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by saying play gb news. now it's time for headliners . time for headliners. hello and welcome to headliners. >> we're so—called comedians. talk about so—called news from the papers , so that kind of the papers, so that kind of fits. stephen allen, joined fits. i'm stephen allen, joined by obe and nick by cressida wetton, obe and nick dixon, m.b.e. you've both been in the same tv station as liz truss, so there is a strong chance actually happened, chance that actually happened, which i didn't get which is better? i didn't get around it. okay, around to googling it. okay, i start honestly i google it start honestly, i did google it to and out way to try and work out which way to dish and noticed that one of dish out and noticed that one of them order bath dish out and noticed that one of therthoughtorder bath dish out and noticed that one of therthought that'd bath dish out and noticed that one of therthought that'd be bath dish out and noticed that one of therthought that'd be funny to and thought that'd be a funny to do you needing do a joke about you needing a bath, then didn't, moved do a joke about you needing a batithat's didn't, moved do a joke about you needing a batithat's how|'t, moved do a joke about you needing a batithat's how|'t, writing�*ved on. that's how my writing process on. that's how my writing procezwas cynical >> it was very cynical beginning. >> very lewis schaffer esque. >> well, i was doing the news and process. and the whole process. >> wouldn't like >> i think they wouldn't like me that the show. that early in the show. give me a chance. good christmas a chance. but all good christmas and questions you have to and other questions you have to ask this time of year. ask at this time of year. >> mine was horrible. >> mine was horrible. >> spent whole with >> i spent the whole time with a horrible ill, totally

horrible virus, ill, totally miserable alone. miserable and alone. >> yours? >> how was yours? >> how was yours? >> better . >> better. >> better. >> so it was a pretty low bar i set. exactly. >> yeah. cressida, any viruses ? >> yeah. cressida, any viruses? this is the kind of thing you're allowed to ask in that context. >> i didn't get any viruses at christmas eve. >> always next year. um, let's move on to the sunday's front pages. goes pages. the mail on sunday goes with day from home with five day work from home deals for pampered mandarins. the sunday times says starmer beat sunak head to head, says poll observer goes with starmer lacks clear sense of purpose, says ex—police chief the express pm. more tax cuts to come . the pm. more tax cuts to come. the sunday mirror 175,000 asked why do the royals exist? and the daily star goes with happy booze yeah daily star goes with happy booze year. those are your front pages . let's begin with the sunday times. cressida. >> okay, starmer beats sunak head to head , says poll.

head to head, says poll. >> it's not it's i mean no one's killing it here okay? not everyone's into this. so it looks like rishi is falling behind . it says rishi sunak's behind. it says rishi sunak's plan to fight a presidential style election is that what he's been doing? it's amazing that they would despise him as presidential. >> um , it's unravelling because >> um, it's unravelling because the polls are saying that starmer is the preferred leader , starmer is the preferred leader, but 29% of people haven't voted at all or they've said they're undecided or this is saying they're undecided. so 32 are saying are saying they saying percent are saying they prefer keir starmer , 22% are prefer keir starmer, 22% are saying sunak. so it's not looking good. yeah. but there's a third of the country that well i mean i know maybe i'm being harsh, but it says 29% of people are undecided. >> says because they said >> but it says because they said don't . people know don't know. so people don't know stuff other reasons than not stuff for other reasons than not being decided like not being decided yet. like not knowing this . why are you knowing any of this. why are you asking me a question the asking me a question in the street another i don't street would be another i don't know sunak is or any know who rishi sunak is or any of yeah, it's a good luck of them. yeah, it's a good luck trying to convince them to vote. >> they >> so you're saying they won't

turn the voting day turn up at the on voting day anyway? they're just irrelevant. >> that's tories worry >> that's the tories big worry that people just don't show up. >> undecideds >> and the undecideds it says the offer some the underside is offer some hope. that much hope, hope. it's not that much hope, is very desperate. >> it feels very desperate. i don't understand this. don't quite understand this. this to head thing . it kind this head to head thing. it kind of relies renee having charisma doesn't that's doesn't it? i'm not sure that's really sunak's main thing. we know starmer doesn't it, really sunak's main thing. we knoit'starmer doesn't it, really sunak's main thing. we knoit's not er doesn't it, really sunak's main thing. we knoit's not like oesn't it, really sunak's main thing. we knoit's not like sunak it, really sunak's main thing. we knoit's not like sunak has it, but it's not like sunak has loads either. so i don't. if you were that would were boris, that would make sense. you'd in sense. you'd go all in on charisma, got charisma, right? i've got nothing just all nothing else. i'm just going all in but he's just in on that. but he's just looking for a tactic. looking around for a tactic. sunak never really found sunak he's never really found his or his story his identity or his story so—called, which cummings dominic cummings called it a story he's never found that really, yeah tried, really, has he? yeah he tried, i suppose conference, suppose after the conference, the story was judge us on the story was don't judge us on what we've done. >> judges . we are all about the >> judges. we are all about the future. the change. we're the change candidate. and by the way, who's the next guy way, guess who's the next guy i'm it's david i'm employing? it's david cameron. to cameron. that kind of look to the future kind a the future. yeah, kind of a position. the future. yeah, kind of a positio tried about >> he tried talking about smoking levels. he's tried smoking and a levels. he's tried to message halving to sell this message halving inflation, which really means an effective pay rise. no one's effective pay rise. but no one's really bought into that or understood , en understood it. you know, en

masse, to me no one masse, it seems to me no one really cares. so nothing's really cares. so nothing's really think really cares. so nothing's realiwill think really cares. so nothing's realiwill either, think really cares. so nothing's realiwill either, because this will work either, because while but people while starmer is bad, but people have discover how he have yet to discover how bad he is, to a few is, it's going to take a few years for people to realise that at i don't at the moment i don't think sunak wins head to head sunak even wins the head to head as shows. as this shows. >> point about the >> that's a good point about the undecideds actually. you undecideds actually. how are you undecideds actually. how are you undecided you undecided after 13 years of you not you're not going undecided after 13 years of you no make you're not going undecided after 13 years of you no make up you're not going undecided after 13 years of you no make up your you're not going undecided after 13 years of you no make up your mind; not going undecided after 13 years of you no make up your mind between|g undecided after 13 years of you no make up your mind between now to make up your mind between now and actual election. and the actual election. whenever be, right? whenever that may be, right? next nick, next up is the telegraph. nick, what with? well, what are they going with? well, they've things. what are they going with? well, the they've things. what are they going with? well, the they've got things. what are they going with? well, the they've got number. planned >> they've got number 10 planned to risks. to expose labour debt risks. uh, but they've this but they've also got this foreign students put off uk by unfavourable atmosphere. the unfavourable atmosphere. so the university of birkbeck reports 10% numbers and blames 10% drop in numbers and blames government announcements. professor david latchman is saying that it's the ban on dependence which have put dependence which may have put people off and a general unfavourable created unfavourable atmosphere created by ministers. so i'm glad something's we're something's working. we're managing put off some of managing to put off some of these foreign students because we saw this sort visa scam we saw this sort of visa scam thing. over, your eight thing. you come over, your eight cousins they get cousins come over and they get a visa dodgy course, and visa for some dodgy course, and it's a total scam. mean, there it's a total scam. i mean, there was an eight fold rise in a number dependents to number of dependents brought to the students,

the uk by foreign students, 16,000 to 135,000in 2019. so 16,000 up to 135,000in 2019. so it was it became absurd. you had to do something about it. so i'm glad that we're at least putting some people off. it seems to me actually effective. >> it's not a phrase about babies that babies and bathwater here that if get of the people, babies and bathwater here that if don't of the people, babies and bathwater here that if don't wantf the people, babies and bathwater here that if don't want surgeons ole, babies and bathwater here that if don't want surgeons and stuff. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> other >> yes. other than needing people for the people paying for the universities because it's the foreign investment, isn't it, that going . that keeps it all going. >> why don't they pay three times us? times as much as us? >> that means we'd >> yeah, but that means we'd have we as if have to pay more. i say we as if i'm go back and learn i'm going to go back and learn stuff. my learning days are done. stuff. my learning days are dorif can't support >> if they can't support themselves, need to keep themselves, do they need to keep going? oh, going? you know what i mean? oh, the university. well, yeah, most of them are rubbish down with general it's general studies or whatever it's called. >> but called. » but >> but to that it's a serious point have point though. if we don't have universities, have universities, we don't have anyone inventing the next graphene, next thing graphene, the next thing that might good money. i'm might make some good money. i'm not being obsessed not talking about being obsessed with . love of with graphene. i love a bit of graphene. i bit of graphene. i love a bit of buckminsterfullerene. graphene. i love a bit of bumy|insterfullerene. graphene. i love a bit of bu my favourite erene. graphene. i love a bit of bu my favourite carbon mentioned of my favourite carbon mentioned graphene least or twice graphene at least once or twice on show. graphene at least once or twice on yeah how. graphene at least once or twice on yeah ,ow. graphene at least once or twice on yeah , but no saying >> yeah, but no one's saying don't. >> yeah, but no one's saying dori'm saying don't do >> i'm not saying don't do graphene i'd say do graphene studies. i'd say do more but there are some

more of that. but there are some courses, aren't there, that in this, in this , this financial this, in this, this financial environment might not . be the environment might not. be the best idea. >> yeah. and you could have engush >> yeah. and you could have english literature and history. i'm not being a total philistine. we get back i'm not being a total phwheree. we get back i'm not being a total phwheree. we about get back i'm not being a total phwheree. we about ten back to where there's about ten universities. science universities. you do science or literature. it. you know literature. that's it. you know what i mean? medicine and only about 100 people go, and it's just an elite. let's get back to that. normally in a conversation, this is when i would glibly mock media studies and then find out that the person talking in ear person talking in my ear obviously it. obviously did it. >> there'll be one of >> and then there'll be one of the be thrown off. >> yeah, i'll be thrown off. >> yeah, i'll be thrown off. >> let's move on. um, what >> so let's move on. um, what have the on sunday gone have the mail on sunday gone with cressida? >> five day work from home deals for mandarins , which i for pampered mandarins, which i had to google. i'm ashamed. i work for a news channel. come on chris, i didn't know that. that's that's used that's just a tum. that's used for these people. could have that's just a tum. that's used for ththe people. could have that's just a tum. that's used for ththe orange, could have that's just a tum. that's used for ththe orange, it could have been the orange, it could have been the orange, it could have been could have been the orange. it could have been, of civil been, um, hundreds of civil servants are on full time homeworking contracts and do not go into whitehall at all. so, i mean, we've kind of had lots of versions ever since versions of this, uh, ever since covid actually, haven't we? people haven't. people don't

like work, but they like going into work, but they do like getting paid. um famously . famously. >> yeah. yeah. no, it's true. i mean , it is the government's mean, it is the government's fault, though, because they turned off the whole world. remember, in 2020, they just switched it off they could remember, in 2020, they just swit switch off they could remember, in 2020, they just swit switch oiback they could remember, in 2020, they just swit switch oiback on ey could remember, in 2020, they just swit switch oiback on likeyuld remember, in 2020, they just swit switch oiback on like ani just switch it back on like an old 95 pc. but it didn't old wind 95 pc. but it didn't work , so people didn't want to work, so people didn't want to go in. and so they still don't want to. and that's that's where we are. and it's hard to sack these we're these people. remember we're going to talk about dominic cummings out, cummings later. he pointed out, even of even if you're the head of a department the civil service, department in the civil service, you're only sacked people. department in the civil service, you' really, sacked people. department in the civil service, you' really, sa(one people. department in the civil service, you' really, sa(one the eople. department in the civil service, you' really, sa(one the power and really, no one has the power to this. to really change this. so if you, safe to you, you know, you're safe to work from home. yeah, can work from home. yeah, you can only don't like of >> i really don't like both of them, i only one. them, but i can only pick one. >> prime minister has >> only the prime minister has authority more, and it's authority to sack more, and it's obviously for him obviously unfeasible for him to sack so are you sack everyone. so what are you going at home going to do? you stay at home and say, well, our day to try and say, well, our day to try and me, sort of and sack me, and you sort of impossible, you know, safe government impossible, you know, safe goneah.ent do my job of >> yeah. let me do my job of pushing and then. pushing back and then. yeah. >> everything i've >> because everything i've said is no, means is just nonsense. no, it means that lovely evening of that i get a lovely evening of being by people on twitter. >> but, um, part of this is to

do with low unemployment is, do with how low unemployment is, how is to how difficult it is to get people to these and people to do these jobs. and some yeah, people to do these jobs. and sontake yeah, people to do these jobs. and sontake job, yeah, people to do these jobs. and sontake job, let's yeah, i'll take this job, let's negotiate to negotiate contracts. i get to work so it's not work from home. so it's not people had go them. and people had a go at them. and yeah, and you agree to the terms . they shouldn't signed . they shouldn't have signed a contract has a work contract that has a work from home bit and that's what home bit in it. and that's what a these new ones do. so a lot of these new ones do. so yeah, there will people yeah, there will be some people who was great who think, oh, it was great doing pandemic way doing it the pandemic way working but some working from home. but some people written into people this is written into their just vaguely >> it's just vaguely annoying when where it's when you've got a job where it's like try and get you to like they try and get you to come in on christmas new come in on christmas day, new year's new year's year's eve. i'm doing new year's day. just day. they try. it's just constant. we're constant. i'm, you know, we're working job working here. of course, ourjob doesn't matter. and that's one difference. that difference. do you think that much a difference, huh? much of a difference, huh? >> think them do. >> do you think some of them do. >> do you think some of them do. >> them there are >> some of them do. there are some of doing jobs some of them doing properjobs in 10 to 12. in there. yeah. it's 10 to 12. >> of them doing proper in there. yeah. it's 10 to 12. >> at of them doing proper in there. yeah. it's 10 to 12. >> at home, rem doing proper in there. yeah. it's 10 to 12. >> at home, but doing proper in there. yeah. it's 10 to 12. >> at home, but not1g proper in there. yeah. it's 10 to 12. >> at home, but not1g pof)er jobs at home, but not all of them. let's finish section them. let's finish this section with nick. with the sunday mirror. nick. >> , yes, they have got, uh. >> yes, yes, they have got, uh. well, davina , my wild party with well, davina, my wild party with rita ora, which going rita ora, which we're going to focus about minutes focus on for about 20 minutes later the joins later in the show, joins slimming world for free. i'm not aiming anyone that's aiming that at anyone that's just there. the other one just there. and the other one they've might they've got, which we might

tackle is 175 k. asked why tackle now, is 175 k. asked why do and they've do the royals exist? and they've asked 175,000 randos, just random people on never a good idea subjects? yes. why subjects? exactly you can't call them that. it's already weighted, but. and they've asked them, should royals exist? them, should the royals exist? but questions kind of lead but the questions kind of lead them different directions. but the questions kind of lead them questionst directions. but the questions kind of lead them questionst dirlike,�*|s. do these questions are like, why do you you think the you think? what do you think the main it main role should be? but it suggests options suggests certain options like to support public support and encourage public service sectors, service and charitable sectors, or of or to provide a sense of continuity and actors, focus continuity and actors, a focus for national identity or to be the supreme governor of the church probably the supreme governor of the chlof] probably the supreme governor of the chlof people probably the supreme governor of the chlof people will probably the supreme governor of the chlof people will learn ably the supreme governor of the chlof people will learn fory the supreme governor of the chlof people will learn for the lot of people will learn for the first time that that's what the royal go, oh, royal family does and go, oh, that one. yeah, that sounds royal family does and go, oh, that oyeah. ah, that sounds royal family does and go, oh, that oyeah. ah, tr kindyunds good. yeah. so it kind of weights bit already. weights it a little bit already. and how often and it also asks them how often they library. have they visit a library. have listened to a podcast the listened to a podcast in the last maybe weekly last year, maybe the weekly sceptic they have sceptic and whether they have a smart house, smart speaker in their house, which who which is odd. the people who have the king or something. >> well, we're about to find out. >> find $- % the most brutal, out. >> fiterms the most brutal, out. >> fiterms possible.ost brutal, out. >> yeah,ns possible.ost brutal, out. >> yeah,ns pnot ble.ost brutal, out. >> yeah,ns pnot veryyst brutal, out. >> yeah,ns pnot very royal,tal, >> yeah, it's not very royal, is it, doing a customer it, to be doing a customer feedback form ? i mean, good on feedback form? i mean, good on them joining the 21st century, but just it's just not but it's just not it's just not royal. it's all falling apart .

royal. it's all falling apart. >> it shouldn't be royal, but they actually are famous for constantly trying to figure out if constantly trying to figure out h pubuc constantly trying to figure out if public favour of constantly trying to figure out if at|blic favour of constantly trying to figure out if at various favour of constantly trying to figure out if at various times. jr of constantly trying to figure out if at various times. they them at various times. they shouldn't. they should rule shouldn't. they should just rule with an iron fist, just completely absolute monarchy. with an iron fist, just combecause|bsolute monarchy. with an iron fist, just combecause they're monarchy. but because they're not absolute, absolute absolute, it's not an absolute monarchy. they have to constantly the time. constantly check all the time. >> yeah, actually more >> yeah, actually it is more that fear. like that they fear. it's like a spider. they you more than spider. they fear you more than you because isn't it you fear them because isn't it like verse like the second verse of the national anthem? a bit national anthem? kind of a bit like your lane, mate. like stay in your lane, mate. otherwise will take down. otherwise we will take you down. so there's a the way that our monarchy works, looks monarchy works, it looks all very nice hat, but very great in a nice hat, but a lot of those rules apparently all the things they do in all the things that they do in terms the pomp is to make terms of the pomp is to make them look they have a very them look like they have a very small charge small job. they're not in charge of anymore, but the of anything anymore, but the only i was say only thing i was going to say about this story is 175,000 people, of people, to people, a lot of people, to survey. shame it survey. it's just a shame it won't blind bit of won't make a blind bit of difference. a difference. as if we all tick a box and the king well, box and the king goes, well, i'll do that. then >> then it's very much >> true. and then it's very much the mirror pushing for no monarchy, isn't as well, the mirror pushing for no monayou. isn't as well, the mirror pushing for no monayou feel? as well, the mirror pushing for no monayou feel? yes,ls well, the mirror pushing for no monayou feel? yes, yes.ell, the mirror pushing for no monayou feel? yes, yes. well, don't you feel? yes, yes. well, let's it raise. let's give it a raise. >> money. who do they think was going? mean, going? i mean, i'm not surprised. money. surprised. it's taxpayers money. >> that's the front surprised. it's taxpayers money. >> is that's the front

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>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back to headliners i'm stephen allen, still here with dame cressida wesson and dame nick dixon, but that's because of a panto . let's because of a panto. let's continue with the stories. the sunday times cressida rishi wanted to bring back dominic cummings with his favourite swear word and what david cameron did. the question is what does rishi got against pigs ? >> well, 7- >> well, i ? >> well, i get that 7 >> well, i get that later , i >> well, i get that later, i can't, i wish i could explain it but i'll think about it. >> it's a look at it. >> the break, revealed rishi >> in the break, revealed rishi sunak bring back sunak secret talks to bring back dominic cummings. so in july they had dinner and they had dinner together and it's bit like rishi has gone it's a bit like rishi has gone and himself a tutor and he's and got himself a tutor and he's cheating. he's gone for some like kc for dominic like consults kc for dominic cummings and told other cummings and not told the other kids he's been revising. but obviously it's rishi so it hasn't out anyway. um, so hasn't worked out anyway. um, so they, met, uh, they met. he

they, they met, uh, they met. he travelled to north yorkshire to see sunak . um, and it says it see sunak. um, and it says it was an audience hidden even from several members of the pm's inner so it's all this inner circle. so it's all this is much making it a very is very much making it a very secretive, um, situation. uh cummings told sunak to ditch his cautious course. cautious approach to the economy and hold an emergency budget, reversing johnson s tax rises and he also, uh , he told us to double the uh, he told us to double the threshold at which people pay the £0.40, uh, rate of income tax. so it went from 50 to 100 grand. these are all the things that cummings was, uh , that cummings was, uh, encouraging. but at the time, sunak wasn't into it. >> some of them have happened anyway, though, so . and there's anyway, though, so. and there's anyway, though, so. and there's a rumour of, uh, more tax cuts. i probably too late. the idea that we're going to get some tax cuts in january. and if they do in may election, i wouldn't have felt it by then. then again, i'm self—assessment. feel self—assessment. i don't feel a tax for three tax change for about three years, can you years, but they can tell you about they. about it can't they. >> . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> but unless you feel it, unless will unless you feel richer, will it

make nick i don't know. >> i this is although i do think sunak should have gone with cummings because at least it would have been something. right. direction right. it's a strong direction other than vague thing of other than this vague thing of going head against going head to head against starmer, and i don't know understands, and i don't know why it's come out now, dominic cummings don't know why cummings said. i don't know why someone blabbed someone at number 10 has blabbed now, but then he made a statement explaining and statement explaining it and cummings done the cummings would have done all the cummings type things. he'd have tried to revolutionise the civil service put into the service and put more into the nhs, to really reform it nhs, tried to really reform it properly, out nuclear properly, sought out nuclear infrastructure pandemic planning, all these things and why not try it? i mean, he's got nothing to lose. sunak he obviously didn't go. he went down a very different road of cameron nonsense, down a very different road of can heyn nonsense, down a very different road of canheyn probably nonsense, down a very different road of canheyn probably toonsense, down a very different road of canheyn probably too radical but he was probably too radical for maybe he give for him. maybe he had to give him assurances him too many assurances afterwards. thing afterwards. the basic thing premise the premise was i'll win you the election. then you have to do all crazy coming that all this crazy coming stuff that i want, which at least be i want, which would at least be interesting and sunak would have been plausible puppet for been a more plausible puppet for cummings , which was cummings than boris, which was always a sort of mismatch. and you know, there was this idea that cummings started immediately plotting to get rid of boris because he wasn't a

suitable kind of trump to his bannon. so i think this would have because sunak, have worked because sunak, as cummings working have worked because sunak, as cumnsort; working have worked because sunak, as cumnsort; managerial working have worked because sunak, as cumnsort; managerial w0|more more sort of managerial and more of a kind of ceo. my understanding cummings, understanding of cummings, this thing, it's more like being a ceo of country and you get ceo of the country and you get everything efficiently everything running efficiently and worry about and you don't worry about whether it's left or right. you just what needs to be done, just do what needs to be done, sort leave sort immigration. you leave the echr, you sort the nhs, you sort infrastructure, bang, bang, bang. like that, bang. and it's stuff like that, you it's a of you know, because it's a sort of creaking, number 10, creaking, not mess number 10, like number 10 and number 11, he said, each other said, don't even show each other the statistics on the same statistics on economics. things like that. they're shielded from each other. cummings brought in other. so cummings brought in something was totally something where it was totally transparent left, transparent. then when he left, they so it was they scrapped that. so it was they scrapped that. so it was the of things he wanted the kind of things he wanted to do think would have do. and i think it would have been i think it's a been interesting. i think it's a missed it would missed opportunity. it would have very least have been at very least interesting to see. >> yeah, might not got >> yeah, but we might not got the on smoking, which >> yeah, but we might not got the sure on smoking, which >> yeah, but we might not got the sure will on smoking, which >> yeah, but we might not got the sure will make|oking, which >> yeah, but we might not got the sure will make aking, which >> yeah, but we might not got the sure will make a huge nhich i'm sure will make a huge difference yeah. difference to a levels. oh yeah. um, the mail on sunday, nick and the un doesn't like sending asylum seekers rwanda, but asylum seekers to rwanda, but good place good news, they found a place that send rwanda that they can send them. rwanda >> yes, the un sends more asylum seekers rwanda despite seekers to rwanda despite opposing britain's scheme to

send country. so send migrants to the country. so it's incredible from it's incredible hypocrisy from the well, it's the united nafions the well, it's the united nations high commissioner for refugees, which one government insider called a bunch of insider has called a bunch of double dealing to face bleeps. they've got more brassneck than c—3po, which is pretty creative . c—3po, which is pretty creative. that was a kind of thick of it style insult. >> he's not made of brass, though, is he? he's famously cold with one one silver cold with one with one silver limb. yeah >> does he have a silver limb? you mean when he lost his arm? >> no, he's got a silver. i can't now, was driving can't now, i was driving in thinking, it arm or i thinking, is it arm or leg? i thinking, is it arm or leg? i think it's one of his legs is silver one notices. silver and no one ever notices. >> really? >> oh, really? it's like a mandela. he got he got mandela. you know, he got he got destroyed at one point mandela. you know, he got he got destcarries at one point mandela. you know, he got he got destcarries it at one point mandela. you know, he got he got destcarries it around.|e point mandela. you know, he got he got destcarries it around. heoint mandela. you know, he got he got destcarries it around. he was in and carries it around. he was in pieces. good pieces. anyway, this is good content. point is content. anyway, the point is they 153 asylum they they sent 153 asylum seekers countries, they they sent 153 asylum seeiknow, countries, they they sent 153 asylum seei know, sudan ntries, they they sent 153 asylum seeiknow, sudan and s, you know, sudan, sudan and eritrea stuff like this. and eritrea and stuff like this. and so about about the so it's about it's about the hypocrisy the un and this is hypocrisy of the un and this is all coming out because of the supreme court hearing, of course. send everyone course. and yeah, send everyone back my overall that's what back is my overall that's what it's end on. something something i understand that i don't know what it meant. that's

what it meant. well that's it isn't absolutely >> it's just absolutely outrageous. outrageous . outrageous. it's so outrageous. it's i mean, the journalist must be thrilled. what a great thing to writing about. be thrilled. what a great thing to yeah,ting about. be thrilled. what a great thing to yeah, 11g about. be thrilled. what a great thing to yeah, i suppose just to do >> yeah, i suppose just to do a classic steve on this. it's our supreme that this, supreme court that stopped this, not could not the un. so it's it could have more hypocritical, have been more hypocritical, couldn't it? you know i couldn't it? you know what i mean? as if the people mean? it's not as if the people who've are now the who've stopped it are now the ones it's the people who've stopped it are now the ones said it's the people who've stopped it are now the ones said there the people who've stopped it are now the ones said there are people who've stopped it are now the ones said there are problems who've said there are problems with doing with our plan. and now doing a very hypocritical. close. >> still saying they always >> still saying it's they always say . that's say it's rwanda. that's the problem. no , no reject problem. yeah. and no, no reject it. you reckon reject it. >> fair enough. i try just you know for ofcom reasons. um, to the independent crestor and a protest turned violent in london. and if you think you can guess the protest guess what the protest was about, you're to about, i think you're about to lose some money. >> dramatic scenes as police clash with crowd camberwell clash with crowd in camberwell after turned violent. after protest turned violent. this is horrible . i've watched this is horrible. i've watched the footage. i wouldn't want to be police um, so met be a police person. um, so met police officers were called to the demonstration and this is around involving around 50 around and involving around 50 people camberwell . um, i people in camberwell. um, i don't know . it was outside. um don't know. it was outside. um uh, where was it? it was outside

a theatre. right which i don't understand because it's, um , understand because it's, um, it's area tran . uh, era. am i it's area tran. uh, era. am i saying that eritrean. eritrean protesters . i so i thought it protesters. i so i thought it had this political element and yet it's taking place outside the theatre anyway, it looks horrific. and um, uh , so the horrific. and um, uh, so the policeman look, look very . very policeman look, look very. very weak, as usual. this is another story where the police look, um , story where the police look, um, the kids have got batons, enormous pieces of sticks. they're bits fencing they're throwing bits of fencing at them. you look at at them. and you just look at the police think, oh, at them. and you just look at the thispolice think, oh, at them. and you just look at the this islice think, oh, at them. and you just look at the this is anotherthink, oh, at them. and you just look at the this is another piece oh, at them. and you just look at the this is another piece of|, god, this is another piece of terrible poor, our terrible pr for our poor, our poor police. >> nick, our police should be armed with fences as well. >> yeah. why not? it's i hate to sound like big gammon , steve. sound like a big gammon, steve. you i to sound you know that. i hate to sound like some kind of right winger. of course, but it's just. you do wonder why we've imported all the mean, the world's complex. i mean, this between this is a conflict between eritrea just like what? why eritrea and just like what? why do we have to like. it's like the epcot centre of the world's conflict . know, like, conflict. you know, it's like,

oh, israel versus oh, look, here's israel versus palestine. then you walk on down the get eritrea. the road and you get eritrea. it's small world after the road and you get eritrea. it's yeah small world after the road and you get eritrea. it's yeah so small world after the road and you get eritrea. it's yeah so now ll world after the road and you get eritrea. it's yeah so now we're ld after the road and you get eritrea. it's yeah so now we're goinger the road and you get eritrea. it's yeah so now we're going to all? yeah so now we're going to have conflict every have every conflict of every nafion have every conflict of every nation ever because of, uh, mass immigration. so that's my only comment on that. all right. >> fair enough. let's crack on. because says >> fair enough. let's crack on. beca claimed says >> fair enough. let's crack on. beca claimed benefits says >> fair enough. let's crack on. beca claimed benefits forays >> fair enough. let's crack on. beca claimed benefits for 200 man claimed benefits for 200 fake children. how did they not know didn't have 200 kids? it know he didn't have 200 kids? it would have looked like husk. >> y- husk. >> point steve. yeah, man. >> great point steve. yeah, man. who 200 who claimed benefits for 200 fake to pay fake children ordered to pay back £2 million. and he's a benefits fraud. so it's like the story is like the venn diagram of every british of anger for every british citizen . it's the stuff citizen. it's like the stuff that really faced that makes them really red faced on question and it's ali on question time. and it's ali bannau mohammed, who's 42, and he faces nine years in prison. if he doesn't repay the in if he doesn't repay the cash in three guessing three months, which i'm guessing he won't be able to. i could be wrong, but let's see, maybe he'll stump the let's he'll stump up the cash. let's see. but um, the only problem he'll stump up the cash. let's seeused um, the only problem he'll stump up the cash. let's seeused the, the only problem he'll stump up the cash. let's seeused the sameynly problem he'll stump up the cash. let's seeused the sameynly phones. he used the same two phones. he used 70 different names and fake birth certificates of 188 children. but they only use two different . was one key different phones. was one key mistake. also kept mistake. and he also kept handwritten notebooks, detailed his fraudulent activities, which

is just day one. don't do that . is just day one. don't do that. he hid them in his wardrobe. i mean, he didn't even have like a was it even a secret compartment? crimes. yeah exactly. it's like like in succession put succession when greg's put it secret, written secret and secret, he's written secret and he's oh, they'll never secret, he's written secret and he's this oh, they'll never secret, he's written secret and he's this .oh, they'll never secret, he's written secret and he's this . it'sthey'll never secret, he's written secret and he's this . it's like ll never secret, he's written secret and he's this . it's like fraudulent find this. it's like fraudulent activities and put it in the wardrobe. oh, please. can't access famously. access wardrobes famously. yeah, but sometimes when have but sometimes when people have done terrible crimes, done terrible, terrible crimes, they clues, don't they? they leave clues, don't they? >> subconscious, >> because they're subconscious, is caught . right. >> i don't think this guy was desperate caught. there desperate to get caught. there was the first time was a it's not the first time he's been, um , dealing the he's been, um, dealing with the law. part the law. my favourite part of the story was there was story was that there was something he was given something he was he was given like sentence and like two year sentence for. and he been he said it would have been more, but serving jail but he was already serving jail time for drug offences, 16 years for and immigration for drug and immigration offences. can't offences. yeah, but why can't they sentence up? offences. yeah, but why can't thei sentence up? offences. yeah, but why can't thei don't sentence up? offences. yeah, but why can't thei don't understand ence up? >> i don't understand that at all. logical. >> i don't understand that at all.yeah, logical. >> i don't understand that at all.yeah, i logical. >> i don't understand that at all.yeah, i suppose al. >> i don't understand that at all.yeah, i suppose um, but also >> yeah, i suppose um, but also it does you think uh, it does make you think that, uh, because article says because also the article says that it just goes to show how well our fraud people managed to catch have done well our fraud people managed to cat(thing have done well our fraud people managed to cat(thing their have done well our fraud people managed to cat(thing their phone done the thing on their phone that says your number, they'd says protect your number, they'd still be getting away with it. it's not if there are some

it's not as if there are some geniuses managed crack it's not as if there are some gen case. managed crack it's not as if there are some gencase. it's managed crack it's not as if there are some gencase. it's that1aged crack it's not as if there are some gen case. it's that theyi crack the case. it's that they foolishly use two burners. right we've learned what to do next >> we've learned what to do next time here. >> yeah, to be fair, the person saying you is saying the thing you quote is work pensions mel work and pensions secretary mel stride. this is a stride. he's saying this is a great, great victory. great everyone else thinks it's an absolute and nightmare. >> uh, the sunday telegraph, cressida and the military, you know, the one with the bombs are worried about their carbon footprint. they certainly are military heat pumps in military shuns, heat pumps in favour cutting favour of cheaper, cutting edge electric boilers. favour of cheaper, cutting edge electric bo military housed people >> so the military housed people and they've been working on this thing called project nixie , thing called project nixie, which is hilarious. it has to have name . uh, is have a name. uh, so this is a project focusing on finding alternatives to heat pumps for barracks . uh, because much of barracks. uh, because much of the mods building stock is not appropriate for heat pumps, which i think is true for a lot of building stock generally. um, so , so yeah. so they're trying so, so yeah. so they're trying these things, they're called silo um, they're silo boilers. um, they're greener than a gas boiler. they don't they don't need lots of maintenance. easier to maintenance. they're easier to use. all pluses . um, and use. so it's all pluses. um, and these are normally they'd cost 20 they're not 20 grand okay. but they're not

available domestically. they're available domestically. they're available landlords available to big landlords like the mod . um, available to big landlords like the mod. um, so available to big landlords like the mod . um, so they're going to the mod. um, so they're going to put see how goes. the mod. um, so they're going to putyeah. see how goes. the mod. um, so they're going to putyeah. nick,3e how goes. the mod. um, so they're going to putyeah. nick, thisyw goes. the mod. um, so they're going to putyeah. nick, this storyjoes. the mod. um, so they're going to putyeah. nick, this story looks >> yeah. nick, this story looks it's written a little bit like it's written a little bit like it's trying to say, uh , heat it's trying to say, uh, heat pumps have lost, but you couldn't fit half of them anyway. and are cheaper. so. >> yeah. well i certainly took that it. i mean, he was that from it. i mean, he was looking the neo geo looking a bit like the neo geo or . that's an or the betamax. that's an obscure reference. i mean, you or the betamax. that's an obsc|quite:erence. i mean, you or the betamax. that's an obsc|quite obscurei mean, you or the betamax. that's an obsc|quite obscure with.n, you or the betamax. that's an obsc|quite obscure with. well, ain't quite obscure with. well, graphene's obscure , but graphene's not that obscure, but the was like a failed the neo geo was like a failed console. famously lost console. betamax famously lost out . heat going out to vhs. heat pumps are going to electric boilers to lose out to electric boilers because they're rubbish. they can of can only make a radiator of lukewarm. lukewarm lukewarm. who wants a lukewarm radiator? and then you have to make bigger and make your radiators bigger and your and have your piping bigger, and you have to your so much to insulate your house so much you're just living in you're basically just living in a of igloo, you you a sort of igloo, you know, you just have to your house so just have to make your house so warm straw in warm with like, straw in the walls need walls and you don't even need the heat at all. >> energy, because >> more embodied energy, because insulation straw. insulation is not made of straw. that's be made. and that's got to be made. and i just think the cost point, the you about you actually know about building, i'm just saying nonsense . very rusty. nonsense. very rusty. >> would technically >> but straw would technically take in carbon, right ? >> but straw would technically take in carbon, right? right.

just because it grows. >> but you're going to spend up loads your loads more. insulating your house point. they don't loads more. insulating your house they're)oint. they don't loads more. insulating your house they're rubbish. ay don't loads more. insulating your housethey're rubbish. these't work. they're rubbish. these will actually be better. i suppose. why suppose. yeah. i don't know why it's project nixie. it's called project nixie. and not heat of rubbish. >> the great thing about heat pumps times as pumps is they are three times as expensive, but three times more efficient. that efficient. oh missed it by that much, i mean. if much, you know what i mean. if it would been slightly it would have been a slightly different number, it would have add but add something on this. but i don't know why they don't put heaters heat because heaters in heat pumps, because that , instead of having that way, instead of having to heat from normal , you heat your water from normal, you know, to 60 for know, cold up to 60 degrees for your you'd be your radiator, you'd just be topping from up to 60. topping it up from 40 up to 60. you'd be saving. honestly, no one's thought of this. i don't even understand. >> maths and said >> i've done the maths and said overall, work out overall, that doesn't work out because the energy that because of the energy that you need. because of the energy that you need . you it would? need. you think it would? >> you've got >> i think, well, you've got a heater uh, what heater there. these, uh, what kind heat pump? kind of heater in the heat pump? just these. just electric one like these. these silo ones. >> but why a heat >> but then why even need a heat pump? instead heating >> but then why even need a heat plfrom instead heating >> but then why even need a heat plfrom waterstead heating >> but then why even need a heat plfrom water allid heating >> but then why even need a heat plfrom water all the heating >> but then why even need a heat plfrom water all the way|ting >> but then why even need a heat plfton water all the way|ting >> but then why even need a heat plfto 60 water all the way|ting >> but then why even need a heat plfto 60 degrees, all the way|ting >> but then why even need a heat plfto 60 degrees, all the youiting up to 60 degrees, costing you all of that, you are heating from 40. >> getting w“ e getting >> you're getting the, uh, the heat your environment. heat from your environment. >> combination two. heat from your environment. >> youymbination two. heat from your environment. >> youymbinatioless two. heat from your environment. >> youymbinatioless number of >> you have far less number of joules put in there. joules to put in there. >> that's good going >> maybe that's good going forward, because you're

>> maybe that's good going forwyhaving because you're >> maybe that's good going forwyhaving builduse you're >> maybe that's good going forwyhaving builduse you'rybits now having to build two new bits of make one new piece of can you make one new piece of kit? >> and it's heat pump with a >> and it's a heat pump with a heater and i shall be on heater in it, and i shall be on dragons week more heater in it, and i shall be on dragorsame. week more heater in it, and i shall be on dragorsame. meanwhile, more of the same. meanwhile, the show is so don't is half done so soon? don't worry, we still have news of violence in prisons and tips on how learn to read a real how to learn to read a real sliding moment in your sliding doors moment in your life.

radio. >> welcome back to headliners to the independent. nick and some people training to work in prisons have an issue with mean language. this bodes well . language. this bodes well. >> yeah. trainee prison officers encouraged to be more violent and sexist . graduate scheme that and sexist. graduate scheme that sees a third drop out. so the bafic sees a third drop out. so the basic gist is that it's a rough environment in prison. it's not always it's not all fun and games , steve. and some people games, steve. and some people are saying, look, this this, are saying, look, this is this, uh, which uh, unlocked scheme, which was to get people working prisons to get people working in prisons , but there's a freedom of information submitted by information request submitted by the officers the prison officers officers association , which has found association, which has found that problems

that there are some problems with sexist comments , female with it. sexist comments, female staff encouraged to hit people on the head with batons and be more and the argument more violent. and the argument on the other side would be yes, it a prison. know what it is a prison. do you know what i but then you could i mean? but but then you could say, there's in say, well, there's this woman in here, tower, sort of here, bex tower, who sort of seems she's maybe the seems like she's maybe the edmund you've watched edmund exley. if you've watched i again i watched la confidential again over christmas, so could say over christmas, so you could say she's saying she's kind of saying whistleblowing, saying, she's kind of saying whistleblthis|g, saying, she's kind of saying whistleblthis is saying, she's kind of saying whistleblthis is ridiculous . actually, this is ridiculous. it's a sexist environment. it's you shouldn't this violent. you shouldn't be this violent. you but on the other you should. but on the other hand, they're saying you hand, they're saying to me, you know, able to know, are you really able to cope you're cope with prisoners if you're not and not physically strong and there's a for as well? there's a case for that as well? that quite dry, doesn't that sounds quite dry, doesn't it? is quite it? because it is quite a dry story . yeah. i'm to think story. yeah. i'm trying to think of the end. i've got nothing. >> just because i was >> i would just because i was buying the end when buying it until the end when the scene that they're talking about, they're encouraged to do violence. the violence. and that was on the training sent on training course. she was sent on where learn to where you had to learn how to use violence . and a bit use violence. and she did a bit right. and was encouraged. right. and it was encouraged. so she that she was one way of saying that is doing a right is encouraged for doing a right thing on a course. >> 100. i mean, it's clear >>100. i mean, it's clear really, it's not a job for people with typically . feminine

people with typically. feminine characteristics. i mean , i just characteristics. i mean, ijust feel like i was trying to be so nice and diplomatic, but luckily i can say this woman, she says it would be me and just six other male officers. yeah funny that if you go male that if you go into a male dominated this what dominated industry, this is what happens. dominated industry, this is what happens . uh, dominated industry, this is what happens. uh, they would me happens. uh, they would ask me which male officers i would f uh, it definitely felt like . uh, it definitely felt like. they thought they could get away with it because i was a young woman and i was more vulnerable. yes, you are more vulnerable. woman and i was more vulnerable. yes, iou are more vulnerable. woman and i was more vulnerable. yes, i wondernore vulnerable. woman and i was more vulnerable. yes, i wondernore vulrthere's and i wonder whether there's a sort of hazing element to this, because going because it's not going to i don't i don't work in don't know, i don't work in a prison, but i assume it's a tough finish. prison, but i assume it's a tougthis finish. prison, but i assume it's a tougthis obsession finish. prison, but i assume it's a tougthis obsession withfinish. and this obsession with recruiting to have equality, equal i equal numbers. i mean, i suppose, i know they've suppose, i mean, i know they've got a problem with recruiting prison , haven't they? prison officers, haven't they? but this says that 70% of the people on this scheme are female, which seems really strange to me. um, i don't know , strange to me. um, i don't know, i'm just a big sexist, but i can't understand why you would push. can't understand why you would push . why do you want push. why do you want overrepresentation of women in this? no no. >> well, i was just thinking . i

>> well, i was just thinking. i can't say it, but you can. that's why we have you on the show. to say the things me and steve allowed to. steve aren't allowed to. >> yeah, not all the things we're to. don't. we're not allowed to. don't. there are some things we can't say also shouldn't say. say that you also shouldn't say. do happens all the do you know what happens all the time the organisation time at the organisation level? >> diversity. time at the organisation level? >> then diversity. time at the organisation level? >> then at diversity. time at the organisation level? >> then at the diversity. time at the organisation level? >> then at the individualty. and then at the individual level, trouble doesn't and then at the individual lev because trouble doesn't and then at the individual levbecause i, trouble doesn't and then at the individual levbecause i, itrouble doesn't and then at the individual levbecause i, i don'te doesn't and then at the individual levbecause i, i don't think, n't it? because i, i don't think, hey, we're all against diversity here, but you might be slightly biased in this because you work with other comedians on headliners >> we don't need to name him, but we all know. so you're probably some these probably immune to some of these issues of sexist comments. you think i'm an unusual specimen, i might could empathise might be oh, you could empathise even to even more because she has to work lewis, which work with lewis, which is obviously which is what you meant . the obviously which is what you meant. the sunday obviously which is what you meant . the sunday telegraph obviously which is what you meant. the sunday telegraph and a writer is saying that more people should learn to read. he's doing it he can he's just doing it so he can sell more of his stuff. >> indian style rote >> uk needs indian style rote learning to improve literacy , learning to improve literacy, says lord fellowes, and this is the oscar winning writer and creator of downton abbey. so yes , he has got he's got some skin in the game. uh, he says that

children are betrayed by education policies brought in in the 1970s. and that's interesting. i'm just reading peter hitchens the abolition of britain at the moment. it's like the most gb news book and the most gb news book ever. and he about this , about the he talks about this, about the changing and how changing in policies and how things things shifted . and i things how things shifted. and i think time i went think by the time i went to school could some of school, we could feel some of that. know, a different that. you know, it's a different world place world was a different place anyway there a anyway. it says there was a penod anyway. it says there was a period in the 1970s when suddenly there was this idea period in the 1970s when sudcifily there was this idea period in the 1970s when sudcif a' there was this idea period in the 1970s when sudcif a childe was this idea period in the 1970s when sudcif a child wantedis idea period in the 1970s when sudcif a child wanted to dea period in the 1970s when sudcif a child wanted to learn, that if a child wanted to learn, it would approach the table and they mustn't be forced to do it. well, of course, it didn't matter for the privileged children. always got children. they always got through home and through that. they went home and read mummy read their books with mummy and daddy, was fine. but it daddy, and that was fine. but it was children was was exactly the children it was designed who were the designed to help. who were the most so you don't most betrayed. so if you don't force to read when force kids to learn to read when they to, it's harder they don't want to, it's harder for them later. >> yeah, yeah, a kind of >> yeah, yeah, it's a kind of rousseauian and rousseauian nonsense. and it's so you mentioned so funny that you mentioned hitchens, there was an hitchens, because there was an old time where they old question time where they were should you old question time where they were from should you old question time where they were from rote should you old question time where they were from rote , should you old question time where they were from rote , should|ld you old question time where they were from rote , should you ou learn from rote, should you learn from rote, should you learn poems by memory and all the panellists said some the other panellists said some bland laughed bland nonsense, sort of laughed at then hitchens just

at it. and then hitchens just recites a poem from memory. it was brilliant and he was a brilliant moment, and he says on that is to says to pour scorn on that is to declare yourself a spiritual desert, and desert, which i love. and he also said if you learn also said that if you learn these things as a young person, also said that if you learn thesemindjs as a young person, also said that if you learn thesemindjs asbe young person, also said that if you learn thesemindjs as be furnished son, also said that if you learn thesemindjs as be furnished with your mind will be furnished with beauty. the point, beauty. and this is the point, you to rote you should go back to rote learning. we went, learning. when we went, when i went school, they rid of went to school, they got rid of verbs i still verbs and adjectives. i still don't they are. verbs and adjectives. i still don't got they are. verbs and adjectives. i still don't got rid they are. verbs and adjectives. i still don't got rid of they are. verbs and adjectives. i still don't got rid of basic they are. verbs and adjectives. i still don't got rid of basic grammara. verbs and adjectives. i still don't got rid of basic grammar. they got rid of basic grammar. and then john major came in with this to basics thing. but this back to basics thing. but we basics. we we lost all the basics. we didn't basic grammar. can didn't learn basic grammar. can you it was you imagine that? so it was a disaster. i believe in going back learning, grammar back to rote learning, grammar schools, caning the whole thing . schools, caning the whole thing. bnng schools, caning the whole thing. bring all back. bring it all back. >> had learn how sentences >> i had to learn how sentences work after going to school , >> i had to learn how sentences work after going to school, i didn't yeah, i didn't didn't learn. yeah, i didn't learn adverbs and all learn the verbs, adverbs and all that. bought a book afterwards. >> i liked french at >> yeah, i liked french at school and that helpful school and that was helpful because see how someone because then you see how someone else and yeah, it else does it. and yeah, we do it like that. you don't like that. otherwise you don't nofice notice what you're doing. >> can't recite any poems. you >> i can't recite any poems. you know, intro star trek . i know, the intro to star trek. i do next generation one do the next generation one because like because i'm kind of cool like that mail on sunday, nick that. the mail on sunday, nick and someone's career has struggled to sexism, but struggled due to sexism, but that's about tell us

that's enough about you. tell us about that's enough about you. tell us abo how you? which is >> how dare you? which is relevant to this story because it's about so professor it's about greta. so professor andrew thought he was andrew timming thought he was making a good point about sexism when emoji when he tweeted a sassy emoji message about andrew tate and greta he got greta thunberg. then he got fired. it's a very sort of narrative driven headline there. yeah, shocking he yeah, this is shocking. he was at the rmit university and it's in woke melbourne. so no surprise um, he surprise there. but, um, he tweeted this ridiculously minor thing. he's so andrew tate was boasting about his enormous emissions of his cars famously, and greta hit back with a rude joke. let's say a writer probably can't say. and this guy wrote demeaning sexual jokes when directed from a woman to a man. smiley face, wink emoji, demeaning sexual jokes when directed from a man to a woman , directed from a man to a woman, a barman. skull and crossbones making point. making the obvious point. there's standard there's a double standard which of massive double of course it is a massive double standard. whole culture standard. the whole culture hates we all know this, hates men. we all know this, and it was proved by fact that it was proved by the fact that he first. he got he got fired first. he got bullied, complained bullied, then he complained about it. then he went on leave. but back and they but then he came back and they gave him extra work. the bullying was bullying continued. then he was fired for misconduct, for not

doing the extra work. this is his course. he's his account. of course. now he's appealing it. and yeah, it's pretty you'd expect, pretty much what you'd expect, isn't we're in how. >> now. >> uh , we don't say anything, >> uh, we don't say anything, but you can. >> i don't think they actually said it was the though. said it was the tweet, though. have so which is he says have they? so which is he says after that, a bullying atmosphere starts. i always think strange the think it's strange that the organisation, think it's strange that the organiouton, think it's strange that the organiout and say that tweet come out and say that tweet wasn't acceptable. not wasn't acceptable. it's not in line values or line with our values or something but they line with our values or some' seem but they line with our values or some' seem to but they line with our values or some' seem to have but they line with our values or some' seem to have done they line with our values or some'seem to have done that. don't seem to have done that. yeah don't seem to have done that. yeaand whole article kind >> and so the whole article kind of buys it. but you're right, the person claiming the only person claiming that the only person claiming that the start to this, the tweet was the start to this, rather not doing the work, rather than not doing the work, he is the he was asked to do later, is the bloke in the story. >> maybe he was just a pain in the neck? no, i don't know. >> i mean, i'm blaming steve. you're he wasn't bullied you're saying he wasn't bullied by people? by these horrible people? yeah, probably women. no, they were probably women. no, they were probably people. probably just woke people. right on. all sides. >> say that there's plenty on. all sides. >>woke say that there's plenty on. all sides. >>woke blokest there's plenty on. all sides. >>woke blokes outzre's plenty on. all sides. >>woke blokes out there. .enty on. all sides. >>woke blokes out there. that's of woke blokes out there. that's what piling oh, of woke blokes out there. that's vihope piling oh, of woke blokes out there. that's vihope she piling oh, of woke blokes out there. that's vihope she sees piling oh, of woke blokes out there. that's vihope she sees this,1g oh, of woke blokes out there. that's vihope she sees this, bro. oh, of woke blokes out there. that's vihope she sees this, bro. like, i hope she sees this, bro. like, of course. >> p- w- of course. >> but nick refers >> definitely. but nick refers to women. don't you. to them as women. don't you. >> yeah, yeah yeah. >> yeah, yeah yeah, yeah. no exactly. the feminists, exactly. the male feminists, it's what i it's woke melbourne. it's what i said. saying woke as said. i'm just saying woke as many. a quote how many. i've got a quote of how many. i've got a quote of how many say it per many times i have to say it per

show. melbourne mad. many times i have to say it per sho let's, melbourne mad. many times i have to say it per sho let's, uh,/ielbourne mad. many times i have to say it per sho let's, uh, there'sne mad. many times i have to say it per sholet's, uh, there's plenty mad. many times i have to say it per sho let's, uh, there's plenty of1ad. >> let's, uh, there's plenty of more chances say the word in >> let's, uh, there's plenty of mornextances say the word in >> let's, uh, there's plenty of mornext couple say the word in >> let's, uh, there's plenty of mornext couple of ay the word in >> let's, uh, there's plenty of mornext couple of stories. 'ord in >> let's, uh, there's plenty of mornext couple of stories. thein the next couple of stories. the mail on sunday crestor 2024 will be big for anyone who be a big year for anyone who wants to hit women. ready wants to hit women. get ready with usa boxing to with the word woke usa boxing to allow gender to allow trans gender women to compete female boxers compete against female boxers under certain conditions from 2024, after introducing new policy. >> and you think , oh, what are >> and you think, oh, what are the conditions ? um, it basically the conditions? um, it basically the conditions? um, it basically the conditions? um, it basically the conditions are while boxers under the age of 18 have to still compete with their birth genden still compete with their birth gender, transgender fighters will be permitted to fight in the category of their choice. they meet criteria , they must meet certain criteria, including declaring new including declaring their new gender identity, completing gender identity, completing gender reassignment surgery and regular testing . so what regular hormone testing. so what that means is they will definitely have been through the puberty that were born with puberty that they were born with it. well i suppose unless they had puberty blockers early on. but the point is, you can't change until you're 18. so this is madness. it's supposed is just madness. it's supposed to and it to make it safer and fairer. it does opposite . does the exact opposite. >> yeah. it's disgusting. you still have upper body still have the upper body strength, all sorts of other advantages. we've seen in fallon

strength, all sorts of other adveinages. we've seen in fallon strength, all sorts of other adveinages. \.breakingn in fallon strength, all sorts of other adveinages. \.breaking people'syn fox, in mma, breaking people's orbital things like orbital bones and things like that, in that, which does happen in boxing anyway if it's two men. but obviously it's going to make it dangerous. might but obviously it's going to make it well dangerous. might but obviously it's going to make it well da domestic might but obviously it's going to make it well da domestic violencet as well make domestic violence a sport at this point. this is what going to be like. what this is going to be like. just beating on just a man beating up on a woman. absolutely sick. woman. it's absolutely sick. hopefully just hopefully all women will just boycott you boycott it. if they got, you know, reasons and for know, for safety reasons and for solidarity reasons, because which would be hard if they got prize on the line. but prize money on the line. but obviously this shouldn't happen. it's disgusting and insane. so i'm on the fence. there's two the um , arguments against this >> um, arguments against this would unfairness . and the would be the unfairness. and the people use this if they people will use this if they want to be violent, which is kind of the domestic abuse thing. think that one is not thing. i think that one is not a valid argument because you have to surgery. don't to complete the surgery. i don't think who is so think there's anyone who is so intent on being able to hit someone that they are willing to have removed. someone that they are willing to hav no, removed. someone that they are willing to hav no, completely/ed. someone that they are willing to hav no, completely agree, but >> no, i completely agree, but it's size, isn't it? it's just about size, isn't it? on so fairness on average. so the fairness enough of a reason, the idea that to go for that you're trying to go for health and you health and safety and you let that under radar. that one slip under the radar. i mean, you kidding? mean, are you kidding? >> sport as >> it's a shocking sport as well, ? instead of like, well, isn't it? instead of like, darts or motor racing, those are the you have

the ones where you can have a good old argument. but hitting okay, not an okay, fair enough. i'm not an expert to the sunday mirror. nick and a new mum has been barking orders at her husband . barking orders at her husband. same old, same old. am i right? >> well, no, i just, i just disapprove of what you just said. this is a mum slammed for asking husband save her asking husband to save her instead , which instead of newborn baby, which of is completely sane and of course is completely sane and reasonable. but it's kicked off on reddit . it says talking to on reddit. it says talking to reddit in 2020, so i don't know how this is a story. now because we're between christmas and new year and journalist has year, and some journalist has been sitting on this one thinking, fill space. thinking, we'll fill some space. and we're and now we're now we're parasites back that parasites off the back of that and of meta filling of and a kind of meta filling of space. so basically , she said space. so basically, she said just before the pregnancy, well, just before the pregnancy, well, just before the pregnancy, well, just before she was about to potentially have this caesarean, she down she said, look, if it came down to and was going to die, she said, look, if it came down to a|you was going to die, she said, look, if it came down to a|you save joing to die, she said, look, if it came down to a|you save meg to die, she said, look, if it came down to a|you save me instead. she said, look, if it came down to a|you save me instead of the would you save me instead of the baby, which i think is totally rational? people who rational? even people who are very advocate this. very pro—life advocate this. they don't advocate that the woman would woman should die. that would be an but an extreme position. but apparently trouble apparently she got in trouble with thought with some friends who thought that being something with some friends who thought thai being something with some friends who thought thai can't being something with some friends who thought thai can't say)eing something with some friends who thought thai can't say to 1g something with some friends who thought thai can't say to her something with some friends who thought thai can't say to her husband,ig to. i can't say to her husband, but of course it's completely

reasonable and normal. what she was saying. even if you're pro—life, a thing pro—life, this is a normal thing to say. >> she's t she's she makes to say. >> she's she makes the >> well, she's she makes the case that she's already got a daughter have daughter who would not have a mother. live in a culture daughter who would not have a m they could annoyed >> oh, they could be annoyed in all directions cause like all directions cause it's like it's schrodinger's it's a schrodinger's annoyed person, . person, but it works. >> i think generally loads of people make the pro—life people who make the pro—life arguments know , you've arguments say, you know, you've got unborn life of the baby, got the unborn life of the baby, then you've also got the then you've also got if the mother's compromised, then you've also got if the mother's an compromised, then you've also got if the mother's an complifeised, then you've also got if the mother's an complife that's you've got an extant life that's already there, that's fully developed, that is developed, that we know is already does take already there. so it does take precedence. i've heard that argument ben shapiro, so argument made by ben shapiro, so it must be right. >> and copying a bloke >> and i'm just copying a bloke who's that who's been through that situation, though, where you are the only adult in the room making the idea on making decisions. the idea on this yeah yeah, some this show, if. yeah yeah, some episodes. those moments episodes. but on those moments where even if the missus says like is what i want you to like that is what i want you to do, yeah, you'll say,

do, you know. yeah, you'll say, you'll yes to you'll definitely say yes to your partner, is what i'm saying. you will definitely say, of definitely saying. you will definitely say, of you. definitely saying. you will definitely say, of you. ithe1itely saying. you will definitely say, of you. the moment, pick you. and in the moment, i don't know. there's no no don't know. there's no one. no one's find out. one's ever going to find out. you it's like the letter one's ever going to find out. you the it's like the letter one's ever going to find out. you the primelike the letter one's ever going to find out. you the prime ministersetter one's ever going to find out. you the prime ministers have to that the prime ministers have to write. this. write. your wife. watch this. the not. otherwise the course not. otherwise you wouldn't telling wouldn't get away with telling that wouldn't get away with telling tha here's the point. i suppose >> here's the point. i suppose one of them is your sort of progeny. someone progeny. one's just someone you've c.k. says, you've met. as louis ck. says, that's someone met, that's just someone you've met, whereas one's actual blood. that's just someone you've met, wh i �*eas one's actual blood. that's just someone you've met, wh i �*eas orsee actual blood. that's just someone you've met, th'eas orsee someoneal blood. that's just someone you've met, wh i �*eas orsee someone like ood. that's just someone you've met, th'eas orsee someone like you, so i could see someone like you, steve, yeah. sinisterly. >> i thought i was >> i mean, i thought i was joking, seem to believe joking, but you seem to believe me. you never think. me. so you never think. >> yeah, i with you >> yeah, i agree with you. you don't know you're in don't know until you're in a situation that's definitely true, life true, isn't it? that's what life is like. >> one more section to go. >> uh, one more section to go. we space, vegans and we talk about space, vegans and dating, and will pretend that dating, and we will pretend that we on those topics. we are experts on those topics. suspend your disbelief

next. welcome back to headliners, the mail on sunday, cressida and a space flight where it won't just be the orbit that might be synchronised .

synchronised. >> very good. nice. uh, 2024 in space flight, the incredible missions set to take off next yean missions set to take off next year, revealed from nasa's great return to the moon to blue origins all female trip into orbit. and that's the bit i focussed on. yeah, they're going to send a group of just ladies into space together or it'll into space all together or it'll be a nice tidy spacecraft. won't it, etc. etc. um, so this this flight operates by blue orbit, which is a company headed up by amazon founder jeff bezos. he's not going on the flight because he's a boy , but his girlfriend he's a boy, but his girlfriend is going . or his partner. is going. or his partner. girlfriend. yeah and apparently she's he says she's known in the us as a media personality , a us as a media personality, a news anchor. well, that's reassuring, isn't it ? news anchor. well, that's reassuring, isn't it? um, but she's also a licensed helicopter pilot. um, that'll be handy where there's no air. >> well done. >> well done. >> i don't know , i mean, it's >> i don't know, i mean, it's good for, um . is it is it is it good for, um. is it is it is it not that i mean, this is kind of great in a sense that we've reached the level of human development where we can mess around trips to around doing pointless trips to the yeah, well, gonna say

>> yeah, well, i was gonna say my first question was, who's going it right? is going to pilot it right? is there in the control room there a man in the control room at for group at home to work for a group of surveyors construction surveyors on a construction site, and we to promote site, and we had to promote yorkie bars once on international women's day. >> yorkie bars are the sponsors of this. and of course, their slogan used to be it's not for girls. by trading on girls. they got by trading on this thing decades girls. they got by trading on this then thing decades girls. they got by trading on this then alling decades girls. they got by trading on this then all ofi decades girls. they got by trading on this then all of a decades girls. they got by trading on this then all of a suddenies girls. they got by trading on this then all of a sudden they're and then all of a sudden they're like, a 180. and like, oh, let's do a 180. and they sponsoring they were sponsoring international women's day, and we up slogans of we all had to hold up slogans of like anti—sexism comments with these. anyway, the whole day just descended into stupid, sexist jokes. it was quite funny, but good training for here in this country to lead to so jokes about parking on so many jokes about parking on mars and then you say there's already like a concern about toxic masculinity on mars. >> wasn't that the guardian or something? >> different story >> that was a different story that we were looking at earlier? oh, was it oh, somebody was was asking it was the was a comment piece in the guardian saying, can we stop guardian saying, how can we stop our new colonies, colonies in space you our new colonies, colonies in space because you our new colonies, colonies in space because they're you our new colonies, colonies in space because they're run you our new colonies, colonies in space because they're run by you can't because they're run by elon musk, right? >> the most toxic man? >> who's the most toxic man? well, trolling the well, just trolling on the internet doing what internet all day and doing what

he yeah, the he wants. amazing. yeah, the sunday mirror, nick and a story that says that stand up comedians temperamental comedians might be temperamental and is news to of us. yeah. >> so jason manford reveals petty reason paddy mcguinness sacked spills on sacked him as he spills on secret feud and what it was. manford was a support act for mcguinness and he did a bit too well and many of us have been there. a couple of there. i've done a couple of national tours, won't say who i was supporting, but i noticed certain jokes suddenly got taken out you less time? out and could you do less time? suddenly and you that bit suddenly and you know that bit you end? oh my closer. you do at the end? oh my closer. yeah. could you not it? oh, yeah. could you not do it? oh, so these happen when you so these things happen when you do the support so these things happen when you do and the support so these things happen when you do and this the support so these things happen when you do and this the jason rt slot and this is what jason manford did. he was being paid £100 to him back £100 a show which to him back then a lot. suddenly then was a lot. and he suddenly got it because was got taken off it because he was basically do basically smashing it. he did do apparently longer than the headuner apparently longer than the headliner point. that's apparently longer than the he'absolute point. that's apparently longer than the he'absolute no. point. that's apparently longer than the he'absolute no. you nt. that's apparently longer than the he'absolute no. you don't at's apparently longer than the he'absolute no. you don't do; an absolute no. you don't do that. but that terrible. but that. but that is terrible. but in is a problem in general, this is a problem in the has happened in general, this is a problem in the sorry, has happened in general, this is a problem in the sorry, i've has happened in general, this is a problem in the sorry, i've beenas happened in general, this is a problem in the sorry, i've been too appened in general, this is a problem in the sorry, i've been too goodied me. sorry, i've been too good and to be had my role and had to be had my role reduced and that didn't come back for a third tour. i'm just going to. i'm not going to mention names. mention any names. >> i you couldn't >> i thought you couldn't wait to names. to mention some names.

>> manford threw him >> oh, because manford threw him under when under the bus when i was cancelled. is. i was cancelled. there it is. i was not going it. not even going to mention it. i wasn't i going not even going to mention it. i waclassily i going not even going to mention it. i waclassily rise i going not even going to mention it. i waclassily rise above i going not even going to mention it. i waclassily rise above i well|oing to classily rise above it. well i got cancelled you i got cancelled once, and, you know, mini cancellation. it was i got cancelled once, and, you knthe mini cancellation. it was i got cancelled once, and, you knthe express. cellation. it was i got cancelled once, and, you knthe express. theation. it was i got cancelled once, and, you knthe express. the telegraph,; in the express. the telegraph, the and the jeremy vine show, and everyone of everyone was attacking me, of course. and manford, who had always and about, always been nice to and about, did to his nearly did a tweet to his nearly 400,000 followers throw me under did a tweet to his nearly 40cbus) followers throw me under did a tweet to his nearly 40cbus) folloy lowest row me under did a tweet to his nearly 40cbus) folloy lowest moment,1der the bus at my lowest moment, kind on my face kind of stamping on my face when i at lowest. an i was at my lowest. as an unknown comedian. and he was famous. >> so in general, this a good >> so in general, this is a good story. from thing. >> yeah, in that sense, yeah. thing. >> �*i'm|, in that sense, yeah. thing. >> �*i'm over:hat sense, yeah. thing. >> �*i'm over it.t sense, yeah. thing. >> �*i'm over it. isense, yeah. thing. >> �*i'm over it. i don't yeah. thing. >> �*i'm over it. i don't know but i'm over it. i don't know why brought it up. why we even brought it up. anything crystal? i feel anything to say? crystal? i feel like i took over a bit. >> nothing. no, as you said, it is and new >> nothing. no, as you said, it is um, and new >> nothing. no, as you said, it is um, so and new >> nothing. no, as you said, it is um, so it's and new >> nothing. no, as you said, it is um, so it's a and new >> nothing. no, as you said, it is um, so it's a time|d new >> nothing. no, as you said, it is um, so it's a time foriew year. um, so it's a time for these things to be aired, i suppose.i these things to be aired, i suppose. i know , uh, the suppose. i don't know, uh, the mail cressida mail on sunday, then cressida and says that . and a vegan says that. >> how can claim that you >> how can you claim that you love when you them love animals when you put them in and will leave in your mouth? and i will leave the obvious just hanging. the obvious joke just hanging. >> i'm from the >> just because i'm from the west country. i don't west country. steve. i don't even mean. even know what you mean. um. speaking to mailonline, miss partridge asked how can you claim to love animals with the same you chew their bodies same mouth you chew their bodies with? that is funny isn't it? um, a vegan activist who

confronts customers confronts mcdonald's customers with of factory farming with pictures of factory farming and is urged and slaughterhouses is urged brits to rethink their diet choices . as we're nation of choices. as we're a nation of animal mean , it's not animal lovers, i mean, it's not going work, is it? is going to work, is it? this is just annoy people. just going to annoy people. she's restaurants and she's going into restaurants and showing hideous of showing them hideous pictures of terrible um, terrible things. um, yeah. >> called marion >> she's called marion partridge, which sounds like something the royal family eat as a starter. firstly, it's the most posh sounding ridiculous. they've always got these ridiculous names, terry and partridge. like partridge. so she sounds like game start. that's game for a start. that's basically anyway. and basically a dish anyway. and then she's oppressing the ordinary person with her veganism . it'sjust as ordinary person with her veganism . it's just as obnoxious veganism. it's just as obnoxious as it could possibly be. >> victimisation culture get to you, nick. she's not doing that. >> poshos . it's like, just you, nick. she's not doing that. >> oil poshos . it's like, just you, nick. she's not doing that. >> oil people. it's like, just you, nick. she's not doing that. >> oil people. theyike, just you, nick. she's not doing that. >> oil people. they want, st stop oil people. they want, let's just eat mcdonald's. like we're eating mcdonald's. get lost gary. we're eating mcdonald's. get lostbad y. we're eating mcdonald's. get lostbad enough? we're eating mcdonald's. get lostyeah, nough? we're eating mcdonald's. get lostyeah, she's|? we're eating mcdonald's. get lostyeah, she's totally right. i >> yeah, she's totally right. i don't eat meat and i think it's horrible . i don't want to look horrible. i don't want to look at pictures. no, no . at pictures. no, no. >> oh, found out this >> oh, now we found out this place, the internet place, the. oh, the internet is going to turn on you. >> listens. no, said >> never listens. no, i've said it before, but look, she's she's right. but the mission's

terrible . i'll, uh. terrible. i'll, uh. >> well, whip this >> well, we'll whip through this one is to the one then. um, this is to the metro, tiktok has metro, nick. and tiktok has worked out that people's worked out that some people's relationships problems relationships have problems with expectations . wow. breakthrough. expectations. wow. breakthrough. >> yeah. this is the zero dating theory. exposes the one big difference in how men and women approach love. and this is a claim from the giggly squad podcast. your favourite podcast. one of your favourite steve, um , this is a steve, where, um, this is a stupid because it sounds stupid joke because it sounds rubbish. anyway, i'm sure rubbish. but anyway, i'm sure it's that men it's great. they say that men date zero, meaning that date from zero, meaning that they to. they to build they have to. they have to build up liking you nothing up liking you from nothing and seeing like you seeing if they actually like you . from 100 . whereas girls start from 100 and down gradually . and work you down gradually. sound interesting? think sound interesting? i don't think it's though. is it it's really true though. is it because men are famously drawn to look in a way, whereas men to look so in a way, whereas men are. have to like a man's are. women have to like a man's character is the stereotype , so character is the stereotype, so surely the opposite. surely it's the opposite. >> i don't. i've >> if anything, i don't. i've not historically gone in with a zero score added zero score and added to it beyond diminished. if beyond and diminished. if anything, just anything, they've they just they've high expectations they've got high expectations and they moan that they've not been found a new been met, but they found a new way of saying it. >> yeah, i think think >> yeah, i think so. i think it's. sounds it's. yeah. exactly it sounds like people who haven't

like young people who haven't had heart stamped on had their heart stamped on enough still think enough and who still think people be nice , you know, people might be nice, you know, something that. something like that. >> you'll >> you just wait. you'll lower your stage. your standards at some stage. happy new year take home message. the show is message. well, the show is nearly over, so let's take a quick look at sunday's front pages. quick look at sunday's front pages . the quick look at sunday's front pages. the mail on sunday says five work from home deals, five day work from home deals, uh, for pampered mandarins. the sunday times says starmer beat sunak head to head, says poll. the observer over starmer lacks clear sense of purpose, says ex—police chief the express pm more tax cuts to come. the sunday mirror goes with 175,000. asked why do royals exist? and the daily star happy booths yean the daily star happy booths year, that's all we've got. time for. thank you to my guests cressida us and nick dixon. headliners will be back tomorrow for a new year's eve special with andrew doyle and the gang . with andrew doyle and the gang. and if you're watching at five, then stay tuned for breakfast on then stay tuned for breakfast on the next. until the next the way next. until the next time, good one. time, have yourself a good one. >> warm feeling inside from >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather

on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello there! welcome to your latest gb news, weather forecast i'm craig snell looking ahead to new year's eve. for most of us we're going to end 2023 on a fairly showery note. and for some in the south, it's still going to be pretty so going to be pretty blustery. so as we end saturday we've still got this of low pressure got this area of low pressure really dominating proceedings. this continue to this cold front will continue to spread its way eastwards across the some fairly heavy the country. some fairly heavy rain on it and some strong and gusty winds. it will become quite slow moving across the very far north of scotland as we go course of go through the course of the night, it is night, then behind it it is a mixture of spells and mixture of clear spells and a scattering showers in the scattering of showers in the clearer skies it will turn quite chilly i most of us chilly, but i think most of us frost free away from scotland . frost free away from scotland. so into new year's eve any overnight rain will quickly clear the far east of england . clear the far east of england. and for many of us it's a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers . some of the scattered showers. some of the showers, especially come the afternoon . will be heavy and afternoon. will be heavy and thundery , but the rain across

thundery, but the rain across the far north of scotland, especially for shetland, really just staying there all day. for many a slightly cooler day many it's a slightly cooler day than but still not doing many it's a slightly cooler day tha|badly but still not doing many it's a slightly cooler day tha|badly bthe till not doing many it's a slightly cooler day tha|badly bthetilln

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knighthood . and not just because knighthood. and not just because as a scot, i like wetherspoons low , low prices and increase low, low prices and increase their blessed. i'll be looking at people breeding xl bullies to claim the compensation and tinder is introducing a $499 a month tier and as a london labour councillor , removes labour councillor, removes palestinian flags. why won't sadiq khan do the same? last time i checked, ilford was in east london, not the west bank. this is your saturday night showdown discussing all tonight's topics with me are my brilliant panel. joining me tonight are paul cox, diane spencer and lewis oakley. but first, let's get your latest news and headlines from sophia wenzler .

wenzler. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. new year's plans have been ruined for thousands of people after eurostar cancelled all trains to and from london, causing travel chaos, the company apologised after a tunnel was flooded , after a tunnel was flooded, apparently caused by a burst pipe apparently caused by a burst pipe connected to the fire safety system . up to 35,000 safety system. up to 35,000 passengers have been affected, with many left stranded at london's saint pancras station. some took to social media to vent their frustrations, saying they were only told of the cancellations at 8:00 this morning . and forecasters are morning. and forecasters are warning people to take care ahead of new year celebrations . ahead of new year celebrations. heavy rain and strong winds are expected in many parts of the country, with parts of scotland likely to see significant levels of snow. the met office says yellow alerts are in place until 3 am. tomorrow. ukraine has struck a series of targets in russia , killing 14 people and

russia, killing 14 people and injuring