dufing during the christmas break, the nhs hospital parking. we have spent a whopping £146 million in england alone. is it time for us then to be more like scotland and wales, for example? and for those parking places to be free? how would you stop all the freeloaders? basically using that space to park when they want to get their bargains in town? me your thoughts on town? tell me your thoughts on that of uk first that and the number of uk first time buyers in 2023 was the lowest decade . do lowest in a decade. why do you think might and what think that might be? and what does tell us about the does it tell us about the housing market? and get this right, nine out of ten bicycle thefts since 2019 have gone unsolved . dread to think how unsolved. dread to think how many people don't even bother reporting this anymore anyway, some that this kind some saying that this kind of theft has now been decriminalised it? and what decriminalised has it? and what does that mean for crime

generally, even you don't generally, even if you don't have a bike? i say this kind of attitude these attitude not solving these crimes affects us all will get stuck into all of that . yes stuck into all of that. yes indeed, lots to come. but before we do so, let's crack over to polly middlehurst for tonight's latest news headlines as . latest news headlines as. >> michelle. thank you. well, our top story from the gb newsroom tonight is that a senior hamas official has been killed by an air strike in beirut in lebanon . saleh beirut in lebanon. saleh al—arouri was the leader of the terrorist group's military wing in the west bank, with links to hezbollah, which has been involved in cross—border attacks on israel's north in recent weeks. the lebanese prime minister in the last hour condemned the blast, which has reportedly the result of an israeli drone strike, is yet to comment on any involvement . now

comment on any involvement. now here, a new storm is on the radar. this time it's storm henk and storm henk is already causing havoc , bringing very causing havoc, bringing very strong winds and heavy rain across much of southern england and wales. today. trees have been uprooted, train operators are urging people not to travel because of the severe weather, and the met office accordingly issuing an amber yellow warning amid amber and yellow warning. i should say , as coastal areas are should say, as coastal areas are seeing gusts of up to 80 miles an hour, forecasters warn there is a good chance of power cuts already seeing some informal reports of that on twitter or x , reports of that on twitter or x, they're saying as well there'll be damage to buildings, travel disruption. we already know about and a chance of injury or loss of life from flying debris. we'll be keeping tabs on storm henk here on gb news throughout the night . henk here on gb news throughout the night. now, henk here on gb news throughout the night . now, the henk here on gb news throughout the night. now, the home secretary has insisted that the government has cleared a backlog of migrant asylum applications , of migrant asylum applications, as critics accuse the government of fiddling the figures. the

number of asylum case decisions made last year was the highest since 2002, as the government insisted its commitment to clearing the backlog has been delivered. labour says though that's false as reports suggest the reduced figure is in part due to some legacy cases being moved to other categories . but moved to other categories. but james cleverly says the number is coming down. we have processed every single one of those applications in the vast majority , a final decision has majority, a final decision has been made and in a small number there are complications ons. >> but the point is we have now got a much, much faster process, which is why the 50 hotels that were being used for housing asylum seekers are now being given back to the commercial world so they can be put back into use as hotels. we're reducing the need to accommodate asylum seekers and will be processing much more quickly going through 2024. >> cleverly well , the shadow >> cleverly well, the shadow home secretary, yvette cooper,

disagrees and she says the government hasn't got the facts right. >> rishi sunak claim to have cleared the asylum backlog is just totally false. in fact, the figures are nearly 100,000 cases and they haven't even fully cleared the bit of the backlog they were targeting. and that's why we've still got record numbers of people in asylum hotels costing the taxpayer payer a total fortune . rishi payer a total fortune. rishi sunak should stop taking the country for fools. should stop the boasts and get on with delivering properly. instead >> ed yvette cooper , let's bring >> ed yvette cooper, let's bring you up to date with events in japan now where five of the six crew on board a japanese coastguard plane have been confirmed dead today after they collided with a passenger air craft, but miraculously 379 passengers and 12 crew on board that japan airlines aircraft it collided with were safely evacuated from the plane on

inflatable emergency exit slides. passengers saying they felt a large boom before smoke filled the cabin . the coastguard filled the cabin. the coastguard plane involved in that collision had been on its way to deliver aid to areas affected by a powerful earthquake that struck japan on new year's day , the nhs japan on new year's day, the nhs patients face further disruption tomorrow as junior doctors prepare to walk out in the health service's longest ever strike, an unprecedented six days of industrial action comes as the nhs faces one of its busiest winter periods . the busiest winter periods. the government says it is open to further discussions, though hopes of last minute talks to avoid strike action are now fading. boss are saying it could create one of the most difficult starts to the year the nhs has ever faced. the bma wants junior doctors to get a 35% pay rise, which they say would restore their real earnings to levels seen in 2008. the government, though, says the demands are unfair , laudable . a student who

unfair, laudable. a student who ran over her fiance apparently after losing her temper following an argument, has been found guilty of murder. alice wood , who's 23 years old, drove wood, who's 23 years old, drove her ford fiesta into her partner ryan watson, aged 24, near their home in cheshire in may last year. home in cheshire in may last year . she home in cheshire in may last year. she denied murder and an alternative count of manslaughter , claiming his death manslaughter, claiming his death was a tragic accident. she told chester crown court she didn't realise he'd was trapped underneath her car when she drove for 158m before stopping . drove for 158m before stopping. miss wood showed no emotion as the jury returned a unanimous verdict. she's been remanded in custody, with the judge warning she may never be released. ryan's mother , lisa watson, told ryan's mother, lisa watson, told reporters after adds that her son had been taken too soon. >> we finally got for justice our beloved ryan . ryan's death our beloved ryan. ryan's death has left her family heartbroken. >> he was taken from us far too

soon, just a young man of 24 years old, with his whole life ahead of him. >> he had just started his working career with a charities at headways , with helping other at headways, with helping other people , which he'd loved to do . people, which he'd loved to do. ryan had just a big person rmt. he was bubbly, funny , loving, he was bubbly, funny, loving, caring person with a heart of gold . gold. >> lisa watson, who lost her son ryan watson this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news this is britain's news channel. >> thanks for that, polly and happy new year to each and every one of you. did you notice those have got good ears? might have noticed. at the start of the show, i introduced my programme and then i said, but before we do that, let's crack over to polly. what i was going to say is, let's crack a bottle. is, let's crack open a bottle. i think i'm in a little bit too

much of the festive spirit. i've got to say, i hope you all had a good one. whatever you were doing, and i hope you managed to avoid all stuff on new avoid all that stuff on new year's where everyone's year's eve where everyone's posting about how amazingly happy how happy they all are and how amazingly wonderful their lives are. all because are. i hate all that because it makes look and go, makes you look inwards and go, good god, what am i doing wrong anyway? i am michelle dewberry and with you till 7:00 and i'm with you till 7:00 tonight alongside me, got tonight alongside me, i've got the reform uk, the deputy leader of reform uk, ben habib, also, i've got an empty everybody because empty chair. everybody because you've henk headlines. storm henk in the headlines. look what dashing look at that. what a dashing chair that is. anyway, sitting imminently on that chair, i'm going senior going to have the senior lecturer at queen mary university, richard johnson. but he on a delayed train. he is stuck on a delayed train. i love this, this is so british, isn't new year 2024 and isn't it? a new year 2024 and you can guarantee that you can always guarantee that the is going to be the travel is going to be disrupted. to say, disrupted. but i've got to say, this does not like it this storm does not look like it is a great one. so wherever you are, i you are all staying are, i hope you are all staying safe. and you know the drill. don't get in touch with don't you can get in touch with us all usual ways. gb views us all the usual ways. gb views at news. com is how you email at gb news. com is how you email me, or you can tweet me, x me or

whatever you call it. at whatever you want to call it. at gb news there is a lot i want to talk to you guys about tonight. this might seem like a small issue, don't issue, right? but i don't actually think is bike theft. actually think it is bike theft. have had a bike that has have you had a bike that has been stolen? did even bother been stolen? did you even bother reporting police? many reporting it to the police? many people now say that crime people now say that this crime is basically being decriminalised, and i think it is something much is a sign of something much broader comes to our broader when it comes to our attitudes. when fighting crime, preventing crime, intervening in crime. to unpick crime. so i want to unpick that story end of the story before the end of the programme. i want to talk story before the end of the pr

polling. there's been a lot of polling coming out about you guys putting you about yeah, guys putting you about 10. yeah, and we've had half and i think we've had half a dozen polls putting at 10% or higher. >> and that's twice where we were three months ago. you were three months ago. so you know, there's definitely sea know, there's definitely a sea change attitudes change in people's attitudes towards, main towards, um, the two main parties and, you know, thankfully we're doing well off the back of it. and if we can bnng the back of it. and if we can bring some sense to the political landscape in 2024, that be a wish come true. that would be a wish come true. >> but let me be blunt. do you think let me be blunt. i mean, i'm going to start my year as i mean, to go on. do you think reform can actually achieve anything or will it just split the vote? >> well, when you say split the vote, mean between the vote, do you mean between the con socialists and the socialists? otherwise socialists? well, otherwise known as the conservative party and the labour party respectively? know, you respectively? you know, if you vote for conservatives, what vote for the conservatives, what are to get? they've are you going to get? they've delivered taxation . then delivered high taxation. then they massive spending. they delivered massive spending. they delivered borrowing they delivered massive borrowing . they've turned their backs on the history , culture, values of the history, culture, values of the history, culture, values of the united kingdom . they've the united kingdom. they've opened up our borders, record

illegal migration completely uncontrolled, illegal migration. um why would you think that they deserve to be in office any more than keir starmer does ? who than keir starmer does? who doesn't deserve to be in office? but there'll be a lot of people. >> there'll be a lot of people of the right, and they perhaps, i don't traditionally i don't know, traditionally having an affiliation with the tories, their parents tories, maybe their parents voted they've always tories, maybe their parents voted tory they've always tories, maybe their parents voted tory or they've always tories, maybe their parents voted tory or whatever 've always tories, maybe their parents voted tory or whatever je always tories, maybe their parents voted tory or whatever . sonlways tories, maybe their parents voted tory or whatever . so even; voted tory or whatever. so even if just a connection and if it's just a connection and a loyalty to the tories, you've got those set of people, you've got those set of people, you've got the set of people that actually who knows actually because who knows what's between what's going to happen between now next election, now and the next election, anything happen. they can anything can happen. they can turn all and we're turn it all around and we're going on to david going to come on to david davis's letter in second. uh, davis's letter in a second. uh, you know where they believe that it's cause yet the it's not a lost cause yet the next so there is a next election. so there is a potential that votes could potential that those votes could be split and we saw that. i mean, in my seat, uh, mean, i saw that in my seat, uh, where, where i call home, which is hull west and hessle in the 2019 election. what we basically did the brexit vote did is we split the brexit vote and labour party got and then the labour party got re—elected. and though

re—elected. and even though more people collectively voted people had collectively voted against than them. against labour than for them. >> you know, we're not >> yeah, but you know, we're not in business. ice reform uk didn't form in order to of didn't form in order to be of weathervane of weathervane or some kind of navigating yardstick for the conservative came about conservative party we came about because people me, who because people like me, who would otherwise perfectly would otherwise be perfectly happy their business, happy running their business, were their hair out at were tearing their hair out at the state of the nation, and the inability of either party to govern. and if the govern. and so if the conservative party, by some miracle , started being miracle, started being conservative, protect the united kingdom, promoting conservative values, reducing taxes , reducing values, reducing taxes, reducing regulation, getting rid of this ridiculous, inexorable march to economic emasculation , then that economic emasculation, then that is net zero. if they started doing all of that, they wouldn't have people like us, but they won't start doing it. i have people like us, but they won't start doing it . i know won't start doing it. i know we're to talk about david we're going to talk about david davis's letter. they won't davis's letter. well, they won't start it. >> p- p— segue. >> talk about it. but i'll just quickly finish. but they won't. they won't do because they're they won't do it because they're impregnate impregnated with something nation. something called one nation. conservatives something called one nation. conservpart�*s something called one nation. conservpart of their parliament largest part of their parliament party, and they're basically liberal democrats. they don't

believe in conservative values. so they talk about being a broad church having a broad set of church and having a broad set of values. what they are is a divided church unable to craft an ideology and, uh, absolutely unable to deliver conservative policies. they don't deserve to be in office. >> so one of the letter that we're referring to, david davis, wrote in the mail, he's writing happy new year to all of the tory fayetteville and all the rest of it. and he references a few different elections. uh, 1992 to 1997. he references medieval battles, and he's basically a rallying cry. it's basically a rallying cry. it's basically a rallying cry. it's basically a rallying cry to, i would say, his own party. uh, talking about what you're just referring to then about infighting . and he says, and infighting. and he says, and i found this line quite interesting. uh, discipline wins election wins just as it wins. battles and one of the challenges that the tory party have got, and i cannot understand for the life of me how people that are actually in politics don't grasp this . when politics don't grasp this. when you turn and divide and argue

among yourself, not only are you neglecting the voters and the things that actually matter up and in the country, and down in the country, absolutely . are tearing absolutely. you are just tearing your vote apart because now what people are doing is going right. do i want that? do i want this? do i want that? do i want this? do i want are they the do i want this? are they the party? you're distracting and you're your you're just creating your own self destruction? you're just creating your own selerah.'uction? you're just creating your own selerah. so ion? you're just creating your own selerah. so what's happened >> yeah. so what's happened with the party the conservative party since margaret left office? margaret thatcher left office? and it's progressively happened? is that they have tacked left in order try and see off labour. order to try and see off labour. and they've become an incredibly effective election winning machine. and it was all fine, well and good until they actually faced some challenges which required an ideology, a vision for where they wish to take the united kingdom and an ability to unify their party to deliver that vision. but by tacking left, by having these one nation lot amongst the erg and the other four families, the name of which escapes me at the moment. but what you might call traditional centre right conservatives in the conservative party, by having that mixture in parliament, what they've done is made themselves

incapable of navigating difficulties because the minute they hit a difficulty, as we did with brexit, which was very challenging for parliament altogether because couldn't altogether because they couldn't get heads around get their heads around delivering people voted delivering what the people voted for. challenge like for. you hit a challenge like brexit. hit a challenge like brexit. you hit a challenge like lockdowns , covid, lockdowns lockdowns, covid, lockdowns and so and can't so on. and you can't get a coherent , so on. and you can't get a coherent, ideologically based sound response from the conservative party. they are not a broad church . they are a broad church. they are a divided church. so the arguments to which you're referring, which david davis would have them shut up about, are arguments that are coming from within their own party because they don't believe in same things they were in the same things they were always going to end up in conflict amongst themselves because they don't have a unified vision. and without a unified vision. and without a unified vision, they don't deserve to be in office. one of the examples he gave was the 1986 election, a 1987 election for margaret thatcher. having been very unpopular. in 1986, she got a landslide . in 87, she she got a landslide. in 87, she got the landslide because there was clear blue water between the

two. between the two parties, you knew what the conservative party stood for and you knew if you voted for it. margaret thatcher would deliver it. but the but but but you can't trust this party to deliver anything they promise in and they're more like labour than ever. >> well, martin, my viewer says if you vote reform, it's simple. you making way for you are basically making way for a government. and he's a labour government. and he's reflecting, point reflecting, i guess, the point that mentioned to you at the that i mentioned to you at the start, which is aljunied not start, which is aljunied is not going to the graham going to split the votes. graham says, please, can you ask ben, going to split the votes. graham sayzwouldse, can you ask ben, going to split the votes. graham sayzwould reform you ask ben, going to split the votes. graham sayzwould reform consider3en, going to split the votes. graham sayzwould reform consider a n, going to split the votes. graham sayzwould reform consider a tory uh, would reform consider a tory reform coalition >> we're not doing any deals >> no, we're not doing any deals with the tories have with the tories. the tories have had opportunity become had ample opportunity to become conservative. vote tory, conservative. if you vote tory, you're getting labour. it's all about the about splitting the vote. >> tory. >> tory. >> not em— >> tory. >> not about splitting >> this is not about splitting the you vote tory. you're the vote. you vote tory. you're getting labour, you're getting labour the labour policies. look at the symptoms of reform. symptoms of our reform. >> aren't going to up >> aren't you going to end up getting if vote getting labour if you vote reform ? getting labour if you vote refc um,’ is getting labour if you vote rechm,’ is a chance that >> um, there is a chance that you will get reform uk mps. there's a chance that this country's interest will be put first in a way that the two

major parties have completely turned their backs on. the only way of making change is to vote for it , and way of making change is to vote for it, and voting for the same old people again and again , old people again and again, hoping that they might mend their ways is a recipe for disaster . and the other line disaster. and the other line that people put to me, the conservatives particularly, you know, put, put , conservatives particularly, you know, put, put, put out is we know, put, put, put out is we know we're awful , but labour are know we're awful, but labour are worse. that's essentially the line that's being taken this evening that way to evening. that is no way to govern a country voting for someone because they're less bad than the other lot. vote for something you believe in. we are going to give the people of this country a genuine democratic choice between the failed policies of labour and the conservatives and reform uk. >> so speaking about things that we believe in, rishi sunak, he's been loud and proud today. i think i can show you one of his tweets where he's basically saying he's achieved one of tweets where he's basically saytargets, he's achieved one of tweets where he's basically saytargets, which chieved one of tweets where he's basically saytargets, which is, eved one of tweets where he's basically saytargets, which is, uh,i one of tweets where he's basically saytargets, which is, uh, thee of his targets, which is, uh, the asylum backlog. many people within seconds , actually. so his within seconds, actually. so his tweet, go . i'll read tweet, there you go. i'll read it you're listening. asylum it if you're listening. asylum backlog is cleared. um, many

people are saying that's misleading, false information and the rest of it. and all the rest of it. >> yeah. well many people are right. it is completely misleading. we had i can't remember first name but remember his first name now, but the service chap the civil service chap responsible for migration, ridley, i think, is his surname , ridley, i think, is his surname, admitting to anderson in a admitting to lee anderson in a parliamentary committee that actually didn't know where actually they didn't know where 17,000 absconded asylum seekers had gone so well that 17,000 out of the numbers then the other trick that they play is that they decline your asylum application option, but they give you leave to stay, and the ability to work give you 2 or 3 years to stay , uh, as years to stay, uh, as i understand it. and then you can apply again to stay for further periods. so even though your asylum application has been declined , actually you're taking declined, actually you're taking out you're taken out of the asylum and it looks like asylum queue and it looks like they're dealing with the asylum problem. they haven't dealt problem. but they haven't dealt with just with it. they've just sidestepped and then of sidestepped it. and then of course, know that they sidestepped it. and then of course, away know that they sidestepped it. and then of course, away from »w that they sidestepped it. and then of course, away from interviewsy moved away from interviews towards a completely paper based system so they could speed through applications. through 12,000 applications. most of those were given consent

to in short order. and then then the last thing that we all know aboutis the last thing that we all know about is the government telling , about is the government telling, uh, interviewing officers that they shouldn't press the asylum seekers too hard if they suspect a mistruth. but what would you do about it, ben? well, you know what? i would do about it, michel. i would remind all of my brand new viewers that i've gained over the christmas period. >> tell them do not deal with illegal migration through deportation, deportation is what you do when border control has failed. what would you do then? >> you have to stop the boats in the channel. you need a determined, well trained and i can give you millions of ways to do but you can give me a top do it, but you can give me a top one, give me a top one. well, you need a you need a, you need a well trained bunch of guys. probably sps or current sps who can at speed, who can can move at speed, who can challenge people channel challenge people in the channel and international law and use the international law that we have on our side to repel these boats back into french waters . it is an absolute french waters. it is an absolute affront to international law.

and if the french tell you, if people tell you because what you're talking about, ben, is a turn back, push back operation, and immediately people say and immediately people will say to you, policy , you to you, you, your policy, you are going to endanger lives in the channel absolutely. life may are going to endanger lives in theendangered solutely. life may are going to endanger lives in theendangered ,olutely. life may are going to endanger lives in theendangered , butaly. life may are going to endanger lives in theendangered , but it's life may are going to endanger lives in theendangered , but it's not may are going to endanger lives in theendangered , but it's not us|y be endangered, but it's not us endangenng be endangered, but it's not us endangering those lives . the endangering those lives. the lives are being endangered lives that are being endangered are lives have put are lives that have put themselves in that position willingly , having paid money to willingly, having paid money to do coming from a safe do it, coming from a safe country, you cannot infantilize people to the point where if they put themselves in harm's way, you will bend over backwards and allow them to break the law in order to avoid the harm that they have perpetuated for themselves. >> well , what do perpetuated for themselves. >> well, what do you guys make to it at home? yvette cooper she's also been writing a letter today talking about, well, not today, but talking about her plan. she says that this whole channel crossing situation is basically know all basically chaos. we know all this, don't we? they reckon that their plan would be to invest more clamping on the more in clamping down on the people gangs, people smuggler gangs, additional resources as a thousand additional staff when

it comes to processing these people. um, and all the rest of it. do you think that the labor party have the answers? if not, do you think reform has got the answers ? has anyone got the answers? has anyone got the answers? has anyone got the answers? frankly, to answers? quite frankly, to stopping the stopping this situation in the channel? do you believe rishi sunak, bold sunak, when he puts that bold claim out that he has indeed met his targets ? uh, lots of you his targets? uh, lots of you guys getting in touch on that. terry, don't mean be terry, though, don't mean to be blunt, but he says, i like ben habib, have to be blunt, habib, but have got to be blunt, he doesn't see as he doesn't see reform as a threat. do think reform are threat. do you think reform are a threat to tories? i'll let you threat. do you think reform are a tthe t to tories? i'll let you threat. do you think reform are a tthe judge»ries? i'll let you threat. do you think reform are a tthe judge of s? i'll let you threat. do you think reform are a tthe judge of that.. let you threat. do you think reform are a tthe judge of that. uh, you threat. do you think reform are a tthe judge of that. uh, kitty be the judge of that. uh, kitty says, uh, christmas was basically ruined because she couldn't the couldn't get hold of the ben habib that i promised habib calendar that i promised pnon habib calendar that i promised prior. she asked if i can indeed try make it happen. susan try and make it happen. susan says. believe i've just says. can't believe i've just switched telly. switched back on the telly. michelle the michelle didn't even spend the christmas break having any elocution lessons . i've got to elocution lessons. i've got to break it to you, susan. i've been family entire been with my family the entire time north, so my accent time in the north, so my accent is probably worse what it is probably worse than what it was before i left. but glenn, he says, back to my says, welcome back to my favourite gobby northern bed. i've called worse. i'll i've been called worse. i'll take a compliment . there

take that as a compliment. there you to crack into with you go. lots to crack into with the show. for the rest of the show. uh, for the rest of the show. uh, for the rest of the hour, keep your thoughts coming you in coming in. i'll see you in a couple of minutes. want to couple of minutes. i want to talk to you about hospital parking as parking and also bike theft as well. has it been decriminalised in this country? and if so, what is the impact of that? you tell me.

until those are done, you can't say you've cleared that backlog on patrick christys tonight , 9 on patrick christys tonight, 9 to 11 pm. the government claims to 11 pm. the government claims to have cleared the asylum backlog. >> nigel farage joins us to blow the lid off that. who are we letting in? where are they living and what is the cost to the taxpayer? the jeffrey epstein files are set to be released today. i spoke a released today. i spoke to a source very close to the epstein investigation. should king charles . kate, the charles abdicate. kate, the queen denmark, has done so. queen of denmark, has done so. is for charles to make is it time for charles to make way and kate and way for william and kate and will labour turn britain into a woke hellscape? cash strapped labour councils are checking businesses, lgbtq+ credentials to make sure that they fit their agenda. all of that and more on patrick christys tonight . 9 to

patrick christys tonight. 9 to 11 pm. >> hi there, michelle dewberry with you till 7:00 tonight. the deputy leader of reform uk, ben habib , is alongside me in any habib, is alongside me in any moment now, i've got wind of the fact that he's literally a few minutes away. senior lecturer at queen mary university, richard johnson. he's been held up by the storm as many of you perhaps will have been, or will be tonight. let me if are tonight. let me know if you are one of them. we were just talking the break just talking before the break just about reform you guys about reform and what you guys would about these channel would do about these channel crossings and i'm crossings perl says. and i'm going to i'm going to just summarise it was summarise a bit because it was a fairly long email in essence, she's saying you can basically fairly long email in essence, she'whateverrou can basically fairly long email in essence, she'whatever you:an basically fairly long email in essence, she'whatever you wantasically fairly long email in essence, she'whatever you want because say whatever you want because you're power. the reality you're not in power. the reality of some of your suggestions, though, never come though, would never come to pass. when you're pass. basically when you're saying what saying about pushback, what she's have she's saying is that you'd have to different to bring all the different factions she's asking factions with you. she's asking how think france would how do you think france would respond? and eu would respond? and the eu would respond? and the eu would respond to pushback respond to your pushback strategy earth she strategy and how on earth she says, do you think you'd get it past where's all the

past her? where's all the lefties country? well, lefties in this country? well, first of all, the critical point here is that you have international law on your side. >> 33 un >> article 33 of the un convention law of the sea convention of law of the sea entitles to take preventative entitles us to take preventative measures against people seeking illegally to enter the country. that's point. the that's the first point. the second they're second point is they're not protected by lefty as you protected by lefty laws as you put or lefty laws, or put them, or lefty laws, or indeed echr until they are indeed the echr until they are on a british boat. no, it was british territory. >> that was marge's point about the lefties and i think she means the lefties within this country. that would never even allow such law to be passed. allow such a law to be passed. >> so not she's not only the law. don't need law. you law. you don't need a law. you have law on your side. have the law on your side. >> it's about enacting it. >> it's about enacting it. >> you it's about using the >> you say it's about using the law determinedly, but the thing just to prove that it can be done. when belarus was trying to export illegal migrants to poland, metal poland, poland put a metal fence up put and it parked its up and it put and it parked its army behind armed . army behind it, fully armed. those illegal migrants did not try that border. well try to cross that border. well you guys have the final say, you guys can have the final say, gary , one of viewers, you are gary, one of my viewers, you are a man after my own heart. >> because say, where do all >> because you say, where do all

these these these polling people get these figures who are the people these polling people get these figurthey who are the people these polling people get these figurthey poll?lho are the people these polling people get these figurthey poll? youare the people these polling people get these figurthey poll? you say, 1e people that they poll? you say, nobody's ever pulled me or anyone i about anything . i anyone i know about anything. i always that i'm like stuck always say that i'm like a stuck record when it comes to polling. i've never been polled for anything life. anyway, anything in my life. anyway, look who joined us. welcome. look who has joined us. welcome. good much. you've good evening. very much. you've braved not even braved the storm. he's not even got a glass of water. not got a glass of water. you're not even given glass of water. even given a glass of water. you're straight i try you're straight in. i will try and organise liquid. and organise a liquid. refreshments but what trooper! refreshments but what a trooper! what's british what's wrong with the british travel this country when it travel in this country when it comes to bad weather? >> i the perilous journey comes to bad weather? >>a the perilous journey comes to bad weather? >>a simple the perilous journey comes to bad weather? >>a simple train arilous journey comes to bad weather? >>a simple train int01s journey comes to bad weather? >>a simple train into london.�*y of a simple train into london. 80 minutes delayed. that's my start to 2024. well, i don't want to make your stats 2024 any worse, but i dread to think what it's going to be like going i >> -- >> let's km— m even think about h even think about >>let's not even think about >>let's not forget.hink about it. let's not forget. >> leave that. we'll talk about car parking instead. >> if you don't >> so, you know, if you don't want to be on trains risking want to be on the trains risking all of that, you can always drive to your destination instead. but let's it's not instead. but let's hope it's not a because this a hospital because get this i saw story up over the saw this story pop up over the christmas break, and it's all about much spending about how much we're spending when comes to nhs hospital when it comes to nhs hospital

parking. costs in england parking. the costs in england have risen by apparently have risen by 50. apparently we've forked out a massive £146 million in 2023. now i'll give you a moment to catch your breath. i shall start with you on this one, ben, because i know you've literally ran for us, which i appreciate in places like scotland for, etc. the parking there free. the parking there is free. the tories spoke very tough about this , uh, reducing this in terms of, uh, reducing these costs, them in these costs, making them free in various different etc. various different places, etc. should be free? should this parking be free? well well, i mean it depends obviously on the specific car park involved and whether it's being used by people for purposes other than visiting patients or , or, you know, by patients or, or, you know, by staff for parking for legitimate reasons. >> i mean, clearly car parks, i operate my business, operates lots of car parks across the country, and we have specific policies for different car parks depending on how they're being used and what they're being. >> do you run a hospital car parks? >> no, we don't commercial car parks, but some commercial car parks, but some commercial car parks are by people who parks are abused by people who aren't shopping, or office car

parks abused people who parks are abused by people who don't in the in, don't have offices in the in, in, know, building. in, you know, in the building. and take preventative and so we take preventative measures and we do it by exclusion have exclusion. so we will have number plate recognition for staff. will have two hours staff. we will have two hours free parking for retail owners followed by penalty. if you're there for over a protracted penod there for over a protracted period for cinemas, we might give you if you've got a cinema ticket, you might get a further penod ticket, you might get a further period and there are ways to do ticket, you might get a further peibut and there are ways to do ticket, you might get a further peibut ind there are ways to do ticket, you might get a further peibut i thinkere are ways to do ticket, you might get a further peibut i think thisre ways to do ticket, you might get a further peibut i think this is ways to do ticket, you might get a further peibut i think this is part to do ticket, you might get a further peibut i think this is part of do it. but i think this is part of the war on the car. you it. but i think this is part of the war on the car . you know, the war on the car. you know, they want to deter users of cars. they want people to get to these locations and using public transport as much as possible. and we've seen this airports. transport as much as possible. and wants seen this airports. transport as much as possible. andwanta s�*drophis airports. transport as much as possible. and wants s�*drop someone)orts. transport as much as possible. and wants s�*drop someone offs. transport as much as possible. and wants s�*drop someone off at you want to drop someone off at an airport. it's £5 now. >> indeed. quite it's brief >> indeed. it's quite it's brief now. richard, go. >> may not just be about >> well it may not just be about attacking motorists, but it may also plug also be about trying to plug funding nhs and so some funding in the nhs and so some hospitals might trusts might regard, uh , parking charges as regard, uh, parking charges as a way of trying to make up funding shortfalls. >> and i think there is an issue that ideally we'd like to say free parking for hospitals. but

um, if you have a hospital that's near a train station or a place where people shop, then that runs the risk, actually, of making it harder for people to actually get into the hospital to see their family members and loved ones who might who might be there because people who aren't using the hospital are using free parking. so using the free parking. so i think you could try think you could you could try and it in smart way, like and do it in a smart way, like some the ways that ben said, some of the ways that ben said, maybe two hours. um, numberplate recognition, so on. but that will the short will cost money in the short time. to put the time. you'll have to put the infrastructure in to do it. so it's not it's quite cheap, by the way. >> and the people who >> yeah. and the people who put the infrastructure are the infrastructure in in are prepared it for free if prepared to do it for free if you give them the right to take the fines because they take they see right? the fines because they take they see yes. right? the fines because they take they seeyes. yeah.t? the fines because they take they seeyes. yeah. interesting. >> yes. yeah. interesting. >> yes. yeah. interesting. >> something >> but it's not something you can of say wave a wand can just sort of say wave a wand overnight say, next week overnight and say, next week they'll all be free. so there is a little bit of preparation goes on. insurmountable on. it's not an insurmountable all, think that it's not all, but i think that it's not ehhen all, but i think that it's not either. everywhere charges all the everything's free. the time or everything's free. i think there's probably got to be a ground structure there.

a middle ground structure there. >> i mean, it's absolutely >> yeah, i mean, it's absolutely eye—watering so coventry in warwickshire , £5 million. that warwickshire, £5 million. that is the income that they got from their car parking . uh derby their car parking. uh derby burton. uh 3.5 million. leicester nearly 3 million. and so on. and so far i believe now like to your point you say that hospitals are essentially plugging funding gaps. i think the motorist now seen as an the motorist now is seen as an atm for so many failures of atm now for so many failures of funding you mentioned. ulez funding as you mentioned. ulez but do i think there's so many but i do i think there's so many councils who mentally fail. one of their most basic , uh, tasks, of their most basic, uh, tasks, which is balancing your books and actually, because they're so inept at what they're supposed to they see motorists to be doing, they see motorists as their opportunity, right? you know, we fail, but it's all know, we can fail, but it's all right because we're going to we're these guys we're going to get these guys any anywhere we can get them, whether whether whether it's parking, whether it's, permits, whether it's it's, uh, permits, whether it's fines name they're on fines, you name it, they're on us. well often what you see is the car being put before the horse. >> i mean, i think it is right for there to be a shift to try

to encourage people not to drive if there are alternatives. but the issue in so many parts of the issue is in so many parts of the issue is in so many parts of the country, aren't good the country, there aren't good regular, alternatives , regular, reliable alternatives, as discovered, just taking as i've discovered, just taking the here, here, today. and the train here, here, today. and so , i mean, when i think about so, i mean, when i think about it, it makes me think perhaps i should have just driven into london and that's part of london today and that's part of the problem as well, is that you know, if you all your all you do, you make it harder to do, if you make it harder to drive and you don't have the pubuc drive and you don't have the public infrastructure there as you just lead to misery. and actually sometimes people just disengage in entirely. and this has an impact. we're talking about hospitals , but this has an about hospitals, but this has an impact high street impact for the high street because people won't want to go in and shop if it becomes harder to park or to get in to either park or to get in through transport, to either park or to get in throungust transport, to either park or to get in throungust stay ransport, to either park or to get in throungust stay at|sport, to either park or to get in throungust stay at home and they'll just stay at home and they'll just stay at home and they'll shop online. so they'll they'll shop online. so we've got think very we've got to think very carefully, when carefully, both about when we make to park or harder make it harder to park or harder to use your car, but also if we've not put in the public transport infrastructure there as well. yeah >> what do you think? are you a motorist? are you someone that actually are actually thinks that things are

going too far? now, going a little bit too far? now, when comes penalising the when it comes to penalising the motorists, are you a non—driver that supports all of that actually supports all of this you know this stuff and thinks you know what? yes, i do want what? actually, yes, i do want fewer the so you fewer cars on the road. so you support of these measures. support some of these measures. are you a councillor? perhaps that struggling balance that is struggling to balance your sit there and your books and you sit there and think when it comes think all is fair when it comes to for your councils? to funding for your councils? get touch let me know all get in touch and let me know all your thoughts on that. also speaking of transport, have you your thoughts on that. also spe a ing of transport, have you your thoughts on that. also spe a bicycle?3nsport, have you your thoughts on that. also spe a bicycle? because1ave you your thoughts on that. also spe a bicycle? because fors you your thoughts on that. also spe a bicycle? because for many got a bicycle? because for many people is one of people this really is one of their primary, if not literally is their lifeline. sometimes to get to work, to get wherever. if you get your bicycle stolen, it really is an impact on your life. do you think we take this crime seriously ? because now crime seriously? because now there's suggestions that we've decriminalised used bicycle theft in this country. and if you ask me, this is symptomatic of a much bigger issue . we'll of a much bigger issue. we'll talk that before the end talk about that before the end of the programme. next of the programme. but next i want ask have we got want to ask you, why have we got so first time buyers in this so few first time buyers in this country? does it say about country? what does it say about the market .

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november 2021 to japan airlines, and it has an incredible safety record . record. >> hello there, michelle dewberry alongside me tonight. i've got a deputy leader of reform uk, ben habib, and a senior lecturer at queen mary university, richard johnson. yvonne's been in touch saying michelle parking her hospitals is not all bad. you've gone on to tell me that you've got cancen to tell me that you've got cancer, which i'm very sorry to hear and i wish you a speedy recovery. but your point of your message was to say that the hospital that at has hospital that you're at has given free parking, given you free parking, and there's a you there's quite a few of you that's got in touch with similar stories that well. let's stories to that as well. let's talk we? the talk housing, shall we? the number first time buyers, number of first time buyers, apparently, bought a apparently, that have bought a house a mortgage in 2023. house with a mortgage in 2023. get it's the get this. apparently it's the lowest in a decade. let lowest number in a decade. let me come straight you. um, me come straight to you. um, what think this tells us what do you think this tells us about the state of the property market in country? richard market in this country? richard i shows that there's i think it shows that there's not supply. not enough supply. >> we have a growing >> and we have a growing population. we have a population where people live longer. and so

people who already have a home, you know , it's a good thing they you know, it's a good thing they live longer, but they stay in stay in their homes for a longer penod stay in their homes for a longer period of time. so homes aren't coming up as much. and that means that we have be more means that we have to be more aggressive about building homes. the say that the other thing i'd say is that it also reflects distorted, it also reflects a distorted, uh, employment market where jobs are disproportionately concentrated in the south east. so that puts more demand on housing in the south—east as well . so one way that you could well. so one way that you could alleviate some of the housing problem also would be to consider in my view, a more consider a, in my view, a more robust industrial strategy where you would about relocating robust industrial strategy where you vlebs about relocating robust industrial strategy where you vlebs a of it relocating robust industrial strategy where you vlebs a of the locating robust industrial strategy where you vlebs a of the south|g more jobs outside of the south to try balance not just to east try and balance not just employment but housing. employment, but housing. >> so you'd make people redundant you would redundant here. you would incentivise companies and the pubuc incentivise companies and the public sector. >> but also, i think you would you should incentivise the private sector through tax incentives to, to actually relocate some of their operations to other parts of the uk. >> and where would you build? >> and where would you build? >> are you talking about building these new houses and supply? where would you put

these new houses. >> n these new houses. >> i mean, >> well, we actually i mean, there's a lot of country there's a lot of the country that isn't built on, um, and there's, there is space to do, uh, responsible , uh, expansion uh, responsible, uh, expansion of housing supply. one of the problems, i think sometimes people have is that so on the green belt and stuff like that, for example, we might to for example, we might have to look at green in some look at the green belt in some areas. operating under a, areas. we're operating under a, uh, a kind of stricture set of strictures that were set after the second when the the second world war, when the population very different population was very different than today . population was very different than today. but population was very different than today . but also, i than it is today. but also, i think part of the problem is that we do have new that when we do have new housing, often done badly, housing, it's often done badly, poor quality. it's very poor quality. it's not very attractive. think it'd attractive. and so i think it'd be well if be important as well if government serious government was serious about this, about actually this, to think about actually doing design that actually looks nice and is attractive and is the of home that someone the kind of home that someone would to, uh, raise you would want to, uh, raise a, you know, and raise family. >> you're not just a man of car parks. you're a man of property. benabib. what do you make to it all? >> well, wholeheartedly agree >> well, i wholeheartedly agree with deal of what you with a great deal of what you just said, richard, and i think what you alluded with an what you alluded to with an industrial strategy the

industrial strategy for the country course, the country was that, of course, the country was that, of course, the country operating country isn't operating as one country. southeast, country. we have the southeast, which is an economic engine for the united kingdom, and we haven't up the rest of haven't levelled up the rest of the successive the country, which successive governments said governments have said they're going to do. there's no shortage of housing uk. we lack of housing in the uk. we lack housing where people want it, which southeast . and which is in the southeast. and if could have proper if we could have a proper economic that genuinely economic policy that genuinely incentivised creation of incentivised the creation of sustainable jobs up north, not chucking a few million quid at the problem, plastering over the cracks and hoping the problem goes away, but actually creating thing, you know, for example , thing, you know, for example, newcastle, manchester, great universities make them into nationally great universities. not just domestically but international. put them right at the top of the list. get research facilities around them, get businesses building more immigration into those cities to bolster their university attendance . no no no i'm not. attendance. no no no i'm not. no, i'm just saying make them research centres of excellence. so businesses congregate around them they have around them the way they have around oxford cambridge. that's oxford and cambridge. that's just example. tax just one one example. but tax breaks, critical component about

getting levelled up , getting the country levelled up, not chucking money at not about chucking money at things . not about chucking money at things. that's not about chucking money at things . that's first things. so that's the first thing. second thing is, thing. the second thing is, which didn't mention, is which richard didn't mention, is the massive of migration the massive amount of migration we've and you know, last we've had and you know, last year we had net migration of 775,000 or whatever it was. well, that's another 300,000, 200,000 just there. and 200,000 homes. just there. and we're building about 150,000 new homes each year. migration puts a huge strain on the infrastructure of this country. and we're seeing that in the housing market. um, and so we've got to address that. but and in addition to all of that, by the way, i don't think we need to build on the green belt. there is so much brownfield development that could take place but doesn't take place because of a turgid planning system. and lack of imagination from builders . they want from home builders. they want green fields because they can plonk their little housing estates with their two up, two down pre—design and prefab soulless estates all over the country. that's what housing builders want, but actually force them into using brownfield

sites, get them to reuse redundant office buildings which are now going begging. for example , because of lockdowns example, because of lockdowns and work from home habits. get that supply back in. um, there's so much that could be done. >> final word to you. >> final word to you. >> and i just say also that we have a local government system here that incentivises blocking the construction of . the construction of. >> absolutely. right. yeah. >> absolutely. right. yeah. >> and for councillors who sit on planning committees. and so on. um, the electoral pressures for them are from people who already live in those areas. and people who already live in those areas tend to be more resistant to building new housing. and so actually , sometimes think it actually, sometimes i think it requires central government to take a stronger hand here and to think strategically . that's think more strategically. that's about just about building about not just about building houses of building houses for the sake of building houses, building houses in houses, but building houses in places you could also places where you could also bnng places where you could also bring employment . bring employment. >> you meant to it at >> but what you meant to it at home. we talk about home. and when we talk about levelling up, i have noticed as well a lot of cities outside of the southeast, house prices the southeast, the house prices there are starting to absolutely rocket. of

rocket. is that the kind of levelling we want to see levelling up that we want to see in country, not? eileen in this country, or not? eileen says. michelle, you're talking in this country, or not? eileen says. ihospital you're talking in this country, or not? eileen says. ihospital parking,alking about hospital parking, but surely parking should surely hospital parking should just disabled people, just be for disabled people, should it ? you tell just be for disabled people, should it? you tell me. i'll see you in a couple of minutes when i come back, i want to talk to you. not about cars anymore, but about bikes. have you ever had one stolen? many of them. now one stolen? so many of them. now these thefts going basically these thefts are going basically on think this on resolved. i think this is symptomatic a bigger symptomatic of a much bigger problem in this country when it comes the attitudes to crime. comes to the attitudes to crime. would you intervene you saw would you intervene if you saw somebody nicking a bike on your street tell and i'll street corner? tell me and i'll see you

hi there. michelle dewberry seven, deputy leader of reform uk ben habib, and a senior lecturer at queen mary university, richard johnson, alongside me. lots of you getting in touch again about this hospital parking . um, john this hospital parking. um, john says michelle, this is a moral issue. no one goes to hospital for enjoyment. says . for enjoyment. he says. therefore definitely should therefore it definitely should be says she's given be free. yvonne says she's given a sorry, says she's

a sandra. sorry, says she's given blood for decades. and now because issue, our because of a parking issue, our local she's perhaps local centre, she's perhaps having to reconsider. that a having to reconsider. that is a real shame, it ? having to reconsider. that is a real shame, it? um, john real shame, isn't it? um, john says michelle, uh, your guests don't understand agriculture. they're clearly city folk . if they're clearly city folk. if you keep on building on greenbelt, where on earth do they think food is going to they think your food is going to come from? there you go. come from? uh, there you go. we'll delve into that come from? uh, there you go. we'la delve into that come from? uh, there you go. we'la little delve into that come from? uh, there you go. we'la little bitielve into that come from? uh, there you go. we'la little bit moreinto that come from? uh, there you go. we'la little bit more on» that one a little bit more on a future date. but for now, i want to talk to you about an issue that i actually think is very important bike theft in the uk. it's now said that it's it's now being said that it's effectively decriminalised effectively being decriminalised . nearly 400,000 . uh, get this, nearly 400,000 cases have been unsold cases of this have been unsold over the last five years. that will be just the tip of the iceberg because so many people now wouldn't to go now wouldn't be bothered to go to police. and if do, to the police. and if you do, it's for only a crime number. so you an insurance claim you can make an insurance claim if indeed you had it insured in the first place. but anyway, i think is symptomatic of think this is symptomatic of a much bigger issue. bikes for people. they're often lifelines. much bigger issue. bikes for peopl�*of they're often lifelines. much bigger issue. bikes for peopl�* of they have ten lifelines. much bigger issue. bikes for peopl�* of they have got.ifelines. much bigger issue. bikes for peopl�*of they have got inlines. much bigger issue. bikes for peopl�*of they have got in touch many of you have got in touch with today about your stories with me today about your stories of bikes it of having your bikes nicked. it really affects people's lives,

but think even but i think it's even symptomatic of a more broader issue about how we dealing issue about how we are dealing with some with petty crime, although some would petty this would say it's not petty in this country dealing with country how we're dealing with intervening because if intervening in crime. because if you saw someone nicking a bike, would do anything would you actually do anything if with their if they're there with their tools? to admit, i probably tools? got to admit, i probably wouldn't. what make to it all? >> well, i think police forces are making constantly making kind of cost benefit analysis for of efforts for the amount of efforts required to investigate a crime. >> and is is the >> and what is the is the conceivable payoff and, um, what i think you're right that what they've decided with, um, thefts of kind of personal belongings under a certain number of pounds is that goes pretty much to the bottom of the priority list. and that's a problem, because once criminals perceive that, that's that's the way that the police operate, then that gives criminals a sense of a license to just to take with, with a certain degree of impunity. i mean, i'll say that i had a bike stolen, not that long ago, and the police did with contact me. they did actually get some cctv

from a nearby block of flats. and they did look at the cctv. they saw someone in a hood sewing my bike off and taking it away. and that was the end of that was end of the story. that was the end of the story. but the thing i think that frustrates a lot is when frustrates people a lot is when i've heard about individuals who have taken themselves have taken upon themselves to try their bikes or try to locate their bikes or their mobile phones actually their mobile phones and actually can , and they go to can track them, and they go to the police this evidence the police with this evidence and know it is . and say, i know where it is. i've instances where i've heard of instances where even instances, the even in those instances, the police don't take them up. police don't don't take them up. and i think that's wrong. ben >> well, i think richard, again has hit the nail very squarely on the head when he talked about the people to the requirement for people to believe that if they break the law , they will be apprehended law, they will be apprehended and they will suffer the consequences of their misdeeds. but but we're embedding in people the belief that actually they can challenge the judicial system, the, the, you know, the law and order system and get away with it. and policing, you're never going to have enough policemen, you're never

going to have enough policemen. people have to believe that they will be apprehended. and that's a different thing. that ship a different thing. but that ship sailed, ben. >> know that they're not. >> they know that they're not. >> they know that they're not. >> ship has sailed. and so >> that ship has sailed. and so we've in a spiral out of we've we're in a spiral out of which will be very difficult which it will be very difficult to get out. >> what would do then? >> so what would you do then? >> so what would you do then? >> i mean, well, you do >> well, i mean, well, you do not call stuff petty crime and not call stuff petty crime and not deal with it. >> so what do then? >> so what do you do then? >> so what do you do then? >> you have to have a zero tolerance approach. you have to become ruthless. well, like in new york. become ruthless. well, like in ne\broken windows. become ruthless. well, like in ne\giulianiivindows. become ruthless. well, like in ne\giuliani style.vs. >> giuliani style. >> giuliani style. >> new york 30 years ago, whenever it was. absolutely whenever it was. and absolutely take people to task until that connection between a misdeed and being brought to justice is reaffirmed. sadly you know, serious crime, only 2% of serious crime, only 2% of serious crime, only 2% of serious crime ends up in a conviction that is very, very low. any would be criminal doing his due diligence would realise it's actually pays to be a criminal. and i think the other aspect here, without i mean, that's the big point. but the other aspect here is that the

police see a lot of this crime through a kind of, um , insurance through a kind of, um, insurance prism. they think, well, if the items insured and a lot of bicycles will be insured through your household policy, your car is. in short, they won't bother with the car because, well, you can go and make claim against can go and make a claim against insurance asda suffers insurance if a if asda suffers a lot thievery, they'll say, lot of thievery, they'll say, well, claim it from your well, go and claim it from your insurers. but the point about a system that operates like that is that the cost for everything goes for everyone, and you goes up for everyone, and you have to have your own private security. you pay more for insurance, there's a breakdown insurance, there's a breakdown in you in societal structures. you know, and the problem goes on and on and on. and we've got to we've got to get a grip of this. we've got we've got to stop spending money on woke nonsense and get the police, uh, you spending money on woke nonsense and g

bikes, but they offered victim counselling i wanted to take counselling if i wanted to take it up. >> and did you want to take it 7 up. up? >> no, i didn't want to take it up because i just wanted my bike back. >> i know who needs victim counselling. get my bike back. >> so if you saw because you said the police had seen the cctv, this fellow's got his hood up robbing your bike. up and he's robbing your bike. >> him in the act, >> if you saw him in the act, would you try and stop him? >> probably would, but >> i probably would, um, but i realise maybe not everyone would feel comfortable being able to do that. um and i also think that i mean, we have to be that it's. i mean, we have to be careful of creating careful that of creating a system mean , i system where, uh, i mean, i think there should be social, there should be some kind of social pressure for people not to commit crimes in broad daylight. mean, to be fair, daylight. i mean, to be fair, this broad daylight, this wasn't in broad daylight, but we um, uh, but but also, we can't, um, uh, put the tasks of the police on ordinary citizens. we can't have a kind of vigilante system ehhen >> um, you say about social pressure to stop people committing crime. >> i would argue it's gone completely the other way now because of things like social media. a lack of social media. there's a lack of social pressure. there's almost a

social kudos. so if you film yourself where your stupid hood up bandana or up and your bandana on or wherever it is, running into a shop helping to shop and helping yourself to armfuls knows what, armfuls of god only knows what, and you go. you get high and off you go. you get high fives, you get clicks, you get likes, you get kudos online. likes, and you get kudos online. so it's gone completely the other harry, one my other way. harry, one of my viewers michelle, rule viewers says, michelle, the rule of but collapsed in of law has all but collapsed in this country, and criminals this country, and the criminals absolutely so many of absolutely know this. so many of you getting in touch with me, telling stories about telling me the stories about your stolen, your telling me the stories about your ones stolen, your telling me the stories about your ones beingstolen, your telling me the stories about your ones being stolen, (our telling me the stories about your ones being stolen, one of loved ones being stolen, one of my viewers getting in touch, her son up an e—bike company. son set up an e—bike company. this is june, son, and this is june, uh, her son, and she says it literally took no time at all until someone started stealing their property. uh, where are the bobbies? on the beat. um, so many people are lacking being seen when it comes to policing. i think that is a key point. um, in this country, i've got to say, it's really depressing, isn't it? happy 2024, everyone. thanks, gents. see you tomorrow night . see you tomorrow night. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

news. >> hello again . it's aidan >> hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast storm. henk is now moving through wind easing and rain clearing to showers overnight, but does stay blustery into but it does stay blustery into wednesday the next few days. wednesday and the next few days. in fact, as low pressure continues to dominate. but this was storm henk earlier on tuesday . it's now moving into tuesday. it's now moving into the north sea. the worst of the conditions then easing across the uk. but we'll see further rain across eastern england for a time and the north and east scotland will further scotland will see further persistent snow for persistent rain, with snow for shetland. meanwhile, blustery showers push in to the rest of the uk of course, the wind keeping things frost free overnight except for shetland, where snow building up where we've got snow building up over hills. and many of over the hills. and for many of us a blustery start to us it is a blustery start to wednesday, with gales for the far southwest exposed coastal parts, but the wind won't be as strong parts of strong across southern parts of the uk compared with tuesday . the uk compared with tuesday. those showers will make their way west to east. in way from west to east. in between the there will

between the showers, there will between the showers, there will be some sunny spells, but those showers will lively. gusty showers will be lively. gusty winds, perhaps some thunder showers will be lively. gusty win(hailsrhaps some thunder showers will be lively. gusty win(hailsrhaps the some thunder showers will be lively. gusty win(hailsrhaps the southwestder and hail towards the southwest and hail towards the southwest and longer spells of wet and some longer spells of wet weather far north where weather in the far north where it feel mid single it will feel cold mid single figures here, mild the south, figures here, mild in the south, 11 or 12 degrees. a bright start in the south on thursday, but further rain turns up across the south and southwest as go south and southwest as we go into some sunshine into the morning. some sunshine clinging on across wales, the midlands anglia into midlands and east anglia into the for scotland the afternoon. but for scotland and northern ireland, it's cloudy further showers. cloudy with further showers. friday a showers in friday sees a few showers in many places , but by saturday many places, but by saturday higher pressure will lead to dner higher pressure will lead to drier weather across the uk . drier weather across the uk. >> looks things are heating >> looks like things are heating up boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on gb news .

>> good evening big claims from the government who tell us the asylum backlog has been dealt with. sadly their spin is getting them into very big trouble once again . storm henk trouble once again. storm henk is wreaking havoc across the uk. i'll be joined by legendary weatherman john kettley to discuss. has this been the wettest , discuss. has this been the wettest, windiest christmas holidays ever ? and nhs excess holidays ever? and nhs excess deaths are still running at 1000 a week and cancer rates are increasing . are we paying a long increasing. are we paying a long terme price for lockdowns and the pandemic ? all of that after the pandemic? all of that after the pandemic? all of that after the news with polly middlehurst . the news with polly middlehurst. >> nigel thank you. our top story from the gb news room. a senior hamas official has been killed by an airstrike in beirut in lebanon. saleh al—arouri was the leader of the terrorist group's military wing in the west bank. he also had close links to hezbollah, which has been involved in cross—border attacks on israel's north in

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