on playing it later . all of that on playing it later. all of that comes after the . news. comes after the. news. >> good evening. it's 6:00. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. the queen of denmark has shocked the nation , has shocked the nation, announcing in her new year's message that she'll vacate the throne. queen margaret ii has reigned for more than half a century . she made the century. she made the announcement on live television moments ago. she is due to step down on the 14th of january, exactly 52 years after she took the throne in 1972. she'll be succeeded by her son, crown prince frederik rishi sunak.

struck an optimistic tone in his new year message, promising a brighter future with tax cuts and a reduction in national insurance. he described 2023 as a momentous year, which saw inflation halved and record investment in the nhs. that's despite junior doctors in england planning their longest walkout in nhs history next month. the prime minister says his new year's resolution is to keep driving forward . keep driving forward. >> inflation is set to fall further cutting the cost of living for everyone. and we're not stopping there. we're going further to grow our economy by reducing debt, cutting taxes and rewarding hard work, building secure supplies of energy here at home. i'm backing british business and delivering world class . education class. education >> meanwhile, the labour leader says the power to shape the future of britain rests in everyone's hands. sir keir starmers message offered a preview of his party's election campaign , saying 2024 needs to campaign, saying 2024 needs to give britain its future back in

the labour party. >> we've been building to this for four years, years. we're confident we have a plan that can move our country forward , can move our country forward, end the cost of living crisis , end the cost of living crisis, take back our streets , get the take back our streets, get the nhs back on its feet , cheaper nhs back on its feet, cheaper energy bills for your home, more opportunities for your children . opportunities for your children. >> boris johnson's former chief adviser says rishi sunak tried to strike what he called a secret deal in a bid to win the next election. dominic cummings told the sunday times that he was prepared to help the tories win if he was assured the most critical issues were priorities, and that reportedly includes overhauling defence capabilities and preparing for future pandemics . and preparing for future pandemics. number 10 did not deny the report, but says mr cummings was not offered a position . the family of a mother position. the family of a mother and her son, who were killed in and her son, who were killed in an avalanche in the french alps, say they're beyond heartbroken. kate vokes, who was 54, died

when an avalanche swept through an off piste ski slope on mont blanc on thursday. her 22 year old son archie, was also killed . old son archie, was also killed. he had achieved his level one ski instructor qualification just a year earlier. their family asked for privacy, saying the tragic accident had left a hole in their lives. the tragic accident had left a hole in their lives . meanwhile hole in their lives. meanwhile it's looking like a windy new year's eve for many people across the uk tonight. a yellow alert is in place until 6 am. tomorrow, with the strongest of the winds expected in the northwest . the met office says northwest. the met office says it's warning of delays to road, rail , air and it's warning of delays to road, rail, air and ferry transport gusts of 50 miles an hour are likely possible up to 75 miles in coastal areas . britain's new in coastal areas. britain's new year celebrations are still a few hours away, but the party has already started in other parts of the . world. happy new parts of the. world. happy new year to hong kong, as well as

japan, taiwan , thailand and japan, taiwan, thailand and australia, hong kong celebrated with a huge fireworks display over victoria harbour in front of hundreds of thousands of people in australia. the famous harbour bridge in sydney opera house were alight with colours and sparkle and you can get more on that on tv, online, dab plus radio. this is gb news news and i'll be back with more news in the top of the hour. so good evening. >> i'm here in birmingham. we've got a very big audience and they're very enthusiastic and this is my last gb news show of the year. >> i'm going to be back on new year's day, and it's a time in many ways for us all to reflect on the year that's gone by. i have to say, personally, i've

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

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

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

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

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

80. and you of course, gary, sound man brexiteer all the way through. and you got elected on this ticket of getting brexit done. be honest with me. how disappointed you feel . disappointed you feel. >> i don't feel disappointed at all. and you know today i visited a school in my constituency , um, turves green constituency, um, turves green boys school , a challenging boys school, a challenging school which has been in special measures and i remember spending at first two years of at least the first two years of my time in parliament with the left labour party and the left and labour party and the snp moaning about brexit, etc. and things like the erasmus scheme and was going to scheme and how it was going to deny of children to deny generations of children to come. opportunities. well, i'm afraid erasmus was basically for middle class kids with parents who had got sharp today who had got sharp elbows today i heard about how dozens of children from a working class community in birmingham are basically going around the world finding new experiences , having finding new experiences, having those opportunities to them and learning new skills on the back of brexit. and i think that's a very proud thing. but we can all be very proud of and we are

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

we'll from covid inquiry we'll see from the covid inquiry whether handled or we'll see from the covid inquiry wcovid' handled or we'll see from the covid inquiry wcovid inquiry handled or we'll see from the covid inquiry wcovid inquiry that|ndled or we'll see from the covid inquiry wcovid inquiry that we ed or we'll see from the covid inquiry wcovid inquiry that we won't or a covid inquiry that we won't get the results of until about 2027. also , unfortunately, 2027. and also, unfortunately, i think focusing primarily on think it's focusing primarily on personalities rather than on policy. i want the inquiry to tell me whether we made the right decisions not about right decisions, not about the who who etc. no, who said, who said, etc. no, i agree with them. no, i agree with that, gary. >> you know, it's going to be a tough job for you. there's an election next year. know election next year. you know it's to a tough job for it's going to be a tough job for you. are the problems that birmingham has birmingham local council has been undergoing? maybe thing been undergoing? maybe one thing that you? well that could help you? well i mean, absolute disgrace. mean, it's an absolute disgrace. >> happened at >> what we've seen happened at birmingham for birmingham city council for months known that the months now. we've known that the city council is bankrupt and labour not been labour councillors have not been making the tough decisions, but they've needed to and been kicking the down the road kicking the can down the road for £14 million. every month is added on to the debt in birmingham when they don't make added on to the debt in b decisionm when they don't make added on to the debt in b decision on vhen they don't make added on to the debt in b decision on equalhey don't make added on to the debt in b decision on equal paydon't make added on to the debt in b decision on equal pay .)n't make added on to the debt in b decision on equal pay . and �*nake a decision on equal pay. and here we are in december, three months, four months after the announcement was made and we're still step closer to still not a step closer to making that decision. >> could that issue save >> it's could that issue save gary sambrook his seat?

>> well, i know there's something i'm going campaign something i'm going to campaign on. but also to talk on. but also i want to talk about that i've about positive things that i've been you down to been doing. if you come down to my patch and go to longbridge, where mg rover stood nearly where mg rover stood for nearly 100 years, is place 100 years, etc. that is a place which going through massive which is going through massive transformation. the money i've been get are we been able to get there, are we going 5000 jobs on west going to get 5000 jobs on west works proudest thing works and the proudest thing i always at, i live around always look at, i live around the corner from there, and when always look at, i live around tigo:orner from there, and when always look at, i live around tigo pastr from there, and when always look at, i live around tigo past itrom there, and when always look at, i live around tigo past it and there, and when always look at, i live around tigo past it and here, and when always look at, i live around tigo past it and i walk and when always look at, i live around tigo past it and i walk a|d when always look at, i live around tigo past it and i walk a dog1en i go past it and i walk a dog and i see a new manufacturing unit on that site bringing manufacturing jobs to manufacturing jobs back to the old mg site for the first old mg rover site for the first time since 2005. deeply time since 2005. i'm deeply proud of that. >> have you got good local stuff going all i say is going on? all i can say is you're to need that you're going to need it in that general election . but for now, general election. but for now, very , very happy and you one very, very happy and you one happy christmas . happy christmas. >> excellent . in a moment i'm >> excellent. in a moment i'm going to be giving out some awards to people in the local community who've done great work. >> for now , it's thanks to gary, >> for now, it's thanks to gary, thanks to the crowd . back with thanks to the crowd. back with you in a couple of minutes.

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

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

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

deserve to be rewarded. and according to that, santa is here to present you with a christmas present . very well. this day. present. very well. this day. >> absolutely, absolutely very, very good, very good. well done. anita >> very, very good. now in line with the fact that it is christmas and we have to give out presents and some people make unusual requests and james here, james here, your stepson jenson has had an unusual christmas request. >> i understand he did. he had a very unusual request for christmas. he wanted a nigel farage life size cardboard cut out . out. >> um, jenson , is this because >> um, jenson, is this because of the jungle or because of politics? >> i've just always loved year. oh well, there isn't much i could say about it. >> there isn't much i can vary. >> there isn't much i can vary. >> there isn't much i can vary. >> there really isn't much i can say to that. so you're a long time supporter? >> i am, yes.

»- >> i am, yes. >> very good. well, i tell you what, there's quite a few new ones quite enjoyed me the ones who quite enjoyed me in the jungle. well, did you think your request was going get granted? >> was very hard to find, to >> it was very hard to find, to be honest. so no, i was really going to struggle. >> santa, though, is here. jenson, where is santa? >> we're looking for santa . here >> we're looking for santa. here comes santa . ho ho ho ho ho ho. comes santa. ho ho ho ho ho ho. absolutely brilliant . well, absolutely brilliant. well, there we are. we better sign it, i suppose. >> hadn't we really ? are you >> hadn't we really? are you embarrassed, jenson . embarrassed, jenson. >> well, you probably ought to be proud. moments here we go. >> a couple of quick look . >> a couple of quick look. >> a couple of quick look. >> here we go. there we are. >> here we go. there we are. >> all yours. happy christmas. jenson very good. thank you very

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

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

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

cook, because everybody's got really high expectations of what the christmas lunch is going to be. >> i yesterday went to a little cookery school with the famous italian chef. i should say famous temperamental italian chef. you know, all dozily been around for decades and there having never done it before, i had to make homemade pasta and make a tiramisu. had to make homemade pasta and make a tiramisu . and over the make a tiramisu. and over the course of the next few minutes, you'll see how i got and what he thought of me . after the madness thought of me. after the madness of the jungle, i'm now about to subject myself to another bushtucker trial . this time it's bushtucker trial. this time it's with the famous aldersley . how with the famous aldersley. how are you today? thank you . so, as are you today? thank you. so, as i understand it, are you today? thank you. so, as i understand it , this is weird. i understand it, this is weird. i've been thrown into this and i am going to be your sous chef this afternoon. is that right? yes >> there's a lot to do. is there? >> hmm. okay off i go. >> hmm. okay off i go. >> off you go . see you in

>> off you go. see you in a minute. let's make some pasta, shall we? have you made pasta before? >> never . >> never. >> never. >> okay. uh . no. no, don't >> okay. uh. no. no, don't squashit >> okay. uh. no. no, don't squash it down. >> well, hang on, how can i need it without squashing it like you're making? >> um. have you ever made cakes or. no dough? or you never made a dough? you got plenty of a dough? no. you got plenty of it, though . it, though. >> that's. that's what the papers say . papers say. >> sorry. cuts . >> sorry. cuts. catch lift up. show it to the camera . camera. >> there we are. >> there we are. >> we have now some brand new shoelaces. better known as fettuccine. >> fettuccine for nigel farage. >> fettuccine for nigel farage. >> never done that before . that >> never done that before. that looks amazing . looks amazing. >> this is what i'd like you to

do. um, >> this is what i'd like you to do . um, okay. not too close to do. um, okay. not too close to your jacket do. um, okay. not too close to yourjacket . do. um, okay. not too close to your jacket . yeah, do. um, okay. not too close to yourjacket . yeah, i need that yourjacket. yeah, i need that for another staff later. >> okay. right. so there you go . >> okay. right. so there you go. >> okay. right. so there you go. >> that. nigel? no. where are you going ? you going? >> i've got to go forwards. up >> i've got to go forwards. up >> now. shall we go ? >> now. shall we go? >> now. shall we go? >> i can't believe you find that difficult. that's really the simplest thing you've done today. >> show me again . >> show me again. there you go. >> there you go, nigel. bravo. bravo, nigel. >> done it. >> done it. >> good, good. i knew good. i just knew . just knew. >> again and again. yeah. that's it, that's it . it's >> again and again. yeah. that's it, that's it. it's very

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

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

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

radio night. you're listening to gb news radio . well, farage the gb news radio. well, farage the farage has been a regular feature of our broadcast. >> we've done them all. >> we've done them all. >> 43 of these farage at large events. >> so there's no reason to make any exception here in birmingham. >> and first up, first up, i have got to barrage me. peter be kind. >> yes, nigel. i have a question

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

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

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

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

think how awful the 20th century was and how badly the 21st century is going? so i think i'd say peace is the one thing. if i could have anything in the world, because i'd benefit from it. every other it. but every single other person living the planet person living on the planet would benefit from it. but it's not um, if it not going to happen. um, if it was a personal, you know, what would personally like more would i personally like more than in the world? uh, than anything in the world? uh, very simple . and that is that very simple. and that is that all four of my children could live long, healthy , productive live long, healthy, productive lives. i can't think of anything else i'd rather have than that . else i'd rather have than that. >> um, but let me let me turn the tables . the tables. >> let me turn the tables. what would you choose? >> well, it's been on my christmas list for many years, and that is a helicopter and a nice big yacht. but sadly , nice big yacht. but sadly, they've never turned up . they've never turned up. >> well, you should get a job in the public sector. and you might find these days it might be very different . different. >> well, look , we've clearly,

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

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

>> never mind. >> never mind. >> and ladies and gentlemen , >> and ladies and gentlemen, it's a check . for £2,059. it's a check. for £2,059. >> roy wood, local lad. >> roy wood, local lad. >> you're from these parts and l, >> you're from these parts and i, you know, looking at your life and your career, it's been music. it's been forming bands. it's been striving to make new music . yeah. and you've done so music. yeah. and you've done so well . you've now got your own well. you've now got your own star on the birmingham walk of stars. yes. how good is that ? stars. yes. how good is that? >> that's great. yeah, yeah. it reminds you the builders have beenin reminds you the builders have been in since and he got he got smashed up. they've taken it away and it's going to be replaced. hopefully >> i'm sure it will be now you're 14 years old, full of musical ambition and you form the falcons don't you. yeah what was the aim ? was the aim? >> uh, i don't know, just to. >> uh, i don't know, just to. >> i, when i was 12 years old, um, i went to see, i mean, the, the shadows were my favourite , the shadows were my favourite, uh, band, and i went to, i got

on a number 14 bus, went into birmingham, saw the shadows at the birmingham town hall, and they were just totally amazing. uh hank marvin, guitar sammy like it had been dipped in dettol. you know, it was just so marvellous. and clean and, uh, i knew then that, uh, that's what i wanted to do. and, uh, i never gave my parents a minute's rest since, you know, and they got me a guitar on the on the, on the knock and incredibly, incredibly would ignore that incredibly , in would ignore that incredibly, in incredibly, the falcons when you were 15 played in this very venue. yes >> that's pretty amazing. >> that's pretty amazing. >> what a thing. yeah pretty amazing . amazing. >> and without without wanting to reveal your age we can't really. >> what year would that have been. >> oh ages ago . been. >> oh ages ago. i'll been. >> oh ages ago . i'll let you >> oh ages ago. i'll let you

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

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

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

yeah >> i it's a strange thing at the moment because i don't think, um, most of the general public are comfortable with anything that's going on. and they don't really know who to vote for. it's like, hold your nose and hope for the best, you know? yeah. and i think you must think that way too. >> oh, i do, and i think the level of dissatisfaction is enormously now enormously high. you know, now it's time . it's the it's christmas time. it's the 21st of december. and there are some records , some christmas some records, some christmas records that stand out, some christmas records that get played every year. christmas records that get played every year . they christmas records that get played every year. they are perennials and if i had to sit down and write, you know, eight, ten of the most well known christmas records, there is one that absolute would be on the list . and of course, it was you list. and of course, it was you with the group wizzard at the time. and it's exactly 53 years ago , the 50th anniversary this ago, the 50th anniversary this yean ago, the 50th anniversary this year, this year, that song. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and what was the what was the inspiration behind it? how did it come about? >> well, um, when i wrote it,

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

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

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

look forward to 2024, and i want to wish all of you at home a very merry christmas, a very happy new year, and i absolutely can't wait. i'll be back in the studio on the 1st of january. but now folks , stand up, turn but now folks, stand up, turn round. roy would take it away . round. roy would take it away. hey . hey. >> what's holac brazier song ? >> what's holac brazier song? where the church clap ? i know , where the church clap? i know, but it made me smile . where the church clap? i know, but it made me smile. i'm surviving by being dodi to a bad place. with neither of your hand . but you like to dance it on the streets. and i love the way you wear a wish. it could be

christmas every day . when the christmas every day. when the kids start singing arade dam begins to bark and oh, i wish it could be christmas . every day . could be christmas. every day. i like the bells ring out . oh i. like the bells ring out. oh i. love the one with me . you apart. love the one with me. you apart. it is far, far better. far. you know you're already geacht'er i love every way . we without a love every way. we without a particle . those who feared a day particle. those who feared a day frozen up by me. so will i. the de—man through the streets himars my way we come on i wish it could be christmas. every day

a way to keep stars standing on the land. begins to flag . one the land. begins to flag. one one i'll be see you at bibas family every day . let the bells family every day. let the bells ring out for christmas . day . ring out for christmas. day. every . every. inside from boxt boilers . inside from boxt boilers. >> sponsors of weather on gb news . hello there. news. hello there. >> welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast i'm craig

snell. well as we go into a brand new year for most of us on new year's day, we will see some sunshine. but unfortunately there is more rain to come. so as we end 2023 we still got this area of low pressure hanging around. note the tightly packed isobars, especially in the south, a blustery end south, indicating a blustery end to year. warnings are in to the year. warnings are in force the rest of force throughout the rest of today. mixture of today. generally a mixture of clear spells and scattered showers. the showers could potentially quite heavy, potentially be quite heavy, especially across northwestern england. the bells england. i think for the bells themselves, generally central belt scotland, probably best belt to scotland, probably best to see the driest of the weather overnight. in a clear skies it will turn quite chilly with touch of frost across the north. so first thing on new year's day we some sunshine across we will see some sunshine across the south, but that will be gradually replaced by some cloud and some outbreaks of and eventually some outbreaks of rain. so i think come the afternoon, the best of sunshine will be northern england northwards. there will few northwards. there will be a few showers especially showers around, especially for the of scotland, the northern isles of scotland, and temperatures tomorrow generally between 5 to 7 generally ranging between 5 to 7 in the north, potentially up to 11 degrees across the south, and

then to on tuesday, a wet day for a lot of the uk. a band of rain, potentially some hill snow for scotland and then some very wet weather for southern areas of the uk could also turn quite windy to temperatures on the face of it in the south into double figures. but factoring that rain and wind, not that rain and wind, it's not going feel great and going to feel too great and unfortunately the unsettled weather continues wednesday unfortunately the unsettled weather thursday wednesday unfortunately the unsettled weather thursday . wednesday and into thursday. >> looks like things are heating up boxed boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> what you get from breakfast is something that if we do our jobs right, you will wake up to news that you didn't know the night before. >> it's a conversation, an it's not just me and eamonn. we want to get to know you and we want you to get to know us from six it's breakfast with eamonn and isabel monday to thursdays on gb news, news channel

>> good evening. it's 7:00. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. the queen of denmark has shocked the nation , has shocked the nation, announcing in her new year's message that she'll vacate the throne. queen margaret the second has reigned for more than half a century. she made the announcement on live television moments ago. she's due to step down on the 14th of january, exactly 52 years after she took the throne in 1972. she'll be succeeded by her son, crown prince friedrich rishi sunak. struck an optimistic tone in his new year message, promising a brighter future with tax cuts and a reduction in national insurance. he described 2023 as a momentous year which saw inflation halved and record investor in nhs. that's despite junior doctors in england

planning their longest walkout