without accommodation. was 500, by accommodation. it was 500, by the way, in the earlier story, families that made homeless families that were made homeless . so it makes again , it makes . so it makes again, it makes sense that if you're just releasing someone into that kind of situation, of course there will some. it won't even be will be some. it won't even be recidivism because it's not

sticking terms of your sticking to the terms of your release. people will be release. some people will be deliberately this to get deliberately doing this to get back prison, because it's back into prison, because it's better homeless . yes. better than being homeless. yes. which prisons as well. which means prisons as well. homelessness versus being in prison. yeah. what do you reckon on the prison? >> i remember in the rutles it said that, for hungry lads said that, uh, for hungry lads from liverpool, worse from liverpool, there are worse places prison . and hamburg places than prison. and hamburg was . i also remember was one of them. i also remember being in a play when i was at school called the ticket of leave man, which was a 19 century depiction of exactly this. somebody coming out of jail determined to go straight, but just finding harder and but just finding it harder and harder, and not being harder, you know, and not being offered any properjobs and eventually back eventually getting drawn back into criminal world. it's it into the criminal world. it's it is a tricky one, to be fair. i don't know what the solution is, but i think it costs us to have people homeless for a while and back in prison. >> that money should be spent in a believe a better way. i can't believe someone's not making money out of got some of this. if you've got some properties you could rent properties that you could rent out and take of, the out and take a slice of, the benefits these would benefits of these people would be entitled. it >> true? i'm not saying >> is that true? i'm not saying i you're absolutely right, i think you're absolutely right, and i think money should be

spent course spent on it, but of course you've to make that you've got to make sure that money a way that money isn't spent in a way that gives they come gives criminals when they come out an improved out of jail, an improved situation compared to people who didn't first didn't go to jail in the first place, you have place, because then you have all kinds bad incentive kinds of bad incentive laws. yeah. suppose seriously, yeah. and i suppose seriously, we chemical castration we you know, chemical castration is solution. is the obvious solution. but again, ready for that again, we're not ready for that conversation, are we? >> fix >> wouldn't necessarily fix the women's fix women's problems issue but fix the cat. >> few p.- p.— the cat. >> few those very few e those very few of >> very few of those very few of those. and they almost always >> very few of those very few of thos�*workj they almost always >> very few of those very few of thos�*work immediately. always find work immediately. uh, jonathan, from the independent of another of the guardian. now, another surprising a left surprising story from a left leaning this one leaning paper, this one providing evidence support providing evidence to support the white genocide. the theory of white genocide. >> how is um, so the story >> how is leo? um, so the story in the guardian, strong are sound of some lancashire accents in danger of dying out . uh, so in danger of dying out. uh, so the do it ? uh, no, but in danger of dying out. uh, so the do it? uh, no, but i heard someone saying the harder earlier on in the office. oh go on. but um, i actually don't know what a lancashire accent is. like obe begum that it. is. it's like obe begum that it. >> your yorkshire. yorkshire? >> what ? >> what? >> what? >> i mean, don't get offended. what's the difference? are they the same ? i think they should the same? i think they should get yeah, there might get offended. yeah, there might be that. i think.

be a war about that. i think. >> cares might have been lancashire, but i could be wrong. >> curses. east midlands >> no curses. east midlands mind. oh, yeah. >> no curses. east midlands mind. cgod, ah. >> no curses. east midlands mind. cgod, that's embarrassing. >> oh, god, that's embarrassing. >> oh, god, that's embarrassing. >> thing. >> oh, god, that's embarrassing. >> the thing. >> oh, god, that's embarrassing. >> the movie, thing. >> oh, god, that's embarrassing. >> the movie, the,�*|g. >> oh, god, that's embarrassing. >> the movie, the, uh. >> the movie, the, uh. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> all but the old old tough >> all but the old and old tough old. and he was from yorkshire. he was yorkshire. so what's the strong are then? >> strong? think >> the strong? you want to think of jane that that kind of jane horrocks that that kind of. okay. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> one of us needs it. >> one of us needs to do it. well the example in here is that we'd word we'd all pronounce the word stella stella. same, but stella and stella. the same, but stella, stella, stella is a bit like manchester. you might have overshot and gone, man. we've gone oasis. we've ended up doing oasis. >> are doing them? uh, what >> are you doing them? uh, what is streetcar named is it with streetcar named desire? stella? stella desire? stella stella? stella anyway , what's the solution? anyway, what's the solution? well, the prognosis, i should say. >> the prognosis. well so, um, a university has . lancaster university has. lancaster university has done a study finding that this the hard r is no longer b. i've got to stop saying hard r the stronger, the stronger, the stronger . saying hard r the stronger, the stronger, the stronger. yeah. stop being used. so i think the

solution is, is that just deal with it. yeah i totally agree. yeah. >> it's probably one of the, one of the least, uh, catastrophic and tragic losses this country has is dwindling fast in all sorts of important ways. they can probably go with so many accents that have died out throughout the centuries. >> they've gone and somehow we coke surname go into the graveyard. >> maybe they kept on >> maybe they could be kept on tape could be some tape and there could be some kind passage something. tape and there could be some kinccouldssage something. tape and there could be some kinccould go ge something. tape and there could be some kinccould go into something. tape and there could be some kinccould go into a;omething. tape and there could be some kinccould go into a cathedral. tape and there could be some kinccould go into a cathedral or you could go into a cathedral or something. a something. you could hear a stone yeah. stone with. yeah. >> jane horrocks did the voice in, run. got a in, uh, chicken run. we've got a copy. more section to go. >> it is a doozy. the simulation is back. every month. whenever we on every little we have steve on every little gets for sexual gets you sued for sexual harassment. latest on harassment. and the latest on home alone two. see you in a

welcome back to headliners for the final section. steve, your favourite story has come around again, this time in the mail. are we living in a simulation ?

are we living in a simulation? >> if you don't have time to watch the whole clip, no we're not. um, but it's according to melvin vopson, who's associate professor physics at the professor in physics at the university portsmouth. uh, he university of portsmouth. uh, he says there several clues in says there are several clues in our existence we says there are several clues in our living existence we says there are several clues in our living inside stence we says there are several clues in our living inside this:e we says there are several clues in our living inside this computer are living inside this computer simulation. one of them is that the limit on how fast light can travel, that's the kind of thing that would happen in a computer. he no, because it has to he says no, because it has to happen. if the speed of light was infinite, all of the light from any exploded supernova from an infinite universe would already us straight so already hit us straight away, so it pretty toasty. it would be pretty toasty. >> also, i don't regard that >> uh, also, i don't regard that as, other as, uh, some of his other evidences are, well, you know , evidences are, well, you know, worth pondering. >> well, before we move away from entanglement. yeah. no quantum entanglement is not worth pondering because this is. i'll you what's happened i'll tell you what's happened with entanglement. i'll tell you what's happened with einstein tanglement. i'll tell you what's happened with einstein called nent. i'll tell you what's happened with einstein called itent. on. um, einstein called it spooky action at a distance . got spooky action at a distance. got the word spooky, and therefore einstein's agreed with everything i think that everything that i think that spooky. quantum entanglement. spooky. no quantum entanglement. just means the same wave just means that the same wave function describes both particles . oh, that's not as particles. oh, that's not as fun. it doesn't prove any woo

woo science. >> not it's vastly >> that's not the. it's vastly more complex controversial . more complex and controversial. that's the thing. more complex and controversial. thalt'sthe thing. more complex and controversial. thait's notthing. more complex and controversial. thait's not the]. more complex and controversial. thait's not the absolute. it's >> it's not the absolute. it's not controversial. it's extraordinarily safe. people don't want a nobel prize this year for proving that. >> it's the extraordinary , the >> it's the extraordinary, the locality proving that einstein was wrong. >> it's not spooky . it's not >> but it's not spooky. it's not spooky. einstein says in explicable. it's mildly inexplicable that einstein. it's not inexplicable because it still means your wave equation describes those two particles. the big question is if those particles are really far away and measure one, now and you measure one, you now know information about the other, is not meant other, information is not meant to be able to travel faster than the speed of light. but that was einstein said, well, therefore it and the other it can't be true. and the other apc paradox , or whatever it's apc paradox, or whatever it's called, um, proves that einstein was wrong that. so made was wrong about that. so it made it weird. it's not spooky. it less weird. it's not spooky. einstein it and einstein calls it spooky and ends up being wrong. so it's just extremely spooky i >> everyone agrees it's spooky, even the nobel prize winning scientist says no, that's the nobel prize winner for not proving inexplicable. except if

the universe is being generated by a central processing unit, in which case it immediately becomes perfectly explicable . becomes perfectly explicable. this guy is going to test simulation. don't simulation. well, i don't even think this most think this is the most compelling for compelling argument for simulation theory. >> one, where simulation theory. >> likely, one, where simulation theory. >> likely, you one, where simulation theory. >> likely, you know, one, where simulation theory. >> likely, you know, are, where it's likely, you know, if a society or a technology can create simulation , then it's create a simulation, then it's much more likely create much more likely to create millions than the one. so millions than just the one. so statistically, more likely statistically, we're more likely to one. statistically, we're more likely to yes, one. statistically, we're more likely to yes, we're only in one. so >> yes, we're only in one. so you're in. you're saying that's in. yeah it's from from numbers. >> but you know, he's also numbers. >> butthat know, he's also numbers. >> butthat ,;now, he's also numbers. >> butthat , uh,r, he's also numbers. >> butthat , uh, it1e's also numbers. >> butthat , uh, it looks.so numbers. >> butthat , uh, it looks like saying that, uh, it looks like we're in simulation because of we're in a simulation because of the code, because it the computer code, because it resembles a computer code. well, what computer resembles what if computer code resembles reality other reality rather than the other way around? reality rather than the other waymy)und? reality rather than the other way my feeling is, reality rather than the other waymy feeling is, if reality rather than the other way my feeling is, if we were reality rather than the other waymy feeling is, if we were in reality rather than the other wsimulation,; is, if we were in reality rather than the other wsimulation, i is, if we were in reality rather than the other wsimulation, i couldve were in a simulation, i could understand. you might have forgotten entered forgotten that you'd entered it, but feeling but you would be feeling occasional the occasional pressure on the temples. , you get that temples. even so, you get that sometimes have tried sometimes you must have tried that. you get a headache. >> like, i could really >> you're like, i could really do with massage. um, i'd do with a massage. um, i'd forgotten problems with the forgotten the problems with the number. you up number. thing is, you end up timesing by infinity. infinity is not a number, it's not is not a number, so it's not maths anymore. quite often in physics, infinity, physics, if an infinity, the maths and this maths has gone wrong and this guy test it guy says he's going to test it by, getting matter

by, uh, by getting matter antimatter particles colliding, he particles have anti he says all particles have anti versions. the versions. he's forgetting the higgs boson. how am i not getting a job down at portsmouth? >> should go and to >> you should go and speak to him. maybe at him. or maybe get one at southampton. then you can use the your own the rivalry to your own advantage. self—help from the rivalry to your own adv telegraph. self—help from the rivalry to your own adv telegraph. now, lf—help from the rivalry to your own adv telegraph. now, jonathan,)m the telegraph. now, jonathan, and how survive and advice on how to survive divorce perhaps divorce divorce. perhaps a divorce brought by fantasising brought on by fantasising about your favourite gb news presenter and neglecting your marriage. >> also think jacob >> you also think of jacob rees—mogg bedroom. okay, rees—mogg in the bedroom. okay, not me . so in the not just me. so a story in the telegraph how to survive divorce with health intact. so if with your health intact. so if i'm completely honest, this isn't really much story . isn't really much of a story. it's just the idea that during a very long, uh, stressful period which divorce normally creates your fight or flight, your stress response is firing, and it has a load of negative health repercussions for you . yeah. so repercussions for you. yeah. so you don't sleep, you don't heal your you have a proclivity to getting ill. >> i got a mind fog. you get mind fog. >> but all the classic kind of stress just brace yourself for it, it? it, isn't it? >> probably heavily. >> and probably drink heavily. i would think. yeah. you know, and about six ago. right

about six months ago. right >> single single malt was the antidote. whole antidote. yeah not of this whole story point that you story doesn't point out that you might those symptoms story doesn't point out that you mithe those symptoms story doesn't point out that you mithe marriage, those symptoms story doesn't point out that you mithe marriage, those swhytoms in the marriage, which is why you get out of in the you want to get out of in the first place. also, there might as well put the word advertorial at because this at the start, because all this is at this time of year, there's at the start, because all this is rincreasene of year, there's at the start, because all this is rincrease in of year, there's at the start, because all this is rincrease in the (ear, there's at the start, because all this is rincrease in the peoplezre's at the start, because all this is rincrease in the people filing an increase in the people filing for so solicitors are for divorce. so solicitors are all like, want to thing all like, i want to do a thing in a newspaper and what in a newspaper and that's what we're for, black monday. in a newspaper and that's what vimean, for, black monday. in a newspaper and that's what vimean, they black monday. in a newspaper and that's what vimean, they say:k monday. in a newspaper and that's what vimean, they say the ionday. in a newspaper and that's what vimean, they say the body y. i mean, they they say the body keeps score, reality i mean, they they say the body kewas score, reality i mean, they they say the body kewas wifee, reality i mean, they they say the body kewas wife keepingreality i mean, they they say the body kewas wife keeping score. it was the wife keeping score. >> var metro. now steve and a little has won £22,000 in little worker has won £22,000 in a discrimination case, which a sex discrimination case, which sounds a lot of money, sounds like a lot of money, except now has to shop at waitrose. >> a little boss made staff go swimming with him at centre parcs . oh, there's a lot in parcs. oh, there's a lot in there that i yeah , enjoy. but there that i yeah, enjoy. but she's won that money in sex discrimination case. however just rubbish detail just to get the rubbish detail in there, the case was won about little's lack of pursuing the complaint. right. so it's not saying this definitely happened. it's you it's saying you were discriminated against because you dismissed without an you were dismissed without an investigation. but investigation. right. um, but i wonder why the middle island saw that swimmer in there. um, but

he apparently grabbed the face and asked why she wasn't and asked her why she wasn't going her going swimming, grabbed her face, face and held on face, held her face and held on it. quite nasty. she well held on it. she said that she on to it. she said that she wanted go three times wanted him to let go three times and eventually on third and eventually on that third one, it's a bit one, it's. yeah, it's a bit icky. and also, if someone doesn't want to go swimming with you, get it. also, why not you, get over it. also, why not just it's that time of the just say it's that time of the month? that's what all the kids are. >> david brent type scenario gone a bit wrong rather than sexual but i suppose gone a bit wrong rather than sethave but i suppose gone a bit wrong rather than sethave to but i suppose gone a bit wrong rather than sethave to find but i suppose gone a bit wrong rather than sethave to find theset i suppose gone a bit wrong rather than sethave to find these things jose you have to find these things fall under certain category. you have to find these things fall urthe certain category. you have to find these things fall urthe point.ain category. that's the point. >> not harassment. >> it's not sexual harassment. it's discrimination. >> it's not sexual harassment. it's heriscrimination. >> it's not sexual harassment. it's her complaint)n. >> it's not sexual harassment. it's her complaint was because her complaint was dismissed by you don't even mean it. he he got done it. he got he got done belittling hollywood news. >> now hollywood versus trump. in fact, part 94. and the question that could decide the next presidential election , i next presidential election, i would imagine. next presidential election, i wotyes,nagine. next presidential election, i wotyes, that'se. next presidential election, i wotyes, that's right, story >> yes, that's right, a story about, money, the second about, for my money, the second best christmas of time , best christmas film of all time, donald trump. i didn't believe my home alone two. they my way into home alone two. they begged a cameo. trump begged me for a cameo. so trump has denied that he asked to be, um, cameoed in home alone two because it took place in a

hotel, the plaza hotel, that at the time he owned. has the time he owned. he has a brief cameo where kevin mccallister is going to his room. yeah, basically, he room. and yeah, basically, he wanted be in it. or maybe he wanted to be in it. or maybe he didn't. knows, maybe he didn't. who knows, maybe he didn't, and we'll never know. >> we've didn't, and we'll never know. >> out we've didn't, and we'll never know. >> out time we've didn't, and we'll never know. >> out time properlyve run out of time to properly explore that and we don't have time the story which time to cover the story in which robert the robert aitken in the daily telegraph praises of telegraph sings the praises of gb and identifies the woes gb news and identifies the woes and of rivals and hypocrisies of its rivals and hypocrisies of its rivals and i do and competitors. but i do recommend you get of recommend you get a copy of the telegraph have telegraph tomorrow and have a look show look at that. anyway, the show is let's take is nearly over. let's take another look at friday's another quick look at friday's front pages , as we have front pages, as we have the daily mail police give up on four crimes a minute. daily mail police give up on four crimes a minute . not for four crimes a minute. not for crimes. for crimes, telegraph half of police not probing crime properly, the other half guardian doctors raise alarm over moral distress from nhs overstretch . the times civil overstretch. the times civil service beats wage freeze by overpromoting scurrilous. the i news get on with it johnson hits out at sunak over nuclear power delays. and finally, the daily star, who wolfed all the pies

that fat pug did . those were the that fat pug did. those were the front pages. that's all we have time for. thank you to my guest, steve n allen and jonathan coogan. andrew doyle will be here tomorrow at 11 pm. with paul cox and a debut from comedian brian simpson. well worth tuning in for. thank you for watching. see you again very soon. night. soon. good night. >> things are heating >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news . weather on gb news. >> good evening. i'm andy shuttleworth and this is your latest gb news weather update. there'll be some sunshine on friday but it will be still quite breezy. but a little bit calmer than it has been recently . low pressure still in charge though , and that will be pushing though, and that will be pushing through this weather front throughout the evening. that will more persistent will bring a more persistent spell heavier to spell of heavier rain to southern . that should southern areas. that should clear part clear through the second part of the it's further the night, but it's further north where we see the most persistent some persistent rain. still, some heavy, blustery heavy, gusty and blustery showers to come through throughout much of the night. we've northerly wind we've also got a northerly wind bringing in colder air to the

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like on friday the 29th of december. today the sheffield murder inquiry , the man who was murder inquiry, the man who was killed as a car collided with a crowd of people, has been called a good samaritan . christian a good samaritan. christian marriott was run over as he tried to help a stranger lying in the road. the tony blair files previously classified government papers reveal the former labour prime minister wanted to hold asylum seekers in a camp on the isle of mull in a bid to reduce numbers . well, bid to reduce numbers. well, we've ended the year with a tornado and a devastating storm,